#Computational Analysis

[little-p-eng-engineering]

Little P.Eng. for Blue Hydrogen and Ammonia Engineering Services: A Comprehensive Engineering Aspect

Table of Contents

Introduction

Blue Hydrogen: An Overview

Importance of Engineering Services in Blue Hydrogen Production

Piping Stress Analysis

Structural Engineering

Seismic Engineering

Tank Design

Pressure Vessel Design

Ammonia Engineering Services: The Connection

Conclusion

1. Introduction

As the world accelerates its efforts to combat climate change, the focus on cleaner energy sources has never been sharper. Blue hydrogen, derived primarily from natural gas with the carbon emissions being captured and stored, presents a viable option in the pursuit of decarbonization. Its potential integration with ammonia production further highlights its significance. At the heart of this transformative energy landscape lies the vital role of engineering services. 'Little P.Eng.', a forerunner in this niche, offers specialized services such as piping stress analysis, structural and seismic engineering, and the design of tanks and pressure vessels. This article delves deep into these pivotal engineering domains and the implications for blue hydrogen and ammonia production.

2. Blue Hydrogen: An Overview

Blue hydrogen is produced when natural gas (primarily methane) undergoes steam methane reforming (SMR) to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Unlike gray hydrogen, where CO2 is released into the atmosphere, blue hydrogen incorporates carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. This ensures that a significant portion of the carbon emissions are captured and sequestered, making blue hydrogen a cleaner option.

3. Importance of Engineering Services in Blue Hydrogen Production

Engineering services ensure the efficiency, safety, and reliability of blue hydrogen production plants. Key considerations range from handling high pressures and temperatures to mitigating the effects of seismic events. Herein, Little P.Eng.'s expertise comes to the fore.

4. Piping Stress Analysis

Piping systems in hydrogen production facilities face stresses from internal pressures, thermal loads, and dynamic forces. Piping stress analysis ensures that pipes, flanges, and fittings can withstand these stresses without failure.

Objectives:

Safety of the piping system and its associated components.

Compliance with international standards, codes, and best practices.

Reduction of operational disruptions due to piping failures.

Little P.Eng. employs advanced computational tools and methodologies to evaluate the behavior of piping systems under various loading conditions, optimizing design and ensuring longevity.

5. Structural Engineering

Facilities producing blue hydrogen demand robust structures capable of supporting equipment, piping, and personnel.

Key Challenges:

Dynamic loads from equipment and flow-induced vibrations.

Corrosive environments due to the presence of hydrogen, steam, and other chemicals.

Little P.Eng.'s structural engineering services provide innovative solutions, ensuring that structures remain integral and safe throughout their operational life.

6. Seismic Engineering

Many industrial facilities are located in seismic zones. Earthquakes can be catastrophic for hydrogen production facilities, leading to leaks, explosions, and fires.

Seismic Analysis: Little P.Eng. evaluates potential seismic risks and designs structures and systems that can withstand seismic events. This encompasses:

Site-specific seismic hazard assessments.

Design of foundations and structural elements with sufficient ductility and resilience.

7. Tank Design

Storage tanks play a pivotal role in hydrogen and ammonia plants. They store feedstock, intermediate products, and final products.

Design Principles:

Safety: Ensuring that tanks do not leak or rupture.

Efficiency: Maximizing storage capacity while minimizing footprint.

Longevity: Ensuring resistance to corrosion, wear, and tear.

With advanced modeling and simulation, Little P.Eng. optimizes tank designs to meet these principles, while also adhering to strict regulatory standards.

8. Pressure Vessel Design

Pressure vessels in hydrogen production plants hold gases at high pressures. Their design is crucial for safety and efficiency.

Design Aspects:

Material selection to resist hydrogen embrittlement.

Wall thickness determination to withstand internal pressures.

Compliance with international standards, such as ASME codes.

Little P.Eng. employs a rigorous approach to pressure vessel design, ensuring optimal performance and safety.

9. Ammonia Engineering Services: The Connection

Ammonia, NH3, is produced by combining nitrogen from the air with hydrogen. As such, blue hydrogen can provide a clean hydrogen source for ammonia production. The engineering challenges in ammonia production mirror those of blue hydrogen: high pressures, corrosive environments, and the need for robust structures and equipment. Little P.Eng.'s suite of services naturally extends to this domain, further enhancing the synergies between blue hydrogen and ammonia production.

10. Conclusion

The transformation of the energy landscape hinges on the adoption of cleaner technologies, and blue hydrogen stands out in this endeavor. The role of engineering services, as championed by Little P.Eng., is paramount, ensuring that the transition is not just sustainable but also safe and efficient. From intricate piping designs to robust structural solutions, the contributions of engineering cannot be overstated. As we gaze into the future of energy, it's clear that the expertise of firms like Little P.Eng. will be at the very heart of this revolution.

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[iwillstabyou]

TMAGP 31 - A Computer Nerd’s Breakdown Of The Error Logs

It’s round 3, bitches! (tumblr crashed twice when I was writing this so I’ve had to start again multiple times. I do in fact see the irony, considering the subject matter)

I was listening to TMAGP 31 and as a computer nerd, oh my god those error messages just HIT DIFFERENT. There are so many subtle details hiding in those lines that a typical non-computery person would probably miss, so I feel it is my duty to explain them and their possible implications. So that’s why I’ve decided to fully break down each part of the error report, complete with what they could potentially suggest — think of this as “the TMAGP theorist’s guide to deciphering Chester’s yapping”

So without further ado, let’s get this party started…

(NOTE: lines from the transcript are in red, ‘translations’ are in purple, jmj specific stuff is is green, explanations are in black)

Starting off with Category: fatal programmer error, notice it says programmer, not program. There is nothing wrong with the code - the user has truly fucked up. Uh oh, Colin has made a big mistake…

Also, clever double meaning here with the word fatal. Obviously we know it was fatal to Colin (RIP king 🥲), but error logs also typically have a criticality level describing if immediate action needs to be taken. There are 6 commonly used levels, with the most critical being, yep you guessed it, ‘fatal’ - this means that whatever Colin was doing was a critical threat to the system. In other words, Colin had figured out the problem and was dangerously close to fixing it so Freddie just went “oh shit, we need to deal with this guy quickly or we are in serious trouble.”

Then we’ve got the next line, attempted host compromise (the Errno611 isn’t significant - error codes vary from system to system). When it comes to network terminology, a host is basically just any device on the network, so in full this line basically means “somebody’s tried to damage part of the network.” Importantly, “host” seems to suggest that the computers aren’t the source of this evil but merely a vessel for it. Freddie is just the mouthpiece for these supernatural forces - a bit like a non-sentient (as far as we know…) avatar. Whatever these forces are, they didn’t come from within/they weren’t created by Freddie.

(NOTE: I will come back to jmj=null in a bit)

The program traceback, Traceback <module> by extension BECHER, is rather interesting. A network extension is a way of providing network access to remote users (think along the lines of a VPN) by creating a personal direct ‘route’ to the network. Therefore if it’s the subject of an error report, it means there’s been an issue with data transmission along that path. So this bit means “there’s a problem with this specific network route that’s allocated to Colin.” However, the darker implication here is that Colin is an extension of Freddie. Although he wasn’t initially a part of all of this, he’s become tangled in the web (no pun intended) to the point that he and Freddie are inseparably intertwined. The OIAR employees may be able to quit their jobs, but they’ll still be a part of Freddie…

There isn’t much to say about Host=self.host in this context. It’s just convention when it comes to object oriented programming. Not important here.

Extension BECHER compromised isn’t just saying “there’s an issue here.” It’s saying “there’s an issue here that is a serious threat to network operation.” In other words, Freddie’s going “uh oh. Colin needs to be dealt with.”

The next bit is pretty self explanatory. I really don’t think I need to explain what <hardware damage_crowbar> means for you guys to understand. This bit made me laugh so hard. One thing that’s interesting though is that it gave it a DPHW, so Freddie processed this like it was an incident… Perhaps this fully confirms that the ‘thing’ controlling Freddie is of the same origin as the cases - it’s not something else entirely?

And now onto Administrator privilege revoked. This was the moment when I fully realised “oh no. Colin is fucked,” because any control that Colin may have had over the situation is now gone for good. Freddie’s basically just said “fuck you Colin. You’re not in charge anymore. I am.”

As you can probably guess, Unexpected data isolated/resolved just means that the crowbar’s been dealt with and the program can run as usual. Similarly, the Colin threat is fixed now he’s not an administrator i.e. he can no longer control the system. However, it then gets weird with Independent operation permissions revoked… It’s not saying Colin can’t use the network independently, it’s saying that Colin can’t be used independently of the network. Remember what I was saying earlier about Colin being a part of Freddie? Yeah, well now he purely is a part of Freddie. They’re turning our boy into data!

NOTE: I know in the audio it said everything was discarded but I’m going by the transcript. Idk why they’re different

You know it’s a bad sign when you hear Re config: self.host - Freddie’s evolving. The network is literally reconfiguring itself to now include Colin. And then Freddie goes through each of his alchemical elements one by one and fucking deletes them! How rude. You go and eat this man only to spit everything out!? I guess he’s feeling generous though, because he decides to keep the sulphur, which in alchemy, refers to the soul… If this isn’t just a coincidence, then that means Colin’s actual soul has been uploaded to Freddie. That could be really cool. And messed up. But mostly cool.

Starting with the final line, everyone knows what New administrator permissions assigned means, but we don’t know yet who they’ve been assigned to. Maybe it’s Gwen? Maybe it’s a new character? Maybe there is no system administrator anymore? It’s a mystery.

Now that’s out the way, let’s get on to the real juicy stuff…

The top few lines are pretty simple - it’s Freddie’s way of saying “Colin was a problem. We ate him. Now he’s not a problem anymore.” The next line, however, is a reminder that none of this is simple” - .jmj error not resolved. There it is again. The infamous jmj error. What does it mean? Jon? Martin? Jonah? Is that you???? Nobody knows. One thing we do know though is that jmj=null (from the start of the error log). Now when it comes to interpreting values, null is weird. It’s not zero, it’s not empty, it’s sort of nothing but it’s not nothing. It’s just null. It means no value, but it doesn’t mean that the variable doesn’t have a value (if that makes any sense to you guys???). Ooh I think I know how to explain it?? Imagine you’re Jonathan Sims, head archivist of the Magnus Institute and you’re digitising some archived ID photos when you find one without a name. The recorded name in the database would be null - you can’t put anything in particular, but that doesn’t mean the person in the photo doesn’t have a name. I guess null means unknown or missing here. So basically, what jmj=null means is that the jmj is unknown and that is a problem because it can’t get ignored/it is important. So what it’s basically saying is that jmj is a mystery not only to us, but also to Freddie.

Take a look at Data integration cycle ongoing <0.02%> - Data integration is the process of combining data from multiple sources into a single source of truth. There are 4 stages: data ingestion, cleaning, transformation, and unification. Thanks to the whole Colin ordeal, I’m sure you are all quite familiar with these stages by now (and that, students, is what we call a case study!). The peculiar thing here though is that we’ve just witnessed most of the data integration cycle - surely it should be higher than 0.02%? Yes, that’s correct. It should be far higher than that. It makes no sense. UNLESS this isn’t about Colin. Most of Colin’s data has probably already integrated. This is something else entirely - something so much bigger and foreign than these computers were designed for (the only comparison I can think of is trying to run the sims 4 with all expansion packs on a 15 year old laptop. It really shouldn’t work, and it probably won’t, but it’s gonna try regardless). This seems to follow on nicely from the jmj=null comments above, because Freddie is clearly struggling to integrate something (hence System function margins down to 82%), and when you try to read data that hasn’t been fully integrated with the system, you end up with a lot of missing & unknown values. Sound familiar? Yep, that’s right - until more data is synchronised, many values will be null, like our good friend jmj. Why is it taking so long to integrate jmj? We don’t know. Perhaps its origins are so supernatural and otherworldly that it’s simply not tangible enough for Freddie to process it? That’s what I think at the moment, at least.

So yeah, that’s my line by line analysis done! Hope you found that helpful/interesting. This podcast is so well written I’m actually going insane! Jonny and Alex, you are the guys of all time! As I’ve already said, feel free to expand on any of this - I’d love to hear your theories

Signed, your friendly neighbourhood computer nerd who is very autistic about TMAGP :)

[buttercupbread06]

frankly, i kind of like the fact that yes man is a robot and doesn't care much for human life. he really has no morals.

he's loyal to the courier simply because we got there, and it doesn't matter if he really likes us or not. he can, sure, but it doesn't matter.

i don't think he values human life in the way we do. he's fine with killing every single member of the brotherhood of steel, or the great khans, because he's a robot! he shouldn't care about those things, he's practical, even if he does so with a big smile and a cheerful voice.

shit, he's a securitron. he's 7ft and stocked up with missiles. he was made for violence, if anything. remember when he tells us about The Upgrade? he's giddy! he sounds proud of the fact that they have anti-person weaponry that can turn any fleshy being into a fleshy puddle.

and that doesn't make him... bad. he's not a bad person, he's simply not even a person. and i love him for that.

[royalarchivist]

Tubbo: Hola!

Spreen: [Completely unprompted] I can't be homophobic, my btch is gay.

Tubbo: PFTTT—?!

Spreen: [Laughs as he jumps off the ledge]

Tubbo: [Continues laughing in confused delight]

[heroesbyler]

Join us in the library : Why is Mike at the center of so much lab imagery?

Thinking about this pic we got from a prop in Hawkins Highschool in January. We discussed back then why all the 'Join us' in so many of the posters is definitely an ode to Vecna/One and his infamous 'Join me' (dont think too hard about why its plural now. Dont....Or do<3) and @henrysglock James talked about it connecting to Aliens (of course lol).

But upon further inspection I realised that the font and colouring here is actually a direct reference to this board game that Mike has in his room, as pointed out by the expert eye of @thefirstlioveyou.

Apart from having, as it seems, a lot of significance as a prop since they draw a connection to it in s5, they make sure to draw attention to it IN the season as well, by having Mike have dialogue about the words 'Science fair' and 'Logic'.

Small sidenote, but you just have to love all these scenes about how, even with full contradiction to reality, there is always more than 1 of something that is supposed to be unique. More than 1 best friend, even though 'best' means there can only be 1. Both Mike and Lucas end up being Venkman, even though only 1 Venkman exists in 'real life'. Makes ya think about the character that is literally named 001 or something. Anyway, back to the prop.

We already have some more connections to VecnOneMike in scenes adjacent to this prop, aka scenes that have to do with computers. Notably, scenes that have Suzie in there. We have 'Data is in' and the image of the computer vs all the shots of Suzies computers and:

And of course:

Suzie, placed as the computer genius of the bunch, even has similar hair styling to Mike and a lot of the dialogue happens between them.

And speaking of computers, the first introduction to the 'computer genius' character archetype is Bob, a character often paralleled with Mike in s2. And we already have a scene to which these Bingham house scenes pay homage to, and it is when Bob talks about BASIC in s2, and it is LITERALLY inside, and about, the physical Hawkins lab. Subtlety of a train hitting another train.

(Sidenote, but why did I just realise that for some goddamn reason MIKE is in the frame after 'Doc', a nickname that was later used for Brenner is well, is asked something. Not only that, but he nods 'No' as if he was asked. What on earth is with this kid, i stfg)

Love how all this does little but completely reinforce the whole Nina is not real/ its a simulation VR thing / there is something fucky about it. We never lose<3

[akascow]

okay so

i think the viktor and mel hallucinations during jayce's whole Moment in 2x07, their eyes are just completely black. and its VERY faint but u can KIND OF see the outline of their irises if u look REALLY close (irl)

to show u what i mean:

first ones are just normal settings (tho my computer brightness is all the way up), i only messed with the exposure n highlights of the pictures and stuff in the middle ones, and outlined the eyes in the third ones

​which could make sense in terms of his mental state i think ? he maybe feels like he let them down, or betrayed them or couldnt help them in a way ??

they dont feel human to him anymore. or maybe hes created these images so theyre judging him as he can only reminisce on what happened and how he left things

mel’s vision looks maybe like either angry, stubborn, strong willed or annoyed lol... her chin is kinda turned down, with downturned eyebrows, and her lower lids are halfway closed implying that shes like glaring or narrowing her eyes at him, her lips almost look pursed together and i think ? her nostrils are flared but its so hard to tell lmao we only get like three frames of over exposure HAAH take these with a grain of salt lmfao

viktor (even tho i cannot for the life of me read his expression HAHA) to the best of my ability i think kinda looks hurt or confused, maybe innocent for lack of a better term or scared. ((which given how he left jayce it would kinda fit lmao)) BUT his brows are ever so slightly scrunched together, one is higher than the other which usually implies confusion or thinking or admiring. eyes are wide open, mouth is agape a teenie bit, these are usually seen with softer, positive or more admirable expressions, and his chin is tilted upward. im not trying to turn this into a jayvik thing i swear im just comparing to my facial recognition knowledge HAHA

and as he loses himself deeper in the hexcore, the more he starts losing and/or fearing the two ppl he loved most ? ... and worries how he’d get back to them (if at all) and how he would imagine they would react.

the two ppl who not only made and brought him to who he is today, but uplifted and supported and stood by him for ~10 years despite everything

anyway this theory would all pair nicely with the voices that start playing in the background during his lil Montage lmao it kind of culminates into a massive guilty conscious, that then outwardly presents itself in their hallucinations:

“i never asked for this” - jayce to viktor, after their conversation about him breaking their promise about destroying the hexcore, resulting in vik leaving him lmao. also jayce literally turned viktor into this metal husk so hes gotta have that sitting on his shoulders too lmfao

“[heimer] was my mentor, and i betrayed him” - jayce (to mel) abt voting heimer off the council despite heimer ending up being completely right about magic in the first place

“it corrupts” “you must destroy it” “ive seen nations destroyed” - heimer about the hexcore, jayce screams over this as those lines play, anguishing over the fact that he literally did this to himself and hes the reason Piltover is (or will be) no more bc he ignored the warnings

“its your time now jayce” “perhaps its time for the era of magic” - mel to jayce, context is in the quotes HAHA. jayce is screaming no! no! and please! during these lines, i think its just to hammer (pun intended) home on the fact that it all ties back to him for ‘creating’ magic. its on HIM (at least in his own mind) for the destruction of Piltover and all of its people

not to mention the reason hes stuck down there for so long is because his own invention (hextech hammer) disabled him enough to make him unable to climb out for (as far as we know) weeks or even months... more outward projection of self guilt, but like far more literal than symbolic i guess

and as other people mentioned already, it put him in the same position of viktor (down in the depths of zaun having to pull himself up to piltover with the challenges of a disabled leg and illness and no one to support or help him) which allowed him to relate to viktor in a way he never could have before

maybe im just thinking too hard about it idk (im not). or unless this was extremely obvious to the average viewer HAHA. in my defense i spent this whole montage pausing every .6 seconds to take a picture of seggsy and broken and whimpering jayce so i wasnt really paying that much attention to it all AHAHA

anyway do u think this was a hallucination or was it actually the mage standing here with him for a flash lmao

okay sorry for that long ass post i would add a page break sooner but it would interrupt my flow of thoughts that i need u all to experience like i do HA

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also shameless self promos but u should check out my jayvik butterfly effect and viktors humanity symbolism analysis posts if u liked this one >:)

[lordofdestructionm]

RIP to those who made the fatal mistake of crossing paths with Viktor and Mordecai's situationship

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[four-loose-screws]

Would you say Tharja is more abrasive in English than Japan? I don't see people talk about it but everytime I see Japanese tharja she just seems more chill? I dunno if it's cherry picked lines or something. Like she says she loves noire versus English where she adds that "don't make me say it again."

I know Rhajat in English is more abrasive but I'm wondering if the same was true of Tharja.

This question was a bit harder to answer than I thought it would be! How a character’s lines come off actually depends a lot on the person reading the support. What feels abrasive to one person, might not to another.

In short - Overall, Tharja is abrasive, and sometimes just downright cruel, in the Japanese version as well. That being said, there’s definitely examples of the localization playing it up as well, and those examples do have some impact on her overall character.

This post got very long as I found more and more things I wanted to point out in Tharja’s supports, so I broke it down into several parts! Consider it a general analysis of Tharja’s character at some points, just as much as it is an answer to the initial question from Anon.

Part 1: The Tharja / Noire support

Since it’s the one direct example Anon gave in their Ask, let’s talk about the Tharja / Noire A support first. First, I’ll translate the last chunk of it.

From Tharja / Noire A:

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…未来の…私の気持ちが、

…わかってしまったからよ。▼ (...Because I know… my future self’s feelings.)

[ノワール]  (Noire)

未来の…母さんの気持ち？▼ (Your future self… Mother’s feelings?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…母親のことを信じて疑わない

無垢な我が子に…▼ (Her innocent daughter, who trusted her mother and did not doubt her..)

呪術なんて覚えさせたくない… (She did not want you to learn hexes.)

呪いは…とても危険なものだから。▼ (Because hexes are… very dangerous things.)

きっと未来の私も… (Surely my future self also…)

同じだったんだと思うわ。▼ (was the same, I think.)

[ノワール] (Noire)

私…愛されてたの…？ 母さんに…ちゃんと…▼ (She… loved me…? Mother… really…?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…そうなんじゃ��い？ (...She did, didn’t she?)

今の私が…そうであるように。▼ (Just like… the present me does.)

[ノワール] (Noire)

うぅ…母さん…▼ (Waaah… Mother…)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

つ、つまらないことを言ったわ。▼ (I-I said something so absurd!)

それより…呪術は教えたくないけど (More importantly… I don’t want to teach you hexes, but)

ほかに仕込むことがたくさんあるわ。▼ (There are many other things for you to learn.)

しっかりと…ついてきなさい。▼ (Come with me… and don’t fall behind.)

[ノワール] (Noire)

は、はい！　母さん！▼ (Y-Yes! Mother!)

Localization:

Tharja: ...I think I've come to understand the motives of my future self.

Noire: What?

Tharja: I don't want you dealing in hexes. The dark arts carry with them tremendous risks. My future self knew as much...

Noire: You think that she was worried for my safety? That...she loved me?

Tharja: Can't say. Not about her, at least. ...But I love you, if that helps.

Noire: Mother...

Tharja: Just don't expect to me to say it often! ...Or maybe ever again. And just because hexes are off the table doesn't mean I have nothing to teach you. There are more ways than hexing to skin a cat. ...Or other things. Heh. So pay attention, and try to follow along.

Noire: Oh yes, ma'am!

The localization changed what Tharja says after she tells Noire she loves her. Let’s see how each version measures up to the other! 

I actually think the Japanese might be even more abrasive than the localization.

This is partially because Anon remembered the localized line a bit incorrectly - Tharja doesn’t say “don’t make me say it again,” she says “don’t expect me to say it often … or ever again.” The connotation difference between “make” and “expect” is pretty big. Saying “I love you” rarely, or not at all, doesn’t make someone a worse parent necessarily, so long as a secure bond is made in other ways. Some people think less is more when it comes to expressing love. Sometimes people are not openly affectionate parents because that’s just not their local culture. Tharja’s tone in this context does still feel a bit harsh, but it’s not inherently a bad thing to not express love often. 

So what about the Japanese? Tharja describes her declaration of love as “tsumaranai.” I translated it to “absurd” in my translation above, but “tsumaranai” can have some other connotations depending on the context. I see it most commonly used to mean something is “boring.” It can also mean “useless” or “unimportant.” So it was tough to pick one word to use in my translation, but no matter which definition of “tsumaranai” we apply to Tharja’s line in this support, she is dismissing her expression of love as something not meaningful. I’ve got no alternate reading for that, like I did for her localized line.

So I think deciding which version comes off as more abrasive, really depends on how each person reacts to Tharja’s Japanese vs. localized line. 

Part 2: Lines that I think summarize Tharja’s personality the best, and how they differ in Japanese vs. localization

While I was reading all of Tharja’s supports in Japanese, I found a few snippets of dialogue that I thought described her personality very well in a nutshell. Did the localization translate these lines more directly, or change the meaning a bit too much in my opinion? Let’s find out!

This is from Tharja / Ricken A:

Japanese:

[リヒト] (Ricken)

サーリャさんも誤解されがちだけど、(People just tend to misunderstand you, but,)

意外といい人だよね。▼ (you’re actually a surprisingly good person!)

不気味に見える行動にも理由があるし (And you have reasons for your actions that seem creepy,)

体を張って呪術を教えてくれるし…▼ (And you put yourself at risk to teach me hexes…)

笑うとすごく綺麗だし…▼ (And when you smile, it’s really pretty…)

もっとサーリャさんのいいところを (More of your good side)

みんなに見せればいいのに。▼ (you should show it to everyone!)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

ふふっ…理解は求めていな��わ。(Fu fu… I do not seek understanding.)

私は私のしたいようにするだけ…▼(I merely do as I want…)

Localization:

Ricken: People are all wrong about you, Tharja. You're actually really nice! I mean, even though you seem creepy, you let me practice on you. Maybe you should show more of that side instead of the doom and gloom. I mean, your smile is pretty, you know? You should show it more.

Tharja: I like the way I am.

I think the exact meaning of the Japanese was lost from Tharja’s dialogue here, and it’s unfortunate in my opinion. In the Japanese, Tharja doesn’t respond to Ricken by saying she likes herself the way she is, but that she does simply as she wants/ pleases. I think this describes her very well in a nutshell. Sometimes she’s a cruel dark mage who has no qualms about hurting others if it means she can master a new hex, but other times she will go out of her way to help people. How can the same person act so differently from one situation to the next? Well, that’s an easy answer! She simply does whatever she wants, and the feelings of others are secondary to how she feels. Even when she’s helping someone else, her own feelings are her primary motivation. I think that nuance that I picked up on is totally lost in the localized line, and it’s unfortunate.

This line in the localization also portrays Tharja differently from the Japanese. The idea that Tharja is protecting her reputation as a dark mage was newly added. In Japanese, she only says that she wanted to repay Donnel’s favors.

From Tharja / Donnel A:

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…勘違いをされては困るからよ。▼ (...It would be a nuisance if people got the wrong idea.)

[ドニ] (Donnel)

勘違い、誰にだべ？▼ (Who would get the wrong idea?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

貴方にも、他の連中にも…よ。▼ (You, and the others in the army…)

私は貴方が願ったから

儀式を行っただけ…▼ (I only performed the ritual… Because I asked you for favors.)

連中を助けたいという善意で… 

やったわけじゃないわ…▼ (Not at all because of the goodness of my heart wanting to help them…)

Localization:

Tharja: People might get the wrong idea.

Donnel: Whatcha mean?

Tharja: They might think I did it for some kind of...common good... Or out of the goodness of my heart. *shudder* I only did it to thank you for the help you've given me. If people think I've gone soft, I'm finished as a dark mage...

While those two examples are different in localization vs. Japanese, this little line that gives insight into Tharja’s personality (and Henry’s) is pretty much the same in both Japanese and localization. 

From Tharja / Henry B:

Japanese:

[ヘンリー] (Henry)

ん～…味方とか、よくわかんないな～。(Hmm~… I don’t really get this stuff about “allies” and whatnot~.)

悪いと思った奴と戦うだけじゃダメなの？▼ (Is it bad for me to just fight guys I think are bad?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…別に、駄目とは思わないわ…。(...I don’t think it’s bad, not really…)

私も、そうやってこの軍に来たのだから…。▼ (Because that’s the same reason I came to this army…)

Localization:

Henry: Aw, I don't get into politics. I just want to toss fireballs at bad guys.

Tharja: Interesting. That's the same reason I joined up.

Part 3: Examples of the Japanese and localized supports portraying Tharja the same

Here’s some examples where I think Tharja is equally abrasive in Japanese and localization.

S Support w/ Frederick: When she gets annoyed with Frederick, Tharja has no issue with telling him right off.

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

その確認…もう五回目よ…。(I’ve confirmed that to you… Five times already…)

ちゃんと出るって言ってるじゃない…。▼ (I told you for certain that I am coming, didn’t I…?)

本当に、どういうつもりなの…。(What are you really planning…?)

貴方が去らないのなら、私が去るわ…。▼ (If you do not leave, I will leave…)

Localization:

Tharja: I've promised you five times already! Surely that's enough. Look, what do you really want? If you're not going to leave, I will.

C Support w/ Virion: Tharja minces no words in ordering Virion around, whether in Japanese or localization.

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…くだらないことを言ってないで (...Do not say foolish things, and)

向こうの小川に橋でも架けなさい…▼ (go build a bridge over that stream over there…)

Localization:

Tharja: Enough chatter. You've got chores to do. Sputter and spidge... Build me a BRIDGE!

C Support w/ Stahl: Stahl’s reaction is so flustered in this example, that it shows just how curt and abrasive Tharja was being with him. 

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

ひとつでじゅうぶんよ…▼ (One is enough…)

[ソール] (Stahl)

そ、そっか。ごめん、もしかしたら (G-Got it. Sorry, I thought maybe,)

君が遠慮してるんじゃないかと思って。▼ (you were holding back.)

窮屈に思うことがあったら (If you ever think you’re in a tough spot,)

なんでも相談してね。▼ (talk to me about anything, okay?)

Localization:

Tharja: One is enough.

Stahl: Right. Got it. Well, I guess I'd better, um... Yeah. Just let me know if I can do anything else for you, all right?

B Support with Kellam: In Japanese as well, Tharja threatens to curse Kellam for the mere act of accidentally sneaking up on her. And she also gets creeped out that he was worried about her family - which seems to me like a pretty normal thing for Kellam to do.

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

きゃっ！？▼ (Kya!?)

あなた…今度いきなり話しかけたら (You… If you suddenly start talking to me next time)

呪うわよ…！▼ (I’ll curse you…!)

(skip a few lines)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…まだいたの？(...You’re still here?)

人の顔をじろじろ見て…悪趣味ね。▼ (Staring at a person’s face… is disturbing.)

[カラム] (Kellam)

ご、ごめん… (S-Sorry…)

僕も、気になってたから…つい。▼ (I was worried about them too… It was an accident.)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

どうしてあなたが私の家族を (Why are you, about my family)

心配するの…？　おかしな人…。▼ (worried…? What a strange person…)

でも、まぁ…そうね。(But, whatever… I’ll tell you.)

みんな元気でやっているみたい。▼(They all seem to be doing well.)

あなたの家族はどうなの…？(How about your family…?)

返事はちゃんと届いた…？▼ (Did you receive a response from them…?)

Localization:

Tharja: Agh! What did I say about sneaking up on me like that? Next time, I'll turn you into a newt.

(skip a few lines)

Tharja: ...Are you still here?

Kellam: I was just anxious to know the news.

Tharja: Why do you care about my family? It's kind of creepy. But if you must know, it's from my parents and everyone is just fine. ...And your family?

C Support with Gaius: Tharja has no qualms about threatening to curse Gaius just for refusing her request, then proceeds to use him as a test subject throughout the rest of their supports. Though the wording is a bit different between Japanese and localization, the core of what Tharja does is not any different.

Japanese:

[ガイア] (Gaius)

なにやら怪しげだな。(Something seems weird about it.)

よしておいた方がよさそうだ。▼ (Seems best if I sit this one out.)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

ふぅん…やってくれないの？▼ (Hmm… So you’re not going to do it?)

[ガイア] (Gaius)

ま、そういうことだ。▼ (Yeah, that’s what I said.)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

だったら…貴方から呪うけど、(In that case… I will hex you,)

それでいい？▼ (if you don’t mind?)

Localization:

Gaius: Um, yeah. I don't usually take sinister chuckles as an answer. Sorry, kid. Go find someone else to help with your weird hobbies.

Tharja: This is not a negotiable request.

Gaius: Oh? And what are you going to do about it, Sunshine? Curse me?

Tharja: Yes.

C Support with Libra: Tharja is about as blunt as can be in both versions when she tells Libra that she would not like to be bothered while preparing to cast her latest hex.

Japanese:

[リベラ] (Libra)

記憶を操る…そんなことが (To control memories… Such a thing)

本当にできるのですか？▼ (can you really do it?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

わからないから…研究してるのよ。(I don’t know, that’s why… I am researching it.)

…邪魔だから、向こうへ行きなさい。▼ (...You’re bothering me, so please go over there.)

Localization:

Libra: Is such a thing even possible?

Tharja: Well, I'll never know if you stand there and bother me, will I?

B Support with Lon’qu: Tharja is not suspicious of Lon’qu, because she is more curious about the possibility that a curse is causing his fear of women. She still can be pretty sassy with him though. While the localization and Japanese lines are a bit different, I think she’s pretty equally sassy with him in both accounts.

Japanese:

[ロンクー] (Lon’qu)

サーリャ。▼ (Tharja.)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

あら…女嫌いの貴方が (Oh…? You, who hates women)

私になんの用…？▼ (what business do you have with me…?)

[ロンクー] (Lon’qu)

…………▼ (............)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

黙ってい���らわからないわ… (If you remain silent, I won’t know…)

と言いたいところだけど…うふふ。▼ (Is what I want to say, but… Ufufu.)

察しはつくわよ… (If I had to guess…)

呪いを解いて欲しいんでしょう？▼ (you want me to dispel the curse, yes?)

Localization:

Lon'qu: Tharja.

Tharja: I'm not going to move across the room, if that's what you want.

Lon'qu: ......

Tharja: Okay, I have better things to do than watch you stand there with your mouth agape. You want me to dispel your fear, right?

C Support with Gregor: Tharja’s directness in saying that she does not want to talk to Gregor at first, is equally blunt in both Japanese and localization. 

Japanese:

[グレゴ] Gregor

よーう、サーリャ。(Yooo, Tharja!)

ちょっと訊いていいかい？▼ (Can I ask you something?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…お断りよ。私は今、忙しいの。▼ (...I refuse to answer. I’m busy right now.

[グレゴ] (Gregor)

つれないねぇ。おじさんの相手は (How cold! To an old man)

してられないってか。▼ (you cannot stand to make company?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

年齢なんて…どうでもいいわ。(Age… does not matter.)

単にあなたの相手をしたくないだけよ。▼ (I simply do not want to make company with you.)

[グレゴ] (Gregor:

おーっと、こいつぁきついねぇ。(Oh my, you are so harsh!)

加齢臭を理由にしてくれたほうが (If old person smell is the reason)

まだ救いがあるってもんだ。▼ (that will still save you.)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

異臭には…慣れているわ。(Strange smells… I am used to them.)

でも、あなたの相手はしない…▼ (But I will not make company with you…)

Localization:

Gregor: Ah-ha! There is Tharja! Gregor is needing to ask question. Is all right, yes?

Tharja: I'm busy.

Gregor: Ah! You are not wanting be seen talking to old man like Gregor.

Tharja: Age has nothing to do with it. I'm just not interested in talking.

Gregor: Oy, little girl have tongue like snake. Very full of evil. Tharja could pretend to not liking old-man smell at least. Then Gregor is less insulted.

Tharja: You could smell like roses and fresh-cut grass. It wouldn't matter.

C Support with Donnel: Tharja mostly treats Donnel the same in both versions, taking full advantage of his willingness to help her. 

The S support is very directly translated as well, with Tharja asking Donnel to become her lifelong servant in both Japanese and localization.

Japanese:

[ドニ] (Donnel)

コウモリなら (If it’s a bat, then)

洞窟の中にいるだべさ。▼(they’re in the caves.)

サーリャさん、(Tharja,)

コウモリがほしいんだべか？▼(do you want a bat?)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

ええ…呪術の儀式に (Yes… for this curse’s ritual)

どうしても必要だから…▼(it’s absolutely essential…)

[ドニ] (Donnel)

なら、おらが (Then I’ll)

ひとっ走りつかまえてくるだ。▼ (rush to go catch one.)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

ふふふ…私が儀式に使うと言えば (Fu fu fu… If I say I will use it in a ritual)

ドニはどんなものでも手に入れてくる…▼ (Donnel will go get anything at all…)

なにか望みがあるんだろうけど… (I wonder what he wants from me, but…)

ずいぶんと役に立つこと…▼ (he is quite useful…)

望みはそのうち聞いてあげるとして… (As I will ask what he wants sometime later…)

しばらくは利用させてもらおうかしら…▼ (I shall use him for a while yet…)

Localization:

Donnel: Shucks, they mostly live in caves down by the ol' fishin— Er, beg pardon, ma'am, but...did you just order me to go fetch a bat?

Tharja: Yes, I did. Sometime today, please.

Donnel: Well, all right then! I'll just toodle on down to the caves and flush one out!

Tharja: ...I can't imagine why that hayseed keeps following my orders. I haven't even had a chance to place a curse of servitude on him yet...

Part 4: Examples of the localization making Tharja more abrasive

Next, here’s some examples where I think the localization makes Tharja more abrasive.

C Support w/ Kellam: In Japanese, Tharja did not imply that she did not kill or turn into an animal the last person who snuck up on her. Nor is she sarcastic when Kellam offers to help mail her letter. In fact, she takes him up on the offer, if he doesn’t mind that it is going to Plegia.

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

きゃっ！？▼ (Kya!?)

まったく気配に気づかなかったわ… (I didn’t notice your presense at all…)

あなた、呪いでもかかってるの…？▼ (Are you under a curse…?)

(skip a few lines)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

ペレジアに届けて欲しいんだけど、(I want it delivered to Plegia, but)

だいじょうぶかしら？▼(Is that OK?)

Localization:

Tharja: ...! The last person who snuck up on me like that isn't a person anymore. How do you stay so quiet? Is it a spell of some kind?

(skip a few lines)

Tharja:

...I know how to mail a letter. I just hope the postmen are still going to Plegia.

A Support w/ Kellam: While the B Support threat of Tharja cursing Kellam for sneaking up on her is in the Japanese as well, the A Support continuation of it was not.

Japanese:

[カラム] (Kellam)

サーリャ…。▼ (Tharja…)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…！▼ (...!)

[カラム] (Kellam)

ご、ごめん…。(S-Sorry…)

なるべくそっと呼んだんだけど…。▼(I called out to you as gently as I could, but…)

Localization:

Kellam: Hey, Tharja?

Tharja: Argh! ...That's it. Newt time for you.

Kellam: I'm sorry! I tried not to startle you! I clanked two pots together and everything! P-please don't turn me into a newt.... 

B Support w/ Vaike: While their Japanese support chain is also about Tharja telling Vaike to leave her alone as she stalks Robin, the localization plays up how aggressive she is towards him. In the Japanese B Support, she threatens to curse him for spying on her, but she certainly does far less than consider killing him, like the localization implies.

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…いい気分に浸っていたのに… (...I was just getting into a bood mood…)

なんなのよ、突然。▼ (What do you want all of a sudden?)

まだ…私がルフレに (Do you still think… I’m)

なにかすると思ってるの…？▼ (doing something to Robin…?)

[ヴェイク] (Vaike)

いいや。今まで見張らせてもらったが (Not anymore. I was watching over you until now, but)

お前は悪い奴じゃなさそうだ。▼ (you don’t seem to be a bad gal.)

もう心配はしてねぇよ。(I ain’t worried anymore.)

…疑って悪かったな。▼ (...It’s my bad for doubting you.)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

そう…これ以上じろじろ (I see… if you were going to stare at me any further,)

見られていたら呪っていたわ。▼(I was going to curse you.)

Localization:

Tharja: ...Or perhaps I'll end my day by killing a man. What do you want, you great sack of suet? Are you spying on me again?

Vaike: Nope! Well, I mean, I WAS for a while, but I trust ya now. I had to make sure ya weren't up to any witchy business with my pal, Robin.

Tharja: If I catch you spying on me again, I'll turn you into a toad.

A Support w/ Vaike: At the beginning of their A Support, Tharja is dismissive towards Vaike, but the insult to his intelligence by implying that he throws his food waste on the ground was added in localization.

Japanese:

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

どうして…こんなところにいるの。(Why… are you in a place like this?)

食事の時間でしょう？▼ (It’s mealtime, isn’t it?)

Localization:

Tharja: Shouldn't you be off eating dinner with the others? I hear they're having lamb. You can throw the bones on the ground and everything.

C Support with Ricken: Tharja has very good reason for rejecting Ricken’s request to teach him dark magic, and she has to be aggressive about it, because he won’t take her first no for an answer. But the Japanese didn’t have her condescendingly tell him to go practice something else, so the localization is a bit more aggressive than the Japanese I think.

Japanese

[リヒト] (Ricken)

興味だけじゃないよ！ (It’s not just a whim!)

僕は真剣なんだ！▼ (I’m serious!)

僕、もっともっと (I, more and more,)

みんなの役に立ちたいんだ。▼ (want to help everyone out.)

そのためには、もっと成長しないと… (To be able to, I must grow more…)

広く、深く、もっともっと！▼ (I must learn more things, learn more about what I do know… more and more!)

[サーリャ] (Tharja)

…貴方が真剣なのはわかったわ。 (...I know you’re serious.)

でも…あきらめてちょうだい。▼ (But… give it up.)

Localization:

Ricken: I know! This is serious business! Super-deadly serious business! I'm trying to get as strong as possible so I can be a key part of Chrom's army. I'm studying fencing, wyvern riding, and even butter sculpting! ...You know. Just in case.

Tharja: Hexes and curses are a different animal. A wild, untamable beast. Now forget we had this conversation, and go practice your butter sculpture.

Part 5: How Tharja’s voice acting affects her portrayal

In addition to her dialogue itself, Tharja’s tone and voice type can also come off very differently in Japanese vs. localization. Her JP voice is soft, quiet, creepy, and trails off in an unsetting way (This is represented in text by her sentences nearly always ending in ‘…’ ). Her ENG voice is deeper, and unsettling in a dark villainess kind of way. I think both her voice types fit a dark mage like her perfectly, just in different ways. But without the soft and quiet aspects of her Japanese voice, her English voice type comes off much harsher.

I think that contributes a lot to how abrasive Tharja is in English vs. Japanese. Granted Awakening has limited voice acting, so the impact isn’t as big as in the fully voice-acted FE Warriors for example, but even the few words and sounds she does have in Awakening set Tharja’s tone a lot.

Part 6: Conclusion

And that’s all I have to say! 

As you can see, the localization did write Tharja to act more abrasive in select conversations. With her being abrasive in general, the overall change to her character is not very significant, but the change is definitely there.

If anyone has any follow-up questions, or questions about other FE characters in Japanese vs. localization, feel free to send me an Ask! I’ve gotten a lot of Asks so far this year, so I’m pretty backlogged, but I always get such interesting questions that I’m happy to answer them in time!

[willowreadsgayfanfiction]

[things-that-weevils-do]

THIS IS HOW CHEMWASTE HAS WON

im sorry for focusijg on shipping immediatly, i went insane about the song in my friends dms so im going insane about this uere... im a bit. flabbergasted??? im not so much focused on the ship as much as "thats my guys .. thats my girlfriends ..!!!!!" if that makes sense?? or at least 'waow i had the same thought as weevildoing before they made their thought public...'

ofc kve got no definitive proof im the person to ever ship them, or that its canon but i do feel like their founding father ... i was in the delivery room for chemwaste ... theyre my baby

so first off, jordyn and joy are on treadmills together ... yay !!!! :]] theyre hanging out!!! god. i love the art in this mv so much btw like GOD!!!!!! just seeing them interwct like this is so sweettt !!! i KNEW rhis would happen to them. i knew theyd excercise together and disposable would suck ass at it. save her chemical. save her. idc if it a canon ship or not theyre hanging out and thaz makes me happy!!!!! like aughhh theyre chilling together...!!!

next up. in the updated journal entries. disposable says she has girlfriends. she says shes not quite ready to share who they are yet. however .. through my power of deduction .. ive noticed TWO other characters that say rheyre in a relationship ...

mind BLOWN ?!?!?!! this is completely speculative like, umm um . disposable saying she doesnt want to say who just yet makes me feel like its someone we know. fainéant's qpps and chemicals gf could def be someone that we dont know, just, like, someone. yknow? and even if they are someone we know, no definite proof theyre just these 3

but !!!!! theyre dots that i can connect. so iwill.

also AUGHHHB THE SONG ??? THE SONG ????? HEKLO???? THE MV IS SO!!!!!! GUHHHHH!!!!!! all the girls singing at the end ("disposable, but i dont have to be" and such) !!!!!! god !!!! fucking !!!!! Hello !!!!! Hello !!!!!! Speak to me nurse parallel !!!! Speak to me !!!!!! im also in love with irreverents updated page. its so everything to me. and taxi!!!! ouhhhgghhh,,..,..... REFRACTION!!!!! im so happy for refraction ouhhhhhhhgggg im sorry ill never call the girls by their real names im sorry. IRREVERENT AND SPLITTER!!!!! them meditaring n then in the group photo splitter ✌!!!!! with irreverent next to her .... GAHHHHH!!!!!! im DEAD!!!!!!!! godddd

i cant believe its. like. GOD. head in HANDS idont know what to say its 2am save me nurse parallel. if i survive tonight imigjt make a real post on my thoughrs about nurse parallel and tptm and studf any everything odpnt know. my head hits the pillow and iimmediatly fall asleep

[stuckasmain]

Something that really separates Hal from the AI charecters he grandfathers is his ambiguity and his lack of want, allow me to explain. I’m sure I talked briefly about this before but it’s come back to me recently, it’s been said that what makes Hal scary is the realization he’s not human. The humanity is ascribed by charecters within the narrative and people watching the movie and depending on who you are you give more or less than what’s really there.

What differentiates him from other AI charecters is that he knows what he is and is comfortable with that. He takes pride in it. He is a 9000 series supercomputer. He doesn’t crave or find himself jealous of humanity but he’s also not entirely lacking in it. The audience and human roles are left to wonder how much of his personality is to make us comfortable and how much is programmed. If it were any other movie it would probably over explain him and make him more human than computer but not here.

The government ascribes him more humanity than he has by assuming he’ll be able to interpret the “no lies” order properly. For as complex as Hal is he isn’t capable of that sort of nuance (yet). While his very nature and manner of glitching also provides him humanity that goes ignored. It comes across more as developing a mental illness. He is made to learn and thus, picks up human behaviors and mannerisms as he goes along.

This is derailing a bit so I want to share my particularly hot take:

If Hal had been of a sounder mind I believe he’d go along with the plan to disconnect him.

How much of the “self defense” aspect of his murder spree is prescribing human traits and how much of it is actually him? Hal’s breakdown makes it hard for him to proceed logically, thus making it a greater threat to him and murder all the more logical (self defense also plays a much smaller part than audience likes to state, as it was mostly getting rid of those he’d have to lie to). If he hadn’t been caught up in the loop and more aware of the fact he was malfunctioning he’d probably agree that turning him off or rebooting the system would be the best course of action. And they’d explain to him what it meant, again midigating the “sleep = death” panic.

[pishifuzul]

"boy's locker rooms" stealing all the rhetorical air from one of the other biggest culprits, literally any upper level math class at a snobby university

[radioactive-yuri]

in my mind, lena's currently the least suspicious character. she's the only one whose actions don't imply any level of ulterior motive. thus far, at every turn, she's done the logical thing to do. i think she's a very calculating person, for sure, but that's different from being a scheming person. i think she's the type that functions based on routines and commands, and when things go wrong, she analyzes the situation and does whatever seems the safest. she really doesn't seem like she has her own plan at all. everybody else seems to be an independent player in the story, doing things to further their own agendas, but she's just functioning as a part of the oiar system.

[cirrus-grey]

So the ARG introduced us to _6A1F7106A_$ (which some clever people decoded to jmj), the username for a mysterious person who dropped clues for the game, as well as making ominous statements such as "my mind is all corners."

It also gave us FR3-D1, a proprietary algorithm used by the OIAR which may be a sentient AI in disguise...

...And Freddie, an OIAR employee and the possible namesake for the FR3-D1 algorithm - or, potentially, the person whose consciousness was uploaded into a computer to form the basis for its programs.

There's an argument to be made that _6A1F7106A_$/jmj, FR3-D1, and Freddie are the same entity, currently existing as a sentient computer program.

Now, the trailer has shown us what appears to be the Fr3d1 OS v2.0 booting up, including the jmj.mag 2023 Beta and the... hard drives, I think? Called J.01, M.01, and J.02.

Other clever people have noted that cassette tapes can be used to store programming code, and that J.01, M.01, and J.02 could stand for Jon, Martin, and Jonah - which is to say, that the tapes from TMA could have been used to build a program integrated with the Fr3d1 system, and named after the prominent voices on the tapes. This integration could explain the _6A1F7106A_$ thing - the AI's username being code for three of its strangest new drives.

All this to say, I'm thinking about Jonny, Alex, and Tim Fearon being credited as blurry, unreadable names, and wondering... what if they are, in fact, all playing Freddie, who has no voice of their own and can only speak through the voices of the ghosts in the tapes?

[n1ghtskyspace]

Heh i might as well post my whole document on Jim's Computer here

Character Analysis:

Jim is a robloxian who was driven to madness and constant paranoia by the news of the monsters. Since he lives alone, it’s safe to assume that he’s an adult, but probably not fit to live alone since he seems to have hallucinations and paranoia so great it leads him to suicide at the first sign of danger coming to him. It would be understandable if this situation lasted for months, even years. But this happens over 5 days. No sane man would be this mentally unstable, so I suspect he has some sort of anxiety disorder to make him constantly overthink, and probably paranoia. Further evidence is that you can see how his obsessive behaviour is so obvious normalised under his eyes, that it’s become some sort of routine to him every single night to check because he can’t tell that his delusions about someone being in his house are not real and he wholeheartedly believes he is, plus his visual + auditory hallucinations genuinely don’t help much in his case either.

Judging by how these only happen during the night, I can also conclude that Jim has a sleep disorder that could pair with his paranoia + hallucinations, maybe parasomnias or insomnia.

Game Analysis:

i love how the creator made the horror NOT APPARENT? You could obviously tell something was wrong and off with Jim but you couldn't tell he was spiralling right until the very end in day 5 when he buys the food and drinks and medicine and also the plot twist at the end actually gave me chills at the end the first time i played i was straight up screaming for jim not to kill himself im gonna SOB HE'S SO. i just feel so bad for him no one deserves to go through paranoia so great that it leads them to a spiral of suicide

this is imo the best horror game in roblox cause:

 there's no body horror, and as a lot of writers say: "bad horror is here just to scare you, and goes away after a while. good horror never leaves." throughout the whole game, there are clearly signs, but you can't piece together exactly what's wrong until the every end as the ending makes something click in your mind about what's happening

the unsettling parts of the psychological spiral of jim was so well executed, it was so realistic it perfectly encapsules how like people feel when they are absolutely paranoid and they can't discern reality from their delusions and the horror and irrationality that comes from it,

I LOVE HOW THERE ARE SUBTLE HINTS TOO??? LIKE. THE SHOPS ITEMS SLOWLY CHANGING TO FIT HIS MENTALITY (e.g. d4 he buys food water medkit, d5 he buys the gun and hammer and boards) and also how the sky turns in d5 to a deep sunset it makes it all the more forboding and genuinely gives you chills yet you can't figure out what Jim was going to do right until he did.

The STRANGER??? Okay this only furthers the plot because of how creepy it is. On D3, the stranger messages for him to "Prepare" and he faints right after because of how terrified he is, and also the stranger IS THE ONE TO DRIVE HIM to the madness of his killing himself okay. I feel like it could be interperted as a hallucination or a random person genuinely driving and fuelling his delusions to the point of no return,

[bleue-flora]

Wait... maybe it was c!Dream who was the first to boop, booping c!Tommy in exile like a friendly - "Hey, put your stuff in the hole, idiot." :D But it got misconstrued and taken the wrong way and became a trend...

Like clearly the Butcher Army just wanted to evil boop c!Techno -but c!Techno didn't appreciate that so he super booped c!Quackity in the face with a pickaxe -but c!Quackity didn't like that so he spammed c!Dream with boops until he lagged and crashed...