#s2 translation

[canarybell]

A little touch of Miles in the night

Do you think about this Michael Sheen post as often as I do?

Cause...you can see what he meant here, right? Comparing Aziraphale (especially this Aziraphale, with this boa) to Miles Maitland. Comparing two Sheens with twenty years between them.

And it's not just a boa. They are so...them. Gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide. Dramatic. Flamboyant. You can see this similarity in their energy in these particular moments.

And yet...is it all? Or there is something else?

Spoilers for "Bright Young Things" under the cut. tw:homophobia, just in case.

You remember what happened to Miles in the end of his storyline? To sweet, frivolous, charming Miles?

The police got Miles' letters to his ex-lover. It was 1930s, and one piece of paper with love confessions inside could lead you to prison. So he had to leave for France to avoid arrest, without even really packing his things. And it's happened just before WW2, so his further fate in soon-to-be occupied France was...unclear, let's say that.

And you know what's happening to our angel here?

He's so silly and happy. He's spending the night with a demon he just recently realized to be madly in love with. Crowley trusts him - as he showed in another round of their peculiar roleplay. He was able to be a terrible magician for one evening. This is a perfect evening, right? He's happy and is ready to share this happiness with the whole world.

There is knock in the door. In this second Aziraphale is beaming and shouts "Enter!".

The next second the door will be opened. Hell is gonna come into the dressing room. Hell that has evidence of an impossible, criminal connection. Hell, ready to trample not only over this second joy, not just this evening - but all past and possible future evenings too. Ready to destroy all of Crowley, and with him, all of Aziraphale.

All thanks to one piece of paper.

……. It was good that Aziraphale knew that trick with the photograph, wasn't it? After all, he and Crowley have nowhere to run to within the confines of Earth - the jurisdiction of Heaven and Hell is somewhat wider than that of an English court.

[yourchocolatenachostudent]

What he said:

How it sounds:

[sskk-manifesto]

No one:

Akutagawa:

(Jokes aside, this is a mistranslation. What he's saying here is 「砕け　人虎」, which is more of a “Crush him, Jinko”)

[ayzaart]

graffiti (pow-pow and jinx)

[arowyn-m]

@scrunkalicious i sketched your mans

[nicolegmattos]

Bildad the Shuhite has a different profession in every language!

We all know that in the original he’s a professional midwife/cobbler. But this joke relies entirely on the similarity between the words “Shuhite”/“Shua” and “shoe” which requires adaptation to make sense in other languages.

So why don’t we check some of the many professions Crowley has had as Bildad the Shuhite during 2500 B.C.?

- Bildad the Builder (source: me)

In Brazilian Portuguese he builds suites for the people of Shua.

Shuhite -> Suíta -> Suíte (suite)

- Bildad the Chess Player (source: @gastrointestinalmucosa)

In Swedish he’s a famous chess player.

Shua -> Schuack -> Schack (chess)

- Bildad the Juice Maker (source: @venomousaffection)

In Italian he makes juices.

Shuhite -> Suchita -> Succhi (juices)

- Bildad the Agronomist (source: @lame-wizard and @malin-la)

In French he grows cabbages.

Shuhite -> Chou (cabbage)

- Bildad the Shroud Maker (source: Good-Owen and YorunoHotaru from Reddit)

In Russian he sews shrouds.

Shua -> Savan (shroud)

Also, @adoroborosgoth pointed out that he is just like Barbie (He can be anything lol). So I just had to do it. Pick your favorite Barbieldad!

[belle-keys]

“in the book this” “in the book that” shut the fuck up it’s a different medium and a different story what’s not clicking

[roguemaki]

Ohsawa-sensei posted another SuleMio comic... translated it as well.

Original posted here.

[blakbonnet]

👀 La Vie En Rose [x]

[bookshelfdreams]

something about this, isn't there

something about acknowledging fear without judgement so it can be dealt with and overcome

something about accusing someone of having human emotions to shame them

something about how the first approach will lead to love and healing

while the second will push you down into the abyss

something in there, right?

[manitapaleta]

Sorry I'm late, I had this clear vision once of Lark in this very specific blue and pink cat apron the reads "Coffee Right Meow" and he's baking and for whatever reason he's holding a knife. Do with that what you will

Sorry IM late answering this ask lol also I forgot abt the knife part lol sorryyyy

Slightly younger lark and sparrow with a baby norm !!! Now I wanna draw all the kids as babies

[twig-tea]

Top 5 moments of yearning in 2023 bl (no cheating you can only pick 5)

WOW. wowowowowowow. Wow. It's almost as though you saw my other answers before asking this (which I know you didn't because this came in first and I am Slow). Rude.

First, I need to establish a very important distinction: Pining (my beloved) is when you think or are determined that it will never happen; yearning (also my beloved) is when you think it could and are really struggling to hold yourself back from just going for it right now for Reasons. The possibility of fulfillment is the main difference.

Second distinction: Yearning is not necessarily sexual tension. It can be an element of it, but yearning is about wanting something, whether that's sex, closeness, acceptance, or something else. It's about wanting existing barriers to drop that are preventing you from having the thing you want most in that moment, whether they're internal or external, physical or metaphysical.

Finally, as much as I would love to talk about only my favourite shows exclusively forever, you did ask for my top five moments rather than top 5 shows that contain yearning, so I stuck to the rules. All that is to say, there are a couple of series on this list that I don't actually recommend lol

With that out of the way:

Top [For Real Only] 5 Moments of Yearning in 2023 BLs Because Shan Hates Me

1. Jae Won yanking and then patting down Ji Hyun before putting him in a cab, The Eighth Sense

Basically this whole show is yearning (except for the brief interlude for pining). I chose this moment because this was the first moment I was certain they both actually knew what was going on and it was clear to them both that they could have this, at least in theory; the tension felt palpable, and I really wasn't sure whether they were going to hold back or not. Jae Won is supposed to be saying goodbye, but he can't keep it in to the point where he just can't stop touching Ji Hyun (that backpack pull that happens immediately before this, guh), and Ji Hyun is also so clearly soaking it up. When the cab pulls up and they just keep staring, there was a real question in my mind about whether they were going to break and just go for it or not. For these two it's not just about sex; they yearn for version of one another they are when they're together, and they don't want the spell to end.

2. Khun Lu and Ken almost kiss while naked in bed, Chains of Heart

I'm still not entirely sure I know what happened in that show, but the yearning between these two was palpable the whole time. In this particular scene, Ken has just seen a hint the previous night that Lu is in fact Din, his missing-presumed-dead lover, and he's already previously rejected Lu on the premise that Din is still alive and is the only man he'll ever love, even though he feels drawn to Lu. Up until then, his yearning was for Din, though he also felt something for Lu. Now suddenly he's presented with the possibility that he's already reunited with his lover, which is all he wants, though he's unsure that's what's happening. On the other side of this equation, Lu has been wanting as much of Ken as he can charm, trick, or beg for. He just wants him now, here, under the pretense of this new body, because he knows Ken will never be safe if Din is thought to still be alive. At the same time, he is torn between wanting to be near Ken to keep him safe and wanting to stay away to keep him safe. Yearning barely covers it.

3. The post-sex breakdown of Yai and Jom in I Feel You Linger In The Air

This scene was particularly painful because the yearning only hits harder after his orgasm, rather than the catharsis Jom was probably expecting. In this scene they weren't just yearning for one another physically like in earlier parts of the show; they are yearning for a future they can't have together but both want and in this moment feels like it should be possible. Yai really looks like he wants to meld into Jom's skin. The way that sex does not break the yearning is quietly devastating. Is there anything worse than having everything you want in your arms but knowing you can't keep it?

4. Patts desperate to get through to Saengai on the other side of the door, La Pluie

@liyazaki the tumblr gif search is not crediting you properly so adding a tag to you here!

Listen, Patts has been yearning for reciprocation from his soulmate for years before he meets Saengtai, and it did not at all stop once they met, it just changed in quality. He's always yearned rather than pined because with soulmates comes the expectation that it will work, because of 'destiny'. We saw him say in a flashback that he thought his soulmate could be platonic, and I do believe him when he says to Nara that he'd be fine with that, because what he really yearns for is to be understood and wanted for himself (hence the heartbreaking line "is it that hard to choose me?" that comes before this). The fact that someone had a "destined" connection to him and rejected him for years took a real toll on this man. The way he claws at the door in this scene will stay with me into 2024.

5. Minato and Shin at the Onsen, Minato's Laundromat s2

As much as I dislike where this season went, a yearning list would not be complete without Shin and Minato. We spend a lot of time with Shin's yearning in this show, but we get glimpses that Minato is actually yearning too throughout the season and especially at the onsen. In this scene, he tries to get drunk to get past his own insecurities, but it doesn't work as well as he wanted. This scene was all about Minato articulating all the ways he also yearns, and how it's overwhelming for him--and how that overwhelm is frustrating. I love this outpouring of Minato's frustration around his own internal blockers to what he wants. Also Shin swallowing in this gif makes it perfectly clear he is also Suffering. Perfection.

Bonus and it doesn't count as cheating because it's not a BL SO THERE:

Sam and Mon comforting one another after Sam's grandmother found out about their relationship, GAP

This show was such a mess but my god these two women wanted one another so badly, and I appreciated the hell out of that. It felt like yearning rather than pining until near the end, because all through their getting together phase they insisted on such an intense level of denial that they didn't even seem to worry about what they wanted being impossible, they just knew they didn't have it yet. So they did things like bite one another and pretend it was platonic and wonder why they weren't satisfied. I was thinking about going with an early scene where they barely resist the urge to make out, but instead I went with this one because I think it's a double-whammy. in this scene, Sam is trying to get Mon to tell her what's wrong, and Mon confesses that Sam's grandmother saw her at her house and asked her to leave Sam. Instead of pulling away, Mon clings to Sam, and Sam apologizes to her for not being there for her. Sam thinks she can talk her around to accepting Mon. "Don't worry; I'll talk to her. We'll get through this". The yearning here is for them to be together and safe; accepted by their families and happy, and not feeling this pain. I don't recommend this show, but there is something to be said for the way it showed the impact of intergenerational trauma and the very real yearning so many of us feel to just be accepted as we are.

[alithographica]

HELLO???? [x]

[lulla-bee]

"I just couldn't wear a heartfelt smile in this world"

[yourchocolatenachostudent]

Not to mention that Mobius' behavior was very out of character for him at the beginning of this episode, I want to say that Sylvie yelled at him absolutely undeservedly.

Lady, get the fuck off my boy.

Mobius is stressed. He's lonely. Everything he does either makes the situation worse, or does not affect it. He risked his life in previous episodes, risking being blown to pieces like Victor. He waited for Loki to the last and no one even thanked him.

He works as hard as anyone else to keep TVA from falling apart, so, God knows, he has a full right to drown out his stress with a little dose of sugar.

(Plus he's definitely jealous of Loki for Sylvie and it makes him say stupid things. There is no other reason.)

[ofmdtereomaori]

One of the cool things about te reo Māori is that you can have a complete sentence with no verb in it. In English, Izzy has to say "a shark did this" or "it was a shark". But it te reo he can just use "nā" to indicate who/what did something.

It fascinates the hell out of me that "nā" (and mā for future action) is also used for ownership. "Nā tētahi mangō" also means that something belongs to a shark, or a shark owns it. I think this ties into how the nā/mā structure emphasizes who/what did the thing, rather than the action itself. So the shark (or whoever) owns the action, it is responsible for it.

Mangō is the general term for sharks if you're not specifying a species. The term for great white shark is "mangō taniwha". I thought about using that (since taniwha is a possible translation for the Kraken), but it seemed to be calling a bit too much attention to the metaphor of Ed as the shark, and I'm not sure if Izzy is even aware that he's creating an allegory.