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Here are some German ones:
Wer im Glashaus sitzt, sollte nicht mit steinen werfen = who sits in a glasshouse, shouldn't throw with rocks
Wer anderen eine Grube grÀbt fÀllt selbst hinein = who dicks a hole for other will fall in it themselfs
Du willst mir doch nen BĂ€ren aufbinden! = you want to bind a bear onto me
Es regnet wie aus KĂŒbeln = it rains out of buckets
Es ist nicht alles Gold was glÀnzt = not everything that shines is Gold
Das geht auf keine Kuhhaut = that comes on no cowskin / that won't go onto any cowskin
Auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn = even a blind chicken will find a grain
Das schlÀgt dem fass den Boden aus = that punches the bottom out of the barrel
Hier siehts aus wie Kraut und RĂŒben = It looks like cabbage and beets
Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins maul = Don't look into the muzzle of a gifted horse
Pech im Spiel, GlĂŒck in der Liebe = misfortune in the game, luck in love
HÀtte, hÀtte, fahradkette = mayhabs, mayhabs, bicycle chain
Mal nicht gleich den teufel an die Wand = Don't paint the devil on the wall
"Das leben ist kein ponyhof" und "das leben ist kein zuckerschlecken" = "live is not a pony-farm" and "live is no sugar licking"
"... ist nicht das gelbe vom ei" = "...is not the yellow from the egg"
"In die Höhle des Löwen/BÀren" = "Into the cave of the Lion/Bear"
"Ist die Katze aus dem Haus, Tanzen die MĂ€use auf dem Tisch" = "If the cat is out of the house, the mice will dance on the table"
"Gebrannte kinder scheut das Feuer" = "burned Children are scared of fire"
"Er/sie hat den löffel abgegeben" = "they handed of the spoon"
"Er/sie schaut sich die raddisschen von unten an" = "they look at the radish from below"
"Reden ist silber, schweigen ist gold" = talking is silver, silence is gold"
"Zwei dumme ein Gedanke" = "Two idiots, one thought"
"Wenn zwei sich streiten, freut sich der dritte" = "if two are arguing, the third one is happy"
"Wer einmal lĂŒgt, dem glaubt man nicht" = "who lies once, will not be believed (again)"
"Steter tropfen höhlt den stein" = "constant droplets hollow the stone"
"Du sollst den tag nicht vor dem Abend loben" = "You're not supposed to praise the day, before the evening has come"
"Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten" = "who laughs last, laughs the best"
"Das kannst du dir abschminken!" Is actually kind of hard to translate, because "abschminken" is removing make-up. Word for word this would be "That can you you remove make-up" which really makes absolutely no sence, whatsoever. "You can remove your make-up for that", doesn't quite capture the saying, even tho it's close. The saying basically means "no way" or "you can forget that!"
"Ich versteh nur bahnhof" = "I only understand trainstation"
"Da wird ja der Hund in der pfanne verrĂŒckt" = "the dig goes crazy in the pan"
"Ich glaub mein Schwein pfeift" = "I think my pig is whistling"
"Ich glaub ich spinne" = "I think I spider" or, actually "I think I spin" or "I think I weave" (basically means "I think I'm crazy" said when you perceive something you don't believe)
"Rom wurde nicht an einen Tag gebaut" = "Rome wasn't build in a day"
"Das hat Hand und FuĂ" = "that has hand and leg"
"Der ist ja noch nicht mal ganz grĂŒn hinter den ohren" = "he isn't even quite green behind the ears"
"FrĂŒh ĂŒbt sich wer ein meister werden will" = "early practice if you wanna be a master"
"Ich fress nen besen" = "I eat a broom"
"Ich glaub mich tritt ein pferd" = "I think a horse is kicking me"
"Da lachen ja die hĂŒhner" = "the chickens/hens laugh at that"
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Well this was fun, but it's late.
I learned that German has a bunch of ways of saying that one thinks their going crazy or doesn't believe something.
Welp, goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.
Please give me more Sayings in your native language
"My first language has a perfect saying for this, but it doesn't make sense in english :("
Say it anyway! You don't owe them perfect clarity. Be profoundly cryptic, speak in riddles, make them ponder what the fuck you meant by that. The anglos, like porridge, must sometimes be stirred, so they don't burn stuck on the bottom of the pot.
#idioms#saying#English#german#sprichwörter#do you have more?#gimme those sweet sweet idioms#i love experimental translations#i even have a course in university for it#literature#translation#adage#proverb
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"Dark If" Story Event: Chapter 1
Ellis Twilight
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Victor: Miss Kate. The ability to create the ultimate happy ending lies in your hands. â Now, off into the twisted fairytale world you go.Â
âŠ
When I woke up, I found myself in a room inside a lavish castle.Â
(Uhh⊠right, Iâm the âprincessâ of this country.)
(... Huh? Why do I have memories of that?)Â
Memories of being raised as the princess of this kingdom slowly came back to me.Â
(It feels as though I have two sets of memories. One from living in this world, and one from another world.)Â
Yet, strangely, both felt like they were indeed âmineâ.Â
King: ⊠Are you awake, Kate?
Kate: Good morning, Father.Â
After a knock, my father entered the room looking concerned.Â
King: With only a few months left until that wicked fairyâs prophecy is set to come true⊠I canât be at peace without personally ascertaining your safety every morning.Â
I was born as the princess of this country and spent my life living a sheltered life within the castleâs walls.
The reason for that wasâ a curse.Â
The fairy who placed the curse on me said, âin 10 years time, the curse will take effect when she pricks her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheelâ.Â
â Without any explanation, he returned to his castle hidden deep in the mountains.Â
In response, my parents gathered every last spinning wheel in the country and destroyed them. They relocated those working in the textile industry to state-run factories, and I wasn't allowed anywhere near them.Â
Kate: If the curse takes effect, Iâll fall into a deep slumber for 100 years⊠right?
I muttered based on my memories, and my father nodded with tears welling up in his eyes once more.Â
(A cursed spinning wheel⊠the world I strayed into must be the story of âThe Thorn PrincessÂčâ.)
Âč âThe Thorn Princessâ is also commonly known as âSleeping Beautyâ.Â
(If I go along with the original plot, itâd probably be better to fall into a deep sleep because of the curse, butâŠ)
The man who introduced himself as Victor said that there was âsomething missingâ in this twisted fairytale world.
If I fall asleep before I find itâ I wonât be able to look for it for the next 100 years.
(First things first, I need to break this curse to give myself more time to find it!)
Kate: Iâm going to ask that fairy to break the curse.Â
King: W-what!? Absolutely not!!Â
Kate: You can assign a few guards to escort me.Â
King: Even the royal guards fear him! Iâve sent people to assassinate him several times, and all of them returned in a dreadful stateâŠ!Â
Kate: Then Iâll go alone. Donât worry, I can sniff out dangerous places from my experience as a mail carrier.Â
King: Mail carrier? H-hey, hold onâ!Â
âŠ
(While I did say Iâd go alone⊠itâs still better to be as well-prepared as possible.)
After dodging my panicking father and the royal guards, I made my way to a mercenary recruitment place in the castle town.Â
Kate: Iâd like to hire a bodyguard for my journeyâŠÂ
Since there was a real chance of encountering wild beasts or bandits on my way to the fairyâs castle, I decided to use part of my allowance I had been secretly saving and hire someone to protect me.Â
Howeverâ
Long-Faced Mercenary: Go to the fairyâs castle!? Youâd need more than one life to make it there alive!Â
One-Eyed Mercenary: No way, not doing it! Iâll never go anywhere near that terrifying guy ever again!Â
â The last person I spoke to fainted the moment the word âfairyâ left my mouth, his eyes rolling back in fear.Â
(Itâs just as Father said, the fairy is greatly fearedâŠ)
(Looks like it canât be helped⊠Iâll just go alone.)
???: Is it true that you want to go to the fairyâs castle?Â
???: If thatâs what you wish for⊠Iâll be your bodyguard.Â
I looked up when I heard the voice making the timely offer and saw a young man standing there.Â
Receptionist: Youâre in luck, miss. That guyâs a skilled assassin.Â
Receptionist: Once heâs targeted someone, he latches onto them like thorny vines, that's why heâs called âEllis the Briarâ.Â
The receptionist, a young man with mint-coloured eyes, politely introduced him.Â
The fee he quoted in a low voice was an amount I could afford with my savings.Â
Ellis the Briar: I only take on jobs from here every now and then, so I didn't know I had a nickname.Â
Kate: Umm, mister⊠Ellis the Briar?
Ellis the Briar: Just âEllisâ will do.Â
After being rejected by many people, Ellisâ offer to be my bodyguard made him look like a knight in shining armour.Â
Kate: Thank you so much for accepting my request.Â
Kate: But⊠are you not afraid of the fairy, Ellis?
Unlike the other mercenaries who fled at the mention of the fairy, this relaxed young man seemed unfazed.Â
I was a little worried that he might not understand the weight of the situation he volunteered to be involved in.Â
Ellis: Iâve been burned, frozen, stabbed, and slashed countless times by that fairy.
Ellis: If thereâs anyone here who knows exactly how dangerous he is, thatâd be me.Â
Kate: What!? You were burntâ are you alright?
Ellis: Yeah. I can't die, and Iâm not afraid, so Iâm okay.Â
(In a strange world where even fairies exist, not dying might be possible too⊠I guess?)Â
Ellis: If the journey will lead to your happiness, Iâll go with you.
Kate: A-alright. Iâll be counting on you, Ellis!Â
Ellis: Fufu⊠you donât need to be formal with me.
Ellis: You can relax and speak casually. Weâre friends, after all.
(Friends!? Since when�)
I was a little confused, but the young manâs smile carried not a single hint of malice.Â
(Heâs probably just the kind of person to want to close up the distance between himself and others quicklyâŠ)Â
Kate: Okay⊠got it.Â
âŠ
â And so, I embarked on my journey with Ellis, who had a mysterious presence.Â
There were two paths leading to the fairyâs ancient castle.
One was a horrible half-day route, while the other was a three-day walk on flat ground.Â
Ellis suggested the easier route, taking into consideration my limited stamina as someone who lived a sheltered life.Â
â On the second night.Â
Our journey was progressing smoothly, but I found myself having trouble sleeping.Â
Ellis: Canât sleep?
Kate: Yeah⊠I know I should rest, especially since weâll arrive at the castle tomorrow. ButâŠ
Ellis: Kate, can you come over here?Â
Kate: �
I had come to trust Ellis after all the countless times he had helped me during this short journey, and so I unhesitatingly moved closer.Â
Suddenly, he pulled me by my arm and I fell on top of him.Â
Ellis: Itâs hard to fall asleep on the hard ground, isn't it? You can rest on me instead.Â
Kate: B-but, then you wouldn't be able to sleep with me weighing down on youâŠÂ
Ellis: Youâre light as a feather, so itâs okay. Go on, you can sleep.Â
I tried moving away, but Ellis held me close and wouldn't let go.Â
Kate: Youâre being so kind to me because I hired youâŠÂ
Ellis: Am I? Maybe Iâm being this kind only because it's you, Kate.Â
Kate: âŠ
Thump. Thump. My heart was pounding loudly, butâŠ
As I leaned my head against Ellisâ chest, I realised that I didnât hear his heart pounding.Â
(... Am I the only one who feels this way?)Â
A strange unease crept up to me, but I started feeling drowsy as Ellis gently rubbed my back in a soothing manner.
Ellis: ⊠Why do you want to meet the fairy?Â
Kate: I want him⊠to break my curseâŠ
Ellis: I seeâŠÂ
Hearing Ellisâ tender voice, my eyelids slowly grew heavy.Â
(Ellis took care of everything for me throughout this journeyâŠ)Â
(I must give him a big reward and properly thank him once this is overâŠ)
(Oh. But⊠I feel lonely thinking weâll be parting ways.) Â
While such thoughts crossed my mind, making me doze off⊠I drifted off to sleep on Ellis.
And because I was asleep, I didnât hear the words Ellis spoke as he watched me.Â
Ellis: So you want the fairy to break the curseâŠ
Ellis: That means your feelings haven't changed since âback thenâ. ⊠Iâm so glad.Â
Even as Ellis slowly wrapped his hand around my neck, I didn't wake.Â
Ellis: ⊠I want to kill you as soon as possible.Â
âŠ
I was able to get a good nightâs rest thanks to Ellis, and we finally arrived in front of the fairyâs castle.Â
However, the path leading up to its doors was overgrown with briar, as though rejecting all visitors coming from the outside.Â
Ellis: We canât pass here, letâs go around.Â
Kate: Yeah⊠oh, can you wait for a quick moment?Â
Ellis: Whatâs the matter?Â
Kate: Thereâs a little bird trapped in the briar and canât get outâŠÂ
I crouched down next to the briar and while being careful not to get pricked, created an opening for the little bird.Â
It then quickly escaped and flew away.Â
Kate: Had it stayed trapped in there, it might've died. Iâm glad I could save itâŠ
Ellis: ⊠Indeed.Â
Ellis: Giving even a little bird the choice of where and when it wants to die must make it feel happier, doesn't it?Â
Ellis: Youâre very kind for allowing it to choose how to die, Kate.Â
(That wasnât why I saved the bird, butâŠ)
(... Ellis certainly has a strange way of thinking about things.)Â
I felt a little uncomfortable, but decided not to dwell on it and continue our detour towards the fairyâs castle.Â
âŠ
Kate: E-excuse me⊠Iâm here to seek help with breaking a curse.
Kate: Is the fairy homeâŠ?Â
???: I am, but I ain't breakin' the curse.
The man who appeared was much younger than I had expected.Â
Ellis: Jude, Iâm back.Â
Ellis: Let me introduce you, Kate. This is Jude, the fairy.
Kate: âŠ? Hang on a secondâŠ
Kate: Why did you say that you're âbackâ? What's the relationship between you twoâŠ?Â
Ellis: Iâve been working as Judeâs assistant for many years now.Â
Ellis: When Jude isnât busy, I sometimes find work at the mercenary recruitment place to keep my skills sharp.Â
Kate: What⊠did you sayâŠ
Kate: Ellis. You offered to protect me on this journey, helped me so much throughout, and I trusted youâŠÂ
Kate: Now youâre telling me that youâre an underling of the fairy who cursed meâŠ!?Â
Ellis: Rather than an âunderlingâ, Iâd say we have more of a contractual relationship.Â
Ellis confirmed it like it was no big deal.
(Ellis had ties with the fairy way before I didâŠ)Â
(We travelled together and I thought of him as a reliable companion⊠were those all one-sided on my part?)Â
Ellis: Whatâs wrong, Kate? You donât look so goodâŠ
Ellis extended a hand towards me in concern, which I reflexively brushed away.Â
Kate: ⊠I-Iâm sorry.Â
Kate: I⊠need to go outside to cool my head.Â
Overwhelmed by all that just happened within moments, my heart felt like it was on the verge of shattering.Â
I excused myself and wanted to leave the castle, but the fairy didnât allow me to.Â
Jude the Fairy: Ya had a reason for comin' here, didn't ya? Guests oughta stay in the guest room.
Kate: What.
â Jude grabbed my arm and roughly shoved me into the guest without further discussion.
Now that Kate was locked away, the hall went silent once more.
By now, Kate was most likely being served warm tea and snacks in the magical guest room.Â
Jude: ⊠Ellis. Ya donât understand human feelings at all, do ya?Â
Jude: If she finds out that her bodyguard, whom she saw as a friend, actually has a contract with the exact fairy who cursed her, sheâll feel betrayed.Â
Ellis: Is that soâŠ
Ellis: Itâs been five years since I became human, and yet thereâs still so much I donât know.Â
Jude: Itâs âonlyâ been five years.
Ellis: For us, itâs âalreadyâ been five years.
Ellis: All I want is to make Kate happy⊠human emotions are so hard to understand.Â
Jude: âŠÂ
Jude clicked his tongue in annoyance, not bothering to hide his irritation with Ellisâ non-human mindset.Â
He then picked up a sword and slashed at Ellis without hesitation.
â However, Ellis didn't even flinch. Despite being cut, he didn't bleed and was perfectly calm.Â
Ellis: ⊠Itâs pointless no matter how many times you try, Jude.Â
The wound Jude inflicted on Ellis healed on its own, returning his body to how it was before.Â
Ellis: As long as Kate doesn't find happiness, I wonât die.
Ellis: Regardless of whether Iâm burned, frozen, stabbed, or slashedâŠ
#ikemen villains#ikemen series#cybird ikemen#cybird otome#ikevil translations#otome#ikevil story event#ellis twilight
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Bez for SkyIta's segment "Italian Job" (2017)
translation under the cut
"today, guest at Italian Job, Marco Bezzecchi. Marco, what is your dream bike?"
"my dream bike... a two strokes 500cc"
"besides bikes, do you have any other hobbies?"
"pussy"
"tell me in english, sono il piĂč figo del mondo (I'm the coolest man in the world)"
"i'm the... uhm... the most... cool in the world"
"how do you get a girl?"
"i count on the bike factor, whether she likes it or not"
"favourite song?"
how is he called, the one who made Happy? Pharrell Williams?"
"if you could time travel, in which time period would you want to live in?"
"who is this guy?"
"when my parents were young. Because, fuck, they always tell me everything was a lot different, way more difficult, i'd like to see how it was "
"most embarassing moment of your life?"
"i lost a bet with a friend and they closed me in a cage with geese"
"the last thing you do at night"
"say goodnight to hot girls [actually, the world he uses here is fighe, plural of figa, which not only means hot girl but also pussy. your choice on how to interpret this]"
"who did you send me, come on, lets stop this here"
"are we done already?"
#remember that YOU asked for this :3#âšdo la buonanotte alle figheâš#marco bezzecchi#motogp#my translations
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âGreat, welcome mr. Wayne.â Danny sighed when a man who introduced himself as Bruce Wayne entered the shop. âSo happy you could make it. Iâm Danny, Iâll be doing your reading today.â God, one ounce of energy less in his words and he wouldnât be only dead on the inside anymore.
The man beamed at him. âAmazing to meet you Danny. Say, Iâve never seen you here before, are you new?â The man asked jovially.
Danny grimaced. âYep, now please follow me.â He was going to get so nauseas from those damn fumes back there, he just knows it. With how shit had been going, heâs going to throw up that one sip of milkshake he managed before yesterdays disaster on those fancy ass shoes. And that man couldnât stop smiling and touching every damn little trinket on his way to the back.
âAnd what is this,â Wayne asked holding up a shiny trinket, immediately dropping it and picking up the next one, âfascinating, and this? Is this a spell book, how peculiar.â Danny was going to add another shade to the collection here.
He finally reached the room. âSit down over there please mr. Wayne. Now, what exactly did you want to achieve when coming here?â He asked. The only thing miss. Claire told him to actually do before the reading.
The man actually seemed to become bashful at that, a bit nervous. He wrung his hands before rubbing one of his hands over the opposite wrist. âI was actually hoping to talk to some resently deceased people. A friend of mine died and but was very fond of this shop you see.â
Danny held in the sigh. Great, it was most likely the woman with the pearls floating behind him. âLet me guess, lady, dark hair, nice pearly necklace.â
The man seemed caught of guard for just a second before becoming it seemed angry. Or just very very sad. âSee here young man, I will -,â
âYeah yeah, save it.â Was he being an ass? Yes. Did this man deserve it? Most likely not. Did he care? No. He just spend the entire night trying to find shelter for the rain just for it to either crumble, leak anyways or in one kinda memorable occasion, blow up. So no, he did not care that he hurt some Vladâs 2.0 feelings. The woman eagerly began speaking so he just repeated what she said. âGreat, so she wants you to not let the Matt hatter ruin Alice in wonderland for you?â Danny looked at the lady like she had gone crazy. âReally, thatâs what youâre starting with? Anyways.â He sighed.
The man had become silent at that. âAlso, we I ask Alfie?â He looked at the spirit lady who nodded enthusiastically. âGive you the book he wrote named âhow to navigate social situations: a step by step guideâ and use it to finally have a good talk with her grandson.â Okay, so rich dude had family issues. None of his business. âAnd, in her words, âchance the time on the grandfather clock, this is just getting depressingâ whatever that means.â The man was just silently staring at him now.
Another ghost tapped the lady on the shoulder before he turned to Danny too. âAnd great, another one joined.â They linked hands. âSo itâs a date now, great.â He grumbled more to himself. So it was two friends who died and not just one. Okay, he could deal with that. âHe says that they will always love you no matter what.â So it was a lovers affair instead of just friends? âAnd that the name youâre looking for is Edward Colson? Sheesh, was this a murder or something.â The two were getting more exited and talking his ears off.
âOne at a time please.â He glared to mr. Wayneâs left. The man glancing behind him, predictably seeing nothing. âAnyways, was that what you came for? Or do you need anything else?â The man seemed to have actual tears in his eyes.
âYou can see my parents?â Danny snapped his eyes to the two who looked sadly at their apparently son. Well, that explained the fashion choice. Also, that was almost worse then a love affair murder case.
Danny just stared at the man and didnât really know what to say. He was translating this guys dead moms words to him. Ancients, he was an asshole. Stupid, idiotic, moronic move Fenton. Great, how to cut this off as soon as possible. âOnly for a while. The power in this room will fade in a bit.â The man was a totally different person now. Danny hesitated. âDo you want to say anything to them?â
He thinks he had much more tact just now than in the past 10 minutes. âIâm sorry.â The two ghost seemed to decent on the man. Cooing at him, telling him he was not at fault, that he couldnât know, couldnât have done anything, was only a child when it happened.
âAh screw it.â Danny said before making just the tip of his finger invisible. That should contain the spirits becoming visible in the area, right? He was still debating wether this was a mistake or not while the spirits of Martha and Thomas Wayne became visible to their sons eyes. Ancients he needs Jazz.
Iâm a Size Medium, Thanks.
Danny is irritated. No actually he is beyond irritated. He is annoyed, he is frustrated, he isâŠ. Heâs really fricking irritated and canât be bothered to remember any more of Jazzâs SAT words.
He continues his glare out the window as he searches for his straw with his mouth.
He just- where is it- thinks itâs a stupid fricking-stupid ass milkshake-he shouldnât have to basically-gah! Danny snaps his head down to find his suddenly missing straw, only to successfully poke it directly into his eye.
âOw! Fricken-â He groans, throwing his head back, and putting his hands to his face, âMother-tucker, Holy Taming of A Shrew!â He pounds his free hand not cradling his eye on the table, trying not to make more of a scene. Of course, this utterly fails because it immediately tips over his milkshake glass with a clatter as it spills onto his pants, making him jump up with enough force to knock the table over and drop the milkshake glass the rest of the way to the floor.
Danny stares at it with blurry vision and a watery eye. He sighs, âAt least-â
The glass shatters.
Danny sighs again, deeper. âOf course.â
He looks up at the restaurant around him. Noticing the many, many people staring at him.
Wonderful.
Danny grimaces, âSorry, I so didnât mean for that to happen, uh-â Danny reaches to straighten the table, fumbling for a second before it stands upright, he steps away from it, âIf thereâs any way I can help or.. like fix it. I can pay for the cup..â a server comes over to him, âif you want..?â
The serverâs dead eyes donât waver as they silently place a wet floor sign over the spilled milkshake.
âThanks.â
âUh huh.â
The server walks away, leaving Danny to sigh all on his own. He leans over to grab his backpack from the booth, checking it over for milkshake before slinging it on his back, thankfully clean.
He makes it one step forward before he feels the floor go out from under him. Ah gravity. His greatest enemy. This is karma for all those times heâs ignored it, isnât it?
The wind is knocked out of him when his back slams to the floor, cushioned by the dulcet sounds of his bag crunching against broken glass.
He looks up at the wet floor sign.
The man on the yellow plastic mocks him.
Danny sighs.
He curses his stupid luck.
He curses this stupid city.
Then he curses himself because he knows any of this stupid cityâs curses end up affecting him anyways.
Danny gets to his feet, ignoring the feeling of milkshake on his hands and his⊠everywhere.
He trudges out of the diner without looking back. At least heâd already paid for it.
He grimaces at the milkshake handprint on the door, trying to wipe it away with his shirt and only succeeding in making it worse.
Danny catches the eyes of the server inside, staring at him, eyes progressively more annoyed.
Danny puts his hands up in surrender and backs away.
Directly into a person. Only his milkshake covered self prevents him from being hit with anything more than the manâs scathing glare.
He puts his hands back up and moves away to dodge everybody else on the sidewalk. Along with the occasional ghost. Visible only to him of course.
By the time he has managed to escape the sidewalks into an alley, he is certain there is a trail of slightly sticky businessmen behind him.
Danny crouches to swing his backpack down in front of him and take stock. Okay, he could put his sweatshirt on over it⊠but it would also get ruined⊠damn it.
Danny looks around, checking every inch of the alley for cameras and then backing himself into a corner just to be safe. The flicker of intangibility is barely noticeable except for the wet squelch of milkshake remnants dropping to the alley floor. Lovely.
And of course, the flash of every single Gotham ghost in the area becoming visible and almost tangible for a split second. Also⊠lovely. Thereâs a couple startled shouts on the street.
Maybe an alleyway was not the best place for that.
Danny slides his sweatshirt on over his shirt to at least pretend like he was covering a mess and then shimmies out of the alley while trying to make as little contact with ghosts as possible.
Heâs almost completely certain he looks crazy as all get out if the stare he gets from a passerby means anything.
Of course⊠now heâs left glaring across the street again.
He can feel the Infini-Map burning a hole in his backpack. It said this was the next place a natural portal would open and get him back home.
It just didnât say⊠when that portal would open.
But of course, itâll be right in the middle of somebodyâs store. Usually not an issue. Except again, this stupid cityâs curses are attracted to his energy, so of course the store couldnât be literally ANYTHING ELSE!
Danny glares at the stupid fricking sign and the stupid predictable pun and the stupid neon hand in the front window waving at him.
âThe Claire Witch Project: psychic, medium, and Claire-voyantâ
Danny is on day three of simultaneously avoiding the entire building while remaining close enough he can be there when the portal forms.
He is dirty, tired, and running out of money. In short, Danny is starting to lose hope on this endeavor.
The worst part?
He has the perfect solution.
Thereâs a pathetic little piece of printer paper taped to the inside of the window.
âHelp wantedâ
When heâd first gotten here, Danny had followed the infini-map all the way to this horrific city, seen the sign, and turned a quick 180. Heâd rather die again thanks.
Heâd smacked into two billboards just coming into the city, and there was literally no stars, why would he want to stay here till the portal opened when he could just find another?
Except.. Dannyâs eye twitches dangerously as he thinks back on it- except there wasnât another portal. This was it. For the foreseeable future, he either caught this portal or was stranded for whoever knows how much longer.
Danny sighs again and dreads his continued existence. He looks both ways on the street, takes a step forward, nearly gets run over, steps back, and turns for the nearest crosswalk.
Fine. He could follow rules if it meant increasing his chances of leaving.
He tries to hold in the sigh this time, he really does, he swears.
Not the one before he opens the shop door though, that sigh deserved freedom from his trials. It joins the myriad of whispy translucent shades lingering in the store. Because of course there was just enough spiritual energy in here for them to be visible to him.
âHey there!â A girl in loose fitting colorful clothing appears from behind a corner, âIâm Claire! How can I help your life journey today?â He can see the way her bulky crystal hair accessories sway with her movements. What was he getting into here again?
Danny tries to ignore the incense shoving itself up his nose as he speaks, âHey, I wasâŠâ He was really doing this huh? âHoping that the help wanted position is still available?â
The girl looks him over as she moves to the back of the checkout counter. The clear observation makes him nervous, and he takes his hands out of his pockets to try and look marginally more⊠candidate-able.
âYou have experience?â
âSure d-â He wants to throw up in his own mouth, ancients this is so cringe, just let him die, âSure do!â He says through choked back vomit and false cheer, âIâm aâŠâ -barf- âIâm a medium.â
âOh donât worry about that, you donât need a uniform, I donât need your size silly!â
Danny blinks. What? Also. What?
âWait-Iâm hired?â
Claire pauses from getting something from under the counter, âDidnât I already say that?â
âUhâŠâ Dannyâs eyes dart around the shop, âNo?â
âOh well, you are, you have the right vibes, donât worry,â she slides a few papers onto the glass counter, and Danny is abruptly, horrifically reminded he has no legal documents to speak of here. He thinks. He hasnât actually checked.
Crap.
âOf course, most of my clients pay in cash, so Iâll pay you in cash too just to make it easier, and any crystal sales Iâll just add to it. Sound good?â
âSure?â Oh no, is this gonna be Dannyâs first real job? âBut I donât know anything about crystals. I have a goth friend but sheâs not into that stuff.â
Claire waves his comment away, âOh no worries, I can leave a packet.â
Danny nods, âThank- wait, sorry. Leave?â
Claire laughs, pulling out a bag from behind her counter, âYes I leave for a trip in two days. Family things you know,â
Danny feels like his brain is being scrambled, âOh, what, what happened? Is everything okay?â
Claire looks at him, blinking wide, âWhat? Why would anything have happened?â
âBecause⊠you said, you were leaving for-â
âJust donât want to get caught in a bad position, you know how it is.â
Some of the shades stir in the air, their misty movements twitching with agitation enough to draw his eye for a second.
âRight. Well Iâm glad I came when I did then,â Danny says, because he still doesnât want to be rude.
Claire smiles at him.
Danny pats his hands against his sides awkwardly, trying not to look up at the movement of the shades intertwined with incense smoke at the ceiling.
Thereâs a little jingle behind him, which he belatedly realizes is the door when Claire moves to greet them before he can even turn around.
âMs. Jives! Wonderful to see you! Howâs the goldfish?â
Ms. Jives turns out to be a slightly older woman, maybe early seventies with a cane but she looks good. The coffee brown hair is almost certainly a dye job but it frames her wrinkled face well.
âOh Jim is lovely dear, much better this way, I bought him a new plant just the other day, he just loves it.â
âGood, here for your reading right?â
âI am! But you can finish up with your customer first if you need,â Ms. Jives says. Claire waves her concern away.
âNo need, this is Danny, I just hired him, he has a similar mystical connection.â
âOh thatâs lovely,â Ms. Jives says as she passes by him, âWould you like to come with dear? Claire is going to do a reading for me.â
Danny grimaces, âSure.â
In the end, by the time Ms. Jives makes it slowly to the back room, Danny is trying to think of where heâs gonna sleep tonight. He mostly zones out when Claire dims the lights and starts talking nonsense.
All he heard was âsomething something card, something something magician something reversed something something balance something something chihuahua.â
Ok, maybe he wasnât listening. But he was trying to focus on not staring at the movement of the shades, and the incense was mega strong and Claire had some weird ass music playing. Heâs almost certain sheâs faking everything. Down to the atrociously bright bead earrings.
Danny sags when she finishes, all too happy to leave the weird little curtain covered room.
He stands in the front awkwardly while Ms. Jives pays, twiddling with the various crystals and trying to figure which ones are actually yâknow.. mystical or whatever.
Answer? Surprisingly most of them. That he could tell, at least, but itâs not like he actually knows how to sense that out on purpose. Heâs pretty sure a couple of the heart shaped rose quartzes are complete duds but what does he care.
Heâs thoroughly bored by the time Claire calls him back over. Apparently to tell him that heâll do a reading tomorrow.
âTomorrow?!â Danny blurts, âDonât you want to like- I donât know, make sure I can- or like.. I donât know, but tomorrow?â
Claire just smiles at him, âI believe you can handle it, trust me.â
âTrust you? Lady, I just met you and youâve been nothing but crazy the whole time!â Danny wants to say, instead, he keeps his mouth shut and nods with what heâs sure is fear in his eyes.
Then sheâs pressing something into his hands and when he looks down itâs a key. A key. Thereâs no way-
âSo be here 9am sharp, Danny! You can open up and Iâll come in later!â Claire starts pushing him towards the door, âAnd Mr. Wayne should be waiting for you when you get here!â
Danny turns around to catch himself in the doorframe, âMr who will be what now!? Wait, Ms. Claire, Maâam- why-!â He stops to lower his volume and ask politely, âWhy am I doing this? You donât even know me,â Danny says, one leg still in the store.
Claire smiles, âBecause the universe told me to silly! See you tomorrow! Hereâs my number!â Then she slaps a sticky note to his chest with enough finality that Danny takes a step back. The door closes with a click and ring of the bell inside.
Danny stares at the door with his eye twitching for at least a minute.
What the hell did âthe universe told me toâ even mean, you kook!?
Danny sighs and looks down at the sticky note, quickly inputting the number in his phone before something happens to it.
Heâs barely hit save when he finally steps away from the shop front andâŠ. is immediately drenched to the bone.
Because apparently itâd been pouring rain and he simply hadnât noticed from under the awning.
He watches as blue ink slides off the sticky note in little sad face streaks.
Danny sighs.
#donât know how that came out#written on a phone so ignore any mistakes d:#batman#danny phantom#danny fenton#dc#danny phantom crossover#bruce wayne#Danny being done yet didnât think of lying to get rid of frootloop number 2#Bruce is shooketh#the universe is laughing tho#debatable if it was clockwork or just an unknown god somewhere from dc
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Hello~ um, hope you don't mind the bombardment of sudden notifications from me, but after reading more on your linguistic analysis posts for Love Sea (THANK YOU btw; they're really really adding to my enjoyment of the show and I didn't think I could love the show even more but here we are), it got me thinking of a question I have regarding LITA and Prapai's way of calling Sky.
Mostly I'm wondering if you had any insight about Prapai testing out different ways of addressing Sky at the end of episode 9. The subs say Prapai tests out "Sky krub" and then "nong Sky krub", but it sounds to me like Prapai is saying "khap" the at first and "khrap" the later which sounds distinct to me. Is there a difference? The way the music swells seems to indicate some other meaning, so I'm curious.
I'm also wondering at the implication of Sky asking Prapai to call him "just Sky" in episode 10? I just thought it was interesting since Prapai in ep 9 says "isn't that too curt" about calling Sky just by his name. Also wondering why this request from Sky makes Prapai go feral nearly kiss Sky?
Hope its okay to ask you like this! If its not please feel free to ignore me; I hope you've having a great day! ^w^;;
Ohhhh I hope you realize the monster you've unleashed cause this might get long đ Hi though first of all!! Loved reading all your tags in my notifications hehe
My usual disclaimer applies: I'm not a native Thai speaker, just a passionate learner đ
First things first: I'll be using screenshots from the Viki version, simply because I highly recommend re-watching the show with those subs for all who have a base level understanding of there being different levels of speech, pronouns, particles etc. in Thai. Back when LITA got re-released on Viki with weekly episodes all over again, my Thai was still in its baby shoes lol but since I was actively following the main cast at the time, I therefore followed a handful of fan translators on twitter too! One of them, midknightmoodz, still translates for BossNoeul's fandoms to this day, has been involved in several Thai BL sub teams on Viki, and got to be the translation editor for LITA's re-release on Viki. Her subs therefore give a little more insight where possible and, as a fan herself, come from a place of wanting interfans to gain a better understanding of some of the intricacies of the language used. Long story short- if the subs look unfamiliar, it's because they're the Viki ones!
If my pre-explanation already got this lengthy then... đ€Ą
Color-coded for ease of understanding: Prapai, Sky, Plerng, Rain, particles
Pai testing out ways to call Sky
I'll try to faithfully transcribe the way he pronounces the particles but only for this scene here because it establishes a lot of things about how Pai thinks and acts:
àžȘàžàžČàžą àžȘàžàžČàžą = Sky... Sky. àž«àčàž§àžàčàžàčàž«àžĄàž§àž° àžȘàžàžČàžąàžàž±àžÂč àžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžąàžàčàžČàžÂČ /huaan bpai mai wa? Sky khap. Nong Sky khaap/ = Is it too curt? SkyÂč. Nong SkyÂČ. àžĄàž±àžàžàžČàžàžàž°àčàžŁàčàžàžàžąàčàžČàž àžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžąàžàžŁàž±àžÂł /man khaat a rai bpai yaang. Nong Sky khrap/ = It's missing something. Nong SkyÂł.
ÂčàžȘàžàžČàžąàžàž±àž /Sky khap/ This is a pretty standard informal pronunciation of the polite particle àžàžŁàž±àž /khrap/. Without it, he feels like he sounds too brusque, the addition of it makes him sound more polite, formal, sweet and honestly pretty flirty!
When they first meet, Pai defaults to informal àžàž”àč/àžàčàžàž /phi, nong/, since Pai is older and Sky clearly younger, and he uses typically masculine polite particle àžàžŁàž±àž /khrap/ A Lot already. We know he's a huge flirt and sleeps around a lot so none of this is surprising to me lol
In the scene after the freshie orientation thing, the contrast to how Pai and Rain talk to each other really puts Pai's use of àžàžŁàž±àž /khrap/ with Sky into perspective lol He does not use it with Rain, of course. If my boy wasn't such a walnut, Rain would've clocked right away that Pai is intent on pursuing Sky! Because using àžàžŁàž±àž /khrap/ so much when addressing him, makes Pai sound flirty-sweet.
Back to the differences you correctly heard between the ways to pronounce this particle though!
ÂČàžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžąàžàčàžČàž /Nong Sky khaap/ The emphasis on elongating the vowel, the sweet tone of voice, the more endearing àžàčàžàž /nong/ + name? This man is laying it on thick lol In ep.10 especially, you'll hear him speak this sweetly and àžàčàžàž /aon/-ing Sky a lot!
In the following scene at Sky's dorm, Pai actually already starts calling Sky àžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžą /nong Sky/:
àčàž„àčàž§àžàž±àžàžàžàčàž«àžĄàžàžŁàž±àž àžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžą /laaeo chat paaw mai khrap, nong Sky?/ àžàž±àžàžàžàžàžŁàž±àž àž§àčàžČàžàž”àčàžàž±àčàžàčàžàžàž°àžĄàžČàžàž”àžàžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžą àž«àž·àž /chat paaw khrap? waa phi dtang jai ja maa jeep nong Sky? heu?/ = Is it clear enough? That I intend to be pursuing you? Hm?
Crystal clear đ«
At the beginning of ep.9, we see Pai getting feedback from his younger siblings re: just "name" vs. Nong "name" and the effect he intends it to have:
- àčàžàž„àžŽàž = Plerng. - àžàžŁàž±àž /khrap?/ = Yes? - àžàčàžàžàčàžàž„àžŽàž àčàžŁàž”àžąàžàžàž”àčàčàžàžŽàžàčàž«àžĄ /nong Plerng. riiak nee, kheern mai?/ = Nong Plerng. Does calling you that make you feel shy/fluster you? - àžàčàžČàčàžàčàžàžàž”àčàžàžČàžąàžàčàčàžĄàčàžàž° /thaa bpen phi Pai gor mai a/ = If it's you, then nah.
Many of Pai's moves are intended to make Sky shy or get his heart racing. He keeps saying so too, for example here in ep.10 after 'claiming ownership' via the wind symbol:
àžàž”àčàžàž”àčàžàžłàžàžàžČàžàžàž”àčàčàž„àčàž§àčàžàž”àčàžą àčàžĄàčàčàžàžŽàžàžàčàžČàžàčàž„àžąàž«àžŁàžàžàžŁàž±àž /nee phi tham kha-naat nee laaeo niia, mai kheern baang loei raaw khrap?/
ÂłàžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžąàžàžŁàž±àž /nong Sky khrap/ This last one is pronounced really properly and clearly, you can hear the rolled àžŁ /r/ in there. It's giving well-mannered or gentleman, basically. This guy is really bringing his A-game, trying to prove to Sky that he's serious about him! And can you believe this utter simp? Playing dress-up, practicing in front of the mirror, testing it out again on his little brother- only to what? Go ambush his crush at his dorm to take him out for a meal during which he talks a mile a minute đ
Sky asking to be called "just Sky"
Again giving you the entire exchange first, as faithfully as everything's being said:
- àžàž”àčàžàžČàžąàčàž„àžŽàžàčàžŁàž”àžąàžàžàžĄàž§àčàžČ àžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžą àčàžàčàčàž«àžĄ /phi Pai leerk riiak pom waa "nong Sky" dai mai?/ = Could you stop calling me "Nong Sky"? - àčàž„àčàž§àčàž«àčàčàžŁàž”àžąàžàž§àčàžČàžàž°àčàžŁàžàž° /laaeo hai riiak waa a rai a?/ = Then what would you have me call you? - àžȘàžàžČàžąàžàčàčàžàč àžàžČàžąâŽàčàžàžą àč àžàčàčàžàč /Sky gor dai. gaai/Ky⎠choei choei gor dai/ = Sky is fine. Just 'Ky⎠is fine too. àžàžàčàžàčàčàžĄàčàžĄàž”àžàžłàž§àčàžČàžàčàžàžàžàž° àžàž±àžàčàž„àčàž§àžàžàčàž«àž„â” /khaaw khaae mai mee kham waa nong a. fang laaeo dtaaw-laaeâ”/ = Just please not the word "nong". Sounds like bullshit.â” - àžȘàžàžČàžą àžȘàžàžČàžąàžàčàžČàžÂČ /Sky. Sky khaapÂČ/ = Sky. Sky.ÂČ
âŽàžàžČàžą /gaai/ or /Ky/ Sky's name is àžȘàžàžČàžą /sa-gaai/ in Thai but among his friends, they mostly all just call him àžàžČàžą /Ky/ or àčàžàčàžàžČàžą /ai'Ky/. That's clearly too casual for our resident sweet-talker though lol
â”àžàžàčàž«àž„ /dtaaw-laae/ This is a bit of a rude colloquial expression akin to 'bullshit', meaning- being deceitful, pretentious, lying, insincere, duplicitous, fake etc.
It actually comes up once before in this episode when Pai swears he only had 3 hookups after he met Sky lol:
àžàž”àčàžȘàžČàžàžČàžàčàž„àžąàž§àčàžČàžàž”àčàčàžĄàčàžàžàčàž«àž„ /phi saa-baan loei waa phi mai dtaaw-laae/
Pai doesn't always call Sky àžàčàžàžàžȘàžàžČàžą /nong Sky/ before Sky asks him not to, though. And the moments he doesn't, honestly go to show that Pai's aware of how that's mostly an act to get Sky to fall for him or at least get him flustered. It does sound fake!
When Pai accidentally triggers Sky by saying "Love makes me blind" in ep.9, he pulls him back out by calling him just àžȘàžàžČàžą /Sky/:
Same again after being on the phone with Rain and rushing to Sky's dorm:
àžȘàžàžČàžąàžàžąàžčàčàčàž«àž /Sky yuu nai?/
And again while looking after Sky:
àžȘàžàžČàžąàžàž°àžàžŽàžàžàž° àž§àčàžČàžàž”àčàžàčàžàžàžàžČàžŁàčàžàčàčàžàčàžàžàč /Sky ja khit na waa phi dtaawng gaan khaae sex/
His other fallback is the pronoun àčàžŁàžČ /rao/, and not just with Sky. Bit of a tangent but- before the freshie orientation thing where he hands Rain that useless coffee receipt lol Pai and Rain talk a bit differently to each other.
Between these two instances, Rain becomes more chill and casual, going from constant àžàžŁàž±àž /khrap/'s to only using it when strictly required (whenever you'd àčàž«àž§àč /wai/ đ basically lol so hello/bye/thanks/etc.), and Pai goes from calling him àčàžŁàžČ /rao/ to just àčàžŁàž /Rain/. The pronoun àčàžŁàžČ /rao/ as a 2nd pers. pronoun is used by people more senior/older to refer to someone younger, it can both be endearing as well as come across as treating someone like a little kid, depending on context.
And this little pronoun is exactly what Pai sometimes switches to, here in ep.9 with Rain for example:
àžàž”àčàžȘàž±àžàžàžČàž§àčàžČàžàž°àčàžĄàčàžàžłàžàž°àčàžŁàčàžàž·àčàžàžàčàžŁàžČ /phi san-yaa waa ja mai tham a rai pheuuan rao/
And in ep.10 with Sky as well:
àčàžĄàž·àčàžàžàž·àžàčàžŁàžČàčàžàčàžȘàžčàžàžàž”àčàžàž”àčàčàžàž·àžàžàžàžČàčàžàčàžŁàžàžàžČàž„àžàž”àžàžŁàžàžàčàž„àčàž§àžàž° /meuua kheuun, rao khai suung thee phi geuuap phaa bpai rohng baan eek raawp laaeo na/ àčàžàčàžàžŁàž±àž àžàž”àčàžàžąàžČàžàžàžČàčàžŁàžČàžĄàžČàčàžàž /chai khrap, phi yaak phaa rao maa date/
As you can see, it mostly comes up when he gets serious. Being the eldest sibling, I guess he can never quite turn off that caretaker mode (or maybe it's his factory setting?).
Circling all the way back đ„Ž
ÂČàžȘàžàžČàžąàžàčàžČàž /Sky khaap/ Here he goes again: full-force puppy eyes, sweet voice, long vowel on the particle, leaning in as if to kiss him- he's trying to tease and fluster Sky again. And this time? Ohoho, the evidence is unmistakable!
I wouldn't necessarily say this request drove Pai wild lol it's more how this scene so nicely mirrors the first meal they shared in ep.9 where Pai shared all the most important info about himself against Sky's will đ Whereas here Sky is the one asking questions, engaging, showing interest- he's finally opening up to Pai :>
àžȘàžàžČàžąàžàžàžàžàž”àč /Sky khaawng phi/
Hope my rambles made at least some sense but I'll gladly answer any follow-up questions~ Thanks for giving me an excuse to re-watch some LITA and thanks for reading âš
#inquiring minds.txt#local woman harps on about linguistics#love in the air the series#lita#prapaisky#fortpeat
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DIABOLIK LOVERS More,Blood Stellaworth Complete Set Tokuten Short Stories ✠Ruki ver.
Original title: DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE,BLOOD ăčăă©ăŻăŒăčć
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žă·ă§ăŒăăčăăŒăȘ English translation by @otomehonyaku Scans can be found here (courtesy of @karleksmumskladdkaka!)
âââ  ïœĄïŸâ: *.✠.* :âïŸ. âââ
SUMMARY | This short story provides a slice of Ruki and Yui's daily life after the events of More,Blood. Ruki has always had a preference for soup, but when Yui prepares a particularly hearty vegetable soup for him one day, he comes to an important realisation.
âââ  ïœĄïŸâ: *.✠.* :âïŸ. âââ
âThe first time I learned to appreciate soup was when I was in that dark cage.
âIt had already gone cold, but to me, it was the most delicious thing on Earth back then. It was infinitely better than the junk I ate while I roamed the streets, after all.â
âOhâŠâ
Somehow, as I ate the soup she had prepared for me, I had somehow started talking about all the reasons why I had this particular preference for the dish. The story had stolen the words right from her mouth.
âIâm sorry,â I said. âI shouldnât have brought up such an unpleasant story during dinner.â
âThatâs⊠thatâs not it,â she explained, hurrying to wipe the tears from her eyes. Thatâs not what I meantâŠâ
âDo you pity my past self?â
âPity kind of feels like⊠a high-handed way of putting it. I donât mean it like thatâŠâ
âI see.â My voice was monotonous while I spoke.Â
I took up my spoon again and continued to eat.Â
It was a simple consomme soup, filled with colourful slices of a variety of vegetables. The soup that we were served during our time in the detention facility was a far cry from this. Back then, the few off-coloured beans that floated in the soup, though they barely had any nutritional value, were enough to bring me at least an inkling of happiness.Â
While the memory resurfaced, it occurred to me that I had obtained true happiness since then, no matter how absurd it seemed.
âAnd to think a human would accompany me at dinnerâŠâ I mumbled to myself, earning a surprised look and a soft what did you say? from her.Â
Itâs nothing, I swiftly replied.
My life was saved by Him. The four of us had been destined to die a noble death in that filthy cell, and yet He had rescued us. Just like that, he became our god. Our saviour.
Someone to serve.
My brothers and I would do anything to fulfil his wishes without batting so much as an eye. And yet⊠What was I even doing right now?
I let her make soup for me like this. She willingly stayed with me all this time, even though she cannot become Eve. Even though I cannot become Adam.
âRukiâŠ?â
As we sat in silence, various thoughts stirring inside of me and picking at my resolve, I reached across the table to take her hand in my own.
â...?â
âSorry. Would it be alright⊠if we stayed like this for a little while?â I said, my grip on her small, soft hand tightening.Â
Greed is a grave sin according to God.Â
Considering that I agreed with Him, I was awfully addicted to this greed all the same. I was the sinner of all sinners, thriving on such atrocities. When a simple bean soup was all it took to please you, the first taste of a good vegetable soup makes it easy to take such happiness for granted.
âStill, I willâŠâÂ
Never let you go, I wanted to say, but I could not manage the words. She likely did not want to listen to the mutterings of such a weak, pitiable man.
It was difficult to gauge her thoughts, but it was then that she spoke with a gentle smile on her face. âDonât worry.â
âWhat?â
âIâll be by your side, Ruki.â
My eyes unconsciously widened in response. Her soft smile made my chest ache. She was Eve and I was her captorâshe should be miserable, and yet she was so extraordinarily kind.Â
Did she not realise that it would only add to my suffering?
âAlright,â I replied curtly. Then, ever so unwillinglyâŠÂ I let go of her hand. âThe soup is getting cold. Letâs eat.â
âYes, letâs.â
After that, we ate the soup together in silence.Â
I found myself thinking there was nothing in the world that I wanted more in that moment. No matter how lavish a meal I would be served, I would cherish this vegetable soup as my favourite dish for as long as I lived.
#i reached 1300 followers last week aaaah! thank you all so much for the support (*êŠàșŽêłêŠàș”)âĄ#sorry for the slight delay but i desperately needed to take a week off! i'll try to post the next mb short story this weekend#diabolik lovers#dialovers#diabolik lovers translation#diahell#diabolik lovers translations#otomehonyaku#my translations#diabolik lovers more blood#more blood#Mukami ruki#Ruki mukami
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I have to ask about your WIP Lost in Translation đïž
Hey, Liane! đđ
Ooh, I'm so glad you asked, because that's a WIP people seem to have been waiting on from me...
After getting multiple requests for a Soldier Boy x POC!Reader (original headcanon here!), I have a one-shot coming soon -- also for @jacklesversebingo. đ
Lost in Translation
Pairing: Soldier Boy (Ben) x Female POC!Reader
Summary:ïżœïżœLiving with this man isnât easy, and youâve absolutely had it with him. Supe or not, youâre one step shy of kicking him out. Will he try to make it up to you? (18+ only!)
**(The reader is a mixed race POC [Afro Latina], with textured hair.)
đ Sneak Peek
âAll right, itâs just a little mess. No need to get fucking hysterical,â he said, trying to grasp your arm to placate you. You shrugged out of his hold and crossed your arms in anger.
âBen, itâs not just a little mess. And what is this, 1945? Iâm not hysterical!â
His lips twitched at a smirk, making you even angrier. But heâd caught enough smoke from you in the past to know he didnât want it at 8:00 in the morning. He grasped your arms and rubbed them up and down, trying to soothe you.
âOkay, okay. Itâs a little early for all this Latina temper, donâtcha think?â he said, pressing a kiss to your forehead. Your gaze snapped up at him with a glare.
Oooh, this man. He knew how to get you mad fucking tight.
Not in a good way.
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Actually, misogyny is a feature, not a bug, of sinful human nature; Christianity was and has been the cure! I'm sorry you think otherwise, but it's pretty much guaranteed for someone to draw erroneous conclusions like this if you cherry-pick pieces of any text and ignore others, put them out of context, and then interpret them with no understanding of their original language, meaning, or cultural setting. For one thing, you're looking at this through a modern perspective -- a modern perspective which is, by the way, based on truly radical values that Christianity actually made the norm (equal rights, etc.). P.S. : (Women in Biblical times were just all stupid, I guess, for flocking en masse to a faith that oppressed them somehow even more than the oppressive cultures they were raised in? :D)
Just off the top of my head: 1. The husband is supposed to die for the wife, give himself (his desires, wants, life) for her, and love her (immediate context to some of those screenshots you sent). There's no room for abuse, neglect, or misogyny in a Christian marriage or a Christian's life, and a husband who does not provide for his family in every respect is considered to have denied the faith and become "worse than an unbeliever". In the case of an unbelieving husband (and, I believe, in the case of any spouse who has broken the covenant of marriage in any way, including abuse, adultery, neglect, etc.) the covenant is already broken, and the "brother or sister" is "under no bondage" in such cases. God loathes divorce -- it's unnatural and typically harmful to everyone involved -- but still in no way requires anyone, man or woman, to be trapped in an abusive home or to be prevented from remarrying. 2. "Submission" (interesting term in the original, you should look it up! :D) is only ever in the context of husbands and wives, not men and women in general. Role in a given setting (i.e., marriage and family) is not based on inherent value. A lieutenant is not inherently worth less as a person than a general is. It's just that their roles are different, and in times of crisis (which a family often has :D) there needs to be a clear chain of command, or there is confusion and the crisis worsens. In return for this command role, the husband takes all responsibility for everything that befalls his family, regardless of whether he took his wife's advice for a given decision or not. He is to blame for everything that happens in the household. Further sources below! 3. A woman is not permitted to exercise SPIRITUAL authority over a man -- i.e., be a pastor (teacher, in this context). This means nothing in terms of barring women from being close to God or even clearly surpassing men in spiritual and other areas. You may want to look into Deborah and Barak in the Old Testament and Anna the prophetess in the New Testament for examples of women in spiritual or divinely revelatory positions. Further sources below! 4. Legit God is saying that Eve isn't at fault for sin entering the world? The ultimate responsibility is always given to Adam, even though Eve ate first, and sin is described as thus descending through Adam. Eve was lied to -- but Adam knew the vibes were rancid and ate anyway.
5. "Helper fit" is probably better translated "helper equal to/comparable to him" -- i.e., another human. Notably, it was only after the fall wherein it became necessary, due to sinful human nature preventing harmony and agreement, to have a "casting vote" in a marriage. (Again -- all of this is in the context of a marriage, not among men and women in general.)
https://www.gotquestions.org/woman-helper-suitable.html https://www.gotquestions.org/desire-husband-rule.html 6. As for the rest -- God did not say rape was okay. Far from it -- rape actually brought a death penalty to the rapist in the Old Testament, which isn't something you get often even in modern times! What you're reading in those screenshots is actually a groundbreaking, unique (at the time) approach to crimes against women, marriage, and women's rights. It's just that we don't immediately have the cultural context for it, so you're missing some salient details -- as well as having some translation issues. See if these help you! I included other objections you might have as well. Some should also include references to the first five counters I made above, including verse references so you can check them out against the source yourself. Hope these help! Further Sources! :D https://www.gotquestions.org/misogyny-Bible.html https://www.gotquestions.org/men-women-equal.html https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-rape.html https://www.gotquestions.org/gender-equality-inequality.html https://www.gotquestions.org/sexual-assault.html https://www.gotquestions.org/Deuteronomy-22-28-29-marry-rapist.html https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-violence-against-women.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/spousal-rape.html https://www.gotquestions.org/submit-to-one-another.html https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-submissive.html https://www.gotquestions.org/wives-submit.html https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-sexism.html https://www.gotquestions.org/weaker-vessel.html https://www.gotquestions.org/because-of-the-angels.html https://www.gotquestions.org/polygamy.html https://www.gotquestions.org/God-Bible-sexist.html https://www.gotquestions.org/woman-helper-suitable.html https://www.gotquestions.org/desire-husband-rule.html https://www.gotquestions.org/womens-rights.html https://www.gotquestions.org/pain-in-childbirth.html https://www.gotquestions.org/women-silent-church.html Also: I'm confused as to why you would attack the foundational justification and basis for equal rights, the concept of right and wrong, etc. (the foundational justification and basis being the Bible, Judaism, and the Christian faith)? (Historically, this is true -- one only need look at the thousands of years of history where women were treated as second-class citizens at absolute best and then compare their meteoric rise in considered status with the advent of Christianity. I believe you can actually prove causation, not just correlation :D -- but regardless, that's not my point here.) "Equal rights and right/wrong aren't just Biblical concepts!" you might argue. I agree, society has had this pervasive idea of "right" and "wrong" (as well as a multitude of other abstract concepts such as justice, freedom, autonomy, love, evil, mercy, and more) from the beginning of recorded history. Which...doesn't make sense, from any naturalistic philosophy. Where in nature can you find "right" and "wrong"? Where in nature can you find "good" and "evil"? Where in nature can you find "fair" and "unfair"? Where in nature can you find "justice"? Where in nature can you find "gender equality" or "equal rights", or even "rights" at all? They don't exist in nature. There's no basis for them and certainly no justification for them in nature. A naturalistic philosophy (i.e., theory of evolution) cannot account for their existence, and it certainly cannot justify them. According to any naturalistic philosophy -- including evolution -- there's no reason why women shouldn't ALWAYS be treated as second-class citizens -- broodmares, sex slaves, used and abused, etc. Evolution (and other naturalistic philosophies) can only provide "might makes right" and "the survival of the fittest/strongest". There is no room in those philosophies for any kind of inherent human right, let alone gender equality. Most world religions also fail to provide justification and basis, although to a lesser degree. From what I've seen, they either don't provide a justification for these abstract concepts and "rights" or simply already establish women (and other disadvantaged groups) as second-class citizens by nature. The Bible, on the other hand, provides both justification, basis, and explanation for them. Attributes of a perfect Creator and an objective moral standard, expressed and built in to His creation; value and rights inherent to every human everywhere at every age. You can find verse references, again, below in the links. https://www.gotquestions.org/sanctity-of-life.html https://www.gotquestions.org/moral-argument.html https://www.gotquestions.org/moral-truth.html
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The king and queen are visiting Paiporta and they receive them with mud xd two men have spoken to the king and told him to do something, but we all know that he is going to go to his palace and cross his arms because It's literally the only thing he can do. Is this what had to happen for people to realize that asking the king for help is nonsense? He has no power, he is only there to parade around. They have kicked out volunteers from the site to let the king and his escorts (police and military) pass, which is the first time they have touched that ground and they are going to do NOTHING. The president is doing the same. The president of Valencia is doing the same.
#this is never before seen stuff by the way. the monarchy was restituted in 1975 after the dictatorship and celebrated for it#and the president of valencia is basically the higher power here as the state of alarm he declared makes it so the national government#cant help. he has all the jurisdiction and all the responsibility. and yes he is from a right wing party. a lot of people are blaming the#president of the country (left wing) but legally he can't do anything bc of what i said before. its so frustrating just one man being#stubborn (and cruel) has cost so many lives and inflict so much suffering. not only after and during the incident but BEFORE as he didnt#raise the alarm so people thought they were safe and went outside to get move their cars or similar.#there have been so many people found on cars inside parkings.... and they are not done yet.#they havent updated the dead or missing numbers but the last number of missing people was 2000. all these people could be dead#they could be currently dying as the king and queen parade around the streets blocking people wanting to actually help. shameful#translated the main post on google bc i just could write it in english#i feel like a medieval peasant talking about th king and queen like this. what are we doing. year 2024.#talking tag#valencia
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the writers on here making the miguel fics need to remember his fangs inject paralytic venom hes not a real vampire it was just a joke in the movie đ
oh but i still want him to bite me donât get me wrong idgaf if they have venom đ€·đŸââïžđ€·đŸââïž
#the copious amounts of smut iâve seen with this man and the fangs is crazy#yâall need to tone it DOWN wheres the fluff omg??#thereâs like so many smut x reader fics clogging the miguel oâhara tag and people can express their creative liberties or whatever but itâs#getting CRAZY#like why is almost nobody talking about his character and writing an analysis on him#AND WHY ARE SO MANY FICS WRITING HIM TO BE SOME FERAL AND MEAN BEAST#firstly itâs feels racist to write a brown latino man that way.#second it feels fetishiz-y with how people only sexualize the fuck outta him and talk about nothing else when it comes to him#to add onto that people are drawing him with a MUZZLE on#at first all this didnât really register in my head as bad but after seeing so much i see it đ#also some spanish speakers have said people are using incorrect spanish when writing dialogue for him and thats kinda funny#donât use google translate please đ#miguel oâ hara#spiderman 2099#across the spiderverse#i also saw someone say miguel would not be a good partner or something and i just know you didnât pay attention#and i wont go into why because its spoilers but we have seen him be soft and happy with someone he cares about itâs just trauma that has#made him mean and depressed#he was obviously projecting onto miles in the movie when he acted like that letâs be fr#why am i writing a novel down here idk i just wanted to talk about it a little#i love the smut (trust me) but pleaaseee donât start being fetishize-y
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oh so alisaieâs exaggerated bully behavior is 80% fanon. saying this she casually picks up a large rock
#say one thing wrong to me and you will have a wonderful few days with the rock#if angry silly girls have 100 fans etc if they have 0 fans i have died#sorry i saw a YouTube meme i vehemently disliked on principle and got mad at the only child behavior-#kipspeak#she is just short tempered and uses anger to mask other more âshamefulâ emotions!!! alphy did the same thing with just deciding not#to express them. which is still not good and I think why he breaks and ends up teary so often now#this shortness does not translate to actually being mean to people. she only uses being mean as a shield for herself and being snarky#Is just fun for her. itâs fun for Me. you have to inconsequentually tease people or theyâll never learn to laugh at themselves#the twins and thancred đ«” do this thing where they have big emotions but they donât want anyone to SEE they have big weird emotions#so alphy pretends he doesnât have them under a veneer of dignity and alisaie pretends the emotions are Something Else. thancred is#just so emotionally constipated he has trouble expressing anything. heâs got enough baggage for a flatbed#anyways. alisaie is such a compassionate and kind girl and she learned how to make snarky jokes and went ham. and she hates appearing sad o#weak or vulnerable so she blocks it off with an unapproachable emotion so no one pities her and they maybe get on with the plot#it is in fact also great at getting ppl to move away from the sad or embarrassing topic. even if the tradeoff is being more offputting#she would never (grabs youtube meme) she would never seriously bully her brother. this is sibling ribbing only. Cain instinct#just leave her be she is learning how to snark humor and she loves it she loves being sharp. alphy has wit he just keeps it close#my brother didnât learn how to tell or receive a joke until he was 14 he took everything so seriously. he can do it now though and heâs#HILARIOUS. Donât tell him I said that. my man knows exactly where the funny points are even if he hasnât learned when to stop yet#too many tags. Whatever. jokey snark alisaie who sometimes compliments is happy alisaie grouchy snappy angry alisaie is way too stressed#very easy way to tell between the two. even alphy can tell between the two I believe! He tends to rib back in protest if theyâre having fun#and try to stop her if theyâre not having fun. case in point âwhat is that supposed to mean?!â vs âalisaie ryne was only trying to help.â#I know theyâre twins but thatâs such an intensely older sibling thing to do that it reels me#LONG TAGS AND THREE EDITS TO ADD ON SHORT I resent this stereotype taken too far into ooc behavior. it happened with nya#It will happen again and as a postscript let me regale you with Things U Can Notice About Character Motivation and Actionsâ#Iâm not done let me s#she and raha are friends now I decree. âhaha you like meâ SPUTTERING PROTEST FROM BOTH
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I am once again daydreaming of making my own social media platform and how to make it not give a hoot about American laws (no relation to American soil, I'm European anyway) and be structurally resistant to enshitification through independence and community ownership unfortunately I am one inexperienced programmer with not much spare change to throw at such a gamble so I'm only daydreaming
#sfw#personal#ok to reblog#I wanna minimize costs to minimize the need for it to make money in any way. No appealing to advertisers or investors.#Wikimedia and AO3 have that from what I can tell but they both rely on donations to keep the servers running#(I don't shame them obviously but it's difficult and unreliable especially if you're not as big and well known as them)#I know I'm way out of my depth trying to figure out a way to use servers differently but again only daydreaming#At least I'm not the guy saying I wanna make 'the new PDF' lmao#or the guy firing programmers based on how many lines of code they write and replacing a brand name known to most humans with 1 letter#or the guy suggesting users should be able to 'devowel' articles#or whoever's deciding to replace volunteer translators with AI and remove every single useful feature#or a thousand other bad ideas for making more money and stroking their egos. man I just want a little island of weird internet surviving#and yeah alternatives exist but I don't know how they'll avoid dying or surviving wrong either
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I've always liked this line of dialogue from SQX, because it does feel like at the end of the day, no matter how much SQX says he can't stand PM, he does still have a decent grasp of his character.
And on the other side of this, these words are just especially pointed towards Pei Xiu, who does have a good relationship with his boss/ancestor, and also going off his backstory, Pei Ming may well have been the first person in his life to acknowledge him and his talents.
So the whole thing just feels extra sad.
#that said it does bug me that px never seems to feel guilt over his own actions only how those actions affect banyue and pei ming#get it together you sopping wet cat of a man!#i've always wanted to write this but don't have the skills necessary#but i think a lot about if pm's faith in px does feel uncomfortable - is he acknowledging him because he sees his worth#or because he's a pei (something that has never helped px in any way in life)#everyone calls px a nepo baby but no no he's a hard worker and earned what he has#if anything i feel like being pei ming's descendant is still dragging him down because he's the only upper court official we know of#who's playing subordinate to someone else instead of managing his own domain#(fandom always thinks he's middle court but no its stated several times that he ascended properly lol)#(and i just find that beautifully tragic and fitting in his own way)#(px: always the understudy never the lead)#aaaanyway this all contrasts in a fun way with sqx who is the actual nepo baby#is also worshiped in conjunction with someone else BUT never reduced to just that relationship#idk just as pei ming's relationship with both shiblings is important to me#i find sqx's relationship with both peis very fascinating and wish sqx + px could be explored more#and also I want to see where swd + px fit into all of this because there's also so much potential there!#(incidentally the thing that started all of this is i was skimming the russian tl for something the other day)#(and noticed this line was translated as 'pei ming would never behave in such a way')#(and just thought that sqx calling him 'pm' here instead 'your general pei' gives the line a different vibe haha)#(it's sounds both more intimate and pointed if that makes sense?)#(anyway can you tell i am very starved for peixuan content? both peixuans)#tgcf#random tgcf thoughts#shi qingxuan#pei ming#pei xiu
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apartment update: still no pictures cos everythings still Ass but that old desk of my sister in laws thats very nice and all but kind of in the way is gonna go to my old room in my parents house. and in its place im gonna get my old bookshelf from my old room. in my parents house
#its this like almost 20-year-old lundia that i think could do with an extra shelf piece#cos when it was first assebled i had this bigass cd/cassette player with big separate speakers#and theres this huge space to accommodate it all. i havent had that system in Years and now theres tons of empty air in there#where a Lot more books could fit#sure my record collections there but again i dont have a player. but i do have books. and they COULD fit that goddamn lundia#IF i only had EVEN THAT ONE extra shelf piece.#i do need to make an inventory of what books from that old shelf simply need to Go.#like for example i do Not need those hardcover finnish harry potter books#and i need to make a decision about the finnish hardcovers of dark towers 3 and 4#on the one hand story good on the other hand the translation makes me want to either kill myself or just. make a better translation#like the translations bad in ways that cant all be explained by sking being Like That#much like that shining translation i consulted for the finnish version of that gbu x shining fic. god that sucked ASS#i dont know if it was the same translator. but man. its like hey man do you like. Understand what youre reading. is this a first draft#anyway. the parents are going to the summer cottage tomorrow so the desk/lundia exchange wont happen till sometime next week#also also next week my brother and sister in law are coming over for tea (i need him to put up my curtains im too 160cm for that đ)#and! im gonna get a pakig tomorrow. with a vacuum cleaner in it#home
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The biggest recommendation I can give on writing dialogue that sounds in character for the character to say is, not to read the quests they are in, but to listen to the English dub whenever you get the chance. This may seem difficult especially if you are used to playing it in another language, but listening is key to getting the vibe of a character down. What you pay attention to is, not what they say, but the cadence in which they say it. Pay attention to the emotion in their voice, the speed at which they say things, the volume, etc. Once you get this down, it becomes easier to get an idea of what âsoundsâ right and what doesnât. Cadence is an especially powerful thing. By training your ears to a characterâs cadence, you can get a better idea of which words they would prefer to use, the lengths of their sentences, and things of the sort.
For example, reader asks Zhongli to dinner and he accepts. How would he respond? âHmm, Iâm not busy this evening, so I accept. Thank you for the invitation.â But that doesnât sound right, does it? Is Zhongli the type of person that uses many contractions? I donât think so, so letâs fix it. âHmm, I am not busy this evening, so I accept. Thank you for the invitation.â But would he say âI accept?â Perhaps, but it still doesnât sound right. How has he accepted proposals in the past? A bit of research shows he has said âsure.â How can I mix that in? âHmm, Iâm not busy this evening, so sure. Thank you for the invitation.â But hmm⊠the second sentence doesnât sound right. What else could he say instead? âHmm, Iâm not busy this evening, so sure. It would be my pleasure.â That sounds a lot better.
Some people may ask why you canât do these things while listening to another language. Personally, I donât believe you can. If you are not fluent in those other languages, your ears are not properly trained enough to understand the nuance of the ways they speak. The correct emotion and tone will come through, yes, but you still wonât be able to intuitively know what sounds right and what does not. You only will get this sense by listening to it in the language you choose to write in.
The only downside to this is that your writing will become based upon the English translation of the game. As many people know, the portrayal of characters in English often does not completely match the portrayals in Chinese. This is especially so for characters like Zhongli, Xiao, and Kaeya. A lot is lost in the translation and dubbing process. Characters do not vibe the same. Thus, your portrayals will be more true to English, but not how it technically is âsupposedâ to be. Personally, I donât necessarily believe this is a bad thing. However, it is something that can bother people. The only way I can imagine getting around it is by playing the game with the Chinese dub and by following accounts that speak Chinese and can give insight on the literal translations and what they mean and imply.
#personal#advice#character analysis#i personally dislike the idea that bc the en translation and dub arenât parallel w/ cn they did a bad job#yes there are cases where the translation is terrible but itâs impossible to do a 100% true translation#when you translate a work the translation eventually becomes its own entity#it is the job of translation to change the text so that things sound natural#add into this communication misunderstandings between the translators and the writing team and things can become skewed#iâve completely given up on zhongli but what i do try to do when writing xiao is to follow the notes of fan translators and ppl that play c#i do have it in my plans to eventually open an asian account and replay the whole game in cn too#but yeah training your ear to a characterâs cadence is a real cheat way to learning character advice#this is bc itâs less rigid and more open-ended than memorizing straight speech patterns#the only junk thing is that eventually youâll try writing for a character you havenât listened to in a while?#and then you are forced to reserve two hours in your day to listen to a character or event quest with them in it#pain peko#also if youâre still here iâm gonna complain a bit like why do ppl always default to the jp voices when the cn voices are right there?#why not listen to cn? that should be the default if you want the best experience#idk man#maybe iâm just tired of listening to jp voice acting. theyâre all the same
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lines from the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac that definitely have not invaded my brain or destroyed my sleep schedule
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#Cyrano de Bergerac#Edmond Rostand#quotations#plays#French#ceci je l'ai fait#rattling the bars of my cage over these three#normal ways to behave. normal things to say.#also I see u translators omitting Cyrano's âdo you want to?â exchange with Christian from the first quote. cowards. COWARDS I SAY#LET THEM BE WEIRDLY INTIMATE BOY BEST FRIENDS WHO'VE ONLY KNOWN EACH OTHER 5 MINS *shakes fist*#I will provide my own questionable unrhyming translation below so my anglophone mutuals also get to enjoy this#(semicolons where commas would be. u know how it is)#CYRANO: Christian; do you want to?#CHRISTIAN: You're scaring me!#CYRANO: Since you fear to cool her heart by yourself...#...do you want - and soon you will set it ablaze! -...#...to collaborate a little; your lips with my words?#CHRISTIAN: Your eyes are shining...#CYRANO: Do you want to?#^^^ very normal things to say to a man you just met and have already called good-looking twice
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