#genuinely what even 😭😭😭 can you switch to a diff one maybe or is that too tedious? youve gone without wifi for like a week now it feels 😭

[mangocurist]

hhellooo the creature of the void has awoken. (me) i am still very much half asleep but i was gonna say helloo to you just as i remembered i saw that i have something in my inbox from youi... i am still being held in the no wifi prison ☹️☹️ my provider keeps saying they'll "fix it tomorrow" lmaooo

anyway here's a sleepy void creature i had to doodle in the ibis paint and now my wrist hurts :(

AWW MEL they look adorable ... eensy weensy void creature <3 i love her .... but also NOO im sorry to hear that ur wrist is hurting neow .... take some rest and maybe some ice .... i hope it gets better soon :(

[lowkeyren]

YOU SPEAK JAPANESE AND CHINESE?!?! OMG THATS SO COOL CHINESE IS SO HARD WITH SO MANY CHARACTERS EVEN BEING ABLE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT IS A TALENT

Personally, I feel like learning not Japanese and Chinese is hard because there’s similar characters (ig that makes it easier) but there’s some distinct difference and it’s so hard to remember which is which

also can you share tips on learning othe rlamguages? If you want to, of course<3

HAHAHSAH YES I DO!!! im chinese so i already know the lang by heart, but as for japanese, i had to stop learning for a while due to tuition fee restrictions. i can’t really afford online textbooks or tutors anym either, so my advice might not be the best. 😭

ADVICE UTC!

but yes i get what you mean by the confusion!! since jp borrowed a lot of cn characters aka kanji, some words look the same but have totally different meanings or pronunciations, as a native cn speaker it tilted me sm at first (tbh, still does LOL)

first you need to know abt kunyomi (jp vers of pronounciation) and onyomi (the original cn pronunciation), you can skim thru this website for a better understanding, and the rest is js memorization thru familiarity.

and sure, maybe, usually, if you're familiar with cn, you can somewhat guess the meaning of kanji.

i.e. 行程 in jp n cn both means distance / journey, but r pronounced differently (jp: こうてい and cn: xíngchéng)

OR

a more common example, 水 (jp: みず / cn: shuǐ) diff pronunciations but both means water.

ON THE OTHER HAND,

手紙 in jp means letter, but in cn it means toilet paper (lmaoo)

i guess its all based on context!! the more u read = the easier it becomes to recognize when to use which reading!

NOW FOR TIPS...

id say find a media you genuinely enjoy and immerse yourself in it.

passion for the language makes the learning process much more enjoyable (and less of a chore). for example, in hsr i switch my game lang to jp 2 help me get used to the tone. another great idea is to try reading jp visual novels as it helps w conversational japanese. basically, the more exposure you get to the language in a fun n engaging way, the more naturally you'll start picking up vocabulary, sentence structures, and pronunciation!

2ndly, practice makes perfect. just 5-10mins/day will do, i strongly recommend this guide n this practice website + ANKI DECKS!!! js rmbr, short, daily practice >> long cram sessions. have a dictionary + textbook, u can find many good ones online, if not, reddit is ur next best choice (r/learnjapanese)

ALSO, before diving into kanji, make sure you’re comfortable with hiragana n katakana first, they're pretty much the foundation of reading n writing in jp!!

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AS FOR CHINESE: disclaimer, as a native, i have never truly "learnt" chinese from the basics b4; but here r some tips i often give my non-native irls that helps

get to know hanyu pinyin first (aka romanized cn) this helps u to look up words more easily on your device n pronounce them correctly.

in cn, there's this thing called 翘舌音, which refers to retroflex sounds. (e.g. the way u wld pronounce "sha" and "sa" is diff) this big difference in pronunciation changes the meaning of the word.

找 (zhǎo) = look for 早 (zǎo) = early / morning

2. learn the tones. like retroflex sounds, tones can completely change the meaning of the word too.

mā (妈) = mom má (麻) = hemp mǎ (马) = horse mà (骂) = scold

can't tell the difference and don't have a native speaker around u? USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE. simply copy paste the word / phrase u wanna hear n press the listen button n it'll read it out for u (unf if u tl longer sentences, it may sound robotic, well because.. it is a robot.)

3. chinese has many homophones, so you can’t just rely on pinyin, you need to listen + read to understand words in context.

i.e. 给予 where 给 is usually pronounced gěi, but in this context, 给 is pronounced as jǐ

PRO TIP: if u have a cn keyboard, it'll usually tell u the correct pronunciation

no.2 in brackets, it auto detects what i should've typed instead!!

4. likewise in jp n other langs, consuming cn media will greatly help in ur learning progress + PRACTICE!!

5. just like how in english we don’t go around saying things like “whom do you wish to speak with?” in daily conversation; in chinese, people don’t use overly formal textbook phrases either.

textbooks teach polite and grammatically correct chinese, but if you want to sound natural, it’s better to learn how native speakers actually talk —either through dramas, social media, or getting used to it js by changing ur in-game lang to cn.

last but not least, have fun!! if you force urself to memorize endless vocabulary lists or study only through textbooks, you’ll burn out fast. SO TAKE A BREAK IF U HAVE TO, AND ENJOY THE PROCESS ^^

[ani-n-snips]

Captain America: Brave New World review

(unserious ahh review btw, a lil spoilers, and TL;DR its mid, not a don't watch but only if the tickets are half off)

i mean its aight ig

It was basically Winter Soldier but significantly worse, but Winter Soldier was also peak fiction so it was just kinda ehhhhh. I really do like Sam as Captain America in like the comics and in TFATWS, and I know a lot the "not my cap" is really just "boooo black people", but they literally just threw Anthony Mackie to the wolves here, there was nothing bro could do 😭 But this is just another Multiverse of Madness, where you have the lead character in a movie that he kinda feels shoehorned into, so do with that what you want Stuff I liked:

-Most of the the performances were really good. Carl Lumbly and Harrison Ford especially, maybe its bc they experienced but I GENUINELY felt something from them, and that was a pleasant surprise, especially that convo between Isaiah and Sam in the prison cell... that hit diff icl

-Red Hulk going GRAHHHHHHHHH, and tbh not just that but the fight choreography was really freaking good (even if it made no sense how do you a shockwave that cooked the White House but not a damn axe from gus fring)

-Was expecting a little more political stuff like TFATWS (which I actually liked there) but because Disney's virtue signaling is so eye-bleaching it feels like anti-representation I liked that they went pretty bipartisan here (also because you can't get people complaining about wokeness like they did last time)

Stuff I didn't like:

-Samuel Sterns is so not scary compared to like Baron Zemo and shit, like who tf is this bruh

-Widow Clone very clearly meant to be Natasha Romanov but not Natasha. And not as good at it either. She was pretty fire in the first act but she was kind of just there the rest of the time.

-I mentioned this in fight choreography but the amount of plot armor Sam has in this movie is UNHOLY. Like DAMN. I can't even get to every instance where he should either be dead or the guy he's fighting should be dead and its even, like he's getting whooped by some random thug or a two guys with lil tickle tasers one second and is batman taking on 2 fighter gets or 20 people or THE FKING RED HULK and winning, and all this with NO serum.

-I think the main thing I dislike about the movie is how many things happen for the plot. The actors are great, the yapping is fine, the action is cool, and honestly the base plot isn't even that bad (even if it's just another winter soldier/civil war political mastermind style movie.) But the movie HAD to be longer, like significantly, because some shit js HAPPENS that makes no sense. Like the reason Samuel wants to kill Captain is because... he took a 20% chance instead of an 80% chance???? Or the trained army vet Joaquin Torres just forgets to remember that "trust me i got it" means "trust me i got it" and not "bro does not have it 💔"??? Or Notasha just randomly switches sides on a literal dime (she's ex widow)??? Or samuel has such terrible doors that a guy with a knife can open it in 15 seconds??? Or... I could keep going on and on and on about the plot holes in this movie, or the things that are added just because the story HAS to advance. If the movie was longer, maybe some of these things could have been explained, but they already reshot the movie 7 trillion times so i dunno

-marvel please help your green screen people because the suspension of disbelief felt more like a slight delay of skepticism 💀

Some Changes I Would Make:

-A new villain. Like Madame Hydra or something like that. I honestly do like Red Hulk, but not so much Leader

-If we WERE to keep Red Hulk and Leader, I would have liked for Ross to be an already established Hulk, and that to actually be a selling point of his plotline. I think he should have been elected and allat DESPITE the Hulking out, but still keep the "I'm trying to change" persona (but he's actually lying), maybe even have him helping out on the first mission or the fighter jets or smth. Have Sterns try to manipulate the whole situation, but have him not anticipate Ross realizing what he's doing, and have Ross kill him after the Jets. Then have Sam find out, and now they have their big showdown, with Sam eventually convincing Ross to turn himself in (because realistically thats the only way he lives 💀). This way, Ross becomes an Anti-Hero from a villain, instead of an Anti-Hero (but not really) to a hero. Overall:

5/10. It really hurts because it had the potential to be so good, but at least I went out with all my expectations being met. It's fading into obscurity tbh, but i bet everything on thunderbolts soooooooo

[mellohiizz]

thank yoi i am a very sleepy creature rn... and it's okay im just not used to drawing with my fingers and i wanted to make their doodle look nice... it doesn't hurt much already dont worry my sweet (◕‿◕)✿

hhellooo the creature of the void has awoken. (me) i am still very much half asleep but i was gonna say helloo to you just as i remembered i saw that i have something in my inbox from youi... i am still being held in the no wifi prison ☹️☹️ my provider keeps saying they'll "fix it tomorrow" lmaooo

anyway here's a sleepy void creature i had to doodle in the ibis paint and now my wrist hurts :(

AWW MEL they look adorable ... eensy weensy void creature <3 i love her .... but also NOO im sorry to hear that ur wrist is hurting neow .... take some rest and maybe some ice .... i hope it gets better soon :(