#(correct me if I’m wrong please Russian-speakers)

[littlexscarletxwitch]

── ༊*·˚⋆ 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹

paring: yelena belova x fem!reader

tag(s): fluff, short blurb, sfw (despite the second intentions of the title lol)

warning(s): yelena being a hottie (?), mentions of using a gun, mentions of using a knife (nothing explicit tho), not proofread, unedited.

word count: 0.3k

note: HELLO, LITTLE STARSHINES. I'm sooo sorry I haven't been posting anything at all. And I'm also sorry that this is not the fic that I was supposed to post, but lately I've been lacking motivation to write and then this little fic came to my brain and it just happened. Also, for the russian words, I used google translator and my knowledge from reading fanfiction, so please correct me if I'm wrong. (I wanna learn russian so bad). Hopefully y'all will like it. I'm not an english native speaker, so please let me know about any sort of mistake <3

requests are open! + check my rules here + masterlist <3

⇨ Detka: baby - Moya lyubov: my love - Malyshka: little girl

You felt your fingers wrapped tightly around the cold metal, sending shivers down your spine. 

“Okay, that’s good. Just relax a bit, detka,” you felt Yelena’s hot breath in your ear. 

You shook your head, trying to shake all the butterflies away in your stomach because of her closeness. She was right behind you, her head on your shoulder, her hands on top of yours adjusting them properly around the gun you were holding. 

“The trick for a perfect aim is practice, of course. But it also helps if you imagine someone you strongly dislike as the bullseye,” you chuckled, feeling your body relaxing a bit. “I’m serious, Y/n. It really helps.”

“But I don’t hate anyone.”

“Yeah, I figure. You are way too pure to hate anyone,” she kissed your left cheek, you felt your skin getting warmer under her soft lips. “Okay, just take a deep breath,” you did as you were told. “Close your eyes and let your body relax, focus on your breathing.”

You breathed in through your nose and out through your mouth, feeling your heartbeat getting back to its regular rate. 

“Okay, that’s good, moya lyubov',” you felt her hands on your stomach as she felt your breathing. “Once you are ready, just take the shot.”

You opened your eyes, determined for the bullet to hit the tin a few meters away from you. You closed your right eye, trying to aim for it, and pulled the trigger. 

“Wow, that’s impressive,” you heard Yelena chuckling behind you as she looked at the hole in the tin. “Good job, pretty girl,” she took the gun from your hands and placed a kiss on your forehead. You closed your eyes, and leaned into her touch, wrapping your arms around her. 

You rested your head on her chest, breathing in her scent, feeling comfort in it. She smelled like fresh rain and the woods around the two of you, you could also smell the faint bourbon on her lips. 

“Can you teach me how to use a knife next?” you looked up at her, mischief filling your eyes. 

“Yeah, sure. Anything you want, malyshka.”

Likes, comments and reblogs are appreciated! <3

-M

[cornedbread]

Billy’s Uncle and Billy’s Girlfriend, I need to get around to drawing more of Billy’s loved ones Billter knew what he was doing when he made those designs and I am eating it up. Yeah I gave Billy’s girlfriend dwarfism (is it obvious I don’t know how to draw midgets). Which might seem strange BUT ALSO, she is so short in-game, I had to make her taller in the drawings.

Also! The Captain Gonzalo side-view was supposed to be a re-draw of Ebigeso’s drawing :) So credit to her for the inspiration, please check her out she’s very cool and is the reason why I’m into BBEG so much.

(I’m trying out a different writing style for Tumblr posts, longer text descriptions since there’s no word limit (unlike Twitter). And since there’s no word limit I might as well use it to my advantage? Hope you guys enjoy the more wordy & ramble-filled format!)

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

Okay I was supposed to take a break from the dubbing analysis so I’m going to stretch it a little and instead analise the original dubbing of a cartoon... Since it literally includes Polish. I'll still drop a few fun facts about the Polish dub tho.

I’m talking about Martha Speaks season 1 episode 10b “Bye Martha” so get ready cause this will be incomprehensible:

*And also I have to say I was so baffled when I heard about this episode just… where did the idea to use Polish come from. How. What. Why.

*I’ll start off by explaining what the episode is about since I don’t expect you people to actually watch it – in a scheme to steal Martha, two bad guys switch her regular alphabet soup (that allows her to speak English) with a Polish one. Now, since you couldn’t do this concept in Polish since, you know, they all speak Polish in the Polish dub, instead it got changed to French.

*Still, here's the links if you're really bored in life, English version and Polish dub

*Also this is the first time I watched Martha Speaks in English

*Sorry this analysis will be much sloppier than the other ones since this is really just for fun

*First change between dubs is that there is a scene where Bad Guy #1 (Otis) watches Bad Guy #2 (Pablum) take the alphabet soup cans from a Polish shop and for a moment the frame shows the Polish shop in the focus. To escape confusion this one scene simply got cut from the Polish version.

*Also I’m fascinated by the idea of Polish alphabet soup. Do they have “ą”s and “ę”s and “ż”s there? Did they make separate noodles for the digraphs? Can I write “żółć” with noodles? Does it taste like the instant tomato soup from amino???

*Okay so Otis dresses up as a “Polish lady” and goes to Martha’s owner family and at first I was like, oh okay the accent is fine, we have some hard “r”s and an “I yam” very nice… and then the “zis” and “zat” came in

*A word of explanation, yes, I know that exchanging “th” with “z” has became the standard western way to portray most European accents but when it comes to Poland, this is NOT a thing. This is an accent I’ve heard Ukrainians and Russians have, but never from a Polish person and I have heard my grandma pronounce “ticket” as “tyket”. For Polish people it’s more common to turn “this” into “dis” or in some rare cases “fis” since we don’t have the “th” sound in Polish and this is how we’re taught to pronounce it

*And then

*It happened

*”SASHA!”

*Come on this such an obvious Russian name! Please we’re already past ‘89 acknowledge we’re different countries!

*Though this spoilers the plot twist that foils Otis’ plan if you know a thing or two about Russian names, since if you do, you know that Sasha is actually a male name, specifically a diminutive of the name Aleksandr. This hints to the fact that Otis thinks Martha is a male dog and that ignorance leads to his plan failing.

*Of course I’m not Russian do Amuel if you’re reading this and I’m wrong please correct me

*Okay tho I have to say I love the word “dogling” and it’s pretty realistic since as a Pole, I can confirm that the lack of diminutives in English really bugs me and I’m tempted to do stuff like this all the time

*”Back when you were just a little puppyshka back in Poland” is a hilarious sentence, because this is a clearly Russified diminutive and yet the speaker still claims to be from Poland. Fascinating.

*And then instead of “yes” the fake Polish Lady answers “ja”

*This is were I decided to not get offended by the creators mistaking Polish for Russian because it became obvious they had no idea what they were doing

*Should I get offended that Otis/Fake Polish Lady says they are too poor to afford a camera? (Or a picture machine as he for some reason calls it)

*Honestly after that one X-men movie, no, I don’t think I will

*”Ni” does not, in fact, mean “no”, in fact this word doesn’t exist unless in some pretty specific and mostly archaic cases

*It should be “nie” just so you know

*Fun fact instead of just “dog license place” in Polish they use the actual name “Kennel Club” and this is actually common in Polish dubbings to use names of actual organizations and stuff

*They use an actual idiom “nie ujdzie im to na sucho”! It means basically “they won’t get away with that (although it doesn’t really connect fluidly with the English first part of the sentence it’s used it, but hey, at least it’s not a direct translation of the English idiom)

*Big props for Martha’s VA for learning those three sentences in Polish. It might sound ironic but that’s actually impressive so good for her

*Still, pronouncing “zupę” as “żupę” is extremely funny XD

*Sigh, I know you don’t have a hard “y” in Polish but it really sounds like they’re saying Christina instead of Krystyna, which I imagine it was supposed to be

*Absolutely bad representation. A self respecting Pole wouldn’t get the police at people

*JP100%

*Though Fake Polish Lady is supposed to be elderly so there’s 50/50 chance she’s communist and then that checks out

*Was- Was “Leczałski” supposed to be “Lechowski”????

*PLEASE remember that Polish “w” is always pronounced as “v” I’m even willing to ignore the “ch/h” problem then

*Okay but “Christina” actually has a pretty nice accent, I like the way she says “Englisz”

*And “diktionari” <3

*Also the use of “to dobrze” for “hooray” is such a funny concept because- it literally means “that’s good” this is the least enthusiastic thing they could’ve used XD

So to conclude, I like how they handled this in the Polish dubbing, I’m no French expert but I’m pretty sure they used better sentences than Americans in their dub and even if the accent is stereotypical, at least it’s stereotypical for the right country.

And in the original, they once again mixed up Polish and Russian, at which I would be more offended if I didn’t know it comes from ignorance and not malice. So I’m disappointed but not surprised. Still, there are some Watsonian ways to explain a lot of inaccuracies (for example Fake Polish Lady having wrong accent and using Russianizations because Otis doesn’t know a thing about Poland) and it’s still better than X-men Apocalypse so I can’t really complain.

That really was an Experience tho.

[young-dumb-and-vaccinated]

The Sommelier (Hannigram x Female!Reader) pt. 19

The plot fucking thickens.

@dovahdokren @lov3vivian @deadman-inc-bikeshop @scpdragon @wisesandwichshark

Trigger warnings: implied racism, religiously motivated violence, kidnapping

“So I heard you’re a civilian consultant for the FBI now?” Charissa said through the receiver. “That’s exciting. Are you being paid?” 

“Yeah, actually.” You sat up on the bed. “It isn’t a ton, but it’s enough to get by until I can go back to work.” 

She groaned. “Why would you want to come back to work here?”

“Well, for one,” You laughed. “I’d get to see my best friend in person.” 

“Are you sure you can’t give me just a little hint as to where you’re hiding out?” She pleaded. “No pressure, but you left your umbrella at the restaurant and it’s just been sitting in my car this whole time.” 

“Oh shit, I was wondering where that was.” You held the phone between your shoulder and your ear so you could reach for a Russian chocolate from Hannibal’s bedside table. You popped one through your lips and held it in your cheek. “Thanks dude.” 

You could hear the smirk on Charissa’s face. “So did you ever get the sommelier to call you?”

You wanted so badly to tell your best friend every juicy detail, but your acute paranoia held you back. You couldn’t risk putting making Hannibal and Will targets. But then again, it was Charissa. 

“You’d better not tell anyone about this or else I’ll sever your spine with my goddamn teeth.” You threatened. 

Your friend’s ears perked up. “Go on.” 

You looked around the room for any sign of Hannibal and to make sure Will hadn’t gotten home yet. When you knew the coast was clear, you cupped your hand over the speaker. “We totally just fucked.” 

Charissa pretended to be shocked. “Oh my god, I could have never seen that coming!” 

“But that’s not all.” You shushed her. “The guy that saved me from getting blown up, the FBI agent, I’m sleeping with him too!” 

“You slut!” She cursed, playfully. “I didn’t think you had it in you to sneak around.” 

“No, no!” You whispered. “That’s the best part! They’re into each other too. So we have, like, an agreement.” 

“Like a throuple?” 

“Not ‘like’ a throuple.” You corrected. “Just a throuple.” 

“Dayum, girl.” She said. “You truly have become the alpha female.” 

“Darling?” Hannibal called out from downstairs. He sounded worried.

“Is that him?” Charissa asked. “Are you with him right now?” 

“Okay, goodbye.” You said before abruptly ending the call. 

You descended the stairs and found him in the living room. “What’s wrong?” 

He said nothing, letting the television answer you. 

“At approximately six this evening, Evangelical pastor Calvin J. Armitage was arrested for firing the first shot in what would become a deadly shootout with the FBI.” The anchor said. “Entering the megachurch premises to ask questions about the still-open Baltimore Butcher case, Agent Crawford of the Behavioral Science Unit is on site for an exclusive interview.” 

Jack looked deeply shaken, and had blood stained all over his jacket. He drew in a deep breath before speaking. 

“Special agent Graham and I arrived at the church with the intention of asking Pastor Armitage about his relationship to Chase Mulvaney.” He began. “He was compliant to begin with, then became defensive. He then called the local police, claiming that a-” 

Jack paused, a look of slight disgust on his face for what he was about to say. 

“-A large black man posing as a federal agent was threatening him.” He finished. “He then held us at gunpoint until the police showed up. While I verified my identity to the chief, Pastor Armitage opened fire, shooting me once in the shoulder, then ran. Special Agent Graham went after him. Then both men disappeared. We believe Armitage is holding Graham hostage, but upon further inspection, we have seen no signs of either man in the church.” 

You covered your mouth with your fingertips, too afraid to acknowledge anything with words. Hannibal gently placed his hand on your leg and looked into your eyes.

"Listen to me, [F/N]." He said, desperation in his voice. "You need to tell me what you and Will figured out from the investigation, and fast. Any information at all could tell where he might have taken him."

"The Blue Ridge mountains." You answered with more certainty than was warranted. "He took Will to the mountains just like in Borrasca."

"That's over six hundred miles of land, not including altitude." Hannibal pointed out. 

You pressed your fingers to your temples in attempt to slow your thoughts. “You think I don’t know that?” 

“Please, just tell me anything about Chase that could narrow it down.” He pleaded. 

“He has a ministry.” You blurted out. “In the Blue Ridge Mountains. Something luxurious, meant for Christian women.” 

Hannibal bolted to the office to find his computer. “That’s a start. Keep going.” 

You snapped your fingers to try and kickstart your memory. “Chase is a narcissist, but not a creative one. He stole his title from NXIVM and his cult personality from Handmaid’s Tale. I think that means he doesn’t understand satire.” 

Hannibal’s fingers danced across the keyboard, filling the silent house with frantic clicking. “That also means the name of his ministry might be a thinly-veiled reference to something he doesn’t understand as well. What else?” 

You tugged at your hair. “I don’t know, how far could he have gotten in the last three hours?” 

“It doesn’t take very long to get from the city to the mountains.” Hannibal answered. “They could be anywhere by now.” 

You groaned. “We don’t have that kind of time. Hold on a minute, let me get my laptop.” 

Unsurprisingly, Chase had scrubbed the internet clean of every trace of himself. You were forced to read between the lines. You scoured every ex-fundamentalist forum you could find. You posted on every subreddit that had anything to do with evangelical ministries. You opened dozens of tabs with everything from a PDF of the Handmaid’s Tale to case files of class action lawsuits in Frederick County. 

Minutes turned into hours and the hours stacked up. You had to hit yourself in the face every time you felt yourself drifting off. 

“What are you doing?” Hannibal asked, after a particularly loud slap. 

“Trying to keep myself awake.” You said over a poorly-timed yawn. You knocked yourself against the temple a few more times. “Come on you sack of shit, wake up.” 

Hannibal snatched you by the wrist. "Stop that this instant."

"Why should I?" You said, on the verge of angry tears. "Will is probably fucking dead and it's my fault, so yeah, I'm a sack of shit."

"Don't say that." Hannibal tightened his grip on your wrist. "He's not dead and it is certainly not your fault."

"I can't sleep knowing Chase took him." You admitted. "I just can't."

Hannibal sat down next to you. He cupped your face in his hand and rolled the tears away from your cheeks.

Hannibal opened his computer. "We'll sleep in shifts. Send me everything you have so far. You'll sleep better knowing I'm looking for him."

"Fine." You said, dumping a handful of links into a document and sending it to his email. You decided to go to sleep right there on the couch with your laptop in arm's reach, so when your shift was up, you could get straight back to work. You drifted off to the ambient noises of Hannibal typing away.

You woke up to your text notification sound.

[meyerlansky]

oh??? there's a switch from formal to familiar you between daniil and artemy?? hidden by the translation from english speakers like myself? do I hear that right?

with the caveat that i am also an english player [and if i get anything wrong here russian players please feel free to correct me] APPARENTLY THERE IS

in the conversation in the theater about the cathedral and steppe words, the branch of the tree that goes like this in the english version:

D: […] So don't laugh at me either, dear colleague. What's the word… "erdem"?

A: Holy shit… Sorry, excuse my language. So you've checked, then?

D: You don't have to watch your tongue with me. Yes, I've checked. […]

the corresponding lines in the russian dialogue doc are:

D: […] Так что и вы не смейтесь надо мной, коллега. Как вас там... эрдэм.

A: Ты проверял?.. То есть... вы проверяли?

D: Можно и на ты. Да, проверял. […]

so from what i can tell with liberal application of google translate, instead of cursing and saying “excuse my language,” in the russian version artemy switches from the formal you [вы] to the informal you [Ты] after daniil calls him “erdem,” but corrects himself back to the formal, and then daniil, instead of saying “you don’t have to watch your tongue with me,” says “we can switch to Ты”

i’m not sure how intense the formal/informal split is in russian, but from what i can tell they are almost completely formal up until this conversation: from a cursory flip through the dialogue doc, i dooon’t think daniil uses Ты for artemy any earlier than this conversation—artemy uses it when he’s pissed off or insulting daniil, but otherwise he uses вы up til this conversation as well

i’m definitely biased because this is my favorite conversation the two of them have in the entirety of p2, mostly because i do think it comes across in the english translation that this is a tipping point in their relationship: daniil doesn’t strike me as the type to be self-deprecating like the “arrogant fool” comment with someone he doesn’t trust, artemy doesn’t shoot him down over it, and i have an ENTIRE other post’s worth of thoughts on the whole discussion about words in the Steppe language [tl;dr artemy’s willing to share and daniil’s willing to learn, which is A Lot for both of them]. but i looove knowing that there’s an actual verbal shift in the russian text, it makes this interaction so much better

[cevans16]

Choosing Between Two Loves Part 10 ~ Zemo

Summary: You were a Goddess named (Y/N), who had powers similar to Thor and even stronger, you joined the Avengers back when Loki had tried to take over New York. You were great friends with most of them. Tony Stark was someone you were always in love with even though you knew you could never have him. However that all changes when you get to know a certain super soldier....

You had refused to go meet Zemo where he had been locked up, Sam told you that Bucky didn’t even let him go to see Zemo. You were chilling with Sam when Bucky called you to meet him in some secret location. 

“What do you think Zemo told him?” Sam asked you on the way there. “I don’t know, to be honest I don’t care, Zemo is part of the reason why the Avengers...you know...fell apart” you said, “I get that but he does know about HYDRA and all that, I guess we shall see” Sam said. 

You and Sam walked inside a garage where Bucky had been waiting for the both of you. 

“So?” Sam asked, “Hypothetically speaking...” Bucky said, he then started explaining about someone being able to break out easily from prison. You were putting two and two together, hoping you were wrong. “When you say hypothetically, what do you-” you were going to ask Bucky however you were interrupted by someone else walking into the garage. You squinted your eyes, blinking constantly to make sure you were seeing the correct person standing in front of you, Zemo.

“Are you out of your mind?!” Sam yelled at Bucky, you were too in shock to see Zemo after all these years. You walked over to him, a deathful glare on your face, “Zemo, there’s not a barricade between us now” you spat at him, “(Y/N), please come here” Bucky asked you. “I can’t believe you Bucky” you kept saying to him, meanwhile Sam was going on about how the Wakandans will come after Zemo as well.

“Sam, you had Steve’s back all these years, being on the run and stuck out your neck for ME” Bucky said, “I’m asking you to do it again please”, Sam didn’t say anything else, only slightly nodded his head. 

Bucky then turned to you, his face had a softer look, “(Y/N)...”, “I didn’t stick out my neck for you or Steve soooo..” you said to him, “I know, you had your reasons, why you were loyal to Stark no matter what I don’t know why, what kind of friendship you guys had I don’t know and don’t care, I know I’m not ....Tony Stark but I’m asking you to please trust me” he said, you stayed silent for a few minutes, looking over at Sam and Bucky then at Zemo, you sighed, “Okay but if he pulls anything I will not hesitate” you said, “Really though Bucky, I want to punch you” you said walking away to follow Zemo out of the garage. “That went more well than I thought” you heard Bucky say to Sam, “Don’t push it!” you yelled.

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The four of you headed toward Zemo’s private plane, apparently he was a very rich man, “I’m a Baron, my family came from royalty until your friends and you decided to blow up my country” Zemo said, all you did was roll your eyes. 

You sat down across from Zemo, looking around the plane, to be honest you didn’t feel safe but you wanted to trust Bucky and seeing Sam being okay eased you. Bucky got aggravated when Zemo asked about a name in his little book, according to Sam it first was Steve’s notepad until he gifted it to Bucky. You realized that the names on there were people Bucky wanted to make amends with, you looked over Bucky’s shoulder to get a skim of the names, you didn’t recognize any of them. 

“We have to change to look the part, we’re heading to Madripoor” Zemo said, it had been almost a century since you had gone to that place, for good reason, it was a lawless place. 

Zemo helped the guys with changing their outfits, “I didn’t bring anything with me” you said to Zemo, “Follow me” he said, you got up to follow him into the closet, “You will wear....ahh this” he said showing you a burgundy fitted dress, the length stopped at mid thigh, with a low cleavage, however it did have long sleeves, it was beautiful but you didn’t say that to Zemo. You changed in the closet, changing your boots for black high heels. Walking back towards your seat, you could feel Bucky’s eyes on you, looking you up and down subtly since you weren’t much for dressing with tight and revealing clothes. Sam caught the way Bucky was looking at you, he couldn’t wait to tease Bucky about it later. 

“You have the same fashion sense for women as Tony Stark” you said to Zemo, this time he was the one to roll his eyes at you. 

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The plane landed on the other side of town, giving you all time to arrive in the city without looking suspicious. You stood beside Sam while you waited for a car to pick you guys up, it would then take you into town. Zemo had warned you all to be on your best, there was no room for error especially in Madripoor. Once the car arrived, you got in the back with Sam and Bucky, taking the middle seat. You were slightly nervous, lightly bouncing your right leg when you felt Bucky’s hand on your knee, he didn’t say anything to you but gave you a soft smile.  

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You walked inside a packed bar, heading straight to get a drink. The bartender made Sam a drink that was the usual for the person that Sam was impersonating. Unfortunately it had a piece of snake in it as the bartender literally opened it in front of you to prep the drink for Sam. 

“Mhmmm, didn’t you say you wanted to try this next time you came here” Sam said to you, you looked at Sam hoping that he was kidding, you were going to decline but remembered about what Zemo said, “Right, you’re right, I didn’t think it would be so soon, I’ll have the same” you said to the bartender. While he made the drink for you, you intensely stared back at Sam who was smirking. You grabbed the drink taking a deep breath, clinking your glass with Sam’s before chugging it, it was the most disgusting thing as you could feel the slime-y texture slide down your throat. “Can I have one of those” you asked the bartender, pointing to whiskey, you took a shot to take away the aftertaste of the original drink. 

A stranger walked up to Zemo whispering something in his ear, then Zemo whispered something to Bucky. Zemo then spoke in Russian to Bucky, Bucky looked over at you and within a few moments he moved quickly to grab the stranger’s neck, he moved him over pushing him onto a table until Zemo whispered to him again. Sam walked over to put his hand on Bucky but let go when Zemo looked at him. All you did was observe around you just in case it all went downhill. “Selby will see you” the bartender suddenly announced. Bucky pulled back, you heard Sam check in on him while you walked ahead following Zemo. Acting like the Winter Soldier couldn’t have been easy for him.

You were led into a private room, where this Selby person was meeting you all. She was an older woman with short platinum blonde hair, she looked evil. She eyed you up and down, “You look exactly like (Y/N)” she said to you close to your face. You didn’t say anything since Zemo immediately asked her about the serum, she gave him a name, Nagel. Zemo offered Bucky to her, she smiled, “If I get the girl too” she said standing up to look at you again, “I would be unstoppable if I had these two” she continued motioning to you and Bucky, “You would be a dangerous duo, you...I know about your past and you my dear.....a doppelganger of (Y/N), a stunning woman....is a dangerous one” she said running her finger along your collarbone. Sam’s cell vibrated loudly interrupting the conversation, “Answer it...on speaker” she said to Sam. It was his sister, the conversation was going well, she was talking about an incident at the bank, until she had to say Sam’s name, blowing your guys cover. Selby yelled but then was shot and killed, who did it, you had no idea. “We have to go!” Zemo yelled. 

The four of you ran out, within an instant you all started getting shot at. Zemo was nowhere to be seen so it was Sam, Bucky, and you running for your lives. You stopped on a corner crouching down behind a car, you lifted your dress to reach for your gun that you had on your thigh holster, to be honest you hated guns but in this time it was the best weapon. You shot and killed three that were after you, unfortunately you ran out of ammunition. “Hang on” you heard a woman’s voice and two more gunshots. The woman appeared, you had seen her at the bar but hadn’t seen her face, her voice sounded familiar. She took off her hoodie, it was Sharon Carter. 

“Sharon? What are YOU doing here?” Sam asked in disbelief, “I’m enemy of the state remember, I stole the shield for Steve and your wings for you, so I could save your ass from his ass” pointing to Bucky, “from his ass” then pointing to Zemo. “Nice to see you (Y/N), you haven’t aged a bit” she said smiling at you, “come on I have a place in Hightown where you’ll be safe for now at least”. 

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Sharon let you guys inside her beautiful home, she said if she was going to be branded as a criminal that she would at least enjoy it. Thankfully she additionally gave you guys new clothes to change out of, you found a nice navy jumpsuit similar to the one she was wearing. “This....is better” you said showing Zemo the new outfit, he only chuckled as he was pouring himself another drink. You grabbed the bottle of whiskey and sat next to Bucky while Sam was picking out a new shirt. “Haven’t you had a little too much?” Zemo asked you, “Could say the same for you” you replied, “alcohol doesn’t affect me at least not here, this is when I really wish Thor was here with his Asgardian Meade” you said, Sam bursted out laughing, “Okay....but didn’t you get wasted at Stark’s party one time, wasn’t that you making out with Steve at that party” he asked and then regretted it, it wasn’t you though. You felt Bucky tense beside you, “Uhmm no, I was with Tony the whole time. That was not me, that was the assistant from Stark Industries, I would never make out with Steve Rogers.....no offense Sharon” she playfully smacked your shoulder, “What is YOUR type then?” she asked teasingly, “Oh she likes assholes apparently and super soldiers....just not the blonde ones” Sam replied, “SAM!” you yelled, “What I’m just stating on what I have observed” luckily for you he didn’t continue, you also saw a smile on Bucky’s face the whole time after. 

“Sharon come back to the States with us” Sam said once he was fully clothed, “I’ll clear your name” he added. “What I don’t understand is how you ended up here? You helped Steve” you asked her, “Yeah I didn’t have the Avengers to back me up” she replied, “Hey Sharon I was on the run too” Sam intervened, “I was in Wakanda” Bucky said, “And I was locked up” Zemo added. You were looking at your drink when you felt a pair of eyes looking at you, when you looked up, it was four pairs of eyes, “hey don’t get mad at ME because I didn’t have to run” you said, “not to be mean but if you had been on team Iron Man this wouldn’t have happened, Tony could be a dick...Sam fix your face, but he made sure we were all good; where we lived, our....criminal record, and financially” you added implying on the last part. “I still don’t understand your past with Stark” Zemo said, “Watch it Zemo”

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The party at Sharon had begun, while she figured out where Nagel was and sold to her clients, the rest of you tried to enjoy the party. You walked to the bar to grab another drink with Sam, Bucky was looking around, Zemo was surprisingly dancing. A handsome young man walked up to you, offering to get you a drink, you were about to decline, when you saw Bucky stand next to you, “She’s with me.....sorry” he said putting his hand on the guys shoulder. “Really?” you said, “What? Everyone needs to stop hitting on you!” he replied.

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You guys went over to see the Nagel man the next morning, everything you needed to know was going well until you were attacked by people who wanted Selby’s money found you all. Sharon did amazing in holding them back, Zemo shot and killed Nagel, the place you were in exploded, Zemo again was nowhere to be found, until he finally arrived in a flashy classic car. Sam asked Sharon to come with you all again but she refused, only telling him to get her criminal record pardoned. You arrived back in Europe, the Flag Smashers were recently spotted there and their leader Karli was the one who stole the last of the serum. You were on your way to Zemo’s place close to them, somehow along the way Sokovia came up in the conversation, “Have you been to the memorial that they built?” Zemo asked you three, “No” both Bucky and Sam replied, “Yeah I didn’t think so” Zemo said, “I have a few times” you said to him, surprising the three of them. “I felt bad about everything that happened in Sokovia, the least I could do is pay my respects and help build the memorial” you explained, “You helped build it?” Zemo asked, “Yes, physically and financially, not all of us are bad Zemo, none of us are, we tried to do our best with the situation. After some time off, Tony helped me set up a small Stark Industries in Europe, I’m not going to tell you where but it’s here and it’s here to help others” you said. 

[gayregis]

boppinrobin replied to your post: “Question. Part 1. Hi. I like your blog and your analytical analysis of books,”

aauuuughhh tysm for ur analysis as always

thank you for reading and liking it!!

arinasassymessi replied to your post: “Question. Part 1. Hi. I like your blog and your analytical analysis of books,”

Thank you again for your response! I wrote anonymously because I was a little embarrassed by my English, but to be honest, I've been reading your blog for a very long time, and I've always wanted to discuss some topics with you. Thank you, I feel more confident now. First of all, I apologize for the fact that I considered this scene pro-life.

The thing is, I've reread the witcher books countless times (mostly because of Regis, lol). And if in the first times I was so fascinated by the plot and characters that I did not notice any obvious sexist/homophobic moments, then after rereading the books more consciously, I caught very unpleasantly, conservative motives, which Sapkowski is not shy about.

I remember that the first time this scene, even though it caused a bit of misunderstanding, still touched me with its warmth and how Geralt emotionally supported Milva, helping her make a rather difficult decision. And the way Regis was pleased with his actions, smiling at him, awww.

But after studying the books in more detail and the messages that Sapkowski puts in them, it seems to me that I began to see a catch everywhere. At first, I was also delighted to learn about Ciri's relationship with Mistle, wow, progressive author, LGBTQ+ representation! But after seeing this relationship "live," I felt cheated, and since then, I have returned to this scene with Milva.

I thought, oh no, isn't everything here the same as I believed? Most of all, I was afraid of Regis because he is my comfort character, the voice of reason, and a progressive medic. Does Sapkowski put pro-life ideas in his mouth?.. After a couple of discussions with friends, this fear only took root.

However, after reading your in-depth analytical analysis, I agreed with it, looking at the facts in a new way, and was glad that my first guesses and feelings from this scene were close to the truth. Now I can rest in peace, lol.

About "medicament/medicine" and "agent." I have read books in Russian, and now I am rereading "Baptism of Fire" in English to practice. I think the difference between the words "medicament" and "agent" in English is somewhat unclear, and it is impossible to say precisely which of them has a negative connotation.

Both of them sound entirely neutral and normal to me, but again, I'm not a native speaker, correct me if I'm wrong. In Russian, instead of the word "agent," we have the word "snadobye" (the closest translation is 'potion,’ and in Polish, it is 'ziola’). And while "medicament" means only medicine, a remedy, the word "snadobye" can also mean medicine, but has more folk properties (?).

It is brewed from herbs and a synonym to a potion/drug — a poisonous, magical, and forbidden drink, usually attributed to witches and wizards. For me, Geralt's refusal to use the word "medicament" — neutral and scientific-medical — in favor of a word that has a more magical/negative connotation seemed rather strange. But again, this is just my guess.

I consider the Russian translation closer to the Polish one because it belongs to the same language group, but I don't have access to the original to check what words were used there. In any case, I think that since Geralt decided to use one instead of the other, they should differ in some way, but it is not known in favor of which word this works. I also like your version.

I also had a lot of questions about Milva and her actions. She's probably my second favorite character after Regis, and I didn't understand her actions until a certain point. She was not satisfied with a woman's position in her society, so instead of the usual role, she decided to participate in Geralt's journey?

I was also not very clear about their conversation and Geralt's conclusion: "someone else's child for your own, life for life." Why? After all, she could stay in Brokilon and give birth, but if she didn't want a child, she could have an abortion (for example, she rather cruelly compared her child to young wasps that eat caterpillar alive).

Recently, the Russian Witcher community posted a short theory that Milva was in love with Geralt and therefore went after him. Milva's thoughts in Brokilon speak in favor of this — she finds Geralt attractive (although she felt something similar for Cahir when they were waiting for Geralt and Buttercup to be released from prison at night).

*not Buttercup (have no idea what is it), JASKIER

Also, their conversation outside Regis' hut at night, when Milva bitterly remarked that Geralt needed another woman — a scholar, a wise one, a beloved one (Yennefer), desire to get emotional support exactly from Geralt and and insisting on his presence during the miscarriage, her further refusal to marry the baron, and perhaps Sapkowski's sometimes ANNOYING idea that any woman should go crazy in Geralt's company. But again, these are just guesses, and I would be interested to hear your opinion.

I also didn't know that tumblr has a word limit in comments, so my replays look pretty stupid now, lol.

yes!! i also read the books first just for the plot and then went back and later, when my mind was clearer, noticed a lot more of political views in the writing. it’s the fact that a lot of sapkowski’s other takes are shitty (re: feminity, lgbt individuals and relationships), or at least come off as shitty because they are not explicit enough to actually be a progressive opinion, compounded with the fact that the scene with milva is not very clear on exactly what regis is asking geralt, why he is polling them, why geralt is upset, or what they even intend to do. i think also, because the subject is so important and people have very intense opinions about it, it makes you nervous to see it come up in a fictional story, even if the author is promoting a good message - it’s the feeling you described of, “oh no, isn't everything here the same as i believed?” 

and yeah, you’re right, in english i’d say medicament and agent both have neutral connotations, “agent” to me sounds more scientific, somehow? like it would be used in an experiment? i think i have usually heard it more in descriptions of products, like “cleansing agent” in relation to something dealing with chemistry... but then again, i am not a scientist, doctor, beautician, etc...

and about milva - agree, i love her too :D!! these are my personal opinions and takes on her character motivations but:

i think her ‘not being satisfied with a [traditional] woman’s role in society’ extends beyond not being satisfied, it’s being disgusted with it - in tower of the swallow, she describes how she as a teenager experienced sexual assault at the hands of her stepfather, and her mother didn’t do anything (assumedly because of the societal roles involved, and you can (unfortunately) see this occur in real life as well, mothers don’t protect their daughters from the men they stay with). milva beats him to death and runs away, and never goes back to that life. additionally, in baptism of fire, she talks about her name - milva, and why she changed it, and she says that her original name, maria, along with a lot of other “feminine-sounding” names beginning with M (this is at least what i got out of it, they sound like sweet names given to peasant girls), get your ass pinched in taverns (this is my best recollection of the quote). 

it’s clear that she has not only experienced discomfort, but really just blatant violence at the hands of “traditional feminity/women’s societal roles,” and so she goes to rely on only herself at first, hunting in lower sodden, and then finally being ‘adopted’ (kind of) by brokilon and eithne, becoming affiliated with them and working for them and the scoia’tael. this makes sense to me, because of course brokilon is a matriarchy, and the elves are mentioned to raise (and thus, treat) male and female elves the same way.

i won’t rule out that sapkowski intended for milva to have romantic interest in geralt, but i think that even if he did, it wasn’t interesting and i disagree with that direction for her character. my takes continued are that:

re:  "someone else's child for your own, a life for life." in this conversation, she talks to geralt about the differences between “milva” and “maria,” her two identities that seem to be at ends with each other. she didn’t want to stay in brokilon to have the child, because by societal means, she is no longer a “woman” in the traditional sense - she’s milva, not maria - she kills, she laughs as she pulls out the arrowheads from corpses, etc., like her chosen name, ‘milva,’ she is a red kite, a bird of prey. 

she doesn’t fit the societal expectations of a woman, and was never trained in being a mother (she ran away from home as a teenager, she hasn’t done ‘traditional woman things’ like keep house and cook, raise and deal with children, weave (?) and work in a house since she was 16, and she is older than that now (i’d say she’s at least past her early 20s, because she is described as a “young woman” compared to angouleme’s “very young woman” in lady of the lake, and angouleme is approx. 18-19). but since she doesn’t fit these expectations, how can she expect herself to raise this child? thus, she likely wanted to drop the baby, but since she was raised in a conservative rural society in which women are expected to bear children and not have abortions, she may have felt guilt and shame for wanting to do so. thus, she wanted to follow geralt - although she would have intentionally lost her child, she would have intentionally saved another, absolving her of her guilt. it’s like as regis described to geralt in the middle of the book, about penance and running up debts, this is a large theme of the book - a baptism of fire, fire which not only purifies, but burns (a challenge which absolves one of guilt, but it is painful). 

these are just my takes, i think sapkowski’s intentions were more along the theory that milva had a crush on geralt, but as i said i think that’s just boring and the “easy way out.” he also did that with cahir and ciri, making heterosexual love the motivation for a noble deed, and it’s just like... these characters have so much other depth and serious individual issues, and you want to reduce their motivations to just simply “they were in love”? okay... so yeah i don’t think sapkowski really may have intended any of the above, or if he did, it was to a lesser degree, but this is my interpretation of it.

[waiting4inspiration]

Cержант VI (Bucky x Reader)

Summary: Your suspicions of something being wrong during a mission turn out to be true when HYDRA decides that they want you back

Warnings: little fluff, angst ending

Cержант Masterlist II Marvel Masterlist

The team was immensely confused when they saw you and Bucky being all sweet to each other. It was as if you two had been a couple for years and HYDRA never happened between you. But it made them happy that they didn’t have to worry about you trying to kill him (Tony’s words).

You’re happy for the first time in a long time. You never thought you could love Bucky as much as you do now when you saw him the first time in the compound. When he joined the team. At first, you were confused to why you were feeling like this towards a man that you feared for so long and had nightmares about.

You still have nightmares about how he might suddenly change and become that man that broke you every day. One day you decided to confess these dreams to him. To your amazement, he completely understood everything and promised that he would never hurt you or do something like that to you and that he would be there to comfort you after each nightmare. 

Bucky stayed true to his word when you moved into his room and slept in his arms at night. It helped you sleep better knowing that he’ll be there when you need him and he felt the exact same way. Though the nightmares didn’t go away completely, if one of you had a nightmare, the other would wake up and soothe them.

A mission came up that made both you and Bucky very keen. It consisted of taking down a HYDRA base and that’s all that you two needed to know to be fully on board with the mission. 

“You sure you want to do this?” Bucky questions as the base comes into sight. 

Turning you towards him, you give him a small smile and nod your head. “I’m sure. I want everything HYDRA out of my life for good,” you state, stepping closer to him and grabbing his hands. “Though, I’ve grown quite fond of you and think I might make an exception to keep you.”

Bucky chuckles at your words, leaning down and pressing his forehead against yours. “Well, don’t I feel special,” he jokes, gently pressing his lips to yours. 

“Okay, you two,” Nat says, pushing past between you two to separate you. “Let’s focus on the mission and then you two can go back to… whatever,” she states, waving at the both of you before walking to the open hatch on the jet. 

Steve chuckles behind you and walks past you. Glancing at Bucky, you smile brightly at him before following the team towards the base. 

You and Bucky paired together to scout the inside of the base while the rest of the team took the outside before they would join you. Walking through the corridor with your hand just touching the gun on your thigh strap, your eyes careful scan around you. 

Everything is really quiet. Maybe even too quiet. The only thing that can really be heard is the lights buzzing above you. Steve states that he and the team didn’t find anything outside the base and are now making their way inside. The fact that they didn’t find anything, no defense agents or something like that makes a sense of nervousness grow inside of you. 

Stopping in your tracks as you gaze around the hallway, your eyes land on a camera so old, you doubt that it doesn’t work. But then again, it is HYDRA and anything can be deceiving. A little bit away from the camera is an even older speaker that’s practically falling off the wall. 

“What’s wrong?” Bucky questions, your head snapping but to him a few feet in front of you. 

Shaking your head, you glance back up at the camera and speaker. “Something’s not right,” you state, your finger touching the metal of your gun. “It’s way too quiet for a HYDRA base, don’t you think?” His head perks up at your words and he looks around the empty hallway. “I mean, where are the guards? They normally flood the place during an invasion. If they knew we were coming, they wouldn’t evacuate, right?”

Sudden feedback on the comms sends a ringing in your ears, making you flinch and quickly pull the earpiece out, dropping it to the ground as you pull out your gun and shoot a bullet at it. Panting at you stare at the shattered earpiece on the ground, you slowly lift your head up at Bucky. “We have to leave. Now,” you say, placing your gun back in your holster before stepping to walk down the hallway.

Your path is blocked off as a door closes right in front of you. Bucky rushes forward as you slam your fist on the door. Through the window in the middle of the door, he can see your terrified eyes staring at him. “Welcome back, soldier,” a voice over the speakers on the walls says, making you spin around at stare at it. It’s a voice you know you’ve heard before. “You have no idea how long we’ve been looking for you.”

Pulling out your gun, you shoot at the speaker a few times before sighing and turning back to Bucky. “I’m afraid that’s not going to work,” the voice says again, making your head spin around as you try to find the next speaker. “You won’t find another speaker. Not unless you tear through the walls.”

“Bucky, get out of here,” you shout, looking back at him through the window. “Go now before they trigger your Winter Soldier programming.”

He shakes his head at you before examining the door to find a way to open it. “I’m not leaving here without you.”

“It is not him we want, soldier,” the voice says before a loud, high-pitched noise comes out of the speakers. “It’s you.”

Quickly placing your hands over your ears as you sink to the ground, you let out a pained scream as the noise gets louder. Bucky shouts your names as your body jolts forward. Your arms catch you from falling to the ground and you cringe at the high screech over the speakers. Screaming in pain as your body trembles and twitches every now and then, Bucky starts punching at the door in from of him with his metal arm. 

You can feel your mindset change as you HYDRA programming starts clawing out of the box you tried to hide it in in your mind. This is the way they always trigger you. With Bucky, it was those ten words they always spoke. With you, it was exposure to a high-pitched sound for a minute followed by an electric shock. Strange, yes. But that was the only way they got you to comply and that’s the way they’ve always done it. 

Looking up at Bucky, your lower lip trembles as your eyes fill with tears. “Go,” you manage to whisper out before cringing in another wave of pain. Bucky shouts out as he continues to punch at the door but only manages to put a few dents in it. 

When the noise finally ends, he stops his assault on the door and stares down at your shaking body through the window. You’re breathing heavily as the door behind you opens and a man walks towards you. “Don’t you dare touch her,” Bucky hisses at the man when he steps up beside you. 

“I wouldn’t worry about her,” the man says, pulling out a taser and placing it to your skin. You grunt as a shock spreads through your body and your head twitches before you slowly glance back up at Bucky in front of you. “It’s you and your team I would worry about.”

Bucky silently gasps at the lack of emotion on your face. Your eyes are dead and don’t shine like they used to and you stand up off the ground with your shoulder back and your arms rigid at your side like a robot. “Готовы соблюдать,” you say with a dead tone in your voice and it makes Bucky cringe as the team runs around the corner behind him.

“New mission, soldier,” the man says, your head perking up as you wait for his instruction. “Убей их.”

Translations:  Готовы соблюдать - ready to comply

                         Убей их - kill them

I’m sorry if the Russian is incorrect but I used google translate. If you speak Russian and it is wrong, please tell me the correct translations so that I can fix it. Thanks

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[igottoomuchwriting]

Party Favor (Hetalia)

“I’m so glad you could make it!” Amelia cheered. Matthew let out a laugh as Amelia tackled him in a hug, stepping back so that he wouldn’t fall. 

“When have I broken my promise?”

“Never once!” Matthew let Amelia go, giving her a smile.

“Happy 243rd birthday, Amelia.” Amelia rolled her eyes and smacked Matthew’s arm.

“Shut the fuck up! You’re making me feel old.”

The siblings started making their way further into the White House, talking about everything they missed. 

“Sorry that you have to follow me while I finalize some paperwork.”

“Don’t be sorry!” Matthew assured. “I understand. I even brought some paperwork to do when we have downtime.” Amelia looked down at the briefcase in his hand and scoffed.

“Downtime? On the Fourth of July? Never fucking heard of it.” Matthew rolled his eyes at Amelia, but she didn’t feel hurt by it. They both know the differences between each other and how they celebrate their birthdays. Matthew has always been calmer than Amelia when it came to celebrating their independence days, but Amelia was nothing but proud about how happy her people are to celebrate her birthday. 

“Is anyone else coming to celebrate?” Mathew asked as they reached Amelia’s office. Amelia let Matthew enter her office first, giving her a chance to say hello to some employees that were passing by, thanking them for their good wishes.

“I, uh, asked Mexico if he wanted to come up, but I think he is busy right now.”

“Busy?’ Amelia shot Matthew a pointed look as she closed the door. Matthew raised his hands in defense, awkward as ever, but Amelia could read her brother. He knew that she was upset, especially with tensions between their people and countries.

“I know he isn’t busy, but I’m not going to be forceful when I know he is angry with me,” Amelia mumbled. 

The conversation was dropped from then on. Amelia was one of the main countries that had a hand in the debate of immigration from everywhere in the world, at every meeting it always gets back to her. Even though she never really liked talking about it, she knew she had to, but her birthday was the one day that she didn’t want to talk about the state of her country and the world. Even if she should. 

“Let’s talk about something else,” Matthew suggested. Amelia nodded in agreement.

“Oh!” Amelia exclaimed, scaring Matthew. “How is it going with Prussia?” 

A flush appeared across Matthew’s face at the mention of—who Amelia assumes is—his boyfriend. 

“It’s going good so far,” Matthew assured. Amelia sat down on her desk and faced where Matthew was sitting on a chair, leaning her head in her hands. 

“Tell me about it! Dates, gifts, sex!”

“Amelia!” Matthew yelped.

“Come on!” Amelia groaned. She grabbed Matthew's hands and started swinging them back and forth dramatically. “I never get to hear about him! You won’t even send me pictures!”

“That’s weird!” 

“It’s not!” Matthew tried hiding his face but Amelia wouldn’t let him and kept shaking his arms. “Tell me about your boyfriend!”

Before Matthew could complain even more, they heard Amelia’s phone start ringing. Both of their heads turned towards the landline laying on her desk, ringing and ringing.

“Shouldn’t you answer that?” Matthew asked. Amelia shrugged.

“That’s my country phone, not my work phone. It’s probably just someone calling to wish me a happy birthday.”

“Would it be England?” Amelia barked out a laugh.

“Hell no! He won’t talk to me the whole first week of July.” She finally let go of Matthew’s arms and grabbed her phone from her jean pocket. “I sent him a snapchat video on your birthday and he still hasn’t responded.”

“France then?” Matthew suggested. Again, Amelia shook her head.

“He already sent me a text and a snapchat, as well as some flowers. He gets very sentimental on my birthday.” Amelia leaned forward with a smirk on her face. “Though I like to remind him that my revolution was one of the many factors for the French revolution,” she stage whispered. Matthew let out a laugh as his sister scrolled through her phone.

The phone on her desk started ringing again. 

“Who the fuck calls this phone twice?” Amelia groaned.

“Maybe you should answer.”

“Nope,” Amelia mumbled, popping the ‘p’. “I don’t have to do anything country related until at least 10 o’clock tonight.”

“Well, when people call my phone multiple times—”

“Dude! If it’s urgent, then they will call my work phone. We have unspoken rules of respect on our birthdays, and I would appreciate it if they respect mine.”

Matthew rolled his eyes. “Amelia, if it’s urgent, they are going to break out social rules. Sometimes other countries need to speak to America for problems—”

The phone beeped, signaling the end of the third call. Matthew really didn’t know who would be trying to reach his sister this insistently, but he knew that if they called the phone that many times, it had to be important. Not every country in the world has her personal cell number.

“Hey, you’ve reached the hero hotline! Sorry I missed your call! If it’s business related, please leave your name and phone number. If you’re calling for fun, text me or don’t bother me at all. See you later!”

“Such a professional voicemail,” Matthew teased. Amelia glared at him.

“I get to have fun with my country's voicemail. Making professional voicemails is never fun.”

“Well—”

Amelia started shushing him very loudly, waving at the air in front of his face. “Hush with your lessons!” Amelia snapped. “Whoever is calling is gonna leave a voicemail and I wanna hear it!”

“You could just pic—”

“I said hush for fucks’ sake!” Matthew had half the mind to snap at his sister for being obnoxious, but she had a point. Maybe if she heard the voice mail, she would actually get to learn why they were contacting her. And then maybe she’ll do her job as a country.

“Hey America,” a soft voice came through the speakers. Both of their heads snapped towards the phone in surprise.

“Is that—”

“Yeah,” Amelia mumbled. “That’s Any—Russia.” She corrected herself. Matthew gave his sister a sad smile but said nothing. He knew that troubles that Amelia had with Russia since she became a country and the power and relationship struggles that they’ve had.

“I need you to call me back when you get this, or whenever you have a minute. It’s very important,” the Russian voice continued, seemingly nervous to start the call. Amelia’s eyes have yet to break away from the phone, though she seemed to be making no move to pick up the receiver. 

“Or—nevermind. I won’t be calling you after this, so just… listen, for once in your short life.”

“What the he—”

“Hush!” Amelia snapped, but she looked scared, worried, and hurt. It pissed Matthew off, it truly did.

“I am calling to tell you that we...cannot speak anymore. The tension...tension between our leaders are too high, as well as between our citizens, so I see nothing productive in carrying on our friendship.”

Matthew watched Amelia’s face drop at ‘friendship’. It was obvious to everyone around them that there was something more between the two countries, but they have never had a chance to build a relationship. There have been times Matthew has tried convincing Amelia to give up her crush on the girl, to move on, but Amelia has been constant in denying it, fully believing that there is going to be a chance. Matthew had hope just like her, especially after the fall of the Soviet Union, but it doesn’t seem to have gotten any better. Just surface level things from what he sees on the news.

“You are always insistent that we can continue on without approval from anyone in our countries, but that is wrong. We are not as free as you believe, and you are not able to see that. You are just like every big county, wanting things that you can’t have, shouldn’t have, and yet you keep pushing. So, I’m stopping you.” 

“I...I don’t control everything my country does,” Amelia mumbled, a hint of anger in her tone. “She knows this.”

“I am sick of you trying to contact me on a daily basis.” Her voice changed. She seemed angrier, like she was never afraid to make the call in the first place. Matthew didn’t like assuming things in other countries, but he would assume that someone she didn’t want to hear the call walked in. “So if you contact me again, I will be messaging your president. Or I can tell England, since he always had a way of making sure you were quiet.” 

“Really?!” Matthew snapped. Amelia said nothing, just stared at the phone, waiting for Russia to finish. 

“I could lie and say it’s not you, it’s me, but we know that is false. This ending is 100% you, and the way that you continued everything. I do not wish to have any part in your life, other than diplomatically. If you attempt any conversation that has nothing to do with our countries or our country’s affairs, then I will not be talking to you.”

“I apologize for having inconvenient timing for this discussion, as I am sure you are busy, but there was no way that I could wait for the timing to be convenient for you. I hope you will understand my message. Happy birthday.”

The phone went silent after that. Neither Matthew nor Amelia made a noise. Matthew just watched his sister stare at the phone, watched she tried to school her expression into something unreadable. 

“Amelia,” Matthew mumbled. He reached forward to grab her hand but she pulled it away, holding it to her chest.

“That bitch,” she snapped. “She decided to call that phone to do this? Today?! She knows how important this day is to me, to my people! And the audacity to say that this was my fault?!”

“She seemed like she was hesitant in the beginning,” Matthew tried assuring, but it seemed to go one ear and out the other.

Amelia hopped off her desk and started pacing the room, angrily swinging her arms around and ranting.

“She wants me to just pretend that we never had anything? That we were never friends?! Because of the tension between our countries? What a load of horseshit!”

“Russia might be under a lot of stress—” Matthew tried cutting in, but Amelia stopped him.

“No! Because she has never cared before now!” Amelia scoffed shaking her head. “Like, I get it, the whole world basically hates my leader. Hell, half of my fucking country hates my fucking leader, but it takes you 3 fucking years to call me and say that the tensions between our countries is ‘too high’ and that is why we can’t talk?!”

“I was able to stay friends with many countries in the Middle East, even when my people hated them! Hell, Mexico is even trying to stay civil with me, even though it’s fucking difficult. What am I doing that is so bad that she can’t even try to talk it out with me, understanding that I am fucking trying to keep my country afloat, keep the world from hating me even more!”

“Amelia,” Matthew sighed. She turned towards him, ready to snap, but as soon as they made eye contact she started tearing up.

“I—I just—” she tried continuing her angry rant, keeping the pace going, but Matthew knew she couldn’t. He opened up his arms for a hug and waited.

Amelia relented and shoved herself in between his arms, hiding her head in his chest and she sobbed. Matthew held her tight, rubbing her back and placing small kisses on her head, trying to give her the best comfort that he could.

“I know it’s hard,” Matthew muttered. “Being with a country whose views don't aline with yours.”

“I just thought that once the USSR was gone and—and I legalized gay marriage we could have a chance. I had hope!” she sobbed, hugging Matthew tighter. Matthew’s heart shattered at the thought, knowing that his older sister was trying her best just to be with the person she loved, even if they were slower to come to the realization.

“Russia will come to terms eventually,” Matthew muttered. Amelia just let out another sob in response.

“I just want her to come to terms now,” she hiccuped. “I’ve waited for so long.”

Matthew said nothing. He had a lot he wanted to say, but he knew at that moment, hearing ‘you may have to wait just a little bit longer’ is not going to help the situation.

So instead, he just held her as he watched the phone blink with a new message alert.

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Anya stared down at her phone, tears streaming down her face. She was finally able to get some privacy after her phone call with Amelia.

This was what was best. Her leader said so, her people said so, her church said so. She is not supposed to feel this way, and her leader would not be happy if he knew that she was becoming to friendly with America.

This is what she wanted to do. Anya always wants what's best for herself, for her people, and her country. 

What would you like to do?

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Anya wiped away her tears as she selected her choice.

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[theodorebasmanov]

I was on the musical “Tanz der Vampire” in the Musical Comedy Theatre. It was great! It was in Russian but Count von Krolock was played by Drew Sarich from the USA and he sang in German (I was surprised why not in English, but now I probably know…) with subtitles. You know that my German is absolutely awful so I understood about two words from five and not always. But even I got that Russian subs weren’t always correct so I decided to search for the original lyrics. Well… It wasn’t the only reason I searched for them. The other reason (maybe even more important one) was Herbert. What did you think? That Teddy can just calmly pass by the gay platinum-blond vampire? Of course not. I fell for him from the first sight. And then during his scene with Alfred (“When love is inside you”), I was on pins and needles because I was with my parents (if you know what I mean). I’ve got some suspicion about it because it was written in the program that “Herbert drop unequivocal hints to Alfred” and that picture:

I found the original lyrics and not without astonishment realized that phrase about butt was there. And the other Russian lyrics were also quite close to the original but a little bit poetic. I already know “When love is inside you” in Russian and in German by heart. I also decided to find the English version (English translation can’t be worse than the Russian, can it?) and was shocked one more time: the lyrics of this part in English IS worse than in Russian because yes, they removed my “favourite” phrase about butt BUT they added another one. About peeled banana. Peeled freaking banana. Then I watched the record of the English version (probably Broadway) and realized why people say that Herbert is not representation (well, German version also isn’t very representative, but comparing with the English) – it has so many differences with the German… I can’t even describe it (you can watch it yourself), it has only one thing - “I’m straight! I’m Lutheran! I’m alive!” phrase and no more advantages.

While searching for the English version I found the episode from an old movie with Portuguese subs with the same plot. Some more researches gave me this movie’s title “The fearless vampire killers” (well, if somebody had read the musical’s Wikipedia page more careful, he would have found out about the original Polanski’s movie right away). Of course, I’m going to watch it.

I’ve got a little list of “When love is inside you” records in different languages (here you can see the Broadway version too). I even found the Japanese version and it’s also quite strange, but not so strange as the English one.

When love is inside you:

(all the videos are below the text)

German (probably not the best, but it’s not difficult to find another):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4BIvAu2eLY

English (probably Broadway):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yofjlAp7cPw

Russian (also isn’t difficult to find another):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9H7To_XUrg

French:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIryaXgEDeU

Japanese:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nm_gOzZMFA

And one more time about Herbert – he is just soooo sweeeeet! No. Sweet is not enough. Er ist so süβ! Honigsüβ! Herrlich! Hübsch!

In good conscience I should have written the whole post in German but, firstly, I’m too lazy, and, secondly, in that logic, I should have written it at first in Russian and I don’t really want to. So, German speakers, relax, there will be no torture for you today.

Moreover: I was searching for some cool stuff about the musical here on Tumblr and realized two things:

1.        It VERY popular. I’ve even seen the term “tanzblr”. And this community seems to be closed and I’m afraid I can’t really add something to it. (If somebody from that community saw that post and wanted to tell me that I’m wrong and I’m welcome in this community, please do it, I will be absolutely happy to be wrong.)

2.         It has a very strong Russian community. At least half of posts (or even more) with the tag #herbertvoncrolock is somehow connected with Kirill Gordeev (well, he plays Herbert not only in Russia but still).

[jezebeel]

My favorite countries in Eurovision (those countries I have a soft spot for since I began paying attention to Eurovision in 2012... and that’s because I like most if not all their entries)

Sweden = yes Sweden, one of the countries most Eurofans seem to hate because Sweden always rank high lol (please correct me if I’m wrong!!). I love Loreen and Mans, Robin was my winner in 2017 and I’ve always liked their entries... though this year you dissapointed me bitches, I still can’t get over the fact Jon Henrik didn’t win and I’d sincerely like someone to explain to MEEE why you Swedish people didn’t choose his song, I can’t believe a comment I read somewhere that said it was because his song was in Swedish¿??)

Spain = I’m a Spanish native-speaker so it’s kinda logical I follow this country every year. The only entry I’ve disliked the most was Tu Canción because it’s way too cheesy for my taste, sorry. But this 2019 you Spanish chose your best song from OT, I know La Venda will go far this year!!

Russia = a country that generally sends great entries yet I still perceive kind of a “russophobia” in the Eurovision fandom... I love Polina and Dima and of course the man who is the reason I created this my baby side-blog for, and is my WINNER this year just as he was in 2016: my Russian babe Sergey Lazarev!!!

Italy = posso dire che mi piace molto, moltissimo la lingua italiana. I’m always looking forward to seeing what Italy will bring to Eurovision each year, I loved Il Volo so much in 2015 and they deserved to win (sadly Mans was the clear winner since he won Melffest) and even though Manmood and his Soldi grew on me a lot, I’m gonna miss my babies from Il Volo this year!! But Manmood has my blessing atm!!

France (I love the language even though I barely speak it lol). Amir was my other winner in 2016 and it still pisses me off why on earth he wasn’t top 3 at the very least. I’ve liked all the entries after 2016 and this year isn’t the exception. I see some people underrate Roi, but this is a song with a good message. Hope Bilal gets a good postion this year!! He’ll go far too!!

and

Australia = I loved Guy Sebastian and his Tonight Again  in 2015 (my favorite Australian entry ever) and every year they send nice songs (with the excepcion of last year, I was so disspointed with that song generic af). This year they come with a song that has its uniqueness, I know Kate will be in the final, just hope a great staging for her song in Tel-Aviv!!

I have to mention a country that I hadn’t taken so much into account until last year: Albania. Eugent stole my heart in 2018 (he was indeed my winner) and this year they didn’t dissapoint. Many underrate Jonida but she will go far, farther than you can imagine. Mark my words!!

[trumpsupportersunited]

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[niedolia]

russian names & how to use them: terms of endearment

Ok, they’re not really names, but let’s just roll with it for consistency’s sake. Here is where I apologize for those of you who had trouble on my Russian names post, because if you thought that was confusing, this is going to be an absolute enigma. That’s why we’re not really going to get into the details here; I have to assume most of you are utterly unfamiliar with Russian. So we’re going to go over some basics then get to the good part.

It may sound gutteral to you, but Russian is actually a very affectionate language when you get to this part, and knowing this should serve you well.

Contents:  notes on Latinization and Cyrillic (which might interest artists), a note on possessives, the actual list.

CYRILLIC VS LATINIZATION

I know what you’re thinking: Damn it, Vasya, why are we covering this controversial topic?  Well, I have an answer: you’re probably doing it wrong, either way. It’s harsh, it’s true, and I can only help you so much but I’ll try.

You have a choice here and it really depends on which audience you’re trying to appease, so let’s look at both sides:

Cyrillic: your English-speakers are dazed. what’s with this alien alphabet out of nowhere? how awkward. Latinization: it’s ugly, it really is. and transliteration is never ever correct, there are sounds in Russian that don’t exist in English. and even when English does offer an actual equivalent, it gets ignored so that Westerners can stomach it. even the gods can’t help you if you just ripped the transliteration from Google Translate.

I’m not suggesting either way at this point. I’m as dazed as your English-speakers after transliterating so many names recently.

that neutral option called english

I’ve seen a lot of people recommend this, just stick to English terms of endearment. It’s a good neutral route that provides a translation intext so your average English-speaker knows what’s going on right then and there. I envy you who chooses this; why are you here?

I also want to remind people you can provide translations intext if you’re the type to do so. Don’t knock til you try it:

“Cолнышко моё,” Viktor whispered. He pulled Yuuri, his Yuuri, his dearest sweetheart*, closer.

* солнышко actually does get translated as ‘sweetheart’ even though it literally means ‘dearest/little sun’.

So there we go, here are your options.

so you chose cyrillic:

Stop capitalizing words randomly. It’s not your fault, I know, you just copied whatever Google Translate gave you because you don’t know where else to turn. But seeing stuff like Мой Дорогой is kinda weird. The lowercase and the uppercase letters aren’t that different, so just go in and replace that capital with a lowercase. Boom, you’ve just made me happy.

For your convenience (in qwerty style because I’m lazy):

ё й ц у к е н г ш щ з х ф ы в а п р о л д ж э я ч с м и т б ю

A note for artists: I have no idea how many artists read these but just in case. Handwritten Cyrillic is different from typed Cyrillic (seriously, writing д all the time would kill me) so if you’re handwriting your Cyrillic you probably want to know that. This is a pretty good reference actually, and you should be able to follow it. Sometimes д is written like ‘d’ but otherwise this is standard. If you need any more references, I could link you to more / write a sample of my cursive Cyrillic.

so you chose latinization:

So hey, good luck, bye.  Oh my guy, everything that is wrong with standard Cyrillic to Latin transliteration is beyond both of us. It’s getting better, slowly, but for now we’re in a bit of a standoff.

Because you’re getting incorrect transliterations. And therefore wrong pronunciations; I imagine many of you are pronouncing Vitenka wrong - it’s Vityen’ka, go look up the audio. And you either don’t know this or are just following the “standard” rules.

Because I don’t know whether to give you the real transliteration or stick to the “standard” just in case that’s what you want.

This is why below you might end up with two different transliterations: a more accurate spelling and a “standard” one (which will be in parantheses). I don’t know what to tell you.

THE POSSESSIVES

Russian is a heavily gendered language so there’s going to be different possessive words for the genders; if you know French, it’s like mon/ma, it’s dependent on the noun it describes.

мой - masculine моя - feminine моё - neuter  (sometimes written as just мое but моё is technically correct)

Although Russian has a loose word order and possessives can go before the noun (ie моя вода), I’ll be presenting them after the noun below for simplicity’s sake; they are often written this way in stand-alone phrases.

Feel free to remove the possessive, I’m just including them for reference.

TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

Remember how I was saying that Russian is an affectionate language? That’s because virtually every noun can have a diminutive, even inanimate objects. Which means a lot of possibilities. I could go up and call you ‘dearest chair’ and you can’t do shit about it. So I’ll run you through the more common ones in use today. If you want a personalized one... ask someone familiar with Russian.

Now, diminutives for nouns can either denote smallness (ie small child) or affection (dearest star). Hence, small/little & dearest are the closest equivalents in English that I can see realistically (ie cолнышко | small sun, dearest sweetheart).

Now, in Cyrillic alphabetical order:

Cyrillic  |  Latinization(s)  |  (my + small/little/dearest) + Translation.

Голубушка моя. | Golubushka moya. | darling, dearie, honey. Детка моя. | Dyetka (Detka) moya. | baby. Дорогой мой. | Dorogoy moy. | dear, darling, sweetheart, etc. Дорогая моя. | Dorogaya moya. | feminine form of дорогой. Дорогуша моя. | Dorogusha moya. | dearie. Душенька моя. | Dushen’ka moya. | darling. Душечка моя. | Dushechka moya. | dearie, honeybunch, luv. Булочка моя. | Bulochka moya. | bun (literally), muffin. Зайка моя. | Zayka moya. | bunny. sweetie. Зайчик моя. | Zaychik moya. | bunny. sweetie. Звездочка моя. | Zvyezdochka (Zvezdochka) moya. | star. Золотце моё. | Zolotsye moyo. | golden (literally), sweetheart. Котёнок мой. | Kotyonok moy. | kitten. Крошка моя. | Kroshka moya. | crumb (literally), baby, pumpkin. Лапочка моя. | Lapochka moya. | lassie, sweetheart (*usually for girls). Лапушка моя. | Lapushka moya. | darling, sweetheart (*usually for girls). Лисичка моя. | Lisichka moya. | fox (for redheads). Любимая моя. | Lyubimaya moya. | darling. Любимый мой. | Lyubimiy (Lyubimy) moy. | beloved, darling. Любовь моя. | Lyubov moya. | love. Малыш мой. | Malish moy. | child, boy. Медвежонок мой. | Myedvyezhonok (Medvezhonok) moy. | teddy bear. Милашка моя. | Milashka moya. | cutie, cupcake. Милая моя. | Milaya moya. | darling, honey, sweetie. Милочка моя. | Milochka moya. | dearie. Милый мой. | Miliy (Mily) moy. | dear, darling. Мышка моя. | Mishka moya. | mouse. Мышонок моя. | Mishonok moya. | mouse. Пирожочек мой. | Pirozhochek moy. | pie (literally), muffin. Пупсик мой. | Pupsik moy. | puppy (literally), pookie. Пчелка моя. | Pchyelka (Pchelka) moya. | bee. Радость моя. | Radost moya. | joy. Рыбка моя. | Ribka moya. | fish. Cолнышко моё. | Solnishko moyo. | sun (literally), sunshine; sweetheart, darling. Cтарлетка моя. | Starlyetka (Starletka) moya. | starlet (for actor aus :) ). Cчастье моё. | Schast’ye moyo. | joy. Тигренок мой. | Tigryenok (Tigrenok) moy. | tiger.

** obviously some of these are more popular than others. cолнышко, дорогой/дорогая, любовь, and милая, for example, are ones I see more often. but all the ones I’ve listed here have at least some level of common use, ie in movies, songs, etc.

you’re missing a bunch vasya  ://

Yeah probably, lol, I can barely get English terms of endearment down. So if you’re noticing a really good term missing from this list please feel free to message me / tag it & I’ll add it. Chances are this post will see a few additions as I remember a few more to add myself.

i have further questions / comments / requests!

And I have an inbox complete with anon and everything! Seriously, feel free to message me about any questions you have left about all this Russian naming stuff, etc. I also have a tag here to see if I’ve already answered something you’re curious about. Thanks for reading!

- Vasya

[wolfandpravato]

Fit to be president?

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, President Trump and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak during a meeting at the White House. (Russian Foreign Ministry/AFP via Getty Images)

Now this [from The Post]:

President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said that Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.

The information Trump relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said.

The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said that Trump’s decision to do so risks cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State. After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and National Security Agency.

At least we can all rest assured that President Trump was acting in pursuit of some well-thought-out strategy. Or else, completely on momentary impulse. Whatever.

Is there no end to this? Are the responsible Republicans — and this is, for better or for worse, their show — going to “step up,” as the sports announcers would say?

Here, just so we all have it handy, is Sec. 4 of the 25th Amendment:

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

It is the only section of the 25th Amendment that has never been invoked. I don’t believe that Congress has “by law provide[d]” a different body to participate in this decision other than the “principal officers of the executive departments.” [If I’m wrong about that, please send me a correction].

[Dean Falvy at Justia.com, and Andrew Prokop at Vox.com, have very helpful guides to section 4 of the 25th Amendment, and how it might be invoked here. The Justice Department also has a helpful 1985 memo on the operation of the amendment, posted here.]

Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write:  I’m looking forward to the day Mike Pence becomes president.

Originally Found On: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/05/15/fit-to-be-president/

[backstrom19]

So I’m not Russian, but I know a similar language, and I loved when it came to Jagr, Ovi jr said he didn’t like him😂( please correct me if I’m wrong)

Ha! I don’t speak Russian at all (save for a few bad words lol) so I’m just going to pretend that is what he said because it’s hilarious.

Any Russian speakers know? 👀

[wavenetinfo]

Transcript for Comey blasts Trump, White House over ‘lies’

Today the white house declaring the president is no liar. After former FBI director James Comey took center stage in a hearing that captivated the nation. And set the scene for the investigation that will likely plague the administration for months if not years to come. At the heart of the inquiry, a present found question. How extensive was the Russian interference in our election? And did the president attempt to obstruct an investigation into their involvement? Here’s ABC’s David Wright. Reporter: Today in Washington, a political spectacle. Raise your right hand — Reporter: A rare senate committee hearing, in political circles must-see TV. Please be seated. Reporter: Former FBI director James Comey — Director Comey, you’re now under oath. Reporter: For the first time since he was fired giving his views on the investigation he led into Russian meddling in the November election. We’re talking about a foreign government that using technical intrusion, lots of other methods, tried to shape the way we think, we vote, we act. That is a big deal. Reporter: The question looming today, how did that investigation put him so much at odds with the trump administration that the president ended up firing him? The administration then chose to defame me, and more importantly, the FBI, by saying that the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly led. That the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies. Plain and simple. Reporter: Comey made it clear that as he sees it, the president’s goal was to derail the Russia investigation, first by pressuring him — My common sense, I could be wrong, but my common sense told me what’s going on here is he’s looking to get something in exchange for granting my request to stay in the job. Reporter: And ultimately by firing him. Why do you believe you were fired? Because — I don’t know for sure, I believe the president in his word that I was fired because of the Russia investigation. Something about the way I was conducting it. The president felt created pressure on him that he wanted to relieve. This was the super bowl of congressional hearings. I spoke to people who were lining up outside this committee room at 4:00 A.M., the line so long it snaked through two separate senate buildings. Perhaps the biggest question today, was there obstruction of justice? Dan Abrams, what do you think? It’s still unclear. James Comey did make one thing clear which is that he was directed, in his view, to end a portion of the investigation with regard to Michael Flynn. Reporter: Flynn is the NSA director trump ultimately fired after it was exposed that he lied about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. Comey says the president privately asked him to go easy on Flynn. I took it as a direction. This is the president of the United States with me alone saying, I hope this. I took it as, this is what hadn’ts me to do. I didn’t obey that, but that’s the way I took it. The president wanted to speak to him alone, which in and of itself is an extraordinary thing. That doesn’t happen very often. And the reason from listening to Jim Comey’s testimony, the reason was because the president understood what he was going to ask was something he wanted to keep secret. People keep things secret when they have guilty knowledge about it. Reporter: Comey made it clear today that’s not how the FBI normally works. The statue of justice has a blindfold on, you’re not supposed to be peeking out to see if your patron is please the about what you’re doing. It should be about the facts and law. Reporter: Comey detailed his growing unease with the president, starting with their first one-on-one meeting at trump tower during the transition. Afterwards Comey wrote down his account of the meeting on his laptop. I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting. And so I thought it really important to document it. Reporter: Comey says his interactions with the president got even more awkward from there. He’s become more famous than me. You’ve seen the picture of me walking across the blue room. What the president whispered in my ear was “I really look forward to working with you.” Reporter: Yet almost a week later the president invited him for dinner at the white house. In an interview the president insisted Comey invite him south. I think he ask the for the dinner. Did you in any way initiate that dinner? No he called me at my desk at lunchtime and asked me, was I free for dinner that night? Reporter: It was at that dinner that Comey claims trump asked for a pledge of loyalty. Comey says he deferred, promising the president honesty instead. It got very walk regard. I then said, you’ll always have honesty from me. He said, honest loyalty. I acceded to that as a way to end this awkwardness. I’ve seen the tweet about tapes. Lordy, I hope there are tapes. Reporter: Comey insisted he’s not worried tapes about contradict him. The president surely knows whether he taped me. If he did, my feelings aren’t hurt, release all the tapes, I’m good with it. You may disagree with certain things that he did. But the notion that he’s making these stories up? I think that’s going to be a tough sell. Reporter: Today president trump’s ears must have been burning. The president’s legal team and his senior advisers were huddled in a private dining room, a small dining room near the oval office, watching the Comey hearing unfold. The president was in there for part of the hearing watching as well. Reporter: Comey was still testifying when trump spoke at a religious conference in Washington. The entrenched interests and failed bitter voices in Washington will do everything in their power to try and stop us from this righteous cause to try to stop all of you. Reporter: The president did not concede an inch. We know that the truth will prevail. Reporter: But the president hasn’t exactly made his case clear. First claiming he got rid of Comey under the recommendation of the top brass at the justice department. Later admitting to Lester holt there were other consideraons too. Regardless of recommendation, I was going to fire Comey. Knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, you know? This Russia thing with trump and Russia is a made-up story. Reporter: Pressed on the issue today, Comey said he took the president at his word. But declined to say whether what the president did was illegal. Do you believe this will rise to obstruction of justice? I don’t know. That’s Bob Mueller as job to sort that out. Reporter: Bob Mueller, Comey’s predecessor as FBI director, the two men have known each other for years. Mueller now serving as special counsel to complete the Russia investigation. Today Comey admitted that after his firing, he leaked the content of his own memos in an effort to ensure the justice department would appoint a special counsel. I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. Didn’t do it myself for a variety of reasons. I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m Marc kasowitz, president trump’s personal lawyer. Reporter: Today the president’s own lawyer took Comey to task for leaking. We will leave it to the appropriate authorities to determine whether these leaks should be investigated along with all the others that are being investigated. Even suggested maybe Comey could be prosecuted for that. A very aggressive response and pushback from the white house to Jim Comey’s testimony. Reporter: Overall kasowitz seized on a few key moments of Comey’s testimony that he says vindicate his client. Mr. Comey has now finally confirmed publicly what he repeatedly told president trump privately. That is, that the president was not under investigation as part of any probe into Russian interference. Reporter: Comey did admit he reassured the president at least three separate times that he personally was not a target of the investigation. The president asked him to say so publicly. The specific ask was that you would tell the American people what you had already told him, what you had already told the leaders of congress, both Democrat and Republican, that he was not personally under investigation. Yes, sir. That he was asking you to do what you have done here today? Correct, yes, sir. Reporter: Comey said he thought it best not to do so because if circumstances changed there would be a duty to correct the record. Do you believe Donald Trump colluded with Russia? It’s a question I don’t think I should answer. In an open setting. As I said, we — when I left, we did not have an investigation focused on president trump. But that’s a question that will be answered by the investigation, I think. Reporter: For his part, house speaker Paul Ryan today suggested trump’s clashes with Comey likely resulted from naivete, not for nefarious reasons. The president’s new at this. He’s new to government. He probably wasn’t steeped in the long-running protocols that establish the relationships between doj, FBI, and white houses. ??? Reporter: One party involved must be delighted at how this is all shaking out. I think that the Russians are exactly thinking, this is mission accomplished. Beyond their sort of wildest expectations. Not only did they influence the election in the way that they intended, but they also have sort of sewn all of this disorder and chaos. Reporter: The president may well have discovered that governing in Washington isn’t as straightforward a hosting “The apprentice.” Sidelining James Comey wasn’t so simple as just telling him “You’re fired.” I’m David Wright for “Nightline” in New York.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

9 June 2017 | 10:15 am

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