#mohanswer

Hello hello!! First off, thank you!! I’m happy to hear you and so many others found it worth the read!

I can totally see what you mean about Vanitas actually trying to say Luna’s name instead. And yes you are totally right about translation errors occurring in manga. 

Personally, I don’t fully buy into it being a translation error because the chapter where this occurred, chapter 27, was released a while ago. I only started reading vnc last year so my apologies if the dates are wrong but I’m going according to the author’s wiki. 

So, according to the wiki, chapter 27 was released in 2018. Admittedly, I don’t know much in regards to how translating manga works, and how long it takes for errors to be corrected. However it still seems like a long time for an error to have remain uncorrected all this time. 

Also, when I searched up many different translation versions for vnc they all had it translated as “lou” and from what I’ve seen before when I’ve read a manga on different websites, there will be inconsistencies between the versions. So seeing as each one I found had “lou” as the translation, I personally don’t see it being “lu”. 

The other reason I don’t fully buy into Vanitas actually trying to say “lu” as in Luna is mostly because this author is known for throwing curveballs throughout her mangas. The obvious answer sometimes isn’t the right answer. 

I mean look at Pandora Hearts. It has curveball after curveball and the direction you originally thought it was going in wasn’t the case. (I’m reading it for the first time right now and omg I am a mESS!)

In this case, Luna’s name, for me, would be the obvious answer because of how interwoven Luna and Vanitas’ stories are. There’s really nothing else to it about why I think it’s “lou” as in Louis other than it’s not the obvious answer. Vanitas’ story is connected with Luna’s story. Noe’s story is connected with Louis and Dominique. The part that makes it not obvious would be to suddenly flip it, not completely but just enough. This would be done with Vanitas’ story suddenly being connected with Louis (or Dominique) or Noe’s being suddenly connected with Luna. 

From what we’ve seen so far, there is no connection with Luna for Noe. There may be one revealed for all we know later but for now there is none. So wouldn’t it be interesting if suddenly Vanitas’ does connect with Louis. Wouldn’t it be an interesting curveball if Vanitas’ story not only connects to Louis but through Louis has connected to Noe before they even knew of one another? 

hello hello! 

basically it’s the total opposite of whatever Lewis has, especially in regards to Tash, who Lewis had as more of an evil/bad God to make Aslan look like the best.

(all the bold words below have links to my edits and fics about them)

I love Calormen and their Deities even though I hate what Lewis did with them. I really started to put it into words how uncomfortable I felt with the Calormen representation as a whole with this fic of Aravis who doesn’t suddenly turn into an Aslan follower like the book made it seem. For me, she is and always will be a Child of Calormen.

In my eyes, Tash is not only the Father of Calormen but also it’s Protector. That edit I made kind of showcases that. He is not evil nor the “Satan” equivalent like a lot of people try and make him (don’t get me started on how awful that take is because I could go on forever). He is kind and warm and He watches over all his Children with love. He is there on the day every one of His children are born just as He is when they depart. In my Calormenverse, he himself gives Aravis away on her wedding day, not her actual father who betrayed her when he arranged her marriage to someone on her stepmother’s orders.

Next we have Azaroth who was briefly mentioned by Lewis in canon but never elaborated. To me, just as Tash is Calormen’s Shield, Azaroth is its Sword. She’s Tash’s right hand but even Tash himself defers to Azaroth’s prowess and judgment in battle, knowing without doubt that She will lead them to peace. I came up with a line that I think perfectly encompasses how I view Azaroth: “When you ride with Azaroth, defeat will never know you”. In my Calormeneverse, Tash is the one who says this, having seen how Azaroth leads the ones who follow her through the toughest of battles to a new day. 

The last canon Calormen deity is Zardeenah, who Lewis elaborated a bit on. She is canonically titled the “Lady of the Night”, which is why the moon is her symbol (at least in my Calormenverse). She’s also the Goddess of unmarried maidens people.  In my verse, Zardeenah is the Sister of Calormen, their confidante. She laughs the loudest of laughs as they do and just as easily cries for them when they cannot cry themselves. For me, She isn’t just a “Goddess of virgins or unmarried maidens”. She is also there for Her Calormene brothers and sisters when they need to leave. Just as easily as Her hands wipe away Her siblings tears, can they be coated in the blood of those who wish Her siblings harm. She is an integral part of Aravis’ story when she flees the arranged marriage. She’s the one who leads Aravis to Cor (not Aslan). She watches over Aravis, even after Azaroth and Herself switch duties. Zardeenah sits with Aravis through the night the day before her wedding, like all Her other soon-to-be-married siblings, and soothes her worries and fears. 

The second fic I wrote about the Calormene Deities was for Lasaraleen, Aravis’ best friend. For me, Lasaraleen is one of the most devout followers of Calormen. She loves her Gods deeply and they love her just as much in return. Lasaraleen gains the respect of her Gods and They watch over her fiercely. She becomes Their voice.

And since you mentioned you wanted to know my headcanons, here is an Calormen Deity OC I came up with named Satya. I haven’t spoken too much about her here. She’s not only Tash’s mother, but also the Mata Rani (Mother Queen/Goddess) of Calormen. From the Calormen belief point, She is the one who created the world (not Aslan). She was not forced out of her seat of power like other Gods have but rather She gifted the world to Tash when He was born. She watches over both Her Son and the Calormen from the heavens. She is represented through the Sun and Light because of Her connection with giving life to Calormen.

If you need more feel free to ask! Or even if you’re wondering who the faceclaims I used for those edits, let me know!

(sorry for the late response, exams suck😢)

aalsjfdljfaljf just ending on an “L”😱 now i don’t know what’s worse, it ending on an “L” so you stay guessing or wondering if the translation is “lou” or “lu”

anyone and everyone is always welcome to chime in!! i’d love to hear peoples thoughts! 

I came out to have a good time (finished my exam earlier and i heard there was more chuuya in the latest chapter) and i’m honestly feeling so attacked right now 😭😭😭

we are not feeling after that chapter anon, not feeling at all 🙃

the fact that it was dazai who killed him 🙃 i am not okay in the slightest

...but also do I think he’s dead-dead?? I hope he’s not bc that seemed like a very anticlimactic death but also if he actually is asagiri can meet me in the parking lot bc that shit was uncalled for 

quoting roh (@stormbreaker) on why it doesn’t make sense that he’s dead: "he’s a fucking vampire. he's already fucking dead!” but at the same time she’s screaming at me “because all [my] faves die and it’s all [my] fucking fault for doing this to us😭”

hello hello! i don’t mind at all bud and i’m honoured that you thought to ask me for advice! i’ve only been doing graphics for like a year now so this ask surprised me in such a good way! sorry for the delay! i was dealing with things💛  

as for tutorials, i’m afraid i don’t have any i can pass on to you. a lot of what i’ve learnt is through trial and error and taking certain techniques i’ve learnt like overlays and textures from gif making and applying it to graphics.

for advice, shapes and colours are your best friends! there’s a lot you can do with graphics when you limit yourself to certain palettes or even when you add shapes by different overlay methods. 

for a lot of my graphics, i tend to stick with 5 or less colours for the palette because more than that can make it too messy. finding colours that work well with one another and offer good contrast while keeping things cohesive can be hard. if you ever get stuck with a palette, i find adding black as one of the 5 colours can work wonders! it adds a deepness to the lines that might be missing or even offer a nice contrast to bright colours so it isn’t as hard on the eyes. 

in this dabi one i made, my palette was 3 colours only: black, yellow, and red. as you can see even if you have yellow and black as the main screencap colour, like i did with the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th panel, adding the red string on those panels tied those three panels back to the other three so it was cohesive. the orange that pops through on the lines is because I had added my colours using a gradient map so the change from red to yellow featured an orange. by playing around with the gradient map feature, you choose which colour is more prominent by how much of it you put in using the little scale/bar. i used this method of black + 2 other colours a lot (ishigami senkuu, sherlock holmes, bakugou katsuki, and soukoku + genshin au).

this victor nikiforov edit i made was another example of 3 main palette colours: blue, yellow, and black. however instead of using the colours through gradient maps, i focused on using the selective colour, colour balance, and hue/saturation features. i used them to make the colours i chose, stand out from the rest. the black was the colour that tied all six together, whether through the typography or through background colours (like viktor’s scarf). 

one colour palette that i love using is a red, black, and white one! i’ve used it so many times and I never get tired of it (portgas d. ace, donquixote rosinante, bam, and nakahara chuuya). as you can see it’s very simple but you can do so much with it, whether applying it to a gif or a screenshot. 

the other thing with graphics that i’ve learned through trial and error is typography! sometimes finding a good font can just make a graphic. for typography the two things i pay attention to is 1) not overloading a panel with too many fonts and 2) size. in one panel i never use more than two fonts together. two is my max because then it becomes too clunky and messy. i also never do two cursive fonts together. one cursive and one standard are my go to because it’s less straining on the eyes no matter which pairings you do. with size, you can use the same font in one panel but make different words or lines bigger or smaller to add affect/emphasis. the first panel of my nanami kento edit shows what i mean. this aizawa shouta one also shows the differences in font size but because they’re the same two fonts despite the size difference, the set still flows.

you can also play to the character’s aesthetic. take colours from their clothes and run with them for the colour palettes if you’re stuck. or if you want, do the opposite of the character’s aesthetic. that’s what i did for the dabi edit from before. dabi’s aesthetic in canon is blues and blacks, cold colours. i flipped it for that edit and took warm colours as his palette which made for an interesting and jarring change because that’s not normal for him.

last thing i will add is really just have fun and go wild! the fun thing about graphics is that you can literally experiment and try so many things! 

alfjdslafjs aww thanks zebra! your one of my favourite mutuals too!!!

1) started outlining my chuuya fic

2) finished my animangasecret santa way ahead of schedule so it was all ready to go for when i posted it

3) watched jujutsu kaisen and caught up to all the animes/mangas i was watching/reading

4) ordered the last book online for the diviners series