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shihalyfie · 4 years

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Shihanne’s Kizuna meta -- Part 1: The meaning behind Kizuna, and the actual cause of partnership dissolution

Kizuna is a very easy movie to misunderstand, and it’s not helped by the fact that the official translation kind of sucks. (Seriously, I highly recommend you check out the translation of one of the novels -- the Dash X or the Shueisha Mirai version -- because of how badly the official one sucks.) On top of that, a lot of its information is packed in the subtleties of a lot of its lines, which means that, without paying very close attention, you can walk off with a completely misleading interpretation of what the movie is trying to say. A lot of times I see people talking about how the movie’s message is about adulthood sucking, or partnership dissolution being an inevitable thing...when the movie actually makes multiple indications that this is not the case.

(The rest of the post contains major spoilers for the movie, so be warned.)

Do note that the below is only my personal interpretation, and because there is a lot to unpack with this movie, please feel free to disagree with or disregard any of my interpretations here.

Kizuna has a lot of things to say about adulthood, but the most obvious theme is, of course, “don’t be too trapped in nostalgia” -- represented by Menoa’s desire to trap everyone in Neverland so they can never move forward, and, on a meta level, the ridiculous amount of Adventure imagery associated with people who can’t move on (yeah, they weren’t really subtle about that part...). But as a result, the idea behind the movie is often taken the wrong way -- does this mean that they’re trashing on the very series they’re meant to honor? Is the movie about people having to swallow adulthood being painful? After all, the movie says that partners disappear when you become an adult! Isn’t the movie saying we all have to accept that (even though the sheer existence of the 02 epilogue should imply otherwise)?

Nope! The movie actually does have another inner layer about what it means to become an adult, and how to develop a healthy relationship with your adulthood that isn’t just violently cutting everything away -- in fact, it considers that to be another unhealthy extreme that it warns against. It’s just that this theme is a little more latently hidden, and you have to connect the dots a little to figure that out.

I think a lot of the reason so many people miss this is predicated on the fact that you are not supposed to take Menoa’s statement at face value. It’s her statement as presented in the official trailers and a lot of the advertising material, so it’s easy to think that she’s supposed to be the deliverer of the movie’s message, but that is very much not the case! Understanding this is key to understanding the core theme of the movie, and what it’s trying to say in terms of a lead-up to the 02 epilogue.

Menoa’s statement on adulthood, which is what the concept of partnership dissolution is supposedly predicated on, is the following (quoted from onkeikun’s translation of the Dash X Bunko novel, which uses the movie script):

Do all of you know why it’s children who are chosen to be partners with Digimon?... It’s because children are full of possibilities... The future is rife with limitless choices. You grow as a person by making those choices. “Growth” and “possibilities” together produce vast energy. As I’m sure you guys are already aware, the evolutions of your Digimon partners are triggered by your growth... When that power is gone… Your partnership with your Digimon ends.

Keep in mind that Menoa has built this “theory” based on her own experience. She’s convinced that her “choice” to become an adult was what took Morphomon from her. She’s convinced that Adulthood is Bad, and that Choices are Bad. Menoa is very much biased from her own experience, and her theory is not reliable. Seriously, do you think someone who eventually decides that forcing everyone into an eternal loop of their childhood is an excellent idea is a reliable source for these kinds of things?

Not only that, she’s also claiming that this is supposed to apply to all adults just because this happened to her. Although she claims that this is part of her research, there clearly have not been enough cases of partnership dissolution for this to be a well-known issue. Given that she lost Morphomon at a young age, and she’s one of the oldest Chosen Children, it’s natural that she might think that this might be a universal phenomenon and that it might not have “kicked in” for everyone else, but nevertheless, she’s committing a major no-no in scientific research -- extrapolating based on a painfully small sample size, and letting her own biased perception of events manipulate what she sees as the result.

When Gennai supposedly “confirms” the partnership dissolution phenomenon, note that he does not actually confirm Menoa’s theory.

Unfortunately, you are experiencing the case where your partnership is dissolving... But if you guys still have infinite possibility…Then it’s possible…

The fact that Gennai refers to it as a “case” is very important (it’s very clear in the Japanese line too, jirei). This is a thing that may happen. It is not a thing that is guaranteed to happen, and it’s not necessarily a thing that comes with adulthood like Menoa thinks. What’s more, he even acknowledges that “having infinite possibility” is still possible for adults -- something that doesn’t fit with Menoa’s theory on Adulthood Being Bad and how it diminishes possibility.

As the movie eventually goes into Menoa’s plan for “saving” Chosen Children, she justifies her motive by saying that losing partners is “fate” (shukumei). She thinks that losing partners is an inevitability. She thinks that this is just something that comes with adulthood, and that unless she forces everyone to stay in their childhood, their only recourse will be to suck it up and to be miserable.

This is why the climax is dedicated to Taichi and Yamato proving her wrong.

“What you’ve chosen wasn’t a mistake!” “But no matter what waits for us after making that choice…!” “We have to live with the decisions that we make!”... “We might not be able to change our fate. But!” “We can change our destiny!”

In essence, Taichi and Yamato are disproving both parts of Menoa’s theory on Adulthood Being Bad. It’s not that choices are inherently bad, it’s just that sometimes there are consequences of said choices...but it’s not like said consequences lead to dead ends. Taichi and Yamato, in contrast to Menoa’s belief in “fate”, believe in “destiny” (unmei) -- the difference being that they believe in being able to change that predetermined fate by their own efforts.

The concept had come up earlier in To Sora, too --

Hey, Sora-san. I think it was destiny that we became Chosen Children. But I don’t think it was fate.

It’s a completely different conversation, but Mimi is basically talking about the philosophy that pushes the Chosen Children forward -- that sure, some things seem to be predestined and beyond simple luck, but also that they’ve had choice in manipulating the events and changing what seems normally inevitable.

So if Menoa’s theory about partnerships dissolving in adulthood is questionable to begin with, then what does cause partnership dissolution? Again, it’s not actually established that this is something that happens to everyone. We only have four confirmed cases within the scope of the movie: Menoa herself, Taichi, Yamato, and Sora. So what do they have in common?

Well, the night before the ring appeared on Taichi and Yamato’s Digivices, they had this conversation:

“You should take Gabumon with you to your classes,” Taichi said jokingly. Yamato smiled wryly. “Don’t be stupid. Why don’t you take Agumon to your classes?” “It’s not that simple. I have my own life to live.”

And during the events of To Sora -- which presumably happened right before the ring appeared for Sora -- this happened:

When Piyomon had come to inform her that Koushiro had sent a message, Sora had said to her angrily, “Don’t bother me!” The distress and irritation of her practice not going well had caused Sora to take it out on her. But even when lashed out by that irrational anger, Piyomon had been the one who apologized. When she saw Piyomon hanging her head apologetically, Sora had felt a surge of regret but no room in her heart to apologize as well. “I need to focus on this right now…” She had said as her excuse, and looked away.

And in Menoa’s case, a certain something shows up in the Shueisha Mirai Bunko version of the novel -- it’s implied in the movie itself, but the novel itself says it pretty explicitly:

Waiting in front of the swing at her family’s home, where they’d always played together when Menoa was a child, was her beloved friend. Lately, she’d been studying so much that they hadn’t been talking to each other at all, so she wanted Morphomon to lavish her with praise. She wanted her to say, “Menoa, you’re amazing!”

See a pattern? All of the known cases of partnership dissolution involved neglect of their Digimon partners in pursuit of “adulthood”.

Taichi and Yamato ditched Agumon and Gabumon at the start of the movie and left them with their siblings. Agumon hadn’t even been to Taichi’s room before, even though Taichi lives by himself and is clearly lonely -- his reaction when Agumon finds his AVs, “you have to be an adult -- “ tells all, because he clearly thinks of Agumon as “a child” who shouldn’t be near his New Adult Life. Sora may have apologized later, but it sounds like there’s been a constant pattern of her starting to focus so much on her studies that she’s emotionally neglected Piyomon. And, of course, Menoa herself rushed so much to become “an adult” that she neglected her beloved partner in the process -- they weren’t even talking anymore! And the fact that the swing is discussed in past tense, when Menoa was a child, indicates that Morphomon may not be the only thing Menoa had tossed away in pursuit of “becoming an adult”.

(Note how Menoa constantly talked through the movie about the fact she and Morphomon had “always been together”, as if Morphomon had been ripped unfairly from her suddenly and for no reason...only for the revelation that Menoa was guilty of neglect to drop at the end. I repeat: Menoa is not a reliable person to be taking words at face value from.)

It really, really doesn’t seem like coincidence that Taichi and Yamato’s Digivice rings appeared the day after they flippantly laughed at the idea of taking Agumon and Gabumon to school because it would get in the way of “having their own lives to live”. Recall that Digimon in the Adventure universe have always generally been taken to represent an alter ego, or a part of oneself. (They were literally developed to represent part of the human soul in physical form.) On a symbolic level, your partner disappearing is representative of you losing touch with yourself -- and your own childhood innocence -- because of some arbitrary, societally-enforced standard of “becoming an adult”.

Fun side note? As mentioned in the movie, Eosmon is named after the Greek goddess of the dawn, who also has another interesting story about her: she fell in love with a mortal man and, not wanting him to die before her, requested that he be given eternal life, but neglected to ask that he be given eternal youth, and was forced to watch as her lover kept living on and on and withered further and further with age. Neglected the concept of youth, huh.

That’s why partnerships seem to dissolve with adulthood, but it’s not from the simple act of becoming an adult -- it happens when you take that adulthood and decide that you’re going to reject all of those “childish” things about yourself in pursuit of that goal, and lose yourself in the process. And sure, they may have tried to fix it right away, but these things aren’t just momentary moments of weakness; they build, and build, and build, and build, until you’re at the point of no return and need to take drastic measures to get it back.

And in fact, if you inspect the staff interviews (which have been, presumably, deliberately vague about this in the hopes of having the audience figure it out), they hint at it, too:

For this movie, we had the concept of "separation from their Digimon", which means being able to completely separate yourself from your past self, or rather, wondering if it might be better to cut yourself entirely from your past adventures in becoming more like an adult.

Not only that, but this explanation tracks much better than what Menoa claims is the case. Under Menoa’s explanation of choices diminishing possibilities, characters like Daisuke and Jou who had their paths already determined from an early age should have lost their partners a long time ago, and conversely, Taichi and Yamato, who weren’t sure on what to do with their lives at the beginning of the movie, should not have lost their partners. But “emotional neglect from the obsession with growing up” tracks even with our “outlier” cases -- Menoa “forced” herself to become an adult at the very-not-adult age of 14 and lost her partner, while Oikawa also didn’t actually get to “meet” Pipimon until he accepted that exact same thing -- that he needed to embrace the “power to dream” instead of considering himself a “tainted adult”.

(Ichijouji Ken, who could be argued to be guilty of emotional neglect of Wormmon in some sense, initially seems like a violation of this principle, but closely observing the Kaiser’s behavior during 02 indicates an often paradoxical thread of behavior implying that he seemed to have been rejecting and yet wanting him nearby at the same time, which is part of the reason Wormmon’s death breaks him so badly. In fact, it often feels like he goes out of his way to acknowledge Wormmon for the specific purpose of rejecting him. In a metaphorical sense, knowing that Wormmon is representative of Ken’s own inner self, the metaphor of Ken being in perpetual internal conflict of constantly trying to outwardly reject his own heart for being “weak” yet never truly being able to escape it until he’s finally forced to accept it for good is not lost. It was not a positive relationship with Wormmon by any means, but it was, nevertheless, a conscious and active relationship, for which “neglect” does not feel like an appropriate word.)

When you look back at Menoa’s life and backstory, it then becomes clear how she made her mistake in her theory. Menoa basically threw away her childhood in order to become an adult, and she never learned to embrace the happy medium between having an unhealthy attachment to the past and violently cutting it off. Late in the movie, she claims that there’s nobody else who understands how she feels, and we also learn in her flashback that she had an obsession with doing things “on her own”, or in other words, she cut off any potential friends or people who could help her (Morphomon seems to have legitimately been her only friend and confidant). So in her mind, “losing touch with your inner self and having no connection to the happiness of your childhood” is fundamentally synonymous with becoming an adult. That’s how she develops her mentality of “adulthood is drudgery and has no value, and we’d be better off never getting there” -- and that adulthood strips people of possibilities and therefore provides no recourse from losing your Digimon partner, and that the only way to reclaim anything from your childhood is to just shove yourself back into its box. Her own life had no such hope in it, so she projects that lack of hope onto everyone else.

With that in mind, the two major questions that come from this:

Will this happen to everyone? Hard to say, but I don’t think it would necessarily. Remember, even though Menoa is one of the oldest Chosen Children and had this happen to her at an abnormally early age, not everyone has such an unhealthy relationship with adulthood, nor is as likely to neglect their partners nearly as much in the process of figuring out what adulthood means to them. That doesn’t mean that those it does happen to made some “mistake” or “messed up”, though -- press materials and the BD commentary made it clear that this was not a movie intended to endorse “one way to live”, and sometimes the degree of introspection and experimentation with what adulthood means to you does result in momentarily trying to cut things away until you figure your life balance out, especially if you want to take on a challenge with as high of a hurdle as Taichi’s road to becoming a diplomat.

So what’s the solution? Although it’s still left to everyone’s imagination to figure out the details, at the very least, figuring out yourself and snapping yourself out of this very unhealthy relationship with “growing up” and holding yourself to arbitrary, false standards is probably a great start! Menoa had her “vision” of Morphomon the moment Taichi and Yamato’s words reached her within Eosmon. Gennai specifically says that partnership dissolution will cause the Digimon to disappear in terms of losing their “form” (sugata), but given that Digimon in the Adventure universe are supposed to represent a part of yourself, they’re probably still there (just not there)! In that light, getting them back...is probably not actually all that hard, if they can sit down and take some time to figure themselves out. That’s why Menoa never figured it out this whole time in the last eight years; she was so busy focusing on “scientific” ways to get Morphomon back, and staying perpetually stuck in a twisted nostalgic version of her past, that she never actually sat down to think about herself and what she was doing. And that’s why the movie’s climax is about Taichi blowing the whistle to wake everyone up -- it’s still about moving forward, but it’s about using your past to move forward, instead of gravitating to the extremes of either latching onto it eternally or attempting to abandon it outright.

So really, the solution is for everyone to get some damn therapy.

Given that, the path to the 02 epilogue doesn’t actually seem that particularly difficult compared to how Menoa made the problem initially sound like. It’s not like every adult is going to inevitably have this happen as a process, and thus it’s not like everyone has to find some magical technical solution that’ll rectify one of the laws of the universe. The solution is really more somewhere between the unhealthy extremes presented in the movie -- Menoa’s fixation on nostalgia and the past being the only good thing in her life, and Taichi and Yamato (initially) rejecting said childhoods in favor of “adulthood” -- and figuring out how to use and cherish your childhood, past experiences, and inner self to move forward.

And given Sora’s revelation in To Sora about taking care of herself more, and Taichi and Yamato starting to settle on their career decisions for real by the end of Kizuna, they’re already on their way to figuring things out. Or, in other words, it’s likely that they’ll get their partners back simply through the natural course of making their way to the epilogue. Taichi’s starting to value his childhood experiences as important in his future work in diplomacy. Yamato, according to the Shueisha Mirai version of the novel, is becoming an astronaut to entertain the “romantic” dream of going to space with Gabumon. Sora, as per the 02 epilogue, will end up known not for being an iemoto heir but a kimono designer -- a skill that she’s presumably going to be discovering on her own, and not under obligations to others. Gennai himself said that there was hope as long as they still had “infinite possibility” -- something that Taichi, Yamato, and Sora were closing up on themselves at the beginning of this movie, but were starting to re-open the door to again once they started reconnecting with themselves and embarking on some proper paths by the end of it.

“We’ll definitely come to see you” -- indeed, they will.

(Next is the sequel to this meta, where I discuss Kizuna’s relationship with not only 02′s epilogue but also 02 itself as a whole, and the reason the 02 group has such an unusual position in this movie.)

#digimon #digimon adventure last evolution kizuna #shihameta #kizuna spoilers

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jungstruly · 4 years

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ship your moots with nct ot21?

[Langga anon and 💛anonie, you're here too!!]

Oh dear anon, prepare for a long ass post! It took me almost a day to match my moots with NCT and I'm rambling most of the time. Forgive me :<

Also, forgive me if I forget you! That doesn't mean I love you less, I promise. I may or may not do a part two so that I can fit every people who are dear to me.

[Disclaimer: This is only just for fun and is purely based on my feeling and what I perceive that member would be. All of my ramblings are hypothetical uWu.]

Taeil - @moondustaeil The talent these two people have istg, making them a power couple oh my. Ambs, the sweetest human being who just rolled with my crazy ass. Idk but I can't imagine any mutual who would be great with this man other than you. He respects and adores you like a captain respects the sea (it's a quote i found online, i forgot where but yus, credits to that quote)

Johnny - @espresseo-cafe Warm, these two people are just so warm and I feel like Jai and Johnny have a mature relationship. I can totally see both of you just talking about life in general at like 2 in the morning over a cup of coffee just because. I can totally see you catching up with Johnny’s playful banter. Ahhhhh, you both feel like home in general <3

Taeyong - @badwithten uwu my precious bean! I ship you with Yongie. The both of you are great with reaching out to people. With that being said, it's nice for him to have someone who can read his emotions without saying it out loud. He may get too busy thinking for the greater good of other people that sometimes make him neglect himself.

Yuta - @lucas-wongs and @lattaeswirl The very talented dancers NSKSKS. I may or may not stalked you both hihi. A couple who dances uGH! I love the fact that you embrace your individuality and you're your own person. You're also independent, making me ship Yuta with you.

Kun - @mooneylooney1 My lovely Sarah who radiates great mom energy. I mean, you’re caring and responsible and just full of love. I ship you with Kun! I do believe that he’s going to take very good care of you. It’s high time that you would be taken care of. You basically bring the best of each other, having room for self-improvement as you grow together. The both of you would make a great pair! As for @sunshine-jaehyun , I can imagine the both of you adopting some cats ùwú The both of you would be the perfect person to look out for each other. You wouldn't baby tf out of each other that much. I def think that Kun wants the both of you to grow together. He's someone dedicated and consistent all throughout and he expects you to be too (I'm sure you are you soft bby! I love your eyes!!)

Doyoung - @emvrd and @cupofjae two lovely ate’s, hello! I could talk to the both of you all day tbh. You’ve always looked out for me ever since. Thank you for that :< Okay, enough with the kadramahan ehehe, I ship the both of you with our little bunny prince. Doei has a different way of showing people his love and affection and I feel like the both of you will be very mature and chill when it comes to it. Sure he may tease and play around but he’s def a sensible and a reliable person all in all. Taeyong once said to Doei, “Doyoung-ah, control your face. It’s just a game.” and I feel like you guys will also remind him of that from time to time lmao KSKSK.

Ten - @scissorhands1617 Both of you had a bad bitch with a dash of punk energy HAHAAH but in reality, is the biggest simp out there. You're def someone who can keep up with Ten who's a bit hard to read. You're also open minded and easy to talk to. It's Ten for you and will always be Ten! Sometimes I see him in you nsksks.

Jaehyun - @jae-canikeepyou Ahhh, I can imagine you spending the whole day together, the both of you doing your own thing with some faint old love song playing in the background. No talking, just comfortable silence. I mean, it’ll be nice to have someone who totally understands you and connects with you on a deeper level. Jaehyun’s def the shy type to the point that he’ll come off as awkward. But because of your patient nature, he’ll be much at ease, knowing that there’s no pressure. He loves handwritten letters and I know that you’re the type of person to give him love letters uwu.

Winwin - @jinxouls Ngoc I ship you with Winwin! You can be goofy with each other as well as be serious and be on their A-game when there's a need for it. I feel like the both of you will hit off right away. I only trust winwin when it comes to you nDGSHSH.

Jungwoo - @eyypeach Actual sweethearts, what a good combo! It's nice for Jungwoo to have someone as sentimental as him and would need . I immediately think of you right away! The fact that you can empathize well with people makes the both of you a great pair. He'll make you happy and you'll make him too as well uwu

Lucas - @neowrld Let's be real here, your whole family will love this big fella! I feel like he'll be interested to know your culture just because he wants to know you better. Istg, he'll be extra af, even learning your mother tongue just because. Xuxi may come of as goofy and funny but I can feel like he needs someone to hold him close as he becomes vulnerable at the end of the day. I can see you being that person. @neocitybynight hey sunny, i think you and xuxi will look cute together uwu you love checking up on people and you just have too much love to give the world uwu uwu and I think Xuxi would love that. That big baby needs the love and care there is in this world :">

Mark - @suhpressed and @celestialchans I would never not stop saying this but the both of you never fail to amaze me. I do believe that both of you are doing your best to become better at your craft. You're hardworking and talented, just like Mark which makes you a good couple since the both of you are passionate with each of your own craft. You push and inspire each other and I think that's beautiful.

Xiaojun - @legendnct Hannah, why do I feel like you’re a very busy person? Like you have a lot of things on your plate and stressed because of college/burnt out from time to time. Xiaojun’s the type of guy who massages your shoulder or temples whenever he senses that you need a break. He’ll give you the space that you want whenever you’re doing uni stuff, probably in the same room as you just letting you study and placing your fave snacks and drinks beside you to remind you to take a break sometimes. He’s clingy when he wants to but respecting you is his number 1 priority.

Hendery - @smolchenle The vibes man ndksjdks (Sabog and sabay, kaloka lmAO) Wouldn’t mind doing the stupidest thing with you . There would be no dull moments together, istg. You’re basically each other’s happy pill aweeee. Oooh hahaha, I can totally imagine you having a disgusted “wtf, dude,” on your face whenever he does something funny only to follow his lead a couple of seconds later. Aside from that, he’s very touchy and affectionate (I mean, have you seen him with his cats? Sana all cat NDKKSKSK Oh wait, sana all Camille yieee!)

Renjun - @jae-ffrey Zen, you’re a year older than me but wow, you are wise and sensible. You’re a great listener as well and I feel like Renjun would enjoy your company. He’s very open minded and isn’t afraid to have fun from time to time, making you complement each other.

Jeno - @nzeeten My cute babies! I want to keep you both in my pocket ugh. Tbh, I get a strong independent woman vibe from you but at the same time, a very huge softie inside. I feel like Jeno’s the type of boyfriend who’s low maintenance in a sense that he won’t be that much needy for attention. It’s like you do you, I do me but it’s nice to know that at the end of the day, you have each other’s arms to come home to. I can imagine how smol you look wearing Jeno’s jacket ahhhh domestic!Jeno + sweet baby Allie is just to pure and soft for this world

Haechan - @bumblebeenct Mimi! My sweet sweet Mimi who always checks up on me and is a literal walking ball of sunshine. Wait, two suns together? Wouldn’t that be a disaster? I like to believe that your patient and motherly side can keep up with that little rascal. You’re also someone he can have fun with, I am sure of that.

Jaemin - @4-sun Jaemin better take good care of you or else! You’re laidback and composed (like Jeno nHSSK) and I can definitely see him taking you out on a photowalk, just walking in your city without any plans and taking photos of different views (expect him to snap a photo of you from time to time uwu) and going to a café after. Also, you’re very generous when it comes to compliments. I can see Jaemin as someone who absolutely loves those things.

Yangyang - @lovelyvitamin The amount of crackhead energy that you two have sends nKSKSKSK. I want you to have someone who understands your amazing humor and listens to your weird and out of the blue stories. Yangyang’s there to top your crazy stories with his and would do everything in his power to make you feel loved, appreciated and happy-- even going an extra mile. You make each other happy and I live for that thought itself!

Chenle - @imaginedreamies I feel like Chenle is going to baby tf out of you plus treats you like a queen, don’t @ me. You push each other to be better versions of yourselves. Like Chenle, I feel like you’re much more of a giver than a taker. It’ll be nice for Chenle to feel the love he gives to other people.

Jisung - Langga anon! (I lost ur acc huhuhu) Ahhhhh, my two kiddos. I ship you with him bc I highkey imagine the both of you having a cute puppy love romance. Ya know, just being subtle with each other when it comes to expressing your love and affection. Missed u baby!

#yang answers #anonie #i lOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF U NDKSKS #will head to bed #my eyes are hurtin #love me back plz

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thebeatleaesthetic · 4 years

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A conversation Hunter Davies had with McCartney in 1981, months after Lennon's murder. McCartney complained about the media's portrayal of him as inferior to Lennon and shared his hurt at comments made by friends that appeared to underline others' impression of him as insincere. McCartney was later disappointed that Davies chose to write about the conversation, which he thought was a private discussion.

[From the 1982 revised edition of The Beatles: The Authorised Biography, Hunter Davies]

It’s slightly lengthy, 3.4k words. It reminds me a bit of the Lennon Remembers interview - very insightful. It does feel like a sensitive moment in Paul’s life, he mentions hurting and feeling hurt by many people. Here’s ~200 words from it if you’re not yet sure you want to read the whole thing (or skip ahead if you are):

"No one ever goes on about the times John hurt ME... People keep on saying I hurt him, but where's the examples, when did I do it?... It's just always the same, blaming me...

"We were always in competition... But that was in compositions. I can't understand why Yoko is saying [I hurt John the most]...

“Perhaps I hurt people by default...

“I was never out to screw him, never. He could be a maneuvering swine, which no one ever realized. Now since the death he's became Martin Luther Lennon...

“We grew to be equals. It made him insecure. He always was, really...

“If we had to start listing all the times when HE hurt me....

“John and I were really Army Buddies. That's what it was like really. I realize now we never got to the bottom of each others souls...

"I still get slagged off for it. In the history books, I'm still the one who broke up the Beatles...

“I didn't hate John. People said to me when he said those things on his record about me, you must hate him, but I didn't. I don't...

“[John] could be wicked. But I'm always sensible. That's me. I would never say the things he said...

And the entire excerpt I found:

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Not long after John's death, I had some strange conversations with Paul. He seemed so upset by so many things, not least of which was John's death. This was in May 1981, and I jotted down in a diary some of the things he told me. John's death had grown into a sort of cult, with instant books appearing, and the papers were still full of it. Many people, in praising John, were at the same time putting down Paul, or so it appeared. He felt he had already been criticized in a book that had just been published, written by Philip Norman, a fine writer and formerly a colleague of mine on the Sunday Times. I had helped him, letting him see all my files, when he had come to talk to me, saying he was writing a book about the sixties as a whole. None of the Beatles had in fact given him any interviews for his book, subtitled "The True Story of the Beatles." Paul rang me on May 3, 1981, and went on and on for over an hour, all about how hurt he was. He had already been moaning at length to my wife, as I had been out walking on Hampstead Heath when he had first rung. He said he was fed up with all these people going on about him and John and getting it all wrong. Only he knew the truth. It wasn't anything like the things being said. Paul had a go at me for having gone on some TV program after John's death. In my tribute to him, I had said that John was more the hard man, with the cutting edge, while Paul was more soft and melodic. But what had really got Paul upset that day was an interview with Yoko in which Yoko was quoted as saying that Paul had hurt John more than any other person. Paul thought they were amongst the cruelest words he ever read. "No one ever goes on about the times John hurt ME," said Paul. "When he called my music Muzak. People keep on saying I hurt him, but where's the examples, when did I do it? No one ever says. It's just always the same, blaming me. Could I have hurt John MORE than anyone in the world? More than the person who ran down Julia in his car? "We were always in competition. I wrote ‘Penny Lane,’ so he wrote ‘Strawberry Fields.’ That was how it was. But that was in compositions. I can't understand why Yoko is saying this. The last time I spoke to her she was great. She told me she and John had just been playing one of my albums and had cried." So why don't you ring her up, I suggested, and find out if she really made that remark? "I'm not ringing her up on that. It's too trivial. It's not the time. I wouldn't ring her up on that." What did he think then might have hurt John? “There's only one incident I can think of which John has publicly mentioned. It was when I went off with Ringo and did ‘Why Don't We Do It In the Road?’ It wasn't a deliberate thing. John and George were tied up finishing something and me and Ringo were free, just hanging around, so I said to Ringo let's go and do this. "I did hear him some time later singing it. He liked the song and I suppose he'd wanted to do it with me. It was a very John sort of song anyway. That's why he liked it, I suppose. It was very John, the idea of it, not me. I wrote it as a ricochet off John. "Perhaps I hurt people by default. I never realized at the time John would mind. At Ringo's wedding (the previous week) Neil happened to say to me that Mimi was upset I'd never contacted her after John's death. I'd never even thought of it. I don't know Mimi. I probably hadn't seen her for about twenty years, since Menlove Avenue. I was just the little kid that hung around with John. We didn't get in her house. "Anyway, I rang her up, in case she really was upset, and apologized for not ringing, saying I hadn't got her phone number, and she was terrific and we had a good chat. We discussed Philip Norman's book and she didn't like it either. She said I should write and complain. I told her I'd been writing letters constantly, but I'd torn them all up. She said I should do something about it, stop all this sort of thing. "'In an earthquake you get many different versions of what happened by all the people who saw it. And they're all true.' That's what I wrote in one letter. But how can you get the full story from someone who WASN'T there, nor has talked to the main people? But I tore that one up as well. "Nobody knows how much I HELPED John. Me and Linda went to California and talked him out of his so-called lost weekend, when he was full of drugs. We told him to go back to Yoko, and not long after he did. I went all the way to L.A. to see the bastard. He never gave me an inch, but he took so many yards and feet. "He always suspected me. He accused me of scheming to buy over Northern Songs without telling him. I was thinking of something to invest in, and Peter Brown said what about Northern Songs, invest in yourself, so I bought a few shares, about 1,000 I think. John went mad, suspecting some plot. Then he bought some himself. He was always thinking I was cunning and devious. That's my reputation, someone who's charming, but a clever lad. "It happened the other day at Ringo's wedding. I was saying to Cilia [Black] that I liked Bobby [her husband]. That's all I said. Bobby's a nice bloke. Ah, but what do you REALLY think Paul? You don't mean that, do you, you're getting at something? I was being absolutely straight. But she couldn't believe it. No one ever does. They think I'm calculating all the time. "I do stand back at times, unlike John. I look ahead. I'm careful. John would go for the free guitar and just accept it straight away, in a mad rush. I would stand back and think, but what's this bloke really after, what will it mean? I was always the one that told Klein to put the money away for tax. "I don't LIKE being the careful one. I'd rather be immediate like John. He was all action. John was always the loudest in any crowd. He had the loudest voice. He was the cock who crowed the loudest. Me and George used to call him the cockerel in the studio. I was never out to screw him, never. He could be a maneuvering swine, which no one ever realized. Now since the death he's became Martin Luther Lennon. But that really wasn't him either. He wasn't some sort of holy saint. He was still really a debunker. "For ten years together he took my songs apart. He was paranoiac about my songs. We have great screaming sessions about them. "In the beginning he was a sort of fairground hero. He was the big lad riding the dodgems and we thought he was great. We were younger, me and George, and that mattered. It was teenage hero worship. I've often said how my first impression of him was his boozy breath all over me---but that was just a cute story. That was me being cute. It was true, but only an eighth of the truth. I just used to say that later when people asked me for my first memory of John. My first reaction was very simple---that he was great, that he was a great bloke, and a great singer. My REALLY first impression was that it was amazing how he was making up all the words. "He was singing ‘Come Go with Me to the Penitentiary,’ and he didn't know ONE of the words. He was making up every one as he went along. I thought it was great. "He became so jealous in the end. You know he wouldn't let me even touch his baby. He got really crazy with jealousy at times. I suppose I've inherited some of that... "It's true I didn't care for Stu, but I wasn't against him personally. He just couldn't play bass. That was all there was to it. I had a functional, ambitious-for-the-group sort of objection to him. He knew he couldn't play. I was the one that told him to keep his back to the audience, as that photograph shows. I didn't want him out to get the bass job. Stu himself left us, to stay on in Hamburg. John asked George first to play bass. I've checked that with George the other day. He remembered it well. George refused. So he asked me. I got lumbered with playing bass. It wasn't my scheme. "It was the same with Pete Best. I wasn't jealous of him because he was handsome. That's all junk. He just couldn't play. Ringo was so much better. We wanted him out for that reason. "The idea of Brian's murder is crazy, but all that merchandising trouble was true. We got screwed for millions, but in the end it wasn't worth suing everybody. We'd never get it all back and it would take such time. We knew most of them would still in the end get away with it. It was all Brian's fault. He was green. I always said that about Brian. Green. "We knew he was gay, but it didn't matter. For awhile he didn't know we knew, and we pretended it that way. It didn't matter. We never discussed it with him. He kept it very private. It didn't matter. We might make faces at each other behind his back, you know if someone was dressed up in drag. We'd try to catch Brian's eye, to see if he was blushing. But we didn't say anything. It was all affectionate. As for that drawing with Brian in the middle of a row of kids in the Cavern, SALIVATING, that is not true. I've heard of artistic license, but that's ridiculous. The other drawings were meant to be true, as they started with one based on a photograph, so you took this as being true. It's just part of trying to build up Brian's gay thing. He NEVER sat in the Cavern. He never mixed anyway. He just stood at the very back, so no one could see him or knew he was there. There was no salivating. "I idolized John. He was the big guy in the chip shop. I was the little guy. As I matured and grew up, I started sharing in things with him. I got up to his level. I wrote songs as he did and sometimes they were as good as his. We grew to be equals. It made him insecure. He always was, really. He was insecure with women. You know, he told me when he first met Yoko not to make a play for her. "I saw somewhere that he says he helped on ‘Eleanor Rigby.’ Yeah. About half a line. He also forgot completely that I wrote the tune for "In my Life". That was my tune. But perhaps he just made a mistake on that. Forgot. "I understood what happened when he met Yoko. He had to clear the decks of his old emotions. He went through all his old affairs, confessed them all. Me and Linda did that when we first met. You prove how much you love someone by confessing all the old stuff. John's method was to slag me off. "I've never come back at him, not at all, but I can't help hide my anger about all the things he said at the time, about the Muzak, about me singing like Englebert Humperdink... "If we had to start listing all the times when HE hurt me. Doing that one little song on my own, compared with what he said about ME.... "When you think about it, I've done nothing really to him, compared with that. Anyway, he did the same with ‘Revolution 9′. He went off and made that without me. No one ever says all that. John is now the nice guy and I'm the bastard. It gets repeated all the time." But until John's death, I said, the general image was that you were the nice guy and that John was the bastard. Neither of course was true, not completely. Things will soon shake down. Don't worry. Keep cool. "But people are printing FACTS about me and John. They're NOT facts. This will go down in the records. It will become part of history. It will be there for always. People will believe it all. "Anyway, me, George, and Ringo have promised to be nice guys to each other from now on. When we meet and talk now I never mention Apple. I've learned that. Any mention of Apple just leads to rows and slagging off... "I apparently hurt George Martin by default as well. I didn't know that till I read his book. I didn't let him do ‘She's Leaving Home.’ I rang him up, but he was busy, couldn't make it for two days, or two weeks or something, so I thought what the hell, if he can't fit me in, I'll get someone else. I was hurt at the time, which was why I got someone else. Now he says I deliberately hurt him. Well, if that's the only hurt I've done him... "John and I were really Army Buddies. That's what it was like really. I realize now we never got to the bottom of each others souls. We didn't know the truth. Some fathers turn out to hate their sons. You never know. "At Ringo's wedding, I happened to go to the toilet, and I met Ringo there, at the same time, just the two of us. He said there were two times in his life in which I had done him in. He said that he'd done himself in three times. I happened to be spitting something out, and by chance the spit fell on his jacket. I said there you go, now I've done you three times. We're equal. I laughed it off. It was all affectionate. It wasn't a row. It wasn’t slagging off. He just suddenly said it, and we moved on. But NOW, I keep thinking all the time, what are the two times that Ringo thinks I put him down... "I suppose we all do that. We never publicly come out with little hurts. George told me the other day of a time I'd hurt him. He's done worse, I think, like saying he'd never play guitar with me again. "I was very upset when they said I was just trying to bring in Lee Eastman, because he's my in-law. As if I'd just bring in a member of the family, for no reason. They'd known me twenty years, yet they thought that. I couldn't believe it. John said, 'Magical Mystery Tour was just a big ego trip for Paul.' God. It was for their sake, to keep us together, keep us going, give us something new to do... You were justified over the Klein case. In the end, they all came around to your opinion. You won in the end. I'm sure the truth will come out this time. So just wait, forget it... "Yeah, we lost four million dollars every year. Legally, we were mugs. I still have Lee Eastman, and he's made a fortune. For me, I was forced to sue the Beatles, in order to prove what I knew. I didn't want to. I went up to Scotland and agonized for three months, cut myself off, before I decided it was the only way. To sue the Beatles. It was a terrible decision. "I still get slagged off for it. In the history books, I'm still the one who broke up the Beatles.

"I didn't hate John. People said to me when he said those things on his record about me, you must hate him, but I didn't. I don't. We were once having a right slagging session and I remember how he took off his granny glasses. I can still see him. He put them down and said, 'It's only me, Paul.' Then he put them back on again, and we continued slagging...That phrase keeps coming back to me all the time. 'It's only me.' It's became a mantra in my mind.

"I have some juicy stuff I could tell about John. But I wouldn't. Not when Yoko's alive, or Cynthia. John would. He would grab, go for the action, say the first thing in his head. We admired him for that. It was honesty; but it could hurt. And it wasn't really all THAT honest. He KNEW he could hurt. He could be wicked. But I'm always sensible. That's me. I would never say the things he said. "No one else knows the truth, such as it is, that's the trouble. I was talking to Neil the other day, having a laugh and remembering some incident, a funny story. We remembered everything exactly, what we said, what I was wearing, that someone had a fan. We were absolutely exact on seventy-five percent of the story, except on one vital thing. I said it took place in Piccadilly and Neil said it was Saville Row. I can see it so clearly, every detail as it happened---and so can Neil, yet it's in different places. "Until I was about thirty, I thought the world was an exact place. Now I know that life just splutters along. John knew that. He was the great debunker. He'd be debunking all his death thing now. "I can't really remember the sixties anyway. I went through it in sort of a purple haze. The other day we are at a place, me and Linda, and this gorgeous blonde came up to me and flung her arms around my neck. 'Remember me, Paul?' I said ‘Hmmm, yeah, now let me see...’ but I had no knowledge of ever seeing her before. 'But Paul, we made love in LA.’ Oh. I said, 'Really. Meet the wife. This is Linda. ‘Scuse us, we'll have to go...' “It happened before of course. It was before I was married. It can be dodgy, but Linda's a good skin." Why don't you write it all down, or tape it all, put down what YOU think was the relationship between you and John, exorcise it once and for all, then stick it in a drawer and forget it? "I might. I did that after being in jail. I've written my feelings about that. I wasn't allowed pencil and paper in jail, and it was all I wanted, so when I came home, I wrote it straight out. I don't know what to do with it. I don't want that usual publishing scene. It's just for me. It's about 20,000 words. Linda and one or two other people have read it and think it's good. I got a private printer, just to print for me one copy, one only. I've got it. I just wanted a plain white cover, and inside just black words on white paper. On cheap white paper. I wanted it like an Olympia Press book. Just a cheap little thing. It fits in the pocket, just six inches by four. I did for a time think of publishing a few and selling them off the back of a barrow. Telling no one, just suddenly selling them in the street, for a few bob. But I don't want a big thing. Then I heard that some pop musician had ready done this, so I didn't want it to look like copying. So I just have the one copy. I'll let you read it sometime. Tell me what you think. "As for me and John, yeah, I might write it down. You know I helped him with his first book. That's never been mentioned by anyone. Not by John anyway..."

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Book 3 FAQ!

Need to catch up? Heres all the previous FAQs 1 * 2 Heres the master post of all three books 1 * 2 * 3

Wow...you would think that with the whole pandemic that I’d get these chapters out faster. But alas this year got the best of me too. I’ve been a lil vulnerable in the tags with y’all and the check-in messages really touched me. So thank you very much to everyone that has checked up on me and enjoyed the chapters! I appreciate all of you :3 So lets roll out the questions!

Q: Who is Iwata based off? A: Iwata is based off my self-insert, which is also me. I know that sounds a lil narcissistic but it’s that real life reference that you’re a spitting image of your parent. Iwata was designed to look and act very similar to his mother based off that. What made him a little more original and not a copy of my self-insert is the tropes I added. I mirrored the trope of that of the relationship between Steven and his mom in Steven Universe; where he adored, then hated but then came to terms that he is not his mom but someone better. A whole journey of self-discovery and self-worth.

Q: The representation is amazing! How did you come up with these queer characters? A: Glad you liked them! Like I’ve said in previous FAQs and in the tags, all these characters were dreamt and I just build upon them in writing. So yes, most of my characters were created queer in my dreams but I make them more in depth by setting up how they discovered they’re queer. I did a bit of research on coming out stories and self-discovery epiphanies to have these characters more relatable so a fellow queer reader feels seen in a way. There’s already too much hetero works out there, I just want to gay it up in a respectful way.

Q: The culture mixing is really good and consistent, how do you do it? A: For starters, I am latina. But the culture mixing stems from my knowledge about other cultures through language. I’ve been studying Japanese for almost a decade now and Chinese for about 4 years, so it’s no surprise that I’m referencing them in my work. Maybe what I depict isn’t what other half-Japanese half-Latinx families do, but it’s what I’d do if I started such a family. Plus there’s some overlap within those cultures and it makes it easy to put into writing.

Q: So. much. drama! Why is this book more dramatic than the previous two? A: Book 3 is were main on-going plot gets picked up more and shows signs of resolution. In book 2, it was to focus on not only Lili and the family dynamic but to remind the reader that life moved on with little resolve for the self-insert character. Iwata has a HUGE role in the resolution but in his own special way. And I’m not saying the answer is love...but it’s leaning there.

Q: You reference specific food and snacks in this AU/ what are your favorite Cheetos? A: Like I said, I’m latina! Of course I write in the food of my home culture. Mainly the home cooked meals my mom would make for me and my siblings. It might not seem like much to the reader, but those simple meals add to the narrative of being home and traditions that help them embrace their mixed heritage. The reference of Cheetos are all over this AU because they’re my favorite hot chip. Naturally, my favorite Cheetos are the Hot con Límon with chamoy.

Q: Love that there’s no canon character deaths in this book so far, but are there any major deaths planned? A: Just one but it’s not a tragic, hero fallen type death. It’s a natural death but it’s gonna be a tear jerker. That death won’t come until the WAY end of this AU, so I’m not gonna spoil anything yet.

Q: Can’t believe you predicted Dabi’s true identity. A: It was obvious tho. I didn’t really predict anything canon if you’re an anime only for BNHA. In this AU (without spoiling too much) there’s no Endeavor redemption and Dabi doesn’t cause that big drama on live TV. So if you’re an Endeavor hater like me, you’re gonna love what I have in store for them in the next book!

Q: I love Tenya being a dad and loving husband in this AU! Will we see more dad moments? A: Glad you like those snippets of dad Tenya! I love writing them for my own indulgence since there isn’t enough love for this character in the fandom. Plus I see a whole lot of consistent readers are Iida-stans and that makes me want to write more married fluff whenever I can.

Q: Beizu is best boi/Who is Beizu based off of? A: Beizu is the genius trope in this book. I made his character a more chill version of his mom but with that ‘who is my dad’ trope. Beizu is part of a trio that’s to mirror the agent trio of Ita, Jin and Mimi. The third member is yet to be revealed but they’re a BIG plot device in the coming book. But Beizu is one of my favorite OCs, maybe I’ll do a ranking of my OCs when everyone is introduced.

Q: The villains and Hawks plot has me SHOOK! What’s going to happen to hero society when this case gets solved? A: Without spoiling it, the truth is going to expose the corrupt higher ups in hero society. The kids in the household has a part in taking down hero society as well but in their own, special way. Iwata has the biggest part in closing the case (but it’s spoiler if I say how), Lili and twins help tearing down minor things like education systems and laws. I will say though, the case gets resolved after the trio retires because Ita gets to return to America and found an heir to the company before they could draw to a conclusion. Which is a happy ending at the end of the storyline, no major deaths!

Q: Confirmed weddings? A: Yes :) because Lili and Iwata deserve good things and love. The twins have it easy in the coming book. Lili’s comes first and Iwata’s comes later than expected (can’t say why yet, gotta keep reading :3). I guess I can say that all of them get married but Lili’s and Iwata’s are the only queer ones. All the spouses that marry into the family take the Iida name, so Lili and Hanaka don’t change family names when they get married! Y’all already know those wedding chapters are gonna be lavish and take up most of the chapter, you’ll love them.

Q: But are the kids Joji stans? A: Oh jeez...they are the same way we like 80′s music. It’s pleasant to listen to but kinda cringe when you see your parents dance to it. I don’t really portray it, but the family digital library has all of Joji’s music in a playlist called ‘Sad hours Soundtrack’. If you ask Mr Muffins 2.0 who last listened to the playlist, they’ll snitch who and how many times it has been looped. That’s how Tenya knows who needs cheering up.

Q: I love the little references to their childhood, what else can you tell us about their pre-book childhood? A: As I said a few times in the tags, I cut a ton of stuff that isn’t relevant to the plot. Most of it was their childhood and how they manifested their quirks. Lili really liked to scream before she learned to talk, a very fast learner and at 3 years old got her engine quirk and later that year showed signs of a second quirk. Iwata was very quiet child, hardly cried or gets upset but latched on to mom a lot. His first words were in Spanish but struggled a bit with Japanese before entering kinder. Tensei was born first, then Hanaka followed 10 minutes later. Hanaka’s fire quirk manifested after the first breast feeding when she was getting burped by mom in the hospital. Mom likes to believe Tensei came out first to warn everybody that Hanaka can breathe fire. Tensei didn’t manifest his metal quirk until the age of 7, making him a very late bloomer. Though very different in personalities, Hanaka and Tensei get along and get very creative when it’s playtime. Up until the age of 5, mom would place Hanaka in kindling to get the BBQ grill or bonfire started. Hanaka has been known to randomly burst into flames as a baby, so Tensei had to sleep in a different crib for his safety. Tensei spent more time reading as a child because everyone was focused on managing Hanaka’s flames, thus making him a very studious boy.

Q: Not an AU question, but how are you doing?/ We don’t mind waiting for the chapters! Please take your time. A: I’ve been getting check ins and validation in my asks for the inconsistent schedule. Too many things came at me this year, both good and bad. I was doing well in speech and debate that I went to nationals and prepared myself for some serious competition, leaving no time to do chapters. Then I fell in and out of depressive episodes during lockdown where I’m from. In the summer my grandmother passed away from the virus in Mexico, then my beloved dog Mr Muffins passed away of old age. Those deaths hurt me and my family the most that I was having a hard time trying to cope plus trying to be responsible by adhering to CDC guidelines (I’m in the immune-comprised group). In my want to get over my grief, I trained and received my certificate in ordained ministry (yea I know that’s not the best first step, but I just needed to feel like I’ve achieved something being cooped up at home). I’ve very grateful that theres some readers that see the tags and check up on me. All your kind words gives me a little strength to write and finish every chapter at my pace.

Q: More art please? A: Yes :3 I have one coming up real soon! After the end of this book is where I’ll be releasing some art as a sort of place holder.

Q: Is the the estate drama eluding to the ending? A: Yup! And it will show up every now and then in the next book.

Q: This is a really good self insert AU! There’s complexity to your character and others...how do you write these interactions/relationships really close to actual ones? A: Thanks for the complement :3 When I first started this AU, I was in the middle of my semester of a creative writing course. Near the end of book 2 was when I finished the course work for it and by then you could see the progression in writing. ALSO, I’m a communications major as well! Writing these relationships and other social things were things that I remembered learning in my interpersonal communications class. I was a bit on fence on whether or not to start this AU because I didn’t think my writing skill was at all that good. With some encouragement from my classmates and friends, I pushed myself to write this whole AU out. I don’t plan on stopping until I finish the storyline, plus I hate leaving things unfinished.

And that wraps up this FAQ! Hopefully I got everyone’s questions since most were check-ins for me. But expect the last chapter for book 3 in the next few days. After Book 3, I’m going on a lil hiatus until the end of February. I have so many life events happening in the upcoming weeks that I’m gonna need time to recharge before resuming this AU. Y’all know I bounce back as promised, in the meantime, I have some art things queued to remind y’all that Book 4 is in the works. Only 2 more books to go! Thanks again for reading and I’ll talk you y’all again later in the tags~

-Love, Palma-sama

P.S. Heres the end of Book 3 for your connivence :3 other links are at the top of this post!

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Hypnosis Mic 「Hoodstar」Japanese, Romaji and English Lyric Translation (rough)

So unless I’m really out of the loop in the hypmic fandom, no one’s really put out a full English translation of the most recent song... I had a few free hours and a translator or two at my fingertips so I decided to throw together a rough idea of what they’re saying to tide me over til one of the proper translation accounts gives us a decent version!

Please understand I’m not trying to rival Eng Hypnosis Mic, Hypnosis Mic Translations or any other translators, their work is amazing and I highly anticipate their takes on Hoodstar’s lyrics! Be sure to check theirs out when they finally post them! This is just supposed to be a rough interpretation cuz I’m impatient... ehehe.

Feel free to repost, quote etc. if you feel the need, but credit would be greatly appreciated :)

Note: I used “/” to indicate separate phrases when they’re on the same line (eg. “A crazy troupe / boobytrap”, where “a crazy troupe” and “boobytrap” sound like they should be separate lines).

Buster Bros:

I’m a Hood star

Shine only star

この街で一番のBad boys

kono machi de ichiban no Bad boys

The baddest boys in town

Check yourself そう Success

Check yourself sō Success

Check yourself if you think you have success

その順繰りにぶっ飛ばす

sono junguri ni buttobasu

Cuz we’re gonna blast our way to the top

Ichiro:

ブクロは俺らのHometown

bukuro wa orera no Hometown

‘Bukuro is ma home town

おっとご無体ご法度 Calmdown

otto go mutai gohatto Calmdown

Oops, too impersonal- calm down

Yo 勝手はさせない解ってるはずだぜ

Yo katte wa sasenai wakatteru hazu da ze

Yo, don’t feel like you’re lost

とっぽい奴もじゃないっぽい奴も

to ppoi yatsu mo janai ppoi yatsu mo

The guy you just saw, isn’t like me

Jiro:

“Hey”てか”なぁ”てか知んねえから

“Hey” teka “naa” teka shinnē kara

“Hey” (in English), or rather, “Hey” (in Japanese) so you can understand

カラカラの脳には用は無い話だ

karakara no nō ni wa yō wa nai hanashi da

Dried-up minds have no business speaking to me

Buster Bros 敵に回して

Buster Bros teki ni mawashite

Buster Bros encircle the competition

馬鹿ばら撒いてんのお前のほうじゃね？

baka bara maite n no omae no hō ja ne?

You lot are idiots, aren’t you?

Saburo:

ただただ呆れるアキレス腱さらす

tadatada akireru akiresuken sarasu

I was amazed to lay bare Achilles heel

雑魚共相手の毎日に飽きてる

jakodomo aite no mainichi ni akiteru

I’m tired of being the small fry

万が一にも正気はない

mangaichi ni mo shōki wa nai

In any case, I’m not insane

お前らにまったくもって興味はない

omaera ni mattaku motte kyōmi wa nai

I really don’t have any interest in you

Buster Bros:

Check it out

兎にも角にも行くぜbaby

usagi ni mo kaku ni mo iku ze baby

Bouncing down to the corner baby

Boogie town walking down

ブクロレペゼン

bukurorepezen

Ikebukuro represent

呆けた相手じゃ儲けもんだぜ

boketa aite ja mōke mon da ze

Making winnings from you idiot opponents

よく学んどけ俺らOn the stage

yoku manandoke orera On the stage

Yo we’re learning on the stage

Mad Trigger Crew:

I’m a Hood star

Shine only star

この街で一番のBad boys

kono machi de ichiban no Bad boys

The baddest boys in town

Check yourself そう Success

Check yourself sō Success

Check yourself if you think you have success

その順繰りにぶっ飛ばす

sono junguri ni buttobasu

Cuz we’re gonna blast our way to the top

Samatoki:

混沌と混沌の間で

konton to konton no ma de

In the space between chaos and chaos

本当の感情はコントロール不能なようだ

hontō no kanjō wa kontoro-ru funōna yō da

True feelings take on an uncontrollable form

侠客斯くあるべしなんて

kyōkaku kaku aru beshi nante

What is it that people who survive by their own rules live for

口で言うほど簡単じゃねえよ

kuchi de iu hodo kantan janē yo

It’s easier said than done

Juto:

鈍くさいやつはSacrifice しゃーない

don kusai yatsu wa Sacryficesha - nai

A clumsy deadbeat isn’t a good sacrifice

警視庁内懲戒覚悟で跋扈

Keishichōnai chōkai kakugo de bakko

Us police as prepared to punish the uncontrolled

Never back down 馬鹿ばっかだからな

Never back down baka bakka da kara na

Never back down, that’s all there is to it, stupid

Wackな爆弾処理がmy workだ

Wack na bakudan shori ga my work da

Dealing with wack bombs is my work

Rio:

不条理な連中 boobytrap

A crazy troupe / boobytrap

ハメる足掻くもなく戦慄き泣く

hame ru agaku mo naku wananaki naku

Ensnaring and internal struggle / trembling and crying

毒もないがまるで味気もない

doku mo nai ga marude ajike mo nai

The poison is inside, but it’s tasteless

ドクトリン無くして君の勝利はない

dokutorin naku shite kimi no shōri wa nai

You don’t get victory without doctrine

Mad Trigger Crew:

Check it out

兎にも角にも行くぜbaby

usagi ni mo kaku ni mo iku ze baby

Bouncing down to the corner baby

Boogie town walking down

ヨコハマレペゼン

yokohamarepezen

Yokohama represent

呆けた相手じゃ儲けもんだぜ

boketa aite ja mōke mon da ze

Making winnings from you idiot opponents

よく学んどけ俺らOn the stage

yoku manandoke orera On the stage

Yo we’re learning on the stage

Everyone:

Division Rap Battleで願いを叶えてやるぜ

Division Rap Battle de negai o kanaeteyaru ze

Let’s make wishes come true in this Division Rap Battle

気分はBouncy Don’t stop your music

kibun wa Bouncy Don’t stop your music

Feel the mood Bouncy / Don’t stop your music

扉開ける鍵はライムジャンキーなガキの悪足掻き

obira akeru kagi wa raimujanki- na gaki no waruagaki

The key to unlocking the door is the limelight-seekers’ useless struggle

チープなプライドじゃたちまちに喰われちまうぜ

chi-pu na puraido ja tachimachi ni kuwarechimau ze

Cheap pride will be immediately scorned

流線型描いてくデリバリーフローで切り開くこの茨道

ryūsenkei egaiteku deribari- furo- de kirihiraku kono ibaradō

Streamlined depictions, delivery and flow to cut through these thorns

てか何しに生まれ謳うかをその目その耳で確かめな

teka nani shi ni umare utau ka o sono me sono mimi de tashikame na

Rather, be sure to try and celebrate the eyes and ears we were born with

Fling Posse:

I’m a Hood star

Shine only star

この街で一番のBad boys

kono machi de ichiban no Bad boys

The baddest boys in town

Check yourself そう Success

Check yourself sō Success

Check yourself if you think you have success

その順繰りにぶっ飛ばす

sono junguri ni buttobasu

Cuz we’re gonna blast our way to the top

REMIX!

Ramuda:

惚れた腫れたはプレタポルテ

horeta hareta wa puretaporute

Fall in love with my sunny ready-to-wear

いやいや僕はオートクチュールです

iyaiya boku wa o-tokuchu-ru desu

Ah, ah~ I’m haute couture

コットンキャンディーはmade in 乱数

kotton kyandhi- wa Made in ransū

Cotton candy is made at random

甘くて苦〜いファムファタールだ

amakute ku i fuxamufuxata-ru da

Painfully bittersweet to be a femme fatale

Gentaro:

演じきる背徳的対称

enjikiru haitokuteki taishō

I’ll perform a dishonest symmetry

性悪でnoirなジキルとハイド

seiaku de noir na jikiru to haido

An inconstant noir; Jekyll and Hyde

光の三原色RGB

hikari no sangenshoku RGB

The three primary colours of light: RBG

Ramuda Genrato 残りはBakaだ♪

Ramuda Genrato nokori wa Baka da♪

Ramuda, Gentaro, and Bonehead♪

Dice:

おい誰が馬鹿だそれよりもバカラ

oi dare ga baka da sore yori mo bakara

Oi! Look who’s calling who stupid

馬でも鹿でも猪鹿蝶だ

uma de mo shika de mo Ino shika chō da

A horse, a deer, a hog, a butterfly, meat to be hunted

元手を頂戴 my posse? Okay!

motode o chōdai my posse? Okay!

Loan me some money, my posse? Okay!

倍の倍返し奪い返すぜ兄弟！

bai no baigaeshi ubaikaesu ze kyōdai!

I’ll get double returns, bros!

Fling Posse:

Check it out

兎にも角にも行くぜbaby

usagi ni mo kaku ni mo iku ze baby

Bouncing down to the corner baby

Boogie town walking down

シブヤレペゼン

shibuyarepezen

Shibuya represent

呆けた相手じゃ儲けもんだぜ

boketa aite ja mōke mon da ze

Making winnings from you idiot opponents

よく学んどけ俺らOn the stage

yoku manandoke orera On the stage

Yo we’re learning on the stage

Matenro:

I’m a Hood star

Shine only star

この街で一番のBad boys

kono machi de ichiban no Bad boys

The baddest boys in town

Check yourself そう Success

Check yourself sō Success

Check yourself if you think you have success

その順繰りにぶっ飛ばす

sono junguri ni buttobasu

Cuz we’re gonna blast our way to the top

Jakurai:

甚だおかしな話

hanahada okashina hanashi

An exceedingly odd story

だが中には稀に素晴らしい

daga nakani wa mare ni subarashii

Yet in rare cases it is splendid

Ah クリニカル・インディケーター

Ah kurinikaruindhike-ta-

A clinical indicator

謂わばオリジナル韻辞典だ

iwaba orijinaru in jiten da

Is the original rhyme dictionary, so to speak

Hifumi:

本日のイベンター飲ん兵衛に乾杯

honjitsu no ibenta- nonbē ni kanpai

Let’s have a toast for today’s event

あグイグイグイグイグビグビグビGood!

a guiguiguiguigubigubigubi Good !

Glug-glug-glug-glug-goody-goody-goody-GOOD!

6ozタンブラー気分はヘネシー

6 oz tanbura- kibun wa heneshi-

Tonight’s mood is a 6 oz tumbler of Hennesy

Shot Shot Shot 楽しいっしょ？

Shot Shot Shot tanoshii ssho?

Shot shot shot, have fun together?

Doppo:

しょうがねえな一二三肝臓大切に(´・ω・｀)

shōganē na Hifumi kanzō taisetsu ni (´・ω・｀)

Think about your liver, Hifumi! (´・ω・｀)

治外法権基本は自己責任の街

omega chigaihōken kihon wa jiko sekinin no machi

This crazy city’s all about self-responsibility

ギラッギラなのでもペラッペラな

giraggira na no de mo perappera na

That glitter and irresponsibility

俺みたいなのでも飲み込むShinjuku Town

ore mitaina no demo nomikomu Shinjuku Town

Is similar to how I understand Shinjuku Town

Matenro:

Check it out

兎にも角にも行くぜbaby

usagi ni mo kaku ni mo iku ze baby

Bouncing down to the corner baby

Boogie town walking down

シンジュクレペゼン

shinjukurepezen

Shinjuku represent

呆けた相手じゃ儲けもんだぜ

boketa aite ja mōke mon da ze

Making winnings from you idiot opponents

よく学んどけ俺らOn the stage

yoku manandoke orera On the stage

Yo we’re learning on the stage

Everyone:

Division Rap Battleで願いを叶えてやるぜ

Division Rap Battle de negai o kanaeteyaru ze

Let’s make wishes come true in this Division Rap Battle

気分はBouncy Don’t stop your music

kibun wa Bouncy Don’t stop your music

Feel the mood Bouncy / Don’t stop your music

扉開ける鍵はライムジャンキーなガキの悪足掻き

obira akeru kagi wa raimujanki- na gaki no waruagaki

The key to unlocking the door is the limelight-seekers’ useless struggle

チープなプライドじゃたちまちに喰われちまうぜ

chi-pu na puraido ja tachimachi ni kuwarechimau ze

Cheap pride will be immediately scorned

流線型描いてくデリバリーフローで切り開くこの茨道

ryūsenkei egaiteku deribari- furo- de kirihiraku kono ibaradō

Streamlined depictions, delivery and flow to cut through these thorns

てか何しに生まれ謳うかをその目その耳で確かめな

teka nani shi ni umare utau ka o sono me sono mimi de tashikame na

Rather, be sure to try and celebrate the eyes and ears we were born with

Ichiro:

今やフザけた日常は

imaya Fuzaketa nichijō wa

Right now I’m messin’ with you as usual

Samatoki:

喉潰すか脳ひしゃげるか

nodo tsubusu ka nō hishageru ka

Voices blocked and minds crushed

Ramuda:

You are welcome とはいかないね

You are welcome to wa ikanai ne

You are welcome, to pass on

Jakurai:

沈黙は死に繋がる動因-drive-

chinmoku wa shi ni tsunagaru dōin - drive -

Silence results in death / drive

Jiro:

蝿が群がるあの誇張-Hype-

hae ga muragaru ano kochō - Hype -

A crazy gathering of scrubs / hype

Juto:

耐え難いこのkillingtime-暇潰し

ae gatai kono killingtime - himatsubushi -

This unbearable waste of time / killing time

Gentaro:

哀歓悲喜すべてが凶器

aikan hiki subete ga kyōki

All emotions, joys and sorrows, are lethal weaponry

Hifumi:

I can kick it 喚きなさい

I can kick it wameki nasai

I can kick it, uproaring

Saburo:

小細工じゃ務まらない

kozaiku ja tsutomarana

You’re fit to be tricked

Rio:

スタイルの紛争地

sutairu no funsōchi

The grounds of this style of combat

Dice:

今日は隣人-Neighbor-明日は刃

kyō wa rinjin - Neighbor - ashita wa ha

Today’s the neighbour, tomorrow’s the danger

Doppo:

前のめりな破壊者=Destroyer-

maenomeri na hakaisha Destroyer -

Flinging headlong into destruction / destroyer

Everyone:

Alright

Division Rap Battleで願いを叶えてやるぜ

Division Rap Battle de negai o kanaeteyaru ze

Let’s make wishes come true in this Division Rap Battle

気分はBouncy Don’t stop your music

kibun wa Bouncy Don’t stop your music

Feel the mood Bouncy / Don’t stop your music

ノイズも飼い馴らせばいいのさ

noizu mo kai naraseba ii no sa

Raising noise to tame goodness

チープなプライドじゃたちまちに喰われちまうぜ

chi-pu na puraido ja tachimachi ni kuwarechimau ze

Cheap pride will be immediately scorned

最高のBounty どうなってもいいさ

kuwarechimau ze saikō no Bounty dō natte mo iisa

We can gain the highest bounty with our different calls

こいつ次第さヒプノシスマイク

koitsu shidaisa hipunoshisumaiku

It’s all up to our Hypnosis Mic

壁に書かれた嘘に唾を吐き泣き喚いてちゃ置いてかれんぜ

abe ni kakareta uso ni tsuba o haki naki wameite cha oite karen ze

Spit on the lies written on the wall / Leave behind pitiful howls and cries

点と点を繋げるこのマイクハイエンド連呼する俺らのライム

ten to ten o tsunageru kono maiku haiendo renkosuru orera no raimu

Our superior mics connect points thanks to my rhyme

流線型描いてくデリバリーフローで切り開くこの茨道

ryūsenkei egaiteku deribari- furo- de kirihiraku kono ibaradō

Streamlined depictions, delivery and flow to cut through these thorns

てか何しに生まれ謳うかをその目その耳で確かめな

teka nani shi ni umare utau ka o sono me sono mimi de tashikame na

Rather, be sure to try and celebrate the eyes and ears we were born with

#hypmic #hypnosis mic #hypnosis microphone #hypmictranslations #english hypmic #hoodstar #matenrou #fling posse #buster bros #mad trigger crew

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tanyatakaishi · 6 years

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Innocent Games rewrite. Chapter 9 teaser scene

Steam billowed from the shower curtains, pouring into the small bathroom. The sink was neatly crowded, clean and surrounded with products: cologne, styling gel, mousse… Tai picked up the canister and gave it a squirt and all thoughts of making fun of Matt for using mousse went out the window when he recognized the scent of flowers he’d caught in red hair. He put it down.

A worn notebook sat on the back of the toilet and Tai had giggled about it for awhile, imagining Matt writing songs while he sat on the john. After he finally got ahold of himself, he’d climbed into the shower and let the hot water thaw his frozen fingers.

When they had ventured into the city, they found Odaiba Soundstage adorned in red and green. Lights and garland decorated lamp posts and Christmas wreaths hung from storefronts. Advertisements were taped in the windows, words and products garbled into strange blobs that Ken explained away as “fallible pieces of Sora’s memory.” They walked, coatless in the winter cold, two miles until they had reached the Ishida’s apartment.

Sora had remembered every detail of it.

Not that Tai could blame her. It was hard to forget the family picture, complete with a young Nancy and chubby toddler TK, stained and sticking to the side of the fridge. Or the stark darkness that always seemed to hang in the bachelor apartment, despite Matt’s best efforts to keep it tidy.

Tai wondered if that was why Matt always seemed to hint, in that vague brooding way of his, that he’d rather hang somewhere else. They almost always defaulted to the Kamiya apartment, even though Tai insisted his parents were weirdos. He guessed being weird together was better than being torn apart.

A sharp knock reminded Tai to finish washing his hair.

Matt’s voice came through the door. “I know you’re the dirtiest one here, but you could save some hot water for the rest of us.”

Tai gave Matt’s expensive conditioner an extra pump out of spite.

Matt was waiting outside the door when Tai was through. “Here,” he said, handing Tai a pile of clothes and moving into the bathroom. “The water better not be cold.”

“You’d think you’d like that, with all that ice in your veins.”

Matt rolled his eyes and Tai stopped mid-chuckle when he caught the scent of food.

“Did you cook?”

“Mmhm,” TK said from his spot on the couch, mouth full of noodles. He fanned his face. “It’s hot.”

“Thank God there’s more than sour milk,” Tai said. “I’m starving.”

Pink spread over Matt’s cheeks even though he was giving Tai the finger. He shut the bathroom door.

After swallowing, TK said, “He’s sensitive about that.”

“What isn’t he sensitive about?” Tai mumbled. He pulled Matt’s shirt over his head. It was all black sans the white print of a band name Tai didn’t listen to. The towel around his waist loosened and he gave it a tug just as Sora emerged from Matt’s bedroom.

Tai’s breath caught.

And then his stomach dropped because it was not okay to be thinking about how sexy Sora looked in Matt’s button up.

“Matt made food,” he said because food was the only other thing he could think about.

“Udon,” added TK.

Kari was sitting beside him, sniffing and blinking her eyes, and for a brief second Tai thought about having a talk with TK until she said, “It’s spicy.”

Ken nodded beside her, looking equally teary-eyed.

“Probably because I hate it hot,” Sora said, fidgeting with the buttons of Matt’s shirt.

Matt’s voice grumbled, “the mild’s in the kitchen,” through the door before they heard the water start.

This time Sora turned pink and she squeaked a thank you so ashamed and cute that Tai had to look away. He shuffled into the hall to pull on a pair of Matt’s sweatpants before following the smells of spices to the kitchen. Sora was there, fixing herself a cup of tea, a less colorful version of udon on her plate.

“Matt should be a chef,” Tai said, scooping himself a heapful of spicy noodles. “This smells amazing. Good thing you remembered this place with food.”

“Do they really run out a lot?”

Tai looked at Sora for a minute and wondered how in four years of dating and all the years knowing Matt, she’d never come by when the fridge was bare.

Hiroaki had put Matt in charge of the groceries and the credit card years ago, when he realized Matt had been resorting to dinners at the Kamiya’s once the cereal had run out.

Now that was desperate.

But between school, Digiworld and band practice, grocery shopping wasn’t always the highest thing on Matt's priority list. Except when he stress-cooked.

“He must go to the store when he knows you’re coming over,” Tai said.

Sora stared at her tea. “I wish he wouldn’t do that.”

Tai put his udon on the table and sat down. She followed. Noodles swirled around Tai’s chopsticks and he watched her, trying not to make a face when the heat of what felt like a thousand peppers hit his taste buds.

He coughed. “Is that why you guys broke up?”

Sora watched as his eyes watered, face flushed. She took a bite of her mild noodles instead of answering.

Tai rubbed his nose. “Not that it’s any of my business.”

Chewing, Sora pushed the noodles around her plate. “I remembered that Christmas,” she said quietly. “When we started going out.”

“I know.”

And there was another look, this time longer, and Tai felt like he needed to do something, so he shoveled more spicy udon in his mouth and almost choked.

“I remembered you too,” she added. “You looked different.”

Clearing his throat, he squeaked, “Really?”

She spun noodles around her chopstick. “Younger, I guess.” She was still staring. “You look weird in Matt’s clothes.”

“When does he wear sweats?” Tai tugged at his legs. Then realizing he didn’t really want an answer he added, “He needs to put on some weight - I mean, this shirt.” He lifted his arms and could feel the material strain against his chest. “I feel fat.”

Sora laughed, so light and free that Tai didn’t mind feeling like a hippopotamus in Matt’s emo band clothes.

“You know,” he said when it grew quiet again, “When we first got there, I thought the soundstage was my memory.”

Sora stopped the ascent of her noodles.

“I’d been thinking about it a lot lately,” Tai admitted. “Sorta thought I was having that ‘my life flashed in front of my eyes’ moment, you know? I’m serious about falling in the manhole, I thought I was dead. ‘Cause first I had a fun twisted memory of Skullgreymon. Super disturbing. Sooo glad we didn’t end up there again. I really wish I knew why Izzy wanted to make this thing…” his rambling trailed off when Sora’s noodles returned to her plate.

“Why?” she asked.

Tai blinked. “Why what?”

“Why have you been thinking about it?” Sora said. And when he didn’t answer, a million reasons that shouldn’t be shared flying through his mind, she spoke more slowly, “That Christmas. The concert?”

“I dunno.” Tai gave a small shrug. “Probably cause you broke up with Matt. I guess.”

“Tai.” She frowned and he felt his face go hot. “Why would you think it was yours?”

He took another bite of food and blamed the spice for the heat in his cheeks.

“Hey, Tai?”

He had never been happier to hear his sister’s voice. “Mm?”

“Ken’s been telling us more about Izzy’s program… we thought we should have a meeting.”

Tai gave a loud clap and stood, still chewing. “Lesdoit.” He picked up the plate of udon and made sure to put more in his mouth so he didn’t have to talk. Kari gave him a look, the kind that told him she knew too much and turned back toward the living room.

A noodle slid between his teeth when he asked Sora if she was coming.

“Yeah,” she said, picking up her cup of tea. She gave his cheek a pat. “You have something right there.”

Tai wiped the food from his face and followed her to the couch. She sat beside TK and Tai had no choice but to squeeze on the loveseat where Matt sat, cross legged, hair hanging wet and messy on his forehead. His blue eyes were narrowed, like he had somehow heard their whole conversation from the shower.

“You look fresh,” Tai told him.

“You smell like udon.”

“How much sriracha did you put in that, man? My mouth is on fire.”

Matt cracked his knuckles. “Can’t take the heat?”

“So Ken was just telling me that he thinks we should try to find a portal,” Kari said, breaking in before their banter could continue.

“A portal?” Tai asked.

Ken gave a nod. “We might be able to use it to get back to the digital world… maybe even home.”

“By digiport? That sounds too easy,” TK said.

“It is,” Ken admitted. “With our digivices malfunctioning, I’m not sure we could access them and the computers here are no better than props.”

“So how do we get a portal open?” Matt asked.

“We need a memory of one that opened on its own.”

“Like after Myotismon…” said Kari.

“Not until we find everyone,” Tai said. “We can’t just leave them here.”

TK folded forward, hands bouncing over his knees. “What if they never came?”

“It’s impossible to tell,” Ken said. “Cody, Joe and Mimi went somewhere, but the others…” he trailed off, fingers pressed into the pocket of his blazer.

“We at least have to look,” said Sora. “What about their apartments?”

��Wouldn’t hurt to try,” Ken agreed. “They might be looking for us in ours too. We can leave a note in each place we check, in case we miss each other. Can anyone think of a good meeting place?”

“Camp.” It seemed so obvious that Tai hadn’t had to think about it. “If we’re going to find a portal, it’ll be there.”

Matt gave a concurring nod.

“So…” Tai stood and gave a long stretch, rolling his shoulders when Matt’s shirt caught under his armpits. “Where to first?”

“Your place is closest,” Sora said.

“Home sweet home it is. Then I can get out of these awful clothes.”

Matt barely twitched.

#taiorato #innocent games #my fanfiction #digimon fanfiction #Digimon Adventure 02 #rewrite

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managodess · 7 years

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Music Tag

@niffflers tagged me!

Rules: List 10 top songs you’ve been listening to nowadays and tag ten mutuals

1. Confidential Liar - Vanattica

Confidential lying is the same damn thing you used on me

Keeping your words to yourself is worse than screaming painfully

Honestly I can't see why you hide behind

My bro shared that song with me with the words: it sounds like P!atD’s old stuff you’ll love it! I do

2. Sofia - Alvaro Soler

Dime Sofia, cómo te mira Dime cómo te mira, dime

It’s catchy af tbh

3.There’s Nothing Holding me Back - Shawn Mendes

I wanna follow where she goes I think about her and she knows it I wanna let her take control 'Cause everytime that she gets close, yeah

Also catchy af, plus I think Shawn Mendes has a nice voice c:

4. Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran

Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand

Said baby I just want to dance

With my pretty little Galway Girl

I think this explains itself.

5. Waving Through a Window - Dear Evan Hansen, Owl City cover

We start with stars in our eyes

We start believing that we belong

But every sun doesn't rise

And no one tells you where you went wrong

I just fell in love with this song ever since Thomas Sanders and his friends covered it, but this version is <3333

6. Hallo - Heisskalt

Bitte sag mir deinen Namen Will ihn zehntausend mal sagen Dich zehntausend mal fragen wer du bist

Sei die Mutter meiner Erben Will dich lieben und dann sterben Dich lieben und dann sterb ich

I randomly came across this song on tumblr and holy shit <3

7. Symphony - Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larson

I’m sorry if it’s all too much Every day you’re here, I’m healing And I was runnin' out of luck I never thought I’d find this feeling

This song hits me right in the feels and I love Zara’s voice in this <3

8. Jolene - Dolly Parton

Your beauty is beyond compare With flaming locks of auburn hair With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green Your smile is like a breath of spring Your voice is soft like summer rain And I cannot compete with you, Jolene

This song is gay and you cannot convince me otherwise.

9. Touch - Little Mix

Just a touch of your love is enough To knock me off of my feet all week

I kept hearing this one during my internship while driving around and wow I love it.

10. Guide for You - Veela

The tragedy is your survival In direct correlation to Proximity of the revival of Me and you I know what breaks and kills me off is Twenty times the rub to you I'm holding up the revival of Not being in love I promise that I'm doing this for you I promise that I'm doing this for you

Listen. LISTEN. Please if you only check out one artist or whatever here, check out Veela <3 Her voice is amazing and touching and her music is just... so dear to me I love her. She does different more electronic music but this song and some others are really... raw and emotional imo.

I tag (you don’t have to do this but if you wanna please do!)

@mimis-palace, @aurora-galaxy and @kasumypersonal

#I got tagged #music #fangirling? me #nah never #thanks for the tag btw!!

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shihalyfie · 4 years

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The 02 epilogue and “realism”

While the following thoughts have been something I’ve been thinking about for a very long time, the official Kizuna Twitter posted some interesting tweets this morning about the 02 epilogue that made me feel very much like I wanted to talk about this in detail today, so I’ve written this up. Considering how historically controversial the 02 epilogue is (or having an opinion on the 02 epilogue at all, really), I’m probably standing on thin ice by even talking about it, but I’ll do my best.

I think there’s no way getting around the fact that the 02 epilogue was really sudden for pretty much everyone -- it pretty much jumps at you without warning at the end of episode 50, a sudden 25-year timeskip when we had just gotten out of Oikawa’s death (and a very chaotic finale in general). But there is another quirk about the epilogue, which is that a lot of what seems “illogical” out of it...is most certainly illogical to someone approaching it as a kid thinking in terms of media tropes, but gains a very different nuance when you become an adult and have a certain degree of life experience under your belt.

(Note: This post does not discuss Kizuna, despite being inspired by something from it, so no fear of spoilers.)

Before we begin for real, I just want to get it out of the way that I’m not trying to “defend” the epilogue in the sense of implying that people are unreasonable for being blindsided. Like I said, it was sudden, and it was a giant timeskip where a ton of incredibly massive changes happened, leaving the audience likely to be disoriented wondering what on earth happened in the middle there to lead up to that. On top of that, although the rest of this meta is basically dedicated to “analyzing the meaning behind the epilogue writing choices from the production perspective”, I will be very honest in that, yes, I do think that, regardless of good intent, it may not have been the best decision to go ahead and make these decisions in this degree of lack of thought as to how the audience (especially one that was expected to be largely comprised of children) would take it -- creativity is a two-way street, after all, and communicating with your audience and understanding how your work will come off is very important.

Still, nevertheless, I’m writing this meta because I think, well...now that we’re all adults, and now that we’ve gotten a plethora of development information over the past twenty years, especially in the light of Kizuna, it’s worth doing an analysis about why these kinds of writing choices were made, because even to this day you get a lot of people who feel completely blindsided about it.

Everyone’s careers

Actually, the reason I decided to make this post was that I was inspired a bit by this morning’s post from the Kizuna Twitter discussing why, despite being a lead-up to the 02 epilogue, some of the cast in Kizuna seems to be in careers or aspirations that are slightly off from the careers we saw them in during the actual epilogue. (Most notably, Sora still working in ikebana instead of fashion design, Mimi being into online shopping instead of her future cooking show, etc.) The official statement was that Seki Hiromi (producer for the original Adventure and 02) personally stepped in and warned them that, in real life, a lot of people will end up changing their career aspirations at this age, and that it wouldn’t hit close to home if everyone had it exactly figured out by this point.

Kizuna is a movie about the Sad Millennial Adult Experience, so of course it is very important that it be relatable to adults in the modern era. But, in all honesty, this principle applies to 02′s epilogue itself as well. Back when the epilogue first aired -- and for the last twenty years, really -- you got a lot of comments like “why didn’t Taichi become a professional soccer player? why didn’t Yamato go into music?” and such. The thing is, though...well, this is a personal anecdote, but I first got into Digimon when I was a preteen, and, having already had an experience where my childhood interests had changed completely, I actually severely disliked seeing people say that because it felt too straightforward. Even that early, that kind of thing felt unrelatable.

Kizuna as a movie, right now, would be impossible to make in the form it is now if it hadn’t been for the 02 epilogue setting that kind of precedent -- because of the idea of your childhood hobbies not feeling as appealing as they used to be and being very lost about what to do now, feeling that everyone lied to you about that whole “having things figured out by adulthood” thing, and maybe you’ll never really figure it out. But even taking out the fact that the 02 epilogue most likely wasn’t written with the idea they’d need to make an adult-relatable movie 20 real-life years later, I think it’s easy to glean that this philosophy was behind the 02 epilogue as well. Especially since, well...Adventure and 02 themselves were both famous for this kind of writing, for depicting the lives of children in surprisingly realistic and close-to-home ways that avoided generic anime tropes.

Actually, Kakudou said it straight-out:

There were a lot of anime normally made with the idea that a given rule must occur, but I decided to do them while having doubts about whether or not it was a good idea to take on such given rules without any detail. Even if we went on with these given rules, I tried to take appropriate steps in showing why such things had occurred through step-by-step arrangements and reasoning. That is why I tried to add a little bit of realness each time to the characters, despite the restrictions that they are from anime.

So yes, that actually was the point -- no using anime tropes unless they felt they could feasibly happen with these characters. Daisuke is commented on as having “the most anime-like” and idealistic personality, but as I commented in my earlier 02 meta, he still doesn’t quite hit all of the check marks on the shounen hero archetype. So after going for a whole series on the line of going into a grounded take on human mentalities and thought processes...it probably would be inappropriate to suddenly shift into an extremely idealized fictional trope-ish depiction of everyone just going into a more exaggerated version of their childhood hobbies.

Again, that doesn’t mean that some of these don’t come off as really sudden -- the most infamous being Yamato becoming an astronaut. This was eventually revealed in 2003 and several times later to be a holdover from the original beta concept for a third Adventure series, so in that light it makes a little more sense -- Yamato probably would be the most passionate about keeping up the fight as a Chosen -- but nevertheless, it’s ambiguous whether that actually still holds (especially since the actual, uh, “third series” was...a bit different), and since we live in a world where that hypothetical Digimon in Space series never happened, it still blindsides the viewer.

On the other hand, though, both the tri. stage play and the official Kizuna profiles only took less than a paragraph to explain the disparity of why Yamato isn’t doing music anymore: he wanted to keep it in the range of hobbies. Which, incidentally, is an extremely common thing for many who experiment with creative work in their youth -- many realize that if they make it into their job, they’ll actually start hating it. Conversely, while I haven’t talked to a lot of astronauts myself, I really do sometimes wonder how many of them actually knew they were going to get into it from childhood.

So that’s the thing. We have no idea what happened, we’re left with very little recourse as to bridging the gap (at least, until Kizuna came 20 years later and helped us out a bit), and that’s why it feels implausible to many -- especially for a kid in the audience who may not have had that experience of having their hobbies change or feel less appealing. In the end, like I said, I’m not sure that going about it this way was the best decision when the very target audience was likely to be confused about this, and since, after all, fiction does have to have some acceptable breaks from reality for the sake of being a followable story. But at the very least, it is very much in line with Adventure and 02′s philosophy towards writing and its characters -- that things would be the case based on what would be these characters’ likely trajectory as actual people, and not as what you might expect “because it’s fiction” or “because they’re this kind of character”.

That everyone has a Digimon partner

I have a very distinct memory of, as a preteen, going around the Internet and seeing a fansite where someone made their “better version” of the epilogue, where their favorite ships got married instead and everyone got the careers they thought they should have, but one major thing that stuck out was that it had the now-adult kids still keep the existence of Digimon a secret, and that it’s kind of a “secret club” that they still have. In general, one of the biggest arguments against the “everyone has a Digimon partner” thing is that this, allegedly, diminishes how “special” the Chosen are when they’re not the super-amazing sole people in the world to have a partner.

When you’re a kid, being the “Chosen One” sounds romantic. You’re a special selected hero with fated abilities to save the world. In the context of Adventure and 02, however, this would actually be very contradictory to the constant reminders given by both series that magical powers selecting you out of nowhere means absolutely nothing if you’re not the one with personal will and volition to do the right thing with what you’re given. In fact, I’d say it’s actually the opposite of what all of those people have said -- if you did something amazing because of fate or because some higher power said you should, it says a lot less about you than if you were given abilities and choices and actively made an attempt to do something good and change the world, by your own volition.

But the other very important thing about the epilogue is that people keep seeing this development of Digimon proliferating all over the world like it was completely out-of-nowhere, to the point I’ve even seen conspiracy theories that the epilogue was a last-minute decision. This is especially funny because the epilogue was one of the first things decided in the entire series -- “the entire series” in this case being not 02, but Adventure -- before they’d even finalized the characterizations for everyone! The 02 epilogue was, infamously, intended to be Adventure’s ending, before 02 was greenlighted and they postponed the plan there resulting in 02 ultimately taking the fall for it.

Because it was a new television series, without an original novel or manga to use as its reference, we had to cut back on the aspect of explaining the character to each voice actor, something that we would usually do under normal circumstances. We only described their basic personality during auditions because it was likely that those personalities would change drastically in the future depending on the plot’s developments. We did not omit the explanations because there were too many characters. I swear.

But in exchange, we began post-recording by saying just this: “This story is one that’s being reminisced on by one of the children in the group who becomes a novelist 28 years later. The narrator here is that child as an adult.” Those who watched the last episode of the continuation series “Digimon Adventure 02” would know that this was Takeru, but back then, that information was kept secret. At the time of the show, it was planned that the last episode of “Digimon Adventure” would end with ‘where are the characters now’ 28 years later. However, in mid-run, production for its sequel “02” was decided and its story contents were established to be juxtaposed to the previous show, so we carried over the 28 years later scene to the sequel series instead.

(From the afterword from Adventure novel #3, from director Kakudou Hiroyuki.)

25 years after 02. 28 years after Adventure. We calculated that very precisely. In 1999, there was Taichi’s group of eight, and there were also eight other people who didn’t appear in Adventure. Before that there were only eight total, and before that only four, and before that only two, and at the beginning, only one. If they were to double every year, then it would be 28 years until everyone in the world would be able to live alongside a Digimon. Threaded through both Adventure and 02 is a story about humanity’s evolution. For everyone to have their own Digimon partner is the final step of evolution. Because there’s not much left for our actual bodies to change in terms of evolution, it is a story about how the hidden parts of our souls use the powers of digital technology to manifest in the real world, resulting in humanity’s evolution.

Statement from Kakudou Hiroyuki, from the Digimon Series Memorial Book.)

About Digimon 10: The initial trigger for humanity receiving partner Digimon was the Hikarigaoka incident in 1996, but at the time the Internet network was not ready and it was too early for anything to happen. The following years resulted in two and then four people getting involved, and after that it doubled every year (twice, because digital and binary). About Digimon 11: Twenty years later, in the world depicted in the final episode of 02, all human beings have received a partner Digimon. This is the ultimate result of Digimon Adventure’s story of evolution.

Statement from Kakudou Hiroyuki, originating from Twitter and later moved to his blog.)

While the 02 epilogue taking place in the year it did sounds like it’s because they just wanted to add an arbitrary neat number of “25 years later” to 02′s finale, in actuality, the original goal was not for that 25 years but to specifically hit the year of 2028 (not 2027, actually), where, calculating the number of humans that could be partnered to a Digimon based on the global population, everyone would have a partner by exactly 2028. The “doubling every year” principle was only brought up in actual anime-centric canon in a drama CD, and even then it was in a context of speculation instead of being stated as hard fact, but it should be noted that even Kizuna is compliant with this principle, since To Sora states directly that the number of Chosen Children as of 2010 is over 30,000, which is the approximate correct amount you should be expecting by 2010 under this principle. (So yes, really, despite ostensibly not being compliant with his original concept, presumably thanks to the nail added by partnership dissolution and how that ties into his theory of Digimon being part of the soul, Kizuna actually goes out of its way to otherwise be compliant with even the more obscure parts of his lore.)

But the really interesting thing that this epilogue concept brings out is that “the adventure of the Tokyo Chosen Children” actually had nothing to do with the proliferation of Chosen Children around the world whatsoever. From the very beginning, even since the original conception of Adventure, the proliferation of Digimon was something that was going to happen whether anyone liked it or not.

In fact, let’s look at what Koushirou actually says in the aforementioned drama CD:

Yes. I’ve figured it out… The meaning behind the term “Chosen Child.” The number of “Chosen Children” has been growing at a steady rate. Having a partner Digimon isn’t really that special. Being a “Chosen Child” means… to cease the hostilities that break out and inconvenience the Digital World. In order to do so, that child gains a partner Digimon faster than another. In other words, we are children chosen to fight. That’s what it means, isn’t it? ... Oh, is that so? That’s surprising. I didn’t expect that not even you would know what countries the Chosen Children come from when they go to the Digital World… It’s Qinglongmon that’s helping you, is it, Gennai-san? Do the other Holy Beasts who have revived not know either? The Digital World is still so full of mysteries. I’ll do my best to look for them over here.

I think a lot of people tend to have misconceptions about the nature of a Chosen Child, and those who picked them, because the way everyone became “chosen ones” is actually very different from how most media usually would play the trope. In particular:

Homeostasis, the Agents, and the Holy Beasts are explicitly not gods nor omniscient. Homeostasis admits their own lack of abilities in Adventure episode 45, and there’s a recurring undercurrent of the “I don’t know” coming from them and the Agents not actually being because they’re deliberately cryptic, but because they really don’t know. In fact, the Digital World itself is depicted as being about as confused about this whole human contact thing as the human world is.

Note that Koushirou makes a distinction between “being a Chosen Child” and “having a Digimon partner”. If you’re deemed someone who might be able to do something important in this very early time when the Digital World is still trying to figure all of this stuff out, in a world where humans overall still don’t understand Digimon very well, you get first dibs because you’re someone who can be a valuable pioneer. In other words, just because everyone else will eventually get a partner doesn’t mean your contributions aren’t still historical, valuable, and important.

The Digital World was mentioned in Adventure episode 19 as being approximately as big in scale as the real-world Earth itself. That means the Digital World is huge. Of course, its time and space doesn’t exactly match up with the real world’s, as demonstrated multiple times in 02 when the kids abuse it to circumvent travel distance, but nevertheless, there is presumably a lot of the Digital World that neither the Adventure nor the 02 kids have seen in their lives. When they meet Qinglongmon in 02 episode 37, he introduces himself as being in charge of the Eastern side -- and we never meet the others. In effect, there’s probably a huge area of the Digital World that needs protecting that even twelve kids from Tokyo can’t cover by themselves. And that answers the question of what the international Chosen Children are there for -- what do you think they’re doing with those Digivices, twiddling their thumbs? The Tokyo Chosen’s adventures were the ones we were blessed with being able to bear witness to, but that absolutely does not exclude the idea that there were other kids going through their own tales of growth and adventure -- especially since, as I said, Homeostasis and the others protecting the Digital World are not omniscient, and there are a lot of known factors beyond their control.

On that note, you might notice that, by the doubling-every-year principle and by running a math calculation, in 1999, there were eight other Chosen Children besides Taichi’s group. This also tracks with the fact that Adventure episode 53 revealed that there were other Chosen Children prior to Taichi et al. who performed an incomplete seal on Apocalymon, ones that even Gennai wasn’t aware of (remember how I said that the Agents aren’t actually omniscient?). While the fact that such an ostensibly huge fact was dropped so casually is jarring for the viewer, in retrospect, the fact that this was dropped so casually was indicative of the idea of how...not very much of a big deal this was supposed to be. Taichi and his friends may have been instrumental in the selection process for Chosen Children back in 1995, but they weren’t the only ones who witnessed the Hikarigaoka incident nor to have contact with Digimon, and they weren’t even the first to save the Digital World, nor will they be the last. But the journey of personal growth they took was still important to themselves -- just because they weren’t the only ones who took it didn’t change the fact that such an important thing happened, nor that we got the benefit of being able to meet and resonate with these kids.

In fact, the Hikarigaoka incident wasn’t even the first point of contact with the Digital World. 02 episode 33 hinted very heavily that what humans have perceived as youkai and other spirits were actually Digital World contact, just not something actually noticeable until digital technology started connecting the worlds. Episode 47 revealed that Oikawa Yukio and Hida Hiroki had made contact sometime in the 80s via video games -- even though they weren’t Chosen Children themselves at the time. In short, the concept of the Digital World and its contact with the human one is something that spans throughout history, of which the Tokyo Chosen Children are only part of in very recent years.

And finally, one of the most important parts: the idea that the Digimon would stay a secret to the world for very long is inherently infeasible. The 1999 “Digimon in the sky” incident was international. It made international news. Everyone in Tokyo has clear memories of the “Odaiba fog” incident, and, as revealed in 02 episode 14, even a boy from America, Michael, has clear memory of seeing a Gorimon. Reporters like Ishida Hiroaki didn’t hesitate to get in on the scene and try to cover what was going on, and 02 episode 38 revealed that Takaishi Natsuko was doing intensive enough press coverage on the Digimon incidents that Oikawa actually sought her out for information on it. They’re probably not the only reporters around the world doing the same. One episode later, Gennai revealed that the government/military and scientific worlds had actually caught onto the existence of Digimon and did make active attempts to research it -- but, fearing that the world wasn’t quite ready to do that without exploiting Digimon for evil purposes, Gennai and the other Agents wiped out any data records so that they couldn’t do organized research or swap notes. But just wiping out data doesn’t wipe out the public memory, and, especially when the number of Chosen Children is proliferating, and with all of the Digimon-related disasters that happened around the world in 02 episodes 40-42, at some point the world is going to start becoming very aware of what’s going on with this whole thing.

And finally, about that thing where a lot of people claim that a world where everyone has a Digimon partner must be some kind of dystopia: I think this camp severely underestimates how adaptable the world is.

This is something that might not be as resonant to those who were very young at the time they aired, but Adventure and 02 were written in what was a very shocking and scary world for adults that were living at the time. The rate at which the world changed and adapted to digital technology in the late 80s and all of the 90s was ridiculous, and in some ways even terrifying. Many tech people have pointed out how much it feels like the entire structure of the world has changed in light of technological developments, AI, and the Internet in only the last few decades compared to centuries before. International policy has changed, daily life has changed, business structures have changed, in time much less than 25 years. Hell, I’m writing this post smack in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic; I think anyone reading this right now at this time can attest to how terrifyingly quickly the world changed itself in only a few months in response to such a thing.

Compared to that, a whole 25 years of slow burn where the Digimon partner rate at least had the decency to double every year and give people a chance to acclimate and make public policy seems practically luxurious. On top of that, while there will certainly be more people like the Kaiser out there abusing their power, Digimon evolution at least happens to be tied to human emotions (unlike many other weapons out there), and there is some stifling factor in less-than-pleasant people being a bit less likely to have the same access to overwhelming power as those who are more selfless and virtuous. That kind of limiter is something I wish modern technology could have sometimes.

So what is the Tokyo Chosen Children’s place in this narrative? At the forefront of such incredibly massive incoming changes were children who were living in a completely different world than that familiar to even people who were born five to ten years earlier -- much like the real children born in the world of technology in the late 90s. The Tokyo Chosen Children were some of the earliest pioneers in this regard, being the ones who had to figure out logistics and Digimon and the Digital World and what it meant to be a partner in a world that hadn’t figured any of this out yet, and arguably wasn’t ready yet.

Yet they did, and they saved both worlds with no precedent nor support on what to do. This, I think, is a massively more meaningful accomplishment than the idea that they were exclusively selected by some higher power.

On romance and marriage

I feel like this topic is one I’m setting myself up to end up with my head on a pike by daring to breach it -- there is pretty much no way I can cover this without setting myself up for some risk of this -- but I do want to talk about it. I really don’t want to make this post into a pro- or anti-shipping discourse post, so you’ll have to forgive me as I try to be about as diplomatic about this as I possibly can. For all it’s worth, I’m a firm believer in shipping and shipping headcanons being an integral part of the fan’s experience (heck, anyone who knows me knows that I often talk about my own ships more than I really should), and so, as I said before, I’m writing this largely from the perspective of elucidating “the most likely reason it was written this way”, and not “should it have been written this way” nor “how I think people should feel in spite of this”.

In any case, I’m going to start off this section by a statement from a friend that left a particular impression on me. I’d introduced them to Digimon recently, with both of us as adults, and one thing they commented was that the idea of shipping any of the characters felt a little too odd, because they were all elementary school kids. They, of course, understood quite naturally that I had been shipping some of these kids since I was their age (and that my current round of shipping usually was more about whether they’d get together later than whether they would during the time of the series), so it wasn’t an accusation of me being creepy or anything -- it’s just that, as an adult coming into this for the first time without a lot of preconceived attachments, it felt too weird for them to ship children at that young of an age, and it was something that made me think a lot about it.

As I said, shipping is often an integral part of the fan’s experience, even for those who don’t do “fandom” -- romance is such a huge priority that it permeates all of our media, and how it’s handled is often one of the first things deeply scrutinized. Part of the reason the 02 epilogue is so controversial is that it went pretty much against the face of the most popular ships in the fanbase, and the two that did go forward (Yamato/Sora and Ken/Miyako) weren’t ones that people would conventionally expect given what you’d generally look for when it comes to fictional relationship development.

But that’s kind of the issue here: remember when I pointed out earlier that Adventure and 02 were trying to stay away from anime tropes unless they found it to be particularly relevant to the characters’ arcs? In actuality, the way that people generally expect romance and romance tropes to happen in a series -- especially a not-particularly-romance-centric series like this one -- isn’t how romance generally works, and especially not for kids at the age we saw them in Adventure and 02. It doesn’t seem like coincidence that the first hard show of romance we get (Sora asking Yamato out during Christmas) is when the relevant characters were 14, which is around the earliest age you can imagine two kids actually taking a relationship seriously and having some depth of what they’re getting into. As if to drive this in further, Daisuke’s crush on Hikari is portrayed as a sign of him acting shallow and not having a good sense of priorities at the moment; the whole 02 main cast, as of 02, is probably still too young to entertain anything serious for at least a few more years.

If you look at actual couples, as romantic as “childhood friends to lovers” is as a trope, it’s actually not very common in real life, especially for “childhood” being defined as 8-12. There might be a slightly higher chance when it comes to the Tokyo Chosen Children, considering they’d gone through some shared experiences others might not understand, but even that gets slightly mitigated by the fact that more and more people around the world are becoming Chosen themselves. So while it can happen, and while it’s probably somewhat more likely for this group in particular, it’s not as likely as the average shipper would probably want it to be. Even those who support the canon ships don’t really favor the idea of them being in a continuous relationship all the way up to adulthood -- my personal experience as someone closely following Ken/Miyako fanfiction and comics in both the West and in Japan indicates a common thread of it being treated as a mutual pining ship until several years later, and the Yamato/Sora fans I’ve personally talked to have a very high rate of feeling that the two of them have experienced at least one breakup before getting back together. Or, in short, even people who like those ships have a hard time imagining a unbroken, continuous relationship all the way from elementary/middle school to adulthood, because of how much that generally doesn’t happen.

I promise I am not writing this as a treatise against the ship itself, I swear I’m just using this because it’s the best example I can pull out at the moment, but I’ll put it this way: I think the clearest example of this is Takeru and Hikari, the only pairing that has the unfortunate distinction of being explicitly confirmed as not being married (by Seki Hiromi in V-Jump), whereas everyone outside the scope of Yamato/Sora and Ken/Miyako is still technically in “believe whatever you want” territory. Takeru/Hikari is, depending on which scale of ranking you use, a ship that consistently ranks as one of the three most popular Digimon ships globally, and them not getting together is cited as one of the most common things disliked about the epilogue. But despite its overwhelming popularity to the point you’d think it’d be easy to cater to such a humongous fanbase by pairing them together -- and so few people would dispute it, really! -- not only were they not made an item, but they were explicitly confirmed as not being one.

Why?

Takeru and Hikari probably feel “baited” to anyone who’s looking at this from a romantic trope perspective. They’re constantly in each other’s company to the point where it almost feels like they like hanging out with each other more than they do others. Takeru is shown as having a particular investment in Hikari’s welfare in 02 episodes like 7, 13, and 31. They’re constantly associated with each other in promotional materials, too. But when you look at them in terms of their actual relationship as children...well, I’ll put it this way with another personal anecdote: I actually had multiple platonic friends like that back when I was their age in elementary and later middle school, and, uh...well, people did actually ask if we were in love with each other, and it genuinely, no-strings-attached, annoyed the hell out of me, because we weren’t, and I hated being pigeonholed into that.

In real life, platonic relationships happen a lot with kids in that age group, and it’s not actually all that surprising that 02 would have wanted to portray a healthy one without any strings attached -- the same way the series also portrayed other unconventional situations with kids, such as Iori being a nine-year-old who hangs out with kids much older than him (there are most certainly kids who can attest to being in that position!). I mentioned in my earlier 02 characterization meta that both Takeru and Hikari are actually rather inscrutable (especially in the first half of the series), and in fact, episode 13, usually quoted as a Takeru/Hikari episode, is actually centered around Takeru having difficulty reaching out to Hikari because, despite the fact he was closest to her at that point in time, she still was too closed-in to open up about anything. They almost never talk about what they actually think about each other, other than obviously having an investment in each other’s welfare and enjoying each other’s company, but, again -- this isn’t unusual for platonic friends at this age. And the fact that this is the one ship where there was actual official word putting a foot down and saying, no, this did not end up in marriage...everyone interprets this like it’s some kind of callous move made to make people miserable for no good reason, but I would say that, given the writing philosophy applied to the kids in nearly every other respect, the intent was likely to make a statement that this kind of relationship can exist without it ending up in inevitable marriage somewhere down the line.

We’re inclined to see “two people being emotionally close means a higher chance of being a couple” because this is how romance has been portrayed in media for as long as any of us have been consuming media, but in actuality, relationships are very multifaceted and complicated, and there are many ways to be “emotionally close” to someone in ways that don’t overlap with being “romantically attracted” to someone. This is especially once you start becoming an adult and end up needing to navigate the web of who’s a friend and whom you might have a crush on, and in actuality the person you start flirting with because you think they’re attractive might have been someone you just met last week, or at least someone you don’t know very emotionally intimately (which is why crushes can be intimidating, even in adulthood). This is also what I think fuels the disparity between why Taichi/Sora gained such a huge following and what actually happened with them, because many, many fans will testify that they felt baited by the ship, but if you look in the actual series in terms of what counts as “romantic attraction” and not just emotional closeness, there’s...not a lot; they happened to know each other before the events of the series (but so did Koushirou!), Taichi had a bit of a mental breakdown about saving her (because he’s not someone who abandons important friends), and in Our War Game! they had a bit of a spat with traces of tsundere (which, ultimately, are circumstantial and don’t necessarily indicate they actually have serious mutual feelings for each other). Official word implies that Yamato and Sora were planned since rather early in the series, and it doesn’t seem like coincidence that “pairing up the main hero and heroine” (Taichi and Sora) was given as an example of an avoided trope in an official booklet, so it lends further support to the idea that “not following typical romance tropes and expectations” was a significant priority.

Again, this isn’t me saying anything about those who ship it or those who have been able to figure out ways in which the relationship could work in some very wonderful headcanons I’ve had the benefit of reading over the past decades, nor those who are having a marvelous time with fanfic and headcanon and comics and being a bit more willing to indulge outside the scope of the series’s canon. (Nor the multitude of very good headcanons and meta I’ve seen about the possibility of Takeru/Hikari at least trying out dating somewhere along the line, even if it doesn’t end up anywhere permanent.) Nor does that mean I think that this was the best way for the writers to go about it -- as I’ve said in this meta already, there is an inherent fallacy of not paying enough attention to how writing will be taken and interpreted by people with certain reasonable expectations cultivated from years of media consumption, and especially by kids who aren’t going to pick up that nuance or don’t have the appropriate relationship life experience. Regardless of intent, there’s still a lot that can be criticized about its handling; in many ways, it could be considered a bit cruel that the series had things known to be considered romantic subtext in most other series that may not have been actually intended this way. But, nevertheless, I do feel very strongly that there’s a high likelihood that this is what they were at least going for, even if it didn’t come off that way to most of the audience.

Extrapolating this concept further, it’s also interesting to see how Adventure and 02 treat romance as a relatively insubstantial thing in the grand scope of things. I said earlier that it’s quite understandable that romance and shipping have become the main obsession for media -- and it’s probably been that way for as long as human civilization has even existed -- but when you really think about it, Adventure/02 treat romance as “a thing that is a big part of your life, but not the sole controlling factor”. Again, note how Daisuke’s precocious crush on Hikari manifests when he’s at his most shallow, and even after Yamato and Sora start dating in episode 38, we really don’t hear a lot about it -- granted, neither were in the lead protagonist cast by that point in the series, but whenever they do appear thereafter, it’s almost always about their work helping out as Chosen than it is about their relationship, which is presumably a private thing going on in the background. It’s a part of their lives, but it’s not the only thing going on with them. Of course, shounen anime with casts of these ages don’t tend to breach the topic of romance much at all, but it’s interesting how it touches on the topic and then leaves it in the background -- again, something probably frustrating and a bit too cavalier for those inclined to see shipping and romance as life or death, but from a real-life perspective, makes sense in the realm of friends’ relationships largely not being your business, even if it is significant.

(Ken and Miyako are a trickier matter because their pairing was allegedly based on their voice actors’ friendship, but considering that it has been cited multiple times across multiple Digimon series production notes that character outlines were often subject to change even mid-series based on impressions of the voice actors’ performance -- it happened in Tamers too, and it’s not even unusual for original anime in general -- it’s still ambiguous as to when in production this decision was made, and, considering the flip between Miyako having jealous pettiness over him in episode 3 to fantasizing over him and considering him exactly her type in 8, I would not be surprised if the decision were made somewhere in between there, especially since the fact the epilogue would eventually happen was already established in production over a year prior. Unlike with Yamato and Sora, we don’t get to see the two of them at a reasonable age to start doing anything serious within the scope of 02, which led to the unfortunate result of the reveal of them getting married in the epilogue being a very startling and sudden jump for many.)

In any case, I’m going to close this with yet another disclaimer -- I know I’m repeating myself too many times at this point, but I really, really want to make it clear that I am not, in any way, trying to imply that I don’t understand why people would be blindsided by the epilogue in any of the above ways (careers, the status of Digimon partnerships, shipping) because, as I said, I do think there is some merit to the philosophy that maybe they should have paid a bit more attention to how people -- especially kids -- would actually see the events rather than the writing philosophy behind why it should be written this way. (And, to be honest, I think I might have this complaint behind not just the epilogue, but both Adventure and 02 as a whole, for a multitude of different reasons.) Moreover, there are a million other cans of worms that could be feasibly discussed regarding the epilogue that I’ve only barely scratched the surface of here, because there are so many different topics to unpack when it comes to it, and I could go on forever (and further increase my risk of ending up with my head on a pike...). And of course there’s the wider issue of how to handle timeskip epilogues in general (they don’t really tend to be very popular, do they), so, really, there’s only so much I can cover in one post before dragging this on for too long. But in the end, even after writing all this, I understand that there are a lot of people who still won’t like it or don’t want to accept it, and that’s fine; it’s not my place to try and convince people to.

But, nevertheless, the reason why I made this post -- and what I hope the take-home can be -- is that, no, I don’t think this was made as a random off-their-rocker decision with the intent to make everyone miserable, nor some kind of fever dream that the writing staff must have pulled out while drunk, nor whatever accusations I’ve seen levied about it as a weird spontaneous idea (and the fact it really did come out very suddenly at people), but that -- regardless of how it landed -- there was some idea behind why it played out, and why, even 20 real-life years later, principles like “not everyone’s going to stick with the same career even in adulthood” continue to hold.

#digimon #digimon adventure 02 #shihameta

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reenadelenyel · 7 years

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Night Time Replies

I am waiting to leave for work, working night today, so I am going to use whatever time I have left to reply your comments.As always, thanks for all the love on pics!

I am going to try and be a tad organized this time

Replies about Brett (well mostly Mochi, sorry Brett but people like him more than you)

ktarsims replied to your photoset“Here have some loveliness from Mochi ♥”

CUUUUTE! <3

batsheba replied to your photoset “Here have some loveliness from Mochi ♥”

Soooo cute <3

willky12 replied to your photoset “Here have some loveliness from Mochi ♥”

Cuteness overload and I love his little bed <3

Yes he is so adorable! I like to check on him regularly and see him chew on his old shoe I think he stole it from Brett. And the little bed is from ATS, she has done a few things for pets I really like (that includes the shoe)

ktarsims replied to your photoset “In search of inspiration he fed the bird, talked to Mochi for a bit...”

PUPPY! <3

Puppy love indeed, I would take him out with Brett but he would be far away from home if he has to walk back.

ktarsims replied to your photoset “He has an amazing view around him and he draws ghosts…. I might have a...”

LOL xD

My sims keep talking or thinking about ghosts even though I haven’t actually seen any yet myself, and now he is drawing about them. Maybe their absence is more worrying than their presence?

nisukiye replied to your photoset “Man… you seriously need to improve your drawing before you can make a...”

Same

He will get there eventually :p

Replies about Melissa

davidmont replied to your photoset “Melissa went home for a nap (a lot of emotions tonight), woke up to a...”

she's so lucky omg

Because she came home without a problem after being surrounded by zombies? It does not seem to have affected her too much.

danjaley replied to your photoset “Run Melissa run! You can make it in 1 min especially as nobody is...”

And then they send YOU a text saying: "I missed you at my party!" :D

davidmont replied to your photoset “Run Melissa run! You can make it in 1 min especially as nobody is...”

she's lucky if they bring food, or juice at least, or even let you in lmao

davidmont replied to your photoset “Run Melissa run! You can make it in 1 min especially as nobody is...”

lmao they do call you ungrateful awww

Yes! She did not receive a text this time but I was waiting for it. Maybe it came after I changed household? It was pretty late at night so sometimes they send it the next day.

I don’t like parties generated by the game, like you say David they don’t have much and if you open their fridge it is bad behavior (unless you cheat with a mod xD)

davidmont replied to your photoset “The most dull party I ever went to, nobody was there not even the cat....”

poor

Very T_T

my-simension replied to your photo “I kinda wish I had some ice cream too, so enjoy it girl, I know how...”

hehe I'm eating my pistachio gelato right now. :}

davidmont replied to your photo “I kinda wish I had some ice cream too, so enjoy it girl, I know how...”

lol i hope is her fave flavor

-stares at her gelato- Yummy...

And it was the old ice cream so generic taste, but I am pretty sure she liked it

Replies about Caryn and Kaitlin

davidmont replied to your photoset “I gave Caryn a little room all to herself, it needs some more...”

at least they seem happy! yasss

Yes they do! I will have to keep renovating a lot but they are more or less settled

davidmont replied to your photoset “The girls are sharing the house but they don’t know much about each...”

haha you don't know, maybe they're exchanging secrets about fishing

my-simension replied to your photoset “The girls are sharing the house but they don’t know much about each...”

"There are plenty of "fish" in the sea!" :D

I am pretty sure Mimi’s version is more accurate in this situation, I don’t see them fishing at all (unless it is indeed tips about finding a man)

davidmont replied to your photo “Way to go girl! Now you can put somebody to sleep without boring them...”

she is good at it! dan is the worst lmaaaooo

my-simension replied to your photo“Way to go girl! Now you can put somebody to sleep without boring them...”

Awww man! xD

Next one she managed was something about vampire sunscreen, but as far as I know there is no vampire around yet.

davidmont replied to your photoset “The joys of alchemy. That wasn’t advertised in the job description :p...”

lmao she's now unlucky awww

my-simension replied to your photoset “The joys of alchemy. That wasn’t advertised in the job description :p...”

Yep Open the windows. hehe

She failed a bottle, and that was the result. I might change the window and get one that stays opened :D Part of the renovation project.

ktarsims replied to your photoset“Wait, what? How xD She wasn’t even the one standing next to the fire!...”

TWICE. LOL

willky12 replied to your photoset “Wait, what? How xD She wasn’t even the one standing next to the fire!...”

She survived though ;)

davidmont replied to your photoset “Wait, what? How xD She wasn’t even the one standing next to the fire!...”

OMFG CARYN YOU'RE SO UNLUCKY GURL!!!!1 HHAHAHAHA Poor thing lmao

She was unlucky yes, catching fire not even once but yes twice, but at least she survived (I think I would have restarted my game if she did not, I had saved while they were talking on the couch).

And all along nothing bad happened to Kaitlin. Caryn what have you done to be so unlucky??

Replies about... er misc?

davidmont replied to your photo “¦ are all the current service sims in my town female? Girl power!!”

always, go gurl!

I will have to call for pizza delivery, you never know :D

ktarsims replied to your photoset “I was wondering why the family portrait was not showing the proper...”

@_@;

A lot of creator actually forget to do the low mesh. I had that for an ear microphone when I was working on my story, so if you took a picture from further away it would disappear, can’t remember what was there instead, probably a ring.

#davidmont #danjaley #willky12 #batsheba #nisukiye #ktarsims #my-simension #reply

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three-eyedraven · 7 years

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I want you to do all the numbers. I only reply so quickly because I get notifications when you post because I love you so much ❤❤ And I want to learn more about you

0: Height

5′2″

1: Virgin?

yes

2: Shoe size

anywhere from 7-8

3: Do you smoke?

4: Do you drink?

5: Do you take drugs?

I take CBD oil for my anxiety from time to time. I need to get better about taking it more regularly but I forget. (I don’t really consider it much of a drug really since there is no THC in it but it was recently classified as one so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

6: Age you get mistaken for

idk. a lot of the time like 18-20 but sometimes younger cuz im short and v quiet/my voice pitch goes up due to my social anxiety which i guess seems childish

7: Have tattoos?

not yet

8: Want any tattoos?

yep!

9: Got any piercings?

yep

10: Want any piercings?

don’t think there are anymore that I want so nah

11: Best friend?

Honestly, my girlfriend ( @lizzywaffles ). Also Rachel, Courtney, Mimi, Jordan, and Grace even though I don’t get to talk to her or see her a lot anymore.

12: Relationship status

In one ♡

13: Biggest turn ons

Idk probably light back scratching/rubbing, butt touching, lip biting, getting my hair played w, and idk that’s all I can think of rn. Just kissing is chill too.

14: Biggest turn offs

Rude, bigoted, not understanding or patient w me bc I take a lot of work, dishonest, loud, impulsive (like in a bad way [if that makes sense]), disloyal, and basically just basic things that most people don’t like.

15: Favorite movie

(in no order) Dope, Ponyo, Belle, Across the Universe, Lilo and Stitch, and I think that’s it

16: I’ll love you if

Are honest w me and respect me. Patient w me and kind to me. Funny and intelligent. Mostly if you are understanding and tbh I like clingy or don’t be super distant (unless you need it that’s okay) bc it’s always good to know you’re loved.

17: Someone you miss

My aunt, some of my friends cuz I haven’t seen a lot of people over break that I would’ve liked too which is bc I am trash and never initiate things. Also my girlfriend cuz I’m clingy yikes srry (but not really).

18: Most traumatic experience

Would rather not

19: A fact about your personality

I am v quiet. Like I just don’t really like to talk a lot plus I am v shy and suck at holding conversations so if I am ever really awkward and quiet around you or don’t reply it’s mostly bc Idk what to say so please do not take it personally, I’m v sorry.

20: What I hate most about myself

*queue Jean-Ralphio voice* everythiiinnnggg

But if I had to choose one thing personality wise it’d be my anxiety and physically my skin or maybe my weight

21: What I love most about myself

I like how artistic/creative I am

22: What I want to be when I get older

Makeup artist

23: My relationship with my sibling(s)

It’s good, I guess

24: My relationship with my parent(s)

I love my mom a lot even though we fight sometimes and my dad I’m kinda neutral on tbh like I’m just v uncomfy around him and usually just get annoyed so meh.

25: My idea of a perfect date

Probably eat some good food whether we make it or go somewhere, then just chill out and maybe watch something, and then cuddle. Also I just like drives or walks especially at pretty places. Idk I am p simple tbh and I just love being around my s/o so really anything that doesn’t give me anxiety is gr8.

26: My biggest pet peeves

Chewing loudly, interrupting, and that’s all I can think of tbh.

27: A description of the girl/boy I like

She is the most wonderful person ever and I adore her w every fiber of my being. She treats me v well and we always have a great time together. She makes me feel comfy and at home which is something that I never feel honestly so it is really nice. On the outside she is super swaggy but she is actually a huge dork once you get to know her and it is amazing. She also is really talented and she’s in a band called Generation Nomad so you should check em out on Spotify or whatever your preferred music streaming thingy is. Basically to sum it up she is the most incredible human to ever exist and I lover her so much. (sorry if this is too sappy but also im not bc i just love my girl so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

28: A description of the person I dislike the most

Idk if there is someone I dislike the most honestly. I hate when people are rude, bigoted, and basically most of the things that were included in my “turn offs”.

29: A reason I’ve lied to a friend

idk cuz I didn’t want to do something

30: What I hate the most about work/school

It is v time consuming and, if you are a baby like me, they cause a lot of anxiety. Also it just seems like people get stuck in it and can’t really enjoy life which sucks and is my fear.

31: What your last text message says

One is long and salty so Imma just do the second to last one which says “holy shit”

32: What words upset me the most

Slurs and that’s all I can think of rn tbh

33: What words make me feel the best about myself

Honestly just any nice words. Validation is always gr8

34: What I find attractive in women

I guess probably their sensitivity and I am just more comfortable around women. Also they’re just so pretty.

35: What I find attractive in men

Idk I guess their strength (I can’t really think of anything else so that’s what comes to mind). Guys are great tho but I just can’t think of specifics.

36: Where I would like to live

I’d either stay in CO or I’d like to live somewhere in the upper west coast. A different country would be cool but very hard.

37: One of my insecurities

I am v quiet and anxious so I worry that it comes off as me being a bitch. Also my anxiety keeps me from doing a lot of Cool Teen™ things so people probably think that I am really lame.

38: My childhood career choice

I wanted to be a singer and before that a hair stylist like my mom.

39: My favorite ice cream flavor

Chocolate, cookies n cream, or strawberry i guess.

40: Who wish I could be

idk tbh. I just wish I was a better, cooler, happier, prettier version of myself.

41: Where I want to be right now

Somewhere warm and maybe rainy. A beach would be nice for a bit. Or just w my girlfriend (cheesy i know). Also hangin w some good friends on the road or just somewhere new or something would be nice.

42: The last thing I ate

A cookie

43: Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately

My gf

44: A random fact about anything

Crocodiles have the strongest bite of any animal.

Thank you so much for the ask!! I love you too ♡

#ask #anon #Anonymous #sorry if any of this sounds stupid i am too tired to proof read #also i am stupid so #also sorry if anyone is offended by anything for some reason??

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Mainly about me and roots 8.7.2018

I sent you the newsletter from ROOTS instead of the gloom I usually spread. I have been very sceptic about the organization, Roots and still am but when I read that they are also involved in Chan el Achmar where we had a demonstration yesterday I though maybe there is still some hope. But at least they are trying to do something and showing empathy which is more than many of those who bemoan what is happening are doing. Whatever idea they may have of how to improve the situation.

. I am really tired. The three and a half hours of Arabic in the morning …and it means an hour journey there and also back I find very tiring. And Yehuda is in hospital with a broken hip and after all he has done for me over the years I am trying to go every second day to see him though he says not to. After one attempt to take the bus there and back I gave up as it goes all the way through the religious areas and takes an age and that it already around two in the afternoon when I am tired. And it is too hot to walk. I have decided to hell with expense and take a taxi. Truth is I am not really finding time to walk or to swim. I hardly read except a page or two at night. And I was going to go to Bethlehem checkpoint today but I go on my own and have decided to give it a miss. I really need some time to get everything on the computer also sorted out. And I doubt I do any good there. I have a ton of homework to do and have just come back from a desert trip and need some hours to catch up on translations, on making phone calls for Women wage Peace and my own writing. Which to me is important if I want to check something out……and I enjoy the writing. I find the grammar incredibly difficult. Yesterday, Suleiman whom we visited in his tent and who has his own problems said he learned basic Hebrew in a few days and think Arabic is much more difficult for outsiders to learn.

And another problem is that my foot in the night besides the cramps has started to curl up and last night I had to get out of back six times to straighten it out again. And yes I do take magnesium and eat bananas and drink tonic water. Li El says she is going to work more on my back. The walking is going better but I mainly go in closed shoes which I hate but the straps on my sandals get too tight and I cannot open them up as much as I would want to because of the Velcro.

Oh well . I am catching up.

Natalie

Roots- Shorashim-Judur <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 6, 2018 6:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Roots Summer Update and Fall Tour Dates

A Busy Summer at Roots! Updates from Roots Projects, our November North America Tour, Summer Programs and Ways to Get Involved These have been incre

A Busy Summer at Roots!

7th graders from a local Jewish school volunteer and hear from Roots leaders... amazing conversation!

Updates from Roots Projects, our November North America Tour, Summer Programs and Ways to Get Involved

women joining a joint photography workshop- learning how to change our lens

These have been incredibly busy days for Roots, from the Womens Photography Workshop with Saskia Keeley- our dedicated board member from NYV, numerous guest lectures with local Israeli and Palestinian residents, our Ramadan break-fast series and of course the day to day meetings, interventions and invitations to bring Root's inspiration to communities across the land. And now - Summer Camp! The Roots team is excited for our week long summer experience for 70 youth at the end of July! Help us to cover the last costs and bring these kids and their families to a bi-lingual play in Yaffo and time in the Mediterranean sea just before the campaign closes, click here to give!

DONATE TO ROOTS SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE!

Women from the photo workshop head out into the fields.

Womens Photography

Over 35 local women participated in our now annual womens photography workshop. From the initial distance and differences emerged expression, laughs and a deep chance to see each other. This is now the third year of our workshops with Saskia, and we are grateful to her for the dedication and gift she brings us. Exhibitions of previous years are on display in NYC and may accompany Roots speakers on future tours. Pictures from the workshop will be in the next update, and on our facebook page.

Deepening Understanding

Amidst the strife and tensions over the last few months, Roots stays focused on going to the core of the issues, developing our understanding and discourse and then seeking the places to act. As the calendar wove through the anniversaries of 1948- Independence and Nakba, we held a special evening for the local communities. Opened by representatives whom had just returned from a visit to the ruins of a Palestinian village from 1948, the youth talked about what it meant to visit with an elder who remembered life in the town. The challenge of including another sides truth and deep pain in one's own history. The youth were incredible in their reflecting their personal process and their sense of responsibility to both peoples stories.

Roots organized community visit to victim of extremist vandalism

Jahalin Solidarity One of the way's Roots' has been spreading is in the area aroud Jericho, and while the story of Khan Al-Ahmar has rage through headlines in the last few days, Root's partners have been involved over the last several months in challenging the scheduled demolition of the community and to reach a more just solution, based on the direction of the Jahalin leadership. We hope these next few days bring us hope and not sadness and solidarity instead of brokeness. To find out more, follow this link to their facebook page.

Rav Hanan and Khaled Abu Awwad on local radio during a speaking tour

Roots Speaking Tour

Roots speakers, R Hanan Schlesinger and Shadi Abu Awwad, will be speaking in various US cities from November 1-14th. If interested in bringing to your community, please send a mail to [email protected] for booking info. November 1-4 NYC area November 6-10 California November 11-14 East Coast Exact locations will be posted on our website, www.friendsofroots.net

Ways to Support Roots:

▪ A quick like to our Facebook page! ▪ Bring our speakers (see above) ▪ Get involved in a local chapter of Friends of Roots through our website or by contacting Daniel: [email protected] ▪ Bring the documentary film, The Field, for a screening. (Trailer here). Bookings through Michael, [email protected].

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A quick like to our Facebook page!

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Bring the documentary film, The Field, for a screening. (Trailer here). Bookings through Michael, [email protected].

Stretching the muscles of understanding with local children

Yoga for Roots!

A few months ago, an incredible yoga teacher from the US, Gali Levi McClure, contacted us seeking to support our work and to connect her practice to more peace in places of conflict. She organized an event in her yoga studio and while visiting, held a kids yoga workshop as part of our afterschool programs. It was an incredible afternoon for the kids and a great initiative. If you'd like to connect your yoga studio or other practice to a network of Friends of Roots around the world- please be in touch! Send a mail to us with Friends of Roots in the title to connect! [email protected]

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The latest collection from Simplicity Patterns has been released. If you are into vintage looks and kids clothes you are in luck – this release will be fantastic for you! If you are looking for more modern pieces, there probably isn’t going to be much here that excites you, but let’s take a look:

8504 – Very pretty 1930s vintage reprint. The sleeves on this are pretty fantastic.

8505 – Another Vintage reprint, from the 1970s. Great if you are looking for a tunic style dress pattern.

8506 – A bunch of sleeve patterns from the 1930s. I definitely want this! Sadly, it arrives after Pattern Review did it’s sleeve contest, but I think there are lots of cool options here, and I’d be interested in buying the pattern just to analyze the draft of these vintage sleeves.

8507 – 1950s Vintage reprint. I’m not as excited by this reprint; the skirt has some nice details, but in general this isn’t as full of interesting features as the other designs.

8508 – The jacket in this 1940s Vintage reprint is gorgeous. The triple pocket detail may be a bit much, but the seam lines and smaller pocket version is beautiful.

8509 – I usually prefer a more tailored coat, but the drama of this 1950s Vintage reprint cannot be denied. This one might have to join my stash. We should all be so glamourous.

8510 – 1930s Vintage underwear reprint. Not something I see an immediate use for, but could be great for those who like to do historical garment recreations.

8511 – One of the few modern patterns in this release. We’ve had lots of sheath dresses with fancy sleeves at this point. Cute, but I think there are other variations of this trend I prefer to this pattern. This does appear to have some nice front and back darts for fitting though, and a raglan sleeve cut, which are both nice features.

8512 – Love this top! I’m especially drawn to the sleeveless version with the asymmetric neck ruffle. I don’t know why, but I really want this pattern, just for view D. Having a princess seamed raglan top would be great, but really, I’m just crushing on the sleeveless version here.

8513 – Bodysuits with sleeve variations. There are some cute variations here, so if you are in the bodysuit market, this could be worth checking out.

8514 – Amazing fit trousers. The Amazing Fit patterns are never super exciting design wise, but they always seem to be the sort of pattern that would be handy to have in a wardrobe. This looks like a nice slim fit trouser, if you’ve been on the lookout for that sort of pant.

8515 – Learn to Sew skirt. Pretty basic, not something I’d be interested in, but it is always good to have patterns for new sewers who might be intimidated to try harder projects.

8516 – Mimi G. Style jeans, with different fit options. I’d be interested to get these to see how the fit adjustments work for those of us with slightly larger bums.

8517 – Poncho pattern. Apparently the poncho is the look for the year? It seems we’ve been seeing a lot of these, from all the major pattern companies.

8518 – Ladies pjs. Could be a great holiday gift option.

8519 – Men’s pjs. It’s… basically the same. But with the fly reversed.

8520 – Onesies. My friend loves to wear them, but I’m more of a separates girl myself.

8521 – Make your own sports fan gear? I could see this being popular, and the little football pillow could be really cute in a sports themed kids room.

8522 – Girl’s winter dress. The little purses and appliques are a bit like the ugly Christmas sweater version of a dress for me, but I suppose kids could really like them.

8524 – Kids ponchos. Everyone gets a poncho.

8525 – Kids leggings. Definitely a practical pattern, I would think.

8526 – Kids clothes and monster sweatshirts. Anyone else see the kid in red stripes and think, “Toby!”? (Yup, totally dating myself here…)

8527 – Kids costume onesies. Looks like a fast project that could be done in time for Halloween.

8626 – Men’s suits. Using crazy quilting cottons to sew men’s tailored suits has been all the rage at comic conventions of late. I’m predicting this will be a hit among the cosplay crowd.

8529 – Sweater pattern. Anyone else think the styling looks vaguely 80s? The pattern itself looks cozy, but sort of on that oversized aesthetic I’m don’t wear myself.

8530 – Wraps and scarves. Practical for accessories to fancy holiday parties.

8531 – More hats and scarves. Could be a great pattern if you want to sew things as holiday gifts.

8532 – Sewing space accessories. Could be fun if you want to use fabric to personalize your sewing area.

8533 – 1950s Vintage aprons. The multi-pocket front actually looks pretty handy.

8534 – Vintage inspired holiday dress. I actually really like the neckline and the ruffle – the details on this dress are really quite pretty.

8535 – American Girl pjs. Everyone gets pjs in this release.

8536 – American Girl doll clothes. Nothing super exciting, but there are lots of fun modern clothes here.

8537 – Baby stuff. Might be useful if you have a baby? Not something I’m very experienced with.

8538 – Dog clothes. OMG the Pokeball dog cozy is the look for this pattern. It falls somewhere between ridiculously hilarious and a wee bit adorable.

8539 – Toy dolls. Could be fun to use to make holiday gifts? Perhaps?

8540 – Birds. More gift sewing.

8541 – Ok, this vintage stuffed Mickey and Minnie are adorable, and I’m a bit obsessed. Love this!

8542 – The Dumbo is so cute! I’m actually probably going to get this so I can make the Thumper for my sister – she is a huge Thumper fan.

And that’s it! Seems like the vast majority of this release is vintage reprints. I like a few of the more modern releases, and I’ll likely add at least a few of the vintage looks to my stash, but, on the whole there isn’t a ton of new garment patterns to get excited about here. I am a bit too excited for the vintage Disney characters though; definitely these are things I’ll be picking up at a pattern sale sometime soon. What do you all think? Are you excited by all the vintage reprints in this release? Or is this pretty much a pass due to the low number of modern garment patterns? Feel free to discuss in the comments!

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04/19/2017 DAB Transcript

Joshua 19:1-20:9 ~ Luke 19:28-48 ~ Psalm 88:1-18 ~ Proverbs 13:12-14

Today is April 19th. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It's good to be here with you today for the next forward step through the scriptures this year. The next forward step leads us back into the book of Joshua, chapter 19, verse 1, through 20, verse 9 today. Of course, this week we’ve been reading from the English Standard Version.

Commentary

The proverb today, hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life, that is a very popular, famous passage of scripture and we say it a lot. Hope deferred does make the heart sick. It makes us heartsick. But when something that we’ve been striving for or a desire is fulfilled, it is as a tree of life to us. It is life-giving to us. So that is very popular.

What we don’t often consider as popular are the supporting scriptures that follow it that sort of unpack it. Because a desire fulfilled is a tree of life can mean anything. What do you desire? Desire can be double-edged. There can be a godly desire burning in your heart or there can be desires that will do nothing but destroy you and pull you away from God. So in context, whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life and one may turn away from the snares of death, turn away and be able to parse and understand which desire it is that we have. Chasing an unhealthy desire will steal our hope and make us heartsick and bring destruction on us and become a snare of death to us. But chasing after God, oh, that brings hope to the surface. That constantly gives us hope in front of us.

So may we do what the proverb is telling us in its entirety today and examine our own hearts. Are we heartsick? Is hope deferred? Why? We can begin by looking at the desires that we have been chasing after and that can be an a-ha moment, because our lives are not in the shape that they are in because it's God's fault. They are in the shape that they are in because of our intentionality or unintentionality. What are we chasing after? Are we chasing after God? Or are we chasing after the wind?

Prayer

Holy Spirit, we invite you into that because sometimes it's hard to know that. Sometimes it doesn’t become apparent immediately and in truth we confess that far too often we don’t slow down enough to even ask you. That is on us. Yes, we have blamed you for it, but it is on us. So we take this moment now to invite you into the desires of our hearts. Parse them. Examine them. Shine the light of truth on them. Let us see them for what they really are. Let us see them in stark, illuminated light rather than deep shadow. Show us where our hearts are pulling us and where we are allowing ourselves to be pulled because hope deferred makes us heartsick and we need hope. So come Holy Spirit, fill us with your hope and your desire. We ask in the name of Jesus, amen.

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Good morning Daily Audio Bible. May God bless you all on this blessed Good Friday, the day that over 2000 years ago our Lord and Savior was on his way to his crucifixion, only to resurrect and give us new life. I want to call in regard to lifting up Ruth from Cali who called on the 6th, Alicia from Kansas who called in on the 14th, and Ken from South Cali who also called on the 14th. ___ I think you called in on the 12th, both Alicia and Ken. You know, I just want to tell you, Ruth, I know that you’re concerned about your grandson for his brain surgery. Know that I am fasting today on Good Friday for the Lord and on behalf of Isaac. May the Lord bless him and keep him. Alicia, your daughter, Keagan, I know she is in Colorado. You can’t reach her, but I'm believing and I'm believing in her healing. Ken from Cali, broken relationship, I understand what that is like all too well. I didn’t know how to let go either and I just learned that all I had to do was just trust in God. Trust that he loves me. Trust in his promises. Read the word. Isaiah 55:24, Matthew 7:7-8, Matthew 21:22. If you believe, you will get anything you ask for in prayer. Just constantly believe in God's love, God's provision, look back at all the times that God has always been there. Look at today, Good Friday, and how he, our Lord and Savior died for us, how much more would he give us. Just believe. I know sometimes it is hard to do and we have our eyes covered, but just trust in his word. Trust in his love. Trust in his promises and provisions and don’t let go. Don’t let the enemy get you. God bless you. Esther from ___, NY.

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