#should be interesting

[2ndalt]

To aid me on my quest of extreme procrastination, I've decided to translate the French version of The Dragon's Code. For context, the non-English versions of the Thea Stilton books have little extended scenes at the end that are basically just the main characters chilling after solving the mystery. There's quite a bit to translate, so I'm breaking it up and just translating one character per post.

Starting off with Violet!

Right off the bat she writes a letter to Colette, complaining about the nicknames that they gave Vi. She acknowledges the other nicknames Colette gives her friends, like calling Pamela "Pam" and Nicky "Nic" (And Violet points out that it's a bit excessive, since Nicky's already an abbreviated name). Violet then addresses the nicknames that Colette gave her: "Vivi" and "Princess". She hates these nicknames with a burning passion.

In fact, Violet is being so incredibly petty about it that she comes up with a couple of amazing nicknames for Colette to get back at her. My favorites include:

"Collante": Sticky

"Cocotte": Casserole

"Colique": Colic (I had to look this one up to understand the joke; Colic is frequent, prolonged and intense crying or fussiness in a healthy infant. Violet's basically using a fancy term for cry-baby.)

These jokes wouldn't have worked as well in the English version, but they're hilarious in French.

Then she writes a list of various things that annoy her, like loud music (dangit pamela), nicknames (looking at you colette), people who talk while she's trying to study, etc., etc.

However, the next letter Violet writes is to her parents, in which she mentions that she has some new friends! She's like: "Hey Dad, I know I'm terribly shy and introverted and most people view me as a dismissive, short-tempered person, but I have friends now! Even I'm surprised by this development!"

Honestly, it's very sweet to see how much happier Violet is after properly getting to know and become friends with the other Thea Sisters. Despite all of their differences, Violet has grown to appreciate their company and uniqueness. She ends off her letter with a hopeful little note:

"P.S: Raxford (Mouseford in other translations) has an amphitheatre where we can give concerts. Wouldn't it be great if we could organize one and have you come?"

All in all, very cute extended scenes :)

[zuko-always-lies]

Someone actually went and made an Azutara arranged marriage fic!

[peculiary]

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #2 September 15, 2021

[boston-bordeleau]

My two favorite teams playing against each other in the Frozen Four🧍🏻‍♀️

[blitzy-blitzwing]

Alright, I’mma stream this commission soon this time. :V

[theguardiananatak]

Destiny Rising announced

Free-to-play mobile game created by NetEase

Set in an alternate Destiny timeline pre-City Age

Closed alpha coming Nov. 1st (sign ups available)

No H/W/T class divisions, each playable character uses Light in their own fighting styles/abilities

Primary + Heavy + Relic

Relics are unique weapons to each Lightbearer, playing into their abilities and super

Primary & Heavy weapons can be shared across all characters

Black-rarity “Mythic” weapons

PvE: campaign, free roam, strikes, gauntlet (raid-lite)

New PvE modes: Morgan’s Prey, Legacy, Realms of the IX

PvP: new competitive mode Shifting Gates

[regan-thatslife]

3 stages at tda is ab to go CRAZY

[faiththesinfulslayer]

// hey! i'm gonna white-trash-beautiful my laptop and attach an old keyboard to it so i can actually write! we miss interacting with all you gorgeous people. i have some trashy takeaway coming and no work until monday. :)

[arcane-vagabond]

You guys might actually have two updates next week if I can find the time to sit down and write this weekend

[spaceorphan18]

@ckerouac - this is me publicly asking for you (and anyone else) to please send asks!

I'm feeling social tonight!

ETA: Also, I really should not fall asleep now, or I'll be up at 4am, and I do not want that. Please come chat! I promise I'm friendly!

[queer-adhd]

I'm now working at the kind of place that has Staff Away Days with Team Building Exercises which is like. Cool and all. It's a good thing that my place of work actually seems to be chill and invested in this stuff. However I am a boring little accountant man who is not actually great with people. I got excited recently because someone had a tax code I'd never heard of before. I'm not sure these events are for people like me.

[selfindulgentraptor]

I'm joining the fight on the side of art this year!

[biosims]

ivy convincing all her friends to help her dig up rocks for her geology class so it doesn't have to be awkward talking to miki alone

[thegalaxytraveler]

i am doing a separate post for not flooding but! i will attempt Ribbon Mastering like. soonish.

@kafus you get a tag both for being the inspiration for this thing and because id guess you may be interested. ill probably just, reblog this thing with progress if I do get around to do it

[captorations]

fuck it. time to knock a practical guide to evil off my reading list