#written and/or translated yet..

[spacedkey]

the eternal struggle of reading webcomics/manga/manh(w/u)a that i think are really good but have cringe ass titles so i can't recommend them without someone doubting my sensibilities and taste in stories

[margaretkart]

Why Emily Wilson’s Translations Miss the Mark

Let’s talk about Emily Wilson’s translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey and why they’ve stirred up so much debate. While some people love her work for being “accessible” or “modern,” there’s a serious issue here that needs to be addressed—she’s not just simplifying Homer’s epics, she’s erasing their deeper meaning.

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are timeless masterpieces for a reason. They dive into complex themes like honor, war, suffering, and humanity itself. War in The Iliad, for example, isn’t just about men being “toxic” or women being victimized—it’s about the chaos and destruction war brings to everyone involved. Homer shows this with nuance and layers, and yet, Wilson simplifies it all into modern buzzwords like “toxic masculinity.” This isn’t just a translation issue—it’s a complete reframing of the original message to fit a modern agenda.

People defending her often say, “It’s just more simplified; what’s the big deal?” Well, here’s the big deal: Translation isn’t about dumbing down the text or cutting out parts you don’t like. It’s about preserving the meaning, the messages, and the artistry of the original. When you erase or replace sentences, you’re no longer translating—you’re rewriting.

My friend @greek-mythologies has made a great translation of a piece of Homer, truly proving how translation truly was meant to be.

Homer’s epics are from a completely different time and culture. They weren’t written to fit today’s political ideologies, and that’s what makes them fascinating. They explore universal truths that transcend time. When you filter them through a modern lens, you lose what makes them great in the first place.

Yes, making ancient texts accessible to new audiences is important, but not at the cost of the author’s intent. If you’re erasing key ideas to make it “simpler,” you’re not honoring Homer’s work—you’re reshaping it into something else entirely. And for readers who genuinely want to experience Homer’s vision, that’s a huge disservice.

At the end of the day, Homer’s works endure because they’re complex, rich, and full of meaning. Simplifying or twisting them into something they’re not just dilutes their power and timelessness. So yeah, there *is* an issue here, and it’s worth talking about.

[crimsonmonsoon]

I think accidentally making my grandma a MDZS fan was the best thing that happened over my Christmas break

[iamthepulta]

I am EXTREMELY curious about “The Absolution of Ea-Nasir”

I'm excited about the results!

Several months ago, I started wondering 1. Was Ea-Nasir's copper really bad? and 2. How was it bad from a metallurgist perspective? So I went digging, and, as with many archaeological topics, there's not a conclusive answer. But TLDR: Ea-Nasir wasn't necessarily an intentional grifter. He was a victim of his time and challenging geopolitics. I personally think he was a fonder of his city than his fellow merchants, who he probably considered money-gubbers with poor loyalties. ... He was definitely a dick though.

[thedoctorfat]

I got the first 4 books in the P4 Manga series, looking forward to seeing what I'm missing out on in the Manga and why some people say it's better than the anime

[sepiasys]

Something about not being open about being a system in a server chock-full of them (it's mixed systems and singlets, really) is that if we did have more than one of us who wanted to speak up, we have to decide on who it is that is at forefront for it, who will be presenting and expressing themself more.

Which is difficult when a more formal-presenting alter is fronting, but a more energetic and silly alter is in co-con and wants to say hi in a very cheery manner 😅

[astragatwo]

In contrast to my last two Rain World OC posts, these guys aren't one offs and are part of my current core OC group. More info about them under the cut since it's lengthy.

First starting with The Serpent —

The Serpent is one of AV's many bio-engineered slugcats - if you can even call him a slugcat at this point - as part of a simple passion of experimenting with flexible slugcat biology

They share several traits in common with red lizards, those being constant hyper-aggression, tremendous strength, projectile spit and size

As for similarities with slugcats, well, a general elongated shape? Oh, mobility, unlike red lizards, the Serpent is very adept with vertical movement

AV didn't really have a clear goal in mind with the Serpent unlike the rest of their tube babies, they just sort of... happened.

The spontaneity of their creation though has been very interesting as despite initially being created with the solitary lifestyle of a red lizard, the Serpent still keeps his slugcat instinct of adopting random children they find

Though the Serpent seems at first, displeased with this development but rest assured that if you ever LOOK at his pup wrong they will kill everyone in the room and then himself

Though not pictured in his reference since he was my first Rain World OC, created with very little knowledge of the lore and started as a one-off, he has a citizen ID drone which AV uses to keep track of him

He was also simply created out of my desire to have a long slugcat and my obsession with red lizards combined so there's that, too

Speaking of AV, moving on to Administrative Violence —

Named after the song of the same name by Lauren Bousfield, you'd expect them to be - well - violent. They're not, at least not with those they commonly interact with

They are actually quite sweet with Blown Blooms, their partner, and Peach the slugcat

Weather conditions, all things considered, are pretty mild where they are but far, far off into the distance their partner Blown Blooms isn't so fortunate and natural erosion as well as other random unfortunate events unrelated to weather, has taken quite the toll on them

As a result and fearing for Blooms in every way possible but especially for their communication's inevitable severing and also Blooms being lonely all on their own, AV created a slugcat who resembles a strawberry lizard - a species of lizard Blooms is especially fond of

Peach was designed for protection and companionship first and foremost and an emergency messenger/relay secondly.

Outside of worrying for Blooms' condition and yearning & longing for close physical proximity to them the way creatures who aren't supermassive structures have the luxury of, AV spends most of their time studying their bio-engineered slugcats.

Each and every one of them is given a citizen ID drone for ease of tracking as well as general classifications

They couldn't give a shit about whatever problem the other iterators are working on - just these funny little slugcats

They take the occasional interest in other animals too but it's mainly slugcats

And finally, Blown Blooms and Peach —

Blooms, like AV, is named after a song of the same name by Lauren Bousfield. Peach is just named after her colors.

Blooms, like their partner AV, has a complete disinterest in the great problem and a very big interest in bio-engineering

This time with plants rather than animals though they have a soft spot for small critters but they're usually never the subject of any experiments - just study and admiration

However, due to a deteriorating state, Blooms isn't quite able to use their equipment to manipulate genetic information like they used to - which is upsetting

So instead, they help AV with their current studies as well as keeping tabs on their own prior experiments

They have Peach now, though, which brings a much appreciated break from constant studying and nice close companionship

Peach will often catch prey outside and come back to eat it with Blooms and occasionally Blooms will play around with Peach and levitate the prey around for Peach to chase in anti-grav

The event that pushed AV to create Peach was when a creature entered Blooms' chamber and attacked them, partially damaging their puppet before being killed and then expelled from the chamber

Blooms is absolutely still capable of themselves and ultimately damaging the puppet a bit is nothing when taking account the sheer scale of an iterator - but AV will be AV

Plus, Blooms isn't complaining about getting a cute little companion from AV

And general trivia/info —

Everyone here is aroace. All of them. AV & Blooms' relationship is non-romantic in a sapphic way

The Serpent's pup's name is Pipsqueak

I know rudder tails shouldn't curve like that but I decided that after I finished drawing the Serpent and I wasn't about to redraw anything at that point

The other Iterators in AV and Bloom's local group are Illuminated Crown of Fire, Projections of Watchful Eyes, and an unnamed lunar-eclipse inspired iterator.

I have little information on them right now, but they are each based off of solar eclipses, stars and lunar eclipses respectively

In all, this local group is just a bunch of experiment freaks to varying degrees except for ICoF whose presence is often forgotten because of how little they speak but is also ever looming

And that's all! Thank you for reading this far in <3

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

so im doing a preliminary translation course french-dutch in january which if i do it well enough i can do the real course starting september, and you dont need any official recognition of your level in either language they just say you have to master your working language (ie dutch here) well and that your passive knowledge of your source language has to be good, around at least b2

and, okay, ive been told i do set too high standards, but like, that feels,,,,,cheating isnt exactly the word but like. if i couldnt make the sentence, then how could i ever hope to translate it well into another language you know what i mean?

im glad, because my chances are way better to get my passive french to b2 than my active french before january, im probably already there, but like, im still gonna try to get my active french there too right?

like it just feels so.....precarious. to only have b2 and to dare to try and put a sentence into your own language? if i couldnt have made the sentence, then i would never think i can write it as correctly as possible in another language. honestly.

[the-faxx-macheen]

After reading the new chapter translation it reminded me of something I saw when I first binged the whole thing and while half asleep went looking for fanart

Did I just like fucking hallucinate that there'll be an entire evil Mahiru arc? Was it some other manga? Was it a fanwork or real? Or am I just that bad at Google?

[cassmouse]

100 pages exactly into Paradise Rot, I'm over halfway through, I've only been reading it for like two days, and my only thoughts are 'what the fuck' and 'piss'

[freakinator]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Unstable Universe Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Wemmbu vs PrinceZam [Unstable Universe] Characters: Wemmbu [Unstable Universe] Additional Tags: PrinceZam [Unstable Universe] - mentioned, past Wemmbu & PrinceZam [Unstable Universe], Complicated Feelings, Character Study

[oflights]

Ha! I actually wrote a fic where Bill asks Harry if anyone has talked to him about safe sex and can he get condoms, and Harry says yes, Sirius talked to him ages ago 😇

omg. great minds!! that's amazing. again, imagining that conversation through this lens is excruciating lol. also i like to imagine harry's formative type as being Unattainable which is very relatable imo

[gurorori]

my worst ick in enstars art (mika art specifically cuz *gestures at myself*) is when it's an otherwise amazin' piece dats real cute but the artist mixed up the eye colors. so the blue is where the amber shld b. an' vice versa. an' like it's nawt mirrored or anyth. it's jus wrong.....

[new-fire-chicken]

Noels Poem Episode 4

this Poem I received from Masayoshi-san during raining season

Osara-san, why do you look so sad? Because you looked into my heart? Sorry, if that is the case. I'll be fine tomorrow. Please be kind to me today.

[jacobied]

feeling fucked up tonight<3

[abyssmalice]

"What is existence but the here, the momentary, the infinite? What is our will but desire, love, remembrance? As they say, the world is what we make of it... whether it falls into the nether of annihilation or rests under sun and shade like a sea of flowers, the future will always come for you, to you.

"What will it look like this time? What do you want it to be? And... do you love it, this world? What it was, is, and will be?"