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u gotta read from me to you for us by otooga (olooga) on ao3.

yes boss 👍👍

live reaction :

alright , dpax / megop fic , hurt / comfort , continuity soup ,,, okay . no heavy angst left unwarned , i hope !!!

ooh . d-16's perspective .

he's a little more brash and sardonic than i'm used to others ( and myself ) depicting him . its great . love it !!

i like the way his character's being taken apart to be studied . i'm better at doing that with orion pax but d-16's a little more tricky for me — i'd reference this fic for any d-16 pov i might write !!

ohoh . ohohoh . ex-"archivist"-orion pax tickles a funny little thing in my brain .

"He’s a normal cogless bot built in a forging facility without a cog because his spark wasn’t bred for one. Simple as that. "

i like to think that d-16 doesn't in particular LIKE his position in the caste system but he goes about it in a " what are you even gonna do? " way and just does what he already does in hopes of eventually ranking up and getting out of there . this isn't really written in most fics i read but this fic extrapolates it really well — and i think it's real interestin' how it seems like he almost firmly genuinely believes that orion's " foolish " ideas are going to get him killed ( or lose an arm .. love that reference . ) one way or another . it's a strange sort of detachment despite his fondness for him .

"And then Orion comes and opens his stupid mouth and starts spouting things like this isn’t fair and I didn’t choose to be cogless and did you? and D-16’s processor, to his own horror, starts taking these tidbits of Orion’s foolish hope and spinning them through scenario module after scenario module."

and therein lies the irony that , maybe , d-16 doesn't recognize that he had these ideas are already buried in his processor . maybe it wasn't the author's intention to write it like that but it feels like dee instead assumes that orion is the cause of these " new " thoughts and ideas when he's just been shoving them away and pushing them down .

heh . heheh . i too , picture myself , tall and largely muscled and protecting orion pax from the horrors that is darkwing's fist .

"D-16 will never pretend to understand Orion. Because he doesn’t need to. He never will. His conviction is branded right over his spark casing."

ooh . this is interesting . the way d-16 thinks of orion parallels with his apparent laxness with his current position in life . he will never pretend to understand the caste system because he doesn't need to and he never will . nuthin interesting from myself to note other than that but there are a lot of overlapping parallels i've subconsciously noticed and this was one of them that stood out to me the most . the last sentence — vaguely reminiscent to me of the way sentinel ( literally ) branded the mask of megatronus prime onto dee . his conviction : mask of megatronus , ergo , future decepticon logo !! sorry , nerding out , continuing on

aw . d'awww . pax really does take up a lot of space in dee's processor , huh ?

"I don’t need your help,” D-16 rolls his optics and gestures to his one card. “I’m a single placement away from winning already.”"

i keep seeing — okay wait let me rant sorry again but i dislike how people keep going " d-16 caught orion and megatron let go " d-16 and megatron are the SAME PERSON . megatron is just d-16 with better armor and a cannon . okay anyway i keep seeing hints of that unbridled personality . i cannot tell whether cogless d-16 is the " real " d-16 and his personality has just been " muffled " or if megatron is . but it feels doubtful that megatron is the " real " d-16 because that is a mech drunk on power . sometimes i wonder : if dee were born cogged , what would his disposition be ? would he still be aggressive once given the power to be ? sorry my thoughts are astray and i'm failing many attempts to connect them

"That’s…” D-16 resets his vocaliser. “That’s not fair!”

it is interesting to me that it is only until ORION is going through inequitable conditions courtesy of darkwing that d-16 finally says what he's been thinking internally .

"I’ll help you meet your quota." This time Orion’s laugh is one born from disbelief."

Nuthin interesting from me to add but it feels like ( from the way Orion is depicted ) the way Orion copes is similar to D-16 despite their different personalities . most people write him as an optimist but sometimes it genuinely seems as though there isn't much hope to be had , at least not realistically ( even optimists go through the blues and need some support , sometimes . take elita-one giving Orion a pep talk )

"Orion huffs, his smile widening. It looks painful on his face plates. // “You can’t,” Orion starts.."

orion goes with the flow and despite maybe not liking what's happening he is still a cogless miner and cogless miners ( from what I've seen ) generally have this " learned helplessness " mentality .

i like how instead of coolant tears its sparks of electricity as tears . tickles my brain . reminds me of how the person who made an irl book of my fic mentioned stars would be seen as hearts ( cartoon depiction ) to cybertronians . ooh . this could make for some great symbolism , in some way or another

the way dpax views their friendship as give and give and give and never take pains me greatly . because it is sweet and detrimental all at once .

"It didn’t seem worth the false hope." // “I’ll get a designation when the Matrix is found and we don’t have to mine anymore.” // “My designation won’t belong to a miner,” D-16 says, and his resolution burns his spark like an inferno. “It will belong to me.” // D-16 will die the day the Matrix returns and you’ll be reborn and I’ll be waiting for it."

AGAIN again again so many iterations of d-16 pushing away " dangerous ideas " even if he isn't even aware of the specifics of mentioned ideas . i like the subtleties of movie!dee's character development in this dialogue . it's all layered and maybe if i were more academically inclined i'd be able to parse through it all properly .

"One day he’s going to rip Darkwing’s spark out with his bare servos. He doesn’t know how, and doesn’t know when, but one day he will. And right after that he’s going to feed that still beating spark to Orion so he knows exactly what regret tastes like. "

i used to have a cannibalistic ex boyfriend . whenever we went on the subject , he always talked about cannibalism as a metaphor ( ...............in a literal sense , i guess ) for love . or care . with enough guilt tripping he made me feel bad enough to promise to let him eat some parts of me . my apologies for suddenly talking about something morbid !!! dee describing feeding orion darkwing's spark striked an interested nerve in me .

"I’m usually okay with running along with your delusions, Pax,”

ouch . i'm sure he did not mean it ( it , being calling orion's dreams delusions ) and he was afflicted by his anger but this will stay with orion for a long time . if not forever . his ranting . ooh boy . it feels like a lot of pent up frustration that not even he realized he had up until now , because before this i've been thinking d-16 was generally chill .

it is an interesting concept that when someone is comfortable enough with someone else , they will also be comfortable enough to hurt the other person . something something porcupine theory , forgot what it's called . i love how dee's anger is stopped cold in its tracks because orion doesn't seem like the type to feed into an argument . at all . especially not with his closest friend . the abrupt coldness from withdrawing anger , and the lack of willpower or fire to apologize or say anything back is written extremely well .

aww . that's cute , their first ki HEAD CREAK . QHAG DO UOU MEAN "" ITS NOT HIS FIRST INTERFACE "" THHEY INTERFACED THERE.?? INTERFACED AS IN THEY FUCKED . THEY FUCKED WHILE ANOTHER MECH WAS IN THE ROOM ????????????

uh oh . megatron namedrop . the dpax chapter was an interesting study and i am excited for what comes next .

sorry i know it's meant to be serious and symbolic but i can't take " ... that would make Prime’s air sticky and thick " seriously . megatron . really ?? ew , ,, freak 😦

ew ew megatron stop talking about licking keep your eugh urges to yourself

"And D-16 did that."

playing around with name switches are my favorite game , too .

the whole thing with megatron's anger surrounding optimus' surrender . it is fun to dissect . he is angry because optimus is taking what was meant to be megatron's enjoyment ( forced surrender ) and making it HIS choice . and even then he is so very unselfish in the way that he is not surrendering for his own satisfaction he is surrendering for the survival of his faction .

ooh . megatron accepted the surrender . there is that familiar mindset of " what are you even gonna do? " that i've seen with dee .

, starscream please stop talking about your execution as though it were a wedding ,

the necessity of a reminder that he hated ( or is supposed to hate ) optimus is painful .

" I should hate you."

i wish i had a field . it would be easier to show how this sentence causes me to feel .

"(The sight of him like this, alive but broken, half gone; it’s killing him slowly, this mental torment. This torture of the spark. Maybe he should tell Knockout to find a spare prosthetic. Find a replacement optic. Something. Anything to dissolve this shadow of a past that Megatron would rather forget.)"

oh megatron . even when it is optimus in pain , i can see selfishness in the way that he keeps optimus like /that/ . if megatron did not keep remembering orion's broken body , i wonder if he'd care at all ( maybe at least somewhat ... )

“Megatron,” Prime starts slowly, as if explaining the concept of transformation to a sparkling, “I have never drafted a legal loophole in any of our agreements.”

hah . ahahahah . idiots . tactical moron is a beautiful phrase .

BUFFOONS . IDIOTs . FOOLS . megatron if you do not kiss optimus prime i will take him for myself .

passive suicidal & self deprecating optimus prime is great . not sure if that was the intention but i love the way optimus just agrees with megatron for every threat .

cannibalism via the consumption of the spark , hooray !!

ugh . "I’d make you eat mine, so you understand just how much I hate you too.” just say you want to kiss . i am starting to think hate is just another allegory for love . dolts .

"you hate me, remember?" “I don’t hate you.”

this is reminiscent of the paragraph in the previous chapter where orion was going to get demoted for not completing his double-quota . again , it is only until orion [ optimus ] is open about his paining disposition that d-16 [ megatron ] is open about his own true feelings .

AHA HA HHA AAHHH AH THEYREKISSING

"“And now I am Lord High Protector,” Megatron purrs, leaning into Optimus so he can whisper into that sensitive finial, “isn’t that right, my Prime.”

nvm go back to hating loving each other you corny asses . GET A ROOM . PRIMUS .

alright that's all the energy i have . the fic was great . writing was amazing . thanks for recommending this . everyone say thank you psyche studies and AP english language for helping me parse through the fic !! 🙌🙌

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Does... does this implies that... Chilchuck is the tallest of them all...? If they were all haflings, it's oficial that yes. Now, look at me play my game.

Chilchuck is said to be tall for a hafling, and he is. The avarage would be 100 cms, and he's 110 Laios is a tallman, but he's also tall for his race (the average height is 180cm for men, he's 185).

Marcille is 160 (elves are 150 and tall men 170, so we good here, I'd say she's average too). Sehshi is 140, he's actually taller than the average for male dwarves (135). And Itzusumi is shorter than the avatage of female tallmen (170), being only 150.

So far, if they all changed to the same race at the same time, Itzusumi would always be the shortest, followed my marcille. Senshi and Laios should be around the same height since theyre both 5 cms taller than the avarage (I know that as haflings Laios is taller, maybe he keeps being taller than Senshi just because). And Chilchuck would be the tallest. He's 10 cms taller than the avarage of his race after all.

Might this useless information hunt you until the end of your days.

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"I didn't see the afterlife for nothing!"

The 8th Catch Phrase Grand Prix

Weekly Shounen Jump - WSJ N°25 (June 8, 1992)

Before continuing with the translations of Togashi's comments from the Table of Contents, I'd like to explain from where the anime's next episode preview catchphrase comes.

The "Catch Phrase Grand Prix" was a contest held by the WSJ in which the participants submitted a catchphrase that had to do with their favorite series from the magazine. The mangaka, in turn, would draw an illustration to match the phrase.

The winner of the 8th edition (June 1992 issue), Miss Tamiya, 17 years old, from Kumamoto Prefecture, won the contest with the catchphrase:

"I didn't end up seeing the afterlife for nothing!!"

「ダテにあの世は見ちゃいねぇ!!」

Date ni anoyo wa michai nee! !

Meaning that Yusuke didn't just die, but by seeing the other world, he learned a lot and became stronger.

The coolest thing is that the winner herself (@SelectShopHIKO) posted on Twitter that her catchphrase was selected almost 30 years ago, and it was used in the anime, which surprised her to no end.

To match the catchphrase, Togashi drew the above illustration of Yusuke in the afterlife, holding the kanabo, the mythical spiked club, a weapon that belongs to the oni (demon ogre). Standing right behind Yusuke are the Blue and Red Oni.

The oni are known in the japanese folklore as servants of the Great Lord Enma, ruler of Hell, and for wielding iron clubs with which they crush humans for enjoyment. For those familiar with Dragon Ball, blue and red oni also appear in this series.

In my opinion, this illustration shows that Yusuke won against the oni, took over their spiky club and became the new bigwig in the afterworld. He surely didn't see the afterlife for nothing!

This drawing was also used as cover of the Yu Yu Hakusho volume 8. According to Togashi's comments to the Artbook (2005), the red and blue oni's stances were modeled after two black guys he saw standing around like this in some music video or magazine, and thought they looked cool.

On October 10, 1992, the first episode of the anime aired on Japan's Fuji TV network. The catchphrase from the WSJ Grand Prix was borrowed, adapted a little bit, and employed in the next episode preview only as:

"I didn't see the afterlife for nothing!"

「ダテにあの世は見てねぇぜ！」

Date ni anoyo wa mitene~e ze!

(the japanese sentence-ending particle "ze-ぜ" was also added to change the tone to a more informal masculine speech, suiting more Yusuke's character)

The famous illustration served as inspiration for this scene from the first ending, "The Homework Doesn't End":

In episode 2, Atsuko also mentions dreaming about Yusuke fighting with the oni in the next world and becoming their leader. Also a reference to the illustration, in my opinion.

I don't know how it was translated in dubbed versions, but I've seen many people claiming that Atsuko predicted the future of the series by saying that Yusuke became the leader of the demons in hell. Please, do not misunderstand the afterlife (heaven or hell) with the Demon World (Makai) neither the oni, who work to Lord Enma, with the regular youkai, inhabitants of the Makai in the YYH series.

Lastly, how was the anime's catchphrase from the next episode preview translated in your country?

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Yu Yu Hakusho Mini Figure Collection Volume 1

In 2022, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the of the "Yu Yu Hakusho" anime, Studio Pierrot will release a minifigure collection!

Since it is called collection "vol.1", more volumes with other characters might be expected in the future.

Some stores like thechara.com are already taking reservations, from January 7, 2022 (Friday) to February 10, 2022 (Thursday).

Release date Scheduled to be released in June 2022 at anime stores and online shops.

Retail price

¥ 550 (tax included). 1 BOX with 6 pieces. It's a blind package, so you can complete all types in one box!

¥ 3,300 (tax included). 1 BOX with the 6 types.

6 types: Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Hiei, Kurama, Youko Kurama and Koenma

Size

Height: approx. 5 cm (including pedestal)

Material

ATBC-PVC

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Just some art of face expressions while also working on skin color.

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Togashi’s comments about Kazuma Kuwabara

About the character

Togashi: His surname comes from “kuwabara kuwabara”¹. After that, when I was trying to apply the kanji, I combined the letters from the names and last names of the two major star players of PL Academy². Being a mood maker, winning or losing is secondary. When he’s fighting, I felt he would raise the morale of the rest of the members. Kuwabara uses a sword in contrast to Yusuke’s “reigan” (spirit gun).

Note¹: “kuwabara kuwabara” (くわばら くわばら) is a famous Japanese saying to ward off lightning. Some say it is analogous to the English phrase “knock on wood” to prevent bad luck.

Note²: At the time, the two most famous baseball players in the PL (Perfect Liberty) High School in Osaka were Masumi Kuwata and Kiyohara Kazuhiro:

桑田 真澄 (Kuwata Masumi) = 桑 (Kuwa); 真(Ma)

清原 和博 (Kazuhiro Kiyohara) = 原 (Bara); 和 (Kazu)

The combination of the kanji from their surnames resulted in Kuwabara (桑原: mulberry field) and from their names in Kazuma (和真: true harmony).

Source: Yu Yu Hakusho Official Characters Book Reikai Shinshiroku. Reikai Records Part 2 - Main Characters Setting Comments, p.189, 2005.    

幽☆遊☆白書 公式キャラクターズブック 霊界紳士録 - 霊界調書 その2 メインキャラクター設定コメント

桑原和真 (くわばら かずま) 名字は「くわばら くわばら」から。その後で漢字を当ててみたら、PL学園出身の二大大スター選手の一字ずつをもらった形となったので、それじや名前の方ももと。ムードメーカーなので、勝敗は二の次で。彼が闘うことで残りのメンバーの士気が上がる感じにしました。桑原が刀を使うのは、幽助の霊丸と対比させての事。

出典: 公式キャラクターズブック 霊界紳士録

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Everyone has a favourite Takahashi work. Mine happens to be Maison Ikkoku. But, if I had to pick a single story, it would be this.

Rumic World : The Laughing Target (1987)

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The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law.

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Life saver

Describing Smell in Your Writing

Hey peeps! I recently went on a hunt to describe, specifically, how my hero smelled to my herione (since there’s a slow burn romance here… you can imagine how that went…)

I had to snoop around for some sites for ideas and options, so I thought I’d share them!

200+ Ways to Incorporate Scent

75 Words that Describe Smells

How to Describe the Sense of Smell in Your Writing

600+ ways to Describe Breath and Breathing

Describing How a Man Smells

A-Z of Common Fragrance Descriptions

24 Adjective Words to Describe Smell in Writing

How to Describe Setting Using Smell

Pro-tip:

From my research, and experience. Adding a few choice adjectives is great, but they could surprise us… Does your villain’s lair contradict expectations, and smell like fire and smoke and rose scented candles? Does your love interest smell of a memory, like fresh rain in summer? Does your nemesis smell of a concept, like the fear of god instilled in you as a child?

Smell and sound are such powerful elements of sensory immersion in writing. I’m looking forward to getting creative with scents and smells and I hope you are as well!

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💀... bruh

Your fourth most recent emoji predicts how much crazier 2020 will get for you

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Now this is how u do it bitch 😢

well i’ll be damned

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Hey, everyone! Due to the sudden influx of viewers on AO3, the site has had to modify some things, including the experience of guest users and how hits are counted on the site. This is not the fault of AO3 (they’re doing their best to keep things up and running for all of us), but if you’re a guest user following stories on AO3, PLEASE make sure to leave kudos for your authors to see. We understand it can be difficult to get an account on AO3 (probably more now with COVID-19 leaving people in their homes), but sudden drops in statistics can be inexplicable and disheartening.

Keep your heads up, people. We’re gonna get through this.

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Y’all active writeblrs out there, mind rb-ing this post? Dash is dying and could use some new mutuals of y’all are up for it 😉

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this whole discussion about a Mulan life-action baffles me. Like… I love the fun with Mushu and all but? Why do we need a Disney remake of the movie when there is

a pretty much epic

beautiful

actually Chinese version

with great characters

and Mulan’s more accurate story

readily available??? 

Since 2009??

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Oh shit!

The Ren & Stimpy Show

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Happiness Will Come To You.

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Ok but braids were there before slavery

this is amazing but it’s gonna go over yt people heads anyway