#// i highly suggest reading it

[number1yisuchongfan]

Very shitty draw of @medics-secret-shipfic-folder’s Take Back the Fortress crew

[jewish-sideblog]

The thing that baffles me is that even if all their accusations were true, they’re still being unfairly biased against the Jewish state. No other country gets this treatment.

Colonialism and settlement? Han Chinese aren’t exactly native to Tibet. Genocide and Apartheid? The Xinjiang internment camps are still ongoing. Propaganda, militantism, media control, state-sponsored religious violence? The CCP has that all in spades. I’m just using China as one example— I could easily make the same comparison with Russia, Iran or Saudi Arabia.

There were protests against Russia when it invaded Ukraine. There were protests against China when they invaded Hong Kong. But those protests lasted days or weeks, not months. The ongoing conflicts in those countries are forgotten by the West. American colleges are not shutting down for the “benefit” of Ukrainian babies. Chinatowns aren’t getting vandalized and destroyed for the “benefit” of Uyghur Muslims. Westerners of Iranian descent aren’t being hatecrimed en masse for the crimes of a country they’ve never been to. Only Israel and Jews are targeted with such blatant hatred.

And the answer to that discrepancy is simple. Antisemitism causes people to hate Israel more than they hate any other nation that commits human rights violations, and anti-Zionism allows people to express antisemitic beliefs with social impunity. Anti-Zionism may not be antisemitism inherently, but it is absolutely shaped and fueled by antisemitism.

[secretlythatsme]

i've seen a lot of dp fans in the dpxdc fandom talk about not having access to comics so here. it's completely free, good quality scans (for most things), basically any dc comic you could want is there. you should have an adblocker but the ads aren't the worst if you don't, just noticeable and annoying. you're not gonna get a virus, i've been using the site for years, as have many other fans.

if you genuinely want to read the comics, take advantage of the sites comic fans have been using. there's new and old stuff and everything in between. crossovers too. whatever you want to read, you'll find there.

[gingermintpepper]

hi, i haven't read the iliad and the odyssey but want to - do u have a specific translation you recommend? the emily wilson one has been going around bc, y'know, first female translator of the iliad and odyssey into english, but i was wondering on if you had Thoughts

Hi anon! Sorry for the somewhat late response and I'm glad you trust me with recommendations! Full, disclosure, I am somewhat of a traditionalist when it comes to translations of the source text of the Iliad + Odyssey combo wombo, which means I tend to prefer closeness in literal verbiage over interpretation of the poetic form of these epics - for that reason, my personal preferred versions of the Odyssey and Iliad both are Robert Fitzgerald's. Because both of these translations (and his Aeneid!) were done some 50+ years ago (63 for his original Odyssey tl, 50 flat for his Iliad and 40 for his Aeneid) the English itself can be a bit difficult to read and the syntax can get confusing in a lot of places, so despite my personal preferences, I wouldn't recommend it for someone who is looking to experience the Iliad + Odyssey for the very first time.

For an absolute beginner, someone who has tried to read one or both of these epics but couldn't get into it or someone who has a lot of difficulty with concentrating on poetry or long, winding bits of prose, I fully and wholeheartedly recommend Wilson's translation! See, the genius of Emily Wilson's Iliad + Odyssey isn't that she's a woman who's translated these classics, it's that she's a poet who's adapted the greek traditional poetic form of dactylic hexameter into the english traditional poetic form of iambic pentameter. That alone goes a very very long way to making these poems feel more digestible and approachable - iambic pentameter is simply extremely comfortable and natural for native english speakers' brains and the general briskness of her verbiage helps a lot in getting through a lot of the problem books that people usually drop the Iliad or Odyssey in like Book 2 of the Iliad or Book 4 of the Odyssey. I think it's a wonderful starting point that allows people to familiarise themselves with the source text before deciding if they want to dig deeper - personally, researching Wilson's translation choices alone is a massive rabbit hole that is worth getting into LOL.

The happy medium between Fitzgerald's somewhat archaic but precise syntax and Wilson's comfortable meter but occasionally less detailled account is Robert Fagles' Iliad + Odyssey. Now, full disclosure, I detest how Fagles handles epithets in both of his versions, I think they're far too subtle which is something he himself has talked at length about in his translation notes, but for everything else - I'd consider his translations the most well rounded of english adaptations of this text in recent memory. They're accurate but written in plain English, they're descriptive and detailled without sacrificing a comfortable meter and, perhaps most importantly, they're very accessible for native english speaking audiences to approach and interact with. I've annotated my Fagles' volumes of these books to heaven and back because I'm deeply interested in a lot of the translation decisions made, but I also have to specifically compliment his ability to capture nuance in the characters' of these poems in a way I don't often see. He managed to adapt the ambivalence of ancient greek morality in a way I scarcely see and that probably has a hand in why I keep coming back to his translations.

Now, I know this wasn't much of a direct recommendation but as I do not know you personally, dear anon, I can't much make a direct recommendation to a version that would best appeal to your style of reading. Ideally, I'd recommend that you read and enjoy all three! But, presuming that you are a normal person, I suggest picking which one is most applicable for you. I hope this helps! 🥰

[oopsallfictives]

[Image description: two images showing black text on a white background. Most of the text has been blacked out. The remaining text on image one reads "transness is a bit like saying i don't agree with god". Image two reads "the inherent power in yourself this body your own". End ID]

Original poem by @casboybreakdowns can be found here

[chuluoyi]

Hi! Anon who has lived in Japan for 15 years here! 

Another translation mistake from translators.

Yuta and squad talk about how Rika ate Kenjaku brain and how with it he can manipulate Kenjakus technique to possess Gojo to HEAL Gojo. He goes on to say that while that happened Shoko will heal him then they swap back.

The plan is Yuta is healing Gojo and then they will swap back to their bodies! 

Gojo and Yuta are BOTH being healed to come back ALIVE. 

If the plan works!

Though if I’m honest, people in my country don’t understand why they picked that plan to heal each other but at least they are both living or SUPPOSED to live. We are all scared here in Japan. I imagine you guys are there! 

I’m sorry western translators are making so many mistakes. It infuriates me and other Japanese fans, westerns always get such horrible translations.

Also the “big accounts” translationing leaks block accounts who KNOW the language because they hate being called out. 

I suggest westerners find a Japan based blog for translations.

hello hello jp nonnie! thank you for the clarification!

so i actually read that part of shoko telling yuta to use rct too… and pls correct me if i’m wrong but i was under the assumption that “to use” gojo’s body, he has to heal it fully from inside first🥲 bc shoko has only been able to “connect” his separated body… literal translation-wise, shoko indeed tells yuta to heal gojo’s body, but where is the part where they said they’ll swap bodies back?🥲 i didn’t find it in the jp fandom twt… so if you have it please attach the link here so i can understand it

but still, even if the big leakers block those accounts, they can still state their own opinions? can you please send me the link to their twts? blocking only applies to the leakers own account but they shouldn’t be able to block them to all audience

[deadbaguette]

Oh boy who cries wolf, no one will answer

Part 4 of my art series of for @missingn000 and their fic ‘The Phantom Guardian’

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5

[awrkive]

What manhwas do you read? Any good recs?

i dont keep track of what i've read omg but these are the ones i remember off the top of my head

completed:

the blood of madam giselle (+18) under the oak tree (+18) going to bed with my hater (+18) positively yours a friendship so impure (+18) (fave)

ongoing:

spy x family (this is a manga but lemme just add it to this list lmfao) i'm stanning the prince (fave) the broken ring: this marriage will fail anyway (+18) (absolute fave) love rides on pheromone allergy (+18) just twilight

[ilikerosesalot]

Fanart for the fanfic "Kaleidoscope" by @nonchalantatall!! I had this vision of them standing like this as soon as I read it so I finally decided put it to paper

[faaun]

this is such a random question but do u have a favourite question from persian folklore and if so, what is it?

hello! i was confused at first but i saw ur ask correcting 'question' to 'story' :)

i think my favourite is conference of the birds ! i read it when i was like...maybe 9? and i thought it was so beautiful at the time, the book i bought had these colourful illustrations too...i still think it's such a beautiful poem/story

it's about a group of birds who realise they don't have a ruler and their life is purposeless. one of the birds suggest they search for a ruler, the simorgh (phoenix, essentially, but translates literally to 30 [si] birds [morgh]). this birds tells them they must journey through 7 valleys in order to reach the simorgh at the end. the valleys being quest, knowledge, detachment, unity, wonder, and annihilation.

they voice out their anxieties about making this very harrowing journey and the quasi-leader bird tells them stories and anecdotes to tell them why/how they should get past these fears (this is the main bulk of the story iirc). going through these valleys, more and more birds die of panic and illness, heat and cold, violence, etc, until at the end (at the end of the valley of annihilation) there are 30 left. at this point they have detached from their 'selves' such that their perception of each other is identical to their perception of themself and vice versa - they realise they are resemblances; beings that are united and nonexistent as individuals.

once they make it to the simorgh, all they see is a mirror, or rather, themself reflected back. it's sort of a lesson in unity, detachment, self-perception, and that the absolute/beauty/god/beloved is not in itself a separate being but a reflection, and specifically, a reflection of the self which is also the totality of all things. it's cyclical but in a comforting way. they realise they are the simorgh (phoenix/30 birds). .....ok this sounded confusing and it IS a little confusing but when u read it, it makes more sense it's so beautiful

brief descriptions of the valleys if ur interested:

[ihearnocomplaints]

take some doodles because i've been having some major art block

tried drawing sunspot from venomous-qwille's GITM au for the first time ever lmao

the rest are just random doodles

[clonehub]

okay so firsties thanks to @saga-ordsmed for the Mandatory Service idea and the massive chunk of worldbuilding and concepts I'm about to use to solidify one of the most important arcs in Kiki's life.

Ninoreth I is a mission, at first, to get fair wages for mine workers. It turns into a revolution.

There are two characters whom Kiki establishes an important relationship with: Chular Sahines, who's native to the land, and Beziff Tarsos, multi-billionaire who runs as massive shipping company. All three are present as the "official meetings" that are really just distractions to keep the combination of indentured servants, slaves, and actual laborers occupied while the COalition of Mine Lords keeps them occupied.

Beziff Tarsos, I think, needs a more solid reason to be there beyond just "I'm the guy that ships things too and from the planet -- mostly from". He's not very subtle or politically savvy, but he does know shipping lanes and routes. I also want to use Mandatory Service (MS) as a reason for him to have close economic ties to Ninoreth I. On the outside, he's paying his laborers well and fairly. He has an MS license to operate in the star system, but without auditing there's a LOT of problems and often times those under an MS contract can get shuffled into the minelord's clutches.

Tarsos's shipping company is far-reaching and popular within the Senate, which otherwise ignores him. He has a contract or two with the Republic. He's friends with a lot of Senators. Tarsos is not very bright, however!

At about the halfway point through the arc, when Kiki loses patience with the dull and circuitous (and paradoxical? contradictory? lifeless. limp) "We can't use violence we have to use the power of POLITICS and VOTING" liberal meetings, Kiki very easily blackmails Tarsos. I can see her literally sitting on a chair in his office, the lights off, the glow from his computer highlighting her face, and she's already downloaded like a Terabyte of damning evidence. Normally a billionaire would get off scott-free, especially with an MS license as robust as Tarsos's, but this evidence includes a LOT of Senators, politicians, and even other CEOs by name. So she uses this information to get him to sway minelord coalition votes so that they're sufficiently distracted while Chular can shore up enough resources to arm the workers to the teeth.

Now the question is of WHO gets pulled into Tarsos's mandatory service. Former convicts? People who prefer the term "mandatory service worker" to "indentured servant?" Idk. I haven't thought that far.

Pros:

moral greyness! Kiki's holding onto butt loads of information of various economic and labor rights abuses and violations and she KEEPS this information for the duration of the war in order to get Tarsos to cooperate.

worldbuilding depth! thanks @saga-ordsmed

Cons

This is. the MOST politically dense arc i'd have to write. There's a lto of messages and parallels to real life liberation movements and leaders in here.

I also need to get in enough characterization for Kiki and her master to show how much they dont work together and also justify Kiki choosing to stay while he goes back to Coruscant.

something else im forgetting

Wait wait wait just realized. The indentured servants of Ninoreth I who often have the "better" conditions than the slaves but who are worse off than the "laborers" (wage slaves) CAN be the Mandatory Service Workers. They can be for both the minelords, who employ them with the company as a way to undercut the local labor force and ensure a loyal domestic supply of laborers, AND for Tarsos, who sometimes trades in MSWs rather than like. money.

[cillixn]

What's Cillians hottest film role in your opinion?

this is literally the most difficult question i’ve ever been asked however, there IS an answer, and i can’t think of a better time to bring this back:

okay so a couple months ago @yrli8 and @pissinginbondage took on the absolutely insane (and incredibly historically important) project of ranking each and every one of his roles, and of course how hot he was played a significant role in the rankings, and they even made a tierlist to go with it!

all that to say, my s-tier opinions line up pretty much with theirs, with jonathan crane and jim from TDS sharing first place, followed by jonathan breech, and josef gabčík (with an addition of my bb pieter from girl with a pearl earring, who was so wrongfully snubbed 😤 and tommy shelby because why not)

[hattedhellspawn]

The fun and cool thing about speeding bullet as a relationship dynamic is that scout is always running his mouth a mile a minute, but he doesn't necessarily expect anyone to listen. Sniper is always willing to listen to people but it seems like not many people have much to say unless he does a significant amount of contributing to the conversation, and he's not very good at that. Scout can keep a "conversation" going all by himself for near hours; the fact that Sniper does actively encourage him and ask the occassional thoughtful question about his rambling is just the cherry on top.

When Sniper remembers a little tidbit that Scout mentioned once, weeks ago, and brings it up at a relevent time, Scout is like "oh my god he's listening to me???" immediately followed by [swooning] "oh my god, he's listening to me :)" and Scout starts hanging out with Snipes more after that, directing his witticisms on the field toward him instead of to the open air. It's noticable, certainly, especially by Sniper, who finds his day suddenly much more lively.

[covenofthearticulate]

wait a fucking second I am just now putting the dots together and realizing all these short sentence drabble prompts are all coming about because I reblogged that sentence starter meme originally on my Louis RP blog LMFAO. It is so jarring to see niche tumblr rp things make it into the wider fandom and I was so confused but now I'm mostly delighted LOL

[good-wine-and-cheese]

Going to ask anon to take a minute and look at the post I actually reblogged and find where it says to support hamas in the first place. It is strictly and explicitly about the palestinian people being barraged with "what about Hamas!!!" when they seek support (your very message, for example, which is in response to a post that calls for people to show up to nonviolent protests as a show of solidarity).

This response is plainly ignoring the acts taken by the Isreali government and how we got in this position in the first place. If your response to "support Palestinians" is "Hamas did war crimes tho" I think you should consider blocking me.

I would also suggest looking into the history of Israel and Palestine as a whole. Consider references in this post.