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Mirror shipment arrived :(
3 days of drawing well spent I think (thanks btw @orgonongurlz for totally no reason in particular <3)
Also I drew the entire background for the scene again like I did last time so unfiltered is below
#big city greens#bcg#bcg chip#bcg fanart#chip whistler#fanart#computerchip sweeping the horrors today#we love inside jokes
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#half life#portal 2#the stanley parable#superliminal#shitpost#self indulgent#this is an inside joke#between me and my friends#the way we have lore for this entire crossover is crazy#theyre all in love btw
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Ghosts’ Larry Rickard Explains Why They Chose the Captain’s First Name
Photo: Monumental,Guido Mandozzi
It couldn’t be a joke. That was one rule laid down by the Ghosts creators when it came to choosing a first name for Willbond’s character. Until series five, the WWII ghost had been known only as The Captain – a mystery seized upon by fans of the show.
“It was the question we got asked more than anything. His name,” actor and writer Larry Rickard tells Den of Geek. “Once we got to series three, you could see that we were deliberately cutting away and deliberately avoiding it. We were fuelling the fire because we knew at some point we’d tell them.”
In “Carpe Diem”, the episode written by Rickard and Ben Willbond that finally reveals The Captain’s death story, they did tell us. After years of guessing, clue-spotting and debate, Ghosts revealed that The Captain’s first name is James. At the same time, we also learned that James’ colleague Lieutenant Havers’ first name was Anthony.
The ordinariness of those two names, says Rickard, is the point.
“The only thing we were really clear about is that we didn’t want one of those names that only exists in tellyland. It shouldn’t be ‘Cormoran’ or ‘Endeavour’. They should just be some men’s names and they’re important to them. The point was that they were everyday.”
Choosing first names for The Captain and Havers was a long process not unlike naming a baby, Rickard agrees. “It almost comes down to looking at the faces of the characters and saying, what’s right?”
“We talked for ages. For a long time I kept thinking ‘Duncan and James’, and then I was like ah no! That would have turned it into a gag and been awful!” Inescapably in the minds of a certain generation, Duncan James is a member of noughties boyband Blue. “Maybe with Anthony I was thinking of Anthony Costa!” Rickard says in mock horror, referencing another member of the band.
Lieutenant Havers wasn’t just The Captain’s second in command while stationed at Button House; he was also the man James loved. Because homosexuality was criminalised in England during James’ lifetime, he was forced to hide his feelings for Anthony from society, and to some extent even from himself.
In “Carpe Diem”, the ghosts (mistakenly) prepare for the last day of their afterlives, prompting The Captain to finally tell his story. Though not explicit about his sexual identity, the others understand and accept what he tells them – and led by Lady Button, all agree that he’s a brave man.
Getting the balance right of what The Captain does and doesn’t say was key to the episode. “It wasn’t just a personal choice of his to go ‘I’m going to remain in the closet’,” explains Rickard. “There wasn’t an option there to explore the things that either of them felt. That couldn’t be done back then – there are so many stories which have come out since the War about the dangers of doing that.
“We wanted to tell his personal story but also try to ensure that there was a level at which you understood why they couldn’t be open, that even in this moment where he’s finally telling the other ghosts his story, he never comes out and says it overtly because that would be too much for him as a character from that time.
“He says enough for them to know, and enough for him to feel unburdened but it’s in the fact that they’re using their first names which militarily they would never have done, and in the literal passing of the baton”.
The baton is a bonus reveal when fans learned that The Captain’s military stick wasn’t a memento of his career, but of Havers. As James suffers a fatal heart attack during a VE day celebration at Button House, Anthony rushes to his side and the stick passes from one to the other as they share a moment of tragic understanding.
“From really early on, we had the idea that anything you’re holding [when you die] stays with you. So it wasn’t just your clothes you were wearing, we had the stuff with Thomas’ letter reappearing in his pocket and so on. And the assumption being that it was something The Captain couldn’t put down, it felt so nice to be able to say it was something he didn’t want to put down.”
Rickard lists “Carpe Diem”, co-written with Ben Willbond, among his series five highlights. He’s pleased with the end result, praises Willbond’s performance, and loved being on set to see Button House dressed for the 1940s. He’s particularly pleased that a checklist of moments they wanted to land with the audience all managed to be included. “Normally something’s fallen by the wayside just because of the way TV’s made, it’s always imperfect or it’s slightly rushed, but it feels like it’s all there.”
Rickard and Willbond also knew by this point in the show’s lifetime, that they could trust Ghosts fans to pick up on small details. “Nothing is missed,” he says. “Early on, you’re always thinking, is that going to get across? But once we got to series five, there are little tiny things within corners of shots and you know that’s going to be spotted. Particularly in that very short exchange between Havers and the Captain. We worried less about the minutiae of it because you go, that’s going to be rewound and rewatched, nothing will be missed.”
The team were also grateful they’d resisted the temptation to tell The Captain’s story sooner. “We’d talked about it every series since series two, whether or not now was the time, but because he’s such a hard and starchy character in a lot of ways you needed the time to understand his softer side I think before you had that final honest beat from him.”
“What a ridiculously normal name to have so much weight put on it for five years,” laughs Rickard fondly. “Good old James.”
From Den of Geek
#bbc ghosts#bless you larry for doing all these den of geek interviews#I wonder if they just did one marathon session with him#inside ghosts was kind of disappointing this week#I guess Ben just wants to let the episode speak for itself and you're like yes but I would like to hear you talk about every detail#trust me we will be interested#long post#I really thought they loved the joke of nearly saying the Captain’s name so much that they'd never reveal it#so it's so lovely that they were like no this is not a joke name; he's a real man with an ordinary name#and we are going to tell you that in the most devastatingly romantic way#I am eating my words and they are delicious with that spread on top#also 'that's going to be rewound and rewatched' = 'I know you people are loopy so here is content specifically for you'#bbc ghosts spoilers
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I sort of love that Van is reliably a dick to Jackie the whole time they’re in the woods. This is a character with a reputation for being sunshine, but Jackie left her for dead ONE TIME and that lesbian was like “fuck it, it’s on sight for the rest of eternity.”
There’s an alternate reality where Jackie survives to be rescued, and Van rolls up 25 years later with booze to share with everyone, “except you. You know what you did.”
#yellowjackets#van palmer#jackie taylor#poor Jackie didn’t MEAN to leave you to barbecue!#I don’t know why this idea is so funny to me#Jackie is constantly trying to win the goalie’s affections#she’s leaving her presents. she’s trying inside jokes. she’s making pride banners to hang in the cabin.#van could not give less of a shit it is truly inspiring#like honestly that should have clued Jackie in even faster to the death vision#van is not out here joining the ‘we love you Jackie’ chorus. van is still pointing at the fire. herself. back at jackie. scowling.
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#dofuwani#sir crocodile#donquixote doflamingo#monkey d. luffy#okay inside joke but if one of my b0bad1n followers likes dofuwani. These two idiots are reading a certain tin can helmets fanfic (?)#because im old and do I still rp with my gf and sometimes I draw the scenes and we were joking about ...so what its doffy reading?#“well dear hes reading this book about a knight in his personal exploration about religion. sexuality. beliefs. concepts of love. family...”#my gf inmediate response: HES READING[...] Gf again: of course he's not reading it completely for the story he's reading for the sexy parts#hatta art#my art
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author x barista cafe au (sanji is competing against himself)
#WHY ARE THEY SO STUPID#ok so basically usopp is writing a story based on his own life and since he began frequenting the cafe a love interest (sanji) was introduc#and he lets sanji read it hoping he'll get the message (also cuz they both love stories) and it completely flies over his head#op#one piece#sanuso#usosan#usopp#sanji#black leg sanji#cafe au#comic#mintart#my art#i just love how oblivious sanji is in canon too#like you'd expect the hopeless romantic to notice when a girl likes him and then he just . doesnt IT'S SO FUNNY#poor osome lol (viola and pudding too cuz he didnt realize when they got a lil crush on him#not that i ship them with any of those characters but they DID like him canonically at some point and he DIDNT EVEN KNOW is he stupid (yea)#and usopp being so roundabout about his feelings and NOT DIRECT AT ALL. hello be normal please#he's just like me fr#bonus page is inspired by that wano scene where usopp eats sanji's soba and is like#it's so nice to eat ur food again sanji :D so glad u came back safe<3#WHY IS HE SO CUTE......... IM GONNA CRY#ok im just yapping now sorry bye#also i made this au with my friend and we have a lil inside joke that the other barista exists and it's him LOL#i have doodles of that too
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Lost in Translation
I saw this image recently, and instead of hijacking that perfectly good post, I thought it best to write my own.
Because this a very real issue, even when watching a show or movie.
Mostly when it comes to watching queer media that already incorporates a coded language due to the topic.
Many people watching Portrait of a Lady on Fire in another language didn't realize the significance of the final scene between these two because they didn't understand French.
The entire movie, they used the formal form of you basically referring to each other as madam, but at the end, they use informal you, and it shows the intimacy that has developed between them. If you didn't understand French or romance languages, you probably missed it!
It happens often in Asian dramas as well because they use honorifics that don't get translated with the same significance.
These two in Ghost Host, Ghost House skipped over the traditional honorifics and instead opted for you and I. It was important because even when they were fighting, they still saw each other as equals.
This was a big moment in Semantic Error, but if you watched it with just the translation on one streaming platform
You would have missed the urgency of the scene because he finally showed respect for this person and the relationship they had developed.
And often, the translations of colloquialisms (slang or informal language) are literal so context is omitted.
I would pay $$$ for annotated subtitles (like from Viki, depending on the team, Idol Factory does a good job, and Lazy Subber, please come back!) because they explain the context we would miss in the literal translations.
In Thailand black bean is (derogatory) slang for gay sex, so asking if someone wants black beans is coded language.
When Knock asks his girlfriend if she is itchy in Together With Me, if the audience doesn't speak Thai, they understand the flow of the conversation as being logical since Knock's girlfriend just mentioned getting bit by mosquitoes and wanting to go inside. However, the show does a strange sequence that indicates this moment meant something...more.
Because asking if someone is itchy in Thai is asking if they are horny. Knock is asking his girlfriend if she is horny and if that's why she wants to go inside. That's missed in the translation.
This happened in Love Mechanics as well. Vee asks Mark if he wants him to come inside to watch a series. It seems innocent enough, but Mark's reaction is aggressively upset.
It's because this is equivalent to America's Netflix and Chill or Korea's Wanna Eat Ramen?. Vee is asking Mark if he would like to YouTube and Lube. Vee is asking Mark if he wants to have sex! That is missed in the translation.
Big Dragon had this issue with different translations on different streaming platforms in regards to this scene:
Some platforms translated Yai as saying "You're a pain in the ass, really" while others used "You're a pain in the ass, literally." It's a small change, but Mangkorn smiles afterwards because he gets what Yai is saying and is a literal pain in the ass. Yai had to visit a doctor after their first sexual encounter because Mangkorn was so rough it caused Yai pain...in his ass, and they just had sex again.
Language is a cultural tool, so although it incorporates a lot of implied knowledge, it's subtle. If the audience is missing the cultural context, an entire narrative can be easily missed.
This is also the case with intonation aka the rise in pitch when speaking or emphasis on a particular word - Why is this here? vs. Why is this here? - One is asking why this specific item is outside instead of another item, while the second asks why that specific item is outside instead of another location. If we don't know the language, it's hard to decipher when the intonation causes a change in meaning.
So the next time you are watching a series in another language and think the dialogue is lacking, understand it's probably because you don't speak the language. Sometimes the substance is lost in translation.
It's okay, but ask questions, do some research, and try to learn, so the next time someone asks if you want ramen, you can smile and say enthusiastically "YES!"
EDIT - Adding more links from others that show examples:
Extraordinary Attorney Woo - The cat's butler scene
My Engineer - Cool Kid Nickname
English in KinnPorsche as deception
#portrait of a lady on fire#ghost host ghost house#together with me#love mechanics#big dragon#semantic error#lost in translation#words mean things#language is a cultural tool#so sometimes we are missing context#translators are doing the Lord's work#but sometimes we need annotations#I want to know every language#and every cultural reference#I want to be in the know of inside jokes#I want to understand everything all at once and all the time
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no posts just the DCFDTL putting Nair in Nigel's shampoo. that's it. that's the post.
#localgardenweed#the weed is rambling#cknd#knd#knd numbuh 1#cknd numbuh 1#numbuh 1#dcfdtl#dcfdtl bruce#dcfdtl david#inside joke between my and my friends#we love making delightful children jokes it's out favorite thing rn#sorry no hetalia or hell even eddworld guys knd kinda taking over my life rn#i still love them though especially hetalia I NEED MORE MERCH
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Fantasy Wally but he talks to everyone like this one tumblr post I can’t find where the warlock calls the party “chat” and the god/demon patron “mod(s)”
“Hey mod this guy’s being mean. Kick em.”
*bandit dies a thousand deaths in the span of a millisecond*
Something like that 😂
this Immediately made me picture Wally & Home making a (poorly set up & executed) joke where Frank is being A Lot while Home is unfolded and Wally just goes "mod, chat is being too loud. ban them" & Home fully grabs Frank and starts to drag him into the building
#barnaby saw the joke. he's wheezing#sally julie and howdy are also laughing bc they see barn's reaction and go Ohhhh Theyre Fuckin Around#but i imagine everyone else Panics lmfaooo#frank's fully convinced home has had enough and is about to eat his soul#wally - dying inside - has to Apologize#that terrible feeling when you try to make a joke or do a bit but it goes the Opposite way... eugh#wh fantasy au#rambles from the bog#frank: and THATS why we can't take this job! because-#home: *fuckign Gets Him*#frank: *screaming*#im finding i like thinking about how home interacts with everyone. what sort of dynamics might arise...#wally allowing home to posess him so it can try out one of julie's games <3#home almost immediately taps out <3#ALSO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT POST YOU'RE REFERENCING. I LOVE THAT POST. THANK YOU
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enjoy this twink i just made
#ts4#sims 4#the sims 4#s4#simblr#ts4 cas#the song is an inside joke with my friend LOL we have a collab taemin playlist named twink#i love this hair so much i’m gonna bang my head against the wall#my other sims
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Hey guys! Just wanted to share this link again, if anybody wanted to join our Mustache Cody discord server! 😄 We are a fun little community lol, and also insane. This is your warning. Shenanaigiins will ensue lol!!
It can be a nice place to share wips, ideas, pictures, just talk, and possibly be thrown into rat prison. Oh, and happy Lobster Day!!
Here's the link for anybody interested! 😊
#and we have a Call of Duty section too!!!#🤣#had to expand HAHAHAHAH#anyways if its not clear by this post we love our inside jokes LOL#and server lore#so you guys are so welcome!!#star wars#call of duty#codywan#soapghost#ghostsoap#discord
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this is absolutely killing me *bombastic side eye, criminal offensive side eye playing in the background*
#zhongli probably thinks neuvillette will turn into that one kermit punch meme as soon as he lands eyes on him 😂#this entire quest was peak humour#i really love genshin sometimes#also neuvi falling for a marketing strategy and ending up buying too much tea on the first time he goes out to another country is so him#there was so much going on during this quest#neuvi explaining an inside joke to wrio... that was so cynoesque ahjsgsjsgshs he's trying his best at fitting in 😭 cute#i love that old man so much#and the ladle?!!!!! picasso 🤌#furina having a death note moment of reverse physchology trying to understand if zhongli knew who she was was only missing the#l's theme playing in the background#plus clorinde and navia being questionably lesbian in the mountain that was also nice 👍#but i swear neuvi is so funny#what do you mean that man carried everyone's belongings and went to another country in half a day and managed to scare zhongli without#even trying agsjsh i'm gonna create a monsieur neuvillette fan club#he's the best ever#i need him to meet zhongli for scientific purposes. the world will stop when that day comes 😂#i need to know what would happen#okay realistically neuvi would probably start wheezing the moment he saw the false vision#but still poking genshin so they give us the content we need they can't just tease us like this
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jorts neil isnt real and cant hurt you jorts neil isnt real and cant hurt you jorts neil isnt real and
#rori this is why he's the worst of all of them btw.... no... no other reasons..... nothing else nuh uh#i actually want to study nora's brain bc this woman outright refuses to describe things that are important#to the point it's a running joke in the fandom that the apperances of each of the foxes is mainly fanon#bc there was so little detail given that no one can actually confirm or deny physical hcs#yet nora is willing to spend two pages painstakingly telling me every step neil takes inside the stadium#and every part of his uniform change. like it's not even interesting or important why are we doing this#literally 'he took his shirt off. he put his socks on. he swapped casual shoes for exy shoes. he-' I DONT CARE#'Can you crash already?' NEIL DSKHDGKSH#OMG THE VIXENS ARE HERE HIII KATELYN!!!! has anyone checked on aaron yet. has he got a pulse#'Maybe he's afraid she'll die on him like the last woman he really loved' ANDREW JOSEPH MINYARD#ooooooooh i love reading the games i get so stressed out and for what. this makes me wish id done sports at school. a distressing thought#aftg#hella reads aftg
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and for my next trick i present... my Grand Tv People Freakout Extravaganza!!! *falls to the floor weeping violently*
#the owl house#toh raeda#raine whispers#eda clawthorne#i swear to god they're going to kill me. they're going to kill me. falls onfloor#you do everything you can to keep your beloved from finding out your secret thinking they will surely hate you but they end up leaving you#for doing just that#and then thirty years later they lie to you about being brainwashed and pretend not to recognize you#to keep you safe so they say#but you look into their eyes and all you see is that younger you staring back at you!!!#the one who loved them so much she forced the feathers and claws back down into her skin to keep them with her and didn't even succeed!#and you think: i thought we were past this. i thought you said i should have known better.#but when it comes down to it you both just want to keep the other safe more than anything. because maybe you still love each other#underneath the years of loneliness and bitterness. and maybe the thought of looking them in the eyes#and just saying 'i'm sorry. i was wrong. i miss you. i love you. can we try again?'#is too frightening for that prideful earnest loving yet cowardly and broken girl inside you.#and the thought of admitting you have made them change their mind is too painful for your beloved#who has resigned themself to always standing there and watching as you go and destroy yourself while cracking a joke.#anyway. heehoo funny owl show
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alight tbb s3 is tonight so here's my wish list
✅ omega is force sensitive
✅ hunter character development
new side to wrecker
✅ hunter actually hugs omega
✅ crosshair refers to omega by her name instead of "kid" or "the kid"
cody
✅(?) hemlock gets brutally torn apart
✅(?) hunter goes feral and is the one brutally tearing hemlock apart
✅ emerie redemption arc but she dies
cid bites the dust
wolffe name-drops plo koon
✅ hunter's hair DOESN'T get cut
✅ no more batchers die
✅ omega doesn't become hardened
✅ gonky
✅ either tech is dead dead or he's ok and saved. i don't want a winter soldier tech
✅ the kaminoans bite the dust
another jedi cameo (i'm not picky but for god's sake not grogu)
boba fett
cadet!bad batch flashback
✅ hunter wearing something other than his armor
wrecker poncho comeback
HONDO FUCKING OHNAKA
it's called echo base bc echo loved the location <3 not for any other reason pls and thx
undercover rex
✅(?) another ep focused on the senate politics. bring back chuchi or some new senator
❌ we get to see crosshair's reaction to the news about tech
✅(?) hunter and crosshair hug it out and apologize and stop being dramatic
✅ howzer and his fade
✅ lots of found family themes
hunter having to team up with cad bane bc that would be fucking hilarious
✅ no vader. pls.
✅✅ happy ending or new beginning
at least one (1) peaceful and fluffy episode
someone says "i love you" pls GOD
rogue one tie-in with "mark omega"
✅echo does something batshit insane
✅(?) mid-season time jump (+new character models)
#idc if these are unrealistic or whatever i don't CARE#tbh ik i'm an outlier but idc whether or not tech is alive or not#i love him but i'm ok with him being dead but i'm also ok if they pull a Star Wars and bring him back#grogu thing is an inside joke between me and my cousin bc whenever we talk about cameos he always jokes and says he hopes he sees grogu#i will be coming back to this list weekly and seeing what i can cross off#marie.txt#also i will be tagging my s3 posts as: tbbs3#in case anyone wants to blacklist it for spoilers#tbbs3
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I need all the cis gay men who say shit like “UNFORTUNATELY I like men” and all the trans men who say shit like “gender isn’t a choice, you think I’d CHOOSE to be a man ELL OH ELL” to Shut the fuck up actually please! Thanks! Why are we constantly repackaging ways to be ashamed of our queerness! I love being a trans man, I love being attracted to men, I celebrate it, even! Retreat into your little cave of misery and leave the rest of us alone!
#‘look at me I’m making blanket statements about men and masculinity being bad I’m suuuuch a radical’ FUCK OFFFF#we’re still fighting hard to even BE in queer relationships and have ACCESS to gender affirming care#so why in GOD’S name are we adopting this hatred of self likes it’s some laugh out loud funny inside joke#me I’m different me I love loving dudes me I loving being a dude. Get on my level#queer#trans#toasty talks
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