Friday Five 1-October-2021 #2

These questions are from thefridayfive

1. Growing up, what sayings/phrases do you remember your mother using? Your father?
From my Mom (Portuguese) O macaco que não sabe dançar diz que o chão está torta. Literally, The monkey that doesn't know how to dance, blames that the ground is not flat. The nearest idiom in English is "A bad workman blames his tools".
From my Dad (German) Messer, Gabel, Schere, Licht sind für kleine Kindern nicht. Literally, Knives, forks, scissors and lightbulbs are not for small children.

There are also some phrases now that, although I "claim" English is almost like my first language, but there are some things that I can't say in English, and will still say them in either Portuguese or German LOL. Sometimes, I just can't say "Shit!". I say "Scheisse!" Or "Merda!" Depending on how upset I am. Also, when in a situation where I can't stand it anymore, I don't say "I can't take it anymore!" I revert to Portuguese. "Isto é insuportável!"

2. What book/song/other did your parents use to put you to sleep?
Honestly, I don't remember ever being "put in bed" or being "read stories". There was never a "I'll read you a story to go to sleep" from my parents. It was always, "it's 10pm. Go sleep." I still remember on Saturday nights we would sneak out of bed to watch the Saturday midnight cartoon Anime (at that time it was Saint Seiya, later Yuyu Hakusho, at one point in time Sohryuden)... eventually the urge to sneak out to watch thinned out.... I need my 10 hours of sleep LOL.

3. What did you fight with your siblings over?
It was never about toys or sharing, it was always for the attention from the parents.

4. Do you and your siblings still fight?
Yeah. I'm fed up of the blatant favoritism. I'm not gonna fight anymore. Just gonna show I'm more capable by doing my chores without prompting, pay my dues, do whatever I'm supposed to do in a timely manner.

5. What was the worst fight you had with any family member?
It's always with Mom. She can't see things as they are, she only sees things as she wants to see them.

The Battle of Saillune

The Battle of Saillune (Slayers #4)
Hajime Kanzaka
Rui Araizumi (Illustrator)
Elizabeth Ellis (Translator)
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No good deed goes unpunished, huh? Me and Gourry help one little orphan find her new home in Saillune City, and the next thing I know, we’re breaking and entering for the local crown prince! I mean, he is getting the short end of the stick in this whole royal succession dispute and there are assassins trying to murder him and all, but... Wait, why are these interdimensional monsters coming after ME?! I thought this was YOUR family drama!

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I did not intend to read this in one sitting, LOL but I got woken up by the storm at around 5am this morning, and I figured since I'm up, I'd read something (as I didn't read anything in the weekend), and, there you go, I read this in one go.

More Lina hijinks. Fun while it lasted. I don't remember in the anime that Lina encountered such a tough opponent. A mid-level demon indeed. I'm not sure if I misunderstood the text (and hey, it was in English!), but did her legs get cut off? But Amelia managed to mend her? I probably should go back and read that.

I think in this one book Lina explained the mechanics of the Elmekia Lance twice. So in the 4 books so far, she's explained the same spell... maybe 4 times already. I don't mind it when they discuss a spell when it's newly introduced... but being informed that the Elmekia Lance is different and targets the astral plane and blah blah blah blah soon gets old when you read it a grand total of 4 times.... twice in the same book too!

I suppose this is where to book starts to diverge from the anime? Maybe? Anyway, I hadn't watched much of the anime after Slayers Next anyway. I suppose in the upcoming books Xelloss would make an appearance then.

Fun times. Gonna continue reading that :-)