I realized that I haven't written a new journal in 8 months...
Well, I do have something to tell occasional visitors who might stumble upon this userpage.

So I am a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda, theorizing about its timeline and stuff, and an appreciator of Japanese as well. Some of you might know that the English texts of the Zelda games are not always as faithfully translated from Japanese as we should expect them to be. That means for us fans it's very important to look at the Japanese originals so we can become aware of potential errors. And that's where I come in.

I'm the translator of Japanese at Zelda Legends, one of the biggest and oldest Zelda fansites still around. In our forums, there's a thread where I regularly post my translations of passages from games like Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, Four Swords Adventures, and The Wind Waker.
That thread is also the right place to request from me a Japanese translation of a particular passage in a Zelda game that you have doubts about (I mean, where you hope the Japanese version says something "better" than the English version - and trust me, that happens quite often).

Yeah, that's all for now. I know the chances for a Zelda timeliner to come across this journal are rather small, but if you do, don't hesitate to leave a comment and go check out my translations!

Just in time for Halloween, I thought I'd put up this little quiz figuring out *what* I actually am. Here goes.
(Rules: You just mark the statements applying to yourself. The category with most hits, that'll be you!)

--- VAMPIRE? ---
[ ] Blood intrigues you.
[X] You prefer night over day.
[ ] Bats and wolves are your friends.
[X] You wish you could fly.
[X] You despise mirrors.
[ ] Coffins don't bother you in the least.
[X] Living forever sounds like a great idea.
[ ] You can hang upside down for long periods of time.
[ ] Garlic is your kryptonite.
[X] You sleep all day.
Total: 50%

--- FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER? ---
[ ] You owe a lot to your creator.
[ ] Fire is scary!
[ ] You are unpredictable.
[X] You are very tall.
[X] Little kids are more fond of you than adults.
[X] Most people don't understand you.
[ ] Your speech leaves a lot to be desired.
[ ] You often look a little green.
[ ] Fashion means nothing to you; it's like you wear the same thing everyday.
[ ] You wish you had more friends.
Total: 30%

--- WEREWOLF? ---
[ ] You're quite furry.
[ ] The full moon drives you wild.
[ ] You often wake up in strange places with no memory of the night before.
[ ] Silver repulses you.
[ ] Dogs hate you.
[ ] You love raw meat.
[ ] You are pretty strong.
[ ] Pentagrams fascinate you.
[X] You feel kind of cursed.
[ ] Some of your clothes are shredded and bloodstained and you have no idea how they got that way.
Total: 10%

--- ZOMBIE ---
[X] Your skin looks gray. {technically it's white}
[X] You rarely speak, but you do groan a lot. {replace "groan" with "type"}
[ ] Brains should be one of the food groups.
[ ] Your clothes are ratty and tattered.
[X] You're alive, but you feel dead.
[ ] Being near fire makes you uncomfortable.
[X] Guns scare you.
[ ] You're not very smart.
[ ] You have an insatiable desire to feed.
[X] You lost your personality a long time ago.
Total: 50%

--- GHOST ---
[ ] You have some unfinished business to attend to.
[ ] You hang out in cemeteries.
[ ] You enjoy playing pranks.
[X] Sometimes people act as if you aren't even there.
[X] You want revenge.
[ ] Death surrounds you.
[X] You feel lost.
[X] You always have a chill.
[ ] You like fog.
[ ] You have strange dreams about dying.
Total: 40%


Now lemme see... 50% vampire and 50% zombie... Hah, so my nickname was the right choice

So I'm "it" now, got tagged by ! The rules are:
- post 8 random facts about yourself
- tag 8 other people
- put a comment on each person's profile so they know they've got tagged

Hehe, well then...

1) Technically I'm a lefty because I write with that hand, but everything else I do with right.

2) I haven't puked in many years, not even from a booze.

3) Whenever a certain song pops into my mind, I go listen to it (that way it'll leave for sure).

4) I despise worms of all kind.

5) My first play through Twilight Princess took me 112 hours, my second one 27. That was on purpose

6) I'm a veggie, but I might order meat when I'm drunk and there's no alternative.

7) I'd rather have someone hating me than ignoring me. Definitely.

8) I wish I could speak to everyone in their native languages, that way studying those. However, most people always resort to boring English...


Now I'm breaking the rules a little, keeping it to 4 tags instead of 8, just because. Picked (more or less) randomly, those are:
, , ,

DEUTSCH:
Ich wollte mich schon vor Wochen registrieren, aber war nicht sicher, ob ich viel zu zeigen habe. Tja, wohl schon, auch wenn es vor allem Zelda-Fans interessieren wird (und nicht mal alle davon, schätz ich). Naja, und man weiß nie, was die Zukunft noch bringt!

Das könnt ihr von mir erwarten:
- Manipulationen von offizieller Artwork
- Landkarten von Hyrule
- vielleicht irgendwann Fanfics, die die Spiele nacherzählen
- vieles mehr
______________________________

ENGLISH:
I had been meaning to register for a few weeks, but wasn't sure if I have much to show. But I probably do, even if it'll be interesting mainly for Zelda fans (and not even all of those, I guess). Well, and you never know what the future holds!

So expect of me:
- manipulations of official artwork
- maps of Hyrule
- maybe someday fanfics retelling the games
- many more
(lol, all begin with "ma")