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I’m watching Splash (1984) which is a romcom about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid, and when she chooses a human name she chooses Madison and guy says “that’s not a real name, but alright” which seems to imply that Madison was not a name until at least the 80’s and all girls named Madison are actually named after the mermaid. thought you should know

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i forget how bad my cramps are, and then they come back full force to kill me every month. like, " ooh im just gonna get my period today no biggie"

DEATH

"oh that sucked, good thing i can forget abt it until a month from now :D"

Guide to Understanding Genocider’s Many Names

Genocide Jack has many names and it can hard to understand why so many people use different ones or spell them differently, so I attempted to make a guide that is as comprehensible as possible.

Something to know before hand

Kanji: More complicated, such as 翔

Hiragana: Simple and smooth, such as しょう

Katakana: Simple and sharp, such as ショウ

Let’s get the “Genocide” part out of the way

This part of her name is written in katakana, (ジェノサイダー) and you’ll notice the line at the end. This means the sound is extended, so instead of “da” it’s “dā”. Japanese doesn’t have an “er” so this is used instead, since they sound similar. Her official title is Genocider. The localization simply switched this is be Genocide. I’m not sure why, maybe since Genocider isn’t actually a word, but that’s just my best guess.

Syo VS Sho

Here’s where it get complicated.

In order to make sounds like “kyo”, “bya”, or “ju”, two hiragana are need. First, a character ending in i, such as ki, bi, or ji, characters pronounced like ka or bu cannot be used. Second, one of the three y’s (ya, yo, or yu) in a smaller form.

The character “ki” (き), combined with “yo” (よ), would make “kiyo”. But if the “yo” is written smaller (よ→ょ) then the “i” from the first hiragana is replaced by it. So since きよ is Kiyo, きょ is Kyo. Same for “bya”. びや is Biya, so びゃ is Bya.

Now, we have our “exceptions”, shi (し) and ji (じ). You’ll notice they look very similar, which is why they are both “exceptions”. For “ji” (じ) and “yu”, (ゆ) rather than jyu it’s just ju (じゅ). It’s different since in the case of kyo and ko, it’s a whole other sound, but jyu and ju are pronounced the same, so the y isn’t needed.

But in all my examples, you’ll notice the first hiragana is two letters, which is why it gets tricky for “shi”. Like jyu, shyo is unnecessary, however, h and y are pronounced the same here, so you can remove either one and get the same sound.

Quick Note: I used “kyo”, “bya”, and “ju” as examples since there are Danganronpa characters with those in their names, but, just to clarify, they aren’t the only combinations possible.

The reason I put exceptions in quotes is because this is romanization, there is no rule book saying you must write it this way. While Sho is the most common way to write this, it doesn’t mean Syo is wrong. In fact, the games themselves use this.

However, they also use Sho.

So, really, both are correct.

Syou VS Syo / Shou Vs Sho

> I’ll be calling her Sho/Shou here for convenience.

翔 should be spelt with a “u”, since it’s しょ“sho” then う “u”, so “shou”. Still, a lot of times the u is excluded because it doesn’t sound too different in English. English speakers pronounce “Shuuichi” and “Shuichi” the same, so I suppose the u is unnecessary. You’ll find this is common in a lot of different translations. Even Japanese media that use the alphabet, like the pictures above, will sometimes leave out the u, if following an o or another u.

Jack & Jill

These are just the titles that are strictly English. Since the whole thing about Syo in the beginning was that she’s a serial killer, society will assume it’s a man, so the public will give her a masculine name. In English, people will hear Sho and see it’s foreign, so there’s no gender association. I think it was changed that way so we’d see it as masculine. While I think they should’ve kept her Japanese name like everyone else in the game, I cannot deny how easily Genocide Jack rolls off the tongue.

Overall

All the names work, use whatever you want.

I hope this made sense to at least one person. If it doesn’t, feel free to ask for further clarification!

literally me 24/7

genuinely wild to me when I go to someone's house and we watch TV or listen to music or something and there are ads. I haven't seen an ad in my home since 2005. what do you mean you haven't set up multiple layers of digital infrastructure to banish corporate messaging to oblivion before it manifests? listen, this is important. this is the 21st century version of carving sigils on the wall to deny entry to demons or wearing bells to ward off the Unseelie. come on give me your router admin password and I'll show you how to cast a protective spell of Get Thee Tae Fuck, Capital

Senku in Africa writing home

Subject: Specimen Observation: Bactrododema tiaratum Attachment: stickbug_photo1.jpg

Yo.

Caught this guy clinging to the mesh above our field station sink at 03:47 this morning. Almost mistook it for a twig someone used to prop the window open until it blinked at me. Classic.

Observed Specimen:

Species: Bactrododema tiaratum (local ID confirmed with regional biodiversity database)

Estimated Length: ~18.2 cm

Behavior: Motionless for approx. 14 minutes before minor locomotion triggered by ambient vibration. Defensive drop reflex observed and recorded. No chemical discharge during encounter, though posterior gland ridges suggest capability.

Location: Western Uganda, edge of Kibale ecosystem, elevation ~1100m

Notes:

This stick bug’s mimicry is textbook perfection. The thorax segmentation, leg angle articulation, and even the sway mimic branch behavior under wind stress (which was nonexistent at the time). Evolutionary pressure clearly produced peak efficiency here. You could walk past a dozen and never notice unless your pattern recognition’s tuned to ridiculous levels (like mine, obviously).

Also—its eggs mimic plant seeds. Which means they’ve hacked ant behavior to move their offspring underground. Science is ten billion percent amazing.

Anyway, I’ve attached a photo. If I wasn’t surrounded by mosquito-bitten chaos and broken lab fridges, I’d have collected the molt and started testing its tensile strength. (Still might.)

Hope your weeks are boring and predictable. Mine isn’t.

– Senku

P.S. Yuzuriha: You’d probably try to make it a pet. P.P.S. Taiju: Please don’t ask if it’s edible. P.P.P.S. Old man: I already named it so don't send back any dumb ass suggestions.

(Moments from new chapter in my fic where Senku apparently sent stuff to Yuzuriha, Taiju, and Byakuya a little expanded. CLICK HERE)

cant even enjoy having a crush when youre arospec where other people are giggling and twirling their hair youre sitting ruminating over this feeling akin to a fatal infection while trying to work like this