#new multilanguage

[ssunvulcan1981]

The Amazing Digital Circus (New Multilanguage)

Dzongkha: སྒྲུབ་ཐབས་ལེན་འཐབ་འགྲུབ་གསལ་བྱས།

Greek: Το Καταπληκτικό Ψηφιακό Τσίρκο

Hindi: अद्भुत डिजिटल सर्कस

Italian: Il fantastico circo digitale

Malay: The Amazing Digital Circus

Vietnamese: Rạp xiếc kỹ thuật số tuyệt vời

[ladyorlandodream]

A new episode coming by the end of November, in the meantime...are you up to date with the other 4?

available in english, italian and spanish

episodes no longer than 13 minutes (more or less)

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Royal Watchers are gathered on TRG's Channel to watch the FINAL TRUMP RALLY - Madison Square Garden

The full MSG Event via MAGNO News

[alilich]

VFS Explorer v1.1a is out!

VFS Explorer is a graphic tool for viewing and extracting files and subfolders from within VFS archives, which are used in Pathologic 1.

Update v1.1 adds new search modes ("Contains", "Starts with" and "Regex"); Russian interface and multilanguage support; checking for new versions from within the app; better errors; and hides debug options by default (enable them back in Preferences).

Update v1.1a fixes a critical error on systems using languages that VFS Explorer is not translated to.

As bundling multiple languages is now possible, VFSE accepts submissions of new localizations. If you'd like to contribute, see Developer documentation, and feel free to message me with any questions!

Download from Github or Nexusmods (for Windows or Linux)

[boltgsr]

do you think the ace attorney series has any future at all? i just realized that we haven't really got a new game that was designed specifically for the switch... everything was just ports of ds and 3ds games

when i get an ace attorney ask days before the year of our lord 2025

anyway, they'll probably make another ace attorney. the collections sold so well (including a rare instance of us capital-k Knowing a game outsold capcom's internal projections due to the 2020 leak) that capcom immediately went and greenlit multilanguage localizations for AA5, AA6, and AAI2. and across the collections I think they've built them on MT framework, Unity, and RE engine at this point, so they have plenty of data on what the right tool set for a modern AA would be.

what will that ace attorney be? hell if i know dude. in a perfect world it would be a new team and a totally new cast but i'm guessing we're just going to get phoenix wright 7 with takumi handcuffed to the writer's desk

[wolfavens]

ghost car of barna road

track 3 - liberty belle 1/2

my manager greeted me in irish.

i blinked at the screen in mute panic. i couldn’t remember how to reply. words and languages collided in my brain. it was a car crash, baby, and in the end all that came out of my mouth was a prolonged aaah with no end in sight. a perfect visual representation would be a multilanguage tsunami, pouring out of my ears and pooling around my slippers on the dusty rug of my childhood bedroom.

i used to write those words down into a black notebook, watching you mock me from that dusty rug. you and your smug gaeltacht born grin. who would’ve thought i will forget them all by the time i’m 30.

“how did the move go?”

move. to galway. my hometown. i found my voice again and rushed out: “oh yeah! the move went okay. got here late last night. drive was smooth. not many cars around after midnight.”

“hehe, don’t get used to it. it’s a totally different story after 8am.”

we chatted for a while, arranging to meet in dublin next month when i was all settled in. won’t take long. all i needed was to get a flat, a car - did i need help with the flat? there are probably relocation programmes for employees available. no. i think i got it. did i tho?

we finished the call twenty minutes later. the fact i managed to scrape by enough words to at least tell him goodbye in irish seemed to cheer him up a bit.

i finished up some minor work tasks, sipping at the remainder of my mother’s disgusting herbal tea and took a short break to open the dusty unused storage areas of my childhood bedroom. i needed to clean up the old junk before moving in the new junk. i had to give one thing to my mother; she did an excellent job of preserving this place. if ever i managed to do something worthwhile with my life she could start charging fucking entry for this museum of fiadh kavanagh.

shaking my head i started pulling out old clothes and creating a pile on the floor. if she believed i still fit into these jeans i should be worried about early onset neurodegenerative diseases.

i was done with the columns and moving on to the hangers by the time she stuck her head in and quirked her dark eyebrows at me. “need any help?”

“mom, why the fuck did you keep all this?” i asked, showcasing fist-full of short gothic dresses. “aren’t you worried about clothes moths?”

ignoring my point she sat down on the bed, smiling. “oh, i though you might still like to keep some of it. it’s not like we need extra storage.”

“mom, look at me!” i threw another armful onto the pile, lifting my arms to indicate my age ravaged body. “how could i possibly fit into size four?! some of these are from the children’s section!”

“you look like a string, you could easily fit. it’s the cigarettes. they are not good for ya.”

i rolled my eyes. “i’m not even fucki…”

the feel of a familiar soft fabric beneath my fingertips made me stop midsentence. i pulled it out into the light with shaking fingers, heart racing against my ribcage. it looked huge in my palms. the faded graphics were barely visible in the shadowy light of my room. if you tried hard enough you could just barely make out the name of the band. distantly i heard my mom echo my name but i was stuck in the past, standing in the cold autumn rain by the open driver’s side window of your car.

“ooooh, i remember this one,” my mother said with a nostalgic smile.

i made a small sound at the back of my throat.

“it’s the donovan boy’s, isn’t it? i remember teasing him about it. i told him: young man, this is not a free laundry i run here! you know what he said to me?”

i nodded, whispering, “it’s not my fault yer daughter is a stinkin’ thief.”

she laughed. “little bastard. he was the worst influence on you. funny how he turned out. would never expect a son of deirdre donovan to make something of himself. i guess we owe it all to the wife. she…”

my body snapped back to action. i was moving away before she could say her name. putting the sweater on the bed next to her, i brushed my hands against my sweatpants and mumbled: “right, look we need to get rid of all this before i can unpack. do you know someone with skinny teenage children? ideally with a questionable fashion sense?”

“we can drive to the clothes recycling point.”

“grand! let’s do that after work.” i told her, kicking my way through the discarted clothes toward the closet and dumping whatever was left on top of the rest. “i need to get back to work now. i have a meeting in 20.”

“oh, ok. sorry.” she chuckled, standing up. “i will bring some bags to put all of this in.” she reached for the sweater on her way out and i jumped in to block her path on impulse.

“uh… where are you taking that?”

she blinked up at me, brown eyes surprised. “downstairs. i figured i could return it to the rightful owner rather than donate it to charity. although,” she giggled, pulling it apart for scale, “i doubt it will still fit him.”

she was gone before i could open my mouth, taking the sweater with her. my clenched fists unclenched with effort as i pushed the door closed and leaned my back against it. i was breathing too hard. the way you handed me that sweater through the driver’s side window on that rainy, a blast from the past; a ghostly memory. just enough to make me shudder.

[naradivision]

Miraitabi’s Spring Mixtape:

💮 Graduated With Yuu

Disclaimer: All songs here belong to their respective artists! And well... Congrats to y’all who just happen to graduate, is going to graduate, already graduated, or just decide to start something anew this year 🎊

This special event orchestrated by:

The Graduation Committee (featuring Yuuya Kanata as the Committee Chairman) collaborating with various student clubs and approved by the student council

*Ding~Dong Dang~Dong*

At that time when a school drenched in the colors of spring

A world we're about to leave behind, forgotten from here on

As your hair fluttered in the breeze, you murmured,

“Shall we take the long way back?”

Everyone,

Se– No–!

1st 💮 ～ Prelude ～

Attention Please: Today Cherry Blossoms Are In A Downpour!

<< Multilanguage subtitles are available >> Real Title: Haikei, Sakura Maichiru Kono Hi Ni Original by: Mafumafu (Shounen Jumanga Gakuen Project)

2nd 💮 ～ Student Chorus ～

When the Blossoms Rain

Real Title: Sakura no ame (Sakura Rain) Covered by: YT Chorus (81 people chorus) Original by: halyosy ft. Hatsune Miku

3rd 💮 ～ Graduation Speech ～

On The Day Of Departure

Real Title: Tabidachi no Hi Ni Covered by: StarLightPolaRis Original by: Noboru Kojima (since 1991)

Entrusting these dreams to this wide and big blue sky,

Now is the time to say farewell

Believe in the future and let’s fly away

With our faith in lively powers of youth

Toward this wide and big blue sky

『 Have you wondered what the color of “Spring” is? 』

Most people will say it’s “Pink” or “White”

—Since they are derived from the most memorable sight that marks the arrival of this season: Cherry Blossoms.

And there are a few that say it’s “Green”

—The hue of new sprouts and young buds, signifying the sign of renewal and the fresh start after the long slumber in winter

However, among those shades of hue, have you ever heard the word “Seishun (青春 - Blue Spring)” ...?

—Step up, youths! It’s time for you to shine!

4th 💮 ～ Youngster Showoff ～

That Light We Are

Performed by: SPECTRA Band (The Light Music Club)

Real Title: Hikaru Nara Covered by: Ajikko, Ayaponzu*, Nayugorou, Mary, Moldio, Yukionnu, NORISTRY Original by: Goose House

5th 💮 ～ School of Harmony ～

青春 (Seishun)

Performed by: Light Music Club ✕ School Symphonic Band

Real Title: 群青 (Ultramarine) Produced by: YOASOBI (ft. Osaka Toin High School’s Symphonic Band) ► Official MV & Official English ver

6th 💮 ～ Goodbye My Friend ～

Farewell Our Blue (See You Again)

Performed by:

Yuuya “ARROW” Kanata

Takane “Aozora” Gunjou

Produced by: WHITEBOX (Rio & Ryoji Takarabe) 『 Haiiro to Ao 』 original by: Kenshi Yonezu ft. Masaki Suda 『 Ao no Sumika 』 original by: Tatsuya Kitani These two songs reminiscent of friendship, so why not both XD P.S. Special if someone do notice: There are the slight mix of three other songs in the background (Kaikai Kitan, Gunjou, Akari)

Thus, this has come to an end of this even—

*Sakura no Ame starts playing*

—Huh, the ceremony hasn’t finished yet? And isn’t this the same of the second song?!

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Oh, looks like there is a special gift from our special guests!

7th 💮 ～ Special Gift For You ～

Re: When The Blossoms Rain

Performed by the faculty members featuring:

Maki “History Teacher” Umemoto

Ryūzō “Language Teacher” Mizutori

Takumi “P.E. Teacher” Wakaba

Kotono “Physics Teacher” Ohara

Real Title: Sakura no ame (Sakura Rain) Covered by: Sheer music Original by: halyosy ft. Hatsune Miku

8th 💮 ～ Outro Message～

Sugar Song & Bitter Step (Yuuya’s Solo)

<< Multilanguage subtitles are available >> Real Title: Sugar Song to Bitter Step Covered by: kobasolo ft. Mirai (THE HOOPERS) Original by: UNISON SQUARE GARDEN ➤ Official Anime ED - Fabulous reference for the Prom/Graduation Party by the way XD

Congratulation!

Farewell Spring days of Youth, now Summer is approaching...

And by the time you should realize: It’s time to move ahead.

※ Credit the main body from picrew created by @pono_trpg (Side streak, hand, accessories, shading, frame, filter, and background are added to the original)

[queen-erika-the-songful]

My Barbie Movie DVD Collection (02/17/23)

Pic 1-4: All movie releases currently available at the time of posting. Some of my DVDs also have extras like a bonus CD (Princess and the Pauper) or a bonus DVD (Pink Shoes). I also have German DVDs for Princess Adventure and Lost Birthday as those are the only official DVD releases so far.

Pic 5: Bonus & Tie-In DVDs. The first 3 are Walmart Exclusive bonus discs that were packaged with their respective movies. I would've had them put next to their movies but I didn't want to disrupt the flow of having each movie one after another. There's also the Rainbow Adventure DVD game that ties into Magic of the Rainbow, Barbie Learn to Draw DVD featuring several movies (and a custom cover I printed out), Sing Like a Star that ties into Diamond Castle, and Sing Along with Barbie featuring several movies.

Pic 6: Other Barbie movies & DVDs. I included the DVDs for Dreamhouse Adventures+Go Team Roberts as they are in the same universe as Dolphin Magic through Big City Big Dreams (and It Takes Two, which has a couple DVDs coming out soon). Then there's the 2 Barbie and the Rockers specials (with a printed out cover) that was digitally ripped from a VHS tape. Then the Dreamtopia special and Festival of Fun, which is the first 4 episodes of the web series put together with breaks between. Then finally the My Scene movies since that was an offshoot of Barbie.

Pic 7: Others. This includes a multilanguage version of PatP which I have because of Willemijn Verkaik voicing Erika, another PatP DVD featuring the "new" artwork, the Mermaidia DVD game which ties more into the Fairytopia/Mermaidia franchise as a whole instead of the Mermaidia movie, and Toy Story 3 since Barbie plays a prominent role in it.

And this will get even bigger soon! The first season of It Takes Two will be released soon in 2 DVD volumes and will be added next to the DVDs for Dreamhouse Adventures. Hopefully the English releases of Princess Adventure and Lost Birthday come out as well.

[whoisinterestedbythis]

Michel Berger Part 2

Out of love for her, Michel will compose musicals where she will always play the main female role. One of these Starmania musicals will become a cult show and still performed today

(Curious about this show ? follow the link below )

This mutual love at first sight led to a marriage in 1976 and the birth of two children, a girl Pauline then a boy Raphaël

the 80s will be their golden age

he will write his three greatest successes there :

He also stands out for his major participation in charitable works (especially in Africa) which he operates with his wife and his very good friend Daniel Balavoine (met during his Starmania period)

In 1990, he tried to export Starmania to the United States under the name Tycoon and composed a third and final musical comedy "La légende de Jimmy" ( a musical on The life of James Dean) which was a bitter failure .

Unfortunately in 1992 Michel suddenly died in his home of a heart attack during a game of tennis. According to some of his relatives, his death was actually due to the stress of the deterioration of his relationship with his wife, whom he allegedly cheated on for four years with the model Béatrice Grimm

in 1997 His daughter then his wife in 2018 will join him in his last house

Path to my Masterlist :

[nonsensical-pixels]

Hello. As promised I am testing one of the laptop from an other conversion set from you even though I don't possess the Monique hack files, it works like a charm. That's great ! I didn't know about this computer hack but it doesn't seem to break the native functions of the maxis' computers, I hope they are alright for the ultimate collection (I got the osab's version) and we could find somebody who can translate it into other languages than English it would be great. I understand it fortunately but that's always seems messy to get multilanguage mods in a game.

Happy New Year Eve day, and many thank you for converting great objects really, you make our sims 2 better.

hey, the computer may appear to work, but it needs the global files from the original, updated hacked computer to actually have all of its functions available. also, the monique hacked computer functions are completely standalone; they will never modify the computers from the actual game!

in any case, the hacked computer mine is cloned from requires apartment life, which of course is included with the ultimate collection that osab's download is. so it will work for that version of the game and higher.

if you'd like, @renfree made a guide on how monique's hacked computer works and what it is. i also found this modthesims guide on how to translate mods yourself.

happy new year, and thanks for the support!

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

Something I was oddly obsessed with when I was like 12 was this multilanguage video

There's something about it... just...

The GLOWUP from the old hungarian dub to the new hungarian dub... gets me every TIME

How GOOD Dodger sounds in like 90% of the languages

Jenny sounds so CUTE in EVERY SINGLE LANGUAGE

The fact that the norwegian goodbye is the exact same as the second swedish dub... it bothers me a lot

I'm actually pissed they have two swedish dubs. They only re-dub the oldest disney films from the 40s and 50s because the language has changed so much it was necessary. But this movie came out in 1987. The original swedish dub is perfect as it is. It also has a very 80s sound to it with the voices. So why did they redub it? Well, apparently there was some licensing issues when they were releasing it (this is the same reason my little pony films from the 80s got redubbed in swedish in the 00s), thus they needed to redub it. The newer dub is not bad, but compared to the older one... I miss specifically Dodger's voice. Like all the other voices I don't really care, but he just had more POWER in the original. This is Dodger in the original swedish dub, because the clip was on such a low volume in the multilanguage video:

Also, considering the new dub ACCIDENTALLY HAD THE NORWEGIAN GOODBYE CLIP makes me feel like they didn't give it enough care to like. CHECK it was the right language.

Other things to note in the about the multilanguage video:

Digging the finnish dub!

Loving in the french dub they just went "eeeEEEEEEeeEEEE" at one point

The way the latin spanish went "a donde QUIERA que voy"... i love it

[naivedesla]

Heccan will be redistributed very soon!

Heccan was the testing voicebank for an experimental multilanguage reclist. A female powerful voice that can sing in Japanese, English and Spanish, and even imitate Conlangs or Gibberish easily!

Due to certain external problems, her voicebank had to be taken down for some time.

But she's back! And so is her OpenUTAU port!

Here is a list of details:

As of 10/12/2023, the voice has not yet been updated for redistribution. An announcement will be made when Heccan is ready for download.

The voicebank info (character.txt, readme.txt) will be updated.

The configuration (oto.ini) will remain untouched.

The voice files will remain untouched. (Details below)

The Terms of Use will be updated as well.

The OpenUTAU port will be re-made from the updated UTAU voicebank.

The UTAU wiki page will be re-made from scratch.

The voice will be added to the Website.

The custom reclist of this voice will be updated and made public under a final new name.

A successor voicebank is being worked on, since Heccan has no plans of being updated in some time. (Details below.)

Now, as you may have read above, some questions may rise.

Heccan not being updated in some time does NOT mean she will be discontinued. She had to be put on hold for some time thanks to external issues.

As I can't keep working on new updates for her due to mental health issues, I will give a new chance to other characters and voices that never had the opportunity to have their own voicebanks in the past.

This DOES NOT MEAN you can't keep using Heccan. It only means I won't be able to properly updated her in some time. People are free to keep using Heccan for free as much as they want.

Thank you for your understanding. I hope you give a good usage to her, and if there's any problem with her, please use the website contact form.

[chipsncookies]

Good news!! The fight scene is from ep 4 of ultraman blazar, it's on youtube with multilanguage subs and english dub! (Please note that it has embedded ads)

This is one of the few human-focused action scenes we had (well, there's only 4 eps so far), but besides that there's also military action in ep 1 if you're into that!

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

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[cto10121]

finally finished a reread of these violent delights by chloe gong, an r&j au retelling in 1920s shanghai, r&j, bencutio. while I did take ample notes this time, I can’t stand another wrist cramp, so my good/bad/ugly review style will have to do. spoilers, of course

so a quick summary: juliette cai and roma montagov are heirs to gangs in shanghai, the scarlets (chinese) and the white flowers (russians). They were once childhood lovers, but when roma betrays her by calling a massacre on scarlet servants, including juliette’s old nurse, juliette is sent away to new york. she has now returned with a heart full of hate towards roma, now her true enemy, but of course things are not what they seem. now there is a monster loose in the streets and a mysterious plague spreading that makes the infected try to tear out their throats. and so r&j investigate and reluctantly team up, settling for a truce. cue mystery sleuthing with UST and whatnot. their friends/cousins rosalind and kathleen/celia (rosaline and celia) and marshall and benedikt (mercutio and benvolio) also do some sleuthing of their own. got it? all right, let’s go

the good:

no r&j hate dumb!!! gong actually has more of a clue about shakespeare!r&j’s personalities and dynamic than most authors, which shows somewhat in her characterizations of her modern analogues. roma and juliette are characterized as perfectly competent characters and reasonably smart (except when they are artificially handed the idiot ball by gong—I’ll get to that). most importantly, their love is taken seriously. most retellings are frankly hostile to r&j themselves, or privilege/favor one over the other. while gong clearly positions juliette as the protagonist, her retelling affords both pairings basic respect, and honestly, i’m just relieved.

speaking of which, no romeo hate dumb!!! i’m crying in relief. actually, roma is hands-down the best of the two, no joke

some passages are nicely written and impressive for a college-aged writer. the structure, plot, and overall characterization sucks, but that is to be expected. this could have been worse for a YA debut

the multilanguage vibes were nice, though i must bemoan these modern authors’ refusal to give translations and just rely on context clues. you are writing to an english-speaking audience, not all of whom knows chinese or russian. do not assume shit and please be considerate to these readers

the rosalind and celia/kathleen naming is actually a clever way of combining both r&j!rosaline with as you like it!rosalind. an easy set up for future sequels too. so very canny of you, gong

er, that’s it

the bad:

marshall and benedikt were shadows of their canon selves and really had nothing to do in this story. gong’s half-hearted attempt to pair them up really did not convince. i’m actually stunned that reviewers say they had more chemistry than roma and juliette. that brief scene with marshall and kathleen at a communist rally had more chemistry than any of the supposed benmars scenes. ymmv obviously

the mystery was both very painfully obvious and not very well set up. in short, the paris analogue, paul, was behind all of this. really, now. the connection between the monster and the plague was so obvious i was surprised the characters treated it like a big revelation.

as much as i liked roma, i still have to lament the fact that gong just…sanded off all of the edges YA-style and made him too gosh darn perfect. roma is a hardened gangster heir just as much as juliette and yet when dangerous circumstances demand that he fight, he barely even uses his gun. it’s always juliette who is quick to draw and use the gun. also, his characterization as a lowkey pacifist is a distortion of shakespeare!romeo’s attitude towards the feud. also, also, it just makes juliette all the worse when you have a down-to-earth roma who only fights when he has to. roma and juliette believing that they could change the feud as children is also a distortion of their shakespearean counterparts’ attitudes.

speaking of edges sanded off, marshall!mercutio also not being very trigger-happy even compared to benedikt. benvolio is literally the closest the play gets to an actual pacifist, but benedikt is much more reckless than marshall or even roma. le sigh.

the book’s anti-colonialist politics disappearing when it comes to the russian white flowers, even though the russians also participated in the colonialism(tm). roma and his family may have been long-time immigrants, but still. would have been a nice dynamic with juliette throwing that in roma’s face and roma throwing the fact that he is an immigrant in a majority-chinese society to juliette’s face and then the two deciding all of it was ridiculous and twitter politics anyway. would have been a nice point.

this is just a personal taste of mine, but the shanghai setting just didn’t work for me. too violent, no real 1920s flair or enlivening detail, and no real sensuality. the mantua brothel was as erotic as a damp noodle. compare that to shakespeare’s verona and the french musical’s vérone. hell, even hungarian retj had a more compelling setting

also a quibble, but i did not like roma and juliette’s first meeting as 15-year-olds at the bund, how it was written, anyway. it was very juvenile (they played a ball game???). meanwhile shakespeare!r&j were kinkily engaging at a pilgrims-saints flirtation. ugh

the writing. a lot of telling and exposition that bogged down the pace. instead of baking juliette’s and roma’s histories within their interactions, gong preferred to info-dump. understandable, as this was her debut, but…well.

the ugly:

juliette cai is a complete asshole. cruel, vindictive, violent, hateful, and even a dick towards her own staff. when i first read TVD, i kind of dismissed her as yet another tryhard strong female character(tm) in YA, but reading it again she really goes above and beyond that. every time she saw roma she had to say something about killing him. the fact that gong had the temerity of passing this almost misandrist hostility off as sexual tension was disgusting. had she been a male character, readers would definitely pearl-clutch and call her attitude towards roma abusive or at least 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩. i found myself really hating her and wishing roma had just given her up for good. which leads me to:

the romance. pretty much nonexistent, so yeah, this is an r&j retelling in name only. i would even describe it as a west side story retelling, but as wss doesn’t have the same marketing pull, r&j it is. when i first read it, i did think roma and juliette at the very least had some UST, but on second reading…nah, son. juliette is outrageously hostile and even violent toward roma for more than half the book and roma just takes it out of guilt. all of their interactions boiled down to “you killed my people” “i know pls forgive me i still love you 🥺”. the last straw was when roma finally confessed, through tears, why he betrayed juliette (in short, his asshole father found out and he gave him an ultimatum—kill her or the others) and juliette just…decided to mask her emotions and move on???? so toxic. and then of course when roma explicitly confesses his love at the end, juliette is all *surprised pikachu face* about it. just awful.

the magic realist monster/plague. awful decision. yeah, sure, keep the plague, it was an underrated plot point in the play, but to make it this whole monster ~mystery…nah, son. the plot should have been about the two gangs/shanghai politics and then the plague introduced later. an editor should have sat gong down for a long stern talk.

there was a last minute plot twist revealing that juliette, in a spoiled-brat pique, told her scarlet cousins the location of a white flowers safe house, where roma’s mother was taken to. hence her culpability when the scarlets kill lady montagova. would have been much better had roma known this from the start and so would have had an equal chance to ~hate juliette just as much as she ~hates him. also, it just makes juliette so much worse and she was already terrible. at least roma had betrayed her out of love for her.

in sum, this premise could have been great. the idea of a true enemies-to-lovers r&j retelling is fascinating and would have been interesting to explore. how would r&j react if they knew the other was their enemy from the start? what if they both had good reason to hate each other personally? and then despite it all, they remain deeply attracted to each other? plus the fact that they are two sides of the same coin? that would have been worth reading. there would have been some problems, of course, notably the fact that shakespeare!r&j are so gosh darn attracted to each other they’d just say screw it and jump on each other’s bones ahead of time, but a canny author could do something with it.

alas, no. instead, juliette is the macho meathead with the “badassery” (just assery) and rage(tm) and roma is the second-credit auxiliary. their one steamy scene at the brothel just wasn’t enough. you need to actually write the secret longing, gong. subtext is still text. as in, you have to point at something in the story that indicates these characters are in love even if they don’t want to admit it even to themselves. as it is, there is no real rationale for why roma and juliette are drawn to each other in the first place. there are some vague attempts on gong’s part to do a shakespeare and write the soulmate vibes, but it’s strictly at a telling-not-showing level. in the end, roma and juliette are way too different from each other, with their similarities only skin deep, which is so far from shakespeare’s couple i could cry

so in effect, this is second chance romance disguised as enemies-to-lovers. this can still work, but you have to know what you’re writing in the first place. as it is, this book is mostly just about 1920s shanghai and gong is just not the writer to make the politics compelling or even understandable. it’s just too vague.

[cosmicdorito]

i am 7 out of 11 pitches into Ada’s multiexpression CV-C Multilanguage bank. why? idk. 

I didn’t really like the tone of the one i recorded this past summer, and i wasn’t really satisfied with the difference in expression between the soft, standard, and power (they all kinda sounded the same) 

it’s gonna be called EITHAF Multilang, or just EITHAF CV-C. 

6 Pitches, 3 expressions: E3 Standard and Soft, G3 Standard, C4 Standard, Soft, Power, F4 Standard and Power, A4 Standard, Soft, Power, D5 Soft. 

The bank will be getting a new design too, based on this outfit I put Ada in in the Mirores PV: