Tenacious' neat Finds

[softichill]

I think abt this tiktok all the time

[thesadcyborg9million]

Diversity hire bryson ur absolutely slaying

[doyoulovethewayzeylily]

are you "self-aware" or are you intellectualizing your emotions because you don't know how to feel them?

[inmygalaxy]

@unofficial-autism-post

[hikari-kaitou]

Translation from Naruhodo Fanbook

I felt like doing some translation for my own enjoyment so I grabbed my Naruhodo fanbook and picked this amazing scene out from the character blog section in the back. This was written by Takumi Shuu as promo material for the original trilogy back in 2005.

“English Version”

Mayoi: Hey, hey Naruhodo-kun! Did you hear?

Naruhodo: Hear what? You look awfully excited.

M: Apparently we’re finally gonna make our American debut!

N: Oh, you mean the English version, huh?

M: And apparently the setting is, get this, the crime capital, Los Angeles! Isn’t it exciting?!

N: …Don’t let anyone from Los Angeles hear you call their city that. They’ll get mad.

M: Well, they have a saying there: “If you toss a rock into a crowd, it’ll hit a criminal.”

N: You do realize that the second you throw a rock into a crowd, you yourself are a criminal, right?

********

M: You know, Naruhodo-kun. Something about you just doesn’t do it for me…

N: Wh-what do you mean?

M: It’s your face. It wouldn’t fit the image of “the crime capital.” You’ve gotta at least dye your hair blond.

N: B-blond…?!

M: Ah! Come to think of it, there’s an old saying in my village.

N: Oh, I can’t wait to hear this.

M: Let’s see, they say if you wash your hair with beer, it’ll turn blond!

N: ……..

M: It’s a saying that’s been passed down for years, but no one’s tried it out yet.

N: All you’d need is one person to try it to know whether it’s true… That’s not much of a mystery.

M: Just wait a sec, ok? I’m gonna go buy some beer.

N: ….Um, you know, Mayoi-chan, I feel like I should just give you a heads up.

M: Hmm? about what?

N: You know this doesn’t mean we’ll be going to America ourselves, right?

M: What?! No way! Seriously?!

N: The name of the main character in the English version isn’t even “Naruhodo Ryuuichi”.

M: Aw come on! What’s his name, then?!

N: Um, if I remember correctly, it’s Phoenix Wright.

M: …Your name got changed to “Feenicks”?

N: What’s that face for?

M: I mean, look at you! You don’t look like a “Phoenix” at all.

N: You don’t think so? Personally, I think I’ve got some birdlike qualities.

M: In that case, I think they should’ve gone with “chicken” for you. Chicken lawyer.

N: Mayoi-chan… You’re in a weirdly combative mood today.

M: And you’re not nearly bright enough to earn the name “Light”

N: I’m pretty sure “Wright” and “Light” are two different words. Probably.

M: What about “Rice” instead?

N: Um, what?

M: Forget Phoenix Wright. Go with Chicken Rice.

N: Who the heck would ever name their kid that?

M: Or maybe “Fried” would be good. Chicken Fried.

N: Well, what would your name be, Mayoi-chan?

M: Me? Let’s see… My name’s Mayoi, so how about “Mayonnaise”?

N: …That actually might suit you pretty well.

M: I’m a fan of mayonnaise.

N: Chicken Fried and Mayonnaise… We sound like a pretty high calorie pair.

M: More like a delicious pair.

N: Come to think of it, what do you think Mitsurugi’s name should be?

M: Let’s see… His name is Mitsurugi Reiji, so… How about “Ray G. Mituroogi”?

N: Huh. That’s unexpectedly straightforward.

M: But it gives you a sense of his pickiness, don’t you think? Especially the “Mituroogi” part.

N: Either way, I’m pretty sure they’ll make his name totally different.

**********

M: ……………..

N: ? What’s up? You’re weirdly quiet all of a sudden.

M: I might’ve just thought of something amazing.

N: What’s that?

M: The perfect crime… in Los Angeles.

N: Perfect crime… You?

M: So there’s a lawyer who looks exactly like you over there in the Crime Capital, right?

N: I guess. Mr. Phoenix.

M: So for example, you could go to a restaurant and eat a whole bunch of food, like chicken rice and fried chicken with mayonnaise on it.

N: Yes, I can see it now…

M: Then when the bill comes, you can tell them you forgot your wallet at home. When someone from the staff grabs you by the scruff of your neck, you shout “I AM PHOENIX!”

N: …When I picture that scene, it looks like some serious carnage took place there.M: And then they’ll send the bill to that Attorney Phoenix guy, see?

N: …I feel like attempting a crime like that would get you stoned by someone.

M: And I could eat all the miso ramen I wanted too!

N: Unfortunately, I don’t think they have miso ramen in America.

M: Really? You think? …I wonder what American me’s favorite food is, then.

N: Who knows?

Voice: Excuse meee!

M: Oh, there’s someone at the door. Comingggg!

Delivery man: Um, I have something here for the Naruhodo and Co. Law Offices… Ah, for a Miss Mayoi. Is that you?

M: Y-yes, that’s me. What is it?

D: I work at the restaurant Burger Land, and I have a bill here for you.

M: “15 Triple Burgers at 4,500 yen a piece”… Th-this wasn’t me!

D: Sorry, but it was definitely you. You came to our shop, stuffed your mouth with burgers, and shouted “I AM MAYOI,” spraying food everywhere!

M: …………

N: ………..

M: They got us first, Naruhodo-kun.

N: Sounds like the American you likes burgers, huh?

[penny-anna]

like many people have said this better than me but no it IS odd that we've come to think of potatoes as so quintessentially european that their presence in historical fantasy where they're anachronistic doesn't jar. and yes people are trying to have the trappings of post-colonial europe without engaging w the icky colonialism part and yes people are neglecting to imagine what a european cuisine without potatoes would be like.

[penny-anna]

im fully in favour of 'let people have fun w their fantasy world' but is considering how the potatoes got there in the absence of colonialism not a fun exercise? maybe every year the dragon riders go on a great transatlantic potato pilgrimage

[penny-anna]

perhaps a good way to sum up the issue here is:

if you put potatoes in your medieval european style fantasy world people will by and large not find it jarring and accept it as a normal fantasy trope

if you put, say, black people in your medieval european style fantasy world a whole demographic of people will get very angry and accuse you of breaking their immersion

this is in spite of the fact that black people were a lot more common in medieval europe than potatoes.

[ttenaciousneatfinds]

I sort of agree, but also, if food isn't really a central theme to the story, that's a LOT of extra work. Creating a fictional world is already a lot of work, and drawing on real life is a very helpful tool when doing so. If you want to create a faux medieval europe, looking at current europe and being inspired by it creates a much better and more belivable baseline, than what can resonably be expected from an amatour focusing on other aspects of their worldbuilding. It's way more interesting to me, with a work that has done some effort to referance the differant culinary traditions of current day europe, and thus has some cultural differances between their 'basically france' and their 'basically russia', than a work where they got 1/5th of the way through deriving fully unique cusine in their world, gave up, and went "fuck it, everyone everywhere eats gruel, they had gruel", and for very many authors, that is genuinly the options. You can spend a year researching any aspect of your story, but if you spend a year researching every ascpet of your story, you'll be sitting there 80 years later having researched a lot and written nothing. Accepting food as a point of compromise requires very little from the reader, really. Lets be honest, the avarage reader, even the fantasy nerds, don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of what produce was and was not common in estonia 1109 to 1157, so it's a place where you can trade a lot of work and realism, for minimal work and a greater sense of a lived world, by just going 'what traditional foods do estonias eat now?', and people generally won't even notice you've done it. Meanwhile, other historical inacuracies, such as in metalurgy or military tacts, are both far more common for people to know and be interested in, but also often larger implications. Potatoes magically being native to Europe doesn't really have any implications for anything, except possibly increased food stability, and possible political implications once the world reaches the era when potatoes would have reached Europe normally. Meanwhile having crossbows be common 400 years earlier has huge implications for military tactics (not that most fantasy authors are sufficently rigourous about those aspects either, but rather that effort spent in those aspects has greater impact, not to mention the fact that resources are more readily available). I would also much rather have a fantasy-europe with colourful dyes, period apropriate military technology and an actual understand of feudal structures, but that has modern-traditional food, than black dirty clothes from the 1800s in a parody of 1200 england with 1600s armour, but with food that is perfectly accurate to 1212's northen England, while I might be happy to endure a drab, 0 dye, all sheep are black version of europe with horribly out of era food and arms, if the author displayed a perfect understanding of feudal politics. In fact, personally, there's very few things where I feel downprioritising that aspects historical accuracy in favour of culinary precition is a good trade in a work not inherantly focused on food.

Furhtermore, you do run the risk of alienating the peoples you're representing. Even if historically accurate, would someone from that region today feel ownership of 1200's food? For Norway, which is where I am from, for instance, sure, you can do the various fish products, and al that jazz, but I would probably feel more 'seen' culinarily, with an acurate depiction of the various styles of 'fish and potatoes' I know, than I would with a carefully reaserched norwegian costal diet ca 1200.

To be clear, I would love if more works had more period accurate food, but you have to make compromises, for time and effort and the story, and food is a very easy place to save effort for minimal harm to the story, and also has some direct advantages for the story itself.

[screampotato]

Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

[glitched-out-mess]

[theramblingvoid]

Hit "view post" and lost it

[unspeakabledigressions]

Me: Wow! You really used to write fan fiction, Grandma? What did you write about?

Grandma: Oh, it was for Star Trek. Just little stories about Kirk and Spock, you know?

Me:

[markv5]

Вставай, скоро молоко раздавать будут!…

[sergeantbabylegs-deactivated201]

[ranma-official]

the translation is significantly more Soviet in tone than the original, which is great

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

obsessed with the idea of angels seeing the first human death. 

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

ITS JUST SO FUNNY LIKE EJJFJWKIFIIF

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

angels see a human die for the first time and be like “thats wild lmao wyd after this?”

[unholyhymns]

the angels watching Cain kill Abel:

[m1911s-10th-anniversary]

The angels when they saw Abel in heaven:

[rikmach]

What was hillarious is in the RPG setting, world of Darkness, the angelic rebellion was ongoing at that point- and it was a completely bloodless war, because angels didn’t understand the *concept* of intentionally killing someone, and were creatively sterile compared to humans.

Then Caine murders Abel, and they were “Oh. Oh, shit, that’s something you can*do*!?” And the war got a lot more bloody.

[ulysses-but-somehow-more-transer]

take my ass to torture city where the grass is ouch and the girls are hit me

[armpits-are-crying]

nope. funkytown again

[ulysses-but-somehow-more-transer]

come on

[yuu-migiwa]

2026.7

[rainintheevening]

Okay, we got a new one, boys.

[fleshengine]

Close enough welcome back Chekov's gun.

[comma-souptra]

Prev you can’t bury this in your own tags

[hope-chest-resources]

ID: A screenshot of tags left on the tumblr post. They read "#it's actually kind of a reverse Chekhov's Gun #Chekhov's Gun says "If there is setup there must be payoff" #Asimov's Tail says "if there is payoff there must be setup" #and I think the tail is also important #a tail is not something you'd expect to see on a character unless explicitly pointed out #someone stepping on the tail not only reveals its existence but also tells us things about it #eg it's floor length sensitive and the character either can't or won't keep it out of the way of foot traffic #the upshot seems to be "acclimatise your audience to things they don't understand before you use them" #you don't need to explain how a gun on the mantelpiece works in the same way you need to explain how your protagonist's tail does" End ID.

[chipper-smol]

You are a romanceable option to your OCs, (they do not know you created them) this is

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Good

Real Good 😏

I’m aro and/or ace

I’m aro and/or ace but i kinda wanna see what they come up with

LOL this will be great

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Ehe i’m in danger :)

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[morhath]

I hate when king arthur has all these fussy little steps in the instructions and you're like "no way do these fussy little steps matter" but you try it and they do. they matter so much.

[bookaddict7342]

I thought you meant Camelot quests and I was like "that's fair, 'never pick a four leaf clover on the last Wednesday of the month' IS a fussy little step that shouldn't matter" but then I was like "wait isn't that also a flour company"

[morhath]

nooo I am not a beleaguered knight of the round table I am making elaborate focaccia 😭

[copperbadge]

"I hate when King Arthur has all these fussy little steps" -- Camelot cleaning staff, probably

[thememedaddy]

[redavexat]

A collection, for a well loved garf

A bonus picture for anyone who wants it

[notgreatbob]

''i wasted those years'' who cares. you lived the only life you could've lived in those moments

[callmezeemonic]

You did the best you could with all you had and knew. That was then. Here is now

[ttenaciousneatfinds]

Sure, but ten years of nothing still hurts man.

[desmolbean404]

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