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UNDEAD/DEATH ID PACK 4 ANON !
names : grave , morgan , morganna , victor , edward , morticia , ambrosia , priscill , valentine , kilian , nox , casper , plague , myrtle , bones , perseus , mara , damion , ciaran , grim , thorn , lurk , maggot , vamp , brains , angel , marion(nette) , claud(ia)
pronouns : gore / goreself , grave / graveself , zomb / zombself , fang / fangself , brain / brainself , rot / rotten , morbid / morbidself , death / deathself , vamp / vampself , holy / holyself , decay / decayself , reap / reapers , thy / thyself
titles : rotting (zombie/corpse) , (prns) who is rotting , graveyard keeper , risen from the grave , #1 bloodsucker , #1 brain eater , morgue dweller , (prns) who lives in a coffin , the undead , ghost of ____
identities : felimortic , ghouldogial , royalvampic , vampfem , vampneu , vampmasc , zombin , aldercormangic , genderverval
#🍕 * . id pack / name / prns / etc.#🍕 * . order up !#id pack#undead id pack#zombies#vampires#kin help#kin blog#request blog#death#death id pack#anon request
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┣▇▇▇═─ DEAD LiLAC iD PACK 〰️
🪻 ︵︵ REQUESTED BY ANON ᶻ 𝗓
🪻 ︵︵ TAGGiNG @id-pack-archive ᶻ 𝗓
✙ ︵︵ SYSTEM NAMES : the dead lilac system/collective/etc. , the decaying daisies (system/collective/etc.) , the rotting roses (system/collective/etc.) , the deteriorating daisies (system/collective/etc.) , the forgotten flora (system/collective/etc.) , the withering wildflowers (system/collective/etc.) , the putrid poppies (system/collective/etc.)
✙ ︵︵ NAMES : lilac , deathe¹ , deathette¹ , deathesse , villainesse¹ , lilith¹ , scythe¹ , scythette¹ , scythesse , persephone , desdemona , dolores , lola , lorelei , morticia¹ , ares , charon , mort , pluto , hades , apollo , blake , cole , darcie , onyx , noir(e)
¹ names that certain alters of the darling stars use
✙ ︵︵ PRONOUNS : lilac lilacs , death deaths , dull dulls , null nulls , void voids , noir noirs , scythe scythes , mort morts , plague plagues , grave graves , coffin coffins , corpse corpses , decay decays , rot rots , bone bones , skull skulls , flesh fleshs , 🥀 🥀s , 💀 💀s , ☠️ ☠️s , ⚰️ ⚰️s , 🪦 🪦s , 👻 👻s
✙ ︵︵ USERNAMES : lilacskulls , lilacgrave(yard) , decayingdaisy , rottingrose , deterioratingdaisy , forgottenflora , witheringwildflower , putridpoppy
✙ ︵︵ TiTLES : the dead lilac , the lilac graveyard , the protector of the lilac graveyard , the decaying daisy , the rotting rose , the deteriorating daisy , the forgotten flora , the withering wildflower , the putrid poppy
✙ ︵︵ LABELS : death system , rot system
✙ ︵︵ GENDER SYSTEMS : genderscythe , gendergrave
✙ ︵︵ GENDERS : lilacgender , mellowlunic , deadgender , deathgender , cemeflowian , morieous , moricrow , sweetwistin , deathcute
[PT: dead lilac id pack. requested by anon. tagging id-pack-archive. system names. names. pronouns. usernames. titles. labels. gender systems. genders. /END PT]
#— ꒰ completed ꒱#id pack#snpt#nput#npt#system names#names#pronouns#usernames#users#titles#labels#gender systems#xenogenders#dead lilac#dead#lilac#death#flower#flowers
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God of death ID pack :
Names —
Necro , Necrom , Grim , Grime , Reaper , Wrath , Derrie , Obli , Dero , Demi , Narr , Than , Achlie , Rot , Morgan , Azreal , Nerko , Divinity , Asaka , Dearil , Deal , Desdemona , Morticia , Mortimer , Mot .
Pronouns —
Death/deaths , God/death , Divine/divines , Decease/deceased , Dem/demise , Dying/dyings , loss/life , Repose/reposes , Divine/death , Grim/reaper , after/death , Divine/passing , Control/death .
Titles —
God of death (duh) , [prn] who controls death , [prn] who waits , The unavoidable , The inevitable , Divine deathly being , The divine passing , [prn] who causes demise , The deceased god , The divine loss of life , [prn] who meets all at the end .
Genders —
Godsmercyquoteic , Decaygod , Deathhungrix , Deathbodiment , Arcanjodeian , Equimort , Mortetheosaeon , Moreusai , Rotdivine , Goddeathic , Divinedeath , Decayemsoul
#❦ dreambee requests#endos dni#requested#requests#request#id pack#god of death id pack#names#pronouns#titles#genders#god of death
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⠀Death Note Themed ID Pack ! ⠀꒱
System names : The Notebook Collective ,, The Sour Apple Orchard ,, Bloody Pages Collective ,, The Influence(d) System ,, The Possessed Writer(s)
Names : Umbra ,, Raven ,, Ebony ,, Shade ,, Shadow ,, Lilith ,, Belial ,, Crimson ,, Scarlet ,, Hex ,, Nyx
Pronouns : In / Ink ,, Note / Notes ,, Note / Notebook ,, Ap / Apple ,, Dea / Death ,, Xe / Xer ,, Rot / Rots ,, Book / Books ,, 🍎 / 🍎 ,, 📕 / 📕 ,, 💀 / 💀 ,, ⚰️ / ⚰️ ,, ✒️ / ✒️ ,, 🥀 / 🥀
Genders : Corpsegender ,, Cryptidgender ,, Demon gender ,, Vampiregender ,, Rotgender ,, Evilgender ,, Quilgender ,, Gorecoric
Titles : The Possessed One ,, The Writer ,, The Notebook Killer ,, Apple Picker ,, The Blood Dropped ,, The Broken Pen ,, Dead Thing
F2U ꪆ W / WO credits / ♡ / reblog if wanted
Note ⸝⸝ all genders can be found on wiki .
#03 ˎ requests ˊ#death note#id pack#name suggestions#pronouns#genders#title suggestions#request#reqs open#names pronouns titles#system stuff
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& who asked you two to stand so close???
#pressure test is always gonna be one of my fav thiam episodes cuz like#theo is being so protective but trying to hide it behind pissing liam off at the same time hes trying to be a realist to his idealist#and convince him to take care of himself first before other people 😭#me when i swear not to save my enemy but decide id rather face death for him multiple times than see him hurt by anyone including himself#IDIOT#theo positioning himself between monroe and liam when they leave the station . that marking the beginning of the 6b streak +#where they keep getting paired off together and learn how to work as a team#they were def attached at the hip the entire time the pack was in hiding the same way scalia and morey were#like… leaving the station. at the zoo. driving back to town together. theo following him to the school. waiting under that night to tell +#scott about what they found. and then they were both grumpy about getting split up during genotype like they havent been living in each +#others pockets for who knows how long atp …. they are so .#jeff davis you will pay for not showing me all of the bonding that happened during this time. I HATE YOU!#thiam#theo raeken#liam dunbar#theo raeken x liam dunbar#theo raeken/liam dunbar#theo x liam#theo/liam#6.15 pressure test#6.17 werewolves of london#teen wolf
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Considering the. Ahem. Ways this year has gone, I've not been thinking about it all that much, but. I did start this year with the motto of Year Of Unfucking My Life. With a few goals involved in that.
I got an official adhd diagnosis, as well as a diagnosis for PCOS. Other diagnoses in progress. Gotten adhd meds and birth control to regulate periods. I've gone back to school and I'm keeping up with it better than ever before. I've even been working on practicing driving, something I've been largely neglecting since I first got my driving permit, um... 11 years ago...
I just need to actually Get my license. And I need to get it before the end of the year. If I can accomplish that, then I'll say the Year Of Unfucking My Life was successful.
#speculation nation#i had some pretty major negative And positive influences for this goal of mine.#primary negative influence of course being my dad abruptly dying.#but that also led to the primary positive influence of the life insurance payout that's letting me just focus on school for my final year.#it's like a monkey's paw curl kind of moment. i got a genuinely astounding amount of money#more than enough to live off for a year+ and pay off the rest of my schooling.#with this i have finally exited the purgatory of part time school full time work to pay my way through school#a setup that led to endless stress (both physically and mentally) and suffering grades.#failing some classes and taking longer bc part time Anyways. locking me into years and years of this perpetual fucking Hell.#ive escaped it. school is so so so much more manageable when i dont have to work a job. im actually keeping up with my assignments.#for once theres no uncertainty about passing any of my classes. i Will pass them all. and i expect As in most if not all of them.#it's been fucking Amazing. everything i couldve wanted. and it came with the low low cost of losing my father when i was only 26.#... 'low' being sarcastic here of course. he was the 2nd worst person i couldve lost in my life. second only to my sister.#the 2nd worst grief i will Ever experience. bc he was my Good parent. hes the very reason i have a future at All.#and losing him fucked me up Severely. im still working on recovering. i kind of figure i always Will be.#thank god id already been taking spring semester off bc that would've been Horrible to go thru while in school.#i honestly probably would've just withdrawn from the semester. theres no Way id have kept up with it#given how damned BUSY those first few weeks after were. between funeral prep and inventorying and packing up his house.#so fucking much involved in settling an estate. and im the lucky one in that my sister's been handling all the legal shit.#so i simultaneously was dealt one of the most severe blows i ever Will be dealt#while also being given probably the biggest boost i'll ever get in my life.#if everything goes well with graduating and getting an IT job then i'll never want for money again.#considering there was a time early last year when i got as low as literally $7 in my bank account. this is a pretty big deal.#it's just... strange. the ways things go in life. this has been a very strange year for me.#just doing my best to use this boost to the best of my ability. even if it feels like im taking advantage of his death.#it's what he wouldve wanted me to do.
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Albatross + Pelican ID Pack
Pt: Albatross + Pelican ID Pack /end pt
Name: Albatross, Alamos, Alba, Albatrus, Birdie, Comus, Fisher, Hunter, Laysan, Molly, Mollymock, Nigel, Occiden, Occidentelis, Oceanus, Pan, Pele, Pelecanidae, Peli, Pelican, Scavenger, Sea, Seabird, Soot, Sooty, Talon, Zeus
Pronouns: bird/birds, alba/albatross, beak/beaks, birb/birbs, carrion/carrions, fish/fishs, fli/flight, flight/flights, mine/mines, offal/offals, pelican/pelicans, scavenge/scavenges, scavenger/scavengers, sea/bird, seabird/seabirds, soot/soots, wing/wings, 🌊/🌊s, 🌫️/🌫️s, 🍟/🍟s, 🐟/🐟s, 🐠/🐠s, 🐦/🐦s, 🦀/🦀s, 🦐/🦐s, 🦞/🦞s, 🪽/🪽s
Titles: an omen of death / the afterlife, little albatross, little bird, little pelican, prn who flies over seas, prn who flocks, prn who lives in a rookery / brief / pod / squadron, prn who loves the tropics, prn who symbolizes burden / obstacles, the beach-dweller, the bird, the most legendary bird, the opportunistic eater, the seabird, the symbol of burden / obstacles
Genders: Pelicangender, Peliextranic, Genderpelecanus, Birdhoard, Birdsacrific, Birdhoppic, Somnolentusavis, Birdplushgiven, Wingsproutaen, Birdsproutaen, Transoceannex, Calmwavian
Other ids: soot/soots, wing/wings, Misceavian, Bird Otherhearted, Alderavitalon, Birdperspesque, Ocean..?, Oceanbreeziden, Oceanlexiden
Text in bold is: Names, Pronouns, Titles, Genders, and Other ids respectively
All term names are links
Requested by @murderhornetss
Tagging @id-pack-archive
#albatross id pack#pelican id pack#npt ideas#npt#npt blog#npt pack#npt list#name pack#name ideas#name suggestions#pronoun list#pronouns#id pack#i never knew pelicans symbolized death? at least in ancient egypt#same with albatross being a symbol of burdens#with the albatross metaphor#also not important#but the fry emoji is based on that one meme of a small fry being thrown into a pelicans mouth
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✰ L (DEATH NOTE) ID PACK ; requested by @abandonedknowledge !
NAMES ; — Adam , Ari , Atlas , Blanc , Cypher , Detective , Elias , Elle , Evander , Law , Lawrence , Lena , Lyric , Melchior , Noir , Poe , Rival , Sherlock , Vex , Vie , Zeta , Zero
PRONOUNS ; — ae/aem , ciph/cipher , ey/em , ly/lyric , mask/masks , myst/mystery , puzzle/puzzles , rain/rains , sie/hir , sol/solve , sweet/sweets , sxe/hxr , thou/thorn , xy/xyr , ?/?s
LABELS ; — Caffean , Detectivegender , Detective Aroace , Dymalic , Inklexic , Limindream , Noxvir , Obscurumystic , Ouroborn , Paradox Gender , Uncannything
#tema - a gift from cyberspace#the serpent's jaws#the champion's ballad#the two rings#id pack#mogai#mogaiblr#actually mogai#name suggestions#pronoun suggestions#death note#l lawliet#♜ hopefully you like this!! sorry it took a while after the akira request :3
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hii, can we please request a headmate based off misa amane (death note) and jirai kei? maybe with a kind of gloomy theme? thank you!!
Note — Headmates will most likely not form 100% accurate to the template, and any/all information can be changed to fit your system.
(Image 1 — Image 2 — Image 3)
Name(/s) — Misa, Raven, Vesper, Salem
Species — Human, deathkin
Age — 19
System — BAHtive, fictive, symptom holder
3rdp. Pronouns — she/her, it/its, heart/hearts, luv/luvs, fog/fogs, gloom/glooms, ruffle/ruffles, note/notes, death/deaths
2ndp. Pronouns (you/your/yours/yourself) — you/your, gloo/gloomr/gloomrs/gloomself, 🖤/🖤r/🖤rs/🖤rself, #/#r/#rs/#rself
1stp. Pronouns (I/me/my/mine/myself) — I/me, 🫀/🫀e/🫀y/🫀ine/🫀yself, !/m!/m!/m!ne/m!self
Gender — Girlflux + demigirl, vitalssence, amouseica, raunbellnotic
Orientation/Attraction — Bi w/ a preference for men
Other IDs — Heartvesil
(Image 1 — Image 2 — Image 3)
Likes — Being liked, being around people, fashion, sewing, DIY outfit making
Dislikes — Rejection, being completely alone
Aesthetics — Jirai Kei (read warnings at top of linked page), gloomcore, dark paradise
Proxy Options — 🖤🪦/📓💔/🩸🖊️
Extra Notes — Loyal and devout to others, can be a bit careless at times but she means well. Quick to give her trust to people, especially those who have shown her kindness.
#i will add image ids later right now im very tired#headmate | introtive#source | death note#the moon will sing a song... | headmate packs#build a headmate#build an alter#alter creation#headmate creation#headmate pack#alter packs#bah blog#baa blog#pro endo#endo safe
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Gotta admit, your bot rant intrigues me. I definetly agree with what you said and all but it makes curious, how you rewrite the bot plot to make it not as bad as it actually is given the choice? <:) (Also want to take this as oppurtunity to say I love your takes and art by the way!)
First Off: Omg Tysm That's So Sweet of You :]]]] 💕💕💕
Second Off: My Issue With the Bot Situation is I Feel It Squanders the Concept of Bot Being Based On Bow, a Person Who Did Exist and Also is Still Around. S3 Has Several People Who Knew Her, Her Miraculous Return From the Dead Should Raise a Couple of Eyebrows. I'm Not Crazy About Test Tube and Fan Making Her, I Feel Its a Odd They Did This When They Explicitly Learned Not to Project Their Feelings Onto Other Concious Beings Before, and Also I Simply Don't Think Either of Them are This Disrespectful. Both of Them Were on Marshmallow's Team, They (In Theory) Would Know How Much Bow Meant to Her.
S3 Keeps Gesturing At the Theme of a Show Being Dragged Out Long Past When It Should've Finished and I Think Bot Should Be a Thesis Character for This, and I Think the Weird Walkie Talkie Voice Should've Been Responsible for Her Existence. We Don't Know Anything About Walkie Talkie Because She Doesn't Do Anything, if She Did Make Bot That Would Make Sense With Her Whole Goal of Keeping ii Running and it Would Add Some Tension ans Complexity to the Series. How Did She Do This and Why? Are There Other People Involved? Isnt This Horribly Invasive? You Could Still Have Test Tube and Fan Adopt Bot or Whatever Idc But If She Was Made By a Shadowy Faceless Entity Using the Likeness of a Popular Dead Celebrity to Boost Ratings of a New TV Show That Would Say Something Right? There's a Statement Being Made Here, What's the Statement of Test Tube and Fan Making Bot Other Than "We Did Not Learn From the Egg Baby."
#Like Imagine Mephone Finding Out He Worked With Someone Whos Also Doing Some Weird Robot Child Abuse?#Or How ii Contestants Like Paintbrush Who are Very Aware of How Theyre Percieved Would Feel Knowing Theyre Profitable Enough to Bring Back#After Death?#This is Kinda Creepy and Raises a Lot of Questions About the World Outside of the Show and How They Regard the Show Itself#Idk S3 Keeps Forsaking Unique Ideas That Match the Plot and Characters for Cookie Cutter Generic Schlock#Also This is Unrelated Fan Left His Kid#When He Got Eliminated He Didnt Even BOTHER Trynna Get Back#This Guy Left His Fuckin Robot Kid!!! He Told Test Tube He Was Getting a Pack of Smokes and Didnt Come Back!!!!#He Doesnt Deserve to Be in the Found Family Test Tube Was a Single Mother Here Basically#ii negativity#Dreamy.txt#Awseriously and Schoolunchtray Made Good Posts Abour Bot Too Thats Why Im Thinkin Bout Her#It Would Also Make Them Fucking Around Aimlessly On the Island More Interesting Cuz Like#They Dont Know There are Weird Clones of Them#FUCK THE HORRIBLE IMPS IN THE NEWEST EPISODE COULD BE REVEALED TO BE WEIRD LAB MONSTERS OR SOMETHINF!!!#AE LET ME WRITE YOUR FUCKING SHOW I MADE THE DOGASS POKEMON EPISODE LORE RELEVANT!!!!!!#If iii Revealed the Object World at Large Was Like Antiviral Id Forgive It for Everything Its Done to Me#Objective Criticism
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On the one hand I haven't eaten anything today and that's definitely a failure by rehab standards, on the other hand I ate an entire 2000 calories yesterday and if I eat anything right now I think I might throw up. So.
I guess it is what it is. I just want to be a normal person who eats normal amounts of food. Why is that so damn hard?
#i made a joke to my grandma the other day about slowly starving to death#and she said back 'youd think youd be thinner then'#and i know she didn't mean for that to matter to me like it did but like#that's what everyone says#no one ever believes that i simply dont eat#they look at me and they think to themselves#thats someone who must eat a lot who must love food who must get plenty and need to cut back#and it has simply never occurred to someone from looking at me that i fight tooth and fucking nail#just to crack 800 calories a day#never not once not in 15 years but it's been true that long#and its so exhausting to be called a liar to be told i need to be more honest in my food diary to be told to eat better#like bitch if i were eating for me do you think id eat this shit?????#no i eat what i do because im desperately trying to pack in enough calories in a day and i know i physically cant eat enough#if i were eating for me it would be all#carrots and berries and woodland forage shit like some fucking rabbit and id only ever manage like 400 calories a day and id be dead by now#i dunno man i just get so tired i try so hard to do as im told to eat to sleep to shower to take my meds to function but i just#i just can't man#i often think about the fact that im probably just fighting the inevitably institutionalization that has been waiting for me since age 14#but whatever
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Really annoyed that PC's aren't really made with optical disc drives anymore, support of old games and DVDs aside, what am I gonna do the next time I don't have a free flash drive?? I used to use a CD-RW as a makeshift USB when in a pinch and knew that every pc could read it even if it was a tad strange.
#dont get me started on the eventual phaseout of USB A; they better make USB C flash drives or im busting out the adapter#ive made it work on my phone when the sd was full and ill do it again#tetranynous.txt#i know the answer is just chuck it on onedrive (free terabyte from uni)#but i just cant come to terms with the death of physical media#and no im not going to carry around a usb cd drive#(i dont own one) since it sort of defeats the convinience of carrying just a disc that can be read anywhere#and at that point id just get a bulk pack of usbs (esp since i can turn them into bootable media nowadays)#anyways this rant was in part becaude i found 80% of a relatively modern pc thrown out that im gonna try to turn into a cad pc#and the motherboard doesnt have a spot for a cd drive#or multiple expansion slots :|#granted it is one of those itty bitty tiny boards (weird) but like do gamers not put multiple gpus (crossfire) in pcs anymore???#although i guess theres integrated now so they already usually have 2; BUT im gonna one up that with a mere thinkpad#(egpu; can put in the expresscard slot; literally just a desktop gpu and power supply)#anyways unpug-ifying that tiny thing and putting it a proper case with proper airflow and a sick paint job nature is healing
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building a stable for my horses who are currently in horse hell (fenced area with a billion horses) and I GOTTA rememebr what i forgot hold on OK. instead of looking for a black horse im just going to breed the 2 minecraft horses i have until that 4.44% or 40%? chance happens where its a different color that just so happens to
#which will suck because it uses gold and it gold is mildy useful in the modpack BUT ITS OK because. well i dont have to look for a horse#and im not on there anymore because. singleplayer minecraft...#SOON i will finish the stable maybe. IDK what wood to make it out of though. besides what i already put down#i just need to put them in a safe place so that when im running around crazy in the night they dont get shot to death 100 times#I GOT A 3RD TIER HORSE too btw. her name is water#just looking for a Minecra.ft black horse and ill get tier 4s YIPEE!#which is. what this post is about OK#i dont know how to build a stable really.. i dont play minecraft and get very far period#ITS OK because memory has a map and only gets lost sometimes#it would be very regretful to find a black horse in the wild after doing that wacky thing i said id do. i turned off the resource pack to#check what color and it was scary to see my house ugly. but ill keep it on while i build the stable#OK ENOUGH. i need to go take a bath + shower + sleep OH i will put the horse thingy i used to get the horse here#just so theres a picture#OK BYE#memory posts
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i havent been so excited for an ep for a while :D
#txt#lovestruck i knew id love#but like uhhhh#i think last i was hyped for was high school years#growing together / horse ranch / for rent didnt Grab me#but last i was as excited for as i am for life and death...#cottage living probly#(excluding game packs bc werewolves got me hype also)
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BROOKS BRIDGE BOOKS by Gilded-Ghosts
A 30x20 CC-free Art Nouveau bookstore & café. The lot type is set as "library" but could easily be changed to a functioning café by adding in an espresso maker, grinder, etc. (but I specifically included this space on the first floor!)
CC-free (Used EPs/GPs/SPs/Kits listed below the cut)
Placed on a 30x20 lot using the "bb.moveobjects on" cheat
Fully furnished and cluttered two-story interiors
Play-tested for gameplay with no routing issues
GALLERY ID: gildedghosts | DOWNLOAD (Tray Files)
More screenshots below the cut!
Packs Used: Life & Death, Lovestruck, For Rent, Growing Together, High School Years, Cottage Living, Snowy Escape, Discover University, Get Famous, Seasons, Get Together, Werewolves, My Wedding Stories, Realm of Magic, StrangerVille, Parenthood, Vampires, Crystal Creations, Paranormal, Laundry Day, Romantic Garden, Cozy Bistro, Castle Estate, Everyday Clutter, Blooming Rooms
#ts4#ts4 build#my builds#when I tell you that I was consumed by this build for the past couple days...literally couldn't stop building#also we need more Art Nouveau build/buy assets#I was so tempted to use CC for this build lol
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[ID: A decorative orange ceramic plate with a pyramid of green herbs and sesame seeds, topped with deep red sumac and more sesame seeds. End ID]
زعتر فلسطيني / Za'tar falastinia (Palestinian spice blend)
Za'tar (زَعْتَر; also transliterated "za'atar," "zaatar" and "zatar") is the name of a family of culinary herbs; it is also the name of a group of spice blends made by mixing these herbs with varying amounts of olive oil, sumac, salt, roasted sesame seeds, and other spices. Palestinian versions of za'tar often include caraway, aniseed, and roasted wheat alongside generous portions of sumac and sesame seeds. The resulting blend is bold, zesty, and aromatic, with a hint of floral sourness from the sumac, and notes of licorice and anise.
Za'tar is considered by Palestinians to have particular national, political, and personal importance, and exists as a symbol of both Israeli oppression and Palestinian home-making and resistance. Its major components, olive oil and wild thyme, are targeted by the settler state in large part due to their importance to ecology, identity, and trade in Palestine—settlers burn and raze Palestinian farmers' olive trees by the thousands each year. A 1977 Israeli law forbade the harvesting of wild herbs within its claimed borders, with violators of the law risking fines and confiscation, injury, and even death from shootings or land mines; in 2006, za'tar was further restricted, such that even its possession in the West Bank was met with confiscation and fines.
Despite the blanket ban on harvesting wild herbs (none of which are endangered), Arabs are the only ones to be charged and fined for the crime. Samir Naamnih calls the ban an attempt to "starve us out," given that foraging is a major source of food for many Palestinians, and that picking and selling herbs is often the sole form of income for impoverished families. Meanwhile, Israeli farmers have domesticated and farmed za'tar on expropriated Palestinian land, selling it (both the herb and the spice mixture) back to Palestinians, and later marketing it abroad as an "Israeli" blend; they thus profit from the ban on wild harvesting of the herb. This farming model, as well as the double standard regarding harvesting, refer back to an idea that Arabs are a primitive people unfit to own the land, because they did not cultivate or develop it as the settlers did (i.e., did not attempt to recreate a European landscape or European models of agriculture); colonizing and settling the land are cast as justified, and even righteous.
The importance of the ban on foraging goes beyond the economic. Raya Ziada, founder of an acroecology nonprofit based in Ramallah, noted in 2019 that "taking away access to [wild herbs] doesn't just debilitate our economy and compromise what we eat. It's symbolic." Za'tar serves variously as a symbol of Palestinians' connection to the land and to nature; of Israeli colonial dispossession and theft; of the Palestinian home ("It’s a sign of a Palestinian home that has za’tar in it"); and of resistance to the colonial regime, as many Palestinians have continued to forage herbs such as za'tar and akkoub in the decades since the 1977 ban. Resistance to oppression will continue as long as there is oppression.
Palestine Action has called for bail fund donations to aid in their storming, occupying, shutting down, and dismantling of factories and offices owned by Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. Also contact your representatives in the USA, UK, and��Canada.
Ingredients:
Za'tar (Origanum syriacum), 250g once dried (about 4 cups packed)
250g (1 2/3 cup) sesame seeds
170g (3/4 cup) Levantine sumac berries, or ground sumac (Rhus coriaria)
100g (1/2 cup) wheat berries (optional)
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp aniseed (optional)
1/2 Tbsp caraway seeds (optional)
Levantine wild thyme (also known as Bible hyssop, Syrian oregano, and Lebanese oregano) may be purchased dried online. You may also be able to find some dried at a halal grocery store, where it will be labelled "زعتر" (za'tar) and "thym," "thyme," or "oregano." Check to make sure that what you're buying is just the herb and not the prepared mixture, which is also called "زعتر." Also ensure that what you're buying is not a product of Israel.
If you don't have access to Levantine thyme, Greek or Turkish oregano are good substitutes.
Wheat berries are the wheat kernel that is ground to produce flour. They may be available sold as "wheat berries" at a speciality health foods store. They may be omitted, or replaced with pre-ground whole wheat flour.
Instructions:
1. Harvest wild thyme and remove the stems from the leaves. Wash the leaves in a large bowl of water and pat dry; leave in a single layer in the sun for four days or so, until brittle. Skip this step if using pre-dried herbs.
2. Crumble leaves by rubbing them between the palms of your hands until they are very fine. Pass through a sieve or flour sifter into a large bowl, re-crumbling any leaves that are too coarse to get through.
Crumbling between the hands is an older method. You may also use a blender or food processor to grind the leaves.
3. Mix the sifted thyme with a drizzle of olive oil and work it between your hands until incorporated.
4. Briefly toast sumac berries, caraway seeds, and aniseed in a dry skillet over medium heat, then grind them to a fine powder in a mortar and pestle or a spice mill.
5. Toast sesame seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly, until deeply golden brown.
6. (Optional) In a dry skillet on medium-low, toast wheat berries, stirring constantly, until they are deeply golden brown. Grind to a fine powder in a spice mill. If using ground flour, toast on low, stirring constantly, until browned.
Some people in the Levant bring their wheat to a local mill to be ground after toasting, as it produces a finer and more consistent texture.
7. Mix all ingredients together and work between your hands to incorporate.
Store za'tar in an airtight jar at room temperature. Mix with olive oil and use as a dipping sauce with bread.
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