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💝 MOD SPOTLIGHT 💝

Enter Slip (@dimensionslip), our Writing, Organization, and Finance Mod! They normally hang around the Dimilix mines, but are known to dwell among spreadsheets as well! Meticulous is their middle name as they juggle words and numbers in equal measure! 🌹

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Introducing Inari ( @calamari-inari ), our Art/Merch, Layout, and Shipping Mod! Our local Ferdibert enthusiast will be packaging your bundles with love and care as she ensures a high quality production for all art and layout-related aspects 🌹

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Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw that "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck.

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Leftover sales for North Star: A Dimilix AU Anthology will start on May 19th, 11am EST! Stocks are limited, so save the date and don't miss your chance to get your hands on our lovely project!

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Hi! I was digging through some tales blogs for Drama CD’s and since you were credited as the uploader, do you know where I can find “TV animation [Tales of the Abyss] Drama CD IV -Last Episode- Track #4: The Path to Follow”? This along with a few others seem to be missing despite having posts about them.

Hello! You can find the track along with everything else in the same volume on YouTube.

May I know what other tracks seem to be missing? As far as I know, everything I've contributed to or worked on should still be up!

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lighting experiment

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Next up on our contributor list: @dimensionslip !! Happy to have you!!

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Dedue: I... will always be by your side... Dimitri, my liege... my one and only...

Or, a translation breakdown of this very powerful Dimidue exchange before Dedue turns into a demonic beast in Crimson Flower Chapter 17.

[EN Localization] Dedue: It is time. Your Majesty… I will avenge your father. You are the one true king…Dimitri. Grr… Grrrr! Dimitri: Dedue! I will fight by your side until the bitter end… As long as I am with you, this lance of mine will know nothing of defeat!

[JP to EN Translation] Dedue: It's time, huh. Your Majesty… You must accomplish your goals. To avenge my brethren… and the late king…! I… will always be by your side… Dimitri, my liege… my one and only… Ghh… Gghh… Guaaaaaaargh! Dimitri: …Dedue. Ahh… until the end, I will fight by your side. As long as we're together… this lance of mine will know nothing of defeat!

(The following is a copy-paste of my text from this Twitter thread. I will clean this up some more on a later date. Also thank you Mareza for bringing these lines to my attention years ago!)

While I can see how the localization arrived at certain lines, I scratch my head at why some portions were omitted to the point that it changed the vibe and meaning of the scene. To start off, the lines come off as more emotional and personal in Japanese, I feel. On both Dedue and Dimitri's ends, and is about twice as long when spoken in terms of duration thanks to it.

Dedue does not really say anything about personally avenging Dimitri's father, and actually mentions two separate things in this regard. "My brethren" (我が同胞) and "the late king" (先王陛下). Those should not be combined and should be counted as separate things here.

「我が」 (waga) can be translated as either "my" or "our", but in this context it's "my". Also, 「ください」 "kudasai" was not accounted for properly in the localization, since it's used to ask for something. Not something you use when referring to something you're about to do.

A small side note, 「我が同胞���……先王陛下の、仇を……！」 is more literally "For my brethren… for the late king, the enemy must…!" but it comes off a little clunky and not as clear, so I went for something a little less literal. There's an definitely an implied "avenge" in that text, which the localization did get. But mentions of Dedue wanting revenge for his brethren were not mentioned at all in the English localization.

Nonetheless, Dedue's last words are what absolutely carry the emotional weight of this conversation. He reassures Dimitri once last time, and then calls him "Dimitri-sama". Which I would like to draw attention to.

It was difficult translating this one. Dedue doesn't really call Dimitri anything else other than "Your Highness" or "Your Majesty" depending on the route/time we're talking about. He does call Dimitri by his name in their A support, but other than that I'm not sure where else. But 「ディミトリ様」 here is highly unusual, and I think they wanted to call attention to it. For Dedue, I think it's more personal than anything he's ever called Dimitri--in this route at least. Especially in conjunction with what he says right after that.

I think "Dimitri, my liege" is probably the best way to handle it given context. Normally I would translate "Dimitri-sama" as "Master Dimitri" or "Lord Dimitri", but that just does not feel right, and simply leaving it as "Dimitri" turns it into something else entirely.

But yeah, to further drive this very emotionally charged scene, Dimitri says all those things a few lines later. The most notable difference here is the way the last line was phrased.

Dimitri says "As long as we're together" in Japanese, which I think comes off differently compared to "As long as I am with you". The word choice puts a lot more focus on Dedue being there rather than Dimitri's presence, and I think that adds to the emotion of the scene. Not to mention, all these dramatic pauses. I was talking about this with @pluma_azurea (who helped with smoothing out some of the lines!) and we both agreed that it's the pauses here that really add to the experience.

In general though, I think the English localization handled Dimitri's lines well. And the same emotion comes off in both English and Japanese, I feel. But there's a notable difference in the way Dedue's lines are tackled, and I hope this post cleared some things up!

Ahh still… this is such an amazing set of lines. Emotionally charged and hurts in the best ways possible. It's also a lovely look into the circumstances surrouding Dedue's loyalty towards Dimitri. The intensity of it. Dimitri's sorrowful trust in him. It's also a neat nod to Dedue's hangups regarding the Tragedy of Duscur, among many other things.

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THIS. ALL OF THIS. and especially this:

it's normal to feel jealous. the feeling isn't wrong. the behaviour is.

i think it's important to be mindful of emotions in general. it helps to sit with yourself and reflect on where it's coming from, then manage it as appropriate instead of being hair-trigger about what it makes you want to do.

for jealousy in particular and social media, if someone is making you feel that way and it's literally ruining your day, it's a sign to stop scrolling. if it keeps happening, there's the block/mute button. it's not weakness to use either of those moderation tools

imo channeling it as drive to improve yourself is also healthier. there's always something you can learn from others and honestly constantly reminding myself that people didn't get there without putting in the work necessary keeps things in perspective. a lot of the time i realize i'm not willing to put in the same effort as others did, but in the case where i'm like, "yes, i really want to get good as this fellow and i'm willing to invest time" then my course of action is clear.

because yes, hard work and perseverance do go a long way!! maybe you won't see the results at once. but if you keep at it, you will get where you want to be

btw it is sexy and cool to uplift and admire people who have skills you wish you had without using their ability as a stick to beat yourself with. even and especially if you are jealous of them.

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Both Selfish; you each lose 2 points

You Selfish, prev Cooperative; You gain 2 points

You Cooperative, prev Selfish; You lose 1 point, prev gains 1 point

Both Cooperative; You Each gain 1 points

(ps make sure to say what you voted)

Making this post long so you have to scroll to see prev's tags.

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pleased to report that the jazz bar in kichijoji has acknowledged the existence of ren amamiya

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so this whole time, i realized i wasn't seeing stuff in chronological order because this option was switched on

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peony and jade for @marezablr, thank you for your request!

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"i'm here"