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zarla-s · 1 year

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I found this fascinating post about Russian short names a long time ago and NOW I CAN FINALLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT basically Russian names can take different forms depending on how close you are to who you’re talking to. Heavy’s name is Mikhail (we don’t know his last name), and this is how Spy refers to him in the comics, while Heavy’s short name is Misha, which is used by his family. But the name forms can get even fluffier or more tender than that! I asked some Russian speakers on Twitter for options and they gave me a wide variety, so I just threw a bunch in here. |D Other options could be Mishutka, Mishula...

I’d imagine anything fluffier than Misha would be embarrassing for him, but Heavy appreciates the effort anyway. <3

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#team fortress 2 #heavy #medic #heavymedic #red oktoberfest #z art #z comic #heavy screaming internally #medic waiting all day to bust mishenka out #get to see blu heavy and medic as a change of pace #this kind of thing also reminds me a lot of scriabin #edgar calls him scriabushka sometimes to embarrass him #i noticed commenters on the russian translations of handplates pages gave the characters short names too #like sans -> sanya and papyrus -> papsa #and gaster -> gastika #i also saw pashki for papyrus which is adorable #perhaps doktor to doktika... don't quote me on that i'm speculating

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