The Ghost of the Navigator

So, I've been wondering if we could start this trend? I always see people talk about how they feel weird reblogging their own stuff, and I've been guilty of this, too.

But the thing is, it's so easy to miss cool art, fic, gif sets, screenshots, headcanons, and other creations. The dashboard moves fast. A lot of people don't always have time to go through everything that was posted in the last 24 hours or maybe they're not on tumblr every day. Maybe they saved a fic in their tab and forgot. Maybe somebody followed literally yesterday and hasn't seen 98% of what's already been posted. Any reason is a good reason.

I think we should get more comfortable with reblogging our own stuff. It doesn't matter what kind of post it is or if it's from the last week or 10 years ago. It doesn't matter if you've already reblogged it 3 times in the past. It doesn't matter if it has 5 notes or 500.

I've thought that if we had a dedicated day for it and more of us made it a habit, it'd feel less weird? Plus, people who have missed those posts would have the opportunity to catch up.

We put a lot of love and effort into our works. Why not show them again?

Of course, that doesn't mean I want to contain self-reblogs to Sunday only. I've just thought that especially those that feel awkward about reblogging their own stuff could use it as an opportunity to do that. Like, if more people are doing it and all that.

i studied all the manga panels, the possible speed of the vehicles, the japanese law regarding negligence ("carelessness and the breach of duty of care which results in foreseeable consequences") and the Road Traffic Act, and obviously, neither the bus or the car driver are going to be persecuted. i won't bore you with all the details, just going to say that the bus driver was under duress, so even though he didn't exactly comply to the RTA, that's a (legal) excuse; the car driver did anything he could to avoid the impact, since the car did slide a bit and Kiichiro didn't fly across the road.

this got me thinking back to the truck driver in chapter 2. that does fall under negligence. he was driving at high speed on a pedestrian-heavy area and near the crosswalk. he basically disintegrated that motorcycle, so surely above the speed limit that should be 30-40km/h (18.6-24.8 mph) on that road.

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"You know, you really impressed me today. Not just how you got that FBI guy to show you his name, but what you did with me and the Death Note. I've told you I'm not on your side, but you figured out a way to use me anyway."

Something flips over in Light's chest and hitches tight in his throat at Ryuk's choice of words - and it maybe should be fear, or even revulsion at himself for exploiting the closest person he has to a real friend, but Ryuk's voice is soft with something that sounds very far from resentment. You figured out a way to use me should by all rights be an accusation but Ryuk says it like praise, and all at once there's a horribly inappropriate heat coiling its way through the pit of Light's stomach.

I did, and did you like it, Ryuk?

You kind of sound as though you did.

"I thought you wouldn't mind getting to throw a scare into a human," he says - keeping his tone light, even as his heartbeat quickens. I'm joking, just the same way as always. "I'm sorry for getting you shot at, but you told me bullets couldn't hurt you, so..."

"Yeah, I figured out how you'd put that together." Ryuk's laugh crackles quietly in the dark. "I have to say, that was fun. Shinigami these days don't get to do things like that up close and personal very often."

"Is that your idea of a good time, then?" Light prods, playfully scolding. Carefully, carefully, tease, don't push. "Frightening humans into mental breakdowns?"

Ryuk's response is a long, low, hissing exhale of laughter, soft and sardonic. "Couldn't say it isn't."

"Well, then." And now push, but not too hard. An easy chuckle of his own as he stretches out and rolls half over in bed like he's simply getting comfortable, like his next words are no more than a bantering, sleepy aside to his friend. "I'll have to see what else I can make you do that might be fun for you, Ryuk."

Ryuk chokes.

He recovers fast; but Light plainly hears the shinigami's breathing stutter, his throat click in the quiet as he dry-swallows. "Not like I can stop you if you're as smart about it as you were today, Light-o," Ryuk says after just a little too long, and his voice sounds shaky.

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.

B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.

C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.

D: Not my favorite. I avoid it if I can, but it won’t necessarily put me off reading something.

Collected funny ones under this post + contributions to this one (my selection). Most involve ass(holes), have god/the devil, (nonsense) names of villages…

🇩🇪German: in the ass of the world/ the pasture- am Arsch der Welt/der Weide; where Fox and Hare bid each other good night - Wo sich Fuchs und Hase Gute Nacht sagen (old-fashioned), where the dead dog lays - Da liegt der tote Hund, in Buxtehude/ (Kuh)kaff, in der Pampa, in Timbuktu

🇮🇹Italian: in assland - in culonia/culandia, in the wolves’ ass - in culo ai lupi, in the ass of the word - in culo al mondo; 🇫🇷 French in the asshole of the world - dans le trou du cul du monde

🇨🇿Czech: Where foxes bid good night to one another - Kde si lišky dávají dobrou noc

🇩🇰Danish: where the crows turn around - Hvor kragerne vender on Lars diarrheas field/on the field of Lars Shitpants - På lars tyndskids mark

🇳🇴Norwegian: far damn from violence - langt pokker i vold, “huttiheita” (gibberish) [ @fireislandvolcano takk for correcting!]

🇸🇪Swedish: out (there) in the spinach - ute i spenaten,“tjotaheiti” (see above, maybe originally from Tahiti)

🇪🇸in Spain: in the fifth hell/pine tree - En el quinto infierno/pino, where Christ lost the sandal/hat/lighter - Donde Cristo perdió la alpargata/gorra/mechero;

🇲🇽 Mexico: Where the devil farts - Donde el diablo se echa un pedo, and sometimes someone answers: “Y nadie lo escucha” And no one hears

🇹🇼in Taiwan: where birds don’t lay eggs and dogs don’t shit - 鳥不生蛋狗不拉屎的地方 

🇵🇱Polish - where crows turn around -  Gdzie wrony zawracają, where dogs bark from their ass - gdzie psy dupami szczekają 🐶; Where the devil says goodnight - Gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc, where (black) pepper grows - gdzie pieprz rośnie, (mostly in the context of running as far away as possible or chasing someone away)

🇦🇺Australia: woop woop or “in the middle of woop woop’ 🇳🇿 NZ: wop wops

🇻🇳Vietnamese: holy forests, poisonous waters - rừng thiêng nước độc / where mountain passes are windy/cloudy and winds swirl in vortexes - đèo heo hút gió or đèo mây hút gió (rarely used)

🇨🇦🇫🇷 Québéc: Saint clin clin des meuhs meuhs (actual village name…)

🇸🇦 Arabic (Saudi dialect): in the castle of wadren في مقلاع وادرين (an old castle in the middle of desert)

🇮🇱 in Israel: Israel: at the end of the world, take a turn left - סוף העולם שמאלה

🇫🇮Finnish: behind God’s back - jumalan selän takana, in the devil’s ass - helvetin perseessä;  incredible Nevada - huitsin Nevada

🇬🇷 Greek: at the devil’s horn - Στου διαόλου το κέρατο;

🇧🇬 Bulgarian: on the ass of geography - На гъза на географията

🇮🇸 Icelandic Out in an asshole - úti í rassgati;

🇧🇷 in Brazil: in cock’s house - na casa do caralho;

🇦🇷 in Argentina: in the pussy of the parrot- en la concha de la lora 🦜;

🇪🇪 Estonian: in the bear’s ass - karuperses 🐻, back end of hell pärapõrgu, kapa-kohila (random place, Kohila does exist)

🇺🇸 USA: bumfuck Egypt

🇧🇪 in Belgium (Dutch): in a farmer’s asscrack - in een boerengat

Once a day, shadows briefly bring back to life the beautiful ‘Ghost of Ungru Manor’ Estonia...

Being a nature photographer seems great, maybe I should try…

"Like I said, I'll do anything for you, so if you think it's better that I kill her -"

Light makes a face and it's something like a grimace so Misa hurries through the rest of her sentence.

"I'll - I'll do whatever you say."

"If you kill her it'll defeat the entire purpose of setting things up so she can take the fall," Light explains slowly. Misa can tell from his tone that he's annoyed she hasn't thought about this, but she has thought about it. If she hadn't she would have killed her sooner.

"Right, that's what I thought," she says so he doesn't think she's completely stupid and discard her, but something bothers her about his expression. The conversation moves on and she sees his shoulders relax.

-

"I probably shouldn't tell him, right?" Misa glances up to where Rem floats along beside her as they walk to the bus stop.

"Tell him what?"