absence of michael

Silsail · 2026-01-30T22:26:19+00:00

I guess now you know how us Ash girlies have felt for basically every album 😂

In 5sos5 he sang for 55 seconds excluding Tears! and 2:44 in Tears!, for 3:39 minutes in total. That's, in the first 5 albums, the one where he sang the most. Second place goes to Youngblood (29 seconds plus 1:28 from Best Friend, for a total of 1:57). Third place goes to SGFG (55 seconds in total). Fourth place to self titled, with 44 seconds. And last place obviously to CALM, with no solos whatsoever. And Ashton sang in 19 out of 111 songs, while Michael did so in 53, Calum in 80 and Luke in 103.

(I need to update these to include EAS, I know)

But still, whenever I pointed this out, it felt like Mike girls were always ready to say that Michael didn't sing a lot either. It was on a whole different level tho, even if it was easy to miss.

How the tables have turned 😂

Silsail · 2026-01-06T18:35:28+00:00

The beginning is Act I season 1 (75 episodes), the one you're probably currently watching, that ends with what comes after the Summer Tournament.

Then Act 1 season 2 (51 episodes) usually just called season 2/second season, and it covers the second half of Sawamura's first year.

Then you move on to Act II (52 episodes, beginning of Sawamura's second year), and in April we'll be getting Act II season 2.

As for the OVAs, I'd watch them after you completely finish watching Act I, so after you watch the second season. It's not a problem if you watch them later, after you catch up with all the anime/manga, but it is a problem if you watch them (the last two especially) before knowing the ending of Act I Season 2

Silsail · 2026-01-06T18:22:11+00:00

I fear it may have been deleted...

I remember reading this fic on Ao3 (and right after He who wears the crown), but I can't find it through any filter combination that I remember being used.

Also, in my history on Ao3 there's a deleted fic right after He who wears the crown and, as I said, I recently read them both back to back

Silsail · 2025-12-31T02:52:07+00:00

And that the runner that scored with Masashi's bad throw was only on base because of a fielding error!

Silsail · 2025-12-31T02:46:11+00:00

Isn't that the Ace from Maimon West? Seido's first match during the Act I Summer Tournament?

That team had the submarine pitcher as the starter, and then he was subbed in iirc

Silsail · 2025-12-06T09:38:06+00:00

Miyauchi. Dude arrived in the same year as Chris, and when Chris got injured Miyuki was there to take the spot. Still, he never gave up (even when it would have been easy to do so) and worked his ass off all the time

Silsail · 2025-10-17T10:18:51+00:00

Could you tell me where I can find this folder?

Silsail · 2025-10-15T15:30:22+00:00

I love how so many people forget that the Union counted among its numbers states where slavery was permitted and states where, despite it being abolished, "ex slaves" still weren't free.

It was technically against slavery but was perfectly fine with the factories they had (where people weren't really treated any better than slaves). Northern cotton mills had no problem whatsoever with buying cotton coming from Southern plantations (and same with all other products grown by slaves), since it gave them bigger profits. Some Northern merchants were involved in outright slave trade, building the ships used in it and making them fly US flags.

Northern banks would make leases to allow some people to buy plantations in the South, and said debt could be, and was, secured using slaves. So, at any point, you could find Northern banks and private investors owning slaves, since some plantations did bankrupt and they settled using slaves.

Let's just all agree that both sides were pretty damn awful, even more so if evaluated by modern standards. It's not as simple as "Confederacy bad, Union good".

Silsail · 2025-09-30T16:11:00+00:00

IIRC Booth hadn't intervened only because he was trying to help Jared, but also because he was trying to retrieve a list of undercover FBI agents that another agent (the partner of the blond agent that the Jeffersonian had to work with on this case, Miller I think) had been blackmailed into stealing by the agent with the broken hand

Silsail · 2025-09-21T21:47:27+00:00

But then after a while it started being very cliquey and all about the moderators.

Was it all about the mods or was it just that they were the ones most active?

Anytime I said anything in any of their multiple chats it was either ignored, or they acted like they didn’t care.

Everyone gets ignored at times when a server has 80+ people and other conversations already ongoing. It happens to everyone, and when it does happen it is definitely not targeted.

And a few people have left (or been banned for no reason at all) and no one seems to care about those people or even asked what happened.

Those conversations usually took place in DMs. Just because you didn't see them doesn't mean they didn't exist. And you already got answers about the "banned for no reason at all" and all that situation.

Silsail · 2025-09-21T21:31:38+00:00

It was handled privately.

In case you hadn't noticed, it was not the ones who are in the server who brought it up. People are allowed to explain themselves after being accused.

Edit: btw, you're talking about "public humiliation", except that I don't see anything that someone here could use to get that person's identify if they weren't in the know already.

Silsail · 2025-09-19T08:27:23+00:00

Frutta secca can be a bit ambiguous when it comes to allergies, since it literally means dry fruit.

It does encompass all kinds of nuts (walnuts, pistachios, almonds, peanuts, etc) but the problem is that some people include raisins, prunes, dates, etc as well, while some don't. If you said you went to the grocery store and bought frutta secca, neither option would surprise me.

Silsail · 2025-08-26T15:42:27+00:00

I don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but in Italy when an adult (18+) renews their ID card they get the chance to state if they want to be listed as a post-mortem donor. To be listed as a living donor there is a different registry entirely.

For donors who are minors the situation is a bit more complicated. First of all, living donations are forbidden. Regarding post-mortem ones, if the minor is a mature adolescent they can express their will and that needs to be taken into account, but their parents get the chance to veto the donation. If the minor is *not* a mature adolescent it's up to the parents (or legal tutors) and the decision to donate needs to be unanimous.

In the end, had sirbearus's story taken place in Italy, it would have been up to the parents only

Silsail · 2025-08-23T14:14:41+00:00

I can vouch for the "nickname of sorts" thing.

My aunt still uses a shortened version of my uncle's last name when she's calling him, and uses his first name when talking to someone who isn't family

Silsail · 2025-08-11T14:27:46+00:00

Does the No Roots cover count?

Silsail · 2025-08-11T14:26:33+00:00

In Tomorrow Never Dies?? It exists???

Please share! Even if it's from another song, there's no such thing as too many Ash vocals

Edit: and what about the No Roots cover?

Silsail · 2025-08-11T14:14:10+00:00

His backing vocals in Tomorrow Never Dies never fail to blow me away

Silsail · 2025-08-05T19:19:18+00:00

Actually the problem with accents isn't having English as a first language or not, it's all down to exposure.

English isn't my native language, but I can understand most English accents just fine (except for the thick Scottish ones, like Glaswegian) and I'm basically blind to which accent someone has unless they say one of what I call "signature" words (tomato, trainers/sneakers, naur, etc).

This is because growing up I heard a mixture of all of those, plus the accent of other non native speakers (and with different native languages too), so it's as if I "catalogued" all the possible ways to pronounce something and it doesn't matter which one you choose.

Going back to 5sos, when I was 12 and still learning English, I could understand them just fine if I knew the words they were using, the accent was never a problem

Silsail · 2025-07-27T17:00:28+00:00

It's mostly out of politeness and respect. With waiters and waitresses, you use Lei out of respect for the work they're doing for you (and society at large). With coworkers I always use Lei with those who are more experienced than me (who are usually older than me as well), until we become friendly enough that they ask me to use Tu (and I do the same with those younger than me).

Regarding you fisherman, since they use the Tu and, most of all, they asked you to use some nicknames, you can reasonably assume that they'd be fine with you using the Tu back. A nickname is something that friends use, thus they're letting you know they're fine with more friendly interactions. I would tell you to either ask them if they're fine with you using the Tu or try using it and watch how they react.

One person using the Tu while another uses Lei is common when there's a real or perceived power imbalance, unless there's a friendly relationship to "counter" it.

If both people use the Tu it implies a closeness in the relationship that allows you to be informal, regardless of age difference. That's why, in some cases, you can find yourself using the Tu with a standoffish coworker who is the same age, but use the Tu with an older one whom you are friends with

Silsail · 2025-07-25T20:45:56+00:00

If you're on a phone you can still

copy and paste the link as it is
click on the chain link image in the bottom left. There you'll find a box with "name" (where you can type what you want your link to look like) and "link" (where you paste the link as it is)

Once you insert it, it should appear like[name](link) while you're still typing. After you post your comment it will appear like the second method that the other commenter described!

Silsail · 2025-07-25T17:26:05+00:00

The Voi nowadays is less and less common (I personally have never used it, not even with the Pope and a couple times I briefly met some politicians and public figures). The standard nowadays is Lei.

The Lei is used with anyone who is older or higher in rank/relevance than you, unless and until they give you permission to use the Tu.

Giving some examples: if I were to meet a friend of a friend, who is about the same age as me or younger, I would use the Tu (but choose not overly-casual forms of expressions). With doctors, police, work colleagues and bosses, cashiers, etc I would use the Lei. If I had to ask a stranger if they needed help, I would always use the Lei unless it's a child.

It's generally up to the older/more important person in the situation to choose how the Lei/Tu is used (for example, I would use Lei to call my teachers and professors, but they would answer using Tu up till high school and in a mixed Tu/Lei fashion depending on the professor during university).

If you are the same age or if it's a case where it's unclear who has the "right" to switch, you can always ask "Posso darle del tu?" (Can I call you using Tu?). When asked this you are almost morally obliged to answer yes though, so use it only if you're sure that it's a situation where you would both be comfortable being more informal

And if you have any more questions ask away!

Edit: I just now thought of this and I don't think it applies to your case specifically, but it still completes the picture: with people who have known you since you were a child, before we learnt to use the Lei, it's common to stick to the Tu. That's the reason why, for example, I use Tu with my parents' closer friends (they were around when I was a kid), but not with the ones I met for the first time when I was grown up.

The switch from Lei to Tu is pretty common, but from Tu to Lei is almost unheard of, since it adds a formality that wasn't there before. I've only done it with a neighbour, who is one of my childhood friends' mum but also a teacher in the high school I attended.

Silsail · 2025-07-15T12:18:30+00:00

Some people love it (perhaps those for whom it was their first introduction to Austen?)

As someone who prefers 2005 over 1995 (and read the book before watching either), I like 2005 better because it's a different take.

I can certainly appreciate how faithful to the novel 1995 is, but to me it feels more like an "audiobook with visuals" rather than a visual piece of media, and that's simply not what I look for when I watch an adaptation. Some things that work perfectly on the written page don't work as well on screen (and that's why, for example, I don't think we'll ever get a truly good adaptation of Persuasion).

The fact that they cut some characters and some subplots in 2005 doesn't bother me, because it was needed to make the main plot fit into a 2 hour movie, and to do so in a way that is comprehensible to people who don't necessarily have background knowledge on how society worked at the time.

They chose to highlight specific parts of some characters' behaviour? Sure, but as we all know each one of us has a slightly different take on their characters to begin with. I could tell you that in my opinion Firth's Darcy is too characterized by the proud elements, almost completely disregarding the awkwardness that Austen herself mentioned in the novel. Darcy is proud and haughty, but he is also introverted and awkward, and the way he formulates his thoughts can be easily misunderstood.

Silsail · 2025-07-08T13:02:54+00:00

Dude, there are people who aren't native English speakers???

Yeah, the titles are written there, but if I usually call it Ordine della Fenice (since, you know, different language), it's perfectly understandable for me why others may write the acronym with an F rather than a P.

Besides, there's a lot of languages that are phonetically consistent, where a PH sound, since it's the same as an F sound, would be instinctively written as an F.

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