#idk all this legal jargon

[louisisalarrie]

hey I think my ask got eaten by tumblr but if you've seen it and were planning on answering later or something just ignore this lol. I was asking what owning the name means for the boys. like legally. and what would it mean for sc to own it, what rights would he have

hello my love, it probably did get eaten lol this app has been closing randomly and telling me im unauthorised sometimes… truly bizarre.

anywho, 1d owning their own name is HUGE for them, and im sure SC will put a clause in to own the name of the next “big boyband” he’s trying to put together, because he is pissed off hahahha. I already figured they owned the name, but it’s nice to have it confirmed and watch that man beg to own it to make some more money to get more Botox.

without all the legal jargon and carryons, essentially, if SC owned the name, he could still exploit it to this day. it’s a brand. so he could, as he said in the interview, “make an animation” which yikes, but could also still be selling merch under the name, release idk a picture book, any kind of merch or content etc., like, we probably would’ve gotten special 1d 10 year anniversary t shirts and exclusive mugs and tea towels and every item under the sun, and that little cash grab would be going into SC’s pocket.

Back in the day, after they signed the contracts, 1d also created 1D Media Ltd, which is a company that they were directors of, to be able to share the profits evenly (there are also lawyers appointed to it obviously), and then commission is paid out to SC/everyone else who earns a % off their cash. So that’s a massive bonus, right? It goes to them and then it’s shared.

If SC owned the name, it would go to him, and then he would hand out the % to the boys & others. It leaves a lot more room for exploitation (the bad kind), SC pocketing extra cash, and all the other yucky things that can happen from a label/manager/whoever is not the actual artist, owning the name.

On top of this, if SC owned the name, he would be able to… uh… well… it would’ve been fucking awful and I hate thinking about it, but he could’ve replaced Zayn once he left. He could’ve introduced a new member to the band. When 1d called it quits/hiatus, he could’ve continued to use the name for a new boyband and idk… call it a legacy or something, ya know? But this way, if 1d tour, they (ot4) have to all agree to tour.

I believe Z backed out of this Agreement when he left initially, but still gets profit shares/royalties, but doesn’t have the right to use the name/has any ownership over it. Because like… imagine you’re in a band, right? And your guitarist leaves and it’s a bit of a bad breakup. If you don’t amend the ownership of who owns the name, your guitarist can start a new band under that name and technically get away with it (depending on the Agreement, they’re all so different, but it’s happened before, and Z wouldn’t even wanna do this because he wanted to pull away from the brand big time).

So that’s basically and very roughly put, what it is. If SC owned the name, he could continue to put out 1d branded merch/cartoons/whatever the hell, and make money off of it. But 1d own the name, meaning they choose what to do with it.

[cenviswasteland]

do u think kristoph gavin is a mommy issues haver or a daddy issues haver. or if both which one does he have worse. idk why im asking this i just wanna know what u think - 💾

FLOPPY DISK!!! i missed you, nerd. let's talk about it!

so, canonically we know fuck-all about the gavin family outside of klav and kris. this is both a blessing and a curse. from what i can tell, there's a semi-popular fandom headcanon where papa gavin was also a defense attorney, but i cannot find sources at the moment. there's a high possibility that i just made it up.

my personal thoughts on the gavin family? i do like the "papa gavin is a defense attorney" thing, so i'm keeping that. and although i can't name an occupation for mama gavin, i think she was very wealthy. in general the gavin brothers give me "born with a silver spoon" vibes, so i'm extrapolating. of course, with mom having all the money in the world to throw around and dad being no financial slouch either, the boys would get basically whatever they wanted.

(note: from here on, i'm going to focus on kristoph since that's what the ask is about. i might make a follow-up with some thoughts on klavier later though. lol)

the thing is, a lot of work goes into "keeping appearances" in wealthy families, like the old money that mama gavin was steeped in. that extends to the children as well. first-born kristoph, the shining light of the new generation, was expected to be the perfect young man from the beginning. as soon as he had some grasp on fine motor skills, he was learning the violin and the piano. he's supposed to be a well-rounded boy, after all. he had private tutors, teaching him an expedited course. he's the gavins' boy, of course he's gifted academically. he was always dressed well, and scolded for playing with his tie or cufflinks or hair. he was taught his manners; always eat your first course with the smallest fork, always keep a light smile on your face, always say "bless you" when people sneeze. don't slouch, don't be crass, don't raise your voice. "behave yourself, kristoph. remember where you came from."

i do think that as time went on and kristoph grew, it was his father's voice that rang more loudly in his ears. he'd get into petty fights with his mother about little details. but he looked up to his father. more than anyone in the world, he looked up to his father. how could he not? his father was awesome. he always won the case for his clients, no matter what, and they always looked so happy! so kristoph started showing an interest in law, and his father was more than happy to show him the ropes. in between the legal jargon and the textbooks, he picked up on the little things: how to "tell" when a client is "worth your time". how to "find" evidence that wasn't there before. how to make a witness "tell the truth".

is this to say that kristoph has "daddy issues" because of how he shaped him? no, i don't think so. i think if you were to ask him "what made you want to get into law?", he'd still say that it was because of his father.

does that mean that kristoph has "mommy issues" because his mother was the one pushing kristoph into the shape of the old money family's son? no, i don't think so. he never stripped away those influences-- just look at the "beautiful nails" line in 4-4, or how he holds himself so elegantly and precisely.

if you want a specific answer, i think both of his parents gave him issues. hella issues. but he doesn't really go agonizing "ohh my dad ruined my life" or anything.

at the end of the day this is all headcanon. like i said, the AA fandom is really working with scraps when it comes to anything gavin-family related, so i might just be waffling into the air. send more asks if you want lmao.

thanks for reading. peace love and little donuts or whatever lol

[that-spider-fan-over-there]

No because the more I - and many, many others think about it, why five chapters to wrap everything up? I keep thinking of reasons and only one makes sense to me, but.

BNHA is considered a world-wide best-seller, being WSJ's 6th most sold manga (last I checked, which was a few months ago). So many mangakas and artists taking notice and praising it, its big demograohic getting bigger because of its 10th anniversary in two weeks (!), more people are inclined to see it through the end. Hell, even taking out worldwide demographic, it's still very beloved in Japan- they had an entire tour event for the manga, for goodness' sake. It's a weird decision from a financial and commercial standpoint.

From a creator standpoint, Horikoshi likes taking his time writing his arcs down to the most ridiculously minimal details- the most likely possible positive outcomes is that Horikoshi is either planning a sequel or changing publishers but that's a whole leap in logic-

1. A sequel implies we aren't following the Hero Academia like stated by 424's release; and there's a whole bulletpoint of things that need to be addressed; a sequel wouldn't make sense because why tackle everything in a different part of the story?

I've seen people suggesting another MC, but. Remember BNHA as of now took place in the span of 2 years in-universe, but in real life, 10. Izuku's story isn't finished and we have another character (which now I'm certain it's Tenko) to meet, that would be more cluttered than the PLFW Arc.

Others mentioned a possible spin-off, or a time skip, but that's a another can of worms because that's a new world/POV with missing development from the characters we know, which would be interesting but. Again, a whole list of plot points to address; why not address here and now? Surely that's not what we imagined when 424 said "we need to go even further beyond" the end of the story, right? And one more thing: Volume 41 still does not have enough pages to fill in a tankobon unless the page count is huge and that's why we got a two/three-week break. Even then it doesn't fully solve the problem.

2. Publisher changing is another story, because it implies WSJ is falling on hard times, cutting corners, Horikoshi's contract wasn't renewed, or someone offered a better deal, but once again, big money-maker. Which we know it's BS. Not to mention the amount of legal jargon and time it'd take for that to happen behind the scenes for this to be possible- a month ago we got Hori saying he didn't know how long it'd take to reach the ending, and all of these complications would delay, if not officially put the series on a hiatus similar to OP, right?

And then there's the "five chapters is a long epilogue" or the argument, which I do agree, unfortunately. But this is why I'm so baffled; the amount of shit that needed to be addressed in the story- Todofam, Himichako, Spinner, Rooftop Trio, Hitoshi in Class 2-A (Class 2-A in general, really), Izuku and Katsuki's state, future and relationship, societal rebuild and re-evaluation of pro-heroes, what happens to Toshinori now, if OFA is really gone or not, Hero Commission, Mr. Compress's fate, Hawks being Quirkless now, the mystery man from 425, the list goes on and on. Nothing about hero society in BNHA was shown to change, then what's all that talk of long epilogue for if we can barely focus on five of these? So much to answer and not enough time for all.

IDK, there are more "positive"* theories of Horikoshi ending the "Academia" part of Boku no Hero and focusing on the more ambitious part of the manga in a part two, a la Chainsaw Man, but even that feels like wishful thinking- especially because of so many second series being. A mess, to put it lightly.

Horikoshi does deserve the break from writing and drawing, don't get me wrong, ten years of pumping up a story of this quality is not an easy feat, but it's so weird considering all the loose ends. If he did decide to end on his terms, well. His decision, I guess, even if it still feels off. But it is the only explanation that makes sense, in my opinion. Especially with the amount of breaks he needed to get because of health conditions- Shonen Jump is very harsh on their mangakas after all.

*I say "positive" because he said he didn't want it to be a long runner, and he did say he's interested in a BNHA spin-off and elevating the light novels. And that he'd "see us again in Jump" on the countdown announcement, so. There's that, take that as you will.

Maybe I should try and be positive as well, there is a chance this is not the end of the main series yet, and we're getting, Idk, a rebrand of sorts? Maybe Horikoshi will show up at Jump Festa and be like "surprise I got more tricks up my sleeve". Back to the beginning, but not quite the same. Hell imagine if he decided to go to the actual beginning: Boku No Hero one-shot from 2008. Call it Boku no Hero Agency or something like that. Hah.

Won't erase that I am feeling shitty about this right now- but, what do I know, I wanna choose hoping for something as wishful as this until the end of the ride rather than dwell on the doomerism of it all. Just wanted to talk about it. Makes me regret I chose to get into BNHA late in the game, but I'm still glad I got to ride in at all. I hope this "final bow" isn't gonna feel as incomplete as I fear it will.

I. Guess we'll have to wait and see with fingers crossed then. *sigh* So, with that said.

I guess I wanna hope for the handhold, at least.

[silenlou]

idk if u said anything abt this but genshin sunder Singapore now, so does all of that ccp stuff have anything to do with genshin now? (Gen question ur the only person I can ask this stuff😭)

If you’re talking about the creation of Hoyoverse/Cognosphere, then no.

Hoyoverse is like the international face for the main company, MiHoYo, which is still a company based in mainland China. It’s a subsidiary company, made for publishing to international audience easier to differentiate from Chinese audience, like with the Rosaria outfit (we have the option of the old and new version whilst China server onto has the new one)

Here is a gamer rant article talking about it, and here is the link to the company’s Wikipedia page.

And just to be even more clear:

No, Cognosphere/Hoyoverse is not a different company to MiHoYo.

Cognosphere is a private limited company (Pte. Ltd.) it’s essentially an LLC company that doesn’t have its shares up for public and it has a parent company, which is MiHoYo (much like Unilever’s Singaporean branch: Unilever pte. Ltd.) Read this article for more of an understanding, especially with Singaporean laws cause I’m not that familiar with it. I just know the jargons cause I had to endure 3 years of classes to graduate 😔

In regards to the content being published

Genshin is still being developed and designed by MiHoYo, the main company. From what I know, there are no development team in Cognosphere, all of them mainly handles legal issues (international laws and so on) and possibly advertisements.

The only development team I can think of that falls outside of the parent company (MiHoYo) is probably the localised translation and the VA team (director, editor, etc.) of the 3 out of 4 languages available. Aside from that, everything else is being handled by the main company, MiHoYo, which is based on mainland China.

[alyjojo]

November 🕷️ 2024 Monthly - Scorpio

Preshuffle: You’re inspired by some kind of news you’re hearing, could be something you’ve been waiting on, and you can finally make progress forward - or the goal becomes clearer/within view.

Meditation: I’m seeing the board game Candyland, which I haven’t played in some minutes. The Peppermint King is throwing candy canes at The Blueberry King (are they even real Candyland people idk) and he’s tossing blueberry pies right back. I’m also seeing Heat Miser 🔥 and Snow Miser ❄️ from the Christmas movies. Sibling rivalry?

Main energy: 4 Wands rev

Yeesh. You’re pissed 💯 I mean it’s covering hurt and heartbreak, but it’s coming out as anger, probably at some arrogant person…that owes you money? Could be you, in most cases it feels like it. 4 Wands rev shows an unstable living situation and Strength rev at the bottom shows you’re not likely to hold back from defending your position on anything where this person is concerned - I’m getting a sibling heavily. One that wants to heal, but still owes you, it looks financial. Could be an ex too, or someone you owe money on a house to, like a landlord, contractor, etc.

What’s going on in November:

What you’re defensive over is The Devil, it’s looking like you have every reason to be. Forced to play nice? 5 Wands rev follows and feels like someone that’s trying to make up with you from some kind of conflict, and you’re not really interested in making up. You have issues to address 💯 and until those things are discussed and handled properly, you’re not a willing participant here. Or it’s an attitude of fuck them, whether they do anything for you or not, idk what level or connection this is. Could be bad, The Devil can go deep dark but also covers so many things. Could be irritating. Could be someone that’s always got issues or needs money and you’re tired of handing it out or having others running to you for anything, no thanks. Especially if addictions are involved. Could also be switched and it’s your family with this attitude towards you…not a very supportive or loving vibe showing up. An arrogant & anger driven bully does. Knight of Swords rev at the bottom is verbally vicious and nothing here is giving “kind” ijs. Them probably…or you?

5 Wands rev is ending a conflict, but this is what you’re defensive about. Someone could shoot you some friendly message like you’re cool or something and your response starts with “BITCH…”, that’s the whole vibe of the reading 😆 The King rev is clarified by The matching Queen rev and Ace of Cups rev. Likely a divorce or breakup is going on…was this person meant to be, yes. This Wands pair was upright at one time ❤️ Feels like you, or it was, but now you’re sitting comfortably in a much more mature, grown, emotionally stable King of Cups energy - authentically you. And there’s no fixing this or bringing it back, in your eyes. All of the emotions have spilled out, maybe money too, Ace of Pentacles rev can be losing quite a bit of money. Because of them? Or that’s what you’re pissed off about.

Side story: If someone cheated, there’s no way in hell this is healing in your book. If you’ve cheated and got caught, or if it’s anything to do with drugs/addictions, now you could owe someone (more?) money and that pisses you off. Or they owe you.

All you want from this person or situation is Justice for lost finances, so if it’s not a person in the family, then you’re trapped to a situation where you have to invest in a home or some kind of forced (expensive?) repair that you want a return on. Insurance is showing up heavily, like you paid in the moment and need reimbursement - like yesterday. Or that was promised or IS part of your health plan - but for some reason they aren’t holding up their end of the bargain or you’re having to battle over the phone over red tape & legal jargon bs. Could be taxes and issues over a couple that’s unmarried, it’s making you lose money or something, or one of you is and the other one is the one having to pay it all up front or something - it’s a pain in the rear. Legal fees could be killing someone’s bank account, if there’s a lawsuit or divorced involved. End of the month shows healing, solo healing, are you allowing someone to come back around and apologize or move forward? Hell no 😤 Someone missed their chance, if this isn’t financially tied. But yes, you alone will get over or through this just fine. For some, if you’re living with someone difficult that could be coming to an end - because that’s the goal you’re realizing is the right move this month.

PS after the reading I moved on to Sag and they had the exact same meditation, could definitely be dealing with one, or has placements.

Signs you may be dealing with:

Heavy Leo, Aries, Libra, Scorpio & Sagittarius

Oracle: ✨

If you’re in a negative environment, it creates a block, and positive energy can’t get through.

We enter into November as:

Princess of Amber 👸🏽:

“I quietly sizzle and shine.”

You are connecting with your passion. It is time to focus on the task at hand and not divert your attention. If you are being of service to others, you will reap great rewards. This is a sign of great abundance with selflessness. Put your eye on the work and not the rewards. You’re also being urged to stand up for what you believe in. If you are being asked to compromise yourself, you must not. You are correct to feel passionate about your position, you know intuitively what a fair request is. When your intentions are good and true, you will always land with two feet on the ground. You may be up against pretty big odds, but you mustn’t give in to what you know is not correct. Others see your worth, it’s time for you to, and have faith that you are doing the right thing.

What is to be learned in November:

Crimson Dreams 🥀:

“I am feeling the loss of my dreams.”

Crimson Dreams indicates holding back in some way. Are you selling yourself short? More than likely, it’s a warning you might be giving up on yourself. Are you in a danger zone of complacency? Are you allowing yourself to coast along in a situation you might not really want? Unless we are willing to risk, we may never realize our dreams. This is a need for new awareness. Don’t give up on your dreams! This is a wake up call to face your situation and live the life you truly desire, because you can.

Red may be a lucky color ❤️

💋 Happy Birthday, Scorpio! 🍷

[fitgothgirl]

idk if i've mentioned this yet, but i know that even if i get all into bartending, it's not something i envision for the long term. i'm excited to learn it and to do it and pay off my debt and all that, BUT i do have a bigger plan for beyond that.

when i was in healthcare administration, i got really well versed in how insurance works and all that, and my most recent job was proofreading medico-legal reports (reports with all the medical jargon written by doctors who are expert witnesses in lawsuits). and i do really love healthcare/working with the human body, but i also absolutely do NOT want to be directly involved in patient care lol. so i've been thinking for a while (even before i got fired, since i had no more growth in that position) that it'd make a lot of sense for me to become a certified medical coder. like, it's the medical field but it's not working with the public but has to do with reading reports AND dealing with numbers?? it's so perfect for me lol. and this is an industry that was already largely working at home even before covid. and the pay is anywhere from decent to veryyy comfortable once you get down the line in experience & specialization.

you have to get a certificate though and be a dues-paying member of the credentialing organization (which you have to do every year thereafter in order to keep your license...). to get the certificate you have to pass an exam, and so there are books you need to get (which you will actually continue to need for your job) and obviously a lot of studying, but you don't need a specific degree or course or anything - you just need to be able to pass the exam (and pay for it lol). But if you don't know much about healthcare administration or general anatomy and medical terminology, it would be a much steeper learning curve.

i have such a strong baseline for this and it's so clearly the best next step for me career-wise. if i really buckle down i can be ready for the exam in under 2 months.

and with that being said, i do officially have my books on the way!

[captainspiggbo]

Does anyone know how to wash the old Pokemon stuffies?? I have an old firm bodied Mew I found in a box and he has stuff spilt on him and I think mildew or something under one of his arms. . He's scuffed I know, but I'd really rather clean him than throw him away 🫤

Uggo pics for ref, he doesn't have a care tag, just all of Nintendo's legal jargon lol. . Should I like hand scrub him and dry him in front of a fan??? Idk OTL

[bizarropurugly]

OP I wish to add something that I've been seeing with some of the records I've had to review

I've seen a lot of healthcare providers who just absolutely refuse to credential with insurance companies, most specifically - ER docs, anesthesiologists, free-standing ERs, and ambulances. Whatever their reasons are, idk, but they do send hundreds of nonsense to insurers demanding we pay them more than they are entitled by NSA, and there's been more instances than I can count on both hands where they've said they were going to balance bill patients and hung up - which is illegal.*

Well now they're starting to do something that me and my coworkers find sus.

You see, there's always some trend going on with these folks who whine and moan about how much money we don't give them, including those I did not mention. There's always some copypasta they're throwing at us en masse trying to get more blood from stone. It's likely that it works for one of them and it spreads like wildfire, or someone learns some legal jargon they think can be used and it spreads instead, especially considering most of the time the people actually handling all the billing responsibilities are third party call centers.

So lately what we've been seeing is a suspicious amount of NSA waivers.

What are those? Why they're fancy little papers that you sign away your rights with!

Basically, they are typically 2-3 pages with a signature field at the end that, if you sign, means you don't want covered by the NSA and are informing your insurer that you want to foot the entire rest of the bill yourself.

And when we're talking about bills that total typically upwards of 15k - hell I saw a waiver for a one million dollar claim a week or so ago - that's a lot of fucking money.

Unless we can prove that you were not presented these papers in good faith, were coerced into signing, were not of sound mind to sign, had your signature forged, were threatened, etc. we are forced to accept this and let these mooks make you pay that insane amount of money.

We've brought it to the attention of our supervisors a few times because some of them look like stamped signatures or copies of signatures (ie filled in with an image that was taken of your signature), but considering there's still no way to prove you didn't authorize this sort of thing, we don't expect it will bear any fruit.

As someone who has worked as an election judge as well, I can tell you that frankly this is a bullshit ass system that would leave such a gaping hole for people to be exploited through, because when it comes to elections, we have to compare signatures to what is currently on file for the citizen in question, yet insurance companies don't keep that sort of thing on file at large, as far as I'm aware (I sure know as fuck we don't and none of the ones we communicate direct with do) because idk that's too much extra work or some shit.

Please, for the love of g-d, make sure you read each and every thing you are handed to sign carefully, or make sure there is someone who will do so on your behalf.

And additionally: don't rely on anyone else to do a damn thing for you. Please call and make absolutely sure you have coverage for x thing, don't need authorization for y thing, and so on and so forth because for sure your doctor isn't going to and the prevailing policy for dealing with this on the insurers' side is to never engage more than you absolutely have to because it makes you available for the next inquiry faster.

I’m seeing a bunch of posts that make me think most USAmericans don’t know about The No Surprises Act.

It was passed in 2021 (thank you Biden) and essentially states that if you don’t have insurance or your insurance doesn’t cover a service you need (or want) you are entitled to a Good Faith Estimate of the cost of care. (If your insurance does cover the service, you should be able to estimate the cost of care based on your deductible and co-pay.)

As a healthcare provider who does not accept any insurance, I am very careful to not violate The No Surprises Act. Why? Because for every penny more than $400 that the Good Faith Estimate was “off” (or if it wasn’t provided), you are entitled to a refund for that amount.

Y’all. Ask for a Good Faith Estimate. Get it in writing. Compare it to what you are paying. If you are not provided an estimate or if it’s wrong by more than $400, demand a refund.

[monzabee]

https://www.tumblr.com/monzabee/716113508766498816/httpswwwtumblrcommonzabee716059362114879488

Same I love Donna she’s such an icon !! And yeah idk why I never finished the series somehow I just lost interest in it ig

Haha tyy I’m a big fan of rom-coms and chic flicks so those are some of the ones that I watch a lot 😂❤️

Alsoo bestie the new Charles fic was such perfection !! I loved it! It was cute,funny,real,hot everything!!! Andd I loved the equation between reader and everyone at merc so good !! All your works are such a slay❤️❤️❤️❤️

-💖

i love the banter her and harvey have, i feel like they are perfect for each others (but no spoilers for you!!!), i feel like it happens with a series such as suits because it has waay too much legal jargon in it so after a while it all stars sounding the same👀👀

i am obsessed with rom-coms, i love to watch and read them both, i feel like it is the superior genre😂😂

i'm so glad you've liked it, bestie!! it definitely got written quicker than i anticipated so i wasn't sure whether i should post it or not, but thank you so much for saying that and your compliments!!❤️❤️

[cafe-de-lune]

i've just read your writings and they're so pretty and amazing ❤✨ the aesthetics for them are immaculate 👌 if it isn't a problem, can i ask headcanons for chifuyu, inui, sanzu and wakasa with a s/o who's a translator??

꒰ ☕️ ꒱ؘ Order: Black coffee ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ

꒰ ☕️ ꒱ؘ Order details: gn!s/o who is a translator

꒰ ☕️ ꒱ؘ warnings: fluff (not that fluffy), violence (in sanzu and a bit of wakasa’s part), crack-fic-ish in Chifuyu’s part, idk if I’m missing anything else

ft. chifuyu matsuno, inui seishu, haruchiyo sanzu, wakasa imaushi

.˚🌙 ༘┊͙ chifuyu matsuno ;

You two probably met at his pet store. Let’s say you have a pet or you were running an errand for a family or friend and that was why you were at his pet shop. You were just browsing the aisle for whatever you need until you heard confusion up in the cashier section

Curious, you took a peek and it was a foreigner from (country/name) trying to communicate what they need using broken Japanese. And when you looked at the cashier’s expression,you could see he was rather confused. But luckily, it just so happen be the language you know

So you went up to the foreigner and just eloquently asked them what they needed. The foreigner beamed at you and said explained what they needed to you. That was when you turned to the (cute) cashier and explained in Japanese what they needed. You stayed there translating everything until the foreigner left happily

It was then you met the shop owner, Chifuyu matsuno

“Thank you for translating everything!” He would say. “Now how can I help you?”

(I know my dumbass explained a scenario earlier but for the sake of plot let’s just say you got a new pet and was looking for stuff for said new pet.)

So you told him about the new pet and you didn’t really know what to get considering there is a plethora of brands and stuff. Chifuyu would help you happily and this is where you become a regular at his shop

sO Chifuyu may have developed a small crush. He found himself looking forward to the days where you would stop by and buy supplies for your pet. And if it was a dog, you would make it a habit to stop by Chifuyu’s pet store while walking your pet

Kazutora would be so sick of Chifuyu being in love and not confessing that he becomes the wingman and this is how you two became a couple

Now, back to the translating stuff, Chifuyu would take great interest in the language you translate. It would be to the point where you would teach him basic words such as “I love you” or “I love you too” or swear words and other words (gUYS I LEARNT THIS FROM MY FILIPINO FRIENDS: PUTANGINA. It’s a swear word)

if you were feeling particularly mischievous, you would have said a swear word meant “I love you.” And Chifuyu would say this to you and you would laugh every time because it wasn’t actually ily. (Based on a true story of my Filipino friends tricking me by saying Putangina meant ily and one time I visited her home and just said putangina to her and her mom heard. Her mom laughed at me when she found out the story.)

and when Chifuyu found out it the real meaning of the swear word, he’s going to get all pointy and be like “how could you betray me like that” but it becomes an inside joke of you two. You two would say that swear word and it would mean ily to both of you

He just loves hearing you speak that language. And could listen to you all day even if you were arguing in that language

But he knows being a translator isn’t just sitting by a person and translating whatever they said live. It is also paper translating and he knows it can get pretty tiresome especially if it’s full of legal or business jargon that you need to search up or something

So after a long day of sitting by the desk, just translating paperwork, he comes with your pet in his arms and was just like “come cuddle. (Pet/name) is missing you.”

oK SO YOUR PET. I HC THAT YOU TALK TO YOUR OET IN THE LANGUAGE U TRANSLATE FOR AND SO IT WONT REALLY UNDERSTAND JAPANESE. so when Chifuyu tries to talk to it, the pet just doesn’t understand and Chifuyu was like “oh I forgot, u only understand (language).” And he would learn words such as “snack” and “food” and “walk” just to communicate to your pet

When he said that swear word (thinking it was ily) to your pet, your pet just does that comical side eye and scoffs and trots away. (If it was a husky then they would be so dramatic and howl back. Poor Chifuyu would be like “???” While you are just cackling in the background)

he would give you shoulder massages and just repeat every word he knows in that language for fun. It would make you giggle because his accent is just so bad but you love him anyways

Chifuyu will repeat the words while he is working/talking to the animals in his pet shop and Kazutora would be like “???”. Chifuyu is going to teach kazutora that the swear word is ily. It’s like pay it forward except with swear words

And one day, when you visit Chifuyu, you would hear Kazutora saying the swear word to a kitten with the softest expression and you would either burst out laughing or be like “???” and eye Chifuyu

Chifuyu would just shrug with a smirk. Kazutora didn’t figure out until months later

.˚🌙 ༘┊͙ inui seishu ;

He met you through a regular to his and Draken’s motorcycle shop. You one day came with your boyfriend and that was when you got introduced to him. You pleasantly got along well with Draken and especially inui

Secretly, Inui developed a small crush on you the more the two of you interacted (like how almost all of romantic relationships evolve) but he knows it’s one sided and you were taken so he just bottles his feelings

When he finds out you were a translator, he would go home and google the language and learn some easy and basic words. But he never had the courage to say it. It’s a stark contrast to his usual blunt nature

Long story short you broke up with said boyfriend and stopped coming by the motorcycle shop as you didn’t really have a reason to be there. That was until you changed companies and had a new route to your new company which just so happen to pass by their bike shop

And you would stop and have a chat with them due to courtesy and because you kinda missed inui. And because it was just polite to say hello to people you know and are friendly with

“I haven’t seen you in a while… Is something up?” Inui would ask

“Oh.. Well my boyfriend and I broke up and yeah…” you would reply. Inui would have new founded hope. He would be like, maybe it isn’t unrequited love after all

“I also changed companies so this is my new route! I guess we can see each other more often.” You would explain

How you two got together is Draken giving Inui a nudge. For example, when you are going home and passing by the bike shop, Draken would be like “it’s dangerous for you to walk this late at night. Inui! Why don’t you take her home? I can clean up the rest.” Like he is the MVP here

When you do start dating, he would say I love you in (language) a lot. And it would be during really soft moments. Like you two are just cuddling with him being the big spoon and you the little. And you two are just facing each other. He would gently stroke your cheeks and with a soft expression, he would say I love you in that language as well as in Japanese

He finds you really attractive when you are speaking in (language). And if you aren’t from Japan and is from another country, he would just love listening to you talking to your friends and family back at your home

when it came time to meet your parents, the months before, he would do his best to learn as much as he can. He wants their approval after all. He lost basically his whole family so he would be damned if he lost you

And he would really surprise you with how much he progressed. (It’s because he was studying when he had time at work too!!!)

whenever you are translating documents, even though he can’t physically help you translate, he will support you by bringing you refreshments and stuff

And when you are translating documents he would sometimes take a glance at them and if he sees a word he knows, he would point it out and say it out loud. (Kiss him as a reward! He will come to expect it! And sometimes, he would bluntly and shamelessly ask for a kiss after he successfully saw a word he knew lol)

All in all, 10/10 recommend. He tries really hard to learn the language because he loves you and wants to be closer to you. He will take care of you after a long day of work and once you start dating, he would always come pick you up if you had hours that span into the night

In the future, if you two have kids, he would practice with you reading children’s books in (language) because he wants to read those books to his child

.˚🌙 ༘┊͙ haruchiyo sanzu ;

Bonten’s going international with their illegal trading businesses or whatever they do. And this means a language barrier. So in order to combat that Mikey asked Sanzu to hire a translator. So sanzu is like “where tf do I find a trustable translator for (language)?”

Coming to your side, you were, unfortunately, working in some bar as a host/hostess because you needed the money to pay off your parent’s debt. This was just a night job. By day you were a translator for (language)

And one day sanzu came in to the bar to have a drink like he usually do and this was when the owner pushed you forward to him, bragging about you in hopes he takes interest and would hang out longer

“You see, s/o here has many talents! They can do (talents/hobbies) and they can also speak (language)! They would make a fine companion for your visit tonight!”

Sanzu felt as if everything was too good to be true. He needed a translator for (language) and the bar he was visiting just so happen to have a person who knows the language. This was when he ordered one of his subordinates to do a background check on you

After all, this light be a trap and you might be a spy or assassin trying to take his life or get some secrets

But as his subordinates were gathering information on you, he decides to subtly interrogate you himself. This was when he finds out that your main job was a translator and not some bar host/hostess.

“Why would you work here out of all places though?” His eyes would be carefully scanning your body language for any threats or lies. But all he saw was you uncomfortably squirming and fear. He found it rather cute though

“Well, I had to find a way to pay my parent’s debt. My job as a translator doesn’t pay for it all,” you reply

In his eyes, you didn’t have the tell tale signs of a spy or assassin. His impression of you was just some unfortunate innocent person dabbling in some darker side of the world. And he would have to admit, you were pretty in your own respect

“I can pay off that debt,” he said, “but you would have to work for me in return.” He just thought, if you happen to be a spy or assassin, he could just kill you off no problem

“You wouldn’t need to work in a sleazy bar like this. Our… group just happens to need a translator.”

For the sake of this you eventually accepted his offer and begun working as Bonten’s translator

Of course like any normal person you were scared. Who wouldn’t be? Being surrounded by some dangerous looking men who looked like they could kill you in a split second. It was needless to say you weren’t use to this

But during meetings, Sanzu would be with you. As a matter in fact, he was always with you and there isn’t really much of a moment where you are alone. In his words “I bought you.”

When you were first starting out, the other potential partners would be so confused. Like “he brought this meek looking person to this meeting?” And they would eye you. And sanzu of course saw this. He disliked this very much.

You see, Sanzu is quite a possessive man and he doesn’t like it when people stare at you like a piece of meat

“Tell them if they stare at you like that one more time, I’m going to blow their brains out,” Sanzu just says to you

When you translate that (with great hesitancy) the negotiation table just becomes silent and tense.

Later on, when you are more use to it, Sanzu would get more touchy. Im talking a hand on your waist, his hand on your upper thigh, his arms around your shoulder, etc. he makes it look like you two were dating

And eventually, you would get the gist of how business work here so it wasn’t uncommon for you to translate something that makes it less “gang war” instigation material. (It’s still threatening though… just toned down)

“Tell them if they don’t lower the shipping costs I’m going to fucking kill their leader and turn him into chum and feed them said chum. What the fuck do they takes us for????”

You would reply: “Either lower the prices or we would have to take… extreme measures.”

When you two eventually start dating, the security plan for you would be insane. I’m talking about during negotiations, you would have him (and sometimes other executives) by your side (of course sanzu has his hands all over you) and like two body guards standing behind you, and some body guards in hidden sight

He demands you to teach him swear words and eventually ily

If the negotiations gets violent, and if you get hurt, there would be hell to pay. No one messes with you

.˚🌙 ༘┊͙ wakasa imaushi ;

He’s not the type who cares what his s/o does

But you two probably met when you were hired as a translator for Brahman. (It’s like in Sanzu’s scenario but different)

Instead of being bought, they hired you. Of course, you had to sign an NDA saying whatever being discussed you cannot tell anyone. And this is when you met Wakasa. You were signing the contract to be Brahman’s temporary translator and the executives were there. Of course, they introduced themselves to you

Your first translating job was a zoom call. The other party was not in Japan and so could not meet up. It would be you and Senju in the frame while takeomi stood off to the side. Wakasa and Benkei would be sitting across from you and senju

And as you were translating, things got more and more heated because the potential partner wasn’t being the most ethical. It was to the point where it got so heated that you and the other person on the screen was just arguing (you would be mad because they would cut you off mid sentence and not let you talk. That cumulated with their unethical ways pissed you off and you just snapped)

Wakasa, here would just stare at you with eyes slightly wide. He was used to you being curt and professional. But he understands. He could feel your frustration every time you got cut off and he could see the happiness building up in your face the more you translated

But it was still shocking (and hot) to see you go off in your (language).

Eventually, Senju had enough and just pressed the red end call button with a huff. But she wasn’t really angry. She was more amazed at you. But anyways this isn’t about her

Senju would tell you to rest and go cool off since you still had that “argument adrenaline” (I think that’s a thing) running through your veins. You agreed and just went out of the meeting room to take a breather outside

Minutes later you heard the door opening and as you were about to look back, you felt a cold sensation on your cheeks. You of course flinched away from the sudden closeness and looked at the perpetrator of coldness

It was wakasa. He was just looking at you with those usual lazy eyes. Except, the difference this time is that there was a small smile adorning his facial features. (This took you off guard cuz like you never seen him other than his usual expression which isn’t smiling???)

“You got pretty heated there didn’t you?” He would say as you take the cold drink from him, muttering a thanks as you were processing his rather cute face

“He kept on cutting me off and said some nasty things. My patience would run low eventually and he just so happen to test my limits,” you scoff, remembering the annoyance you felt

From that day on you two interacted more. Wakasa somehow made it a habit to surprise you with a drink after a translating session was done.

Once you two start dating, he has less tolerance to people who showed any signs of disrespect to you. Instead of sitting across from you, he would be sitting beside you and have his arms on your shoulder as you translate. And when he sees you getting particularly aggravated, he just sits closer until he is in frame and stares at the other person

It’s intimidating guys. Like it can be felt through the screen and such. If it was an in person meeting, they might hear the crunch of him biting his lollipop followed by his glare. There is no translator needed for the other party to get the message

He doesn’t ask you how to say some things in (language). Instead he goes out of his way and learns him through other means. And one day, he just blurts it out to you, catching you off guard. He would smile at your expression and take this chance to steal a kiss from your lips

. . . . . ꒰ ♡ ꒱ ,, stop auto correcting seishu to sriracha how does that even happen ⌲˘͈ᵕ˘͈

[time-to-write-and-suffer]

Honestly is it even worth it to query the faery wip? I don't think there's a big market for fae stuff anymore unless you're already an established fae writer (examples shall not be named).

Like, aside from how unlikely it is that an agent would pick it up, a lot of other shit is working against me already. I'm a no-name, I'm European, my book is longer than genre conventions dictate, and it's too similar to stuff that already exists out there.

The only realistic thing tradpub would give me, if I found an agent (and that's the biggest if), would be free editing and potentially marketing. And yeah probably a larger audience lbr. Possibly better pay but who knows these days. I think a lot of self-pubbed smut authors on Amazon make better money than some traditionally published authors.

I dunno, man. I'm not against the idea of indie/self-publishing, but again, idk anything about anything. Like I don't even know what legal jargon to slap on the first pages, ya know?

The one thing I know is that I'd like to receive some money for publishing this thing. I haven't spent 6-7 years on it just to give it away for free.

Ugh, idk man. This sucks. I wrote the book, now I have to get people to read it, too, or else I won't feel creatively fulfilled? This is bullshit. This is all bullshit.

[nocek]

Hi I'm back I guess?

So for the update: the funny story immediately continued with nerfing me with 2.5 days of migraine (fun times, 0/10 do not recommend) and then life got busy and I was still too bummed out to share any drawings or anything.

Good news is that yesterday those 5 shorts got taken down from youtube. Annoying process but it has worked.

until it didn't

because of course it didn't

the lovely thief just sent counter claim

because of course they did

if one of those shorts had like million views and rest of them had couple hundred thousand it must be worth it i guess? plus like 5 dmca claims would probably hurt their revenue?

anyway the fun part is that all of this process was in my native language but now the counter claim is suddenly in english (yay customer service? that's very helpful with legal jargon and all) that requires me to send them proof of me taking legal action against them in 10 workdays starting now

so with that I'm not longer bummed out. I'm fucking pissed off.

like seriously fucking pissed off

and worst of all I know i can do shit all to them. I'm not an us citizen, i don't have money to sue them in us and I know that it's a piece of fanart so it's fucking pointless

the best I can hope for is that they just want to have the dmca cleared from their account and after that they will have the fucking decency to delete the shorts and won't touch my art in the future

but my faith in humanity took a hit so I'm sorry to say that from now on I'll have to add some annoying watermark with the "do not fucking repost" clearly visible. At least when I'll draw for popular fandoms. Which also pisses me off.

Which sucks because usually when I fixate on fandom it holds me for a long time :S and I have new spiderverse stuff to post. But I guess after that it's time to fall back on god ol buckynat or maybe TRON requires a mandatory rewatch XD that's like as niche as it goes

But to end on positive note. To be honest I just now read the lovely notes you left on this post which tbh made me cry a little. Because when I was writing that I was processing my neediness for like idk popularity? Even if I know that if you get too popular weirdos on internet will start to notice you too and I'd rather avoid that.

So I want to just thank you. You are all right and from now on I'll focus on being productively pissed off instead and continue drawing out of spite (again, sorry for the future watermarks :S) so plan for today is nice drawing of Gabriella in Miguel in silly Halloween costumes.

Because self indulgence is the way!

Do you want to hear a funny story?

So you know that I was drawing spiderverse comics lately. Because they are fun to do. And I think people like them. I mean the most popular one has like 4K notes? That's lot for me when I usually dwell in tiny fandoms made out of like 3 people and their dog. So it's nice, everybody is having fun and I'm grateful.

but

BUT

I just found out that somebody took few of that comics. Cut them up and run the text through ai reading voice and posted it as reels on fucking youtube.

And it's not even that I'm stumped why even turn 4 pictures into video. First time I see such a time wasting thing but ok. People do like different things.

And even lke some effort was done to erase text from speech bubbles so it appears as the ai spews it aloud but it's not even about it

I had pictures taken and posted somewhere else. Usually without credit. At least this time it was credited? I guess I should be grateful.

What fucking gets me is that those comics have several hundred thousand views and few hundred comments each.

Like fucking seriously.

I don't know what's the point

I don;t know what should I feel about this

I mean unless you can make money on youtube reels? Then I can at least be pissed about it. Nice clean feeling?

Because what gets me is that most of those comments are nice so I should be happy about it? I guess? But I feel like a pathetic peeping tom looking for appreciation that wasn't given to me actually eve if I did the thing

ugh

I'm just tired

this day was already shitty so i guess it's time to give up and take a nap

next comic will be delayed

[animeomegas]

I'll wait with bated breath for your og story synopsis <3

Ok SO YES Blooming Panic boyssss

I agree with loathing being Discord Kittened lmfaoo... it's unfortunate because for my first raw playthrough without any hints to get a specific outcome, I ended up on Quest's route. And at first I was like "ooo he's kinda like a teddy bear and all polite and sshh"... but then all the hints being dropped about him perceiving MC as "obedient" and "good for him"... bleh! And I know it's a dating otome, but it just rubbed me the wrong way that choosing platonic for him results in the bad ending (In 2 different ways!!).

ANYWAY, my ranking from most fave to least: Toasty, xyx, nightowl + quest (tied)..

I suffer from the fallacy of wanting all male LIs to be subs and so I decree it🤣 so I defs also see toasty as a sub🥺, and xyx to me is just a delectable mouthy sub😈 (you mention him as a lawyer, I thought he was a talent manager 😆?). Nightowl is cute for the most part but I didn't really like his voice acting which I know was a draw card for other players, but idk it was more something I had to tolerate. And then ofc course the verbal abuse of MC was a bit 😬..but I still liked him in his crop top at the end 🥵☕sometimes I'm a simple gal.

Anyhow, thanks for the luck🧘 and also best to you with your writing and whatever else you've got going on too🤗💫

Yeah, I was intrigued by Quest at first, I thought he seemed really sweet, but I ended up on Nightowl's route first still.

And yes! My toxic trait is decreeing everyone as a sub! And I'm proud of it! And yes, xyx is an entertainment lawyer, I believe. It was part of his character to use legal jargon every now and then, it's cute!

The crop top scene with Nightowl was powerful though, you're right, I love that look for him 😫

Thanks for the well wishes!! <333

@sweetmielie

[redrose-arrow]

🗡️ cassandra || ❤️🩹 maddie or will

Badass Cassandra Uhhhh she’s Cassandra, of course she's a badass, what do you want me to say??? Okay I’ll give you this: she’s actually VERY good at the study of law and can easily talk down any other head of state. Horace suspects her from making up some of the legal jargon she uses, but 1) he can never prove it and 2) as long as it works, it works, right? 

How about angsty Will AND Maddie? Idk I came up with this story for a fanfic years ago and I don’t think I have any actual notes on it but it never let me go. Basically, Maddie gets captured (as an unknown Ranger, mind you). Will and Halt go looking for her, and they find her, chained and all. Will tells her to sit tight, not try to escape, and whatever she does, “don’t break your hands trying to get out of these chains”. An attack on the capturers ensues, there’s chaos and fighting, Maddie does actually escape, Will doesn’t think much of it, until he realises she can barely hold any of the weapons lying around. But they’re outnumbered, and he cannot get to her, not without cutting their chances of coming out alive in half. Will is fighting for his own life, and has to watch Maddie as the tears stream down her face (because the pain in her hands is so so bad), has to watch as her captors close in on her, has to watch as they pin her already broken hands down, has to watch as they dare touch… He doesn’t remember how he did it, but rage took over as he fought his way toward her, Halt’s arrows from above providing just enough cover as he carries his goddaughter out of the building right before an enormous ‘boom’ sounds behind them. Maddie still wakes up screaming sometimes. Will wakes up, too, not knowing if the screaming sounded in his dreams or in the room next to his, not even after he’s sent Maddie back to her parents in Araluen.

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

Okay but if I really reaaaalllyyy think about it I just don’t necessarily believe Phoenix and Miles would become famous celebrities like people make them out to be. My reasoning being: Do lawyers really become all that famous? Like even when they suck? Would the ‘Demon Prosecutor’ be known by the general public? Because I saw in the news this really shitty prosecutor who was called out by the judge for… reasons I honestly can’t quite remember in legal jargon, but he was being a general dick to the defendant, and I don’t remember shit about what his name was. The only lawyer I know is the Texas Hammer and that’s because he’s a big meme, but truly I am unaware of most lawyers existences.

Maybe that’s just because I’m an inexperienced teen or something though 😅 idk. I don’t doubt that they would be prominent figures in the legal community! But I don’t exactly know if there’d be fan pages dedicated to the lawyers, or fandom discussions on who’s dating who within the Ace Attorney universe. Though, maybe Phoenix could be Ace Attorney’s Texas Hammer. If he became a meme that’d be understandable.

[luvbug724]

yup the situation might be unlikely but i don’t know enough about courts to say if it’s improbable or if it could genuinely happen in a case like andrew’s where it’s an unremarkable assault criminal case that’s like one and done without follow up. other egregious legal situations have also been ignored when the defendant was mentally ill. but that’s not the meds being unrealistic, that’s hand wavey court case magic

i doubt betsy didn’t know andrew was manic. neil knows and he’s kinda of ignorant around all of that stuff, and betsy is extremely competent like you said. but no matter her protests, that’s not her domain because i think she’s purely his therapist. psychiatrists prescribe medicine, therapists do not. neil calls her a psychiatrist, but i don’t know how accurate that is?? whenever we see her she’s performing therapy and a psychiatrist alone is NOT qualified for that (according to my sister who is a therapist idk i don’t know the jargon), so betsy doesn’t have control over andrew’s medicine as a therapist unless she has an additional qualification for psychiatry. but the american legal system absolutely drops the ball when it comes to mental health cases— i very recently had a bipolar relative face legal trouble while manic because of anti depressants and it still took years for someone to figure out the problem. not court mandated medicine, but the legal system in the aftg world is primarily concerned over if andrew is a threat to others. while manic, he generally isn’t, because his thought process is too erratic to commit to any sort of violence. he’ll threaten it and briefly enact it, but he loses interest before the damage is done while sober andrew absolutely follows through when he says he will. even drugging neil, which was the most elaborate show of violence i can remember that andrew does while manic is performed while he’s mostly sober.

as soon as betsy has tangible proof to present to the courts that the meds are doing real psychological harm to andrew (his inability to process the assault), she does get him off the medicine (by having the court order removed). but the text establishes that most people view these meds as a the lesser of two evils for andrew, including his own legal guardian (until drake happened) and medical professionals. i don’t think they would make the decision so lightly off of one therapists opinion when they found him dangerous enough to medicate in the first place.

ur right that college athletes r totally drug tested a lot and there’s even a rule where you can’t drink 48 hours before a game and 24 hours before practice but the aftg ncaa isn’t our ncaa. you can’t really play five active seasons (most teams use a loophole called a redshirt year where the player mostly attends practices while barely competing freshman year), and in 2006 you wouldn’t have a stipend like nicky gets to pay the mortgage. a lot of things in aftg are overlookable because it’s an ambiguous universe slightly to the left of ours, but my problem is people ragging on the medicine and ignoring that the medicine might be made up but the concept is very very real. these issues aren’t his medication being unrealistic, but the situation being odd

begging ppl to stop saying andrew’s meds are unrealistic bc that shit happens all the time. you’re bipolar, you get diagnosed w depression and go on antidepressants, and you become manic bc you’re only medicated for your lows and not your highs