#across trades!!!!

[icehot13]

lolol i got that california DOJ newsletter and there’s a picture of the google building in it and i was so!!! “I BUILT THAT!!! that’s us!!!” and then i saw the headline is ‘suing google for unfair monopoly’ so this isn’t about how cool the building we built them is, huh, that’s fine, i get it, it’s cool you don’t have to say anything about it

like they lifted the roof with cranes and stuff, but like, it’s fine. we don’t have to make a big deal out of it.

[cubbihue]

Did Peri tell Timmy that he was planning to become a Fairy Godparent/that he was assigned a godkid? When we first see the fam reunite in the series, Cosmo and Wanda didn't seem to know.

Timmy had known Peri might pursue becoming a godparent, because Peri had consulted with him about career tracks!! And like. Being the only one invited to Peri's college graduation tends to give Timmy more insight than his parents. Special older brother privileges.

As for being assigned a Godkid, Timmy sorta... Stumbled into it. He found out long before Peri was told he had been given an assignment!

Bitties Series: [Start] > [Previous] > [Next]

Peri's Assignment: [Next]

[whaliiwatching]

no one understands them

[queenlucythevaliant]

Okay gang, here's a silly little game. I've assembled six teams of blended Narnia and Tolkien/LotR characters. Here they are:

For bonus points, tell me in the tags where you're going on your road trip, who has what role (driving, snacks, aux) on the road, and what you'll stop off and see along the way

[glitchedmagic]

my pitch for a wildcard idea: randomized crafting recipes

three diamonds and two sticks now makes a stone pressure plate. three oak planks now makes a diamond pick. reset everyone’s recipe books so they have to discover how to make a crafting table again. utter confusion ensues

[sneakyboymerlin]

Fandom will be like “Arthur wouldn’t have been so bigoted if it wasn’t for [that EVIL Merlin trying to fulfill the prophecies through Arthur to create a long-lasting future for his kin. oh and Uther] the actions of everyone else around him” bro it doesn’t sound like much accountability is being held for one’s own actions :/ bro

[pigeonneaux]

Art trade with @breizhbaguette

[serpentface]

FAMILY TITLES AMONG THE HILL TRIBES

(ft. various linguistic notes and tangents)

In-universe Brakul’s self-given title of ‘Red-Dog’ is Brakul 'ne-Dainh' in his native language (Bict-Urbinnas dialect of the Highland language group) and Brakul 'Chin-Reyla' in Wardi. Ne-Dainh/Chin-Reyla is not something he treats as or considers an actual surname or identity, just a self-styled nickname. He already has a title.

Family names/surnames are not a native practice among the Hill Tribes (though some clans or individual families have adopted this practice), and all traditionally use titles that designate immediate ancestry, clan and tribe. These full titles are officially given when one comes of age and are spoken aloud in ceremony (with the entire direct male and female lines listed by name, with most traditions expecting 12 generations of each being named).

The function is to cement one’s sense of place in the world, and their place in a direct ancestral line, which puts the person under the full watch and guidance of their ancestors. It's also a critical method of recording lineage- the long held practice of each person memorizing at least 24 total direct ancestors allows for very long, largely accurate records of family history to be kept, with some people able to trace their ancestry all the way back to initial settlement of the Highlands (or even beyond).

Brakul’s full title is:

“Brakul virsum Kuligan et Borunil an Briyonis ne-Taig an Bict-Urbinnas”

Which dead literally translates to “Brakul son of Kuligan and Borunil of the Foothills (of) Red-Cattle, of the North (Urbin/Erubin) River Valley” but has a much richer meaning in the original language.

"BRAKUL VIRSUM KULIGAN ET BORUNIL"

The actual meaning here is closer to ‘Brakul, son of Kuligan and his father’s fathers, and Borunil and her mother’s mothers’.

“Virsum” means ‘child (son/daughter) of’ (the gender is contextual), but implies the person’s status as a descendant of a full male and female line of ancestors. A different word is used if you’re just saying ‘I’m so and so’s son”. The title describes him as a son of his father Kuligan and of Kuligan’s male line, and of his mother Borunil and Borunil's female line.

All ancestors (within this particular system of kinship, divided into one direct male line from the father and one direct female line from the mother, and not including husbands from the female line or wives from the male line) are invoked and credited with the word ‘virsum’. Speaking it as part of the personal title is part of the routine and necessary honoring of one’s ancestors, who watch over their descendants from the afterlife and can temporarily return to the land to guide and protect (and sometimes punish, or teach sharp lessons to) the living.

"AN BRIYONIS NE-TAIG"

The actual meaning here would be understood as ‘clan/people of the foothills where cattle are lit red by the setting sun'.

‘Briyonis’ is the word for ‘foothill’, citing his clan’s specific location being the foothills that form the slopes of the north Urbin river valley. He is of a lesser clan within the powerful North Urbin River tribe. His clan benefits from close affiliation to their more powerful ruling clans located directly in the river valley, which grants them access to a greater variety of cultivated foods, but their actual position in the foothills still renders them predominantly reliant on cattle for subsistence. Clan names referencing cattle or horses are very common, given their frequent centrality to life.

The ‘ne-Taig’ literally means ‘red cattle’, but the ‘ne’ color word for red specifically invokes shades of red seen in and cast by a rising/setting sun. This red cast is culturally regarded as a unique beauty and evocative (and part of the name) of the solar god Hraighne. The foothills his clan is physically located on are a vantage point from which the western horizon is not fully obscured by mountains, and they experience very striking sunsets and are directly touched by the light. This is fairly unique to this location, and is invoked in the clan name and identity. ‘Ne-Taig’ here suggests a visual of grazing cattle illuminated red by the sun as it crosses the horizon.

‘Ne-Dainh’ carries the same implication, a dog illuminated red by setting sunlight. The Wardi language does not have a comparable word for a sunlit red and ‘Chin-Reyla’ really does just mean ‘(orangeish) red dog’ (‘reyla’ is specific to orangey-red colors, which is the closest match he could get. There’s no way to impart the meaning of ‘sunlit-red dog’ in Wardi that is non-clunky enough to be appropriate for a name).

"AN BICT-URBINNAS"

‘an Bict-Urbinnas’ is fairly simple, Bict means ‘north’, and 'Urbin' is the name of the specific river that stems from a northern and eastern tributary. This river has a very ancient name (or a derivative of one) that predates settlement by the Hill Tribes, and its exact meaning is lost.

The root -(n)nas designates a river valley, but has strong implications of being an esteemed and bountiful place, rather than solely a literal geographical descriptor (as the river valleys are centers of power and trade in the highlands). It may be a loanword from the Wardi language family, as its usage is VERY similar in form and function to the Wardi -(n)nos, which also suggests a place of esteem and bounty (more specifically having connotations of a kingdom).

’An’ literally means ‘of’, but in the specific sense of describing the place and identity of a collection of people. ‘an Bict Urbinnas’ would be understood in speech as ‘of the north Urbin River Valley (people)’. The clans historically settled in and around the valley of the North Urbin River form the totality of the Bict-Urbinnas tribe.

The ‘Urbin’ word predates the contemporary Wardi name ‘Erubin’ for the river, the latter of which invokes the semi-mythological founding figure Erub, who himself was of a Wardi tribe located downriver to the south of the Highlands. The real historically extant ‘Erub’ was most likely named Urub after the river, with his cited name shifting over the centuries in folklore, and the Wardi name for the river shifting with it.

‘Erubin’ as a corruption of ‘Urbin’ functions very well in Wardi language due to ‘-bi/bin’ denoting something as a ‘gift’, usually in a more metaphorical sense. ‘Erubin’ is understood as meaning ‘(The river that is) Erub’s gift’, and the Erubin/Urbin river is a key tributary to the much larger Black river, one of the key rivers that feeds the region's wetter and more fertile west. This 'gift' meaning also occurs in the name of the southeastern Imperial Wardi city-state Erubinnos, which is understood as meaning ’((The kingdom that is) Erub’s gift’. He is considered to have conquered and taken the land (from the core city's actual founders, the Wogan people) and established a kingdom there in the early days of warring Wardi tribal monarchies.

[lich-slap]

You know what. I'll say it. Corey and Mariah duet when.

[pinkfey]

i may be obsessed.

[neechees]

Settler colonialism is legit one of the most evil things to exist and I think it's the root of many of the world's problems today.

[art-of-wackylurker]

Alright so I've signed up for @starwars-arttrade-2023...

Ladies, Gentlemen, and other assorted Nobles, 767th Recon Division's finest for @mire-draws-things! Not sure if these bois have established armor markings soooooooo I've came up with something fun and unique for each of them (also haven't found if Charm has a specific design yet so I made him a standard trooper but with a septum ring, if he has, sorry xd)

Just a wholesome little piece, simple and cartoonish, but that's just what we need sometimes, you know

But hold up. There's something else under the cut >:)

And of course I couldn't leave Stardust out but since the first piece was already finished when he appeared... Well that's what came out

But anyways, I hope you like these aaaaannnnnnddd have a good day <3

[good-beansdraws]

Yaaay, I got to do an art swap with @kyanako5972 -- here's her wonderful oc Claire Inez, featured in her webcomic SWAP Ensemble 🎶 Claire was a blast to draw, I hope I could do her justice!!

Failed versions include trial song background that just looked lame/unreadable, and the original singing pose that just looked off for some reason...

[stari-hun]

I have this one reverse 1999 oc that’s rattling around in my head and taking over all my thoughts

[roseygeearts]

Ruthlessness is Mercy Upon Ourselves Spidersona Epic lyrics Art trade with @paradoxicwashere with his characters Web Wilder and his superior version called War Spider :D

[winniethewife]

You Can’t Always Save Everybody

One shot: I wouldn't mind spending it by your side

A/N: Art by @elizuart_ , this writing is a part of the Art trade for my new pretty tumblr aesthetic with @silver-night-m

Words:512

It was a bright summer’s day, Valentine and Miguel had spent most of the morning getting ready for the music festival Scarlet’s Web was playing at that afternoon. As Valentine finished putting on her black Lipstick, she looked up from the mirror to see her Husband sanding in the doorway, Eyeliner in hand.

“Need a hand Tiger?” She asked with a smile

“You just do it better than I can Chiquita.” He says with a smile. She laughs.

“I think you just like it when I do it.” She smiles, she turns to hop up the counter motioning him to come to her. He obliges and gets in front of her, kneeling down so she can reach him. She cups his face in her hand as she steadily drags the tip of the pencil along his under eye. Entirely focused on the task, she hardly notices as his large hands rest on her thighs squeezing gently.

“Alright now close” She instructs. He closes his eyes and hums softly as he feels the gentle drag of the pencil over them. Valentine tsks. “I knew you just like it when I do it.”

“Is that a bad thing?” He asks while trying to stay as still as possible.

“No, you’re just silly.” She says as she finishes the line. She reaches and grabs her setting powder and a brush. She uses a small amount to cover her work, blowing the excess away gently.  “There, all set.”

“Gracias Chiquita.” He opens his eyes and looks into hers. “Te ves Hermosa…” he leans in and kisses her forehead softly. She smiles.

“Thank you. Now come on, we don’t want to be late.” She motions for him to move out of her way and he stands as she hops off the counter. They grab the last of their stuff before heading to the venue for sound check.

That night after their set Miguel found Valentine and they decided to stick around to see the other acts. They stood in the darkened corner of the venue. Miguel’s hands on her hips and her arms around his neck as they sway to the song that plays in the background. A song about sticking side by side forever. As they gaze into each other’s eyes they feel the music flowing through them. Miguel smiles at his wife in his arms. He couldn’t be happier to have married her, to have her for the rest of his life. As she gazes up at him, she saw for a split second, it looked like his eyes went crimson, a weird feeling of Déjà vu shivers down her sine. She blinks and things are back to normal. Miguel tilts his head slightly.

“todo bien?” he asks

“Yeah, just the lights” She says, shaking the feeling. He leans in closer and their lips meet, a soft kiss filled with love, attention, longing. All her worries wash away on the dance floor. She isn’t worried anymore. She has no reason to worry. She was in the arms of the man she will love, forever.

~

Translations:

Te ves Hermosa: you look beautiful

todo bien?: everything okay?

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Tag: @femmeanonymelives