#but it's not the same and i'm really glad i got to speak arabic for a couple of days and talk north africa music and archeology and cinema

[rapha-reads]

One of my brother's best friend is a Tunisian lesbian, I met her ten years ago and she adored me, asked about me all the, and yesterday and today I got to meet her again and hang out with her and really talk with her, and she's just. Super fun. She's a cinema expert and fan, she's a photographer, she works in archeology, she's a metalhead, she's passionate about TV shows and she's from a city in Tunisia that I've always wanted to visit, and we get to talk Arabic languages, music and cultures together, something that she told me she can't do normally because she doesn't know a lot of Maghrebian people and... Yeah, she's very cool. Very, very cool.

[runawaycarouselhorse]

Idol Densetsu Eriko is simultaneously so good and touching and her uncle is such a sleazebag and prone to megalomaniacal villain laughs. He's the weakest link for his evil laughs. But his villainy is also a very real world villainy and I have known evil people who really do sneer and smile in ways that terrified me even as a child because you could feel the evil... but he's still so unsubtle that it's a wonder other people don't notice his evil laughs more.

Or maybe they're scared of losing their jobs or dead inside, they're in show business, I'unno.

Poor, sweet Eriko... ;O; I'm glad she has Yuki (nice, smart, wise, old maid who won't be as easily deceived by Kousuke.) I love Karasawa too...

The Arabic dub's songs are more sweetly sentimental and related to each character's story in a more obvious way, so I've gotten more attached to the lyrics in the Arabic dub, even if it makes more sense from a story/in-universe perspective for them to be ordinary pop songs, ffff. Nobody's Girl Remi-vibes with Eriko's singing in the Arabic dub...

Added dialogue made me cry in the Arabic dub and then, the original didn't have the same effect, oops. Venus Centre dubs sometimes straight-up elevate shows and improve on aspects that fans almost universally hated or snipped away unnecessary or age-inappropriate bits (like cutting down on the iffy fanservice in Eriko--they didn't have the more sophisticated recolours they do now, so there was a lot of repeating of footage, which made skipped scenes more obvious when they repeated footage where the cut took place, but here, they lengthened the car ride and dialogue before Eriko went to speak to her mother in a coma and it just made the relationship between Eriko and the man who took her in so much sweeter... and sadder!)

A really nice Venus Centre dub change, I remember, was when they changed an uncharacteristic Detective Conan episode's ending from "randomly, there are ghosts in this episode, even though that's not the way this series works" with Ayumi realizing at the end she probably only imagined the missing girl because she wanted to see her... or altering Makoto's dialogue so he doesn't sound victim-blame-y when talking to Sonoko about the danger men pose. He's very traditional and naive (he didn't know what over-the-shoulder clothes were and awkwardly told Sonoko her bra strap was showing in a later chapter with Kid ^^;;;;) and he's got a crush on Sonoko, so him not wanting her to go around in revealing clothes makes perfect sense, but phrasing it like it's her fault if some pervert attacks her was taking all the responsibility off of the perpetrator's shoulders and treating him like some mindless animal. In the Arabic dub, he just warns her about the danger of some weak-willed men and says it's important for girls to learn some form of self-defense because there might not always be someone who can come to their aid...

But yeah, the Venus Centre dubs might go a little censorship-happy to sometimes comical extremes (pigs are just plain not allowed in Venus Centre dubs, which is so random, given there are plenty of animals Muslims don't eat, like any animal with fangs, dogs are also considered unclean because of their saliva breaking ritual purity for prayer, but they can be in the dubs just fine--it's just a No Pigs zone for no apparent reason, fffff, even if they're just... characters you empathize with and are never eaten or anything, poor pigs, like their existence is evil somehow???) and if a show is geared at a younger audience, poof go the romances (with the exception of "and they lived happily ever after" weddings at the end of fairy tales and such, ffff), but for the most part, they're just focused on the life lessons and being age appropriate and have child development experts backing them and it's really, really sweet.

Anyway, I will be sharing caps and gifs when I make them! This show is so sweet and has such an appealing art style and Eriko's a little angel. ;__;

[theorist-influencer-untitled]

1.23.24 Tuesday

8:34 am

In the house now, travelling with Mr Turtle... Thank God, we're done on nesting... Next phase again on Wednesday... It is my off today and will stream later...

Thanks to Boss Sho for the trainings and the rest for being professional. There is no perfect relationship but there is professionalism and being responsible to the situation.

Huh? This tumbler will be dismissed??? That is totally unfair... I will definitely leave Cavite if that happens... I will stay away from human most specially human behind this... According to the post Tumbler will be closed by tomorrow, that is totally unfair... How can I transfer my entries in 1 day?? My details are all important here, angels...

8:49 am

Anyways, I will stream to get dates but I'm really having a hard time to like someone... Liking someone for me it is timing and feelings.

Like the Black American Man that I saw in Conduent from the past days... I told him here and on some classmates then Ray said why didn't you approach him. I said coz it will not work that way... I mean he must reciprocate if he likes me but I told them that man is my type these days on being black...

Why, I like him coz he looks mature and I know he is an adult... He looks very manly... I find him cute when he slightly smiled at me... My past bf's were somewhat same body built or same height. He looks manly that he can protect me... I told Ray, you think that black american man is just here in Conduent? Probably,working here as well... Ray said it is possible coz the vicinity of Conduent is big and it is like a maze... Probably one of the upper leaders or client in Conduent...

From the past months there were so many black american and arab men there in Conduent but just simply working as an agent and one of them is also a big boss... I got this information from ate Wena, one of the securities in Conduent.

Where can I get a Daddy-bf? Someone who can be mutual with me,someone who can accept my ugly situation and someone who is truly into me or likes me... Oh! Daddy,where are you??

9:18 am

Meet Mr Turtle... If I can't find a Daddy-bf then will be with Mr Turtle or Snoopy...

9:54 am

For Daddy....

6:29 pm

Done,eating dinner later night will stream... Will do some task here... Hoping I can set it up easily,oh angels help me...

For Daddy who likes me... Still missing? I'm self-pitying, somehow... But I'm glad I have a job that I need to keep until June and hoping I can save money... I don't know if I can get the regularization, anyways if not I hope I can get in easily again on other call center. Hoping for money and career growth...

I wanna travel and for my son-dog our dog show and vanity. I need to save money...

But for my Daddy who is still missing... Hopefully to meet him, in a lil while...

I need to diet and exercise my abs coz other people in Conduent are exercising in the gym. I have no extra for gym and no time to go to gym, no car as well...

I need to diet.... Will find my Daddy...

6:50 pm

I still have windblow... I want Daddy to know me better that I'm looking for a bf who is tall, black and handsome... But it is hard to find the one I want like last week but I know there will be more Daddies along the way...

It is important to keep a job...

I want black this time,angels... I want someone who can speak English or really american....

6:59 pm

I still have windblow... About Mitch, did she give me a simple battery??? I don't have any guilty emotions on her.

What did Mitch do to me since 2007? A simple battery? Mingling with people???

I'm gonna put here if I like someone like I like someone a black from last week... It is hard for me to like someone...

I feel bitterish coz of my situation... 17 YEARS I feel so ugly and fat and in a lil while I wanna be Manila Girl!

7:22 pm

I feel that something is wrong on Mitch... Why? Why,Mitch?

Why, you have a group? It is a weird windblow... What did she plan on me,that Mitch???

7:34 pm

I want my own crew... I don't want them to change me... Why, Mitch is creating her own group? Is it against me??? I have windblow...

Is Mitch will be an artist there, that I don't know??? Did she give me a simple battery???

7:41 pm

Did Mitch give me a simple battery?

You owe me Mitch... Is she famous somewhere here in Cavite, her own group that they gave me a simple battery??? Am I a victim here?

I don't like the cheap cavitenyos... I don't like their crew that they will make me cheap or they chose Mitch to be their actress here in Cavite? 17 years Mitch... You created a group without me...

8:58 pm

I really wanna be Manila Girl again... I have windblow here in Cavite.

I feel self-pityish.....

[sorenskyhigh]

Ok... this boy in my school that I'm friends with and likes me can speak fucking Korean and it just does something to me. I keep telling myself that 2D boys are better than 3D boys but like I cannot help it (he is from fucking Ireland btw). Anyway, if you get where I'm going with this... Tendou, Aone, Kenma and a character of choice with a spouse who can speak a different language... be creative with the languages queen and go crazy. Also as a scenario :) THANKS BESTIE :)

Ooooo i love this! Yes! I gotchu! Need a reminder of the real good men, FICTIONAL

A s/o Who Speaks Another Language

Includes Tendou Satori, Aone Takanobu, Kozume Kenma, and of course my pick is gonna be Kuroo Tetsurou but just for fun I'm gonna throw in Hanamaki Takahiro

Tendou Satori

Satori loved being in France, the language, like any, was hard to learn. Still, he loved everything about the culture here. You being his language tutor was a big help as well.

Since most all of your conversations were in French, unless you were practicing your Japanese (you wanted to learn it for him), Satori never knew you were fairly fluent in Arabic.

Arabic is one of a few of the most spoken languages in France (next to French of course and contending with Spanish, German and couple of others), so a good many people could speak it but Satori had no idea you could.

The first time he heard you speak it when you were trying to give someone directions.

You both were lounging about in the grass in The Champ de Mars, the Eiffel Tower at your backs.

It was a day off for Satori and he wanted you both to have a fun lunch out. Satori and you had both worked and cooked up a lunch to take with you to eat out in the sunshine.

You both were munching on some food, his long arm around your waist as you leaned into him when a work friend of yours came up to you.

"Hey, y/n, can you give her directions? She's trying to find her hotel I think?"

"Sure," you said, before standing up and engaging her in conversation. Turns out she was trying to find the Pullman hotel, it was known for its great view of the Eiffel Tower.

She was an older women and had no idea how to use her maps on her phone.

You gave her some quick help before she was on her way. Your friend thanked you, telling you they had no idea what to do and were so glad they saw you.

With a goodbye you turned around to join Satori and his eyes were wide in cartoony shock. You chuckle a little.

"What?"

"I didn't know you could speak, well I don't exactly know what language that was but, that was really amazing!" With that he jumped up and wrapped his arms around you , kissing the top of your head incessantly.

"Yeah, there were a lot of people at my old job that couldn't speak French very well so I learned Arabic to help them out."

"Arabic? Is that what that was?" He pulled away to look at you in excitement, his eyebrows shooting to the stars. His smile was wide and ever so slightly crooked.

"Yes," you barely get out through your giggling.

"You sounded so beutiful!" You could practically see the hearts in his eyes as he stared at you.

"Thank you, it's been awhile,-" Satori cut you off before you could dog yourself.

"Oh, my dear Paradise, as always you sound lovely. No matter the language."

He proceeded to quiet your protests of how shit your thought you were in Japanese with a rather passionate kiss.

He always surprised you with these in public. Satori wasn't shy to show affection in public, he just doesn't show it like this much.

You had to stop him when his long fingered and boney hands slowly wrapped themsleves around your ass cheeks.

Aone Takanobu

Nobu never said it, but he loved the German nicknames you gave him.

He truly loved a of them. Like when you call him your Liebling (darling) when you're asking for him to grab you something you can't reach. Then there's Schnucki when he does something cute or sweet, like when he got you something you had been wanting for a long time for your birthday.

All of these and the many more you use are great, but his favorite is when you call him your Knuddelbär. He melts when you refer to him as your cuddly bear.

You tended to use it when, obviously, you two were cuddling. Like tonight. You both were cuddled together in bed, his big, strong arms wrapped around you with his nose firmly planted onto the crown of your head, taking in your scent.

You had your face securely settled into his broad chest. His large heart beating and rumbling through your skull. It was relaxing.

Nobu liked feeling your smaller heart as well. He's such a big guy that, it didn't matter how big you were, he was bigger and absolutely loved it.

You were mostly asleep as you intook a large breath before sighing contentedly. You were barely able to get out a mumbled, "Knuddelbär," before completely passing out.

Nobu was officially awake, his face red as hell, and his mouth stretched into a massive smile as always. He sighed lightly into your scalp as he squeezed his eyes closed.

His arms wrapped around you a little tighter as it always did. His lips barely forming a kiss to place on your head.

Nobu knew he wouldn't be able to sleep for awhile. He just loved it too much.

Kozume Kenma

You played game with Kenma all the time. And he loved it. His absolute favorite thing is when you get angry and start angrily yelling.

You'd always revert to Filipino when you'd get angry. Kenma didn't like seeing you irritated or angry per se. But he did love see you get angry at video games. Of course he wanted to be happy and live happily and comfortably, but he always at the very least, cracked a smile when you'd start angrily yelling about who knows what when something happens in a game.

Like right now. There was a level you both were trying to get through. Kenna kept getting a little behind because he wanted all the extra stuff in the level. You on the other hand were trying to keep the bad guys off his back.

It was always in the same spot. Seven tries now, where you had died and had to restart the level. You were so angry that you kept making smaller and more ridiculous mistakes as you both went on.

Well you had a enough. It started out with gritted teeth mumbles as you about broke your controller from the grip you had on it.

Kenma told you to wait for him but that just angered you more. You wanted to get through this level. Honestly it wasn't even that. You wanted to destroy that mini boss.

The idea consumed your entire being. It needed to be destroyed or you wouldn't be able to sleep or rest.

So you charged forward and were taking it on on your own and, well, you were obliterated, once again.

Your hands shook as you death-grip clenched the controller. Your entire figure was shaking with rage. You were going to explode in three.......two.........one........

Now you were angrily yelling at the game and controller in Filipino. Kenma just sat there, too. Oh-so-calmly was he, with is controller in hand. His back slumped with terri ke posture as his lips lifted ever so slightly into a smile. He tried to hide it, he really did.

Kenma knew all too well what it was like to be in this situation. He had raged on camera definitely more than once for this very same reason.

But he just couldn't help it. You were all worked up and angrily pointing your finger at the screen after you had just as angrily thrown your controller on the couch.

Kenma stood up and very silently pinned your arms against your sides. He looked you straight in the eye for a moment. He liked to see you get angry, but he also knew when you should calm down and relax.

"Puddin'," he said very calmly and quietly. You stopped, smoke practically spewing from your ears. He simply wrapped his arms around you, still holding your arms down. You slowly lifted your arms as much as you could, and hugged him back.

He very lightly kissed you on your cheek before starting to rock you both back and forth. Nothing was said; nothing needed to be said.

Kuroo Tetsurou

Tetsu loved hearing you speak Spanish. He loved learning about the difference in the Spanish spoken in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, and all the others.

You knew so much about the history of the language and how the culture in each country would change that slang so much. He loved when you would go on long tangents about it.

Tetsu especially loved when you sang in Spanish. His absolute favorite thing is when he get home from work absolutely exhausted and he hears you singing away as you're cleaning, making dinner, in the tub, or whatever it is that you're doing.

For example, on this particular evening, you were taking a much needed soak in the tub. Lovely smelling soaps and a couple of candles to give a nice dim light for a nice calm vibe.

Bubbles tickled your chin as you sang away. The noise echoing slightly against the walls around you. It didn't matter whether you had a magnificent voice, an average one, or a terrible one. You were just enjoying the moment.

You heard the front door handle jangle and knew Tetsu was home. You continued to sing as you heard the door open and close. The shuffle of him replacing his shoes with house slippers skitter down the hall to you.

You hear him coming closer, dropping his suitcase and then haphazardly throwing his suit jacket, more than likely on the back of the couch.

You continued to sing as his steps got closer. Then you heard a shuffle at the doorway. You opened your eyes and looked. There stood Kuroo Tetsurou, his black button up shirt stressed across his chest, his tie dangling around his neck.

He stood against the door frame, eyes closed as he listened to you. His eyes looked tired, the same as his small smile.

You continued to sing. You sang and sang until the end of the song. At the end, Tetsu smiled so happily. He opened his hazel/yellow eye to look at you. His smile quirked into a smirk as he took some tired and lazy steps towards you.

He sat himself on the edge of the tub. "Mmmmmm, my Spanish Siren. Trying to sing me a song to pull me under the depths to have her way with me, then leave my carcass for the sharks." He snorted a little at the end as he gave slow loving strokes to your cheek.

You hmmed in satisfaction before oh so calmly saying," Like this?" With that you grabbed his arm and caught him by surprise, making it easy to tug him into the full tub, water splashing out onto the tiled floors. His loud, raucous laughter as well as yours rang throughout your home.

Hanamaki Takahiro

You are his baby, his sweetheart, his lovely. Hiro loved you so much. Everything about you just amazed him. One of the many things that just amazed him, was how you sounded speaking Italian.

The first time he heard you, he was blown away. Your voice was so sexy, not that it wasn't when you spoke Japanese. There was just something about it though that he found incredible.

Hiro would urge you constantly to speak in Italian and even teach him a little. You spoke it so much that he, naturally, picked things up.

He always tells you that him speaking Italian just did not have the same ring to it as you.

"Kah-"

"Kah-"

"Mirrah-"

"Mirrah-"

"Day-"

"Day-"

"Laetto."

"Raetto."

"See, you've almost got it. Camera de letto. Try again." You say. Hiro had been wanting to learn how to say bedroom in Italian. He was having some troubles but he was surprisingly good with learning it though.

He sighed in slight defeat. "I just can't do it like you do, la mia gioia." He loved referring to you as is 'joy' but in Italian.

"Please, just one more time," you encourage him.

"I think i need a little incentive, la mia gioia," he looked at you with a small sly smirk.

You sigh before turning to him, "Quindi vuoi incentivi? Che ne dici se smetto di aiutarti?" (So you want incentives? How about if I stop helping you?)

"Oh, you sound so sexy," you cut him off with a loud laugh.

Im sorry it took so long to get this out! I've been feeling a little better and have been having actual ambition to write and wanted to do my best! Thank you as always for sending in an ask!!

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[your-ace-cousin-clover]

hey, this one's gonna be long, so grab a chair and a snack.

first of all i wanna say thanks for the poetry recommendations! (I'll keep the anti-love poems and postcard from the heartbreak hotel in my back pocket, just in case...) always glad to expand my to-read list! :))

moving on: to be honest, no, i haven't read a lot of eastern poetry - mostly due to my past conviction of "reading translations sucks". but i've read translations of some arabic poems recently and there's sort of a melancholy that sneaks up with it? see, my grandfather on my dad's side is iraqi, but my dad never taught me arabic, so i'm always partly grieving a hypothetical what-could've-been.

anyway, i've checked out some stuff by tagore (& darwish)!

on tagore: i read "gitanjali 35" & loved the line "Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake." feels like a dam bursting open. i rly enjoyed "crossing 16" and "on the seashore" too! idk, but it feels like the last line in tagore's poems is the first breath you take after you finish running a mile? does that make sense?

on darwish: i especially liked passport & he is quiet and so am i! darwish seems like a very storyteller-ish kinda poet? and i like the rhythm of his writing; it's very.... alive? like if i stare at it too long it'll blink.

also, i gotta agree with you on ginsberg! i love, love, love vivid poetry and i used to really want to study film - because writing seemed (to me at least) like it lacked the visual aspect?

to answer your question about siken: you are jeff definitely hits hard, but i think planet of love might be my favorite. it's hard to pick just one, but something about the director/actor dynamic really speaks to me. the certainty of "you know your lines" & "you've memorized it" juxtaposed with the general sense of uncertainty throughout the poem feels very real? its choppy, the sentences are short, "there's a gun in your hand. it feels hot. it feels oily." there's a gun in your hand and each sentence is a bullet wound. and the way it ends! it builds and builds and builds suspense but there's no resolution, it's just tense. it asks whats next? and never answers the question. it just hits the brakes - suddenly you're rigid and frozen in time. it's being trapped in a fraction of a second and "everyone's watching, everyone's curious, everyone's holding their breath." and i didn't always like it, but somewhere along the line i started having panic attacks and it REALLY grew on me lmao

this ask is getting long, so i'm gonna end it here, but thanks again!

P.S.: would you maybe be up for giving me a poetry prompt? i could send you the poem in another ask. (might be fun)

-cat

Cat! :)

First of all, I want to complement your style of describing things. It's so poetic. Tagore like "the first breath you take after you finish running a mile" and Darwish like "very storyteller-ish kinda poet and rhythm of his writing; it's very.... alive". AGHHH, I squealed reading those lines, like what???? That is so fucking raw (Sorry for cursing, but ahhhh). You are poet in the way you just like talk about things.

Also, quick side note, I'm glad that the poems are in your back pocket. Hope you never have to turn to them, due to their nature, but if you ever do, I hope they help.

I'm glad you like Darwish and Tagore. "My father led my country awake" always punches me in the gut. It's so strong and emotive. I sympathise with you about the language barrier. I suck at speaking languages other than English, but I'm not a native english speaker. So even I want to enjoy poetry in languages than English, I have to read the translations which puts a damper on it. But, God bless translations, I love the way you described it in your last post that makes them seem so pure and the fact that someone weighted all these words to convey a human emotion across a pages and across ages is just.. mwah.

Ginsberg is my shit. (Again sorry!) The openings lines of Howl hit my Christian Iconography Yearning, like the vivid imagery..? "angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night," I vibe with that feeling of wanting to reach divinity and holiness with your writing. The raw, exposed nerve of that writing.

And before like I got heavy into poetry, I also felt the same way about how 2d writing can be. But, then you have things that help transcend the page like : slam poetry or hybrid forms which combine writing with more dynamism like choreopoetry. But even within itself, poetry transcends the page, by drawing out emotion and just speaking to you. This was a piece I read a while ago that has performances online and is very acclaimed : "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf." (Although it deals with very heavy topics though so heavy tw)

And I read Planet of Love! The abrupt way it ends just hits you so strongly and absolutely leaves you frozen. Have you read "Wishbone" or "A Primer for Small Weird Loves"? Both hit very strongly as well.

And I'd absolutely love to give you a prompt: "Saint Valentines". Does that work?

[And don't worry about long asks, they are funny to read through and answer :)))) ]

Look forward to hearing from you and reading the poem! Prompt poetry is pretty fun!

[chanstopher]

resending this so i'm really sorry if i miss answering anything from your reply rip jdksdj but hi again dreamy, hope you got better 🥰 it's refreshing looking at someone take it seriously though, most people lightly answer it and, even though i like hearing all kinds of answers, it tell a lot about the person too i believe! i feel like i'd also pick someone who has good survival skills/is a fast learner over someone i'd have to worry about on top of being stranded on an island and thinking about food, shelter communication etc.! then maybe a spare change of clothes? they can be used as bandages, to keep warm if it's chilly/cold & you can alternate between that and what you're wearing instead of sticking to the same set of clothes you arrived in haha as for my final choice, hm... maybe transceivers? something that can help us get in contact with people who can help as i think you can always use wood/leaves/bones as tools/weapons! that is a lovely combination of colours too⏤i immediately imagine a room/interior when people tell me their favourite colour/s and yours is a lovely mainly black/dark grey + whites room with rose gold + slight mustard accents; very elegant & chic! i myself like neutral tones a lot :D but these days i'm into deep greys, muted blues/lilacs and gold! oh and i just saw the languages ask, i must've mixed things up, my bad! but i see, did you learn korean + italian or grasped it/grew up with it? i think english is the only langauage i can say i'm 100% fluent in kdjfdalk but other than that i can speak arabic, enough french and korean to be able to get by if i were to be randomly stranded in the countries, an embarrassingly small bit of chinese despite it being my mother tongue and a teenie tine amount of turkish and swedish. my maternal grandpa knows like 8 languages and he'd speak to us in all of them ever since we were younger so we started understanding a bit of each & my uncle's entire family speaks swedish so we like asking our cousins to speak it 😂 do you like travelling/is there a place you'd like to travel to? oh, and! what's your favourite dessert? - 🌨

oh im glad it came through this time!

most of my apartment is pretty much white and black so you're definitely on to something with your visualization lol i do have a few lighter pinks thrown in but sadly no yellows. most of my decor is like witchy like black cats and moons and things so I don't know how well a lot of color would really work lol

the italian i can speak i learned from my grandfather growing up and i think its starting to leak out of my brain the more i try to stuff korean into it lol korean i've tried to learn through books and videos and things to grasp it so kpop is a little easier to get but i think i have the ability of a like a preschooler lmao so not too helpful but i think i could get myself some basic needs if i was lost in korea fssgd

i havent traveled a lot because its so expensive to go places here, but ive been to disney world before, and nyc a bunch of times. I’d really love to go to australia or new zealand tho! australia has so many sharks and philips island which is supposed to be so cool! and ive been a big lotr nerd forever so new zealand is very big on my list lol

as for dessert im a big cheese cake person and i love tiramisu <3

i cant believe its already almost christmas i feel like we started this so recently!

[hilahorizon]

(This is gonna be a bit long, obviously you don't have to read it I just need to get it off my chest)

I definitely understand that, being Jewish is complicated anywhere and expressing opinions on Israel is even more. But like, you can see where I got the wrong impression from "I DO NOT SEE ISRAEL AS ANYTHING BUT GENOCIDE" and "ABOLISH ISRAEL BURN IT DOWN".

It's just that as a person who probably shares your progressive and leftists ideology, but has live through this conflict my entire life, I hate seeing the discourse on Israel being so oversimplified on both sides. You're right that anti zionism doesn't necessarily mean antisemitism, but also sometimes people use anti zionism as a euphemism for that and also like, not all Zionist are pro the occupation.

I do want to take a moment to make it clear why Israel is not colonial nor is it a dictatorship if you don't mind:

Colonialism, from the Stanford definition "colonialism usually involved the transfer of population to a new territory, where the arrivals lived as permanent settlers while maintaining political allegiance to their country of origin." You can see where this definition doesn't fit, can't you? Jewish people were not transferred here by some empire. They came here, because they were running from persecution or because they loved this country so much they were willing to abandon everything, or both. Or they were already here for thousands of years. We do not have a country of origin. The places we ran from did not consider us loyal to them, the opposite is true. Jews were always considered traitors and foreigners in their own countries. That's why they came here. Not to make a profit or subjugate people. In fact this whole conflict is pretty much Britain's fault but I won't get into that now.

Listen, my great grandfather was born in Romania. When he was 18 (!!) He fucking went on a one way boat to Israel. Alone. Illegally I should add. Because he was just that idealistic. And I'm glad he did that!!! You know why? Because in the next few years his ENTIRE FAMILY were murdered in the holocaust. You can't tell me he was a colonialist.

About the dictatorship thing, It's not like our democracy is the best in the world (and right now it's in danger because Bibi will dismantle the judicial system to save himself from jail) but we do have free and fair elections and like, most basic rights. Freedom of speech right to life and liberty etc you get it. I mean, sure we have lots of things going against it, but so does the US or any other democracy. No democracy is prefect. But saying it's a dictatorship means comparing it to countries like Russia or Iran which it ISN'T. The government isn't arresting protestors like crazy for example. I know because I went to loads of protests recently. And I do feel free to speak my opinion and do that. That's a sign of democracy. But again, all this is for now. This new government could really push this country to a fascist, religious, dictatorship. Which is what I'm afraid of!!! Which is why I'm making this post and talking about it!

Listen, I do not have the same fondness for Israel that my great grandfather had. I want to leave. And I know that if I and people like me leave, the situation will only get worst. But this election feels like the point of no return, not just to me but to many other leftist, lgbtq and Arabic people here.

And I wish I could just do that, but unlike you I don't have a non Israeli passport. I'm too much of an Israeli to have that (thanks great granddad). So it's not that easy for me or my family.

Guess what I'm trying to say is, even if you have done research and talked to people, which I commend you for that is not something most people do when it comes to this place, please consider that the discourse on this issue is so extreme and polarized, and think about your words and if they contribute to that polarization

Love how Judaism is trending but I've not seen a single post talking about how Israel will now be governed by a bunch of fascistic religious zealots.

Fuck Bibi! Fuck Ben Gvir! Fuck everyone who will take away me and my friends' rights in the name of "protecting the Jewish people and homeland"!