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Hello wonderful people!

I've got a fantasy story that's set in early 18th-century Venice. I don't speak Italian, and definitely don't know the difference between the various regional dialects, so I'm looking for some help with a nickname in Venetian.

I have a priest who can use magic, who is not exactly a nice guy. Nobody likes to be around him, he's the kind of person you can just tell will erupt like a magic-spewing volcano the moment something doesn't go his way. My main character is ten when she first meets him and has a very visceral Do Not Like reaction to him, comparing him to a pack of rabid dogs. She is not told his name at the time, so in her mind she dubs him Father Mad Dog (creative, I know).

Several years ago I tried to parse "Father Mad Dog" into Italian/Venetian, and I don't know where I came to the conclusion that it'd be "Don Can' Pazzo" but that's what I've been using. I guess somewhere along the line I was under the impression that cane would get shortened to can when used like this. Is any of this correct? Or do I need another phrase entirely?

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elyusion

Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.
Because I'm obsessed with making lists, especially to-do lists, I actually do have a list of well-defined goals to finish by the end of this month. I'm only going to share the ones I'm pretty sure I'll complete, because it's really embarrassing saying you're going to do something and then not doing it.

Translate 5 chapters of that thing I'm translating.
Translate one smaller thing, like a one-shot or interview or something.
Finish one (1) singular illustration.
Finish one book of original English-language fiction.
- To the readers here this probably seems crazy to have to add as a goal, but I usually use comics to fulfill my fiction needs, and read nonfiction otherwise. For my future job I need to read more fiction in my native language though, so here I am. Although, I'm also told I need to be reading contemporary fiction, to know what readers expect now... instead what I'm reading is from the 60s and 70s. I have a problem, I think.

My goals for the second half of the year? I just want my driver's license and to graduate college TT I know I'll hate having a job too (when I had one for a while I was like "so... is this just it for the rest of my life?" and my sanity meter started draining, but I went back to school before it could empty), but I'm so over school. And I would like to go to the places I want when I want! Looking forward to that!! I don't live in a place where depending on public transportation is feasible for an exciting life.

As for the creative prompt, I had started a drawing (completely unrelated to this event, but I was going to share it regardless), but I wasn't able to finish it in time. I'm trying to figure out what's causing me to be such a slow artist lately - lately meaning the past 5 years or so - but I hope I can do at least one of the creative prompts. I know there's not actually any time limit, so maybe I'll do them all even if it takes a while... I still haven't even finished the Snowflake Challenge though. ^^; I forgot about it until just now, although it's in one of my many to-do lists.

Here's to hoping I'm able to accomplish everything I want. 🙏🏾

Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: Scent of Love - Helena Noguerra

fennectik posting in

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So it seems Usagi will once grace us with her magical girl adventures.

"To celebrate the birthday of Sailor Moon’s main protagonist, Usagi Tsukino, new colored manga art has been released by the series creator, hinting at the publication of the next two volumes in the Japanese 'all-color' digital manga release."-CBR

Link to the full article

https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-naoko-takeuchi-usagi-birthday-art/

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: Pet Shop Boys- DJ Culture

elyusion

This time it's assorted things about gender and sexuality, and then a bunch of entertainment stuff you can enjoy.
( *shake shake* )

Current Mood: full
Current Music: ROUAGE (1994 album by, you guessed it, ROUAGE)

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Need to get some words in? The Weekend Writing Marathon (WWM) is a writing challenge designed to help you do just that. You set your own writing goal for the weekend and work to achieve it before reporting back to the group on Sunday night.

How do I participate?

1. Reply to this post with your weekend writing plans–be as specific (or not) as you’d like.

2. Start writing on Friday 12:01 am local time. Work to meet your goal by Sunday night at 11:59 pm local time. You can work on whatever you want during this time.

3. Post your accomplishments to the Finish Line post at the end of the weekend (even if you didn’t reach your goal).

How do I report my accomplishments?

A Finish Line post will go up on Sunday. Reblog that post with your final word count/accomplished goal(s) by Monday at midnight local time. Totals from the weekend will be posted on Tuesday.

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bloomingsite

This is something I've always had in the back of my mind when thinking about VeiFei, the way they orbit around each other and what characterises their dynamic. Pain mv (and MoD) made it stand out more for me, so I'm sharing my (bullet pointed, messy) thoughts! The main takeaway here is that Vein and Xia Fei are two sides of the same coin, in more ways than one...

reflections / mirror images / parallels

- VeiFei ambidextrous, perhaps ? (We see Xia Fei writing with his left hand in his PV, and we also see Vein using his left hand at various points)

- PAIN MV: literal double!vein, figurative double!felix (his disguise/mask); chp1-2 being similar tonally, and colour wise (the real shift musically is in the final chp); xf and reflections (he's a vampire who cannot behold his beauty, plus the lift where he's surrounded by pictures of himself), and vein's portraits in memory of a man who is Not dead (both hit a similar note of dramatic irony, perhaps)

- XF aesthetically takes after vein in pain mv (seeing pain!XF's outfit next to Vein's canon outfit really draws attention to this lol)

- In canon, we have both of them sporting black turtlenecks

- (the latter being heavily implied/potentially canon) "all i do is pursue" (PV song lyrics) /"i only go for the best" (canon quote) > Vein, youngest son working his way to the top (like!!! such a parallel)

- MoD — Vein turns people who win against him into tiles; Prince Xiafeierwen or whatever they called him LMAO is a prince, but one who if you are not sufficiently charmed by, he'll turn you into stone ? < need to check the details on this

- "taboo maze" (PAIN lyric, Feifei's verse) and "all taboos are off (no paths are bound)" (MoD; Vein's line/lyric) .. interesting

- The fact the episode we're introduced to BOTH Vein and Xia Fei is called THEM...

contrasts / duplicity / duality

- Colour contrast, water/fire motifs

- the translations/interpretations of their (CN) name as contrasting

- wolf/deer ( < love of the wolf by cixous core. To me.)

- Xia Fei who is all about masks and facades; Vein who Hates lies... < but, still mentions facades in bloody storm

p.s this is taken straight from my notes app, but I wanted to throw it up here as a way of....remembering it exists I guess? I'd like to do a proper write up of my thoughts on this and share it on my tumblr, but I can't quite get myself to expand on said thoughts currently. So I'm posting this here partially for my own satisfaction as well (since I don't know if anyone who stumbles across this will even know what I'm on about. Anyway!!)

Current Mood: thinking v hard abt veifei....
Current Music: Hurtful & Painful - TOGENASHI TOGEARI

bloomingsite

Challenge #1

Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.

For full transparency I find goals to be a little overwhelming, so these are tentative things I'd like to do rather than 'I'm definitely going to complete these', for my sanity.

July goals

FIC/FANNISH GOALS

Write One more fic for VeinFei Week
Write a drabble sequence for Xia Fei's birthday
Do something to celebrate Xia Fei's birthday (I'm thinking a movie since his character profile specifies he likes movies, and/or a picnic!)

PERSONAL GOALS

Prepare + get through my grad ceremony without having a breakdown (lmao)
Continue going on walks a few times a week
Reduce my phone screen time at least a little...

Longer term goals for the rest of the year include:

FIC/FANNISH

Write SGDLR exchange fic
Write pt.3 of piercing the window paper series
Do something fun for Vein's birthday in August! (Hotpot restaurant...perhaps... ^^)

PERSONAL (movement, work, and hobby goals)

Get back into going to the gym (if money allows)
Get back into running (if foot allows orz)
Go to a fitness class (very curious as to whether I'd even enjoy one of these) OR a dance class

Rewrite CV
Start looking for part-time work
Get proactive about looking for experience + opportunities in the publishing industry

Get back into writing original fiction (this would be an autumn/winter endeavour I think)
Start a substack (maybe. I'm thinking about it)
Solidify reading into my everyday routine (I want to read more!!! I've only read eight books this year...)

Current Mood: maybe goal setting is good....
Current Music: Answer to Extreme - TOGENASHI TOGEARI

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I'm writing a story where my main character stops his friend, a dad to a 13-ish year old boy, from purchasing some ~~anime~~ manga books because the main character knows the book series is too adult (sex, violence, both) for a 13 year old. The main character then recommends a different series because the story line is more appropriate for the age of the teen.

The story is the relationship between the main character and the dad, so this is a small piece of the larger story. But I know absolutely nothing about anime (or manga, obviously!) and would appreciate some recommendations of titles that would fit those categories.

Thanks!

ETA: I'm looking for currently available titles and perhaps where they are best purchased (a bookstore, a comic book store, a specialty shop, online?)

ETA2: I'm looking US-centric here.

bedes posting in

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It's WIP Wednesday! If you have any Dungeon Meshi fanworks being made, share a bit of your progress in the comments here! Whether it's a fanart sketch, a fanfic snippet you're particularly proud of, or a graphic you haven't quite nailed the colors of yet, we'd love to see it.

For the sake of not making the comments section multiple miles long, please put your WIP under a cut, and provide a description of what is underneath said cut! (Ships, characters, what type of fanwork, trigger warnings if applicable...) We all have preferences for subjects we'd like to see, and things we'd like to avoid.

Don't be afraid to ask for help, as well! If something isn't quite right about your piece, but you can't quite put your finger on what, getting fresh eyes on it can help narrow the problem down in record time! Just be sure to specify you are looking for help, and what area you need help with. (Example: "I need help with this Falin fanart. Could someone help me make the colors more cohesive?") You can also ask for resources, and anything else you may need help with!

And remember, once your WIP is no longer a WIP, to consider posting it here for the whole community to enjoy!

fennectik posting in

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Today I finished watching Patlabor and it was a very satisfying series to say the least, even though the final episode felt more like a normal instance than having closure after all the aventures and misadventures the team went through. I do believe the episode before the last would had been better left as THE last episode since it closed so nicely in comparison, but I digress.

But for now...

Mission accomplished.

Current Mood: accomplished

bloomingsite

Realised I haven't posted anything in about a week. I get so excited about things--love the novelty of it, the newness and possibility of it. So I was posting a scary consistent amount until...I was not. Plus veifei's ship week creeps ever closer, and so I've been trying (key word trying) to focus on that. May do an entirely separate update on all the fic writing attempting though! It's so incredibly warm here, and the heat is bothering me along with just about everything else; I have been going on more walks, recently. My mood has been all sorts of weird, and now it's July and I'm not feeling The Best about it (I have a busy month ahead). I am thinking of doing the sunshine revival challenge, but I do fear the timing isn't great (but also it would be a good chance to get a bit more stuck in with the dw community side of things...I'm undecided). The warm weather is sucking the life out me, which is mostly inconvenient because I wanted to write today. To be honest though, today hasn't been all that great anyway, and I think I'm just feeling emotionally wrung out, and a little sensitive. Not sure how to cheer myself up. But anyway! I've also finished up some seasonal anime, so maybe hopefully I can write up an entry of my closing thoughts (no matter how semi-coherent). I think I've been feeling self conscious about just...putting my thoughts/writings online lately, and it's sucking the joy out of fandom a bit. I am trying to push through the feeling though. My thoughts are all over the place (I'm sure you can tell).

<3

Current Mood: sleepy, sad & stressed

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July is another Amnesty Month. That means that instead of a new theme, the challenge this month is to create new works for any of the previous themes.

You can find the previous themes in the tag list under t.

Posting guidelines are here. Please remember to tag your fandoms and themes!

If you have any prompts or recs for previous themes, you can leave them in the comments using the template below:

For recs:

For prompts:

The amnesty period will last until 31st July.

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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.

fennectik posting in

anime_manga

Came accross this cropped screenshot someone mentioned was from Patlabor on which two very familiar looking girls are passing by. Not sure of this was a dedicated cameo or just coincidence, but am trying to see what episode and sweies from Patlabor its from.

Its still pretty neat.

EDIT: Thanks to a reply below, I got told its most likely from episode 2 of the Patlabor OVA.

Current Mood: surprised
Current Music: Afrojack- Take Over Control

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