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Lol it's a screencap, no spoilers~

Where it says 'original footage provided by kh13.com', that means a 16 year old boy who spent hours and hours trying to figure out how to rip the footage out of the hacked game file, then how to rip the audio out, then synch it himself, then upload it to youtube, having to travel between two different houses several times in the middle of the night to use separate computers.

'Translations by heartstation.org' means a girl who had spent all day at work, came home dead tired, nagged the aforementioned 16 year old boy online until he set audio to the video, then spent two hours translating it by ear, seeing as there were no Japanese subtitles to read, while trying to control freaking out about the content itself. Emotionally and physically drained, this girl was reduced to dry sobbing and near-hysteria, spazzing out to anyone who happened to be online at 1:30 in the morning. She then went to work the next day, where she tripped over twice and dropped a crate of shampoo on her foot because she could hardly see straight.

'Subtitles by heartstation.org' refers to a girl who stayed up until at least 7:30 in the morning getting the subtitles in and working, being patient with her nagging and demanding translator, then fighting evil codexes and other things all on her own far into the night as the other lazy two had crawled into bed.

It's a story I wanted to tell, because it was the fucking hardest, most pressurised thing I have ever translated, and it has given me the biggest most swelling, bright feeling so far. The novels are hard, but that's more like a long jog; I LOVE hearing people say 'this made my day' when they read anything I've done, but this is different. This was hard like a sprint for your life. I wanted for us to be the first people to have it up and translated more than anything else, and we were. Over 115000 views. And that's not counting the clone-versions people have stolen and posted under other names. Even if no-one has any idea it was us who did it, who we are, it's just an amazing feeling. I tear up, I feel my heart pounding in my throat whenever I see it. We helped over 115000 people. FUCK YEAH!!

And it's cemented in my heart, more than anything else has so far, that I want to do this. Novels, movies, games, manga, even for the fucking government--I want to do this. The feeling of building bridges over the language barrier... the feeling of seeing people enjoying something because I helped them to... I can't describe it. I want to know how it feels when it's official. I want to know what seeing my phrases being spoken by official voice actors feels like. What my words on the printed page, under the official logo feels like. I'll never be talented or creative or exciting enough to build the cities, but I can build the bridges between them. I CAN. I do now. I want to do it for real.

I got into the University course I wanted to. Bachelor of Language and Linguistics, three years full time. I didn't go for studying education, the safe path.

Maybe I'll fail horribly. Maybe I'll fail at Uni, maybe I'll fail at trying to get employed, maybe I'll get employed and be a magnificent failure there. Who knows? But I know I have to try. Fortunate Son got me that far. BbS pushed me over the edge--I'm really going to do this.

FANDOM IS WORTH A LOT MORE THAN PEOPLE GIVE IT CREDIT FOR. A wise woman once told me this ;D

So, that will begin this year. I have a lot of worries and doubts; I'm not very confident, I don't keep all my promises, I'm not interesting or particularly clever, and I don't look all that good physically. I don't know how my family will be without me, I don't know if I'll make friends, I don't know if I'll cope with class, I don't know I don't know. But... I've survived a couple of stressful things before. Doesn't mean I will this time, but I'm trying not to think that way.

Thank you, fandom. Especially certain people, but you know who you are. You've helped this scatter-brained weeabo figure out what she wants to do with her life. ♥

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Your enthusiasm and determination are infectious and a real blessing. Going to watch now, the first 10 seconds look beautiful and I'm certain it will just keep getting better. Thanks for helping keep this fandom awesome.

Does that part where everyone says Sora's name creep you out? Is it just me?

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I can't explain how much that means to me, hearing it from you. ♥

I thought it was pretty epic, but I'm woobie like that 8D

Btw, you can download that beautiful rendition of Dearly Beloved here :3

It's all true. I feel much the same as you do about this coming year, but the difference is I don't possess half of your conviction and optimism. Maybe I'll vampirize a little bit off of yours :D And I kind of get what you mean about the (exciting but scary) rush of trying to get your video uploaded before anyone else in fandom. I felt a little like that when Code Geass ended and I was rushing to finish my Viva La Vida amv before a million of them inevitably flood YT.

I was 'awwwing' when Namine said it, and also with Ven and Terra, but when it was Axel, Roxas and Xion, the words sounded like a weird chant. Bit of a Children of the Corn moment. I think it's because their VAs' voices match up badly in unison, so the harmonics are somewhat off. Blah blah I nitpick too much and should stfu, it's awesome ♥

Ooooh, thank you, I was just going to ask ♥ (Why is it called that? Who's getting married?)

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I have the optimism of only just setting out in life, I guess. But mmm you can vampirise me all you like bb~

I say Xion's horrible lolicon helium voice is to blame. Everything that ever is bad ever is her fault forever :/

No worries ♥ Disney and Square? Though it seemed to me like New Game and Load had a lot of chemistry on that thar title screen...

omg you are totally right, she sounds like one of those mice from cinderella why did i never see this before? :O on the other hand, i'm finally starting to see the sora in her face now... wait, no, that's because they all look the same.

Exactly as with the novel translations, I just can't decide whether to watch this or not. But that aside, endless gratitude to you for giving me the choice. It used to drive me crazy that so much of this stuff was denied me because of language: your bridge-building saves my sanity.

What you're saying about wanting, and doing, and fandom is just awe-inspiring. And remember this: no-one knows if they'll succeed or fail; everyone has doubts and fears; everybody worries about the things you are worrying about - the difference is, a lot of people let the uncertainties and the fears and the doubts stop them. I have this hunch that you are pretty much unstopable round about now.

♥ And you know, if you ever come across anything Japanese you wish you could read, don't hesitate to tell me! If it's a fandom I'm not familiar with I can't promise it will be very good, but I would always give it my best crack :3

I definitely spent most of the day watching these spoilers and scouring the internet for coherent playthroughs. I needed a good, solid distraction, and how you succeeded.

I'm not interesting or particularly clever

TCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. You don't give yourself nearly enough credit. Your joy at giving, contributing, is something the world lacks in a real way. We need more like you, the best and the brightest.

OMG! It's like... having a celebrity walk on my bridge o3o /continues crappy metaphor forever

♥ o///o

OH WOW. WHAT YOU DID IS AMAZING... CONGRATULATIONS!

eee~! It makes me happy to see you happy. The stuff you just achieved is what I aspire to be like one day.

And you got into your course? omg, that's great! (Where are you studying it at, btw?) I wish you luck with it and the future, I am certain you will succeed ^__^

Also, last night around 1am, I was hit by a massive craving to do some translations for the first time in months (but I couldn't because my mum was on the computer and I needed the internet!dictionary ;_; srsly. why was she even awake then!?) ;P Clearly, your enthusiasm *was* contagious XDDD

♥♥♥♥ お疲れ様です！

Studying at a Uni in Brisbane called Griffiths~

Thank you so much!! You have so much natural talent yourself, you know. I love knowing you'll read my translations with your own translator-background!!

If I can do it, I'm sure you can. 一緒に頑張りましょうね！

I'm happy for you! (And like the rest of the internets, love you forever for those subtitles) ♥♥♥

I'm actually switching my own major to International Studies so I can try and go down the same path you are. What you've just said is exactly what I want to be able to feel. Thanks for helping me figure out what the heck I wanted to do with my life. :')

Oh! That's great!! I firmly believe in following dreams. As long as we put our heart and soul into it, and do our absolute best, there's no reason why those dreams can't be reality.

Thank you ♥♥♥

I literally cried. I watched the secret ending without subtitles, not understanding, and I still cried.

The fact that y'all have taken this and translated it and given us the chance to see and I just.

Oh god.

Oh god oh god oh god.

*hugs*

Thank you.

Congratulations, btw, on getting into your course. :) I don't think you'll fail. I think you'll win, awesomely, at life and uni and a job. I think you'll really go for what you want and get it because you're not one to take the easy path, are you? :) You're going to fight the hard fight and win and it'll be awesome for you.

And god. I really wish you the best of luck, hon. <3

(and more more more thanks for the video. because OMFG. My brain is spazzing right now.

You get pretty Ven icon.

And now I go cry because OMFG ROXASORAVEN.)

Oh god, me too. I was dry sobbing until Aqua's 'Sora', then a;lkfjae;rgae;rg ;A;

Then I cried the next morning when Olivia had it up, seeing it for the first time. Then I cried like, every time I saw the video re-posted on any one else's journal. ^^;

You don't know how HAPPY I feel, hearing it moved you so much. I mean, even though it's Square's work and all. >___>; THANK YOU OKAY, PEOPLE LIKE YOU BEING SO LOVELY AND REAL AND HONEST AND BEAUTIFUL ARE WHAT MAKES THIS STUFF WORTH IT. ♥

Thank you for the kind words, too :3

I don't know anything about BBS, so I can't keep up with what you're doing, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but I know you are awesome and wonderful and you are just so determined it's crazy. Love, thank you so much for doing this, for being here. You're such a treasure.

Congrats to getting into your Uni. You've deserved this so much. You can do this. You will do this. I'm behind you, 24/7 if you need me, I'm behind you.

Thank you so much, Pia. I always light up when I see you've commented anywhere. So often, I'll read a fic on a journal and then down in the comments I see you've said something ages ago and I'm just like. :D *ping!* hahaha~

♥ And I'm behind you, too.

I truly appreciate your work

The novel translations perked up my whole day. I just spent the past two hours reading them all :D (midterms week made me sad)

And seeing you were the translator behind my beloved bbs spoilers?

OH THANK YOU -bows frantically-

I wish you best of luck!

♥♥♥♥ Aaaahh, I am grinning so hard!! I'm so happy to hear that!! I hope midterms went well... ♥

I think you already know just how much I appreciate your hard work. I may not voice it all the time (or spazz all out on MSN since that'd get repetitive) but I do enjoy your translations. I can't stand people who act all high and mighty about how little you do (just like that dude from Terra's ending vid). You're absolutely right about the little credit people give to fandom sometimes. People always bitch, whine, complain, yet they can do no better. They don't even say thank you some times. It's quite sad.

Anyway, thanks for the translations up until now (as always, anyway). Best of luck with school. Keep your head up and always look confident because, as you have already said, you've helped over 115 000 people. Always think about the happy times and use that as your motivation to continue forward. Think about all the other things you can do for people--how many more people you can bring happiness to. Eventually, you'll reach 1 000 000, then far beyond that.
I think you need to be more optimistic and you'll be all high in the sky! If you ever feel down, I think you need to look around. Your friends, friends online, fandom people...they're all here for you. Heck, you've made more friends here than I ever will, Ms. Popular! XD All of these shoulders are for you to cry on if you need them. All of these eyes are there for your rants and messages. Ears as well, if you count webcamming on MSN. lol
Anyway, keep up the great work. That's all I can really say. If you ever need me, just leave a message on MSN. You know I'll be there for ya. XD

Best of luck! Not that you'll need it since you're a lot more talented than you think you are. Keep that chin up high!

Ahhh Sui, I love you. Thank you for always being so supportive and protective of me ♥ I checked out what that guy had said, and about five other people have already slammed him XD;

And! You have heaps of friends! You have heaps on dA and ff.net, too. And you have incredibly special close friends like Tinuleaf.

Your words mean a lot to me ♥ I'll keep them in my heart.

You dont give yourself enough credit!

When I get back I'm gonna throw my presents for you, AT YOU, if I see you bagging yourself out again!

Your a beautiful, intelligent woman who has this amazing ability to break language barriers and 'build bridges' and make people happy, and your going to go far in life. I know you are. AND IM ALWAYS RIGHT >8D

You worked so hard on this video, and you got into university, so you can do anything you set your heart and mind to!

Your a wonderful person! And this video was amazing!

Thankyou so much for translating it, it was FUCKING AWESOME.

xx

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU <3 <3

WHY ARE YOU. SO. CUTE. WHY. FACEBOOK PIMPAGE WUT LOLOLOLOL

I HAVE NO WORDS. YOU SILLY BUGGER. <3333333

Im cute because...uhh...actually I dunno why -.-'

Thankyou anyway :3

Hahaahaaaa...facebook >:D

*gives you a dictionary*

:D

Merry Christmas...or something....>.

You are such an amazing person. I marvel at your seemingly endless patience. Translating SO MUCH JAPANESE for the benefit of others. (I have very little patience, so this make you seem like the god of all things that take a long time.)

You, Griffiths, Language studies. Yay. I knew you would get in, you were crazy for thinking otherwise. (OP2. O. P. 2. How could you not have?)
(okay so it was possible, but whatever 8P)

And we shall meet up for coffee maybe C:

Whoo~

I'm just so happy for you. And it makes me happy that you're happy for yourself as well. And so you should be.

happy. happy. happy.

And I'm gone.

*dramatic page leaving lol*

♥

Congratulations on the translation win and the course win! So much frickin' *confetti*! I can't imagine the sense of accomplishment you must get, the first person to translate this ending. That's truly a special achievement. Glad so much hard work paid off and has reaffirmed your goals. I only wish I actually kept up with KH canon so I could fully appreciate the awesomeness of this clip.

From what I've seen, you're passionate, talented and dedicated enough to excel at uni. As for the employment front, everybody fails at that so don't worry, something crops up eventually. Waiting for a job can be depressing but it works out in the end! XD

(This be

coconutty_tree, btw. Got sick of my old, dusty, unused lj.)

~~First thought: what an awesome pen name this person has.~~

Thank you so much ♥♥ I am feeling pretty good about it right now, pretty scared but happy that I've managed to get this far.

Are you at uni too, at the moment?

Regrettably! Full-time biotechnology student and I just wanna be employed already. Unfortunately no skills + 21 = nobody will hire me when they can get a 16-y-o to do it instead, so I'll have to be poor for another two years at this rate.

I'm enrolled in a summer school course right now. It's completely online. I should be reading course stuff but instead I'm on lj. Whee, motivation.

~~Thank you! Tequila-enhanced Mondays have constituted some of the best days of my life. xD~~

Ahh, I know right? I am so glad I got a job when I was sixteen, or else there's no way I'd be employed now. But, I'm moving away for uni, so I'll have to start over again ;___;

Biotechnology! That sounds interesting. What do you want to do with that qualification? My brother is going to do forensic criminology or something, and I saw you ranting about the boringness on your LJ and I was like 8D;; uh oh...

~~Tequila forever~~~

I had a job for my gap year but then moved to Melbourne for uni. Was working weekends but eventually the business went downhill and they made me redundant. Doing a double degree was super stressful anyway so I wasn't considering job-hunting at that stage. After I switched into a single degree, I was kinda low on the confidence and wasn't certain I'd be able to cope with a job anyway. Now I'm at the stage where I just need money, dammit. xD

I was considering majoring in forensics. I think the actual course would be more interesting than what I'm doing, which is just a shitload of reading. Online courses are heavy on the reading. They try to make up for absence of face-to-face learning by swamping you with irrelevant information. I've read some case studies though and they're pretty cool. ~~I'm still on page 9 of the fingerprinting pdf. XDDDDDD~~

My major lets me work in pathology, genetic mapping, manufacturing new drugs, genetic engineering... all that biology stuff. For example, I could've been working on the swine flu vaccine.

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