Oh yaaaay my gran is finally having the ‘wow actually American healthcare and social support systems are totally f*cked’ realization now that I’m helping her set up the gofundme for her oldest son who has a terminal brain tumor and his partner who recently lost her job due to chronic health issues. (Links coming soon.)

She actually said ‘I guess I never realized how hard it could be since I always had my husband’s insurance and Medicaid and medicare.’ YEAH?! This is a woman who’s had 7 open heart surgeries and two rounds of chemo to still be alive and she never even contemplated the possibility that others don’t have her level of privilege. Hell, I’ve been waiting 7 years to get a surgery that should save the use of my hands & I still might not be able to afford it but she doesn’t even know about that. Some people (conservatives) just pay no mind to anything but their own little problems. Until it’s too late. Decades too late, in her case.

Wait. I just realised that Johnathan and Mina will get to grow old together but more than that, they’ll most likely get to live to see a man walk on the moon. These two, who have fought ancient supernatural powers and won will get to see a human walk on the surface of the moon. And Mina will remember the first time she used a typewriter and she’ll see, on an electric box in her home, live footage of people in space communicating in real time with earth. They effectively saved the world from the supernatural powers of darkness, but did they ever think they would witness this??

7F FOR SORAHIKO!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

CAN I GET A HELL YEAH

More Notable EN Changes

HI I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MY COMMENTS 😅 vskwabkznsehek pardon the dust—

***Spoilers for episode 5 of the main story!***

Sooo they changed Deuce’s UM name from “Bet the Limit” to “Double Down” (“Double Down” being the chance to increase the value of one’s initial bet by 100% in a game of Blackjack). I’m guessing this was done because the original name explicitly mentioned “betting”/gambling in a game which is marketed and exposed to an audience that can contain children, whereas “Double Down” can be interpreted as a reference to Deuce’s stubbornness and unwillingness to budge if a player isn’t familiar with card game terms.

I find it kind of confusing because TWST’s whole gacha system to acquire new characters IS inherently a form of gambling 😅 but that aside, I don’t dislike the new name??? It works a lot better than some of the other name changes they’ve made, and I appreciate the word play/double meaning.

… But fun fact, there is a KFC sandwich with the same name as Deuce’s localized UM 😂 GO GOOGLE IT IF YOU THINK I’M KIDDING CUZ I’M NOT—

BRO. THEY JUST STRAIGHT UP REMOVED ALL OF HEIGH HO/YAHOO????? Rhythmic/Twistune (aka 30 free gems)? AXED. Musical cues? GONE. Lyrics? WHERE? Song name? NEVER HEARD OF HER. AHBDOSAIDAIDASHDB It’s???? Such a shame 😔 I really feel like seeing RSA’s song is important to the chapter because it shows NRC (and Vil specifically) what they’re up against, and it helps to characterize on and expand RSA’s students.

The removal of Heigh Ho/Yahoo also really impacts a lot of scenes, and for the worse. It leads to parts where Neige says, “Everyone, let’s go!” to awkward silence before (even more awkwardly) fading into black. It’s particularly weird at the very end of the episode, where the NRC group is forced to smile and sing along with Neige??? Instead it just shows Neige grabbing Vil and being all like, “let’s sing together!” before fading into white 😅 I genuinely feel really bad for EN exclusive players right now 💦 Heigh Ho/Yahoo actually plays a big part in the gravity and some of the light heartedness of the latter half of episode 5...

I think that they likely won’t just add it in later since the censoring seems extremely deliberate. If I had to guess (BIG FAT DISCLAIMER that I’m not an expert, nor do I claim to be, of Disney internal operations and legal operations), Heigh Ho/Yahoo probably got removed due to licensing issues between Disney USA and Disney JP since those branches operate differently? (An example that a friend of mine gave is that Japanese VAs can get away with song covers but Disney USA usually frowns upon parodies or covers of their songs over in the USA. It’s also possible that the licensing issue is between Disney USA and Aniplex, not Disney JP.) The song itself doesn’t contain anything offensive that would need to de redacted, it’s literally called a popular nursery rhyme for children in the Shaftlands/Pyroxene.

anyway gamers hello i was confidently gonna say im gonna try my hardest to be here rather than on akira but due to a twist of fate i might prioritise my multi a bit. THAT SAID ill try to swap between the two. in an ideal world ill get like all of my recent drafts here done? mayhaps not the more serious stuff cuz my writing is rapidly declining (irl is stressful rn). the shorter things. the foolery. maybe i get possessed to write the longer stuff we just dont know. i truly do love gran i will fight my wizard (akira) obsession for them

✨pond theories✨

me internally when i’m trying to respect and recognise that my dad has unaddressed autism that impacts the way he handles social interractions while also trying to not just excuse the shitty insensitive behaviour that has absolutely contributed to my mental health issues

God the holidays were… I mean… Weird. I did have fun in places but overall, felt weird. It was very weird. However I did get to see a friend! Stayed till 11.30pm, arrived at 12. It was rather awkward with my mother sat right there, but what can you do. She seems upset that we’re not Together. But I swear! This guy is just me but with a moustache! I got to walk around and point at buildings and go “Did you know that in 17-something-hundred—“ and I had a rapt audience! He showed me how lime kilns worked when we walked by one! I love it!

It was really nice to see a friend and it was so so good to get out of this bloody awful place for a bit. I’m back now but at the very least my brother is in Germany and won’t be back for a few more days, so I’m safe there. But god. What a weird, WEIRD holiday.

its an eternal wonder i dont have ships here considering akiras my single muse who doesnt mind romance. like i know exactly why (i smash ppl into the friend category faster than lightning) but theres something comedic about it

i kind of dislike that its like. focused on your sim being a landlord it seems (from surface level looking into it) But whatever

am I mistaking you for someone else or are you the one who made Giran Kotaro's dad once?

Haha no yeah that was me, that's a fun au born of a typo but committing to the bit was worth it as it ends up meaning Giran raises his grandchildren and leads to the Todobeards plotline

my gran, a southern conservative christian: I made us all matching necklaces out of these coins and we all need take turns wearing the one for your brother. While you're wearing it, hold it and think about how much you love him.

my mom, a fundamentalist evangelical: Oh okay, that's sweet.

me, a fantasy writer: ... you made us matching totems for a sympathetic magic love charm.

my gran: I don't know what that means, but make sure you kiss it.

me: haha I'm not kissing it.

anyone remember lucha chiropractic. that was fun wasn’t it. it was fun to me...

12-4 good thing i remembered to record my voice back when i started t. i just took a new recording to compare and i’m not crazy! it is lower. why am i the only one who notices :/ whenever i’ve tried to mention it people are just like “yeah okay sure” and act like i’m making it up. i thought i was placebo-ing it

12-15 LMAO IT CRACKS EVERY FEW SECONDS :DDD

write short things w me