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pashminalamb · 1 year

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Oh ew the OF accounts and sex bots are completely getting out of hand. I haven’t been notified of any new followers but I don’t trust tumblr to do so. I’m have to gonna check on that soon 🙄🙄.

And seriously for what reason are people flagging down your works for like 😭😭?? It literally makes no sense??? Some people are so rude and mean and spiteful for no reason like. Do better or screw off unintentionally quoting Ego here I’m sorry that this happened to you, it really sucks.

Ever since break started I’ve been in a kind of limbo. It feels so surreal not having any work to do. I mean I do have basic chores to do today like the laundry and vacuuming and stuff but besides that it’s a free day. I am. Very very very. Temped to start reading the blue lock manga. I know I said I’d wait for the anime to finish but like I need something to do 😭😭. I was starting my first TR reread since the last chapter but I only got in 3 chapters before I started sobbing and I haven’t even gotten to Akkuns first death or met Mikey and Draken for the first time again yet. I’m gonna have to chunk my way through it while sobbing and taking so many breaks because I will seriously never recover from this manga. OH AND I LOVE CHIFUYUS BIRTHDAY ART. Wakui continuing to attest that yes takefuyu are still canon in the reset timeline. It’s such a relief for me because those two are my comfort duo 😭😭😭. I also want to finish Chainsaw Man soon. I stopped at around volume 9 because I’m broke and was reading it at the bookstore and all I can say is that this series is definitely getting a reread cause I love analyzing strange works and concepts. THE MAITAKE COVER ASJKGFJKHFFGGG. The way I screeched when I first saw it like. I love how you worded it, they literally look like royalty together UGH. Suffice to say that yes maitake fans has a field day with the cover of volume 31 😌😌. I cant wait for the inside cover to be revealed. My prediction/demand is that it’s gonna be then as children childhood-friends-to-lovers. But I guess we’ll see.

Anyways. How are you Belle? Doing better I hope? How’s uni? Oh and when does your winter break start? How’s life? Im so happy tumblr is being cooperative now and letting you see my tagged posts 😭😭. Sorry for the constant tagging tho, there’s just so much I wanna share and I see something and I’m like “oh I wanna show this to Belle” you know? Oh and im so glad you liked that Oliver drabble 🥹🥹. I’ve got another one in mind for him but this time it might be a little more ✨spicy✨ so stay tuned 👀👀😌. I hope you have a great day and that the caramel frappuccino tasted great!!! *sending many virtual hugs*

- ✨ anon

Istg- i got followed by accounts from Czechia and Carolina this morning. Alright, I made my pinned post of Gojo's OF account but this is a writing blog; not even an OF promotion blog (╥﹏╥) unless... i draw some stuff

Tumblr decided to not let me post my rant- so here’s what I had to say

I revisited my childhood with watching DBZ... (i knew i said i would start one piece but the gym bro-ness got the better of me and i started watching it) someone please explain why does Goku's voice sound... i don't know how to describe it. i was so shocked about his voice, i was planning on watching the dub instead cause of it *crying* Honestly, Wakui did a really good job with the cover. Even when I was reading mangas online - I was so awed by the covers of the manga and when TR was on its peak here, i saw a lot of spoilers for bonten mikey. I never liked mikey... but this made me change my mind. And they (like every cover character i saw up until the Brahman arc looked like royalty. Even hanma-) I'm doing well! Contemplating to change the blog theme for some reason. It's not gonna be aiku ofc- he gets 0 screen time cause he hasn't come back from italy and i am mad at him with part 1 to ocean hues I'm on my winter break actually and omw back home. Fifa knocked the wind out of me. I feel sad cause Mbappé played really well (and he was sad too when they lost), i literally went to go keep my plate and he scored in 97 seconds of the first goal T.T . But i'm also really happy for Argentina cause its the first time in 36 years since Maradona that they have won the Wc and i cried cause they were crying on the field not to mention the fact that Messi played in their team as well - so it was bittersweet ending but also very well deserved! And yes i am a football head I can't see you in my activity still (maybe your visibility switch is off? i'm not sure) but i do get the number on my activity and that's how ik that you're there (⑅ •͈ᴗ•͈ ) I actually don't mind being tagged! and I enjoy the things you have to show me as well ૮⸝⸝> ̫ <⸝⸝ ა (i saw some stuff where you tagged me- i'll be answering those soon, promise i'm not ignoring you ૮(˶˃ᆺ˂˶)ა ) I. absolutely. loved. the Oliver drabble ˃̵ᴗ˂̵. I still read it btw, cause it is absolutely precious. the deer headrest and the fact he wants to be a good boy made me go (๑✪ᆺ✪๑) did you say spicy 💀 *here lies Isabelle Aiku; beloved wife of Oliver Aiku who is unaware that he is married to her- * Starry you're gonna make me combust from the heat *sending back bear hugs*

*my man is so handsome (>﹏<) and yours is too*

#belle.☏#.moot🍦: ✨ anon

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ulfwolf · 2 years

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The Mob Mind -- Musing 258

The mob will always shout the finer voices down* Still, they persevere

*Nailing Jesus to a cross is as good an example as any

Bring a dozen run of the mill minds together and soon, alarmingly soon, a thirteenth mind will rise. Prompted by the loudest, most vociferous of the twelve a shared mind will materialize that will both feed and feed on the dozen. It’s an ogre.

Bring a thousand minds together and soon, equally soon, the shared mind, the mob mentality, will materialize and (usually) clamor for blood. The ugly chanting of “Lock her up! Lock her up!” comes to mind.

The well-intended will stand up to and fight this mind, usually silently, but always tenaciously and always with a fine, reasonable and often enlightening voice. Not infrequently, so history tells us, the finer voice is killed by the ogre.

The ill-intended (who somehow seems to know precisely how to stir and then ride this synthetic mind) will manipulate it to his or her own benefit.

The demagogue (who, fittingly is also called a rouser of rabble) knows how to play the mob like a conductor an orchestra. This, I believe, is not a learned skill, it’s more like an animalistic, baser skill (call it survival instinct) that the truly selfish (or evil—think Hitler) seem to possess in spades.

A vivid example of this shared mind is the (usually girl) fan hysteria that met The Beatles whenever they played in their heyday. Watch those faces, watch those staring, pleading, adoring, tear-filled eyes—it could be the same person multiplied by ten thousand—the same expression, the same longing, the same possessed. I find that a little scary.

In The Beatles’ case, of course, this synthetic mind-rising posed no real danger, but when the same phenomenon emerges in a political crowd, say a stadium roused by a demagogue, this is truly frightening.

This is not a new phenomenon. All through history, it appears that humans will look for a strong, emotion-inspiring leader, to then follow more or less blindly. Greed and hatred (along with delusion) are not new human ingredients, not by a long shot—some just know how to play them better than others and these days this skill has evolved into a fine art (think Fox News).

Gotama Buddha must have been well aware of this when, just after his enlightenment, he (knowing the state of his fellow men) seriously considered not sharing his experience and insight with them. Legend (myth) has it that a very senior deity—Brahman, the king of them all—descended from his kingly heaven and appeared before the Buddha pleading with him to change his mind and to go out into the world and share his newly gained wisdom.

“There are those with little dust in their eyes,” said Brahman, who will understand what you have experienced and who will be liberated by your wisdom.

After some more godly arm-twisting, Gotama Buddha finally agreed to tell others about what he had discovered and so he continued to tell about it for the next forty years.

Boy, am I glad he did.

P.S. If you like what you’ve read here and would like to contribute to the creative motion, as it were, you can do so via PayPal: here.

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gumiwaka · 2 years

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Starting a new drawing series😈 I absolutely love this tiktok trend more than i should.

👻nightmare fuel wakasa at your service📌

please do not repost my art w/o proper credits to me, that’s called stealing! but you can use for personal use☺️

if you’d like to be added to my psdt list for my art work please head over to my blog and fill out the tag requests form✨

#tokyo revengers #imaushi wakasa #wakasa #cursed imaushi wakasa #dark impulses #I’m gonna animate this later #brahman #fan art #imaushi wakasa fanart #tokyo revengers fan art #ava✨ draws

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imperfect-wonders · 3 years

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I had this head cannon that Wakasa has a younger sister and she’s like a mini version of him. I thought it was so cute!

Also used Nezuko and Tanjiro as a reference photo cause best siblings

#tokyorev spoilers #tokyo revengers #fan art #anime #art #illustration #imaushi wakasa #Wakasa #brahman #tokyo revengers manga #tokyo manji gang

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diabloizm · 2 years

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Wakasa commission for @wakasasucker 💜

Thank you for commissioning me! I throughly enjoyed drawing Wakasa with his hair down aaah 🥰 That and his eyes came out so pretty!!!

— tagging @hanayanetwork

Commission info: HERE

New commission info will also be up soon for this kind of art!

Want to support me? Check out my Ko-fi 🖤

#— zee draws | 𖤐 #— muerteroyal commissions #artists on tumblr #anime #manga #tokyo revengers #art #fan art #ken wakui #artist #brahman #black dragons #imaushi wakasa #wakasa icons #tokyo revengers wakasa #art commissions #digital art #procreate #hanaya network

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h1tchi · 2 years

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Well, these are some sketches of a Tokyo Revengers OC/FC that I'm designing, it doesn't have a story yet but I'm already working on it! The basic data (and what I already have for her) are:

•Is a woman

•She is 15 years old (in the current line he would be 17~18 years old)

•She was part of Valhalla, later she decided to joined Senju Kawaraji's gang "Brahman" (about this, I'm thinking if she should be part of the new Toman, but at the same time not so... xD)

•Her measures 1.62

For the moment I leave these sketches of a "casual" version of her, her prototype of her Brahman version and a sketch of her after a workout (from behind so you can see how she looks from behind)

#tokyo revengers #brahman #fan character #tokyo revengers oc #digital art #tokyo rev

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elaphejaz62nd · 2 years

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Sanzu Haruchiyo in TokyoRev

Good guy or bad guy?

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aja-mi-blog1 · 6 years

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lill wip

Brahman Samraat new hyper active looks awesome

like didnt anybody think she already cool enough

#digital art #fan art #elsword #elsword ara #ara #brahman samraat #third job #3rd job #art wip

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kingofpiety · 2 years

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TOKYO REVENGERS CHAPTER 235 (SPOILERS!)

With everything that has gone down within these few chapters, I can honestly say that the fact that draken is now dead and brahman is disbanded, shits about to pick up. Concerning Takemichi I mean-

This kid UNINTENTIONALLY came back to the past only 10 years prior because he shook hands with Mikey while trying to prevent him from taking his own life EVEN THOUGH MIKEY ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIM

Shits so wack but Takemichi has made it his goal to save him, after seeing all the different Mikeys’ from the different futures, all bad of course.

And now Takemichi is in the damn hospital BECAUSE OF MIKEY.

Bro and the fact that chifuyu, his right hand man and one of the first people he told about the time leaping, is now blaming him for Draken’s death even though it’s not his fault that he came back.

But I understand why chifuyu is upset obviously.

But this chapter is getting to me and I’ve heard several people theorize this and I feel the same way. In these two panels, Takemichi is literally muttering to himself, something he’s NEVER done in any chapter ( at least that I’ve seen ) plus he just seems so spaced out and just not there mentally. Because this kid is literally carrying so many burdens and he’s developed so much trauma just from losing people he loves over and over again. Like this reminds me of this shit:

Just like the way Mikey had developed such dark impulses after Shinichiro’s death and intensified after Emma, Izana and Draken’s death, I truly believe that Takemichi is going to end up snapping and develop these “impulses” as well after all these tragedies he’s had to endure. I’m not saying he’s gonna be Mikey bad (because that’s just straight up terrifying)

but I think that it will trigger his will to come back as the active commander of the 11th Gen Black Dragons and use those impulses to combat the Kantou Manji Gang. I don’t know what Takemichi is gonna do from this point on but he HAS to whoop Mikey’s ass at least just one time to snap his ass out of these impulses. Like draken said, Mikey has never seen the sky or seen defeat. So what better way to face defeat than to lose against the one person who you love and trust the most, not to mention reminds you of your older brother?

As far as who would be apart of the 11th gen, there’s a lot of fan made art of people wanting Taiju and Inui being part of it. And hanma too??? (I have no idea why) but that I’ll just leave up for discussion.

This last panel truly breaks my heart. This kid is literally trying his best to save everyone from the future only he knows and he’s doing all this by himself. Someone pls give this child a forehead kiss because he fucking deserves it!

#tokyo rev #tokyo rev headcanons #tokyo revengers #takemitchy #takemichi hanagaki #tokyo revengers takemichi #draken #tokyo rev draken #ken ryuguji #sano mikey manjiro #tokrev mikey #chapter 235 #manga spoilers #manga panel

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mx08z7kz6gqrs · 4 years

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新贵妃醉酒 - Translation Notes

For my translation of this song, see this post. Listen to the original version of the song here. Below are some extensive translation notes for this song- be aware that there is a lot of cultural context for this one.

So I decided to take a hand at translating this one after I realized it was one of the few songs by Li Yugang that has garnered significant western attention due to the mash-up performance with Dimash. That performance was definitely something to behold, so I highly recommend it! Also recommend this version where a few lucky (and extremely talented) fans get to sing with him.

This song is emblematic of why translating Li Yugang songs is so difficult- most of his songs are based on pre-existing Beijing operas, famous Chinese historical events, paintings with cultural significance, etc, and the lyrics border on nonsensical without the proper context. So without further ado...

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The Context

This song is based explicitly on the Beijing opera piece, <贵妃醉酒> by 杨玉环 (Mei Lan-Fang), usually translated as “The Drunken Concubine” but more accurately probably means something like “The Intoxication of the Imperial Consort.” The song is named after the opera- the name simply adds the character “新” (for “new”) in front of the opera name, indicating that this is a new way (in pop song format) of telling the tale of The Drunken Concubine.

You can read some more about the general plot of the opera here, but the gist is that the imperial consort has prepared a banquet for her lord emperor, but he has reneged on his promise and is instead spending the night with other concubines. Filled with bitterness and jealousy, she drinks herself into a deep state of intoxication.

This opera is actually one of many based on the actual historical figure of Yang Yuhuan, or “Yang Guifei”, where the Guifei “贵妃” refers to her status as one of the highest imperial consorts to the Tang dynasty Emperor Xuanzong. You can read more about her life here. The political strife happening during her husband’s reign and her own tragic end have led many future generations to mythologize her life.

While this song by Li Yugang is rooted in imagery based on The Drunken Concubine, most of the actual lyrics are based on the Tang era poem <长恨歌> (Song of Everlasting Regret) by poet 白居易 (Bai Juyi). You can read the text here. This poem is our primary source for a lot of Yang Guifei’s life and affair with the Emperor.

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Line by Line Translation Notes

As usual, I’ve done a more literal pass over the hanzi here to clarify some of the choices I made in my translation.

那一年的雪花飘落梅花开枝头 // That year’s snowflakes fell, the plum blossoms bloomed at the tips of the branches 那一年的华清池旁留下太多愁 // That year, the banks of Huaqing Pool were left with too much sorrow

The first line paints a picture that is quite common in classical Chinese art. Plum blossoms often bloom late in the winter when snow still covers the trees, and thus are seen as harbingers of spring. Despite the presence of the snow in this line though, I think it’s likely referring to a scene in the early spring rather than the winter due to the context of the next line-

In the second line, Huaqing Pool refers to hot springs in modern Shaan’xi, China. It’s famous for being the supposed site of the Emperor Xuanzong’s romance with Yang Guifei, as recorded by Bai Juyi in the Song of Everlasting Regret (mentioned above). In the song, their romance begins on a cold day in the early spring, when she was bathing in the pool, hence that first line.

( As an aside, we don’t know if this has any actual historical basis, but if true, it would be quite poetic as the site was destroyed in the events of the An Lushan Rebellion, which ultimately led to Yang Guifei’s death and Xuanzong’s abdication. )

不要说谁是谁非感情错与对 // Don’t talk about who was right or who was wrong, feelings that are wrong and right 只想梦里与你一起再醉一回 // [I] just want to be drunk with you one more time in a dream

The first line is quite repetitive since it makes two explicit references to “right or wrong”, once in regards to people (”who”) and once in regards to emotions/feelings. But there’s some nuance to the wording here. When we talk about “是非”, there’s an implication of “true/false”, or a sense of “being true” (是) vs “being at fault/to be blamed” (非). The “对错” dichotomy used to describe their feelings in the second half of the line is a much more direct “right/wrong”. I tried to capture that as much as possible in my translation of this line.

The second line translates pretty clearly- it’s just much less poetic, so I wanted to try and get some of the tone across in my translation rather than the literal version of the line. In particular, the word “醉” for drunk/intoxicated in Chinese can be used as both an adjective and a verb directly. In English, we can only really say “to get drunk” which sounds a bit crass.

These two lines together reference back to “The Drunken Concubine” version of Yang Guifei’s character, including the idea of her feeling left behind by her Emperor.

金雀钗玉搔头是你给我的礼物 // Goldfinch hairpins and jade hair ornaments are gifts you gave to me 霓裳羽衣曲几番轮回为你歌舞 // The Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers, [I] danced and sung for you many times over

In the first line, “金雀钗玉搔头” doesn’t translate very gracefully because the type of hair ornament doesn’t have an English equivalent. A lot of hair ornamentation and jewelry was fashioned with imagery of birds (goldfinches, swallows, etc) and often made of jade. Here’s a post compiling what these ornaments might have looked like.

In the second line, “霓裳羽衣曲” actually refers to a specific Tang dynasty song that’s usually translated as “Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers.” The song describes a myth of Emperor Xuanzong- in his desire to meet “神仙” (celestial/immortal beings), he travels to the Moon Palace (月宫) where he meets many “仙女” (celestial maidens). There are conflicting records regarding the origins of the piece. One text saying that the Emperor travelled to the mountains and was inspired by a dream in which he travelled to the Moon Palace. Another record reveals that it’s likely the tune was adapted from a “western” (aka Indian) piece known as the “Brahman Tune.” Historians generally believe the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Regardless, the performance of this piece includes extensive singing, dancing, and instrumentation, and it is considered one of the greatest pieces of Tang dynasty art recorded. You can watch a modern rendition of this performed by Li Yugang himself here.

Both these lines have specific references to lines from the Bai Juyi’s poem. The goldfinch jewelry is referenced in Line 40 as part of what she wore when she was sentenced to death, and Line 98 references the Emperor’s memories of her beauty when she danced the Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers.

剑门关是你对我深深的思念 // The Jianmen Pass is your deep remembrance for me 马嵬坡下愿为真爱魂断红颜 // Below the Mawei slopes, a beautiful young woman is willing to break her soul for true love

The Jianmen Pass is a mountain pass in the Sichuan province of China. It’s famous for being incredibly narrow and hard to travel through, but also one of the key positions for armies to gain control of the Sichuan region due to its strategic location. In the context of this song, it refers to Emperor Xuanzong’s retreat to Sichuan during the An Lushan Rebellion, after which he abdicated the throne. Yang Guifei dies at Mawei before they actually manage to cross the mountain pass.

Jianmen is referenced in Line 44 of Bai Juyi’s poem, as part of the Emperor’s mourning after Yang Guifei’s death. I’ve interpreted this line to mean that the harsh trip through the mountain pass became part of the Emperor’s profound sense of “思念”, a longing remembrance for something that is now gone.

The second line goes into more detail on the end of Yang Guifei’s life, making explicit reference to “马嵬坡” (Mawei slopes), the name of the place she died, and where she was buried.. Here, her willingness to sacrifice herself for her love is described with “魂断红颜.” The words “魂断” literally translates to “to break/cut short [one’s] soul/spirit”, and in context, can refer to both a physical and spiritual death. The characters in “红颜” literally translates to “red/rosy cheeks” and used together refers to a young and beautiful woman.

In this case, “a young woman dies at the bottom of the Mawei slopes for [the sake of] true love.”

爱恨就在一瞬间 // In a single moment, love and hate 举杯对月情似天 // Raised their glasses in a toast towards the moon, feelings like the sky/heavens 爱恨两茫茫 // Love and hate, the two are boundless 问君何时恋 // Ask [my] lord when you will love

The first line and the first half of the second line part of one sentence, while the second half “情似天” (feelings like the sky/heavens) kind of breaks off into its own thought, but the general imagery for all of the first 3 lines is the joining of both love and hate as emotions that are boundless and, in the singer, the two have joined together in her thoughts towards her lord.

The last line here is a little more difficult to translate because the singer is asking “君” (a pronoun sometimes translated to lord or gentleman, but generally describes a man of high moral standing in particular) when he will “恋” (love). In Chinese, there is a distinction between “爱” and “恋” when referring to love. The first generally encompasses the concept of love (familial, platonic, romantic) in general- it is the direct opposite of the word “恨” for hate. “恋” on the other hand refers specifically to romantic (and sexual) love. It’s sometimes translated as “passion”, but it doesn’t necessarily need to be what we think of as passionate.

This whole section is a reference back to the plot of the original opera <贵妃醉酒>, where Yang Guifei is drinking alone in the night, full of jealousy and bitterness towards a lord that has chosen the company of others.

菊花台倒影明月 // The chrysanthemum terrace reflects the light of a bright moon 谁知吾爱心中寒 // Who could know that my love could [turn] my heart so cold 醉在君王怀 // Drunk in the embrace of my lord 梦回大唐爱 // Dreams take me back to the love of the Great Tang [dynasty]

For the first line, the significant part is the reference to the chrysanthemum flower. It’s often seen as a flower of nobility, and is considered one of the “四君子” (Four Lords/Gentlemen) of Chinese flowers. In this song, the chrysanthemum terrace is likely meant to evoke the nobility/royalty of the lord the singer is waiting for- the fact that he is not there and only the moonlight remains reflecting off the surface is a poignant image.

Interestingly enough, if we want to take the interpretation further, there’s some other room for analysis. The chrysanthemum is a contrast to the plum blossoms mentioned at the beginning of this song as heralds beginning of autumn. They can be made into chrysanthemum wine, which is often drunk for longevity and good health- this links back to the liquor imagery in the rest of the song. Because of their associations with longevity in general, they’re also common funeral flowers, and as we know from the earlier, this song is written from the point of view of a singer who is already dead.

The second line is a bit ambiguous- the phrasing of the original Chinese line could mean “who could know” (as in, how could anyone else see/understand) or it could be “who would have known” (as in, who could have predicted such an unexpected outcome). The English phrase “who knew” leans towards the second, but I went with it because it sounds a little more natural.

In the third line, I translated “君王” as “my lord” just like I did with the “君” alone earlier, but it’s worth noting that the extra “王” in this word means “king” so it is probably more along the lines of “majesty” than just “lord.”

The final line of the song refers to the singer dreaming again of “大唐爱” (literally love of the Great Tang). “大唐” is usually how we refer to the Tang dynasty in general.

I’ve chosen to interpret this line to mean that the singer is remembering her time in the great Tang palaces as part of the dynasty before everything fell apart and the Emperor was forced to flee. As a result, I’ve appended “palace” to this line in my translation since just making a reference to “Tang” sounds awkward and doesn’t mean anything to an English speaking audience.

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And that is all for my notes on this song! This ended up being much longer than I originally anticipated, but there was just so much literary and historical context behind this one. I ended up learning a bunch of things while researching this, and I hope someone else finds this as fascinating as I do!

Li Yugang has a lot of love for classical Chinese culture, and even more than that, he wants to bring it to a larger audience through his own blend of pop music and traditional Chinese operatic poetry. I really enjoyed working on this, and will try to do a few more of his songs in the future!

#新贵妃醉酒 #李玉刚 #w: cultural context #notes #historical background #chinese history #chinese literature #chinese opera #li yugang

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