#she’s always talking lol just kind of gargling to herself

[copepods]

whiskey has a mean look to her but she’ll just follow you around talking to herself, she’s a sweetie really

[horrible-monstrosity]

in this episode: ruby goes mgtow and amethyst has some sort of horseplay fetish. ye haw Ruby actually deciding she's okay without Sapphire, or not fused with her anyway, because she just kept to the fusion status quo because Rose said so, is actually somewhat insightful and interesting, and Steven's kneejerk "get back together love !!!" reaction is even curbed by Greg's entirely reasonable advice. It's great. how will they ruin it ... Man, Steven tells Ruby she can even love someone and still want time alone. The second Ruby started bawwing I was expecting them to crash the pendulum right back into the other end of the horseshoe (or... something) and the show would start shoving one of its usual bizarre post-aesop aesops down our cumholes. But instead not only does Steven say something sane, it's him applying what Greg told him earlier. Kind of. We never actually saw him process what he was told and decide to change his mind. But I can pretend it's good writing and that much is an improvement for this show This even brings the wedding thing into a sane context. Steven suggests it as a healthier alternative to their current situation. I mean the marriage and wedding thing itself is just boring pandering meandering and a waste of fucking time but they just skimmed so damn close to something good and insightful it's astounding. Talk about

saphr randomly starts angsting about the dead gems over wedding invitations why did no one ever cre unti now and then spahr fucking over wedding envelope numbers this is stupid ....and then stephen makes the huge fucking stupid mistake of letting bismuth out in the bubbe room and it immediately goes horribly wrong, what fuck was he expecting oh look that ornge monter gem wasn't jasper. lol nebvermind i'm not looking forward to anything anymore Although Bismuth stuffing her face in hot lava and gargling it is great And then Bismuth takes it... way too well. I mean it's almost interesting if you bothered to explore why her reaction is like this, maybe she was doubting her own convictions all along and this is that last push she needs to- what fuc you mean bismuth is surprised garnet unfused over that. she unuses over mad revelations all the damn time that reaction should be a "well no shit lol" I can't tell whether Steven is being smort by reassuring Bismuth that no one will care she's back or insensitive She has a damn good point, the gems could have come got her any time they wanted but the plot kind of fucking forgot her lol

wedding episode owow the female nonbinary women gem people are all wearing tuxedos and pants and shit wow is this show breaking the gener bindary by doing the exact same opposite thing as it always done?? and only yhen does amethyst think roses might have been a bad choice of flower. steven has a different flower on his lapel though, where'd that come from? Okay, but Peridop is wearing a sundress like a normal person. why I wish they had actually *done* something with Rupy and Sappire wearing *the exact opposite of what you'd expect exactly as you'd expet !!!" like have Ruby actually want to be the girly one this time and Sapphire honors it by being the groom- that is, have Sapphire be considerate of Ruby. Would make up for all those other times I bitched about where Ruby is made subservient to Sapphire in a like crypto-gynocentric fashion. (... That's probably the worst phrase I have ever typed.) Instead they just parrot the mediocre and obvious aesops from the previous episodes. how did rupy not set the dress on fire setting herself on fire

mn remember hiw llars wanted to be social n shiet and was really angst about it and now he's missing this major social event? lol who cares lol mayor and actor guy are a better ship than any other couple this show has ever produced, and it's all the result of Sugar's gender-nonbinary female-worshiping inability to quit shitting on men. reeeeeeeeee stev starts cri because the diamonds come, but he only did that the first time because blue visited pink's grave and cried... oh, never mind, she's just crying for no reason. why. why not have her arrival heralded by something normal, instead of making her cry so they can autistically and emptily call back to the other thing? we get it, you referenced the excel spreadsheet detailing the previous episodes and the cell for "Steven hears Blue Bismuth coming" said "crie". they have to stop and explain to bismut what the clsuter is with a dumb over-compressed single sentence that doesn't add anything or help anything except to paper-mache over the fact that the writers forogt bismut existed for way too long. Just... pretend she got caught up off screen and skip this dumb shit. It just feels so awkward. then steven has to sleep, which is double dumb (and wasn't even the case when he talked to the clussy last time, was it? when he was in the drill)- first by breaking the mood having him go "omg lol gotta take a naaap~~~", and then making him look pathetic for falling asleep that fast just because one second of lullaby, even though we're supposed to be watching him do something heroic immediately afterwards. You'd think he could at least go straight into a dream-state without actually falling asleep first, or something, because magic. so where was the cluster? deep in the earth, but near the surface somewhere, but now it's just hanging out right by the surface near beach city i ges and then clussy bitchslaps the diamondos because no shit it does steven talked to it once, nothing matters ... Wait, I've already forgotten, but he went to sleep just to check on the clussy, right? But it helped them anyway, because of course it did, so that was pointless. why

"it's... pretty interdasting when you think about it" I hate this. Why did they just shove this stupid little quirky line in in the middle of steven having a serious exposition conversation with blue? why did you fucking have to ruin the tone with it?who wrote this shit so why is lapis here? they're going to punish me like a crystal gem i'll be one, but the diamonds don't seem to give a single fuck about her. and then blue just gets nuked by the crashing ship anyway no one cares and then the cluster just goes back to its literal bubble no one cares and then peridop and lapis and no one else conveniently get poofed becuase that's the only way those two chan fucking change outfits in this autistic fucking show. wait, how did rupy and sap change into wedding gear earlier? and then steven has an out of body experience...?????? what fuck happening steven's mindblast peptalks would be fine in any normal context but like this it just comes off like he mindraped them into thinking positively. he just says the thing and without even responding to him saying it the gems parrot it. and then steven flails around blue and it just looks ridiculous and stupid and that's how they solve everything the end

Basically, the show is trying to finally have things happen, but the weight of all the absolute crap it has written up until this point, as well as its weird approach to its aesops/morals, is fuck. Even if the writers have started to take their shit seriously they'll have to spend a lot of damn time unraveling the shit they've wrought, digging themselves out of the shithole they dug themselves into, before they can get things moving properly again.

[putschki1969]

Lisani! 2010 Pamphlet - Kalafina Q&A 50 Translation

Hey! ( ･ω･)ﾉ Yesterday @mistress-of-the-obvious was kind enough to share her scans of the pamphlet and after quickly browsing through these questions, I thought it would be quite fun to translate them so you all know what’s going on ^_^. Of course we know a lot of this stuff already but all in all, the Q&A was quite insightful and there were a couple of new facts here and there. Please enjoy!

1. What was the first CD you bought? "口マンスの神様/Romance no Kamisama" by Hirose Kōmi and "パラシューター/Parachuter” by Folder (W) "BOY MEETS GIRL" by TRF (K) A Destiny's Child album (H) 2. Which song do you have on repeat right now? Kalafina's new song (W) Makihara Noriyuki’s "SPY" (K) Acid Black Cherry’s "Maria" (H) 3. Which artists do you look up to? Celine Dion (W) Ozaki Yutaka (K) DREAMS COME TRUE, Beyonce (H) 4. Who would you like to have a singing session with? Celine Dion, Spitz, Joe Hisaishi (W) KARA (K) DREAMS COME TRUE, Beyonce, Acid Black Cherry (H) 5. Who would you really like to meet? Hayao Miyazaki (W) Girls' Generation (K) Myself from a previous life (H)

6. What’s your favourite anime? All Ghibli works, "Evangelion" (W) "One Piece" (K) CLAMP's work (H) 7. What about your favourite manga? "Honey and Clover", "NANA", "We Were There", "Love★Com", " Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ", "Oishinbo", "Monster", "Slam Dunk" "Evangelion", "Kyou no Nekomura-san " (W) "One Piece" (K) Works by George Asakura, Hidaka Banri, Mitsuki Kako etc (H) 8. Now your favourite game! My specialty is watching others play but I like "Final fantasy" and "Dragon Quest" (W) "Pokemon" (K) "Nonograms" (H) 9. What’s your go-to song at karaoke? "LOVE" by Nat King Cole (w) "喝采/Kassai" by Chiaki Naomi (K) "未来予想図II/Mirai Yosouzu II" by DREAMS COME TRUE (H) 10. Which songs would you like to cover someday? All the popular oldies (W) Ozaki Yutaka's "OH MY LITTLE GIRL" (K) Song with English lyrics (H) 11. A story hero you look up to? Ashitaka, Kaito Kid, Lupin III (W) Sailor Moon's Tuxedo Mask (K) Mickey Mouse (H) 12. A story heroine you look up to? Nausicaä, Sailor Moon (W) Sailor Moon (K) Sakura (H) 13. What do you most enjoy doing right now? Doing research for my cooking, exploring the city with by bike (W) Doing lives (K) Talking with the other members (H) 14. How do you relax? Reading a book while nestling into my bed (W) Yoga (K) While I am taking a bath (H) 15. What are you doing first thing in the morning? Mute my alarm at least twice (W) Open my curtains (K) I rub at my eyes (H) 16. What would your ideal off day be like? I’d take my time getting up, enjoy a relaxed breakfast, then I’d go see a movie and do some shopping and lastly, I’d have some fun in Disneyland! (W) I’d do some yoga and take a walk, I’d enjoy lunch on my open terrace and at night I’d have dinner with a good friend (K) I’d spend the day sleeping (H) [Surprise, surprise XD] 17. What made you cry lately? I got very emotional while talking to one of my friends (W) When I finally found a solution for something that was troubling me, I cried out of relief and immediately felt refreshed *laughs* (K) During an interview I was talking about our live performances, the thought of all these people coming to see our lives made me incredibly happy and brought tears to my eyes (H) 18. What’s something that surprised you lately? The high quality of children's clothing (W) A friend started to work on her abs and now her midsection is super thin (K) A bug was flying right at me (H) [Keiko as always obsessed with fitness! LOL at Hikaru being attacked by bugs] 19. What’s the most embarrassing thing that happened to you recently? When I tried on the aforementioned children’s clothing *laughs* (W) Eh? Nothing comes to mind... (K) Slipping even though there was nothing on the ground (H) 20. Is there anything you would like to start doing? I’d like to improve my English conversation skills and I would like to start mountain climbing (W) I wanna take cooking classes (K) I’d like to work on my tolerance for spicy food  (H) 21. One of the things you like about yourself? I am not shy in front of strangers (W) I am very positive and proactive (K) I think I have a very calm nature (H) 22. One thing you do not like about yourself? I worry too much about everything (W) I don’t think I am very smart (K) I am too indecisive (H) [You underestimate yourself, Keiko!!! You are always eager to learn new things!!] 23. What’s one of your habits? Pinching my nose after yawning (W) Putting on lip balm even though my lips aren’t dry (K) Talking in dialect. (H) 24. What can you not live without? Lip cream and a pair of fashionable glasses (W) Lip cream (K) Afternoon tea (H) 25. One of the “best” moments for you? When I am waving my arms and singing together with the audience (W) When I managed a smash while playing tennis! (K) When the three of us harmonise perfectly (H)

26. What’s something you are very particular about when it comes to yourself? I need to wear my favourite pyjamas when I am sleeping (W) The length of my bangs, down to the last millimeter (K) My eyebrows (H) [I wonder what Hikaru means by that? Does she always take extra care of her eyebrows? Or does she want them to look a particular way? o.O] 27. A daily habit of yours? Gargling (W) I always eat soup and yoghurt (K) Listening to music (H) 28. What’s something “weird” about you? When I am alone at karaoke, I will try to do some strange imitations but it won’t look anything like the original (W) Pretty much all day I am curling my toes. It’s rather troublesome (K) My sense of humour (H) [LOL at all three replies. I wanna see Wakana acting all weird and crazy in a karaoke room] 29. Something you can cook well? Spaghetti aglio e olio, simmered chicken with lemon cream (W) Spaghetti Napolitan (K) Amberjack Teriyaki (H) 30. What is your favourite fashion style? Black tights + shorts + tunic dress + jacket + fur muffler + beret + boots (W) An edgy rock style and a doll-y look (K) Cute + sexy (H) [Yup, Hikaru is always dressed in a very sexy way with all those see-through tops and such. I wouldn’t call her style cute tho. It’s more edgy and casual with a hint of sexiness if you ask me.] 31. Do you have any cosplay you'd like to try? Sailor Moon (W) Ruffy (K) · Cat (H) 32. What did you want to be as a child? Manga artist (w) Radio/TV announcer (K) Singer (H) 33. Where would you like to go on a date? Disneyland or a road trip (W) A place where it’s quiet and cosy with lots of greenery (K) Going to the places we both like (H) 34. What would a perfect proposal sound like? Something simple without being too stiff or too elaborate (W) "I want to cherish you for the rest of my lifetime" I really want someone to say this to me *laughs* “I would love to spend the rest of my life at your side” (H) 35. A place you wanna visit? Egypt! (W) L.A. (US) (K) Switzerland (H) [Yes Hikaru, come to Switzerland. It’s just a short trip to Austria from there XD] 36. Are you more of an “uke/passive” or “seme/active” type? Seme (W) Sometimes seme, sometimes uke (K) Both *laughs (H) [One track mind. All I am thinking of is yaoi/bl XD; I am actually surprised Wakana is the only one who sees herself as exclusively “seme”] 37. You are running late! What’s your excuse? I’ll apologise and come up with a tiny little lie along the lines of, "Sorry! I missed my stop!" (W) “I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I am sorry!” (K) Sorry I am late, I lost track of time looking at cute clothes (> _ <) (H) 38. You just won a hundred million yen in the lottery! What are you gonna do with it? I’ll put half of it aside for my savings, with the other half I’ll buy a house for my family and I’ll travel overseas with the members of Kalafina and our staff (W) I’d buy a plot of land (K) I’d save all of it (H) 39. You are in a tough spot and in need of help! Who do you want to come to your rescue? Doraemon (W) Ruffy (K) My family (H) [LOL at Kei’s and Wa’s answers] 40. What do you associate with the word "Love"? Victory! (W) Patience (K) Doesn’t want anything in return (H) 41. What do you associate with the word "Music"? Kalafina’s song "Ongaku" (W) Being tied together (K) Connections (H) 42. How would you encourage someone who is dealing with a difficult situation? It’s okay, you don’t have to say anything, don’t push yourself too hard! (W) I will be there for you when you are ready to talk (K) I know it hurts right now but things will get better! (H) 43. If you could make one wish, what would it be? I want to be able to fly up into the sky (W) I want peace for everyone on earth (K) Please let me live a good life! (H) 44. If the world were to end tomorrow, what would be your final meal? Gyoza! (W) Chirashi Sushi made by my mother (K) A meal surrounded by all my loved ones (H) [No surprise there at all, Wakana XD] 45. Please share a secret you have never shared before! I am a big old scaredy-cat! (W) It’s a secret (K) Truth is...I have a big mole on the sole of my foot (H) [Why so secretive, Keiko????] 46. What is your best memory in 2010? All our live performances!! Our lives in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka and of course our first Asia Tour!! (W) Having met so many people through Kalafina’s music, I feel like each and every person has become a part of me (K) Being able to meet so many people (H) 47. Describe the year with a single kanji/word! 充実/Completion!  (W) 学/Studying (K) 寅/Tiger (H) [No idea how to inerpret Hikaru’s answer o.O Edit: I should have made my troubles clear here. I am aware that Hikaru refers to the Chinese zodiac year, the kanji cannot be understood otherwise but I wonder how to interpret that. Does that year encompass certain things? Obviously with all kinds of zodiac signs, there are certain predictions and such but does she really refer to that? Seems like something Wakana would do o.O ] 48. A brief comment regarding Lisani! LIVE 2010!! Lisani! LIVE is the best! (W) For this final event of the year, we would like to sing for everyone and have fun together so that all of us can feel united! (K) I am happy to be able to participate in such a nice event! (H) 49. A brief message for all the fans who came to see you! Thank you everyone for coming!! Let's make it a memorable day!! (W) Thank you! I feel incredibly happy that I could spend these precious moments together with all of you! Until next time! (K) Thank you for coming to see us! I am happy that I can meet all of you! (H) 50. How are you gonna celebrate the finished event? Karaoke, Disneyland, Onsen! (W) At a restaurant that serves some good and dry ginger ale (K) Anywhere, as long as it’s fun! (H)