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moondaeznuts · 2 months

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Cheongryeo is insane:

sorry for low quality i reuploaded this from my twt acc

MAJOR SPOILERS:

HELP THIS WAS CHEONGRYEO WHEN HE TOLD GUNWOO THAT HE DISBANDED T-HOLIC JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE IN HIS WAY

#데못죽 #데뷔 못 하면 죽는 병 걸림 #debut or die #dmj #dod #park moondae #cheongryeo #demotjuk #eotmoon #shin jaehyun #vtic cheongryeo #vtic shin jaehyun #testar moondae #debut or die moondae #debut or die cheongryeo #debut or die shin jaehyun

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meimi-haneoka · 1 year

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Report of CLAMP’s Twitter Space ~ May 5th, 2023 (part concerning Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card)

On May 5th, CLAMP opened two Twitter Spaces, one as a late celebration of Ohkawa's birthday and one as an "afterparty", dedicating this second one both to the Holic stage play and Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card. Actually, the mentions of Sakura-related stuff started already in the first Space, so I'm going to write the report starting from that one!

The first mention of anything CCS related is past halfway the first Space, when a question from a fan prompted CLAMP to talk about their current favorite Sakura costumes! (It seems one of them - I think it was Mokona - was about to speak about a certain costume and Ohkawa interrupted her, laughing: "That's too soon!! That's a spoiler! 😂" what a tease!) For Satsuki, her favorite costume is the classic cat one with the apron, from Clow Card Arc (side note, it seems she still had a strained back and that's also the reason why they couldn't celebrate with a Space on the actual day of Ohkawa's birthday), while for Nekoi it's the costume with shorts and diamond shapes all over it from the Clow Card Arc (when she had to sneak into a museum). For Mokona it's the bat-themed coat she had designed for the manga chapter (Sakura Card Arc) when Sakura went out with a fever, and she wore over her pajama this coat Tomoyo made her to keep her warm. Lastly, for Ohkawa it's the costume from volume 3 / the Clear Card anime OP, even though she knows it's one of the most complex ones (but she loves that it mixes both cuteness and a more mature vibe)! If she had to choose a simpler one, then it would be the classic Clow Card anime OP! Mokona also mentioned the fan favorite frog costume from Clear Card Arc, which it seems got a very slight criticism by Ohkawa because it looked too "childish", but Mokona was glad that in the end they used it anyway. Ohkawa actually explained that what she meant was more how it looked too "simple" and more reminiscing of a raincoat than a proper costume. And this is when the first interesting info comes!

A fan indicated the costume of chapter 36/37 of Clear Card as one of their favorite, and Ohkawa confirmed that they got a lot of praises for that....and then...

Ohkawa: This will become slightly spoilerish, but there is actually a reason why Sakura didn't wear (officially) this costume yet! 😉 Please stay tuned!

A few minutes later, a fan asked Ohkawa about what is usually “the driving force” that pushes her forward when she’s writing her stories. Ohkawa replied: “The end. The end is what’s most important to me. Even in Clear Card Arc’s case, the only reason why I’m doing it is because of the finale, that I decided right away and came to me like a spark. When that doesn’t happen, I get bored halfway through. To be honest, with Clear Card Arc it’s not even exactly the finale. There’s a certain event I wanted to write for it at all costs. If it wasn’t for that, I would’ve never given the OK to restart ‘CCSakura’ once again.” Nekoi: “So for the sake of the end, the story spun on itself and started once again.”

Another fan asked right after if there was any highlight they are looking forward to for the sequel of the Clear Card anime, and here CLAMP confirmed that the cast of voice actors will of course be the same! So they said that’s certainly a highlight. They also mentioned how the peak of the story will come all in the part that’s going to be portrayed in the anime from now on, so all of that is another highlight in itself. Ohkawa looks forward to hear Sakura Tange as Sakura once again. Then, talking about the source material for a moment: Ohkawa: “It took a long time, and we’ve been told that the story is kinda boring, but please trust me. They tell me I take long time to reveal all the “tricks” beneath the story but there’s a reason for that. Just wait a little more~ 😊”

Mokona mentioned that she personally looks forward to see how the director (Asaka, I guess) will portray the world inside the book where the kids go to halfway though the play (She’s talking about Clockland, of course 😊). They also wondered how they will portray the Mirror Card and the important role she will have in the later part of the story, Ohkawa in particular said Mirror has always been a very special Card (it’s one of the only 3 who can speak).

This is the content for the first Space! Only a few minutes later, CLAMP opened one more Space to focus on the Holic stage play and to talk about Sakura. Skipping to the Sakura content, a fan asked if Meiling is going to appear in the sequel of the Clear Card anime, since they liked her relationship with Syaoran, particularly the scene where they fought together. Ohkawa: “She won’t probably join a battle, but of course she’s going to appear!” (everyone clapped their hands) Mokona: “The funny thing is, when we started working on the Clear Card manga, I was wondering why Meiling didn’t appear...and then I remembered she was an anime-only character!!😂I had my memories messed up!”

Following that, Ohkawa announced something we were all hoping for as if it were nothing of importance 😂 Ohkawa: “This is something no one cares about, and I know they haven’t announced it for the new anime adaptation yet, but the script writer will be me, Nanase Ohkawa” (everyone clapped) Ohkawa: “It’s really nothing important” Mokona: “It is, instead! Thank you very much!” Mokona: “You’ll be working again with that director…” Ohkawa: “Yep, it’s real. I said I would’ve never written any more anime scripts, all on my own…” Mokona: “But since we’re rooting for you…! 😂” Ohkawa: “I’m saying this just to laugh a bit, but when I write the anime scripts, I enter my ‘nursing care mode’, I just can’t do anything else, I’ll be causing lots of trouble to the other CLAMP members who will have to take care of me...I’ll have to do this job alone, it’s a solo trip! 😅” Mokona: “The Costume design…” Ohkawa: “That’s going to be yours, who else? (to the audience) Mokona-san is going to be in charge of that.”

SO we got three important confirmations (+ the seiyuu cast one in the first Space) for the new anime sequel in the matter of a few minutes!! 😂And all of them are “spoilers”, meaning that none of this has been announced through official channels 😂But they were pretty expected...Ohkawa later in the Space said that she’s perfectly aware that Kodansha will probably get mad at her later for doing that! She said “They’re going to kick my as* right after Golden Week….but it’s okay!” 😆

After this, CLAMP were kind enough to read my message of deep appreciation for the story (Mokona said she wants to go to Italy! I wish conventions planners in Italy could take the hint…! 😂), and Ohkawa made me laugh as usual with her comments about Kaito:

Ohkawa: “This person...doesn’t think something like ‘come on, grow a pair and do the right thing!!’ towards Kaito?” Mokona: “Ah, I think it’s because she actually loves him a lot, at least that’s what it looks like! 😁” Ohkawa: “I see, I’m really grateful then 😁” Mokona: “Kaito-san should really stop messing around, though 😆”

Mokona then remembered that back when the old Sakura anime was airing, they had 2 manga serializations + the anime series to work on at the same time, and her blunt comment was “it was hell, back then”. Ohkawa: “I’m sure there are people out there who would’ve wanted somebody else as scriptwriter...sorry about that, but it’s going to be me! 😅 Actually, I haven’t even asked permission to anyone to announce these things, after all, isn’t it taken for granted at this point? Only me can do it” Mokona: “You’ve been doing this since the beginning, after all”

Ohkawa explained that there are several not-so-small differences between the anime and manga storylines, so the fact that she’s the only one writing the scripts makes everything simpler. She brought up a thing that many fans are interested in, the fact that Nadeshiko’s pendant watch from the manga is actually a key in the anime. If somebody else were to take over at this point, they wouldn’t know how to deal with that difference, because they wouldn’t know why the change was made in the first place. But since Ohkawa is taking care of it, it’s all right! Mokona said that she’s really curious to know what’s going on with Nadeshiko’s key in the anime, and what would be the developments from that. Ohkawa: “You have to trust Sakura-chan for that, not me!” Mokona: “But I believe in your storytelling skills! 😆”

Mokona then said that since the anime and manga storylines end up mixing up in her head, she’s refraining from watching the anime till everything is over. She brought up the example of Meiling of earlier on, and Ohkawa took the chance to express how wonderful the anime adaptation is and how much Meiling is loved by the fans, despite not being present in the manga.

Surprisingly enough, they also mentioned how fastly the season changed in the latest part of the story, jumping suddenly to winter. Satsuki pointed out that for most of the story the season didn’t change at all, and that the seasons actually reflect the situation of the story. When Satsuki said that, I realized it’s really true. And thanks to this comment, I think I might have understood even better why there’s a swallow coming to little wintery Kaito in the color page of chapter 62. Swallows announce the spring, after all… A fan asked a question about the handwritten text that appears in Cardcaptor Sakura, whether it’s Mokona’s real handwriting or it was created that way specifically for the manga (particularly, some kana have a little swirl that makes them cuter). Mokona confirmed that it was created specifically for the manga: in the old series she used to make it more round and cuter, but for Clear Card Arc she realized that a text like that impaired the readability, so she used more straight lines (though in the comedy parts she still tried to make it more rounded, but she admitted that there aren’t that many comedy parts in Clear Card 😅). Another fan sent a message saying they really love Lilie and would like to live with a person like her and Ohkawa was really curious to know what kind of person they thought she is, and what it is they like about her. Mokona: “Maybe she likes her assertiveness, which is very reminiscing of Akiho.”

That was for CLAMP an opportunity to talk about magicians in CLAMP world and how strong magic can distort their personality quite a bit! Mokona wondered if even Lilie is affected by this peculiarity in CLAMP world, since it is a thing (she remembered Momo talked about it in the manga), and in the end they decided to not reveal clearly whether her personality is distorted or not to not spoil the volume-only readers, because it became clear only in the chapter published last month, but invited them to guess the correct answer with a hint: “She became Nadeshiko’s friend, after all”. 😁 They also said that Lilie’s “pushy” nature is an interesting and nice trait of her. That lead CLAMP to make a list of their characters who are considered magicians:

Clow Reed – Yuuko – Fay – Syaoran (CCS) – Yuna D. Kaito – Sakura Kinomoto – Watanuki

and those who haven’t their personality “messed up” are Sakura, Syaoran, Watanuki (they say he’s on the edge, though 😆) and Ohkawa was surprised to find out that it’s almost half of them! Mokona also mentioned King Ashura from Celes country, but Ohkawa reminded her that his powers had severely messed up his personality. Then someone reminded them of Fei Wang, and of course he’s one whose personality was distorted greatly by magic, Mokona commented that the distortion went as far as it could go with him 😅

Ohkawa went further with the topic, telling a fun trivia about powerful magicians with distorted personality. She established that all people with very strong magic powers bear a burden on themselves. Supposed someone were to ask them to act properly in a situation without messing around, they’re people who don’t understand how to do that. They end up thinking 'what a bother, though'. Some of them, among that confusion, make up their own rules and become people like Clow Reed. Others just keep thinking 'it’s a bother, just a bother' and eventually end up thinking 'I don’t give a damn about it': those are the people like Fay or Yuna D. Kaito. 😆

Ohkawa: “Those two had a completely different life, though. Because Kaito had Akiho. So I guess for him it’s a bit different. But if someone were to tell him ‘You, sit down there’ he’d be like ‘Damn, I don’t want to sit down, I want to go back home’. Kaito wouldn’t just ‘sit down’. 😆Fay neither!” Mokona: “Those two are really similar” Ohkawa: “Yet they’ve lead a completely different life. My bad, but in my story Kaito became all ‘what a bore this, what a bore that’ 😅” Mokona: “I guess that can’t be helped for him, because he was severely abused and faced very rough life situations” Ohkawa: “Yeah, that’s right” Mokona: “Fay had Sakura-hime with him, so I wish those parts of him could be tamed for what it’s possible, much like it happened for Kaito with Akiho” Ohkawa: “That would be good, although I don’t know if those parts can ever settle down 😅” Mokona: “Yeah, after all, no one knows what goes through the minds of those magicians 😆”

A fan pointed out that Seishirou could be also included in the list of magicians, but Ohkawa explained he’s more of a shaman than an actual magician and those two shouldn’t be mixed up. It seems the kind of magic they summon is different.

The Space was supposed to end, but then Ohkawa had the sudden idea to ask her colleagues what’s the Card (from any arc) they would want to use the most! For Mokona it’s Fly or Flight (because she’d like to fly like a drone to somewhere, at least once 😆), for Ohkawa it’s Mirror from Clow Card Arc (because she always wanted to have a twin!! No one realized that, sensei), for Satsuki is Create and for Nekoi it’s Lucid (because she’d want to hide in uncomfortable moments 😆).

CLAMP also ended up mentioning, in their chat about the Cards, that it’s sad the Flight Card disappeared, due to its closeness to Sakura and the fact that it’s almost as if this Card had feelings of its own, even more than the old Fly Card.

Ohkawa, throughout the Space, reiterated her request to the fans to keep reading Clear Card’s story till the very end, even if right now they’re thinking ‘I would’ve wanted it to be more like this, instead’ or ‘This isn’t the kind of story I like’. She said in an earlier part of the Space that she’s aware there might be some parts difficult to understand, but that this is at the very core Sakura’s story. For her, as Cardcaptor Sakura’s writer, what makes Sakura the protagonist of this story is the fact that she’s the one deciding what to do within the story. That’s what a main character is for her, even when the “camera” of the storytelling is aiming at someone who’s not the protagonist. She talked to the volume-only readers, saying “If you keep reading and see what Sakura has decided in the next volume, I think you’ll realize just how much she’s grown up”. Mokona agreed, saying that Sakura has always chosen for herself, even in the past arcs.

Ohkawa: “In Cardcaptor Sakura’s story, Sakura always chooses how to take action, so I think it’s ok for me to variate a little bit what kind of main character she’s going to be. My partners Mokona, Nekoi and Sacchan are drawing this story with lots of care, so I’d like for you to keep reading it. Right now volume 14 is out, and when you’ll read it, I’m sure many of you will think ‘Kaito, you…!!! 💢’ 😂” Mokona: “They’re going to feel the same way Momo is feeling 😂”

And here sensei switched to another very important topic.

Ohkawa: “Apparently, the translation abroad is completely different” Mokona: “I guess it’s very difficult to convey the right meaning of some complex words” Ohkawa: “I’ve been told once ‘I just can’t translate it like this’ by the person who’s in charge of the translation. I think it’s great that they still want to try their best with a script like this one.” Ohkawa: “It’s just, you know...I can’t ask people who don’t understand Japanese to read it in our language. Therefore, I’m really grateful that they’re uploading those versions on Youtube, despite the translation being different. Especially with CCSakura right now, if the translation is different, it will end up conveying a different meaning (to the story) 😅(note: her tone right now suggests she’s uncomfortable about this) But still, I’m grateful they’re delivering the chapters to the whole world.” “I’m aware there’s someone (else) who’s writing blog posts about the translation because they feel uncomfortable about those differences, and if you can just look at those, I think it’s already enough. For example, something that really surprised me is how the word わからずや (wakarazuya) cannot be translated properly. (note: she’s referring to the ‘insult’ Momo yells after Kaito before he’s engulfed by the book at the end of chapter 70, and that Lilie mutters in chapter 72). It seems like there isn’t a word to express it. This is really a subtlety, though… There seem to be many words that aren’t perfectly translatable into English. Like 頑張れ！(ganbare!)” Satsuki: “よろしく (yoroshiku) too.” Ohkawa: “That’s right. Or 仕事 (shigoto).” Mokona: “Since the culture is different too, they have to look for a word that’s got the closest meaning to that one.” Ohkawa: “I think the people in charge are really doing their best, but when I’ve heard of (how they translated that word), I didn’t really feel good about it.” (Mokona: “yes, it’s true”). Mokona: “Even the official translation can be wrong! It’s totally understandable” Ohkawa: “I know. I guess translating わからずや is really difficult, but I think you’ll still able to understand it if you consider the feelings of that character in that moment.” Nekoi: “It's more like ‘blockhead’ ” Ohkawa: “When re-translating the word they chose back (in our language), I felt like it got translated into something closer to 馬鹿 (baka).” (note: the ENG used "dolt" which indeed got more of a "stupid" nuance) Mokona: “Ah, that’s not what she meant…” Ohkawa: “And to us, 馬鹿 means something completely different”. (Mokona agrees)

Ohkawa: “Even so, I think it’s still worth uploading the chapters officially on Youtube, so please keep checking them out. At the same time, I’m really grateful to those who point out where (the translation) got it wrong.” Mokona: “There’s really a language barrier!” Ohkawa continued saying that she’s often told by translators that it’s difficult to understand what’s the subject (of a sentence) in her writing. She brought as an example how, to this day, Yue still doesn’t have a personal pronoun he uses to refer to himself, so that makes difficult to establish the subject when he talks. Mokona wondered how the translations abroad are dealing with translating how non-human characters are referring to themselves, when in Japanese they don’t use pronouns such as “ore” or “watashi”. Ohkawa guessed that probably in foreign languages it doesn’t really matter. Despite being really grateful to all the people who are translating her work with care, she expressed lots of interest on this topic and would also like to talk to them freely about this matter, because it’s true that there are parts that are translated differently (note: or wrong, the word used can indicate both).

She extended her gratitude also to people who give their comments and impressions about every single chapter, reading them on Nakayoshi or Youtube, even when those comments are really harsh towards them and their work. Ohkawa: “I’m also very grateful to those who tackle the translation differences every month, saying things like ‘This is not right’ or ‘This is not what they’re actually saying!’” Mokona: “We could call it ‘collective knowledge’, or rather, we could really say this world is built by what everyone is saying, in a collective effort” Ohkawa: “It’s my fault, but since Momo’s wording is a bit difficult to translate, she might have been misunderstood (abroad).”

Changing topic slightly, but always staying in the CCSakura area, Ohkawa reiterated how this is Sakura’s story, and she would like us to read it till the end to witness how Sakura figured out what she can do for someone she’s just met (like Akiho), coming from a position of someone who’s always been protected and guarded by other people till now. She wants us to see how much she’s grown up going through that process. Ohkawa: “Mokona praised a lot the conversation between Sakura and Akiho in the script I’ve written for the latest chapter, which hasn’t been published into volume format yet, so I can’t say much about it…. All four of us are taking good care of portraying properly how both Sakura and Akiho will do what they can, each in their own way, so I really want you to see it.”

While repeating the fact that Ohkawa will be the one writing the scripts for the sequel of the anime, Mokona commented that she really doesn’t think anyone but her can do it. Ohkawa said “I know this myself, but if you’ll end up saying 'This is not ‘Sakura’!' because of the direction it’ll take in the future, well...sorry about that”. She saw some fans commenting in the hashtag that they were happy and relieved that she’s at the script writing again, and Mokona said the same. She was very grateful.

Ohkawa: “Sakura-chan will always be the same Sakura-chan (you’ve known till now). Cardcaptor Sakura is the story of the main character Sakura who will choose for herself what to do within the story.” Mokona: “Please watch carefully Sakura’s choice ❤️”. Ohkawa: “Really...Someone might end up telling Kaito 'Ugh, Kaito, sit down there!' (in reference to the magicians discussion earlier on) 😂” Mokona: “I really think that will happen! 😂 I think so too about him” Ohkawa: “And Syaoran...Syaoran will still have a little role! He really did his best, till now.” Mokona: “It’ll be good if he can get to have a say in this” Ohkawa: “I think he will. Really, everyone is doing their best, so...I really hope you’ll stick around to see it.” In response to a fan comment, saying how they like Sakura’s character because she is who she is, they said “We have no intention to betray that. That’s what makes her the main character and betraying the main character is not okay”. Satsuki mused that Sakura-chan was still an elementary schooler till the other day, she’s worked hard and she’s grown up so much now.

At this point they finally started wrapping the Space up with one last birthday wish for Ohkawa from each CLAMP member, while she jokingly (?) asked everyone to write again “Happy Birthday” in the hashtag. 😂 Mokona wished her the best with the imminent work on the anime scripts (judging by her words, she’ll start as soon as the scripts for the manga will be over), which she could already predict it’ll be a difficult job, even more so than the first time around. Satsuki also wished her to take care of her health since she’ll be very busy from now on, and that she hopes to be able to drink some delicious drinks with her soon. Nekoi expressed her love for her “boss” telling her that she still keeps a hat she got from Ohkawa when they weren’t professional mangaka yet ❤️ Ohkawa: “Do you love me?” Nekoi: “I do, a lot ❤️” Ohkawa: “Thank youuuu! 😂” The last message of course was from the boss herself. She mentioned the end of Clear Card which is imminent, and again invited everyone to watch the story unfolding till the end. She was talking with Nekoi earlier about how even Eriol and Syaoran were really hated while the old arcs were still ongoing: apparently back then, dozens of fans told Kumai-san (Syaoran’s VA) that they hated her because her character was being mean to Sakura! 😂Mokona sounded really apologetic towards Kumai-san and how hard it was on her back then, but she was grateful that she could endure and shake all of that off with a smile😅 Ohkawa said that the same thing happened to Eriol, both for the anime and manga versions, for how he caused trouble (to Sakura) 😆And it’s not over! Ohkawa continued saying that even Nakuru received her good share of hate because she was standing between Touya and Yukito 😂 Mokona yelled her “indignation”, because ‘Nakuru is such a good kid!!’ 😂 and expressed her wish to see more affectionate scenes between her and Yukito, since now they get along as good friends. All things considered, Ohkawa expressed her hope everyone can wait for the end to see things change. Of course, she’s well conscious there’s no 100% guarantee that people won’t hate Clear Card even after it’ll be over, and she’s ok with that. She defined herself a “selfish writer”. 😆 Mokona asked everyone to have a little bit more of patience (implying it’ll be worth it).

“Whether you laugh or cry, whether you want it or not, soon it’ll be over, so please read it till the end” ❤️

#cardcaptor sakura #card captor sakura #clear card arc #ccsakura #clamp #clamp space report #sakura kinomoto

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thesovereignsring-if · 8 months

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Can we get facts about MCs family members both alive and dead ? So brothers, cousins, mother and father. What did MCs parents think of their children ? What type of parents were they ? (Sorry if it’s too many questions at once).

I had to sit on this until I released the demo to avoid some spoilers. Sorry for the delay!

Now let’s drop some fun facts:

(Spoilers for the demo below!)

Alberich:

Loves cheeses and wine. He typically prefers savory food

He’s a work-a-holic, so he prefers foods he can eat with his hand at his desk.

Likes reading trashy love novels in his down time.

100% a songbird. He paints silly pictures of cats when he’s bored.

He wears a very soft and elegant smelling floral perfume. It’s the same brand as his mother’s.

He hates hot climates and rain. The change in air pressure makes his stump ache ):

Sieghardt:

Loves sweets and baked goodies

A very talented cook.

He’s the kind of person to smuggle injured animals into his room to nurse back to health.

Cold and aloof, but really well respected by the younger Heath Knights. Sieg takes good care of them because they remind him of you.

Has stage fright.

Ledea (Mother)

The MC's entire world before she dies. Ledea was worried about bonding with the MC after birth, but when her husband dies, she becomes very protective of them.

The other boys might have suffered because of that though.

She was a very attentive and protective mother. She took the MC everywhere she went.

Became Duchess of Vagnyr after her Father dies in a hunting accident

Married her long time childhood best friend :)

Highly artistic and feminine. Alberich takes a lot after her.

Ledea loves all her children- in her own way. She didn’t(couldn’t) love them equally, however.

Vayne (Father)

He is dead before the MC is born so there isn’t any strong connection, only a sense of loss for what could have been.

It’s unknown who was born first between the Twin Princes, but Vayne was a popular successor due to his military record, but people were apprehensive of his more gentle nature.

Because of his duties as Prince, he was often away from home, but when he was home, he was a very active and present Father for the boys.

DIY dad that will build you a doll house mansion if you asked nicely with his bare hands.

He does build an entire birdhouse/flight pen for all the pigeons Sieghardt rescues. Even to this day, those pigeons and their off-spring circle the castle property because of it.

His children were his life. He would die for them. (And He did.)

Maeve (Empress)

gaslights gatekeep girlboss 💅

Regardless of the MCs opinion of her, she does consider them her baby. Ledea can go die in a hole.

What can go wrong when the crazy party aunt becomes your full time guardian??

Maeve is very indulgent and will coddle the MC, but she does live by the old ways of tough love.

She loooooves eating fruits, especially bite-sized ones, like grapes!

Tans very easily

Eirik

His Mother, Duchess Thrya gave birth to a bastard shortly after his father died, so he is very-not-okay.

He lives a very isolated life in his territory.

Loves fishing, swimming, sailing and collecting little seashells for his collection.

He’s got gadgets and gizmos a plenty…

His crew are ride or die for him so watch out!

#answered asks #Alberich #Sieghardt #Ledea #Vayne #Maeve #The Empress #Eirik

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tsuki-sennin · 3 months

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Another year, another new town, another team, another season of PreCure to be invested in! Can't wait to take it easy this year. (<- clueless)

All joking aside, I think this'll be plenty of fun. Buuuuuut if you don't wanna see my face around here, then the tag phrase for this season is "Cure's Best Friend! What Wonderful Walkies!"

Spoilers, I guess...

-Awwwwww

-Birds... horses...

-Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, this is already so pretty.

-Hello there, wan-chan~!

-Komugi...

-OHHHHHH

-HOT DAMN, THAT HUGE HUNKA BEEF IS YOUR DAD?

-...is he single? Or if he'd prefer, polyamorous?

-To all the beasts of the world, we bid you good morning~!

-Wonderful~!

-Theme sure is catchy.

-Ahhhhh, an animal hospital. Just like our old pal Buki from Yotsuba-cho.

-Breakfaaaaaast~!

-Hot damn, your mom's a babe too!

-Another busybody, eh?

-Small dogs have big loyalty.

-Misses her boss already, eh?

-Komugi-chan...

-Oh, guess we've got bad guys this time around too.

-...I'mma be real, I didn't think we'd have those.

-They gave the dog nightmares, how dare

-Wan-wan~!

-Walkies~!

-A lad... and a bun....

-"Hmmmmm..."

-"BWAH"

-Daifuku-chan~!

-Ohhhh, I get it

-Satoru

-Like Sato-kun the Rabbit.

-...Taro Sato...

-...I'd kill a man for some yakuniku now.

-Magical mirror...

-Neeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!

-Hah, you like her huh buddy?

-Oh, glowy~!

-Garugaru...

-Pretty Holic~!

-Business has been booming hardcore ever since they set up shop in Aozora Town. ...I wonder what they consider when they set up shop somewhere?

-Nya....

-Yuki...

-Hide, Mayu! Hide forever~!

-"See you, cat~!"

-Ah, yep~! Typical cat behavior.

-Wonderful...

-Oh that's a big boy

-Baaaaaaalll~~!

-Shiny.....

-The dogs are riled!

-That is one huge beastie.

-Iroha Inukai's courage stands strong.

-Jesus, this ram sure is strong.

-She is at her fucking limit.

-Iroha!

-"Who......."

-Wonderful Pact~!

-Pretty Cure~! My Evolution~!

-Three! Two! Wan~!

-Goddamn, that's one snappy transformation!

-Activation, countdown, introduction. All a doggy needs.

-Oh cool, the lead's our shielder!

-"Bad Garugaru! No milk bones for you!"

-Waaaaaaaaon~!

-The dream of all manner of doggy!

-Easing pain.....

-Yeah, I'd say I'm sold.

-Free the sheep~!

-"A sheep......"

-A dog who can use doors.

-Ohhhh, the ED~!

-I see the infectious rhythm keeps on.

-...does this technically make Komugi a werewolf?

-Kimi koso Only One????? For fuck's sake, I can't escape Momoi Tarou! ...and after I tried so hard to avoid making Tsubasa jokes.

-Next episode~! Cure Friendly~!

#wonderful precure #pretty cure #precure #wonderful precure spoilers #Cure's Best Friend! What Wonderful Walkies!

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animefeminist · 1 year

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Making Up and Making Waves: How Tropical-Rouge! PreCure rewrote narratives of femininity and fairy tales

Spoilers for Tropical Rouge! PreCure.

Media for young girls is often full of gender stereotypes—and the magical girl genre is no different. When Pretty Cure announced that their eighteenth season would be themed around makeup and mermaids, many fans online feared that the series was regressing into gender-specific tropes and expectations. However, what Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure delivered could not be more ideal: not only does it express a modern, empowering take on the culture of makeup, it also deliberately puts a new spin on the story of The Little Mermaid. With both of these motifs, Tropical-Rouge balances historical attitudes with refreshing, contemporary ideas that grant its young female characters agency and thus delivers a great message to its target audience.

Applying Makeup With a Varied Palette

When it comes to modern magical girl franchises, there is simply nothing like Pretty Cure in terms of both scale and overall sales. In Japan, PreCure products have consistently ranked in the top-selling toys for girls for well over a decade, so what they sell to girls both in product and in narrative is always important to consider. In the case of Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure, the usual array of toys also came with a new makeup line called “Pretty Holic”, a series tie-in for the young fans of the show. This was in keeping with the fact that each Cure has a different “charm point” in-series: lips, cheeks, eyes, nails, and hair.

Across the history of magical girl series, there have been many iterations of characters using makeup, though it usually functions as just a transformation device. Immediate and prominent examples are in the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon franchise (1992-present) with “make-up” being a literal part of the transformation catchphrase, followed by Wedding Peach (1995) and most recently Smile Pretty Cure (2012) a.k.a. Glitter Force (2015) where cosmetics are merely a method of activating a transformation rather than a central theme of the series. Still, the inclusion of child-friendly cosmetics into a mainstream, popular iteration of Pretty Cure was enough to concern some parents.

In an interview in Animage’s January 2022 Tropical-Rouge! PreCure special issue,producer Murase Aki stated that, “It’s a mermaid motif, but it’s not The Little Mermaid. It’s the tale of strong girls doing the most right now. When they use makeup, it’s not for a prince!” This statement and this idea underlines this entry in the Pretty Cure franchise.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

#precure #tropical rouge precure #pretty cure #cure la mer #articles

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hasikau-snow727 · 6 months

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new leaks

THIS IS AN SPOILER!

Idol land pripara spoiler

New coords

Holic pink summer coord (otoru yume casual coord)

Brand:classic dream

Holic blue summer coord (Lala yume casual coord)

Brand:classic queen

enternal jewel coord (solami smile&dressing pafe&Amari coord)

Brand:rosette jewel

Spoilers

1.falala & garara Will upgrade new coords version (dream garden&night garden coord)

2.ultra Yui revealed in last episode

3.new brand

1.passionette jewel

2.classic dream

3.classic queen

4.antique melody

4.amari kindaped in second last episode

Indluce new songs

1.dreaming heart (夢見る心)

2.clock dream (時計の夢)

3.darkness dream (闇の夢)

4.foreverly morning

this is real or fake news in discord (since yesterday),maybe i can check it Takara Will Announcement soon

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cljordan-imperium · 8 months

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Now that I am no longer revisiting my food and drink, I will get back to answering this because...I got slightly delayed. Bad shellfish...the bane of all Coasters. @toribookworm22

And NOW we move on to @bendingthelaws cuz this one is fun...like I had so much fun writing this one and I'm not currently banging my head on my desk over changes that I made that are driving me up a wall. *COUGH HARD*Bombs*COUGH AGAIN*

Colin - Colin, the older brother, envies his brother Colton because he feels like Colt has more freedom in his life to do what he wants when he wants. Colin kind of feels like Batman, going after Chicago's bad guys when no one else will and working hard when the rest of the justice system throws up their hands. He's a work-a-holic with very little social life and romances are normally a very nice atomic explosion due to it.

Colton - Ironic, but Colton envies his brother. Colin tends to see things, or SAW things, in black and white. There is no morally grey area. The grey areas are where Colt gets himself in some trouble from time to time, which is where his partner Dimitri comes in. Oh lawd-a-mighty, does THAT man have secrets upon secrets. #2 - He's in love with Abby but refuses to acknowledge it. Dimitri is having a blast with this by the way.

Dimitri - I started to write this out and it would need its own thread. so BIO WRITTEN IN 2020 HERE. It's a 1400 word expose' on all of his secrets, and whoo boy does this man have A LOT...and there's even more not in there...yeah buddy! I love this man!!! <3

Abbigail - Abby - #1 - She is in love with Colt and bad at hiding it. Dimitri is fiercely protective (see his secrets) and makes sure she doesn't get ouched feelings. #2 - She has a crust on Colin, but he also figured out little brother's feelings and stepped back to keep from getting shot...literally...by his own kin. #3 - Honestly thinks Colt is going to fire her at any second. We all get to have fun with this for a few minutes.

Serena - Has covered for Dimitri more times than she'd like to count but after he threatened her, in her autopsy suite, alone, at night, to the point she had a scalpel covered in human viscera at his neck, not so much anymore. No one else knows what happened that caused it but that he is intimidated by her and doesn't cross her lightly.

Karsten - It will come out eventually but both he and Keegan slept with Colin's current girlfriend at the same time (not literally) before she hooked up with Colin. Only Serena knows this.

Keegan - See above. Also, asked Abby out, got shut down, they do not talk about it because - reasons. They get along great now though, but when things come to a head with Abby and Colt...if you've read Imperium, Keegan has a personality like Jasper or Dez...just imagine the fun... *can't help but laugh at my own baby blorbo)

Kal - JAG at Naval Station Great Lakes that went to school with both Colin and Colton, is between them squarely in age. There may have been a few negotiations to get sailors into his hands and out of civilian and vice versa. Such things are not discussed.

Andronica - Andi - Kal's girlfriend - Mysterious female from New Orleans (no she is NOT supernatural) who is running a PI firm with her brother and knew Kal from the past when they had mutual friends and she lived in Chicago (YES, she is based of of Abriella...but different...human). They've reconnected, had a date on NYE, and the kiss reignited old feelings. I'm looking for that writing... #1 - She is a CIA operative. #2 - She knows EXACTLY who Dimitri is. #3 - She's supposed to take him down. #4 - He keeps Kal safe, so...ooops...she's not finding what she's supposed to be looking for. Her handler is NOT impressed, but he's scared of her. #5 - eventually Dimitri is going to be scared of her...reread his bio and this will impress you.

Dominic - uh...well now..Nic...Dom...depending on who is talking to him...if you don't mind spoilers because I wrote his bio after I had revealed all this in my previous writing... BIO from 2020. If you don't want major spoilers #1 - his name is NOT Dominic. #2 - He is hiding everything about who he really is, and why is keeping one person very dear to him alive. #3 - He really would like nothing more than to kill Constantin. #4 - At the moment he hates, hates, hates, hates his real boss.

Sasha - Sasha is a hit man, the best in Chicago, Dimitri respects him. Dimitri is the only one who knows all of the hits Sasha has done, which is why he's still free. Evidence may have had a bad habit of disappearing before it ever made it to the precinct or Colin's office, but Dimitri knows nothing about that.

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#bending the law #secrets #writeblr #writeblr community #writeblr connect #ask answered

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tekutiger · 10 months

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I'm back to leveling another class to 90, and this time it's Reaper ❤️‍🔥. I'm sitting at level 80 right now.

The last time I did the class quests for this storyline was right after Endwalker launch, on Tobi. I honestly couldn't remember much of it, if anything! I just kept thinking... "I don't remember this...." "Is this really what happened?" "Was it really this traumatic the first time around?". Like, how could I forget all of that? I guess it was around a year and a half ago, but good gods. Mostly what I remember is the Arena area (in the screenie above).

Class Quest at Level 75 has something of a jump scare, imo, and I just... really wish that I did NOT forget about that. I was taken aback trying to cover my monitor screen going "Ew! Ew!". Thanks SE for that one 🫣🫠

I know when I first played through it, Reaper and Sage had a LOT of popularity due to being the new classes with the new expansion. It's possible I semi-rushed through the questline and didn't give it the attention it deserved.

BUT what I guess I'm actually trying to say in a very long ramble-y process; the story for the reaper class quests is really good. I feel like it's something that resonates with me, much in the way that the DRK story quest line does.

There are a lot of classes I feel like I mesh well with, and some I 'click best' with too (which is saying something for an alt-o-holic), but we're talking class quests here, not the classes themselves. Even for my main class, I don't feel like they did the class quests proper justice. Like... Red Mage and Vampires? (They're not actual vampires to any non-FFXIV players reading this, but pretty darn close, lol)

And no offense to my fellow RDM mains who actually like that story line, but, it's sinking near the bottom for me in terms of 'connecting with me' 🤷🏻‍♀️ (this has turned rantyyyy oops lol 🙃). I think some other's feel that way about their fave classes though. Like, I've heard split reviews with PLD and WAR... I personally love SCH's storyline, but I've heard people say they dislike it. So on and so forth... 🤷🏻‍♀️. To each their own, at the end of the day.

I'm gonna put spoiler-y things under the cut now 😊

If you've even reached Stormblood, you might notice something about this guy here ☝🏻. Even more so if you've progressed through Shadowbringers, and MORE so through Endwalker. Most definitely through Endwalker. 100% sure I didn't notice it my first playthrough cause I hadn't finished Endwalker yet...

In so many ways he reminds me of Zenos, and yet he also doesn't. There's even a small portion of this 70-80 questline that dips into Solus zos Galvus. It shares some backstory that includes him but the information is significant to Drusilla's story only, and for the sake of moving the Reaper class questline forward. If you're seeking knowledge about Emet, for the sake of learning more about Emet, it's not going to be much.

Speaking of Emet, I've also been eyeing those skills 'Shadow of Death', 'Whorl of Death' and 'Arcane Crest', they look awfully familiar 🤔. Kind of look like some of his Hades abilities, and his glamour weapons, no?

I could ramble on more about that but I'm sure that's been toppled, explained, confirmed, and I've missed it. Or there's better theories and HCs than what's brainrotting in my head 🫠

I know the first time I played through this class, I told myself NOT to like it, because of how popular it was. The same thing with SGE. I felt getting the opportunity to ever play it was either A) never going to happen, or B) going to take a very very long time to happen- as in, an entirely new expansion would have to drop with new classes.

It's over a year & a half later and I think things have finally simmered down with those two classes. Maybe. I can finally say "Yes! I like this class! \o/". I know that's silly, but so is loading into an alliance raid with like, ALL Reapers and ALL Sages. Does anyone else remember that?!

Okay, I guess it wasn't that bad. I'll be honest, I was the first to laugh very loud whenever I got those groups. Mainly cause I'd be the sole RDM and legit felt like a black sheep 😅

Now I get to level 80-90, and go bug Emet again in Ktisis Hyperboreia when I reach level 87, haha 😄. This poor man can't get rid of me 🥰

#teku.blog #I ramble a lot #ramble ramble ramble #endwalker spoilers #ffxiv reaper spoilers #ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #teku.ffxiv #teku.ff14 #ffxiv reaper #I'm a derp don't mind me

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volfoss · 3 years

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Also presumably doumeki is sleeping over at the shop and they bicker like an old married couple and watanuki knows his habits and he's mellowed out over the years and they know each others routines like clockwork

#im going through it so much rn the end of holic always makes me so fucking emotional #xxxholic #xxxholic spoilers #douwata

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touhoutunes · 2 years

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Title: INFINITE WORLD

Arrangement: SHU x GUCCI

Vocals: Nana Takahashi

Album: 文 -BUN-

Circle: SOUND HOLIC

Original: Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare

#touhou #touhou project #aya shameimaru #Hatate Himekaidou #Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare #Double Spoiler #SOUND HOLIC #文 BUN #Nana Takahashi #SHU #GUCCI

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