Frank! fantasy flavor!
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i really wanted to blend that monk-class inspiration w/ Frank's personal vibe... i like to think that i Succeeded!
i turned his tie into a sort of brooch since, yk. bowties aren't all that Fantastical. they miss the style. also i think they'd be more comfortable with something smaller since he's very active and needs a wide range of maneuverability
i bet Eddie or someone wheedled them into adding the leather shoulder pauldrons - leather to keep it a bit more flexy, and also. it just looks Cool!
figuring out what would replace his vest was tough. i didn't want them to be entirely unprotected, but i couldn't give him straight armor. though i will admit! a sort of tight-fitting crop top was Considered! but i landed on a gambeson vest as the best fit - comfortable, flexible, a Vest, while providing some level of protection! also, gambesons are quilted, which fits Frank's diamond-checkered vest!
ive already mentioned that one of my favorite outfit things is Flowy Pants Tucked Into Boots, so... that choice wasn't very character driven. except the boots are a tall ankle wrap - for that extra stability and strength! their shoes are pretty flexible and are only a few steps away from being slippers.
and the half-skirt - open skirt? - thing (still don't know what its called) is purely some self indulgence. i think Frank looks great in skirts!! also imagining him Throwing Down w/ the added flair of the skirt... damn. it'd probably help confuse enemies too - what're they gonna do next? who knows! the skirt is in the way and adding extra Movement!
i like to think that his knife is either in a sheath attached to the back of the belt, or they have it on their thigh (under the skirt) like Wally's bag. he probably never uses it... punching is the way to go for Frank methinks. it's probably reserved for cutting ropes and fruit
speaking of punching.... wrist wraps! inspired by boxing gauze! pads his knuckles, keeps his wrist compressed, its the best choice for physical combat. though the wrapped knuckles probably always have blood showing through anyway... or no yeah it's mostly other people's blood...
as for scars - Frank probably has quite the collection! i imagine that they've been picking fights since a young age, and in such a dangerous world he probably got hit a Lot until they learned how to hit back. and hit back Well. still, i wanted to give him a cool face scar with a very lame backstory - a book with a crisp, sharp spine corner fell off a high shelf and bonked them in the face at juuuust the right angle <3 he probably stays very fucking quiet about it which makes everyone think there's some intense traumatic backstory behind it. there isn't. Frank's just embarrassed.
closing note: i imagine that Frank has zero magic. literally none. cannot wield it for shit cannot utilize it. he's just like Howdy fr
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(should probably read this first)
Death!Reader: I am infinite. I am eternal. I am as old as time itself. I care only for my dead, care only that they are protected and peaceful and happy and safe. That’s all that matters.
Jason Todd, who resurrects and spends the next half a decade wandering around like a lost puppy with no knowledge of why he’s so sad: :(
Death!Reader: Oh you motherfucker
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So I finally decided to sit down and tackle Set Me Free (超度我) by FloruitShow, aka the most recent holder of the coveted 'oh I love this song but it's fucking untranslatable' spot in my brain, also a song I can confidently recommend by saying I can almost guarantee you've never heard anything like it before. Give it a listen! I promise you won't regret it
Note: the reason this song is such a pain in the ass is because the chorus consists almost entirely of quotes directly from the Diamond Sutra, so translated lines in bold are lines I took from this translation, with some help from this site. Usually I take pride in saying translations by me but let's just say translating the Diamond Sutra is... a bit beyond me
超度我 - Set Me Free
来不及
There's no time left
最后一句想你来不及让你知道
No time left to tell you one last 'I miss you'
再也回不去
We can't ever return
那个有彩虹出现的下午
To that afternoon when the rainbow appeared
再也感受不到你温度
I won't ever feel your warmth again
如果你留我在梦里
If you could leave me in my dreams
我会放弃呼吸
I will give up my breath
请 超度我
Please, set me free
若以色见我以音声求我
If one sees me in form, if one seeks me in sound
是人行邪道 不 不能见如来
He practices a deviant way and cannot, cannot see the Tathāgata
一切有为法 如梦幻泡影
All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows
如露亦如电 应作如是观
Like dew drops and lightning flashes, contemplate them thus
非空非有 亦空亦有
Present yet absent, existent yet non-existent
不生法相 无所住
Do not conceive of Dharmas, have a mind of no abode
非空非有 亦空亦有
Present yet absent, existent yet non-existent
不生法相 无所住
Do not conceive of Dharmas, have a mind of no abode
对不起
I'm sorry
不经意就在你的影子里活下去
It's so easy to live on in your shadow
我不在意
But I don't mind
不过是白日梦里一瞬息
It's just a moment in a daydream
为何还起念动心
Why does my heart still stir?
怪你名字太熟悉
It's all because your name is so familiar
当我是一花一叶一春木
If I could be a flower, a leaf, a spring sapling
可否回到世界之初
Could we return to the beginning of it all?
请 超度我
Please, set me free
若以色见我以音声求我
If one sees me in form, if one seeks me in sound
是人行邪道 不 不能见如来
He practices a deviant way and cannot, cannot see the Tathāgata
一切有为法 如梦幻泡影
All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows
如露亦如电 应作如是观
Like dew drops and lightning flashes, contemplate them thus
非空非有 亦空亦有
Present yet absent, existent yet non-existent
不生法相 无所住
Do not conceive of Dharmas, have a mind of no abode
非空非有 亦空亦有
Present yet absent, existent yet non-existent
不生法相 无所住
Do not conceive of Dharmas, have a mind of no abode
我的执念 万千千千
My obsessions, hundreds of thousands
放不下地 放不下天
I can't let go of the earth, I can't let go of the sky
我把红线折折剪剪
I cut and fold at the red string
落入凡间镜重圆
I fall to the mortal realm to seek reunion
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