D&D Demotivators III: My PCs Did What?

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Coming up next:

Marvel vs. DC
Batman vs. Iron Man

Actually, why vs.? Why not team mates or similar ?
And who can make a motivator with them both?

[The-Mage-King]

I demand the source for the Kamina+Charizard picture!!!

As do I.

...Though I still say he'd start with a Squirtel...

[Kris Strife]

As do I.

...Though I still say he'd start with a Squirtel...

I think Yoko would have Squirtel for a starter.

[dspeyer]

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[The-Mage-King]

I think Yoko would have Squirtel for a starter.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Curse you THE-MAGE-KING!!!! now I can't picture Kamina without a squirtle!!!

[The-Mage-King]

[Bobikus]

That screenshot bugs me just because instead of having to throw up a translator's note, they could have just made the subbed line "Just according to plan".

[nyarlathotep]

That screenshot bugs me just because instead of having to throw up a translator's note, they could have just made the subbed line "Just according to plan".

That's the joke.

[Bobikus]

That's the joke.

Well the joke depressed me since I realized that like every sub group does this constantly when I just want to watch the damn show and not have the words take up more room on the screen in some attempt to be Japanese 101.

[Adrayll]

Well the joke depressed me since I realized that like every sub group does this constantly when I just want to watch the damn show and not have the words take up more room on the screen in some attempt to be Japanese 101.

On the flip side, they're doing a chore which I can imagine is incredibly tedious, and i'm benefiting from it free of charge, so i kinda just go with it.

[The Glyphstone]

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No.

[Marnath]

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No.

This is better. The backwards hands thing is just freaking creepy. Do not want.

[DeadManSleeping]

Well the joke depressed me since I realized that like every sub group does this constantly when I just want to watch the damn show and not have the words take up more room on the screen in some attempt to be Japanese 101.

To be fair, in cases which are not obviously ridiculous, terms in one language don't actually translate to the target language (Japanese is a particularly egregious 'offender' in this regard). In this case, a translator's note may be warranted. I will grant you that a GOOD translator, one who is very skilled in both languages and rather clever to boot, will find a way to translate so that the meaning of the phrase is carried across despite the word not having a full equivalent in the target language. Sometimes, they can even make puns translate. But fan translators are hardly professionals. Honestly, even making a translator's note is a couple steps above making a "close-enough" translation and leaving it at that.

Apologies for the rant. Translation is a subject I'm unusually passionate about.

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[Marnath]

To be fair, in cases which are not obviously ridiculous, terms in one language don't actually translate to the target language (Japanese is a particularly egregious 'offender' in this regard). In this case, a translator's note may be warranted. I will grant you that a GOOD translator, one who is very skilled in both languages and rather clever to boot, will find a way to translate so that the meaning of the phrase is carried across despite the word not having a full equivalent in the target language. Sometimes, they can even make puns translate. But fan translators are hardly professionals. Honestly, even making a translator's note is a couple steps above making a "close-enough" translation and leaving it at that.

Apologies for the rant. Translation is a subject I'm unusually passionate about.

Um.

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Someone is stretching my screen. I think it might be you, not certain since there's a few unspoilered images on this page. Could you fix that?

[MightyPirate]

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[Serpentine]

Inspiration struck. Work in progress.

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[Morph Bark]

I demand the source for the Kamina+Charizard picture!!!

As do I.

...Though I still say he'd start with a Squirtel...

I got it off zerochan.

And who would start with Bulbasaur? Simon?

"Your Bullet Seed is the one that will pierce the heavens!"

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No.

I actually did that.

[Saintheart]

More motivators!

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[The Rose Dragon]

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No.

I did that. Not because I'm a gamer, but because I'm a mythology enthusiast.

The verdict is that the thumbs are on the wrong side for the palm to be like that.

[Eldan]

Probably not a Rakshasa, then. Is the thumb thing actually from mythology? Because as far as I know, even the tiger shape is an invention of D&D.

[Saintheart]

Two more!

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[Morph Bark]

Two more!

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For DnD, I got both 3.5 and 4E, prefer 3.5, and yet see it like Batman.

[Serpentine]

Eldan: The Wiki says nothing about it.

[Kris Strife]

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Nothing shows up on either of these and putting the urls in my browser gives 404 errors.

[Pentachoron]

Probably not a Rakshasa, then. Is the thumb thing actually from mythology? Because as far as I know, even the tiger shape is an invention of D&D.

Quick wikipedia search nets me nothing about a tiger/feline form or reversed hands or really anything about their form except that they're shapeshifters in mythology.

[The Rose Dragon]

I'm pretty sure it is there somewhere (not in Wikipedia, just the mythology in general).

[Eldan]

That seems to about cover what I've found, really. I mean, I think they are fascinating and I'd like to find more, but they don't seem to share much in common with mythology.

There seems to be at least one specified especially strong Rakshasa that was able to grow hundreds of arms and heads.

[Saintheart]

Nothing shows up on either of these and putting the urls in my browser gives 404 errors.

Bit weird -- are you blocked from imgur? That's where they're stored.

[Eldan]

If it helps, I can see them.