Talk:Clannad:SEEN3419

Kyou's "idioms"

Regarding this:

<0079> \{Kyou} "Are you blind? How does this look anything like a dog or a tanuki?"
// Reword, substituted weird idiom-R23
// "Do you have marbles stuffed in your eyes? What part of this looks like a dog or tanuki?"
// \{杏} 「あんたの目、フシ穴にビー玉つまってんの？  これのどこが犬や狸に見えんのよ」

<0145> \{Kyou} "Your life would be over."
// "It just means your life span will shorten dramatically."
// Again, not literal, but it catches the spirit more naturally, I think.-R23
// \{杏} 「あんたの寿命が著しく短くなるだけよ」

It's not weird, it's a defining point of Kyou's character to say things like that. She has a creative vocabulary and a tendency to string together over-the-top metaphors and expressions on the fly, as part of her everyday speech. That she uses longer and more unusual phrasing to state what can be said very simply is one of her personality quirks that make her interesting. I think these edits should be restored.--ARCC 15:35, 13 December 2007 (PST)

rephrased to make my point less garbled--ARCC 21:13, 13 December 2007 (PST)