#the humor doesn't translate but oh well

[king-crawler]

(IM SORRY THIS IS SO LONG WINDED AAUHHAGA, ur absolutely free to skip this ask or set it aside, i will not be offended i promiise)

another ask from meee srry im trying to avoid flooding yer inbox but oh my gahhhgu i want to talk to someone about turbo so so so so bad and posting about him just isnt enough to satiate my hunger (Smiles extremely scary with malicious intent)

HIS SENSE OF HUMOR AAUUUU I love overanalyzing little details about his character. i think a really silly detail about him is how he laughs at his own jokes and puns when more often than not they are overtly cruel or in poor taste and nobody aside from him actually thinks theyre funny (for example: the fungeon, the mocking comments he says as candybug). why do i bring this up, you might ask? well i wonder how this could translate into his personality in the 80s as regular old Turbo. he has likely always had this dark sense of humor, but as the jolly King Candy, its more discordant with his persona because of his innocent facade suddenly cracking a joke about how he imprisons people in a dungeon like its not a big deal. he definitely understands that its horrible, too! he just doesnt care!!!!

i wonder how this looked when he had less restraint as turbo. what kind of shit was he saying!! he was likely a major bully towards everyone and thought annoying and hurting others was funny. one of my favorite characterizations of him ever are in the fan comicsby turbotastique because he's still clearly portrayed as an abhorrent person, but he also doesn't take anything or anyone seriously outside of himself. (i also like the comic au series they did with turbo and fix it felix being GAY and DATING starring GENE BEING HOMOPHOBIC!!!)

i could go on and on and on about this slimy bitch and u seem to feel the same way which is so awesome. i give him big yummy cyanide lollipop ok he loves it dw

I LIKE THIS IDEA A LOT (forgibve me for being too sleepy to answer properly)

[elitekook]

11:19PM

•pairing: jungkook x f!reader; established relationship

• waring: fluff (to leave you with diabetes) jungkook is silly, you love his silly way, alcohol consumption (brief), jealous!jungkook (if you squint) a very hard attempt at humor

• word count: 475 (contains errors!)

Opening the door to the establishment, the two of you can't help but let out another laugh remembering minutes earlier at karaoke when some of your friends were so drunk they didn't know anymore what were singing

The breath of fresh air passing through you and jungkook makes the mood even more pleasant and serves as an excuse for your boyfriend to become even more attached to you. Why, this is not a complaint.

"Don't you think we should go back there and help? Hoseok looked kind of bad after so much soju" you say, feeling a hand intertwine in yours and being directed to the pocket of jungkook's jacket.

"Nah, he'll be fine. The others are still there to take care of him and yoongi won't let anything happen" your boyfriend says quietly "I think we should watch the street performances"

"Wait, right now?"

"Yeah, why not? Let's go" that's enough to feel jungkook pull you towards the nearby park.

The truth is that you two are in the center of the city, in the part where the fun is, where the food markets are and of course the karaoke where you and your friends were.

Turns out jungkook's imperative part doesn't let him stay in one place, what was supposed to be just a night of singing and going home has now turned into a mission to find someone performing. Luckily, it's not difficult.

From afar, you can already hear the music coming from the speakers and some groups of people standing in a circle so they can appreciate the art. Watching new talents can also be fun.

"That guy dances well" jungkook says, putting you in front and hugging you from behind. "Can you see?"

"Yes, but not when it goes right" It had a lot more people than you'd expect for a Wednesday night.

"Good, he also seems to be very handsome. I wouldn't want you to fall in love with him" you can't help but laugh at your boyfriend's line. That would never happen.

"I don't know, he could take me dancing with him and I would be in love" With a shrug and a chuckle, you turn to see the disgusted face and a pout forming on Jungkook's face.

"Oh come on, he wouldn't be like me"

He's right, he couldn't. Nobody could.

"Aww my baby is jealous" squeezing his cheeks is enough to get a laugh out of his reaction, leaving you and him warm inside. "I love you kook"

You love him so much

Jungkook's gaze softens, they always say that Jungkook carries the entire galaxy in his eyes. "I love you too"

He loves you so much

"So does that mean you won't dump me for the handsome dancer?" jungkook says and you bite your lip holding back the loudest laugh you could muster.

• this is an original work by @elitekook, please do not copy, translate or anything like that :)

[zbase1]

most to least likely to get jealous easily

most

zhang hao

hanbin

gyuvin

taerae

ricky

jiwoong

matthew

least

explanations below the cut !!

zhang hao

— uh oh

— i genuinely think zhang hao would get jealous very easily

— and boy is he scary when he is jealous

— like he wouldn't even try to hide or tone down his expressions

— have you guys seen that clip of zhang hao's reaction when he saw gyuvin cuddling hanbin lmfao

— and the one where he gets up and manually separates jiwoong and taerae's hands

— bro was MAD

— overall zhang hao strikes me as a pretty possessive person and he is not afraid to proactively show it

— your sweater would get stuck on a doorknob while you were walking by and hanbin, who happened to be nearby, offers to detangle you

— hao sees the entire interaction and he is practically fuming

— storms up to you guys and immediately moves hanbin's hand away from your sweater

— "thanks hanbin, but i can take care of it from here"

— gets super touchy and doesn't let go of your hand for the next 30 minutes

— "hao, i'm not going anywhere, don't worry. also my hand is getting numb...."

— "oH sorry"

hanbin

—hanbin also strikes me as being quite possessive

— remember that one clip where zhang hao is touching taerae's leg and hanbin was in the back, watching it all unfold with a scary look on his face

— but then when taerae looks behind him to check for hanbin's expression, hanbin suddenly smiles like nothing happened

— so the main difference between zhang hao and hanbin is that hanbin actually tones down his emotions he is feeling at the time

— when he sees zhang hao showing you pictures on his phone while standing a little too close to you for his liking, hanbin sees literal red

— when you bring it up to him later,

— "is everything alright hanbin? i saw you glaring at me a while ago when i was with hao"

— "yes. everything is just fine. "

— he would feign a reassuring smile (a scarily believing one too)

— due to his leader position, hanbin has the tendency to be a control freak sometimes, and that translates over to your relationship with him as well

— but remember in that one video hanbin he said he resolves his anger easily

— so i think hanbin would quickly get over himself and acknowledge that there was no need for jealousy

— he eventually apologizes to you for acting this way

gyuvin

— i think gyuvin would get jealous quite easily since he is still quite young and needs more time to process this intense emotion

— gyuvin feels a twinge of jealously whenever he sees you laughing at ricky's jokes

— he would get insecure and start comparing himself to others :(

— tries to brush off his jealousy with humor

— "bitches be obsessed with y/n ⁉️ it's me i'm bitches ‼️🔥"

— "gyu, what's wrong?"

— "okay be honest y/n do you think ricky is funnier than me"

— reassuring gyuvin was really simple: just hug him

— gyuvin forgives you so quickly and wraps you in a big hug

taerae

— he is so gentle-natured and soft-hearted

— so i think taerae's heart would break a little when he overhears you asking matthew for advice about what shoes to pair with your outfit

— he is your boyfriend, NOT matthew!!! was his sense of style so awful you didn't wanna ask him for his opinion?

— lowkey gets offended but would never say that out loud

— instead he just becomes really really quiet

— taerae knows it's petty but he gives you the silent treatment and feels guilty about it the whole time

— taerae isn't trying to hurt you, but he just wants space and time for himself to think things through before he says anything he regrets

— comes out of hibernation after 24 hours and talks it through with you honestly

— "y/n i'm so sorry for ignoring you, i just wasn't being right in the head at the time and i let my emotions get the best of me"

ricky

— moderately gets jealous from time to time

— doesn't act like his usual self and sighs a lot out of frustration

— in my perspective, ricky is not usually touchy with loved ones, especially not in public

— but ricky starts acting more clingy than usual when he is jealous, which makes you ask him if everything was okay

— he admits to you that he didn't like it when you paid more attention to gyuvin's dog than him when you guys went over to gyuvin's the other day

— "ricky, you're jealous of..... eumpappa?" 💀

— "NO WHAT. well..... maybe a little. BUT i just wanted your attention :("

jiwoong

— i think jiwoong wouldn't really get jealous that often due to the life experiences and wisdom he already has (he is only 24 i accidentally made him sound ancient)

— being an actor, jiwoong definitely knows about having to kiss other actors while filming a romance drama,

— all while some actors are in their own actual relationships

— they know to set aside personal life for professionalism

— so i feel like jiwoong would understand and know how to separate the two

— knows that your relationsbip with him is valuable and you aren't trying to leave him when you spend alone time with the other boys

— honestly i can see jiwoong giving advice to the other boys who get jealous more often

— "taerae, i really think y/n just happened to ask matthew about the shoes because you had your airpods in and your head in a book. and no one wants to be interrupted when they're listening to music and reading."

matthew

— my boy matthew is so chill (it's the canadian in him)

— he almost never gets jealous

— except for maybe when you mention your childhood crush on nick from zootopia for some reason??? 💀

— matthew legit doesn't bat an eye when you tell him you're going to the grocery store to buy some ingredients for taerae's birthday cake

— "i wanna come along y/n!!! i know exactly what taerae would like."

— it's so sweet how matthew fully trusts you and the other zb1 boys

— if anything, matthew usually ENCOURAGES you to hang out with his friends

— smiley boy isn't worried at all

[amplexadversary]

Okay I've gleefully derailed posts before but this is a big derail and kind of dumb so I'm linking it.

When I watch the linked video, I end up thinking of Allenby gossiping about the shuffles, and now I need to headcanon who would likely say what bullshit.

-"I'm going to shit your pants." -> I could see this coming from a few people. Sai is a little fucker, he would make this threat and mean it. Chibodee would say it facetiously. Domon (while I headcanon him to be pretty good with languages) probably isn't above a gaffe where he means to say "I'm going to make you shit your pants," but misspeaks (probably when the guys are getting really rowdy and distracting and everybody's talking over each other.)

-"A duck the size of a tiger would have to be quite stout, I don't know that I could vanquish such a foe." -> George, though he'd choose different words than the video.

-"I'm all wet because Allenby dropped her phone in the river and I jumped in to get it. I can't find it though, can somebody call it while my head is underwater?" -> Domon would do this reflexively. Chibodee probably would as well.

-"I think it's time I come clean, I don't actually understand how wind works." -> Sai would be the funniest person to admit this, with his wind-based super move.

-"toodaloo, kangaroos" -> Domon, because someone told him it's a thing people say in English and he's kind of gullible.

-"Why the hell do we all have identical jackets? I can never find mine. Oh, but it's probably the one with my name on it though." -> while Domon or Chibodee would probably be the most likely to have this kind of brain fart, I think it's funnier if a very tired George says this (... ignore they fact that they don't have matching anything).

-On Monday Sai dared me to eat a spider, so I did. But then later that day I was running up the hill and shit my pants a little. I think those two things were related. -> I'd believe this from three of them in different contexts. Chibodee impulsively agreed to the challenge and admits this because hes mad about it. Argo ate the spider to humor Sai and is trying to discourage the rest of the group from making a similar mistake. Domon ate the spider because Kyoji didnt not have nearly enough chances to teach Domon to be weary of this exact kind of siblingeque horseshit, and we know from how he responds to Master Asia that Domon will just do things that you tell him to. He admits it, begrudgingly, because everybody wants to know why he bailed on them for several hours.

-"Do you guys think my shirt is cute? Too bad, I'm taking it off." "You're cute that way too." -> I could see George and Chibodee, in any order. Chibodee and Domon would only be believable if they're together, and with a massive time skip for them to get comfortable over.

-"My idol is that one dude who ate an entire airplane, love that guy, don't know his name." -> Argo, sarcastically, when Chibodee makes some remark about his physique and asks "what do you eat, sheet metal?"

-"Guys I think I watched the wrong Zootopia." -> Argo probably doesn't only pirate physical goods in the space age. He got a joke translation.

-"Domon, what type of feed does Fuunsaiki like, we want to make him a cake for his birthday." -> I feel like this is George and Argo's planning, and I could see either of them being the one to ask.

-[musing about Ice Age squirrel heteronormativity] -> I think Chibodee's the only one who could reasonably have seen it. He also dyes his hair two colors of the bisexual flag and wears the third so I can see him being annoyed by it.

-"I failed to locate a bear suit, does anybody have a spare bear suit?" -> Tbh this one could be any of them, except George, who is listening with his head in his hands.

-[quoting the infamous Snapcube Eggman rant] -> This is either Sai Saici, or Argo lost a bet to Sai Saici and was told to recite this. Sai is the only one of them I can buy being chronically online enough to reference this. Chibodee looks up Shadow and immediately asks Domon if it's his fursona, which backfires because the only other person in the room who knows what a furry is is Sai.

-"Why aren't you being silly? You promised you would be silly with me." -> ARGO. Said with a straight face to George. (Sai would be too low-hanging-fruit here, but I guarantee he's also looking at George expectantly. Admittedly, part of why I can see this coming from Argo is because of choices the dub made with how he speaks.)

-"Rain sent me this picture. I thought she was telling me that she was pregnant, but this is a covid test. She does have covid." -> Domon. Also worded a little differently than the original. While he did spend half his childhood in a jungle with Master Asia, he's probably seen pregnancy tests in drug stores when they have to make very occasional supply runs. Sai has probably also showed everyone the meme where people would edit a pregnancy test into various pictures.

[aphroditestempleimagines]

The best male Harem to have

Doubt anyone will listen to my rant but humor me. My mind got burnt by mangas

So these are my husbands (minus Satoru cause if I married Satoru it would not be like this) and their ranks in the harem. I goddamn swear to you this would be the best group to have. Lemme hear your thoughts though and do try to give your own husbands a rank.

Here are the spots for you to fill:

King Consort

Primary lover

2nd Lover - The Old Friend

3rd Lover - The Poet

4th Lover - The Noble you were Arranged with since childhood

5th Lover - The Foreign Prince

6th Lover - The Personal Guard

These are your seven husbands and I tag @rinnndoll @atelier-maroron @aquagirl1978

Enjoy:

King Consort - Chevalier Michel

It's not just cause I love him. It's also cause damn he'd be so freaking capable. He's a genius in everything and could 100% take care of the kingdom with me. He's also very mature and very disciplined so he'd be able to manage the other husbands (they're crazy). He has no male toxicity/pride. All his actions towards you come from pure love, while he's rational enough to act like a freaking King towards everyone else.

2. Primary Lover: Prince Heinrey

He's just perfect alright? I wanna take Navier's place. Cause look at him! He's got it all. He'll do whatever you want, either let you take charge or show his his dark side. He's so freaking hot and yet he's got that golden retriever energy that I honestly can't resist! Also, I have a feeling he'd work well with Chevalier even though he'd be pissed to share with everyone.

Now I know we have two blondies so let's go on with darker shades now.

3. 2nd Lover: Getou Suguru - The Old Friend

Satoru is not here cause honestly we are two alike so we'd be married by ourselves, but this is also the reason SUGURU is here. He'd be crazy for you. He'd only behave in the harem cause it'd make you sad if he didn't. But like...if anyone OUTSIDE of your harem tried to harm you whooooooooooooooooooooooo they'd be dead before you know it. He'd have a strange understanding with Chevalier and Heinrey cause even though he knows that you are more in love with them, you care for him more cause you would had known him from childhood.

4. 3rd Lover: Edgar Alan Poe (BSD) - The Poet

He's the first one you'd run to for a hug. His love is pure and sweet and his devotion is uncomparable. He'd bare no grudges, he'd just give you a pouty face when it was time to say goodbye at night. He'd always listen to your concerns. His gifts are always handmade.

5. 4th Lover: Akashi Seijuro or Gilbert von Obsidian- The Noble you were Arranged with since Childhood

Oh you did not choose this one. This was chosen for you. You are required to take in a member of the aristocracy as your husband that has connections with the people's representatives. He would do ANYTHING in order to be chosen. And I do mean it. You two would have dated in the past before you were crowned and he did not take it well when you dumped him. It was not for the lack of love, rather that the two of you crave the same thing: power inside your kingdom. He would not play well with other husbands but would not do anything to them because he recognises that you're a hair away from kicking him out. He'll take his time being the best husband he can, doing things he doesn't have to to help you rule. You have a love-hate relationship to tell the truth and that translates into the bedroom (he's the best out of all in that department and that's one of the reasons you can't get rid of him)

6. 5th Lover: Guren Ichinose - The Foreign Prince

So he's another one you did not choose to marry but gosh did you fall for his looks when you met him. He's very handsome but also very proud. Your relationship with him is another explosive one. Nothing makes him cockier than the times you pull him into your arms to give him a fervent kiss. But unlike the previous one, he wants the two of you to build something real. He's a fan of taking things slow even though things between you escalated quite quickly. He'll the the type to send his servants/subordinates on missions to find stuff about you, like your favourite flower, and then surprise you in front of everyone else.

7. 6th Lover: Sir Sonnaught- The Personal Guard

As the title says, he was your guard. The two of you spend a lot of time together sneaking in and out of the palace you could not help the sparks flying between you. He was the last one to enter the harem but that does not mean the two of you had not been physical before that. He is disciplined and good at his job, and he continues to protect you even after he's your husband. He a great source for strategic advice for you, and the best person your other husbands can talk to if they want to figure out what is in your mind lately.

[tobiasdrake]

Can you make something out of the Manga panel where (Future) Android 18 gets mad over video games? Or Android 18 in general, like how she uses a fighting stance like Krillin's in the Buu Saga, and the kienzan on "Mighty Mask"? Or breaking Vegeta's arm?Just, a general Android 18(maybe plus 17, or about her relationship with Krillin) character and fighting analysis?

Oh, yeah, 18 is great. What makes the Twins stand out both as antagonists and characters is that they're a stark departure from everything we've come to know in Dragon Ball. Neither martial artists nor warriors, they're children at play gifted unimaginable power without an ounce of discipline behind it.

This gives them a sort of universal appeal for an audience. It's fun to watch them wreak havoc with their play, but equally fun to watch them grow and develop as characters. The Twins came into this world with a wealth of potential.

18 often gets labeled as the serious one of the pair due to her stern disapproval or boredom over 17's antics. But it needs to be noted that she's every bit as playful as he is. They just have different ideas for how they want to play.

17 likes to savor his entertainment while 18 likes to binge. They're both childish - in personality, I need to note, as that's Future 17 and 18 up there who've been around for twenty more years than their present counterparts. Their actual ages are never stated.

And they take turns ribbing each other for their respective immaturities.

I've always loved how 18's complaint here is that 17's behavior is unbecoming of a robot. She's just like, "Oh, male sentiments; Your human base is showing, bro." Though she does also ping him with some straight-up Boomer Humor.

It was the 80's.

To be fair, she's right. Like. I cannot stress enough that 17's plan for finding Goku is to drive around the world aimlessly until a Goku appears before him.

Or that 18, despite her pretense of being above petty humanity, is snooty and posh.

Did she come from wealth?

Did Gero kidnap rich kids? Are they the children of some higher-up in the RRA? Or is she just aggressively city? She has some opinions about rural life that you don't usually expect from an orphan or runaway or whatever the Twins were before Gero found them. 18 is inexplicably classist.

Though 18 did say ACAB so she's not all bad. Two whole pages of the manga are just 18 fucking up some cops.

Nonetheless, this is how you know she loves Krillin. Living on the Muten-Roshi's island in the ass crack of nowhere is a sacrifice.

18's fight with Vegeta fresh out of the lab serves as our introduction to the Twins as fighters. The main element this fight focuses on is how... unflappable the Infinite Energy models are. We see Vegeta's attacks mess 18 up a bit.

But the emphasis is on how cool-headed and robotic she is. She's taking hits, but she doesn't act like she's taking hits.

This is another one of those lines that Viz didn't quite translate well, as it's easy to take to mean that he's failed to do any damage to her at all. Which is visibly not true. Rather, he's saying she's not acting hurt; He got a good hit in on her but she's brushing it off as if she were still in pristine condition.

18 simply doesn't react to damage.

In Fighting Game terminology, 18 has Super Armor. She and Vegeta are evenly matched but her physiology, as a bio-machine powered by an Infinite Energy generator, is a world apart from Vegeta's.

Notably, a breakdown of all of the androids on a title page indicates that 18 is weaker than 17.

This was published at the start of 17's fight with Piccolo, so I assume the purpose behind it was to explain why 17 is evenly matched with the reborn Nameless Namekian when 18 was evenly matched with Vegeta earlier.

That or sexism. It's shonen. You can never discount that as a possibility, and 18 is one of like five prominent female characters in this entire manga - and the only one ever to be able to throw punches at a Super Saiyan level.

In terms of technique, the Twins have little martial arts knowledge or ki manipulation experience to draw from. They're amateurs fighting at an advanced level. More than that, they just woke up into this power yesterday.

So while they are capable of learning to draw energy from their generators and use it like ki, as seen from their Future counterparts, the Androids of the present haven't had a chance to learn that. They never use a single ki attack in the entire Cell arc. They understand what it is, they're never confused when others shoot ki at them, but they don't know how to do it themselves. They haven't had time to learn.

This is what makes 17's force field in his fight with Piccolo so shocking.

It's also notably drawn to not look like a ki barrier or something. The crackle of lightning around it and the mechanical "VNNNNN" sound effect gives it the aesthetic of some sort of electric field. It is nonetheless likely powered by his Infinite Energy generator; I think this is what gave DBS the idea to make his whole powerset lightning based.

For the present, the Twins are pretty basic fighters in terms of technique. They're what you'd expect of random kids with lots of power plugged into them. They punch and they kick. But their intense power and limitless stamina makes them very good at punching and kicking.

It's a shame Goku never got to fight them. I'd love to see what he makes of their style.

In addition to that fight setting up the Twins' fighting style, the end of 18's fight with Vegeta (and 17's subsequent shitstomp of everyone not Vegeta) also demonstrates our first glimpse into what makes these Twins different from their Future counterparts.

They aren't interested in killing anyone. It's not super clear why that is. "Something something Cell something something butterfly effect" is the general explanation for all the retcons. This is what sets into motion the idea that maybe the two of them don't have to die. Maybe they can coexist with all the other amoral big-personality super-warriors on Earth.

A hill that Krillin will absolutely die on even if nobody else believes in it.

IIRC Akira Toriyama has stated in interview that he likes for romances to happen offscreen because he doesn't feel he's very good at writing them. So he just. Doesn't.

In my opinion, this is what makes his romances some of the best in shonen. Dragon Ball doesn't waste time getting to the relationship, instead preferring to enjoy being in it. Toriyama gives us this:

As an aside, the way Yamcha leaps to retaliatory violence because a woman rejected his bro has always read as a major YIKES to me but I digress.

But then she sees Shenron, comes back out of curiosity, and overhears Krillin spending a wish from a magical wish-granting dragon to help her and 17 live more comfortable lives despite her rejection.

And we get a second, more conflicted departure.

And then seven years later:

You can see the appeal of Toriyama's approach to romance here. Like. If you're great at writing romance, all power to you. But if you know romance isn't your thing? As a Not Writing Romance romance, this is great. All the pieces you need to understand how this happened are there.

This is probably the best Not Writing Romance of Toriyama's career. And it gives 18 an inroad into the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai. Despite 17 being expressly the stronger, 18 features in both the first and last fights that the Twins are ever given.

While the tournament's ending is predominately a bit of a goof that 18 dominates, we do get a legitimate fight for her. It's not much of a fight, as she throws down with Mighty Mask, who is Goten and Trunks in a trenchcoat. But it does show how she's evolved into a martial artist, as the 18 of the present demonstrates the first ki attack she's ever done on-panel.

Future 18 also learned how to manipulate ki, but that was primarily done through your standard ki blasts. Lots of them when she's mad at video games. (Felt.)

But this moment implies a lot about her relationship with Krillin. 18 hasn't just figured out how to use ki; She's been studying martial arts with him. In this moment, 18 realizes that Goten and Trunks are too strong to tackle head on.

But unlike any fight the Twins have ever been in before, she has an answer to that. She's taken Krillin's style as her own and learned a better understanding of how to be a martial artist. She has Krillin's signature Kienzan under her belt, as well as remarkable control over it to only cut the costume like that.

And more to the point, she has learned how to fight as an underdog. Faced with the power that the boys possess, 18 cuts the knot. She doesn't have to beat them; She only has to make them lose.

And then that just leaves the true champion and greatest adversary 18 will ever face, the legendary Mr. Satan.

She does not win the tournament but she has the trophy in her possession. Bulma would be so proud.

It's funny to me that this begins a tradition of throwing fights in the ring to Mr. Satan after giving the other matches everything they've got. The progenitor of that tradition was an act of flagrant blackmail. Really goes to show how bad Goku remains to this day at reading dishonesty. Innocent to a fault, that man.

18 doesn't get to be involved in the stuff with Majin Buu. But she's never been a character who'd want to be. She doesn't care about fighting and defeating monsters and stuff. She's only ever been looking for a good time.

The series leaves her off in a place where we can feel confident that she's found what she was missing. She has a family that she genuinely seems to love, a relationship built on mutual respect and tenderness, and a fuckton of blackmail money to finally return to her apparently high-class roots?

She had to took a long and weird-ass van ride through the backwoods to get here, but she's gonna be alright.

[sgiandubh]

Cut the (Ghenea) crap

I have been anticipating since at least last Friday the very recent rumor overdrive about S and Mrs. Mădălina Ghenea, Romanian Horizontal Extraordinaire and I howled like a pack of hyenas in the dull silence of my flat.

Of all the rumors featuring S and divers representatives of the International Fitness Harem, this one stroke me as the most ridiculous ever. Downright scraping the bottom of the barrel, here, to be honest.

Now, as all of you know, I happen to be Romanian and if anything, you should at least grant me the benefit of a flawless knowledge of the terrain, so to speak. And as far as erotically ambitious Romanian chicks go, let's just say I am a sweet summer child, compared to this one.

Mădălina hails from Slatina, a small town in Oltenia, one of the most fascinating parts of the Romanian Southwest (I have a good quarter pint of Oltenian blood myself, so I think I know what the hell I am talking about: quick-witted, ambitious people, with a devastating, sarcastic sense of humor). She comes from virtually nothing: a working-class family of former farmers drawn to the nearest town by the quick and demented industrialization of the country during the Sixties, which is to say, the Lumpenproletariat our German friends can immediately relate to. But when you spend your childhood in the dull and poor anonymity of a non-descript block of flats (matchbox upon matchbox upon matchbox - think of it as a dignified favela of sorts), the only thing you want to do is to get the damn out of there, at all costs. Which, I have to say, she brilliantly and ruthlessly managed to, almost in record time. Granted, she is beautiful (to me, she is very cliché, but for any foreign male she is a Wanton Goddess of Sex, I suppose) and she does have the street smarts to safely get her through any urban jungle of this planet, too.

You can peruse her war credentials here, for a quick overview of the character, if you really, really, really need to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%83d%C4%83lina_Diana_Ghenea.

I will just add (and you will have to trust me on this one), a couple of things:

Cynically speaking, she could be a decently plausible beard for S. After all, she did beard for di Caprio (an info I just corroborated over the phone with a friend who is a cinema & TV journalist, back home). Problem is, a woman like this is way over budget. I am afraid The Boy doesn't qualify, bless his heart: too meh for her eclectic, but high-end tastes (local cardboard millionaires, Bulgarian tennis players of the light mafioso type, Philipp Plein, Italian TV beaux and yup, Gerard Butler - but it did not end amicably, enough said). You have to understand that woman saw it all and she won't settle for a pap walk in the pishing drizzle of GLA, or even NY. This one knows perfectly well diamonds are a girl's best friend. And if you doubt me, maybe you won't doubt her, when she declared three days ago for the Daily Fail something along these lines:

[source, LOL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12681539/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Sexiest-woman-world-Madalina-Ghenea-yearns-real-man-stealing-hearts-Leonardo-DiCaprio-Gerard-Butler-Michael-Fassbender.html]

Read my lips: not going to happen. Not in a million years, not even for the sake of the fucking Narrative. Not even on a desert island. Never. Nuh-oh. No way.

At any rate, if God knows what sick plot twist happens, you'll learn it here first, probably: the Romanian gossip press would put to shame poor Deux Moi, with its needlessly chatty, exuberant, salaciously detailed style.

So I will say again here what I did say in a comment to an Anon who brought it up first @bat-cat-reader's :

TERMINAȚI CU TÂMPENIILE. Which is simply translated as CUT THE CRAP.

Of course.

[the-tmnt-ficfinder]

Ficfinder finds: The Lemonade Leak

Chapter 22: The Stranger

Chapter 22 Summary: No Summary

The Stranger: Appraisal and Ratings

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The fanfic ratings are not based on quality, favoritism, or how good I think it is, but rather, how intense a subject may be. Like a movie review, or the tags on Ao3, letting the readers know what to expect.

Plot: 💛💛💛💛💛

"Plot is five out of five!! Things are really intense and in the thick of it now!! This chapter, once again, has some majorly important lore drops, and it quite intense!!"

Suspense/Mystery: 💛💛💛💛🖤

"Suspense/Mystery is four out of five!! The fact that this chapter is from Donnie's POV, only makes the suspense and mystery even better!! While Donnie knows who he is, he can understand what's going on, we have NO clue what Leo is thinking!! It's very clever, that when we most wanted to know what was going on with Donnie, the fic was from Leo's POV, and now that the tables have turned, its more from Donnie's POV."

Angst/Hurt: 💛💛💛💛💛

"Angst/Hurt is five out of five!! Oof this chapter has a lot of emotional angst. Like, the kind brought on by betrayal. Seriously, this chapter, while its amazing, is also very intense."

Fluff/Comfort: 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

"Fluff/Comfort is zero out of five! This chapter has no fluff, and no comfort! Everything is going to hurt!!!"

Emotions Conveyed: 💛💛💛🖤🖤

"Emotions Conveyed is three out of five!! Oh man, the despair, the utterly crushing sense of betrayal, and the heartbreak from Donnie are immaculate!!"

Drama/Tension Level: 💛💛💛💛💛

"Drama/Tension Level is five out of five!! This entire chapter is filled with nonstop tension, and sibling drama!! Because, of course the Disaster Twins would be the most dramatic together."

Triggers: 💛💛💛🖤🖤

"Triggers for this chapter are three out of five. This chapter has a lot of medical drama in it, along with triggering medical content. In the authors note, it warns for "Bad Humor, Sibling Abuse, Unresolved Emotional Tension." Remember to always read the tags, and stay safe!"

Legibility (Reading): 💛💛💛💛💛

"Legibility (Reading) is five out of five!! I really loved how in depth the explanations went during this chapter!! Highly impressive!! This chapter, as it is from Donnie's POV, is very enjoyable to read, as its full of equations, and unique texts."

Legibility (Audio): 💛💛🖤🖤🖤

"Legibility (Audio) is two out of five!! Due to this chapter being from Donnie's POV, a lot of the text doesn't translate well into audio book format. Its incredibly hard to understand, and takes away from the unique quality of the special text."

Length: 💛💛💛💛🖤

"Length is four out of five!! Chapter 22 of The Lemonade Leak takes about 41-42 minutes to listen to!!"

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Personal thoughts on chapter below cut (Contains Spoilers)

I'd first like to point out the chapter name of "The Stranger". Is Leo the Stranger? Is Donnie? To each other, they both appear as strangers.

He woke up, feeling like someone was trying to resculpt his skull with a sledgehammer. The ache was so bad he needed a moment to string a coherent thought together. The first one was, Wonderful. Brace yourself, Brain, we must’ve been hit by a train again.

I feel like this implies that he has indeed been hit by a train more than once (besides when he was attacked by Leo in the train) lol. Perhaps it was the Krang train? 

Donnie ran his tongue along the inside of his teeth, gathering the vocals needed. “To put it in words, I synthesized a composite matrix using transgalactic astronucleides – subatomic components originating from an extradimensional - but also pretty much not - construct. These astronucleides due to their inherent non-Euclidean properties, lead to a range of attributes that diverge significantly from conventional matter-energy interaction paradigms. Interlaced within the compounds, they engage in highly resonant interplay. The localized resonance catalyzes a cascade of spatial reactions in the cellular milieu of the afflicted entity – in our case, Raph – orchestrating a corrective intervention against an aberrant ‘infectious’ process, which ostensibly defies terrestrial pathological norms.”

The amount of effort put into this paragraph right here is tremendous!! Beautiful, and poetic!! I love how much terminology is used. Rather than hedged sentences, it’s a full on explanation!!

It sat heavy in his mouth but was just smooth enough to swallow. Donnie counted the milliliters running down his throat, pausing at about 150. Then he pinned Leo with his stare. “Where are we?”

Donnie can count exact milliliters… just… wow!!!

Donnie tore off the plastic lid. He expanded the pharynx inside his throat and downed the entire drink including the garnishing in half a second. Then he gave Leo a glare, licking the corner of his lip clean. “Do they know, or do they not know that I am here, Nardo?"

Soft shell turtles swallow their meals whole. I always enjoy when this fact is incorporated into Donnie’s biology. 

This chapter had such a unique intense flow to it!! The story pacing for this fic is just absolutely incredibly!! It went from feelin isolated, and small, to massive, and incredibly huge!! Plot level jumped from a 10 to a 100!!

[tiramegtoons]

Okay so last night i finished watching the entirety of Okage Shadow King and-

.... I dont even know where to start. this is unlike any game ive watched or played before. It felt so weird yet so enticing and half of the time i couldn't tell if my brain was rotting or there was just some real deep lore or hidden meaning in here Maybe both??? and it left a strange, creepy, yet longing and nostalgic feeling in the back of my head too.

Let me explain.

spoilers ahead!!!

okay so First of all, the visual style of the game looks awesome I loved the characters and the dynamics going on between the NPC's and especially the main characters. I loved enjoying the witty banter and arguing between Stan and Rosalyn the most. But also, why is Stan insulting and body shaming her so much SHE AINT EVEN FAT??? i LOOK AT HER MODEL AND IM LIKE BRUH

for some odd reason i still found it funny though. Some of the humor might've even been exaggerated to a degree as well(not sure if that was intentional). Even if the writing and dialogue was a bit lost in translation, maybe perhaps, it was still pretty good as a whole and it caught me by surprise.

As for the world and NPC's... something definitely felt off at the beginning and i guess thats what gave me the initial unsettling feeling. Everyone just seemed so bent on doing their own part like dude i couldn't even explain to you Our main protagonist, Ari, is just a wet pathetic little boy who lets everyone step on him/lh Damn, even his own family doesn't seem to care much for him as an individual person and doesn't consider that he has his own ambitions and it rubbed me in a weird way. and yet for some reason i was still hooked. and then came STANLEY HIHAT TRINIDAD THE FOURTEENTH(the 3d challenged flappy shadow)to sweep our poor little boy off his feet and make him his "slave"(adoptive son/j) so he can conquer the world bfhdgsdvhgdfbgdhjg which btw how could anyone take any "evil king" that seriously with a name like that? I LOVE IT. i really enjoyed him getting his ghostly ass handed to him by the NPC's it was hilarious. He was-without a shadow of a doubt(hehehehehe)- the best character. Also it's so funny how he claims to be an evil king but intentionally and unintentionally does good things? I love that trope with villians. Anywho getting off track a little, Another thing that struck out to me was the soundtrack. It's pretty unique, but at times can get pretty repetitive. The ones i enjoy a lot are -Forest of willkur(just really encompasses the feel of the entire game) -Evil King Battle and my favorite- -Addashi Desert(got me in a shimmy FR)

YEAAAAAAAAAA

anywho going back to repetitive things... Eeeeeee... the fighting mechanics are sure something(GOD WHY ARENT THE COMMANDS BEING CARRIED OUT ON TIME WH- IS THE GAME POSSESSED??? DID STAN POSSESS THE GAME???) Also why are there ghosts in broad daylight?? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GHOSTSSSS) i get it, you do need to grind for items and XP in this game but it looks pretty tedious, especially deep grave pit... oh lordy dude there are literally eight floors in the cave its not a cave its the 7 circles of hell(plus front desk)/j I don't wanna dunk on this game but the fighting could use improvements. Back to the story... i like the melancholy turn it takes when princess Marlene was revealed to be a doll which made total sense when Stan found she had no soul, the reveal of Beiloune's true identity, and when Ari becomes totally ignored and forgotten by just about everyone and from that point going forward the game took a more serious turn... also why does Triste(which means sad in spanish and i see what they did there-)

... why does that remind me of the wasteland from Epic Mickey where other people who've been forgotten reside there... also the dark, odd vibe of both games kinda match too. Another thing, I'm not sure if anyone else had the same thoughts but did anyone else expect a twist where Ari would become the evil king??? i mean, if this was a supposed journey of our main character who is always reminded about how much of a pushover he is would've lead me to think that the buildup would lead to something like Beiloune making him all powerful and force him to fight against his friends. But the last chapter also surprised me with its own twist and im digging that too. but yeah just about everything was coming back together about why the world was and felt as it is. its always the butler isnt it? Also Stan's final form:

I CANT-

im sorry i can't take this seriously when he's just letting them hang out like that(his moobs)

... anywho that happened. As for any hidden meanings and morals I'll have to talk about that later cause my smooth brain still cannot grasp. And its just

SO MUCH

[riacte]

Some thoughts about writing dialogue (coming from someone who basically transcribed the Blue9 MCC stream for fic purposes):

Real life dialogue is messy. People make mistakes, voices overlap, it gets unintelligible, people repeat themselves instinctively (even if they get their point across the first time)

And this is about Blue9 - four streamers (people who talk as a living) with effective communication / chemistry. It's still messy at times because that's simply how people communicate, especially in fast paced / stressful scenarios

Which makes it a bit tricky to translate to text, because if you repeat dialogue too much, it looks tacky even though it sounds perfectly normal.

Juggling between character voices in tense moments is also annoying because in audio form, you instinctively know who's speaking. But in text form, you have to add indicators so you just can't have paragraphs of dialogue (unlike speaking scenes between two characters)

^ although that could work if your characters have distinctive speaking styles (or mentioning characters by the name in the dialogue), but that also relies on the readers' knowledge of their speaking styles

^ even worse when it's a group and the voices are overlapping. The more characters you have to juggle in a scene, the more it feels like "[Character A] said" then "[Character B] said" and on it goes. It's already difficult to transcribe when it's a group of 5/6 and they're all talking.

At least there's one set of she/her pronouns in the Blue9 team. Actually this is partially why I like writing about men and women - it's easier to juggle pronouns (my skill issue lol)

I tried to keep it as close to canon as possible, but sometimes you have to edit down and add bits of exposition for clarity's sake. Like if you watch the stream, it makes sense. The repetition and messiness adds to the experience, honestly, But if you read the transcript, it doesn't work the best.

Tone is such a big thing. It comes instinctively in audio format, but it really is difficult to describe it in text sometimes, especially when it's a tense moment and you have to keep pushing forward instead of spending words to describe tone.

The good thing about writing about streamers is that if you use the right cues, readers can pick it up and picture that specific tone in their head. The bad thing is that this depends on the readers' knowledge and how good you are at describing. (The bad bad thing about this personally is that my OCs have weak character voices because I don't have canon basis.)

^ Bits of informality like stretching syllables and italics help. Like "oooh" is fundamentally different from "oh" and that is different from "ohhhh". And sometimes irl people do stretch syllables or pronounce them differently for humorous effect, but it can look unprofessional on text. (Like Scar's "a-maize-ing".) <- actually this can create distinctive character speaking styles and it's a cue to let readers immediately know who's speaking

Back to the action thing. These streamers are playing in a vc and they all hear each other, but realistically in action scenes, characters are gonna be in different places. There's volume to care about and voices getting lost in the chaos. But when writing, your focus is to push the story forward sooo realism is definitely not the priority

... Yeah. I'm giving my characters high quality communicators. And excellent hearing.

Dialogue in text is... intentional? You can see it in people snarking movies for having unrealistic dialogue. Its purpose is to convey something clearly. Dialogue in everyday life can contain a lot of blunders but that doesn't translate well in storytelling because we expect to learn something from dialogue. That's why it's there.

Transcribing videos and turning them into text based stories is an interesting exercise (and one that I keep on doing lol). It makes you more aware of the gap between irl and written dialogue and why there's a gap.

Godspeed to people who write dialogue between a group during an action scene. We all praise comms in MCC but it does give me a headache to write hahahaha.

[bamdelune]

In Hindsight 📹 Ch. 16: "tell me you don't care"

notes. (1) you're highly recommended to listen to SEVENTEEN's "Don't listen in secret" as you read through the narration ! If you want the English translation, you can find it here. (2) I'm not really proud of how the narration turned out so please comment if actually made sense to you since I still have doubts FHAJKNWBWMS (3) The lyrics at the end were not written by anyone else but me ^^ Just a reminder hehe.

[February 12, 2022] - Kunikuzushi's POV

The moment Kunikuzushi's reads over the text Lumine sent to him, he doesn't take the time to reply to her. He grabs the car keys and a jacket before bolting outside, he could care less about his roommates having their slumber in their respective rooms as he hurriedly slams the door shut.

Kunikuzushi is sure that he may or may not have broken various traffic regulations on his way to the hospital when he got there in no less than 5 minutes.

"Sucrose, where's—" He pants to even his breathing after running from the parking to the nurse's station. Sucrose directs him to Room 102 and he wastes no time in hurrying down the hallway as patients and concerned doctors eye him in his disheveled state. Kunikuzushi doesn't notice your friends standing outside when he gets to your room.

"Oh, Kunikuzu—" Lumine voices out before she was interrupted by him sliding the door open, to reveal you, who was lucid enough to be aware of his entrance into your room. "Kuni?" He hears you call out to him, you don't even register what happens next when he suddenly rushes over to you and envelopes your frame in a tight embrace. Gentle but firm to let you know how much he's been worrying about you. Now you knew well at this point that he wasn't one to initiate physical touch, but from the way he was hugging you like this; so silent and desperate, maybe some of the feelings you were feeling towards him for being so distant was melting away.

But everyone always had to address the elephant in the room at some point.

You give a quiet nod to your friends outside so they can shut the door and leave you two alone. When Kuni retracts himself, you are met with a slightly shy expression from him, deducing it from the way his ears turned pink when he pulls back. You cross your arms at him with a playful expression, at least what you try to muster in your exhausted state. "You have a bit of explaining to do." He nods, albeit resigned, as if he knew this was coming. "I'm sorry," his eyes lock with yours but really they were looking at the side of your face from sheer nervousness, "I've kind of been a dick for the past two weeks, right?" He chuckles awkwardly.

"What gives?" You ask, still peering at him. Your tone cones out a little hush, the feelings you've been experiencing from his emotional absence making themselves known to him.

"You're gonna find me weird, can you wait until I finish before you make fun of me?" Kuni frowns, which you find infuriatingly adorable. You shrug in response, "No promises." He groans, feigning irritation. "I like you, idiot."

Maybe he deserved to be teased, even for a little.

"In what way, oh my dear Kunikuzushi?" You grin at him, your smile growing bigger when he rolls his eyes at you, "Don't play dumb with me, I'm only saying it once."

"You know, some might say distancing yourself from crushes only grows your feelings for them. Humor me, did it help you?" You raise an eyebrow at him, eliciting a scoff from the boy. "Come on, swallow your pride for me," you tease further.

"You're insufferable."

"So what? You got so scared that your feelings for me were so big that you had to step away?"

He stays quiet for a moment, you notice that he started picking at the skin of his nails. You wouldn't have that happening, thus why you take his hands in yours to stop him from doing so.

"I was scared." Kuni finally mumbles, you wouldn't have heard if you weren't paying attention. He glances at you before you nod your head, asking him to continue.

His head faces down, avoiding your face as he spoke. "I was scared of what would happen when you're gone after these, what? Nine months? There's more to it, I swear. But I.." he pauses, "I'm not going to think about that anymore."

"Look at me." You call to him, rubbing his hand with the pad of your thumb. "Kuni, come on." Only when you ask the second time does he raise his head, but his eyes wandered elsewhere for a while before setting them on you.

"You're fucking stupid, you know that?" You laugh softly, "Just because Baizhu said I have months left on my life, doesn't mean he wouldn't find a way to keep me alive longer."

Silence fills the air, just like it did that night on the beach. You knew it, he knew it: the world was pushing you both to each other, whether one of you liked it or not. Even if the red string of fate would be cut short, it would somehow still tie itself to the both of you.

"So what now? What happens when you're gone?" He asks, his tone was scratchy as if he could cry at any moment now. Even the thought of just saying these words, it made him sick. It stabbed at his heart again and again each time it passes his mind.

"Then the world will know I had the privilege of loving you at least once."

You reach over to the bedside table for a notebook and hand it to him with a smile. He raises an eyebrow at you before opening it to the first page, that's when he realizes: it was your songwriting notebook. In its pages were lyrics of seemingly lovesick messages and feelings so sweet that it could be tooth-rotting. He was granted the permission to see the tracklist of your upcoming album to see small purple stars on half of the drafted songs.

It clicks for him, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what the stars symbolize but he wanted something. Kuni wanted to hear it from you.

You notice his silence as his finger points over the numerous drawings of the heavenly body on your notebook, "Those songs are about you." He chokes back a breath, turning another page to the opening track and he had to keep his heart from bursting out of his chest when he reads the first few stanzas.

"Death would've been unbearable if it wasn't for you,

So please, let's not leave each other wondering anymore."

synopsis. You are a singer-songwriter. Music has always been a part of you, it's a part of your identity that no one can ever take away. However, there's always a catch: you are diagnosed with a chronic illness that puts your life on a timer. Those who have heard your countless melodies have grown to notice that the notes on the sheet played a gloomier tune. Would the snarky and capable medical student you've met be able to bring life back into these melodies? Even as life begins to seep out of your own body? (scaramouche x gn!reader)

tags. gender-neutral reader, angst, fluff, crack, heavy contexts of death and illnesses, friends to lovers, slowburn, profanities, drinking (characters are in college), suggestive themes but no nsfw.

taglist. (status: open) — @beriiov @alatusorrow @br0oke96 @ohmyfinggod @itzblazekun @featuredtofu @sketcheeee @lazy-sanns @sakurapeach @sheraffim @vxmp-loml @sukunasrealgf @sleepning @yukiipc @thenightsflower @aqvvas @scaramoo (comment/send an ask to be added or removed, please let me know if i forgot to add you since my notification feed can be flooded sometimes!)

masterpost ★ masterlist © bamdelune 2023. do not repost, translate, plagiarize any of my works without permission, thank you so much! reblogs, notes, and comments are always appreciated!

[mirikitakato]

[TRANSLATION] Owen SSR Card Story: Elegy for the Grand Guignol.

Owen absolutely goes batshit in the event and he continues to poke Shino in a terrible way lol.

Characters: Owen, Shino.

Special thanks to @ninenseiace on Twitter for the RAWS!

Episode 1: A way to start mending fences

The flamboyant performer: Come and witness the miracle!

The world's most amazing finger-amputation magic is about to begin! First, point the knife at your finger like this and…Here we go, your finger breaks off with a "snap"!

Akira/Shino: …Uwah!?

The flamboyant performer: Ahhhh! So painful! Now I can’t even hold a spoon!

Audiences: Hahaha! Of course you can’t!

Akira: B-but, it’s just a performance so their finger isn’t actually cut off, right…?

Shino: Well, it's a magic show after all.

But finding humor in someone else's pain feels off-putting. Both the performer and the audience have poor taste.

Owen: Hey, you two. Interested in the show?

Shino: Are you here to see the show too?

Owen: Nope. Just come here to give this to the Sage.

Akira: What is…ehh??

(What is it? It feels like human skin, all wrinkled and stuff…)

Shino: Isn’t that a finger?

Akira: Eh?! Finger!?

Shino: ….No, wait, it’s not. It looks like a human finger at first glance, but it's actually a cookie.

Owen: Yup. I found it in the back warehouse just now.

I heard that the magic tricks they're performing over there also use these fake props.

Akira: Oh, I see...Now that you mention it, it does have that prank product vibe. It's good it's not a real finger...

Shino: That being said, don't you think the performance here is a bit excessive?

While there were many entertaining performances, the magic trick just now was hard to take as a joke.

Owen: Is that so? Both the performers and the guests are like licking each other's wounds, isn't that both ridiculous and amusing? After all, this is a place where the unfortunate gather.

Shino. Haven’t you realized yet? There are many children here who are in a similar situation to you.

Shino:…What do you mean?

Owen: You will understand soon enough.

Look. The next show is about to start. You will surely be entertained watching this.

The new performer enters the stage. Dressed in fur and a collar, he is led by a person resembling a handler with a chain...

Shino: Is it that kind of performance again? The one Nero likes.

Owen: This time, they're planning to use humans to play the roles of wild beasts and their tamers.

Look, the guy playing the wild beast is starting to move. 

With each step he takes, the chain connected to his neck makes a rattling sound. Then, he lets out a menacing roar towards the audience.

Beast performer: Ghggh!

Beast tamer: Shut the hell up and do what I say!

A sudden tug on the chain by the trainer sends the audience into fits of laughter, transforming the atmosphere below the stage into one of pure joy and exhilaration.

Witnessing this scene, Owen too couldn't help but join in the mockery, his face brimming with delight.

Owen: Heh. Perhaps one day, your master will also appear on stage like that person.

Shino: Hah?

Episode 2

Owen: I'm talking about the “Miracle Wound”, Shino. Your master sometimes transforms into a beast, doesn't he?

If he repeatedly turns into a beast and is unable to return to his human form one day, what will happen to him if he's left without a place to stay?

Shino: ……

Owen: It won't be long before he finds himself in a place like this, wouldn't you say? Degraded, howling in frustration on the ground, whipped into submission. 

Akira: Owen, even if we were to hypothetically assume, there would never be such a thing...

Shino: ......Heath is indeed rather timid, but he is also incredibly brave, worthy of being my lord. No matter how many times he transforms into that, he will surely return to his human form. And besides, I'm here. I won't let him come to a place like this.

Owen: That's your weakness, Shino.

Wizards are solitary creatures. You could clearly survive on your own, yet you depend on him and fawn over him.

The people here are the same. They can't live on their own, so they shut themselves up in spaces like this.

Every one of them is a fool. They won't live long like this anyway.

Owen snorted with utter contempt. A sardonic smile twisted his handsome features.

It was the smile of a solitary strongman, one who had emerged victorious from countless life-and-death struggles throughout a long and arduous journey.

Akira: (Though I could understand what Owen was trying to say…) (But even so, I can't help but wish they would rely on me more as a companion. I guess that's just my selfishness...)

However, Shino, who was standing beside me, didn't seem to be shaken by Owen's words at all.

He looked straight at Owen and declared in a firm tone.

Shino: Speaking of relying on others, aren't you the same? You're always clinging to others, stirring up trouble, and enjoying it. The childlike you that sometimes appears also always sticks to others. You really crave other people's attention, don't you?

Owen: Oh...You really know how to talk. If you want to play like that, then I'll play along. Cur Memi…

Akira: W-wait!

Episode 3

I abruptly stepped between the two of them, and Owen looked at me in surprise.

Owen: Great Sage, what are you doing? Are you saying that you want to play with me too?

Akira: No, not exactly... It's just that I can understand the feelings of the people gathered here, and I can also understand what Owen was trying to say earlier...

Owen:.........

Akira: Human interaction can sometimes be hurtful, but there are also times when it can bring salvation. That's what I believe. So, whether something done by someone you trust is a good deed or an evil act cannot be simply defined with a single word. I think neither Owen nor Shino is wrong. So, I hope you two won't argue anymore...

Shino: ...It's not like I want to argue either. Owen, since the Sage has said so much, why don't you apologize to the Sage quickly...

Owen: Who wants to listen? Quare Morito.

Akira: Uwah!?

The moment Owen chanted his spell, we were surrounded by a dazzling light.

Akira: ...? Owen, what are you... Eh? Where is Shino?

Owen: Ah, right. Just now, both the Sage and I disappeared before his eyes. He's probably still panicking.

Akira: How could this be... Is it because of what I just said...?

Owen: That's right. It's all your fault. With your ambiguous attitude, you want to greedily stand on both sides, don't you?

Akira: ...You’re right, I might have said some arrogant things to you just now. But I also really want to talk to you properly...

Owen: Then you can play with me now.

Akira: ... Eh? Alright, let's play! Even if it takes a long time, if it can help me understand your feelings better...

Owen: But I'm in a really bad mood right now. First, you have to make me happy.

With a faint smile, Owen snapped his fingers.

Suddenly, a collar appeared in his hand.

Akira: !? Why did you make a collar appear...

Owen: First, let's see how you look as my dog.

Akira: Dog...!? Why!?

Owen: Didn't you just say you'd play with me? Or was your word just a lie?

Akira: No, not at all, that's...

Owen: It's not good to lie. As your master, I have to discipline you properly.

Ignoring my growing anxiety, Owen seemed to shrug his shoulders happily.

Owen: Then let's get started.

Come on, Sage, let out a good bark like a dog.

Card Episode: Keep the truth to yourself

Owen: (Munching)

Akira: Owen, what are you eating...? Uwahh!? A h-human finger!?

Owen: (Munching, cracking) Crunch, crunch, crunch...

Akira: Ugh, that's a horrible sound... And now, it looks like something red is spilling out...?

(Since he's hiding it well while eating, I can't see his mouth at all...)

Owen: Are you so curious that you're staring a hole through me?

Akira: Well, I guess... but thinking about what it might actually be, it might be better not to know...

Ah, could it be some kind of joke candy, like the ones I saw in the Garden of Illusions!

Owen: …..

Akira: W-why are you silent...?

Owen: Hehe, what do you think?

Is this a sweet and delicious cookie filled with red jam, or is it a still-warm, freshly plucked human finger...?

Akira: I'm praying it's a cookie! Sorry for interrupting your snack time, but...see ya!

Owen: Haha, boring.

Voiceline:

"Since it's a special night, I'll dance a little for you. You'll sing along to Rustica's music. Don't be nervous, just sing however you like. But if I don't like it even a little bit, I'll crush your frail throat."

[justxtalking]

Togashi's Comment in LEVEL E

Well, hi! I bought the bunko edition of LEVEL E the other day, and it came with a comment from Togashi. I wanted to share it for anyone who may be interested.

My native language is Spanish, so the original version is not in English. I tried to find it in English but had no luck. However, I did my best to translate it. Just take into account that this is a translation of a translation.

Also, it's so weird that he was writing this on Killua's birthday.

English version:

You have in your hands the bunko edition of "LEVEL E." I am writing this on July 7, 2012. On Tanabata, my wish was "health and happiness for everybody." I wish for world peace. Um... world peace. But I don't have that peace. Lately, the font size in books has been getting smaller, and my eyesight is getting worse... By the way, I'm 44 years old and have two children. Oh, I've also started to get gray hair in my nose. Since I began drawing manga until the time I was publishing this, my works and my life have been intertwined. As if they have been synchronized. That’s why, when I reread this work, I have a strange feeling of discomfort, as if I were reading an old personal diary. Although, compared to my other works, this one doesn't make me feel so bad. It must be because I made it more or less to my liking. Just more or less, okay? I won't go into details. I feel like I’ve become grumpy over the years. Well, to put it better, less tolerant. More than anything, I find it hard to keep quiet about what I really think. What I'm getting at is that I got a bit grumpy recalling the time when I was drawing this manga. I know that writing this isn’t the best thing to do, so I’ll leave it here. After all, I'm an adult now. Yoshihiro Togashi

Spanish version:

Tienen en sus manos la edición bunko de "LEVEL E". Estoy escribiendo esto el 7 de julio de 2012. En el Tanabata, mi deseo fue "salud y felicidad para todos". Deseo la paz mundial. Hum… la paz mundial. Pero yo no tengo esa paz. Últimamente el tamaño de la letra de los libros es cada vez más chico y, además, mi vista está empeorando… Por cierto, tengo 44 años y dos hijos. Ah, también me empezaron a salir canas en la nariz. Desde que empecé a dibujar manga hasta la época en la que publicaba esto, mis obras y mi vida estuvieron entrelazadas. Como si hubiesen estado sincronizadas. Por eso, al releer esta obra, tengo una sensación de incomodidad rara, como si estuviera leyendo un viejo diario íntimo. Aunque, en comparación con otros de mis trabajos, este no me hace sentir tan mal. Debe ser porque lo hice más o menos a mi gusto. Solo más o menos, ¿eh? No voy a entrar en detalles. Siento que con los años me volví un gruñón. Bah, mejor dicho, menos tolerante. Más que nada, me cuesta callarme lo que de verdad pienso. A lo que quiero llegar es a que me puse un poco de mal humor al recordar la época en la que dibujaba este manga. Sé que escribir esto no es lo mejor, así que lo voy a dejar acá. Al fin y al cabo, ya soy un adulto. Yoshihiro Togashi

Source (my volume):

[definitelynotshouting]

MMMMMMM SPACE AU IS GOING TO MAKE ME BRAINROT ABOUT THE LANGAUCW BARRIERS AAAAAAAAAAAA

thinking about the fucking ✨I n t i m a c y✨ of learning each other’s body languages and routines/habits and slowly falling in love with the more subtle parts of each other rather than through simply getting to know each other. ALSO ALSO ALSO WITH ALIENS!!!!!! I cannot fucking BEGIN to stress the importance of physical touch. Coming from someone who grew up shipping spirk, PHYSICAL TOUCH IS LITERALLY EVERYTHING. The small gestures, learning each other’s cultural and personal boundaries and adjusting to that even if it’s smth small like, avoiding touching direct skin. Showing that they care, and are considerate at the same time. Other things like trying each other’s native foods that they love, or watching the stars in complete silence together. Just UGH, language barriers are so fucking important to me bc it literally leaves them to fall in love with ALL of each other. Not just their upfront personality, or sense of humor, or manner of speaking, but EVERYTHINNGG. GOD IM GOING TO GO INSANE BC OF THIS WAYAGGGHHHHH.

ANON NO JOKE THIS IS SUCH A HUGE REASON WHY I INCORPORATED A LANGUAGE BARRIER INTO THE INITIAL IDEA OF THIS AU. You are SO right for this its about everything you said and also the expression of love to learn someone else's language even imperfectly just so you can communicate with them. Im so ill in the brain abt it like oh my GODS i love space aus that really lean into the cultural differences and cultural exchange of it all

Also anon you will LOVE that fact that glossy and i were talking the other day about the concept in your other ask-- we've determined that Scar and Jellie's species (now officially called Tsabii) has a huge thing about colours. Ive been picturing their planet to have a lot of deserts and warmer climates with only a few extreme cold ones, as well as a lot of underground cave systems, so colour is something very important and traditional to their people. We decided Tsabii actually translates roughly to "spectrum/all colours/all spirits" and is basically their own word for people as a collective. And instead of saying something like "you make me incredibly happy" you'd say something along the lines of "you have bright colours"

Scar, at some point down the line, tells Grian almost offhandedly that he's the "most colourful person [he's] ever seen." Which is like. Probably one of the most smitten and romantic things a Tsabii can ever say to someone else. A bit like saying aishiteru in Japanese. It's not something you'd ever say in public because it's practically verbal pda, incredibly intimate, and basically declaring this person the center of your world and happiness. And Scar just. Says it to him. With perfect, calculated casualness.

Of course Grian doesn't understand the connotations of that. He's out here assuming Scar just really likes the colour red. And ohhhh my gods the fun we've been having turning that concept around, its been making me insane

Anyway tldr; anon u are so right for everything and i am solemnly shaking your hand

[autumnslance]

6. How did they feel about competing against Thancred and Urianger?

Surprised, a little mad, then absolutely delighted.

Thancred didn't tell Aeryn about working for Koana. They were all still living in the Annex, even if the boys were busy doing other things while Team Void dealt with everything there, with occasional help from the fellas. So Thancred listened, and seemed pretty chill about her going across the salt to Tural, but adventuring is what she does and she can teleport more than most, it was fine, they'd "see each other again soon enough."

So seeing them in Tural with the Second Promise was more of a surprise than it should have been, Aeryn's smart but sometimes a bit naive and even when Thancred's dropping hints she doesn't get it.

This triggered her competitive streak like few other things do; Alisaie trying to challenge her? Eh, she'll humor lil' sis. Others, it really depends how much she likes them or not, stress she's under, but usually it's low key.

Thancred and Urianger though? Oh, it was on. That's her love and her bro, she knows exactly what they're capable of (especially together) and they were going to regret holding out on her.

(which is exactly why they did, of course, to get her riled up and make this fun. They are both the best kind of trolls.)

Also the things it does to Aeryn & Thancred's sex life is a side effect he was really hoping for; Aeryn in high, keyed up emotion tends to translate her need for physical closeness aggressively, and with Thancred intimately, and I have a few notes for a scene at Many Fires, after the cutscenes there at each camp, where they meet up...

Anyway, she had a blast with the friendly rivalry, especially given how it was obvious Koana and Lamaty'i care for one another, and worked well together when the contest called for it. The Scions didn't miss a beat when having to work together instead of at odds, always aligned, which was reassuring.

Also she thought, as she got to know Koana more, that Urianger and Thancred were good companions for him, given their own hard-learned lessons they could use to guide the young Promise into being a strong Vow.

Aeryn does kinda wish they had a few more opportunities for being at odds, though. She'd have liked to see if Thancred could put Alisaie on her arse in a more serious match now - right before Aeryn (carefully) put Thancred on his, to "discuss" in the For'ard Cabins later.

[abandonambition]

Who drew these Capricorns? It's me! I did it. S...Sorry.

HI TUMBLAR. I'm Dana. I draw animals and mythical creatures (mostly capricorns and dragons). I like to reflect on lesser-known or dark aspects of nature, feelings of distress and despair, or creating designs that just look cool for the sake of looking cool. I have a sort of positive nihilist outlook on life, in that I'm rather upset with the general state of things but I still feel compelled to find or create beauty and interest anyway, even if my darker feelings sometimes come out through my work.

"Abandon Ambition" is both grimly serious and darkly humorous. I was raised in both a household and country that emphasized setting lofty goals of acquiring high earnings and impressive assets, but the timing of my pursuit of these things has laughably aligned with global financial crises, global pandemics and lockdowns, and now global heatwaves and global conflicts. Abandon ambition, and instead embrace what you want to say and do and create and build now; Tomorrow is not yours, and your goals may not be waiting for you there.

Be responsible, and be kind. But hope and wait for nothing.

So uh, yeah, I draw a lot of stuff and explore a lot of things that I think I've been holding back on for years for one reason or another. I want to draw dark goats, glowing bats, tempest capricorns, skinny dragons, snarling wolves. So here they are.

Check out what I made!

A lot of my designs find themselves on fun and/or practical merch! I like to create things that are high quality and have a long shelf life: I don't want to make something thinking it'll go in a landfill in a year, I want you wearing and enjoying my work for a very long time.

Here's a hat that glows in the dark!

Wow! Here's another hat that doesn't glow in the dark, but still looks really nice.

Pretty! If keeping your skull cozy isn't your thing, I've printed my art on fabric, too. I like this idea because if you move house a lot and/or can't afford custom frames, art printed on fabric can be displayed anywhere, and folds up nicely when packing up for your next move, without any breaking glass or anything.

A big part of my thinking when I'm designing products is also what do I myself use in my day-to-day life, and lately I've been desperately trying to cut my phone addiction by going back to pen-and-paper planners and books and things instead of using screens. And to keep track of where I am in my planners and books, I've made bookmarks!

I had so much fun designing these. You have something enjoyable to look at on both sides of the page it's clipped on. How fun is that?

Okay lastly, I make a TON of stickers. A lot of my designs translate really well into small, self-contained things like stickers, and I only ever print vinyl stickers, so they live a long time on your laptop or phone case or wherever you wanna put them.

So that's a small collection of the things I've done and made. Do you like them? I hope you like them. I liked designing them.

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Oh, commissions?

Hey! Sometimes people like my art style and want a custom commission. That's great, and I'm so glad you're interested!

If you'd like a custom ink mailed to you on a postcard that also features my art on the back (so it's like... you get two pieces of art on one postcard), these are exclusive to my Patreon right here. I have limited slots per every month, so check back often in case I'm sold out.

I also offer what I call "instant order" commissions via my Ko-Fi. You pick out one of the offerings I have, send me your ref sheet, pay, and I just...get it done. It's as close to instant as commissions can get.

Besides those, I also do more bespoke work, so you can send me a message to discuss your idea and we'll work something out. :corporatethumbsupemoji:

Honestly? Thanks!

The internet has become a pretty weird and honestly rather hostile place. I'm a solo act that's as indie as they get. So, it really does mean a lot to me when your eyeballs land on my stuff and you click that little heart or reblog icon, or even better when you add it to your cart and click check out. Your eyeballs land on thousands of stuff every day, so the fact that my stuff brought you joy or interest or something deep that you resonated with means a lot to me. I think in a sense it makes me feel like my brush strokes are going somewhere far beyond whatever canvas I've otherwise confined them to.

This is a pinned post to share who I am and help me get some coins to fund my life and art projects, but yeah you can reblog it and share it around planet earth, I don't mind. It's nice.

So yeah, that's me! Feel free to comment if you have questions or want to know whatever else, I'll uh... reply and like answer them and stuff.