"A snake will gather its friends"

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"A snake will gather its friends"

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Postby NAveryW » Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:02 am

Yeah, what was that line supposed to mean?
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Postby BrikHaus » Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:03 am

Everyone likes gathering their friends for get-togethers. Who doesn't like to party? Snakes have to get their grooves on, too.
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Postby EvaCub » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:50 am

it means that
in times of trouble people gather together to overcome the obstacle
it is also a phrase normally used in spite of the opposition
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Postby cat42 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:11 pm

The Australian subtitles (which I'm convinced are the festival subtitles) translate the line as:
"lt takes one old fox to know another, l guess."
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Postby Oedipusfoot » Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:33 pm

Bad people congregate together?

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Postby Joseph the PRPD » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:59 am

Snakes usually represent evil and sneaky/cunning.

So... Maybe someone who is evil or bad, possibly Keel Lorenz, will have his meet ups with the instrumentality team to devise a plan. But in Rebuild we already see all of the instrumentality -sound only- domino's chatting with Gendo.
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Postby NAveryW » Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:02 pm

cat42 wrote:The Australian subtitles (which I'm convinced are the festival subtitles) translate the line as:
"lt takes one old fox to know another, l guess."
This translation seems to imply that Ritsuko is admitting that she's as insane as Misato. That's all I can figure.
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Postby Sceleris » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:49 pm

「国連軍はいいとしても、よく内務省と戦略自衛隊を説得できたものね」
「ま、いろいろと貸しがあるのよ」
「蛇の道は蛇ね……」

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"lt takes one old fox to know another, l guess."

Japanese Proverbs wrote:an old poacher makes the best keeper (lit.: snakes follow the path of large serpents)

Or "it takes a thief to catch a thief". Basically, Misato is in some way like the Home Ministry and the SSDF, has to play their game, but in what way? (Does she lie to them? Threaten them? Frighten them? Suck up to them? Or did she literally mean they owed her favors?)

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Postby Gendo'sPapa » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:31 am

My subs say a "Snakes always follow their path"

anyone have any sub files that are just perfect for the film? Mine are very good but they have a few grammatical errors here and there (can't remember where I got it though)

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Postby cat42 » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:36 am

Just be patient, the FUNimation release is out in November.
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Postby AchtungAffen » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:13 pm

I put it as the "snake path is serpentuous (sp?)"
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