#its copyright^2

[jaded-ghoster]

I DONT CARE HOW DESPERATE I GET I REFUSE TO GET AND PUBLISH FANFICS USING CHAT GPT. WHO DO YOU BASTARDS THINK YOU ARE? SHIP RARE PAIRS AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF NO SEARCH RESULTS LIKE A REAL MAN

[jjcocker]

his ass WOULD pirate the shit out of nintendo if he was real

[munchboxart]

Word of advice, do NOT join Tarot zines

[sessju]

Hmm. I kind of want to make a post or series of posts about the production of the Kotor games and their relationship to other Star Wars media, especially the comics.

I think since they are lesser known, the ideas that Kotor drew from them are interpreted as unique to Kotor. It's a bit of a shame, because both Kotor games were absolute love letters to the comics and I like seeing sources of inspiration get credit.

To be clear I'm not saying the comics are something you need to read or that they are even particularly good by today's standards - I think modern Star Wars fans would feel alienated by them. Star Wars was just a different beast back then. However, their role in the creation process of Kotor is neat and maybe other people would be interested? I dunno.

[vhvrs]

kindve like my guardian angel

[hoarding-stories]

Real talk, the not-a-beholder was so much more creepy than I thought it would be

[cerealandchoccymilk]

Trigun Bookclub: Trigun Vol.1, Chapter #07 (Part 2)

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I’m doing a deep-read of the Japanese original print (reread) and Overhaul 1.0 (first read) side-by-side, and writing down everything I notice from small details, version differences, translation differences, etc.

This one’s divided into two parts since it surpassed the desktop image limit of 30. whoops

Here are the ME BEING GAY panels:

And the rest is under the cut.

[link for if the images aren’t in horizontal rows]

This part is significantly more text- and analysis-heavy than Part 1.

I know this part isn't supposed to be funny but I can't get over the way they exchange glances. Kaito is just absolutely jaw-dropped. I can't tell if he's shocked by the fact that there were gang members where he didn't expect, or if he got scared by the fact that he heard the #1 thing you don't want an adult to say during an emergency.

Also... Vash raising his voice... hello..........

This angle of Kaito kind of reminds me of Gag Manga Biyori... (this really stupid '00s anime with like. Monty Python humor)(please tell me if you know of gag manga biyori. it's my entire childhood. i can quote so many bits)

In Japanese, Kaito's phrasing is more like "You've been missing vital organs on purpose!?"

Does Vash keep first aid on him at all times, in case of situations like this?

The nuance here is a bit different - Kaiyo says "However skilled your arm is... this is ridiculous!!" (real kids don't talk like that but. yk what i mean)

I forgot to transfer the Japanese annotations onto the English version... whoopsies

He's taken a hit...!! Despite having taken quite a lot of damage, he's still more worried about his enemies than he is of himself... Take care of yourself more......(second time saying this)

YAOI SHOULDERS He's so damn cool augh...

The "dame dane" in blue is because he says "baka mitai" lmao

I initially corrected this line (to "I probably look stupid, don't I?"), but it becomes redundant with what he says after this so I crossed it out.

This is the first (direct) connection between Vash, Rem, and the Big Fall. The space imagery is of course representative of the setting of the Big Fall and Vash's backstory, but it also shows the sheer scale of Vash's trauma and love for humanity. This will be expanded on in a bit.

Here you can also see the self-hatred that Vash has....

Rather than a matter of forgiveness, Vash says that he's "sure [Rem] would be saddened."

In the Japanese version, Kaito's echo of "She?" is in brackets/quotes.

More interspersed space imagery.

There's something about these occasional shots of space that *gets* me.... Vash's thought patterns, ideals/values, etc. vastly transcends anything of a regular human's, I think.

Most of what I want to say can be summarized into that. I probably have said this before and will say it many times in the future, but Vash's stubborn pacifism and determination is something that can only be achieved because he's inhuman. His physical abilities are ridiculous, either because he's a Plant or due to his training and long lifespan (or both), and he has experienced things far greater than anyone can imagine. No idea where I was going with this but...you get it.

I think the ガッ bubble on the top right is onomatopoea , possibly for the gunshot or the bullet hitting something? Vash's pose must be ridiculous here. I can only imagine how insane he would be at Twister. And he shot that guy's arm completely without looking too!? This guy's insane. like we knew that already but damn

Honestly I'm not smart enough to understand what the rest of these commands are saying, but I think they're referring to "the three teams" in the port passenger section, rather than "team 3".

We can see Vash's wound slowly getting to him...

Here's the only time we see Kaito's backstory!! It looks like after his father died, his mother left Kaito? Or she left her family for another man and his father died after that.... He ended up being homeless.... He either killed someone or found a body??? Is that the stepfather his mother ran off with??? NIGHTOW GIVE ME ANSWERS!!!

The scene...... I can't help but imagine where Vash thinks he falls in this. It's something he has been doing for the past however many years it's been since July, the century and a half since the Big Fall, or even [trimax vol.7] during his childhood. But I don't think he ever counts himself as deserving of this, to be on the recieving end of the forgiveness.

More weak Vash... It's just so rare to see Vash in such a state. no other reason im putting this here no sir this is purely analytical (←me when i lie)

The way this page's panels are arranged really highlight how slow each action is and that Vash is running out of energy, which I think is a neat detail.

And that's the end of my Japanese copy of Trigun Volume 1!! I wanted to do at least rough translation of the omake, but my Apple Pencil died (and this chapter had so many images) so the omake will be a separate post, probably all 3 at once.

The Japanese annotations for this chapter are reblogged from the Part 1 post. (There are less than 30 of those, so they're all in one reblog.)

[obviouslyinvisible]

Im catching up with 13+ years of Remedy content right and I think I've had the reverse order reaction everyone had to Tim breaker in Alan wake 2.

Which is I've watched through A.W 1 and got to seeing Tim in AW2 and seen a bunch of fanart of jack Joyce and gone who is this???

Who's jack and looked up quantum leap to go !!!! TIM oh hey Tim.

Needless to say it was very funny to then watch Jesse Cox play aw2 and immediately lose his mind at Tim and goo ohhhh thats the reaction id have have had if I'd had watched everything in order of release lmao

[toxifoxx]

henry lore doc coming along nicely :3

[ladysqueakinpip]

literally how has AI not been banned yet

[thedevilsrain]

ok kind of a silly rant coming

[takasgf]

taka is really happy to have discovered music that "the cool kids" listen to

frogeru asks him to show her what he's talking about

it's the entire library of "no copyright sounds"

[bobzora]

i <3 copyrighted material being put into new contexts to create something entirely new and different

[13eyond13]

What type of memes do you like or post?

Boy, kinda a hard question! Anything that makes me laugh, basically. I have a thing for original and weirdly worded and weirdly delivered phrases that stick in my head, that's often a feature of my favourite memes. Looking through this blog would be a good indication of the kind of memes I like, I suppose...

[supersuperdupersecretnerd]

Pressure is such a good game, but good lord what the hell have they done to Roblox.

[the-acid-pear]

Sometimes I forget Hans Landa is a character from the hit movie Inglourious Bastards directed by Quentin Tarantino and not just some.guy living rent free in my head in a shitty apartment who I go bother at least once a week and who takes care of.my daughter while I'm gone.