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[centaurianthropology]

Been thinking about how to celebrate the spooky season (did cosmic horror re-reads/listens the last few years), but I think I’m going to shake it up this year. Hammer Horror watching. Are those movies good? No, almost universally no. They were made with two pounds, the BBC’s backstock in costuming and sets, three gallons of silly red stage blood, and the world’s most dogshit scripts.

But they also have these gentlemen flinging themselves and one another around the set virtually every movie.

So I think it’s a solid plan.

[todaysbird]

I haven’t known how to make this announcement for several months, but here we are; obviously, anyone who ratposts regularly will have inevitable Rat Turnover, because rats only live 2-3 years. Still, I always feel like the rug has been pulled out from under me when I lose one of these amazing friends.

Patch was a very special boy who was dear to my heart; we adopted him & his brother/father/unclear but related rat friend Bear (B-man) after they were passed over and made fun of due to, well, their uncharacteristic Hugeness (these guys were more guinea pig sized than rat sized - Bear got weighed at 2.9 pounds, and his vet wasn’t concerned about him being overweight!). Patch was honestly a huge jerk as a baby, but he grew into a kind & gentle rat that was always the first to welcome new additions & give them many kisses. After almost three wonderful years, Patch just got too old to go on; he developed hind leg degeneration, which is common in older male rats, which quickly progressed until he lost use of his back legs. That combined with dementia-like symptoms where he frequently became confused and scared without warning led us & our vet to decide that it was time to let him go. I haven’t stopped missing him since, and I doubt that I ever will. There could be nobody better to binge horror with, kiss my hands when I’m feeling down, or sit and boggle with me because he just liked anything we did together. Rest easy, sweet boy. Thank you to everyone who loved and appreciated him during my updates of his life.

[miodiodavinci]

im being so so brave but also i am gripping you by the shoulders and leaning in and letting you know i am so tired of being brave

[arsenicflame]

(in general, removed from any specific au's where he needs to swim/not swim for Plot)

(personally, i think my stance is that he has some ability to keep himself afloat in calmer waters- on the shore or in a pool- but not in the way where its a particular skill. hes spend enough time dicking around in the shallows with Jack & Sam & Ed to know how to handle himself in water where he cant consistently reach the bottom, to feel comfortable cooling off by a waterfall, but is also keenly aware that if he goes overboard, even in relatively calm waters, being able to swim isnt going to do anything to save his life if a dinghy isnt sent. hes not gonna drown the second he's in the ocean or anything, but hes screwed if the waters a little too rough or its late or a raid and it isnt noticed before the ships a way away.)

[i3utterflyeffect]

i think it'd be funny if SC actually slept a normal amount for a hollowhead and the other hollowheads are just so constantly stressed that they don't know what sleeping normally is like

[svsssfanonarchive]

I want to express my gratefulness for those who comment, or debate, or correct, or provide context on my posts. Something like this has to be a sort of collaborative effort, after all-- since I have not been in this fandom for too long, much of fanon history itself is something I haven't lived through and am less familiar with-- so I really do need help learning where all these things come from to make my posts more informative.

Furthermore, sometimes I can word things in ways where my meaning isn't entirely clear, but I can't tell this until I get a comment on my post debating something, when I can realize that "oh this didn't come across the way I intended," whether it's in agreement with a debate or even just a slightly different interpretation, after which I can go back to edit and make it more clear for readers.

I'm really just doing this sort of thing for fun, but I do want it to be an accurate resource-- so I'm always thankful for those that will help me to make it more accurate！

[e-louise-bates]

I will admit that it never occurred to me that I would need to check the history book that claimed to be scholarly to see if it used references and footnotes, because how could a book be a scholarly work on history without such things, BUT NOW I KNOW BETTER.

[recurring-polynya]

Izakaya Kamenoya

I am re-watching the Captain Amagai arc, which I love because it has just a shit-ton of Seireitei slice-of-life worldbuilding. Early in the arc, Kira goes to the bar with Renji and Iba to sob about how his new Third Seat is better than him, and it made me wonder-- do the lieutenants always go to the same bar, or does the anime just make up a new one every time? Episode 172 had a nice shot of the exterior:

I immediately went to Episode 355 (the second New Year's episode), because I'm always thinking about Rukia shotgunning that beer while Renji gazes on lovingly, and it certainly *looks* like same place, but again, maybe that's just a very standard-looking izakaya.

I decided that trying to translate the kanji might help. They're more visible in the first image. The ones on the paper lantern, 酒処 were easy, because they just say izakaya (literally, "alcohol" and "place"). That just supported the idea that this was just some generic bar. For the kanji on the wooden lantern, which appeared to be the same as the ones on the sign above the door, I managed to puzzle out the bottommost one, 屋, which means "shop" or "restaurant." Hmm.

At this point, I was feeling a little stumped, so I went looking for other screen shots.

Other bar scenes I could remember took place in: Episode 179 (Ukitake and Kyouraku try to angle Amagai into a threesome). This had a clearer shot of the sign, and it's definitely the same as the lantern.

Ep 305 (Kira and Hisagi go for drinks after work and run into Unohana having "Ladies' Night" with Soi Fon, the Kotetsu sisters, and Yachiru ????)

And finally, Episode 265 (the end of the Sword Beasts arc, Ladies' Night again, I guess, this time with zanpakutou)

and bingo, they actually translated it for me, this time!!

In, the only one that didn't turn out to take place at Izakaya Kamenoya was from Ep. 303, the first New Year's episode. The SWA holds their holiday luncheon here (the sign says 茶屋, or "tea house") .

It is also not the place where Rukia and Renji announce their engagement in WDKALY, that place is called Safflower, and it's fancier and it's specifically mentioned that it's way classier than everyone's usual digs.

That's neither here nor there, let's get back to Izakaya Kamenoya!

Later on, like when I was 90% of the way through writing this post, I realized there was an earlier shot of the sign in episode 172 that was also translated (which I thought I remembered and then assumed I had hallucinated when I couldn't find it, but it was from a separate trip to bar with Kibune and Kira's shitty subordinates). Conveniently, it's also probably the most readable out of all of them. EDIT: I didn't notice when I pasted this in here, but they translate it as Kamegameya here, which seems like a mistake? B3 suggests they might have read the second character as a repetition (with the k turning into a g, which I don't know all the details of, but I assume it's that thing that happens in Japanese when a word is in the interior of another word and it gets a harder consonant, the same way the s in "sakura" in Senbonzakura becomes a z). Google also tells me that the name of Yugi's grandfather's game shop in Yu-Gi-Oh is called Kame Game, so I wonder if the subtitler here was just working on muscle memory 😂. I'm sticking with Kamenoya, although Turtle Turtle Bar has its own charm)

The three characters in the upper left are 居酒屋, which is just a different way to spell izakaya.

"Kame" was easy to translate, it's the leftmost large character on the sign, 亀. It means "turtle", but the second meaning is "heavy drinker," so I'm guessing this might be a bit of a pun. Unfortunately, googling didn't turn up any further detail on this.

I puzzled a little over the middle character, until I realized that it might be 之, which is an older version of の. Oh, says me, who only speaks the Japanese I picked up from anime, it's Kame no ya, the way all the inns in Kakuriyo end in "ya." It just means "House of the Turtle", or "Turtle's Pub."

Turtle's Pub. Can we just take a moment to reflect on the fact that the lieutenants (and sometimes captains) like to hang out at someplace called Turtle's? I am so charmed by this. I have not been so excited since the time I realized that Renji was wearing the koi hoodie in the Bount Arc OP.

It's possible that it was just named by a guy who has "kame" as part of his name or who likes turtles, or as I said, maybe it's a pun, but there are two other possibilities I thought of:

In line with this post on the naming scheme for the Seireitei Gates, perhaps it's in the north part of the city, and named after Genbu the Black Tortoise-Snake

When I am making up business names in my fanfic, I often like to associate them with the squads they are near-- dragons for stuff near Squad 10, fish for 13, firebirds for things that are more city-wide. It's partially trying to tap into squad solidarity, and partially so people have a clue where your place is located in this stupid maze city. I love the idea of some former captain with a turtle-themed zanpakutou, whose is fondly remembered because someone happened to name a good bar after them.

I looked up that extremely questionable Blood War era Seireitei map, wondering if maybe Squad 3 was near the north gate:

It turns out it is not (assuming the unlabeled squads just go in order), but you know what is? Squad 10. So if Kamenoya is named after the North Gate, I assume everyone drinks there because it's close to Matsumoto.

(thank you very much to @kaicko for checking my work)

[sag-dab-sar]

Vivaldi & "Period Instruments"

I have no one to share my random classical music content binging with. So I shall speak to the void of internet.

I love Vivaldi. Four Seasons isn't my favorite work of his (those belong to RV 15 II & III, and RV 356) but is the most well known and even people who've never listened to it have probably heard it somewhere (Mr Beast used it in background music on airplane video 🤦🏻‍♀️) It is cliche to like him I guess??? Dude has 809 works of music and all most people know is Four Seasons, and thats sad. However, I do love Four Seasons (which by the way is published within a work of 12 sonatas not 4 but I digress)

I found a rendition of the Four Seasons played WITH THE ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTS of Vivaldi's time. AND ITS ASTOUNDING. Of course music and instruments evolve (I have EDM remixes of summer & winter) but I have 3 renditions of the Four Seasons saved to listen to. But this one unlocked something hidden in his work for me? Especially, because so many modern players preform Summer III and Winter I & III like 1700s rock songs, which is enjoyable; but hearing how it can be played on a baroque violin & bow—aka what Vivaldi would have been working with— is worth a listen.

I think out of the now 4 renditions I have saved, this is the only one I enjoy "Spring" in, especially Spring I. I really disliked Spring I, but I felt like with the baroque violin & bow I actually hear the story of Spring.

Also in the captions they added the sonnets that go with the music, which I did not know I needed, its so powerful.

[sisterdivinium]

Little update for anyone counting: VtM doctor superion AU is still in rewriting phase. I'm at page 32 of 106 and it is the equivalent to page 52 (of X) in the new version.

[shorthaltsjester]

as always with adaptation stuff i would truly love to get like . play by play on what was chosen to keep and what was chosen to change and the reasons why just because i’m curious and i have some thoughts both loving and critical (ba dum tiss) about the contents of the first three eps but i think i’ll prob hold off on my personal I Didn’t Like This Choice until there’s a full season to contextualize it just because a bunch of stuff that i’m feeling more :/ about . the back of brain is like generating innumerable situations where said choice is forgivable/less frustrating to me so i will simply wait and hope to be given reasons to forgive

[fbwzoo]

Guess who got his first dandelion flowers!!! 🌼🩵 He ate two pieces and seemed to like them! And then he jumped the six inches straight up to his basking slate. 😊 We finally got his follow up with the same vet scheduled for Monday & I can't WAIT for her to see him!

[incomingalbatross]

One of the MANY reasons Sarah and Jo should go on wacky post-UNIT adventures together: I think Sarah's distressing tendency to think the Doctor is dead, plus Jo's distressing tendency to think she herself is dead, could lead to some really entertaining setups where they both briefly think Jo is a ghost.

[velvetjune]

alan wake 1 DLCs are worth it for imaginary Barry

[nguyenfinity]

Heart:Beat! Revival * Honey-Dipped Summer Rain [FULL MASTERLIST]

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[beaft]

So originally when I saw your drow post I just assumed you knew the general background of them and was just making a playthrough statement, but after your research update I'm curious how much you do know, at least d&d lore-wise.

Personally, I find the underground matriarchal society and their politics fascinating! By politics I mean they do have noble-style houses and that whole ordeal, but also it's not murder if no one catches you. Entire houses/lineages gone in a single night per the no witnesses rule.

(Sorry if this comes off as pretentious, I just think they're so evilly fun? that if you didn't know this already I wanted to share a small tidbit.)

it's not pretentious at all! i didn't know anything about the drow to start with - other than "they're edgy blue elves who live underground" - but after reading some background i'm absolutely fascinated by all the political/social lore. the backstabbing, the ritualistic punishments, the spider worship, the sadomasochistic power plays, the fact that wearing an ugly outfit is automatically punishable by death... it's all so juicy.

oh, and i especially love how these people have managed to build a society so fucked up that severe mental illness is simply The Norm. the average drow's personality is just one big trauma response. they'll meet a happy, healthy, well-adjusted person during a trip to the surface and come away sweating and shaking like "what the FUCK was that"