See You In Shibuya

That’s probably where Neku’s getting this, because there’s an old mnemonic for the square root of 3 that goes out precisely as far as Neku knew:

「人並みにおごれや」

It’s read: hitonami ni ogore ya, and means something along the lines of “Be as proud as everyone else is.” (I think? Ogore has a couple slightly different meanings and I’m not sure if that’s the right one here, or if there’s really a way to tell.)

Here, hito -> 1, na -> 7, mi -> 3, ni -> 2, o -> 0, go -> 5, re -> 0, and ya -> 8. And there you are! Root 3.

It’s Trivia Tidbit Tuesday!

"This kid's the ROY G. BIV of Tin Pin! When he sees a hole, he knows how to fill it!"

because that is so intentional. firstly because of the roy g. biv thing, but also because there are no holes in Tin Pin? so they're obviously not talking about the literal game of Tin Pin, they're talking about gay sex again, which there is a precedent for.

i'm sure if i had more time i could analyze this and come up with a theory about why they did this and go into more details and stuff, but it seems like the fandom doesn't talk about it much, which i understand because Tin Pin is, in-universe, a kid's game played by fifth graders and that's kind of a weird thing to use to talk about sex, but it is very present in the subtext of the game and i think it is, at least, an interesting choice on behalf of the writers/localizers.

[image ID: A quote-retweet from twitter user @ ZillySqueaks which reads “I detest callouts, but this person is a legitimate danger, and has a moderate reach in the TWEWY fandom due to organizing zines. I can personally confirm they’re a SWERF/TERF. Please, if you have friends who follow this person or their zines, warn them.”

The original tweet by twitter user @ joshneku_week reads: “let us first establish that all these accounts belong to grace, aka udagawachous, aka vulpes_cantus, who runs some prominent joshneku accounts and has recently been recognized to be a SWERF and crypto-TERF.” it is clear this is part of a thread. End ID]

(link to original thread here)

I in no way stand for typical callout culture or harassment. The concerns here are more than “fandom drama” or “discourse.” A terf running a zine means a terf getting access to potentially private information, such as names, credit card info, or even addresses, which can be used against trans folk and sex workers to threaten or harm them.