#jesus christ on that age

[tavina-writes]

Nie Mingjue's Age

Briefly popping back into Da-ge posting hours (this will not be long so no cut lolsob) to scream about this line from chapter 49: 

当年，在聂明玦只有十几岁，清河聂氏的家主还是他父亲的时候，有人上贡给温若寒一把宝刀。温若寒高兴了几天，问身边客卿，你们觉得我这把刀怎么样？

Which I would translate as:

"Back in the day, when Nie Mingjue was still a young teenager, and the family head of the Qinghe Nie sect had still been his father, someone had given Wen Ruohan a treasured saber as a gift. Wen Ruohan was happy for a few days, and asked the guest beside him "what do you all think of this saber of mine?"

Here’s that line from the ExR translation: 

“Back then, when Nie MingJue was only a teenager and the leader of the QingheNie Sect was his father, someone gifted Wen RuoHan a rare saber. Wen RuoHan was pleased for quite a couple of days. He had asked the guest cultivators—what do you think of this saber of mine?”

That same line from the official translation (which happens to be on two different pages, forgive me lmao): 

The thing I want to scream about here is the phrasing of Nie Mingjue’s age in the Chinese, which says “只有十几岁” “only shijisui.” 十几岁 does refer to a very specific and kind of narrow age range, however it’s not a phrase that actually has a good English equivalent because it refers to the ages of 10-15, which in English is both pre-teen and teen wooo. BUT, the most common usage and definition of 十几岁 in Chinese is older than ten and younger than fifteen which. Means that at best, according to this line, Nie Mingjue was no older than a high school freshman when his dad died and could’ve been anywhere from finishing elementary school to a whole middle schooler!

(The best English equivalent of this sort of phrasing I can think of would be like, “early 20s” which in Chinese is the parallel 二十几岁 “ershijisui.”)

 Okay time to lie down and cry. 

[alanide-arts]

it all comes flooding back

[vounoura]

↳ ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ ᴀɢᴇ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇɪʟɢᴜᴀʀᴅ — ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴɪᴏɴꜱ

[daughter-s-of-cain]

[ramshacklerumble]

im kissing the person who decided to give this silly little tsundere the heart on his face.

[aye-aye-captain]

Horatio Hornblower & Edward Pellew ♡ | Hornblower (Duty)

[pipers-pixels-and-papers]

Warning: Entering ecological dead zone. Adding report to databank.

The brainrot is returning so here's a Ryley

[jojotier]

getting slightly emotional bc when i was 13 homestuck was about watching people like me become gods but now that im 23 it's about watching children kill themselves in the pursuit of becoming adults

[classic-art-favourites]

Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1625.

[stranger-theory]

Can we all give Mike Wheeler some understanding, please? I don't wanna hear your whiny ass say that Mike Wheeler isn't good enough for Will one more time, I WILL find your home address. (Directed)

"Will isn't 'head over heels' for Mike, he just has a crush" I'm sorry but did you have your eyes closed in the interview in which his actor explains how he's been in love with Mike since the first season?? Hello???

Mike Wheeler is a gay boy in the '80s. Mike Wheeler is dating a girl he doesn't love romantically to appear "normal". Mike Wheeler has seen several people brutally die in front of him. Mike Wheeler had to witness the disappearance and possession of his best friend. Mike Wheeler has dealt with thinking two people he cares about have died. Mike Wheeler is a boy who went through homophobic bullying. Mike Wheeler is a boy who had to save the world four times already.

MIKE WHEELER IS A BOY.

He dealt with all this bullshit at the VERY young age that is 12-15. You want to tell this kid he's a bad person for being stressed? He has so much on his mind at such a young age from literally all of that and you expect him to act rational? Peaceful? "Correct"??😭

You are literally stupid if you think that's the proper opinion. He is going through the same shit as the other characters, the only reason you don't get pissed at Will is because he internalizes his feelings, rather than kind of exploding (which is what Mike does). These are just different responses to trauma, dumbass. Sorry it doesn't look pretty for you, but that's not how it works.

Erm, have the day you deserve, I guess. Bye, chat.

[need-grows-teeth]

1. A History of My Brief Body, Billy-Ray Belcourt/ 2&5. The Passion of Christ. (2004)/ 3. Guilty of Dust, Frank Bidart/ 4. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guirgis/ 6. The Dragon Republic, R. F. Kuang/ 7. Masquerade, Dangerously Yours Radio Show/ 8. Dragon Age Inquisition, (2014)/ 9. Underbelly, Nicole Holmer/ 10. The 1, Taylor Swift

[illustratus]

Christ and St Mary Magdalen at the Tomb

by Rembrandt

[vounoura]

ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ ᴀɢᴇ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇɪʟɢᴜᴀʀᴅ - ʟᴜᴄᴀɴɪꜱ ᴅᴇʟʟᴀᴍᴏʀᴛᴇ + ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟ ʀᴇʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴛʀᴀɪʟᴇʀ

[daughter-s-of-cain]

[fairweathermyth]

All this will be for nothing. We will have been for nothing. Your sword still feels affectionate. Judas, must you betray me with a kiss? Just look into my eyes once, brother. I have loved you with all myself. I’m happy it was you here with me... à la fin.

[tiafrye]

Solas x Trevelyan supremacy (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻