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my-gf-is-kazuichi-soda · 1 year ago

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The two ways people mischaracterize Kaz that bug me the most

-making her an idiot in everything she does and says. Acting like she's a party animal (that's really just her trying to look cool, not really her personality! I think she would get so overwhelmed if she pushed herself that much!) who is incapable of reading books or understanding anything academic. Like, she literally used to be a studious nerd. Tell me you never played her free times without telling me you never played her free times. So she didnt know the word "horizon" (I forget/not know common words all the time so I totally get this) and made jokes/assumptions about it to lighten the mood when things were really tense (this was right after Fuyuhiko survived stabbing himself) and she snuck off with Hajime to spy on Akane and Nekomaru just to have a fun time (and also to sneak off with Hajime 😏) and when that didnt work she tried to be silly about not knowing the word horizon just to lighten the mood again. She was doing all this for Hajime, to impress him and make him feel better, and the only takeaway Ive seen others get from it is her being stupid? She has a social disability do people really confuse this for generally being dumb? Does she need to look like a stereotypical nerd just for people to get it? 😑 I have to remind myself that some Danganronpa fans can only get the most shallow reads out of characters and are ableist af.

Soudam is an interesting idea for a ship and has potential, but I think the problem is that it's often a Baby's First Rival Ship where people try to make both characters have the dynamic they did in the game and also they kiss...while still hating each other??? As if all those insults they used werent just Kaz getting jealous about Sonia and looking for a dumb way to pick on Gundham while Gundham tries to one-up Kaz's insults. No, if Kaz had a crush on Gundham she might have denial/very light tsundere qualities because it's queer and she has internalized homophobia, but once she's more out of the closet and they're in a relationship she would be happy and gushy! It would be a Sunshine and Grumpy ship! The Sonia conflict would be gone so why would they have a reason for the rivalry anymore? This would heal over the "rivalry" because they're not even competing for anything. Gundham hides in his scarf all blushy while Kazuichi just gushes about her tall hammy (lol) "supervillain" boyfriend and and his cute hamsters and she holds his arm. It's hard for Gundham to be taken seriously (not like he was ever efhdhjlfdcbhtfb) when notably scared-of-everything-that's-scary Kazuichi is sitting next to him nodding and looking at him with starry eyes or giggling and saying "nooo you're not from Hell you must have fallen from Heaven my beautiful angel! 💕" This is a bit into their relationship where she knows at this point what she can get away with saying (either that or Gundham has given up trying to convince her otherwise because he secretly enjoys this and will let her, and only her, say such things). Also a conflict they would have is how much pda they're both comfy with, Gundham would have to set clear boundaries else Kaz tries to sit on his lap and hold his hand out in public. Kaz still gets away with the occasional kiss on the cheek here and there, it helps if no one else is around when she does this. Huh, apparently I can ship Soudam as long as Kaz still gets to be a ray of sunshine. Also I can see people seething because I make Kaz a girl and this would be a "straight ship" (it most certainly would not! There is nothing straight about either of these two but whatever. I made my point).

-making her the neon green and bubble gum 2Edgy5U version of Gundham, or this but a killer on top of this (I swear the Ultimate Despair being anyone other than Junko and Mukuro was a mistake). Like, they just wanted a broody, edgy, angry/grumpy character with sharp teeth who looks cool and frowns a lot....guys Gundham is RIGHT THERE and would love to be mischaracterized like this too! Oh wait, he already is. Ironically I see this often from Soudam shippers (not all of them! But some). I guess they love Gundham so much they wanted to ship Gundham with neon green bubblegum Gundham.

EDIT: Okay rereading this I need to cool off. People can ship things however they want. I just have feels and wanted to get them out somewhere.

Hm. Maybe my issue is that I see ships as potential for character development and some people want the characters to stay the same? But I dont wanna see Kaz as staying grumpy/sad and frankly I dont wanna see Gundham staying like that either. They both deserve to see themselves better and to be able to treat other people better too

#long post #rant #soudam #but not hate to soudam!#if anything there's hate to the despair twist in danganronpa 2 #kazuichi soda #kazuichi souda

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chaomother · 2 years ago

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Okay I think I’ve got the list. I’ll elaborate if wanted but here’s what I think. Also 🦊, I’m so flattered, thank you so much. I definitely try my best so I’m happy it’s being recognized!

- Sonic (Angel, feel like we all already agree with that)

- Tails (Angel, just can see it)

- Knuckles (Fallen, he was made to protect the master emerald and became too aggressive and possessive of it so he was banished)

- Amy (Fallen, she loved humans too much and willingly left to live among mortals and fall inlove)

- Cream (Angel, again can just see it)

- Big (Angel, honestly I’m not 100% sure but this felt the best)

- Blaze (Demon, not because of her powers but I can imagine her as demon royalty who is mostly calm and collected but is absolutely dangerous if provoked)

- Silver (Fallen, meant to protect the hero who would keep the future safe but failed so the future is ruined. He was banished but told if he somehow stopped the current future he would be allowed his wings back)

- Espio (Demon, he’s noble sure but he’s still an assassin. The best in fact, can even kill high rank angels)

- Victor (Demon, he’s like the best hustler and knows how to hunt people down like a blood hound. But the scariest demon makes the best dad to little demons)

- Charmy (Demon, he’s just a little mischievous. He’s when your alarm doesn’t ring and your missing your keys. A little menace)

- Shadow (Fallen, come on. He loved the world and his best friend, but when she was murdered he grew vicious and heartless. He believes he can’t love anyone or anything again)

- Rouge (Demon, this just felt like the right fit. She’s the greed people feel when the push in all their chips at the casino even if the cards in their hand is bad)

- E-123 Omega (Jokes on you, he doesn’t have a soul, at least not like the others 😈)

- Babylon Rogues (Fallen, they all were best friends in heaven, the gave people the love to explore but when Jet was banished for becoming too selfish the others left with him and now find lost treasure together on earth)

- TC anon, okay this is part 1! I have more characters I want to do but I didn’t want this too long. If you think differently that’s also 100% cool and am interested to see what you think and why. Also again if you want more details on the backstories let me know and I’ll go into more detail. Hope you enjoy, see ya in a bit!

more under the cut!

"Here’s part 2 y’all!

- Mighty (Angel, he’s so sweet and protective. A guardian Angel in his core!)

- Sally and other freedom fighters (Angels, they all are protectors of earth too. Kinda like a valkyrie of heaven.)

- Scourge (Fallen, him and Sonic were twins but when Sonic kept getting rewarded for his good work Scourge got so jealous he tried to kill him. Of course he was banished into hell instead of earth and he absolutely tells everyone he was hell born instead)

- Sonia (Angel, high rank angel really. She’s super responsible and keeps everything moving)

- Manic (Fallen, he was lazy and didn’t care much for his duties so when he was kicked out he didn’t care too much. Of course he misses his sibs but they still talk)

- Tangle (Angel, she’s a brand new baby Angel. She’s so sweet and trying her best)

- Whisper (Demon, again assassin but is slowly becoming better due to being so close to Tangle)

- Sticks (Demon, in the same boat as Charmy I feel. More mischievous than evil)

- Surge (Demon, she believes that she can take Sonic’s wings and Halo by force and become just as loved as he is)

- Kistuname (Fallen, I can see him as a good kid. A good kid who just admired the wrong person and was influenced to help her. Helping out a demon is a no-no unless they are trying to reform. And surge is not)

- Eggman (Demon, kinda obvious)

- Infinite (Demon, a poor soul that when he saw his friends, his family really, die, his rage made him into a dangerous demon)

- Starline (Fallen, he inspired many for growing academically and was assigned to study demons so when the inevitable war against heaven and hell they can know what to do. But he became obsessed with Eggman and became more cruel and vicious so he was kicked out)

- TC anon (that’s everyone I could think of. Hope you enjoyed it! If you got other thoughts, I’d love to hear about them!)"

I NEED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT KNUCKLES AND SILVER... the takes on them being fallen angels is super intriguing to me, i can definitely see that you've thought of all this and have some worldbuilding lore present so i'm really curious!!

honestly i absolutely adore amy's—having her want to live among the mortals she loves so much in hopes she can find true love is just like her!

i can't say i disagree with anyone here tbh~ i'd like to learn more about shadow and why you think he'd be a fallen angel! (^q^) i'm so into this////

(and i'm sorry for the belated reply, tc!! :'( thanks so much for sharing hehehe)

#tc anon #heavenly hell au

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a-tale-of-legends · 2 years ago

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Quick Legendverse professor thoughts

Birch is still a professor in his old age! Well I say old but he would be, what 54 by SV in my timeline?...okay so he is pretty old. But that ain't stopping him! Still very good at field research, would go out a lot with Amber to do research together from time to time. For old nostalgia's sake. Also, yes, Amber taught him some basic pokemon battling stuff and gave him some pokemon so he doesn't get mauled by a poocheyena. Again.

Rowan properly retires once Kiran comes back and is healthy to go out again. He still is in the academic space, occasionally being a guest speaker for some colleges and such, but nowadays he spends most of his time at home, living comfortably. The kids ( who aren't exactly kids anymore) visit him often! ( He would be like. 76 by SV).

Juniper and Fennel both seem to strive in the busy environments around them, Juniper especially, so needless to say, they're both still active around this time. Though, both take a back seat for their younger apprentices to shine. They're married too, but that doesn't surprise anyone really.

I'm not sure if Elm would retire or not.... actually. I take that back. He would retire. But only because Aiko forced him too. The man is too committed to his work, he needs a rest. He's honestly not used to relaxing, so his early retirement was difficult for him. He had to be doing something you know? Fortunately for him ( and unfortunately for his wife/j) he found hobbies. Lots and lots of hobbies. Don't get me wrong, his wife is very supportive and very happy that he's finally talking the time to be with the family and rest, but there's only so much space she's willing to give up. They work it out don't worry. But yeah! Elm's pretty happy !

Kukui got a beautiful wife, an amazing husband, and a bunch of kids ( one being his biological son). He's living the best life man. Kukui has not retired, and doesn't plan to for a long time. He's still a mentor to Lillie, and may also be one for Hop? I haven't decided, but it would be cool.

Magnolia, as you know, retired. She's still alive and kicking mind you, just enjoying life as it is. Sonia is thriving. Her book sold millions ( at least I assume so if Naranja Uva academy has them), and she had never felt so motivated in her life. She loves her job, loves teaching Hop what she can , loves that she and Leon are finally talking again, love that she can hang out with her friends again- just a whole bunch of love. She's so happy and fulfilled.

With time wounds heal. That applies to sycamore. He's been through the motions, to put it simply. Grief, anger, confusion, betrayal- he has felt this for a long time. And some of that still lingers. But he's content now. Happier. He got himself an apprentice in Trevor, he got to see his nephew ( not actually his nephew but who cares) learn to forgive himself for his actions ( something that he himself hasn't done until much later), see Jude become a better person, and Shauna and Tierno expand their creative outlets. He couldn't be prouder. He's also going to therapy now. He realized there's a lot of things he needs to unpack. He dipped his toes into the dating sphere again. Nothing much. I guess he's trying to prove to himself he still got it...that he's still okay. But overall, Sycamore has healed and is still healing. He's much better than he was by the end of XY, that's for sure.

.....That was not quick at all lmao. I hope you enjoyed the read!

( and if you're wondering about professor oak, no clue what to do with him really, let alone if that man is alive. Honestly? He probably is. This is pokemon. But still. I just know that his relationship with his grandkids is complicated.)

#r rambles #legendverse #pokemon professor

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fernwing143 · 3 months ago

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I saw this picrew and thought it was adoreable so I did it with my Hogwarts Legacy MC and people in her life bc why not :) I'm using this as an excuse to lore dump lmao(btw this is of my MC, Fern Wing in her sixth year)

The first one is Fern with my other MC, Dillon! I like to think these two would be trauma-bonding besties. What's also funny is that Fern is a Ravenclaw with Hufflepuff energy and Dillon is a Gryffindor with even more Hufflepuff energy (Dillon kind of had a Nevile situation) but when I think about it, Dillon is 100% more of a Hufflepuff than a Gryffindor and I don't even remember why I put him in Gryffindor. He grows up to be a herbologist, he's very kind and loyal, anti-fighting, and has pretty much every Hufflepuff trait 😭😭

Fern on the other hand is mostly just very very sweet and supportive of everyone she likes and has UNDYING LOYALTY to those she cares about. Miss girl would literally kill for her friends and little brother. She also really loves her nieces and nephews so much she almost views them as her own children (she wants kids so bad but she hates the idea of babymaking rahhh)

Next is Fern with her youngest brother, Milo!

Milo was born two years before his and Fern's father died. After their father's death, their mother grew to be very neglectful of all five of her children and Fern ended up taking on the responsibility of raising Milo alongside her older siblings, William and Misty. But Fern was only SEVEN YEARS OLD when she had to start doing this.

Fern is extremely protective of her little brother while Milo is very clingy to his older sister. When Fern was thought to be a squib, she'd get nasty looks from witches and wizards in the villiage but Milo didn't understand why.

Milo used to hide a lot whenever Fern and their mother would get into fights (which was very often). He doesn't like yelling and conflict and it hurt even more to see the person who raised him fighting with the person who practically abandoned him. If you were to ask Milo about his family, he'd say something along the lines of "It's broken."

This next one is of Fern and her older sister, Misty!

Misty is a Gryffindor who's married to a Ravenclaw named Collin. Fern would totally describe Misty as a "fashion freak". Fern was 12 years old when she started wearing her long hair down and Misty INSISTED that she at least did it nicely (hence the hair style with the hair down with that little tie in the middle that the MC can have in the game)

Even though Fern loves her big sister very much, she does get very overwhelmed around her. Misty is constantly trying to dress Fern in neat clothing and always bugs Fern about what she wears. She's not tyring to be mean, but Misty is apethetic towards others. She's also not very reliable :p

Here we have William!

William is Fern's oldest sibling and her half-brother and was a Slytherin at Hogwarts. There is a seven year age gap between them lmao

William and Fern have the same mother but a different father. Fern's mother, Sonia, got married to a man named Josh Brown and they had William. When William was two years old, Sonia and Josh got a divorce and later on got remarried to her friend from Hogwarts, Jay Wing. William came with Sonia since Josh was abusive. When he was four, Misty was born, when he was seven, Fern was born, when he was ten, Dawn was born, and when he was twelve, Milo was born.

William was always the golden child, though he didn't like it because Sonia became very mentally ill after Jay's death and started favoring him over his siblings and was especially mean to Fern, seemingly blaming her for Jay's death. William was a hard worker and did well with academics and became a curse breaker.

William is married to Maradeth Brown (formerly Maradeth Peterson) and has two daughters, Lennie and Emily and later on has a son, Henry. He enjoys inviting Fern over to hang out with them.

Fern has always looked up to her older brother, though somewhat envies him for being their mother's favorite while her mother hates her the most.

And here we have Dawn, Fern's younger sister.

Dawn has always hated Fern for pretty much no reason despite Fern trying to set things right between them.

I like to think that the reason Fern never saw Dawn at Hogwarts during her fifth year was because Dawn avoided her at all costs (this is made up specifically for my MC and is not canon to the actual game)

Like their mother, Dawn blames Fern for their father's death, only it's not only "well, it SEEMS like she blames Fern for Jay's death" but rather "she completely blames Fern for Jay's death."

In her first year at Hogwarts, Dawn took an interest in the Dark Arts and tried to learn as much as she could about them. As a Slytherin, she knew Anne, Sebastian, Ominis, Imelda, etc. and didn't understand why Sebastian took a liking to Fern at all (I like to think she overheard Sebastian talking about her to Ominis in the common room and was like "ew. why would you like that loser?")

Dawn eventually grows up and cuts off all contact with her family and becomes a Dark Witch, which deeply upsets her siblings.

Fern and Seb AAAAA <3

So here's the deal:

Fern is a bisexual girly. Pretty much her whole life, she found love and romance to be nasty and pointless. When she was twelve, she met a girl named Ginger and had a bit of a crush on her, but after Ginger and her other friends went away without a word and never sending any owls to her, Fern felt hurt by that and decided to never get attatched to someone again.

Fast forward to when she's around fifteen/sixteen, she meets Sebastian and initially is neutral about him, though she is more fond of him than she is of other people.

Throughout the year and when Fern and Seb would help each other with things, Fern started to realize that Seb was very important to her, but was still terrified of becoming attatched to someone only to be left behind again. So, she's basically in denial about liking him.

After the situation with Seb and Solomon, Fern comes to terms with the fact that she's in love with Seb and would do anything for him, hence not turning him in.

I'm not the best at writing love stories I'm sorry 😭

Fern and Poppy are besties. This is canon. Shush.

I have another post where I have a screenshot from in-game with Fern and Poppy and honestly all I have to say is that these two are besties. Poppy could literally kill a man and Fern would be like "Where do you want me to hide the body? Bury it? Burn it? Stuff it in a closet?" Fern would 100% take the fall for Poppy in any situation.

I like to think that in their sixth year, Poppy and Fern were alone together and Fern just broke down and vented to Poppy about everything she'd been holding in (seriously. she's been holding everything in without saying a single thing.) While Fern has other really close friends, Poppy is the only one Fern will fully open up to and vice versa. Fern may be in love with Seb but bestie Poppy comes first.

Also, my other MC Dillon has a MASSIVE crush on Poppy but is way to scared to admit it. I once had the mental image of him kicking his legs like a school girl while being flustered thinking of her. And since Dillon is also such an innocent little guy, he does NOT have perverted or nasty thoughts of her

Also, unrelated, but I think it's funny that both of them have plant-related names 😭

Fern and Natty :)

I'm just going to say now: the biggest thing these two have in common is that they have a dead father.

Everytime Natty talks about her dad, Fern instantly can genuienly symapthize with her. I like to think that they comfort each other whenever they start really missing their dad.

I don't have much of a dynamic for them since I haven't really thought about it, but i will say that they are good friends who both have dead dads 😭

Last one: Fern and Ominis :D

Fern has deep respect for Ominis and views him kind of like a brother. They are pretty similar on some levels.

-They both fall asleep in random places -They both can be pretty grumpy -They both don't tolerate bullshit -They both have family issues

Fern used to be kind of intimidated by Ominis, but later grew to be comfortable around him. She will silently let Ominis scold her and Seb whenever they do something stupid, but luckily none of the three of them ever take anything personally.

Overall, Fern quite likes Ominis and would literally m u r d e r for this man (as she would with most of her friends 😭)

Alr I'm done thank you for your time

#hogwarts legacy #ravenclaw #lore dump #lore dumping bc why not #ravenpuff duos are so OP tbh #i spent like three hours sitting down writing all this bc i had chores to do but then i got distracted with other things and then i ended u #getting sidetracked listening to hatsune miku music so there's that but it should not have taken three hours 😭#if you actually read all of this i now have deep respect for you #i might write a fic about this

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asaka-lucy-dr-rc · 4 months ago

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Awww, thank you for answering so thoroughly, Alcibiade! 🥺✨ You are a very precious person who really understands what I say and enjoys it.

they can't afford to ignore people they don't like, for example, so great effort from these communities would be made to prevent social isolation and rejection

Speaking of which, after Junko's brainwashing was reversed, some of the people who came to their senses might have killed someone's family or friends, or destroyed someone's hometown. And they may have to live with such people. It's not easy for people in such a relationship to reconcile, but I really like how in DR2 chapter 3, Hiyoko confronted Fuyuhiko and said that Mahiru and Peko died because of you, but after that she tried to understand him, so I hope that people can move towards reconciliation in a similar way, and I hope that Class 77-B can help them.

I wish I could speak japanese to be able to read all the super cool fanfics you always mention. 😭💔

Yeah, there are a lot of wonderful fanfics out there that I'd love you to read! I wish there was an AI that could translate stories with a high degree of accuracy... 😭😭 To add a little more to the fanfic that influenced a lot of my headcanon, in this story, Hajime's team is working to protect and rehabilitate the Monokuma Kids in Towa City (the main location of Danganronpa: Another Episode). They are working to remove the helmets from the kids and return them to their former selves. The Monokuma Kids have been manipulated by the helmet, but that doesn't change the fact that they've done terrible things in the city, so Hajime's team is using the NWP to rehabilitate these kids so that they don't despair of their own sins. Personally, I thought this was a very convincing interpretation of their actions in the post-game!

I really agree that Hajime would not have been confident in taking care of the children at first! But I think the children would like him because I guess he won't get too upset if the children are a little rough with him, and he'll listen patiently to them.

(and maybe he was a bit scared of leaving Nagito, who loves children, educate them himself. Someone had to look after him haha!)

Awww, I LOVE this idea! I think Nagito would be like this:

I also really like the interpretation that the children will grow up to be courageous and autonomous. Makoto's team rebuilt Hope's Peak Academy at the end of the DR3 Hope arc, so they will also educate young people, but I guess the students will be more academic or cultural people. On the other hand, the children raised by Hajime's team will be rather physically strong or a fighter, and can survive under difficult circumstances. It would be great if Makoto's team and Hajime's team were in different places, each with a slightly different approach, but working for the same bright future.

Ahhh I love the children wanting to do something for Hajime and acting on it! I am sure that Hajime will be very happy to see that the children are doing so well for him, whether they actually help him or not. It's also great that they always have some bad luck because of Nagito's luck cycle. I can just imagine Hajime and Nagito coming back to their base muddy and in tatters. (I wanted to draw that too, but another time!)

And I think that Hajime wouldn't like to be considered a boss. Maybe one day he and Nagito will leave the group behind, when they think the children can take care of themselves without his authority, to fight evil somewhere else.

YEAH, omg, how can you read so perfectly what I have not written? I completely agree! XD I don't think he'd want them to follow him, so he'd probably leave them secretly, because some of them might follow him if he said goodbye to them properly. (Or Hajime could introduce the children to the rebuilt Hope's Peak Academy?)

In my headcanon, Class 77-B will work together for a period of time after the Hope arc, but will spontaneously disband after a while. I think at least Sonia will want to rebuild her country, and Gundham will probably want to restore the animal ecosystem. And when Sonia leaves, Kazuichi will probably follow her, so I think those three will leave first. The order after that is not fixed in my mind, but anyway I think they will disband eventually. I'm sure that Hajime and Nagito will continue their dangerous missions after the disbandment, and it would be great if they reunited with their grown children during such missions. XD I am really happy to be able to talk to you about the post-game headcanons! 💖 I may talk to you again soon because the thoughts about them never really stop in my brain, but you can reply to me when it's convenient for you. Thank you and have a great day! (๓´˘`๓).｡.:*♡

Hi Alcibiade! 😃 Thank you for always talking to me so much in the comments. I'm glad to know that you have similar thoughts about the post-game world! XD

I like to see characters living happily in the post-game world, but if I see them living too ordinary a life, I feel it is not quite right. The world must have changed a lot, and the common sense of the past should no longer be common sense. There must be a lot of people who have no parents, or whose friends or children have died, and that the way people think about family must have changed a lot. If you have any headcanons from that perspective, I'd love to hear about them!

For example, in one of my favorite Komahina fanfics, there was a fanon where Hajime has no reproductive ability (though he still has sexual function) due to the aftereffects of the surgery for the Kamukura project. I was really shocked when I read it for the first time, but also very convinced. I'm a multi-shipper when it comes to Hajime, but I still like the idea that he'll never have children of his own, even if he has a female partner. To be precise, I don't mean that I love the idea of not having children, but also because of the influence of another fanfic, I have a headcanon that Class 77-B is involved in protecting and caring for orphans in the post-game world, so I think it would be wonderful if he had a situation where there are many children who feel like they were raised by him, even though he has no children of his own. It's like the life of a boss character in action manga, isn't it? 😆 Those stories are typical in action manga, where the followers of a boss character are actually indebted to that boss character for picking them up and raising them when they were little, and so they swear their loyalty to the boss. I think it would be interesting if Hajime's life was like that.

It doesn't have to be limited to family, but I'd love to know what you think about it!

Hi Asaka! 🥰 Hope you're doing okay

Thank you for sending me a request! I decided to take my time to respond, but I'm sorry it took so much time! (I had a loooooot to do IRL these last months and I had very little energy left, sadly) Anyway don't hesitate to stop responding to my comments if I get too talkative. When I start talking, I never know how to stop x')

I totally agree with you. I believe that old insitutions and ways of living must have collapsed in the post-game world, and that people must have found their own ways to live and survive with each other. There would be some groups based on authority, violence and allegiance given to their local chiefs (like some sort of gangs), but also a lot of people who just try to live with each other peacefully and help build new homes to live in, new roads, new water systems, new knowledge... And they would rather build it to be functional for everyone and share their own knowledge and skills, than build it back to how it was before. I think that people must grieve all the family they lost, of course, but that they would turn themselves towards the people around them and start loving all elders, all children and everyone else like their own family. Because they're very few, they'd need everyone's help, so things would be made to include every help possible (they can't afford to ignore people they don't like, for example, so great effort from these communities would be made to prevent social isolation and rejection).

Wow, your headcanons of Hajime are very convincing and cool! I wish I could speak japanese to be able to read all the super cool fanfics you always mention. 😭💔And yeah, it's totally like a boss in action mangas, I find the whole idea really funny x') I really like that perspective of Hajime having a lot of people feeling like they were raised by him <3 I totally buy your headcanons lmao. From that perspective, I believe that maybe Hajime wasn't really confident about all that (taking care of children) at first, because he must feel like he's too broken and monstruous to be able to raise them properly. But because there wasn't other options, and he wasn't alone as a parent (plus, the children really wanted to take care of each other and take care of him too) it all went really well! (and maybe he was a bit scared of leaving Nagito, who loves children, educate them himself. Someone had to look after him haha!)

Their whole group would be something between the gang-like structure I mentioned before and the more horizontal-peaceful group, because they also need to protect themselves from the remnants. I think that maybe, Hajime and Nagito would insist to do the most dangerous missions by all time, because of their luck protecting them, so the children they raised would be very courageous and autonomous people who take care of themselves. But because they're very indepted to class 77-b, they would always want to spy on the missions from behind and intervene when they believe Hajime is in danger, even though he never really is. When they get back to the others, they would tell the story of the missions (which are, because of Nagito's luck cycle, always full of unforeseen developments) to everyone else 🥰And I think that Hajime wouldn't like to be considered a boss. Maybe one day he and Nagito will leave the group behind, when they think the children can take care of themselves without his authority, to fight evil somewhere else. So he would always want to share his knowledge and kamukura-related skills and never keep them for himself, because he knows that one day he'll be gone.

Okay, I already talked way too much!! I hope you'll like this answer, and thank you again for asking me about all this. I had a lot of fun writing it! 😊💕

#my ask sent from my main blog #my art #post-dr3 #hajime hinata #nagito komaeda #komahina

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redmelawashere · 4 years ago

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So as I’ve hinted at, one of my recent projects (and tbh my focus for NaNoWriMo 2020) is a Sonia/Leon fic that I’m nearing completion. So enjoy an un-edited/un-polished version of one of the scenes I had the most fun writing. WARNING: Salty exes who sleep together are salty. Minor adult content ahead.

Sonia laid in the gentle morning light, the gently chirping of rookidees swooping in along with the warm breeze from her open window. By all accounts it should be a perfect morning, especially considering the amount of rain they'd been having lately. Instead, she laid moodily, drumming her turquoise nails against her collarbone and frowned at he ceiling as if everything in the world was it's fault. Obviously it wasn't, it was just a way to deflect her own internal rage at herself—although she wasn't the only party involved. Her partner in crime had begun to stir, the warm hand on her stomach twitching before sliding down to her waist, pulling her closer. Soft lips pressed small kisses into her shoulder before he spoke gruffly, "you're overthinking this."

"Am I?" the red-head asked sarcastically.

Sleeping with your ex was generally frowned upon. It means you either have some unresolved tension (so you should never have broken up in the first place), have serious communication issues (which they do), or like some toxic, chemical reaction just keep coming back to each other (which means you should probably cut those strings loose). This is the third time they've ended up like this. She can already hear Nessa yelling at her (and at him) for how stupid they were. Since they'd broken up, she's seen Leon more often then when they were dating. Hell, they've slept together more, which frankly, was a little insulting.

"Mhmm," he murmured, his trimmed beard gently scratching her delicate skin.

Ignoring Leon's ministrations, Sonia continued to drum her fingers. She wasn't sure if she was mad because they had slept together, again, without talking about the obvious elephant in the room or if she was mad that she so badly wanted this to be something more than just sex. Logically she could just ask Leon. Afterall, that had been the crux of their problems. But at the same time she was in her feelings and didn't know what to do. When Leon's fingers started moving down she couldn't help but snap out, "would you stop that?"

His fingers stilled for just a second.

"No."

"You're such an annoying twat."

"You lov—"

"—Don't."

Immediately his hand stopped moving, their morning glow becoming awkward and uncomfortable. The teasing smile that he had been pressing into her skin became solemn. His hand immediately moved away from her stomach and onto her arm, rubbing the skin apologetically. She could feel its slight clamminess as his nervousness began to show.

"Listen Son, I—" he cut himself off, and she could practically hear his eyebrows furrowing. "Clearly this keeps happening for a reason and I think we should—"

Leon was abruptly cut off with the sudden slam of the door to the lab opening downstairs, Hop's cheerful voice booming, "good morning, Professor Sonia!"

They both stilled, her brain temporarily short-circuiting before she ripped the covers off, ran to the door and locked it. She whipped around, whisper-yelling at a stunned Leon, "get out of here!"

"How?" he retorted, sarcastically adding, "jump out the window?"

"Sonia?!" Hop continued to yell, footsteps scurrying up the stairs.

The ex-champion stared in shock, whispering softly, "oh, fuck me."

Sonia threw his pants at him, quickly grabbing a bra and struggled to clamp it on as she yelled back, "just a minute, Hopscotch!" She grabbed her shirt, throwing it over her head. "Had a long night, just woke up!"

Leon stopped scrambling into his clothes, staring at her deadpan. "Hopscotch?"

"You're right, the window is the best option, Dandelion."

"What?!"

"The trellis reaches the window. Should be sturdy enough for you to climb down," she spoke clinically, pushing him toward the window and he struggled against her.

"This is insane!" he whispered back, barley getting on his shirt as they wrestled their way toward the window

"Quit being such a wanker, it should hold your weight."

"And if it doesn't?"

"That's not my problem."

"Fuck you, Son." he hissed, quickly grabbing his precious snap-back and she continued to bully him over. "This isn't just my fault."

She knew that he wasn't the only one to blame. That didn't mean she wanted to hear about it. He all but barley buttoned his black skinny jeans and put on his all-white air force 1 trainers' before he swung his leg over the window sill, eyeing it nervously. She's about to give him a motivating push when he grabbed her hands.

"Sonia. I meant what I was going to say," he says lowly. She hates when he looks so determined. Another vicious reminder that it's only now that he cares, that he wants to fight for her.

"Shut up."

"Make me."

Hop's chattering loudly about his latest research ideas in the background, his voice just behind the door and she has no voice but to call out, "erm, sounds great Hop!"

"By the way, have you heard anything from Leon? He didn't come home last night and was gone in the morning. Hasn't answered his phone either. Probably got lost during his walk, that dumb bastard."

"Oh that little shit is gonna get it—"

"—Lee, please. Can you cooperate?" She hissed through her teeth, all but ripping her hands out of his grip.

He narrowed his eyes at her, but obediently swung his other leg over the edge, shimming his way onto the trellis, giving it a good shake to test its sturdiness. Before he descended down he looked over his shoulder, staring right through her with those inflamed, golden eyes she loved so much.

"This isn't over. We're talking about this later."

"Goodbye Leon."

Leon climbed about half way before jumping the rest of the way. Until then did she close her window, inhaled deeply, before walking over to her bedroom door and opening it. Hop was holding a two steaming mugs of coffee in his hands, taking in her disheveled appearance with suspicion.

"Who were you talking too?"

"That journal reviewer from Unova," she lied smoothly. "He's on my arse to finish that dumb publication despite the deadline being two months away. Was up all night reviewing the citations."

Hop, bless him, took the bait hook-line-sinker and winced, passing her a mug. "That sounds wretched. Is this what academia looks like?"

"A bunch of old, professors acting like know-it-alls?"

"Yeah, who think they're better than you?"

"Don't worry, Hop. I've dealt with more than one pig-headed man in my lifetime," she muttered, "present company excluded, of course" she quickly corrected at his crescent-fallen face.

He gave her a quick smile before resuming his idle chatter. Finally, she listened to his latest idea for a research paper as they made their way downstairs toward the lab. If only it could keep her thoughts occupied and away from Leon.

#redwrites #rednotes #ficlet #fanfiction #sonia/leon #dnsn #lionheartshipping #pokemon sword and shield #pkmn swsh #swsh #pokemon #swearing #exes sleeping together #redmela #idk i lowkey headcannon Leon as being super sassy #and kind of self-absorbed as champion for all things champion like so he can't really see past his perspective #so they're both just SUPER SALTY #also I love academic!Sonia #finally I get to describe my experience as a grad student through fanfiction LOLOLOL

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melodicmochi · 3 years ago

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The way you write Postwickshipping is so cute💚💜 Would you be able to write them with 37?

thanks for sending this in! domestic fluff fits postwickshipping so well <3 click here to read on ao3 or keep reading below!! more info about my 100 drabble challenge can be found here

Over the years, Hop had grown fairly used to their apartment being a mess.

Neither he nor Gloria were particularly organized and meticulous with the way they lived, and they never usually felt inclined to pick up after themselves.

Though she had since retired as Champion, handing over the title to her younger brother, Victor, Gloria still found herself with quite the busy schedule. She was a celebrity who was never left looking for ways to make money, especially when various companies were clambering to secure her as a brand ambassador. She also assisted Leon at the Battle Tower and helped Victor to keep in shape even while the Gym Challenge wasn't up and running. Truthfully, she was quite the busy lass and didn't have too much time to spend cleaning their apartment.

Similarly, Hop had countless responsibilities as one of Galar’s two most prominent Pokémon professors. He and Sonia were constantly conducting research and comparing notes and experimenting. Though he'd set up shop in Wyndon and Sonia had since moved her lab from Wedgehurst to Hammerlocke so that she could be closer to Raihan, they often worked together remotely, and they’d had several breakthroughs in the past year or two that were still being spoken about in academic circles. He was rarely ever home in his shared apartment with Gloria, and when he was, he was often making a mess, not cleaning one, covering his desk in colorful sticky notes.

So, narrowly avoiding a few piles of dirty clothing wasn't a surprise to him, nor was stepping into a fairly messy bathroom.

Tired, he gripped the edge of the sink, fairly certain that he had bags under his eyes. Reaching for his toothbrush, he forced himself through the motions of getting ready for bed, stripping out of his day clothes and pulling on his pajamas.

Despite all the clutter, he took his glasses off and placed them on the sink counter. He'd take a shower in the morning, but for the night, he could get away with just washing his face.

Just before leaving the room, Hop caught sight of something unusual. No matter how many years had gone by, he'd never seen one in their apartment before, and he stared at it in shock.

Then, barely recovering, voice shaking, he called out, “Gloria?”

“Yeah, Hop?” Gloria sounded as exhausted as he felt while responding from their bed.

Hop blinked once, then twice, still not even sure if he's imagining all this. “Why’s there a pregnancy test in the trash?”

The bed creaked as Gloria shifted on it. She was silent for a moment, and his heart thundered wildly in his chest.

“Gloria?” Finally, he poked his head out of the bathroom to look at her, hardly daring to hope.

Lacing her fingers over the small curve of her belly, Gloria just grinned. “Yeah, Dad?”

The realization hit him like a ton of bricks. “Gloria?!” Not even bothering to flick off the bathroom light, he went stumbling across the room, flinging himself onto the bed and into his wife's arms.

With a delighted laugh, Gloria weaved her fingers through his hair and hugged him close.

Hop nestled close beside her, and they both shifted to accommodate for his tall frame. “Are you for real?”

“I wouldn't lie to you, Hop,” Gloria promised, pressing a kiss to his hair. “We're having a baby.” The news sounded so sweet coming from her lips that he couldn't care less about how messy their room was or how disheveled their sheets were.

“I'm… I’m a dad,” Hop managed to say in spite of his disbelief. “And you're a mom.”

Placing one of his hands over the swell of her stomach, Gloria nodded, clearly delighted by the excitement in his eyes. “Yes.”

Suddenly, Hop was overwhelmed with emotion, voice cracking. “I… I can't believe it.”

“It's a lot to take in,” Gloria agreed. “But I think we're ready.”

“Yeah,” Hop whispered. “We are.” The mattress dipped twice as he crossed the room to flick off the lights before returning to the bed. “I love you and our baby so much.”

Snuggling into his arms, Gloria smiled, “You're going to be a great dad, Hop.”

#postwickshipping #mochi writes #mochi asks #collection: to love #gloria #hop #trainer gloria #champion gloria #rival hop #professor hop #hpyu #hop x gloria #gloria x hop

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moved-danganronpamess · 4 years ago

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I saw requests are open, so if it’s not to much to ask could I possibly request a gender neutral reader comforting sad ishimaru, gundham, sonia, and byakuya (dr1) in the game? I wish to cuddle and hug them—(also I LOVE YALLS WRITIN I WENT ON A SPREE READING THROUGH THE MASTERLIST ITS ALL V GOOD::33 ::DDDD)

Aww man! My first request, heehee!

I'm sure all the other mods appreciate your kudos! I hope it’s alright that I answered your ask despite being new, I just couldn’t resist! I wanna hug and cuddle these cuties too, they deserve it for all they’ve been through. I only wrote Ishimaru and Byakuya for now, I hope that’s alright! I’ll be sure to post Sonia and Gundham another time!

I hope you enjoy it, my buttercup baby! <3

- 🌺💖Mod Rantaro💖🌺

gn!S/O comforting a sad Ishimaru and Byakuya during the killing game!

Kiyotaka Ishimaru

You and Taka were very close. From the start of this sick, horrible killing game you were forced to play, you two naturally gravitated towards eachother. You formed an extremely tight bond in a very short amount of time.

A bond tight enough to spend almost all of your free time together, sometimes in each other’s dorm rooms or around the school.

Y’all vibed hardcore-

But, with everything going on, Taka started to feel... A bit down.

The school... Wasn’t exactly a school. There were no teachers, no classes no schoolwork or homework. To most students, that would be heaven (if it weren’t for the fact everyone was trapped inside the school for the rest of their time), but for the Ultimate Moral Compass... It was almost torture.

Taka took a lot of pride in his hard work. The countless flawless grades and extra credit (that he didn’t even need, but got anyway), constant praise from his teachers and family for nothing but said work, it warped his sense of self-worth to the point that, if he wasn’t working or being successful, he didn’t matter.

And you took notice of that. You took notice of how he seemed to get more down with each passing day where he couldn’t study or show off his current knowledge.

And Taka started to get self-loathing thoughts about the whole situation. How he was useless, unworthy, or just a bother if he couldn’t work.

He knew this was unhealthy, but he kept it to himself for quite some time, until he couldn’t take having these thoughts anymore. He needed someone to talk to, and he knew you could help.

It was somewhere in the afternoon, around 6-7 PM, you couldn’t bother to look at the exact time.

You heard a somewhat frantic knock at the door, and went to crack it open. Peeping through the opening, you noticed Taka’s tearful expression.

You threw open the door, letting your friend inside, “Taka, what’s wrong?! Did something happen?!”, you panicked, closing the door after him.

Taka quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeve, already feeling bad for making you worry over nothing.

“N-no, no! Nothing happened!”, he reassured you, and you let out a relieved sigh. But... What was wrong, then?

“Are you ok, Ishi?”, you grabbed your friend’s hand, leading him to your bed. You both sat down, as you laced your fingers with his, not planning to let go, “Tell me what’s wrong.”

Taka ignored his quick heartbeat, as he told you about how he felt. His voice shook, and his vision was blurred with tears as he rambled about how useless he felt. If he couldn’t study, take tests or answer teachers’ questions, what was he even good for?

You pulled him into a hug, letting him rest his head on your shoulder. You debunked every bad word he said about himself, telling him how his talent and academic achievements didn’t define him as a person. He was a wonderful, caring friend who you were incredibly lucky to have, not some studying machine you expected to be the best at everything.

You knew how much he valued knowledge, so you suggested starting some new hobbies together like... Art, or chess, or sewing... Anything you could think of at the moment that would get you two to learn and expand your horizons.

Your touch and reassuring words comforted him... You were so considerate with your words and found a way to get him out of that low, low state so easily. You even wanted to try those hobbies with him! He never really felt so cared for. Your hand ran through his hair so delicately, he felt like he could melt. He never wanted to let go...

He was so lucky to have you.

Byakuya Togami :

Byakuya was in the school library, as per usual. Reading a book about who-knows-what and trying to distract himself from the dark fog slowly forming in his head.

He was thinking about everything that was taken away from him. From his success and wealth, to his family’s Corporation, everything that he fought for and righteously owned... Gone. Probably forever.

It messed with him, it really did. He felt like all he went through to get to the top was worthless. That his years of fighting were wasted on nothing.

He tried to push these feelings away. Wallowing over the fact that he was trapped in Hope’s Peak until his damnation wouldn’t help his situation. He even tried to deny his sadness, and practically ran from his emotions, opting to distract himself instead.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard you call out his name. He loudly slammed his book shut, not even bothering to mark where he stopped at, then turned to your direction, coldly asking: “What do you want?”

Now, your relationship with Togami was strange. At least, from your perspective. He was self-centered, cold and difficult to talk to, but that’s part of the reason why he was so intriguing to you. You always tried to talk to him, even if he responded rudely to you every time. You noticed his very slight shift in nature when he interacted with you. He was still cold, yes, but it was almost toned down.

There was something about you that he found intriguing too. You always had something to say to him, something to add, a comeback to an insult he may’ve thrown at you once or twice. He found you amusing, and certainly didn’t want to push you away.

You walked into the library, closing the door behind you, “I’m just here to check on you. You don’t have to be so sour about it.”

“I’m fine. Now leave, you’re distracting me.”, Byakuya tried to go back to his reading, planning to ignore you, but you proved that to be difficult by coming up to the desk, and sitting down on it.

Before Togami could tell you to move, you asked: “You doin’ ok? You seem sad.”

That... Took him aback. It was clear he didn’t expect your question.

He didn’t even know how to reply. Part of him wanted to talk to you, and the other just wanted to get you away from him.

You hummed at his silence, then said, leaning over to rest your elbows on you knees, chin propped in your hands, “I can tell you how I’m feeling, if that would make you wanna talk about it.”

Byakuya sighed, “Fine, because I know you’ll keep bothering me about it if I don’t listen to you.”

You made him promise to talk about his own feelings btw it was an incredibly long, annoying and difficult process and he actually tried to leave the room several times but yOU CONVINCED HIM AND YOU DID IT GOOD JOB

Byakuya's superiority complex really said "no❤️"

And so, you rambled for a while. About how you felt, what you missed, what you wanted to do, and he listened. He may've looked somewhat disinterested, but it was far from that. He wanted to hear you, he was just too proud to fully admit it.

But when it was his turn to talk, he hesitated. He hesitated a lot, actually, and you had to convince him to speak all over again.

And he did! Of course, adding a lot of "I suppose"s and "maybe"s/"possibly"s to his sentences to distance himself from his emotions. He didn't tell you everything, but he did say a majority of his feelings. And... He really felt better.

Subconsciously, you went to pat the top of his head, telling him you're proud that he opened up to you.

Then you realized what you did.

"Oh, sorry! I probably shouldn't-"

As you went to pull your hand away, Togami quickly snatched your wrist, and put your hand back on his head, saying: "This- stays between us, understand?"

You smiled, seeing his rose-tinted cheeks, as your ran your hand through his hair absentmindedly.

As he went back to his reading, you two sat together in a comfortable silence, and a ghost of a grin appeared on his face.

... He could get used to this.

Make sure to drink some water, take any meds you may need to, and maybe eat some fruit or candy! Lotsa love from me, my buttercup baby! <3

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more-than-a-princess · 2 years ago

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For both Shinobu and Anzu, they were alone in their respective wishes: for many of her friends, particularly her classmates, Sonia's singing voice was just as terrifying as her interest in the occult, and both needed to be avoided at all costs. Still, she hadn't yet managed to shatter the illusion of a perfect animated princess for a few of them. Her new friends, she suspected, were somewhere in the middle: cautiously optimistic but not believing that her singing voice would beckon woodland animals forth.

"I'm not permitted to express my interests as I wish," She replied bluntly, as if she were reciting it from a rulebook. "Unless it is with the strictest of confidences around those I trust. Generally, my family dictates what I am allowed to discuss with others, in order to keep unsavory rumors from spreading." It was why her clothing was mostly selected for her and she had a list of royalty-approved hobbies to share in the presence of others. It had been a miracle that she'd been blessed with some talent at a few, academics and athletics mostly.

There was also the small predicament of the last time Class 77-B had gone out for a karaoke party, a brief minute of their room door being left open while Sonia sang had been enough to both frighten away over a dozen patrons and get them banned from the karaoke establishment going forward. Since then, her friends had made an agreement to never let Sonia touch the microphone, but instead be given a tambourine as soon as possible. Surely her new friends didn't need to be regaled with that story, right?

"Well, I admit I do not have many opportunities to do many normal teenage girl things," She conceded with a small smile, "But there's a few places I love! For example, whenever I am in Ginza and I am not working, I very much enjoy the Vampire Cafe! You dine around a real coffin and there's splattered blood on the mirrors, sink basins, even the drinking glasses! It is all very macabre, including the waitstaff. Very much decorated as if you were entering a Victorian gothic novel!"

It was more restaurant than cafe, with servers who possessed a more reserved demeanor than the likes of a maid cafe. Sonia simply liked the themed food, mixed drinks, the dimly lit atmosphere and the severe, brooding looks the servers often gave the clientele when the latter read off their orders. Rather like the look Shinobu gave her at present, as she passed her the cup of half-finished lunch.

She hadn't expected that, the pink blush in her cheeks evident of her surprise: both at the offering and how well her new friend would likely fit in amongst the staff at Vampire Cafe. Not that she'd force going on anyone, it was a bit of an acquired taste to begin with, but she did look appropriately foreboding. "I shall try it, then. Thank you," She quickly piped up with an embarrassed expression: she'd gone silent for far longer than needed, or at least that could be written off as listening politely. Accepting the bowl with both hands, she set it beside her container of salmon and rice, retrieving a clean plastic spoon from the shopping bag. She didn't mind sharing meals, but she'd do so with her own cutlery.

But the mixture of daikon radish, potato, and fish cake was a pleasant one, one that made her smile grow wider as she divulged more of her hobbies and interests to her new friends. Interests that, as she continued to speak, seemed to distress Anzu to the point that the other girl seemingly shared her gut reaction, only to be reprimanded by Shinobu for it.

"No, it's fine, truly!" She waved her free hand in dismissal: the other was occupied with more vegetables and tofu on a spoon. "It isn't a joke, but I am quite used to others finding my hobbies unnerving at best. So I am accustomed to indulging in them alone. Just as well: urban exploration is far more challenging to do in groups and not get caught, and all of the best haunted places are closed off to visitors as it is. Officially, anyway. Still: I thought clubs were for dancing and copious amounts of alcohol? At least they are where I am from, though I suppose 'cheap male attention' may also be a constant factor depending on the venue and the evening."

If it hadn't been clearer that she'd never stepped foot inside a host club, it was crystal now. Sonia shrugged, finishing the dregs of the oden soup before turning her attention to Shinobu. "That was delicious! Thank you again for sharing it with me," She grinned, setting the finished plastic dishes back into their bag. "I'll have to go back to school soon for a tutoring session, but there's a little time left. With that in mind, Yaguchi-san, you mentioned you enjoyed movies. What sorts of films do you like, do you have any favorites?"

Unused to being sincerely thanked for much, let alone something so simple as a drawing and listening, there wasn't much Shinobu could offer in return besides a simple nod. "Of course, Miss Nevermind," she answered. "I find nothing detestable or loathsome about it. If you enjoy such topics, you should be free to express your interest as you like." That was simple, wasn't it? That typical people should have their interests validated, whether they were quite plain, in the case of most people, or more unusual, such as with Sonia.

"My only regret is that the opportunity does not present itself to you more often." Shinobu couldn't fully claim to see the appeal in all of Sonia's stated interests, but she saw little appeal in most things. If the choice was between listening to someone drone on about popular media or celebrity culture without any strong personal attachment or unique perspective, or listening to someone speak with investment and passion about the likes of murder and the occult, at least the latter would seldom be boring.

Anzu, meanwhile, nodded along with Sonia. "I suppose we'll have to change that, then, won't we? There are so many places that I'm sure you would just love, Sonia-san!" A small wave accompanied her words, dismissing Sonia's editorializing. "I'm sure it's not that bad, and besides, the important part of karaoke is to have fun, not to achieve some standard of virtuosity." She nodded to herself, offering a smile to the girl next to her. "There's so much we'll need to do together."

Her thinking of places they could go and activities they could do ground to a screeching halt as Sonia smiled and held out her sandwich to Shinobu. Almost immediately, Anzu fell silent, watching the events unfold with a curious expression only faintly-disguised. "As you like, Miss Nevermind," came Shinobu's answer with a returned nod, taking the sandwich. Not long after, they'd gently slid their own half-finished cup of oden in front of her. "If you don't get many opportunities to frequent a convenience store, you may be interested in trying some of this. I'm finished with it, so partake as you like."

It wasn't Anzu's intention to stare, and she had just enough tact to force her attention on her own food, even as thoughts tore through her mind. It was unusual enough for Shinobu to enjoy anyone's company, let alone someone she'd only recently met. And the extent of it? That Shinobu hadn't yet said some cruel, callous words designed to cut out Sonia's heart? That they could seemingly talk with more casualness between them, no stuffy friction or uncomfortable pauses? That Sonia didn't seem interested only in the idea of a cool, handsome prince? And that they'd had a conversation of some sort at the fundraiser, with some amount of personal confiding the likes of which Anzu wasn't fully aware of?

As it stood, Anzu was an actress through and through, in singular devotion to the quality of her performances. One day, though, when she'd built her reputation further and helped revive the popularity of her art form? There were more things she'd like to do - directing, writing, producing, even casting. With an eye towards the future, and her own performances, Anzu considered herself a keen judge of chemistry. From all sides, she'd seen the situation when two actors lacked chemistry and had to work exceptionally hard to make a scene work, and the inverse, where two people seemed to just click immediately, such that they were believable as lovers from the first moment standing across from one another. Was it totally crazy, she wondered, to see some kind of chemistry here?

Of course, the Deep Thinking going on in Anzu's mind was disturbed once Sonia started explaining her hobbies. "Guh!" Horseback riding and ballroom dancing, sports and schoolwork, that all made sense. Even youkai stories weren't too weird, but the occult? Cults? Serial killers??? "Is that like a joke, or...?" Or maybe Sonia had gotten a word wrong? Or... many? The rest of it all made enough sense, popular Japanese culture and animal welfare, but Anzu fixated on the less savory topics, crossing her arms over her body and shivering. "Kinda creepy..." she murmured. Wasn't that stuff really scary and weird?

"Anzu." Shinobu's voice was brutally sharp, slicing cleanly through the silence. Although they'd taken a few bites of the sandwich, the archer's hands were now empty and their heavy red gaze pressed down upon Anzu like a thousand weights. "It's extraordinarily rude to criticize a friend's interests." Honestly, she thought to herself, Anzu always got too comfortable too quick. Her lack of filter would get her into trouble. "Furthermore, you are hardly the person to be casting judgment on how someone else spends their free time, given how your propensity for being lavished with cheap male attention at your clubs would certainly be considered creepy by many."

Anzu flinched. There was a difference between the performative annoyance that Shinobu usually showed her, and genuine displeasure, and this was clearly the latter. "Y-yeah..." she murmured, wincing. "Sorry, Sonia-san," she said, flashing an apologetic smile to the other girl. "I was just surprised. Those hobbies are a little unusual, but that doesn't mean they're bad." Not that Shinobu was wrong, but wasn't it rare for her to say anything in defense of anyone that wasn't Anzu herself exactly? Hm hm hmm...

#quickdeaths #Non-Despair AU: Hope's Peak Academy verse #(Anzu is shipping and Sonia's thinking 'wow my new friend looks like the nice employees at the vampire cafe')#(I was running out of stuff for them to do during lunch but Sonia wanted to ask Shinobu about something she likes)#(or at least her preferences about something)#(A shocking event I know)

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save-the-spiral · 4 years ago

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PLS PLS LIST THE SWAPS!! TELL ME ABOUT THE SIBLINGS AND ALSO HIFUMI BECAUSE I LOVE HIM (IF YOU WANT!) I will also send more questions in the morning too, excited to see what you’ve been working on!!

OK OK OK !!!!! AHH! So, before assigning talents, I swapped the pools, so for the first game, I use the talents from the second game, and vis versa! For some i listed gender, sexuality, or neurodivergencies, though this isn’t all of them, and I haven’t developed them all to the same level!

This is SO long. I didn’t even bother mentioning things like my plans for the killing games. (I have DR1 planned out in full, but only parts of DR2 and the v3 anime)

THANK YOU FOR THE ASK MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT IN HAPPINESS WHEN I SAW I HAD NEW ASK NOTIFS!!

LIST:

Trigger Happy Havoc (first game)

Kyoko Kirigiri- Ultimate Luckster- Mastermind (: Sometimes lesbians can be evil okay! was trained as a detective like everyone in her family and didn’t get the ultimate :) she’s definitely not mad about that :) her luck cycle depends on how far she plans things ahead. her good luck is when she’s spontaneous! She hates when ‘normal’ people are accepted by ultimates.

Makoto Naegi- Photographer (Mostly wildlife and nature photography, with Sayaka helping him for some animal photography (: trans and bi <3 One of sayaka’s birds nests in his hair like all the time)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru- Ultimate Swordsman (AUTISTIC ICON, has trained in kendo since he was a kid, then was essentially given away to the Fujisaki clan by his very stressed dad. Semiverbal, rarely speaks.)

Chihiro Fujisaki- Ultimate Yakuza (Taka is her bodyguard! His family is in debt to hers, the Fujisaki clan is the most powerful in Japan. trans icon, of course, dates Sayaka! Very direct, though she’s far more delicate and polite when talking to taka, her best friend)

Sakura Oogami- Ultimate Nurse (Works as an EMT- her clan still is in martial arts, so she’s still very buff, she assists in injuries at the family dojo. Autistic Icon)

Asahina Aoi- Ultimate Gamer (ULTIMATE ADHD. streams and has a ton of fun, will ramble while breaking records, demigirl who loves her girlfriend sakura :)

Mukuro Ikusaba- Ultimate Chef (Works best with ‘cheap’ food, and making them taste good. a byproduct of growing up on the streets with junko, and junko being bored of the same old food they dug out of the trash. now works closely with junko for her teams’ nutritional needs! autistic and sapphic.)

Junko Enoshima- Ultimate Team Manager (there are SO many sports she can never get bored, and the professional scene is always changing! prefers coaching womens’ teams, because being an ultimate brings them more publicity and usually higher pay :)

Mondo Oowada- Ultimate Prince (OH MY BOY. trans adhd icon. now the crown prince of Novoselic, with a reagent in his place until he comes of age. His service dog Chuck is a maltese and an absolute sweetheart. Chihiro takes him under her wing to teach leadership. also dates taka later OF COURSE, though they’re poly and I may add more ppl to their relationship later.)

Celestia Ludenburg- Ultimate Musician (specializes in violin, most strings, though she can play any instrument. grew up poor, dedicated herself to an instrument and persona to cope)

Byakuya Togami- Ultimate Musician (Yep. two musicians. two catty trans gay icons about to throw down. they HATE each other and grew up as rivals. specialize in classical, they literally tore a professional orchestra full of grown adults apart trying to make them side with who was the best musician. they’re so good that they’re matched, and Hope’s Peak accepts them as one student and combined ultimate. they room together. they fight. Literally if one of them gets expelled, the other does too, so they’re STUCK. eventually they become literally inseparable and insufferable together like the WORST siblings. I love them.)

Sayaka Maizono- Breeder (animal handler) (Specializes in birds!!!!!! has songbirds on her shoulders all the time. will give unsettling animal facts without realizing they’re unsettling. sends her songbirds to serenade chihiro when they start dating <3)

Yasuhiro Hagakure- Gymnast (you see this tall goof who acts like an older brother to everyone and wonder HOW he’s a gymnast. he’s completely different in competitions, though still lighthearted. becomes a big brother figure to mukuro and junko especially <3 also trans bc i say so.)

Leon Kuwata- Traditional Dancer (he just. kinda hates it. it takes SO much work and effort but he takes to it naturally. his cousin kanon is NOT like in canon, instead she’s helpful. he’d literally rather be doing anything else. doesn’t know how to do anything like... basic either. can’t cook. cant do his own laundry. everything was dedicated to traditional japanese dancing before he attended HPA.)

Toko Fukawa- Engineer (writes schematics and is very good at it. gets VERY upset when her plans go wrong. her notes are orderly and perfect. host for their system!)

Syo- Mechanic (a factive of genocider syo, NOT an actual killer. she’s a protector mainly, and also is more adept at hands on skills when it comes to fixing things, her hands are less shaky. Her notes are a disaster and she does it to spite Toko.)

Hifumi Yamada- (???) (reserve course) Protagonist! My BOY. HIFUMI IS GOOD OKAY. He’s autistic and loves anime and gaming! he’s not particularly ultimate-leveled at them, or anything else! Attending Hope’s Peak as a reserve course student! At one point he joins the student council as a reserve course representative even if he’s only a freshman :) He’s also a moderator in Hina’s livestream chat, under the username of JusticeHammer, fastest ban hammer this side of the internet. He's internet friends with hina and sakura, and doesn’t realize Oh We Go To the same SCHOOL until he bumps into them. and realizes hina doesnt know what he looks like. but sakura does. its hilarious. he’s aroace, and during the year they’re locked in HPA, is in a queer platonic partnership with Hina and Sakura, while they’re dating each other. it’s great.)

Goodbye Despair! (second game)

Peko Pekoyama- Lucky student (ohohoh. her luck relies on her conviction. if she has doubts her bad luck strikes HARD. trans!, was taken in by Fuyuhiko’s family when she was a baby, grew up as just another kid in the family. They all expected Fuyu to go off to HPA on his own and then BOOM acceptance letter)

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu- Programmer (He. gets so angry while coding. He has an array of rubber ducks to talk to and work through his coding issues with. trans of course. Very protective of Peko when people say she doesn’t have a ‘real’ ultimate. ADHD and Autistic)

Sonia Nevermind- Writer (Literary Girl) (Her family immigrated to Japan when she was young! She writes a lot of serial killer novels, murder mysteries and horror and all that! Trans and bi :)

Gundham Tanaka- Detective (YEAH my guy is a detective. still talks Like That. Trans and bi and he and Sonia were kinda-dating (t4t autistic power couple in the making) when things started happening. He spends some time with his cool older sister who he looks up to a LOT. He and Sonia talk through things together a lot, they both have those red string walls, one for murder cases, another for a fictional plot lmao.)

Mahiru Koizumi- Moral Compass (my GIRL. autistic. Her morals rely a lot on people taking responsibility and being reliable, and she ends up having to work through some biases she didn’t realize she had when she arrived at HPA. Is still protective of Hiyoko, though that protectiveness is spread a bit thinner to extend to the rest of the class.)

Hiyoko Saionji- Clairvoyant!!! (HI YES I COULD TALK ABOUT HER FOR DAYS. Has actual visions in dreams and when she suddenly faints, but doesn’t really realize they’re uhh Real Visions for a WHILE. uses her status as an ultimate clairvoyant to trick and bully kids when in school for a LONG time, though her homelife wasn’t great with her grandmother trying to find ways to make her visions more consistent. SHES ALSO 12 WHEN SHE JOINS THE 77TH CLASS. she’s just so advanced in academics and her ultimate is so interesting hope’s peak cant HELP but scout her early. she has SO many issues guys no one appreciates hiyoko enough, autistic gifted kid hiyoko my beloved.)

Akane Owari- Gambler (started gambling to help out her family and Got Good at it. is very very conscious of money and food like all the time. Runs the hope’s peak betting pools once she arrives. these ultimates bet on a lot of things. she ALWAYS wins. until she doesnt!!!)

Mikan Tsumiki- Martial Artist (ohhhh Mikan. Still anxious and clumsy (though not like THAT in canon) and literally no one looks at her and thinks Oh The ULTIMATE martial artist?? it isn’t until you see her in the ring that you understand. She started learning self defense as a kid because her (bad) parents essentially said she had to rely on and protect herself and no one else would help.)

Kazuichi Souda- Pop Idol (OH TRANS ICON? he’s nervous and paranoid about Everything still, though now it’s like. oh the entire world is always watching my every move this is Okay (: has the brightest neon album eras. he literally keeps up a like. weird chad persona when interacting with people because he’s masking how hard he’s constantly just internally screaming.)

Nagito Komaeda- Soldier (AHAHAH my mans got issues problems disorder he’s a messssss, this trans guy, this absolute gay. this boy leveled a city of thousands of people with his own hands and some bombs. Still has medical issues, but most of his like. treatments and medicine is hold hostage as long as he stays in line. believes the ends justify the means and anyone who dies to him is obviously weak, because look at him! he’s weak, but that doesn’t matter because he doesn’t have to be the strongest, he just has to be stronger than the weakest scum.)

Chiaki Nanami- Heir (OOF. Agender, uses any pronouns. Doesn’t really. enjoy being the heir. grew up with Byakuya in the same circles. she treats the economy and stock market and stuff like games. enjoys gaming but isn’t good at them. collects so many things. has halls full of collections. Her parents stopped controlling her once she was able to prove she had more money than them and could literally bankrupt them if she wanted.)

Hajime Hinata- Baseball Star (Chiaki’s best friend, his family was upper middle class until he hit it BIG as a baseball star. wants to do BIG things and wants to attend hope’s peak more than anything!! Doesn’t really think of baseball as his THING, just a means to an end! trans :)

Teruteru Hanamura- Biker Gang Leader (started with shaking down some jerks who didn’t pay their food and drink tabs at his mama’s restaurant. now he RUNS their tiny town. His siblings are essentially gang mascots, he works hard to keep them out of trouble (while bringing them to like. meetings where he ends up beating a dude almost to death. its fine). most of what he does it to get more money to keep the restaurant afloat and care for his mama with her health conditions.)

Nekomaru Nidai- Fashionista (the drama. the CHAOS. most people are like ohhh we can never understand this artistic genius when he’s literally just. vibing and has ADHD and a love for coffee. Works a lot on accessible clothing lines for disabled people! Also he and Kazuichi work together sometimes, Nekomaru is good at calming Kaz down and seeing like, the root of whatever problem and making it better. ALSO A TRANS ICON and just flaunts it.)

Imposter- In the hope’s peak days they are impersonating Ryota Mitarai, as a part of the 77th class. In the Killing Game they impersonate Mondo Oowada as the Ultimate Prince. They’re doin’ their best.

Ibuki Mioda- (???) (Izuru Kamakura) Protagonist! Gundham Tanaka’s older sister (though they’re in the same school year). Nonbinary and using just. an array of pronouns alongside she/her, and jokingly fights with gundham for neopronouns like MOM said it’s MY TURN on the rawrself pronouns. She attends the reserve course to stay at her brother’s side. She dresses loudly and acts even louder because !!! she wants to stand out!! in the middle of this drab reserve course hell!! but when things go down, she wants to be someone, to be worthy of being her amazing brother’s big sister. so she accepts some offers.

NON-KILLING GAME:

Ryota Mitarai- Ultimate Analyst (stays in his room. He’s terrified of the outside world but fascinated by it. watches hope’s peak academy through security feeds, picking up on little details. he just wants to understand things but never looks at the big picture.)

Chisa Yukizome- Ultimate Boxer (Homeroom teacher!! She’s working really hard and believes in everyone! Some are intimidated by talent, but she’s never hurt anyone outside of the ring! Dating Kyosuke)

Juzo Sakakura- Ultimate Student Council President (Has anger issues, though his work at reigning them in assisted in becoming an Ultimate. Was responsible for security and the Hope’s Peak student council. Dating Kyosuke)

Kyosuke Munakata- Ultimate Housekeeper (Meticulous, works himself to the BONE even if he’s good enough to not have to do that. Is working on establishing another Hope’s Peak! Dating Chisa and Jozu!!!)

Seiko Kimura- Ultimate Blacksmith (GIVE MY GIRL KNIVES!! She’s an anxious gal, always wearing a facemask that filters the air in her forge because she has some respiratory problems. she prefers making more decorative pieces like an artist, but sometimes can create utilitarian pieces or tools to fit specific needs. Still a doormat)

Ruruka Ando- Ultimate Pharmacist (She constantly asks Seiko for new tools for her developments in medicine, saying its all for the advancement of humanity, so Seiko denying any request is SELFISH, though she never thinks to make anything for seiko’s health issues. Dating Izayoi. Specializes in medicine for mental health. Not Doing Great :)

Sonosuke Izayoi- Ultimate Confectioner (He loves sweets. LOVES them. Creates things that look plain, ordinary. but taste so GOOD you CRY and maybe ascend for a little bit. sometimes Ando makes cool new drugs to put in the sweets, who knows! It’s a mystery! He always has like. a huge refrigerated case of fresh cakes, and constantly has a lollipop in his own specialty recipe in his mouth.)

#ask #former-champion #danganronpa #danganronpa trigger happy havoc #super danganronpa 2 #I could tag every character but consider this: ITS 3 AM IT TOOK ME OVER AN HOUR TO WRITE THIS #not wizzy #dangan ronpa

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onetwofeb · 3 years ago

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In an afterword to the 2010 British edition of All That Is Solid, Marshall writes:

One human right that seems to embarrass both academic and political writers, who often leave it out, but that real people know is crucial to living a good life in the modern world, is the right to love. I have written about love (see Gretchen and Faust in Chapter One, and see The Politics of Authenticity), but not enough; I will write about it now, in my old age.

In the Genesis essay, he begins to keep that promise. Among other things, Marshall observes that, once God has created Eve, he knows he’s got trouble on his hands, not because Eve is sure to eat that apple but because she’s competition — someone else for Adam to talk to. Why do Adam and Eve cover their genitals? Embarrassment? Maybe not. Maybe it’s because they’ve already figured out that the pull of that joystick and whoopee cushion are so powerful the couple could end up loving each other more than they love God. Which, given the pickle God’s put them in, may be all He deserves:

The couple’s survival seems to depend on knowledge. But what are they supposed to know? What are they not supposed to know? “Good and evil”? But isn’t God also saying that their knowledge itself is evil? How can they know what they shouldn’t know if they don’t already know it? Adam and Eve have a lot to work out. Can anybody help them? Probably not in any Jewish, Christian, or Islamic establishment.

Writing about Crime and Punishment once, I found myself irritated by the way Harold Bloom and his ilk dismissed the afterword, in which Raskolnikov is saved by his pure love for the prostitute Sonia. So naturally I called Marshall, and learned that he loved that ending too, at least until Raskolnikov went all Christlike on him. Soon we were talking about how poorly served romantic love has been in so-called serious discourse, and Marshall told me that he planned someday to write a book about it. And on the day he died, as he redefined the Garden of Eden instead, human beings’ propensity to love each other was nonetheless on his capacious mind.

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lenskij · 3 years ago

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The StoryGraph's Translation Challenge 2021 - a reflection

Today I just finished this 10 prompt reading challenge! I had so much fun doing it, especially since I’ve for years wanted to expand my reading beyond the same old and familiar I’ve been reading until now, but I didn’t come around to actually do it until I came across The StoryGraph's Translation Challenge 2021.

The rules are: pick a book for each prompt that has been translated from a language that isn’t English. For myself, I added another rule - it can’t be translated from any language I speak, either. I also wanted to find an individual book for each prompt - if there was a book that would fit in two prompts, I counted it for only one of them and chose another for the other.

I wanted to share my little translation journey with everyone here, hence this post. The prompts, what book I chose for each, and my thoughts on them are below the cut!

Also: I’m always on the lookout for non-English books! Bonus points if they’re from outside of Europe ^w^ Hit me up with your recommendations!

1. A translated fantasy or sci-fi novel

Stanisław Lem: Солярис (Solaris) Translated from Polish to Russian by Д. Брускин

This book has been living on my sister’s bookshelf for years, and while I was visiting her I read it. It didn’t impress me in any way, it felt like any regular old sci-fi, although a bit creepy (and just a lil dash of sexism).

2. A book written by a Black woman in translation

Marie NDiaye: La Cheffe (La Cheffe) Translated from French to Swedish by Maria Björkman

This is a lovely novel, even if it focused on French food - and the detailed descriptions reminded me that French food is overrated. I loved the character la Cheffe, it was highly enjoyable to read about her relationship to people and her profession, and the narrator had sweet heart eyes that shined through the text.

3. A translated book originally published before 1950

Choderlos de Laclos: Farliga förbindelser (Les Liaisons dangereuses) Translated from French to Swedish by Arvid Enckell.

This prompt was the easiest to fulfill, and I had several choices for it. I've spoken about this book elsewhere on this here blog - it's morbidly fascinating to read about terrible, terrible people.

4. A translated non-fiction book

Romaric Godin: Klasskriget i Frankrike (La guerre sociale en France) Translated from French to Swedish by Johan Wollin

For this prompt, I went to a local bookstore and asked the seller for help. She had to dig around for a while before she found something that wasn't originally written in English - like she pointed out, most academics choose to write in English, even if they're not native speakers.

I picked this one because I've seen snapshots of the yellow wests in the news, but I know barely any of the context. Although the book is short, it's a pretty detailed overview of recent French economic history, with an emphasis on explaining why and how French neo-liberalism ended up looking like it is today (and why French neo-liberalism is different from the neo-liberalism in the rest od Europe). This tickled my inner economics nerd.

5. A translated novel 500 pages or longer

Isabel Allende: Andarnas hus (La Casa de los Espíritus) Translated from Spanish to Swedish by Lena Anér Melin

Another book that has been sitting on my sister's shelf! I absolutely loved it - a family saga, in a time of social change. Look, my favourite part about any book is when the characters feel like humans, even if they're not relatable, I can still understand them.

6. A book translated from Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish or Icelandic

Vigdis Hjorth: Arv och miljö (Arv og miljø) Translated from Norwegian to Swedish by Ninni Holmqvist

In my case, it meant a book translated from either Danish, Norwegian or Icelandic (I do have to pepper in the fact that I'm a polyglot, after all). It's my sister who recommended it to me, and she was right when she said this was good! I loved the three separate timelines, the prose, and the family drama.

7. A translated book by a South American author

María Sonia Cristoff: Håll mig utanför (Inclúyanme afuera) Mariana Enríquez: Det vi förlorade i elden (Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego)Translated from Spanish to Swedish by Hanna Axén

What? Two books?? Yes, when I searched the library catalogue it spit out these two - because they have the same translator - and since they both seemed interesting I checked both of them out.

Unfortunately, these are the two books of this challenge that I liked the least. The first one didn't have a premise that worked with me - the main character chose to listen more than she spoke for a year as an experiment, and as an introvert, to whom this is how I've always lived my life, it was hard for me to understand what the big deal was.

The second was just my personal taste - these short stories had bloody ghosts, and ended abruptly without quite resolving the story - that creepiness just doesn't vibe with me.

8. A translated book by a Chinese author

Eileen Chang: Ett halvt liv av kärlek (Banshengyuan) Translated from Chinese to Swedish by Anna Gustafsson Chen

After quite a slow start I suddenly was drawn into this book. It's such a lovely read on when life doesn't always work out the way you want, and you still do your best to be happy. It felt very real, without being a 'happily ever after', or it's opposite of endless tears - that sweet middle ground spot.

9. A book translated from Arabic

Rajaa Alsanea: Flickorna från Riyadh (Banāt al-Riyāḍ) Translated from Arabic to Swedish by Tetz Rooke

I found this when messing around with the "similar books"-algorithm on Storygraph (I've just finished Unmarriageable, and liked it a so much I wanted to find something similar). When this one popped out I noticed the Arabic author name, and checked it out from the library. I've actually never read any book set in the Middle East, and I loved seeing a glimpse of life there (naturally, this isn't a comprehensive illustration - the main characters were all from well-off families). The most interesting thing was how the characters adjusted their behaviour as they travelled between Europe and Saudi Arabia - the social rules are different depending on where you are (and if you meet a fellow Saudi in London, your day is ruined - because suddenly you have to behave in accordance to Saudi rules).

10. A book translated from a language spoken in India

Vivek Shanbhag: Ghachar ghochar (Ghāchar ghōchar) Translated from Kannada to English by Srinath Perur; translated to Swedish by Peter Samuelsson

At first I was cranky about that this is a translation of a translation - but in the acknowledgements I read that it was the author's request that the book is to be translated from English. I assume it's because the English translator already has made the inevitable tradeoffs between language and form, which the author approved, and so the Swedish translator wouldn't have to make the decisions all over again.

This was a short book, just over a hundred pages. It barely had any plot, but it didn't need any - the description of the family members' relationship to each other was juicy enough.

In conclusion

This challenge was a great opportunity for me to also try genres I never would have tried otherwise - I was limited to what my library had, and especially for the smaller languages, it's a limited choice. I've been talking about this translation challenge to everyone I know because I've had so much fun! And the best part is - it's only ten prompts. That means I wouldn't need to scram to finish it in time, even while also reading the regular same old books I do still want to read. While I'm waiting for the 2022 challenge, I'll be doing another round for these prompts - I've already checked out a short story collection originally written in Tamil, and a nonfiction about Syrian resistance originally written in Arabic :)

#liz talks #books #i had so much fun guys!#do give me translation recs :D #look the only thing that brings me joy nowadays are books and talking about books #but i also feel inspired to write an evil onegin essay so maybe im slowly turning back into my old self #for better or worse lol #thank you to everyone who actually read the entire post i do really appreciate it

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Chapter 2: A New Beginning

[Life’s A Journey]

Summary:

A lot had happened after they parted ways. Nevertheless, the threads that tie them together remained. From children to adults, a reunion that’s long overdue leads the trio to embark on another journey.

Just like old times.

Word Count: 3.8k+

The first thing (Y/n) does when they enter Sonia’s room is divebomb onto her bed. The plush mattress effectively absorbs the weight of their descent and the trainer curls in on themselves like a Litten.

“Don’t get too comfortable,” the redhead giggles as she swiftly usurps her pillow from the resting spot.

“We have a lot to catch up on,” she says as she shoots a glance at Leon. He had relegated himself to sitting in her vanity chair.

“Yeah. Let’s not let this time go to waste!”

“Ugh. Don’t we talk to each other over the phone already?” Leon laughs as Sonia beats (Y/n) with the pillow.

“I’m kidding!” They laugh as they feebly block her attacks.

“There’s no doubt that we have a lot to catch up on, even though we do talk on the phone—especially with you.” They playfully point an accusatory finger at the violet-haired man.

Leon scratches the back of his head abashedly. “Yeah…It’s been a while…”

“I swear, both of you are so limited on time. Sometimes I feel like I’m the one keeping you two in check.” With a hand on her hip, Sonia’s lip juts out in a mild pout and (Y/n) hums.

“Not just you. Hop is mighty loquacious. I’d even go as far to say that I talk to him more than the both of you.”

While Sonia let’s out a noise of surprise, Leon chuckles.

“I suspected as much. If it’s not Gloria or me, then it’s you.”

“Ah, the new champ? I can’t believe it’s been over a year already. How’s she holding up?” (Y/n) moves from their lying position to prop their head onto their hand. Leon shifts in his seat.

“She reminds me a lot of myself. I love the battles and putting a smile on the people of Galar’s face but outside of that—paperwork, meetings with businessmen, sponsorships—it’s not the best. I see the same happening with her.”

“Oof. That’s a bummer. Though, I’m sure she’s a smart kid and will push past that.” Leon agrees with a nod. As he looks back, his business relations weren’t all too terrible. As he grew into the Champion role he had the likes of Rose and Oleana to assist. He will be forever grateful for that help and has been using that knowledge to do the same for Gloria.

“The Galar League is very different from all other regions. While the League is a big deal everywhere else to some extent, Galar is on a different level entirely. It’s like battling here is integral to life, even if you don’t progress very far…”

“That may be true, but I still think that in terms of overall prowess, Galar has a lot to work on.” Leon’s expressive contemplativeness elicits quiet laughs from them and Sonia.

“Stop it. Give Galar a lil’ more credit!” They sit up and cross their legs.

“You’ve still held on to that dream, huh.” Sonia says admirably. Her phrasing was more-so a statement than a question.

It was as if the temperature grew a bit warmer as both (Y/n) and their red-headed friend watched the fire in Leon’s bright eyes glow.

“The dream to make the people of Galar the strongest in the world. A noble endeavor,” (Y/n) teases though Leon pays no mind.

“I meant it then and I mean it now. If I can contribute to making that goal a reality I’ll do what I can.”

“You’ve already done more than enough…” Sonia smiles and (Y/n) intercedes.

“You’re such an over-achiever!”

“You’re ones to talk,” the ex-Champion counters. He swiftly moves from the chair and scoops (Y/n) off Sonia’s bed. They sputter a protest as they’re lifted. The strength that both of their friends possessed was astounding.

“Speaking of champs—congrats on becoming the Unova Champ, mate!”

(E/c) eyes stare into the man’s amber before they begin laughing once more.

“You’re a little too late. Have been Champion for a few years now.”

“Yes, and in those few years we’ve yet to see you. I think it’s high-time to give a proper celebration don’t you think?” They huff before landing a light punch to his chest.

“You don’t have to do that.”

“No no. I want to.”

“Don’t let this opportunity slip, (Y/n)! We need to make the most of this while we can!” Sonia presses. (Y/n) was never one for parties but seeing both her friends adamantly agree to the idea is something that they couldn’t bring themselves to reject.

“Fine,” they concede with a sigh. “But don’t get ahead of yourselves. We’re keeping it small.”

Both nod happily. Even though Leon and Sonia are relatively private people, they weren’t above going wild at grand parties.

“I also think it’s high-time that we have a battle for old times sake!” (Y/n) huffs at his enthusiasm.

“Always the one to jump right into it, yeah?” Ah, well, it’s not like I didn’t see it coming.” They shrug as a smug smile grows on their face.

“I’m sure Hop gave you the Mega Stones?” Leon’s eyes grow as he is reminded of this. In his excitement for meeting (Y/n), he had forgotten about the items in his possession. Fishing them out of his pocket he showcases them to the two in the room. Sonia gasps, the academic in her rears its head.

“A Charizardite X?! These stones are so rare to find! How’d you get your hands on them?! Her verdant irises analyze the items. The ex-champion hands them to the professor to further examine to which she does with vigor.

“During my time in Kalos, I came across a hiker that was selling ore. It happened to be within the bunch.” Crossing their arms, (Y/n) lulls their head to the side. “It’s been sitting in my bag for a while and that’s just a waste.” They jut a thumb toward the violet-haired man. “There’s only one person I know that has a Charizard.”

“It’s nice to know that you think of me whenever Charizard is a topic.”

“Hmm. My colleagues like to drag me on escapades after the League challenges end. So, I’ve been dragged into helping study Mega Evolution.”

“You said that you didn’t find out anything new?” Sonia asks. She was fully aware of the work her childhood friend had been doing but had never gotten close to an artifact closely linked to the profound Evolution.

“We haven’t. The stones are a thing we’ve known about for a while, there just isn’t a whole lot of information about Mega Evolution’s history. As much as I’d like to explain further, we’d be here all day. Plus, it’d be better to learn first-hand right?”

“Go on then,” she agrees giving the item back to Leon and they head out the room and down the stairs.

As the trio make their way out the house, they join with Hop and Magnolia. The younger brother was busy tossing a ball out to the slew of pokémon that occupied the field. (Y/n) and Leon both had released their teams for some exercise, and it looked like they were having a blast. Most of them were passing the play-thing around before returning it to the teen while Magnolia stood elsewhere leisurely waving a feather toy at Babe and Yamper.

Noticing the pokémon’s attention being shifted away from the ball causes the boy to follow their line of sight.

“Done having your convo already?”

“Not quite,” Leon says as he rolls his shoulders. “We’re gonna take the pitch and have us a good battle.”

“This will be a one-on-one for now. We’re testing things out.” While the explanation was pretty vague on it’s own, Hop understands what the Unova Champion means. He was about to see what Mega Evolution was all about.

With a small cheer in anticipation, he is quick to help corral the pokémon away from the violet-clad battlefield. Sonia and Magnolia meet together on the sidelines and the former professor hums.

“I will take the position of referee if that is alright with you all.”

(Y/n) smiles, “Not at all.”

“That’s more than alright, Gran. Besides, I want to document as much as I possibly can.” She pulls a memo pad from her coat pocket and calls her Rotom Phone forward to record.

“Alright, Charizard. You’re up.” The fire-flying type gives out a sprightly roar and takes a battle stance on his trainer’s end of the pitch.

Lulu, (Y/n)’s Lopunny is called forward. With a prompt explanation, the rabbit pokémon shares a determined look with her trainer and confidently enters the field. Leon takes note of the pink bow that (Y/n) wrapped around the pokémon’s left ear, a stone similar to Charizard’s was in the center but in shades of yellow and brown.

The tension in the air is palpable. Both pokémon keep their eyes on each other as they stand off. Seconds feel like minutes, then Professor Magnolia commences the battle with the stamp of a cane. In a split-second, Charizard and Lulu are already at each other. Padded paws grip sharp claws as both pokémon dig their heels into the sturdy ground, their strength being pushed against one another prevent any sort of pushback before the two ultimately separate. Jumping back to their ends of the field, both pokémon lunge at each other once more to meet in the center.

“Charizard, use Dragon Claw!”

“Counter with Mega Punch!”

The physical attacks make impact, the force of both coming together leaving a blast of air in their wake as it billows throughout the area. (Y/n) feels it flow through their clothing and Leon felt it weave through his hair. The greenery that surrounds them rustle loudly as the fight continues.

“Fire Fang!”

“Dodge and use Shadow Ball!”

Taking a leap over Charizard, Lulu creates a sphere of ominous energy in between her paws and brings it down on her adversary, though Charizard is quick on his feet and redirects. The Shadow Ball is destroyed as he brings his heated fangs down on the attack. The spectral power is enough to nullify his Fire Fang however, and the flames in his maw dissipate. Lulu gives a teasing snicker and Charizard releases a low growl blowing the aftermath of smoke from his nose.

“Brutal Swing!”

“Breaking Swipe!”

Both trainers had shouted their commands in unison. The two pokémon go for a sweep but are caught at an impasse once more. (Y/n) hums amusedly. If their attacks were going to constantly be nulled, this match was going to be a lengthy one. Leon appears to share the same sentiment.

“I guess some things never change! Even now we still manage to hold each other off!” The glint in the former champ’s warm amber eyes showed a sense of renewed spirit and anticipation. (Y/n) responds in kind.

“You and I have only gotten stronger since times past. It’s only natural we’d be neck and neck with each other again.” Their smile was prideful, (e/c) eyes harboring mischief. “But we also understand that one of us will slip-up eventually. Regardless of who that may be, Lulu and I will give our 110 percent!” Leon lets out a joyful laugh.

“Well said! We won’t lose, so prepare yourself!”

As they stand by, Sonia and Hop can feel their hearts race. Spectating Leon and (Y/n) as both stand assertively and give quick-witted directions to their pokémon was a sight to behold. Swift and graceful movements between Charizard and Lopunny almost look like a dance. Neither of them let up and devote all their focus on both the opponent and the commands of their respective trainers. Directions continued to be shouted and every time both pokémon went to deal damage it would only end in a stalemate. The clock ticks and Sonia soon begins to notice that the two creatures are starting to grow tired. Movement starts to slow down little by little. Room for exploiting weak points were gradually opening for them both. Meanwhile, Hop and Professor Magnolia gauge the Mega Stones that Charizard and Lulu wear. Both had gradually begun to glow the longer the two butt heads. It was only a matter of time before their power took effect. Though, the call to transformation was a two-way street.

(Y/n) is quick to make the call.

“Alright! I think it’s time we speed up the process. As much as I love a good battle, I don’t have all day,” (Y/n)’s words are teasing as they move their hand to wrap around their Key Stone. The Key Stone activates, and Lulu’s Mega Stone reacts. The symbol that lie in the center of Lulu’s Lopunnite glows radiantly and the warm mix of yellow and brown is overtaken by an ethereal rainbow. The multicolored aura expands, encasing the pokémon in a prominent crystal before it breaks open to reveal the Lopunny’s transformation. Her appearance is more dynamic with the fur on her ears being shaved down—the tuft being more prominent at the top of the head in the reminiscent form of a butterfly. Voices of wonder flow through the audience. With a flourish, Lulu takes an arm and sweeps a long ear away from her face before taking a boxing stance.

Leon had watched their actions intently and the activation to Mega Evolution seemed simple enough. He is quick to follow suit.

“I’m game for a quick-fire round. Let’s make things more interesting!” He takes his hand and places it over the brooch he’d pinned to his outfit and the glow of the Charizardite X does the same. Charizard is encased in a similar crystal before it falls away. There was no longer a trace of warmth in the skin with orange being replaced with black. His wings have become more pointed and perhaps the most notable feature resulting from the transformation was the bright blue flames that kindle at the jaw and tail. The new power elicits a booming cry from Leon’s companion as he regards his opponent once more. Then the two fighters continue to exchange blows.

“Iron Tail,” Charizard’s tail moves hit Lopunny and she braces for the impact. The damage taken was minimal as the rabbit pokémon listens for her trainer’s orders.

“Ice Punch.” In one swift movement, Lulu utilizes their close distance to hit Charizard on the chest, giving an effective blow. With a grunt, the fire-dragon type jumps back to make space.

“Dragon Pulse.” He opens his mouth as the fire between his jaws grows larger before blowing the flames.

“Use Agility and dodge it,” Lulu just barely bypasses the heat and increases her speed.

“Go for another Ice Punch!” Frigid crystals enclose around Lulu’s fist once more as she goes in for another strike.

“Not a chance!” Leon interjects before giving another command. “Let’s take this up high!” He points skyward with vigor and Charizard follows the order, spreading his wings and lifting off the ground.

(Y/n)’s lips press into a thin line, though it’s gone as soon as it appears. It’s clear that Charizard was now at an advantage, but surely Lulu is more than capable of taking that away.

“Alrighty, Lulu. Let’s meet ‘em there with a Bounce.” In one swift motion, the normal-fighting type gauges Charizard’s location in the air before reaching him in the sky with little to no effort.

“Chip-away with Acrobatics!” With whatever momentum she had in the forever space, Lulu flips and kicks at Charizard utilizing every part of her body—arms, legs, and ears to hit at him rapidly. She manages land a few but is quickly met with retaliation.

“Take her down with an Air Slash!” Leon’s command is instantly met with the action as if they were in synch.

Charizard flaps his wings rapidly to create a razor sharp current of air to which Lopunny takes the blunt force of, being sent back to solid-ground. (Y/n)’s jaw clenches for a moment but they think fast on a method to break their partner’s fall.

“Use Acrobatics once more and land on your feet!” Having heard loud and clear, Lulu tucks in on herself as she speedily descends. Doing a few flips mid-air, Lulu lands on the battlefield safely albeit the velocity. Charizard remains in the air as it seems that Leon is banking on this tactic. It was time to change that.

“Use Bounce! One more time!”

Lulu meets with Charizard in the air once more and the fire-dragon rears for another Air Slash—a mistake that could very well hand them the match.

“Perfect. Go for the wing!” Before Lulu can suffer another super-effective blow, she intercepts by using another bout of Acrobatics to nullify both of their flying-type attacks. Lulu takes the split-second after the nullification to latch on to Charizard’s wing. This action served as a surprise to everyone watching as the rabbit pokémon utilizes Charizard’s weight to swing, using his appendage like a trapeze. Releasing the wing from her grasp, Lulu moves into a 180 back-flip effectively landing on Charizard’s back.

“Drain Punch, let’s go!” A hefty strike to the back destabilizes Charizard’s flight and in the shock brought on by the sapping of his energy, he starts to rapidly fall. Leon’s brows furrow bringing wrinkles to his forehead as he feels the pressure of the fight get heavier. While he’s had plenty of experience in battles, (Y/n)’s unconventional strategies always found a way to turn the tables. It’s something he had noticed back when they’d battled in the Gym Challenge as children. Now as adults battling once again, he’s noticed that their skill in unconventional thinking hadn’t gone away. If anything, it’s gotten stronger alongside their team. Lulu had not missed a beat despite the large risk and managed to pull through. Her partner trusted them completely—relying on them to make the correct calls and obeying without hesitation. Unfortunately for (Y/n), he could say the same for he and Charizard.

“Use this descent to your advantage! Take her down with you and use Heat Crash!” (Y/n)’s eyes widen at this command watching on in growing disdain.

Charizard moves to shake from Lulu from his back avoiding her attempts to take hold and remain on his back. The strong blue flames that flowed from his mouth along with the flame at the end of his tail grew larger and crept along Charizard’s body until he was wholly engulfed in the flame. He feels no pain, but Lulu does and continues to feel the searing heat as they torpedo into the field. Obviously, Charizard uses his opponent to break the fall and (Y/n)’s heart races—faster than it had in a long time. A crater was made in the ground kicking up chunks of dirt and leaving a larger dust cloud.

(Y/n)’s teeth grind together before they call out to their partner. Both trainers wait a bit as the cloud in front of them disperses. Taking a breath, they grin. Both partners remained conscious on the field thought they both look petered out, though Lopunny looked too worse for wear. She had endured and the Unova champ felt nothing but pride.

This conflict was reaching its end and if they wanted to win, they’d have to do it quickly. Both pokémon remained in close proximity to each other, creating distance wasn’t an option anymore.

“Dragon Claw,” Leon shouts.

“Swift,” (Y/n) commands in tandem. The star-like projectiles that come of the attack are easily destroyed by the Charizard’s heavy swipes, but they only served as a distraction.

Gotcha.

“Low Kick,” without a second to spare. Lulu kicks out their legs using his weight against him. The disorientation that follows is exactly what they need to bring this to a close.

“Alright! Finish the job with Play Rough!” Lulu holds Charizard down and uses the remainder of her energy to thrash with the fire-flying type. The dirt and debris that accumulated throughout the fight created yet another opaque cloud within the battlefield though (Y/n) didn’t need to see pass to know that the brawl was over.

Sure enough, as the dust settles, Charizard is down for the count. He had reverted back to his normal self—no black seen in his skin, just the warmth of orange. Lulu managed to stay standing but just barely. The rabbit stood in a fighting stance despite the outcome and only falters at the words spoken by Magnolia.

“Charizard is unable to battle. Lulu is the victor.”

The pokémon’s Mega transformation dissipates as the pokémon falls forward and into a kneel. The jovial cheers of their spectators mixes with (Y/n)’s own as they’re quick to assist Lulu in regaining her health.

“You did wonderfully, Lulu! I’m so proud of you!” They bring their companion in for a hug and she reciprocates in kind before separating. Turning to see Leon tending to Charizard, the Unova champion praises the winged creature.

“I’m honestly very surprised. For a first timer, he did a top-notch job.” Leon smiles as he looks up at (Y/n) from his squatting position.

“That’s good to hear,” his gaze shifts to look back at Charizard. Despite the loss, his partner was in high-spirits— more enthusiastic than he was before the fight, in fact.

“It’s one thing to see the photos and read about it. Obviously, utilizing the change in battle is a completely different experience.”

“So what’d ya think?”

“I think it’s great. Maybe the reason Charizard could get the hang of it so quickly was because the transformation is sort of like Gigantamax in a way. They change form and unlock strengths and abilities that they wouldn’t have otherwise.”

“That’s why I’m so interested in it. Dynamax and Gigantamax seem to be a capability that is exclusive to Galar with the use of hotspots and wishing stars, but Mega Evolution is something that can be utilized anytime and anywhere, no matter the region. All you need are the proper stones and a close bond with your partner.” They take their hand to make a fanning gesture.

“I’ve kinda already spieled about this, so I’ll cut to the chase. Keep the stones and add them to your arsenal. It won’t hurt to shake things up a little bit.” Leon had since moved from his squat to stand.

“Sounds like a plan. We’d never reject this opportunity to get stronger, isn’t that right?” Charizard grunts in affirmation. (Y/n) laughs.

“And we’ll look forward to it.”

After the post-battle the exchange Magnolia, Sonia, and Hop meet them on the field.

“That battle was so awesome!” The teen enthused with a twinkle settled in his already bright eyes.

“I’ve only ever seen a few Mega Evolution battles in my lifetime, and they never cease to amaze me.” Magnolia agrees.

“I’m so glad Rotom was recording. My heart was beating out of my chest that I failed to take notes,” Sonia whines. “At least I can re-watch it…”

“You’d best make use of this great power and hone your skill of it, ya hear?” The elder presses to which Leon nods his head with no hesitation.

“Definitely.”

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I started shiny hatching and just never made it back…I managed to obtain 8 new shinies in the span of a month. Hyper-fixation at its finest.

Relegating Pokémon move sets to only four at a time is boring, so I removes that aspect. I understand why this is a thing in-game, but this is a story. I feel like pokémon should have access to their entire move pool—both learned and through TM/TR.

#pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #reader insert #gender neutral reader #pokemon leon x reader #pokemon sonia x reader #professor magnolia #pokemon hop #charizard #lopunny #mega charizard #mega lopunny

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