#eternal relief

[jaynasti69]

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[eternal-gardens]

[rexwrendraws]

nothing is immune to hob's charms, not even morpheus' supposed cool exterior (sorta based on a textpost :] )

EDIT I FORGOT HOB'S GREY HAIRS IM SORRYYYYY

[stuckinapril]

I need to put extra effort into not falling victim to the whole misery loves company thing because I truly do teeter on the all too precarious edge of thinking that at times the universe does truly conspire me against me and do its all to ensure that every single thing is a struggle. That is not true at all but the momentary comfort of throwing your hands up and going “well this is the way it’s meant to be so why fight is” can be so tempting

[agentc0rn]

{Retrouvaille}

Thoughts below:

I wanted to go with Metanoia (spiritual conversion) for the title but Retrouvaille sounded thematically stronger and fitting. It means reunion between loved ones who were separated apart for a long time. :)

The flowers shown in one of the panels are:

Lady's thimble (harebell/bellflower) = grief, submission

Teasel (dipsacus) = misanthropy

Pheasant's eyes (adonis) = sorrowful memories, I cannot forget you

Morning bride (scabiosa) = I have lost all

If you also are able to catch the reference in the last page, I applaud you!! You get a cookie :)🍪

[winged-thinged]

okay, am I the only one who grew up being terrified of heaven?

when we've been there ten thousand years/bright shining as the sun/we've no less days to sing His praise/than when we'd first begun.

how is that not horrifying? to be trapped anywhere, even in a guilded cage, never able to rest, never able to go home? never mind about being forced to praise some overbearing lord all day long. I'm talking about being trapped somewhere forever. maybe it just freaked me out as a kid because I could never wrap my head around the concept of infinity but can you imagine living day after day in the same stasis, held captive by an infinitely powerful spirit, being forced to serve him, and knowing yourself to be completely helpless? the drudgery, of living there a thousand days and knowing that you can do it all over a thousand thousand times and it won't matter, because you can never

never

leave

[waitmyturtles]

[milfzun]

I love the scene where Bai Fengjiu suggests divorce to Donghua Dijun. It's exquisitely painful, full of unspoken pain and mutual hopeless love.

She's exhausted. Beyond exhaustion, beyond heartbreak, beyond anger or hope or even blame. She did everything she could, gave all of herself, and it was not enough.

He knows this. He knows she's given all she could and he can't bring himself to ask more of her. At the same time, he sees what heartbreak has done to her. All her fire, her courage, her strength, her generosity of spirit, have all been exhausted. And he can't bear to listen to her describe a reality where she is not the most important person to him, where his life is just great without her, where her offer of a divorce is a relief to him.

[sunflowersunite]

~ 🌻 ~

[sallytwo]

i understand donnie darko better than anyone else in existence ok. that one’s for sam.

[jaynasti69]

Death Way

[eternal-gardens]

[arolesbianism]

Pov you just asked her about au Snek and are getting real worried

[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...

[six-of-ravens]

in my eternal quest to add structure to my life, ive decided to take a leaf out of my aunt's book* and schedule an Errand Day one weekend a month.

the purpose of Errand Day is...errands, before they add up and become one Big clusterfuck that's an even bigger pain to deal with. for example: take the stuff I'm giving away to the thrift store (before it colonizes the storage room). take out the annoying recycling that can't go in the blue bins (currently fighting a war against the invasive species of thrift stuff). replace the air filters. get birthday gifts. replace clothes as needed, instead of trying to work around the issue for a whole season bc I won't bite the bullet and try on pants. even fun things that i put off because they're outside of my regular stomping grounds, like going to the used bookstore.

no excuses, no heel-dragging. just take a morning and do all the shit that needs doing. don't let it add up and become a whole Thing. the Reward for Errand Day will be either a fancy coffee or lunch, depending on how long it takes and where I end up.

*my aunt and her partner have a theme for each weekend: one is budgeting, then deep cleaning their house, then meal prep, and finally a "fun" weekend where they do something new like go to a street festival or a new restaurant. i could never be that coordinated, but I think in part it's a solid idea.

[emelinstriker]

Hi, MochiMunckin here. So, I've seen the recent "complaints" and I must say, "Stop pestering her!". Miss Emelin has a great AU that many people love. She literally explained the AU either twice or three times. The branding may seem confusing at first but once you ACTUALLY read what she wrote to explain it, it'll make sense. Again, no hate or rudeness in my words. Just truth. And, Miss Emily, have a mochi and relax. Goodbye! (And a question for Emily: What made you have so much creativity?) 🍡🍡

Hfbfdgdfbdf 🍡🍡 Thank you!!^^

And I guess my own creativity comes from all the media I've consumed- Also the years of experience I've gained through my years of reading and writing X Readers since I think 2016, due to how many good stories are out there, and I've been analyzing how they work so well. But I guess it's generally due to my Asperger's and my hyperfixations. My current main hyperfixation is LMK so that's where most of my brain is currently at. :D

But it's also somewhat on my own OCs, so I've tried to figure out a way to introduce them- And thus, ESAU was created due their influence on it. And one Anon is actually genuinely interested in them already, which is something I didn't even expect with how little I've even shown of them fhgnfhghfg

Shoutout to my lovely Oracle fan! c:

Actually smart pick though with how they hint at more lore of the AU than most of the doodles I do of the champions themselves-