#i have the same but don't worry you have comics that are translated into english by fans

[ducklooney]

@quack-duck-comics has translations of Italian comics into English, so if you're interested, feel free to look there. @bitterlynsposts

IAM SOOO MADDDDD, WHY CANT I SPEAK ITALIAN. ITS SO UNFAIRRRRRRRRRR. Ill probably try to start learning italian just for duck comic (ノ´Д｀)ノ

I DESPERATELY NEED THEMMM, my stupid country dosen't have them WAHHHHHH.

(ignore me, im just being a crybaby)

[illym]

Hi, hello, if you like reading about localization choices be sure to check below the cut because I Had Fun Here (not being sarcastic. It was enjoyable learning about vinegar in Japan).

Translation Assistance: @masked-and-doomed + @solradguy

ID in alt.

Cleaned and original comics below the cut.

Specific Assistance:

@.masked-and-doomed: transcribed what I couldn't pick up.

@.solradguy: Verified the translation of what the npc was saying in panel 4, offered a line for it.

Fun fact: The Japanese department of a college all got together to work on this one.

I hated redrawing the back of Ky's head. I'm glad I was able to hide most of it behind the text (lol).

Anyway, let's get on with the localization (and process) discussion!

In the original text of this comic, Ky was drinking vinegar.

"But Illym," you ask, face twisted in confusion, "Huh? Who drinks vinegar as a drink for fun? Is the joke that being compared to Robo-Ky made him go mad and believe that vinegar is delicious? Did you change the joke? Why are you writing me to be so verbose?"

I'm a very verbose person. To answer the rest of your questions, here's what DeepL gave me when I put the transcript in.

[

npc:

Captain… it's only the body that gets soft from drinking vinegar.

ky:

I… This is for your health!

npc:

If you drink it without diluting it, you'll get a stomach ache.

]

At first, I assumed that DeepL has misinterpreted some other drink as vinegar, such as cider, sake, or general alcohol. In this example, even, it translated Ky as saying "For your health" when within context he should obviously be saying "For my health".

I went to [ https://jpdb.io/ ] to check the line. Lo and behold, it still translated as vinegar. Hm. By this point, I'm fairly sure it's a cultural thing that I'll have to localize, but I try to be thorough in these things as, again, I don't understand the language and rely on machine translation. I search up vinegar in English in jpdb and find the Japanese character there immediately. So it's obviously the same word, not a messy translation.

My next course of action is to look up "drinking vinegar japan".

To summarize, according to the articles/blog posts I read, the process of making vinegar is just adding an extra step to the process of making sake. After that, if it's to be drinking vinegar, it's blended with sweeteners such as honey or fruit.

It's an extremely old drink in Japan, and it's seen as a health drink there (along with, I assume, being pretty tasty). You should go read up on it yourself.

But in the western world, drinking vinegar is... Not a big thing. While I could leave it as is and just write a translators note explaining the drink, I decided that given that Ky is French and Japan has been exploded for ~100 years, it would be more lore accurate to have him drink something else. If it was Anji or Baiken, I would have left it.

Also, it's more enjoyable and easier to understand to make it ambiguously alcohol instead of requiring a 4 paragraph explanation.

So to localize, I removed mention of vinegar and made the joke into Ky drinking too much alcohol. The NPC's worries apply to alcohol as well as drinking vinegar (drinking it makes you soft, it affects your body poorly, drinking too much is Seen as bad for your health) so it made for the smoothest change.

As I write this, I'm debating whether to add a translators note between panels saying that the bottle reads 'vinegar'... It'll get people curious, at least!

Original translation of the comic below.

[flowerbloom-arts]

Hey, sorry if I'm repetitive but what do you think happened to the humans in the Moomin universe.

Absolutely do not worry about asking too many questions, I love answering them!!!

Humans in Moominland is a very interesting subject... In that they're a LOT less of a presence than even I thought they were.

Alot of people (including me) thought that when, in Moomins and the Great Flood, Moominmamma was talking about Moomins living behind huge stoves before the invention of central heating she was talking about humans' stoves.

But no.

She never uses the word human, she says people.

(...) In those days they lived together with the house-trolls in people’s houses, mostly behind their tall stoves. “Some of us still live there now, I’m sure,” said Moominmamma. “But only where people still have stoves, I mean. We’re not happy with central heating.”

“Did the people know we were there?” asked Moomintroll.

(...)

“[A Hattifattener is] a kind of little troll-creature,” explained Moominmamma. “They’re mostly invisible. Sometimes they can be found under people’s floors, and you can hear them pattering about in there when it’s quiet in the evenings. (...)

And it's not like "people" was used as a specific term in Moomins and the Great Flood, either, because we have instances like these;

“Thank you so awfully much,” said Moominmamma. “You must have invited quite a lot of people up here for sea-pudding, I should think.”

“Oh yes,” said the boy. “People from every corner of the world. Snufkins, Sea-ghosts, Little Creeps and Big Folk, Snorks and Hemulens. And the odd angler fish, too.”

(...)

The armchair bobbed slowly along towards a hill where a lot of people were running about, pulling their belongings out of the water.

(...)

“Well, well,” said the marabou stork, who was beginning to feel touched. “I think I had better put you down on dry land and try to rescue a few more before the sun goes down. It’s very pleasant, rescuing people.” And then he took them back to the shore while they all talked at the same time about all the dreadful things they had been through. All along the shore people had lit fires at which they were warming themselves and cooking food, for most had lost their homes.

So it could be that Moominmamma was just talking about living behind regular creatures' oversized stoves, like how the Moomin ancestor did in Moominland Midwinter, which is honestly a very silly image. And it's not like it'd be impossible - the Hemulen and the Marabou stork in Great Flood are absolutely massive compared to our main characters.

Marabou storks tend to be about 5 feet tall so relatively speaking, if we assume this stork is still the same size as he would be irl, then our main characters would be relatively mouse-sized.

However. Tove didn't seem to have committed to this concept, and more or less just retconned it out of canon. Since the cats in Moomins and the Great Flood are seemingly regular-sized relative to the Hemulen's chair;

But in the 1968 revision of Comet in Moominland including future adaptations of the story, Sniff's cat is regular-sized, and so are the cats that appear in the Moomin comic strip, like the one in Moominmamma's Maid.

(sorry for using a screenshot from the 90s movie adaptation, I couldn't find a book illustration since I don't have a PDF of the revised book, much less an illustration of Sniff and his cat next to eachother, if that exists. If anyone has a way to read the revision in English pleeease give it to me)

But that's just Moomins and the Great Flood, which practically functions as a "pilot episode" for the whole franchise; it set up the concepts but is not representative of the rest of the franchise and has alot of things that get retconned but not entirely removed for the rest of the series, it wasn't even translated into/published in English until 2012. What about the rest of the franchise?

Well, the only instance of the word "human" being used in the books is in Moominpappa at Sea, while Moominpappa talked about how stone-faced the Fisherman/Lighthouse Keeper has been for the whole book;

‘There’s something wrong with you that I can’t make out,’ Moominpappa said to himself. ‘You’re not a human being at all. You’re more like a plant or a shadow, just as if you’d never been born.’

Which implies either of two things; the LHK is human or human-adjacent, or human is a normal adjective in the world of Moomin aswell.

And the only instance of the word "human" in the comic strip (there could be another instance I'm forgetting, however I'm not talking about Lars' comics because I am kind of prioritizing Tove's intentions here) is in a conversation between Snorkmaiden and Mymble Jr in Moomin Winter Follies;

Which... Kind of implies Mr. Brisk is human, I think? It's hard to imagine but there it is, the one instance of the word human in the comics.

And that's like... The only thing we really have within the original medium of Moomin.

But Tove had also worked on other things first-hand, and one of them had actual human characters.

That being Mumintrollet (1969, nice), a live-action show primarily known for the body horror of the Moomins removing their heads to reveal human heads inside. But with that obviously inapplicable facet of the show aside, we have this guy, the main antagonist, the King;

This guy is an explicitly canon human (can't be 100% sure since the show hasn't been transcribed or translated from its original swedish but I'm close to sure), and he's about the same size as the Moomins (probably because of the nature of the show, kinda like the whole head thing and Little My's normal human size in the show, but ehhh)

And that's, like, it for the canonicity of humans in Moomin, everything else is questionable or vague or a bit bewildering.

Like, is King Jones from Moominpappa's Memoirs a human? Why is he so big? What's going on here???

But that's all up to speculation, even the examples of the instances of the word human I've shown doesn't totally prove the existence of humans as we know them in this world. Alot of the characters look human but aren't, and others aren't stated to be not human, there are some oversized things like Muddler's tin that don't get explained, but who knows, really.

In short, I don't think anything has exactly happened to humans. They're either living among Moominland's society like fellow creatures (heck, maybe even some of the characters we know are human) or they're like... Rare or extinct or didn't even truly exist in the first place.

It's one big "who knows?".

[savagewildnerness]

Slightly more complete thoughts on S2E3, No Pain…

Daniel’s list - he’s worried about his family… about their safety

Raglan James is so confusing.   I don't know what to make of it...He seemed so David Talbot-esque... so will David be mixed between Raglan and Daniel?  Or will he appear too?  And if he is a character drawn from other characters, will he have Raglan’s malice… because it certainly wasn’t evident in this episode…. In TTOTBT there is a clear aura of bad intent with Raglan and I didn’t feel that here

I thought the children of darkness set up was really effective.  Assad as Armand in this era was so great - jaded, depressed, hopeless.  In fact, I thought Assad was brilliant in the whole episode

Harlequin Lestat was so beautiful, and so elegant for an (Auguste!) clown!  But there as also a layer of triteness to the character and to Lestat’s view of acting it seemed that unnerved me.  Armand told it like Lestat was naturally charming, but acted only as he liked the attention. That’s NOT Lestat’s motivation.  And the comic nature of the character slightly undermined for me even Armand’s response to Lestat.  And I loved Armand’s covetous desirous looks to Lestat…. But you don’t need Lestat as a Harlequin displaying his bum, as if to Armand to make your point…. Though I enjoyed that at least they made it clear Lestat refused Armand (even if only at first from Armand’s telling…)

It’s the episode Lestat has so far been in the most, yet is also the first episode where no scene with him in made me cry... (Bad times in my life currently, admittedly)

I loved the use of French, but I found it frustrating how little of the French was subtitled. I want to know what people are saying!  I was not lucky enough to ever have been taught even a word of French in school so I have literally zero clue.  Like, *he whispers in French*... WHAT do they whisper?!  That is NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR ME!!!!  Can anyone help with the French text that wasn’t translated at all?

Although the bit in the theatre, I suppose having Lestat perform in French as Harlequin, but the mind-conversation take place in English made that clear… but I want to know the French text too!

I feel very weird and sad about Lestat meeting Nicolas when he's already a vampire (I know this is only Armand's telling, but I feel this fact will surely remain, due to Joseph's Nicki not looking like he could be the same age as Lestat… I suppose it is possible Lestat could still meet Nicolas as a mortal, but I don’t see any way Lestat can meet Nicki back in his home town) - I can only see it hugely lessening Nicolas' impact... but I guess maybe they want that for TV..?  My expectations shift for TVL there though as I thought they’d go big with the Nicolas and Louis parallels to add to the poignancy of those two relationships.  Instead, the parallel that was made by Armand was that both Nicolas and Claudia were not built for immortality….?

To expand on that - The Witches Place… if Lestat and Nicolas didn’t know each other as children what happens with that SUCH IMPORTANT element… perhaps Lestat will have been married for a while in his hometown in the TV show or something and there’ll be another character to get some of Nicki’s story… but it takes poignancy away from Nicolas and away from Louis in my opinion.  It also takes poignancy away from the wolf killer red cape which Lestat is wearing.  But Nicki is Lestat's first true love, the first person he converses with who he feels understands him and Lestat is snatched away from their shared bed in their shared abode by Magnus.... if Lestat doesn't meet Nicolas till he is 34 and already a vampire, that is SO different… in many more ways than I have included here... 

But I liked Joseph as Nicki, and joy of joy, the snippets of violin playing were convincing enough for me.  I was really worried about it, but nothing bothered me, albeit they obviously were very brief.

The Lestat Armand told us was far from the Lestat I know in most respects though. Lestat suggesting killing mortals on stage?! Lestat being romantic with Armand at all?  Doing it in front of Nicki? Even Harlequin-Lestat... the behind-curtain slaughter and the non-Lelio-ness of it... It’s just overwhelming how un-Lestat the whole thing is, making it hard to know what to feel.  It’s not like I hated or was sad by anything much other than Nicki… and I liked Nicki and enjoyed how he and Lestat were together… it’s more the implications of that Nicolas may be relegated to way more of a minor character…. With the amount Nicolas means to me, that makes me so sad (Don’t get me wrong: Loustat is endgame… I am not AT ALL a Nickistat is better than Loustat because absolutely NOT - I love Nicki for himself and for his impact on the formation and formative and mortal years of Lestat’s life!)

It's just different, of course, but it’s so much to take in…

I would have enjoyed Lestat in the coven except that the first time I saw that promo image I thought Lestat was holding a leg of meat on a platter and that it's Jesus on the cross just makes it all inappropriately hilarious to me now.

I know Lestat was trying to hide from Armand how concerned he was about Nicki, but I felt underlying feelings in similar scenes in S1 and I didn’t feel even underlying concern to the degree I expected here… just because it is Armand’s telling?

Also, Armand - you did NOT want your coven destroyed!

It’s hard to watch Armand’s fanfic simply because it is SO different that at some point all the differences feel like you’d need to literally retell the entire show!?  I just didn’t feel much of *hidden real Lestat* from these scenes, the way I *could* often feel in Louis’ telling.  But then, I suppose Louis is not intentionally lying, so it makes sense we’d feel more of the real Lestat than from Armand, who *is* intentionally telling a somewhat false version…????

BUT Assad is so good.  And may I say at this point, I love how Assad, Jacob and Sam are all brilliant at conjuring convincing chemistry with each other.  NOW ALL KISS TOGETHER AND I SHALL FORGIVE THE BOOK DISCREPANCIES hahahaha… I jest!

I felt so sad and sorry for Claudia, little flea :(.  Seeking belonging, only to be so tragically disappointed.  The way she imagines herself in Santiago’s role, but instead has to act a child for eternity - how horrific.

I'm also so aware of how in the book, Claudia immediately senses the danger she is in from the coven and from Armand and here it is so very different.  I don't know what to make of it.  Louis also seems to be considering leaving Claudia already anyway too, so his role in what happens feels a lot different too…

The wet room… Is Lestat locked up in there somewhere now?  In a burial vault?  Down with the rats and dead bodies?  The fact that we’ve been shown the cellar seems to suggest Lestat could be there somewhere, but I don’t know with the book changes whether Armand will lock Lestat up in the way he does in the books?  I feel all a bit at sea and like I am an idiot to expect to see book plot or book motivations in a way…???

LOL when Daniel is just distracted and kinda disinterested in hearing about Loumand!

I did LOVE where they went with the Louis-Dreamstat - kill me again and show me you love me the only way you know how though, MMMMM!  And the reveal of what Louis did to the mortal.  I think this was my favourite part of the episode in fact??  

I wonder whether this could hint at anything to be revealed about S1E5 at all???

Tortured Jacob-Louis is fabulous in this episode

Did Armand *really* ever consider killing Louis??!?!?!

I felt a bit sad I’d seen so much of Harlequin Lestat and dreamStat in trailers… I think it took away some of the impact in the episode.

It’s NOT that I disliked the episode… I thought the acting was brilliant and I really felt for Claudia in particular… but I also felt weirdly ambivalent.  Aside from Claudia’s scenes and the Dreamstat Louis-violence scene, I wasn’t sure what I felt about a lot of it… weird… I felt kind of weird about it I would say….

[killykstudio]

— GRIS Y AZUL miguel o’hara x fem!reader

First part!

Warnings : blood; injuries; depiction of panic attack; slightly smut; fluff; making out; politician; y/n use; fem!reader x Miguel o'hara; I'm not native English or Spanish speaker so forgive me for orthographic errors; Spanish sentences are translated.

Notes : Hi,everybody! Since we are all on the same boat for having brain rot on Miguel , I decided to write something myself.

I decided to give Y/N a different personality instead of the usual cute , shy, clumsy , kind and courageous one. I opted for a realistic one this Y/N isn't an empath, to honest a blasé, she is opportunistic, Machiavellian , manipulative and has a lot of personal problems that you will get to read. She obviously has also good traits : like being truthful at herself, caring towards the one she cares , witty and even though she is not an empath, she has her own sense of good and evil , of what must be done and can understand and adapt what others are feeling, even though she doesn't feel the same.

Also I decided for another job rather than the same barista, assistant or spider person: politician. Since Miguel has a conflictual emotion towards the richer members of Nueva York and a job like that adds more tension and more themes to explore.

For Miguel personality I will try my best to be faithful to comicbooks and part of the movie, since this take place before them.

I will explore their personalities more ,but don't worry there will be a lot of tension and smut.

Also the characters from the comic book will appear.

Anyway enjoy this first chapter!

Chapter One

It's another day in polluted and overpopulated Nueva York. The bright colors of the uppercity contrasting with the undercity's neon lights. Everybody is rushing towards their destination without even caring about others and themself. The only thing that matters is keep moving , keep producing, keep consuming.The " Estación Gran Central" is full of people all running towards different direction, like ants; on a wall there is a big screen projecting a lights over them. The screen is on channel 99, airing a special after the News about the last hot social topic, where two politicians from differet opposition share their view on the matter , obviously, as in this case , ends with a rather big discussion where no one listen and everybody screams as they have the truth in their hands.

You are slowing to watch the show taking places on the screen. A rather disgusted smirk paints on your face.

"What a circus" you murmur

TUN!

Without realizing your smirk is kissing the floor and you got stepped by the hasty citizens. Struggling to get yourself up. In the end you get back on your feet, hapless with fury and frustration written all over the face and head back to your destination, melting in the crowd.

'SS BROOKLYN ZONA' is lighting the sides of the train. You are already seated inside , trying in everyway to not thinking about the day that is gonna take place. Going to the parliament, smiling to everybody , trying to convince the opposition about a new decree, that you have been trying to apply for months ; get a fake 'yes' to face , but a 'no' during the votes; trying to avoid the stamp , who will analyze every single word you say ,only to bring you down, to be feasted to the pubblic ; talking with people you don't care , who don't care about you and your ideals; it seems like being on a stage , it looks like your job is being an actress 24/24h , when in reality you wanted truly chance something , create a city strong and united against other indipent city, not for some sense of unity , paece or empathy , but for prosperity of the economy, the sciences and the arts. Then it would come the evening, where you had to go out with other "colleagues" to talk about new strateges, new plans and how to overthrown the opposition to able to have the most of the seats in the upcoming election. Not only the arguments would most of the time swift towards more "shallow", conversations about everyday things, which you would love to interested in them , but you could never bring herself to like , as you felt some sort of shame when doing them: never left yourself some mental rest, always thought that you had to do something important, to leave a meaninful print in everything, to be important for meaningful reasons. Then the night wouldn't be mercyful: the heavy silence flooding your hears, almost painful , in your minimalist, empty, modest appartment. Loliness was such a torment, but also a sort of pleasure, since was the only moment where you were yourself , free of any social convention.

This was yesterday.

This was the day even before.

The day before before

The other day.

The last week.

The last moth.

The last year.

The last 25 years.

This is gonna be the today.

CRASH!

At least it's what you thought, not what the universe had in plan for you.

The train stops abruptly. A voice from the speaker speak after a jingle :" Dear passenger we inform you that the train has stopped due to en emergency on the surface. Please remain calm and wait for further instructions".

"Finally a good day" you think to yourself. You signed , leaning your head to the window, which showed the dark of the tunnel, closed your eyes and relaxed. Meanwhile other passengers start screaming, panicking and trying to overcome their anxiety. You are in a total state of total bliss , you feel like outside of space and time, in another dimension ,in another reality , where anything mattered.

Until you get brougth back to reality to the sudden sped the train started moving. The acceleration keeps growing. Some passengers fall on the floor, others have to hold on to the handles or at the walls. You were leaning against the seat , with wide eyes and a confused expression. Outside the window change color from black to the bright light blue of the sky. There you see that all the city is under attack: most of the cars are out of control , the traffic light went crazy , the skyscrapes windows are blinking from the lights inside, all the mobiles the gizmos ,all kind of technology was out. It's a disaster.The same jingle as before ring in the train :" Dear passengers ,please remain calm, we arent gonna do anymore intermediate stops, we are going to get to destination in time".

"Hell with that!"

"What is going on?!"

"We are gonna die, isn't it?!"

"Go fuck yyourself"

"Fuck you NYLine"

Everybody is going nuts: panic and confusion is in the air

"Breath and stay calm" you thought, panic isn't a good idea, now you have to process what is going on. In total tranquility you get up and go to the real of the train , fearing that the train is gonna collide against another one, this was clearly a technical issue or a terroristic attack. When you almost get there, abruptly the train stops and you fly against the wall. When you open your eyes , your head was , blood started running from your nose, vision blurred and a ring is in your hears. It isn't in your head, it's the speaker ,who got stuck.

Then another jingle:

"Dear passenger we inform you that-

TUN!

A hand appears on the window near you ,making you jump from the sound , your blood freezes.

You turn your head and see

"SPIDERMAN OH MY GOD"

"MIO DIO GRAZIE AL CIELO"

"तब हम बच जाते हैं"

"¡DIOS MIO!"

You look at him with shock from everything that is happening

He reciprocate your look, then he goes on the roof and starts running towards the front.

After some seconds another jingle rkng :" dear passengers" the voice is different, it was more deep, smooth, almost sensual. In a calm , formal tone continues: " We inform you that Spider-Man is here to save the day and I just covered the train with webs,which leads to the ground. Usa the emergency hammers, shatter the windows ,get out immediately and search a safe space!"

Everbody start doing what he said. In a matter of time you are on the ground ,out of train, still dizzy from everything. As you find a safe place in shop near among other citizens, waiting for clearer istructions ,your mind starts running super quickly, maybe is all the adrenaline in your veins or maybe all the panic repressed before. A stale thought catch your attention :" god it must be so thrilling to be spiderman"

"All the things I would do, all the adventure, all the drama , all the handsome men, the perfect body , I could punch and threaten everbody I want , I could be able to get my decree approved with such easy, I could impose oder and peace"

"Y/N!" Your megalomaniac thoughts get interrupted by an old woman's voice. You turn to see the head of the opposition, Clara Conte.

"Happy to see a familiar face in this see of strangers"

You nooded as Conte got near you.

"This is such a tragedy... This is gonna be on the mouths of everybody for months"

"Who do you think is gonna get all the fingers pointed at for this hell?" You ask with a slight smirk of amusement.

"Mmm" Conte slightly smiles, rubbing a finger under her chin. " Probably the CEO FastNet "

"really?" your brow raise s.

"Yeah"

"Not the Web police?!"

"Nah"

"Well" you are quite suprised by her affermation.

"Whoever is gonna get the guilt , is gonna be executed by the media and popular thought"

Silence falls between the you two, Conte is still rubbing her finger, untill she speakes again

"Wanna bet 20$?"

"50$"

"Alright, you are pretty confident of your prevision"

Suddenly all the technology go back to working. A cacophonic symphony of notifications from all the cellphone in the room erupts. Conte and you watch their respective mobile. You then look at her.

"I just use logic and my m-

Out of nowhere a tentacles breaks through the shop window and grabs Clara Conte. She gets abrupted from the shop. You watched with horror as the woman is asking for help until she dissappers from the street. Your look of horror transformed into one unfazed.

"What a pity" you think scarcastically.

A drone of the stamp passes by.

You glow.

"Fuck, they saw me. She is gonna use this situation to play the victim with the electors and paint me as the coward who remained still. Fuck, fuck , fuck".

You get up and run to the direction they went , thinking about something helpful to do to feed a good image to the media.

"So tentacles... It must Octo...what does he want this time? Money? Vegeance? Chaos? Meh..."

Octo from the 2099 universe is a famous doctor, who after acknowledging to have cancer, tried to cure himself, but ended up messing his dna, becoming a monstrosity half octopus half human.

You stopped in front of the parliament where there is a cortina of policeman , army. Octo is inside.

You walk through the barrier of officers with a fake courageous look. You start talking with them about the situation.

When they finish sharing all the infomation they have , you come to the conclusion that they will not interview soon, since they are waiting for upper commands and they seem rather tired from all the work they had today and uninterested to help one single person, when the city was still recovering from the disaster. Thanks to your position, you get a permission to enter alone the building, taking ,before ,a laser gun from one of the man. They try to persuade you to not enter , but they can't bring themself care to the point to actually stop you. During your entrance you were being recorded by the stamp drones ,which where all around the building.

"This is gonna be helpful for the next elections" you try to a hide a smile to look as professional as possible.

The parliament was dark and empty , only scattered furniture all around the halls.

Two voices echo through a hall.

You follow them.

Without being noticed , stalk the two, who were talking: Conte was being still being hold by one of the tentacle meanwhile Dr.Octopus is searching for something on electronic papers.

"What's the password of this one Minister?"

....

Conte doesn't respond. He shakes her.

"W-h-a-t-a-t-h-e-p-a-s-s-w-o-r-d"

Conte scared shares the information and he getd the access to some of private governments papers and starts searching for the one, he is interested in.

You are moving slowly towards the two behind without making a noise.

TU DUN!

the sound of metal hits the ground. You stopped, shocked:

You didn't made fall anything.

Dr.Octopis starts analysing the room, in the search

Then a frying sound hits him from behind.

He gets shot by laser in the head.

It was you.

Then another shot goes through him, this time it cuts the tentacle that is holding the woman.

She fall on the ground. You go to give her hand to get out.

You feel the Doc behid you.Unfortunately for you the first shot only pierced Octo left ear.

"Fuck , fuck ,fuck , why do i make this stupid decisions?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Only for some good images of me trying to be heroic?! Why I am so stupid?! Everytime a do domething it twist itself on me ?! God I want to die , but like I don't want to die!!?????" You are trying to not hyperventilate , to act calm and resoluted , but your hands are betraying you, shaking meanwhile you are trying to take the gun. Quickly soon a tentacle storms against you.

You pushs Conte to the right and yourself to left, avoiding to be caught.

On the ground you get your weapon recalibrate it to shoot him again. He is running towards conte to grab her again.

This time he wouldn't be merciful, he doesn't need her anymore since he got the password to the computer.

You aren't ready to shoot, you are sweting, shaking frenetically, making all more difficult.

BAM!

A huge piece of Concrete hits DocOct and Conte is quickly grabbed by a neon orange web.

It was Spiderman.

In the shadow his suit glows with red hints.

"Follow me!" He shouts to you.

Clusmly you start movimg towards him. He shoots another web to grab and push you against his chest.

"Quickly" he adds with arrogance. You go from being impressed and fascinated to annoyed and unimpressed.

You are running towards the halls. Conte is being held under his arm trapped in the web.

All is going fine , till you gets strangled by a tentacle and pushed back to the dark of the building

"YOU!" Octo screams.

You couldn't even shout for help.

" ¡Mierda!" Spiderman exclamates.

He sprints outside leaving Conte to the paramedics , ready to storm inside to help you, till all officers points their guns towards him.

"STOP DON'T MOVE"

"¡Estas pendejo !" Spidey murmurs to himself , bringing his hands to the air.

"YOU ARE UNDER ARREST"

" So you can't arrest the actual criminal and decide to compesante by taking in the only one who is doing something?!"

"SHUT UP AND DON'T MOVE"

"just because we both have bizzare animal themed powers, doesn't mean we are part of a company together, you follow? Or you would make part of it too , since you are pigs wit-" before he could finish, they start shooting at him.

Thanks to his agility he avoids all the bullets. In that right moment Octo flies from from the crystal celling of the main room ,holding you in one of his tentacle.

Pieces of glass decored the sky as confetti.

He throws some granade. All the presents starts fleeing the scene to get cover.

Spiderman incredulous of himself helps them anyway to not get hurt from the debris.

After he looked at the you, who looked like you already accepted your fate.

Octo on the other tentacles has grabbed some computers,

He starts moving quickly away from the scene.

Spiderman follows and reachs him.

OUCH!

A punch hits the criminal face, making the criminal fly against a building. When he recovered he feels a burning sensatuon running in his veins, thus realition hits : on one of his tentacles were bitten by Spiderman , injecting him with paralyzing venom. His eyes widen and he gathers all his remaning strength, before the venom could hit completely. Unfortunately it wasn't enough: another streak of punches and kicks got him out.

Spidey pulls out his blades from his forearm and slices the tentacles, being rewarded by a scream from the Doctor, who starts losing his senses,until he meets his destiny to the ground.

You watch this scene surprised: you knew the officers wouldn't do much to save you as they did with Conte, you already submitted yourself to the consequences of your action.

Death by stupidity, by fake heroism , it is what would be on your cause of death. Spidey manages to free and hug you to swing away from the scene.

You are in a total state of disbelief. Your arms are locked around his neck , his hand is grabbing your butt, with gentleness and your face is dig in his collabrone. You could smell his strong scent, a mixture of sweat and cologne , it is so mesmerizing.

Now you feel safe and relax . The wind in your hair , the softness of this man , his warmth , his scent , his breathing, the beating of his heart.

You never felt like this, in peace with the world, then everything comes immediately to an end , when the adrenaline stopped pumping through your veins and all the emotions you had repressed, exploded out.

"Please DON'T MAKE FALL" you screams panicked

"Why would I do ?! I didn't save you to male you fall on the ground?!?!"

You tighten your hug

" ¡Relájate Nena!" (Relax ,baby)

"I SPEAK ENGLISH"

"you don't speak Spanish?!? AND LIVE IN NUEVA YORK?!"

"I've never learned its to diffic- STOP IM SLIPPING"

"YOU AREN'T!STAY CALM!"

You start crying without realizing over his shoulder.

He notices and feels bad , everything you went through today must had you destroyed your nerves with fear and anxiety.

"Ey ey ey , why are crying?! In this right moment you being saved by the most beautiful man in whole NY"

You slightly chuckle at his comment, making you feel better.

"Yeah , you say that based what"

"On the people who saw me"

"But you always wear a mask!"

"It's because I'm too handsome , it would kill everybody ,who sees my face of envy "

"Then why don't you use it as a weapon against all your enemies"

"Because do you think its fair to make admire such a magnificent face to those bastards?! They don't deserve such privilege"

"Then I can get suche privilege?"

"Sorry but to take it off, i will have to use my hand"

"So?"

"Okay , you can choose between the one that is helding you and the one that shoots the webs"

You rolle your eyes to your stupidity.

" I can use mine" You start moving slowly you hands up ,from his neck to the sides of his cheeks

"Sorry, but you can't, it's Company policy"

You started chuckling harder.

Before you could do anything else, the hand under your butt left you and you fell down.

You scream.

A web engulfes you

Your face just stopped in time a few centimeters from hitting the ground: caught upside-down like a prey. Adrenaline started again flowing in your veins. Your heavy beath jumping againt the floor.

"I saved you three times today : one from that creep , two from your disobedience ,three from my beauty "

He frees her from the webs, making you fall on your knees and immediately you stands up, adjusting yourself.

"Here take it , for the turbulence"

Before your could meet his gaze , 50$ bucks appeared on your hand and he swings away.

You look at him disappearing im the chaos of the city with blown eyes , you still have to reconnect everything that happened.

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The night had fallen on the city bright colored lights decored the skyline. Everything almost got back to before. Now the sounds of chaos were gone.

Your appartament is quiet and covered in dark, the only lights are the one from the outside. You had fallen asleep immediately after you came back from the mess of today, still dressed; blood,dust and sweat stained all over you . You didn't care your brain literally went blackout the Moment you touched the fresh sheets of your bed.

Your phone is full of missed calls and not-read message.

The peace in the apartment gets interrupted by a sound of an opening window from the living room. Step by step someone is heading towards your bedroom. Your door opens slightly and a black silhouette of a man comes inside

You didn't wake up at any of this.

The man gets on bed on his knees, nearing himself to you.

"Por nena! ha sido un día difícil" ( poor ,baby , it has been a difficult day?) the men whispered in your left hear as you are laid on one side.

"Mmm" you get awake by the warmth of his breath on your neck , which sends a shimmer in your back.

"Necesitas relajarte" ( you have to relax) with a hand he grabs your shoulder and pushes you on back violently .

You gasp and your breath speeds up.

You are still a little bit asleep and weaken from the fatigue of the day.

He puts his hands on both you shoulders , chaging you between his arms : he was huge, he completely covered you with his broad should and chest.

You narrowed your eyes to focus who he was

"spiderm-" before you could finish your sentence he lifted his mask till up his nose and kissed you passionately.

At first your eyes were wide by the shock , then you relaxed and melted by his soft lips.He wrapped them around your bottom, breathy groans easily escaping him, as he pulled you impossibly closer. His heart was beating on overdrive, nearly at a concerning tempo as he lapped at your mouth.

He eventually pulls away and you find yourselves both panting slightly from the exchange.Your hands go to the back of his head and you pull him in to kiss him again, more deeply this time but just as passionately. He quickly and easily matches your kiss, and soon you find him leading as you let yourself become completely vulnerable to him, nearly losing yourself to him. He ends the kiss again, pulling away, heavy breaths leaving his mouth.

"Déjame ayudarte" (let me help you) He said softly smirking.

TO BE CONTINUED

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Thanks for reading till the end , I hope you enjoyed it and be ready soon for the next chapter!

[systematicallycapricious]

I'm a bit late to the party, but I recently got the first volume of the English P4U2 manga!

I am absolutely geeking out over comparing the Jap, Eng, and fan-Eng versions, so if anyone has any pages or panels they want to see side-by-side across the three, let me know and I'll make a post for you! I can't do the entirety of the book of course, but I can do a few pages at least.

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(Below the cut is my initial opinion on the quality of the translation work, some comparisons between various details of the Jap volume and the Eng volume, and some more manga page side-by-sides.)

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As for my impression of the translation work so far... To me, it feels like the translator was trying to preserve more of the original Japanese language/culture than Eng-P4AU chose to? Not in every instance though, as there's definitely cases where vernacular translations are utilized instead of literal. But where more literal translations are favored, the wording can feel a little awkward or OOC in English.

Even still, it's a pretty cohesive reading experience, in my opinion.

Also, they translated "Plume of Dusk" correctly, which is a relief. I was worried that some of the technical lore terms might get bungled by literal translations, lol. Conversely, while I'm glad that they didn't preserve Jap-Teddie's "-kuma" habit, and happy that they included a few bear puns in accordance to Eng-Teddie's speech habits, I do lament the low quantity and diversity of bear puns in Teddie's speech overall. Maybe there just wasn't a lot of good places for those in this volume though, so I'll have to see going forth.

Oh- and I noticed that some of the background signs and text got translations as well, which I think is really neat. (I don't read enough manga to know if that's just a standard feature of manga translations though, lol.)

Granted, this is just my first-read first impression, and I don't know enough Japanese to know if some lines may be translated less accurately or not. Plus, I tend to be on the lenient side when judging the quality of creative works. So please refer to other opinions as well if you're trying to decide the quality of the translation for yourself!

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Fun fact: the Eng version was printed bigger than the Jap version (at least for the Jap volumes I have; no clue if they printed those at multiple sizes).

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Also something cool about the Eng version is that it comes with the same color illustrations as the Jap version had, just sized-up. The exclusive edition also comes with a bonus fold-out poster of the original volume cover!

The end-of-volume artist/editor comic was included as well! I'm personally very glad to finally know what this comic says. My respect for Rokuro-san and Sakamaguro-san (the fish) as creatives has grown even further.

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Here's a few other page comparisons too because I found them interesting. xP

(If you wanna see the fan-Eng in higher quality than the screengrabs I used, you can find it on Mangadex [here].)

[stackthedeck]

20 questions for fic writers Thank you @babblingflowers for the tag!!

How many works do you have on ao3?

45 minus the podfic which i don't count but maybe I should

what's your total ao3 word count?

308,676

3.What fandoms do you write for?

writing now mostly marvel comics specifically fantastic four and spider-man but before that it was that weird soup of marvel where it's both the comics movies and shows blended into a beautiful mess

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Getting together for the kids, space boys, one little slip, what's mine is ours, let's see how far you've come

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I used to be really good about it, but in the same way I get overwhelmed by responding to online messages comments have been a lot but I still love them so much! I always respond if it's a recent fic and I swear I will reply to the 60 in my inbox soon

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending

either "put me together and take me apart" because it ends with Matt and Peter breaking up because they're still grieving their exes but it feels so much less sad because they get back together in the sequel.. Or "ignorance is bliss" because Jon (tma) forgets Martin exists

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

One little slip, Johnny and Peter get together and go to a premier as the human torch and spider-man

Do you get hate on fics?

Not on any that are currently up...

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yeah, it's been very gender queer lately idk what that means but smut has just become a vessel to display the beauty of queer bodies recently

Do you write crossovers?

not anymore, but my second most popular fic is one so...

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not to my knowledge

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yeah I had a good omens fic translated into russian it was good old fashion lover boy

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no but I'm trying to cyberbully one of my friends into co-writing one with me (Ash if you're seeing this, we've gotta do it)

What's your all-time favorite ship?

All time is hard it's gotta be Percabeth but like currently it's parksborn

What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I will finish them it'll happen I swear to god it will, don't look at the parksborn divorce fic I promise it'll update one day

What are your writing strengths?

I think what I have up currently on ao3 has really good dialogue but in my current wips I'm really vibing with like I guess internal thoughts, they feel in character but not it's not so much information that it feels like telling instead of showing

What are your writing weaknesses?

schedules, discipline, finishing anything, my pacing is a little weird at times and I'm always worried about "he would not fucking say that"

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I don't because I don't know any languages other than English, I'd reach out to someone that actually spoke the language but the reader would probably just google translate it and that'd take them out of the story and the translation wouldn't be good but I guess I could do a footnote. Idk I haven't found a story that has use for it yet

First fandom you wrote for?

Why couldn't it have been the first fandom I read for? ...it was Hamilton, I'm not happy about it either

Favorite fic you've written?

either the parksborn divorce fic because of an unpublished scene or it's you, it's always been you because of the spideypool fight. I think I just love reading couples fighting where they go for the throat (metaphorically if not also physically)

guess I've gotta tag people @evilwickedme @waterme-stories @seek--rest and all the other lovely writer mutuals who I'm forgetting

[centrally-unplanned]

Lets talk about the Jimbocho book haul! This was a vacation, not a research trip or anything, so I didn't have set goals - instead I just explored and found things that looked interesting or were attached to my interests and seemed “cool” to own. And that strategy worked surprisingly well:

I will as always highlight just a few of them - if you want me to deep dive one of them, shoot me a message. First up we have the "Erotic Newspaper '97 Highlights", a completely-out-of-nowhere find.

Which right out the gate, really pushing my limits here on the "getting banned" front; I don't even know the rules anymore. Made by the circle 児童販売鬼/Juvenile Sales Demon (!), it is this style of “doujin omnibus” that was decently common in the earlier areas and is sometimes still made today; blending essays, personal rants, art, and full comics, often even on to the same page. And of course, this is about ero-doujin, so that blend gets pretty intense sometimes!

But as an “anime fandom “ researcher documents like these are absolute gold mines. The opening page discusses the late 90’s “bubble” in ero-doujin publications, possible legislative action against hentai being discussed that everyone is worried about, and even has that classic otaku identity tic of politicizing their own identity, mentioning a “Rights for Eromanga!” slogan going around (which it cautions against). It seems like a great biased-but-expansive view of the state-of-play in eromanga circles at the time, which few other documents can give you. Primary sources, baby.

Additionally, amoung its topics it has some sections about Evangelion:

And even a section on Utena:

Yeah that entire bottom corner's just... it just has got to go. I am unsure if this is something I will ever scan - its really niche, and being a porn archivist is not really my goal. But I hope to do a full read and post a summary someday.

Next up in a similar vein, I have a copy of Fanroad Magazine from 1996!

Fanroad Magazine was similar to the Comic Box magazine I have discussed before, in that it collected art & essays from fans about the shows of the day and gave them a place for their voice to be heard. Before the internet this was the only real way to do that en masse; by the 2000’s these magazines would almost all die out as social media replaced them. Fanroad was one of the most popular, having highly structured sections, detailed questionnaires for submitters, in-jokes, the works. And of course this edition was a bit of a targeted buy, as the cover surely gives away - Fanroad released a few issues focused on Evangelion, and this is one of them:

I might scan this one, but first I will give it a read and see how interesting the takes are - it had so much cute fan art though, valuable for that alone.

Next up is a very quick and personal one: Comic Cue Vol 4. Which…what even is this, I imagine you are thinking:

Comic Cue was an off-beat one-shot manga anthology magazine that ran through the 90’s into the 2000's, often focusing, not on hentai, but that middle-ground “erotically charged” narrative stories or comedy shots. Its covers were often just insane - no clue why this cover is in English, none of the magazine is. This one is of interest to me, however, because amoung Volume 4’s submissions is:

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto’s Dirty Work one-shot. Yep, thats right, from the random-deep dive essay I put together analyzing a single line of dialogue Sadamoto wrote for Mamimi in FLCL. Now I own the fucker. That's cool! I like that. I am really proud of that essay due to how much I learned from it, writing about a topic whose specificity seemed like it would be impossible to get that much out of; so owning the actual manga is it centered on feels special.

Speaking of niche Ash-writing references!

We have “Girl’s Life on the Flat Battlefield”, the Kyoko Okazaki Artbook made for an exhibit done on her back in 2015, the cover of which I featured in my essay about the proper translation of “battlefield” from River’s Edge. This is an amazing book in its own right though - its content is so diverse. It has essays from her and from other writers about her work that I hope to read. It has beautiful art compositions and solo pieces:

It has recreations of the actual drafts of her manga as she made them - showcasing things like how she would type up the dialogue and cut-and-paste the printed text into the bubbles, the normal way that was done in the pre-digital composition era:

It has this one section by a contributing artist of photographs of “otaku edgy women” and stuff, amazing documentary work:

I see you, Gunbuster figurine on the table! This is probably the best book-as-a-book I found; I highly recommend it to any Kyoko Okazaki fan for the depth of coverage it has on both her work and the context of her work.

You can see some others of course - I found a few copies of magazines like Newtype and Animage from when they covered FLCL! I would like the Catch Them All - these are all generally scanned & archived already of course, so its just for fun. You can see another book on Okazaki, a really cool academic book on the history of magazines and fanzines in Japanese subculture, and the Gothic & Lolita Bibles that Partner is quite excited about. I am very happy with what I found; there is a beauty in the serendipity of these things. Of course I could have searched Yahoo Auctions for a copy of the Okazaki book, I knew exactly what it was. But stumbling on it in a floor-level cubby while my hands were already stacked with magazines and nearly dropping them in surprise is the magic of the physical bookstore in its fullness. It has its own value that the book itself can’t possess.

[meglyfer]

As someone who used to be in the Spanish side of the UT fandom, when my interest for the game revived and I joined the English side of the fandom my mind was blown, but probably not for the reasons you're thinking

(To clarify, everything that I'm going to be talking about is from 2016-2018, so things might have changed over time for the better)

You know how some people say that Frisk's/Chara's gender in the game is not defined so that the player could feel more identified with them? Well, in the Spanish side EVERYONE SAYS THAT, which means that the chances of you finding someone who sees Frisk/Chara are minimal. Most people refer to them as girls, and every now and then you'll see someone who sees them as boys, and the few things you saw of them being non-binary were usually translated comics from the English side (though some of them had their pronouns changed to fit the person's view on them)

On the other hand, god knows why, every single character that was referred to as they/them in the original game, like Napstablook or NPCs, WERE CHANGED TO BOYS. I think part of the blame lies on the mod that translates the game to Spanish, but at the same time, there were people who did play throughs of the game in English, and when they translated the dialogue for the video they changed the they/thems into he/hims??????? You can already imagine my surprise when I realised all these characters were non binary and I had been misgendering them all this time (forgive me if I ever he/him Napstablook, I sometimes forget about this since I found out about it fairly recently)

Funnily enough considering these are Undertale fans, there was also a lot of homophobia in the fandom, and all gay relationships were seen as "one has to be the woman"

Oh, and fucking everyone were proshippers

Because of the previous statement, I was gaslighted into believing Sans and Frisk were teenagers (yes that goes down the path you're thinking. Don't worry, I got better, I was really young and stupid back then, so makes sense for me to fall into that stuff)

I'm probably forgetting a lot of things, but I've already talked for long enough. If anyone wants to add something don't be afraid to do so

I really hope the Spanish side of the fandom got better since then, after all it's been years since all this, I mean, it MUST have gotten better, right? RIGHT?

Either way, I am NOT going to be the one to test that theory, so if anyone knows more about this or is brave enough to go by themselves and find said answer, feel free to tell me "Don't worry, it's much better now" or "It's still an absolute hell. Stay on the English side, where the flames at least aren't as big and hot as in here"

[worm-film-talks]

30 days 30 movies! Charly,días de sangre (1990)

This is a gem of national cinema, one of the first (if not the first) Argentine slahser. It was directed by Carlos Galettini, a director who already had a lot of experience directing films. The film was recorded in a short time, which is quite noticeable. It features the performances of Adrián Suar, Norman Briski, Fabián Gianolla among others... but what is the film about?

synopsis

Charlie, a young man with problems, is taken to the country house where his brother was burned to death. The idea is to enjoy a pleasant weekend, but a serial killer threatens the cast

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Explained in 'criollo', Charlie's father is worried because his son (who is completely traumatized by the death of his brother) does not date women. What worries the guy, as it is implied, is that his son could be gay. So what do he do to help Charlie? He sends him along with a group of friends to a country house to 'que la ponga', to 'que debute', to have physical closeness with a woman. The country house he sends him to is the same house where Charly's brother died years before in a fire.

Said like that, everything seems strange and even bizarre, well I'm sorry to disappoint you but the movie itself is not.

Seriously speaking, the movie is bad, but not that bad. It is clear that the director had no experience in the genre, as for the performances they leave much to be desired. the gion is just strange and the scenes sometimes seem poorly connected. The dialogues are simply brilliant and unintentionally comical.

The movie doesn't have many deaths, but the few it does have are well done and the makeup is decent.

Even so, the idea of ​​the movie is good and interesting and the ending seems not ironically good to me.

Another thing,most of the movie is nude scenes, the characters spend more time on screen without clothes than with clothes. This is one of the reasons I didn't put up the movie poster, since it also has nudity. (It's also suspiciously similar to Nightmare on Elm Street 2 poster .)

but well, that is the recommendation for today, October 4, I don't know if it will be possible to get this movie in English considering that it is already difficult to find it in Spanish.

(I'm not going to translate all that)

[romance-of-three-memes]

I know I've (rightfully) complained a lot about people who totally change the meaning of passages in translations for no good reason, but something that's mostly harmless yet also annoying is people who are way too inflexible about making things sound more appropriate or natural in the target language. You can often get away with this in languages that are closely related or have a long history of directly influencing one another but with Chinese and English? If you tried doing that a lot of the time you'll end up with an awkward mess either way, sometimes it's so bad that it obscures the meaning to begin with. Like you don't literally translate the phrase 'turtle's egg' into English because that just sounds funny and weird, you translate it as 'son of a bitch' because it carries the same insulting tone. If someone called you a turtle's egg in English you'd likely laugh or be confused unless you were familiar enough with Chinese to realize it carries the same air as 'son of a bitch'.

I read a memoir of a second gen Chinese immigrant where she was telling her father about how kids at school were mean to her so he, not being aware of what I just elaborated on, said that she should call the mean kids turtle's eggs to their faces and that would get them off her case. She was familiar enough with English to know that wouldn't exactly work though. But my annoyance is with people who are familiar enough with both languages to know better and yet... Still decide to go with the much more awkward option. Admittedly, sometimes there are constraints that make that harder to pull off, I know with animation in particular it can be a big pain since you have to worry about something matching with the way a character's mouth moves too.

But it's all about *balance*, you know? Especially with static text like in books or comics where you don't have to worry about that sort of thing. You can't be wishy washy or overly stubborn.

[lettheladylead]

How about Granny De Spell and Rosolio?

Okay so Rosolio isn't really interesting - he's Caraldina's apprentice and he's in love with Magica. Also he's allergic to Ratface.

Granny/Caraldina/???? is much more interesting.

In the 60s, Magica had a grandmother named "Granny De Spell" or Nonna Amelia in Italian (yeah even though Magica's Italian name is Amelia, idk don't worry about it).

She's a retired witch who taught Magica everything she knows - and obv she's from the canon where Magica and Madam Mim hung out all the time. I don't like thinking about humans in Duckverse so I usually ignore this kind of canon BUT it's fine we're just talking about the big picture

Granny Amelia appears in a bunch of comics, none of which ever came to America but a lot of them have official english translations in Australia. I couldn't find them so idk any details about them but these are also the comics that Samson Hex comes from, he's a (teenage?) apprentice of Magica's:

From what I can tell, Granny Amelia doesn't do much in most of her comic appearances. She's mostly just there for commentary or guidance and she's always in this weird canon with Madam Mim.

Now InDucks and some of the Duck wikias have this wrong, but the blonde "Granny De Spell" / Caraldina that we see in the same comics as Rosolio and Minima is a different character.

She's an Italian creation and a lot more fun and dynamic than Granny Amelia up there, plus she fits better into modern duck comics (where there is no Madam Mim lol). Her comics were mostly from the 90s, though I think she's made a few appearances in the 2000s. Not a lot.

As with Minima, she's cursed (thanks to Magica) and trapped in a magical dimension for 77 days at a time, and is only able to escape for 33 hours each time. She doesn't seem particularly bothered by it, but she guilts Magica about it everytime she sees her.

More recently I assume they dropped the curse concept (or it was lifted) and she just appears whenever she wants. In her most recent appearance, Magica came to stay with her for a bit because of some trial with seven other volcano-themed witches (this comic looks great and I definitely want to scanlate it sometime but of course it's super long lol)

Anyway so these are Magica's two grandmothers. I like to think Amelia De Spell is probably Magica's mother's mother ('cause of being so magically powerful), and Caraldina (who I don't think has ever been referred to in canon as a 'De Spell' and though she's magic, she's not as notable as Amelia)* is Magica's father's mother.

Why is Magica a De Spell, then, you may ask? Well it only makes sense that in witch marriages, men take the women's last names. Especially a name like De Spell, with a history of powerful witches...you don't give up a name like that for marriage.

And we saw in Origins of a Witch that Magica's father was just a normie while her mom was a powerful witch, so I think him taking her last name is sensible.

*I haven't been able to read all of her comics, but the ones I have just call her Granny or Caraldina afaik.

Anyway Magica's grandma history is complicated. The author who created Caraldina specifically said Caraldina is not Amelia, but they're still listed as the same character in a lot of places. But they have literally nothing in common physically or personality-wise, so idk what's up with that.

We could also just consider that they are both Magica's Granny De Spells, from different timelines or canons or whatever. Especially since Granny Amelia is from a canon that doesn't really exist anymore, she's very easy to ignore. But that'd be mean so I'll keep her it's fine.

[batjokesbrainrot]

batjokes fic rec [international edition]

Hey guys. In this post, I am going to recommend some of my favorite batjokes fanfictions. Wait, you've it seen all? This is getting redundant?

Then worry no more, Because I've brought you probably underappreciated fictions (to English readers) written in Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish!

+ btw, the list will also include shameless smuts because there's not enough to be put in another post

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Translator recommendations

Russian - Yandex (and sometimes Google translate/Deepl)

Spanish - Google Translate or Deepl

Korean - Google Translate

Chinese - Deepl (and sometimes Google translate)

Japanese - Deepl & Papago (Yeah this one is tricky. Don't ever use GT)

Tip: You can copy/paste URL into Google Translate and Papago. You can also upload documents for complete translation in Deepl. (For NSFW works on Pixiv, I usually use this site to extract links).

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Ashley777

Batman/Joker stories are romantic that squeeze your heart. All plots are elaborately written and all of them come to a full circle. Their characterizations and interaction are amazing.

Five times Joker died, one time he didn't (Arkhamverse)

Joker dies the same way in Arkham City, but each time Bruce's reaction is different. Joker remains in character but the story gets very romantic. And the stunning imagery.. don't get me started on it.

Gotham Disease (#48 verse)

Two amnesiac patients entered the hospital. They are briefly interviewed and they describe their strange dreams.

Other fics that are not mentioned are also strongly recommended!

Alex

Her fics are well-written that left me emotionally devastated for months.

H (Telltale: The Enemy Within)

John explains to Bruce why he is special to him.

The Good Old Days (Batman Beyond)

Joker finds Bruce in his most vulnerable state.

"If it weren't for you, my old age would have been much less depressing." - Bruce

A late-night guest (N52, amnesiac!batjokes)

Batman appears at Jack's house at midnight with severe wounds.

Diseazhaze

She understands Batman and Joker very well. Her character analyses are comic-accurate and inspiring.

Twelves Steps to Quit (post-Joker War)

After the last incident, Joker disappears completely. Bruce, somehow conflicted, follows the trace to Joker's hideout. A story consisting of 9 chapters.

Diseazhaze also has NSFWs in her AO3 account and other fics that I have not yet read in her lofter blog.

F*ck you, Bat by mariferlafuria

Omegaverse batjokes. The way the writer brings Bruce's struggle and his identity as alpha together is brilliant. Non-con is from Joker's flashback, so keep that in mind.

only had an eye for that which was evil by muerteporagua (N52)

Joker POV. Character study fic. The fic's main focus is not romance, but I had to include this one. It's about Joker's despair and his choice.

There is no immortality by Jenny_Ien

The Laughing Batman takes over Joker's universe and tries to persuade him to see the world his way.

This is non/dub-con. And their interaction is violent. However, I want to point out that the writing is mesmerizing. So, so, beautiful. I'd have believed if I saw colors bleeding through texts.

Union of Strong and Independent by Браво (The Harley Quinn Show)

Joker is very towards Batman and Bruce takes it. Harley and her gang, unfortunately, walks into their affair.

This is Harley POV. Joker is very narcissistic and has a disturbing moment with Harley but this is hilarious. If you liked or hated the show, read this. I still remember the members' reactions, haha.

HIBANA by 桐野

Joker wakes up in a hospital room, and with his memory missing, he gladly accepts B's declaration, "I will personally watch over you," but his severely injured body has undergone certain changes.

+ I will be keep making changes!

[revolutionale]

Important Update

Before I go any further I want to assure you that I am not going to leave Revolution Tale unfinished.

Now, allow me to explain.

I've been working on Revolution tale for five years. A lot has changed in my life during this time. I've had jobs, lost jobs, lost people, and even made some new friends here. I thought of trying to make internet art, and such, my career, but quickly learned I do not work well under my own management. In the background I have been going to collage, taking classes here and there but never really committing. Finally this last semester I decided to get a move on and graduate. If I play my cards right, and all goes well I should be graduating this time next year.

However this means my work load is about to get intense.

I thought long and hard about how to move forward with this story. I never wanted to leave it unfinished. I knew from the moment I posted the first page I would see it through to the end. This mindset has not changed. However, it is very clear to me, that as it is now, I won't be able to keep up with uploads. I thought I might take a break, but quickly decided if I went on a break there was a high likely hood of my never returning.

So what's the solution? I am going to finish off Revolution Tale as an illustrated novel, rather than a graphic novel. This mean more words and less pictures. However, it also means it wouldn't be another five years before the story is complete.

I know this will probably discourage a lot of you, and you may leave, and that fine. I'm sorry for disappointing you and I hope you much happiness in the future. To the rest of you, I just hope the promise of a conclusion to the story you have been following for so long will keep your spirits up.

What's making me most worried is my non english speaking readers. So now I'm going to speak directly to the wonderful people who have been translating my comic. If you have it in you, I would ask that you please don't stop. Its probably going to be more work because there will be far more words. But if you can keep going it would mean a lot to me.

Lastly I will be closing my Patreon. Thank you so so much to my crew members. You all were so helpful and I can never tell you how much I appreciate your generosity.

Thank you all so much for sticking around with me for so long. I hope to have you along for the rest of the ride. I'm going to try and keep the same upload schedule if possible, but we'll see how that goes and make changes as needed. I have two almost finished comic pages. I am going to upload them both on Friday, even if they aren't finished. Then after that we will move into the new formatting.

I'll still always be around if you wanna have a chat or ask me questions. I love you all! Thank you again.

-Capitan Alamort.

TLDR: Get ready to read.

[shiningclown69]

@musa-agreste-cheng

Hi! Thanks for your interest in Brandon haha 🥰

For anyone else also finding more info, here's some links to the Russian Winx website under cut!

I also talk about Brandon content in general here

(This went off the rails when i started talking abt the comics lol)

Link for the entire Winx Russian wiki. Its all in Russian so just google translate the articles into your language!

This is the link to the wiki for Brandon specifically

I saw Bianca under his "relationships" profile status and that's how I found out.

It also features some interesting facts not found in the English wiki, like his family background. Those tend to come from the winx magazines.

This has the synopsis (+ some illustrations) of the book Bianca comes from: Peace in the Family

I've also briefly mentioned a plotline of Stella mistaking Brandon's cousin for him cheating on her in the tags.

Well, here's the synopsis for the book: Podium for Stella.

This book features one of my fave Brella moments (aka the ending), which I'll probably talk about in another post!

Give the rest of the books from the same series a read too, they all feature love-related plot lines if you're into that.

I hope to be able to find more Winx books with their own one-off plots, the art and stories always interest me!

Honourable but not niche mention:

The Winx comics feature Brandon many times, especially in earlier comics (aka from S1-4).

You can find full scans of these easily by searching "Winx Comics Issue XX" on google haha

They have a ton of wild plots, I'll just list down the Brandon centric plots I can rmb

These range from:

1. Brandon getting near-fatal food poisoning in an assassination attempt (bc he's Sky's bodyguard). He is kidnapped from the hospital and has a near-identical doppleganger that replaces him.

2. Another assasination attempt where spies ambush the specialists at night and almost stab Brandon. He does not get stabbed don't worry.

3. Brandon is framed in a yacht accident and he is questioned for his presumed involvement in an attempt to harm Sky. Yes, ANOTHER one.

4. Because of said assasination attempts and Sky's father falling ill, a war brews up on Erakylon. Sky and Brandon leave Red Fountain and return to Erakylon for a prolonged period of time. This takes place accross multiple comics and has repercussions on both Stella and Bloom.

5. After a period of little to no communication due to the Erakylon situation, Brandon and Stella's relations are strained. Stella has issues with her mother, while Brandon is stressed from work. They get into an argument and break up.

6. Brandon and the specialists get stuck in a mirror dimension caused by a dimensional rift. Brandon relays his location coordinates to Stella in her dream and the Winx save them.

7. Brandon jumps into a river to save a drowning witch, Shilly. He falls unconscious and finds himself stuck in a cave with Shilly, who has healed his wounds with her magic. Shilly is absolutely smitten with Brandon, but he is uninterested. With Icy's help, Shilly creates a love potion and brainwashes Brandon into loving her. Stella is so upset that she breaks up with him. Shilly eventually realises her mistake and un-does the spell.

8. The winx and specialists' ship crash and they land up on a deserted island. Brandon and Musa have been knocked into a coma by the crash. The group (except bloom and stella) get kidnapped by pirates but the two girls save the group.

I'm honestly q amazed how much I rmb...wtf I was gonna only write 4 plots how did this turn into 8????

Anyway, that's most of the Brandon content I can remember. Happy exploring! :)

[summoner-chan]

Sorry, I guess I should have been more specific, I WAS talking about Darius lol. Aight then last two questions: Shiro and Durga.

And don't worry about the long winded responses, I love it when people feel comfortable enough talking about themselves, and I can, like, feel their excitement as I read. :)

I tend to worry about how much I talk since that experience with someone on discord (the same server as those two passive aggressive peeps) asked me to not to post a wall (what they meant is that not send a long ass one whole paragraph of words) because I was talking a long time to type and send-

Mind you, my phone was lagging at the time there was a lot of typos happening without my control so I had to retype them. I remember it being something they asked what's about that art I drew?

Other than that, they were pretty mean, maybe because they were part of the admin teams of the discord or they're just a natural born dick :/ and I mean by natural born dick when someone just said good criticism and everyone who's friend with that person just-

y'know bit his head off saying things like "lmaooo nobody needs that shit critism 🤪. Look at this guy shitting on (username) 😂😂" and there's them going all "I don't need your damn critism, I don't fucking care. I ask critism when I want to and I didn't ask for yours so you can stfu" like okay....no need to offended by that... And I found the critism on the spot though? I couldn't see your linework from all those shading-

Anyways, I'm being off topic so let's hop to the Housamo Ask Game!✨✨

[Shiro]

Favorite book or favourite book series? Oof, truth to be told, I'm more to a manga/comic book reader 😂😂 but I do enjoy reading books once awhile!! I only own two horror light novels which are in my native language so I'll try to translate their title??

The very first book I had was Kakak Kemboja (Kemboja in English is Frangipani) which translates to Big Sis Kemboja/Sister Kemboja (not in a Nun way-) and it was about a young boy meeting one of the tenants in the old apartment he lived in.

After losing his father and his house, he and his mother was forced out by the late father's mother and brother who planned to make their house into a homestay. This caused the young boy to stay at the apartment alone while his mother was working to bits but don't be sad, Big Sis will always be there for you

Spoiler, Big Sis is actually a ghost 👻

In Asian culture, Frangipani is one of the notorious for having it's scent being related to ghosts. If you're alone and you smell something fragrant, it's best to get out of there as fast as you can along with to not comment about the scent on the spot. I tend to smell fragrant things (doesn't help that I can see things ksjdjwkdje) even in my own house so I just- Yeet myself from that place

The second book is Somniphobia which is the Fear of Sleeping. It's about an office guy who likes to read scary and horror books at night until morning which causes him to get late for work most of the time. He was starting to get bored since he's already read all of the books he owned and nothing seems to catch his eye until his old friend suggested him a book, Somniphobia. Little did he know, the more he read the book, the less sleep he had. To be specific, he's started to develop Somniphobia himself. .

I only read light novels because once I bought the book, I immediately read it, to the point I finish it one day which just frustrates me to no end. I read super fast and everything just gets crammed to my head and I'd have to reread again to make things sensible kskskksksdj

I'm not a manic like my big sis though, she has two shelfs full from her novels. Her favorite book series is the Clockwork series, the Shadowhunter series which is written by Cassandra Clare and she almost have the full set now- 😂

[Durga]

To be sentimental or to not be sentimental-

Well then I'm going to the sentimental path skksksks

I'd actually want my family get back together again but you know, I can never take in another man who's not even my biological father to begin with after what I went through with said man

Having to cope without having a dad for 2 years now is sad but it happened, I know it's not my fault even though another part of me insists that I should have done better. I cry so easily whenever there's things that reminds me of him, I can't handle scenes where a man is lying in bed in the hospital, I can't handle seeing fathers being very affectionate to their children and I can't handle going to hospitals again

Thinking about marriages is what hits me the most because in my religion, the bride's father will be the officiant for the wedding, handing his daughter over to the groom's care so to say. That doesn't mean that I won't be able to get married without having a father to be the officiant but rather the officiant will be replaced by the bride's brother or uncle (brother of the father) and if there none, a court religious officer will be the officiant

It's just that thinking how lucky your eldest sister (from the first wife of my late dad + divorced) was able to have your late dad as the officiant of her wedding then when it was only you and your four sisters (two from the same mom while the other two is from the second wife), the chance was already gone. I won't see my late dad at my own wedding, only having it being replaced by my brother or uncle. It's not the same, it won't ever be the same because he's not there to see his grandkids or will he have the opportunity to be called grandpa

It just hurts knowing that he won't be there to be a part of the big parts of my life

But it happened and there's nothing I could change, I'm already quite happy and grateful to have mu late dad's wife and her family taking care of me and my two sisters despite there are times when we've fought but nonetheless grateful

I don't have my biological mom with me at the time since she was forced to stay in her own home country due to her citizenship, I dearly miss her but...due to personal reasons, I can't help but hate her from time to time. She does the wrong things and it scarred me badly, hence why I am unable to give her my blessings for her to get married

That's all I could say since if I were to say more, things would get pretty long and it's just me ranting out :P

Thank you for sending in ask in!! Feel free to send anymore like usual~