#hence why - when he's not being a dick - he simply calls him ''Ash''

[huntsman-ash]

RWBY V8E3 LiveThoughts

Its Saterday and that means its time for everyones favorite post spam; Orca-mun bullshits about RWBY! And here we go.

On a personal note I barely ate anything today so my brain is jittery. I ate something before this of course but one does not solve low-food jitters instantly. So we’ll see how this goes.

Also the more that I hear the opening for this season the more I hear things that I have had Ash say before.  “The hope to change the world is just a childish dream”. It comes off in the song as kind of a poke at Ruby and her team, same way as how V3s opening was all about loosing and falling, but here I cant help but hear it in the voice of Ash, caustic and sarcastic, angry at the world for his own issues and putting it onto the “blind, naieve Huntress’s” Ironwood now has his team focused on.

Actually again, a lot of the song is talking about stuff that is probably coming up in the show. “The path we tried to avoid is already here”. “Path home is suddenly clear”. Basically hinting RWBYs going back to Vale at some point. But we knew that already.

And again, the part with time stopping while Cinder walks among the fighting reminds me of a shittier version of the I Know You trailer for Halo Wars 2.

And now the episode actually starts. Apperently, riding the pnumatic tubes does NOT instantly kill you. Im...half dissapointed. At the same time it makes sense, they seem to be fully sealed so. 

Doesnt seem like its fun though thats for sure.

Dear Blake; please stop being adorable.

Oh, and we get to see how Penny see’s the world too. Interseting. Wireframe with data...and shes unintentionally doing the Konami Code if Im not mistaken.

Also cool to see that the active camo semblance works exactly like Halo’s active camo, ergo; its bending light, not true invisibility, since you can JUST BARELY see the shimmer where they are.

And this moment is a painting I like to call; Five Lesbians and a Robot in an Elevator. Legit shocked Atlas doesnt have elevator music...

And we finally, FINALLY get some reference on the storm. Shorter Atlas trooper sayd “they cant get too close to that storm without getting shot out of the air”.  Okay...so Salem actually has defenses against airships? Couldnt they have SHOWN THAT?

Also, props to the female VA for sounding like AN ACTUAL FUCKING SOLDIER. “CO can get us some answers”...hell yeah. And then Nora’s randomly a dick for...no reason.

Penny’s finger has a scomplink just like in Star Wars.

And they didnt think to remove Peitro’s security clerance, alright then. Someones gonna know they were there though since she used his ID...but maybe thats part of the deal. They get in and get out fast.

Central Command is so dissapointingly small. I HATE IT. ITs two rows of consoles and like...8 dudes. No, wait...three rows? For a place this big it should be six times the size and look more like NASAs mission control.

Nice to have some data on how Ruby’s semblance works though. She apperently breaks herself down to her component molecules and negates her mass and HEY thats how I said Ash moved! DAMMIT RT

Also I guess Remnant follows SOME laws of physics.

NGL Blake is suddenly being a better character now that shes not held down by Yang. Might just be me though. 

“Busy” says Ironwood. In my head, the five minutes before this shot; EXECUTIONS EXECUTIONS ALL THE EXECUTIONS. MUCH PURGING, VERY CLEAN NOW.

Oh I LIVE for the sudden look of shock on Watt’s face. Bro KNOWS what Ironwood can do. That said, obviously hes going to turn on him because...duh. Its Watts. But hey, least hes a little afraid. Unless its an act.

His acid snark against Penny is refreshing. “Magic science project” indeed.

Oh, thats why hes so worried. FOUR DUDES AIMING GUNS AT HIM. Nice. 

CALLED IT

“Authorization granted to handle any threats with lethal force”. GOOD. 

Oh no, Nora’s got an idea now. Im worried.

I get the feeling the random office geek guy that Nora trips is someone from RTs office, hence the “#1 Dad/Dud” mug. Dumb

Home made sign. Really. REALLY.  UGH GOD DAMMIT RT. 

Funny sign though.  Also the scream from the tech is so fake its not even funny

Wow. For fuck sake. Thats how they get through. Seriously.

Seems I paused at the right moment. Blake is very confused about being inside Ruby.

Nice to see that Atlas follows OSHA regulations and has railings on its weird catwalks.

Hardlight forcefield door? Interesting. I guess May went off to steal an airship or something.

Also this is something I JUST remembered but I thought Johanna was the trans member. Actually thats May. So thats my bad.

HAHAHAHA HOLY SHIT MINDJACK!

Why’re there holes on the base of Penny’s gloves...

No logiccal sense to half of Atlas’s tech, glad to see that hasnt changed any.

Blake is me when my dads working at his office and taking way to long to do anything.

Blah blah okay talk less do more shit. Character stuff BORES ME

Hm. Nora speaks the truth.

ANNNNDDD its the Ace Ops. Now lead by Hare.  ...no cuffs. No heavy equipment. No gas weaponry. Nothing. They know exactly how strong these people are and instead they show up with ALL OF THEIR OLD STUFF. Are you fucking serious.

STOP TALKING AND JUST KILL THEM ALREADY DAMMIT! Marrows comment is how I feel. But I think hes lying. As does he, I think.

I like how its Vine doing the talking, and that they start by trying to REASON with them. They’re scared. They know they might not win again.  They’re taking the cowards root. To no ones fucking shock.

UHHHGGGG all of this fukcing mind shit with Penny is really pissing me off.

Good, now the fighting starts. Thattttss why they;re on the platform.

Hey, actual teamwork out of the Aces, kinda. I guess their boss being dead helped.

Okay seriously how the HELL is she not fighting this easier? Shes a robot, surely she has predictive combat algorithms...

Man Marrows getting SHIT ON this fight.

Mmm. Hare thighs. I like

Weiss says the truth for once

And all the fancy work and fighting is ended simply by a beefy woman grabbing Penny. I like that honestly. Simplicity, brutality.

Wait never mind.

HAHAHAHAH OFF THE Wall and now she flies. No shock.

HAHAHAHAH YES

Good shit. Good work Marrow.

Well that works. JESUS FUCK Nora.

Yow they’re not DEAD. Excuse me

Oh look Nora’s...wow. Cool, scars.

Still mad Pennys swords are on wires, but hell. Wire funnels are wire funnels. Or would those be incoms? I dont quite remember the distinction.

Marrows quiet look is kinda sad. Oh good nora’s not dead.

But they are down a person and...ah. They’re letting them go. Death Star tactic.

New ship design, havent seen this one before. The whole top part opens which is interesting to me. And then she just GONE. 

Ah. So thats what they were doing. Cool.

Obviously gonna backfire, but hey, who knows. Maybe RT will surprise us.

Annnddd thats it for the show.

[sarcastically-defensive17]

Harry Potter Battle Wounds Pt 1 - L. Hemmings

Original story by sarcastically-defensive17

Female reader

Being the little sister of the infamous “C-Dizzle” Calum Hood meant that it was rare you could Skype him throughout his time at Uni.

You were one year younger than him, and while you were in year 12 he went off to University with his friends, choosing to move closer to campus.

It’s safe to say, you missed him like crazy. You and Cal had been thick as thieves for so many years, and are probably the single reason your mother’s hair started to turn grey. Or, at least, that’s what Joy would tell you both.

You and Cal had organized to skype on a Sunday afternoon, giving him enough time during the week to organize work for his classes, and Sunday morning to recover from a hang over he generally had.

From his Facebook tags alone, you had seem far too much of your older brother in stupid situations due to mass amounts of alcohol. He really was enjoying the University life and you were happy for him, you just wished he would dedicate some of his time to coming home to see his family. Hence why you took it upon himself to schedule specific blocks of time where he would Skype you. You even went as far to ensure Ashton, the only one of Calum’s friends you have met, knew of the time and made sure Calum dedicated that time to his family.

It worked perfectly and you never thought you’d admit it, but the Skype calls were even more fun when Cal’s friends got involved.

You heard he lived with three of his friends, one of those being Ashton and another his friend Michael who you met on a Skype call one night, but you had never seen the infamous Luke who was either asleep, at class or out who knows where.

The boys all have different accounts on where Luke was when you asked one time why you hadn’t seen the man.

Michael calmly replied “he’s at the titty bar. He strips for cash.”

He received a smack upside the head from Ashton for the comment, and you remember the sight of Michaels (then) bright green hair flying up and a yelp leaving the boys’ lips making you laugh until your stomach hurt.

“That is child abuse, Ashton!” He screeched as he ran off camera, “and no fair! Your hands are bigger than my dick!”

Ashton simply rolled his eyes, “It wouldn’t be child abuse if you didn’t act like a child!” He shouted before looking at Calum, “he’s at work, isn’t he?”

You saw your brother change his attention from the PlayStation game he was fixated on through the screen, and he simply shrugged.

“He may be at one of those parties he never invites us to, who knows.”

And so, for a whole year, you had never seen or spoken to Luke. You didn’t even know what he looked like, apart from the knowledge that he was “the lankiest penguin in the world” according to Mikey.

You had originally planned to go to a uni closer to home, in order to stay a bit closer to family and to your girlfriend. You had your heart set on the music production course that Calum’s Uni was running, but ultimately your girlfriend convinced you to also apply to a closer University.

You simply didn’t tell anybody you applied for Calum’s one, and just applied to see if you would have gotten in.

That changed when you went over to your girlfriends house and found her in bed with your best friend, Andrew.

You thought it best to follow your own path, not the one she wanted you to forge so she could continue taking advantage of your gifts and attention while also getting her rocks off with your best friend behind your back.

On the advice of your sister, you withdrew your application to the closer University and worked your butt off to get results that were good enough for the University course you wanted.

And just as Mali promised, it paid off and you were moving your stuff into Calum’s apartment not long after graduation, as Michael was moving in with his girlfriend, Crystal, who proved to be the nicest person you had ever met.

You lived there for a whole week without running into Luke at all.

You were beginning to think he didn’t exist at all. Plates of pancakes left on the bench, or sticky notes left around the house to remind one of you to “pick up more toilet paper” was evidence enough of another person in the house.

The idea that you also retreated to your room every night at around 8 also guaranteed you were dead to the outside world until you woke the next morning.

Until one night, when Ash, Cal and yourself were binge watching the Harry Potter series, given the fact that Ashton had never seen any.

“You have got to be kidding me?!” You screeched from your bedroom after overhearing their conversation through your open door.

“What happened? Drop your contact in your bra again?” Calum asked, a smirk on his face as he focused on the game playing on the television.

You stomped to the lounge room to flick him in the ear, before directing your attention to the eldest boy, “You have never watched Harry Potter?”

“Um, no? Should I have?”

“Yes, of course you should have, Ashton! You have big Hufflepuff energy and I bet you don’t even know what that means!” Your voice was an octave higher in disbelief and your frown deepened when the boy simply cocked his head at your words.

“Uhh-“

“That is it!” Your hands were raised in the air, “We are watching the first movie tonight and I will not take no for an answer!”

The first movie turned into the second, at which Calum bid a “Goodnight nerds,” as he stalked to his bedroom.

Ashton went to bed after the second one finished, leaving you alone in the lounge room, eyes glued to the screen as the second film turned to the third and Professor Lupin tried to teach Harry to produce a Patronus.

You were so engrossed that you didn’t even hear the door open. You could have been stabbed by an intruder and you wouldn’t have even noticed because you were too enamored by the movie you had seen over 20 times.

“Slytherin is the superior house, and anybody who disagrees is boring,” a deep voice says from behind you and you jump from your seat, pegging a bowl of popcorn at the face of whoever was in the apartment.

A thud echoed around the room followed closely by a groan and you rushed to flick the lights on, which revealed a tall blond man clutching his nose with popcorn on his hair and all around him.

“Luke?” You heard Cal ask wearily, walking out of his room rubbing his eyes.

“Luke?” You repeat, shock clearly ok your features.

“Yeah, hey Y/N! I live here too!” His brows were pulled together in pain, as anybody who takes a bowl to the face would be, but he also had an amused smile on his lips.

“I am so sorry! But you snuck up on me! You could have been a robber or murderer or who knows!” Was your only reply as you took in his features.

He was tall, a lot taller than you. His shoulders were wide and it was hard to tell if he was muscular through his oversized Nirvana shirt, but he had skinny jeans clad on his long legs, and converse on his feet.

There was a small scar on his bottom lip from where a lip ring used to be, on the same side you also had a lip ring.

His hair, that looked to be somewhat long was pulled back into a bun at the bottom of his head.

He was very attractive. Anybody could see that.

Your face immediately reddened at the internal revelation and you wanted nothing more than to clean the popcorn and run to your bedroom to hide.

Which is exactly what you did. You rushed around, dusting popcorn off of the tall boy and cleaning it from the floor before running to your bedroom and burrowing yourself under the covers in embarrassment.

The next morning, the house was practically empty. Ashton and Calum had a class, and as it was your day off, you slept in for a little bit. You thought you were alone so you moved to the kitchen to make breakfast, only to come face to back with a large figure standing at the stove.

“Morning,” he said, his voice gravely from sleep.

“Oh, hi!” You squawked, jumping slightly at the presence of Luke.

He simply turned and handed you a plate of pancakes and returned to his work at the stove.

“So, smallest Hood, I figured since you pelted me with a bowl last night and we haven’t gotten to know each other since you got here, that you could treat me to a coffee later today?”

He turned and you could see a subtle smirk on his face. Your face blushed at the question and you gaped, still in place and holding your pancakes.

“That is,” he continued, “unless you’re a Gryffindor. I could never date one of those.”

“Date?” You managed, confusion still evident on your face.

“Yeah. I’ve seen you a couple times on a Skype call with Calum and the guys but I was nervous to join them Incase I made Calum’s beautiful sister think I’m the dorkiest person ever, but then after she pelted me with popcorn I figured ‘what worse can happen’?”

You simply laughed at the idea of the attractive man in front of you being dorky.

You moved to the counter, taking a seat and cutting into your plate of food, “how could you be dorky? And I never saw you on the Skype calls!”

“I think anybody who spends literally any free time they have at a library would be regarded as a dork,” he laughed, and your cheeks reddened at the sound, “and I saw you a few times when I had gotten home, but never gotten in view of the camera.”

Your mind wanders back to Michael asking somebody named Lucifer how the outside world was, but Calum had told you it was their Golden Retriever.

I guess that kind of fits with the golden curls hanging from Luke’s head.

Instead of proving further, you figured there was only one thing you wanted at the very moment.

“So what time for coffee?”

A smile broadened on Luke’s face and you mirrored it.

[sage-nebula]

Wait, I'm confused about the whole Japanese naming thing...if it's [family name] [last name] then shouldn't Yuugi's name be written as Mutou Yuugi and not Yuugi Mutou? And why do the characters call him Yuugi and not Mutou but refer to each other as Jounouchi, Honda, Kaiba, etc.? Is it ever stated anywhere that Yuugi just prefers his first name? I'm hazy with the manga as a whole so if I'm missing something obvious let me know.

Yuugi’s name is indeed written as Mutou Yuugi in Japanese name order / the Japanese manga. =) In fact, a quick run through of all the characters’ names written in Japanese name order ( [Family Name] [Given  Name] ) is as follows:

Mutou Yuugi

Jounouchi Katsuya

Mazaki Anzu

Honda Hiroto

Bakura Ryou

Otogi Ryuuji

Kaiba Seto

Kaiba Mokuba

Kawai Shizuka

Kujaku Mai

Yes, that’s right—“Jounouchi” is Jounouchi’s family name, not his given name. His given name is Katsuya, though this is something that many western fans (understandably!) don’t catch.

As for how they refer to each other—how someone addresses someone else in Japanese (whether it’s by their family name, given name, with or without honorifics, et cetera) typically depends on the relationship they have with that person, as well as what that person is comfortable with. There are a lot of different nuances here, but I’ll try to keep this explanation as succinct and simple as I can! (And keep in mind, I’m also speaking of general relations in most cases. These can of course vary between individuals and relationships!)

So, first off—given names. Typically people only refer to each other by their given name if they’re very close, and by “very” close I mean family members, significant others, close friends who have that permission, et cetera. So for example, in “Cardcaptor Sakura” it’s a very big deal when Syaoran calls Sakura by her given name, and she asks him if it’s okay for her to call him “Syaoran-kun” instead of “Li-kun” in response. For her to do that without permission could be considered offensive or rude, because it would be insinuating that she is assuming a closer familiarity than what they actually have. (Of course, Syaoran gives her permission, so it’s all right for her to call him Syaoran-kun from that moment on. Everyone else, you’ll notice, still calls him Li-kun.) The level of emotional familiarity or intimacy in this case is also determined by honorifics. To use this same example, if Sakura started calling Syaoran simply “Syaoran” without the “-kun,” that would be implying another level of intimacy and closeness. When they get married, I expect she’ll drop the “-kun” and simply refer to him as “Syaoran” on the regular. But until then, it’s “Syaoran-kun,” to show that they’re very close friends (well, dating now), but also still keeping that level of … not respect, per se, but formality? Kind of? It’s a bit hard to explain, but “Syaoran-kun” is not as intimate here as “Syaoran” would be.

So to bring this back to YGO, most of the Japanese characters are referred to by their family names rather than their given names because they’re simply classmates with one another, and although most of them are close friends (Yuugi and Jounouchi have literally tried to die for one another on several occasions; you don’t get much closer than that), they either haven’t discussed switching to given names, they still don’t feel that they have the relationship upgrade to switch to given names, or both. So to use Jounouchi as an example:

Yuugi refers to him as “Jounouchi-kun” because they started out as classmates and are now best friends, but again, they either haven’t discussed + just don’t have the relationship upgrade (i.e. dating) for him to make the switch to Jounouchi’s given name. It would really stand out to others if he made the switch besides, given that no one else addresses Jounouchi as “Katsuya” (even Shizuka simply calls him “oniichan” most of the time when she’s around). Yuugi adds -kun to the end of Jounouchi’s name because he tends to have politer speech, and does this with pretty much everyone.

Anzu refers to Jounouchi as “Jounouchi” because she refers to pretty much all of her classmates by their family names (save Yuugi, but more on him in a minute). She does not add -kun to his name because the two of them did not get along at first, and as such she was a bit harsher / ruder toward him than she would be to others (e.g. I’d have to double-check, but I’m pretty sure she calls Bakura “Bakura-kun”). Leaving off the honorific like that is a bit rude / impolite, especially if it’s from a person who would generally use it, so it counts here. (Note: I’m not criticizing Anzu for this, before anyone gets defensive. She and Jounouchi held mutual dislike for each other at first. Their relationship is beautiful and I’m not saying otherwise.) As for why she never added it later, I’d say it’s simply habit for her to refer to him as “Jounouchi” alone, and it’s not like he cares, anyway.

Honda refers to Jounouchi as “Jounouchi” because he doesn’t use honorifics for anyone, period. They’ve been friends since middle school, but again, it’s common to refer to someone by family name, Honda doesn’t use honorifics anyway, and they don’t have the relationship upgrade to necessitate given name usage (which again, would cause attention). Hence, simply “Jounouchi.”

Bakura refers to Jounouchi as “Jounouchi-kun” because, like Yuugi, he uses polite speech, sees Jounouchi as a friend and classmate, et cetera.

Otogi refers to him simply as “Jounouchi.” I believe he sometimes adds -kun on to be patronizing when he’s first introduced (as honorifics can also be used mockingly; Jounouchi mockingly refers to Malik’s split personality as “Malik-chan” in this way once, and it’s beautiful), but for the most part I believe he simply leaves off honorifics as well. It’s a tough guy thing. But I did just double check his first chapter in my scans of the Japanese raws and saw him refer to Jounouchi as simply “Jounouchi,” so I think he typically leaves off honorifics as well.

When Kaiba deigns to use Jounouchi’s actual name, it’s simply “Jounouchi.” He does not like, nor respect, Jounouchi, and so it’s rare he even gets that far, but yeah. Definitely no honorifics to be seen here.

Interestingly, Hanasaki refers to Jounouchi as “Jounouchi-san,” a sign of respect, during their phone call in Death-T, when Hanasaki was keeping on eye at Sugoroku in the hospital. This puzzles me a little, but it might have something to do with Hanasaki’s timid personality, which makes him even more polite than the standard Domino High student.

And so on and so forth, you get the idea. So for most of the characters it’s [Family Name], and sometimes [Family Name]-[honorific], but generally they just refer to each other by their family name because that’s how it’s done in Japan. So it’s not at all odd that most of the characters refer to Jounouchi as such.

As far as Yuugi, that’s never directly explained. Best I can tell, the Doylist reason is probably because Takahashi wanted Yuugi’s name to be said as much as possible, given that Yuugi’s name directly translates to “game” and thus was chosen as a meaningful name. A Watsonian explanation could be a number of things:

Yuugi has known Anzu since childhood, so it’s incredibly possible that he gave her permission to call him by his given name ages ago, particularly since he has a crush on her in canon. Likewise, I could see him asking her if it’s okay if he simply calls her “Anzu,” and she probably said yes since she doesn’t seem to care when people call her by her given name. (Jounouchi and Honda do call her “Mazaki” in the first chapter, but switch to using her given name after that, even before they’re all on decidedly friendly terms with each other. This could also be their way of being rude at first (again, assumed familiarity), but if Anzu minded she would have called them on it, and she never does. Thus, we can infer that Anzu really doesn’t care if others use her given name or not, despite the cultural boundary that usually prevents that. Again, it can vary from individual to individual.)

Others could simply call Yuugi by his given name because they don’t respect him / don’t care if it upsets him or not, i.e. they’re being rude. But Yuugi, like Anzu, doesn’t seem to really care if that’s the case.

Or it could be that Yuugi gave his friends permission to use his given name off-page. That doesn’t explain the antagonists and enemies who also use it, but it’s possible.

Regardless of why others do or don’t, it’s highly probable that Yuugi, like Anzu, just doesn’t care.

On that note, the women in the series generally are addressed by their given names, though typically with honorifics. Anzu pretty much never has honorifics used for her name (I do think Sugoroku addressed her as “Anzu-chan” in the first chapter), but Mai is typically addressed as “Mai-san” rather than “Kujaku-san,” or simply “Mai” by those who don’t use honorifics (e.g. Jounouchi, Honda, et cetera). Shizuka, too, is usually called “Shizuka-chan” by the characters given that she’s younger than all of them, with the exception of Jounouchi; as her brother, he’s allowed to simply call her “Shizuka.” They have that familiarity given that they’re family. 

I feel like this is something of a confusing mess of an explanation, and I’m sorry if it is! If you want anything clarified / cleared up, please feel free to ask, especially if you want to know why Character A refers to Character B a certain way, et cetera. But just as a general summation:

It’s standard to refer to classmates, friends, et cetera by their Family Name unless given permission to do otherwise.

Honorifics have different meanings (e.g. -san is more polite than -kun), and are usually polite, but can be used mockingly / to patronize as well. (Tone, context, et cetera usually determines this.)

Leaving off honorifics isn’t always impolite; really it denotes closeness, which can be rude if that closeness does not actually exist, but can also be genuine and sincere.

Like I said before, there’s a lot of nuance, but if you want further clarification just feel free to ask, and I’ll do my best to explain. ^^