#dancing girl asks

[adventureofthedancinggirl]

When I first read the leaks for myself, I also understood Bakugou's line as being directed at AFO, however when I went back and looked at it again, I think I figured out what might have tipped the official translator the other way. The lead out line of the chapter in Japanese, just down and left of Bakugou's last line, is usually omitted from official English translations, but in this case read something like "However, without a doubt, those eyes are still fixated on hope." (1/2)

(in reference to this post about translation choices and pov in ch. 408)

Ahh, thanks for pointing that out! I didn't pay too much attention to the tagline at first either but you're right that it does help to direct the reader toward a hopeful interpretation if we are indeed meant to read that panel as Bakugou talking to himself.

Tagline for reference:

しかし、確かに、希望を見据えて

I do also wonder if the official translators have some hint of what's to come to help guide them in their choices but if not, it makes sense that they might rely more heavily on these small details.

Either way, it'll be interesting to see how things play out in the upcoming chapters and whether the reason for the translation choices will become clearer with additional context.

[cubbihue]

What if Chimmy/"Tim" Turner's child had a fairy? Would they appear like an error 404/imaginary friend in his mind, or would his mind go catatonic. Would his kids/wife try to help him see the magic?

what if they take Chimmy/"Tim" Turner to fairy world?

what if he sees Timmy Turner?

:3

Hm! What if!!

To reach such a possibility, Timmy Turner would have to first accept the love of another. Then he'd have to maintain that falsehood long enough to have a child. Then he'd have to create an unsuitable environment for that child to receive a Fairy. Then the child must be so terrible at keeping their Fairy as to reveal the fairy's existence to their own presumably terrible father.

This is an extremely unlikely scenario. Mostly due to the fact that Timmy Turner has rejected and avoided all possibilities of dating, romance, and arranged partnerships.

Not that Mrs. Turner has given up, of course. But. She's not getting any grandchildren, any time soon.

Bitties Series: [Start] > [Previous] > [Next]

[thedapinna]

I like history, memes and American girl dolls. Here's the union of all these.

[thirteendaysintaunton]

thinking about how Annabeth calls Percy "obtuse" & "unable to see how people feel" in the demigod diaries and now you just know that she was fighting for her life flirting with him for years and Percy was just like "that's my best friend :) she is so nice to me"

[jarchaeology]

the duality of jensen ackles in his 11th grade yearbook

[tsuchinokoroyale]

Happy new years… let’s stay hydrated together ✨

[helpallthenamesaretaken]

Never going to let y'all forget that annabeth is so slay she pulled a minor godling in ttc

[alwayshinny]

Hinny ❄️

AU, where Harry grows up surrounded by love, so when Dumbledore makes the announcement about Yuleball, Harry turns around and asks his first and only choice, Ginny.

[saint-miroir]

[adventureofthedancinggirl]

WIP tag game

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Just listing BNHA fics since that's all I've been working on lately (other than original stuff, which I keep separate)

🌸💥❄️Sakura Season❄️💥🌸

📝❄️💥See You After: TDBK Epistolary Fic💥❄️📝

We're (still) Here / Apologies & Forgiveness

⚡Kaminari Denki: Rising⚡

💜🖤🤍Love or something like it🤍🖤💚

🛏️Everything's upside down unless I'm in your arms.

the ones you left behind - tdbk missing scene ch. 306/319

When is a date not a date?

actions speak louder (tdbk interview)

forgiveness is a dish best served with cold soba

the redemption (?) fic that comes after "see you after"

the anonymous ones

Wow...I didn't realize there were so many until I did this. A lot of these were actually floating around in my notes app so it prompted me to gather them all in once place. Yay for slightly more organized chaos.

(Yes, I use emojis so I can find things easier.)

There's also a ton of individual notes/files related to "See You After" because that fic is getting too massive to keep in one doc.

No one tagged me but I wanted to play 😅 Feel free to do it if you want and tag me so I can see your answers!

[burythecarnival]

call whomever you wish. all are welcome to join me doing "the drunk aunt at the wedding dance" as mentioned on mystery science theater 3000 👻💋

[spookberry]

I put them next to each other casually without much thought, but I've had to redraw them in this set up so many different times in the development of this project that I kinda ship them now??? like why are they always lookin at each other like that

[daily-teki]

teki meets the one. the only. the diva. the star. the utau ever. kasane teto.

Day 164: this is the oldest ask in my inbox it’s been here since before I knew who teto was

[rwbyrg]

If it's alright, I'm just curious, do you have any thoughts of your own or theories about Oscar or Ruby or both of them in terms of v10? To add, do you have any theories for the merge and how it will end up for both Oscar and Ozpin? Like will it be a good or bad thing? Sorry if these questions seem vague lol

Of course it's alright to ask! I do have many thoughts and a handful of theories. I'll admit most of them are wishful thinking since there's truly no way to tell where the story will go until it actually happens. But if I were to distill it to the ones I'm most expecting and why, then I'd probably say:

Expansion on Ruby's solo arc that kicked off in V9

Acknowledging the setups (plural) between Ruby and Oscar's arcs

The merge-curse is eventually broken (blame the allusions)

I'll elaborate a bit below.

1. Expanding on Ruby's Arc

What we saw Ruby go through in V9 is very much not the end of that particular plot line, imo. We saw a bit of this in Justice League: Part 2 and the final ep of RWBY Beyond where she talks to Clark and Yang about her struggles a bit. Ruby needs to learn how to both ask for and accept help from those around her so the weight of everything she's carrying doesn't crush her. Especially now when they're down to the wire and she's come back as a resurrected martyr who's face has been used at the centre of the resistance movement she's now helping to lead. How will she live up to the expectations and pressures of that impossible pedestal when she's only a human girl with very normal knees who's barely keeping it together? Also, while I don't know exactly how they're going to address everything she experienced, and I struggle to imagine her speaking about Neo's Horror House to anyone directly... that sort of trauma doesn't just go away once it's over. So I would be very surprised if the effects of it didn't ripple throughout the remaining chapters of the show. Especially when every other member of RWBY has seemingly had the bulk of their main character arcs already. It's long overdue for Ruby to get that time in the spotlight. Which does sort of lead into my next point...

2. Acknowledging the Setups in Ruby and Oscar's Dynamic

For starters, we've got the merge and ascension parallels to address. Ruby and Oscar have always mirrored each other's issues around identity, choice, fear, responsibility, leadership, etc., and this buildup seems to be coming to a head following V9. From Oscar's "I'm just going to be another one of his lives, aren't I?" to Ruby's "What if you could be anyone?", and how the two of them will relate to each other in light of those contrasting - but similar - experiences. Especially with Ruby having just come back from the tree to find Oscar fighting against the merge harder than ever before. But we also have their attachments to each other to sort out as well. Ruby and Oscar have been watching each other's backs in different ways since V5, their reunion hug in V8 was interrupted where no other "pairing's" was, and they were the only "pairing" still to be split up between the Ever After and Remnant. Not to mention that, while they were separated, Ruby was pushed to a breaking point after being shown an illusion of losing Oscar, while Oscar was back in the real world eulogizing about how he lost Ruby. CRWBY doesn't setup relationship parallels and focuses as intensely and intentionally as this without pay off at some point.

Again, while the specifics are nearly impossible to predict, I'm expecting a bit of a Dojo Scene Reprise, heart-to-heart of sorts, and/or, something that puts those attachments to the test. My immediate thought is that this test will finally push Oscar to unlocking his semblance since getting shot, falling from Atlas, being kidnapped, and tortured were all not enough to make it happen. (Although my wishful thinking is that it unlocks in a happier moment, I think that's much less likely.)

If I were to engage in pure speculation on this, my easiest bet is that it will come at the hands of Tyrian. When our Little Prince was first introduced, it was almost as if he was waking from a nightmare of that villain laughing with glee at the opportunity to hunt down a certain rose. And with this being the Vacuo arc with Ruby and Oscar getting a lot of focus, and Tyrian already on the prowl within the kingdom, it would make a lot of sense. The little prince fated to have a confrontation with a venomous antagonist in the desert over his attachment to a rose is about as textbook as it gets. (I could also see it go to Cinder or being delayed until they follow through on the threat of Ruby being kidnapped by Salem, if that's the route they decide to take. But again we'll have to wait and see how it plays out.)

3. Oscar and the Merge

I'm not entirely sure where they're headed with this one between now and the resolution... but I do think the resolution itself will otherwise be a happy one, if not bittersweet. RWBY is a story about breaking cycles, and Oz has been part of one of the longest on Remnant since the very beginning. Pairing that with this show being, ultimately, a happy story, as well as a looking at two of Oscar and Oz's shared allusions, I can only imagine they will be separated by the end.

The first allusions to mention are from The Marvelous Land of Oz. Princess Ozma (aka Oscar) is the rightful heir to the kingdom and next in line to take over when it's time for the wizard to retire. It's very clear that - however this plays out - Oscar is the final incarnation. Typically, when one ruler leaves the throne that's it. They're gone. Oz has fiddled with Remnant's history for countless millennia now in his endless fight against Salem. When the dust settles and it's time for Remnant to rebuild, it should be up to the new generation to take charge without his influence from "the old world" in the mix.

From a Little Prince lens - for those unfamiliar with the book - the aviator (aka Oz) spends much of the story waffling about the little prince he is stranded with in the desert... only to be very sad when his new friend leaves him behind to go home to the stars. RWBY is already subverting this story a bit with Oscar being the one wanting to be rid of his pilot instead of the other way around. If I were to guess how the show will carry this further, it would be that Oz moves on, but perhaps with some lingering attachment on either (or both) sides. Maybe a bit of a "all this time I wanted it to end, but now that it's finally happening, I wish I (you) didn't have to go".

At least that's what seems to make sense to me, thematically speaking. Oscar will be irreversibly changed by these events even if he is freed from the curse, however. There is no question about it. Because that is what the Hero's Journey is all about.

The hero leaves their farm and they fall through a new world. It is both horrifying and exciting in equal measure. And throughout it all they are changed by the experiences they have and the people they meet - both good and bad, within their control and outside of it. And when the quest is finally over, there is grief. Because you are not the same person you were when you left home, and you can never truly return to what you had and who you were before it all happened.

This is also, coincidentally, just what it means to grow up. Which - while not the only one, and certainly not unique to Oscar's arc alone - has always been one of the loudest allegories hiding within the merge to me. We meet and know people, we don't always have a say in how long they can stay and how they change us... and then one day they are gone, but their influence and our memories of them stay with us. And then, as RWBY has taught us since the very beginning, we keep moving forward despite it all.

( @creatoriamari tagging you here just in case to make sure you get the notif because I don't know if it still works if I saved the ask as a draft. 🙇‍♀️)

[floridazcrazy]

Last night I had this this big brained thought of the 2019 rookies as sorority girls lol. Like do y'all think George would be one of the basement girls during rush

[hyunekit]

pretty privilege is real (don't know how I'm getting this much attention when I'm just brain rotted and silly)