Mystic

waffle enjoyer + mcyt & pjo fan

[bananonbinary]

literally we need to get rid of the stigma of questioning once and for all.

call yourself gay. call yourself ace. call yourself a lesbian today and a nonbinary bi trans man tomorrow. its fine. literally no community has ever been harmed by someone thinking that label might apply to them and then discarding it later. anyone who says otherwise is drinking the exclusionary kool-aid and isn’t worth the time it would take to argue with them.

[karhs]

i think that if squirrels had the capacity to use and understand language they would constantly be saying shit like "I'm such a nutpilled stumpcel" and so on

[nostalgiamonster]

how do i delete someone elses post

[karhs]

u have to gather seven sacred objects of power and shit. it's a whole quest. sorry

[waitingforsecretsouls]

Now why is the French translation hosted on Webtoon SO much better than the official English translation, holy shit...(I know the bar is not high, but still...Having access to such an improved alternative on Webtoon itself...)

[waitingforsecretsouls]

Some examples of the differences that (positively) most caught my eye:

Enryu's warning

EN: "Only those who belive in the false king will remain here and face death"

FR: "Only those who believe in this imposter of a king will remain here and die at my hands."

The English translation makes this statement very..passive, almost? When we see Enryu specifically killing Zahard's followers once they take up the gauntlet he threw down by denouncing Zahard. At the end of the day it's personal taste, but I do prefer the emphasiz on himself as the acting party in a character that is already as sparse in actual character moments as Enryu. I also think his label of Zahard sounds slightly more contemptuous in the second one, which is anothe plus to me.

Traumerei's ultimatum to Wangwang

EN: "Yes. What difference will it make if I know how some insignificant creature would feel? Did you expect me to show love and mercy? And that to a mere dog? [...] Well, give your body to the canines that are running to you now and die with as many scratches on your body as their number. Then I'll show mercy as you wish."

FR: "Yes. Why should I concern myself with the feelings of creatures more insignificant than a grain of dust? Don't tell me you expected love and compassion from me, and that for a simple dog? [...] Let's see. If you leave your body at the mercy of all these dogs that are currently descending upon you...and let them mark it with as many scratches as there are individuals in their ranks, then this death will deserve my mercy."

Just colder all around, imo (plus the English TL spamming the whole "insignificant creature" just a bit too rapidly in Traumerei's dialogue in that chapter in particular, so anything that breaks that up a little is good in my book). The more mocking "don't tell me", the comparison of Wangwang and his children to beneath even a speck of dust to Traumerei (that I also remember from an English fantranslation back in the day). While it does depend on what you chose to go with (the potentially better fit at the end may well have been "pity"), I chose to go with "mercy" for the closed loop this makes with Traumerei's mention of the "mercy of all those dogs" (that we know HE is controlling the actions of). Traumerei also comes across as less acquiescing in his closing word there, positioning himself as the final arbiter of mercy imposing his conditions rather than the guy kindly being willing to honor Wangwangs wish, which also feels more fitting to me.

Zahard's speech to Khel Hellam and the Hidden Grove

EN: "You're here. [Khel Hellan:'...Who are you?'] Let me ask you something. What am I to you? I was the first one to climb the Tower. I was the greatest Fisherman in battle. And I pioneered a civilisation of mutual understanding among the people of the Tower. But you probably know me best by a different word. The word "King". [...] What a fool. Are you that sure of the future you saw? You're so full of yourself after getting just a little glimpse of destiny that now you think you can predict everything. And yet you're blind to the truth staring you right in the face. You'll see for youself once we start fighting whether I'm really the king or not."

FR: "There you are. [Khel Hellam: 'Who are you?'] Well...That's the question I wanted to ask you. What am I to you? I'm the first traveller who climbed the Tower. I was the best Fisherman on the battlefield. And I'm also the pioneer who passed on to all the beings in the tower a civilisation that enabled them to understand each other. But the term that describes me and that you probably understand best is certainly that of “King”.[...] What a ridiculous guy. Are you convinced that there can be no mistakes in the future you have seen? Your ability to foresee fate makes you proud. You think you can predict anything. So much so that you have become blind, refusing to believe the truth that is right in front of you. In that case, confront me, and you can confirm it for yourself. You will know whether I am really the King or not."

This might arguably one of the "smaller" ones but I do enjoy how it basically confirms my interpretation of the more ambiuous English version, where Zahard inquires after the Hidden Groves views on him and his many potential titles and accomplishments, rather than just talks down to them à la 'What do you take me for' that many people seem to take it as. I also just like the segment on precognition better, as it feels more elegant to me in its structure (and less colloquial). Again, personal preference.

Data Zahard's words to Bam

EN: "Take it. I want to show you to the me on the outside. You have to meet the outside me. It may be hard right now, but if you grow more...You may even be able to give the me on the outside a new experience too. So I'll let you go. [...] Little monster. [....] Let the me on the outside taste the thrill of adventure once more-"

FR: "Take it. No matter who you are, I want to show you to the outside me. You absolutely must meet him. It will be difficult for now, but if you evolve even more... You might be able to bring him something new. I think it's destiny. That's why I'm going to let you go.[...] Little monster. [...] And force the me from the outside to resume the adventure and…"

That's some very blunt irony that's missing in ENG with the whole "no matter who you are" and the huge "destiny" plot point of Bam as Zahard's prophesized killer, as well as a different vibe in data Zahard's wish to his outside self (with more potential lore implications...), with a continuation of their adventure rather than a completely isolated new one, as a bit of enrichment only. I also like that it makes data Zahard look a bit harder on his outside self to get off his throne again haha.

Outside Zahard's data fragment

To Bam:

EN: "You look...Strange...Those golden eyes...I thought I killed you before. ..Son of Arlene. I can tell just from looking at your eyes. I don't know how you managed to come back to life but fate is really toying with us...Son of the women I loved more than anyone. I didn't think I would get to kill you again with my own two hands...Don't be too sad. I'm going to find everyone here and on the train, and everyone you've ever run into. Then once I've killed them all I'll send them to you. So rest in peace."

FR: "You...That's strange..Those golden eyes...But I killed you. Son of Arlen. I know it just by seeing these eyes. I don't know how you managed to come back to life, but fate is really playing with us. Child of the woman I loved most. I didn't think I'd have to kill you again with my own hands...I'm going to find everyone on the train and on this floor and everyone you've met so far. When I've killed them all I'll send them to you. Go in peace."

Mostly the same, but with some minor but crucial (to me, someone hypersensitive to every minute detail that migth shift the perception of Zahard) differences. The biggest one obviously the implied relish of the ENG at "getting" to kill Bam again, whereas this is explicitly a unwelcomed necessity in FR (something which I obviously prefer, even if only for the reason that Zahard killed him for the purposes of staying dead the first time). Zahard also comes across as a bit more genuinely baffled in the FR to me with the short "But I killed you(/I killed you though") as an alternative phrasing (..?? implied). And again, probably pretty minor to most but a welcome difference to me, given how much fanon tries to reduce Zahard to an Arlene obsession, the more subdued "woman I loved most" than "woman I loved MORE THAN ANYONE" (which, hey, might well be true, but I appreciate toning it down nonetheless, given how much fandom cannot shup up about it).

To Data Zahard:

EN: "What are you doing? Hey."

FR: "What are you doing? Other me."

Self explanatory.

EN: "...An adventure, huh? That's right, embarking on an eternal adventure- if that's my fate, I have to accept it. However. Since that day when I began to see all causes and effects from the same height as god....I found out how to play around with fate. Cruel fate."

FR: "It's...an adventure? That's right, it's the beginning of an eternal adventure. If this is my destiny, I have to accept it. Only, since that day when I was able to look at all causes and effects...From the same height as a god...I learned to play with fate. And fate is cruel."

Arguably the most minor one on the list, but I feel like FR makes it clearer that the data of outside Zahard is responding to the "adventure" data Zahard meant by pointing at Bam * shrug * Also potential lore implication by refering to a more general "a god" rather than the one..?

[flawtty]

[flawtty]

dark nights is full of hilarious moments but junoru’s route is peak comedy, and i took it upon myself to note down my favorite bits! spoilers past chapter 1 under the cut:

mc starting conversations with pick-up lines

mc breaking a wall just by leaning on it

the i’m-pretending-not-to-know-you tension between chain and juju when they meet in front of the mansion 

chain asking “is this house empty” while looking at juju dead in the eyes

juju running away and the best explanation he comes up with is “i don’t like him”

“do you normally hang out… in there?”

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[littlehikerbird]

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[deadeyesopened]

ive gotten so much mileage out of this tweet. every time i see something on the internet that makes me mad i just think to myself "people in real life: hey man how's it going" and i keep it pushing

[magpiesketches]

Reblog to save a life

[zooophagous]

Note from a graphic designer who has to fix this shit all day: rich black is prettier sure but for the love of the gods don’t use it for text if it’s going on newsprint. If its anything other than solid black it will bleed out and become unreadable.

Half my job is fixing this mistake all day from people who really really should know better. And now you know!

[bigmammallama5]

^exactly. Rich black is definitely better for graphics or large hits of black if you want it to be REALLY black and not look washed out. Especially if you’re printing in CMYK only (no spot colors), a rich black can really help tie your art together.

[yippiekippie]

you mean to tell me there are people who don't make little creature noises on a daily basis? wild

[rick-roller]

Actually, a new study from Richardson University at Michigan revealed that all humans make some sort of sound when they are alone, uncomfortable, or experiencing an overload of amigdalinoids.

These "little creature noises" were present in each of the over 500 participants, through multiple trials. You can read more about the different kinds of antelinguistic expressions (M. Asteley et al., 2008) here.

[yippiekippie]

that is so swag

[bathylychnops]

deleting files makes me so scared what if i Needed That

[gummybearattacktheworldofdespair]

[the-real-seebs]

one way to read this is "this man has no idea what he is saying"

another to read this is "this man is terminally online and has excellent comedic timing"

[naamahdarling]

Oh that's WONDERFUL. I LOVE him!

[pangur-and-grim]

I disturbed her rest

[shadesofmauve]

I want to step away from the art-vs-artist side of the Gaiman issue for a bit, and talk about, well, the rest of it. Because those emotions you're feeling would be the same without the art; the art just adds another layer.

Source: I worked with a guy who turned out to be heavily involved in an international, multi-state sex-slavery/trafficking ring.

He was really nice.

Yeah.

It hits like a dumptruck of shit. You don't feel stable in your world anymore. How could someone you interacted with, liked, also be a truly horrible person? How could your judgement be that bad? How can real people, not stylized cartoon bogeymen, be actually doing this shit?

You have to sit with the fact that you couldn't, or probably couldn't, have known. You should have no guilt as part of this horror — but guilt is almost certainly part of that mess you're feeling, because our brains do this associative thing, and somehow "I liked [the version of] the guy [that I knew]", or his creations, becomes "I made a horrible mistake and should feel guilty."

You didn't, loves, you didn't.

We're human, and we can only go by the information we have. And the information we have is only the smallest glimpse into someone else's life.

I didn't work closely with the guy I knew at work, but we chatted. He wasn't just nice; he was one of the only people outside my tiny department who seemed genuinely nice in a workplace that was rapidly becoming incredibly toxic. He loaned me a bike trainer. Occasionally he'd see me at the bus stop and give me a lift home.

Yup. I was a young woman in my twenties and rode in this guy's car. More than once.

When I tell this story that part usually makes people gasp. "You must feel so scared about what could have happened to you!" "You're so lucky nothing happened!"

No, that's not how it worked. I was never in danger. This guy targeted Korean women with little-to-no English who were coerced and powerless. A white, fluent, US citizen coworker wasn't a potential victim. I got to be a person, not prey.

Y'know that little warning bell that goes off, when you're around someone who might be a danger to you? That animal sense that says "Something is off here, watch out"?

Yeah, that doesn't ping if the preferred prey isn't around.

That's what rattled me the most about this. I liked to think of myself as willing to stand up for people with less power than me. I worked with Japanese exchange students in college and put myself bodily between them and creeps, and I sure as hell got that little alarm when some asian-schoolgirl fetishist schmoozed on them. But we were all there.

I had to learn that the alarm won't go off when the hunter isn't hunting. That it's not the solid indicator I might've thought it was. That sometimes this is what the privilege of not being prey does; it completely masks your ability to detect the horrors that are going on.

A lot of people point out that 'people like that' have amazing charisma and ability to lie and manipulate, and that's true. Anyone who's gotten away with this shit for decades is going to be way smoother than the pathetic little hangers-on I dealt with in university. But it's not just that. I seriously, deeply believe that he saw me as a person, and he did not extend personhood to his victims. We didn't have a fake coworker relationship. We had a real one. And just like I don't know the ins-and-outs of most of my coworkers lives, I had no idea that what he did on his down time was perpetrate horrors.

I know this is getting off the topic, but it's so very important. Especially as a message to cis guys: please understand that you won't recognize a creep the way you might think you will. If you're not the preferred prey, the hind-brain alarm won't go off. You have to listen to victims, not your gut feeling that the person seems perfectly nice and normal. It doesn't mean there's never a false accusation, but face the fact that it's usually real, and you don't have enough information to say otherwise.

So, yeah. It fucking sucks. Writing about this twists my insides into tense knots, and it was almost a decade ago. I was never in danger. No one I knew was hurt!

Just countless, powerless women, horrifically abused by someone who was nice to me.

You don't trust your own judgement quite the same way, after. And as utterly shitty as it is, as twisted up and unstead-in-the-world as I felt the day I found out — I don't actually think that's a bad thing.

I think we all need to question our own judgement. It makes us better people.

I don't see villains around every corner just because I knew one, once. But I do own the fact that I can't know, really know, about anyone except those closest to me. They have their own full lives. They'll go from the pinnacles of kindness to the depths of depravity — and I won't know.

It's not a failing. It's just being human. Something to remember before you slap labels on people, before you condemn them or idolize them. Think about how much you can't know, and how flawed our judgement always is.

Grieve for victims, and the feeling of betrayal. But maybe let yourself off the hook, and be a bit slower to skewer others on it.

[tref0il]

WHEN ON PERIOD:

do not crash out

your feelings are NOT valid

do not send that text

don't kill yourself. lock in

do not act on negative emotions until at least 2 days have elapsed

[jordanbolton]

To The Person Who Was Sitting Near Me On The Train - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is out Nov 7th and is available to pre-order here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

[arilevine]

brought a smile to my face and made me excited for school pick-up.

[sandersstudies]

SOOOOO funny when you’re having a strong emotion and your logical brain KNOWS you’re overreacting but you literally can’t do anything about it.

[sandersstudies]

Emotional brain: fire and rage and biting and biting and biting

Logical brain: That was an innocent mistake, and not anyone’s fault.

Emotional brain: you’re right… fire and rage and biting biting biting for one thousand years tho

[starlightomatic]

45 million Americans have health insurance through the Medicaid expansion, which is a program through Obamacare in which states can opt into expanded Medicaid coverage, which means that if you're low-income but not 0 income, you can still have Medicaid. I am one of those 45 million Americans. I have a number of health conditions, most of which I have only just begun treating, and the combination of which render me semi-nonfunctional.

If Obamacare is repealed, I will lose my health insurance. And if Trump and a Republican Senate and House are elected, it will be. Please, if polls are still open in your state and you haven't voted yet, go vote.