#where the wild words are

[scribefindegil]

As much as I adore conlangs, I really like how the Imperial Radch books handle language. The book is entirely in English but you're constantly aware that you're reading a "translation," both of the Radchaai language Breq speaks as default, and also the various other languages she encounters. We don't hear the words but we hear her fretting about terms of address (the beloathed gendering on Nilt) and concepts that do or don't translate (Awn switching out of Radchaai when she needs a language where "citizen," "civilized," and "Radchaai person" aren't all the same word) and noting people's registers and accents. The snatches of lyrics we hear don't scan or rhyme--even, and this is what sells it to me, the real-world songs with English lyrics, which get the same "literal translation" style as everything else--because we aren't hearing the actual words, we're hearing Breq's understanding of what they mean. I think it's a cool way to acknowledge linguistic complexity and some of the difficulties of multilingual/multicultural communication, which of course becomes a larger theme when we get to the plot with the Presgar Translators.

#imperial radch #also a great example of the 'you don't have to be Tolkien' phenomenon #if you want to think about linguistic differences by building all the languages in your setting #and being able to explain what those differences are through actual texts in the language in question #that's AWESOME #but it's not the only way to do it #it's also interesting because of course this style only works in book form #everyone's speaking different languages but in a written account they're all 'translated' for you #but of course if it was a TV series they would all have to be speaking a language the audience understands #(or you *would* have to go wild with conlangs) #and i think that's really cool as well-- #how for a series where song is so central we don't actually hear any of the actual in-universe words or any of the music #it's all been filtered #and again you know this is happening but seeing the examples of how real songs--the shape hymns and 'L'homme Arme'--are presented #makes you a lot more viscerally aware of how limited your perspective is #it's good #ann leckie i love you

[sollucets]

the ye baiyi effect

#word of honor #wen kexing #rowan gifs #userbon #tusermona #tuserashinlae #userhanyi #baek1nho #lextag #roserayne #seamayweed #tostrangers #lizlookatthis #wen 'criminal offensive sideeye' kexing #wen 'had it not been for the disapproval of my ah-xu i would've slaughtered you where you stand' kexing #(like he had a chance) #i love his face. #anyway if any taglisters want off rowan's word of honor wild ride please let me know. 😨 i am just. out here doing whatever #i still have a few more things i want to gif as well so . its not even over yet

[akai-anna]

Hattori Heiji: *effortlessly jumps over traffic barrier*

Kudou Shinichi: *leaping over the same traffic barrier and stumbling*

#detective conan #dcmk #名探偵コナン #meitantei conan #edogawa conan #hattori heiji #anime #episode 263: the osaka double mystery #my stuff #my gifs #detco posting #today is the day for smol scene gifs #this was such a cute lil thing in the special episode #look at that lil gremlin needing a moment to find his balance #also yes i actually looked up the word for traffic barriers/guardrails/crash barriers for this what about it? #anyways love these nerds LOOK AT THEM GO #also in case lizzy sees this: this is the same episode where heiji picks up shinichi like a kitten (PER SHINICHI'S SILENT REQUEST!) #so shinichi can look at STUFF. just saying #now letting out this baby into the wild too. LOOK!! I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE GIFS NOW!!! the incredible POWER I HAVE!!!

[ludaroace]

idk thinking about the birthday party today and just . when ramon first brought up fits birthday ages ago i don’t remember exactly what stream it was but he told ramon that he would be happy with it being just the two of them . it took him a while to agree with ramon about inviting pac .

thinking about how today and how so many people showed up - like bad and phil weren’t even streaming, luzu was going to come but had to leave early, and pac left him a fucking trident of all things when he couldn’t make it . literally everyone online and their eggs showed up . dapper logged in after the party had started to show up !

i genuinely don’t think fit understood until today how much the others on the island actually cared about him . he STILL probably doesn’t fully understand . like he was even telling ramon that they don’t need to take up anyone’s time because they were planning on doing a dungeon (which was actually his party butttt he didn’t know that) DURING it .

idk and i KNOW there were some extremely emotional letters but empanada’s hit hard . thank you for protecting me but let us protect you sometimes too . i hope you feel as loved as you are .

#qsmp #q!fitmc #idk i sorta went crazy when i saw the trident and ik pac proabnly didn’t get it from the dungeon #that both phil and fit deemed too dangerous for now #and pac was there for that convo so his ass KNOWS #but like . the trident was deemed to big of a risk to get at the moment #and it’s fit’s thing to have one . like to the extent where #phil legit even apologized for not being able to get him one for his bday . like that’s how big of a deal it was #IDK AND THIS DOESNT EVEN TOUCH UPON SUNNY OR RAMON’S LETTERS #ik he said to sunny that they ARE family and i hope she understands #they never stopped being it was just a REALLY unfortunate choice of wording #and as the self appointed ramon person i will be going THROUGH that later #anyways shout out empanadas admin for being so good at saying the little of things that drive me wild how do you do this #time and time again she will say one thing that changes my brain chemistry #fitmc tag #sunny tag #ramon tag #empanada tag

[zeldacd]

Zora May, prompt "Sentimental"

#I think less words are better for this one #they make me emotional lol #Zora May #ZoraMay #BotW #Mipha #Sidon #LoZ #tLoZ #Zelda #Breath of the Wild #ignore where i started losing steam and giving up

[decepti-thots]

personally i appreciate all the posts explaining tumblr ettiquette to the people coming over from e.g. tiktok, because they have performed the secondary function of explaining to me, a person who has never used tiktok, what the hell is going on over on all those sites. like oh THAT'S why everyone is reinventing 1337 for some reason. THAT'S what fyp stands for. i feel so hip and with it now.

#but seriously you all kept using apps where you had to censor every other word??? wild

[carrie-tate]

I was rewatching the "Aardvark Town" episode to find some Createrra references, and just look at the shot I caught

How I adore him, such a smug jerk ✨

#I love those shots where he squints like that #it’s beyond words x) #talk #wild kratts #martin kratt

[pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong]

yellowjackets, ashley lyle and bart nickerson (2021 - present) /where the wild things are, maurice sendak (1963)

#yellowjackets #yellowjackets spoilers #ashley lyle #bart nickerson #maurice sendak #where the wild things are #word weaving #cannibalism #shauna shipman #jackie taylor #taissa turner #misty quigley #natalie scatorccio #van palmer #lottie matthews #ben scott #travis martinez

[sparring-spirals]

There is a universe in which i was caught up properly on CR whenever what the fuck went down and Imogen verbally and definitively declared that- after everything leading up to this and the back and forth and indecision- that she'd be willing to take down her mom if need be. and i would have been deeply insufferable and writing 20+ separate meta posts and liveblog yelling posts and shitposts. This is not that universe so instead we will put this post here where i can have wildly uninformed (aka 20 eps behind) Emotions about it until someday i actually catch up.

(I know. i accidentally wrote potentially wildly off base/deeply out of date meta again. what can i say. i like shaking the concept of An Imogen (even if it is Outdated Imogen) in a jar. sorry.)

Because i was watching long enough, I think, to see Imogen in the throes of the hope for something better, to understand that Imogen was viewing her mom was a figure and an idea and an answer, that would make things easier. Her mom was- gone, so early. And so her mom, in her mind, was not a person she was an idea, and there was so much hinged on that! Dogged determination and anger at her father and a deep seated dislike of the powers in her hands and head even as they gave her a guilty rush. There were promises there that maybe no one else had made, but Imogen believed. Things built up. Expectations made. Lore crafted, even unconsciously, around someone who was, yes, important to Imogen, but more importantly: Missing. Gone. A blank slate to be filled in. A promise of an answer guide to open questions.

And then she meets her mom, and Liliana Temult goes from a figure to a person- with all the bells and whistles and rough edges. She meets her mom and her mom turns her away. Tells her to run. Tells her she should go. Tells her to leave.

And Imogen doesn't. In the same way she kept visiting libraries, keps asking, kept pushing for answers when it was just about her magic and her headaches and the voices. Imogen always, always wants to know. She keeps digging, she keeps trying, she reaches out, over and over and keeps trying to touch this figure in mist until she's real under her hands, and. Evidence piles up- of deeds gone wrong, blood on her hands, a figure standing next to Otohan (her friends bodies scattered, lifeless, around Otohan). She keeps reaching out, keeps trying, and is rebuffed, over and over. Things get worse and the skies get redder and magic goes dead and she's still- unsure, because what if there's a better reason, what if there's a better way, there has to be a reason, why. There has to be, right- maybe if- maybe. Maybe-

Its just like- a person as an idea. As a symbol. As a promise. One you build yourself up around and towards. One you talk about, not talk to.

And then the fog clears, and they are a human.

(And she's your mom, and she's not what you imagined. She's done you wrong. She's done your loved ones wrong. She's hurt you. She's hurt others. She's going to keep hurting you. She is going to keep hurting everyone. She is too far gone to reason with. She is not listening to you. She is flawed. She is. dangerous. She looks so much like you. You look just like her. You are so similar. You have always known you were similar. You always hoped. You.

Are not her. You are not hers. She is not yours. She is not who you thought she was. She was always someone else. So are you.)

Imogen walks through the bases pretending to be her mother. Liliana is a known face- a powerful one, a figure people fear. A well known silhouette. Imogen slips into the shadows of it, sometimes, when it serves her, but we know- she knows- its all an act. All a lie.

Liliana, after all, is alive, and well, making choices that she believes in and fighting for things with a dogged determination maybe only matched by her daughter.

Imogen knows this. I think. There's a part of her that maybe wishes that wasn't the case.

"There is no loyalty with this blood." And after all- only living people bleed.

#im so sorry for yet again writing deeply uninformed. idk if this counts as meta. its more me going 'hey if this IS whats happening. WILD.' #critical role #cr spoilers #c3e88 #imogen temult #spar speaks #liliana temult #this is REALLY just a word vomit based on gut assumptions from what i actually watched. my vague knowledge from posts ive seen. and now thi #im functionally playing connect the dots here which is. Not How Meta Should Be Written so take this more as fun speculation prose i guess?? #no one take this too srs its mostly so if/when i finally watch everything i can reference how off my assumptions were #this is def based off where things were around when the solstice happened bc thats when i was last mostly caught up #so the odds of me fully MISSING some important imogen dev and character things since then are. actually its not odds. its like.definitive. #but maybe this is true for at least early campaign imogen to ep 50 imogen #and it would be VERY cool if it actually applied to her now #i kept saying 50 eps but looking at my last liveblogs it might he closer to 20-30. ... still.

[pipedreams13]

loving aftg means seeing the words, "You know, I get it," and knowing some real shit is about to go down

#like im not even talking about canon at this point #like every other fic i see #where neil opens his god forsaken mouth to say the words™ #its like something awakens in me bc i just KNOW that someone is about to get obliterated from the inside out #and its so fucking funny each and every time #excuse me while i proceed to use this as the starter for all my future verbal spats #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #the foxes #the ravens #neil josten #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #matt boyd #dan wilds #allison reynolds #renee walker #nicky hemmick #kevin day #riko moriyama #tfc

[rongzhi]

wawa what's been the funniest douyin you've translated. like had there been a douyin that you could not stop laughing at while translating?

Off the top of my head, this one and this one. I have a personal fave tag that includes some of the douyins I find funniest. Honestly, though, some of the douyins that make me laugh the hardest get like 30 notes on here lol.

#text #answered ask #I have a very stupid sense of humor sometimes.... #like i think blazing saddles is funny but i think wild wild west is hilarious so that's what we're working with #if there is a quiet scene where someone is being sneaky adn then they step on something squeaky i am rolling onto the floor #i'm rolling right out the door covered in cheese etc etc poor lost meatball . lowest common denominator. #i ate like 30 hersheys kisses earlier i am free word associating this evenign sorry

[constantvariations]

Why did they create such a useless character to show Cinder's backstory when Salem is literally right there AND the real question the audience wants answered???

Imagine if it had been Salem who stayed at the hotel and saw something of herself in the scrappy servant girl. She saw how the Madame treated little Cinder and offered a way out only if Cinder has the power to be useful to her. Maybe she put Cinder to a test of how far she was willing to go for freedom, or maybe Salem wanted something from the Madame that she wouldn't give so it was up to Cinder to provide

Either way, Salem gets a young disciple that's ruthlessly ambitious and easy to manipulate and Cinder gains the illusion of freedom under a new master

#rwde #ofc salem wouldnt be grimmified in this version bc she'd stand out too much to do under the table shit #or she still could be but the world actually looks like an anime like it did in the beacon days #v4 on is far too grounded in reality design-wise #where the hell are the folks w wild ass hair colors and styles?? the most we get is joannas green but she says like 10 words so who cares #tis some bullshit and why i refuse to call v4+ rwby an anime #anyway this was somehow prompted by me comparing vergil to cinderella #as you can see i am Completely Normal tm #ngl tho vergil is a better cinderella if instead of riches-rags-riches its power-powerless-power #cinder starts at the bottom so her baseline mentality is way off if you want to do a cinderella remake #rags to riches is abt underdogs clawing up the social ladder against all odds #but riches rags riches is abt reclaiming what was yours #if we use cinders random disdain towards schnees in v8 as inspiration we could have a story of rival businesses #cinders father gets booted from power/high society thanks to Jacques's maybe legal maybe not methods and meddling #could go several ways from there: #her father could die and she'd be left homeless and alone in the cruel underbelly of the wealthy and powerful #she could find work w the Madame and try to endure the abuse so she and her father can pay the bills #her father could straight up sell her to the madame #itd be a horrific way to learn the significance of power and how easily it can be taken #i wanna like cinder so bad but v5 on fucked her irreparably. she doesnt even dress well anymore ffs

[antlerpunk]

thoughts on sound design and Divinity in ultrakill

#listening to things like #the sounds the virtues and their heavenly beam attacks make #or the hum of gabriel's light weapons #it's not the sound of an angelic choir. it's warbly and distorted and inorganic #almost like a synthesized imitation of more traditionally heavenly sound #and i don't remember if i've talked about it here. but that ties into the mechanical nature of heaven and its heirarchy #reading what the game has to say about gabriel. the wording very Very badly wants you to think of gabriel as a machine #as a weapon #the way the terminal talks about him and the way the council does #it's dehumanizing commodification #and that brings to mind the contrast the game sets up between angels and machines #because angels are counterpart to Robots in ultrakill's story. not demons #the game sets up conflict between Heaven and Earth. with hell just serving as a backdrop #and that shows in the way the game handles angels and machines #where the structure of heaven's forces is rigid and the sound of divinity is a synthetic growl #looking at ultrakill's scripture on machines on the other hand. you'll find that every robot described in the terminal has a story involving #some kind of deviation from originally manufactured purpose. form. design. aesthetic #they're really Wild Animals #they fight. they Live #they evolve and they mutate #they do whatever the hell they need to #and i find that fascinating. perfect contrast #again my fingers are crossed tighter than hell that the Violence layer plays with that animalism #or that machinekind is at least explored further somewhere else in the story #either way. can't wait #no one does hell like hakita #make it this far down i'd love to hear what you think

[eskel-loves-lilbleater]

Um, Regis, is there something you haven't told us??! 🫣🦇

(Also, why am I imagining Regis in bat form completely trolling researchers? 😂)

#emiel regis rohellec terzieff godefroy #witcher regis #emiel regis #higher vampire #the witcher #wiedzmin #witcher 3 #wild hunt #wiedźmin #bat science #filthy brain #is it headcanon or science? #bat troll #how to screw with researchers #where's that Tumblr post about frogs and the wording of biology papers?

[turbo-tsundere]

“It's not a butterfly yet, so why is it blamed for not being able to fly?”

#gonta gokuhara #gokuhara gonta #danganronpa #v3 #ndrv3 #moth #dragonfly #my art #concept drawing of sorts #also muh symbolism xd #the rest of tags is some optional blahblah #but yeah Gonta's parents seem like the types who'd tell depressed people to 'get over it' #`oh no our kid can't get over 10 formative years of social separation in like 5 minutes! what a disgrace!` ...jfc I lack words #well I don't but there's just so much to say it's overwhelming #tldr Gonta's outlandish circumstances of a wild child from a wealthy family hide ordinary and sadly common reality of many #where emotionally vulnerable or divergent people with ignorant caretakers end up thinking their mistreatment is normal or even 'deserved' #esp when they lack better point of reference/are berated for asking for help and 'not knowing already'/are too trusting bc of self-doubt #or so compassionate/compliant they'd rather deal with hurt than 'inconvienience' others by reaffirming their boundaries #his backstory might not be as extreme as some other characters - but is still an example of upbringing that can be devastating to a person #it's not smth drastic and sudden enough not to adapt to it - yet not harmless enough not to slowly corrode person's mental health #all the unfairness becomes so ingrained within you it's hard to tell where your personality ends and your trauma begins #esp when one is naturally inclined for over-responsibility/perfectionism/empathy in the first place #and - at least from my perspective - it was just too real and accurate and made too much sense - I can only congratulate the writers on this #i guess you could say those sort of thoughts were an inspiration for this drawing... #anyway that barely scratches the surface but all in all #he's been doing incredibly well and he's amazing and valid the way he is now too #sod his parents and sod those who took advantage of him by exploiting his traumas-masking-as-traits

[kenobion]

Andrew Garfield on The Late Late Show (2016)

#I made this set exclusively for that first gif cause it's adorable #andrew garfield #my gifs #this is from that video where he talks about his sleeptalking #it's hilarious #I am so wild about him #I don't care if it's silly I can't help it #I love his face and his voice and the way he talks and his mind and fxghkdfgj #and this kind of wine color of suit is rather nice on him too #sir I am free literally anytime for you #just say the word