#kino’s speech

[darlingjmiller]

finished watching Andor.. I’m so mentally ill rn

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

we're back with my semi-coherent thoughts about arcane, this time it's about act 2:

the fuck you mean vander and silco were friends with vi and jinx's mom????

on a similar note: why is young silco so FI- ahem lemme chill

cait distracting herself from vi and her feelings by sleeping with MADDIE was NOT on my arcane act 2 bingo card

TO ME, isha's autistic (also i feel like i was the only person that thought it was pronounced i-sha...not ee-sha...)

^on the topic of isha, WHY IS SHE DEAD??? WHY DO THEY HATE ME?? SHE'S LITERALLY MY DAUGHTER

healed salo was giving so much more gender than normal and he got killed for it- gay on gay crime i swear

the amount of times jinx made me legit cackle was way too much

i actually screamed when warwick went "powder?" so do with that what you will

vi looked SO GOOD omg

i thought kino's voice sounded familiar so i just looked it up and IT'S HORDAK !!! gasp ! hey king !! long time no see !!

before mel did her glowy-glowy shit i went "bro mel can't die, she's a bad bitch" so...do with that what you will, part 2

warwick also went "don't touch my daughter" and i screamed yet again and that's on lowkey having daddy issues (i'm joking but i'm not)

jayce, you better explain yourself THE MOMENT act 3 starts cause what the fuck is your problem???

emilie agreste walked so singed's daughter could run (i mean she's not but you get the joke)

i'm also kinda loving sevika's hair...

[hogletthe2nd]

Everyone should talk about their dsmp fankids more, including me, because like I did not work on their lore, designs, and SPEECH for nothing

[magical-demigirl]

Here is set 5 of Sailor Moon Screenshots without backgrounds I have been forgetting to post them

[sweettsubaki]

If I see one more person comparing Yoda's "do or do not, there is no try" to Nemik's "try" I'm gonna eat my hair.

Yoda's phrases is generally one of the most misunderstood parts of the OG trilogy and I find that incredible because the text says it all (if you watch the scene in its entirety he even explains it). It's about not going in a situation with a defeatist mindset. Especially when the space wizard's doubt can be weaponized against himself. It's not about the result it's about doing the thing.

Which is pretty much what Nemik is saying but in a different context. It's about the fact that what you're doing might not have an immediate and/or big effect. It's about how you might never even get to know what the effect is. It's about the fact that there are others like you which means these will be added to each other and impact the situation even if the pay off is long down the road. It's worth doing sometging

They're two sides of the same coin.

[swan-of-sunrise]

ANDY SERKIS as KINO LOY Andor, S01xE10 | One Way Out

[freytful]

cassian andor is a sylph of blood btw. just in case you were wondering.

[fallenrocket]

I love so much that the prison break on Narkina 5 isn't a deeply complex escape plan designed by a small group of highly-skilled individuals to get themselves out, but rather an intelligent, mostly low-tech plan to upset the whole apple cart and give everyone a chance to get out. I love that Cassian and his allies come up with the main pillars of it through careful observation, knowledge, and collaboration. I love that it's set into motion by unexpected variables--the imminent arrival of a new man on the floor, made more urgent by the reveal of what happened on level 2 and why. I love that they bring the whole of Room 5-2D into the plan and everyone takes part, including the new man who just got fried recently, is probably terrified, and isn't prepared for any of this. I love that they send guys to other rooms and up and down the stairs, confronting the guards and encouraging the other inmates to take up arms. I love that Kino's speech calls for them to help one another, and I love that, while the 5-2D guys are able to offer freedom to the rest of the prison, the other inmates still need to be the ones to take it.

[benkyoutobentou]

Beginner Manga Recommendations for Japanese Learners

It's time, you've done your due diligence in studying. Now it's time to jump into native material. But where to start? Here are a few manga series that I've read that I think would be a reasonable place for a Japanese learner to start their immersion journey.

Disclaimer: I haven't read every series, and the manga that's interesting to me might not be interesting to you. We also all encounter different words as we go along our language learning journeys. A series that I find relatively easy might have you looking up every other word. The trick is to not get discouraged and just keep on pushing through! As with everything, it gets easier the more you practice.

消えた初恋 - アルコ＆ひねくれ渡: This BL series follows a group of four friends and their experiences with love in high school (it also has a drama adaptation that I highly recommend! Available to watch for free on Viki). This series is so silly and just a fun time. The art has great visual gags and it's definitely a series where you can sit down and not even realize that suddenly you've gone through an entire volume and why didn't you buy more of this series to start with? It has furigana on everything, but the characters do speak pretty casually, so there's some slang and less standard language. This series is completed with nine volumes.

佐々木と宮野 - 春園ショウ: This is another sweet BL about Miyano, a high school first year, who catches the eye of an upperclassman, Sasaki. After asking to borrow Miyano's book, the two bond over a shared enjoyment of BL manga. The vocabulary is pretty simple in this one as well, but it does use quite a bit of otaku slang, which can be difficult if you've never encountered it before. It has furigana on everything, though! This series is ongoing with nine volumes and also has a spin off series titled 平野と鍵浦 which is also ongoing with four volumes.

月刊少女野崎くん - 椿いづみ: The first manga I ever read in Japanese! This series follows a high schooler, Sakura, as she confesses to her crush and classmate, Nozaki. However, Nozaki thinks that Sakura is just a fan of his shoujo manga series, and recruits her to be his assistant. This series is so enjoyably silly with a wonderful cast of characters that absolutely steal the show. There's a bit of vocabulary specific to the process of making manga, but it isn't too overwhelming. There's also plenty of casual speech and some great moments that can't quite come out in translation (bonus fact: I actually wrote a paper on this series and how humor is translated in one of my university linguistics class). It also has furigana on everything. It's ongoing with fifteen volumes.

加瀬さんシリーズ - 高嶋ひろみ: This adorable little GL series follows two high school aged girls, popular and athletic Kase and the shy gardener Yamada, as their relationship develops over their high school years. The vocabulary in this one is relatively simple with the exception of some more specific words, but those tend to pop up time and time again. This one doesn't have furigana but I think it's a great introduction to readying manga without furigana! This series is completed with five volumes, but there's an ongoing sequel series called　山田と加瀬さん that currently has three volumes released.

ささやくように恋を唄う - 竹嶋えく: This is a music based GL series about a high school first year, Kino, who tells an upperclassman, Nagi, that she loves her music. Nagi, however, misunderstands this as Kino confessing her love for her. The story follows both the relationship between Kino and Nagi as well as the trials and tribulations of Nagi's band. This is another one without furigana, but the vocabulary tends to be simple enough that I think it's still pretty accessible. It's ongoing with eight current volumes.

かけた月とドーナッツ - 雨水汐: Our last GL, this follows two coworkers, Uno and Satou, and their blossoming relationship in a society that pushes conformity and marriage on women. I really loved the way this series depicted coming into one's sexuality as an adult. Another one without furigana, but simple vocabulary regardless. A possible difficulty with this one might be the office vocabulary, though. This series is completed with four volumes.

[the-eyes-of-andyserkis]

Oh no now I'm crying. 🥺😭

OSWLLD’S EOTY GIFTIES - Gift Six: Andor (2022) ⪢ LotR: The Two Towers (2002)

—  for @hoe-biwan @ithappensoffstage @starryreys @anakinskvwalkcr & @displayheartcode

[wychelm]

ANDOR (2022-)

Skeen's speech vs. Kino's speech

[serceleste]

andor

So I FINALLY watched Andor and damn it was good, I can't believe I waited so long to watch it, it honestly reminded me that yes, I still love Star Wars, actually, and just... it was SO GOOD.

Here's some random thoughts! Many spoilers!

love that the main villains were mostly ISB agents because I've always thought the ISB is terrifying so I think it's amazing Andor made use of that

Bee!!! Thank you for giving me another droid I would die for. He was sad about Maarva! He didn't want to leave!!! 😭😭😭😭

The writing was so good, especially for Star Wars, so many banger lines. Cassian's "I would rather die trying to take them down than live giving them what they want" now lives rent free in my mind.

I wanted Andy Serkis (sorry, Kino Loy) to live SO BAD, his "I can't swim" wrecked me.

More Mon Mothma! Wonderful getting so much depth to her as a politician, a Rebel, and as a woman.

I LOVED how much it delved into the grit of the Rebellion, of what it actually would have been like trying to fight that war, of the sacrifices and choices made. The fact that there was someone like Luthen deciding what assets were the most valuable and what lives could be lost in order to protect them, that fifty deaths were acceptable if it would protect an asset in the ISB, that there were people like Cinta who would do ANYTHING for the Rebellion and sacrifice anyone because the Rebellion had to come first, who wouldn't blink twice at murdering Cassian if Luthen said it had to happen.

They brought Saw back!

I adore that random guy in the tower, banging away <3

Everything about the funeral sequence was brilliant

Luthen and his ISB asset, that speech he made about what he had sacrificed, A++++

Bix was so fucking beautiful and the way she was tortured fucked me up.

Goddamn but Syril is a fucking weirdo

I also loved that because it was very much a show about being on the ground in the days of the Empire that it showed what life was like, that Cassian could be in the wrong place at the wrong time and wind up with a ridiculous prison sentence for not really doing much of anything. Watching him and the other prisoners stuck in that mindless factory and always threatened with torture and death was so rough, and how conditioned they had become to just do it, just get by, because they'll get out eventually, and then to realize that no one was actually getting out!

And of course that they were building for the Death Star because OF COURSE they were. And it being Cassian just made that so much more of a gut punch.

I really liked Vel, like, a lot.

Finally, Cassian is just so beautiful and so sad and so determined and I want him to have everything and I want him to have people love him to happiness 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

[andorshitdaily]

i am such a slut for that moment when Kino is giving his rousing speech and looks at Cassian when he steals his line: “and i’d rather die trying to take them down than giving them what they want” and Cassian’s face is just like “oh fuck… oh fuck i’m a leader”. that’s cinema. 🤌

THAT'S CINEMA

Tell me your favorite Andor quote or screenshot because I'm bored and I miss it!

[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

Kino Loy's prison break speech from Andor, S1E10: "One Way Out"

[jazzystudios82]

A Diabolik Lovers x Brooklyn 99 Crossover P1. 2 🥀

I thought about doing a DL x B99 crossover kind of thing, which is why I made the first post not too long ago. Hope you enjoy.

WARNING: This contains some spoilers for the DL manga "Young Blood".

*Ayato talking to Yui about him bonding with his father Karlheinz*

Ayato: "We had an epic night of bonding that I will never forget."

*Cue flashback to last night*

Ayato, drunk as hell with an apple on his head: "Do it. I believe in you."

*Karlheinz throws a dart that goes into Ayato's chest*

Ayato, not feeling any pain at all: "Throw it! I believe in you!"

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*Kid! Ayato and his brothers Kid! Shu and Kid! Subaru as hostages by the Ghouls during the "Young Blood" manga*

Kid! Ayato: "We came here to win and they're not even giving us a chance. I think it's fair to say that no one in the history of demon kind has been discriminated against more."

Kid! Subaru who knows the history of the Ghouls: "Buddy."

Kid! Ayato: "Yeah, that's my 'b', it's the adrenaline talking."

*Context: while as kids, Ayato and his brothers were put through some kind of test by their father to see who'd become "Adam" for his plan in the future when "Eve" (Yui) would be around. In the process, the brothers would be chased around and captured by Ghouls, low ranking demons in the DL universe that consume flesh. So in this context, I guess I would say that the Ghouls have been discriminated against more than the Vampires.*

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*Ayato, Reiji, and Subaru during summer break*

Ayato: "Another cold brew? Don't mind if I "cold do". Nailed it, anyway, I am loving this machine that Laito brought in."

Reiji: "It is nice. The trick is to let the coffee warm up to room temperature. I'm already on my second cup."

Subaru: "This is my third."

*Laito comes running in with an extremely concerned look on his face*

Laito in a slowed down speech: "STOP! You're drinking too much!"

Ayato: "Woah, what's going on? Laito, why are you talking so slow?"

Laito: "I'm not! I'm normal. We're all normal!"

*Ayato, Reiji, and Subaru look around the Sakamaki mansion to see the others are super slow speed*

Ayato talking really fast: "Oh-my-god. If-you're-not-going-slow-then-that-means-we're-going-fast. Are-we-going-fast? I-don't-feel-like-we're-going-fast."

Subaru: "I-don't-think-we're-going-fast-at-all-whatsoever. I-feel-like-we're-going-slow. Reiji, how-do-you-feel?"

Reiji: "Incredible. I-feel-amazing. I-feel-better-than-I've-ever-felt-in-any-moment-in-my-entire-life."

Ayato: "So-we're-fine?"

Subaru: "Yep."

Reiji: "Yep."

*Cue all three of them saying "yep" repeatedly in a fast manner*

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*Karlheinz in his "Tougo Sakamaki" persona mingling with human politicians and their partners*

Random Politician #1 after "Tougo" told him a joke: "Hahaha! Oh Tougo, you are such a crack up!"

Random Politician's wife: "Forget Anne, who should we fix him up with?"

Karlheinz/Tougo: "Oh Sal, you know I'm still getting over the tragic loss of my wife. She was such a strong, female woman, with nice heavy breasts."

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*Ayato and Reiji when they arrive at school late for "reasons"*

Reiji: "Ayato, are you eating an Italian sub for breakfast?"

Ayato: "I am. But Pancake (Yui) said that I should eat more veggies, so I added extra pepperoncini. Smort."

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*Ayato with the others in the living room*

Ayato: "Gentlemen, and lady (Yui), we are gathered here to answer an age old question."

Kino: "Right. What's Yui's deal? She single?"

Yui: *looks at Kino with slight disgust*

Ayato: "What? No, we're dating. C'mon. The question is: who here does the best impression of the tableware loving Otaku, Reiji Sakamaki. You'll be judged on voice, body language, and overall lack of flair. Everyone will perform the same scenario: Reiji eating a marshmallow for the very first time. Let the 'Reiji-Off' begin!"

*The others doing their best*

Shuu: "What is this glutenous monstrosity before me?"

Subaru: "The sugar in this is quite sweet."

Laito: *Does a whimsical laugh*

Ayato: "That's your Reiji impression?"

Laito: "I can hear him doing that."

Kanato: "Looks like a sticky pillow."

Ayato: "I don't care of for it. Classical music."

*Everyone laughs until Reiji enters*

Reiji who is genuinely curious: "What's going on here? What're you all doing?"

Ayato: "Reiji, nothing just. . . .eating some marshmallows, care for one?"

Reiji: "Marsh mallow?"

*proceeds to eat it*

Reiji: *does the same whimsical laugh Laito did earlier*

Laito: "I KNEW IT!"

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*Subaru walks into the Sakamaki house wearing a pink shirt (note: this takes place after Kino is introduced)*

*Everyone is speechless*

Yui as soon as Subaru is out of earshot: "Oh. . . .my. . . .god."

Ayato: "Subaru's wearing pink! Subaru's wearing pink!!"

Yui: "Are we not sure that's not a white shirt that's been bloodied in a motorcycle crash?"

Yuma who's here to hang out with Shuu after they became friends again: "Or maybe that wasn't him." *Looks at Subaru's older brothers* "Does he have an identical twin brother?"

Kanato: "If Subaru had a twin, he would have eaten him in the womb."

Kino: "Wait, hold it. Why did none of you tease him about it?"

Ayato: "It's Subaru. He's scary."

Kino: "You guys are unbelievable. I once wore a tie with a splash of purple, and y'all (minus Yui) called me 'Mr. Grapes' for two years!"

*Everyone (again, minus Yui) laughs*

Kanato: "OH! 'Mr. Grapes', I forgot about him!"

Kino: "If I had worn a pink shirt, you guys would have torn me to shreds!"

Ayato: "Yeah, but you would have looked like a My Little Pony with fangs."

Yuma: "Let me guess, your theater is putting on a production of Grease, and you're playing a pink lady."

*Nearly everyone laughs when Subaru walks in*

Subaru: "What are you guys laughing at?"

Ayato: "If Kino was wearing a pink shirt."

Subaru with a smirk: "I get it. It's hilarious."

Kino: "WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Subaru is the one wearing pink!"

Subaru with a murderous glint in his eyes: ". . . .and?"

A very scared Kino: ". . . .it's gorgeous. I wish I can pull it off."

Subaru: "Dream on, Strawberry Shortcake."

Ayato: "Yeah, nice try 'Mr. Grapes'!"

*AN: Please don't bully a guy for wearing a pink shirt.

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*Laito when school ends*

Laito: "Sexy train is leaving the station, check out this caboose! Later sluts!"

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That's all for now folks.

[nihilnovisubsole]

how are you finding ffxiv btw? curious to hear what you think of it so far if youre open to sharing!

i wrote up some early impressions here! tl;dr, it's got me good. the people who said i'd like it were absolutely right. i'm enjoying talking about it, so have some more

it's funny to see how many of the game's incidental quests follow the "you look like an adventurer" format. "you look like an adventurer, go save my cat from that tree," "you look like an adventurer, bring me a blue flower with red thorns," etc. it's a format i've been banned from using at my job - our narrative policy is that it feels gamey, and questgivers should always have a deeper reason to solicit the player specifically. that said, even the starting cities have a dizzying amount of sidequests, and you can't afford to be precious when you're writing at that scale. hat tip to the writers for having to come up with it all!

i mean, really, it blows my mind how much there is to do. i worried that i was chewing through the ARR story too quickly, but my friends keep saying this is only the beginning? omg

i find myself chasing a kind of roleplay that i haven't before: one that revolves around the game's time-of-day system. since cutscenes [in general - i guess some are forced] match the current weather and light, i've been scheduling cutscenes around what seems most cinematic or plot-appropriate. i waited until nightfall to do the greenbliss festival and hear the grand company speeches to make them more solemn. by coincidence, i fought foulques during a downpour, and it felt so much more dramatic. so did crossing thanalan at nigh noon. you know that bad thing that happens at the waking sands? i trudged all the way to the church alone in the dead of midnight afterward. now that's kino!!

oh yeah, those veteran friends i mentioned earlier? they're obsessed with which eligible bachelor i'll attach my character to. i'm so flattered. how can you not be. getting ubereats deliveries of "yeah, this one is a miserable bastard, you might like him." i'm told that the game implicitly encourages this sort of thing by stressing how much your player means to the major characters. no wonder you've all been having so much fun over here

i made some rookie mistakes in the character creator, so no screenshots yet ): thank goodness you get a free fantasia eventually

i have more details cooking, though. i see her as a fallen dragoon who thought she'd failed at being a hero and has been given a second chance. starting in gridania was less a "newbie lancer" thing and more a kurosawa "stranger comes to town and solves its problems by the sword" thing. she's also been forged-in-battle friends with raubahn for many years, and i've heard he gets a lot of story, so i'm looking forward to that.

don't worry, i've been forearmed about what happens-

[the vaudeville cane drags me offstage]