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[maudiemoods]

What if I

Maybe made another persona that may or may not be another monkey wrench insert

[sentienttomb]

He’s so gentle; his hands tough and weathered but he uses them so delicately. Caressing your cheek with the back of his hand. His long fingers intertwining with your own while holding hands. Tucking a stray piece of hair behind your ear as he gazes down upon you. Scrubbing your back softly as you sit in the tub together. Brushing his fingertips against the base of your neck as he finishes clasping your necklace together. He’s so gentle.

[hinata-boke]

Drawing a randomly generated Haikyuu character (almost) every day until I give up 15. Sakusa Kiyoomi

[kaiowut99]

A Special Announcement~ | Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Tag Force Special Re-Translation Project!

I've been itching to get around to posting about this for a few months now, but wanted to wait until I'd worked on enough for it, but also had the idea to create an announcement trailer to go with it for added good measure--after recording and editing clips for a couple weeks and leveling the audio last night, heremst we are! (For some clips, I forgot to turn off the PPSSPP emulator's DevMenu option so that shows up in the top-left, buuut I didn't feel like re-recording those, lmao.)

Details worth reading below the cut here, but tl;dr work has been in progress for over a year in between things, work will continue to be in progress for a while, and the release will happen when everything's ready, but stay tuned, fun's getting started etc etc~

So, I'm sure most of us are familiar with the as-yet-unlocalized-by-Konami TFSP, the seventh and last entry in the Tag Force series on the PSP that came out early in ARC-V's run (featuring the first five series which was a cool first), as well as the current translations out there originally worked on by the guys at XenoTranslations (omarrrio and ScrewTheRules/ClickClaxer01 at GBATemp handling the card and story/etc translations, respectively) and how there are... some issues with what's out there. Everything from the DM story mode being loaded with YGOTAS references (no shade to YGOTAS and much respect to LK/Martin for his ongoing work on it still making me laugh sometimes, ofc) to the off-the-cuff edginess of 2014-2015-era internet culture and the problematic (in some cases, derogatory) language that permeated it--though to its credit, some parts do have some level of translation attempted, but taken as a whole, it can definitely turn people off from giving the game a try and seeing what it brings to the table (which is still a good amount despite the corners Konami cut here/there compared to prior TF games).

I actually did attempt a translation of my own back in 2015 (if you've been following me for a long time, you might remember it lol), tackling the GX story text starting with Judai's heart events, but eventually put it on the backburner as I focused more on my GX subbing work and beginning to finalize everything (which I'm still doing). Sometime in 2022, a friend over on NeoArkCradle (the "anonymous YGO fan" in the opening screen) was poring over the story text and patching it up the best he could to remove the references and inaccuracies with more coherent work, and after a while of seeing what he was working with in the Discord, I was a bit blown away by just how inaccurate much of it was--so alongside him, and using the better tools available since then (including some really awesome work from both nzxth2 [who did a proper re-translation of 5D's TF6 not too long ago and was kind enough to release his tools for it] and our coding helper Xan1242 who we eventually reached out to for some help), I decided to *cracks knuckles* get involved and help give everything a more accurate and professional translation, much like I do with my GX subs, working directly off the Japanese text and files. I've been taking cracks at everything in between the GX episodes I've been finalizing going back to at least last January (and I'd used my little hiatus after finalizing GX Season 2's subs to really get at some other stuff throughout the game), starting with re-translating DM's story text but also properly translating other aspects of the game, from the character names (using the original Japanese names, including those of the TF-exclusive characters, partly since Konami made a whole mess of them in English TF1-5), in-duel dialogue, pack descriptions, and more to images with Japanese text (such as localizing the in-duel cut-in onomatopoeia as you see in the video above, or other little images throughout) using some Photoshop skills I've picked up. And it's been a joint effort, as said NAC friend and I have been bouncing off how we'd like to see this go between us to stay on the same page and all, while also checking with other translators there for second/third opinions as needed.

Our plan is to release two versions of a translation--one which uses the OCG [translated] card names in Story Mode, in-duel, and other text but not in the game's card system (mainly to deal with story-relevant notes like Osiris vs Slifer with the Gods or things like not-Utopia Hope being symbolic between Yuma and Astral, akin to how I do my GX subs), and one which uses the TCG card names in everything (like how the official subs go about it). While we're mostly working with the Japanese game files due to how the Xeno team went about decoding everything, we'll be using the card-system-related files from the fixed ISO provided by FLSGaming which fixed some issues that had been present there. And Xan has helped us with a plugin that will be used to apply our translations to the system files that were hard to edit otherwise (things like the character and recipe names, as well as the pack names pulled from for the Card Description screen), but more on how that'll work once this is ready for release, lol. At some point, I'd like to also look at HDifying textures and things, but that's definitely a bonus-level thing for after the main work here is done.

SO.

Currently, Story-Mode-wise, I've gone through everything up to Yusei's events--so Dark Yugi/Kaiba/Jounouchi/Ishizu/Mai in DM, Judai/Manjoume/Asuka/Misawa/Ryou in GX, and Yusei in 5D's have been fully retranslated, though I took initial cracks at Yuma and Yuya's events to get content for this video lol (I've also been intentionally holding off on as much ZEXAL as I can until I've properly watched the whole show so I have context). I haven't tackled overworld text yet, though (like pre-duel or the tournament-related text, which is all in the same file as all the story text). I've also been handling the in-duel dialogue as I go through the character stories, so also just up to Yusei, though I did take initial cracks at Aki's, Yuma and Shark's, and Yuya and Yuzu's for the video.

Other things tackled that were sprinkled into the video, along with some other notes:

Pack names and descriptions have been retranslated, though the descriptions may see minor edits closer to release for a little variety between worlds given the different characters at the shop. Character recipe names were also retranslated, with Yugipedia's translations for them used as an occasional second opinion, though ones based on pack names had to be abbreviated in spots.

Menu text, from the Options to Help screens and stuff in between, has been retranslated, as have in-duel text strings (so, you'll see a full "Activate Effect" instead of "Activate" or "Switch to Attack/Defense Position" instead of "Switch to ATK/DEF Position", etc--also fixed the "BATTELE PHASE" graphic typo, and NAC friend created a new translation for the "Turn Change" graphic for accuracy since ENG TF1-5 made that into "Next Player's Turn").

Database stuff, such as the Sound Test, Tutorials, Duel Missions, etc., have been retranslated closer to the Japanese text; originally I retranslated the Tutorial text via hex editor, with compromises done on quite a bit of it due to the space limits, but as Xan recently updated a text extractor tool of theirs to more cleanly pull out and reinsert that text, I've been going through and fleshing out those translations more (on my commutes to/from work mostly, to be productive lol).

As mentioned, I've been localizing/translating Japanese-text images throughout the game as I come across them, like with the in-duel onomatopoeia that come up during cut-ins or images in the shop/duel/etc screens using Japanese text, to make sure the game is fully translated.

The series logos, used during the title sequence and in the Series Select screens, were updated with translated fan edits shared on Deviantart (which we'll credit in the final release) for DM and GX, while the 5D's-ARC-V logos were edited to enlarge the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" text on them that was pretty hard to see originally.

The game's original opening sequence starts on an anti-piracy message before going into the Konami logo and then a "From Yu-Gi-Oh!..." screen before the opening animation for each series logo--the original team decided to use the first image to vent their frustration at Konami for not localizing this game, and while that's valid (to some extent), we thought we'd use the opportunity to dedicate this project to Kazuki Takahashi for inspiring our love for YGO and the place it's had in our hearts for all these years.

We'll be updating the names of cards that had TCG releases after the original patch was worked on/updated by FLSG to those corresponding names.

Xan has been working on many UI fixes for us to apply with this, among them 3-line dialogue box text as is used in the ENG TF1-5 games--once implemented for TFSP, I'll be going over everything to make full use of that extra space where needed, so things might not look as they do in the video by then.

Character bios will be worked on after I've done the story stuff, though I've taken initial cracks at it for Yuma and Yuya's bios for the video, along with translating the location/affiliation names ("Domino High School," "Satellite," etc).

Currently no release date is planned, as I'm working on this between my GX-finalizing work and actual IRL work, though we'll see how later this year looks as more work gets done--but as noted in the video, all things being equal, it will be released when everything is ready. I'll try to post regular updates or rambles now that this announcement's been made, lol, but do try not to constantly check in on a release date. 🙏🏽

All that said, I think that covers just about everything I wanted to put out there with this, lol. It's been fun to work on this so far and getting to see what I've re-translated in-game is definitely neat; looking forward to us being able to release everything when ready.

Stay tuned for more; the fun's just getting started!

[tittysuckersworld]

@discourse-on-decadence @flawless-oda food! sorry am have so much need do and am ittle tired so not gonna say much- but was their idea for this ya. someone remind me to tag properly later please please-

[skyloftian-nutcase]

The Caregiver (LU Twilight Ficlet)

Dusk usually soured Twilight's mood, but today it was the rain. Or the walking. Or the constant fighting they'd been doing recently. He wasn't sure. Maybe it was none of those things.

Some days just weren't good days.

After the chores were done, Twilight offered to do a perimeter check and disappeared into the forest, shifting into his wolf form. He felt... different when he was like this. He supposed it was a stupid observation to make, saying one felt different when one was a wolf. Of course that would feel different.

But it was more than just the physicality of it. Like this, he was considered a monster. Like this, he was considered a sweet friend. Like this, he wasn't expected any heroic duties. Like this, people were afraid of him. Like this, he could just be with animals and nature. Like this, he could be left alone.

Like this, he couldn't cry.

Today just wasn't a good day. Anxieties and worries filled him, words biting into his mind like beasts tearing his sanity apart. Things that would usually be a quick observation that he would swat away suddenly returned with reinforcements, ready to trample him into the dust.

Four hated shadow magic, and Twilight used it extensively.

Time was happily married, Sky was head over heels in love with someone who probably loved him just as much, and Twilight was alone.

Wild could have breakdowns because everyone understood that he was a mess, and Twilight had to be the strong one for him even if he felt like he was going to fall apart.

Warriors had so many reasons to be a broken mess yet he wasn't, and Twilight had so few reasons yet he was.

Hyrule and Legend had no families, and Twilight had one that adored him yet he treated them poorly, he was never around anymore for them.

Wind had seen too much at his age but still had hope, and Twilight had a peaceful wonderful childhood and was filled with nothing.

Sometimes... sometimes Twilight just wanted it to end. Sometimes he wished he could sleep as well and as long as Sky seemed to, and sometimes he was so insane with energy and had nothing to do with it.

Four would hate him if he knew. Wild would never rely on him if he saw how Twilight hurt too, he wouldn't want to burden the Ordonian with his problems. Sky and Time would offer sympathetic words or touches but that didn't change the hollowness inside him. Warriors would tease and try to perk him up, and it would only emphasize how much better the captain was. Hyrule, Legend, and Wind would offer their support in their own ways, and it would highlight Twilight's pathetic state of mind even more.

Who else would hate him, he wondered. Would it just be Four? Hyrule might hate him, with as much magical energy as he has about him, shadow magic probably felt like a disease to him. If he showed his true nature, revealed all his secrets, his thoughts, his desires, his beliefs, his feelings... who else would hate him?

Who would be disappointed in him?

A choking sound emitted form his throat, making his chest burn. He couldn't cry as a wolf, but it would still try to escape.

Just let it out. No one's here.

Twilight shifted back into Hylian form and collapsed into a pile of leaves. The tears came in waves, racking his body with violent tremors and muffled sobs before leaving him drained and exhausted, and then it would start anew. He felt like his heart and mind were screaming at each other, his heart taking him and shaking him to his core until he was depleted while his mind told him to get over it.

Others have it worse. I need to take care of them. I have no excuse to feel like this. So what if they hate me for who I am, for what I think and believe, I can help them and support them until we get to that point. They don't have to know who I really am. And if they find out, then...

Then what? What would he do when he was an outcast to some of his brothers? If he couldn't support the others because they were afraid to bother him? He wasn't foolish with his emotionalism, he knew he wasn't going to be thrown out or anything, but... but he imagined he would be shunned. The bitter cold stabbed him from the inside out, making the tears spring fresh as if he hadn't cried four times already.

This was so stupid. He knew better than to let this upset him.

But today just wasn't a good day.

So much time passed the sun had completely faded behind the horizon. Twilight shivered as the damp cool air of night settled into his skin. It chilled the hot tears that stained his cheeks and slammed reality into his soul like a slap to the face.

Twilight took a deep breath, wiped his face clean, and rose.

Perhaps I will be an outcast if they find out. Perhaps some of them will hate me, and some will pity me to the point of exclusion. So they don't have to find out. I can support them as I am, with everything as it is. I can help them and be there for them, offer what little assistance I can provide.

They don't have to know who I am.

Twilight took another breath, steadying himself. He just wanted to help. The camaraderie meant the world to him, but he could live without it if need be. He just wanted to help. He could help - he knew Time's fate and could maybe alter it. He saw Wild's pain and had his trust, so he could help him through his trauma. Wolfie saw more than anyone, and Twilight could soothe the hurts the others held close to their hearts.

Twilight took a third breath, and felt whole again. Because this wasn't about him. It was about his family.

He went back to camp, and smiled when everyone greeted him.

Time watched him a little too long, eye discerning. "Everything all right?"

Twilight waved a dismissive hand as he walked to Wild, settling beside his little brother. "Of course."

[floridazcrazy]

Taylor Heise and Grace Zumwinkle the typa couple to see you from across the bar and say they liked your vibe

[ominous-feychild]

Always has been.

@the-letterbox-archives

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

I know that this is pretty far off, but I think you mentioned somewhere that Miranda is going to play a big role in season 7? How is she going to fit into that whole situation?

She's one of the ones that gets kidnapped to work on the Iron Doom for the Time Twins, and while she and Cyrus help the other kidnapees work on the machine (which includes Cole's dad because him not actually being a blacksmith is one of the funniest things) she's also gathering info on the Element of Time itself by taking advantage of the Twin's inflated ego (and totally not because it's her only opportunity to do so :V) which in turn lets her finally finish the Elemental Compendium in time for shit to hit the fan in S8! :3

But anyway this gives a) Jesse extra character motivation ironically in the season about sibling relationships and b) allows us as a people to get some insight into what was going on with all the significant people the Twins had captured (so more scenes with Ray, Maya, Cyrus, Lou and his troupe, etc).

...there's also like an evil robot clone of her but that's neither here or there don't worry about it don't ask me about it lolololol.......

...also a VERY SCRAPPED idea was that she was going to inherit the Element of Time for like twenty minutes before deciding she hates it and lets it get sealed back in the Time Blades but you can imagine why that'd be a messy idea :d

[wexhappyxfew]

the intricacy of paulina stagliano getting her heart broken before leaving greenland in the form of a letter to hambone hamilton having a crush on her since basic training but not saying a word about it

[navybrat817]

Friendly reminder, lovelies, the game was "I wish you would write a fic where...". I can't answer every single ask with a full blown fic and sending hate over it will get you blocked and reported. Thanks, lovelies. ❤️

[maudiemoods]

IM MOVING!!

It's been a very busy couple of months! Some of you know I lived in my van for a minute! That didn't work out very well so I went home! I started welding school and working again! My days are suuuper busy! I don't have a room at this house anymore so I'm finally making the decision to move! I got the place! It's a very tiny studio and I LOVE IT!! I'm going to be busy packing and moving for the next week so I won't be very active here! Mostly won't be posting art for a while!

I'm planning on getting a kitty soon too!! Woohoo!! I'll definitely throw pictures of the new place and the kitty once I'm settled! (Definitely not gonna show the building or where it's at! Just the inside!)

[coffeebanana]

Chapter 3/3: I'll Give You Forever

Chat Noir’s arm remained outstretched after the mirror crumbled, like maybe he'd forgotten how to move. Ladybug, too, felt frozen. She crouched there, watching as gravity took over. As his fingers slid down the wall. His claws did little to slow the descent, but they grated all the way down. She reached out too late, failing to catch his hand before it hit the floor. His fingers shook against the marble, creeping closer to his body as his shoulders hunched inwards. He kept his eyes shut tight, and he hardly seemed to notice when Ladybug sank to her knees beside him, even when she rubbed a hand up and down his back. “It’s okay,” she whispered, leaning in to nuzzle his head. “I’m right here. I’ve got you.”

[karda]

hope this isn't weird to say but I feel like since I've followed you for so long (since like idk... 2020 or 2021??) i feel like we almost grew up together in a way of sharing niche online spaces and interacting. again I hope this isn't weird but im just feeling sappy thinking abt how long it rlly has been that we've been mutuals ... its weird but kinda cool. hope ur day/night is going well

we really did!!!! not weird at all. it is very cool. i was just having this convo with droma the other day, when ur online friends you kinda forget how long its actually been . its been .. literally years lol. its so cool. sorry i let this sit in my askbox for a bit.. i hope ur day/night is going well too :-]

[aego-philautia]

💜❤️!!AegoAegoAego!!💜❤️

Philautia; (φιλαυτία, philautía) means "self-love". To love oneself or "regard for one's own happiness or advantage"... Hello Hello! I'm Aego🫶🏾 Silly goat artist who draws ppl in love(and occasionally other things on my main, @aegos-eros)

BYF:

No pro/comship interaction pls! Thank you!

Minors may interact, but pls don't follow me as I have little to no filter abt what I say. Especially when it's Aego Simping Hours™️. If I check and you have no age/are under 18 I will softblock.

I am a black sapphic bi cis woman. If you have a problem with any of that then please leave💜

I am also some flavor of asexual. Aegosexual describes me best(Okay with fantasizing/interacting with nsfw things, not actually doing them. Link to a vid that explains more if ur interested ^.^)

OC x Canon/selfship truther, argue with the wall

I typically refrain from discourse/stressful topics for my own mental health, if I do speak/reblog anything it will be tagged with: #🕸️ bc spiders scare me

Speaking of mental health, I do make jokes about self harm, suicide, general mental health things mainly to cope. Don’t worry, if I’m actually in a crisis I would not post abt it online, so pls pls pls don’t take those posts seriously^.^(also please lmk if u want me to tag those posts)

I also get high/drink, pls block the tag: #🍃🍹 This is not a suggestion block it now/hj

💜About Aego💜

ADHD + social anxiety(along w The Others™️), but I still love talking to ppl!! Ask/talk to me about whatever, If I can, I'll answer🫶🏾

Purple>>>>>>>>

POC, Bi(woman leaning), Aegosexual 🖤💜🤍

VOCALOID LOVER

Aspriring Drawerw(Artist)

Genshin, Zenless Zone Zero, Stardew Valley, Rimworld, Starbound, Other games i can't remember rn...

I HAVE A SON(my cat) I POST PICS OF HIM LOML I LOVE HIM SM💕🩷😭💜🥰

Ill put more stuff here eventually✨💫

Ships!!

Ten x Kazuha (TenKazu) (My loves💜❤️)(Non-Sharing🙅🏾‍♀️ ) They are my main ship I’ll mostly rant abt them💕💕💕

Lady Delphinium x Carmilla Carmine (DelphiMilla) (Mi Cielo💜🩷) (My sky/My Heaven) (Sharing OK☺️)

Bambelle x Anby Demara (Bamby💜💚) (Sharing Iffy/Unknown 😣)

Lastly, Tags

#My Loves💜❤️ (TenKazu)

#Mi Cielo💜🩷 (DelphiMilla)

#Bamby💜💚(Bambelle x Anby)

#AegoSimpingHour™️ (gushing if i ever do it)

#cozy comfort💜❤️ (imagines, selfshipping things,etc)

#other ppls ships💜

#oooh shiny (general reblogs)

#dewdels (occassional shitpost doodles)

#i must scream (me talking)

#Praise the son☀️ (POSTS OF MY BEUTIFUL BBY BOIIIII MY SONNNN MY DARLINQ my cat)

goatluuvsqueue!!💜💜 (my queued posts! I forget to update my queue tho sry)

Tengaku [天樂]💜(post that remind me of my Oc, Tengaku)

more to be added as necessary 😊

You've made it this far? Here's a crockpot baked spaghet recipe, luv u💜❤️

[tittysuckersworld]

lil kaveh redraw of picture did a year ago!!! gonna dedicate to mikopiko and lily cause both have been amazing mutuals and ya- okay enjoy