#for those of you wondering

[paintingpuff]

my origins for the No Will AU

[lesbian-disaster-tm]

Ok but I just thought of this while at school and it wouldn't leave me alone so-

Other demigod couples:

?????: I'd kill all the monsters in the world for you <3

?????: Awwwwww

PERCABETH

During a full on battle:

Annabeth (annoyed at Percy for some trivial reason): And you know what Percy? You know what

Percy (slicing a monster in half): WHAT?

Annabeth: (pushing him away from a monster and to safety): I'm taking away your monster killing privileges. Yeah you fucking heard me. Get out of here!

Percy: You can't do that! (To a random demigod fighting for his life next to him) She can't do that!

Annabeth: I just did!

Percy: Fine!

Annabeth: Fine!

Percy (sulking) : FINE!

Percy:

Percy: You know what! You have fun killing all those lowly monsters. I'm going to go attack that giant all on my own!

Annabeth: Fine!

Percy: Fine!

Annabeth: Fine!

Percy (running at the direction of the giant): FINE!

Annabeth (killing monsters in dozens): *annoyed huff*

Annabeth:

Annabeth: wait-

Annabeth (realising what her bf just said): WAIT-

Annabeth (running full speed towards Percy): PERCY!

Annabeth: PERCY! YOU DUMBASS! COME BACK HERE-

[aiura-stan]

Here we go, the first proper chapter of the Saiki K manga, 1-1!

Manga Saiki my beloved. How I missed you. I won’t comment on every single panel because I don’t want to spend —that— long talking about trivial things in this manga. But I’ll do my best to be annoyingly thorough in this re-read. Since I figure it will probably be my last proper re-read from end to end, sequentially. (Because quite frankly this manga is long. And I have other things to do. Hopefully.)

I’m not sure “lax” is the word I would use here? But I don’t like the anime’s use of “airheaded” much either, so?? “Considerably low key” maybe? In any case, the next panel sums it up “They both were the type not to think that deeply about things.” Let’s see… it says かなり緩かった. That seems to be about right, translation wise.

incheresting.

Also, it implies hypothetical strict parents of psychics exist, which… ironically enough, simply doesn’t exist in the Saikiverse. Come on Asou sensei. Give us an official continuation so we can meet some new psychic kid who meets this requirement of having grown up with strict parents.

I love how the very first page shows Saiki committing some selfless act with his powers. And yet he still gives us the spiel about how much psychic powers suck with his signature chronic >:(. Yes; Saiki has been a tsundere since the very beginning.

Saiki’s tsundere-ism aside, I have always liked how Asou sensei explains how psychic powers might be a significant drawback as much as a strength. The metaphor of a domestic dog who is fed and therefore doesn’t have the skill to hunt for itself, and the spoiled child who is given everything and thus robbed of agency, are both particularly good ones. (The curry and spoons one just makes me think of Mob psycho. Do you think One sensei read Saiki k???)

Saiki just lists all of his powers here. That certainly saves time. Though people who have already read the oneshots have the advantage of knowing exactly how these powers work (if we assume them properly canon.) There’s details about Saiki’s powers that get changed from the oneshots to the manga proper, like the timer on his spirit-body separation ability and his “clairvoyance” being called x-ray vision. Wait, no, that was the oneshot. Well, my point still stands.

I also like this part about a sense of achievement being impossible for him, since everything is too easy. It’s rather depressing if you think about it too much. Saiki definitely doesn’t belong in the “normal” life role that he forces himself into. But given his alternatives (Allow himself to become a government lab rat and subject himself to experimentation? Become a worldwide celebrity who fixes the problems of the world and maintains peace, essentially becoming a human god?? hang out with his amoral genius older brother who hates him???) his attempts at normalcy are understandable. And very entertaining.

No extreme emotions… I hope Asou sensei knew the can of worms he was opening by having Saiki say this. But I’m guessing he didn’t.

And the first of Kusuo’s problems in his titular disastrous life is the very normal problem of having to unlock the door for his father, who locked himself out of the house. But at this point, we the readers have no idea the extent of his powers and just how much his full potential is underutilized.

why doesn’t Kurumi have a job..? their mortgage is probably expensive and her son is an older teenager and fully capable of taking care of himself… i guess she just wants to be the doting mom for her son.

Ah!? Is that where Saiki gets his standards for how he uses his powers? Makes sense.

Sigh. watching your parents wrestle while waxing eloquent about coffee jelly. Never change Saiki. (and he never does.) He is really making me crave coffee jelly.

so cute.

XD his father’s thoughts are so ~kawaii~. Teehee.

Also, I never see anyone use forced telepathy in fics! More stuff that has so much damn potential… note to future me reading this.

The word used here in the manga is “psi user.” Let’s see… In Japanese, it is 超能力者(chyounouryokusha). Exactly what I expected; the same term as used on the cover. And that’s the word he uses in the anime, too, but in the subtitles, it’s translated as simply “psychic.” For those wondering, he says: 見せてやろう…超能力者の力おな… ‼︎ I am too low level to properly translate this, but I’d say it’s something like, “I’ll show you… a psi user’s power!”

Our translators: “I shall show you… the power of a psi user…!” (and they keep the punctuation and spacing used in the original Japanese.)

:,) He smiles… I love it when he smiles with the sparklies and the shine comes into his eyes. He doesn’t make this expression but a few meager times in the comic. And one of them is at the very end.

Papa also has a temper?? Ugh. He’s such a spoiled child. I can’t blame Kusuo for being a brat when his dad is like that.

And then Kusuo immediately smashes every window in the house using his psi powers out of coffee jelly induced jealousy. Another turn of events that just doesn’t make sense in the anime!!!

The translator note at the end is very sweet. I feel lucky that such a good scan team took on Saiki k; they really put effort into it, even the untranslatable stuff.

Alrighty, (wii fit meditation announcer guy voice) that’s… the end. It took me the better part of four hours to read and touch type all of this on my smartphone. Time well spent. (though I really should have used my computer. No, actually I’d better not, or all of my posts are going to be the length of 0-6…)

end of 1-1💫

[alicornze7]

c’mere @unfunnyaceartist and look at this is this what you wanted

I think I went overboard and got a bittt too carried away…

[skytography]

[seeingivy]

are we feeling an angry confession in the rain today????? me thinks yes. earliest tonight latest tomorrow morning 

[fourthswordofzoro]

I can finally upload my thesis into the system and suddenly I feel like it's gonna be glowing red with plagiarism even though I was very careful, added source to every piece of information, and changed and paraphrased every bit of text I used (couple of times because I had these sudden bursts of dread before) and yet I still feel uneasy and that I could change it up a little but more

[ghost-proofbaby]

i swear i’ll get to my inbox soon lol i’m just exhausted after taylor 🖤

[lullabynorth]

I am obsessed with a song rn bc of @laicpursuits and I am currently looping it while they're at dinner with family (I couldn't go with them bc chronic flare ups)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[internetgiraffekid1673]

Conversations With My Brother 5/24/24

Me: My arms are cold, but if I put on a hoodie I will get too hot. Good thing I hike a lot and have clothes to layer with like these arm warmers!

Me: *Pulls on arm warmers*

My brother: *knows that I have sensory issues that make me hate fashion, that I almost exclusively wear baggy jeans, T-shirts, and hoodies, and that any clothing I own outside of that probably has a practical purpose.*

My brother: SINCE WHEN ARE YOU INTO FEMALE FASHION?!

Me: . . . Dad literally gave me these arm warmers?! They're for hiking!

My brother: DAD DOESN'T COUNT!

Me: . . . My scoutmaster?!

My brother: . . . fine.

[hamletthedane]

You know what time it is….

* Regardless of whether you like your actual workplace or specific current practice (e.g. if you hold a nursing degree, you work as a nurse even if it’s in an area of medicine or a clinic that you don’t like)

Survey questions adapted from survey issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[unapologeticallytheworst]

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[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

return to sub level 50

[nat-20s]

Ten and Donna end up on a fucked up deadly space newlyweds show despite uh. Not being newlyweds but they get almost all the questions right. They start to sweat when the final question is "what's one secret desire you have involving the other?" And Donna writes "sometimes I wish I could occasionally shrink down the doctor real small so I could carry him around in my pocket and make sure he doesn't get lost' while Ten writes "sometimes I wish I was small enough that Donna could carry me around in like a cat backpack or maybe a shirt pocket" and they look at each other like AYYYYYY because not only are they deeply drift compatible they're also fuckin weird about it 💖

[akanemnon]

Yeah, Kris is definitely NOT alright.

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