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Me wanting to write a soukoku ‘he was a punk’ (dazai) ‘he did ballet’ (chuuya) fic but my brain would melt if I tried

It maybe just me but whenever I hear the Japanese VA refer to MC/you as "kisama", I feel like it's derogatory in a way? In Japanese, there are several ways to call someone "you" but "kisama" seems like the most demeaning one out of "anata, omae, kimi and (such that I probably forgot)" I simply don't feel the love when they say that...

Hello, Precious!

Isn’t it funny how words change over time?

Ain’t (formerly “amn’t”) is a perfectly fine contraction of “am not,” “are not,” and “is not,” but we can thank Charles Dickens for giving it the reputation of being “incorrect” today (it’s not), by associating it with the lower classes in his books, and therefore taking it straight out of the speech patterns of educated society.

From what I understand, “kisama 貴様,” was not always used when being rude, as the “ki 貴” in “kisama” denotes “value,” “honor,” “precious,” etc. 

Appearing around the 16th century, kisama was used for respected individuals of high rank, typically among the warrior classes.

At the time, its usage was polite, so Nobunaga, who uses it often, would be applying the archaic intention of “you,” when he addresses his modern-day beloved. 

“Omae お前”  was the same way, once an honorific, and now downgraded to simply “you,” sometimes rudely.

Since we get to hear their voices in the game, we can discern the context by their tone, the same way as in English. 

For example:

“Can you help me?” hopeful/inquisitive

“Who knocked my cup over? Was it you, again!?” rude/sarcastic/angry/accusatory

It’s hard to imagine that as hopelessly, helplessly in love with Chatelaine as Nobunaga is, that he’s calling her “you bastard,” instead of a respectful “you.” unless she killed Kenny

I don’t remember seeing it, so I may have forgotten, but does Chatelaine ever say anything about being called “omae” or “kisama?” 

To her modern ears, it could potentially be an insult that could lead to a misunderstanding; but to Masamune, who calls her “omae,” and Nobunaga who uses “kisama,” they are both being polite to her, and using the correct terms of their time period.

For English speakers, imagine that you traveled to the 11th century and no one could understand your saying “you,” because that word wouldn’t really catch on for another several hundred years. 

They might think that you’re being rude or even calling them some kind of name!

THANK YOU TO @itz_nari FOR ALERTING ME THAT THERE WAS A PART THREEEEE

Edit after reading it: POOR KARL

*summons entire bsd fandom*

*throws a certain smut ranpoe fanfic at yall*

here, newbies. Now you may know what it took me FOREVER to find out about. Here, oldies. Read.

thank and/or kill me later 😘

Edit: here’s pt two

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

my amazing BFF strikes again