Violet Evergarden: Chapter 1 (Part 1)

So, KyoAni put up the first chapter of the Violet novel for free on the official site (part 1 || part 2), and I didn’t see anyone translating it, so I took the liberty to do so myself. Counting with proofreading from the wonderful @harukazenoetranger. Please feel free to message me about possible corrections. If you can, support the creators by buying the official releases here.

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S.P.E.W.!! I was always sad they left Spew out of the films, I loved Hermione all the more for it. ❤ Here’s the last of the exclusive comics from “Obliviate”! I’m not sure when the next one will be as I don’t currently have time for drawing outside of work, but hopefully someday soon I’ll at least be able to sketch something for fun! If you’d like to, please check out my Etsy shop with more HP goodness, including physical copies of the comics! ✨⚡

You didn't think you'd get through today, did you?

Well, you did - I'm proud of you!

April Fool’s Day is in a few days, and I just wanted to make this clear. This blog is safe, and I can promise you no screamers, nothing emotionally abusive, no fake posts, and nothing to intentionally trigger dissociation. You are safe here.

i think queer people should be more confusing actually. i think we should make everyone as confused as possible until they give up and realize that total understanding of other people isnt the gateway to respect and compassion

Oikawa Tooru: "Nothing is over yet. Nothing. Not my volleyball career... ... or my petty pride.

Never forget that. Ever."

I love both those moments so much. The part with Len is heartbreaking. These are the best answers and inspired me with Bethyl pain 😭. I wanted to add some little things that also stand out to me as “protective” Daryl moments. 

I think Daryl is a great character because he is protective and chivalrous, but it’s very subtle, as it’s just who he is. He doesn’t put on a big show about it or expect anything in return. He is also, as Aaron points out in season 5, an extraordinary judge of character, and he knows exactly how much Beth can “take care of herself” vs. how much she actually needs his help in certain situations. Part of why he’s so good for Beth is because he’s not always trying to shelter her from harm. He trusts her to be strong, even sort of demands it of her, but he’s always right there if she needs him. Some other moments where Daryl is being subtly “protective” of Beth:

This is one of my favorite parts of “Still.” This moment takes place right at the beginning of the episode. when Beth and Daryl are hiding from the walker horde in the trunk. They’ve been in there a long time, and Beth is starting to get worked up. Daryl calmly holds out his hand and nods to her, reassuringly, as if to say, “Just hold on a little longer. It’ll be okay.” She then nods to him, relieved, like she understands. In this moment, he’s both physically protecting her by staying on guard in he trunk, and also emotionally reassuring her, which is a kind of protection. It’s these little things that make Daryl not just a great warrior but a full blown knight. He is always trying to reassure and comfort those he must protect. It’s not a heartless endeavor. He truly wants her to feel safe.

This takes place a little later in “Still,” when Beth goes off from their “suck-ass camp” to try and find some booze on her own. She leaves because Daryl is being unresponsive to her suggestions, and then she is almost immediately in the way of several walkers. She hides and cleverly distracts the walkers with a rock. In the end, it turns out she was okay, and she took care of it on her own, but the camera pans a little to show us that Daryl was there the whole time. He let her deal with it, but if things had gotten out of hand, he would have been there to save her. This is where we see how Daryl is protective, but not controlling. Like @twdmusicboxmystery​ said, he is very good at letting Beth have space and take the lead, and he wants her to try.

There are also all these little moments, particularly in “Alone.” The piggy-back ride, and how he insists they stop to wrap her ankle, and how he wraps her ankle himself, are all protective gestures. He tells Beth to “stay put” when the one-eyed dog comes to the door, and when she follows him anyway, he reiterates, “I thought I told you to stay put.” She then responds with such charm: “But Daryl. You said there was a dog.” He then gingerly touches her back and guides her to the kitchen. This is a protective moment.

Daryl constantly makes little sacrifices for the people around him, almost always as protective schemes. He is ultimately selfless. 

Beth also protects Daryl several times throughout “Still”/“Alone,” but Beth is usually protecting Daryl from himself, from his own anger and delusions. This is basically the premise of their entire fight, as Beth forces Daryl to admit the true reason for his anger and negativity that day, and just as he’s about to break, she physically grabs him, reminding him that he’s still alive, and so is she, and he’s not alone. This is, I think many would agree, one of the most beautiful moments of the entire series and one of the only times Daryl allows himself to be completely vulnerable with another person.

Anyway sorry this just stirred up something in me. I miss them ❤️😭

Love it! So beautifully said! 

the real reason luke decided to overthrow olympus is because he saw he had to get his letters of rec from the gods and said fuck that 😭

never gonna be fully happy in life knowing i'll never be able to stretch like a cat

being able to do this would fix my back permanently

imagine being first years mattsun and makki gathering for the first vb club meet and this other scary spikey haired permanent scowl-faced first year who they havent met yet walks in and theyre like woah i bet hes super intimidating

then oikawa (whos already very popular with on campus somehow) strolls in next and hes like HEY IWACHAN <3 and spikey man's scowl immediately turns into annoyance as he starts punting this oikawa guy with volleyballs and yelling incoherent things

and the matsuhana pair are just thinking the whole time like 'iwachan? thats his nickname??'

Teondou Satori doodle dump

I’m know I’m not the first person to say this, but any newbies on tumblr really need to understand how different this is from a lot of other social media. Particularly tiktok.

I just saw a creator on tiktok reminding followers that it’s actually a problem when someone goes back to the earliest post and watches all the posts chronologically, liking and commenting along the way. The stupid app recognizes it as spam or something and then kinda puts a halt on their account? Literally punishing people for positive engagement?? 🥴🤦‍♀️

I’ve already heard people saying years back how they don’t want to be “creepy” and go through a persons blog, liking and reblogging tons of stuff. But think how many more people are going to be worried about it now, thinking they might do actual damage! Most people, especially younger people, are so used to the way tiktok works now. So please, do not ever worry about this on here. Just remember-

You will never do any harm if you go on a like and reblog fest through someone’s tumblr blog! The only risk you’re taking is to make the blog owner weep for joy!! 😭🤣

This website literally passes around posts that are so old, the newest comments are celebrating things like “Happy 10th anniversary to this post!” sometimes.

The worst that usually happens is a creator going “wait, what, HOW did you find that 7 year old post that had no tags buried in the depths of my blog?”, very few people actually get mad about it (and from what I’ve seen, the people who do are all entirely immigrants from socmed sites like TT where they have entirely different cultures about it.)

Tumblr itself is based around longevity in many ways.  So, just have at it.  Have fun.  If you like that post 12,000 pages deep on my blog, GO FOR IT.  That’s what this website is all about

Pro Tip: The Way You End a Sentence Matters

Here is a quick and dirty writing tip that will strengthen your writing.

In English, the word at the end of a sentence carries more weight or emphasis than the rest of the sentence. You can use that to your advantage in modifying tone.

Consider:

Do you pick up the subtle differences in meaning between these three sentences?

The first one feels a little angry, doesn't it? And the third one feels a little softer? There's a gulf of meaning between "what you said didn't matter" (it's not important!) and "it didn't matter what you said" (the end result would've never changed).

Let's try it again:

That first example seems to kind of side with her, right? Whereas the second example seems to hold a little bit of judgment or accusation? The first phrase kind of seems to suggest that she was so sad she couldn't cry, whereas the second kind of seems to suggest that she's not sad and that's the problem.

The effect is super subtle and very hard to put into words, but you'll feel it when you're reading something. Changing up the order of your sentences to shift the focus can have a huge effect on tone even when the exact same words are used.

In linguistics, this is referred to as "end focus," and it's a nightmare for ESL students because it's so subtle and hard to explain. But a lot goes into it, and it's a tool worth keeping in your pocket if you're a creative writer or someone otherwise trying to create a specific effect with your words :)

this is one reason I think people who want to write good prose should spend some time close-reading and learning to write poetry. because this sort of effect is a lot easier to notice and to learn to use in poetry.

One of my favorite parts of the Hunger Games was how, in the beginning, Katniss was jealous amd resentful of the townies for not having to work in the coal mines. Then, over time, she realizes they aren't the true enemy. Then she sees the other district kids as so much better off than she is, because at least they don't come from district 12. But then she realizes they aren't the enemy either. And then she hates the other victors, before realizing they have all been exploited just as much as she has. So the enemy must be the Capitol citizens, who benefit from the exploitation of the districts, right? Wrong again. They are just uninformed and pampered people who have been kept in the dark about the true horrors faced by the rest of the country. Most of them, when push comes to shove, are perfectly willing to help the war efforts.

And slowly, over the three books, all theses separate factions of downtrodden people start to see each other as allies instead of enemies, and that is what propells them to eventual victory over the true enemy, the government that tried to pit them against each other. Just fun, totally fictional things to think about that have nothing whatsoever to do with our current life.

sometimes i think i'm making up iwaoi and other times things like this tweet happen

Iwaizumi intimidates first years and he’s not even trying to 😭

WUEHJBIKAJBKF KINDAICHI HAVING BEEF WITH GOSHIKI ONLY BC OF OIKAWA AND USHIWAKA HATING EACH OTHER