Hullo I like making art nice to meet u :) My current interests: old animes, ecology, learning Japanese (+ linguistics in general), and being a bit of a nuisance
"ā¦it's because you're that sort of person, that i've learned to rely on others. that's why i too, will share with you something i have but you lackā¦"
the lengths I'd go to, to fomo my friends into reading wha ā”
the song is until i drown by tears for fears, i highly recommend listening to it as you read
some words on the meaning/symbolism under the cut
page 1
equating making amends to building the atelier (a life) with olruggio, he is kind of honouring his sacrifice in that way.
page 2
pretty self explanatory, i think this man would like to live actually
the version of the future he sees is also highly biased by what he wants to happen which is a great way for me, the artist, to draw them older without having to commit to any hcs yet :D
the text (and stars) are also arranged in a circular shape, much like the numbers on a clock
page 3
i will be here > in the coffin, until i drown. with the silverwood tree inside of him he's never really escaped his grave (that's why he's there with baby qifrey), he's kind of just living on borrowed time until it claims him > he drowns
also time coming in waves > water slipping through his fingers > running out of time all that jazz
page 4
goes to bed warm but wakes up cold > the warmth on olruggio's end is finally being allowed to truly know the person he's in love with, only to wake up stripped of that warmth
for qifrey it's the ultimate comfort of letting olruggio be privy to his secret (at least to some extent) and having to violently take that away in an act of self preservation (that he probably deems as selfish ugh)
page 5
qifrey covering the girls (innocence, happiness, optimism) with his coat in order to shield them from the harshness of the world
much like the tree is shielding them from the sun one might say
time on my hands > with the memory erasure spell he has a way to extent his time but at what cost šŖ
page 6
days are all the same, they wax and wane > orufrey are stuck in a perpetual cycle of olruggio uncovering qifrey's secret and qifrey having to rip the knowledge from him.
qifrey in this case is represented by the moon, when he is cast in shadow olruggio doesn't know of his secret, the sun (the sky's kindest, most radiant star one might say) slowly uncovers that secret:
pushing the shadow away > his hat with the tassle, the only reminder of the promise they made > olruggio as he figures out that something is amiss > the tree starts slowly taking root > olruggio promising qifrey his loyalty despite it all > the sky's kindest, most radiant star > like a moth to a flame, qifrey can't help but marvel at olruggio's infallible nature to forgive him > he's rewarded by the roots spreading further > qifrey's guilt and sadness at what he must do > once again the swapped hat ornaments > just before the tree can fully sprout > qifrey pulls the curtain (shadow) back over his secret > and erases olruggio's memory > the cycle starts anew
page 7
qifrey making himself uncomfortable (self harming if you will) to keep the tree at bay, he will have to continue hurting himself until the end (maybe not if ms shirahama is nice to us)
Japanese is an incredibly fun and rewarding language (if youāve ever wanted to learn it for ANY reason, most importantly including the āsillyā reasons) but the fearmongering and capitalist intervention involved in the language learning process have given it a reputation as an āimpossible taskā for English speakers, leading to confusion and dkn learners and weird pessimist attitudes about the whole thing. In this thread I will explain how to effectively learn and retain Japanese. This is a tried, tested and true method; probably 99% of all people who try to learn Japanese give up, but everyone Iāve met who has tried and stuck with this has been at or above N3-N4 after 6 months or less including me
You can teach yourself Japanese for free if you have a little free time every day and a computer
1. Drill yourself on hiragana and katakana. These are the phonetic building blocks of Japanese, think of them as equivalent to english letters. This site is a good resource in general. Once you have a solid grasp on this, DO NOT LINGER HERE; move to step 2. You will master kana later.
2. Download Anki. This is a flashcard service. They have a paid app if youāre willing to invest for it, but if not, they have a mobile website (create an account and sync it with your computer).
This is the deck youāre going to download. Import it to Anki and do this every day. I have learned the hard way (twice) that skipping this is bad. If you become overwhelmed, you can change the number of new cards and reviews by clicking the cog next to the name of the deck!
3. Cure Dolly (Youtube, grammar) + transcript. She has kind of a posh accent, you might want to turn subtitles on. Watch a few videos when you feel like it but most importantly set up 4 and 5 as soon as possible
4. Yomitan (must have) is a browser extension that functions as a pop-up dictionary. you need to install dictionaries for it to work. here are some dictionaries you can use with yomitan and explanations of what they do
5. READ. DO NOT LET YOURSELF GET STUCK BEFORE THIS STEP. JUST READ!!!! Most people who fail to learn Japanese do so because they are afraid of not being ready to move on, which is counterproductive. Just read. When you were a child did you spend years on vocab and grammar before reading? No I bet you did not. Pick something to read and learn what you donāt already know by reading in Japanese.
Jiten.moe has a list of novels and visual novels that you can read on your computer sorted by difficulty. So does jpdb. Thereās also this document. Thereās also this document. Hey look this website is cool too
For visual novels: download LunaHook. It āhooksā to your VN and allows you to use Yomitan on words you donāt know. Turn off the translation feature, it does nothing to help you learn
For literary texts: ttsu e-reader supports epub and htmlz files.
You can also learn Japanese by watching anime, but itās a little more convoluted and requires a lot more patience.
For manga, utilize Mangatan, but I donāt recommend this right out the gate because when youāre first learning sentence structure youāll want something with complete sentences.
Set your computer up for mining vocab before you start reading. Once you finish your kaishi deck, you can drill your mining cards (I didnāt do mine until after finishing kaishi because it was too much).
Most importantly: reading is going to be hard at first. It is going to piss you off. You need to muscle through with this because this is where the bulk of your learning will happen. After a while you will just feel like reading because you love reading! Try not to pick something too hard for your first read, but if youāre interested in the story you might be able to muscle through something a little tougher.
Remember to consult yomitan and cure dolly where needed, thatās what itās there for. As you can see I am quite normal about the Japanese language, so if you have any other questions or need help with anything else feel free to shoot me an ask and I will get back to you promptly. Japanese is not your enemy and it is not impossible. It is your friend
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