Ganondorf’s Language in The Wind Waker

pocketseizure:

I kept threatening to write a post about how gorgeous Ganondorf’s language is in the Japanese version of The Wind Waker, but I didn’t think anyone would be interested. In the end, though, I couldn’t stop myself.

My conclusion is that Ganondorf speaks in terse yet powerful sentences, and his rich vocabulary and slightly archaic grammar give his words a highly lyrical quality, which is localized into the rhetorical flights of fancy of the English version.

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This is so fascinating and impressive.
I have no clue how Japanese works but this explains things really well and anyone interested in language studies should read this.

nerdycurvyboundandflirty:

polks:

aratoamin:

IMPORTANT

This month marks 3 years away from an abusive situation i was in for 11 years. Don’t do that to yourself. You deserve better.

So many folks know they don’t want to be abused but don’t know what healthy is. Here go, babies.

nighttimers:

Have you ever met someone and found them so attractive that everything they do is beautiful. The way their nose wrinkles when they smile, the way their hips move when they walk, the way they lick their lips when they’re deep in concentration, the way their lips move as they talk. Everything they do brings beauty, and it’s captivating to watch.

chatosuntana:

eroticaquatic:

casasupernovakiin:

deathbyspaceglam:

badpearl:

qualifiedyetsluttynurse7:

nentindo:

raptorific:

raptorific:

Wonder Woman would probably be so heartbroken if she heard there were people who thought her feminism was trans-exclusionary

I told you so.

whenever i try to open this image google chrome just crashes, can someone just take a screenshot of the image

WONDER WOMAN IS TRANS

HALF THE AMAZONIANS ARE TRANS

HALF THE AMAZONIANS ARE TRANS
WONDER WOMAN IS A CANON TRANS LADY

also the idea of a sexually diverse population all of whom are women is incredible. no men needed for reproduction

Not to be an asshole but I’m pretty sure that’s a fake.

This is the real one.

verysmallfrogs:

so-smoke-em-if-you-got-em:

I’ve realized that the more diverse a cast is, the easier it is to spot the racist fans. They won’t ship a white main character with the black girl who’s his love interest because it’s “heteronormative” (it isn’t) and they want more “gay representation”. But then when his best friend is also a person of color they don’t ship them together because they just “don’t see them that way”. But then they’ll headcanon a Tragic Whiteboy Backstory for the kid that said literally 8 words to the main character. That kid will be their favorite character, their sweet little “cinnamon roll”and there’ll be 40,230 m/m fics of him and the main character. “Representation”. My ass.

it’s okay, you can say Star Wars: The Force Awakens

“black *girl*”

“and there’ll be 40,230 *m/m* fics of him and
the *main character*.”

I don’t remember Rey being Black.
I don’t remember Rey being Male.
I’m pretty sure this isn’t The Force Awakens you’re talking about, but let’s
pretend it is.

(There’s a fair amount of text here and since I know some people can’t be bothered, here’s
the most most important part:
Here are the numbers from fanfiction.net

37, 700 fics involving the Finn/Poe pairing
37, 400 fics involving the Rey/Kylo pairing
37, 800 fics involving the Rey/Finn pairing

Yeah, seriously, go to fanfiction.net right now and check.)

Okay, on to some analysis, and opinions.
Rey describes Finn as her “Friend”, and while that certainly doesn’t mean it
Can’t Ever Happen, it is evidence against Rey having romantic interest in Finn (she’s probably never had friends before so that’s way more important to her
right now).

“But then they’ll headcanon a Tragic Whiteboy
Backstory for the kid that said literally 8 words to the main character.”

What exactly is a Tragic Whiteboy Backstory in the SW universe? What does that
mean?
It’s true we don’t know much about Kylo, but – I mean, he descends from the Skywalkers,
so yeah it’s really not much of a stretch to assume his backstory is tragic.
And from what little we see of him, he’s a reasonably complex character with
huge ramifications for the entire concept of the Light and the Dark and the
nature of the Force.

There are overtly sexual overtones between Rey and Kylo, Disney has basically
taken the classic/dated presentation of sexual awakening (see: Death and the Maiden.
[Better yet, see this massive in-depth analysis that I’m frankly still in awe
of https://ohtze.tumblr.com/post/137735730948/death-and-the-maiden]), and used
it, rather brilliantly in my opinion, as an allegory.
It’s not a sexual Awakening that Kylo
provides Rey, but The Force Awakens likes to present it that way and poke fun at the
whole concept. Maybe Kylo and Rey will get together at some point maybe not,
but the way their relationship is presented in the film makes that conclusion difficult
not to reach.
It’s entirely possible the only reason it’s being presented this way is for the
sake of parodying that sort of story, but regardless of the intent – it’s
there, and I don’t understand why anyone is surprised or offended that it’s a
very very popular ship. And yes, Kylo is a bad dude, but SW is all about redemption,
in case you hadn’t noticed.

Lots of people ship Finn and Poe, actually.
There are certainly people who don’t, and a lot of those people are likely homo
‘phobic’ bigots, but some are just people who legitimately “don’t see them that
way”, and that’s fine.

That being said, yep, the Star Wars fandom is full of racists and sexists and
other terrible people, like most fandoms, just – much bigger and older.
Typically I find the works that teach the best morals have the worst fans. Star
Wars, My Little Pony, Steven Universe, Christianity, etc. The more the core
message is Love, the more likely people will be to completely miss the point and spread hatred in its name.
But I digress.

Anyways, the point is: Rey/Finn is evidently the most popular ship so relax.
Rey/Kylo is fine. Kylo has the potential to be an incredible character.
Finn/Poe is doing well too.
People have different ships and that’s okay.
Not *everyone* who disagrees with any of these ships is a bad person, even
though some definitely are.

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whatokay:

i love kissing so much how it can be soft and romantic or hard and passionate or lazy and sleepy or affectionate and then it’s like you like the person and they like you because you are kissing and it’s just you two and you can close your eyes and there will be nothing in the world except that

me, sitting cross-legged in your fridge when you go for a drink in the middle of the night: gray morality can be an effective storytelling technique but it should not be considered a necessity in order to tell a good story because when handled wrong it carries the implication that atrocities are justifiable as long as they’re committed in the interest of fulfilling an ostensibly noble goal, and it is so often handled wrong
you, staring in horror while holding a carton of orange juice: who are you and how did you get in my house

Had such a great day with @pocketwatchesandtea ❤