#low context

[sonicjustbecause]

I understand that the anglo-american culture is low context, so there people tend to rely on spoken language over everything else.

But certain Sonic fan seems to go as far as reeling exclusively on spoken language alone.

For example when certain Anglo Saxon American SoJ purists (but not only them) show piece of dialogues and use the spoken words to judge the character and to tell that 'the character never changed since day one'.

(Certain is bolded because if you think you fit the SoJ purist but you don't do that, then you're not mentioned in the post).

I'm not referring only to SoJ puristys but also on other kind of Sonic fans who are champions in missing context.

If you look at why in that moment a character said that specific phrase, the perception of the character is totally different than when you just look at what the character said.

Certain pages of IDW comics seems really made with those people in mind. It is annoying since I love to see rather than being told, but I guess is necessary if more and more people can't get it.

High context version.

[the-dao-of-the-zerg]

The opposite of “honk” is “fruitcake”

[sonicjustbecause]

I watched some Sonic games (Adventures) in English, but I perceived the characters as they're perceived from Japanese media. I think is not really the language but is possibly how hig or low context is the culture you come from.

If a culture is high or low context may change among people who talk the same language and even in work places. Italy is considered high context, while most native English speaker are from low context cultures. So, I imagine is possible that my culture influences me on how I perceive Sonic characters (I look for their action and their reactions), so it doesn't change much if is Japanese or English. For those from a low context culture things might be different and more jarring, they may experiece things more differently than I do...

Below Wikipedia explains about high and low context cultures and how they change our perception.

Anyway. Sonic media I saw in English only

Sonic Adventure Sonic Adventure 2

It was early in the '01's and I and my brother could not talk English at all. We figured all out from the context. I remember when my brother, who was still a kid back then, said: 'Shadow is not evil, he is one of the good guys!'

Sonic Heroes Sonic 06 Sonic Chronicles (Italian, actually) Sonic Forces (Italian - so boring I only remember Infinite's voice because his Italian voice is so beautiful). Sonic Lost World (boring too)

Both English and Japanese Sonic Unleashed Sonic Frontiers (Italian and Japanese actually)

Japanese only

Sonic X - Saw in italian long ago, I don't remember the details. The only thing is remember is...

Then I rewatched all episodes in Japanese (with subs of course) few years ago, some episodes more than once.

Sonic OVA

[definitlynotdwr]

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[amaranthymes-lab]

Chapter 1: Glyph

Hestia knows her way around glyphs even with her eyes closed. She memorized them the quickest, and knew by instinct even before she was found by the sisterhood what those etched lines mean. Each glyph, to her mind, has its own flavor. Their personalities were distinct, easily differentiated. She found training difficult, since she drew them purely from sight– something she was heavily trained out of since a crooked line translates to death.

Hers, if she’s not careful.

The sister she’s currently working with was held long before her, yet she was barred from personal rituals. The older girl had begged Hestia to partner up, claiming difficulties to ask others for it.

“A favour, Hestia!”

Hestia could not deny the sweet promise of an unfair deal. In the future, she is sure to utilise this favour to its fullest. If only Hestia heeds her other sisters’ warning and rejects the earnest pleading of the sister before her whose eyes were wide and fingers darkened with dust and charcoal, she would have lived until dinner.

Alas, the other girl was redundantly incapable in the manner of glyphs despite her abundance of arcane powers, and thus the ritual folds in on itself, dragging Hestia along with it. The arcane source from beyond did not call or warn of its coming. It floods the room with a light brighter than lightning, deafening their eyes and ears. Her lungs were stuck in its surprise exhale, and Hestia flailed around for grip. When she found nothing, she tried to etch the glyphs she knew like breathing, and was promptly cut.

The entirety of it is distant, separated by a ravine darker than black.

She would have heaved in panic if not for the sudden silence that slams her as everything she knew before her fades to black. She only noticed she was still alive by virtue of her chattering teeth and eyelid movement, the silence and sight so dark and overwhelming she waited for the grim by her foot.

Then, as if caressed by some nonexistent wind, a sweet, barely there sensation on her forehead sends her off.

[mellifluousoctopus]

its very hard to be a high context speaker with low context friends. I dont even have super high context way of speaking

"I feel bad after todays meeting"

"what about?" [Tell me more about how you're feeling]

"What do you think? You saw it happen. >;("

or

"Thats really ambitious"

"Yeah but my philosophy is to reach for pluto, and i can't i'll try to make the moon seem like i did" [I have high expectations, but i'm not going to destroy myself achieving the impossible so I'll do what I can to get as close as possible]

"Why would you care about pluto?"

[mordcore]

cops defeated by mud wizard! pigs rolling in the mud!

[intimate-mirror]

Quigley is my favorite. He’s like so everything great.