#delmarva peninsula

[zaftigpink]

[reasonschillplace]

No, no, listen, Delaware is the alternate universe US state that Steven Universe lives in.

hold on a fucking second. delaware is a state?? i thought it was a river? or is the river more important than the state? why don't i know this? (i should mention i don't like in america, i'm just confused)

there is delaware (state) and delaware (river) 

both are equally strange

the state is a tiny little cryptid thing

the rive is a monster that spans new york, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. also washington crossed it once and that was like kinda a big deal i guess. like crossing the rubicon in rome.

the state tries to me more important with its “im the first state!!!” bs (seriously its even on the fucking license plates) but we all know. its the river.

[redfish-blu]

I just realized that Steven Universe takes place in New Jersey and Delaware and yeah that checks out.

[herpsandbirds]

Tadpole Madtom (Noturus gyrinus), family Ictaluridae, order Siluriformes, Delmarva Peninsula of the Mid-Atlantic U.S.

This individual was caught as part of a scientific survey, and then released.

photograph by Austin Kaplan

[kas-e]

Summer on the Jetty, Delmarva Peninsula.

[secretglovecompartment]

The bridge-tunnel is cool. 17.6 miles long!! It's also got its own website with a photo gallery

[kleosvarietyblog]

USA PATCH NOTES

-made Wisconsin significantly larger by absorbing several other states into it, as well as giving it most of Michigan

-minnesota is now an independent country

-made missouri much smaller (much of what used to be missouri now belongs to wisconsin)

-resolved v-fighting between utah and wyoming

-split the rest of Michigan between ohio and indiana

-the entire delmarva peninsula is now part of Washington, D.C.

-gave georgia's coastline to south carolina

-further divided the dakotas

-southern montana is now part of southwest dakota

-the alaskan panhandle is now canadian

-3 of the hawaiian islands are now part of mexico

-merged arizona, nevada, and southern california into a single state

-alabama and mississippi's coastlines are now floridian

-oklahoma is now very very long

-eastern texas is now in louisiana

-arkansas is slightly larger

-western texas is part of new mexico

-merged northern california, western oregon, and the entirety of washington into a new state

-eastern oregan is part of idaho

-the idaho panhandle is now a separate state

-rotated the border between virginia and north carolina by 90° (virginia in the east, NC in the west)

-merged kentucky, east tennessee, and the maryland panhandle into west virginia

-merged the rest of maryland as well as most of western new york into Pennsylvania

-merged eastern Massachusetts and all of new hampshire into maine

-merged western massachusetts, new york city, long island, and all of new jersey into vermont

-renamed colorado to squareland

-rhode island is entirely unchanged

[hugthesquids]

So I made a family tree over the DeMayo lineage from Steven's family, since I thought it could be interesting. Here's what we know:

Greg’s family

There are Greg's parents (Mr. and Mrs. DeMayo).

There's Andy DeMayo who is Greg's cousin/Steven's cousin, once removed (the Uncle Andy thing is just a nickname).

There’s Greg's aunt and uncle who owned the barn and loved aviation.

There is also a person that Greg and Andy call "Aunt Deb", however, whether she's actually their aunt or perhaps another cousin situation where her nickname is "Aunt Deb" much like "Uncle Andy" is unknown.

Andy's reveals that the aviation loving pair were his parents in "Gem Harvest", which makes sense given his own love for aviation and affinity for the barn, and the fact that he is one of the only of the DeMayos who thinks highly of the barn and still visits it after everyone split off, and also the fact that he's upset when the gems purposely destroy a plane which his parents taught him how to fly.

Given that both Greg and Andy talk about them in past tense and the fact that Greg just allowed the gems to take over the barn, it's highly likely that Andy's parents are dead.

Andy revealed that his parents were called the Daring DeMayos, meaning that like Greg's parents, one of the pairs of the couple had their last name changed to DeMayo. Given that it had been tradition for women to change their name to their husband's in the US, it's likely that the DeMayo line has been patrilineal so far.

Greg’s mansion-owning uncle

Greg also mentions having an uncle that owned a mansion. It's unknown whether it's the aviation loving uncle or another, but given that Greg was supposed to own the deed to the mansion and Andy who is the direct child to the aviation uncle, it's likely that the mansion-owning uncle is another person. It’s possible that they’re from Greg’s mom’s side of the family (not DeMayos) and not related to Andy and perhaps have a smaller family if the deed would fall to Greg of all people.

However, the context that he mentioned the deed in (ep. Maximum Capacity), it might’ve been a joke. So it’s possible his uncle didn’t sign a deed for him to have, but something Greg jokingly wishes he had.

It’s also possible he doesn’t even have a mansion-owning uncle in the first place if it was just a complete joke based on the context.

Greg’s extended family

Greg seems to have a huge extended family from the DeMayo side, but not only did he fall out with his parents (who he did send a few letters to afterwards), he seems to not make an effort with keeping touch with anyone else in the family given how Andy was surprised with Greg’s new life since he never told him or kept in touch.

Greg mentioned in The Return that if Steven dies, he'll "run fresh out of family" which means he doesn't consider his extended family as "family". Though after Steven makes amends with Andy, he does get involved in Steven’s life.

Andy is proud of the DeMayo name, so it is likely that the core of the family did carry that last name.

DeMayo name origin / ancestry

The name itself, DeMayo, is of Italian origin with other variations being spelled De Majo, De Maio, Di Maio or Di Maggio depending on region and dialects/languages and non-standardization when transcribing names in the past.

So it is possible that the DeMayos are of Italian origin. Given the geographical area where Greg and Greg’s parents live, it seems to align even further.

While the states in SU's world are different, they're still based on their real life counterparts. Steven and Greg live in Delmarva (a state based on the Delmarva peninsula which is comprised of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia), they're close to Empire City (based on New York City), while Greg's parents live in West Keystone (which is likely the equivalent to Pennsylvania which is also known as the Keystone state).

Most Italian immigration into the US happened around the East Coast and mainly concentrated in around New York and surrounding states. And Pennsylvania is one of those states with a high number of people with Italian ancestry.

Also, this is highly speculative, but I wanted to mention it since I found it interesting.

Greg comments that he and his family have a hoarding problem that runs in the family (ep. Space Race). We see this both in himself with his storage, his aviation aunt and uncle who he made that comment about with all the stuff they have in the barn, and his parents that have loads of items in his house and even hold onto Greg's items.

Again, this is highly speculative, but hoarding can come from a poor family background or having having lost a great amount of possessions before.

Since both Greg's parents and his uncle and aunt have this problem, it might stem from Greg and Andy's grandparents’ generation or great grandparents’ generation (or further).

This could possibly hint at when the DeMayo line immigrated to the US, since immigrants often fled from poverty and also often had to give up their possessions back home when making the journey to America.

From the Italian immigration mentioned before, many of them were Southern Italians who were fleeing poverty at the time. While there were different waves of immigration, the great Italian diaspora happened between 1880–1914. This would line up with the speculation I've made.

The surname, DeMayo and its variations, is also more common in Southern Italy, which further lines up with the rest.

[transit-fag]

Are there any plans for the Delmarva peninsula to get any train lines running through it? I’m pretty detected from local news and not by choice lol

Yes actually, the southern terminus is unclear currently but a study was funded yesterday

[darisprites]

So, I just got over some wicked allergies. But before that, I was working for...gosh, what has it been? A few weeks now, on this little project; and now I finally have enough of it put to (metaphorical) paper to comfortably share my work!

In regards to Pokemon ideas, I felt like I was dragging my feet on them a lot, unsure of what I wanted to make with these thoughts I had in my head. But recently, I had a rush of inspiration, knew exactly what aesthetic I wanted to use and what kind of story I wanted to maybe, possibly tell.

I'm not gonna set any crazy expectations or anything, I'd love to be able to make a game, but that's realistically, a lot of work! So, for now I'm keeping this a simple art project. But if it turns into more over time, I'd be plenty happy with that. I just want to be able to take it at my own pace like most things, as to not burn myself out.

So, with all that preamble, I present some new faces(and a returning one) for a project I'm calling Pokemon Fragments!

The concept is a Pokemon region designed more akin to "real life" towns and such, at least in terms of scale. It'd take place in a far smaller region than you're likely used to, that makes up for it's limited locales by changing as the seasons and time progresses. With a focus on the lives of its characters and dealing with some campy and mysterious conflicts that arise in this small, podunk region called Keistan, based off the north-eastern US. Specifically the Keystone area and the Delmarva peninsula. It won't even have a gym league!

I have a fair amount of art done up for this project at this time, but what better place to start than the starters? Enjoy these guys first and foremost, I have more pieces for this scheduled to upload tomorrow; so look forward to it!

[wandering-jana]

The Delmarva Fox Squirrel are a subspecies of the Fox Squirrel that lives in pockets on the Delmarva Peninsula (east coast of Virginia, Delaware, Maryland). Taken at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia:

[lop23015]

I need help getting information about Native American people for a Steven Universe AU I'm producing.

Good evening everyone, my name is Lop, I'm from Brazil so I'm sorry if my English isn't the best, I'm having to use a translator to write this message. I intend to make a Steven Universe AU where the story will take place around 3,800 years ago, a little after the end of the Gem War, the idea is that humans will have a greater participation in the Gem War, because of this Homeworld Gems consider the humans as a major obstacle in the path of Earth's colonization, so after the Diamonds launched their direct attack on Earth, driving most of the Crystal Gem army into corruption, they began a process of persecution and annihilation of all humans on planet Earth. . The story will unfold through this, the idea is to show how human beings are dealing with this genocide that has been damaging them, the consequences that the colonization of the land is bringing to them, it is a really bitter story, which deals with heavy themes, however that needs to be treated. The objective is not just to show the bitterness of experiencing a genocide, on the contrary, the objective is to show the bravery of resisting it, it is to portray a great struggle for liberation, in which humans fight bravely to free themselves and their home. Anyway, after this brief summary I will explain why I need help getting information about the native peoples of North America. The beginning of the story takes place in North America for narrative purposes, more specifically in that region where Beach City is located, which in the real world would be on the Delmarva peninsula. however, it was the Demalvar peninsula 3,800 years ago, well before the beginning of English colonization, that is, at that time there were only natives living in the region. During my research at that time, the natives who lived on the Delmarva peninsula spoke the Algonquian language, and going deeper I met the Lenape tribe, I forgot to mention but the protagonist will be a Native American girl, and I'm taking a lot of inspiration from the culture of the Lenape people. to create the character and his tribe. However, I'm still not sure what I'm doing, because I'm not sure if the Lenape culture is the most suitable to be the protagonist's inspiration, I'm afraid of making a mistake and ending up offending an entire community, so if you have any knowledge about the native people of this region, and commenting will be a great help, and don't be afraid to expose any of my mistakes in this post, I really want to do something right and I will be happy to be corrected if necessary.

[legok9]

The United States according to the Doctor Who episode Dalek:

Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have unified into New England (without Maine)

New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland have unified into New Delmarva

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has been annexed by Canada

[saritawolff]

At 2-3 times larger than red and gray squirrels, the fox squirrel is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. So named for it’s long bushy tail which can be up to 15 inches long, the fox squirrel has at least 3 distinct color morphs and 10 subspecies. It is not as strong a climber as the smaller, more aggressive gray squirrel, and tends to spend more time on the ground.

Some subspecies of fox squirrel are threatened due to hunting and habitat loss. The Delmarva Fox Squirrel in particular was once widespread across the whole Delmarva Peninsula and ranged as far north as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It was placed on the endangered species list in 1967 after it was found to exist in only 10% of it’s historical range. An effort to restore habitat on public and private lands was put into effect, with Delmarva Fox Squirrels being reintroduced to at least 11 sites. Today, the Delmarva Fox Squirrel can mainly be found in protected areas like Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Because these populations appear to be stable, the Delmarva Fox Squirrel was removed from the Endangered Species List in 2015, but restoration efforts continue in other areas of the Delmarva Peninsula where the fox squirrels once lived.

[girinma]

y’all hear all the Delmarva peninsula (Atlantic) beaches are closed due to someone illegally dumping medical waste in the ocean which has now washed back onshore -_-

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-spotted Sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus), family Centrarchidae, order Perciformes, Delmarva Peninsula of the Mid-Atlantic U.S.

This individual was caught as part of a scientific survey, and then released.

photograph by Austin Kaplan