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isthisselfcare · 2 years

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the way you worked the universes colliding into your Dramione is CHEF’S KISS. i mean everything else is too but the sequence of the rose garden, then samhain, THEN the very last lines… BEAUTIFUL.

Thank you! Yes, and collisions are an ongoing issue – bumping into each other, falling into wells, walking into one another, Apparating into each other, getting thrown together in Floos. I haven’t been at my most subtle with this theme have I? Haha

Hi! Is DMATMOOBIL your first story? If not where can I read others?! I need more!!!

Hiya! No, it is not my first story. I’m keeping the isthisselfcare pseud separate from my other works for various reasons. I will post a note here or over at Instagram if I do decide to link other (new) works with this identity, however. Genuinely grateful for the interest, thank you x

I have some questions if you don't mind answering them. I don't expect you to, of course, just putting them out here.😁

1) in your headcanon, do Hermione and Draco have kidlets?

2) does Draco eventually learn how to drive? The image of him driving the CRKSHNKS car fills me with mirth;

3) does the rich collector find out what Hermione did? I mean, I see why he shouldn't, but ultimately he inadvertently contributed to a revolutionary breakthrough. Surely that'd appease his huge ego, I feel like.

4) Does Hermione try to restore her parents' memories?

5) do you work in STEM? Your knowledge of biology and maths seems extensive.

These are wonderful questions.

1) Draco’s musings about the future in the final chapter (orphans and instilling moral fibres, or becoming gentlemen thieves, etc.) are about as far as I got. The story ended where it ended in my head, so you are free to imagine!

2) I hadn’t thought about the driving, but I did have a bit that didn’t make the final cut, where Hermione arranged flying lessons for him (for aeroplanes, I mean, so he could really be a pilot)

3) Ohh, I had plans for the collector, but I had to be fairly ruthless with some plot threads as we started to edge towards the 200k mark. I had an idea that he knew what they were up to the whole time, that he actually speaks Mermish and corrects Hermione-Draco on the real meaning of Krrrotche, and that he might’ve encountered them later and tapped his nose and said, I know what you did. Ultimately those things (him knowing, them getting caught) didn’t advance the plot, so they were pruned

4) I think the subtext during the garden discussion with Draco is that she has already tried and has come to terms with the loss (insofar as one can). But! Perhaps there will be further developments in magical brain and mind health and new memory recovery treatments will be discovered!

5) I don’t talk much about myself in real life as the internet has made things eerily easy to triangulate, but thank you!

I hope you’re happy, Glurkk is part of my day to day vocab now

Thrilled to bits honestly xx

Re: Hermione’s characterisation

Weeks ago I had a lovely anon ask about Hermione’s characterisation and its proximity to canon and I cannot, for the life of me, find that ask in my inbox. So, dear anon, here is my belated answer, if you ever come back and see it, and I am sorry that I am too inept to maintain control of my inbox(1)

Some equally inept thoughts on Hermione in the Mortifying Ordeal follow. At this juncture in my fanficcing, I view canon as a sort of buffet from which I choose what I like, or as a springboard to reach new and interesting places. In any case, writing a character after a 15 year time-jump, as I did in Mortifying, is an exercise à l'aveuglette. None of us know exactly what Hermione would have grown to be, but we all have our guesses and pet theories. I wanted to preserve H’s positive qualities (her pragmatism, intellect, moral compass, and, more prosaically, her useful role as Exposition Queen) and negative ones (vindictiveness, cynicism, willingness to break the law when it suits her idea of the greater good, pedantry) – all modulated, of course, by the rom-com genre.

But beyond those qualities, the Mortifying Ordeal Hermione is inspired by many brilliant women I have worked with and admired – colleagues, friends, mentors, all stretched too thin, keeping it together how they can, attempting self care where able, failing in other ways. You may have met parts of this Hermione if you have worked with high-achievers, or are one yourself, particularly in academia or health care. Canon accuracy was not necessarily the objective (indeed, I am not certain that it is possible after a time-jump this long), but if she matched your vision of Possible Hermiones, I’m pleased!

I hope you see this one day, anon, and thank you for your kind words, and forgive me for losing your note xx

(1) inept at inbox management amongst other things; today I walked into the men’s toilet at a railway station

#asks

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tonyglowheart · 4 years

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Some thoughts on character naming conventions & cultural significance of name-shortening

I’m noticing a growing trend of people referring to characters from The Untamed by given name only (my theory is this is because of Netflix. Is it because of Netflix?), and while I’m starting to get more used to it and am also actively interrogating my own emotional reactions to it, I do want to provide some of my thoughts on cultural notes regarding naming conventions.

Point the first: Although in English-speaking culture(?)/American culture, naming characters by given-name-only may be the most neutral form of addressing a character, in Chinese, naming a character by full name (e.g. “Wei Wuxian,” “Lan Wangji”) would actually be the most neutral form of addressing a character/someone.

While you can call characters/people by given name only, this usually indicates usually a high level of personal familiarity (like Lan Xichen calling Lan Wangji by “Wangji” for example), or maybe a high level of disrespect/disregard (like in MDZS/CQL when characters refer to Wei Wuxian by his birth name “Wei Ying” as a sign of disrespect [e.g. we see Jin Ling do this, btw]).

Point the second: Additionally, and importantly, if a character’s given name is only one character, it would NOT tend to be called alone. I know Netflix has a habit of subbing people’s names as given-name-only, so then you get names like “Cheng” and “Ning” and “Qing”; however, in CN a single character name would not tend to be shortened alone. I’m not saying no one ever does this, but that more commonly, as a nickname/familiar form of address, something would be added to amend the single character. E.g. a “Xiao” (Little) or a “Lao” (Old, tho in this case not necessarily meaning the person is literally “old”), or “A-” as we see in canon (though I think Netflix also omits this :/), or “-er”, or doubling, etc.

One form we see in canon is “A-[x],” so e.g.: A-Yuan, and A-Ning (which Wen Qing calls Wen Ning), and A-Xian (which Jiang Yanli calls Wei Wuxian). (I think we may also see JYL call WWX “Xianxian”? so an example of doubling, too, though I’d say this version is more used “for kids” or more “cutesy” version)

In terms of name-shortening, “full-name neutral” is possibly why the prevalence in acronym shortening (the other may be the prevalence of danmei fandom on twitter [character limits]? and esp predating CQL growing bigger on tumblr? but this is anecdotal on my part, it’s also easier to type acronyms on a phone lol). Because acronyms preserves the whole name, essentially, within the structure. If you’re calling a character by given-name-only just as a way of shortening the name/for convenience, then imo you run into issues of imposing English/American naming conventions on Chinese characters, and that’s where I personally run into feeling like there’s possibly a respect issue at play towards the source culture, :’)

TL;DR : I would say “when in doubt, default to canon naming conventions,” except I think since Netflix does drop surnames in subs even though the characters are saying them, and puts in given-name-only when familial/honorific forms of address are used (like “Yanli” instead of Shijie), that might have set a certain Anglocentric/ Americentric precedent in people’s minds on the naming...

In which case, I recommend “when in doubt, default to full names.”

Now, I’m not saying you HAVE to refer to characters by full name only or else you’re a Bad Terrible Person, or that you are doing things The Wrong Way if you find given-name-only easier for you, nor am I saying you HAVE to use acronyms to shorten character names, (since yeah, that is an EN adaptation to pinyin also anyway), (and like, I can’t control what other people do lmao)

But I did want to provide some cultural notes for people who maybe don’t know or haven’t considered that there even would be cultural issues at play with naming conventions, and would (hopefully) like to learn more about & immerse more in the source culture instead of just going with their comfort zone, which...at worst ends up coming across as Americans/Anglophones imposing their culture on others without really taking the time and effort to respect the source culture

Edit: lol uh *suddenly remembers this thing* o yeah here’s a terminology reference someone wrote up that gives a lot of information on naming and relationship terms & forms of address

Edit 2: follow-up ask regarding use of acronyms

Another Not-quite Ask Response to an anon I got which I was going to go back to and answer “formally,” regarding name use and third person “internal” narration. (tl;dr, Chinese has all these third person self-referential pronouns/pronoun structures that I think ppl are much more likely to think or refer to themselves as, if they’re not just outright referring to themselves as “I” in terms of internal narration. imo third person narration, someone is much more likely to refer to themselves as 本人(”benren,” meaning vaguely “this person”) as a more general term, or any variation of these kinds of self-referential third-person forms of address, vs by name.) Which is to say.. I think it's a moot point as far as how it would translate, so it's not like "but how would a char refer to themselves?" rly helps. Most if not all Chinese media I've seen uses full name for narration, bc as I said, that's the most neutral form of address. If you wanted to "compromise" for English then ofc I can't stop you. But naming habits very quickly is becoming a "no brown m&ms" issue, of "does it seem likely you're trying to write respectfully, or just treat it like a China: Through the Looking Glass situation."

(under the cut if you want some more expansive thoughts/discussions)

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So. This is where I go a bit more stream-of-consciousness/a lot messy maybe, and also share some more personal feelings on this. uhh strap in if you plan to read through this I guess :’D

My reason for bringing this whole thing up is, in honestly, fueled by a quite visceral initial discomfort with seeing given-name-only forms of address in tumblr posts that keep cropping up, and especially single-character-only being bandied about all over the place. Honestly, seeing “””Ning””” and “””Cheng””” and “”””Qing””””” etc give me similar *Kill Bill Sirens* feelings that the “””””Childe””””” translation for gong’zi that Tencent does gives me lol.

I’ve been in the process of interrogating also my own reactions of discomfort, and while some of it IS down to familiarity in form - in that I just wasn’t familiar with seeing given-name-only’s, and that I do kind of feel like I can accept it a bit more now that I’ve seen it around and gotten a bit more used to it - but another thing that I think became important to me was my reflections on how this reflects a sort of culture clash, with different cultural norms coming into play, and also how much this kind of hits home personally.

So one hand, you may say that for an English-speaking/Western audience, it’s perfectly valid for them to engage with the source media in English according to their familiar conventions, which is the given-name-only convention. However, as an Asian American, my first impulse on seeing a lot of given-name-only bandied about was that this was a form of address was too casual/presumptive and perhaps unintentionally disrespectful.

Within a sort of meta-Doylist perspective, I think it reads to me as odd because with fictional characters, an audience member wouldn’t necessarily HAVE a personal familiar relationship the way the characters within the media have with one another. You’re essentially a third-person observer on “someone” else’s life if we’re getting really meta-texual lol. It’s different than if you meet someone in person and they/their friends introduce themselves as “Xiao’Ling” for example because their friends call them that. And a sort of example of where we DO get a familiar form of address as an introduction is with A-Jing, who is just introduced as A-Jing and is just A-Jing. (and ofc there’s an interesting cultural discussion to be had on her lack of family name and how that familiar form of address indicates her relative social status, too, since the idea that she’s family-less and is of relatively lower social status as a “blind” beggar and so more people would feel free to address her by a familiar form of address vs Lan Wangji who is the second son of a major clan and so it would be kind of insulting for people to be casually calling him “Wangji,” even)

Now, the specifics of arguing “how close are you with a character” is a point I’m willing to soften on, since like... this is quibbling something that I can’t really argue on or fully pin down to explain other than “it feels weird” (tho I was venting about some of my Kill Bill Sirens feeling with another Chinese friend and they mentioned “it’s disrespectful, isn’t it?” regarding given-name only and that kind of got me thinking), and getting into arguing “well you’re not as personally close with a fictional character to be allowed to call him by given name” is. not a kind of argument I ever want to be having lmao. and also I can see there being cases where, for example, you’re getting really emotional over a specific character and it doesn’t ping my radar - although for me, I think in these cases, I tend to default to birth names lol. Like when I’m especially emotional over Wei Wuxian, I start sobbing over Wei Ying, and I think I generally tend to call Lan Wangji as “Lan Zhan” anyway lol.

(Actually, no, I just tried calling a bunch of characters by given name only and it’s just weird to me to think about addressing characters by given name only, lol, it DOES feel too presumptive/familiar :’) it hits on uncanny-valley cultural notes to just do so casually D: this is like calling your...e.g your high school teacher by given name (like when a teacher is just Ms. [xx] but after you graduate they’re like you can call me [first name] but you just can’t?), like that just? doesn’t Work Like That? D: I think the only reason “Wangji” works for me is because Lan Xichen calls LWJ that, and it’s a cute moment, and I feel like I’m invoking LXC’s love for his brother when I do that :’) this. does get more into personal preference yeah but I do think it’s also tied into cultural concepts of respectful forms of address, especially across rank/age/level of familiarity)

But also I mean. this whole though process is a work in progress for me, too, in terms of me interrogating my own emotional reactions, and in terms of me trying not to cross over into “policing” how people engage in fandom. And like... being more honest with myself about it, yeah the acronym structure - which, although I am now more used to - is still an English-specific adaptation, and one which CAN be open to discussion/alternatives. And again, I’m not saying that you HAVE to use acronyms either, as that IS an English adaptation to pinyin anyway. But that I think there is good reason for it, and it’s not just something someone made up to personally target people or whatever.

But the other part where respect is brought up for me is a matter of respect for Chinese culture. Now, I do understand not everyone may be wanting to immerse within the source culture in that way. And I, with gritted teeth :’) say... FINE. because I can’t control what other people do ofc. But again for me, this hits home quite personally, because I DID grow up experiencing a lot of microaggressions with Asianness being dismissed as “weird” or “too foreign” or “too difficult to understand.” It’s the reason why Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans have to have “English names” that we go by, because sometimes even the pinyin of our names are “too difficult” for people to want to try to pronounce.

And listen, I’m maybe more defensive of some of these cultural notes than a Chinese person in China would be, who may be charmed or amused by what to THEM would be “funny foreign habits”; but I’ve also been threatened more for my Asianness than a Chinese person in China would have, and I have also had to work harder to reclaim my heritage from a prevailing culture which is now more centered within my identity but which simultaneously works hard to erase my heritage from me, and at the same time also alienates me from truly “belonging” without me fighting for it. So... yeah when I did see people casually say “well this is what I think works for me,” I...on one hand want to be like “okay I understand and respect that,” as I recognize to be good fandom etiquette! but on the other hand it reminds me too much of Americans going, like, “this is too difficult, do you have an English name?”

where it feels more like a matter of people aren’t putting in the effort to learn a name that is foreign to them, aren’t putting in the RESPECT to learn a different culture and thinking it’s fine to just impose their own (like this does, for me, trip into the “mmmm cultural imperialism, hm? not cute” kind of territory :’) )

And I am aware that many people may NOT realize that there ARE cultural issues at play with the naming, and that some people (lmao like me) might be sensitive to some of this.

But like. I felt strongly about it lol, and at the very least, I wanted to try to provide some food for thought that people hopefully would take :’)

And ig sort of lastly, I am ofc open to discussion on this topic! I am, after all, a single Chinese American with my single Chinese American perspective on this specific cultural topic! But I do ask of you, if you find yourself reacting to this emotionally in some way, please try to sit with the emotions yourself for a bit? I mean I know I’ve been guilty of reacting emotionally, and reacting by speaking first before pausing a moment to process the emotions. But like I’m putting it out there already that this IS also an emotionally charged topic for me, and overlaps into emotionally-charged issues relating to cultural imperialism and my own experiences as Chinese American. So I ask that if you do have a specific emotional reaction, to please pause and let it distill a little before unleashing it on me :’) This is one of those *John Mulaney voice* things I’m sensitive about :’)

And also if you do use “given name only” this is not a personal attack on you, I am not saying you’re a horrible American cultural imperialist for doing so, nor am I saying you’re being maliciously thoughtless and disrespectful. (I’m also learning more and more that there are certain cultural things I’d taken for granted/had assumed has become more common concepts in English, such as “face,” which actually are still utterly foreign to some people.)

I am just personally tired but also opinionated to a fault and want to share my thoughts on where I’m coming from, culture-wise with this.

#the untamed #chen qing ling #roz speaks #this is literally just on how to address by name this doesn't even touch on forms of respectful address across generations #like Lan Wangji and Lan Xichen wouldn't call their uncle by name and how we see LWJ only call LXC Elder Brother #and how the juniors refer to WWX as ''Senior Mo'' and then ''Senior Wei'' although I actually dk if Netflix keeps this either #I single out Netflix bc I think the other tl's I've seen do mostly preserve this? and I think it does tell important cultural stories #and affects how characters interact with each other #mine

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evalocity · 6 years

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Can you say something nice about mutuals you've interacted with who you think are closest to you? Can be as many as you wish, it's time to spread positivity😊😊

This is a wonderful idea boo, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to do this :)

(it might be a bit long lmao here we go!)

@the-fierce-fangirl Ria, you were my first tumblr friend on here, in March 2018 we’ll have known each other for a year now ! I knew no one on here when we met, you reblogging my post was ?? a blessing ! someone noticed me ! and we started to talk, and you’ve been the purest and sweetest friend I could ask for. My birthday present ? That you freaking sent me ? I don’t deserve you. I just...there’s no words dear friend, to tell you how much you mean to me ;-; One day I’ll come to Poland and we’ll have tones of fun ! xoxo

@jasonblossomsghost Or, I remember when we first started talking. I was shy at first, but you seemed sweet, and honestly bless those swedish fish for starting our friendship. You’ve always been such a good friend, one that I don’t need to talk to 24/7 to know I can count on, and one that I’ve always wanted to defend because oh my god why are people in Kansas so annoying lmao. You’ve educated me on subjects that I knew nothing about and you’ve been there for me in dark moments, and I’m so so grateful. xoxo

@sapphic-spook Rose, you’re an amazing human. Idk if I could handle your aura irl, because just online you are such a ray of sunshine. You’re so nice and wise, your words can calm me down and make me feel better like no others can. Hell the apocalypse could me happening and you’d tell me to chill and I would :’) nah I think you’d know better than to tell me that x) but seriously, you’re amazing, and I just need to thank you for handling my panic attacks like the boss you are. I hope you’re happy, whenever I think of you I’m sending you tones of positive vibes because that’s what you deserve. xoxo

@addcolortomysky Em, it’s been a while since we’ve talked ! But that doesn’t mater, whenever I do an ask game I remember how much you love those and I tag you because making you happy makes me happy. Thank you for sharing my crazy interests, sharing them with you was hilarious ! I miss you, sorry for sucking at staying in contact :’) xoxo

@crazyreader1899 Hi Matata ! We’re mutuals and it’s been a freaking while since we’ve talked (I suck, I know). But nevertheless ! You know that meme where a guy is standing in an empty auditorium and waves and the text says something along the lines “me at that mutuals who likes all of my posts” well every time I see it on my dash, I think of you. Seeing you in my notifications always make me smile because you’ve kept up with my shit for so long now ?? You’re great, thank you, ily. xoxo

@izzyd03 Izzy !! You’re such a sweet human you know that ? I feel like I don’t do enough to let you know how much I appreciate you caring about me, like when you’d wish me good luck on my finals because you’d remember when they were ?? I’ve cherished those good lucks my dude, you’re such a good friend. Also your Instagram ? On point girl, you’re beautiful, you go. xoxo

@sugasugahanihani Bia ! Babe omg ;-; First of all, I want to apologize to you for being the worst™ and never keeping up with texting you I honestly don’t know what’s wrong with me but please never doubt how much I care about you because you are !! the best !! I’m so dumb Idk how to express this friendship, you just mean so much ? You are so freaking sweet and I can rant to you and I can talk to you and you’re always there like omg I do not deserve you girl, you’re such a blessing. xoxo

@mr-bushido Hi boo ! We’ve been mutuals for hum a freaking while ?? I wanted to take a minute to thank you because you’ve actually helped me discover a bunch of k-pop groups and songs ! You’re a sweet mutual and I enjoy your blog very much. I hope you’ll have an amazing year 2018 :) xoxo

@yoonminfaketexts Hii ! I absolutely love your blog omg :’) I feel dumb rn because we don’t know each other but ! We’re mutuals and I really appreciate what you post so thank you for making me smile you’re not unnoticed xoxo

@moonlightkth Bel !! Can we take a second to bless your fake texts because 1. They’re amazing 2. Without them I wouldn’t have known you ;-; Sharing BTS and Got7 with you ? An accomplishment™. I consider you like a little sister and I hope you know you can always count on me. xoxo

@nooowestayandgetcaught Hi Rie ! First, it’s been a while since we’ve talked I’m such a mess, but I wanted you to remember how great I always thought your writing was, as an author you’ve been an inspiration and I’m so proud of you ! Plus, you’ve educated me on some stuff, always being respectful and kind. Thank you so much. xoxo

@clap-your-hands-yo Kensley ! My fave NCT blog ;) and one of my fave blogs actually ! You’re hum so freaking talented ?? Like honestly when God made you he dropped all the damn Talent™ bottle Istg :’) When I think about you, I know it’s stupid but the first word that comes to mind if “perfection”. I’m proud of you for your grades, for the work you’re putting in learning my language, for being so sweet, for being you. xoxo

@lovingyoongi Hopi !! Babe ! I’m so glad everything is going well for you in Korea, oh my god. We’ve always simply shared our love for BTS together, but I really care about you and man, your happiness is mine ok ? Have a blast in Seoul, you deserve it all. xoxo

@emmcfrxst Pasc :) Idk if I should talk to you in French or English ? That’s kinda awkward :’) OH WELL. You are such a sweet human omg, always taking the time to make people feel better, always being so considerate, always trying to fight against problematic stuff to create a safe space for your followers. You’re awesome ! xoxo

@mintysugasweet Rae ! You’re a new friend, but you’re a friend I’ve liked immediately. You are so so nice ! Texting you has made my days better, would it be by sharing my theories with your (amazing, incredible, awesome, breathtaking) au, simply talking about our mutual interests or learning more about your experiences in Korea. I don’t remember how I’ve discovered your blog but the least I can say is that I’m so thankful I did. xoxo

@exoverdosed Chelsea !!! My fave blog on this hellsite omg ;-; Idk what to say without getting emo just thank you for being so great ? Your blog lets me keep up with our Kings, and your tags make it the funniest thing ever. I can always count on you for moral support and to help my clueless ass about what’s going on in the k-pop world. Ily, ot9 rule and yass you’re cool keep up being you. xoxo

@sugahobiby Lune, it’s been a while since we remade, I remember our first interaction being me trying to send you positive vibes because you were stressing out about uni. Look at you now ! I hope you know you can count on me to help you in all the ways I humanly can, would it just be someone to talk to. Also I live for your snapchat stories lmao it’s a blessing :’) xoxo

@noona-clock Hi you two ! I wanted to thank you for all your great reactions and fics, I always enjoy reading them they’re soft and really great ! You seem so nice and I hope you both have an amazing year 2018 :) xoxo

@baekphia Sophia, I’ve been following you for a while and when we became mutuals I was SO freaking happy ! You’re nice, you’re so much fun and it reflects in your blog that I enjoy a LOT. Have an amazing year 2018 filled with your best friends (EXO), your mutuals and followers, your sister and Bakehyun with his possible new album !! xoxo

@minnie-rocker-xx Hi boo ! We haven’t spoken that much because idk if you’ve guessed but I’m a MESS at keeping up but you seem so nice already omg ! Why don’t you send me a message detailing all of your interests so we can talk about them ? I’d love to know you more :) xoxo

@softminmin Tila, mY GIRL. It all began when I was just a casual fan of your fake texts, and then you noticed me and I proudly became your cheerleader™ (I still am btw no one is taking that spot.) ! And now we’re friends and omg Ilysm. It’s like we don’t have to force any conversations we just naturally connect. I feel like a copycat lmao because your feelings and your thoughts are the same as mine ? It feels so great to be able to share with you, honestly everyone deserves someone like you babe. Good luck on your finals, I know you can do it ! xoxo

IT TOOK ME A FREAKING WHILE, and I hope I didn’t forget anyone !! I love you so much, not just my mutuals but all my followers and all the ones that I follow ! THANK YOU ANON XOXO

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natasha-cole · 6 years

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i’m not sure if you can answer this but you’re like the only person i know that knows a lot about louden swain and their songs. my question is what song of their would be good to do a musicology essay on? like that has a good bridge and climax. and just like a variety of instruments. and like a variety of rhythms. i’m sorry if this is a weird question and you’re unable to answer. that’s okay. have a wonderful day or night xx

Hello anon!

First of all, I don’t know anything about music theory (I am still very slowly learning to play guitar, and I haven’t taken the time to learn much in the way of this. Whoops!); so I don’t think I’m the one to ask if you’re writing a musicology paper.

I love music, and I just know what sounds good to me personally.

When I read this, I immediately thought of songs like Amazing, Juliet, and This Is How in terms of songs that I think have great rhythm (and if we’re talking lyrics; these three are great lyrically). I feel like Swain’s most recent stuff shows a good variety of the things you’re looking at.

Now, when I think of Swain songs that meet my personal idea of great bridge, climax, and rhythm (also fantastic lyrics) I’m going with Wave. In my opinion, this song has such a great climax in terms of music and vocals. Also, It’s my favorite Swain song ever.

If you’re looking for songs that have a variety of instruments (rather than just lead and rhythm guitar, bass, and drums) I know that there’s trumpet on Hot Times and keyboard and piano of other songs that I can’t think of off the top of my head.

Do any of my followers with music theory knowledge have any input?

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vertonima · 7 years

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Fine, I’ll come off anon then. I’m submitting this because it’s going to be too long to fit into an ask. The way I see it, Mark’s video was about endorsing a basic human right, respect. That isn’t to say that you have to agree with people with opposing viewpoints or sit back and watch them take over. You can treat someone with respect and still disagree with them. There’s a big difference between actually respecting someone and treating them with respect.

Felix is a douche. Plain and simple. He deserves what he got because what he did was hurtful and stupid and unbelievably misguided. The very comment that he made afterwards, “I feel partially responsible” is laughable. He paid those boys to hold up the sign with that exact message and, regardless of whether he didn’t “think they would do it”, he is fully responsible. He needs to own up to his actions and accept the consequences.

That being said, do I truly think of him as a nazi? No. I think while the message he portrayed was 100% wrong, hurtful and discriminating to a minority, I don’t think he is a nazi. He made a mistake. An honest, true to god, very human mistake. I’m sure we’ve all said some things we immediately regretted afterwards or insulted someone. His just happen to be far more public. This is not me defending him in anyway shape or form. I have lost respect for him but I will not dehumanise him or knock him down to a slur.

The fact is, Felix is immature. Undeniably so. The very way he acts shows that he’s impulsive and reckless and quick to jump to things without thinking them through. He’s not able to see the repercussions of his actions until said action is done. Again, I am not condoning what he did in anyway shape or form because it was wrong. He fucked up. I never really liked him as a YouTuber and I certainly like him a lot less now and have lost a lot of respect for him. But there it is again. That word - the key thing in this entire shit storm of a situation.

I would like to define the word respect:

Respect:

1. a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

2. due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others.

Obviously you are not going to apply the first one to Felix or anyone like him. Because you shouldn’t. The behaviour that he condones is in no way deserving of respect in the context of the first definition. But the second one is where it gets interesting, and, in my opinion, I believe that this is the definition of respect Markiplier was talking about.

due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others.

This definition is much more fitted to this whole situation. By respecting someone’s feelings, wishes or rights, you are treating them as everyone deserves to be treated. Now, that doesn’t mean that I am in anyway condoning Felix’s actions/attitude nor that of anyone who shares his views, but simply saying that reducing someone to a phrase or word as Mark stated is equally wrong.

I know that Felix reduced Jewish people to a death threat and that is a horrible, wrong, hateful action. He should have been more careful and respectful especially because of his large audience and impressionable people. But we cannot reduce people to a single word, calling them a hateful slur or dehumanise them, especially not based off of one action.

Again, I know this isn’t the first racist and oppressing thing that Felix has done and I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again; I DO NOT CONDONE HIS BELIEFS OR ACTIONS.

But with that being said, I do not feel the need to reduce him to calling him a ‘Nazi’ or sending him death threats based off of a very honest mistake he made and has sincerely apologised for. I know he doesn’t deserve anything good after that video he put up but he deserves everything he got. Disney dropped him as did YouTube and I am very glad they did. Maybe this will teach him that his actions do have consequences because that’s something he needs to learn.

While his views are very, incredibly wrong I do not believe that he meant anything hurtful by it, not in the way people thought. He thought it would be a joke. And that is wrong. I know that is wrong. Jokes about these matters should never ever be made because they are not funny. However, there is a difference between a joke that he might of found funny (in his own sense of humour) and a joke made with the intent to purposefully hurt and discriminate against a group of people. I know he did this anyway but I feel he did it inadvertently. He wished to portray something for a video and provided a stimulus for that theory. It was a stupid arse way of going about it and the entire thing was callous and crass and overall handled disastrously. But I don’t think he had bad intentions.

Again, I know, I know, what he said isn’t right. It isn’t and it never will be. Even having any part of sending that hateful message to anyone is a horrible act and should never ever be condoned. That being said, I don’t think Mark is condoning that. He’s simply saying that we need to treat everyone with respect and a way to share their opinions and view points.

That does not mean agreeing with them or supporting them or condoning their words or actions. That simply means listening and hell yes, disagreeing. You can respectfully argue a point. You can respectfully tell someone, “No, I do not agree with you and what you believe is wrong”. Just like they should treat you with the same respect. You can hate someone with all your heart and condemn them. You can fight against them with all you have and then some and still respect them.

Overall, this entire situation was handled horrible. Felix is a horrible role model and I do not condone anything he says. I’m sorry if this offends you or anyone else as that is not my intention. I’m trying my best to see both sides of this story and I am more than willing to hear out your view point as you have heard mine.

I apologise for the length of this submission and for the fact that I have still probably missed some very important facts. I do not believe that my beliefs on this matter are the only ‘right’ ones in any way at all. I hope you take the time to read this and consider my view points as I’ll consider yours.

Hey, no I see what you’re saying! Sorry if I sounded/was being rude, I am just on my last straw of nerves right now.

I never really liked Felix either, but I always loved Mark. He has always been positive and a good role model. The video didn’t tick me off as much as his unwillingness to say he made a mistake. I feel he shouldn’t of said that if we hurt/disrespect people we disagree with then we are no better than them (This includes Nazis, racists, sexists etc. The person who punched Richard Spencer, an Alt-Right Nazi who said he wanted to eradicate blacks is not as bad as Richard Spencer because he punched him is my example). I understand in the case of hey this person was rude to me, so I’m gonna be totes rude back. Yeah if I am rude to them, I am no better than them, but this is entirely a different case for people who had been abused, oppressed etc. People who are avidly racist, sexist, anti-jews/Nazis do not deserve respect from good people. Unless they can change for the better, they don’t deserve respect and a chance unless they are willing to change. His video was really naive and not really well thought out before he went ahead and posted it.

What Mark was saying came off wrong to a lot of us, me included and after reading all of his responses to people here on Tumblr I have actually decided to give him another chance. I feel like some of the stuff he was saying in his responses to people should of been put into the video. Making that kind of video was risky, it always is because there is always going to be people who will call you out when you’re wrong. It needed to be way more well thought out than 7 minutes. I just feel like he needs to apologize for the misunderstanding and revise and say what he meant to say about everything better. He came off very wrong in the video to a lot of us and I know he doesn’t mean to hurt or upset anyone.

I also get the “Don’t be too quick to label people” part because yes, people say stupid things. People say racist, sexist, horrible shit when they aren’t even exactly a racist and or sexist person. I have said some shit I regret saying and have apologized to those people and they have forgiven me. People make mistakes and I know he addresses that stuff in his video, but like I said. His message came off way wrong to people than it was supposed to be. He made a mistake by saying that we are no better than the bad guys if we treat them as such, which I know now is probably aimed more at hey don’t be quick to judge someone because they said a stupid shitty thing because they might not actually be a racist, sexist fucker, but at the start it really didn’t sound like that. To me, and many others.

I recognize where I went wrong and have forgiven him and will learn from that.

For what Felix did, yes I agree with you. He was a stupid fuck and deserved to lose Disney and YouTube, but I do think he is trying to at least apologize for it, make up for it. He will eventually, but that doesn’t make what he did or said okay. I do not condone anything he did either.

People fuck up, it’s human nature. Do people deserve respect? Yes. Do Nazi’s like Richard Spencer deserve respect? No, because he will never give us the respect we deserve back so why should we give it to him? That will only egg him on to be more bigotted and fucked up.

Treat people however you would like to be treated, but if someone is avidly oppressing you/abusing you, then no. They don’t get your respect.

I’m glad we had this talk and I apologize again for being hostile and rude with my response to your ask earlier.

@dark-days-dark-nights-xx forgot to tag you in case you didn’t see this! If you already read it, I apologize!

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