#japan stuff

[agoddamn]

This doesn't seem to be reflected in the English localization but the way Panette speaks is...fucking weird? She'll end sentences with -de gozaimasu desu, which is a combination I've never heard in all my weebhood. As far as I understand grammar (admittedly not my strongest suit), if you've got -de gozaimasu you don't need -desu; they're different conjugations of the same verb.

It reminds me of when you're learning proper Japanese and you slap -desu everywhere because you're terrified of being rude.

(I blurted out いいえです once and got the most "bless your heart, at least you're trying" look lmfao)

It could very well be that her speech pattern is totally precedented in the typical "nobody in real life speaks like this but when it comes to cartoons--" way; I had never run into Kolulu's -de gonsu construction before Granblue, either.

I think, though, that she might just...speak kind of badly.

You know how I was mulling last night over how her desperate need to present herself like a noble verbally doesn't match the goth clown aesthetic? It would make way more sense if, just like with how her appearance doesn't gel with the noble image she wants to impart, her speech was not actual authentic keigo either.

It makes her gag have a consistent throughline. Visually, she understands that noblewomen wear dresses--but she wears a goth dress because she doesn't know the actual fashion, and in text, she understands that noblewomen use -desu--but doesn't fully understand how to correctly use it. She's trying, but blatantly not fitting in. Same gag as Charlotte.

There's also a bit in her Saphir C support where Saphir goes "you're going to teach me fanciness?" with special emphasis on the you, as if it were obvious to all characters in-universe that Panette is a terrible candidate for teaching this.

Her "fancy voice" grammar is perfectly fine in English, though, which--

--wait. Wait, is this what they were trying to cue with her calling Timerra "boss?" I've been wondering about that, because she calls her a very normal hime-sama/princess in Japanese. "Boss" definitely doesn't fit the image she's trying to present. I had guessed she was doing it as a pet name to cue their closeness, but it would totally fit as an attempt to show that she doesn't really understand formality.

Underline 'attempt,' though...in English the error only shines through when she's speaking to/of Timerra, where in Japanese she consistently sounds bizarre. That's why I thought it was a pet name rather than a purposeful error; she's plenty coherent talking to everyone else.

[peysk]

Had to translate this twitter exchange

[overthinkinsworld]

20 years ago. books😍

[fly-the-pattern]

The dino benches are super cute. The angle is a little weird, though. And there's other seating if you're scared of dinosaurs. Looks like there's non-dino flat benches in the back on the right and a raised stone bench / retaining wall area on the left with grass and trees. I'm a little worried that there's no arm rests on any of the seating areas, though. It might be difficult for people with mobility issues to stand back up. Super cute for in front of a dino museum, though! And I totally want one.

[eekgrl]

Pokémon stamps~

[softer-ua]

So I’ve been joking for a while about how Inko manages to afford all of Izuku’s AM merch

But I decided to nerd out and look closer, and I’m pretty sure the only expensive piece Izuku owns is the poster he got from Sir

You might think his dorm looks absolutely stacked

but that’s only because it’s a very small room and he brought every piece he owns

If you look in his old room it’s all the same posters

so he’s owned it all for at least a few years, he’s been working up to this for god knows how many years, just to be the proud owner of 5 posters so basic even he would put tape on them

All of his figures are less than 50$

One of which he’s had since he was a child

And it doesn’t look like the other unidentified figures are anything special either(except maybe AM in his yellow suit)

Izuku only has generic fanboy shit, like maybe one of the posters is a custom but I honestly I don’t think he owns a single special anything

The dead guy poster is 100% the coolest thing he has, no wonder he’s so reverent about it 💀

As for fits this is all we’ve really seen is

So yeah Inko isn’t dropping stacks on merch, I’m pretty sure those sweaters were a 2 for 1 deal because they’re almost identical 💀

[hometoursandotherstuff]

A German company that sells cleaning equipment used its pressure washers to create a giant image of Godzilla on the Iwaya Kawauchi Dam in Saga Prefecture, Japan.

[pigeonstab]

Cross is having a field day.

my beautiful rocks

[dittolicous]

Pokemon Tera-Leaker: Yeah I got info on the new games but I'm not going to share, I do have ethics! Just wait and see!

Also Pokemon Tera-Leaker: (Posts entire, easily searchable employee names and data for all to see with zero attempt at covering)

[eldrtchmn]

Goldmask

[agoddamn]

The evolution of kisama is my favorite thing.

Then: very polite! You might use this with someone respected and powerful. It's written with the same -sama character that's still very popular as formal address (Tadano-sama, okaasama, etc)

Until: sarcasm. People turned it around. Think of it how like Prince and Princess tend to be sarcastic, insulting nicknames in modern English--you're implying that the person is a stuck-up asshole too big for their britches. "Oh, is Lord Fancypants too good to eat dinner with the help?"

Now: only used in the "fuck you" sense outside of historical fiction and an eternal trap for burgeoning weebs.

[lucky-fy]

For the Laicion nation (aka, me and three other people)

I had this illustration commissioned (a big thank you to @lunehowls) for my werewolf AU Laicion fic (still a WIP).

The general pitch is as follows :

AU in which Laios never got to meet his sister again, putting his life on a whole other path, a more desperate one. A military deserter with barely a coin to his name, Laios hitches a ride on a boat to one of the elven continents, where he learns about magical tattoos that binds one’s soul to a wolf’s, effectively making them artificial werewolves. Illegal magic be damned, this feels like the answer to… everything.

In the process, he learns about the existence of an illegal fighting ring in one of the elven cities, where beastmen gladiators gather. Freshly tattooed and without anywhere else to go to, Laios decides to head there, where he meets Lycion, an elf and artificial werewolf gladiator. If they first bond over a simple shared meal, by spending time together (sharing the same room in the barracks, maybe the same bed? gasp) they find that they have a lot in common, notably a shared distaste for the body they were born in, a dysphoria partially remedied by becoming a werewolf.

They bond :)

NB: I commissioned another piece, go take a look :D

[swarahlx3]

♡maid kitty♡ヽ(^o^)🌸

[sanrioblr]

★。＼｜／。★

[ivanscarf]

what do you think of,,,….ameripan,,,…? :o3

alfred is kiku’s retribution but he kinda just makes him worse

[sunnymainecoon]

The Dreamtale bros ig