#and it’s also consistent with the audio

[nanaonmars]

jason: why won’t you leave my dad alone?!

clark: because we’ve been together for 20 years jason… we have 8 kids, you included, and… we’re in love

duke, in the background: boke!

jason: i’ll find dirt on you yet. i’ve got people working on it.

clark: 🧍🏻

[androgynouspenguinexpert]

mermarcus for mermay

a neon tetra because they too are tiny cowards

[3-aem]

i genuinely yearn for the days when i did video game development and did not even care that they were working me to the bone because i had such a pathetically massive crush on my manager who very gay but believed in me a lot. and that was my entire braincell and also i always woke up at 6am rather than fall asleep…at that time

[sofastuffing]

i have a headache

[1dkreally]

(spoken through gritted teeth) your experience is not universal your experience is not universal your experience is not universal y

[messenger-of-stupidity]

Can James choke me?

[humandisastersquad]

[eyes snap open at 4:30am with a clear vision for my life in the next few weeks/months]

[goldentigerfestival]

Yuri's dialogue (JP) is so fascinating to study, like... the repetitive use of certain words/phrases that others use sparingly but he uses constantly. the way it feels like his vocabulary is more expansive than what he uses, but he defaults to a "comfort" level of speech. the way it mixes in with his sort of "street talk" words and the sheer level of informality. the way his "street talk" phrasing is contrasted by the tone of his voice (on that note, people I know who also know JP are also very endeared by these aspects of him so I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ME!!!).

'cause the thing is, he uses phrases that yeah, other people do use, but he uses a handful over and over and over (contrast to other characters' sparing use of repetition). it's actually... really refreshing? it sounds more relatable and less "video game/anime/JRPG/RPG" writing or something, idk. like closer to how a real person would speak.

I do my best in my translations not to make things sound too stiff across the board, but Yuri makes it so easy. it's why I'm so interested in translating all his lines in Vesperia, like... the actual, original tone for him with his original wording because it's smth Eng only players don't get to experience ('cause even if you listen with JP audio, if you don't know the language, ofc you're gonna miss out on context. it's nobody's fault for not knowing, just... they unfortunately miss out). the thing is, there are a lot of times when the lines in and of themselves are not contextually incorrect in the English ver (usually the situation for smaller scenes, because they altered the text outright for more important stuff which was the stuff that originally set me off, but there were also plenty of cases of just vocal tone shifting with the correct context that still gave off the wrong impression), but Yuri's tone is shifted away from the original in Eng even though it's completely and perfectly translatable.

I am by no means about to translate the entire game because let's face it, I really don't care that much for Vesperia on the whole. I'm kinda stuck with it because Yuri's there lo and behold I actually am WAY more engaged in his stories in Rays, Link and Asteria because it's an amazing character put into circumstances where he actually gets to shine and feels more alive, which Vesperia did not provide nearly as well with its very disjointed story. also, Tales gachas have banger stories that are arguably better than the mainline games, and they regularly make Yuri a very central character to the gachas. Crestoria was also about to do it until they pulled the plug on that game and I'm pretty confident something interesting has been lost to the world. also I just generally don't have the energy or motivation to do that, so... I'll only be focusing on Yuri's lines, especially because his stuff is where the bulk of the messing around was. he's just insanely fun to translate for and I love burying myself head first into his speech.

will I actually finish this project? dunno. will I get around to posting it? whatever I get done (so all of it if I complete it), and if I decide to call it quits then I'll post what I have at the time I decide that. will it take a long time? probably, but I can always mention stuff along the way...

[virichemia]

just gonna leave this here...

[dismembered-narrator]

if i designed the deep dark i would have the warden operate purely on sound (and have the three strikes reset after you escape or die)

[daily-earworm]

Today's earworm: Accidentally In Love by Counting Crows

[ejunkiet]

goober! you have your anon asks turned off!!! (jk I don't blame you)

lol oh well I'm just gonna come in here with my name emblazoned across my ask and tell you that every piece of communication from you makes me happy

from the littlest :3

to the biggest all caps, meme-laden, voice-memo accompanied brain dump in my DMs

you are a treasure and i'm hugging you fiercely

FRENCHIE, LET ME LOVE YOU. Your work brings me ABSOLUTE joy, and I am hooked on your audio drama series Corollary, holy sheet. ;u; thank you for brightening my evening!! <3

[octoberandfish]

Happy Val/Pal/Gal/All/Nah-lentine’s Day, from October Jones & Fish with Legs

ID under the cut!

[id:

1. minimalistic valentine: I think you’re Fin-tastic. Lots of love to you on PALentine’s Day, mwah, mwah!! From the fluxurious Fish with Legs!

2. messy scrap paper valentine: did you know that a chef hat has like 1000 pleats? i read that it’s because there are so many ways to make eggs that they needed to write them all down somewhere to remember them, and where better than a functional and timeless hat? so actually, if you unfold a chef hat and open it up it becomes a CODEX of all the egg-cooking secrets. anyway, wanna get lunch? or something? -your secret admirer (it’s october)

3. vividly pink candy valentine: crab crab crab crabcrab crab crab crabcrab CRAB crabcrabcrab crab crab crab -Crab Crab MD

4. stark red valentine: Lock up my heart and throw away the key, valentine. Then do vivisections. Sincerely, the Scientific Program for the Observation of Organisms Concerning Known Interests

end id]

[sinkableruby]

do you think Suruga Kanbaru gets enough appearances in the Monogatari Series?

no i think she needs more, but in a certain context (mentions of the light novels ahead!)

araragi is the main POV character throughout the series, so generally when we see her we see her from his lens, IN the context of the pair interacting, meaning we’re mostly only looking at one side of her. and their dynamic remains mostly unchanged (although i haven’t read shinobumonogatari yet so i cant b sure) so seeing more of her would probably just be seeing more of that dynamic. which is fine bc its fun but on its own it doesnt quite warrant more appearances (which is why i like their interaction in musubi a lot, it’s a little different from their usual).

but like, she’s an interesting character (i mean, all nisioisin characters are lol) and she’s also a strong protagonist. i was super surprised when i learned hanamonogatari doesn’t seem to be that popular bc i honestly really like it (and she was really good in orokamonogatari too). like, the times when kanbaru is most interesting to me are when it’s not an araragi pov/when its her pov (same goes for most of the other girls too just by virtue of seeing them in a different light). so i feel like itd be v cool to get more appearances of her separate from him.

[hershelwidget]

I just went on an MSM Steam Audio File Deepdive and I have come out with knowledge no man must ever seek (the most batshit insane sorting system I have EVER seen like what the FUCK was BBB ON)

i i have two twitter threads about that nonsense Here and Here if you're interested in watching me lose my sanity

None of them are really spoilers or such BUT IF YOU FIND A WAY TO ACCESS THE FILES YOURSELF

DO N O T CLICK THIS ONE:

THAT IS THE EARTH ISLAND COLOSSAL SOUND. IT'S ALREADY IN THE FILES AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT UNTIL IT OFFICIALLY RELEASES DO NOT OPEN THAT FILE.

I am trying my best to avoid being a Leaker here!! Cause that is stinky! However if you DON'T care about spoilers go right on ahead and open that file. This is just a warning for those who don't like being leaked info. Happy file exploration!

[moonlit-orchid]

The only thing that Eliphas and Don can agree on regarding Astral is that if someone picks on him then he should punch them in the face.

Therefore it's not very surprising that Astral has been in many fights (mostly with Vector)

And when the school calls, Eliphas just sends Don to deal with it.

And Ena just watches. She is SO DONE with these big boys and their 'parenting'.

Mr Kay: Astral, why'd you punch Vector in the face?

Astral: Papa said it was ok. Dad said it was 'quite alright'