#feel free to correct me if im wrong

[bleekay]

a handful of posts ive read about netflix katara being flattened, certain key characteristics of original katara getting either reduced or lost entirely to adapt to the live version, have sorta left me with this nagging feeling. like. remember how katara used to be (maybe still is, just not in my online circles) one of The most hated characters in atla? being called too overbearing or bossy, too whiny, too loud, too mean, too emotional, too too too etc. kinda seems like at least a few of those things she was hated for are, at least in my limited knowledge, the kind of attributes that were tamped down. not that i know if it was intentional, but i am curious if anyone watching got that vibe, that she was meant to be more "appealing" by making her less... katara. rather than just because it's a different medium, live versus animated.

[steamedlotusroot]

it’s interesting that in LMK red son was born with the ability to produce samadhi fire while in JttW red boy had to cultivate for 300 years before mastering the ability. maybe it’s a western thing to write magical abilities as inborn while the meritocratic east likes to view them as fruits of one’s labor?

[mavratt]

SORT OF SPOILERS FOR DUNGEON MESHI

I love knowing absolutely nothing about Dungeon Meshi (im up to ep 3 of the anime) but not really caring about spoilers because browsing the tag goes from:

"Haha, look at this delicious food! Don't you want to eat it? Oh look! A silly mushroom guy :)"

To

"The most gut wrenching art and most incredible monster designs that looks like God itself would cower in fear"

And I love that :)

[rockingthegraveyard]

Hush

Little Wing

And in that moment two panels cemented the term 'Little Wing' as Dick's term for Jason in fanon for forever. Because as far as I can tell, Nightwing (1996) #106 is the only issue that Jason is referred to as such.

[redysetdare]

Except actually you DO legally own your fics. A company is legally not allowed to use fanworks even if said fanworks use their characters. If you made fanart then the company that owns the character in the fanart can't start selling it because you OWN the right to your artwork. All the company can do is strike the work.

So yeah, someone feeding your fics or fanart to AI IS STEALING.

Also anon doesn't know what public domain means omg if a media contains copyrighted characters then it's not public domain lmao???

You don’t own fanfics. They’re inherently public domain because they aren’t your IP. Agree or disagree with AI, there are no grounds for “protection” from AI because it isn’t your IP to begin with. That’s what you chose when you chose this medium

Oh dear.

Okay, you get an answer, because at least you took the effort to write your ask out properly, even if you are hiding behind the grey, sunglassed circle.

Do I, or any fanfic author for that matter, have any legal claims to our work? No, not really, no. (Although if someone took a fic, filed off the serial number--deleted the fandom specific elements--, and then had it published for financial gain, yeah, that would be a case.)

BUT

Fandoms are built on a social contract that says we respect each others work, the effort people put into their art. We don't steal or disrespect the work of our peers. By feeding people's fanworks to AI you both steal and disprect it, and we need to make people realize that before it's too late--before fandom falls apart, because there will be no more real, actual fanworks.

Disrepectfully,

Orlissa

(i can't believe I have to say this)

[youreaclownnow]

not johari writing a great song and putting it to an ai looking ass video like BRO if you PAID a HUMAN ANIMATOR it would look way better no offense

[night-creeps]

I taught myself that fraise is strawberry in french by staring at a shampoo bottle or smth while I was in the shower, at like preschool or smth. And no one ever told me to do it. And even after 2 years of french class it is one of the few words I remember/can translate immediately. You say fraise i know its strawberries, you ask what strawberry in french is I know its fraise.

Then I was informed the other day that most people only have the label in one language. But every single product in Canada needs to include both English and French on it's packaging and I was so shocked. I mean it makes sense cause of Canadas multilingual bill for the french language thing but i didnt realize this was just straight up not a thing in other place

[vivicendium]

the convo between edward and jacob in eclipse is a great adaptational addition. i love how edward is like “tbh if the circumstances weren’t what they are, i might’ve actually liked you and wanted to be friends” and jacob is like “if the circumstances weren’t what they are i’d still think you’re a huge loser :/“

[the-autistic-digital-circus]

Well, researchers believe that someone with healthy vision can detect a candle flame from about 1.6 miles away, assuming that there is no fog or other obstructions, so chances are that he can, in fact, watch the show (30 city blocks is equal to approximately 1.7 miles, and obviously if the much smaller candle flame is visible from the same distance, the massive TV is easily seen. As for audio, if we're assuming that the entirety of the world around him is totally silent? Maybe, but it would be pretty quiet at that distance. If the hustle and bustle of the world is still going on around him, then absolutely not.

Problem: The eponymous appliance of "Frank's 2000 Inch TV" by "Weird Al" Yankovic has a rectangular screen which is 40 meters wide and 30 meters tall. Assuming for the sake of argument that Weird Al is a human being of typical visual acuity, and making reasonable assumptions about the average length of a city block, show whether Al's lyrical assertion that he can "watch The Simpsons from thirty blocks away" is credible.

Bonus: Assuming for simplicity that Frank's TV's "ninety thousand watts of Dolby sound" represents a single speaker of the stated wattage, could Al also hear the dialogue?

[rakkuntoast]

the only thing i hope is that people realize that the admin that played pepito today was the >>first day pepito admin<< the same pepito that said "i dont need anyone" "i like being on my own" "if they are so nice (pepito's parents) why aren't they here?"

like pepito had this sort of edge, it was when ricardao took over that he mellowed out but when the first admin took over again the edge came back

and honestly? while i feel like it was kind of a curve ball i also feel like it is kinda in character? the kid gave a chance to maybe have someone that will take care of pepito, someone that will love pepito. yet the nice and loving parents that everyone promised pepito ended in being qroier at his lowest, after a while wouldnt pepito realize that maybe pepito was right, maybe pepito is better alone rather than being with someone that wont love pepito, that only sees pepito as someone that is reemplacing people they lost

pepito and qroier's relationship is such a bad case the wrong person wrong time its really sad

[thesupernaturalhouse]

Vaggie: Alastor can you watch the eggs their being....eggs and I have to- just take them off my hands

Alastor: ooo i certainly will....

Vaggie:.....in a peaceful manner. Alastor.

Alastor: mmm well that's less fun, also why should I watch them?

Vaggie: well you're going to some meeting and I have to help charlie-

Alastor: didn't she excuse you from your duties for today?

Vaggie:...why would she- why would I ask for that??

Alastor: why, you have to come to this meeting to my dear!

Vaggie: no I dont?? It's an overlord meeting I'm not an overlord-

Alastor: but you are!

Vaggie: if anything charlie should probably be going with you rather then me- what what??

Alastor: I'll explain on the way! *just fucking leaves*

Vaggie: wha- alastor! Alastor I swear to the lord you better explain!

Alastor: hmmm, well you're an overlord my dear I don't think there's anything else TO explain

Vaggie: right...but I'm NOT an overlord??

Alastor: I beg to differ, I knew there was something off about you but couldn't place it until Charlie said something

Vaggie: Charlie- what does- okay you know what? You're insane. I'm going to go talk to Charlie myself!

Alastor grabs her shirt collar like a kitten: ah-ah-ah you have a meeting to attend my dear! It's be bad manners if you skipped it, whoch I suppose you've been skipping them for the past 5 or so years?

Vaggie: No, I haven't! and let go of my you asshole!

Alastor: hmmm no I don't think I will~ come on now! We're already half way there!

Vaggie: ugh, at least tell me how you and xharlie think I'm an overlord- which I'm NOT by the way!

Alastor: well...do you remember that sinner you saved? The one you had a slat with and ended uo teaching self defense?

Vaggie: how do you-....ah, charlie- what does that have to do with anything??

Alastor radio noise of displeasure: well, APPARENTLY they told more demons, you DO remember the large influx of demons who came to you right?

Vaggie: I.....I um....yeah....

Alastor: well they said they owed you 'favors' correct?

Vaggie:....fuck.

Alastor: they gave you their souls until said favor is called upon! You not using it has apparently given you the reputation of a very lenient overlord, a defensive and protective one at that! So more people cane to you, you trianed them in defense and most gave you their souls so you could call upon them for a favor at a time of your choosing!

Vaggie: going through the 5 stages of grief trying to process it all

Alastor: On top of that, the other overlords seem to be threatened by the fact you have so many souls and demons going to you WILLINGLY, you not showing up to meetings and beong little morningstars girlfriend doesnt help that either!So this will be a fun first meeting~

Vaggie: no no no no no nope! Alastor, you let me go right this second! I am not- no! Alastor! Alastor!!!

Zestial: Alastor and...oh the defensive Overlord nice to meet you again nd to finally meet you

Vaggie: ¿¡Quién diablos es esta araña joder!? (Who the hell is this spider fuck!?)

Part 1 | Part 2(here!!) | Part 3

[mbat]

and thinking about the difference between bill and fiddleford when it comes to fords hands and fords 'genius'

bill makes fords polydactyly a focal point, something impossible to ignore. he tells ford that he'll fit right in with bills band of "freaks" all because his hands are a little different than other humans. he never lets him forget it, even if he says it as something to be proud of, but he and everyone else knows that ford kinda never stopped holding onto the insecurity that was associated with this trait. bill also never let ford forget his smarts, he played into the what ford always wanted to hear about his smarts, but fords brain was only ever a tool to bill. fords hands were (part of) a reason bill wanted to bring him along in his crew, and fords mind was simply a means to an end

and then we have fiddleford who, upon meeting ford for the first time, immediately saw ford as this genius who cared about what he had to say and they connected over their shared love for all that nerd stuff, and it was something that was important to them both and brought them together, and kept them together

and fiddleford says he didnt even notice, after hours and hours of sitting in a room with ford and them focused on eachother (and math)... he didnt even notice that fords hands were different until afterward, when he was looking at a photo of them both. this thing ford had been forced to worry about his whole life, and it wasnt even a thing to fiddleford.

ford wanted to be known, to be loved, for his brain and what he could do. and, in my opinion, it sometimes feels like he almost wanted to make up for the fact he was different, to prove he wasnt 'less than' because of some difference he was born with, this thing that everyone made such a big deal out of

and between the two biggest people in his life (aside from his brother of course lmao), one focused on and made a big deal out of his difference, and the other didnt even notice it. one saw his genius as a tool, and the other saw it as something amazing and admirable.

hell, if the bit of their conversation in the book of bill when they meet is, well, when they meet and is their first words to eachother... the first name or nickname that bill calls ford is, of course, sixer. and one of the first things fiddleford calls ford... is friend.

and i just feel like it says a lot about those two relationships and him.

[sunnnfish]

Bringing you more translated hanzawa stuff……….. translated by the power of my rudimentary connotation reading and 3 dictionary apps

Original tweet/image below the cut…

[wangxian-the-zhijis]

So I rewatched the confrontation scene between Wei Ying, Jiang Cheng, and Lan Zhan in the Jiang Ancestral Hall.

In the novel, Jiang Cheng mocked the fact that what Wei Ying and Lan Zhan have for each other is romantic and not just that of friends. And people kept saying that this scene in the novel has more impact etc etc… because Jiang Cheng really insulted them that they’re in love. I’m not going to invalidate that… but I’m just going to explain why this scene in the drama has a great impact too.

In the drama, Jiang Cheng insulted their great friendship. I haven’t seen people point this out… but what Jiang Cheng really said didn’t mean the usual “friendship.” He could have said “友誼” or “交情” which means the type of friendship we’re all aware of.

But Jiang Cheng didn’t say any of those! He said “知己 (zhiji)” or “confidant” or “soulmate”— the very word that both Wei Ying and Lan Zhan say lovingly to each other (in the drama).

Jiang Cheng said: “为什么要道歉？为侮辱了你们这段伟大的知己之情吗？”

为什么 - why ; 要 - will (I) ; 道歉 - apologize ; 为 - for ; 侮辱 - insulting ; 了 - indicates past tense ; 你们 - your (plural) ; 这段 - this ; 伟大 - great ; 的 - of ; 知己 - confidant/intimate friend/soulmate ; 之情 - feeling/emotion; 吗 - indicating a question.

If we translate Jiang Cheng’s words directly, it would say, “Why will I apologize? For having insulted this great soulmate thing of yours?”

Note that 知己 isn’t commonly used in spoken language. It’s mostly seen in written texts only. But Wei Ying and Lan Zhan made 知己 their endearment for each other. Jiang Cheng used that very special and emotional word and tarnished it with his acrid mouth. He wasn’t just insulting their love but he insulted what they are to each other— the very nature of their relationship. (He wasn’t insinuating that they might be in love. He was outright attacking them for what they are.) He even emphasized the insult by adding 偉大 or ‘great’ sarcastically.

That’s why Wei Ying immediately lashed out. Because how dare Jiang Cheng ruin that special word he has with Lan Zhan?!

[lilliancdoodles]

OKAY. I saw only one post talking about this but I want to stop it before it gets too big. Fit and Pac is Hideduo. Not FoundDuo. Just cause they aren't 'hiding their feelings' doesn't mean we change the duo name. They didn't get that name cause they were secretly crushing on each other. They got the name from when they first became friends, before they were even shipped. An explanation for the people that are new to Fit and Tazercraft since the ship took off; Fit and Tazercraft became really good friends while Tazercraft was building the hide and seek map. Fit and Ramon would go over and see what they were up to and check on their progress and generally being their friend, earning the three of them (Fit, Pac, and Mike) the trio name 'Hide & Seek Trio'. This name then got split to form 'HideDuo' (Fit and Pac) and 'SeekDuo' (Fit and Mike). It's a set. Just cause Fit and Pac know that they like each other doesn't change the duo name. Don't change the duo name.

[iroassu]

no bc viewing it from a graphic design standpoint I think he has a point😭 like I get kelp will help but who's kelp? the candidate? a mascot?? I mean, the mascot is very cute‼️ but I feel that it didn't convey that the one we have to vote for here is foolish?? idk if it makes sense

I think it looks more like a brand or a company or smthn like that but not a political campaign??

"who the fuck is kelp? i can tell its someones campaign, but whoever designed it is a dumbass cause i have no fucking clue whose it is" - elquackity, paraphrased, upon seeing KELP foolish's campaign posters