“What’s with all the fucking gaijin in this area?” “Dude, don’t say that, use gaikokujin, it’s nicer.” “Oh, shit, right. What’s with all the fucking gaikokujin in this area?”
“The breaded pork cutlet bento box is like mega power. More than ramen. That’s accurate.”
all of them start dragging kiryu for his shitty cheap shirt for five minutes
“Shooting people sends a message.” “So does shooting anything.”
(after being told that massage parlors, mahjong, and hostess clubs were cut from the US version) “I feel sorry for the people who bought the American version. SEGA USA sucks.”
S: I don’t know any ex-yakuza running orphanages. K: There was one a few years ago. A good guy. M: You sure it wasn’t just a tax shelter? K: Sure it was a tax shelter but he ran it like a legitimate thing. You know.
“Author’s
note: A heated discussion takes place as to whether the game is
stereotyping the yakuza, which is resolved when Midoriyama, a
now-retired former mid-level faction boss,
points out
that the stereotypes about the yakuza are more or less correct, with the
exception of their alleged prowess in martial arts.“
i’ve seen these quotes a hundred times but never the full article — 200k notes and i’ve never seen someone mention the guy saying “they should let kiryu smoke meth”
In order to not write my final paper, imma list the differences between Sukuna&Yuuji twin AUs from the western (ao3) and eastern (pixiv) fandom.
Note: Nothing about this is absolute and exceptions exist. I just don’t wanna waste space by always using “mostly” or “almost always”. And remember, this is my own impression after reading through a hella lot of SukuIta twin stuff and going through a hella lot of SukuIta content on pixiv.
Say GO!
Ao3 has Sukuna be the older one, pixiv has Yuuji be older
Ao3 has Sukuna be more of an asshole and possessive in an aggressive way, on pixiv he’s a quiet tsundere and possessive in a clingy way
Yuuji is a ray of sunshine, but on Ao3 its him being a sweet cinnamon roll, on pixiv its him being a caring and supporting brother
On Ao3, the AUs are just that - AUs. On pixiv, the twin AUs are connected to the canon by making them reincarnations of Yuuji and Sukuna, and making a big point out of which of them remembers their past life and which doesn’t
On pixiv, Gojo is usually around to hit on Yuuji and for Sukuna to hate the guts out of him for it
After a lot of thinking, I came to the conclusion that Sukuna is the younger one on pixiv because people love to write with that tsundere streak, since he doesn’t like Yuuji in canon but they also want brotherly love. So he loves Yuuji, but doesn’t show it. And Yuuji is the open-hearted loveball who has lots of emotional intelligence, so to make this brotherhood work, he needs to be the one to take action, and that makes him more fit for the role of oldest.
On Ao3, Sukuna is the older one because his possessiveness and evil behaviour get more focus, so having Yuuji be the sweet little brother makes more sense.
The whole “they reincarnated as twins” thing is something I can’t remember ever having read on Ao3, but its the norm on pixiv. I assume its a good way to make a plot happen that has both angst and sweetness.
Honestly, the Gojo thing also happens on Ao3, I just see it more often on pixiv.
To finish my thoughts, I wanna tell yall about one twin AU comic I read on pixiv that lives rent-free in my head:
Sukuna seeing a girl being cornered by guy
Sukuna leaving
Yuuji showing up to punch the guy
Next day, the girl going up to Yuuji to give him a present for his help
Yuuji being like “Huh? What are you talking about?”
Yuuji understanding that Sukuna was the one to help the girl while pretending to be Yuuji by pushing his hair down
Yes, and, this? This is actually what an “if you liked that, maybe you’ll like this!” algorithm is trying to replicate, in its own clumsy way. The basic idea is that, if you like Thing X, then you may like other things that people who liked Thing X also liked.
Only the algorithm has no actual reasoning ability, or understanding of what it’s doing–it’s just wandering around bumping into things, looking for patterns that sorta match. Like a sack of ferrets tracking a scent trail through a department store, and the store is trying to tell you that the ferrets are highly skilled personal shoppers.
AO3, on the other hand, is set up so that you can find out directly from other human beings who like Thing X, what else they liked. It probably wouldn’t work in a department store–hence the sack-of-ferrets system–but fandom is a gift economy, so it does.
A further variant on this is to see who bookmarked the stories you love, and investigate their bookmarks. If they seem reliably appealing to you and they’re being actively updated, you can also periodically check in on their bookmarks to see what’s new.
[Image description: A Twitter thread by sen (@SenLinYuWrites) that reads “I have been reading fanfic for decades. I am going to tell you the secret to finding good stuff without an algorithm.
Find a fic you fucking love, like everything about it hits your buttons, writing, characterization, tropes, kinks, ending, etc.
Read everything written by that author regardless of the stats, since they’ve already proven themselves to write stories you like.
When you’ve read all of their stories, go to their bookmarks. They probably read the same quality and kinds stuff they like to write.
Find a story in the bookmarks you fucking love, like everything about it hits your buttons, writing, characterization, tropes, kinks, ending, etc.
Also, readers… BOOKMARK THE THINGS YOU LOVED. I get so sad when I go to someone’s profile and they don’t have any bookmarks.
That being said, I’m sorry my 1300 bookmarks are an unorganized mess 😅
But luckily, you can filter people’s bookmarks just like you filter a tag search! So even if you don’t organize them or tag them yourself at all, I can go into your bookmarks and filter them down to the pairing/trope I want and sort by whatever.
AO3 is just… so much better than any algorithm. Because only you know what you mean when you want something “just like this.” Maybe for one fic you mean this writing style, and you go read the author’s other stuff. Maybe for another fic it’s some trope you’re suddenly in the mood for, and you can use tags/filters. You have total control!
When tumblr collapses I will email you all a monthly newsletter with my diary entries and make collages to simulate my reblogs. and I will want you ladies to do the same and also possibly send back a heart to “like” it
does it need to be a human heart or can we substitute with an animal heart instead?
