hi just found your blog, wanted to say that I love mom corps/mon coeur, ik it's unfinished but goddamn, you've written a really good fic!! i keep coming back to read thru it :)
oh wow! first, i, so sorry i’m late in seeing and responding to this. and second, thanks so much for taking the time to send this, i’m really so happy to hear that you’ve liked it that much!! i do regret not being able to finish it—it was made up of a lot of themes of personal importance, but the story grew beyond what i’d originally committed to, and i couldn’t follow through before life struck and my interest waned. but i do come back and think of it often, and i’m glad you think of it just as fondly 🧡🧡🧡
anyway iirc the clothing machine things on egghead island dress the person bases on their personal clothing preferences and i noticed these 2 are basically wearing the exact same thing. and ofc im gonna over-read into it >:3
my hc is zosopp romantic tension is revealed during fishman island and they finally talk after punk hazard. they’re newly dating in dressrosa and usopp thought he went a little overboard so he tries to play it off but zoro rly didnt mind :)
translation: "the problem is you're anything but subtle. but if you agree to finally use 'tu' to address me, then i might think about it."
the above is thancred's response to urianger asking to join him in his travels after they beat meteion.
for context, the scions each take their time with using "tu" with companions vs. "vous" throughout the game. estinien tells alphinaud to stop "vuvoyer-ing" (vuvoyer = use vous) him iirc ~end of heavensward. alisae declares her intent to tutoyer (use tu) wol in shadowbringers. and until endwalker, thancred also uses "vous" with wol. but in endwalker, all the scions are on a "tu" basis with each other including wol.
except for urianger who, because of his formal speech patterns, uses "vous" with everyone regardless of his relationship with them.
here's what thancred says in english for comparison:
and such a big difference makes sense since english does not have any similar formality rules, even if it's at the expense of a fantastic little urithan banter tidbit.
however, that means this bit is one of those localization moments that is going to be highly dependent on the language's rules and cultural context. so i wonder, in the jpn, does thancred also make a comment about use of less formal honorifics? i also know very little about the german language, so i wonder what this is in german too! the art of localization continues to be fascinating.
thank you so much for this insight!! the french/german localizations seem to take less creative liberties and stray from the jpn a lot less than the english one does in general, so interesting to see where one of them does make a choice to approach something differently!
absolutely love that the french decided thancred simply HAD to ask urianger for a tutoyer lol
translation: "the problem is you're anything but subtle. but if you agree to finally use 'tu' to address me, then i might think about it."
the above is thancred's response to urianger asking to join him in his travels after they beat meteion.
for context, the scions each take their time with using "tu" with companions vs. "vous" throughout the game. estinien tells alphinaud to stop "vuvoyer-ing" (vuvoyer = use vous) him iirc ~end of heavensward. alisae declares her intent to tutoyer (use tu) wol in shadowbringers. and until endwalker, thancred also uses "vous" with wol. but in endwalker, all the scions are on a "tu" basis with each other including wol.
except for urianger who, because of his formal speech patterns, uses "vous" with everyone regardless of his relationship with them.
here's what thancred says in english for comparison:
and such a big difference makes sense since english does not have any similar formality rules, even if it's at the expense of a fantastic little urithan banter tidbit.
however, that means this bit is one of those localization moments that is going to be highly dependent on the language's rules and cultural context. so i wonder, in the jpn, does thancred also make a comment about use of less formal honorifics? i also know very little about the german language, so i wonder what this is in german too! the art of localization continues to be fascinating.
yeah i resurfaced a million years and a one piece hyperfixation later to bring french ffxiv localization shit that no one asked for again. i contain so many multitudes look at me gooo
hi! it's been a bit since i've shared any french ffxiv playthrough notes, but i've been making my way through endwalker recently, and while there have been quite a few differences i've noted, this is the one i want to share most so far. please excuse any spelling errors or missing words!
the scene: upon meeting hydaelyn after completing the aitiascope dungeon, she speaks directly to each scion.
to alphinaud:
en: thou dost pursue an impossible dream, yet knowing this, you pursue it nevertheless. and thou has learnt to depend on others as they do thee.
fr: your world fell apart when you realized that there was no absolute justice, and yet, your friends extended you a hand
to alisae:
en: thy yearning for the power to save the powerless hath ever driven thee to greater heights, thou hast grown strong.
fr: your strength on its own has sometimes revealed itself not to be enough to achieve your wishes, but whenever your powerlessness tourmented you, your idol was there totake you along in their wake.
to thancred:
en: though those closest to thee no longer walket by thy side, their love remaineth thy guiding light
fr: despite your grief of not having been able to protect the person whom you cherished the most, you never relinquished the love that lived in you and it has led you to find a new hope.
to urianger:
en: for duty's sake, thou has been bound by truths unutterable time and time again. yet thy heart never wavered, as they companions will attest.
fr: as for you, you suffered from not knowing how to express the essence of your emotions. fortunately, those whom you surround yourself with didn't need words to read into your heart.
to yshtola:
en: in thy pursuit of mysteries great, all thou believed was called into question. undaunted, thy thirst for knowledge remaineth unquenched.
fr: the truth is often deformed, sometimes forgotten. but even after having accepted this as fact, you never abandoned your quest for wisdom in the hopes of finding that which you searched
to estinien:
en: the fires of hatred that once burned in thy heart burneth no more. from their ashes doth spring light and love, warm and pure.
fr: hatred scorched your earths and consumed your people in great numbers, but a glimmer of hope surged forth from the white ashes to reveal an azure future
to graha:
en: as witness to black calamity, thou despaired at man's helplessness. resolved, thou didst unite a distant world on the brink of collapse.
fr: you endeavored to do the impossible to save a world from an unprecedented catastrophe, and after that, having convinced a whole people that they could write their own destiny, you accepted to live your own adventure.
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