#finnish media

[badhockeymom]

I'm so impressed with Markus Nutivaara: he must be the most grounded, humble, down-to-earth and level-headed person in hockey.

I listened to his long interview on the Oulun Kärpät podcast Petopodi yesterday. He said a lot of the same things as in the article linked in this post, but a lot of other things too, such as reminiscing his Kärpät days and talking about his hometown buddies and thw support he has from his family.

The total opposite of entitlement: he appreciates his journey, but he's happy to be where he is now.

[heavenlycreatures]

valoa valoa valoa (2023) directed by inari niemi

[chut-je-dors]

Now I'm curious cause of your tag. What did Swedish media say about the eurovision thing?

Oof yeah, here's a post detailing it ... here another... Basically they've absolutely flipped over the fact that Finnish public didn't give Loreen points at all (which I find absolutely hilarious) and suddenly started wielding such rhetoric as "the former eastern part of our kingdom" referring to Finland, which is???? like??? do I even need to say how Not Okay that is?

It might seem to some that the Finnish people are reacting to Sweden's (unfair) win and them being sore winners (which, points to them, I didn't know was possible!) with too much drama, but it's all tied to our history together. Finland has traditionally seen itself, and has been seen by other countries (Sweden included) as the sort of "little brother" to the more advanced, better-faring, glorious Sweden. While Sweden to my knowledge doesn't much care about what Finland gets up to (perhaps overlooking/ignoring us and our merits), Finland is always comparing itself to Sweden and trying to live up to it. It's a very common rhetoric and sort of, the atmosphere over here. We know more about Sweden than Sweden knows about us; we're constantly conscious that Sweden exists. Sweden gets talked about in international news; Finland, if mentioned, is often tied to - you guessed it - being Sweden's neighboring country.

We used to be part of Sweden for 600 years. During that time, Swedish was implemented as the language of the culture and the "civilised" whereas the finns living in the eAstErn pArT oF tHe kiNgDoM were seen as "wild" and "uncivilised" and just, generally a lesser people to the Swedish speaking population. We haven't been under Sweden's rule for some 200 years and STILL we can't seem to shake their influence on us. Swedish is still a mandatory language to learn at school (and I have many opinions on that, but that'd be another post). Finnish as a language has been disregarded for its whole existence. Our leading national thinkers and poets in the 19th century, who were the first ones to really push for the Finnish identity instead of us seeing ourselves as part of Sweden or Russia, wrote in Swedish. The first novel in Finnish was published in 1870.

So this is monumental to us, to have the whole word watching Finland and not Sweden. Finland has a lot of merits, especially considering how small a people we are (just 5,5mil). To have a song in our language, in Finnish be this popular, is something we couldn't have imagined. We as a people are humble to the extreme, so much that we might easily scorn anyone who is too successful (not a good thing!), and this is the first time in my life that I'm seeing the whole country rally behind someone like this. When we say "Our Jere" we mean it with our whole hearts. We're so so proud of him, everyone is, and for once Finnish people seem to think in unison that someone deserves all the praise and the success.

SO, to have Sweden in this UNIQUE moment of Finland raising its head and being "we're so amazing", with the rest of Europe going "yes you're so amazing!!", spew rhetoric like this, is just, unbelievable to me. Like I can't just believe that in the 21st century there are people in Sweden who hold up 200 year old thought patterns of our country. It's been shocking 'cos though there's always been rivalry, it's felt more... tongue in cheek. We "love to hate" Sweden over here. It's been "I hate Sweden (affectionate)". But now we find this unbelievably condescending and belittling attitude towards us raising its head, and we wonder, we thought we two were okay?? But have they always held these beliefs???

So there's a sense of betrayal in the air as well. And just, full on disbelief. And maybe we're starting to see that it has been like this all along, but we've decided to turn a blind eye to it? True colours shining through? Perhaps not... but yeah.

Sweden not looking good here!

(here's one more post that says the same that i did but was better at making it SHORT oops)

[celluloidrainbow]

TYTÖT TYTÖT TYTÖT (2022) dir. Alli Haapasalo Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö support each other unconditionally. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma on the contrary has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens whole new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Rönkkö is on a quest to find pleasure. Three Fridays is all it takes to turn their worlds upside down. (link in title)

[ratatatastic]

do you know how funny it is that a seperate angle of this photo ended up in local newspapers...

the photo where sashas fond face is in clear view...

[darkerthanblack-666]

Ruoska MV (the official premiere is on Sunday)

SOURCE (at ~4:30)

[dorkbait]

saarelainen, 2024.

[miamaimania]

Entwined with Nature: Riita Ikonen's Ethereal Portraits of Human and Environment

[kuppikahvia]

I can't believe I can actually say that 2023 was The year for Finnish media. The collective Käärijä brainrot, Fallen Leaves doing numbers internationally and Alan Wake 2 winning three very deserved awards in The Game Awards, and one thing that all of these have in common is the shameless Finnish spirit! Love to see it

[dutyworn]

me watching the credits of mass effect roll and seeing that one finnish name among the concept artists:

[kindafooey]

god fucking dammit. fuck me running. okay. I'm watching the serialized version of Louhimies' Unknown Soldier because I literally have nothing else to do with my life and uh. when I found out the fandom is shipping Lehto and Riitaoja, I was like. okay purely based on the book sure sure yes I can see the potential for sexual tension between the two, they do have that weird polar-opposites-forced-to-interact kind of thing going on and they do get a good handful of scenes together building up that dynamic (and their death scenes being linked is a really beautiful detail too). I was a little taken aback by the fact that Hietanen and Rahikainen isn't a popular ship because their relationship is a lot more pronounced in the book and checks a lot of standard ship dynamic boxes, but seeing how they're not really portrayed as a duo in this adaptation at least (and I'm guessing the fandom feeds more on the visual media than the book itself?), it kinda makes sense ig.

...but holy fucking shit if the sexual tension isn't present in the TV show. it's straight up underlined is what it is. I had to watch the scene where riitaoja falls to the ground from exhaustion three times because I couldn't believe my gay old eyeballs. the fucking. gentleness with which lehto lifts him up after taking his anger out on him? the fuckibgbng. lingering almost regretful touch on his back as he starts stumbling forward????????? bit out of character even but oh my god. aku louhimies can rot for all i care but that man desperately wanted those two fictional soldiers to fuck. im giving him exactly one brownie point for that. (also i can't deny that this adaptation is a really beautiful one. worst person you know made a great piece of art type beat. devastating)

[heavenlycreatures]

valoa valoa valoa (2023) directed by inari niemi

[omppupiiras]

something something erika performing amoring siivet and kä performing autiomaa

[celluloidrainbow]

KELET (2020) dir. Susani Mahadura Kelet is a young Somali trans woman who dreams of becoming a Vogue model. Leaving her family in Manchester to return to her childhood home in Finland, she draws on the support of her friends in the ballroom community to immerse herself in Helsinki's glamour while building a new life for herself, facing her fears and her past, and following her dreams. (link in title)

[nanoa1foryou]

I think it's really fucked that Lordi really like to maintain their privacy and go entirely by artist names and then Finnish media insists on full government naming them every chance they get.

[bitter-13-suite]

Jartsa sketch. Took much longer than it looks. Considering giving up on drawing for a while.

Also: mourning his glorious mane. Such is the curse of middle-aged men, I guess.

Original picture rights to whom they belong, found in the 'Time I' DVD bonus pictures.