Busted!

The new chapter (chapter 108) I noticed there is a difference on Anya's wording in Japanese about "bullying"

In this chapter, Anya use two different words to describe "bullying"; いじわる (ijiwaru) and いじめる (ijimeru). While it seems like it's the same, turns out these two words have a slightly different meaning.

I did some searchs, turns out the word いじわる (ijiwaru) means "mean", it's an expression that is suitable to describe for someone intentionally annoys, irritates or harshly treat them, but without malicious intent/result, and it tends to be a one-off occurrence.

Meanwhile the word いじめる(ijimeru) means literally "bullying", a malicious act of feeling superior to those weaker than oneself and getting satisfaction from the other person's sadness, and it's continuous.

I'm going to compare how Anya use the words here, I'm taking example from chapter 15.

In chapter 15,

いじめてくるからきらい (iji mete kuru kara kirai)

(he bullies/intimidate (me) so I hate (him))

This sentence is used for Anya to describe how she feels about Damian. It was reasonable, considering this was set really early in the story, right before they had the dodgeball game. Anya's didn't know about Damian's good nature yet and she still see him as a real bully.

However, in chapter 108

いじわるしてくるからきらい (iji waru shite kuru kara kirai)

I feel like the supposed closely correct translation is (he's being mean (to me) so I hate him).

Like I explained earlier, the word いじわる (ijiwaru) isn't as harmful as the word いじめる (ijimeru), and I feel like it's important to point out too because of the next scene..

じなんのははらすぼす(じなんのちち)にいじめられてる…？ (jinan no haha rasu bosu (jinan no chichi) ni ijimerareteru...?)

(second son's mother is being bullied by last boss (second son's father?))

Here, Anya use the word いじめる (ijimeru) when describing of what she thinks of how Melinda and Donovan's relationship be like.

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Well, I'm loss at words. Let me know what you think lol (and feel free to correct me if you can speak or fluent about the Japanese language!)

Jealousy 😗

bolesławiecka Miku... pracowniczka na stempelkowni czy innym malowaniu. okej to by było na tyle z miku trendu

anya and the gang!!

a rough fanart for this lovely fanfic that i think about a lot!

when he found out that anya knew the truth all long…

※ the writing in the picture is not mine. it belongs to one of my favorite (if not THE favorite) fanworks written by the lovely @piracytheorist!

a little out of the blue, this is along the line of things i've wanted to draw for fun since forever…! the latest chapter reminded me in a way… apologies for the quick roughness, it's like practice, or a trial run for these ✍️ i'd like to do more and practice different things! like backgrounds...

※ anywho- masterpost of the entire work here, for those interested in reading it too! (see warnings!)

https://piracytheorist.tumblr.com/post/720279101761552384/macabre-theme-and-variations-masterpost (i just really, really love it. and the way that twilight, yor, anya, and everyone is written. i shouldn't go in too much depth about it, but there's something about how it covers this aspect between loid and anya- can you imagine how loid would feel if he found out that anya knew since the BEGINNING that he's been lying to her? well, this fic covers it and i LOVE. IT.)

Outfit change

spy x family + text posts & random headlines: the desmonds edition

SPY X FAMILY (CH. 108)

>> spoilers below

the fact that melinda is canonically a nerd is now my favorite thing about her! on one hand, it's a light and silly thing that makes her character feel more like an actual person. that she's interested in these things is giving big daydreamer vibes and i can totally imagine her geeking out about this stuff in the future with anya, who likes most things as long as they seem like an adventure lol.

on the other hand, it supports a lot of the common ideas about donovan, like how he's controlling and abusive of his family and how melinda seems to have it the worst. his presence loomed throughout the chapter, ever-present in melinda's thoughts like a ghost haunting her psyche. i wouldn't be surprised if her finding comfort in the supernatural is also her way of escaping from him, like a fantasy, a room in her mind palace where she's safe and can get away from the her scary reality.

and then there's her friendship with yor! it's genuinely so interesting to me that melinda seems so attached to yor and that she thinks so highly of her and her opinion, to the point that she'd even consider going to a psychologist at yor's recommendation even after yor mentions loid's concussive therapy lol. because while yor is perfection incarnate, she doesn't strike me as the type of person donovan would want melinda to have as a friend. and given melinda's strong resistance to anything her husband might find displeasing, it's amazing that yor is an exception. is this all really just because of how good and kind yor is? or is there something else? does she know something about yor that makes it safe to be friends with her?

i'm so excited to see what the therapy sessions will be like tho! i personally want this to be an exploration of her past, and i genuinely want this to end well for both of them: for melinda to feel better and to have her heart closer to the forgers, and for twilight to get his insight into the desmonds and to connect with melinda's experiences. i would especially love it if melinda comes back for multiple sessions and we see a change in her wardrobe choices from being extremely covered like now to being in more normal clothes as a way to show how she's gotten comfortable with loid and with talking about herself. i can also totally see endo-sensei using this as an opportunity to bring back more of twilight's memories of his parents, especially if he delves into the difficult marriage between melinda and donovan. (it's not that i think the relationships are similar btw i just love any and all twilight and damian parallels. imagining twilight empathizing with damian given his parents' bad marriage because of twilight's own experiences of having to listen to his parents fight is <3). i'd prefer this over a twiyor moment, but i'd be happy if we get one anway hehe

Day 2: Office AU

those 2 employees are fighting again (everyone is sick of their ass)