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My translation and analysis of the first trailer is here.

Here’s a general key for the kind of analysis I like to do:

JP: Official Japanese Dialogue

EN: Official English Dialogue

TR: My Translation (usually more literal and thus more stilted than the official English version. I’m not using natural-sounding English in order to stick as close to the Japanese versions of the lines as possible for the purpose of analysis)

Notes: things I found interesting, grammatical points, extra thoughts, etc.

One last note: media doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Every work of art must be viewed through the cultural lens of the people who made it. Kingdom Hearts, for all its ties to Disney, is still very much a Japanese game, so it should be analyzed in light of that.

With that in mind, let’s continue.

Angel’s egg by Yoshitaka Amano (1985) headers

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I reblogged this comic about solar-punk not long ago and it gave me the idea to make a list of solar-punk technologies that exist right now, all taken from Sam Bentley YouTube shorts.

(Btw, if you’re not subscribed to Sam Bentley, you totally should. Because why doom-scroll when you can…idk, mood-scroll? But it’s a good mood!) To me, a solarpunk future would be one where all these environmentally friendly, sustainable technologies are commonplace.

Imagine a whole world with…

Floating plant structures like The Wild Mile in Chicago, filtering and detoxifying polluted rivers: https://youtube.com/shorts/8M7sF8df2jE?si=GvN7n6XL-xAXpDl0

Recycled tennis balls made into sound dampening panels everywhere from libraries to airports: https://youtube.com/shorts/6uutX7eqgeg?si=MZD3yTzKPKENQqkq 

A type of material that destroys ‘forever chemicals’ in water 1000 times faster than current filters: https://youtube.com/shorts/wdx-ULfKe2I?si=h7fbyCWcbBenMmPQ 

A renewable energy device that generates clean electricity just by bobbing in the ocean waves: https://youtube.com/shorts/yGCiuDcRcH8?si=XUToUeLUtc9Z_Rdm 

A cellulose based plastic that dissolves in saltwater in hours, leaving no microplastics behind: https://youtube.com/shorts/EePU8negPhg?si=5S8WVD879OK28QE_

Dune thatching, a technique to prevent the erosion of sand dunes by burying old xmas trees: https://youtube.com/shorts/SmQ3VCH7aqw?si=ychFcsPNdNbS1xOO 

Straw checkerboards, a simple and low cost technique that helps to combat desertification: https://youtube.com/shorts/L9Tr4BhagDQ?si=kXxC_ukHDpjGGDLy 

Compostable sauce packets made from 100% sugarcane pulp to come with your takeaways: https://youtube.com/shorts/18wiZdtd9A4?si=WiRsJRgd2nqYWMf 

Compostable plates and trays made from sugarcane fibre to be used for takeaways: https://youtube.com/shorts/Tb-7KDpuWkQ?si=IsHNRfbCFr9Rb2Qi

Edible cutlery that you can eat (or simply compost) after your sustainable takeaway is finished: https://youtube.com/shorts/t_aom6F1dDs?si=FR3gUlch6CMbGb1b

Companies that recycle old glass into everything from chandeliers to wine glasses:https://youtube.com/shorts/_9Zy_FVbU6E?si=ILvQOT366FQvh2gT 

A black pigment made from algae that replaces ‘carbon black’ pigment made from fossil fuels: https://youtube.com/shorts/wlJAH5qd3s4?si=dHSqZte9WIPVoCbI 

Underwater ‘kites’ generating electricity by using reliable ocean currents to ‘fly’ through water: https://youtube.com/shorts/NksQVy4f0BU?si=DZsF8UzOJgiI1lLV 

Biodegradable mannequins made from recycled textile waste instead of using plastic ones: https://youtube.com/shorts/Bcbg6p-XY5U?si=P1ILBdwr0HqvvUee 

Microplastic silicone filters that catch up to 98% of microplastics in water: https://youtube.com/shorts/HxdNUdEvqhM?si=dteA2XbtybQoA34C 

Underwear specifically designed for periods that doesn’t waste plastic with old pads/tampons: https://youtube.com/shorts/Vbnt8ye0fHU?si=w0VZ-BIEY5yunNfG 

Colour changing stickers to check the freshness of food, paper packaging that can be dissolved in water and machines that turn carbon from engines into limestone pellets that can be reused: https://youtube.com/shorts/mqOKnzc297s?si=on3xm5oFsgOTQPqp

Batteries made from fungi that digest themselves after use, leaving no waste to end up in landfill: https://youtube.com/shorts/00qa4wnX-5E?si=25HnToNhJJv7-pkT 

Cardboard biodegradable cocoons that help protect and water tree seedlings so they can grow:  https://youtube.com/shorts/Tx8OnkoOhhU?si=NkF3LAWEXkcgXyie 

Paper bags made from fallen leaves in urban areas rather than actual trees: https://youtube.com/shorts/StoyKSF_1z8?si=FR-plG3BAfwR67Lp

Toys, paper and other items made from recycled cigarette butts: https://youtube.com/shorts/KFRyItBVV1A?si=NkIsOd5JnN8iwLy9 

Now I know what you’re thinking. Compostable takeaways and tennis ball soundproofing is all well and good, but what about infrastructure? What about actual buildings? Imagine a world where… 

City blocks are combined into super blocks with more walkable, safer, cleaner public spaces : https://youtube.com/shorts/r7-Ch1PXXow?si=odJJJE1Lc9YgCVfT 

Wildlife crossings like bridges and tunnels are used to reconnect fragmented animal habitats: https://youtube.com/shorts/_F3xAXK-XxE?si=0U9p4D2MdKyDzF4U

Ecoblox tiles are used on sea walls to give animals like barnacles and coral something to cling to: https://youtube.com/shorts/T6UdvxPCttM?si=x13mKMBV96gbttcp

Sugarcrete, a concrete alternative made from, yes, sugarcane waste, is used in construction: https://youtube.com/shorts/SAkhBA4rXuE?si=hEC87uO-C7UrMsAg

Rubble (from natural disasters or wars) is recycled into bricks to quickly rebuild peoples homes: https://youtube.com/shorts/hSpo3seekgg?si=UNyomj22tdYPMKmi 

Porous concrete that helps prevent flooding is retrofitted or built into new roads and pavements: https://youtube.com/shorts/9ziEXJKzNf4?si=mjxwF3G3ldq7Ds8w

Furniture is made from rice husks to avoid deforestation and the use of toxic resins in plywood: https://youtube.com/shorts/JBxyxbY27Fw?si=SKQ4FDRnKfFXOGAY 

Swathes of concrete and tarmac are replaced with urban forests full of trees, flowers and wildlife: https://youtube.com/shorts/iqIJNjsaiqo?si=bUJGSsQWHBXG7shx

Underwater sculpture parks/museums are placed in barren seabeds for corals to grow on them: https://youtube.com/shorts/XChA_vgaAtY?si=KC4bu_l-6GRDilGh

Windows are decorated with polka dots and other simple designs to prevent bird collisions: https://youtube.com/shorts/EoeK3ZXzkOk?si=1BbBjZs2yAZCp3_W 

Swimming pools are built that use natural means, not chemicals like chlorine, to stay clean: https://youtube.com/shorts/sYc6aBs8Af4?si=tmTkhhhjeNzMjXAM 

Solar panels can be installed along train tracks to power both nearby homes and the trains: https://youtube.com/shorts/880GIqvoH2k?si=cr2Vt1NZ3mYSmLHN

Unproductive land is replanted using a more bio diverse method called syntropic farming: https://youtube.com/shorts/RQloUQzIAMY?si=IJbRMonlkb9rDEuT 

Sandbags and barbed wire are used to build shelters for people after a crisis: https://youtube.com/shorts/wE6N3xi16m8?si=Nat0772RQe1pgTtg

Hot streets are shaded with beautiful crocheted canopies made by local crafters from yarn:  https://youtube.com/shorts/ZqERZLCfO1Q?si=Ry4dE1TKQvklM0yd 

High speed continental rail networks (no planes! Yay trains!): https://youtube.com/shorts/djx2zztoorQ?si=M6yWytrAijbUOr65 

‘Warka Water’ towers are used to collect clean water in dry/arid locations across the world: https://youtube.com/shorts/U-JQAddsF1U?si=zqleBTCwN4MPhrit

Buildings are made with hemp-crete, which reduces the need for concrete and thus pollution: https://youtube.com/shorts/aBrtHZ640Is?si=FOJGY-50D2qg3F5c 

Buildings are made out of blocks that work like Lego which are easy to build & use less resources: https://youtube.com/shorts/EeFBs_ZHq64?si=X-vKKN2xFmf6zHnL 

Greenhouses are built that both grow food and generate power with light filters and solar panels: https://youtube.com/shorts/L1coZb3y3Xo?si=e3XMBEjbiYlccuwF

Insulation is made from recycled coconut husks instead of burning them or using plastics: https://youtube.com/shorts/3_YuzRbymMA?si=3rsnBgFIZtDapEdc 

Sponge cities are designed that use various natural/sustainable means to reduce flooding risks: https://youtube.com/shorts/jI0p5w1Ea1U?si=TMGEESwy0RYept18 

I learned from that book that two things that would solve a lot of problems are:

Giving restaurants incentives to properly use their food waste containers so that bears cannot get into them, thereby keeping bears from learning cities are places there is food.

Lowering the speed limit to 35mph or less would prevent deer strikes. There is no amount of wildlife bridges that will help with deer because bridges are generally best for animals that migrate. Deer are not migrating, they are just around.

Another thing that would help with deer strikes is RE INTRODUCING WOLVES.

Ranchers are fucking wretched little ingrates that actively want to destroy the ecosystem and pitch hissy fits every time someone isn't ranching near them. They pitch hissy fits about vultures. They pitch hissy fits about wolves. They pitch hissy fits about neighbours having bison instead of cows. They pitch hissy fits about EVERYTHING that doesn't coddle them and tell them they are the backbone of this country by raising cows and killing everything else. They are horrid.

Re-introducing large cats will get rid of prion diseases like Dear Wasting Disease. Prion diseases CANNOT be disinfected away or even got rid of with heat--but a cat's gut can kill them. So, more hunting cats means less prion disease.

Large apex predators fix the ecosystem.

Leopards still eat people. Like this is very much still a problem.

You cannot really stop elephants from doing anything.

Americans are like the only people that react to a human-habituated animal by killing it. People in India think we're "psychopaths" for doing this. Makes you think.

HAY GIRLIES here's a sneak-peak of my upcoming pride month comic "Instruments of War"!

It's a gay comic about dead boys whose existence has been reduced to being government property in a post-apocalyptic Croatia where creatures masked as 'sound' go savage, and the only counter humanity has left to survive is playing a special kind of music!