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wolfie-1221 · 2 years

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some quotes i kinda like (see: love)

"I urge you, come be angry at a nearer distance." - The Cruel Prince "Come home. Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart if you must. Just come home." - The Cruel Prince

"You're in love with her. Here's the best part: she loves you more than her own life. Here's the worse part: she loves you so much more than her own life." - Unknown

"We're a little less than lovers. But a little more than friends." - Unknown "For your life has lived me, your laugh once lifted me, your word was gift to me. To remember this brings painful joy. 'Tis a human thing, love, a holy thing, to love what death has touched." ― Yehuda HaLevi "What a privilege it was to matter to you." - Beau Taplin "Listen to me - I am your echo. I would rather break the world than lose you." - Unknown

"I'd choose you. In a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you." - The Chaos of the Stars

"I want to be with you, it is as simple and complicated as that." - Unknown

"And somedays I miss everyone - who has ever left, all at once.” — Donte Collins "Your heart knows things that your mind cannot explain." - Unknown

"The course of true love never did run smooth." - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer's Night Dream

"Some days you wake up and want to change the world. Others, you just want to break that same world in two. But most of the time you just have to get on with the business of living." - Kara Zor-El, Supergirl Volume 5 (#33)

"Those eyes of yours could swallow stars, galaxies and universes. What hope did I ever have?" - Unknown "She is a knight polishing her armor, carrying her own sword. Fighting her own battles. Making her own glory." - Unknown

"It seems to me, that love could be labeled poison and we'd drink it anyways." - Atticus "Let's get drunk on the night and say all the words we never dared whisper in the sober day light." - Unknown "Joy and suffering dance long together into the night." - Sherlock Holmes, the Irregulars

"We looked at each other a little too much to be just friends." - Unknown

"When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it." - Caitlyn Siehl, Start Here "A ghost can be a lot of things. A memory. A daydream. A secret. Grief. Anger. Guilt. But in my experience, most times they're just what we want to see." - Unknown "Angry. And half in love with her. And tremendously sorry I turned away." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

"No matter how mad I've been, I never, for one second, stopped wanting you here with me." - Unknown

“Aye, queen you shall be, until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all that you hold dear.” ― GRRM, A Feast for Crows "Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt." - GRRM, A Feast for Crows

"I made you my temple, my mural, my sky Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life." Taylor Swift, tolerate it.

“You have me. Until ever last star in the galaxy dies. You have me.” — Amie Kaufman "Tell me every terrible thing you ever did and let me love you anyway." -Sade Andria Zabala, coffee and cigarettes. "You look at her too much. It is dangerous to look at people in such a fashion. Something terrible may happen." - Oscar Wilde "I was always looking when you didn't notice. And before I realized, it became a habit." - Unknown "I look at you and I see the rest of my life in front of my eyes." - Unknown

"I know I wanted it to end but, why didn't you chase after me? You know me better than I do, so, why didn't you stop me?" - Unknown "I really don’t know what 'I love you' means. I think it means 'don’t leave me here alone.'” –Neil Gaiman

"It was in that moment that I knew. It was you. It was always going to be you." - Unknown

“I could not escape from you. My soul favors you endlessly.” — Margaret Atwood "There were two reasons I was scared to let people in: the damage that they could do, and the damage that they could find." - Chris Mc Geown

"Grief is the price we pay for love." - Queen Elizabeth II

"We were fire and water, love laced with sin, and whenever we happened to touch smoke rose from our skin." - Amrita C, elemental chemistry

"But to be furious, murderously furious, is to be alive." - Claire Messud

"I have loved the stars and I have loved her. And I'm sorry universe, but you do not compare." - Unknown "Because she needs me; she needs me more than I need untainted hands." - Oyinkan Braithwaite "I cannot love a hero. I do not want to see you being transformed into a statue.” - Christa Wolf

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” – Edgar Allen Poe "If you love somebody, they turn into a god. But you can't control what God they turn into." - Sonya Esman

“Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love.” — Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye

"& how many times have you loved me without my asking? how often have i loved a thing because you loved it? including me." — Danez Smith, from “acknowledgments,” Homie

#most of these are #painful heart breaking heart wrenching depressing sad and yh #coz i like torturing myself with words #if it says unknown thats because I have no clue where its from #i own none of these #quotes #musings #quotes about heartbreak #quotes about love #thoughts #food for thought

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electro-kins · 3 years

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hi hello me again my brain is rotting heavily and so i shall spam your askbox , if that ‘ s all fine and dandy (: ( / hj ) .

i was contemplating on sending this now or later since its 2am but i didn ‘ t wanna forget anything that i wanted to send , so here we are .

even more zhongluc brainrot , royalty au edition ( this is what happens when i watch howl ‘ s moving castle 5 times in a row , read the entire book , purchase the sequels and listen to 4 - 5 versions of the main theme on spotify , haha — ) !

now first off , this has been a reoccurring daydream of mine , in a way . i mean , i ‘ ve always loved royalty aus , but i haven ‘ t delved in deep enough to actually make a good storyline and overall make sense of things , so this is partially improv .

regardless , the running plot is usually along the lines of zhongli visiting mond all the way from liyue to meet the newly crowned prince ( or preferably king , i haven ‘ t decided on if venti should be known as king or if he gave up the position long ago and became a common drunken bard ) , as some sort of royalty himself ( i would happily go in depth about zhongli ‘ s position as well but i have done no research on chinese ruler customs and such , therefore i won ‘ t elaborate until i am sure that it can be accurate and not offensive ) . on a side note , imagine what type of hanfu zhongli could wear ! i ‘ ll probably research a bunch on this too , but from what i ‘ ve seen they seem very elegant .

so now with this tiny improvised setting , for whatever reason , i always picture diluc and morax , , waltzing ? i can see zhongli being eager to put what he learned and practiced in well , practice , especially on such an occasion . i see him visiting mond for both alliances and the culture , imagine how much he ‘ d ramble to xiao or hu tao when he arrives back to liyue !

anyways , the whole dancing scene in my head makes sense because it happens inside the knights of favonius ‘ building , probably pre crepus ‘ death , or post if you want some tension with having to deal with the one force in mond that diluc distrusts if you ‘ re into that ! anyways , mond itself would prepare for zhongli ‘ s arrival , therefore i ‘ m guessing that all this happens during the , , celebration ? so to speak ? i can always picture the delicious tarts and sweets on the tables around the “ ballroom “ ( again , less logic put into this than usual , it ‘ s completely self indulgent ) , despite my hate for most cakes and pastries lol . at least diluc and zhongli can enjoy them .

you can probably squeeze anything into the waltzing scene , too ! be it tension , some level of awkwardness , intense concentration on zhongli ‘ s part , or some unexpected interruption from kaeya there to disturb his brother , whatever you fancy ! i just love this thought in particular for the opportunities it gives and the songs i have in my playlist that would match lol .

that ‘ s all for today ( or so i hope — ) , i should probably go to sleep .

- 🪐

ROYALTY AUS ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE OMG <33 ALL THE POSSIBILITIES... like what they'd wear and like you said, ZHONGLI AND DILUC DANCING TOGETHER and enjoying all the sweets at the celebration *\(^o^)/* zhongli rambling about the time he had and how diluc is once he gets back to hu tao and xiao... SO CUTE!! i imagine he's close friends with yanfei too hehe ∩^ω^∩ i like the ideas you had for venti too, both are fitting and perfect for him!! thank you sm for chatting with me, it's always so fun ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪ going to go think about royal zhongli for forever now LMAOO

#༻✧ are you going to be lisa's little helper? ; chatting #ask #asks #answered ask #🪐 anon

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theetangerine · 3 years

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What it’s real like being a Dyslexic

Today's post shall be about Dyslexia from "Dyslexia the Gift". Well I didn't know that I was blessed with such an omnipotent power. Thank you Dyslexia the Gift for Awakening my abilities. Anyways this post is just my rebuttal to this list as an Anthropomorphic Tangerine with severe dyslexia. Here we go: General:

1. Appears bright, highly intelligent, and articulate but unable to read, write, or spell at grade level.

Ahhhhh.......... so I am all those big words that I can't spell or pronounce.

BTW who ever came up with the word Dyslexia is a troll cause you knew damn well I can't spell that.

2. Labelled lazy, dumb, careless, immature, “not trying hard enough,” or “behavior problem.”

Hey I am not lazy just because Suzie spends her the night figuring out Algebra questions and I on the other hand will look at her formula, "Copy and Paste" for myself and even then at the end of the day I stilled will have learned it. Einstein did say there are different types of genius.

3.Isn’t “behind enough” or “bad enough” to be helped in the school setting.

Let's just pretend it didn't take me 3 times to read this inorder to understand it. Anywhose.

The school suggested to my parents to take me to get tested. Although I think it was because they wanted justify their discrimination against me.

4. High in IQ, yet may not test well academically; tests well orally, but not written.

Lies. I failed in both.

5.Feels dumb; has poor self-esteem; hides or covers up weaknesses with ingenious compensatory strategies; easily frustrated and emotional about school reading or testing.

*clear throat* In best Beyonce voice "I'm survivor................"

6.Talented in art, drama, music, sports, mechanics, story-telling, sales, business, designing, building, or engineering.

Ohh.......come on I suppose to be talented in these fields why didn't Dyslexia tell me this.

7.Seems to “Zone out” or daydream often; gets lost easily or loses track of time.

They were in the Zone like in Soul

woahh..... that was a bar.

8.Difficulty sustaining attention; seems “hyper” or “daydreamer.”

As I type this I peer out through the window wondering if clouds really are made of precipitation or that is what the Illuminati wants you to think.

9. Learns best through hands-on experience, demonstrations, experimentation, observation, and visual aids.

Crash Course history is my religion.

Vision, Reading, and Spelling:

10.Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading.

Starts going in the 4th dimension if I pick up a book.

11.Confused by letters, numbers, words, sequences, or verbal explanations.

Algebra is not for dyslexics. You mix letters and numbers together. Mathematicians were not thinking of dyslexics when Algebra was created.

12. Reading or writing shows repetitions, additions, transpositions, omissions, substitutions, and reversals in letters, numbers and/or words.

Yes Yes . Truly feal for all of of my teacher who read my essays.

13.Complains of feeling or seeing non-existent movement while reading, writing, or copying.

I am Percy Jackson so I am a god.

14.Seems to have difficulty with vision, yet eye exams don’t reveal a problem.

I actually had glasses.

15.Extremely keen sighted and observant, or lacks depth perception and peripheral vision.

Yet another sentence I can't understand. Hold up let me go and look up “depth perception” so I can understand this sentence, real quick.........................This is true.

16.Reads and rereads with little comprehension.

Reading number fifteen (15) proves this.

17.Spells phonetically and inconsistently.

Hooked on Phonics told me otherwise.

Hearing and Speech:

18.Has extended hearing; hears things not said or apparent to others; easily distracted by sounds.

Being an only child while being home alone this ability doesn't have any benefits.

19.Difficulty putting thoughts into words; speaks in halting phrases; leaves sentences incomplete; stutters under stress; mispronounces long words, or transposes phrases, words, and syllables when speaking.

I feel called out.

Writing and Motor Skills:

20.Trouble with writing or copying; pencil grip is unusual; handwriting varies or is illegible.

I may have changed my writing style multiple times. Some legible, some not.

21.Clumsy, uncoordinated, poor at ball or team sports; difficulties with fine and/or gross motor skills and tasks; prone to motion-sickness.

But if I am supposed to be talented at sports in the afro-mention point why can't I catch a ball.

Dyslexia being confused since 1877.

22.Can be ambidextrous, and often confuses left/right, over/under.

Yip...A 20 something that doesn't know their left from their right.

Math and Time Management:

23.Has difficulty telling time, managing time, learning sequenced information or tasks, or being on time.

Well if I can't tell time I can't manage my time thus I don't have enough time to do tasks so that is why I am never on time.

24.Computing math shows dependence on finger counting and other tricks; knows answers, but can’t do it on paper.

Only if Math exam were oral I would have accolades in Math.

25.Can count, but has difficulty counting objects and dealing with money.

Y'all I have nightmares about being a cashier.

26.Can do arithmetic, but fails word problems; cannot grasp algebra or higher math.

As I said before Algebra not, for dyslexics.

Memory and Cognition:

27:Excellent long-term memory for experiences, locations, and faces.

I wish could forget about that time I fell down in front the entire school. And yes this is not an exaggeration. The ENTIRE school saw this.

28.Poor memory for sequences, facts and information that has not been experienced.

Subjects dyslexics shouldn't do:

Science: too many big words you can't spell.

History or Literature: reading is detrimental to your health.

Math: A-L-G-E-B-R-A

29.Thinks primarily with images and feeling, not sounds or words (little internal dialogue).

Sad truth I wear my heart on my sleeves. It's fricking annoying cause I want to be mad in peace without anyone knowing Goddamn it .

Behavior, Health, Development, and Personality:

30.Extremely disorderly or compulsively orderly.

I am Death the Kid.

(If you don't get that reference you are uncultured)

31.Can be class clown, trouble-maker, or too quiet.

Like I was disliked in school for being too quiet. You would think that it was students oh no no no Patricia it was teachers.

Sorry Mrs. Emily for not giving you grey hairs, so you have the opportunity to go home to your loving husband to complain about how much you hate your job and kids. While you thinking about your affair with the young nextdoor neighbour, who you would end up marrying only to then leave them for a hot 20 yea.............................Ummmm that got a bit personal there lets continue shall we

32.Had unusually early or late developmental stages (talking, crawling, walking, tying shoes).

It took a while to learn how to tie my laces.

33.Prone to ear infections; sensitive to foods, additives, and chemical products.

So wait not only did Dyslexia inhibit my ability to read, comprehend and to tell my right from my left to function normally in society but it caused my ear infections too. That is it I'm done

Moving to Siberia.

34.Can be an extra deep or light sleeper; bedwetting beyond appropriate age.

I was a very well trained tangerine.

35.Unusually high or low tolerance for pain.

Everytime I stub my pinky toes it feels like an aeroplane wheel rolled over it.

36.Strong sense of justice; emotionally sensitive; strives for perfection.

Facts!

37.Mistakes and symptoms increase dramatically with confusion, time pressure, emotional stress, or poor health.

2 second Rant

Examiners don't think of dyslexic people, even with extra time. The sheer amount of times it takes just to understand the question then to answer with the best possible Grammar is straight cruelty.

You automatically want me to fail and not finish don't you.

You Demon.

Mini sidestory:

While writing this I asked my significant other to spell "Exaggerate", dude looked at me and told me to sound it out. Past me knew he was going to say this and I did sound it out before he asked me to sound it out. I told him that I did and that I don't know what letter comes after "Ex", he was like babe sound it out..................................

Tangerine internal thoughts: (Exsqueeze me) Every time try that a ""H" is coming up in my head. I thought this through ya know.

In conclusion I sound it out to my phone.

To anyone who don't understand Dyslexia fully I do suggest researching.

My commentary is completely subjective but if you relate that is good :)

That's all my Fruits until next time

- TheeTangerine

Proof read by TheeApple<3

https://www.dyslexia.com/about-dyslexia/signs-of-dyslexia/test-for-dyslexia-37-signs/

#funny memes #dyslexic #dyslexia #long reads #long post #relatable #funny content #funny

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yoasobi-delegation · 3 years

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Basic-

Name: Minamoto Yuki

Nickname(s): yu-chan (Ren), Starlight (Ren)

Rap Name: MC Degenerate

Pronouns: he/him

Age: 33

Personal Motto: Push through the pain and conquer your obstacles

Family Motto: He who does not work neither shall live

Nationality: Japanese

Ethnicity: Japanese

Gender: (Trans) Man

Sexuality/Romantic Orientation: Bisexual/Romantic

Appearance-

Hair Color: light grey

Hair length/type: barely meets his shoulders /straight

Eye color: deep blue

Facial Hair: occasional stubble

Height: 5'8 or 172.72 cm

Weight: 167 lbs or 75.75 kg

Body type: rectangle and almost lean

Skin color:warm beige with warm undertones

Voice: mid-depth (his vocal pattern comes off as bubbly)

Tattoo(s): kanji for "Ren" in his right wrist

Piercing(s): right lobe piercing

Beauty Mark(s): a mole in his left shoulder

Scar(s): chest scars from top surgery

Makeup Preferences: concealer/cover-up for when he looses sleep

Personality-

Best traits: good listener, kind, accommodating

Worst traits: can become very defensive, bottles negative emotions, low self-esteem

Mannerisms: talks with his hands, vocally expressive, bubbly

What they hate the most: biggots, people who are willingly ignorant, bullies,

What’s most important to them: family and societal progression

Secrets: that he's trans (few people know), his relationship with Ren ( because he feels like it would have ruin his partner's reputation, very few people know about it)

Do they get along with people: he gets along with people extremely well

Family-

Parents/guardian: Homura (father) and Ena (mother) Minamoto

Sibling(s): none (regards Mei/Mako as a brother)

Spouse/significant other: Fujiwara Ren (17 years)

Children: none

Pet(s): none

Cousin(s): many different cousins on both sides

Other family: lots on both sides

Other-

Rap ability: Deprivation (blocks 1 opponent's rap ability until Yuki passes out)

Speakers: metronome (dark blue and silver)

Mic: Bakelite phone aka a Ericsson DBH 1001 (dark blue and silver)

Where they live: Grand Hills MotoAzabu

Friend(s): several people at work

Best friend: Fujiwara Ren

Enemies: party of words specifically Ichijuku (more in the backstory)

Acquaintances: Doppo (work related), Jakurai (through Mei/Mako), Dice (through Mei/Mako)

Occupation: Trauma and Gender therapist

Reputation at work: kind, straightforward, no nonsense, good with kids, and hardworking

Other reputations: helpful, daydreams sometimes, goofy(Ren), considerate (Ren and Mei/mako),

Hobbies: stargazing, drawing, taking care of house plants, likes talking to people, accumulating knowledge

Aesthetic( clothing-wise): space themes, usually formal, his colors are mainly cool colors with the occasional warm color thrown in(at work) novelty t shirts (the worse the better) stolen from ren ,sweat shirts, sweaters (casual)

Food preferences: spicy, savory, bad sour

Any physical disorders: no

Any mental disorders: OCD (type: rumination and sensorimotor)

(he does in fact have gender dysphoria which isn't a mental disorder but I am putting next to mental disorder because it makes sense for me layout-wise)

Skills: emotional intelligence, naming the stars, cooking, driving, de-escalation skills, drawing realistically, basic gardening skills, and first aid

Education: (simultaneously) Ph.D (6 years) of psychology and a master's (2 years) degree in developmental trauma, Azabu Junior and senior high school

Night or morning: definitely a night person he likes to stay up a good portion of the night just to enjoy himself and enjoy his hobbies

Languages( in order of learning them): Japanese, English, Mandarin (conversational), Cantonese (conversational)

#degenerate #hypmic division #hypmic oc #hypmic yuki #(author note: I would just like to say the name the rap name has more to do with the characters backstory and how he was called #it several times in key moments of his life and this is him reclaiming the name for himself as a f you to the people who called him it for #being trans.)

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agameforgoodchristians · 5 years

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"Your god being unable to hear you because he's off taking a shit in the bushes (1 Kings 18:27)": On the Bible's motif of "shit-talking" Baal

Background

Last week on Iron Age Prophet Smackdown!!!…

Ahab became king and pissed off God more than any of the kings who came before him (1 Kings 16:33) by marrying Jezebel and officially establishing worship of Baal in the kingdom. God responds with three years of drought befalling the land (1 Kings chapter 17).

Chapter 18 of 1 Kings begins with the prophet Elijah presenting himself before Ahab, and challenging the prophets of Baal to a spiritual duel. Ahab sends out word across all of Israel to gather at Mount Carmel to see a battle between the prophets of Baal (and Asherah – who are forgotten from the story after vs 19) and Elijah representing YHWH. It’s 450 prophets against 1.

Elijah challenges the assembled masses asking, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” (vs 21) But the people remained silent. So Elijah’s proposed a simple test: Each team would make a stone altar with a pile of wood, just like normal. Each team would also be given a sacrificial bull, which will ceremonially butchered, and placed on the altar, also, just like normal. The twist would be that neither team would light their altar on fire. Instead, Elijah said,“…you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord; the god who answers by fire is indeed God” (vs 24). And all the people said, “Bet!”

Elijah let team Baal go first. They took the bull that was given to them, prepared it, and called out to their god from around 6 am until noon, crying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no answer. After six hours of parading around the altar, Elijah participated in a long tradition of prophetic discourse: he became a bit of a dick.

At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” (vs 27)

{For the rest of the story…}

This is the verse our card is based on, and you may be asking, “what does this have to do with ‘shit’?

{Note: Before you read any further and get offended by our repeated use of the word “shit,” we’ve covered how and why we employ “foul language” in our game and in our Card Talks. Maybe you should take a look at those.}

Elijah’s Shit Talking

Let’s investigate what Elijah actually said to the prophets of Baal:

At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away [וְכִֽי־שִׂיג לֹו], or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” (vs 27)

This is the only place in the Bible where the phrase וְכִֽי־שִׂיג לֹו is used, and as always, we love looking into how some Bibles have translated key words.

The (ye olde) King James Version translates this phrase “he is pursuing” (which of course leads us to the question pursuing, or chasing, what?).

The Revised Standard Version says that “he is on a journey” (but to where?).

The New Revised Standard Version suggests that “he has wandered away” (because he’s feeble-minded?).

Never content to stick with translations of the Bible, we Bible nerds refer back to lexicons for word meanings.

Brown–Driver–Briggs’ A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (or BDB to her friends) gives two definitions for כִֽי־שִׂיג לֹו: “Withdrawing to a private place” and “dross,” as in waste product.

Holladay’s A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament is, no surprise, more concise, giving this succinct definition for כִֽי־שִׂיג לֹו: “bowel movement.”

Put them both together,

Baal was looking for a private place to take a shit.

And so you don’t think this is just our wacky, irreverence, consider:

“Starting about noon, Elijah began to tease them: ‘Shout louder! He's a god, so maybe he's busy. Maybe he's relieving himself. Maybe he's busy someplace. Maybe he's taking a nap and somebody needs to wake him up.'‘“ (International Standard Version)

“About noontime Elijah began mocking them. ‘You'll have to shout louder,’ he scoffed, ‘for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself. Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!’" (New Living Translation)

The New Oxford Annotated Bible (New Revised Standard Version) footnotes the verse saying, “a disrespectful euphemism meaning that Baal has to relieve himself.”

Everett Fox’s translation renders it “Maybe he is busy—maybe ‘doing his business’…” with an appropriate footnote about “scatological” euphemisms.

Gregory Mobley renders the passage in this alliterated way: “‘Call with a louder voice. Perhaps Elohim is distracted or defecating or detoured. Perhaps he is asleep and will awaken.’”

But Why “Shit”?

In pouring over and translating this passage, one question kept coming to mind: why shit? Seriously: why does Elijah (or the biblical writer of Elijah’s voice) employ scatological humor in the middle of his taunts?

Sure, potty humor is always funny (“…if Baal shits in the forest and no one hears him, is he really a god?”), but is that it? Elijah is just the average bro throwing fecal funnies around? If so, are dick jokes next? (Actually, Paul makes some of those in the New Testament, but that’s a conversation for another Card Talk). We wondered if there was some deeper significance to this specific, shitty shot at Baal. And you know what? There is.

The Hebrew Bible (and later rabbinic source) use the motif of shit to denigrate worship of Baal.

This is not confined to this passage. To that end, allow us to provide two examples from within the context of Kings, and two from without, showing the scope of the biblical tradition of shitting on Baal.

ON BAAL AND SHIT

The Shit-God of 2 Kings Chapter 1

2 Kings begins with a story of Elijah confronting king Ahaziah of Samaria, who has just fallen off his roof (and no we don’t have a card for this story, but we really should). Ahaziah sends messenger to inquire consult the oracles of Baal Zebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron. The angel of the LORD tells Elijah to inform Ahaziah that there is only one God he is supposed to be consulting about his health, and that is not the god of his enemies. So now he’s going to die.

What does this have to do with shit? “Baal Zebub” doesn’t pass the linguistic or historical smell test for multiple reasons.

There is no archaeological evidence of a Philistine god named Baal Zebub.

Also, the name doesn’t makes sense. The word/name “Baal” means “lord,” “prince,” “master,” or “husband” (#patriachy). Thus, “Baal Zebub” means “Lord of Zebub,” and since “Zebub” was/is not a place, most scholars believe that the deity’s name was originally Baal Zebul, which means “The mighty Baal/lord” or “The exalted Baal/lord.”

Baal Zebub on the other hand, can be translated one of two ways: in Hebrew, “Lord of the flies,” or in Aramaic— the northwest Semitic language—(wait for it) “Lord of dung.”

Yes, they changed the god’s name to “shit-god.”

The Shit-Temple of 2 Kings Chapter 10

2 Kings chapter 10 continues the narrative of the king Jeru, who was anointed by Elisha— Elijah’s prophetic successor— and spends most of his time destroying everything and everyone related to worship of Baal.

One specific account records how Jehu called together “all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests; let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal… But Jehu was acting with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.” (vs 19) “All the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was no one left who did not come… until the temple of Baal was filled from wall to wall.” (vs 21). Jehu had his men make sure that the only people inside the temple were Baal worshipers. Then he has everyone in the temple killed:

Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside … As soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and to the officers, “Come in and kill them; let no one escape.” So they put them to the sword. The guards and the officers threw them out, and then went into the citadel of the temple of Baal. They brought out the pillar that was in the temple of Baal, and burned it. (24b, 25-26).

So where’s the shit?

It’s in what Jehu did next: turning the temple of Baal into the public toilet.

Then they demolished the pillar of Baal, and destroyed the temple of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. (vs 27)

Yes, he turned the god’s palace into a temple of shit.

{Note: This isn’t just one isolated Bible story. It’s believed that other Jewish kings did the same. Archaeological evidence has been found that King Hezekiah might have followed Jeru’s lead when he enacted his own religious reforms (c.f. 2 Kings 18:1-6), as a site in Lachish was found with altars damaged in ways corresponding to the biblical description, and an ancient toilet was installed in the corner, the ultimate act of desecration.}

The Shit-God of Numbers Chapter 25

Numbers 25:1-15 tells the story of the children of Israel having sexual relationships with the people of Moab. This was a big no-no, because the Israelites were supposed to hate the Moabites for reasons we don’t have time to get into. Needless to say, God is upset by this, not (only) because of all the sex, but because of what the sex brought with it: worship of Baal:

These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. Thus Israel yoked itself to the Baal of Peor, and the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel. (vs 2-3)

God’s anger was made known to the people:

The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and impale them in the sun before the Lord, in order that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.” And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you shall kill any of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.” (vs 4-5)

In addition to this death sentence, 24,000 die in a plague (c.f. Psalm 106:28-31), which ended when a guy named Phineas took a spear and ran it through an Israelite and a Midianite woman while they were having sex (of course we have this as a Card in the game!).

Okay, cool story, but where’s the shit? (This is a longer one…)

The word “Peor” means “open the mouth” (c.f. Isaiah 5:14). However, the rabbinic tradition has associated Baal Peor with ritual defecation. And they are VERY GRAPHIC when talking about it. Three examples:

1. Discussing this passage, and the worship of Baal Peor, Rashi wrote: “accounting for the name, they would open the ‘mouth’ of the rectum before him and bring forth excrement” (Source).

2. The Talmud says

“The Gemara relates another incident with regard to Ba’al-Peor. The Sages taught: There was an incident involving a Jew named Sabbeta ben Alas, who rented out his donkey and his services to a certain gentile woman. He was driving his donkey behind her, and when she arrived at Peor, she said to him: Wait here until I go in and come out. After she came out, he said to her: You too wait for me until I go in and come out. She said to him: Aren’t you Jewish? Why, then, are you worshipping idols? He said to her: And what do you care? He entered and defecated before the idol, and wiped himself with its nostril, as he wanted to demean the idol as much as possible. But he was unsuccessful, as the priests of Peor were praising him and saying: No person has ever worshipped it before with this excellent form of worship. Although he intended to demean Ba’al-Peor, he actually worshipped it.” (b. Sanh. 64a)

3. The Talmud also records

Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: An incident occurred involving a certain gentile woman who was very ill. She said: If that woman, referring to herself, recovers from her illness, she will go and worship every object of idol worship in the world. She recovered from her illness and subsequently worshipped every object of idol worship in the world. When she arrived at Peor she asked the priests: How does one worship this idol? They said to her: One eats spinach, which causes diarrhea, and drinks beer, which also causes diarrhea, and defecates before it. The woman said: Better for that woman, referring to herself, to return to her illness, and not worship an idol in such a manner. (b. Sanh. 64a)

Yes, to worship Ba’al means that you like kinky shit-play in many aspects of your life.

Shit-Stomping in Isaiah Chapter 25

Isaiah chapter 25 describes God coming to the aid of His oppressed people. Verse 7-8 describe God “swallowing” the threat of death. In the Hebrew, “swallow” is an anagram for “Baal,” and in Canaanite mythology, Baal was a god who swallowed Death.

But where is the shit?

Notice the result of the enemies who rise against God’s people in this passage:

For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.

The Moabites shall be trodden down in their place

as straw is trodden down in a dung-pit. (Isaiah 25:10)

Yes, they get stepped on and squashed like the straw used to create manure (shit) in the Ancient Near East.

The Lesson

While there was more than one Baal worshiped in the Ancient Near East, the Bible largely conflates them into one being [and if you want to completely nerd out on this topic we highly recommend Mark S Smith’s The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel and And Frank Moore Cross’s classic Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel.].

However, it doesn’t matter which Baal we’re talking about: the Bible and later rabbinic literature uses a motif of shit to denigrate the worship of Baal.

Why? Because, in the Hebrew mindset:

Baal ain’t shit compared to God.

And what more is there to say?

But what do we know: we made this game and you probably think we’re going to Hell.

The End of the Duel

After Elijah’s holy shit talking, the prophets of Baal cried even louder. And “they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them.” (vs 28). But as midday began to turn into evening, and their bloody cries went unanswered, and Elijah continued to slice away at their morale, they gave up.

Then it was Elijah’s turn. He rebuilt the altar of the Lord that had been torn down under Ahab and Jezebel’s reign, using twelve stones representing the twelve tribes of Israel. He made a huge trench, a moat, around the altar, and after placing the wood and his butchered bull on it, he had the people fill four jars with water, and had them poured on the burnt offering and on the wood. He had this repeated three time, twelve in total. So much water that the moat he had dug was filled with water also. Elijah prayed to his God and

“Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and even licked up the water that was in the trench.” When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord indeed is God; the Lord indeed is God.” (vs 38-39)

After the battle of divine wills was over, Elijah said to the people, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” Then they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon, and killed them there. (vs 40)

Team Baal: 0 / Team YHWH: 1

#1 Kings 18:27 #Shit #Baal #Shit talking #Elijah #Mt Carmel #e

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more Visor: 33)Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Reaper. 36)Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Tracer. 45)Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Reinhardt. 46)Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Roadhog. ((i'm so sorry)) AND cuz i'm self-indulging and would love to see two happy guys interactin 50)Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Lucio. BONUS: Do they have a CanonOW character crush?

33) Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Reaper.

Reaper: What are you looking at?

Visor: (A little more high pitched than usual) Nothing at all!

Lore Note: Visor is literally the only character who doesn’t know that Reaper is Gabriel Reyes or that Soldier:76 is Jack Morrison. He’s the only one. The day they were both declared dead to the world he cried himself to sleep. He still gets teary when he looks at the poster of them he has over his bed. No one has the heart to tell him they’re both alive but one’s a literal demon and the other became a grouch, so they all just pretend. That scene in frozen where kristof says “I’m gonna tell him” and anna says “No you are not” is Sombra and Tracer every time he talks about them.

36) Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Tracer.

Tracer: You alright mate? You look a little ill...

Visor: I, I, I- You! Tracer! Hrrn, fan, I’m- *gasp* Fan! I’m your- *wheeze* I’m your biggest- *Gasp* I’mSoSorryINeedToLeave NOW.

Visor: I’m so sorry to bother you but... could you... sign something for me?

Tracer: Oh! I’d be happy to! *Humming* Do-do-do, there we are! Now let’s get to work!

Tracer: Hey, Bayani, how’re you holding up? I know it can be scary, all this.

Visor: I’m not scared! ... Well, maybe a little nervous. But I’m good, I’ll be good. Thanks.

OR, map specific to King’s Row (not an interaction per se, but Tracer adjacent)

Visor: Oh, my, gosh! I’m in Tracer’s home town, I can’t believe this is happening! I think I’m gonna pass out!

45) Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Reinhardt.

Visor: Oh wow, Reinhardt Willhelm! It’s an honour to meet you sir. (whispering) You look even cooler than in you posters...

Reinhardt: Ahaha! The honour is mine, it is nice to meet a fellow warrior fighting for justice!

Or (this is the same as the tracer one, just either can answer it)

Visor: I’m so sorry to bother you but... could you... sign something for me?

Reinhardt: Of course! ... Er, perhaps we should wait until after the mission though?

Lore Note: Rein’s huge power armour hands do not look like they can hold pens very well. That’s the tea.

46) Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Roadhog.

Roadhog: *Heavy Breathing*

Visor: WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME???

Ahem. Sorry that just slipped out let me.... come up with a real interaction.... (seriously the first time you gave me hanzo and visor now this??? WHAT am I supposed to do)

Nope, i can’t do it. the canon is that, even non-canonically Visor and Roadie do NOT interact. Not verbally. Visor waves, Roadhog gives a long, silent, mask-covered stare, and then Visor sweats profusely while looking terrified and leaves. There’s your interaction.

50) Give us an in-game interaction between your character and Lucio.

Visor: Woah, international superstar DJ Lúcio Correia dos Santos is here!?

Lucio: Keep it down man, I’m tryn’a keep a low profile!

Lore Note: I know, I know, the game isn’t canon, Lucio isn’t actually joining a bunch of vigilantes, mercenaries and his personal arch nemesis to shoot his and their clones in random yet critical locations around the globe. BUT, I still find it hilarious to completely ignore that and pretend that Frog-DJ Beyonce-with-a-gun is actually Doing That.

Bonus) Do they have a Canon OW character crush?

I’ve got a post floating around here somewhere, where in the tags I make mention of Visor having an aforementioned poster of young Jack and Gabe, and also the naughty dreams it has sparked therein, and for my boy’s dignity I shall not get into it. But first of all, Jack and Gabe, specifically as, Jack and Gabe.

Further, McCree and Lucio, in very different ways; he finds them both attractive in very different ways, but also like, he crushes on Lucio the same way one crushes on a Hemsworth, he’s pretty and famous, but that’s all there is too it. With McCree, he loves listening to him talk about his Blackwatch days, and when he found out he’s Trans too they really bonded over that, in a “wow one of my heroes is just like me” kinda way, so that’s more of a like, friend-crush, or mentor-crush even. it’s like crushing on your pretty teacher. In both cases he doesn’t think of them in “I want a relationship” terms or even “I’d tap that” terms, it’s all just infrequent daydreams and aesthetic appreciation.

Genji’s a snac and we all know it. Bisexual disaster Young Genji would have hit on Visor and he would have been putty in his hands we all know it. First time Genji took his mask o Visor got palpitations AND WE ALL KNOW IT.Now as for platonic girl-crushes, he’s a Sym boy, all the way. Queen stepped out of a teleporter one day and he was like “!? Damn now I KNOW I’m gay, and also that God is clearly real” He cried when he first saw her, and was compelled to give her all of the money in his wallet. She once stepped on his toes and he said he was sorry. One time he saved Sombra’s life and to repay the debt she set up a shopping trip where they could all hang out, and he and Sym are besties now. They have inside jokes and quote each other. Sombra hates it.

#Ask #RPTC-Art

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Translation: “Ayanashi” Chapter 09 (Spoilers!!)

So, I was going to summarize this, but since I was translating it anyway for a friend, here’s the script for this month’s chapter. The translation is more of a rough draft because I would usually clean it up as I’m typesetting. Sorry, I cannot provide raws. Spoilers after the jump!

Page 01:

Holo: “Rico…”

Holo: “How long do you plan to keep up this job? You could go back home right now and start over…”

Rico: “Yeah, yeah, I’m tired of hearing you say that, Holo”

I’m Ricardo Lancorse

And I’m an Ayanashi

Page 02 and 03:

[Chapter 9: Accursed Town}

Rico: “Whoa”

Rico: “So this is Cavern 48, Lidea”

Rico: “…speaking of whoa”

Rico: “If you look closely, the town is suspended in the middle!”

Rico: “Eeeh…”

Rico: “I can’t really see anything below but it’d be a problem if I fell…”

Page 04:

Rico: “Ah, Look Holo! That street lamp is electric!”

Holo: “…electric?”

Rico: “It’s amazing, isn’t it? Such a civilized town is rare!”

Rico: “…hmm? However”

Rico: “Where is the ‘cocoon’ in this town?”

Rico: “Whoa, whoa, look! Look!” (The girls are gorgeous toooooo!)

Holo: “…Rico”

Holo: “Stop looking at women’s asses and let’s get going”

Page 05:

Rico: “Hey…that wasn’t my intention!”

(clears throat)

Rico: “I’m interested in a girl’s ENTIRE body!” (not just her butt!)

Holo: “…no, that’s not what I meant”

Rico: “After all, I think you should judge everything by looking at the whole!”

Rico: “Besides, I don’t want to be lumped in with the breast fundamentalists of the world! I believe our ideologies conflict!”

Holo: “…”

Holo: When did he start lusting after women? (Little Rico: I’m going, too!)

Rico: “Anyway, it’s pretty rare for you to come into town”

Rico: “Let’s look around some more and see what else there is!”

Holo: “…hmph, I came to do a ‘job’”

Page 06:

Holo: “Once we’ve fulfilled the request, we’re leaving…this kind of town”

-Patrol Report-

We first paid a visit to the capital building in order to meet our client

Lady: “Thank you very much for coming, Mr. Holo and Mr. Ricardo” (t/n: using -sama here)

Lady: “I shall take you to the Chairman”

Page 07:

Rico: “…what?”

Rico: “Sentinels?”

Page 08:

Rico: “This is another extravagant design…”

Lady: “This is the Chairman’s room…Chairman Norman is waiting inside”

Lady: “Well, then…because I was told that he wanted this to be between the three of you, I will wait here”

Rico: “Thank you”

Page 09:

[t/n: Norman grins]

Rico: “This person is our client…”

Rico: “…huh?”

Rico: “…if this is supposed to be between the three of us, who is that…” [t/n: Rico sees the one-eyed man next to the window]

Page 10:

Rico: “Umm-“

Holo: “Just the three of us…but someone else is here, right?”

Rico: “!”

Norman: “…”

[t/n: a man wearing a cloak and a skull mask steps out from behind a pillar]

Rico: “!?”

Page 11:

Norman: “Oh, Mr. Naga, you were here, as well?” [t/n: Norman is referring to everyone as -dono here]

Norman: My apologies, Mr. Holo, he’s something of a bodyguard to me…

Rico: “…What?”

Norman: “Naga”

Norman: “So as to not worry them, could you please step outside briefly?”

[t/n: Naga does so, but Rico is still confused]

Rico: “No…”

Rico: “Umm…”

Page 12:

Rico: “-?”

Rico: “-he’s gone…?” [t/n: the one-eyed man is no longer there]

Rico: “Holo, over next to the window there was-“

[t/n: Norman puts his finger up to his mouth and says ‘shhh’]

Rico: “…no, it was nothing…”

Page 13:

Norman: “-now then, I have a favor to ask of you two”

Norman: “Let me explain about the ‘execution’”

Norman: “The prisoner is named Vilmar Neal”

Norman: “He’s been imprisoned for the crime of planning an insurrection with the aim of pulling off a coup d'état”

Holo: “A coup d'état…?”

Rico: “…in other words, he tried to kill you and steal sovereignty of the town?”

Norman: “That’s right”

Page 14:

Rico: “But if there was a coup d'état, then shouldn’t there be others who were sympathetic to the cause?”

Norman: “Yes…that’s why we are arranging a public execution”

Rico: “Huh!?”

Norman: “With the death of their leader”

Norman: “We will destroy their will”

Page 15:

Rico: “…now wait a minute”

Rico: “There’s already concern among the sympathizers that if you do such a thing”

Rico: “It will only make matters worse”

Rico: “Besides, that would be just the reason they need to mount an insurrection-“

Norman: “The execution is set for the next morning, and will take place in the plaza in front of the capitol building”

Norman: “Let’s continue this at the place you two were shown”

The chairman cut off his overbearing story and and we were hastened outside of our room

Page 16:

[No dialogue, but the one-eyed man passes Rico, who looks rather shocked, and his heart is pounding]

Page 17:

For some reason, I thought…

That I shouldn’t make eye contact with that

Holo: “…Rico, what’s wrong? Let’s go”

Rico: “…right!”

Page 18:

When we left the room, it seemed like reality came back

What he…a daydream?

…a one-eyed man with with white hair…

Rico: “Hey”

Rico: “…Holo”

Rico: “Do you…believe in ghosts?”

Holo: “? …what are you talking about?” [t/n: it seems that Holo did not see the one-eyed man]

Rico: “…nothing”

Rico: “I guess…I’m a little tired from the journey”

-!? [t/n: there’s a loud noise and everything is shaking]

Page 19:

Man: “Chairman!”

Norman: “What happened!?”

Man: “Vilmar’s comrades are breaking him out-“

Rico: “There!”

Holo: “After them, Rico!”

Rico: “Right!”

Page 20:

Rico: “Wait!”

Rico: “Wah!?” [t/n: a hooded archer shoots at Rico but he narrowly avoids it]

Archer: “Tch…”

Page 21:

Rico: “Huh…” [t/n: the escapees use a zip line of sorts to escape down below]

Rico: “A wire…?”

Rico: “They had strange tools, but could they use it to go all the way down?”

Holo: “Shit…”

Holo: “They took Vilmar and ran…this is becoming a pain in the ass”

Page 22:

Rico: “Then why don’t we give up and go sightseeing around town?”

Holo: “This isn’t a joke!”

Holo: “Until we’ve confirmed his death, we can’t leave this town! Just being somewhere with so many people will make me sick!!”

…besides that, I wonder what’s down there?

…it’s gloomy…

And the cloud cover makes it hard to see…

[t/n: Rico is tapping his fingers on the rail then notices something]

Rico: “!”

Holo: “Hey, Rico?”

Page 23:

Rico: “An elevator for carrying coal?”

Rico: “Can this go down?”

Worker: “Huh? Yeah, but right now…”

Holo: “…?”

Rico: “Please take us down!”

Rico: “We’re following Vilmar on the Chairman’s orders!”

Page 24 and 25:

[t/n: they arrive in what looks like an abandoned town]

Holo: “What? This…isn’t a coal mine?”

Rico: “No…it’s…a ‘town’”

Holo: “…but compared to the one ‘above’, it’s far more desolate”

Rico: “Holo, look at that…”

Rico: “The bottom of the town that we were in…”

Page 26:

[t/n: when they look up, there’s a large cocoon-like thing attached to the bottom of the town above...it’s bright with light]

Holo: “That’s…the Theda cocoon?”

Rico: “That’s right…if the ogres that roam the surface are death incarnate”

Rico: “Then the Theda is life incarnate”

Page 27:

Rico: “Because the light from that cocoon can nurture many living things”

Rico: “All underground towns are built by borrowing the Theda’s burrow”

Holo: “That reminds me, when you saw that as a kid it scared the shit out of you…” (it was hard to get you to sleep…)

Rico: “It was a long time ago, so it’s okay!”

Rico: “He always has a good memory for those kind of things”

Rico: “In other words, what I’m trying to say is”

Rico: “If that’s here, then what’s going on!?”

Holo: “?”

Page 28:

Rico: “Look at that sign”

Holo: “…urban planning?”

Rico: “Yes”

Rico: “Originally, the place where that cocoon is hanging from was the ceiling of this hole”

Rico: “So then what’s that “town above” that they built on top of the ceiling?”

Page 29:

Holo: “-so, Cavern 48 is…”

Rico: “Yeah…it looks like they’ve separated the original “town below” from the newly built ‘town above’”

-the report we received earlier mentioned nothing about the “town below”

Are they keeping it a secret from outsiders…?

-I see…if that’s the case, this place is…

Rico: “Hm?”

Holo: “H-hey, Rico?”

[t/n: Rico takes off into the crowd]

Holo: “Wai-“

Holo: “Kuh…”

Holo: “People”…

Holo: “Damn him, what is he thinking…? I can’t take much more of this”

Page 30:

[t/n: a girl is walking down the street when Rico suddenly appears next to her, smiling]

Rico: “Hi”

Page 31:

Rico: “I need directions”

Girl: “…strangers don’t come here”

Rico: “I was wondering where Mr. Vilmar’s house was?”

Rico: “The bow you used earlier”

Rico: “You’re pretty good at it, aren’t you?”

[t/n: she suddenly slashes at him and he narrowly avoids it by falling backwards into a barrel]

Rico: “Whoa!!”

Page 32:

Rico: “Ah dah!”

Girl: “Huh…”

[t/n: Rico has taken away her knife]

Rico: “Owww…you shouldn’t try to slash me so suddenly, you know…”

Girl: “Kuh…you’re Ayanashi…”

Girl: “My face was supposed to be hidden…”

Girl: “…how did you know it was me?”

Rico: “Heh…about that”

Page 33:

Rico: “It’s your butt”

Girl: “Hah?”

Rico: “Heh heh, don’t underestimate my eye for women”

Rico: “As if I would ever misjudge such a fine ass as yours!”

Rico: “Ah, of course breasts are important, too, but in your case-“

Rico: “…no, let’s change the subject…”

[t/n: she punches him in the face]

Page 34:

[no dialogue as a man walks through a greenhouse carrying hedge clippers, which he violently plunges into a table. He sits down on one side. Rico is sitting on the other side, tied up to a chair. His cloak, weapons, and bandanna have been confiscated from him.]

Page 35:

Vilmar: “…you”

Vilmar: “You’re one of the brothers who came to kill me, right…?”

Rico: “I’m the little brother, Ricardo Lancorse.”

Rico: “We finally meet.”

Rico: “Mr. Vilmar.”

Page 36:

Vilmar: “…mind if we talk?”

Rico: “Not at all”

Rico: “That’s why I came here”

Vilmar: “You saw the town above, right?”

Vilmar: “That was the urban planning project…”

Vilmar: “That was once proposed by us…Norman and me”

Rico: “By us?”

Page 37:

[t/n: this is a flashback sequence]

Vilmar: “In those days, I worked as the town representative”

Vilmar: “-however, there was another reason for such a large-scale project”

Vilmar: “That’s because Norman was a ‘person from outside of this world’”

Rico: “!”

Vilmar: “Occasionally, flotsom from that world…or things called “strange relics” appear on the surface”

Vilmar: “There are rare times when a person will be mixed in with the relics”

Vilmar: “They are called ‘foreigners’”

Page 38:

Vilmar: “The way they are treated by towns range from persecution to deification”

Vilmar: “Norman possessed plentiful knowledge that we did not…it seems that he previously taught at a place called a ‘university’”

Vilmar: “That’s why everyone in the town thought of him as reliable”

Vilmar: “At that time, the town’s resources were running low”

Vilmar: “There was coal and a little bit of oil, but the burrow itself was small and the power of the cocoon was weak”

Vilmar: “That’s why this town had meagre harvests and poor trade”

Vilmar: “So I cooperated with Norman, and with the aim of expanding the land and supplementing the cocoon’s light, we built a power plant on the upper stratum of the town”

Page 39:

Vilmar: “We got the raw materials from the garbage of any strange relics that showed up…”

Vilmar: “Even Norman wasn’t very interested at first…but when they saw artificial light for the first time, our supporters increased-“

Vilmar: “And gradually became unified”

Vilmar: “There were numerous steps to go through”

Vilmar: “As 20 years passed, the development continued little by little”

Vilmar: “And the number of people who arrived from other towns wanting to learn engineering increased”

Vilmar: “And the town become gorgeous and affluent”

Vilmar: “-but after five years, a problem arose”

Page 40:

Vilmar: “A part of the air conditioning system brought about something abnormal”

Vilmar: “When we burned coal to generate power, the sulphur oxide produced accumulated on the lower stratum”

Vilmar: “I was afraid that if nothing changed, it would have some kind of effect on the people living in the town below”

Vilmar: “So I immediately requested to Norman and the people of the town above that we turn off the power, but…”

Townsperson: “Turn off the power!?”

Townspeople: “If we stop the factories right now, then the shipments to neighboring towns won’t make it on time!”

Townspeople: “And what about light? The town below will probably be fine since they have the cocoon, but…”

Townspeople: “And you haven’t reported anything about the pollution yet, have you?”

Vilmar: “It’s true that the effects wouldn’t happen right away, but…after something happens, then…”

Vilmar: “The people who live in the town above didn’t easily accept it since their lives benefited so much from electricity”

Page 41:

[t/n: we are back in the present, now]

Rico: “Because of their vested rights, huh…”

Vilmar: “Two years have passed since then, and Norman’s people above unilaterally stopped relations, and dozens of people below have already become sick”

Rico: “…I understand the situation”

Rico: “However, isn’t a coup d’état really dangerous?”

Rico: “Please, could you give me a little time?”

Rico: “I have an idea-“

[t/n: suddenly the glass above them starts to break and there’s a loud crashing sound]

Rico: “!”

Page 42:

[t/n: Holo drops down from above and looks absolutely maniacal]

Holo: “…I’ve found you, Vilmar…”

Rico: “!”

Rico: “Holo!?”

Page 43:

Rico: “This is bad! You, untie me!!”

Girl: “What!?”

Girl: “You don’t understand your situati-“

Rico: “HURRY!!”

Rico: “Or do you wanna see the old man get killed!?”

Holo: “…you’re a nuisance”

Holo: “I’ll end you right here, right now”

Guy: “U…”

[t/n: men with pipes run after Holo]

Guy: “Get him!”

Page 44:

Guy: “!”

[t/n: Holo deftly avoids the attack, jumps around the room and lands in front of Vilmar]

Vilmar: “-u…”

Page 45:

[t/n: Rico parries Holo’s attack]

Vilmar: “!?”

Holo: “Wha…”

Holo: “…?”

Holo: “What are you doing…”

Holo: “Rico…”

Rico: “Holo! You can’t kill this person!!”

Rico: “If town will be in trouble if you do!”

Page 46:

Holo: “…like I care, our job is to kill him, isn’t it?”

Rico: “Uh…”

[t/n: the men from before are trying to attack Holo again, but Rico throws the hedge clippers into the wall beside them]

Rico: “Don’t try to harm my brother”

Rico: “Do you wanna die?”

Page 47:

Guy: “Uh…”

[t/n: Holo starts taking off his cape and sword]

Holo: “I’ve always told you, haven’t I?”

Holo: “That nothing good comes out of supporting the townspeople”

Holo: “…I don’t want to hurt you”

Holo: “-but if you get in my way”

Holo: “Then I’ll force my way through with everything I have”

Page 48 and 49:

[No dialogue, just Holo and Rico fighting]

Page 50:

Rico: “You’re making a mistake!”

Rico: “The old Holo wasn’t like this!!”

Holo: “Tch…”

Rico: “!?”

Holo: “…what of it…”

Page 51:

[t/n: Holo grabs Rico by his shirt]

Holo: “It’s better to leave the ‘townspeople’ alone!”

Holo: “Or did you forget who killed our dad!?”

Page 52:

Rico: “…you’re wrong”

Rico: “That was an accident…”

Holo: “An accident!? You weren’t there when it happened, so you wouldn’t understand!!”

[t/n: one panel flashback to a young holo bent over a body with arrows all around]

Holo: “That’s why you can get close to these people without a second thought!”

Holo: “Because…you’re different from me!!”

[t/n: Rico gets really upset and punches Holo into a table, breaking it]

Page 53:

Holo: “Kuh…”

Rico: “Open your damn eyes already!”

Rico: “You…idiot brother!!”

Holo: “!”

Page 54:

[t/n: Rico has a sad expression and tears in his eyes]

Rico: “One day…we’ll rejoin society, together”

Rico: “That’s why I’m by your side…”

Rico: “Because I don’t want…to lose my ‘family’ again”

Page 55:

[t/n: Holo looks surprised and ashamed as everyone stares in silence]

Holo: “…Rico…”

Holo: “…”

Page 56:

[t/n: chairman’s office]

Naga: “…it seems that those brothers went down to the town below”

Naga: “…heh heh, do they intend to keep up this farce?”

Naga: “This got interesting, didn’t it…?”

Page 57:

-Two Days Later

Page 58:

[No dialogue, but Holo and Rico are following the girl archer from before up the stairs...they overlook the town]

Page 59:

[t/n: flashback to Vilmar talking to Rico]

Vilmar: “Ricardo…when I look at you, I’m reminded of the old him”

Vilmar: “Norman was also more nonjudgmental and wiser than others, once”

Vilmar: “But he changed after that…”

Vilmar: “Sometimes I saw him facing a wall and talking to no one”

[t/n: Rico realizes something shocking]

Rico: “-!”

Rico: “…that’s just like-“

[t/n: back in the present, Rico is repeating what Vilmar said...]

Rico: “‘It was as if he were possessed by something…’”

Rico: “…was he?”

Page 60:

Girl: “…Rico, are you sure that this plan you came up with will really work with just the two of you?”

Rico: “The true nature of this town’s problem isn’t vested rights or pollution…”

Rico: “It’s stopping this civil war”

Rico: “If a large group attacks, there is sure to be a lot of blood spilt”

Rico: “I want to prevent that, no matter what it takes”

Rico: “It’ll be difficult, but surely they’ll be able to understand”

Rico: “Whether it’s called above or below, it’s the same town…and they’re all human”

Rico: “…well, I’m just repeating what you told me, Holo…”

Holo: “…?”

Holo: “…I did? I said something like that?”

Page 61:

Rico: “Eeh!? You forgot!?”

Holo: “?”

Rico: “I’m talking about-”

Rico: “The day I became your ‘little brother’…”

Holo: “Ahh…you…remember that?”

Page 62:

[t/n: flashback to young Holo guiding and holding a young Rico’s hand. Rico is crying and wearing modern clothes]

Holo: “…hey”

Holo: “Don’t worry about what the other people said”

Holo: “One day they’ll understand”

Holo: “My dad and I don’t care ‘where you come from’!”

Holo: “Because we’re all human”

Page 63:

[t/n: back in the present]

Rico: “Okay”

Rico: “Shall we begin, then?”

Page 64:

[t/n: a shot of the one-eyed man in Norman’s office]

”The operation begins!”

That’s it for this month. See you next month!

#ayanashi #chapter 9 #translation #spoilers #manga #yukihiro kajimoto

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justreadingfics · 7 years

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About Me Game

I was tagged by the amazing @hollycornish and @imhereforbvcky

Rules: Answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people

THE LAST:

1. Drink: orange juice (wild)

2. Phone Call: a professional one

3. Text Message Tem gosto de lixo ( it tastes like garbage- talking about bread withoug gluten or lactose)

4. Song You Listened To: like a stone

5. Time You Cried: almost did today at work, but I can’t remember the last time. This is good, I guess.

6. Dated Someone Twice: about 6 months ago??

7. Kissed Someone and Regretted It: about 6 months ago?

8. Been cheated on: Yes.

9. Lost Someone Special: Not yet.

10. Been Depressed: Every once in a while, just like everybody

11. Gotten Drunk and Thrown Up: College. Beer mixed with currant. I’m almost throwing up now just by the memory.

3 FAVORITE COLORS:

12. Lavendar

13. Forest green

14. Maroon

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends: Yes

16. Fallen out of Love: Nope

17. Laughed until you cried: Yessss.

18. Found out someone was talking about you: No.

19. Met someone who changed you: Don’t think so.

20. Found out who your friends are: Yes.

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook List: Yup!

GENERAL

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: Every one!

23. Do you have any pets: I had a cat, Jade.

24. Do you want to change your name: No!

25. What did you do for your last birthday: Spent it with friends in Londrina.

26. What time did you wake up: 7.30 am.

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: watching The Defenders

28. Name something you can’t wait for: To change jobs.

29. When was the last time you saw your mom: 1 hour ago

30. What are you listening to right now: my notebook weird noise:)

31. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Does daydreaming about Tom Hiddles count?

32. Something that is getting on your nerves: I’ve been gaining some weight these last few weeks.

33. Most visited Website: Tumblr. By far.

34. Hair Color: Blonde (naturally light brown)

35. Long or Short Hair: shoulder length.

36. Do you have a crush on someone: Celeb crushes!

37. What do you like about yourself: My taste for movies

38. Want Any Piercings: No.

39. Blood Type: O+!

40. Nickname: Ally, Allie, A, Al.

41. Relationship Status: Single

42. Zodiac: Sagitarius

43. Pronouns: She

44. Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld.

45. Tattoos: I wish I had them, but I have a skin healing issue.

46. Right or Left Handed: Right

47. Surgery: nope.

48. Piercing: none.

49. Sport: I go to the gym and pilates.

50. Vacation: Yessssssssss please! Anywhere is great.

51. Pair of Trainers: Asics.

MORE GENERAL:

52. Eating: pasta

53. Drinking: water

54. I’m About To Watch: Dunno

55. Waiting For: dinner time

56. Want: To travel

57. Get Married: I don’t think I will

58. Career: Forensic Psychologist

WHICH IS BETTER:

59. Hugs or Kisses:Hugs

60. Lips or Eyes: Eyes!

61. Shorter or Taller: Taller

62. Older or Younger: Older, but not too much.

63. Nice Arms or Nice Stomach: Arms, and mine are terrible (I’m working on them)

64. Hookup or Relationship: Right now, hookup.

65. Troublemaker or Hesitant: Hesitant.

HAVE YOU EVER:

66. Kissed a Stranger: Have you ever been to a brazillian carnival?? I have.

67. Drank hard liquor: Scotch and I, what a great team.

68. Lost glasses/contact lenses: Don’t wear them.

69. Turned someone down: Yes.

70. Sex on First Date: No problem with that.

71. Broken Someone’s Heart: I don’t think so.

72. Had Your Heart Broken: Sure.

73. Been Arrested: Nope.

74. Cried When Someone Died: Of course.

75. Fallen for a friend: Nope.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

76. Yourself: Most of the time

77. Miracles: Nope.

78. Love at first sight: Absolutely not. That’s for fics, barely.

79. Santa Clause:I becam very suspicious of the whole concept at 5.

80. Kiss on First Date: What’s not to believe?

81. Angels: No.

OTHER:

82. Current Best Friend’s Name: Gabi.

83. Eye Color: Green.

84. Favorite Movie: This is outrageous.

85: Fav Actor: Jack Nicholson! I lot of my passwords have some of his name on it! ahahahah, I’m excited just to think about him.

I shall tag: Oh man, I won’t tag anybody, but this is fun, you should do this.

#about me game

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canelainnyc · 7 years

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The Man Who Cried A Deep Human Connection

Yes, I’m that gal who apparently downloads and deletes Tinder from her phone on a quarterly basis. I can’t really pinpoint why I delete and re-download the app at least once a month. Actually, I lie the first time I deleted the app two gentlemen were quite aggressive and disrespectful when I decided not to reply to their messages—calling me a female dog and something along the lines of, “well, I guess you want to stay single forever.” Having said that, two weeks ago I decided to download the app once again—this was shortly after I shared my thoughts with you all about my dating life in NYC. I figured the universe was currently on my side, having scored two jobs and just feeling all around like a little beautiful baddie.

He was one of the many matches I received on a Thursday evening. He is 33 years old. His bio read, “currently working on my PhD, looking for someone to decompress with over good food and conversation. Love for dogs is a must.” His profile featured an array of respectable photographs that showcased he was the type who loves spending time with his family, friends and fur babies. Physically—he carried the most adorable sly smile while rocking the most stylish black frame glasses. I can’t even remember how our conversation took off, all I know is that it was now one in the morning and there I was underneath the covers messaging away with the giddiest smile on my face. I didn’t realize how hooked and intrigued I was with this 33-year-old man until three days after. At this point, he and I were messaging each other every other 10-20 minutes. AH! I know kind of gross in a lovey-dovey way but also so unbelievably swooned because truly I couldn’t remember the last time a conversation or connection felt so effortless.

Meeting up was put on hold, as he had just left for a business trip to Montreal the same evening we matched on the app. He wouldn’t be back until another week and a half and by the fifth day we were already using an absurd amount of dramatic emojis to express how excited we were to finally meet up. For an entire week we shared childhood memories, my hopes, dreams, plans in NYC, our mutual love for music and dance, and expressed how amazed we were by our compatibility. “Seriously, where have you been? Like, where do you come from? –insert eyed-heart emojis—”something he mentioned several times. I’d be lying if that alone didn’t make me feel like I was snuggled into a roller-coaster cart and the big dip portion of the ride took all of me for a whirl.

For nine days I dedicated countless hours of bad posture as I sent off endless messages containing deep thoughts about my writing, my emotional struggle when moving here, but overall my optimistic outlook on what I truly feel NYC will play in my early 30’s. He was so quick to throwback the most heartfelt advice which segued into him reminding me how eager he was to be spending the fall season with me.

“Tonight, I plan to stay in and work on my dissertation.” “Currently on the balcony of my hotel room chugging water because I don’t want to wake up hungover tomorrow, what are you up to hermosa?” “So I just finished presenting at the conference and I did okay. How’s your day coming along?” “I bought us tickets to Flying Lotus in mid-November, I hope that you will join me? I can understand if that’s too soon.” “Your writing speaks so well on how connected you are with your feelings and I have to admit I’ve never met someone like that.” –all said by him.

Late Friday evening September 22—as we were both quite under the influence of a few drinks, we started to remind ourselves once again that there were only four days left before our much awaited dinner date. Right before falling asleep around 2AM (September 23), I remember praying to God and asking him, “if this guy is really meant for me, please send me a sign. Please.” Sure, I’ve mentioned how much he moved me and made me smile for an entire nine days, as we spent literally all day talking. But what I didn’t mention is that I still had some doubt. My gut instinct was giving my feels a pushback that I knew I needed to pray on. So I did. I asked Him, if this guy was in fact meant for me and says who he says he is, please send ya girl a sign.

Saturday September 23, 2017—slightly hungover Yesi woke up, taking a swig of her water and reaching for her phone.

I knew I’d be waking up to his daily, “good morning, hermosa,” message and sure enough yes, there it was. Awww! Que lindo. Girl, hold on to your chonies cause this gets good…

I can’t remember the last time I tried so hard to clear my vision while trying to read text messages in the morning, especially when dealing with the aftermath of one too many vodka tonics.

“Hey! We don’t know each other and I’m sorry to bother you but I have something to ask you about you and Warren. Is that okay?” –the cryptic message coming from clearly a Canadian number

An hour later after reading that silly message, I was still sitting on my bed at this point laughing and looking up at the ceiling like, “God, you-funny!!! Ask and you shall receive.”

Warren was 33. Warren was in fact in Montreal. Warren was visiting his girlfriend of six months. Warren was not in Canada for a business conference. Warren never presented a keynote presentation at said conference. Warren is not working towards his PhD. Warren also mentioned the adorable little girl in his profile pictures was his three-year-old niece, but in fact was his daughter. (How could you lie about your daughter? Ugh.) How did Warren manage to message me as much as he did while hanging out for an entire week with his girlfriend? That’s beyond me. Warren never replied when I sent him the screenshot of his girlfriend’s initial message. Warren never cared.

I was upset and felt foolish for a mere 10-20 minutes. Shortly after that I was thankful I didn’t spend any more time on him and more so, that we never got to actually meet. I was, however, slightly mad and in hopes that you might read this since I did share my blog with you, this is why…

Sharing my hopes, dreams and fears with you at 2AM is something I find quite intimate and sacred. That’s the kind of thing I only do with best friends I’ve known for over a decade. You didn’t deserve that right, but of course I know that now. You even had the audacity to ask if I was jaded when I shared that two of my past relationships ended due to cheating. I really hope you realize there are still women out there in this world who believe there are honest, genuine, caring men waiting to cross their paths. So, stop being a bug-a-boo to said type of women. Get.

Please cue into Bart Simpson writing on the chalkboard over and over, on my behalf: I don’t have trust issues. I don’t have trust issues. I don’t have trust issues. I don’t have trust issues.

So there you have it, the man who cried deep human connection and once again I’m Tinder-less. If you have found the apple of your eye through the online dating realm: congrats! Seriously, so happy for ya! I for one will be giving all of that a break for a long time. I will leave it up to God and the universe to let me come across my favorite dude while running up to the subway cart as he heroically holds the door for me.

Hahahaha! A girl can daydream. :)

Seriously though, you can’t make this stuff up. -shoulder shrug-

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