#somerunner

[piracytheorist]

Is there a scene in the Spy x Family anime that you wish was in the manga, or vice versa?

Hmmm... honestly, I'm quite satisfied with what I've been seeing so far, considering I'm one of the very few that go anime-to-manga instead of the opposite. It's always a surprise when I read the respective manga chapter of the episode I just watched, and to see that something was added in the anime.

Of course, my top favourite addition is the over-the-top Loidman adventure in episode 5. However, I don't believe it misses from the manga; it's just as ridiculous (affectionate) as it is, the anime simply took advantage of its animation perks to bring it to a different level. Similar is the scene of Yor bringing Anya's gym clothes to her, I even remember watching it and going like "I wonder how that goes in the manga" and being surprised that it was an original part! Again, in this part, there was a lot of focus on the over-the-top action and movement, something that the anime can use much more easily.

So I don't think I have an anime-only scene that I miss from the manga. As for vice versa, I wouldn't say it's the lack of a scene, more like how they make some expressions less... passionate.

In the manga, Loid here looks nearly desperate, surprised, out of his depth. In the anime, his expression is more neutral, more reserved, like he feels more confused than anything else. And the point of that moment is for him to actually feel out of his depth, until Yor offers a helping hand.

I'd dare say this is one of the worst offenders, if not the worst offender. I understand why the anime team avoided showing Twilight too worried for Nightfall, as they probably feared it would make audiences think that Oh No Twilight Doesn't Love Yor Because He Showed One (1) Iota of Care for Another Woman!! Is Nightfall Gonna Break Them Apart???!... which, let's be honest, is a totally valid fear to have. Endo makes it crystal clear that Nightfall has no hope as a romantic rival, but audiences can be really thick and stupid, especially when it comes to (even potential) love triangles.

Still, that "neutering" of his expression takes away from his characterization. Twilight is a deeply empathetic person, and seeing Nightfall so upset makes him truly worried. He is Nightfall's mentor and whether he has control over it or not, he cares for her feelings. And this can happen platonically, for the love of fuck, romance isn't the only nor the holiest of connections a person can have with someone else. So for the sake of "protecting" the audience's secure feelings for twiyor, they ended up making Twilight look like an ignoramus.

Again, I get it. But I can love twiyor and have my Twilight be empathetic towards people that aren't his wife or daughter, you know?

Another, subtler but still striking change. Look at that worried eyebrow in the manga, we only see half his face yet we clearly see how touched he is by (what he thinks are) Bond's motives. In the anime, this is really dulled down. It's only the barely visible blush that makes him look a little touched.

Overall, I believe the anime does a great job translating Endo's expressions, from the emotional ones to the subtle ones to the ridiculous ones. But if I were to be asked, I'd change those examples (there might be a few others, but these were the first that came to mind) and make them closer to the manga.

There are, however, a few changes in the pacing that hit the spot perfectly right. One example I'm thinking of is from Chapter 35/Episode 24:

In the manga, it's straightforward. Loid sees Yor's reaction to what happened, he's thinks of his mother, and he shares the memory with Yor.

This gif was sped up to fit in the gifset I made, but notice how there's pauses for Twilight to go from one expression to the other. There's even one moment of him looking to his bottom right, and there's a very interesting correlation to lateral eye movement here.

Per this graph, he's remembering a feeling/sensation. The feeling of calmness he felt in his mother's presence.

The anime takes time to show him go from realizing that Yor feels bad, to feeling guilty himself and wanting to placate her worries, to remembering his own feelings about his mother, to wondering if he should share that memory, to deciding to share it.

So I feel the anime team knows very well what they're doing, and they respect the original material enough to make additions that bring the story and characters to a whole new, precious level. But, I don't doubt that they're terribly overworked and underpayed, so sometimes things can slip through. I don't blame them, in any case.

Not directed at the asker, but if you feel like shitting on the anime, this is not an invitation to do so on my post. Make your own and leave me out of it.

(Anime only (or anime first?) fan here, don't spoil me for the manga)

[somerunner]

Obligatory pinned post

I started this blog a few weeks ago because I wanted to scroll memes/fanart/fan discussion on Tumblr, and it kept saying "you have to log in for that" after only a minute of scrolling. So here it is. This blog will contain full-level swearing on occasion, but no NSFW images.

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Reblogs of posts I find informative or funny. This includes world heritage posts, analysis on economics or environmentalism, and anything vaguely related to those two.

Things related to the Cradle series by Will Wight - a book series that's basically one long training sequence with a lot of cool fights and loot. I love it a lot.

Things related to Brandon Sanderson's works - primarily fantasy, with approachable prose and a lot of standard tropes done well, and some good representations of things not often found in fantasy.

Posts related to the Spy x Family manga - a comedy drama in which a spy enters a marriage of convenience with an assassin, raising a telepathic youngster.

Posts related to a few other anime and shows; right now it's Mob Psycho and ATLA.

Posts related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - a Christian restoration church that believes in an open canon and which I am a member of.

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I won't guarantee that I'll be on this blog for long; I've been trying to spend less time on the Internet. But I'll try to make my posts a good collection. And I'll be undoing a few of my reblogs if I figure out how to do that.

[rotdotmp3]

I follow someone who reblogged the “my Romemate” TikTok and when I pasted the link into Discord the video didn’t embed. So I looked at the original post for a link that would embed, and came across the rare 100k note schlushie.

Anyway, carry on Tumblring. Just thought I’d mention the that the schlushie was found.

i am so glad the schlushie was encountered by someone who could appreciate it

[unhappy-sometimes]

i always feel kinda weird when there’s christmas in an anime because it means there was an Anime Jesus Who Died For Our Anime Sins and that feels borederline sacreligious

[obscurespotify]

i'm not really feelin myself by snakehouse

18,060 song plays with 380 monthly listeners

requested by @somerunner

[piracytheorist]

WIP ask — sending a word. Not sure if you meant for people to send asks or to put words in the replies. I decided to send an ask.

My word: running

Either sending words or adding them in the replies works! Here's a little snippet 👀👀 (that unfortunately won't see the light of day for a long time):

“Papa?” she asks, her eyes wide and her brows furrowing. And she calls him papa, has done that from the first moment, even though he never proved himself worthy of being called that— He gets up from the chair and walks to her. Anya still looks worried, but she stands her ground. Comfort her. You don’t want her doing bad at school or running away. She needs— He kneels down to her and wraps his arms around her. No! Don’t giv— Shut up. He brings her closer and hugs her.

Send me a word, and if it's in one of my WIPs, I'll share a little snippet including it :D

[official-hater-posts]

This blog has no followers. If my mutuals and/or those I follow see me reblogging their stuff, they may be confused by this vain attempt to create an "official-x-posts" type blog and why said blog is following them.

Anyway, if you were looking for context, my main is @somerunner. And if you're not someone I follow or have reblogged, but stumbled across this blog anyway, hello! Welcome to one (among probably many) collection of posts about being a hater. And a few posts about when to read the room and not hate, and a few other posts I think should go on this blog.

[somerunner]

I should clarify the tags I put: I also experience half the things in this post. Not pissing on the poor here, just reblogging something and then putting tags for anyone who reads my blog and wonders if I’m aro.

I love being aromantic. It’s so nice to not live with the expectations of a romantic relationship. It’s nice to be my own person and be able to experience them freely. It’s nice for no one to have to be superior to anyone in my mind- to not have a hierarchy. It’s nice to have friendship. It’s nice to go out with your friends and do all those things that are supposed to be romantic but as a platonic intent. I love being aromantic. I love being the colour green. I love the flag. I love tearing down amatonormativity and social values. I love the culture. I love the tiny aromantic hints I’ve had my entire life. I love aromantic music. I love taking the romance out of love songs. I love not just viewing life as a time to fulfill romance. I love having all these hidden aromantic symbols. I love queer platonic relationships. I love other aromantic people. I love talking about being aromantic. I love being aromantic- I love being myself.

[piracytheorist]

Hey, @somerunner, I ended up continuing reading the Kaguya manga, and indeed the plot does get interesting and I can actually see it as a sequel of the original story. I do kinda skip the stories of the secondary characters though 😅 gotta keep some balance for myself, lol.

But as I read it, Shirogane's dad is just... like that. He comes back home and before he's even crossed the threshold the first words out of his mouth are

He's so fucking funny adsfhadfhtrhdfb

[somerunner]

Been meaning to ask - are you a track and field guy, or is running just a hobby for you?

Running's just a hobby for me -- I'm in my college's running club, but I'm by no means fast. I ran team cross country all through middle and high school, though.

I have some precious memories of running, considering I did it every season after school, so I might drop some more personal posts about it at some point.

And I say I'm "not that fast," but I've run a 5K a little under 18:30 (once) back in high school and I just barely got back to that level of fitness. But BYU is...well. One of the best in the nation. I'm not even within three leagues of the real cross country team. So yeah, just a hobby for me. (Plus I only run about 15 miles a week on average; I've got the capacity to heal through a much higher mileage load (I appreciated your post about how mileage and fitness have a different relationship for everyone; I'm the "average runner" with regards to that so I've rarely remembered that fact))

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Unrelated, but I do have a Strava account and use it a lot. The existence of it and Venmo as kinda-social-but-mostly-just-functional apps never ceases to amuse me. It's one step up in the amount of interaction from Google Maps reviews.

[eyedoeluhn]

I know you get your fix reading BCF and hating on it, and ADS and begrudgingly giving it the time of day, so this doesn't exactly apply, but I still thought this post was really funny.

From the following post: https://www.tumblr.com/siegesquirrel42/765104832166199296?source=share

caspar milquetoast circa 1940 faring better than some fic readers in 2022

(above line was the caption to the image in the post)

come on

[aiiaiiiyo]

6 miles, 1000ft of elevation gain a few hours before our flight. RMNP stole my heart yesterday. [OC] [1080 x 1350] Check this blog!

[oneamazingplanet]

6 miles, 1000ft of elevation gain a few hours before our flight. RMNP stole my heart yesterday. [OC] [1080 x 1350] via SomeRunner

[somerunner]

this sucks, I’m going to (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) - TRIM MY FEEBLE LAMP

[through gritted teeth, with fists clenched]

When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed, when you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS, NAME THEM ONE BY ONE, AND IT WILL SURPRISE YOU WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE-

[somerunner]

A lot of things drive me up the wall; the following thing isn’t unique for that. But it’s come up a couple times in conversation this past week.

The “screw you, I got mine” mentality behind refusing refugees, and many other policies across the world. Like, cmon. Are you even serious right now?

[somerunner]

I really gotta stop outsourcing my anxiety to other people. It’s mighty convenient but I’m probably giving up everyone I know one or two statistical ulcers (edit: I mean collectively their stress probably adds up to one or two ulcers) from oversharing.