#ryuu masaki

[giro-revuescope]

Ryuu Masaki as Hamlet and Itsumine Aki as Gertrude.

(Hamlet!! stage photo, 2010)

[wtheckzukasubs]

"The Rose of Versailles (2013 Moon) (Ranju André)" subs

Download the subs here: wtheckzukasubs.tumblr.com/shows

This is a project in collaboration with @matchala who was just too patient to fill in the gaps, retranslate, edit, retime, and whatnot some partial old subs I had. Suddenly, it's all brand new! I'm just so happy this can finally be released!

To be honest, this was probably the worst adaption I've seen of Berubara. I mean, the gaidens are probably worse, but I bet they have more plot than this. They've cut so much of the original performances, they should have just made it like the gala concerts and it would have been more pleasing. STILL, this was the only tome Ranju Tomu was in a Berubara, and for many other reasons, this aberration became very dear to me.

(Also, I kinda love the selfish portrayal of Oscar Masao made.)

Notice this is timed to the show with Ranju Tomu as André. The script is the same as the others of 2013 Tsuki, but the timing won't sync as they're not really robots to do it all the same lol (They almost are when you notice they get almost every single word in the script but still not there). So, beware.

[berserkerbarbie]

Kacha as Christoph Moran in 舞音-MANON- by Moon Troupe 2015/16

[incomplete-ruler]

Cute moments in CHILLIN' (+Hokuryuu and Reoshiki crumbs) (ParaStage)

So carrying on from my post yesterday, here's a little compilation/edit of my favourite paralive shuffle unit (at least until the seasonal show probably). I love Akancatsura so much, it's like Hokusai and his boyfriend with their brothers who are also boyfriends. There's not much stuff for Hokuryuu and Reoshiki on Tumblr, so I thought I'd finally make some actual content for them. I was originally gonna schedule some more gifs/shitposts from this sometime later today, but I think might post that later this month (one post for today is enough).

[luuhblog]

Paradox Live | Happy Birthday — Icons.

like/reblog if u save!! 💫

[hairunowa]

Paradox Live the Animation PV! https://youtu.be/LooRv4QsHMA

[sanguinesucker]

ParaLove Gakuen

High School

1st Years

2nd Years

3rd Years + ???

Middle School

3rd Years

Faculty

[kalira]

Fandom Year in Review (2024)

It's the very last day of 2024, so it's time for my annual look back at my year in fandom - and specifically on AO3! And some stats, of course. ;)

(Then I'll get back to writing before the new year!)

I posted 86 new stories to AO3 this year!

Fewer than last year, but I did also keep busy with some non-fandom, non-AO3 writings! (About 75 completed fiction pieces and 5 nonfiction ones, if one wondered.)

Those stories were in 26 fandoms! 11 of those fandoms were new for me to write for - and 5 of them I was the one to start the fandom tag on AO3!

Those stories included 37 romantic ships, 17 of which were new! (Gen relationships are also included in my overall stats below, of course.)

I posted a total of 158,158 words to AO3 this year!

This was also my first year participating in @gywo, so I can also say my words written this year - though not quite finished for the year (I'll get back to writing after making this post) will exceed 550k!

Aside from GYWO! I participated in a few fandom events:

a personal project - 2024 Last Quarter Moons for Kagen no Tsuki

@badthingshappenbingo (still slowly working on my board, oops)

the Three Sentence Ficathon, of course!

my personal Valentine's Spectacular

@ficwip's Hey Sweetheart Valentine event

@sesskagevents' Mystery Author March

@whumptober (completionist again with 31 stories!)

@fluff-cember

I also participated in several GYWO challenges, including Yahtzee and Build-a-Bingo!

~

Fandom & Ship Breakdown

(look for the ✧ denoting the new fandoms and ships)

Bel Air ~Kuuhaku no Shunkan no Naka de~ de l'image ✧ - 5 stories ❧Léon/Devereaux ✧ - 4 stories ❧Mirabelle/Balthasar ✧ - 1 story

Bleach ✧ - 3 stories ❧Byakuya/Ichigo ✧ - 1 story ❧Byakuya/Renji ✧ - 1 story ❧Ichigo & Rukia ✧ - 1 story ❧Ichigo/Rukia ✧ - 1 story ❧Renji/Izuru/Momo ✧ - 1 story ❧Renji/Rukia ✧ - 1 story

Blush Blush ✧ - 1 story ❧Volks/Nimh ✧ - 1 story

Boys Over Flowers - 3 stories ❧Woo Bin & Ji Hoo ✧ - 1 story ❧Yi Jung/Woo Bin/Ga Eul - 2 stories

Castlevania - 1 story ❧Alucard/Trevor - 1 story

CATS - 1 story ❧Tugger/Misto - 1 story

Choco Milk Shake - 1 story ❧Jung Woo/Choco/Milk - 1 story

Hellboy - 1 story ❧Nuada/Nuala - 1 story

Inuyasha - 1 story ❧Sesshoumaru/Kagome - 1 story

Kagen no Tsuki - 16 stories ❧Adam/Mizuki - 12 stories ❧Adam/Sayaka ✧ - 3 stories ❧Masaki/Hotaru - 3 stories ❧Mizuki & Adam (cat) - 1 story

Kamikaze Girls ✧ - 1 story ❧Momoko/Ichigo ✧ - 1 story

Kamisama Kiss - 2 stories ❧Tomoe/Akura Ou - 2 stories

Kingyou-hime - 2 stories ❧Keisuke/Kingyou-kun - 2 stories)

Mary Stayed Out All Night - 1 story ❧Jung In/Mu Gyul/Mary - 1 story

Moon Child - 26 stories ❧Kei/Sho - 9 stories ❧Kei & Sho - 13 stories ❧Kei & Sho & Toshi - 4 stories ❧Sho & Hana ✧ - 1 story ❧Sho & Son - 1 story ❧Sho & Toshi - 1 story ❧Sho & Yi-Che - 1 story ❧Sho/Yi-Che - 1 story ❧Toshi/Yi-Che ✧ - 1 story

Mortal Engines ✧ - 2 stories ❧Anna/Pandora ✧ - 2 stories

Mouretsu Pirates ✧ - 1 story ❧Jenny/Lynn ✧ - 1 story

Requiem et Reminiscence ✧ - 4 stories ❧Proto/Elena ✧ - 1 story ❧Proto & Rei | Zero ✧ - 1 story ❧Rei/Maria/Ryuichi ✧ - 1 story ❧Rei & Ryuichi ✧ - 1 story

Seth et Holth ✧ - 2 stories ❧Seth/Holth ✧ - 2 stories

Sex Pistols - 3 stories ❧Kunimasa/Manami - 1 story ❧Kunimasa/Noririn - 1 story ❧Yonekuni/Shiro - 1 story

Sorinokoshita Natsu ✧ - 1 story ❧Kyan/Kiryuuin ✧ - 1 story

Tiger & Bunny - 2 stories ❧Keith/Agnes - 2 stories

Tight-Rope - 2 stories ❧Ryuu/Nao - 2 stories

Underworld - 1 story ❧Lucian/Sonja - 1 story

Vampire Heaven - 1 story ❧Aoi/Noboru - 1 story

Vampire's Love ✧ - 3 stories ❧Eito & Ichito ✧ - 1 story ❧Eito/Ichito ✧ - 2 stories

~

New to AO3

(these are the five fandoms I launched the tag for on AO3 this year)

Bel Air ~Kuuhaku no Shunkan no Naka de~ de l'image

Seth et Holth

Sorinokoshita Natsu

Vampire Heaven

Vampire's Love

(And a total of 8 of my fandoms written for this year - one could make an argument for 9, given the Bleach live-action movie, but I haven't written for it specifically - are related to/starring J-Rockers.)

~

I posted 4 new fandom poems this year! (And 3 original ones.)

Moon Child - 3 poems

Valdemar - 1 poem

~

I posted only 4 new minifics, all of which were from the 3SF (I have some more I will be posting, either expanded or as-is, from the 2024 round; I simply got distracted from them).

Minific breakdown:

Captain Harlock ❧2 (both Harlock/Yama)

Kamisama Kiss ❧1 (gen with Tomoe, Nanami, and Mizuki)

Labyrinth ❧1 (gen with Jareth and Sarah)

~

And that's my look back on my 2024 in fandom! I dove into new fandoms, enthusiastically nestled into some old ones (all by myself at times), played with challenges large and small, and had a lot of writing fun!

As always, I'll be around and I have many plans! Expect to see me popping up on AO3 . . . well, tomorrow, in fact!

Happy New Year!

~Kalira

[fictional-twink-bracket]

Round 1 matchups

(PT: Round 1 matchups)

Side A

(PT: Side A)

Duke (Nevermore) vs Akito Shinonome (Project Sekai)

Wei Wuxian (The Untamed) vs Alois Trancy (Black Butler)

Lyney (Genshin Impact) vs Rosti Nauman (Wistoria: Wand and Sword)

Izumi Sena (Love Stage!) vs Yoshikazu Miyano (Sasaki to Miyano)

Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler) vs Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)

Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis: Evangellion) vs 9S (Nier Automata)

Leon (Fire Emblem) vs Bill Cipher (Human) (Gravity Falls - Fandom)

Tsukasa Tenma (Project Sekai) vs Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)

Nobimaru (Kemono Jihen) vs Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter)

Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)

Sousaku Yubiwa (Pretty Boy Detective Club) vs Joke (Jack & Joker)

Xiao (Genshin Impact) vs Orpheus (Hadestown)

Armin Arlert (Attack on Titan) vs Linhardt von Hevring (Fire Emblem)

Grusha (Pokemon) vs Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)

Yuri Leclerc (Fire Emblem) vs Iruma Suzuki (Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun!)

Mithrun (Dungeon Meshi) vs Xie Lian (Heaven Official's Blessing)

Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Griffith (Berserk)

Affogato Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom) vs William James Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot)

Jeffery (Class of '09) vs Nagisa Shiota (Assassination Classroom)

Ray (Only Friends) vs Sam/Samson (Stardew Valley)

Jake (Disventure Camp) vs Akoya Gero (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!)

Marik Ishtar (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Tonkla (4 minutes)

Italy (Hetalia) vs Qifrey (Witch Hat Atelier)

Sion Ulster (Wistoria: Wand and Sword) vs Sephiran (Fire Emblem)

James Wilson (House MD) vs Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis: Evangellion)

Carlos Rodriguez (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) vs Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go)

Masaki Fujiyoshi (Tadaima Okaeri) vs Nagisa Hazuki (Free!)

Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4) vs Ayan (The Eclipse)

Edgar (WOE. BEGONE) vs Noriaki Kakyoin (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Kabru (Dungeon Meshi) vs Yumoto Hakone (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!)

Kou Mukami (Diabolik Lovers) vs Neku Sakuraba (The World Ends With You)

Yamaguchi Tadashi (Haikyuu!!) vs James (Pokemon)

Side B

(PT: Side B)

Rain (Love in the Air) vs Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Nero (Devil May Cry) vs Great (4 minutes)

Babe (Pit Babe) vs Kuzco (Emperor's Nee Groove)

Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Vishnal (Rune Factory 4)

Jambu (Wings of Fire) vs Hitoshi Suguroku (Nanbaka)

vFlower (Vocaloid) vs Happy Chaos (Guilty Gear)

The Onceler (The Lorax) vs Vash the Stampede (Trigun)

Thistle (Dungeon Meshi) vs Shin (Nana)

Jin Xiaobao (Meet You at the Blossom) vs Harley (Pokemon)

Boston (Only Friends) vs Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Ryuu Zaou (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!) vs Rantaro Amami (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

Yoosung (Mystic Messenger) vs Seitarou Tanabata (Nanbaka)

Mashiro Tsukiyuki (Bakuten!!) vs Hyoma Chigiri (Blue Lock)

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) vs Luka (Alien Stage)

Sousuke Mitsuba (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun) vs Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)

Ai Di (Kiseki: Dear to Me) vs Dan Heng (Honkai Star Rail)

Lio Fotia (Promare) vs Juri (Vampire Dormitory)

Sebastian (Stardew Valley) vs Kaveh (Genshin Impact)

Deidara (Naruto) vs Giorno Giovanna (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Nagahiro Sakiguchi (Pretty Boy Detective Club) vs Battamonda (Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure)

Rui Kamishiro (Project Sekai) vs Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

Sanji (One Piece) vs Ranpo Edogawa (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Mello/Mihael Keehl (Death Note) vs Sou Hiyori (Your Turn to Die)

Light Yagami (Death Note) vs Venti (Genshin Impact)

Burgh (Pokemon) vs Mikoto Kayano (MILGRAM)

Goro Akechi (Persona 5) vs the 10th Doctor (Doctor Who)

Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc) vs Glen (Nightmare on Elm Street)

Wild Link (Legend of Zelda) vs Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri!!! On Ice)

Louis James Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot) vs Natsusa Yuzuki (number24)

Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair) vs Azul Ashengrotto (Twisted Wonderland)

Lilia Vanrouge (Twisted Wonderland) vs Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Kouha Ren (Magi)

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Pokémon Character Etymology Comparison

Most of the time, the translators of the Pokémon games will a choose a name with a similar meaning to the Japanese one; for example, Takeshi comes from ishi, "stone," so he got the English name Brock. But sometimes they give characters random names that have nothing to do with their originals.

Because I'm a nerd, I compiled a collection of examples of this across the main series games, with the meanings for both the Japanese and English names listed. This is gonna be a long post; buckle up, folks.

Kanto

Guriin / Blue

Japanese Meaning: green

English meaning: blue. We’ve all heard of this one, but I couldn’t not include it.

Ayumi / Elaine

Japanese meaning: step or progress

English meaning: a lane. Possibly also chosen because it starts with E, as in Eevee? Sigh.

Shin / Trace

Japanese meaning: advance. Fits with the protags, Ayumi and Kakeru (to dash).

English meaning: uh…the protagonist is tracing his movements? He’s just a trace of what Blue was in the original games? It rhymes with Chase??? Who knows.

Dr. Yukinari Ohkido / Professor Samuel Oak

Japanese meaning: “ohkido” is a transliteration of orchid. Yukinari is similar to the given name of Unshou Ishizuka, the voice actor for Prof. Oak in the Japanese version of the anime; it’s unknown if that is related.

English meaning: So many questions. Why was he downgraded to a professor instead of a doctor? Why Oak instead of orchid, just ‘cause Oak sounds like more of an old man name? Samuel is similar to Salem Oak, a historic tree in New Jersey. Which is still a super random connection.

Nanami / Daisy

Japanese meaning: reference to a type of holly tree. Ironically is part of the Ilex genus, even though that forest is in a different region.

English meaning: the flower, duh. In Western cultures usually represents friendship and innocence. 

Masaki Sonezaki / Bill

Japanese meaning: First of all, yes, Bill kind of has a last name in Japanese. It has never appeared in the games, but was included in the Pocket Monsters Zukan, a supplementary material to Red & Green that is considered somewhat canon. Masaki comes from a type of shrub native to Asian countries, and Sonezaki is named after a region in Osaka, the city that that Bill’s hometown Goldenrod is based on.

English meaning: believed to be a reference to Bill Gates. Because computer man

Matisu / Lt. Surge

Japanese meaning: Seemingly a reference to Clematis, a genus of flower. I can’t find anything symbolically important about this flower that would apply to him.

English meaning: y’know, an electric surge. Could also come from “Sarge.” And they may have given him the specific rank of lieutenant because when abbreviated it kinda looks like lightning?

Kyou & Anzu / Koga & Janine

Japanese meaning: Doing these two together because their names correlate in Japanese. Both words are different ways of saying apricot.

English meaning: Koga-ryuu is a school of ninjutsu, and Janine is ninja with the syllables reversed.

Natsume / Sabrina

Japanese meaning: named after the Chinese jujube tree; big religious symbol in Islam, where it is rumored to be the Tree of Knowledge, and Buddhism through association with Vishnu.

English meaning: Psychic, brain, and possibly a reference to Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Kanna / Lorelei

Japanese meaning: contains the word for “cold”; full name comes from the Canna lily, which ironically must be moved to a warm location during winter.

English meaning: supposedly after a famous maritime disaster site in Germany, which means “murmuring rock.” We went from flowers to death and destruction so fast

Wataru / Lance

Japanese meaning: cotton; and also a reference to a Japanese dragon-water-god.

English meaning: ok bulbapedia’s stretch here is that lances were used in medieval legends to fight dragons. But that’s stupid. They just chose a cool name

Johto

Dr. Utsugi / Professor Elm

Japanese meaning: from a Japanese shrub in the hydrangea family.

English meaning: the elm tree, continuing the trend of the Japanese doctors being named after shrubs & getting localized into tree professors.

Akane / Whitney

Japanese meaning: the madder plants, which are associated with the color red because of the dye they produce.

English meaning: white (or possibly whiny). Dunno how she became associated with an entirely different color.

Shijima / Chuck

Japanese meaning: several options here. There’s a cultivar of the haworthia genus, the word silence, or a term meaning four islands. 

English meaning: to throw. Possibly a Chuck Norris reference as well.

Mikan / Jasmine

Japanese meaning: citrus fruit, specifically oranges.

English meaning: name of a plant; likely chosen as a pun on “mine” or “mineral.”

Yanagi / Pryce

Japanese meaning: willow. Often seem as a solemn tree; notably only grows in colder or temperate locations.

English meaning: it’s an ice pun haha

Ibuki / Clair

Japanese meaning: Chinese juniper plant, popular in Japan for its use in bonsai art. Also “breath,” a pun on Dragon Breath.

English meaning: Lair. As in a place that dragons live. Wooooo

Itsuki / Will

Japanese meaning: Zelkova tree, popular once again in bonsai and also for furniture and drum making.

English meaning: willpower.

Hoenn

Mitsuru / Wally

Japanese meaning: to be frail; also influence from “vine” and “crane,” possibly referencing the practice of giving origami cranes to those who are ill.

English meaning: supposedly from “wallflower.” I think it’s weird to focus on the social effects of his condition when the Japanese name is so focused on the physical aspects of it but whatevs.

Old Man Hagi / Mr. Briney

Japanese meaning: the Japanese clover plant.

English meaning: brine, salt water.

Mari & Dai / Gabby & Ty

Japanese meaning: mari is “ball;” Bulbapedia posits this might refer to the end of a microphone, but I’m not convinced. And dai is a topic of an interview.

English meaning: from the verb “to gab,” and…possibly a reference to TV?

Mayumi / Lanette

Japanese meaning: from a type of spindle plant. It’s in the same genus as the plants Bill and Celio are named after.

English meaning: from LAN (local area network) and net, as in internet.

Azusa / Brigette

Japanese meaning: another spindle plant.

English meaning: bridge, a device to connect several networks, like how Pokémon Box connects to RSE. And then the same suffix as Lanette.

Director Kusunoki / Captain Stern

Japanese meaning: camphor tree

English meaning: the stern of a boat. No idea why his title was changed.

Higana & Shigana / Zinnia & Aster

Japanese meaning: Higana refers to the red spider lily, a plant commonly associated with death and the afterlife. Shigana, literally translated as “this shore,” refers to the mortal world, with higana (“other shore”) referring to the afterlife.

English meaning: Both flowers. Zinnia is usually associated with remembering an absent or distant, but not necessarily dead, friend. Kind of a watered-down version of the Japanese name. Aster is named after a Latin word for star, and is usually associated with faith and wisdom.

Tsutsuji / Roxanne

Japanese meaning: the rhododendron species of flowers.

English meaning: you guessed it, rocks.

Tessen / Wattson

Japanese meaning: passion flower clematis, the same genus referenced in Lt. Surge’s name.

English meaning: you guessed it, watts

Asuna / Flannery

Japanese meaning: from asunaro, a type of cypress tree. Ironically would not be a good tree for Lavaridge Town, as it is not drought-resistant.

English meaning: flames or something? I’m not convinced this is a real name

Senri / Norman

Japanese meaning: senryou, an herb often used for Japanese New Year decorations; also 1000 li (Chinese unit of measurement), a distance equivalent to over 300 miles. Yeesh

English meaning: you guessed it, normal

Nagi / Winona

Japanese meaning: the Asian bayberry plant; also a word for calm/lull.

English meaning: wind, wing, or winnow, a verb that means to remove chaff from grain via a strong gust of wind. Her Japanese name is calm, her English name is a forceful gale.

Kagari / Courtney

Japanese meaning: from kagaribi, bonfire.

English meaning: from “country,” likely to go along with Team Magma’s land theme.

Ushio / Matt

Japanese meaning: tide

English meaning: likely from the “mast” of a ship.

Izumi / Shelly

Japanese meaning: spring, as in a water location

English meaning: you guessed it, shell

Purimu / Glacia

Japanese meaning: primrose, a flower with some species that have adapted to cold climates; or possibly the adjective prim, meaning formal to a standoffish - or cold - extent.

English meaning: omg glaciers

Daigo Tsuwabuki / Steven Stone

Japanese meaning: last name comes from a plant that contains a kanji meaning “stone.” Daigo comes from the Indian coral tree, the blooming of which is associated with impending typhoons and drought. Makes me think of how Steven starts investigating Groudon & Kyogre way before anyone else, as if he can sense what’s coming.

English meaning: steel and stone. Why are the english names so not complex in gen 3

Datsura / Noland

Japanese meaning: from datura, a group of poisonous flowering plants.

English meaning: presumably from the word “knowledge” cuz he’s a buff nerd

Rira / Anabel

Japanese meaning: from lilac, which might just be the color of her hair.

English meaning: bulbapedia claims it comes from “ability” but I don’t buy it

Ukon / Spenser

Japanese meaning: from turmeric, the spice and plant.

English meaning: supposedly from “spirit”

Jindai / Brandon

Japanese meaning: both a reference to a plant and to ancient times (lit. “age of the gods”)

English meaning: supposedly from “brave”

Hiisu / Tucker

Japanese meaning: from heath, the plant type. Unrelated to Hisui.

English meaning: supposedly from “tactics”

Kogomi / Greta

Japanese meaning: ostrich fern

English meaning: “guts” or “great”

Sinnoh

Jun / Barry

Japanese meaning: probably from Junichi Masuda, longtime composer and contributor to the Pokémon games.

English meaning: No one really knows! It was his first default name in Diamond and Platinum. It’s what the anime dubbers chose for him when he first appeared, and it’s been his name ever since.

Ayako / Johanna

Japanese meaning: no one knows for either of these names! Ayako has a lot of meanings, many of which have to do with kimono designs for whatever reason.

English meaning: ultimately comes from Hebrew, meaning “God is gracious.”

Mizuki / Bebe

Japanese meaning: from the dogwood genus of trees & shrubs. Notably not related to the group of plants the previous storage developers were named after. Fun fact, Selene also has this name in Japanese.

English meaning: BBCode, a programming language used to format forum messages.

Hyouta & Tougan / Roark & Byron

Japanese meaning: doing these two together since their Japanese names correspond. They’re both named after different types of gourds.

English meaning: Roark is rock & ore; Byron is iron.

Makishimamu Kamen / Crasher Wake

Japanese meaning: literally, “Maximum Mask.” Thought to come from the orchid genus Maxillaria.

English meaning: Crashing waves & wake.

Merissa / Fantina

Japanese meaning: an herb genus; also a Western name, indicating that she’s a foreigner.

English meaning: phantom, and also fantasia, a type of tango.

Akagi / Cyrus

Japanese meaning: bishop wood tree, known for its red bark.

English meaning: a Persian name associated with the sun. Likely chosen to fit with the Commanders’ planet names.

Puruuto / Charon

Japanese meaning: Pluto, fitting with the other Commanders’ planet names.

English meaning: Jupiter’s biggest moon. Not a planet. Good job, guys

Ryou / Aaron

Japanese meaning: Japanese clethra tree

English meaning: likely from arachnid and arthropod

Kikuno / Bertha

Japanese meaning: both the English & Japanese names share the theme of being similar to Kikuko/Agatha. Like Kikuko, this name references chrysanthemum.

English meaning: has the same sound as “Earth.”

Goyou / Lucian

Japanese meaning: five-needle pine; also enlightenment.

English meaning: light, possibly also illusion or hallucination

Shirona / Cynthia

Japanese meaning: white-fruited nandina, a flower associated with growing love and good homes.

English meaning: epithet for Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon; possibly chosen to contrast with Cyrus.

Kokuran / Darach

Japanese meaning: the pantropic widelip orchid.

English meaning: Gaelic word for oak. Probably a reference to Prof Oak tbh

Neziki / Thorton

Japanese meaning: staggerbush, a kind of plant.

English meaning: from “thorn.” Staggerbushes do not have thorns.

Unova

Banjirou / Benga

Japanese meaning: the guava fruit.

English meaning: the Malabar kino tree.

Tetsu / Curtis

Japanese meaning: iron

English meaning: comes from a French word that means polite or courteous

Ruri / Yancy

Japanese meaning: from lapis lazuli

English meaning: similar to “fancy” I guess.

Nobori & Kudari / Ingo & Emmet

Japanese meaning: up-train & down-train, respectively. Refers to global train track directions.

English meaning: Ingo is believed to be a pun on “ingoing” train, so you’d think Emmet would be some pun on outgoing, right? Nope. He’s a variation on “emit.” Why? Who knows

Dento, Poddo, & Kohn / Cilan, Chili, & Cress

Japanese meaning: the brothers are all named after corn: dent corn, pod corn, and…just corn.

English meaning: in English the brothers are named after herbs and plants: cilantro, chili peppers, and watercress.

Hachiku / Brycen

Japanese meaning: black bamboo.

English meaning: it’s an ice pun

Shaga / Drayden

Japanese meaning: from the fringed iris, therefore tying him further to Iris. 

English meaning: shortening of “dragon’s den.”

Vaabena / Anthea

Japanese meaning: from a flower genus that symbolizes “tender love.”

English meaning: epithet of Hera, the goddess of women and family. Also has some added musical symbolism - her name is similar to anthem, and Concordia is similar to concord, another word for harmony.

Giima / Grimsley

Japanese meaning: comes from a shrub; but also may reference words for the devil, deception, and the transliteration of “boogeyman.”

English meaning: grim or grimace + sly

Katorea / Caitlin

Japanese meaning: from Cattleya, a genus of orchids.

English meaning: roughly similar to Japanese name, with possible influence from “castle.”

Kakitsubata / Drayton

Japanese meaning: the Japanese iris, connecting to Drayden & Iris’s Japanese names. Also contains an anagram of tatsu, a word for dragon.

English meaning: similar to Drayden. And kind of similar to dragon if you squint

Kalos

Karumu / Calem

Japanese meaning: from calme, calm in French.

English meaning: looks similar enough to the word calm, but it technically comes from a Scottish name meaning “dove.”

Sana / Shauna

Japanese meaning: either Latin for “healthy” or Arabic for “brilliance.”

English meaning: probably just chosen because it’s similar; technically comes from the name John, meaning “God is gracious.”

Dr. Platane / Professor Augustine Sycamore

Japanese meaning: French for plane tree.

English meaning: sycamores are not plane trees; however, to be fair, Augustine Henry is a cultivar of plane trees. Officially headcanoning Henry as his middle name now

Koruni / Korrina

Japanese meaning: from cornichon, french for gherkin. 

English meaning: vaguely similar to Japanese; also, the words KO and arena.

Gojika / Olympia

Japanese meaning: the midday flower; also time.

English meaning: an unrelated genus of flower; also Olympian (godlike, superior).

Akebi / Aliana

Japanese meaning: from the chocolate vine.

English meaning: from the genus Aliana, and possibly a liana, a type of woody branch that grows from the ground.

Bara / Bryony

Japanese meaning: their word for rose.

English meaning: the bryony plant.

Korea / Celosia

Japanese meaning: Correa genus.

English meaning: Celosia, a genus in the amaranth family.

Alola

Nariya Ohkido / Samson Oak

Japanese meaning: nariya-ran is a name for the bamboo orchid, making his full name an orchid genus. Nariya is also similar to Yukinari.

English meaning: keeps the similarity to Samuel, but otherwise has no special meaning.

Kaki / Kiawe

Japanese meaning: kaki means fire; also, the Asian persimmon,

English meaning: kiawe, a species of tree often used for charcoal and long-lasting firewood.

Raichi / Olivia

Japanese meaning: transliteration of lychee, a tropical tree.

English meaning: from a flowering plant called maile, and possibly also the rock olivine.

Galar

Rurina / Nessa

Japanese meaning: from the Cupid’s Dart flower.

English meaning: lots of options here. There’s nesses, a type of shoreline; the infamous Loch Ness; the Greek name Nerissa, meaning “from the sea;” or a Cornish word meaning second.

Hisui

Omatsu, Otake, & Oume / Charm, Clover, & Coin

Japanese meaning: respectively, pine, bamboo, and plum; these three combine to form the symbols called the Friends of Winter in Chinese art, which symbolize perseverance and resilience.

English meaning: all three are named after objects that are believed to be lucky.

Tsuiri / Tuli

Japanese meaning: the beginning of the rainy season.

English meaning: supposedly from “Tulip.”

Sharon / Anthe

Japanese meaning: possibly from Rose of Sharon, a Biblical term referring to an unknown flower; likely also from the word for “gauze.”

English: the Greek word for flower; possibly also chrysanthemum.

Yura / Vessa

Japanese meaning: from “Yuraa!!”, Spiritomb’s cry before it battles the player.

English meaning: from vessel.

Paldea & Kitakami

Kaede / Katy

Japanese meaning: from the word for maple.

English meaning: possibly referencing katydid (bush crickets).

[peachesaregreat]

warmth on a quiet night (reoshiki hurt/comfort fic)

Sometimes warmth can come from the strangest of places.

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Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Fandom: Paradox Live (Albums)

Categories: M/M

Relationships: Andou Shiki/Maruyama Reo, Implied Masaki Hokusai/Natsume Ryuu

Characters: Maruyama Reo, Andou Shiki, Natsume Ryuu, Masaki Hokusai, (mentioned) Yatonokami Nayuta, (mentioned) Yeon Hajun

Additional Tags: Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Sleepovers, Nightmares, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Character Study, Cuddling & Snuggling, Angst, Heavy Angst, Trap Reactions (Paradox Live), Paralive S1 Spoilers, canon suicide attempt, sort of graphic depiction of bodies for one scene, (a sentence actually), still gonna mark this as teen bc it’s generally pg, and also has swearing (+2), reo says fuck, Mixed POV, takes place after the Akancatsura drama track, we love fluff and trauma in this house, also it's winter because I say so (or at least very cold), just reread their backstories in s1 (especially shiki’s) and I feel immense pain so here you go, no beta we die like my lack of motivation before writing this fic, I ended up writing a 5k slowburn oops, but again not really

[mangaxyaoi]

Les Personnages

1ere Ligne : Kyon Kaïto Akio Haruko 2eme Ligne : Ken Jun Massa Ryuu 3eme Ligne : Tadhasi Tetsua Tomio Masaki 4eme Ligne : Yoshio Nao Hisao Eiji

1ere Ligne : Nori Tadao Raiden Daichi 2eme Ligne : Isamu Kin Jamy Wai 3eme Ligne : Kenshin

[wtheckzukasubs]

'Manon' (2015) subs

Download the subs here: wtheckzukasubs.tumblr.com/shows

I think someone else has already done the subs for this and that's why I never gave any priority to getting this release ready. Also, because I did the subs back when I couldn't even dream of strangers seeing it. So I apologize for the Vietnamese lines especially.

I did these subs as soon as I could because Masao was about to leave, it was around the time I did the first version of her Berubara before matchala worked her magic, so I was ultra emotional then. Even so, as it progressed, I couldn't help but frown at this script. I know the original is already hard to save, but there was so much more that could have been done to make it better. Or maybe it's supposed to be like that so we feel this bitterness in the end. (I doubt it was truly the intention but it's how I've come to read it, a white savior who can't even save his own ass.)

So many warnings for this... gunfire, orientalism, raceface, suicide, abusive relationship. There's definitely more too. Ueda Keiko is still a good director to deal with these themes with respect at least.

And the SONGS! The songs are the reason I still watch this show. They're so so so pretty at a level it's a waste on this story.

[olympedupuget]

 Ryuu Masaki as Marie Antoinette

[incomplete-ruler]

Hokuryuu and Reoshiki GIF+shitpost (ParaStage)

Okay so I'm just clearing out my drafts right now and I absolutely NEEDED you guys to see the Hokuryuu and Reoshiki stuff I made awhile ago for the CHILLIN' performance in ParaStage before Tumblr is erased. I'll also be reposting these along with all the other edits/shitposts I posted on bsky and in the discord server (and maybe even on dreamwidth because that place looks bright so far).

So yeah here's this Hokuryuu gif I made from one of the moments that killed me the most in the whole performance (THEY'RE SO CUTE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH):

And there's also this screenshot I took where it looks like Reo is ascending/trying to convert Shiki to 1nm8ism (or so it seems):

I never got to finish the other reoshiki gif (well technically two but they're different versions of the same thing) for this scene before all this shit happened, but for those that won't be around to see it just imagine the scene above but with a caption like:

Reo: Shiki! You must accept Keisus into your heart! Shiki: O-Ok

[berserkerbarbie]

1789: The Lovers of the Bastille - 2015 by Moon Troupe rehearsal vs show