#Finnish sniper

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Blu mercs headcanons! Posting twice back to back because. Uh. I have nothing to say

(btw pyro is just pyro)

[carbone14]

Le tireur d'élite finlandais Simo Häyhä (1905-2002) – Guerre d'Hiver – Loymolskoïe – Union soviétique – 17 février 1940

Simo Häyhä est un tireur d'élite finlandais actif durant la guerre d'hiver (30 novembre 1939 - 13 mars 1940). Pendant près de 100 jours avant qu'il ne soit blessé le 6 mars 1940, Simo Häyhä est crédité de plus de 500 soldats soviétiques abattus au fusil M28 'Pystykorva', une variante finlandaise du Mosin-Nagant soviétique, et environ 200 autres au pistolet-mitrailleur Suomi KP31.

Simo Häyhä n'utilisait pas de lunette de tir pour diminuer la surface de sa silhouette, pour éviter tout problème de réflexion du soleil et pour éviter tout problème de buée sur la lunette. Pour compléter sa tactique de discrétion, il compactait la neige devant lui afin d'éviter toute projection de neige à chaque tir, et gardait de la neige dans sa bouche pour réduire la vapeur de sa respiration.

Les soviétiques mettront en place des moyens considérables pour tenter de neutraliser celui qu'ils surnomment 'la Mort blanche'.

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[garak]

today a child with a miles tails prower icon replied to my youtube comment saying "bro just gave us a whole history lesson" so im basically already there when it comes to my aspirations of being a teacher

[powerlesshero]

Finnish sniper girl 🇫🇮

Yes, she is part of the series. All I can reveal as of now is her name: Venus.

[a-bunch-of-bones]

Cultures are also built on historical events and their ramifications just as much as they are on geotemporal and social conditions! Understanding that these events can be seen in multiple lights (and result in different reactions) also will inherently add nuance and depth to your cultures.

Grim Cold Bleak Forest (Finnish) People may have fought a local war some centuries ago - one in which their habitual reclusiveness and run-and-hide gatherer-trapper tactics would have been rendered unviable in normal circumstances. But say there was a certain intrepid trapper who utilized precisely this cultural knack for traversing and disappearing into the underbrush to carefully enact long-distance, ranged guerilla warfare on the invading force, eventually racking up, say, 505 confirmed kills. This creates a precedent and reference for the Grim Cold Bleak Forest People which would become ubiquitously tethered to their reputation.

What outsider 'Other' cultures might come to perceive as a tough and rugged ferocity would simply be layers of pretense which either strip away to reveal a genuinely quite timid people, their bleak humor aside, or could perhaps perpetuate their own ruggedness as they become a little bitter at the presumable reiteration of the fierce "they're in the trees"/"people of the dark, scary forests" stereotypes. Keep in mind, whether in outright xenophobia or more obscure and institutionalised racism, each culture has methods of constructing other cultures as an imaginary, and these outsider perspectives tend to be pretty reductive. As such, dont get carried away in returning from the enriched two-layer/relational model to the single-faceted depiction of one culture by another; instead, try to focus on how the portrayal works as part of an exchange, not only in one direction but both ways. A single historical event can instill different symbolism, values and traditions in different cultures, and as such can be seen as somewhat of a 2-for-the-price-of-1 sale in the lore section of your mind palace.

What's important to remember is that 'culture' as we know it is ordinary (Stuart Hall, God bless). It is a "structure of feeling" the everyday (Raymond Williams, God bless). Culture only becomes distinctly so when it has something positioned opposite it. It is always relational, either 'ours' or 'theirs', and exploring these relational (and most importantly fluid) perceptions is what can truly give the necessary depth to make your RPG setting, culture, history, lore, whatever *truly* pop.

Because I am a filthy academic, I am going to make recommendations for supplementary readings that I'm sure could benefit any TTRPG's incubation: Edouard Glissant's *Poetics of Relation* and Edward Said's *Orientalism* are great starts.

Another worldbuilding application of the "two layer rule": To create a culture while avoiding The Planet Of Hats (the thing where a people only have one thing going for them, like "everyone wears a silly hat"): You only need two hats.

Try picking two random flat culture ideas and combine them, see how they interact. Let's say taking the Proud Warrior Race - people who are all about glory in battle and feats of strength, whose songs and ballads are about heroes in battle and whose education consists of combat and military tactics. Throw in another element: Living in diaspora. Suddenly you've got a whole more interesting dynamic going on - how did a people like this end up cast out of their old native land? How do they feel about it? How do they make a living now - as guards, mercenaries? How do their non-combatants live? Were they always warrior people, or did they become fighters out of necessity to fend for themselves in the lands of strangers? How do the peoples of these lands regard them?

Like I'm not shitting, it's literally that easy. You can avoid writing an one-dimensional culture just by adding another equally flat element, and the third dimension appears on its own just like that. And while one of the features can be location/climate, you can also combine two of those with each other.

Let's take a pretty standard Fantasy Race Biome: The forest people. Their job is the forest. They live there, hunt there, forage there, they have an obnoxious amount of sayings that somehow refer to trees, woods, or forests. Very high chance of being elves. And then a second common stock Fantasy Biome People: The Grim Cold North. Everything is bleak and grim up there. People are hardy and harsh, "frostbite because the climate hates you" and "stabbed because your neighbour hates you" are the most common causes of death. People are either completely humourless or have a horrifyingly dark, morbid sense of humour. They might find it funny that you genuinely can't tell which one.

Now combine them: Grim Cold Bleak Forest People. The summer lasts about 15 minutes and these people know every single type of berry, mushroom and herb that's edible in any fathomable way. You're not sure if they're joking about occasionally resorting to eating tree bark to survive the long dark winter. Not a warrior people, but very skilled in disappearing into the forest and picking off would-be invaders one by one. Once they fuck off into the woods you won't find them unless they want to be found.

You know, Finland.

[bunny-heels]

finished the Night Springs DLC. im so fuckin happy. thoughts under cut. spoilers of course

ROSE'S EPISODE WAS SO FUN I WILL NOT HEAR ANY SLANDER FOR IT. her dialogue was so silly and all the lil fanfic cliches were so fun and cute i was losing it SO Bad. the whole rose-tint effect over everything and her romanticizing Alan just uses her. Rose sweetie you poor girl. but god i love her enthusiasm so much. she's a misguided sweetheart. i need more of her forever. also her being the one to swoon Alan lowering him while covered in blood. Queen behavior.

Jesse's episode is what made me realize these probably take place WAY before the main game. at least Jesse's episode does. i loved her interactions with Tim and all the lil creepy moments with the brainwashing and bring just, in a weird dark place version of Coffee World. the math problem was a lil hard for me only cause i got so confuses cause i havent done math in so long. i also dont know what was up with the messages in the stash boxes??? i hope they mean something, i mean they definitely do but i just have no idea what. her ending was so weird tho. Alan being her brother instead of Dylan was huge whiplaah and i fully didnt expect it. but i did love it.

but Tim's episode. holy fuck. what the fuck was that. first of all Sam is adorable and i love that he's able to perfectly replicate the level of autism he has for his real games onto his character self's fake games. secondly, the different mediums, oh my god. the comic killed me with the panels of multiple Sam's, Shawn's and Illka's. i was out of my mind. AND THE QUANTUM BREAK REFERENCE WITH DOOR FINDING THAT SHIT IN THE CAVE? SAM THERE ARE MICEOSOFT SNIPERS OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE THEY'LL KILL YOU!!!!!! the fucking tango song im so happy it made a comeback. THE FINNISH POSTER FOR DEATH RALLY BTW???? WHERE ZANE IS ACTING AA THE MAIN CHARACTER???? IM CRYING FOREVER???? and that text adventure ending. oh god that ending made me insane. the wording of the situation was beautiful. and i loved ASCII art Alan. so cute.

THE LIL MEMORIAL THING FOR JAMES ALSO. ugh idk how i didnt cry. that was so sweet. i miss that man so fucking much. i really hope if they ever bring Casey back that the next guy who voices him does it justice.

god i loved this whole DLC. it was so fun and i had such a good time. i cant wait for Lake House to come out, i'll lose it so hard

[bones4thecats]

Hello! I saw that you're taking request for SnV! Can you make a Simo Häyha x Reader where both are enemies in war in real life (pre-SnV) then became lovers when they got reincarnated (following the events of SnV)? Anyways, it's up to you if it'll be a one-shot or a headcanon, just take your time and have a nice day!

A/N: My second piece in one day, holy my hands are dying rn... anyways, enjoy~~

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Simo was an Finnish Sniper, while you were a Soviet-sided (not saying the reader is Russian) sniper

You were destined to be enemies, ever since that accursed war began

You personally didn’t believe in what your country allied itself with, the place that the lands had been turning into and you just wanted the eventual huge war to end

After you and him lived through the war and eventually passed away, you met in Valhalla when you were revealed to fight alongside in the same round as the deadliest snipers in history

It was fair, karma bit you guys in the asses, huh?

(If he loses his round)

You guys held onto each other with such care and understanding that it made humanity weep, knowing the love you now carried for one another was revealed and tragic

After being reincarnated, you met one another and eventually married, showing the love you couldn’t at the arena

(If he wins his round)

Watching your enemy fade into nothing was hard, gripping onto him for support from your injured leg was tough, yet nice

You knew your pain was shared and the adoration eventually blossomed into a slow-burning love story, one meant for the history books

[captain-price-unofficially]

Finnish Defense Forces Sniper in a ghillie suit (called Röllipuku in Finnish military slang, which means troll suit).

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Finnish Defence Forces Sniper in a Ghillie suit (called Röllipuku in Finnish military slang, which means troll suit).

[sippywippy]

tf2 music headcannons

got the idea playing project diva with a mod adding tf2 models lol

also this is NOT serious dont be mad if i mischaracterize them or go against canon ir whatever yapayapa idgaf!!!!!!1!1!1!!!

scout

— DEF a vocaloid fan, his fav would be miku

— listens to artists like wowaka, reol, deco, samfree, DEF giga

— i think he would like romeo and cinderella ... a lot

— also i think he would listen to soundcloud rapper type music and hype them up in the comments on 7 different alt accounts

soldier

— america national anthem and other military songs 90%

— the other 10% is like. green day idk (i dont listen to green day)

pyro

— honestly i think they would also like vocaloid,, fav is probably rin

— mostly junky, daniwell, and would listen to ohayodel because that mv is 1million percent them

demoman

— liike sea shanties and medieval music idk

— oh my GOD korpiklaani.....a,,lcohol songs,,,

— ik they finnish but shhhh ...,,,ssh

engineer

— what do u think (texan country music)

— just for spice i think he'd like industrial stuff

heavy

— i think he would like,, slow songs most of the time ,, perhaps

— i have no examples dot dot dot

— if hes freaky he listens to sexy music (you knwo)

medic

— the only one i've made a (30min) playlist for dot dot dot

— ok!! loves scary bitches!! gay vampires yes!

— also probably likes pisse (only german artist i listen to) and like christian death maybe idk

— i think hed listen to podcasts he seems like anpodcast guy

— ummm also would listen to those top 10 creepy vocaloid songs

spy

— fench

— probably listens to that one stupid basic stereotypical spy song ion remember

— umm also listens to like . that one genre of fancy pants music thats also like soooo cunty i have NO idea whatnim thinking of

— could be a reach but i think hed like athamay !!

sniper

— proabbly liie sad emo rock i hav no idea huys

[wuffhammer]

Finnish sniper (no, not THAT Finnish sniper, I don't have that model) from Warlord Games. A test model before I start my first batch of Finnish.

[yellow-lemon-lime]

Bro, they are so well hidden, that I didn't even see the third one in the reveal photo, until I actually saw the video

[darkscorpiox]

Golden Kamuy Headcanon #1 - Vasily’s birthday

Thanks to a Japanese twitter post I’ve just found, I learned that the year Death of the Wildcat was painted (1940) was also the year Simo Häyhä, the famous Finnish sniper nicknamed “The White Death”, got his mouth injury.

Here’s a list of the things concerning real life snipers Vasily referenced:

Simo Häyhä

Almost fatal mouth injury

The year of said injury

Vasily Zaitsev

First name

Birthplace

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Last name

Wanting each sniper to have equal number of references attributed to them, I’ve decided to give Lyudmila Pavlichenko's birthday to Vasily, meaning he was born on July 12th.

[leadshootingcupid]

Heres some pictures of my cat.. His name is Paju (Willow in finnish) and he is an asshole :] He is the reason my brother has a scar on his nose and he licks peoples hair and face at the worst time and we all love him. He is a special lil man.

Yea, he got that murderous look on him.

Trust, a Merc would know. Sweet lookin' bugger otherwise. I like that name a lot - thanks for the vocab, mate.

Give him a li'l pet from ol' Sniper if it doesn't get ya injured.

[mids-stupid-shit]

Mmmmm BLU team headcanons/lore...

Scout: one of Scout's brothers, because somewhere, its said our Scout has 6 older siblings, as he could have the same mother as Scout which is implied in "Meet the Spy"

Solider: was actually quallified in the army and even finnished academy, but left a war ended, and could have an actual name that isnt "unidentified female corps" like our Solider

Pyro: after (or during the comics) when all the other mercs were fired, Pyro moved in with his teams Engineer who realized that only he had pyrovision because of his goggles. After several hours of reconsiliation, Pyro has demoted himself to a life without violence, and became an exterminator to help pay their rent.

Demoman: scored a job at a company deducated to keeping earth's energy uses as stable as possible, something like a company named GRN or something

Heavy: he joined the international boxing league and became a heavyweight champion. After several title fights, he decided to retire from his position as heavyweight champ and went to spend time with his family.

Engineer: after being fired, he realized he was running low on money. So he decided to get an apartment in New York and make a debut album. Eventually, Pyro found Engie, helped him pay the rent, made the album and released it to the Public. The album, "Pybros in Arms" made millions and the two were so happy with the results

Medic: moved back into Germany and actually finnished academy and did get a medical license to become a real surgeon. Using the Quick Fix to invent in a whole new method of healing. He even got interviews with several big reporters around the world.

Sniper: The Aussie went to an excavation site, where he locates a chunk of australium, the last piece on earth, for real this time. He learns that it can be used to power life extending devices. He knows that he can't hold on to it forever, so he locates the current location of the Engineer, he takes his huntsman and attaches the piece of australium on to and arrow with a note that says: "From BLU to RED". He shoots it, it reaches the balcony, and hence the last, small piece of australium in Engie's hand in issue 6.

Spy:

Yeah i had nothing for Spy lol

Uh...

Went to France and eats a grilled cheese?