#Mack has spoken

[xerogravityorange]

The Great Gatsby says the word "yellow" a total of 24 times. That's all I have to say.

[sonicjustbecause]

Sonic incarnations

My three favourites

Adventure 2

I like how Sonic was mysterious in SA2. In a different way than Shadow. Shadow's mystery was due of him not truly know himself. But for Sonic it was just his nature. He was fast, always moving and elusive. he can be here and the moment later he is already gone, like the wind. And like a swift. Even his speech can be mysterious at time 'What you see is what you get!'. A non-answer actually that perfectly describles him, but he was self confident. He is also whimsical, a bit grumpy and hot headed (for this he always falls for Shadow teasing him). Yet he is amazing when dealing with stressful situations, like when he was trapped in open space and with a bomb and a fake emerald. He didn't panic and was able to think straight. Overall Adventure Sonic is gentle, just like most Sonic incarnations. Is also one of the few time we saw Sonic crying.

I'm fond of Ryan Drummond's voice of that time. So loud and high pitched, and goofy, full of energy, seemingly belonging to a teenager. But it could turn low and soft spoken when thoughful, resembling Shadow's voice.

Prime

I always had a soft spot for annoying characters. Well, not all annoying characters, there are some I hate like everybody. But I tend to like most of them. The Sonic from Prime is very outgoing compared to Adventure Sonic. He is still elusive but he is not mysterious, also because he talks a lot. He is also gentle, like most Sonic incarnation, but he has a short attention span. He has traits of ADHD. I do not know how this thing work, but reading about people with ADHD they tend to relate to Sonic. He is less stupid than people may think, sometimes he outsmarts his enemies. Sonic is self aware and want to fix his mistakes and his flaws, he costantly questions himself about doing the right thing. Is also one of the most melancholy incarnations, weightened by guilt.

I think Deven Mack is my third favourite Sonic VA. His voice is goofy and soft, suiting him very well.

Movie

Probably the most youthful, naive and innocent Sonic. He is still funny and full of energy, but he lacks of the self confidence that normally surrounds other incarnation of him. He is a imaginative lonely kid who, due of being an alien, is forced to live in the shadows and built an imaginary world for himself, longing to have friends and to get noticed and loved abd playing with his own after images. Until one day reality hits hard. That moment he exposes himself. A blessing in disguise actually, that allows himself to find a family. Unfortunately he is still too different to blend with humans. He does impossible thing to be accepted but he is still treated like a menace by most. Luckily for him he meets Tails and Knuckles, other two aliens that come from his same planet. In a certain way he remembers me Shadow also due to his past. Luckily Sonic is mentally stronger than Shadow.

[thelovetheystole]

Made a list with dates for the Robert mentions (plus other somewhat Rob related show content) we've had since Aaron's return in October 2023. Please note that the quotes are not exact as I wrote them down from memory.

Will put a pin in it and hopefully add more as we go 🤞

2023

○ October 18 - Aaron tells Vinny 'maybe I like the memories' after moving in to the second Mill flat

• October 27 - Rhona quips 'That worked out really well for Robert' in front of Aaron when he was talking about going after Craig

• December 13 - Victoria tells Aaron 'You sound like you're speaking from experience' when Aaron said she should wait for Jacob if he's the one. Followed by her then saying 'Speaking of the one, Robert's doing okay'.

2024

○ January 15 - Aaron's drunken pause to Victoria

• January 18 - Charity reminds Aaron of the time he and Robert were 'raising Seb together', * first Seb mention in years

• January 30 - Aaron rattles of all the 'ghosts' on his list to Mack, but Robert was the only on there that's still alive, * first time Aaron has spoken Robert's name since his exit episode in 2021

° March 1 - Aaron tells Vinny he will probably never have kids, so zero chance to pass on a faulty gene

• August 8 - Victoria tells John about their brother Robert, she also says to Eric that she's going to tell Robert about John, later Aaron has a very visible reaction to learning he's unknowingly hooked up with Robert's half brother and John looks at an old Sugden family photo at Vic's house

• August 9 - Aaron emotionally tells his mum that 'It's brought everything back - about Robert' and that he 'can't go there again'

• Aug 13 - Aaron says to Chas that he 'never would have gone there' if he had known John was Robert's brother

○ Aug 16 - Aaron advises Vinny that it's no use 'pining for someone who isn't there anymore'

• Aug 27 - Vic tells John 'It's nice to have someone in my corner, I haven't had that since Robert went away'

° Aug 29 - Victoria tells Aaron and John that this is 'messed up' and questions if Aaron wants to sleep with all her brothers

• Sep 2 - Vic tells Aaron him being involved with Robert's brother is 'a bit weird', Aaron tells her 'John won't replace Robert' for either of them, later John says he's 'not been auditioning as Robert's replacement'

• Sep 23 - Vic has found old family photos and wants to show John, mentions 'Rob and Andy' twice. Later, she finds out John's still seeing Aaron, and tells him 'You know Aaron is married to Robert, our brother?' (Yes, is, not was!)

Link to my post with clues about John ⬇️

Links to my posts with Danny's quotes about Robert/Ryan from 2020-2024 (updated to include their interactions on social media and their pub meeting) ⬇️

[yesterdayiwrote]

After reading @vro0m's post suggesting Grill the Grid should take on a Taskmaster format, please have my ‘not entirely definitive’ list of Which Taskmaster contestant the 2023 F1 grid would most be like...

Max Verstappen : Kerry Godliman - Wants to win. Doesn’t want you to know how much they want to win. Until you tell them he’s done it wrong and then he argues the rules with you incessantly. Probably loves a laminator. Bosh, done.

Sergio Perez : Paul Sinha - Should be really good at this. Is getting a bit old though and inexplicably fucking the whole thing up. Is really trying but just permanently perplexed about how this isn’t going better for them.

Charles Leclerc : Judi Love - Is trying really hard, still not quite understanding what they’re being asked to do but not wanting anyone to realise how confused they are. Most likely to ask ‘Is there a duck on my face?’

Carlos Sainz : Joe Thomas - Is also very confused, but slightly less chaotic with it, not exactly hiding how confused they are, just openly having a breakdown while their brain stops working. Liable to suddenly argue back about how unfair it is and how hard they’re trying.

Lewis Hamilton : Liza Tarbuck - Knows what they’re doing, minimal fuss, just gets on with it and ends up winning everything. Is starting to get mildly irritated you’re asking them to do it still, decreases effort throughout proceedings, yet still somehow manages to do really well

George Russell: Mel Giedroyc - George is Mel. Rushes into every task with enthusiasm. Highly competitive. Tackles every task with a cacophony of Britishisms spilling from his mouth in place of swear words to hide his frustrations, whilst simultaneously congratulating the crew on what great tasks they’ve come up with. (There is also a really strong argument for Ivo Graham here. Bringing big Eton energy but slightly more angsty about his failures)

Lando Norris : Nish Kumar - Is trying really, really hard. Is also failing really, really hard by failing to notice generally what’s going on around him.

Oscar Piastri : Richard Osman - Just getting the tasks done in a calm, sensible manner. No bells and whistles, just taking it all in his stride.

Esteban Ocon : Jessica Knappett - Goes rushing in to everything with enthusiasm and positive energy and falls face first into failure. Tall and lanky and just very happy to be here.

Pierre Gasly : Iain Stirling - Tries really hard, really wants to win, but you can’t shake the feeling that you’re watching a Love Island episode whenever you watch him attempt anything (just for wildly different reasons).

Fernando Alonso : Rhod Gilbert - Quietly confident of their own abilities. A bit of a lone wolf and hates team tasks because he just wants to win for himself. Has an uncanny knack of finding a loophole and winning tasks thanks to some dirt he has on the taskmaster from many years ago.

Lance Stroll : Paul Chowdhry - He’s not entirely sure how he’s ended up here, or what he’s supposed to do, but he’s giving it a go anyway. Appears unenthusiastic about everything but actually wants to win, just with the least possible effort he can muster.

Valtteri Bottas : Hugh Dennis - Very calm about everything, even his own failures. Actually not that worried about where he comes, just happy to be taking part. (Valtteri would actually be Fred the Swede but he’s not a contestant so he can’t be)

Zhou Guanyu : Charlotte Ritchie - Appears like they have it all together. Calm and softly spoken, yet strangely chaotic when given a task. Seems really eager to please but kind of low key stressed and anxious. (A certain element of Sophie Duker or Mawaan Rizwan entirely for the great fits though)

Yuki Tsunoda : Fern Brady - Is very stressed about everything and would very much like to go home for a big sleep because being competitive is exhausting

Daniel Ricciardo : Joe Wilkinson - Chaos. Full stop.

Nico Hulkenberg : Lee Mack - This is one of the harder ones because he could be any of the ‘uncontroversial older guy’ contestants. Went for Lee because he’d probably keep dropping dad jokes in there but not a total chaos demon. Just does…fine?

Kevin Magnussen : Ardal O’Hanlon - Similar to what I wrote for Nico but with a bit more chaos and confusion thrown in, but just politely smiling his way through it. (See also Alan Davies)

Alex Albon : James Acaster - Has a severe dislike for whoever organised this, would quite like it to be over. Would also like to win. Doesn’t want to look desperate with it but is actually trying very hard. Is very angry that he’s not winning and ends up ranting about how unfair it is to hide his disappointment.

Logan Sargeant : Desiree Burch - American. (Look, I ran out of ideas for Logan I will admit)

[cogentranting]

I think that the idea of the found family splitting up at the end is an idea that can work but there are some specific things that make it work.

First of all, the time frame has to be right. If the story that brought them together is too short, it doesn't work. If they came together, did one thing, and then split apart, then the idea that they became a family doesn't hold weight. So typically if the story is one movie or one book, splitting the family doesn't work. But if it's a series (tv show, multiple movies, multiple books) then you can have them together for quite a while. They didn't just come together for a task and then split up once they didn't need each other anymore. They were together for a while and chose to be around each other repeatedly.

Secondly, the splitting up has to be of the GROUP but not the FAMILY. It can be that they may never all live or work together again, but done right the idea becomes that they were a team/group first and that brought them together and they became a family but then the need for the group passed, but they remained a family. It's tricky to give a proper sense of this because typically the splitting up comes at the end of whatever story, and this focuses on the idea of what comes after. But when it's achieved it becomes a mimicking of certain family patterns-- you're raised together, you grow up as family, but then as you get older life leads you in different directions. People move to different houses (or cities or countries), people get married and form new connections, things arise that put that distance between you. But in a healthy family situation, that connection remains and you still are in each others lives.

Third, there has to be some sort of natural reason for the parting. It can't just be 'well we're done so I guess I'm going to go because there's no reason to stay'.

A couple examples:

(Spoilers for each within their section) Agents of Shield-- 1. Time frame- the team in some iteration or other has been around for 7 years (give or take) by the end. During that time they've lived together and repeatedly have chosen to come back together if they've been separated, and there hasn't been one specific thing they all need to accomplish that forces them together. Its all been choice. 2. Finality- Two things put this slightly into question with AOS. One there's a sort of prophecy spoken midway through the final season that the entire team will never be all in one place again after this mission. Two, the final get together scene indicates they don't do that often and their meet up only lasts a few minutes. However, the impression I get from the finale is that all of the team members are still in frequent contact even if the group is big enough and doing diverse enough things that its hard to get everyone in the same room very often. But they clearly still care about each other, they clearly still know the details of each others lives. They're still family. They've just spread out. (and as for the prophecy the specific inclusion of Deke who has to make the sacrifice of staying behind in another timeline means that there is the allowance of everyone BUT Deke getting together at various points in their future). 3. Purpose- Leaving the Shield team feels natural. Fitz and Simmons are retiring to raise their daughter. May is moving into a new position. Coulson needs to go find himself. And then we split Mack and Yoyo from Daisy and her new part of the family (Kora and Daniel) to form two new teams (like two siblings who get married and form their own households).

Guardians of the Galaxy-- 1. Time Frame- The Guardians actively live together in close quarters from 2014 to 2025/2026. That's 6 or 7 years for the majority of the team (minus 5 for the blip) and 11 or 12 for Nebula and Rocket. The adventures we see in the movies that bring them together are each of the span of maybe two weeks at the MOST. The rest of those years is just daily lives and daily adventures together. 2. Finality- Peter and Mantis leave in the most real way and neither of them expresses it necessarily as permanent. Even though it doesn't seem they intend to rejoin the Guardians down the road, they probably will eventually return to Knowhere. In the meantime, Nebula and Drax have left the team but Knowhere still likely will be the home base (or at least a frequent stop) for the new Guardians team, so Rocket and Groot will still see them regularly. And with the ease of travel for these characters, there's nothing to suggest that they won't talk frequently, and visit each other whenever they can. They aren't all Guardians anymore but that doesn't mean they aren't family still. 3. Purpose- All of the endings fit for the characters. Nebula and Drax have clear new roles on Knowhere, Peter has family responsibilities he has to face, Mantis has to go make her own choices. And, much like Shield, Rocket's formation of a new team mirrors a family member moving out and forming a new household of their own, raising their own kids.

Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom-- This one doesn't totally work for me. It only works in part. Specifically, Inej, Jesper, and Kaz feel like a found family by the end, the other three don't. Wylan's connection is mostly to Jesper so he feels more like an in-law. Nina feels close as a friend, but not fully as family. And Matthias is only connected through Nina. 1. Time frame- this is a big part of the reason why I've narrowed to only three. Inej, Jesper, and Kaz have the most history. At the start of the books they have been working together already for some time. So the specific two part adventure of the books doesn't force them together, it just strengthens the bond. The time frame itself is unclear, but it does seem to be multiple years. In contrast, Matthias and Wylan ONLY have the span of a few weeks with the team. (We could give Matthias a break on this because he dies so there isn't the option of sticking around longer, but I think the indication is that while he had some level of bond with the other characters, it was mostly just him and Nina who were close, and they intended to go off on their own at the end if he had survived). Wylan also seems to be the driving force behind Jesper leaving at the end. Nina is a little more complicated since (if I'm remembering the books correctly) she had some level of connection with the team before the start of Six of Crows. 2. Finality- Here we have a sequel to give us a glimpse via the King of Scars duology. Rule of Wolves shows very clearly that Kaz is still in contact with Jesper and Wylan (however, to me, this seems pretty clear that the relationship is between Kaz and Jesper, and that any contact Kaz has with Wylan is incidental.) Contact with Inej is harder (because she's sailing around being awesome, not living in a house across town) but the care and connection is still there. Nina by contrast, seems to have very little contact with any of the team at any point after the end of Crooked Kingdom (and with her, it's not a cameo appearance, she gets a third of those two books). Circumstances are at play since she's a spy and then living under an assumed identity, but even her mentions (both out loud and in her inner monologue) of the others are pretty limited and usually specific to skills she learned from them. Matthias is dead and that's pretty final. 3. Purpose- All of them have pretty good reasons for leaving, none of them just seem to drift away (apart from maybe Wylan).

[luke-hughes43]

what is allie like personality wise? she kinda gives off more quiet but still happy you know?

I feel like she's just very soft spoken. and is very caring and has a big heart.

and it's one of the things that mack loves about her.

[obsessivelollipoplalala]

Sorry to bring this thing up again, but I just can't get over that pointless comment about Brian, either. "He loves to hear himself talk." Oh, you mean he actually cares about things? That he's passionate? Come on. And I could be reading too much into it, but... We all know that Brian has been way more vocal about LGBTQ+ rights than this person's fave, for instance. Trying to make Brian's passionate "speech" out to be nothing more than conceit is not only incredibly disingenuous; it also comes across as dismissive in favor of other people associated with the band.

Are you trying to kill me, anon? Lmao

So, yes, I do think one of the reasons why people see Brian as full of himself in general is because he very easily gets lost in his head and rambles about what he’s passionate about, and people get very annoyed with people who are earnest and go on about their interests: look at the entirety of cringe culture. It’s making judgments against people’s character for being too passionate about the “wrong” subjects. Brian’s mom apparently described him to Anita as an absentminded professor, and yeah! That’s what he is, an intelligent ditz who doesn’t even realize when he’s been talking too much, and as someone with a very similar experience lol, I sympathize with that and think he’s misunderstood in that respect.

For the rest? I can’t say what’s going on in someone else’s head, but I do think the fandom as a whole does not take Brian’s statements on gay rights and HIV/AIDS advocacy seriously for two reasons: 1.) they think he’s arrogant ^ and apply bad faith to his personality trait of speaking at length and passionately about things he cares about. They don’t see his statements as earnest, but performative, because people are abnormal about him. 2.) People don’t like to admit that no one directly involved with the band has spoken more about lgbt rights and HIV/AIDS than Brian. This is not an opinion, it is a fact that if you compile a list of statements made by the band and their roadies and managers on what they have said about the lgbt community and HIV/AIDS, Brian’s section would be the longest on the list. I think people get uncomfortable with this because they wish their fave were as outspoken, but…that’s not Brian’s fault lol.

It’s not Brian’s fault he said he was proud of how Freddie dealt with his sexuality struggles in 1991 and disclosed his AIDS test to The Sun in 1992 while Ratty laughed about being openly homophobic to Freddie and his gay friends in 2011. It’s not Brian’s fault he said he knew Freddie struggled to find himself (but never undermined his sexuality) while Mack said he thought Freddie might go back to Mary one day. It’s not Brian’s fault he’s always used the word “gay” to describe Freddie’s sexuality and said Freddie didn’t mince his words while Phoebe decided to later lie that Freddie never labeled himself. It’s not Brian’s fault he asserted Freddie was very responsible when moving from one relationship to the next while Mary said Freddie “became a gay” and stopped living his “bisexual lifestyle” to save her from getting AIDS (implying, of course, that Freddie knowingly gave it to men). It’s not Brian’s fault he’s the only member of the band who publicly reflected upon Freddie’s struggles as a gay man and thinks it influenced his music sometimes. It’s not Brian’s fault that the defense of HIV/AIDS victims in the one week later interview basically solely came from him.

There’s a reason why he got the ally award lol, and sure, it’s not a competition—but people very clearly think it is and downplay his vocal support as a result, because why else would they act like all his statements don’t exist while attributing imaginary support to other people associated with the band?

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

Ok. Final HSMTMTS season review by a random nerdy girl with weird thoughts and ideas

Non-spoilers:

They really did not give a single fuck anymore

No like so many bleeped swear words ??

SEXUAL INNUENDOS TOO? HELP SO MANY OF THEM.

I feel like they did want to do more with this show and I am guessing a lot of their ”we give no more fucks” attitude this season has something to do with that

They made some odd choices with some characters lol

The amount of times I thought ”this reminds me of glee”, ”it’s giving glee vibes” people who wanna watch something after this show watch Glee it’s on D+ now too because Disney bought Fox

In the end I am happy and satisfied with the season and I am glad to see it all at once rather than wait for eps. Waiting for eps is fun too but I like variety

Now Spoiler Time😌

I need to talk about the most important thing first according to me.

ASHLYN!! ASH!!! *squeals*

I don’t know if the fandom has treated her as roughly this season but I have not forgiven you how you treated her last season and she is the baby girl ever

Like this girl?? All her lines can be memes?? HER MOUTH TO MOUTH THING THAT COMES BACK SEVERAL TIMES GIRL YOU ARE NOT SUBTLE WITH ANYTHING

Maddox and Jet are the siblings ever I love how they just sibling-tease each other all the time while always being friends. And I am happy they have each other considering their home life seems to be… oof.

A LOT of things seemed to happen off screen that I’d like to see… on screen?

Like a big part of the Seb stuff… his whole dad thing was just very rushed and kinda like ”btw we are adding this random thing” and ??

And the CHEATING. Biggest plot twist of the show. I WAS NOT PREPARED. I WAS NOT PREPARED.

Big Red and Ashlyn’s breakup was actually very nice though. No drama… I also found it hilarious that she was more mad for Carlos’ sake than her own didjdkdkgidoslf

THE PUMPKIN MAN WAS SO RANDOM?! WHAT THE FUCK. AND HE JUST CLIMBED THROUGH THE WINDOW TO ?? TALK TO CARLOS ON THE PORCH WHAT WAS GOING ON I WAS SO CONFUSED I DIDN’T EVEN REMEMBER HIM

Ricky is such a sweet boy honestly

WHEN HE ASKED THE CAMERA WHO THE FUCK THEY WERE HELP BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL X 2000

Good on them for confirming Ryan is gay

Why is Maddox such a gay mess I love her

It feels like their story is not over yet and a lot of loose threads are still up. I wish we could have seen their graduation

MADDOX AND ASH WERE MAKING OUT. Like when this show started it was ”a little peck” at most with Carlos and Seb and now there is this.

Also their kissing scene and Carlos walking in 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’m happy things are going good for Gina and her mom is finally present

I seem to have forgotten when/if Kourtney broke up with Howie or not?? Did she? Did I not remember that?

Emmy is so funny I can’t

I loved to see everyone’s origin stories how they got to the theatre in the first place. Like Ash feeling like she was in EJ’s shadow?? Ricky not even doing the audition if he hadn’t spoken to Gina? Carlos being bullied like that??? SEB WITH A GIRL?!

Mack just has this large former child actor energy going on I can’t explain it ??

Also them highkey wanting to reference Dog with a blog here

Every time they do a show I am always prepared something will go wrong. Like S1 scarred me now I think something always will happen and even when it goes good I am still like ”aaaaany time now…”

I know I will have more stuff to say about this show. But that’s all for tonight. It was a wild ride with the Wildcats.

[xerogravityorange]

hhhhhhhhh my incurable disease known as toxic yaoi

[sonicjustbecause]

Lost in translation (general). Unavoidable.

"What girl witch cute". Yes. This is the plain translation. I'll come there later.

I'm not a native English speaker. I can say I know one language and half. Written/spoken Italian (native), written English.

I like to watch shows in Italian and Japanese usually. Seldom I watch them in English. In general i dislike the translation and the voices they choose for characters from foreign shows.

Like, I would watch easily The Simpson in English because is their native show and the voice they choose are good. In the Italian show they went as far as finding VA who have very similar voices to the original VA.

Sonic Prime worked fine with English voice (because they choose canadian VA and not the american ones. Both RCS and Kirk Thorton are... uhmmm... I loved Deven Mack and Ian Hanlin). Is maybe one of the few shows I watched happily in English. And I could somewhat understand what they say because of a clearer pronunciation.

For other shows I often watch them either in Japanese with English sub, or translated in Italian. For Dragon Ball I watched the whole DB and DBZ in Italian, DBS in Japanese with English subs.

I watched my favourites episodes of Dragon Ball Z in Italian, Japanese and English, to see how they differ and how voices work.

Italian in general stay true to the Japanese dialogues (few exception here and there, I'll come later). English? Oh God. The scene with Vegeta being possessed by Babidy made me laugh in English. Something like: 'He is in my head! I'm attacked! I can't! Oh no, I'm not innocent" Talkative Vegeta. The context was the same, the message was about the same (more ambiguous and open to interpretation in Italian and Japanese, more one sided in English) but a dramatic scene like that became a comical scene in English. And the voices... oh no!.

English dubbing! NO! My ears!

Language, context...

Monolingual people think all language are the same. Not the case, languages are influenced by enviroment. Inuit have many ways to say 'snow' with a single word, referring to the different quality of it.

Coming to the language we are referring to, English is known to be a low context language. It has a word for everything and a very rich vocaboulary.

Italian is a mid context language. It has not a so large vocaboulary,

Some words are the same but with different meaning.

Example

Salutare: it does means either 'to greet and' 'healthy' Sale: it does means either "going up" and "salt"

Batteria: 'set' 'drums' and 'battery' Piano: "plan", 'floor' (of a building), 'flat' (like the surface of a table), 'piano'

Those words can be easily translates in English though.

The problem come with figuratve language. Every language has one. I don't speak Japanese so i can make examples using italian and English.

When someone is lucky, we say, vulgarly: "che culo!" But, translated in EWnglish it turns in a "What an ass!". The phrase is the same, litera, the meaning change completely. For this you can't always stay true to the original material.

Another example, still involving luck in Italian might be:

"Avere un culo così".

In English it turns something like

"Having a big ass"

From having luck to being fat. And there it turns even funnier because in Italian you can use the very same phrase to tell that either someone is fat or that a woman looks curvy in the butt area in particular. Though all of them are not nice and can be used only among close freinds. Otherwise there are three distinct phrase for the different things like: "avere fortuna" "essere grassi" "avere un sedere formoso". Context.

Japanese is abnormally high context.

Let's talk about the above monstruosity that make us laugh hard.

Among people who like Japamese stuffs, there are some who are so passionate that they would sacrifice grammar in order to have a product that is true to the original. In Italy we have many translators. Some are better, some are worse. We got cursed by this man in particular:

Gualtiero Cannarsi.

To be honest, is unfortunate. He talks the finest Italian you can hear. But his translations from Japanese to Italian suck. he is one who think the product must be true to itself, so he just change Japanese words into italian words, leaving the Japanese rules, grammars etc. Yes, nothing got lost in traslation. But the result is incomprehensible so to say the truth, everything got lost.

If transtated in Cannarsi style, Versailles no Bara turns into Versailles di Rosa (The correct translation is 'La rosa di Versailles). For a better understanding of what I'm saying, in English, if I just switch the words, I get 'Versailles of Rose'.

His translation get some... uh, funny results:

Porco Rosso is supposed to be settled in Italy. Then why do they talk like barbarians?

"To stay to have fun to those places you'll end to be kidnappen in company" Is bad I know. I tried to stay true to his awful translations. This is terrible, considering that Gibli tried to write in Italian, as best as they could to create a better atmosphere:

"Non si fa credito" "Le rosse ali si sono spezzate (correct but arcaic) "Vivo o morto?(sounds better) "Di nuovo il canto di trionfo del Porcellino Rosso (perfect)" "Le bambine sane e salve" Still the atmosphere is there, is true!

You have to be fluent in Italian to understand this. Then you can either laugh or facepalm or be disgusted.

We also have good example of translation from Japanese. Luckily we have many good products from Japan that are treated correctly. One that I can think off is from Dragon Ball Super - Broly.

In DBS - Broly, I can feel the Japanese aura/culture/mentality from every phrase, every word they speak. They all sound solemn without sounding the same. But at the same time it is translated in a fine Italian, we all understand what they say just fine. The actor were great at acting and... do you know that the one who dubs Goku is the same VA who dubs Shadow? And the voice sounds different, very silly when he dubs Goku, more serious and mature when he dubs Shadow.

We of course also had some bad translation because there was a period we relied on 4kids. Luckily we still had manga, they came directly from Japan and got translated in italian. Some of them unfortunately went translated by Gualtiero Cannarsi. Dark days for anime. It seems things are getting better right now.

Same VA, different personalities.

[thelovetheystole]

With Chas going away for weeks again, I guess that means very little Aaron coming up as well 🤷‍♀️

Since his main focus, last time we heard, was being there for and helping his mum. When was the last time we saw him help out at the Woolie? Or take Eve off Chas' hands for a bit?

He doesn't seem to hang out with Mack anymore, and we rarely see him at work. Does he talk to Vinny outside work, or only when Vinny's injured? Is Aaron and Cain getting along now? Aaron and Caleb? He does live in his house. What about Paddy, do they spend any time together? Has he spoken to Belle once since coming back from Italy? Does he know Victoria has ended it with Jacob? After all, he seemed invested in their relationship in December... And he is Harry's godfather.

[sc0tters]

Bed Buds

life isn't so bad when you've got someone in your bed

introduction ☆

➞ meet francesca

➞ what needs to be spoken about

blurbs ☆

➞ the context

➞ nick gets jealous

➞ astrid kicks his ass

➞ fran is bi

➞ rough sex talks

➞ nick loves her in his jersey

➞ nick takes pride in fucking her dumb

➞ fran gets needy

➞ mack tells nick

➞ nicks reaction

➞ the timeline

➞ they love the edging

➞ fran is slow on top

➞ the nick is jealous sex

➞ fran squirted

➞ fran finds nick in bed with another girl

➞ he feels horrible for making her cry

➞ the girls comfort her

➞ they get together

➞ their friends reactions

➞ nick is a good boyfriend

➞ fran was hit

➞ nick finds out

➞ he has to stay calm

➞ how the boys handle it

➞ they learn theyre pregnant

➞ everyone is mad at nick

➞ Fran goes to Boston

➞ theyre still horny

➞ the boys who are mad

➞ they have a cat

➞ the reaction to the pregnancy

➞ how fran feels about his mullet

➞ fran stole his cowboy hat

➞ nick looking good

➞ she comforts him

social media ☆

➞ coming soon

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Moral Orel #42: “Nesting” | November 20, 2008 - 12:15AM | S03E12

It’s the penultimate episode of Moral Orel, unless you count the bonus episode Abstinence or the special Beforel Orel. This one starts off with a scene taking place during Offensiveness, in which Orel gets eggs banned. Here we learn that the way Orel got eggs banned was by making an appeal to the Mayor, who he (and we) find out is Orel’s father, Clay. Clay Puppington has been the mayor this entire time! This is the “stinking dead-end job” he’s been complaining about for the entire series!

After these scenes, we join up with the present, where it’s Easter in Moralton. Miss Censordoll finds out that Orel was shot by his father, and begins hatching her scheme to gain control of the town. In Alone, we see her lording over a cardboard diorama of Moralton, and the opening sequence of this episode reminds us of this. 

There is yet another time jump forward to November. Clay is running against Miss Censordoll for mayor as an incumbent. Orel, dealing a blow of betrayal to his father, is Censordoll’s campaign manager, and even appears in a pamphlet in his still-hobbled state, pointing out the fact that he shot his own goddamned flesh and blood.

It’s established throughout the episode that Clay shares Censordoll’s passion for eggs, as sinful as they are. It’s tied to his own shameful issues with his Oedipal complex and his mother’s death he caused as a boy. When they have a debate, he cracks up, and Censordoll realizes that she can control him and concedes the election. The episode ends with them having a chat at the bar, which eventually ends with her seducing him. 

This one is fairly complicated, and requires a decent memory from watching Offensiveness. Easy to lose sight of is just how much the episode moves ahead through time. There’s also the detail of Orel and Clay’s relationship; Clay had been shamefully ignoring and avoiding Orel for the past six months.

The reason this detail is sorta glossed over (it’s mentioned in dialogue), is that originally this season was meant to be 20 episodes, and Dino originally wanted to have an episode or two that showed Clay avoiding Orel. The scene in Clay’s study where Orel remains stonefaced while his father dresses him down for his betrayal is the first time they’ve spoken directly to one another since Easter. At this point in the series, we see Orel has fully lost respect for Clay.

According to the video commentary for this episode (viewable on Youtube at the moment, also linked to from the Moral Orel wiki in an alternate link) This episode was originally going to coincide with the 2008 election, which at the time of production looked like it might have been Hillary Clinton vs. McCain. This was mostly a coincidence, but they were interested in playing that up for the promotion of the episode. It wound up being the Big O limo man instead of Hilldog as we all know. 

The scene where Clay morphs into his little boy self sounds like it wasn’t scripted; Scott recorded his lines and slipped into the little boy voice on the word “mommy”, and as Dino describes it he decided to destroy Scott’s subtlety and animate Clay as his little boy self for one shot. I like it fine! Animation is supposed to be visually expressive!

The song at the end, when Clay is macking on Censordoll, was originally supposed to have legible lyrics. It was a mashup of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" called "I Saw Santa kissing Grandma’s Corpse". Eben Schleter wrote the lyrics and Dino described them as being horrifically shocking. It’s on the official, but very limited, Moral Orel soundtrack that was distributed to the cast, crew, and some fans. It’s unavailable on YouTube as far as I can tell, which is weird. You’d figure someone would’ve uploaded it there. Maybe I will. Not sure if the horrifically shocking part is in the segment we get; seems like pretty normal stuff to me.

Dino also decided against using it because he didn't want people to think there was a connection between Clay kissing Censordoll as a "corpse". Censordoll's obsession with eggs is because she's barren (because her parents removed her reproductive organs as a child), for those of you who are connection-hounds.

Finally: my proprietary tidbit, which is special, and I am special for knowing: The “stinkin’ dead-end job” running gag with the mayor reveal was actually an unrealized concept from The Ben Stiller Show, which Dino wrote for. There was a running sketch which was a bad sitcom about an obnoxious sockpuppet named Skank who was the patriarch of a human family. Dino had pitched an idea that Skank would come home muttering “stinkin’ dead-end job!” on some repeated basis and that they’d eventually reveal that he was the mayor. The reason “Nesting” was selected as one of the episodes to produce for season three was because Dino really wanted to make sure we got this payoff with Clay, and this joke was planned since the beginning of the series. I unfortunately knew that tidbit before Moral Orel even was a thing, so I also knew and was perhaps mildly robbed.

44 NIGHTS OF OREL

This premiere was preceded by a repeat of Offensiveness, which is to be expected... to say the least!

MAIL BAG

@snusuwiwjs asks:

What is your opinion on Barenaked Ladies? It looks like a scrapped finale that got replaced by Live at Fillmore.

I never actually did watch those Gametap era Space Ghost episodes, but I will at some point for this blog, so I have no idea! If you're saying you think that it was an intended finale for television, that's pretty interesting. My understanding is that those episodes weren't actually written by anyone connected to the original Coast to Coast. It is weird thinking there are episodes of that show I haven't watched, but here we are!

8SLV2P77djc. You can go ahead and type that into youtube, PRINCESS

Wow, that's so weird. Is that a talking chicken? What the hell are these Cartoon guys smoking? LMFAO

KON! writes:

RE: MORAL ORAL EPISODE S03E11 "SACRIFICE" I can't believe Dino did a Horace & Pete years before Louie

Except I didn't have to pay five dang dollars for it!!! I had to pay $200 dollars a month for a cable package that included hundreds of channels I did not need or want, and spend one half of my waking hours at work in order to afford it. Morally that's a much better deal because Louie grabbed his dick at some broad and said "nice fuckin' model" to her (sexist).

[southernwyatt]

BASICS

FULL NAME: LEE STRATTON WYATT

» MEANING: Lee [ Lee is a given name derived from a surname of English origin that means “clearing” or “meadow.” ]; Stratton [ English and Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Stratton or Stretton almost all named with Old English strǣt 'paved road Roman road' + tūn 'enclosure settlement'.]; Wyatt [ The name Wyatt is an old English name meaning "brave at war." It is derived from the Medieval name Wyot which, itself, is a form of the given name Wigheard, with wig meaning "war" and heard meaning "brave." Alternative spellings, used by the Normans in the Middle Ages, are Wiot and Gyot.]

VERSES: The Agency; The Game; Excess Baggage.

NICKNAME(S): Only his parents call him by his given name; everyone else calls him by his last name, even his younger sister. 

AGE: 42-years old.

DATE OF BIRTH: 1981 May 31st, Sunday.

PLACE OF BIRTH: Wachapreague, Virginia.

OCCUPATION: Wyatt & Parker, Co. founder and CEO; Senior Talent Agent.

RELIGION: Born Christian, non-practicing.

ORIENTATION: Bisexual; Biromantic.

GENDER: Cisgender male.

PERSONALITY

Years of meeting people broke the shell that once hid Wyatt. He no longer was the loner he once was and enjoyed people’s company. Wyatt is a charmer. He is a very good listener and even a better speaker. He can talk people into agreeing with him without them knowing it. Wyatt has the talent to adapt to each person he meets making him the perfect agent. He can connect people and meet them in their level and once he got their attention, it is easy for him to make them do what is needed to be done that often lead to their success. Some might say that Wyatt can be cocky because there are times that he is. But a lot of it is for a show, a performance in front of clients that could potentially give his talent a job. Wyatt is very persistent. He goes after what he wants and doesn’t stop until he gets it. But Wyatt is not all work. On a personal level, he is very out-going. He is open-minded and easy to talk to. He believes in giving people a chance and has a soft spot for underdogs. Wyatt is not easy to anger but when he does gets upset, everyone in the office knows about it and they stay away from him. He treats his people right and is considerate of them. He can be vengeful if was wronged. Wyatt is loyal to his friends and loves his family.

STRENGTHS: Loyal, Adaptable, Affectionate, Curious, Adventurous.

WEAKNESSES: Stubborn, Indecisive, Inconsistent, Nervous, Obsessive.

APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Chris Pine.

HEIGHT: 6’0” [ 182 cm. ]

WEIGHT: 171 lbs. [ 78 kg. ]

BUILD: Athletic.

GAIT: TBA.

HAIR COLOR: Dirty blonde, with some grey.

EYE COLOR: Blue.

BIRTHMARK: TBA.

OVERVIEW:

» SCARS: A few. Details to be added.

» TATTOOS: YES. TBA.

BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: Wachapreague, Virginia.

RESIDENCES: Wachapreague, Virginia; NYC.

NATIONALITY: American.

ETHNICITY: Caucasian.

FINANCIAL: Upper-class.

EDUCATION LEVEL: University graduate.

DEGREES: Bachelor of Science in Media, Culture, and Communication with minor in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English is his first language. He can converse in French and Spanish. He knows some German. He’s also been learning some Asian languages. 

RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS: Names to be added; both alive.

SIBLINGS: Younger sister.

CHILDREN: Wyatt has no biological children but he has adopted his cousin Cassie who is 13-years old and nephew Lee, 5-years old, named after him by his younger sister.

PETS: None. But the kids want a dog. NO DOGS, he said.

SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS: Very close with his best friend Mack.

» TBA.

HISTORY: Growing up in Wachapreague, a small fishing city in Virginia, life for Wyatt had always been uneventful. He saw very little happening in his hometown making him crave for whatever the outside world had to offer. Living in the city where generations of his family had settled for years and years, Wyatt just felt like breaking free. Not that he didn’t like or loved his home town, he just thought there was more than what he’d known most of his young life. 

Being young and having such a different view about life from the crowd he lived with, it was often tough for Wyatt. At one point, Wyatt’s constant longing for whatever was out there made him appear arrogant and insensitive, not understanding why the people he knew all his life - including his parents - chose to live a simple life. He found himself questioning and wondering why his parents had to settle with the life in Wachapreague where almost nothing exciting happens. It took a while before Wyatt finally understood his old folks. It didn’t matter to them where they live. His father said that as long as they are all together, they would be happy. It just also happened that his his mother a home maker and his father a mechanic, loved Wachapreague where they were born and grew up and knew nothing else but their family and the place. Wyatt just wanted something more. Maybe because he was young and didn’t have the same sentiments his parents had, he would rather be somewhere else and this, surprisingly, his parents encouraged.

Wyatt grew up to be an intelligent man. He had always been smart and excelled in school when he was younger. Not really a popular student, Wyatt accepted that he was different from the general population of his class. He often distanced himself from kids of his own age and spent his time working as a tour guide at their city’s historic port. He also worked in the ticket booth at the local and only theater in the town. 

Wyatt was very tall and very thin and wore glasses. Nobody paid him mind and no one really wanted to date him which was frustrating to him in so many different levels especially when he realized and he realized very early on that he wasn’t like his peers in a sense he felt attraction towards both men and women... But through all this he had his best friend Mack, a young girl who lived next door and was a few years younger than him. They shared something in common and that is their dream of leaving Wachapreague one day. Mack understood Wyatt more than any other person he knew and he was grateful for that. 

Wyatt at first didn’t really get why the girl hung out with him but eventually he got over it and just enjoyed the girl’s company. During his younger years, Wyatt submerged himself in everything that he believed showed him the outside world; his portals through different places he wanted to visit and people he wanted to meet. He listened to different types of music, watched various TV shows, and knew every Hollywood film in existence (or so he claimed.) This passion he shared with his best friend Mack, the person he deemed to be the smartest of all the people he knew. 

Later on during his junior year, Wyatt decided that he would no longer just dream about the places he wanted to see and the people he wanted to meet. He would work hard to make it happen. He would be something - someone - big and his name will be part of the world he had became very passionate about.

Wyatt who was naturally a loner, got involved in the high school’s drama group. He even volunteered at one of the town’s theater groups, doing backstage work; set design, lightning, and eventually advertising but he always wanted to be in the spot light. But sadly, Wyatt lack the talent, the grace, and the look of a potential Wachapreague local theater star but he had all the charm and personality the tourists (people he didn’t really know) enjoyed and liked and so he got stuck with the marketing piece of the productions which he tremendously enjoyed. 

All through this, Wyatt also worked hard in school, realizing that education and scholarship were his only ticket out of Wachapreague. His parents might have decent amount of money saved but it wasn’t enough to send Wyatt to college. Wyatt had two other younger siblings that his parents still have to look after and take care of. He was to look after for himself now and so he did. Wyatt’s hard work eventually paid off as he was granted full-scholarship sending him to New York to attend NYU Steinhardt taking up Bachelor of Science in Media, Culture, and Communication with minor in Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. 

Wyatt had to take on a job while he studied to support himself. Later on, he did internship at various agencies representing artists including actors, musicians, and models. Getting a small taste of the life he wanted to live, Wyatt transformed himself and absorbed everything and anything that he could learn from people that he met everyday. Through his internships he met people that later on will play a big part in shaping Wyatt-Parker & Co. 

Wyatt-Parker & Co. came about a few years after Wyatt graduated from NYU. He remained in New York and worked for one of the most prestigious talent agencies in the country. Most days he worked 16 hours straight doing errands that nobody else in the office would do. Wyatt dealt with the ‘training’ for almost two years before his potential was given a chance, even then he was still considered an assistant. Wyatt learned to suck it up, once again learning everything he could learn from his boss, working to climb up the ladder until he became a junior agent. Wyatt stayed with the company for 3 to 4 more years before deciding to work solo. Although he knew that the growth of his career had a bigger chance if he stayed with the agency, but he wanted to make it on his own. There were things, ideas in his head that he would like to put into action and he could only do that if he didn’t have to answer to anyone but himself.

In 2007, armed with a few names of connections he’d made in the past and his dream of making it to the top, Wyatt started his own talent agency. The first steps were easy enough, licensing and filing necessary documents to represent people in the entertainment industry but he realized that he couldn’t do the rest by himself. He then sought his best friend, Mack’s help, convincing the young woman to gamble in the showbusiness with him.  

Two years in the business, the agency then became partners with Elena Borichevsky, Mack’s friend from college, expanding the business. But the agency’s real break didn’t come until early in 2011 when well-known young British actress Kathryn Henley signed up with them. Henley’s success in the industry and her Oscar nomination put Wyatt-Parker & Co.’s on the map. Artists both newcomers and old timers wanted to be represented by them. But there are rules and standards that Wyatt believed and his agents not only look for the most talented in the industry but also the newest discoveries that had potential. 

With the business’ success, Wyatt doesn’t forget where he came from and often thought about home but this is his world now and he loved every minute of it. The attention, the money, the success. He knew that all of it rooted from all their hard work and he strived to work harder. But what would happen if success suddenly started to run his life and his agency plagued with gossips and scandal? Would he think that it wasn’t as great as he thought or would he go with the flow?

ROMANTIC HISTORY: Wyatt is currently unattached. He works too much to be in a relationship although enjoys occasional encounters with people that interest him.

PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS: Wyatt is very fond of his best friend Mack and very close with Elena as well. He is very good friends with Eirian and Damon. He is very protective of his cousin Cassie and nephew Lee whom he adopted.

THOUGHTS ON LOVE: "No time.”

HEALTH

PHOBIA(S): N/A.

HANDICAP(S): None.

MENTAL DISORDER: None; undiagnosed.

PHYSICAL DISEASE(S): None.

PREDISPOSITION(S): Depression, alcoholism.

[awhphooey]

THE CLONE KIDS ARE SO CUTE AAAAAAAA!!! what are their personalities like? (also ngl, i kinda want to make my own clone kids too now 👉👈)

Thank you!! They’re kinda up in the air ngl. Like most of the time I have Curie (Donnie’s kid) as a sarcastic little schemer but very sweet, kind of the smart little sister trope u sometimes see (Anais from TAWOG or Jessica from COTC).

Ace (Leo and Kai’s son) is very much his fathers’ son, kind of show off-ish and stubborn. He’d fall more into a “fun and rebellious” older sibling trope I think ? (I’m gonna count Bex from Andi Mack here but like,, when she was still the sister not the mom)

Monet (Mikey’s daughter) is the one we’ve fleshed out the most I think. The “stories” we have mostly branch off her being not the greatest with nimpo, so she’s kinda the MC. She’s very determined and focused, usually this is a bad thing. Where Ace (essentially her ‘twin’ lol) is the spontaneous one, she’s the “voice of reason” which honestly isn’t always true anyways. (In my mind she’s like Claire from Trollhunters in many ways.)

Cali (Raphs daughter) is the soft spoken one usually, very cuddly and often quiet, even around others. She’s definitely got opinions and will let you know if pushed enough, but she’s quite a people pleaser. Where Raph has issues with anger, Calliope has trouble showing her own and standing up for herself. (Its obvious her closest comparison would be Fluttershy but I also think Bingo from Bluey works here!!)

[realmackross]

Describe your character's voice. Do they speak with an accent? Are there certain words they use more often, or certain quirks to the way they talk (such as using filler words or mumbling)? Are they soft-spoken, or typically louder? Do they like the sound of their own voice, or is it something they try to avoid listening to when possible?

// Mackenzie's voice is Peyton's voice, in my head. She doesn't really have an accent. And I imagine it to be that way from all the different movies and tv shows she's done over the years and knowing that she's got to easily be able to change her voice for the role and be moldable.

Mack talks quickly, but it's somewhat broken up and choppy at times. She will also cut off some of her words. Her voice is not what you'd expect and is somewhat on the deeper side. But if she's excited, it goes up an octave, and if she's nervous it either gets lower or sometimes higher. Mackenzie also has a very hearty laugh! Depending on who she's around, she can be soft-spoken, but she knows when she needs to project, because she's been doing it all of her life. However, if she's with friends and super comfortable, she's much louder, if she's having a good time!

Sometimes she uses slang words, especially 'totes' and 'supes'. She tends to use the fillers, 'like', 'um', and 'I mean' quite a bit. She also cusses like a sailor at times, and her favorite swear word is 'fuck'. When she sings, she has a breathy, airy quality to her voice. Mackenzie falls in the alto range. Her singing voice can be found here.

She's had to get used to hearing herself speak after many years of going to movie premieres, seeing interviews of herself, etc. At first, she hated hearing herself speak, but she's been able to adjust to it and drown herself out, unless she's being very hard on herself and critiquing her own performances.

If you'd like to hear how she speaks, an example can be found here.