#she’s part Japanese

[aquanutart]

Nyaha~! Caught in my electroweb! ♡

[sage-nebula]

Sorry for the watermark, but I just had to snip this absolutely adorable moment from "Into the Light" from the 2019 Tokaigi concert. To me, it almost looked like a private little dance between them; like Marina did a little curtesy, and then Pearl a little bow, like she was inviting Marina to dance . . . but then, given the conversation that followed the song, I think it was actually a little pantomime of how Marina tried to introduce herself to Pearl when they first met (when she didn't speak Inkling yet), and Pearl invited Marina to come with her so she could show Marina Inkling culture (despite not speaking Octarian herself)!

Well, regardless of what that adorable little bit was, things certainly did get kinda intimate for a moment there 🩵🩷

[dailyhatsune]

it’s always tone rion

[forcebookish]

whumptober no.7: (alt) forgotten

[azathothweirdo]

I like, wish Western aoex fans would take some time and research about how religion is in Japan. Especially how christianity is viewed and practiced there. Because it's a very different thing both culturally and base level than how things go in the west. Shintoism and Buddhism is an incredibly big part of Japan's culture, but it's not in the same way as how Christianity and other western religions are for the USA or other countries.

I mean it's cool to see people want to do things, but I don't think they realize that it's going to be a very different interpretation. I personally don't even think Shiro raised the twins christian. There's nothing in canon other than they grew up in the monastery to imply it. It felt more to me they started the place to have a good cover for the twins than it actually being a legit thing.

Heck it even looked like Shiro took the boys to shrines for new years. That's kind of a important part of Japanese culture and a big tradition. I personally don't think a catholic priest raising two kids would be taking them to a Shinto Shrine to do the New Years tradition.

It's also funny whenever this comes up because no one mentions Yukio in this. It's always Rin lol

[ryllen]

Closer look of Sabrina  \\  master post

[hollyslangblr]

i really need to stop wanting to learn a new language at every slightest thing

[iguessitsjustme]

Me to Atom when he sat beside the trash can instead of getting in it

[itagakimizuki]

BILLION X SCHOOL ビリオン×スクール (2024) 1.04

[tsuki-in-faerun]

i really hope we get more moments with sam and k this season 💖 i wanna hear about childhood friendship! portland and seattle are fairly close together by US standards, so idk if they grew up in the same neighborhood and someone moved or if they were in some activity together.

idk, they're just so joyful and bubbly around each other. it's good vibes

[liquidstar]

it must have been so confusing tutoring subaru from a lugnican perspective, like, how the hell do you invent an entire syllabary all on your own and still be completely fucking illiterate

[fablecore]

☆ cure dolly posting ☆

since the start of 2024, i've been learning japanese from a youtube channel called organic japanese with cure dolly! she's been a game changer for me, teaching japanese from a japanese speaker pov instead of as an english speaker trying to make it fit english rules. she covers a wide breadth of context behind the various topics of her videos, including the philosophy of language, the cultural implications of language, and the root connections between words. for ex. わけ / wake, a common word meaning 'the cause/reason of a situation', connects to 分かる / wakaru, which means do understandable, but fundamentally means divide/separate/break down, which is a sword (刀) cutting something in half = 分.

and she's very good at clearing up the misconception that japanese is a difficult language to learn. it's actually highly logical, especially compared to the bizarre rules of english. (<- this is a joke video but at the same time i think clearly demonstrates how absolutely bonkers english is.)

she has over 200 videos in her channel, and they cover everything from the most basic, fundamental rules of japanese grammar (だ・い・う engines + invisible が subject), to discussing the hypotheses of linguistic professors while teaching her viewers about language aquisition.

the person behind the cure dolly channel passed away in 2021. she always referred to herself as an android and has never revealed her true name, occupation, or anything about her private life. i cannot properly explain how much her passion and humor has moved me while watching her videos. i can't explain how it feels to see her channel subscribers keep climbing slowly but surely, years after she passed. people leave comments like these on all of her videos:

she makes the language take place all over my brain.

she puts it in my heart!

[asleepinawell]

Nael van Darnus - The White Raven

Tsuki ni kawatte, oshioki yo!

[bewitchedmold]

JoJo's is wild bc you could really imagine the most stupid thing/skill imaginable and they'd make something capable of ripping a hole in the fabric of space with just that and hand it to a random bisexual with questionable fashion sense for no fucking reason at all😭

[lokh]

to be fair. the human trafficking thing is never actually elaborated on

[perenlop]

"oughhh you can't like carmine, she's abusive, she says 'its not like i hit him' in one scene so she's toxic and bad and you shouldn't portray her in a sympathetic light!!!" speaking as someone who genuinely has a toxic relationship with his older brother... shut up lmao