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i made myself work on this like off and on for 3 hours even though i wanted to trash it pretty much the entire time and if i didn’t post it i feel like i’d have wasted a lot of time so here

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without Pacific Rim my life would be pacific grim

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Epic Kaiju custom by Zoikino. I think this is one of the prime cases of ”both” bringing a new magnitude of awesome to the stage

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[Pacific Rim] 18” STRIKER EUREKA action figure w/LEDs [NECA] Official Hi Res Images http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=227772

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Christmas present for a friend who is also a Pacific Rim fan~!

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Striker Eureka joins the Christmas festivities as a tree ornament! ReGeekery on Etsy repurposed a toy figure to great effect!

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Wondering how the word gypsy is a racial slur? Why are you referring to it as the G word when it literally means a free spirited traveller. What is so offensive about that?

Let me tell you a story, ignorant one. 

Once upon a time, there were a group of people migrating from northern India and Pakistan after the invasion “of the Persian Muslims who have since settled in Trukey, all of Europe, and the Americas These people are called the Rromani.” (x)

Once the pale bird feces people of Europe came into contact with the Rromani, they believed them to hail from Egypt, thus calling them Gypsies. 

Now about what disgusting white people like you have been trying to turn this racial slur into. There is nothing about being a free spirited traveller if you��re called such a word. What is up with white people romanticizing everything to make it seem all nice and rainbows for them?

"They were not nomadic by choice. They moved around because they had to… they were persecuted everywhere they went, and still are, to this day. They were persecuted alongside the Jews in the Holocaust – the Roma & Sinti". They were forced to have this sort of nomadic lifestyle because "no country wanted them there". (x)

Let’s not forget these lovely things Rromani people did and still go through because of who they are:

"Forced sterilization (yes, it is still happening)

Eviction

Harassment (by law enforcement as well as civilians)

Fingerprinting (this is happening in Italy right now – all Romani people are being fingerprinted, simply because our race is considered ‘criminal’)

Concentration camps

Starvation

Exclusion from public schools and welfare programs

Bombings (it is not uncommon in places like the Czech Republic for people to throw molotov cocktails into the windows of Romani homes)” (x)

“First and foremost: THE WORD “GYPSY” IS AN ETHNIC SLUR. It is a pejorative. It is an exonym that is hurtful and offensive. You need to accept this, period.

We are NOT your halloween costume. We are NOT your flowy skirt. We are NOT your fashion sense. We are NOT your wanderlust. We are NOT ‘boho.’

Gypsy is not fashion. Gypsy is not traveling. Gypsy is not a headband or a costume, or boho, or a long skirt.

Gypsy is a hurtful ethnic slur used to refer to the Romani people.

We cannot seem to emphasize this enough to people. This word is a slur. It was created to be a slur. Its meaning does not change. It will always be a slur. It will always be offensive.

'The word is not yours. It’s ours. We can use it as we see fit. You cannot.’ - biggadjeworld 

We are a real people, with traditions, culture, and colorful heritage that spans centuries.” (x)

The “x”s in the post refer to sources you can click on and educate yourself with. On those pages, there are more links to become familiar to this slur and the Rromani people.

Also, don’t forget to stop by thisisnotromani!

- Jess

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Gipsy Danger by FonteArt

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Stacker Pentecost Black Lives Matter is on Redbubble. 

50% of the proceeds I make from your purchases will donated to help feed the people of Ferguson. Every penny counts, guys, so please spread the word!

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In Pacific Rim, Trespasser laid waste to the SF Bay Area. When do you think they began to rebuild?

Not until after the movie. The SF Exclusion Zone was a Chernobyl-type situation for a while (though some of the hardier among the displaced did try to cling to its margins in hopes of returning). That’s why building the Jaegers was so important. It was proving almost impossible to bring a kaiju down without variously compromising the long term habitability of these major population centers.

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Pacific Rim 2 Guillermo del Toro Speakes to Collider

Guillermo del Toro, Kaiju and Jaegers with Pacific Rim 2. Speaking with Collider, del Toro was asked about the sequel and revealed some new details on where we will find the world and its characters.

“It’s a few years after the first one. It’s not an immediate follow-up. It is the world having been freed of Kaiju, what happens to the world after – what happens to the Jaeger technology once the Kaiju are not a threat. It’s quite a jump.”

Del Toro went on to reveal that Charlie Day and Burn Gorman’s characters will return for the sequel and that fans will be getting more of the “science” of the world.

“You’re gonna get a lot of that,” he said, “but the Kaijus are very different and you’re gonna see a very different type of the robots I think. It’s gonna be quite a different adventure.”

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i would like to present to you the delightful mental image of jaeger pilots crossing their fingers that there is not a kaiju attack anytime in the next week, because otherwise they’ll have to sync up to achieve a neural handshake and their drift partner will probably find out what they’re getting for their birthday

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HEATHER SAID THE LINE

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Big slobbery mommy kaiju

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NECA Toys just announced two new Pacific Rim Jaegers apart of their Series 5 release - Anchorage Attack Gipsy Danger & Romeo Blue. These 7” figures will be released January 2015.

Read more here.