I went through the old chapters where Dabi and Ujiko are included to take a deeper look at the relationship between these two.
Did you translate the conversations between the two of them into chapters 221 and 222?
I find the way Ujiko speaks to Dabi in the English translation strange. I'm curious if that's really how he expressed himself in Japanese. If I remember correctly, it seems to me that you translated a line of Ujiko's related to Dabi and it sounded less strange than in the English version. That one with "Dabi, you've got sharp eyes!" or smth like this
Hi there!
I only translated that specific line way back when Ujiko and AFO being involved in Touya's backstory was just a theory (long time ago).
I also did a translation of chapter 350, where Ujiko tells us that part of Touya's backstory, which also features a short conversation between the two.
Going back to chapter 221 and 222, here's a breakdown of the parts before the "good eye", starting with this part in chapter 221 (the first two speech bubbles can be found in the other post I linked above)
「そうじゃ違うんじゃこの子らは中位下位とは違うじゃよ~
最上位(ハイエンド)じゃよ
より「マスターピース」に近付いたスーパー脳無じゃ!
凄いじゃろうこれまでとは違うんじゃよ!!!」
「そう ; sou 」 = so
「じゃ ; ja 」 = to be
「違う ; chigau 」 = different
「んじゃ ; nja 」 = explanatory particle
「この ; kono 」 = this
「子ら ; kora 」 = children
「は ; wa 」 = topic particle
「中位下位 ; chuuikai 」 = middle class, lower class
「とは ; to wa 」 = quotation particle
「違う ; chigau 」 = different
「じゃ ; ja 」 = to be
「よ ; yo 」 = emphasis particle
「最上位 (ハイエンド) ; haiendo 」 = High End (the kanji mean the most upper class)
「じゃ ; ja 」 = to be
「よ ; yo 」 = emphasis particle
「より ; yori 」 = than
「マスターピース ; masutaapiisu 」 = master piece
「に ; ni 」 = directional particle
「近付いた ; chikazuita 」 = approached
「スーパー脳無 ; suupaa noumu 」 = super nomu
「じゃ ; ja 」 = to be
「凄い ; sugoi 」 = amazing
「じゃろう ; jarou 」 = right
「これまで ; kore made 」 = until this
「とは ; to wa 」 = quotation particle
「違う ; chigau 」 = different
「んじゃ ; nja 」 = explanatory particle
「よ ; yo 」 = emphasis particle
="That's right, they're different. These kids are different from the middle and lower class ones~ It's a High End (top tier). It's a Super Nomu, close to a masterpiece! Amazing, right? It's different from anything up until now!!!"
You best believe he chose the word masterpiece to piss off Touya here on purpose. Unfortunately, and maybe on purpose, we never get shown Touya's facial reaction to that, and he most likely played it cool on the outside, while on the inside wanting to set the whole place on fire.
The next little bit of dialogue between the two occurs in chapter 222:
「ならば荼毘にはハイエンドのテストに協力してほしいのう!!
趣味が!!審美眼がとても合う!!接しやすい!!」
「ならば ; naraba 」 = in case; as for
「荼毘 ; dabi 」 = Dabi
「には ; ni wa 」 = directional particle
「ハイエンド ; haiendo 」 = High Ends
「の ; no 」 = possession particle
「テスト ; tesuto 」 = test
「に ; ni 」 = directional particle
「協力 ; kyouryoku 」 = cooperation
「してほしい ; shitehoshii 」 = want you to do
「のう ; nou 」 = explanatory particle (adds emphasis)
「趣味 ; shumi 」 = preference; liking; taste
「が ; ga 」 subject particle
「審美眼 ; shinbigan 」 = aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
「が ; ga 」 subject particle
「とても ; totemo 」 = very
「合う ; au 」 = to fit/match
「接しやすい ; sesshiyasui 」 = easy to deal with/attend to
= "As for Dabi, I want you to test out the High End for me!! (Good) taste!! Your aesthetic sense matches a lot!! It will be easy for you to deal with it!!"
Obviously, in retrospect, knowing that Ujiko would have turned Touya into a nomu too, the "matching aesthetic sense" line feels even more rude now.
And finally Touya's response:
「話聞いてンのか」
「話 ; hanashi 」 = story
聞いてン ; kiiten 」 = to listen
「のか ; noka 」 = question particle
= "Are you listen to my story?"
The 'story' being him just a second prior to this having said he will go off on his own since he is in the middle of recruiting someone (don't do it!).
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probably the funniest part of academia is when you can slap clever-sounding words together put them through a search engine and learn that yes the thing you just invented is indeed a Highly Developed Concept already. like i've been researching intersections of emotion, literature & imperial legitimacy in romantic era britain for a while (thrilling stuff i know, riveting) and since i have a broad scope but a small brain one thing i do is make these giant mind maps. like just to visualize to myself how the prevalence of a Theme in literature (say, contagion, corruption, historicity) could allow us to draw conclusions about cultural moods (how's britain feeling? maybe a little anxious w all this talk about apocalypses and decline?) that could influence parliamentary debates. so NOW, half a year into making mind maps to explain my own thought processes to myself so i can draft better chapters, i was finally like "wait why don't i put these mind maps into the chapters themselves. as illustrations. and why don't i make them part of my methodology if i'm putting so much work into them anyway. hm but what could i call that method. maybe affective mapping. oh that's buzzwordy. i wonder if that exists" and wouldn't u know
lessons to be taken away from this: 1. if it has "affect" and "-ing" in it it probably exists as an academic method 2. this institute developed a fully free to use and v minimalist and intuitive mapping software you can use for your research or your fic outline or for whatever so check it out if you're into mind maps ig?
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Hello.
I've seen you posting detailed information about the WGA strike and wondered if you had any suggestions as to how those of us not directly involved can show our support for the Union?
Okay, bearing in mind that all this is entirely subjective at the moment (and so far lacking any more useful input from other sources): a few thoughts.
This will be my third WGA strike. (My first one was in 1988, just after I'd made my first live action sale—s1e6 of ST:TNG). And the thought keeps occurring to me at the moment that this time out, there's a potentially gamechanging player on the field that wasn't there before: truly pervasive social media.
(Adding a cut here, because this goes on a bit...)
In 2007, social media as we now understand it was still in its cradle. Now, though, those of us who're striking can make our voices much more widely heard. And so can those of us who're not, but just want to show solidarity. Last time, the AMPTP was able to do pretty much what it wanted without the public noticing or having even a medium-profile way to make their feelings known. But this time? Not so much.
So as an otherwise uninvolved person who wants to show solidarity, I'd start with something seemingly low-value. If I was on Twitter, I'd start routinely tweeting about the strike and my support for it—not obsessively, just persistently, a couple/few times a week—using the Twitter hashtags that are gaining ground even now, such as #DoTheWriteThing (and of course #WGAStrike). I would make sure I was following @WGAEast and @WGAWest, to keep an eye on what's going on.
Additionally: I would start politely, but repeatedly—again, maybe once or twice a week at least, and not stopping—tweeting the various major players in the AMPTP, especially the streamers: Amazon, Netflix, Hulu et al. I would start suggesting that their current attitude toward the WGA's contract negotiations is not only unrealistic but potentially (for the AMPTP) bad for business. (And self-destructive, too, as if this goes on much longer in this vein, they'll be seemingly eagerly casting themselves as The Baddies.) I would suggest that their bad behavior, if not amended by them coming to the table to bargain in good faith, might start affecting both my interest in their shows and my willingness to keep paying unreasonable people for access to them.
I should emphasize here that so far there've been no formal calls from anyone for boycotts or subscription cancellations. For the moment, this strikes me as wise. The point for WGA-friendly observers, right now, would be to keep what's happening to the writers visible: to keep bringing it up: to refuse to allow it to be swept under the rug. The "They only want two cents on the dollar!" angle seems potentially useful the more it's repeated. The point is to keep the repetition going: to make it plain, day after day, that the other side's being not just unreasonable, but greedy. Day after day, and week after week, and (if necessary: please Thoth may it not be...) month after month.
And tweeting is hardly all that can be done. Email is cheap and easy. But actual letters, written on actual paper and mailed, can still create a surprising amount of attention in a corporate office. (The saying in TV used to be that for every person who actually writes in about an issue, there are ten, or a hundred, who feel the same way but never got around to it.) Write letters to all the AMPTP members' CEOs, and make your feelings on the WGA's core demands politely plain. ...Especially when those CEOs collectively made almost three-quarters of a billion-with-a-B dollars in salaries last year, when many of the writers working on their shows can't afford rent.
After that: here's another thought, a little more physical. If by chance you're in an area where one or the other of the Guilds are picketing: turn out and support them! Honk when you pass: and if you're interested, show up and offer to walk the picket lines with them. These things get noticed. (In 2007 a bunch of us, both Guild members and non-, caused significant astonishment by turning out to picket AMPTP members' offices in Dublin.)
...Obviously not all that many people are going to be positioned, in terms of location or their own work and time commitments, to show up physically. But online? Find ways to keep this issue visible. The AMPTP wants this to go quiet, wants people to get bored with it, wants people to find reasons to blame the writers. They've tried spinning the story that way before. Don't let them pull that shit. Find ways to back those who're calling them on that, publicly. They do respond to this kind of thing (though they may strenuously deny it). If enough attention continues to be paid by the general public, they will blink—if sometimes excruciatingly slowly, as Disney began to blink over the dispute tagged #DisneyMustPay.
As viewers, and as viewers who pay for subscriptions to things, we far outnumber them. Help be a part of making the AMPTP understand that this quest for a truly fair deal is not going to go away. And the longer they try to act like the Guild's negotiation positions are beneath their notice, the more it's going to hurt them, and the stupider and greedier it's going to make them look.
...That's all I've got for the moment, as I need some lunch. :) ...But I hope this has helped. And thanks for your concern, and your desire to stand in solidarity with us! It's so welcome. :)
ETA: here's a link to the Guild's social media toolkit, for those who'd like to change PFPs or icons, etc., to show their support.
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Hi! ^^ I saw that your requests are open. Can you please do nsfw headcanons for Vox, Alastor and maybe Adam (if you’re open to write for him if not no worries!) with an S/O (separte) who is really sweet, but when they get to the bedroom for the first time she starts some kinky stuff once she’s comfortable enough. Stuff that they never knew would leave her mouth? How would they react?
I hope you have a beautiful day! ^^
##good girl
separate! vox x reader / alastor x reader / adam x reader
beware: smut, blowjob, knife play, biting, choking, cockwarming, rut, breeding kink, overstimulation, electric play, degradation, praise, mention of rope bunny, marking
a/n: thanks for being the reason why i post nsfw for the first time LMFAOO like actually i never posted it before so mb if these aren’t great<3
VOX
when you and vox started dating, the last thing he thought of was you being fun in the bedroom. now don’t get him wrong, he enjoys a little vanilla sex from time to time: but for you? a whole different story.
he thought you were more tame, to be fair, you were a whole sweetheart. but there came a time where he got a little too in his head and light electricity emitted from the palms of his hands.
he was so close to pulling away but the sound that came from you? he couldn’t stop. now, the electricity was not harsh, but instead sizzled over your skin: it’s how he often took off steam. the two words that really tied the knot is when you said “use me,” between kisses
the last thing he figured is that you were into choking, and here he is with his fingers curled around your neck. heavy breaths and degrading words being whispered to your ear.
“such a fucking whore begging for my cock like this, and here i thought i knew you.”
honestly, he gets even more ecstatic to know you’re a freak just as much as he is. his a corruption kink and your putter sona of portraying and innocent sweet heart really sparks that in him.
after figuring out this information, he enjoys calling you into his office and have you ccokwarm him. feeling you clench around him the longer you cannot move, or he will grip on your thighs to make you still.
ALASTOR
breeding link goes heavy and it was because that is how he found out about you’re kinky side. it was while he had you in a mating press when you let out those sweet words of “breed me, breed me, please alastor!” the begging and the way your fingers dug into his shoulders when he released.
“gun’na fill you right up until your dripping with my seed.”
he was quick to play into it that night, because things got more exciting after that. there was no genuine shock because to alastor? you were just so sweet and kind that you had to be hiding something. being a freak in bed was one of the last things but it was there.
the last thing he expected was stop being until knife play — it would be waaay later until he found that out, and how he did? he noticed the way you writhed under him whenever this his claws glided against your plush skin. the sounds you makes when his digs his nails into your thighs while he’s rutting into you.
breeding link mixed with overstimulation for this radio demon — only during a rut — other times, he’s fine and sex doesn’t occur often. usually to satisfy you when he isn’t in the mood, he lays you out on the bed while he reads a book and fingers you. can and will eat you out like it’s his last meal if you’re being too whiny.
ADAM
“such a slut, couldn’t wait for my cock and had to be fucked on the table in my office, huh?”
he knew you were a freak, he loved tying you up in the bedroom and using you until you were overstimulated. but when you came into his office and was more touchy, that caught him off guard. first, he thought you were joking. now he has you bent over his desk with a hand over your mouth, praying internally that the seraphim’s don’t catch this.
another part of him hopes to be caught. everyone believes that you’re some sweet angel who can do better than adam, but he’s the only one who can rail you until your legs begin to shake. (you wonder why lilith and eve left him sometimes)
goes crazy when you take his hand and place it where you wanna be touched. “i need words, sugar, what do you want me to do?” very oral with you, especially when he ties you up. leaving hickies isn’t enough, this man will bite into your skin (if you’re okay with it.) and ruin you
please be oral with him too, it will drive him fucking nuts. sharper thrusts and loves pressing you against the wall.
no because he will definitely have you bounce on his cock in the office but his wings will spread around the two of you for more privacy after he became the lead extermination angel.
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