#feel free to correct me if im wrong!

[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?!

[cephiwyrm]

hello!! im so sorry if this is a strange question but do you know if the amiibo box is anywhere around the grand fest grounds? the amiibos i ordered just showed up and i went to go use them at the box but i can’t find it, nor is there anything helpful i can find online . feel free to ignore this if you don’t know and happy splatfest!!! :-)

hello anon! unfortunately I don't think there's a way to access the amiibo box until grandfest is over 😭 I know my friends were rushing to get it done before it started, happy splatfest to you too though!

[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 :/“

[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

[nebulaedaniel]

since we’re now talking about the racism in the phandom, i’m very glad it’s being brought to light so thank you to @dapg-otmebytheballs @demonqueenart and everyone else talking about this, i want to talk about cancel culture.

now i’m as white as they come, so before reading any of this i need you all to read the posts made by some of the people starting this conversation. here’s some links. xx xx xx xx xx

the reason i want to bring this up is because it’s something i noticed in a lot of the posts bringing up the behavior that dnp have/have had. its bizarre to me that we as a society, but especially we as a fandom, feel the need to disclose that bringing up problematic behavior isn’t an attack or call to ‘cancel’ someone!

to be able to have an open discussion where people CAN evolve and learn, bad behaviors need to be brought up without the immediate assumption that the person talking about it wants to bring harm to the other.

i am not here to defend dan and phil, they are well old enough to have these realizations on their own and stand for their actions, but, without the space to point out these behaviors, there will be no change. if these questions are being brought up within fandom spaces, why assume that the person means harm? excuse my metaphor but why would they set fire to their own house? i can understand wanting to take something with a grain of salt if it was coming from someone not in the fandom spaces at all, or someone not familiar with dan and phil whatsoever, but since it is the fans bringing this up, the absolute least you can do is believe them and listen.

wanting to see change is far from the same as wanting to see someone ‘canceled’ or lose their platform. these discussions are good and important to have, and i want to again thank everyone who has taken time of their days to speak up about this. it’s labor you shouldn’t have to do, and i really hope that we as a fandom learn from this. i know i will.

[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.

[mcytegg]

"to older lsers, trust isnt abt never disagreeing w ur friend or teammate" [immediate flashbacks to both zam and subz, separately, worrying that disagreeing with vitalasy's plan would already be betraying him]

thats exactly the point!! the REASON newer players like derap and kab have these unrealistic expectations of trust and what it means to be teammates is they havent had the multiple seasons of experience in lifesteal to find it out themselves like older players have. like yes that is how zam and subz felt back then but thats a result of both just who they were as people during s4 which impacted their view on what it means to be teammates. they both also got like mega traumatized by other people in that season as well which Led to them pushing their own feelings and opinions to the side in order to remain loyal until they broke.

it was after what they experienced in s4 that helped them better define what being teammates w someone means to THEM, and what it means to trust someone on the server bc working on the basis that u Need to agree w everything ur teammate says and does or else youre a traitor or a bad teammate only ended up hurting them, and putting them into terrible situations. like what derap is experiencing rn is exactly like s4 zam, aka who zam was before he started standing up for himself and realizing hes allowed to have his own thoughts and feelings and boundaries in his relationships. like the way derap hides his own desires and discards his own thoughts nd feelings on things In Favour of always agreeing w zam to make him happy is incredibly reminiscent of eclipse fed zam.

its a matter of growth and experience yet to be gained; the way trust is currently viewed on ls and the way teammate is defined is individual to each player BUT generally speaking most older lsers definition of them has grown to fall under the same general consensus of "someone you wont always agree with, but who you will stick by and return to in the end bc they are someone you can trust to be consistent in their actions and behaviours BECAUSE you have known them for so long"

[jinxedshapeshifter]

Wait. Hold on. Is van Zieks the only (main) prosecutor in the Ace Attorney series explicitly mentioned to not have a perfect win record before facing off against the protagonist?

We don't know how Simon's win record is iirc (although I feel like it'd be safe to assume he has a perfect win record), I think Nahyuta is implied to have a perfect win record (although I might be wrong), Edgeworth, Manfred, and Franziska had perfect win records until they went against Phoenix, Godot didn't have a win record to speak of, and Klavier had only prosecuted one trial before prosecuting Wocky's trial, and I guess technically nobody won the Zak Gramarye trial? Nobody really lost it either though. Like it basically ended at a standstill, and I feel like Klavier would view finding the truth in a trial as a win anyway, so it's debatable if he's ever lost a trial in his own mind.

But the whole reason the Reaper of the Bailey exists is because van Zieks lost trials. He's the only prosecutor that I remember who is explicitly stated to have lost trials before going against the protagonist.

[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…

[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.

[undergroundwubwubmaster]

Birthday request for @i-gwarth !

Based on a pulp fiction cover art by Robert Maguire.

[bentbackarms]

behind the scenes of 1x04

[tommygotwrittenoff]

i just think if roles were reversed and buck was the one saying those gay ass lines to eddie, eddie wouldve proposed like four seasons ago

[aw-tysm]

fyi : shutdowns and meltdowns are hand in hand. best way to explain it is that one is external (meltdown) and the other is internal (shutdown). they both tend to happen for the same reason.

when you can't speak due to a shutdown, that's not "going nonverbal" it's just a shutdown. being unable to speak during a shutdown isn't the same as being nonverbal. but being unable to speak when in shutdown is very common, it can also be common in meltdowns too.

i'm just frustrated that some people are trying to use the term "going nonverbal" or "goes nonverbal" when they just mean they have shutdowns.

there's always so much misinformation around meltdowns and shutdowns. and so many people think shutdowns are something other than what they are. but they're basically just internalised meltdowns. that's it.

[revolutionsingingintherainnn]

i just saw an interview with max, where he was asked about lando's comment "all luck, no talent." the answer that max gave was amazing, nothing wrong with it, he sided with his friend and defended him, and everything. nothing wrong with that at all.

but, i said it before and i'll say it again.

the 👏🏻 question 👏🏻 was 👏🏻 never 👏🏻 about 👏🏻 max.

the interview is available for everyone to see. the interviewer asked about the vsc and the team strategy. lando answered to that question and said that it was all luck, and had nothing to do with talent. he did not mention max in any way or form there, except to congratulate his friend on the mega race he had. lando was simply defending his team and their poor call of a strategy, when lando had said during the race that they shouldn't pit. he was saving his team from the criticism of their shit strategies. he never said that about max.

the twitter account that took the quote out of context is called "RBR Daily" and it says right there on their page that its a fan account. a fan account took the quote out of context, and everyone went along with it. to the point, where professional journalists ran with it too without having the decency or the respect to fact check. fans fact check more than these professionals.

the media has warped that quote so much that even max believes that the quote was about him. lando knows that the quote wasn't about max. he knows what he said. that's why he called out the media at the fia awards. "you know how the media changes things" yes. we do. because they took a quote about the vsc and team strategies and made it about his "rival".

i love that max defended his friend, and i love that max didn't take it seriously. but, at the end of the day, the quote wasn't about him, and it annoys me so much that the media has him convinced too that it was.

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