After Dark

percy is a hufflepuff

- his fatal flaw is literally loyalty

-the scene in tartarus, when percy is choking akhlys with her own posion and he can’t make himself stop until he sees annabeth is scared of him. this is a hufflepuff trait to me, stay with me now. in my head, hufflepuffs have a really long fuse. they can endure a lot. and percy did, he endured 9 books of it by that point and he had never come close to this. but at some point, a hufflepuff has to snap. a “bend when you can, snap when you have to” kind of thing

- speaking of tartarus, he quite literally fell into the deepest part of the underworld for annabeth. in my opinion (which means nothing), a gryffindor would’ve vowed to get her out. a hufflepuff, percy, would fall with her.

- when grover asked percy if he wanted the empathy link broken and explained why it was dangerous to have one, percy said no. he always wanted to be connected to his friend and be able to find him if he needed to, even at the cost of his own life

- a hufflepuff’s achilles heel being stabbed in the back just fits, okay?

- he is insanely protective over the people he loves. he only went on the quest in the first book because there was the slightest chance of getting his mom back

annabeth chase is a slytherin

- she spent 5 years of her life meticulously analyzing and watching every new camper who came to CHB, waiting to see if they would be the one to get her that quest that Chiron promised her

- she was so determined, so ambitious, to prove herself to her mom. all she needed was one chance and she would get the job done

- slytherin’s are often watered-down in their intellectual ability, but people forget just how intelligent one can be. slytherin’s think outside the box, they’re always 10 steps ahead. sounds a lot like our girl

- annabeth is prepared for everything and anything at all times, aware of what could possibly go wrong and has a solution for it

- slytherin’s are responsible. annabeth chase was responsible for an entire cabin of campers by the time she was 12

- of course her fatal flaw is her hubris, which can be taken as pride but hubris also means over-confidence. slytherin’s have an immense sense of self worth and confidence, which can be their biggest downfall. just like annabeth

- annabeth consistently displays cunningness in the books, consistently outsmarting enemies in ways that others don’t think to do. like how she drops her dagger into the ocean just for percy to literally was away her enemies. remember, cunningness is not always an evil trait

of course both percy and annabeth share traits with other houses.

percy has a lot of gryffindor traits, like recklessness and his immense bravery, and annabeth has quite a few ravenclaw traits.

(CW: incest, age gaps, non-consensual relationships.)

a lot of the problems with drv3 chapter 3 could be fixed by swapping around Tenko and Kiyo's roles.

If you're going to do a dark backstory this chapter, incest is not the way to go. Danganronpa has done it so many times before it loses some of its impact. Same with serial killers.

This could be solved by keeping the vibes of the trial intact by Tenko's master having a non-consensual relationship with her. (Keeping it PG-13, because got to keep that rating.)

Specifically, her master was abusing her, and another Akido student Tenko pitied because they got it worse. She kills them as a mercy (to foreshadow chapter 6) but her Master treated her even worse because of it.

Kiyo framing Himiko is boring, since the two have had little interaction before this. Tenko framing Himiko is heartbreaking, because of how much Tenko loved and admired Himiko.

Kiyo seems out-of-character for most of trial 3, since it didn't seem like the logical progression of his character. For him to be caught, he had to catch the idiot ball and kill Tenko.

Tenko's main target being Angie, and killing the medium because she was worried the ritual would actually work. (I imagine in this au that less people genuinely buy it.)

Tenko lobbies for Himiko, the most magical, to be the medium, but Kiyo volunteers instead because he'd be honored to take part in such a ritual. (to fit with the v3 lore, what if it was one he's never heard of?) (also no gender requirement since the trial no longer really needs it.)

Tenko's hatred for Angie is less of a love triangle, and more of a PTSD trigger.

Tenko's philosophy is at odds with her talent, and I think that could be an excellent metaphor for extreme trauma molding her into someone she would never become without it.

Think about it: they both grew up poor and deeply vulnerable, losing parents at a very young age, with a matriarchal adult (Katniss' mother and Coriolanus' Grandma'am) who fails to provide for them emotionally and physically. They intimately understand the threat of starvation, even developing with stunted growth because of it, and their narrations in the books share a fixation on food. Throughout their childhoods, both experienced constant fear and suffered a fundamental lack of control over their circumstances. Because of this, they're inherently suspicious of the people around them. They resent feeling indebted to others, especially those who have saved their lives. They're motivated almost entirely by family and deeply connected to their communities. Both are used and manipulated by the Capitol, both are forced to perform to survive and despise every inch of it, both are thrown into the Arena and made to kill. Both have a self-sacrificial, genuinely sweet sister figure acting as their conscience. Peeta and Lucy Gray - performers and love interests with a fundamental kindness and sense of hope about them - fulfill markedly similar roles in their narrative. Both contribute to the development of the future Hunger Games, Snow throughout tbosas and Katniss towards the end of Mockingjay.

It's easy to ignore these similarities because, as mirrors of each other, they are exact opposites. Katniss is from District 12, viewed and treated as less than human; Snow is the cream of the Capitol crop, given the privilege of a name with social weight, an ancestral home, and the opportunity of the Academy despite having no more money than a miner from 12. Katniss has no agency over her life, and responds by being kind whenever she's able, while Snow justifies horrendous evils in order to continue his quest for complete control. Katniss does everything she can to protect her family; Snow does everything he can to protect his family's image as an extension of his own ego. Katniss loves her District and connects with its inhabitants on a meaningful level, but Snow is indifferent at best to his peers - the apparent "superior people" - and only engages with his community for personal gain. Katniss emerges from the Arena horrified at herself and the system, but Snow takes his trauma and turns it into an excuse to perpetuate the violence with himself at the top. Katniss cares for Prim until her death and then snaps at the loss of her little sister, while Snow survives on Tigris' blood, sweat, and tears and then torments and abandons her, presumably because she calls him out on his insanity. Snow actively adds to and popularizes the Hunger Games because of his vendetta against the Districts following his childhood wartime trauma - Katniss briefly agrees to a new Hunger Games in the pursuit of vengeance, but later stops them from happening by killing Coin and choosing a life of peace and privacy. Snow is obsessed with revenge, but Katniss empathizes with the Capitolites and does what she can to keep them from suffering. He exists in a cruel system and selfishly upholds it; she exists in a cruel system and works to dismantle it for the good of her family and community, at great personal cost. And Peeta and Lucy Gray are incredibly similar, but Katniss and Peeta forge a relationship of genuine love and understanding that shines in comparison to Coriolanus' obsessive projection onto Lucy Gray.

Okay, this might be like “who gives a shit??” but I think the translation for Hanma’s tattoos being “sin” and “punishment” is a slight mistranslation. I think his tattoos are actually meant to be read as “crime” and “punishment” as a reference to the novel by Dostoevsky.

In Japanese the kanji used for the title Crime and Punishment is the same kanji on Hanma’s hands, and the crime part of the tattoo can be read as sin or crime

(photos from Jisho.org)

Like obviously it’s not that serious or anything but I think it’s really cool if it’s meant to be a reference. Because like, the tattoos he has are definitely those same kanji

there was definitely some sort of mistranslation with the studio that animated Tokyo Revengers, but at the same time… not.

in the manga omnibuses, there’s cultural notes in the back of the volumes for certain details regarding the story. in the one that contains Hanma’s first appearance, it does say that it is meant to be “crime” and “punishment” based on Dostoevsky’s book title:

now, the reason it was translated as “sin” in the anime, is because “sin” and “crime” share identical kanji, but differ very slightly (this is from my google translate app):

NOW, i’m not language expert so i’m not entire sure why that first character is dropped off when you put the word “crime” with “punishment,” BUT you will get the same exact result if you use the word “sin” as well:

so all in all, it technically is a mistranslation of the source material. i’m guessing after folks watched the anime and saw the “sin” subtitles embedded on the screen, they just ran with it and it brought us where we are today.

i’m my opinion, i feel neither is incorrect. but Wakui clearly had a specific inspiration for Hanma and then chose not to explain him AT ALL but i digress.

Okay, this might be like “who gives a shit??” but I think the translation for Hanma’s tattoos being “sin” and “punishment” is a slight mistranslation. I think his tattoos are actually meant to be read as “crime” and “punishment” as a reference to the novel by Dostoevsky.

In Japanese the kanji used for the title Crime and Punishment is the same kanji on Hanma’s hands, and the crime part of the tattoo can be read as sin or crime

(photos from Jisho.org)

Like obviously it’s not that serious or anything but I think it’s really cool if it’s meant to be a reference. Because like, the tattoos he has are definitely those same kanji

there was definitely some sort of mistranslation with the studio that animated Tokyo Revengers, but at the same time… not.

in the manga omnibuses, there’s cultural notes in the back of the volumes for certain details regarding the story. in the one that contains Hanma’s first appearance, it does say that it is meant to be “crime” and “punishment” based on Dostoevsky’s book title:

now, the reason it was translated as “sin” in the anime, is because “sin” and “crime” share identical kanji, but differ very slightly (this is from my google translate app):

NOW, i’m not language expert so i’m not entire sure why that first character is dropped off when you put the word “crime” with “punishment,” BUT you will get the same exact result if you use the word “sin” as well:

so all in all, it technically is a mistranslation of the source material. i’m guessing after folks watched the anime and saw the “sin” subtitles embedded on the screen, they just ran with it and it brought us where we are today.

i’m my opinion, i feel neither is incorrect. but Wakui clearly had a specific inspiration for Hanma and then chose not to explain him AT ALL but i digress.

i was personally using a japanese online dictionary - i have plans to continue studying japanese and potentially become a translator if i’m able to become good enough - so when i noticed it and realized there’s often context missing in translations and such i figured that may be the case

i can understand why the anime would mistranslate it since to them it’s a standalone kanji and when that’s the case for translating a character using the translators will go with the most common translation of the kanji when it’s by itself !

Okay, this might be like “who gives a shit??” but I think the translation for Hanma’s tattoos being “sin” and “punishment” is a slight mistranslation. I think his tattoos are actually meant to be read as “crime” and “punishment” as a reference to the novel by Dostoevsky.

In Japanese the kanji used for the title Crime and Punishment is the same kanji on Hanma’s hands, and the crime part of the tattoo can be read as sin or crime

(photos from Jisho.org)

Like obviously it’s not that serious or anything but I think it’s really cool if it’s meant to be a reference. Because like, the tattoos he has are definitely those same kanji

Okay, this might be like “who gives a shit??” but I think the translation for Hanma’s tattoos being “sin” and “punishment” is a slight mistranslation. I think his tattoos are actually meant to be read as “crime” and “punishment” as a reference to the novel by Dostoevsky.

In Japanese the kanji used for the title Crime and Punishment is the same kanji on Hanma’s hands, and the crime part of the tattoo can be read as sin or crime

(photos from Jisho.org)

Like obviously it’s not that serious or anything but I think it’s really cool if it’s meant to be a reference. Because like, the tattoos he has are definitely those same kanji