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现场直播 – 超级星期二

Tennsy: You say you’re fine ♪~  I know you better than that! ~

田希（合唱中）你说你没事♪ ~，我说你撒谎！~

Okie: Hey! ♫~ What you doing picking a candidate like that? 

奥姬（合唱中）嘿！♫~ 你干嘛要投那个家伙？

 

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Hey guys. Morgane here again. 🙂 Sorry this one surfaced two days later – the lighting and angle and everything else was way harder than we had thought. Between when we posted the end of Nevada there just weren’t enough days for us to finish it on time.

各位好。莫根又来打招呼了。抱歉，这个明显晚了 – 灯光和角度以及整个构图对我们的挑战性还是蛮大的。当我们画完内化达的时候，真的没时间在超级周二前搞完了。真的对不起啦。

Now, about the various references here…

好了，这次的梗…

The shipgirls should be rather obvious, so I’m not going to say anything else. All I have to say is that she was an inspiration for me in high school and college. She’s basically my age. Watching her grow up, just as I, too, grew up…

舰娘们我不说了。我只能说她们的这个梗…她的歌曲是我在高中以及大学时代的精神支柱其一，给了我许多的鼓励。基本上是我年龄的她，我可以说是眼看着她，以及眼看着自己一天天长大的…

Dr. Carson’s really been neglected, so we thought we’d put him out front. That, and he’s always been a bucket of hilarity. Remember that the Republican debate allows one to respond if they’re attacked directly.

卡森医生我们这次放前面，因为媒体好像总是遗忘他。另外这家伙真的乐死了。（盾牌上的那个是周四辩论中一句经典。因为大家都忙着攻击川普，没人理他。老医生满脸怨气的表示：你们谁来咬我啊？

共和党辩论规则是被攻击的人可以有时间来回复，呵呵）

A lot of folks have been asking me why Hillary’s a witch. No, actually, it’s not because I dislike her. It’s because of the meme, #WhichHillary. I’ll leave it to you to figure out which Hillary we’re talking about, and you should be the one to figure out just why she’s got that nickname. 😉

另外有人问为什么希拉里是（老）女（妖）巫（婆）。这还真不是我讨厌她。而是这边社会媒体上Twitter上基本上流传的#WhichHillary的梗。其他别的我就不说了。至于为什么这样你应该自己去查就好了。

（考虑到各位查这个可能有点难度，我稍微解释下。英文中的Witch（巫婆）和Which（哪个）是同音词。这个WhichHillary的来源是因为她刚刚登场总统竞选的时候在很多位置上摇摆不定（现在其实也一样），基本上她会说任何她认为你想听的东西。所以当她的参谋们推出了一系列的各种“真诚”“真实”以及“她跟你一样”的这类的广告时，美国人的民意反弹很强烈。许多网民跑到某FB和T上狂刷这个tag: “到底是哪个”(which)希拉里。）

（所以就这个梗啦。）

Sanders? Hey. Look. Which fictional character hails from Brooklyn?

老爷子桑德斯？嘿，伙计。我问问。哪个人物是从布鲁克林来的？

If you guys haven’t noticed from the last outfit, Ted Cruz is uh, wearing a … one of these. Yes, we checked. He’s eligible to run for President, but we thought the fairies could use a little more color, and it works for him.

啊，对了。说起来Ted Cruz（抱歉这位我真没找到我感觉合适的中文翻译。）的梗。他穿的那一套…怎么说呢，我查了。这家伙可以选美国总统（虽然他确实是加拿大出生的）。总之精灵可以多用些颜色啦，所以这个设定我感觉给他也不错。

Rubio? When we first conceptualized this piece, he was definitely on a mission to TERMINATE someone. Especially now, looking at the political situation, the GOP establishment definitely seems to be establishing him.

水哥啊？呵呵。当我们上周四设计的时候，他真的确实从自己的控制者得到了“终结”某候选人的任务。目前共和党的党中大佬也看起来在全力挺他。

In as neutral of a way as possible, I am personally shocked at how quickly his message changed. That is all I’m going to comment on the matter. 🙂

我想以最中立的角度表示：水哥自己传播的信息，比起他之前那几个月，变脸变的好快好快。剩下别的我不说了。

Kasich? Google no more. He’s fun to draw. Occasionally says very odd and funny things, but overall he’s pretty much the first thing we assign since he’s pretty consistent.

州长啊？别查了。梗在这里。画他比较好玩。这个家伙有时会说一些非常古怪的东西（这次这个诺亚方舟梗是党里大佬们让他滚，他表示我自己州还没投票呢，到时候滚也不迟。“诺亚当时大洪水的时候造方舟大家都认为他是疯子，然后呢？所以凭什么让我退啊”），但总体来讲我们一般肯定先画他。

Okay, now the two guys in front. The left is my state’s governor. He showed up because of Friday. The endorsement drop after the Thursday GOP debate came at a point that was just thematically perfect. On top of that, while I was doing research on the candidate, I stumbled upon the guy’s rally at Oklahoma.

好了最后的两位。左边那个是我州的现任州长Christie。周五如同炸弹一样的突然变脸，从反对川普到变川普小弟，这太巧了。太快了。而前面那位呢？我研究他的时候无意中撞到了他在OK州的活动。

(Special shout-out to the super high-energy pastor (Mark Burns?) – just listen to him! Whether or not you agree with his words, I have never seen ANOTHER candidate being introduced with such fervor and passion and feeling.)

（尼玛这太high energy了。我不知道这个视频里面那黑人牧师到底是谁（Mark Burns？）但你们听听听听听听这家伙的热度。燃起来了吗？我的妈呀我宅政治宅这么多年没听过一个家伙能拿出来这种力气来给自己候选人创造热度的。）

Yeah, if it isn’t obvious now, Trump’s design is definitely 40k inspired. I realize we’re crossing two settings here, but look at what he’s doing to the GOP right now. Look at how he’s viewed by his supporters. Or his enemy. Look at the memes.

是啊，如果现在还没看出来的话，川普的设定目前已经转型战锤40k。我知道目前我们手上梗好多呢，但你看看这家伙目前把共和党闹成什么样吧？看看他的支持者怎么看待它的。或者他的敌人。看看各种各样的网络文化(meme)，以及红语吧。

This man does not need the Sword of Chang.

这个男人不需要张之剑。（关于张之剑的细节请看上一篇）

And what more fitting weapon do we give to a mere mortal who, for all intent and purposes, is splitting not only the GOP, but long-unchallenged traditions in politics, in media, in everything else we know about the election cycle?

有什么武器更适合这个，按照所有的合理合理定义，把目前美国关于所有政治媒体以及差不多所有其他的东西一劈两半的凡人呢？除了某天地乖離す開闢の神棍剑，还有什么兵器能配上这个男人呢？

(I wonder how kinpika feels about Trump putting his name on that, though. But it’s just not TRUMP otherwise…)

（其实你知道我不知道金闪闪看到川普把自己名字放在他自己的剑上会怎么想。但说句实话，这也是川普梗。所有川普的东西都有自己名字(TRUMP)在上面）

See you next time.

下次见～

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< Nevada Episode IV: A New Hope ◇ TIME LINE ◇ Super Tuesday II >

Close one, guys. Real close on the left side. Bernie was losing by twenty points the week before and I think he did good. 47.3% to 52.6%.
这个够险的，伙计们。真的，左边很险哦。老爷子一个星期前落后将近20多分呢，这次我感觉他干的不错。以47.3%输给希拉里的52.6%。

Now, the right side?
右边嘛…

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“What happened, —–? You were supposed to be the chosen one! You were to unite the base, not fracture it even further! Half of them are going for —- or —– now!”
“怎么会这样，- – -? 你本来应当是被拣选者，是救世主！你本当统一我们的选民，而不是让他们四分五裂！现在他们一半都去投 – – – 或者 – – 啦!”

“YOU’RE-LOW-ENERGY, MASTER —-! STAND-ASIDE. I-WILL-DEFEAT-THE-DEMOCRATS-BECAUSE-I-AM-MOST-ELECTABLE.WHEN-THIS-RACE-IS-OVER-I-WILL-BE-THE-ONE-TO-BRING-PEACE-JUSTICE-FREEDOM-AND-SECURITY-TO-ALL-OF-THE-GOP.”
“你-太-低-能-量-了，- – 大-师！给-我-让-开。我-会-打-败-民-主-党，因-为-我-在-普-选-中-的-机-率-是-最-大-的。这-场-初-选-结-束-后，我-会-给-所-有-共-和-党-人-民-带-来-和-平，正-义，自-由，以-及-安-全。

“The GOP? —–, our allegiance is to America, to the people, to democracy!”
“共和党？- – -，我们的任务以及忠诚是对美国，对美国人民，以及民主啊！”

“IF-YOU’RE-NOT-WITH-ME-THEN-YOU-ARE-MY-ENEMY.”
“如-果-你-不-支-持-我，那-你-就-是-我-的-敌-人。”

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Lemme tell ya I’d never vote for either of ’em. But the bit that Jeb said as Jeb left? I can see why people liked the guy.
说句实话，这俩家伙我永远都不会投一票。但你知道布什走前说的那番话？我理解为什么有些人喜欢他了。

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*Vrrrrrnnnnnnnn-Fzzzzrt!*
×声效：激光剑撞击声

“YOUR-SUPPORT-IS-WEAK-OLD-MAN.”
“老-家-伙，你-的-支-持-率-太-低-了。”

*Vvvvvvv -*
×声效：激光剑撞击声

“This isn’t winning, —–. If you strike me down and remove me from this race I shall become more powerful than you could ever imagine!”
“这不是胜利，- – -。如果你将我击倒，让我退出这场选举，我将变的比你想象的还要强大!”

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Okay, breaking the fourth wall for a second. I shouldn’t hafta say this, but it’s PARODY. Like Iowa said, vote who you like. We ain’t endorsing anyone or telling you who you should be voting for.
稍微说一下哈。我真的不应该重复这一点。俺们这只是在闹玩。我们可没有想告诉你应该支持谁，也没想支持任何一个人。你爱投谁投谁。

Got that? Good. Hey! Tennsy! Okie! You two are up!
明白了吗？好样的。奥姬！田希，轮到你们俩了！

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Hey guys. A not-so-quick note here from Morgane.
大家好。这次莫根有想说的话~

I’ve received a lot of positive feedback – far more so than I was expecting, and I really want to say thank you. The folks that are offended by how we’re choosing to depict your candidates, we’re sorry, but that’s how we (Sima and I) decided to depict them. I’m sure that “we mean no offense” won’t make you less offended, but I really do mean that. We mean no offense.
我收到了很多的反应，绝大多数都是正面的。并且这些反应超出了我的预料。谢谢你们哦。对于那几位因为看到自己支持者而不爽的读者，对不起，但我们没有任何侮辱他们人格的意思。我知道我这样说可能说服不了你们，但，真的就是这样。我们这样画他们是因为有梗啊以及好玩啊。

Now, this update’s commentary.
稍微解释下为什么这次更新选择这样画。

You guys may have noticed that the focus here was really on Rubio and Bush. That’s because I was seriously afraid that one of them would drop – and they did. Personally, I’m extremely upset at Bush’s departure. Not because I supported any of his policies (when NJ rolls around I’m definitely NOT going to write him in xD), but because he has so many funny quirks that makes him a fun, fun fairy to draw.
你们也许这次看到了我们注重的是水哥和小小灌木。这原因其实是因为我非常怕他们俩有其中一个人退出初选的。最后，我害怕的事情还是发生了。唉，我其实对小小灌木的退出很伤心。这不是因为我支持他（我肯定不会投这家伙一票的，放心吧），而是因为他有太多的各种奇葩梗，画成精灵会特别特别的乐哦。

Given that this’ll be the last time you see of Fairy!Jeb for a while, we thought to give him a sending-off that would be appropriate. Hence the focus here, and the conclusion we now see.
所以既然这是目前最后一次小精灵布什的出场，我想让他走的震撼点。所以呢，上面所有的梗的来源以及这次的作品都是为了这个的。

See, the NH primary gave me some downtime to seriously research the candidates, but I’ve always had an idea about how Bush vs Rubio might have turned out. They’ve been attacking each other in the media a whole lot, but it hadn’t always been that way.
NH的初选（因为没舰娘嘛）给了我一点休息的时间，能让我好好的研究下他们的各种属性。然而，在研究前我已经想好了水哥和小小灌木的梗。因为你知道现在他们俩在电视上各种互黑的广告实在太多了。

然而，你知道，他们之前并不是这样。

No, in fact? Bush handed Rubio the Sword of Chang, a legendary artifact that’s basically the Republican Caliburn/Excalibur. Yes, it’s the sword of conservatism, meant to represent the enduring light of republicanism (whatever that actually means). Here’s a story explaining it (from the HuffPo.) Here’s the interview where Rubio talks about it. Yes. It’s also what lies broken at the feet of the two Floridans. I’ll leave it to you to interpret the symbolism.
你知道当时他们曾经是很近的好友哦。小小灌木甚至赐给了水哥“张之剑，”就是美国共和党版本的石中剑/选王之剑/咖喱棒。对。这具神器是美国保守派的胜利之荣光（虽然我也不知道是啥意思啦！）

这把剑是真的。小小灌木真的在2005年公开赠给了水哥一把（我个人看起来感觉可能是中国制造的）剑。我上面那俩链接里一个是当时的镜头以及事后人的分析，一个是水哥自己的吐槽。

（水哥被问：这把剑到底象征什么？答：应该是象征各种各样的共和党价值吧。反正是一个叫做张的传说人物所持。理论上来说当共和党有需要的时候，他会出现拯救整个党派。
然后记者问：这到底是何方神话传统中冒出来的人物？水哥答：应该是杰布•布什自己脑洞出来的吧…）

对。画中被打断的那把剑，就是这把。我想你能看出来这里面的象征意义吧？

I know that this is real life, and obviously Bush and Rubio weren’t exactly straight-up mentor-mentee like Obi-Wan and Anakin. There are plenty of articles commenting on the nuances and the subtleties, plenty of opinions writing about ambitions, old blood, and politics.
我知道这是现实生活。小小灌木和水哥当然不是真正的师徒关系，也不可能有那么亲密。跟星战前传中的天行者（后来变的黑武士）和奥比万的关系也自然不同。如果你对这感兴趣的话，有不少文章在那边分析他们的性格啊，他们的相爱相杀啊等等等。

But isn’t it just deliciously ironic that the GOP favorite was undone by the upstart freshman senator that they’ve carefully groomed, trained, and cultivated? Am I the only one that sees similarities in Anakin’s actions during the prequels and Rubio’s circumvention of GOP norms and “rules” and choosing to run for president? Could Bush plausibly feel a hint of the same kind of mixture of emotions as Obi-wan return in Episode IV to fight Darth Vader?
但你不感觉共和党的置顶继承人（小小灌木）被自己一手带大的徒弟（水哥）干掉，是一件蛮有讽刺性的事情吗？我难道是唯一一个感觉水哥的逆袭跟阿纳金在第三部电影里的行为以及动机基本上吻合的天衣无缝吗？难道小小灌木在退出的时候，他的情感就完全跟第四部星战里奥比万对黑武士的不同吗？

We had to do it. It was far too good to pass up. And you know what? I honestly think Fairy!Jeb is partly right. Yes, Rubio took him down. It’s everything the GOP strategists are supposed to do. Winnow the field. Bring the crown home. Win.
这个梗脑洞开后就根本停不下来了。这个机会太棒了。这个梗太巧了。你知道吗？并且说句实话，我认为小精灵布什的话其实对了一半。没错，水哥最后确实打败了他。但这就是他应当做的。共和党需要减少候选人，才能有胜利的可能。每一个被撵出的候选人都表示你可以更快的接近皇冠。你可以更快的赢。

It’s what he should do. All the pundits say it. All the strategists say it. Ted Cruz and Ben Carson and John Kasich knows it.
他应该这么做。所有的军师都这么说。所有的记者都这么说。Cruz和卡森医生和州长也都知道。

But you know what? When Fairy!Jeb went out I don’t think it made him stronger. At least, not directly. He certainly left a good impression on the media, but … not analogous to Obi-Wan.
但你知道吗？小精灵布什错了。他被打倒后，他并没有变得“更强大。”他给媒体也许留了个好印象，但这个跟奥比万在电影里面最后能帮助主人公，是个完全两码事的问题。

No.
不。

In theory, the idea of the winnowing is basically this. For every candidate that leaves, their voters will go vote for someone – the “savior” or “chosen one” selected by the party elites. Looks like at the moment that chosen one is Marco Rubio, so the goal is to simply get all these unwashed masses to vote for him.
理论上来说，每当一个候选人退出时，他们的选民理论上会投奔那个被指定的“救世主，”就是党里面希望赢的人。目前来看这位很可能是水哥，马可•卢比奥。所以党派内部肯定要想办法把他推上台，让这帮贱民们只要好好去投他就好了。

What makes you think Jeb’s voters are just going to fall into line and vote Rubio?
但是，谁说小小灌木的选民民就一定要乖乖的排队开始给水哥投票呢？

I mean, let’s be honest here, who the hell do you think Cruz is jetpacking towards, anyways?
咱说句实话吧。你认为这画里面的Cruz到底是对谁开始了冲锋突击？

That’s right.
对啦。

That’s right. Him.
就是他。

< The Nevada Primary with Nevada ◇ TIME LINE ◇ Super Tuesday! >

Alright that’s enough. Both of you. I registered to vote in the primaries a month and a half ago! Take your debating back to reddit or the comment section, okay?

啊啊啊啊啊啊你们两个够啦！

我一个半月前就已经登记啦！别吵啦！要撕政治回Reddit或者回评论区上撕去！

 

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We’re having a ton of fun with this. Believe me. We totally are.

While I generally stay away from assigning shipgirls direct political parties or political ideologies, there’s two that are rather explicit in their character design. Pennsy and Sanny. Think about geographical location, culture, demographics, and everything you know (off the top of your head) about those two places.

Then go do a little more digging. Think again.

See where I’m getting at?

They’re both idealists. In very different ways. But idealists nonetheless. Isn’t that what America is about? The ability to reach completely different conclusions? That’s diversity.

2016’s gonna be an interesting year, folks.

And yes, that is Harry Reid on Nevada’s shoulders. I figure if we ever make a game, I think the fairy politicians probably help boost resource generation or something. No partisan obstruction. They’re all in this together.

… Yeah, wouldn’t that be nice, huh?

PS. The reason why there’s a lot more Chinese text down there is because I’d like to explain a few things – Rubio’s short-circuit included. It’d really make me happy if you looked up the references on your own. Try searching for “Cruz lightsaber” (the team had a debate over the color, ironically), “Kasich democrat,” “Ben Carson fresh clothes” and the like. 😉

Okay, fine. Here’s what we were thinking when we designed Rubio. More succinct version.

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为什么Kasich州长这次在珊妮的肩膀上？

为什么Cruz手持激光剑？

各位好。说句实话，右边共和党马戏团这次从激光剑到裤子到水哥与小小灌木的生死决斗…都是真实生活的梗。再次说明，本作品无政治意图。只是现在美国政治有太多有趣的事情我感觉真的值得精灵化。

这次讲两个梗的细节。

先稍微解释左边民主党的梗。有网友问为什么希拉里精灵似乎好像总试图把老头Sanders精灵撵走，不让老头露脸。因为从一个实际角度来讲，这就是目前的政治情况。希拉里理论上赢了衣阿华州（理论上啊，因为民主党那边最终没有细致的检测数据），但新罕布什尔州她被一个一年前知名度0的老爷子痛扁。从年轻人到她本来应该赢的女人，老头都稳稳的拿到了手。

然后你知道本来一星期前她应该以20-30%的高度在内华达州干掉老爷子。可到好，一个星期后老爷子开始上电视后，现在这个州已经扯平了。

所以希拉里干啥呢？现在希拉里正在全力试图说服选民们：我才是观海同志的继承者！

（顺便稍微吐槽下我感觉中文给奥巴马总统的这个“观海”外号太萌啦！也很实际，噗）

第二个梗：

水哥，现任美国议员，Marco Rubio精灵的机器人梗视频：

（这是现在美国政治界的一个小笑话。水哥向来以训练有素的口才在辩论上有名。轮到他发言的时候刚刚好好的骂了现在掌权的民主党一同。

水哥表示：Let’s dispel the notion that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing!

然而上次初选前辩论上某（现在已经退出的）NJ州州长Christie毫无怜悯的指出：你跟复读机差不多。

水哥再次表示：Let’s dispel the notion that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing!

上面是某网友的删减，就是把两句话重叠起来了。看看，确实一样吧？

NJ州长Christie（视频中1:38）：各位看到了吗？华盛顿DC（美国口语中相当于代表政府的口语词汇）现在就变成了这个样子。开嘴就满口胡言，乱咬人乱撒谎。然后给你吐出来一个已经背好的20秒官方答复 –

（围观者欢呼中）

NJ州长Christie: 当你当总统的时候。你掌管一个国家的时候。你难道也会拿出来一段漂亮的20秒演讲稿来告诉人民美国优秀吗？我很高兴你想当总统。你的口才也很好。但我并不认为你能解决任何问题。这不是你应该担当的工作。

（明显看起来紧张）水哥表示：（我先转移话题）州长，你说工作？你州被大雪淹没时，你干你的工作了吗？

NJ州长Christie: 你这有点太不公平了吧？

（群众丢砖中。这行攻击确实有点低俗）

水哥再次表示：Let’s dispel the notion that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing!

脸上有:3表情的州长：看没看到？There it is. 那段背好的20秒。看没看到？

有点慌乱的水哥: L-Let’s dispel (然后基本上就听不清了，因为州长的评论，围观者的欢呼，以及估计是电视台需要切剪视频～）

所以你懂得。第二天不少大报纸都吐槽了这个亮点。Vox等报纸直接大大的头报：Rubio终于短路啦？机器人终于露出了原本外貌？连一般比较右翼的媒体都忍不住来吐槽下。

啊，最后，解释下为啥宾夕和珊妮来串门。没啥别的。不少舰娘对政治真的不太关心。顶多就是选民的义务罢了。但如果你来美国这边逛的话，你会发现有一些非常非常投入的人。这两个舰娘代表的，其实是从她们代表的城市，州，以及文化传统里面的那些无数的文艺青年文艺愤青的一种观点。

这俩真的，虽然是好朋友但她们的政治倾向则完全相反。我想如果美舰本故事不是另类历史（并且在1990年左右的开始），她们估计在网上评论区肯定也很活跃吧。

总之今年是很有趣的一年哦。

啊，对，在内华达肩膀上的那位确实是Harry Reid。现实生活虽然政党争论搞的一团糟，但如果美舰本做游戏的话我想这堆政治家精灵们的作用应该是加强后勤或者资源能源吧（笑）

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Love it or hate it. The results are in!

不管你喜欢还是不喜欢，结果出来啦！

Hey, if you ask me? It turned out well. Between record turnout from the GOP and a hotly contested Democratic contest, I think it was quite something to watch. It was good.

嘿，如果你问我的话，我认为结果很好啊。无论是共和党出现的大量第一次选民还是民主党那边激烈的竞赛，我认为这都是好的。

Looking forward to some peace and quiet, too.

我很期盼马上要来的宁静呢～

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（Between the Trump-Cruz-Rubio threeway that’s starting (if you’re curious about Cruz, simply google “Bacon Cruz Gun” or some combination of those words) and the social media trends on the democratic side, it was really difficult for me to not turn this into an opinion piece.

Yup, hard to stay “objective” at times. Heh.

呵呵，右边的川普-克鲁兹-卢比奥的三国混战以及左边民主党在衣阿华州出现的一些“事件”…

唉，有时我只想说，保持中立不容易，哈哈～）

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