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It’s a thoroughly American story told in antique greek set dressing and it’s one of disney’s greatest contributions to humanity ngl
Rewatching Disney’s Hercules and yeah it’s still really good
#i love didni herculy#im south european and i think it would’ve been nowhere near as good if they were rly trying to make it greek#like i love historical accuracy but seeing as how its a mythical story created largely by Americans who even when expats r sort of removed#from their own country of origin#i feel it works oddly well#kind of like how mulan had its flaws too but everybody loves that movie#cuz u can see the love and care and respect which went into those films even if they’re quirky#the disney renaissance was such a lucky time to be a kid ngl#going to the movies meant something back theb
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So much of the absolute bullshit I see, the wild misconceptions about history and politics, are not accidents or conclusions people came up with themselves. It's recycled Soviet propaganda.
And like, some of this is because of recent Russian disformation campaigns, because why come up with a new disinformation campaign when you can just dig your your grandfather's disinformation campaign out of the attic, but a lot of it is in the air because some of the stuff bit really deeply into Western leftism during the cold war years, back when Western leftist intellectuals who definitely should have known better, took cues from Soviet intellectuals and academics, who, if they wanted their work to get wide dissemination, and also didn't want to end up in a gulag, had to conform to and propagate the party line.
But either way, this stuff is very widespread, and at times insidiously invisible, and I am this close to making a little sticker image that I can put on posts that contain examples of this phenominon.
#a s fischer original#so many 20th century western leftist academics and public intellectuals wanted to be like oh we're free thinking rebels#we don't listen to american ornour own country's propeganda#so they listened to soviet propeganda instead#totally missing the point that absorbing propeganda into your worldview is bad no matter where it's from
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Hiiii I saw you say you have Notes on your Remus and Janus designs 👀👀?
Could we see/hear some tidbits?
FOR SURE !! Here's what the original doodles for their designs look like, first off, (I know you didn't ask for Virgil but I did these three at the same time)
When I drew this I had just finished an exam and had to wait another hour until I could leave the classroom, so I wrote down enough notes that I had to flip the page instead:
Virgil:
- Virgil has light brown hair that he dyes black (badly). It is essential that the dye job look like shit. It looks artificial, his roots are showing, there's patches where the color didn't take, etc etc.
- He also has blue eyes, which I decided on mostly because it makes it even more clear that his hair isn't naturally black.
- He wears earrings, but his ears aren't actually pierced — they're fake little little clip-on things.
- He wears black nail polish at all times, but it's always chipped because he gets the cheapest stuff he can get his hands on.
- His hair (especially his bangs) get very long at times because he gets too socially anxious to go to the hairdresser. Back in middle school, he used to have Janus cut them for him (Remus could have done a better job but trusting him with scissors would have been a mistake). Now he mostly cuts it off by himself — it looks about as good as his dye job.
- Virgil's purple hoodie is a leftover from Remus' fashion design endeavors that Remus thought didn't look weird enough.
Janus:
- He has naturally strawberry blonde hair. The length is very important to him — he started growing it towards the end of middle school. (He allows Remus to experiment with hairdos sometimes as long as he doesn't cut anything off. I need to draw that sometime)
- I'm not entirely settled on his eye color. I know at least one of his eyes is a very pretty brown, but I have half a mind to give him a yellow glass eye for his left side — I'm not sure it'd make any logistic sense for his situation, though
- He got his ears actually pierced when he was 16.
- He also may or may not have a forked tongue. Not sure how I'd ever be able to show that off — but if he does have one, then Remus definitely was the one to encourage him to do it.
- His fashion style was definitely influenced by being around Remus (who may have used him as a mannequin/dummy because he's small.) so much. Remus also attempted to make clothes for him, but Janus is very fancy and picky, so he doesn't wear those clothes very often (though he might accessorize with stuff Remus made for him occasionally).
Remus:
- He has naturally very dark hair. He uses temporary/surface level dyes a lot, but if he's using permanent or semi-permanent dyes, he's usually limiting himself to the grey streak — it's kind of a sample strand, since it's already bleached. He 100% copied his hairstyle from Roman's.
- He (and Roman, of course) has greenish blue eyes.
- Janus paid for him to get his ears (and eyebrows) professionally pierced because otherwise he was just going to do it himself with a sewing needle.
- He has a lot of very shitty stick-and-poke tattoos he made/makes on himself. They're almost always hidden by his outfits.
- Speaking of which, Remus makes most of his outfits costumes himself. The quality of the work may vary, but they are always way too over-the-top for casual wear, because he stands out anyway, so... in for a penny, right. (As I said in the tags of a post: he is very creative and has no shame or social anxiety at all, so he had his whole aesthetic ("overdramatic green") figured out by the time he was 13)
- He also has SH scars, but, again — they're hidden by his outfits 99% of the time. He's a slut who never shows an inch of skin
#their design go in order of intensity Virgil → Janus → Remus#virgil likes to express himself but is too chicken to do anything too extreme so he's limited to softcore emo#janus is definitely fancier than most but he wears stuff i still definitely see every day at my uni#(i see people wearing corsets regularly at my uni idk what other people's experiences are. English litt major in a non-English country...)#(for those who don't know that's a gay as fuck major)#and then Remus looks like he's in the middle of a stage production every single day. with makeup to match#OH this is somewhat of a college AU ! Roman is also there and Remus' class does costumes for Roman's occasionally#Roman does theater and Remus does visual arts (design major/fashion minor bc there was no fashion major)#Janus and Patton are philosophy majors and of course Virgil is a psychology major#and then we have Logan in biochemical ingeneering for obvious reasons.#i have so much lore sorry for rambling .#anyway they keep a lot of their original designs because it just fits them#BUT i needed to include virgil having a shitty hairdo/dye and etc because he is. SUCH a try-hard in my mind.#emo sure. but he looks wannabe emo. it's Essential. he's fake ! he wants to fit in! with the gay kids sure but he still wants to fit in!#it's very clear that his hair is dyed because it's very clear that he is a wannabe. it is so important to me.#also the tidbit about him not being able to go to the hairdresser. is ALSO SO IMPORTANT. he pretends the shitty hairstyle is intentional.#even his signature hoddie is someone else's leftovers. He Borrows. From A Lot Of Places. but he doesnt have a real identity of his own yet.#you wouldnt guess while reading these tags but im actually way more passionate avout Janus and Remus than i am about virgil#it's just that i project onto virgil so so so much .#anyway SORRY FOR THE RAMBLE AGAIN. I KEEP DOING THAT#ask#idrawgaystffs#sanders sides#lbau#drawing#traditional#rant#do i character tag this. i dont feel like feel like character tagging this#OH AND thank you so much for asking !!! as you can tell i really like talking . about them
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no culture or country "owns" certain flavours or cooking ingredients. by the way
#nothing irks me in quite the same way as people being exclusionary and weirdly nationalist about food#'[x] cuisine uses ingredients from [y] country there's nothing original about it' 'that's just a worse version of [dish from my culture]'#shut the fuck up#genuinely#people have been inspired by other culture's traditional dishes and making it their own for as long as cultural exchange had existed#*has#food#vent
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[OC] Jiang Ning Guang & Lian Hong Yan
aka Wu Chun Tian's parents in their youth ;)
#oc#my ocs#original characters#my art#they deserve their own template because i said so#og blorbos from this universe#storytime!#so at somepoint in my life i watched the myth - jackie chans and hu ge's and i was like yeah#so idea was similar then it grew differently#something about a bit of childhood friends who's fated paths went separate ways#and it ended tragically#but then my brain at 3am was like wait what if#and that was last chance to turn back#but i didnt and i 'what-if-ed into happy ending where they survive their deaths#escape to another country change names and have a child#and then it spiraled even more#anways#standing like a madman before board with red strings#so wct is lian bros cousin because lian hongyan and crown price aka their father were cousins#but also step siblings in a way because ningguang was married to said crown prince#makes perfect sense#shuu ocs tag#series: the long ballad
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Fuchgenta??
#the tiny house i based my own blue print off of is for sale at 110000 across the country#if my ass weren't broke id hop on that and drive all the way over to get it#but also 110k for a tiny house on wheels is pretty outrageous especially when these things were originally marked at a cap of 65k#once upon a year now no one can afford them#i do want a home someday and I'm also finding I'm nomadic by nature#dream would be have a “home base” with land thats permanent#but as soon as winter comes i can pack up and move south or wherever is warmer for several months before returning#that would be great for minimizing fibro flares getting away from the cold#heck if remote work ends up getting me good money after i pay off a huge chunk of medical debt i wouldn't mind#being a digital nomad for a few months out of the year#go see people i like across the pond see pompeii see rome see ireland see spain see australia see japan#so many....#theres people that want to hear the pitter patter of tiny feet before they die#then theres me that wants to see all the cool ancient human things before it disappears or before i leave earth and go home#one of the few big fears i have is it wont happen in this life#but hey i didnt think i was gonna make it past 23 let alone make it to 32#i didnt think i was ever gonna get out of my abusive household and out of my old shitty life#but im here so who knows what could happen right?#not magenta or fuchsia but some other pink variation#i just need to roll out a pink color palette and start assigning emotions to them at this point 😂#magenta is my vent word#fuchsia is my vent word for good things#idk wtf this is its a combo
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there's a japanese head spa in okc now. when I was growing up the hottest and only thing to do was buy cupcakes
#to be fair cupcakes were a trend across the country but there were other things to do in los angeles before that#I'm actually pretty sure the sprinkles woman is from here#and yet....we have to make our own cupcakes#also the only good place imo to buy and enjoy cupcakes is closed after an illustrious history that ended sadly with the original owner#retiring and then an actual jerk buying the business and promptly giving up because customers like it when you don't yell at them
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If you're sick of the generic Christmas songs you've been forced to listen to while shopping, I made a playlist of some more unique songs.
#or if you only like some of the songs on my playlist feel free to steal what you like for your own playlist#I hate the typical christmas music more and more every year#it's the same obnoxious 40 childrens songs#why are we all forced to listen to “sleigh ride” and “up on the housetop”?#not to mention “santa baby” and “the christmas shoes”#I don't want to listen to “I wish I were a little bar of soap” and “bingo was his name-o” when I'm grocery shopping#so why is it okay to subject everyone to the most brain grating children's music for two months of the year?#anyway#I wanted to listen to holiday music too so made a playlist of actual good songs#there's some modern original christmas songs#there's some less known older carols#and my favorite: minor songs#jingle bells in minor is far superior to major#I also added some songs and score from my favorite christmas movies#there's also some songs in other languages#when I was in choir I loved when we sung christmas carols from other countries#I hope a few people find this helpful#christmas#christmas music#Spotify
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Crochigi (crochet Tigi) 🐅🪴⛵️
#crochet#artists on tumblr#original art#artwork#fabric art#sasha's art#i know most people don't follow me for crochet and you guys want Drawings#and i will post that soon again!! i have pieces in the works and many ideas i am Excited about!! but until then. i really wanted to share t#this#this is my crochet masterpiece#this was the first time i made my own pattern#i have this stuffed animal that i have had for over 20 years now#his name is tigi#he's been with me through everything#and now that i moved to a different country and finally got a lot of the things i've always wanted#i've been Reflecting a lot on the things from my childhood and just Life and theres been a lot of crying and Appreciation and generally jus#the whole Range of every possible emotion#and i wanted to put some of this energy into Art obviously#and decided to try and recreate my favourite childhood stuffed toy in crochet#i've wanted to try to attempt that since i learned how to crochet (last year) but now i felt i finally Understood how it works so i felt#competent enough to try and do it#and i love how it worked out!!#i also got the opportunity to go to the town that was like my second home when i was a child and my Refuge when i was a teenager#and i got to take these photos there#which was also an emotional process for me#in general i just had a lot of fun making this piece and i love it so so much#i hope you guys enjoy it too!!
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If anybody ever sees me celebrating a white guy im being so deadass punch me in the fucking face
#hozier when I catch you…..#all the politically charged songs you’ve written and performed only to wait two weeks to post a lukewarm response on Palestine#YOUR OWN COUNTRYS GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS PALESTINE#very strange seeing the ‘both sides’ tone from the insta stories#especially when a twt from 2021 shows very clear support of Palestine#like??????#what happened to the original plot of the movie???#be serious#free palestine
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I would expect something like this from the US or Germany. Kinda surprised that Canada would pull this. Are people going to start burning old maps, books and almanacs? Israel has already done a great deal to destroy official Palestinian records. This is Canada's complicity in literally erasing an entire land and its people.
#no country of origin#this is some bleak dystopian shit#really Canada?#apartheid#save palestine#ethnic cleansing#israel is an apartheid state#seek truth#free palestine 🇵🇸#genocide#illegal occupation#israel is committing genocide#israeli war crimes#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#birth certificates#passports#college degrees#property deeds#im the least religious person you will ever meet but Israel is bringing a biblical level apocalypse down onto their own heads#israel is like a bratty child plugging their ears refusing to hear reality#you will never erase Palestine or its people#stolen lives#stolen land#stolen culture#palestinian culture#right to self determination#seek the truth and share it#spread awareness#we will never forget#this simply will not stand forever
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Sheryl Swoopes, Tina Thompson, and Cynthia Cooper discuss the fact that there is no houston team any more
#every time we'd land in san antonio or dallas the first thing i'd say would be ... i'd rather play in russia#and like ... honestly valid#really dallas is the most invalid city in the country#really the whole dfw area... i mean it's just a collection of suburbs#and honestly i think the culture and geography of dallas is reflected in the wings and that franchise#and compare the vibes of dallas wings to the vibes of detroit shock... totally different#detroit is strong cool powerful#dallas is just well we're here and there's a pegasus#and have you seen the color green they use in the logo? it's so ugly#the thing is i want better for the players#oh and then the defense comments#they are cracking me up#wnba#sheryl swoopes#tina thompson#cynthia cooper#cynthia cooper-dyke#i've been thinking about this#and like it obviously is sad but how to remedy#tbh i think they should move the dallas team to houston#then the dash will have a buddy#but that complicates thinks a little bit bc dallas is originally from detroit#which has its own history and legacy#but then i think back to she told herself defense was not her role#houston comets#these tags got out of order i think#that's what i get for editing and adding comments
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"all your ribs are still your own" sounds interesting!
Thank you, dear anon!
Titled after Ribs by The Crane Wives, It is deanlena, and it's my little self-indulgent "Save Jessica Moore" fic!
Jess goes to NOLA to visit her cousin who's friends with Elena. She is attacked by a demon there and rescued by Elena. The demon reveals Sam's connection to the incident, and Elena clarifies a few things about the supernatural world. Elena and Dean kind of have a FWB thing going on, since NOLA is monster-central. Jess makes the decision to stay in NOLA and break up with Sam. After Sam's friend dies of demonic possession, he goes back to hunting. 5 years later they all meet again in the NOLA airport.
excerpt:
Elena stares into the skull's hollow eye sockets and Dean realizes uneasily that she is face-to-skull with an exact copy of her own cranium. A chill runs up his spine as he contemplates the horror of this moment. Beneath the skin, bone, and sinew of the beautiful woman in front of him sits the very same skull she holds in her hands. "What are you going to do with her?" he asks. "She could've been me," she answers. "I don't know where to find her family anymore, but I'm her family, too. So, I'll take her home. I'll bury her with my family."
ask me about my WIPs!
@randomestfandoms
#asks#anonymous#ask games#tag games#all your ribs are still your own#bella writes (allegedly)#some petrova existentialism because I'm Like That#it's Probably not sam/jess endgame but they will interact#elena's job in this verse is basically the translator that prevents Indiana Jones from pissing off all the natives#because I have this headcanon that petrovas are very adept with languages as a sort of survival mechanism#being able to adapt to new environments is important for survival!#so anyway yes I did send Elena to a foreign country so she could find the remains of a long deceased petrova#if you are wondering why her bones were not with her family I will tell you this: this petrova is a very famous mythical figure#who never made it home#(some of you know who it is even)#(there will be a reference to her in addendum)#and elena and she have very similar names/names derived from the same origin with the same meaning
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random thing that came to mind after that last poll: just a reminder that if you get your name legally changed for any reason, make sure you hold on to all of those documents!!!!!!! because if you don't the DMV will absolutely rail your ass over it
#rambles.#if i can prevent even one person from having to deal with that mess then i've done my duty#it was one of the reasons why getting my license was delayed for so many years#those bitches want EVERY ORIGINAL DOCUMENT#i eventually got my license but i didn't qualify for a REAL ID#which.... come next year means i won't be able to board domestic flights 🙃#thank u america. not only have i never even had the money to travel in my own country#but now even if i did i won't be allowed to. LMAO
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not something i usually talk about here but i had a little breakthrough in the family genealogy research today and istg i felt something over my shoulder. like an ancestor or something i'm not even kidding
#* mine.#( * bhm. )#hallasimss#( * like. generally i'm ambivalent on the concept of ghosts i don't really think they hang around like that. maybe they do maybe#| they don't who knows really but the sh*t i felt. the sh*t i f*cking felt opening up that document to scroll through the list#| of slave names and their countries/tribes of origin from a plantation i was looking into owned by people with the same#| last name as my maternal grandmother before she got married and had my mother. there's Igbo and Kongo and Mandinka and Fula#| and Yoruba and Senegalese and Caplaou [town of Grand-Lahou from the Ivory Coast] the longer the list got the more i broke out in chills#| idk. idk i just f*cking felt it i can't explain that. like i was in the right place and they had been waiting for me to find them#| even though i still haven't narrowed it down to specific names in the list yet#| still a little shaken. might have cried a bit closed the tab opened up CAS cried again the whole works. nine days left in BHM#| but they're making sure i don't forget this one God. the strength of my people. )
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#might delete this later because i havent actually done extensive research on it#this is purely just based on my own personal opinions#but labour seriously fucked it when they stopped caring about any country in the uk that wasnt england#like a lot of the people in scotland moved from labour to snp especially because of that#because they moved away from their original left wing working class roots#i guess what im trying to say is just that its a shame and this is exactly why we just need independence#we are completely separate countries that are running on different systems and politics#the only thing still being connected to england is doing to us at this point is ensuring we remain held back and dragged down with them#and its sad you know because we voted to remain in the eu during the brexit vote. and i really believe the only reason we didnt get#independence the last time it was voted for is purely because we were for all staying together and staying within the eu. there was just too#much up in the air at that point. and then we got fucked over 2 years later by england voting for brexit.#sigh. anyways like i said i dont actually know anything for fact this is my own personal feelings. but yeah its just a shame really#le text post
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