dia! 🫀🔥
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![en voi olla ahne.
[a chibi (semi-deformed) figure of dia's mascot character sitting and frowning with their eyes closed and their arms crossed over their chest]
minum pitäisi vain hyväksyä että mikälie (ruby text: きみ) on aina vaikeasti saavutettavissa.
mitä enemmän ∅ minä, sitä enemmän minä ε (∅ and ε intentionally redacting the intended words)
IT'S OKAY.
[an outline of a bandaged hand reaching out to the other side of the page]
minä olen [redacted even in the image]
minun olisi pitänyt tietää paremmin kuin odottaa...
original twitter "tooltip": the idea to toy with using ruby text (translingual ruby text, no less) came at the very last minute, when i realised that "kuin" sounds like 庫院.
although this kanji was not appropriate in the context of this short comic, i almost wanted to do something with "odottaa" and "踊った".
i elected to just keep the ruby text to the first two pages, given the intentional cryptic vibe and open-ended nature of this final page.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2y6dc3aj7tf6sygpd7vuza6f/bafkreihl3uylvyfxahibo7ndnv5dhch3uukrx4ycom7nmwkn2p3jnweapy)
![何者か (ruby text: joku saa) sydämeni lopettamaan verenvuodon
[outlines of an upper torso with a chest wound corresponding to the third left intercostal space, with blood dripping to a cupped right hand, elbow flexed on a nearly 90 degree angle]
en usko että kestän sitä enää...
poissa tai läsnä
[a black and white silhouette of a figure from the back - the white portion is partially motion blurred]
kukaan ei huomaa
[silhouettes of two figures laughing at the other silhouette]
ehkä se on kohtaloni.
original twitter "tooltip": the idea of a "bleeding heart", both in the literal and figurative context, is something that always resonated with me.
i tried to find the best fit to convey "someone" in the sense of "joku saa" in japanese (which i am considerably more proficient in than suomi), and figured 何者か (なにものか) was close enough.
out of all the pages, i like this one best.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2y6dc3aj7tf6sygpd7vuza6f/bafkreidmc4vcbsuldaytawek6m3hewlhej3bhomhdbrelfg4sdbnxvcjcq)
![the first page of "really sad days" by Cardiac Arsonism
olen aina tiennyt että kukaan ei välitä paskaakaan.
[outline of a human figure with shoulder length hair, partially submerged in water, reaches out to the reader]
paikkani maailmassa on 消失 (ruby text: katoamassa)
original twitter "tooltip": at the time i created and wrote the dialogue for this comic, i started to take learning suomi more seriously.
i've had a fascination with finland and estonia (more of the former) since 2006, although i've been aware of finland's existence beyond having to memorise that its capital is helsinki, since around 2004.
i do plan to write about it in my blog one of these days, but i've had a bad bout of poor self-esteem as of late.
this time, i wrote the script two days before i had the time to sit down ad actually illustrate something for it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2y6dc3aj7tf6sygpd7vuza6f/bafkreiehhkxtiun257u67ci3perhipxn3wgrtrefay7bfsugwzjjwoou5q)
