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What’s In A Title?: Variations on “Master” in Black Butler

旦那様・当主・ご主人様・マイロード・様・坊ちゃん

Throughout the manga, we see various titles used for Vincent, Real Ciel, and Our Ciel, with these being more obvious in the original Japanese than in translation.

This post will focus on Sebastian and Tanaka and the various terms they use at different points within the story.

I personally am not an expert on keigo (the most formalized of speech that Sebastian speaks almost exclusively in in Japanese), so I am not really going to be going into the subtleties there. (Other posts have tackled this already, and probably with more expertise than I could.)

I also want to emphasize I am only now beginning to read the manga from ch 1 in Japanese (I’ve only read bits and pieces until the most recent ~25 chapters or so), so it is possible I am missing some examples or variations mentioned in other parts of the 200+ chapters not brought up here.

However, I think we can still look at these subtle differences even if you are an English speaker who knows zero about formality levels/humble speech in Japanese. And if you’re willing to take this journey with me despite these caveats, keep reading.

旦那様・当主・ご主人様・マイロード・様・坊ちゃん

Before I get into the variations between Sebastian and Tanaka, let’s look at some of the titles used:

The variations are as follows:

Dannasama - 旦那様

Toushu - 当主

Shujin - 主人

Goshujinsama - ご主人様

“my lord” - ご主人様・マイロード

Lord Ciel - シエル様

Bocchan - 坊ちゃん

Tanaka

Tanaka uses #1, #2, #3, #6, and #7. Let’s look at him first.

Dannasama - 旦那様

Means “master of the house,” but is also a term you’d use with a boss or someone of higher status, akin to “sir” in some usages in English.

Tanaka uses this term only for Vincent, so far as I know.

Toushu - 当主

Means “present head of the family.”

Tanaka uses this when speaking about/to Our Ciel when distinguishing him from his father, the previous head. For example, in the murder arc when he points out that it isn’t appropriate for the master of the house to be upset by a servant’s death.

Shujin - 主人

Means “head of the household” or “master” (among other uses). This version does not have the added formality/humbleness of the versions that Sebastian uses (the go- prefix and the -sama suffix).

Tanaka uses this when speaking generally about “the master” or “one’s master,” for example, in the end of the murder arc when he tells Sebastian a Phantomhive butler shouldn’t die before his master.

Lord Ciel - シエル様

Just Ciel + the kanji for “sama,” is how Tanaka refers exclusively to Real Ciel throughout the manga, to the best of my knowledge, when speaking to or of him specifically, individually.

Above, we see how in the example on the right (in the present), Tanaka calls RC “Lord Ciel” directly, and in the example on the left, how he refers to him that way in the past as well when not directly addressing him. (OC is “you” or 貴方 there.)

Bocchan - 坊ちゃん

Means “young master,” and is how Tanaka refers to Our Ciel almost exclusively (except for the examples above), not only before the tragedy but after. He immediately knew that Ciel was OC and not his twin, and we know this because of the address.

Sebastian seems to have picked up the title from Tanaka, because he does not use it before they see him. Above, he even puts special emphasis on the title when he uses it for the first time. And as far as I know, aside from “my lord,” he refers to Ciel as such exclusively thereafter.

旦那様・当主・ご主人様・マイロード・様・坊ちゃん

Sebastian

Sebastian uses #4, #5, and #7.

Goshujinsama - ご主人様

Means “head of the household” or “master” (among other uses). This version does include the formal/humble prefix “go-” and suffix “-sama.”

This is the first term that Sebastian uses for Ciel when he shifts from “you” (貴方, anata) to “master,” when they first begin establishing the contract. He also uses a variation on this I’ll explain next, but THIS version, said exactly like this, he stops using after their visit to Tanaka.

You can see in the above examples that he uses this address both before and after he assumes his butler form.

I expect that this is likely how Sebastian has referred to all his masters as I believe it’s the most humble/formal way of addressing one’s master (aside from more specific titles that may be used).

My Lord - ご主人様 ・マイロード

Even before he adopts “bocchan,” Sebastian sometimes refers to Ciel in English as “my lord,” as Yana informs us via the katakana spelling on the kanji. Yet she still writes it in keigo, as if to reminds us of the manner in which Sebastian speaks, and that even if he has dropped the uber formal “goshujinsama,” he is, in a sense, still using it throughout the story.

Bocchan - 坊ちゃん

As I explained above, this seems to be a manner of address Sebastian picks up from Tanaka. It seems to imply that he does so partly because he recognizes that the old man is aware of Ciel’s real identity (unlike Madam Red, who assumes he’s RC, which is why Ciel looks so dead-eyed while Sebastian is smirking).

Maybe he does it to mock him at first, a reminder that Sebastian knows he’s a liar. Maybe he adopts it because he’s never had a young master before and decides it could be a fun change of pace.

Unless Yana says something or reveals more insight into Sebastian’s POV, however, we may never know exactly why he made this shift and stuck with it.

旦那様・当主・ご主人様・マイロード・様・坊ちゃん

And that’s my rundown of how “master” is used in Japanese by Sebastian and Tanaka, depending on who they’re addressing or referring to and at what point we are in the story. As you can see, most of it is lost in translation.

If you enjoyed this post, you may like to check out some of my other kuro translation posts, including my pronoun series, in which I explain why various characters use certain personal pronouns.

Reblogs and tips are also always appreciated!

[roseaesynstylae]

Star Wars: Republic Commando: Triple Zero, Chapters 3 & 4

Chapter 3

"So she did what she had been drilled to do without thinking since she was four years old. She fought."

It can be hard, sometimes, to differentiate what is what in this series. For example, Jedi-bashing or just general stupidity (either on the character or the author's part)? It's hard to tell. But, given these books' track record, I'm going to err on the side of cautiousness and give this a point.

Jedi-Bashing: 5

Because the phrase "without thinking" makes me think of brainwashing and certain anti-Jedi arguments. Am I jumping to conclusions? Maybe. Has this series given me any reason not to? No.

"It was another reason why Ordo adored his sergeant: he was the archetypal Mando'ad. A Mandalorian man's ideal was to be the firm but loving father, the respectful son learning from every hard experience, the warrior loyal to constant personal principles rather than ever-changing governments and flags.

He also knew when to apologize."

That adoration is screwing you, Ordo.

Also, if Kal Skirata is the ideal of a traditional Mandalorian, then Satine's reforms were both entirely justified and did not go far enough.

Chapter 4

"'--but you'll probably have help sooner, because Delta Squad are in transit.'

'Oh, we'll never hear the last of this...'

'You haven't met them yet, son.'

'Heard enough.'

'Rough, rude boys,' Fi said. 'And rather full of themselves.'"

Out of all the characters in this series, Delta Squad have the most right to be full of themselves.

Deltas, Move Out: 1

"The image that shimmered before he showed one man in a familiar suit of Katarn armor, squatting with a DC-17 across his thighs. The blue light distorted natural color, but the dark patches on his armor suggested red or orange identity markings.

'RC-one-one-three-eight, General, receiving.'

It was time for names. 'You're Boss.'"

THEY'RE HERE!!!!!

Deltas, Move Out: 2

"'Boss receiving. Sorry, we had to stop and ask for directions.' He had a voice very like Atin's but with a stronger accent. 'My boys are now going to show you how to do an extraction properly, so take notes because you might blink and miss it. There's a Sep ship with missiles up the sprout about three minutes behind us.'

'Can we bring some friends?'

'The more the merrier. We're going to align with your cockpit, slap an isolation seal on the viewport, and Scorch will cut through. Then you shift it fast, and we RV with Fearless for caf, cakes, and hero worship. Got it?"

You are magnificent.

Deltas, Move Out: 3

"Fi eased off his helmet and inhaled fresh air. Except for Scorch, they had all taken off their helmets. Delta was one of fewer than a dozen squads that had survived intact since decanting, a true pod as the Kaminoans called it, and they seemed to think that made them an elite within an elite. They had been raised and trained together, and they had never fought with anyone but their brothers. It was a luxury few enjoyed."

They are an elite within an elite. And they improve this book drastically with their mere existence.

Deltas, Move Out: 4

Jedi-Bashing: 5

Mando-Shilling: 1

It's a Man's World: 1

Shut the Fuck Up, Kal: 1

Deltas, Move Out: 4

Mird, My Beloved: 0

Is This The Bad Batch?: 2

Main Post

I'm going to go back to obsessing over the High Republic now.

[theonlyadawong]

a lot of people tend to think leon is constantly very angry with, or at least frustrated by ada, on account of her lies and manipulation, and while i do believe that feeling of his applies to all of their interactions of re2, i believe this frustration is not that present post re2, and it is in fact is because so many players project their own anger, frustration and even hatred of ada onto leon in the later games, as the more time he spends as a government agent, the more he understands ada and the world she comes from.

leons core tenet is that he wants to help people, so what does he do? he becomes a police officer because he believes cops do the most good (a sentiment that shows he is wearing EXTREMELY rose colored glasses lol), and then he heads to Raccoon City, and while in RC he helps everyone he can. and he is SO good natured that the idea that ada could be lying to him is so far from his mind (NOTE: this is NOT a sign of him being the heavily infantilized man fans make him out to be, and more a sign of general ignorance of the world, as frankly, nobody besides annette has any reason to believe ada would be a spy) because the world of mercenaries and espionage are so far removed from what he believes to be his reality. this is a man who fully believed becoming a police officer was the right way to help people. (and yes im aware of his established backstory where a cop saved him when the rest of his family died due to some crime. this still doesnt make being a cop the right thing to do.)

and so ada strings him along for her own personal gain, and at the end leon learns of her deceit. and the biggest betrayal leon experiences is not from ada, its just that the confrontation scene is the 11 o'clock number for leons half of the game, thus making it stick with us longer, as we the player have also been fooled by her. but no, the biggest betrayal happens when the government decides to cover up the horrors of raccoon city and use sherry as collateral to get him to work for them. and, unfortunately, this is only shown for a few minutes in resident evil darkside chronicles and in the epilogue screens of the original resident evil 3 (re 4 remake might add more to this, but that game hasnt come out as of yet, but heres hoping lol), so we dont fully get to see how he reacted to that outside of these moments and a few other passing thoughts in the series.

but!!! leons entire worldview crumbles after the events of 2, and the next time leon and ada meet in 4, he is wise to the world, and he has seen firsthand the atrocities the united states government is willing to commit under the guise of helping people. and people like ada, people who lie and manipulate and work for evil, greedy organizations (well intentioned or not) are now everywhere. theyre a dime a dozen. they are annette. they are luis. they are krauser. they were his recruiter. they are his boss. they are the president. they are the entire government he was so excited to work for.

ada just has the benefit of being his first introduction to these kinds of people

to be clear, im not saying leon is suddenly okay with her half-truths, but i am saying after he is forced to work for the government, he understands her, or at least, understands people like her, so much more so he knows exactly what to expect. just not when to expect it.

[henri-my-sexy-paramedic]

15 people, 15 questions

Thanks @sparxaf & @myveryownhappyplace for tagging me 💖

1. Are you named after anyone?

Not that I know of maybe my great GrandmotherJenni

2. When was the last time you cried?

After my biopsy. The fear of the unknown is a scary thing.

3. Do you have kids?

1 son who is 16 years old.

4. What sports do you play/have you played?

Bowling. I am definitely not an athletic person.

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Me? Never!!! I'm insulted!!!!

6. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Their eyes or smile. I love a nice smile.

7. What’s your eye color?

Green

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

I am VERY jumpy when watching scary movies, so I need to go happy endings here.

9. Any talents?

My son tells me that my talent is making the best mac n cheese. LOL. He is EXTREMELY picky when it comes to eating but this is something he enjoys.

10. Where were you born?

Brooklyn, NY

11. What are your hobbies?

I don't really have any to be honest. The only thing I really do is watch too many Hallmark movies and play romance games on my android.

12. Do you have any pets?

I have a Yorkie who is my world and a cat who thinks my apt is hers and that she is my boss.

13. How tall are you?

5'2". I am so short.

14. Favorite subject in school?

I used to love English. I had the best teacher in high school who I still keep in touch with until this day.

15. Dream job?

I always wanted to be a lawyer since I am so opinionated and not afraid of speaking my mind lol.

Tagging @libelle949, @aislinnstanaka, @braxxer, @ellegreenwxy, @fujihime-rc, @hi-im-karla, @i-boop-you-main, @kvngdomheartz, @lucas-koh, @mrsgaryrennell, @operationnope, @queen-of-boops, @ravenadottir, @sophie9608, @rebelrayne & anyone else who would like to do this!

[crimsonblackrose]

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he has take out packets of a red sauce on his bed side table a can of beer in his bed, a bottle of beer on the bedside table and a bag of chips I don't recognize in the bed.

Robby's picture on the fridge has him wearing glasses and smiling and shows that he was in the 2010 championships

Fried baloney for breakfast with ketchup

I spy a poison cd

The amount of beer outside of his bedroom...

I think that's about 8 sitting around. One open on the counter, 2 in a six pack on the counter, 2 sitting right next to him and maybe 3 in the container at his table.

His table has wheels.

That's a big bag full of empty beer cans...so maybe he at least recycles? 😂 (I know he doesn't because I think it's the first thing Miguel tells him about)

He has at least 3 mystery spices one of which is jumbo and 2 on top of the stove.

He owns a coffee maker and a knife block which for season 1 Johnny surprises me since it looks like most of his food is take out or like super easy.

I have no clue what he's watching but maybe someone else will recognize it

Miggy lives in 109

His Boss's name is Mike and possibly doesn't pay him.

The shops:

Kyler (his friends call him Ky) owes Miggy's grandma pepto and Johnny a pizza which he drops and the lady finishes off (forgot her name).

He has the powdered coffee mate creamer, which is generally sugary, which means he doesn't take his coffee black.

Buys the cheap further reduced red sticker meat.

Iron Eagle with an RC cola and whisky? I don't know what he poured in, a jack daniels?

Daniel gets Miyagi advice via flashbacks, Johnny get's Chappy advice via movies.

His number is 555-0197 (from the tow truck paper)

The LaRusso Auto he goes to that the Pontiac Firebird is taken to is the Sherman Oaks location

Johnny canonically doesn't have a phone, (I literally watched him call Mike and then forgot he had a phone. 😂) how'd he get home after his car got towed?

He takes a taxi to LaRusso Auto... so he must've gotten home eventually.

I always forget the bonsai pin Sheila wears.

The bonsai come with watering instructions.

Johnny tossing the bonsai aside (a very pretty one btw) always hurts my plant loving self, but I did realize that two people literally watch him do it, so I'm pretty sure that bonsai will get saved.

I wonder how Daniel talks about that meeting because he's so sincerely delighted by it and other than like bro-ing with Anoush and Louie really kind about the whole thing.

The guy who gives him the keys is not the guy who raises his rent later.

Johnny has at least 4 trophies in his box.

[aurosoul]

I cannot get over how fun Figmin XR is in multiplayer. like this isn’t even self promotion anymore this is just me screaming into the void because I CANNOT stop thinking about this

I painted a whole crystal forest around someone I had just met and it took like 3 minutes, the whole time with him saying “how are you doing that?! I wanna learn to make that!!” me and my sibling made a nonsense meme world out of our living room and attacked each other with squeaky toys that we created on the spot. me and my dad drove RC monster trucks together. me and my boss’s kid made a storybook world based on a hike we’d taken earlier that day with her and her mom. before the hike, I’d been busy throwing confetti and balloons all around their house. I was supposed to be working with my boss on designing sports scenes, but we just kept getting distracted by playing them instead.

this is literal magic….. like. WIZARD levels of magic (the weed-smoking kind, not that harry potter shit). social barriers dissolve instantly and everyone starts summoning things out of thin air and just… playing together. imagining. like children again.

there’s a very powerful phenomena happening here that I can’t even fully put into words, but…. it’s really, really beautiful.

[frannyzooey]

Off topic but…

I’m watching The Mandalorian from the beginning with my Grandma because she wanted to watch it. And *sigh* this show was amazing at the beginning. Season 3 was fine, I don’t dislike it like a lot of people do, but Seasons 1 & 2 were just so special.

Also I miss the Razor Crest

OMG I was just drunk and watching episodes from season 2 last night, laughing to myself at how they really did Cobb a disservice letting him even stand next to Din in his armor, because he looks like such a bean pole lmao

I never watched Season 3! I didn't even get to watch Season 2 until late last year lol

It's just such a fucking WESTERN it makes me ache every time in the BEST way 😫

I miss the RC too! So much room for activities but I also loved him flying a hunk of junk and making it work like the boss he is (even though his new ride is sexy af and I would pretzel myself into the cockpit just to live between those big ass thighs forever)

[floridaboiler]

An important Christmas announcement from Santa

The following is an important announcement from Santa. .  .

I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be  able to serve the Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the  overwhelming current population of the earth, my contract was re-negotiated by  North American Fairies and Elves Local 209. I now serve only certain areas of  Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan.  As part of the new and better  contract I also get longer breaks for milk and cookies so keep that in mind.

However, I'm certain that your children will be in good hands with your  local replacement who happens to be my third cousin, Bubba Claus. His side of  the family is from the South Pole. He shares my goal of delivering toys to all  the good boys and girls; however, there are a few differences between us.

Differences such as:

 1.  There is no danger of a Grinch stealing  your presents from Bubba Claus.  He has a gun rack on his sleigh and a bumper  sticker that reads:  "These toys insured by Smith and Wesson."

 2.  Instead  of milk and cookies, Bubba Claus prefers that children leave an RC cola and pork  rinds [or a moon pie] on the fireplace. And Bubba doesn't smoke a pipe. He dips  a little snuff though, so please have an empty spit can handy.

 3.  Bubba  Claus' sleigh is pulled by floppy eared, flyin' coon dogs instead of reindeer. I  made the mistake of loaning him a couple of my reindeer one time, and Blitzen's  head now overlooks Bubba's   fireplace.

 4.  You won't hear "On Comet, on  Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen... " when Bubba Claus arrives. Instead, you'll  hear, "On Earnhardt, on Wallace, on Martin and Labonte. On Rudd, on Jarrett,on  Elliott, and Petty."

 5. "Ho, ho, ho!" has been replaced by "Yee Haw!" And  you also are likely to hear Bubba's elves respond, "I heer'd dat!"

 6.  As  required by Southern highway laws, Bubba Claus' sleigh does have a Yosemite Sam  safety triangle on the back with the words "Back off". The last I heard it also  had other decorations on the sleigh back as well.  One is Ford or Chevy logo  with lights that race through the letters and the other is a caricature of me  (Santa Claus) going wee wee on the Tooth Fairy.

 7.  The usual Christmas  movie classics such as "Miracle on 34th Street" and "It's a Wonderful Life" will  not be shown in

      your negotiated viewing area.  Instead, you'll see  "Boss Hogg Saves Christmas" and "Smokey and the Bandit IV" featuring Burt  Reynolds as Bubba Claus and dozens of state patrol cars crashing into each  other.

 8.  Finally(and most importantly), Bubba Claus doesn't wear a belt.  If I were you, I'd make sure you, the wife, and the kids turn the other way when  he bends over to put presents under the tree.

Sincerely Yours,

Santa Claus  

(member of North American Fairies and Elves Local 209).

[bunnyb34r]

Lmao so NewLady and NetflixCoworker were SWAMPED with pallets of new shit meanwhile I was happily cleaning up my section ignoring the growing pile of basics pallets bc "fuck you I work 4 hours, y'all work 8, and no one ever recovers my section but oh look yours are 70% recovered already wow! Sucks to suck 🖕🤠"

Anyway NewLady was like "I sure hope that new girl is going to be here today. Theres a loooot of new stuff in basics. And I'm not gonna do it! I dont have time for that!" (new girl who was supposed to replace Tweedle dumb and Tweedle dumbass... the same new girl who just went on lunch and never came back 4 days ago) and I didn't say anything eggdgdgd then 2 hours later she asked me ab her and I'm like uhh I'm pretty sure she quit...

So then I guess she had said something to [relative coworker] ab it probably assuming she would take over basics and [rc] was like um no you do it. Just follow the layout it's very very easy (it literally tells you what item goes WHERE) and well NewLady didn't like that sgdggdgd so I guess they sent another new girl in and NL IMMEDIATELY took off and started bossing this poor kid around like she's been here forever and knows everything (been >1 year. Still doesn't know shit) which is so funny bc she keeps doing this with new people like stop sgdhdhd leave them be!! They're babies!! Be nicer!

Meanwhile I never tell the new people what to do bc I figure you have 3+ adults telling you what to do, usually the same thing by each person, you dont need a 20 something bossing you, another 20 something around acting like your boss (we have BratBoy for that)

Anyways I got half my section looking really nice 🥰 and didn't stress ab basics or the gazillion pallets on the floor bc until yall start recovering my area, I'm not doing basics unless theres no one else to do it that day

[mamuzzy]

TAG MASTERLIST & ARCHIVE

THIS MASTERLIST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE UPDATED.  Ok so I try to make a coherent taglist here, for myself to easely find something I remember I reblogged and for anyone to search for something specific. Or just block the hell out of my blog. But it’s easier if you don’t follow me at this point. And most importantly: I LOVE ORGANIZING THINGS. *completely and deliberately ignoring the mess on my actual desk* Content warning: | cw: gore | cloneship | clonecest | I'm not much of a tagger when it's about triggers, so mutuals and followers if you see something that needs a warning (I won't put nsfw tag under posts, this is still a 18+ blog), feel free to dm me to discuss and we'll see what can we do about it.

STAR WARS  THE CLONE WARS:  > Coruscant Guard: Commander Fox | Commander Thorn | Commander Thire | Commander Stone | Sergeant Hound & Grizzer |

> 501st: Captain Rex | ARC Trooper Fives | ARC Trooper Echo | Clone Trooper Hardcase | Clone Trooper Jesse | Clone Trooper Kix | Clone Trooper Tup | Clone Trooper Dogma |  > 212th: Commander Cody | Clone Trooper Boil  > 104th: Commander Wolffe  > 327th: Commander Bly  > Domino Squad: Clone Trooper Hevy | Clone Trooper Cutup | Clone Trooper Droidbait > Anakin Skywalker | Ahsoka Tano | Obi-Wan Kenobi  Plo Koon | Aayla Secura | Quinlan Vos | Luke Skywalker | Darth Vader > Riyo Chuchi THE BAD BATCH I decided to separate TBB and TCW tags unless it’s canon media where they shared episodes or fanarts/fanfics where specific characters from each show are present > Sergeant Hunter | Clone Trooper Tech | Clone Trooper Crosshair | Clone Trooper Wrecker | ARC Trooper Echo (501 Echo and TBB Echo are under the same tag)  > Omega > Captain Howzer |Captain Traito- Captain Gregor | Commander Mayday

REPUBLIC COMMANDO (the game and KT’s books)  >Null ARCs: Ordo Skirata | Mereel Skirata | A'den Skirata | Jaing Skirata | Prudii Skirata | Kom'rk Skirata  > Omega Squad: Darman Skirata | Niner Skirata | Fi Skirata | Atin Skirata | Corr Skirata > Delta Squad: RC Boss | RC Sev | RC Scorch | RC Fixer  > Kal Skirata | Walon Vau & Lord Mirdalan | Etain Tur-Mukan | Bardan Jusik > Alpha-17 | Captain Fordo | Captain Maze AHSOKA > Shin Hati | Baylan Skoll Misc. tags Movies: tpm | aotc | rots | Games: Jedi Outcast | Fallen Order | Survivor Other’s OC Other artist OCs I like! <3

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SHIPS: I like certain ships and I don’t interact with ships I don’t like or not interested. Be civil about it. Ships with Clones goes under CLONESHIP or clonecest and their specific shiptag.

> Blyla | CodyWan |  Foxiyo | > 17Fordo | Codex | CrossHunter | DogmaTup | DogmaHardcase | EchoThorn | FivesEcho | FivesTup | FoxFives |  Jessix | MereelCorr | OrdoFi | SevFi | RexHunter | Techo > xreader

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[satashiiwrites]

AO3 Wrapped 2022

Tagged by multiple people for multiple things but I think @radio-chatter  was the one who tagged me for AO3 wrapped (sorry I’ve been…uh distracted, busy and sick which has not been a good combination for getting around to inboxes or replies). Thanks for tagging me everyone—it really does make me smile to see people thinking of me.

Okay. So.  Tagging whoever wants to play along?  @monsterrae1 @tkwritesdumbassassins @missanniewhimsy @outtoshatter @elisela @muffinsandsweets @quietborderline @bwtch or anyone else.  No pressure. 

Works Published: total or things that got a chapter yeeted this calendar year? I have 21 works that have had at least a chapter published in 2022.  My total number of works (as of December 22nd) is 46 on AO3.

Word Count: Sadly I don’t track this from year to year so I’m just going by my total word count on AO3 stats page: 1,277,012. Which wow.  I am wordy. I am vaguely remembering I was right around the million word mark last year but I might be hallucinating that from all the cold medication I’m on. 

Hits: Again I don’t track this (both for my sanity and the hit my vanity would take on the wide margin swings for my favorite pieces vs things that are just in big fandoms). According to the stats page my total hits is 131,627. 

Bookmarks: That I made or others made?  My total bookmarks (of fics I liked enough to add them to my personal collection) is 1,009.  The total number of times my works have been bookmarked by someone is 2,487.

Most Popular by Kudos: Shocking nobody, this is Family, Familia, ‘Ohana at 1,373.  Again I do not keep track of my stats other than posts like this one. 

Most Hits: Also Family, Familia, ‘Ohana at 38,202.  It’s in a popular fandom with  a popular pairing. *shrugs*.  

Longest: Well…. Does this have to have updated this year?  My longest work ever remains An Andromeda Tale at 673,530 words.  If we’re talking this year… it’s FFO at 120,488 words (it beats out the Outlaw and the Cartel Boss by 15k published words—even if I think my unpublished word count would make Outlaw overtake FFO)

Shortest: Ha.  For once this is both this year and ever.  Blackmail Material is 334 words. 

Most Comments: An Andromeda Tale and FFO are tied at 127 comment threads total each.  Again, I don’t really track my stats year by year but I would probably say that if we’re just talking this year it’s probably FFO as I haven’t updated AAT in over a year.  Just assume I am wearing a very ashamed face when I say that. 

Fic that made me cry: er… none of mine.  I have been known to shed a tear or two reading someone else’s angst fic but I try not to emotionally damage myself while writing—ie I take a break if I’m getting too worked up. If we’re talking tears of frustration over how something isn’t working…. Yeah…. Um…. We’re not going to talk about that. *whispers: ALL OF THEM*

Fic that made me smile: All of them and yet none of mine. Cackle—yes, of course when I put in a detail that I think is particularly devious.  Sighs of relief that I’m done?  Yes.  Smiling…. Maybe. 

Gifts: 3.  Death, Rebirth and the Jackal for @tkwritesdumbassassins, Searching for Absolution for @radio-chatter and @missanniewhimsy, and The Marks We Leave on One Another for @radio-chatter and @quietborderline

Collaborations: I’m not sure how to wholly define this… if we’re talking co-written with someone I’d say zero.  However, the usual RC Collective server is often where I go to work out a problem I’m having with plot points on various works.  @tkwritesdumbassassins has been a sounding board for Jackal which is why it’s gifted to them. @radio-chatter and @quietborderline are as always my MReyder peeps and I owe them thanks on most of those works for allowing me to rant/rave about things until I work out my problems. 

Events:  MReyder week and Marrish Appreciation Week. 

Coming in 2023:  finishing one of my longer works?  Adding at least a chapter to all the new WIPS I added because of Mreyder week. I really need to finish some wips in 2023.  I have also been vaguely toying with a complete re-write of AAT and chopping it up into more manageable chunks but that’s going to be a huge project…. So maybe I should just finish some of the smaller wips first.  Promise Me You Won’t Let Me has about 2-3 chapters left which are 1/2 written so it’s looking likely for the first part of the year.  Also want to get a big chunk of To Follow done.  First quarter 2023 should see at least one chapter of FFO and I want to finish Mana’olana by spring break. I’m also trying to get certain things on regular updating schedules: To Catch a Fallen Star (Sterek Stardust fic), Outlaw, Cousin Harvey and Jackal. 

[themichaelvan]

I posted 5,387 times in 2022

That's 5,387 more posts than 2021!

268 posts created (5%)

5,119 posts reblogged (95%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@schmope-is-dead

@nachosforfree

@miiilowo

@fazbear-ent-official

@cherry-flavored-content

I tagged 3,060 of my posts in 2022

Only 43% of my posts had no tags

#favorite - 188 posts

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#inspo - 77 posts

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#server tag - 42 posts

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

why nearly every character in all of the fnaf musicals are insane in distinctly different but still very much insane ways: an essay

(this is like 80% from memory and its. checks time 2:15am as of writing this so excuse inaccuracies.)

mark: oh my god starting off with a bang, are we? okay okay. he was there for ONE NIGHT. one. one night. he spent like basically all of it crying in the corner because of puppets. theyre puppets. freddy is literally punted across the room on multiple occasions YOU ARE A FULL GROWN ADULT MARK. "in all my dreams i see / a maze of halls with bloody walls / and countless scrawls reminding me "it's me!"" YOU WERE THERE FOR ONE NIGHT. he IMMEDIATELY decides that the solution to this is not 1) taking it up with his manager 2) just fucking quitting bUT INSTEAD THAT ITS 3) BRING A DUFFEL BAG FULL OF WEAPONS, INCLUDING SEVERAL KNIVES AND GUNS TO HIS WORKPLACE INTENDING TO KILL THE ANIMATRONICS YOU WERE HIRED TO PROTECT. AND THEN THE ONLY THING HE DID TO CHANGE HIS IDENTITY AFTER NEARLY KILLING A MAN AND GETTING CAUGHT WAS TO DYE HIS HAIR. he didnt even change his ADDRESS. dipshit. he acts all tough and crap afterward too like he spent 40 years in prison. he was reduced to literal actual tears by puppets. god i love him so much.

nate: sassed the man holding a knife to one of the animatroniocs he, AGAIN, was HIRED to PROTECT. drove the animatronics to a man they KNOW is willing to use guns to protect himself in the FIRST PLACE. also he just ??? fuckign Had bb on hand like. did they give him bb when he quit the first time?? like. okay. say you have to distract an easily distracted but immensely murderous animatronic and your first thought is "hmm what if i use that rc car that looks like a child from my old workplace". bitch if its been 7 years since i worked there and witnessed a traumatizing event im gonna bury that fucker at the bottom of my closet not just have it with me. also his first concern when he was faced with a very much "i am going to die" situation is that he hasnt caught up on a tv show yet???? nate buddy please i appreciate you but get some self-worth and some therapy while youre at it

aj: he was nearly killed by an animatronic as big as he was, stopped only by like a foot or smth, and then IMMEDIATELY accepted the transfer to ANOTHER place with animatronics in it like. why would you actively choose to keep working with fazbear entertainment. im sure literally any other company ever would look at aj "nearly killed two men because he wanted to work more hours" purple guy and hire him in a millisecond. SPEAKING OF WHICH, HE NEARLY KILLED TWO MEN BECAUSE HE WANTED TO WORK MORE HOURS. DO YOU NEED THE MONEY THAT BADLY OR DO YOU JUST REALLY FUCKING. WANT TO WORK AT FAZBEARS THAT MUCH. i honeslty cant decide which is worse. he also mocked the guy with a chainsaw who burst through the wall not ten minutes before??? who was also like 2 feet away from him???? what were you EXPECTING him to do??????????????????? give you more hours????????????????????????

phone guy: yeah.

mike: looked at the absolute flaming dumpster fire that was the lawsuits, filthy animatronics, extremely low budget, and EXTREMELY sketchy boss that was the new fazbears and said "yeah i can work with this." also i think he got killed by pan stan which is such a sad way to go my god. i dont have quite as much to say about him but i DO love him very much and he REALLY SHOULD HAVE gotten a better job.

lizzy: other than the fact she hasnt quit fazent yet (which is excusable considering it looks like shes looking into the sketchy stuff and is probably mostly there for mikes death), actually not that bad. props to her tbh if i had to deal with a boss like phone guy id go considerably more feral.

those police officers who showed up for like 2 scenes in the og fnaf musical: just fucking, like. let an actual murder perp ESCAPE because they Forgot To Lock The Car And Went To Go Get Food and then just. DIDNT REPORT IT. because this, apparently, is NOT the first time theyve let someone escape, and because theyd LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THEY REPORTED IT. if the police is THAT bad in this town no fucking wonder phone guy's gotten away with everything so far.

41 notes - Posted August 7, 2022

#4

drops dead on the floor

43 notes - Posted October 7, 2022

#3

buddy.... are you..... sweeping..... the evil rune circle............

45 notes - Posted October 20, 2022

#2

SIGHS. okay whatever. 10k notes and i finish reading homestuck

81 notes - Posted October 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

i hope the admiral knows i love him

(original image under cut, id in alt)

2,341 notes - Posted September 12, 2022

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A rough mix cover of an old favorite from my childhood; Hydrocity Zone Act 1 from 1994's 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3'. I plan on doing a fuller instrumental version at some point when I level up my instruments, studio space, and mixing skills, but this was fun enough to suffice for now. It's composed of 5 guitar tracks, 1 bass track, and 1 drum track. I played a Gibson Les Paul, Cordoba Mini II Acoustic Electric Bass, and Yamaha FGDP-50 Finger Drum Pad through my BOSS RC-505 Loop Station, then processed through GarageBand.

[rjjameshiii]

RJ's Platinum Collection #20: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Achieved on 2/18/2023 at 9:01 PM

I had never really had an interest in playing any of the Grand Theft Auto games when I was growing up. I enjoyed watching Lets Play channels do videos about GTA, but I didn't ever feel the need to play it myself. However, I discovered that Vice City would no longer be available on the PS Plus collection after February, so I decided "why not?" and decided to give my first Grand Theft Auto game a spin.

In Vice City, you play as Tommy Vercetti, a gang member who is released from prison and sent to the eponymous city to oversee a drug deal. However, the deal goes south, and Tommy gets the blame, and now has to replace all the money that got lost before his boss Sonny flies down to put a bullet between his eyes. Your goal as Tommy is to become the new kingpin of Vice City and make that sweet sweet moolah.

I started off my platinum journey by going through the main story missions. There are a total of 38 missions you need to complete to finish the story, and you start off at the bottom of the food chain completing missions for the local king Ricardo Diaz. I played these up until the point where I was able to betray Diaz and take over his operation, while also making sure to not miss trophies for completing certain missions in certain ways. I also got the trophies for completing the Paramedic and Taxi challenges.

1/34: Legal Counsel - Complete the "Riot" mission.

2/34: Iron-y - Kill the property developer with a golf club during the mission "Four Iron".

3/34: Chopper'd Up - Kill all hostile NPC's during the mission "Demolition Man" using the RC chopper's blades.

4/34: Greasy Palms - Use a police bribe to reduce your wanted level.

5/34: South American Connection - Complete the "Supply & Demand" mission.

6/34: Somebody Call the Wambulance? - Complete Paramedic mission Level 12.

7/34: Life of the Party - Complete the "All Hands On Deck" mission.

8/34: Point A to Point B - Drop off 25 passengers driving the taxi.

9/34: Salutations My Little Friend - Use the M4 to take out Diaz during the mission "Rub Out".

With Diaz dead and Tommy in charge, I decided to spend some time screwing around and ended up getting my first six-star wanted level, which netted me a trophy.

10/34: Catch Me if You Can - Achieve a six-star wanted level.

I also decided to get the Pizza Delivery challenge completed, which got me another trophy. Side note, you need to deliver MORE than 10 pizzas in order to 100% the game, but for the trophy you only need to deliver ten.

11/34: Pie Guy - Deliver 10 pizzas.

After some more mischief, I returned to doing the story missions, completing Tommy's mission line and the mission lines for the biker gang and the Love Tap band that Tommy becomes the manager of for some reason.

12/34: Tommy Two-Wheels - Complete the "Hog Tied" mission.

13/34: Chauffeur - Complete the "Publicity Tour" mission.

I then decided to tackle a challenge I wanted to get over with quickly, and that was finding all 100 hidden collectibles around the map. This took me a long time, even using a guide, but I was eventually able to find all 100.

14/34: City Sleuth - Find 100 hidden packages.

I then continued working on story missions for the Cubans and Haitians, eventually completing those storylines while also getting a couple miscellaneous trophies.

15/34: Bull in a China Shop - Cause $1,000,000 in property damage.

16/34: Keepie-Uppy Okie Dokie - Earn a high score of 5 with the Keepie-Uppy Beach Ball.

17/34: Big Heat from Little Havana - Complete the "Trojan Voodoo" mission.

From this point on, I had managed to complete all but the final main story mission, but I decided I wanted to 100% the game before I played it. So I began working on all of the side missions that you needed to 100% Vice City, getting multiple trophies along the way.

18/34: Vice City Mogul - Own 10 properties.

19/34: Gun For Hire - Complete all assassination contracts.

20/34: Don't Need Roads - Hit max speed in a Deluxo.

21/34: Grand Theft Auto - Retrieve every wanted vehicle at Sunshine Autos Import Garage.

22/34: Bloodstained Hands - Earn the Butcher criminal rating.

23/34: Not My First Time - Complete mission "G-Spotlight" without falling from the rooftops.

24/34: Just Like The Real Thing - Win the RC Bandit Race.

25/34: I'm Famous! - Earn the Stuff of Legends media attention rank.

26/34: One Is Better Than Two - Perform a 30-second wheelie.

27/34: Daredevil - Complete 36 unique stunt jumps.

28/34: High Quality H20 - Extinguish 10 fires.

One of the last side challenges I did was the Vigilante challenge, which is where you drive around in a vehicle and hunt down criminals to kill. Kinda hypocritical of you there, Tommy, but whatever. I had actually tried this challenge early in my playthrough, but all I had access to was a police car. I was unable to even get to Level 3, so I waited until I had unlocked the military tank. The tank is almost impossible to destroy, so I was able to quickly rake up the vigilante kills until I got the trophy.

29/34: Running Rampant - Complete Vigilante mission Level 12.

After completing the Vigilante mission, I decided to get one last miscellaneous trophy out of the way, which was for listening to each music station on the radio for an entire song and commercial break. I somehow hadn't done that for the entire 30+ hours I put into the game, so I just parked a car on the beach and listened to tunes.

30/34: Born In The 80's - Listen to all music stations at least once.

I actually had a ton of missions and side challenges to do that had no trophies associated with them. They were all kind of annoying and difficult, but I was eventually able to finish them and get 100% completion of the game.

31/34: Done It All - Earn 100% completion.

And then I played the final story mission, where Tommy and his gang fight off Bobby and his forces and finally becomes the one and only kingpin of Vice City.

32/34: Mischief Managed - Complete the "Keep Your Friends Close..." mission.

But wait! I got 100% of the game. Shouldn't I have the platinum?

Nope. Because I still needed to get my criminal rating up to "Godfather", which requires about 100,000 criminal points. Despite beating the game completely, I was quite below that. Luckily, there is a sneaky trick you can use to get up to 100,000 criminal points with no problem!

There is a mission called "Cone Crazy" where you have to drive around cones without knocking any over within a time limit. The trick is you can redo this mission multiple times, and if you can complete it one second faster each time, you'll start earning an outrageous amount of cash. You can literally earn up to 150,000,000 dollars, easily bringing you up to Godfather rating in less than 30 minutes!

33/34: Take The Cannoli - Earn the Godfather criminal rating.

And once I was able to do that, I got the platinum trophy!

34/34: Kingpin - Unlock all trophies.

I had so much fun playing this game. The platinum is very rewarding, and I am DEFINITELY going to be trying out other Grand Theft Auto games in the future!

Rating: 10/10

[garyjugert]

Thursday May 2, 2024

Uniclues by Gary Jugert:

1 Large layer of an alluring lady on cinder block.

2 How we've agreed to act when the boss comes around.

3 Nudist.

4 How to predict when it will land in a puddle and die.

5 Math teacher, no, not the new cute one.

6 Matterhorn on Ebay.

7 Grumpy Gaye.

8 The father of realism sending LOLCAT memes.

9 The chips.

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1 TEMPTRESS MURAL

2 PEONS ICIER

3 TEXTILES AVERSE

4 RC CAR TEA LEAVES

5 TRIG MATRON

6 ALPS EPIC SALE

7 MARTINET MARVIN

8 EMAILER IBSEN

9 SALSAS' CUES