#torrential downpour

[alizaphale]

So, we just had something that could be classified as a torrential downpour, and since I don't have someone who'd be happy to shelter under an awning with me, I grabbed my dog, went outside and jumped into puddles until I realised my dog gave me the stinkeye whenever I did that.

Completely unrelated, but I could totally see Crowley jumping into puddles while Aziraphale is walking next to him, and the angel gets increasingly indignant...

I would definitely write a little oneshot for it (including Crowley miracleing Aziraphale's clothes dry and clean again) but I feel like this wants a picture. Anyone feeling inspired to draw them in the rain without an awning? 😄

[something-very-wrong]

I really do my level best to keep any and all discourse/political BS/etc away from this blog because it is my safe space and I want it to be sage for others too, but it is also where I dump all my random thought and scream into the void so here we are.

WARNING! MINOR VENTING UNDER THE CUT!

I am REALLY hoping that Project 2025 doesn’t go into effect. And not even just because of all the really bad stuff, but also because of the minor stuff like it getting rid of Ao3.

Fanfiction and the like is one of my main sources of seratonin and simple joy in life. I loving reading everyone's stories, and I love writing and sharing my own. I just really hope I don't lose it.

[tachyonblu]

@silverwolfcc shares her thoughts on Fire Emblem, Torrential Downpour and censorship in localization. An excerpt: "My brother is one of the biggest Fire Emblem fans you will find, and my best friend is the biggest Fire Emblem fan you will find. When it came to Fates, I was extremely excited because we had just played Awakening, which was really good. It brought back enthusiasm for the series. Everyone thought it was dying; Nintendo underestimated it, so they barely made enough copies. My brother ended up buying literally ten different copies so we could gift them to various friends and even made both my parents play it, which is so funny. My dad doesn’t often play handheld games, if ever, but he played it.

We were very excited for Fates. I was counting down the days, and the more I heard about the translation, the more I got very nervous. They removed so much, and they botched the voice acting as well because they didn't have any director at least talking to them to tell them cues, so they had to kind of guess, and they did not guess well. The lines were really bad. The translation was the worst.

Soleil is a character who is kind of bi, but she is weak to women because she wants to be princely and protect them and she gets distracted in the middle of battle, trying to protect them, and passes out. There was a small controversy from someone who’s not even a Fire Emblem player, which really frustrates me to no end. They mistook Soleil as 100% lesbian, and the fact that she doesn't have S-Class support—which is like marriage in the game—with women is an affront to everything. In fact, all of her male relationships that reach S-Class are just terrible. They are absolutely trying to 100% brainwash her into being straight, just like conversion therapy camps in the US, which obviously isn’t what goes on in Japan. I was really looking forward to Soleil because I am a bisexual woman who wants to be princely to other women and be like, 'I will protect you, m’lady.' That's how I got into GamerGate. [Both laughing] So I was really looking forward to this, and they just completely butchered her character.

That’s not even the worst example. The one that pisses me off the most is what they did to the two werewolf characters. Now it’s called 'garu,' because that’s what it is in French. Garu means 'were' and then you add 'lupe' for 'werewolf,' 'garulupe.' In Japanese, they left it as the French word, “garu” in Japanese, but when translating it back into English, they decided to go with 'Wolfskin.” I have the Native American name 'Silver Wolf.' Wolves are my brothers, and I have had spirit animal encounters with wolves. I consider wolves to be my brothers, and I was really pissed off because I can’t deal with 'Wolfskin.' They’re just a werewolf, a 'Garu,' but you just called them a 'Wolfskin.'

Maybe they were trying to do the Tumblr otherkin thing, or some Western fantasy romance theme, but I don’t care. Why couldn’t you leave it as Garu? It’s a French loan word to begin with. What is wrong with you? They then changed the dialogue to literal gibberish. The daughter says to her father, 'That’s wolfer; I love you.' They just made it up. That’s not what it was in Japanese at all. They literally made it up because they didn’t even get the original translation; they were just given the material to localize, some dialogue options and told to localize it. I can go on about that for a very, very long time. They really messed Fates up." -CC

[jamiroquai-sundae]

#ireland

[sincerely-sofie]

Thinking about @gehtsis’s children and how terrifying it would be to get their team assigned to help you escape from a mystery dungeon.

If these are what my heroes look like I'm 99% certain I'd be screaming and running the other way. Menacing cryptid-looking grim reaper and cursed psychic clay doll. I love them.

[yumemiruuuu]

Feng Xin: Reasons why Mu Qing is a disappointing fictional character

Mu Qing: … Did you just refer to me as a fictional character??

Feng Xin: Yes. I refuse to acknowledge the fact that I have to share oxygen with the likes of you.

Feng Xin: Now hold your breath and shut the fuck up.

[little-doggy-girl-kisser]

i just bought a tiny ornamental spoon with a gem on the endd

[maulsoleum]

so you’re telling me i’ve called myself akin to a wet dog every time i got caught in the rain for how many years and i just didn’t? realize i just Was a dog? until recently? hm…

[plantanarchy]

I'm slowly going through my piles of dirt and compost to fill this giant raised bed. My hope is to only buy soil for the top foot or so.

[fyodior]

i canceled dinner plans w my dad tonight because of the literal hurricane weather and he’s guilting me so bad because of it

[lavampira]

bozja buddies <:

d’alia + @hythlodaes’ emile

[daredussy]

rip to the rest of the uk and their heatwave but its been nothing but cold wet and windy in scotland the last 2 weeks at least

[tachyonblu]

GameDiviner and I discussed his plan to bring GamerGate to an end, because he was afraid grifters would try to hijack the movement. We also discussed how the fallout from this plan affected his mental health, TheQuQu and Torrential Downpour.

[gcsly]

montreal 🔜

[doerot]

I'm bored

[moon-shower]

why does loving you hurt so good if I love you this much today I can’t imagine how I’ll feel tomorrow it’s hard to picture the future you in my arms every morning and loving you all the more it sounds like heaven, angel it’s something I’ve never known what am I to do if you feel like the rain and I am gleefully drowning in you

— moon-shower | torrential downpour; my favorite