#i love those dumb boys

[grezzirossi]

My Bg3 Party with the cutest barbarian and 3 pathetic guys.

[wow-sofa-art]

Happy pride month.

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[camellcat]

first xander brought her back with human breath and determination... then willow with supernatural power and love.... smth smth two halves to keep their third in balance from drifting too far into either side and losing herself.....

[oceanwithouthermoon]

okay nobody cared about this post about saiki kusuo and anzu hoshino being literally the same person but i cant stop thinking about how right i was

[blondepw]

okay so i did just realize patrick singing lets hear it for americas in the background of the end of ab/ap is an americas suitehearts reference

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

silly guys that make me lose followers on tumblr dot com

[dreaming-hibi]

To be fair to Tsuna he doesn’t seem very knowledgeable in English and for all he knows there could be a lot of foreigners with the name Reborn lmao

It’s surprising that he even knows how to pronounce the word “reborn”

[pinkyjulien]

🟨 Just call me [V]

[hillbroski]

HAVING CELEBRITY CRUSHES IS OUT!!!!!!!HAVING CRUSHING CELEBRITY GENDER ENVY IS IN:

Example 1: Maneskin lead singer Damiano David

Example 2: Hozier

Example 3: Kurtis Conner (he counts)

FEEL FREE TO ADD ON (TRANS GIRLS WELCOME TOO<3)

[circumference-pie]

Wordplay in Xie Wanqing's fate poem

One of the things that confused me most in Love Between Fairy and Devil is why our protagonists insist that Xiao Run has to be the destined lover and murderer of Xie Wanqing, when the English subtitles only say she has to die at the hands of her "beloved," which could be Dongfang Qingcang, right??? Easy! Why do they lose all hope when Xiao Run doesn't follow their plans?

The TL;DR is that there's a bit of ambiguity in Xie Wanqing's fate poem, and xiao-Lanhua and co. interpreted it a little too literally, while the Netflix subs gave us the more abstract meaning.

Here is the crucial line, according to Netflix subs:

Then she meets her beloved who understands her well

In Chinese, it is

偏逢萧郎解语人 pian feng xiao lang jieyu ren

In particular, the two characters 萧郎 or Xiao-lang, superficially mean "a man whose surname is Xiao," the same Xiao character as in Xiao Run. This line could conceivably mean, "Then she meets Mr. Xiao, who understands her well," which is how xiao-Lanhua and friends interpreted it.

However, if you search for Xie Wanqing's fate poem on the web, you'll find lots of posts in Chinese explaining that 萧郎/Xiao-lang is actually a poetic way to indicate a woman's beloved. It has origins in multiple historical figures surnamed Xiao, but the definitive usage is in a poem by Tang-dynasty poet Cui Jiao, in which he laments that his lover, a maid, was purchased by another man, and alludes to himself as Xiao-lang [See https://www.gushiwen.cn/mingju_576.aspx]. Hence "Xiao-lang" became a way to refer to the person a woman loves. And as we see later in the show, the Netflix subs are actually right in interpreting "Xiao-lang" as "beloved," and not an actual person named Xiao.

To draw an English parallel, I think it's a bit as if the poem had mentioned a person named Romeo, and there just happened to be a guy named Romeo in the vicinity. I, as a viewer with a modicum of English literary education, know that "Romeo" can be a general epithet for a loverboy, but a thousands-years-old immortal with no connections to the human world might not.

That's not the end of the wordplay in the fate poem, though it is the most important. Here are some small things I found on the rest of the lines:

半世锦绣半世尘 ban shi jinxiu ban shi chen Mine: Half a lifetime of splendor, half of dust Netflix: Half a lifetime of glory, half a lifetime of dust Notes: The word 风尘, meaning prostitution, literally breaks down into "wind-dust," and the 尘 (dust) in the poem probably alludes to this, according to https://www.douban.com/group/topic/273507772/?_i=8820568QDrpMtA.

一舞惊鸿倾鹿城 yi wu jinghong qing lucheng Mine: The elegance of a beautiful dance overwhelms Lucheng Netflix: A magnificent dance stunned the whole Lucheng

韶华等闲随烟柳 shaohua dengxian sui yanliu Mine: A beautiful spring thoughtlessly follows the budding willows Netflix: Her beauty is just like the willow's Notes: https://www.douban.com/group/topic/273507772/?_i=8817957xu4lIgj suggests that this means Xie Wanqing is unhappy with her life and fate despite her status as Lucheng's number-one courtesan. https://edu.iask.sina.com.cn/bdjx/6fnw1wJF5xw.html explains that 烟柳 yanliu refers to the time when willow trees are covered in tender budding leaves that are not yet green, giving them the appearance of being shrouded in smoke.

凭栏元夜闻笛声 pinglan yuanye wen di sheng Mine: Leaning on the railing, she hears a flute on the night of the Lantern Festival Netflix: She hears the flute on the night of the Lantern Festival

断肠几欲飞仙去 duanchang jiyu fei xian qu Mine: Grief-stricken, she almost flies to the heavens Netflix: She is heartbroken and wants to end her life Notes: 仙去 is a poetic or figurative way to say someone dies, but also literally means "goes to the fairy realm," a nod to Xie Wanqing's real identity as the fairy God of War.

偏逢萧郎解语人 pian feng xiao lang jieyu ren Mine: Unexpectedly, she meets a man surnamed Xiao who understands her Netflix: Then she meets her beloved who understands her well Notes: Discussed above.

缘定花朝丝萝梦 yuan ding huazhao siluo meng Mine: Fate ordains a dream of marriage on the second month's fifteenth day Netflix: They are destined to be together

红烛剑影断芳魂 hong zhu jian ying duan fanghun Mine: The shadow of the sword in the light of the celebratory red candle cuts the young woman's soul short. Netflix: Her husband kills her on the wedding night Notes: https://www.douban.com/group/topic/273293366/?_i=8819367xu4lIgj agrees with me that this does not necessarily mean the groom will be the killer.

[wool-string]

Nakano being portrayed as a clumsy idiot in the anime really sucks because he’s really more than that.

If anything I realized that for someone with such dumb luck, he is actually quite dexterous!

I mean, him saving Akiyama from Tanaka in a spur of the moment and then getting away quickly. Even Tanaka had to comment on how fast he was!

His entire suit encounter. He was dodging multiple shots and skilled hit men chasing him down and if that’s not badass idk what is. Sure he looked a bit clumsy as he did so, but he was doing it. And he still managed to try to keep Hirasawa safe.

His chase with Kei also shows how quick he thinks, though it’s not always right. But I think what mostly threw him off with the Kei fight was his hesitation. Tbf that would throw anyone off tho lol

And then BOTH car chases where he managed to get them where needed even with cop cars chasing or crowds of people around

His skill is literally running away but he’s too stubborn to do so completely from the fight. He keeps pushing forward and yk I love him for that.

[ace-avian]

yes yes yes! give me any my inner demons hcs :D

Heheheheh >:D

- Ava and Rahl actually get along and become good friends, Ava actually learning some daemos techniques. They’re good for one another, surprisingly. Ava helping Rahl be closer to his emotions and Rahl helping Ava be a bit more of a fighter/protector

- Ava is Aph + Ein’s cousin. Idk why my brain likes this it’s just me I think

- Noi has always had a lack of magic/daemos powers, which is why he chose to be the one to open the portal. It got rid of his abilities but it made him feel useful

- Rhys enjoys libraries. The quiet, the history, it helps him if he gets overwhelmed

- There’s a lack of stars in the daemos realm. You can tell what is day and what is night, but it barely looks any different, and no night has stars.

- Adding onto the last point, the daemos enjoy nights on earth. Ava sits with them on the roof and shows them how to read constellations, about shooting stars etc.

- Ava and Asch have a very sibling-esque relationship

- Leif enjoys listening to music involving acoustic guitars. It’s a strange thing nobody tends to understand, but it reminds him of family long gone.

- Pierce has PTSD Dreams from being Asch’s general. When Ava first learned about them she took him to the roof and sat down to be company. Whenever they happen, he goes up there.

I love the daemos so much

[aq2003]

What do you think about the 2012 black and white much ado?

well

[cyberfunsupporter]

warren they could NEVER make me like you

[vampyrcain]

mfers who genuinely like ascended astarion have either never been in a toxic relationship

or maybe they just romanticize toxic relationships

probably both

[snowyfrostshadows]

It's all fun and games until it isn't