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[what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew]

BOYCOTTING FOR PALESTINE

The Official BDS Boycott Targets

Campaigns

Block the boat: End maritime arms transfer to Israel

Ban Apartheid Israel from Sports (FIFA, Olympics)

Consumer Boycotts - a complete boycott of these brands

Disney (SPECIFICALLY MARVEL)

Intel

Axa

Puma

Carrefour

HP

Cevron

Caltex

Israeli produce

Re/max

Ahava

Texaco

Siemens

Sodastream

Intel

Organic Boycott Targets - boycotts not initiated by BDS but still complete boycott of these brands

Macdonald's

Dominos

Papa Johns

Burger King

Pizza Hut

Wix

Divestments and exclusion - pressure governments, institutions, investment funds, city councils, etc. to exclude from procurement contracts and investments and to divest from these

Elbit Systems

CAF

Volvo

CAT

Barclays

JCB

HD Hyundai

TKH Security

HikVision

Pressure - boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist, as well as lobbying, peaceful disruptions, and social media pressure.

Google

Amazon

AirBnb

Booking.Com

Expedia

Teva

Here are some companies that strongly support Israel (but are not Boycott targets). There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and boycotting is a political strategy - not a moral one. If you did try to boycott every supporter of Israel you would struggle to survive because every major company supports Israel (as a result of attempting to keep the US economy afloat), that being said, the ones that are being boycotted by masses and not already on the organic boycott list are coloured red.

5 Star Chocolate

7Days

7Up

Apple

Arsenal FC

ALDO

Arket

Axe

Accenture

Ariel

Adidas

ActionIQ

Aquafina

Amika

AccuWeather

Activia

Adobe

Aesop

Azrieli Group

American Eagle

Amway Corp

Axel Springer

American Airlines

American Express

Atlassian

AdeS

Aquarius

Ayataka

Audi

Barqs

Bain & Company

Bayer

Bank Leumi

Bank Hapoalim

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

Biotherm

Bershka

Bloomberg

BMW

Boeing

Booz Allen Hamilton

Burberry

Bath & Body Works

Bosch

Bristol Myers Squibb

Capri Holdings

Costa

Carita Paris

CareTrust REIT

Caterpillar

Coach

Cappy

Caudalie

CeraVe

Check Point Software Technologies

Cerelac

Chanel

Chapman and Cutler

Channel

Cheerios

Cheetos

Chevron

Chips Ahoy!

Christina Aguilera

Citi Bank

Carrefour

Codral

Cosco

Canada Dry

Citi

Clal Insurance Enterprises

Clean & Clear

Clearblue

Clinique

Champion

Club Social

Coca Cola

Coffee Mate

Colgate

Comcast

Compass

Caesars

Conde Nast

Cooley LLP

Costco

Côte d’Or

Crest

CV Starr

CyberArk Software

Cytokinetics

Crayola

Cra Z Art

Daimler

Dr Pepper

Del Valle

Daim

Doctor Pepper

Dasani

Doritos

Daz

Dior

Dell

Deloitte

Delta Air Lines

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Telekom

DHL Group

David Off

Disney

DLA Piper

Domestos

Domino’s

Douglas Elliman

Downy

Duane Morris LLP

Dreft Baby Detergent & Laundry Products

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

eBay

Edelman

Eli Lilly

Evian

Empyrean

Ericsson

Endeavor

EPAM Systems

Estee Lauder

Elbit Systems

EY

Forbes

Facebook

Fairlife

Fanta

First International Bank of Israel

Fiverr

Funyuns

Fuze

Fox News

Fritos

Fox Corp

Gatorade

Gamida Cell

GE

Glamglow

General Catalyst

General Motors

Georgia

Gold Peak

Genesys

Goldman Sachs

Grandma’s Cookies

Garnier

Guess

Greenberg Traurig

Guerlain

Givenchy

H&M

Hadiklaim

Huggies

Hanes

HSBC

Head & Shoulders

Hersheys

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hewlett Packard

Hasbro

Hyundai

Henkel

Harel Insurance Investment & Financial Services

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HubSpot

Huntsman Corp

IBM

Innocent

Insight Partners

Inditex Group

IT Cosmetics

Instacart

Intermedia

Interpublic Group

Instagram

ICL Group

Intuit

Jazwares

Jefferies

John Lewis

JP Morgan Chase

Jaguar

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan

Kenon Holdings

Kate Spade

Kirks’

Kinley Water

KKR

KFC

KKW Cosmetics

Kurkure

Keebler

Kolynos

Kaufland

Kevita

Knorr

KPMG

Lemonade

Lidl

Loblaws

Levi Strauss

Louis Vuitton

Life Water

Levi’s

Levi’s Strauss

LinkedIn

Land Rover

L’Oréal

Lego

Levissima

Live Nation Entertainment

Lufthansa

La Roche-Posay

Lipton

Major League Baseball

Manpower Group

Marriott

Marsh McLennan

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Mastercard

Mattel

Minute Maid

Monster

Monki

Mainz FC

Mellow Yellow

Mountain Dew

Migdal Insurance

Marks & Spencer

Mirinda

McDermott Will & Emery

Motorola

McKinsey

Merck

Michael Kors

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

Merck KGaA

Micheal Kors

Milkybar

Maybelline

Mount Franklin

Meta

MeUndies

Mattle

Microsoft

Munchies

Miranda

Morgan Lewis

Moroccanoil

Morgan Stanley

MRC

Nasdaq

Naughty Dog

Nivea

Next

NOS

Nabisco

Nutter Butter

No Frills

National Basketball Association

National Geographic

Nintendo

New Balance

Nutella

Newtons

NVIDIA

Netflix

Nescafe

Nestle

Nesquick

Nike

Nussbeisser

Oreo

Oral B

Old spice

Oysho

Omeprazole

Oceanspray

Opodo

P&G (Procter and Gamble)

Pampers

Pull & Bear

Pepsi

Pfizer

Popeyes

Parker Pens

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Pizza Hut

Powerade

Purina

Phoenix Holdings

Propel

Ponds

Pure Leaf Green Tea

Power Action Wipes

PwC

Prada

Perry Ellis

Prada Eyewear

Pringles

Payoneer

Procter & Gamble

Purelife

Pureology

Quaker Oats

Reddit

Royal Bank of Canada

Ruffles

Revlon

Ralph Lauren

Ritz

Rolls Royce

Royal

S.Pellegrino

Sabra Hummus

Sabre

Sony

SAP

Simply

Smart Water

Sprite

Schwabe

Shell

Soda Stream

Siemens

StreamElements

Schweppes

Sunsilk

Signal

Skittles

Smart Food

Sobe

Smarties

Sephora

Sam’s Club

Superbus

Samsung

Sodastream

Sunkist

Scotiabank

Sour Patch Kids

Starbucks

Sadaf

Stride

Subway

Tang

Tate’s Bake Shop

The Body Shop

Tesco

Twitch

The Ordinary

Tim Hortons

Tostitos

Timberland

Topo Chico

Tapestry

Tropicana

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries

Turbos

Tom Ford

Taco Bell

Triscuit

TUC

Twix

Tottenham Hotspurs

Twisties

Tripadvisor

Uber

Uber Eats

Urban Decay

Upfield

Unilever

Vicks

Victoria’s Secret

V8

Vaseline

Vitaminwater

Volkswagen

Volvo

Walmart

Wegmans

WhatsApp

Waitrose

Woolworths

Wheat Thins

Walkers

Warner Brothers

Warner Chilcot

Warner Music

Wells Fargo

Winston & Strawn

WingStreet

Wissotzky Tea

WWE

Wheel Washing Powder

Wrigley Company

YouTube

Yvel

Yum Brands

Ziyad

Zara

Zim Shipping

Ziff Davis

[therabbitthatpostthings]

Plushies!

JJK Actor AU. Kinda headcannon to what their “out of character” persona would be like. Basically you have plushies of them and they have opinions about it.

Inspired by another fic, can’t remember the name and I scrolled for an HOUR for it. All the character had texts prompts in them.

Maybe spoiler???

Nanami Kento

Continuation of this post

- Between you simping so hard for his onscreen self and the plushies, he is so tierd.

- He’s been acting since his late teens but had one big breakout role. Since you two started dating you have made it a mission to collect any fan content that involves a role he is in.

- Even in the roles where he’s evil you have a mountain of merch!

- He loves that you are so supportive but the Nanami obsession is next level. He’d be more upset if it wasn’t just his face.

- He loves you so he puts up with the Nanami plushies.

Gojo Satoru

- Date an actor they say! It’ll be fine they said! Literally wtf.

- He’s a lot like his character in terms of playfulness. You have gone on record to say they are pretty 1:1 with each other.

- So naturally, when you bring home a Gojo plushie he is distraught.

“I can’t believe you would cheat on me!”

“IT’S A TOY!”

- He kicks Gojo off the bed all the time. Now Gojo Plushie sleeps on the living room couch.

- He still gets up every morning and complains that there’s another man in your apartment when he isn’t there (completely disregarding that you are at work half the time)

- He is secretly looking for artist to commission to make a matching plushie of you.

Geto Suguru

- He HATES it.

- Not just because it’s a plushie of Geto in his Kenjaku era but also because you got it from a con. It’s not licensed merchandise. Meaning stuff he would have gotten for basically free.

- In fact “Sugu-Mini” was just the beginning of a small empire of Suguru plushies you acquired over his duration on the show.

“Why are they all so fucking ugly? Why don’t you ever buy the cute ones?”

- Would rather die than admit that he’s jealous you hold one in you lap while working or lean on them when on the couch.

- Finally stops complaining when you move them to your home office and cuddle with him again.

Kamo Choso

- Sweet angle baby. He actually loves that you love plushies so when he got casted as Choso he would made it a mission to get you one of the first plushies they made.

- It makes you happy so he is ready to get you as many as you wants. He posts on insta a lot so when he mentions looking for more Choso plushies it practically goes viral.

- The next con he went two it took like three attendants to help him lug all the plushies he got. He later posted on insta that night a picture of his bed covered in Choso plushies.

- Eagle eyed fans noticed something though. The layout of the bedroom look eerily similar to another person who made a post about their brand new Choso plush. What are the odds?

- You both turn it into a game, posting photos with an increasing amount of Choso’s everytime.

- This actually starts a trend, #chosoplushietakeover. There’s not a single cast member or crew mate that doesn’t have a Choso plushie. It’s wild.

Ieiri Shoko

- She’s always been a natural beauty, so graceful and ethereal like. Playing someone collected and laid-back like Shoko was a welcomed surprise.

- Even though her role is smaller compared to everyone else, she loved it anyway. Any video from production has her somewhere in the background.

- As another devoted con-goer she also gets a bunch of plushies and brings them all to you. You two have at least 1 plushies in every room in your home. You both even carry a keychain version on your bags.

Iori Utahime

- like her character she has a deep seated hatred for Gojo’s actor but in more of a rivalry way. They are both child stars that got casted a lot together. For a short amount of time they were a ship.

- she originally posted a cute (cropped) picture of her plushie with you sitting off to the side.

- then Gojo did the same.

- So she posted another handmade plushie on her story.

- So did he.

- At this point she wanted him DEAD cause she knows how he feels about those plushies so he’s doing this just to piss her off. It would be that bad if he wasn’t actively bragging about ratioing her.

- Soon enough it becomes the battle of the plushies between these two. Factors are formed in the fandom. No mercy, all glory, blood for the blood god.

Ijichi Kiyotaka

- Doesn’t have any official plushies.

- it isn’t until you buy one online that he kinda cares.

- He treats that plushie like it’s your son. He has a pillow on the living room couch that is HIS pillow. No one can use it, not even guests.

Fushiguro Toji

- He hates it.

- He thinks they’re creepy. He’s never liked stuffed animals ever since he was a kid. None of your kids even have stuffed animals outside of like, 1 teddy bear each.

- Everytime you enter the room he is practicing wrestling moves on the poor thing with your son. You’re just happy you got a good quality one cause it had lasted through some rounds of combat.

Ryomen Sukuna

- I imagine him also being a child star but his career took off when him and his younger brother (Yuuji’s actor) starred in a drama together.

- They did not fight the twin allegations. Sukuna is older though by 5 years. As they’ve gotten older, they’ve gotten easier to differentiate.

- He straight up stole his brother’s Yuuji plush and drew Sukuna’s tattoos on it.

-Combined you two have five plushies:

A pillow one that he uses as a back rest. Two keychain versions. The drawn on Yuuji plush. And an ugly one that got messed up in manufacturing that is your personal favorite.

- He is essentially a plushie thief, if you lend it to him you will never see it again. He is currently has the second most Choso plushie count cause he keeps stealing others. Yours included!

[respectthepetty]

How can GMMTV just drop the Our Skyy 2 trailer like that and expect me to work?! I have so many thoughts:

My School President is pulling an alternate universe where Tinn is Gun and Gun is Tinn.

Cher and Gun are body swapping or alternate universe as well? Because they are wearing the other's colors (if I'm admitting Cher's colors include red, which I'm not...yet)

The Eclipse is going to heal our souls by giving us a happy ending to Brokeback Mountain and the Golden Eagle.

What movie is this for Khan and Thua?

Nueng and Palm are going back to the past and switching social classes (@dribs-and-drabbles noticed)

Talay and Puen are acting in a movie together? So did they start their movie production company in this universe?

And they live together

Are we getting Fuse and Aou?!

We're back at the waterfall in A Tale of Thousand Stars!!!!!

Why does my baby look sooooo good? Earth looks like a baby, and I love it! LOOK AT HIM!

Is a proposal happening in A Star in My Mind?

Not enough JoongDunk

Not enough Mark

Not enough ThreeZo

Oh that sweet sweet PondPhuwin chemistry

More fake-out kisses or real kisses? (LOOK AT THE COLORS!)

Sluts

I'M SO EXCITED! I'M SO EXCITED!

I'M SO EXCITED!

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

I wasn't sure whether to post it or not, because... well, you'll see (or rather not).

So, apparently Martin was spotted filming The Seven Dials Mystery in Ronda, Spain. (link in content source) But this spotter must have had super vision or really spectacular binoculars. 😅

But see for yourself:

An eagle-eyed Olive Press team worked out that you could watch the production from the rooftop terrace of the four star Catalonia hotel opposite. From the amazing perch – high above the world’s oldest bullring with a backdrop of mountains behind – you could watch the production on its first day of filming. With a beer in hand, it was easy to spot Hobbit star Freeman as he marched in wearing a beige safari suit and Panama hat.

Maybe we'll see more in the following days.

But I am all for beige safari suit and Panama hat!! 👀

[pyrrhocorax]

my current hetalia wildlife/natural resources au thoughts i have from your resident wildlife biologist: sweden: i have lots of ideas for him but the idea of him being an entomologist is interesting b/c the contrast of "big scary giant guy, but he studies tiny butterflies" is really fun to me. he has a very entomologist personality to me too based on all the entomologists i know so lepidopterist is my current thought. finland: forester. all foresters i know are unhinged in the same exact way he is unhinged. potentially also a fire ecologist?? i think that would be interesting (give me an excuse to learn about fire ecology more) and i think he would enjoy using a flamethrower. iceland: thinking geologist, prob volcanologist? or he studies auks. norway: less sure of him. thinking mainly about fisheries (not sure if marine or freshwater, both are interesting), mycology, lichenology (this is the main one i am thinking about rn), oceanography, or mountain stream hydrology (yes that is a thing) for him. denmark: having the most trouble with him honestly. maybe meteorology, geography (GIS dude??), soil biology?? maybe even human dimensions (i can see him being a good intermediary between the public and natural resources, like park ranger-esque)?? idk if extension agents exist in europe but he'd be good at that i think. estonia: songbird biologist. bander (or ringer you're european). potentially studying migration trends? breeding output of at-risk species? potentially lab mates with austria b/c sharing same field site. he's uncannily good at mimicking bird calls. lithuania: large carnivore biologist that studies in canids (i.e. wolves), mainly does camera trapping but also darts/radio collars them. looking at habitat usage to hopefully boost populations??? latvia: shorebird/rail/stork biologist?? reminds me of a shorebird biologist i know and i think he'd vibe well with water/water adjacent bird work. i also think him studying beavers is fun because beavers are fun! and i think the riga beaver thing back in the day was hysterical lol OR i think him being an aquatic entomologist would be cool he could be a dragonfly guy austria: also a songbird biologist, but looking at vocalizations/song stuff, does a lot more lab work than field work analyzing vocalizations. maybe studying nocturnal vocalizations during migration of birds across different habitats??? potentially lab mates with estonia. america: ungulates. or maybe specifically cervids. respectfully, as an american, we are overly obsessed with deer. could also see him studying salamanders because they are a special kind of person too that fits the american personality well, and america is home to the most salamander diversity in the world so like. yeah. canada: ducks/loons/grebes, raptors (specifically thinking eagles/hawks), weasels (him being so understated but studying wolverines is funny to me), or fisheries? :/ could also see him being a habitat biologist in general, doing modeling stuff for wider scale land changes? i kind of want him to be a prairie conservationist too. england: botanist is my thought for now? he has a "plant research guy who is 3 years into his phd and kind of regretting his life choices" vibe to me. but he's also the world's crustiest birder outside of his work (b/c uk influenced a lot of the current world birding culture) germany: ngl environmental policy analyst seems up his alley and we need more of those who are good. romania: chiropterist. and before you are like "urg don't stereotype the vampire thing pyrr" it's not that. his personality is just very bat biologist. they are a special kind of people, and i say that with affection, as all the bat people i know are fantastic. specifically could see him being also an entomologist studying the interactions between bats/bugs on farmland to see how bat populations help crop production. still thinking on things though!!! welcome to my niche au.

[jamessunderlandgf]

OCS as OBSCURE ASSOCIATIONS— pt. 11 🩷

TAGZ: @simply-jason ❤️‍🔥 @scarfacemarston ❤️‍🔥 @cetra ❤️‍🔥 @pitchmoss ❤️‍🔥 @bethesdas ❤️‍🔥 @newbordeaux ❤️‍🔥 @kyber-infinitygems ❤️‍🔥 @socially-awkward-skeleton ❤️‍🔥 @brujah ❤️‍🔥 @quickhacked ❤️‍🔥 @marazhaiaezyrraesh ❤️‍🔥 @timdownie ❤️‍🔥 and you!

ANIMALS: white stag. hawks. eagles. fireflies.

COLORS: pthalo green. ivory. sky blue.

MONTH: may.

SONGS: down in the willow garden— billie joe armstrong, norah jones | old river— orville peck | the stable song— gregory alan isakov.

NUMBER: four.

PLANTS: lilies. monstera. sorrel. ivy.

SMELLS: wood. cedar. wildfire smoke. sweat.

GEMSTONES: lava stone. black jade.

TIME OF DAY: absolute dead of night.

SEASON: wet spring.

PLACES: the pacific northwest. whitetail mountains. a clover field. this place. big sur. the edge of a lake. an unmarked grave. cliffside.

FOOD: venison. microwave pizza. microwave anything really. bar food.

DRINKS: an ice cold beer. lukewarm coffee.

ELEMENT: earth.

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: virgo. cancer. scorpio.

SEASONINGS: cayenne. pepper. oregano.

SKY: cloudy.

WEATHER: heavy rain.

MAGICAL POWER: flight.

WEAPON: crossbow.

SOCIAL MEDIA: instagram.

MAKEUP PRODUCT: lip gloss.

CANDY: peanut butter cups.

METHOD OF LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL: on foot, but stalking and lurking the whole way.

ART STYLE: impressionism.

FEAR: being alone, but not of her own volition.

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE: basilisk.

PIECE OF STATIONARY: a sticky note that you light on fire after reading.

THREE EMOJIS: 😶🏔️🍀

CELESTIAL BODY: earth.

[dandelionsresilience]

Good News - April 1-7

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1. Three Endangered Asiatic Lion Cubs Born at London Zoo

“The three cubs are a huge boost to the conservation breeding programme for Asiatic lions, which are now found only in the Gir Forest in Gujarat, India.”

2. United Nations Passes Groundbreaking Intersex Rights Resolution

“The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed its first ever resolution affirming the rights of intersex people, signaling growing international resolve to address rights violations experienced by people born with variations in their sex characteristics.”

3. Proposal to delist Roanoke logperch

“Based on a review of the best available science, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has determined that the Roanoke logperch, a large freshwater darter, is no longer at risk of extinction. […] When the Roanoke logperch was listed as endangered in 1989, it was found in only 14 streams. In the years since, Roanoke logperch surveys and habitat restoration have more than doubled the species range, with 31 occupied streams as of 2019.”

4. Fully-Accessible Theme Park Reopens Following Major Expansion

“Following the $6.5 million overhaul, the park now offers [among other “ultra-accessible” attractions] a first-of-its-kind 4-seat zip line that can accommodate riders in wheelchairs as well as those who need extra restraints, respiratory equipment or other special gear.”

5. ‘The Javan tiger still exists’: DNA find may herald an extinct species’ comeback

“A single strand of hair recovered from [a sighting] is a close genetic match to hair from a Javan tiger pelt from 1930 kept at a museum, [a new] study shows. “Through this research, we have determined that the Javan tiger still exists in the wild,” says Wirdateti, a government researcher and lead author of the study.”

6. Treehouse Village: Eco-housing and energy savings

““The entire place is designed and built to meet the passive house standard, which is the most energy-efficient construction standard in the world,” says resident Wayne Groszko, co-owner of one of the units at Treehouse.”

7. 50 rare crocodiles released in Cambodia's tropical Cardamom Mountains

“Cambodian conservationists have released 50 captive-bred juvenile Siamese crocodiles at a remote site in Cambodia as part of an ongoing programme to save the species from extinction.”

8. The Remarkable Growth of the Global Biochar Market: A Beacon of Environmental Progress

“Biochar, a stable carbon form derived from organic materials like agricultural residues and forestry trimmings, is a pivotal solution in the fight against global warming. By capturing carbon in a stable form during biochar production, and with high technology readiness levels, biochar offers accessible and durable carbon dioxide removal.”

9. 'Seismic' changes set for [grouse shooting] industry as new Scottish law aims to tackle raptor persecution

“Conservation scientists and campaigners believe that birds such as golden eagles and hen harriers are being killed to prevent them from preying on red grouse, the main target species of the shooting industry. […] Under the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill, the Scottish grouse industry will be regulated for the first time in its history.”

10. White House Awards $20 Billion to Nation’s First ‘Green Bank’ Network

“At least 70 percent of the funds will go to disadvantaged communities, the administration said, while 20 percent will go to rural communities and more than 5 percent will go to tribal communities. […] The White House said that the new initiative will generate about $150 billion in clean energy and climate investments[…].”

March 22-28 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

[impishdullahan]

What is your FAVORITE ever dnd campaign (I would love to hear about the setting and worldbuilding the most!! :3)

Oh boi! You best buckle up!

I've run 5 campaigns to date, the last of which is still ongoing, but I think the 4th is my favourite, and that's mostly because the setting is actually fleshed out and not based on any source material. I arrived at the setting by polling my players for what kind of game they'd like, and the result is something we'd've never come up with on our own! The first poll was for genre, and we landed on historical fiction / folklore. Rather than just do the Euro history and folklore I and most of players are familiar with, though, I then polled them for what other region in the world they'd like to play in because I thought it'd be fun to learn about other histories and cultures. Western North America and East Asia were tied first, so I developed a setting based on the cultures around the North Pacific.

I settled on an ice age setting and adapted a map of the Bering land bridge into a fantasy map that stretched from Hokkaido to the Yukon and populated it all with different D&D races, ascribing them different real life cultures. The world as a whole I called Nuna, which means 'land' in the Inuit languages. I'll describe each region, it's real world geographical analogue, and the races that inhabit it, and why I ascribed them which cultures.

Going clockwise around the Pacific Rim, the first region is Noshima. Noshima is equivalent to modern day Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kurils. The largest culture present is the Yamono, which are represented by beastfolk, a race I adapted from FAGE, the system I was running the campaign prior. The beastfolk were flavoured as the mortal counterparts to Japanese kami, which as I understand, are regional nature spirits. Noshima also had populations of the Toki, Men, and Elun: avens, humans, and aarakocra respectively. I'll describe the former two shortly, but the aarakocra are specifically flavoured as Steller's sea eagles. I can't remember what culture they leaned towards: they were pretty inconsequential in the campaign narrative and I just liked having Steller's sea eagles.

The next region is Yushen, roughly equivalent to modern day Manchuria and the Amur river basin, and is mostly represented by cultures inspired by the Sino-sphere. I'll discuss the Amur, Long, Heixuan, and Toki first. These were the original inhabitants of Yushen, and they're inspired by the 4 symbols or holy creatures of China: the Amur are felid shifters aligned with the White Tiger, the Long are dragonborn aligned with the Azure Dragon, the Heixuan are tortles aligned with the Black Tortoise, and the Toki are scarlet ibis avens aligned with the Vermillion Bird. (The Heixuan also leaned Vietnamese because I had a player want to lean into some Vietnamese folklore playing a tortle.) These 4 races/cultures were pushed to the peripheries of Yushen by the invading Men, or humans, who were in turn pushed to the peripheries by the invading Chi Sou, or orcs. These were inspired by some Chinese folklore regarding invading barbarians from the South-West, and I engaged in a little bit of stereotype. Yushen is also home to the Deva, or aasimars, in what would be the Sikhote-Alin mountains; the Deva were ascribed a broadly Indic culture, and they arrived together with the Chi Sou from far to the South-West.

Next is Jangso, which is broadly Korea: I did basically plop the Korean peninsula into the Sea of Okhotsk for the map. The major culture in Jangso is the Doke, or goblins. This is purely because at the time a friend had me watching the K-drama Goblin. Next there's the mixed Gokebi culture of verdans, a product of when a population of humans fleeing the invading Chi Sou settled in Jangso. There's also the Kebi in Jangso, the gnomes, who historically warred with the Doke.

To the North-West is the arid region of Khamda, broadly inspired by Mongolia. Khamda is populated by the Khernet, Sayatchi, Morinet, and Yamanet: yak-headed minotaurs, golden eagle avens, centaurs, and satyrs respectively. Khamda never played a role in the campaign narrative so it's not terribly well fleshed out, but the idea is that each is a population descended from a tribe of Men so spiritually connected with their animals in their nomadic lifestyles that they affected their physiology: falconers became avens, and herders became the rest.

The next region back on the Pacific Rim is Mokotan. Although Mokotan is geographically based on Kamchatka and Eastern Siberia, culturally I based it on Hokkaido since I based Noshima on the rest of Japan. The two cultures here besides the aforementioned Elun are the Jomon dwarves, based on the Jomon culture, and the Ainu-flavoured Pokkur halflings, based on the korpokkur.

Where the Bering land bridge is is the region of Emeq, populated by tritons. I ascribed them a Russian culture, but they were probably among the least fleshed out.

What corresponds to Alaska is the region of Nanaurat. In some ways it's the rest of the map west of Emeq in miniature: there's the Nanuk ursine shifters, Umiaq dwarves, Haarak halflings, and Kuutchik bald eagle aarakocra who are all related to their Western cousins. Nanaurat is broadly based on Inuit cultures, and I specifically wanted to lean into the connections between the East Siberian Yupik with the rest of the Inuit, as well as some of the more dubious connections between the Siberian Yeniseians and the North American Denes. Also in Naunaurat are the Yuktuk kor, guardians of the glacial pass to the rest of North America. Finally, theres the Kinichuk goliaths as well, and their western cousins were native to the pass betweem Jangso and Khamda, but they died before the glaciers came when the Doke and Kebi were still warring.

To the east of the map, beyond the glaciers and in what would be Canada, there's also firbolgs and elves, of which there are a few vagrants in Nuna.

I also have a bunch of lore to go with this all, at least the parts relevant to the campaign narrative, but this should do for an overview. A common throughline, though, is that each culture has its own explanation for what caused the ice age: Emeq was once a sea and it was only in the last 300-400 years that it rose of the sea when the glaciers developed around the rest of the land.

Feel free to ask for particulars about anything! The campaign was primarily set in Noshima, Yushen, and Mokotan, but I had 3 PCs from Nanaurat.

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02/2003 - Black Velvet Magazine “Queen Adreena in Wonderland”

(Interview with Katie Jane Garside - Taken From Black Velvet 35 - Feb 2003)

By David Jackson

In Milton Keynes, roundabouts have names. While frantically searching for ‘Eagle Stone’, a giant illuminated mountain on the horizon grows ever closer, eventually turning out to be a snow dome. Only in Milton Keynes. In an idealistic reality, Milton Keynes Pitz would be a dark smoke filled rock venue, located somewhere deep underground, out of reach of daylight with filthy walls and sticky floors, perfectly recreating the image the venue’s name paints. The truth is much less romantic. Located in the Woughton Leisure Centre, the Pitz sits firmly alongside a swimming pool while sharing a corridor with the health club and sun bedroom. Doubling as a theatre it’s not unfair to say the Pitz is one of the country’s less charismatic venues.

The public perception of QUEEN ADREENA vocalist and spokeswoman, Katie Jane Garside is varied, never quite consistent yet always fascinating. Appearing somewhat removed yet mysterious, she stands unique. Following Katie into the depths of the Milton Keynes Pitz, we arrive at the band’s dressing room. Informing me that she’s in a good mood, Katie takes a seat while continuing to arrange a small bunch of flowers in a glass on the table.

Queen Adreena are on tour in promotion of ‘Drink Me’. As a successor to their highly acclaimed debut ‘Taxidermy’, in many ways the album sounds a comfortable follow up. Finally settled, Black Velvet proceeds to ask Katie how happy she is with the final product. “In a way it’s not for me to say,” she cautiously begins. “We went through a lot making it. You do with every record, but this one particularly was quite difficult. It was kind of a year of reckoning in a way, writing and recording it. A lot of things that sustained me prior to that all fell away. I have a real sense of vertigo, no ground under my feet. I can’t really say if I’m happy or not with the album. To be honest the day that I am will be the day I don’t do it anymore. “Being on a planet in the middle of infinity with six miles of water underneath you and then infinity above you it doesn’t give you much to hold onto,” referring to her youth, part of which was spent living on a boat. “On the flip side of that, there’s infinity but if you get on the wrong side of the coin you can get into free fall terror. That’s sort of how I feel about that record, it’s just a page in the diary.”

It was author Lewis Carroll in his book, Alice in Wonderland, who first penned the words ‘Drink Me’, written on a label attached to a bottle from which Alice drinks and is subsequently shrunk. Was it from this that the album took its name? “Yes, it’s not hard to get there. Know your own poison really, that’s all it is. I’ve always found the only useful thing to do with fear is to run headlong into it, and that’s the only way it transforms, otherwise it’s always over your shoulder in your blind spot, so you have to sort of wrestle it to the ground really. It’s about knowing your own poison… Drink me.”

As the interview continues Katie’s fingers are in a constant state of activity, be it continuing to arrange flowers or further looping straps on her bag. However, every so often, Katie looks up, wide-eyed, with one of the MOST mesmerising stares I’ve ever seen. Many of Queen Adreena’s unique traits have carried over to the band’s second album. In many ways ‘Drink Me’ can be seen as an extension of ‘Taxidermy’. Or is it a completely new entity?

Pausing for thought Katie continues. “It is just another page in the diary. A lot of the things I said were sustaining me fell away, all the things that were keeping me upright sort of fell away, during that part of my life, making the record, I think it’s reduced things to their baser elements. In a way ‘Taxidermy’ is tugging in a lot of different directions. For me ‘Taxidermy’ is quite existentialist where I’m observing and witnessing and ‘Drink Me’ I’m taking part. I do use sexuality and violence to sort of beat myself back into existence because I’ve felt perpendicular. I’ve found myself to be dangerously insular. That again is what I said about the only useful thing to do with fear is to run headlong into it, because I lived in a tree house for a long time, just lived above everything, not taking part and I want to be here. Well I have to be here, otherwise I might as well not be here. As a kid I could never come downstairs to my own birthday party. I wanna take part, I actually wanna be there now, but I’m sick of living outside of everything.”

One apparent difference between debut and follow up album is Queen Adreena’s frequent use of dark atmospheric vocals seems to made way for a general heavier rock feel to the record. “The subtler things have fallen,” begins Katie. “Like a boiling pot it has reduced down to its really basic elements; it’s very minimalist. We’re trying to break the shell of the seed so the plant can fucking grow. Like my own life, we always watch from the wings and we wanna play the main stage. I am using violence and friction to create a chemical reaction hopefully. The only thing I find to be true is fiction that creates combustion and therefore doesn’t mean it’s easy or painful but it’s a fountain of youth in a way. It’s the only thing that turns me on and drives me forward.”

With only one single lifted from album ‘Drink Me’ (so far), the unusual decision was taken to release non-album track ‘FM Doll’. Not the usual procedure of album promotion.

“I didn’t want to look backwards. Making the record was kinda wrestling the thing to the ground,” describes Katie. “There was a great sense of relief. We’ve got a completely new rhythm section in effect now. I don’t want to sound like I’m doing my dirty washing, but we fired out old drummer after we did the album for the first time because it was not played very well. Then we went and recorded the whole thing in five days in a tiny demo studio. By the time we had the things in our hands it was, suffice to say, after finally getting the thing finished, we’d been writing like crazy and just thought there’s no point kinda eating yesterday’s dinner. FM Doll came out so quickly so natural and easily in a way. I feel like I kinda like parodying myself to such an extreme on that.”

The title of the single itself is one of hidden truths, quickly revealing a dark sub-text to the song. “It’s actually called ‘Fuck Me Doll’ and is about female objectification. In a way I shouldn’t really talk about it cause we’re desperate to get it onto daytime radio.” Treading her ground carefully Katie continues. “I know because of the lyrical content it won’t get on there. It’s about child murder. Do you remember the JonBenet case in America? The child beauty queen who was supposing murdered by her mother and father It’s about that and the endemic infection in the female psyche.”

Despite the somewhat unusual decisions surround the single release, as ever it’s accompanied with a promotional video. Talk of which is immediately greeted with laughter. “Well it’s a performance video, but, it’s sexy, that’s it. The whole thing with this is that I’m trying to burn down the cross that I’ve nailed myself to. It’s always about that. The illness that endemic in the female psyche, it’s just the way of the world where you’re just valued as an object. I think there’s a lot of power inherent in the feminine. I’ve always known it, used it, abused it myself so I’m can’t really go down a militant route with it because there’s a lot of power and joy within it. But it’s also for someone that’s not strong enough to carry it. It turns people into victims. It’s a very peculiar state I think that we’re in at the moment in history in terms of female objectification because it’s all supposedly coming up roses, but women are more effected by it than they ever were and playing into that role. What I do is hold up a mirror up to people and break it really for them.”

The lyrical content of Queen Adreena is in places beautiful and consistently fascinating.

 “That’s very kind of you,” replies a visually pleased and smiling Katie. “It’s not difficult at all. It just insists on coming out my mouth. I’d rather somebody shouted louder than me to quiet my own noise really. I mean that’s what playing live does, it just shuts the head noise down for a while. There’s so much noise from every angle it gives me a day off really once it strikes up and gets loud. It’s maintenance for me, it helps with survival. You’ve gotta put all that shit somewhere otherwise it turns into cancer.”

Talking about how the lyrics and music intertwine to make the final product, Katie Jane says “Crispin can get terribly upset with me. A song like ‘Silent Undoing’ I just wrote it at home. I’ve got a little wind organ I write stuff on. I’m not a musician, I can play a couple of notes very easily and there’s some chord buttons. For me I always write off an atmosphere. I’ve got six chord buttons and there must so however many combinations of those six chords so I can find that atmosphere that’s drilling in my head for that particular moment. Atmosphere’s everything. Everything that comes out I see in pictures. I’m just interpreting pictures, like snapshots but it’s always very vivid, it’s very much got a black line around it. In a way I have a hotline to the unconscious. Pity me, it’s not the best thing to have and I can’t turn it off. But that’s just intellectualising it. We always try to find clever words to make sense of what we can’t make sense of.”   The live show is one forum where Queen Adreena leave the onlooker completely mesmerised. Talking of playing live, Katie Janes says “I’ll give you the most fantastic and obvious cliché. Things that are important to me are fucking, wine and playing music and that’s it really. This thing of reduction, it’s all been about getting out of the head and into the body so it beats the military drum and calls us to war, and let the war of the fucking psyche commence. Here we are, what else could I be doing that would be more fun?” With a notorious reputation for performance how important an element of your music do you feel performing is? “I’ve always known it’s a real privilege to take the stage, it’s a very highly charged thing to do cause it’s a very un-natural thing to do.”

Do you think so? “Yeah! Why would anyone want to stand up in front of hundreds, hopefully thousands of people and almost beg them to tear one to pieces? Or on the flip side, when you catch the right side of the wave you can run up the sides of buildings and stuff like that, you capture a certain pure essence of something and that’s when magic happens. You step into a different realm. You walk through a door that’s not open very often, but you know you have to walk the knife-edge and be willing to throw yourself off the cliff, and that’s why I mean it’s very un-natural. ”

Taking the stance that it’s un-natural to stand in front of thousands of people and perform, are there any particular messages you hope Queen Adreena convey to their audience? “You know I take absolutely no responsibility for how I’m received; it’s nothing to do with me. I have a profound sense of displacement, like I said before, witnessing rather that taking part. I’m desperate to take part. Maybe everybody feels that, but it’s really under the microscope in my case and I’m very very aware of it. I have absolutely no message. I write little stories and I put them like photographs around myself in order to believe that I exist, or challenge the idea that I exist at least and that’s the beginning and the end of it.”

Flicking through her copy of Black Velvet Katie spots a ‘My Vitriol’ interview and proceeds to reminisce about the band live and mentions her admiration of bassist Carolyn. Continuing to chat about music I ask if there is anything in the current climate of music that interests her. “I don’t listen. Things come my way and I’ll listen to them once, but the thing that really does it for me always is white noise and distortion. I’ll listen to a constant CD of the sea; I lived on a boat when I was a kid. But before that,” pointing into the corner of her dressing room, “even the noise of that fucking fan, I find it really… I find is so reassuring for some reason. The sound of any white noise, like a fan or running water. For me listening to that stuff is like looking in the mirror. There are so many different voices in there and frequencies and harmonics and they tell me what to sing. I don’t mean THEY the great THEY, or the spirits. Just within white noise. There’s just this whole spectrum of frequency and it is like anything, if you stare at it long enough you’ll find a reflection of yourself within it. There’s always a story waiting to be told in there. That’s what I love, the wind, the sea.”

And with that my time with Katie is over, feeling like seconds but transpiring to be minutes. With a gig in a sports theatre looming closer Queen Adreena seem as unsuited to play such a venue as much as the venue paints an unrealistic image of itself. The delicately spoken Katie Jane Garside is one of the most intelligently fascinating women in rock. Collecting up her bunch of flowers Katie proceeds to position them carefully one by one into her hair before returning to the rest of Queen Adreena. For a further insight into the band visit www.queenadreena.com We’re informed ‘Everything is not obvious… explore.’

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Yuri Dyrin. January cat.Yuri Dyrin "January Cat." Decorated in a frame. Oil on canvas, 2001

Yuri Alexandrovich Dyrin - was born in the village. Kochkurovo, Dubensky district of MASSR, currently lives in Saransk, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Honored Artist of the Republic of Mordovia, painter, teacher, bright representative of the ethno-futuristic direction in the art of Mordovia, director of the State Budgetary Educational Institution of Secondary Vocational Education Sychkova." In 1991. Graduated from the Saransk Art School named after F. C. Sychkova, in 2005 he received a diploma of higher education of Moscow State University named after N.P. Ogareva with a degree in Cultural Studies. Since 1992, he has been a participant in republican, regional, all-Russian, foreign, international exhibitions, salons, festivals. Personal exhibitions of Yuri Dyrin were held in Saransk, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Sestroretsk, Prague, Moscow, Tallinn, Tartu, Helsinki, Magdeburg, city of Corey, Chistern (Italy), Stavern (Norway), Paris (France). The artist's works are stored in the State Budgetary Institution "Mordovian Republican Museum of Fine Arts named after S.D. Erzi," Museum of the city of Sarov, private collections in Russia, Finland, Norway, Germany, USA, Great Britain. Yuriy Dyrin is the production designer of the cartoon "Kuigorozh" based on the Moksha folk tale. The cartoon was created in the project "Mountain of Gems" at the Moscow studio "Pilot". The cartoon "Kuigorozh" became the winner of the film award "Golden Eagle", received the Audience Award at the Animation Film Festival in Suzdal, and on April 10, 2008 it became the main event of the Republican Animation Film Festival "Mountain of Gems" in Saransk.Yuri Alexandrovich takes an active part in the public life of the Union of Artists He is a member of the board of the regional branch of the Union of Artists of Mordovia, heads the section of the youth branch of the Union of Artists, actively and fruitfully works with young artists of Mordovia.

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Traditional Combrian Settlers

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Article Written: 10 September 1452

The area encompassing present-day Layda had previously been sparsely populated by a variety of people including Great Northerners, Kitalans, and indigenous groups. However, it was the Combrians, arriving in the 1190s and early 1200s, who began to transform the landscape.

Initial Settlement

Map of Remikra, 1206

Termed "land-carvers" by the local population, the Combrians, indeed, used their innovative hubstone-powered machines to change the landscape drastically in ways never seen before. There were three types of Combrian settlers: the ranchers, the rangers, and the farmers.

The ranchers raised livestock, primarily horses and cattle. They lived in a variety of places and were better able than farmers to settle in the semiarid regions, provided that underground water was available. Ranchers in these dry places used hubstone powered seismic-shockers to determine if there was underground water, and used hubstone drills to extract the water. There were also ranchers in the grasslands and in the mountains; and ranchers in the Magnumarian Shield were known for raising eagles.

All of these domesticated animals were used by others for a variety of purposes, so there was a lot of trade between fellow ranchers as well as farmers and rangers.

The rangers, on the other hand, did not have settled pieces of land to call home. They roamed the region in either all-terrain vehicles or airships that also served as their homes. Rangers gathered food from various practical sources, and made their revenue collecting and trading various items of value. Rangers also served as de facto members of societal welfare by warning travelers of dangers on the road such as bandits and wild animals.

The farmers, like the ranchers, raised livestock as needed, but were primarily focused on growing crops. Along the West Coast, farmers owned and operated vineyards using complex irrigation systems developed by hubstone technology. Vineyards were also grown on the other side of the Magnumarian Shield but not so frequently. Meanwhile, in the mountains were grown a variety of crops such as wheat and barley, which could sustain temperate climate patterns. Farmers played an important role out West, for they provided sources of food to both ranchers and rangers. Although these farms mostly functioned for self-sustainment, many of them sold products to rangers, ranchers, fellow farmers, and other Combrian civilians who began to populate the region.

Early Modernization

Map of Remikra, 1264-1308

Such was the society that existed by the mid-1230s, as Combria laid out the county borders. The towns and estates in these administrative divisions, however, were very small with the exception of the city of Asil, which became a breeding ground for revolutionary sentiment. In 1235, the inhabitants of Asil and the region declared autonomy from the nation of Combria; and the plethora of ranchers, rangers, and farmers, wanting freedom to thrive and trade amongst themselves, were quick to join the resistance against Combria. And thus the Republic of Savel, with the city of Asil being renamed the name of the new Republic, was established. The nation of Savel did not last long due to financial issues, and was quick to join with the Federal Estates of Retun as the Province of Layda before the end of the 1240s.

The city of Savel and the Province of Layda experienced another transformation. The capital city of Savel exploded in size and transit infrastructure sprung up between the counties, towns, and estates, which were growing as a result of Retunian economic and social policies. Similar to the East Coast of Middle Remikra, an air travel network sprung up in Layda between the counties, a road network between the towns of each county, and tram networks between the estates. Meanwhile, Savel, like every other Provincial capital, became home to a hub for the inter-Provincial cable train network and to a large airfield for airships used for international travel.

Some of the ranchers, rangers, and farmers took to this infrastructure, using it to boost trade, but most remained largely off the grid. These off-grid traditional settlers and their descendants continued using their self-made aerovehicles and ground vehicles as means of transit and living. And so there were, effectively, three societies: the emerging Retunian society, the traditional settler society, and the indigenous societies.

The Commonwealth

Map of Remikra, 1345-Present

Following the 1309 Revolution and the beginning of the Commonwealth, the ranchers, rangers, and farmers resented the increase in government involvement in the economy; and some of them even went so far as to arm themselves in defense of their trades. Despite taking such a libertarian stance, however, the traditional settlers wanted nothing to do with the Knights of the Common Good, who the settlers saw as "hell-bent on the destruction of humankind." Although taking such a neutral stance, the traditional settlers heavily armed and defended themselves and their assets against the warring entities during the period of political instability in the 1320s. And the settlers did not abandon such ways until after the Esurchian Occupation.

It was during the Esurchian Occupation of the 1360s that settler libertarian culture peaked. The settlers strengthened their ties with one another and established secret lines of communication and transportation in order to resist the Esurchians. This played a factor in the Commonwealth's ability to overcome the Esurchian influence.

Afterward, traditional settler culture underwent a major transformation. Gyroplane technology modernized and became mainstream in the 1370s; and it was the rangers who first adapted. Seeing financial and logistical conveniences, many rangers abandoned their old-style airships and ground vehicles for POD vehicles and other gyrocraft. Farmers, meanwhile, took advantage of plant-preservation technologies having emerged as a result of wildlife preserve investments stemming from the policies of Prime Minister Megan Wen, and began growing crops off of high-rise buildings or underground facilities. This became mainstream among farmers as room-climate technology advanced.

The ranchers were the most resistant to Prime Minister Wen's policies, which called for an increase in animal treatment standards. They, however, took advantage of granular animation and operated ranches in dymensional planes created by Library of Circlaria. Although this practice is deemed controversial, ranchers continue to trade among themselves and others in these dymensional planes for revenue.

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Hyoma would be chill with a lot of the gang, but I think he would be most comfortable around Tsubasa. They both like nature, foraging and living in the woods so they would get along greatly. Hyoma has always been intrigued by Tsubasa’s mysterious nature and finds it alluring, so he will often try to interact with him at parties when he doesn’t know where to go or what to do. Hyoma also LOVES Eagle and will buy him toys and play with him. Tsubasa would often spoil Hyoma with pretty things while Hyoma would spoil Tsubasa with cool sticks and bugs he found from nature, which Tsubasa gets so giddy over.

Gingka of course would be his main bestfriend, though they have grown apart over the years as he’s gotten older and he’s staying in Koma. I feel like their friendship at first was really rocky on Hyoma’s side because when Gingka left he felt like he had been abandoned, and he struggled with that a lot during fusion. But as he’s gotten older, he’s learned that no matter how far away Gingka may be, he’s still his childhood buddy and he wouldn’t throw him away like that no matter what happened. I think on the off chance that they do meet up and talk to each other, they have a blast of a time that is full of laughs. They would probably go out to park together and cause mayhem. Hyoma feels like they can go full crackhead with him and Gingka is fully on board with that. Either that or they’d go out and have a nice warm lunch with each other and catch up on things.

Speaking of best friends, I feel like Hyoma would love to hang out around Kyoya. Something about his aloof and endearing demeanor draws him closer to him and that’s something that Hyoma readily enjoys. He will often bring him meals after a long day of training with each other to just see him light up at the taste only to play it off like ‘it wasn’t THAT bad– Don’t get the wrong idEA–’. Hyoma think’s it’s the best reaction in the whole world. On a silly note, Hyoma would often make Kyoya laugh because of how goofy he is. He would use sock puppets to talk to Kyoya when he’s in another room by peeking his arm out of the door. Kyoya would desperately try to not to laugh as he smacks his hand away trying to shove them back into the door. Kyoya and Hyoma would often get high together, which starts up some really giggly interactions that usually ends with both of them falling asleep to nature documentaries or kid shows. Kyoya was curious about it but Hyoma never pushed him, rather Kyoya was the one to reach out and ask him what it was like, and from there on Hyoma introduced it to him slowly and told him how it would make him feel, both positively and negatively. Hyoma never allows anyone to take his weed if they are in a bad mood because he knows how badly it can make your anxiety spike, so Hyoma and Kyoya only do it if they are feeling 100 percent comfortable. Since then, they have always been really chill and open about talking with people about edibles and other weed related products, so much so that they’ve gotten some of the other bladers try it, like Ryuga, who did NOT handle it well.

Ryuga and Hyoma’s interactions would be very interesting. I think most of the time Hyoma’s personality would confuse Ryuga to the point where he just can’t be mad, just flabbergasted. Oh, he climbed up a snowy treacherous mountain to find him in a volcano like he was visiting somebody’s apartment asking for sugar? Absolutely insane. If Ryuga didn’t know any better he would say that Hyoma is mentally gone. But despite his enigma of a mind Ryuga does tolerate their interactions very well, although they barely see each other as Ryuga is too ashamed of his mistakes to show his face in Koma Village ever again. That doesn’t stop Hyoma from trying though, as he will often invite him to hang out outside the village in the forest to talk and occasionally to get high with Kyoya. Ryuga has no tolerance for weed though, so he would cough and get all watery eyed the moment he ever smelt a blunt, then he would trip for the next 3 hours while not saying a word to anyone other than asking the most out of pocket random questions that anyones ever heard. Hyoma loves to indulge him and asks him equally perplexing stuff back. It is a hilarious cycle that makes Kyoya laugh every time.

Madoka and Hyoma are friends, but they rarely have time to really get to know each other more personally.

Benkei would kind of like a big brother to Hyoma as well as a wingman for whenever Hyoma starts crushing over Tsubasa and Kyoya. Hyoma would tell Benkei about how nice they are and how happy it makes him, and while Benkei doesn’t fully understand it being aroace himself, he still is so glad that Kyoya and Tsubasa have someone like Hyoma who loves them for who they are. Benkei would help Kyoya cook for Hyoma and Tsubasa when they finally get together and have a date at Kyoya’s apartment. Likewise, Hyoma and Benkei would talk about different grilling techniques and how to get the best flavor out of their food. Both of them LOVE talking about smoking meats as well, and would take notes on how the other does their work.

SPEAKING OF GRILLING– He learned how to work a grill from Ryo. (AUTISM BE DAMNED THIS BOY CAN WORK A GRILL–) Because of how he lost his parents at a young age, he was always hanging out around Gingka’s house, and in the summertime when it was nice out Ryo would grill them something to each of lunchtime. Gingka would always be asked to bring them supplies, so while he was off grabbing those, Hyoma would be left with Ryo at the barbeque. At first he was scared of it because it was hot and it spit smoke at him, but Ryo assured him that it was safe and taught all about how it works and what to do when grilling food. The first time he flipped a burger patty was with Ryo. Needless to say, Hyoma fell in love with Barbecuing, and would work very hard to hone his technique to the best of his abilities. But he fondly remembers the time when he first used the grill by himself, presenting his overly burned or raw burgers to Ryo, and each time Ryo taking a bite out of them no matter how horrible they were and telling him it was the best burger he’d ever eaten. And as both of them get older and Hyoma gets better at grilling, Ryo is always delighted by his meals, and makes sure that Hyoma knows just how proud he is that he’s come so far in his life.

He would be the cool uncle to Yu. He would really try and make a positive impression with him, given that he is dating his ‘brother’ and he wants Yu to be okay with him possibly proposing to Tsubasa when the time comes. He would perfectly go along with all of Yu’s silly charades as well as being an awesome playtime partner. Hyoma is often asked to look after Yu while Tsubasa is off on a business trip, which he loves to do because then he can get to play with his little brother buddy. Hyoma and Yu would love making crafts like homemade slime and sensory bottles, which often involve a lot of glitter that Tsubasa finds tucked away when he gets back.

That’s all I could think of for now, but I’ll probably have more in the future.

[theodoradove]

SF Silent Film Festival winter program!

Saturday, December 2, Castro Theatre

More information, tickets and passes at silentfilm.org

10:00 AM

OF MICE AND MEN (AND CATS AND CLOWNS)

A collection of animated shorts, 1908–1928

Some of the most creative films from the silent era came out of an inkwell! Our collection includes animated shorts from 1908–1928, films that outshine much of what followed. For sheer audacity and pure joy, these films by cartoon masters Including the Fleischer brothers, Pat Sullivan, and Walt Disney, can’t be beat!

Fantasmagorie (1908, d. Émile Cohl)

How a Mosquito Operates (1912, d. Winsor McKay)

Adam Raises Cain (1922, d. Tony Sarg)

Amateur Night on the Ark (1923, d. Paul Terry)

Bed Time (1923, d. Dave and Max Fleischer)

Felix Grabs His Grub (1923, d. Pat Sullivan)

A Trip to Mars (1924, d. Dave and Max Fleischer)

Vacation (1924, d. Dave and Max Fleisher)

Alice’s Balloon Race (1926, d. Walt Disney)

Felix the Cat in Sure Locked Homes (1928, d. Pat Sullivan)

Live music by WAYNE BARKER and NICHOLAS WHITE

12:00 NOON

THE WILDCAT (Die Bergkatze)

1921, d. Ernst Lubitsch

Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann

Before director Ernst Lubitsch left Germany to ply his famous ‘Touch’ in Hollywood, he made a series of comedies that gave hints at what was to come. The Wildcat is his last German comedy and his most riotously zany. Subtitled ‘A Grotesque in Four Acts,’ Wildcat makes use of extravagant set design and eccentric frame shapes that lend a surrealistic edge to its antic energy. Pola Negri’s Rischka leads a gang of mountain bandits who ambush Lieutenant Alexis (Paul Heidemann) on his way to the local fortress, leaving him pant-less (and smitten) on the ice. Film writer John Gillett called the film “both an anti-militarist satire and a wonderful fairy tale.”

Live music by MONT ALTO MOTION PICTURE ORCHESTRA

2:15 PM

THE EAGLE

1925, d. Clarence Brown

Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, Louise Dresser

Clarence Brown's rousing film displays a perfect blend of elements—romance, swashbuckling, a modicum of humor, and the great Rudolph Valentino! Not to mention the splendid production design by William Cameron Menzies and gorgeous camerawork by George Barnes. After Valentino's Russian lieutenant rejects the amorous attentions of Catherine the Great (Louise Dresser), she orders him arrested. Instead, he flees and becomes a masked avenger intent on righting the wrongs visited upon his father and his countrymen by loutish nobleman Kryilla Trouekouroff (James A. Marcus). But the nobleman has a beautiful daughter (Vilma Banky)...

Live music by WAYNE BARKER

4:15 PM

PAVEMENT BUTTERFLY (Großstadtshmetterling)

Germany/Great Britain, 1928/1929, d. Richard Eichberg

Gaston Jacquet, Anna May Wong

Luminous Anna May Wong goes from a fan-dancing carnival act to an artist garret and finally to the French Riviera where she accompanies a wealthy art patron around Monte Carlo, draped in haute couture. Wong left Hollywood in search of roles more fitting her talents than the racially-circumscribed ones at home. This Weimar title showcases her magnetism—when Wong is onscreen, you can't look away.

Live music by the SASCHA JACOBSEN ENSEMBLE

7:00 PM

SAFETY LAST!

1923, d. Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis

Harold Lloyd's bumpkin salesclerk comes up with a publicity stunt that will bring attention to his department store and earn him the money to marry his sweetheart—scale the 12-story building like a human fly! Shot in downtown Los Angeles, the stunt has given us one of the most iconic images of the silent era—Lloyd precariously hanging over the city street, dangling from a broken clock. James Agee wrote: "Each new floor is like a new stanza in a poem; and the higher and more horrifying it gets, the funnier it gets."

Live music by MONT ALTO MOTION PICTURE ORCHESTRA

9:00 PM

FORGOTTEN FACES

1928, d. Victor Schwertzinger

Clive Brook, William Powell, Olga Baclanova

Heliotrope Harry (Clive Brook) and Froggy (William Powell) are partners in crime—genteel armed robbery—at least until the cuckolded Harry commits an even bigger offense. Before Harry goes to prison, he leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a wealthy couple to keep her out of the clutches of his no-good wife Lilly (Olga Baclanova) and tasks Froggy with keeping close tabs. But Froggy is no match for Lilly...

Live music by the SASCHA JACOBSEN ENSEMBLE

[hollyisanonymous]

HMMM... the mane six's fave foods, perhaps?

USES THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO TALK ABOUT PONY DIETS AND CULTURE THANK YOU FAYE

anyway. pegasi are the most carnivorous. they're not obligate carnivores, by any means, but their diet is primarily meat and fish based. mostly smaller birds, since meat-agriculture in general doesn't include other ungulates [feels weird since yak and bison are like. sapient also. and those are cows.]

pegasi treat hunting as a social activity oftentimes. They'll make a game out of chasing pheasants and snatching seabirds. They teach their offspring to hunt by plunging into flocks of passerines and by grabbing the occasional hawk. hawk-hunting is actually a fairly common sport! communities of pegasi along coastal regions also tend to dive into the ocean to snatch fish, like some real-world gulls do!

Dash grew up away from seafaring skies, so he never got to go diving for fish, but he does enjoy hawk-hunting quite a bit! it was a particular hunt of a red eagle when he was a filly that made him realize he was an adrenaline junkie.

Pink grew up in a mining town on the edge of a mountain. The soil was too rocky for much regular agriculture, and so they subsisted off of far more meat than was expected for regular earth ponies. Mostly smaller mammals like rodents and rabbits. Chickens and eggs on the side, sometimes. Pinkie didn't get sweets growing up, so she is absolutely enthralled by them now!

AJ's the most herbivorous of everyone. Pretty exclusively eats plant-based meals. Mostly wheat products, but of course apples make up a consistent portion of her diet.

Fluttershy is vegan by choice! Despite the fact that perytons are not entirely herbivorous [though moreso than the average pegasus], she chooses not to eat meat.

Rarity, in her short-lived stint at high-society living, grew fond of the luxuries of life. Lots of expensive fancy meals with bizarre ingredients. But growing up she was a sucker for a good peach cobbler, and would die for a nice apple crumble. She has a bit of a sweet tooth for chocolate in particular!

Twilight lives off of the most starving college student diet of them all, arguably the worst one. She'll eat nothing but granola and coffee for two days (and only eat that because spike brought her the granola). Peanut butter on toast was the only thing she ate for three months straight, every single day. Spike also has a habit of bringing them bugs, lizards and small rodents to eat. Twi is incredibly grossed out by the idea of preparing her own food like that, but appreciates it nonetheless.

[such-familiar-distance]

are you accepting prompts, still? because i'm wondering if you can write one where Kal had an owner who was not Marcus, and Marcus had a slave who was not Kal, and they were in the same circle (so, not strangers) but then met again after the annexation (kinda like when they did at the baths). happy ending for them or something that implies an eventual happy ending is preferred, but i kinda want to see how you'd write it if Kal pretty much had a Julius, and how they would react to finding themselves in love with someone who had been a slave/owner, and where they don't have such a deep history like in canon. it's completely okay if this doesn't strike your fancy! but if you do take this on, feel free to change the prompt up if needed, and thank you in advance <3

I love this so much, and especially happy to do prompts for you ❤️

This version of Kal is a bit meaner, but tbh Marcus could use a bit of meanness.

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Marcus excused himself from Horatio's engagement party and took his champagne out to the veranda; the press of nuptial bliss was rather too much for him.  Cyril had given him a polite but cool dismissal after their chance meeting at the bathhouse, and no wonder with his own upcoming wedding to that Eubelia woman.  Marcus leaned on the railing of the veranda and found himself next to the painter who'd done Horatio's engagement portrait.

Kallius–Marcus thought that was his name, having only caught it in passing–gave him a sidelong look as he smoked his cigarette, face half lit in the dark.  He was quite pretty, aside from the broken nose.

“Nice to finally meet you, Sieur Nothus,” Marcus said, trying to be polite after his debacle with Cyril.  “Your work's very highly spoken of.”

Kallius gave him a sardonic, sideways smile.  “We've met before,” he said, blowing out smoke.

Marcus frowned, trying to place where they'd met.  He'd fucked plenty of pretty blond whores before Cyril, and with a name like that, Kallius could hardly have been anything else before the annexation, but Marcus thought a friend of Cyril's would have thrown that at him more directly.  Not that he'd have turned down a pretty face like that one, even with the broken nose.  Marcus snapped his fingers as he recalled. “That production of the Penelopiad where the Odysseus forgot the lines for his eagle dream,” Marcus said, pleased with himself for remembering.

Kallius laughed under his breath.  “With Julius Caecinae, yes,” he said.  He took another drag of his cigarette, watching Marcus' reaction.  His nose hadn't been broken the last time Marcus had seen him, quiet and pretty and kneeling at Julius’ feet during that visit.  He hadn't thought much of Julius' boy at all, except to idly wonder about asking Julius to borrow him.

“Yes,” Marcus said awkwardly, finally recalling what Julius had told him about the cause of Kallius’ broken nose.  An ungrateful little sneak thief, Julius had caught him with a pocketful of change trying to run off; Marcus hadn't seen him after that and hadn't thought at the time to ask what had become of him.  Marcus supposed Julius hadn't had much to do with Kallius' subsequent training as a painter.

“Shame about our old friend’s arrest,” Kallius said, still watching Marcus in the dark, as though weighing him.

“Ten years’ hard labor seems a bit much for a scuffle at the bathhouse,” Marcus said.  Julius’ arrest and conviction a few weeks ago had all been rather sudden.

Kallius smiled brightly, like this was very funny; he was really very exceptionally pretty.  “Our good friend found out I had his debts called in by Cyril's dear wife,” Kallius said with that brilliant smile, suddenly much more dangerous than he'd been a moment ago. Marcus, stupid as he was, still thought he'd fuck him given half a chance.  “He didn't only try to punch me.”

“Oh,” Marcus said, contemplating Julius having broken Kallius' nose over a handful of change and what he must have done when confronted with the absolute mountain of debts that Kallius must have had called in.  “Oh,” he said again.

“Oh,” Kallius echoed sarcastically.

Marcus cleared his throat.  “I’m sorry I never said anything to Julius, before.  I didn't think–I just didn't think.”

Kallius laughed, a delighted sound that Marcus wanted to hear again; he'd never understood why Julius liked to make his pretty boys cry.  “I don't suppose you did,” Kallius said, and ground out his cigarette on the veranda.  “Care for a game of cards? I cheat better than Julius.”

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Marcus lost more than a dozen hands of whist but that was fine because after the sixth Kallius' hand was on his thigh under the table and by the end of it Kallius gave him a rather significant look.  Following him up the stairs, Marcus found himself yanked inside a bedroom and shoved up against the door.

“When can I see you again?” Marcus breathlessly asked the ceiling after, very pleasantly wrung out and lying on Kallius' bed.

Kallius laughed, fishing his cigarette case off the floor.  Besides the broken nose, he had a fine network of lash scars across his back and knife scars across his arms and shoulders. Some Julius’ work and some from being drafted into the militia, Marcus guessed.  “When can you fuck me again, you mean?” he asked, lighting his cigarette.

Marcus smiled crookedly.  He liked Kallius' brash cheekiness more than he'd expected, and wouldn't say no to spanking the brattiness out of him.  “That too,” Marcus said.  “But I'd like to take you to dinner and the theater first next time.”

Kallius laughed again, more curt this time.  “Absolutely not.  We're not friends, Marcus,” he said, blowing smoke towards the ceiling.  Marcus sat up and frowned.  “I wanted to see if you'd let me fuck you, you did, and now we're done.” Kallius paused, considering Marcus with a surreptitious glance at the door over Marcus’ shoulder.  “Are you going to make something of it?” Kallius asked, like asking about the weather despite his sudden tension.

“No,” Marcus said, jerking back like he'd been slapped.  “I just–had a very pleasant evening, is all.  I'd like to do it again sometime.”

This version of Kal is a bit meaner, but tbh Marcus could use some meanness.

Kallius considered him, the smoke from his cigarette hanging low in the room.  “Well,” he said eventually, flicking ash on the floor with a not particularly kind smile.  “I suppose if you'd like to suck my cock I'll be at the bathhouse most afternoons.”

“I'll be there,” Marcus said before he could think better of it.

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I don't have time to finish this properly, but let's imagine this ends with another 80k of Kal being kind of mean and pushing Marcus' boundaries in revenge for Julius until Kal catches feelings. Messed up in a different direction.

The Kal/Julius confrontation in this is a bit closer to what I had drafted for Kal/Marcus' reunion in the way, way very first draft, which started off as a noncon porn oneshot with a Bad Marcus who was more of a mashup of Lucian and Julius, and then I reworked the draft a bit to be a more drawn out dubcon thing with an ambiguously bad ending, but it just kept getting pulled in a more fluffy direction.

[wise-journey]

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