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[nustars707]

INTRO POST ~☆

I'm Aster, 21, they/he, lesbian, Irish.

My main interests are Chainsaw Man, Gachiakuta, Sanda, Nu:Carnival, Ensemble Stars, Art, Roblox, Jujutsu Kaisen, various BL & GL, and just Anime and Manga in general.

Yes I stole my name from that vampire twink it's like one letter off my deadname so it was a highly convenient robbery.

[plavlb]

Finally, a video about my 2 favorite characters xd

[cornbreadslam]

hmbgjnhgh karasu

[nustars707]

Daster baby came to me in the shower yesterday and I had to fulfill the daydream

Feat. Proud uncle eiden

[ironmermaidens]

speaking of branzy having power and control in his relationship with clown, i think where people go wrong with clownzy is they dont know what that looks like, and if you take clownzy in a vacuum you aren't ever going to find the answer, because branzy never abuses the power he has in his relationship with clown.

branzy's power in this relationship is the same as it is in any other relationship: he is observant, calculating, and exploitative. perfect example: trapping rekrap. theres a reason parrot came to branzy with this challenge. despite being a friend and teammate of rek's parrot never came anywhere near as close to succeeding as branzy did. branzy is not just close friends with rek, hes someone who knows how to observe others and note down behaviors, habits, strengths, and weaknesses. you cant brute force rekrap into a generic trap, and branzy knows this, so he uses his observations to tailor traps for rek that exploit his paranoia and work with it rather than against it. his entire video about reconciling with rekrap is a showcase of branzy showing this skill off! every one of the traps he made exploited the habits rek had that kept him safe from falling into other peoples traps. it was branzy spending that whole time ith rek saying "see how easily i can hurt you? arent i such a good guy because i dont?"

to take this back to clownzy, the entire reason clown teamed up with branzy is because he needed branzy to cover his weaknesses regarding redstone. their teamup was the result of clown falling into two other people's traps. hes putting a LOT on the line by letting branzy close to him, because hes basically giving branzy the key to destroying him. branzy is close enough to clown to know exactly how to exploit his nature and his weaknesses to kill him. or worse. hes smart enough to figure out a trap that would work on him. if he really wanted to betray clown he could have at any point, and theres a good chance he could have succeeded, too. the reason clown is constantly purposefully intimidating branzy is beacuse he knows branzy has the power to destroy him now, and he has to remind branzy of why that is a very bad idea. he has to assert his control of the situation. its clown saying you could kill me, but i could kill you worse.

and furthermore its not even the intimidation that keeps branzy from betraying him–well, not in the way youd think, anyway. because branzy is not afraid of risk. he got himself down to four hearts in the cleansing assisting his team even though clown explicitly told him to hide and protect himself. hes clearly not afraid of dying! no, the reason it works is because branzys a freak thats into it. he likes it when clown threatens him. and he GOT OUT. he wasnt teamed with clown in season 4 or 5, but he still gravitated to him anyway, because he missed that dynamic. he likes it when clown threatens him! and he likes it because its proof that clown considers him enough of a threat that he needs to keep him in line. because he doesnt make those kinds of threats with other weak players. he just kills them. and that power trip is a helluva drug.

[eatfriessss00]

That franchise has been around for the past decade and what they're currently doing is just recycling old plot from the ! Era😵 I'm sorry but I don't feel anything after reading the megasphere arc. I'm never taking the new plot seriously all of this feels like as if I'm watching a sitcom comedy because the whole plot has been a mess since 2023/2024. A children's cartoon show has better writing than this

[dreaming-lady]

Arashi Narukami And Feminine Language (Joseigo, 女性語）

Hello! This isn't a usual style of post of mine, but I had been wanting to make something related to it for a little while.

In the source material, Arashi Narukami uses a style of speech known as Joseigo, or literally, female words/language. It is as the name suggests, a style of speaking predominantly used by women with the intention of sounding softer and more feminine usually spoken in a higher cadence. However there is no comfortable English equivalent for this, and much of it is lost in translation due to it. So I wanted to take a moment to shine a light on this language for people who may not be as familiar with it, as I believe it's a big element in how voice is written for Arashi.

The following will just use certain examples of language to illustrate how this speech comes up in Arashi's normal talking.

(All examples used are direct quotes from Arashi, they are romanised for ease of reading)

In Joseigo, different particles are used at the end of a sentence to soften it. Some common ones are, wa, wa yo, da wa, na no, or opting more often for the polite invitational mashou.

Kyou wa nakanaka haado na ichinichi datta wa ne.

Saikin, oishii ranchi wo dasu omise wo mizuketa no.

Ufufu, sou na na yo~! Ureshii wa, Ritsu-chan. Kizuitekureta no ne ♪

"No" in particular is often a more feminine grammatical replacement for -ndesu or -nda or -nandesu which go on the end of sentences. Attaching this grammar element to the end of nouns or the short form of verbs can indicate there being an implicit reason or explanation for something. The second example used above follows a sentence that is an invitation to eat together, the "no" indicates that the sentence is an implicit explanation for the question that came before, mentioning she recently discovered a new shop.

Another very common ending element that comes up in Arashi's speech is the well known "kashira", which can be used as a replacement for "kana". Used for wondering and questioning.

Tama ni wa issho ni ohiru demo dou kashira?

You will also notice in this example the use of o + noun, adding o or go to the front of certain nouns makes them more polite, which is also used in Joseigo, likely borrowed from Japanese polite language, particularly Sonkeigo.

In more neutral or masculine language, nai + ka can be used to indicate an invitation or prompting intention to perform an action, a more casual form of the verb conjugation -masenka. Similar to English's "won't you do-" or "don't you want to- or "why don't you-" in how it adapts an otherwise negative conjugation into a positive question. However Joseigo commonly omits the final ka, making the question implicit to the sentence's intonation.

Yokattara, tameshiteminai?

I don't have much more to mention, it's hard to expand beyond "this is how it works and Arashi uses it" but gendered language in Japanese is very interesting, there are also more masculine speaking styles. I find this side of Arashi's speaking is really important to how she is communicated as a character, providing a brighter and cuter charm to normal language that aligns well with her personality. Arashi is already very expressive and I find her Joseigo is a part of it, bringing a flair of individuality to her language that accompanies her cheerful demeanor. It's a shame that English doesn't have a straight forward equivalent to it, much of it is lost in my work. I hope in the future more people will be able to recognize her Joseigo and appreciate the extra sparkle it brings to her.

I'll finish off this post with another one of Arashi's more common integrated phrases. "Ara" or "ara ara" you have likely come across in Japanese media before, and is used to express amusement or surprise, think along the lines of "oh dear" and "oh my ". It is a general expression for anything that piques interest or causes astonishment.

[nustars707]

Despite running a fandom blog and being a gigantic fucking loser nerd as an artist I mainly do just like. Studies and just general figurative illustrations like idk why but fanart in a cute style is like impossible

[nustars707]

Listen, I like both yutamaki and nobamaki but my fucking god the male ytmk fans make that ship almost unbearable you cant see cute content w out a million sexualised maki gifs in the comment sections or 10000 posts abt how she was some sorta prize to be won or "conquered" and not an actual fucking. Individual.

Can male jjk fans be normal for 5 fjcking seconds istg

[nustars707]

Rereading Perfect Preparation before watching it and it is so hard to hold bsck tears I can't take it.

I first read jjk in 2021 when I was 16. I'm now 21 and even as an interest may fade in and out, I fear this is one that's not going anywhere anytime soon. While it waned within the past year or two, it's back in the forefront of my heart and mind and I want to ride this love of mine to motivate myself to finally finish the manga.

(Got like halfway into the colony arc and stopped reading bc life happened and never got round to picking it up again)

[nustars707]

God charisma house has begun to have a hold on me

Just reached the first charisma break I am LOVING these guys so far audio drama is such an underrated medium omfg

[indecisnyan]

IT BEGINS

Eiden wakes up one day unable to talk with everyone! Shenanigans ensue.

I started this over 2 years ago and after fighting through burnout and other issues I finally stumbled my way over the finish line! With the new event I figured it'd be a good time to crunch and finish this thing.

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Tagged under nucani litcom !

Next Pages: HERE!

[nustars707]

No fucking way am I intentionally spoiling hells paradise for myself all bc I wanna see some yuri crumbs

[shamebats]

If you see the quote "I refuse to share my body with a man who wouldn't defend it politically" or any variation of it floating around the internet — it was Kat Blaque who originally said it and she would really appreciate it if people gave her proper credit for it but it's gone viral on a lot of different platforms and most of the people sharing it don't know it's from her or choose not to credit her on purpose.

[shamebats]

Like I just know terfs are going to be parroting it pretending it wasn't said by a black trans woman about herself & her life.

[nustars707]

GET MOMOA'D LOSER

[nustars707]

ITS HIM MILTY MOO MOO IS BSCK MY FAVOURITE EVER MR COW BEST DAD IN THE WORLD AND LITTLE MILO MOOMOO THE BEST CALF EVER AND... ALIEN TEAT???? WHATEVER IM JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE MY NO 1 GUYS AGAIN

[demonmoo]

mermaid arashi 🪸🧜‍♀️

[nustars707]

Does anyone have any art requests I need to beat art blocks ass one way or another