From our recent event of the fourth of July in the USA, I was also thinking of Japan's summer festivals. Besides yukata, are there kimonos that have festival themes like fireworks, festival decorations/sceneries, specific patterns, specific colors, etc.?
Japanese traditional culture is all about celebrating seasonality so indeed summer matsuri themed patterns are pretty common on summery items :)
(note that I used summer here in the Western sense of July/August. Traditional Japanese summer goes from something like May to July)
Yukata+kimono+obi+uchiwa are a staple, you can also find happi (tube sleeves coats) but those tend to bear mon (crests) and auspicious kanji.
Other festival garments count for example yosakoi (type of dance groups) uniforms, but those are more performance oriented. Otherwise, what would be a matsuri without fundoshi loincloth ;) (see how to tie one here)
On the top of my head, summer festival patterns can include (please note some are not summer only):
hanabi (fireworks)
dashi/yatai (parade float), used during processions. Mikoshi (portable shrine) is theorically possible but I don't remember seeing such a pattern
kingyo (goldfishes), kingyosukui is a popular summer game
fuurin (windchimes), often sold at matsuri
men (masks), most often kitsune or tengu but many more exist
toys, like dendendaiko (rattle drum) for ex.
matoi (firemen poles), brigades often present acrobatic shows in summer
chouchin (paper lantern), also see Obon below
etc.
Japan holds a myriad matsuri all across the country, each with their own traditions. But big celebrations often have related patterns:
Tanabata has stars, bamboo, tanzaku, magpies, ox, etc.
Obon has lanterns, cucumber, eggplant, death themed motifs (like nozarashi or graveplates), nod to Kyoto's Daimonji kanji, etc.
Famous festivals also have their own imagery (yamaboko float for Gion matsuri ex.).
As for colors, scarlet red is often found on matsuri decors, and indigo blue is a classical summer color (yukata were once dyed with it), but tbh any can be used nowadays :)
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I still have more. More Incorrect Quotes.
(Accidentally had a lot more fem!Y/N than intended but it's overall GN!)
Alex: What made you think you’d be good for the military?
Y/N: I worked at a Waffle House in America.
Alex: Ah, alright, that makes sense.
--
(Interrogating Valeria)
Y/N: Look, Gaz, you know me. I can't- I can't do it.
Gaz: Why not? Why can't you interrogate her?
Y/N: Because I'm a bisexual with mommy issues, Gaz. And she's as pretty as she is scary. I'm already not that intimidating, she'll laugh at me when I start stuttering and then I'll just be horny. It can't be me.
Gaz: ....okay, I'll ask Alejandro-
--
Y/N: I just realized something...I had a bad childhood.
Gaz: Yeah we know.
Y/N: What do you mean you know?
Soap: Look at how you stand! People who had good childhoods don't stand like that.
Y/N: How do I stand?!
Gaz: Like Ghost.
Ghost: ...I don't appreciate the call out but fair-
--
Price: Where are you going?!
Y/N: To either get ice cream or commit a felony, I'll decide in the car!
--
Ghost after watching Fem!Y/N do an incredibly risky move: I just...Is she blind?? Suffering some form of brain damage?
--
(Tw; Hollywood Undead unalive song)
Y/N: My legs are dangling off the edge, the bottom of the bottle is my only friend, I think I'll sli-
Price: EXCUSE ME?! WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT??
Y/N: Wh- No Captain, it's just a so-
Price: GHOST GET THE BASE PSYCH ON THE PHONE
Y/N: CAPTAIN IT'S A SONG I'M FINE- Well I'm not bUT NO WAIT HANG ON-
--
Valeria: *screaming in spanish*
Y/N: ...
Gaz: Don't.
Y/N, blushing: I'm trying-
--
(During movie night; watching Venom)
Y/N: *pauses on that scene where Venoms sticks his tongue out at the guy in the street* ....Hear me out-
Gaz: NO! NO.
Y/N: NO NO LISTEN, LISTEN-
Soap: Let them speak.
Gaz: Don't encourage this!
Y/N, pointing at the screen: LOOK AT IT! LOOK! Objectively you have to understand-
Gaz: NOOO, it eats people!
Soap: THAT TONGUE IS THREE FEET LONG AT LEAST!
Gaz: No, I will not be hearing anyone out! I- GHOST, Ghost, back me up. Tell them they shouldn't want to fuck the ALIEN.
Ghost, looking at the screen: Ethically, it's wrong.
Gaz: Thank you.
Ghost: ...objectively-
Y/N: AHA! SEE?!
--
Ghost: *bends over*
Y/N: *silently flips out*
Soap, quietly: Wh-what? What are you-?!
Y/N: SHHH *grabs Soap's jaw and turns him to look*
Soap: *slack jaw* Damn-
Y/N: fuckingdamnindeed-
Ghost: *turns around*
Soap: So it's your turn to pick dinner, what're you thinking?
Y/N: Oh I dunno, maybe something pork related, uh, or cake-
Soap: Aha, yeah...cake.
Ghost: ....??
--
Fem!Y/N: I am not the mom of 141, that's ridiculous.
Someone: You make all of them lunch every day with fruit cut into shapes, IN PERSONALIZED LUNCH BOXES
Fem!Y/N: They need nutrition!
Someone: You color code their items-
Fem!Y/N: Look, if you were there for the item mix-ups you'd understand.
Someone: YOU ARE LITERALLY FOLDING AND LABELLING THEIR LAUNDRY WITH A SHARPIE ON THE TAGS.
Fem!Y/N: *holding Simon's skull boxers, writing his name on the tag* That- ...oh my god I'm the mom.
--
Ghost, watching Soap run past: WHAT DO YOU HAVE?!
Soap, grinning & sprinting: A FUCKIN' BOMB
Ghost: NO!!!
--
Price: Y/N, this is Lieutenant Riley, you can call him Ghost.
Ghost:
Y/N, looking him up and down: ...you got daddy issues?
Ghost: ....maybe
Y/N: Cool, same. Pleasure to meet'cha, sorry life gave you shit.
Ghost, shaking their hand: Ditto.
Price: *concerned sigh*
--
Price, walking into the common area at 10 pm: What in the world-
Gaz, Soap, and Y/N: *all in there pyjamas with face masks on, eating snacks*
Y/N: *slowly keeps chewing*
Gaz: ...heeeyy siiirr...
Price: It was lights out an hour ago, what are you lot doing?
Soap: *slowly raises another face mask* ....Self care, sir?
Price: ...
Ghost, walking in at midnight for water: ....what.
Soap, Gaz, Price, and Y/N: *stop gossiping*
Gaz: ....hey.
Soap: Evenin' L.T.
Y/N: Howdy.
Ghost: *looks at Price with a face mask on*
Ghost: ...*sighs and sits down* Pass the Goldfish.
Soap: Yeaaaah, good man! Welcome to the party!
--
Shepard: Is anyone here straight?!
Price: ...*hesitantly raises hand*
Laswell: *pushes his hand back down*
--
Valeria: *angry ranting*
Y/N, a captive: Stop being so mean to me or I swear to god I'm gonna fall in love with you!
--
Ghost: What in the hell are you doing?
Y/N: Laying in the rain.
Ghost: Why?
Y/N: If I lay here long enough, it feels like it washes the sad away. So I'm gonna lay here until the sad is gone.
Ghost: You'll get sick.
Y/N: Better sick than sad, sir.
Ghost: ...*looks at the sky, back down, sighs*
Ghost: *lays down on the tarmac*
Y/N: Got a lot of sad?
Ghost: ...Yeah.
Y/N: If the rain doesn't take care of it, let's trade sads. Then it'll at least be a different kind of sad.
Ghost: Not sure you want my sad.
Y/N: Maybe not, but I don't think you should have to handle your sad alone either.
Ghost: ...alright.
Y/N: Cool.
--
Price: Simon, it's three o' clock in the morning. Why on earth are you making chocolate pudding?
Ghost: Because I've lost control of my life.
--
Soap, with a gunshot wound: Do I regret it? Yes. Will I do it again? Most likely.
--
Y/N after doing something so badass it would fit in a movie: ...DID EVERYONE SEE THAT?? CAUSE I WILL NOT BE DOING IT AGAIN.
--
Ghost: You kidnapped the prime minister's daughter? That's illegal!
Soap: Okay, Ghost, but what's more illegal? Briefly inconveniencing the prime minister's daughter, or destroying 141?
Ghost: KIDNAPPING THE PRIME MINISTER'S DAUGHTER, JOHNNY!
Fem!Y/N: Do you guys have like, a water or something? Snack maybe? No?
--
Y/N: I think there's been some confusion. I'm not the one in trouble here.
Enemy Soldier: ...What?
Y/N: There are only four of you. You'll need more than that.
Gaz, hearing it over the intercom: ...they're gonna whoop-ass but we should probably go help them.
--
Someone: Why are you doing their straps for them?
Price: They don't like velcro.
Someone: Just do it yourself!
Y/N: I'm not touching that stuff! I'll get neurotypical cooties.
--
Y/N, high on painkillers: If yo leg get cut off, would it hurt?
Soap, in a hospital bed beside them: ...DUH
Y/N: How though?
Soap: Cause your leg got cut off!
Y/N: Where you gonna feel the pain?
Soap: In your le....
Y/N: Exactly bro! How you gonna feel the pain in yo leg if-
Both: If your leg is gone!
Soap: Whoooaaa...
Y/N: Bro I swear, we're geniuses.
Ghost, on his last brain cell: Fuckin'ell.
--
Ghost, about to lose his shit: Dear lord, I know we haven't spoken in a long time but if you could give me a little patience-
--
Gaz: Do you believe in God?
Y/N: ...Yes & no.
Gaz: Yes & No? What do you mean?
Y/N: I believe there is a higher power, I believe a God exists. But...believing in God? Now that...haven't done that in a long time.
--
Gaz & Y/N: *dancing*
Ghost: Can you two be serious for five seconds?
Gaz, bustin' a move: Dunno sir, can you have fun for five seconds?
Y/N: *stops and looks at Gaz*
Gaz: *stops and is filled with instant regret* ...uh, sir, I-
Ghost: Tell you what. I'll give you five seconds...to start running-
Gaz: *turns to run and sees Y/N already yards away* YOU LEFT ME?!
Y/N: I WANNA LIVE!!!!
--
Ghost: What are they doing?
Price: Arguing in morse code.
Soap: - .... .- - .----. ... / .-- .... -.-- / -.-- --- ..- .-. / ... .... --- . ... / .-. .- --. --. . -.. -.--
Gaz: -.-- .- / -- --- -- -- .-
Soap: YOU FUCKIN' TAKE THAT BACK-
--
Soap: Keep your eyes closed, I have a surpriiisee!~
Ghost: You did your paperwork?
Soap: I said surprise, not miracle.
--
Y/N, on tiktok: FOR ALL YOU NASTY ASSES IN MY DMS- *shows the team* THIS IS MY TEAM. STOP SENDING MY DICK PICS OR I WILL SEND THEM AFTER Y'ALL.
Ghost: You've been getting dick pics?
Soap: Who the hell's been harassing you online?!
Y/N: SEE?? THEY'LL WHOOP YA ASS, SO LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!
--
Y/N, on tiktok again: Alright, backfired on me. For all of y'all who are now trying to be nasty by THIRSTING for my teammates, uh, no. Stop askin' for my Captain's marital status, I'm not gonna tell you. No you may not get my teammate's dicks, I will not be giving you their social media, stOP ASKING I KNOW THEY'RE HOT BUT NO-
--
(I've fallen down the rabbit hole of Karen compilations, so, that's why I thought of this)
Y/N: Goodbye sir!
Male Karen: Fuck you bitch! Go suck off your captain you fuckin' whore!!
Y/N: Sure, I'll do that, goodbye!
Male Karen: Suck my dick, whore!
Y/N: Can't! It's too full of military dick, you'll need to make an appointment, GOODBYE!!
Soap: *wheeze*
Gaz: Jesus. Christ.
Ghost: I told you all America is shit.
(Bonus Note cause I can't put in anywhere else; on the topic of Venom + C.o.D. I know we have Soap in place of Eddie & Ghost in place of Venom, but hear me out. Y/N! being Ghost's host and Johnny being a third part. P o l y ! A u !)
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