This is FINE
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There's more than one reason why he's known as the 'Demon Cop'
Look this is 100% self gratifying crack.
Based on my own 100% genuine experience:
I have a large tattoo, across my chest, shoulder blades and back.
So, I was fairly resigned to the fact I'd probably never get to go to a public bath whilst visiting my friend in Japan, fair enough.
One day however, she says she'd found a bath that allowed tattoos, and not just tiny ones that could be hidden by a plaster.
So I go, very excited, and end up round the back of an area with a lot of signs advertising SoapIands and LoveHoteIs.
I explain in the shakiest Japanese to the lady manning the counter that I have a large tattoo and she waves me in nonplussed.
Pretty much every man there is covered in tattoos.
Whilst I was drying my hair, one of them tries to ask me something but my Japanese was no where near good enough to answer.
When I get back my friend seemed a little worried and then confesses that she'd found out, after I'd left, that she'd sent me to a yakuza bathhouse.
I wish I was able to understand what that man was trying to say to me.
also, the bonus aftermath:
And this is how I choose to enter 2023
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If there's anyone out there that cares about flower language and symbolism like I do, I made an informal write-up some time ago about the in-game flowers (that you can put in your house) and the different symbolism that they can mean.
I included the symbolism for the in-game colors as well when they were available.
Also as a disclaimer these could be incorrect, have contrasting meanings, or have different meanings in different real-world cultures. White chrysanthemums (kiku) are usually a funeral flower in Japan for instance. (My Japanese professor once said they were a faux pas for her to receive in a bouquet!) So your mileage may vary!
This was simply a fun personal project I made for myself that I thought other people might enjoy as well! So here's a question to answer in the tags:
What flowers would your WoL have in their residence?
Arums (calla lily)
🔷magnificent beauty, feminine modesty
Brightlilies (easter lily)
🔷purity, refined beauty
🔷White: virginity, purity, majesty
🔷Pink: wealth and prosperity
🔷Red: warmth, desire
🔷Yellow: gaiety, falsehood, "I’m walking on air"
🔷Orange: hatred
Campanulas (bellflower)
🔷humility, constancy
Chrysanthemum
🔷cheerfulness, "You’re a wonderful friend"
🔷Red: I love you
🔷White: truth
🔷Yellow: slighted love
Cosmos
🔷harmony, peace, modesty, "the joys that love and life can bring", beautiful
Dahlias
🔷dignity, elegance
Daisies
🔷innocence, beauty
Lilies of the Valley
🔷return of happiness, sweetness, humility, purity
Oldrose
🔷Red: I love you, love, beauty, passion, romance
🔷Blue: mystery, attaining the impossible, love at first sight
🔷White: innocence and purity, "I am worthy of you", reverence
🔷Yellow: decrease of love, jealousy, friendship
Shroud Cherries (cherry blossom)
🔷spiritual beauty, a good education
Tulips
🔷perfect lover, fame
🔷Red: declaration of love, true love, eternal love, romantic love, "believe me"
🔷Yellow: hopeless love, unrequited love, brightness, sunshine
🔷White: ask for forgiveness, purity
🔷Purple: royalty
Hyacinths
🔷sports, games, rashness
🔷Purple: I am sorry, sorrow, "please forgive me"
🔷Red: play
🔷White: loveliness, "I’ll pray for you"
🔷Blue: constancy, sincerity
🔷Yellow: jealousy
Hydrangeas
🔷heartlessness, boastfulness, "You are cold"
Morning Glories
🔷love in vain, affection
Violas (violets)
🔷modesty, faithfulness
🔷Purple: daydreaming, "You occupy my thoughts"
🔷Blue: watchfulness, love
🔷White: candor, innocence
🔷Yellow: rural happiness
Byregotia (begonia?)
🔷Beware
Carnation
🔷fascination, love, distinction
🔷Red: "My heart aches for you", deep love, admiration
🔷White: sweet and lovely, innocence, pure love
🔷Yellow: "You have disappointed me", rejection, disdain
🔷Purple: capriciousness, changeable
Moth Orchid
🔷love, beauty, refinement, beautiful lady
Sweet Pea
🔷departure, good-bye, delicate pleasure, tender memory, blissful pleasure
Triteleia
🔷 They're a North American wildflower also called 'triplet lilies' or 'Ithuriel's spear' which is a reference to John Milton's epic English poem, Paradise Lost. It's about an angel sent by Gabriel to find Satan in the Garden of Eden. Satan, in the form of a toad, is introducing evil suggestions into the ear of Eve when Ithuriel pokes him with a spear. Satan then returns to his true form, "for no falsehood can endure Touch of Celestial temper, but returns Of force to its own likeness." It is to an unknown but imaginative scholar of English letters that we owe the common name of this plant.
Long story short, I can't find any symbolism for this one. Would make a possibly good Halone/Ishgard reference if you wanted to read into it, though!
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