#crakow

[upthespiralstaircase]

islands by ewitsoe Via Flickr: Krakow, Poland Autumn Early autumn visit to this beautiful city. Plenty of afternoon showers that helped produce so many lovely reflections. I really enjoy this city and although I am fairly close to it, the travel time is excruciatingly slow from Poznan..(400km......8 hours approx). Join me on Erik Witsoe Photography and Behance and Twitterand also Google +

[spadoodle]

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[that1randomnerd]

I'm gonna be weird here

I really hate the "X having y in it is so stupid because it's fantasy" thing

It's fantasy. It's fiction. Authors cannot spoonfeed you every single bit of worldbuilding while you are reading. (FYI OP I may be misinterpreting your original post but also I think adrenaline is a good example of this) Maybe they call it Adrenaline because they know about hormones. Or maybe, even though they don't know about hormones but they know that in situations of extreme stress people get a temporary strength and energy boost and they call that adrenaline

Or maybe, as people in reblogs and comments have said, the author is translating a story that would be the settings language to language that the readers would better understand

Fantasy character: "After the adrenaline wore off..."

Me: This fantasy world has knowledge of the endocrine system!

Fantasy character: "It was a pyrrhic victory..."

Me: This fantasy world had a Pyrrhus I of Epirus!

Fantasy character: "She was dressed in a kind of elvensilk onesie..."

Me: This fantasy world has a Gerber corporation!

[joasnebe]

The Last Of The WintersMomentum Gallery by Ap KunstArt FoundationChrakow Art Week 17th -31st may 2023Participating Artists.Pablo-Martín CórdobaMaciek StępniewskiJoas Sebastian NebeFranciszek AraszkiewiczAlfredo CerritoPiroska HorvathVlad NikorcukAlina PanasenkoSerhii PasichnykBeata Malinowska-PetelenzMaciej SkazaMariusz TwardowskiAnna RzyczniakJohannes Christopher Gérardcurators: Anna Petelenz and Malgorzata Petelenzhttp://apkunstart.org/en/The exhibition is about climate change and  - as the title already suggests - about the disappearance of the fourth season, winter. Invited artists are asked to interpret this issue. The exhibition of the Ap Kunstart Foundation will be part of Cracow Art Festival KRAKERS 2023.The show includes Joas Nebe´s video work Give My Regards To The Alps, a landscape capriccio composed of landscape views shot in Black Forest (Germany) and the Swiss/Italian alps.Film samples:https://joasnebe.art/filmworks/

[coldshrugs]

glamtober #13 - othard

just wanted to use this coat for something because i still haven't gotten the drop lmao. and i don't heal enough to use the healer one! (does anyone else roll on alliance gear just because you don't know when you'll ever see it again?)

items used:

head: shishu gozen kanzashi (dark blue | snow white) body: ivalician oracle's coat (undyeable) hands: emperor's new gloves legs: yanxian hakama of casting (undyed) feet: eastern lady's crakows (undyed)

[valkariel]

Dohn Mheg Fae

Head: Far Eastern Beauty's Hairpin - turquoise green / metallic brass Body: Caller's Himation - turquoise green / lilac purple Hands: Loyal Housemaid's Wristdresses - metallic brass / turquoise green Legs: Woodland Warden's Skirt - lilac purple / turquoise green Feet: Idealized Beckoner's Crakows - turquoise green / metallic brass

Earring: Azeyma's Earrings Neck: The Emperor's New Necklace Wrists: The Emperor's New Bracelet Right Ring: The Emperor's New Ring Left Ring: Dark Horse Champion's Ring of Casting

Main Hand: The Grand Grimoire - gobbiebag brown / turquoise green Off Hand: --

Fashion Accessory: -- Minion: -- Mount: -- Location: Dohn Mheg - Lran Mheg

Shader: Faeberry Bloom

[thirdlotusprince3]

Would you rather

[lilaspose]

glamtober, day 14: ranged

avi’li always makes time to dance with old friends

earring: purple moth orchid earring

chest: palaka top of aiming

legs: etoile bottoms

feet: eastern lord’s crakows

main arm: ruthenium folding fans

[elexolite]

Date: 12/08/2024 [Dexter's Mom]: Random All-Class Glam#6 #Cosplay This Glam is apart of the "Gen#3" Collection (FreeTrial Compatible) Follow for more FFXIV Fashion!

[Parts]: +Unarmed +Head Bandage +Craftsman's Apron +Raptorskin Smithy's Gloves +Linen Tights +Eastern Lady's Crakows

[disciple-of-frost]

Glamtober Day 28 - Sun or Moon 🌙

Weapon: Rakshasa Rod Head: Eastern Lady Errant's Hat Body: Republican Signifer's Chiton Hands: Augmented Lunar Envoy's Gloves of Casting Legs: Ivalician Oracle's Bottoms Feet: Eastern Lady's Crakows Earrings: The Emperor’s New Earrings Necklace: The Emporer’s New Necklace Bracelet: Emperor’s New Bracelet Rings: The Emperor’s New Ring

[kimyoonmiauthor]

I thought it might be fun to list "Best cultures for", imo, BTW, doesn't include SK in most cases.

So using my Anthro degree for something. This is Academic interest. I'm only giving the loose reasons why. I'm not particularly promoting fetishization here. I'm saying, do the research into this specific culture for this specific cultural aspect. rather than blind worship.

Agriculture

Of the three major regions, (West Asia, Southern China-ish, Meso America/Northern South America) hands down, The Americas.

I mean, if you look at the genetics and origin of the potato, that itself is super impressive. Through domestication alone, they managed to make the potato grow in all environments, AND changed the amount of genes the potato has. !@#$ What? Really? And then you have things like Amaranth, corn, squash, beans of different kinds, quinoa, tomatoes which is related to nightshade, which is used more than eggplant worldwide, and Sweet Potatoes which they gave to Polynesians. Also single handedly through the Potato and Sweet Potato saved China, Korea, Ireland, and several other places from famine, thus also helping to end the slavery cycle in Korea, China and Japan. I mean... who are you going to rank the highest in that case?

Second place ranking I have to give to Western Asia. Daaaaamn, you have wheat, oats, barley, sheep, goats, cows, horses (supposedly), pigs. That's pretty impressive.

Third place Southern China—rice production, most of the world's commercial flowers, soybeans, a lot of the fruits including citrus. You also get honey.

Honorable mention to South Asia for Chickens. (Indonesia and India specifically)

Despite this, apples are my favorite fruit. lol I need to eat a Courtland apple please. I can eat them by the bushel.

Sea navigation

Hands down, Polynesians, beats the pants off of everyone else by a nautical league. When you can feel sea currents with your hands, be able to get your people first to the South Pacific from China, and then navigate ALLLLL the way to the Americas and beat Europeans, Yes, definitely they get the crown several times over. I mean... think hard about it. When you memorize stick charts, casually and then don't have them at sea and sometimes your tattoos are only brief reminders, FLOORED.

Make Europeans in the same time period look terrible.

House design

I'm looking at passive solar, specifically rather than aesthetics. For me, this is kinda toss up. Indigenous peoples rocked it pretty hard, especially in the South West US into Mexico region. They were exceptionally good at regulating air flow. But Koreans invented underfloor heating. And Chinese figured out Feng Shui which is just Passive solar+ a bunch of other stuff that's practical. (Such as your bathroom shouldn't be above your kitchen). But I have to admit I also admire some of the Indian Passive solar efforts (subcontinent). This one is hard to decide. But if you're researching, I'd look there.

Gender

My favorite to point to is Bugis people of Indonesia. 5 different genders. Freaking awesome. Of course it's a bit disciplined these days by the government, but it's worth investigating.

As I wrote before East Asian gender systems of the past were often more fluid and flexible and still are compared to European ideologues.

Clothing?

No one has impressed me that much, tbh. It's a pick and choose. I can choose the most impractical, but not the one that wins my heart for inventiveness.

Crakows, though, crack me up every single last time. Especially for the Phallic nature and that they were associated with men. But that's on the impractical list. That's also why I submitted it for review on History Hit's fashion list. I haven't gotten over it since I first saw it, I think it was on a Dan Snow documentary about British kings. I mean look at them and resist laughing your butt off.

Religion

I personally think that real Voudoun is much cooler than what's in the movies, which is really racist 98% of the time. It is a Synchronized religion, and it is Christian-based in some ways, but c'mon, look it up and be impressed.

BTW, I really dislike the conflation of zombies with Voudou, granted as an outsider, since it belongs to Bokor and is a warning against *becoming a slave* not about white people trying to shoot zombies with grey and darker faces because OMG, slave uprising psychology.

Zonbis, are cooler than zombies since it's about overcoming and resisting masters, rather than about masters mass killing their slaves, which is what the later meaning seems to say. Ad Zombie movies are at their best when they symbolically get the original concept and meaning. So like becoming a work drone.

^^ I still have a soft spot for Muism as a Korean, but ya know, Korean. I lean towards liking shamanism, probably because of the historical acceptance of LGBTQIA and disability.

Shamanism is also appealing in some ways because often shamanism says that if everything in your life is going wrong, then that might be a sign of powers or spirits calling to you, rather than saying in the old Christian ideology that you've sinned deeply, so you need to repent.

But this is usually not what people are asking about when they are thinking about religions. They usually want the polytheistic, Jade Emperor, Greek, Roman, Egyptians, Norse route. Or Monotheism. Kinda dull, really. Where are the other types in fiction. I mean, Druids?

Give me some totemism for once.

Government System

Look up Wigan Council. I might also be biased towards it because of Gaya, but it's a way to play with things and also allow for more LGBTQIA royalty. Royalty without autocracy?

Inventions?

Hands down, no doubt, Islamic Empire. I mean, when you have Automatons without electricity, you're winning without question. When your people are inventing surgery, calculating the size of the Earth, allowing women to read, learn and write, inventing the lens, which is the cornerstone of so many inventions, and you got Europe's Bacon by inventing the Scientific Method first, historical crush does't cut it. I mean, when you can calculate a pointed arch, do geometric mosaics with mathematical principles, I am floored beyond reason.

Conclusion

This isn't to say I'm not impressed by specific things from other cultures as well, but this is broad strokes. Vedanta Hinduism, for me, is impressive from India. And I really like the practicality of Hanbok. (Why hanbok over hanfu is a long, long post) And I've raved over kimchi before multiple, multiple times, more than you know (quora... I think I have the most answers and I also answer with the food science of Kimchi down to the bacteria.) BTW, dumplings are damned clever.

What are your favorite culture for specific things from those cultures? Would you choose different cultures for each of these things? If so, why? What impressive things have I missed that have floored you?

[lottiecrabie]

woke up to new pfms. almost died.

sorry to all the heart attacks i gave people (i say with mischief and a little kick of my crakows)

[ggmahougenerator]

Name: "Nightmares Incarnate, Frona-mae!" Symbol: Oak Leaves Hair: Floor-length, straight (1C), Argent Costume: A castle-inspired costume with a cache-coeur top, a choir-boy collar, a tutu, crakowes, and a hair bow Powers: Mind Control Magic Items: a bow and arrows and the Stunning Engine Attack: "Open! Petrifying Jasper Cry!"

[valkariel]

Dawnstrider

Some of you know may know that I adore the Wolfliege and Wolfseye sets for the goat shoes. But I also happen to find the choker tails hilarious as well. I used it for a M4 glam and that set of a series of glamours using the two models of the top.

Head: Neo Kingdom Hat of Casting - regal purple / soot black Body: Wolfliege Coat - regal purple Hands: Republican Signifier's Fingerless Gloves - regal purple Legs: Martial Artist's Slops - regal purple / metallic silver Feet: Augmented Wizard's Crakows - metallic silver

Earring: The Emperor's New Earrings Neck: The Emperor's New Necklace Wrists: The Emperor's New Bracelet Right Ring: The Emperor's New Ring Left Ring: The Emperor's New Ring

Main Hand: Kokuko Rod - plum purple Off Hand: --

Fashion Accessory: -- Minion: -- Mount: -- Location: Faeberry Atelier

Shader: Faeberry Studio

[thirdlotusprince3]

The macaroni wig, panniers, or crakowes. The wig, skirt, or shoes.

Anxiety: The wig, it’s heavy, but with panniers you can get stuck and the crakowes you can’t even run.

Fear: I agree.

Anger: The wig, crakowes how do you walk? There’s no way I can fight in that, what like handstand poking people?

Disgust: The wig is heavy, and the skirt with enough decorating, it could look fancy y’know, and I cannot wear something tiring and heavy if I want to design or rest.

Envy: I agree with Disgust, I don’t want to be drained, I need energy to plan my next outfit, and buy the next new thing.

Nostalgia- My thin bones and achy knees can’t handle that wig. Skirt.

Joy: Neither skirt, nor wig could I frolic in, but the wig looks tiring. I say skirt.

Sadness: I am good with laying down, nothing heavy on my head, so skirt. I don’t really move much anyway

Ennui: Wig. I need to rest my full body on the couch. I considered, crakows, but I don’t want pain just to go to the bathroom.

Embarrassment: Wig

[whattheabcxyz]

2025-01-02

Singapore

HDB resale prices jumped 9.6% in 2024, almost double the 4.9% gain in 2023

Bookings start on 7 Jan for new CNY notes

Man arrested for allegedly slapping 6-year-old boy at Jurong mall playground

Internet

Meta to add AI-generated characters & profiles to Facebook to drive up engagement - another of the 999 reasons to leave FB now & stay away from any of the $hit Fuckerberg Zuckerberg produces

Education

Chan Chun Sing says teacher quality more important than class size - I call absolute BS on this

Fashion

^ A brief history of 14th- & 15th-century footwear - specifically, "crakows" (aka those pointy shoes)

Politics

Myanmar’s war has made it the global crime capital - thanks to civil conflict & the $hitbag military government currently in power, warlords, arms dealers, human traffickers, poachers, drug syndicates, generals wanted by international courts & other human scum have now made Myanmar their base