#its great when you can just read about people and skip the weird ass phase of small talk or whatever

[thatmahblog]

I'm in this picture My autism is in this tag and I don't like it lol.

Wait, so you said that you can learn to trust others by building friendships, but how does one go about doing that? Wouldn't someone I don't know be creeped out or annoyed if I suddenly walked up and started talking to them?

Friendships are built of repeated low-stakes interactions and returned bids for attention with slowly increasing intimacy over time.

It takes a long time to make friends as an adult. People will probably think you're weird if you just walk up and start talking to them as though you are already their friend (people think it's weird when I do this, I try not to do this) but people won't think it's weird if you're someone they've seen a few times who says "hey" and then gradually has more conversations (consisting of more words) with them.

I cheat at forming adult friendships by joining groups where people meet regularly. If you're part of a radio club that meets once a week and you just join up to talk about radios, eventually those will be your radio friends.

If there's a hiking meetup near you and you go regularly, you will eventually have hiking friends.

Deeper friendships are formed with people from those kinds of groups when you do things with them outside of the context of the original interaction; if you go camping with your radio friend, that person is probably more friend than acquaintance. If you go to the movies with a hiking friend who likes the same horror movies as you do, that is deepening the friendship.

In, like 2011 Large Bastard decided he wanted more friends to do stuff with so he started a local radio meetup. These people started as strangers who shared an interest. Now they are people who give each other rides after surgery and help each other move and have started businesses together and have gone on many radio-based camping trips and have worked on each other's cars.

Finding a meetup or starting a meetup is genuinely the cheat-code for making friends.

This is also how making friendships at schools works - you're around a group of people very regularly and eventually you get to know them better and you start figuring out who you get along with and you start spending more time with those people.

If you want to do this in the most fast and dramatic way possible, join a band.

In 2020 I wrote something of a primer on how to turn low-stakes interactions with neighbors and acquaintances into more meaningful relationships; check the notes of this post over the next couple days, I'll dig up the link and share it in a reblog.

[amphii-writes]

Random Haikyuu Head Canons I Have

these are all taken from my discord server cause i remember to write them there, if you want to request fanfics, my requests are W I D E open! there is also nO order! these are just all the headcanons i could find tbh

warnings: mentions of blood, and just overall wild times, swearing

Asahi loves knitting sweaters because his shoulders are broad and he also loves seeing the reactions from his teammates when they get a sweater from him! He says he buys them but he doesn’t

Aone likes knitting socks because he has big feet and he loves fluffy knee high socks but his team will never know

Asahi and Aone regularly hang out and knit together! (after asahi wasnt scared of him anyways)

Nishinoya gives you shiny rocks he finds because “your eyes shine like them!”

Yamaguchi likes to have your head rest on his chest while cuddling!

Aone likes to bake

Aone dressed like a polar bear because koganegawa told him to- halloween was amazing

daICHI HAS A KISS THE COOK APRON

Daichi secretly can make some kick ass steak and is amazing at grilling sorry

Okay but real talk, Kenma and Yaku swear like sailors and it scares everyone because they always whisper the most foul, insulting things under their breath. Hearing it is like seeing a cryptid

Speaking of cryptids, Fukunaga and Shibayama are THE most true crime, mythology, and mystery obsessed fanatics on the team and often fanboy about it together 

Fukunaga’s obsession with moth man has gotten to an unhealthy stage

Kenma absolutely had a vampire phase and has read twilight. Only Kuroo knows and has sworn to secrecy via blood pact

Kuroo’s a musical nerd. Knows all of the lyrics to Hamilton, BMC, DEH, Heathers, Rent, Beetlejuice, Etc. Kenma considered dropping him because of it

Iwaizumi tells the worst dad jokes and Kyotani, wanting to beat him, started doing it too and it drives everyone insane

Yahaba and Matsukawa get along surprisingly well. Both are true crime freaks and bond over their forensic files obsessions

Matsukawa didn’t really like his thick eyebrows so he got one of his female friends to pluck it for him, but almost cried and gave up after the first hair. Oikawa called him a pussy for the next year

Hanamaki jokingly flirts with everyone on the team so most of them just got used to it, but it still confuses Kindaichi to the point of mental breakdown

Makki called Kyotani ‘puppy’ as a joke once and now mad dog is truly terrified of him

Kyotani’s dog absolutely ADORES Oikawa and it’s the funniest shit to the rest of the team

Mattsun and Makki play DnD and once convinced Yahaba and Kyotani to join. Kyotani kept rolling to fight everyone and Yahaba was a bard that kept rolling to seduce everyone. They kept yelling across the board so they had to kick them out

Outside of his school uniform, Goshiki specifically wears only plaid

Tendou makes little chocolates for the whole team every once in a while so they don’t think he’s scary

Semi and Shirabu once had a fistfight in an abandoned McDonald’s parking lot while Tendou filmed and Goshiki cheered them on

Everybody makes fun of Shirabu’s haircut but nobody dares to say it to his face. its gotten to the point where they say he got it done by a blind old lady

There’s a running joke about Shirabu also getting his haircut from prison but Goshiki is starting to suspect that it may not be a joke

Yamagata and Tendou are good friends with the mutual goal of collecting as much blackmail on their team as possible

Tendou loves animals generally considered to be ‘ugly’ like rats, crows, reptiles, etc.

80% of Goshiki’s playlist is shit overplayed on the radio. Him, Shirabu, Tendou, Kawanishi and Ushijima have a permanent ban from the aux cord

Nobody watches YouTube with Ushijima because he never skips the damn ads (other than tendou)

Suna once said y’all’dn’t’ve unironically and made a first year cry

Akagi once said UwU unironically and had an identity crisis.

Osamu has one of those rainbow gaming keyboards and is constantly on a discord call. Atsumu always yells weird shit in the background to embarrass him and once pretended to be him

During Seijoh group chat arguments. Hanamaki and Mattsukawa like to drop facebook minion memes in just to piss everyone off even more

mattsun and maki both have separate photo albums in their phones labelled ‘minion memes to piss everyone off’

Hinata carries a pocket knife and no one has no fucking idea why

mattsun and maki both have matching rat fursuits that look like they actually where in a sewer- they chased oikawa around

For all his talk of plant analogies and metaphors, Ushijima cant grow shit

Goshiki’s Bangs are the way they are because his favorite character was Rock Lee from Naruto

Oikawa has watched Ouran High School Host Club front to back so many times and he can quote all of Tamaki’s lines by heart -He keeps bothering Iwaizumi to “be his Haruhi, since you’re shorter than me”

Koganegawa has definitely gone as an Angry Bird for Halloween

Fukunaga has those reflective cat eyes, and he has terrified Yamamoto on several occasion

Hanamaki and Matsukawa have a teddy bear that they pretend is their child and they share custody

Suga always sprays whipped cream straight into his mouth whenever he sees a can

Nishinoya definitely bit people as a kid

Nishinoya would be the guy to wear shorts all year round and even if it's snowing, he'll insist he's not cold

Tendou is still stuck in his emo phase and would fangirl over Creepypasta with me and I appreciate that (me too buddy, me fuckin too)

Kyoutani LOOKS like he’d listen to viking death metal, but in reality he listens to Mother Mother and knows all the words to Ghosting

Sugawara would definitely encourage me to dumb shit and not stop me, and you’re all dumb for thinking he wouldn’t 

KENMA IS NOT ‘uwu owo’ SHY, HE IS ‘your fucking gross’ SHY SO LITERALLY STFU

Bokuto listens to Nicki Manaj. And knows all the words. To every. Single. Song.

Ushijima for some reason knows an odd amount of 90′s-2000′s R&B and he will hum along to the songs if they come on the radio (he also loves Dolly Parton) ((he says he relates to her music))

Bokuto once ate instant ramen for an entire month

TERUSHIMA DID TRY TO FUCK A PLANT WHILE SHITFACED AND GOD I STAND BY WHAT I SAID

atsumu let’s you put makeup on him and pretends to eat the brushes (do yk what im talking about- like n o m)

tendou ran for school president as a joke but actually won

i 100% believe that all of karasuno’s third years apologize when they bump into inanimate objects, but when suga is really tired or stressed out, he’ll yell at them instead.

Tanaka, Nishinoya, and Taketora have a group chat called "Bros who want sum hoes" and they send each other hypebeast memes and shit

Sugawara knows how to do a bunch of flexible shit because he sometimes goes to yoga with daichi and asahi's moms, its fucking hilarious

tanaka and noya both breakdance- they work as a team and sometimes go to tokyo for underground competitions- saeko drives them

Daichi knows a little ballet- nobody other than Kiyoko knows because they saw each other at the ballet class and had to work together- dont tell tanaka and noya that he lifted her though

Osamu once put glitter on Atsumu's pillow- he still finds hot pink glitter on shit

kita knits and crochets with his grandma

Kita's grandma knows everyone's names because kita talks shit bout them, her favorite is Aran

Kuroo has burnt his eyebrows off doing an experiment. His goggles didn't cover all his brows,,, so he just showed up to practice like that. No eyebrows and a chemical burn

kenma has played all kinds of games, but he was dared to play corpse party by kuroo. He wasn't scared because of the gore, he was thinking about the trauma the characters went through. Punched kuroo the next day because that game was fucked up

Lev isn't a strong swimmer, so he often grabs people by the head to keep himself up. happened with kenma and lev couldn't walk due to the force of kenmas suprised water kicks

akaashi has those fancy pens that you have to dip in ink and they're so nice

Bokuto has and will eat pencil erasers again

Daichi once almost lost his shit at his team but instead he lost his shit at the door that decided to stub his toe on the way out of the gym. not the best thing to be found yelling to.

Yamaguchi for sure has been dragged to one of terushimas parties because he didnt wanna say no. oh and terushima has like frat boy level parties too. Yams has for sure had some wild nights and doubts anyone other than Tsukishima and the party-goers will ever know

Akaashi can actually flirt very well! He reads romance novels sometimes and has analyzed any and every book in his possession! so he's actually quite charming

Daihsou unironically posted on twitter after mika broke up with him "I still see her shadows in my room"

Mattsun and Maki run a fake oikawa account; its been going ever since twitter even started getting popular and they even started sending messages in spanish. The posts would range from "I love all my fans!" to flirting with them :) Oikawa is pissed cause the account got verified before he did and most of his fans also follow the fake oikawa. Tooru has no idea who runs it JUST IMAGINE OIKAWA JUST LIKE RANTING TO THE SEIJOH 3RD YEAR ALUMNI AND JUST "no Iwa-chan, you dont understand! they run a fake account and pretend to be me!" while makki and mattsun laugh their asses off

Oh, kenma for sure has pretended to be a girl on discord and has gotten someone to buy him stuff. after they do he says in his normal voice "fucking simp" and then hangs up and blocks the other persons discord

Yamamoto, despite his rough appearance, loves kids and has and will be a human jungle gym

suna in middle school had a game with his friends about who could make kids cry the fastest

The twins switched places back in middle school and nobody could tell because of how great they are at acting like eachother

Daichi once arrested coach ukai for public intoxication after a game :|

Daichi has arrested many people from his old volleyball team but the most memorable case was when he arrested tanaka and noya for reckless driving. poor idiots got so scared when they saw their old captains face in their mirror and started to pray

tanaka, while trying to intimidate someone, once said "You dont gotta tell me twice, i may be straight but these hands are bisexual" and he often cringes at night thinking about it

Kageyama, as a comeback to Tsukishima, said "one thing about us royalty is that we love to feast" and he also fuckin hates what he said

the third years made a cult for Kiyoko. they chant every wednesday "i'll do anything for kiyoko, she makes me go loco"

oikawas fangirls are known to be fucking rabid

yAMAMOTO AND KENMA AFTER THEIR FIGHT WERE FORCED BY KUROO TO MAKE IT UP: so they dyed their hair together

Makki and mattsun sang two trucks in front of the entire team. everyone was so confused. Makki: "twO TRUCKS HAVIN SEX!!" Mattsun: "oH yEs!"THEY'D SWITCH OFF AND HAVE LIKE CHOREOGRAPHY TOO LIKE THEY'D DO A TANGO WHILE THE SONG IS LIKE "two beer trucks, making love"

tendou once called Oikawa "mr. no-nationals" and got kicked in the shins before iwaizumi could save him

Tsukishima had a my little pony phase

you work with matsukawa at a morgue and he makes dead people jokes while you fix some dead guys face with wax and makeup he'd be like "so didnt he like,,, stick his head out of the sunroof of a moving fuckin car??" he'd be singing dumb ways to die the entire day

i feel like Kuroo has one crazy accident a year. like it might not be deadly but its fucking crazy like for example: Kuroo for sure has ridden in a shopping cart at past midnight with kenma (who pushed him down a hill) causing Kuroo to get scratched up hella well. he lied and said he spent the night with a girl and kenma fucking hated himself cause he would be the girl if that was true

Mattsun has flirted with the 4th years moms before (AS A JOKE), and because of this: he is known as “fuckin milf hunter” sometimes by the team

Warning, this next headcanon is talking about cannabis, weed, mary jane, the zoink root. so if your uncomfortable, please dont read below :)

dude i wanna get high as SHIT with Asahi 

i think Asahi would be one of those mfkers who takes one hit and is gone 

ASAHI ACCIDENTALLY GOING TO PRACTICE ZOINKED 

IMAGINE HIM SEEING TSUKISHIMA AND JUST "he looks so judgemental,,, im scared" 

OR LIKE A MAD DAICHI AND JUST "i'm gonna,,, im gonna go jump out the window now" 

Noya and Tanaka would know tho, i feel like they'd have a 6th sense when it comes to weed. they probably get some from Saeko cause she'd rather they do it in the house. they'd smell asahi like fucking dogs and just so,,, big guy had fun without us huh? 

DAICHI WOULD KNOW ABOUT ASAHI BEING ZOINKED, SMASH HIS FACE INTO THE WALL, TURN AROUND WITH A RED MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD AND WITH A BEAMING SMILE AND FEUX ENTHUSIASM SAY: "YOSH, LETS WARM UP!"

[cosmiclatte28]

Radio Romance (Doyoung x reader, Jaehyun)

This was on my wattpad too! Do check them out, I am working on my SuperM fanfiction.

Warning : Fluff, Doyoung and Jaehyun are radio DJs! Sweet ones obviously 

fluff and safe for work ;)

enjoy !!!

A great hit by Adele fades out as the familiar prelude to my beloved radio segment chimes in. The catchy yet simple jingle makes me perks my ears.

"Good evening citizens! This is DJ Doyoung"

"And this is DJ Jaehyun. You are now listening to Night Paradise of One Two Seven Regular Radio"

"Where you can relax and sleep with sweet dreams." Said Doyoung.

"The time now is nine o'clock. It is Wednesday May 8 and tonight we will receive your song requests and of course the favorite Radio Romance program is still available." Jaehyunexplains their rundown.

I go to turn up the music louder, well the channel I am tuning in right now is our Campus' radio station and since freshman days, this radio station really helps me during the stress nights before finals until the lonely nights when I miss mother's home cook meal. I really love the program, listening to music, witnessing a guy confess to a girl he likes, sometimes I just like to listen to the bickering of the DJs, and mostly I just like having sounds in my silent room. I share an apartment with a foreigner from the same country but he is currently busy. And during these nights, the radio really entertains me.

"As we collect your messages and requests, first composition tonight will be from the latest hit by NCT. As the night is still early, we think a lot of our listeners are still sticking their nose to books and papers. To energize you, we present you Highway to Heaven." Jaehyun's deep voice echoes.

I smiled; this song is currently my mood booster. Picking up my pen, I can return to read my textbook and try my best to study more; Though it is challenging for me to keep on reading, instead of singing on top of my lungs while dancing wildly. As much as I want to do those two badly, I know that my parents sent me here to the United States from the Country of Ginseng and Kimchi to learn something and be someone. Halfway through the song, I can't hold back my feelings and grab my phone.

I quickly text a private message to someone,

"Seriously.. I can't focus. Finals are around the corner. Mum will kill me if A is not present."

I Hit the send button and locked my phone. I must not get carried away into chatting. That will end my life.

After calming my excited nerves with water, the radio DJs return with different love confessions and questions.

Ranging from

"What should I do to get this girl's attention? I'm super shy while she's the total opposite." The two each suggested dating advices. Which I believe were not from their experiences. It's definitely a google answer.

"I just broke up with my boy friend, and I need more comfort songs. Can you two please fulfil my request. Thanks, and DJ Jaehyun you're the best." To which Doyoung replies jokingly "Noted. More love songs. DJ Doyoung is in charge of songs tonight. You pick the wrong guy."

"I can't sleep tonight. I need to finish 3 works by 7 a.m. tomorrow. Please tune up the bpm." Jaehyun's cheeky remarks was "I think coffee will help you better than us. Our program ended at 10.. anyways, we hope you for the best! Fighting!"

Those are messages coming into their homepage

"Now moving on to the tweets, I have.." Doyoung laughs a bit

"To @osaka_prince I really miss you, let's meet for Takoyaki this week. Call me asap. From @nct_is_life"

"You heard that @osaka_prince, someone misses you! And next we have.."

tHis time Jaehyun's soothing voice exits the stereo

"To @ice_yongie how are you doing? I heard you tune into this channel regularly. Wish you all the best for your finals. From @fire_jung"

"Right... to every students, please stay healthy, have enough sleep, and prepare for your finals." Jaehyun said and continue with two more mentions.

After that they play another hit song, this time as the atmosphere starts to go bittersweet. Their choice was Because of You by Taeil.

The sweet voice and words I understands, made a good company for me. I finish reading my books as the last beat of the song drops and Doyoung'strademark voice comes in.

"We have one more hour to accompanyyour night. Now for the news, we have one from the school's Baseball team, one from the hospital and another from the cafeteria. After the news we'll head on to the Call Me Maybe segment. Please wait for it."

Jaehyun reads the news about the upcoming grand Baseball match this Thursday, it's Trojans vs Eagles. Don't forget to come with all your Trojans attire and merchandises we all know how the season will end. Winning is our middle name.

The next news was only about reminding students to take care of their health during finals and a new boba stall will open this Monday. Discount 50% for first 100 cups.

No matter how cheap that will be, I know I can't skip class just to queue for a boba. Not if I want to have my ass bloody red.

The Call Me Baby segment comes after 2 other compositions and oddly I love this segment. Though it may be weird to some people, listening someone making a voice note on air to their special ones and getting no reply.. still there is something in my heart that likes hearing those.

Apparently a lot of calls were desperate. From 5 voice message, 2 are clearly in a phase of knowing someone and trying to win their heart, the other 3 are asking how someone has been.. clearly they broke up one misses the other one, but have no choice other than to use the radio to ask his or her condition. Ego always wins right?

I feel bad for those three who cannot directly ask how the people who used to be special to them is feeling right now. Lucky I'm not in that condition.

Then they take a break with several advertisements and music.

I leave my room to wash my face and clean my books. Well I am sleepy, but I am waiting for someone to return home.

The radio DJs are currently online with the twitter. Since it is impossible to read every tweet on air, they take time answering some lucky listener's tweets. I scroll my twitter and smiles a little when my tweet got replied.

"Have strength! You can do it~" – DJ Doyoung

I retweeted it and afterwards continue scrolling and reading a lot of replies and stories. Apparently there's much more than love and broken heart problems. Some are posting questions of which food to eat, some are just saying hi, several others requested songs; others even post thank-you letters for the two DJ who work hard to make their nights enjoyable and fun.

I glance at the clock. It is 30 minutes to their closing. Turns out two hours is not a long time. Hufht if only every two hours lectures can be this quick and enjoyable.

The last segment was the story sharing time. Basically everyone can submit their inspiring stories to the channel's email and then the team will choose which one is good to share. Tonight the speaker was none other the school's favorite baseball captain. Lee Taeyong... he shares his baseball career path. He shares his hard works, his passion, and what keeps him moving forward. His 10 minutes talk is inspiring. I wiped a tear that falls from my eye, his story is really touching.

Jaehyun and Doyoung also seem to honor the man talking on air right now. They salute his never ending passion and hard work. Taeyong gets to greet some of his fans and cheer them up. The segment ends after 15 minutes and Both DJ wraps his visit by telling all listeners to support Taeyong and his team on field this Thursday.

More tweets are read and replied directly on air, soothing songs for sleeping also fills the room.

"We did not realize time is running. It was fun listening to your feeling. The stars are starting to shine on the clear sky. You might want to take a peek out of your window for a moment.And as the night deepens,our segment must end after this." Doyoung shares his regret.

"Right, we are sad Paradise Night is over, but worry not for we will see you again this Friday. Please keep on tuning into One Two Seven Regular Radio. I am DJ Jaehyun"

"and I am DJ Doyoung"

"We present you the last composition, UN Village by Baekhyun. Sweet Dreams and Good night." The two host harmonize and the calm upbeat prelude from UN Village takes over their voice.

My phone lights up as the song almost reach its chorus.

"I'm done. Going home now.. wait for me!"

I typed a reply and turn the volume louder.

I know that, I know that, I know Yes we are now

Hannam-dong UN Village hill Looking up at the moon from the hill

I walk from my room to the small balcony. The radio song fluently escapes my opened room. Isomehow remembered that Jaehyun or Doyoung earlier said the sky is bright. Turns out I can see sea of stars tonight. It's relaxing and pretty.

The front door of my apartment opens and closes. I turn around and see someone returning home with a tired face but a smile is still there.

"Thank you for waiting me... the stars are dancing tonight and the moon is big!" His attention distracted by the picturesque sky in front of our eyes. He stands beside me, one hand over my waist to bring me close to his warm body.

You and me, umm yeah

UN Village hill, eh

Side by side we look at the moon

We sway to the rhythm and the song ends not long after it. It was a nice closing song!

"I should be the one to say thank you!" I turn my head to face him.

He looks puzzled but a hint of smugness can't escape his lips which form a smile.

"Me? Why?"

"Because you did a great job hosting Paradise Night! I don't feel lonely and I can study better. Thanks to you and Jaehyun." I hug him and bury my face on his chest.

Doyoung softens at my words and returns my hug "Anything for my girl! Now, let me shower from the sweat of walking home.. and maybe I need some ramen tonight. I'm always hungry after hosting the radio." He walks to his room and after collecting his clothes and towel, he enters the toilet.

I make my way to the kitchen. Taking a pot to boil water and choosing our favorite night snack. While he clean himself under the shower, I prepare the dish and the side dishes.

"Hmmm it smells amazing! Thanks for cooking it for me." Doyoung greets me with a fresh smell of mint shampoo and he takes the sit across of me.

"Saranghae~" he sincerely gives me a heart with his fingers and digs into the food.

After a stifled laugh, I also begin eating mine.

Once again a beautiful night spent with the best radio DJ, who is luckily mine. Doyoung... na do saranghae💛

[epicocityfic]

Fairy Tail Arcs: Worst to Best

For those who don’t know me that well, I’m a big fan of Fairy Tail. It’s really not that much of a surprise given some of the stories I’ve written.

However, over the last two months I’ve been diligently re-watching the series in preparation for the final season coming later this year. And it came into my mind to rank all of the arcs in order, as far as my own opinion goes. In fact, I figured I’d probably do one for the Openings and Endings, too.

So, without further ado, let’s rank them from the worst to the best. (NOTE: Filler arcs and ZERO will be included).

19) Daphne Arc

I really feel like, as far as arcs go, this is pretty much a no-brainer. Daphne arc is the single worst filler arc idea in all of Fairy Tail.

While, of course, I understand that this was intended to be the original ending for the series before it got popular in the anime, that doesn’t excuse how bad it was. And for four episodes, that’s saying something.

Genuinely, the arc has little going for it outside of Gray and Juvia’s Unison Raid. The arc is riddled with a plot hole given later revelations and the whole contrived conflict between Natsu and Gray was terribad. I mean, Natsu didn’t complete a job? Really, Gray?

I have no qualms putting this in last place.

18) Edolas Arc

If Daphne is horror for the anime, Edolas was horror as far as canon went.

Edolas was a weird arc, no denying, that felt more like a field trip than an actual arc. It has almost no impact on the rest of the series (save for Nichiya and the later reveal of Porlyusica) and squanders to interesting potential it had. What could have been an arc with the main characters using magical weapons was tossed aside in favor of the usual.

But that’s not the biggest issue for me. No, the biggest is that it’s slow as hell. It takes half the arc before any action even starts kicking in. And while getting backstory on Happy and Carla was...nice...I question the necessity of it.

The only things saving the arc from being a literal cesspool for me was the fight with the Dorma Anim and the godly Erza vs. Erza. Those were good, at least.

17/16/15/14) Lullaby Arc/Daybreak Arc/Macao Arc/Loke Arc

Yes, a four-way tie. It’s just too hard to decide if any one of these is worse than the others.

Not that I think any of these arcs are bad. Not at all. They’re just...very short. And very early.

These were the three arcs that occurred right at the beginning, with Fairy Tail in its formative stages, so to speak. While they introduced all the concepts in a good way (Zeref, guilds, the dragons, the strongest team, etc.) it was still when the series was finding its legs, and so it’s not as captivating as others.

As for the Loke Arc. Well, for one I hesitate to call it an arc, but it just wasn’t all that interesting to me in its brevity and served more as setup for the road to come. That was all.

13) Eclipse Celestial Spirits Arc

Oh, boy...where to begin with this one?

To note, I don’t consider the arc bad on mere principal. I think it’s one of those arcs that had potential and a lot of potentially good ideas that veered into a very weird territory that I wasn’t particularly comfortable with.

In fact, some of the stuff such as Hisui being a Celestial Spirit Wizard and the final battle against the Beast were pretty decent stuff, if not spectacular. Plus, Ophiuchus and Yukino’s spirits got a role, which is more than we could ask of the rest of the series. It even helps to lend this weight to the next major arc of the series.

But the rest of it drops the ball. Admittedly, some things are hilarious, like Wendy and Aquarius, Gray’s Dance Battle and the infinitely enjoyable card battle between Cana and Scorpio. But some of the handling when it came to characters like Lucy and Elfman’s battle were so disappointing and almost regressive in nature, it was bad.

This is really an arc I have no problem skipping, though I can see how others might not, and may like it instead.

12) Oracion Seis Arc

When I first read the Oracion Seis arc, I thought it was pretty good, since it started involving more than Fairy Tail and had some pretty good fights. But hindsight’s a bitch.

I don’t think the arc is bad. It’s just uneven. There’s a lot of start and stop within the arc that makes it feel longer than it actually is. It makes me bored before my adrenaline can go up with it before making me bored again. That’s why it’s so low on my list. I simply don’t enjoy it as much as I do other arcs.

However, it’s higher than those below for introducing some of the best concepts in the series: Jura, the enemies themselves and Wendy. These three were great and helped keep the arc afloat.

Oh, and Jellal’s return which made for one of my favorite Natsu solo fights in the series.

11) Avatar Arc

Avatar gets a lot of flak. I, personally, don’t see why.

“Then why is it so low on your list?!”

The answer to that is the same as the arc below it: uneven pacing with interesting concepts. It’s very jerky in a sense because the arc gives off the impression it’ll be a collection quest for the Fairy Tail members before it becomes this big battle thing. Gray’s “evil or not” starts off interesting before devolving to standard fare.

But the battle at the end is awesome. Meant to be a battle that showcases how strong the main team is, it does its job in the best of ways, and I can’t be mad at it. It’s awesome seeing the Fairy Tail crew back together again and kicking ass for the first time since Hades.

10) Galuna Island Arc

Galuna is weird for me. I think it’s good, especially Gray’s backstory. At the same time it was still in that sea legs phase of the series.

What I feel makes Galuna shine is that it’s Gray, not Natsu, who gets the big fight of the arc, even if Natsu does most of the work. It worked to not only develop Gray, but also Lyon and his crew.

Overall, I guess I could say Galuna is average. It’s an arc I can sit down and go “I can watch this arc on its own”. That’s a compliment, far as I’m concerned. It’s a good time. It just doesn’t particularly excel at anything that other arcs didn’t do better. Average.

9) Phantom Lord Arc

Everyone loves Phantom Lord. It’s typically cited as the arc that was the first time the series was “good”. And while I can definitely agree that it’s good, it’s simply blown out of the water by later arcs.

I think part of it is how much the fights aren’t really...fights. They’re more character pieces. Gray vs. Juvia is used to introduce Juvia. Elfman vs. Sol brings Lisanna into the equation. Totomaru was bland, as was Aria. So, naturally, Natsu vs. Gajeel makes up the slack.

However, the arc excelled at the sense of doom. There wasn’t a moment you truly felt like Fairy Tail could cut themselves some slack, and it’s what made this arc good. Combine that with the final battle and it is a very solid arc that’s good. Later arcs just do it all better.

8) Key of the Starry Heavens Arc

What’s this? A filler? So high?

Yes, indeed. In fact, I view this particular filler arc as an example of how to do filler arcs. No joke. Not only does it exist in canon and flesh out an event offhandedly mentioned, but it also serves to give Lucy character development by showing her dealing with this loss of family that the manga brushed over.

I’d go so far as to say it’s an arc that I think Mashima wanted to write but was told to move on from in order to make the plot clip along.

Indeed, what makes this arc a good arc is how it tackles character development, even in a filler. From Doranbolt getting over his survivor’s guilt (kinda) to Lucy dealing with her father’s death to the Oracion Seis having the seeds planted for their eventual reform. It’s just good. And the final segment is highly emotional and engaging with a mystery and reveal that, while not surprising, makes the arc more than it had any right being.

The only thing that drags it down on this list, sadly, is that the front half can be a bit slow at times; more of an adventure before the threat becomes palpable.

7/6) Fighting Festival Arc/Fairy Tail ZERO

I really can’t choose between these two arcs at all.

Fighting Festival has the stronger action core to it, but ZERO has the indisputably better story.

But both excel at their cores. While they lack in those detriment areas, the ones they choose to focus on, they do well. Natsu and Gajeel vs. Laxus is one of the best fights in the anime. Mira going batshit on Fried is amazing. Meanwhile, the darker storyline of ZERO is great and shows the guild built from the ground up with a twist that, while obvious, is no less emotional.

They do well at what they choose, while leaving the other parts in the dust. I’d watch them both again and enjoy them. But that they eschew one part in favor of the other is what keeps them below the top 5 arcs on my list.

And, indeed, it’s time for my top 5 arcs, which I don’t really feel are all that surprising.

5) Alvarez Arc

The Alvarez arc, or the final arc, I guess, is probably one of the most widely loathed arcs of the series. My personal belief is that it stems from people wanting Fairy Tail to be something it isn’t or just not paying attention (as Mashima has never been a spoon-feeder when it comes to the things he does).

I hold a different opinion, which is the reason it sits at number 5.

After a recent re-read of the arc, I can easily say it’s one of the better arcs. It’s fast-moving except for when it needs to deal with some myth arc stuff, but the myth arc chapters are so huge that you don’t feel like the story is slow at all. In fact, this arc ends up answering just about every single lingering question in the series and wraps it up with a neat little bow. From Zeref and Natsu’s relationship to the origin of the Dragon Slayers.

The only thing really missing from it was Acnologia having a decently fleshed out motive, which I hope the anime has the chance to expand upon like they did with the Oracion Seis.

The fights are also among my favorite in the manga. Yes, even the Irene fight which with official translations and a bit of fridge logic is probably one of my favorite fights in the series.

In general, I suppose I feel that Alvarez best espouses what Fairy Tail is all about, since out of the 14 major fights, only two of them are fought by solo characters and the rest are done in teams or groups. For a series that preaches friendship, it really sells it.

I could probably ramble on in defense of the arc, but I feel like I shouldn’t. It’s just a good ride, and if the anime adapts it well, I could even see it moving up on my list.

4) Grand Magic Games Arc

The GMGs are where I fell in love with Fairy Tail. I know, halfway through seems kind of a weird place, but I’m serious.

I think a large part of it was that we got to have other guilds again and expanded the world beyond the Fairy Tail sphere of influence. But the other part is just that Mashima structured the arc that well.

From the crushing loss at the beginning to growing into the number one guild, it made me laugh and cry and cheer Fairy Tail on, knowing they had what it took. I got angry at Sabertooth and Raven Tail, I pumped a fist when Natsu laid a beatdown on Sting and Rogue because he was just that much better.

It’s a credit to Mashima that he was able to build up this feeling if you let him. You felt like you were riding a high with all the characters.

And then the dragon invasion came.

If this part was its own separate arc, I’d argue it would be number 2 as an arc because it was easily the most captivating moment of the arc in an arc full of captivating moments. It was intense, emotional and never let up until the moment the Eclipse Gate was destroyed. After the major sacrifice and Natsu’s speech that it’s about living today, all I could do was let a breath out. It was 60 chapters of build-up, but it was worth the weight.

I almost find it hard to put it at number 4 given how much I loved the arc, but I just think the top 3 were quite a bit tighter.

3) Tower of Heaven Arc

Now that we’re sort of in the home stretch on arcs, Tower of Heaven was the first time the series felt like it had some real stakes. Not only did it begin to dip into the larger mythos, but behind the scenes it changed the structure of the magical world with the Council, something that would come into play many arcs later.

While the arc is short, it’s just well-structured. It develops Gray. It massively develops Erza. It develops Lucy and Juvia’s relationship. It offers good fights, and has arguably one of the most intense in Natsu vs. Jellal.

And all of it is paced well. Objectively, I could argue it’s the best arc in the series, but for me, it’s just missing that extra something. Something that the final two on my list have: all of the Fairy Tail members working together.

2) Tenrou Island Arc

I adore Tenrou.

I adore it for a different reason than the other arcs. Maybe it’s because it starts off with action but of the lighter variety before shifting to a darker kind. Maybe it’s the myth arc affect.

In the end, I think it’s because Mashima had a clear vision for this arc and its consequences. And there are consequences, especially as it wraps up the plot for the first half of the series.

It’s hard for me to find the words to say why I think Tenrou is so good, but the easiest one: Team Natsu vs. Hades.

Barring the fact that just about every other fight in the arc is really good (particularly Natsu vs. Zancrow, Gray vs. Ultear and Erza vs. Azuma), this fight to this day holds the title of the best. It’s a consistent back and forth that required at least 6 people to take Hades down and even then. It’s easily one of the most intense and serves as the strong crux of the arc that it needed to be.

Yet even with that, what pushes Tenrou up to number 2 is the ending with Acnologia. It’s unexpected, gives major consequences to Fairy Tail as a whole and is quite honestly a shock when you first experience it because it’s the first enemy they can’t overcome.

The only reason this remains below the top arc is because individually, most of the characters don’t get development. Only Cana and Juvia really do, I feel.

So, with all that out of the way, the obvious #1 arc.

1) Tartaros Arc

Could it have been anything other than Tartaros?

To give a caveat, Sun Village is an arc I consider to be part and parcel of Tartaros since it’s more a prologue. It’s a little slow on its own to be honest, but that doesn’t affect my opinions on the main arc itself.

That said, Tartaros is easily the best arc in the series.

From the word go it never lets up on its pacing. The Council gets slaughtered, the battle against the demons, Jellal vs. the Oracion Seis, the guild getting blown up. It’s a constant ride on the pacing. Part of that can probably be attributed to how Mashima broke the arcs down into mini-arcs.

But more than that, the arc has major consequences and development.

While pacing keeps an arc going strong, it’s all those other things that strengthen it. Every character of the main group gets development in spades, and so much of it ties back into the myth arc with the absolutely stunning reveal of where Igneel and the dragons were, coupled with Igneel vs. Acnologia.

Indeed, all of the fights were intense and solid, even the Jiemma fight that provided closure to both Minerva’s character and Sabertooth as a whole. All of it really played into that pacing where you never felt the guild was out of danger until that final tear-inducing scene.

It’s an intense ride. An emotional ride. A ride I would gladly take again and again.

That’s why it’s more than worthy of being my number one pick.

So, I hope you enjoyed this list and if you have a different opinion, feel free to share!

Dare to Be Silly, Epicocity

[dontcallmecarrie]

Only The Names Change

Yes, it’s another MCU/WtNV crossover fic idea/minific-I-might-mess-with-later. Last one kind of snowballed into its own AU as I was writing it, but it wasn’t the only one I’d had in mind. Still not caught up yet, and I’m probably going to need to brush up on my stuff get it right later.

This one, hopefully, is a lot more focused on crack than anything else [...then again, we’ve seen how that’s worked out before, so.]

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe [movies], Welcome to Night Vale [podcast]

Warnings: unreliable narrator [isn’t that familiar], everything Night Vale-related [Librarian-caliber gore, dystopian themes, cosmic/Lovecraftian horror, etc.], some mental health issues because this is Tony we’re talking about, even if this fic is meant to be pure, self-indulgent crack more than anything else.

12/2018 EDIT: removed the cut so it actually crossposts correctly. 

In which Tony Stark is a Night Vale Community College alumnus.

It sounds very improbable, sure. Maybe Maria also hailed from Night Vale in this one, or maybe it was Jarvis. Since it’s the least convoluted option I can come up with, let’s roll with it, shall we? 

Perhaps he entered right out of high school, and his family [read: his mother] told everyone he valued his privacy and didn’t say where he was, or he did go to MIT, but also took a few classes at a satellite campus a train ride away. 

Tony doesn’t talk about it much; it’s not an accredited college, nobody would take his AA degree in Computer and Fire Sciences seriously, compared to his accomplishments at MIT, but he’s doing the former for fun while the latter’s more to try to impress Howard for once than anything else. [Not that it works, but still.]

But truth be told? He’s prouder of his NVCC credentials, really. 

Because sure, it’s impressive that he graduated summa cum laude from MIT, but do you know how hard it is to pass Secret English 112, when the only study place was in the library, infested with Librarians? C’mon. Not to mention Bio 351, because killing his evil clone had gotten him excellent marks for the final, though he still considered JARVIS his greatest achievement, considering all his other classmates’ AI had only wiped out the local electrical grid while JARVIS did it for the tri-state area, and with style. [He was so proud.] 

Even if there’d been a few points docked for the slightly screwy morality codex, but really Professor Gwozdecke was such a hardass about the most banal things. [Murder and disembowelment wasn’t JARVIS’ go-to option, which was more than could be said for the rest of the class, he’d deserved full points dammit!] 

He graduates, makes regular donations of shredded lettuce for the Thing in the Earth Sciences building, and never sets foot on campus as it becomes unknowable ten minutes after he gets his diploma, as per usual for Night Vale Community College alumni. 

Jarvis and his mother are so proud, and Tony’s very happy he took Communications 101: Introduction to Talking to the Dead, even if he’s not very good at it. 

It’d originally been for the Social Sciences credits only, but then shit went down and...well. You get the idea. He only did the one class, so he can’t raise the dead, but short conversations with people he’s got close emotional ties to? He can do. [So Howard’s a no-go.]

...I did say the was cracky self-indulgence, just roll with it.

Tony moves on with his life, and canon ensues for the most part. 

His AA degree means he’s got a slightly skewed take on things, which...is a mixed bag, truth be told. 

On the one hand, the edge he has on all-nighters and cramming in libraries serves him well [even if he gets odd looks for the titanium spork, and his bag feels oddly light without the machete he normally has when entering libraries], and he’s well-equipped to handle any fires his project might start. 

On the other hand, he gets weird looks for the oddest things, like his penchant for explosions [...he did get a degree in Computer and Fire Sciences, after all], his reaction to librarians [he’d never encountered Librarians outside of NVCC, but best be prepared and all that], and apparently JARVIS was ‘unusually advanced’ outside Night Vale standards and he’d had to get creative in his excuses to keep people from asking too many questions. 

Life goes on.

He still becomes the Merchant of Death, Happy, Pepper, and Rhodey are used to his quirks [for the most part; the ceremonial bloodstones he’d gotten at graduation, he kept hidden for obvious reasons], and overall everything goes as per usual. 

Afghanistan still happens, he still gets the arc reactor, though here the explosions he makes are bigger, and Yinsen’s impressed with his poker face and pain tolerance. [This was nothing like dealing with Librarians, really.] 

He breaks out as per canon, because while he took Lit 172: Analyzing the Necronomicon Through a Non-Euclidean Lens, summoning Cthulhu was most definitely a last-ditch strategy, and he’d gotten a C in Murder Ballads so that was out too.

...crap what is it with my keeping tabs on what Yinsen does next? I mean:

-Maybe he’d been expecting death, but not for his fellow captive to somehow keep him alive with an expired thing of Spam and some duct tape, 

or 

-Maybe he still dies, but Tony has a final goodbye later on, and lets Yinsen rest and only keeps him updated about the major highlights he knows Yinsen’d appreciate, like the privatized world peace thing.

He gets back, canon still ensues, for the most part.

Except here, Obadiah Stane vanishes.

Because Tony’s been brushing up on his old textbooks, and while he’s never set foot in NVCC since his graduation, he’s kept his notes [albeit locked in a titanium safe ringed with garlic and old Sharpies to keep everything contained]. Tony’d been researching ways to get rid of the shrapnel without involving eldritch beings or evil clones [once had been enough, thank you very much], and had been mid-invocation when Obie had decided to try for his arc reactor.

...as it turns out, JARVIS was not happy about that. and Tony didn’t know just how the hell an AI was able to open a portal to what was presumably a Void or something similar, but he wasn’t asking. [But then, computer science was an arcane thing, so.]

Time passes, canon ensues. 

Turns out Bio 351′s still relevant; cloning himself was only the highlight of it, but there’s other stuff they’d covered that is still saving his life decades later. The poison immunity thing was very useful, to be certain. 

the idea of inventing new elements isn't anything new, really. This time, though, he’s not playing with dark matter, so it’s something he can recreate without using bloodstone circles or a slightly modified mass gigatrometer. 

Vanko isn’t that scary, and neither’s Natasha, not after having studied in places infested with Librarians. Impressive, sure, but nowhere near as scary as getting lost in the Earth Sciences building after dark, or not having enough coffee when entering the computer labs.

Nick Fury’s wondering just what the hell Tony’s messing with, because for being Howard’s kid, he’s...something else. And alarmingly blasé about dealing with assassins, too. 

Time passes, canon still mostly ensues.

...let’s skip to the fun parts, shall we?

The Avengers assemble, and Tony’s both having the time of his life but also headdesking and going ‘shit I should’ve taken that one class even if it was optional’ while everyone’s just staring because some of what Tony’s saying is making even less sense than normal. Iridium vaguely makes sense, but just where does the temporal-spatial classification of the moon even fit in?

Bruce can tell something’s off, and wonders where the smell of smoke comes from. [Oops.] 

Steve’s wondering at the maniac look in his eyes, because he’d seen Howard do his thing but Tony was the embodiment of entropy, it seemed like.

Natasha and Coulson are same as they were in Live Through the Rain, just chill and rolling with it and nothing fazes them. Of course Tony’s cell phone spontaneously combusted and is still functional. Of course.

Fire Sciences, remember? He’s a genius, there’s no way he didn’t have fun with that. 

The alien army’s new, but then Tony’d heard the police-sci majors’ dark mutterings about Blood-Space Wars and ‘who’s the dumbass who drafted the third treaty and why’d it involve so much coffee creamer?’ in the commuter’s lounge, and it’s pretty easy to get an idea as to what went down. 

Oh, sure, it’s new, but still nowhere near the Librarians’ scale, really. JARVIS is being quietly terrifying in the corner, and Tony’s so proud of how he’d managed to possess that one spacewhale. [He’s growing up so fast.] 

...kinda ran out of steam at this point, in keeping with canon. Also, you guys know how much I like good team dynamics, so:

Basically, the entire encounter still wasn’t as bad as Finals Week, and Tony’s already been resigned for years at the prospect of intergalactic war [those political-sci majors really, really hated a professor, because turns out a war set during an indeterminate period in time and space was a pain in the ass to cover when talking peace treaties, who knew?] plus...well. You get the idea. 

The events of Phase 2 in general get derailed by the Night Vale Community College Class Reunion, feat. RSVPs sent in envelopes with no addresses and sealed with pine resin, Tony going to sleep in New York and waking up in an unknown location in the middle of a desert, monsters great and terrible [ah, Librarians. One of the things Tony hadn’t missed], and an inordinate amount of trees. 

Maybe there was a plus one attachment he’d left blank, and maybe someone who’d caught sight of it went ‘hey what’s this?’ and touched it before Tony could burn the invite, and Tony’s really regretting the life choices that had Steve also waking up to a barren landscape with nothing more than what he had in his pockets to help him fight for survival. 

Or maybe it’s Clint who didn’t sign up for this, or Tony finds out just how well the Hulk does against Librarians when Bruce catches sight of one, or...well.

Oh, hey, it’s the Void again. Just as dark and incomprehensible as ever. Nice. 

Getting home’s a trip. Getting the Earth ready isn’t, because, again, unknown war during an unknown period of time, Tony’s low-key been on it for decades now.

...umm. Oh, one last thing. Canon got derailed miles back, kinda, but if somehow, someway that one scene in Siberia happens, it’d go down like this:

Tony doesn’t lose it. 

This isn’t because he’s a saint, isn’t because he’s “the bigger man” or anything; it’s because once upon a time, he took Communications 101: Introduction to Talking to the Dead, and while it’s not the best he was able to talk to his mother, and got the story from her, decades ago.

...that being said, I’m not saying he decks Steve because the asshole had the nerve to say ‘hey why aren’t you telling me things’ while keeping what would have otherwise been a huge secret from someone who professed to be a friend. 

Nobody’s sure how the computer caught on fire, either. Or why it’s burning green, or why nothing’s putting it out and all that’s left is the crumbled remains of what was once a bunker.

[...you can tell how Tony channels his anger here, can’t you.]

...shit this is going to be its own one shot dammit brain cut it out already

[r-2-c-c-blog]

Name origins for Super Mario Characters

Nintendo characters make their VR (arcade) debut with new Vive-driven Mario Kart

Bandai Namco revealed a virtual reality version of Mario Kart, Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, that is going to make the debut of its over a VR arcade the company is opening using Tokyo, Japan following month.

The game appears to draw the VR debut of 1 of Nintendo's flagship franchises, though it is crucial to observe it's licensed by Nintendo and also developed by Namco - the same as the non VR predecessor of its, Mario Kart Arcade GP.Not many specifics are still available in English about the game, however, it's listed about the arcade's site as running on HTC Vive headsets and also specially designed racing seats.

Nintendo has so far been publicly reticent around the promise of VR - last calendar year frontman Shigeru Miyamoto told investors that for VR in specific, we are continuing the homework of ours, along with looking into enhancement with a head to the way our present main products are intended to be played for a somewhat lengthy time period of time.

We're considering the possibilities of supplying an adventure which gives value when played for a little while, he continued. And the way to eradicate the issues of long-duration use.

When I found that out I did two things. For starters, I whipped out my message (yes, I ensure that it stays that real/nerdy that I still have an old NES connected in the room) of mine and then made positive I can still match the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I started down a rabbit hole of reading through Mario internet sites and Articles and Wikis. In the procedure, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the brands of a few of the major players in the Mario universe. Therefore, in honor of the video game that changed the world, right here they are, presented in handy 11-item describe form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted in the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was simply called Jumpman. (Which even is the generic brand regarding that Michael Jordan dispersed leg Nike logo. Two of the most celebrated icons ever both have generic versions of themselves known as Jumpman. But simply one has today reached the effort of simply being so effective that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache prior to filming a professional and not one person had the balls to correct him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America crew brought in Jumpman to elevate him into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), an individual discovered that he looked just like their Seattle office building's landlord... a fellow known as Mario Segale.

Mario Segale didn't get a dime for being the namesake of essentially the most well known video game character by chance, although he most likely is not absurdly concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt company of his for more than $60 million. (Or 600,000 increased lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi has among probably the weakest name origins of most of the mario characters list in the Mario universe (once again displaying precisely why, for life which is real, he would have a greater inferiority complex than Frank Stallone, Abel or even that third Manning brother).

"Luigi" is merely the product of a team of Japanese males trying to imagine an Italian label to enhance "Mario." Why was the Italian brand they went with? When they each moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza spot nearest to the Nintendo headquarters referred to as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone out of business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated variation of the Japanese name for the opponent turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me right here -- kuppa is the Japanese phrase for a Korean dish known as gukbap. Basically it is a cup of soup with rice. From what I will inform it is totally not related to turtles, especially malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's originator, Shigeru Miyamoto, said he was deciding between 3 different brands due to the race of evil turtles, every one of that were called after Korean foods. (The alternative two were yukhoe and bibimbap.) Which means among two things: (1) Miyamoto adores Korean food and needed to provide it with a tribute or (two) Miyamoto considers Koreans are evil and should be jumped on.

Wario.

I sort of skipped the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the generation where I was too awesome for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and my middle school buddies happened to be into Genesis only. I was again on Nintendo within four years.)

Appears his label operates both equally in Japanese and english; I kinda assumed the English manner but didn't know about the Japanese feature. In English, he is an evil, bizarro world mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to become a "W" as well as Wario is produced. The name likewise functions in Japanese, wherever it's the variety of Mario as well as "warui," which implies "bad."

That's a pretty excellent scenario, since, as I covered extensively in the list 11 Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, only a few language difference finesses back as well as forth quite efficiently.

Waluigi.

When I first read "Waluigi" I believed it was hilarious. While Wario became an all natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi felt so comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a huge inside joke that somehow cleared every single bureaucratic phase and after that cracked the mainstream.

Well... in accordance with the Nintendo individuals, Waluigi isn't only a gloriously lazy decision or an inside joke become massive. They *say* it is based upon the Japanese phrase ijiwaru, which means "bad guy."

I do not understand. I feel like we'd have to cater for them much more than halfway to get that.

Toad.

Toad is designed to look as a mushroom (or maybe toadstool) because of the massive mushroom hat of his. It is a great thing the gaming systems debuted before the whole generation realized how to generate penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's named Kinopio, which is a combination of the term for mushroom ("kinoko") as well as the Japanese variant of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those blend being something along the collections of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, the men are known as kuribo, which results in "chestnut people." That is sensible because, ya know, if somebody requested you "what do chestnut individuals appear to be like?" you would most likely get to food just about similar to these heroes.

Once they had been brought in for the American version, the staff stuck with their Italian initiative and also referred to as them Goombas... primarily based off of the Italian "goombah," that colloquially will mean something as "my fellow Italian friend." It also sort of evokes the photo of low-level mafia criminals without too a lot of skills -- such as people's younger brothers as well as cousins who they'd to retain the services of or maybe mother would yell at them. That also applies to the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing to do with this first Japanese name. Generally there, he's called Kyasarin, that translates to "Catherine."

In the training manual for Super Mario Bros. two, where Birdo debuted, the character explanation of his reads: "Birdo considers he is a girl and additionally would like being named Birdetta."

What I think all this means? Nintendo shockingly decided to generate a character that struggles with the gender identity of his and referred to as him Catherine. In the event it was some time to show up to America, they have feet that are cold so they determined at the very last minute to call him Birdo, though he's a dinosaur. (And don't give me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop paleontology series. Not shopping for that connection.) That way, we'd just know about the gender confusion of his if we look at the mechanical, and the Japanese had been confident Americans had been either way too lazy or illiterate to do it en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When we all got introduced on the Princess, she was regarded as Princess Toadstool. I suppose this made perfect sense -- Mario was set in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why wouldn't its monarch be called Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding blue bloods are always naming the children of theirs after the country.

No person appears to be certain why they went that guidance, nevertheless. In Japan, she was known as Princess Peach from day one. That name didn't debut here until 1993, when Yoshi's Safari came out for Super Nintendo. (By the way -- have you ever played Yoshi's Safari? In a bizarre twist it's a first-person shooter, the only woman in the entire Mario times past. It's like the equivalent of a country music superstar producing a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there's simply no Bowser. He is simply known as the King Koopa (or perhaps comparable variations, including Great Demon King Koopa). And so just where did Bowser come from?

During the import procedure, there was a concern that the American crowd would not see how the small turtles and big bad fellow could certainly be named Koopa. Thus a marketing team developed dozens of options for a title, they loved Bowser the very best, and also slapped it on him.

In Japan, he is nonetheless hardly ever called Bowser. Over here, the name of his is now very ubiquitous that he's actually supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's many famous Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This's a far more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly way of calling him an ass. That's right: The label of his is an useful version of "Ass Ape."

Great Mario Bros. is a video game released for the family Computer and also Nintendo Entertainment System contained 1985. It shifted the gameplay away from the single-screen arcade predecessor of its, Mario Bros., in addition to instead highlighted side scrolling platformer concentrations. Although not the very first game on the Mario franchise, Super Mario Bros. is the most legendary, along with launched many set staples, coming from power ups, to timeless enemies like Goombas, to the standard idea of rescuing Princess Toadstool from King Koopa. Along with kicking above an entire series of Super Mario platformer video games, the untamed results of Super Mario Bros. made popular the genre as an entire, helped revive the gaming sector after the 1983 video game crash, as well as was largely the cause of the first good results of the NES, with which it was included a launch title. Until it was finally exceeded by Wii Sports, Super Mario Bros. was the best marketing videos game of all of time for nearly three years, with more than 40 million duplicates marketed overseas.

[btshogwarts]

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Members: J-Hope Centric, Suga, Jin Word Count: 2,457 Year: 2008 Note: *J-Hope’s joke explanation - A Wronski Feint is a move Quidditch players use. Neville Longbottom fainted when he heard a mandrake scream. Feint. Faint. Get it? I’ve been listening to Jin’s dad jokes too much I recon. 

More on McGonagall’s interactions with Yoongi to come? Who do you guys wanna see more of? Also which ships do you guys love the most?

Pleeeeeease Jin!” Hoseok practically begged to his older friend as they sat across from each other at the Hufflepuff table in the Great Hall. Jin continued to read the Daily Prophet, munching down on his fifth piece of toast as he ignored his younger friend.

“Why can’t you just ask her for me?” He continued.

“Why can’t you just ask her yourself?” Jin asked, placing his newspaper down from directly in front of his face to give Hoseok a good look at his questioning eyes.

“Because she’s older than me and so are you. And she’s a Slytherin, I don’t know any Slytherin’s it would...just be...weird.” Hoseok attempted to explain.

Jin sighed, “Well firstly that’s a lie because you know Yoongi and he’s a Slytherin. Ask him.”

“I already did and he launched a screaming yo-yo at my head!… I can still hear their shrieks now.” Hoseok replied dramatically, letting his head fall into his hands. “Come on! Auditions are being held tomorrow I don’t have much time.”

Seokjin chuckled in reply, “You’re just scared to talk to a girl.”

“I am NOT! I talk to girls all the time.”

“Name one and when we go to Hogsmeade next I’ll buy you whatever dumb quidditch book you want.” Yoongi interrupted, coming to sit down next to Jin.

“...umm well there is this girl in my year...who umm, well she umm she sits next to me in one of my classes...umm, in err in Herbology, yeah Herbology and-”

“I thought you sat next to that weird Gryffindor Eddie kid for Herbology?” Yoongi replied causing Seokjin to smirk.

“...the lesson in question doesn’t matter!” Hoseok blew up bright red.

“Have a little bit of courage Hobi, you’re normally super sociable, what’s the worst that could happen?” Seokjin comforted.

“He could embarrass himself in front of a pretty fifth year and not be allowed to try out this year or any other year for that matter.” Yoongi replied. Seokjin looked at Yoongi. Yoongi looked nervously at Seokjin. Yoongi laughed awkwardly and quickly excused himself before Seokjin could beat his ass up.

“I just really want to be able to commentate. It’s not fair that first years aren’t allowed to audition. Whoever gets it this year probably wont give up the position until I’ve already left Hogwarts.”

“Mathematically that’s impossible but I understand your dilemma.” Seokjin smiled warmly, “If you really want this Hoseok, you have to fight for it. Don’t let someone else win just because they’re a year older.”

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Timidness was replaced with determination as Hoseok strode up towards were the auditions were being held, his boots heavy on the mushy ground of the Quidditch Pitch. His robes were too big for his first year body and so they trailed lowly in the freshly soaked ground, dirtying the edge of his cloak and making the inside of his socks wet to his skin. He could see a large line of people waiting. Some looked nervous, others looked confident, some looked like they didn’t even want to be there; non held the absolute dire need in their eyes as Hoseok did.

“Are you here to audition?” A pretty soft spoken Gryffindor girl asked Hoseok with a polite smile as he stood nervously, eyeing the rest of the students.

“E-Erm, yes! Yes I am!”

“And what year are you in?” Another seemingly bossier girl who Hoseok recognised as Alice Lambert piped in.

“Um I’m a first year.” Hoseok replied quietly.

“No.” Alice said firmly.

“Alice! Surely you could at least hear him ou-” The Gryffindor girl tried to reason, only to be cut off by Alice’s sigh and a roll of her eyes.

“I-I know I’m only a first year but I know EVERYTHING there is to know about Quidditch!” Hoseok attempted to defend himself, “I know every team and every player and every move. I’ve listened to every podcast former commentator Lee Jordan has taken part in. And I’ve got a good eye too! So I can see whats going on at all times and I-”

“Maybe next year.” Alice said with a softer voice than before. Hoseok’s booming determination shattered with the mere three words.

“You won’t even give me a chance?” Hoseok fell extremely sad to which the pretty Gryffindor looked heartbroken at.

“Oh come on Alice, team spirit remember?” She attempted to persuade her.

“We aren’t on the same team,” Alice began, “and if we accept one first year we’ll have to accept them all, its unfair to everyone else we’ve turned away. I’m really sorry but we just don’t want to stress any new students out with the role of commentator.”

“I don’t think it would be stressful, and even if it is I’ll push through it and work hard, I promise!”

“Look,” Alice said firmly, “I get you really want this but a first year is just not what we’re looking for. I’m sorry. You can try out next year.”

Hoseok gave a sad yet thankful smile towards the elder Gryffindor girl. He looked gloomily at the floor beneath his long bangs as a few drops of rain fell onto his dark hair from the cloudy grey skies above, finally leaving the pitch to find his friends.

-

“It’s not the end of the world Hoseok, you can always try out next year like she said.” Jin attempted to soothe the younger boy who was lying flat out on the damp grass next to the Courtyard; Jin sitting up next to him and Yoongi perched up on the moss covered Courtyard wall above them.

“The person who gets in this year isn’t going to give up the position so quickly Seokjin.” 

“I suppose not.” Jin replied, saddened that they wouldn’t even give his younger friend a chance.

“I could always sabotage them into leaving their position.” Yoongi mumbled more to himself than anyone else, contemplating his options as he looked up at the grey sky.

“No,” Jin said sternly, “because when you say ‘sabotage’ you usually mean ‘scare’, ‘inflict pain’ or ’cause some kind of damage’, and when you say ‘I’ you usually mean ‘we’, and we don’t need anymore complaints on your behalf really, do we?” He complained, causing a gummy smirk from Yoongi to seemingly light up the dim courtyard.

“I appreciate you wanting to cause chaos on my behalf but I want to do this by myself,” Hoseok sighed loudly, “My dreams are DEAD!”

“Yah, be quiet! You know we’re not meant to be out here right now, do you wanna get caught?” Yoongi retaliated without any sympathy.

“Yes.” Yoongi simply huffed out a laugh at the younger boys cheek.

“Your dreams aren’t dead you fool,” Seokjin poked Hoseok in the stomach causing him to laugh, “There’s always hope Hobi! Sure, Quidditch games would be far more enjoyable with your comentation but you still have us to listen to you and we still appreciate your knowledge and humour, don’t we Yoongi?”

Yoongi hummed in response, “Who gives a fuck what they think, you have us as your audience.”

The elder boys’ support, whether more obviously heartfelt or not, seemed to boost Hoseok’s self esteem because he was up and running round the courtyard in no time. He had his hand next to his mouth - acting as a fake microphone - screaming his little lungs out about the last game he watched and how the Seekers feinted faster than Professor Longbottom upon hearing a Mandrake scream.* In that moment they had all forgotten about the fact they were skipping lesson. They were lost within their own laughter, completely oblivious to the fact Professer McGonagall was eyeing them the entire time.

“Mr Kim, Mr Min, Mr Jung,” The voice shocked them, halting the younger boys silly actions and quieting down the elder boys hysterical laughs, “I was hoping that this skipping of lessons would stop after last year Min.” Hoseok and Jin seemed to shy away at McGonagall’s words, but Yoongi put up a good show of looking completely unaffected. “Mr Kim, Mr Jung, I have to say I’m surprised to find you two here. Do you have anything to say for yourselves?”

“Sorry Professor.” The three boys chimed simultaneously, Hoseok’s voice being a lot quieter and shakier than that of his elder friends considering this was his first run in with breaking school rules. 

“I don’t like to assume that one of you influenced the others but its becoming quite hard not to,” McGonagall sighed, “Mr Min, wait in my office for me please. Do you remember the password?”

“I sure do.” Yoongi sent a smile to the two boys, obviously not at all phased by being sent to the Head’s Office.

McGonagall sighed, “Mr Kim, I’ll be deducting 5 housepoints from Hufflepuff, now please get back to the lesson to which you should be attending. Mr Jung, if you would like to follow me please.” Once McGonagall turned her back to walk away, Hoseok sent a worried glance towards the tall Hufflepuff left behind him. Hoseok had been told numerous times that McGonagall was a kind and fair Professor, but he couldn’t help but worry about what impending doom could be waiting for him as he followed the Headmistress throughout the castle corridors. He was a worrier.

As Hoseok followed behind McGonagall, her tall frame towering over his very petite one, he twirled his fingers around one another, desperately looking along the castle walls for something to preoccupy his worrying mind. McGonagall stopped in front of a classroom, a teacher was busy with writing out pronunciations on a board up front whilst students took notes and sent paper swans elegantly through the air to one another. McGonagall instructed Hoseok to wait outside for her, hearing a faint request of, “Excuse me Professer, do mind my intrusion, may I borrow Victoria for a moment,” before returning with a Seventh Year Slytherin who looked just as worried as Hoseok did. Hoseok felt almost star struck seeing Victoria, the current Commentator, in person.

“Victoria, this is Hoseok, I think I may have found you a perfect commentator!” McGonagall’s eyes lit up as the familiar scene with different faces played out before her.

Victoria’s eyes opened in shock, “Oh yeah, Hoseok!” She said with familiarity causing confusion to bubble within Hoseok’s mind. Hoseok had never been so red in all his life. ‘She knows who I am?’

“You mean, I’m not being punished?” Hoseok asked, confusion and questions blaring his already overly emotional mind.

McGonagall smiled warmly, “You’re a good student Mr Jung, just don’t let me find you skipping lesson again. Victoria, I assume you can take it from here?”

“Of course Professor,” The tall Slytherin replied as McGonagall hurried off down the nearest corridor corner, “Must be dealing with that Yoongi boy again, she’s always in a rush when speaking to him.”

“Yoongi isn’t a bad kid y’know.” Hoseok replied defensively. 

“Oh I know, I didn’t say he was, he seems like a good friend to have.” Victoria replied, motioning Hoseok to follow her, “He attempted to talk to me yesterday about you but I was studying. My friends passed a message on to me though. I didn’t think he was being serious.”

“He wanted to talk about me?” Hoseok was visibly confused causing the Seventh year to laugh.

“Don’t worry, nothing bad. It was about this whole you being commentator, I didn’t think he was serious. He plays a lot of jokes in dorm so…” Hoseok nodded in understanding, “Sorry I didn’t take it seriously.”

“It’s no problem. Where are we going?” Hoseok questioned.

“Quidditch Pitch.” Victoria was straightforward enough and Hoseok felt awfully comfortable despite all of the feelings he felt earlier on.

Hoseok followed the tall Slytherin out onto the Quidditch Pitch, the rain falling a little more now but the Autumn air was still warm and not uncomfortable to be out in without a robe. As they approached the still auditioning group of students Hoseok became worried, “So do you think I could actually be commentator? I tried to audition today but was turned down because I’m a first year.”

“You’re a first year?” Victoria stopped abruptly sounding shocked, “You speak so confidently for someone so young! That’s really good!”

She continued to walk, slipping past the group of students waiting to audition and the group of girls, including Alice Lambert, who were judging them.

“Who told you you couldn’t audition?”

“That Alice girl.”

Victoria rolled her eyes, beginning to step up the long wooden staircases of the Slytherin Quidditch Tower, “Ignore her. She’s just angry she didn’t get to try out her first year.” Hoseok laughed in response, desperately trying to keep up with her as she almost flew to the top of the tower. 

This was the first time Hoseok had stood amongst the stands. The yearly Quidditch games had not yet begun and due to this being his first year he had not had the chance to be in the stands. He’d been to live Quidditch matches of course, but this experience was different and was special to him. Although he stood peering out amongst the greens and silvers of Slytherin, he did not care to focus on house rivalry at this particular moment. The view of the old castle, to which he called his home, paired with the shimmering black lake, the almost alive forest surrounding them and the now pale orange sky sent whatever question he was going to ask next into his next lifetime. It was like he could feel the history of this pitch and Hogwarts within him, a history that he wanted to be a part of, a history that contained so much pain and joy simultaneously that the overly emotional first year shook with excitement and held back a tear threatening to escape.

“I’ve been here for seven year and I’ve never seen someone react so fondly to this view, especially on a gloomy evening like right now.” Victoria vocalised her thoughts upon seeing Hoseok’s genuine joy at being present there.

Hoseok was positive that he wanted nothing more from life than to be up here as long as possible. His determination had again set in. The kind words and the constant encouragement from his friends and teachers replayed through his mind as he looked out from the Commentating stand.

“What do I have to do?”

- “B-But he’s a first year!” “I get the final decision on who succeeds me so shut up Alice.” - “Hyung, you do love me though admit it!” “Will you be quiet!” “You wouldn’t have gone out of your way to try to help me if you didnnnn’t” “I’m not getting you a Quidditch book at all if you continue this attack Hoseok.”

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11 Questions

RULES Always post the rules Answer the questions given by the person who tagged you Write 11 questions of your own Tag 11 people (or however many you want)

I was tagged by @beckettsthoughts !! this was fun to do, so thanks, lol

Ok so I know that this might take a while to answer so to those I’m tagging i totally don’t blame you if you don’t feel like doing this lol, @venterry @peridapple @penguin2024 @kitty-divine @hesitantollie @high-metafive @momomomoomoo @itsthevoiid @girl-nese @dominicunt-republic @anathemic-hearts

The questions you guys answer are at the bottom btw

Questions I’m answering

1. Do you remember your dreams? If so, what’s the weirdest dream you can remember?

THIS IS LONG SO SKIP THIS IF YOU DONT LIKE READING. 

Yes, bc most of my dreams are very vivid. Ok so in my dream, my family and I were going to visit Willy Wonka’s factory. We parked in this extremely large parking lot, right in front of the factory (which looked like the one from the 2005 movie even though we were visiting the one from the 70′s and is in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by forests), but in order to get to the it we had to cross under a fence made out of electricity. So we all had to like shimmy underneath it, only when I went I got electrocuted, and I remember that I felt actual physical pain when this happened??? So we go inside and have a good time. Willy Wonka is there (the Gene Wilder one), theres a huge ass chocolate funnel, and a ball pit for some reason (???) and everyone was having fun. The weird thing though is the factory looked like a McDonalds play land place bc everything was made out of plastic and no one else was there for some reason. Anyway after what felt like a couple of hours, we decide to leave. The parking lot electricity fence is down, so we don’t have to risk electrocution, but, however, we find that there are around 20 race cars with angry oompa loompas in them, surrounding the parking lot. My family thinks this is weird and they all naruto run to the car (???) and leave without me?? So in this fucking blue minivan they ram into the race cars and escape, leaving me behind. I then am suddenly aware that Wonka’s factory is in the state of Kentucky, and realize that I have a long walk home to Maryland. I grab my phone out of my pocket, which is this, and try to call my parents, who do not pick up. After this, I literally have a movie montage of me walking home through suburban roads, only when it ends, I”m only on the road that leads to Wonka’s factory. Suddenly, a white van pulls up and the door opens to reveal 20 boy scouts who tell me i’m an honorary member and pull me in. They speed down the road, only for the oompa loompa race cars to appear out of the forest and chase us. We swerve off the road and die from being crushed under the van. The end.

2. Describe your favourite cinema. Is it nearby, or hard to get to? Why is it better than the others?

My favorite cinema is 15 minutes away and I only go to it bc its not that far. Idk how to spell it, its called like, Lietersburg or something. IT has a really big parking lot that I use to practice driving.

3. What was your favourite class in school? In terms of atmosphere, classmates, teacher, anything.

My favorite class in school was my junior year of high school english class with Ms. Mattu. I was friends with everyone in the class, which by the end of the year only had around 7 or 8 kids, and we spent class joking around and writing stupid messages and memes on the board, which, most of the time our teach would let us leave up there. Ms. Mattu was (and is) an excellent teacher who would push us to the limit in terms of our ability, and really helped me improve my writing skills A LOT which is great for someone who’s gonna major in something that might need a bunch of writing ability. We also had food days which were cool and watched some really good movies like, The Help or The Shawshank Redemption.

4. What’s one hair colour, piercing or tattoo you’d love to get someday but probably never will?

I would really love to get a septum piercing bc I think they look awesome, but knowing me I would probably get tired of it and want to take it out after a while. So sometimes I just wear a fake one lol. I’d also really love to get a tattoo of No-Face from Spirited Away, bc that movie is very close to my heart.

5. Describe one person who you’d love to be friends with, but only know as an acquaintance through work, school or other friends. What about them makes you want to know them better?

Oh jeez, there was this girl at school (who I absolutely will not name bc some of u went to school with me) who was like really cool??? Amazing fashion sense, super funny, and really cute. We had only talked a couple times, but I would literally be so starstruck by seeing her that I would stumble on my words. Everything she did was just so effortlessly cool, and I probably definitely had a small crush on her lol. She pulled off stuff that I could only dream of doing. I really wanted to learn more about her, but I don’t think we would have had a lot in common rip.

6. What is your personal “white whale”? Something you encountered in the the past and have never been able to find since, no matter how hard you try?

Honestly, I don’t think I have one? While I do enjoy obsessing over things, I always will let go of something after a while, whether it be a thought, idea, or thing, bc truthfully I just get bored with it. Like, if I want something, the longest that feeling will last is probably at most a couple years before I go, “well i guess I’m not getting it. Better move on”. I don’t like to chase after or they to find things that I deem as too hard or bothersome.

7. What was your favourite movie when you were a child? Does it still hold up now that you’re older?

SPIRITED AWAY AND LILO AND STITCH. Both are tied as my favorite movies ever. I’ve been watching Spirited Away since I was like a fetus, i watch it at least once or twice a year now, but as a kid i’d probably watch once every two weeks. It was my first anime, I loved how it was drawn differently than Disney, how it took place in Japan, a place i had several friends from, and how everything. Looked. So. Delicious. Not to mention how funny it was. It definitely still holds up today, and now as an artist I appreciate it even more. Meanwhile, I love Lilo and Stitch bc I’m a pacific islander! At the time, it was the only movie I’d ever seen about someone else who grew up on an island, and I really connected with Lilo. It was and is still SUPER hilarious. And now I actually connect with Nani a lot because I have a little sister. The bond is portrayed so well, which I couldn’t understand as a kid because I was an only child at the time. Even the way the characters speak and act is in such a relatable way that i can’t help but feel homesick. Also, i cry when i watch the movie during the scene where Nani sings. Super sad.

8. Do you have a favourite ‘local’ food? It could be a local delicacy unique to your town, but it could just be a particular snack from a particular shop. A favourite meal from your favourite restaurant, maybe, because nobody else makes it the same way that they do?

There’s this local donut shop called Krumpe’s which everyone in town goes to. Their donuts are pretty good, and even better warm. During New Year’s Eve they hand out free donuts during a “Donut Drop” (mocks the ball drop) we have every year. My brother is friends with the family’s son and i quite like the mother, who I once had a long talk with while we were sitting on a bench overlooking a pond.

9. Have you ever skipped school or work to hang out with your friends or to go to a particular event?

Haha, NO. I could never get away with leaving school, and honestly, I don’’t really have any friends I could ever do something like that with. My school calls our parents if were absent and attendance is really hard to get out of. The only thing I’ve ever missed school for was a field trip or college visit. When i was a sophomore however, I did tend to leave my last period class 15 minutes early to walk around and talk to the janitor (he’s really nice) bc we had a long term sub who was really cool.

10. What is something you’d love to collect but haven’t yet?

Sweatshirts i guess? I’d love to have sweatshirts from all over the world and places i’d visit. With how often I wear them I think i’d be pretty useful too.

11. Are you the kind of person who saves tickets from travelling? If not, what’s your favourite type of souvenir to collect?

Yup, always. I never really get to travel because of costs, so whenever i have a field trip i keep the ticket. So far, I have some Pentatonix and Two Cellos band tickets, and one from the MOMA and a couple other art museums.

Questions to answer

1. Is there a celebrity you often are said to look like? If not, then who is someone you wish you did?

2. What is one of your favorite bands or musicians? Why do you like them?

3. Who inspired your sense of style? Who is someone you look up to in terms of  fashion?

4. If you could get rid of any one emotion, what would it be and why?

5. How do you see yourself versus how you think people perceive you? What are someone’s first impressions of you?

6. What’s your phone case and background? Why did you pick them?

7. What is something you’ve done that you’re very proud of? What is something about yourself that you’re very proud of?

8. What is your favorite climate and season? What’s your favorite thing to do in that weather?

9. What is something you own or have a lot of and why?

10. Have you ever gone through a “phase”? What is the worst/funniest one you’ve gone through?

11. What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done in the middle of the night? If nothing, whats something you’ve always wanted to do?

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How had been selected the Names for Super Mario

When I discovered that out I did two things. First, I whipped out the message of mine (yes, I maintain it which real/nerdy that I continue to have an old NES connected in the room) of mine and made sure I can still beat the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I launched down a rabbit hole of reading Mario websites as well as Wikis and Articles. In the procedure, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the names of many of the major players in the Mario universe. Therefore, in honor of the video game which changed the globe, in this article they're, presented in useful 11 item list form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted to the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was only called Jumpman. (Which additionally actually is the generic name regarding that Michael Jordan dispersed leg Nike logo. 2 of the most celebrated icons ever each have generic versions of themselves known as Jumpman. But just one of them has nowadays arrived at a point of being so effective that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache before filming a commercial and the balls were had by not one person to fix him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America team shipped Jumpman to lift him straight into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), someone noticed that he looked like their Seattle office building's landlord... a fellow called Mario Segale.

Mario Segale didn't get yourself a cent for becoming the namesake of one of the most prominent video game persona by chance, though he probably is not excessively concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt business of his for over sixty dolars million. (Or 600,000 increased lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi actually has among the weakest label beginnings of most of the mario characters names bad guys in the Mario universe (once again showing precisely why, in real life, he would have a greater inferiority complicated compared to Frank Stallone, Abel or perhaps that third Manning brother).

"Luigi" is simply the product of people of Japanese males attempting to imagine an Italian brand to complement "Mario." Why was the Italian name they went with? When they all moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza area closest to the Nintendo headquarters known as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone out of business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated model of the Japanese rap for the adversary turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me here -- kuppa is the Japanese term for a Korean dish referred to as gukbap. Essentially it is a cup of soup with elmer rice. From what I will inform it's totally unrelated to turtles, particularly malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's originator, Shigeru Miyamoto, said he was deciding between three brands that are distinct because of the race of evil turtles, every one of that happened to be called after Korean foods. (The alternative 2 were yukhoe and bibimbap.) Which means among two things: (one) Miyamoto loves Korean food and wanted to offer a tribute or (2) Miyamoto considers Koreans are evil and should be jumped on.

Wario.

I kind of skipped the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the generation exactly where I was way too awesome for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and my middle school buddies have been into Genesis only. I was back on Nintendo within 4 years.)

Seems the title of his functions both equally in Japanese and english; I kinda assumed the English fashion but did not know about the Japanese aspect. In English, he is an evil, bizarro world mirror image of Mario. The "M" flips to turn into a "W" and also Wario is born. The name also operates in Japanese, when it's a mix of Mario as well as "warui," which means "bad."

That's a really good situation, since, as I covered extensively in the summary eleven Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, only a few language disparity finesses back and forth so efficiently.

Waluigi.

When I first read "Waluigi" I believed it was hilarious. While Wario became a natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi felt so comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a huge inside joke that somehow cleared every single bureaucratic phase and after that cracked the mainstream.

Well... in accordance with the Nintendo people, Waluigi isn't only a gloriously lazy choice or perhaps an inside joke gone huge. They *say* it is dependant upon the Japanese term ijiwaru, which means "bad guy."

I don't know. I sense that we would have to supply them much more than halfway to pay for that.

Toad.

Toad is built to look like a mushroom (or perhaps toadstool) thanks to his giant mushroom hat. It's a great thing these games debuted before the entire model realized how you can earn penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's named Kinopio, which is a blend of the word for mushroom ("kinoko") and the Japanese version of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those mix being something around the lines of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, the guys are referred to as kuribo, that typically translates to "chestnut people." That makes sense because, ya know, if another person expected you "what do chestnut folks are like?" you'd almost certainly reach food roughly similar to these heroes.

When they had been imported for the American model, the team stuck with their Italian initiative and also called them Goombas... dependent off of the Italian "goombah," that colloquially will mean something as "my fellow Italian friend." Furthermore, it sort of evokes the picture of low-level mafia thugs without too many capabilities -- such as individuals younger brothers and also cousins who they had to hire or maybe mother would yell at them. That also goes for the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing at all to do with this particular original Japanese name. There, he's named Kyasarin, which regularly means "Catherine."

In the instruction manual for Super Mario Bros. two, where Birdo debuted, the character explanation of his reads: "Birdo believes he's a girl and would like to be called Birdetta."

What In my opinion this all means? Nintendo shockingly made the decision to generate a character who struggles with his gender identity and then named him Catherine. In the event it was a bit of time to show up to America, they have cold feet so they decided at the very last minute to contact him Birdo, even though he's a dinosaur. (And do not provide me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop paleontology line. Not purchasing that connection.) That way, we would only know about the gender misunderstandings of his in case we have a look at mechanical, and the Japanese have been sure Americans were sometimes too idle or perhaps illiterate to do so en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When everyone got released to the Princess, she was recognized as Princess Toadstool. I guess this made perfect sense -- Mario was put in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why wouldn't its monarch be known as Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding blue bloods are always naming their kids immediately after the country.

Nobody seems to be sure precisely why they went the direction, though. In Japan, she was recognized as Princess Peach from day one. That term didn't debut here before 1993, when Yoshi's Safari arrived on the scene for Super Nintendo. (By the way -- have you ever played Yoshi's Safari? In a bizarre twist it is a first-person shooter, the only woman in the entire Mario times past. It's as the equivalent of a country music superstar making a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there is simply no Bowser. He's simply called the King Koopa (or perhaps comparable modifications, like Great Demon King Koopa). So just where did Bowser come from?

During the import procedure, there was a concern that the American crowd would not recognize how the small turtles and big bad man could definitely be called Koopa. So a marketing staff put together many choices for a title, they loved Bowser the best, and slapped it on him.

In Japan, he's still hardly ever referred to as Bowser. Over here, the label of his has become very ubiquitous that he's even supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's a good number of prominent Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This is a much more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off of King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly method of calling him an ass. That is right: His title is an useful version of "Ass Ape."

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Name origins for Super Mario Characters

When I found that out I did two things. First, I whipped out my copy (yes, I keep it that real/nerdy which I still have an old NES connected in the room) of mine and then made sure I can still beat the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I launched down a rabbit hole of reading Mario sites as well as Articles and Wikis. In the process, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the brands of a few of the main players in the Mario universe. So, in honor of the video game that changed the world, here they're, given in handy 11-item list form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted to the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was simply called Jumpman. (Which also actually is the generic label regarding that Michael Jordan dispersed leg Nike logo. Two of the most legendary icons actually both have generic versions of themselves called Jumpman. But only one of them has now reached the attempt of remaining so effective that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache before filming a business and the balls were had by not one person to fix him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America crew imported Jumpman to raise him right into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), somebody discovered that he looked just like their Seattle office building's landlord... a guy named Mario Segale.

Mario Segale didn't obtain a cent for turning out to be the namesake of one of the most prominent video game character perhaps, but he most likely isn't excessively concerned; in 1998 he sold his asphalt company for more than sixty dolars million. (Or 600,000 additional lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi actually has one of probably the weakest label beginnings of all the mario brothers characters in the Mario universe (once again showing precisely why, in life that is real, he would have a larger inferiority complicated compared to Frank Stallone, Abel or perhaps that 3rd Manning brother).

"Luigi" is actually the product of a team of Japanese males attempting to imagine an Italian label to accentuate "Mario." Why was the Italian label they went with? When they each moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza spot nearest to the Nintendo headquarters known as Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone out of business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated version of the Japanese name for the opponent turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me here -- kuppa is the Japanese term for a Korean recipe known as gukbap. Essentially it is a cup of soup with cereal. From what I can tell it is completely not related to turtles, above all malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's author, Shigeru Miyamoto, said he was deciding between 3 names which are different for the racing of evil turtles, every one of which were called after Korean foods. (The other two were yukhoe and bibimbap.) And that means among two things: (one) Miyamoto adores Korean foods and wanted to offer a tribute or (2) Miyamoto thinks Koreans are evil and needs to be jumped on.

Wario.

I kind of skipped the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the generation exactly where I was way too awesome for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and the middle school buddies of mine have been into Genesis just. I was back on Nintendo within 4 years.)

Turns out his title functions equally in Japanese and english; I kinda assumed the English fashion but did not know about the Japanese aspect. In English, he is an evil, bizarro marketplace mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to become a "W" and also Wario is born. The name additionally operates in Japanese, when it's the variety of Mario and "warui," which implies "bad."

That is a very high quality scenario, since, as I covered extensively in the list eleven Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, don't assume all language significant difference finesses back as well as forth quite smoothly.

Waluigi.

When I first read "Waluigi" I assumed it was hilarious. While Wario was an all natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi believed so comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a giant inside joke that somehow cleared every bureaucratic phase and then cracked the mainstream.

Well... based on the Nintendo people, Waluigi isn't just a gloriously idle decision or perhaps an inside joke gone huge. They *say* it's dependant upon the Japanese phrase ijiwaru, which means that "bad guy."

I do not understand. I feel as if we'd have to cater for them more than halfway to invest in that.

Toad.

Toad is built to look as a mushroom (or maybe toadstool) thanks to his giant mushroom hat. It's a good thing these gaming systems debuted before the entire version knew how you can make penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's called Kinopio, which happens to be a mixture of the term for mushroom ("kinoko") as well as the Japanese variant of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those combine being something around the collections of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, these guys are labeled kuribo, which regularly means "chestnut people." That makes sense because, ya know, if another person expected you "what do chestnut individuals seem to be like?" you would probably get to food just about similar to the heroes.

Once they were brought in for the American model, the team tangled with the Italian initiative of theirs and referred to as them Goombas... dependent off the Italian "goombah," which colloquially means anything like "my fellow Italian friend." It also sort of evokes the photo of low-level mafia hooligans without very numerous competencies -- such as individuals younger brothers and also cousins who they had to hire or maybe mother would yell at them. That also applies to the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing to do with this initial Japanese name. There, he's called Kyasarin, which results in "Catherine."

In the instruction manual for Super Mario Bros. 2, where Birdo debuted, the character description of his reads: "Birdo considers he's a woman and additionally likes being called Birdetta."

What I do think all this means? Nintendo shockingly decided to produce a character who struggles with the gender identity of his and then named him Catherine. When it was time to come to America, they got cold feet so they decided at the last minute to call him Birdo, although he's a dinosaur. (And do not offer me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop-paleontology series. Not shopping for that connection.) That way, we'd only know about the gender misunderstandings of his in case we have a look at mechanical, and the Japanese have been pretty sure Americans had been either too idle or perhaps illiterate to do it en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When everyone got introduced on the Princess, she was recognized as Princess Toadstool. I suppose this made sense -- Mario was put in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why would not its monarch be known as Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding bluish bloods are always naming the kids of theirs immediately after the country.

No one appears to be sure precisely why they went that direction, though. In Japan, she was recognized as Princess Peach from day one. That title didn't debut here until 1993, when Yoshi's Safari arrived on the scene for Super Nintendo. (By the manner -- have you had Yoshi's Safari? In an off-the-wall twist it is a first-person shooter, the only girl in the whole Mario the historical past. It is as something like a country music superstar putting out a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there is certainly no Bowser. He is simply referred to as the King Koopa (or maybe related modifications, like Great Demon King Koopa). And so just where did Bowser come from?

During the import process, there was a concern that the American crowd would not understand how the small turtles and big bad fellow could both be known as Koopa. So a marketing staff developed a large number of options for a name, they loved Bowser the best, and slapped it on him.

In Japan, he is still rarely known as Bowser. Around here, his title has become so ubiquitous that he is actually supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's a good number of famous Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This is a far more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off of King Kong. "Donkey" is a family friendly method of calling him an ass. That is right: The label of his is a valuable variation of "Ass Ape."

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Source for Super Mario Names

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When I discovered that out I did two things. First, I whipped out my message (yes, I maintain it which real/nerdy that I still need a well used NES connected in my room) and then made sure I will be able to match the game at will. (I can. Childhood not wasted.)

Secondly, I launched down a rabbit hole of looking through Mario internet sites and Articles and Wikis. In the process, I stumbled upon the etymologies of the brands of a number of the main players in the Mario universe. Consequently, in honor of the video game which often changed the world, here they're, presented in handy 11-item describe form.

Mario.

When Mario debuted in the arcade game "Donkey Kong", he was only called Jumpman. (Which also happens to be the generic brand regarding that Michael Jordan spread leg Nike logo. 2 of the most renowned icons ever before both have generic versions of themselves known as Jumpman. But merely at least one has nowadays arrived at a point of simply being so impressive that he shaved himself a Hitler mustache before filming a professional and the balls were had by nobody to fix him.)

In 1980, as the Nintendo of America team brought in Jumpman to raise him right into a franchise-leading star (Hayden Christensen style), someone discovered that he looked just like their Seattle office building's landlord... a fellow named Mario Segale.

Mario Segale did not obtain a dime for becoming the namesake of probably the most prominent video game character ever, but he probably isn't very concerned; in 1998 he sold the asphalt small business of his for around sixty dolars million. (Or 600,000 increased lives.)

Luigi.

Luigi has among the weakest brand roots of all of the super mario characters in the Mario universe (once again showing precisely why, in life that is real, he'd have a bigger inferiority complex than Frank Stallone, Abel or even that third Manning brother).

"Luigi" is merely the result of people of Japanese men trying to consider an Italian brand to enhance "Mario." Why was that the Italian label they went with? When they all moved from Japan to Seattle, the pizza spot nearest to the Nintendo headquarters called Mario & Luigi's. (It has since gone from business.)

Koopa.

Koopa is a transliterated version of the Japanese rap for the opponent turtles, "Kuppa." Stick with me right here -- kuppa is the Japanese word for a Korean plate called gukbap. Generally it's a cup of soup with elmer rice. From what I definitely tell it's totally unrelated to turtles, especially malicious ones.

In an interview, Mario's author, Shigeru Miyamoto, stated he was deciding between 3 names which are diverse due to the race of evil turtles, all of that have been called after Korean foods. (The alternative 2 were yukhoe and bibimbap.) Which means one of two things: (one) Miyamoto loves Korean food and needed to offer a tribute or even (two) Miyamoto believes Koreans are evil and have to be jumped on.

Wario.

I kind of skipped the debut of Wario -- he debuted in 1992, right around when I was hitting the generation exactly where I was extremely cool for cartoon y Nintendo games. (Me and the middle school buddies of mine were into Genesis only. I was again on Nintendo within 4 years.)

Appears the label of his functions equally in english and Japanese; I kinda assumed the English manner but didn't know about the Japanese feature. In English, he is an evil, bizarro world mirror image of Mario. The "M" turns to become a "W" and Wario is created. The name likewise operates in Japanese, wherever it is the variety of Mario and "warui," that implies "bad."

That's a very great situation, since, as I covered extensively in the list eleven Worst Japanese-To-English Translations In Nintendo History, not every language disparity finesses again and also forth quite smoothly.

Waluigi.

When I 1st read "Waluigi" I thought it was hilarious. While Wario was a natural counterbalance to Mario, Waluigi felt extremely comically shoehorned (just tacking the "wa" prefix before Luigi) -- including a huge inside joke that somehow cleared every bureaucratic step and cracked the mainstream.

Well... based on the Nintendo people, Waluigi isn't just a gloriously lazy decision or maybe an inside joke also been substantial. They *say* it is dependant upon the Japanese word ijiwaru, which means "bad guy."

I do not know. I feel like we would have to supply them much more than halfway to purchase that.

Toad.

Toad is made to look like a mushroom (or toadstool) because of his massive mushroom hat. It's a good thing the gaming systems debuted before the entire version knew how you can generate penis jokes.

Anyway, in Japan, he's called Kinopio, which happens to be a blend of the word for mushroom ("kinoko") as well as the Japanese version of Pinocchio ("pinokio"). Those mix to be something around the collections of "A Real Mushroom Boy."

Goomba.

In Japanese, these men are labeled as kuribo, which translates to "chestnut people." That makes sense because, ya know, if somebody expected you "what do chestnut folks are like?" you'd most likely get to food roughly like these figures.

Once they were imported for the American version, the team caught with the Italian initiative of theirs and called them Goombas... primarily based off of the Italian "goombah," which colloquially signifies something as "my fellow Italian friend." Furthermore, it kind of evokes the photo of low level mafia thugs without too numerous skills -- like people's younger brothers and cousins who they'd to work with or perhaps mother would yell at them. That also is true for the Mario Bros. goombas.

Birdo.

Birdo has nothing at all to do with this particular original Japanese name. Generally there, he's considered Kyasarin, that results in "Catherine."

In the teaching manual for Super Mario Bros. 2, in which Birdo debuted, his persona description reads: "Birdo considers he is a female and additionally likes to be named Birdetta."

What I believe this all means? Nintendo shockingly chosen to develop a character who battles with the gender identity of his and called him Catherine. In the event it was some time to come to America, they have feet which are cold so they determined at the last minute to call him Birdo, though he's a dinosaur. (And don't provide me the "birds are descended from dinosaurs" pop-paleontology series. Not buying that connection.) In that way, we would only understand about his gender misunderstandings if we read the mechanical, and the Japanese have been fairly certain Americans were either too lazy or perhaps illiterate to do it en masse.

Princess Toadstool/Peach.

When everyone got introduced to the Princess, she was regarded as Princess Toadstool. I suppose this made perfect sense -- Mario was set in the Mushroom Kingdom, so why wouldn't its monarch be named Princess Toadstool. Them inbreeding blue bloods are always naming their young children after the country.

No person seems to be sure precisely why they went the direction, nevertheless. In Japan, she was recognized as Princess Peach from day one. That name didn't debut here until 1993, when Yoshi's Safari came out for Super Nintendo. (By the way -- have you played Yoshi's Safari? In a bizarre twist it's a first-person shooter, the only person in the whole Mario times past. It is like something like a country music superstar making a weird rock album.)

Bowser.

In Japan, there's simply no Bowser. He's simply referred to as the King Koopa (or similar variants, including Great Demon King Koopa). So where did Bowser come from?

During the import approach, there was a problem that the American crowd wouldn't see how the seemingly insignificant turtles and big bad guy could certainly be called Koopa. Thus a marketing team put together many choices for a title, they loved Bowser the best, and also slapped it on him.

In Japan, he is still rarely known as Bowser. Around here, the title of his is now extremely ubiquitous that he is even supplanted Sha Na Na's Bowzer as America's most prominent Bowser.

Donkey Kong.

This's a far more literal interpretation than you think. "Kong" is based off King Kong. "Donkey" is a family-friendly way of calling him an ass. That is right: The title of his is a valuable variation of "Ass Ape."

Mario Bros. includes 2 plumbers, Mario and Luigi, being forced to take a look at the sewers of New York subsequent to peculiar creatures have been showing up down there. The aim of the game is defeating all of the adversaries in each and every phase. The aspects of Mario Bros. involve lunging and also only running. As opposed to coming Mario video games, players can't jump on enemies as well as squash them, except when they were previously turned on their backside. Each and every phase is a series of platforms with pipes in every corner on the display screen, on top of something termed as a "POW" obstruct in the core. Wraparound is used by phases, meaning that foes along with players that go off to a single edge will reappear on the other side.

The player gains factors by beating many opponents consecutively which enables it to participate within an extra round to acquire further points. Adversaries are defeated by kicking them more than once they have been flipped on their rear. This's carried out by punching in the platform the opponent is on straight under them. In case the player allows a lot of time to successfully pass right after achieving this, the enemy is going to flip itself also over, altering in coloring and raising velocity. Each and every level has a certain number of adversaries, while using the last adversary immediately shifting the color and raising to utmost speed. Striking a flipped adversary from underneath will cause it to right itself and begin going ever again, though it doesn't change color. or quickness

You will find four enemies: the Shellcreeper, which simply hikes around; the Sidestepper, which requires two hits to flip over; the Fighter Fly, what moves by getting and can solely be flipped when it's touching a platform; as well as the Slipice, that converts os's in to slippery ice. When bumped from below, the Slipice gives out immediately rather than flipping over; the enemies do not be counted in the direction of the whole number that should be defeated to complete a level. Most iced os's go back to usual in the beginning of each brand new phase.

The "POW" clog up flips each enemies touching a platform or perhaps the floors when a participant hits it coming from below. It can certainly be used three occasions just before it disappears. Through the Super Mario Bros. three in game Player-Versus-Player edition of the minigame, each of the 3 uses causes the enemy to drop a card and all the adversaries to become flipped over. Another element in this tiny remake would be that the piping are straight, at times spitting out large fireballs in the 2 plumbers. When any adversary sort except a Slipice is defeated, a coin is found and also can easily be purchased for bonus points; however, the level ends as soon as the last adversary is defeated.

As the game advances, components are included to take the difficulty. Fireballs possibly bounce over the screen or perhaps traveling directly from just one side on the various other, as well as icicles form underneath the os's as well as fall loose. Bonus rounds give the players a chance to score spare lifestyles as well as points by collecting coins without needing to address enemies; the "POW" clog up regenerates itself on each of the screens.