#also i'm 100% i missed some things

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

hello everybody, your friendly spaniard is here back to talk about references to spanish culture in pokemon scarlet and violet while i play the games !!! here's my previous post btw

this one's gonna be a bit shorter cause i haven't been able to play much (uni assignments are a pain in the ass), but i think i found some cool details and wanted to show them to you :)

so, this post is gonna be about one area of the game: casseroya lake. i defeated the titan and wanted to explore it a bit, and at first i didn't see any obvious references to spain so i wasn't really looking hard or taking pictures or anything. from time to time i came across trainers with suspicious names that could lead to something more but i didn't have my hopes up cause, as i have said in another post, all trainers in mount glaseado are basque and i didn't really think we were gonna get something similar in another area.

UNTIL i got to dragon tamer sabela, and something clicked. the suspicious names i had seen until them were like maybe galician maybe not??? i have to add that i don't really know much about galicia or its culture, i've literally only been to lugo one day like last year, that's it. i know, shame on me. anyways, after those names that made me a bit wary, i came across sabela which for me is THE quintesential galician name (if you think you know why i would so strongly associate sabela with galicia try and guess <3). anyways, after her i started paying attention to the other trainers i encountered and they confirmed it: this area is galicia and all the trainers have galician names. i don't have pics from those first ones, but here are some very clearly galician names

after i realized this was galicia, i started looking more into it, paying more attention and opening my mind. and i realized more stuff. bear with me, again, i know very little about galicia, and places like socarrat trail might have a very clear inspiration somewhere there that i couldn't see. i noticed some other stuff, tho. for example, the topography of the lake area and the little rivers that flow into the sea are literally just rías, which are the most known galician geographical elements. here's a side by side from the game's map and google maps:

and from the ground:

the little beach and islands you can find nearby just by porto marinado are very probably references to the cíes islands

speaking of porto marinado, i talked about its market place and didn't make much of it at first but, in perspective, it could very well just be a galician seaside town; galicia is the largest autonomous community in terms of fishing and fisheries, and its gastronomy also heavily relies on fish and seafood. once again, i don't know if there's a particular galician town that could be the basis for porto marinado; the ones that come to my mind first are ferrol (i think it's the largest port in galicia but i might be wrong), cariño (btw cariño is a term of endearment in spanish like honey or dear which automatically makes this the uwuest town in the country), combarro (prettiest town in galicia according to tons of people), and sanxenxo (resort town for the rich).

also!!! the lighthouse next to porto marinado is probably a reference to the tower of hercules, built by the romans in the 2nd century, it is the oldest working lighthouse in the world and has cool myths associated with it, both roman and celtic (you can read them on wikipedia they're pretty neat)

finally, the most obvious reference to galicia is one of the ten wonders of paldea. i have no idea what's its name in english, but in spanish they're the rocas graciñas (graciñas rocks). fun neat trick to recognize galician words / surnames: if you see a word ending in -iño / a or -eiro / a, it's probably galician. 'graciñas' is like a stereotypical way galicians say 'thank you' in spanish (gracias is thank you), but i don't really know if it's a stereotype or if they really do say it. anyways, they're probably a reference to the costa da morte (coast of death), which made me wish there was a shipwreck you could explore in the area (they don't call it death coast for nothing lol). also they lost a great oportunity to have binacle and barbaracle spawn in this area, cause barnacles are really popular in galicia, there's even a traditional job called percebeiras dedicated to 'fishing' them, it's listed as one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

i can't believe i was about to post this without mentioning the elephant in the room. that is, casseroya lake itself. galicia doesn't have any mayor lakes (that i know of?) but the largest lake in spain is very close to galicia; it's lake sanabria, in the province of zamora! that is the only logical inspiration behind casseroya lake, there aren't really that many large lakes in spain and especially not in the northwest, there's only sanabria lake.

and that's basically it! it's nice that they included galicia here even if i still think they could've done a galician city / town, or maybe some ruins in the form of a castro, something like that. anyways, it's something i guess.

this also made me think that i should've been paying more attention to the names of trainers throughout the region cause there's probably more patterns like these that i missed. like there's at least one area full of catalan names for sure, and i fear i've missed it. when all the trainer info is done in wikidex i'll go over them to see if i find something more. for now i looked at the names for this area and glaseado mt in english and they're just normal spanish names :/

anyways, i'll try and pay more attention for the areas in paldea i've yet to discover!!! (basically the area around the fighting team star squad and area zero). hope you liked this deep dive into galicia!

[b4kuch1n]

same teacher, different lessons

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[heytheredeann]

“Yes, there is a place where someone loves you both before and after they learn what you are.” ― Neil Hilborn

[rmorde]

Trigun Manga Reaction

Here we go! Chapter 8 Volume... Huh?

Voulme 2? I thought this is still Volume 1. Am I tripping?

Anyway! Just a moment of appreciation for this parody page of he cover.

This while thing is so "busy" yet it still make sense. There's so many elements layering on top of each other. It should be a confusing mess. However, I can still easily pick out the four components that tells a story.

Component 1: Vash as a happy salary man being served a drink by a geisha (judging from the hairstyle and accessory) with shadowed eyes on the opposite end of the page.

Component 2: BDN at the dead center. The text makes it a bit difficult to confirm if he has a top knot, but he definitely is rocking a traditional Japanese look. He looks menacingly at Vash as he drinks.

Component 3: Meryl and Milly running in a hurry but for two clearly different purposes. Meryl looks like a traditional restaurant staff frantically trying to serve a lot of guests. Meanwhile, Milly doesn't look she's working anywhere near the food service industry with her get up and the tool that she has on hand.

Component 4: The Bad Lads drinking in celebration while an ambulance seems to be sounding its sirens as it parked near them.

Look. I may seem to be too obsessed with this gag page but it's crazy how its a fucking busy mess that still works at telling a cohesive story!

With just this two page drawing, I can infer easily that someone is in danger and may need to be hospitalized - so the ambulance was called and asked to stand by. Milly is probably the heroine about to save the day with the overworked yet eager to help Meryl. The party the Bad Lads are having is a big distraction at a possible murder attempt starring Vash as the victim, the geisha as the accomplice, and BDN as the mastermind.

I'M SORRY BUT HOW THE FUCK?!!!

And don't get me started on the scaling of each figure and the silhouettes. Just... I'll just repeat, Nightow is amazing for how pretty AND technical his drawing is. It's so clean. Wow...

Sorry for getting derailed. So, back to the chapter.

Ok. I lied. Let me just appreciate Winter Mery and Milly here. I love them so much and they so fucking cute here with their dynamic pose... solid silhouette... Clean fucking lines... Sorry... Give me a minute!!!

Sigh~

Interesting. So, '98 rearranged the sequence of events here. This happened a bit later... which I think is better. It adds more impact on Vash's duel against BDN.

These guys are no stormtrooper shooters. They having really good aim!

They didn't hit Vash. Okay. Maybe the tails of his coat now have fresh bullet holes, but aside from that, Vash is fairly intact. The Bad Lads have great accuracy.

This is an intriguing way of drawing a spinning gun. It's simple but effective in visually communicating that that is what BDN is doing. A good choice. Thinking about it... If three twirling guns in a blur of circles were drawn, it would be too distracting and BDN will be overwhelmed in the panel.

Cool foreshortening. Incredible detail on the filigree. And a bonus Goofy Face Vash!

So so fucking glad '98 was faithful to the manga with these scenes. Meryl and Milly were such badasses here.

Huh... Well that's a huge difference. There's not much:

GASP! It'S VaSH tHe STampeDE!

vASh ThE StAMpEdE?!

VASH THE STAMPEDE!!!

It can get a bit much... sometimes in '98. So, this is refreshing.

WHAT...

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK?!!!

So, those lines by Miss Purple Avenger from the filler episode were originally from BRILLIANT DYNAMITES NEON?!

I-

Oooohhh.... Pretty art... Wait no... I can't distracted. I'm mad!

I'M VERY VERY MAD!!!

OML! This is much more intense! IT ADDS SO MUCH WEIGHT TO THE DUEL!

Oh my goodness... This nuance... WHY WAS THIS CHANGED?!

Not to say that Miss Purple Avenger and the episode featuring her was bad. It was actually great! Her version of July was nightmare inducing... and her confrontation with Vash was truly tragic too but.... Uhm...uh... AAHHHH!!!! I CAN'T CHOOSE! THEY'RE BOTH GOOD!

Oh... break my heart into fucking pieces will you huh?!

LOOK AT THESE! Manga Vash getting cheered on by the people! People were supporting him! He is being treated nicely as he deserved.

Even in '98! It was not as overt at this page. However, that scene of the captain from the beginning of this chapter replaced these panels instead and is just as effective. '98 Vash has people believing the good in him.

TRISTAMP VASH WAS ROBBED!!! HE NEVER HAD THESE!!! That poor precious boy! The few precious people who supports him only showed up near the end... and... and...

Now getting even more upset again with the Jeonora Episodes in Tristamp!

It's so not fair!

Oooh. A cinematic page!

HOLY SHIT!!! THESE PAGES ARE AMAZING!

I can't believe this. This fight is better in the manga!

I am not dissing Studio Madhouse for what they've done tho. The '98 Duel was epic too! They did great! But all these crazy angles and perspectives in the manga just elevate the overall awesomeness of the gunfight. It's just more immersive.

Tbf to the '98 anime, this is a nightmare to animate faithfully. With the technology and techniques at the time, this would be so difficult to pull off beautifully - going topsy turvy in one smooth motion for two characters at the same time in a fight scene with a complicated moving background? Yeah... The animation staff would go insane. It's totally understandable that they simplified this duel into extreme close ups and strong facial + gun drawings instead.

I hope Studio Orange re-hashes this fight in some way tho... or does the Episode 1 duel count?

Sigh... With the my discovery that Miss Purple Avenger's lines were actually BDN's, and that the outrage towards Vash for not remembering anything about July belongs to the Bad Lads', these words have become so much more meaningful.

It's also now more effective at convincing me that Brilliant Dynamites Neon have hidden depths.

Oh... Ow... The detailing here is just ow for the hands of an artist. Perhaps I overreacting, but those fine lines in the crooks and crannies make me wince.

Once again tag responses:

@revenantghost

Yeah. The more I see his work, the more I'm awed by his skills. That's a cool detail that his design incorporate realism. I thought the glasses are for the light tho? But maybe it's like those the Olympian gunners wore during the competition?

The dead REALLY haunting the narrative? Looking forward to it!

@takeshidude

Ok. Monthly publication are still grueling but at least its not as nightmarish with weekly mangakas. No wonder the quality is consistent with the art. Nightow was allowed to breathe.

You make a good point. '98 did have a bit of a mystery woven into it. We know Vash the Stampede - we follow his misadventures and people kept saying who he is ad nauseam in every episode. However, we don't really know know him for quite a long time. It's a different, but no less interesting, spin to the story.

Which kinda explains I'm misremembering some scenes and characterizations? The last third of '98 made a long lasting impression that I kinda forgot about Vash's horn dogginess.

[girls-and-honey]

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[magentagalaxies]

vent incoming:

got my grades back for my courses last semester and most of it was to be expected, mostly A's, maybe an A-, etc. but i honestly can't get over the fact that my independent study (the buddy cole documentary) was for some reason given a B. like sure getting a B isn't bad per se, I usually get at least one B every semester and i honestly don't really care about what my exact gpa is as long as i can graduate, but come on. this school put me through months of psychological torment over this project and didn't even have the nerve to give me a B+??? i'm still coping with the self-doubt they forced on me and this bullshit is not helping!!

[daz4i]

i will admit . i am scared

[commsroom]

what's your wackiest, craziest, most "out there" w359 headcanon?

... i've been really trying to think of something, but i don't know if i have one! what makes headcanons fun for me is in applying what we already know about them to other situations, like, extrapolating their quirks and habits and preferences and opinions on things. even when i talk about stuff the show doesn't explore, i try to keep that grounded in existing characterization and themes, so... i don't know! if i thought something was really out there, that'd mean i don't see the basis for it, so it wouldn't be a headcanon for me? if that makes sense. i wish i had more of an answer!

[otogariado]

i get why people would opt to say walter was a terrible person since the beginning, but i think that's like, the most boring takeaway you can get about his character. he was already insecure and prideful from the start, and it's what would hurt him and keep hurting him. but like, being insecure and prideful are regular traits any regular person can have. the actions that he makes because of these traits, which in turn keep fueling his ego more and more, are what makes him an interesting character. and he was already pretty capable of hurting other people, but he wasn't doing it out of malice, but more because of careless selfishness at first. what makes walter terrifying is that the more he does it, the more he becomes aware of what he's doing, and the more he keeps going and keeps being more and more meticulous and deliberate about what he does that hurts people and even to the point when it was specifically to hurt people.

i think the traits were there in walter from the beginning—the pilot did a pretty good job of establishing how powerless he's felt all his life and just how susceptible he is to letting this newfound perceived power get to his head so easily. he even says this explicitly in 5x06 "Buyout" when he tells jesse "i'm not in the money business, i'm in the empire business". but saying he was this monster from the start kind of implies he didn't undergo through a character arc throughout the show when it's quite literally what he did. he got worse. so much worse. through mostly the fault of his own fragility.

[anaalnathrakhs]

"people love you uwu people care about you" okay? not my problem. love me less. can we work out a reasonable level of care where it's obviously not cool if horrible things happen to me, a human being, and you won't do any horrible thing to me, but you don't feel obligated to fuss over anything out of the ordinary i do and i have to shut up about it and perform Normal Human Emotions lest i commit an awful social faux pas and hurt your feelings?

[original-cat-showdown]

ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS EVERYBODY

Tabby (@cure-icy-writes) vs Elle Chihiro (@cure-icy-writes)

Ni'iri (@sillysorcerer) vs Spirit (@spirits-of-kin)

Gull (@featherfrond) vs Paxel (@cat-skull)

Kitty Heels (@esmaelj) vs Ginger (@esmaelj)

Jade (@dragontoonss) vs Caitrionia (@kjmellow)

Vivi (@rainewintersnow) vs Apotheosis (@horizontalnobelcat)

Nico (@crownne-prince) vs Narciso (@crownne-prince)

Briarfang (@plaguedbutch) vs Leafcloud (@plaguedbutch)

Bobsyfella (@thunderwhenhepurrs) vs Jinna (@teknoctarkamacska)

Tumbledown (@sugarsprinkles) vs Caro (@sugarsprinkles)

Frozen Teeth (@element-kitten-klaws) vs Pawtree Purrety (@kdm13)

Mason Spectrespeaker (@2bu) vs Kat (@laceghost / @laceghost-art)

Mina (@spacedragonstar) vs Lara and Rio Coddsworth (@acromafireair)

Cherry Lipstick (@hyephyep) vs Lane (@hyephyep)

Round 1 brackets

Round 1 results

Polls will run for a week, and I should manage to set them up in a few days!

[yumyumsweettum]

FEET FIRST GANG WE ARE WINNERS 🏆🏆🏆

Ok but fr i had so much fun, I'm sad i wasn't able to make it for day 2 but i was very busy. So. Next time lol. But this was the most fun I've had in a long time, and everyone is so funny and nice i wanna squeeze you all (affectionate). Tysm to @novorehere for setting this up, and ofc happy birthday!!!!!! I hope you had a wonderful time as well!! I can't wait until next time <3 <3

[disdaidal]

Okay, so, now my school might be arranging a 2-week on-the-job-learning trip to Portugal in November-December, for those interested in / lack of experience from foreign countries... but I don't know if I can even apply there now because there's a possibility that my schedule could be filled with other kind of stuff that we're supposed to be doing for this degree at the same time, so. 🙃 I'm kinda mad ngl.

[magentagalaxies]

going to a comedy open mic tomorrow mostly to watch my friends (it's at a cool venue that my improv troupe performs at once a month and a few improv troupe friends are doing standup there) but when these friends were asking if i'd be interested in coming they were like "btw there's usually a ton of open spots on show days if YOU want to do something... and they're not strict about it only being standup either, people have done character pieces and sketches etc like they embrace the weirdness... and they're not strict about time limits you could probably do anything between three and eight minutes... sometimes if there's not enough people signed up they'll even let you go twice..." and i'm like god damn it i thought i was gonna take a break from aubrey but this setup is like tailor made for an aubrey appearance lmao

[bookwyrminspiration]

hi it’s me again here to annoy you about hamlet - you’re on act 2 right? That’s the beginning of the “fuck around” stage of the play as I would call it. A lot of it is setup for what happens in act 3, which really gets the ball rolling imo. But! Since you’ve started, you’ve met my favorite character (horatio) who I can’t really talk about in full perspective until you’re finished but… he really is an important character even if he doesn’t seem important at certain points. Do you have a favorite yet? (sorry I don’t want to pester im just really excited to hear what you think about it)

Hi again! It's not annoying, don't worry; you're allowed to express your interest and excitement :)

I just finished act 2 and am now at the beginning of act 3! And I think I can see what you mean--I'm not far, but it seems like things are about to Start Happening. We've got the ghosts, we've got the foul players, we've got the background. Now it's time to Do It.

I don't think I know any of the characters well enough yet to have favorites, though I am intrigued by Ophelia. And of course having more info about Hamlet makes him more appealing by default for the time being. But! I have seen you talk about Horatio quite frequently, though in all honesty I didn't read the posts in full because I hadn't read Hamlet. I'll keep my eye on him though :)

And of course, Polonius and Claudius's schemes and what each of them are doing intrigue me, even though I may not like them!

[davlucies]

remember when imbalance came out and people managed to be upset griffin handled dav's perspective about cycle 92 & his relationship with lucretia with sensitivity, nuance, and realism