While I was rereading the new Caliborn pages today, I noticed something that I’d completely missed the first time. Namely, a joke involving one of the Japanese phrases Caliborn uses: “doujinshi man gaka." Now, maybe this joke/pun was supposed to be totally obvious, I’m just particularly slow on the uptake, and this post will elicit "well, duh"s. But I figure there must be some other baka gaijin like me out there who missed out on it completely, so I’m going to (perhaps unnecessarily) explain it until all the humor is leeched out. Here we go. Caliborn describes himself as a ”(doujinshi) man gaka" twice:

Now, my first time reading these pages, I activated my twin powers of Using Context Clues and Wanting To Read Fast; I assumed that “doujinshi man gaka” meant something along the lines of “anime guy” and kept going. But when I read through the pages for the second time, I decided that I’d try to find out what the phrase actually means. So I fired up Google Translate:

“Doujinshi” is a general term for a self-published work (translated as “fanzine” by Google). And “man gaka” means… “ten thousand painter?” …O-okay. Is it trying to invoke, like, an ego thing? Caliborn thinks he’s as talented as ten thousand painters in one? Or maybe “man gaka” is an idiom or slang that Google isn’t hip enough to recognize. Oh well, at least I tried. But just before I gave up on my translation endeavor, I remembered something relevant.

Caliborn tends to split compound words in two. So, going on a hunch, I tried deleting the space between “man” and “gaka.”

“Man gaka” is a nonsense phrase, but “mangaka” means manga artist. Caliborn tried to apply his “splitting compound words” quirk here in order to emphasize the “manliness” of being a manga artist. But since “mangaka” is a transliteration of a Japanese word and not a compound English word, this tweak made the entire phrase lose its meaning.

Ultimately, this silly little wordplay works as a great (and I imagine deliberate) metaphor for a subset of the many, many things wrong with Caliborn. He makes a very conscious effort to play up and single out the “man” part of his personality, but he doesn’t realize (or maybe just doesn’t acknowledge) how destructive and toxic this is. Because in the process of emphasizing this one aspect of his identity, he makes this identity as a whole become unintelligible and broken.

What a baka.

tommyinnit isn’t a fusion of dave and karkat

he is an echo clone of dave mix with the mildest version of caliborn

look pim i know it’s our job to help these two and everything. but i think these two are a lost cause, they’re obviously insane and extremely homicidal so i think we should just cut our loses and get out of here.

caliborn: WHAT IS THAT OBNOXIOUS GLOWING ORB IN THE FUCKING SKY

gamzee: tHe SuN?

caliborn: IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL IT

I started drawing digitally at 15 because i wanted to draw this chump all wrapped up in winter clothes just to post on tumblr. After getting a wacom tablet and downloading sai, i descovered i wasnt as good at drawing as my ego dictated lol. Anyway its been 8 years. i still love him a lot :) heres to progress. happy valentines day everyone :)

A Tortured Artiste,,,,

Wake the Dead - A Fast Caliborn Playlist

Tracklist

Wake the Dead - The Used

Bad Bad Things - AJJ

DESTROYA - My Chemical Romance

River Below - Billy Talent

Heaven Piercing Giga Drill - Area 11

Parade - Get Scared

One for the Money - Escape the Fate

The Grand Finale - Set it Off

hello calliope likers

オレ・ラブ❤️❤️❤️OOPS! I MARRIED A CHERUB! the hot new Boys Love manga in stores now

the holy mother. EXALTED FOR ALL TIME.

Lets not get carried away here……..