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𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬

*Spoilers for Wakanda Forever if you haven't seen it yet. You have been warned*

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

*Part 2 of @ackroxia Your The Only Friend I Need. Go to Part 1 if you haven't already

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𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: It had been one year since Y/N had moved to Wakanda and everything has changed for her. Including her feelings toward Shuri. Y/N had been holding it in thinking Shuri won't feel the same for you, but little does she know, she does. Will one of them confess their feelings before it's too late of war?

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: Shuri Udaku x Avenger!Fem!Reader with Super-Powers

𝐖.𝐂: 1.6k

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: mutual pining, overthinking,

𝐚/𝐧: This is part 2 of 'Your The Only Friend I Need' Shuri Udaku x Fem!Reader fanfic. hope you enjoy it! Also please note that I'm very terrible at writing fight scenes 😭✋ also idr a majority of Wakanda Forever so I'm gonna edit when it comes out in HD

Don't forget to like, share, reblog and comment on what you think!

Feedback is always appreciated!

It has been one year since you moved into Wakanda due to the Queen's request to comfort Shuri. And you never thought where you ended up now. Due to you being mildly enhanced with powers. You were seen as a hero in the eyes of the people of Wakanda.

You also noticed your feelings strated to change. Those feelings were for Shuri, your best friend. It seemed like whenever you guys interacted with each other or touch skin to skin it sparked a flame in you.

You thought you were feeling a bit under the weather and the feeling would at least go away in a day or two. But it didn't. You desperately tried to get rid of those feelings, in fear and avoiding humiliation that she wouldn't feel the same about you.

But little did you know...she did in fact. Shuri started having feelings for you too but also afraid of being the first to speak up.

You both hadn't realized that your feelings for each other was just a butterfly wanting to be free from it's cocoon. One day you were training your powers in her lab.

"Ok Y/N," Shuri said as she finished setting up the dummies for practice. "Your goal is to try to beat these dummies, pretend these are bad guys in under 2 minutes. Think you can do that?"

"Yup. Can do it."

"Ok let me know when you're ready."

"I'm all set."

"And your time starts now."

You used your forceful wave powers to knock down the dummies one by one. You did a little tuck and roll on the floor to get one. Now you are off to just one dummy and you easily knocked it down."

"Oh my god. 28 seconds. That's amazing. Maybe you wouldn't survive 28 seconds if you did quicker."

"Oh shut up Shuri," You laughed and so did Shuri.

"Now we gotta test your combat skills."

"Combat skills? I have powers, pretty sure that's enough."

"Well, what if one day you can't use your powers, just your hands, and feet to fight for your life?"

"Ok fine."

You both went to the training room to go practice your combat skills. Both of you got ready in stance with arms up ready to fight.

Shuri came charging at you and you dodged quickly. You came at her and hit her in the side. Although you felt bad that you were hitting her

"You're doing great." Shuri panted as she held her side.

You try to get rid of your feeling bad for Shuri and continue on training. You went charging at her and she missed completely and hit you in the leg. She also felt bad for having to hit you.

"That's cute." You said while smiling

Shuri smiled too and went straight for you but you grabbed her and put her on the ground. You went on top of her and locked your knees in place so she wouldn't move.

That's great. But if this was a real fight, you woudln't stand a chance. You winked.

Little did you know the trick Shuri had up her sleeve. She swiftly grabbed you and turned you onto the ground. Now she was on top of you.

Your hands were on the ground as you were about to raise them up but she hold them to stop you.

Now it was just silence. Neither of you knew what to say in this position. Your heart was beating fast that you swore Shuri could hear it. But Shuri was too busy with the beating of hers.

You looked down on her lips. Oh you could just kiss them. Shuri closed her eyes and leaned down to kiss you, and you closed your eyes as well.

As she was close to your lips, a voice called out.

"Shuri!"

You both snapped out of the trance and got off of each other to see Okoye walking in the training room.

"Shuri"

"Yes Okoye what is it?" Shuri cleared her throat of what just happened.

"We have no time to waste with Namor and his army threatening Wakanda."

Right. You forgot about the whole situation with Namor approaching Queen Ramonda and Shuri on the night of their ritual to burn their clothes moving on the death from T'Challa.

Shuri left the training room to do research on her in her lab and you followed her too. You just can't get out of your mind of what happened. You took almost kissed. Unless she wanted to kiss you or you wanted to kiss her. You put those thoughts away as the three of you went into the lab.

Shuri searched up the Riri Williams and saw her full documents of where's she from, her birthdate, address, etc.

"4.5 GPA student, straight A's and highly advanced in mechanical engineering and building."

"Namor and his army are gonna do something way bigger if we don't do something quick Shuri." Okoye said.

"Yes yes I understand that."

"What are we going to do?" You asked.

"We're going to have to go to America to have her come here."

"Get that girl to come here? I don't think the chances of her saying yes would be possible Shuri."

"You said yes when you were asked to come here. Maybe we could convince her."

Convincing is one thing.

"Go prepare the ship. I'm gonna change."

"I'll do the same." You said as you were going to your room to change to go along with Shuri and Okoye.

"Y/N, you're not going with us."

You thought you had misheard Shuri.

"What? Why not? I can help you guys."

"Wakanda needs their hero. Okoye and I got this."

"But what if something happens and I'm not there?"

"Nothing will happen, Okoye is a great fighter and I'll contact you if anything happens."

You have taken a deep breath and tried to stay calm. Shuri asking you to stay has made you worried but you didn't say anything else to upset her, because mainly you were in love with her.

"Ok, I trust you. I'll help you get ready." You said with a smile and Shuri returned with one too.

You and Shuri walked into her room helping her get ready. The silence was just unbearable. You wish you could just say at the moment how you feel and not knowing Shuri wanted to as well.

After everything was set and ready to go. Okoye, Shuri, Ramonda and you saying goodbye to each other.

"Y/N," Shuri said turning to you. Your heart beat fast as she approached you.

"I will be back, I promised." Shuri wish at that moment she could kiss you but held it inside. Same with you.

You give her a big hug. Hoping she keeps her promise.

"Please come back. We need you here."

The correct term would be I instead of we but you let it go in the back of your mind.

After you pull out of the hug, Okoye went and hugged you too.

"I didn't take you as the hugging type, Okoye." I smile laughing.

"Only around people I tolerate," She laughs and you do too.

"Be safe both of you please."

"I'll let you know when we landed." Shuri said as she was going into the ship. She looked back and saw you standing there, so beautiful she thought.

She turned back to inside the ship and then it took off. You went inside back the citadel and try not to overthink and that Shuri and Okoye were fine.

-Time skip-

It had been 10 minutes and you had a message from Shuri that they made it. Your heart beat in relaxation as you were glad they were ok. You had nothing to worry about.

You around the city to helping people and ended up playing kickball with one the of the kids in which you had a excellent time.

A day later

You had woken up to people panicking to what was happening. Soon you found out that Shuri and the girl, Riri Williams, she went to retrieve were missing in a attack from the same man that threatened Wakanda.

Your heart even sunk more in fear and panic.

You were there when Okoye lost her status and you felt guilty for her. You know she's one of the best fighters in the Dora Milaje and she gave all your best.

You knew nothing can be done unless there's change. You decided to go to Nakia in hope she can help you.

"But Y/N, they already said they'll wage war if any of us go farther."

"But this is Shuri's life we're talking here. In our hands. We need to do something quick or they'll keep her hostage not knowing what they might do to her."

Nakia sighed for and pondered for a moment.

"We lost T'Challa, I don't wanna lose Shuri too."

"Neither do I"

"Then help me please Nakia."

She thought about it then nodded her head.

"I'll help you but we'll need a plan."

"And I got one." You smirked.

This was it. You both were going to save Shuri and Riri from Namor and bring her home. You pray nothing goes wrong, can it?

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Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space Retrospective Finale: What's New, Beelzebub?

Hello all you happy freelance police. This one's a tad late thanks to a wrist injury, a cold and just as I was getting back to work, a case of bronchitis.

Yeah the end and beginning of the year have been rough. But we're finally here at the end of the second chapter in Telltale's Sam and Max Trilogy, the final chapter of Beyond Time and Space.

So for this one our heroes make their inevitable visit to hell. And sadly not the fun hell with musical numbers, sexy dinosaurs, and keith david as a kitty cat. No our heroes must grapple with beauacrcy, the end of days, and a rogues gallery of old foes working soul crushing desk jobs to save the world... again.

So join me under the cut as we finish off this game with a one way ticket to hell and back.

We open with our heroes in a subway station to hell... right under their street. Yeah unsuprisingly the portal to hell was right beneath our heroes all this time, but to use the subway to hell they need to pay the ferrymoleman. Harry is back...

I mean I have a friend who IS a fan of him but for me Harry's never been that entertaning. He's not soda popper's levels of "PLEASE GOD STAB THEM IN THE EYES", but he's just not very funny.

Still we have to engage with him so we need a soul token. Getting sent to hell is pretty easy given all the horrible things we done did, we just need to get the token from Mama Bosco. Turns out she was above the store this whole time and the explosion when we went to space last time killed her. We can fix that later, but for now we need the token from her room. So we reactivate our good old friend the maimtron , giving our past selves the egg and getting the remote needed to get to hell.

ONE SUBWAY RIDE TO HELL LATER

Our heroes arrive int he river sticks. They need to talk to satan about.. stopping his shenanigans, but the problem is Hell's Receptionist.. is Jurgen. Jurgen is only mildly fond of his new job but given we you now killed him and saddled him with this new job as a result, he's not feeling helpful.

He's not the only person our heroes have killed down here though as Hugh Bliss and the Shambling Corprate PResence are also here, the former being suprisingly forgiving and the latter.. well we assume he is. Brady Culture is also here. He somehow got his hair back.

The real attraction here though, and my faviorite part of this chapter, is the sam and max wing. Yes Sam and Max have condemmed so many souls to hell they have a wing. Honestly when they get down there they'll likely be the most powerful overlords since the invention of radio, so I pitty demonkind when that day comes.

For now though the wing is stuffed.. and honestly.. it makes me go a bit easier on just how dark the comedy's been this season as it was buildlling towards something. I still think the season's a tad mean spirited.. but damn if they didn't have a punchline ready for it. Not only that our heroes fixing this mistake, if for selfish reasons, is the main goal of act one: sure we're undoing people's personal hells for attention, but it's still undoing all the harm our heroes have buit up over the season.. and doing some more because it really woudln't be sam and max if they weren't ruining lives.

The poor souls our heroes have to save are the desoto, stuck at a low speed, Santa , stuck with bratty children, and the elf from the first chapter stuck having his toys constantly rejected.. by santa. Also Santa turns out to kind of deserve to be here as he hates kids and only makes toys to avoid them. Not LIKING chidlren isn't the problem but building your whole career around avoiding them sure is fucked.

At any rate the big attractions are Bosco... who is best summed up by a joke kev made abotu this chapter

Yup Bosco is naked as hell and being watched by his mom, various supporting characters and THEM

The other is Stinky.. the PROPER stinky, whose stuck on a cooking show with his spawn stealing his credit. We find out Girl Stinky ISN'T what killed him: a climbing accident did that. She wasn't lying about being his protege or inhereting the place, a nice gag and one I knew going in, but would've seen coming: her killing him was too obvious for this series.

So we have to save all these poor souls in ways I vaugely remember: we save the de soto by giving it it's soul back, allowing it to run, then run it into the theater saving bosco in the most badass way possible.

For santa we simply gum up the works of his toy return and clear out the elves, allowing him to be free and allowing his slave labor in the other hell to also be free.

For Stinky we have to commit once last crime against humanity.. well ratmanity. Junior Two Teeth is dying.. and we have to send him to hell.

I mean we somehow got rid of his mom via time travel, I'm still not sure where he went, keep ruining his dad's life, killed him in one timeline, at this point sending him to hell is a mercy.

Especially since with all this Satan's finally pissed enough to cut a deal: Sam's soul for everyone elses. IT's a deal and Sam's now stuck in his OWN personal hell: a paper pushing nightmare where Max is replaced with the most hideous, ugly, nightmarish ghoul of all

Yes Sam is living my own personal hell. Thankfully max is on the outside and thanks to the broken wall can be swapped inside to disembowel Sam's new partner and free him

Satan isn't pleased.. but i'ts more because he's NOT the boss. Yeah in a nice reveal I again had already revealed to me ahead of time but still really slaps, Satan ISN'T the big bad of this season. The big bads of this season have been putting us through everything, pulling all the strings of the plots to lead us here and throw him out. The true ultimate evil is

Yes folks, the big bads of season 2, the masterminds behind it all, the banes of my existance... are the Soda Poppers. And it's a twist I like. Look I know my general attitude to these freaks is

That still stands. But I can't deny them being behind all this is brilliant. While Telltale claimed they did this to make the chapter darker by making "fan faviorites" into it... I call bullshit using evidence from the games themselves. The way Sam and Max are frustrated when they show up in chapter 1 and when they SURVIVIE it somehow, it's very clear they knew we hated them.. and decided to expland on that. And the idea of these dorks being the ultimate evil.. is just funny.

I do admit i'ts a bit stringier than last season: using the toys to create chaos, using the moai to crush souls, using them to gather them. It's alot harder to follow and not in the "when you think on it it makes sense" way but in the squiggly do map kind of way. Plot wise.. it's a mess

Character wise it's perfect as it's tied well into their season 1 journey: they killed brady, that gave them the bloodlust and the dakota war, instead of just them being stupid was them intetnioanlly wanting more blood and evil. I'ts a neat turn ofr the characters. As for why they want revenge on our heroes, thats simple: they beat them at embarassing idol. It's as petty as it is perfect.

So Satan is sacked and our heroes now have to cancel the apocalypse as the Soda Poppers plan to end the world. Thankfully as mad as he is at our heroes, Satan is more than willing to play ball and let them use his stuff as them winning means he becomes top devil again.

First is satan's grocery list.. which is suprisingly normal, which means we can swap it for the words Hugh Bliss is censoring and thus learn the true name of one of our demons: Dick Peacock

That's Peepers whose task is to create the anti christ.... and chooses Sybil as his target. I mean granted her standards ARE pretty low so I get it, but he uses a glamour to appear sexy while sam has to confirm his demntia hasn't kicked in... dosen't confirm we're not still in hell though. Seriously of all the people to ship with Sybil as an alternative to that granite ballsack.... they decided THIS was the better alternative. Making me think of peepers doing anything to anyone in a sexual manner. And just having had to TYPE THAT sentence

Just.. damn. Thankfully we ruin the illusion by revealing his name is dick peacock... somehow. i mean i'ts a fucking great pornstar name. Honestly we could've just revealed tha the has a 5.15 inch PENIS. It would've been faster but probably woudl've wrecked our teen rating.

For Whizzer he's trying to sell the apple of knowledge.. via some wine and talking up Girl Stinky. Old Stinky is alive again and ain't having it but to help him we'll need some suplies from boscos. Mama Bosco is also alive but is in her room as Bosco kinda.. snapped after finding out she was the one surveling him and is now having a bachelor party for abe with all the other male characters and Jurgen as the stripper.Max's oh god reaction to it is priceless. We distract them all by throwing some of the apple of knowledge juice in, making everyone shockingly sober, ruining the party and getting the tar needed to undo Stinky.

Yeah as it turned out that gooey cake we stole the rights for? THAT WAS STINKY. A form of it evolved into Girl Stinky, and sadly we have to change her back as Old Stinky misses his surrogate daughter> it's an insane reveal but dman do I love it. We change her back, they say no and the only one left is specs, the greatest threat. Thankfully Specs is only compitent by Soda Poppers standards, so a quick sound card for one of the COPS wins the fiddle duel for his soul.

Satan returns, with our heroes in tow to take his throne back but hell has frozen over... meaning it's SNOWBALL FIGHT TIME. Yeah in a weird boomerang back to the first chapter, but a ncie one, it all comes down to snowballs. Sadly their not full of pee this time nor is it as easy as Whizzer can now piss fire

And how we use that against him is clever: Using various suplies around hell: some ice cream, some choclate, our old goldfishes bowl we make a cake, as not getting the birthday song is part of why their pissy. See a tad earlier the poppers simply tried using a banishing ritual I forgot happened for a second before the climax, leading to our heroes being saved in chapter one by their future selves. So we turn that back on them, setting it up and using Whizzer's fire piss to light the cake. They get their birthday.. and banished to a small firey pit as they deserve.

The day is saved and the wedding is on.. which is somehow a good thing. It's not as fun an ending as world of max, but it works well enough and I really can't say no to a wedding episode no matter how hard i try so it stil works. The world is saved again, and the soda poppers finally, FINALLY die

So that was season 2 and before we go back into the yonder till the remaster for The Devil's Playhouse, with some brucey bonuses while we wait, let's reflect on this season. Beyond Time and Space.. is decent. The game has some truly great gags, we get some fantastic new faces like Jurgen's Monster and the time babies, and the gameplay is slightly improved.

That said while Beyond Time and Space isn't a bad game and if you liked Save the World it's well worth playing.. it does ultimately feel like a step down: the presentations upped and the hint system improved, max giving frequent hints is way easier, the puzzles still have that old obstuseness that can leave you stuck without a guide, and more importantly the writing is a lot meaner.

I'm not against dark comedy. I'm a big fan of helluva boss and hazbin hotel. Dark Comedy is fine by me... but i'm admitely very selective with it. The misery and humor have to be weighed pretty equally to work, and Beyond Time and Space often misses the mark on that with things like ruining christmas, killing pirahnas or .. everything we do to jurgen's monster feeling pretty damn cruel without being over the top enough to justify. We also have smaller stuff like future sam or the whole Sybil arc. That arc was bad and it should feel bad. It just feels a lot meaner for the sake of it, something a lot of adult skewing humor does.. but it often can backfire as seen here. You need to be cruel in just the right measure. It's why the last two chapters worked: the things we did were so over the top, from nearly unmaking bosco by accident to having an entire wing in hell to sending Timmy to hell, that it hit a lot better. This one I admit will be a prefrence thing: i;'m sure some people like Beyond Time and Spac ebetter, but for me it feels like a slight step down: not enough to derail the series or not play it again, it has a vampire rave and a LOT of all time great gags, like THEM

It's just a bit of a downer. So i'll see if I end up liking The Devil's Playhouse more or if it's another step down soon enough, but I have hope it'll end the trilogy on a high. Until then thanks for reading little buddies.

#sam and max #telltale games #sam and max beyond time and space

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Ivan infodump

OK SO i posted my little guy Ivan (big deer guy) and as i mentioned in his post, hes a mix of different characters i've like found interesting and that had interesting concepts that i wanted to explore in a character so yeah I decided to make ivan!

Ivan's like part of this universe im a part of w some buddies and he's like a werecreature (i cant rlly go super in depth w the lore here because i dont rlly know it that well LHDFCBDVLKHB) he was turned into one like after some stuff happened in his life that left him broke so he needed money to like get back on his feet and doing that (essentially making himself a test subject for this thing some scientists were doing) was the only way he could. Heres where the first theme i wanted to explore comes in, Guilt and Debt.

If anyone's read crime and punishment, the main character Raskolnikov essentially k1lls his crusty musty landlady so he doesnt have to owe her his rent anymore which imo, slay, but at the same time he is riddled with this immense guilt and like questioning himself as to wether or not committing a crime and a deadly sin (because hes also catholic so another LAYER of guilt added)

Raskolikov gets sent to prision to like seve his sentence but most of the book is like him debating with himself wether or not what he did was right, because he mrd3red someone that was a pest both to him and everyone else who owed rent to her, and she was a busive and mean so like thats someon no one would miss because she was bad so he's good for killing her, it was for the greater good, but at the same time in the eyes of the law Raskolnikov is a criminal, as well as in the eyes of religion because he murdered someone and thats an unforgivable act and hes supposed to go to hell for that.

In Ivan's case, his guilt lies in the fact that he was essentially the reason him a nd his family's business went into banktrupcy, if he was never born he woudln't have caused much trouble to his parents. He's the son of a violin maker, meaning business is not as big as theyd wish it to be especially as violins are expensive as shit because theyre handmade works of art that only few know the trade of making them and stuff. Ivan obviously inherited the knowledge from his father, helped him in the shop and helped to provide for his own family even as a child, but he still carries that guilt of being the reason niether one of his parents could fulfill any of the desires they had due to him being just "a burden" in his tiny little head.

In the debt aspect, he is quite literally indebted, left with the previous unpaid bills and unfinished projects his father left after he passed, and left with a bunch of customersn his father still owed things to like money, instruments and materials. To Ivan, thats the way he's repaying the hardships he made his parents go through. the family burdens are passed down generation by generation as well, because many of most of the monetary debts came from people of the past that made those bad desicions and left their descendants to deal with them. Ivan is determined to fulfill these depts, at all costs, and eventually that costs him his humanity.

NOW ONTO HANNIBAL!

I mostly wanted to do the c@nn1balsm as a metaphor for all consuming, obsessive love with Ivan , especially the love for his craft (because in the end he loves what he's doing, hes a passionate violin maker) but literally in the way that he loves as well. He isnt that bad looking, at least according to him (in my head his face claim is jacob elordi specifically in saltburn and like post euphoria and the kissing booth) but he does feel like he's hard to love because of all the guilt hes carrying for shit he didnt even do (like be incredibly indebted to the state). hes super inexperienced in love, has only had one long lasting relationship, and that relationship is one that consumed him so much that he couldnt see himself living apart from that person he loved after they broke up. Ivan has an anxious attachment style, always has and hes like a kitten with separation anxiety, he will wail and scream until he gets back to that person he feels safe with even if it means that he's actively pushing them away because of how clingy he is.

all that to say that he ate his ex boyfriend because if he couldnt be with ivan then no one could have him

So yeah that is like almost all of Ivan's story! i love him dearly and rlly want to expand more on him in the future!

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Can you do yuqi idle dark shadow self?

Yuqi Dark Shadow Reading

Her dark shadow is quite strong, quite dark as well. It seems like her dark self comes a lot through dissociation or whenever she needs to run away from her problems and responsibilities. Yuqi gets completely under the control of her shadow self whenever she is overwhelmed

Her dark self is like a parasite, either for herself because she cannot get rid of it, either it's for people around her. She feeds directly on people's sorrows and darknesses around her. She will literaly do anything, healthy or unhealthy to keep that parasite alive because it's the only thing that keeps her away from insanity. I woudln't be surprise if her dark self makes her consume substances per exemple.

Finally, the darkness is quite something. Whenver she is on that mood, the dark thoughs and behaviors surrounded her a lot and sh eneeds a lot of time to get back to her more light self. She has no control over it whatsoever

#yuqi #gidle #gidle tarot

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15 and 26 for the fic writer asks!! 🧡

15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters?

I feel like I took a real cop-out with this for my long fic because so far each chapter is a little bit in the future from where the last chapter left off so I figured out ooh, I can just make each chapter the year and month it is which is good, because I don't know how I would have come up with 45 cool chapter titles lol

Although even saying that, I always remember YA books that had fun chapter titles when I was a kid, so I feel I either go kind of descriptive and look at them later and go wow those are STUPID or I'll try and be too clever (like I have a fic with three chapters where each chapter in a line from an All-American Rejects song lol)

Titles are very hit or miss for me; like my long fic for the first say 20ish chapters had a different title and then one day I was like this title is dumb and changed it and was like oh... I can just change it? I can DO that?!

Like there are a couple of finished fics I would like to go back and change the title/chapter titles on now but I woudln't change anything else on the fic so it would seem like a waste... I've been lucking out with the TK and cute animals series that usually while I'm writing them I'll think of the title-

I do have one fic I thought of the title before I had started the fic lol.

Edit- I just realize that I in fact suck and only answered one of yours- I’m so sorry my mind is like cheese at this point- and Pumpkin came up behind me in the kitchen and I stepped on her tiny paw and she’s fine BUT I FEEL BAD NOW!

26. Is there something that you’ve written that you would never want your family to see?

There is! (And this is coming from a weirdo who has shown my long fic to family members- thankfully they lost interest lol)

But I wouldn’t want them to see any of my discipline Tarlos fics- like I enjoy writing those very very much but please don’t ask me to explain why- and the thought of anyone I’m related to seeing those and wanting to talk about it- like meteorite please 🫣🫣

Thank you for the ask bestie 💝💝 And I’m so sorry I didn’t answer both in the first try!!

#answered asks #fic asks #911 lone star

[yanderefairyangel]

Alright, for those who wonder why I use the jpn version in my analysis read under the cut

Warning : discussion about Engage's localization

So the reason is actually linked to several factor.

1/ The Methodology for Media analysis

The analysis I do for Engage uses a methodology normally use for researches in literature, such as literary commentary on literary works, movies etc.

However, for this I need to use the original text because no matter how perfomant the translation for Engage may be, there are things that are bond to be lost in translation.

Each language have its own system, its own rules, its own semantics. And since words and semantics is what guide the meaning and the general interpretation, for the sake of hermeneutic, you need to read the text in the language in which the author write it originally to be able to properly evaluate their competence and acces to that meaning without any sort of screen in between.

For example, imagine you are French and have to study Alice in Wonderland : there are many puns that are tied to the English language and that are bond to be lost or less efficient in another language. So it doesn't matter how performant the French translation is, you'd have to read it in English to be able to properly evaluate and appreciate the text.

In the case of Engage, japanese language is part of the hardest language to translate because it has a quite complex structure : 3 alphabets, several ways to refers to someone etc. Just to give you an example, do you know how many prounons there is in total in japanese ? You can say "I" in over 8 ways. There is several way to conjuct each verbs that all translate to some subtlety about the speakers : are they polite ? are they casual ? are they rude ? and so on and so on.

Because of this, the possibilty of the English language of not being able to properly rander the subtlety in japanese due to essential difference between the two language ( In English, "boku" and "watashi" or translated both by "I" so you can't distinguish it in English when in jpn it has a nuance)

An example of this in Engage can be found with how Veyle and her other self speaks differently : in the jpn version, other then the switch between the voice, regular Veyle speaks in hiragana and kanji while using a lot of speech manerism meant to have her sound childish, innocent or cute when other Veyle speaks entierly in kanji and uses speechs maners supposed to convey maturity and arrogance. In English, none of these can be translated so the only thing that remains is that the two Veyle have different tone and that their speeches difference is less blatant and strong.

2/ Problem with translations in general

Traduttore traditore, I am sure you have already heard this words ?

The idea is that since the language system are that different, no translation can be as efficient as reading the text in the original language, as I pointed out by 1/.

The main problem with translation is that even a literal translation woudln't solve this problem. Other then that is the fact that literaly translating a sentence doesn't work so you have to find others ways.

In general that is done by always trying to improve the sentence for it to sound as natural as possible in the language you want to translate it.

Example : あなた の 事 を 好き.

Literaly this sentence can be translated as " I like your thing" however, in japanese, it isn't rare to have the inclusion of 事 to not add anything and that this sentence would simply mean "I like you", which is a more accurate translation to the jpn meaning even if not literal. Translating expression means that you cannot render them literaly. And in this case the best translation for this sentence is "I like you/I love you"

Another example in 3H this time

When Rhea ask you to protect her in chapter 3 of White Clouds, in japanese she says "Mi o momoru" lit. "protect my body" which obviously can't be kept in english and is simply translated as "ensure my safety" which works cause that's the original meaning

Which come to the next point about translation changes that come into different categories.

There is change that don't affect the meaning

I repeat, the priority for a translator is to convey the original meaning intended by the author as faithfully as possible and by any means possible, thus they musn't add nor remove meaning to avoid changing this original meaning.

But as I explained, words are the key determinator to the reading/interpretation of a sentence meaning that sometimes, changing/adding/removing one word can entirely cahnge the meaning of one sentence. It isn't always the case mind you.

For example : いい/good and 素敵/nice are different word, but their meaning is close enough for them to be interchangeable without changing the whole meaning of a sentence.

However 素敵/nice and きれい/ pretty can be interchanged despite not meaning the same thing but will translate the same idea.

But when one has to translate, the full context can be helpful.

Let's try with this whole sentence :

マリーはとても素敵な女の子です /Marī wa totemo sutekina on'nanokodesu

The literal translation is "Marie is such a nice girl" which is correct in English but can be rendered in different way to make the dialogue feel more like it was originally written in English such as

" Marie is such a sweetheart" different from the first proposition, however, the meaning remains the same : the speaker is still talking about how much of a good girl Marie is.

But if you add a word now : "Marie is the nicest girl ever" you changed the meaning here. We went from saying that Marie was a very nice girl to the speaker claiming that Marie is the best girl of all in this timeline. All of these because of the addition of superlative form. This might seems small, but it's already changing the meaning since the original wasn't trying to infer that Marie is the nicest of all girl, but simply that she was a very nice girl. This is adding meaning to the original text. And in the context it can be wrong : imagine if the speaker knew Marie for a short amount of time. This is exagerating the original meaning.

Another one : let's imagine that the speaker actually don't like Marie and was being sarcastic. The translation would be : "Oh, Marie is such a nice giiiiirl !" This is the same as the literal translation however, the play with the form such as adding italic or the extension of the word "girl" with the addition of the several i manage to convey the ironic tone without adding a word, but from it you can get that the speaker doesn't think what they are saying.

However if you translate it as such " Marie is such a goody two shoes" it doesn't work. Why ? because the original context was that the speaker was being ironic which means that this translation is the implied meaning. However, this translation turned the implied meaning into the explicit meaning. Which means a nuance was removed in that translation.

However, I also need to point out that depending on what you translate, the strategy won't be the same.

For example, if you have to translate an article, you only will need to respect the meaning supposed to be conveyed. But if you have to translate a song or a poem, you'll have to try to be creative enough to make elegant sentence to try to restituate the aesthetic of language since poem and songs are generally using words as aesthetic tools.

Now that it has been said, let's talk about Engage but before a warning about : Me and Treehouse.

3/ Different sensibilities

Depending on your relation with media, your relation with translating methodology will be different.

For my case, I am a literary students. So when I have to do translations, I am always tasked with making a commentary of the whole text from which i have to translate an excerp from, meaning that I must first analyse the text and understand the author's intention or what the text says before going into translations. Because of that, I might focus a lot on the meaning and effects on writing. I am aware that there are stuff that are a big no no such as literal translation if this doesn't feel natural and I do doujin song translation as a hobby, so I know you can't make a purest literal translation but you might see why having the idea of studying in detail the text before translating it might help avoid problems.

Treehouse however aren't on the same board because they are localizers. Their goal isn't just to translate but also to adapt things for their own audience to feel familiar.

For example, like this localization made on Animal Crossing game

So I am not trying to say I am better then Treehouse, but pointing out that while I am focusing on the writing, Treehouse as a more ... pragmatic way of dealing with translation, let's say.

So, let me be clear, Treehouse aren't bad translators, however, there is no denying that they have gain quite a bad reputation because of what they did to Fire Emblem fates and 3H.

For Fates, go check emblemxeno's post

For 3H, if I had to choose an example, I will simply go by this one example of Ingrid. In her original support with Dedue, she apologized at some point for being rude. Instead, Treehouse translated it as her being meaner. Another one : when she fights Sylvain, in the jpn version she says she can't fight with him in a sad voice. Treehouse translated it as her being rude and meand towards Sylvain, as if she was angry. Those two examples are changing the meaning of what Ingrid says and thus, the interpretation.

Now how does it connect with Engage... oh well

-Why is everyone so nice in Engage ? Well, it's because japanese people are very, very polite and respectuous. So, of course, they couldn't have them be all rude for no reasons. You migh argue that back then, not every Fe character was as nice however, you have to remember that not all FE game were written by the same person with the same contribution. While Komuro was a main writer for Awakening and Fates, she wasn't the only one while in Engage, she is credited alone for the writing and marked as the scenario director when for Awakening it was Maeda and for Fates, Kibayashi.

Why is there so many characters that repeat the last words of sentence like an echo ? Again, a japanism in the English version. In anime, you very often have dialogue where character repeats the last words they hear under the form of a question. Example :

So this, for example, is the bad side of being too literal when translating since those seems very unatural in other language.

JPN speciality hard to translate : an example of this in Roy and Louis bond. It revolve around a pun as in jpn they have the same prounonication.

Another one is Yunaka

In the jpn version, Yunaka speaks a very weird "fancy japanese". she use the watakushi prounon : watakushi itself is usually reserved to noble ladies of nobility in Japanese stories or "ojou-sama" characters. This is what Rhea and Etie uses. But she adds a me meaning she refers to herself as "watakushime", in that case, it is meant to be derogatory. She doesn't call Alear "Shinryu sama" but "Shinryu shi" 神竜氏 which is rather literary and finally, she used the equivalent of "thou" to refer to people to the 2nd person. This made the OP that translate the Engage manga quite confuse as they didn't knew how the English translation handled all those gimicks. The answer is that they simply translate Yunaka as speaking casually : her "I" and "you" can't be rendered, you can render how she refers to Alear in a way that is different to the other characters and finally, her expression are all tied to JPN since instead of Hiya Papaya, she originally says "Yoropipi" a sill way of saying よろしく/Yoroshiku. Necessity to adapt the idea that Yunaka's speech was over the top and peculiar had them not translate it literaly, which is fine because the meaning is respected.

Another example is that when the localization made a removal that was bond to be lost, they are forced to change the dialogue going with it because the context is not any longer relevant.

For example, as I explained before Veyle and her other self speaks differently, with different speech maners and a different alphabets. Therefore, in such context when Veyle was revealed to be the hidden figure, Alear screamed :

別人？でも、あの包帯は私が巻いたものです。

あれは一体・

" Is it another person ? No, she is wearing the bandage I putted on her. What on earth is this ?"

The reason why Alear is saying this is because of the drastic different the two Veyle have in their speeches which makes sense in context seeing how those are very different speech maners. A little like Rafal switching speech maners when he is "Nil" and when he is himself.

However, since those elements are very closely linked to the jpn language and aren't possible to translate in English, you can't have Alear say that because the context was lost. So the localization simply translated it as :

" No, it can't be. But... that's the bandage I used to dress her wound"

And then you have the necessity to adapt stuff because of those loss. An example of this is Rafal as I developped more. He might sound meaner in the Eng version compared to the jpn one but keep in mind that since a lost of his gimmicks were lost, they had to adapt. To a jpn audience, Rafal is probably just as rude to us then in his in the jpn version.

Another phenomenon is that the localization isn't able to properly identify the context. In the DLC, when meeting their other self, Alear says

"Almost as if this is a chance to get back... something that I lost a long time ago"

But in reality in JPN they says

遠い昔に、置いてきた何かが... 取り戻せるような。

Its like ... getting back something I left behind a long time ago

it's not mere picking but "lost" and "leaving behind" have two different meaning. When you lost something, it means you leave something but not deliberately, this happen despite your own wishes, you don't wish the thing you lost was lost. However when you leave something behind, this mean you left this thing on purpose, it was a deliberate choice, a decision you made out of awareness and not something happening despite your will.

置いて/oite means to place, put, set, to leave something, to leave it behind . It's very different from lost, it can even mean "abandon". In chapter 10, when Alcryst resist the order of leaving, he uses this words in the context of Marth suggest they leave saying " And abandoning Father there ?" The jpn word for losing is either 迷い/to be lost or 失う/ lose but not oite. So the jpn is implying that a long time ago Alear left something and it's like they can finally reclaim it while the english one is saying they lost something. In one case, there is inference of a choice made by Alear when in the other, something Alear wasn't responsible for but happened despite of them. However, since the localization probably didn't identify to what exact context Alear is refering to, they chose lost because it is more vague and less precise then leaving behind or abandoning.

Now, however, I'd like to point a particularity that is something localization can do, but not translator : not translating a sentence. let me explain.

Sometimes, the localization, rather then offering a translation for some lines, will completely change it to the point you can't call that translation anymore. However, the only problem with this is when it affects the story or the narrative in a... weird way let's say.

For example, at the end of his B support with Alear in the localization:

"After all that, you mock me ?! This conversation was a mistake!"

"Wait Rafal, I didn't mean to.."

"Enough of this prattle ! Goodbye !"

But in the B support

" Ah ? Are you making fun of me ?! I will go now, forget what I told you just now !!"

"Wait Rafal, please tell me more about you !!!"

"Silence !"

So while the two sentence for Rafal are of the same meaning, except phrased slighlty differently, in the case of Alear those are completely different. In the JPN version, Alear didn't felt like they upset Rafal :in the original, they didn't upsted him, the reason why Rafal wanted to go was because he was flustered since in the original, Alear slimped some compliments to him and Nel. And they asked him to tell them more about him, to which he refuses. In the English version however, Alear have the impression they upseted Rafal and were trying to apologize. This change modifies how we see their relationship : in the jpn version, after showing his soft side, it was shown that Rafal isn't conformtable with showing his soft side and gets easliy flustered but the support ended in a friendlier fashion then the English one since in this one, Rafal gets upset and refuse to hear Alear's apology.

It's not an important change since it doesn't affect the story or seems to contradict Rafal's developpement so it's fine.

Another example this time in the main story. In chapter 9 when she meets Alear again, Veyle tells them this :

" I owed you for patching me up the other day. That was so kind..."

However in the JPn version

この前、包帯を巻いてくれたお礼だよ、あの時のあなたの手、温かかった

"Take it as a thanks for having bandaging me the other day. Your hands were so warm"

I am quoting this one because I saw a lot of people screaming "censorship" at that one (I guess only 3H character are allowed to say "you have warm hands") but let's see what it does ?

It's basically the same situation as the Mary goody two shoe example. Veyle commenting on Alear's warm hands is an indirect way of saying Alear is kind. So is it a big problem ? No, not really. It's still more or less the same idea, it's just that this change makes the sentence a bit more flater. However, does it affect badly the story ? not really. Compared to the previous examples were it hurted the pacing but it couldn't be helped, this one doesn't.

However... now we are getting to more questionable translations.

For example, Mauvier in chapter 17 if you fight him says

"I will stop at nothing to protect Lady Veyle!" which character wise makes sense for him to say right ? HOWEVERin the Jpn version he says that :

"For Lady Veyle... I..."

Now I agree, literaly it's flat. But the problem isn't that it's out of character or trying to put the sentence more elegantly, but that it doesn't fit the context. Even if it's in character, they all have their time in context to express something. A chapter is a whole unity of context for a character to act, so changing the dialogue to a way that don't fit the context creates a problem and that's a bad translation.

The English version made Mauvier sounds way too confident when in the JP version he is supposed to be expressing hesitation, making sense since during the entire story, Mauvier is shown as a man having trouble expressing what he feels and very, very, very passive and slow to react. This line was keeping in touch with how slow and passive to the Hounds misdeed he was and how he felt conflicted since he isn't one to take initiative. The English translation didn't respect that though.

And it's not even the sentence, but the semantics could have still makes that work if for example

"To protect Lady Veyle.... I... I will stop at nothing"

the suspension mark and repetion and change of orders creates the feeling of hesistation that was lost.

Another wonky choice is when he fight Zephia :

He says he felt a true bond with the Hounds, but the jp version has him simply state that as someone usually solitary, the bond he felt with the Hounds seems out of character for him. And while I don't think it changes a lot in terms of meaning, it still kind of subtle : true bond would be the idea of a real, deep conection while out of character would simply mean he felt something with the Hounds he felt like was unsual for him to feel. So eh...

Some suggested it was to fit the animations those changes were operated, but seeing how there is instance of the model not opening the lip as they remain silent in jpn yet the localization added some lines.... allow me to have my doubts

Another example this time with Marni. I already got to touch on it in a post, but deleted when I received a note saying I was nitpicking... but seeing how I saw this line being USED by others, I decided "ok, I'll be talking about this again after all".

So in chapter 17, Marni says to Veyle

" Oh I get it. You switched huh ? You're the boring one."

When in the Jpn version, she says, literaly

"Oh... could it be... if feels like she is back !"

So what's the problem here ? Well, the English version added a meaning that didn't existed. So to be clear, I am not saying it is out of character for Marni to think Veyle is boring, but that 1/such implication don't exist in the jpn version 2/just as for Mauvier, it isn't a good context and it breaks a little the unity of this chapter.

The English version make it sound like the sentence was trying to infer something about Veyle and Marni's relationship which we later learn wasn't very cordial. However, in jpn, it only exist for someone to mentions the 2 Veyle plot point. And I'll explain why exactly it's a problem because of how this line can be use (I know it since people constantly use it as an evidence that Marni is a psycho)

In this context, Marni calling Veyle boring might seems because Veyle don't praise her or don't like what she do to have praise but the difference with Mauvier for example, is that there was an actual built up in the scene where she says she hates him for he never praise her. There, there is none, no reason at all. Aside, the other hypothesis is less likely as Marni doesn't enjoy killing but praise, and its the only reason why she is eager to fight, but her interaction with Other Veyle that Marni doesn't mind not having to kill people at all as long as she receives praise. Compared to that Pieri who pounted when Corrin told her no killing, Marni isn't upset at all. And in chapter 19 when Zephia tells her to have Mauvier with her, while at first she wasn't too pleased, she still accepted to obey Zephia as long as it meant that she could get praise. So the idea that its why Marni calls her that in English doesn't work either, moreover, Veyle is awake for barely longer then Sombron and is mainly wondering around which is why she remains ignorant of the Hounds action so it is unlikely that Veyle ever got to scold Marni like she does in chapter 17 making it impossibel to understand that it is that. The only remaining possiblity is that Marni would call her that because Veyle is kind and her other self likes to hurts people.... so I let you imagine the problem. Because I got someone telling me it was due to the larger context of how Marni acts but I disagree, because this doesn't work with the little we know of Marni and Veyle's relationship, as I explained but the fact that her "boring" is largely interpreted by people as her calling her that because Marni enjoys killing people and that she is calling Veyle that only because Veyle doesn't like violence makes it so that it ruins the set up for chapter 21 where Marni says that had she known about Veyle's situation, she would'nt have did what she did ( "I had no idea about all that.. That's why I helped you doing those awful things") so any line that can be understood as Marni enjoying killing rather then Marni taking pleasure in getting praise since it is her moral compass and leading her to do awful things just for that hurts that change of heart. And yes, the main argument I am trying to debunk is that "Marni is a psycho, I mean she is calling regular Veyle boring because regular Veyle wouldn't let her hurt people" that is the main interpretation of this element in that scene.

Because I repeat, in the jpn version this scene isn't trying to infer Marni don't like Veyle, unlike the English version since it went as far as having Veyle repeat the word "boring". So, I am not saying Marni isn't a sadistic person, because she quite is, but that it is only due to praise and not her love for killing people unlike... you know who

And that is that element that makes her change of heart much more consistent. Having Marni enjoy those only for praise rather then for killing sake makes more in sense with her character and why she would suddenly feel regretful about it.

Besides, I don't think they actually did that to fit in character (it's Treehouse come on) but simply to avoid saying "the other Veyle" when speaking of regular Veyle since it's only used in the context of the Evil personality.

I repeat that in the jpn version, this word supposed to infer Marni doesn't like Veyle doesn't exist, so if the idea was to simply make Marni seems more hostile, then the example I gave about the Marie sentence being said in an ironic way is the way to go because there is several way to translate it without adding a single word.

If the emotion to stress is surprise : " Oh... Oh no ? Don't tell me she woke up already ?!"

If the emotion is Marni being displeased : "Oh no... I get it, you are THAT lady Veyle huh ? *sight* Why did you had to wake up already ?"

That part might seems like I am being petty, but I swear I am not. The moment you add a meaning that didn't exist, this means you are already trespassing the boundaries.

I get they didn't wanted to translate it literaly because it was flat, though the Veyle example of chapter 9 makes me think after all they could since that, and other instance might seems flater then in the og version

Now still on that line but for other reasons. A popular headcanon for Veyle is people saying she has DID. Which is fine, but the problem is that there are other people trying to prove that in canon Veyle has DID to... say she is a bad representation for DID.... when she doesn't have DID....at all.

And in general the argument focus on Marni saying that the Veyle switched... but in jpn what Marni says what that Veyle returned/戻る and again, the nuance is that this means regular Veyle is being acknowledge as being the normal state and original state, while swich is largely understood as giving other Veyle as much legitimacy as Veyle then she actually had in the jpn text. Because each time Veyle is "leaving" for her other self to pop up, it's because Zephia is near and when she isn't near, the other go to "sleep" but doesn't come back unless Zephia wokes her up or that something reminding her of her mission appears such as chapter 9 where Veyle was trying to take Marth and going numb for a moment. This clarification was lost in translation.

Now I'd still like to make the disclaimer that this line can still be something you can disagree with me, I am aware, and that it's not the localization's fault for people nitpicking it since I am 100% sure Treehouse didn't planned on people nitcpicking their choice of words but seeing how it affects Marni's redemption and the Veyle plot point, it's still not great and ... that's not over. At all.

In chapter 7, a recurent complain is that Lapis sounds too hostile.. which once again is more linked to people being tone deaf since character can have several layers and it's been established many times Lapis can be quite fierce on the battlefield. But the main argument is linked to that line :

"It's the kingdom of warriors. Here the weak serves the strong"

... who is simply a way to adapt the original jpn text

"If you are weak, you'll be robbed off. That's how it work in this country"

Brodia is a meritocracy, but what Lapis wanted to convey was that you have to not be weak to survive rather then the idea that the strong dominates the weak.

But those are just examples, and you could argue personal gribes. Now onto the reaaaal problem... when localization made very, very, very questionable changes.

In chapter 24, after you defeat Zephia, when Alear and Veyle discuss about how they will never see her again, at some point for some reasons they say : " She sacrificed herself to help us" or something of the sort.... we can all agree that it never happened right ?

Guess what ? It's the localization mistake

ですが、彼女のおかげでまた前に進めます

このことを無駄にしないためにも、ソンブルを止めに行きましょう。必ず。

"But thanks to her [Zephia] we can keep moving on foward. We musn't let this opportunity got to waste! We will defineltely defeat Sombron"

In this sentence, Alear isn't implying Zephia sacrificed herself, but that what should not be sacrificed is the opportunity given by her help. Which makes more sense in context since Zephia died because we killed her and she never sacrificed herself to help them.

Other one : Nel.

In the Fell Xenologue, for reasons, she says "After all these years" but in jpn she says

本当に…本当に長かった・・

It really, really has been a long time

No mentions of years, here and it makes sense considering that, while it is left unknown how much times as passed since the death of the other Alear, it is supposed to take place in a parallel fashion then the events of the main game story, moreover, it seems obvious that the enemy Nel and "Nil" are facing started rather recently to generate shenanigans so it doesn't make sense at all for Nel to say that. If they wanted to let this vague, they could have go for a simple "After all this time", but not YEARS. And I know some people tried to explain it as "Rafal spend 1 000 years waiting for Nel but in Alear's world it has been only one week or less" but think about it for 2 seconds... does it make sense for Rafal to wait for years to begin the plan ? Does it make sense for Nel and "Nil" to wait for years before saking for help when their world is in danger ? and you forget that in the Somniel, times passes slowlier which is why we have the time to wonder around rather then going on the next chapter right away.

another one

This time it's more about people being petty because I don't remember where I saw it but someone was trying to imply the chapter 10 twist failed because they misunderstood the structure of said chapter and was quoting the fact that Alear was responding to Griss by accepting their challenge as a proof they didn't retain anything.... well, whatever, that person was holding onto nothing but one thing I noticed is that the localization removed something.

Fine. I don't know what you're after, but we won't let this chance pass us by.

Jpn version : "I get it. I don't know what you have in mind, but if there really isn't reinforcements comming, then we will seize this chance"

Which is showing that Alear is being more cautious right here, since they say that they are doing this because visibly there isn't a chance for reinforcement to come and that they can sense Griss isn't lying ... because he has something else in mind.

I swear those people

So with all those factors, you will all agree that looking at the original text is much better to have an objective hindsight on the writing then using the translated text.

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[a-student-out-of-time]

There is actually evidence backing up that Xander was planning to get away with murdering Teruko, and thus, winning the trial. He made sure to lure Charles into the room, knowing he had a fear of blood that left him unable to talk, so he could see Teruko's body. He then put the DV that said "Charles motive video" on the scene (albeat fucking it up lol) and even destroyed some gloves that Charles had to further implicate him. Then Charles would be the lead suspect and he woudln't be able to defend himself. So I would be more inclined to believe Min when she says that Xander really would have killed her honestly

//I disagree, and it's precisely because of what happened after he stabbed Teruko. If you wanted to see this as genuine, Xander really half-assed it, even worse than the most unwilling blackeneds in canon, like Mondo and Gonta.

//All he really did to frame Charles was shred a rubber glove and write "Charles Cuevas Motive" on a DVD." Even if Charles was in a bad state and couldn't defend himself, had Xander put the DVD into the correct reader the right way around, it would've been really easy to disprove that as a piece of evidence.

//Not to mention, he knows Charles hates the sight of blood because the guy saw his messed up eye under that eye patch. I can imagine that strong reaction was probably why he was thinking of Charles at the time.

//And I also want to bring up a detail about those with Survivor's Guilt: the concept of passive suicidal ideation. It's when someone is contemplating dying, but they aren't making plans themselves to achieve the results.

//Instead, it involves being incautious and cavalier about one's safety: not looking both ways when crossing the streets, not taking as good care of yourself as you should, and just generally doing dangerous stuff without caring about what will happen if it goes wrong.

//The only thing Xander really put effort into was getting Teruko alone and stabbing her. His exit strategy paled in comparison, and considering it's very clear the man was suffering survivor's guilt, it makes more sense to consider that he didn't really care about that aspect of it.

//Even Teruko said Min being there and thinking Xander would kill her was more of her luck at play than Min or Xander's choice. I know she can be an unreliable narrator at times, since she clearly thinks the worst of the two of them, but things don't really add up there imo. Her luck, meanwhile, does seem to favor that sort of interpretation.

//Either way, I don't think Xander really cared about escaping or even surviving. All he was trying to do was carry out the request to kill Teruko, because he believed it was for the best and would've saved more lives in the long run.

//It wouldn't be the first time someone killed and then tried to cover it up for fear of their own safety. But when you look at it, Min really seemed to be more cautious about it than he was.

#mod talks #a student out of time #xander matthews #min jeung #danganronpa despair time

[kagami--uchiha]

( Madara ) "Is this okay or do you want me to stop?"

A shivering breath echoed into nothingness as he felt the gentle touch of fingers against exposed skin. A touch that was full of love and adoration, gentle and with no malicious intent. Something he knew he could get away from at any given moment, if he just as much as expressed that he wants it to stop.

But right in this moment, it all felt so safe... and so good that he didn't want Madara to stop. One of his own hands coming up to cup one of his husband's cheeks, smiling even through the glistening of tears that were welling up on the corners of his eyes, the sign of a panic that was still under control, a panic that was slowly dying out as the memory of somethign bad was replaced with love. A broken vessel, fixed with golden glue and filled with something that Kagami could only describe as divine water.

Because that is what all of these moments felt like: Divine... And he came to know that this truly is what love is like.

The beginnings of these touches truly were still fresh, both careful and considerate and Madara had noticed early on that Kagami's upbringing was littered with things that had cracked his soul, yet never fully broken it. Hurt and lonely as he might have been, he always held onto a hope for brighter days.. Exactly those that he is experiencing with his spouse and his family. What his guardian had meant as further humiliation, taking away another part of his life that she had now controlled, turned out to be the biggest gift she could have made him and that was the only thing he felt grateful for... He is sure she is seething over this in her grave. Satisfaction on a level he didn't know he could have ever felt.

Scarred skin trembled lightly, muscles that were stiff with fear slowly relaxed and Madara could feel the immense trust the smaller man had for him. There barely was a barrier anymore, Kagami knew that these hands wouldn't hurt, they woudln't punish... And this in itself was a realisation far better than any achievment he could get as a shinobi of the Uchiha.

"No... No please... continue." Was the soft answer to the question, yet it was unwavering, clear.. a prgoress that had been made compared to the last time they tried this.

#airusu #I JUST HAD TO GET INTO THE FLUFFY #I HOPE OU DONT MIND! <3

[tsuki-sennin]

My, this is quite the turn of events.

What the hell happened in the past two weeks while we were gone, Donbrothers? We've got a funny red man, a blue monkey and a yellow oni who're a pair of losers, a pink bird wife guy turned epic divorce man, a jailhouse black dog, and a bunch of autistic kids hanging out in the void by themselves! ...also a Tiger/Dragon system apparently just off to the side, which is quite unusual for a Sixth Ranger.

Also, uh... yesterday morning, Kohei Murakami, who played Kusaka in Faiz and Bud in Zyuohger, after asking if his followers saw episode 36 of Donbrothers, shared a picture of Inoue captioned "Toshiki Kabedon", which is uh... exactly what you might imagine it'd be. I know I don't usually show pictures, but I find this deeply compelling. Look at his goddamn face. Look at it. That is a man who knows.

Anyways, Spoilers I guess beneath the cut~!

-Aw how cute, they're napping together :)

-F

-FIVE HUNDRED BILLION YEN??!

-Ah, yep, Kijino's in a real bad state.

-Damn. Railing against your boss like that? In a Japanese corporate setting?

-Haruka with the phonecall!

-...suddenly I'm very thankful that Crane Lady didn't see that he was getting phone calls from a teenage girl.

-Oh shit, a party?

-Of fuckin' course it's a party, have I seen this consistently festival-themed show before?

-Ah fuck, the preview has an inferno. This ain't good.

-Oh shit, GolDon Zyuoh Eagle. Hell yeah, really lean into that bird.

-Friendship :)

-Parfait time!

Haruka: Tell Mister Kijino how much he means to you, Tarou :) Tarou: Kijino, you are worth as much to me as- Shinichi: Y'know on second thought let's not do that!

-He is... The wife guy.

-Oh goddammit-

-Goddamn, he couldn't even get a man sent to jail hjkl

-Inuzuka Tsubasa...!

-Chase him!

-Damn, these Juto are violent violent!

-Me when no food.

-Ah, I see he's still a Master Shef.

-EAT

-EAT PUNY BIRD MAN

-Ohhhhh, sirens. ...did that guy say "Kyuukyuu" earlier? ...GoGoFive man?

-"Damn dude, I didn't know going sicko mode made you a shit cook. 0/10, would not eat again."

-"EAT MY GODDAMN FOOD YOU PIGS"

-Oh shit, Sononi-san!

-Crane Lady!

-Oh goddammit Haruka, do you have an interest in her too? ...I mean fair, but c'mon.

-Canned movie! ...oh shit, I still haven't seen that. Battle Familia either. Damn.

-Shake's pier.

-Prince, magic, true love, back normal!

-Hell yeah.

-Ohhhh, she wants to be a beast.

-Natsumi-chan~!

-Natsumi-san!

-"Wanna play fancy actress for a bit? :3"

-Ah, so this IS Natsumi mode!

-A rich fan!

-Oh shit, Jirou's back! I see Rumi-chan's still here too.

-Stew!

-Ah, the boys are fightin'.

-"Dude what, you suddenly grew a tiger kimono."

-He suddenly became a giga chad right before your eyes.

-Remember the sunset.

-Merbromin...

-"Yeeeeeah, I guess that makes sense!"

-Guess Haruka is a dedicated Natsumi stan now.

-Here they are! The condor lady and the shadow man!

-Ohhhhh, this is a bit intense.

-God dang it, Haruka!

Sononi: Geez, what's up with there? Sonoza: She's a

-Poor Emergency Guy.

-Momoi Tarou.

-Miho is Natsumi's dream?

-Get the real Tsubasa back, get rid of this sussy baka imposter.

-Ohhhhhh, I love Crane Lady's monster form.

-Oi, Tarou, don't say "Two on one works for me!", people might get the wrong idea.

-"Dammit, I must be slipping if I got saved by Sonoza!"

-Where the boyfriend at?

-Even wrote a notecard for you, huh?

-OH THERE HE IS HJKLH

-"Fuck it, who cares! Kage Time!"

-Kyuukyuu-Ki!

-Oh god, this is gonna be how Tsubasa has his internal reveal

-OH NO ROLLCALL TIME JHGLKGKV

-Born from a peach! Don Momotaro! Yooooo! Nippon Ichi!

-Bidding farewell to the transient world... SaruBrother! Yo! Muki muki!

-The manga master, OniSister! Yo! Oni no kanabo!

-YOU FUCKED IT UP

-YOU FUCKED IT UP YOU MANIAC

-Jirou, let's go!

-"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA GET THEM! SHOOT THEM! SHOOT 'EM GOOD, DOGGIE!"

-God, this is such chaos, and I woudln't have it any other way.

-Save the Earth! Save a Life!

-Oh yeah, Jirou wasn't there.

-Goooold Avatar Change! Honnou Kakusei! Monarch of the Open Skies! Zyuoh Eagle!

-...that seemed a little anticlimactic. I mean, he probably could've cleared the fire on his own, but I guess a bit of Zyuoh love isn't remiss!

-There it is! The big fuck-off fully combined robot of this season!

-"Shut up arm, I own you!"

-Donbros Fantasia Supreme!

-A supreme win for the ages!

-Hey there emergency guy!

-Well done, report back to HQ.

-Goooooo Tsubasa!

-Hell yeah, you got him!

-Good job, Tsubasa!

-Only one. Ore koso.

-Did the creepy origami cats free him? Or did he rip out of there on his own?

-SONOSHI WHAT

-That form... IS THAT A HENSHIN NINJA ARASHI REFERENCE

-Well, I guess... they're a bit more even now. This man came waltzing in, so I guess he's here now. See you on Monday, I guess.

#don! don! it's a full force peachy festival! #avataro sentai donbrothers #donbrothers spoilers #donbrothers #super sentai

[iamacolor]

Ok but why did they have to temporarily kill my high by putting that tae sumi scene with her dad at the end. I was hoping they weren't automatically going to make it seem like the dad is a hero for begging her to have the baby but at the end of the day she didn't have to but it seems like she kinda used that to get him to leave her alone. I'm so conflicted on how to feel about her.. I'm honestly not sure was abortion an option (I'm thinking so) and that would've been easier than having a baby just to get him away... I-- anyways. Thoughts?

omg anon i was thinking the same they made me go from such an high to such a low lol tbh i think we're meant to have conflicted feelings about tae-sumi because her and youngwoo went along so well but now that she's a "threat" to her career (which is one of the reasons she didn't want a child in the first place which is valid) taesumi's suddenly acting like she gets to have any sort of control over youngwoo's life when she has no rights.

when it comes to her going through with the pregnancy despite not wanting the baby and not being able to get married to the father (bceause they weren't from the same social class), abortion was a crime back then and therefore she woudln't have been able to have access to a safe one. but we know that she was desperate enough that she was thinking about it since the father begged her to keep the baby. but it also seemed (and today's episode reinforced that idea for me) that she agreed to have the baby because he promised that if he let her keep the baby he'd never show up again and tell anyone about their past (which is such a twisted bargain). so it was kind of a bargain of a child vs silence and distance to ensure she could save face in public and have the promising career she was aiming for.

personally i'm not going to blame a woman for not wanting a child (especially such a young woman) and i don't see her giving away youngwoo to her dad and never going to see her much more differently than i see a mother giving birth anonymously and leaving her child to social services. but i will blame her for thinking she now gets to decide what's best for youngwoo based on her own interests. she can see youngwoo as a threat to her career and her appearance in her life as her ex breaking his promise all she wants, the facts remain that she has no authority over youngwoo's life. she's reacting out of fear of everything collapsing around her but it doesn't make it okay.

given the fact that her and youngwoo had a genuine connection out of respect for each other before the truth came out i wonder if the writer will try to have tae sumi change her attitude (especially since it's pretty certain that the birth secret will come out) so that they can reconnect or if she'll do all that's possible to keep her away and actively hurt her by doing so.

#extraordinary attorney woo #anonymous #i've got mail

[artisticvillain]

hola 👋 buenos dias y feliz casi verano, mi ingles no es perfecto pero tratare de ser claro

It may not be important but I would like to know if they would like an MC with this look, I hope you don't mind

My MC has long red hair down to just below her hips, she has very fair skin that is a little but not too delicate in the sun, she has soft pink eyes, a virgin, she is respectful and very appreciative and sees the bright side of people, she is about 160 cm tall, thin and always has a peak of problems with her bust since it is a bit tiring for her back since they are a bit big

Would you like an MC like that?

Sorry if I wrote a lot, I just wanted to do ships fanarts with my oc, I hope 🙏 you give me permission, it was just so I could know, I hope you're not bored and have a nice afternoon

Heyy heyy! Of course I don't mind. And let's forget about the boys for a second because I LOVE your MC helloooo??

They don't mind physical appearances, however, Dia would LOVE your MC. He would basically worship her. Your OC is absolutely his type. And to think that she is very appreciative? Dia won't let her go, be careful!

Riley would also like your MC since she is respectful and has a good personality. Because Riley mostly cares about respecting each other so I think he would like your OC.

Leon loves long hair! He would play with your OC's hair and braid it from time to time~ He might also try to use her as an armrest. Tell him off and you should be fine. (He likes playful poeple more but that doesn't mean he woudln't like your MC. And since he was trying to resurrect his past lover, he might not love her at first. But after some time, he would follow her like a puppy. :p )

Yoru would take care of your MC so well, like she is fragile. He would also try to help her with her bust problem. Not sure how much of a help he can be tho. Oh and he loves red hair so your OC is in luck! -if you like Yoru-

And yes, please do you have my full permission to do ship fanarts with your oc. In fact, I'd really love that. If you do it and post it please tag me so I can see it now I'm very curious :) And I hope you'll have a good day too!

#don't trust him visual novel #donttrusthim #donttrusthimvn #don't trust him #dont trust him #don't trust him vn #dont trust him vn #vn #visual novel #dthriley #dthleon #dth #dthyoru #dthdia

[popculturebuffet]

Peanuts: Eggs Benedict for Spike, : A Character Analysis Charles Schulz 100th Birthday

So this review came about in part because of the strip above. This strip is from the comic Breaking Cat News By Georgia Dunn. It is awesome and I plan to cover what we have of it so far next year. Turns out this wasn't just one legend of their time honoring the grandfather of comic strips... practically every strip had a tribute for Schultz on this day and it's hard not to see why: Without peanuts we woudln't have comic strips as they are and it's hard to find a comic strip creator who hasn't mentioned Sparky as an influence in some way great or small. While there were many titans after him, again just see above or look at Calvin and Hobbes own massive influence on the genre among many others. So I felt even if it had to be a bit of a rush job as a critic who deeply loves and appricates comic strips I had to do something for the day. And I figured since Georgia showed her own love of Spike, I too should express why I love this character so much especially since many are either unaware he ever existed or if they are don't seem to like him for one reason or another. So this is my tribute to Spike an din turn Schultz brillance at creating characters. And trust me it's not the last time i'll touch peanuts. I have a LOT to say about peppermint patty too, but she has so many memorable arcs and moments their best covered on their own at some point. So for those who don't know who Spike is, no judgement; Spike is Snoopy's brother. He.. looks like this.

As someone who also frequently looks like he hasn't slept in a lifetime and has an unruly mustache, I naturally relate to him. Spike has a just great design: he looks like snoopy.. but Schultz made him lankier (though he becomes a tad less slim in later apperances), gave him that sweet fedora and of course gave him resting depression face.

Spike was first introduced in the mid 70's. The 70's might be my faviorite decade of peanuts, something I realized during my recent peantus frenzy when I figured out 80% of storylines I remembered, held dear and desperately searched for in a collection came from this era. Cherished stories for me such as Charlie Brown getting a baseball stitching shaped rash and wearing a sack on his head, instantly making him the president of camp, Peppermint Patty finally finding out Snoopy's "A Beagle?" and being unable to say anything else, Woodstock sending Snoopy a bill for a broken heart, Charlie Brown's brief stay in the hospital, Lucy throwing linus out only for Rerun to be born ruining her brother free plans, and of course Peppermint Patty meeting the little red haired girl.. and crying because the poor kid feels she'll never be that beautiful or loved. Some wonderful stuff happened here so it's no shock my faviorite character entered in this storied decade where Schultz was at his peak. As for how he simply entered visting Snoopy, with Snoopy happy to have him. It also had a rare human moment for Lucy, with her taking it upon herself to feed spike and fatten the guy up since he'd clearly last eaten last march. Granted she takes the tv out of the living room and gives him Linus' bed because Lucy, but it's still a kind act to a dog she barely knows whose related to a dog she barely tolerates on a good day. Spike would get a small arc after this returning to Needles, but clearly he caught on with fans , schull or both, so he'd return after. With this Spike would get fleshed out, having his own fantasy type existance but in his own setting. He was isolated from the rest of the cast and while he'd still visit, he was largely a one man act Schulz would bring out when it suited him. Spike is mostly seen alone with his cactus, holding clubs, talking to it, having fun, and ocasionlaly installing a window. It's a melancholy lot in life, which fits right in with our usual crew, and it's both played for pathos and inspriation to me. He lives a quiet life and can feel lonely, but yet makes the most of it: like his brother he has his fun with the life he was given. Sure he woudln't mind a warm house or bed, but he dosen't mind sleeping next to a cactus, having someone give him mickey mouse shoes or what have you. He's again relatable as I don't get out much, and osmetimes yo ujust have to find the best company in yourself you can. He's relatable in that we're all alone sometimes and sometimes you just have to accept yourself, how crappy thigns are and do your best to make them better. Spike is a simple dog, with a simple life... but he's a very good boy and deserves more love. .and to show up in adaptations more. Seriously spike it up. He's fucking majestic... and like his creator.. he's sorely missed.

#peanuts #snoopy #charles schulz #spike #lucy van pelt #comic strips

[thesoundofmadness]

Op I need to know why revue starlight is an existential horror

*cracks knuckles* lets do this

this isn't very well thought out, but hear me out. also gekijouban spoilers

So, existential horror is defined as "the dread and terror experienced by the individual upon realising the circumstances of their existence". Basically, it's the realization that you're going to die. Movies that use existential horror uses themes of isolation, insignificance, loneliness, responsibility, inevitability etc. Obviously there's the theme of death, as the idea of death and rebirth is a HUGE theme in revue starlight. but there's more to it.

Revue Starlight is a performance ((specifally gekijouban but it can also be applied to the anime) We, the audience, are driving the stage girls to act the way that they do because we want entertainment and they want nothing more than to be the lead, to be the focus. The karen 4th wall break scene (the scene before the final lines but after the revue of souls) is proof. Karen meets Hikari on top of Tokyo Tower, gives an emotional speech about how she woudln't be there if she hadn't had their promise, karen turns towards the audience and asks "has the stage always been this terrifying?", freaks out, and dies. This is the scene where Karen realizes that her life always has been and always will be a performance. She dies because she burnt out with starlight and had nothing to present to the audience. There's also the repeated "if the audience wishes for it, i will remain on stage" line.

That's the thing. Revue Starlight is a performance. the stage girls have decided to live their life on stage and perform for us, but they can't do anything else. Even if she wanted to, Karen can't escape the stage. As she, and the other girls, are trapped on stage as long as the audience wants them to remain. And she has to act cruel towards her friends as long as she wants to be the lead.

There's also the big theme of isolation and loneliness. Being the Top Star is a lonely title. In order to achieve it, you gotta be able to cut off your friends and take the pain of hurting them, something Karen simply wasn't willing to do. Isolation is present through Nana and Hikari, obviously given their revue is literally called the Revue of Isolation. They were isolated since they both knew the truth behind the revues, as well as Hikari being an outsider to the main 8 and Nana trapping everyone in a timeloop.

yeah that's really all i have about it. sorry it isn't much but its been a minute since i made that post so

#revue starlight #the asks

[kiryoutann]

as i said, CHILDE DESERVED IT. well. thats just what i think.

BUT zhongli. oh lord zhongli. damn the way he confessed and and andnwjamakwl AND JUST THE WHOLE SCENE ALL TOGETHER MADE MY HEART BEAT SO MUCH FOR HIM LIKE damn sir you have affected me and im afraid that is a distraction for my brain to go forward and think of anything suspicious in the chapter.

childe had it coming, really. it's actually nice seeing him experiencing the same thing y/n experienced back then. yk actually THE PAIN HES FEELING IS FUELLIINNGGGG MY EXCITEMEMT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER BECAUSE, HA! ITS HIS TURN TO FEEL THE PAIN. (insert "Mom said it's my turn to use the xbox" meme but it's "KIRYOU SAID ITS MY TURN TO FEEL THE PAIN" )

AND SINCE YOU MENTIONED ZACK TABULDO'S 'PANO' I SHALL NOW DROP MY FILIPINO SONG PLAYLIST FOR IN BETWEEN KISSES

Kathang Isip (Imagination) by Ben&Ben - for y/n. the title translates to "imagination" because in this song it says "I'm sorry about my imaginations, it was caused by my love for you. I'll wake up from this dream and finally distance from you". the song is just. y/n getting the wrong idea that all of the moments she and childe experienced means love.

Kung Ako Na Lang Sana (I hope it was me instead) by December Avenue - zhongli's love for y/n. like. THE. ZHONGLI. HOPING AND WISHING IT SHOULDVE JUST BEEN HIM. HIM STAYING, LISTENING, AND KNOWING EVERYTHING BETWEEN Y/N AND CHILDE AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT HURTS HIM, HE'S STILL THERE. "if i was the one you love, you woudln't need to cry anymore, you wouldn't need to find someone else. my heart is here, just waiting for you."

and this song popped up in my thoughts when i noticed childe's pain:

Paano Uusad (How to move forward) by NOBITA - yk how childe is experiencing the pain? yes. THIS. i cannot explain it any way better than the lyrics itself: "it was as if everything was just yesterday. you wont leave me, you wont let go of me. how will i move forward? how will i move on? how will my days continue if you are the torch? I want to scream. Now that you're gone, the smile wont reach my lips. I can't turn back time. I won't be in your arms anymore. Now that you're gone, I'm still here."

if you've guessed it, yes im filipino and really. 'pano' by zack is such a good song for this fic.

ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK AND THE PAIN, BEAUTY, JOY AND LOVE <333

FIRST OF ALL hoshi—

the song you recommended is. just. PERFECT!

i love zhongli’s part the most and it inspired me to do smth on an upcoming chapter. HIS PART IS JUST.. so bittersweet. brb crying

AND CHILDE’S?!!!!! that song is made for him. HE SHOULD BE SINGING THAT NOW

AND Y/N’S.. IT’S EXACTLY HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT CHILDE AND NOW THAT SHES DISTANCING HERSELF FROM HIM.

filipino songs are so amazing and meaningfull!!

AND YES. MUHEEUHEEUHEHE from now on i’ll be CRUEL TO CHILDE AND LET HIM FEEL THE PAIN!! he deserves it >:)

AND TYSM FOR EXPRESSING YOUR THOUGHTS. your feedback ALWAYS MADE MY DAYYYYYYYY ILYYYY HAVE A NICE WEEK BB!!❤️❤️❤️

NOW EVERYONE LISTEN TO THOSE SONGS ! ! !

#☁︎ — ABOUT BETWEEN KISSES