#I'm writing the tags in english because I can't be bothered to translate them from the english version of the gifset 🤭

[gottagobackintime]

Svenska HBTQ+ filmer/tv-serier: Gynekologen i Askim 2007-2011 regi. Tova Magnusson "Men om jag ska va helt ärlig så tänker jag mer på kvinnor när jag blir upphetsad." "Det är nog vanligare än man tror." "Tror du verkligen det?" "Det är jag helt övertygad om."

[axuanmii]

admit you ship incest dude. the cn/jp shippers say its incest. pick up a book and translate it, it says kaeya is adopted. .. and heres a long paragraph about how incest is only between biological families and more disrespect to people who are adopted...

no idea why my inbox didn't give me this notif until now, but now's a better time than any to talk more about this.

i'm chinese. i speak fluent mandarin chinese. i've consulted other native chinese speakers about this, both genshin players and unrelated. i play genshin with chinese audio and english subs specifically to catch and complain about inaccuracies. i'd reveal more information but then i think it'd be trivially easy to doxx me if one knew what they were looking for.

fundamentally, the issue of incest lies in physical reproduction, yet i find adoptive incestuous relationships discomforting all the same. it's why i didn't like or finish go ahead (以家人之名) because i felt that it laid too much into the siblings aspect for romantic relationships to be feasible, and it was super contradictory from the initial general message of the first bittersweet yet wholesome episode.

however, personally, i just don't think kaeya felt like a part of the family until crepus's death and he really reflected on crepus's actions towards him (hangout). and even after beginning to view crepus as a father figure, he wouldn't have so shallowly made the transition for diluc to be his brother by adoption and consequently changed his entire mind about the guy (which you can see with the way he chooses to refer to both men with different terms, one adoptive and familial, one very clearly 'sworn', very consistently throughout the whole game. if that ever changes in chinese, well, at least you can know that i'll make a post about it if i still care about genshin by then.)

the localization team does make plenty of serious mistakes, and it's of my opinion that as a result, it has very clearly skewed character relationships with those mistakes, (cynari and collei, eulamber, some npcs in liyue, sumeru) some from cultural differences, some just from lazy translation overall. there's layers of complexity in how chinese utilizes honorifics and affectionate terms, as well as contextual consideration between fiction and reality, and sometimes i feel like the english localization team just threw it all into google translate and called it a day.

i don't even ship kaeluc that much. i like to call it the secret third thing where they can't get off their asses to talk about anything ever so they exist in an undefined space and to have them return to any semblance of a healthy relationship, platonic, familial, or romantic, would require a novel's length worth of development that hoyoverse will probably never write, and so my brain has made up novels of all three kinds and more.

however, i also don't care about people who do ship kaeluc or treat any other fictional media in an incestuous or otherwise problematic manner, regardless of language or culture. this is because i operate on a "don't like, don't read, don't interact" mindset. it makes being in fandom more fun; you should try it.

my disappointment wasn't aimed at the fact that i think too little people ship kaeluc. it just sucks to see people claim that that's what's wrong with the fandom and spin this evil gross imagery around the ship over a misunderstanding, especially when that's not how i view it. it's also the only thing vehemently regularly repeated ('klcers dni') when there's so many other issues with the game and the fandom.

(off topic but what's the worst thing that'll happen if a kaeluc shipper likes your fan stuff. it's not like they come into your tumblr asks to bother you with an "oh btw you're wrong about how you enjoy this media and this is what's right"-- oh wait that's what's going on here right)

including the fact that people like you purposefully go around searching in the kaeluc tag (which you probably did, because nobody is scrolling that far back in my blog to find this one specific post to complain about) to police and pick fights with people over a stupid issue from 2020/2021. i guess tumblr isn't a safe place to talk about kaeluc either lmao.

and to think i left anon asks on in the hopes that it could be an inbox for anyone who wanted to ask me art questions or just leave something positive and not feel too awkward (where do i get the confidence in thinking anyone would ask my incompetent brain for help lol).

to be fair, it's going to be my fault for continuing to draw attention to this by responding to such an ask instead of just deleting it and moving on but fuck it we ball.

this ended up pretty long but i feel like it would've been too rude to just say "会说中文的干嘛要翻书 :P". probably would've been funnier though and saved me a lot of time. kudos to you if you actually read this and read through everything.

final note:

[nedjemetsenen]

Writing tag game!

I was tagged by @saijspellhart, feel free to read if you want to know more about me and experience my shame. Who decided we should talk about our first fics!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Technically 6, but let's not count the note fic and say 5

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

228,683

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

All This We Do in the Name of Ma'at is number one and the others are all pretty close to each other so, eh?

4. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Yep! I try to respond to every comment both to encourage further commenting and to express appreciation for the existing comment!

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I don't do angsty endings. If I want sad endings, I'll read the news or history books. Fiction is my happy place.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Well, All This We Do in the Name of Ma'at has the best payoff and it's happy, but Bells, Rings, and Other Modern Things makes me smile more, so it's an either or depending on your preference.

7. Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

Not really. I'll write characters from one properties into a world based on another property, but I don't bring in characters from both properties. It just doesn't appeal to me. It's completely possible that could change some day, though!

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Nope! I'm lucky that the "worst" I've seen is awkwardly phrased comments. Nothing I'd call hate.

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I have written it and probably will again at some point. It's not something I actively look to write, but I let my stories be guided by my characters and I LOVE romance. It's very hard to write people in love without them getting hot and heavy at some point (outside of sex-adverse love relationships).

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I've had interest expressed, but I don't think they actually did it? It's a lot of work and I tend to write long fics!

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No and idk if I'd be good at that. I like controlling the final written project. @saijspellhart and I are doing a collab where she illustrates and I write, but we discuss ideas for each chapter together and that works really well for my writing style! She has some great ideas!

13. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

I think I have to give this to puzzleshipping (YuugiXYami/Atemu), which I've shipped since the early 2000s. I'm not always active in that fandom, but it's the only ship that I return to again and again. All the other ships from my childhood are no longer on my radar. I lost interest in them when I lost interest in their associated show.

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

If I publish something, I'm gonna finish it, so nothing that's on AO3. I do have some non-published stuff that I wrote scenes for, but will never fully develop, though. I just wanted the ideas out of my head.

15. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, characterization, and pacing/logic. At least, those are what I feel strongest in and what people tend to complement.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Anything visual. I am not a visual person by any definition of that word, so I just don't describe stuff most of the time. It doesn't bother me in reading my work, but it is a thing that visual people sometimes call out.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I avoid it if at all possible because I find it frustrating to read a story and come across a line that I can't understand. It breaks the immersion because I have to stop and go "wait, what did that say?" That's not something that I want my audience to go through.

If I have a character say something that's not in english, then I try to ensure that my audience knows what it means.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

....I preface this by saying that I was young and, even then, I knew that the show was stupid, but it had some really neat ideas for the characters and that's what gets my creative juices flowing! Anyway, Loonatics Unleashed. Don't recommend the show, but I will defend Rev and Tech until my dying day. Still two of my babies! Huh, maybe I should have listed them along with puzzleshipping. I suppose I've shipped them just as long and I love them just as much. I just don't write those stories since it's a dead fandom and I like my stuff read.

19. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

My favorite fic is almost always whatever I'm currently writing.

And the only person I know well enough to tag is the one who tagged me, so I won't tag anyone, but feel free to play along!