#dont know her in Cyprus

[poseidonsbastardson]

If anyone tells you Cyprus is a democratic republic, please laugh in their face.

It's a fucking Junta-esque oligarchy.

[faye-writes-stories]

INTRO POST YEAHHHH

Okay so this is @f4y3w00d5s writing blog, I'll occasionally post short stories (probably unrelated to my main books) and things about characters, plots, subplots etc from my main stories.

CURRENT MAIN WORKS

-Freak Show (and other books in this world. This is where Ben and Faye come from) -The Ghost Story (something I've been working on the sides. Pretty epic. I dont think it will end well. no official title or names, just ideas.) -The Horror Stories (works i started when i was younger, series of short horror stories. Some characters may be reworked to be in main stories. Faye and Ben started out as these.)

You may submit asks to my characters, I will work on getting them pictures and bios on here.

List Of Characters To Ask Things

(Freak Show)

-Asmodeus (main character of Freak Show. half demon. A lot of development in the stories, most of which is planned out)

-Fay (okay you know her. shes my wizardblog person. but this is OG Faye. Some things are a bit different this verision doesnt have an e though)

-Ben (same as Fay. but more different.)

-Purple Haze (nonbinary and asexual supervillain. Faye and Bens boss. She's epic. Also just human.)

-Evil (pronounced Eh-vil. OG version of Matrix. Above gender. All seeing all knowing primordial being. actually neutral.)

-Merlin (this version of Merlins a faerie. also one of Bens exes)

-Cyprus (Merlins mortal boyfriend and leader of his guard)

-Cyrus (Vampire. Gay. Magnus Bane vibes.)

-Haydyn (Shapeshifter. Gay. sorta punk but very insecure)

-Evelyn (shes 14. when shes added. she'll date Azzy for a bit. Then some angel fucker named Tristan.)

-Cody (Fays youngest brother. he dies and turns into a vampire.

-Kyra (Jengu. i hate her guts. Shes one of the heroes.)

-Hazel (Kyras gf. Satyr. I also hate her. also one of the heroes)

-Dolores (Hah... hahaha... dont get me STARTED on this bitch)

-Matthew (Dead. used to date Dolores. One of the horror story people)

-Kylan + Christopher (boyfriends. Wraiths. Horror people again)

(Horror Story)

-Anaira & dolls (poor traumatised doll girl :(

-Fern (oh shes fucking EPIC!!! also traumatised.)

-August Smith (IMAGINE DROWNING ON THE TITANIC COS OF A PRANK)

-Adrika (please adopt my poor baby :(

-Jinx (literally just that song Parents by YUNGBLUD)

(The Ghost Story)

-MC (main character. unnamed.)

-The ghosts (oh i love these fuckers. boy + girl. murdered.)

[whiteoutzz]

you know blah blah confirmation bias but even you know before finding cyprus (wings of fire ytber) i was bit irked by her whiteout video. and i did enjoy the what if series! but it was geniuenly so declawed and mellow and just nothing. and like i dont want people to go out harrasing her for that just dont watch it or do. idont care.

but its just weird for me that despite it being whiteout au she isnt really the main focus there? i cant explain but no what bothers me more is just. why did she declaw both arctic and darkstalker! why is he a good dad and suddenly not ableist or cruel? why the softening of everything?

actually not putting that in the main tags but. i know books dont give that much about her but like. whiteout just straight up removing clearsights powers? hello? does anyone hear me?

^ sorry i am in "obsessing over a bad thing" mood. sorry. i could pick appart that six minute video with my teeth. i do in the vaccum like idea of whiteout struggling to control her powers but at the same time it does feel iffy to me. just a bit. especially with how shes described but whatever. whatever. like on top of that its just very boring and she very much did more interesting stuff with her aus... why declaw all of it?

[peensstuff]

eurovision 2023 was a MESS

ok, since everyone is raving about kaarija shouldve won (and rightfully so), im gonna try and get a bit of appreciation for some of the acts this year who DID NOT deserve how little points they got 

First of all: WILD YOUTH!

ok so i really dont understand how wild youth didnt pass through the grand final and end up with a top 10 finish? because they did SO WELL ON STAGE!! their golden shower on stage looked PHENOMENAL (hint hint) and their pre-recorded backing vocals were FLAWLESSSS, especially when backstage autotune conor sang for on-stage conor when his hands got too tired to hold the mic up to his mouth! 

i loved how conor was serving ‘child lost in the mall and cant find mummy’ realness with his captivating gaze and IMMENSE stage presence.. and while most acts this year stuck to serving metaphorical cunt, wild youth pulled themselves together to serve literal cunt too?!?!?! like tell me how that isnt deserving of a top 10 finish

lets take the time to mourn wild youth’s tragic deaths and move on to the next robbed act: CYPRUS

someone please tell me how he got 126 points in the final??? like i didnt even realise until the results were finished that he got to where he was on the scoreboard?? and then i was hit with such deep and profound waves of sadness because HOW. HOW DID CYPRUS GET THERE?

you know what, im going to be appreciative instead of bitter because you cant break a broken heart (rip ireland), and im going to say that im so glad that this beautiful song appealed to so many voters all across europe and the rest of the world because, frankly, i was terrified for andy’s chances in the final, and i didnt grasp how many people could appreciate the niche of love-island-shirtless-man-kisses-bikini-lady-as-they-make-up-from-a-5-second-fight-with-BOOM-wiwibloggs-eque-sound-effects (as opposed to the more popular genres like latvia’s)

im so happy for you, andrew lambrou, and even though i know that you and your grippers were robbed, i just want to say i that i wish you (and your grippers) a lifetime of success, and i hope that you (and, you guessed it, your grippers) receive many more 12 points from the greek jury in the future. 

moving on to another robbed act.. POLAND

first of all, let me just mention how much hate blanka got, especially during the preparty season? come on guys, eurofans arent meant to be like this - we can’t just go and send so much unfounded hate on someone because what did blanca even do wrong?

im gonna try and be more positive for this one too... blancka went out there and did ONE OF THE BEST dance breaks ever in EUROVISION HISTORY - like, shes rivaling the likes of chanel and eleni

ok for those of you that dont understand, let me analyse a bit... 

Blanka dances with a certain stiffness, and her movements may even be described as slightly robotic, which may, at first glance, seem like a bad thing to the untrained eye. But, the lack of fluidity is far from a lack of skill, its an act of storytelling. Blanca is nervous, she’s afraid to express herself to the fullest. She’s scared of going solo. Even though the lyrics of the song are filled with positivity and a sense of freedom, Blanka expertly reveals that she is terrified of being independent again, and I think that showing such vulnerability through her inflexible and reserved dancing to Eurovision’s immeasurably large audience is so, so beautiful.

AHEM. cough.

and after all of that, she still got paid DUST by the juries (like 12 points? really?). this here is the sole reason why the jury should be abolished, or at least reformed in eurovision. the juries are meant to vote for the objective best song and the best overall package but hello? where are blanka’s votes? 

disgusting. 

ok, next up is.. unfortunately, QUEEN NOA KIREL FROM ISRAEL

i can’t believe she only got third place

[nystiaa]

Eurovision 2023 initial reactions

This is a list of my first reactions when watching the performances for this year (now bare in mind this was at 2am and took me an hour to go through almost all the countries (I did miss a few at the time) you can tell at what point I start getting tired)

Finland: what is he wearing??? HEDGE ARMS OMG HE IS MEME MATERIAL I LOVE IT

Georgia: pretty decent, I like the tune

Armenia: oh damn Armenia I was thinking meh but halfway through DAMN, did not expect, second half is better

Moldova: okay this is reminding me of Polish captain hook jesus from a couple years back, very good song!

Azerbaijan: going for 90s vibes cool, nothing special

Germany: why is he dressed like a spider??? I like it

Croatia: WTAF CROATIA?!?! IM SCARED I DONT LIKE IT, WHY IS HE SO CREEPY OMG, hedge arms ago tho I see a theme "f a s h i o n"

Greece: a sad boy singing in the rain, the judges might eat this up. HES 16?!?!

Portugal: Portugal always brings the vibe, you can rely on them. She got the swooshy skirt

Sweden: MY GIRL LOREEN!!! She fucking killed it, I wont be mad if she wins again

Cyprus: fucking catchy god damn, I can see myself having this on repeat

Iceland: I like it but I feel it wont reach the final

Latvia: Latvia be having an existential crisis, dude needs a hug. Omg I thought they were murdering him at the end of the video

Poland: not a fan of the song

Albania: bringing cultural influences into the song? I like. Raven lady going extra. Is she in a funeral home what is happening?? Is there a darker meaning behind this, did she murder her family. I think dramatic raven lady killed her family. Decent song

Belgium: another 90s song. Is he wearing 20 hats? Nope just a minecraft block shirt. Dude needs to up his polygon res, hes not loaded in. Must have a bad signal. Dont like the song

Spain: moaning women - no

Malta: FUCK YEA. I think this guy lived in my brain. Introvert being awkward at a party, sweaters, anxiety?? The dudes me. Dhakdhakdhsj fricken SAX MAN!! eh first half of the song was better. I want more lyrics about anxiety, I wanna relate, what is this

Estonia: nope

Ukraine: killing it again, doesnt beat their song from last year but it's good

UK: the UK with an actual Eurovision style song and performance??? Damn I'm impressed. Song is meh tho but the vibe, so much better

Israel: not a fan

Ireland: ireland are you okay?? I know we're technically still in a pandemic but you can take the face mask off. Decent, not the best

Austria: I like! They got the vibe, the weird, the song, YES, top 5

Denmark: another sad boi. Meh, nah

Switzerland: damn I like, definitely another song I'd have on repeat, and hot guy? Yes. Am a sucker for songs like this, deep, emotional, got a good beat

Serbia: ooooooo Serbia on druugggss

Italy: no

Netherlands: didn't like it at the start but the end is growing on me

San Marino: more like San Mari-NO XD

Australia: fun

Lithuania: no

France: ooooh yes, she dance, very french, it keeps getting better

[annislife]

We are... together ..! In reality 😯

I still cannot believe it sometimes.. even if its 4 months already !! Yes since the second of October.

I was in Cyprus.. and felt again this very.. familiar jealousy feeling.. when one of our common female friend was asking him some random questions just to talk with him because of boredom.. also asking some relationships-related topics and he was also joking honestly with her, also saying something like he has some “needs” or sth.. 

I went running and felt this.. yes very many times already felt - burning feeling in my stomach.. this heat and pain. Sadness- disappointment-anger all mixed, until I was running and crying alone in desert. Just the whole city where our hotel was, ended suddenly and I was alone next to highway and no trees, no green spot, just yellow sandy ground everywhere I look. I turned back. And then it was clear: I still care 100% about him, even if I had this short “other guy” topic just recently. And it was clear that... my attempts to kill the love.. had failed. My heart and body still loved him. So. I decided, there is no other ways, I should relax and let this all happen. 

The hurt for my kids and husband, for my parents and his parents - this was already done. Now they are healing. Yes this will be hard at the beginning. With him. Yes it will be hard in the future too. Yes when publishing everything- people may tell us.. jokes and.. maybe some really is disappointed. We should just face it and live it through. It is all hard. And maybe it doesn´t work out. Maybe he lies to me. And I will find it out and I will get hurt, maybe this all ends with the huge explosion. But then - I just- cry again, tell about it to my sisters, who say good things to me, I go running and cry again and.. then I will stand up again. Maybe everything this happens, but- I have to do it because.. there is no other way. 

So! Now we enjoy 🥰 ! Yes sometimes the happy feeling is this strong that I again feel the fear that.. it will all end or its is not real or.. But.. I study to - just stay and enjoy in peace 😊😊

And he is... even more beautiful... even more cooler, smarter, funnier than before! He is... wow.. really.. so normal person 😲. Yes I can feel insulted if he criticizes something about me because.. I am... still a bit scared that... if I am bad at something.. but maybe this “other girl” who has been fulgurating all the time between us.. maybe she is better than me.. or.. as she said she is starting to “have some more friendship” with him or sth.. that was scary to hear.. also she has written in the public group like a “joke” that she is not trying something I dont remember “because it will cause their break up immediately” or sth where I understood she is still a danger.. but.. he tells me relax and not to be afraid. Yes I should try to let all controlling free! 

Haha we have a funny thing - well I have had it since I was born- that I wish some wish while blowing out the candle or saying with somebody exactly the same line together accidentally or when you see the star falling. I do it all the time and ... I have always the same 1 wish... And he says he thinks he knows what my wish is 🥰 and.. it is also his wish? But yes.. we will not say that out loud. But yes.. I think we both know 💕. 

[textheslightlymorelimited]

V has come to.

Big Boss finally awakes from his Coma. Its been Nine Years, and it is now 1984. He is in a Hospital in Cyprus, and there is a large Piece of Shrapnel in his Forehead that the Doctors couldnt remove. Also a lot of smaller pieces of Shrapnel. Also he is missing a Hand.

The Doctor informs him of all this, and tells him that he has to get a new identity. Then the Doctor is Strangled by an Cipher Assassin. Then The Assassin is set on Fire by the Patient in the Neighbouring Bed. The other Patient calls himself Ishmael, and his face is almost entirely covered in Bandages. Together, the Two attempt to escape the Hospital that is being attacked by Cipher Soldiers. Also a Psychic known as The Third Child, and a Man that is perpetually burning. Ishmael runs the Latter over with an Ambulance.

Ishmael and Big Boss escape with said Ambulance, chased by the Man on Fire. They Manage to escape, but get into an Accident and their Escape Vehicle Flips over, knocking Big Boss out. When he awakens, Ishmael is gone. Luckily, our old Friend Revolver Ocelot is here! He gets Big Boss on his Horse, and the two proceed to go on a Cross-Country Roadtrip, during which Big Boss gets a Prosthetic Arm.

Soon, the Two arrive at Diamond Dogs, a new Mercenary Organisation that was founded by Kaz Miller. The new Mother Base is located on an Offshore Oil Rig again, this Time off of the Shore of Seychelles. Here, he takes a New Codename. „Punished "Venom" Snake“, or just Venom Snake. No one ever calls him that. Then hes off to rescue Miller, who has been captured.

Once he finds him, he discovers that he is missing an Arm and an Leg, and that his Eyes are really fucked. On the way back, Miller does a Meme.

Later, he finds, Defeats and recruits the Mute Sniper Quiet, who has barely anything on because she breathes through her skin. This is explained as the Crew is watching her Take a Shower.

Venom recruits a Wild Dog. This Dog will grow to a Decent Size and into a Good Boy over the Course of the Game, and will get sad if you shut off the Game for too long.

He also recruits Huey Emmerich… again. He is being forced to work on a New Metal Gear. Again. He also is no longer in a Wheelchair, and has snazzy new Robot Legs, and Also a Wife. Its Dr. Strangelove, you know, that AI Expert that tortured Big Boss during the Peace Walker Incident. She never appears in this Game.

During a Mission Venom discovers strange Bodies with Headphones in their Throats, playing Random Babble. The Man on Fire and Skullface are also here. Skullface escapes, and Venom Fights the Burning Man.

Back at Mother Base, Soldiers are becoming Sick with something, and Venom goes out to meet Code Talker, an Old Man who is an Expert on Parasites, and is being forced to work for Cipher. Code Talker tells him that they are Vocal Cord Parasites, that kill those who speak a specific Language. He makes Venom smoke Super Weed that kills off the Parasites he accidentally took with him to Mother Base, and also makes him Sterile. Thats fine, he was Irradiated anyway. He also makes any sick people on Mother Base Smoke it too. But as Venom departs with Code Talker, theyre attacked by weird people from Cipher who are infected with a Parasite that gives them Superpowers. Snake Fights them off successfully, and the Two Escape.

During another Mission, Venom discovers a British Child Soldier named Eli. He has a bunch of child soldiers under his command, and Venom takes him back to base, because he thinks he might be a Clone of him. A little backstory, inbetween Snake Eater and Peace Walker, Big Boss actually worked with Cipher for a Time. But when he left, they still needed a Perfect Soldier. So „Les Enfants Terrible“ was born. A project which attempted to create Three Clones of Big Boss. No one knows what happened to those clones. After a DNA test though, its revealed that Eli is not Venoms clone. Crisis Averted, this will not be changed by information which we will learn later, dont worry. :)

So anyway, he takes Eli back to Mother Base for no Reason.

So anyway, Venom discovers that Cipher is no longer under the Control of Zero/Cipher. He has been usurped by the Leader of XOF, Skullface. XOF was a Taskforce which followed Naked Snake during Operation Snake Eater, to make sure he succeeded in his Mission. So anyway, Venom and Skullface sit in the Back of a Pickup Truck for Ten Minutes, In what is this Games Snake Eater Ladder Scene. During this Ride, Skullface tells Venom a Speech he planned for a Long Time, in which he reveals his plan. He plans to use an English Strain of the Vocal Cord Parasite to erase the English Language, thus creating a sort of World Wide Phantom Pain. Then, he will create World Peace through giving everyone Nukes controlled by him. He also has a New Metal Gear, Metal Gear Sahalanthropus, named after a Monkey that was the Missing link between Monkey and Human, whose Existence was redacted by the Philosophers for… Some reason. Sahalanthropus isnt controlled by an AI like Peace Walker was, instead it is being controlled by The Third Child. Otherwise it couldnt even stand. Then they ride for Five more minutes, until they finally arrive at Sahalanthropuses Hangar.

Venom fights Sahalanthropus, but the Third Child turns against Skullface, severely damaging his Body and crushing the Man on Fire using Sahalanthropus. The Man on Fire is revealed to be Colonel Vulgin. Then The Third Child steals one of the Vials containing the English Vocal Cord Parasite and gives it to Eli. Turns out, The Third Child is controlled by whoever is the most Vengeful Person nearby. Then those two leave. Venom and Miller shoot Skullface in the Limbs, but dont kill him. They discover that of the Two Remaining Parasite Vials, one is missing. Huey shoots Skullface in the Face.

Now that the Completed part of the Game is done, we get to Chapter 2. There are no other Chapters.

Some Stuff happens thats essentially inconsequential.

Theres a Vocal Cord Parasite Outbreak on Mother Base. Its the Missing English Strain. Luckily, the affected Area is quarantined quickly. Unfortunately, theres no way to save all those poor Soldiers infected. So, Venom enters, equipped with a Gas Mask, which will stop infection. Inside, he finds a Dead Soldier with a set of Goggles that show whos Infected on their Necks. Venom takes up the Heavy Task of putting the Infected out of their Misery. Some Soldiers Cower. Some Run. Some Fight back. Some Salute Venom, even as those next to them are mowed down. Venom finds an uninfected Soldier at the end of the Complex, and attempts to exfiltrate them. But just short of the Exit, the Soldier stops him. Hes been infected too, and asks to be Executed too.

There are no Survivors.

After its over, the Corpses are incinerated and are supposed to be given a Sea Burial. But Venom stops it, rubs some Ash all over his Face, and commands that the Ashes are to be pressed into Diamonds and given out to the Remaining Soldiers, so that their Fallen Siblings in Arms would always be with them.

After a lot of Torture, they figure out who took the Vial and Released the Parasite.

Its Huey.

Huey stole your Kill against Skullface, killed his Wife Dr. Strangelove because she didnt want him to use their Son in his Experiments and hid her body inside an AI Pod, and released the Parasite, hoping to Mutate it into a More destructive Weapon to sell to the Highest Bidder.

He is exiled from Diamond Dogs and thrown on a Boat to drift in the Ocean. At some Point, he manages to save himself to America.

Code Talker reveals that Quiet was actually infected with the English Vocal Cord Parasite from the Very Beginning. She was supposed to be captured, and to then spread it at Mother Base. However, as she never spoke, the Parasite never became active.

Quiet disappears in Afghanistan.

You see, after Hueys Debacle with the Parasite Mutation, she realised that she still was a threat to Diamond Dogs. Venom locates her and the two fight off Soviet Forces together. However, Venom is, ironically enough, bitten by a Venomous Snake, and Quiet is forced to speak to save him. She then walks off into the Desert, presumably to die there. Venom never sees her again.

Theres also the Scrapped Mission of The King of The Flies Unit. This Mission expands on Eli and The Third Child and what they did with Sahalanthropus and the Vocal Cord Parasite. But as I said, its scrapped, and thus not canon.

Finally, we get to the Reveal that the entire Game has been made for.

At an Unknown Time, in an Location known as Outer Heaven, Venom receives a Tape from „The Man who sold the World“. Its contents reveals that after the Medic Pushed himself in front of Big Boss during Ground Zeroes and both fell into a Coma, the Medic was given Plastic Surgery and Hypnotherapy to transform him into a Bodydouble of Big Boss. The Actual Big Boss was Ishmael, the Bandaged Man. Before Ocelot helped Venom, he first set up Ishmael with the Equipment to go undercover. Were not entirely sure what he did during this Time. But we have some suspicions.

Big Boss tells Venom that they are both Big Boss. Venom punches a Mirror, and leaves, ready for what would occur in Outer Heaven, the Final Evolution of Diamond Dogs, soon enough.

Big Boss went back to America, and become the Commander of FOXHOUND, the successor Unit to FOX.

Who knows what these two will get up to next?

To be Continues in Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake…

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[tasakesi]

>night shift once again

>ive been dreading this one since i saw my schedule

>instead of finishing at 9:30 i have to stay til 10:30

>get there, my housemate is nowhere to be found

>maybe she's in icecreams idk. i get a few tasks

>one of the bakers gives me two churros she's been making

>pure unfiltered joy

>go to the buffet

>my housemate is in icecreams

>she tells me her lunch was cut short bc no one was serving icecreams

>she's rightfully pissed

>we discuss talking to the guy who is arranging everything for us. not much baker-confectionery work here for us

>dont want to switch hotels tho

>some time pass

>we're washing fruit

>i laugh

>"i wonder when my personal invitation to the hot kitchen is arriving. hope it's soon!"

>not even 5 minutes go by

>the hot NOT 22 year old chef calls me by name (or well not really)

>tells me to come to the hot kitchen

>there's my invitation!! <3

>i tell him im coming AFTER i finish with the fruit. gotta put your foot down here

>finish with the fruit, say farewell to my housemate and head to the hot kitchen

>i get there

>gets tasked with wrapping tortillas into a tube so ppl could build their own tortillas

>do i look polish to you.jpeg

>i do it

>i finish

>i proudly tell the hot chef (im sorry his nickname is getting annoying)

>he comes to me and looks at it for a bit

>"i need 10 more plates"

>my blood runs cold

>"TEN??"

> *shows with fingers* "ten"

>i accept defeat and start heading to the dishwashing station, for those 10 plates

>*gets tapped on the shoulder*

>i turn. hes laughing at me

>"im kidding. just one more is good"

>hahah so funny

>what a comedian we have here

>mr wordwide joker man hahahah

>i get my plate and do the fucking tortilla wrapping

>later on i get tasked with cling wrapping various things. i literally am not given any other tasks

>have to get pots of broth or soup into the fridge

>mr worldwide joker man won't let me lift them so he does that for me

>i know i am skinny but come on

>stubbornly lift one myself

>gets a wow exclamation before the pot is taken from me once again

>the curse of being a woman ig..

>break time!

>nothing interesting happens during that time so i dont care to document it

>dinner time at the buffet

>im once again in desserts and ice cream

>the other estonian from our group? i dont know

>told mr worldwide joker man that he should be in the cold kitchen

>he agrees

>i get EXTREMELY busy

>too busy even

>no time to breathe or drink water

>i serve one person icecream and suddenly 5 more pop out

>then i have to check the desserts while im at it

>i briefly glance towards the hot kitchen

>the estonian lad is just standing there serving meat

>later on hes just cleaning

>im literally cracking under pressure here and this guy is tasked to JUST STAND???

>extremely mad

>unlike mr worldwide joker man i dont live my anger out on others

>i ask one of the chefs if i ca go on a 10min smoke break around 9

>he says ok

>i smoke 2 cigs to calm down

>stress is gone

>we're finishing up

>gets told to get whatever food i want

>i get a bit

>mr worldwide joker man approaches me

>oh boy what is it now?

>"when we finish. im taking you home"

>huh?

>did i hear that right?

>YOU'RE taking me home?

>i dont say no to a free ride so i agree

>he has a nice mercedes

>we finish, i wait for him a bit

>he asks me to give him directions

>im very good at those so ofc

>we discuss the weather and how i like cyprus and all that mundane shit

>fuck it. im solving the mystery

>"hey how old were you again?"

>"30"

>fucking hell

>"what did you think i was 25?"

>i go along and say yea i wouldn't even think hes 30

>im killing myself again

>we get to the place im staying

>"tomorrow same time?"

>"yep unfortunately"

>"ok see you tomorrow!"

>do i have to start paying him gas money?

[hetaliashitpostingftw]

HETALIA OFFICE MASTERPOST

Lol you know The Office? Its good but what if it was like,,, H e t a l i a?

ALLIES

America: Baaaaasically Michael from The Office. He likes leading and cares about the team, but can be a little... out of hand... sometimes. Canada: He sits in the corner and no one knows he’s there, but he’s always pulling his weight in projects. China: Always calling for tech support. Always. It annoys the heck out of whomever’s sitting next to him. France: Is the one who “accidentally” sends an email around to the people at the office which has “inappropriate” content.  England: Getting up in arms because either America’s being incompetent or he’s fed up with France’s nonsense. Russia: “It’d be a shame if something were to happen, da?” (he doesn’t work well with other people, too many HR complaints).

AXIS

Germany: He isn’t the boss but he is the annoying backseat driver who isn’t even second in command. Italy: “Lets go to a ✨𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒓✨ after all this guys and someone else can pay!!!11!!” Japan: Forgets about the work and is watching anime with his screens turned away from everyone else.

BALTICS

Estonia: Guess who’s 𝓣𝓮𝓬𝓱 𝓢𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽 👁️ 👄 👁️ Lithuania: "Okay you want me to do that? I’ll do it just dont fire me pls dont” Latvia:"Hey boss what about the fact that you’re doing it wrong?”

EASTERN EUROPE

Romania: Actually does the work but doesn’t tell anyone when he’s done so he can sneak off and do whatever Bulgaria: Microsoft paint obsessed Ukraine: Cares for everyone like the epic mom friend she is Belarus: She doesn’t work there. She’s just there. And so far no one’s had balls enough to tell her to go.

MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE

Spain: "Hey guys I know you didn’t ask but ill make you all lunch! It’s going to be pasta! For the fifteenth day in a row!” Romano: RAGEWORKRAGEWORKRAGEWORKRAGEWORK- Greece: That one person with the “hang in there bby” poster as well as countless cat photos in frames. He also does his work but he’s real quiet about it. Turkey: Likes to hang out by the water cooler and gossip. Cyprus: Best friends with Greece but works surprisingly well with Bulgaria (or, he does, after an incident of him stealing his yogurt). Vatican City: Keeps a bible with him but follows most things he’s told to do. Monaco: She’s a seceratary but only because she’s able to get out of more work that way.

NORDIC EUROPE

Denmark: Keeps a little box of “creativity legos” on his desk which he plays with. He works in Human Resources and loves it. Sweden: Takes orders for the company’s product and is very organized. Keeps a little picture of his family on his desk which he’ll talk to anyone about. Finland: Has his headphones on all the time and sCrEams at anyone who dare interrupt his work. He also coordinates all of the holidays around the office, as well as parties. Norway: He has a thing for the cute guy in HR and keeps trying to meet him “causally” over by the water cooler. Has a plasma ball on his desk because it looks cool. Iceland: His brother got him an unpaid internship (which he hates) and so he spends a lot of time complaining and texting Norway angry gifs while he goes and hangs out with others his age in the breakroom.

LOW COUNTRIES

Belgium: Brings in cookies for everyone every Monday.  Netherlands: Works with Sweden and the two of them have desks next to each other. He helps Sweden when he’s having a prank war with Denmark. Luxembourg: Some higher-up executive who comes down every once in a while to flaunt his awesome-ness and dole out orders.

CENTRAL EUROPE

Austria: Plays classical music off his computer but without earbuds b/c he doesn’t know how. He’s low-key annoying but doesn’t know it. Slovakia: Has the coolest mousepad ever. He also contributes a substantial amount to most meetings. Czechia: Set her space up to be the neatest in the office. She’s one of the more successful members. Hungary: Made a pinterest board of house ideas in her spare time which she makes Austria look at. She doesn’t really care about the work, she’s just there. Switzerland: Financials. He also calls home at 12pm every day to check in on his sister and make sure everything’s okay.  Poland: Decorated the fuck out of his cubicle. Prussia: Has a whole collection of weird-ass ties which he switches. Some say he’s never worn the same one twice!

ASIA

Hong Kong: Also interning, but he doesn’t hate it and takes it instead as an opportunity to take photos of people and make them either cursed or into memes. Macau: Is the second-in-command in the office and basically controls everything since america isn’t great at it. South Korea: Water cooler? He likes to hang out with Turkey. Thailand: Keeps a cool and ornate whiteboard which he likes to take notes on. Vietnam: “What do you mean I have to work with someone else?!?!?!” Taiwan: She works under Denmark in human resources and often has to resolve conflicts. India: Sometimes invites Vietnam to play chess with him online on their monitors.

AFRICA

Egypt: Stole some of Denmark’s legos without his knowledge so he could build too. He’s pretty bored even though he does everything. Seychelles: Sits by the window and doesn’t get her work done since she’s distracted. Cameroon: Playing pranks on Australia when he gets bored, mostly after he’s finished his work.

OCEANIA + CARIBBEAN

Australia: “OY MATE SO YA WANT TO FOIGHT??!!” (he’s on for that prank war) New Zealand: Sits next to Cyprus and sometimes falls asleep, but Cyprus thinks he’s *kinda* cute and doesn’t wake him. Other than that, he’s really good at running meetings. Cuba: Brings fancy chocolates or other things which he takes out to share with special people on special occasions. He’s pretty nonchalant but comes off as intimidating for some.

[moonav]

Tagged by the sweetest @happyendingsong aaa thank you so much😆😆💖💖💖

5 songs currently on repeat

• dark side - blind channel, our esc entry this year and i rly like it 😆 takes me back to middle school haha😆 i think we might have a chance of getting to the finals this year but like lol ppl always say that and we rarely ever do 😹😹 2019 esc had every nordic country except us so :/ but im wishing the band so much luck, at least we are not sending a boring ballad 😆💕💕

• el diablo - elena tsagrinou, another esc song, this time from cyprus 🥰 super catchy pop song, sorta reminds me of lady gaga a bit? 😆i havent listened to the live performance of it just yet, i want to save that for the semis 😆 i hope it’s a good show c’:

• fallen angel - TIX, okay last esc song on the list and like the singer himself said, it might not be everyones cup of tea but i kinda like it 😆 sorta generic pop song but hey, i like pop so 😆 im kinda sad that keiino wasnt chosen to represent Norway this year bc spirit in the sky shouldve won esc 2019!!!!!! But TIX’ live vocals are so good and omg i love the costumes so esc-esque (haha😆) i absolutely loved how he switched from english to norwegian during one of the live performances and i rly rly hope he does that in the semis too 🥰

• you belong with me - taylor, yea i like taylors music a lot c’: i started listening to her around 2014 or so, so like most of her older stuff is still new to me, im rly excited for the rest of taylors versions 🥰 the song is very much ’im not like the other girls’ type of song and thats rly cringey but it’s still too catchy im sorry 😆😆😆

• one last kiss - hikki, aaa her newest song and it’s so so so good 😭💖💖💖💖 it was released a while ago but i still put it on a repeat a lot, i could never get tired of her music 😭💕💕💕 also the newest remix of ’beautiful world’ is so hauntingly beautiful, i love listening to kind of a new version of an older classic 💕🥰

last movie you watched

• i think it still was my rewatch of howls moving castle in like february???? 😹 i dont watch movies that often anymore, more shows and youtube c’: bit easier, ive been having a hard time of focusing on anything tbh 😩 (shhdjdjdkd i say this but then i watch youtube video essays that are hours long 😆)

currently watching

• sarah z’s homestuck video 😹😹 all my years online ive never understood what homestuck is about or anything about it rly so maybe ill know after im done with the video 😹 (tho im about halfway there and im still very confused 😹)

currently reading

• not yet but i should start reading color theory/other art books just in case any of the schools i applied to choose my portfolio for the entrance exams 😭🤞 oh also im rereading coraline by neil gaiman 🥰 i used to read tons of books but i havent been able to do that in ages thanks to my health ugh but im hoping that by rereading old favs, it’d be easier to get back into it 🥰

im tagging @ventusu @angelnamine @thekingdomofourhearts @floreil @viviun @nebuvoid @pichiblossom and everyone else who sees this and wants to do this!!🥰 and of course, only do this if you want to, no pressure at all!!😆💕💕

[night-zaveri]

For the sake of aesthetic and (probably i dont actually know) foreshadowing, id like to think that whenever the party found Thimbles body that theyre were fireflies around bc they represent the Cyprus King guiding her spirit to the inbetween

[cometkins]

ian’s eurovision opinions 2021

hi nobody else cares about eurovision that i know of but i have Thoughts so here we go putting all of them here

France: I’m bored. At least it’s in French so I’m not as distracted by how bored I am as I was with last year

Romania: I actually like this one! I honestly hated Alcohol You last year but this one’s nice.

Czech Republic: Benny pls dont revamp this one lmao. I like it a lot! Idk that it’s a winner but I’m glad it’s here and it’s fun.

San Marino: Can’t wait to finally have Eurovision in Valentina’s backyard. Also Flo Rida? Lmfao wild

Germany: 

The Netherlands: It’s neat and Jeangu sings well, but I think I liked Grow better.

Albania: THIS is the Balkan Bop I always require at Eurovision.

Moldova: Somebody called this Maruv but Kawaii and they’re not wrong

Slovenia: Ana’s vocal tone is so interesting but I’m just bored with her songs

Serbia: YES. BITCH. Also love that they continue to not compromise and sing in their native language.

Israel: I think I still love Feker Libi more but this one is very fun and good still

Ireland: Story of My Life was way more fun I think but I think juries might like this more so v-v

Belgium: I just do not like Hooverphonic and I don’t like them after the dumbass comments they made last year

Norway: I am a salty Keiino stand ngl. The staging for this song is so fucking corny for how serious the song is and idk if I like that disconnect. If you’re gonna be camp the song needs to be camp too!

Italy: All these dudes are in fishnets so principal I love it. I’m hit or miss with Italy’s entries usually bc they’re boring ballads a lot but stuff like this and Mahmood are some of my favs. I hope they do well.

Cyprus: Ehhh? It’s not bad and I’ll prob put it on my playlist but idk if I’m super crazy about this one.

Spain: I’M BORED.........

Finland: The opening of this song is 100% a ripoff of the intro to Crawling by Linkin Park but I will always cape hard for any hard rock/metal entries in this godforsaken contest so we must stan

Croatia: Holy shit Croatia finally sent a song I like!!! I’M SO HAPPY FOR THEM

Estonia: Better than last year, still not very good imo

Lithuania: I love The Roop and if they aren’t at least top 5 I will burn all of Europe down to the ground

Ukraine: I. Fucking. Love. Go_A. So. Goddamn. Much. Shum is so fucking good. Ukraine basically never disappoints though.

Portugal: It’s very pretty but idk if I’m jazzed about it? I tend to not gravitate towards super quiet songs like this for Eurovision normally tho

Denmark: Oh boy euro synthwave how revolutionary

Australia: I just do not like indie shit and Montaigne’s music just is not for me I think

[tired-af-p]

Update because the past week has been chaotic to say the least.

Last Wed, my GP said that if this week if i keep on losing weight, im going to get admitted for involuntary feeding. I was in such a shock, that i didnt say or asked anything. Immediately after i had a psychiatrist appointment where she said that i wd be sectioned, taken by police to the psychiatry, then with a nurse to general (1-1) and probably afterwards back to psychiatry. I couldnt handle any of these. I became so distressed and i couldnt understand why my GP, who knows me so well over all these years, wd even consider this decision (in CY or in my case not sure, my GP has the upper hand in all the decisions for my care). I felt very broken, very let down and very betrayed. 

I became actively suicidal, my mood plummeted and couldn’t manage even the amount of ensures that i was drinking the day before. My dietitian, despite knowing everything, despite the government contacting her multiple times, she kept cancelling our sessions. 

Tuesday morning i had therapy. We talked about everything, she tried to rationalised my thoughts, she tried to calm me down. She was very understanding and validating of the whole situation. She understood the reasons why im unable to eating anything solid or high volume of liquids at the moment. She said that my past experiences in the public general hospital of Cyprus were very traumatic and another admission there, especially involuntary would be very catastrophic and my mental health would deteriorate even more. Without telling her, she completely got all the cues that i was suicidal and with plans. She said we need to start intense and extensive therapy, try to tackle trauma in order to be able to eat again. She also promised to call my GP and fight for me to stay in the community of if feeding is absolutely needed to find other options.

Wednesday morning i went to my GP. She had already talked with my therapist and she was very confused of the whole situation. She said she never said sectioning neither that she would ever consider that. Apparently involuntary feeding does not equal sectioning. We talked a lot about things and she understands how exhausted i am but as she said “i cant sit back and watch you die. It not just because is my legal obligation, its because i honestly care”. I was sobbing and i told her “maybe i don’t want you to save me”. She cried. She explained that im not like her other patients, she cares deeply and she honestly wants to protect me. She wants me alive because she honestly believes that there’s life after this, even if i dont see it. There’s life past trauma experiences and she wants me to experience it.  I obv lost. Don’t know how much but she said is more than what is safe for a week. She said we’ll have blood tests, if they come abnormal i need to go to the a&e, if they are fine then i’ll need to be admitted for feeds

Blood test came back all over the place. On the phone she explained that is probably because my body is eating whatever it can find at this point. She called the doctor of a private hospital that was seeing me through admissions last years and they agreed on admission. I’m currently here, with TPN running 24hrs and still very unsure for how long.

[chilledagridolce27]

URGENT PLEASE READ!!!

BELOW IS A CRY FOR HELP FROM A DESPERATE MAN IN A DESPERATE SITUATION IN CYPRUS. PLEASE GUYS, I WOULDN'T PUT THIS ON HERE, IF I DIDN'T THINK THE SITUATION IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. HE IS A FATHER OF TWO LITTLE TODDLERS (A BOY AND A GIRL) AND THEY ARE THREATENING TO TAKE THE KIDS AWAY AND SEND HIM AMD HIS WIFE PACKING OUT OF THE COUNTRY. BELOW IS HIS PERSONAL TAKE ON THE STORY AS WELL AS DETAILS.

"HELLO ALL!

TODAY WHILST I WAS AT WORK, TWO PEOPLE FROM THE COURT IN GIRNE, AND SIX PEOPLE FROM THE LAPTA POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME TO MY HOUSE. THEY PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED MY WIFE AND MY HALF NAKED 11 MOMTHS AND ALMOST FOUR WEEKS DAUGTHER (TOMORROW IS HER HER BORTHDAY, 18TH OF DEC.)

THEY SEARCHED AND SCSTTERED HER WARDROBE LOOKING FOR HER PASSPORT, WE ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS BTW, THEY SAID THE APARTMENT HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY A NEW OWNER AND HE FILED A COURT CASE WITHOUT TELLING US OR GIVING US A COURT OR AGENCY NOTICE. I HAVE TROED FOR A WHILE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER, BUT HE VANISHED AGES AGO, THIS SO CALLED NEW OWNER, I DONT KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE LOOKS LIKE. MY WIFE, WHO DIDNT SOGN THE TENACNY AGREEMENT, WAS FORCED TO GO TO COURT EITH THE KIDS, THE POLICE AND JUDGE SAID THEY DIDNT CARE AND SHE WAS LPCKED OUT, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT ALL OUR POSSESIONS WILL NOW BE GIVEN TO THE NEW LANDLORD . I DO NOT WISH TO REMAIN HERE , I SIMPLY WANT TIME MOVE MY THINGS, I WORKED HARD TO GIVE MY INNOCENT CHILDREN A COMFORTABLE LIFE. MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN INSIDE THIS HOUSE BECAUSE THEIR AMBULANCE CAME SO LATE, NOW SHE IS BEIN THROWN OUT IN THE COLD A YEAR AFTER BY A JUDGE, AND ALL WE ARE ALLOWED IS ONE HOUR TAKE ALL OUR FURNITURE, APPLICANCES, AND BELONGINGS . SOFA HUGE TABLES, AND ALL. WITH NO PREVIOUS WARNING, NO COURT CLERK EVER MET ME, NO CRIMINAL RECORD OR CRIME COMMITED, I'M STILL IN SCHOOL, SO IS MY WIFE, AND NO MEETING WITH THE NEW LANDLORD.

CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE!!!!!!???

We live in Lapta, Kyrenia. Asmali Sokak (street), Olive Grove apartments, block f, flat 3.

You have my permission to make this public. My wife and children mean more to me than anything else. We kept the laws, it's notnour fault the new landlord and I have never been under the same roof or that I have never met a court clerk, or was aware of a court case. I wasnt even around when this happened; regarding a flat I rented alone, an innocent woman andandtwo babies were dragged to Girne court! Is this North cyprus? It's not the money, given enough time that can be sorted if the new landlord shows himself and his paperwork, so what is it? Why is the government preying on innocents??? The honest and law abiding are not the bad guys, neither are those of us who are doing all we can to be good and makenthe world a better place no matter our flaws or resources.

A little notie or time to move out isn't too much to ask for. I've seen people do more for our beloved pets. My lovely self, my pure perfect and lpvong wife, my innocent and promising children. I could hve used even a letter saying I had two weeks notice.

My wife said the Judge gave her phone number as +905488514040.

Inwas told she is a young lady; whose name I'm trying to acquire, and she didnt seem to care or even allow my wife plead her case. Apparently numerous people begged her but she seemed too busy to care and asked flornthe children to leave her office!!!

I have a news blog: https://www.facebook.com/mornewschannel/

After some invetigstive journalism, I'll have more details. For now, WE NEED HELP!

ANYONE!!! ANYONE! PLEASE!!!

KKTC, HUMANITY, IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?

05488720495 (what's app)"

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T HELP ORSEND FUNDS, PLEASE REBLOG SO MAYBE SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN. THE MAN IS COMTEMPLATING SUICIDE IN ORDER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR HIS FAMILY. PLEASE SHARE THIS IN ORDER TO DAVE A LIFE!!!

[tabetha-illustrates]

Project 2 story: Research Journal

Salutations again peers and professors,

Today I would like to speak about the research I did for our Language and story telling project.

Language and story is such a broad subject. There are lots of ways I feel one could twist this project and the possibilities are incredibly exciting. What I wanted to do is make something that is unique to experience of “story and language” what forgotten tongue had my ancestors spoke the folk healing to one another? What is the expression that tells a story in one tilt of the lips? In thinking about this project I am almost certain that I wanted to handle it in a painting.  So I took to the masters and read  all I could on story through image.  ( Of course I mean I read a lot of comic books! How better to tell story visually?.)

My first choice is not a single painting truly, but an artist I feel expertly tells a story in a single image.

1. Gustav Klimt

Klimt is a painter that makes beautiful use of the color gold, painting abstractions and patterns that dazzle the eye and elicit strong emotion. His primary work combine Art Nouveau and symbolism. Several of his works tell a story in a single painting with physical language. The expressive nature of his figures have kept me in a trance since I first laid eyes on his work over a decade ago.  

I find it hard to pick one, I will examine in length just one but I would like to briefly speak about each  The piece I will examine today is “ The kiss”

This is a piece that pops into my mind when someone says “ high art” Not because I feel art should be elitist, but because he achieved what I could only dream to in my own humble career. 

Form:The form depicts two lovers wrapped in a serene yet passionate embrace. There is a distinct line being walked between this controlled serenity in the female lovers facial expression, her body posture is of complete surrender. draping herself over him daintily. The man ( a self portrait of Gustav I believe.) cloaks his lover in his entire body, Eclipsing her with his passion.  They kneel in wild flowers. Even in the passion of the picture I would opt to say that it was of a loving nature over lustful. The Male figure in his Laurel crown tenderly touches the face of his lover, it seems a possessive encompassing love story being expressed to me. A moment of true intimacy, two youngsters being caught by the moment among the flowers. Their cloaks are these beautiful patterns of gold swirls.

Content: The content is a story of deep love, I can summon various stories while looking at this piece. Laurel Crowns are associated with the story of Apollo and Daphne so Gustav may very well have been depicting Apollo catching the nymph Daphne. That or it may have been his depiction of Dante  Alighieri embracing his beloved Beatrice.(whom is often depicted wearing a Laurel Crown) But when it comes down to the wire I would personally say the man whose face is obscured is his own. Laurels are often associated with academia, and graduation.  The woman wears a crown of flowers and much fine jewelry Their bodies are almost hard to tell apart unless you realize that visually her dress is ruled by the swirls and rounded shapes. Where his is covered in geometric squares. 

Process:The kiss is an oil painting with gold leaf and silver leafing. painted in 1908. 

Klimt pays pain staking attention to adding details into every corner of the work. Meticulous details fill ones field of vision The delicate features of the woman face compliment the masses of detail. Her delicate hands look warm and soft to the touch. There is a piece of organic resplendence in her tender gesture.  the osterreichische galerie belvedere museum in Vienna is where this hangs

   the story of life an death, illustrated in his detail rich style. Death has a cross pattern all over his cloak a detail I never noticed before as a teenager. 

“the three ages of women” This depicts a story in a literal and a symbolic one. The story of a growing girl, the progression of time. But to me I see them as a common primordial goddess arc type. The triple goddess appears young, motherhood age, and as a crone in many cultures. This theme is often explored. In this very simple scene I see illustrated the language of a woman’s life cycle at a bare level as well as a story that our ancestors would tel of a deified feminine.

2. “The Birth of venus” Sandro Botticelli 

Form: The goddess Aphrodite ( Venus ) rides her scallop shell nude  to shore blown by the god Zephyr as well as Aura ( a minor goddess). To the right of Aphrodite is Hora, an attendant of Aphrodite and minor spring deity. 

Content: I firstly must say that I am a huge mythology nerd so this painting is a favorite out of the botticelli works out there. The story is revealed in the title, the Birth of venus, her arriving to Cyprus after The god Uranus had been castrated and his bits fell into the sea. Then she spawned from the resulting sea foam.

Process: This is a large Oil painting made of two canvas’ sewn together. painted in the mid 1480′s

3. “ The stela of Akhenaten and his family” by artist unknown

Form This tablet ingraving depicts the Pharaoh of Egypt Akhenaten withg his wife and three daughters in what we believe may be the first work of art depicting domestic life. they sit under the sun god Aten, as they have their infant daughters in their laps. His wife was Nefertiti.

Content: The Hieroglyphs likely aide the story but unfortunately we dont know a great deal about them. But the story we can see is a story of King and Queen doing what all families do naturally while they are alone, which is play and enjoy one another’s company. But one must think. This is the king, he was held at high regard. He wasn’t allowed to pull himself into a mortal mans position by engaging actively in fatherhood. The pharaohs were basically considered reincarnated gods. Which is what made this engraving so interesting in the history of art. A demi god engaging in the tender moments of fatherhood.  He kisses his infant daughter while sharing a moment with his wife under the sun. the god this particular pharaoh worshiped above all else. 

Process:The stela was an  engraving on limestone, it is  43.5 × 39 cm.

Made  1340 BCE   Kept at the Cairo museum

this was a popular kind of engraving in the capitol of Egypt at the time.

[auntiecaroldanvers-blog]

Are there misconceptions

Are there misconceptions about webcamming that you want to bust?"With the Feds closing down and tightening the control on casino and poker sites, some of those [criminal] elements have found a new way of doing business: the Cam Industry. Let me make clear that this is in no way an MFC problem where I work. This is an industry-wide problem which will need to be addressed if this industry wants to survive.How did you get into webcamming?I get a mixture of emotions. Mostly people react positively because of the way I speak about it. It's so different if you're really shy and timid and quiet about it. It immediately gives off this idea of ‘oh they're not completely ok with it.' But if anyone ever asks me, I'd be like ‘fuck yeah I webcam, I love it!' I get to mess around at home all day and I get to be as open and as genuine to myself as I can possibly be, and there's a lot of people who aren't ok with that because I'm into some very unusual things myself. I don't have to hide and pretend that I'm someone else; I can really be my true self.

One thing that I admittedly dont have control over, proven by the phone conversation that spurred me to write this piece, is the judgment that others will cast on my when they know that I do for money. Even those who know that as well as dancing, I am a student and hold a day job in retail. Its a shame that women are continuously told not to express themselves for fear of judgment and labeling. Why are we told that there are good girls and there are whores? In my life, I want to embrace every aspect that comes with being a woman. I want to be sexy and intelligent. I want to be passionate and headstrong but I want others to know that I feel too.To this end, Studio 20 employs trainers, a psychologist and an English teacher. Most of the clients are North American and European, so it is essential the models can communicate with them.MyFreeCams, one of the most popular of the cam portals, has a domain registered to a Leo Radvinsky, and a legal contact in the Netherlands.Streamate sells its models through a variety of repackaged and re-skinned websites, like PornHubLive — using the site's well-known brand as an easy in with porn consumers. In reality, it's the same old site in new clothes. Streamate itself is hard to pin down. Trying to find who actually owns it is dizzying: The domain belongs to Flying Crocodile Incorporated, which has a PO box in Seattle. Job openings point to a nebulous firm called NaiadDev, also based in Seattle (and hosted by FlyingCroc). But the company's custodian of records is one Rena Erotocritou, employed by "Ariel Secretaries Limited", a ghost of a company based out of Cyprus.

But if you don't have this luxury — like a lot of girls across the world — you'll likely work for a "studio". That's basically a euphemism for another person's computer (probably a man), in front of which you'll perform on a tight schedule. You're still working through, say, MyFreeCams, but instead of only giving MFC a cut of your take, the studio owner takes a piece as well. Often a large one. If you don't stick to your mandatory hours, you'll be fired. You'll also be potentially living with strangers in conditions beneath the grimiest motel.But there's really nothing exotic about Anna. She's occasionally lazy and often messy, spending most of her days, as far as I can tell, puttering around her Bucharest apartment in pajamas, playing with her cats, drinking enormous plastic bottles of soda, working on coding an iOS game, and taking occasional trips out to pick up fried chicken and buy new underwear. She claims to have almost no "real" friends off of the internet, but is consistently cheery, and enormously talkative. While video chatting, she always asks if I mind before she smokes. Anna complains about having to take time away from Diablo 3 for her cam sessions, where she chats with regulars, masturbates, mouths along to pop songs, and waits, waits, waits for someone to send her money. And when it comes, it comes. Anna's a MyFreeCam loyalist, earning $US6 a minute via "tokens" — a clever way to obscure how much her customers actually spend. It's a lot easier to fork over 900 tokens than thinking about the $US75 you just spent in minutes. This is Anna's sole income, and what took her out of rural Romanian poverty and the whims of other men.It is illegal in Romania for a man and woman to webcam together, but it is impossible to say how commonly the law is flouted in the way Oana describes. She went on to work as a prostitute in Germany, until she found the courage to return to Bucharest and a new life. Now she works in sex work prevention - talking to young women about her experiences, and trying to persuade them of the danger of video chat.But what about cam girls that don’t use studios? I decided to interview a cam girl name Ona Artist who is essentially a camming celebrity—she has 1.3 million followers on Instagram—to find out what that life is like. Turns out, it’s even more work.

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