#sea speaker

[a-smol-storm-gt-nomfs-blog]

I blame @boiled-ginger-ale for this one /lh

[myokk]

💘

[xcziel]

Liu Chang sings the interlude of Zang Hai Hua

When the snow falls, the old friends meet again and never forget each other...

[azure-clockwork]

How Does it Feel to Read Classic Sci-Fi?

Orson Scott Card: Two of the most interesting books you’ll ever read if you’re willing to look past a handful of things. And then you find the planet of Chinese people who worship having debilitating OCD. And the Mormonism. And the fact that the author is wildly homophobic and ought to read his own books.

Robert Heinlein (or at least the Wikipedia Summaries): I guess that’s a neat concept—oh, it’s a sex thing. Um. Gotcha.

Ray Bradbury: Man, I gotta read this thing for class huh. Well here’s hoping it’s good! *three hours later* oh. that’s why he’s famous. this will stick with me forever and I will never look at the phrase ‘soft rain’ the same again. christ. And then repeat 3x.

Isaac Asimov: Wow, this is such an interesting concept! I wonder how the exploration of it will influence the plot! Wait, hey, are you going to add any characters? Any of em? No like, with character traits other than ‘robot psychologist’ and ‘autistic’ and ‘woman’? None of em? No, ‘detective’ isn’t a character trait. Those are all just facts. Aaaand now I’m bored.

Ursula K. Le Guin: Hah, get a load of this guy! He’s never heard of nonbinary people before. Lol, what a riot; how dumb do you have to be to comprehend that these people aren’t men *or* women actually? Oh, wait, what’s happening. Oh shit, it was about society and love and learning to understand each other? And now I’m crying? And perhaps a better human being for it??

Andy Weir: Alright, this guy’s a really good writer. Funny, creative, knows so much engineering stuff…ooh, a new book! …I guess he can’t write women. Well, he wouldn’t be the first sci-fi writer…ooh another new book! And it’s more engineering problem solving and—wow. It’s not just women he can’t write. Please stop letting your characters talk to each other.

Lois Lowry: Oh, I remember this being fun when I was a kid! Wouldn’t it be fucked up to not see color? …upon reread, it would be fucked up to have your humanity stripped away, replaced with a tepid, beige ‘happiness’ for all time. Yeah.

Tamsyn Muir (let me have this ok): Haha, “lesbian necromancers in space” sounds fun. Lemme read this. Oh wow, yeah, this is right up my alley. OH GOD WHAT. NO. FUCK. OH SHIT WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING AND WHY IS IT REFERENCING THE BOOK OF RUTH AND HOMESTUCK BACK TO BACK!!! AHHHHHHHHH!! Now give me more please.

[mattodore]

spotify wrapped 2024 with me :3

[tracichee]

Want to gift one of my books to a friend or loved one? Here's a quick guide to how much you'll make them cry, on a scale of 💔 to 💔💔💔!

The Reader 💔

The Speaker 💔💔

The Storyteller 💔💔💔

We Are Not Free 💔💔💔

A Thousand Steps into Night ❤️

Kindling 💔💔💔

OK, so Kindling isn't technically out until next year--though preorders ARE available now--but untli then you've got four lovely offerings, from minor heartaches to major tearjerkers. And in case you want to spare your giftees some heartbreak this holiday season, there's always A Thousand Steps into Night! 😈

[helmetjellyfish]

first person pronouns & honorifics for magmell main cast and then some

edit log:

10/27 - updated Okijirou's section under Shinya and vice versa. these lean more towards "what they call each other" than honorifics/titles, but one of them does have some fun trivia attached to it.

11/2 - updated Ryou’s personal pronouns. forgot to include that he uses “watashi” when he’s closeted.

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so kuragebunch (the website the manga is hosted on) is celebrating its 11th anniversary, and as part of the festivities all chapters of the japanese raws (except for ch. 51) are currently free to read until 10/28 11:59AM JST. i figured i'd take advantage of that and put together a chart of the first person pronouns and honorifics that the characters use in japanese. here it is as an image.

the characters have been divided into four categories: magmell (koutarou, minato, nagisa, shizuka, asahi, ran, haruno, ryou, natsuhiko/deputy director); the fishermen (shinya, okijirou/oki); the parents (kouyou, asumi, nagiko); and other (mahiro, naru, mikako, seira). a blank space means they have never directly referred to that character in conversation before, at least not by their name/title. multiple names/titles listed for a character means that all are used interchangeably unless indicated otherwise.

criteria for selecting characters was 1) having a full name, 2) having made at least two appearances*, and 3) having been featured on the cast page and/or having interacted with at least two other characters who already qualify. ex: seira counts because she was on the vol. 8 cast page and appears in ch. 30/32/40/41-42, naru counts because he's talked to both oki and shinya and appears in ch. 12/21/43, but ren and namikazu do not qualify.

*for the sake of convenience, "one" appearance can be defined as either a) showing up once in a single-chapter story or b) showing up in both chapters of a double-chapter story.

i'll also be formatting it as a list under the readmore, in case that's easier to view! formatting will be as such:

Category

Character A

Self: "(Personal Pronoun)"

Character B: (What Character A calls Character B)

fair warning that this will be very, very long. here we go!

Magmell

Tenjou Koutarou

Self: "Boku"

Minato: Director ("Kanchou"), Minato-kanchou, Minato-san (Starts using in ch. 14)

Nagisa: Nagisa-chan

Shizuka: Shizuka-san

Asahi: Asahi-san

Ran: Ran-kun

Haruno: Doctor ("Sensei"), Haruno-sensei

Ryou: Ryou-kun

Natsuhiko: Deputy Director ("Fuku-kanchou")

Shinya: Shinya-san

Okijirou: Okijirou-san

Kouyou: Dad ("Otou-san" [Young], "Tou-san" [Present])

Asumi: Mom ("Kaa-san")

Mahiro: Mahiro-kun

Mikako: Mikako-san

Osezaki Minato

Self: "Ore"

Koutarou: Koutarou

Nagisa: Nagisa

Shizuka: Shizuka

Asahi: Asahi

Ran: Ran-kun

Haruno: Haru

Ryou: Chibata-kun

Natsuhiko: Natsuhiko-san

Kouyou: Kouyou

Asumi: Asumi-san

Nagiko: Nagiko

Osezaki Nagisa

Self: "Nagisa" (Third person. This is common in small children)

Koutarou: Koutarou-kun (Written only in hiragana. Likely also to reflect her young age)

Minato: Daddy ("Papa")

Ran: Ran-chan (Written only in hiragana.)

Haruno: Ghost Man ("Obake no Oji-san")

Nagiko: Mommy ("Mama")

Nagaizumi Shizuka

Self: "Watashi"

Koutarou: Koutarou-kun

Minato: Director, Minato-kanchou, Minato-san

Nagisa: Nagisa-chan

Asahi: Asahi-san

Ran: Ran-chan

Haruno: Haru-san

Natsuhiko: Deputy Director

Mahiro: Mahiro

Yui Asahi

Self: "Boku" (Written only in katakana. I do not know the significance of this)

Koutarou: Tenjou-kun

Minato: Director, Minato-kanchou, Minato-san

Shizuka: Shizuka

Haruno: Haru-san

Dougashima Ran

Self: "Ore"

Koutarou: Koutarou

Minato: Minato-san

Nagisa: Nagisa

Shinya: Shinya-san

Haruno Izuho

Self: "Watashi"

Koutarou: Tenjou-kun

Minato: Minato-san

Nagisa: Nagisa-san

Ryou: Chibata-san (Initial), Ryou-kun (Present)

Natsuhiko: Deputy Director

Chibata Ryou

Self: "Suzu" (Young) [This is third person again], “Watashi” (Around his mother), "Ore" (Present)

Koutarou: Senpai (Initial), Koutarou-san (Present)

Minato: Director

Shizuka: Shizuka-san

Haruno: Doctor, Haruno-sensei

Seira: Seira

Mito Natsuhiko

Self: "Boku" (Young), "Watashi" (Present)

Koutarou: Koutarou-kun

Minato: Minato-kun

Nagisa: Nagisa-chan

Shizuka: Shizuka-san

Shinya: Shinya-kun

Okijirou: Oki-kun

Kouyou: Kouyou-kun

Fishermen

Shirahama Shinya

Self: "Ore"

Koutarou: Koutarou

Minato: Minato

Ran: Ran

Natsuhiko: Natsuhiko-san

Okijirou: Mister ("Oji-san") [Initial], Oki-san, Master ("Shishou"), Old man ("Jijii") [This is derogatory, like "old geezer"]

Naru: Naru

Sagara Okijirou

Self: "Ore"

Minato: Minato

Natsuhiko: Natsuhiko

Shinya: Kid ("Bouzu") [Initial; This is familiar/derogatory language, like "sonny". May be wordplay, since it's the same kanji as the fishing term "bonzes" from ch. 36], Shinya (Present)

Parents

Tenjou Kouyou

Self: "Boku"

Koutarou: Koutarou

Minato: Minato

Asumi: Asumi-san

Nagiko: Nagiko

Tenjou Asumi

Self: "Watashi"

Koutarou: Koutarou

Minato: Osezaki-san (Initial), Minato-san (Present)

Kouyou: Kouyou-kun

Mikako: Mikako-chan

Osezaki Nagiko

Self: "Watashi"

Minato: Minato-kun

Other

Uchiura Mahiro

Self: "Boku"

Koutarou: Mister ("Onii-san") [Initial], Koutarou-kun (Present)

Shizuka: Shizuka-san

Kitagawa Naru

Self: "Ore"

Shinya: Shinya

Okijirou: Oki-san

Suzuki Mikako

Self: "Watashi"

Koutarou: Tenjou-kun

Oomori Seira

Self: "Atashi"

Ryou: Chibata-san (Initial), Suzu (Until end of vol. 8 presumably)

feel free to let me know if i've missed anything or if there's any mistakes! i hope this was useful (or at least interesting) information to learn ^_^

[stormyoceans]

SOBBING AND CRYING AND WAILING AND WEEPING AND BAWLING MY EYES OUT

[their-name-is-fake]

@staff ain’t even trying to hide it anymore. I mean Canada is trending? Really? Anyway, the supression won’t work, we will use any tag that trends don’t you worry 😘

Free Palestine

[sins-of-the-sea]

"Soy Ira, Capitán de los Siete Pecados Capitales de los Siete Mares.

"¡Prepárate para una muerte lenta en las profundidades!"

[medusasembrace12]

This is a book, and a book is a world, and words are the seeds in which meanings are curled. Pages of oceans and margins of land are civilizations you hold in the palm or your hand.

But look at your world and your life seems to shrink, to cities of paper and seas made of ink. Do you know who you are, or have you been misled? Are you the reader, or are you the read?

This is a word, and a word is a spell - a promise to keep or a secret to tell. Controlling the word means the power to frame how the ages of history remember you name.

Are you hero or villain? A savior or spy? Some titles are lovely. Some titles are lies. You can claim who you are, now that you've found your voice. But those who are chosen will not have a choice.

This is a story as vast as the sea, but on its waters, you'll never be free. No matter your course, your future is set, and destiny laughs as she tightens the net.

Words to Kelannans are breath on a glass, but if it is written, it will come to pass. Is your sight growing clearer, the closer you look? The Book is a world, for the world is a book.

[a-smol-storm-gt-nomfs-blog]

Miscommunication (Sea Speaker)

Grian had, emphasis on had, been working on the mer ramp as he’d been calling it. That changed when two of the cleaner mers had splashed him turning into a distraction. Currently, they are playing some version of Pictionary. The avian looked at the picture intensely. Shrimpy said something the other, making the wrasse shout back. Grian still couldn’t tell what was said, but he guessed it was teasing as the shrimp giggled. “It’s not Island.” he thought aloud. Another voice sounded behind him making the avian jump. When he had turned he saw the eel mer, Banana, or so Grian called him. He’d never personally been near it before but he knew that they spent a lot of time around the two Grian was currently with. The golden eel looked at Grian, saying something he guessed was an apology, due to the neck scratching. The wrasse explained what was going on though, pointing at the picture. The eel hummed then wiped a hand over the picture earning what the avian knew was a “HEY!” from Stripe This caused Grian to sit down near the wrasse and stroke his back. The mer swam closer to grian, likely enjoying it. He spoke to the others pointing at him, Grian hoped it was something nice. Though now he could also make out the eel drawing something in the sand. The avian leaned over trying to guess what it was, it looked nest-like almost. “Nest?” He asked. The eel did a close sign with his fingers. Grian mumbled things out loud to himself. What was similar to a nest, a bed? “Bed?” Another close signal, Banana started drawing again, this time it looked like a human home- oh. “House?” The eel looked at the two cleaners. One said something but the other one nodded to Grian. “What about it?” The eel turned back to the two who sighed. “Do you mean like location?” He tried considering the ‘island’ they had attempted before. All 3 heads nodded. “Oof, uh, I mean I don’t know where from here, but, I lived near a river, as well my diet is fish. An Estuary I think they’re called.” He paused to think. “So I got used to having a bit of salt water in my diet, and the occasional odd fish, but some fish could still eat us, it was scary.” The 3 mers were looking at him, still interested. “Oh, uh, well, if you want—” he sat down. I can tell you some stories.” There was a happy splash from Stripe. “Alright uhh, well, first one, someone you know- er I think? But the dolphin, Pearl! I knew her from there, I was learning sea speech from her, but then she and her pod left?” Grian paused for a moment. “Anyways, back to the happier stuff. I first met her when we were being introduced to them. Some of the others shoved me in the water, playfully. But I don’t think she knew that as she barked, er, its what someone called it, at them until they left.” The avian smiled thinking about it. “When it came time to learn, she shoved another dolphin out of the way, she wanted me so bad.” Grian chuckled through the thought. “I hope the other one's eye was okay.” He mumbled out loud. “Uh- but we were both a lot younger back then, Pearl was I want to say maybe only triple my size then? But she was playful and had an odd, but effective way of teaching me. Honestly, I’d love to have her teach me still, but false being able to speak to me uh, well in my language-.” He did a soft cringing expression. “No- offense?” The Mers spoke. Grian couldn’t guess what, but none looked angry, so he continued. “But it worked well for me. She definitely still caught on quicker than I did. I suppose at the time, I didn’t realize how important that would be.” The eel said something but then the wrasse splashed him. Banana spoke again, smiling and showing off his sharp teeth. Grian wasn’t sure if it was a threat or not. The wrasse splashed him again, once the water fell back into the ocean the Eel shot at Stripe. The claws missed but he pushed off the sand, his back was to Grian, but the avian could make out the eel’s jaws sliding over the small mer.

The avian tensed at that. Banana turned back, facing Grian proudly, arms sticking out his lips. The avian’s wings puffed up, he could feel the blood draining from his face, worsened by the body of stripe moving around poking at the cheeks with what he guessed was its tail. It didn’t matter though as the eel slurped its arms in. Grian could see the cleaner shrimp mer was attempting to walk away, but the eel did too. Its tail shot out blocking it from the sea. It swallowed, sucking the squirming Wrasse down before turning to talk to Shrimpy.

Grian turned away this time before the eel’s mouth slid over the shrimp, he heard a swallow and looked back, tail still sticking out the mouth, it likely didn’t attempt to swallow it yet. The avian’s head turned as he could hear the faint angry yells of the wrasse. Another swallow came silencing Him and the eel sucked the shrimp down as well, there was a much more visible lump in its throat from it. Most likely it was forced into a ball or decided to curl up. Some more swallows came, the large mer’s head in the water while doing it, sucking water down, likely to help swallow the cleaners in him. Weren’t you supposed to avoid eating them though? The eel then turned to Grian, a tongue ran over its lips. Grian fell backward from his shaky legs and shook his head side to side saying no, having lost his voice. In his mind he screamed for his dumb body to move, why wasn’t he moving? The eel pressed forward, sliding under the water to wet itself before, digging a hand into the sand and, pulling itself towards Grian.

The avian finally moved his legs and accidentally kicked sand at the eel, frantically trying to push himself away from its mouth.

The eel spat out the sand, and Grian made out a growl before it pulled itself over him. It lowered its chest on the avian trapping him before licking his face playfully.

Grian pushed at the eel's chest with his feet, and his face with his hands. The mer chuckled though and licked across Grian’s face more.

The avian moved his face to the side, and soon after warm breath moved over his cheeks. Grian’s eyes moved to look, and he soon let out a loud screech just before Banana’s mouth slid over his head.

He kicked at the eel’s chest with his feet. The tongue moved around its mouth, licking Grian’s face and neck. Grian himself had shut his eyes to keep them from getting licked, using his head he thrashed it around trying to get the mer to spit him out. It wasn’t working, instead banana had started licking at grian’s neck making the avian peep in distress. Hearing it Banana paused most of his body movements, though after a swallow, one to drain the spit from its mouth, the eel moved more of itself over Grian. Grian now whipped his wings up splashing sand over the two of them. The mer grumbled and gently grabbed the avian's wings, and then the kingfisher's arms. He forced them down, but not hard, not hurting grian at all. The avian chirped loudly in distress, The eel kept on though, sending more and more of the bird hybrid in. It stopped as Grian’s face neared the back of its mouth. The avian could make out the throat moving with the small amount of breathing the mer could muster out of the water. He flung up more sand around them, though he could feel the ground slipping away from under him. He let out more panicked noises as his feet felt air. Banana wasn’t swallowing him what-. Grian felt himself gently dragged out, Banana using his tongue to make sure He couldn’t be cut by his teeth. Once out the avian saw a hand, then he turned to who it was. It was the arm to another mer, a black-tipped reef- SHARK! The avian peeped his wings flapping wildly. It surprised the shark, but it still put Grian down lightly. It then turned its attention to the noodle of a fish, Banana, scolding him it seems. It mentioned something though that surprised the Eel as it turned with an apologetic look to Grian. It warbled something back at the shark who put it down. After some pushing and gagging from the eels half the two cleaners were pushed up and out into the shallows with a small splash. Both were fine, none angry or scared even. Not that Grian could tell at least. Stripe did shout something, but when he saw Grian’s expression it shifted, before turning back to Banana and Bapping his face gently.   The shark slowly turned to face Grian. Unlike the ones he had met before it seemed gentle, a soft frown on its face, teeth not showing. It asked something to him, or started to as it stopped realizing Grian couldn’t understand it. It then used its hands, a finger pointing at Grian before asking “O-K?” The avian nodded slowly before looking nervously at the Eel. The eel had Stripe in its hands, Stripe was reaching his hands into Banana’s mouth but the larger seemed uneasy.  Grian nervously looked back at the shark who did the motion he learned meant safe. He looked between the two of them, before a slow nod, but Grian decided he’d take a break, it was getting hot out anyway.

[serpentae]

I was in cork city yesterday and there was a march for free palestine, small but loud enough, people of different backgrounds walking and shouting and making passersby stop and watch. a week ago there was a protest in limerick city too, and a big march in dublin, there's something everywhere you go. and I love to see it. I love to see it. keep going

[akkivee]

i bumped into a pokemon fusion maker and have been having a lot of fun lol

[mishkakagehishka]

sea water is 50% water 50% salt. final answer

[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND]

[kittycowboy]

east and southeast asian language conjugation I love you east and southeast asian language conjugation. Romance language conjugations I hate you.