#i wish more ppl saw the updated version

[thatdeadaquarius]

Genshin Sagau (?) Isekai Brainrot - Language

I've seen like ONE small kinda related Genshin Sagau/isekai idea for this but I wanted more of it so BAD

It’s not the most interesting thing in the world, it’s about our modern vernacular vs. Teyvat's flowery speech

Pls feel free to expand on or add to this pLEASE TAG ME IF U DO IM STARVING OUT HERE :)))

So I saw someone write like one sentence abt this (can’t remember who :( sorry I’ll update if I find them ) or like a brutally honest version??

But I also took inspo from how fucking wordy and long conversations that are in Genshin, even with ppl like Xiao (the rude boy that he is) or even Tighnari who gets to the point pretty quickly

It goes smth like:

So, all of Teyvet, (esp ppl like Zhongli 💀 u know the ones) talk,, flowery.

Like, the whole Pride and Prejudice style speaking, euphemisms, metaphors, for some characters (or Npcs) its full on POETRY. 

Lookin’ at you Kazuha.

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And going off of any variation of you being the Creator, (or otherwise an older mythical being?), they could have this thing where the older a deity/mythical thingy is, the simpler the speech. 

Kinda makes sense to them y’know? The older beings are serious, commanding, intimidating

And nothing says "I'm ancient as fuck and powerful as fuck" like simple blunt speech.

And being closer to the literal creation of the world, language would understandably be less complex (I’m assuming it’s the same as in human cultures in our world's history)

Like literally look at our fantasy typical stories, plenty of them have a dragon or ancient god that speaks in extremes, like so flowery its a metaphor, or so bluntly its startling (ie, "Be not afraid." "I am all powerful." etc etc)

And so, ancient powerful being = direct/blunt speech

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...Y'know,, almost like our modern vernacular.

Like, part of some of our modern day comedy is purely based on a sentence being delivered bluntly for impact

Hell our ads and videos and content in general we always want to get to the point, to say things simply

So with this in mind, even if you try to deny being the Creator, they might still think you are, or at least a more minor ancient deity/creature

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(like the Seven Sovereigns/Phanes/Shades/etc. for example would sound eerily modern or at least easy for you to understand bc of this trait lol)

(Also I'm just assuming u know Genshin lore enough to know what I meant by that ^)

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So, I love the AU where you just,, hitch a ride with the traveler like Paimon bc u start at the "beginning of the game",

And with every person you meet, you're like, "Ok, no, I promise this is just how my country/world speaks, it's not like that, I'm not some ancient deity…" 

And They're all like 🤨🤨🤨 "Well, fine traveler and companions, why does your speech sound so simplistic and sharp? Surely, you do not expect me to truly believe you.."

You: "Please I just talk like this, I'm a regular human."

Them: "Alright, if it is as you say,, you wish to not experience being "known" yes? Fear not, I will keep your secrets close to my chest."

You: "No, for the last time, that's not-" 

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And it just keeps happening, lol

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(srry I tried my best at emulate Genshin language + flowery speech idk how to do it)

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Like maybe you would just sound weird or like a foreigner speaking y’know in simpler sentences bc they don't know the language as well as native speakers, at least that could be how you sound to NPCs and ppl who don’t know abt simpler speech meaning

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...But the Adepti? Zhongli?? Barbatos maybe??? Even the Aranara??? Those who are old enough to maybe have heard how older beings speak or at least have knowledge of how they should speak/sound??

You couldn’t have predicted how shocked their faces were the second you opened you’re mouth… 

Sumeru scholars would freak tf out i stg, as soon as you meet Haypasia, she's already losing it, first the Irminsul progress, now this ancient being/Creator?? Girlie thinks its a sign lmao

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(I’m an Aether lover, and also bc I think Lumine looks badass as Abyss ruler, so I’m gonna go with Aether for traveler sorry Lumine mains love yall T-T)

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You, and Aether being equally confused at first pLEASE 😭 

lets say he speaks a little more fluffy than you at least, after all I’m assuming bc of the outfit that he’s from a fantasy-like place, and his replies can be a little fluffy like Teyvat’s residents, so he kinda fits in, kinda like everybody assumes he's just from another country when he gets to a new nation (at least that’s what I think happens??)

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Like after (maybe Diluc?) Lisa, Kaeya, Venti, and Jean (who I think would all be knowledgeable, thru diff means, about this enough to maybe recognize the simpler speech = ancient god thing)

ALL reacted shocked as hell at hearing you talk, and would probably explain (or Paimon before then?) in that infuriatingly roundabout way, that you would usually skip a couple dialogue boxes just to avoid bc yOU ALREADY GOT THE POINT or alternatively WHATS THE POINT HERE?? JUST SAY IT, WHATS THE COMMISSION/QUEST FOR/WHAT DO I DO??

(Those blue highlights be savin my impatient life, and i actually like lore stuff 💀)

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Oh that’s also another frustration. For you.

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It would drive me crazy if I had to wait like,, 2-3 minutes for ppl to explain what they ate for dinner or sm shit

Like, now imagine that’s everyone, about everything.

You don’t know how anything gets done in battles or wars, like you need faster communication for that right??💀

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Anyway, you, Aether and Paimon decide you just gotta not talk when you first meet people or like,, make sure you're gonna be around that person for a while so you don’t have to possibly get someone over the shock of your speech every time you guys talk to people 😭 that'd be so miserable I can already tell,,

Like at first, every convo ya’ll have had with people who recognize that direct speech trait as a thing, would take at least 10 minutes to finish talking about it/being shocked,,

It got so old so fast.

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(Like I already can’t communicate that good with ppl irl bc I misunderstand them, or they do me, or they just dont get what I mean, and as my friends put it, which I think would fit here for any language shenanigans we go thru in Teyvat, "A Shakespearean level of misunderstanding, hilarious but such a downward spiral to watch, it just gets more and more ridiculous as it goes on...")

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On another note, making fun of someone would be so fucking funny,

I’d like to give myself the benefit of the doubt that many characters, after getting used to your speech, would generally understand you (even if they always notice it, like an accent) and would actually rlly love hearing insults or even just generally how you would put things

(like maybe treating this almost like those vids of ppl with non-native english speaknig relatives/parents and its the most hilarious thing to watch them, usually get pissed 😭, at their kid, if u dont know what I mean look up on tiktok or smth)

And You just come off like those insults where you dont even use cuss words, you just like, drag queen read them into never showing their face again, and you did it in so few words!! 

They're amazed and oh, 

you've become the John Mulaney of Teyvat 

(Bad examples include:

Fontaine inventor: "...And I shall call my invention, crocks!"

You: "I wouldn't even be cremated in those." ) 

*Aether crying laughing in the background bc he never knows what you’re gonna say next, and Paimon's jaw dropped so hard

JFC this post is so long sorry, I probably will spam with a Part 2 but let me know if you’re interested in hearing more anyway!!

Thanks for reading this rambling!!

Or send in asks abt this 👀

Cheers,

🌒🌊🌧Aquarius♒️🌌🌘

#genshin sagau ideas #sagau #isekai #genshin god reader #genshin impact #genshin imagines #gender neutral y/n #gender neutral reader #genshin sagau #genshin isekai #going feral #genshin brainrot #genshin au

[neopals]

Queendom 2 Round 3 Ranking

Loona - yes i'm biased don't come near me. people these days don't understand something subtle something elegant yet powerful. the stage was simple but beautiful, and i cry as a fan to think of the meaning and effort put into it. this arrangement of the song is better than the original, though i wish they went harder into an orchestral direction and updated the bridge.

WJSN - the girls know how to put on a SHOW. not a single dull moment, but like many ppl said it was too busy and not to my taste. i think they should have removed the music box moment because it broke up the pace of the performance and made the ending even more jarring. they saw loona the musical and hyolyn's aerial hoop work and said what if we did that too? still it must have been amazing to see live

Hyolyn - see sea is that girl and always will be that girl. that's my friend, my sister, and i will always want to see the sea with her!! very on theme and cute to have her fan join her on stage. the train and lifeguard post felt like mv sets i loved it. i felt like the arrangement of this performance was very similar to touch my body's with a worse dance break, but an amazing performance like always

Brave Girls - so happy for brave girls for their win! sad to say this was my least favorite performance from them lmao. i'm not a fan of the song but i liked it better after watching the full episode. i'm definitely not a fan of the powerpoint presentation they put on to tell you about their story, but it was undeniably emotional. LOVED that they cockblocked wjsn from first place tho

Kepler - i wish they leaned way more into the gothic/into the woods concept. the performance started off promising but fell off as it went on. i loved the wings and they performed well but the stage was lacking like always, and i didn't like their version of the song

Viviz - unfortunately they don't sound great even when they perform their own song. much better than their round 2 performance and it was cute but i hope they give us more with their final stage

#queendom 2

[vulturedimension]

dni if you can name everyone in this image, your parents are still together, live in england, judge people based on their zodiac sign, have bought more than 1 pair of airpods, have never dyed your hair, prefer to play humans in ttrpgs, have never cried about a fictional character’s death, learned how to drive before you were 18, main mario in mario kart/party, aren’t on any psychiatric medications, say “he/she” instead of “they”, don’t need glasses/contacts, are an only child, or don’t use the oxford comma

#i think there may be repeats from last time i did this #but that was a while ago #anyway tag ur number #and if it's 0 then... i'm already planning our wedding #mine #memes #1k #i wish more ppl saw the updated version #bc theres a lot of ppl who dont know what the oxford comma is #and ppl whose parents should be divorced #and ppl who should be on meds #your concerns have been addressed

[straykids-jiisung]

Ok I've watched all the stages On kingdom round 3 my thoughts:

Stray kids;

I was so scared from the teaser that it was going to be very prop based like before but it was actually the opposite! I liked this, it was a new concept that they hadn't done and it wasn't filled to the brim with stuff (also I could actually sEE the stage coughcough sf9 and the boyz)

I also liked how they stuck to the song most of the time, it was very pretty the vocals

I didn't rlly get the little boy there, I didnt rlly get that part of it and like chan only appeared like 3 quarters of the way in?

Also felix's facials was rlly rlly good when he was getting dragged on the floor!!

Lil update, apparently jeongin voice cracked and that why he was upset, I heard the voice break but it didn't rlly bother me because it actually added to the performance.. I wish instead of ppl wanting perfect vocals, we could have immersive vocals (like which one would you prefer, jeongins voice break or someone not singing at all?)

Btob

I love love the concept!! I thought it was interesting!! Song wise, it was good, it didn't get me as hyped up as the original version but that's to be slightly expected considering.

I didn't like it, when the wall opened and they went on to the stage and it went3 2 1 and then ?? Nothing rlly??! I feel like they should've started singing together all hype like and start going crazy (like they did a bit later in the stage) but instead it was almost stagnant for a bit?

(Also yes, I did have to cover my screen when btob member ripped his shirt off, I wasn't going to be looking at that!)

I liked when peniel flung water at the camera but it was slightly less good cause we saw him calmly walk to the water bottle before hand. I think, they had the motions of the hypeness but not so much the spirit (which I can understand as they r not that type of group)

Ikon

Yooo??? Why would you ruin the start like that??? The vocals at the start are the absolute prettiest and then bobby had to ruin it with a yo like dudee there's a time and place for it ahahhhahah.

They had a more conclusive performance than the others where I think they were relying on vibes alone, bobby rlly hyped if up, I can't remember how the stage looked like, ateez, ikons and the boyz stages were similar so I can't rlly differentiate between them

Also I feel like they didn't rlly keep so much to the original song? It felt like 10% was the original version and the rest was a different melody and raps?

Ateez

The car when the screen goes black and they suddenly have masks! That was cool!! They kept to the original song well!! There was a cool dance when one of the members when I'm his knees and did this jump thing and the high note that j- (?) Did was cool!!

They had a good vibe but I hated the remix of the chorus? Why they didn't just keep to the oringinal, the ending didn't rlly fit the rest of the stage, idk why they put it in

Sf9

Cool camera shots at the beginning, it was less like a stage and more like a film, I liked that!! Cool story but it was slightly ruined as you can tell that they were lip singing 70% of the time (shout out to the dude in white who sang the bridge! Your singing was loud and clear)

The chorus had a good remix! Thank God!! I think the biggest problem I had with the stage, is that the song didnt match the choreo, they are doing all this cool things with the guns and whatnot but the song seems more toned down then the dance, and then at the dance break, the music goes up in hypeness, but the intensitiy or rather the energy of the dance stayed the same?

The boyz

I found most of the solo stuff boring, I preferred the group stuff! Again, they had a good remix in the chorus and the glitter st the end was pretty and I also liked when they shot the arrow at the end at the sun!!

Overall, I think the biggest problem I had with the stages is that the choreo didn't match the song, with btobs 3,2,1 and then nothing and sf9s less energy dance break, even ikons yo at the start which was so omgod noo .. I think the one group that matched the choreo and the song was stray kids!

So I'll do

1. Skz

2. Ateez

3. Ikon

4. Sf9 and btob

5. The boyz

6. N/A

#kingdom #stray kids #ikon #btob #ateez #sf9 #the boyz

[tonyglowheart]

so since I can’t stop obsessing over 无羁 (Wuji) I decided to pop open Microsoft Word and through the power of a random youtube commenter who transcribed it, a working knowledge of heritage Mandarin, and many translation sites, I can now absolutely lose my mind even more over the significance of the lyrics and who sings them.

more under the cut, a lot of it is unorganized emotion-fueled yelling

tumblr is kind of rough for long-form stuff, but I guess I’m just going to braindump:

Note: btw do I finally wised up to the fact that the uhh actual lyrics appear in some Tencent videos (and actually a lot of the verses show up with lyrics in the end themes) and also realized that the transcription I got - which was from a Youtube comment - was... wrong in places. And I ALSO realized “Yunshen” was probably referring to Cloud Recesses lol. And so yeah, I’ve edited it to update it.

first off: LAN ZHAN SINGING ABOUT HOW THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS ARE IN THE PAST, HOW CAN WE PRETEND IT’S A DREAM UPON WAKING? Like this is so sad and filled with like...honestly, righteous bitterness towards the world? but also so practical? This is of particular note because Wei Ying’s corresponding line in the second part/repeat. Just you wait

Wei Ying having the line about how can the [praises, blames, gains & losses] of the mortal world be measured is :( bc like. yeah... it’s so in character it makes me sad as heck. Because like. he’s done So Much for the world, and the world continues to denigrate and belittle and revile him, and it hurts him but ultimately he takes it with like.. a sad resignation. D8 babey,,,

*poetic stuff, poetic stuff, blah blah* (although I will add that the added layer of poetic imagery is the “feng liang” means something like cuttingly cold. “feng” refers to the sharp/cutting edge of a knife/sword, and then “liang” is cold. So it’s the imagery of someone getting cut or stabbed by a cold sword and their hot blood rustling down it (the first part is onomatopoeia)

okay the ZITHER LINE. I guess “wen” could be anything, BUT we know there’s a guqin spell Inquiry, so I’m! going to interpret it as more along that lines! I think the Tencent translation actually has it as “also” but it could be “again” I think? Implying that even when they’re far away from each other and Wei Ying is playing his flute all alone and melancholy, there’s an answering zither sound inquiring on him? (i’m going to take it as his well-being :’) )

Edit: so it turns out the “wen” was incorrectly transcribed in the first version of the lyrics I saw; it’s actually the same “wen” as the flute line, so more of it can also be heard, like the Tencent translation. ...but I Want to Believe....

edit: ALSO HOLD ON A MINUTE. I DIDN’T NOTICE, BUT I SAW A SCREENSHOT THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HIM PLAYING INQUIRY LOOKING FOR WEI YING ONLY TO BE MET BY HOLLOW SILENCE? IS THAT FROM THE NOVEL? IS THAT MISTRANSLATED? OR DID I JUST NOT NOTICE. Guess I’ll have to find out

the last line/duet line: I can...kind of see where the “unrequited love” comes from? This is one of those lines where I wonder if it’s classical Chinese and therefore has layers of meaning that don’t convey through translation engines. I might need to actually search it and see but I’m scared to :’) my last brain cell is on Wuji I can’t deal with a wall of Chinese text right now :”)

so just going by the pinyin and what the translation engines tell me individual parts mean, the first part is something about a petition left open, which I can see as meaning unrequited (or more gently, “the story is not over” lol), but not sure what business Google has coming out of left field with a flat-out UNREQUITED LOVE for 8V bls my heart can only take so much

the last part of that line, NO clue at all, must be some kind of poetic thing... so I just gotta go with their translation and no other layers of understanding

Edit: ChenQing, interestingly, is the name of Wei Wuxian’s flute, and is also in the Chinese title of the series. so I think that first line is open to interpretation, it’s one of the lines I’d love to discuss with someone who knows Chinese and hear what they think.

the second part is mostly poetic imagery. it’s saying like low-laying silvergrass in the moonlight looks like frost (silvergrass being a common grass in parts of Asia. It’s that one with the fluffy fronds). When I googled the Chinese, it returned this specific species: Miscanthus sacchariflorus 

wOw the part about preparing a pot (metaphoric) of all of life & death’s ups and downs to memorialize/offer a sacrifice for a young man? hits me right in the heart and the feels and im going to sob over Wei Ying again

the other line that absolutely makes me lose my mind - and like the one above, it’s one that Wei Ying has a direct counterpart in part two - is Lan Zhan’s line here. Tackling the second part before I lose my mind over the first part, I sort of have an impression that second part is kind of a “go with the flow” (of life?) sort of deal, since to my understanding, it means something like... [traverse through time/through time/over history?][wind and waves]

okay but the part that makes me lose my mind is the “xiaoxiaosasa” part, which is a counterpart to the line sung by Wei later, “tantandangdang.” xiaoxiaosasa means like... in a natural/unrestrained/carefree manner. And at first I was like..Lan Zhan?? xiaosa?? but actually I kind of see it as like.... not a serious suggestion, but an impossible wish? Like this other post I think I where someone talked about them watching Song Lan and Xiao Xingchen wandering off, free of duties and clans, to hunt monsters etc. and I think that’s something that might be an impossible wish in Lan Zhan’s heart of hearts that he wouldn’t ever materialize because his sense of duty is so important to him. But maybe in a world where the two of them - or Lan Wangji especially - isn’t/aren’t bound by clans and sects and sundry, maybe they’re able to take a more carefree approach to life.

and then sharing the melodious song together at the ends of the earth is another one that has all of my ;A; ‘s

aaand here we are on the repeat, where Lan Zhan sings a line first, and Wei Ying has some sweet sweet counterpart lines that extra hit me straight in the heart:

okay so first off, first line. Unless that’s some Classical Chinese idiom, or honestly just flat-out idiom, I’m not sure where “I became lost after facing a dead end” comes from. Anyway.

HERE IT IS. HERE IT IS. okay so remember. the first verse, Wei Ying’s line is about a lonely and melancholy flute, and then Lan Zhan’s line is kind of tinged with a sort of world-weary bitterness but also resignation. But here!! Wei Ying’s line! is like sO magnanimous and accepting. Whatever the turmoils and rights and wrongs of the past, he’s already let it go. Granted I’m seeing this from a “the world wronged him” perspective so I’m like “D8 my generous-hearted boy... oH No my feelings...” Lan Zhan may move on but I think he can’t quite forgive the world for how it treated Wei Ying, but Wei Ying, like he said in the show, is ready to forgive and forget, it’s all in the past, and also I get the vibe of “yeah I’m used to it.” anyway gOD the contrast, and also I’m sad

[the rest of the intervening lines are the same, until]

okay the line is mostly the same, but one translation also gave me “fickle” instead of unpredictable or impermanent, and I feel that mood. It’s saying like “laughing over how fickle worldly matters can be”

aaand then here it is. Wei Ying’s counterpart to Lan Zhan’s carefree/unrestrained. why not go through life with a magnanimous heart. Which! is so in character for Wei Ying and honestly exactly what I think he does, like it HURTS him when ppl make shit So Personal about him which might have mitigating factors, or like... aren’t even his fault. But to some extent, he’s willing to bear it, for the sake of the world. Some of I think is out of misplaced sense of guilt trained into him (like when Madame Yu blamed him for bringing calamity to the Jiang Clan and he just accepts that :’) ) but I do think he’s also got a martyr’s heart.

Anyway, all of this taken together, and with the beautiful melody and the two singers switching lines and also dueting together, a b s o l u t e ly makes me go, as the kids say, feral

thanks for coming to my TED Talk

#the untamed #mdzs #wuji #mine #i also want to mention now: do you know how many times this dang song plays as wwwx & lwj stare into each other's eyes?? so many #so. very. many. #love anthem all the way babey !!! #mxtx

[tayegi]

I love New Rules with my whole ass heart !!! Every character honestly is so dynamic and you can really see how well thought out you made everyone, from their emotion and motivation to their actions, everything makes so much sense! And I just have so much respect for how the oc acted in the recent chapter, it truly made me so emotional. I don't know if I can fully express how much I love it but I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting it

Anonymous said:I'm crying. When oc said she doesn't wear make up & pretty dresses because she's insecure & scared she might not be able to pull it off but if she could she'd be wearing princess gowns with her face contoured everyday, that's me! I want those stuff but I'm stuck wearing shirts & jeans. My friend & cousin, they're always forcing me to do those stuff but I'm scared that I'll look stupid. I even cut my hair short to avoid the trouble of styling. I wish to give her a hug & tell her she's not alone.

Anonymous said:Hey! I just finished NR ch. 12 and I want to thank you but I'm also hurt. I could feel her heartbreak, her insecurity and I saw that she just wanted to be accepted and loved. It broke my heart when she said "I'm insecure". I know it's so hard to reveal your deepest fears, but she was brave enough to do so and I'm really proud. I relate to her so much and I wanted to hug her. I almost cried at the end. You are so good at writing! I hope you are happy, love! 💋💙💋💕💋 ~IC💜

Anonymous said:I just loved the fact that NR oc was able to stand to her own values and also care about Jungkook own values, I think everyone has been in a place like the Oc and just the fact that she took the weight of her shoulders it’s enough satisfaction for me as a reader ☺️ thanks Lu for this amazing update, take care of yourself, love and kisses for you ❤️

Anonymous said:I’m trying to find the right words but I just wanted to let you know that chapter 12 really evokes a strong emotional response from me because I used to hate make up and sparkly things because I thought I wasn’t the right person to wear those things. But with lots of love from my dear dear friends I truly am the person who is confident in herself now. It was a great bit that you wrote out with Hobi it felt real. 🧡🧡

Anonymous said:I love love love the latest chapter. As someone with just as much insecurities as OC, seeing her be strong in front of Hoseok and Jungkook really struck a chord. Your writing is amazing and I can’t wait to see where you take this, Lu!!

Anonymous said:Mijoo so amazing and wise and wonderful and understands oc so well!!!! She may honestly be my favorite character I’ve ever read!!! ❤️❤️😍😍 I wish I had a mijoo in my life!😭

Anonymous said:I have so many emotions right now my heart hurts for the OC and all that she's dealing with and I wanted to fight Hoseok from the moment he laughed at her dress and I'm glad she's staying true to herself even if it hurts. I think she made the right decision saying no to JK, it wouldn't be a healthy relationship if he didn't want it. The scene with Hyejin was sad but also sweet how the two got to really honestly talk about JK. Mijoo and Yeurin are so wonderful. The girls are all so good!!!

Anonymous said:I read ch 12 from New Rules. As a woman who's insecure about nearly everything about herself, I felt so liberated at the end of the chapter. Thank you

lovelyblade said:Deadass the oc from new rules is me she is the exact version of me in my current stage of life to insecure to think you can pull of what other girls wear is dubbed the ice queen and feels like no one will love her at chapter 12 hit wayyy to close to home I can’t wait to what you will do with next tho thanks for writing this fic

Anonymous said:new rules chapter 12 was so good!! i loved it!!! the insecurity that the main character has felt through out the chapters is just so relatable and it feels good to see those emotions written down. it’s like my own feelings have been recognized and validated!! thank you, you’re amazing and i’m looking forward to whatever you write next!!! i love you!

Anonymous said:Thank you for all of your work!!! I have caught up to date with New Rules and *SPOILER ALERT* I really resonated with the MC and her feeling so insecure about wearing makeup and dressing up, and how Hoseok reacted when MC was fully done up, was one of the main reasons I never did any of that. (Now I'm more attuned with it haha) I hope you are having a great day!!

Anonymous said:I really related to Y/N in new rules chapter 12. I have always wanted to dress up but I’m not confident enough. Even when I do try people say I look weird and stuff.

omg akldsjflsdf it’s so amazing how many ppl can relate to the OC and other girls so much and their insecurities :( it’s crazy how universal this is, and i hope the OC inspires yall to fuck it all and OWN IT! bc you deserve it, babes!!!!

#new rules #instantspot

[lesbiancarat]

Book anon here and that is correct, I sent my ask prior to learning about the news. I found out a few minutes later from other svt blogs I followed so I want to apologize for my ask! I feel bad sending in the ask and I wasn't sure if I should send in another ask to apologize of my timing?

Its ok for taking a while to respond, please things have been, rocky shall I say? Within the fandom so take all the time you need! You could have also ignored my ask gjskdnak I would have understood! Things have been messy from day one and it seems to have calmed down? I cannot confirm this as I haven't looked up translations on twitter from fan accounts (we saw what happened with that) and am waiting on an official pledis statement which we can for once applaud them for doing their job. They put gose on hold and are communicating for the most part while getting proper info on this. Thus we are in an awkward period with the fandom, its weird to not see svt so much and it makes me realize how MUCH content we got from the boys and I miss them :c like even if they had no promo stuff we got weverse, twitter, and other stuff sprinkled in. Of course I'm not saying tbe mingyu situation isn't serious or anything like that, that is important as well but I hope you know what I mean?

Now back to topic, agreed with everything you said! I want to say I wish reposters could STOP doing stuff like this but well, they won't. Its sadly the internet and many people view things as once its online, its not yours mind set ya know what I mean? I feel bad for content creators that they go to great lengths to protect their work but sometimes it slips through the cracks all because buttsock people dont know common sense

Ssp is iconic and that is facts. Even if I got frustrated with it, if was a fun game and I liked it. I do thank the bts version for getting me into the other games of superstar because they are fun so its a shame to see it be gone so quick. I read that as well and as someone that is playing rhythm hive, the game is buggy but has improved but I can see svt and nuest on there. Since the game is sort in a beta/alpha phase, I'm guessing they are using the "official release" as a big update that can maybe include pledis artists. (Apparently the current state of the game is like a beta? Lol) Of course I'm not sure since we have no official statements or early leaks like when people found out bigbit bought out the video game company that is doing rhythm hive. We shall see, I would like to see a svt game of some sorts still!

ahh it's not your fault at all! you couldn't have known there's nothing to apologize for ^^

and yes, things have calmed down a lot, it feels like all the information that the OPs have to share is out there, now it's just a matter of Pledis clearing up the last little bit. and i agree, Pledis has handled this well!

and yeah i know what you mean. i mean it's looking like the issue is getting cleared up since mg and OP1 resolved their issues and the other claims either have been or look like they will be proven false. but i think it makes sense to miss them, even if mg had been guilty of all of the claims, or at least to miss SVT/mg as we know them. like, even if it came out that all of SVT were serial killers or something like that where it's obviously unforgivable, i still think it would make sense for Carats to miss the SVT we thought we knew, who brought us joy. now that a lot of the claims are starting to get cleared up i think a lot of ppl are more comfortable saying they miss SVT. but i guess my point is when everything was first happening and a lot of ppl thought mg was being accused of way worse stuff i still think it's natural for ppl to miss SVT, and shouldn't feel guilty. it doesn't mean u condone the action in question. i just say this bc i feel like i see a lot of posts of ppl saying they miss SVT but it sounds like they feel guilty about it

yeah it really is impossible to completely protect something once you put it online which sucks!! like ppl could argue if creators didn't want their work stolen they shouldn't put it online, but creators should be allowed to share things without worrying about that. plus for people who do some kind of art for a living, the internet is probably the best way to advertise these days

yeah i wouldn't be surprised if it takes a little while to announce SVT/nuest being added to rhythm hive even if that is the plan. since ssp just ended there might be contract/legal stuff to work out before the songs can be added to another rhythm game. but yeah even though I'm pissed if it really is true that bh ended ssp for their own rhythm game i guess having something is better than nothing. but I'm mostly worried that they won't add after school, pristin, etc. to the new game bc it seems unlikely they will :(

#melia.ask #📖 anon #long post

[listenas-she-whispers]

shanghai

Shanghai Ramblings

Since Tumblr is blocked here and I basically have no contact with anyone at a reasonable hour

7/28/17

Jiejie left today for home and I really wanted to go home with her because I’m really missing the nice weather back at home and all the comforts that come with it. Chinese is still v rusty and not v good but it’s enough to communicate with the relatives, but I’m no where near the confidence needed to speak to outsiders, so idk how work is gonna go. Also I’m p sure Netflix is blocked here but I really wanna stream pacific rim bc it was actually a p good science fiction movie

7/29/17

Woke up around 10am and had a lazy start to the day until the aunt and uncle took me out to see the old Shanghai buildings back in the day called 石库门, and then to a bigger, more modern and much more crowded version of Santana Row called 南京路 and it was really fun bc we walked all the way down to the river and saw the skyline and it was fuckin beautiful and it would’ve been nicer if the weather was better and there were less ppl but it was cool nonetheless. i also showed them the inside of a giant forever 21 and bought a rly cheap pair of aviators(china sizes are much smaller than American ones) so I just decided to get them since they were cheap, even though the material prob isn’t the best. And then we went and ate a vegetarian place that wasn’t that great but wasn’t bad either. Drove through downtown Shanghai and had a p fun convo w the aunt and uncle about my mom’s past dating life and talked some shit about my dad and his fam so that was p fun :) overall it was a good day!

8/6

Forgot to update, oops. The weekend went by gloriously, in which I slept till 11 in the morning both days. Unfortunately tomorrow I have to wake up at 7 again :(, but this time only for 4 days since I get Friday off, and then Saturday I’m flying back to the land of blue sky, white clouds, excellent air quality, and excellent weather! Today was a good day though, bought myself a pair of superstars for only 180 RMB($25!!)three (fake, but decent quality) brand name wallets, gag gifts for Kimia and Nathan, and a nice necklace for jiejie and earrings for her as well. I don’t really wanna go back to work tmr, I just don’t wanna wake up early, and calling ppl is v tedious, and I’m just gonna pretend that I forgot I was supposed to sit next to jade these next four days because sitting next to her means that I actually can’t slack off and take a couple breaks here and there :/ yikes. Got hooked on a lotr pic about thranduil and his wife and Jesus Christ why do I get attached so easily. Been feeling really nostalgic and just wanting to read good books for a long time while listening to easy go acoustic. Also wanting to go home but not wanting school to start because where tf did summer go? Also staying in Asia made me fat and my self esteem lower because wow all the girls here have thin legs and weigh next to nothing and a big part is just genetics but also just them not eating and me gaining weight hasn’t helped and I just ;asldkfsakld. I just wanna get back to 102 where I had a nice jawline and a relatively thin waist like is that too much to ask(it sounds super shallow and superficial and fatshaming but ever since junior year ended and i gained a lot of weight i’ve been feeling really sluggish and not good so this is v much for my mental health). Also I rly wanna just start running again when I get home but school… so yea lots of conflicting emotions at work and part of it is just teenage angst but another big part is anxiety and low self-esteem!! Also I miss social media, even though I am appreciating this break, or a detox as Kimia called it, albeit it wasn’t wanted, but I guess needed? I do miss Tumblr a lot tho. And snapchat, I miss snap a lot. Ok well now I gotta sleep otherwise I’m never gonna wake up early enough shit 

8/7

Dont rly remember what I was gonna write, but I think this was the point where i and the other interns started warming up to each other

8/10

Wow the last day came a lot quicker than I expected. Funny how I was wishing for this internship to end just last week. Had a small farewell party that was p fun, and then went out to karaoke with the interns. Had to leave early bc the aunt smh otherwise I totally woulda gotten smashed with them until like 11 :( that would’ve been fun. I doubt I’m ever gonna see them again, or at least see all of them in one place again, but hopefully some of them visit California and hit me up! That would be p fun. Overall this was a p great experience, despite my angst and general negativity due to the weather here. They’re a fun bunch of people, and heavily remind me of people back home, and I know that even though I’ve only been around them for two weeks, I’ll still be v fond of this experience. At the same time I can’t wait to go home. What a paradox.

8/11

Annoyed at aunt bc for a lot of reasons, but mostly for rude moments and “man-womansplaining” ugh. Also while I’m super glad to go back home, I really don’t want school to start. I just wanna go home and sleep for two more weeks and ignore college apps. Music is keeping me alive, and also missing the interns bc I’m too sentimental for my own good.

8/12

Waiting in the airport rn, w no wifi :( lines for security and immigration were super long so I don't have to wait long to board, but it would've been nice to have wifi and talk w friends before flying off. So ready to land in SF and catch up three weeks of social media loss and remind everyone that I'm still alive haha. 

#ramblings #summer 2017 #shanghai 2017

[ificouldflytotheclouds]

And somehow the stars align

So I was just thinking of my top favorite artists of all time: Taylor Swift, One Direction, and 5sos. And they strangely all have similar pathways even though they're on different roads. 

The beginning. 

Out of the three Taylor is the artist I can tell you the least as to how I fell into her music but it I believe it manifested from a friends recommendations. 

One Direction I remember seeing the countdown for WMYB on my sidebar every day I was on youtube, by the time the music video dropped I finally clicked on the videos because I was intrigued by this video trying to encroach on my life. 

5sos was a friend recommendation. 5 Years ago (+1 day) she sent my a link to try hard. I didn’t listen to it at the time because I didn’t want to download anything onto my mom’s computer. A month later she sent me the link to Luke’s cover of please don’t go, it wasn’t till I looked into his other work did I realize he was part of 5sos. Check yes Juliet and drop in the ocean that won me over.

Getting into them

I saw Taylor perform at the mall and after the show we got a signed cd (rip, at the time someone standing near us was like can we meet her after and security was like no, something about being too many ppl, but like…)

For 1d my friend had me watch their video diaries and I fell in love. We saw them at the same mall (and when I say mall I mean the Mall of America, aka the biggest mall in the U. S. A. anyways…) that was crazy busy. We didn’t have tickets but we went to watch anyways, that was fun, and it actually spawned a friendship with someone who went to my school and is now one of my besties now (who was the person who introduced me to 5sos). 

5sos. I remember wanting to go to the Stars, Stripes and Maple Syrup Tour (actually, I completely forgot about this until today, I forgot how whipped I was for them before slsp came out). But we couldn’t go. (rip, wasn’t able to go to wwat for same/similar reasons, but this year finally traveling to Chicago for a show so it kinda makes up for it). Got tickets for Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour but we ended up selling them to go to a second 1d show. I don’t regret this decision, because 1) that was ones for the books and 2) we knew that this might be the last time we will ever see them (once Zayn left me and my friend were intent on going to more than one show). Back to 5sos, the day of their show we almost ended up getting into their radio show, but we still go to see them walk past. 

The second album ‘Hiatus’

This is where things strangely align

Way back to middle school I wasn’t into music the same way I am now, it was healthier, lol. I still loved Taylor but I didn’t get fearless until Christmas, I fell in love with that album on my grandma’s staircase. I watched all the behind the scenes pictures, but compared to the information that goes out now I knew nothing, I just knew the bigger things (I think this is why I always struggle/feel like I don’t fit in with online Taylor stan culture, bc it wasn’t how I fell for her and her music). We tried to get tickets to the fearless tour but were unsuccessful.

Before I begin with 1d, I also want to remind you that Spotify has not always been around, and even then I didn’t download it till sometime in 2017. I don’t even know when it comes to the tmh era. Back sophomore/junior year when I got into things it would be in waves (it’s starting to go back to that which is healthy). So tmh was when I wasn’t following 1d so much. My friend invited me to see a prescreening of the this is us movie. I /sort of/ forced myself to listen to tmh. TMH era might have been one of their best but there’s a reason why it took me a while to get into this album, it’s just not my fav, I find it the least memorable, even though generally speaking its a better album than uan. (I still love the album don’t get me wrong)

5sos, oh 5sos, just trying to figure yourselves out. I don’t like talking about this much, it’s important to acknowledge but it can also feed negativity. Them as people were getting harder to stand and the fandom was getting to be too much, so I had to say goodbye to social media side. I don’t regret this decision and I really wish I had done this at one point for 1d, but with that, it was a little different (baby gate being announcement was hell). I still loved their music but my friend was pressuring me not to listen to it, so that winter I didn’t buy livesos, but I do remember a year later I listening to the skh ep, and enjoying it (Even though I was iffy about skh at the time). School had started and I was kinda out of the loop so I don’t think I actually knew when sgfg came out (Even though I defs followed a few 5sos ppl still, just not update accounts at the time)

Even though I wasn’t there for sgfg I equate this time period with the self-titled album era - post album release because I was there but I wasn’t. I liked the album but it ended up being the least memorable, similar to take me home. 

3rd album hoopla

For each of them, the hype began months before the album was released, most likely starting with the drop of a single and riding a high from there.

For Taylor it started with her live stream announcing the 3rd album, to mine that released when I was in a cafe in the Northwoods, the album release week was epic, we finally got tickets to see her on tour (for my friends 15th birthday, 15 I still cry I go to listen to this live when I was 15). I EMBODIED THIS ERA. I had my first crush, the world was magical, I was in a world wind.

This was my school friend forcing me to let my fangirl out lol. (For 1d this wasn’t their peak compared to Taylor and 5sos currently, but it was a very important era for me as a fan). It started with me going to the prescreening of this is us, wow I loved them. SNL performances, being excited for the first show, I had all the lyrics printed out so I could sing them...good times. (I feel like 1d’s best era was tmh but I wasn’t there so its not my #1 era as a fan, from there it’s hard to pick bc I didnt get to see them during wwat, I did with FOUR/OTRA, but there was also DRAMA with that era, and then there was MITAM mini era which got us high and dry(ingourtears)).

And now here we are for 5sos’ 3rd album. You can FEEL that this one is different. SGFG was good, heck, that is one of the best albums I have ever heard, and ngl I was low key nervous as to how they were going to out beat it. But that album was rushed, they didn’t get as much time off as it feels, but this album there is SOOO SOOO much love put in this album. And it goes beyond the lyrics. They really pushed themselves, instrumentally, emotionally, vocally, as people. There is growth, expansion. They reinvented themselves, and yet they are just an embodiment of who they always were, the lessons they’ve learned, and just a better more empowered version of themselves. I wish I could remember if it was pre or post want you back but I ended up getting into SGFG (properly) around this time. THe first few songs made it hard to get into the album when I had listened to it in the past. But I was finally able to skip around those (this is one of those times where I probs would've listened to the album earlier if I had spotify at the time) and later fall in love with them. I think that album came in at the right time. I got to go to 5sos3, got tickets for meet you there, youngblood is amazing. Life is great.

Since the 3rd album hoopla for 1d and Taylor

I got to see both of them from row, in the same year,  b stage for 1d and center catwalk for Taylor. Still love them, they’re chill, since 2015 I can say I’ve seen Niall at least once every year, 2 times for OTRA, met him during his golf tournament in ‘16, 2 radio shows in ‘17 on which Liam also played at. I have a Harry concert in a few days, seeing Niall twice this year to continue the tradition, might see Taylor (tixs are sooooo expensive, don’t love her new album that much but this girl loves  Taylor sooo, I’m not going to miss it - I don’t hate it but it’s just not the same as how I feel in love with yb instantly, it doesn’t give me that feel), and I get to see 5sos again in the fall (I want to go to their Chicago radio show so bad bc it’s close to the Chicago Niall show, but not close enough, darn)

#this was a bit trippy to write bc 5sos align with 1d at points but theyre on different time lines #i like how im holding off on posting/writing posts that i want to bc theyll take a while to do while i impulsively write this one which took #at least an hour #this is not proof read #but my posts are mildly messy regardless

[ashethehedgehog]

Saw your fic recs! Did you see that Halves of a Whole FINALLY updated! What are your thoughts on a fem! Yugi? I admit I'm curious about how they'll portray tue character.

Yeah I did!!! I hope it was a relief for the author and that they’re doing okay! Long breaks from fics often means life is hard and motivation is low, which sucks : ( Hopefully its lookin’ up for them tho! Now, I haven’t been current with the chapters of that fic for a while now tho, I think I read up to chapter three or four before I dropped off for a bit, and then just never remembered to come back to it. To be fair, I read a lot of fic, and I also have several I write at the same time, so getting time to slot everything in is phew, a mess, lemme tell ya.

SO not sure how well I could give my thoughts on the fic, since not much actually happened in what I had read, but I’ll be going back to it soon to check out the progress on the story! 

As a general sense, I’d say I’m not really a fan of fem!Yugi, mainly because some of the portrayals of it I’ve seen give off some bad vibes (to me at least). I guess I don’t understand why he needs to be changed into a girl for some stories? Like is it important to how the plot goes down that he needs to be a girl? I feel like with a convincing reason I could get behind it (I’ve read a few, and some have had pleasant stories!). Also sometimes I get that vibe that its done to slot Yugi into the ‘innocent super femme’ stereotype (which also makes me upset because innocent and ‘cant do anything without relying on someone else’ tropes of girls need to die too augh), where he already gets quite a lot of of ‘innocent virgin doe eyed boy’ as it is. Noooooot that there is anything wrong with someone wanting to portray that, if they wished to, I should clarify. I’m all for ppl writing what they love, and if people really love the ‘innocent Yugi and possessive/arrogant Atem’ tropes, then like go for it. I’m not a fan, but then I have my own representations I know a lot of people wouldn’t agree with, and I don’t care cause that’s how I, personally, like to portray the characters. So each to their own u know, do what makes u happy!

BUT, that said, fem!Yugi can most certainly be done in a convincing and nice way, but the thing I think is it needs a lot more work put in to make it so, since it deviates from the norm, and to shake off the bad stereotypes that come with it. There is a lot of baggage there sadly, but people have the power to spin amazing stuff even with content that has such set ways to it! (think about how cool some versions of fairytales get and how they go away from the Disnye-esque versions!!!) That’s how I’d view it at least, but then I sit in my AU sandbox all day worldbuilding away and don’t really get into the tropes ygo often favours, so I’m not sure how much of a shared opinion that would be. 

in terms of how Halves of a Whole tackles it, I would have no idea! I’ve only read a few scenes with Yugi in it, and she barely interacted with anyone (to my memory, this was like over a year ago tho so its a bit choppy), so I couldn’t get a good idea of how she’d be around Atem, whether she stands up for herself and doesnt back down, or if she’s more meek Season Zero style Yugi (I think Halves of a Whole was a bit of a rewrite for S0/ the ygo story so maybe the later possibly? Don’t hold me to that tho I COULD be mixing it up with something else) Either way, I can’t really say my opinion on the matter since I havent read enough to form an understanding for how the author chose to portray Yugi in their fic, and commenting otherwise now would be a disservice to the story. I’ll be reading it soon tho, so feel free to come back if you really did want my extended, rambly opinion on it, although if I ended up not liking the representation as much, I don’t like being negative about other ppl’s works, so I won’t be writing anything if that’s the case! If I don’t like something in a fic, I just ignore it and move on. Hopefully that answers ur question! If not shoot me another ask and I’ll clarify more ahaha :’’’D

#Id like to hear reasoning from authors who have written fem Yugi for why they wrote it #because its the one detail im rly missing and im curious #it would help shed light on why ppl like to explore this kind of thing #does the author of HoaW have tumblr I wonder or have they stated somewhere their thoughts on it #anyways I tried my best to condense and be nice about it because i dont want to accidentally sound like im hating on shit #but also my opinion was asked for so here it is //jazz hands #I so rarely talk about fic stuff like this publicly this ask surprised me lmao #ashes ramblings #anon