I only open tumblr once every 1000 years now lmao

mei sometimes calls him reiji and sometimes mitsurugi reiji. he sometimes calls her mei and sometimes prosecuter karuma, so theyve both got a professional and a personal name. i think she called him reiji more in the gk1 flashback, but she usually calls him mitsurugi reiji more, while mitsurugi usually calls/thinks of her as mei. i couldnt find a screenshot but im sure she has called him reiji in the present setting

she never calls him younger brother, but she described him as like a younger brother once to naruhodo in gs 2, and this scene i do have a screenshot of

Police officer: 'You're older brother and younger sister who don't get on, aren't you?'

Mei: 'Older sister and younger brother! Don't get it wrong!'

i dont think older siblings really call their younger siblings 'younger brother or sister' in japanese, they just use their name, but younger siblings basically always call the older sibling older brother or sister. so mei uses the normal address for a younger sibling, and mitsurugi does as well (first name no honourific). the idea seems to be the older sibling has more status and the younger sibling should be more respectful

it never says theyre 'adoptive siblings' in the literal sense, but mitsurugi describes her as 'a younger sister in mentorship', as in they were taught by the same person. there isnt a word for it in english but this comes up pretty often in gyakusai

showers

things that are not enjoyable:

getting in the shower

Then one year at Easter something went wrong and the chocolate separated and the mousse was weird looking and a bit odd tasting (not inedible, just odd) and my cousin (who was only about 12 to be fair) ate his bowl while loudly proclaiming MY GOD THIS IS NOT GOOD AUNTIE D and WHAT DID YOU DO and THIS IS HORRIBLE and on the one hand we all laughed (inc mum) because it was so unfiltered and rude and he kept eating it even as he proclaimed it an abomination, and 20ish years later we still have a laugh about it.

But mum never made mousse for a family event again and didn’t even want to do it just for us kids or dad. She was really embarrassed and she lost her confidence.

My cousin didn’t need to say it. Mum knew it hadn’t turned out right. She brought it anyway because we’d told her she should and she didn’t want to disappoint anyone because this was so looked forward to by everyone. Maybe he was only 12 and didn’t know how to have any tact.

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS before you provide your ‘feedback’ on fanworks. You could be the reason some poor person never makes anything again, or at least never shares it with the community. Don’t whatabout the people who invite concrit me - just fucking have a think before you comment, okay?

In the first panel, SG sees TG playing on the computer and is disappointed. SG puts a lot of value in the idea of “making things,” specifically “art,” and thinks TG is just wasting their time

So he asks them if they wouldn’t rather be “making something” instead of just playing games and listening to music, implying that TG isn’t doing anything worthwhile or creative with their time

But TG replies that “interpreting is generative,” meaning that even if they spend their time just doing fun stuff, the mere act of enjoying something is creating an experience and an interpretation. Talking about something, dancing to music or sharing a piece of art with your friends IS “making something,” and each of those can be worthwhile and artistic.

SG leaves, complaining he “can’t be an auteur of [interpretation].” Auteur is a movie term that refers to a filmmaker with artistic control and vision enough to be considered essentially the singular creator of the resulting work of art. Turns out, SG doesn’t just want to “make things,” he wants to make things he and others see as “important.” He wants to make art not for the sake of art, but for the sake of being recognized and praised for his art.

This comic really speaks to elitism within the artistic community, the idea that art needs to meet certain standards to be considered art. SG’s viewpoint is really traditionalist, that art need to be “approved” and validated in order to be considered “really art;” while TG recognizes that art can be as little as just talking about what you love.