标签： 2016

We interrupt our regular Pacific updates to bring you a quick overview of the people running for president of the United States.

本来这星期应该更新美舰本下面故事线的（没事，更新还会有的哦），但因为我最近邮箱里快被挤爆了，所以我想稍微介绍下目前大选的人物。

Traditionally, as told by Iowa in our first series, America’s politics is split into two distinctive parties. The democrats and republicans are both fighting over the nomination spot for their party, and the race is still currently on-going as of today.

小衣在我们第一期已经说过了，美国目前政治分两党。民主党和共和党都在争夺自己党内候选人中。现在还在争夺中。

Before we begin, I’d like to point out that I am an American. Our artist is Chinese (not Chinese-American, Chinese). Please note that the particular viewpoints presented below represent only impressions based on my reading of each particular candidate’s supporters.

我先稍微解释下，我是美国人。司马是中国人（不是美国籍华人是中国人）。下面的观点，是我观察各个候选人支持者所得出的结论。

The democratic contenders:

民主党：

If you’ve kept an eye at all on current events, you should know Hillary Clinton. Former First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State. Clinton’s supporters view her as a sensible, experienced leader with plenty of experience in Washington, a legion of strategists, and a well-oiled network of supporters. This would be her second presidential run since ’08.

如果你对政治感兴趣的话，希拉里应该不陌生。前第一夫人，议员，以及国务卿，大多数希拉里的粉丝认为她是个好商量（会妥协）有经验的政治老手。手上有高手如云的智囊团，大量的资金以及支持者，以及华盛顿（就是美国口语中表示政府）的支持。这是她第二次选总统（第一次08年输给了观海同志）

She is currently the undisputed frontrunner of the democratic race, building up a massive delegate over Bernie Sanders, shown below.

目前来说，她遥遥领先下面的老爷子。

Against Clinton is Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont currently running for the democratic nomination. Sanders’ supporters are drawn to his authenticity and his consistent message of fighting against income inequality, wage stagnation, and other social injustices.

挑战希拉里的是杉德斯（你们叫他总书记，我一般习惯性叫他老爷子，噗）。这位是一个独立（不是民主党也不是共和党）从VT州来的议员。总书记的支持者主要被他的真诚而打动，而他那一致的反收入不平衡，工资的非成长，以及其他社会上的不公是他主要的吸引力。

On the GOP side, everyone now knows that the party is currently undergoing a “fundamental transformation” (or civil war). The party is fractured between three individual forces, which are respectively the party establishment (represented currently by John Kasich), the “true conservative” (represented by Ted Cruz), and Trump.

共和党这边目前正在“系统性改革”（或者我比较喜欢“内战”这个词）。目前三国鼎立。党内大佬（凯希克），真保守派（克鲁斯），和特朗普。

(Note for our Chinese readers trying to learn English, Kasich is pronounced “Ka-sic” like “basic”)

(先说下，中国朋友们，那个，Kasich的读法是类似于Basic那样的硬音。这个其实我们也老搞错。我这边一半的朋友根本叫不出他的名字来，只知道他是那个K打头的家伙）

First and foremost we have John Kasich, the last republican “insider” left in the race. Kasich is viewed by his supporters as a moderate, centrist candidate, and he is considered to have a proven track record of governance at every level of government. As the governor of Ohio, he just recently won his state’s primary.

首先就是代表共和党大佬们的凯希克。美舰本作品内简称州长。作为共和党大佬最后的希望（其实这个不太对劲…容我等司马更新下一幅图后慢慢道来…），州长支持者认为他是个平和，比较中规中矩的人。并且他在执政上属于有相当强力业绩的人（华盛顿DC和俄海俄都有）。目前作为俄州的州长，他刚刚赢了本地的初选。

We also have two establishment candidates who has suspended their campaigns in the Republican Primary. Both are from Florida – the former governor Jeb Bush, and the current Senator Marco Rubio. You can see our thoughts on the matter in these posts covering the before and aftermaths of the Nevada-South Carolina primaries.

其次就是这师徒二人，理论上也是党内大佬的。小小灌木和水哥（杰布 布什和马克奥 卢比奥（对不起我不知道为什么总打出路标二字…）。这二位的相爱相杀我已经吐槽过了。而下一个更新的图，会给这个故事带来一个结尾。

Running directly against Kasich is Ted Cruz.

当然，直接与州长相对的，是克鲁斯。

Something of a firebrand, Ted Cruz is a senator from Texas. While outside of the conservative circle there are a lot of people who revile him for various things (shutting down the government, for instance), his supporters describe him as a principled conservative who is motivated by a strong sense for his conservative ideology and fights for smaller government and the Constitution.

克鲁斯在党内争论比较大。这位从德州来的议员是个炸药桶。基本上除了保守派外，大家都非常恨他（最常见的理由是把政府搞瘫痪了 – 这个以后可以讲），但他的支持者认为这是一位非常忠贞的保守斗士。他为自己的观点不惜烧掉一切，而他的动机基本上就是为了小政府，共和党（保守）意念，以及保护美国宪法。

Lastly, and currently leading the GOP field, is Mr. Trump.

最后就是特朗普啦。目前共和党遥遥领先对手的人。

Depending on who you ask, he is either the reincarnation of Hitler or a once-in-a-lifetime leader who can truly – to use words coming straight out of his campaign message –  Make America Great Again. Absolutely by far the most controversial candidate in American history, Donald J. Trump is a highly successful reality TV star/businessman best known previously for his “Art of the Deal” (and, if I am to interject a personal comment, his real estate projects – I’m from that one state down south where NY dumps their garbage, you know ;).

这家伙，看你问谁。回答他是希特勒重生的人不少，回答他是那位 – 用他自己话来说 – 能真正拯救美国”让美国再次强起来”的千古一帝也不少。这位绝对是美国历史上争论度最大的总统候选人。在选总统前，特朗普是一个非常成功的电视明星以及商人。主要出名是他的那本书（Art of the Deal）。

（注，我表示从南边那个纽约（新）倒（泽）垃（西）圾地方的角度表示，我知道这家伙是因为他确实为纽约州做了不少建设性的建筑物。基本上他对我来讲跟房地产差不多是同义词）

Running as a self-funded political outsider, Trump is seen by his supporters as a common sense candidate who puts America’s interests first, a deal-maker, and someone capable of stopping America’s slow decline over the past decades. Brash, unapologetically patriotic, and unafraid to start fights over any topic, Trump has repeatedly highlighted, often in less-than-politically-correct ways, issues that would have gone undiscussed in other elections.

这位自己掏钱选总统的人是一个谜团。特朗普的支持者认为他是一个有常识的，能妥协的，并且能把美国放在第一的人。口无遮拦的特朗普是个不折不扣的爱国者，没有什么他不敢捅的蜂窝，也没有什么他会避免的话题。这家伙可以说经常挖出来 （一般用非常政治不正确的方式）那些让媒体头疼的本来应该不讨论的话题。

He is currently under constant attack by, well, pretty much both sides of the media. Below we present the rest of Team Trump.

目前正在被左右媒体合伙围攻中。下面是特朗普团队剩下的成员。

Chris Christie is currently the governor of New Jersey. Ben Carson is a renowned neurosurgeon. Both were formerly in the running for the republican nomination, but have since joined in with Trump. Milo is a journalist, but you can basically think of him as a one-man counterbalance/viewpoint against the typical “mainstream” left-leaning media. Jeff Sessions is a conservative senator, well-known for being consistent, who is one of the first politicians in DC to endorse Trump.

两个大家应该都比较熟 – 一个是我的州长（胖州长，爆掉水哥的那位）。另外一个是黑人医生。这两位都曾经是特朗普的对手，但现在成了他的盟友。下面的米洛我上一帖已经讲过了。最后的新面孔是国家的有名保守派议员塞申斯。这位元老级别的老政客以有原则（中文也许叫正气？）为名，（有人说他20年执政从来没支持过任何一个总统候选人）然而，他是第一个正式支持特朗普的议员。

From a personal perspective, Trump and friends are absolutely, hilariously fun to brainstorm and draw. We also find him fascinating, and it’s not purely because of the controversy he brings. In some senses, just as the GOP race has captured the media’s attention, it’s captured our attention as well. If you see how the series is going, you know that we’re doing our best to capture (in a fun way) the spirit of the election. That’s why we got into this thing the first place. I literally sat around chatting with the team about politics about how our girls would feel about the matter, and someone said, why don’t we draw something? It’ll be fun.

从一个个人角度来讲，特朗普和朋友们非常好玩。各种梗玩的画的飞起。我当然认为这个人很有趣，而这并不是因为他带来各种争论。如同各大媒体一样，我们也被他吸引到了。你如果观察下我们这个2016系列的演变就可以看出来 – 特朗普是如何一点点爬入画面中心的。 但同时，这也是抓住目前初选的灵魂的一种方式。我们搞这个真的是因为这个题材有趣，好玩。真的。有一次当我跟队伍里八卦我们舰娘的政治观点时，其中一朋友表示：咱画个图呗。一定很好玩啊。

Draw something we did. So that’s what you see today. At this moment, though, it is absolutely undeniable to me that Trump, perhaps more so than anyone else in the race with possibly the exception of Sanders, has fundamentally transformed what we know about American politics. There are issues in our country. You know that. I know that. What they’ve done is simply brought those issues out into the open, and yes, oftentimes, they’re ugly. But we need to confront the matter sooner or later, and I’m honestly glad that we are doing it now, before things get any worse.

这不，你看，我们真开始画图了。但你知道吗？在这一刻，我认为从我的角度来讲，特朗普（也许也就是总书记在这上面能跟他一拼吧）从根本上改变了美国政治的面貌。美国国内有问题。你知道，我也知道。这是藏不得的。特朗普和杉德斯的成就，其实就是把这些问题拖了出来，把他们暴光在大家的眼皮底下。也许这些问题很丑，很难看。但我们需要面对这些问题。

所以我对这次的大选是很开心的。因为至少我们选择了面对问题，而不是得过且过，让他们变的更糟糕。

The lore we have for Pacific, the “main” work where this entire 2016 series is basically that  exceptional or notable individuals can become fairies. The fairies and their super-powered human allies (the shipgirls in question – the young women in the pictures) are unequivocally fighting on humanity’s behalf against inter-dimensional sea monsters out to the devour the world.

当然，美舰本内的故事蛮简单的。作为2016的“母体”作品，美舰本内，有特殊能力或者特殊影响的人，可以变成精灵。这些精灵和那些跟他们相关的拥有超能力的妹子们（舰娘）是为了人类而奋斗的。毕竟他们面对的是跨空间的巨大海怪哦。

When I say we’re trying to present everyone as the “good” guys here, I mean it. Seriously. The composition of each piece is meant to carefully reflect on our interpretation of the political situation at large. It’s true that a lot of times Hillary and Bernie are “fighting” off in the background and not the foreground, but isn’t that true given how TV, radio, and the internet’s covering this whole thing?

我的意思是，这上面每一个人都应该是“好人。”真的。我们每一幅画其实是考虑到了当时的政治风格以及节奏。确实很多情况下民主党的二位是在背后慢慢撕着，但你看看呢？看看电视，收音机，网络。他们是在大家的眼前，还是共和党占据了绝大多数的新闻呢？

Look at all of our pieces to date. Even this one here. You will find that we really do strive to give every character as much attention and as much detail as we can given. You might see a lot of Trump, but it doesn’t mean that Cruz or Kasich or Sanders or Clinton are any less well drawn!

看看我们这里每一个精灵吧。你会发现，我们真的尽力了。我们试图公平对待每一个人物。你也许总看到特朗普，但其实你看，我们其他候选人的细节也跟特朗普一样细哦。

I said it in my last post. I try to be fair, not neutral. Neutral would mean that I have no opinion, which at this point is clearly not true. I’m doing my best to present things as “fair” as my personal values and opinions may be, and if my words and Sima’s art can’t convince you that we’re trying to give your favorite character fair treatment, then I’m sorry, that’s just the way things are.

真的，我上次已经说过了。我希望公平，而不是中立。中立表示我没有观点，而你应该能看出来我是有的。我希望在这个系列中我能公平的表现出这个故事，而我的公平当然是跟我个人的价值观和观点有关系的。然而总之，如果我的字和司马的画不能说服你我们正在尽力的公平对待你支持的人物，那，对不起。我们的作品就这样。

Please understand that I value freedom of speech, not freedom from speech.

我支持自由言论，不是 –

嘛，这个，莫根画蛇添足了。本来应该是个很给力的玩笑呢。英文的意思是我支持自由言论，而不是从自由言论中逃避。英文有时会用变一两个字来吐槽某件事情，而这里其实是我用来吐槽美国目前的政治文化（就是政治正确）的笑点。

…突然感觉自己中文还是没学好啊。看样子我需要继续宅宅萌百什么的。下次见。

◇ TIME LINE ◇

That’s an interesting list you’ve got there. Nothing from Forgeworld?

嘛，你队伍里没啥重课金装备啊。

（注：Forgeworld是战锤这个坑钱桌游里有名的坑钱点。一辆塑料坦克几百刀的神奇逗逼店）

Nah. It just doesn’t fit the theme of the army that I’ve got in my head. Where’s the rest of yours?

啊，跟我脑洞中的部队设定不太一样呢。你剩下的模型呢？

Off the table, Mo. Not surprised that you don’t know anything about the meta.

桌子下面呢，莫莫。你对meta（主流套路）真的一点都不了解呢。

Mehwuh?

啥？

…Nevermind, hon. Don’t ever change, alright? 🙂

算啦，亲爱的。永远别变，你现在这样很萌哦。

Why a 40k game?

为啥这次用了战锤桌游呢？

Well, I’m gonna let you figure out about what the allegory here is. Florida the loaded power-gamer veteran who has every army ever casted, versus little Missouri on the other end who’s managed to cobble together the oddest little group of fellows and put all of them together in a list that’s uniquely “hers.”

想想吧。这到底是个什么寓言。左边是超重级别课金玩家佛罗里达小姐，手上拥有世界上的所有模型。右边呢？密苏里酱是靠自己的脑洞和爱好，慢慢拼出来了自己的阵营以及概念。你认为我这玩的是什么梗啊？

In other news, for this upcoming primary election, the GOP spent 88% of all of their attack ads (out of three states) in Florida, attacking the one man who they thought was a joke – until he wasn’t. Millions of dollars are being spent to attack someone running as the candidate to represent their own party, and it remains to be see whether or not the ads have any effects.

最近新闻中，共和党这几天88%的攻击新闻都砸到了佛罗里达州，目的就是为了干掉那个本来只是卖萌搞笑的那个突然变的不搞笑的挑战者。这次的这个自己打自己已经砸进去几百万了，到底有没有效果我还不太清楚。

A lot has happened in America just over the weekend.  Thursday. A debate that was civil happened over on the Republican side. Friday. There were riots and arrests in St. Louis, and Trump abruptly cancelled a rally in Chicago citing concerns about the safety of both his supporters and his protesters. Saturday, Rubio offered Kasich an alliance, in which Kasich – in an entirely predictable but at the same time, political – maneuver, flatly rejected. It also happened on the same day that a “peaceful protester” who once dragged a US flag through the ground in protest decided to bum-rush the Republican front-runner by leaping over a barrier (that’s putting it really gently). This is to say nothing of the alleged and/or questionably threatening content found on his social media, or the fact that a major TV network decided to give this man a spot on national TV despite the fact that, oh, I don’t know, what he did could obviously have been interpreted as trying to attack – or assassinate – a man currently running for president of the United States of America?

这个周末美国发生了太多的事情了。周四的共和党辩论意外的安静。周五圣路易斯就开始暴动（因为特朗普的降临），然后某金闪闪本来在芝加哥的活动被取消（因为对抗议者和支持者都有危险）。周六，水哥向州长伸出橄榄枝（因为俄亥俄和佛罗里达州是州长和水哥的大本营，所以理论上来说是有本地优势的） ，而州长这个精明的政治家很无情的落井下石，选择了否认他的联盟。

同样那日，一个曾经把美国国旗丢在地上拖地的“和平的抗议者”选择了飞跃障碍来袭击目前美国共和党总统候选人的领先者。咱不说他到底社会媒体上是不是有奇葩的自（提）游（出）冥（暗）主（杀）的（特）观（朗）点（普）的观点，但你知道美国干啥了吗？

美国最大的一家电视台既然把这家伙送上了国家级别的电视节目。我想吐槽说美国疯了吗？这家伙你看看视频的话，我要是保安我也肯定认为他是要攻击 – 或者直接暗杀 – 美国目前的总统候选人其一啊。

Recent events have made it incredibly hard for me to not inject my own personal feelings and emotions into the matter. I am doing my best to stay fair, but being fair doesn’t mean being neutral. At its core, these pieces are meant to be fun and educational – especially to the half of our audience that don’t speak English. When I first embarked on this journey, I was hoping to cover contemporary American politics in a lighthearted manner, where we could look, laugh, and learn a little about the great and the silly parts of my country and our unique idiosyncrasies.

你知道我现在已经快把持不住我的感受和思考了。我目前尽力的公平中，但公平不表示我没有观点，也不表示这个观点就是完全平衡的。最终我们美舰本做这个的目的是为了娱乐，同时也是有一点点的教育。当我们开始时，我本来希望给海外以及家里的朋友们解释解释美国政治，用轻松开心的方式来看看，学学，以及嘲笑下我们国内的优点，缺点，以及逗逼点。

But we’re at a point where I can’t just pretend to be neutral anymore. To do that would be ignorant and disrespectful. People should not blame everything on the left or the right. I sincerely encourage each and every one of you to consider the other side. There is no reason that you can’t read the New York Post and the New York Times at the same time. If you’re conservative, go read HuffPo or Politico. If you’re liberal, go check out Breitbart or the Federalist. If you’re used to getting all of your news from CNN or FOX news, go OFF the beaten path. We’ve got twitter and facebook now. Hear directly from the candidates themselves. See for yourself what they’re actually saying. Don’t let anyone tell you what the truth is. Find that out for yourself.

但你知道吗？目前问题已经到了一个必须要说点什么的阶段了。我如果再无视下去，这是对你们的不负责任以及不敬。我认为大家不应该完全怪左边或者右边。我真的，真心恳请你们每一个人都去考虑考虑另外那边的观点。纽约时代和纽约Post（一个是极左一个是极右的报纸）都是可以看的。如果你比较保守点的话，去看看Huffington Post或者Politico。你如果比较民主党的话，去看看右边的联邦者或者Breitbart。你如果只是从CNN或者FOX（这俩都是美国的大媒体，类似于中国的新华社的地位）得到新闻的话，去看看民间的信息散播。我们现在是有社交媒体啦。你可以直接去听听那些候选人，看看他们真正在说什么。

凭什么你要依赖别人来告诉你真理呢？真理难道不是应该你自己去找的吗？

Head over to r/the_Donald (EDIT: Someone emailed me and suggests r/askTrumpSupporters instead. This post has been up for like, ten minutes!) if you’re curious about Trump. Find those Facebook groups that genuinely support Madam Secretary and find out why these people are supporting her. I’m not even going to waste text telling people how to learn more about Bernie because, well, if you’re at all on the internet there’s no way you haven’t been approached by a friend wanting you to feel the Bern at this point, but start with Bernie Sander’s website. That’s a good place to begin.

真的。去Reddit上看看他们为什么支持特朗普。去脸书上那些支持希拉里的小组去看看为什么有很多人真的喜欢希拉里。我压根不准备说老头，因为你如果在网上的话你不可能没有人来跟你谈过桑德斯的事情。但如果你需要信息的话，去他网站看看嘛。肯定是个好开始的地方。

（注：Bernie Sanders的名字是Bernie嘛，Feel the Bern (burn)是美国文化梗。大概就是燃起来吧！本来是两个意思。我小学的时候这个意思是你被耍了。当我到大学的时候，变成了…燃烧吧，肌肉（主要在体育馆里面听到的）。现在一改，成了老爷子在年轻人里的口号。）

Ted Cruz. John Kasich. Marco Rubio. All of these candidates have their own people and their own presence online and offline, and I would strongly and seriously recommend that you give everyone a fair shot. Don’t hide away ideas that are unsettling or discomforting. Confront them. Because you know what? If your beliefs are worth it, then it deserves to be tested. The other day I learned from our Chinese friends a proverb, “That of which is true gold does not fear fire.”

无论你支持克鲁斯还是水哥还是州长还是谁，他们每一个人都有自己的组织，都有自己的人。我真心建议你们去看看每一个选项。不要把让你感觉不舒服的感受或者思想埋藏起来。站起来，好好的面对他。你知道为什么吗？因为你的信念如果值得你坚持的话，那你理所当然应该去好好的磨练磨练自己的观点。前几天中国的朋友教了我句成语。真金不怕火炼。

… Er, actually, interjecting a scientific comment, gold does kinda fear fire, I mean it, like, melts and has a low melting point and everything –

（那啥，不好意思，我感觉金还是蛮怕火炼的。熔点蛮低的嘛，然后 -）

You get the idea. My point is, we live in a digital age now. An age of information, where the internet is empowering you for the first time to honestly open your eyes up and decide for yourself who’s telling the truth and who isn’t.

好了，我说多了。你知道我的意思是什么。我们现在在一个数码世纪了。网络给了你世界上从来没有的权利，就是你历史上第一次有一个可以自己选自己观点的选择。睁开眼睛看看吧。你自己应该有判断到底谁在说实话谁在撒谎的能力。

Go look.

Okay, the actual artistic inspiration for this one. In no particular order:

好了，画里的梗。

Florida was a harder shipgirl to conceptualize than we had first realized. Trust me, once you get to see her in her full glory, you’ll definitely agree that she’s worthy of the nickname “Sunshine.” That being said, when Sima asked me what’s Florida known for, I instinctively answered, “Orange juice.”

佛罗里达难度其实比我想象的高。相信我吧，当你什么时候看到她立绘的时候，你就知道为什么这个妹子的外号是阳光了（注：阳光州是现实生活中佛罗里达州的外号）。不过，当司马跟我聊起来佛罗里达有名的东西的时候，我潜意识里答：橘汁。

Yeah… So she’s got orange hair now. Sorry. >_<

所以她头发就桔黄色啦～

The girl to her right is Missouri. This is not at all me trying to prod November to actually let us post her. She’s been drawn for like, five months now. xD Our overall design is actually a fairly sweet and innocent “midwestern” girl. She wears flowers in her hair because the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical institutions in the country, and we wanted to give a nod to that.

右边那个是密苏里。Nov其实几个月前就画好了，但一直没贴出去。总的来讲她的设计是个甜甜的美国中部妹子。你知道我们每个舰娘梗都一大筐。她头发里插花的原因是因为密苏里州有美国最悠久的植物园其一，而我们想体现出来这个梗。

Now, fairies. First off, yes, that’s Hillary and Bernie duking it off in the back. Someone forgot to tell Ari that this is the 40k and not the Fantasy – I mean, AGE OF SIGMARINES table. We’re still looking for a better Hillary meme, so again, if you have ideas for an outfit upgrade, let us know. 🙂

然后轮到精灵了。后台是希拉里和老爷子在拼杀中。大家忘了告诉雅莉这桌是战锤40000而不是奇幻 – 好吧现在已经改成西格玛战士之锤了。我们目前仍然在寻找更好的希拉里梗，所以如果你们有主意的话，请尽管跟我讲。

（战锤这个桌游分成40000(40k)和奇幻(Fantasy)。但因为某公司为了赚钱，最近刚刚完全废掉了整个奇幻战锤大概25年左右的背景故事，模型，以及游戏规则。替代来的是某西格玛时代，基本上长的跟40k的科幻差不多…不过是奇幻。总之粉丝的反应（反面）蛮大的。）

Then, on the GOP side, we have Governor Kasich. Congrats to the gentlemen writing in from Ohio. Yes, it is a reference to Kasich’s home state. He’s got a bunch of tools in his apron because Ohio (to this NJer, anyways) is widely known for being a center of industry. Off the top of my head I can think of steel, automobiles, aircraft and defense matters, and other manufacturing (wiki says rubber, though I seriously also didn’t know that Ohio had a big agricultural component). Kasich has also been fairly low-key, and we wanted him to keep his suit-and-tie (at least for now) throughout our series. You can tell that a lot of people’s came a long way since.

共和党这边，共和党队里有Kasich州长。俄亥俄的那位小伙子猜的不错。他的打扮就是州里面的梗。我印象中的俄亥俄州是个重工业地带，各种汽车啊，钢铁水泥塑料啊，飞机啊，武器啊等等。没给他特别闪亮的装备是因为目前州长本人的战术也是很低调的。所以我感觉给他留着西装革履也没啥不好。

You know why Rubio’s looking like he’s operating a Dreadnought? A Dreadnought, in 40k lore, is basically a giant robot housing a dying Space Marine so he can return to the battle once more. Look to Rubio’s campaign, now. Florida is going to be his last stand, and while miracles do happen – like in Michigan, I have an honest feeling that we’ll be saying farewell to him (at least in Pacific’s 2016 series) come March 15th. No idea whether or not he’ll be joining –

你知道为啥水哥这次在战斗机器人里吗？战锤梗里，如果星际战士（吐槽：我看你们翻译Space Marine怎么这么别扭啊）得到致命伤害后可以被装进这种铁壳里面来维持生命，靠战斗机器人来最后的为帝国付出。看看水哥现在众叛亲离的情况吧，佛罗里达基本上是这位的最后一战。虽然奇迹也许会发生，但我认为我们15号的时候，至少会在美舰本这个2016系列中，跟他说再见。我不知道他会不会遇见老 –

Yes, that is Jeb. Jeb has yet to endorse anyone at the time of us drawing this piece. At least, since the battle is ostensibly over Florida, he deserves a cameo.

是啊。那位就是小小灌木。他还没有支持任何一个候选人。但毕竟佛罗里达也是他的家乡，所以我感觉他应该出来露下脸。

Front-and-center is Ted Cruz. He presents himself as the “true conservative.” I mean, if we’re really going to go back to the conservative “roots,” might as well put him in something more period-appropriate.

前面那位是克鲁斯啦。这位自称最正宗的保守党自然要给他点符合时代的打扮，所以让我们来回归最保守最保守的时代吧。噗。

That’s more or less the visible folks that the GOP is fielding. The crowd in all black? That’s up to you to interpret what it is. Hopefully I’ve made the reference to that particular piece of cheese abundantly clear – I haven’t played 40k in years, but I remember well when our Spiritual Liege decided to break all semblance of balance with one of those codex updates…

那，那边就是目前老共和党的盟军啦。他们背后的黑衣无脸群众？你可以自己脑洞想想他们是什么。总之我希望这个梗是比较明显的。我已经多年没玩桌游版战锤了，但当我们的Spiritual Liege选择更新某书的时候…那一刻，就是打破本来没有平衡游戏的平衡中，我仍然记得。

（这个故事，很长，很长，这里就不讲了。基本上是战锤这个“文化”或者游戏中的内部分裂）

Now, the legions of the Man-Emperor of Mankind…

面对他们的，是全人类不朽人皇的部队。

（战锤一般的玩笑是全人类不朽神皇（God Emperor of Mankind）。这个梗有点太冷门，暂时就先不解释为啥叫这个了。）

Seriously, we flip between Gilgamesh and the Big E from 40k. He honestly works as both, and it works. Chris Christie you’ve already seen. The two guys that are new to this side are Dr. Carson, who just recently decided to endorse Trump, and a certain fabulous, fabulous man known to just speak his mind and isn’t afraid of anything.

Hey, if you still want to find out more, the internet’s right next to us. Don’t be shy. Dive in! Go! Read!

说句实话你知道我们设计他的时候是一半战锤的皇帝一半金闪闪。其实两个都蛮合适的。我家的胖州长你们以前也看过了。卡森医生的归来是因为他刚刚支持了特朗普。而最右面那位，是一个天不怕地不怕啥都敢说的哲♂学兄贵中的兄贵。

（注：这位英国小伙子是西方媒体中有名的反社会正确斗士，搅屎棍，记者。经常让各种无脑愤青或者极端女权主义者下不了台。他估计在国内的知名度应该基本上是0，但这部无论是正面还是反面，都指出他是个至少敢喷（并且敢承认错误）的记者。

名字我就不说了。M打头。四个字母。希腊人的姓。）

如果你还有点迷茫的话，网就在你旁边。还等什么？跳进去学习吧！

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If only you could see ♪

That I’m the one ♫

Who understands ♪♪♪ –

So why can’t you see ♫

You should vote for me ♪

You should vote for me ♪

如果你什么时候能突然发现  ♪

我就是那个 ♫

那个可以理解你的人 ♪♪♪ –

你为什么不理解 ♪

你应该挑我  ♪

你应该选我 ♪

（这首歌的梗来源）

Hey folks. A few quick notes. While pretty much we finished conceptualizing the art design before Super Tuesday even managed to land, as we worked on the angle and the lighting and character arrangements, we ended up adding a little more to the picture.

大家好啊。仍然说几句话。我们虽然在超级周二前就已经设计好了这幅画的结构，但当司马开始挖细节的时候，我们发现有很多的东西 – 举个例子角度啊，灯光啊，以及人物等等，我们最后的细节比我们原来的想法要多的很多。

This is for Super Tuesday, but between now and a week ago, a few more elections have passed have passed. On the Republican side, four states – Kansas, Maine, Louisiana and Kentucky – voted on Saturday. Some people like to call it “Super Saturday” because again, it’s a diverse mix of states. On the democratic side Maine goes a little later, and there’s no Kentucky but Nebraska went instead.

这个自然是“超级周二”啦。超级周二是美国初选中比较重要的日子，因为这一天有很多的州（超过20%吧）会来投票。然而我们现在一个星期后贴出来的结果其实已经有好几个不同的日子过去了。共和党那边我们有个“超级星期六”的说法，因为上周六的四个州（北边的缅因，中部的坎萨斯，南部的肯德基，以及路易斯安那）也是代表美国不同风俗的地方。民主党那边也有类似的东西（不过州相对少一些）。

Then, just yesterday, another bunch of states voted in the Republican primary. They’re Michigan, Idaho, Mississippi, and Hawaii. The democrats have slightly less states (Idaho and Hawaii go later), but the “build-up” of both is the same. After this heavy front-loading period, the battle’s supposed to be over. These races are designed to get the party a nominee so they can start on their favorite past-time: slinging mud at each other and fight over the presidency.

昨天呢，共和党刚刚投完密西根，爱达荷，密西西比和夏威夷。民主党那边只有两个（没有爱达荷和夏威夷），不过用途其实很清楚啦。经过这激烈的这一段，理论上来说，这初选就已经应该结束了。理论上来说这一连串的各种州的目的是让党内马上挑出自己要的候选人，因为接下来的游戏（就是开始互相乱喷）才是更重要的。毕竟我们每四年都这样一次嘛。为了总统。你懂的。

Yeah, haha. No. That didn’t happen. Anyways, let’s get started!

不过，啊哈哈，得。这次美国政治完全乱了。来吧。我来慢慢讲。

First, yes. That’s Louisiana. Chibi-form of course. I love Louisiana. Great state. Wonderful people. We just couldn’t fit the entire primary schedule into our drawing schedule. So we’re making a nod to her here instead.

啊，对，那个是路易斯安娜。迷你的哦。我爱路易斯安娜。这个州不错。这里的人也不错（这里英文是特朗普的梗）。但我们没有足够的时间把她的那几个州的比赛也画上。所以我们就在这里顺便把她带上啦。

Now, for this piece? The idea’s pretty simple. It’s a concert. Of course Tennsy would be singing at a concert meant to get people fired up to vote. Bet you didn’t know the normally timid Okie could get on stage and perform, huh? Well. She’s full of surprises too. 😉

这个演唱会的梗我想大家也能看出来了。考虑到田希的性格，她搞这种活动肯定不会陌生啦。不过一般羞涩的奥姬也敢站出来唱这个，是不是很惊讶呢？嗯，她也能给你带来惊喜哦。

On the outfits: When Sima asked if we wanted to do something special with costumes, I jumped on it. In a very small part as a tribute to someone who to me represents a particular aspect of Tennessee (and  of course, of us women) and of America, I’m proud to see how she – and this piece – turned out.

关于服装：当司马问舰娘们这次穿什么的时候，我马上跳到了上面。如果上面的视频不够明显的话，其实这里的人设以及构图是我给某位我个人认为非常代表田纳西州（当然，包括我们美国妹子在内）以及美国的某种精神的一个赞颂梗。

（对，那个，台上扒衣服也是同样的梗。看看上面那个视频啦。）

Okay, now, onto the fairies. No significant changes barring a few with clothing upgrades. Mostly everyone knows to play nice at least for this part of the performance. Mostly everyone, anyways.

好，现在说到精灵了。上次已经讲了不少梗了，而这次理论上大家都应该在台上安安稳稳的嘛。理论上。大家大多数都会好好跟大家玩的。

Oh. Trump? He’s actually just kinda fun to draw because we can go wild with him. Trump doesn’t follow rules. Teflon Don is real, especially after seeing the blow-out that was yesterday’s results. He’s actually winning left and right, and right now, it’s looking like a battle between him and Cruz since Cruz is picking up states, too.

啊，特朗普啊？他…其实画他本人就是蛮好玩的。因为其实这家伙你可以随便开心的脑洞。特朗普现在已经开始超越规则了。英文这边开玩笑管他叫Teflon Don（Teflon，特氟龙（？），一种防止粘贴的东西），因为无论大家怎么攻击他这家伙目前似乎仍然不会倒。考虑他最近这一连串如同开了无双一样的胜利，我估计可能最后就是他对克鲁斯(Cruz – 抱歉我看中国媒体好几个不同翻译他名字的方式，所以我挑了一个)啦。

As for Hillary? Hey, look. You guys have a better meme for me to go with her that’s not #WhichHillary, I’m all ears. You guys know how to get in touch. In all honestly she’s got a very large delegate lead, and she’s trying her very best now to shut Sanders out so she can move on to face the Republicans.

至于希拉里啊？嘿，各位，你们有比WhichHillary更好的梗，我洗耳恭听。你们知道怎么能联络到我嘛。并且说句实话，她现在遥遥领先老爷子，而她必须要尽快把老爷子给干掉，这样她才能去跟共和党来抗衡。

The actual Super Tuesday was pretty much as expected. Trump won seven states, Cruz won four, and Rubio won one. No matter how you wanted to spin it, Trump won, once again proving that nothing is what it seems in this election cycle. On the Democratic side, Sanders won four and Hillary took the rest, winning handily (as expected).

其实超级周二挺平凡的。特朗普赢了七个州，克鲁斯四个，水哥一个。不管共和党那帮人怎么洗地，这是一个不折不扣的特朗普胜利。民主党那边也一样。老爷子赢了四个州，希拉里清理剩下战场。一切都应该在预料之中。

Yet what happened between now and a week ago was nothing short of miraculous from the left and the right.

然而一个星期内，一连串的奇迹发生了。

On the left, Sanders made history by proving every single poll wrong with a victory in the Michigan primary. Professionals are left scratching their heads because most polls have him losing Michigan by up to twenty points. A stunning upset such as this? Especially when Hillary has been nuking him to the ground in places like Virginia or South Carolina? Buhbuhbut muh minority firewall???

左边老爷子爆发。他在密西根州的胜利表示每一个政治观察家的分析都错了。现在他们还在问，怎么可能他赢呢？希拉里不是领先他10-20多点吗？他怎么可能赢啊？希拉里在绝大多数希拉里应该赢的地方，都是在吊打他（南卡罗琳娜，以及同日的密西西比是个完美的例子。基本上理论上黑人多的地方应该是完全落入希拉里的口袋里面的）

He deserves his costume upgrade.

我感觉这次给老爷子升级服装是对的。

(PS. Thanks to the two of you that wrote in after reading in between the lines last update – yes, you were absolutely right 😉

（另外感谢那两位给我写信的读者。没错，上个帖子我就说到了。这次我感觉可以给老爷子换衣服啦）

On the right? After enduring the singularly largest concentrated attack ads (mostly from his own party) in American history for more than a week straight, Trump took three of the four states in play. Before that, Ted Cruz fought him to a draw on Super Saturday, taking Kansas and Maine.

右边呢？经过一个星期的反面新闻狂轰滥炸后（是美国历史上最高的反面新闻攻击，不过主要都是自己党内的），特朗普赢了四个州里面的三个。之前克鲁斯可是终于跟他斗了个基本平手，硬生生的赢了堪萨斯和缅因。

And then Trump wins states that the other three should be winning. Again.

然后特朗普赢了本来这三个家伙应该能赢的州。又赢了。

Yeah, Republican primary turnout has gone way up. Reddit has imploded. Even now the GOP is fighting amongst themselves in a civil war that hasn’t been seen in seventy or so years.

是啊。共和党的出动率，是近代历史最高的。社会媒体被刷爆了。而目前共和党内部正在经历70年来最严重的内部分裂。

Kasich… We’ll see if he lasts past Ohio. March 15th’s the date to keep an eye on, folks. Florida (Rubio’s home) and Ohio (Kasich territory) are both winner take all, which means all the delegates to the winners. Rubio’s star has faded. Winning Puerto Rico was small consolation for how badly he’s getting trounced. Ben Carson has already left gracefully, and I’ll miss him. I had the pleasure of hearing him speak once at my med school, and he honestly is, in my opinion, a very pleasant and capable man.

州长嘛，我们看看他能不能活过俄亥俄吧。反正三月15号这是个重点。佛罗里达（水哥的故乡）和俄亥俄（州长的地盘）都是winner-take-all（就是赢了全部赢，输了什么都没有的）州。然而水哥的星已经淡下来了。他赢了波多黎各，但他这一连串的失败，我用“打爆”这种词来描述他真的不错。

卡森医生也退了。我会想他哦。他来过我们医学院跟我们演讲过的。你知道我真的认为他是个好人，也是个好医生。

If it comes down to Trump vs. Cruz, then I think I already have some ideas in mind. Personally, I hope that this campaign’ll throw us a few more surprises. We’d love to keep making this series until the nomination contest ends. 🙂

如果共和党那边最后真的就是特朗普对克鲁斯，我也有些想法。说句实话，我真心希望这场初选能再次给我们一些乐点。我们做这个系列很开心哦，真想让他们拖到最后的结尾。

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