#arabic letters are cute

[pickaletter]

Ж, ج, or J

Imo, Ж just rocks.

[darthlenaplant]

I haven't actually read the books were Vera Rossakoff shows up yet, but from what I hear she's supposed to be more ~FLAMBOYANT~ than she was in the show (I really don't like her in the show, ngl.)

Anyway, I propose for the Poirot Modern AU that Vera Rossakoff be... a transwoman who also leans into it more fully and theatrically by also being a drag queen (I know they're not synonymous, but sometimes there's an overlap and I am interested. I mean, it could also be an either or situation. I would like more input from transwomen and dragqueens on this, but I don't know who to ask, so I will just yell this into the void.)

[idontmindifuforgetme]

I study a ton & ravenously consume knowledge & work out & try to eat healthy & try to have good character & try to always be kind & try to balance my phone time & have fun on my silly little blog while also recognizing none of this actually has a bearing on my wonderful little life with its flaring sunsets & crisp breezes & all the hobbies I could take on & all the spontaneous friendships I could make in the blink of an eye & beautiful books waiting for me to fall in love w them & goals that are waiting to be accomplished & love that’s hiding in corners just waiting for me to discover it & the love I already have and which has never failed to ensconce me. I make my silly to-do lists & I follow them. I budget my hours & it works so well for me. Not to mention all the traveling I will do & all the things I will learn from that. & I love that I come from a rich multicultural background that I am diving deeper into day by day. & I have so many amazing friends from a variety of different backgrounds who just go to show me that this universe is an interplay of so many vibrant beguiling cultures that I want to know so much more about. Like I’m actually so blessed! So so so blessed. So the least I could do is go after my goals & take care of myself & mute out the noise when I need to. & I will. Always

I love that I am just a girl in a big world who has dreams and aspirations and who studies hard and minds her own business and is always striving to self improve but also knows when to relax and have fun. Like I love that about myself actually. I want to always be like this

[atrirose]

hi seisei ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶

HI BABES

[marylily-my-beloved]

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[queenwille]

okok hear me out, maybe we should be more forgiving with the western pro palis who get jewish facts wrong. think of all the new terms they had to act like they understood from a few tiktoks/reels about the middle east they watched, before they lost interest and moved to cute cat/dog vids. poor things and all the new random words in hebrew&arabic in those clips??? from people who also learned from a different tiktok/reel?! and the KH sound?!?!!! and all the crazy letters, omg. all that in a few hours to stay relevant and in on the trend. LMAO jk THEY SHOULD STICK TO WHAT THEY KNOW

[phryneluvbot]

so, I basically live tweeted my (third) watch of crypt on twitter (it's the same name as in here, if anyone interested), so let me just drop everything I passed by this entire evening:

goofy opening, but where is my dancing silhouette and the 1920's godly music?

detective inspector jack robinson would like to know your location

tip: ALWAYS keep your sight on that woman, ALWAYS

I just love how phryne changed from a golden dress to a red outfit (I love it btw) that quickly, also one of her 8 languages is arabic!? MY GIRL!!

PRISON BREAK OUT FOR AN INNOCENT GIRL WHO WANTS TO SHARE THE TRUTH OF HER VILLAGE?! PHRYNE, YOU ARE AN AMAZING WOMAN

PLEASE GET INSIDE THE TRAIN PHRYNE, PLEASE GET-

oh...

oh...

oh no... she did actually... oh my god no

OMG DOTTIE IS PREGNANT AND VULNERABLE, MUST PROTECT AT ALL COSTS (and hugh too)

(also, the only scene where we saw a part of the wardlow crew - where's mr butler, mac - HER BEST FRIEND, AND JANE, HER DAUGHTER!? COULDN'T WE SEE THEIR REACTIONS!?)

so, he never went after her... makes it even more heartbreaking

he even still saved the photos, his face showing the tears being retracted... I want to hug you so badly jack

"You meant so much more to Phryne"

OK, THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE PAINFUL, I-

on the floor, crying and sobing

oh, aunt prudence is here (but not phryne's parents, on their daughter's funeral - I might get that most likely they have trauma from Janey and couldn't mark their presence in another funeral for their last daughter, but it would have been nice to be present and meet her boyfriend - aka jack - who is noticeably suffering a lot)

SO, YOU WERE ACTUALLY ALIVE THE LAST 6 WEEKS!? COULD HAVE JUST SENT A LETTER TO SOMEONE, GIRL-

I get it that she didn't knew she was presumed dead, that would have worried everyone she knew and loved, so it was a perfect time to apologize and show the empathic phryne we love

instead it was a "oh" and some awkard smilling

Phryne, I love you, a lot... But you can do better, and especially that you saw the man that loves you the most broken

"I came here for one thing, to farewell you. Farewell" I could hear the pain on his voice, poor Jack...

Well, this scene was iconic

"Jack, are you awake?"

well, he said he wasn't

proceeds to appear on the church moments later

and the man was murdered

and they can't leave england (my condolences)

oh, this is ending badly

"And I am sorry if I am not dead"

phryne, don't say the word "death" to that man again, he thought you died twice in the space of a few months (idk, this movie doesn't even say how after it is from the show). I understand that you might be hurt that he never came after you, I really do, but please, the poor man is still processing that he almost lost you.

also, both (still) don't know what personal space means

(kinky)

oh, so that thing is cursed and... oh, this movie is like if indiana jones was an australian detective, good to know

from the creators of "singing in the rain", we present you "almost kissing in the rain"

oh, you're going to break in his house, so you while use your old stealth black outfit like in melbourne, righ-

why. did you. chose to use. a jumper. with. your. initials. (I still love it, and the entire ouftit, I'd like one of those too please designers)

ooooh, he brought her a gift (and tuxedo jack, meow)

please, both of, learn what personal space is

oooh, they're dancing again... cute

arguing

more arguing

Palestinian man finds out that the people of the country that occupied his country are all douchebags

HE DIED, HE GOT SHOT AT THE HEART, WHY!?

Sharim, I am so sorry...

oh, those guys again... great

well, now they're going to Palestine and find the crypt of tears (OMG IT'S THE NAME OF THE MOVIE)

"I just hope she doesn't fly like she drives"

"I HEARD THAT!"

they are so married

oh, it's a mercenary... well, we're getting of quickly then

bombastic side eye

woman, why are you so hot?

Jack, she just wanted to take the gun, don't worry...

and now they have no guidance, great-

Phryne, we both know how it ends

steps on quicksand

"JaCK, I NEED YOUR HELP!"

Jack continues to not give a fuck after their arguing

"IT'S QUICKSAND"

Jack proceeds to run into her

"I'm not losing you like this, not after all the stupid ways I've nearly lost you."

"WHAT STUPID WAYS?"

Phryne, we both know which stupid ways

not saying a thing, just admiring

ok, they found one of the points of the map, they just need to connect all and boom: entrance found

damn, nice crypt

lesson of the day: don't ever trust "british" man

and it wasn't an accident, YOU MURDERED A VILLAGE AND DOOMED THAT GIRL'S LIFE, THAT IS NOT CALLED AN ACCIDENT

and of course the butler was part of this, and jonathon's father!? Ok...

he thinks he's cursed, blames everything on himself, and wants to die there so he can be free and find forgiveness from the people of the village... I hope you have found forgiveness jonathon, and that your father is going to suffer forever

goodbye sharim, we're all hoping you can motivate many other young girls and women with your spirit

Yeah, trying to shoot a giant spider is a very Phryne thing

Yay, Jack "killed it"

"It's my only fear, Jack. Apart from spending a long flight with Aunt Prudence"

omg, it's going to happen...

"You're afraid if you fall in love with me, I'll turn you into a policeman's wife and... try to stop you from saving the world." Jack, you are so wrong (except on the marriage part, she would only accept one in her own terms)

"And I don't need to marry. I just need your heart, as god knows you've already got mine"

"Jack, I've already gave you my heart a long time ago."

OMG, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN

"For a detective you don't notice much"

IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED, IT ACTUALLY-

dies in excessive fangirling

THEY FUCKED, THEY FUCKED, THEY ACTUALLY FUCKED!! THE PHRACK SEX IS REAL!!

and it ends with a teaser for a sequel... that atp I think we won't get (hope I am wrong)

well, that was fun, now it's the spin off left (that got cancelled after season 2 of finished-)

[iloveslllycatss]

𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧 + 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙗𝙩𝙞

𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 : 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘻 𝘹 𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣!𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 : 𝘪𝘥𝘬 (i had no ideas for the name bare w me)

✯ miguel loves you, but he doesn’t really care that your arab 😭, not in a ‘idgaf ab ur heritage’ type way but in a ‘why does it matter? id love u either way???’ kinda way yk?

✯ MELTS when you call him ‘habibi’ or ‘3omree’

✯ had the most dazed, lovestruck look on his face once he found out you were arab and had you explain your heritage to him

✯ one time he tried to pronounce the letters خ ح ع…

“is it hhhaa?”

“mig it’s KHa with a KHHHH not hhh” 

“hhhhhhhh”

“omg.”

✯ when he first saw you arabic dance/belly dance.. he FOLDED SO HARD.

✯ could not stop staring at you.

✯ one time he went with you to a wedding right

✯ when he saw u dance……….. his eyes suddenly fell to your hips and never came off…

✯ after u danced he fr felt so bad bc he felt like a perv 😞 

✯ when u got back to your seat the first thing he said was

“amor how did you do that????”

✯ when he met your family�� oh god..

“ولد مكسيكي ؟"

…..

“that means you’re a very nice boy! …انت مجنون"

“thank you, y/ns cousin”

✯ you ended up telling him what it really meant…

✯ hes so sweet though

✯ he has def bought you a necklace with his name on it in arabic.

✯ one time he saw one of those tiktok’s that’s like “cute things to call u arab girlfriend!” and he ended up trusting it…

“y/n listen to me”

“yeah what’s up, mig?”

“youre my cute little khara”

“what.”

✯ HE FR THOUGHT KHARA WAS SOMETHING NICE 😭 

✯ you guys look so good together

✯ in ramadan, he lasted so long.. until a hour before iftar he CHUGGED water 😭 

✯ he was just so thirsty.

✯ but he doesn’t eat or drink around you, he’s respectful about it

✯ in eid celebrations, he didn’t think it’d be THAT CRAZY

✯ he still attended all 2 days though

✯ so yk how he does karate?

✯ he got SO SUPRISED when he saw your arab fighting skills (the wooden stick powers…… the perfect shahata aim….)

✯ gets scared of you when you’re mad and speaking arabic

✯ HES SO INTIMIDATED ITS CRAZY

✯ his favorite arabic food is probably shawarma or like wara2 3nab

✯ he LIVES for your mom and your food

✯ the first time you saw johnny while you were with miguel, it was… interesting

“uh sir excuse me…”

“listen fatima just let me grab this rq”

“sensei that’s racist..”

✯ carmen LOVES you and they fr treat you like family

✯ anyways in conclusion, i love miguel

✯  best boy fr.

@/ilovesillycats

plz don’t copy my work 😞

[mushibashiraas]

djsjxjsj i hope i'm not late?? i probably am. aaaa my own faultcjxjsj [but] i haven't written for my fave disney nrc malewife (/j ily, jamil bbg—) in a while. but i forgot the contest either ends on the 10th?? or submissions close on the 10th aka. i missed the deadline?? aaaaa for submissions to @merotwst 's and @cvlutos 's #jamilsummercontest (here) aaaaaa also was this also an excuse to write for najma/write some najma-jamil brother-sister action? uhhhh looks away. LISTEN. i love them! the crumbs we got of their interactions are still on my mind aaaaaa lastly, am i also using this fic as an opportunity to brainrot about the new spiderverse movie and its album? yes.

mention of the ramshackle prefect (gn!yuu). but it'll mainly be about jamil and najma bc i love his sister almost as much. spoilers for al'ab naariya story, scarabia chapter plot, jamil's backstory, and maybe???? a spoiler for the new spiderverse movie?? if you squint. also really bad arabic.... i tried.... other than that, i present very cute, soft fluffy letters between reader and jamil detailing their lives apart during summer break (assuming the scalding sands' fireworks festival is in the summer. aaaa).

jamil could practically see (name)'s red face as they read his letter briefly written amidst the asim family chaos.

Dearest (Name),

Kalim and Najma were disappointed you couldn't join me this year for Summer break. I actually had to stop him from convincing his father into sending for you personally... Camels, elephants, and all. You're welcome!

Despite that, they wish you all well. My mother is insisting I return to NRC after break with some of her homemade shawarma. And please tell Grim that there will be enough for him as well.

The fireworks were beautiful but it wasn't the same without you by my side, ya nujumi. I missed turning to the side and seeing your smiling face, eyes alight with a childlike wonder. My heart swells with remembering that first Al'ab Naariya. You turned back to me urging me to join you and the others to dance.

Najma just asked what I was smiling about. I tried to lie but the smug look on her face told her all she needed to know. She'd like to also say a few words.

Hello, (Name)! My older brother is laying on his bed right now screaming into his pillow. Ya ummi and I are laughing right now; she has never laughed so hard in a long time. Yesterday the Asims gave us the afternoon off to enjoy the bazaar. You should see the haul Jamil brought home for you and Grim. There's— lotliIItLyjkq

Sorry, ya shamsi. Najma does not know what she's talking about. I got them as gifts for her— ljyIL

Jamil is lying! He is so red right now, (Name)! I want to take a picture to send you but he took my phone! So awful, right? Ah, the Asims are calling for us and abina is about to bring out the belt if we don't resume our work soon.

My apologies, ya qamar, but as Najma said, I have to return to work. There are rumors from the other servants that Kalim is "missing." He's probably with the animals in the garden. I will write to you again shortly. You are always in my thoughts, (Name), ya hubi. Make sure to not stay up too late talking to Ace and Deuce. Take your medicine and potions and eat at least two full meals a day (I know you're not a fan of breakfast). Don't forget to drink plenty of water too.

With Love,

Jamil Viper.

he wanted to write more and tell them all about the new stalls selling mouthwatering foods, soft, vibrant, assorted silks, and other painted, colorful wares he saw at the bazaar. he wanted to tell her about the concert he miraculously got tickets to for one of their favorite music artists. there was also the pet parrot his parents finally let him get! it had to stay on the asims' property. but kalim said he'd personally look after iago for jamil.

there was also a new playlist he made the other night after coming home from a movie he and his sister went to see. jamil lays in bed thinking of his sister's latest fictional crush and thinking of all the things he'd do to keep his girl and her father while living his best life doing what he loved. jamil wished that were him. he wished he could have (name) by his side, still please his family, and see the world. he wanted to learn about the magic and cultures of other lands in twisted wonderland.

wishes and reality are two separate things, though. and the chance of them intersecting and wishes becoming reality was slim. for now, though, he was content and letting things be. he'll find kalim, drag him to his next meeting with possible mergers and other clients, read the evening itinerary to kalim, go home, help with dinner, wash and dry najma's hair for her, bathe, and go to bed.

....that was the original plan. however, najma must have thought it funny to hide his headphones after she finished her chores and homework.

"what are you looking for, brother?"

jamil glared at the girl leaning against his door frame as he rifled through the belongings on his desk. "you know exactly what i am looking for. drop the act, najma!"

"not until you write another letter to (name)." she grinned and crossed her arms over her chest, straightening her posture.

"huh?!" he stuttered.

"it was written all over your face. you wanted to write and tell them more about everything that you saw and experienced yesterday and today. ever since you came home from school with your friends and (name), you've changed. mom and dad haven't stopped talking about it; they think i went to bed but i can hear them. they aren't as quiet as they think." the younger sister laughed at jamil's stunned face. "you don't know all this since you sleep like that one princess in those fae tales. i've caught you snoring a few times, actually. wanna hear it? i can show you if you don't believe m—"

jamil grabs najma's phone again before she can pull up the videos. "just—! give me back my headphones. and i'll write to (name)."

"nah," najma shrugged and walked off. "letter first. mom and dad are out finishing up some business with kalim's parents in their estate. you can blast your music all you want."

groaning in exasperation, he still couldn't deny that he'd rather have sent (name) a proper letter rather than the one he mailed earlier that afternoon.

normally, he and (name) would text each other or call. but one magic carpet ride after a rough exam, they told him about how they used to write letters to their childhood friends whenever they'd change schools. so the first time jamil and (name)'s other night raven college friends went home for holiday break, he started writing letters to them. and ever since that sweet, thoughtful surprise, whenever they were apart, jamil'd write letters to them while they'd send back recipe cards with handwritten notes featuring the story behind each food. sometimes they'd drop details about their family back home or include tiny magic trinkets or bits of stationary sold at sam's shop. a note and a smiley face tied around each item: "saw this and thought of you, ya qamar. ;p"

bringing himself back to reality, jamil sat down and began another letter. with this one, though, he made sure not to leave out a single detail of his day. softly he smiled as he included lines from old poets and added in folded star maps, photos of a dog he saw sitting outside a cafe, a tea bag from the little old lady next door. but this time — instead of signing off with a simple "With Love" like his last letter — he penned a lyric from their favorite song, nodding his head to the music as it played from his speakers.

"Your my star, hubi. My one light. We gon' link up, just like the rumors."

Jamil Viper.

VOCAB:

ya shamsi: my sun

ya qamar: my moon

ya nujumi: my stars

hubi/ya hubi: love/my love

ya ummi: my mother

abina: our father

— is2g if i got the arabic vocab wrong, i am going to cry. @softbajis djsjsj idk if this is right or notdjdjdj i am so upset. oh well....?

[pickaletter]

I, ي, or И

Personal opinion:

I is kinda mid. It needs more pizazz. But in an English perspective, I is a very important word we use everyday so I has that atleast.

И is frigging cool. Looks like a very badass symbol to me.

What I like the most is ي. It has the shape of a cute duck and it's very adorable. I might be a bit biased since I live in an Arab speaking country(I am an expat tho) and some of the coolest people I met were Arab.

[words-for-cat-bracket]

round 3 - week 4 - 2 of 4

brought to you by: samurai

قطة (arabic) vs mačka (slovak)

info and propawganda under the cut!

قطة (qiṭṭa) /qitˤ.tˤa/

You can write the word in such a way that the letters form a cat shape (Google it if you don't believe me)

mačka /ˈmat͡ʃka/

Just a little kitty,,,,just a little cat,,,,,also this is the word for cat in like 5 different languages so it’s diverse

It sounds cute and it rhymes with "omáčka", which means "sauce" and sauce is good

its like. one of the most words ever. also its used to mean cat in so many languages ok. like. you learn this. you can point out a cat in so many languages. also the pronounciation is very fun. i dont really know how to propoganda this but you gotta believe me this is easily one of the best words for cat. mačka. good word.a

[dodscans]

Hello, tysm for your work translating DoD! I have a question about chapter 68 - when Suleiman says Hurrem sent him poems again in the letter, he comments that she's "much better at this than me." Do you know if "this" is referring to Hurrem being better at composing poems than him, Hurrem being more consistent about sending him poems than he is with her, or something else? Thanks!

Hi anon. Sorry for the late response (because work has been killing me).

When he says that in chapter 68, he means that she's a better poet than him. Actually, Suleiman dabbled in poetry himself and has his own diwan. That's really cool. The Latinized version of his diwan can be found here. I'm not at all knowledgeable about classical Turkish poetry, so my comments are probably bullshit, but from what I gather, Suleiman was quite an accomplished poet. To a modern, ignorant reader like myself, his poems reeks of simping. Well, based on what I've learned in high school about classical poetry, it is indeed about simping about an idealized "beloved" in the most exquisite way, and Suleiman follows this trend. They don't have to mean what they say, because that is how poetry is supposed to be written. But knowing that all those flattery could have been written for Hürrem makes all the difference. Join the squeal party, fangirls!

So, him saying that Hürrem is better at poetry than him shows that she's quite well-read and intelligent, and has the respect of another fellow poet. And I'd like to emphasize that classical Turkish poetry wasn't just about saying pretty things; you had certain metres to follow, and say what you wanted to say in those meters with the fanciest mix of Persian/Arabic/Turkish vocabulary. I, for one, fail to understand those without the excessive use of a Ottoman-modern Turkish dictionary.

On an unrelated note, I have read some of her letters to Suleiman we still have today, and she sounds too cute! I can't tell if that's how palace people spoke at the time, or if it was her actual accent, but reading her letters about how much she misses and is worried about Suleiman make me go "awww..." While a considerable amount of letters were written by the Harem ladies' scribes, they say there's evidence that Hürrem wrote hers herself. Domestic Hürrem and Suleiman ftw!

Actually, thank you for this question. I need to revisit her letters sometime, some of which are compiled in this book.

tl;dr: Hürrem is a scholar and an intellectual.

[hanafubukki]

Hihi, how was your day? :3

I'm actually reading everything from the start, despite already having watched the anime. So far, the traces are so beautiful that I'm mesmerized ~ Jinshi and Maomao are so cute too, can't wait for the moment where they got together bcs obviously they're going to get together at some point hehe

For the infodump part I'm kind of forgetting to sent to you since last week:

Brazil is a mixed-race country due to its history of colonization, immigration, and interaction among different ethnic groups. Since the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500, there has been extensive mixing between Europeans, Indigenous peoples, and Africans, resulting in a diverse population. The initial interethnic relationships between Portuguese colonizers and Indigenous peoples led to the emergence of "mestizos", though this term isn't used anymore due to its derogatory meaning, and the arrival of African slaves added new cultural and genetic elements to the Brazilian population.

With the abolition of slavery in 1888, Brazil received immigrants from various parts of the world, including Europeans, Arabs, and Japanese, who also mixed with the existing population. This ongoing miscegenation over the centuries has made Brazil a country with a wide diversity of skin tones, physical features, and cultural identities. The absence of racial segregation laws also contributed to more common interethnic relationships in Brazil compared to other countries.

Despite the miscegenation, Brazil still faces challenges related to racial and social inequality. The history of mixing did not completely eliminate the racial hierarchies established during the colonial period, and Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous groups continue to face discrimination and disparities in various areas. Thus, while miscegenation has shaped the Brazilian national identity, issues of racial equality still need to be addressed.

This all for me to say that the japanese folk have an entire district where they live, called Liberdade (If translate to the letter, it means Freedom, which I think it's a very funny name). It is the largest enclave of Japanese immigration and community in the city, which, in turn, hosts the largest Japanese community in the world outside of Japan itself.

Hello Lorkai 🫂🌺💞

My day was good 🙏💞 thankfully it was a little cooler so I’m happy for that.

I can’t wait either! I wonder how Jinshi will do it? Maybe with a rare plant or poison? Momo is pretty stubborn and block headed so I want to see how that’s broken lmao

I also want to see how status will be affected, I mean her bio father does have a high position so that helps 👀 and then the whole escape of the villain too, I’m curious about.

Thank you so much for sharing about your country Lorkai, it is such an interesting read.

The lack of segregation and how that boosted relationships between people was really nice to read, so many places can learn from that.

It’s unfortunate about the inequality though, so many countries face that issues still, but it seems Brazil is handling it better? Hopefully it gets more in a positive light in the future and people can live more harmoniously. 🙏

Wow! That’s interesting! I didn’t know that about Brazil having the largest Japanese community outside of Japan. That’s so cool?!

Oh 🤔 could this be part of the reason why DBZ is so popular in Brazil? I remember reading that there was a stadium showing the movie and episode when new content came out?

With all these ethnicities, what kind of languages do they offer to learn in schools? Here we have Spanish and French in most secondary schools, with the option of other languages in higher education 🤔

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a bit abt me !! : my main fandoms are the dragon prince (tdp), marauders (fuck jkr) and she-ra !! I love basketball, writing fics, reading, being a big nerd 🤓, baking, listening to music, and doing aesthetic stuff !! my fav colour is purple, and pleaseeeee give me book and fic recs I'll love you forever ♡

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Fics <3

➥ Lily and the Princesses of Power (ongoing). She-ra au, marylily fic, background ships as well. Lily escapes from the Death Eaters leaving Mary behind. 6/? Chapters ♡ On haitus sorry guys but I might update soon! Just have big writers block for this and I feel super bad for not updating :(

➥ Back at that Party (finished). Canon AU, marylily fic, background dorlene. Mary & Lily have a disagreement at a party and forced to sort it out together. 1/1 Chapter ♡

➥ Good Luck Babe! (finished). Canon AU, Lily x Narcissa wedding fic, end game narcissa x lucuis. Lily gets invited to Narcissa's wedding, and warns her about what could happen to her, and then dies a couple of years later. Main Character Death, 1/1 Chapter (based on Good Luck Babe! by Chappell Roan) ♡ (tumblr link)

➥ Burning Stars (finished). Canon AU, Bellatrix x Alice fic talking about their relationship in Hogwarts and how it ended. very angsty, hurt no comfort. 1/1 chapter ♡ (tumblr link)

➥ Strawberry Mentos (finished). Modern AU, marylily fic based on 'strawberry mentos'. Short and pretty cute and sweet. Getting Together fic. 1/1 chapter ♡ (tumblr link)

➥ Letters to A Happier Life (finished). after war AU, marylily. Lily is already dead, and Mary discovers their old letters after she obvliated herself. 1/1 chapter ♡ (tumblr link)

luv u guys !! dividers are by @cafekitsune and images are from pinterest ♡

[idontmindifuforgetme]

Do you have tattoos/ Do you want to have tattoos someday?

I don’t have permanent tattoos, but i just got henna tattoos on my hands for the first time ever! I have a sun + crescent + planet + heart + evil eye symbol on a finger each, and the names of my mom + gma + sister in Arabic letters on a finger each (adorned with cute leaf decorations). I also have really pretty spiral symbols on the rest of my fingers. These are gonna last me like 3 weeks, and I plan to get them touched up once I’m back in the states. Tldr atm I do love the idea of being tatted, but I’m not ready to commit to permanent tattoos just yet. So henna tats are a good middle ground for me whenever I feel like switching it up!

[ramrodd]

Did the Gospels Plagiarize Homer?

COMMENTARY:

''​ '@fluffysheap replied to Tom Wilson's comment, to wit: Adding Robyn "The gospels are nothing but a literary pissing contest" Walsh to the equation does not really help your case Tom Wilson replied:   @fluffysheap   Dear Shit for Brains (you don't mind if I call you by your family name, do you?) Il not adding Robyn Walsh to my case, My case is that the Gospels can shed a great deal of light on the commentaries, I don't need her, although she's cute as a bug,/ i'm endorsing the direction that the scholarship of Dennis MacDonald, Walsh and, especially, Dr. Molly Worthen is taking in breaking through the glass ceiling of ignorance imposed by the Marxist construct of Bale Martin's critical historic mehtod of the Post Modern Historic Deconstruction. The fact that Walsh's assertion that the Gosples are the product of an editorial committed engaged in a litarary project is a novel idea only begins to suggest the intellectual poverty of eerything associated with the actual pissing contest between the apostasy lobby of Bart "Giggles" Ehrman, Jeimmy Tabor, John Dominic Crossan and the whoe Jesus Seminar rebellion agains the Pro-Life solo scriptura salvation gosple of the Proud Boy Calvanism of the Born Again evanglical heresy of Campus Crusade for Christ. not to mention the Dumb Ass demographic of Joe Rogan and all things Project 2025/Christian Nationalism, My only advice to Dennis Macdonald is to shift his Homeric focus from Mark to Luke,, Macdonald points out that the Iliad and the Odyssey have 24 chapters to reflect the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet. The Gospel of Luje likewise has 24 chapters and it is clear that Luke is channeling Homer, expecially with the Parable of the Prodigal Son, What is more interesting to me is that both Matthew and Acts have the same number of chapters as the Arabic alphabet of the Koran and anticipate Khadijah, the Christian mother/love/wife of Mohammad and his Witch of Endor who opened the contact between Garil and is the midwife of Islam, All the versification, the numbers of the chapters and verses we currently use, are the prodcut of the working relationship betwen the Holy Spirit and ? Robert Estiennem the type-setter who added the Arabic numbers to the canon, The numerology of the Bible is the playground of the Holy Spirit and my authority for my endorsement of Dennis MacDonald, Robyn "Foxy" walsh and Molly Worthen, MacDonald has misunderstood the purpose of the Gospel of Mark, which was composed by Cornelius after his encounter with Peter in Acts 10, As a genre, the Gospel of Mark is a Roman military intelligence appreciation that expands on Pilate's euangelion to Tiberius that Tertullian cites in Book V of his Apology, The Gospel of Mark has more in common with Caesar's Commentaries of that age and the psychological profiling of Criminal Minds of the presnt day, J ohn Mark did not compose the Gospel of Mark in Rome in 70 CE: it was composed by Cornelius in Jusea between 37 CE and 41 CE and onveyed by Latin authograph to Theophilus in Rome as part of the reaserch that went into the stoci Christian manifesto of Hebrews.   John Mark is part of the editorial committee that shaped the Gospels of the canon, and he contributed the testimony about the Passion of Jesus in the Garden: John Mark was the Beloved Disciple (which can be better understood as a mascot of Jesus and the Disciples_=) and he is the author of The Gosple of John which is the memoir of Saint Mark of Alexandria of his time with Jesus from 12 years old in his Bar Mitzvah year to 15, He is the Rich Young Ruler who wants to join Team Jeus as a legitmate player and he composed the Gosple of John to be a companion narrative to the Gospel of Mark,  The combination fulfilles the prophecy of Daniel 7:19, accroding to the numrology which is ignored by the Marxist protocols of Sale Martin's critical historic method. Molly Worthen's epiphany regarding the legitmacy of the eye witness testimony of Resurrection is a true Born Again process she has recorded. What she did is what Jesus is trying to explain to Nicodemus in John 3. Cicodemus was John Marks proctor during his Bar Mitzvah process. I don't give a shit about the Christianity or Apostasy on either side of this Marxist axis: I am offended by the subordination of the literature of the Bible to history, which is a subordiant gengre of narrative, Historican cannot tell you the influence Aristotle had on Alexander the Great, but the preamble to the Gospel of John is the consequence of the direct epistemological product of that relationship. It's all in the literature which you cnalt find in the shit of the latrines of Wumran of history,