#exotice

[forestduck]

Ghi.

[brandonecannon]

Salat cu pui i fructe exotice

[aroaceleovaldez]

mildly entertaining pjo fandom curse (mostly in that you can make games out of it):

everybody draws Piper showing skin. half the time Shel as well. literally almost EVERYBODY. go look at Piper fanart. is she wearing a crop top? i bet she is. or if she's wearing a dress hers is gonna be one of the most revealing. bonus points if they gave her a belly button piercing. and it's almost always only Piper and/or Shel. i thought we had a whole discussion about sexualizing young indigenous girls back in like 2021 but i guess nobody processed that part cause pjo fandom acts like if they dont have Piper show her stomach or have her shirt ride up they'll die.

the curse is that you will never unsee this. have fun with that.

[stochastique-blog]

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Nissan GTR by Nicholas TJ.R on Flickr.

[coffeewithcutcaffeine]

[t4tails]

the absolute fits some dc fans have if u call starfire black is insane like "wahhh shes orange shes an alien her hair was so big in the 80s bc it was the disco era" why do u care so much. i hope dc gives her more natural black hairstyles in the future just to piss u off specifically

[constancecontraire]

feeling the need to inform people who were not already aware that charles baudelaire was specifically a horny poet. whole sections of les fleurs du mal are poems about how sexy his mistress was. i feel like the asoue connection has made him known for writing bleak poems (which he did) but i must set the record straight that this man wrote about fucking just as much

[hindahoney]

Has anyone else noticed the weird appropriation of Yiddish for specifically anti-zionist spaces? It makes me deeply uncomfortable.

[loundervenus]

Queen of Darkness 🔮🌙

One of cinema’s first sex symbols and femme fatales, Theda Bara, was famously known as “The Vamp.” She captivated audiences with her roles, popularized exoticism, and embraced the allure of darkness

[causalityparadoxes]

I think Mrs. Flood may be an Osirian. Specifically, Isis / Alozza

If they focus on the Osirian/Egyptian Mythology side of Sutekh, it would make sense: Isis is a goddess that has been associated with a million things. Importantly for this, she is connected to the sky, to rain, and to fate. She was also the sister-wife of Osiris, who himself is associated with cycles of nature. Including, the annual flooding of the Nile.

From there, the name 'Mrs. Flood' tracks! She is both the flood of rain and the wife of its endless cycle. She's also a widow, so of course she would have a married title yet no spouse.

It would make sense to include her specifically, as she is important to the Osiris Myth that Sutekh's history is based on. In it she collects pieces of Osiris that Sutekh/Set scatters after murdering him. After finding them, she resurrects Osiris for long enough to have Horus (or an aspect of him at least). Horus then 'defeats' Set. Which parallels the story in Pyramids of Mars.

Being an Osirian would explain her creepily ominous warning to Cherry. As while she would not be with Sutekh, she would still be a higher being with alien priorities. Her being on earth would also somewhat fit with the dweu. Where Isis waited on earth for Sutekh's awakening. Though not 1-1.

It could also connect back to Ruby, as Isis' has strong connections to motherhood. If Ruby was say, secretly an Osirian, there are options. Especially considering her name's reference to both the Sun and the colour red, like girl is nearly a verbal description of the Eye of Ra. She could be the daughter of Isis herself, maybe a younger aspect of Horus (God of Light but also a god of the Sunday), hidden away as a human. Though that would be a very literal take. Honestly, when it comes to Ruby I'm not sold on anything specific.

Lastly, If they go this direction, I'm guessing the "vital object on a distant planet with no name" that rtd teased, will be related to the Osirians. Since they've already used the Eye of Horus, perhaps the Eye of Ra? It is has been depicted in relation to Isis. It's also often personified as a Goddess so, maybe Ruby herself? A living trap/weapon, idk). Whatever it is though, Mrs. Flood would be instrumental in defeating Sutekh. We'll see.

(Also: disclaimer and apology in advance to both people who actually know about the religions I'm mentioning, and to EU/Faction Paradox fans. For anything I may have got wrong 🙏)

[avinkusprince]

^ me when i'm not at all suspicious and definitely don't have any intimate knowledge of the subject

[vveltergeist]

Various Tarentus Headcanons, in no particular order:

• As an agri-world, Tarentus does a lot of dry farming. So, most of the yield like tomatoes, maize, and beans goes off world. But the natives cultivate cacti and prickly-pear for themselves (the rest of the Imperium doesn't find it palatable).

• "Wine" is made in Tarentus, but it's either a Tequila or Mezcal type spirit. So it's STRONG. Tarentus Wine is not for the faint of heart.

• Also, the natives make their own alcohol, a pulque type drink. Once again, not very palatable to the foreign taste. Mostly because of the slimy texture.

• Sooooo many delicacies. I'm talking Mesquite cakes, Quince cheese, Bird peppers, Pitaya, Rattlesnake consome! You name it. It's a badlands buffet over here.

• Since I imagine the place is all low brush and bramble, with the occasional crags and creeks, I'd say there's lots of hares and jackrabbits and small game: like armadillos and praire dogs.

• There's tons of coyotes and spiders and scorpions, too. But bigger and meaner because something something grim darkness and / or reverse island syndrome.

• Tarentine peoples are both very very zealous in their faith of the Emperor, while also being very locally superstitious and they often combine their folk beliefs into their worship. Yeah, they believe in the big guy on the golden throne and the primarchs. But also they ask their desert saints for small favors and easy summers when they can. (Multiculturalism win)

• Life in Tarentus is, by imperial standards, pretty alright. Yeah, you do have to work grueling hours toiling under the desert sun, meanwhile the nights are bone-chilling cold and full of the howling of coyotes, and sure, if you’re new you probably don't like the taste of roasted agave hearts garnished with red worm larvae, and of course, you could just get unlucky and fall over dead one day because you forgot to check for scorpions before putting on your shoes, but it could be worse! IT COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE.

• Because the enviroment is so harsh the people are close knit and they take care of each other. And when shit hits the fan, it's all hands on deck, even a few nobles and guardsmen get rotated in to dethorn some cacti or scare off coyotes.

It ain't much, but it's home

[juniepops]

imagine if ppl were as stiffly weird abt other translations as they are with manga titles. like it's called Die Verwandlung my ass is NOT saying "Metamorphosis" 🙄

[gayestcowboy]

this might be one of my favorite twitter interactions ever

[iukasylvie]

Hot Take: Scholars Got Carmen Backwards

According to Wikipedia, scholars believe that Prosper Mérimée's Carmen (1845) made its main characters less sympathetic than Georges Bizet's opera (1875). They claim that Carmen was an "unmitigated and unconvincing monster" and that her character needed to be "simplified and deepened" on stage.

... Excuse me, what?!

The novella Carmen actually makes Don José and Carmen more complex and sympathetic, giving us:

José as a Basque exile, drawn to Carmen because they share outsider status in Spain—and because she actually speaks his native language (unlike most Spaniards).

José sparing the narrator's life out of gratitude for his hospitality and cigars—so much so that a monk is shocked he survived meeting José!

Carmen urging José in Basque to avoid a fight that nearly kills him.

Carmen nursing José back to health twice—including saving him from soldiers, hiding him in a cave for two weeks, and refusing to sleep until she gets him to safety.

Carmen disguising José and bringing him into her gang to save him from execution.

José trying to save another gang member, El Remendado, after he's shot.

Despite his possessiveness, José takes full responsibility for Carmen's death—burying her according to her wishes, turning himself in, and arranging prayers for her soul.

Compare this to the opera, where José is just a lovesick soldier who murders Carmen in a jealous rage. The novella gives us nuance, cultural identity, and moral complexity, and yet scholars still call it "unconvincing" because it doesn't fit a neat, romanticized tragedy.

It's wild how Carmen went from being a story about identity, marginalization, and human contradictions to being flattened into a nationalist melodrama of "fiery seductress vs. obsessed soldier."

[greencheekconure27]

I love linguistics posts as much as any other Tumblr user, but I also think we non-native English speakers should start translating English like it's an Elvish language too and mock everyone who tries to correct us for being a "joyless American capitalist" or something.

Let's do the language equivalent of "write about USA food like US journalists write about Asian food".