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Speaking of motivation to draw you will never believe who actually gave me motivation to draw again...
THIS LOVABLE BROKE ASS DETECTIVE ASHVEIL! I went to the Little Tokyo event in April and his VA Blythe Melin was there so I drew this and made it a pin him for to show my appreciation for his performance as Ashveil (which dude that brought me back into Star Rail) btw here's the reference
But I liked it...then I hated it. This is my beloved Star Rail OC named Kohta Nautica whom I'm very proud of...just not this damn first design đ€Ł So when I finally had the motivation to draw again I redid his face design into this
And damn it...I LOVE IT! I was very happy with his hair and eyesâthey have more personality! Next up is his Memosprite/little sister Homura
I feel like it's worth mentioning that Corbeau calling the player kid in the game, doesn't mean youâre actually a child. I was wondering what he calls you in the original Japanese, so hereâs what I found along with other unrelated notes on his Japanese dialogue.
[Now with added notes from and commenters and anons!! Represented with colored brackets and a footnote.]
Iâm not fluent so I could be wrong on some points, take from this what you will. Also I got carried away and wrote a lot more than I meant to woops.
(Spoilers up until mission 25, rank C)
Caved and wrote a second part.
To start with, Corbeau speaks Kansai-ben, a dialect spoken in the Kansai region of Japan. Some noticeable differences are ya instead of desu or da at the end of sentences, and na instead of ne. Verb conjugation is also a bit different, with -hen or -n instead of -nai meaning not. Like, âI don't knowâ is Shirahen or Shiran instead of the standard (slightly impolite) Shiranai.
[The in-universe Kansai-ben has been dubbed âKogane-benâ by Japanese fans, referring to Kogane City (Goldenrod City) in Johto, which is based on real-world Osaka. This has influenced some headcanons around Corbeauâs hometown in the Japanese fandom. Another popular character who uses this dialect is Rika from SV.]Âč The characters in Goldenrod City all speak Kansai-ben, as do some in Azelea Town, but the rest of Johto does not. This is because what people call Kansai-ben is actually more Osaka-ben, the dialects in Kansai differ greatly from place to place. Also, Johto isn't just Kansai, it's also bits of Chubu. Aside from Corbeau, Rika, and the Johto characters, Commander Kamado in Legends Arceus also speaks Kogane-ben when he's surprised, but Standard Japanese when he's being professional. Carmine and Kieran do not speak Kogane-ben, they mostly speak Standard Japanese with some occasional Tohoku-ben notes. If I see one more person genuinely suggesting that they're related to Corbeau I'll blow up.
I often see Kansai-ben translated into a southern accent, to show that itâs a little⊠country-bumpkin like. It can be tricky to understand for people who only speak Standard Japanese.
Some people say that Kansai-ben is considered rough and makes you sound like a gangster, but I know a lot of people also find it cute and friendly. Corbeau speaks like a gangster though. I cannot emphasize enough, this man does not speak all fancy and polite. Ending sentences with Yarou is classic Yakuza stuff, think Baka yarou which could be translated as you fucking idiot. Just saying Yarou gives it the same vibe as swearing. But éé Yarou, the suffix used in Baka yarou, and ăă Yaro, Kansai-ben for ă§ăă Desuyo, aren't the same. In English, he instead says eh sometimes.
(Philippe on the other hand, speaks very formally. He calls Corbeau Karasuba-sama, and uses Watakushi as his personal pronoun.)
[The association with gangsters comes from a mutually-reinforcing combination of both the Kansai region having a more pronounced history of organised crime, and the portrayal of such characters in media as speaking with variations of Kansai-ben (often Hiroshima-ben, but also Osaka-ben), which over the years has solidified this reputation. Itâs used by many characters in the Yakuza games, who are written as coming from this part of Japan. Speakers of Osaka-ben, with Osaka historically being a city of merchants and working people, also has a reputation for being either down-to-earth and warm or crass and uncultured, depending on who you ask.]Âč
Notable Kansai-ben words/slang are Honma instead of Hontou, meaning really/truly/honestly, like when youâre asking if something really happened. Could be translated to âSâthat so?â or âYou reckon?â Just to get the difference in dialects across in English.
Omoroi instead of Omoshiroi, meaning fun/interesting/amusing/entertaining. This one Corbeau says a lot. I noticed that in the English dialogue too, but it's even clearer in Japanese. Thatâs funny, let's have some fun, battling you is fun. This isn't so much a translation note as it is a character trait note.
Meccha instead of Totemo, meaning very. This has spread to all of Japan, I see a lot of Gyaru girls saying it for some reason. Something like âThis is real goodâ works well imo. Or âThis is damn goodâ or âThis is darn goodâ or âThis is good as hellâ. Itâs not that crass though, honestly I think itâs more the vibe of âTotes awesomeâ.
Ee instead of Ii (ii) meaning good/fine/okay. Sore wa ii desu becomes Sore wa ee ya meaning thatâs fine. You could translate it as âPeachyâ or âFine and dandyâ if you wanted.
Chau instead of Chigau, meaning incorrect. Also used instead of janai, meaning is not. Sore wa neko janai becomes Sore wa neko chau, thatâs not a cat. Also used like a question, Kore wa neko chau? meaning this is is a cat, no?
In Standard Japanese, Baka means stupid/idiot, and Aho means moron. Baka is lighter, you could use it to tease your friends, whereas Aho is really insulting. In Kansai-ben, it's the other way around.
True for all of Kansai-ben, is that your mouth opens less while speaking it. Like, when you say Chau instead of Chigau, your mouth stays very small. So itâs less eloquent, not as cleanly pronounced. I think itâd make sense if he said thinkinâ instead of thinking, and so on, but heâs not written like that in the official English translation so whatevs.
This isnât the main point of this post so letâs move on. Iâm hoping youâll be able to recognize some of these words when they come up.
In the original Japanese, he mostly calls you Omae, which is a rude/informal way of saying you. Kid is probably the best way to translate that heâs talking down to you, without using swear words at least. He never refers to you as Gaki, meaning kid or brat, or anything that even confirms youâre younger than him.
When he gets mad at Lida during your first meeting, in English I think he says âIs this kid trying to mess with me?â while in Japanese he says something along the lines of âGive me a breakâ or âGive it a restâ or âCut me some slack, manâ just an expression of exasperation. We know Lida is an adult because she used to rent an apartment. We also know Urbain/Taunie is an adult because they can sign a legally binding contract.
During that fight against the SBC folks who are bothering those kids, he calls them Onee-san and Onii-san, literally big sister and big brother, very often used to refer to strangers whose names you don't know. This could mean they're older than him, or around the same age, or heâs just saying that because theyâre older than those little kids. If they were the same age, Iâd expect him to call them something like Omaera or Kimidachi, rude/informal ways to say you guys. Heâs actually sort of polite to them? (More on his use of Onii-san in the next post.)
He then goes on to call the group of children Omaera, in English he calls them "kiddos".
(This makes me think that he doesn't say Omae in an insulting way, but rather in an overly familiar way. Itâs considered to be an impolite word because (in Japan) you shouldn't speak to strangers as if theyâre your friends. It's not always mean or offensive, in the correct context. So it's sort of like a term of endearment. We know Corbeau has a roundabout way of talking, when he says something that sounds rough and scary, he actually means the most innocent thing ever. When he calls you Omae, or kid, it comes across as an insult, but knowing him he might mean it differently. In English there are also some words that can both be cute and affectionate, or patronizing and rude, depending on the context. Sweetheart and doll and pretty boy/girl, etc. Iâd argue kid can be seen the same way.
Thatâs all subtext though, my own thoughts and opinions, nothing explicitly stated.)
When the two of you go to check out the commotion with Jett, Urbain/Taunie and those safety protestor guys, Corbeau tells Urbain/Taunie to get the President to safety. Maybe worth mentioning he also calls them Omae.
Facing forward and probably taking to himself, he says Omoroi naa âIsnât that funny?â Then he looks at you and says something like âWhy am I helping out the guy that doesn't pay their debts, I wonder?â
And listen, this might be reaching, but to me it reads like a rhetorical question. Like heâs looking at you, and wondering what it is about you that's made him want to help out Urbain/Taunie. I think heâs talking to himself here, not so much looking for a response. He thinks youâre interesting, and for some reason heâs making an effort to help you out. Heâs amused by his own behavior.
Then you say Yasashii kara âBecause youâre niceâ or Ii hito dakara âBecause youâre a good personâ, he says ăăăȘä»äșăăŠăŠćȘăăăŻăȘăăă! Konna shigoto shitete yasashii wa nai yaro! âThere is nothing nice about this kind of work!â and then, âBut abandoning someone in troubleâThatâs just plain disgraceful for a human being, isnât it?â
Then you fight that guy, Corbeau says âMy Scolipedeâs pretty damn strong, eh.â So heâs definitely showing off to you. Or just bragging for no reason.
He says Lumiose is the city where he was born/raised/grew up in. His Kogane-ben implies heâs from Goldenrod City, or just Johto, and the decoration in his office are very Hisuian, but I think itâs fair to assume heâs lived in Lumiose his whole life. I donât know where tf he picked up his dialect. Maybe he really likes Japanese comedy.
When he calls you in for your next meeting, he says Omae omoroi naa, âYouâre pretty interesting, huh?â And, where in English he says he loves how you can hold your own in battle, in Japanese itâs ăȘă«ăăćŒ·ăăăăźă æ°ă«ć „ăŁăăïŒNaniori tsuyoi yuu no ga kiniita wa! âAbove all, how strong you are is especially appealing to me!â Or something along those lines. Kiniita means to like a lot, to take a liking to, to prefer, to favor, to be pleased with, something that suits your fancy.
When your promotion match is announced, he says Honma omoroi naa. âThat really is funny, huh?â âMy next opponent in the Z-A Royale is you? This must be heaven telling us to battle!â
If you already have a Challengers Ticket, he says Hanashi no hayai yatsu wa suki ya de. Hanashi no hayai is an idiom, literally meaning fast conversation, for doing things quickly and efficiently without wasting your breath or anyoneâs time. Yatsu is a rude/informal word that kinda means guy(s) or person/people or bastard, gender neutral. It's what he called Urbain/Taunie earlier. Suki, you probably know this one, means like or love. Not necessarily romantic, but can be. So all together, âI love guys that get straight to the pointâ or âfast-acting typesâ or âpeople that donât waste my timeâ or âsomeone that simplifies mattersâ.
In English he says âI love it when someoneâs well-prepared.â
Gai/Taunie okagede, omoroi turaaina to aeta wa âThanks to Urban/Taunie, I got to meet an interesting trainer.â
In the English translation, he says âThe best part of battle is facing a trainer whoâs got talent⊠and then sending them home crying!â
In Japanese, æ°ă«ć „ăŁăă€ăă«ćăŁăŠæłŁăă! ăăăćèČ ăźééćłă㧠Kiniita yatsu ni katte nakasu! Kore ga shoubu no daigomi ya de.
This one is a little harder to translate for me. Again he says Kiniita, referencing what he said earlier. Kiniita yatsu could be translated as âMy favorite kind of guyâ, or âMy favorite guyâ, referring specifically to you. Earlier he said he particularly likes how strong you are, and he was bragging about how strong his Scolipede is, so itâs safe to say he likes when people are strong, and youâre one of those people.
âDefeating my preferred type of guy and making âem cry! Thatâs the real thrill of a battle.â
He says, âIf youâre acquainted with that Lysandre, you must be pretty damn strong!â Then he says heâs gonna beat the shit out of you, and heâs looking forward to it, basically.
You say F-san to shiriai kana? âIâm not sure if weâre acquainted?â or Shiriai de wa arimasen âWe are not acquainted.â and either way he says Ko makai ya naa âThatâs trivial, isnât it?â or âThatâs a bit nitpicky, eh.â
èĄăćœăŠăăȘăăŁă ăŹăăźăȘăŹăćăć „ăăŠăăă Iku wa demonakatta gaki no ore wo ukeirete kureta. âWhen I was just a kid with nowhere to go, [Lumiose] accepted me.â Here he says Gaki, so it's in his vocabulary, he just never calls you it. Only when he's talking about himself as a kid.
After the battle, he says, ăȘăŹăŻăȘăăšăźăăšèȘăăă Ore wa omae no koto mitomitaru âI respect youâ or âI recognize youâ or âI acknowledge youâ.
When he asks if you want to join the Rust Syndicate, if you say Ii desu ne âThatâd be niceâ heâll say Akan akan, Kansai-ben for âNo, no, you really shouldnât.â âItâs a beautiful thought, but youâre a member of Team MZ, arenât you?â
ă§ăăȘăăšăźăăšăăăăăžăă§. ăăă«ZăŸă§èżœăăăăăăă Demo omae no koto akiramehen de. Hotel Z made oikakeru sakai âBut Iâm not letting you off the hook. Iâll chase you all the way to Hotel Z.â
(This is starting to get too long now. Here's the second half of the game, since you seemed to enjoy this post. âWow Legends Z-A is so much fun, Iâm going to play it loads today!â said the liar, lying, instead writing 4k words of media analysis. I don't even shirimasu nihongo.)
Âč Onii-chan, Seigi no mikata, and Kansai-ben anon who is fluent in Japanese and has lived and worked in Japan.
pardon me yuurei, in professor trein's profile it says his least favorite food is "fried chicken" does it specify that as "karaage" or american-style fried chicken, or even chicken katsu?
Hello hello, thank you very much for this question! đ This was a great catch! (my apologies for the delay đŠ)
Trein's least favorite food is listed as the English-language "fried chicken"!
This is different from Azul's favorite food which is karaage, but localized as "fried chicken" for EN, despite being a different thing:
(This gets into cooking talk but karaage is a street food generally marinated in things like soy sauce, garlic, ginger, etc. and covered in potato starch and double fried, found sometimes in bento. Fried chicken is a different thing, fried in flour and more often found at western-style restaurants and convenient stores.)
And EN has struggled with the nuances of the food in profiles before!
Deuce's least favorite food, for example, is listed as "bell pepper" on EN, but that is not true.
His actual least favorite food is piman, which is thin and bitter and often disliked by children, and Deuce is the baby of NRC (not counting Ortho) â ïž
Bell peppers are thicker and sweeter and more often used in salads and western-style cooking.
This caused some misunderstandings on EN when Ace's Master Chef arrives and many EN players thought that Ace was cooking with Deuce's least favorite food, but he wasn't! They are different âȘ
Another food miss on EN was changing Idia's favorite food of dagashi to sweets đŹ While dagashi can be sweet they can also be savory, like crackers, which you would maybe not assume from EN's translation.
(more here: Idia's favorite food)
Another "close but not quite" food translation on EN was Malleus' favorite of "frozen treats," changed to the more specific "ice cream" for the English-speaking audience.
(more here: Malleus' favorite food)
"Frozen treats" was translated accurately for EN during the New Year's event.
And food is not the only profile inconsistency on EN:
Both Leona and Jamil have ć€ä»ŁćȘæèȘ listed as their best subject in their profiles on JP which EN wrote as "ancient magic," but that is not really what it is.
EN then changed this translation in Leona's second birthday vignette, where he receives a specialist book on ć€ä»ŁćȘæèȘ from Malleus. In the vignette it was translated as "ancient incantations," which is more accurate!
And this happened again with Ace and Sebek's best subject of éæłè§ŁæćŠ. It is written as "enigmics" in their profiles but as "magic analysis" in the main story, with "magic analysis" being the more literal translation.
If you were wondering if "enigmics" and "magic analysis" were different classes at NRC, or "ancient magic" and "ancient incantations," the answer is no: they are the same :>
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HEY GUYS! I FOUND THIS BAD BOY ON REDDIT! But since we don't have any evidence besides the meaning from the company about what his real name is, this translation from the Apache language is really just speculation, but a user above this reply said that we would get something roughly similar to his real name if we translated the meaning into the Apache language.
HEY GUYS! I FOUND THIS BAD BOY ON REDDIT! But since we don't have any evidence besides the meaning from the company about what his real name is, this translation from the Apache language is really just speculation, but a user above this reply said that we would get something roughly similar to his real name if we translated the meaning into the Apache language.
I don't know if anyone else is talking about it because I'm very interested in what his real name is, but if anybody has read his character story...did you know that Boothill's real name means "loaded gun" whichâwhile considered a beautiful name that I can't find or even a name remotely close to that meaningâis an actual metaphor that means things were inevitable to go wrong since the beginning?
...Yeah, I can't help but think about that and how that applies to his backstory...
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As a lover of comedy, that would make the joke behind it all the funnier...personally, I'm just trying to figure out who was petty enough to mess with it. đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
i think you guys would find this interesting: the ipc did a whole mass genocide on his planet, killed all his loved ones, and his adoptive daughter (?) this is all so sad. i wonder how you writers would do with this information ;3 new angst??
I HAVE A THEORY! And this is a theory regarding the newest character of Honkai: Star Rail, the rootinâ tootinâ, flamboyant, brash, and trigger happy space cowboy of the Galaxy RangersâBoothill! This will be posted on both Tumblr and AO3 for those who do not have either or for easier access! By the way, this theory contains mentions of leaks and in-game content, so if you don't want to get any spoilers, I advise not to read this theory at all.
For starters, I will admit that I havenât played Honkai: Star Rail in a while due toâŠwhatever reason I had, and one of those reasons was because of Twisted Wonderland! I was playing that for a whileâstill amâI was having a blast insulting Ace and having aneurysms over the studentsâ antics and methods of breaking people out (Iâm lookinâ at you, Rook). It was great! Then, Star Rail showcases two new characters on their Twitter page for their newest planet known as Penacony, one of them being Boothill who a lot of people were upset with due to them wanting the characters, Sam and/or Firefly who unfortunately met her demise in the newest update, andâŠwell, I fell head over heels for him and started saving for him (122 PULLS WITH 20 PITY BABY BUT HEâS MY FIRST FEATURED CHARACTER SO PRAY FOR ME). I kept up with leaks because I could care less about gameplay, stat kit, and character lore leaks since thatâs the interesting part and helps me figure out if I want the newest characterâŠlike my Al-Haitham theory which did not age well, this theory about Boothill does stem from exhaustion from not sleeping, but I feel like this is a more coherent and sound theory than the last, and I have to say that I have to take this with a grain of saltâand I advise the same for youâbecause itâs merely a theory. I can be wrong on certain things, but without ado, Iâll start with what really feels like the backbone of this theory, and that is Boothillâs name: Boothill.
The Name
So, just to give a little context, prominently in Asian mediaâmost notably Japanese and Chinese entertainment from what Iâve seen as I played HoYo games and watched a lot of animeâcharacters tend to have name pun which correspond with their personality, physical design, talents, etc., to give people a little laugh and be like, âOoooh! I get what they mean!â For example, Zhongli, in HoYoverseâs most popular game, Genshin Impact, written as é犻 in simplified Chinese, is a pun of his departureâhis retirementâas Rex Lapis: é ZhĆng being a homophone for the word for âclockâ as itâs spelled exactly the same, while 犻 LĂ is a common word for âleavingâ or âawayâ. Putting it together, it can be taken as âtime of departure/leavingâ or âoff the clockâ which foreshadowed Zhongli stepping down as Archon of Liyue.
With that knowledge in mind, I looked at Boothill's name and decided to Google it because I knew it was a pun of some sort! My only thought was that his name could have been a reference to a western (cowboy) film I never heard of which, to me, made sense as Boothill is modeled after stereotypical cowboys, and HoYo loves pop culture references with the Genius Invokation TCG which is a reference to the ever-so-popular card game, Yu-Gi-Oh, and how March 7th and Caelus made a reference to the movie, Fight Club, when the Moles were talking about the first rule of Fight ClubâŠnever talk about Fight Club! So, I thought Boothill was a nod to an old movie!
âŠNo! A lot of people have already Googled it, but for those who probably donât know, Boothillâs name comes from a burial grounds for gunfightersâwith headstones engraved with the gunfighterâs name or âunknownâ if the identity of the person has not been foundâin the Old American West called a Boot Hill, and that name derives from the phrase âthose who died with their boots onâ, meaning that the gunfighter died rather violently. I did see someone say that the phrase could also mean that they were hanged, and that part is correct as the context of the expression changed in the early 19th century. However, I donât believe that Boothill was hangedâalthough it is a possibility that I will keep in mind! Again, I have to take this theory with a grain of salt so I donât die on that hill again, but seeing Boothillâs situation that heâs metal and wires from the chin down, he most likely died in a very extreme battle in the past since the only thing human about himâŠis his head!
His body must have been blasted to oblivion to where it was beyond saving, beheading him from the impact of whatever and whoever killed him. Now, some people may think that they probably just beheaded him or he was shot multiple times in the chest: other possibilities I will keep in mind, but that would mean he could have resulted as some kind of Frankenstein instead because if the body was still there, the Interastral Peace Corporation or IPC (the people who rebuilt Boothill) would use that since he has things to salvage like a heart or liver, etc., yet if we look at another Star Rail character named Luka who hails from the Underworld, he is missing an arm which is replaced with a mechanical one. That is because Luka saved a child in a fire involving a monster possibly from the Fragmentum, and his arm was chopped off by the ax the monster wielded, giving him the prosthetic he has today. So, if we compare Luka to Boothill in terms of how bad the conflict in Boothillâs past was, Boothill lost too much of his body from the chin down for the IPC to even save, leaving him with a full body prosthetic.
The Light Cone
Now, the question that we haveâŠwhy was Boothill killed? Who couldâve had such a grudge against him that they killed him off so violently? Well, that is where his Light Cone description comes in. Letâs focus on the middle of the description where it states:
âSome cruel memories resurfaced as the unforgettable hatred turned into a weak light in the darkness.â
The Light Cone entirely describes when Boothill was regaining consciousness and how he felt while briefly in a limbo before being greeted by a doctor in the IPC. What sticks out are these âcruel memoriesâ and this âunforgettable hatredâ that he has which calls back to what happened before he died. Iâll lead into this with another point I have to make this make sense a little bit: Boothill is a bounty hunter. Why do I think this? Well, we get a glimpse of this in-game in the newest update of Star Rail where Black Swan answers the phone to a mysterious Pathstrider of the Hunt who is part of the Galaxy Rangers (a gang who âswore to punish the wretched by any and all meansâ) who is tracking down Acheron, ready to kill her for reasons unknown as of right now: that was Boothill who has been confirmed to be a Pathstrider of the Hunt along with him being a Galaxy Ranger as he calls Acheron an âimposterâ who is also a Galaxy Ranger, most likely hinting that Acheron is going undercover and infiltrating the group. We also know it is him from his line, âMy bullets will find youâ, since he is a gunslinger with a bullet motif on his hat and actual bullets around his waist and one hanging from his left ear.
Going back to the point I made, heâs obviously smart with pinpointing someoneâs location such as Acheronâs and having at least some information on her like her being an Emanator. His Path, the Hunt, is said to âadmire determination, ruthlessness, and tenacious behaviorâ, which fits Boothillâs Light Cone description as well as his possible reason for his alliance with the Galaxy Rangers and why his finger is ready to shoot Black Swan if she was an ally of Acheron stating to âget [her] forehead cleanâŠand wait for [him]â. A bounty hunter would have to be ruthless with their target, showing little to no emotion as they are the person they are after, the person who wronged their client or the bounty hunter themselves, and it is obvious that Boothill is determined to gather any info from Black Swan to continue his hunt with Acheron.
Now, with that in mindâŠBoothill had to have been a bounty hunter in the past who was wronged as he had âcruel memoriesâ returning to his mind, and he had anger in his heart that was weakening but helped him return to the living world. If I were to guess, he may have had a loved one who died at the hands of someone else and gained the skills to become a bounty hunter in his previous life to hunt that person down because he had âunforgettable hatredâ, and that had to be at a level where he couldnât let go especially if he had âcruel memoriesâ, and those could probably be that he watched that same loved one get brutally tortured and/or murdered in front of him. As to who the loved one of Boothill could have been, it could have been anyone: his father, his mother, a sister, brother, a best friendâUnfortunately, we do not have the information to determine that for sure, but I truly believe that it could be someone he was very close to that was tortured and/or killed for, again, reasons unknown.
The IPC
From what we gathered in the leaks and what HoYo has already established, it was the IPC that brought Boothill back with unknown intentions, but to me for this theory, itâs because of his skills as a bounty hunter since he must have been the best hunter wherever he came from. However, Boothill has a new grudge against the IPC as the his reveal information stated that, âHis flamboyant and brash actions were all to draw the attention of the Interastral Peace Corporation â the target of his revenge.â The man is very flamboyant as we can holler back to his Ultimate, his skillâŠthe freaking JoJo posesâ
â(somebody in HoYo is a JoJo fanâIT'S BECOME INCREDIBLY CLEAR NOW) so I can see him causing havoc and being flashy to purposely attract their attention so he can properly get his revenge on them due to them making him into a cyborg which he isnât happy about.
HoweverâŠif I go back to the Light Cone descriptionâŠat the very end, it said that Boothill âwould no longer live for himself.â Sounds a little strange, doesnât it? Here he is greeted by the doctor that saved him, and heâs clenching his new iron fists (literally speaking) because he knows what the IPCâs intentions are. If heâs no longer living for himself, that doctor would most likely have a sadistic tone when he welcomed him back because they experimented on him, testing him and his new body and using him for unspeakable things against his will, and why do I believe this?
Think back to Boothillâs gameplay and the leak of his gunâs range. That could be a reason, and a way I can describe it is by using Bucky Barnes, a.k.a. the Winter Soldier, in the MARVEL franchise. In the movie, Captain America: The First Avenger, Bucky was believed to be killed during a fall off a hijacked train in WWII in an attack against HYDRA, a sub-Nazi group led by the Red Skull, Steve becoming devastated by his best friendâs death. However, in Captain America: Civil War, it was revealed that Bucky was actually brainwashed, gaining a prosthetic arm (like Luka), and became a Super Soldier under HYDRA as they experimented to revive Dr. Erskineâs research for the original Super Soldier serum. Plus, HYDRA knew of his friendship with Steven Rogers and that Steve was alive but was going to expose S.H.I.E.L.D. for their lies, making him a threat. So, they trained and used Bucky as their line of defense since he was the only successful experiment that remotely compares to Captain America in strength and combat.
Because of Boothillâs skills in gunslinging, the IPC possibly saw this as an opportunity to have an effective line of defense in case something were to happen in their facility or if there was someone they needed to eliminate; they would have Boothill who had those qualifications to be their guard dog, but hearing how Boothill talks in-game for the first time, you could hear a hint of insanity in him as he keeps insisting that he will kill Acheron and Black Swan with lines such as âMy bullets will find youâ, âyou best find a casket store on Penacony, and ask the owner to reserve a good quality casket for youâ, âIâll leave a round for you, so get that forehead clean and wait for meâ, and âAre you askinâ me to write your will?â He wants to kill anybody who hurts him, still having that anger. That must have been how he felt when he was trapped in the IPC facility, going through experiment after experiment that broke him to the point that he couldnât take it anymore as he is still human; he still has emotions and a mind of his own despite being 90% iron and wires.
Boothill knew, from the sound of that doctorâs tone, that he would be seen as their Super Soldier, a little toy they could dispose of if he was deemed useless; he was nothing but a heartless, soulless object to them which most likely broke him. Boothill has calmed down since his possible escape from an IPC facility and killing people in order to have a successful breakout, but he still has that pain inside his heart because of the possible abuse he faced that heâs trying to protect himself from being betrayed or used again which is why heâs so expressive and flamboyant.
He wants to live for himself and show the IPC just how human he was. However, heâs still showing off how strong he is as a warning to others of what he can do to them if they ever crossed him.
Now, I cannot stress enough that this is just a theory (A GAAAAAME THEORY), and I have to take this with a grain of salt because there is still a lot we don't know about Boothill regarding his past or his relationship with the IPC. Heck, a friend of mine and I believe that Boothill may not actually be his real name, but there's no evidence of his real name to even prove that point. This is all speculation, and what I gathered and thought about using any resources I have at my disposal to produce this, so pleaseâfor the love of the QUEEN OF HEARTS HERSELFâdo not take this as actual, confirmed, or leaked information on Boothill's backstory since there are many unanswered questions. For now, I'll stick to what I got until Boothill is finally released!
And hopefully not die on that hill like I did with Al-Haitham...
So there is one thing I got right on this theory based off the leaks I was happily bombarded with this morning...is that Boothill did, in fact, have a loved one or loved ones who were killed...and now knowing this fact makes me wanna run up to the IPC and blow it up! Who's with me!
Do you think Boothill's name was always Boothill since the name was actually used for gunmen who had passed on and were buried with their boots on since the tradition was for them to be buried in what they were wearing? Plus, Boothill's heels are actually permanent too, perhaps his feet are the shape of the boots he wore?
Maybe he changed his name because the man he was died along with the rest of him?
Or so I theorised that, or perhaps he chose to lose his body to become something better and more advanced...
He really is a mystery I cannot wait to dive into~
Dude, I kid you not, a friend from the Twisted Wonderland Discord server had the same idea, and truly I am starting to believe it myself. Maybe, his name derives from not only the actual burial grounds from the American Old West but possibly a project name from the IPC since we know the IPC rebuilt him. This is just my thinking, but to me...it makes a lot of sense! Like imagine "Project: Boothill" or something like that which is now a permanent marker of his horribly new identity as a machine. Either he changed it because as you saidâhe did it because the man he once was also died or the IPC did possibly to keep what they're doing on the downlow...Now, saying that out loudâyeah, his name most likely was changed because I'mma be honest...his parents would be AWFUL if they named their son Boothill.
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I HAVE A THEORY! And this is a theory regarding the newest character of Honkai: Star Rail, the rootinâ tootinâ, flamboyant, brash, and trigger happy space cowboy of the Galaxy RangersâBoothill! This will be posted on both Tumblr and AO3 for those who do not have either or for easier access! By the way, this theory contains mentions of leaks and in-game content, so if you don't want to get any spoilers, I advise not to read this theory at all.
For starters, I will admit that I havenât played Honkai: Star Rail in a while due toâŠwhatever reason I had, and one of those reasons was because of Twisted Wonderland! I was playing that for a whileâstill amâI was having a blast insulting Ace and having aneurysms over the studentsâ antics and methods of breaking people out (Iâm lookinâ at you, Rook). It was great! Then, Star Rail showcases two new characters on their Twitter page for their newest planet known as Penacony, one of them being Boothill who a lot of people were upset with due to them wanting the characters, Sam and/or Firefly who unfortunately met her demise in the newest update, andâŠwell, I fell head over heels for him and started saving for him (122 PULLS WITH 20 PITY BABY BUT HEâS MY FIRST FEATURED CHARACTER SO PRAY FOR ME). I kept up with leaks because I could care less about gameplay, stat kit, and character lore leaks since thatâs the interesting part and helps me figure out if I want the newest characterâŠlike my Al-Haitham theory which did not age well, this theory about Boothill does stem from exhaustion from not sleeping, but I feel like this is a more coherent and sound theory than the last, and I have to say that I have to take this with a grain of saltâand I advise the same for youâbecause itâs merely a theory. I can be wrong on certain things, but without ado, Iâll start with what really feels like the backbone of this theory, and that is Boothillâs name: Boothill.
The Name
So, just to give a little context, prominently in Asian mediaâmost notably Japanese and Chinese entertainment from what Iâve seen as I played HoYo games and watched a lot of animeâcharacters tend to have name pun which correspond with their personality, physical design, talents, etc., to give people a little laugh and be like, âOoooh! I get what they mean!â For example, Zhongli, in HoYoverseâs most popular game, Genshin Impact, written as é犻 in simplified Chinese, is a pun of his departureâhis retirementâas Rex Lapis: é ZhĆng being a homophone for the word for âclockâ as itâs spelled exactly the same, while 犻 LĂ is a common word for âleavingâ or âawayâ. Putting it together, it can be taken as âtime of departure/leavingâ or âoff the clockâ which foreshadowed Zhongli stepping down as Archon of Liyue.
With that knowledge in mind, I looked at Boothill's name and decided to Google it because I knew it was a pun of some sort! My only thought was that his name could have been a reference to a western (cowboy) film I never heard of which, to me, made sense as Boothill is modeled after stereotypical cowboys, and HoYo loves pop culture references with the Genius Invokation TCG which is a reference to the ever-so-popular card game, Yu-Gi-Oh, and how March 7th and Caelus made a reference to the movie, Fight Club, when the Moles were talking about the first rule of Fight ClubâŠnever talk about Fight Club! So, I thought Boothill was a nod to an old movie!
âŠNo! A lot of people have already Googled it, but for those who probably donât know, Boothillâs name comes from a burial grounds for gunfightersâwith headstones engraved with the gunfighterâs name or âunknownâ if the identity of the person has not been foundâin the Old American West called a Boot Hill, and that name derives from the phrase âthose who died with their boots onâ, meaning that the gunfighter died rather violently. I did see someone say that the phrase could also mean that they were hanged, and that part is correct as the context of the expression changed in the early 19th century. However, I donât believe that Boothill was hangedâalthough it is a possibility that I will keep in mind! Again, I have to take this theory with a grain of salt so I donât die on that hill again, but seeing Boothillâs situation that heâs metal and wires from the chin down, he most likely died in a very extreme battle in the past since the only thing human about himâŠis his head!
His body must have been blasted to oblivion to where it was beyond saving, beheading him from the impact of whatever and whoever killed him. Now, some people may think that they probably just beheaded him or he was shot multiple times in the chest: other possibilities I will keep in mind, but that would mean he could have resulted as some kind of Frankenstein instead because if the body was still there, the Interastral Peace Corporation or IPC (the people who rebuilt Boothill) would use that since he has things to salvage like a heart or liver, etc., yet if we look at another Star Rail character named Luka who hails from the Underworld, he is missing an arm which is replaced with a mechanical one. That is because Luka saved a child in a fire involving a monster possibly from the Fragmentum, and his arm was chopped off by the ax the monster wielded, giving him the prosthetic he has today. So, if we compare Luka to Boothill in terms of how bad the conflict in Boothillâs past was, Boothill lost too much of his body from the chin down for the IPC to even save, leaving him with a full body prosthetic.
The Light Cone
Now, the question that we haveâŠwhy was Boothill killed? Who couldâve had such a grudge against him that they killed him off so violently? Well, that is where his Light Cone description comes in. Letâs focus on the middle of the description where it states:
âSome cruel memories resurfaced as the unforgettable hatred turned into a weak light in the darkness.â
The Light Cone entirely describes when Boothill was regaining consciousness and how he felt while briefly in a limbo before being greeted by a doctor in the IPC. What sticks out are these âcruel memoriesâ and this âunforgettable hatredâ that he has which calls back to what happened before he died. Iâll lead into this with another point I have to make this make sense a little bit: Boothill is a bounty hunter. Why do I think this? Well, we get a glimpse of this in-game in the newest update of Star Rail where Black Swan answers the phone to a mysterious Pathstrider of the Hunt who is part of the Galaxy Rangers (a gang who âswore to punish the wretched by any and all meansâ) who is tracking down Acheron, ready to kill her for reasons unknown as of right now: that was Boothill who has been confirmed to be a Pathstrider of the Hunt along with him being a Galaxy Ranger as he calls Acheron an âimposterâ who is also a Galaxy Ranger, most likely hinting that Acheron is going undercover and infiltrating the group. We also know it is him from his line, âMy bullets will find youâ, since he is a gunslinger with a bullet motif on his hat and actual bullets around his waist and one hanging from his left ear.
Going back to the point I made, heâs obviously smart with pinpointing someoneâs location such as Acheronâs and having at least some information on her like her being an Emanator. His Path, the Hunt, is said to âadmire determination, ruthlessness, and tenacious behaviorâ, which fits Boothillâs Light Cone description as well as his possible reason for his alliance with the Galaxy Rangers and why his finger is ready to shoot Black Swan if she was an ally of Acheron stating to âget [her] forehead cleanâŠand wait for [him]â. A bounty hunter would have to be ruthless with their target, showing little to no emotion as they are the person they are after, the person who wronged their client or the bounty hunter themselves, and it is obvious that Boothill is determined to gather any info from Black Swan to continue his hunt with Acheron.
Now, with that in mindâŠBoothill had to have been a bounty hunter in the past who was wronged as he had âcruel memoriesâ returning to his mind, and he had anger in his heart that was weakening but helped him return to the living world. If I were to guess, he may have had a loved one who died at the hands of someone else and gained the skills to become a bounty hunter in his previous life to hunt that person down because he had âunforgettable hatredâ, and that had to be at a level where he couldnât let go especially if he had âcruel memoriesâ, and those could probably be that he watched that same loved one get brutally tortured and/or murdered in front of him. As to who the loved one of Boothill could have been, it could have been anyone: his father, his mother, a sister, brother, a best friendâUnfortunately, we do not have the information to determine that for sure, but I truly believe that it could be someone he was very close to that was tortured and/or killed for, again, reasons unknown.
The IPC
From what we gathered in the leaks and what HoYo has already established, it was the IPC that brought Boothill back with unknown intentions, but to me for this theory, itâs because of his skills as a bounty hunter since he must have been the best hunter wherever he came from. However, Boothill has a new grudge against the IPC as the his reveal information stated that, âHis flamboyant and brash actions were all to draw the attention of the Interastral Peace Corporation â the target of his revenge.â The man is very flamboyant as we can holler back to his Ultimate, his skillâŠthe freaking JoJo posesâ
â(somebody in HoYo is a JoJo fanâIT'S BECOME INCREDIBLY CLEAR NOW) so I can see him causing havoc and being flashy to purposely attract their attention so he can properly get his revenge on them due to them making him into a cyborg which he isnât happy about.
HoweverâŠif I go back to the Light Cone descriptionâŠat the very end, it said that Boothill âwould no longer live for himself.â Sounds a little strange, doesnât it? Here he is greeted by the doctor that saved him, and heâs clenching his new iron fists (literally speaking) because he knows what the IPCâs intentions are. If heâs no longer living for himself, that doctor would most likely have a sadistic tone when he welcomed him back because they experimented on him, testing him and his new body and using him for unspeakable things against his will, and why do I believe this?
Think back to Boothillâs gameplay and the leak of his gunâs range. That could be a reason, and a way I can describe it is by using Bucky Barnes, a.k.a. the Winter Soldier, in the MARVEL franchise. In the movie, Captain America: The First Avenger, Bucky was believed to be killed during a fall off a hijacked train in WWII in an attack against HYDRA, a sub-Nazi group led by the Red Skull, Steve becoming devastated by his best friendâs death. However, in Captain America: Civil War, it was revealed that Bucky was actually brainwashed, gaining a prosthetic arm (like Luka), and became a Super Soldier under HYDRA as they experimented to revive Dr. Erskineâs research for the original Super Soldier serum. Plus, HYDRA knew of his friendship with Steven Rogers and that Steve was alive but was going to expose S.H.I.E.L.D. for their lies, making him a threat. So, they trained and used Bucky as their line of defense since he was the only successful experiment that remotely compares to Captain America in strength and combat.
Because of Boothillâs skills in gunslinging, the IPC possibly saw this as an opportunity to have an effective line of defense in case something were to happen in their facility or if there was someone they needed to eliminate; they would have Boothill who had those qualifications to be their guard dog, but hearing how Boothill talks in-game for the first time, you could hear a hint of insanity in him as he keeps insisting that he will kill Acheron and Black Swan with lines such as âMy bullets will find youâ, âyou best find a casket store on Penacony, and ask the owner to reserve a good quality casket for youâ, âIâll leave a round for you, so get that forehead clean and wait for meâ, and âAre you askinâ me to write your will?â He wants to kill anybody who hurts him, still having that anger. That must have been how he felt when he was trapped in the IPC facility, going through experiment after experiment that broke him to the point that he couldnât take it anymore as he is still human; he still has emotions and a mind of his own despite being 90% iron and wires.
Boothill knew, from the sound of that doctorâs tone, that he would be seen as their Super Soldier, a little toy they could dispose of if he was deemed useless; he was nothing but a heartless, soulless object to them which most likely broke him. Boothill has calmed down since his possible escape from an IPC facility and killing people in order to have a successful breakout, but he still has that pain inside his heart because of the possible abuse he faced that heâs trying to protect himself from being betrayed or used again which is why heâs so expressive and flamboyant.
He wants to live for himself and show the IPC just how human he was. However, heâs still showing off how strong he is as a warning to others of what he can do to them if they ever crossed him.
Now, I cannot stress enough that this is just a theory (A GAAAAAME THEORY), and I have to take this with a grain of salt because there is still a lot we don't know about Boothill regarding his past or his relationship with the IPC. Heck, a friend of mine and I believe that Boothill may not actually be his real name, but there's no evidence of his real name to even prove that point. This is all speculation, and what I gathered and thought about using any resources I have at my disposal to produce this, so pleaseâfor the love of the QUEEN OF HEARTS HERSELFâdo not take this as actual, confirmed, or leaked information on Boothill's backstory since there are many unanswered questions. For now, I'll stick to what I got until Boothill is finally released!
And hopefully not die on that hill like I did with Al-Haitham...
A quick sketch of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for my nephew's project, and I admit it. I never draw realistically so I tried with this one...and I got this! My nephew still has to color it.
A very brief history lesson on who Dr. Martin Juther King Jr.:
First and foremost, this man is my hero because he was not only a Christian minister but was the most prominent leading Civil Rights activist who worked endlessly to end segregation in our country, starting the Civil Rights movement from 1955 until he was assassinated in 1968, getting arrested 29 times but never feared and kept pushing on because he wanted equality in the country he loved very much. Everybody knows about his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream", at the Lincoln Memorial which was a long, long yet peaceful protest walk, but it was so popular because all he wished for was black Americans to have equal rights and equal freedom as our fellow white Americans, such as legal, labor, and other civil rights without being judged by our skin color. Thanks to King, the movement achieved legislative gains from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination  based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin"), the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ("a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting"), and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 ("an act [that] expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and since 1974, sex").
If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't keep pressing on to stop segregation, honestly Iâa mixed girl (black and white)âwouldn't be here nor getting equal opportunities as my white buddies...heck, I wouldn't have met any of my white friends at school or on the internet and have the best friendships with them. So, I appreciate all the hard work of Dr. King and highly respect him.
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