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felipe-v-fanblog · 3 months ago

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My Questions:

What is your favorite portrait of Felipe V and why?

What is Felipe V known for?

Is it true that he lived life thinking he was a frog?

ah thank you for asking about him !! he is my hyperfixation forever and ever <3 always happy to talk about any historical figure anyway

i will make a long-ass post i must confess that i dont know when to shut the fuck up:

FIRST OF ALL i really like the hyacinthe rigaud portraits. specially the last one, which i know one of the copies is at Versailles along with a portrait of his brother le petit Dauphin and his father le grand Dauphin and I believe there is one of Charles, duc de Berry too? which is also his brother. Anyway I am insane about all of them so of course its my favourite. BUT my favourite version of that portrait is this one:

he has a heart ! on his wig. over his forehead. there. i think its funny. This portrait has a lot of version which are too similar to eachother but this one is the only one with that weird thing on his wig. Also this one isnt actually for the public display that is why its on a very low quality its being sold. which is a Shame. Its from his second reign as that was the moment he started using the ponytail.

WHAT is felipe v known for is a eh interesting question as i think everybody knows the upside down portrait of him in Xátiva, near Valencia, which is the autonomous comunity which hates the most Philip V as far as I know ? SO he got a lot of hate during the war of spanish succession (1701-1714, starting approximately when he was 17, as he gets to Spain at 16 - it finished around the end of 1714, the year he marries his second wife, Elisabeth Farnese - also a very interesting character which i know a lot of people love a lot) . So eh the important stuff is that spaniards hated bourbons because Spain hates frenchmen ? for some reason ? but im british so im supposed to hate them too. So anyway after the war of succession which is ! ofc after charles ii death which i know you like a lot :3 i also really love him iiii I will keep talking about philip v as to not change subject. So. eh he was also the grandson of Louis XIV which I know spaniards hated because he was in war with the Habsburgs - its a conflict since Louis XIII s times - and they were very culturally different. In fact Philippe suffered a lot when he came to the spanish court a la Marie Antoinette because it was too different. But its like the contrary of Marie Antoinette, because he was suffering because spanish was boring and he didnt even knew spanish. He also felt pity against the gente de placer because they had different morals in the french court (ofc the activity its bad in itself but i will not state the obvious, yet in the court of louis xiv there are many examples of mentally ill or desfigured people which were supported by the state. ofc the majority of them were part of the royal family but anyway philippe knew he shouldnt make fun of these people - he was rather disturbed by the group). So anyway the habsburg faction was against him but he was rather welcomed to Spain, he himself didnt felt spanish enough to be king - and even had to be reassured of keep being king since very young, years before abdicating.

Clearing that out, because the story about Philippe going to Spain, or his childhood, or his first marriage; are all stuff I would talk on and on about, eh, I will proceed to talk about other stuff he is known for. During his first reign his first prime minister, which was a frenchman that Louis XIV send to fix Spain, did fix Spain; ofc not as good as Charles III would later do it, but did the first steps towards it. He also send to made very important buildings of Spain like el Palacio de la Granja, where he is actually buried along with his second wife Farnese. He is also known for being the first Bourbon king in Spain, may say the first bourbons were Isabel de Francia (first wife of Philip IV - sister of Louis XIII) and Maria Luisa de Orléans (first wife of Charles II - daughter of Philippe d Orleáns, brother of Louis XIV - you probably know the tale about Don Juan José negotiating the marriage ! its a funny story). There is also very peculiar characters during his reign like Don Blas de Lezo or the Cardinal Alberoni (which Philip himself made sure to make cardinal by spamming letters to the pope about making him a cardinal - Philip was very fond of him, and even made him his prime minister and Archobisp of Malagá), there is also Louis-Joseph of Vendôme (Luis José de Borbón, as he is known in Spain), which Philip also gave him his life and made him virrey de Cataluña, heir of the throne in case he did without childs, and marshal of Spain. He has a thing for giving the people he loves everything they ask for and more. Louis-Joseph is one of the most important military figures of the war of succession along with the duke of Berwick and the count of Tessé (marshal of France since Vendôme was exhiled from there. also a funny story. Vendôme was a real weird guy and I dont get to understand why Philippe liked him so much).

I finish the last section of this post. Which is getting big asf. The frog thing. Its very weird for me to see many people which make jokes about that ? I guess people think its funny ? but its not the only think he had issues with ? must say he was melancholic aka disordered since all his life. He was not know for being a normal kid, he was very quiet and shy. I know for a fact that he was bulimic, but he also presented a mood disorder, which has been mainly theorized to be Bipolar II, which I am actually okay with that version as he presented many of these traits - more tentative to depression, known as a hypomaniac state, and more tentative to psychosis. Even with that, psychology is very stained with a mysoginistic and racist history, and the diagnosis of male historical figures with bipolarity is one of them. First because they dont actually diagnose him with Bipolar II thats my own suggestion because spanish historians do their job terribly and dont even try to take it seriously enough to stand what kind of bipolarity are they talking about - they just threw off bipolarity because the mainstream idea of bipolarity is someone who tends to be happy for some moments and then deeply depressed. SO after throwing off my own agenda I will state the facts. He was deeply depressed and then went on a manic state from the sound of music. He employed an italian castrato - the most famous one ! - Farinelli to sing and play music for him, as he rested on the bed, and made him repeat the songs over and over again. He would have loved spotify. And after a lot of repetitions he even sang the songs himself, as these made him very happy. He also made Farinelly his prime minister (this guy seriously had problems with giving everything to the people he loved). He also had a very fucked up sleep schedule, making his ministers met him at the bed of his wife at 2 AM, as he never left these chambers. He had a big fear of dying, normal between Bourbons, and a big religious trauma since his childhood - he had a very severe tutor, which is actually a remarkable figure in the reign of Louis XIV; and even the spaniards were weirded out by how much he used to confess himself with Alberoni. He also had paranoid delusions, which are known to be bizarre, such as the time he thought his clothes were shining weird, and that they had poison, and because of that he started to use his wife s clothes (this is, well, a thing that happened for some reason. He ordered to only let nuns make his clothes for this). He was also hypersexual, and there is not a funny part about it, but I always joke about the fact that he was the first guy to drag a dildo to Spain (fun fact). So thats all. Ah he also thought for some time that his body parts would fall off and that he was a frog. Which the first is Cotard delusion and the other is just a bizzare delusion, as many psychotic delusions are. He liked to watch the gardens a lot, and used to be fascinated by the frogs jumping around it. This was a very small moment of his later years, when he barely left the bed, as he was very depressed. Thats the answer to the question. Now you know a lot about Philip V mental state which may or may not be funny. I think the frog thing was made popular by tiktok? but that was a very small part of his mental disorders. I love him a lot hehe. I personally think he had BPD as he was very fond of the people he loved and had many trust issues, and BPD also can make people more tentative to psychotic disorders and bipolarity. Spaniards tend to lie about the bourbons or exaggerate stuff because the historical records are tainted by habsburg faction, so the majority of my information comes from french people of the time. Feel free to ask questions or dont READ THIS AT ALL this is A BIGASS POST. I can also recommend free pdfs to read about his time blablabla I specially like Liselotte (Elizabeth of the Palatinade) letters and the memoirs of Saint-Simon, even if he talks a bit too badly about Louis-Joseph or le grand Dauphin.

#yapping #this is just a superficial view of his reign i can yap more #i found tumblrs limit of characters while writing this

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pissplasmicpantom · 2 months ago

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for the last couple of months now ive been workin on reinventin my cyberpunk ttrpg NEON SPIRITS to be more evocative, more explicitly southeast asian, more in-line with my current politics and worldview and also just, more actual textual conveyance of the themes i originally wanted to impart. and part of that was a move away from the traditional 70s to 80s retrofuturist aesthetics that to late 90s to y2k retrofuturism

im far from the first to do it (ttrpgheads, go look up cybermetal 2012) but i realized another reason why i was drawn to the change, besides just the novelty. my primary aesthetic inspiration for NEON SPIRITS' setting is the congested concrete heart i grew up in, the filipino capital of manila, specifically my neighborhood in tondo. living here, u can sense a distinct *old-ness* in its tech culture that u only ever rly see in other parts of the philippines, & the global south more broadly

like some examples:

theres a piso-net near my house (if u dont know what that is, google it), and just a day or two ago, i saw a little kid there playing on one of the pcs; the graphic quality of the game told me it was absolutely made between the late 90s to early 00s. i remember watching on an old box tv and using a landline phone waaay into the 2010s until eventually we switched to a flatscreen and people stopped ringing up the landline. our living room cd-stereo is just collecting dust upstairs now, but we put that shit on play late into noynoys presidency. facebook, THE social media platform that ppl in the west see as for old people, continues to be the hotspot for social media activity in the ph; young ppl have started gravitating to twitter in the last decade or so, but fb is still where we message and post and keep up on online announcements

advanced technology as a class barrier is extremely charted territory for the cyberpunk genre. but in ttrpg worlds, it tends to come in the form of "high tech is commonplace, but the even higher/cooler tech is only affordable to the wealthy"; very "everyones got a phone but only rich people have the iphone 15" kind of energy. it sorta has basis in reality, but its also a perspective that comes from a privileged position, primarily from countries at the core of the geopolitical economy

for countries that live out in the periphery of this economy, we r always the last to get new commercialized technology—even when a household has the kind of wealth to be in proximity to the core. were almost always the source for this tech—whether its the manufacturing materials stolen from our soil or the manufacturers themselves—but its always too expensive to proliferate here at the same time it does for the us or uk or spain or elsewhere in the global north

we hafta wait till it hits the bargain bin for us to actually use it; and by the time we do, its already out of date by a couple years (this is also why piracy is so frequent a practice here even among bougie families like mine)

#pissposting #ttrpgs #theres not rly an overall point to this #i just had a thought & followed it #i finally at least solidify the why behind neon spirits' new aesthetics

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polkadotfairyposts · 4 years ago

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Ok, so as an english person living in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I now actually really *get* the need for independence.

Here's my brief, foggy and perhaps mildly innacurate because im a bit shit with dates and names but bear with me. I was also drunk when i wrote this but it still stands

So, Scotland is one of the oldest *established* countries in europe, in 843 or 834 it became a recognised country

England, being England, kept on invading and there was a lot of dispute about territory.

You know thoose historical figures you hear about a lot, William Wallace of Braveheart fame, Robert the Bruce of Outlaw King. These guys were about in the 1300s. Contantly battling with England over their sovreinty

In 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn happens, Robert the Bruce pretty much destroys the English army near Stirling

1320, the Declaration of Arbroath is signed, stating the people of Scotland, not a king or leader, but the people theselves are sovereign, in quite a dramatic comparison so England's monarchy and heirarchical system. Yes, the Scots had kings and nobility, but the people were the most important, kings were not chosen by God

It was written in Latin, but says the following:

As long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours, that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself".

Boom, right?!

The union of the crown happened, im hhazy on it all, watch Mary Queen of Scots to get a fairly good idea. Its mostly to do with a lot of Protestant/Catholic issues, mostly fuelled by English politics, as far as i can see, but i. Could be v wrong. There was alot of hoo-ha regarding recognising Scotland's monarchy, especially involving the "Auld Alliance" with France, who England was continually picking fights with

1703: The Scottish Parliament passes the Act of Security, under which Scotland will not in future be bound to accept the same monarch as England unless Scotland is accorded completely free trade with England and the colonies.

So, the Treaty of the Union happened in 1707 (thats right, its only just over 300 years old) but lets just look at the curcumstance in which it was signed

In the years (maybe decades) leading up to this, England imposed some kind of tax or restrictions on scottish trading.

5 February 1705: The English Parliament pass the Alien Act, restricting scottish exports and trades. Big economic impact here. Many purses made a lot lighter.

So, the Scottish Parliament (made of nobles and officials, no vote for the people. Rumoura of bribery and threats abound) decide to enter into this Union. A draft is written, its voted in, the Scottish Parliament is dissolved. There was a LOT of anti-union feeling about this. Theres a rumour the Treaty was signed in an actual basement in edinburgh to avoid protests happening around the city. (I obvs dont know the truth in that)

Magically, when the scottish parliament was dissolved, restrictions were removed and scotland was able to trade freely as part of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain"

Now, theres a king, exiled, James, or "the Pretender", hanging in France, decides to rally troops from there and head back to try and sort a Jacobite uprising. This, in 1708, failed.

1715 sees another Jacobite uprising. Defeated

1720 Spain tries to. Help another Jacobite uprising. Defeated.

Honestly, just keep on going through rinse and repeat until the big one.

You all know Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 1745 Jacobite uprising and the absolute massacre of Culloden, especially if youve followed the Outlander series.

This was the last big rebellion. And I'll tell you for why.

Scottish culture was all but outlawed. Kilts, Tartan, Pipes, Gaelic, all punishable offenses. The Highland clearances happened (basically rich people owned the land, decided it was gonna make them more money to feed cattle than people and moved villages and townspeople to the most barren areas, on the brink of survival. A lot of folk were destitute, some left in ships bound for the US willingly , many were sent as punishment for even minor crimes)

Now, im not saying the Scots were angels and innocents subjected to English rule, a good few profited highly from Slave Trade and many oof Glasgow and Edinburgh's city statues are of questionable admirability.

But this Union of Equals is anything but.

In the 1990s, the Scots had to fight tooth and nail to get their own parliament back. This was under Labour and Donald Dewar became First Minister.

In 2014, there was an epic vote for Scots on whether to become and Independent country again. From polling at just 26%a year or so before, the Yes vote went up to 45%. Not enough to win the referendum, but a huge improvement. The Better Together campaign raised questions such as EU membership, pensions, currency, could Scotland afford it?

The DAY AFTER the No vote was announced, David Cameron announces EVEL (yeah, it looks like evil) English Votes for English Laws. Freezing Scottish MPs out of decision-making. So much for "Stay with us, Scotland. Lead us, dont leave us"

2016 the goddamned Brexit vote happens. It was 52/48 Now you know, if that had been the outcome for Yes, the uproar would have been "its too close to call" "thats not a big enough margin!" but because it was what an underlying majority of Tory backbenchers actually wanted, it was accepted. People who voted to stay in the EU were labelled Remoaners and the 16m+ who voted against it were ignored in favour of the 17m+ who voted for. Also worth noting, scotlannd voted 62% to stay in the EU. A much higher margin than to remain ppart of the UK. We were ignored. So much for Scotland staying in the UK to stay in the EU

Oh, and the last decade of Tory austrity has seen oension age increase and pension amount decrease. We've one of the worst ppensions in the developed world. There goes that argument

As a result of the Brexit vote, the sterling decreased in value. Fuck it, a number of Scots wouldnt even mind using the Euro if we were to rejoin them, but we'd be well within our rights to use our own Scots ££££

Also, the Macrone report shows pretty well that Scotland has a wealth of natural resources it would be able to use, we could definitely afford it.

Soooo, we comme to the "once in a generation" arguement. This was said a lot, by both sides. As a turn of phrase. Same as many things. Boris Johnson said he'd rather be dead in a ditch than take an extension for EU talks. He took that extension and thougb ive been thoroughly searching ditches up and down the UK, not spotted him yet.

Nowhere in the Edinburgh Agreement (the document agreement 2014 referendum) does it state "once in a generation". It *does* state that scotland can holld another referendum following "constitutional change". One word. Brexit. Thays one big motherfucking change.

If were talking about a generation, in human terms, thay could be 20/30/40/50 years or so. But if we're talking political generation, its worth noting in talks with Ireland, this was defined as seven years. Since the Edinburgh Agreement was signed in 2012,we're past that. And even if we go by 2014, thay makes 2021 the year we can do another.

12 consecutive polls have shown Yes well ahead for independence. Scotland also allows 16-18 year olds to vote. And EU citizens living in Scotland.

The point is, if Scotlannd wants it, Scotland shoukd be able to choose it.

#scottish independence #End of the Union #Yes Scotland #scottish history

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thrallsnpuppets · 5 years ago

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Ramble

One of the stranger (but relevant) thoughts i have had within the last couple weeks pertains to my birth country, the US.

In the next few years, my husband and i may be given the opportunity to one day move countries for his work. To me this is great.

My husband is a humble, born and bred, small town Texan with an extreme work ethic and homebody life preferences so the prospect of picking up everything and moving thousands of miles away to an unknown land filled with unknown possibly hostile people is terrifying. He literally lives about 50 miles from where he was born and raised and has never been without his immediate family. And contrary to his upbringing, hes decently progressive.

I live in Texas with him. However, I was born 2000 miles away in California. Those of you who are unfmailiar with the states and the culture, crossing state lines is both changing climate and time zone. If we can rightly agree that countries like Portugal and Spain have their differences than we can agree that Texans and Californians have a butt load of cultural differences as well.

One thing that is consistent is the the conditioned sense of Nationalism on both a federal and state level. Both CA and TX like lording their superiority as a state over the other and will bail out on any accountability when it comes to federal matters.

So, encroaching on that mentality that was only spun off different due to dialect has given me a decent understanding of what i could expect in culture shock when moving.

There is a marginal language barrier between Texas and California most pertaining to the specifics of slang and grammatical usage. (I went to speech class as a child due to health issues so i sound odd in both states.) When californians get worked up their words are replaced with expressions that i can equate to real life emojis that are just over the top comical in many situations. Where as a worked up texan loses any sort of hard consonants and theybextend their vowels to the point of running their sentences into one great grumbly affectation that can be about as intimidating as a hackles-up cattle dog. Watching californians argue with texans over Facebook pales to what it looks like real life. The californians are dancing around making expressions and exaggerated movements while the texans stick their chin out with a snarl hanging on their sunburnt and chapped lips. (My mom is from New Jersey, throw a new jersian in with the two mentioned and both the Texan and the Californian clam up momentarily. Californians are loud but like a song bird. Texans are quiet like a resting steam engine. New Jersians... They have all the fan fare and volume of a crowded stadium.)

I greatly digressed. I was only trying to highlight differences in state to state culture and got wrapped up in my own imagery.

Point is, there are major differences and not just in dialect and composure. If anyone has been paying attention to politics, youd know that the states can be very outspoken about their epitomized policies.

I havent been out of the country (would love to if warfare isnt eminent) and these opportunities i will be given has given me time to consider that. My husbands job owns places around the world so i have quite a bit of locations to think about.

I have always wanted to tour so many countries in both hemispheres but i haven't ever thought about residency.

So, i have been bouncing these ideas and potential opportunities off some of my family members and friends. Somenof my friends love the idea of getting that opportunity and would jump at the chance of leaving their bumpkin texas hometown to find themselves on foreign coasts (except the combat vets. Most are happy to be home). While some of the older people have their very nation oriented opinions.

My mom (a moderate and conspiracy theorist from new jersey) wants to move with me if i end up in places like Germany or New Zealand or France or Ireland. My mother in law (avid trump supporter and die hard texan) has an axe to grind against most of the world.

Ive always wanted to see Germany, ireland, italy, places in east europe ya know, lands of my ancestry. And perhaps to get away from the Nationalistic ideals of the United States. I went to a private school up until about middle school and grew up with out having to recite the pledge of allegiance or honoring the national anthem. (I Was startled when everyone stood at once for the pledge of allegiance when i transferred to a public school) So my sense of nation is askewed and find myself speaking against the bipartisan policies and many legislatures much to my inlaws and extended family's chagrin.

If you have ever met a Trump supporter, then you understand that their sense of nationalism is the strongest (not in a good way). They Are the ones that say, "this is our country. This is our flag. This is our president. Deal with it." But they are also offended when you mention moving countries to not be a resident of the US (especially if you just mutter about Germany lol). Which makes no sense to me but they (and current politics or regimes) make barely any sense most of the time anyways. To me anyways...

Arent they the ones that scream at an immigrant to go back to their own country if they dont like the US? Rhetorical; answer is yes always.

I dont understand why I was attacked for relating to the sentiment of picking up everything and leaving the country in pursuit of a fruitful and fulfilling life even if is thousands of miles away.

I have done it before. Not changing countries... But I have bust through state lines with bare minimal possessions escaping what i experienced in my home state to find happiness in another. I have encountered extreme hostility just for being from one of 'those' states in the great state of Texas. I already have moved thousands of miles from everything i knew to be in an unfamiliar land amongst possibly hostile people.

Why cant i, again, say i dont like it here im going somewhere else? (Other than finances and unavailable opportunity at the moment) Why cant i move again? Else where? Far away?

I have never anticipated encountering such animosity for these desires until recently when nationalism became the predominant mindset of the people. Before that, i remember expressing my desire to see the world and being praised for having worldly aspirations.

Turns out, not many people (texan or californian or new jersian) like it when you say i dont like [state, US, politician, policy, etc.] So im leaving/supporting another. I know it seems blatant but i guess I was just naive.

Isnt leaving what you told me i should do if I don't like how it is? I want to be able to contribute to something and experience opportunity in a place that would allow for it and have the resources to maintain these solutions and goals.

Im not saying it is in any one place in particular im just saying it doesn't seem like its here where i am now. A bad situation. I will probably get the opportunity for improvement in the next coming years.

But im a "white american". Does this make a difference in my immigration status? In my residencies? In my opinions? In other people's opinions? Yes, it seems so...

Its why i cant blame people for leaving their homes and travelling thousands of miles away to find a better opportunity for themselves and their family.

I would jump at the chance too.

Go ahead. Call me names. I already get torn at for carrying sympathy for those who desire to leave and improve their lives. I share the same desires even if the reasons differ greatly.

#personal #world #politics #policies #immigration #immigrants #cant blame them #job opportunities #building a life #pursuing happiness #pursuingideals #pursuingmydreams #toxic #toxic people #toxic environment

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vern-a · 1 year ago

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i am back from the steven universe hole!

Yes! Mutual infodumping my beloved <3 Heres more!

Most of europe has a Tracht but slightly to the left lol. Latvian folk outfits are called "tautastērps" (folk+outfit lol). I really love russian folk outfits, though i know very little about them. Ukranian folk outfits are *chefs kiss* theyre so vibrant and ellaborate.

I mean, the strict dress code is only for being on stage, so thats what i know the best. There are many ways to wear elements of the outfits casually, like the belts, wreaths, jewelry, simple linen dresses. Belts are the most popular accessory, they go well with any outfit really!

(again, stolen from google <3)

I have many of these and i think i should start wearing more. The patterns also tell a story/ determine the region the belts come from, same as the patterns in skirts and vests!

The socks are actually knitted! We have two types of socks, womens (left) and mens (right), but both men and women wear the ones on the right.

I dont know the history of the long socks, i suspect theyve been introduced relatively recently. Theyre part of the womens dress code, but only sometimes. Weird, but theyre pretty and i like them.

We have a vast history of songs and dances, and we have both stage choreographies and casual dancing and singing! Theres a yearly gathering every january called "Ģigšu dance night" with live music and people from all over Europe attending. The steps for the dances are simple and usually the bands who play teach the dances themselves. Theres always so many people there you barely have room to turn around.

We also have a huge festival every four years called "Festival of Songs and dances". Ive attended three times, two times as a dancer and once in a choir, and i cried every time lol. Its a celebration of the survival of our culture while latvia was under german and russian occupations. Its all about love and heritage and cultural appreciation.

(heres a funky little snippet <3 i was in this one, in the choir)

Its normal to see mostly baltic people (latvian, estonian, lithuanian) in those evets, but ive met people from spain, finland, iceland and so many more! Its heartwarming to see other people enjoy our heritage.

As for the pagan gods, none of them are canonically stated to be queer or allies, obviously, but like. Of course theyre queer and also allies. Anyone who disagrees is wrong <3. God (man) literally chose to extend his existence into two women who help him take care of the world. Laima leads and decides your fate, why wouldnt she support your transition? There isnt any romance or sexual relations between the dieties, or even between dieties and humans (as far as i know).

Also an additional fun fact! The patterns in clothing are made of signs and symbols, which each have a meaning. For example: ūsiņš, a strong sign for protection for travelers; Jumis, a sign for fertility and prosperity. Theres the most contriversial one - the fire cross. It symbolises the eternal movement of the sun, and it... looks like this.

As you can see very expansive. Latvians are really extra with the signs. But, as you may also see, the most simple variation of it looks like a swastika. Unfortunate, and i have heard of some foreign people being offended of the fire cross' existence but like. Yeah. L i guess.

One of my life goals is to weave my own folk skirt. I wanted to make the regional pattern, but hear me out. What if, instead, pride flag.

#this one was long whew #i went off topic hope you dont mind! i watched the video you put and was suddenly inspired #this is not even scratching the surface we will never be done with this converasation #which is good i love learning about tautastērps but slightly to the left #i really want to make latvian folk-coded fanart and i always remember the Illegal Fire Cross

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theprincessoffrost · 7 years ago

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ALL OF THEM ;DDDDDD

oh boy all of them? You mad man. Sorry in advance for the long post.

send me some countries!

America: What is your favourite place to eat? I tend to like places that serve noodles. I really like this hibachi place called Huhot

Australia: Do you have any quirks when speaking? I sometimes end up stuttering but most of the time I will forget words. Sometimes its simple words like car door. Its quite embarassing.

Austria: What kind of person do you wish to be? The type of person people see as kind. The type of person who brings comfort to others.

Belarus: Is there anyone you love? Family, friends, romantic interest? I love my friends and for the most part my family. I am not really romantically involved at the moment.

Belgium: What do you think of your siblings? I am close with my younger brother to the point he sees me as a (non creepy) mother figure. My older brother and I used to not get along, but that has changed over the years.

Botswana: Do you like to sing? Why or why not? I love to sing I am just shy about doing it around other people because I am not confident in my singing voice and sometimes I hear lyrics wrong so I feel like a fool if I were to sing the wrong lyrics

Bulgaria: Who do you consider close to you? Most of my friends are close friends because I am kinda choosy about those who are close to me.

Cameroon: Describe your culture. Um… Midwestern?

Canada: Favourite wintertime activity? Cuddling under blankets watching movies/shows

China: What was the best moment of your life? There are so many moments, but I guess one of my tops was being part of @spamaramakins ’s wedding

Cuba: What sort of grudges do you hold if any? I hold one against my ex and his girlfriend for what they put me through

Cyprus: What hands-on activities do you like (drawing, carving, building, etc.)? I love to knit especially when I’m watching stuff because it keeps my hands busy. I also like small sewing projects. Coloring is also pretty fun

Denmark: Do you wish for something of your past? I am not quite sure what this question is asking me.

Egypt: Do you stand up for what you believe in? How? I am steadfast in most of what I believe in.

England: Are you controlling? I think I kinda am to a point. I have anxiety so typically I try to control situations so as not to give myself an attack.

Estonia: Do you think people often misunderstand you? I don’t think they misunderstand me I just think I am not clear with what I’m trying to convey at any given point

Finland: What do you prefer, kindness, sternness, or apathy? Kindness

France: How do you show love for those you care for? Spoil them to the best of my ability.

Germania: What is the hardest thing you have ever had to do? Admit to myself that he was no good and that I deserved better than what I got and to move past it.

Germany: Do you have a hard time forgiving yourself? Yes

Ghana: What is your favourite sport? I am not really a fan of sports at all.

Greece: Do you let other help you when in need? I try to be open to advice. If its financial things I am a bit less open because I dont really like people spending money on me.

Hungary: Who is the person you trust most? My close friends

Hutt River: What is the most memorable dream or nightmare you have had? When I was a child I lived in this old farm house in the middle of town. The basement was not really a basement more of a shelter from tornado. It had a cinder block side and dirt floor. I had nightmares where this Dr Seuss character lived down there, but the basement was more of a vast desert and he wanted me dead.

Hong Kong: Do you fear death? Not really

Iceland: Do you hide your real personality? Why? Sometimes? I can get a bit harsh on my opinions of others sometimes and I try to hide that.

India: How important is family to you? For the most part it is pretty important. I do believe in loyalty, but sometimes you have to admit that family can be wrong.

Japan: Tell us a secret about yourself. I am not very confident in the stories I post.

Kenya: What is your favourite wild animal? OH this is a tough one! Its between Foxes(all sorts), Tigers, and Wolves

Korea: What is one thing you accomplished by yourself? … nothing springs to mind

Kugelmugel: Is there anyone you have a love-hate relationship with? There was this girl back in school. I havent seen here in years.

Latvia: Do you believe you are brave? I guess to a point I am.

Ladonia: What is the internet site you visit most often? Its a tie between Ao3 and Tumblr

Liechtenstein: How do people underestimate you most often? When I am helping people move(which is kinda a surprising amount) I am often seen as weak and not strong enough to help move furniture.

Lithuania: Do you desire power? Nah. That is for others

Macau: What is your favourite festival or celebration? Im a fan of Halloween because of all the decorations and such. Like seriously if I lived on my own most of my decor would be Halloween

Molossia: Do you consider yourself strong? I guess in the same regard as being brave yes?

Monaco: Do you think you are a lucky person? To have the friends I do yes I am pretty lucky

New Zealand: Would you rather be an elf, dwarf, Hobbit, or wizard? Elf those guys are graceful as hell

North Italy: What is your least favourite part of your personality? I get timid in the face of conflict

Norway: What was the most disappointing time in your life? The end of my relationship with my ex. There was a lot going on that was really not good.

Netherlands: Most generous thing someone has done for you? Just about anything anyone does for me is really freakin generous.

Poland: Hardest thing you have gone through? I was cheated on and treated like dirt and was in a very bad situation for quite a while

Prussia: Would you prefer to live forever or die alone? I guess between the two id rather live forever?

Roman Empire: How would you like to be remembered? For my awesome personality

Romania: What is something you are very ashamed of? The fact I didnt leave a clearly bad situation sooner

Russia: Have you ever suffered from low self esteem? Do you still? Yes and yes

Sealand: Who is your best friend? That is a loaded question I will choose to bypass

Seborga: What is your favourite beverage? TEA!!!!

Seychelles: How do you handle people being rude to you? It depends on the person. If its someone I know ill try to make it clear they are being rude. If its not someone I know I kinda try to be passive aggressive.

South Italy: What is your favourite part of your personality? How generous I can be

Spain: What would you tell to the person or people you hurt most if you had a second chance? Thing is despite what my answers are saying about my past I try not to dwell on who I have hurt and who has hurt me. I do hold a grudge against persons but I wouldn’t change that past nor would I change what I have done. Better to look forward than to constantly be looking back

Sweden: Are you a leader, follower, or independent? It kinda depends on the people im with and if things would be done faster if I lead. Overall im a follower

Switzerland: Would you consider yourself evil, good, or neutral? Good neutral

Thailand: How good is your poker face? Pfft no

Tibet: What do you value most? trust

Taiwan: What do you think of the people or person who raised you? I do take issue with them overall

Turkey: Would you ever want children? At present I do not imagine myself with children. I am not a fan of them overall

Uganda: How would you like others to see you? As a kind if quiet person

Ukraine: What is one thing that has made you stronger in life? The past hardships ive overcome

Vietnam: What is something you are proud of about yourself? My wrighting even if I am not confident in it

Yemen: What kind of art do you like? If we are talking styles Art Deco has a place in my heart

Zimbabwe: Who is your favourite character from any folklore? I would have to say the lady in white

#idk how to tag before posting these #ask me anything #i love the questions #thank you for the ask

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Mauricio Pellegrino, the terminated coach who dislikes failing and fuss when he winnings | Sid Lowe

Southamptons brand-new director, highly regarded for his man-management and tactical nous, haunts about the damage victory can impose on musicians hunger

There were around 40 parties on the coaching direction Mauricio Pellegrino took when he was a player at Valencia in 1999 and he wanted to know what it was that moved them happening there, so he did something he has done ever since football took him from his home in the Argentinian pampas: he asked and he listened. There were all sorts of reasons but amazingly few parallelled his. For some, it was just something to do. For others, it was about money, simply a job. Not for Pellegrino. He expected a friend there whether he would take it if a minuscule third division organization came for him. No, he said. Coachings not your occupation, then, Pellegrino replied.

It is Pellegrinos. Had it not been for football I would never have left home, he once said. He was a little introverted, at least to start with, and one former team-mate says football is his life while he told a player who worked under him that through football “hes found” a room to express himself. Especially through coaching, his calling. He has risen and evolved over the years but even as a participate he was a manager. Louis van Gaal formerly said: Hell make a great manager. Although Pellegrino was not satisfied, joking that made the Dutchman did not think he was much of a centre-back, Van Gaal is not a man given to handing out kudoes and he knew he was right.

Pellegrino did not always think he was much of a actor, either: he was too towering, too skinny, very unwieldy, he had problems with his back. But there was something about him that team-mates and tutors appreciated that took him to Barcelona, Valencia and Liverpool, and a coaching occupation that now wreaks him to Southampton via Spain and Argentina. He stimulates you think, his former centre-back partner Roberto Ayala says. He realise himself conclude, more, particularly about others.

The goalkeeper Santi Caizares, a team-mate at Valencia, says: He shared his experience with everyone: he listened and admonished, analysed, introduced himself into publics scalps: he was practically a psychologist. He was not our very best centre-back but “hes been” the centre-back the coach-and-four most valued. He always had a positive posture, he had no suspicion at all , no feeling, it was always, ever about the team. He understood tactically, he was preoccupied with the team, he took responsibility: too much. He was ashamed by demolish. Ive known very few musicians like that. He has three things: extraordinary modesty, ended professionalism and he never celebrated victory.

Pellegrino once admitted: Football was my academy of life but I had a big inadequacy as a musician: I didnt loved it. Now he conceives he can help participates do so and he has changed a little but that opinion played a part in influencing him. In Argentina football is cultural, he explained to El Pas . Forgetting is a drama; triumphing is simply good because it represents not misplacing. The social rebuff you feel when you lose stirs us very competitive. Winning, by contrast, dampens your margin and eschewing that is something that preoccupies him. Haunts him, according to one friend.

Caizares shared such an attitude and laments its loss in video games but titters when he reminisces Pellegrino questioning before the 2001 Champions League final: What if we acquire? How will we get our modesty back? Bloody hell, Flaco , he responded. Lets simply triumph firstly, yeah?

Mauricio Pellegrino, playing for Valencia, has his retribution saved by Oliver Kahn in the shootout of the 2001 Champions League final to tell Bayern Munich the title. Photo: Dylan Martinez/ Reuters

They announced Pellegrino Flaco , the Skinny One, everywhere except at Barcelona, whom he had joined in 1998; Johan Cruyff was the only Flaco there. Pellegrino never wielded under Cruyff but he did work with Van Gaal, who hurriedly saw something in him.

At Valencia, Claudio Ranieri saw it more, as did Hctor Cper. Under him they did not win that Champions League final, and Pellegrino missed the decide sanction in the shootout, but Caizares contends: To triumph, you have to lose first. Two consecutive European Cup final demolishes were followed by two tournament deeds in three years, Valencia overcoming the galcticos , and the manager who led that historic line-up certainly saw something in him. Rafael Bentez took Pellegrino to Liverpool with him in 2005 as much for what he could do for the team as what he could do in it.

He stood merely a season but reverted as Bentezs assistant in 2008, although one former participate says he was still a peripheral anatomy, occupying a backseat. He watched and listened, as he ever had: as a actor, Pellegrino would interrogate all the decisions not because he was accusing his coaches but because he was analysing them. Never standing still, never satisfied that he had found a definitive answer.

He has said he learned organisation from Marcelo Bielsa, room from Van Gaal. With Bentez, he saw the infatuation with tactics, and England from the inside, how it is played and lived, what it represents culturally. The feel for video games and for his musicians, though, is his own and theres a moral constituent to it. People have less religious belief and little creed in politicians: the only thing we have left to identify with is the shirt, he has said. Thats for life: grandad, father, grandson united by a emblazon. Im not against business, but I dont want that culture constituent to be lost.

Players confirm Pellegrino, the son of farmers, repeatedly tells them that play objections the values of society, where individualism reigns. Society, he says, expects that you acquire, that you have the best gondola, the most money; football necessitates that you help your team-mate, even if that intends not scoring , not playing , not being in the spotlight. If the team are better, you are better. Yet achieving that represents employing with individuals, understanding. When I grew up tutors never questioned: How do you feel? But if I dont ask a musician, how am I going to know his fantasies? he has asked.

Mauricio Pellegrino, right, with Rafael Bentez, left, and Xavi Valero in 2009 during a charm on Liverpools coaching personnel. Photograph: Paul Ellis/ AFP/ Getty Images

At Alavs last season, that dream was a Copa del Rey final merely the second largest beaker final, after the 2001 Uefa Cup which they lost to Liverpool, in the 96 -year history of the guild from Vitoria in the Basque Country. He transmits to the players what the society and the city necessitate: he has built a back the devotees identify with, says the skipper, Manu Garca, born in Vitoria and a lifelong member at Mendizorroza. Hes a extremely ended coach-and-four; not many have the tactical awareness of the game and also so much geniu for group management. He and his staff “ve got a lot” of left hand; they have the whole squad plugged in, they avoid conflict, everyone gets an opportunity.

Pellegrino has two aide managers, Carlos Campagnucci and Xavi Tamarit, writer of a notebook on the assumption of periodisation fathered by Vtor Frade and must be accompanied by Jos Mourinho , among others. His fitness coach, David Rodrguez, and the goalkeeper manager, Javier Lpez Vallejo, complete the team who have had a huge impact in Vitoria.

As Garca talks enthusiastically through Pellegrinos tactical differences, his prototype as it switches from 4-4-2 into 4-3-3, the multiple functions of the full-backs, the two central midfielders becoming one, the striker plummeting in, the quest for numerical superiority, you get a feel for the degree of realize, the route it is mechanised, bits interlocking, every point interdependent. Im 31, and of course Ive learned a lot from all my managers, but in just one year he has schooled me to understand the game so much better than I did before and thats not such an easy thing to do, Garca says.

He receives the game very well. He is a strategist, he analyses rivals closely and he believes in juego posicional [ a positional play ]. He “ve got a lot” of faith in that approach, in defense but also in strike: respect the positions, a well-ordered squad, everything under control. He likes his team to express the mode he is: smart, knowledge, told. He drives hard during the week and the things he plans for generally happen at the weekend.

Not that there is any guarantee, Pellegrino knows: the opposition play-act, too, and defeat awaits. He invested his playing vocation hopeless to forestall it but he has come to accept it and learn from it, extremely; it manufactured him who he is. He also knows that it has an impact on the way he is recognized, even if he does not change. He knows there is no single reaction and that moralities can soon be seen as vices.

Football is like two parties dancing: if the other person tramples on your toes, you cant lift your heels, he says. Its 22 , not 11. There is what you want to do and what you can do. Suffer would point out that good results and bad results are part of the same packet. If youre soothe and you triumph “theyre saying”: The crew is doing well because hes appease. If “were losing”, they say: Hes so calm he cant get the team going. You can see a monarch or a frog in every musician, every coach, and everyone.

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Mauricio Pellegrino, the terminated coach who dislikes failing and fuss when he winnings | Sid Lowe

Southamptons brand-new director, highly regarded for his man-management and tactical nous, haunts about the damage victory can impose on musicians hunger

Mauricio Pellegrino, playing for Valencia, has his retribution saved by Oliver Kahn in the shootout of the 2001 Champions League final to tell Bayern Munich the title. Photo: Dylan Martinez/ Reuters

Mauricio Pellegrino, right, with Rafael Bentez, left, and Xavi Valero in 2009 during a charm on Liverpools coaching personnel. Photograph: Paul Ellis/ AFP/ Getty Images

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