#eeeeeeeh whatever

[taupewolfy]

idk if i want to write a kinda scathing post but like while im ghibliposting i do have to say i dont fuck with the way most of the site talks about these movies nor how often in the large media landscape it tends to get regugitated at a purely visual level depsite the very consistent themes carried across, over and through most of the movies (regardless of directors and screenplay writers)

#sorrrryyy it tends to be why i don't reblog it often. i don't wike it #this might come across as snobby. eh whatever i get why people do it and for most my age (presumambly) it tends to be a visual gateway #to new or *sigh* ''''''othered''''' things because we probably grew up with them #but like eeeeeeeh i think the way they are pedistalled is weird? uwu-afied?? #like the recognition that it is really hard to find stuff like this (well animated feature legnth films that do not talk down to you and #carry very strong messages + clear storytelling + strong visual eye etc etc) is. so fucking rare #(because the costs vs. risk reward. you knwo why) DOES make them standout for sure #anyway where was i going with this? ah oh well #apologies i probably sound fairly hypocritical with how i've been talking about them lately while also saying this #i do like these movies a great deal and i think it's 'cause they are mature while sparking the imagination

[spokelseskladden]

I'm done drawing rooms now btw, the boys are going back to the empty void that might have a table if the occasion calls for it

#im joking #i should actually draw MORE rooms but it's not fun tho :/ #but i want to get better at it.... #eeeeeeeh i do whatever i want

[mishkakagehishka]

hello i mean this in the nicest and sincerest possible way. what on earth is going on in the new valkyrie event ??

I wanna preface this by saying i didn't read any livetweets, i read vague spoilers, and i decided my. Vague knowledge of the japanese language will get me thru, so whether i properly understood everything or not? Is up for interpretation. And also I have yet to read the last 5 chapters, I left off when the question "why" was asked so, obviously, a gap.

But in short. Mika got reeled into crypto. From what I understood, he was stuck with his art, he wasn't coming up with any ideas, when Sora asked him if he wants to test the Test World where he can also make art using like . Clay and machines and the sort, and that art can then also be 3D printed? I really have to emphasise that my vocab is bad enough when you don't show me tech jargon. But anyway, this is in SSVRS or that VR system of theirs. So Mika does that, he gets really into it, he starts making all sorts of things and another function of the Test World is the VL$, a virtual currency. Yeah. It's a Test World, so it'll all be reset later, but yknow. Mika auctions his works, people start liking them and Test World's popularity soars - and with more people bidding on Mika's works, the value of the VL$ soars, too. One of Mika's works sold for the equivalent of 100 million yen, if I understood that section correctly. Either that or that was the value of 1VL$. Either way, it was a figure that had Mika going, "E- EEEEEEEH?!??!??!?!" so like. Yknow.

On the other side, Mika was spending all his time in VR, so he missed Shu's call. Shu, naturally, decided the next course of action is to fly from Paris back to Japan and check on him "to make sure he's not slacking off". Natsume and Tsumugi explain everything around the Test World and VL$ to him, Sora promises to call higher-ups to fix it, they get told that Mika shouldn't stop now because the value of the VL$ would plummet. There was some talk ab Mika not belonging to himself anymore which was. Right. Shu also scolded Mika directly, bc Mika was excited about that new medium and wanted to show it to Shu, and Shu got pissed off bc it's not real art. I think it was supposed be a sort of vague misunderstanding, the way Shu was speaking made it seem like he didn't consider digital art real art, but later on he says it's just that he doesn't consider art made to appeal to the masses and art made specifically for profit real art.

Whatever the case, Mika got back into the VR, Makoto tells him about the real world value of his works, he offers to buy him an atelier, Mika says it'd help him make more artworks, and in comes Shu on like. A fucking mecha? They started using gamer lingo explaining this one, I kinda shut it out tbh but it was a literal deus ex machina/mechanical god. So. That's when Mika asks what's so wrong about what he's doing, and when Shu answers with his own question - why is he doing that.

This is where I've stopped and I'll probs read the rest later tonight, but what I've seen from the spoilers, they either destroyed the Test World and the crypto, or just the crypto. Either way, a W for the art community and NFT/crypto haters.

#this is like. what /i/ understood. i may be wrong ab certain plot points #asks #ensemble stars

[ghostalservice]

writing ask game, tagged by @gaypiratebrainrot! THANK YOUUUU i love being asked things!!!

Do you write in order?

eeeeeeeh, not really. I start at the beginning, then go until I lose steam. Then I skip to the end, write that, and then fill in the middle scenes in whatever order they come to me! I have a really hard time writing the middle if I don’t have an end to aim at.

How fully formed does your writing come out the first try?

Like 95%? But that’s mostly because I am an incredibly impatient person who hates doing deep edits. And my older stuff needed a lot more work, but I’ve identified a lot of my common problems and I don’t make them anymore, so I don’t have to fix them!

How many drafts do you go through?

Lol drafts?? I write it, I send it to a beta, i literally accept all their suggestions, and I post it. So. Uh. Generously, I’ll say two???

Tell me about your process.

I tend to get sudden inspiration and pound things out quickly—train boys took me 3 days to write, for instance, because I was feral for the story, and want your tender charm took about 45 minutes. And then I wrote nothing for a week afterward each, I think. But I’m more of a settings ho than a story one: I like to settle into a world and flesh it out, and let it give me the story. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn’t!!

I also ADORE working with other writers—I think the squssyverse/WAS series is some of my strongest writing ever, because I had the absolutely brilliant @zombee scaffolding the plot and writing all the bits I didn’t want to (aka anything with plot that wasn’t 100% smut vibes is theirs).

And this is why I’m good at challenges like exchanges and prompt fests, because I work really well with rubrics and parameters (me??? autistic???? nooooooo......)

Tagging @zombee, @bomberqueen17, @orderoftalamasca, @outpastthemoat, @sassygwaine, and @darcylindbergh! Do it if you’re into it, I love to see people’s processes!!

#about the lis

[flowerpotmage]

my parole officer won't let me go into details but I 100% know where you're coming from and how that shit feels like. especially when you're doing everything on your own? I think people really underestimate how vulnerable and distressing it can get.

so no apologizing >:[ you did what you had to do, and whatever comes out of it will be greatly appreciated, as always.

(and ngl, the thought of me in absolute distress over an abandoned fic being factored as a motivator to keep it going, is kinda really funny maybe. definitely on brand)

as far as the anon incident goes… eeeeeeeh. being negative about a dynamic that is just now starting to be properly introduced and explored is kind of bizarre to me - especially when it's all your 'feedback' is about.

funny thing is, these same people will then wonder why writers stop being active in fandom :'>

i appreciate uuuu 😭

(dw it's like definitely a positive motivator for me!)

and that makes me feel better!! bc it is new in the plot, it's part of a slow burn fic so i'm trying to make the side things slow too, and it's not even the main thing? i think we've had maybe like,,, three to four scenes (including nuked chapter 11) with all of them so.... cmon. u always make such good points about the story haha, sometimes things im not even able to consciously word/explain but have floating in my brain

#answered asks #im v out of it rn. big sleepy wednesday #prob wont answer any more asks about that one ask tho bc i dont wanna dwell on it n it wasnt too big of a deal #but i appreciate everyone being so nice to me after #it's been a rough time out in the mines (regular life) so it means a lot #also im working on ch11 again and i'm so far just. adding more scenes. so it might be a honker

[grazhir]

Sims 4

Eeeeeeeh, I couldn't do it. She finally got pregnant about halfway through her YA span, and I used a rejuvenation potion, and later, an immortality potion (now I remember why I use MCCC normally, because of that infinity symbol thing).

Unfortunately, something is wrong with Live In Services. Like, I can't hire for any role, nor can I change any settings. So I checked, grabbed a more recent copy (how I missed that?), but even replacing it...

Game went wonky on a menu whatever, like a transparent grey film that requires me to ALT+TAB and force-quit the game?

So I'm repairing again. Also used my BAT file to delete the usual culprits, plus removed LIS. I'll launch after this repair is done, load the save (assuming I don't need to reenable stuff), save again, then exit so I can put the newer files back, see if that fixes shit.

[I wouldn't even want to think about trying to raise children in this game if I had Growing Together.]

#sims 4 #sims 4 mods

[abel-draws]

Inktober Day 3 - Roasted

Fellby from Trioblastersets AU, by @antarestyl and @namekian-maoh <3

Commission Info

#undertale #underfell #trioblatersets au #fellby #cooking #roasted #inktober #inktober2018 #ink #traditional art #art #drawing #Fellby's not the best cook and we all know that #he's like #this... Doesn't smell very right #eeeeeeeh #whatever #rip whatever he was cooking agshfkasfj #thanks anon for giving me the idea I like this much better than what I had in mind <3

[magnus-and-the-dragon]

is there anything more unsettling than the moment when one hyperfixation fades and is immediately replaced by another

like the feeling of one fading without a replacement SUCKS but it is always so w e i r d to have that moment of ‘wow… i suddenly don’t feel the drive to do this thing i’ve wanted to do nonstop for weeks… and also… i think i wanna do this specific other thing??’

idk man it’s just weird. @brain. please explain.

#i sat down in bed to play stardew and brain went eeeeeeeh #so i went… ok #settled into bed poked around a little and then brain suddenly went #AO3 PLS??? #so uh #guess we’re moving on to fanfic now?? i mean?? sure buddy whatever

[asknarashikari]

Minific where Marvelous is being carried like a sack of potatoes against his will

Lol RIP Marvelous

"Marvelous-saaaaan! Are you alright?!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," he muttered gruffly, despite the ache in his limbs. He'd been forced out of his suit by a particularly hard blow, and he'd stumbled and rolled down a rocky hill before hitting the bottom hard. "Let me just... get my bearings..."

"Marvelous-san, you're bleeding!" Gai yelled, pointing at his leg and sounding on the verge of a panic attack. "We have to ge you to Don-san for treatment!"

"I'm fine, Gai, just... help me up..." He tried to brace himself against the other man and a rock he was leaning against to stand up, but a sharp pain shot up his injured leg and he hissed, sitting back down. "Gai... I can't stand..."

"Oh no... What do we do now?!" he yelped, pacing around like a madman. "Could I manage it by myself..."

"Call Joe, maybe if he can find us..."

"Whoaaaaa! I'll do it Marvelous-san!" Gai exclaimed suddenly as he slapped his cheeks. "I'm gonna do it by myself!"

"Ha? What the hell are you talking abou- eeeeeeeh?!" Marvelous' final words turned into a yelp as Gai hoisted him up on his shoulder, his useless leg dangling in front and his face getting a rather generous view of the silver ranger's back. "What the fuck?!" he asked, doubly surprised by the ease with which the ranger carried him, and the muscles that he suddenly had a front-row seat to.

"Hang on, Marvelous-san! I'm gonna make sure you get help!" And Gai was off, unheeding of Marvelous' yells of protest and surprise as he was unceremoniously carried off to the rendezvous point.

-----

"..." The other Gokaigers stared in silence as a panting Gai explained the situation in a single breath, a half-conscious Marvelous on his shoulder looking green as though he just went on the bumpiest ride of his life.

"Uh... Gai, whatever he had, I think you carrying him like that made things worse." Don sighed.

"Tell me about it," groaned Marvelous as Gai finally put him on the medical cot. "I think I'm gonna be sick..."

#kaizoku sentai gokaiger #captain marvelous #ikari gai #minific #askrikkaiandhyotei

[baylardo]

oh yeah cringe naenae voyg au stuff hahaha thinking about mlp Janeway I like to needlessly ponder fur patterns like a freak when I’m not doing chronically in-canon style stuff so I’m like hrgrhhrggh have her as a unicorn and I was like her mom might be a unicorn and her dad a pegasus cause OOHOOOOO cute that she’s infatuated with flying like always but can’t really fly herself but she wants to be like her dad hahaha so I’m like thinking about maybe making her patterns kinda chicken-y in vibe like maybe giving her a lil beak-looking marking on her snozz teehee, maybe a brown color scheme idk yet :3

Thinking tuvok would be a kirin, and kes as a breezie, neelix as whatever the klugetown residents would be,,,,, that one might change but I find he’s a little unsuitable for most species lol, paris as a Pegasus obvs, kinda in a three way tie for b’elanna as her being either a pony who’s part yak or part griffon or part dragon, kinda inclined toward yak just in their general vibe and also lack of wings,,, kim as an earth pony,,,, lol idk the closest to the borg that I can think of is the changeling but their ability comparatively is a little eeeeeeeh but maybe I can work with it lol

#mainly just don’t wanna forget my ideas agdjfjfk #my brain going a million miles an hour trying to figure out how to incorporate threshold

[serendipityunho]

oh shit *rubs hands like a fuckboi* never let it be said that I let a cutie go without her needed daily dose of validation and support 😉 but the ice cream? eeeeeeeh it’s a long story but basically everything decided to shit on me at once lol, but luckily the worst is for the most part over! thanks for asking 😅 🍦

i’ve been there too, my dude. not a good feeling. i hope you feel better after whatever happened. maybe instead of stuffing yourself like a turkey with ice cream, down some water lmao 

#it'll clear up your head and you'll feel way better #💗💗💗 #🍦anon #tays mailbox

[ogamagirl]

FUNNY THAT

(and now for something completely different I watched the first ep of FF lmao things under cut)

-It LOOKS super slick. the animation so far has been very nice, the OP and ED are nice (the last shot of the OP made me go AAAAAAAAAAAAH cause it reminded me of the silhouettes of the SE title cards T^T) -I don’t...care yet, though? HONESTLY I DON’T KNOW if it’s because of me being a baby person (I’m sure that has something to do with it) but I wasn’t like...immediately sucked in. obviously it’s only the first ep and the only character to get any focus has been Shinra but like......eeeeeeeh I don’t care yet. -the flashback as a hook is potentially intriguing though. I did feel bad for Shinra being rejected just cause of his nervous smiling tick (and I’M OF TWO FUCKIN MINDS HERE cause sharp teeth = good but...u...already have a main male character with red eyes and sharp teeth, Ohkubo...............................) -some shots made me go HMM you can absolutely tell this is from Ohkubo jskdfhgsdfg plz keep That Nonsense to a minimum this time...................... -”the black smoke is the purification of the soul” hmm that sure is fucking pushing it isn’t itttttttttttttttttttttt (plz leave me alone orz;;;;;; I know it’s just part of the prayer and it’s not anything other than that but I’m being dumb plz leave me alone) -IN THAT ONE FLASHBACK THAT SURE FUCKIN LOOKED LIKE THE SE LOGO ON SHINRA’S SHIRT SOBSSSSSSS -basically I’m dumb y’all knew I was gonna be dumb about this I reserve my right to be dumb -it’s not bad! I’m just dumb! I appreciate the aesthetics because it’s from the same author so the Vibes are good but y’all know where my heart lies so yes yep there we are -I still feel pretty anxious I can’t tell if this added to it or distracted me from whatever i was anxious about originally lol I don’t know I’m all over the place THANKS BYE

#erin rambles #hhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy

[neranishin]

36-40 for Zenril

This is… part four… but also part eight going by the question numbers, so. Hm.

Gonna call it part 4 because it’s the fourth part I’m answering. don’t gotta go in order

Parts one, two, three, five, six

36. How does your character behave around people they dislike?

Dismissive. Zenril’s got better things to do than spend energy on you. This is actually not Lantos’s influence: this is just how Zenril is. Which is probably part of why they’re friends - they’re both kind of assholes, so it doesn’t matter as much that the other is too.

37. Is your character more concerned with defending their honor, or protecting their status?

BOLD OF YOU TO ASSUME ZENRIL HAS ANY HONOR TO BEGIN WITH so I guess protecting his status? Whatever status that is? He is very concerned with protecting his statuses of Alive and Able-To-Do-Whatever-Stupid-Shit-He-Wants.

38. Is your character more likely to remove a problem/threat, or remove themselves from a problem/threat?

Remove himself from an emotional threat, remove a physical threat. 

It does depend on the kind of emotional threat though, because Grande was kind of both and Zenril was pretty focused on taking him out. Grande was also an assassination target though, so. Eeh. Grande also wasn’t being personal about it. So. Eeeeeeeh. 

Remove himself from emotional threat, remove physical threat.

39. Has your character ever been bitten by an animal? How were they affected (or unaffected)?

…I can’t remember for sure, but odds are, yes, he got bitten by an animal under Jiabel’s temple, because there were a lot of charmed animals trying very hard to bite us down there. He was pretty much unaffected tbh. Got good fight adrenaline distracting him from bites and such and healing potions and/or Lyra and/or Kanon to fix it after.

Probably got bitten by at least one cat when he was an obnoxious little kid, and it taught him to be less obnoxious to cats. Cats and other small animals. Not necessarily less obnoxious to people. 

40. How does your character treat people in service jobs?

LIKE PEOPLE. Which for Zenril means he’s not necessarily going to start a conversation, but he’s not gonna be awful or unreasonable either. He’s not going to make their job any harder than it already is. I’d add “he’s not going to flirt with someone who’s literal job includes being nice” but lbr I can’t flirt and don’t think to flirt so he can’t and doesn’t either, and that feels correct. He wouldn’t flirt with them if he was so inclined in the first place.

I realize it’s a bit odd to go from “didn’t teach Zenril to be less obnoxious to people” to “Zenril’s not gonna be FUCKING OBNOXIOUS to PEOPLE” but like. Honestly? I think that might be because he remembers better to think of service workers as people than he does for, say, his classmates and others he’s not actively choosing to interact with. idk. it’s 2am. I’ll analyze him more later.

#zenril askpocalypse #cause things should come in threes #zenril #alverra #alverra campaign #sonochinosodomy #d&d children #d&d characters #it's 2am i can't remember which one I was using #asked and answered

[wordsmithic]

~ Opinion on the ancient Greek Erasmian pronounciation ~

Whoop disclaimers!

Ι am not an expert and I don't claim that this text has scientific value. I am doing this because I am the only person who wants to/can talk about that and I wanted to start that discussion with whatever I have. By all means, do your research and contrast me. Have I written something wrong? Correct me! Have something better to say? Say it! I would be very happy to see the other side of the argument. 

Who are you?

Native Greek speaker with..."B2-C1" knowledge in ancient Greek (lol xD) and having the experience of often hearing medieval Greek as well.

Why you can have an opinion on this?

It may surprise you but ancient, medieval and mordern Greek are connected. I don’t know why, but most people are shocked by it - mostly Americans (not the natives), that don’t know what is to have your culture in a land for more than 500 years. Same thing happens with other countries, like India (one of the many examples), where the roots and words of the ancient language can be found until today. Same with modern Italian that can be traced back to Latin. Some people make the mistake to compare English and Latin and not the actual language that has continued evolving in the same area. Remember, people, the area is very important! 

To put some things in perspective, firstly there was the Homeric one, then the Hellenistic Koine (common Greek) in the era of the New Testament and then Byazntine (medieval) and modern Greek. While there were dialects in between, I will just focus on those four.

Now, Erasmian It's quite far from Koine. But overall, Koine was much closer to Modern Greek than Homeric. On the other hand, there are many similarities between Homeric and the Koine. Oddly, even I can read the texts of Odyssey and Homeric Hymns and understand a great part of them. (Link 1 , Link 2)

And while ancient Greek is not my major, at least I have the basis to start the discussion. Experts can take it from here and elaborate.

Why do this?

Y'all are killing the difthogs in the name of that pronounciation even in modern Greek and I can't take it any more. xD Eeeeeeeh I mean,

1) I would like to write a small piece where I analyze why Erasmian shouldn’t be used so widely. 

2) Ask why Greeks themselves have been ignored in the academic discussion and are hindered by bringing elements on the table! (I am pretty sure that if it was for any other country people would call it a racist behavior on behalf of the Whites, but I digress).

So what is your opinion?

I think that the Erasmian shouldn’t be used for every purpose, but I am not am not condeming it! In fact, it can be very useful in teaching. However, some of its elements don’t make sense and seems to be heavily influenced by the north european languages.

And before you accuse me of a nationalist motive, let me say that modern Greek is not like ancient Greek either. There is no reason denying the fact. The ancient language has swifted and changed a lot and an ancient guy would be able to catch what we are saying, but not understand us completely. 

And I still don’t know why we just decided to take the word of a Dutch man in the 1750–60s than the actual records of Greek speaking people of that era. And, unfortunatelly, this has stuck in Academia. :) 

Anything to support your claim?

Let’s start plain and simple. It makes ancient Greek sound out of any meter in poetry and that's a sign that it's not the 100% correct one. So, again, use it, but maybe don’t swear by it. 

The phonology and morphology it supports doesn’t make sense from a practical standpoint. It was a weird aspiration and it completely disregards diphthongs. My focus is mainly on the diphthongs, because that’s what people disagree the most on. 

What are the diphthongs?

ai (ΑΙ, αι) = e (as in Germ. or Swed. ä) = ai (as two sounds)

ei (ΕΙ, ει) = i = ei (as two sounds)

oi (ΟΙ, οι) = i = oi (as two sounds)

ui (ΥΙ, υι) = i = ui or yi (as two sounds)

au (ΑΥ, αυ) = av (before vowel or b, g, d, z l, m, n, r) or af (before all other consonants) = au (a two sounds)

eu (ΕΥ, ευ) = ev or ef (as above) = eu (as two sounds)

BUT according to the Erasmian style, “ai” is pronounced “ah-ee”, “oi” = “oh-ee” etc. So, two vowels no longer create one vowel, but they are seen as two seperete vowels. Why isn’t this accurate? 

Let’s take some examples from words that have passed in English (again, correct me if I had taken something for the wrong reasons):

ΜΟΥΣΑ (muse) has passed as "Muse" (with ou = ooh) and not as "Moh-ooh-sa".

ΔΑΙΜΩΝ has passed as "Demon" and not as "Da-eeh-mon".

ΑΡΧΑΙΟΣ. Ι will use ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ for this one, since English speakers will know it as "archeology" and not as "ar-cha-ee-oh-lo-gy".

ΜΟΙΡΑΙ: (moirai) is pronounced “míreh”, not “moh-ee-rah-eh”, as it would be with the Erasmian. 

I used those words beacuse didn’t pass to latin languages in modern times, but some centuries before. It’s not the strongest evidence, but I believe it’s enough to make some people understand that diphthongs were valid and left their signature even when passed to other languages. 

“But, why should there be diphthongs? Why do you need to have so many “i” and so many “e”?”

0) My people weren’t stupid. Everything was there for a reason.

1) Every word has a root in it and the diphthong can show us that root (there were some roots that had almost the same pronounciation and orthography/spelling helped distinguish them). For example, παις (pes) = child, πες (pes) = some form of the verb “say”.

2) To distinguish singular from plural form. (-αι was used in female plural, for example).

3) In verbs, to distinguish “me” from “It“ and active from passive voice. (-ε was for active and -αι was for passive).

Another reason why not taking diphthongs into consideration is that you create a Hiatus or the Chasmodic phenomenon.

Ancient greeks cut or modified vowels when there were too many of them together and that's why we know that this second Erasmian pronounciation is absolutely horrendous for the ancient standards. For example it was "apékrouon" (απέκρουον) and not "apoékrouon" when you combine the από + έκρουον (apo + ekrouon).  

Imagine how bad it would sound if you had the ancient word Αοιδοί (ΑΟΙΔΟΙ) and you made it sound like "ah-oh-ee-doh-ee" instead of just "ah-ee-dee". Or the ancient word ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ that is pronounced “pe-dee-ah” instead of “pah-ee-deh-ee-ah”. 

Some sources that probably make more sense than I do:

Filologia Neotestamentaria 8 (1995), pp. 151-185. which you can read here. I found this post that amplifies it a little. 

This post, where Nick Nicholas, PhD Modern Greek dialectology, linguist at Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, lists some cons of the Erasmian.

Rod Decker, a trained linguist, long-time Greek teacher, published grammarian, and author of an excellent first-year grammar, said (this post may help) : “Erasmian is usually selected for its pedagogical value, not for historical purposes. Some form of Erasmian pronunciation is fairly standard in academic circles. It is not what Greek sounded like in the Koine of the first century, but it has the pedagogical advantage of distinguishing vowel sounds, many of which have similar pronunciations in other systems. [...] Personally I use a traditional Erasmian system, freely acknowledging that it is not an accurate representation of exactly what Jesus and Paul sounded like when they spoke Greek.” 

You may want to check the paper “Thomas Jefferson’s argument concerning the pronunciation of Ancient Greek”  link . Its conclusion is this: So, is it wrong to apply Modern Greek pronunciation to Homer or Aristotle? No! But one must be careful to admit that Homer and Aristotle may have spoken their language quite differentlythan the Modern Pronunciation allows. Likewise, is it wrong to pronounce Classical Greek withan American, German or French tone with the reconstructed method? No again! But one must also admit that the Reconstructed System of Pronunciation is somewhat flawed and the actual speech in classical times may be closer to Modern Speech than one would want to admit. 

My conclusion? (TL;DR)

The Erasmian pronounciation is heavily westernized and probably flawed but we can’t condemn it, as it helps foreigners understand the language better. However, modern Greek shouldn’t be ignored as it’s the evolution of the ancient language and could provide us with many clues for the ancient system. Despite its differences from the ancient style, there are still very strong ancient elements in it.

Bonus: Suggestion for those who participate in the worship of the Greek Pantheon today and wonder how to refer to their gods.

Honestly, do whatever you want! However, in case you want to be in sync with modern Greeks who worship the Pantheon consider using the modern pronounciation. In my opinion, faith is evolving and there is no reason to do it 100% the ancient way. While you should have knowledge of the ancient words and the context in which they were written, don’t be afraid to ward off the path of the Erasmian pronounciation. Searching you will see that modern Greek is not too far from the ancient, after all. There is no need for academic language, unless you feel comfortable using it! You already have different, modernized, shrines and practices from the ancient worshippers and that is valid! 

#oooooofff that was sooo long to write #greek #erasmian pronounciation #mine

[adelinafugowantstowrite]

Nice! My otome game scenario is writing itself up, as expected!

Synopsis: Saito Sakura, a woman working as an author for the famous VN company “N*tr*pl*s” is currently the main writer for an otome game scenario coming up. One night, during The Crunch, she collapses and wakes up in her game world! However, she wakes up as Adelina Fugo, the main villainess/pain-in-the-butt for the commoner protagonist Petra Saenz. Worse than that, since the storyboard was never completed, she’s only got a general idea of where the story’s headed in each of the four main routes, and they all lead up to exile or death of her character!

“Well, worse comes to worse, this all serves as inspiration for when I wake up!”

Recap from last chapter: Adelina and Petra got introduced to each other like a wrecking ball--- quite literally, since Petra actually crashed into Adelina with enough force to tumble her down the dirt! What was actually surprising was The Queen of TenCal Academy actually maintain her cool composure - at least, if you asked anyone who knows her on a basic level. Instead of the expected lashing out and abusing her authority, she welcomed her instead, and set up a date to drag her somewhere!

But first, she needs time to cool off. She’s been having wholly invasive thoughts that keep derailing her mind. What exactly is going on?

Chapter 03/??:

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Adelina Fugo did not scowl.

No, sir-ee. Scowling was something that plebeians did when encountering any meaningless difficulty along their pointless lives.

I glowered, thank you very much. Now that’s a much more refined word fitting for someone of my status. The question being now, was-

“Why?” my face would’ve screamed to me had I looked into a mirror. As if there was such a convenient thing to know what anyone was thinking; except, this is my mind, I clearly know what I’m thinking.

Except not really, since somehow, someway, my memories and thoughts started getting jumbled. I know I’ve been to Japan before, they’re a hot vacation spot for the Nahuatl Republic after all, but these memories tell me that I’ve lived in Japan for well over 20 years. My latest place was over at Chiba, a 20 minute commute in bike to the Narita Airport if I so decided, but---

I shook my head.

Right, this is why I Absolutely Need to sort it out before even daring to see anyone outside.

Alright court! Rise! Greet! Sit!

Judge Adelina Fugo, present.

Jury Adelina Fugo, present.

Executioner Adelina Fugo, present.

Bring defendant Sakura Saito to the podium, please~ Is what I would say if this were an actual show like Judge Judy--

Ah, naughty, naughty~! I’m sorry, defendant Sakura Saito, but you cannot overrule nor impose your will over Queen, Judge, Executioner, Jury, AND Executioner Adelina Fugo so easily! Now, what shall we do with you?

Let’s see if this mental feedback is two-ways. Now, if this works, let me see who you really are instead of telling me!

Hmmmm... A mediocre writer, barely making ends meet, with big dreams that remained unaccomplished even when reaching your thirties, 28 is close enough for that, right?

Motivated enough to rise in the ranks, disregarding marriage opportunities? Why should I pity you about that? Our cultures are extremely different and I don’t really care to learn the details, so cut it out with that. Know your place, this is not Japan anymore, nor is this body that of Sakura Saito.

See? You’re not even bothering to talk back to me. At least try to make suppressing your voice entertaining. While I’m certain that whatever audience is out there is having a riot at hearing me monologue, at least try to emote so that more people can actually know how you’re feeling; otherwise they’d be really lost!

Hop*? --a--A-----A-----!!!!

OOOOOOHOHOHO, did you really think that me, The Protagonist of the story you were writing, was really let you have any screentime? Eeeeeeeh? What’s that, as The Queen I’m supposed to be the Villiainess? Aren’t those roles, like, two sides of the same coin? After all, without me, Petra won’t be able to fall in love with my fiancée, much less those other two nobodies, am I right Saaaaakuraaaaaaa?

Hey, hey, why are you acting so surprised? After all, this world you were writing about, it has magic, right? Unlike your boring world, where you lived and died as a mediocre person, not even fit to lick my shoes, didn’t even develop the mastery over your mental landscape to a degree such as mine, right? Right? Right!?

Oh, amusing, this is too amusing! A plebeian who could be considered a creator goddess, dying of exhaustion, and ending up as a prisoner within my mind! A goddess who, from what I’m gathering, has set in motion my own downfall via that oh-so-sickly-sweet Petra Saenz! But let me say one thing with absolute certainty, Sakura Sato.

I, Adelina Fugo, as your Judge, Jury, and Executioner hereby declare: Your punishment for daring to defile my mind is the utter and complete destruction of your narrative.

I’ll play my part as the Villiainess. However, Petra won’t be the ray of sunshine you envisioned her to be. If I am to go down, it shall be guns blazing, as it’s fit for someone of the Fugo famiglia. If I have a say in it, and I absolutely do since it’s my right, she shall be the Brutus to my Caesar.

For what it’s worth, your motivations DID inspire something in me. Your ravings to be a recognized novelist sparked an interest in the arts within me. So, rejoice! That mediocre story you were writing before you decided to become a freeloader was picked up by a much better writer than you ever could’ve been!

Best of all, you get front row seats to all the action! The nitty gritty details that you wanted to iron before heading back home, and drowning your mind with static while eating on cheap noodles are now here!

Hey, hey!

Aren’y you glad at all, Sakuraaaaaaaaaaaaa?

Ok, case closed~ That definitely felt good to do!

Aaaaaah, now that’s a much better expression on my face that nobody should ever see. An intense gaze, nose pointed upwards; and instead of a sneer, the biggest shit-eating grin as if the cat caught the mouse.

Rejoice, indeed.

I’ve got a date to attend to with Petra, after all; and it’s going to be glorious.

Chapter 03/??: Hostile Takeover.

#eox's otome writer isekai

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My Precure Shipping Triangle

This is to illustrate the sort of interaction I see fit for these pairings and formulated a triangle to show a sort of balance so my ships don't collapse in of itself. (And I have a fall back in case I'm wiped out on one ship)

Also helps to change up the scenario and characters. (Not like that stopped me... looking at more of a dozen Emiru x Ruru fics/art I've done.)

Towa x Kirara ship - Hungering for Attention

I'd imagine that Towa really wants to do more stuff with Kirara, only the her girl is always busy. Modelling, school, Precure duties, donuts. Towa is almost starving for any sort of attention, that you'd have to hit Kirara with a brick to make her realize that Towa is dying for it.

Liko x Mirai ship - Tsundere Wall

Her name aside (the official Precure book says 'Riko' but our subs says 'Liko'), Liko is always, always, ALWAYS showered with attention by Mirai. So much in fact, Liko would explode in a sweet smelling gooey lesbian mess if she doesn't have her Tsundere wall up. Of course she would love for Mirai to pay more attention to her. Except Liko doesn't want to explode into sweet smelling gooey of a lesbian mess, hence she tries to be stoic. Key word is TRY.

Also, Liko is the type to hug a body pillow of Mirai at night. Only because she can hug it as hard as she can without actually suffocating the real thing.

Emiru x Ruru ship - Love Love Full Barrage

Shameless. Shameless. SHAMELESS. Handholding in public, declaration of love, even singing about it and making it their JOB so people know it. All they need to do is kiss and seal the deal, but since this is a kids anime, we won't be getting that. Instead, HUGYUUUUUU! Also love tackles. They love tackling each other.

Fanfiction wise, I just go crazy. They are the Nozo x Eli of Precure. Gay, gay, parfait, extra large.

With these three ships, I develop a nice healthy balanced yuri diet. Except I like Emiru x Ruru a lot. Therefore, it's not so healthy. EH HEH

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Honorable mentions would be:

Akira x Yukari ship - Ultra Platonic

They flirt. They look deeply into each others eyes. They chase each other. End of the day, nothing really happens other than coy smiles. WHO IS GOING TO FALL FOR WHO??!??!

Hibiki x Kanade - Tsun-Tsun Wall MAX

They love each other. But every instance they get is them fighting and arguing. But they love it. They refuse to show weakness to the other. Both want to be the seme, but also wishes to be the uke. Disaster, really. In the end, the moment they are apart for one minute, they come running back and declaring their love for each other in forms of hugs and hitting each other.

Nagisa x Honoka ship - Perfect Unsinkable Ship

Perfect balance of a relationship. One rushes to save the other. One also believes in the other they don't need to do anything. Wife will defend the husband. To the Death. (Honoka, calm down) Honestly, hard to write for since I can't imagine a perfect ship. Hence, I avoid this.

Love/Nozomi x That Guy ship - Eh.

Eeeeeeeh. Love x Eas. Not Setsuna. Eas. Then we'll talk. Nozomi. No furries. Please.

Mana x All ship - Gaddammit

Mana. Mana. Seriously. You get it on with everyone AND a Kamen Rider. Just stop. Shameful. Not shameless. Shameless actually means showing affection indecently. You should be ASHAMED. Rikka is a confused gay mess. Regina questions her existence. Mako-pi would risk a scandal dating you. Alice will kill for you. Aguri would be... I dunno, do stuff, whatever. Point is, STOP.

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