～のはいかんともしがたいっつーのが痛し痒し


> それにしても役者は憑かれてよーが憑かれてまいが顔が怖い **のはいかんともしがたいっつーのが痛し痒し** ！狼男の悲劇を思い出すぞコラァッ！！

This comes from a character who wakes up to somebody else intruding in her
home and half-asleep she starts rambling stuff at the intruder seemingly out
of context. I'm interested in the bolded part specifically. My attempt at a
translation:

_In any case, whether the actor is possessed or not, the fact that their face
frightens me and is something I can't help really troubles me._

Not sure I'm on the right track here with いかんともしがたい and 痛し痒し completely throws
me for a loop since as far as I know it's used with two choices in a "damned
if I do, damned if I don't" kind of situation of which I can't really see any
here.

Any ideas? :)




I think your translation is mostly right and your understanding of 痛し痒し is
correct - so it is its use in the sentence that is incorrect. I think it means
just _annoying_ (= painful and itchy) here.

The sentence can be analyzed as

  * [ [顔が怖いの] は いかんともしがたいっつーの ] が 痛し痒し

So a translation would be

  * Nothing can be done about the face being frightening - it is annoying.

I'm not sure what exactly the context is, esp. about being possessed, and
about what 狼男の悲劇 refers to. But my feeling is that the use of 痛し痒し is
incorrect in the sentence anyway (a possible cause would be 憑かれていよーが憑かれてまいが,
which sounds like a choice).

* * *

The translation _something I can't help_ may be possible for いかんともしがたい, but
I'm just not sure whether the situation is supposed to be in the speaker's
control.




I think your translation is mostly right and your understanding of 痛し痒し is
correct - so it is its use in the sentence that is incorrect. I think it means
just _annoying_ (= painful and itchy) here.

The sentence can be analyzed as

  * [ [顔が怖いの] は いかんともしがたいっつーの ] が 痛し痒し

So a translation would be

  * Nothing can be done about the face being frightening - it is annoying.

I'm not sure what exactly the context is, esp. about being possessed, and
about what 狼男の悲劇 refers to. But my feeling is that the use of 痛し痒し is
incorrect in the sentence anyway (a possible cause would be 憑かれていよーが憑かれてまいが,
which sounds like a choice).

* * *

The translation _something I can't help_ may be possible for いかんともしがたい, but
I'm just not sure whether the situation is supposed to be in the speaker's
control.

