#this is how I perceive their dynamic btw :3

[kaiiscottage]

saw that Labru drawing on twitter and immediately thought of them

[miuurin]

i wish more peeps knew abt this article from the Nintendo website :]

totally not bitter about it lol

that's...some unfortunate foreshadowing....

Louie. Louie no-

mmmMMMMMM Pikmin 3 would beg to differ

LOUIE NO-

wise words. so true King

THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME <3

[notfreetoday]

MPW: Segasaki & Yoh - Language Analysis Part 1

Subtitle Corrections: EP 1 || EP 2 || EP 3

My Personal Weatherman is a story about the relationship between Segasaki and Yoh, so rather than being introduced to the characters, we the audience are dropped right into the middle of their relationship, and the only way we learn about the characters as individuals is through the way they interact with each other, and how that contrasts with how they interact with the people around them.

The show does an incredible job of keeping the portrayal of their relationship consistent across the use of character design, wardrobe, lighting, cinematography, acting choice, directorial choices and of course language use. But not everyone who watches has equal access to that last one, so I try to be as detailed as possible in my subtitle corrections posts. I'm also a bit of a language nerd. Now, I want to get into their actual relationship, because I think there is a lot of information about how they feel towards each other that's just getting missed. Also I love them and this is how I spazz.

This post is the first of four in which I hope to show how the dynamic between Segasaki and Yoh is reflected in the way they speak - specifically, in the way they address each other, and the style shifting, or speech level shifts that they both demonstrate with each other, using scenes from Ep 1 - 3. I'll be using my own translations for this, some of which differ from the Eng subs. (Please bear with the nerdiness - I don't want to assume how much people know about Japanese)

Prefacing this by saying that this language analysis is made specifically in the context of Segasaki and Yoh's relationship. There is a power imbalance here both in terms of social hierarchy (senpai/kouhai, age gap, successful/non-successful) as well as self-image (self-confident/self-conscious). Now, most of the time we see this manifested linguistically as the party with more social power using casual language forms, whilst the one with less power remains polite or formal. However, there is much more to human interaction than that, as we see in MPW where both Segasaki and Yoh shift in and out of Speech Styles often, depending on what they want to say and accomplish, as well as their emotional state.

1) Quick & Dirty Guide To Speech Styles/Formality Levels

Formality/Politeness is a spectrum and is expressed mostly through grammar and tone (sorry for the shitty word doc screencap):

1) desu/masu = formal/polite. Standard go to with the anyone you meet. 2) Generally speaking, the longer the sentence/the more syllables you hear, the more polite the sentence 3) The less direct you can be, the more polite you will sound 4) Word contractions (tsuzukereba -> tsuzukerya) = informal + impolite (but not always rude) 5) Slurred end vowels (iranai -> iranee) = informal + mostly rude, but not always (you just sound uncouth) 6) Most words have "formal", "informal" or even "rude" variations 7) CONTEXT DETERMINES EVERYTHING Btw when I say "speaks roughly" or uses "rough speech", I mostly mean (4) + (5)

2) Speech Styles and Shifting Between Them

tl;dr Japanese Speech Styles function like the verbal equivalent of personal space - the more formal/polite the level, the bigger the circle of personal space you maintain. Shifts in speech styles indicate: 1) perceived changes in vertical and/or horizontal distance 2) the assumption of a position/role of the speaker in relation to the listener 3) changes in emotional state/the desire to convey emotion 4) the consideration of "polite company" In this post we will look at examples of the first one - Vertical and Horizontal Distance.

Speech Styles: The Long Version (English Speaker POV)

Consider the way you speak if you were to say, give an important presentation in front of potential clients, versus the way you'd speak to an acquaintance you ran into on the street vs the way you'd speak to your closest friends. Different situations call for different ways of speaking - you're more likely to speak in full sentences and pronounce your words clearly for the first situation, and say "yes" instead of "yep" or "uh huh". You're also more likely to be blunt/direct with your friends than you are with clients - "You know ILU but do not under any circumstances buy that ugly ass shirt".

These context-dependent changes in speech patterns are similar to the changes in speech styles/formality levels in Japanese. Think of speech styles as the verbal equivalent of personal space. The more formal/polite the level, the bigger the circle of personal space you maintain. Dropping a level when you shouldn't is the verbal equivalent of invading someone's personal space and can make people uncomfortable and sometimes even angry. In Japan, the baseline "distance" with the average person is the way you would speak as if you were giving a presentation. Dropping to casual/informal speech might be tolerated (just like how you can tolerate someone sitting close to you and asking some questions, but it's uncomfortable), especially if you guys are around the same age, but dropping to "what's up bitcheees" when you should be at "hey how're you doing" basically tells the other person "I don't have even the basic level of respect for you".

In the same vein, the closer you are to someone, the more welcome you are in their personal space, and thus the lower the level of formality/politeness you'll keep with them. You trust that even if you speak bluntly, they'll understand you aren't trying to insult them. When and to what extent you drop a level is usually negotiated between individuals (either directly or indirectly). Once a level of casualness is established, your friends are going to look at you funny if you suddenly get all formal with them. They might even come ask if anything's wrong, or if you're angry at them or why you sound "cold". These shifts in speech levels therefore mark more than just the vertical distance between two people (ie, differences in social hierachy), they mark the horizontal distance (ie, how close people of the same "in-group" are to each other) too.

Having said that, there are times when you will shift to a more formal tone even with your friends or family - for example, when you're hosting a game at a large party and want to explain the game rules to everyone, you might enunciate your words better or keep the jokes to the minimum in order to convey the information is clearly and efficiently as possible. Similarly, if you've been appointed the leader in a group project and need people to pay attention and listen, you might change your tone of voice to command attention. In other words, when you assume a particular position, the way you speak changes too.

Finally, the way you speak to your friends/family in the presence of others (or "polite company", as they used to say) might also change - you might have no qualms cursing up a storm with your best buddy at the bar, but you might do your best to avoid being too vulgar when you're in front of their parents or your boss/university professor.

3) Segasaki and Yoh: Vertical & Horizontal Distance

Segasaki and Yoh are part of the same "in-group" in that they are in a relationship, so the horizontal distance between them is very small and before sunny days it's a negative distance - this is shown in how both Segasaki and Yoh use informal speech with each other (they generally omit the desu/masu forms aka use plain forms, and both use the informal pronoun "俺/ore" for "I" with each other).

That said, there is also a hierarchy within that relationship (though their individual perceptions of that vertical distance differs) which stems not only from the nature of their living agreement, but also is likely to have carried over from their university days, when they shared a senior/junior relationship. Thus, generally speaking, Segasaki speaks quite roughly with Yoh whilst Yoh tends to use polite forms more often. Keep in mind however, that Japanese is a gendered language, and "rough speech" tends to be seen as a masculine speech pattern and can sometimes be normal between close male friends/family (otherwise, it is the verbal equivalent of getting up in someone's face and pushing them). The key here is that Yoh sticks to an informal, but more polite level than Segasaki does, and it is that difference that shows the power differential.

Horizontal Distance aka "We're Very Close"

Despite Yoh's very valid complaint that Segasaki takes "man-of-few-words" to the next level (itself a liberty you'd only take with someone close to you), Segasaki only drops to rude forms in Ep 1 once:

晩飯いらねぇ(banmeshi iranee) - slurred vowel [literally - "dinner, not needed"] Banmeshi is a more informal way of saying dinner (normal = yuu gohan). Despite the slurred vowel, this sentence is not dismissive nor rude - it's what you'd expect between close friends/family.

In Ep 2 we hear Segasaki speak a lot more roughly to Yoh, as below, and of course during the almost-argument. But though his words are rough his intonation is often soft and he's quite tender with his touch. So, we can see that Segasaki isn't being disrespectful per se - he's not speaking roughly because he sees Yoh as beneath him in the social hierarchy - rather, he's demonstrating intimacy, familiarity and possessiveness, all at once. In fact, the more possessive he feels of Yoh, the more he drops his levels. As mentioned earlier, you only do this with people in your "in-group", with whom you know will understand you aren't insulting them.

遅くなるからいらねぇっつっただろう (osokunaru kara iranee ttsutta darou) - slurred vowel, word contraction, informal end particle [I told you I wouldn't need it cause I'd be late right?] Though somewhat in keeping with Segaski's curtness, this is still a pretty harsh sounding line - but note how Yoh doesn't seem offended or intimidated in the slightest - he understands that Segasaki is tired after a long day, and in return Segasaki softens his tone when he next asks "What did you make?"

Vertical Distance

It's easy to focus on Segasaki's use of rough, assertive langauge as an indicator of vertical distance, and I pointed out quite a few scenes in Ep 3 where he ends off what is essentially an order with assertive sentence-final particles. But focusing on this alone gives the mistaken impression that relationships with vertical distance go one way only - down - when in fact they are bidirectional. There is a mutual dependency between both parties, as we see clearly in MPW. Linguistically, this is portrayed through Yoh's choices to shift up a speech level.

Just like how Segasaki is introduced to the audience through his proposal direct, informal and very forceful speech style, the first interaction we see Yoh have with Segasaki is a proper, standard greeting:

おかえりなさい (okaerinasai) [Welcome back] Okaerinasai is the full, proper way to say this, but a more casual and common way to say this would simply be "okaeri". See Ep 3 for discussion on standard greetings.

When Yoh thinks about Segasaki in his head, he often uses rough speech the same way Segasaki does, including the rude pronouns "aitsu/koitsu (that guy/this guy)", and yet when he speaks directly to Segasaki, he maintains an informal but still polite/neutral speech style. He rarely shifts down to rude forms, barely coming close even when drunk and emotional, but he does often switch up to a more polite level. In the above example, Yoh uses the full standard greeting in response to Segasaki's unspoken request:

俺、帰ってるんだけど (ore, kaetterun dakedo) [I've already come back, you know] Ending with "dakedo" implies that speaker is going to follow up with something, usually a request or a question. In Japanese, this request/question is often left out, because the context given prior to "dakedo" is usually enough for the listener to fill in the gaps themselves. In this case, Segasaki might want a greeting or dinner, but at the very least, it's clear he wants Yoh's attention.

We know the standard greeting earlier was a style shift upwards because later in the episode, when Yoh says good night, he uses the casual version "oyasumi" instead of the full "oyasuminasai".

Even outside of standard phrases, Yoh's baseline is informal but not rude:

あ、いま準備する (Ah, ima junbi suru) - plain form [Ah, I'll prepare it now]

Probably the most telling is in Ep 3, when he's caught off guard whilst folding laundry.

あ、なに？ (Ah, nani?) - plain form [Oh! What?] He answers Segasaki naturally, with just a word, as opposed to a proper “Hai/Yes?���, which he’s done sometimes when he’s unsure of himself, or if he's addressed directly.

So, we've established that Yoh’s baseline with Segasaki is informal but not rude - he feels comfortable enough with Segasaki to default to casual speech, but he acknowledges the power differential between them by simultaneously accepting Segasaki's rough speech as well as not dropping to it himself. This also tells us that the shifts up to formal/polite speech are deliberate and mean something. In EP 2, the shift demonstrated his insecurity surrounding his jealousy and their lack of physical affection, whereas in EP 3, he does it as a way to convey his gratitude.

In the next part, we'll look at how both Segasaki and Yoh use speech style shifts to convey emotion as well as to assume a particular position. Hope you enjoyed this!

[6okuto]

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[murmurmurl]

hiii pjsk oc ramble again :3

(this is super all over the place btw)

I feel like I should be developing Toshiro more, since he's the unit leader but I haven't come up with that much stuff about them compared to the others. BUT. I'm thinking about Seina. In the relationship thingy I mentioned that she works part-time at a café. I think it'd be funny if it's a café Ena and Akito go to somewhat regularly. then I'd have to change some stuff up though, because it wouldn't be just "met them once". Maybe I'd even make her friends with Ena. I did say I'll change a lot of stuff lol

Seina is very collected and pretty much knows how to deal with ppl, so I think she's pretty good at handling customers. It's still tiring for her though, more than you might expect, actually.

I think she deserves a break ngl (I say after being the one to make her need a break in the first place but uhm anyways)

I've also been thinking about their siblings... Seina and Toshiro both have siblings, actually. I haven't figured out their sibling dynamics as much yet. Like, I keep going back and forth on Seina's sibling especially, whether to make them older or younger. Because I have both options thought out, how they would have affected the relationship and in what way they contributed to how Seina acts. I know I'm gonna project with the sibling thing a lot, but uh. That's what OCs are for..? Kinda??? I guess?????

Fumi and Matsu are only children in their families, but I think with how they act with each other and their past connection, they act a little like siblings. I've also been thinking more about the period where Fumi wasn't as strong-willed and couldn't help or stand up for Matsu when he was bullied. Around that time, they had a bit of a falling out due to Fumi blaming herself too much and ending up isolating herself. They interact again for the first time since then already when the unit's story starts. Its awkward at first, and despite all this time working on being the best she could be to make sure nothing like that ever happens again, Fumi still blames themself and ends up avoiding Matsu at all costs. I can't say that he NEVER blamed her... of course, at first, back then, he felt hurt because no one would help, and when he needed his best friend more than ever, she ended up practically abandoning him. There is a little bit of that.. bitterness (??) left to this day, but overall, he doesn't really put them at fault. Fumi is extremely harsh on herself – that's actually something all of them have to a degree. Toshiro wanting to improve, be better at everything, be reliable because of his family problems, he wants to prove a certain person wrong. I now realize that this might sound kinda like the Shinonome dad situation, but it's still different. Seina blames herself terribly for accidentally hurting a dear friend in the past, she thinks of herself as unworthy of being forgiven and cared for, and tries her best caring for everyone around herself instead, devoting it so much time and effort that it leaves her exhausted and even puts a distance between her and the people she loves because she doesn't want to bother them with any of her personal struggles, even thoughts, she doesn't want to be a burden and upset them by having feelings. Fumi's case I already described here. With Matsu... I feel like it's less present in him, but it's still there. He tends to put a lot of pressure on himself about being good enough to be loved. Also because of stuff in the past, partially because of the bullying, partially because of how he as a child perceived Fumi distancing herself from him. He tries really hard to fit into the expectations others have of him, as well as be as independent as possible.

Of course, during the course of their story/ies I want to work through all of that. I think that coming to terms with things and starting to heal would take the longest for Seina. In part because she doesn't let anyone worry about herself as best she can.

ANYWAYS. Uhm. Stop the angst yapping, please, okay, thank you.

I like thinking through the sad and struggling parts of their characters, but I don't want to stop focusing on how they support each other and how much they care about each other. I also think I focused a little too much on their personalities and less so on the. Other necessary stuff... I've started thinking about their SEKAI. I think it should be something nostalgic in a way? With how much their stories seem to be dealing with the past so far, it'd make sense. I have a few ideas maybe, but I still need to flesh them out to even choose hehe

[horizon-verizon]

That was a very good analysis and you really made it something special. But don’t you think that those rumours surrounding Rhaenyra and Rhaenys simply are not just rumours? I mean, Rhaenyra was obviously having an affair during her marriage and her children were Strongs (confirmed by George btw) and Rhaenys most likely was an “adulteress” given her impulsive free-spirited personality (even Visenya called her frivolous). Don’t get me wrong, it’s OKAY if they were having fun we’re not slut shaming anyone. It’s just people trying to deny those obvious facts so much that it’s ridiculous.

*EDITED POST* (11/20/23)

Anon means this post.

"It’s just people trying to deny those obvious facts so much that it’s ridiculous."

Aegon, Visenya, and Rhaenys all lived a very very long time before Rhaenyra ever came into the picture and still so much happens in between these generations that information can be further distorted or lost on top of misogynist masters and courtiers perceiving the original 3's actions and then basing their assessments of their characters on their Andal-FM and Faith lenses. It's actually not "obvious" that Rhaenys had multiple lovers nor is it "obvious" that she and Aegon were poly. Maybe she even had a romantic or sexual relationship with her sister, which would make this a true throuple versus a V (if Visenya were actually romantically and/or sexually attracted to Aegon and vice versa):

There are throuples, comprised of three people who date each other together; solo polyamorists, who may have many lovers without having a primary partner; a V, where one person dates two people who do not date each other; and an infinite number of other ways to practice polyamory.

We know very little about their dynamic before the Conquest.

A person being flirtatious is not also actually having sex with said person and a lady of the court who patronizes singers or courtiers doesn't have to be sleeping with them simultaneously. Playfulness =/= flirtation or sexual invitation either, that's an Andal & patriarchal affirmation. Maybe Rhaenys was just like that as in she liked to engage with people and make them like her, the lines can be blurred, but Andal people place rough boundaries on female sexuality that playful act from a girl/woman to a man outside of a marriage or direct familial link gets interpreted as sexual. (Although, in the linked post above, I detail a headcanon of Rhaenys-in-court, so it's perhaps she was both more naturally "playful" AND she used the Westerosi sexualized playfulness idea to present herself as benign to male courtiers.)

It's entirely possible that Rhaenys just performed all the actions and interacted with both men and women as the average "lady of the castle" or "Queen of court" that is already expected from an Andal-Westerosi lady like Catelyn. That is being open to conversation with ladies, making promises to their requests (already conversed with their husbands before bringing it up to Rhaenys), patronizing bards and hosting them for those bards to record her and the Targs' generosity and sorta propagandize them. Rhaenys would have known that Andal noblewoman through her own mother, Valaena Velaryon, at the very least (remember that the Velaryons had landed in Westeros before the Targs did and thus they lived close to Westerosi Andals for years to adopt some of their practices). Add that Aegon and Visenya were traveling to various Westerosi castles before the Conquest and the likelihood that they related their experiences to Rhaenys--including their observations and interactions of Andal Westerosi nobles and Rhaenyra would definitely know how she could participate and contribute to her family's/dynasty's maintenance through the role of a hosting, central "lady of the court". She probably even thought of setting a new-but-modified-from-a-past-image trend/ideal of the host noblewoman for other women to emulate, further normalizing Targaryen supremacy. So the maesters and others both unconsciously and consciously, and or in bad faith chose to try to malign her in hatred or envy against the new foreign conquerors who were 2/3 women AND there undoubtedly would be those who wanted to "borrow" some power through the new royals [as a few nobles even offered their daughters to Aegon], just as some & the greens will malign Rhaenyra so they can take the throne for themselves.

Note how the book doesn't give us a PoV nor a real scene with dialogue and individual character action. Just summaries of assessments. We need PoVs and dialogue, etc to see what was Rhaenys' brand of "flirtation" and if these people just assumed she was sleeping with a lot of others just because Andal-Faith women are taught and enforced into more reserved interactions with men who aren't their relatives/husbands. While it's possible she did have extramarital relationships, why isn't possible for Visenya to attract men, even if most are intimidated throughout the relationship/prior to the relationship by her supposed "manliness", assertiveness, and military competency? There are men (like Jon Snow & Baelon Targaryen) who are way more attracted to women able to perform more physically demanding activities, ability to handle a weapon or show the ability to defend themselves better/longer than other women and enjoy it. Who says Visenya wasn't getting low with some secret courtier ass and no one was looking because they didn't see how she could "pull" any man? Visenya would be less playful, more the type to never quite let go or strive to maintain control or be the one directing much, which is not a bad thing in itself unless you are sexist.

As for Rhaenyra, it's not about how "obvious" she was having affairs (can we even call it that when she doesn't have a true marriage, even if it is a legal one and Laenor did not care?!), it's about the weaponization of a woman's sexual autonomy to Other her and makes her the bad guy so she seems less capable or fit for the throne. She can't even act like a "good" woman, so why should she rule? They present her infidelity as a moral failing--a weakness or a failure--similar to how they use her gaining weight as if it were a failing of her conformity & performance of womanhood/femininity.

With both, it's clear the maesters and others wanted to "explain" away their present or incoming power over them all. I also suggest reading this post by azureflight (despite the ask that told me about their racism, bc they still made some salient points about how noblemen likely perceived Rhaenyra):

Rhaenyra was undeniably female, in a society where being a woman was lesser. She was not someone they can put into a sterilized icon to strip from her flesh and blood humanity and she was not some "not like other girls/almost like a boy" type that they could rationalize accepting as their ruler because she "technically didn't count as woman" due to how different she behaved. She was the embodiment of every fear about women these people had: Powerful despite lacking traditional mastery of arms, charming and hot, making her deeply desired by men which meant she could influence and "control" them, sexual meaning they couldn't control her, holding authority, meaning she could reject them, and cuckolded her husband, meaning she could emasculate them. Oh, and she also had a dragon so she would most definitely win if they were to ever try to assert themselves physically against her, as they would try against women like this in general.

To pass off the conscious manipulation and excuse it by repeating that Rhaenyra's relationship with Harwin existed just reinforces patriarchal restrictions on women's bodies and autonomy because it assumes the maesters (and septons, they can't be totally separated) are the final moral authority instead of just a group of men with biases & the ever-present agenda of maintaining their cultural authority in the epistemological conditions for Westerosi ideologies. Or reveals how they make themselves the final authority on what Westerosi people understand since they also reinforce Seven teachings about sexuality, gender relations, marriage (and the socioeconomic purpose of marriage for aristocratic peoples), class relations, and beliefs about what women vs. men are capable of as if genders make the individual.

Which in turn makes still works to invalidate and subordinate Rhaenyra's personal motivations politically and emotionally (the context for which she makes her decisions or is perhaps unable to do much of anything else) for the sake of Viserys I's, Jaehaerys I's, the Targs' patriarchal power, and the Faith/Andal-FM/maesters' influence on society's ontological and phenomenological knowledge. With Rhaenys, it reinforces a story that hasn't actually proven to be true AND reinforces how if it was, it'd be a failure of good womanhood on her part. Some of us conveniently "forget" that we are looking and talking about real humans and not just figures who must conform to certain ideal behaviors, but people in power certainly move towards reducing political persons as much as possible to reinforce their commitment to performing ideals or not performing them. Lack of certain or seemingly "a lot" of information exacerbates this.

That is one reason why I despise the ol' "there are two different canons about Rhaenyra and the Dance: HotD & F&B, GRRM himself confirms it!" It totally ignores how there are things that the maesters didn't hide nor could have made up (ages, locations where fights happened or where people lived for a long time, dragon speed, etc) AND it ignores what defines the F&B unreliable narrator of the Dance (Gyldayn, Mushroom, Septon Eustace, Munkun, Orwyle) is their twisting the story and character's characters to present the events:

as if it were Rhaenyra's fault

they did not already have prejudices against women and women and it is after she dies and her sons become kings that they feel much more justified in those prejudices

the narrators do not have present and long-term desires out of how they present their narrations (Mushroom for fame, attention and fantasy-fulfillment)

As such, one has to investigate, compare and contrast, think about context, sometimes put yourself in various characters' shoes, look up facts about Westeros' society and its customs, etcn't doing that already, you picked the wrong genre, but it becomes even more critical once you see a character with no active voice for themselves having others tell their story.

This is all about the manipulation of information and perception, anon, to ready a woman for critique that will never be applied toward a man.

[scozthewoz]

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For the oc ask thingy. I like hearing about ocs :3 (this is the mod behind Engel and Nurse btw)

OOO YAY!!!! HI!!

buckle up this is a long one

🤥 - are they a good liar? what are their tells?

hunter's an INCREDIBLE liar. natural born. she'd pass a polygraph with flying colours lying through her teeth the whole time.

👊 - are they quick to resort to violence?

well, she can be irritable and has kneejerk reactions by nature, as well as poor impulse control. but she struggles with violent intrusive thoughts almost 24/7, so not a lot of things do actually make her mad enough to resort to acting on those. she does slip up and go ballistic sometimes. she's still young and working on her violent tendencies, some days are better than others. overall, it's unpredicable.

💤 - do they fall asleep easy? what helps them sleep?

horrible insomniac. have you looked at her? she gets 2 hours a night at most. the thing that soothes her enough to sleep well is just generally feeling secure, being in locked rooms or being around a deeply trusted person.

🎂 - when's their birthday? do they like celebrating it?

april 1st. she's not keen on celebrating, she never had birthdays growing up so doesn't see a point in them.

🍓 - do they eat their fruit & veg? what's their favuorite?

barely. her diet is mostly raw meat and tea with some candy and fruit here and there. her favorites are cherries! quite fond of berries too.

🌹 - do they like valentines day? have they been confessed to/confessed to anyone before?

pretty indifferent about valentines day. she normally just works through it like any other day. she confessed to someone once when she was little, a girl her age. unfortunately, her methods of "confessing" were.. unorthodox to say the least, and it ended very badly.

🌌 - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?

i just really liked the idea of a scrappy trappy character, and the silly dynamic of a young girl on a team of murdering old guys. she went through quite a few metamorphosis through the years, but she was always the hunter, and her concept was always the same.

🍃 - do they like nature? what's their favorite outdoor activity?

she loves it! she's fond of sitting in trees and just watching the wildlife, often does it with sniper in fact. she's a stalker by nature, being a hunter, and watching a squirrel do squirrel stuff or something can keep her attention for hours. of course, she hunts wild game too.

🕷 - what's their biggest fear? any irrational/mundane fears?

her biggest fear is being alone. abandonment, rejection, things adjacent. it causes her to self-sabatoge relationships with others before she can have her fear realised, and avoid forming relationships altogether (which ironically just makes it worse). she also has a terrible phobia of haircuts. yes, that has lore behind it.

🏊‍♂️ - can they swim? are they afraid of water? how well do they swim?

she's an average swimmer.. but she avoids water. her father took the "sink or swim" approach very literally.

📣 - how loud are they? what do they speak like? voice claim?

she's a mid-tone usually, maybe on the quiet side. her voice has a LOT of range -- it can be high and sing songy, or very low, raspy, and mature. she has a lot of quirks with it, trills, growls, just little noises and giggles she sprinkles into her words. her voice claim is tom gilbert, singer for the oozes!! and this song from ado demonstrates her range pretty well

📸 - do they like their picture taken? do they like taking photos?

she's weird about this. refuses to be recorded. takes selfies with her teammates sometimes, but her face is always conviniently obscured or out of frame.

✂️ - what would make them cut someone out of their life? how easily do they let go?

any type of betrayal against her is an instant drop. betraying her in any perceivable way will at best have her holding a very long grudge, at worst have you killed or completely abandoned without a second thought. empathy comes slow for her, and it can dissapear at a moment's notice.

🪤 - what will always lure them into danger?

someone she cares for. she's hard to manipulate, she can't be promised or bought or threatened, but she'd put herself into considerable danger without hesitation to help someone she has a connection with. that's a privilege reserved for very few and hell if she's gonna let them slip away.

✏️ - particular quote/lyric you associate with them?

far too many to put here she does have a playlist !!

⏳️ - usually late or on time?

completely unpredictable. 2 hours early sometimes, 4 hours late other times, right on the dot just a few times. her own business usually takes priority over whatever she needs to show up for.

📎 - random fact

one of her "voice lines" in my head is an occasional sharp whistle when she shoots. it's a nod to an old hunter's tactic used to get prey to lift their heads and turn their attention to the hunter for a clean shot between the eyes.

📦 - what are some "most likely to.." that applies to them?

most likely to bite someone. most likely to join a traveling circus. most likely to adopt an illegal zoo animal. most likely to survive stranded in the forest. most likely to be on the fbi's most wanted list. most likely to kill the rest of the team.

❄️ - do people consider them cold?

not at all, at first. in fact, she's quite overly friendly and touchy with just about everyone. but if you have a keen sense about you, you can probably pick up her subtle anti social habits and her tendency to close off when people openly express affection back to her.

🌈 - what advice would they give their younger self?

something cynical and hardening. she would be very mean to her young self.

💧- random angsty fact

she was some homeless street rat before she was recruited, no family, no friends, in trouble with the law. she doesn't have anything outside of mann co.

💗 - if they have a crush, is it noticable? what changes when they do?

it's noticable, alright! she spends MUCH more of her time and energy on her object of attraction. initiates contact a lot, starts to stalk them, leaves them little gifts constantly, steals some their things. if her darling isn't freaked out by any of this she starts getting a little more extreme, taking them to watch her "work" and openly having some of her little episodes around them. sort of like an initiation to see if they can handle everything she comes with.

❤️ - love language(s)?

a mixture of gift giving, quality time, and physical touch.

💚 - what makes them feel comforted?

she's comforted by things people should find the opposite of comforting. blood, gore, knives, reminders of death like bones. she prefers sharp over soft, cold over warm, dim over bright, stiffness over plush. her room is quite literally a dark unfinished cellar in the base with a dirty matress plopped on the floor and she genuinely likes it that way.

[toranekooo]

hai :3 ambrose directed me to you so. please tell me about lip/hiyo i love drama and discourse so much (non forcing btw)

みなさん、おはこんばんちわ !! my name is ess but u can call me vyn, maiko or secchan~ and i will be your announcer for today <3 ! today we will be discussing why i dislike lip/hiyo ! this is gonna contain a lot of buffers so i dont get caught up in the tags or the search results so um. im sorry if its a pain to read. please be warned these are MOSTLY personal opinions and i don't intend on infringing on ppl who do ship it. i do not care. simply DONT tag my shit as it and we're good ^_^ except ppl dont listen and i find it fucking annoying so. here's a full blown explanation i guess

first ! lip.hiyo is a ship between hi.yori su.zumi and the members of lipx.lip ai.zo and yu.jiro . hiyo/ri is their manager and she's a girl from the countryside who moved to tokyo to study and work on becoming a track and field athelete . lipx/lip are themselves. their relationship in canon is. friends at best. something else at worst. being the little shits they are, lip/lip are nothing short of assholes to hiyo.ri for the majority of their earlier canon interactions. she states multiple times in her stories that they make her feel stupid. while i do think they respect and care for each other as coworkers, i still dislike how they treat her as a person, especially how they put down her feelings. before and after her.oiku where hiyo.ri undergoes a transformation courtesy of lx.l dressing her up so she can confess to another member of the idol series, asu.ka kai.do (discontinued due to the collaborative project ending) — they continue to tell her that had it not been for the pretty dress or the makeup, she wouldn't be worthy of being called a heroine. she wouldn't be a "girl" in their eyes. which is where a lot of the ships stem from.

but wait! you're probably asking yourself, or well, me: "secchan-sensei! lipx.lip bully each other a whole damn lot too! they bicker and they insult each other! wouldn't this put shipping them in the same category as lp/hy?" excellent question! while i understand why people can perceive it similarly, there is one big difference. the idols and hiyori exist in an unbalanced power dynamic. no i do not mean that in a literal sense, but in a social, emotional sense. you said it yourself, lip/lip bully each other! theyre mean and rude and crass and jerks to EACH OTHER. there is a back and forth movement. they bite and bite back, so to speak. while with hiy.ori as you're aware, she swallows her pain and bottles up that sadness and holds back those tears, she never responds or insults them back because she's not that kind of person. above all things, hiyori remains kind to ai and yu but the fact that they hurt her in ways they don't even acknowledge are not mutually exclusive.

if you're familiar with hone.yworks lore, as well as lx.l themselves, you probably know at least an adequate bit of their trauma. to put it simply, a.izo struggles with interacting with women, to the point where he finds them difficult to be with. this is often translated to him hating women, so as an idol with a predominantly female fanbase, this is a big problem. this trauma stems from his mother, who for the greater part of his childhood, was an abusive drunk. not only that, his older brother, whom he looked to for support and comfort when their home life was at their worst, is a playboy who toyed around with women and relationships with hopes of avoiding the loneliness at home. while ken grew out of his issues and ultimately became a better person, his actions growing up had a significant negative effect on ai.zo . he isnt jUst a miSoGyniSt dear fuck

yujiro, on the other hand, is the stepson of national treasure, tamagoro someya, a master of kabuki. his mother, tae, married into the family and he has a younger stepbrother, koichiro. tamagoro very explicitly tells him that he will not inherit the kabuki legacy, stating that he "lacks beauty" and is half-hearted. this is despite the fact that yujiro pushed himself beyond his own strength, to the point of starvation and isolation, all for the sake of pleasing his father — who never intended to acknowledge him in the first place. yujiro remained inadequate, lacking, some part of him, despite his best efforts, would never fit into the beauty of the roles his father had crafted for the stage.

“Father is father, and there’s nothing I can do about that. I think he didn’t have a choice in telling me to give up…” “…Were you never allowed to stand on the kabuki stage?” “There’s no way he would have let me. It was only my brother who could have…” (That’s really messed up…) If he had no intention of letting him perform on stage, why did he let him practice? It was cruel to put so many expectations on a child, only to rip his hope away from him. (LOVE&KISS novel, Chapter 7) [1]

how is this relevant to hiyori?

then, we talk about the infamous hero.taru anime. now, honeyw.orks anime have this curse where they're either bound to flop incredibly or butcher the characters enough it appeals to a general audience and completely destroys their characters. the hero.taru anime was made to promote lip.x.lip and profit off their popularity in the idol genre showcase hiyo.ri's heroine story. the story spans multiple mvs, from h.eroine iku.sei keikak.u -> her.oine wa hei.kin ika -> her.oine tarum.ono . there's a general difference with as.uka being cut out and replaced with nagisa after he's finally released from the honeyw.orks basement. aaand i'm getting sidetracked. as someone who watched every single anime hnw has put out, i can confidently say...

her.otaru fucking sucks.

despite being an anime centered on hiy.ori's development as a heroine, it overuses fanservice and became a cookie cutter shoujo mixed with a little idol for the views. fuck, the main conflict was literally between lip.xlip's manager and their biggest fan who had a crush on aiz.o . DO YOU SEE MY ISSUE. ok that aside. the anime completely butchers hiyo's character by making her overly dependent on lx.l. not to mention the bathroom scene. ick. the anime also completely butchers lxl by erasing their issues and making them into "just backup male leads if nag.isa doesnt sell well" and he didnt bc he was there for one fucking episode . back to my point, the anime has a particular scene pertaining to their trauma, which i have elaborately expanded above, and dumbs it down to: [2]

bad, right? not the worst butchering of it yet. you see, SOMEHOW, the herota.ru anime made the already fucked hani.wa timeline WORSE by turning yum.e fanf.are into a song about hiyori. i'm going to start tearing and biting bc this frustrated me SO MUCH . yume.fan is a song of aizo and yujiro about their struggles as stated above, and yet it was percieved as a song made to make hiyo.ri fall in love with them.

god ok this is. incredibly long at this point but i have only pierced the surface. lets just get it down to brass tacks. i hate lip.hiyo.

a lot of people came out of hero.taru shipping lip.hiyo after seeing their relationship and interactions in the anime. people tend to ship them with hiyor.i because "sHe's nOt LiKe oThER giRls" . of all the things i hate abt lip.hiyo and the hero.taru anime in general, i hate how it ruins hiyo.ri's character. i hate how they refuse to acknowledge that she enjoys feeling beautiful, she likes being a feminine, she wants to be a heroine — her issues don't lie in her not being beautiful enough to fit in the heroine mold, but the fact that she can be heroine, regardless of how she perceives herself!

well, introspective reasons aside, i hate the ship on a personal basis bc i've recently found out most ppl who ship it are pushing to make people believe it's canon ? like who the fuck does that. ONE, hiyori does have a canon love interest, nag.isa shiran.ami. TWO, they have never even remotely shown any romantic interest to her ??? well fuck i mean if you count calling her derogatory names, telling her she'll never be a girl if she doesn't dress up, or saying she'll never get a romeo if she rejects nagisa counts as flirting then sure i believe you. THREE, you can literally ship it even if it isn't canon. there is nothing stopping you??? it's giving hypocrisy bc a long loooong time ago they were mad at ai.yuu shippers for continuously mentioning their parallels and the possibility of them becoming canon and they called them [BEEEEEP] . you get the point.

negativity aside, at this point i've probably put you through a horror. sorry about that. all in all, i prefer ai.yuu and nagi.hiyo over lp/hy. i dislike het.lip in general because why would you want to inflict this upon any girl. come on. they can do better. im kidding but you get it. ai and yu trust each other more than anyone, they are canonically each other's most important person, and they are equals in persevering to achieve their dreams. THAT is what yume.fan meant [3] . and i like n.ghy bc nagi.sa has had feelings for hiyori for years, even before she dolled herself up, even before she was a manager, he fell in love with hiyori, and no one else — because in his eyes, she's always been a heroine!! "zutto heroine da" - nagi.sa in heroine wa heikin ika [4]

in case for SOME reason this isn't enough, please feel free to peruse the following posts that expand on some particular parts of this: differences between the mvs and anime | the Trauma scene | yume fan.fare's meaning | personal thoughts 1 | personal thoughts 2

CITATIONS:

[1] LOVE&KISS Chapter 7 — translation

[2] He.roine Taru.mono! Kiraware H.eroine to Naisho Os.higoto Anime Episode 4

[3] Yu.me Fan.fare by LIP.×LIP

[4] Her.oine wa Hei.kin Ika by Su.zumi Hiyo.ri (CV: Ino.ri Mi.nase)

[metfell]

I do think that a lot of the problems in cbeeduo’s relationship came from the fact that ranboo was treating it as an “I can fix him <3” thing when they were not in fact capable of fixing him and Tubbo being genuinely in love with him but still having a bunch of maladaptive coping mechanisms, being desperate to not be on the low end of another power dynamic, and not having a sense of boundaries.

as time went on, ranboo just kinda got tired of Tubbo in a way? Like Tubbo wasn’t getting better because one dude wasn’t gonna fix all his trauma through love and affection and ranboo couldn’t keep the emotional labor of continuing to be patient and gracious and forgiving. And this spawned a false knowledge of each other’s personalities where Tubbo thought ranboo was a better person than he was and ranboo was in denial about how bad Tubbo’s trauma was. cbeeduo in gay turmoil <3

i mean cranboo does try to fix people a lot that part is very true hes got a hell of a savior complex i mean just look at radioduo. but i disagree that ranboo got tired of tubbo. i think ghostboo got annoyed at tubbo, but he still loves tubbo and gets really upset that tubbo didn't try to revive him.

they definitely have false ideas about each other, that part is true, but i just think the server died before that slowburn could actually come to fruition. to me at least, theres not nearly enough evidence to claim that cbeeduo was like, destined to fail and fall apart, because we just didn't get there in canon.

im also confused on what you mean by tubbo trying not to be on the lower end of a power dynamic. /gen btw! because like. they're not the healthiest couple but theyre not... abusive? i dunno i just don't think tubbo perceives it as a power dynamic. he trusts ranboo with a lot. he calls ranboo the pinnacle of loyalty in nlm, and in the case of ranboo with tubbo that's true all the way till the end!

like cbeeduo in gay turmoil but i would never say like cbeeduo in failed gay marriage or divorce or anything. i mean ranboo literally martyred himself for tubbo in hitting on 16 by taking his place because he chose tubbo over anyone else.

[dojae-huh]

Hi! Found your blog not too long ago and I wanted to ask,have you previously covered what do you conceive were the neos responses to Dojae? I can’t imagine it was easy. I always think that was the cause of some rift between Dy and Jn; Jn always talks about how he loves the team a lot more than fans think so,so something that could hinder that might’ve made him upset.

I’m sure with how long you’ve been running this blog it’s a topic that for sure came up,so I’d like to know where to look😅 sorry for bothering!

Hi. Yes, a few years back I answered about 127 members reaction. Who was surprised, who wasn't, that kind of thing. Thing is, I can only speculate, try to make an educated guess. I can say with conviction that some scenarios weren't possible (like a 127 neo being homophobic towards them), however, there is very little to use to reconstruct the events in detail. There were no fights, noone was avoiding JaeDo, no bad jokes.

It was easy, actually. Jaehyun went full boyfriend mode right after coming out. Of course there was a shift in dynamics, mostly Jae forgetting his friends, heh.

Taeyong seemed to be the most affected, he was awkward with both for some time. I think he didn't realise and was offended Doyoung hid so much from him. Do is a very private person, and some weeks passed between JaeDo getting together and telling the group.

Johnny, no. Watch NCT Night Night. Johnny spent enough time one on one with the couple.

JohnDo rift happened at the end of 2020. JaeDo got together in 2018.

Doyoung is not the person to be told he can't date another member because of a possible scandal. He is perceived as the most responsible. I can see where you are coming from, but JaeDo never did anything very risky for Johnny to have concerns for the group. Want it or not, Tae and Do are at the heart of the group, they do the most for the unit. You go against Do, you have minimum 3 people against you and 1 (2 back in 2018) who would prefer to not be involved at all.

Remember that to this day Johnny is grateful Doyoung asked him to stay and debut. He would be a bad friend if he didn't support his dating choice. And it was Johnny who said way back in 2016 that JaeDo reminded him his parents because they argued like a married couple.

JaeDo complicated JohnDo and JohnJae of course.

When fans discuss JaeDo as two dating members of the same group, they tend to forget that a scandal is less possible than a dating scandal with a partner of someone's member on the side. Gays can't be outed by the media. Idols are shipped.

Btw, this is a good JCC video to compare with Maldives one. Then and now.

[dayurno]

more than a woman is the ultimate kevin day song to me……. im so glad you agree…… i knew you would understand. i was listening to that playlist the other day and realized i HADNT added it yet and it felt like an oversight so i had to fix it immediately. it was very important to me the whole playlist wasn’t sad. i stsrted my kevin playlist in the height of me losing my mind about him last year in july (i read the books for the first time at the end of may!) but it only made me crazier so i held off making the jean one until november LOL. his is def a little more sad but i think a good portion of the songs are hopeful :-) and YEAH jean is soooo hozier to me. i gave myself a limit on how many hozier songs i could add. it will probably be broken eventually

UR PINTEREST BOARD that fic is going to kill me. im so excited every time you share something about it…. the dynamics seem so fun ^-^ also the richard siken tweet in there Took me Out. i own and have read crush by him so many times like it’s such a big part of who i am and relating that to kerejean makes me. sbdjebx. sweating. nauseous. so excited. the vibes are so good, it feels very nostalgic and warm already….. btw your jean playlist hit me over the head and gave me a.Concussion. i wanna get better???!?! under the table???? OOM SHA LA LA? that song changed my brain chemistry like three years ago and im going to associate it with him forever now. your kevjean playlist being so long is so very real too….. i need to sit down and listen to the full nine hours of it.

DBSIDBSID. the kandrew beef is Personal and it’s so funny. i am working on making them get closer it just takes a lot of time bc andrew simply does not like to stick around. he comes to a sort of truce with them at some point, mostly after he and jean have a Talk alone, but he still doesn’t like kevin for a while. there IS side andreil tho…. neil is 26 :3 he comes to visit kevjean in paris for a bit and immediately causes problems. but the problems help them get their shit together so it’s fine! andrew is of course intrigued. most of it happens in the background tho bc they like to disappear together…… but neil actually ends up in foster care and gets adopted by wymack when he’s around 13, which is around the same age andrew is adopted and meets jeremy, so they understand each other still :) they do a lot of sneaking around and do not want their relationship perceived at all vs jeremy knox head of the PDA committee and very happy for his own friend finding love.

the biting…….. jeremy falls somewhere in the middle of the spectrum but he does suffer from the most intense feelings of love anyone has ever felt and will latch on like a dog and not let go sometimes. it really depends on his mood and what they’re doing how hard he bites ^-^ jean almost never complains but kevin always does. as is how they are. and they really both love attacking kevin. sitting there biting at his neck and shoulders and jean in particular likes gnawing on the wrist bone. jeremy is only a few inches shorter than kevin but will not hesitate to push him around….. dreamy sigh. at first he’s very nervous about overstepping Anything around either of them but once he knows that they actually like him he becomes such a menace. it’s his life’s duty to make kevin day, his childhood celebrity crush, a little embarrassed and whiny. both he and jean are soooo happy to tease kevin and kevin complains constantly about being ganged up on. jeremy is actually still IN college too, he turns 23 toward the beginning of the fic (i. hc him as a cancer!) and he and andrew have their fifth year to get through so he’s really just some college kid nibbling on and picking on them and taking over their apartment. trust that jean gets teased too he wouldn’t want anyone left out!

JEANFO….. jean….. my apple strudel….. there is so much i could say about him but it feels hard to do him justice…… he really is so special. he’s a little more healed of course bc he’s 28 and has always had kevin keeping contact with him. kevin got out at 14 so jean was there for 6 years without him and it’s really. it’s not a good time for him. but kevin refuses to lose contact and even sneaks across state lines to see him at 16 when he gets his license (with 14yo neil). jean has always had something to hold onto and live for. so jean is doing okay……. he still struggles and he’s very stubborn so he would rather AVOID things and kevin isn’t the kind of person who’s going to push him to face them (kevin has his own things to avoid) but he gets a good push from jeremy. and he LOVESSSS keremy. it’s one of his greatest joys that the two people he loves most care about each other the way they do. he’s so obsessed with them and so excited to show them off when they get together with friends. he’s really a little bit of a clingy freak :-) ESPECIALLY if he gets drunk. he’s a very needy drunk and if someone doesn’t kiss him (or if he doesn’t get to bite) his whole night is ruined and they certainly can’t have that. he learns quickly he cannot keep up with jeremy Party Boy knox tho. he’s a silly guy <3 sooo bitchy to everyone outside of his boyfriends but tender with them…. they’re trusted with his girlish little heart. i could talk about him for ages but i fear tumblr will cut me off LOL our responses to each other are getting so long like we’re writing letters by candlelight to be sent post-haste…..

HELLO MY LOVE im sorry for the late reply my pc was out of commission and answering asks on mobile is terrible but i am back now as your penpal. I LOVED MORE THAN A WOMAN OFC i understand i think i've had so many kevin day playlists since i first read aftg in 2020 (which feels like such a lifetime ago!), so i try not to keep too much track of them and not to take them or myself too seriously either. in a way all the playlists i've made have been an abstract of my life at the time of making so i want to preserve them that way! which is why my kandrew playlist is 6 hours long. because i am preserving.

THANK YOU FOR LIKING MY PINBOARD i wanted this fic most of all to be an ode to friendship. in kandreil i think theres so much history and tension there that sometimes it's easy to forget that there are other reasons people can stay together, so i wanted to write a kerejean where they felt like they were genuinely friends before it ever started careening into romance!!!! i think it's working. Probably. it's a very joyful and warm fic (or at least i hope it is) and i've been having a lot of fun with dialogue specifically because so much of friendship is just talking! anyway ah i have to stop myself before i spoil anything so just know it's going to be fun. hopefully. and there's a scene where jean calls kevin the first flower of edgar allen (direct rip off from tlt but bear with me)

I LOVE THEM BOTH TEASING KEVIN!!!! is there anything more genuine than teasing your crush together.......... that's the kind of thing i live 4 in relationship dynamics................ ohhh i just know this fic will get me so bad if it ever sees the light of day (heh).... ALSO HE'S STILL IN COLLEGE KEVINNNNNNNNNNN kevin youre letting a man still in college boss you around youve been better and more dignified endings. AND I LOVE DRUNK JEAN THANK YOU especially needy aiyayayaya..... my favorite senseless hc is that jean is a lightweight and he cant keep up with neither jeremy nor kevin nor renee. he's drunk off of one glass while the other three compete to see who can get liver failure first. he has been consistently getting drinked under the table by kevin for years. our beautiful apple strudel....... our little cabbage as the french say. :-)

i hope my candlelight letter reaches YOU post-haste and ofc im sorry for the wait!

[deefighter2739]

There's something about the way you color your art that really intrigues me. It just looks SO good. There's something about the way you shade your drawings that just give me such a carefree feeling, which is something I really strive to feel when drawing something myself. If it's not a bother for you, I'd love to know how you use the colors to make your drawings look so beautiful (⁠ ⁠；⁠∀⁠；⁠)

OMG THANKS and awww I feel so honored to get trusted for an ask like this… 🥹 Since the beginning my main focus on my digital art journey was to be good at coloring, to have vibrant, saturated and recognizable colors. And it makes me very happy to see that, while I still have a very long path, it's giving results that make me feel proud!

But enough with the storytimes! I did a little breakdown + tips on what I do when coloring. I don't follow the exact same steps on every single piece or texture I do it depends on how much time I want to spend on it but I always keep them on mind. Take them as a 'checklist'.

Disclaimer, just in case: I'm not a professional nor an art student. Everything I've learned had been by just observing, videos, inspirations and my own trial and error. This is not a guide on what everyone should do, but just a breakdown on what I do.

When I shade, I think about 6 different colors:

Base color.

The main shadow.

A strong light. Saturaded.

The highlight line. A brighter color than 3.

Ambience light. This color is a reflection of the surroundings.

One color with a different hue than the others surrounding it. May feel out of tune with the others, but I like how it stands out.

Let's take Barbiedede for some examples and observations still feeling proud with how he came out!.

❗ Extras:

It's cool to have a thin line of a different color where the light ends or the shadow starts. Like the yellow ❗️ on Dedede's hands, or the orange ❗ on his beak.

As I mentioned above, ALWAYS change the hue when selecting a new color. This makes it look more dynamic.

Keep in mind different surfaces work different. There's stronger contrasts and highlights on the metal than the fabric.

Avoid grays, I tend to have a hard time shading them. Keep sure every color you use has at least a little of saturation.

Learn how blending modes work and experiment with them! I personally love to give final touches with an overlay layer.

Don't be afraid of breaking rules ❗ or adding even more colors.

Coloring lineart is a great extra support for the lights!

This was for a drawing with a flat and simpler rendering, but I also apply these rules when I go for the softer and more elaborated shading. The only difference is I smooth the colors with a softer brush, and apply way more blending layers.

If you want me to breakdown another piece or ask for other tips feel free to ask! I'm far from being an expert but I'm willing to share what I know.

Alaiganuza is a big inspiration of mine, the colors are simply fantastic and has some guides too. I also like watching Marco Bucci's videos. He has pretty interesting videos and facts about colors and how the human eye perceives them. btw I'm sorry for taking a while to answer, I've been a little busy and stressed and wanted to prepare a proper post for this ask.

[pyrrhiccomedy]

how does volo feel about Belleflur or any of Bastian's other allies/lovers? like you said it isn't romantic but jealousy comes in many forms. A+ toxic dynamic btw, I love this fucked up shit <3

Bellefleur is his lord's wife, whom his lord loves: she is, therefore, Volo's lady, and he will defend and serve her with his life, unless that should for some reason come into conflict with serving his lord in an even more urgent way. In the arc we just wrapped about rescuing Bellefleur from the empire of the dead, Volo cut out his own heart and destroyed it at the foot of an undead star in order to reunite her with Bastian. (He's still alive. I wouldn't say he's "fine.")

Volo isn't anymore but was initially jealous of Danyau, Bastian's cunty little twink boyfriend. It wasn't a sexual or romantic jealousy, but I think it was hard for Volo to see someone who looked a lot more like him than Bellefleur does be suddenly granted intimacy with and access to his lord. It's not that he wanted to be Bastian's lover (consciously) (or in a way that has to do with desire more than service), but he needed Bastian to reassure him that he meant just as much to Bastian as a lover.

Volo doesn't feel jealous of Bastian's wife or lovers because he doesn't perceive his relationship with his master as being remotely related to romance or desire (and thinks you're being crude if you try to project that onto him). If Bastian ever identified another person as a servant who was more useful to him than Volo, he'd go absolutely fucking feral.

[bi-sapphics]

Kid...just accept you are a lesbophobe, many lesbians are offended, wtf is wrong with you

is it my supposed lesbophobia you're making up that's offending you, or just my unapologetic bisexuality? be honest with yourself, and me lol lmao.

i will gladly accept i'm a lesbophobe, by your own standards, if you wish to water it down to bi women living authentically, culturally, and without your permission or needed authority. i would recommend not doing that since it'll only do more harm to your fellow lesbians and how they're perceived in the long run than i ever would, but you and your gang all do you ─ after all, who am i to tell a lesbian anything, right?

i wonder, what makes me a threat to you? is it my dykehood (1, 2, 3, 4)? is it my butch identity (1, 2, 3)? is it my standing ground against radfem-founded lesbian victimhood? is it my taking up space in sapphic spaces, where i belong? is it that bisexuality isn't clean enough to keep lesbian spaces pure? is it literally anything and everything that i have covered somewhere already, or can soon cover if you'd like to bring it up to me in another ask? care to specify some more? (the posts supply plenty of sufficient sources, if/when necessary.)

^^ btw, the first two proposals are already sourced in my blog description, but i understand you probably refuse to read into them out of fear that they'll challenge your opinions and beliefs rooted in separatist rhetoric. though, i'm giving you another chance to try again and step back from denying bi womens' places in lesbian history in order to intentionally erase them.

also, you came back again a few minutes later with this:

Speaking over lesbians huh

but have you ever considered all the speaking over bisexuals you're doing? i'm sure you probably have and then vehemently dismissed it out of disregard for our community, since people like you hate being associated with bi women so much, but if that's the case then why should i show you any sort of respect in return? you get what you give. i will not treat this dynamic like a one-way street because it isn't, and if that angers you then it doesn't sound like my/our problem; only yours.

lastly, while i'm not even close to offended, i just have to wonder why you called me "kid" in this context, as if talking down to me with the assumption that i'll listen to you without question. could just be because it's your slang, but if you know i'm 17 and you're in your 20s or older, i warn now that you're gonna get eaten the hell up by other people your age who actually know what they're talking about and can/will shut you down quickly. ignorance towards common and important community information you should already know will not benefit you. good luck with that!

if you still won’t let yourself take some humility, maybe you can sit down through all the next discussions you see about this stuff. just my humble thought. in the meantime, the block button is right there waiting for you and i’ll never have to know your name + embarrass you with it.

[impact801]

Been watching a LP of Apollo Justice, and I felt the perceive/bracelet mechanic was a bit off as mechanic.  

In theory it’s not a bad idea, the bracelet being this sort of lie detector. It makes sense for a series like Ace Attorney, where the whole goal is to connect dots, find lies in the witness’s logic to solve the case. So finding errors by how the person is acting sounds interesting, but way it’s handled feels ...out of place.

For example in case 3 you catch Lamroir lying in one of these sequences because she swallowed while talking. That barely proves a damn thing! It feels like I’m finding artificial proof, to prove my point, and then immediately start bully the defendant into telling me what I want. It feels like Klavier should be objecting as soon as Apollo says any of this, but he’s just letting me pressure the witness.

I think what bothers me is that it doesn’t feel like it adds to the problem solving element of the series. Ace Attorney is a visual novel, but it’s also a puzzle game. Your evidence are the puzzle pieces, and finding out the lies of the witness and solving errors in logic of the prosecution, is how the player connects those pieces together, to create a full picture.  With the psyche locks or Edgeworth’s logic, it felt like it adds to that dynamic.   

I think a good way of handling would be for mechanics to be less about recognizing random body language, but more about recognizing patterns in how the person acts and connecting that to info already in the case. I got 2 ideas in mind: 

#1: When a player notices a habit of the witness the player creates an observation. It’s almost like logic in Investigations, but instead the player has to connect it to a piece of evidence. This combination will create an objection. In a nutshell :

Observation + Evidence = Objection 

#2. This one is a bit crazier, but instead of this combination creating an observation it would create a “theory”. A theory is a different kind of evidence that can be used to crack super tight testimonies, that don’t have to be lies in them per say, but they go against a theory the player has created.  Once the Theory has been used on the right statement, an objection is created and the player progresses. Objecting with an incorrect/irrelevant theory would cause a penalty.  In a nutshell: 

Observation + Evidence = Theory 

Theory + Correct Statement = Objection 

With this I think the mechanic will less feel like a police investigation and more like “ah ha” moment for the player. (BTW not throwing shade at Ace Attorney, these games are great). 

[excaliburssword]

How do u think lady lesso's students perceive her AND MAKE IT LONGGGG somehow I'm just rly curious bc she had the whole strict and scary thing going but she is also probably secretly caring (I have mommy issues in case u couldn't tell) <3

BAHAHA I somehow love this question!!

Hmmm...

I would say that in my personal opinion, I think Lady Lasso has particular favourites in the School for Evil. (Totally not hinting at Hester *wink* *wink*).

I feel like just like you said, she tries her best to seem intimidating towards her students, but really she can be a cinnamon roll towards them too.

I also feel like she was a great mother figure for Sophie just as August Sader was for Agatha!! Sometimes, I even wished she was her biological mother. Plus I absolutely LOVEDDD her dynamics with Sophie.

As for Aric, who is her biological son. I'm pretty sure she would still love him if they were both still alive (rip only to Lady Lesso btw; we don't acknowledge devious scum).

I think she was pretty guilty for abandoning Aric in that cave, even though she had no choice, and was truly trying her best to bond a better relationship with her son as his mother.

I can totallyyyy see where Aric is coming from. But the way he was threatening her and attempting to kill her?? I'm pretty sure he took it too far...

But yeah, I can definitely see Lady Lesso overall put on a cold facade for her students to set a clear example, but really, she can be a really caring mother hen when it comes to their safety and wellbeing!!

I'm not sure if this is how long you wanted it to be, (REALLY SORRY IF IT ISN'T!!) but I don't think I have anything else to say! Thank you for the question though! <3