#TL Discussion

[egophiliac]

Hi it's just to let you know that the official romanization of Revaan's name is Raverne ! Also they have romanized Baul's name to Baur !

Twst coming back at us again with the least expected romanization! thank you everybody (oh god my inbox) (no it's great, I literally asked for this and the reactions have been INCREDIBLE, thank you all!)

I do like Raverne though, I think it's got a nice fancy sound to it! (I had kinda suspected it was going to be an R instead of an L, so the fact that it's SO close to Laverne except for that is hilarious to me personally.) and Dragoneye Duke is honestly probably the best translation for his title, I wasn't envying the localizers that one. :') Baur instead of Baul I was NOT expecting, but in retrospect I think his name's supposed to be a reference to the Bauru crocodile, so that actually makes way more sense!

someone else also said Meleanor has become Maleanor, which is the REALLY weird one to me, because I was so surprised it was written as Mel instead of Mal in the first place?! oh god no I can't decide which one I like better. 😭 (I wonder if they might change it to Mal...they have made romanization changes before) (like I remember House of Distraction being corrected to House of Destruction in Playful Land) (I did check and she's still Mel for now, but I dunno, they might Mal her up and some point and save me from having to make a decision about which one to use) (HECK I CAN'T DECIDE)

uhhhh thank you for letting me ramble about anime names, let's just say MONOGRAMMED SWEATERS FOR EVERYONE

[cheriemariii]

the thing is I know takatori is probably like the least plausible scenario in the who-hooked-up-with-who-pre-sih topic, bc they are not each other’s types and all that

However, i would like to present my very strong argument as to why i like to believe it happened: its hot

[anonimea1y]

since we're in 2025 now and the most popular crk ship rn is toxic yaoi and one of the newest cookies is from the st. pastry order can we pleaaaase talk about pastryvelvet now?

[loumandaniel]

tbh while louis reaffirming his companionship with armand in san francisco is clearly a parallel to him agreeing to stay with lestat for claudia's turning, i'm more mixed on whether that applies to the paris bench scene based on what's shown and other interpretations of it. in that same evening before claudia confronted him, louis was still upset that armand's display of power with the coven reminded him of lestat's grand gestures followed by groveling. before louis didn't say anything in claudia's defense while she was scolded onstage, instead shooting her a look and going back to reading. he only chose to speak up for her later when he himself felt disrespected by armand. however when he learns about armand's history, there's a troubled and sympathetic expression on his face and dreamstat becomes noticeably more quiet. by the time claudia met up with him to complain that she was threatened, louis didn't take her concerns seriously, told her they could trust armand and reminded her that she left louis for the coven.

that being said, i don't doubt that claudia was still on his mind even as he made his choice. when advised to leave paris, he turned down that option, probably assuming he could have his new companionship while still being close to claudia and in his words 'everyone's gonna be happy'. of course we all know how loumand turned out in the years that followed and the fragile state of their relationship that led to daniel being spared as a testament. however the notion that louis' primary reason for entering another companionship at the end of 2x04 was to, according to some fans, 'martyr himself for claudia'? isn't that convincing imo and it doesn't really align with cast and crew commentary on what happened either.

i don't like the idea that louis was martyring for claudia on the bench either. louis wanted armand - simple as that. i think multiple things can be true for the bench scene though. louis' relationships in paris are the most complicated ones to me, and i think there's layers rather than one singular answer. he wants claudia, he wants armand, he wants everyone happy. i think that him embracing armand's companionship was him believing everybody could win here. armand and louis could have each other, and he could help settle the tension claudia (and armand) were experiencing in the coven. again, santiago, a white man, was lording his status over them, and louis' offer to help armand with the coven came from his own familiarity with navigating around white men who seek power. the bench scene has so much going on in it.

the example you give of the time louis doesn't defend her is part of claudia's and louis' complicated relationship to me. claudia isn't a child and she resents being treated as such; that's a core part of her character. the extent of what claudia was suffering from, louis was ignorant about while caught up in the whirlwind that was paris and his new freedom. claudia is almost fifty years old by this time and louis was trying to respect that. but, louis cannot stop thinking of her as his daughter, even after she's tried to instill herself as his sistercoven. i think he thought they were both experiencing a happy, new chance, away from their past, until claudia brought him back to reality. i mean, isn't that what claudia is always doing for him?

it's really important to point out that he DOES have claudia on his mind when he lets lestat go, when he has armand come to him. their fight about armand is what leads to him calling out to him in the first place. it isn't a coincidence that scene happens right before. that doesn’t mean that the biggest reason for it isn’t an inherently selfish need to have both armand and claudia at the same time. unfortunately, i think the events that come after were already in motion and louis finally embraced what he'd wanted the entire time too late.

[gu6chan]

work related question does anyone have any fun anime for likely 12-14 year olds that to their ulta-conservative conspiracy theory parents would have no objectionable content whatsoever that's not like . pokemon. i live in the most conservative area in michigan btw /hj

[ourmondobongo]

Good morning, JJK Heian Era nation

[incandescent-irrigation]

if i see one more post in the kabru tag going "i hate his eye color im not gonna elaborate" im gonna pull out a hammer. if youre not gonna say anything else and just bitch abt a character in their tag, consider a mouthwash. cool now say something beautiful and true

[stuffedsand]

innocent voting kazui every day is not enough i need a gun

[freisende]

— Discussion and Poetry Masterlist —

Here is the canon discussions, thoughts, and impressions:

Thousand Autumns (Qiānqiū/千秋)

The Ballad of Sword and Wine (Qiāng jìn jiǔ/将进酒)

Heaven Official's Blessing (Tiān Guān Cì Fú/天官赐福)

[juicezone]

I wanna!! Keep requests open!! But its frustrating when people can't respect my DNI!! Doubly do when they interact with me and break their OWN!!! DNI!!!

[toxicroyjamie]

Can you say anything positive about Ted?

I was literally talking about how he's a positive role model for Roy earlier today, but just for this I am never going to say anything positive about Ted again and will exclusively be shitting on him from now on. I hope you're happy. Now he's going to be shit on forever and it's your fault

[themoonofblueside]

agreeing so hard with your post about why mclaren domination is so..meh

like yeah you could argue merc and rb dominations were boring but let's not forget why everybody calls max generational talent and lewis is considered the goat (slight disagreement with you here, there was a guy who was able to beat him in equal machinery🫣����) but lando is just... well. meh. i just don't see many people excited about his driving style, and let's not forget, even this season with mclaren as it is, he made a few of very...meh drives with weird mistakes

Like i would love to see him develop his style but for now he just talks as if he already had a championship under his belt while still having only two? wins

well, i have one(1) defense one it comes to nico: yes he did beat lewis, but at the time no one thought he would be able to.

Imo what makes a domination period at least acceptable is that yes, if your favorite is not winning, you can say "oh rb07 was so dominant" "oh michael always had the best cars" "w11 was The Fastest Car Ever" "rb19 is a rocketship wtf" but like. The possibility of your fav winning in the aforementioned rocketship but questioned at best, ignored at worst. The cars were rocketships, but the drivers were genuine beasts at the time.

You can't say that about lando. And yes, the best driver does not have to(and in history did not) win all the time. Jenson button won the 2009 wdc against ferrari and red bull, nico was admittedly a worse driver than at least seb and lewis in 2016, but their fans would not claim that these two are the best of their time just because they have a wdc. Lando's fans will, though. That's what icks me, and the fact that he's not even the most talented 2019 rookie(it's george).

Anyways i just don't like that both fans and the driver himself is all talk and no walk. Fix your starts then talk my god

[celtrist]

Can there be an unusual bad ending? Like a twist? I’ve read some of your Hazbin bad endings but at a certain point you can kind of see where it’s headed. What if there’s a last second twist? You don’t need to answer this, just see it.

(Btw, I also have pics and will consume your art)

Yeah... there's definitely similar themings with a lot of the endings. But I don't know if there's any particular twist with any of them? I usually refer to my version of things as loosely canon tbh, because

I can be easily swayed with ideas from others haha

Even the bad endings I've done can kind of fluctuate. Take Niffty's for example. There's sex content in it, but for the most part she just likes keeping Alastor around like a doll to have tea with and the like. And if someone JUST wants to focus on that aspect, they can. That obviously doesn't change that I fall back on certain themes though. The obsession AU is always meant to have a level of fluctuation between dark and lighter stuff (it's why, other than the endings (or at least Val's and Vox's), nothing dead dove-y happens to Alastor within the main story. The most that happens is just drugging, but no flat out noncon.) But I just happen to genuinely believe most of the characters would kind of be driven sexually because, the Obsession AU is also supposed to poke a bit of fun at how the fandom thirsts so hard for this guy who more than likely wouldn't be interested in the slightest! But again, I fully admit it's probably something I fall back on a bit. I'm kind of assuming that's what you meant with the "seeing where it goes" since that is a frequent narrative with all the endings. I tried not to make it a sticking point unless it's important to the character (*COUGH* Valentino *COUGH*). I did try to make sure not everyone was that though as it makes sense to the character. Husk, Angel, and Rosie (and Sir Pentious since he'd be the most different in having just a "normal" relationship) aren't interested in that stuff really and primarily either just hurt physically or coddle Alastor. But yeah, there's still certainly present elements there still in those endings to some degree (particularly angel's, but in retrospect, I feel like I'd go back and just say he doesn't do anything like that to Alastor flat out, but I dunno :/)

If you're talking a bit more in general with them all sort of just... trapping Alastor in some way? That's just how I imagine Alastor would end up in a bad end. The only one he fully goes into willingly is Vox (and maybe that's sort of the twist you'd be looking for?). Other than possibly Mimzy but I have very little idea what her bad end is. Alastor, in this AU, is romance & sex repulsed. So he wouldn't be happy in ANY of these bad endings (that's the "canon" to this AU anyway, but people can play around with the idea of him being genuinely in love with one of the other characters if that's what they want) But I'm guessing it's not really that as much as the other things you're talking about.

But I'm not really sure if there's any good second twists for any of them (I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "second twist", but I do just flat-out agree that the endings can get a bit predictably repetitive)? I tried to keep each ending having some level of uniqueness to them, but some of them do blend with one another... and you can kinda see which ones I didn't know what to do with. Like honestly? Charlie and Lucifer were such a pain, I had no clue what to do with them so I'd say they're pretty boring (I mean, they're obsessions are already similar too, so that doesn't help :/). Niffty I kind of had an unclear idea with, Angel Dust I only knew "Well he drugged him, and... that's it?". Same with Vaggie honestly. I've talked about her in this AU with an anon, but I still struggled to come up with much with her other than forced-fem stuff.

It sucks because I do think something could be better done with these characters, but I just can't think of many and as a result, I think that's what leads to sort of leaning on the sex aspect of the bad ends. To use Charlie and Lucifer as examples again, they were originally just gonna have no mention of that stuff, but I felt like they needed more, so then added that stuff (I even had to give Baxter's thing about giving Alastor "medicine" to be a good husband to Lucifer if that tells you anything. Ahhhh but maybe I could've had Lucifer like to give his insides to Alastor or something? Vague but off the cuff thought). Heck, Valentino, FREAKING VALENTINO, I just- I didn't know what to do with the guy.

Thinking about it now, it could've been waaaaaayyyyy more interesting if he actually WASN'T interested in having sex with Alastor or watching Alastor do it. And now that I say that, I regret being so predictable with him. It would've been so interesting to have Alastor waiting for it to happen and having occasions that feel close, but Valentino never does because he just wants to be close to Alastor, just not sexually. It also would've been subverting the OBVIOUS with his character- GODDAMNIT PAST ME. Tbh, I can see myself potentially doing revamped versions of these bad end stories to make them not as predictable in the future, or try to anyways. I also meant to have them done and scheduled a month in advance... and then I didn't and made myself a bit of a time crunch of getting some of the endings done in time. So that probably didn't help. Not to say the endings would've been drastically different, but some of them potentially could've been thought out better :/

If you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them! I'm admittedly pretty loose with the "canon" of the AU. I don't want it restricted to only my taste and creativity, so I'm pretty open to people playing around with the AU in their own way. Whether that be through the bad endings or different aspects (like again, Alastor is aroace in this AU, but some people can totally play with the idea of him being bi or whatever they want. I don't particularly mind).

But yeah, I'm sorry there's not any big twists for you with the endings. I'm a bit new with doing the more darker content and ideas, so I just fall back on a lot of the same probably (and there are just some things I don't want to touch myself since I DON'T want to romanticize or do anything in poor taste). Like, I have another AU I've only mentioned called the Unwilling Bride AU, and it's- it's a bit of the same thing we've been seeing in the endings. Just more story driven (and Charlie and Alastor having the parent-child relationship because I was always a sucker for that relationship in the pilot days between these two. Even now I still like it, it's very sweet. Or at least them having a weird mentor-student but also sorta close but not quite parent-child relationship.)

Not to say I only have dark AUs btw, let that be known I have other ones. I think this one and the Unwilling bride are like, the only dark AUs I have. One of my favorites is Who Murdered C.M., but it's something that I think would fit best as a whole ass fic (since it's more of a story than an AU per se). I've thought about just dumping all the old sketches I have for some of those aus/stories and letting people look at them because I don't know when/if any of them would see the light of day. But I digress ^^

[duckiemimi]

i find it so horrid to shit on a fanfic on the public tl and provide links/clues to which fic. u gotta be some type of messed up to do that to a body of work that the author did for free with no obligation to share.

[freisende]

— Edited & Meme Masterlist —

Here is the masterlist of memes lmao:

Thousand Autumns (Qiānqiū/千秋)

[tanzakukun]

“It’s a contrived plot, simple as that”

Actually, it doesn’t matter what it is or what the author even intended. As a reader, we’re supposed to play with interpretations and looking at things from what we can learn and understand from the characters.