#I MISS BUI BUI OH GOD

[celinolesunshine]

I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE A STORYTIME FROM MY TRAVELS TO TANZANIA THIS SUMMER

So I went to Tanzania for a summer program. I ended up learning a bit of conversational Swahili, but English is my mother tongue. Now, mind you, I know Japanese as well. Nowhere enough to be fluent, but enough to know general words.

(could I converse with the Japanese kids on program? Hell no. Did they think me trying to speak Japanese in my funny little American accent was adorable and they wanted to treasure me? Yes. Unfortunately.)

But by the end of about two weeks, I was able to impress the new batch of people (I stayed the whole month while all but three other people stayed the rest of the time with me) with my newfound speaking skills, and so they thought I knew what the fuck I was talking about.

and Boy, Oh Boy, did I get ahead of myself.

Now, a little lesson for you; Jambo is slang for ‘hey-o’ for tourists. Market-goers will call it out to you expecting you to repeat it back. Now, the FUNNIEST thing was replying back in full-ass Swahili like we were taught and watching these people lose their MINDS.

“Aye-o, Jambo!”

“Sijambo, na wewe?”

Now, THIS— this roughly translates to,

“Aye-o, hey! Tourist!”

“Hello! How are you?”

BAHAHAHAHAHAAHA—

oh, watching older African men lose their SHIT to a little 5’0 scrunkly-ass American boy spit THIS back out at them was COMEDY GOLD.

Another time was me acting like me and the kitchen staff could hold a conversation:

“Ah, bui-bui! Habari za asubuhi?”

“Nzuri sana! Na wewe?”

“Nzuri, nzuri.”

Which roughly translates to,

“Ah, spider!* how’s the morning?”

“Very good! How about yourself?”

“Well, well.”

*bui-bui is ‘spider’ in Swahili, which was the nickname for our driver, Lukumay.

BUT OHHHHHH MANNNN, was it so much fun. God, do I miss it there.

[beeduoo]

originnssssss who remembers origins i Loved origins

[mayoiayasep]

paradox live phone charm tier list that absolutely no one asked for 👍🏾

[thefunniestguy]

the biggest downside of new interests is the urge to cosplay. or buy merch in general. but especially cosplay bc i'm going to 2 cons and have cosplays planned for both of them i DON'T NEED TO DRESS UP AS DENJI.....

[oh-meow-swirls]

i feel like there must be a gold mine of yo-kai watch stuff that my moms bought and then never actually gave to me.

i have this now-

[oldshittydog]

dont you just love when creators on tumblr are like "actually, you, dear viewer, have a MORAL OBLIGATION to reblog my stuff if you like it!" like girl can i have a break

[genderfluid-druid]

underrated love language i had forgotten about: "the cat is sitting on you funny. I need you to appreciate how funny he looks from my angle. I know you're sitting right next to me but I'm gonna take a picture and send it to you."

[autumnrory]

woooo my niece took 5 of my 13 lego sets, one of which was one of the three larger ones, so that's one huge box out of the way and i'm just glad she wanted them because like they ARE twenty years old and they look fine ofc but sometimes kids aren't gonna want stuff that isn't new and shiny ya know, but she did seem to want everything which would've been fine with me but i knew there was no way they would take all that with them, and at least i still have stuff of my own to sell, plus should get at least a cut of my brother's stuff for doing the inventory and putting together that stuff that wasn't already done

[doodle-girl]

I ACTUALLY HAVE TO HOLD BACK A SQUEAL RIGHT NOW OH MY GOD I AM GOING INSANE HOLY FUCK

[spark-circuit]

spoilers for Spearmaster campaign! (talking about hidden pearl dialogue 👍)

ough...,,,.,,,

[caracello]

Have you read the Servamp manga, Belkia shows up more in that. There's a lot cd dramas which feature him and Tsubaki

YESS i loove the drama cds and i read the manga up tooo whenever gear starts appearing for the first time. i still need to catch up on that. i've liked servamp since likeee 2019-ish +DD!!!

[monstriiss]

ooc: stands here covered in blood holding starbucks in my reusable travel cup

[swagworm99]

fractured mind... fractured mind fandom where are you..

[thawthebeez]

girl help the sugakage brainworms are eating me alive noooooooo

[intertexts-moving]

mtg proxies make the world go round. tbh.

[nerosdayinanime]

I know I wasn't the person that originally asked about Giyuucore songs but that post caught my interest because you mentioned a lot of songs and some of my favorites👀

I'd really like to hear your thoughts on Gilded Lily! I've seen it taken in a couple different contexts online but idk anyone that listens to it. After Dark is another banger but I never considered thinking of it as Giyuucore. the same thing with Little Dark Age talk about blorbo, think about blorbo :)

also I listened to The Mute and The Missing Road for the tag you left on my one drabble and 😭 i see it so clearly with how so socially awkward little blorbo is

usually i think of my music taste as mainstream but not like. Popular mainstream yk? usually at least, since i started only really using spotify it kinda just Sticks with popular... (i just think the music i listen to its pretty all over the place) anyway-

Gilded Lily got me from the chorus haven't i given enough? giyuu gives his all yet still all the shit that happens to him and the people he loves... with him in mind the lyric reads as more a polite way of asking higher powers 'havent you taken enough from me?' yk?

always the fool with the slowest heart hes always behind his peers and misunderstood, negative feedback loop of hiding further in himself and straying further behind

but i know youll take me with you when he loves he gives a piece of himself, so when they're lost they take a piece of him with them i know ill take you with me the haori he so dearly cares for

we'll live in spaces between walls how ghosts are respected as existing in a third place, the border between life and death- how giyuu does something similar, as close as a ghost you can get without death- hes treats himself the same as the ghosts that haunt him

last lyric for gilded lily is manga spoliers and iirc youre an anime-only, so ill keep that one under wraps lmao

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After Dark is all dreams and broken memories, the echo-y voice and faraway sound of the piano all tinged with melancholy (probably shoulda put it with the sabigiyuu playlist lmao)

i see you, you see me - how pleasant, this feeling - the moment you hold me - i missed you, im sorry - ive given what I have - i showed you I'm growing - the ashes fall slowly - as your voice consoles me only alive in his dreams, the reprieve of being in sabito's arms hurts from its fleeting nature. his chance at trying to right his wrongs of being too weak, a demon's dying ashes as proof, sabito's voice (a faded memory of, distorted with unfamiliarity) telling him he doesnt need to prove himself of anything

as the hours pass - i will let you know - that i need to ask - before I'm alone - how it feels to rest - on your patient lips  - to eternal bliss - im so glad to know the false feeling of lips against his, only as good as a dream gets. (he knows it isnt real, it doesnt feel real, its heaven nonetheless) a kiss that never happened, never will happen, hes just happy to have known him at all (even if the memories are so painful)

we're swaying to drum beats - in motion, im feeling - my patience controlling - the question, i wont speak two hearts in sync as their sword swings, giyuu always holds his tounge until the perfect moment (a perfect moment doesnt exist)

we're telling the stories - our laughter, he knows me - we're leaving, we're talking - youre closer, it's calming reliving faded memories- happy times and the march to their shared grave. the impeding dread of Knowing simmers to an empty lull when their hands brush as they walk

the night will hold us close and the stars will guide us home - ive been waiting for this moment, we're finally alone - i turn to ask the question, so anxious, my thoughts a calm rest with another painful dream of a man that doesnt exist

your lips were soft like winter, in your passion, i was lost their lips meet, painfully cold and oh so dead against his, only for a moment. he opens his eyes to the crystal clear memory of the determined fire behind rounded eyes before he turned. white haori disappearing to the forest, vision blurred, red trailed down his face, what was he supposed to do now?

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Little Dark Age is super gloomy and sorta like. corrupted church vibes. idk how to explain that. the tone of voice singing keeping the note flat (except in the chorus) the background music echoing itself it just overall reminds me of devilman crybaby's corrupted demonic vibe. Smells Blood(kensuke ushio). dvmcb has a more Taken And Run By Evil/Satan kinda vibe whereas little dark age is more God Left Us

the lyrics are a narration, his own thoughts and feelings he never speaks aloud but says if you listen close enough.

the ruins of the day, painted with a scar dont need to explain that one

and, the more i straighten out, the less it wants to try the amount of willpower it takes him to just keep going

oh-oh, forgiving who you are, for what you stand to gain - just know that if you hide, it doesnt go away/i grieve in stereo, the stereo sounds strange - you know that if it hides, it doesn't go away self-narration, how much he still hurts despite hardening his heart against it all

when you get out of bed, dont end up stranded - horrified. with each stone. on the stage - my little dark age stranded in the stagelight, stone upon stone tied to him always weighing him down

specifically ties with the other lyric- come find us heading for the bridge, bring a stone, all the rage, my little dark age he thinks he deserves it, peoples hatred and anger at his failure, he ties the stones himself

if I get out of bed, you'll see me standing all alone, horrified, on the stage, my little dark age all of this song ties specifically to this one imagery i have of sabito and giyuu and hashira overall- theyre the ones that bare the light that destroys demons. with their strength they cast shadows for other slayers and innocent people to hide behind, still safely in the light but not being burned by it as they are.

Giyuu and Sabito were supposed to bare that light together, strengthened by eachother casting shadows where the other's weakest and baring the burn with eachother side by side, they were supposed to cast a shadow large enough to shield everyone they cared for, to not lose everyone they love again.

this line was the start of it all- waking up alone on the stage being wholly burned by the light with no respite. the blinding light instead signaling his little dark age

also yeah!!! the self-isolating, lonely theme of those songs is literally just Him. it speaks for itself so clearly i dont even know how i could explain it to someone who knows giyuu but doesnt understand how The Mute & The Missing Road relate to him. its just. Its Him man. you gotta believe me. if you only listen with your ears, i cant get in - and a heart always holds, onto missing roads MAN CMON ITS RIGHT THERE-