#me: what the heck do tough guys wear

[sidespart]

For a drawing prompt, maybe parental moxiety with kid Patton and parent Virgil?

Once Patton scraped his knee and Virgil cried about it for 3 hours

#Patton sanders #Virgil sanders #Logan sanders #sanders sides #sidespart draws #me: what the heck do tough guys wear #my entire yugioh addicted childhood: put some random fucking buckles on that bad boy #make them POINT

[xothatnerdykid]

what's love got to do with it?

The students and teachers alike at UA High can't help but notice the strange behavior of the typically stern and stoic teacher of Class 1-A. They come up with all sorts of theories but soon discover the even more surprising truth: Aizawa-sensei is simply falling in love. Fluffy Aizawa x fem!reader drabble. SFW. 2,828 words.

The way everyone looks at him when he walks in, you’d think he’d grown a second head or something.

Aizawa glances up from his phone after reading a sweet little text from you, greeting him good morning and wishing him a good day at work, only to find every student's wide-eyed, unblinking attention focused solely on him.

One second, they were all happily chattering, and then, the next…

"Hmm? What?" He asks his class offhandedly, throwing his things on the table and taking his usual seat.

But instead of answering him, the whole room erupts into a whispered frenzy.

"Did you see that? Did he just...?"

"No way! Must have been a trick of the light or something."

"What the heck? I feel so unnerved. Llike we just spotted a UFO or there’s been a glitch in the matrix."

“You guys saw it too, right? Are we all just collectively hallucinating?”

"Oi!" He calls their attention. "Would anyone care to tell me what it is exactly that's gotten all of you so worked up this morning?"

Stunned silence falls over Class 1-A again, and Aizawa can’t help but cross his arms and sigh. “Iida? Yaoyorozu? What’s going on?”

He doesn’t miss the way the class president and vice-president exchange a hesitant look before Iida answers him. 

“Apologies, sensei!” He hastily gets up to bow. “I will personally make sure everyone quiets down.” He zooms around the room and gestures frantically at his noisy classmates to settle down.

Bemused by their commotion, Aizawa observes them all carefully. What could’ve caused such a stir? He wonders. And why are they all so reluctant to tell him? Did he have a piece of spinach in his teeth or something? A quick glance downwards tells him he didn’t forget to wear pants or shoes or anything, so what was it?

“If I may, sensei?” Yaoyorozu raises her hand and he nods at her. “I think everyone was just a little distracted by your change in demeanor today."

He furrows his eyebrows at the young girl. "What change?"

"Well, we’ve never seen you smile before. Or at least, not like that.”

He blinks in surprise. He’d been smiling when he walked into class this morning? "What about it?"

"Well, sir," Iida adds, taking his seat once everyone's finally settled down. "It's quite an uncommon sight. Naturally, they were taken aback."

“You usually only smile when you’re giving us a tough time in exams or training exercises, sensei.”

The corners of Aizawa’s mouth twitch upwards at that, which he quickly covers up with a small cough. “Well, enough of that. Let’s get on with today’s lesson, shall we?”

Everyone straightens up to listen as their homeroom teacher goes over a few important announcements. And although he isn’t smiling anymore, Class 1-A doesn't miss the way his usually sharp gaze has grown soft and almost...fond as he speaks to them.

As soon as the homeroom bell rings, Aizawa dismisses them with an absent-minded wave of his hand and takes out his phone to text you: Do I really never smile?

You smile when you’re rounding up bad guys sometimes. You reply almost right away. Or when you see a cat.

He chuckles. Apparently I also do it when I’m torturing my students. Then…Or when I’m texting you.

You send back a little cat emoji, and the grin you get after reading that doesn't leave your face for the rest of the day.

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“Shouta! Helloooo? I said Earth to Shouta?” Kayama waves her hand in Aizawa’s face.

It seems to snap him out of whatever trance he’s in. “Sorry, what?” He blinks up at her.

She gives Yamada a look. “What’s with him today?”

“Dunno,” he shrugs, then turns to his friend. “Hey buddy, didn’t get any sleep again last night or something?”

You could say that, Aizawa thinks to himself with a smirk, then hastily scolds his features into their usually stoic expression. “No. Why?”

Kayama raises an eyebrow at him. “You've just been acting a little...off. Distracted, maybe?”

"Nothing to worry about," Aizawa reassures them, dismissing their concerns with a wave of his hand. He goes back to observing his students closely in the hopes of them moving past the subject, but Kayama and Yamada aren’t convinced. Anyone looking at him could tell something was different today.

“Sensei?” Kirishima hesitantly calls out to him. “I’m having a little trouble with my balance. Could you show me that move again?”

Aizawa nods, and everyone’s jaw just about drops to the floor when he demonstrates the proper stance with uncharacteristic patience. 

"Remember to be mindful of where you shift your weight," He guides Kirishima through the motions with a supportive tone, a stark departure from his normally gruff and no-nonsense approach. "And keep your focus. You'll get it."

Kirishima does as he’s told and looks to his teacher for feedback.

"No, adjust your stance a bit like this. Yes, that's it. Great improvement," Aizawa says, offering a rare compliment. 

Flabbergasted, the red-haired boy manages a stuttering, "Th-Thank you, sensei," before Aizawa moves on to help the next student. 

Observing everything from afar, Kayama leans over to Yamada and whispers, “He didn’t get a concussion on that last mission, did he? I've never seen him like this."

“Check what was in his coffee a while ago. And if he still has more — oof, it was just a joke!”

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“Okay, enough is enough!” Mina bursts into the room, dramatically crying. “I have to know!”

“Know what?” Kirishima asks as the others start to gather around her.

“What’s going on with Aizawa sensei? I saw him on the way here — he’s wearing a buttoned up shirt.”

There’s a collective gasp.

“Are you sure?” Momo asks.

Mina nods frantically. “And it was freshly pressed, too!”

Another round of gasps.

“And his hair was tied up!” The pink girl all but weeps, throwing herself onto the nearest desk.

“What do you think is going on with him?” Deku rubs his chin thoughtfully.

“He’s been acting so weird lately!” Uraraka whines.

As if on cue, Aizawa walks in. “Good morning, class,” he greets them without his usual gruffness.

Everyone hurries back to their seats, but Mina leans over to grab Kaminari’s sleeve, screaming under her breath, “He said good morning!”

“Look at his eyes!” He points frantically. “No puffy, dark circles or redness at all! He actually looks well-rested for once!”

“That’s where I draw the line!” Kirishima almost slams his fist on his desk. “We have to get to the bottom of this.”

Sero joins them, “Do you think Mic sensei and Midnight sensei know anything?”

Kaminari shrugs, “It’s worth asking.”

“Maybe Aizawa sensei has a secret twin and he’s pulling a prank on us?” Deku contemplates.

Uraraka shakes her head, “Sensei? Pulling a prank? I doubt it. What if there’s a new teacher at UA with a shape-shifting quirk?”

“Or Shinsou brainwashed him into being in a good mood?” Jirou chimes in.

As they huddle and murmur, Todoroki and Tokoyami shoot them curious glances, and Iida has to shush them discreetly. 

They snap back to attention every time Aizawa faces them, pretending to listen to the lesson. But as soon as their sensei turns away again, the room buzzes with whispered speculation. 

And though he acts none the wiser, seemingly engrossed in the topic they're supposed to be discussing, Aizawa can't help his amusement listening to their outlandish theories. A small, smug part of him relishes stoking the fires of their confusion. 

He knew he'd have some explaining to do, but for now, he’s more than happy to just let  them wonder.

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“Oh, look who finally decided to show up!” is the first thing Mic says when he spots him. The colorful cocktail in his hand is practically empty, but he happily sips the fun loopy straw for whatever dredges he can anyway.

“Are you going to make me regret it?” Aizawa grumbles, taking his seat next to his friends.

But Mic and Midnight just snicker, unfazed. They’ve had years to get used to his grumpiness after all (and a few drinks to put them in a better mood). 

"We have to admit, Aizawa," Midnight smirks up at him. "We had an ulterior motive for asking you to come hang out tonight."

"Don't you always?" He deadpans, lazily chewing at the gyoza they ordered without him. Although he doesn’t show it, he’s pleased to see there’s already a whiskey neat waiting on the table for him. 

Midnight rolls her eyes as she slides it over to him, "Yeah, but aside from just getting you to lighten up as usual."

"And getting you to sing karaoke with us, which I still can't believe—"

"You promised me we'd never talk about it again,” Aizawa groans as he rubs his hand over his face. “And that you'd never let me get that drunk again.”

"Awww, come on, buddy," Yamada slings his arm around him. "What's the point of having a good story you can't tell?"

"Fine, but I'll deny it, so no one will believe you anyway."

"I don’t know,” Midnight sing-songs, swirling her margarita in its glass. “With the way you’ve been acting lately, they just might.”

He frowns at her. “Meaning?”

Mic grins, leaning forward with an impish glint in his eye, "Meaning we heard you've been keeping secrets from us, Aizawa."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh really? Then would you care to tell us why you’ve been smiling so much lately?”

“Or who you’ve been trying to look nice for?”

Realizing they weren’t going to let this go easily, Aizawa sighs and takes a deep sip of his whiskey, the familiar warmth sliding down his throat. He's not one to discuss his personal life openly, even with his close friends, but there's something about their teasing that doesn't quite irk him tonight.

Aizawa tilts his head slightly, thoughtfully. "I'm just...happy, I suppose."

“But it’s more than that, isn’t it?”

“Come on, buddy, you can tell us!” Mic nudges him playfully. 

“We want to know what’s got our favorite grump acting like a—" Midnight’s hands quickly fly up to cover her gasp. 

“Like a what?” Mic gives her a puzzled look, but Aizawa’s shoulders tense up at the glint in her eyes. That look usually meant very bad things for him. 

“Like a lovesick puppy!” She grabs Mic’s arm, excitedly slapping it before shaking Aizawa’s shoulders and squealing into his ear. “That’s it, isn’t it? You’re in love!”

Aizawa chokes on his drink, and Mic pats him on the back to ease his coughing fit.

"Real smooth, Kayama,” he teases her.

"Sorry, but I couldn't resist," Midnight pouts, the twinkle of amusement still shining bright in her eyes.

Aizawa wipes his mouth and sets his glass down with a sigh. “Well, if you must know…There is…someone I’ve been spending time with.”

"Someone!" His friends chorus, delighted.

Mic nudges him gently. “Well? Don’t leave us in suspense!”

"Who is it? Do we know them?" Midnight leans forward, giggling.

Aizawa looks down at his glass for a moment, contemplating how much he should reveal. Although he feels a little overwhelmed by their excitement and their scrutiny, he also secretly relishes the joy of sharing this part of his life with his closest friends. 

It feels good, he thinks, to be around them and to know that they care so much about him. And though he’s never been one to discuss his personal affairs, he trusts these two enough to share the parts of himself he usually kept guarded. 

Seeing the expectant looks on their faces, eagerly awaiting his answer, Aizawa's ears turn the faintest shade of red. 

“Do you want to meet her?” 

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"Had a fun night?" You greet your boyfriend with a hug when he shows up at your door well past a reasonable hour.

You don't miss the small smile on his face when he takes off his shoes. "Actually, I did. But Yamada and Kayama were pretty insistent on meeting you." 

"You told them about me?" you respond, feeling a mix of excitement and nerves. 

He nods, not quite meeting your gaze. "I think they'd like you."

"Really?" You plop down on the couch with him and stretch your legs atop his lap. 

"Yeah," He gently grazes your thigh. "They were wondering why I've been acting so differently lately."

"Like what?"

"Apparently I'm smiling more and acting nicer and" — He air quotes — “Stopped looking homeless."

You laugh. "And what did you say?"

He shrugs, “That I guess my girlfriend just makes me really happy.”

“Awww,” you pat his cheek playfully. “What’s next? You gonna tell me you’re in love with me or something?”

"Yes? I thought it was obvious?"

"What?" Your heart skips a beat at his nonchalant admission.

“Hmm?” He looks over, and seeing the evident surprise on your face makes Aizawa chuckle. "I thought I'd been making it pretty clear, but I suppose I should say it outright. Yes, I'm in love with you."

Your heart flutters at his words, a warmth spreading through you. "Well, for someone who's known for being so straightforward, you sure took your time saying that."

He brushes a strand of hair from your face and leaves a soft, lingering kiss on your temple. “I’ll say it as many times as you want to hear it, baby.”

You lean in closer, your lips almost touching his. “Alright,” you look up at him with a sleepy smile and half-lidded eyes. “I’m waiting.”

"I love you," he whispers, his voice low and tender. He places a gentle kiss on your nose. “I love you,” and then another on your cheeks…“I love you.” Before gently brushing his lips against yours, cupping your jaw so you can’t help but gaze deeply into his dark, smoky eyes before he finally closes the distance between you.

“Mhhm.” You smile, contentment washing over you like a gentle wave. "I love you, too, baby."

#aizawa shouta #bnha shouta aizawa #shouta aizawa x reader #aizawa x reader #mha aizawa #bnha aizawa #aizawa sensei #eraserhead #aizawa imagine #aizawa shouta imagine #aizawa shouta x you #aizawa shouta x reader #aizawa shouta x y/n #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #chloe writes #chloe's fics

[angelofthepage]

Okay, so lately I've been seeing a lot of mixed feelings (namely on Twitter) about the announcement of Bendy: Dreams Come to Life getting a graphic novel iteration. There is a LOT to talk about when it comes to this thing, and maybe I'll discuss it more another time, but today I wanna talk about the thing I've been hearing the most: strong feelings about having canonical designs for the human versions of some of our favorite characters.

In Dreams Come to Life, we have physical appearances from the following BATIM characters (that I can remember off the top of my head, I may be missing some):

Joey Drew

Sammy Lawrence

Norman Polk

Thomas Connor

Allison Pendle

Bertrum Piedmont

Wally Franks (this one I'm unsure on, it's been a hot minute)

This means that for the first time, we're gonna know what all of them look like as humans in the minds of the game developers, since, let's be real, if they're doing this thoughtfully, there is likely a lot of communication with the artist they got for this book. Making sure these characters fit their vision is a very probable priority.

In this fandom, we have had the freedom to design whatever the heck we want for the human versions of these characters. And that has been so much fun. You've had all sorts of takes, from characters mirroring their voice actors to completely original things that you never would have expected. Some things would pop up consistently in fan designs, and others would be an occasional pleasant surprise. We've seen a lot of things tweaked over the years, sometimes because we latch onto designs we like from artists we've met in the fandom and incorporate them into our own. Sometimes it's because we get new information in the canon, like Sammy confirmed to be blonde in The Illusion of Living (EDIT: I was extremely wrong on this, he is not confirmed blonde in this book, but he does have long and floppy hair that Joey thought should be slicked back more, and also Jack had some wild fashion), Allison is platinum blonde in DCTL, Wally having a hat as of his YouTube audiolog, Shawn and Tom wearing belts as of Boris and the Dark Survival, Tom being a wall of a man, Bertrum being a bear of a guy, etc. But even before Wally was confirmed to have a hat, a lot of us gave him a hat anyway, because the idea of him with a hat is fun! Bertrum being large, Tom being really tough! Heck, I saw a number of blonde Susies and Allisons before we got that bit on Allison, because it's fun to contrast their looks with that of Alice. That's the spirit of all of this, we make these designs because it's fun! You have characters all across the board in terms of race, sexuality, gender identity, age, body types, etc, because it's fun to imagine the possibilities for all of them with this cast that we love (and sometimes connect with them on a personal level), regardless of what's "canon" or not.

One of the things I'm hearing a lot is that some people don't want canon designs, and it sounds like it stems from a fear that they can't make their own designs anymore. And for those people, I'd like to ask, when has that ever stopped us? I mean that as a genuine question, I'm not here to mock anyone. Like, my first big fandom experience was over with Sonic as a teenager, and I never dreamed of deviating from the canon because I just, did not have any experience with that at the time. Bendy was really good for showing me that there's a LOT of ways the fandom experience can go, especially on this front. When Bendy and the Dark Revival came out, and we got two really major reveals for character designs: Memory Joey and Henry Stein. Henry, a character fans have been designing for YEARS, a character shrouded in mystery, finally got a confirmed design, and you know what happened? We started drawing this new design, but we didn't stop drawing our fan designs just because we got this new one. BATDR Henry has kind of been adopted into the fandom the same way we do designs for AUs, he's just another AU guy that happens to be canon to the sequel game. Heck, I love seeing art where fandom takes on Henry are interacting with BATDR Henry, it's really sweet honestly.

And that's exactly the attitude I have towards this graphic novel. It does not matter how these characters are designed, we are still valid and allowed to make whatever the heck we want. And if people really try to gatekeep it and scream that you're only allowed to draw the canon, I think that says more about them than it does anything else. Go draw what makes you happy (so long as it's not hurting anyone, obviously there is some nuance here but that is a whole other can of worms)! The only thing that this actually changes (or at least, what I'm guessing will change) is what's gonna fly when it comes to stuff like the fan art contests and challenges/what the devs might choose to retweet in terms of fan art. But that's only one part of the fan art scene. Otherwise, go fandom your way! No one is stopping you, draw what makes YOU happy. I am still going to draw a pointy blonde disaster of a music director however I please, even after we see Sammy in canon. Because darn it I like my Sammy, he is my strawberry blonde (depending on the world, sometimes it's more ashy) buffoon, and one new version of a book doesn't change my love for that.

That said, I am really curious how the teams behind this series imagine these characters. I feel the same way about it that I do my fellow fan artists. To me this really is just another AU, the DCTL AU. I think I'm less curious about the game characters and more about the characters native to this book, and that's got more to do with, well, I don't see a lot of people designing them! There's some, but they're not flooding my timeline like the game characters do. Like, I've designed the DCTL art department before for a Sims game, but I haven't gone much farther than that. I wanna know what Abby looks like, give me her fashion! I wanna see Buddy, Dot, and Jacob! I'm still keeping my Jacob design regardless, I love playing with him, but gosh do I wanna know what Jacob looks like in canon. Same with Dot. I have a lot of hopes for both of them, and I'm trying to lower my expectations so as not to be disappointed if it doesn't turn out that way. Like Dot has potential to be our first plus sized Bendy character given how she's described (also the first to wear glasses), of COURSE I want to see that! She's my writer girl that's super sus and incredibly interesting to me personally, I love her! And then I have more information to consider when I go to design my dolls (because believe you me, dolls based on the books have been on my list for a LONG time). I'm curious how much input Adrienne Kress will have here as the author, like I would love to know what's going on in her mind with these characters!

Whatever happens next, the most important thing to remember is that you're free to create whatever you like. Go make things that make you happy. That's all the devs are doing in the end, and if it's good enough for them, it's more than good enough for us. Bendy is made the way it is (hopefully) because that's what they wanted to make. Like why make an indie project that makes you miserable, you know? I don't know what to think of this new graphic novel, but whatever happens, I'm gonna take it with a grain of salt and keep doing what I always do: make my own fun out of what we're given. That's what fandom is, a place to enjoy a piece of media. And everyone enjoys this sort of thing differently. Find what works for you.

#batdr #bendy dctl #dctl graphic novel #bendy headcanons #I don't usually put my stronger thoughts out there #but I've seen so many people stressing over this #and the book is still a year away! #I hope that maybe this can give someone else some comfort #things change in the fandom and in Bendy as a whole for sure #but that doesn't mean that everything has to change #encuentra tu felicidad #find your happiness

[fxl3]

Finally putting together some words on WWO episode 4:

Hell yeah Aabria! Talk about a big swing with Suvi- not many players can give a character such a deep flaw so connected with a world's history and culture, but Aabria just crushed it. I'm so so so excited to see where Suvi goes next, and what her character has to saw about the rest of the Citadel/Empire.

I know Suvi's brashness came as a shock for some people, but it makes perfect sense to me. She's been conditioned since childhood to fight and hate the enemy, to take pride in hurting them. I think we're going to get a lot into themes of fascism/imperialism through our relationship to Suvi. It's going to be a long haul, but I'm so excited to see the growth and conflict between the group, especially once we get to the empire. Also Suvi's words from episode one, paraphrased, "Let me go an see the world, let me prove myself" take on a whole other light once you realize she's asking to go murder some chalices and wear those deaths as a sign of her dedication to the citadel.

(side note: very interesting that their little island has an imperial governor, cool power dynamic and I'd love to hear some of the regional history there)

Suvi's absolute sickening pride in murdering a woman for the sake of the empire was both terrifying and exciting.

(side note; I'm even more sure now that Suvi's parents worked to fight the empire, costing them their lives. Maybe Steel, "The Sword of the Citadel" had some thing to do with it... And We've been conditioned to think Eiogharn/Yoren (the shapeshifter from Suvi's backstory) is supposed to be the bad guy, with all the blood and body horror/scaring Suvi- but I bet he knows a lot about what happened to Suvi's parents... And he might have been more loyal to her dad than to the empire)

Joras was such a enthralling depiction put together by Brennan. An outpost of Imperial industry combined with an older town core- with some kind of strange witch's fire burning in the background? Delicious. PLUS we have a strange wizards island out at sea- sick I tell you!

I do hope we slow down a bit and really explore here though- I know they want to keep episodes under 90 minutes, and the pace up with only 2 episodes a month, but we've really been rushing through the world so far. Which can sometimes make it feel a little like the scene's made out of cardboard, without any depth. Tough line to walk, but I think they can stick it.

I wonder what the difference between imperial and citadel wizards are- is it just political or is there an ability difference as well? What exactly is the citadels relationship to the empire? They clearly seem to be some kind of combat troops- Is that also true of empire wizards?

What the heck is the empire's enemies powers? (I'm blanking the faction/country names) shadow spirits can possess somebody as a chalice with a tattoo? Is this connected to Yoren? Is it connected to the wanderer who will visit in a year? Or are they the coincidentally similar?

#worlds beyond number #worlds beyond number spoilers #the wizard the witch and the wild one #twtwatwo #wbn pod

[phoenix-downer]

What do you think about the translation, or adaptation, in general of KH from Japanese to English? As someone who is a Spanish speaker, I realize that even in my language the story is more different when I hear the dialogues in both languages @_@

Now I'm really curious about what the KH Spanish translation is like! What are the similarities and differences that you've noticed? My guess is that the Spanish translation is done based on the English translation, but I'd be interested to hear more about it!

As for the English translation (and keep in mind that I have not played the entire series all the way through in Japanese), I'd say that overall it captures the spirit of the Japanese version as far as I can tell? I mean there are differences in the KH original stuff, like Sora's catchphrase "connecting hearts is my power" becoming "my friends are my power," but I really like both versions of the catchphrase. The Japanese version keeps the focus on hearts as is fitting for a series about hearts, but friendship is such an integral part of the series and the English version captures that really well.

I also really love how Sora's line in Blank Points was translated. The Japanese version is something along the lines of:

"There are still people out there who are suffering, and they’re waiting for me. I have to get them back, they’re all connected to me."

Which again ties things back beautifully to Sora's Japanese catchphrase. The English version takes full advantage of the cultural and religious history of English with an "I am who I am" reference making its way into the dialogue, which shows a deep understanding of the target culture of the translation and gives it a lot of power:

"It’s just…they really need me. I have to go. I am who I am…because of them."

The versions are "different" but they're both well-done, and that's what a good translation should do.

Of course, are also a few ??? translations. Roxas's heartbreaking, "Let's eat ice cream together again/The three of us will eat ice cream together again" line in Days shows his grief and denial and attempt to reassure Xion as she's dying that she and Axel and Roxas will meet again. Unfortunately, in English this line became "Who else will I have ice cream with?" which just didn't land the same for me or for a lot of people. I remember watching the scene in Japanese for the first time and being like what the heck, this is so much better and Roxas sounds truly grieved instead of kinda whiny, why was it translated like that? Something like "The three of us will get ice cream together again, okay?" would've been a lot better. There's no way the translator(s) didn't know that though, so maybe they had to keep the English translation short and "Who else will I have ice cream with" was the only thing that would work with the cutscene timing that would approach the meaning of the original version.

And then Roxas's "Why did he pick you" line inserts some unknown "he" in the English version, whereas the Japanese version was more like, "Why were you chosen," with the implication being he was chosen by the Keyblade as indicated by at least one Japanese source (even though it's not directly spelled out in the dialogue). So that's another line I think could've been translated better.

But overall the English translation seems pretty solid. I mean there are a few jokes that don't translate (Seifer's ore beanie, which would be roughly equivalent to him wearing a beanie that says "tough guy" on it in English lol), but that's just the nature of translation, and there are so many good lines in the English translation as well.

Also, the KH translators have always done a stellar job on the Disney dialogue. It's clear they carefully reference the original dialogue from the Disney movies, and when there is dialogue original to the KH games, they make sure it stays true to the character's voices. Disney is also involved with checking the translations.

And in these instances, where the dialogue was originally written in English for the Disney movie, the KH Japanese version references what I assume is the Japanese translation of the movie, and the KH English version references the original English version, I usually prefer the English version (and granted I'm biased because I grew up with the English language versions of these movies, so there's the nostalgia factor plus the original script factor).

Barbossa in KH2, for example, says, "The curse..." in Japanese but "I feel...cold," in English, which just hits different, you know? Like it's the first thing he's felt since he was cursed, and he feels cold because he's dying. The English version just packs a punch for me that the Japanese version doesn't. And good on the English KH translators for making sure the original, iconic Barbossa line was used for KH even though a more literal translation ("The curse...") would've been more faithful to the KH Japanese version. In fact, Nomura mentioned in an interview that this is on purpose:

"We have spent a lot of time making the preparations, so the original text has been translated as directly as possible, while in the case of the different Disney worlds we asked the translators to keep the original dialogues of the films."

There's just a lot of art and nuance to the translation process, especially because KH features movies that were originally written in English but the main KH story was originally written in Japanese, so it's like there's a meeting in the middle between the two languages almost, which is a good metaphor for the series as a whole, honestly.

Also, Tai Yasue, the co-director of the series, is a fluent English speaker (he's Japanese but lived in Canada for a long time before moving back to Japan) and checks over the translations:

"The translation of Kingdom Hearts III is done internally, and we follow a multi-layered process; co-director Tai Yasue, who speaks English, checks the text, and Disney later checks it again."

So I think that helps a lot with fidelity and generally getting the heart of the meaning across even if the wording changes from the Japanese version to the English version.

Of course, this is just my view on the matter, and it would be worth asking other people who are familiar with both the Japanese version and the English version of the KH games what they think too. I remember reading a post or comment by someone who speaks both Japanese and English who said overall they thought the meaning was very similar in both languages but that there were certain character nuances that came across differently (I really wish I could find the post again, but I read it years ago and didn't save it, unfortunately). So I think it would be worth asking other people for their thoughts.

Thanks for the ask!

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh analysis #phoenix-downer #answer #kbunink #long post

[sabo-has-my-heart]

IMW Ch. 8: Thinking Too Much

I’m so sorry it’s been so long since my last chapter of “Isekai’d to the Modern World” so much has been happening since chapter 7! with my ask box closed I’m going to be trying to update this and “The Princess’s Royal Guard” more frequently. Without further adieu, enjoy.

Warnings: illegal fights, Ace getting ‘wounded’

Word Count: 1320 

     The spotlights were blinding, especially in the mostly dark room, but he’d started getting used to it. It was his third fight this week and honestly, he was half bored, half amused. Everyone he’d fought so far had been a pushover. People were starting to bet on him now that he’d won a few fights without breaking a sweat, though perhaps that was to be expected. He still didn’t understand the black, padded, fingerless gloves they made him wear, but at this point, he really didn’t care. If they wanted him to wear ‘protective gloves’ he’d wear them. It was good money. Paying you to feed him was easy, he was buying various clothes other than what you’d first got him, and your world had so many amusing toys and games! You’d even started teaching him about video games… after he promised not to break anything. He didn’t think he was going to break anything, after you plugged everything in. Heck, aside from the tablet he’d accidentally broken when watching a video, he hadn’t broken a single thing! And the video he’d been watching had been rigged! They’d wanted him to jump! Cute cat video his ass! That was like asking him to break your tablet! Besides, he’d just thrown it against the wall, it’s not like he’d done anything else to it, it’s not like he could do much else to it. All of his abilities seemed to have disappeared. His higan, his enkai, hotarubi, his HIKEN! It was all gone. He kind of missed being made of fire, being invulnerable to anything but haki and seastone. On top of that, he was starting to wish he could show you what he was capable of, to see a look of awe on your face as you watched him light up the night sky, see the way the light danced across your face. He was willing to bet you were the most beautiful person in the world in the light of a fire. Climbing into the ring, he wondered what people of this world would think of someone just randomly summoning fire. They’d probably lose their shit. Despite his distracted state, Ace was able to end the match without issue, though not without minor ‘injury’, his opponent managing to take advantage of Ace’s lack of attention and get a few hits in before Ace knocked him on his ass. A few bruises, nothing serious, but you’d probably sigh and scold him. It was sweet how much you worried about him, how you paced your dorm room until he came back and immediately inspected him for any problems. Though this would be the first time you found anything. Growling, he heard the announcer introduce another fighter. So far, they’d only given him one opponent per fight, but perhaps he was becoming too good. The crowd became chaotic when the announcer called out his next opponent, many of them rushing to make bets. His guess, this new fighter was quite a bit stronger than those he’d fought before, meaning people thought he was going to lose. Chuckling, he shook off his thoughts. He’d taken 2 or 3 hits last fight and now people were rushing to make bets against him, it would be best if he paid attention. 

     Walking into the dorm, he sighed, giving you a slightly tired smile when you turned to him. Almost instantly, you were by his side and forcing him to sit in a chair as you looked him over. He had a number of bruises forming across his stomach, another on his cheek, and a small graze on his shoulder, but was otherwise fine.

     “Sorry, tough night. They put me against 3 different guys. I think I’m a little too good.” Ace said with a chuckle as you tended to his ‘injuries’, “don’t worry, it's mostly just bruising. I’ve had worse. A lot worse. You should have seen it when I fought against Pops. One time, he threw me through a wall, it was crazy.” Ace said, shaking his head as he remembered when he fought against the man that he called father. 

     “Are you sure you’re okay? The bruising isn’t too deep? It doesn’t hurt too bad?” you asked, biting your lip as he laughed.

     “Are you kidding? My little brother can hit harder than this! Man, you would’ve lost it if you knew how hard gramps could punch! That man’s ‘fist of love’ could knock down fully grown trees with ease!” he said, shaking his head, “I’m fine, trust me. This was nothing. I probably wouldn’t have even gotten hit if I was actually paying full attention. The first guy I wasn’t paying a whole lot of attention to at all.” he said with a shrug. You sighed and shook your head.

     “Then pay attention next time, dumbass! I don’t want you getting hurt because you were lost in a daydream.” you said, lightly flicking his forehead.

     “Even if it’s a daydream about you?” he asked, giving you a flirty wink. 

     “W-why would you be daydreaming about me? Stop saying ridiculous things!” you said, hurrying away to the kitchen, “I’ll make us some food. I’m sure you’re hungry.” you said, starting on something simple. Ace smiled at you, his head tilting adorably to the side as he watched you. He’d been here for a little while, living with you, and he’d learned quite a bit. Not just about your world, but about you. You were nice, kind, sweet, smart. He wondered why you didn’t have someone special yet. Though perhaps that worked out well for him. No one to question why you had a guy staying with you, no one to bother either of you with dates or affection, just the two of you. While he was still looking for a way home, part of him knew that he wouldn’t want to leave you. At the same time, he knew you wouldn’t leave, you had too much keeping you here. If he found a way home, he’d have to leave you and that thought had his chest tightening. Placing a plate of food in front of him, you snapped him out of his trance, the young man smiling at you as he dug in. 

     Laying on the couch, he stared up at your ceiling, it was growing closer and closer to the end of the semester, meaning that you’d, hopefully, be getting a bigger place soon, meaning he’d get his own room. Not that your couch was uncomfortable, hell, he’d slept in far, far more uncomfortable places before, but you’d insisted that he be able to sleep in his own room in his own bed. Vaguely his thoughts wandered to his last memories of his world again. No matter how hard he tried to remember, they were hazy. He’d been at Marineford, on the execution platform. Pops had come to rescue him, then Luffy… the boy had reached him, Luffy had actually managed to free him. Shaking his head, he smiled. It was nice to know how far Luffy had come, how strong he’d gotten. Thinking back, he sighed. He’d been running back towards the others, been trying to escape. He remembered Akainu. The man had said something… Ace’s brow furrowed as he tried to remember what the man had said. He knew that, whatever it was, it had bothered him, but he couldn’t remember what, couldn’t remember what had happened next. The only thing he could remember clearly after that was waking up in your dorm room. Running a hand through his hair, he squeezed his eyes shut. He needed to stop thinking about this so much, especially when he was trying to sleep! Pulling on the blankets, he rolled over, easily falling asleep. He still had studying to do, things he needed to know to catch up with your world, he could figure out his hazy memories later. It probably wasn’t important anyway. 

#Isekai'd to the modern world series #one piece #one piece ace #op ace #Portgas D. Ace #portgas d ace #fire fist ace #portgas d ace x reader #fire fist ace x reader #ace x reader #portgas d. ace x reader #slow burn

[frenziedslashers]

ooooh could we get some SFW and/or NSFW headcanons for Tim? maybe with an S/O who's also very anxious?

Heck yeah, I can do that, homie! I did both SFW and NSFW headcanons, the NSFW is further down 😌💙💚 I hope that this is what you were looking for haha!

Timothy Lawrence headcanons with an equally anxious S/O:

SFW

Timothy has a lot on his plate, being one of Jacks last doppelgängers he's in over his head. He misses his old body, his old hobbies, his mom, he misses his old life. Especially now since he's got to pretend to be someone he's not. Which is extra hard when you come into the picture.

Being Jack's doppelgänger, he never assumed that he would end up in a relationship. He thought that was an unattainable dream of his past, but here you were.

You being anxious only made him more nervous to talk to you. He's always worried he might say the wrong thing and scare you off, and really. He doesn't want to scare you off, not anytime soon at least.

When you finally get him to stop acting like Jack you start to realize how nervous he really is, plus how sweet he really is. He may look like Jack, but he's nothing like the douche bag.

"I used to have freckles, you know?" He tells you one night when you're near a mid-panic attack over something. "I had a lot of them, actually. I used to sound and look like such a loser," he rambles on, fidgeting with his hands while he tries to distract you. "Tim, I'm sure you looked and sounded a lot better than Jack." He'd remember that. He wasn't quite sure whether to take it as a compliment or not either. "Does that mean you won't get a drink with me, if I were to ask of course? I mean, you seem like you need a drink." "Like as a date?" He'd get a little nervous, worried he might be making your anxiety worse. "Well, if you want?" "I'd like that."

I really don't think Tim would know what to do in a relationship too much. He knows the basics, and he tries his best, but he gets so worried that you'll end up hating him for the stuff he's had to do and the face that he wears everyday. He knows he hates it, at least.

He'd do everything in his power to please you, though. He's a people pleaser, and you're the person he wants to please most. He takes any suggestion you give him to better your guys relationship. He's an accommodator, even if he is losing in a situation, he'd rather see you happy at the end of the day.

NSFW

Timothy mentioned somewhere that he was in a porno, so I don't think he's completely oblivious when it comes to having and initiating sex. Well, at least having it, he might be a little awkward and anxious when it comes to initiating.

He tries to act all big and tough, but really he's internally screaming when your guy's make out session becomes something a little more. I mean, he's not used to anyone liking him enough to sleep with him. He's more so used to people wanting to sleep with him because they think he's Jack.

He slowly gets the hang of it, and like how he treats your relationship, he accommodates for you in bed as well. He makes sure you're feeling just as good as you are. He might as a few awkward questions, and just tell you to show him what you like, but he tries to do it in a way that doesn't make you too anxious. He may be nervous, but he doesn't want to ruin this chance with you.

He finds out he's a switch while he's with you. If you're willing to take the lead he's allowing you to with no questions asked. He rather likes being taken care of by you.

He also ends up being a praise king, along with being the nosiest guy you could imagine when he's feeling especially good. Which is nearly every time you guys have sex. He's whimpering, muttering, groaning, panting, praising, you name it. He just can't hold any of it back from you, you just make him feel so good and loved.

don't even think of bringing degradation into bed with this man. He can't handle it. He feels super insecure about himself, the last thing he needs is you saying something that would feed his anxiety. He'd also never degrade you. He knows how anxious and worried you can be about your own appearance. If anything he just reassures you about how beautiful and handsome you are. He loves everything about you.

I personally think that once he gets past his anxiety and nerves about initiating sex with you, he's all over you anytime the two of you have a bit of alone time. He just loves making you feel good, whether it's his head between your thighs, or your body pressed up against his. He's all over you the moment he realizes you're not going to laugh in his face and call him names.

If you are particularly anxious about sex though, he's there to reassure you that everything alright. He's figuring out a sefeword with you in case you need to stop. If you're insecure and you want to keep you're shirt on you can do that. If you want to stop or you decide you just want to kiss and be held, he's hitting the brakes and doing what makes you most uncomfortable. He'd never take advantage of you and he knows how it feels to be anxious and unable to say what you want or need. So he makes sure that you know you can tell him anything. Whether it be that he's making you uncomfortable in any way, or that he's doing something wrong.

#timothy lawrence #timothy borderlands #borderlands the pre sequel #Timothy Lawrence x reader #borderlands headcanons #Timothy Lawrence headcanons #notsfw

[pianostarinwonderland]

hewwo chenya and epel thoughts for character asks owo

[From here!]

Ah yes, the funko pop and the apple

God, I love Chenya. He’s the living breathing definition of OwO, and it makes him so funny and memorable. He’s got that blorbo energy. I want to shake him every time I see him, especially in fanart where he goes OwO and does something full of crackhead energy. He’s so cute too, I want to squish his cheeks. Genuinely the only RSA character I want more screentime of 😭 he’s so funky I need more Chenya stuff

Chenya is so interesting to me because I imagine he’s like that rebel kid. I feel like RSA is all about being a good person, both in its rules, its academics, and in its social environment, so much so that if you do anything that is against being a ‘good person’ in the eyes of RSA—and this would make you question what is their definition of a good person—is it a fair definition, or does it change depending on whoever is in power?—you could be ostracized. Heck, maybe even being lukewarm is looked down upon.

Knowing the Cheshire cat, you can already get that idea that Chenya doesn’t follow conventional societal norms. But even in-game, you see hints of that. In the way he dresses, Chenya doesn’t wear the RSA uniform, unlike Neige, the dwarfs, and RSA mobs. And from the getgo, his friendship with Trey and Riddle, two students from the opposite and rival school, makes him separate from RSA. This for me is why I love Chenya more in a dynamic. He doesn’t care about who’s who, he’s been friends with Trey and Riddle as kids, and a simple change of school isn’t going to change that for him. I imagine that while RSA won’t fight NRC first, their hatred towards them is brutal. If you so much say you’re friends with them, you’d be frowned upon. If ever you do have friends from NRC, you can’t be all buddy buddy when other students are around. But Chenya? Sheesh, this cat doesn’t care ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And that’s why he’s so interesting to me.

Epel

On his own, I don't like Epel all that much. 😔 It's a similar case with Ruggie where I get this gut feeling to avoid Epel, except that it's a lot worse. I was always puzzled by my own dislike for Epel, even as far back as during the release of the game. Like, there's something I don't like about him, and still until now, I don't get what it is exactly.

In general, first years don't appeal to me because they're immature and have yet to grow, which applies to Epel. It sounds insensitive to dislike someone for that, especially knowing that they are going to get their character development. But when there's a whole other cast of characters who are in the middle of growing, they're more mature than the first years but they still have space to grow, I end up going for those people. It's why I like second years the most in the game.

On Epel himself, however, if I was to try to give an answer to my own dislike for him, I suppose it's because of the way he acted pre-Pomefiore. 🤔 Something about his meekness then rubs me off, and yet when he's being all tough guy and wanting to move to Savanaclaw, it's not any more appealing. I don't like his toxic masculinity, which is something that I can't blame him for either because of his upbringing in the provincial area, where a patriarchal image seems to be praised. But even when he's meek, it seems so off? Like, it may be because he's told to act like that, that it's so frustrating to see? Maybe I'm projecting and I don't even know it, or I'm just overthinking it? But that's pre-Pomefiore. Post-Pomefiore, I'm glad that Vil drilled in important lessons in Epel's head, but he still isn't that appealing to me. But I like him a little better now, and I hope he grows to become an even better person.

Speaking of post-Pomefiore Epel, it's really because of Rook's and Vil's influence on him that he really gets to grow. At his core, Epel just wants to be someone who can do something to help his loved ones, and that is always going to be a constant with him. The two of them just help him redirect his energy, from wanting to become a buff guy who can attack to wanting to become a defender through the use of his beauty, magic, and other means necessary.

There was one part in chapter 6 that particularly touched me. So at first, in the tower, Rook and Vil tell Epel to stand down/stand back. Understandably, Epel takes offense at this, taking it as them saying he's weak, so he should stay behind them. But! Rook and Vil explain that it's because they trust Epel to have their backs 😭 and this made Epel happy. And I fucking love this because if you look at Rook's and Vil's groovies, Epel is standing behind both of them. Visually, he is there for them, just as they are there for him. And God, I honestly love that for Epel 😭

#twisted wonderland #twst #epel felmier #chenya #ask #ask game

[automatismoateo]

Islam is really stupid and fucked up via /r/atheism

Islam is really stupid and fucked up I was born into this shitty religion, and was put into schools specifically for it, and I was a around defender of it aswell, to the point I would ridicule other religions and calling them stupid, Islam is the best, blah blah blah. Like everytime I think back on it, I feel like cutting my head. I used to believe in man slaughter, and pedophilia bro wtf😭 I pretty much stopped believing in it since like 5ft grade or something. It's really stupid and fucked up. Just read up the lore of it in Quran, some of it doesn't even make sense whatsoever and just a bunch of mush up fiction. The rules are dumb aswell, girls and boys can't do something as simple as a high-five, you also can't be in a single room together alone cause that is totally disgusting, girls have to wear hijab cause if not you would go to hell and drag your parents down with you(as if I care what happend to them at this point). There is also Ramadhani, Wich supposed to be a "Holliday" but no, it's the month were you have to wake up as early before 5amnto eat so you could starve for the entire day. I always saw how people mocking Christian bible, saying how oh it doesn't really hold the same meaning/value cause it have been tempered over the years, Like Quran is not the same aswell. And apparently before we was born, our "soul" was to be shown how our life is gonna be like, and god/Allah will ask us if we want to live this life for 100 times. I could just imagine myself saying no for 99 times until I got fed up with god's bullshit and said yes and then he immidiently threw me down. Yeah no that ain't real. To be honest with you all, if I were to chose to be in a religion, I would just pick christians, at least their more decent that this shitty ass religion. Islam people especially the most religious ones are so delusional aswell. "Islam is the only correct religion" "you can only go to heaven if you believe in Allah" "other religions teaching is wrong" (even tough they all basically teach the same thing) "Islam will one-day rule the world cause all other religion is gonna be filled with gay people and can't reproduce" (this is actually something one of my uztad said). Rules in Islam can be broken as long there is a rule that overlaps it or there was a direct order from god that requires you to break the rule. Like no shit, there is a story about a dad being ordered to behead his kid, and the way he got the message was he woke up from a dream that told him to do so and the dream said it was a message from Allah. Like bro be so fr right now. A demon apparently tried to stop the man saying stuff like "dude that's your kid you can't kill your kid" "you have been expecting this kid for so long and now you are just gonna kill him just like that?" But that is wrong yk cause demon is bad and Allah's order is absolute. The kid got turned into a goat, cause got was like "oh yes this was just a test if you are really loyal to me" you could just tell the guy to not kill the kid at the last second instead of turning it into a goat but okay👍🏻. There is a bunch of versions of this story raging from the kid actually becoming a goat or the kid just got swap with the goat so the kid is still human or whatever, but the point still stands, a father is willing to kill his own kid just cause some guy told him so. Allah also apperantly have personally send down a lighting to strike down a whole tribe full of gay people even tough they are Muslim and believe in him (just a fun fact). You can't date aswell, you have to immidiently get married. (Sorry but I'm not gonna about to marry my guy immidiently without being absolutely sure it is a good idea to marry him, heck I'm probably not a good idea to marry too aswell💀) There's a bunch of more shits I want to rant about but eh you guys get the idea already. I swear once I hit college age I'm gonna go to a college outside of my country and never came back Submitted March 11, 2024 at 07:15AM by poisonolivetree (From Reddit https://ift.tt/XcuZYes)

#reddit

[clarktooncrossing]

HEY THERE PEOPLE OF TODAY AND ROBOTS OF TOMORROW! IT'S ME, CLARK! There is a madness deep in the dark catacombs of Castle Clarkenstein. For years these claustrophobic corridors have been the home of the ghoulish giraffe himself, watching as the world passes by. He prefers it this way. It gives him more time alone with the voices. The voices tell him many strange things. Yet they always come back to one: make more monsters! Everyday they tell him this. Everyday he is unable to comply. Hey, being a mad scientist on a budget means he can’t afford the fancy scientific equipment needed to breathe life into newborn abominations. Guy’s gotta afford pizza somehow. Luckily, he has discovered a way of sorts to please the voices. During all those years of watching, Dr. Clarkenstein noticed a particular pattern. Every night during October saw artists posting new pictures based on peculiar prompts. Many of them based on children of the night. While the spotted specter might not be able to craft new zombies, he can sure as heck sketch’m! As such, I provide this friendly warning to you all now: Be afraid. Few people can survive the horrors that are DUDELZ of the Damned!

By that I mean I decided to do my own take on Sketchtober this year just minus the prompts. Anybody gotta problem with that? Tough, cuz I already drew this crap so you might as well check it out.

It is said a monster once menanced the mundane town of Milton, Georgia. The year was 1816, the same year Doc Clarkenstein inherited his family’s enormous estate. By then the young giraffe had been attending school in order to advance the field of biochemistry. It was all he could do to cope with the loss of his family. Being the last of the Clarkensteins was a horrifying revelation for the spotted student. Made no better by the fact that he had yet to meet a woman, settle down, and have a child of his own. What if he died tomorrow? His proud heritage would be lost then and there. Death, it seemed, was his ultimate enemy. Faced with this proposition, the one man clearly had one course of action: conquer death. Should he discover the secrets of restoring life to those already passed, then surely he would have nothing to fear! Except maybe the uptight heads of the university, who disbarred the madman after he proposed his theories to him. As far as they cared, only God may tamper with life itself. Well if God didn’t want the disavowed doctor to meddle with the afterlife, why would he give him this idea anyway? Who were these stuffy scholars to tell the grieving man that he couldn’t bring back the dead? None of them could stop him. Especially now that his family home was fitted with what he needed: a proper lab filled with body parts harvested from nearby cemeteries. Most of them having belonged to American crocodiles for some oddly specific reason. Eh, beggars can’t be choosers. With all of this assembled, the young doctor gave birth to a new form of creature: Crocenstein!

Much like the AH Wolf, Crocenstein is yet another idea I’ve had for a while. The idea first sprang up in a Halloween comic for 2014 exploring Bumper’s fear of Ghostbusters. After the little ghostly goober is zapped at, slimmed, and set ablaze as a giant marshmallow, the comic ends with Crocie giving his wife the stinky eye for showing him the flick. It’s there we can see my original Crocenstein design, which wasn’t that good in hindsight. Ignoring how derivative it is of the design made famous in the films, the clothes he’s wearing are too clean and there’s few indications that he’s essentially a zombie. Dude’s supposed to look dead, not like he has an exaggerated forehead. That’s not even getting into the problems with Alberta’s Bride, but that’s a subject for another DUDEL. For now I just knew my buddy’s monstrous variant needed an update. After drawing this picture twice, I think it’s safe to say it came out looking good. Gone are the clothes in favor of different body parts from various species of crocodilian and reptiles. Unlike his book counterpart, Doc Clarkenstein isn’t too picky about parts. Especially when the end results look so cool regardless! Expect more of this monster in the future, but for now I hope you all enjoy this DUDEL!

MAY THE GLASSES BE WITH YOU!

#clarktooncrossing #clarktoons #cartoons #monsters #Frankenstein #Frankensteins Monster #Halloween #Halloween 2023 #Inktober #fall #original character #original art #say no to ai art #ai art sucks #Crocie #Crocenstein #crocodile #reptile #sketch

[ira-hydrangea]

Yuu is not only able to tame a beast but also a ghost. No. No. Not that nice ghost. But more into malicious ghosts. Imagine the first-year reaction if they accidentally meet these so-called malicious ghosts.

On their way into the Ramshackle at night.

Deuce: Can we spend up? This place gives me a creep.

Ace: I didn't know you were such a scaredy-cat, Deuce~

Deuce: Shut up, Ace. I'm serious!

Jack: Hmph. Who is it that makes us late for this slumber party?

Epel: I'm sorry. But I want to give this fresh apple to Yuu for them to enjoy.

Ace: Yeah, Yeah. Now hurry up. *pushing Epel forward playfully*

Epel just stumbled and he accidentally drops a few apples. He just glares at Ace before bending down to take the apple until one apple stop below one foot. The very pale hands take the apple and give it to Epel.

Epel: Oh! Thank you, si...r... *look at the figure with white face*

Ace: Hm? Hurry up, Epel!

Deuce: What are you looking at?

The group look in Epel's direction and their face went pale. There stood a man with no head wearing extremely worn-out clothes with his hands try to give Epel back the Apple.

The group: AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

They bolt out only to find Yuu standing near the gate waiting for them.

Yuu: huh? Why did you guys run like that??

Ace: T-T-THERE A G-GHOST!!! A GHOST WITHOUT A HEAD!!

Yuu looks behind them and notices a figure following them. The group quiver behind Yuu and Jack stands firmly in front. Try to act tough.

Yuu: Mr.Xin! How are you doing? My! Do you want to return this? How kind of you~ Later I make sure to burn some paper money for you, okay?

Ace: WHAT THE HECK?! YOU KNOW HIM?!??

Yuu: Ya... We meet not long ago. That time he come to me and asked me to find his head. Such a pity I wasn't able to find it. But I let him wander around for a few more ground checks and if I have time, I'm still helping him.

Grim: He threatened you to give your head to him, Yuu...

Yuu: Him? Nah, you got it wrong Grim.

The group: ...

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Near the exam:

Ace: Man... I'm kinda tempted to find Azul for his note. This exam is so stressful.

Deuce: *remember chapter 3 accidents* Nah, I'm good. You can go alone if you want.

Yuu: In that case, why don't you come with me to meet my tutor?

Ace and Deuce: Your tutor???

Yuu: Yep. She is a very beautiful and kind young lady. She is also very patient in teaching so I'm sure she able to help.

Ace: She??

Deuce: And how we gonna meet her??

Yuu: We just need a candle and a very clear and big mirror~

Ace and Deuce:???

Later

Ace: WHAT THE HECK YUU?!??

Yuu: ?? Is something wrong??

Ace: YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT YOUR TUTOR IS A FREAKING BLOODY MARY!!!

Yuu: I didn't??

Deuce: Yuu... *grab Yuu's shoulders* IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY THIS SPIRIT YOU SHOULD TELL ME!!

Ace: WHAT GOOD ON TELLING YOU?! THEY SHOULD CALL A PRIEST OR EXORCISM!!!

Yuu: ??? But she is very docile...

Ace: IS A LADY WITH HER NECK AND EYES SHOOT UP SOME BLOOD WITH A VERY DARK EYES AND CREEPY SMILE SEEMS DOCILE TO YOU?!?!

Grim: Oh? Mary here!

The lady in the mirror waved while grinning. This freaks out the duo even more.

Yuu: You guys want to keep your voice down. Emel didn't like loud noise!

Ace: WHO THE HECK IS EM-

Their water drops from the ceiling and a few hair strands get into the Ace and Deuce view. Slowly they look at the bathroom ceiling only to find woman crawling with her eyes looking at them.

Another shrill can be heard that makes even Savanaclaw students close their ears. Ace and Deuce will take a bath in the Rose Maze for the next few months and will not step inside any bathroom.

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #disney twisted wonderland #twst yuu #twisted horror #twisted wonderland headcanons

[aro-comics]

Jealousy (Part 1)

Part 1/4 - finally starting the jealousy comic 🎉🥳!!! I guess it’s a weird thing to be excited about considering the subject matter but it’s a comic I’ve wanted to share for some time now. While I wish most of my comics could be positive/focused on the good parts of being aro, the fact of the matter is that its tough sometimes too. I struggle with feeling okay about my identity and I know some of you do too. I hope that this series can at least shed some light on these feelings, and remind us that we’re not alone in what we’re feeling even when it’s not great 💚 This parts mostly introducing how I was feeling a few months ago. I used to never have any sort of reaction to ship art, but these days more often than not I’m finding myself jealous. It really surprised me at first, because ... i shouldn’t technically feel this way, at least on the surface? I know I don’t want to date/feel attracted to people that way overall, so it doesn’t seem to make sense that I would feel jealousy. But after some reflection I realized what that feeling was based in (stay tuned for the next few updates 😉). P.S: just to clarify on the art of the ocs on slide 6 - they’re some really old characters I had from when I was a teen 😂 I used to think that they were my “ideal type”/the kind of people I would want to date but deep down I knew i felt nothing for them that way lmaoooo. It confused the heck out of me b/c I know that these two really would have been *perfect* for me technically. Guess it makes sense now tho cause I know I’m aro 😅

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Slide 1: “Sometimes, I look at art of people in (romantic) love …”

Celia sitting at a table, looking down at her phone with an uncertain expression. Her desk has a teacup and an open sketchbook where she has drawn one of her characters. 

Slide 2: A closeup of Celia’s hands holding her phone. She is on instagram, and is looking at what appears to be a sketch of two characters. A taller white person with a spiky short hairstyle with an undercut is leaning in for a kiss with a shorter south asian woman with a bob cut.  

Slide 3: “... and for some reason, I get so, so Jealous.”

Back to scene of Celia sitting at her desk. She leans down with her hand on her chin, and she looks dissatisfied. 

Slide 4: Celia talking to the viewer now. She gestures out with her left hand. “I’m not sure why, to be honest.”

Slide 5: “When I look at people in my life -”

A drawing of three different people against a green background. In the far back is a long-haired person with tan skin. In the middle ground is a girl with long, curly dark hair, light skin, and round glasses. In the foreground is a guy with light skin, wavy brown hair and a neatly trimmed goatee. 

Slide 6: “-even people I wish existed in my life -”

A coloured sketch of two characters on a piece of paper is pictured. On the left is an indian girl with long brown hair, light freckles, holding a phone and wearing a peach puff sleeve blouse. Next to her is her name, Chiara Minhas, along with her pronouns (she/her). On the right is a tall albino black man with short cropped hair and a black t-shirt with an ambiguous university crest. His name, Albion Whitham, is written along with his pronouns (he/him). To the bottom right of the sketch is a note that reads “Old characters from when I was a teen”.

Another note is written at the bottom of the slide in small text: “Note: These are old characters I used to say I would date”

Slide 7: “- I know I feel nothing for them like that. Because I would never date anyone.” Celia sitting, her hand again on her chin but in a more pensive or thoughtful way. 

Slide 8: “But somehow ... I feel this jealousy, all the same. They look so happy. Cozy, warm, safe and wanted.”

Celia looks down, with a slight frown. 

Slide 9: “And the comments are full of praise. Joy. Support.”

A close up on the scene of Celia sitting at the table from the beginning of the comic. She is trying to cover up a frown, and little popups are drawn from the phone showing the comments she is looking at. They say: “Wow! [multiple heart emojis] So cute”, “My OTP! I hope I can find that one day”, “So happy for them! [Another heart emoji]”]

#RegularComic #JealousyComic

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Nabbit

Debut: New Super Mario Bros. U

Nabbit! You all know him, you love him, you asked for him! By which I mean we got an Ask asking to cover Nabbit, and I had previously no intention of doing so but it made me think, hey, I WOULD like to talk about Nabbit! Thanks @oddity-txt! 

Nabbit! Like. Nab it. Cause he’s a rab-a thief, he’s a rabbit thief you get it yeah. This guy is a real piece of work, let me tell you! He steals items from Toad Houses and runs off with them! Those are for Mario! Can you believe not everyone in this economy agrees with hoarding power-ups to give them away to Mario in wacky chance-based minigames? So its up to you to chase him down. And chase him down you do! 

But why does Nabbit want these items? Does he just enjoy the thrill of the chase? Or is he just trying to provide for his family? Can he sell them on the item black market? Why would there be an item black market when you can find this stuff anywhere on the street? Mario doesn’t care. Mario wants to attack the symptom of the problem rather than addressing the systemic cause.  

Still, I feel like we need to have a good talk about what Nabbit is... other than a hooligan, obviously! Earlier I called him a rabbit but taking a look at him, it’s fairly clear he’s wearing some kind of rubbery rabbit suit, with only the black arms and feets sticking out... So of course we need to speculate all the possibilities! Possibility A is that he is a human or some other known character in disguise, which isn’t fun. Next! Possibility B is that he’s an actual rabbit wearing a rabbit-shaped bodysuit, which I quite like because it is absurd. Possibility 3 is none of the above and he is some mystery creature, which I’ll leave up to YOU to imagine because I’m not entirely sure what that would be. 

Point number 2 about Nabbit’s ambiguous identity: the bandanna! It has a similar (but not identical) design to Bowser Jr.’s bandanna, and even though he does not work for Bowser, it just feels like a strangely specific design choice! I can get why Junior wants to look ferocious, but Nabbit is more of the stealthy type right? Because of this I’ve always envisioned Nabbit as having actual fangs under the bandanna, like the Impostor from Amongus, which you can’t disprove because he’s never been seen without it.

Or maybe it’s just fashion. It’s probably just fashionable. 

This isn’t the last we’ll see of Nabbit of course! The developers of New Super Mario Bros. U had precisely three (3) new ideas, and damn if they weren’t gonna milk them for all they’re worth! I could get upset that characters from the New Super series get this treatment when other more beloved characters from spin-offs don’t, but also, come on... look at the guy! I can’t stay mad at him! He’s purple!

So in Nabbit’s next ever appearance, New Super Luigi U... he became playable! Wow, that was quick! With Mario gone, they scrambled around the office for anyone they could find to fill his place, and they settled on Nabbit! They’re not paying Nabbit extra though, so he kind of had to phone it in.

In this game, Nabbit is totally invincible! Why? Maybe he is like Wario and simply does not care enough to get hit. He can’t use power-ups because they didn’t have the budget to design new costumes for him and he can’t pick up items or ride Yoshis. The game frames this as an “easy mode”, but what kind of easy mode forces one player to always use it? Let’s be honest, it’s because they didn’t want to make a brand new character. The Year of Luigi was a tough time for Nintendo! 

So rather then collect power-ups he just puts them in his bag, and they get converted into 1-Ups at the end of the level. Is THIS what he was stealing those items for? Is Nabbit’s ultimate goal to reach immortality through illegally trading 1-Up mushrooms? Maybe something like that probably. It’s kinda fun that he’s a ‘bad guy’ but Luigi and friends don’t really mind keeping him around. 

Nabbit also appears in spin-offs of course. Enough spin-offs that he feels like a proper modern Mario character, but sparsely enough that you think “wow, they put Nabbit in this game?” when they put Nabbit in the game. Here he is in the Rio Olympics, and you could make a very easy joke about him being a thief in Rio de Janeiro, which I won’t. Instead I will ask: why the heck is he carrying his sack in a marathon! Just let go dude! Don’t they have changing room lockers in the Olympics?

Here he is in Golf! As DLC, for all the six people out there who loved Mario Golf World Tour so much they simply had to get new characters for it. This picture labels him as an Eagle but I’m pretty sure he isn’t one, though I might be wrong. 

Here is Nabbit, well known thief, outlaw, and general ne'er-do-well as a doctor! I mean, I know the healthcare system is a scam but this is a little on the nose don’t you think? He just put a pill sticker on his thief sack and called it a day! Can we even be sure there are pills in there? What if he is prescribing patients with stolen Super Acorns from Acorn Plains 5 - Rise of the Piranha Plants? Oh no! 

Nabbit Mario Kart? It is more likely than you think! Of course only in the mobile game with a gacha. They could’ve done it in Mario Kart 8 but they know people will pay good money for Nabbit! Well jokes on them because I got him in the gacha for free. Nyeeh. 

Nabbit is also in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam! Did you know this? I didn’t play Paper Jam, so I didn’t. I’m sorry. You need to catch him in order to get Bros. Attack items. At one later point, you even fight him! Or rather, fight enemies he kept in his bag, while he naps in the background. Is that legal? He can also pop out behind you and steal your hammers to whack you with. Yeouch! 

However, he also fights ALONGSIDE you for some fights against Bowser’s minions, acting basically like a fourth party member, except you can’t control him or anything. He gives the Bros. healing items from his bag or will occasionally bonk an enemy himself. Hooray for morally ambiguous characters! I guess he’s cool with anything as long as he gets what he wants. 

Finally, I would like to talk about Nabbit in Super Smash Bros.! As one of the few original things to NSMBU, he of course appears in the Mushroom Kingdom U, alongside equally iconic characters like Beanstalk and Water Geyser! In this game he’ll grab people and stuff them in his bag, and then proceed to just... fly away, so they are killed. Wait a minute. A thief who kidnaps characters only to kill them and himself...? That sounds familiar! 

I knew it! This wasn’t really Nabbit at all, but rather Tac from Kirby Super Star sneakily disguised as Nabbit! Sakurai thought he could sneak you into this stage to satiate his never-ending lust for Kirby Super Star references in Smash... He wasn’t even content just having you in Smash Run and Smash Tour! 

Well, mystery solved everyone! I think we can go ahead and end this post while we arrest Tac for his crimes of identity theft, and not regular theft, which isn’t really an actual crime after all. 

#mario #mario enemies #mario allies? #nabbit #new super mario bros u #mod f boy #this post is very long but i will not add a read more because i am feeling evil muahahah

[lizartgurl]

Boom. Lars Twins Headcanons.

Beru is the favorite. For both of them. She is too kind and too patient for it to be any other way

Little Leia has Uncle Owen wrapped around her little finger from day one.

Luke and Leia end up wrestling. A Lot.

Beru tries to stop them but then they become teenagers and she makes them take it outside.

They track more sand into the kitchen that way.

Leia has a HUGE crush on Biggs Darklighter. But of course, Biggs drinks respect women juice so what girl in Tosche Station isn't falling head over heels for him??

Leia will do the normal teenage girl thing of sighing about how terrible it is to be in love and all the fluttery feelings she gets when Biggs smiles and every so often Luke will realize "Oh Geez That's Me."

Thus starts a long and glorious tradition of the Lars twins falling for the same guy at the same time.

At least half of Luke's friends had a crush on Leia at some point during their teenage years.

Leia made her own poncho with Aunt Beru's help. It is her most prized possession and she wears it Everywhere.

Everyone thinks that Leia wouldn't have the space buns because she doesn't do the Alderaani hairstyles but did you see Beru's cute as heck space buns in aotc??? Leia hates brushing her hair but she hates having her hair cut even more. So when Leia was three she got her first space buns. Little Luke was so jealous he wanted some too. Beru often does his hair in little braids.

They've shared a room since they were babies. When they were ten where they insisted they each wanted their own space and so Owen opened up a spare room for Luke.

This lasted for about six months.

The twins have this sort of thing where they always have the same dreams (Owen dismisses it as a twin thing) and they go to each other for comfort long before they go to their aunt and uncle for help.

They start sharing a room again when they were eleven.

And then Luke hit puberty and Beru said they both needed separate rooms from now on.

They'll usually visit in one another's rooms until late at night anyway.

Luke of course is a fantastic shot with the rifle when it comes to womp rats. Leia prefers a small, handheld blaster that she can hide under her poncho. She also carries a vibroblade in each boot.

Both of them are expert pilots, but Leia takes after her father in that she likes to take more risks, which often ends in crashing the T-16.

Luke is the Designated Driver

Leia plays Backseat Driver

Leia thinks sand is coarse, and rough, and irritating and it gets everywhere.

Luke is a daydreamer. He spends long hours on the holonet looking up faraway planets that he wants to visit and he dreams of swimming in the lakes of Naboo.

Luke is much more invested in the Imperial Academy than Leia is because all his friends are going. And again, daydreams. But Leia will do whatever it takes to get off Tatooine. If she gets to stay with her brother, all the better.

Leia originally wanted to do the Young Ambassadors of the Empire program, but Owen told her they don't even have Senators on Tatooine so they wouldn't accept her. She got really upset. That's when she starts looking around and seeing all the injustices of the planet, like the Hutts and slavery and the smugglers and trafficking.

That's when Biggs wrote home and told them the Imperial Academy had so many more paths than just the military, and Leia knows that's how she can get started on helping her home planet, as much as she despises it.

Every so often they'll be doing the rounds on the vaporators at the edge of the ranch, or running errands in town for Aunt Beru and run into Old Ben Kenobi. He doesn't talk much, they know Uncle Owne doesn't like him but they don't know quite why, and he always seems so tired and weighed down by all the problems in the world, but then he sees the two of them and he gives them a smile that's surprisingly reassuring to them both.

Aunt Beru must never know, but Leia can drink any spacer in Tosche Station under the table. When they go to Mos Eisley, she strikes up a bet with a smuggler that if she can out-drink him he'll give them a free ride to Alderaan. Obi-Wan nearly has a heart attack when he sees she's victorious, but the smuggler is blacked out on the table so they go with Old Ben's choice of pilot (they leave the anonymous smuggler with the bill for the drinks, though)

This is also where Han first starts to fall in love with Leia

but of course he must Never Let Her Know because he's a big bad tough smuggler so he's challenging her while they're bartering for a ride and Leia won't let anyone get away with challenging her sense of self worth.

Feel free to add more!

#leia and luke lars #star wars #star wars au #lars twins au #lizart speaks #lizart writes #leia organa #luke skywalker #beru lars #beru whitesun #owen lars #what do you call French braids if there's no France in space??? #admittedly there are more of these centered on leia because we never got to see her on tatooine #but also we never really got to see luke on tattooine either #leia got a whole novel and comics and everything and luke's just #...there #beru and owen just existed #i've become very emotionally invested in the lars family since someone pointed out just how normal luke's childhood was #like huge props to beru and own for that #@ disney where's my mundane adventures of young luke skywalker series #i know he and biggs had a friend named tank who also went to the imperial academy #also that he and his friend windy lost a dewback in a sandstorm and obi wan saved them #but that's it

[tempenensis]

Jujutsu Kaisen Light Novel #2

Firstly, @bonsai62​ provides me with raw text of this - so thank you very much! This is the first eight pages of the first chapter from the second light novel. That being said, I don’t know how much I get this translation right, but enjoy anyway. Though this is cut at bad point lol

The title of the light novel is Thorny Road at Dawn. Text in bold means that it is spoken in English. 

Chapter 1: Nobara and Toge

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“About Toge?”

August has begun.

Under the overlapping form of trees in the schoolyard, Panda asks back to Kugisaki who he has been holding on his arm and turning over 180 degree.

For the upcoming exchange event, Fushiguro is also working hard to train as participating first year.

He is in the middle of training with assumption that one-vs-one sorcerer combat can break especially during the fight.

Even though she is training, Kugisaki is now thrown towards Panda – repeatedly thrown towards him in a stage. But because it seems that her motivation is high, she’s become into it, as long as in the end she can be successful facing Todo and Mai even just a little bit.

“Yes. I understand Maki-san is worth of my respect. I also know that Panda-senpai is sorcerer with ability.”

“I also want you to say the same thing about me like Maki.”

Kugisaki answers as she stands up and brushes away leaves attached to her jersey.

“I respect you. I’m not saying bullshit about Panda-san.” (1)

“Well, if you become able to chat while being blown away, I’ll praise you.”

“My body can easily remember just blown like this.”

“Hooon. Then”

Panda looks around, confirming that Toge who went to pharmacy has not come back.

“What about Toge?”

“What kind of senpai is he?”

“Eh, you don’t know from talking to him?”

“Not that I don’t understand. Well, I know he is not a bad person, but if all his vocabularies are riceball fillings, talking with him will be limited, right?”

“We already get too used to it, right Maki?”

“Aah. Now that you say it, it naturally becomes question.”

Maki is spinning around a staff, sending a sympathetic look to Fushiguro after she lightly avoids Fushiguro’s attack and land a small hit on his head.

“It hurts…”

“You are thinking too much again with your head.”

Maki joins the conversation as she glances at groaning Fushiguro. Out of breath but clean of dust, she circles around Panda calmly.

“Among us maybe he is the best at taking care.”

“Yeah, he has a bright personality (2). If you exclude Yuuta, then he is the number one good person in our year.”

“His flaw is that he can get carried away a little.” (3)

“Is he?”

“You are the one who always get carried away when we are together, that’s why you don’t know.”

“That’s unexpected. We are not like that though. We like to join in the fun.”

Kugisaki’s body fitness is finally reaching that point where she can chat while doing her training. Even then, the second years who are lightly talking among them without difficulty remembers existence of Kugisaki of August (4) in the nearby stage.

Just a bit when Panda’s attention is at Maki as they converse, Kugisaki tries to do a feint from the side and mixes it with an upper but—

“Anyway.”

“Geh.”

Panda sways easily, then he hesitates a little before swipe Kugisaki’s feet in sobat-like (5) kick.

Kugisaki, whose pivot foot collapses, falls down rolling. Her body becomes totally irresponsive. In several weeks here, it’s a movement that she kept thought she could do.

That said she becomes irresponsive and she can’t win the match.

As he looks down at Kugisaki who makes a discouraged face, Panda opens his mouth.

“Toge is a good guy. That alone you should know.”

“….I see.”

More than that, her body has become irresponsive and her back is hurting.

The frequency of her falling down sloppily has not reduced, also buying a replacement jersey have also becomes necessary -- Kugisaki at summer time thinks with melancholy.

.---.

The story continues when it has turn to fall.

After the incident of Yasohachi has passed, there’s a brief spare time.

At that day, Kugisaki is alone in Shibuya.

Fushiguro is locking himself up and reading in his room as he is still exhausted after he overexerted himself.

Itadori has gone out to watch a maniac movie in a cinema currently doing a whole-building screening.

Maki is currently on a mission different from Yasohachi bridge, so she can’t meet her conveniently in a while. Kugisaki who completely doesn’t have a plan, aims to go shopping to make-up and clothes shops which are hard to go with boys, then buy daily necessities.

“Winter clothes set, winter shoes, inner and foundation and…”

Grasping paper bags in both hands, she lifts them up as she confirms her haul today.

She doesn’t think she bought too much, but she has walked more than she had planned. Maybe wearing the pin heel boots she bought the other day is a bit mistake.

But it is a rare chance that she gets to go out and shop alone. There’s a lot she still needs to buy.

Kugisaki is thinking to go looking for bags next as she walks in traffic jam.

When she had just arrived in Tokyo, it all seemed to be glittering scenery. After around three months has passed, she gets used to it a lot, used to hearing noisy sounds.

That being said, it is a backside of being busy and lively. It’s a thing that’s called taste of convenience.

“And that, it is really a masterpiece.”

“Doesn’t it make you angry?”

“Hey, hey. Girl, are you alone? Are you free?”

“I’m in a hurry.”

“Salmon.”

“We’re opening a new shop! Please take care of us.”

“Are you not going to eat?”

“How much are you going to eat?!”

“It’s damned boring, how about we skip work today?”

“Mama, buy me that!”

A lot of voices. It’s an intersection where a lot of life collides.

There are daily life as many as the number of people, there are worlds as many as the number of people. In the city where many wills and voices flying around, of course there will be a lot of people who is feeling gloomy – but not Kugisaki.

For her who has a firm sense of self, she understands that everyone has their own way of living in the hustle bustle of the city, it even feels like a kindness.

Now that she thinks about it, the village where she comes from was suffocating.

An exclusivity that imitate the people who had come before (6). An ecosystem long existed that doesn’t recognize individuality of a person. A closed world that gently rot — exists there in that village, Kugisaki thinks.

Compared to the crowd of the city, it is tough yet she can live with freedom.

In the city, someone says that the concern towards other people is weak. Kugisaki laughs, thinking that is wonderful. She has her own way and won’t blame anyone over it. She will stand and walk with her own foot.

However, mixing in the city crowd during the holiday, a mysterious chance can happen.

“Hm?”

Kugisaki who walks towards the direction of Shibuya Hikarie (7) in the lane across the street, makes a face of remembering something as she found him. It is the only one of her acquittances who hides lower half of mouth with closed overly long collar.

It’s Inumaki Toge.

There is also another one. A male foreign tourist with thoughtful blue eyes who can’t be someone familiar. Kugisaki becomes interested on the exchange between the foreigner and Inumaki.

“What are they talking about?”

Kugisaki changes her destination, then crosses the road when the traffic lamp changes at the right timing, and strolls towards Inumaki. When she is near them, she overhears their talk.

“I’d like to go to SHIBUYA109.” (8)

“Salmon salmon.”

“Could you tell me where I can get a taxi?”

“Salmon roe.”

“Ah… Which way should we go?”

“Seaweed.”

“Ah…I, want to go. 109 (9). Please. Ok?”

“Salmon.”

“Shake?” (10)

“….Salmon?” (11)

“….Salmon!? Why?”

“Okaka…..” (12)

“Ee…?”

For some reason, in Kugisaki’s guess ten times over, it has become a troublesome situation.

She knows that Inumaki, who is a cursed speech user, only speaks in onigiri fillings to avoid sudden outburst of curse. How come that he is asked by foreigner tourist for direction.

No, Inumaki can use Inumaki’s way of showing the way – he points his finger and gestures using his body and hands. With that, she wonders if the foreigner becomes impatient (13) as Kugisaki decides to get in between the two of them.

“What are you doing, senpai?”

“Tunamayo.”

“It can’t be ‘tunamayo’. Jeez.”

“Oh! Geisha girl!”

“Who the heck is geisha girl?!”

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--- tbc (hopefully can do more)

(1) More literally, she is saying things about Panda that “doesn’t smell like fairy tale” (2) “His root is bright” is the literal translation (3) 悪ノリ (akunori) is a bit hard to be translated. It’s like, getting carried away in mischievous manner. (4) Overheated Kugisaki lol (5) Sobat : back kick in wrestling (6) literally “To follow the right” (7) A skyscraper in Shibuya (8) A department store in Shibuya (9) Spoken in broken Japanese lol. (10) Shake = salmon. He repeats what Toge said to him. In Inumaki’s language means “yes” (11) Salmon, as in engrish lol (12) Okaka = chopped katsuobushi, in Inumaki’s language means “no” (13) literally, “becomes hot”

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk light novel #novel translation #kugisaki nobara #inumaki

[ushisrever]

Quiet Romance

Pair: Kita Shinsuke x fm!reader 

Genre: fluff

Word Count: 1.6k

Summary: What do you do when the elf prince you protect has feelings for you?

A/N: Yes! I made it to the deadline lol.  I don’t know if its anything good. I hope you guys like it.  This is for the @justanawolf monster lab collab. hehehe 

Taglist: @sunarent @sunarinnie  @the-japanese-wagtail  @crystal-lilac @kexjispencil @amarinthe @moontxz​

You don't really know how it came to this point where you are the only person who sees him differently.  Different in such a way that your opinion of his personality is completely different from the common opinion of most people.  By him...meaning Kita Shinsuke.  By him...meaning the only elf prince of the great kingdom of Asari.  And you...well...you are his human bodyguard.  His knight.  

Humans and elves.  There are many reasons why a human from the 21st century would be living with elves.  Possibly they got themselves in some stupid bargain which had them needing to serve the elves.  Or someone like you...born in the kingdom of elves.  You know of the human world, but you never really liked living there and would rather be at service among elves.  Well...not all elves.  Just one.  Kita Shinsuke. 

You’ve known Kita for longer than you can remember.  You two have been friends ever since you were kids.  You would always be there being his playmate, protector, and his friend.  Being human in Kita’s world would have been difficult to live on if Kita wasn’t there.  Regardless of how you act tough to get away from other elves, there will be some days you feel hopeless.  However, because of Kita having your back like you have his back, it becomes much less suffocating for you.  

Then, years came by.  You become the great knight that protects the prince of the kingdom.  You try as much as possible to do your job and make sure you are worthy of standing beside him.  Though...as these years of being with him...it’s not really anymore because you want to protect him as a friend...but because of...something else. 

“Y/n,” A familiar voice cuts you off in your thoughts.  You blink and still remember that you are in the Prince’s office doing your duty by standing a few steps from behind Kita while he does his paperworks for the day. 

“Yes, your highness?” you replied. 

A small smile creeps on his face as he completely turns to you. “What are you thinking, my love?” 

My Love.

Many would immediately think that such a name would mean something else.  A prince’s lover? A prince’s significant other? No. Not really. You’re none of those at all.  You're simply a knight who protects the next king of the kingdom.  The only thing is, the prince you are protecting sees you...differently...as so he says.  

"Your highness, how many times have I told you not to go call me that," you answered in a straight face.  

A small smile flashes on his lips.  You really do not understand how other people see him as a serious man when he is actually one heck of a sweet person.  Though, perhaps...it is only you who sees through him...and sometimes he truly just opens himself up to you.  Opening his true self.  

"It's a simple way to show my...devotion to you, my love," he said.  

 Devotion.

You really can't believe a prince is saying that to you.  You're not even sure if you love hearing him say that or not.  That night when he takes you to the balcony leaving the spectacular ball happening at the palace and he confesses to you, you've always felt too conflicted in what to feel. 

"Aren't the stars pretty tonight, y/n?" He says as he looks at the stars.  Your face softens and you glance up at his beautiful face before looking at the sky. 

"It is," you replied.

Kita turns to you who's standing a few steps back at him.  He admires your beautiful dress he asked you to wear for the ball.  He only managed to convince you to wear it when he suggested that you holster a knife on your thigh for you to not feel like you're not protecting him.  And he knew it was worth it to convince you to wear the beautiful starlight gown for the perfect knight of the night.  

He comes closer to you and takes your hand then slowly pulls you to him.  You do not know what he is doing but you just let him be. 

"You're really beautiful just like stars," he said. 

"Being poetic now, your highness?" You chuckled. 

"Kita.  I told you to call me Kita when we're alone, right? We've been friends for longer than I remember," he said. 

"Fine.  Kita," you corrected. 

You look down on his hands who is holding yours. "Um...you're still holding my hand," you said.  

"Do you want me to let go?" He asked.  

You chuckle. "Well, I think it's imperative since anyone could misinterpret this," 

Kita simply smiles.  His smile is soft  and sweet. 

"...would it be wrong to think that what they think what this means...is the actual truth?" He pushes a strand of hair behind your ear. 

You frown a bit. "I'm not sure I get what you mean," 

"For years now...I never in my life saw you as simply my friend.  It's cliche to hear it, but it's the truth.  I always want you by my side.  Not behind me...but by my side.  I want to hold your hand.  I want to hug you.  I want to be your comfort.  I want to...kiss you,"" 

You blush at the last sentence. 

He then takes this chance to caress your face. "I like you, y/n," 

"Wh-why are you telling me this?" You know it's a bad question to ask, but you have no idea what to reply to that. 

"Because before...I thought you're simply a shining star that I wouldn't be able to reach.  Though, I thought maybe...maybe you're a star that could be within my reach...if I just try," he explained.  

You've never really seen Kita being this expressive through words.  You've often just read him through.  Though, this is one thing you've never read at all.  Perhaps, that's the reason why he's telling you this.  

"I really really like you," he said as he slowly noticed that expression in your face.  The expression on your face that you don't believe it.  You don't believe that a prince of a kingdom will ever see you as a woman.  The most seeked out bachelors offers his heart to you. As much as you can see through Kita, he could see you through too.  And he knows that's what you are thinking.   

A night that didn't end with an answer or a conclusion, you thought the situation was over.  However, that's not the case.

It's not that you don't like him.  Perhaps, along the way of your friendship, you admit you also like him.  You fell for him.  Whenever you simply see him being him, you never felt so warm just by looking at him. It's just that you felt like you didn't deserve him.  It's totally not because of hierarchy and all that.  You just felt like you don't deserve someone like Kita.  Sweet, charming, wise, respectful, attentive, and more good adjectives you could think of.  You are simply a small part of his immortal life.  You never really think you are as important as Kita said you are.  

“I’m not worth your devotion, Kita,” you chuckled trying to lighten up the mood in a different way. 

Kita sighs and stands up to walk closer to you. You do not leave your post and simply watch him walk closer to you until eventually he’s a step away from you. 

“I’ve known you for so long and I’m sure you deserve it,” he replied. 

Now, it’s your turn to sigh. 

“Kita...I...I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to even try,” you managed to say.  Perhaps, a little last serious conversation would finally put an end to this.  Hopefully. 

“Do you like me or not?” he simply said.  You look up at his calm demeanor. 

“I-what?” 

“Do you like me or not?” he repeated. 

You sure as hell are blushing to that question.  You already know the answer to that question.  Though, it’s not coming out of your mouth. So, you look away instead.  

He notices the hesitancy.  Therefore, he does one thing that sure took a large amount of courage to do.  He leans forward to you.  He only plans to give you a quick kiss on the cheek when you suddenly turn, resulting in your lips touching.  His lips are soft against yours.  He immediately pulls away, his cheeks blushing, and his eyes wide open.

And you on the other hand, you just exploded.  A blush covers your whole face.  You cover your face in embarrassment.  Kita begins to blabber an explanation and an apology.  You then sigh and look up at him who’s speaking for longer than he usually does for the years you’ve known him.  

You just can’t believe it.   You just can’t believe that no matter what you do, you sure couldn’t even set aside these growing feelings.  A little idea comes in your mind to the thought that maybe...it doesn’t hurt to try. You’re not sure if you’re thinking this through, but you just pull him by a part of his clothing until you two are only a gap between each other.  He stops talking.

“Fine.  You want an answer to your question? Yes. I damn like you.  Now...are you really sure you like this reckless human?” you asked with a fierce tone. 

He gulps, and nods. 

“This better not be a bad idea,” you muttered before you finally pulled him into a kiss. 

A better real kiss.

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