#sorry to the ppl that ship this

[distructodicks]

Aside from the obvious age gap weirdness, what else is wrong with trunks x mai?

Personally, I find Tr*M*i (at least in the present timeline) to have completely changed two characters to have completely changed two very beloved characters to make them work together

Mai isn't even close to who she was in OG DB and Trunks' character has been diluted to another fighter when in reality GT Trunks and even kid Trunks had an affinity with Tech and tinkering, all for the sake of what? Another "scientist/inventor x fighter" relationship?

There is still time, of course but it's upsetting to see it happen in real time.

Aside from the age gap and flanderization of these characters they feel very forced in my opinion, from the beginning we don't get any other angle aside from "this is Trunks' love interest now" I've always said Tr*M*i would have been much better shipping material had it been say Yamcha (or any other male) x Mai's daughter, and maybe this girl is part of a new pilaf gang. Their goal is still the same and maybe Trunks becomes interested in her because of how good she is with Tech — eliminates the weird age gap, keeps the gag relatively similar and you have a new character with no preconceived motions to develop a relationship with not just Trunks but Goten and Marron as well!

anyway thats my lengthy opinion on the ship without getting into more salt than its worth

[wintergrofyuri]

post canon labru is so fucking peak are you kidding me. the king of melini and his most trusted advisor. his right hand man. whispering in his ear. a regal wolf and the little raven perched beside him. sneaking around the castle at night. HAND KISSING. oh my god. kabru needs to take his king's hand in his and kiss it while looking up at him through his eyelashes.

the king of melini, the devourer of all things horrible, wrapped around kabru's finger. like. this guy ate a demon and hes just like. a big dog around him. like its sick. sole survivor of his hometown and now he's got a king warming his bed at night. scratching under his chin and calling him a good boy right after a meeting.

im just. so in awe. kabru looked at laios and went "im going to whisper in his ear if its the last thing i do" and by god he did it.

[b1ttersweet-dreams]

ok ive decided - fuck it, v4v be upon ye this is my blog i do whatever i want around here additional v2 (& a bit of v1) sketches under cut bc well. favorite character

[figofswords]

hey dunmeshi people I bought the manga and I’m reading volume 4 currently and.

and. what in the yuri. hello?????? google says they’re not canon but what??? is this then???? if not deep and intense homosexual tension?????? fellas is it homie behavior to interlace your fingers and press close to each other while naked in the bath?? just besties??? i’m??????

[poofpoofpurin]

my laptop is finally fixed. celebratory bakudekuposting

[devxoid]

regarding dr ratio's team join voiceline with aventurine

idk where it originated from but i've been seeing this notion that the ENG voiceline is horribly mistranslated and ratio is much more caring and friendly in the original CN. THIS IS LITERALLY NOT TRUE HE IS JUST AS BITCHY IN BOTH LANGUAGES

as a native chinese speaker i actually really love hsr's localisation and i would like to clarify the misconception + explain the cultural nuance/context behind this particular voiceline

i think this tweet might've been the original source for this misconception? op's translation of the CN line is very literal and completely lacking in cultural nuance. while the sentence 管好你自己 does literally translate to "take care of yourself", it lacks the automatic positive connotation that this sentence has in ENG. CN is a high context language -- aka the meaning of a sentence can be totally different based on context clues like tone, body language, etc.

ratio's tone in this line is not the tone of someone who is concerned for a friend. it's standoffish. when said in this kind of tone, the meaning of 管好你自己 is closer to "mind your own business", making the ENG "keep to yourself" a more accurate localisation.

in addition, the word 管 has connotations of controlling/managing something -- directly translating this to "take care of yourself" means it's missing a lot of important nuance.

granted, the second half of the line is a bit unnecessarily aggressive in ENG. the CN is more like "I have no need for your concern", and explicitly saying that he believes aven's concern to be "false" in ENG is definitely a lot ruder than the original line.

However. in my opinion it's not Too far off base. the way he emphasises the second half of that voiceline in CN carries an implication that he actually disdains aven's concern; we can extrapolate from context clues that he feels this way because aven's concern is just an act. tldr; eng line explicitly saying "false display" does make it ruder than CN but it didn't just come from nowhere -- the implication is already there in CN

this is not to say that ratio doesn't care about aven or see him as a friend. imo the reason ratio is so standoffish in this line is because any display of concern from aven here has the clear intention of teasing ratio. they both know ratio can take care of himself perfectly well. this is just how their dynamic works -- aven makes silly playful comments and ratio deflects them by acting cold.

in conclusion: ENG voiceline is not a mistranslation. hsr localisation is definitely not perfect but in this particular case i feel they've done a fairly good job of conveying the original meaning. thank you for coming to my ted talk

[redysetdare]

A character looks straight into the camera and says "I'm not interested in romance" and people will still say "No, it's not confirmed they're aromantic!!!" "They could change their mind!!!" "it's a challenge for them to overcome!!!" "They'll have character development that makes them fall in love"

It's like they are given the most blatant answer to a character romantic orientation and they actively ignore it. all the while all it takes is subtext for people to speak as if it is fact for a character to be any other sexuality.

[ylceon]

love from all directions

[transwolvie]

Got notes again on my post abt how Falin's Girl Autism is romanticized to the point where people who don't really know or understand her are trying to propose vs Laios's Boy Autism being seen as an active threat even though the Toudens are literally so fucking alike and like. Yeah. Gdhdh I have nothing to add I was fucking right and I like that Ryoko Kui created such loving and similar siblings so that she could comment on how their autism and hyperfixations are so clearly filtered through a lens of how people see them due to their gender as well

[hawkebo]

*cough* wassup

[musicalmoritz]

Most people’s “how can anyone hate this?” ships are like super fluffy pairings that can do no wrong but unfortunately mine are always massively toxic to where I understand WHY they aren’t for everyone but I simply cannot imagine passing up that much conflict

[wintergrofyuri]

mithrun is picking up nieces and nephews like its his fucking job. he is everyone's uncle mithrun, he has 5 different chronic conditions and either says the most profound life changing shit to you or passes out in front of you and gives himself a concussion. uncle mithrun has been in 3 seperate wars and he is no longer a functioning member of society, but he still goes out for groceries like any normal person. he's on countless meds and forgets to take a random combination of them every other week. he sleeps with his eye open sometimes. he will Always watch sex and the city with you.

also dont tag as ship for any of these. thank you.

[theserpentsnight]

Entering the Beetlejuice fandom and not shipping Beetlebabes would be like entering the Titanic fandom and not shipping Jack & Rose...

[pachimation]

you ever joke about a ship to yourself and then, like, kinda like it? and then you joke about it to friends and it’s totally an ironic thing bc it’s not like you actually like this character and god forbid you actually like this ship. and then something happens but like it’s literally nothing (museum event) and then you take a couple screenshots or like record a cutscene (museum event!!!). and then maybe you wake up after working on ship art of them and like you’re wishing there’s more art for this ship and you’re polling ppl on instagram about what the widely agreed upon ship name is and then you’re like, aw FUCK.

anyway, ah FUCK. they’re actually kinda cute together ngl.

[starrysharks]

maybe this is a stupid question but it's been on my mind and i want to know what other people think;

examples: the creator of my life as a teenage robot supporting the trans jenny headcanon, voice actors in general stating that the character they voice is a certain LGBT+ identity, etc. i really want to see people's views on this so reblogs are appreciated!

[qiu-yan]

as a jc stan it's now time for my shot at the obligatory shipping poll