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#shigadabi#dabi#touya todoroki#shigaraki tomura#tenko shimura#mha au#bnha au#bnha dabi#mha dabi#bnha shigaraki#mha shigaraki#bnha#boku no hero academia#mha#my hero academia#howls moving castle au#I don't stick to the plot though#Dabi and Tomura both studied at a magical academy and afterwards became ranked among the powerful wizards of the country#But as the years go by Dabi finds it harder to control his magic and one day he nearly burns to death#there were several years between the events in the drawings
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Thomas Astruc and the writers need to keep their pens away from Luka. He doesn't need another love interest... from them at least. Not every person needs a relationship (especially characters with so much potential that's already being wasted). Give him his second chance after the series ends 😂 (and with a character we don't know... Or two title characters we DO know if y'all aren't cowards. Y'all can use your pens for that if you do it 😂😂😂).
#ml salt#ml writers salt#thomas astruc salt#if he ends up with *********************** I'll scream#but seriously#everyone doesn't need to pair up#miraculous ladybug#luka couffaine#thoma threatened that luka would have a second chance at love#please no#they don't care about that boy#so there's no way he'd get a good plot#they'd probably stick him with a leftover side character#or a rando new character#he deserves better#luka deserves better#he always has though#this turned into a rant#lol#I feel the same about Kagami but her and Felix make sense even if their execution was questionable#*as in they deserve better than to be paired off with whoever just because they were rival LIs for the mains#miraculous season 6#mlb spoilers#mlb s6 spoilers#just in case
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Heaven official's blessing book 5 spoilers(?)
IS THE MASTERMIND JUN WU????!???!
dude all of the dots are connecting he's the only official old enough to match the timeline, he "disposed" of no-face despite bro absolutely still being around, he's one of the only 4 people that could've cursed xie lian with the wuyong people's feelings, HE'S THE ONE WHO SENT XIE LIAN ON THE MT TONGLU MISSION guys. guys
Also there are way too fucking many traitors in this fuckass series EVEN LING WEN??? No one is safe
#ancient chinese yaoi#heaven official's blessing#mxtx tgcf#tgcf#book 5#mxtx#no way#bro i thought that the state preceptor was weird as hell too but i thought i was overthinking#like why does this guy with infinite immortal wisdom not get to ascend???#HE WAS IN ON IT#hua cheng is a real one for sticking around though#that's so cool that human face disease also showed up in wuyong#i don't buy the reincarnation thing though#i think jun wu might've caused the downfall of xianle to recreate the crown prince's life???#like as some kinda ritual to reincarnate the prince??#like how shi wudu used another guy with the same info as qingxuan to swap their lives#i deadass keep forgetting about the yaoi#i like how xie lian and hua cheng are actually having good bonding moments that aren't just yaoi tropes#also RAIN MASTER PLEASEEEE ONE CHANCE#also where tf is shi qingxuan anyway like girl come home the kids miss you#so much bs to keep track of#i still wanna know wtf ruoye's deal is#there's no way xie lian's backstory can get any worse than this#I'm plotting and scheming#crazy ass mysteries
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wanted to draw fanart for @remxedmoon's isatscryption au but i realised i didn't actually know the plot yet which. whoops! so i settled for chucking my oc at it
OH YEAH INSCRYPTION IS 60% OFF ATM!! Consider this my official propaganda to go get this game
#siffrin was so unexpectedly hard to draw?? i kept making them lopsided :sob:#got there in the end though and i'm happy with it#ok details time!!#the wolf and raven cards are meant to represent lucas (oc in the comic) and foxglove (their alternate) version respectivly#lucas is normally fox coded but siffrin's taking that role atm and there's no fox card anyway soo#even without the talking card aspect (or even the 'this isn't meant to be in the game aspect') they would have taken wanderer anyway#they prefer bone decks#something something sacrifices. and it takes longer to set up; they're stalling the game as long as possible#whereas foxglove buffs the fuck out of their starter cards and abuses fair hand#the constelation vulpecula is in here!#both for loop since that's their card in this au and bcse it's significant to lucas#i didn't realise siffrin had a bindle until i started drawing. fully ready to believe they just got a Big Stick for pure vibes#i love drawing wood grain#that's not significant in any way but i just like drawing it#fun pattern#anyway that's a lot of yapping to say i hope you like it!!#following the au with great interest and i can't wait to see where it goes especially plot wise#will probably draw more fanart as it unfolds but don't hold me to that (the brain demons control motivation)#my art#art#nach0 art#oc: lucas#oc#the realmleaper#isat#in stars and time#isat siffrin#in stars and time siffrin#in stars and scrybes#isatscryption
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. MAN PLAYING GOD . GOD PLAYING ME .
none can compete ( FUTURISTIC VERSE )
Ascension hurts. It's supposed to, the very same way it's supposed to be ruthless, trampling and callous. There are no stairs up from the bottom rung of the brave new futuristic empire he's born in, so one must fashion enough poor unfortunate backs into some unforgiving equivalent. Nikodemus Desalvar has been climbing since he was young.
He is head bioengineer and neuroscientist at an esteemed corporation. There's little life history of note preceeding this achievement, so he keeps all mentions of it scarse. As far as anybody without top access knows, he's simply an intelligent man with a humble background and a sick daughter. For a decade going forward, neither of those facts change, the latter to the irony of the former. Avita's degenerative disease progresses and so does Nikodemus' increasingly desperate reconnaissance into the benefits of bionanotech on the human organism.
Until internal investigation into patient safety risk uncovers seven confirmed cases of unauthorized foreign-origin nanites left in unsuspecting customers and raises suspicion of dozens more. All linked to his name and an experimental neurotech program long ago vetoed in its preliminary testing stages. By then, Nikodemus has long fled. Caught wind of the checkup early, he unearths his entire life and runs far, his daughter, all her medical equipment and a hoard of illegally obtained technological patents in tow.
He lays low as more of his transgressions come to light.
CHARACTERIZATION NOTES.
This verse is pretty much resultant from @vilestblood 's futuristic verse and, by virtue, vaguely inspired by Cyberpunk 2077. Aka Nik's born at the lower levels of an oligarchic, corpo-controlled world and navigates it pretty adeptly.
Sports a spotty yet high education, courtesy of a significant court payout in his youth, and a workforce infamy of genius and job-hopping, underpinned by the funding of employers who trust his promises only slightly less than his intelligence (and far far more than they should).
Suspected but never charged for more than singular instances of bosses and colleagues turning up dead, missing or strangely, fearfully distant.
Has what can be considered a non-negligible immuno-deficiency in his respective world, where transplantation and technological enhancements are commonly found - a higher percentage risk of transplant rejection than many of his age group peers. Still finds a way around it by suffering only a biotech eye replacement - one of the few organs neglected by killer T cells. (Later on that changes and things start.. falling apart.)
Irresponsibly fathers a child in his mid twenties, per usual, and she immediatelly begins suffering the consequences of her parentage in the form of a severe allergy to foreign donorship and, as follows, complete incompatibility with modern technological advancements.
Works lowkey, pitifully lowbrow or half-illegal, with a shit street reputation and some debt behind his back, before he gets off the ground and lands actual research opportunities, scholarly contribution and impactful work. Fair and square (debatable) earns himself a corpo job before long and, suffice to say, milks it for all it's worth.
There, some years later, his supposed magnum opus is shut down and wrapped up after a(n, in his opinion, anticipated) patient incident and he's left to pick up the pieces. The project: neuro targeted brain-mapping and restorative nanotech. Colloquially, Resurrection. He injects the remaining samples into himself in secret and keeps further experimentation on other subjects under the table. Turns out, it's a fucking success if you give the little nanites enough time to rearrange the furniture up there.
Ends up busted before long, runs far and lays low under the protection of old connections, a moniker and a mask. Underground meditech work comes to him easy enough, but unfortunately so does trouble.
Playable from his 20s onwards: First as a newbie playing the workforce roulette adeptly navigating small-time companies in the bioengineering fields (and small-time criminal), second as a promising and innovative part of a corpo scientist team, then a big-time criminal and notable traitor hiding in the underground - or, more recognizably, Doc Valder the Necromancer of notable petty mobster life-saving repute. There's a fork after that: he either remains below ground and the steady progress of his work (and influence) rewards him with clean-sweep shadow control of several companies, mob groups and alliances and more room to grow - OR per the other plot, he's plucked up by the very man he betrayed and made co-herald of an oligarchic 'utopia' ushered in through full military power.
HEADCANONS.
where i'll link all metas n studies i do of this bastard in this verse ♡
#. 《 man playing god . god playing me 》 . verse III ; futuristic#don't mind me i'm fucking insane about this one <33#yeah though.. the characterization notes are just.. additional background. leave me alone#i still haven't fully felt my way around the setting and its fuckery so he doesn't have solid footing in this-#-verse (mostly i'm just shit at science maybe) but The Vibes are fire#and some insane plots in this verse have been fuelling me to poke at it with a stick#again me and my clunky graphics against the world <3 i love this one#/medical#/self-mutilation mention#/body horror#what can i say. any verse where i can recreate nik's unhinged self-tinkering BUT WITH REAL CONSEQUENCES???? i'm obsessed..
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Gael García Bernal in Desierto (2015, dir. Jonás Cuarón)
(these gifs also feature Alondra Hidalgo)
Gifs are all 540px wide so you can click to see larger.
[other gael filmography gifsets]
#gael garcía bernal#desierto#ggb filmography gifs#desierto 2015#gael garcia bernal#this is ultimately a pretty standard thriller of the being-chased-by-an-inexorable-killer type#where the cast is picked off one by one until only the most conventionally physically attractive remain#this is good news for gael's character#on account of being played by gael#i think this one is elevated by the setting both in terms of beauty (it is stunning) and by making effective plot use of it#that apparently meant they were shooting two hours' drive away from the nearest towns with no cellphone reception etc.#which may be why we don't see more films set here#also elevated by the performances which are uniformly good#also elevated by the themes (jeffrey dean morgan's antagonist is targeting migrants crossing the border)#so we're back in the territory explored in documentaries like who is dayani cristal but this time as fictional thriller#this film came out as the trump wall discourse was hotting up and that was naturally something that got talked about in interviews#clever inclusion of antagonist's dog which effectively constrains what the characters could do to get out of the situation#so unlike in many films of this type there isn't a screamingly obvious course of action that they should have taken but unaccountably don't#still it remains a genre film sticking broadly to the conventions of that genre so the plot isn't going to astonish you#i've still avoided giffing the most spoilery moments though#tbh i suspect gael's character is still screwed at the end but then i think that's also the point (see: themes)
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Fam, if I had the energy + not so many blogs already, I would absolutely make Queenie & Evil Jax solo blogs. Those two [ besides the mannequins ] are always rotting the brain but alas,
#[ i genuinely would but i have so many blogs already; fact is i LOVE TADC but ahhh i don't feel... well-received in the general rp space?-#-which is why i stick to friends + plotting. i am much more active in hellaverse + original charas. mostly though it's the fact that i'm-#-stretching myself too thin already. but i LOVE my TADC muses so it's my mission to write as often as i can! but perhaps someday i'll-#-gather the spoons to make Queenie & Evil Jax their own blogs; they deserve it! ]#✧ moderator | update
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Since I'd been talking a lot about JP Vesperia (primarily Yuri and Flynn and the heavy changes that surround them, and because I'm highly passionate about them in their original context), I wanted to compile some more jarring if not outright glaring mistakes in the localization (or what were likely intentional changes, because I can't look at some of these and just call them "mistakes"). I'm not going to mention every little change throughout the game, so smaller things I'll mostly be leaving out (namely things that don't really affect characters or context). I primarily just wanted to give some insight on some of the bigger parts.
Some of the changes seem to have been mistakes in translation itself (not just localization, but misunderstanding what was being said in general; such as, there's an instance I mention of that between Patty and Don), so I've got some mentions hanging around for clarity purposes as some scenes didn't make much sense, likely because of this.
Vocal tone with Yuri was the most prominent issue that got me making this, and the context that was changed being right after if not equally next to that (most often also with Yuri but also Flynn).
This is something that has been bothering me for a while and I've been wanting to share this stuff with people interested in seeing the game with its original context. Generally speaking, the plot and story themselves are on point. The majority of the differences surround Yuri and Flynn respectively, so there's going to be a lot of mention of them throughout.
I've also posted video clips of my favorite scenes and the heavy changes, so consider those a supplement to this and vice versa.
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Note because people have vagueposted about me since making these: Do not start "dub versus sub hurr hurr" arguments with me or imply that's what I'm doing with these. Firstly, Japanese is a language, not your English subtitles. Secondly, these posts are not in main tags and I am not bothering anyone by making posts of my feelings on my own blog related to these facts. If you have time to vaguepost and whine about my untagged opinions after hatereading (or not even reading it at all and making stupid assumptions), you have time to be nice to people and find something fun to do. Lastly, I've said many times that the entire loc/dub in this game is not bad. There are specific things I take issue with. It does not mean I'm anti dub and hate all dubs. It does not mean I go out of my way to find dub fans and start shit with them.
Update: Went back through to correct the way I used "dub" and "localization" interchangeably. I don't do that anymore bc "dub" obviously refers to the dubbing of foreign media, and dubbing is a part of the localization process. Lines themselves are not the dubbing, and the dubbing is the vocals. Thus, I edited cases where I really didn't think about that while writing these and changed mistaken "dub" mentions as needed.
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I'd like to preface this by mentioning the chief director and producer of the game itself has also spoken about localization inaccuracy issues, so that's something to keep in mind (it's in Japanese, but you should be able to use the offered post translator).
I'd also like to preface this by mentioning that in the original, Yuri is more playful and relaxed/casual (generally but including with Flynn, which the dub pretty much entirely changed until arc 3), but also gentler and softer. He has a very large variety of tonal behaviors/tonal "moods" that were pretty much nuked from the dub.
Basically, to get a better experience for this Yuri, I can only really recommend playing the game in JP audio. Obviously you won't get the actual context because all you'll have is the loc context, but that's also partly why I'm making these posts - to cover the contextual changes while the video clips cover some of the tonal changes (because lbh I don't expect anyone to actually go watch the entire game in JP with subtitles unless you're as insanely dedicated as I am, and I'm largely doing it out of my love for the original Yuri and Flynn and my disdain for how the localization treated them).
As a heads up, there won't be many skits in here because I'm going through a specific YT playthrough for these screenshots. Specific skits won't always come up in the playthrough in question, and I can't find a whole list of skits in JP anywhere online. I don't have all skits unlocked in my own save either yet (you can unlock all skits with Grade which I have yet to do in the DE), so I can't use that to compare all skits right now.
There are plenty of small changes here and there that I won't be including in these posts because there are some sentence changes that aren't impactful but do exist. I just don't want to be here for a year covering the random changes that don't matter much. I'm also not going to include details of a lot of honorifics because I'd be here all day, but there is one one major instance that I mention later on.
For reference if anything wants to actually watch the game in JP with the subs (it goes until just after Hypionia), most of the references come from here. Since in some cases the subber just reused localized text even when the context wasn't the same, I did bring some of those up in these posts too. These were subbed before the DE version came out. I used screenshots with subs where possible to make it easier to follow along.
I have a lot of passion for JP Yuri and I hope I can pass on some of that passion to others. 🙏
Apologies in advance if some of these sound cranky. If I sound cranky about some specific changes, it's probably because I am.
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Since I talked about the whole, Raven being shady and Yuri therefore not being grateful to him incident that the localization for some reason butchered and made Yuri sound like a generally ungrateful or just outright dumb person who doesn't understand gratitude, I'll summarize that one again here:
Yuri has a skit with Estelle originally talking about how he can't find himself being grateful to someone like Raven for showing him how to sneak out of the castle. Basically, Raven is shady and he's not sure he should be grateful to someone like that, and is confused as to why Estelle would be so grateful when she doesn't even know him (because in his mind, he isn't sure he wants to trust a guy with those vibes). The loc just kinda... makes him sound like an ungrateful jerk and not so much because he's not sure he wants to trust Raven. It doesn't really sound like it's an issue of his with Raven specifically but more that he just generally doesn't feel grateful for the aid (and that in general one shouldn't feel grateful for aid like this), which gives off a really wrong impression of him that doesn't hold up throughout the game. Yuri wasn't wholly ungrateful for the gesture itself, but because of who it came from (and I imagine a weird peppy guy in jail is good cause to be skeptical).
We start off we a classic "Yuri, you idiot!" that was changed to "come on already!".
Yuri's response to Estelle mentioning he'd been in the knights doesn't actually give a time frame for how long he'd been there (the loc made up three months, but there was never originally even a time frame given).
Here when Yuri asks Estelle why she can't just leave, her response indicates she actually does know why. The loc made it more ambiguous, which could be easily misinterpreted as she really doesn't know, so I'm dropping this one here.
For some reason the localization seemed to have Estelle responding to Karol directly about the ace always performing their attack last ("I don't think so"). What she was referring to was the tiny monster that walked by, asking for confirmation that that monster was not the eggbear they were looking for (I wasn't gonna fight with the video to get a better screenshot without the annoying YT red bar in the way so the monster is in the corner mid-movement lol). Not sure if that was a genuine mistake, but it was an odd one.
(Also, side note and not putting an image here because it's more general, but Yuri refers to Karol as "Karol-sensei" which was translated in the localization to "Captain Karol". Basically, Yuri calls him "sensei" because that's a teacher/professor, and he's making a play on Karol's knowledge and being their "teacher" about monsters/maps/etc.)
I'd say this is more along the lines of overexaggerating and not overreacting, but this line was literally changed to "haha" in the loc. The whole point wasn't that Yuri just brushed her comment off or found it funny. At this point he still literally thinks she's exaggerating about her lack of knowledge out in the world, her excitement, etc.
Not the only instance you'll find of the loc just changing entire sentences to something meaningless as if they ??? didn't know what it meant (they actually changed Patty saying an entire sentence to "aye"). In some cases they added entire sentences that weren't even there...
Even though I can kind of see where they went with the loc here, the point was supposed to be that Flynn actively thought he would be happy for Yuri to go outside the barrier and see the world.
The loc changed this to Flynn saying that he, in the now, is happy that Yuri is outside the barrier, but then says he got a little less happy when he saw the wanted poster, indicating he was previously happy but got less happy, yet says in that moment that he is happy.
It's a weird case of (past/present) tense usage for the most part, but they also removed the fact that Flynn is literally saying "I thought I would be happy" (thus expressing he'd been wanting Yuri to see the world outside the barrier and would've been happy to find out he did). The reason he's not finding himself happy is because of the wanted poster and the crimes listed on it, following up that his honest happiness for Yuri (ultimately because of the poster) was a lie.
This also means they removed Flynn expressing the honesty of his happiness for a positive concept for Yuri, which, given all the changes toward Flynn in the loc/dub, already now takes away from the fact that he'd been actively hoping for good things for someone and we're left with this more sarcastic take on him being "happy" (his line is more like, "but I lost my sense of genuine happiness when I saw this!").
Obviously his happiness wasn't really a lie because most of the crimes were falsified (primarily the ones that would make him actually mad, because Flynn has had to have been aware this whole time that Yuri has committed small time crimes for the past few years now), but at the time, the focus on this conversation is that Flynn thought he'd be happy at a time that Yuri left the barrier; meaning he'd been hoping for it prior to it happening.
I'm also mentioning it because it's the very first in a whole line of changes the loc/dub made to their relationship (and it's their first in game interaction ffs) and to Flynn himself as he's perceived as a character. The original is much more expressive of how important they are to each other in a lot of various ways.
Inserting the JP audio version of the following scene with Flynn here.
And... the following one from there.
This was changed to "damn, we if lose our balance...". I know they did it because Yuri had just fallen over, but I'm including this one because the context isn't... really the same thing to me?
This loc change is a bit odd to me. They had him saying something along the lines of "she is a princess after all" in the loc, regarding the council backing her.
The original context is more like, the council is backing her and he's hearing it directly from Ioder and he probably doubts Ioder would lie like that or about that, cementing that yes, she truly is, like he suspected, a princess, but it's almost still a bit odd to know. It's sort of like, he knew/had suspicions but hearing it directly from Ioder just confirms it for certain.
The loc just made it sound like well yeah, it's obvious they'd want to back her, she's a princess... but Ioder is a prince, so that doesn't explain why they're not backing him. She is a princess after all, so of course they'd back her... but what's stopping them from backing the prince?
Another weird one for me. In the loc Yuri says that "even the Commandant was a little in over his head", when he actually... really wasn't? All he did was step in. Things got bad enough that he had to, but he wasn't in over his head. Not sure how or why the loc ended up with that.
An example of the loc having a habit of just adding in random lines that didn't actually exist (and in this case the one added didn't even contextually make sense. This was no thank you from him, this was literally him making Yuri do something for him because he was going to ask Flynn for a favor and ended up with Yuri in the cell instead).
Another super weird one in the loc. They had Yuri saying Flynn was "too" late, implying he hadn't made it in time, but he did. He made it just before the battle started, but the original context only says he's late, not too late (which makes sense given that they were ready to fight but hadn't started yet).
This was changed to Yuri just mentioning there was one way they could get out of there without actually saying what it was, and Judith saying if he thinks it might work what's the harm in trying it out. Not sure why they changed Yuri literally telling her his plan, so... again, a super weird change that I don't get why they didn't just keep the context the way it was.
Third image was changed to "someone get me away from this psycho", which... I also don't get why they put that there unless they just wanted so much flavor text that they wanted to change the whole "they're in a fight and he's telling her not to come over here because he's pissed at her because they're fighting" part of the fake fight they had going on.
Not one I have a huge problem with, but definitely good examples of them going out of their way to change just... perfectly normal stuff that literally has no reason to be changed? Some of it is flavor text and some of it feels over the top for me. Stuff that makes me like... why would you change that when there was no reason to? Could be more of a personal pet peeve of mine, but I just don't like unnecessary changes when there was nothing wrong or odd about the original text and doesn't at all come off odd in English. Unfortunately Vesperia got littered with those.
I didn't feel like getting a whole video for this, but basically Judith gives a little laugh instead of just the more upset/distressed(?) sound she made in the dub. Feels more fitting imo to keep up the "lie" Yuri started for her. The dub makes it seem more like she feels guilty, versus here she's giving a little forced giggle to go along with it. Again, a change I'm not sure why they put in.
Ngl I get completely different vibes from these. The JP comes across more as concern, rather than... treating them like they're some mob on the loose...?
Once again, this gives off negative vibes toward Flynn as a character imo.
Here Judith gives more of a reason for coming with them, which they changed in the loc to "with the circumstances being what they are, this is just how things turned out". Reasonably, she didn't have to stick around after they ran from Dahngrest, but here she gives a quick "reason".
The loc changed this to "I'll bet he is". They were just told he's the current magistrate in Heliord, and all Yuri says here expresses he's letting it sink in and realizing exactly why all this is happening here. It's not a huge story beat or anything that gets changed, but it's an example of changing things that don't need to be changed as if trying to play things up in a way that... doesn't feel necessary to me? In this case the situation is kind of dawning on Yuri as he realizes how bad this situation could be/why it's like it is, but in the loc it comes across as more just unimpressed and "of course he'd do that".
An unfortunate, classic moment of them changing how much Yuri believes in and trusts Flynn. They changed this to "gotta run, Flynn!" and he just... leaves. I'm sorry but in what universe does "leave the rest to you" equal "gotta run"???
This one is one of those cases where the localization text was super awkward and wonky, and worse, they actually voiced it that way (like "we have guild's job to deal with". Yes, they actually voiced it that way too on top of everything else grammatically wonky with the entire conversation that they didn't bother fixing when the DE came out).
Also here, they changed what Yuri says about Cumore and Flynn. "I don't know how I could explain this to Flynn" doesn't, at least to me, carry the same weight as Yuri actually feeling ashamed (in the loc he says "what a shame", but does not express shame, versus him saying "how pathetic" and expressing shame in feeling pathetic) and saying he can't even face Flynn because Cumore got away. The thing is, Yuri does tend to posture, so when he fails at something, it hits him pretty hard.
And let's be honest, this just hits way harder than "he will get what he deserves".
Interestingly, Yuri could also fall into the category of viewing himself as sinful later on, which I talk about in my favorites post and the usage of "crime" and "sin" within the JP context.
Not particularly important, but just another (more mild) case and example of how the loc just randomly changed tone/mood/wording for no reason.
Another case of Yuri being more aggressive in the dub than he actually was. Here, all he says is just a plain statement. In the dub, he has an attitude about it and says it in a tone that's more insulting that Ioder didn't know about Heracles.
This isn't the only case of dub Yuri acting aggressively toward Ioder when he wasn't supposed to be and we'll get to that, but Ioder is another similar case of the dub making Yuri unnecessarily vocally rude (despite that Ioder is very polite toward Yuri).
(I left out the subtitles because all they did was copy the Eng localization, which kinda defeats the point of this post LOL. This will be the case going forward for any same circumstances.)
This one's a more interesting tidbit to me and less of a harmful change (i.e. I find that a lot of if not most changes relative to Flynn do more harm than good when compared with the original context). Basically it's saying "sweet mask and sharp eyes", implying Flynn's sweet face is a mask and saying it contrasts with his sharp eyes. I could get into a whole rant about why I love that in relation to some side material, but even in the game itself, there's the knight Flynn with his sweet, polite side and his real side that only shows when he's around Yuri (basically, who Flynn has to be for his job and who he actually is as a person, which he only gets to be around someone who knows the real him).
I'd guess this got changed in the loc because they weren't sure how to word it, though there's no mention of "heartthrob" here at all and instead actually says "sweet mask" as if, again, to say his sweetness is just a mask. It's actually a very interestingly accurate representation of his character - how he tends to not be himself when he's being "knight Flynn", and how that sweet face is contrasted by the look in his eyes (which they say, you know, eyes are the windows to the soul, so this would imply the sweet face is the mask and the eyes are the real Flynn. And of course, this Flynn is implied to show himself in his sparring with Yuri in Aurnion, where sword fighting is the best way to express himself. This isn't to say Flynn being a nice person in and of itself is a lie, but that his overly polite, respectful, kind knight side is a sweet mask contrasted to the man who loves to fight and has a sharp look in his eyes)
For now, we'll be back at Mantaic in the next post (due to image per post limit).
#Tales of Vesperia#GTF JP Vesperia Things#GTF Vesperia Localization Woes#really like... a lot of the time? the other characters weren't changed all that much#it's primarily Yuri who got this weird shift where they just... flattened his personality?#but some of the biggest offenders ended up being some of the most important scenes in the game which is what bothers me#and sometimes the localization is pretty much just... on point with the plot dialogue and other characters#yet for some reason they just... changed a lot of tone for Yuri?#it's just like... Yuri will have personality in his tone and they instead make dub Yuri speak it in a flat way in those moments#this did happen with the original dubbing quite a bit but it's also just SUPER noticeable with the new lines#my suggestion would be to at least play the game w/ JP dialogue and see how you feel coming out of it if you're a fan of Yuri and/or Flynn#and if you like it enough then I'd suggest watching the playthrough in JP that these screenshots came from if you're RLY dedicated lol#it's not JUST Yuri it's just /dominantly/ Yuri. other odd lines just didn't... go as hard?#like Raven and Karol especially go pretty hard on their lines in JP and the Schwann stuff with Karol was OOF#or if you'd rather just skip to watching it in JP I mean be my guest lol I just know some ppl might rather PLAY it#I just feel like... like... even tho not everything in the dub is horrendous... if you're a YURI fan?#it's hard to go back to the dub (impossible for me ngl) when you have this actual silly little guy#who is a lot more emotional and wholesome and Yuri isn't acting like he has a stick up his dubbed ass in some scenes#I still prefer the 360 version plot-wise for the most part and it's a mixed bag there a bit but#I can't get JP audio on the 360 so. it's the struggle ig.#in my case though it's this feeling of like... them wanting to create an image onto Yuri that wasn't supposed to be there?#obviously I don't know what went on in the loc room but I do know I walked out looking at dub Yuri like#him and the original Yuri aren't even the same. I get so frustrated with dub Yuri's unnecessary ATTITUDE sometimes#which wasn't ever a problem for me period in JP. he's emotional and sincere WAY more often#also lbh I cannot reasonably picture dub Yuri all dressed up and pretty the way he is in official artwork LOL#and that's the thing. I see them so differently it's like they're different people#I also just feel like the dub was like. he doesn't fit OUR vision for him. what WE want him to be like#and again I don't know what went on in that loc room but I DO know that's how I came out feeling from this game#anyway this is in hope more ppl will come to love JP Yuri's personality and stuff#but yeah more next time on ''why did you do this to my sweet baby boy''
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My only question for the amnesia!Alan au is if Alan is currently a stick figure and has amnesia then who’s paying the WiFi/electricity bill?!
don't worry about it. its magic 👍
in all seriousness since this is all in good fun i don't put pressure on myself to fill in the gaps. usually doesn't get anything done and just stresses me out. if it gets fixed it gets fixed! if it doesn't it doesn't
#tommy's foolery#my aus are filled with plot holes and i completely acknowledge this fact. i simply don't care#tommy's stickmen tag#tommy's aus#tommy's stick!alan#amnesia!alan au#but if you really want an explanation we could always say they just moved to DJ's and King's!#don't think about my aus too hard though heh--#the only one that really has an explanation for that stuff is untitled time travel#and i figure it's a little far-fetched to say that au exactly 'makes sense'#the only purpose for these aus is to get a little silly. things will fall into place as they will!
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48 please <3
I'm sorryyyyyy!
She missed them. A week ago, they’d been preparing for a gig just like this one, but they’d been together. It was harder to worry about an onstage voice crack when Reggie was cracking jokes. She could ignore the awkward beats of silence when Fuego entered their practice room mid-song when Alex always kept up a steady beat with his fingers against his thigh. Performance jitters were nothing when Luke couldn’t help but jitter around in the seat beside her.
(Send me a number and I'll write that many words on my WIP and show you!)
#legolas tag#julie and the phantoms#jatp jem and the holograms au#s key stop sticking challenge#I really need to clean my laptop don't I#but I'm in the angsty era of this fic and I want it over!#It's about to hit the peak angst though I promise#and then... well it doesn't get fluffy after that#cause we still got a plot to resolve#and trauma to address#but at least they'll all be back together and I can give them all the hugs they deserve
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disjointed fandom posting sorry but it just hit me that pwotr is like. the only rpg where a companion never once left my team
#you can guess who it was jgkdfg#but yeah i think it has to do with disapproval not being a thing in the usual sense#Daeran was there 24/7 but my team in general is very stable compared to how often i switch it up on bg3 or the dragon ages#it's like . Daeran Woljif Seelah Lann + free space that gets swapped around (but most often it's Arue)#like aside from the point when woljif isn't there for plot reasons - i think the only time seelah and lann werent there-#was at the trap for the Other?#and that was only for plot reasons again bc basically Elluin was 99% sure the situation would escalate/#he'd wind up murdering a bunch of inquisitors and. yk. don't generally want the paladin and the guy who can't stand your bf there for that#though maybe I'll change it in future because it would be spicy if they WERE there to see it... hmmm#anyway yeah it's very interesting to me how consistent it was comparatively#honorable mention to Wyll for being the only other companion from an rpg that I don't recall taking out of my team for 99% of the game#and Zevran for being there for about? 80%? Orion didn't take him into the deep roads for blight safety reasons#it's a LITTLE bit funny to think of Daeran as the one companion this happens to djkfg#similar to the Dorian Bit of the high class character forced to trudge along the dirt fdjgk but.. better#because he's deadass forced to do it dnfmgbdh#I have this one particular thought in my head about the abyss as well.#about being made to follow along the heart of Alushinyrra as essentially a glowing target?#and how that's somehow both the worst and best outcome of being in the abyss in the fist place?#i mean he says it himself retroactively about the battlebliss. there's a certain sense of safety that comes from sticking close to the kc#and that's also why Elluin Does keep him with- it's a risk either way but if we gotta bring an aasimar into the Abyss#and that aasimar just so happens to be someone he has a vested interest in keeping safe#he's much better off where he can see him at all times rather than at camp#gods something about this visual. standing right there as the person you're following walks in front of you-#provoking the 2d highest authority in the entire /realm/ - a realm that's already been hostile to you from the very second you stepped ther#yet somehow - against all sense or better judgement . you know it's going to be fine?#(yes in a sense Dae may be safer than anyone there on account of life insurance and the Other itself in a sense but still)#im shaking the bars of my enclosure etcetera#river rambles
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Is there any outfit you like Atreus to be drawn in and or how you mostly imagine him in your fics, what clothes and what attire?
Not the question you asked but I think I do actually like his canon start clothing the best. While the metal armor is practical and elegant in its own way, I like softer vibes. The gentle colors on him and how the fabrics look worn and loved and stitched over and over are so nice. As for what I like seeing Atreus drawn in? I don't know. Maybe nothing 😂 Maybe seeing him in his canon-type clothing more often would be cool- but then I think of all the cute ideas we keep seeing like Modern AU stuff like fun, colorful sweaters and shorts. Even if I don't particularly lean towards Modern AU stuff, it's always nice to see the variety. Or loose fabrics that he's been draped in are so nice and it's fun to see his freckles 🤭
Depends on the fics. Mischief and Foresight has him in his canon gear for the most part. A Hint of Magic is very much up to the imagination because of the vague descriptions given, though his newer outfits do come from the cloths Heimdall gives him. Any fics that take place in the canon universe I picture him in canon gear. In Your Toy, the Modern AU, I imagine colorful big sweaters in the cooler weather to show off his fun and more childish side, and regular jean-like shorts(blue or green) and still colorful baggy shirts slightly tucked in to whatever shorts or pants he's wearing. And maybe stuff he'd borrow from friends or Heimdall to play with.
#Big question here and I probably could go into depth on some fics but it'd be just me going over how I think his canon gear can look#Like in Mischief and Foresight#Atreus is in canon gear yeah but then they're there in the Snow Glode thing for a very long time! and he's then pregnant and eventually#it is showing so that would mean he can't wear his typical gear and tends to stick to being comfortable and can wear less even if it's#considered indecent because he's literally with the person that got him pregnant so decency isn't that important#So he might eventually wear a spare shirt Heimdall has if Atreus outgrows his usual stuff to get by#just a plain tunic and no armor since he can't wear it anyways and maybe blankets on top to keep warm#But it also just depends on reader imagination since I doubt fully describing an outfit is what everyone wanted when compared to plot#The fic with the most reader interpretation on Atreus's clothes has got to be A Hint of Magic because I don't think I describe anything#I leave everyone fend for themselves and think! And picture little cute Fairy Atreus in fabrics or nature stuff#Sometimes he did have pants in my mind though#like green and vaguely leaf-like#Though most times he's just wearing stuff Heimdall gave after Heimdall gives him stuff#Fabrics that he my have stitched into something new and stylish with Angrboda or maybe he just wraps it around himself#very much up to the reader#I could probably even point out what fanarts I may have vaguely pictured for some fics#Sorry this this BRICK#I'm all sleepy so I hope I make sense!#heimtreus#sunny's answers
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and a risk to take?
A Risk to Take is the title to the next Can't Get You (Out of my Mind) chapter.
I've slowly added little bit more to this chapter (trying to get over my self imposed min word counts and just focus on writing until the story is captured)
There is a planned Luke, Julie, and Reggie POV and unlike the last few chapters it's going to encompass a few days via time jump. I actually don't remember what snippets I have dropped for this so I think I'll just share a few of the planned notes:
Julie POV: Luke surprises Julie in the library during free study period –says he’s got a plan and worked it out with Mrs. Harrison (he doesn’t say this, Julie asks, and he doesn’t exactly say no)
Reggie’s POV: Friday assembly performance.
#I'm always torn in these because I could honestly talk for hours#but I also don't want to like drop the entire plot in case someone doesn't want it spoiled for them 😅😅#Though this is also one of my 'how closely can I stick to canon while also completely changing it?' AU's#thanks for the ask!#ask game
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Break 🤝 Ebisu - waiting for years to die and then realizing when the time comes that they want to live...
anon i don't know who you are or what prompted you to send this, but....... yes, I suppose? but also Ow why did you have to make me think of this
#anonymous#the only difference though is that one's death was well written and necessary for the plot/characters#(while still feeling terribly sad but not like in a betrayed way)#and the other one was just cruel shock value and spitting in the face of their character arc for the entire series#oh never think i ever stop being salty even after 9 years :))))#it's funny though because that kind of death for that kind of character is my most hated trope in media#and yet this comparison proves that i don't always necessarily mind it..........#i think with Ebisu it's softened by the fact that he gets to reincarnate#and his reincarnation is able to finally value his life and GETS that second chance to do that that he deserved#his death isn't as terrible as it is for break and anyone else because he's a special case and he gets to reincarnate as still himself#it's still sad for that PARTICULAR Ebisu but....... he's still always Ebisu. and he needed to die in the story for so many reasons.#but he still gets that second chance#am i still incredibly fucked up by his death always? yeah lol because adult Ebi is MY Ebi and he's Yato's Ebi#and the Ebisu arc will forever be my favorite........ sobs#but it's still not nearly as bad as Break cause........ yeah#would ph fans still burn me alive for daring to criticize the ending chapters of the series? who knows lol#the ending chapter of noragami does remind me tho that i've been right to have trust issues ever since the ending of ph all those years ago#it wasn't /nearly/ as bad as the ending of ph but man... man.... every time i think mangaka know what they're doing i'm proven wrong :')#they just can't ever stick the landings man. what's up with that. it sucks. and then there's asagiri who lol... is doing whatever he's doin
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hey not to sound rude or anything it’s just a critic that i would like to share with you bc i feel like you write too much detail about other things that aren’t really how do i say it not important to the storyline. for example you wrote almost a whole chapter of jk and his friends doing absolutely nothing other than bicker for 30mins while drinking beer and what not so while it’s cool and very important for us readers to know about some details and information about the characters in the story it’s just too much and you did it again in chapter 7 too it’s like we never get to see him interact with oc more than 5 mins and the next moment he’s with his friends or idk she has to work on this and that like i get it she has to work but i don’t need to know the equipments. again im not trying to be rude or discredit you i love your story it’s very interesting i just want to let you know what you might do better next time if you would allow us to criticize you :)
hii, thank you so much for your insight!! i really appreciate it, although i am sorry those scenes felt excessive for you. they're meant to visualise the atmosphere, introduce you to the characters, build on their personalities, and strengthen the storyline, so it isn't just two-dimensional cardboard cut-outs interacting with each other in a vacuum. i'm hoping for full immersion into this universe with the way i write, but i understand if you're mainly interested in the two main characters interacting -- that's obviously totally fine! thank you for reading so far, anyway! 🥰❤️
#ask#anonymous#taexual; sleepwalking#ah i guess i'm striving more for literary fiction rather than just romance with this one?#so the pace stays as realistic as possible and the characters think A LOT.......#and most of the facts are supported by examples#so you won't have to just take my word for it later when i claim that the OC has a good relationship with the rest of the staff#or when JK claims to have something in common with his friends that isn't just Being Male (even though that's basically it tbh lmao)#you won't have to assume these things because you've read about them before#me and flimsy comments to push the plot don't get along#most of what happens is Substantial and it is Explained & Explored in the perspective of the characters#yeah idk i like to write#i like to imagine#i like to think#that's why it's long and that's why it's slow burn#so i am really very sorry if you were looking for something different!:(#but again i thank you for this message! i will still take your words into consideration regardless 🥰#there will obviously be a lot more of direct interactions between the two main characters#if you're willing to stick around for it!!#i'm grateful either way!
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just finished season 2 of arcane :(
#myevilposts#arcane#spoilers for season 1 below and some mild spoilers for season 2.#personally i liked how jayvik turned out. pretty much all of the main women got the short end of the stick though huh.#like i'm really glad mel is a playable character now and i really love her but uhh.#i don't know if i really like what they're leaving up in the air about her going back to noxus like that?#and the caitvi was like yeah :) until i was like oh this just reads as sequel bait.#to the show that said this is the end.#like are they really going to continue this story elsewhere? because caitvi and mel's arcs both didn't feel finished.#and despite the fact that i feel like they were hinting at jinx's fate the entire season it still didn't feel earned or even#all that climactic. like comparing it against what happened with like silco it just doesn't work that well.#also the amount of silco in this season felt so weird. like i love the guy and i wish i could say that i wish he didn't die.#but his death was thematically and narratively resonant enough that i think it kinda mattered and the show wouldn't be the same without it.#HOWEVER. with the amount he is still featured in season 2 i feel like maybe they felt like they weren't totally finished with him#(which like. fair.) and that maybe they regretted killing him off because of how great he is.#like they gave him a monologue to express this kinda weird imagined closure to his ambitions that he didn't actually get to#see. and i guess that makes sense because jinx did become that closure that she would imagine silco changing.#i could be cynical and say they just killed silco off so they wouldn't have to deal with him trying to make zaun a better place#so they could keep a status quo in place.#but *spoilers* jinx actually does somewhat topple that status quo and we end the season with zaun and piltover#being on some of the most equal footing we've ever seen. but it still kinda feels that way.#and one these season 2 character deaths (the one i mentioned before that felt unearned) just has like. none of that#going for it. like. okay. it mattered in that one scene as an act of martyrdom/to parallel another act of martyrdom in s2#to prove this character is totally totally unselfish now but i think this character already repeatedly showed that this season and like.#didn't need to die like that. i felt like it was kinda for shock value because OMG MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH !#and i think to be like 'but sometimes people just die irl so why wouldn't a show reflect that / it's realistic'#as if up until this point pretty much every major character death has had HUGE plot implications.#like why would they cry realism. now.#but i did like how jayvik turned out. the show could've and should've handled disability/ableism vs class privilege better#and made it a more overt theme because it is prevalent but doesn't get touched on explicitly nearly enough.
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