#sooort of but whatever

[silvyvictory]

GO play hyper light breaker .. it's so fun 🥺

[simcardiac-arrested]

wait, that elias?

[not-poignant]

Finally changed the series listing for Underline the Rainbow, so on AO3 it now goes in order of sooort of timeline.

Red and Silver will be 'second stage' Underline stories, because both of those have most of their content happen after Underline the Black. So we're in all the first stage stories right now, and Red is in an awkward holding adolescent stage lol

But it means eventually it will be:

Underline the Black Underline the Blue Underline the Gold Underline the Red Underline the Silver

It's not really a rainbow but whatever dsflakjdsa I do what I want lmao

[thebroccolination]

TEN OPENING LINES FROM MY TEN MOST RECENT FICS AND WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON

Rules: List the first line of the last ten (10) stories you published. Look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any.

The only thing I knew going in is that they’d all start kind of in medias res because that’s what I like reading. But I noticed something else after I compiled them all! Something really interesting that I’ll have to play with from now on.

Heart Like Gold [Be My Favorite, SOTUS, Between Us] Kawi x Pisaeng, Kongphob x Arthit, Win x Team

Kawi and Arthit are twins! WinTeam stalk a guy and fall in love about it!

Kawi’s theatrics would affect the weather.

Behold! The shortest! Followed immediately by:

quietly uncovering everything [SOTUS] Kongphob x Arthit

Anxiety and rope bondage and KongArt!

It’s fair to say that Kongphob might’ve lived his entire life under certain assumptions about sex and mental health that he passively absorbed from media or word-of-mouth if it hadn’t been for one conversation with a classmate while he studied abroad in Beijing.

The longest by far.

Gatekeeping Kawi [Be My Favorite] Kawi x Pisaeng

Pisaeng goalie-blocks Kawi’s terrible mother from contacting her son!

If Pisaeng has any major flaw he’s not working to improve, it’s that he takes full advantage of the nepotism that got him his job in order to leave work on time every day.

I just really wanted to establish immediately that this fic is about Pisaeng being both shamelessly petty and wildly protective.

Fireproof [Between Us] Win x Team

Exes-to-lovers with totally appropriate amounts of suffering!

Win ignores the sleeping couple on the chairs across from him.

He is also ignoring his Problems. (Also the couple is KawiPi. Li’l Easter egg.)

surprise me [Between Us] Win x Team

Team tries to throw Win a surprise party in another country!

It’s number forty-three on the list of facts about Win that Team keeps on his phone: Win’s never had a surprise birthday party.

I love that Team canonically has a list of things he wants to memorize about Win. Baby simp.

Sorry Meal [Be My Favorite] Kawi x Pisaeng

Kawi gets through life’s challenges by being adorable with food!

The shouting stops around noon, and they refuse to speak to each other at all for the rest of the day.

In which I celebrate that KawiPi can both be stubborn assholes and their arguments are enormous fun for me personally.

somewhere to begin [Be My Favorite] Kawi x Pisaeng

Self-indulgent post-series fluff!

Twenty minutes after arriving home to find his little family waiting for him, Kawi lets his draining body list against Pisaeng.

Because I believe down to my core that Kawi is a snuggly needy simp deep down. (He literally imagined Pisaeng model-walking toward him and said, “Please believe me that I hate this man.”)

through casual mistakes of fate [Be My Favorite] Kawi x Pisaeng

Self-indulgent ep-11 angst fluff! (It’s real, I checked!)

Pisaeng wakes up to his alarm, swipes the button on his phone screen to shut it off, and rolls out of bed—all within a few seconds.

This is the line that made me realize the thing!!!

keep me here, i'm right where i belong [Be My Favorite] Max x Queer Rights, Kawi x Pisaeng

Self-indulgent marriage equality fluff!

When true marriage equality is won, Max is the first one to deliver the news to most of his friends.

Sooort of this one?

We Must Lead by Example [Naughty Babe] Lian x Kuea

LianKuea being smug about their sex-successful marriage!

When your best friend asks you not to tell your husband something, common courtesy dictates that you honor all those days and nights of laughter and tears by keeping the secret not just in this life but in the next and whatever’s in the interim.

And this is a return to form. INTERESTING.

——————

So here’s the thing: most of my opening lines are, like. Observations. Team keeps a list. Pisaeng and Kawi are fighting. Pisaeng has a flaw. Kongphob learned about bondage.

Very few are action-based. Pisaeng jumping out of bed, Kawi leaning on Pisaeng, Max telling his friends that marriage equality has passed.

I’ll have to go through more of my fics to know if this is a common thing, but it feels like it! I think most of my fics begin with observations rather than actions, and maybe I’ll try it the other way for a while and see what changes!

What a fun li’l exercise. \:D/

If you noticed anything different, definitely tell me! This is fun~

[viktormaru]

Oh my god those are so specific Id love to hear your take on them as well pls if u'd like

I NEVER THGOUGHT of that but with you mentioning it... do u think he gets a little queasy getting into the Val aircrafts?? thats hilarious

Oh i dont know, Im not too well versed in the phoenix lore. Maybe he played the bass to have the chill vibe to his warm personality (haaa get it???)

I think holidays in general are celebrated only bcs some ppl (mainly raze with the help of breach and anyone else ropped in by her personality) just INSIST in making mini celebrations to keep up the morale (and bcs theyre fun). But Raze will also find out holidays others celebrate and try to organize events to that as well. The most chaotic culture exchange possible, where everything is kinda messy and accuracy is kind of there but what matters is just having a good time. And ppl are invited to join if they want to.

Oooh.. mmm. I think it'd mostly manifest in Killjoy avoiding the hell out of reyna as she'll throw nasty glares whenever she's in her field of view. I dont think Reyna would really like... act on her hatred specially given killjoy seems very young still. Doesnt mean she doesnt act a little petty or mean abt it, better keep KJ on her toes.

ahh its hard to think in general... I do think brim probably likes playing old (at least for valorant times) music in even older music players and he feels all cool and hip about it UAHSDUHAS but also embarrassed abt it in public. We also have Omen's knitting I suppose but thats basically canon.

My cursed brain instantly went "reyna with la chancla"

I'm not entirely sure what a cvs is... google tells me its a pharmacy of sorts?

UASDHDAS ooh gosh thats one I need to put some thought abt.... I am not an avid snack knower even though I DO have a specific time of the day allotted to my snack.... Just off the top of my head I can picture some agents more being more timely like chamber or skye or harbor who will basically eat the same thing at the right times (for chamber is mostly coffee paired with something while for skye its those healthier stuff from protein bars to fruits), while other agents are constantly munching on pastries or baked goods or whatever else like raze or gekko. Then the I Just Need My Coffee When The Need Hits gang like Viper or Kj or Fade. And last but not least the having snacks instead of meals (from reasons ranging from just bcs to forgetting to actually make a meal) which might fit Cypher and jett and others I need to think more abt.

People's digital portrait displays, and he changes the images in it just enough you wont notice it straight away, and keeps making minor changes until the original picture is unrecognizable. (Just because)

For some reason I feel like Omen is a bit picky with textures. For foods, for clothes, just in general. IDK why I just do, like, he barely gets to experience sensations at all, and then hes forced to experience it bad??? absolutely not. Cypher, as much as hes good at adapting probably gets a bit annoyed when his methods are messed with by ppl meaning to help but idk if that counts as being nitpicky.

OOOH thats a good one. They have cleaning bots (or they had maxbot....) so I assume the general cleaning is automated. I would assume each agent is responsible for the upkeep of their own living quarters though the bots are always there for access for that. Now the other types of upkeep.... hmm... I wonder how automated it is.... Maybe there is such a thing as a rotating chores thing that ppl can trade.... Much to think abt...

I would assume theres team training to practice tactics and to develop a well flowing combat dynamic in the field. Specially seeing they are against their doubles, I feel Brim would make them train against eachother's skills a lot to understand them better . And maybe some there are group trainings that arent exactly mandatory but do good to build morale and share some knowledge (sooort of like the impromptu training session in the warm up cinematic). Like, I can see some agents just scheduling some "join if you'd like" training for some specific stuff like hand to hand combat or using flashes properly. But agents are also allowed to just honed their skills alone or in private and are not discouraged from doing so.

He's the weird uncle she never had and never knew she needed (but would never say so outloud). Like, he's the one that comes over and teaches her bad things and then is like "oh but you cant do that though". I loved the dynamic you had in ur latest fic with killjoy actually having a lot to offer in the field of engineering so i think its something definitely mutually beneficial. Cypher has the wisdom and maturity for Killjoy's naïve ingenuity. Like... I think Cypher cant help it but let his parent instinct to its thing around kj, while kj is probably at least very curious abt what Cypher has to offer. Idk, its a fun little dynamic.

I think yes but hear me out... Killjoy sucks at romance. Like, clueless and awkward and very teen like. So when she catches on to whats going on I love to imagine her trying to sneakily give Cypher advice but its the most corny and silly things ever like "you should call Omen over to listen to a playlist" and other stuff of that caliber. But at least she is sweet and wholesome about it.

Thank you for the questions! I had fun writing and again, feel free to share ur ideas too!!!

Ask me about my silly little headcanons please i am starving

[retroautomaton]

do you have any other social media we can follow you on? I love your art!

Aw, thank you! Glad you like it!

And I do! I mostly use Twitter and just started a Youtube for like misc. videos and uploads.

[nenilein]

Do you think could you give more insight on Klug's Japanese speaking patterns? Thanks! ^_^

Okayyy!

(This is about Klug from Puyo Puyo, for those who wonder, lol)

So, analyzing Klug's Yakuwarigo/Role Language is interesting, because he basically speaks like a kid who is trying to speak like an adult but doesn't understand how adults talk.

For example, in terms of first person classifiers (which I refuse to call "pronouns"; because from a linguistic position Japanese really doesn't have pronouns in the western sense), he uses "Boku(ボク）", despite the fact that adults with his overconfident personality generally don't use it, unless they're trying to be sassy. Maybe he thinks of himself as more humble than he really is, or he simply never stopped using it ever since grade school despite his delusions of maturity. The games even sooort off point out how unusual his use of "Boku" can ring by having it always spelled in Katakana. Characters whose first person classifiers sound perfectly natural and unobtrusive usually have them spelled in Kanji or Hiragana. The fact that his Boku is written in Katakana (Just like Arle's) kinda makes it feel like it's "out of place" for him.

Moving on to grammer, Klug almost never uses the polite desu/masu-level of grammar UNLESS he's speaking to Accord or Lemres. That would ring normal and even realistic for a Japanese person, since code switching to a higher politeness level when confronted with figures of authority is a very natural thing in Japan, but, however, in early games where he's extra unpleasant it makes sure that the way he talks to the other kids rings extra dismissive. He isn't giving them any respect. His use of "Kimi(キミ)" in Katakana as a second-person-classifier for them makes it even worse; Kimi reduces distance between you and your dialogue partner, while also being informal. It can be kind and familial if used between close friends, but the way Klug uses it simply makes him sound dismissive. When talking to people you aren't super close to, you should use their name and avoid second person classifiers altogether. Klug, however, rarely uses other people's names to refer to them in direct dialogue unless, again, he is speaking to Lemres or Accord.

In more unusual news, he almost exclusively says "dai" instead of "desu/da" and "kai" instead of "ka", which, as far as I can figure out, is Yamaguchi dialect. I am not entirely sure why he does that, tho my gut feeling tells me that he probably thinks it makes him sound older, when it really doesn't. That said "kai" instead of "ka" is pretty common in anime characters to begin with, so using "dai" as a copula with extreme consistency is what really stands out for me.

[EDIT: I did some more research, and it’s apparently super unclear which dialect that “i” originally came from, but apparently people like to add it these days to make their sentences sound more “absolute”, which, I guess, makes sense-]

Finally, and most damningly, not only does he like using more Kanji words ("big words") than he needs to just to flex his vocabulary, he also abuses anglicisms to the point that it is hilarious. There are many cases where he will go, "GREAT; COOL, AMAZING!" in broken English in quick succession in a sad attempt to make whatever he is talking sound more impressive than it really it. Sometimes he's gracious and just leaves it at one Anglicism. He also says "Dark"(ダーク) instead of "Yami" (闇) and often says "cool" (クール) instead of "kakkou-ii" (カッコイイ).

On a final note, his chain-chants are in an old Japanese dialect that is equivalent to Shakespearean English. You know, Thy, Thou, Speaketh?

Basically everything about the way this boy talks screams Middle School Syndrome to me and I wanna punch his adorable, smug face.

[merlwyb-moved]

okay i have an idea for this drk au

so i think fray’s message to yaz would be ‘you are not a monster’

and i think it would be neat to have yaz’s arc focus with a monster who manifested from his dynamis (without realizing it, naturally) as well as whatever fuckery fray can manifest from the abyss. 

at first, it’ll seem like yaz is meant to kill this monster

but in the end, he’s really meant to save and forgive it

and at the very end, it sooort of parallels the level 50 quest, and the monster shifts its shape into yaz. 

[yakglue]

What I mean is why you procrastinating so hard.. I feel like I sort of grew out of that SOOORT of, like having a planner makes my brain settle easier into giving a fuck about menial stupid tasks. I still did sort of procrastinate on small assignments but like finals???? Naw lol that’s too much preparation and 5 google docs spread out for me to like collaborate and then put on one to send… that always helps me the most. I did finish 3 papers in one day with the power of that planning swag… I could go for my masters one day but I need to get recs from my professional bullshit. Now I gotta job hunt but like everything is 2+ years experience in the middle of nowhere doing 30 tasks whatever the fuck jobs want these days.. we are legit in a weird recession not recession lmao..

Swaggg.

Finished all my fucking classes bitch.

[tonyglowheart]

I get why people would use "qunari" to refer to the race of people, but honestly, I don't favor that, nor do I favor the use of "kossith" (the latter of which would be like using Homo erectus to refer to modern humans). I think it's much more interesting to go with the namings we are given in the lore - Qunari to refer to the people of the Qun, with possible specification of viddathari for Qunari of other races/ancestry-

(sidebar: although wait, viddathari refers to new converts, doesn��t it? So would a Vashoth who converted to the Qun become Qunari with no rider? Or would they also be viddathari? Thinking on it now, I kind of like the idea of a Vashoth who converts in to be viddathari as well, I think it fits with the Qun’s whole thing about there not being a “race” distinction as far as at least the text of the ideology goes, and I think it makes for interesting worldbuilding. This also indicates to me that, like, any children born into the Qun regardless of their race/species would be Qunari, no "viddathari” rider. Also fascinating for me to consider).

- and then Vashoth and Tal-Vashoth (and bas/kabethari) to refer to those outside of the Qun.

I sooort of think I can accept a settlement of Vashoth - especially several generations down - maybe calling themselves “Qunari” or by a term that's like a sort of linguistic corruption of Qunari (adapted to whatever language of the area they’re in). The idea being that maybe several generations down, they don’t exactly have people fresh out of the Qun anymore who would know or care about the distinction between Qunari, Vashoth, and Tal-Vashoth, and the non-Qunari around them probably wouldn’t know or care either to make the distinction, they’re all “Qunari” to them. I think this could make for an interesting diaspora culture construction to explore.

But yeah, I get why people do it. I just don’t favor it, and think there’s a lot space to really explore the worldbuilding with just the politics of the namings used.

[greenteaheart]

Haikyu Characters in Quarantine Part 2!!

These headcanons are for the more level-headed ones haha (also realized these are kinda confusing so lemme clear things up and say this is if you both are roommates. romantically or platonically, whatever you choose.)

Kenma: -_- Video games. Like there’s nothing else to say here, we all know he’d just spend the entire time playing video games. Quarantine is barely even quarantine for him at this point, it’s just a better excuse to play video games all day. The only two downsides to this I think is that once he runs out of games to play he’ll be kinda grumpy for the rest of quarantine and his sleep schedule will be in pieces by the end of this.

Akaashi: He’s mature about the entire thing. Probably one of the few people who are. He stays inside and finds things to do like clean the house, read some books, maybe try cooking something new. (Like I am CONVINCED he’d be an amazing cook. Or maybe it’s just wishful thinking cause I would probably burn the house down alcahjkbnsljk) He’s level-headed throughout this thing and just waits it out. He’ll even offer to teach you how to cook something if you’re extremely bored. Just over all really calm and collected.

Yaku: He’s another smart one. He actually does what the new says and stays inside. When you’re both bored, he’ll suggest playing some board games or solving puzzles. Ya know, some old school entertainment. Sooort of the kind that hyper attentive to hygienic things now? Like he was before, but now it’s intense. He’s not washing everything that comes from the outside or anything somebody else touches and he’s not hoarding supplies but he’ll constantly remind or ask you if you washed your hands and stuff like that. And if you sneeze or cough? Oh boy, you aren’t coming out of your room for at least a week. He does it out of love and concern for you though, so it’s all good :3

Tsukishima: Kinda bordering between smart about the entire thing and just plain out barely caring like Kenma. He’ll just slip on his headphones and listen to music while doing whatever. If you whine enough about being bored or him ignoring you though, he’ll eventually agree to watch movies with you. Hey, if you’re lucky he might even switch his headphones for earbuds and let you listen to music with him.

Hope you liked these!! Have a great day!! <3

[flippyspoon]

@caeli1701 lol yes i was totally imagining that or han and leia had zero ideas for what to name their son and leia was like “i dunno, ben? i like ben. like ben kenobi?”

han: the old guy who was luke’s teacher or whatever???

leia: yeah yeah the guy he won’t shut up about. i mean he’s sooort of a family friend, served my adopted dad in the clone wars-

han: right right right...

leia: ...cut off all my biological dad’s limbs once-

han: what

leia: i mean it was a whole big thing. they were friends...dad went to the dark side...they had a fight...

han: ... i mean i like the name???

leia: ok cool.

[da-tasuky]

HEY GUYS GOT GREAT NEWS!!

First of all: The State of Emergency was lifted in my country! Yay! ♥ This means we are free again and the streets are already looking sooort of back to normal. Doesn’t mean everything is fixed, just that the government is not pointing at us with guns just because. So that’s cool. (My sister was actually held at gunpoint while she walked back to her home. AND IT WASN’T CURFEW SO WTF!? She surrendered lifting her hands and they let her go so she’s fine.)

Aaand I was told that is hiiighly possible that my dad will be out of the hospital soon! So! Maybe I’ll be back home to write/draw/post/whatever ♥ I’ve been with him all this time, he was fine after his surgery but a couple of days after the possibility of amputation was back and ugh... But that possibility seems to be out of the question again? I choose to believe it at least. It seems the worst, for now, could be that he has to go through another surgery(Not to amputate) in the next couple of days and he will be forced to stay for another 10 days. I hope not, I want to stay at home and feel normal.

So yeah! I wanted to share the fact that I feel a lot lighter today and I’m seeing the light at the end of this wild week.

Keep being awesome, everyone! You’ll all see me again soon!

[mikami]

Death Note Audio Drama 04

Disc 4: Proof of Loyalty - a summary / partial translation

Prior translations / an explanation as to what the fuck this is.

The plot is still manga-close. This episode is honestly fairly boring, it’s full of homophobic jokes that nobody asked for. But hey, Misa is here now!

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We begin with a Sakura TV executive conference. Demegawa wants more features like the one about the witness protection victim in Australia. Demegawa suggests provoking Kira or the cops in order to get a story. The ‘moral standpoint’ does truly not concern him. Then a special delivery comes in.

It’s a letter from Kira.

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TITLE MUSIC

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An announcement for “Kira Speaks” on Sakura TV. It’s styled as a really dramatic advertisement, with echo features and all. 

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Sachiko visits Soichiro in the hospital.

SOICHIRO: You’re late, visiting hours are only until 8.

SACHIKO: The nurse is Emi, we went to college together. She looked the other way for a moment. 

SOICHIRO (laughs): My wife... The wife of a policeman....

SACHIKO (also laughs): Do you maybe want to arrest me, chief inspector?

Sachiko notices that Soichiro’s heart rate is no longer monitored. It’s because  he’ll get discharged tomorrow. Suddenly, Soichiro notices the TV transmission and turns the audio up.

Kira asks people to turn to other TV channels to see the people there dying, as proof of his identity. 

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L and the Task Force are also listening. L wants to stop the transmission. Ukita drives over to Sakura TV. Misa’s Kira II speech continues very similar to the manga.

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Soichiro gets up and leaves the hospital despite Sachiko protesting and telling him to let his team handle it. 

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Ukita arrives at Sakura TV. He threatens employees with a gun in order to get to the studio quickly. 

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Demegawa is THRILLED that someone with a gun is coming to the studio. He lets the security transmission of Ukita trying to get in play on a split screen with the Kira video. Ukita gets a heart attack before he can force his way into the room.

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L stops Aizawa from also going to the TV studio. The Task Force realize that Kira no longer needs a name.

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Sakura TV employees realize Ukita is dead. Demegawa goes on air.

DEMEGAWA: My name is Hitoshi Demegawa from Sakura TV. I apologize in the name of the program for the images you just had to witness. We’re not transmitting these news and these messages for any kind of awards or for viewer numbers, but for the good of the populace and to save innocent lives.

[He’s referring to Kira threatening their employees if they don’t send the tape. ]

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A phone ringing. 

SACHIKO (on the phone): Light? Light, are you awake?

LIGHT: Mom? What... What time is it?

SACHIKO: It’s about your dad. 

LIGHT: Dad? Is he okay?

SACHIKO: He just discharged himself from the hospital. 

LIGHT: Oh, uh, good. Are you two taking a cab?

SACHIKO: He lost his mind!

LIGHT: I get it.

SACHIKO: And he stole an ambulance!

LIGHT: He did what?!

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Soichiro crashes an ambulance into Sakura TV, as he does. 

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Back in the studio.

DEMEGAWA: What happened to the lights?

EMPLOYEE: Power outage. In the whole building. Someone took us out.

DEMEGAWA: Are we still on air?!

EMPLOYEE: I’d say... no. 

DEMEGAWA: Who is shutting off my power?! 

EMPLOYEE: Oh, someone with a light is coming.

DEMEGAWA: I don’t need a light, I need a transmission in HD!

SOICHIRO: You’ll need a hearse, if you don’t do what I say. Hands up!

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L and the Task Force want to turn the power off and need Kitamura to keep police away from the building. Soichiro calls.

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Soichiro informs L that he’s got the tapes. He’s escaped and Watari is going to pick him up by car.

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News transmission about Soichiro’s break-in. Demegawa is getting interviewed and repeats his ‘I didn’t do it for any awards’ spiel almost ad verbatim. People online, however, are commending Sakura TV and Demegawa. Demegawa also did a big donation for Ukita’s funeral.

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At Ukita’s funeral. L and Soichiro talk about whether or not Kira is watching the funeral. They assume no, because there is a lot of police surveillance. L is still not wearing any shoes. 

Soichiro informs L that forensics hasn’t found any hints on the tapes and envelopes. L weighs the options of whether or not they’ll say yes or no to cooperating with Kira. He decides they need to decline. 

L also points out that there are two Kiras now, based on the different victim patterns and powerset. L also assumes this Kira is younger than the other.

L wants to play the two Kiras against one another and decides to add Light to the task force for real.

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L calls Light to invite him to the Task Force. After this, Light and Ryuk watch Kira’s answer to the police refusal on TV. Light literally physically got popcorn for it.

On TV, Kira II demands to either kill L or Kitamura and that the police can choose who.

Light is pleased with Kira II so far, but also knows very much that there is risk inherent in their existence. He wants to stay careful.

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TV broadcast of the fake Kira I message that the Task Force made. Misa is listening, delighted that Kira answered. She immediately goes to record an answer video, remarking on how it’s close to Valentine’s day.

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Kira II tape, though not yet live broadcasted. This is the message in which she mentions the eyes and shinigami, as well as sends the fake diary. 

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The task force discusses the new tape. They wonder about the terms eyes and shinigami. Light meanwhile is hiding out in the toilet. (L: “Maybe that’s where he gets his good ideas.”)

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Light is FURIOUS at Kira II for mentioning the word shinigami on the tape for public TV. He’s in the bathroom to rant a little while letting water run for camouflage. 

RYUK: Come on, soldier. You have to get back in there.

LIGHT: Before they get suspicious?

RYUK: Before they think that you’ve got indigestion.

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They discuss the diary entry. Light discovers that it is a message about a meeting place. L then discovers that the Aoyama and the Tokyo Dome entries are about this year and not the year the diary is from. 

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Misa humming while getting ready. She wears Nr. 5 perfume. 

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They discuss how to look for a single person in a place as big as Aoyama. L analyses the speech of the second Kira. He suspects Kira II is a woman.

[Once more, I am largely guessing which task force man is which.... ]

MATSUDA?: The second Kira is... female?

L: I think so, yes. Listen. “Tried out JUMP yesterday. I liked it.”

MATSUDA: JUMP is a boy’s magazine.

L: That’s why she never read it before. “Dumbass Musume concert with the squad”...

MATSUDA: Dumbass Musume?

L: Exactly. Why would she be so negative towards a girl group?

MATSUDA: Because he’s a boy...?

SOICHIRO?: Because she’s a girl that rejects and looks down on mainstream.

MATSUDA: Still sounds like a boy to me.

L: Then this one. “Met the guy in the cafeteria. Not my type.”

MATSUDA: That proves nothing. Maybe he’s gay.

AIZAWA? (amused): So we’re looking for a gay serial killer?

MATSUDA: I’m just saying, this form of profiling is a little... heteronormative.

L: Your opinion about gay men isn’t exactly non-prejudiced either.

MATSUDA: Well, I’m not an expert of course.

L: You assume that a man who acts girly has to be homosexual...?

AIZAWA?: He’s not saying he’s walking around in dresses and high heels. He’s just saying some turns of phrase seem more like a girl.

MATSUDA: I can’t believe you’re all becoming holy knights of equality now. Just because I--

L: Gay men are also allowed to be criminals. 

Light hits the table and makes everyone focus again, agrees that Kira II sounds sooort of girly. He sums up that they’re looking for a longer girl who is trying to be social. Someone who is smarter than the people their age but nobody realizes. L says she tried to stick out before by being unconventional. Light jokes about being on the lookout for a punk girl or a gothic lolita. Light also assumes she’s a teen.

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MISA: Loves me... loves me not... loves me... loves me not....

Her train stop to get off is announced.

MISA: Oh! He loves me!

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The task force is hiding in a van in Aoyama for surveillance. They tell Aizawa to put his binoculars away as to not look like creeps. Light and Matsuda, the undercover agents for the day, come around.

SOMEONE: What the hell is Matsuda wearing?

MATSUDA: I’m just trying to fit in, okay?

LIGHT (laughs): Pride Parade is only in May.

MATSUDA: I am talking about Aoyama. The trends happen in this district, my friend. I’d only stick out with suit and sunglasses.

LIGHT: Just do whatever you want.

MATSUDA: And I will.

AIZAWA: Wait, I got it. Matsuda! I think your cover would work even better if the two of you held hands. Over.

MATSUDA (over the comm): I can’t understand. Please repeat.

SOICHIRO: Forget the order, Matsuda. Those two here had clowns for breakfast.

AIZAWA: Two queens couldn’t do it any better either. 

SOICHIRO: Focus, Aizawa. We’re looking for a killer. Keep the channel open.

L is watching from a roof. L orders the task force to split up and check the cafés. Rem and Ryuk are on the same roof as L, watching. L is cold. The shinigami suggest that he’s pretty sensitive, being able to feel their presence.

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Ryuk and Rem introduce themselves to each other and chat about ‘my boy’ and ‘my girl’ respectively. Both of them are very convinced their kiddo is going to be smarter in this situation. Rem is oddly tempted to throw L off the roof / or kill him in another way. Then Misa got Light’s name and leaves, so Rem leaves too.

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Misa bumps into Matsuda by accident.

MISA: Hey, watch where you’re walking!

MATSUDA: Oh, sorry.

MISA: ... cool T-shirt.

MATSUDA: Did you hear that? 

LIGHT: Hear what?

MATSUDA: I’m on eye level with the kids. Speak their language. ... uhm, I’m just saying. 

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Misa moons over how good Light looks to Rem. She looks him up on social media and finds herself impressed with his grades. (”Just the kind of guy I’d introduce to mom and dad..... if they weren’t dead, that is.”)

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The Task Force is faced with the fact that their investigation didn’t really do anything useful. Aizawa is pissed he had to work on his free day for this. However, Matsuda comes in with a new tape that Kira sent. The tape says Kira II found Kira and nothing else. That confirms Aoyama was the meeting point. L orders to cancel the baseball game in Tokyo Dome, so that the Kiras can’t meet at a second meeting point, since it isn’t confirmed yet if Kira II contacted Kira I.

They now decide to try and turn Kira II against Kira I by making him sound dangerous to her.

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Yagami household. Misa suddenly shows up and introduces herself as Light’s girlfriend to Sayu. Light also comes downstairs.

MISA: Darling. You never mentioned your sister is such a beauty.

LIGHT: No! No, I.... this sister?

Sachiko comes in and Light asks Misa up to his room, getting away from the crowded situation. 

SACHIKO: This came out of nowhere... 

SAYU: He kept her a secret from us.... 

SACHIKO: Look at those shoes. It’s a miracle she’s able to walk in those.

SAYU: I like her. She’s got style.

SACHIKO: You’re just saying this because she called you good-looking.

SAYU: Because a rational-thinking human being would never get that idea, right? 

SACHIKO: Oh Sayu. You know exactly what I mean.

SAYU: Of course! No wonder I turned out so meek and shy. 

SACHIKO: Don’t be so melodramatic, dear.

SAYU: My own mother thinks I’m ugly!

SACHIKO (laughs): I didn’t say that!

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Light and Misa are in his room. She explains how she found Light (”I saw you in Aoyama, with your strange buddy Matsuda. What was he supposed to be? A pirate or something?”).  They show each other their shinigami. 

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Sachiko is very displeased about Light bringing home such a girl and going up to his room with her to make out. She and Sayu chat about it briefly.

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Misa declares her motto is “Live fast, die young... slay all my enemies.” when she explains why she took the deal. 

Light and Misa’s “Make me your girlfriend” talk is fairly similar to the manga. 

Then Sachiko interrupts to throw Misa out (politely) and the episode ends.

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tartan-earmuffs replied to your post “Note on Icelandic names”

@hatari-translations Hi thanks for all your translation work and Iceland facts! is it true Icelandic parents choose their baby’s first name from an approved list of first names?

Uh. Sooort of? It doesn’t work quite like you’re picturing. There is an approved list of first names, but parents aren’t, like, printing out that list and choosing a name off the list. After all, the vast majority of children in most of the world get names that already exist, rather than the parents making up a name that no one’s had before. That’s what people do in Iceland, too, in exactly the same way! They’ve got a friend or family member they want to name their kid after, or maybe there are some names they’ve always just liked the sound of. I promise you nobody’s going through the list to pick a name for their child.

(Well, okay, I gather there exists some kind of website or app that’ll show you random names off the list in succession and you can accept or reject each name to make a shortlist of names you like, just to help you pick out something if you’re really undecided. But that’s no different than somebody doing the same thing with, like, babynames.com or whatever.)

The difference is that if you do want to actually use a new name for your child that isn’t currently recognized, you have to apply for it, and a committee will accept or reject it. The reasoning for this is mostly the preservation of the Icelandic language. Our grammatical system involves a lot of word forms, with different forms used for different ways the word is used in a sentence, and our pronunciation is closely linked with spelling - very much unlike English, if you give me an Icelandic word I’ve never seen before, or even just a meaningless vaguely-pronounceable bunch of letters, I’ll pretty much be able to pronounce it just by looking at how it’s spelled (there are a couple of things that can be ambiguous, but literally just a couple). A name needs to conform to this system - it needs to be sensibly pronounceable as Icelandic, and you need to be able to inflect it so you can use it in different sentences in a natural-sounding way.

Somewhat more controversially, you must give your child a gender-appropriate name (I believe trans people are also legally required to change their name when changing their legal gender). The reason for this is that Icelandic as a language makes heavy use of grammatical gender, which affects the way that words inflect. You can’t just take a random masculine name and give it to a girl who uses feminine pronouns and adjectives without making it grammatically awkward to talk about her. Regardless of how you feel about that, this goes a bit ridiculously far; unless it’s been changed recently, every name can only be either masculine or feminine but not both (Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness made a female character called Blær, a traditionally masculine name, and made it inflect like a perfectly sensible feminine name; a lot of parents have tried to name their daughters that, only to find it’s literally illegal). I don’t know if anyone’s tried to create a neuter name and get it approved, but it sounds doubtful that it would be.

There’s also a rule that the name can’t be embarrassing for the child, which has nothing to do with grammar and is just intended to prevent bullying, although honestly, there are also bunch of perfectly approved old Icelandic names that are going to get your child bullied today.

A lot of people want to just eliminate the naming laws and the naming committee altogether. I’m pretty sympathetic to the effort to preserve the Icelandic language, grammar and naming system, but we did seem to get along fine before this law, so, you know.

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Would google do some kind of prank of his own on bing to get him back for the googly eyes thing?

Hmmm sooort of. Google from the past when he and Bing were good friends? Yes. Oh gosh absolutely they did this to each other all the time.

Google now? Eh his “prank” wouldn’t be so light hearted. It’d be something to make Bing genuinely regret doing it or make him a little afraid. It’s not super drastic whatever he does, but it wasn’t meant to be “joke.”