#I guess I'll have to use the google translate app

[donuts4evry1]

Just doing some quick research and I'm getting lost so I'm just gonna post about my thought process so I can pick it back up later

The Problem: I don't know who the Cyanea nozakii is named after and none of the sources will tell me

Solution: Look up the original description of the jellyfish, which is listed in the jellyfish's WoRMS page

Problem: WoRMS doesn't have a copy listed on their website

Solution: Search this up

Solution (2): Omg I can't believe I found it on the Library of Congress Catalog this is absolutely amazing, with an online pdf copy no less...

Heck, after searching all the articles made in 1891, I even found the link that shows the original(?) description Cyanea nozakii by my favourite dude, Kamakichi Kishinouye

Problem: I can't read this. at all. h

[hadesrise]

𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄.

part one — part two

𝖘𝖚𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖞. the wayne family witness how you handle jason’s trauma.

𝖕𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘. jason todd x addams!male reader

𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘. sfw content, foul language, trauma, nightmares, mentions of torture, typical addams behavior (dark, edgy, gothic, disturbing behavior), romantic, death threats, soft addams!reader, mentions of a very dark and gruesome fictional book, dealing with trauma, fluff, lots of fluff, everything’s just soft

𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗'𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖊. can't help it, i really enjoy writing addams!reader content. honestly, it's kinda getting old but i guess this will be the last one??? or one more and then i'll end its endless cycle?? anyway, if y'all have any recommended translation apps it'll be nice to know. don't wanna trust google translate that much.

FEM ALIGNED DNI !!

“Why are you awake so early in the morning?”

Bruce’s slightly raspy morning voice interrupts the silent reading you had indulged yourself in, barely reacting at his sudden presence despite the fact you failed to notice him from how focused you were on your book.

You glanced at him only for a split second before your eyes went back to reading again, “I prefer the quietness of your manor in the morning for a quick read. Although, I must say the bright sun is such a terrible sight. It nearly burned me as soon as my consciousness awakened.” As you replied casually, Bruce took notice of how the curtains are closed completely shut to block the sunlight from entering, as if getting even a little bit of it would burn you like a vampire. Well, you did look like a vampire because of how pale and ghostly your skin is as well as the all black, gothic medieval or victorian outfit.

Bruce still wasn’t used to your unique culture, ancient speech and intimidating presence, but had learned not to be too bothered by it ever since you and Jason began visiting the Manor often. He didn’t want to waste energy by constantly reacting to any unusual traits you displayed, and he’s been successful so far. Even though he still doesn’t agree with your morals, he knew not to argue with you like before, since you’ve been nothing but respectful to him everytime you set foot in the manor.

Raising one of his eyebrows, Bruce tilts his head. “Do you always read?”

“Yes, indeed.” Came your immediate response. “Books are what defines me, Mr. Wayne. My soul is practically attached to it.”

“Is that why you always carry a book with you?” Stephanie suddenly chimes in out of nowhere with Tim behind her, curiosity plastered across her face. You nodded, glancing up to see Damian sit down on the other sofa while playing a brutal game that occasionally makes a blood splattering sound.

Bruce sighs, “And why are you all awake so early?”

Tim looks at him weirdly, “It’s already eleven o’clock. Almost lunch time, you know.” Deadpanning, he then leans in from behind to get a glimpse of what you were reading, only to cringe slightly after his eyes read a particular sentence; The flesh muscles of his legs were torn off, almost as if it had been ripped open by a lion, exposing bones with blood uncontrollably flooding out. It’s definitely one of those horror books who has unnecessary amount of gore. “What in the hell are you reading?”

“Bloodthirst by Clementine.” You sipped on a black coffee before continuing, “Wherein the main character becomes bloodthirsty for revenge after his lover had been abducted and mutilated by a group of serial killers. The sentence you’ve read is one of his acts of revenge which includes a pack of wolves.” The corner of your mouth twitched up a bit, looking up at him with that glint in your eyes. “It has a pleasantly satisfying plotline.”

Disturbed and quite freaked out, Tim exchanges eye contact with Bruce and pressed his lips together. “That is... uhm, interesting.” Amusement merely crosses your face before it instantly went back to your usual emotionless expression.

They still haven’t gotten used to the extremely calm demeanor you had because of how most of them grew up not having a quiet presence in the manor, even Cassandra wasn’t as silent as you before. You’re the only calm and fully collected person they’ve ever met, coming off as rather intimidating due to your piercing gaze, emotionless face, wiser-than-thou mind, and utmost patience. Especially the patience one, because most of them were either short-tempered or just born enraged. Sometimes, they get intimidated without you even speaking — once, you and Jason reluctantly joined them to a grand event and someone made an utterly horrible decision to insult Jason by comparing him to the “well-behaved” eldest son Dick, which resulted in you shooting them a piercing, dark, cold and harsh glare not even a second after that instantly made them freeze in spot. That look in your eyes alone made their blood run cold and face pale.

Needless to say, they regretted insulting Jason as quick as the wind blows, but that story’s for another time.

“Where’s Dick? Did he sleep at Barbara’s?” Stephanie wondered, realizing the lack of annoying presence.

“Nope!” An all too cheerful voice in the morning pipes up as Dick appeared with a big smile on his face. He quickly noticed you reading a book and approached, “Reading a dark book again? Where’s Jay?”

“There’s only an obvious answer to an already obvious question, Richard.” Retorting without sparing him a glance, you flipped the page and earned a snicker from Damian. “He will be walking down the stairs soon. Sois patient, frère.”

Dick replies an ‘okay’ before jumping on the couch Damian was sitting on, deciding to annoy his youngest brother instead. Shaking your head with the corner of your mouth twitching up only barely, you focused on reading your book again despite the peaceful silence being broken by their chattering, although it didn’t take long before you averted your gaze and stared at the ceiling, as if feeling something wrong.

Damian notices. “What are you doing?”

You didn’t speak right away. Just staring up like something was there, which also made the others look up in attempt to figure out what you were doing.

“Jason is not sleeping well,” You finally stated, not looking away from the ceiling. “Humans often radiate different energy depending on their mental state, which makes it easier to specifically identify what their current emotions or moods are. It can be felt if you concentrate enough. Jason’s energy has been much peaceful ever since I’ve tormented Joker. It is supposed to stay as that.”

“What do you feel now?” Cassandra asked worriedly, her body leaned back against the wall.

“He’s distressed.” You concluded, shutting the book close without bothering to slip a bookmark on the page, which she noticed quickly. She reads with you a lot and had never seen you close a book without bookmarking it; books are absolute treasures for you, but not as much as Jason now.

Confusion took over Tim’s face as you set your book down and drink your black coffee in one go, “How do you know?”

“There is not one thing I don’t know about Jason.” You remarked nonchalantly, like it’s how it should be. You just knew Jason well enough to understand him more than anyone else, even more than himself sometimes.

Before you could stand up from the couch, a footstep erupts from the top of the stairs and comes Jason slowly walking down, wrapped around in a blanket and thick arms hugging his body, making himself as small as possible despite his large frame. “(Y-Y/n)...?” His voice was thick and hoarse, as if he had been crying, as he stuttered and looked for you like a lost child.

You quickly got up from the couch and walked up to him when he stopped in the middle of the stairs. “Come here, darling.” Jason doesn’t hesitate to drop the blanket and wrap his arms around your neck, clinging onto you for dear life. Slipping your hands on the back of his thighs, you lifted him up with ease and returned to the couch, sitting down sideways so Jason could lay on top of you, just how he liked.

“Horrible...” Jason murmured, face buried in your chest. “Horrible, all of ‘em. It hurts. Everything hurts.”

You frown, although your face had the softest look anyone had ever seen as you gently stroke his back, still having him caged in your arms. “Terrifying dream, was it?” You asked, earning a nod.

“ ‘m scared...” Jason breathes shakily, “I’m still there... Still hurts. Too dark. Cold. He’s still laughing. Hurts, it hurts.” He blabbered, words repeating over and over again, and breath increasingly becoming rapid as panic begins to slowly build up inside him. His entire body was trembling, sobs wreck through his body.

Everyone except you was at lost for words.

Jason seemed... weak and fragile. A cracked glass that can easily break with just one touch. Had Jason been suffering like this all this time? It felt as if Bruce was bludgeoned by a brick in the form of realization, opening his eyes to how the events with Joker truly affected Jason. He was obviously and clearly traumatized (who the fuck wouldn’t be?), but this is the first time everyone had actually witnessed the trauma, considering Jason refused to be vulnerable in front of them.

“Shh... Open your eyes, chéri. Look into mine and breathe slowly,” You gently instructed, rubbing his back in a soothing manner and muttering encouragements. Jason does as he’s told and open his eyes, staring into your calm and comforting (e/c) eyes while attempting to slow down his breathing. “Doing so excellent, mon amour. Breathe in and out, slowly. Good boy. You do not have to rush yourself.” The soft tone of your voice bringing him a sense of safety.

Once he’s calmed down, you slowly hold his hand and squeeze to provide warmth, hugging him tighter with one arm. “Can you tell me where you are and who you’re with right now?”

Jason squeezed back, little tears still running down his cheeks. “T-the Wayne Manor... With—with you... A-and Bruce, and Dick... Tim... Damian... C-Cass and Steph...” His gaze focusing on your encouraging eyes, his mind slowly detached from the nightmare it was drowning itself in.

“Good boy, sweetheart.” You kissed his forehead, “Is it still dark?” Jason shakes his head. “What about coldness? Am I succeeding in warming you up?” He nods this time. You smile, running your hand through his hair. “Be not afraid, Jason. Darkness will not consume your mind forever, although it is a part of our lives. You might remain afraid of the excessive trauma for years, but being afraid of it does not mean you will be chained eternally, and neither does it mean you are weak nor easily destructible. You’ve bravely fought a war within yourself. I know you will be able to defeat the nightmare someday.”

Jason sniffles, “Do you think I’m healing?”

“Yes, very slowly, as how healing process should be.” You stroked his cheek, “Trauma comes with nightmares. It especially shows when you are doing well so it could test your strength, whether you’ll be able to overcome. But it can never defeat you; it only knows to cause pain, agony, and fear. You know love, joy, compassion, and empathy. It is what make us humans that defeats the monsters.”

He curled up against you, “Just want it to be over. I feel less like myself.”

“You are not bounded to your trauma for all eternal, chéri. It does not define who and what you are, and it certainly does not make you any less.” You softly replied. “Never doubt yourself, my love. Healing cannot be completed within a day, it takes more than few years and I will be with you every step of the way.”

Biting his lip, Jason rests his chin on your chest. “You’ll get fucking tired dealing with me. Your patience might not be able to handle it.”

“I cannot get tired of you. Not when you hate pastels too.” Jason chuckles at your joke, the mood surely lightening. “And do not speak as if you don’t know me, Jason. There is no such thing as might not be able to handle it in my vocabulary when it is you. I love you too much. If I cannot handle anything that involves you and matters about you, then my love for you will mean nothing but dishonorable. The two of us definitely have knowledge of how I would rather decapitate myself than offer you a half-hearted love.”

Jason’s heart swell as the back of his eyes sting again, tears threatening to come out. He knew how difficult it is to be with someone as much trauma as he has, which made him live in fear of you getting tired and leaving one day, even though you’ve assured him more than a hundred times. He knew he was difficult to be with even without the trauma, yet you willingly giftwrap your heart to offer to him while simultaneously providing him with the understanding he deserved. You accepted him along with his trauma. Nobody knows how special that feels.

Cassandra and Stephanie sat on the carpet near the couch where you two laid, so they could check up on Jason. The others had scooted closer as they watch you comfort him nearly expertly.

“Can still feel it, (Y/n).” Jason snuggles on your chest, “The crowbar. It’s still hitting me.”

You gently pull his hand to see his arm that was littered in autopsy scars, some little and some a bit big. Caressing them, you press a lingering kiss. “It was just a fragrance of your memory, beloved. You are safe now, I will keep you protected for as long as I am here. No crowbars.”

Jason nods and looks up at you, puckering his lips. You immediately kiss him, then pressed a kiss on his forehead. “I know he can’t touch me anymore. You already tortured him enough.” He smiled and wiped off his tears.

You pat his head and hug him closer, “Everything will be alright someday. Would you like a hot chocolate with marshmallows on top? I’ll cook you breakfast as well.”

“Yeah, that would be nice.” Jason whispers.

You slowly slip out from under him, making sure he’s laying down comfortably before fetching the blanket he dropped and wrapping it around him, muttering an i’ll be right back. Watching you disappear into the kitchen, Jason sighs in content and curls up on the couch, still feeling vulnerable but not worse. Stephanie smiles softly at him as Dick walks over to sit beside her, ruffling Jason’s hair.

“You’ll be fine soon, little bird.”

Jason only nodded. The first time he didn’t scoff nor bark, indicating he still can’t forget the nightmare he had.

Soon, his other brothers joined Dick while Bruce sits on the couch beside Jason, looking regretful and apologetic with a frown. Witnessing the amount of trauma Jason has to endure even after many years dropped an equal amount of realization within the family, even though they knew he was traumatized. They just didn’t know the extent to it, and seeing it unfold before them had made them realize they hadn’t been supportive or doing enough for Jason when they should’ve known how much trauma torture and murder would cause. He literally died and came back to life — it’s impossible to not carry a lifelong trauma that greatly affects his personality and attitude; the utmost rage and murderous desires he displayed before might have just been his coping mechanism until meeting you, who quickly became his comfort and calmness.

Nearly most of them had guilt written in their faces due to feeling as if they had been invalidating Jason’s trauma, especially Bruce who did not deal with the entire thing well and had failed to show Jason he cared even though he did more than the son could ever know.

Once again, you beat him to it.

“He cares about you so much, doesn’t he?” Bruce quietly and rhetorically questioned.

Jason nodded happily, “A little too much sometimes. (Y/n)’s always careful and calm, but he gets reckless when it’s about me. Like that Joker thing.” He chuckles, “He said fucker didn’t even have time to laugh.”

The corner of Bruce’s mouth twitched up only to disappear, the guilty look still staying. He breathes in and out slowly, causing Jason to look at him questioningly as Bruce avoided eye contact. “Jason, I... uh — I’m sorry. I’m sorry If you ever felt invalidated or unloved by me. I had been so focused on my morality that I failed to show you I cared for you. I really do, Jason. Just maybe not the way you were expecting me to show it.” He carefully says as to not trigger anything in his son.

Pulsing his lip, Jason shakes his head and reached out to play with Bruce’s hand. Bruce seem surprised, but let him nonetheless. “Mhm,” He hums, “It’s okay. I was just angry and hurt... You didn’t look for me enough, and there’s suddenly a new Robin, so... I thought you forgot about me. I couldn’t accept that you seemed to move on so easily.”

Bruce’s heart clenches. “That’s not true, son.”

“I can see that now. I was too bitter and angry, it made me blind.” The broken boy smiles a bit in an attempt to reassure him. “It’s not your fault I turned out like this and ruin everything, you know.” He sadly says, looking down.

The older Wayne shakes his head, “You don’t ruin everything, Jason. You were coping and still coping with what you went through. (Y/n) was right when he said healing takes time.”

Letting go of his hand, Jason instead fidgeted his own fingers now with a sad pout. A little child-like. “But you gave up on me. I know I’m difficult. It’s why you normally can’t deal with me and we always end up arguing. And I was a failure ‘cause I died easily as a Robin.” His voice was slightly high-pitched and trembling. It reminded Bruce again of a child.

Immediately shaking his head, he grasped Jason’s fidgeting hand and firmly looks at him. “You were never a failure, Jason. I’m sorry I made you feel that way. You did everything you could. What I can’t forgive is that I let you die as Robin and not as Jason Todd. I can’t forgive myself for being too late to save you. It wasn’t your fault. Nothing’s your fault, son.”

He pulls him into a hug, which caused Jason to breakdown as he clings onto Bruce and cries his heart out. Embracing him tightly, Bruce kept stroking his back for comfort. The others watched silently with a sad smile, knowing both of them wanted to reconcile for a long time but was too hesitant to do so. It made them happy yet emotional at the same time, Dick and Stephanie already having tearful eyes.

“It truly feels upsetting to ruin this wonderful moment, but I’ve got to feed Jason. May I?” Your calm voice erupted, just then everyone noticing your presence standing at the side of the couch. Bruce chuckles and pulled away, sitting down on the carpet instead so you could take his place. You nodded appreciatively before taking a seat.

Jason sits up, accepting the hot chocolate from you with both hands and sipping it. You ruffle his hair gently.

“His age mentality regresses when the nightmare’s been too severe,” You explained what Bruce was wondering. “It is one of his responses to trauma. I believe it’s the inner child coming out, attempting to relive again.”

“How long?” Dick asked.

“About an hour.” You take the mug from Jason and set it on the table as you begin to cut a bite sized piece from the pancakes to feed your lover. “He has the desire of being taken cared of and I intend to fulfill it. Mother and father takes care of him once in a while when it happens in our Addams home.”

“Mom and dad takes me shopping. It’s fun.” Jason remarked, grinning.

“Shall we buy you some dead flowers, chéri? And a new gun, perhaps. Would you like that?” You caressed his cheek while feeding him with the other, Jason leaning his face on your palm.

“Yeah, I’d love that. Love you, (Y/n).”

“I adore you too, my love.” You kissed the tip of his nose, which caused him to erupt into a fit of giggles as you feed him again.

After Jason had fallen asleep peacefully on the couch, you pinch the bridge of your nose and sigh deeply in attempt to calm yourself down. Seeing Jason struggle with trauma is not easy, especially when he’s far too scarred mentally that it causes mental age regression. It also probably came from the fact he had never lived a peaceful life even before meeting Bruce, losing his childhood by witnessing the harsh reality at such a young age, and having to stop being a child after becoming Robin.

You had utmost patience, but when something affects Jason greatly like this, you often tend to lose calmness and be overwhelmed with rage and bloodthirst. If you could take all his pain away and those painful memories, you’ve already done it. You would give up anything for Jason to not struggle with the torment of his torture and murder — you will give up everything for him.

“You okay, (Y/n)?” Tim asked worriedly, feeling your atmosphere change.

“I wouldn’t call blood boiling with rage okay.” You muttered murderously as your dark eyes glared daggers at the carpeted floor. “Joker is already encaged and chained down within the cells of Arkham Asylum, but the aftermath of his vile actions still haunts and torments the victims who have gone through survival. Trauma is inescapable, including fear of the perpetrator. Their spirits won’t rest peacefully, alive or dead, while his existence still roam the Earth.”

The way you spat with utmost disgust and anger was now understandable, as well as your nearly inexcusable actions committed before. You witness this side of Jason more often than they do. It’s already unbearable even for them, what more for you who takes precious care of him?

Suddenly, Bruce comes to understand your morals. Why you do what you do, why you believe what you believe.

“May I ask you to take care of him while I’m out, Mr. Wayne?” You asked, voice thick, clearly grounding yourself to your humanity.

Bruce nods, for the first time. “Yes, now go do what you want to do.”

You smiled, immediately standing up and wearing your coat before rushing off the manor.

Cassandra shakes her head with a smile as Damian looked at his father with a smirk, “He might kill him, you know.”

Bruce just shrugged.

“Well,” Stephanie sighs, “Can’t stop (Y/n) from going on a rampage against the Joker. He deserves what’s coming for him anyway.”

Few hours later, Jason wakes up to the news of Arkham Asylum increasing its security due to an unknown attack against Joker that left him barely alive, and you casually reading a book with pleased and prideful look. It doesn’t take him long to figure things out and tackle you in a hug, leaving kisses all over your face.

Joker’s probably going to have nightmares about you, but he deserves what’s coming for him, doesn’t he?

© ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛs ʀᴇsᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴅᴇsʀɪsᴇ. sᴛᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ, ᴘʟᴀɢɪᴀʀɪᴢɪɴɢ, ᴏʀ ᴜsɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴍᴏɴᴇᴛᴀʀʏ ɢᴀɪɴ ɪs sᴛʀɪᴄᴛʟʏ ᴘʀᴏʜɪʙɪᴛᴇᴅ. ᴀsᴋ ᴘᴇʀᴍɪssɪᴏɴ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴏsᴛɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ᴛʀᴀɴsʟᴀᴛɪɴɢ.

[syn4k]

digital media i watched this year that i really really enjoyed: a (non-exhaustive, non-ranked) list

hi everyone! ray keys here. i'm writing this on Dec 21st because I know I'll forget to post this on time if I don't schedule it beforehand.

i don't watch things on streaming services because i don't have any of the apps downloaded on my phone and most shows just aren't my thing anyways (ATLA has been the only exception) so all of the links here go to YouTube or other (free) sites

here we go!

Misc. Series and Standalone Videos

17776

17776 is a multimedia webnovel (?) about American football in the year of, you guessed it, 17776, written in 2017 by Jon Bois. It's told through the communications of three space probes made by humans and it's genuinely comforting as someone who's generally terrified by the concepts of eternity and immortality. Trigger warning for unreality at the start.

17776

20020 (the sequel, written in 2020 by the same author)

Code MENT

Code MENT is a YouTube series made by PurpleEyesWTF, of which the first episode was released in 2010. It's a fan-made abridgMENT of the anime Code Geass, voiced entirely by one guy (or at least i think so), and some parts of it have become legendary (see: Soup Store). Trigger warning for murder, infrequent use of the R slur, and depictions of blood and gore.

Code MENT playlist

Star Wars The Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West

Star Wars the Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West, uploaded to YouTube by GratefulDeadpool in 2017, is a video where somebody put the entire script of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in Google Translate, translated it to Chinese then back to English, and dubbed over it. Yes, it's the entire movie. No, it somehow hasn't been taken down yet.

Star Wars the Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West

Mianite (S1)

At least some of you should be familiar with Mianite, seeing as how it has taken over my entire blog over the past month or so. The World of Mianite is a vanilla Minecraft SMP launched in 2014. It was streamed live, but the recordings of those livestreams were later uploaded to YouTube. The main members of the serverlist are CaptainSparklez, II_JERIICHO_II, SynHD, and OmgItsFirefoxx. Mianite has had three seasons so far, but I've only watched the first from one perspective so that's what you guys are going to get.

CaptainSparklez' Mianite S1 Playlist

MAMASb0y's Mianite Animations Playlist

Mianite Purge Highlights Playlist

Alan Becker (and his Team)'s Work

Hi! This channel gets a special section all to itself because I just finished the Animation vs Minecraft series and I'm pretty sure my life has been irreversibly changed forever.

Animator Vs Animation

Animator Vs Animation (shortened: AVA or AvA) is an animated YouTube series by Alan Becker. The first episode was originally posted in 2006 and was later reuploaded to the platform in 2018. I recently binged the entire thing and was NOT expecting it to be as fucking incredible as it was. This is the de facto best place to start if you want to jump into Alan's other works featuring these characters, which I highly recommend because all of them are fantastic!

Animator Vs Animation Series Playlist

Animation Vs Minecraft

The stick men play the block game. Do not read the comments of any of the episodes until you have finished the entire series. Do not go in with any prior knowledge if you're able to. Set yourself up with a bowl of popcorn and a big ol' glass of ice water, sit back, look really closely for continuity because it is there and it is GLORIOUS, and enjoy.

Animator Vs Minecraft Series Playlist

[solradguy]

was trying to translate one of the robo-ky 4-komas from the book u put up recently and like, i already had insane amounts of respect for translators (knowing two languages fluently enough to do so and the time cost), but the sheer difficulty racheted the respect up at least four notches. I couldn't even find half the characters in the comic, and the sentences i did manage to put into DeepL came out complete nonsense. Mad respect.

Thank you! There's definitely a certain kind of insanity required to do scanlations/translations as a hobby for sure hahah I'm in awe of those scanlation groups that get new chapters of manga scanned, translated, and uploaded within like 72 hours of its release without it looking like someone rolled the thing down a rocky cliff face. Those guys're nuts, I don't know how they do it without burning out after two chapters.

DeepL's sometimes alright for translating but it doesn't even try if there's any kind of nuance involved with a line... It is a really powerful tool though. Sometimes if I get caught on how to word something in English I'll use DeepL to get some suggestions. It is absolutely the best machine translation tool for Japanese into English at the moment, as flawed as it may be.

If you weren't using it already, you might be able to try puzzling out some sentences by plugging them into JPDB.io to see what the grammatical forms are and going from there. Jisho.org is an invaluable resource too, though I think JPDB is a little better at guessing where words start and end, and what their grammatical forms are. Weblio.jp has a sort of English version (ejje.weblio.jp) of their site that you can plug slang and cultural stuff into. I use this to figure out JP pop culture references and acronyms in the GG manga/4koma. The Jaded Network has a manga sound FX library too (which none of these other sites have outside of really common FX).

Google Keep and Google Translate (mobile app version only) both have excellent OCRs for scanning Japanese text. I use those (and ShareX) to make the JP manuscripts for stuff and then I can just copy/paste words into dictionaries as I need to. If you can get clean screenshots of the text in the 4koma you'd like to translate (sometimes the screentones/textures can make it hard), you can use these to make it easier for the overall translation later. Don't ever use GTranslate's actual translator for Japanese. It's wildly incorrect almost all of the time.

Manga scanlation's really hard, but once you find the right tools and get into the flow a bit it gets easier. The 4koma are a good place to start though; there's not as much pressure trying to get those tidy and accurate like with a novel or standard comic volume, so you can focus more on trying things out and learning.

Good luck if you decide to take another swing at it!! Lemme know if you do and would like some more resources.

[koreanstudyjunkie]

What's Next After Learning Hangul? (For Self-Studying)

Many beginners say to me - I learned hangul, but what should I do next? Do I learn vocabulary or grammar first? And where do I find all these things? How do I even study?

In this post, I will attempt to answer these commonly asked and commonly fretted over questions. We'll go over what to do next & discuss the vocabulary or grammar first thing. Plus, I'll tell you about my solution to your problem😉 Buckle up this is gonna be kind of a long post.

WHAT'S NEXT :

A lot of us know that the next step is going to involve learning vocabulary & grammar. Vocabulary is usually what I first recommend, because you can't learn much of anything without knowing at least a few basic Korean words. You may know "hello" and "thank you", but do you know "I, you, we, he, she, go, eat, drink, sleep, etc."? That's where you should start👍

My Tip: Learn The 1000 Most Common Korean Words. Yeah I know, you may have heard this a hundred times, but the truth is It only takes 3000 vocabulary words to be able to communicate well in Korean🤫 I know around 4000 words and I can have conversations about lots of things.

Where Do You Find ALL Of Those Words?

There are many lists on the internet for free at your disposal. A simple google search and you'll be drowning in Korean words. Then comes the effort you need to put in to either make flashcards or put them into your handy dandy flashcard app (like Anki or Quizlet) . There are also apps like memrise that are all about vocabulary & teaching it to you.

You may think me wrong, but the best way to study and learn all these common words is probably not only through flaschards. Not just flashcards by themselves, you need more than just that. All of those words will stick to your brain like glue if you do what I'm going to tell you. Learn words through... context. Context can be youtube videos, korean dramas, stories & webtoons, blogs & articles, or even just example sentences.

This is where the "grammar" part comes in. I just made a post about all the beginner grammar that you could possibly need to learn. You could go on the internet and easily find a good lesson for your level. As you do the lessons, you should take note of the words used in the lesson and maybe write them down in your notes and/or put them in Quizlet to study later.

That's the way to go, not just finding a random vocab list online and studying the words without context. Context is really what helps you to remember words and if you do it this way, you can learn hundreds of words "almost" effortlessly.

The Holy Grail:

Naver Dictionary & Translate App. Let me just tell you that this is one of the best resources for any Korean learner and if you don't have it already please do yourself a favor and download the app. You can also get the papago app for just translation - It's quicker but less detailed than Naver. If at all possible, ditch Google Translate for Papago or Naver & never look back. You will never need it again and It will never be as good as this duo😌

With this app you can look up any Korean words you come across and translate sentences into and from Korean. I often practiced making sentences with this app as a beginner and It helped tremendously in my growth. They also have daily korean dialogues and hundreds of dialogues in all - I get all of the dialogues you see from my post from this app. The other amazing thing about this app is the example sentences.

You can find tons of example sentences for pretty much any word you look up. And guess what that means? Sweet sweet context! However, I caution you to be weary that some sentences may be hard for you to understand, because you don't yet know the grammar used in it. Still there are plenty of short and beginner sentences there. Some words they even provide a dialogue for. You could even look up phrases if you want to. Using this method of learning, any basic list of words from the internet becomes 2x as effective.

CONCLUSIONS:

The internet is your best friend. It's loaded with everything you could ever need to study Korean. It just takes you putting in the effort to find and study it in a way that benefits you. The downside is that there can sometimes be TOO much information and you might feel overwhelmed by it. It's the where, when, how syndrome (too much too fast) You just need to know how to organize it for yourself.

And know that you don't need to use EVERYTHING, but you should aim to find a few things and a few resources that work for you and that you like. (Maybe I could be one😏) Oh and remember the most sacred rule of all-- use more than just ONE resource. If you're only using duolingo or only using 1 textbook to learn an entire language, you may be doing it wrong. Where one lesson confuses you, another lesson may explain it better, but another lesson may have more notes and details. It's about using multiple things to your advantage.

I use several websites like koreantopik or howtokorean as well as youtube videos from gobilly when I learn grammar. And then I use naver to look for examples with that grammar (doesn't always work) & practice making sentences with the translator and checking if I'm right. Of course It's not always 100% accurate- more like 80-90% of the time it id, but It's as close as you can get to asking a Korean person themself.

If you don't have the time or energy to put that kind of effort into self-studying- I exist for the very purpose of making self-studying a whole heck of a lot easier. I have many free lessons (check my instagram) and free practices on my website (here) but I also have books that I make to help people study more efficiently. I organized all of the information for you (grammar & vocabulary wise) - everything you need to know to go from knowing basically nothing to a low intermediate level (the next stage). You don't have to, but if you do want to here is my solution for you. (No shame in providing you with value and then promoting myself right haha😅)

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Scans from Rock Miyabi, translations by the Google Translate app.

So no, I'm not doing particularly special. I just wanted to know for myself. God, please, for anyone who actually know Japanese, please chime in. Or maybe somebody put down this info somewhere else already. In that case, please point it out and stop me from embarrassing myself, thanks.

I just really want to know about Tundra Man.

TUNDRA MAN

VA: Shinji Kawada

The tagline would be A robot developed for polar exploration and research.

I guess the equivalent would be in English would be his epithet. (edit: That's not his epithet.)

And here's the main body.

Pretty standard profile. Between this and comparing to his English website profile and his in-game one, it seems pretty straightforward enough.

Tundra became obsessed with figure skating when watching it on TV and honed it while by his lonesome at the polar region.

Interesting note: that it specifies that it's ice dancing in particular that Tundra's obsessed with--which is a particular kind of figure skating. I don't know if it's supposed to be that specific discipline or if just ice dancing = figure skating in Japanese. Loanwords are sometimes tricky like that.

I think this is pretty much his website profile. See comparison of using the speed gear turns him from a figure skater to speed skater.

Speed skating, by the way, is a total beast of a different sport. Here's a clip from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Check out the feet: figure skating and speed skating uses totally different skates.

FIGURE SKATING FACT: It gets name from skaters having to make figures/patterns as part of the competition. Used to anyway, nowadays not so much.

CHARACTER CONCEPT

Yeeeeeeahhh, it gets pretty nonsensical.

BUT CHECK OUT THAT VERY FIRST LINE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

The very first concept for a "Tundra Man" would be a rugged old guy on a dog sled? IMAGINE.

A STRAIGHT UP TUNDRA MAN.

But quickly became a narcissistic ice skater. I can get that much.

The guy who's between Neon Man and Blast Man? That's Tundra Man. Probably an early pre-figure skater one.

I was wondering if this literally 'rugged' Tundra was considered for the rugged old man Tundra concept.

Kinda disappointed no one ever talks about this Tundra Man but he's a pretty small note and so far removed from the Tundra Man we know (and LOVE). Understandable but still, he looks so cool.

So further ideas would something about the speed gear? I don't really get it but whatever it was, it was too difficult to put down so they settled on ice skater instead?

I'll be honest, I was hoping to see some sort of comment of the decision to make him a Cossack bot but that doesn't seem to appear anywhere, haha.

DESIGN CONCEPT

Thinking of designs for 11, the designer was looking for concepts that haven't been used as much, at least in the latter half of the Mega Man series. He came upon Elec Man, uh...something about his root- tooty-point-and-shooty not being divided? Perhaps a commentary on Elec Man's asymmetrical design?

But more than that, check out--a commentary on Elec Man's wrists!

Most of the RMs have either forearm armor or really thick forearms in general. A few exceptions would be Splash Woman, Tundra, Elec and Ring. From my personal observations anyway.

Tundra and Elec still have slightly more thickened forearms but less so that most others. Tundra's design seem to have taken direct inspiration from Elec, at least with his silhouette.

Google Translate seem to have picked up 3D as 30. So the designer was thinking in 3D, and so thinking in 3D, got in a rhythm of designing Acid, Bounce and Tundra with sparkly, transparent designs. Then got informed that "Illustrations are in 2D". It's probably funnier in Japanese.