[ SECRET POST #1716 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1716 ⌋


Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 134 secrets from Secret Submission Post #245.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - hit/ship/spiration ], [ 0 - omgiknowthem ], [ 0 - take it to comments ], [ 0 - repeats ]
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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

39. http://i.imgur.com/CjyOL.png

[oflittlebrain.livejournal.com]

"nakama" rly

op

[(Anonymous)]

it was the first word to come to mind (you know you spend too long on tv tropes when...). why, what would you have used instead?

Re: op

[(Anonymous)]

friend? Buddy? Bro? Homeboy/girl? Homeslice? Mate? Companion? Comrade? BFF? Amigo? Ally?

op

[(Anonymous)]

really? i wouldn't have been called out on using 'amigos'?

idk man, companions are for doctors and comrades i associate more with soviet russia. does anybody even say 'homeslice' and mean it seriously?

[ariseishirou.livejournal.com]

...There's a word for that, in english. Several, actually. I could suggest a few.

op

[(Anonymous)]

alright, go ahead?

Re: op

[ariseishirou.livejournal.com]

Friends, companions, mates, buddies, pals, comrades, compatriots, chums, classmates... bros, if you must.

I love Japanese too, OP - heck I'm getting my MA in and translate it regularly - but English has a much more expansive vocabulary to choose from, and one that is capable of greater nuance, besides.

Those people who watch One Piece and tell you that there's no "good" translation for "nakama" in English are either lying to defend the cultural cache involved with the Japanese language in nerd social circles, or sorely uneducated.

op

[(Anonymous)]

sorry, i was trying to get across that they are closer-than-close friends. 'band of brothers' is the closest equivalent i can come up with, and that's usually reserved for veterans.

i haven't taken japanese in forever (well done on your ma)- i just picked up the word from tv tropes. sorry if it came off as offensive.

Re: op

[ariseishirou.livejournal.com]

BFFs, or even "bros", carry that connotation, though. That "nakama" rather than "best friends" comes to mind with "closers than close friends" is... odd.

But it's not offensive, just seems... off in a secret about The Arcade Fire (which I love, too!). If it were an anime or a Japanese band it would have more context.

Thanks, by the way!

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, OP, yes. I feel you. The song and music video is gut-wrenching. And this is why Arcade Fire is the boss. IMO you're doing it right lol

op

[(Anonymous)]

the lyrics are pretty devastating on their own.

so can you understand?
why i want a daughter while i'm still young
i wanna hold her hand
and show her some beauty
before this damage is done
but if it's too much to ask, it's too much to ask
then send me a son

the music video (thanks spike jonze) just makes everything five million times worse.

Re: op

[shesaspiral.livejournal.com]

For me, that was one of the most striking verses on the album. along with all of Sprawl II, which just spears me through the heart.

[seven-costanza.livejournal.com]

FUCKING WEEABOOS

op

[(Anonymous)]

nope. :)

Re: op

[seven-costanza.livejournal.com]

Just a regular idiot, then. Gotcha.

op

[(Anonymous)]

if you like. let's be regular idiot buddies together! for epic justice!

we can fight crime and stuff.

[writerserenyty.livejournal.com]

Ignoring the use of nakama (don't really care tbqh) yay Arcade Fire secret! *high five*

Except not high five because now I'm going to go listen to The Suburbs, and by that I mean the album because once I start the album I can't really stop.

[heretherebefic.livejournal.com]

LOL at everyone jumping all over you for using the word "nakama." Wow. Is it really a big deal, guys?

I think I'll check this out, OP. :D I'm almost always up for that sort of (fictional) drama.

op

[(Anonymous)]

it's a post-apocalyptic scenario from the pov of a gang of teenagers. and it's very sad. (and very addicting to listen to)

i hope you enjoy it and don't cry too much. :(

[(Anonymous)]

For the record OP, I have no idea what this is, but I understand your use of the word Nakama here.

I too have been reading TVTropes for too long. They recently changed the name of that trope, actually, but I'm not about to call weeabo on something as dumb as that :/ I mean, seriously, if you're a Troper who's been around a while it just comes to mind (at least for me).

[llrael.livejournal.com]

This. It's a nice short word to describe a certain bond between the members of a group. Presumably if it had been, I dunno, a French word or something, it would have been ~*~acceptable~*~ to use.

[zenity.livejournal.com]

Ahhh I just looked up the video thanks to this secret and it's pretty awesome, very nice to look at. Nice story, I think I need to watch it like several times over fffasklfjsajkg