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biro-slay · 3 months
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One good thing to come out of this month for me is me starting to watch Hbomberguy
I watched the Tommy talarico video, vaccines video, the plagiarism video, the flat earth, climate denial and the war on Christmas video. And I am loving it.
Also, when he did the Donkey Kong 64 event, it was both funny and awesome, also his face when a congresswoman joined, then he asked her to say trans right, and then asked how to complete this level in Donkey Kong 64.
His chaotic bisexuality is awesome, all of his bits are awesome, everything around him is funny and cool. One of the things that has made my mood better recently
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franklyimissparis · 5 months
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from what i’ve gathered about alex turner as a writer, especially with a lot of his newer stuff (i.e. eycte, tbhc, and the car), is that he very much seems to take the mccartney approach to writing in which he’s writing about approximately 10 different ideas all at once in any given song - and if you think a song is about a person or situation, it probably is at least a little bit.
like he’ll be writing a song and it’ll be about 3 of his ex-gfs, his earliest memories from his childhood, a reflection on fame, an inside joke with a friend, and an homage to an old french film no one’s heard of - all at once.
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vacancy-virtues · 5 months
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An you please continue hero x Villian indulgence 1? Maybe with the Villian having an extremely sensitive neck and a little neck-biting kink that hero isn't aware of, and they just discover when they're kissing the Villian? And the hero is all too excited to test to what extends can they edge their Villian??
Greetings, Anon!
I hope you enjoy!
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Hero X Villain Indulgence 1.5
CW: Spicy but y'all know why you're here
Villain wasn't sure if it was their quickening breath was causing the dizziness, or the reality of the situation actually hitting them. All the months of seething in the bitterness of the idea they lost their Hero to that damn Sidekick was for nothing. They didn't want to think this was going to be part of an even sicker scheme, all they wanted to think about was how Hero was sighing below them, bodies pressed heatedly against one another on the bed. Villains hands moved from pinning their hands to holding their face, as if to confirm for themself this was really happening.
Sentiment gives way to vulnerability, and Hero wasn't one to miss a chance at having the upper hand.
It took only a moment for Villain to find themselves on their back, the weight of Heros knees on either side of their hips. A rough hand smoothed over Villains chest and up their arms, before enveloping their wrists to press them into the mattress. Hero captured Villains lips again in near desperation, as if they would vanish again if they didn't. It was sloppy, yet it felt as if they'd always done this and it wasn't just something Villain imagined anymore. Tongues pressed and rolled together as their bodies did. When they finally broke for air, Villain panted and pulled a bit at their arms.
"Bastard." They breathed out.
"Oh.."
The way Hero spoke slipped into a near groan as their body pressed against theirs again, leaving hardly any gap between their hips. Heros lips trailed from the corner of Villains lips and cheek to speak lowly by their ear.
"How I've missed you.."
The drawn-out intensity of their voice sent a shiver up Villains spine. Not only for the low rumble they could feel between their chests, but also for how genuine they were in their words. The feel of Hero's breath down their neck drew out a gasp of surprise. Their momentum paused, and without even looking knew Hero was getting that damned grin on their face.
"Now, what was-"
"Shut up"
The progression of the evening was solidifying more and more. They assumed their own disbelief of Heros intent with them distracted them from the sensitivity by the door. Now, it came to fruition with the only thing they could focus on. Now, it was happening.
"I think it's you who can't-"
"I said shut up."
The grip on Villains wrists tightened while Heros other hand settled on their hip to keep them firmly pressed between the bed and their body. An amused chuckle resonated through Hero as they lingered just by Villains neck. Every breath of theirs pulled a string in Villain to cause their back to arch at the sensitivity. There wasn't a doubt in Villains mind Hero could notice every twinging muscle, every staggered breath, and how warm their body was getting over something so gentle.
"That sensitive are we?" Hero all but whispered, but it only caused a flush throughout Villains face and another soft sigh to escape their lips.
"What... what about 'disturbing the peace'?" Villain attempted to quip.
"Like you ever gave a damn about that."
Soft lips began to pepper over their heated skin, and each one of Heros sighs drew a variety of sounds from Villain. A hand dug into their hip as they kept them still. There was a moment Villain thought he would be safe from Heros teasing, yet was mistaken when pleased hum rumbled in their chest. Just their voice was enough to leave them dizzy, and it almost pissed Villain off knowing Hero knew it too- they knew what they were doing.
"You know, it makes me curious..."
Villains eyes snapped open a bit upon hearing their voice. A mix of excitement and dread fueled their hammering heart as they felt nails slowly drag up their side, catching at the skin enough to cause a bit of sting. It drew their shirt up enough to expose their sides, before smoothing over the middle of their chest.
"...how turned on you were when I choked you at the desk."
The very mention was enough to get Villain to nearly turn their head to look at Hero. They couldn't deny it as they felt a hand came up, and a thumb laid pressure to one side just above their jugular. At the same time, the hot sensation of Heros tongue trailed up from their collar and to their ear. A drawn out moan resounded in the room, and their hips bucked up against Heros.
Their voice, the delightful pressure of their hand to one side of their neck, and mixed with the feeling of sinking teeth on the other pulled Villain up to arch against Hero. To hell with peace. Villains sounds, from gentle whimpers to punctuated outbursts with every bite and kiss they left. Never did Villain think they would be overwhelmed with Hero, at least not in this context. Still, they had to attempt to save dignity for being in such a compromising position.
"And you tried so hard to so tough..."
With a soft 'tch', Hero sat up a bit to look at the disheveled state of their Villain, their hand moving up a little to pull their lip down with their thumb.
"You should see yourself... or.. is this what you meant by you getting filthy?"
"Filthy? We haven't even taken our clothes off darling."
It was one thing to hear the damned grin Hero wore in their voice, but seeing it in person was always something else. Something they missed in the time they'd been gone. A passing thought of this being the last thing Villain saw before their neck could possibly be snapped was Heros mussed yet perfect hair, flushed cheeks and a look of... well, Villain didn't know. They'd never seen this look before.
"Then I'll show you what it is to suffer in the best of ways."
At least it would be them, and what a hell of a way to go.
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commsroom · 1 year
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Jacobi and Eiffel both externalize all their problems, but Jacobi projects his own flaws and failures to be other people's fault, while Eiffel thinks his redemption/solution is only in other people's opinions and out of his control, discuss.
i've said before i think the most interesting thing about jacobi is that the finale is the start of a character arc for him, not the culmination of one. and i think this is a big part of that. in things that break other things, he says, "it wasn't anybody's fault. everyone was doing their jobs right, but it just... two guys died. good guys." and i think that line makes a lot of sense if he actually was at fault, or at least feels that he was and can't admit it to himself. in dirty work, he realizes he blames himself for maxwell's death. and then: "i was wrong and people died. and the only thing i can do is not be wrong again."
it creates a perfect loop from his recruitment to where he's at in the finale: two people are dead, but he survived. he's out of a job. what now? i think that's an interesting set up for how jacobi's storyline post-canon could mirror and intersect with lovelace's - they're both people who have been blinded by hurt and anger and desire for revenge, and have had to step back from that ledge. they've both lost "their" people - the only survivors of their respective missions. i don't believe jacobi will ever willingly stay in contact with the rest of the hephaestus crew, but lovelace...? narratively, it could work. "i've got this friend" about lovelace in the finale is an opening. if jacobi's arc so far is a loop, and he's finally open to change, then he and lovelace could also share a thematic link re: breaking cycles.
as for eiffel, i would go so far as to say he completely removes himself from the equation. he projects his desire for redemption onto other people - people like hilbert, who absolutely don't share that desire - but he doesn't want to be in the story. it wouldn't matter if someone told eiffel he was a good person - he wouldn't believe them - and when people do call him out, like in shut up and listen, he takes that as confirmation he's irredeemable and everyone is better off without him. both jacobi and eiffel are treating themselves as passive actors to avoid accountability, in some way, but what eiffel really needs to accept is that he's the only one who can live his life. he isn't a uniquely bad person doomed to harm and failure; he's just like everyone else.
(maybe worth noting in eiffel's view of himself as a bad person vs. the antagonists of the show, including jacobi, is how eiffel sees it as an inherent character flaw that he doesn't want but can't escape, while "let's go be monsters" etc. is an active choice and rationalization from someone who signed up to be the bad guy, who decided he could compartmentalize and live with that.)
another kinda interesting place i'd say jacobi's worldview clashes with eiffel's is that they are both centered on people first. unlike maxwell and kepler, i don't think jacobi really believes in his own version of The Big Picture - he just believes in people who believe. it's progress for the sake of progress, but the nature of that progress isn't his to define; he's not even pretending it is. "because people like me - and people like him - make it possible for people like maxwell to do their jobs." and where eiffel's perspective necessitates recognizing the humanity in everyone, jacobi rationalizes his actions through a strict us-versus-them mentality. so much of how he operates is explained by that line: "there aren't sides. there are just people you'd do things for and people you'd do things to."
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ikemenomegas · 1 year
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Omega!Getou Suguru x Alpha!Reader
The younger years
A brief note on how I see the Alpha for the two special grades of Jujutsu High: when a person writes for Gojo, I don't think you can really untangle him from Getou. Whether you ship them or not, the fact remains that they had the biggest impact on one anothers' sense of belonging and development. Getou was Gojo's moral compass for the few years they spent together and the question he posed haunts Gojo like nothing else. Gojo was Getou's measure for power and the person he wanted to be able to stand side by side with. I also thing part of Getou's choice to leave had to do with how futile he felt Gojo being "the strongest" ended up being. Because of this, and the fact that I write the Alpha in this situation as being most easily interpreted as being part of the Gojo/Getou/Shoko class, it would be most simple to explain the situation as the Alpha being the same person, but someone who has chosen different things in each case. I have some kind of au in my mind where there is a sort of poly ship with the three of them, but since that would never happen in canon (because of canon character deaths) I do write for a similar version of the Alpha going with either one or the other, not both.
tw: mentions of canonical character death, minor implication of suicide, and spoilers for the manga if you're not caught up
Getou Suguru walks a dozen lines: between the rural village world he quickly outgrew and the world of sorcerer's that sees him as a commodity; between the world of the conservative faction and higher ups that wants to control his omega body and his own uncontrollable power; between the way he realizes he loves you and the ways he cannot say it out loud...
Suguru is used to concealing his true emotions, even from himself. He presents himself in a way he thinks others want to see him but the core of his personality is really kind and empathetic. He has a hard time balancing this with his pride though.
When he first meets you as a first year student, he doesn't think much of you, he's just watchful like he is with everyone. Once he sees you fight, he acknowledges your potential, but his being nice to you beyond the surface level takes longer.
People think that Suguru is some kind of gentle omega because he's very good at being polite and courteous in public, this notion is quickly dispelled when Suguru and Satoru fall in together and feed off of one anothers' personality and Satoru starts to indicate to his classmates the kind of people in the sorcerer's world to watch out for (safe to mock behind their backs). Honestly, it's kind of a relief to all of you...
Fighting together builds closeness quickly as you each learn to trust the others with your own lives and the quality of the class's friendship improves.
Suguru and Satoru's techniques have made them both highly ranked sorcerers from the start so things are already difficult. There's a power gap between anyone else they get paired up with so they often go together, but since you have to go on missions too you've been paired up with both at one time or another.
It's on one of the worst missions where they send you all out together so Shoko-san always has a guard that you all end up saving each others' lives. After that, things are generally more informal between you all.
Missions are still a pain though. Every one of you have AoE attacks so it can be hard to coordinate, although Satoru is the worst at figuring it out because he was trained without any pairing up.
Satoru also doesn't like to pull his punches so when you train as a class it's usually with a cursed corpse or Suguru (until Satoru gets jealous of one or both of you ignoring him and forces someone to trade off). During these sparring bouts, Suguru realizes that he actually really likes your scent and he likes how you push yourself to get better at the close combat that could really make your technique shine even though it scares you. However, he often finds himself a little disappointed afterwards since your fighting style is more focused on redirection methods at the moment so you spend a good portion of the time trying to throw him away from you.
Things start changing when the boys' get more comfortable with one another and you and Shoko and warm heats start becoming something that's obviously going to be a Thing. For omegas, the school's archaic directors don't encourage suppressing the heats, even though it's safe with the right monitoring. It's the toss up of having the two strongest students down for a few days out of every other month but the higher-ups generally conceded it's worth the break.
Suguru doesn't mean to seek you out but you all live near one another in the student housing so it happens. Warm heats make him sleepy and a little dizzy and he'll sometimes end up curled up on one of the common space couches if you've left a jacket or something around. If those things of yours disappear for a few days they always end up returned, washed and folded.
The relationships that sorcerers form are very weird (from the point of view of theoretical social outsiders)
The danger of being a sorcerer and the constant threat of an early death means that people are careful about getting close to one another. A lot of people end up avoiding acknowledging emotional closeness because they thing it's kind of an automatic curse (regret) or because they think it's not worth burdening someone with the words
Also, in the field there's an expectation of trust in whomever you're fighting alongside - ideally you should trust the person you are with to do what they can and also do whatever you can. However, sorcerers are specialized humans fighting against the embodiment of fears. Sorcerers to some extent can't trust each other to hold up 100% in the face of that and fighting styles and techniques can be so individual it becomes impossible to fight alongside someone else
But people still have needs or desires for emotional and physical intimacy and this isn't exclusive to omegas or alphas and their particular brand of physical needs
When you notice Suguru taking your clothes, you treat it more like family members giving one another things to bring to their nest. It's not a courting thing, but he ends up with a blanket of yours that's in his room more often than not and he'll put some of his things into your laundry with the silent intent of stealing it back later.
When he doesn't want to be harassed by alphas in the the non-sorcerer world, he'll come out with you if there's no other group to be with or Satoru isn't in town
If you're both at the school and it isn't busy, he asks you if you mind if he doesn't wear scent blockers while at the dorm, which is typical for home-life in family homes but he asks, which comes off as polite and doesn't have to mean anything
You all eat together often so it's not weird if you know his food preferences and he knows yours
Sharing music comes naturally. He's more of an introvert and you all study together so it's not anything specific when you start sharing headphones
If he starts falling asleep next to you the morning after a bad night, well he and Satoru have fallen asleep on each other on the train too so it's not anything particular.
Except he wants it to be. Maybe. He's still a sorcerer and you're all barely crossing sixteen so does he get to want this? He's starting to want something and he doesn't know if you want the same thing. (He doesn't know if Satoru knows he wants the same thing too...)
And then Riko happens. Riko happens and Satoru almost dies and he isn't allowed to die, you almost die and everything starts to fall apart.
The last year, the higher-ups start sending him on a lot of individual missions or missions with people who essentially stood back and watched. You start getting sent out with weaker teams to even the odds. You're with him sometimes but it's not enough.
You're still at the school more often than Satoru but it's not enough. He wants different things from you and Satoru and Suguru isn't enough.
He hides when his first full heat hits. He makes Shoko give him scent blockers and safe suppressants and against all instinct to find you, he hides.
When you see him afterwards, a mistake brought on by being too tired to sense you near, he tells you he's fine. You don't believe him, but he's come to you before when something is wrong. He may not tell you what's going on, but he's sought you out in the months since the merger failed. You think that whatever it is, you have more time.
He just nudges against your shoulder and shuffles to his room to sleep off the exhaustion. You bring him a bottle of water and leave him alone. Is that the moment? If you'd read the tension in his shoulders and stayed, would that have been enough?
He's exhausted body and soul when he finds Mimiko and Nanako, when he makes his decision and disappears
You see him only once after that. Shoko sends you a picture while she's waiting for you to meet up. It just says "shinjuku".
There is one world in which you run. You don't know where you're going. You can't feel him. You have no idea where to find him. But you run up a crowded street and from the shadows, Suguru lets you run by him and sees tears on your cheeks.
In another though, you come from the other direction and he stops you, just the barest flicker of his energy appearing, like his hand brushing your arm, and you stop like he knew, like he hoped, you would, and ask him a question.
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doodlerh · 1 year
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return of young perdix and adrian with their own brand new Awful Past Lore!!
ok im not going into too much detail [edit: this was, expectedly, a lie] u can go check out their original post for a general overview of their past!! technically the first post was trophy husband perdix but. like the one after that
VERY simplified tldr is: perdix humiliated his home kingdom and they married him off to northern kingdom adrian to humiliate him further and they hate each other for different reasons but then oops they fall in love
[edit: ok yeah i feel super strongly about these two so. this is a literal novel]
new stuff now (some vague mentions of like...kms ideation, obvious violence, self harm):
before, perdix was kinda just like. mad. like the only threat to his life was himself which was why guards had to follow him around so he wouldn’t commit suicide. however i never considered the fact that adrian’s kingdom would also totally want him dead!! not just the ppl bc they dont like this pasty white boy with a reputation that sux BUT ALSO ppl within the royal court.
in the northern kingdom, perdix isn’t being taught diplomacy/actual educational material expected of a prince because adrian’s father the king didn’t mean for perdix to actually. last. like once perdix’s home kingdom has been bled dry of resources (via annexation via perdrian marriage), adrian’s dad could care less what happens to the kid. honestly he kinda wants him out of the picture asap because adrian can’t produce an heir with another dude </3
perdix faces like yeah the occasional assassination attempt (what’s new for royalty) BUT by round like 3 round 4 he starts being like. hhaha what what’s happening, he begins to feel very unsafe (the goal). however, he hates hates his family and they probably want him dead too so he’s trapped bro he’s trapped!! go home and face the worst humiliation possible and have to obey his parents who hate and torment him, or stay here and have to fear for his life every single day?? also his fiancee is really mean to him??
after a year, perdix starts to get injured a lot during his knight training. hes in the infirmary like 4/7 days a week, first with like oh hit his head kinda hard falling, bloody nose, then with like broken rib. broken arm. one day he is struck on his chestplate so hard it leaves a dent in the metal, a clear slash over his heart. he doesn’t want to say anything because he’s scared of seeming weak (it’d probably just make things worse for him) so he just wears his dented chestplate hoping someone will realize like, hey wth one of your fellow knights tried to kill you? you need to be protected you’re a prince too
(the dent is visible in the first drawing!!)
adrian and perdix have very very very slowly gaining affection towards one another, and adrian starts to worry once perdix starts constantly getting injured. perdix always puts on a brave face (aka he is also mean to adrian) but adrian will occasionally catch him looking. terrified? weak? its an unfamiliar look on him and it makes adrian worry. like what’s going on he’s usually so strong willed and annoying and stupid and pretty an
THE DAY of The Incident arrives. perdix joins the knights on a dangerous mission on the border between the northern kingdom and perdix’s own kingdom. perdix obviously doesn’t want this but he knows that if he says no he’s gonna look like a coward and that’s dangerous. so he agrees to go
adrian is there to say goodbye to him because he’s worried (they’re at the "gets worried” stage of their relationship now), and both of em kind of get the sense that this is like? going to be really bad? adrian kind of thinks perdix will run away back to his kingdom bc of how unhappy he is here. he tries to kiss perdix here but perdix just hugs him tightly and is like uhm..not now. kiss me when i come back ok and adrian (reassured) is like ..ok
(some magic users are going along, adrian would’ve gone too but his magic wasn’t strong enough according to his dad) (in truth it was so he wouldn’t get in the way of the knights’ plans)
oops! this was orchestrated by the knights (with the “ok whatever idc” of the king) to kill perdix! he’s a very very strong knight and they don’t like it! they want him dead! that way it’ll look like he either fled back to his home kingdom or he was killed by his home kingdom who also still hates him. perdix...kinda got the feeling too and he’s like really scared, he probably cries riding there
the northern knights instigate a violent conflict with some patrolling home kingdom knights and they recognize perdix and target him, and the northern knights Barely make an effort to protect him. however, a good magic user (mb adrian’s tutor who is generally respectful towards perdix and sometimes teaches him some stuff when she has the time) is like HEY the prince is ACTUALLY DYING and saves him.
the result of this conflict: new hostility between the kingdoms, perdix not dead. instead perdix suffered a bad head injury and his face + stomach were cut open and he’s beaten up all over. he’s suffered similar before and he’s been like >:( i’m fine back off, but this time he’s sorta accepted it he doesn’t want to be so afraid forever anymore
first thing adrian sees when the knights return is his tutor on her horse leading perdix’s horse (a speckled mare because i make every main character of mine with a horse have a speckled mare), and perdix bleeding through his stretcher, unconscious. adrian like freaks out and tries to get to him but he’s held back and perdix is rushed to the infirmary
while the healers work for probably 10 hours straight working on perdix Not Dying, adrian locks himself in his room and blames himself. if his magic had been stronger, his father wouldn’t have kept him from going. maybe he could’ve protected perdix. so he digs up an ancient blood magic spell that will make his magical abilities very powerful, ominous dot dot dot...by candlelight and through his tears adrian draws a flame sigil on his shoulder and carves it into himself
two days later, perdix is in "stable” condition. artist’s rendition
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perdix usually heals swiftly from his injuries but he’s been dealt a heavy blow psychologically, and it’s hindering his physical recovery. he remains unconscious for like three days; on the third day, adrian comes to visit (the other two were spent struggling to control his own new wound). adrian cries </3 this wakes perdix up, and his eyes are all bloodshot and tired. adrian apologizes for not being strong enough to have joined him that day and kisses him really lightly
perdix knows adrian probably would’ve just got himself in danger too and he fears that more than himself getting in danger (realization of homo) but he’s too weak to say anything so. ok like just conjure up this image in ur head bc i didn’t draw it but i want yall to see it. its adrian sitting on a stool next to perdix’s bed and he has his arms around perdix’s neck so like kinda lying over him. and perdix is like ahh. i am safe now. and lets his head lean against adrian’s collarbone. just imagine this in your brain boy
eventually perdix recovers enough to (a) prank adrian by yelling into his ear and then having to recover for an extended period due to adrian dislocating his jaw and (b) finally confess everything he’s been feeling to adrian. adrian is like HH he didn’t know perdix was suffering all this. he wants to say “if u weren’t so stubborn and just Told Me none of this would’ve happened” but like he is luckily aware that this isn’t what perdix needs to hear right now SDHSD
adrian confronts his dad and his dad is like ok i didn’t think they’d take it this far i will have them punished, as much as i’m also like eh towards perdix he is still legally a royal and this is a pretty serious crime. but like son i thought u hated him? and adrian is like i DID. but now i DONT and i dont want to marry again. and i wont. and his dad is like all right well this won’t mean suddenly everyone in the kingdom will just like perdix now. and adrian is like i know but i’ll protect him and his dad is like sigh. kids these days are so stubborn (two stubborn stubborn kids, match made in heaven)
after this, perdix stops wearing the green of his original kingdom and adopts the red/white color scheme of the northern kingdom. this kind of eases some of the hostility towards him but it’s still not all smooth sailing yet. adrian does protect him in his own way; now proudly bearing the sigil in his skin he is truly a force to be reckoned with (not just like crazy magic but also he is willing to do anything to defend his ideals)!! six months of sickfic content where adrian visits perdix daily during his recovery and when perdix is strong enough to get out of his bed he proposes, asking adrian to marry him for real
and then seven years later they are very in love and perdix is no longer afraid for his life always and has found his place as prince consort and knight captain, earning respect based on his battle prowess and leadership capabilities and not caring about his origins anymore. but now because he’s so good at what he does he like never gets injured anymore, which sucks because he wants adrian to spoonfeed him soup again
#h doodles#oc#perdix#adrian#perdrian#i feel very strongly about them so i have once again written like ten thousand lines under the cut </3#all my thoughts are there......no tags head empty...there is also a bonus drawing but mind the lil content warnings i mention!!#they're very happy now but their past was suuuuuuuper rough#all my ocs be like [traumatized] [traumatized] [traumatized] [had a loving family] [they're dead though] [traumatized] [trau#oh. yeah. i finished the archon quest#im actually exhausted from writing so i cant even articulate my feelings#but THAT cutscene. made my appreciation for alhaitham like quintiple#and rewatching his character demo (bc it keeps showing up as an ad </3) LIKE#his va is genuinely so so so talented i saw some language comparisons of The Scene and yeah#ok. his japanese AZAAAAARRRR was crazy but everything else has to go to english#he killed it he KILLED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the change of his tone between him with anyone and him with kaveh too is so funny#mr nazeeh tarsha i am shaking your hand so hard. you are so talented#def best voices are like. itto alhaitham beidou <3333 and many others of course cant think rn. head still empty#man. also YEAH ALSO DOTTORE mick wingert in genshin was an awesome jumpscare#and i was definnitely screenshotting his outfit a thousand times like i dont know if ill draw it but its literally so. genius#also i realized i think i like alhaitham a lot because. well. look at his colors#ive said it before ill say it AGAIN. alhaitham should be anemo and kaveh should be geo. fits their colors but also the incompatibility :')#also alhaitham's constellation i some bird?? and kaveh is an ARCHITECT man. GEO CONSTRUCTS#ok thanks everyone special thanks to anyone who actually reads under the cut i do not expect you to SHGHRHG its just self indulgent
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lieu42 · 5 months
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it doesn't even feel like i wrote this anymore (it was over 2 years ago tbf) but the "They didn't break your legs" line goes so fucking hard
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ashinaisshin · 1 year
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A more direct EN translation of some of Alhaitham’s voice lines in CN
(Note that in order to show the meaning in CN more clearly, some translations might not sound as smooth as the official EN text to stay closer to the CN.)
tl;dr: dude is in general more of a piece of shit in CN (no) LOL
i love he
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About the Vision
To be honest, a Dendro Vision isn’t of much help to my research. But I do hit people harder now that I have elemental powers, so it's still useful enough.
[Personal opinion: I really wish the translators had kept his cruder/rougher wording in CN here, instead of making him sound kinda formal with the “settling a physical dispute” “proves useful at times” and all. (There are other lines, including some during the archon quest, where I’ve noticed that the EN translators made him sound more “formal” like this.) Despite the strong “rational/logical” image that he has, in CN Alhaitham rarely uses the kind of “academic” or “smart”-sounding language that one might think he does unless the occasion calls for it, and I find that aspect of his character really charming. Like Alhaitham says himself, “Rather than lacing my words with rhetoric, I prefer speaking factually” – I love hearing his lines because this guy is so good at making sharp, concise comments using his iconic crude and down-to-earth language. The writers really did a fantastic job portraying this smart and badass and hilarious character while intentionally (imo) breaking the stereotype in the use of an “academic” tone.]
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About Us: Helping Each Other
You are very capable of taking care of yourself, so much so that you can even look after the companions around you. I don’t have any advice for you, and you most likely don’t need my help.
[Unlike in EN, it’s not very obvious that he is specifically referring to Paimon there in CN. It’s also a general trend that he is more curt/direct in CN, not hedging his statements as much with words like “seem” “frankly” “tend to” etc..]
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About Kaveh: Compassion
He shows too much compassion towards everyone and everything. Probably because he is too fragile, he’s always making a fuss over nothing.
[The word choice in CN is more positive. At least “关怀” is a positive word – more along the lines of “compassion/care” – while “sensitive” is a neutral word that could be understood in either way, and probably negative in the context of “overly sensitive”. While Alhaitham is arguably also using some sarcasm in CN, I still think “sensitive” is neither an intuitive nor a fitting translation for 关怀.]
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Birthday
Happy birthday. I’ve always thought that people invest an unnecessary amount of enthusiasm into celebrating the day they were born; it’d be more practical to channel that energy into getting more joy out of each day of their lives. You’re doing an alright job with this. I don’t know what kind of gift to get, so I’ll just reserve one pass for you through a special application channel.
[Funnily enough, he is less nice to you on your birthday in CN lol… I appreciate the sheer objectivity in “alright job”, bro Especially the “gift” he prepared for you, in my understanding, the special channel is only effective for once in CN and not permanent as the EN version seems to suggest, LMAO. Alhaitham, you just really don’t want to put extra effort into this huh Idk, maybe the EN translators just wanted to make him sound nicer to the players 😆 I can appreciate it either way though.]
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Opening Treasure Chest: I
Hold on to them yourself.
[Aka: I don’t need this stuff. How nice of him.]
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Opening Treasure Chest: II
Hurry, it’ll be hard to pick them up once they roll away.
[But he’s also genuinely being such a good (and fourth-wall-breaking-ly helpful) teammate kekw]
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Joining Party: II
Let’s do business the business way. / Let’s keep things straight business.
[OK, if all the other discrepancies in translation are mostly just me being nitpicky, this one, I would argue, is a significant mistranslation that almost gets the opposite meaning across. “Let’s get down to business,” in my opinion, makes it sound like Alhaitham feels the need and is potentially quite willing to join the party, while in CN, “公事公办” is an idiom that clearly conveys the meaning that Alhaitham is Not joining you because he wants to/thinks he needs to but rather he’s treating it as Business, as a Job. In JP this line is straight up translated it as “公務に私情は挟まない” – “no personal feelings involved in official business.” In fact, linguistic elegance/cultural factors aside, I feel like for Alhaitham’s voice lines at least, the JP translation in general stays much closer to the CN text compared to EN. Like I mentioned in my last CN/EN comparison post, some EN translations make Alhaitham sound like a leader, while a big part of this dude’s life is just rejecting any and all leadership responsibilities thrown his way.]
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Some additional translations FYI
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More About Alhaitham: IV
Once order is disrupted, the consequences will spread rapidly. I don’t like this; it will get in the way of the life I have right now.
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Feelings About Ascension: Conclusion
Can’t let those slackers from the Akademiya know that I’m making progress yet again, otherwise they’ll do everything in their ability to push trouble my way. Of course I won’t accept any of it, but the back-and-forth in communication is always going to waste some (of my) time.
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Low HP: III
This will take up more (of my) time.
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wuh oh gang the avalith smut just hit 1k and they haven't even started actually fucking yet
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padfootastic · 9 months
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Last Line Tag
from @impishtubist who’s writing me an omegaverse prongsfoot fic that i just KNOW im gonna love!!
There it was again, the reference to him belonging here. It was a bit presumptuous, slightly possessive but Sirius was a dog at heart, he was never going to turn down ownership.
open tag for anyone who wants to do this!
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suckishima · 3 months
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rrrrrrrrr im so frustrated with my writing. its just been weeks of struggle and whyyyy. idk i think i need to rework or rethink what im going for with this one or something, its like i can feel the threads of the themes i wanna do are sooo close to tying together but it just isnt quite reaching yet and so it reads like a stilted bland mess but the more i stare at it the further away it feels aaah
i know it can get there i kNOW it can, the ending and like aha moment is so cleaaaar that i think its almost too solid and thats why my beginning feels so fucked—like i just keep asking myself 'well if hes gonna get there in chapter 5, whats stopping him from getting there now in chapter 2??' i tHOUGHT i had reasons but now that im there i just keep instinctually writing him to have the connecting/realization moment anyway and like. if that's how it is then what even IS the story??? i need a break
#leaving for my parents for christmas tomorrow and while its always a little lowkey stressful there esp during holidays#itll be nice to at least have a different stress than this one for a few days lmao#mandatory writing break coming at a good time ig#anyway a lot of the real problem is that a big reason i wanted to write this fic is bc i wanted to explore tsukkis mental space during#the ball boy arc bc i feel like its an interesting transitional time for him in terms of like being after his big moment but then#he slightly regresses in that post match bathroom scene until yamaguchi sets him straight and like. i love just how furudate is showing#that growth isnt linear and so i wanna explore how tsukki would feel during the camp (which he didnt seem stoked to go to)#and in contrast with hinata who couldnt go but weasels in anyway and like how does tsukki deal with#that intensity of stupidity and passion in regards to how he feels about his own relationship to volleyball now#like i dont think its a straight line from blocking ushijima -> admitting yeah sometimes volleyball is fun#i think theres some wavering in there and oooo i wanna explore it but FUCK its hard??#why furudate why does tsukki deny extra practice the first night of rookie camp but accepts the second night??#i know why he accepts night 2 im excited abt that. i'm big time struggling with pinpointing why he says no night 1 in a way#that doesnt come off like 1 hes fully regressing 2 like im having him say no purely bc thats how it is in canon so magical ~plot reasons~#truthfully furudates reason is probably just 'was funny to have tsukki and kunimi say no in unison' and it isnt out of character for#tsukki to say no either but i also can feeeel it i can feeel the threads of a solid character developmental reason that will fit with#all the OTHER stuff im also trying to do lmao#i just need to piece it together in the right way in the right order and right emphasis#and its so cloooose rn but ugh it just feels wishwashy atm#and so. i struggle lmao#eesh anyway fun tag rant yay#heres to hoping not thinking about this for a week will help#x#....who wants to take bets on whether ill delete this later lol
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jasnstilnski · 11 months
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if u ever wonder why a reply takes me a while its bc it sits in my drafts like this for 30 years
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scandalsavagefanfic · 2 years
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I haven’t done something like this in a while but I was scrolling through the anti jason todd tag (as one does when they want a good laugh) and tbf there were a  lot more ridiculous things in there than this. This one just stood out to me because I have a particular fondness for posts that confuse a character’s words/feelings for the author’s AND for people making extremely confident statements of fact and then turn around and admit they can’t possibly know because they haven’t read it!
So yeah. This one amused me.
To clarify, they’re talking about when Jason called Dick “golden boy” in the Nightwing annual by Tom Taylor and they think that’s Taylor commenting on how he actually perceives the character of Dick Grayson instead of what it actually is, Taylor commenting on how he thinks Jason sees Dick.
Anyway. Bruce was directly comparing Jason to Dick so much that Alfred felt the need to comment on it so like... good for Tim and Cass lol.
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#jason todd#it's actually really hard to articulate what's wrong with the kind of thinking that makes a reader think a character's words are indicative#of the writer's thoughts#because it's so... fundamental?#it's so BASIC#it's reading comprehension 101#not even 101#because 101 implies a college course#when this is in fact so intrinsic to reading that it's not something directly taught#you can't write a bunch of characters who are different if you're using every single one as a mouthpiece#like... I don't even have the words to explain this concept#because it's one of those things that's so obvious it shouldn't need to be stated#anyway#the next tag that I cut off in the screenshot said#If anything they were compared to Jason#which I also thought was funny#in the way that the line between willful ignorance and purposefully misleading is funny#really trying to get people to think that those were ever comparisons made in Jason's favor huh#lot easier to not have an inferiority complex towards your predecessor when you're constantly told you're so much better than him 😂#and like...#by your own admission#that makes Bruce a bad dad in EXACTLY that way lol#imagine your son dying#and six months later you let another kid#younger and less trained than your dead son was#start doing the same thing that got your dead son killed#and then you spend literally years being like#You're nothing like my dead son#you're so much better#he died saving the woman who gave birth to him after she sold him out to his death
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godheadjones · 1 year
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50s jabitha- "I don't know who you are, but I do know that I can trust you."
“He’s here again.”
Tabitha almost ignores her grandfather at this jest and continues to clean one of the countertops, but she looks up at him. “Whomever do you mean?”
Pop rolls his eyes. “You know exactly who. I see the way you look at him.”
Her gaze trails to a booth far in the back where, lo and behold, he is sitting, with his typewriter perched on the booth’s table and an intense expression, focused on writing. 
“You probably know who everyone is, right?” she asks, crossing her arms. “Why not just tell me his name?” 
“Yes, he is one of our regulars, but if you want to know his name, you need to talk to him yourself,” Pop responds quickly. He nods his head to the boy in the booth. “If you go and take his order, maybe you can ask him.”
She wants to. She wants to talk to him and figure out what it is about him that makes her heart race. But how could she just admit that? 
Strong hands are placed on her shoulders, moving her forward. “That’s it, he’s been waiting far too long for a waiter. Take a pad with you,” her grandfather pushes. 
“Fine, fine, I’ll go talk to him,” Tabitha agrees grudgingly. She gathers a pad, just like Pop had said, and heads in the direction of the booth her eyes had been laid on. 
Upon arriving, she coughs. He looks up at her and she notices his blue eyes, which almost sparkle. “Um, hi there.” 
After a beat, he replies, “Hey.” He stares back at her, and Tabitha forgets what she came over to do. 
As she stumbles over her words for some reason she doesn’t know, trying to explain herself, he asks, “Do you… want to sit?”
Unable to trust her tongue, she nods and takes the seat across from him. Her heart turns in her chest and Tabitha tries to order it to spin back into position. 
She shoots a look to her grandfather, who’s watching eagerly with two thumbs up for encouragement. She glares at him, the action not unnoticed by the boy across from her, who raises an eyebrow. She smiles awkwardly.
Tabitha fiddles with the frames of her glasses. “I don’t think I know your name,” she spits out in hopes to start a conversation. 
A beat of silence passes. “Yeah, right. I’m Jones. Jughead Jones.” 
She almost snorts, but controls herself. What kind of name is Jughead? Surely she’s not developing a crush on someone named Jughead? 
“Well, Jughead, I’m Tabitha,” she responds slowly. 
He nods. “I know-“ He stops himself, then explains hurriedly, “It’s, uh, on your chest, the name tag.” 
Now she raises an eyebrow at Jughead, whose eyes go wide. “No, it’s not like that. I wasn’t looking-“
“Relax, Jones, I’m teasing you,” Tabitha laughs, then notices his expression go blank. Was it something she had said? Maybe he didn’t enjoy being teased by complete strangers and she was intruding his space. 
That was the last thing she wanted to do. She didn’t want to hurt Jughead. She felt calm when she was around him, but she doesn’t know why. 
Before she can stop herself, Tabitha’s lips are moving to say, “Look, I know we just met and I don’t even know who you are, but I do know I can trust you. Is that… weird?”
His face softens and he shakes his head. “No, that’s not weird at all, Tabitha. I feel the same way.” 
A hand clamps her shoulder. “Tabitha, what are you doing, talking to the customers on the clock?” She looks up and sees Pop standing over her, a light tone in his voice. “I swear, teens these days have no respect for their jobs.” 
“What are you talking about, grandpa? You literally pushed me over here!” she whisper shouts, standing up. 
Pop waves her off. “That doesn’t sound like me. Now come on, it’s back to work of back to Chicago,” he jokes, now guiding Tabitha to the counter and calling over his shoulder, “Can I get you the usual, Jug?” 
Tabitha manages to turn so she’s facing the booths again and locks her eyes on Jughead’s, who, after an eager nod to Pop, makes perfect eye contact with her and holds her gaze until she’s dragged back to work by her grandfather. 
She picks up her cloth and begins to wipe down the countertop again as Pop whispers in her ear, “I knew there was something between you two.”
“Grandpa, shhhh, he might hear you!”
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thenorsiest · 2 years
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Sometimes I wonder if Star Trek really became less Star Trek because science started to become more well known.
Like during the 1960s the idea of going to a planet full of gangsters was Wild but also possible?! To the average person. (The undereducated American that is)
Now it’s like “space is vast, cold and unfeeling” and that’s actually reflected in the filming. It’s like the writers forgot that the exploration of space was about possibility. To some extent that’s probably why they keep moving backwards in their shows and why anything forward feels nihilistic.
Or maybe it’s midnight and this was the last thing I decided to post while half asleep…
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hensunrik · 1 year
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