25 aotearoa

—"tyranny requires constant effort. it breaks, it leaks. authority is brittle. oppression is the mask of fear"

[crystal072619]

Had to share

[gothredy]

[fervent-bookwomb]

i think that soy sauce fish and honey bear must be the very very best of friends

[fervent-bookwomb]

look at them. look at them!!! i bet they have tea parties together when the spice cabinet is closed.

[emtearzz]

buddies!!

[vamptits]

don't ever look up what your childhood friends are up to now!!!!!!!!!! like girl you're a nuclear safety engineer. i put on matching socks today. we played tag a thousand years ago.

[halberdbooks]

Yeah

[miiilowo]

having anti role models is a beautiful thing. it's not easy to live up to someone else's behavior but it is easy to lasso yourself into behaving right when you realize you're reminding yourself of the worst person youve ever met in your entire life

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

it would be crazy to be the first guy to be blown up by a hand grenade. what the hell just bounced in here. some kind of component

[mythtakens]

“these characters should be mentally healthy before they get together 😌” ummm no I actually think we should smash their mental illnesses together like clumps of play-doh and see what colors it makes

[mydamnchocolate]

i fear byler is so monumental that my algorithm is shoving spirk at me as solace

[probuccalfat]

i’ve been saying “do it scared” but now i gotta actually do it

[neenarchive]

me: you literally have a disorder. this is symptoms

me: no perhaps my soul is rotten

[oshetart]

Someday, I'd like to show them to you.

[hikikomoricomplex]

There is a fairly significant bit of wordplay in Frieren that will escape the notice of most English-speaking viewers, but I quite like it so I’ll explain it here. The title of the series in Japanese is 葬送のフリーレン (Sousou no Furiiren). “Furiiren” is of course Frieren; “sousou” means “funeral rites” or “attending a funeral”, but can literally be translated as “sending to the grave”. Since the story opens with Frieren watching her old adventuring pals growing old and passing away, we’re naturally led to the simple interpretation of the title: she’s attending her friends’ funerals.

(The full official English title is Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, because literal translations rarely make catchy titles.)

Later, as Frieren is fighting Aura, Lügner explains that Frieren is the most prolific demon-killer in history. In the English translations I’ve seen, this earns her the nickname “Frieren the Slayer”. But in the original Japanese, this nickname is 葬送のフリーレン: “Sousou no Furiiren”, the title of the series.

In this context, this line (and the title, too) could be more literally interpreted as “Frieren, who sends you to your grave”. It also means the line is a little more impactful in Japanese — you’re supposed to point at the screen and yell “hey that’s the name of the show!!”

There’s really just no way to preserve wordplay like this through translation so I can’t fault the translators at all for not trying, but it’s a fun thing that’s worth pointing out nonetheless. I just love that this was clearly something the author was setting up from the very beginning.

[newenglandotaku]

[rratpower]

gaming elf

practice piece

[asmeesh]

Doodled while watching the calves in the field

[butterflypeaflowertea]

u call her a “war criminal” and “tyrant” ...i call her “babygirl”

[kidspawn]

say what you will about the morality of not giving a fuck if he died. but this is a person who was actively advocating for harm, for hatred and bigotry, for the very type of violence that killed him. hard for me to give a shit. tbh. maybe if he hadn't said death was necessary for his right to carry a firearm. maybe if he wasn’t a piece of shit rape apologist. maybe if he didn't advocate against women's bodily autonomy. maybe if he didn't advocate against trans and queer rights. maybe if he didn't dedicate his life to encouraging the stripping of human rights and spreading misery. maybe if he bothered to be a decent fucking human being I'd give a shit. but i have emotional energy to put elsewhere and i sure as shit won't waste it on him.