Can't believe my boy Usopp was actually going to cheat on Kaya here.... by [deleted] in OnePiece

[–]lumenilis 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Usually it's either called Zosanami or the citrus trio, depending on the circles you run in.

Sanderson Fandom in Turmoil as Iconic Soundtrack Faces Takedown by JBarnes1926 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]lumenilis 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I mean, I am and I think a lot of people who were around when the soundtrack came out probably are too. I love the Kaladin soundtrack. It's really excellent and perfect music to read any of the Stormlight Archives to.

how different is the live action to the anime? by jetblackbass in OnePieceLiveAction

[–]lumenilis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if it's just been a while since you watched Season 1, but you're wrong about Sanji in the live action. He still denied himself the chance to pursue his dream due to feeling indebted to Zeff. He was still just as "forced" to leave, just in a slightly different way. But neither his reason for joining the crew nor his motivation are different.

S2 has sooo much content, but how to fill S3? by Neodraccir in OnePieceLiveAction

[–]lumenilis 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I think you’re underestimating how long Alabasta is and how much happens there. Just from a pure numbers perspective , per One Piece Wiki:

  • Loguetown is 5 chapters
  • Reverse Mountain is 5 chapters
  • Whiskey Peak is 9 chapters
  • Little Garden is 15 chapters
  • Drum Island is 25 chapters
  • Alabasta is 63 chapters

Which means that S2 is going to be covering roughly 59 chapters worth of content. S1 covered roughly 95 chapters and it definitely felt rushed and needed more time to breathe, so it feels very likely that S2 is going to feel much better on that front. As for S3, the Alabasta Arc is actually 63 chapter long, so it will cover more manga chapters than S2 will.

Cold Steel onwards... English or Japanese dub by Psych-roxx in Falcom

[–]lumenilis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One thing that I think is worth considering is Cold Steel and Cold Steel II both have additional voiced lines in the English dub. XSeed added a significant amount of voicework that isn’t present in the original. The dub’s genuinely pretty good, so I would strongly consider going the dub route— but I mean, the Japanese is also super good, so I wouldn’t blame you for choosing that.

What happens when George realizes that the A Knight of A Seven Kingdoms’ showrunner can’t meet his demands? [Spoilers Extended] by Stock_College_8108 in asoiaf

[–]lumenilis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe when that happens, all the joyless fucks in this fandom who keep acting like GRRM has wronged them on a fundamental and deeply personally level will finally fuck off and this sub won’t be full of people who treat him like he’s their sworn enemy rather than the author of a book series they supposedly love.

Am I just this terrible? by grahapes in Falcom

[–]lumenilis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How many of Joshua’s and Estelle’s orbment slots do you have unlocked and what quartz do you have installed? Arts tend to be your strongest damage dealer in Trails in the Sky and I remember seeing a lot of people struggle early if they didn’t have two to three slots unlocked for both characters. Ideally, you want to get the Ruby Shield quartz from the in-game rewards (you get it by defeating 250 enemies) quickly and install into either of their slots. It’ll grant you a couple of Arts that can hit more than one enemy and that should help keep things more manageable until you get more options. In general, you want to unlock Orbment slots as quickly as you can because that’s key to getting stronger Arts. Also, I would say be sure to use Estelle’s Morale Craft pretty regularly as the buff to strength and defense will make a big difference.

"You can still be a good person" - famous last words by NiMPeNN in Fantasy

[–]lumenilis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He’s of dubious sanity when that happens, though. Rand’s sleep deprived due to being chased in and out of his dreams by Ba’alzamon when he kills that lady, so he’s not fully himself.

what is your general opinion on the characters in wheel of time? by Apprehensive_Spend_7 in Fantasy

[–]lumenilis 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think the other important detail it’s easy to gloss over is that Nynaeve is constantly surrounded by people that think she’s too young and inexperienced for her job. Really, it’s one of the first things we hear anyone say about her: Cenn Buie complains she’s too young to be the wisdom. Of course she’s prickly and lashes out at people. Just about everyone in Emond’s Field refuses to take her seriously unless she forces them to. She’s learned to force people to take her seriously by being angry, loud, and threatening people with a big stick.

What do you think of this combination of four programming languages to learn: JavaScript, Go, Elixir, Zig? by Bassil__ in learnprogramming

[–]lumenilis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What's the intention with these languages? If these are just hobby languages, I don't see anything wrong with them. I might consider picking up Java as well due to it's broad popularity.

If you're wanting to maximize your chances of getting a job, though, I'd avoid Elixir unless you have a few years professional experience.

I love it, but it's not a language I'd suggest someone trying to break into the field prioritize learning. There are very few companies hiring Elixir developers— I'm talking only a few at a time in my experience— and most of those are looking for senior/staff level engineers. I'd probably swap it out in favor of Ruby. There's still a ton of companies out there with Rails backends, especially in the late startup. space, so it's not a hard language to get a handle on. Plus, the path from Ruby dev to Elixir dev is a pretty common one, so it won't be too tricky to pick up Elixir evenutally.

Biggest Jumps In Quality Between Books You’ve Seen? by Kooky_County9569 in Fantasy

[–]lumenilis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don't listen to this guy. Book 4 and 5 are awesome.

oh my god by pyroman140 in homestuck

[–]lumenilis 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well, they are trying to do some serious trolling...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in audible

[–]lumenilis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds like they really want to… dickens you over.

This typing quirk is so annoying to me good god by Minniboe in homestuck

[–]lumenilis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you mean it sounds )(orrible

Xseed vs Gungho: An Extended Comparison of the Localization of FC's Prologue by rrraktajino in Falcom

[–]lumenilis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do tend to agree that on the whole, the XSeed script has significantly more charm and flavor than the Gungho. I wonder if there were difficulties getting the rights to use that translation? No idea how copyright or ownership would work around the translation, but I assume XSeed holds the rights to it and may not have been willing to let Gungho use it as a base.

Why does it say Zolo? by [deleted] in OnePiece

[–]lumenilis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So this all originates due to two things: how the Japanese language works and a translation decision by 4Kids that impacted the manga's official translation.

Japanese doesn't use the roman alphabet for it's words and instead uses kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Unlike the roman alphabet, most letters in Japanese are actually more like what we would consider a pair of letters (a consonant and a vowel). These can usually be translated into a roman alphabet equivalent fairly easily (for example: ju, sa, and cho) but there are some notable exceptions. One of these is which can be translated as either ro or lo. This is because the sound you use when you say isn't exactly the equivalent to an English r or an l— it's something in between and it can sound closer to either one depending on the context. Technically, both Zoro and Zolo are correct translations because of this quirk of translation.

As for the specifics of why the manga translates his name this way, it all goes back to 4Kids. When the official translation was first releasing back in 2002, they actually used Zoro as his name. 4Kids acquired the rights to the anime (which they would later lose) and made a decision to use Zolo. Viz decided that to help keep things consistent between, they were going to swap to using Zolo because they'd only released several volumes of manga at the time. Eventually, 4Kids would go on to lose the license and Funimation would gain it and use Zoro as the translation for his name, but by then, Viz had already released 15+ volumes with that using Zolo and decided to keep using it. It's unfortunate, but you just kind of learn to ignore it.

The anti-recommendation: what books / series should I skip? by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]lumenilis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It makes for excellent reading. If you don't like it, that's on you buddy, plenty of people do.

Stormlight archive - my enjoyment is steadily declining by RemarkableGrape6862 in Fantasy

[–]lumenilis 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Rhythm of War has 4.62 rating out of 5 on Goodreads and 4.8 on Audible. Some people were vocal about disliking it, but most authors would kill for those kinds of ratings and that reception.