#The Task of the Translator

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No fic animation this time because I'm actually writing it, so take this TFZ thing instead, lmao. And, yes, I kept their white hair because I believe in their white, fluffy hair supremacy, yes.

Two bits of the process shown on my dumb Ko-Fi.

Panels it's based on under the cut:

Obviously I had to take some directorial decisions with the dialogue.

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Who’s most likely to facefuck their partner?? I’m thinking Price 🫣

𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔.

𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑯𝒆'𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

''𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒍?'' 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆-𝒄𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

''𝑨𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉, 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈.'' 𝑷𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚, 𝒍𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉.

𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. ''𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓.'' 𝑯𝒆'𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒌𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

 ''𝑮𝒐 𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅. 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒖𝒕.'' 𝑯𝒆'𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 ��𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕.

𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕, 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆. 𝑯𝒆'𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

''𝑬𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒂 𝒂𝒔í, á𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍'' 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒄𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒃𝒆, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒋𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 ''𝒎𝒉𝒎'' 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒕. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓, 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏, 𝒍𝒖𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕.

[louthinking]

I’m so so so so so so late but happy Valentines Day!!!💕💕

[justanotherjaydrawing]

Jay's having another stressed day so I drew a Haruka because she has never had to stress about anything ever, right? :)

[hualianisms]

[TGCF Audio Drama S3 Ep 1 spoilers]

Last snippet from S3 Ep 1 that I translated! This is the part where XL is investigating the brocade immortal and YY appears. XL asks YY how is HC doing and there is a funny moment where HC (who is in disguise) makes a pointed noise to YY to not reveal his identity.

my translation below the cut (it's long):

Captured Ghosts: (are in an uproar bc they have been captured to be interrogated about the brocade immortal) YY to the ghosts: Be quiet. XL: (gasps) It’s the Waning Moon Officer? YY (in greeting): Your Highness the Crown Prince. XL to YY: All this time I have not had the chance to inquire, how might I address Your Excellency? YY: I daren't. I am merely a nameless, insignificant servant. YY: Your Highness, please follow me. XL: Let’s go in. XL: Qi Ying! QYZ: Oh, coming!

[They enter to see the captured ghosts]

XL: These are… YY: All the ghosts and demons who have been selling the Brocade Immortal in Ghost City or in other lands, have been rounded up here. There are ninety-eight pieces of clothing in total. XL: I'm sorry for the trouble. YY: If any new strange activity arises, we will also catch them for Your Highness the Crown Prince at once. XL: There’s no need, please convey to San L– Hua Chengzhu, there’s really no need for him to go to so much trouble on my behalf. I can do it myself, too. After all, it was supposed to be my responsibility. YY: Chengzhu of course understands that Your Highness can catch the spirits yourself with ease. However, it’s precisely because of that that Chengzhu does not wish for Your Highness’ energy to be wasted on such minor tasks that can be done by anyone. Your Highness’ time and energy should be spent on more important matters. XL: (is touched) XL: May I ask, how is your Chengzhu currently…? YY: Chengzhu –  HC (who is in disguise, makes a very pointed noise to YY): Ahem. YY: ....Chengzhu is currently very busy. XL: Oh! He’s very busy? That’s good. I hope that everything is going well for him… Hope all goes well.

[losttranslator]

if anybody out there has files for the french subtitles of Red vs Blue seasons 2 to 15 pleeeeeease tell me 😭

[t-u-i-t-c]

"He needs to kill me."

[captainhysunstuff]

The closed captions for the dub on Netflix describes Light as “huffing” when he’s cornered:

Ain’t that just the cutest damn thing?

[theodysseyofhomer]

I see the original, and my translation, as a promise, or even an enticement, in the first line: Dear Listener, stay with me, because you won't be bored by this character or this poem.  Who doesn't love disguises and schemes? Who doesn't love a long con, at least in narrative? The narrator is promising us, implicitly, that we’ll get an inside scoop on a character whose many layers, turns, names and disguises won’t be visible to everyone he encounters. Uncomplicated characters are a hard sell, if you want the adult listener to stay with you for many hours of story. Complexity, sign me up. I am not the least bit original in seeing the Homeric Odysseus as a complex and multi-layered character, who arouses our intense interest and intense empathy – and who is viewed in very different ways by different characters within the poem, because he contains multitudes. Homeric Odysseus is a very different and far more appealing character compared to the often simpler and often more purely evil Odysseus we find in some other ancient sources (like the scheming sophist of Sophocles' Philoctetes, or the cruel Ulysses of the Aeneid). To me, “complicated” doesn’t suggest either “good guy” or “bad guy”: it’s a promise that this poem doesn’t stoop to those implausible simplifications.

[pensamentos-de-droides]

In an alternative universe these two take R2 and 3PO's place and are droid wives . Send tweet

[jongace]

shouty team chinguline clearing the waterfall quiz at lightning speed

[dramas-vs-novels]

Who is your favourite character in mythology???

Aeneas

No hesitation on that answer.

The Aeneid is somewhat obscure today, and by far the best mythological Epic.

I think everyone broadly knows the major brushstrokes of the Trojan War and The Odyssey. Prince falls for Queen Helen, she runs away with him. Greeks launch a war to get her back. Odysseus hides soldiers in a wooden horse and tricks the Trojans into bringing them into the city. Troy falls, Odysseus takes 10 years to get home.

The Aeneid, written in the reign of Augustus Caesar, is like, the sequel to that.

Broad brushstrokes, I won't get super into it-- when Troy fell, a prince of Troy (cousin of the dude who fell for Helen) led several hundred survivors out of a secret exit in the city. They had adventures, fought a Boss Battle in a huge epic army clash against Hera/Juno herself (and won), and the descendants of Troy went on to found the Roman Empire itself (well, Roman Kingdom, then Republic, then Empire).

The Aeneid is very much "fuck around and find out", but God Edition.

[itwoodbeprefect]

bisexuality and maybe even polyamory win: the automated thai > english translation has no clue what to do with this gender neutral thai word, so it translates two lines from the same singer to mean that he wants a boyfriend in one sentence and a girlfriend in the immediate next

[finnlongman]

Had the vague sense that I was Doing A Lunch Task, but there was no bread in the toaster, which seemed odd. Put some in. While it was toasting I noticed that the kettle was filled and hot. "Oh," I said. "I'm making tea. Did I know I was making tea?"

Anyway, I made the tea now. No idea when I started that process.

(I really think this is the kind of thing doctors should ask about when you go to them asking for an ADHD referral, rather than whether you run around a lot (no, I have chronic pain and fatigue and I'm a part-time wheelchair user, and also I'm not a six-year-old child). Because this happens to me a lot. And then I make the tea and forget I made it and it goes cold.)

[bibiana112]

"girlie did very much fail at solving a sudoku puzzle to save her life though" NO! SHE ONLY HAD HALF THE NUMBERS YOU CAN'T SOLVE IT LIKE THAT MUCH LESS ON A TIMER

[sungjinhos]

the fact that i have to finish a bachelor degree and still work on a fucking thesis in the same period is making me slightly crazy not gonna lie