#I don't know if you're just sharing a cool fact or if you speak Hawaiian yourself anon

[canisalbus]

The Hawaiian language doesn't attach gender to pronouns, but it does have a complex set of relational pronouns, so you can use a particular pronoun to note for example "all of us (except for that guy)"

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[marshmellopie]

[This post updates constantly!]

HEY EVERY !!

–My name is Half-Price, but you can call me Price, Mello, or Kālā too!

–He/Him primarily, I also use Xe/Xem and They/Them

–17!!

–Asian/Pacific Islander, predominantly Kanaka Hawaiʻi. Aloha kākou! ʻŌlelo au i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, akā ʻaʻole nui loa... ke ʻaʻo nei au. (I speak Hawaiian, but not much... I'm still learning.)

–DNI: Basic criteria, NSFW/Fetish blogs, proshippers.

–Depending on my mood I may type in all lowercase (or all uppercase), keysmash, and sometimes use emojis/kaomojis ٩( ᐛ )و

–I bounce between hyperfixations, but the ones currently invading my mine are:

• Spamton G Spamton (Deltarune)

• Glam (Metal Family) [Main Hyperfixation!! But I'm scared to consider myself part of the fandom because the more I look into it the weirder it fucking gets.]

• Hunter/The Golden Guard (The Owl House)

• Simon Petrikov (Adventure Time/Fionna and Cake)

You'll mainly see Spamton, but I will occasionally draw other hyperfixations, or maybe my sona.

–I mainly draw! Sometimes I animate, too. I also love roleplay and writing, but I'm too shy to share that ^^;

–Ask box is always open and I love asks/comments/etc!! In fact I BEG you to give me asks /hj. You can ask me things or I can make Spamton reply instead if you'd like to know more about him. I might take a while to respond because I'm nervous ANSJSSJSJ and I take even longer if it's a request (which I don't mind! I enjoy y'all wanting to see content of my Spammy). Sometimes I may not answer your question at all if it's out of my skill level or something I legitimately cannot answer, I'm sorry!

–I have bad paranoia and anxiety online so I have a hard time reaching out to others, and I take a while to respond in conversations because I take a while to formulate something to say. I'm honestly scared for my life here LOL I constantly fear saying/doing something wrong or coming off the wrong way!! I wanna make friends/moots but I'm too scared to say hello!! I appreciate all of you, though, and I fanboy over all of your guys's wonderful art. I ramble a lot in the tags whenever I reblog things so please bear with me, I have a lot to say X]

–I tend to disappear randomly for days to weeks at a time. I lose energy and motivation online really easily, or my anxiety flares up and I get scared to do literally ANYTHING online. I get scared to reblog, to post, or even to like things?? And it's often hard for me to come back.

–DO PEOPLE CARE IF OTHERS LIKE/INTERACT WITH THEIR OLD ART?? I scroll through people's older artworks a lot just because I either like seeing the improvement or I'd like to see other posts y'all made, but I accidentally interact with them sometimes when I don't mean to, sorry if I do that– I don't mind if people spam like my art or interact with my old stuff though!

–I'm also on Instagram (same user), but I've become more active here. I love reading the tags on reblogs here they're so funny/nice and I read every single one JAKSJJSKDJS

Here are some some of the tags I use for my posts:

• [HALF-PRICED SPAMTON] ; Art I make of Spamton!

• [THIS IS 4 ME?!] ; Art people have made for me! I love you guys nasksnssjdn ;;

• [PRICE SPEAKS] ; Answers to asks!

• [PRICE RAMBLES] ; Posts without art, literally just silly little rambles!

• [COME BACK SOON] ; WIPs and unfinished projects.

Anyway that's it for now! Thank you for reading this, you're cool :]

[dragonladdie]

I know you're not the authority on something like this, but I'm interested in your opinion if you'd be ok with sharing it? How do you feel about non-natives including native Americans in their stories? Talking about fiction specifically. (I'm not talking about blatant stereotypes either, but not closing the discussion to the role stereotypes play)

I don't mind it at all!!! But, here's some tips on writing native characters:

Latines, Hawaiians and Caribbean Islanders also count as indigenous representation, even though they're from different regions of the Americas

Do EXTENSIVE research on the tribes/nations you want your characters to be a part of. Don't be afraid to reach out and/or collaborate with natives from that area, either

On that note, native people don't just exist on the plains. We live in the desert, mountains, and forests as well.

If you don't 100% know what certain symbols/tattoos mean, DON'T DRAW YOUR CHARACTERS WITH THEM

Research native fashion! Even before western modernization, we had a lot of cool clothing trends! (For example, elk teeth stitched into clothing is a telltale sign of wealth! The more teeth around the shoulders and around your belt, the richer you are)

Don't be afraid to depict mixed natives, either. There's a lot more of us than you think.

If they speak in broken English, do NOT use it to infantialize them or deem them as stupid. Don't make fun of their accents either

Speaking of which, native north americans tend to smoosh words together while we're talking. In fact, we have an entire dialect that's mostly mixed words, like "skoden" and "stoodis". This obviously varies depending on region, similar to AAVE. If you don't know what a certain term means, or what part of America it originates from, don't have them say it

Don't make them alcoholics. Just don't.

Not all of us have high cheekbones, mid-tone skin, and straight black hair. We're not a monolith when it comes to looks, or for anything else for that matter

That's all I can think of right now! Happy writing 👍🏽