New unit, new week! I'm really excited to dive into our poetry genre study over the next few weeks. We kicked it off today by building some background knowledge on the elements of poetry like rhyme, rhythm, figurative language, etc.
I knew this could be a dry, lecture-heavy lesson if I wasn't intentional, so I tried to make it as interactive and hands-on as possible. We did a fun "Poetic Pantomimes" activity where they had to act out different poetic techniques like alliteration, simile, or onomatopoeia after I randomly called them out. Lots of giggling ensued as they got into character bringing the concepts to life.
We also did an "It's Raining..." brainstorming activity to practice identifying and generating examples of imagery and sensory details. I loved hearing their creative descriptions of rain like "nature's waterfall" or "a million drummers tapping on the roof." Such a blossoming of imagination!
I have a hunch this unit is going to be a hit. Poetry lets students tap into their artistry and self-expression in such a unique way. With the right scaffolding and engagement, I think even my most reluctant writers may come around to embracing this unit.
Wednesday, April 19th
Huge sigh of relief—our upstairs neighbors are finally moving out this weekend after months of torturous heavy stomping and dropped bowling balls. Out of respect for their last days, I tried to keep things relatively calm and low-key in our class today.
We had a cozy author's study on the poetry of Naomi Shihab Nye. Her poems are so accessible yet profound, perfect for 5th graders to digest and connect with. I absolutely loved sharing the poem "Gate A-4" which is about noticing the humanity around us even in mundane spaces like an airport terminal.
You could have heard a pin drop as I read those opening lines—the kids were transfixed. When I finished, we had such a rich discussion about the imagery, the deeper meanings being conveyed, and personal connections they made to the poem's message. Even some of my typical zoners were totally engaged.
Afterwards, I gave them an creative prompt inspired by the poem. They had to pick a familiar, overlooked spot like a bus stop, waiting room, park bench, etc. and write their own poem noticing the details, actions, emotions, and individual stories unfolding in that space. Theroom was bubbling with brainstorming, pencils scratching away.
As I circulated, I was blown away by the care and thoughtfulness they put into their poetry drafts. Eduardo wrote an incredible perspective piece from the viewpoint of a weary bus driver. Kylie crafted vivid imagery of squirrels gathering nuts from a city park. Anna captured the full range of emotions in a doctor's waiting room with such insight. A few of them even asked to share out loud when their poems ended up longer than expected. My heart was full.
With classes like this, I'm reminded of why I became a teacher in the first place. To awaken curiosity. To celebrate creativity. To amplify youth voice. Today was special.
Friday, April 21st
Woof, what a crazy end to the week. I could feel the fiery antsyness in the air first thing this morning as kids trickled in from the unseasonably hot weather outside. Could spring fever already be hitting??
Our morning routine got a bit derailed right off the bat. We were supposed to do a number talk and number sense review, but I could NOT get students to focus and actually discuss the increasingly complex multiplication problems I was posting. Lots of squirming, zoning out, random giggles.
Finally gave up after Eddie and Kayden started tossing pencils back and forth while I was talking. I sent everyone back to their desks and tried a mindfulness reset chant. That helped a tiny bit, but you could cut the restless tension with a knife.
So in a split decision, I nixed my original plans and declared we were going to do some indoor outdoor exploration instead! A few cheers and confused looks at first, until I unveiled my nature enrichment bin full of rocks, leaves, seeds, pinecones and other natural artifacts from the park.
They went to town investigating, sorting, describing, and generally letting their scientific curiosity bloom for an hour. We did structured observations, brainstormed imaginative uses for different objects, and they even each selected and sketched their favorite specimen in their science notebooks.
At one point, I looked around and saw 22 kids completely absorbed, having ditched their bouncy, frantic energy from before. Even troublemakers like Liam and Jaden were engrossed cataloging their leaf rubbings and beetle observations. The change in energy was palpable.
In our afternoon debrief, I got honest that I'd scrapped plans due to their lack of focus. But instead of dwelling on the negatives, I praised how seamlessly they pivoted to our nature exploration and the exemplary engagement I witnessed. They beamed with pride at being flexible, observant scientists.
A few kids even asked if we could do more hands-on nature activities soon. Note to self: Order some insect viewing containers and field guides for the classroom! It's amazing what some dirt, leaves and pinecones can spark.
As I wrapped up dismissal duties, I felt grateful for my ability to read the room and adapt in those heated moments of chaos. Sticking to my plans would have been an uphill battle all afternoon. But tuning into their needs and restoring a sense of wonder helped get us back on track as a class community.
While not every Friday is as productive as I'd like, I'll take the wins where I can get them. We ended on a high note this week celebrating curiosity, observation skills, and each student's unique perspectives. With spring raging outside, maintahead!aining that spirit of joyful learning and flexibility will be key in the weeks ahead!

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The Final Poem of the Hakuan Empire

Lead by Estelan Mori-So, translated by Class 4 of the Ko Tark Branch
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Brief historical context of the piece:
Beginning in the year 470, the death throes of the Hakuan Empire began. Known as the Descent Era, this roughly 80 year period began with the crowning of the boy-king Tashansaxw xwely Xytunchu as Hero-Emperor. It is also reckoned by the ascension of the infamous Keneka Tawi to her first position as a Temple Mother, marking an acceleration in her scientific endeavors. The disastrous rule of Tashansaxw, in concert with dissent from distant military generals, outside invasion, growing social unrest in the younger generation, and a sweeping graingrass plague all lead to a rapid decline in connectivity across the fledgling empire. By year 510, only the city of Haku itself and the surrounding Sul valley were under "Empire" control, as warlords in surrounding valleys had stopped paying tribute by this time. Within the next few years, the political machinations of Keneka Tawi led to the dethroning of Tachansaxw, who was replaced by Tawi's own young nephew, who was almost certainly a direct puppet of Tawi and her Temple-scholar elites.
Tawi herself had by this time ascended to the highest religious position in the city as Temple Grandmother. Reports of her scientific experimentation with the powerful and not-well-understood metal "Aukium" grow during this time, and an official investigation into reports of many hundred of servants disappearing from the Tawi household is begun. It is well documented that the former Emperor Tachansaxw was heavily involved in the funding of this investigation, though it is unclear if any evidence to support it came to light before the political structure of Haku fully collapsed in 536 with the year long siege of the city by unidentified invaders from the north. With the collapse of the city and the raiding of the Temple, multiple eyewitness accounts record that Keneka Tawi held the wide, spiraling main stairway alone for hours, invaders dying at her feet before coming within striking range. After many hours, she supposedly vanished into thin air, accompanied by a bright flash of light and crack of thunder. The city was sacked and de-populated. During this chaotic time period, the Temple of Haku swapped hands many times, and was used for many different purposes.
The following is a partial translation of the now-famous "Mad-man's Gospel", a series of markings found etched into the eastern wall of the Temple. This set of inscriptions is notable for its medium as a defacement of the original Sutlas, which are the all-encompassing scriptural text which is carved into the external walls of the temple. The Mad-man's Gospel was carved on top of these sacred writings after the abandonment in a haphazard script. These added carvings are the latest examples of Descent-Era Hakuan poetry that have been discovered, likely carved just before the siege of the northern invaders. The poems evoke the dark emotional state of the thousands of survivors who were now refugees in their own land.
It is of vital importance that this history is preserved, and we of Class 12 of the Ko Tark Branch of the Tark Unity College fervently call upon the educational guilds in the capital to continue funding of the Translator's Apparatus.
Added recognition is due to Teacher Mari-A-Mari Sana for her invaluable insight into Hakuan plaster chemistry during the casting process, and to Captain Wenniam Kells along with the entire crew of the Twisted Horizons for their expert navigation during the storm season.
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 1:
THIS DISCOURSE HAS BEEN DECLARED FALSE AND UNFOUNDED BY AUTHORITY OF THE ACADEMIC GUILD COUNCIL OF ALCHEMICAL ENGINEERING. DO NOT FUND. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE. CONFISCATE AND STORE ACCORDINGLY. ANY REPRODUCTION OR FACSIMILATION WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT IS PROHIBITED.
FILE UNDER SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE, TAWI MYSTICISM, AUKIUM.
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(Transliteration)
[1] kw'ulhasyny shen kwu qesh laqweqy t'ylecheny;
[2] xwiqewa senyn kwu kyshkyneny,
[3] lywynwa xaxuts'ai xwiqekwukinwa xwiqewa kwu kehwi kyshsi,
[4] xwiqewa kixushiwy kwu kysht'ekesy,
[5] xwelkesy hekyhlainyn kwushhanhla xwiqewa ch'iqa qesh,
[6] tl'ykwaqy laqweqy kwikykasshy laqweshy wa.
[7] wysaxwihlynyqwash kwyshny wysakw'elqwash ny,
[8] wysakw'elqwash wawa halkylwa walq'anqen,
[9] qul kykwynyqwash,
[10] sanu t'yseqeqwash,
[11] sanu natsanqwash.
[12] se kikitsy xwiqétly qwys t'ynatsanny,
[13] qwys xalny;
[14] qul wylaqweqwash wykwyshwa kwu kwushsuch'e kun kwushxwy,
[15] kun hlexwytsaiwa shen sen kwu q'ushxwexw kwu tuly.
[16] kw'ulhasyny shen kwu qesh laqweqy t'ylecheny,
[17] kun tl'ykwaqy laqweqy kwikykasshy ny
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(Translation)
[1] I feel It coming for us all;
[2] the shadow inside your eyelids,
[3] the whispers in your ear when the moment slows,
[4] the haze inside your homes.
[5] that pain we feel in the center of our chests,
[6] I know you feel it too.
[7] We fought It away for so long
[8] we fought this deep horror,
[9] but we have become battle-worn,
[10] we are so lonely,
[11] we are so tired.
[12] But It does not become tired,
[13] It does not rest;
[14] and now, as we feel our strength and our blood leave us,
[15] the hearts of all men turn and pierce themselves.
[16] I feel It coming for us all,
[17] and I know you feel it too.
​
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(Line-by-line Gloss and Analysis)
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Line [1]
"kw'ulhasyny shen kwu qesh laqweqy t'ylecheny"
"I feel It coming for us all"

kw'ulhasy	-ny	shen	kwu	qesh	laqwe	-qy	t'y-	leche	-ny
kʷ'ul.ha.sə	-nə	ʃen	kʷu	qeʃ	la.qʷɛ	-qə	t'ə-	lɛ.tʃɛ	-nə
against	-3B.S	all	PL	1.ACC	feel	-1S	HAB-	come	-3B.S

The Gospel begins and ends with this line. We see dramatic phrasing in the word, "kw'ulhasywa", a conjugated verb meaning "to come against us", such as in repeated waves of a battle, or in the rising of the tide. It connotes a constant pressure or attack. The writer must have seen the writing on the walls, so to speak, and predicted that the following years would be full of hardships. This poem utilizes the 3rd person, B-Tier pronouns to refer to "It", the dark force that has lead to the problems described in the piece. We are unsure if "It" refers to a previously unknown personage from Hakuan mythology, or if it simply acts as a placeholder for the general darkness of the era.
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 2:
SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE
NOTE TO REDACTION SOLUTIONS DEPT.: ALTER MENTIONS OF S.I.T.E TO CONFORM WITH CLEANED HAKU THEOLOGY
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Line [2]
"xwiqewa senyn kwu kyshkyneny"
"the shadow inside your eyelids,"

xwiqe	-wa	senyn	kwu	kysh-	kyneny
xʷi.qɛ	-wa	sɛ.nən	kʷu	kəʃ	kə.nɛ.nə
inside	-3INAN	shadow	PL	2S.GEN-	eyelid

The writer here attempts to utilize poetic analogy to show how looming the political issues the city faces are, comparing them to a "shadow within one's eyelids". This phrase has not been seen in earlier poems recovered from the city, and we are excited to look further into its history and semantics. We have switched back to a 3rd person, Inanimate tier.
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 3:
SEE ADDENDUM #2. VERY DIRECT MENTION OF S.I.T.E. POSSIBLY EXCISE ENTIRE LINE
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Line [3]
"lywynwa xaxuts'ai xwiqekwukinwa xwiqewa kwu kehwi kyshsi"
"the whispers in your ear when the moment slows,"

lywyn	-wa	xaxuts'ai	xwiqekwukin	-wa	xwiqe	-wa	kwu	kehwi	kysh-	si
lə.wən	-wa	xa.xu.ts'ai	xʷi.qɛ.kʷu.kin	-wa	xʷi.qɛ	-wa	kʷu	kɛ.hʷi	kəʃ-	si
slow	-3INAN	moment	recent	-3INAN	inside	-3INAN	PL	exhalation	2S.GEN-	ear

We see here some wonderful vocabulary in words like "kehwi", "xaxuts'ai", and "lywyn"; meaning "breath" or "exhalation", "moment", and "to slow". This line connotes a slow decline, and has an almost "creepy" feeling to it. "kehwi" is a word used mostly for shallow breaths, small puffs of air, or for faint whispers.
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Line [4]
"xwiqewa kixushiwy kwu kysht'ekesy"
"the haze inside your homes,"

xwiqe	-wa	kixushiwy	kwu	kysh-	t'ekesy
xʷi.qɛ	-wa	ki.xu.ʃi.wə	kʷu	kəʃ-	t'ɛ.kɛ.sə
inside	-3INAN	fog	PL	2S.GEN-	home

Obviously the tensions of the empire reached into every home in the valley, affecting the mental states and daily lives of thousands of innocent civilians. The writer here compares this constant tension to "kixushiwy" or "fog". During the winter months, the Sul Valley was often subject to rolling fog banks that cross the coastal hills and spill into the main valley. These dense clouds would sit in the low lying areas of the valley for days at a time, intensifying in the pre-dawn. Fog was a major source of water, and evidence of mist-catchers is well documented.
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 3:
POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF MEZZENAIN? CONFIRM WITH DEMI-BIO DEPT. BEFORE FILING.
UPDATE 3.1: EVIDENCE OF MEZZENAIN UNCONFIRMABLE. DO NOT FILE.
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Line [5]
"xwelkesy hekyhlainyn kyshhanhla xwiqewa ch'iqa qesh"
"that pain we feel in the center of your chest,"

xwelkesy	hekyhlainyn	kwush-	hanhla	xwiqe	-wa	ch'iqa	qesh
xʷɛl.kɛ.sə	hɛ.kə.ɬai.nən	kʷuʃ-	han.ɬa	xʷi.qɛ	-wa	tʃi.qa	qɛʃ
LOC	center	1S.GEN-	chest	inside	-3INAN	pain	1.ACC

The usage of the word "hekyhlainyn" is telling and deserves comment. This word means "center" or "core", and is most often used in connection with body parts, masses of raw material such as stone or wood, and other voluminous objects, such as a large pot of soup, or empty crate. It is contrasted with "hlaikyl", which refers to the center point of a surface or flat object, such as the middle of a table, center of a map, a sheet of fabric, or the palm of ones hand. We also learn that the writer is male, as the word for chest is split by a male/female gender system, with "hanhla" for male torsos. Women's torsos have unique words for lower and upper segments, "xwa" for lower, "wexw" for upper.
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Line [6]
"tl'ykwaqy laqweqy kwikykasshy laqweshy wa"
"I know you feel it too."

tl'ykwa	-qy	laqwe	-qy	kwikykas	-shy	laqwe	-shy	wa
tɬ'ə.kʷa	-qə	la.qʷɛ	-qə	kʷi.kə.kas	-ʃə	la.qʷɛ	-ʃə	wa
equal	-1S	feel	-1S	know	-1S	feel	-2S	3INAN.ACC

The more exact translation here is something more like, "i know you feel it, as equally I feel." This poem also makes frequent use of the Accusative pronouns, here the 3rd person Inanimate, "wa". These pronouns were more commonly used in day-to-day speech, but were avoided in academic, poetic, and "higher class" speech. This shows that the writer may have been from the outer city, or lower class, or was at least attempting to impersonate that accent for stylistic effect.
Line [7]
"wysaxwihlynyqwash kwyshny wysakw'elqwash ny"
"We fought It away for so long"

wy-	saxwihlyny	-qwash	kwysh	-ny	wy-	sakw'el	-qwash	ny
wə-	sa.xʷi.ɬə.nə	-qʷaʃ	kʷəʃ	-nə	wə-	sa.kʷ'ɛl	-qʷaʃ	nə
P-	for_much_time	-1P	away	-3B.S	P-	fight	-1P	3B.ACC

We pivot our verb conjugation to the 3rd person, B tier again, though it is unclear as to why. The B tier is most often used to refer to subjects which are between human and inanimate, often used for animals, and active elements like fire or running water, and monstrous characters from Hakuan mythology. It had begun to fall out of use in many dialects by this time in history, replaced by the Inanimate marker, but it seems that the writer still used it in his idiolect.
ADDENDUM 4:
SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE
NOTE TO REDACTION SOLUTIONS DEPT. AND LINGUISTIC SOLUTIONS: ALTER GRAMMER TO COME IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS 3RD PERSON INANIMATE SUBJECT? VERY DIRECT MENTION OF S.I.T.E, BUT COULD BE EASILY ERASED THROUGH ABOVE ALTERATIONS.
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Line [8]
"wysakw'elqwash wawa halkylwa walq'anqen"
"we fought this deep horror,"

wy-	sakw'el	-qwash	wawa	halkyl	-wa	walq'anqen
wə-	sa.kʷ'ɛl	-qʷaʃ	wawa	hal.kəl	-wa	wal.q'an.qɛn
P-	fight	-1P	DEM	deep	-3INAN	horror

[CLEANED] [CLEANED] [CLEANED]
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 5:
SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE, WALQANQEN, SOUTHERN SEA, WAYL CLARY
CONTENTS CLEANED ON-SITE BY SWIFT RESPONSE TEAM. TIER 2 SCHOLARHOOD REQUIRED. SEE TOCCI SOREL PERSONALLY. COUNCIL APPROVAL REQUIRED. SCION APPROVAL REQUIRED.
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Line [9]
"qul kykwynyqwash"
"but we have become battle-worn,"

qul	kykwyny	-qwash
qul	kə.kʷə.nə	-qʷaʃ
CONJ2	battle_worn	-1P

The term here translated as "battle worn" is a term that has its origins in the large, centralized Hakuan military which reached its highest power roughly 80 years before the writing of the Gospel. Hakuan military service was long and strict, and this self-contained culture led to a wealth of linguistic inventions, especially in vocabulary.
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Line [10]
"sanu t'yseqeqwash"
"we are so lonely,"

sanu	t'yseqe	-qwash
sa.nu	t'ə.sɛ.qɛ	-qʷaʃ
very	alone	-1P

One of two sad, short phrases in this poem. This matches the tlekene senynu poetry style that was common at the time among the younger Student Generation.
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Line [11]
"sanu natsanqwash"
"we are so tired."

sanu	natsan	-qwash
sa.nu	na.tsan	-qʷaʃ
very	exhausted	-1P

The second of the short, sad phrases.
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Line [12]
"se kikitsy xwiqétly qwys t'ynatsanny"
"But It does not become tired,"

se	kikisty	xwiqetly	qwys	t'y-	natsan	-ny
se	ki.ki.tsə	xʷi.qɛ.tɬə	qʷəs	t'ə-	na.tsan	-nə
but	[]	[]	NEG	HAB-	tired	-3B.S

An archaic phrase is used in this line, and research into its semantics has been unfruitful. The best we of Class 4 can surmise, the phrase "se kikitsy xwiqetly" is used as a interjection, used similarly to "nevertheless", or "despite what was done". We have translated it as a simple "but" here for simplification.
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 6:
SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE
SEE RECCOMENDATION IN ADDENDUM #4. IF NOT SUFFICIENT, EXCISE LINE.
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Line [13]
"qwys xalny"
"It does not rest"

qwys	xal	-ny
qʷəs	xal	-nə
NEG	rest	-3B.S

Another unexplained use of the 3rd person, B-tier pronoun. Is this indicative of a local dialect?
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 6:
SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE
SEE RECCOMENDATION IN ADDENDUM #4. IF NOT SUFFICIENT, EXCISE LINE.
​
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Line [14]
"qul wylaqweqwash wykwyshwa kwu kwushsuch'e kun kwushxwy"
"and now, as we feel our strength and our blood leave us,"

qul	wy-	laqwe	-qwash	wy-	kwysh	-wa	kwu	kwush-	such'e	kun	kwush-	xwy
qul	wə-	la.qʷɛ	-qʷaʃ	wə-	kʷəʃ	-wa	kʷu	kʷuʃ-	su.tʃ'ɛ	kun	kʷuʃ-	xʷə
CONJ2	P-	feel	-1P	P-	leave	-3INAN	PL	1P.GEN-	strength	CONJ	1P.GEN-	blood

This line and the next both quote directly from the Sutlas, the Hakuan scripture which is etched into the exterior wall of the Temple. The Gospel was scratched over these sacred writings, yet quotes from them. The context of these quotes comes from the history of the Hero Wakainys, who is well known for having purged the Sul Valley of its previous occupants in order to make room for the Hakuan people. The quote is in fact the only known quote from one of these previous residents of the valley, and recounts his description of what he saw as the Hakuan military swept into his city. It is unclear why the writer chose to include these passages of scripture. Perhaps he felt that the tables had turned, and now the Hakuan people were the ones about the be swept off the face of history. If this was his intention, he was prophetically correct.
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Line [15]
"kun hlexwytsaiwa shen sen kwu q'ushxwexw kwu tuly"
"the hearts of all men turn and pierce themselves."

kun	hlexwytsai	-wa	shen	sen	kwu	q'ush-	xwexw	kwu	tuly
kun	ɬɛ.xʷə.tsai	-wa	ʃɛn	sen	kʷu	q'uʃ-	xʷɛxʷ	kʷu	tu.lə
CONJ1	betray	-3INAN	all	man	PL	3A.P.GEN-	heart	PL	3A.ACC

This line is the second half of the quote from the Sutlas. The word "xwexw" is a very old term for "heart", and is thought to be onomatopoeia for the sound of a heartbeat.
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Line [16]
"kw'ulhasyny shen kwu qesh laqweqy t'ylecheny"
"I feel It coming for us all"

kw'ulhasy	-ny	shen	kwu	qesh	laqwe	-qy	t'y-	leche	-ny
kʷ'ul.ha.sə	-nə	ʃen	kʷu	qeʃ	la.qʷɛ	-qə	t'ə-	lɛ.tʃɛ	-nə
against	-3B.S	all	PL	1.ACC	feel	-1S	HAB-	come	-3B.S

We close with a repetition of the first line of the poem, a common feature in Hakuan poetry across all generations. We once again return to the Tier-B pronouns
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 7:
SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE
SEE RECCOMENDATION IN ADDENDUM #2
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Line [17]
"kun tl'ykwaqy laqweqy kwikykasshy laqweshy wa"
"and I know you feel It too."

kun	tl'ykwa	-qy	laqwe	-qy	kwikykas	-shy	laqwe	-shy	ny
kun	tɬ'ə.kʷa	-qə	la.qʷɛ	-qə	kʷi.kə.kas	-ʃə	la.qʷɛ	-ʃə	nə
CONJ1	equal	-1S	feel	-1S	know	-1S	feel	-2S	3B.ACC

We end in a classical repetition with a twinge of tlekene senynu styling. We thank you greatly for viewing this translation, and ask that you please direct any questions or scholarly inquiries to the office of Teacher Estelan Mori-So. We of Class 4 once again request further funding for the Translator's Apparatus in order to further the work of translation of this most distinguished of cultures.
POST SCRIPT ADDENDUM 8:
SUBJECT(S): SHADOW-IN-THE-EYE
SEE RECCOMENDATION IN ADDENDUM #2
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Lead by Teacher Estelan Mori-So
Translation and Research by Class 4 of the Ko Tark Branch of the Tark Unity College
Witness: Molli Saburicci
Witness: Li-A-Moccessi Mosca
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Dang if you ready all that, you must really like conlangs or something. Crazy. Anyway, thank you so very much for spending your precious attention on this post! I enjoy combining worldbuilding with my conlanging. If you couldn't tell, this post is meant to look like an In-Universe academic paper from my world, Aenar. The author of the paper is a class of scholars from the Tark Unity College, the most prestigious college on the continent. They are studying/translating a poem from Haku, an ancient city and empire long gone by the time of writing. Tarkan scholars are obsessed with Haku, partially as a cultural craze (similar to real life Egyptomania in the 1800s) and partially because of the discovery of powerful beings of dark magic who were associated with the Haku culture. The BOLD CAPITAL ADDENDUMS are added by an agent of the Academic Guild Council of Alchemical Engineering, a deep-state group dedicated to harnessing the powers that lay dormant in Haku, and suppress information about those powers from leaking out to the general public. Here, they have intercepted and edited an academic report that alludes to some of these secrets.
If you have any questions about the conlang or the world setting, I am more than happy to answer them!!! Again, thank you for reading!
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Let's delve into the world of obscure poetry techniques and the masters who wielded them with dazzling effect:
1. Katarevousa:

• Technique: An artificial and archaic form of Greek used in poetry, often employing complex grammar and vocabulary.
• Masterful Example: Constantine Cavafy's poem "Ithaca," which captures the yearning for a distant, idealized destination through the lens of katarevousa's grandiosity.

2. Tricolon:

• Technique: Three consecutive phrases or clauses of similar length and structure, creating a rhythmic and emphatic effect.
• Masterful Example: Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," where he uses tricolon to celebrate the diverse voices and vibrant energy of the American people.

3. Syllepsis:

• Technique: A single word used with two different meanings, often creating ambiguity and layered interpretations.
• Masterful Example: Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for Death," where "stop" can refer to both physical stopping and ceasing to live, adding depth and complexity to the poem's meditation on mortality.

4. Diazeugma:

• Technique: A figure of speech where a single verb connects two grammatically incongruous subjects.
• Masterful Example: Gerard Manley Hopkins's poem "Spring," where he uses diazeugma to connect the natural world ("gold-foil") and the speaker's emotions ("ache") in a startling and evocative manner.

5. Mimesis:

• Technique: The imitation of sounds or actions through the use of words and sound devices.
• Masterful Example: John Keats's poem "Ode to a Nightingale," where he uses onomatopoeia and rhythmic variations to mimic the nightingale's song, creating a sensory experience for the reader.

Bonus Technique:

• Cento: A poem created by weaving together lines or phrases from another poet's work.
• Masterful Example: Ezra Pound's "Homage to Sextus Propertius," which reinterprets the Roman poet Propertius through a collage of his verses, offering a unique and intertextual reading.

These are just a few examples of the many obscure poetry techniques that have enriched and challenged readers throughout history. By exploring these devices and the works of the poets who mastered them, we can gain a deeper appreciation for the power and versatility of language in poetic expression.
Remember, the beauty of these techniques lies in their potential for surprise and innovation. So, don't be afraid to experiment and unleash your own creative voice through the lens of these lesser-known tools!

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October 6, 2023 Analysis
a lyrical analysis by D.B. Myrrha
Ren’s recent offering, Down on the Beat, featuring the deep-voiced Brighton rapper with pretty cheekbones, Viktus, is a clever, bar-rich hip-hop offering over a driving, bass-heavy, EDM beat.
As I’m neither a musician nor a producer, I’ll be mostly focusing here on the poetic form and wordplay, only briefly pointing out things I’ve noticed musically. This should take me a lot less time than my last dissertation. It might also have fewer dick references, but it probably won’t.
I’ll also be concentrating on my own interpretation of the lyrics, which means they will likely not be as comprehensive. I have watched several reactors, although I thought I might die if I watched sixty this time, so I only watched the sexiest ones. I welcome comments adding other interpretations, or nicely telling me I know fuck-all.
Now, on to the meat.
The Lyrics
(Hook) When I put it down on the beat I’mma make it sound so sweet When you hear the sound of the gun That’s a cue to run
When I put it down on the beat I’mma make it sound so sweet When you hear the sound of the gun That’s a cue to run (bla)
Immediately, the EDM beat kicks in. The vocals are flattened and distorted. Ren seems to be electronic-ifying his voice to make it part of the EDM sound itself (I’m pretty sure I just made up a word, but fuck it.) The sound is pretty cool and, when played loud, makes me want to take a bunch of ecstasy and dance in an abandoned car park waving glow-sticks.
Ren struts in with a flex on his tongue. He’s gonna spit some bars. When he tells you to run when you hear the gun, it means you’d better be prepared to try to catch up with him. What exactly is he putting down on the beat? It it simply the vocal track? Could it be detractors? Is this some sort of foreshadowing?
This here is the starting gun, and he’s about to Usain Bolt out of here: good luck catching up. It’s a race, a competition, a challenge to match his skill.
He is also intimating that he is the starting gun. He’s the instigator of the art, but also the one who’s in control. He reiterates this by repeating what he said again.
The bla! at the end of the verse is only one of many vocalized sounds Ren uses in the song to blend with the instrumentation. That boy is certainly good with his mouth. His pretty, pretty mouth. (At least that’s what your mom told me.)
(Verse) When I put it down on the beat I’mma make it sound so sweet Likkle men love to speak I don’t lose sleep in the whispers of sheep
In this first section of verse 1, Ren uses near end rhymes (beat, sweet , speak, sheep) to create a steady rhythm. Internally, he uses two types of rhyme. Down and sound are both internal rhymes that echo one another, while sleep joins the end rhymes aurally (and also orally, as they come out of Ren’s mouth.)
Here comes Ren’s initial attempt to confuse Americans with the use of a British colloquialism. He’s given up trying to pander to us, and left us to struggle, as we often do, with the English language. The word likkle means “little” and it’s a word borrowed from Jamaican patois. We already know Ren has a great appreciation for the Jamaican sound. For what it’s worth, Amy Winehouse uses the word in her song I’m No Good (“likkle carpet burns”) and no one complained about that.
Ren doesn’t lose sleep in the whispers of sheep. While he found himself miscounting them in Suicide, he is sleeping soundly now while “sheep” (little men, detractors and nay-sayers) are baaaah-ing their nonsense. He feels no need to follow the herd, either. He has his own things to say, as he goes on to tell us.
When you hear the sound of the gun Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat, that’s my tongue Spit like thunder come Drums in Moria, boom, boom, rum-rum-tum
This verse is simply exploding with onomatopoeia. Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat, boom, rum-rum-tum, all exploding sounds, warning of dangerous spitting to come (like thunder.) Simple end rhyme keeps the sounds contained. For now.
Ren’s giving us some more tongue-action in his rat-a-tat-tat-lickety-flickety rap style. He’s coming at us fast (I’m assuming “thunder come” isn’t another soup ingredient.) This thunder can be heard in the drums of Moria, the deep Dwarven realm in Lord of the Rings, the first film reference of many in this song.
Moria is the realm of the Balrog who, like Ren, is/spits fire. The competition needs to fuck right off: they shall not pass.
I’m a king, who’s the king? I’m a king, I’m the king of the ring, I’mma run this thing I’m a don, yan-ying on a ying-yang thing Jump upon that swing of the drum, vim-vim-vim
Continuing with the Lord of the Rings theme, Ren claims to be a king. In fact, he’s king of the ring (Sauron, the all-powerful?) It is also possible that the ring refers to his other two ring-based passions: the boxing ring (referred to in countless other songs) or the wrestling ring (Swanton bomb references are common, and Love Music, pt. 3 contains a juicy Hulk Hogan reference. –Apropos to nothing, Hulk Hogan and I share a birthday. Yay, Leos!) Technically, there could be another reference, to a ring he put his finger in like Frodo. I mean he seems to find joy in surprise anal penetration, which could definitely cause a competitor to lose focus. YOLO.
The repetition of the word king adds percussion to the flow, as well as punctuating the lines with internal rhyme. The beat also drops here (between “I’m the king” and “of the ring”) with a thumping bass that rises up from the basement.
He then calls himself a don again. If this were a boxing reference, he could be referring to Don King, the famous American boxing promoter. Maybe he is throwing us a Toblerone after all. Of course, a don is the “kingpin” of any mafia family, and Ren is definitely part of a close-knit “family.”
Here, though, Ren flips the switch into a new scheme with a verbal upset. Yan Ying was a Chinese philosopher, a contemporary of the better-known philosopher Confucius, described as “by far the most creative thinker of the Chunqiu age”. So, I guess it didn’t matter what Confucius said when Yan Ying was around. Ren flips the name into yin-yang, the Chinese concept of opposite but interconnected forces, Chinese concepts being Yan Ying’s “thing”. The idea of the yin-yang, of all things containing both dark and light, is a common refrain in Ren’s personal philosophy, as well as being one of the main themes of “Hi, Ren.” He seems to be saying that he is a master of both good and evil, dark and light, and he’s gonna jump on that rhythm like he jumped in the back seat with your girl on the back streets of Brighton.
Incidentally, there is also a hip-hop duo called the Yin-Yang Twins. Just a fact for funsies.
As Ren jumps on the vim-vim-vim of the drum, he swings us into the next quatrain.
Voom-voom, blat, come through like that I’m not new to rap on a Zulu cap And I do do tracks, and I do make stacks What do you do, lad? are you true to that?
Voom-voom, more onomatopoeia, drums down upon the beat of a verse containing a nice set of internal to external rhymes. In fact, this quatrain contains double internal rhymes because Ren’s just a king like that.
voom/ through, blat/ that new/ Zulu, rap/ cap do do/ do, tracks/ stacks you do/ you true, lad/ that
This is some fancy writing, lad, I’m not going to lie. Ren has laid down a challenge to all comers. He’s not new to rap, and he can kick your likkle bum back to wherever it is you came from. The Zulu may refer to the mastery of Black OG rappers in referring obliquely to Shaka, the king of the Zulu nation, known for his ass-kicking military prowess. By using the term cap which in slang refers to something fake or dishonest, it can be assumed he’s letting the likkle sheep know he’s not trying to be anything he’s not. He’s no wannabe.
After all, what has he been doing? He’s making tracks, one after the other, and he’s becoming more successful, and he’s (perhaps) exaggerating his income, because he’s a rapper and he’s gotta make stacks (And I’m sure he does have a stack of 34 common house potatoes somewhere. That counts, right?)
When he refers to the recipient of his flex, he calls him “lad,” as if he’s a kid. I know British youth refer to their mates as lads, but in this context, it seems as if he’s talking down to him. What do you do? Are you as devoted to it as I am? Are you as good as I am? I doubt it. He’s the king, and everyone else is a peasant.
On this beat I’m fat like a sumo My name’s Ren and I know my judo Candlestick killer, kill them like Cluedo Numero duo? Numero uno.
This song, which switches flow in this section, has a lot of fat beats, especially with the throbbing bass line. Ren is also “phat”, a ’90s rap slang term meaning “excellent” (when not referring to a woman, wherein it usually meant “hot as phuck”. ) A Japanese sumo wrestler, of course, is professionally fat and lauded for it, as they are also strong and can steamroll (literally, if they wanted) over their opponents.
Ren tells us what his name is in several songs: Hi Ren, What You Want, Sixteen Bar Challenge, and Love Music pt. 2. Perhaps he’s afraid we’ll forget, or perhaps he’s just asserting dominance, putting his name out there like an O.G. Yeah, you still know me.
The real question people want to know, though, is, “Does Ren really know judo?” Taking into account his skills at basketball and boxing, we may have reason to doubt this claim, but since Ren is king, he can say anything he fucking wants to, and we’re intimidated. Judo, like Sumo, is a Japanese art, so it fits the theme as well as the scheme.
The game Cluedo is called Clue in the United States, which is why some reactors just thought it was a funny rhyme when it was really, again, just English. In the game of Clue/do, one of the potential murder weapons is a candlestick. There was also a real murderer who killed someone with a candlestick in 1958, but that was a gay hate crime, so I’m pretty sure Ren isn’t referring to that. He is getting back into that sexy Murderer vibe, though.
Clue was also a movie starring Tim Curry, who is English and took the role even though the title was spelled wrong. A true martyr for the Crown. Snake Venom V, one of the most awesome reactors out there, pointed out that a lot of Ren’s references are movies, and whether or not they were conscious (Ren does love movie references) it’s worth pointing them out.
Lastly, he queries, “Numero duo? Numero uno.” I’m not number two, I’m number one. And I’m extra sexy because I speak Spanish. If, as I suspect, Ren is directly or indirectly challenging someone, he has directly relegated them to the number two spot, and no one wants to be Number Two.
The verse starts a lovely repetitive lean on the vowels u-o, with sumo, judo, cluedo, numero, duo, uno. That last line is a doozy, with four u-os in a row. It leads us into the next quatrain, which could really just be seen as a continuation of the last one.
You know, speak so frank like Bruno Hey- Cera he loves Juno, Hugo Boss man drip with a new flow— true though Sharingan killer, they call me Naruto
Here go the u-os: you know/ Bruno/ Juno/ Hugo/ New flow/ true though/ Naruto. Not all of these are perfectly true to the u-o scheme in an exact sense, but they scan aurally, and everyone appreciates good aural.
On the superficial movie tip, Bruno, Juno, and Hugo are all films, and there are several anime movies in the Naruto series.
Digging a likkle deeper, though, there are a lot more obvious references to be found.
“Speak so frank like Bruno” is a good example. Lots of people immediately jumped to the movie Bruno (also known by the mock title Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt) , and its titular character played by Sacha Baron Cohen. Bruno is pretty frank, saying basically any outrageous shit he wants. However, the reference more likely points to Frank Bruno, a British boxer with a 95% knockout-to-win ratio. He lost to Mohammed Ali twice, and was a popular celebrity even after he retired. He was known for being very open about his battles with mental health.
We love how the next line opens with Hey– Cera which reminds us of “Que Sera”, which might be a coincidence, but its a nice mental resonance. Fans of Arrested Development (which we might say is a problem Ren battled in Love Music pt. 4), will know Michael Cera, who was, of course in the movie Juno with Eliot Page. Cera’s character plays Paulie, Juno’s BFF/ babydaddy/ boyfriend.
Hugo Boss is a fashion empire started by boss man Hugo Boss in Germany in 1923. His career really took off after he started producing sexy uniforms for the Nazis. Still, he’s dead now, and his house still creates some boss fashion and cologne. Ren is not a Nazi, but he is a boss, and his drip (cool and fashionable ) flow is undeniable. Ren is the boss man, dripping with a stylin’ new flow.
Ren may be the flow OG, but as he has shown us numerous times, even in this offering, he is a huge nerd. After the Lord of the Rings bars, he tops it with a dollop of anime. Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto was created as a one-shot manga in 1995, but soon became an important pop culture figure in the late ’90s and 2000s. There are 72 volumes of Naruto manga in the series. Enough to binge for at least two weeks, probably.
The Sharingan killer reference puts Ren back into the role of ruthless and inescapable murderer. In Naruto manga and anime, the Sharingan is an ability that allows a ninja to copy, by mere sight, their opponents’ techniques while gaining incredible reflexes and perceptive abilities. So Ren is flexing that he can learn anyone’s skill and reflect it back better and stronger. So, if you don’t think he’s the master rapper, he’s saying, fuck y’all. He’s Naruto.
(Hook)
Verse 2
Verse two opens up with a new voice (which somehow some reactors missed–I mean, Ren does change his voice a lot, but it’s a totally different accent, guys!) It’s Viktus, the Brighton lad with the rich deep tone and great cheekbones (as pointed out by outrageously flirtatious/ horny Canuck “The Wolf” Johnson.)
When I put it down on the beat I’mma keep the ground on my feet I don’t wear no crown on the street But you still know me
All of a sudden we realize that Ren’s posturing might not have just been for show to his general public, but focused on a more local target. Even if the bars weren’t pointed directly at Viktus, the younger rapper seems to have taken offense at Ren’s claim to superiority. There is a challenger to the king.
Viktus, then, would be the “lad” referred to by Ren in the previous verse; the one warned to “run” when Ren fires his thunderous tongue-gun.
Internal verse-by-verse flexing battles are no new thing. It’s a game played in character. Here, Ren is the boss man confronted by a cheeky newcomer who seems prepared to challenge Ren for the title of sovereign.
It’s Viktus’s turn to put it down on the beat, and by this perhaps he means to put his rival down to the beat of the verse (for isn’t that what he perceives Ren just did to him?) It’s also, of course, just his turn to master a verse and put the king/murderer in his place like in some Shakespearean tragedy.
However, Viktus claims he has no need to brag about his sovereignty. He keeps his feet on the ground and doesn’t need to parade around with a crown to show his status. Everyone, at least in Brighton, still knows who he is.
And here he dips into the Forgot About Dre reference that Ren used in Love Music pt. 4: scooping it up from right under him. “You still know me.”
Vik has his own command of internal/external rhyme with down/ beat, ground/ feet, crown/ street, not to mention the end word me, a near rhyme that segues into the next stanza with
Still the same old V Still the same old house on the same old street With a brand new flow on a same old beat And it turns to gold every time I speak
“Still the same old V ” echoing “Still the same O.G.” quoted by Ren in Love Music pt. 4. This suggests that he and Ren know one another. Vik proposes that Ren has changed, become inflated in his ego, while Vik has stayed down to earth; no less known or regarded, except by Ren, his rival.
Viktus is still a home boy in the literal sense. He still lives in his same house in his same street. He is a neighborhood fixture, and everyone knows him. His flow, though, is new, suggesting that he is fresh, ready to take on the self-proclaimed King and assimilate his territory. (Is resistance futile? Who knows what we will find out by the end of the song.) Viktus does proclaim that his words turn to gold with his new flows, so its obviously he is taking up/presenting a challenge.
The scheme is similar to some of Ren’s above with the repetition of the word old: old V, old house, old street, new flow (breaks up the monotony), old beat. Flow near-rhymes with old, and the “new flow” shows that not everything is exactly the same in the old neighborhood.
If the characters Vik and Ren espouse in the song grew up in the same estate (estate= British housing projects) then this plays out as a musical turf-war, like it might in any ‘hood in the U.S. Two rappers head-to-head, fighting for local, if not worldwide, supremacy. Vik seems determined to show himself equal to Ren.
Look me in the eye, bro, thriller like Michael Wait, delete that, I made a typo. Michael Myers, Halloween psycho Light them fires, arsonist, pyro
The freaking bass, man. It seems to be turned up to eleven here, just to underscore Vik’s deep tone, and it hits hard.
Viktus goes hard, jumping into a Michael Jackson bar, then spinning the Thriller into a new scheme.
Oops, he says, “I made a typo”, He referenced the wrong Michael, and the wrong type of thriller. He’s talking hardcore horror, man, not just MTV zombies. Michael Myers is the psychotic killer in thirteen Halloween movies (movie references are not just one sided in this battle, I guess.)
Vik is flexing that he is dangerous, insane, maybe a worse murderer than Ren because he’s a ruthless psycho. He’s an arsonist, compelled and ready to light fires: make things hot, fire up (initiate/instigate) a competition, cause controversy (hot topics) He’s a pyro, he can’t help setting things aflame.
The rhyme scheme here (eye bro/ mi-chael/ ty-po/ my-ers/ psy-cho/fi-res/ py-ro…leading into spy–ro and Frodo) depends on a two-syllable rhythm with an I-o emphasis. Vik’s accent allows the near rhyme of “Michael” blend in almost effortlessly. Myers and fires are a little farther outfield, but they mirror one another and with the I-uh scan, they can easily get caught up in the flow.
Spyro dragon, I’m Frodo baggin’ All the shit you’re chatting, your teeth get smashed in Extracting like dentist grafting Nitrous oxide gas, no laughing
While Spyro and Frodo mirror the rhymes in the previous quatrain, the scheme changes to the second word in each phrase, ending with -in. Internal/external rhymes include dragon/baggin‘ and grafting/laughing (which rhyme perfectly when accent is taken into account.)
Spyro dragon is a video game reference to a late 90’s Playstation game. Spyro is cute and purple, he looks harmless, but he has fire for breath, so once again, Spyro Vik is the arsonist coming from the sky. Don’t underestimate the newcomer.
Viktus spins Ren’s LOTR reference into a diss. “I’ll be ‘Frodo Baggin’ the teeth I’ve just smashed out of your shit-talking mouth. The teeth right out your mouth, bitch.” Apparently someone has heard Life is Funny.
“After your mouth meets my fist,” he claims, “you’ll need oral surgery, and even with laughing gas, it’s gonna seriously hurt.” (Guess life’s not that funny, after all.)
Vik is making it clear he’s no joke.
When I put it down on the beat I’mma lay her down in the sheets Take her to the circus, she’s a freak Vegan girl, she still likes my meat
Now Vik really starts talking shit right back at Ren. Ren starts into the chorus, but Vik interrupts. He’s upping the ante here by taking it to a personal level. He’s gonna put his rhymes down on the beat, and what’s more, he’s laying a girl down in the sheets where they are gonna make a new beat together.
Apparently this young lady is quite a freak in these sheets, willing to do whatever Vik, and now we, to be honest, are vividly imagining. She’s likely gonna both condone the bone and eat it like Toblerone.
Apparently, Viktus’ penis is not triangular, however, as he refers to it as some type of “meat” which happens to be appetizing even to a vegan girl. Perhaps it looks like a veggie sausage? Regardless, they are obviously going to grind something, and it’s not impossible burger.
Feed the girl ’cause it’s time to eat Toes curl when I’m in too deep Fucked your girl, and now you really wanna beef Oh, shit! He’s knocking on the front door, leave!
Oh, it ‘s time to eat? We now have an inkling how this is going down, so to speak. Apparently Vik is good at laying down the beat as her toes are curling, which is a positive sign. And he didn’t even have to lock her in the basement. But what? It’s Ren’s girl? (We didn’t see this coming, did we?) Of course, now he’s rubbing it in Ren’s face (the facts, not his proverbial meat stick) that he got his woman freaking down in his sheets. Now Ren wants beef? More like Viktus is the one calling for war.
And who’s that at the door? Better get out of here, girl!
Interestingly, this scene brings to mind the possible response Screech might have had to Patrick if only he had known…
This is also a karmic twist to Ren’s actions in Right Here, Right Now where he banged his friend’s girl, then had to go Usain Bolt when her brother showed up at the door. Interestingly, Ren handed Vik a Stella and gave him some brotherly love in that same video; the last person he interacted with before saying he’s gonna go undercover with someone’s lover. Maybe this is some sort of payback? That Ren. He’s a naughty boy.
Viktus just played him a dirty hand, nonetheless. The rhyming continues in a similar internal/external scheme with girl/eat, curl/deep, girl/beef and then the final “Leave!”
Ahhh, what the fuck?
Ren doesn’t sound pleased. He probably just saw his half-dressed girlfriend fleeing the scene. This little fuck-boi just crossed the line. It’s time for Ren to go beast-mode.
Verse 3
Step back, sucker, fuck up the scene Tuck my socks up, chop chop I’m a millipede on my feet Mohammed Ali with my reach Biting double D’s in my teeth
Uh oh, Ren’s back, pissed and ready to fight, with his Adidas socks tucked up (over his tracksuit bottoms? I swear, he’s the only human in the world who can make that look cool.)
Internal rhymes are once again used to figuratively “punch up” the stanza: sucke fuck up, socks up/ chop chop. Then there’s the Ali/ double Ds , and the end rhymes -pede/ feet/ reach/ teeth (ee/ea sound.)
A millipede has hundreds of feet (most species have about 300 legs), so Ren is both stable and steady. It’s not easy to knock him off kilter, even if you’ve just Tobler-boned his girl. Chop, chop, better run, boy.
Obviously, with 300 feet, Ren can get where he needs to go and move swiftly back and forth, which will aid in his Muhammad Ali “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” act (Ali and/or boxing are referenced in nearly a dozen songs as I pointed out in the last analysis.) Not only was Ali known for his quick reflexes and ability to dodge O.P.P. (other people’s punches), but for his awesome reach when he, in turn, punched people. Also reach could easily be a reference to the fact that Ren is getting recognition everywhere; his reach extends worldwide, while Vik is still local. It’s a little tap in the face.
As a woman, the line about biting double D’s in his teeth is a bit terrifying and seems a bit extreme. I made a desperate attempt to discern an alternate meaning for this line and sadly, found little help on the interwibbles. Perhaps this is why his girlfriend was looking for another option. Of course, if she’s a freak in the sheets, who knows what she likes. A “double D” is also, apparently, a Pilates exercise, but even though Ren claims to be a “P.T.” in the next stanza, I don’t think these two are exchanging workout tips.
I’m a freak, I’m a goated PT on the beat You’re a neek, you’re a little fuckboy, you’re a geek Let me speak, I’mma cut like Troy when I preach I’m a beast, I’mma come Loch Ness, unleashed, preach!
Oh, see? He admits he’s also a freak, so that biting thing makes sense. Maybe he and his girl met on FetLife?
We know Ren is the G.O.A.T., and of course he has to remind this little upstart of his standing. The meaning of P.T., however, is not really clear in this context.
According to my academic resources, P.T. can refer to: physical therapist, a popular but discontinued Japanese psychological Horror Game (published in 2014 by Konami for Playstation), play time (sex), post text, public thot, pussy twitch (a guy so hot he makes girls twitch), Pacific Time, a pint of codeine and promethazine with a seal on top, P.T. Barnum (the famous circus dude and purveyor of “freaks”), public transport, “penis twerk”, or “pound town”. Several of these might fit Ren’s repeated themes, but I like to think he means “pussy twitch” because he is reasserting his sexual dominance. Either that or the Murderous video game or the Freak Master. He’s the king of both fucking and killing, so watch out.
He goes on to call Viktus a mere fuckboy: an easy, callous lay, a jerk, or a worthless weak-ass wonton worth nothing. For what it’s worth, fuckboy has over 300 definitions in the Urban Dictionary, but “cheap lay,” is the basic gist. Vik might of fucked his girl, but it doesn’t make him anything better than a quick trick.
Not only is Vik a sexual empty set, he is also a neek. Neek is a word that blends the words nerd and geek. I know where Ren is trying to go with this, but isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black, considering Ren’s multiple reference to certain movies and video games? Never mind. He’s the murderer, he gets to say whatever he wants.
The word geek implies a weak, harmless, boring person with no social skills who is low on the popularity totem pole. Once again, Ren is telling Vik that he is nothing in comparison to Ren’s swagger and popularity. A geek was also originally a term referring to a type of circus performer who entertained the audience with gross acts like biting off and swallowing chicken heads. I guess we’re all freaks here, only some are apparently sexier than others.
Ren is certainly a wordsmith with a tongue like a weapon (as mentioned in Genesis, as well as in the first verse of this song.) In this case, it’s a knife and it’s about to slice Viktus to shreds. Troy is another movie reference. This movie is about the battle of Troy, a city in ancient Greece. The Trojan war was waged over a devastating decade of massive bloodshed. It was also a battle over a woman.
Speaking of ruthless women, Ren now invokes Nessie, the Loch Ness monster. Ren is a monster rising from the depths…he’s huge and will easily overwhelm any geeky little fuckboy.
Ren is here to preach. He’s about to tell the truth, lay it down for reals, blud.
Personally, this might be my favorite part of the song. Not only are the rhymes skillfully syncopated, but they are actually sung if you listen closely. It’s rare, though not impossible, for a rap cadence to have a melody. Here it feels almost incidental, as if Ren can’t help it because the bars lend themselves to a certain musicality.
The repeated assonance using the ee sound is slithery as an eel. freak/ P.T. (that’s two!)/ beat/ neek/ geek/ speak/ preach/ beast/ unleashed/ preach! Both the first and last lines have three rhyming words, while the middle two have two ee rhymes and an oy rhyme. This secondary rhyme, fuckboy/ Troy is mirrored visually by goated and Loch, even though they don’t rhyme aurally.
Who’s that boy who moves like a raver Oi, oi, oi, a new tasty flavour Anakin flow, I glow like a saber No sweat, bro, I’m loving the labour
Back to a simpler rhyme scheme, Ren’s obviously referring to himself as the raver, waving his glow sticks in the air, and as a tasty treat.
A hot young chav yelling “Oi” is yes, a new tasty flavor. A mating call for all the freaks, for sure. Personally, I’d happily take a bite of that house potato. He knows he’s hot. There’s always another girl ready and waiting. It’s no longer about his (likely) ex- anyway, it’s just the insult/challenge Viktus laid down that’s the problem now.
Anakin flow is an obvious reference to Star Wars (who were you calling a neek, again?) Anakin, as we all know, is evil, so Ren’s (not surprisingly) channeling the Dark Side, (Murderer) and glowing like a lightsaber. Thanks again to Snake Venom for pointing out that a light saber is really just a giant (yet lethal) glow stick. We must not forget, either, that Ren glows with energy, radiance, and fame. Of course everyone sees him and wants to bask in his light. Vik is obviously one of those.
No lie, he loves this work: all he has to do is be who he is and look how far he’s come. He’s the king.
Work, work, work, a work workaholic She twerk, twerk, twerk, she’s twerking right on it One on the backseat, one on the bonnet Grabbing my William, this is my sonnet.
Is Ren the workaholic referred to here, “loving the labour” as seen in the last stanza (aside: my American keyboard does not love the flavour of the English language) or does this line refer to the twerker who is putting all of her focus on “twerking right on it” (obviously a play on “working on it.”)
Obviously girls are aplenty around here, as Ren has one in the backseat and Vik has one on the bonnet (“hood” for you hapless U.S.ers) of the car. Obviously, while they may be beefing, it’s not so bad that they can’t be “beefing” in/on the same car simultaneously.
Geez, Ren, all this automobile intercourse is giving me flashbacks. I can’t see how that can be comfortable, bruv. However, if it comes down to it, I’d rather be in the backseat than on the bonnet, at least in public… I’ll have to think about it. A lot. Alone. Late at night.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter since you had to bring William Shakespeare into the mix. I’m pretty sure he’s be amused at your ribald willie joke, after all, he’d totally get it on with your mum if he could. Your (presumably new) girl’s grabbing of your William has become your new love poem. You, sick boi, are the height of romance.
Mirroring the repetition of “oi, oi, oi” in the previous stanza, Ren keeps chopping the beat up with “work, work, work, a work workaholic” and “twerk, twerk, twerk, she’s twerking right on it.” I think we can assume what “it” is.) Following up –aholic and on it with bonnet and sonnet completes the scheme. Backseat and bonnet (two syllables, b-t, b-t) offer a nice mirror-image between them, especially since Ren and Vik each take one part of the line.
I’m that fella sipping Stella we call that an in-ter-stellar I’m a rapping Cinderella, serve it like its mozzarella Acapella, say it better, bend a beat like Uri Gellar Go getter, trend setter , on your feet like David Guetta
Stella Artois is a delicious and popular beer in the U.K. (As I pointed out earlier, Ren hands Vik a Stella before going off to bone some other guy’s girl in Right Here, Right Now.) So does interstellar just refer to a Stella in the belly? Interstellar also means “in between the stars”, perhaps referring to the fact that he’s a rising star, or up among the stars. (Interstellar is also a movie, for those counting up the film titles.)
Cinderella happens to be cockney rhyming slang for fella (thank you, English person whose name I’ve forgotten who mentioned this. ) It is, of course, also a fairy tale (he sure does love his children’s literature!) The question is: does he turn into a pumpkin at midnight? (Shout out to Ray Vibes for the inquiry.) Or is it simply that his success is like a fairy tale, magical and coming out of nowhere? (Never mind that Cinderella only succeeded through the help of others. I don’t see Ren naming his fairy godmother. Rude!)
He’s about to serve his rhyme now like it’s mozzarella. Cheese will be referred to again several times, as it’s a slang reference to money, but here it could be a different type of cheese, as mozzarella could refer to anything fine, pleasant, attractive, or sexy, like his phat bars.
Acapella means no music, so, when rhyming acapella, what one says really stands out. One has to “say it better,” as they can’t hide behind the music. Ren also bends a beat like Uri Gellar, a magician and mesmerist who claimed he could bend spoons with his mind. (Probably still does, as he’s still alive and commented on the video, grateful for the shout-out.)
David Guetta, for those who aren’t aware, is a famous French D.J. and music producer; he makes the audience “get on their feet” to dance.
Once again Ren plays it up with the machine-gun rhymes, the rat-a-tat-tat tongue he bragged about in verse one. (fella/ Stella/ stella Cinderella/ mozzarella/acapella/ betteGellagettesetteGuetta.) If you include some of the preceding words, too, you will see he is also utilizing syllabic quadruplets in the first three lines (and in the last with “David Guetta”), which carry the flow along at a staccato pace. He then alters the central syllables in the last line to smoothly carry the rhythm into the following stanza.
Better and better, I serve it letter for letter The alphabet upsetter, I make the cheese, I make cheddar I got the berrrrrrrrrrrrrrretta vendetta , I’m spitting pepper When I skrrrrrrrt impeccable rhythms, the rap Mecca on the beat.
Ren claims that he is is getting better with every word/bar he spits. Each letter counts; he is serving it up and it is supreme.
–etta is the main rhyme ending used in this stanza (bette lette alphabet(ta)/ upsette chedda Beretta/ vendetta/ peppe …pecca…/ Mecca.) Ren’s accent leans into this scheme which wouldn’t work the same without it. Note how he adds an extra -uh syllable on to the end of alphabet just like he does in Illest of Our Time with “alphabetti spaghetti” (Although “Alphabetti Spaghetti” is a real thing in the U.K., so it really chaps my buttocks that the printed lyrics just say “alphabet.”) Once again, his tongue takes on the role of weapon, trilling the R on berrrrrrretta (which is a gun, as all Americans would obviously know.)
The architect of alphabet, Ren again scatters the letters and reconstructs them into mozzarella. And also cheddar. He makes money. Lots of money and even more money. This bitch could buy a lifetime supply of wonton soup if he had to.
Deep into his Berretta vendetta, he’s obviously not done with Vik, despite banging girls simultaneously on the same motor vehicle. Can’t let sleeping chicks lie, apparently. Ren wants to make it clear that what he’s spitting (pepper) is as hot as anything Vik can put out.
Skrrrrrt is a sound used in EDM and trap. It indicates a hard turn or drift with an automobile, getting to a place fast, so here he is referring to his ability to rap fast, change schemes and flows on a dime. A flex.
Mecca is a holy place where Muslims make pilgrimage (Muhammad Ali performed haaj in 1972.) Of course, Ren is the creator of bars others can only pay homage to with reverence.
He wouldn’t be the first king who thought he was God.
Hook/Outro
The song concludes with several repetitions of the hook flowing into the outro. These vary in style, with sounds replacing more and more of the words as the outro progresses, leaving the rap behind as it melds into the electric dance beat to lead us out.
Final Thoughts:
This song is catchy and ultimately danceable. I could easily hear it bumping on a dance floor in a club I could not get into.
Viktus’s interplay with Ren is delightful, and he definitely holds his own. Although his style of rap is not the same as Ren’s, it’s good stuff (go check it out and give Vik some love at @Itsviktus on YouTube and @its_viktus on Instagram.) I have no doubt he’s going to go far.
Who knew Brighton would be the upcoming rap center of Britain, and maybe the world? At the very least, it will be the center of rappers battling out in the backseat and on the bonnet.
Until next time, Oi, Renegades!
c. 2023 D.B. Myrrha.
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No. COMPLETE FILE -PIECE OF MEMORIES-

Etymology/Translation Corner
This is a list of translated Japanese names for all of the cards in No. Complete File - Piece of Memories -. See below for further notes.
Each card name is linked to an image!! (Use an image-zooming extension like Imagus to view them instantly.)
Any questions or issues you may have about the translations are welcome.

1. Numbers 1: Gate of Numeron - Ekam
2. Numbers 2: Gate of Numeron - Dve
3. Numbers 3: Gate of Numeron - Trini
4. Numbers 4: Gate of Numeron - Catvari
5. Numbers 5: Lifeless Dragon of Obscurity - Death Chimera Dragon
6. Numbers 6: OOPArts Atlantal / Numbers 6: Prehistoric Heritage - Atlantal
7. Numbers 7: Lucky Stripe
8. Numbers 8: Heraldic King - Genome Heriter
9. Numbers 9: Sky-Covering Star - Dyson Sphere
10. Numbers 10: Shimmering White Knight - Illuminator
11. Numbers 11: Big Eye
12. Numbers 12: Armor Ninja Crimson Shadow
13. Numbers 13: Cain's Devil
14. Numbers 14: Sarameya the Greed
15. Numbers 15: Gimmick Puppet - Giant Killer
16. Numbers 16: Sovereign of Colors - Shock Ruler
17. Numbers 17: Leveiss Dragon
18. Numbers 18: Heraldic Progenitor - Plain Coat
19. Numbers 19: Freezerdon
20. Numbers 20: Giganto Brilli-Ant / Numbers 20: Rock-Soil Ant - Brilli-Ant
21. Numbers 21: Lady Justice the Frozen
22. Numbers 22: Franken / Numbers 22: Undecaying Ken
23. Numbers 23: Lancelot, Ghostly Knight of the Netherworld
24. Numbers 24: Dragulas the Vampiric Dragon
25. Numbers 25: Full-Metal Photoglide - Focus Force / Numbers 25: Heavy-Optics Movie Camera - Focus Force
26. Numbers 26: Dimensional Breachway - Octobypass
27. Numbers 27: Dreadnought Battleship - Dreadnoid
28. Numbers 28: Titanic Moth
29. Numbers 29: Mannequin Cat
30. Numbers 30: Acid Golem of Annihilation
31. Numbers 31: Abel's Devil
32. Numbers 32: Chomping Sea Dragon - Shark Drake
33. Numbers 33: OOPArts - Super-Weapon Machu=Mak / Numbers 33: Prehistoric Heritage - Super-Weapon Machu=Mak
34. Numbers 34: Computer Beast - Tera-Byte
35. Numbers 35: Ravenous Tarantula
36. Numbers 36: OOPArts - Super-Engine Fork=Huyuk / Numbers 36: Prehistoric Heritage - Super-Engine Fork=Huyuk
37. Numbers 37: Hope-Woven Dragon - Spider Shark
38. Numbers 38: Hope-Harbinger Dragon - Titanic Galaxy
39. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope
40. Numbers 40: Gimmick Puppet - Heaven's Strings
41. Numbers 41: Drunken Demon Beast of Drowziness - Bagooska
42. Numbers 42: Starship Galaxy Tomahawk
43. Numbers 43: Soul-Puppeteering Ogre - Soul Marionetter
44. Numbers 44: Winged White Horse - Sky Pegasus
45. Numbers 45: Prophet of Downfall - Crumble Logos
46. Numbers 46: Divine Shadow Dragon - Dragluon
47. Numbers 47: Nightmare Shark
48. Numbers 48: Shadow Lich
49. Numbers 49: Bird of Secrets - Fortune Tune
50. Numbers 50: Black Corn-Go
51. Numbers 51: Finish Hold the Incredible Arm
52. Numbers 52: Diamond Crab King
53. Numbers 53: Fake-Bodied God - Heart-eartH
54. Numbers 54: Lionheart the Rebellious Fighter
55. Numbers 55: Gogogo Goliath
56. Numbers 56: Gold Rat
57. Numbers 57: Fumingly Swift Dragon - Tresragoon
58. Numbers 58: Evil Spirit of Fiery Pressure - Burner Visor
59. Numbers 59: Back the Cook / Numbers 59: Rebellious Chef
60. Numbers 60: Dugares the Timeless
61. Numbers 61: Volcasaurus
62. Numbers 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon / Numbers 62: Photonic Dragon Emperor with Galactic Eyes
63. Numbers 63: Oshamoji Soldier
64. Numbers 64: Sandayu the Old-Timer Tanuki
65. Numbers 65: Demon of Slicing Judgment - Judge Buster
66. Numbers 66: Beetle of the Supreme Key - Master Key Beetle
67. Numbers 67: Paradicemasher
68. Numbers 68: Fiendish Skyscraper Prison - Sandalphon
69. Numbers 69: God Medallion - Coat of Arms / Numbers 69: God of Heraldry - Coat of Arms
70. Numbers 70: Deadly Sin
71. Numbers 71: Levarian Shark
72. Numbers 72: Line Monster Chariots Rook
73. Numbers 73: God of the Raging Waterfalls - Abyss Splash
74. Numbers 74: Magical Clown - Missing Sword
75. Numbers 75: Gossip Shadow of Bewilderment
76. Numbers 76: Photochromic Perfumer of Harmonious Melodies - Gradière
77. Numbers 77: The Seven Sins
78. Numbers 78: Numbers Archive
79. Numbers 79: Burning Knuckler - Kaiser the Nova
80. Numbers 80: Supreme Overlord the Maniacal Armor - Rhapsody in Berserk
81. Numbers 81: Super-Dreadnought Turret Train - Superior Dora
82. Numbers 82: Heartlandraco
83. Numbers 83: Galaxy Queen
84. Numbers 84: Pain Gainer
85. Numbers 85: Crazy Box
86. Numbers 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomiant
87. Numbers 87: Beautiful Goddess of Snow, Moon, and Flowers - Queen of Nights
88. Numbers 88: Gimmick Puppet - Destiny Leo
89. Numbers 89: Diablosis the Digital-Brained Beast
90. Numbers 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord / Numbers 90: Photonic Lord with Galactic Eyes
91. Numbers 91: Thunder Spark Dragon
92. Numbers 92: Fake-Bodied God Dragon - Heart-eartH Dragon
93. Numbers 93: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Kaiser
94. Numbers 94: Princess of Absolute Ice - Crystal Zero
95. Numbers 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark-Matter Dragon
96. Numbers 96: Black Mist
97. Numbers 97: Dragon Shadow God - Dragravion
98. Numbers 98: Emperor of Despair - Hopeless
99. Numbers 99: Dragon Emperor of Wishes - Hope Dragoon
100. Numbers 100: Numeron Dragon
101. Numbers 101: Silent Honors Ark Knight / Numbers 101: S·H·Ark Knight
102. Numbers 102: Holy Lightning - Glorious Halo / Numbers 102: Luminous Angel - Glorious Halo
103. Numbers 103: Zero Maiden of the Gods' Funeral - Ragna Zero
104. Numbers 104: Masquerade Magician Shining / Numbers 104: Dancing Masked Mage - Shining
105. Numbers 105: Burning Knuckler - Cestus the Shooting Star
106. Numbers 106: Gigantic Rock Palm - Giant Hand
107. Numbers 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon / Numbers 107: Spatiotemporal Dragon with Galactic Eyes
108. Chaos Numbers 1: Gate of Chaos Numeron - Shinyunya
109. Chaos Numbers 5: Lifeless Dragon of Obscurity - Chaos Chimera Dragon
110. Chaos Numbers 6: OOPArts Chaos Atlantal / Chaos Numbers 6: Prehistoric Heritage - Chaos Atlantal
111. Chaos Numbers 9: Sky-Covering Ominous Star - Chaos Dyson Sphere
112. Chaos Numbers 15: Gimmick Puppet - Serial Killer
113. Chaos Numbers 32: Chomping Sea Dragon - Shark Drake Veiss
114. Chaos Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Ray
115. Chaos Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Ray V
116. Chaos Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Ray Victory
117. Chaos Numbers 40: Gimmick Puppet - Devil's Strings
118. Chaos Numbers 43: Soul-Puppeteering Ogre God - Chaos Marionetter
119. Chaos Numbers 65: Demon King of Slicing Judgment - Judge Devil
120. Chaos Numbers 69: Death Medallion - Chaos of Arms / Chaos Numbers 69: Death God of Heraldry - Chaos of Arms
121. Chaos Numbers 73: Torrential God of the Raging Waterfalls - Abyss Supra
122. Chaos Numbers 80: Supreme Overlord the Funeral Armor - Requiem in Berserk
123. Chaos Numbers 88: Gimmick Puppet - Disaster Leo
124. Chaos Numbers 92: Fake-Bodied Void Dragon - Heart-eartH Chaos Dragon
125. Chaos Numbers 96: Black Storm
126. Chaos Numbers 101: Silent Honors Dark Knight / Chaos Numbers 101: S·H·Dark Knight
127. Chaos Numbers 102: Unholy Lightning - Noble Demon / Chaos Numbers 102: Luminous Fallen Angel - Noble Demon
128. Chaos Numbers 103: Zero Maiden of the Gods' Funeral - Ragna Infinity
129. Chaos Numbers 104: Masquerade Magician Umbral / Chaos Numbers 104: Dancing Masked Mage - Umbral
130. Chaos Numbers 105: Burning Knuckler - Caestus the Comet
131. Chaos Numbers 106: Molten Rock Palm - Giant Hand-Red
132. Chaos Numbers 107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon / Chaos Numbers 107: Spatiotemporal Dragon with Supergalactic Eyes
133. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Roots
134. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Beyond the Hope
135. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Double
136. Shining Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope ONE
137. Shining Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope the Lightning
138. Shining Numbers 0: Hope Zexal
139. Future Numbers 0: Emperor of the Future - Hope
140. Future Numbers 0: Emperor of the Future - Hope -Future Slash-
141. Future Numbers 0: Dragon Emperor of the Future - Hope

Etymology and other trivia:

• Some of the Numbers are numbered based on goroawase ("phonetic matching")—an especially common form of Japanese wordplay whereby homophonous words are associated with a given series of letters, numbers, or symbols. (Japanese numbers have multiple possible readings, making this type of wordplay extremely potent.) The wordplay sometimes involves the numbers' English transliterations as well.
• The Gates of Numeron are named after the Sanskrit words for "one," "two," "three," and "four," respectively.
• 5 (go) is possibly a play on the similar gō sound in the Japanese word gōsei ("composite" or "mixed"), which has been used in several card names before to describe chimera-like creatures.
• 6 (roku) may have been chosen due to its phonetic similarity in Japanese to the word "rock." Atlantal comes from Atlantis.
• 7 is commonly regarded as being a lucky number. Lucky Stripe is named after a cigarette brand that appeared in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, a parody of the real-world brand Lucky Strike. The escaped prisoner who smoked that brand also had 777 tattooed across his forehead.
• The number 8 shares a resemblance to the double-helix structure of DNA. Genome Heriter is a corruption of hérite (French for "to inherit"), likely having the intended meaning of "successor."
• The Japanese word for 9 (kyū) shares its pronunciation with the one for "sphere." A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output.
• Numbers 10, 20, and 30 were all used by Kaito Tenjo in the anime (in that order). It is thought his last name containing "Ten" to be the reason why they're all pure multiples of ten.
• Illuminator could be 10 because the Japanese word for "white" (shiro) is goroawase for 46 ("4" can be read as shi, and "6" as ro), and 4 + 6 = 10. This is also the origin of Dragluon's number (46).
• Big Eye's number is likely from the fact the Roman numeral for 1 looks like the English letter I (a homophone for "eye").
• Crimson Shadow is a reference to Akakage (lit. "red shadow"), a fictional Japanese superhero from the Masked Hero Akakage series. It first appeared in Episode 12 of ZEXAL.
• Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve in the biblical Book of Genesis. The brothers made sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon God punished Cain by condemning him to a life of wandering. Cain's number is 13 due to it being an unlucky number in superstition, and its original depiction in the manga had a negative effect toward its owner. Abel's Devil had the same effect in the manga, so its number was just the inverse of Cain's Devil.
• Numbers 14, 21, 28, 35, 70, 77, and 84 are all references to the seven deadly sins, and their numbers are each divisible by 7.
• In Hindu mythology, the Sarameya are the sons of Sarama (a dog belonging to Indra and other devas), who serve as watch dogs for Yama (the lord of death).
• Giant Killer may have its number be 15 due to the fact if you convert 1 and 5 into Roman numerals, they spell out IV ("Four"), referring to this card's original owner in the ZEXAL anime.
• 16 is goroawase for iro (lit. "color"). Shock Ruler is a play on the Japanese counter for colors being pronounced shoku. It being a ruler of colors is a reference to the different colors of the card types it's able to restrict.
• Leveiss is a portmanteau of Leviathan, Weiß (German for "white"), and vice. Its original appeareance in the manga depicted the monster as completely white; its color scheme was changed for unknown reasons when it appeared in the anime.
• A plain coat is a coat of arms used by the head of a family, to be inherited by his first son upon his death. 18 might thus be goroawase for chichi ("father").
• 19 rotated 180 degrees is 61, referring to these two monsters' similar characteristics, and the fact they were used together during the same Duel in the anime.
• The kanji used to write out Giganto ("gigant") are the kanji for "ant," "rock," and "soil."
• Lady Justice the Frozen (Hyōketsu no Redī Jasutisu) is a pun on the fact the Japanese words for "freezing"/"frozen" and "verdict" are homophones (both pronounced hyōketsu). Justice can also be interpreted as "just ice."
• 22 might be goroawase for funi, possibly referring to funiku (lit. "carrion" or "decaying flesh"). Franken is a reference to both Frankenstein's monster and a Ken doll.
• 23 might be goroawase for tsumi ("sin"), as it was also played by Kyoji Yagumo in the ZEXAL manga, who initially possessed all the other Numbers based on the seven deadly sins.
• 24 is goroawase for fushi (lit. "immortal"). Dragulas may be a combination of dragon and Dracula.
• 25 is goroawase for niko ("bright smile"), probably referring to people smiling before getting their pictures taken. It may also be a reference to Nikon, a Japanese corporation famous for its cameras and other optical goods.
• 26 is goroawase for tsūro (Japanese for "pathway"). Octobypass is a portmanteau of octopus and bypass.
• 27 is goroawase for tsutsu ("gun barrel"). Dreadnoid is based on the HMS Dreadnought Royal Navy battleship.
• 28 is goroawase for tsuya ("youthfulness" or "love"), possibly referring to Kaito's and Haruto's childhood memories, since it was used by Haruto in the ZEXAL manga.
• 29 might be goroawase for niku, referring to nikukyū (the sole of a paw). Mannequin Cat is a play on manekineko (lit. "beckoning cat")—a figure of a cat with one paw raised, usually depicted on porcelain cat figurines.
• Acid Golem having the number 30 is probably because "acid" in Japanese is pronounced san, the same as the number three.
• 31 is goroawase for santo ("saint"), a reference to Abel being called a saint after having been murdered by his brother.
• 32 is goroawase for both mitsu (referring to the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni) and mizu (Japanese for "water"). Chomping Sea Dragon (Kaikōryū) can be interpreted as a homophone for Sea Emperor Dragon in Japanese.
• 33 is a reference to III, the character who first used this Numbers in the anime. It may also be goroawase for san (as in "sun"), a reference to Machu Picchu's Temple of the Sun. Machu=Mak is likely a twist on Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel.
• Tera-Byte comes from terabyte, a unit of digital information which equals approximately one trillion bytes. 34 might thus be a reference to 1 TB = 10^3*4 B.
• Ravenous Tarantula is based on the sin of gluttony.
• 36 might be goroawase for sanroku ("sun rock"), referring to how this monster functions as an engine built into Machu=Mak. Fork=Huyuk comes from Çatalhöyük, which was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia. Its name is made up of the Turkish words for "fork" and "tumulus."
• 37 is goroawase for mina (a corruption of minna, which is Japanese for "everyone"), a reference to how this monster symbolized all of the ZEXAL manga's characters joining forces after the main antagonist was revealed. The Woven part is read as shiki, most likely an attempt to make it sound similar to "Shark."
• 38 is goroawase for michi ("path"), probably symbolizing how this monster is meant to open up a path to hope. The Harbinger part of Titanic Galaxy's name is written with a kanji that's read as kai, a reference to Kaito, this monster's user in the manga.
• 37 and 38 were also specifically chosen to be two and one numbers below 39.
• 39 is goroawase for sankyū ("thank you")—commonly used in Japanese as a casual way to say thanks. It can also be goroawase for miku ("future"). Emperor of Wishes is actually better translated as Emperor of Hope; it is translated differently to avoid repetition.
• 40 is probably a reference to IV, this card's initial user in the anime.
• 41 is goroawase for yoi ("drunkenness"). Drunken Demon Beast of Drowziness (Deisuimajū) is a play on several Japanese words: deisui ("dead drunk"), suima ("drowziness"), and majū ("demon beast"). Bagooska is a corrupted portmanteau of baku (Japanese for "tapir") and gusuka (an idiom for "sleeping like a log").
• 42 might be a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a comedy science fiction franchise in which 42 is given as "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything." Starship Galaxy Tomahawk is based on the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, a semi-retired American single-seat, twin-engine stealth attack aircraft.
• 43 is goroawase for Yomi, the realm of the dead in Shinto mythology.
• 44 might be goroawase for shishi (a Japanese term for idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation), referring to Durbe, the one connected to this Legendary Numbers in the ZEXAL anime.
• 45 is goroawase for shigo (which in this case can be interpreted as meaning either "after death" or "dead language"/"obsolete word"). Logos means "the word of God, the logic that makes up the world" in Christology.
• 46 is goroawase for shiro ("white"). Dragluon is a portmanteau of dragon and gluon (an elementary particle that acts as the exchange particle for the strong force between quarks).
• 47 is goroawase for yona, which in this case comes from yonaka ("the dead of night"), referring to the Nightmare in this card's name.
• 49 is goroawase for yoku ("wing"). Fortune Tune (Fōchun Chun) is a play on the Japanese onomatopoeia chunchun ("chirp").
• Black Corn-Go is a play on Kongō (lit. "Indestructible Diamond")—a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War I and World War II. The Gō used in this card's name is a common suffix used to denote a ship's name. 50 might thus be goroawase for go-ō.
• 51 is goroawase for gowan, which is nearly the same as gōwan ("strong arm" in Japanese).
• 52 is the number of cards in a standard deck of playing cards, excluding the two Jokers. Diamond Crab King seems to be a reference to playing cards, as its Japanese name can also be interpreted as Diamond Club King ("diamond" and "club" being two of the suits among playing cards).
• 53 is goroawase for gomi ("trash" or "garbage"). The character who used it in the anime, Dr. Faker, played a Garbage Deck, for context. This is also why it's called a Fake-Bodied God.
• 55 is simply goroawase for gogo (to go along with the rest of the Gogogo in the name).
• Gold Rat is meant to be a play on gold rush (a discovery of gold that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune) and rat. 56 might have been chosen since go ("five") and roku ("six") match the initials of Gold Rat.
• 57 is goroawase for kona ("powder" or "dust"). Tresragoon is a portmanteau of tres (Spanish for "three"), trace (referring to its ATK-copying effect), and dragoon. Fumingly Swift Dragon (Funjinryū) uses the funjin that means "a stirring dash forward," but it's a phonetic pun on the Japanese word for "mineral dust" (funjin).
• 59 is goroawase for koku, which is similar to kokku ("cook").
• 60 is a reference to this being a common number for measuring time, as in there being 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. Dugares is based on duodecim (the Latin word for "twelve" and referring to the twelve numbers on a clock face) and the demon Agares, sometimes described as an old man riding upon a crocodile and carrying a hawk on his fist.
• The 62 written with Astral digits is the same as 39 (Hope's number) upside-down. It might also be goroawase for muni ("peerless" or "matchless").
• 63 is goroawase for mumi ("lacking taste"), referring to this card's holder in the manga, who was unable to cook good-tasting dishes until this card's powers overcame that problem. Oshamoji is a polite-speak rendition of shamoji ("rice paddle")—a large wooden spoon used to scoop or stir rice.
• 64 is likely goroawase for roshi (similar to rōshi, meaning "old sage"). Sandayu is named after Sandayu Momochi—a name commonly associated with one of the three Iga ninja leaders of the Warring States period. He is best known for defying Nobunaga during the riots in Iga. The phrase Old-Timer Tanuki (Furudanuki) is a Japanese idiom for a veteran or old-timer in a certain field.
• 65 is likely goroawase for mugo (referring to mugoi—"cruel" or "merciless"). Shredder Demon of Judgment (Saidanmajin) is a pun on the fact saidan is a homonym in Japanese for both "cutting" and "judgment."
• 66 is possibly a pun on roku ("six" in Japanese) sounding the same as the Japanese transliteration of lock.
• 67 likely represents this monster's effect of changing the highest-possible die result in the game (6) to a 7. This is a reference to an early chapter from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, in which Dark Yugi splits his opponent's die in two to change their die result to 7. Paradicemasher is a portmanteau of paradise, dice, and smasher.
• 68 is goroawase for roya (similar to rōya—"jail" in Japanese). Sandalphon is an archangel in Jewish and Christian writings, considered by some sources to be the twin brother of Metatron.
• 69 might have been an attempt to represent the yin-and-yang symbol. It might also be goroawase for muku(i) ("punishment" or "retribution"), as it was initially used by Tron in the ZEXAL anime, who was motivated by his desire for revenge.
• 70 was chosen as a reference to the seven deadly sins, as well as its name (Deadly Sin) itself.
• 71 is the inverse of 17, referring to this monster clearly being based on Numbers 17: Leveiss Shark. 71 is also a reference to Rank-Up Magic - The Seventh One, which this card's second effect is meant to be used with. Levarian is a portmanteau of re- (referring to its revival effect), Leveiss, and Varian (referring to Nasch from the ZEXAL anime, who got reborn in the Varian World and originally used Numbers 17).
• 72 likely gets its number from the shogi term Sleeve Rook (sodebisha in Japanese)—a Static Rook opening in which the rook is moved to the third file if played by Black or the seventh file if played by White (specifically to the 7-2 square, hence this monster's number).
• 73 is goroawase for nami ("wave").
• 74 is goroawase for nanashi (lit. "nameless," referring to its stealthy-looking appearance).
• 75 comes from the Japanese proverb, "People's rumors last for 75 days," meaning that rumors and gossip are never long-lasting.
• 76 might be goroawase for nanairo ("seven colors"), referring to the seven colors of the rainbow, or nari ("ringing" or "sound"). Gradière is a portmanteau of gradient and lumière (French for "light"). Photochromic Perfumer of Harmonious Melodies (Kaichōkōshi) is a Japanese portmanteau of kaichō ("harmonious melody"), chōkō ("photochromic"), and chōkōshi ("perfumer").
• 77 is again a callback to the seven deadly sins.
• 78 is goroawase for number (nan-ba). Its design is inspired after the Emperor's Key (from the ZEXAL anime) in its ship form.
• 79 is goroawase for naku, which sounds similar to the first two syllables of nakkuru (knuckle transliterated into Japanese).
• 80 is goroawase for haō ("overlord"). The Maniacal Armor part (Kyōsō) is a pun on kyōsōkyoku (Japanese for capriccio—a lively piece of music, typically one that is short and free in form). The English part of its name instead refers to a rhapsody—a free instrumental composition in one extended movement, typically one that is emotional or exuberant in character—which is commonly confused with the capriccio.
• 81 is possibly goroawase for tsuchi ("earth") or tsutsu ("gun barrel"), or it could be a reference to the caliber of the Schwerer Gustav, which was about 80 cm. Dora is the name of the second iteration of the Schwerer Gustav railway gun, used briefly during World War II.
• 82 is goroawase for ha-tsu ("hearts"). Heartlandraco is a portmanteau of Heartland (the city which is the primary setting of the ZEXAL anime and manga) and draco.
• 83 is a reference to March 8th (International Women's Day and celebrated as Mother's Day in some countries), referring to how this Numbers resembled the mother of the character who first used it in the ZEXAL anime. It could also be goroawase for yami ("darkness").
• 84 might be goroawase for chishi ("lethal" or "fatal") or the similar-sounding chishu ("spider").
• 85 is goroawase for hako ("box").
• 86 is goroawase for yari ("spear"). Rhonogmiant or Rhongomyniad was the spear of King Arthur in the Welsh Arthurian legends.
• 87 is goroawase for hana ("flower"). Beautiful Goddess of Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekkabishin) is a Japanese portmanteau of setsugekka (lit. "snow, moon, and flowers")—a Japanese expression and theme in art and design originating from a poem by Tang-dynasty poet Bai Juyi and a figure of speech for beautiful sceneries in nature—and gekkabijin, the Japanese name for the Dutchman's pipe cactus—a species of cactus also known as queen of the night.
• 88 might have been chosen due to August being the eighth month of the year and Leo the constellation governing a period of time that mainly falls in August.
• 89 is goroawase for haku, which is similar to hakku (the Japanese transliteration of the IT term "hack").
• 91 might be goroawase for kui (as in kuikku/"quick").
• 92 is goroawase for kuzu ("waste" or "garbage"), for the same reason as Numbers 53.
• 93 was chosen to be the inverse of 39.
• 95 might be goroawase for kūgō (the kalpa of nothingness and the final eon of the universe). Dark matter is a theoretical nonluminous material that is postulated to exist in space and that could take any of several forms including weakly interacting particles (cold dark matter) or high-energy randomly moving particles created soon after the Big Bang (hot dark matter).
• 96 is goroawase for kuro ("black").
• Dragravion is named after dragon and graviton—the hypothetical quantum of gravity, an elementary particle that mediates the force of gravity. Its title, Dragon Shadow God, is a reordering of Dragluon's title of Divine Shadow Dragon, and the font used for 97 makes the number look very similar to 46 when flipped.
• 98 might be goroawase for kuya (as in kuyaku, a Buddhist term for hardship and misfortune).
• 99 is a reference to Yuma Tsukumo, the protagonist of ZEXAL. The kanji in his last name can be literally translated as ninety-nine.
• 101 is the sum of 39 and 62, Yuma's and Kaito's signature Numbers, respectively, tying them together to Shark, who used this Numbers in the anime.
• Ragna Zero and Ragna Infinity are puns on Ragnarok (Ragunaroku in Japanese)—in Norse mythology, a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous great Norse mythological figures will perish. Roku can be interpreted as the number six in Japanese, and in their case it's been replaced with the numbers zero and infinity to get the names Ragna Zero and Ragna Infinity. Zero Maiden of the Gods' Funeral (Shinsōreijō) is another reference to Ragnarok and also a play on the Japanese phrase shinsō no reijō (lit. "daughter of the secluded room")—a term for a woman born into a high-ranking family and raised with great care.
• Shining and Umbral are a reference to the character Rei Shingetsu from the ZEXAL anime, who used both Shining and Umbral Decks before and after the reveal that he was part of the Seven Varian Emperors, respectively. The Masquerade part of their names is a reference to his good-guy act prior to the reveal.
• A cestus is a leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal, commonly used in Roman gladiatorial events. Caestus is the Latin root of the word.
• Gigantic Rock Palm (Kyōganshō) and Molten Rock Palm (Yōganshō) sound similar to each other in Japanese, and the ganshō part is a homophone for magma in Japanese. Hand-Red is a pun on hundred, referring to it being an Over-Hundred Numbers.
• Shinyunya (Shin-yoon-ya) is a corruption Śūnya (lit. "zero" or "empty" in Sanskrit).
• Chaos Chimera Dragon uses a different kanji for "dragon" than the one Death Chimera Dragon uses.
• Shark Drake Veiss is named similarly to Leveiss Dragon, another Numbers used by Shark in the ZEXAL anime and manga. Veiss is likely a double entendre on the German Weiß ("white") and vice.
• The V in Hope Ray V stands for Varian, since it was Summoned with Rank-Up Magic - Limited Varian's Force in the anime. It could also be a play on the phrase vain hope.
• Supra (Sūpura) is a Latin word meaning "above" or "superior." In Japanese, it sounds similar to the transliteration of splash (supurashhu).
• Funeral Armor (Sōsō) is a play on sōsōkyoku (the Japanese term for a funeral march—a slow march in a "simple duple" meter, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession). A requiem is a a piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
• Disaster Leo is likely named that way due to the word disaster coming from a Latin term meaning "bad star," and thus would represent the constellation Leo becoming unlucky or an ill omen.

No. COMPLETE FILE -PIECE OF MEMORIES- Bonus Cards

1. Chaos Numbers 1000: Illusory God of Emptiness - Numeronius
2. Chaos Imaginary Numbers 1000: Illusory Light God of Emptiness - Numeronius Numeronia
3. Numeron Chaos Ritual

Etymology:

• The Illusory part of their names (Mugen) is a homophone for "infinity" in Japanese. Based on their Summon chants in the anime, they're based on the Japanese four-character idiom tenjōmukyū ("as eternal as heaven and earth"), and their titles refer to how Don Thousand called the dreams of man an eternal illusion.

No. COMPLETE FILE -PIECE OF MEMORIES- Special Cards

1. Creator of Hope
2. Winning Formula
3. Creator of Miracles

No. COMPLETE FILE -PIECE OF MEMORIES-

Etymology/Translation Corner
This is a list of translated Japanese names for all of the cards in No. Complete File - Piece of Memories -. See below for further notes.
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1. Numbers 1: Gate of Numeron - Ekam
2. Numbers 2: Gate of Numeron - Dve
3. Numbers 3: Gate of Numeron - Trini
4. Numbers 4: Gate of Numeron - Catvari
5. Numbers 5: Lifeless Dragon of Obscurity - Death Chimera Dragon
6. Numbers 6: OOPArts Atlantal / Numbers 6: Prehistoric Heritage - Atlantal
7. Numbers 7: Lucky Stripe
8. Numbers 8: Heraldic King - Genome Heriter
9. Numbers 9: Sky-Covering Star - Dyson Sphere
10. Numbers 10: Shimmering White Knight - Illuminator
11. Numbers 11: Big Eye
12. Numbers 12: Armor Ninja Crimson Shadow
13. Numbers 13: Cain's Devil
14. Numbers 14: Sarameya the Greed
15. Numbers 15: Gimmick Puppet - Giant Killer
16. Numbers 16: Sovereign of Colors - Shock Ruler
17. Numbers 17: Leveiss Dragon
18. Numbers 18: Heraldic Progenitor - Plain Coat
19. Numbers 19: Freezerdon
20. Numbers 20: Giganto Brilli-Ant / Numbers 20: Rock-Soil Ant - Brilli-Ant
21. Numbers 21: Lady Justice the Frozen
22. Numbers 22: Franken / Numbers 22: Undecaying Ken
23. Numbers 23: Lancelot, Ghostly Knight of the Netherworld
24. Numbers 24: Dragulas the Vampiric Dragon
25. Numbers 25: Full-Metal Photoglide - Focus Force / Numbers 25: Heavy-Optics Movie Camera - Focus Force
26. Numbers 26: Dimensional Breachway - Octobypass
27. Numbers 27: Dreadnought Battleship - Dreadnoid
28. Numbers 28: Titanic Moth
29. Numbers 29: Mannequin Cat
30. Numbers 30: Acid Golem of Annihilation
31. Numbers 31: Abel's Devil
32. Numbers 32: Chomping Sea Dragon - Shark Drake
33. Numbers 33: OOPArts - Super-Weapon Machu=Mak / Numbers 33: Prehistoric Heritage - Super-Weapon Machu=Mak
34. Numbers 34: Computer Beast - Tera-Byte
35. Numbers 35: Ravenous Tarantula
36. Numbers 36: OOPArts - Super-Engine Fork=Huyuk / Numbers 36: Prehistoric Heritage - Super-Engine Fork=Huyuk
37. Numbers 37: Hope-Woven Dragon - Spider Shark
38. Numbers 38: Hope-Harbinger Dragon - Titanic Galaxy
39. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope
40. Numbers 40: Gimmick Puppet - Heaven's Strings
41. Numbers 41: Drunken Demon Beast of Drowziness - Bagooska
42. Numbers 42: Starship Galaxy Tomahawk
43. Numbers 43: Soul-Puppeteering Ogre - Soul Marionetter
44. Numbers 44: Winged White Horse - Sky Pegasus
45. Numbers 45: Prophet of Downfall - Crumble Logos
46. Numbers 46: Divine Shadow Dragon - Dragluon
47. Numbers 47: Nightmare Shark
48. Numbers 48: Shadow Lich
49. Numbers 49: Bird of Secrets - Fortune Tune
50. Numbers 50: Black Corn-Go
51. Numbers 51: Finish Hold the Incredible Arm
52. Numbers 52: Diamond Crab King
53. Numbers 53: Fake-Bodied God - Heart-eartH
54. Numbers 54: Lionheart the Rebellious Fighter
55. Numbers 55: Gogogo Goliath
56. Numbers 56: Gold Rat
57. Numbers 57: Fumingly Swift Dragon - Tresragoon
58. Numbers 58: Evil Spirit of Fiery Pressure - Burner Visor
59. Numbers 59: Back the Cook / Numbers 59: Rebellious Chef
60. Numbers 60: Dugares the Timeless
61. Numbers 61: Volcasaurus
62. Numbers 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon / Numbers 62: Photonic Dragon Emperor with Galactic Eyes
63. Numbers 63: Oshamoji Soldier
64. Numbers 64: Sandayu the Old-Timer Tanuki
65. Numbers 65: Demon of Slicing Judgment - Judge Buster
66. Numbers 66: Beetle of the Supreme Key - Master Key Beetle
67. Numbers 67: Paradicemasher
68. Numbers 68: Fiendish Skyscraper Prison - Sandalphon
69. Numbers 69: God Medallion - Coat of Arms / Numbers 69: God of Heraldry - Coat of Arms
70. Numbers 70: Deadly Sin
71. Numbers 71: Levarian Shark
72. Numbers 72: Line Monster Chariots Rook
73. Numbers 73: God of the Raging Waterfalls - Abyss Splash
74. Numbers 74: Magical Clown - Missing Sword
75. Numbers 75: Gossip Shadow of Bewilderment
76. Numbers 76: Photochromic Perfumer of Harmonious Melodies - Gradière
77. Numbers 77: The Seven Sins
78. Numbers 78: Numbers Archive
79. Numbers 79: Burning Knuckler - Kaiser the Nova
80. Numbers 80: Supreme Overlord the Maniacal Armor - Rhapsody in Berserk
81. Numbers 81: Super-Dreadnought Turret Train - Superior Dora
82. Numbers 82: Heartlandraco
83. Numbers 83: Galaxy Queen
84. Numbers 84: Pain Gainer
85. Numbers 85: Crazy Box
86. Numbers 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomiant
87. Numbers 86: Beautiful Goddess of Snow, Moon, and Flowers - Queen of Nights
88. Numbers 88: Gimmick Puppet - Destiny Leo
89. Numbers 89: Diablosis the Digital-Brained Beast
90. Numbers 90: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Lord / Numbers 90: Photonic Lord with Galactic Eyes
91. Numbers 91: Thunder Spark Dragon
92. Numbers 92: Fake-Bodied God Dragon - Heart-eartH Dragon
93. Numbers 93: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Kaiser
94. Numbers 94: Princess of Absolute Ice - Crystal Zero
95. Numbers 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark-Matter Dragon
96. Numbers 96: Black Mist
97. Numbers 97: Dragon Shadow God - Dragravion
98. Numbers 98: Emperor of Despair - Hopeless
99. Numbers 99: Dragon Emperor of Wishes - Hope Dragoon
100. Numbers 100: Numeron Dragon
101. Numbers 101: Silent Honors Ark Knight / Numbers 101: S·H·Ark Knight
102. Numbers 102: Holy Lightning - Glorious Halo / Numbers 102: Luminous Angel - Glorious Halo
103. Numbers 103: Zero Maiden of the Gods' Funeral - Ragna Zero
104. Numbers 104: Masquerade Magician Shining / Numbers 104: Dancing Masked Mage - Shining
105. Numbers 105: Burning Knuckler - Cestus the Shooting Star
106. Numbers 106: Gigantic Rock Palm - Giant Hand
107. Numbers 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon / Numbers 107: Spatiotemporal Dragon with Galactic Eyes
108. Chaos Numbers 1: Gate of Chaos Numeron - Shinyunya
109. Chaos Numbers 5: Lifeless Dragon of Obscurity - Chaos Chimera Dragon
110. Chaos Numbers 6: OOPArts Chaos Atlantal / Chaos Numbers 6: Prehistoric Heritage - Chaos Atlantal
111. Chaos Numbers 9: Sky-Covering Ominous Star - Chaos Dyson Sphere
112. Chaos Numbers 15: Gimmick Puppet - Serial Killer
113. Chaos Numbers 32: Chomping Sea Dragon - Shark Drake Veiss
114. Chaos Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Ray
115. Chaos Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Ray V
116. Chaos Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Ray Victory
117. Chaos Numbers 40: Gimmick Puppet - Devil's Strings
118. Chaos Numbers 43: Soul-Puppeteering Ogre God - Chaos Marionetter
119. Chaos Numbers 65: Demon King of Slicing Judgment - Judge Devil
120. Chaos Numbers 69: Death Medallion - Chaos of Arms / Chaos Numbers 69: Death God of Heraldry - Chaos of Arms
121. Chaos Numbers 73: Torrential God of the Raging Waterfalls - Abyss Supra
122. Chaos Numbers 80: Supreme Overlord the Funeral Armor - Requiem in Berserk
123. Chaos Numbers 88: Gimmick Puppet - Disaster Leo
124. Chaos Numbers 92: Fake-Bodied Void Dragon - Heart-eartH Chaos Dragon
125. Chaos Numbers 96: Black Storm
126. Chaos Numbers 101: Silent Honors Dark Knight / Chaos Numbers 101: S·H·Dark Knight
127. Chaos Numbers 102: Unholy Lightning - Noble Demon / Chaos Numbers 102: Luminous Fallen Angel - Noble Demon
128. Chaos Numbers 103: Zero Maiden of the Gods' Funeral - Ragna Infinity
129. Chaos Numbers 104: Masquerade Magician Umbral / Chaos Numbers 104: Dancing Masked Mage - Umbral
130. Chaos Numbers 105: Burning Knuckler - Caestus the Comet
131. Chaos Numbers 106: Molten Rock Palm - Giant Hand-Red
132. Chaos Numbers 107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon / Chaos Numbers 107: Spatiotemporal Dragon with Supergalactic Eyes
133. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Roots
134. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Beyond the Hope
135. Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope Double
136. Shining Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope ONE
137. Shining Numbers 39: Emperor of Wishes - Hope the Lightning
138. Shining Numbers 0: Hope Zexal
139. Future Numbers 0: Emperor of the Future - Hope
140. Future Numbers 0: Emperor of the Future - Hope -Future Slash-
141. Future Numbers 0: Dragon Emperor of the Future - Hope

Etymology and other trivia:

• Some of the Numbers are numbered based on goroawase ("phonetic matching")—an especially common form of Japanese wordplay whereby homophonous words are associated with a given series of letters, numbers, or symbols. (Japanese numbers have multiple possible readings, making this type of wordplay extremely potent). The wordplay sometimes involves the numbers' English transliterations as well.
• The Gates of Numeron are named after the Sanskrit words for "one," "two," "three," and "four," respectively.
• 6 (roku) may have been chosed due to its phonetic similarity in Japanese to the word "rock." Atlantal comes from Atlantis.
• 7 is commonly regarded as being a lucky number. Lucky Stripe is named after a cigarette brand that appeared in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, a parody of the real-world brand Lucky Strike. The escaped prisoner who smoked that brand also had 777 tattooed across his forehead.
• The number 8 shares a resemblance to the double-helix structure of DNA. Genome Heriter is a corruption of hérite (French for "to inherit"), likely having the intended meaning of "successor."
• The Japanese word for 9 (kyū) shares its pronunciation with the one for "sphere." A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that completely encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output.
• Numbers 10, 20, and 30 were all used by Kaito Tenjo in the anime (in that order). It is thought his last name containing "Ten" to be the reason why they're all pure multiples of ten.
• Illuminator could be 10 because the Japanese word for "white" (shiro) is goroawase for 46 ("4" can be read as shi, and "6" as ro), and 4 + 6 = 10. This is also the origin of Dragluon's number (46).
• Big Eye's number is likely from the fact the Roman numeral for 1 looks like the English letter I (a homophone for "eye").
• Crimson Shadow is a reference to Akakage (lit. "red shadow"), a fictional Japanese superhero from the Masked Hero Akakage series. It first appeared in Episode 12 of ZEXAL.
• Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve in the biblical Book of Genesis. The brothers made sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupon God punished Cain by condemning him to a life of wandering. Cain's number is 13 due to it being an unlucky number in superstition, and its original depiction in the manga had a negative effect toward its owner. Abel's Devil had the same effect in the manga, so its number was just the inverse of Cain's Devil.
• Numbers 14, 21, 28, 35, 70, 77, and 84 are all references to the seven deadly sins, and their numbers are each divisible by 7.
• In Hindu mythology, the Sarameya are the sons of Sarama (a dog belonging to Indra and other devas), who serve as watch dogs for Yama (the lord of death).
• Giant Killer may have its number be 15 due to the fact if you convert 1 and 5 into Roman numerals, they spell out IV ("Four"), referring to this card's original owner in the ZEXAL anime.
• 16 is goroawase for iro (lit. "color"). Shock Ruler is a play on the Japanese counter for colors being pronounced shoku. It being a ruler of colors is a reference to the different colors of the card types it's able to restrict.
• Leveiss is a portmanteau of Leviathan, Weiß (German for "white"), and vice. Its original appeareance in the manga depicted the monster as completely white; its color scheme was changed for unknown reason when it appeared in the anime.
• A plain coat is a coat of arms used by the head of a family, to be inherited by his first son upon his death. 18 might thus be goroawase for chichi ("father").
• 19 rotated 180 degrees is 61, referring to these two monsters' similar characteristics, and the fact they were used together during the same Duel in the anime.
• The kanji used to write out Giganto ("gigant") are the kanji for "ant," "rock," and "soil."
• Lady Justice the Frozen (Hyōketsu no Redī Jasutisu) is a pun on the fact the Japanese words for "freezing"/"frozen" and "verdict" are homophones (both pronounced hyōketsu). Justice can also be interpreted as "just ice."
• 22 might be goroawase for funi, possibly referring to funiku (lit. "carrion" or "decaying flesh"). Franken is a reference to both Frankenstein's monster and a Ken doll.
• 23 might be goroawase for tsumi ("sin"), as it was also played by Kyoji Yagumo in the ZEXAL manga, who initially possessed all the other Numbers based on the seven deadly sins.
• 24 is goroawase for fushi (lit. "immortal"). Dragulas may be a combination of dragon and Dracula.
• 25 is goroawase for niko ("bright smile"), probably referring to people smiling before getting their pictures taken. It may also be a reference to Nikon, a Japanese corporation famous for its cameras and other optical goods.
• 26 is goroawase for tsūro (Japanese for "pathway"). Octobypass is a portmanteau of octopus and bypass.
• 27 is goroawase for tsutsu ("gun barrel"). Dreadnoid is based on the HMS Dreadnought Royal Navy battleship.
• 28 is goroawase for tsuya ("youthfulness" or "love"), possibly referring to Kaito's and Haruto's childhood memories, since it was used by Haruto in the ZEXAL manga.
• 29 might be goroawase for niku, referring to nikukyū (the sole of a paw). Mannequin Cat is a play on manekineko (lit. "beckoning cat")—a figure of a cat with one paw raised, usually depicted on porcelain cat figurines.
• Acid Golem having the number 30 is probably because "acid" in Japanese is pronounced san, the same as the number three.
• 31 is goroawase for santo ("saint"), a reference to Abel being called a saint after having been murdered by his brother.
• 32 is goroawase for both mitsu (referring to the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni) and mizu (Japanese for "water"). Chomping Sea Dragon (Kaikōryū) can be interpreted as a homophone for Sea Emperor Dragon in Japanese.
• 33 is a reference to III, the character who first used this Numbers in the anime. It may also be goroawase for san (as in "sun"), a reference to Machu Picchu's Temple of the Sun. Machu=Mak is likely a twist on Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel.
• Tera-Byte comes from terabyte, a unit of digital information which equals approximately one trillion bytes. 34 might thus be a reference to 1 TB = 10^3*4 B.
• Ravenous Tarantula is based on the sin of gluttony.
• 36* might be goroawase for sanroku ("sun rock"), referring to how this monster functions as an engine built into Machu=Mak. Fork=Huyuk comes from Çatalhöyük, which was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia. Its name is made up of the Turkish words for "fork" and "tumulus."
• 37 is goroawase for mina (a corruption of minna, which is Japanese for "everyone"), a reference to how this monster symbolized all of the ZEXAL manga's characters joining forces after the main antagonist was revealed. The Woven part is read as shiki, most likely an attempt to make it sound similar to "Shark."
• 38 is goroawase for michi ("path"), probably symbolizing how this monster is meant to open up a path to hope. The Harbinger part of Titanic Galaxy's name is written with a kanji that's read as kai, a reference to Kaito, this monster's user in the manga.
• 37 and 38 were also specifically chosen to be two and one numbers below 39.
• 39 is goroawase for sankyū ("thank you")—commonly used in Japanese as a casual way to say thanks. It can also be goroawase for miku ("future"). Emperor of Wishes is actually better translated as Emperor of Hope; it is translated differently to avoid repetition.
• 40 is probably a reference to IV, this card's initial user in the anime.
• 41 is goroawase for yoi ("drunkenness"). Drunken Demon Beast of Drowziness (Deisuimajū) is a play on several Japanese words: deisui ("dead drunk"), suima ("drowziness"), and majū ("demon beast"). *Bagooska is a corrupted portmanteau of baku (Japanese for "tapir") and gusuka (an idiom for "sleeping like a log").
• Starship Galaxy Tomahawk is based on the the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, a semi-retired American single-seat, twin-engine stealth attack aircraft.
• 43 is goroawase for Yomi, the realm of the dead in Shinto mythology.
• 44 might be goroawase for shishi (a Japanese term for idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation), referring to Durbe, the one connected to this Legendary Numbers in the ZEXAL anime.
• 45 is goroawase for shigo (which in this can be interpreted as meaning either "after death" or "dead language"/"obsolete word"). Logos means "the word of God, the logic that makes up the world" in Christology.
• 46 is goroawase for shiro ("white"). Dragluon is a portmanteau of dragon and gluon (an elementary particle that acts as the exchange particle for the strong force between quarks).
• 47 is goroawase for yona, which in this case comes from yonaka ("the dead of night"), referring to the Nightmare in this card's name.
• 49 is goroawase for yoku ("wing"). Fortune Tune (Fōchun Chun) is a play on the Japanese onomatopoeia chunchun ("chirp").
• Black Corn-Go is a play on Kongō (lit. "Indestructible Diamond")—a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War I and World War II. The Gō used in this card's name is a common suffix used to denote a ship's name. 50 might thus be goroawase for go-ō.
• 51 is goroawase for gowan, which is nearly the same as gōwan ("strong arm" in Japanese).
• 52 is the number of cards in a standard deck of playing cards, excluding the two Jokers.Diamond Crab King seems to be a refernce to playing cards, as its Japanese name can also be interpreted as Diamond Club King ("diamond" and "club" being two of the suits among playing cards).
• 53 is goroawase for gomi ("trash" or "garbage"). The character who used it in the anime, Dr. Faker, played a Garbage Deck, for context. This is also why it's called a Fake-Bodied God.
• 55 is simply goroawase for gogo (to go along with the rest of the Gogogo in the name).
• Gold Rat is meant to be a play on gold rush (a discovery of gold that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune) and rat. 56 might have been chosen since go ("five") and roku ("six") match the initials of Gold Rat.
• 57 is goroawase for kona ("powder" or "dust"). Tresragoon is a portmanteau of tres (Spanish for "three"), trace (referring to its ATK-copying effect), and dragoon. Fumingly Swift Dragon (Funjinryū) uses the funjin that means "a stirring dash forward," but it's a phonetic pun on the Japanese word for "mineral dust" (funjin).
• 59 is goroawase for koku, which is similar to kokku ("cook").
• 60 is a reference to this being a common number for measuring time, as in there being 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour.Dugares is based on duodecim (the Latin word for "twelve" and referring to the twelve numbers on a clock face) and the demon Agares, sometimes described as an old man riding upon a crocodile and carrying a hawk on his fist.
• The 62 written with Astral digits is the same as 39 (Hope's number) upside-down. It might also be goroawase for muni ("peerless" or "matchless").
• 63 is goroawase for mumi ("lacking taste"), referring to this card's holder in the manga, who was unable to cook good-tasting dishes until this card's powers overcame that problem. Oshamoji is a polite-speak rendition of shamoji ("rice paddle")—a large wooden spoon used to scoop or stir rice.
• 64 is likely goroawase for roshi (similar to rōshi, meaning "old sage"). Sandayu is named after Sandayu Momochi—a name commonly associated with one of the three Iga ninja leaders of the Warring States period. He is best known for defying Nobunaga during the riots in Iga. The phrase Old-Timer Tanuki (Furudanuki) is a Japanese idiom for a veteran or old-timer in a certain field.
• 65 is likely goroawase for mugo (referring to mugoi—"cruel" or "merciless"). Shredder Demon of Judgment (Saidanmajin) is a pun on the fact saidan is a homonym in Japanese for both "cutting" and "judgment."
• 66 is possibly a pun on roku ("six" in Japanese) sounding the same as the Japanese transliteration of lock.
• 67 likely represents this monster's effect of changing the highest-possible die result in the game (6) to a 7. This is a reference to an early chapter from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, in which Dark Yugi splits his opponent's die in two to change their die result to 7. Paradicemasher is a portmanteau of paradise, dice, and smasher.
• 68 is goroawase for roya (similar to rōya—"jail" in Japanese). Sandalphon is an archangel in Jewish and Christian writings, considered by some sources to be the twin brother of Metatron.
• 69 might have been an attempt to represent the yin-and-yang symbol. It might also be goroawase for muku(i) ("punishment" or "retribution"), as it was initially used by Tron in the ZEXAL anime, who was motivated by his desire for revenge.
• 70 was chosen as a reference to the seven deadly sins, as well as its name (Deadly Sin) itself.
• 71 is the inverse of 17, referring to this monster clearly being based on Numbers 17: Leveiss Shark. 71 is also a reference to Rank-Up Magic - The Seventh One, which this card's second effect is meant to be used with. Levarian is a portmanteau of re- (referring to its revival effect), Leveiss, and Varian (referring to Nasch from the ZEXAL anime, who got reborn in the Varian World and originally used Numbers 17).
• 72 likely gets its number from the shogi term Sleeve Rook (sodebisha in Japanese)—a Static Rook opening in which the rook is moved to the third file if played by Black or the seventh file if played by White (specifically to the 7-2 square, hence this monster's number).
• 73 is goroawase for nami ("wave").
• 74 is goroawase for nanashi (lit. "nameless," referring to its stealthy-looking appearance).
• 75 comes from the Japanese proverb, "People's rumors last for 75 days," meaning that rumors and gossip are never long-lasting.
• 76 might be goroawase for nanairo ("seven colors"), referring to the seven colors of the rainbow, or nari ("ringing" or "sound"). Gradière is a portmanteau of gradient and lumière (French for "light"). Photochromic Perfumer of Harmonious Melodies (Kaichōkōshi) is a Japanese portmanteau of kaichō ("harmonious melody"), chōkō ("photochromic"), and chōkōshi ("perfumer").
• 77 is again a callback to the seven deadly sins.
• 78 is goroawase for number (nan-ba). Its design is inspired after the Emperor's Key (from the ZEXAL anime) in its ship form.
• 79 is goroawase for naku, which sounds similar to the first two syllables of nakkuru (knuckle transliterated into Japanese).
• 80 is goroawase for haō ("overlord"). The Maniacal Armor part (Kyōsō) is a pun on kyōsōkyoku (Japanese for capriccio—a lively piece of music, typically one that is short and free in form). The English part of its name instead refers to a rhapsody—a free instrumental composition in one extended movement, typically one that is emotional or exuberant in character—which is commonly confused with the capriccio.
• 81 is possibly goroawase for tsuchi ("earth") or tsutsu ("gun barrel"), or it could be a reference to the caliber of the Schwerer Gustav, which was about 80 cm. Dora is the name of the second interation of the Schwerer Gustav railway gun, used briefly during World War II.
• 82 is goroawase for ha-tsu ("hearts"). Heartlandraco is a portmanteau of Heartland (the city which is the primary setting of the ZEXAL anime and manga) and draco.
• 83 is a reference to March 8th (International Women's Day and celebrated as Mother's Day in some countries), referring to how this Numbers resembled the mother of the character who first used it in the ZEXAL anime. It could also be goroawase for yami ("darkness").
• 84 might be goroawase for chishi ("lethal" or "fatal") or the similar-sounding chishu ("spider").
• 85 is goroawase for hako ("box").
• 86 is goroawase for yari ("spear"). Rhonogmiant or Rhongomyniad was the spear of King Arthur in the Welsh Arthurian legends.
• 87 is goroawase for hana ("flower"). Beautiful Goddess of Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekkabishin) is a Japanese portmanteau of setsugekka (lit. "snow, moon, and flowers")—a Japanese expression and theme in art and design originating from a poem by Tang-dynasty poet Bai Juyi and a figure of speech for beautiful sceneries in nature—and gekkabijin, the Japanese name for the Dutchman's pipe cactus—a species of cactus also known as queen of the night.
• 88 might have been chosen due to August beeing the eighth month of the year and Leo the constellation governing a period of time that mainly falls in August.
• 89 is goroawase for haku, which is similar to hakku (the Japanese transliteration of the IT term "hack").
• 91 might be goroawase for kui (as in kuikku/"quick").
• 92 is goroawase for kuzu ("waste" or "garbage"), for the same reason as Numbers 53.
• 93 was chosen to be the inverse of 39.
• 95 might be goroawase for kūgō (the kalpa of nothingness and the final eon of the universe). Dark matter is a theoretical nonluminous material that is postulated to exist in space and that could take any of several forms including weakly interacting particles (cold dark matter) or high-energy randomly moving particles created soon after the Big Bang (hot dark matter).
• 96 is goroawase for kuro ("black").
• Dragravion is named after dragon and graviton—the hypothetical quantum of gravity, an elementary particle that mediates the force of gravity. Its title, Dragon Shadow God, is a reordering of Dragluon's title of Divine Shadow Dragon, and the font used for 97 makes the number look very similar to 46 when flipped.
• 98 might be goroawase for kuya (as in kuyaku, a Buddhist term for hardship and misfortune).
• 99 is a reference to Yuma Tsukumo, the protagonist of ZEXAL. The kanji in his last name can be literally translated as ninety-nine.
• 101 is the sum of 39 and 62, Yuma's and Kaito's signature Numbers, respectively, tying them together to Shark, who used this Numbers in the anime.
• Ragna Zero and Ragna Infinity are puns on Ragnarok (Ragunaroku in Japanese)—in Norse mythology, a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous great Norse mythological figures will perish. Roku can be interpreted as the number six in Japanese, and in their case it's been replaced with the numbers zero and infinity to get the names Ragna Zero and Ragna Infinity. Zero Maiden of the Gods' Funeral (Shinsōreijō) is another reference to Ragnarok and also a play on the Japanese phrase shinsō no reijō (lit. "daughter of the secluded room")—a term for woman born into a high-ranking family and raised with great care.
• Shining and Umbral are a reference to the character Rei Shingetsu from the ZEXAL anime, who used both Shining and Umbral Decks before and after the reveal that he was part of the Seven Varian Emperors, respectively. The Masquerade part of their names is a reference to his good-guy act prior to the reveal.
• A cestus is a leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal, commonly used in Roman gladiatorial events. Caestus is the Latin root of the word.
• Gigantic Rock Palm (Kyōganshō) and Molten Rock Palm (Yōganshō) sound similar to each other in Japanese, and the ganshō part is a homophone for magma in Japanese. Hand-Red is a pun on hundred, referring to it being an Over-Hundred Numbers.
• Shinyunya (Shin-yoon-ya) is a corruption Śūnya (lit. "zero" or "empty" in Sanskrit).
• Chaos Chimera Dragon uses a different kanji for "dragon" than the one Death Chimera Dragon uses.
• Shark Drake Veiss is named similarly to Leveiss Dragon, another Numbers used by Shark in the ZEXAL anime and manga. Veiss is likely a double entendre on the German Weiß ("white") and vice.
• The V in Hope Ray V stands for Varian, since it was Summoned with Rank-Up Magic - Limited Varian's Force in the anime. It could also be a play on the phrase vain hope.
• Supra (Sūpura) is a Latin word meaning "above" or "superior." In Japanese, it sounds similar to the transliteration of splash (supurashhu).
• Funeral Armor (Sōsō) is a play on sōsōkyoku (the Japanese term for a funeral march—a slow march in a "simple duple" meter, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession). A requiem is a a piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
• Disaster Leo is likely named that way due to the word disaster coming from a Latin term meaning "bad star," and thus would represent the constellation Leo becoming unlucky or an ill omen.

No. COMPLETE FILE -PIECE OF MEMORIES- Bonus Cards

1. Chaos Numbers 1000: Illusory God of Emptiness - Numeronius
2. Chaos Imaginary Numbers 1000: Illusory Light God of Emptiness - Numeronius Numeronia
3. Numeron Chaos Ritual

Etymology:

• The Illusory part of their names (Mugen) is a homophone for "infinity" in Japanese. Based on their Summon chants in the anime, they're based on the Japanese four-character idiom tenjōmukyū ("as eternal as heaven and earth"), and their titles refer to how Don Thousand called the dreams of man an eternal illusion.

No. COMPLETE FILE -PIECE OF MEMORIES- Special Cards

1. Creator of Hope
2. Winning Formula
3. Creator of Miracles

On the day that I posted this, 5-28-2023, it would have been an entire year since I started collecting the daily word that Bing offers every day. For those of you don’t know, if you search for “Word of the day” on Bing, you will find a unique vocabulary word that is specific to each day. That’s what I’ve been documenting for the past year.
I started collecting the words back on May 29, 2022. I kept them in a plain text document that I named word-of-the-day.txt. This document was going to store my words in a specific format, which you will see below. I appended to this document every day in the summer using Windows Notepad, until I eventually moved the document to my Google Drive. This allowed me to hook up multiple automations to it, like a Siri Shortcut that would get the latest word and allow me to append it. Once April of 2023 (or even earlier) came around, I decided to change to only updating it every 6 days since my life was getting a bit busier then. And when I wasn’t automating, I would manually add the daily word as part of my MicrosoftRewards routine (sometimes, but only when I had the extra time for it)
Doing this isn’t as easy as going back to add all 365 words right before I published this. That is because there is a limit to how far back one can go in the daily words — after 7 days a word disappears from the end of the list and is lost forever. This meant that I had to stay on top of the word list, which I did do pretty consistently until I missed on day on June 30th. But that’s ok, as we all make mistakes.
While I was keeping track of the words that Bing offered every day, I learned some interesting things. Discovering a new word every day slowly strengthened my vocabulary to be more eclectic. I used these words in various things like stories, or just to confuse people that had never heard of the words. And with more words, what started as a hobby to collect the words became a project to archive the WOTD for an entire year.
A lot can happen in a single year. When I started, I didn't even have a Reddit account, and it was late May around the time where everyone gets out of school that I started making the list. Now it’s the end of another school year. I am completely different person.
So with that context and reflection, I would say that it is about time to show you the list that I’ve been collecting:*
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~2022~

[001] May 29 - tenacious - tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely [002] May 30 - empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another [003] May 31 - prate - talk foolishly or at tedious length about something [004] June 01 - cerulean - deep blue in color like a clear sky [005] June 02 - redolent - strongly reminiscent or suggestive of [006] June 03 - diaphanous - (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent [007] June 04 - sillage - the degree to which a perfume's fragrance lingers in the air when worn [008] June 05 - desultory - lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm [009] June 06 - mercurial - (of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind; of or containing the element mercury [010] June 07 - fawn - a young deer in its first year; a light yellowish-brown color [011] June 08 - estuary - the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream [012] June 09 - mellifluous - (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear: [013] June 10 - zippy - bright, fresh, or lively [014] June 11 - lush - (of vegetation) growing luxuriantly [015] June 12 - bucolic - relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life [016] June 13 - verdant - of the bright green color of lush grass [017] June 14 - regal - of, resembling, or fit for a monarch, especially in being magnificent or dignified [018] June 15 - pyrrhic - (of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor [019] June 16 - picturesque - visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style [020] June 17 - myriad - a countless or extremely great number [021] June 18 - gleaming - (of a smooth surface) reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished [022] June 19 - deafening - (of a noise) so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else [023] June 20 - aberration - a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome [024] June 21 - pleonasm - the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g. see with one's eyes), either as a fault of style or for emphasis [025] June 22 - Instigate - bring about or initiate (an action or event) [026] June 23 - dubious - hesitating or doubting [027] June 24 - noxious - harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant [028] June 25 - calumny - the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander [029] June 26 - abscond - leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft [030] June 27 - predilection - a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something [031] June 28 - equivocal - open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous [032] June 29 - pernicious - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way [033] June 30 - ??? [034] July 01 - languor - the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia [035] July 02 - obsolete - no longer produced or used; out of date [036] July 03 - ambiguous - (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning [037] July 04 - patriotism - the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one's country [038] July 05 - carouse - drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way [039] July 06 - insurgent - a rebel or revolutionary [040] July 07 - oligarchy - a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution [041] July 08 - loyalist - a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt [042] July 09 - veracity - conformity to facts; accuracy [043] July 10 - rescind - revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement) [044] July 11 - malarkey - meaningless talk; nonsense [045] July 12 - epoch - a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics [046] July 13 - abrogate - repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) [047] July 14 - laconic - (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words [048] July 15 - prepossessing - attractive or appealing in appearance [049] July 16 - sonorous - (of a voice) imposingly deep and full [recovered, assumed] [050] July 17 - bombinate - buzz; hum [051] July 18 - altruistic - showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish [052] July 19 - upbraid - find fault with (someone); scold [053] July 20 - maelstrom - a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river [054] July 21 - illusory - based on illusion; not real [055] July 22 - lethargy - lack of energy and enthusiasm [056] July 23 - ethereal - extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world [057] July 24 - syzygy - a conjunction or opposition, especially of the moon with the sun [058] July 25 - phosphene - a ring or spot of light produced by pressure on the eyeball or direct stimulation of the visual system other than by light [059] July 26 - vacuous - having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless [060] July 27 - oleaginous - rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily or greasy [061] July 28 - ignominious - deserving or causing public disgrace or shame [062] July 29 - parsimonious - unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal [063] July 30 - treachery - betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature [064] July 31 - verisimilitude - the appearance of being true or real [065] August 01 - luminescence - the emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence [066] August 02 - susurration - whispering, murmuring, or rustling [067] August 03 - accost - approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively [068] August 04 - clamor - a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently. [069] August 05 - mendacious - not telling truth, lying [070] August 06 - dilly-dally - waste time through aimless wandering or indecision [071] August 07 - neophyte - a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief [072] August 08 - purist - person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in a language or style [073] August 09 - bellicose - demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight [074] August 10 - duplicity - deceitfulness; double-dealing [075] August 11 - deus ex machina - an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel. [076] August 12 - supine - (of a person) lying face upward [077] August 13 - nebulous - in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy [078] August 14 - viscosity - the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction [079] August 15 - lampoon - publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm [080] August 16 - fatuous - silly and pointless [081] August 17 - effervescence - bubbles in a liquid; fizz [082] August 18 - defenestration - the action of throwing someone out of a window [083] August 19 - acumen - the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain [084] August 20 - tempest - a violent windy storm [085] August 21 - repartee - conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies [086] August 22 - chuffed - very pleased [087] August 23 - iridescent - showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles [088] August 24 - archetypal - Very typical of a certain kind of person of thing [089] August 25 - forbearance - patient self-control; restraint and tolerance [090] August 26 - stoic - a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining [091] August 27 - officious - assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters [092] August 28 - maudlin - self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness [093] August 29 - oblivion - the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening [094] August 30 - scintillating - sparkling or shining brightly [095] August 31 - lithe - (especially of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful [096] September 01 - superfluous - unnecessary, especially through being more than enough [097] September 02 - zenith - the time at which something is most powerful or successful [098] September 03 - evocative - bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind [099] September 04 - cobbler - a person who mends shoes as a job [100] September 05 - vitriolic - filled with bitter criticism or malice [101] September 06 - stolid - (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation [102] September 07 - eurhythmic - (especially of architecture or art) in or relating to harmonious proportion. [103] September 08 - fallacious - based on a mistaken belief [104] September 09 - multifarious - many and of various types [105] September 10 - rhapsody - an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling [106] September 11 - cogent - (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing [107] September 12 - gregarious - (of a person) fond of company; sociable [108] September 13 - vilify - speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner [109] September 14 - toady - a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important [110] September 15 - deride - express contempt for; ridicule [111] September 16 - rapturous - characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm [112] September 17 - bibliophile - a person who collects or has a great love of books [113] September 18 - fugacious - tending to disappear; fleeting [114] September 19 - lollygag - spend time aimlessly; idle [115] September 20 - bae - a person's boyfriend or girlfriend (often as a form of address) [116] September 21 - jovial - cheerful and friendly [117] September 22 - sycophant - a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage [118] September 23 - wayward - difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior [119] September 24 - maverick - an unorthodox or independent-minded person [120] September 25 - vociferous - (especially of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous [121] September 26 - eclectic - deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources [122] September 27 - bane - a cause of great distress or annoyance [123] September 28 - pedant - a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning [124] September 29 - writhe - make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body [125] September 30 - foliage - plant leaves collectively [126] October 01 - eerie - strange and frightening [127] October 02 - bogeyman - an imaginary evil spirit or being, used to frighten children [128] October 03 - catacomb - an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans [129] October 04 - cryptozoology - the search for and study of animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated [130] October 05 - kafkaesque - characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka's fictional world [131] October 06 - cipher - a secret or disguised way of writing; a code [132] October 07 - morbid - characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease [133] October 08 - eldritch - weird and sinister or ghostly [134] October 09 - superstition - excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings [135] October 10 - omen - an event regarded as a portent of good or evil [136] October 11 - miasma - a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor [137] October 12 - poltergeist - a ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around [138] October 13 - harridan - a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman [139] October 14 - serpentine - of or like a serpent or snake [140] October 15 - incarnadine - a bright crimson or pinkish-red color [141] October 16 - pallor - an unhealthy pale appearance [142] October 17 - apparition - a ghost or ghostlike image of a person [143] October 18 - abhorrent - inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant [144] October 19 - banshee - (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house [145] October 20 - dismal - depressing; dreary [146] October 21 - labyrinth - a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze [147] October 22 - sarcophagus - a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece [148] October 23 - twilight - the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and scattering of the sun's rays from the atmosphere [149] October 24 - bizarre - very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement [150] October 25 - foreshadow - be a warning or indication of (a future event) [151] October 26 - fiend - an evil spirit or demon [152] October 27 - lycanthrope - a werewolf [153] October 28 - scythe - a tool used for cutting crops such as grass or wheat, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to which are one or two short handles [154] October 29 - lusus naturae - a freak of nature [155] October 30 - wraith - a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death [156] October 31 - jack-o'-lantern - a lantern made from a hollowed-out pumpkin in which holes are cut to represent facial features, typically made at Halloween [157] November 01 - logophile - a lover of words [158] November 02 - eloquent - fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing [159] November 03 - sesquipedalian - (of a word) polysyllabic; long [160] November 04 - irony - the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect [161] November 05 - homophone - each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling [162] November 06 - homograph - each of two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins. [163] November 07 - elegy - a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead [164] November 08 - palindrome - a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward [165] November 09 - antithesis - a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else [166] November 10 - bookish - (of a person or way of life) devoted to reading and studying rather than worldly interests [167] November 11 - phenomenon - a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question [168] November 12 - denouement - the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved [169] November 13 - woe - great sorrow or distress [170] November 14 - blithe - showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper [171] November 15 - trouvaille - a lucky find [172] November 16 - empirical - based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic [173] November 17 - trite - (of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness [174] November 18 - diction - the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing [175] November 19 - hubris - excessive pride or self-confidence [176] November 20 - motif - a decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern [177] November 21 - anachronism - a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned [178] November 22 - gourmand - a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much [179] November 23 - recant - say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical [180] November 24 - erudite - having or showing great knowledge or learning [181] November 25 - omniscient - knowing everything [182] November 26 - novella - a short novel or long short story [183] November 27 - metaphor - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable [184] November 28 - anagram - a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters of another [185] November 29 - expunge - obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant) [186] November 30 - sough - (of the wind in trees, the sea, etc.) make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound [187] December 01 - advent - the arrival of a notable person or thing [188] December 02 - gelidity - the quality or condition of being extremely cold or icy [189] December 03 - niveous - snowy or resembling snow [190] December 04 - awe - a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder [191] December 05 - Scrooge, Ebenezer - a miserly curmudgeon in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (1843) [192] December 06 - levity - humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect [193] December 07 - tranquility - the quality or state of being tranquil; calm [194] December 08 - ephemeral - lasting for a very short time [195] December 09 - surfeit - an excessive amount of something [196] December 10 - staid - sedate, respectable, and unadventurous [197] December 11 - ubiquitous - present, appearing, or found everywhere [198] December 12 - virtuoso - a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit [199] December 13 - winsome - attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way [200] December 14 - Grinch - a mean-spirited person who spoils the enjoyment of others; a spoilsport or killjoy [201] December 15 - mirth - amusement, especially as expressed in laughter [202] December 16 - quirky - having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits or aspects: [203] December 17 - toboggan - a long, light, narrow vehicle, typically on runners, used for sliding downhill over snow or ice [204] December 18 - evanescent - soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing [205] December 19 - zephyr - a soft gentle breeze [206] December 20 - hearth - the floor of a fireplace [207] December 21 - tidings - news; information [208] December 22 - garland - a wreath of flowers and leaves, worn on the head or hung as a decoration [209] December 23 - cornucopia - a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn [210] December 24 - crackle - make a rapid succession of short sharp noises [211] December 25 - Yuletide - archaic term for Christmas [212] December 26 - fervor - intense and passionate feeling [213] December 27 - whimsy - playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor [214] December 28 - kith - one's friends, acquaintances, and relations [215] December 29 - equanimity - calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation [216] December 30 - insidious - proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects [217] December 31 - revel - enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing

~2023~

[218] January 01 - clinquant - glittering with gold and silver; tinseled [219] January 02 - Elysian - relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise [220] January 03 - coterie - a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people [221] January 04 - eke - make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally [222] January 05 - vestibule - an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building [223] January 06 - lucid - expressed clearly; easy to understand [224] January 07 - livid - furiously angry [225] January 08 - perspicuous - clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid [226] January 09 - vex - make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters [227] January 10 - puerile - childishly silly and immature [228] January 11 - splendour - magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur [229] January 12 - wistful - having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing [230] January 13 - capybara - a South American mammal that resembles a giant long-legged guinea pig. [231] January 14 - martyr - a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs [232] January 15 - gimmick - a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade [233] January 16 - brood - a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth [234] January 17 - malady - a disease or ailment [235] January 18 - zeal - great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective [236] January 19 - hamartia - a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine [237] January 20 - supernova - a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass. [238] January 21 - celestial - positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy [239] January 22 - peart - lively; cheerful [240] January 23 - serendipity - the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way [241] January 24 - blatherskite - a person who talks at great length without making much sense [242] January 25 - constellate - form or cause to form into a cluster or group; gather together [243] January 26 - recalcitrant - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline [244] January 27 - waif - a homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child [245] January 28 - moulder - slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect [246] January 29 - limpid - (of a liquid) completely clear and transparent [247] January 30 - travesty - a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something [248] January 31 - quixotic - extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical [249] February 01 - eidolon - an idealized person or thing [250] February 02 - desideratum - something that is needed or wanted [251] February 03 - ensorcell - enchant; fascinate [252] February 04 - aurora - a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers in the sky near the northern or southern magnetic pole. [253] February 05 - jaded - bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something [254] February 06 - limerence - the state of being infatuated with another person, typically experienced involuntarily [255] February 07 - obfuscate - make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible [256] February 08 - idle - (of a person) avoiding work; lazy [257] February 09 - peart - lively; cheerful [258] February 10 - scintilla - a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling [259] February 11 - gangling - (of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing [260] February 12 - sublime - of very great excellence or beauty [261] February 13 - ineffable - too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words [262] February 14 - moonstruck - unable to think or act normally, especially as a result of being in love [263] February 15 - nostalgia - a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past [264] February 16 - panacea - a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases [265] February 17 - razz - tease (someone) playfully [266] February 18 - kin - one's family and relations [267] February 19 - melodious - relating to or characterized by melody [268] February 20 - fractious - (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome [269] February 21 - idiosyncratic - relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual [270] February 22 - spurious - not being what it purports to be; false or fake [271] February 23 - quandary - a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation [272] February 24 - pulchritude - beauty [273] February 25 - rhetoric - the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques [274] February 26 - naturalism - (in art and literature) a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail [275] February 27 - histrionic - excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style [276] February 28 - onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named [277] March 01 - gawky - nervously awkward and ungainly [278] March 02 - akin - of similar character [279] March 03 - garrulous - excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters [280] March 04 - lofty - of imposing height [281] March 05 - pugnacious - eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight [282] March 06 - relative - considered in relation or in proportion to something else [283] March 07 - liminal - relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process. [284] March 08 - gratuitous - done without good reason; uncalled for [285] March 09 - solicitous - characterized by or showing interest or concern [286] March 10 - quaint - attractively unusual or old-fashioned [287] March 11 - inane - lacking sense or meaning; silly [288] March 12 - pert - (of a girl or young woman) attractively lively or cheeky [289] March 13 - esoteric - intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest [290] March 14 - schadenfreude - pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune [291] March 15 - odious - extremely unpleasant; repulsive [292] March 16 - numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity [293] March 17 - loquacious - tending to talk a great deal; talkative [294] March 18 - impecunious - having little or no money [295] March 19 - sanguine - optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation [296] March 20 - pungent - having a sharply strong taste or smell [297] March 21 - charming - very pleasant or attractive [298] March 22 - soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play [299] March 23 - penurious - extremely poor; poverty-stricken [300] March 24 - jamboree - a large celebration or party, typically a lavish and boisterous one [301] March 25 - rapacious - aggressively greedy or grasping [302] March 26 - incontrovertible - not able to be denied or disputed [303] March 27 - promulgate - promote or make widely known (an idea or cause) [304] March 28 - opportunist - person who takes advantage of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle [305] March 29 - gallivant - go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment [306] March 30 - iconoclast - a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions [307] March 31 - pinprick - a prick caused by a pin [308] April 01 - petrichor - a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather [309] April 02 - ungainly - (of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy [310] April 03 - abject - (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree [311] April 04 - lurid - unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect: [312] April 05 - spire - a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower [313] April 06 - proclivity - a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing [314] April 07 - convivial - (of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable [315] April 08 - unfeigned - genuine; sincere [316] April 09 - penchant - a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something [317] April 10 - sanctimonious - making a show of being morally superior to other people [318] April 11 - inimical - tending to obstruct or harm [319] April 12 - taut - stretched or pulled tight; not slack [320] April 13 - rue - bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone [321] April 14 - pithy - (of a fruit or plant) containing much pith [322] April 15 - impetuous - acting or done quickly and without thought or care [323] April 16 - disperse - distribute or spread over a wide area [324] April 17 - sinuous - having many curves and turns [325] April 18 - plethora - a large or excessive amount of something [326] April 19 - meadow - a piece of grassland, especially one used for hay [327] April 20 - persnickety - placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details [328] April 21 - rusticate - suspend (a student) from a university as a punishment [329] April 22 - dichotomy - a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different [330] April 23 - bardolatry - excessive admiration of Shakespeare [331] April 24 - halcyon - denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful [332] April 25 - gad - go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure [333] April 26 - collusion -secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy in order to deceive others [334] April 27 - ration - a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime [335] April 28 - clergy - the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church [336] April 29 - mitigate - make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful [337] April 30 - paradigm - a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or mode [338] May 01 - May Day - 1 May, celebrated in many countries as a traditional springtime festival or as an international day honouring workers [339] May 02 - denouement - the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved [340] May 03 - voracious - wanting or devouring great quantities of food [341] May 04 - sciamachy - sham fighting for exercise or practice [342] May 05 - vindicate - clear (someone) of blame or suspicion [343] May 06 - panegyric - a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something [344] May 07 - indomitable - impossible to subdue or defeat [345] May 08 - sedulous - (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence [346] May 09 - baby boomer - a person born in the years following the Second World War, when there was a temporary marked increase in the birth rate [347] May 10 - plaudit - an expression of praise or approval [348] May 11 - audacious - showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks [349] May 12 - intrepid - fearless; adventurous [350] May 13 - multifarious - many and of various types [351] May 14 - eclectic - deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources [352] May 15 - evanescent - soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing [353] May 16 - normative - establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behaviour [354] May 17 - lucent - glowing with or giving off light [355] May 18 - erudite - having or showing great knowledge or learning [356] May 19 - encomium - a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly. [357] May 20 - husbandry - the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals [358] May 21 - meticulous - showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise [359] May 22 - niche - a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment: [360] May 23 - lugubrious - looking or sounding sad and dismal [361] May 24 - magnanimity - the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity [362] May 25 - cornucopia - a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. [363] May 26 - nascent - (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential [364] May 27 - pulchritudinous - beautiful [365] May 28 - contingent - subject to chance
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RWBY Volume 9 Episode 1: “A Place of Particular Concern”

Episode Analysis by Mummy’s Rosario

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Constructive Criticism of the Episode

Things I felt made no sense and need to be improved.

👎During their conversation through the forest, I think Blake & Weiss' friendship missed an opportunity for significant development, as the most recent memory I can recall of their relationship receiving any attention was when they spoke about the Faunus who got buried in the abandoned SDC mine (V7E3).
👎In an ideal world where the CRWBY animators had infinite time and were always paid fairly by RT, the Jabberwock fight might’ve been a bit longer, as I felt it was rather abrupt and anticlimactic (that said, I’d still make the conclusion be for it to retreat, so it can be a more established enemy later in V9).
👎Yang being found by the others, and not through her own POV, felt... odd. To clarify, I don’t just mean I thought of it as something I hated, it just felt like it stood out in a weird way compared to the rest of the team’s POVs; I guess that’s probably because we hadn’t seen her since she fell in the penultimate episode of V8.
👎Weiss and Blake running after the Jabberwock when it was already several yards away from them made no sense to me; maybe they were just making sure nothing else was about to attack, but I feel like that’s probably a stretch since the clearing atop the cliff was empty except for Team RWBY after the Jabberwock left.
👎I REALLY wish Ruby’ had hugged Yang. Aside from being sisters, Yang was first to fall from Ambrosius' platform, which partially broke the rest of their fighting spirit in the V8 finale. Hugs in general might be nice to see all around for RWBY characters after stressful situations or in positive resolutions (not to excess of course), like the team hug in V5E14, or all the hugs shared upon reuniting with JNR in Argus in V6.

• Had I been Ruby, and I found my sister alive after watching her fall, I think I'd pretty much react the same way she did: call out her name, check up on her, I'd just totally give her a hug soon after, but I'd wanna ensure she was okay before anything else.

👎Ruby learning Penny's dead and then fainting, while perhaps realistic, felt a tad overdramatic to me. This is because when she woke back up, she didn't appear to give herself a moment to grieve; I’d have thought she'd be crying a bit, just like when Penny was ripped apart in V3.
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Partial-Criticism

These are points I think are valid, but not solid arguments per se, or anything I enjoyed despite it being worthy of criticism.

🤙Even though it was super silly and totally out of place, I genuinely enjoyed the cute anime-style animations from Weiss and Blake retrieving Gambol Shroud, including the animation around Blake’s hand in wavy lines, and Weiss adorably jumping up and down. The same goes for the little bubble coming out of Little’s nostril when they fall asleep on Ruby’s shoulder.
🤙I think an argument on inconsistency could be made for why Ruby didn’t use her semblance to get herself, Weiss and Blake up the cliff. I believe there is evidence indicating Ruby’s semblance has gotten stronger over time:

• In a V7 training scene, Ruby split into 3 groups of petals. Oscar asks if she’s always been able to do so, Ruby herself unsure (she did in the V4 trailer, but she was alone then). Oscar comments that Ruby and her friends seem to be “evolving” while he’s not yet discovered his own semblance (Ren’s semblance seemed to “evolve” in V8, so there some validity to this idea, I think).
• Ruby’s semblance, “Petal Burst” (as in a burst of energy), might imply that at the end of each “burst”, however long-lasting, she’ll have to stop. Over the course of the show, however, perhaps she’s learned to maintain individual Bursts for longer amounts of time, like in the continuous shot from V8E3, where she used it to sneak herself and 4 others into an empty room.

🤙In this case, yes, it’s certainly possible she could’ve reached the cliff. However, I would like to offer some potential counter-arguments:

• We don’t have a direct way of knowing how high the cliff towers over the forest, potentially making it harder for Ruby to reach with her semblance than we might otherwise assume (and even though she can increase the time/distance of Petal Burst, I’m willing to bet she can’t hold it for an infinite amount of time).
• Did she genuinely (but temporarily) forget about her semblance? It’s possible, but couldn’t that be related to the greater context regarding the battle she just lost? And, at the time, there was the possibility that her sister and teammates had perished, so maybe she’s trying to take things slow, and save her energy for when there’s a new battle to fight while she deals with her all of her emotions.
  • If I were in Ruby’s position, I’d definitely hold off on using my semblance and save my energy for the next time there was danger, especially when considering that I’d lost the weapon I primarily rely on.
  • If the Jabberwock or some other hostile being were to suddenly attack me in this gloomy and helpless state, I’d surely fail the classic fight-or-flight response.
  • Would it really be better to find Yang by just looking down at the entire forest (under the possible assumption that she is still down there)? Or would it be better to search beneath the forest as much as possible, and then head up top to the cliff? Others might claim the former, I personally would go for the latter.
    • All that said, it’s worth noting that there's a jump-cut transition after Little volunteers to be guide them, and when they’re next seen on the cliff with Little sleeping, the dialogue immediately resumes. In this way, I think possible Ruby could have used her semblance to get them up to the cliff within the time skipped by the jump-cut.

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Highlights of the Episode

These are just all the things I genuinely thought were well done in the episode.

👍Neo totally could’ve given up after she fell (heck, we don’t even know HOW she managed to find Ruby mid-fall, especially considering Ruby and Blake fell after she did). Yet she still tried to get revenge on “Little Red”, even though she might’ve thought she’d die doing so.

• The brief mid-air fight itself was neat, especially considering how Neo tried to trick Ruby (or just mess with her head) by taking the forms of those she holds dear.

👍Ruby’s walkabout before meeting Little has no dialogue. I like how some characters can convey themselves and their emotions more without dialogue via body language, facial expressions, non-verbal communications, and context from earlier scenes or moments.

• As she keeps trying to approach the cliff, only to end up in the same clearing, Ruby starts expressing frustration, frowning, grumbling and moving faster through the clearing each time. In bitter resignation, she then leans back against a palm tree, and slumps down to the ground.
• She then begins to cry. She’s alone, not knowing where everyone is, or where she is. Add the context that she still doesn’t know what happened to her team OR those who made it to Vacuo, and I know I’d certainly feel burdened if I were I in her shoes.

👍The fact that it starts raining when Ruby cries before when she meets Little is a reference to the Dormouse from Alice in Wonderland:

• Alice meets the Dormouse after having just cried, just like Ruby meets Little after she cries. Alice’s talk with the Dormouse happens while they are both swimming in the tears Alice shed as a giant. While Ruby doesn’t grow or shrink, I think it’s possible to see the rain in the Ever After as a reflection of Ruby’s sorrow, magnifying it into something big before she and Little talk.

👍The vibrancy of the island flora/fauna was really mesmerizing, CRWBY’s 3D modelers did a great job! I felt it had really good lighting and shadow, so the colors didn't feel overwhelming or distracting when it acted as backdrop behind the characters.
👍Good attention to animating Blake's ears to droop or rise when she’s feels negative or positive emotions.
👍Many aspects of AiW (Alice in Wonderland) involve Alice encountering things that are not only magical, but ideas that are nonsensical, confusing, or seemingly incorrect in the way they are actually supposed to be:

• On the beach, there were gigantic conch shells and large six-armed starfish.
• In one of the opening beach shots, there are two suns moons in the sky (which makes me wonder what the Ever After’s moon is like).
• Ruby keeps trying to leave the same clearing with the same squawking dodo bird (another animal featured in AiW), but keeps walking back into it despite walking through it each time.
  • Lewis Carrol likely used the Dodo bird in AiW because of the fact that they’ve been extinct and shouldn’t be alive.
• Plants made of cheese grow beneath the soil.
• Talking animals exist, in this case (so far), mice (like in AiW). And not only can they talk, but they seem to have their own culture, including the way they react, move, work together, and communicate:
  • The mice from Little’s village are a pack of a few hundred. It seems absurd that mice would ever be capable of setting a trap since, in reality, mice are almost always prey for other animals; it makes them seem like hunters (as the lead mouse with the scar even remarks).
  • Trapping beings hundreds of times their size is a seemingly impossible feat, let alone mice bold enough to try it.
  • When speaking to their pack, Little describes their interaction with Ruby in a way that indicates a capacity for empathy: “… she looked sad! But then we talked, and she seemed less sad.” Little follows this up in expressing their admiration for (what to them is) Ruby’s strength (as a giant): “Then, she pulled the cheese out of the ground, on her own!”.
    • Little’s voice sounds like a description coming from a child, but then again, Little said themselves that they are still young.
  • Little’s willingness to help Ruby find Weiss and Blake by directing her to their village, and then volunteering to help Ruby, Weiss and Blake get up the cliff (though anticlimactic in both instances since they fell asleep) feel s potentially significant to me, considering they're for a character we’ve just met. It feels like a good start as far as them proving to be a willing participant who contributes to the journey (as long as they don’t fall asleep on the job again). Even if they’re just a mouse, I feel they have potential as a supporting character, and look forward to seeing more of them and their pack of mice.

👍Part of Ruby’s initial conversation with Little seems to touch on aspects of her self-image and could be the start of her self-reflection/self-discovery hinted in the V9 trailers, especially the first one, which focused on the same question Little asks: “What are you?”

• In describing herself as a human, girl, and then huntress, Little replies, "that's a lot of things”. Before she continues by giving her own name to Little, Ruby seems to hesitate at this, as if she’s not sure herself who, or what, she is anymore.

👍Even though CRWBY probably used copies of motion data for many of the mice when they were all running or jumping up and down in different ways (no shame in that, I think it’d be too much for animators to individually animate each one), I loved how diverse the mice were amongst one another:

• The leader of the mice not only has distinctive scars, light green ears (which are both slightly frayed), and patches of light green elsewhere on their body (with this mouse being the only one with light green), but during the scene where Little speaks to their pack, we can also see that this mouse is significantly bigger than the others. This could speak not only to the fact that these mice have their own culture of leadership, but a sense of diversity as well, considering the wide variety of fur colors amongst the mice.
• The variety of fur colors are perhaps another aspect of the mice’s culture, in that they are not all exactly the same and are diverse population:
  • Where some mice had white underbellies, other mice were had white splotches on their fur, like a cow.
  • Among the various other colors included, at least among those I counted, there was yellow, white, black, gray, tan, peach, one color that I believe is called “burgundy” (it’s a very dark red but slightly purplish in appearance) and others. In total, I think I counted between 10-12 different colored types of mice, including their leader and Little.

👍Ruby's original plan, as explained to Weiss and Blake, on finding higher ground to gain a better understanding of her situation, sounds like a good one given the context of the situation, and a good move as a leader when she reunites with the two of them.
👍The Jabberwock’s dialogue being one-word phrases is unique, and makes me think that it’s a creature scared or on a nervous hair-trigger, ready to attack if provoked. Lewis Carrol’s poem, Jabberwocky, is also wacky itself like the Jabberwock, filled with nonsensical words like “snicker-snack” and “galumphing” (an onomatopoeia and a verb respectively, with the one for the hero of the poem cutting the Jabberwocky’s neck, and the other for the way the hero was traveling).

• I also love how, when it speaks one word at a time, each word is supposed to be a complete thought; in real life, we might very well associate someone speaking in one-word sentences as crazy (or, in the case of AiW, having “gone mad”).
• It’s chaotic nature is further enhanced by the twitchy and jittery nature in which it moves and behaves.

👍Ruby's realization of losing Crescent Rose will likely cause her to feel self-doubt a number of times, further gnawing away at her confidence as a leader (and as a person in general), because she won't be able to contribute to battles like her teammates can.
👍Probably one my favorite things about this episode from start to finish was the wide variety of camera angles.

• In the opening shots, we are looking out of Ruby's POV, seeing things from her eyes. This felt unique and, while unexpected, kind of cool, like a kind of experimental cinematography; I don't think CRWBY's tried something like this before (or if they did, doing it for that long of a sequence), and it shows a willingness to try new things.
  • Two key moments I liked were when Ruby scrambles to catch Crescent Rose before it fell into the abyss, and when she and Blake fall, as we can see the body language of her hands and hear how frantic her voice is.
• When she wakes up on the beach, one camera angle lingers on Ruby, positioned opposite from her location, within a small opening into the forest. When she begins walking to the forest, the camera cuts to another far-away shot of her, this time from behind her, positioned above the ocean and facing the forest. These shots, and many others in this episode, make Ruby (and other characters) seem smaller than they are to our eyes, and sometimes, by extension, it makes them seem even more lost and alone; this in turn can help us appreciate the uncertainty and hesitation Ruby is giving off.
• Excellent camera angles on the conversation between characters and the mice, once again making a character feel smaller or bigger, although in this case, it’s literally regarding size (based on the second trailer, I genuinely hope this camera-style is sometimes applied when Weiss, Blake and Yang shrink).
• The close-up where the camera moves with the Jabberwock as it’s charges adds to the creature’s already fearsome presence; the monster’s creepy mask is in our faces, and we don’t even know how powerful it is as it heads for Ruby, Weiss and Blake.

👍While we obviously know it’s not the case, Yang’s temporary consideration that they might all be in some sort of afterlife struck me as being rather profound.
👍Erin Winn did a great job on the Ever After landscape for the final shot of the episode (I forget how long she said, on Twitter, that it took her, but I know she said it was like, A LOT of time).
👍This one isn't really important to the episode itself, but I think it’s very open minded for CRWBY to work with JelloApocalypse (Brendan Blaber), considering he’s someone who criticized the show pretty thoroughly, even if in a light-heartedly mocking manner.
👍Inside is a crazy opening, and I think Casey and her friend Martin (from Ok Goodnight) did an amazing job composing it. There’s too much to it that I definitely can’t cover in this post (as I am primarily reviewing the episode itself), so I’ll just make a few points:

• Both the opening’s visuals and music seem to reflect the topsy-turvy nature of what V9 will be like, full of confusion and chaos.
• Several lines in the song relate to “losing” one’s mind, and being “undone”, which likely references the AiW concept of “going mad”, like how Alice is told by the Cheshire Cat, “Oh, you can’t help that… we’re all mad here [in Wonderland]. I’m mad, you’re mad”. This again seems to touch on the possibility that, in V9, Ruby will end up trying to make sense of who she is in this strange (quote was from AiW, Idk which specific chapter, sorry).
  • In the opening montage of Team RWBY’s various outfits, Ruby, unlike the others, is not walking but standing still, covered entirely in red and sheds a tear. Additionally, her hood is pulled over her head, and it’s very rare for her to do that, partly because doing so contrasts with her (originally) cheerful personality.
  • During the montage of Team RWBY traveling throughout the Ever After, each time a “page” is flipped to a new setting, Weiss, Blake and Yang run (in place) faster and faster, while Ruby herself continues walking at the same exact pace. This could indicate that she’s tired or weary, and not feeling the same urgency as her teammates.
  • "A new me, I'm ready But who will I find, Inside?” could be about Ruby rediscovering herself.
  • “I've gotta let go, but could I lose my mind?" could be about “going mad” in the Ever After, which represents Wonderland from AiW.
    • I’m less certain about this specifically, but I think it might be possible that, given how frequently she appears in the opening, the themes of “going mad” in Inside could also be related to Neopolitan in some kind of way, given her enigmatic nature and personality.

This was my first time writing an analysis as thorough as this one was. I look forward to hearing all your thoughts OwOd

RWBY Volume 9 Episode 1: “A Place of Particular Concern”

Episode Analysis by Mummy’s Rosario

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Constructive Criticism of the Episode

Things I felt made no sense and need to be improved.

👎During their conversation through the forest, I think Blake & Weiss' friendship missed an opportunity for significant development, as the most recent memory I can recall of their relationship receiving any attention was when they spoke about the Faunus who got buried in the abandoned SDC mine (V7E3).
👎In an ideal world where the CRWBY animators had infinite time and were always paid fairly by RT, the Jabberwock fight might’ve been a bit longer, as I felt it was rather abrupt and anticlimactic (that said, I’d still make the conclusion be for it to retreat, so it can be a more established enemy later in V9).
👎Yang being found by the others, and not through her own POV, felt... odd. To clarify, I don’t just mean I thought of it as something I hated, it just felt like it stood out in a weird way compared to the rest of the team’s POVs; I guess that’s probably because we hadn’t seen her since she fell in the penultimate episode of V8.
👎Weiss and Blake running after the Jabberwock when it was already several yards away from them made no sense to me; maybe they were just making sure nothing else was about to attack, but I feel like that’s probably a stretch since the clearing atop the cliff was empty except for Team RWBY after the Jabberwock left.
👎I REALLY wish Ruby’ had hugged Yang. Aside from being sisters, Yang was first to fall from Ambrosius' platform, which partially broke the rest of their fighting spirit in the V8 finale. Hugs in general might be nice to see all around for RWBY characters after stressful situations or in positive resolutions (not to excess of course), like the team hug in V5E14, or all the hugs shared upon reuniting with JNR in Argus in V6.

• Had I been Ruby, and I found my sister alive after watching her fall, I think I'd pretty much react the same way she did: call out her name, check up on her, I'd just totally give her a hug soon after, but I'd wanna ensure she was okay before anything else.

👎Ruby learning Penny's dead and then fainting, while perhaps realistic, felt a tad overdramatic to me. This is because when she woke back up, she didn't appear to give herself a moment to grieve; I’d have thought she'd be crying a bit, just like when Penny was ripped apart in V3.
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Partial-Criticism

These are points I think are valid, but not solid arguments per se, or anything I enjoyed despite it being worthy of criticism.

🤙Even though it was super silly and totally out of place, I genuinely enjoyed the cute anime-style animations from Weiss and Blake retrieving Gambol Shroud, including the animation around Blake’s hand in wavy lines, and Weiss adorably jumping up and down. The same goes for the little bubble coming out of Little’s nostril when they fall asleep on Ruby’s shoulder.
🤙I think an argument on inconsistency could be made for why Ruby didn’t use her semblance to get herself, Weiss and Blake up the cliff. I believe there is evidence indicating Ruby’s semblance has gotten stronger over time:

• In a V7 training scene, Ruby split into 3 groups of petals. Oscar asks if she’s always been able to do so, Ruby herself unsure (she did in the V4 trailer, but she was alone then). Oscar comments that Ruby and her friends seem to be “evolving” while he’s not yet discovered his own semblance (Ren’s semblance seemed to “evolve” in V8, so there some validity to this idea, I think).
• Ruby’s semblance, “Petal Burst” (as in a burst of energy), might imply that at the end of each “burst”, however long-lasting, she’ll have to stop. Over the course of the show, however, perhaps she’s learned to maintain individual Bursts for longer amounts of time, like in the continuous shot from V8E3, where she used it to sneak herself and 4 others into an empty room.

🤙In this case, yes, it’s certainly possible she could’ve reached the cliff. However, I would like to offer some potential counter-arguments:

• We don’t have a direct way of knowing how high the cliff towers over the forest, potentially making it harder for Ruby to reach with her semblance than we might otherwise assume (and even though she can increase the time/distance of Petal Burst, I’m willing to bet she can’t hold it for an infinite amount of time).
• Did she genuinely (but temporarily) forget about her semblance? It’s possible, but couldn’t that be related to the greater context regarding the battle she just lost? And, at the time, there was the possibility that her sister and teammates had perished, so maybe she’s trying to take things slow, and save her energy for when there’s a new battle to fight while she deals with her all of her emotions.
  • If I were in Ruby’s position, I’d definitely hold off on using my semblance and save my energy for the next time there was danger, especially when considering that I’d lost the weapon I primarily rely on.
  • If the Jabberwock or some other hostile being were to suddenly attack me in this gloomy and helpless state, I’d surely fail the classic fight-or-flight response.
  • Would it really be better to find Yang by just looking down at the entire forest (under the possible assumption that she is still down there)? Or would it be better to search beneath the forest as much as possible, and then head up top to the cliff? Others might claim the former, I personally would go for the latter.
    • All that said, it’s worth noting that there's a jump-cut transition after Little volunteers to be guide them, and when they’re next seen on the cliff with Little sleeping, the dialogue immediately resumes. In this way, I think possible Ruby could have used her semblance to get them up to the cliff within the time skipped by the jump-cut.

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Highlights of the Episode

These are just all the things I genuinely thought were well done in the episode.

👍Neo totally could’ve given up after she fell (heck, we don’t even know HOW she managed to find Ruby mid-fall, especially considering Ruby and Blake fell after she did). Yet she still tried to get revenge on “Little Red”, even though she might’ve thought she’d die doing so.

• The brief mid-air fight itself was neat, especially considering how Neo tried to trick Ruby (or just mess with her head) by taking the forms of those she holds dear.

👍Ruby’s walkabout before meeting Little has no dialogue. I like how some characters can convey themselves and their emotions more without dialogue via body language, facial expressions, non-verbal communications, and context from earlier scenes or moments.

• As she keeps trying to approach the cliff, only to end up in the same clearing, Ruby starts expressing frustration, frowning, grumbling and moving faster through the clearing each time. In bitter resignation, she then leans back against a palm tree, and slumps down to the ground.
• She then begins to cry. She’s alone, not knowing where everyone is, or where she is. Add the context that she still doesn’t know what happened to her team OR those who made it to Vacuo, and I know I’d certainly feel burdened if I were I in her shoes.

👍The fact that it starts raining when Ruby cries before when she meets Little is a reference to the Dormouse from Alice in Wonderland:

• Although it was a different one, there's another mouse Alice talks to before the Dormouse (who can also talk) after she has just cried, just like Ruby meets Little after she cries. Alice’s talk with the mouse happens while they are both swimming in the tears Alice shed as a giant. While Ruby doesn’t grow or shrink, I think it’s possible to see the rain in the Ever After as a reflection of Ruby’s sorrow, magnifying it into something big before she and Little talk.

👍The vibrancy of the island flora/fauna was really mesmerizing, CRWBY’s 3D modelers did a great job! I felt it had really good lighting and shadow, so the colors didn't feel overwhelming or distracting when it acted as backdrop behind the characters.
👍Good attention to animating Blake's ears to droop or rise when she’s feels negative or positive emotions.
👍Many aspects of AiW (Alice in Wonderland) involve Alice encountering things that are not only magical, but ideas that are nonsensical, confusing, or seemingly incorrect in the way they are actually supposed to be:

• On the beach, there were gigantic conch shells and large six-armed starfish.
• In one of the opening beach shots, there are two suns moons in the sky (which makes me wonder what the Ever After’s moon is like).
• Ruby keeps trying to leave the same clearing with the same squawking dodo bird (another animal featured in AiW), but keeps walking back into it despite walking through it each time.
  • Lewis Carrol likely used the Dodo bird in AiW because of the fact that they’ve been extinct and shouldn’t be alive.
• Plants made of cheese grow beneath the soil.
• Talking animals exist, in this case (so far), mice (like in AiW). And not only can they talk, but they seem to have their own culture, including the way they react, move, work together, and communicate:
  • The mice from Little’s village are a pack of a few hundred. It seems absurd that mice would ever be capable of setting a trap since, in reality, mice are almost always prey for other animals; it makes them seem like hunters (as the lead mouse with the scar even remarks).
  • Trapping beings hundreds of times their size is a seemingly impossible feat, let alone mice bold enough to try it.
  • When speaking to their pack, Little describes their interaction with Ruby in a way that indicates a capacity for empathy: “… she looked sad! But then we talked, and she seemed less sad.” Little follows this up in expressing their admiration for (what to them is) Ruby’s strength (as a giant): “Then, she pulled the cheese out of the ground, on her own!”.
    • Little’s voice sounds like a description coming from a child, but then again, Little said themselves that they are still young.
  • Little’s willingness to help Ruby find Weiss and Blake by directing her to their village, and then volunteering to help Ruby, Weiss and Blake get up the cliff (though anticlimactic in both instances since they fell asleep) feel s potentially significant to me, considering they're for a character we’ve just met. It feels like a good start as far as them proving to be a willing participant who contributes to the journey (as long as they don’t fall asleep on the job again). Even if they’re just a mouse, I feel they have potential as a supporting character, and look forward to seeing more of them and their pack of mice.

👍Part of Ruby’s initial conversation with Little seems to touch on aspects of her self-image and could be the start of her self-reflection/self-discovery hinted in the V9 trailers, especially the first one, which focused on the same question Little asks: “What are you?”

• In describing herself as a human, girl, and then huntress, Little replies, "that's a lot of things”. Before she continues by giving her own name to Little, Ruby seems to hesitate at this, as if she’s not sure herself who, or what, she is anymore.

👍Even though CRWBY probably used copies of motion data for many of the mice when they were all running or jumping up and down in different ways (no shame in that, I think it’d be too much for animators to individually animate each one), I loved how diverse the mice were amongst one another:

• The leader of the mice not only has distinctive scars, light green ears (which are both slightly frayed), and patches of light green elsewhere on their body (with this mouse being the only one with light green), but during the scene where Little speaks to their pack, we can also see that this mouse is significantly bigger than the others. This could speak not only to the fact that these mice have their own culture of leadership, but a sense of diversity as well, considering the wide variety of fur colors amongst the mice.
• The variety of fur colors are perhaps another aspect of the mice’s culture, in that they are not all exactly the same and are diverse population:
  • Where some mice had white underbellies, other mice were had white splotches on their fur, like a cow.
  • Among the various other colors included, at least among those I counted, there was yellow, white, black, gray, tan, peach, one color that I believe is called “burgundy” (it’s a very dark red but slightly purplish in appearance) and others. In total, I think I counted between 10-12 different colored types of mice, including their leader and Little.

👍Ruby's original plan, as explained to Weiss and Blake, on finding higher ground to gain a better understanding of her situation, sounds like a good one given the context of the situation, and a good move as a leader when she reunites with the two of them.
👍The Jabberwock’s dialogue being one-word phrases is unique, and makes me think that it’s a creature scared or on a nervous hair-trigger, ready to attack if provoked. Lewis Carrol’s poem, Jabberwocky, is also wacky itself like the Jabberwock, filled with nonsensical words like “snicker-snack” and “galumphing” (an onomatopoeia and a verb respectively, with the one for the hero of the poem cutting the Jabberwocky’s neck, and the other for the way the hero was traveling).

• I also love how, when it speaks one word at a time, each word is supposed to be a complete thought; in real life, we might very well associate someone speaking in one-word sentences as crazy (or, in the case of AiW, having “gone mad”).
• It’s chaotic nature is further enhanced by the twitchy and jittery nature in which it moves and behaves.

👍Ruby's realization of losing Crescent Rose will likely cause her to feel self-doubt a number of times, further gnawing away at her confidence as a leader (and as a person in general), because she won't be able to contribute to battles like her teammates can.
👍Probably one my favorite things about this episode from start to finish was the wide variety of camera angles.

• In the opening shots, we are looking out of Ruby's POV, seeing things from her eyes. This felt unique and, while unexpected, kind of cool, like a kind of experimental cinematography; I don't think CRWBY's tried something like this before (or if they did, doing it for that long of a sequence), and it shows a willingness to try new things.
  • Two key moments I liked were when Ruby scrambles to catch Crescent Rose before it fell into the abyss, and when she and Blake fall, as we can see the body language of her hands and hear how frantic her voice is.
• When she wakes up on the beach, one camera angle lingers on Ruby, positioned opposite from her location, within a small opening into the forest. When she begins walking to the forest, the camera cuts to another far-away shot of her, this time from behind her, positioned above the ocean and facing the forest. These shots, and many others in this episode, make Ruby (and other characters) seem smaller than they are to our eyes, and sometimes, by extension, it makes them seem even more lost and alone; this in turn can help us appreciate the uncertainty and hesitation Ruby is giving off.
• Excellent camera angles on the conversation between characters and the mice, once again making a character feel smaller or bigger, although in this case, it’s literally regarding size (based on the second trailer, I genuinely hope this camera-style is sometimes applied when Weiss, Blake and Yang shrink).
• The close-up where the camera moves with the Jabberwock as it’s charges adds to the creature’s already fearsome presence; the monster’s creepy mask is in our faces, and we don’t even know how powerful it is as it heads for Ruby, Weiss and Blake.

👍While we obviously know it’s not the case, Yang’s temporary consideration that they might all be in some sort of afterlife struck me as being rather profound.
👍Erin Winn did a great job on the Ever After landscape for the final shot of the episode (I forget how long she said, on Twitter, that it took her, but I know she said it was like, A LOT of time).
👍This one isn't really important to the episode itself, but I think it’s very open minded for CRWBY to work with JelloApocalypse (Brendan Blaber), considering he’s someone who criticized the show pretty thoroughly, even if in a light-heartedly mocking manner.
👍Inside is a crazy opening, and I think Casey and her friend Martin (from Ok Goodnight) did an amazing job composing it. There’s too much to it that I definitely can’t cover in this post (as I am primarily reviewing the episode itself), so I’ll just make a few points:

• Both the opening’s visuals and music seem to reflect the topsy-turvy nature of what V9 will be like, full of confusion and chaos.
• Several lines in the song relate to “losing” one’s mind, and being “undone”, which likely references the AiW concept of “going mad”, like how Alice is told by the Cheshire Cat, “Oh, you can’t help that… we’re all mad here [in Wonderland]. I’m mad, you’re mad”. This again seems to touch on the possibility that, in V9, Ruby will end up trying to make sense of who she is in this strange (quote was from AiW, Idk which specific chapter, sorry).
  • In the opening montage of Team RWBY’s various outfits, Ruby, unlike the others, is not walking but standing still, covered entirely in red and sheds a tear. Additionally, her hood is pulled over her head, and it’s very rare for her to do that, partly because doing so contrasts with her (originally) cheerful personality.
  • During the montage of Team RWBY traveling throughout the Ever After, each time a “page” is flipped to a new setting, Weiss, Blake and Yang run (in place) faster and faster, while Ruby herself continues walking at the same exact pace. This could indicate that she’s tired or weary, and not feeling the same urgency as her teammates.
  • "A new me, I'm ready But who will I find, Inside?” could be about Ruby rediscovering herself.
  • “I've gotta let go, but could I lose my mind?" could be about “going mad” in the Ever After, which represents Wonderland from AiW.
    • I’m less certain about this theory, but I also think it might be possible that, given how frequently she appears in the opening, the themes of “going mad” in Inside could also be related to Neopolitan in some kind of way, given her enigmatic nature and personality.

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This was my first time writing an analysis as thorough as this one was. I look forward to hearing all your thoughts OwOd

So I’m a senior in high school, I am graduating a semester early meaning I cannot fail any classes or else I would have to come back. We just got a project that’s due Friday November 18. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed and English isn’t my first language so I have a 74.44% in that class.
I got into a group and we didn’t do anything the first day, second day I come in my group mates leave me and I’m the only one in the class without a group. And all groups are full with 3 people each.
I need to make a rap/poem with music with the following words, with 20 of them at least. As long as I can get anything above a 0% that would be fantastic:
Alliteration Anacoluthon Anadiplosis Anaphora Anastrophe Antistrophe Antithesis Aporia Aposiopesis Apostrophe Archaism Assonance Asyndeton Brachylogy Cacophony Catachresis Chiasmus Climax Euphemism Hendiadys Hypallage Hyperbaton Hyperbole Hysteron-Proteron Irony Litotes Metaphor Metonymy Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Paradox Paraprosdokian Paronomasia Personification Pleonasm Polysyndeton Praeteritio Prolepsis Simile Syllepsis Synchysis Synecdoche Synesis Tautology Zeugma

History of Korea (0) pre-historic influences
History of Korea (1) Gojoseon [around 1000 BC ~ 108 BC]
History of Korea (2) Three Kingdoms (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla) and Unified Silla [around 100 BC ~ 935]
History of Korea (3) Goryeo, Korea's medieval kingdom [918 - 1392]
History of Korea (4) Joseon, the predecessor of modern Korea(s): neo-Confucian orthodoxy and the origin of the hermit kingdom [1392 - 1910]

• Part 1: What is neo-Confucianism?
  • Women's oppression in Joseon era
• Part 2: Early prosperity and the cycles of literati purges (15~16th century)
• Part 3: Japan and Qing Invasions (early 17th century)

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Before uploading Part 3 and 4, I'm posting this sort of side story of literature development
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15. The rise of vernacular literature

Despite the invention of the Korean alphabet in the 15th century, the male scholar-aristocrats still used classical Chinese to make poems and prose. Their poems in classical Chinese tend to be formulaic - talking about loyalty to the king, Confucian values, the same motif of pine trees and bamboos were used excessively

• Evergreen pine trees and bamboos were the symbols of unchanging loyalty. Plum flowers, orchids, and chrysanthemum were also common motifs that represented Confucian values
• In the previous Silla and Goryeo period there were poems written in modified Chinese script (modified for denoting Korean grammars, similar to what Japanese did) and they tended to be more interesting thematically (see my previous posts)
  • However, as Joseon turned fundamentally neo-Confucian, the scholars censored un-Confucian themes such as "infatuation between men and women (nam-nyeo sang-yeol ji-sa)"

However, around the 18th century, with the wider spread of the Korean alphabet (hangeul), Koreans started writing poems and novels (sijo) in vernacular Korean. People in lower social classes and women started generating a lot of vernacular poems and prose. They were a lot less formulaic in their themes, and contained many indigenous elements such as vulgar slangs and onomatopoeia (well Korean and Japanese languages are known for their exceptionally large inventories of onomatopoeia)

• Kim Man-jung, a scholar-aristocrat and novelist in the 17th century, once said that "the stories told by woodworkers and laundry maidens are a lot more valuable than yangban's cookie-cutter poems" (* yangban = scholar-aristocrats)

The vernacular literature was both influenced by and critical of Confucianism: (a) it was heavily influenced by the dominant Confucian ideology (filial piety, women's chastity, etc) but (b) was satirical of the orthodoxy and pretentiousness of the scholar-aristocrats
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A lot of the vernacular literature was very earthy and satirical, as a reaction to the Confucian orthodox of the ruling class. Together with the oppressive Confucian and patriarchal culture (link), the earthy and satirical humor of folk culture would characterize the late Joseon culture. A lot of what we know as "traditional Korean culture" have come from this culture of late Joseon era.
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[1] Poem/Sijo
Standard sijo (poem) follows this formula: 3 lines, 45 syllables (3/4 4/4 3/4 4/4 3/5/4/3). The first line introduces the theme, the second line expands it, and the third line twists it and impresses the audience by intoducing an unexpected theme

• However, a new type of sijo called "saseol sijo" broke the formula, typically by extending the second line of the poem, adding verbose, bubbly and often comical phrases

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Later sijo's common themes: Deep, unchanging love

May my love become an alder tree of Kumsong in Hoeyang, and I am an arrowroot vine:
Like a spider’s web around a butterfly, the vine goes round the tree, tightly this way, tightly that, wrongly loosened, properly wound, bound, then loosened from down below, all the way to the top, tightly winding round and round, without a single gap, and unchanging, day and night, it’s coiled around, twisting.
Though, in the heart of winter, we bear wind, rain, snow, and frost. Could we ever be apart?
(Yi Chong-bo)

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Later sijo's common themes: Women's suffering

Mother-in-law, do not stamp on the kitchen floor for hatred of your daughter-in-law!
Was she payment for a debt, was she bought for a price? Father-in-law, severe as a sprig from the rotting stump of a chestnut tree; mother-in-law, shriveled as sun-baked cattle dung; sister-in-law, sharp as a new gimlet poking from a straw bag woven three years ago, and — like a poor crop on a field that’s made for planting good grain, having borne a son like a bright yellow cucumber flower, who has the bloody flux,
Daughter-in-law, like the bindweed on a fertile field: Why do they hate her so?
(Source: link - The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Korean Poetry)

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Later sijo's common themes: Earthy humor; life as commoners

One night in Andong, after a tour of back-alley wine shops,
As I staggered, head spinning, down the narrow, paddy-field path,
The two pigs grunted, grunted, So, you! Home at last!

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A toad grabbed a fly in its mouth and hopped on top of a compost pile.
It looked across the mountain opposite, and saw a peregrine falcon hovering in flight. The toad shuddered, started, tumbled from atop the compost pile
Fortunately the toad was exceptionally agile, otherwise severe contusions would have been its lot.
(** Can be interpreted as a commoner avoiding nobles or authorities like a toad hiding from a falcon. In Seoul's old district, there's still a back-alley so narrow that horses couldn't enter - commoners used it to avoid nobles)

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[2] Pansori
An oral tradition/stories sung by (often traveling) professional singers (a genre called Pansori) became a national culture. The most popular stories have strong Confucian-influenced themes (filial piety, women's chastity, rewards to good deeds) and now commonly taught to Korean children through children's books

• The song of Simcheong:
  • the story of a filial daughter named Sim Cheong. She offers herself as a sacrifice for 300 sacks of rice needed for her blind father to regain his eyesight. Sailors bought her as a sacrifice to "appease" the dragon king in the sea. However, the dragon king is moved by her virtue, and sends her back in a lotus flower, to be shown to the emperor of China. She is chosen as his new wife, and she becomes the empress of China.
  • In order to find her father, she hosts a feast for the blind. He shows up, but when Sim Cheong cries "Father!", he denies and insists that his daughter is dead. Sim Cheong somehow demonstrates that she is indeed his daughter (I forgot this part), they reunite in tears and live happily ever after.
• The song of Chunhyang:
  • the story of the virtuous daughter of a gisaeng (courtesan) who stayed loyal and chaste for her scholarly-aristocrat lover, who had left for a civil service exam. In the meantime, a greedy magistrate orders her to "serve" him, but she refuses and is put into prison, wearing a sort of pillory. However, her lover comes back as a high official with a king's mission, punishes the corrupt magistrate and rescues her. They live happily ever after.
    • ** She's 16 years old ("2x8 youth") and often portrayed as riding a swing, standing on it. Swinging was a way young, noble women could see the outside world, because they were confined within the walls of their residence
• The song of Heungbu:
  • the story of a poor brotherich brother. A greedy, rich brother is very mean to his poor brother (and his family). One day a poor brother heals an injured swallow. The swallow repays his kindness by bringing a magical gourd seed. Huge gourds grow on the thatch of his humble house. When they cut the gourds open, gold, silver, and jewels pour out from the gourds. The rich brother tries to replicate it, but he gets punished
• The song of Sugung (the Sea Palace):
  • the dragon king is sick, and his illness can be cured by taking a rabbit's liver. The dragon king sends a terrapin (small turtle) to find and bring a rabbit from the earth. A rabbit is taken to the sea palace, but soon it realizes that it will be slaughtered. The rabbit tricks the dragon king, and escapes, ridiculing the dumb king. This song is particularly filled with earthy and farcical humor, and lengthy verbal imitations of animals
• The song of Jeokbyeok (Red Wall):
  • About the famous Chiense battle of Red Wall. The basic story is from the Romance of the (Chinese) Three Kingdoms (which is an oral tradition in China itself), but this Korean version focuses a lot more on ridiculing kings and nobles who cause wars
• Plus there are some less-known songs such as "a story of pheasant husband and wife" (the husband is pathetic and demands the wife not to remarry after his death, but she ignores him)
  • and a shamanic saga Baridegi (the seventh princess of a king is abandoned because she's a daughter and unwanted, but she goes into the underworld to find a cure for her father's treatment)
• There are also a lot of theater pieces (village ground theaters) - with masks. The common theme is ridiculing and satirizing arrogant and pretentious scholar-aristocrats

** There's a beautiful, sad classic movie about the Pansori singers (1991) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seopyeonje)
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[3] Novels and essays written in the Korean script

• Hong Gil-dong: Translated in English (Penguin classics)
  • This is a story of a sort of Korean Robin Hood. Hong Gil-dong is born as the son of a concubine and noble father, and he's treated as a low status outsider to the family - He "can't call his brother "brother", and can't call his father "father"" He can't take the civil service exam, so his upward mobility is restrained by his birth
  • Then he becomes the head of a bandit, learns magic and tactics, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Later he establishes his kingdom in a mythical island (yuldo-guk)
  • The name "Hong Gil-dong" is still used in Korean documents like John Doe
  • A real bandit leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Im_Kkeokjeong was the inspiration for this novel
• Court women's diaries and essays
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naehun "Instructions for the inner (chamber)" or "Instructions for Women" - the oldest surviving work written by a royal woman (strongly conservative and Confucian)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Lady_Hyegyeong mentioned above (section 14)
  • Diary of a court maiden - mentioned above (section 11)

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[4] Novels written in the classical Chinese script

• Kim Man-jung's work: he wrote in classical Chinese and, and wrote novels set in ancient China (as a fantastic setting)
  • The Cloud Dream of the Nine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cloud_Dream_of_the_Nine
    • English translation (Penguin classics)
    • a story of a man having a love affair with nine female immortals - filled with Confucian and Buddhist themes
  • Lady Sa's Southward Journey (link) - the journey of an ugly, yet courageous and virtuous woman - she eventually becomes beautiful and becomes an empress
• Park Ji-won)'s satirical work:
  • The story of Heo Saeng:
    • Heo Saeng is a poofallen scholar-aristocrat who tried the civil service exam for 10 years but never succeeded. His wife complains, and one day he runs out of his house and borrows 10,000 nyang (coins) from a wealthy man. With that, he buys up all the fruits in Seoul and all the horsehair (used to make scholars' hats)) in Jeju island, raising the price ten-fold, and he makes massive profits. But he laments how easy it is to manipulate Joseon's economy, and laments the primitive and undeveloped economy
  • The story of Ho-jil:
    • The story of a tiger (or tiger spirit) eating up scholar-aristocrats
  • A grumpy aristocrat and rebel, he was tall, had a loud voice and was interested in folklore, apocryphal stories, and ordinary people's culture. He fiercely hated his fellow aristocrats - "useless, pretentious, and idle"
• "The Songs of Monthly Events of Farmers"
  • A record of folk traditions, festivals, and calendar events for farmers. I don't know why I had to learn about this in my high school literature class (what's the literary value?), but it was beautiful anyways

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[5] Folk motifs - I can't list everything, but common motifs found in late-Joseon folk culture are:

• Women's suffering - a woman dying during a childbirth, woman throwing herself into a river after abuses of her mother-in-law and husband, female ghosts who were unjustly killed appearing to a village magistrate, etc.....
  • A straw rope (called golden rope) was hung over a gate of a house to announce a new baby - if the baby was a boy, they attached chili peppers to (proudly) announce that it was a son
    • Uh "chili pepper" and "(child's) penis" are homophones in the Korean language... because they look similar??
    • Until like the 80s, it was common to take a photo of a male child with his penis exposed on his "1st birthday celebration" (dol) - because it's something to be proudly displayed
• The belief that lepers abduct babies and eat their liver to cure leprosy. I don't know if Korean lepers really did that, but this stereotype was so common that I still remember seeing on TV the image of a leper wandering in vast, yellow grassfields looking for a human baby
  • The Japanese later built a leper colony/concentration camp for lepers on a Southwestern island. Lots of abuses happened there, and the colony still exists there.
• There were all-male troupes called Namsadang that performed theater arts, acrobatics, drumming, and village ritual music (which is a bit shamanic and trance-inducing: Pungmul). There was often a male actor who played a female role (similar to Japan), and homosexuality was common in those troupes. A popular movie about it: The King and the Clown
• Singing beggars - There was a tradition of homeless performers tapping on empty tins with spoons and singing and dancing at the doors of rich people. Later some developed into performance art

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** There was a parallel trend in paintings - classical Chinese style vs. vernaculafolk style

• Court painters followed the Chinese style: Gim Hongdo, An Gyeon, Jeong Seon
  • Sin Yun-bok has a distinct and realistic style. He painted lots of women, scenes from everyday life in Joseon. One of the most famous traditional painters of Joseon
  • Jang Seung-eop is also famous for his distinct style - there's a movie about him (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-hwa-seon)

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• Folk painting (Minhwa):
  • Personally I find them a lot more interesting. For example smoking tigers (image)

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To be continued!

When I was young, I was homeschooled for a few years. I remember using a platform called Time4Learning.com. This website is still around, but as years have gone by it has definitely changed.
Time4Learning is a paid subscription to all the educational materials. It has lots of lesson plans and homework assignments automatically in the site, so long as you're paying for it. But aside from the education, it also had an arcade. If you did enough lessons, you could earn a quick trip to the arcade. If you remember the Funbrain Arcade, it's a little like that. The games all are educational based, but they were fun to me back then anyway. I played the same ones over and over because I liked them so much. And some of those games are what I want to ask about.
The first game I have in mind has to do with animal science.
Platform(s): PC/Web
Genre: Point and click? Puzzle?
Estimated year of release: 2001?
Graphics/art style: Because the game takes place at night, it's a bit hard to see the graphics because of the darkness. However, when the animals are found, they are brought in the view of the player's flashlight.
Notable characters: A group of children out camping at night. Also has a bunch of animals.
Notable gameplay mechanics: The game begins with a group of kids camping at night. All of a sudden, they hear a sound that is unusual. Scared, they bring out a flashlight and look around. So now the gameplay begins: your mouse cursor is a flashlight. Move the mouse around to find animals in the night. Once the kids see what's making the weird noises, they aren't so scared anymore, and the game ends.
Other details: One of the animals is an owl. I vaguely remember some skittering insects. I think the game had a link to an animal science website at the very end, but I might be wrong about that.
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The second game I have in mind is about English, writing, and words.
Platform(s): PC/Web
Genre: Puzzle, Quiz, Rougelike(?)
Estimated year of release: 2005?
Graphics/art style: Very cartoonish, bright colors. The game takes place in a wizard's tower with unique monsters and magic.
Notable characters: The Wizard, whom you play as. You explore a dungeon and look for keys to open doors with and escape the tower. You also need to answer the monster's questions to go through more doors.
Notable gameplay mechanics: As I mentioned before, you explore a magical tower and answer English questions to escape. I call it a Rougelike because of this aspect of the gameplay, and it reminds me of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon or a 2D Zelda game, just without the enemies or upgrades. Since the game is focused on exploration, it's more of a maze.
This game also had audio for the monsters. Each monster's voice lines had to do with their question, usually just reading it aloud as well as the answers.
One specific voiced line/question that I remember very well: The wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he heard, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why can't we all be like this wise old bird?
I believe the question is asking 'What kind of writing is this?' and the answer is something like 'a Poem'. But I don't remember the question; literally just the poem audio. I also believe that one of the questions asked 'what is Onomatopoeia?' but I also don't know if this is real.
Other details: This was one of my favorite games because it was so gamified, and because it was so visually unique. I believe that a different company made it than the company that hosts Time4Learning, however, I don't really know who that could be.
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I don't know if any of this is enough information to get answers, but I just wanted to type all of this information somewhere anyways. Because the source is a subscription service, I don't expect anybody to pay real money to try and figure out if these games still exist. But either way, I just wanted to post and get it off my mind.
Here's a link about the Time4Learning Playground, the only source I have so far: https://www.time4learning.com/playground.htm
Here's a quote straight from this site: "The Time4Learning Playground relies on a suite of licensed games as well as a white list of great online sites and activities like PBS Kids, BBC Interactive, Sesame Street, Pauly’s Playhouse, VeggieTales, and Starfall." I believe that if some of the games I played are on other websites as well, hopefully, I can find them again. So that's another reason why I'm posting all this, just to put all I can remember in one spot.
Thanks for reading and good luck!

• Allegory: It is a literary technique in which an abstract idea is given a form of characters, actions or events.
• Form: The arrangement or method used to convey the content, such as blank verse, couplet, quatrain, free verse, haiku, etc.
• Blank Verse: Unrhymed lines of poetry usually in iambic pentameter.
• Quatrain: A four-line stanze.
• Free Verse: Poetry with no set meter or rhyme scheme.
• Alliteration: It is a literary device that the repetition of first consonount in a group of words.
• Allusion: It is figure of speech so the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event or literary work by way of a passing reference.
• Assonounce: It refers to repetition of sounds produced by vowel within a sentence on phrase.
• Monologue: A long speech by one character in a play or story.
• Dramatic Monologue: A poem with a fictional narrator addressed to someone whose identity the audience knows, but who does not say anything.
• Soliloguy: A monologue in which a character expresses his other thoughts to the audience and does not intend the other characters to hear them. Just speak out directly.
• Hyperbole: It is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
• Imagery: The use of description that helps the reader imagine how something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or taste.
• Lyric: A type of poetry that expresses the poet’s emotions.
• Pun: Word play in which words with totally different meanings have similar or identical sounds.
• Sarcasm: Language that conveys a certain idea by saying just the opposite.
• Smile: It makes comprasion, showing similarities between two different things. There are used “like” and “as”.
• Metaphor: A comprasion that does not use “like” or “as”.
• Satire: The use of satire in literature refers to the practice of making fun of a human weakness or characters flaw.
• Meter: It is stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem.
• Tone (Mood): The means by which a poet reveals attitudes and feelings, in the style of language or expression of thought used to develop the subject.
• Motif: It is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work.
• Onomatopoeia: The use of words that sound like what they mean.
• Parody: A humorous, exaggerated imitation of another work.
• Epitaph: A brief quotation, which appears at the beginning of a literary work.
• Flashback: The insertion of an earlier event into the time order of a narrative.
• Foreshadowing: A technique for hinting at events that may occur later in the plot.
• Sonnet: A fourteen-line poem written iambic pentameter.
• Symbol: An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance.
• Ambiguity: A word or phrase that can mean more than one thing, even in its context. It is deeper and darker meanings.
• Connotation: The emotional, psychological or social overtones of a word; its implications and association apart from its literary meaning.
• Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word; its literal meaning apart from any associations or connotations.
• Euphemism: It refers to polite, indirect expressions that replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite.
• Metonymy: A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely.
• Paradox: A statement in which a seeming contradiction many reveal an unexpected truth.
• Theme: It is the central or universal idea of a piece of fiction.
• Oxymoron: A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other.
• Synecdoche: Indicating a person, object, etc. by letting only a certain part represent the whole.
• Stream of Consciousness: The story is told so that the reader feels as if they are inside the head of one character and knows all their thoughts and reactions.
• Internal Rhyme: A rhyme that occurs within one line.
• Characters: The people(or animal, things, etc. presented as people) appearing in a literary work.
• Round Character: Round character convincing, true to life Have many different and sometimes even contradictory personality traits.
• Flat character: Flat character are stereotyped, shallow, and often symbolic. Have only one or two personality traits.
• Static Character: A character who remains privarily the same during the course of a story or novel.
• Dynamic Character: A character which changes during the course of a story or novel.
• Antagonist: In literature, an antagonist is a character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the protagonist.
• Protagonist: It is the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel.
• Personification: Giving inanimate object human characters.
• Characterization: It is the creation of imaginary persons so that they seem lifelike.
• Direct Characterization: The explicit presentation by the author of the character through direct description.
• Indirect Characterization: The presentation of a character in action, with little or no explicit comment by the author, in the expactation that the reader can deduce the attributes of the character from his actions.
• Conflict: It is the struggle between opposing forces in a story or play.
• Internal Conflict: It exist within the mind of a character who is turn between different courses of action.
• External Conflict: It exist when a character struggles against some outside forces.
• Setting: It is an environment in which an event or story takes places. The time and the location where the action occurs.
• Exposition: It is part of the work that introduces the characters, settings and basic situation.
• Rising Action: It is part of the plot that begins to occur as soon as the conflict is introduced.
• Climax: It is the point of greatest emotional intentsity, interest or suspense in the plot of a narrative.
• Falling Action: It is the action that typically follows the climax and reveals its results.
• Resolution: It is the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict.
• Irony: Language that conveys certain ideas by saying just the opposite.
• Situational Irony: It is the contrast between what happens and what was expected.
• Dramatic Irony: This is the contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we know to be true.
• Verbal Irony: This is the contrast between what is said and what is meant.
• Voice: The narrative point of view whether it’s in the first, second, or third.
• Omniscient: The narrator has the power to show the reader what is happening through a number of characters’ eye.
• Limited Omniscient: Third person, told from the viewpoint of a character in the story.
• Objective: Third person, told as if from a camera that follows the characters.
• Innocent Eye: The story is told through the eyes of a child.
• Phallic Symbol: Any object that resembles or might be taken as a representation of the penis, such as a cigar, pencil, tree, skyscraper, snake, or hammer.
• Yonic Symbol: A yonic symbol is a sexualized representation of femininity and reproductive power.

Deck Remodeling Pack: Galaxy of Fate!!

Etymology/Translation Corner
Banner: https://i.imgur.com/lyKEmb5.png
Tagline: "As it revolves around the cosmic skies of oblivion, the stars and planets call upon its name! Take flight, Galactica Oblivion!!"
CM: https://streamable.com/ex1u5e
Yudias: "As it revolves around the cosmic skies of oblivion, the stars and planets call upon its name! Take flight, Galactica Oblivion!! And Yuhi's Jointech Rex! As well as a new LEGEND! Grab hold of the cards sent by fate."
This is a list of translated Japanese names for all of the cards in the Deck Remodeling Pack: Galaxy of Fate!!. See below for further notes.
Each card name is linked to an image!! (Use an image-zooming extension like Imagus to view them instantly.)
Any questions or issues you may have about the translations are welcome.

• Revolver Dragon

1. Milky Wayve Neo
2. Galactica Oblivion
3. Sheep World - Groun-Mouton
4. Sheep World - Pyro-Wool
5. Sheep World - Night-Mutton
6. Magical Sheep Girl - Meh~gu-chan
7. One-Year Broom
8. Decennium Demon Sword
9. Centennial Wooden Sword
10. Atlas Combat Beetle
11. Keeper of the Throne
12. Griffall
13. Black Handshaker
14. Astro-Rescue
15. Ozone Saw
16. Transamu Ephyrai
17. Satellite Pegasus
18. Great Cosmonarch
19. Jointech Rex
20. Sheep World - Plan-Ewe
21. Poetic Fairy
22. Swordfish Vanguard Kaju
23. Princess Tento White
24. Pakuchu
25. Fibron, the Spinning Trade Silkworm
26. Therappi
27. Rapid Carriearth
28. Dramoth Caterpillar
29. Shitotsu the Onmyo-Samurai
30. Bio Mecha-Mantis
31. Crusher Drone
32. Ravenous Insect Matiless
33. Excutie Fermi
34. Undergrounded Digra
35. Ground Cerberus
36. Dinas Dorcus, the Alate King in Shell Armor
37. Magical Dragon Knight - Sevensgeas
38. Phantom Edge Master-Carpenter Dragon - Hand-Toolong
39. Flower Fang Derangement - Meika Étranzer-Eyes
40. Hero of the Broom
41. Samurai of the Wooden Sword
42. Surge Boltex Dragon
43. Meteor Charge
44. Meet-and-Greed
45. Future Mining
46. Secret Sword! Ruler's Sundering Strike / Secret Sword! Sundering Strike of the Elegant
47. Shuhariken / Shuhari Shuriken Hurricane
48. Signs of the Opponent's Moves
49. Forest of the Sunny Tento
50. Insect Rampage
51. Intrude Beetle
52. Excutie Up!
53. Ghost Cyclone
54. Strange Wall
55. Sheep World - Grudges to the Grave They Go
56. Meticulous Mask of Good Omens
57. Hand Reprinting
58. Security Hole
59. Howling Steel of the Demolition Dragon
60. A Sorrowful Death Between Crossed Swords
61. Mukaezuki! / Greeting Thrust!
62. Anti-Ant Barrier
63. Tumbled Down and Ignored
64. Strawberry Picking
65. Crisis at the Holy Tower

Etymology and other trivia:

• Milky Wayve is a portmanteau of Milky Way and wave.
• Sheep World (Youkai) is a phonetic play on yōkai—a term for various monstrous apparitions that appear in Japanese folklore.
• Groun-Mouton is a combination of ground and mouton—French for "mutton."
• Magical Sheep Girl (Mahou Youjo) is a play on the Japanese term mahou shoujo (lit. "magical girl"), referring to the popular anime/manga genre by the same name. She may also based on Majokko Megu-chan, an anime series considered to be the forerunner of the "magical girl" genre. The meh~ (pronounced "meh-eh") in Meh~gu-chan is the Japanese equivalent to "baa"—the onomatopoeia for the sound sheep make. Part of her flavor text mentions she eats paper and letters, which is a reference to the Japanese nursery rhyme Yagisan Yubin.
• One-Year Broom, Decennium Demon Sword ("decennium" is a synonym for "decade"), and Centennial Wooden Sword are all retrograde references to the monster Millennium Shield.
• Atlas Combat Beetle is based on the atlas beetle, a very large species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
• Griffall is likely a portmanteau of griffin (a mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion, typically depicted with pointed ears and with the eagle's legs taking the place of the forelegs) and wall.
• Astro-Rescue is likely a twist on astronaut.
• Ozone Saw is a pun on the Japanese term for the ozone layer (pronounced ozon-sou in Japanese).
• Ephyrai is a portmanteau of ephyra (a larval stage in the life cycle of jellyfish) and rai, which comes from "samurai," like with Transamu Rainac.
• Cosmonarch is a portmanteau of cosmo(s) and monarch.
• Jointech is a portmanteau of joint and tech(nology).
• Plan-Ewe is a combination of plant and ewe (a female sheep).
• Poetic Fairy (Kotonoha no Yousei) is a reference to the Japanese waka (also sometimes referred to as kotonoha)—a type of Japanese poem in classical Japanese literature.
• Tento comes from the Japanese name for the ladybug: tentoumushi.
• Pakuchu is a twist on the Japanese term pakuncho ("eating in one bite") and the verb pakutsuku ("to gulp down food"). Chu is Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound mice make.
• Spinning Trade Silkworm (Bousekisan) is a pun on the Japanese terms boueki ("foreign trade") and bouseki ("spinning," referring to an insect producing silk). Fibron is a twist on fibroin (a protein found in the silk produced by numerous insects).
• Therappi is seemingly a pun on therapy due to its LP-healing effect. It might also be a play on happi ("happy").
• Carriearth is a portmanteau of carrier and earth.
• Dramoth seems to be a contraction of dragon moth.
• Shitotsu is the Japanese term for a thrust in kendo.
• Matiless seems to be a corruption of mantis.
• Fermi is likely named after the Fermi paradox—the conflict between the lack of clear, obvious evidence for extraterrestrial life and various high estimates for their existence.
• Dorcus is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). The kanji for "wing" used in its Japanese title (Shikouou) refers specifically to insect wings, so I've used the term alate here to denote that (which is an entomological term for an insect having wings).
• Sevensgeas is a Rush Duel parody of the OCG's Master of Dragon Knight.
• Hand-Toolong is a portmanteau of hand tool (any tool that is powered by hand rather than a motor) and long (Chinese for "dragon"). The title Master-Carpenter Dragon (Touryou) is a phonetic pun on the Japanese term for "master carpenter" (touryou), with the ryou kanji having been replaced with the same-sounding one that instead means "dragon."
• Meika Étranzer-Eyes is a reference to Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS character Ranze Nanahoshi's Ranze Eyes character quirk, in which she hallucinates the various boys she falls in love with inside a rose-colored fantasy. The card's artwork mimics the way Ranze's face is surrounded in a pink border with an elaborate design during Ranze Eyes. The fact this card's effect can reduce a monster's ATK by 730,000 is a reference to how Ranze used to keep observation diaries for each man she fell in love with, and this number of diaries having reached 73 by Episode 36.
• Boltex is a portmanteau of bolt and vortex, referring to how this monster is a Fusion of two Surge Bolt Lizards.
• Meet-and-Greed is a pun on the term meet-and-greet (an organized event during which a celebrity, politician, or other well-known figure meets and talks to the public).
• Future Mining is the effect name of Drill-Strike Dragon Bunker Strike from the SEVENS anime.
• Sundering Strike (Katsugeki) is a phonetic pun on the Japanese term for a fight scene in a movie or play (also pronounced katsugeki).
• Shuhariken is a Japanese portmanteau of Shuhari—a martial-arts term for the three stages of learning mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, and parting with traditional wisdom—hurricane (harikēn), and shuriken (a weapon in the form of a star with projecting blades or points).
• Signs of the Opponent's Moves (Sen no Kizashi) is a reference to the kendo term sen—which basically signifies how to anticipate your opponent's moves, of which there are three main variations: either knowing their next move (sen no sen), sensing their next move by intuition (sensen no sen), or letting them strike so you can strike back more easily (go no sen).
• Forest of the Sunny Tento (Otentousama no Mori) is a pun on the Japanese term otentosama (a kind of formal way to refer to the Sun). Here the tento part is an obvious play on tentoumushi ("ladybug") as well.
• Grudges to the Grave They Go (Bochi ni Onnen) is a pun on how the Japanese word for grudge (onnen) sounds the same as a phrase from the Kansai dialect which can mean "here I am" or "it's there" (-on nen).
• Meticulous Mask of Good Omens (Kicchou no Men) is a pun on the Japanese phrase kichoumen ("meticulous" or "punctual").
• Hand Reprinting (Tefuda Zousatsu) has an artwork, name, and effect similar to that of Hand Obliteration (Tefuda Massatsu).
• A security hole is a computing term for a mistake in a piece of software that allows a user to gain access to a computer system or network without permission.
• A Sorrowful Death Between Crossed Swords (Koukenshiai) is a pun on the Japanese idiom koukanshiai ("to exchange something together"). Shiai is also how the Japanese term for a match in kendo is pronounced.
• Mukaezuki is a kendo term for a tsuki (a thrust to the throat) with locked arms that meets the opponent's forward movement as they step in to attack. It's generally considered extremely bad manners to use this technique.
• Anti-Ant Barrier is a Rush Duel parody of Insect-Repellent Barrier (Insect Barrier in the TCG). The name may also be a pun on the sound of "ancient."
• Tumbled Down and Ignored (Tentoumushi) is pronounced the same way as the Japanese word for "ladybug" (tentoumushi).
• The effect of Strawberry Picking (Ichigo-gari) being able to destroy monsters with 1500 or less ATK is a reference to how the Japanese word for "strawberry" (ichigo) sounds like a goroawase reading of the number 15 (ichi-go).

Saikyō Jump March 2022 Edition bonus card

• Unknown Flyleon

Saikyō Jump April 2022 Edition bonus card

• Pelyon, Horseman of the Star Crusade

Etymology:

• Pelyon is named after Pelion, a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece. In Greek mythology, Mount Pelion (which took its name from the mythical king Peleus, father of Achilles) was the homeland of Chiron the Centaur, tutor of many ancient Greek heroes.

Secret Ace Pack 2022 Vol.1

1. Transamu Rainac
2. Steel Machine God - Mirror Innovator
3. Phantom-Strike Dragon Mirageas
4. Royal Demons Death-Doom
5. Phantom Edge Dragon - Build Dragon

Etymology:

• "Transamu Rainac" is possibly a play on transparent or translucent and samurai.

Saikyō Jump May 2022 Edition bonus: Saikyo Starter Deck

1. Transamu Rainac
2. Sevens Road Magician
3. Multi-Strike Dragon Drageas
4. Max Raider
5. Savage Claw Tiger
6. Stone Dragon
7. Blue-Hawk Tengu
8. Innocent Lancer
9. Emperor of the Land and the Waters
10. Spike Seadra
11. Flying Mantis
12. Wild Raptor
13. Phantom Edge Warrior - Shovelong
14. Silent Assassin
15. Chekerael the Sunbeamy Angel
16. Bean Soldier
17. Water Mage
18. Giga-Tech Wolf
19. Cyclops
20. Dosodon
21. Cycliptron
22. One-Eyed White Tiger
23. Thunder the Lightning Bolt
24. Octopus Necromancer
25. Aromaguma
26. Whispering Fairy
27. Kuribot
28. Kuribot
29. Kuribot
30. Wight
31. Reincarnation of the Dead
32. Kamikaze Blade
33. Piercing!
34. The☆Power-Up
35. Brutal White Foam - Bleach Mortar
36. Hammer Crush
37. Counter Bomb
38. Emergency Return
39. The☆Barrier
40. Mysterious Handcuffs

Battle Pack 2022 Vol.1

1. Gaia the Dark Knight
2. Gazelle, the King of Phantom Beasts
3. Swordmaster Shogun of the Crescent Moon
4. Forest
5. Jubilance of the Mighty
6. Fancy Tento Pastel
7. Dream Tento Rainbow
8. Demon Beaver
9. Hero of the East
10. Killer Panda

Etymology:

• Jubilance of the Mighty is a Rush Duel parody of the OCG/TCG card Burden of the Mighty.

Original link
Read on Team Subbits site
Big thanks to Team Subbits' Japanese translators for this one.

Super popular in Korea, LOONA has made their long-awaited Japanese debut! MERY has gotten an exclusive interview♡

The members said, "We think of the circles in HULA HOOP as paths that connect us, LOONA, with our fans. The lyrics are like a poem too, so please listen to it a lot!”
StarSeed~Kakusei~ : Take note of the excitement as if you’re on another planet, and “cho cho joayo”
The members had this to say about Starseed~Kakusei~: “It contains the hope of bringing out one’s hidden abilities and moving forward energetically."
Let's get to know LOONA's members! Check each members' individual questions♡

Visual ace "Heejin" × Having both cool and brightness "Hyunjin"

Heejin was the first to debut in LOONA. LOONA’s visual ace, she has dance skills, as she has learned to dance from a young age♡ We asked Heejin these questions:
① When did you start wanting to become an idol? A. "I wanted to become an idol in elementary school, so I auditioned a lot. I started my activities in earnest when I was in middle school."
② Your representative animal is a rabbit, and your color is a deep pink - how do you think it suits you? A. "I think both rabbits and deep pink are a good fit for me, and I think they were recommended because the company thought they are similar to my image."
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Although she seems to be seen as a cool beauty, in reality Hyunjin has a bright personality and this gap is charming. We asked Hyunjin these questions:
① Your clear voice is very attractive ♡ Are there any particular efforts you make for this? A. "I think the basics are the most important thing, so I don’t skip practicing the basics, I firmly stick to it."
② Your representative animal is the cat, and your color is yellow - how do you think it suits you? A. "I think I look like a cat, and I like the bright atmosphere that comes with yellow! But, in fact, when I had an allergy test, I discovered that I was allergic to cats ..."

Leader "Haseul" × The group’s maknae full of aegyo, "Yeojin"

The leader who pulls the group along, Haseul gave off bright vibes during the interview as well. We asked Haseul these questions!
① Your beautiful and high voice is so attractive! What do you do to make your voice so clear? A. "Rather than on vocalization, I continue to place my efforts on making my voice sound pretty. I like chit-chatting, but I refrain from using my voice too much when recording."
② Your representative animal is a white bird, and your color is green. How do you think it suits you? A. "I think green fits me great! But I've always thought that birds are scary... Someday, through LOONA, I'd like to do a project where I can get closer to birds."
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The maknae Yeojin, youngest in the group and doted on by all. Although she is the youngest, she was passionate with her responses during the interview, leaving an impression of her being very dependable ♡ This is what we asked Yeojin:
① What are the difficult and good things unique to being the youngest? A. "There’s nothing particularly difficult, the good thing is that there are 11 unnies supporting me."
② Your representative animal is a frog, and your color is orange. How well do you think it suits you? A. "To be honest, I wondered how it would go, with the frog. But I've accepted it over time, and I think it has a cheerful image. I think orange is the perfect color for me."

From Hong Kong, overwhelming visual "Vivi" × The versatile "Kim Lip" who got attention even from her solo song

The only member hailing from Hong Kong, ViVi was active as a model in Hong Kong before her debut. Vivi has overwhelming visuals and an attractive figure. We asked her these questions!
① How did you study Korean? A. "I tried to read books, translate on my own, and memorize phrases rather than words. Now, I have no problem communicating with the members."
② Your representative animal is a deer, and your color is pastel pink. How much do you think it suits you? A. "I think the deer's gentle vibe is similar to me. I think pastel pink also suits me well."
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Kim Lip has received a lot of attention even during her solo days, such as her solo song "Eclipse" being included in NASA's official playlist.
① What is difference in appeal between solo and a group? A. “The appeal of a solo is that the concept will have a certain feel that matches you, whereas the chemistry between members is what’s important in a group, so I think fans will also be pleased.”
② Your representative animal is an owl, and your color is red - how much do you think it suits you? A. "Red is passionate and intense, and I think it fits very well. Although, I'm a morning person while owls are nocturnal, so I think that it’s funny that it’s the exact opposite."

"Jinsoul" with an attractive husky voice × "Choerry" with a gap between her overwhelming figure and cuteness

Jinsoul, who has an attractive husky voice, and also is in charge of rapping. For Jinsoul, who looks cool but has a cute personality in contrast, we asked these questions.
① Are there any artists you admire and are inspired by? A. "There isn’t a specific artist. I get greatly influenced by everyone. Recording myself and checking what sounds good, I make an effort to make our fans happy.”
② Your representative animal is a blue betta fish, and your color is blue, how well do you think that fits you? A. "A blue fish, a blue betta, appears in my solo MV. So I wondered if it was because of that. But when I saw myself dancing, the way my mouth moved resembled that of a fish, so it made sense."
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In contrast to her cute face, Choerry has an overwhelming figure. We asked Choerry, who had a cheerful side to liven up the interview, these questions.
① Secrets to maintaining your figure? A. “I don’t do anything in particular, but since I tend to get puffy easily, I drink tea that’s good for puffiness. I strongly recommend pumpkin and red bean tea.”
② Your representative animal is a bat, and your color is purple. How do you think it fits you? A. "I think purple fits me well, but I thought I wouldn’t get used to having my representative animal as a bat at first. Now, I think bats are pretty cute and I like them."

With plenty of brightness, LOONA's biggest jokester, "Yves" × Mood maker and trendsetter Chuu

Yves, who has a beautiful appearance and is the character in charge of jokes at LOONA. We asked Yves these questions!
① LOONA's jokester! What keeps you upbeat? A. “Honestly when it comes to meeting different people while alone, I’m on the shy side. But when I’m with the members I’m very comfortable and we have good chemistry, so I just turn into the jokester character.”
② Your representative animal is a swan, and your color is burgundy. How do you think it fits you? A. "I have a nickname of ‘apple’ among fans. The name “Eve” and apples are closely related, aren’t they? So, I like burgundy. Swans have an elegant image, so I think that’s the kind of image the company expected from me at first. Except, I actually can’t swim…”
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Chuu, who has a cheerful and talkative personality, and is a mood maker. We asked Chuu, who was popular on SNS even before debut, and who makes trends, these questions!
① Any tips to make trends? Such as creating the “Chuu heart” that was popular among K-POP idols? A. "I'm just doing various things with the hope that I’m pleasing the fans. I think it came up because I naturally thought like that.”
② Your representative animal is the penguin, and your color is coral, how well do you think that fits you? A. “I’ve always liked penguins, and I’ve always thought they were cute, so I’m happy. With coral, I wondered if it would suit me, but over time, I started thinking that it fits me.”

Quiet healing character Go Won × Olivia Hye who has overwhelming dance skill

Go Won, who has graceful facial features like a doll, and a quiet aura to her. We asked these questions to her:
① A fan of "OH MY GIRL" ♡ What kind of idol do you want to be? A. "I want to be the idol I dreamed of, and be somebody who gives energy and hope to fans."
② Your representative animal is a butterfly, and your color is Eden Green, how do you think that suits you? A. "We often wear fluttering outfits, which I think resembles butterflies, and I like that. For Eden Green, I like colors like yellow, but yellow is Hyunjin's color, so I think I wanted to also like Eden Green."
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Olivia Hye has overwhelming dance skills despite her cool and calm vibes. We asked her these questions.
① Not only for having the makings of an idol, but also famous among fans for being a PC gamer! How long do you play PC games? A. "I used to play a lot of games. I’m the type where when I start one thing, I concentrate on it until I reach the end. But lately, I’ve often been practicing singing and dancing, so I don't play games that often."
② Your representative animal is a wolf, and your color is gray. How well do you think that suits you? A. "At first I didn't have the image of a wolf at all, but I noticed the wolf within me through my solo song, and now I like it. I think gray suits me because I don't really like to stand out."
Let's get to know more about LOONA's charm! We asked for their thoughts about the group and the members♡
Q1. How would you like Japanese fans to support you?
A.
Go Won: We can’t meet in person now, so I’d like to meet Orbits, who’ve sent us lots of fan letters, soon.
Olivia Hye: Personally, I think it would be interesting if the "Hula Hoop challenge" became popular on SNS. Even though we’re apart, I want to connect using SNS and interact with my fans. By the way, I can spin a hula hoop around my neck.
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Author: Though the current conditions mean they can’t meet fans in person now, they really want to meet Japanese fans as soon as possible! I was able to feel that ♡ As Olivia Hye says, why don't you support LOONA by adding a hashtag #LOONAHulaHoopChallenge (#LOONAフラフープチャレンジ) on SNS?
Q2. What are your future goals after making your debut in Japan?
A.
Vivi: Our goal is to have a fan meeting where we can meet in person, and, more than anything, to have a concert in Japan.
Chuu: I always check the messages sent by Orbits! So I would like to meet in person and return my gratitude. I would like to show "HULA HOOP" at a concert.
Olivia Hye: When we are able to go to Japan, I would like to go see them in person, have a concert, and see how happy Japanese Orbits become.
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Author: The words that are overflowing from each member were all "I want to please the fans." As Vivi and Chuu say, let's hope that concerts and fan meetings in Japan will take place soon ♡
Q3. What is your favorite phrase or favorite Japanese part for your Japanese debut songs "HULA HOOP / StarSeed ~ Kakusei ~"?
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Choerry: I like “hitomi wa Andromeda'' (your eyes are Andromeda) from Hula Hoop. I like the Japanese words “umai” (delicious/great) and “pekopeko” (onomatopoeia for being hungry).
Chuu: I want to emphasize “chou chou joayo” from Starseed ~Kakusei~ because it’s cute having Japanese and Korean mixed together. I like the Japanese word “mokumoku” (silently working on something).
[T/N: The more common definition of “mokumoku” is stated above, but there are various alternative usages, such as being the onomatopoeia for smoke/clouds flowing past, or an alternative onomatopoeia for chewing (“mogumogu”), and it’s not clear which definition Chuu is referring to.]
Heejin: I was happy when I came to understand the meaning of “kakusei” (awakening). At first I thought it was “gakusei” (student), but it was interesting when I understood it after learning Japanese.
Yves: The pronunciation for “tsu” and “ku” were difficult, so I worked hard on it. “ku” is pronounced more nasally compared to Korean, so I put in a lot of effort to pronounce it cutely♡
Go Won: I like the Japanese word “kirakira” (onomatopoeia for sparkling/twinkling).
Yeojin: I like that the Japanese word “kokoro” (heart) also is in Starseed ~Kakusei~.
Vivi: I like the word “shiawase” (happiness).
Haseul: The feeling of repeating words in “dokidoki” (onomatopoeia for heart pounding) is cute.
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Author: With them taking the challenge of Japanese lyrics, their efforts and feelings of delighting Japanese fans comes through♡ LOONA’s efforts can be felt clearly in either song! We were also told “It sounds cute!”, or “It appears in the lyrics!” about their favourite Japanese words.
Q4. What do you want us to pay attention to in the B-side "PTT (Paint The Town) Japanese Ver."?
A.
Yeojin: It was our first time singing in Japanese, so all the members were careful about their pronunciation. I hope that the efforts will be conveyed to the fans as well.
Jinsoul: The lyrics have the same meaning, but I think the difference in pronunciation is a big point. It's the same song, but the rhythm is a little different, and I sang it with a different feeling. I’d like you to pay attention to those parts.
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Q5. What’s a charm that you think is unique to LOONA?
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Haseul: From solos to units, and then to a 12-person group, LOONA took a long time to become complete. That process has a different appeal from other idols, as well as being a new type. That’s why our teamwork is also strong.
Choerry: Our competitive spirit is also second to none!
Yves: The solos and units each have their own charms, and us as a full group also has a charm of its own. I think that’s a distinguishing factor we have from other groups. To someone who had been watching from the various eras, they would wonder, “what kind of combinations would come about when the solo or unit members form a group?” I think that that’s another one of our unique charms.
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Q6. Have you come to Japan before?
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Choerry: I've actually been there once for a shoot. There were many wonderful places and so much delicious food ♡, so I definitely want to go there again.
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Q7. “I really love this about a member!” What would that be?
A.
Hyunjin: I like Yves’ jokes ♡
Yves: I’m jealous that Yeojin can act spoiled because she’s the youngest~!
Heejin: I think it's amazing how Jinsoul gets deep into one thing when concentrating.
Yeojin: All 11 older sisters are kind and caring towards me. I'm really grateful to be able to casually talk with them, even when I'm feeling down.
Choerry: All the members are fun, I feel better just by looking at their faces ♡
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Q8. Who’s the mood maker (the life of the party), according to the members?
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Everyone is very bright! But I think Yeojin, Choerry, and Chuu are the mood makers. A personality test called "MBTI" is popular in Korea now, and when all the members did it, those three were "ENFP".
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Q9. If you could be another member for a day, who would you choose?
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Heejin → Yves: Yves’ arms and legs are very long, so her dance moves are beautiful. That’s why I chose Yves.
Hyunjin → Kim Lip: Her clothes are stylish! I always look at her closet and want to try on her clothes.
Haseul → Olivia Hye: I’m a very loud person, and when I get startled, I scream loudly, but Olivia Hye always stays calm. I think I’d be able to find a different side of myself.
Yeojin → Choerry: I love how she lives her life purely.
Vivi → Hyunjin: I fancy her height and physical strength.
Kim Lip → Heejin: When I was in the waiting room, I heard her say “I see something glittering~”, and I wondered what that was about. Apparently, Heejin’s nose is sharp enough that she could see the glitter on her nose. Her nose is pretty, and I’m jealous of it.
Jinsoul → Hyunjin: I envy her physical fitness and strength.
Choerry → Yeojin: I want to try feeling how’s it like to have 11 unnies♡
Yves → Olivia Hye: Seeing her going out alone and enjoying herself is wonderful. I think it’s nice that she doesn’t care about what others see of her, and lives her life calmly.
Chuu → Yves: She’s strong, and her figure is awesome! It’s my ideal figure.
Go Won → Kim Lip: I admire morning people who can wake up early and go to sleep early. Since I’m nocturnal..
Olivia Hye → Go Won: I don’t think I want to become someone else, but I think Go Won and I have similar personalities. I’m not the type to become overly enthusiastic, and seeing Go Won when she’s relaxing on the sofa makes me feel like she’s similar.
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We look forward to LOONA Japanese activities from now on♡ How about becoming an Orbit?

Charming members of LOONA, You can’t help but to become their fan…♡ How about becoming an Orbit from today on? First of all, listen to their Japanese debut songs, “HULA HOOP / StarSeed ~Kakusei~”, to moisturise your bustling daily life!
And we got a message from LOONA to Japanese Orbit:
“It is disappointing that we are not able to go directly to Japan to make our Japanese debut. But we think the fans were saddened the most. So we brought these bright songs to help overcome such emotions♡ Even with what’s going on now, we want everyone to be cheerful and positive. Even if it feels like we’re sort of close but still apart, we check every letter or video that we get from fans, and remember their names. So please don’t be worried, and look forward to the upcoming activities!”
Together, let us look forward to LOONA’s upcoming Japanese activities, as well as their global activities (in the future).

• The only purpose knees have is pain
• Cheese Quesadillas are an abomination
• Murder is illegal
• Sunlight is related to big pizza pies
• Italian names are hard to spell
• No I would not Diwan-i-am , I would not eat them in a court , I would not eat them in the Red fort , I would not eat them here or there , I would not eat them anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham , I do not like them Diwan-i-am.
• I like green eggs and ham
• What if the real slim shady is disabled and needs a wheelchair ?
• Pizza pie large
• Sleep is extra noice when tired
• buttresses hehe
• flying buttresses hehe
• Theres a buttress on the church hehehehehhehehehheehehehehehehehehehehheheehehehhehe
• Who tf named buttresses
• Buttressi plural ?
• Is may spring or summer ?
• Why is this classroom so cold
• Why does everyone hate blinds rolled up
• Cheese chupacabra
• Waterboarding at guantanamo bay sounds fun
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• Holy shite it’s so cold in here
• You can always enter the stomata but you can never leaf
• I hungry
• This is not riverdale
• Stop talking so loudly
• This is pretty annoying
• Too much guicy jossip
• If I see red on a burger , I hate the person eating the burger and the burger and the place the burger was placed and the farm that made the wheat for the burgers.
• When is the next class photo ?
• My I-card is outdated
• Ketchup
• Nobel Peace prize
• Hell is other noisy people , quiet people too , people in general I guess
• Take us to your leader; futility is resistance
• Some people laugh like a tractor running over a dying donkey with rabies , I do not like those people
• I AM THOSE PEOPLE
• Captain Marvel is not a good movie.
• Cringe is inevitable
• Holy shite this class is cringe
• Like realllllly cringe
• Irish cursing is so much more fun than regular cursing
• It’s really nice when all the noisy people take their noise elsewhere
• There should be a designated yelling place
• I think my ears are bleeding
• What does cancer feel like ?
• Shirts are nice , t-shirts too , but shirts more
• Shirts>T-shirts
• I might have food poisoning
• Nvm not poisoned just tired and nauseous and sad
• A person is tired and nauseous and sad in 8th grade ? whoulda thunk it
• Potential cat names , Aloy, Cassandra, Winston, Genji, Athena
• Criteria is the plural of Criteria
• A rare actual note : Keep your glasses on top your mask to avoid too much fogging
• >o--( evil alien
• o--( alien
• )--o neila
• >: kevin
• I’ll probably get skin cancer if I sit here too long
• I’m pretty excited for the start of Ch2 S8
• If they wanted a space monke , they should’ve just done an overwatch collab
• I wonder if the russian space monke will come with a Laika pet backbling
• I probably won’t be able to pay much attention to english today
• My stomach feels weird
• I hate this desk , it’s got a weird stain on it
• History is so fun when you write it
• What if all bowler hats are a beacon for evil
• Or like a storage compartment for it
• That’s why the antagonist’s hat turned evil in meet the robinsons
• That’s where Charlie Chaplain kept all his Hitlerness
• Same mustache
• What if the great dictator was not a parody , but an autobiography?
• Math is hard
• Probably
• I think everyone forgot batman was supposed to be a detective
• My throat is ded
• B was a terrible team
• Pointy crowns are better than non pointy ones
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^ ^ Owl ? Penguin ? Powl ? Ownguin ?

• Calling exams papers is dumb
• What’s catsup?
• What’s updog?
• Who’s Joe
• This class is colder than a really cold place
• I’m so tired
• Wearing glasses is so tiring
• Wearing a mask is so tiring
• It’s a bee , not Bumblebee , how much damage could it cause
• I’m so tired
• Collective punishment is a war crime
• Most teachers are war criminals
• What if bacon was used as a construction material
• It’s like a mix of rubber and cement
• Bacon trampoline? Bacon suspension cables?
• That straight to jail scene from parks and rec is pretty funny
• Undercook fish overcook chicken
• Undercook overcook
• Best patients in the world
• It’s not identify theft if the victim is not human
• Identity theft is a victimless crime , because the victim doesn’t exist anymore
• Identity theft is a victimless crime , like punching someone in the dark.
• I should have brought a jacket
• If someone finds this document , stop , reconsider , and go back to what you were doing earlier , I’d appreciate it.
• []ing is a pretty boring
• Why can’t the terminator terminate john later , or kill one of his parents or grandparents , or someone further down the line. Killing an ooga booga caveman would be pretty easy.
• Donky
• Dragonflies look nothing like dragons
• How morally wrong can punching a child be considered
• Cheddar > American
• Laziness has been the motivator of a lot of nothing
• The president should only be president for how long they can hold their pee
• This jossip is so guicy
• Who would win in a fight , medusa or a banshee ?
• Similar plotlines are often given to vastly different characters to show growth and bring out the character’s character better. This has absolutely nothing to do with real life.
• Tinnitus , thy name is 8b
• Quesadilla in hangman could not have been a coincidence
• Unless……………..
• There’s a cartel of quesadilla pushing slimeballs who have infiltrated common mom group and are asking them to give their children more quesadillas
• Absolutely disgusting
• Noisy Mcnoisyface returns
• I really really want to build a snowman rn
• Or have a snowball fight
• With a snowball knife
• On some snowball ice
• Fly a snowball kite
• Take a snowball bite
• That would be snowball nice
• There are many reasons to be tired , existing is one of them
• My ears are extremely responsive to noise yet useless when listening
• Someone going to slip or fall if they keep running
• I reallllllly hope this does not become like the 6th grade journal
• That was so cringe
• And obvious
• And embarrassing
• And fun
• What’s a t-storm
• T-shirt ?
• Why are eyebrows ?
• Hair?
• I’m going to fight in wwf
• It’s a gruesome war against pandas
• I don’t know most of my classmates’ names
• What does it take to stop ppl from reading my very important notes
• My english desk had “potty” and “civil war” carved on it
• I am confused
• Teal is a nice color
• It is nice to be excited about something
• It is nice to be excited
• It is nice
• It
• *Ma’am enters*
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• *Ma’am leaves*
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• Ooooooo
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• Ooga booga monky brian
• I like n95 masks the most
• Pongal is such a weird sounding holiday
• Like wtf i dont farm why should celebrate
• Give farmers rights instead or something
• Stop throwing popcorn and peanuts in fire
• The hindi suffix , “panti”
• What’s the brain version of tinnitus?
• A burst bladder is the worst bladder
• The worst bladder is a burst bladder
• Why are italics called italics
• Kill imanjaro
• What did imanjaro do to deserve this
• It is unwise to name a mountain after murder plans
• E
• MacCheeseborgir
• MacBook
• Big Mac
• It’s nice to have a neat class
• But that is never going to happen
• Math plural for Math
• Math hangman is no fun
• This is nice , this is quiet , I like it
• Pockets are nice and important
• It’s unnatural how mayonaise and momos go so well together
• Next Day
• “This is a rubbish example of social distancing” - Spokey Sir
• Bacon , Reagan , Palestine
• A+ in humanities
• Noice
• Badminton is Goodminton
• I hate the minions so much
• And gru too
• Oversized , half-sentient , tic tac looking , overall wearing , homer hair having yellow mfs who reproduce with fire hydrants
• My classmates are vampires , not the good kind , just the ones that are scared of light
• I can see it in their eyes that they despise the same old light they’ve fled the night before. And afterwards I ruin their crawl by doing something stupid like ( nothing rhymes so I’ll just say) drawing the blinds
• I have nice eyebrows
• Jebus , Jezuz , ( I suspicious ) = (Je sus)
• Why is the Kim dynasty named after first names ?
• Predator hunting grounds sucks as a game
• The sky looks nice
• The sky looks nice when it’s sunny , the sky looks nice when it’s raining , the sky looks nice.
• I should write an autobiography
• In west philadelphia born and raised on the playground is where i spent most my days chillin out maxin relaxing all cool shooting some b-ball outside of the school when a couple of guys who were up to no good starting making trouble in the neighborhood , i got in one little fight and my mom got scared she said , “you’re moving with your auntie and uncle in bel-air” So I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror , if I could anything it’s that this cab was rare , but nah , forget it , “yo homes to bel-air” I got out the cab about 7 or 8 and I said to the cabbie “ yo homes smell you later” I looked at my kingdom I was finally here , to sit on my throne as the prince of bel air
• That concludes my autobiography
• John Steinbeck step aside , I’m ready for my Pulitzer
• What’s that I hear ? Dead people can’t step aside , well I’m dead inside and can still walk , John Steinbeck is just a coward
• X = ((((x+x)-x)/x)*x)
• X = x
• Are smurfs worse than minions ?
• They’re blue da be do da be die da be do da be do da be die
• My intials are too nazi
• I formally declare i have no affiliation with the Schutzstafel
• Fornite travis scott is a bad profile picture for zoom
• This why you never give a OP a google doc
• Fr*nch jesus - “Je suis Jesus”
• Math is JUST ONE Letter away from Maph , coincidence ? I think not
• I can’t wait to go home and do nothing
• This google doc is pretty close to 2000 words
• 1680
• That’s not close
• I did not partake in jolly tomfoolery leading to flames , the flames were already elegantly , eloquently dancing since the globe has been completing its never ending cycle of beautiful twilight and vibrant dawn
• Harry truman , doris day , red china , johnny cage
• Everyone likes shows made by Micheal Schur
• Einstein , James Dean , What the heck is a spleen ?
• Crawl back into satan’s womb ye lightless heathens
• Next Day
• Chopsticks are fun to eat with
• Why did people wrap sushi in seaweed
• BgA > BTS
• As Bo Burnham said in repeat stuff , boy bands and Justin biebers often profit off puberty and low self esteem , and fill that need with the facade that they love the listener. Maybe a lot of modern music is kinda like that but for pretentiousness instead. Or maybe people just genuinely like those songs , Idk.
• Fingers getting crushed by basketballs bring back so many cherished , treasured , memories
• Names in India mostly end with a and n , l, j , or t if you’re feeling risky , and rarely I
• No bts in the classroom please
• No music in the classroom please
• No christmas in the classroom please
• I am become grinch , destroyer of fun
• I’m going to steal christmas and kill santa
• But halloween is fine
• And I’m leaving next tuesday alone too
• Ba dee da , I really don’t remember , ba dee da , what’s next tuesday
• Just kidding , I totally remember
• It’s the evening after 20 evenings on the month after six months on a non-Julian calendar
• Ba dee da
• If I ever become a history teacher , I’ll make my students listen to We didn’t start the fire , pick any topic from there , and explain it from the perspective of when the song was written , Ma’am , if you’re reading this , please plagiarize.
• I’m only 15 words away from 2000
• Noice
• It’s yom kippur today
• Is khlav khalash jewish ?
• Extra crab juice
• “I am become OP , writer of words” Oppenheimer quoting the Gita after writing more than 2000 words on his google doc that he randomly made because he was really bored in class
• Olive green is a nice color
• Olive green basketballs are the spawn of the devil
• Can any of the stuff here be used against me in trial ?
• If so , I would like to state that I clearly , eloquently , and with impeccable grammar stated that “Murder is illegal”
• : D
• Emoticons just aren’t the same in times new roman
• Still the best font though
• Now I shall start my journey to 3000 words
• 10% done so far
• Along with my hindi exam , I probably failed the vibe check
• When is Star Wars Battlefront 3 coming out ?
• Someone wrote “tutty” and something japanese next to where i'm sitting , that is not very nice of them
• I cannot wait to be someone’s italian cousin for the class courtroom drama
• “Yo honah , I didunt see nuffin , yo crazy yo honah , ima get ya in ya sleep , fat tony aint not gonna like nonna dis , he gon get me som new cement boots and take me for a swim in da New York harbor , yo honah , I got a wife an’ kids , I aint never visited them but I still got em , yo honah please , lemme go , i aint gon do no mo bad stuff , ya get what i’m sayin , I just gon get home and take a nice bath and watch “My cousin vinny” on dvd an get me a big fat toona sub from jerry’s deli , jerry’s deli’s got de best of de best food , it tastes so good , ya wouldn’t nevah evah believe it was laundering our dirdy monay. We once took out the mayor there and then we took out de mayor. He wasn’t lettin us do no whackin when we needed to whack snitches , so we whacked him, den whacked the snitches. We also whacked a lotta italian stereotypes , ya know , dem ‘I cooka da pizza’ guys , de aint not cookin no pizzas no moe . Shure we stuck up a pretzel stand but he wan’t not paying no protection moneez , and mah wife is very vocal on de topic of de pretzel protection moneez ‘When you gon get de pretzel moneez’ she says ‘ why didn’t ya attend jimmy’s baseball game’ ‘ when you gon get me a new watch ‘ , Well , Carol ye spiteful vecchia strega , I was gettin de bahr moneez during jimmy’s baseball game. We used to have such a good marriage , eating big pizza pie when the moon hit our eye in old napoli , now she just eats xxl pizza pie when the dim lightbulb hit her eye in her old apartment. I ain’t got no more monay left wid all de alimony and de shameful , shameful addiction of feeding dogs treats and callin dem good bois. It’s ravaged my swiss bank account I use for de evasion of de taxes. Dat was really helpful when fat tony took me to meet his friend pablo in colombia , neruda I think his last name wus , ate too many onions. Too many mosquitoes in colombia dough , all day an night i was like , whack whack whack , it sounded like a bad hip hop cd. Speakin on de topic of bad hip hop cds , the fresh prince of bel-air sucked worse than de yankees during baseball seasun.”
• *Gets strangled to death by everyone in the room*
• Pretzel moneez
• Snitches get riches
• 10 pages , 2595 words , and 14242 characters of the best literature written since dan pikley made captain underpants
• Steve jobs advocated for piracy
• Well shiver me timbers and serve me some ale , I’m a pirate now
• Yo ho ho, we sail high on the seas , we get very very bad scurvy , because there are no fruits we eat , and we need prosthetic knees
• We have a new teacher
• But I’m going back to writing sea shanties now
• Shiver me timber and gather some ale , we’re sailing the seas amid the high gales
• Sing this shanty loud and clear or davy jones’ll stick a plum up yer rear
• We eat no fruits we travel light , we plunder loot and are full of might
• I never knew faces could get so red
• ‘Specially /=/ Specifically
• I have an exceptional dislike for silica often present in tropical settings and arid deserts. It has shown to be coarse , rutted , galling , and it finds its way to each and every nook, orifice , and cranny.
• BgA>BTR > BTS>Normal stuff>A rabid racoon wouldn’t eat this trash>Anything Kaustubh listens to
• Dong saya de is literally the best song ever made , even better than Best song ever by singular direction
• Red China ?
• I can't wait or the courtroom stuff
• I cannot believe I just witnessed such a brutal murder in class right now
• The Doom Slayer himself would be jealous
• This murder just turned into an elaborate string of homicides
• My hands hurt after writing with a pen so much
• I’m pretty tired in general and of everything
• Jellyfish are not lame
• Tinnitus , thy name is Tinnitus
• My classmates are so homesick for Transylvania , I think they’re just cranky because they have’t had their lunch yet , they’re probably going to suck the blood out of a watermelon flavored human.
• It’s nice to see everyone so excited about butterflies
• Nvm they just kill them
• This small dose of whimsy has really brightened up a depressingly monotonous classroom
• Whimsy is nice
• But I’m tired
• Almost 3000
• Only 77 left to go
• I’m surprised my classmates haven’t died from the sunlight yet
• It’s nice to nice
• Nice
• Niche
• Nietzsche
• Fred
• Flintstones
• Flint and steel
• Minecraft villager genocide
• If you stare into the blue skies too long , the blue skies stare back
• I feel uncomfortable knowing fungi may be reproducing in my bread
• Next Day
• I know it’s not right , I know it’s not funny , but I’ll stop beating this dead horse when it stops making me money
• What if the dead horse is a metaphor for a dead cow
• Wait a minute , I’m not making any money off of this
• Eh , I’m going to beat the Irish shite out of the horse anyways
• Like Martin Luther King always said , “Group 1 should not come on the Group 2 days”
• Since segregation worked so well in the 1960s , why not segregate by groups in 2021 , I would like to enjoy some quiet for once
• I am extremely kinda tired
• Thy beauty is incomparable to any other than thine , Thy glowing glow is equivalent to thy shine.
• It’s so cyclical
• And it just states stuff without complimenting
• It’s beautiful
• My mouth is unbearably dry
• Just like Ben Sha-
• I have been advised by my lawyers to not continue this further
• Who am I kidding ? I have no lawyers
• There would be no one there for me when I am convicted by an extremely partial jury of multiple counts of repeated manslaughter and aggravated tax evasion
• This document is such an articulate record of my descent into absolutely nothing and the making of a future normal person
• Worrying about stuff that is inevitable is totally rational
• The above statement has absolutely nothing to do with me finding any work I produce cringe, and dying alone
• Our lord and saviour , Garfield , vehemently detests the day after Sunday
• Very poor choice of words
• Specially to a new kid
• Need a quickie confession ? Start a waterboarding session
• I should make an ad for waterboarding like I did for Diabetes and Infanticide
• This is probably the most our class will ever deal with flowers
• We’re an extremely sad class
• I’m an extremely sad class
• No one’s getting any flowers ever is what I meant by the above statements
• In case that wasn’t clear
• Extremely apt example
• My examples are the aptest
• The sheer aptness of my examples is so overwhelming someone fainted
• My laugh is so weird
• Am I the rabid donky ?
• No , just a normal one
• Rabies is scary
• Some folks are born , raised to be save the yaks , yeah they’re red shite and blue. But when the sand says , mail me some briefs , nothing rhymes with canon at you
• It ain’t me
• It ain’t me
• I ain’t no fortunate son
• I find the stereotype of old hags offensive as it fails to consider many young hags
• Here comes the sun
• Why do I get goosebumps when I’m cold and when taking surveys
• I am extremely enthusiastic about enthusiasm
• Birthed and brought up in the western suburbs of Philadelphia , chillin out , maxin , relaxing all cool I spent most of my time partaking in eloquently shooting spherical orange spheres into high rings with netting beneath them , when a handful of ruffians , indubitably up to shenanigans , started committing tomfoolery in the neighborhood , I partook in a little scuffle and my mother grew concerned , so she proclaimed , you're moving with my sister and her husband to bel-air. I begged and pleaded with her , however , she did not heed , therefore I packed my luggage and stated “ Might as well kick it”. First class , yo this is rad , sipping juiced citrines out of a glass generally reserved for champagne. I pursed my lips to make a high pitched sound in order to inform the taxi driver of my intent to ride , the plate to the rear of the vehicle and it had dice hanging from the rearview mirror , if anything , I could say that this taxi was hard to find , but I thought I shall not , “Yo homes to Bel-air”
• My maths results are so disappointing
• This is the ultimate epic of ultimate destiny
• Gilgamesh and the Ramayana can go make a sadness quesadilla with all their tears after reading this masterpiece
• Anime profile pics are not good
• I constantly live with a burning , seething , overwhelming sense of apathy
• I am extremely excited for the GP law thing
• The duality of man
• I’ll probably be a lawyer
• I enjoy extreme normalcy
• I enjoy extreme change
• If a good person is defined as a person who pays their taxes , children are horrible people and deserve to be yeeted into the sun at mach (the speed of light^the speed of light)
• fish
• I thought love was only true in fairy tales , meant for someone else and not for me , love was out to get me , or so it seemed , disappointment haunted all my dreams , but then I saw her face *Medusa Appears*
• Now I’m a rock
• I wonder if gow ragnarok will have any egyptian stuff thrown in
• Overwatch is pretty underwhelming
• Man, John Steinbeck had no chill
• My ears hurt due to the mask
• My ears hurt due to the noise
• My ears are in a constant state of agony
• Somebody once told me , hands off the macaroni , milwaukee pasta bandit found dead
• (((x*x)+x)+(x/2))-1
• Is 12am night or noon ?
• Spam plagues everyone
• This applies to both the food product and the other thing
• Manufacturing accident
• Ringworms
• Roundworms
• Guinea worms
• Gummy worms
• Celtic wyrms
• Chinese wyrms
• Earthworms
• Eyeworms
• And Ebola for good measure
• You don’t want to know
• Duff has the same problem
• Were T-storms created by the Umbrella Corporation ?
• T-shirts too
• Makes sense
• Repeat implies the existence of peat
• Will I reach 4500 words or 20000 characters (excluding spaces) first?
• Next Day
• What were the cola wars ?
• Could Godzilla win against hulk
• I wake up in the morning
• A - Feeling like P-diddy
• B - And I brush my hair , drink a cup coffee and I find it hard to stay awake , it’s just another day
• Was the Black Widow end credits scene foreshadowing the Hawkeye series or the dark avengers ?
• Or both?
• The only reason certain classmates of mine wouldn’t come to physical school would be that their house was taken away by a tornado and they ended up in oz
• Even then they’d try to get back
• Personally , I would prefer if they stayed there
• 4 more words till 4000
• I cooka de pizza
• 4000 words
• I’m so happy I finally got to use the Italian henchman rant thingy
• It fills my heart with joy and pasta
• Joy and pasta sounds like a good name for an italian restaurant
• Joy and pasta , still a better love story than twilight
• Ploopy > bubby
• Never before have I seen a theater kid so uninterested in classroom drama
• Zoo wee mama
• That was such a funny joke
• Hahahaha
• That’s a great joke OP
• Well done
• Minecraft speedruns should be left up to minecraft speedrunners , not minecraft youtubers
• Yeah I’m a OP , here’s a kind of poem that makes each letter of a word an adjective starting with the same letter as the letter of it’s placement in the word. The poem’s name starts with an A but I don’t remember the exact name.
• S-Sracist
• H-Hracist
• R-Rracist
• E-Eracist
• Y-Yracist
• A-Aracist
• N-Nracist
• I’m a OP
• Democracy before science
• Viva la revolution
• I wanna be the very best that no one ever was , to catch pokemon is my real test , to train them is my cause. Pokemon , gotta catch em all !
• Scuzi me , but you see , back in old napoli , that is a felony , not amore
• When the moon hits your eye like you just commit die that’s amore
• Voltron go
• I require sustenance
• Mmm , pizza pockets
• Duff > Pawtucket Pat
• So many ships in my class we need a dockyard license
• Juicy ships though
• *Guicy
• Let's cultivate our own mushroom
• I remember one time I wore gloves to cook with mushrooms
• Call me a grinch but I really hate christmas
• In regards to residents of the British isles currently enlisted , we thank you for your service , you may procure 10 million enlisted North American military personnel , if they are required to dismantle the facist regime. - Woody Guthrie
• Can you please take your coven meeting elsewhere ?
• Oh no they’re summoning satan
• Why did they sacrifice such a cute goat
• I shall avenge thou Billy
• Billy was the goat’s name
• Nvm satan’s chill
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• He’s asking me to repeat stuff
• Vecchia strega
• Purple doritos>Red doritos>Blue doritos
• This is the worst 21/9 I’ve ever celebrated
• This is the only 21/9 I’ve ever celebrated
• Oboe
• Didgeridoo
• War . Huh . What is it good for ? ThE eCoNoMy
• Ma’am should show us that Simpsons episode where Lisa becomes a Buddhist or where they show the origin story of Buddhism
• Next Day
• Arthritis , here I come
• I have some very Importent Legel Dockumants with me
• I’m going to land Homer simpson in jail if it’s the last thing I do
• I have four different songs stuck in my head and two of them are from Bo Burnham
• Misogyny , Racism , Fiscal Irresponsibility
• Vanilla Hershey’s Kisses ? Hey , chocolate is chocolate
• Stinky middle eastern food tastes good af
• And the meaning might be missin but you need to know the words after just one listen.
• Just saw an old guy get hit by a train , that’s sad , he couldn’t even hear me yell “Look out for the train” , because I didn’t say it
• Cold falafel sucks
• Dat buddhism skit be fire doe
• Should I wear that overtly formal stuff for the prosecution ? or just be like a normal lawyer and go in my t-shirt .
• Shriek without i is Shrek
• I live in gurgaon but the n is silent
• My nose smells like blood
• I have been informed that white Hershey’s kisses are milk chocolate and not vanilla , I sincerely apologize for this grievous error and I hope you can forgive me
• General Grievous lol
• Greed IS good , without greed , what would power the orange lantern ring ?
• Murderous Monarch , Insane minute entity referred to as admiration
• We must destroy the radicle left
• Cotyledon is my favorite dinosaur
• Defenestration is the only appropriate punishment for a snitch
• How many dead bodies are in the maintenance hatch ? One reporter estimates ~3
• WOW THAT LAWYER THINGY WAS REALLY FUN
• WOW THAT SHIRT WAS PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE
• WOW I CAN’T BELIEVE I WON
• Next Day
• I messed up so many times today and school hasn’t even started yet
• I do not the cat
• *In best Bill Clinton Voice I have* I did not cat the cat
• Im extremely stupid
• I’m never going to become a doctor
• Not because I’m stupid , just because I don’t want to
• And also because I’m stupid
• I’d probably mix up medicine
• Give illegal steroids to the guys who asked for cough medicine
• Give laxatives to the guy with explosive diarrhea
• But you can never go wrong with Iodine
• I’ll give everyone Iodine
• Cat bit you ? Iodine
• Got Ebola ? Iodine
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome ? Iodine
• PTSD from burning that village in ‘nam ? PTSD is fake and you’re also a coward , no parades for you , you ain’t no fortunate one , also you’re homeless now , you live by the graveyard your friends were buried in , and every day a vietnamese tour group comes by and teabags the gravestones.
• Your arm was mauled by a bear ? Iodine
• Depressed ? Iodine and some chocolate
• Your lawyer killed your family and now you wish to wreak vengeance on him and his multi-ethnic cartel ? Iodine
• Iodine Poisoning ? IODINE
• Iodine is the best
• I shall start an Iodine cult
• With me as it’s Iodine Leader
• Worshipping an Iodine God
• Iodining on the finest food and humans
• The cake is a lie
• The Burger does not exist
• The Quesadilla is eternal
• What is your favorite element and why is it Iodine ?
• Is this tape or copper?
• Pretty sharp tho
• Copper tape
• Like the opposite of electrical tape
• Conductive tape?
• Bo Burnham is the modern day equivalent of Robert Flamebacon
• Can’t wait to go home and chill out , max , relax all cool
• “Let us go then , you and I , when the evening is spread out across the sky like a patient etherized upon a table” - C.S Lewis
• “Single like a Pringle” - Bo Burnham
• Me no gusta Flanders
• y=4x , y=x+7 , y=-2x+4 , y = 3x-1
• If I give myself a concussion I won’t have to listen to all this noise
• How to give myself a concussion
• Wait this isn’t google
• At least I know how to tear thumbs’ ligaments
• Yay , fun
• That wikihow article sure was useful
• Lmao Riverdale
• 4.501 Avg word length
• 4.504 now
• Yay for progress
• Hurray for antidisestablishmentarianism!
• Cheers for extremely elongated characters combined together to greatly increase average elongation criteria in reference to certain forsaken documents that the person writing this perhaps participated in creating.
• 4.520 now noice
• Antidisestablishmentarianism , hippopotamus , rhinoceros , onomatopoeia , thalassophobia
• 4.530 noice af
• However , the person eloquently writing this document considers the possibility that 4.530 is too meager of an average count of elongation in regards to elongated characters combined together
• Cooper < Super
• This is a mockery of the esteemed legal system ! A lawyer partaking in the case at hand cannot be the witness too ! Balderdash ! Bullwinkle ! Utter Haberdashery at play here. Such outrageous conduct shan’t be tolerated in such an esteemed legal system. Now , I shall repeat the phrase esteemed legal system out of both contempt , outrage , and desire to watch the average count of elongated characters combined together grow higher.
• Lmao what is this
• Thispa ispa reallypa boringpa
• Yourpa dadpa smellspa likepa apa womanpa
• Zoopa weepa mamapa !
• Jefferson school of law is a disgrace
• It’s father was a hamster and it’s mother smelt of elderberries
• I fart in its general direction
• Testimony is of no use without signatures
• Hearsay and conjecture are kinds of evidence
• Everybody’s frozen
• Let it go
• Let it go
• Scottish accent sound so funny and threatening at the same time
• Like a walrus
• I’mpa sopa tiredpa
• Cheesepa sandwichpa
• Beige
• Oompa loompa
• If I were to “dance like an (ancient) Egyptian” I would lay on the floor being consumed by insects as Ancient Egypt is quite ancient , and therefore all ancient egyptians are dead and decayed / decaying. Liberals destroyed by FACTS and LOGIC.
• The only thing better than destroying Liberals with FACTS and LOGIC is Iodine
• A testimony not signed is a testimony not counted
• “Yooooo , Bro I just saw mah boi Castro drop King George , it was sick af bro , hahaha lmao” - Abraham Lincoln , 1253 , Salem , Paris
• If it’s not signed , it’s maligned
• Nice
• Cool
• Courtroom Drama - Courtroom = Drama
• We were the most civilised group and I’m willing to kill anyone that says otherwise
• Otherwise
• Oh no
• Buddy holly , Ben Hur , Space Monkey , Mafia
• Hula Hoops , Castro , Edsel is a no-go
• These Extremely Monumentally Incomprehensibly Really Vitally Very Notes are more important than the library of Alexandria
• Suspense too big
• Suspense too large
• Clip compilations are the bane of all that is good and holy
• How many orphans did I feed to a train to deserve this punishment ?
• None (that I know of)
• I have done nothing to deserve this state of near constant agony
• Yet I am still plagued by the shrill shrieks of my classmates
• I would rather spend time in an echo chamber full of banshees and screaming goats than this class.
• To be honest , is there really any difference?
• You may find a more well behaved populace in a zoo
• A bunch of gibbons with lobotomies and rabies would have better conduct
• Ow this mat in hard on my knees
• There is no god in here
• If ever I would watch the osp king arthur video and skip the outro , shoot the “OP” you see , because that’s an imposter
• Rock lobster
• Shoot the imposter
• Illiteracy is not fun
• Pretending to be illiterate is super duper mega awesome bestest ultra fun
• When is book ?
• What is read ?
• What is write ?
• Who is school ?
• I could totally see myself being that grumpy mayor from footloose who banned dancing
• Next Day
• This is not a diary , this is a journal

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Enjambment: - the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
First person is the I/we perspective. Second person is the you perspective. Third person is the he/she/it/they perspective.
Line: one sentence
Couplet: 2 lines put together
Stanza: a group of line usually with a recurring metric use l, separated by a line break
Repetition: - repeating something multiple times
Poetry Types: * Free Style - a poem with no specific metric use in mind when creating it. Could be all of the place. Has no guidelines. * Haiku - 5/7/5 syllable pattern or a more uncommon 3/5/3 syllable pattern.
Alliteration: The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity. Example: pensive poets, nattering nabobs of negativism.
Allusion: Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize.
Anaphora: Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or the section of a work.
Apostrophe: Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present or an animal, inanimate object, or concept as though it is a person. Example: Wordsworth--"Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour / England has need of thee"
Assonance: The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity. Example: deep green sea.
Ballad: A narrative poem composed of quatrains (iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter) rhyming x-a-x-a. Ballads may use refrains. Examples: "Jackaroe," "The Long Black Veil"
Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter. Example: Shakespeare's plays
Caesura: A short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry. Carpe diem poetry: "seize the day." Poetry concerned with the shortness of life and the need to act in or enjoy the present. Example: Herrick’s "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time"
Chiasmus (antimetabole): Chiasmus is a "crossing" or reversal of two elements; antimetabole, a form of chiasmus, is the reversal of the same words in a grammatical structure. Example: Ask not what your country can do for you; ask wyat you can do for your country. Example: You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Common meter or hymn measure (Emily Dickinson): iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter. Other example: "Amazing Grace" by John Newton http://www.constitution.org/col/amazing_grace.htm
Consonanceis the counterpart of assonance; the partial or total identity of consonants in words whose main vowels differ. Example: shadow meadow; pressed, passed; sipped, supped. Owen uses this "impure rhyme" to convey the anguish of war and death.
Couplet: two successive rhyming lines. Couplets end the pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet.
Diction: Diction is usually used to describe the level of formality that a speaker uses. * Diction (formal or high): Proper, elevated, elaborate, and often polysyllabic language. This type of language used to be thought the only type suitable for poetry * Neutral or middle diction: Correct language characterized by directness and simplicity. * Diction (informal or low): Relaxed, conversational and familiar language.
Dramatic monologue: A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. In some dramatic monologues, especially those by Robert Browning, the speaker may reveal his personality in unexpected and unflattering ways.
End-stopped line: A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon.
Enjambment (or enjambement): A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line.
Explication: A complete and detailed analysis of a work of literature, often word-by-word and line-by-line.
Foot (prosody): A measured combination of heavy and light stresses. The numbers of feet are given below. monometer (1 foot) dimeter (2 feet) trimeter (3 feet) tetrameter (4 feet) pentameter (5 feet) hexameter (6 feet) heptameter or septenary (7 feet)
Heroic couplet: two successive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter; the second line is usually end-stopped.
Hymn meter or common measure: quatrains of iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter rhyming a b a b.
Hyperbole (overstatement) and litotes (understatement): Hyperbole is exaggeration for effect; litotes is understatement for effect, often used for irony.
Iambic pentameter: Iamb (iambic): an unstressed stressed foot.The most natural and common kind of meter in English; it elevates speech to poetry.
Image: Images are references that trigger the mind to fuse together memories of sight (visual), sounds (auditory), tastes (gustatory), smells (olfactory), and sensations of touch (tactile). Imagery refers to images throughout a work or throughout the works of a writer or group of writers.
Internal rhyme: An exact rhyme (rather than rhyming vowel sounds, as with assonance) within a line of poetry: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison (see simile).
Metaphysical conceit: An elaborate and extended metaphor or simile that links two apparently unrelated fields or subjects in an unusual and surprising conjunction of ideas. The term is commonly applied to the metaphorical language of a number of early seventeenth-century poets, particularly John Donne. Example: stiff twin compasses//the joining together of lovers like legs of a compass. See "To His Coy Mistress"
Meter: The number of feet within a line of traditional verse. Example: iambic pentameter.
Octave: The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, unified by rhythm, rhyme, and topic.
Onomatopoeia. A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described. Example: buzz, slurp.
Paradox: A rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true.
Personification: Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.
Petrarchan sonnet: A sonnet (14 lines of rhyming iambic pentameter) that divides into an octave (8) and sestet (6). There is a "volta," or "turning" of the subject matter between the octave and sestet.
Pyrrhic foot (prosody): two unstressed feet (an "empty" foot) Quatrain: a four-line stanza or poetic unit. In an English or Shakespearean sonnet, a group of four lines united by rhyme.
Refrain: repeated word or series of words in response or counterpoint to the main verse, as in a ballad.
Rhyme: The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines. Example: June--moon. * Double rhyme or trochaic rhyme: rhyming words of two syllables in which the first syllable is accented (flower, shower) * Triple rhyme or dactylic rhyme: Rhyming words of three or more syllables in which any syllable but the last is accented. Example: Macavity/gravity/depravity * Eye rhyme: Words that seem to rhyme because they are spelled identically but pronounced differently. Example: beafear, dough/cough/through/bough * Slant rhyme: A near rhyme in which the concluding consonant sounds are identical but not the vowels. Example: sun/noon, should/food, slim/ham. * Rhyme scheme: The pattern of rhyme, usually indicated by assigning a letter of the alphabet to each rhyme at the end of a line of poetry.
Rhyme royal: Stanza form used by Chaucer, usually in iambic pentameter, with the rhyme scheme ababbcc. Example: Wordsworth's "Resolution and Independence"
Scan (scansion): the process of marking beats in a poem to establish the prevailing metrical pattern. Prosody, the pronunciation of a song or poem, is necessary for scansion. (Go to the "Introduction to Prosody" page or try the scansion quiz.). Stressed syllables are in caps. * Anapest: unstressed unstressed stressed. Also called "galloping meter." Example: 'Twas the NIGHT before CHRISTmas, and ALL through the HOUSE/ Not a CREAture was STIRring, not EVen a MOUSE." * Dactyl (dactylic) stressed unstressed unstressed. This pattern is more common (as dactylic hexameter) in Latin poetry than in English poetry. (Emphasized syllables are in caps. Some of the three-syllable words below are natural dactyls: firmaments, practical, tacticalExample: GRAND go the YEARS in the CREScent aBOVE them/WORLDS scoop their ARCS/ and FIRMaments ROW (Emily Dickinson, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers") Example: No one has more resilience / Or matches my PRAC-ti-cal TAC-ti-cal brilliance (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton) * Spondee: stressed stressed. A two-syllable foot with two stressed accents. The opposite of a pyrrhic foot, this foot is used for effect. * Trochee (trochaic): stressed unstressed. Example: "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright"
Sestet: A six-line stanza or unit of poetry.
Shakespearean sonnet: A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, composed of three quatrains and a couplet rhyming abab cdcd efef gg.
Simile. A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.
Sonnet: A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter. Shakespearean or English sonnet: 3 quatrains and a couplet, often with three arguments or images in the quatrains being resolved in the couplet. Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Petrarchan or Italian sonnet: 8 lines (the "octave") and 6 lines (the "sestet") of rhyming iambic pentameter, with a turning or "volta" at about the 8th line. Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdcdcd (or cde cde)
Stanza: A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.
Synaesthesia: A rhetorical figure that describes one sensory impression in terms of a different sense, or one perception in terms of a totally different or even opposite feeling. Example: "darkness visible" "green thought"
Syntax: Word order and sentence structure.
Volta: The "turning" point of a Petrarchan sonnet, usually occurring between the octave and the sestet.

How to make things Bold, italics, strike through, etc. on mobile

Directions for Mobile Editing and Poem Formatting
First off, here’s directions for if you don’t know how to edit: If you are on the post: in the top right corner of your phone there should be three dots. You click on the three dots and a new thing will pop up. There will be many options, you want to click on “Edit post” when you are done, click the word “done.”
Heres the directions for formatting: Put in your first line. Click return once, then a second time. Put in your next line (Repeat). When you want to show a change in stanza click return twice again, then add a period, dash, slant, or basically any punctuation you want. After you put in the punctuation press return twice again.
Another way to format (without ./-) is to put the letters and numbers & # x 2 0 0 B ; without any of the spaces. This will add a new stanza.

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Terms you may want to know
**Sources: my own knowledge and Public.WSU.edu
Enjambment: - the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
First person is the I/we perspective. Second person is the you perspective. Third person is the he/she/it/they perspective.
Line: one sentence
Couplet: 2 lines put together
Stanza: a group of line usually with a recurring metric use l, separated by a line break
Repetition: - repeating something multiple times
Poetry Types: * Free Style - a poem with no specific metric use in mind when creating it. Could be all of the place. Has no guidelines. * Haiku - 5/7/5 syllable pattern or a more uncommon 3/5/3 syllable pattern.
Alliteration: The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity. Example: pensive poets, nattering nabobs of negativism.
Allusion: Unacknowledged reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize.
Anaphora: Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or the section of a work.
Apostrophe: Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present or an animal, inanimate object, or concept as though it is a person. Example: Wordsworth--"Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour / England has need of thee"
Assonance: The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity. Example: deep green sea.
Ballad: A narrative poem composed of quatrains (iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter) rhyming x-a-x-a. Ballads may use refrains. Examples: "Jackaroe," "The Long Black Veil"
Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter. Example: Shakespeare's plays
Caesura: A short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry. Carpe diem poetry: "seize the day." Poetry concerned with the shortness of life and the need to act in or enjoy the present. Example: Herrick’s "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time"
Chiasmus (antimetabole): Chiasmus is a "crossing" or reversal of two elements; antimetabole, a form of chiasmus, is the reversal of the same words in a grammatical structure. Example: Ask not what your country can do for you; ask wyat you can do for your country. Example: You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Common meter or hymn measure (Emily Dickinson): iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter. Other example: "Amazing Grace" by John Newton http://www.constitution.org/col/amazing_grace.htm
Consonanceis the counterpart of assonance; the partial or total identity of consonants in words whose main vowels differ. Example: shadow meadow; pressed, passed; sipped, supped. Owen uses this "impure rhyme" to convey the anguish of war and death.
Couplet: two successive rhyming lines. Couplets end the pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet.
Diction: Diction is usually used to describe the level of formality that a speaker uses. * Diction (formal or high): Proper, elevated, elaborate, and often polysyllabic language. This type of language used to be thought the only type suitable for poetry * Neutral or middle diction: Correct language characterized by directness and simplicity. * Diction (informal or low): Relaxed, conversational and familiar language.
Dramatic monologue: A type of poem, derived from the theater, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener or the reader. In some dramatic monologues, especially those by Robert Browning, the speaker may reveal his personality in unexpected and unflattering ways.
End-stopped line: A line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a period or semicolon.
Enjambment (or enjambement): A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line.
Explication: A complete and detailed analysis of a work of literature, often word-by-word and line-by-line.
Foot (prosody): A measured combination of heavy and light stresses. The numbers of feet are given below. monometer (1 foot) dimeter (2 feet) trimeter (3 feet) tetrameter (4 feet) pentameter (5 feet) hexameter (6 feet) heptameter or septenary (7 feet)
Heroic couplet: two successive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter; the second line is usually end-stopped.
Hymn meter or common measure: quatrains of iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter rhyming a b a b.
Hyperbole (overstatement) and litotes (understatement): Hyperbole is exaggeration for effect; litotes is understatement for effect, often used for irony.
Iambic pentameter: Iamb (iambic): an unstressed stressed foot.The most natural and common kind of meter in English; it elevates speech to poetry.
Image: Images are references that trigger the mind to fuse together memories of sight (visual), sounds (auditory), tastes (gustatory), smells (olfactory), and sensations of touch (tactile). Imagery refers to images throughout a work or throughout the works of a writer or group of writers.
Internal rhyme: An exact rhyme (rather than rhyming vowel sounds, as with assonance) within a line of poetry: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison (see simile).
Metaphysical conceit: An elaborate and extended metaphor or simile that links two apparently unrelated fields or subjects in an unusual and surprising conjunction of ideas. The term is commonly applied to the metaphorical language of a number of early seventeenth-century poets, particularly John Donne. Example: stiff twin compasses//the joining together of lovers like legs of a compass. See "To His Coy Mistress"
Meter: The number of feet within a line of traditional verse. Example: iambic pentameter.
Octave: The first eight lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, unified by rhythm, rhyme, and topic.
Onomatopoeia. A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described. Example: buzz, slurp.
Paradox: A rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true.
Personification: Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.
Petrarchan sonnet: A sonnet (14 lines of rhyming iambic pentameter) that divides into an octave (8) and sestet (6). There is a "volta," or "turning" of the subject matter between the octave and sestet.
Pyrrhic foot (prosody): two unstressed feet (an "empty" foot) Quatrain: a four-line stanza or poetic unit. In an English or Shakespearean sonnet, a group of four lines united by rhyme.
Refrain: repeated word or series of words in response or counterpoint to the main verse, as in a ballad.
Rhyme: The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines. Example: June--moon. * Double rhyme or trochaic rhyme: rhyming words of two syllables in which the first syllable is accented (flower, shower) * Triple rhyme or dactylic rhyme: Rhyming words of three or more syllables in which any syllable but the last is accented. Example: Macavity/gravity/depravity * Eye rhyme: Words that seem to rhyme because they are spelled identically but pronounced differently. Example: beafear, dough/cough/through/bough * Slant rhyme: A near rhyme in which the concluding consonant sounds are identical but not the vowels. Example: sun/noon, should/food, slim/ham. * Rhyme scheme: The pattern of rhyme, usually indicated by assigning a letter of the alphabet to each rhyme at the end of a line of poetry.
Rhyme royal: Stanza form used by Chaucer, usually in iambic pentameter, with the rhyme scheme ababbcc. Example: Wordsworth's "Resolution and Independence"
Scan (scansion): the process of marking beats in a poem to establish the prevailing metrical pattern. Prosody, the pronunciation of a song or poem, is necessary for scansion. (Go to the "Introduction to Prosody" page or try the scansion quiz.). Stressed syllables are in caps. * Anapest: unstressed unstressed stressed. Also called "galloping meter." Example: 'Twas the NIGHT before CHRISTmas, and ALL through the HOUSE/ Not a CREAture was STIRring, not EVen a MOUSE." * Dactyl (dactylic) stressed unstressed unstressed. This pattern is more common (as dactylic hexameter) in Latin poetry than in English poetry. (Emphasized syllables are in caps. Some of the three-syllable words below are natural dactyls: firmaments, practical, tacticalExample: GRAND go the YEARS in the CREScent aBOVE them/WORLDS scoop their ARCS/ and FIRMaments ROW (Emily Dickinson, "Safe in their Alabaster Chambers") Example: No one has more resilience / Or matches my PRAC-ti-cal TAC-ti-cal brilliance (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton) * Spondee: stressed stressed. A two-syllable foot with two stressed accents. The opposite of a pyrrhic foot, this foot is used for effect. * Trochee (trochaic): stressed unstressed. Example: "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright"
Sestet: A six-line stanza or unit of poetry.
Shakespearean sonnet: A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, composed of three quatrains and a couplet rhyming abab cdcd efef gg.
Simile. A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.
Sonnet: A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter. Shakespearean or English sonnet: 3 quatrains and a couplet, often with three arguments or images in the quatrains being resolved in the couplet. Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Petrarchan or Italian sonnet: 8 lines (the "octave") and 6 lines (the "sestet") of rhyming iambic pentameter, with a turning or "volta" at about the 8th line. Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdcdcd (or cde cde)
Stanza: A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.
Synaesthesia: A rhetorical figure that describes one sensory impression in terms of a different sense, or one perception in terms of a totally different or even opposite feeling. Example: "darkness visible" "green thought"
Syntax: Word order and sentence structure.
Volta: The "turning" point of a Petrarchan sonnet, usually occurring between the octave and the sestet.

This is a poem i wrote about me being a closeted lgbt youth. I am not a poet i just needed to release this. Please only positive responces, TW suicide
I am Casey
My whole life I've been trying to change
I'm tired of trying
Tired of hiding
Tired if pretending I'm not
The whole world looks at me they see the man they want
I just live a lie to not disrupt their views
The whole world says male and I just stand and ooo
I act like I'm fine but each time it makes me feel like I'm dying
I am Casey
They tell me to man up
They tell me to stop acting like a girl
I keep trying to convince myself I'm one of them
And it makes me want to hurl
They want me to be straight without a single curl
I try and be just like the ones to judge but I can't seem to budge
I am Casey
I try to be brave like elliott
But I just can't seem to sell it
I try to be the true me but no one wants to see
I am not a man and not quite a women
I try to be me the way they see
I'm just not quite that and not quite me
I am not who I should be
I am Casey
I tried to be straight
I tried to be gay
But inside I could not cooperate
I feel I am fake
Feel I take
From those who worked to make a world I could live in
But I can't help but to feel that I'm not who I should be
I wish I could be like them
And that i would be less of me
But I am me
I am Casey
I wish i was like all the rest
Never able to see the true me
Or I wish I could be who i want to be
I wish I had breast
I whish I could be the best me I could be
I wish I didn't have to hide who I really am
When I was young I thought I could be a normal member of society
But then as i got older the truth hit me like bam
It felt like I was fighting onomatopoeia man
I am Casey
I am Casey
This is what I've said
But am I really or is that just my head
In reality I could be a Mary or a Jerry or a Ted
I try to be me
But I care what people see
But what they isn't always me or who I want to be
I feel like I ware a mask
I'm like V is for Vendeta
I'm writing this and I am no poet
I am not Frost or Poe or Zetta
I am simply just me and
I am Casey
If I could be one xman I would be mystique
I would be her because she is far from unique
If I was her I could be anyone
If I was someone else i could keep who I want to be at peace
But instead it has become into my inner beast
And if I cannot take it it we be unleashed
If I dint want that to happen it must be released
But am I ready for that
Am I ready to be seen
Ready for the whole world to tell me I'm obscene
I don't think I am
But will i ever be
Or will I keep it in and let it kill me
Or will I die because of its escape
I am Casey
Can anyone see past
It may be hard because I am not glass
I try to he me
But if I am will I even be allowed in class
Or will I just look like an ass
Will people stay and help or will that watch and pass
Will they see me and share no second glance
Or will they help me and build me up
Will I grow to cast a shadow over them all
Or will I live in theirs
Will I just be be a mirror and people see themselves
Or will I be a window and they will just look through me
Or will I be the sun big and obvious but never look at
I may be sounding crass
This is my brain
I am not simple and plain
I am Casey
I want to change
But do I want to stand out and be me
Or do I want to blend in so they can see who they want me to be
I want to be able to be something
I am nothing
Right now I just want one thing
Do I want to be there or here
Act straight
Or be me and queere
Am I like this or like that
I feel like I'm going to snap
Snap
Clap
Crap
I am Casey
Spectrum
The world is a Spectrum
I feel like I fell off
I am lost
I want to change but what will be the cost
Will i be one of the boys
Or will I get played with like a child's toys
I feel like a crumb
I feel like a bum
With no where to go
I don't know where I will go
Or what's going to happen
But I do know one thing
I am Casey
I feel tied
I can't go forward I've tried
Sometimes I think I'd be better if I had died
If I had died no one would have cried
I could've stopped
Of the face of this earth I would've dropped
My life could've been cropped
Or chopped off
If only I was dead both inside and out
Or if I could find what this while life is about
Then maybe I wouldn't be alone
I am Casey
I may be pan
I may not be binary
I don't know what or why
But i know one thing
I AM CASEY
And that's all I'll ever be