#tbh it's also FOUND in translation

[onnoffwrites]

I have been losing my shit over this damn panel for the past THREE DAYS (more or less) and I need to yell somewhere so it's gonna go here.

It all began when I was writing my fic (I think this was for My Immortal), and I needed to recap significant hakukai moments. And I remembered "hey, I should include this one thing saguru said during sunset manor that was stupidly super gay for no fucking reason" bc like, yea hakukai not canon, but if canon was gonna give me a whole ass confession then I might as well use it. So, like always, I head to mangadex to look for this panel... Except... It's not there... The line... The line's not there... But I remember... I remember something about "the only one to disrupt/disturb my thinking/mind"... Where... I didn't imagine that right? I mean I read a lot of google translated Chinese fanfics but... I REMEMBERED reading that line... In a manga... In English... ON mangadex...

This is where I should mentioned, that if you weren't around for the Great Collapse of Mangadex. Then... Well, so there was this period of time where mangadex just DIDNT EXIST. Bc there was some cyber?? Attack??? On the site??? I can't fully remember. But it like wiped out most of the site. The mangas r just, gone. So mangadex fixed it. It took a while bc they figured "might as well revamp our site and system". And they did. And it's great. And it looks beautiful now, even more than before.

But see. The line I remembered? Yea... Yea that was from before The Collapse. And mangadex let multiple translation groups submit their translations. So u can read diff translations of diff group, see how things are interpreted differently... And... I remembered this one, that I posted here up top, but I remembered there was another. One that had The Line.

And it was driving crazy so, like usual, I asked my cn friend. But my cn friend (why am I still saying that, it's @beingvv , that's the friend) has A Life, and isn't always online, and we love that for ppl. So. I'm still crazy. I can't trust my own damn mind and memory bc why tf do I remember something that isn't there (happened before btw, but that has nothing to do with this).

Luckily, I have a friend who knows jp. UNLUCKILY, I don't have the jp raws and it's from chapter 300 and we are in the thousands. So, I went back to losing my mind. Until I found it again, and realized. Heyyyyyyy there's a whole ass ANIME. So like the baggage my dear friend had the misfortune to be saddled with, I went to find the ep, timestamped it, yelled begged them for help.

This is where I lose my damn mind the first time in the recent weeks.

(thank you my dear piglet, u don't even go here but u tolerate my insanity)

THIS. THIS WAS THE LINE. THATS WHAT I REMEMBERED.

So, I feel a little more sane (bc my mind didn't fabricate a memory again) and also A LOT more insane bc WHY WOULD U SAY THAT, HAKUBA SAGURU 😭😭😭 WHY WOULD U SAY IT LIKE THAT 😭😭😭

In any case I feel validated. Told beingvv about my discoveries (for whenever they come back) not that they need it cn fandom already got the correct translation. And finished writing my fic.

And then Saguru's comeback was announced.

So I've been losing my shit for 3 days on twitter, looking at all my fave KR and JP accounts and the things they say.

And then someone dug up and old tweet thread that talked about this panel. Specifically, op talked about the nuance in the word choice used.

Here's the og thread if anyone wants to read or Google translate it urself.

(mkppyong my love, bless you)

Bc mkppyong talked to a jp acquaintance about ??? Uh I dunno just language I guess. POINT IS. They pointed out that gosho used specific words/phrases that really wasn't needed if all he wanted to say was "the only one who drives me crazy/mad." But he did used them. It's specifically "his thoughts/mind" that's being driven crazy. And that if he wants to just talk about Saguru's mind being disrupted/confused, then there's rly no need to use the words "go crazy"

And then they wrote out a whole symbolism about clocks and saguru and being broken down/disrupted and I lost my shit over the clock symbolism, sue me 😭😭😭

I don't think I'm making sense anymore bUT WAIT, THERES MORE, THE FINAL BLOW

THE THAI TRANSLATION

This is where I expose myself more than I ever want to, but here's a fact. I'm thai

Here's a second fact. I'm SHIT at Thai. I've been bad at this language before I got good at English. My Thais as good as an elementary student. Every time I understand difficult words I get confused bc where did I know THAT from???

In any case, point is, I saw that tweet, read the text, immediately understood it and began losing my shit all over again... And then I doubted... Bc like, I'm not good with this lang anymore... Maybe im understanding it wrong? So I look up Google.

Google: คลุ้มคลั่ง just means go crazy

So I was like, damn guess I'm wrong, read too much into this. BUT SEE BC I LIVE HERE I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARENT A DISGRACE. And so my friend said:

SO WELCOME TO MY THIRD ROUND OF INSANITY.

HAKUBA SAGURU WHY WOULD U SAY THIS SHIT IN FRONT OF LIKE NINE OTHER PPL 😭😭😭😭😭 BOY WHY R U TELLING THEM UR OBSESSED 😭😭😭 youre driving ME crazy 😭😭😭

So. Here we are. At the end. I have no idea how tf I'm supposed to end this post. I'VE been obsessed for 3 days straight. I don't have a lot of braincell left in me (there weren't any to begin with). I don't have a statement to wrap this post up in a nice little bow. Go make ur own conclusion I dunno.

But I would not have been losing my shit over this stupid panel for a month if it wasn't for the fact that eng translation was missing a pretty crutial thing in what Saguru said. I don't know if this was a mistranslation or a misunderstanding or something, but the English translation was lacking. And I love and have always been thankful and grateful to the ppl who worked hard to translate mangas in their free time, and do it all for free, bc I haven't had any real way to rent/borrow mangas from renting shops/libraries in years. So this was one of the only ways I can read mangas. But, even as I checked the raw panel with Google lens just now, even google translate it as "the only one to make my thoughts go round." No where was there any mention of "case" and "solving." So that's just, multiple accounts of ppl who knows jp, including native jp speakers, all saying that this panel is Saguru saying "the only one to drive me crazy". And man I rly hope this doesn't make me come off as ungrateful or like shitting on the translation team, I'm rly not. But yea. Uh. The translation was wrong. And I remembered that there used to be a diff eng translation. And it led me to go to all this trouble and journey to find out what was actually said. And here we are, at the end.

The only one who could disrupt Saguru's thinking.

The only one who could disturb Saguru's mind.

The one whose sole existence drives him mad.

The only one to make his mind obsess over till he's driven to madness.

Or to use the symbolism mkppyong wrote: the only one to break down the clock, the precise and accurate mechanism, that is Hakuba Saguru.

#hakuba saguru #hakukai #magic kaito #dcmk #sagukai #ramblings #oh god this is long #lost in translation #tbh it's also FOUND in translation #long ass fucking post holy shit #im sabotaging my own fics by tagging this with thr ship tags tbh #now my fic posts are completely buried #edit: not me noticing several typos months later

[iamumbra195]

One of my favourite things about Cha Dusik is how chill and kind he is. He isn't one of the many macho bastards with more pride than should be possible in the whole manhwa. Like this dude got his ass handed to him by a teenager, regretted his life for two seconds before he decided 'this kid is my favourite person now' and made sure to watch his back and protect the ppl Ijin cares about for no reason other than that he wanted to.

Plus, he's the last person you would expect to be this kind. Look at this shit!!

Idk it just warms my heart every time I see him and his buddy help out Grandpa Yu, it's so sweet I feel like teeth are rotting.

Also, the fact that he hasn't even tried to look into Ijin's background despite knowing he was lying about being a normal high schooler. He teases him about it, has pretty much given him his motorcycle, invites him out to eat kimbap and ramen randomly because he knows that's what he likes. Ijin is practically his little brother/nephew at this point and I just know that if Ijin ever calls him Hyung, he would be so fucking touched.

Murder uncle and nephew cause the Murder Bros™ was already taken by the numbers

Also, the amount of dad energy this man has in these panels is just ....

Someone wife this man up right now, he's perfect

#teenage mercenary #mercenary enrollment #cha dusik #or is dushik?? #some of the translations are weird tbh #also wtf is his friend's name #I can't find it anywhere #yu ijin #grandpa yu #i love this man so much #I FOUND OUT THE FRIEND'S NAME!! #HIS NAME IS HYEONGSEOK OR HYUNGSUK #i just need to remember it now lol

[mishapen-dear]

i've mentioned here and there that i made a relationships/dynamic spreadsheet. i have finally put it to use. look on my Works, ye mighty, and despair.

-extra note: i am not omniscient and i cannot watch every stream. i may have missed a sibling declaration or two.

-extra extra note: i currently speak only english and used google translate for the rest. if theres a translation error I'd love to know- i wont be able to go back and fix these, but im always so curious about how accurate google translate can be

extra extra note pt 2: do. do other languages use guardian as in "legal guardian" as in "not a family member but still Primary Caregiver of child" because i am suddenly aware those translations might not be correct. on the other hand tho if google translate decided that the parents are guarding warriors of the eggs im not going to argue

#qsmp #i should have added a ??? line for fit and philza tbh #look at just how beloved forever is <3 #his dynamics have dynamics #he and richarlyson are also part of The Issue when compiling a fucking. whatever the hell this si #maybe a chart not a graph it is currently 4 am and im gonna schedule this #anyway i did legitimately consider making one of those classic family tree charts and just sticking richas in the centre so he wouldnt caus #too many lines to overlap but i think this worked out fine #absolutely delighted i thought of the columns it saved my ass #this server is Three Months Old #look at them founding those families #philever stans i see you and im sorry #if i included a heartbreak line then this would have been completely incomprehensible #fun fact to translate the silly 'king what are you doing' i made google translate #'chad what are you doing' instead so there would still be the grammar of a proper noun #but i wouldnt trick it into thinking king is an honourary title #i might not know the grammar of any non-english language but Oh Boy i know there are Traps #or maybe english's traps have just made me paranoid #either way #also. richas was added to bad's family art wall and bad baghs and forever have called each other family enough that #i made the executive decision to just adopt richarlyson out to the other two #richas called bad basically his mom tonight i can do what i want #and baghera gets to be part of that line because. honestly i wasnt thinking about him being Extra Canon Nephew #and i refuse to change it for reasons above re: it is 4 am; they are family #tho the thought of bad having three children separately attributed to him is hilarious.... maybe if i ever remake this ill do that #also note: i do know that foolish and bad had a kid called jimmy However i do not know what a jimmy is #so #scheduled post

[note-boom]

I still will never understand that comment by Asagiri saying that Dazai was the best thing to happen to Akutagawa when even Dazai himself doesn't believe that. I mean, from what I heard, the BEAST novel does a pretty good job in showing that Dazai knew Akutagawa would thrive and do better under people like Odasaku and Kunikida, right? Dazai throwing Atsushi at Akutagawa and kind of evading saying anything to Akutagawa sometimes did make me wonder if he was trying to force the boy from dependency on Dazai's approval (though, I also do believe Dazai doesn't fully want let go of his control over Akutagawa, which is another can of worms)

I mean, yes, Dazai wants to control Akutagawa, but I also think he knows objectively (not self-deprecatingly) that he just...wasn't good for him asides from the whole sort-of-saving-his-life thing. What I'm saying is that the relationship between the mentors and mentees of BSD are more complicated than saying "he/she was 100% good/bad for them" but also that generally we do see a progression of growth for the mentor with each "student" they take under their wing. In this essay

#i have thoughts but not enough TIME #but oh well.... #i mean of course it might just be translation #anyway sorry for continuing to obsess over that comment #part of me also wants to do a separate analysis taking asagiri as word of god and all and trying to find a way to make it fit #(i do enjoy doing that too tbh) #but for now have my half-thought out nonsense #bsd #bsd dazai #bsd akutagawa #character analysis #bsd musings #spitting nonsense #oh wow i found this in drafts and i was really fired up XDDD #dont know how accurate this is now but into the queue it goes anyway

[not-a-newt]

Matching grumpy evfra and adorable jaal icons for you and your bestie — feel free to use WITH CREDIT to @not-a-newt

#mass effect #mass effect andromeda #jaal ama darav #evfra de tershaav #angara #mass effect icons #mea #space newt #newt art #yet another art style who dis? #i still just haven't found a style that's both visually satisfying and doesn't break my hands and spirit #so I'm STILL experimenting with different brushes and whatnot #this was p fun tbh #so maybe there will be more #these two are the only things I've drawn with it yet so we'll see if it translates to like anything but angarans #also sorry evfra is so much crunchier than jaal #he was the warm up sketch #🤧

[ornithological]

the irish language has good names. this definitely is a pilibín if i ever saw one

#contact call #pronounced pill-ih-been #very fun word for me. bit of a vocal stim tbh #there's other really nice names - 'lasair choille' (goldfinch) translates to 'flame of the forest' #due to the patches of gold on their wings when they fly #also barn owl is scréachóg reilige which means 'screecher of the graveyard'. pretty fucking badass imo! #oh i just found out the skua is 'outlaw of the sea' now THAT is a banger name

[fauchart]

I'm ngl I've been. feeling really shit about my art lately.

I promised myself I'd try and do at least one higher effort illustration per month this year so I'm continuing with that for now, it's a goal that's keeping me trying at least, but. damn.

Everything that I do feels and looks so laborious. I can't even draw a regular human figure without it coming out looking like a child who struggled to draw their dad, like. Why is this so difficult? And why is the end result so soulless?? It has as much life as a goddamn wikihow picture

I'm so envious of people who have their personality and artstyle figured out fr, I've been trying for years to find a spark of my own and never landed anywhere. I wanna lay down

#not art #vent #it's a billion things that have kept piling up for a while tbh. i'm so done. i feel so stuck in my art and so disappointed by what i do #one of the things that have sent me in this way of thinking tonight is like. #ik this is gonna sound dumb as shit but i keep trying to draw columbo since hes my comfort character and it keeps coming out so Dead #i'm incapable of translating him in my artstyle cuz there is! none to be found!! #i also get very little interactions given my followercount #which isnt my main worry really cuz ive made some peace with that but its still discouraging on a bad day- esp for bigger arts #i cant be surprised. i do primarily oc stuff - who gives a shit about that? esp when theres much prettier n more interesting ones out there #idk idk today was kinda crap so i guess tonight is just gonna be one of those nights as well #sorry for the rambles

[sysig]

Nokemon is pretty neat (Patreon)

#Fakemon #Specifically Nokemon #I didn't watch the Drawfee video but I did immediately swipe the link lol #I also just rerolled until I found some that I thought would be fun to draw #And they were in fact fun to doodle! Excellent news #The last one is clearly my favourite lol but I do like all of them #I get bug vibes from the first one way more than the second one - probably the big eyes #But I didn't really like any of the water/fire dual types #I got so many! And most of them were nonsensical tbh #I can't think of any bugs that look like fish hmmm #I mostly like him because of the goofy mouth haha ♪ #That Fairy/Dragon was actually way funner to draw than I would've expected! #I was skeptical since it really seems like a bunch of disparate elements but it's actually surprisingly cohesive when drawing?? #It was really the wings that won me over tho lol they look like closed little dragon wings - but small enough to be like fairy wings #I like that as a translation of both types #It also kinda has gorilla proportions but a reptilian(?) head! Very strange little lad #And then the last one is just perfect ♥ #My first thought was Slowpoke - like maybe a fairy version? #I also wasn't sure if the little puff over the bottom of the face should be /part/ of the face or should be like a high collar? #I'm also so in love with the pink curls lol ♪ They're not exactly that but that's the only way my brain is willing to interpret them lol #Such a cute little lad

[deus-ex-mona]

worst conversational topic tbh

#my default answer is ‘sleeping’. it’s always ‘sleeping’. #there’s no freakin’ way that i’m gonna tell my coworkers i like to make questionable fan translations for a certain fandom on tumblr </3 #though speaking of work… i just found out that there is a resident ghost at my workplace and i’m very👀👀👀👀 #i can’t wait to finally get rostered on the night shift👀👀👀 just 1-2 months to go till i can go ghost hunting👀👀👀 #i’m very amused by this revelation though. i wish i learned of it sooner!!! #especially since i was told that the admin staff take the ghost so seriously that they even placed offerings in the room she haunts #i’m intruiged👀👀👀 but aaa i wish they’d told me about her during the seventh lunar month </3 missed opportunities!! #but also speaking of work… i’m sadded in ‘i don’t understand what my coworkers are talking about for ≈half the time’ #they speak in their mother tongue language as often as they speak in english… and i only understand like 10 words max in that language #s o b s why isn’t that language available on duolingo ಥ‿ಥ i want in on the fun!!! #though… speaking of languages… no one cares about this but i’ll be tling yet another segment of the yujiro-mona bonus monaraji #my hearing sucks almost as much as mobile imovie though so there’s no guarantee when that’ll be out #but thanks for the 30 views yo!!!!! i can’t believe there’s more than 1 view tbh… so thanks ya!!!!!!!! #it is suiyoubi my dudes

[propdeer]

my fav images from the Bergen production of assassins

x

#assassins the musical #i own 2 versions of the program and i cut one up so i could hang some of these on my wall. a hee hee #i burn for this version maybe its just cause im biased but it had my fave guiteau EVER EVER EVER!!! #amd the translations were mostly good. aside from how i saved Roosevelt #these were all on den nationale scene's website btw its page is linked on the x #i rly loved this jwb as well i also found his ACTOR to be a very beautiful person. but dont tell him that #hes the one in the bottom right. #also when i saw this production i was in the frint row and the guy who played byck looked down at me and smiled #TBH i could have cried right then and there. i almost did #i was also probably the youngest person in the entire theatre which felt weird lmao #anyway sorry i love this production i am FORCING YOU ALL to look at it./lh

[mollysails]

GUYS

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this before actually but i am spanish 🤩🥳🤪

and I just found out that. not only was there a spanish production of spamalot back in 2009. but also. THERE IS A WHOLE ASS CAST RECORDING UP ON SPOTIFY. AND IT’S SO GOOD

I’ve also found a couple clips on youtube and omg it’s better than I could’ve ever imagined

#tbh when I first found out I was skeptical because I didn’t think there was a demand for monty python in spain #since it isn’t nearly as popular here as it is in English speaking countries #but omg #honestly if I didn’t know anything about it prior and you told me it was made by Spanish people I would believe you no hesitation #it works so well #I was also worried about referenced and jokes getting lost in translation but NO #they are so cleverly adapted to make sense to a different audience #and WOW #spamalot #mars rants

[alchemiclee]

if I had money, I would pay someone to rewrite heaven official's blessing, but lesbian. if I was rich, i'd pay someone to turn it into a whole manga

#words #i want strong beautiful hot woman hua cheng. i dont find him *that* interesting now tbh. but if he was hot girl.... #im still aroace i promise. i just appreciate pretty girl fhjdjjsksks #in general i find strong cool mysterious etc girl characters more appealing #and the whole story would be fun to see as lesbian. how would that play out hmmmm #imagine men flirt with girl xie lian and girl hua cheng just hot girls his way onto their throats #yeah im aroace but id want woman hua cheng to be my fictional gf. cool strong mysterious woman who can protect you #but is also a bit of a pathetic wet dog sometimes. why is hua cheng kinda boring to me but if you change his gender id love him 🤣 #i dont get it. i think its funny. where was i going with this???? i was goijg to say something else and went off track and now i forgot #anyway im still waiting for someone to turn the last book (i think thats all thats left?) into am audiobook #the one i was listening to isnt finished. the person hasnt uploaded any for like 5 months. the only other ones ive found are not finished #or they are read by ai robot goofle translate sounding voice and i cannot stand that shit lmao #its impossible to listen to. why would anyone do that. #i just want to finish it. let me finish it!!!!! i dont have the brain power to read it myself so i meed to listen

[cesium-sheep]

maneskin did a cute little "who knows their bandmate better" game on spotify's youtube channel [here] and they are just so gender. honestly.

#and cute. #watching them interact was fun. #maybe I should just get into them properly #I did like a bunch off one of their albums #also the singer's favorite of their songs is coraline #which stands to reason #one it's written like it's very personal #two it lets him show off both sides of his voice #I love singing it too. #(tbh the lyrics would've hit me like a freight train when I was younger) #(if I found a translation of them) #(all I wanted was for someone to protect me.)

[armageddidnt]

Welcome to My Collection of Random Thoughts during my nth* rewatch of Good Omens Season 2

*only amazon prime knows the exact number at this point but I’m fairly certain it’s in the double digits

Episode 1: Gabriel’s fly lurking in the box when Aziraphale first takes it inside 👀

Crowley’s promise of “two minutes” basically means that he’s been homeless and living in his car for the past 4 years strictly so that he can be within 2 driving minutes of Aziraphale at all times in case his angel needs him I’m not crying you are

So here I think the key word is “fragile,” Crowley knows they are ostensibly safe from their respective sides but that could change at any moment so he’s basically spent the last 4 years in anxiety-ridden terror hovering as close to Aziraphale as he can to try and protect him from heaven, hell, and anyone else that would want to bring him harm after all that business they pulled in season 1 with stopping Armageddon

Episode 2: I just happened to pause the episode while Aziraphale is lying to the angels about his miracle and LOL Michael really outdid himself here (Sheen, not the Archangel)

Gabriel trying to swat flies and almost smashing the repository of every single one of his memories

I’m cAckling

So if Good Omens exists in Good Omens, does that mean Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett exist in Good Omens?? Do you think they based their Aziraphale and Crowley characters on Aziraphale and Crowley??

Episode 3: So I’m trying to find any hints or foreshadowing of the Gabriel Beelzebub thing bc tbh I did kind of feel like it came out of nowhere which is really the only issue I have with them. I found this one scene where Beelzebub almost ?? seems to be concerned about Gabriel ?? But it’s blink and you miss it and there could be lots of other reasons why Beelzebub doesn’t want to fail in locating Gabriel (pressure from/leverage over heaven, etc) so idk

More Foreshadowing Fly content 🪰

Episode 4: So here we’ve seen that Shax can just appear inside the Bentley bc she did it earlier to talk to Crowley. Shax only pretended to be a hitchhiker so she could be invited in because Azirpahale was driving so technically she needed permission to cross the threshold of an angel 👀

This scene will never not destroy me the 1941 flashback is the absolute sOFTEST thing ever to happen on this show

We really need more context here I need to see the Crowley-Furfur Monkey Rides

Episode 5: ahahaha thank you google translate for absolutely destroying my sanity this evening

POP goes the Ziraphale

Okay I know you can’t hear it in the gif but just before Nina takes Maggie’s hand, there’s a very quiet miracle noise, like Azirpahale literally MADE Nina dance with Maggie, he said I’m writing a Mina Jane-Austen-Ball-AU and my otp will KISS godDAMMIT

Azirpahale seems lowkey kind of manic this whole scene tho, he’s controlling literally everyone to force Nina and Maggie together and whenever Crowley says anything that pokes holes in Aziraphale’s Magical Jane Austen Ball Fairytale, Aziraphale just straight up denies it. He wants Nina and Maggie to dance and he wants him and Crowley to dance and he refuses to acknowledge anything beyond that.

Is this just Shax insulting Crowley for how much of a nuisance he’s been or a reference to his former status as an angel ???

They’re both completely dismissive of each other when they’re trying to say something important and that’s the main issue they’ve been having this entire season tbh

Episode 6: I think it’s funny that Crowley describes the angels as bees here because in the book, Neil/Terry describe humans the same way. Guess we have more in common than we thought huh?

So the metatron was the one who originally decided Gabriel would be memory wiped and not sent to hell, and he was also the one that decided not to sound an alarm about Gabriel for some reason and said ‘just go find him yourself’ instead. The metatron has definitely got his own agenda and you can bet he doesn’t want Aziraphale up there in heaven because he’s a “leader” and he’s “honest” like that’s exactly what Gabriel was and look where it got him 👀

There’s just something I can’t quite put my finger on about the metatron bringing Aziraphale a coffee from “give me coffee or give me death” and then asking Aziraphale if he’s going to take the coffee he’s giving him…

I have not seen a single person talk about this since s2 came out but Nina literally calls Maggie “angel” because that’s the term of endearment they hear Crowley using for Aziraphale !!!! I’m still going fERAL over this and I can’t believe no one else is eitHER

Something about this part of The Final Fifteen compared to this scene from the first episode is so representative of the entire season. Azirpahale keeps saying “my way or get out” and Crowley finally hits a wall and can follow Aziraphale no further. So he does just that. He goes.

I’m sure a lot of us by now have seen this post that brings up how Aziraphale literally pushes the remains of Crowley into his mouth and swallows and it’s the only thing I see when I watch this now

We still don’t know for certain if Crowley queued up this song to play on their way to the Ritz or if the Bentley started playing it all on its own and it’s driving me insane

Basically how I am doing after my Truly-Alarming-Number-th watch of this traumatizing episode/season. WELP hope you enjoyed this garbage dump of my thoughts and feelings time to go cry for a bit again BYE

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #my season 2 rewatch aka: I Went Insane #i am unwell #I haven't slept properly in 44 days and counting #ineffable husbands #aziraphale #crowley #angel #demon #armageddidnt-blog #armageddidnt-gifset #armageddidnt-screaming #armageddidnt-pain #good omens 2x06

[todaviia]

no idea if this is helpful for anyone else but i just realized netflix has an option to filter for languages not only for original languages but also for dubs and subs...

#i am... once again watching shrek the hebrew dub #but seriously all the israeli movies and shows on netflix are war or police related #and ive already watched them all #(plus ive found a way to pirate shababnikim) #and tbh the dubs are almost all childrens movies #but its still good #also this makes me super sad they took harry potter off netflix #ALSO THE HEBREW VERSION OF SHREK TRANSLATES OGRES AS ANAKIM

[lazyflower48]

Dazai and Ranpo: The Two Geniuses of the ADA

The thought about making a post about Dazai and Ranpo's teamwork has been plaguing my mind for a while now, and so I finally found some time and decided to go through with it.

So let's talk about one of my favourite underrated duos for a moment. The two geniuses of the ADA- Dazai and Ranpo. Two people who make a wonderful team and are actually, in my opinion, the backbone of the agency.

What I find interesting is that (though I believe that Dazai respects and admires all members of the ADA) Dazai openly admires Ranpo A LOT. He's always quick to praise Ranpo (basically fanboying over him and it's quite adorable to see Dazai gush over someone like that other than Oda) and in 'Dazai's Entrance Exam' we see him being surprised over the fact that Ranpo's ability is not actually an ability and we see him further praise Ranpo's intellect after finding that out.

Despite the fact that Dazai is a huge mystery, even to the people around him, Ranpo figured out that there was something up with Dazai in just a single glance (in 'Dazai's entrance exam'). And despite knowing that Dazai was probably hiding a sinister past, he didn't press him any further for details (probably in order to respect his privacy or his wish to not disclose his past OR maybe due to the the fact that knowing Dazai, he most likely wouldn't answer truthfully even if questioned about it)

What I also love is that even though both of them are extremely intelligent, their intellect differs in such a way that Ranpo is a master of deduction and Dazai is a master of manipulation (as stated by Kunikida in 'The Daily Routine of the Detective Agency'). However, one thing both of them share in common is that they both felt isolated due to their nature.

They may have limited interactions but their interactions are always my favourite, for instance-

1. Dazai's entrance exam - Dazai's admiration and respect towards Ranpo

2. Season 1 - Murder on D-Street - Dazai showing a good understanding of Ranpo's deduction process and acknowledging that Ranpo caught onto more details than him

3. Season 2 - "Mountains or sea?" " Sea. "

Showing their unspoken communication. They can read each other's minds at this point lol.

4. Season 3 - Ranpo basically acknowledging that Dazai would be a tough opponent to go up against by comparing Fyodor to him (sort of praising his intellect in a way)

5. Season 5 - The Strongest Man in the Agency- Ranpo

Dazai keeping an eye on Fyodor while leaving the rest to Ranpo

Dazai relying on his allies- trusting Ranpo to negotiate with Bram in order to undo the vampire curse.

6. Dead Apple - Ranpo seeing through Dazai's plan beforehand.

7. 55 minutes - Seeing through upcoming events beforehand, one thing Dazai made sure was to inform Ranpo about the whole fiasco on Standard Island in order to save the Agency in the end.

Also, sidenote: I found out that the Dazai and Ranpo duo is named Souheki, which translates to double jade. Now, I'm not sure if this information is fanon or canon (feels more like fanon tbh but I really like it because it's a pretty name)

Anyway, one thing we can say for sure is that as long as the two geniuses of the Agency- Souheki work together, the ADA will most likely remain undefeated cause no one really does it like them

Lastly, just some food for thought. I've always wondered how Dazai would react if he found out that Ranpo met Oda TWICE and the second time he met him was right before Oda went on to his certain death.

Honestly, I would LOVE to see more fleshed out and direct interactions between these two.

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