#just paper versions. You know

[bloobydabloob]

My little awfully made guys. I think they’re endearingly bad looking

#homestuck #homestuck fanart #Can I tag this fanart…? #I think I can. it’s them #just paper versions. You know #dirk strider #jake english #dirkjake #hs fanart #blooby posting #I had to stuff their legs with blutac to get them to stand #Dirk’s legs had to be amputated and then reattached also #because he was too tall. Sorry buddy #The DirkJake tag must be so sick of me right now #Sorry guys. I will run out of steam soon #Just spam posting for no reason. Get out of here blooby

[revenantghost]

Oh my god oh my god oh my god

There's a Vash and Wolfwood dog papercraft

#Trigun #I know that op shows a lot of tools at the beginning of the tutorial #But this is a SUPER basic papercraft if you want to give it a go! #I highly recommend cardstock if you can #But you can get away with it if it's all you got #I don't think regular paper will stand up as well #Matte photo paper would probably be the best but that shit's expensive #I'm going to work on a couple modifications for my version #Either double-sided printing or two layers... #I think the former #Anyway #The moment this awful migraine is gone #I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING #(As it may be apparent I'm a papercraft addict and I'm totally willing to give anyone advice if they need it!) #(I'm still working on the Trigun foxes btw just working Vash and Wolfwood yin yang kitties first) #I LOVE that this is glue-free tbh #I'm so fucking messy at gluing

[aro-arttorneys]

consider a swap smp aa au where Miles is the pixl

HI I absolutely RAN to my ipad upon seeing this ask to make sure I had some sketches down. Ended up working out some coherent designs ehehe

Man I lowkey like these designs more than I had for the initial AU :') Also OUGH I think Phoenix getting so fucked up and sad that he ends it all is just...kind of neat actually.

#i didn't see the full ask in the notif bar and deadass thought you were gonna say 'where Bleck and co. are in court' #which has been on my mind for sure lol. but i didn't think abt a role reversal version of this au before AA #i love doing the pixl designs it's all about SHAPES #ace attorney #super paper mario #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #spmaaau #for Phoenix/Nikki I designed Phoenix's clothes and worked out his pixl form based on tbat #for Miles it felt easier to draw a pixl of him. Miles just has a lot of shapeable things going on lol #and then made that gay little outfit #i kinda like the name Mille for him... #you can say it the English way or the French way #the latter meaning Thousand. like he knows a thousand things as a pixl #anyway thanks for this it was incredibly fun to draw these

[taihua]

fengqing + 41 pls

PS you're my favorite fq writer

41. --to pretend.

Last time when they broke up, it was only for a few days, and everyone knew it wasn't official. This time, it's been almost a whole month, and the only reason they haven't told anyone is because of the wedding. Xie Lian made all of the arrangements with the assumption they'd be together, and not wanting to ruin his day is the only thing Feng Xin and Mu Qing still agree on.

Xie Lian finds them at the lantern-lit reception, looking radiant in the scarlet wedding silks that contrast his usual preference for white. "I'm so happy that we can all be here together!" he declares as he sweeps his friends into a three-way hug. "Who knows--maybe there will be another wedding to look forward to in the near future, hmm?"

Feng Xin looks away first, which leaves Mu Qing to be the one to force a smile. Two months ago, the comment would have made him blush... no. Better make it three. Now it only feels like a kick in the gut, except he can't let it show.

"Let's get a picture together," Xie Lian suggests, slipping his phone out of his sleeve. "Here. You two together. Mu Qing, your arm's the longest, so you should take it."

As they jostle into position, Mu Qing finds himself leaning against Feng Xin, a gesture that used to be familiar; he feels Feng Xin's breath near his ear, even catches the faint smell of his favorite shampoo when he turns to give the phone back to Xie Lian. Feng Xin smiled for the picture, so he doesn't want to look at it.

Still, he makes the mistake of checking Feng Xin's expression as he draws back. Feng Xin's eyes drop to his lips, then travel back up to meet Mu Qing's gaze with an obvious question. Mu Qing inclines his head in silent agreement.

The kiss is quick--affectionate, almost. Mu Qing is tempted to twist his fingers into the hem of Feng Xin's suit jacket and pull him back in, to make the most of the few hours they have left before they return to the reality of their breakup.

Xie Lian's cheeks are flushed a happy shade of pink. "You're cute when you get along. Ah, there goes Lang Qianqiu--I've been looking for him all night. Wait right here!"

As he swans off, Mu Qing sighs, stealing another glance towards Feng Xin. They'll have to break the news to Xie Lian eventually. Unless, like last time...

"Don't," Feng Xin warns under his breath as he reaches for his cocktail glass. "I told you it was final."

#fengqing #tgcf fic #feng xin #mu qing #thank you anon :') #i wanted this to be a multichapter fic but i just don't know enough about weddings to pull it off #so this prompt was the perfect chance to get the idea on paper without committing to something too big hehe #(obviously in the multichapter version they get back together at the end)

[skitskatdacat63]

I have to write a relatively long German paper, and man its just so difficult for me. The pro side is that I can pick any topic I want, so of course I picked Charles VI. But I've literally not written any German in months, and I'm almost 100% sure our prof doesn't actually read them. I should just write and submit boy king fic....

#i wish it was in English #bcs i would be very happy about it #but i have lost so much capacity for any German writing #bcs he sucks so much as a prof and has dropped the ball on actual language learning imo #how am i supposed to suddenly write a 7-8 pg paper after youve spent all our class time just lecturing at us #and giving us no real opportunity to really learn or test our skills #i shall.. probably just cheat. #LIKE i want to learn german so badly #but what the fuck is the point of even trying when i know im not going to get actual feedback on my writing #why should i even try at that point. put that much effort in and know that he doesnt really care at all #it just sucks so much bcs i genuinely love and am so fascinated w the topic #but the idea that id put so much work into translating it only for him not to read it really kills me #again. just submit boy king fic and see if he notices sjfkgllblb #but do you know what i mean? like im sure ill write a good version in english that i think is actual good content #but translating it is such a lost cause bcs all the effort is reallt for nothing #like atp im jusy interested in the history more than making an effort w the language #ugh i wish i wasnt this way but yknow lack of stimulation anf feedback really kills my enjoyment and interest #like see i can convince myself that thr eng version of teh paper is my typical personal research #<- i mean im making a fucking family tree for funsies so this isnt that far off #but the translation part is so difficult bcs my german has been eroding a bit SOB SOB #lol anyways i say this bcs i was plotting a boy king fic in my head as i was goong to bed #and was like oh i shoulf write it out tmr! and then remembered I HAVE AN ESSAY UGH #well yeah. suffering. we'll see how i feel abt i write the original copy and if i have the capacity to germanify it #i just feel so guilty about it. cheating. I dont want to and it feels so low effort and terrible #but why would i force myself thru all that for a guy who barely reads it #catie.rambling.txt

[visualtaehyun]

The Little Prince

Disclaimer: not a native speaker, still learning 🙏

Some followers or mutuals may know that I started reading the Thai version of The Little Prince and even though I haven't gotten that far into the book yet, I did skip ahead to find the two passages that came up in ep. 1 of Last Twilight. So naturally, I wanted to draw some comparisons with the dialogue in this lovely scene from ep. 8:

บางอย่างเนี่ย /baang yaang niia/ เราไม่ตองใช้ตามอง /rao mai dtaawng chai dtaa maawng/ ก็มองเห็นมันได้ /gaaw maawng hen man dai/ = For some things we don't need to use our eyes to look yet [we] can see them anyway.

ใช่ บางอย่างมันก็ต้องใช้หัวใจรับรู้ /chai. baang yaang man gaaw dtaawng chai hua jai rap ruu/ = Right. Some things need to be perceived by using the heart. เหมือนความรู้สึกพี่ตอนเนี้ย /meuuan kwaam ruu seuk phi dtaawn niia/ LOVE he means love!! all-encompassing, indescribable l o v e! I was almost expecting one of them to express it in words but what we got instead expressed it perfectly in actions

I'm not sure where Day is reciting from in ep. 1 (or if they had to change it for copyright reasons that I'm unaware of??) but it's very slightly different from the book so let's look at both!

เจ้าชายน้อย /jao chaai naawy/, ch. 21, p. 125, the Fox:

[...] เราจะมองเห็นแจ่มชัดด้วยหัวใจเท่านั้น /rao ja maawng hen jaaem chat duuay hua jai thao nan/ สิ่งสำคัญนั้นไม่อาจเห็นได้ด้วยดวงตา /sing sam khan nan mai aat hen dai duuay duuang dtaa/ = We can see clearly only with the heart. What is essential cannot be seen with the eyes.

Day in ep. 1:

เราจะมองเห็นทุกอย่างกระจ่างชัดเมื่อเราใช้หัวใจนำ /rao ja maawng hen took yaang gra jaang chat muea rao chai hua jai nam/ สิ่งสำคัญไม่อาจมองเห็นได้ด้วยตา /sing sam khan mai aat maawng hen dai duuay dtaa/ = We can see everything clearly when we use [our] hearts. What is essential cannot be seen with the eyes.

Sidenote: While trying to find out if Day was reciting from a different translation, I happened upon this article from 2020 which included this lovely photo of one of many Braille translations! :)

Back to the editions at hand though!

My edition is from 2013 and translated by อำพรรณ โอตระกูล (Amphan Otrakul). Hers was the first Thai translation, originally published in 1969. There are uhh a lot of versions by now though.

Judging from what I can see of the cover in ep. 1, my assumption is that Day's version is a print of this 2003 one which says on the cover is still the Otrakul translation but this site credits as being translated by พงาพันธ์ุ โบบิเยร์ (Panga-Phan Bobier), originally in 1997. I know there are three well-known translations and I've checked the one by อริยา ไพฑูรย์ (Ariya Paitoon) (pdf version here) so I'm just gonna stick with the assumption that Day is quoting from the Bobier translation. 🤷‍♀️

And because I'm very highkey in love with this song-

ประตูวิเศษ (Better Days), written by Amp Achariya, specifically Jimmy's lines:

/aat mai hen, dtaae rap ruu duuay jai/ = might not see but perceive with the heart /thee mai hen gaaw dai hen duuay jai/ = what isn't seen can be seen with the heart /kham waa rak man gaaw chat nai jai - praw ter/ = 'Love' is clear in [my] heart - because of you.

#last twilight #เจ้าชายน้อย #morkday #mhokday #local woman harps on about linguistics #again i wonder- am i even saying anything here or am i just presenting some words #the irony of several layers of translation back and forth going on here doesn't escape me but that's just language learning to me #while looking for the version day recites from i even found an academic paper in french comparing the three major thai translations as to #how they use or adapt the french quotation style aka «...» #the fact alone that i have to make choices in this post as to how to translate the thai with the goal in mind to point out the similarities #and differences between the different sources! #if you don't know any thai please do chime in if you can tell from my romanizations and translations

[tstain-is-an-idiot]

CU, except I swapped the genders and changed some minor story details

So basically it's a more magical girl-ish version of the story instead of a normal superhero one (she still is, but just more... magical, I guess?)

#and I still need to come up with the names for half the characters!! #of course only if i ever expand apon this concept #I'm thinking of having this AU's George be named “Mona” #which (if you read the tags of the WIP for this) was originally one of the names I was going to use for Melvin #as soon as I got the idea for this AU I knew exactly what the AU Harold's hair would look like #it's kind of inspired by clawdeen from g3 of monster high #(gotta sneak my other fixations in somehow) #as for Mona's design #I know girls wear ties #but I wanted it to make sense within the context of the story #so i changed her signature accessory to a belt #lets just say the sixth graders had it worse in this version #and Cap... #a lot of details to kind of explain #(not fully idk how to do that) #so she's basically a magical girl here #a very stupid one might i add #yes she is holding a roll of toilet paper #she uses it like a ribbon baton #(she has accidentally mummified herself in it on multiple occasions) #the silver jewellery is meant to resemble the curtain rings #to work around the toupee thing i gave her some grey hairs near the top of her head #and the Krupp of this universe would wear her hair up in a bun which would hide the fact she's already going grey #i know it's not as funny as the Krupp being obviously bald under his fake hair thing #but I'm trying to adjust things where I need to in this universe #the George and Harold here still have the same questionable sense of humour too #captain underpants #george beard #harold hutchins #art

[thresholdbb]

Fight me

#now we just fucking around #it’s like being pecked to death by ducks #early seasons she didn’t wanna fight enough so moved some of her PERPETUALLY PISSED later seasons attitude earlier #i know it’s bad there was no ref but then it made me laugh at how bad it is #the first version she has so much neck like a heckin giraffe #the first sketch (on paper) she had so much neck like a heckin’ giraffe #make bad art or whatever #im having fun and that’s what matters right probably not oh we’ll fight me #mostly color picked from an lcars console cause no rules who cares #can i blame the 4pm coffee? yeah no probably not #oh god go to bed what are you doing thresholdbb get a life touch grass stop being so weird #hopelessly LOST IN THE DELTA QUADRANT #gonna repeat don’t get a brain injury all your skills go out the dang window #im sorry I’ll look for where the multitudes went

[just-jessiejames]

(It's clawed hand reaches for you, one last time)

So, @bookfansworld, I know you said a missing eye but I couldn't help but think about Vecna's milky eye and the potential juicy uses in paralleling that with a possessed Mike. Also the fact Vecna looses a hand in dnd. Idk, idk. Just another a little parallel too, even though that ones a bit of a stretch. But yeah I drew something that's kinda sorta, a lil bit inspired by the Kas Theory. What if, after being presumed dead; Mike was left behind. Bloodied, on deaths door. Yet Vecna stops his minions from continuing their feast. What if Vecna snared the opportunity laid right before him, practically resting on a silver platter? What if he possessed him, similarly to how Will was possessed in s2?

("No. You do not get to die. Not yet, Michael. I have use for you. I will keep you alive. You will be my puppet. With you, I will catch my prey. They would do anything for you.") Imagine it. Imagine a possessed Mike appearing on the battlefield. A bloodied husk of himself. Standing amongst the dark forces of Vecna. Imagine the group being so happy to see their friend alive, only for their faces to fall. Confusion coloring their faces, as they realize Mike isn't being attacked by the demo-dogs or the demo-bats. Imagine their realization. The fear and shock crashing down on them as Mike begins to approach, but it's all wrong. He doesn't move like their Mike; and he is unresponsive to their calls, eyes dull and glassy; and they can't do anything. Not as he raises his arm, a bloody weapon gleaming in his hand. They can't do anything. Because that's Mike. He's still in there somewhere. They can't hurt him.

And imagine, Mike struggling inside his own head to gain control back from Vecna; thrashing and writhing inside the confines of his own mind. Imagine that he is mid fight with Will. It's the final battle, and Will is attempting to hold Mike off while desperately trying not to hurt the boy he loves. Vecna is looming, taunting them in the background, letting Will be beaten down by his best friend, the love of his life. His heart. Imagine Will, in pain, bloodied because he's only defending himself and not retaliating; because he can't hurt mike, not even when the boy is trying to kill him. Imagine that it is Will, who eventually manages to gets though to Mike and give him just enough strength to shred through Vecna's spell; and when he finally does and it's Mike who turns around, his expression twisted into something like maddened rage. He lifts his one good arm, (Don't you dare touch him.)

and he swings.

#byler #mike wheeler #mike wheeler fanart #i got a little bit carried away with my description sorry friends #i just have some feelings #i also don't know if i am like super happy with this sketch? it's very rough and im not sure i like the injury i gave mike. #like i might redo this sometime but i really wanted to get this version down on paper too. #hope you like it!! #and i hope this appeases your need for a hurt mike hehe #jessiejames-draws #jessiejames draws

[nonbinary-niki-bog]

now that i have drawn CS!Nikolai and CS!Fyodor, should i draw CS!Sigma?

like properly, not a cop out like I did during that post of introducing CS!Fyodor and CS!Nikolai into the ask blog.

#i don't know whether i should or not... #if i do then which one version should i draw? #CS!Sigma as a kid? or as an adult? #if i have to draw CS!Sigma right now it will probably have to be on paper. #so sorry if it will be a bad quality paper image if i decide to draw CS!Sigma. #niki rambles too much over CS!AU #a side note but is anyone actually getting tired of me just rambling about CS!AU #because you can just tell me if you are and i will stop with spreading CS!AU everywhere. #just don't be too mean about it because i have feelings #CS!AU ramblings

[mokeonn]

After doing a little bit of research (comparing the two different dvd boxes and playing with settings), it seems like the reason the better (extended) version of Muppet Christmas Carol isn't widely available compared to the lesser (theatrical cut) version is because it seems that the song cut is only available in full screen. There doesn't seem to be a wide-screen version of the extended cut available. So that's likely why the easiest to watch version is the theatrical cut, because Wide screen has become the default format.

And that's also likely why I didn't know there WAS a theatrical cut until after we lost and replaced the disk. The DVD we had was so old it only had full screen as an option, and the full screen version is the extended version of the movie.

Anyways, this is all just an educated guess. I didn't google the actual reason I just presume this based on what the boxes say, personal experience, and the fact that on the DVD that allows you to choose, full screen is the extended cut and wide screen is the theatrical cut.

#simon says #yeah so on my old ass dvd case it says that the runtime is 89 minutes and it is only a full screen movie #but on my parent's recent blu-ray it is a 86 minute movie and only available in widescreen #and the replacement disk we got after we mysteriously lost the old ass dvd allows you to choose #so wide screen is theatrical and full screen is extended #and most releases of it are the theatrical version because wide-screen is the default now #and I haven't seen a full screen version of the cut scene #so it's very likely that full screen releases got the song and they marketed it as a special treat #and once everything became wide screen they just stopped doing that #once again I did not fact check this I just looked at 3 dvds and used my personal knowledge of this movie #also I still dont know how we lost our first dvd #that was probably the first and only time we ever lost a disk and we tore up the house looking for it #couldn't find it so we just got a replacement and put it in the old case because we like the old case more #i remember being SO upset because that had never happened before and the one time it did was with fucking MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL?? #it wasn't like. Bolt or some other movie we don't care much about it was fucking Muppet Christmas Carol #that dvd was probably almost as old as I was #that dvd was probably the first dvd release of the muppet christmas carol #at least we still have the case and the little paper slide in with the scene selection #I wish movies still did those #i miss the little papers with the scene selection or special little art or information about bonus features #like they still have the spot where you would put one but they dont make them anymore :(

[waywardsalt]

mmmgh

#salty talks #this one is personal but not in a scary just in a i need to say this shit somewhere way #botw/totk… i do not fucking like th. like gameplay is fun puzzles are cool world is cool but like. #the lackluster story and characters honest to god drag it the fuck down for me #none of the characters are actuslly interesting and ganondorf is the only one i want to see in totk #like i got the master sword. i got it and its like whatever. i know whats up with the light dragon and i dont care #totk is making me start to dislike this version of zelda and idk how to feel abt that #no one feels like. interesting. everyone is either good or evil or a fucking side character with a paper thin life #and totk with its fucking no-nuance go kill ganondorf plot is just. stop making half of the plot take place in the fucking past #i havent really done much story stuff but like. GOD. no one in totk is meant to be morally gray its all so fucking black and white #what happened to having major characters who were morally dubious and were actually fascinating to watch #i dont like that most of the major characters in totk/botw are Good Guys and Nice To Link nobody actually interests me #i was SO excited that the lurelin pirates would be a new group of characters to contend with but no. monsters. fuck #they had a chance to maybe get into the kingdoms more dubious past concerning the sheikah and then made the sheikah barely important #and then made the yiga more of a joke instead of like. doing anything with their interesting past #no fuck you heres some all new shit that has nothing to do with what came before and the same shallow conflict and characters #theyve dipped their toes into morally dubious characters and genuinely fascinating characters and the idea that the kingdom of hyrule isnt #all that and gave more room for drawing your own conclusions and totk just hands over the most black and white experience #im playing to finish the story and finish the game i actively do not care or expect much from these characters #and it just seems like the narrative is going to bend over backwards to put hyrule as the ultimate moral good and any opposition as bad #and all but force you to accept that because it just proves that sentiment correct over and over again and its fucking bland #idk. aomething about the writing of this game fucking frustrates me esp when i think abt how past games were written #imperialist shit aside this game’s story and characters are so fucking. par for the course bland. i dont care beyond ‘oh thata charming’ #i dont think about this game’s story. it doesnt make me think it just shoves events and character actions at me and moves on #fuck. #it feels like its just. telling me shit. not giving me much room to really decide for myself. zelda is good ganondorf is bad fuck nuance ig #it seems so fucking scared of being a little bit complex. this is why i say 'i miss linebeck' i miss complicated ideas and characters #just. totk seems like it REALLY wants you to have specific thoughts about these events and characters. doing everything it can to prove #the good guys right and the bad guys wrong and having pretty much no one be in between or like. anything. its all standard

[hershelwidget]

Guess who’s back on his “Professor Inkling and Count Bleck are the same person” nonsense

I got. Very attached to the Swap Designs

This is now my favourite drawing of Count Bleck ever. All my others can go home this wins this wins so hard

:3

Shoutout to whatever Professor Inkling has going on here though. I gave him his curl and his ears back

I need you all to know that under the muzzle he’s basically just doing the :D face

I like to think that they were just both YANKED from their respective medias in just. The middle of the story.

Mario’s already past Chapter 3 and Team Bleck is having a meeting and they take their eyes off Bleck for ONE SECOND and they look back and it’s. Old Man Octopus.

Meanwhile elsewhere they’ve like just finished the events of Ring of Fire and when the Octopod reaches the crew instead of the Professor its some ancient blue boy

#once again. our man bleck would be THRIVING. in fact #i think. he would realize that maybe the multiverse can stay. as a treat. #meanwhile inkling upon hearing Why bleck wanted to destroy everything. now on one hand CANON inkling would try to stop it all #however you KNOW i am incredibly ill over my mafia au. and you KNOW im incredibly ill over Lars #so MY version of inkling would totally just continue the plan and pretend he’s always been there lmfao #super paper mario #octonauts #count bleck #professor inkling #im never getting over swap!bleck’s design. i might adapt it into my post spm bleck design… hhrnrnnengjghg

[ailendolin]

As a writer, I know how much work it takes to get a story to a point where you're actually happy with it. You keep moving things around, change lines here and there and add or cut others until it feels right.

Today it hit me that Thomas doesn't have that ability anymore. He can't write down his verses and look at them the next day to improve them. Since that made me really sad I reached for my baritone ukulele and started writing a song about it:

There once was a poet Who could not write a rhyme He had no pen or paper Only his lonely mind Till the end of time

He still composed his verses Despite the laughs he got They were his only comfort In a world that always forgot What he had lost

No one knew how much he mourned No one knew what all their scorn Did to his broken heart

This is what I've got so far, written in about an hour. Tomorrow, I can go back to it, expand it, change the lyrics and experiment with the melody. I can see it with fresh eyes and make it better.

Thomas will never be able to do that again, not without help.

He's forever stuck with the shitty first draft.

#thomas thorne #bbc ghosts #mp bbc ghosts #I'm sorry but I couldn't get these thoughts out of my mind #Like just imagine being forever stuck with the first version of the art and writing you create #knowing it will never get better because you can't actually put it to paper and see it with your own eyes #it's all in your head #and will never reach its full potential

[emile-hides]

I just think it'd be neat if they were separate guys who could interact

#Emile's Arts #Mario #mario fanart #Some Mario cool downs as I finally put my pen down for the first time sense 2am #I think about them I think about them a lot #You all know my version of Metal Mario but what about Doctor Mario have I explained my thoughts on him??? #I know Paper Mario is also usually widely accepted as an Alternate AU Mario #but I don't I think they're the same guy #But that's only because I didn't play past Sticker Star #So to me the Paper series is just an Artstyle difference until SPM where we ACTUALLY go to an alternate 2D dimension #I made Metal Mario look too tall his chest was supposed to be broader I messed up fjgdfjg #Anyway them I love them PLEASE ask me about my them #Because they are. So So So So Silly #Mostly Metal Mario I'm obsessed with him he's my baby boy #But Doctor Mario too I am rattling him I think he's silly. Doctor Medical Malpractice over here. #Also send me more alternate AU Marios to draw these three are the only ones to come to mind #I want to make them all interact after I've rested my brain some

[itwoodbeprefect]

just had the experience of succesfully sounding out แว่นกันแดด in my head, recognizing those sounds ("waen kan daet") as something i'd seen in transliterated script, confidently going "zonnebril!", and then seeing it translated as sunglasses and going wait?? that was wrong?? for a whole two seconds before remembering that no, those words actually do all fit into the same mold, i was just pouring a different language into it by accident

#i made a pancakes-for-dinner sort of sunglasses when they should have been pancakes-for-breakfast sunglasses #is there a paper somewhere on third or fourth language acquisition through a second language? i bet there is. there should be #anyway. there is this (anecdotal? but i assume widely shared) phenomenon i've been thinking about a lot #in which a person hears (or says or thinks) some words. two seconds pass. they can't remember what language the words were in #you remember the content just fine! but the way it got to your brain? who knows #happened to my mother recently when we watched a dutch movie and afterwards she recalled it as 90 minutes of english #because there was a gun in it. which felt american to her #happened to ME recently too in fact. when i had to think hard after being told the boy and the heron had english subtitles in our theater #as we were walking out of the theater!! and the only way i got to a place of going hey yeah! was by remembering a moment #while watching the movie. of consciously going 'huh they chose to translate some of this japanese as 'ain't'. interesting' #and ain't ain't dutch!! definitive proof they DID show that japanese movie with english subtitles in our dutch theater!! #this wall of tags isn't (ain't) going anywhere except. i think the zonnebril confusion is a version of this happening but maybe. like. #with a faint zonnebril echo still in my brain. sunglasses sounds different but for a moment there i didn't realize that's not because #it's a different concept. but because i had pulled the wrong language string attached to this one concept. or something #* #you know what sometimes i kid myself into thinking i don't think about language much more than the average person #but then i look at myself and my half-remembered linguistics degree and every hobby i've ever had and i go hm. hmmmm