#dungeon meshi for example

[cornkernelle]

One of the biggest things Im afraid of whilst making fanart (whether it be for individual artists or for public media) is the possibility that I mischaracterize/misrepresent their creations so horribly that I offend the creator or/and lose the appeal of what made the concept interesting in the first place.

I was once an avid fan of Undertale (still like it, just not involved in the story as much) back when I was still starting to make art. I still often think back on the stuff I made and I physically recoil because of how poorly I wrote them. Even if I’ve bettered my comprehension a little now, I still get nervous about it. How can I share my love for a creation without tarnishing its initial wonder? How do I contribute to something that’s already so amazing? It stumps me.

[littlelightfish]

Funny things I found out playing with language setting in Netflix while looking episode 15:

Chilchuck's scream sounds HAUNTED in brazilian portuguese. Give it a try if you can.

(You can hear it here)

In spanish dub, Senshi says: "tocó mis senos de hombre", which means "he touched my man boobs" in Spanish. And I think that's the best dub line one so far.

[sangrefae]

once you master these 3 shapes you have the power to draw guys everywhere and anywhere in your hands

[eruhamster]

not to be annoying but i do think a lot of people mischaracterize falin. shes got the most drastic canon v fanon thing going on. which i guess makes sense bc 1. we dont see much of her and 2. lot of the fan stuff are anime-onlies that have seen even less

but i think like a good 90% of the time i see falin-centric art or posts im like hrm hrm hrm thats all wrong no nope no-siree

she's just a cool chick that takes life as it comes, doesn't hold grudges even against a mother that apparently was trying to beat the magic outta her, finds her older brother the coolest person in the world, and has autism about observing life (and death, she loves the ghosts she has a connection to) and nature and taking care of things (including taking care of her brother, which is why she's even in the dungeons; she saw her scrawny mess of a brother and decided she had to fix that).

and i think my favorite part that people don't talk about is... she would have done the same for marcille or laios if it were one of them that was eaten. you could see it in her eyes:

it's what shuro misunderstands about her. it's easy to see her feminine, cute, good girl pieces and forget the rest of her. but she loves things to an ends-of-the-earth extent; the kind of caring that makes you a little insane. and that's how I think she and laios end up on the same page with their weirdness. they have different interests, but they are the same level of committed to those interests.

it's easy to love her, because she probably loves you just as much, if not more.

EDIT: for the love of god stop reblogging this only to add some comment or tag or reply saying 'op you forgot [BLATANTLY FANON INTERPRETATION]'. falin as we know her is not a pushover/people pleaser/infantilized, see this version of my post. also stuff like 'female shuro was in love with laios in the genderbent comic' and 'falin was going to marry shuro because she felt bad' are just things you made up in your head

[dunmeshistash]

cithis's overtly feminine presentation is so fun to me... the long dress and the cleavage window and the makeup and the fact that she's the only one who changes super noticeably in the genderswap is just . Idk its cool, esp with how androgynous all the other elves are

It is very cool! Cithis has a very overt gender presentation that we don't really see in other elves, even Otta who makes a point to present as male doesn't read as super masculine to the level of "hyper-feminine" that Cithis is

Elves seem to have their own fashion preferences independent of gender (from what we can tell from the gender swap)

Which makes sense, Lycion himself wears a very feminine hairstyle even in the original, so Pattadol also keeping the same hairstyle while she's a man is consistent! Meanwhile Cithis seems to be way more conscious of her own gender when dressing?

I wonder if presenting more feminine is more common than presenting more "masculine" for elves? Would a male elf dressed like Cithis be strange? I don't think Cithis is completely unique in how feminine she is cause we do see a few other elves with similar traits. Flamela has a exposed cleavage, Mysil has a long skirt, Daltian clan "Aunt Uranesse" seems very feminine with makeup and adorned hair, Cithis has it all at once but the pieces aren't unique I guess is what I'm saying

They say that for the most part there isn't much difference between male and female fashion but even here we have an elf in what we would call a "feminine" looking long dress

I wonder if those are things that male elves could wear without other elves finding it strange too 🤔

I wonder if there's an equivalent for "very masculine" in elf fashion, tbh I don't know what that would even look like, male Cithis just wears a very average looking version of the uniform (minus the boots and arm armor) even the neck piece is on instead of her choker. Otta does "dress like a man" to the point other elves get her gender wrong tho so there must be an equivalent? (besides the fact she wears the male uniform) Or maybe is her behavior along with the fashion that makes them read her as masculine and the fashion alone wouldn't?

Anyway it is very interesting!!! But I have no idea what to make of it!!!! Elf gender studies when

[notaplaceofhonour]

lesbians breaking all laws known to man or nature to bring their girlfriends back through mad science/dark magic reblog if you agree

[shalpilot]

okay, general list of different spellings I’ve seen in the dunmeshi fan translations

laios- has never been spelled differently in my experience. that’s bc ライオス is very easy to transliterate lol. (raiosu)

falin- farlin/farlyn were the most common! falin was actually a pretty unpopular/scrapped translation from my memory lol. i think her name is just ファリン (falin) though so. yeah it is the most literal one. i still like farlyn a little more though heehee.

now! their last name- now localized as “touden” was spelled “thorden” in the translation i read.

senshi- always been senshi. this is actually important for a small bit where Falin thinks his name is 戦士 (warrior), lol

marcille- surprisingly, she also had a few different spellings. it was really early in the fan translation so you don’t see a lot of people calling her anything other than marcille. it was like… marshille/marsille/marsil so not too different.

chilchuck- chilchack. i specifically remember a t/n saying they decided to go with chilchack over chilchuck LOL.

Thistle- Sissel. Thissel.

Shuro- THIS ONE IS SO FUNNY ACTUALLY. For a while in the translation I was reading Laios & co would call him “Sureau” WHICH. fuck makes later events so much better. I’m not sure how intentional it was on the translator’s part but it ended up working out if it wasn’t!

Other things:

-Tallmen got translated just as “human” before it became clear that it was the canon term for humans.

-I can’t remember exactly what name they chose, but one translator decided to localize Kensuke to something to sort of preserve the pun. For those who don’t know, naming a sword Kensuke is kinda like naming it “Sir Swordsington” lolol.

[immaterial-pearl]

Gay people when something defies mortality (you are no longer human, but maybe you never were) (you were always isolated from the rest of the world because you were a faggot, wouldn’t it be nice to be isolated by being undead instead) (you will stay no matter what happens).

[kaybeemes]

im attempting a nuzlocke atm so its got me thinking about kbms but pokemon….. further thoughts and some sketches below the cut 👀

Mithrun is a former region champion who got paranoid that one day someone would beat him, so he kinda snapped and became an antagonist

He used the power of his former champion team to summon a legendary (maybe giratina? idk) to assure that he’d always stay champ, it backfired, now he’s starting his journey over again as a regular trainer

The only pokemon I’ve thought about him having (both before and after) is an Abra bc of the teleporting so feel free to suggest others. I considered Gogoat and some sort of snake pokemon for his former team (for obvious dungeon lord reasons) but I’m not sure if those are really his style

The Canaries are his former grunts from when he was an antagonist (tho Pattadol’s probably more like a former commander, not grunt) who stuck around and help him out now

Milsiril is a former Ghost type gym leader who knew Mithrun when he was region champion. Since she saw how much misery being a trainer brought him and how devastated other trainers were when she beat them, she highly discouraged Kabru from becoming one

Kabru really wanted to be a trainer anyways and studied hard for it, but since his original hometown was decimated by out of control pokemon, he decided to be more practical and became a pokemon ranger instead. He’s very good at befriending pokemon alongside his partner pokemon, Lucario

He’s with Mithrun on his trainer journey now, helping him re-learn how to not just succeed in battles but also really care for and appreciate his pokemon beyond their strength and simultaneously Mithrun is subtly helping/encouraging Kabru to follow his dreams of being a trainer

I have vague ideas for the main 6 of dunmeshi also (the toudens being trainers filling out a pokedex, marcille being a contestant star who has unconventional and powerful pokemon, senshi being a pokemon caretaker/nursery worker, Chilchuck being a former gym leader, izutsumi just tagging along for the hell of it), but im thinking of this narrative through a kabumisu lens so im not really concerned with what they’re up to

[legolambi]

my first fanart in like 5 years!!

[xeemaee]

Dungeon meshi spoilers below the cut

“Kabru hates Laios” girl where

[cactusjuiceisquenchy]

Saw this floating around on insta—

this + ✨gay ✨= marcille and falin

[yardsards]

the dungeon meshi fandom is so real for seeing falin's canonical body type (medium but with soft features) and saying "actually. she should be fat"

[wizard-legs]

Dropping these to see if anyone would be interested in me posting sketches (and finished pieces?) like this, uncropped/uncensored somewhere you could gimme a couple bucks to view or request things? If you catch my drift wink wink

[dunmeshistash]

Dear Master Meshi, in Ch 57 after the dullahan leaves, Marcille rushes back in holding what appears to be, Izutsumi's tail. Why is she holding it? Why is Izutsumi allowing it?? She couldn't be dragging her in by her tail could she???

She indeed is dragging Izutsumi in by the tail 😭

Izutsumi was probably the first one to run from the Dullahan and probably didn't want to come back, as you can see by the puffy tail (cats puff up when scared). So most likely this is just a gag to show that everyone was rushing back to check on Laios after the dullahan left but Izutsumi had to be dragged in. She's probably only "allowing it" cause she's busy trying to flee back into the other room

But pulling cats by the tail is very bad don't do it irl, at the very least you'll stress them out and in the worst case you might accidentally hurt them badly and cause injury, cat tails aren't made to be pulled.

It is in character for Marcille to do it tho, I doubt she realizes she might hurt Izu, and it's just supposed to be a joke I'm pretty sure, idk, maybe the human dna makes the tail stronger lmao

[beetlethebug]

chilchuck adamantly insisting every half-foot, especially young ones, put clauses about food and eating requirements within their contracts so they don't get taken advantage of by people who don't understand half-foot biology. so people don't accept that they have to starve to work in this profession. so people don't turn out like him.