#visualtaehyun

[cankersoregirl]

It wasn't intentional. It just came out. The mosquito? The jealousy.

DMD Friendship The Reality EP. 4

[hinmotion]

POWER REMAINS WITH THOSE WHO WIN

— be it the power to take revenge for your loved ones or to protect them.

However, do you know why when the heir wins, the father takes the throne? Because in Emmaly, raising an heir is seen as equally important to ruling the kingdom.

[berestweys]

💌 Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart 💌

thank you, this is so sweet! i love your blog and all of your posts on linguistics <3

[cytharat]

💌 Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart 💌

AHHH RIGHT BACK ATCHA!! 💜💜💜

[sunshinechay]

Get attacked!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈 ✨

Thank you so much!!!

[zimmbzon]

Okay, I'm sick and putting off sleeping, so here goes:

I'm learning Thai via the Automatic Language Growth (ALG) method. It's rad as fuck. Basically you watch videos that you that are just above your comprehension level. And by comprehension, I don't mean you understand all (or any) of the words or even any of the grammar - I mean you kinda can follow the message of the conversation.

As in, if someone asked you what the video was about you could say "Oh, they were talking about hair and haircuts". And you can do this as a complete beginner with no vocab knowledge because when you are shown pictures of a hair salon and then a teacher literally takes a pair of scissors and CUTS A HUGE CHUNK OF HER OWN HAIR OFF - you understand that they are talking about hair and hair cuts.

It's called comprehensible input. You should understand 60+% of the MESSAGE based on the gestures, facial expressions, pictures and other cues provided. But unlike the example I gave before you aren't supposed to think about or translate what you are hearing.

I'm making a huge mess of this. Let's start again.

Hi, I'm Zimmbs. I studied language acquisition and how children learn their first languages. The ALG method takes what we know about childhood language acquisition and applies to adults.

When children learn language/communication what they are doing is taking the weird sounds people make with their faces in one metaphorical hand, and then taking their lived experiences and growing world knowledge with their other metaphorical hand, and then smooshing the two together - hard. This gives (important, meaningful and functional) meaning to the face sounds.

Language is the mapping of symbols to concepts. Spoken language, written words, signing, gestures and pictorial communication are all symbols - because they are symbolic of something. They are nothing by themselves, they have no inherent meaning - we attach meaning to them. We decide they represent some concept or another.

When we acquire language we map our world knowledge to concepts and we map those concepts to speech sounds (the map is in our brain).

The theory is that the direct acquisition of language (symbol -> concept in our brain from our own lived experiences) is a robust and strong connection. The acquisition of language via translation (symbol in 2nd language -> symbol in 1st language -> concept) is a weak connection. That tagged on symbol has nothing to hold on to and will easily fall off.

On top of that, the brain HATES having gaps / things that don't make sense, and it LOVES patterns. When we tag another language on to our existing language the brain has no choice but to try and squish the new stuff into the patterns it already knows. Accents are our brain fitting the new language into the mouth patterns of our native language. The same happens with grammar.

How do we avoid this? ALG says to do what kids do -> form entirely new patterns from a blank slate (as much as possible). By not translating the new language into the already existing one we are denying the brain it's crutch of squishing things into places they don't belong. And it HAS to identify and learn the language's own inherent patterns.

This means so translating out loud or in our brains. No thinking. Just watch the videos and let the stories wash over you.

And yes, that means so subtitles when watching Thai series - I feel your pain on this one. Currently I watch shows on mute or I get an idea of the plot from Tumblr and then watch without subtitles.

The second part of ALG is the knowledge that language is built on a foundation of comprehension. Kids experience like 2000 hours of comprehensible input before they start talking. That's partly because their mouths are weird, but also because they need to establish a very solid language base in their brains (internal symbolic representations of concepts) BEFORE they can externally form the symbols themselves.

Put these two things together and you get a language acquisition approach that prioritises listening and comprehension, and the truly spontaneous production of spoken language. It takes time (sometimes a long time) for the sounds to come out of your mouth automatically without thinking or forcing it (this is referred to as the silent period). But you are much more likely to be producing symbols true to that language - rather than ones influences by the patterns of your other language, and symbols that are directly and robustly attached to your own internalised concepts.

As for me, I'm 225 hours in, I'm still a beginner, but I am finding the process so rewarding! Being able to watch and get the gist of native content is still 600+ hours away. But I can already understand snippets of conversations when I'm at the Thai supermarket. I trust the process (also it helps that I understand the science) and I am soooooo looking forward to watching my shows without subtitles in the relatively near future.

The aim is to consume 3 hours of comprehensible input per day - which is hard right now because I still need to watch the videos. But as my comprehension grows I am able to listen to more without having to look at the screen. Also there is NO wrote learning, no vocab drills, just entertainment into your brain.

Anyway,

Here's a 7 minute video about the method:

And this is Comprehensible Thai's youtube channel:

Jon, who run's Comprehensible Thai has a playlist with videos about the method. There are playlists take you from absolute beginner (B0), right up to advanced.

You'll see comments on the video with people saying what % of the MESSAGE of the video they understood (this is not vocab or grammar). Jon uses these to work out what order the videos should come in in the playlist - don't compare your understanding to these comments. You might understand 60% of the message and someone may have written that they understood 90% - but Jon may have moved the video to later in the playlist because people were rating it too high. Also if you want to partake in the % ratings of the videos, flick Jon as email and he'll tell you what he needs you to do / keep in mind.

Dreaming Spanish uses the same method and writes about it here:

You can read David Long's writing's about it here (he took over from Dr Marvin Brown who pioneered this method in Bangkok in the 80s):

And you can read Dr Marvin Brown's writings here:

So many words. Apologies and much love to anyone who read them <3. I'm going to sleep now.

Hi, love your posts about Thai language!! If you don't mind me asking, I wanted to know where do you learn Thai from and also where do you study Thai culture :) I want to start learning Thai this year, but I don't know many courses online and also don't know where I can learn more in depth about the country's culture. Thanks❤️

Hiya and thank you 💕 but also-

I'm quite possibly the worst person you could ask for advice since I'm not enrolled for any course or anything 🥴 I'll link you this previous ask I answered about how I learn Thai, though!

Other than that, maybe @airenyah can give you pointers about the courses she does, @zimmbzon can tell you about how they're learning Thai via ALG (automatic language growth), and @recentadultburnout 's posts about Thai culture are always super interesting!

Good luck, have fun, and you're always welcome to ask or dm me and surely also other learners like the ones I mentioned. ☺️

[respectthepetty]

The Heart Killers' Colors ? - Ep. 2

I only have two episodes to go off of, but I'm still trying to see the colors in The Heart Killers, and even though I'm confident that Fadel is a Black Brooder, the others are up in the air.

I still feel secure that Bison is a Red Rascal (warm), but I think he intentionally hid it this episode.

Bison was blue most of this episode around Kant.

And he just kept getting lighter.

But @visualtaehyun mentioned that when they first met, Kant stated that Bison needed to let him be in control, so I think Bison is faking a color and a personality because even though he wears blue, the red is still there, right at his core.

And once Kant participates in the dancing competition solely because Bison tells him to, the red is back.

In The Taming of the Shrew, Bianca (Bison's character) is not the titular "shrew" to be tamed; therefore, she is never tamed. In fact, Bianca becomes more assertive and manipulative throughout the story.

Because Lucentio is whipped.

So we know who is really in control and pulling the strings in every version of this story. It's the Red Rascal.

So now on to Kant, who is supposedly a (Dark) Blue Boy.

The blue would make sense because being whipped implies an extreme level of loyalty, but much like Bison, I think Kant is intentionally hiding it.

The entire plot is based on Kant trying to swindle his way to freedom via exposing Bison and Fadel with any means possible, so of course he wouldn't show his real color.

But, once again, IF Kant's real color is dark blue, it's interesting where and when his and Bison's color emerge.

Kant was dark blue in the first episode before he entered this deal for his freedom.

And he was feeling Bison's red.

So Kant, in his true color (IF it's his true color) likes Bison's assertiveness and aggressiveness.

Even if he doesn't realize it, the (dark) Blue Boy is following the Red Rascal's lead.

Which leads to Kant's wild friend who wears wild (printed) clothes.

Style is supposed to be a (light) Blue Boy.

Which means, just like Kant, he would be loyal and committed (to the bit).

But I initially thought Style was flesh/skin, which might seem odd since that's not a color, but I think it is very important.

The reason I'm confident Fadel is a Black Brooder is because he always wears black and he is hellbent on keeping his secrets, which the black color symbolizes.

So I don't think Director Jojo just wants to show Dunk's body (which I wouldn't fault him if he did because . . . well, Dunk's fine). I think Style, with his crop tops and eagerness to take off his clothes at any given moment, represents openness and vulnerability, which are two things Fadel struggles with.

And this is also why I think this is an intentional choice by Cinematographer Rath to light each scene as it was: the sauna is warm with Style baring himself for Fadel and exposing all his perfections (and flaws) transitions to the locker room being dark so Fadel can sneak up on Style and threaten him about his secret.

And it all ends with Fadel, in his darkness, turning to the warmth.

The light he faces has no shade. It is merely a fully exposed light bulb.

So Fadel, the "shrew" in this story, doesn't need to be tamed as much as he needs to be exposed, but not in a negative sense.

He needs to be allowed to be vulnerable. He needs to be able to lay himself bare. He needs to be free from his secrets.

But the problem is Fadel, just like his brother, would never willingly give up the control. But unlike Bison, Fadel's control is over himself, not others. Bison told Kant that where Bison is laid-back, Fadel is high-strung, so he would never allow himself to be vulnerable. He would never openly lay himself bare. Because unlike careless Bison, he would never expose himself. Much like when Style fixed Fadel's Jeep, Fadel was upset that Style fixed other issues. He didn't like Style looking where he wasn't supposed to. He didn't like Style changing things he wasn't aware needed to be changed. He didn't want Style looking deeper.

Which is why Style has to annoy him. Regardless of Style's color, he is a mechanic whose job is to look under the hood to see the problems and get dirty in the process, so he is the perfect man for this job. He would never know the real Fadel because Fadel would never allow that.

So Style has to get under Fadel's skin to see the real him.

[firstkanaphans]

ThorNut update for me and the other three people interested:

And then this post from Valentine’s Day

Translation: Yes ka 🙌🏻

[And lest you doubt my obsession with this ghost ship, please know that I reached out to @visualtaehyun first thing on Valentine’s Day to get a translation for that second pic because the word Nut is using for yes means “to marry” and I was half convinced he was proposing in Thor’s comment section.]

[cankersoregirl]

When ur magic gay powers don't exactly go according to plan and now ur future boyfriends are about to kiss

Magic Lover (coming soon)

[zimmbzon]

Wait! Is this:

“'full sausage savage' tattoo: ตัวเล็กป่าเถื่อน /dtuua lek bpaa teuuan/“

Shawty savage thing?!?

!!

@poetry-protest-pornography I kinda love the Birds Eye pepper one though

Was anyone going to tell me that Pavel has a song where he literally just sings very explicitly about fucking for two and half minutes?

I had to be told by The Algorithm? And not my beloved friends?

*I am not a shy person by any means -- y'all see what I write -- but I had to cover my whole face listening to this. What the fuck, Pavel?

ETA: HEADPHONES! I AM SO SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, WEAR HEADPHONES IF YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND/OR DO NOT WANT TO SHARE LYRICS ABOUT FUCKING WITH EVERYONE IN EAR SHOT

[hinmotion]

I don't think I can claim that I've defeated the marvelous young lady who has such a gift for fencing like you. Perhaps my victory was due to your injury. Oh my god. You're praising me too much, Ramil. It wasn't too much. With the news spreading, it's a pity that you're a woman; if not, you'd surely be a fearsome competitor in the Royal Competition.

KRIS CHARINTIP RUNGTHANAKIAT as PRINCESS AVA THAWICHMETHA

The Next Prince (2025) Ep. 2

[zimmbzon]

pit babe: it’s my lotr

Part 2 of me subjecting my bestie Naynay to the bottomless well of what-the-fuck? (affectionate) that is Pit Babe. As required by friendship law.

Episode 2:

🏎️ (NN’s got theories:) Charlie’s a mole. Either he’s always been a Tony stooge, or Tony turned him - either way, delicious internal conflict will ensue.

🏎️ NN: Charlie should leave and find someone who doesn’t treat him like a handbag

🏎️ NN: Ooh Jeff is Charlie’s handler!

🏎️ Z + NN: (impromptu and in unison) Charlie! Come to Candy Mountain, Charlie! 🦄 🦄*

🏎️ NN: (at the menopausal line) HE’S GOING INTO HIS HEAT (Pause the video for NN to educate Zimmbs on alpha heat cycles. From what I understand it’s basically the horny flu, or reverse Sunday school - if you don’t get off the omegaverse gods will give you the sniffles)

🏎️ (NN’s face when Babe was all ‘haha it would be so wierd and gross to be attracted to you Way, good thing I’m not!’) 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

🏎️ NN: (about Kim) Ooh he’s got that ‘don’t fuck with me I’m cool’ vibe.

* look we are millennials, are there are only so many mentions of the name Charlie were going to be able to take before our base millennials natures rip through our student-debt ridden late-capitalism malaise to sing-song say 🦄Charlie! Come to Candy Mountain Charlie!🦄

Part 1.

[nabi-unveiled]

Hey do you have any analysis on the nc ep 7 in the next Prince thanks

Hey Anon!

I'm not confident what kind of analysis you are looking for since I tend to ramble on about a lot of different things😅, but I don't mind doing it if you are able to clarify and it's within my capability. Do you mean like the sound analysis I did for the RamilPaytai scene? Or something else?

I haven't written analysis of that scene so far, but I can tell you that they are both ringless (no games being played between them). That's pretty typical for this pair whenever they are alone together.

Let me also direct you to some analysis posts on that scene that I've enjoyed.

Kat from @dramalove247 posted about how it felt like wedding vows and drew a comparison between Charan's pants and the Lan headbands. Loved it.

@visualtaehyun did a dive into the language and also a bit about the scene from the novel. I always enjoy translation notes and digging deeper into the nuances we miss in subtitles.

@outofthemouthsof did a really good short post about how important it was for Charan to take some initiative to silence Khanin's doubt about his use of control.

I'm sure there are others, but I haven't done a tag dive on this one yet. These are just a few I've appreciated on my dash in the past few days.

Thank you so much for the ask! 💖

Edit: I later did a small bit of sound analysis for the scene.

[pitbabetheseries]

About Kim's accident

The character introductions for season 2 got posted a couple of days ago and there is a part of Kim's bio that is a little confusing in how it's translated. Google says it's a "heart accident", but I was unsure what exactly that meant - if it was meant literally or a figure of speech. Thankfully the lovely @visualtaehyun was willing to help me out, and said that the meaning seems to be intentionally left ambigious.

Here are some details on the wording and their translation:

"อุบัติเหตุ definitely means accident so อุบัติเหตุทางหัวใจ = accident of/related to the heart - in English you might put it as "until an unforeseen incident involving his heart changes everything" but using the word 'accident' is certainly a choice!"

We'll have to wait and see what the season will throw at us. It's Pit Babe so anything is possible;) Thank you again @visualtaehyun for your help!

[telomeke]

What’s Your QL Personality?

I was tagged by @he-is-lightning-in-a-bottle at this post here, by @airenyah at this post here and by @bengiyo at this post here. Thanks guys! 😘🥰

Rule: Post 5 different characters from BL/GL/QL that reflect you best but… don’t explain what aspects or at what point in their narrative arc you relate to them so your followers can just judge you in the comments.

*gleefully rubs his hands, then realizes there's no write-up required 🫨‌‌ *

I love to write and am prone to oversharing online, so this is harder than it looks. But I'm so swamped with work at the moment that posting five characters without any write-up is a whole lot easier than the other Ask/Tag games I've been tagged in recently (*pauses to glance ruefully at all the half-written tag game posts still in his drafts folder*). 😟

OK, jumping right in! 😅

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Pran, Bad Buddy

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Gene, Lovely Writer

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Phaya, The Sign

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Mark, My Golden Blood

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Kwan (Thun's Mom), He's Coming To Me

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Can you guess what my personality's like? 😂

Onward tagging:

@randompens @colourme-feral @neuroticbookworm @grapejuicegay @lurkingshan @waitmyturtles @pandasmagorica @faillen @hughungrybear @solitaryandwandering @belladonna-and-the-sweetpeas @callipigio @delesaria-blog @syrinth @dreamenormous @narcissusneverknewme @lamonnaie @suni-san @dribs-and-drabbles @ranchthoughts @brazilian-whalien52 @fiddlepickdouglas @writerwithoutsound @visualtaehyun @nihilisticcondensedmilk @djeterg19 @italianpersonwithashippersheart @avorragule @rythyme @wei-ying-kexing-apologist

If you're not tagged but would like to play, please do so and tag me so I can read your post. 🥰 And if you've already played, let me know too so I can hop over and take a guess at your QL personality! 💖

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