#it's an american show (and a lot of americans don't even get the north south thing anyways) so they obvs never touch on it

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why didn't charlie call claire "luv". why didn't he throw out a casual luv at his friends. he's a northerner what else is he good for

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Hi, um. I am very confused by this: why would people lie about being Cherokee? I'm white, I don't mean to overstep here, I just kind of flashed back to my History of Native Americans class and from what I can tell, being Native means a shit ton of mistreatment in the past and present, a lot of absolutely absurd stereotypes, weird fetishization and creepy dehumanizing language. My great grandfather was Cherokee and he hid that pretty consistently because he knew it was going to be an obstacle to his education, his career and basically his life in general. While some digging into genealogy later confirmed it was legit, I kind of already knew from the start because people don't usually lie about something they forbid you from mentioning outside the family and which they knew would take them from "one of the brightest minds in your field" to "[insert comment about being One Of The Good Ones here]". So why would someone lie about this? It feels like that'd backfire pretty hard given how racist everyone was/is in the US. I'm not doubting it happens - people are jackasses who'll lie about most things - but I just flat-out don't get why it happens. Why, of all the lies to pick, would someone go with a lie about their ethnicity? I know this might be veering into "please explain to whitey about racism" territory but if there's an article or a book or something on this, please let me know because this is so baffling to me. Who would want to be oppressed when oppression is so awful?

So I'm from the south. Everyone and their dog here claims to have cherokee ancestry and there are a number of origins for the stories. I think there's a factor of white people playing Indian being more accepted than real natives. To many of them it's a novelty or fun fact, some of them take it farther and establish fake 'tribes', usually recognized at the state level but not federally because they have no actual history.

During the confederacy, it actually became sorta a weird show of white southern pride to claim to have cherokee ancestry, basically saying 'my family has been here in the south long enough that we were here before the cherokees were removed.' So it was a way to show 'deep roots' in the south.

There was the Guion Miller roll, where cherokees were given a payout of $133 each because of a lawsuit. A lot of people applied knowing full well they weren't cherokee, just hoping to get some money. We even see lawyers advertising the payout to get people to apply just to see if they could get some. 2/3rds of the applicants were declined for having no proof of Cherokee ancestry, and I figure some family stories may have started there. If it wasnt the applicant themself keeping up the lie, maybe it was someone later finding the application and thinking it must have been truth.

In some cases, the cherokee land lotteries could be the origin. Once cherokees were forced out of north Georgia, their land and everything on it, including their houses and personal belongings, was raffled off. Settler families made themselves at home and even started passing down the cherokees belongings as heirlooms. Eventually the story got twisted into the family being cherokee instead of stealing from them.

Then there are some other things. Mixed people claiming to be native because it was less stigmatized than being mixed, ancestors that could've lived in a place called cherokee or near the cherokee and that got misunderstood. The stupidest origin was an ancestor that lived in the 1700s who had a funny name, so she got recorded as being cherokee in the family Bible despite being from Virginia and having sounds in her name that aren't present in the cherokee language.

And I imagine there are plenty that were just tall tales someone told a kid for fun and it got passed down.

I'm not sure about the history of when these fakes started cropping up more, but I know it's been on the rise a lot in the last few decades.

And of course, nowadays, people love hiring people that give them diversity points without actually being diverse. And fake state tribes can make money. Here in the south, there isn't that much of a legitimate native presence. There is one real tribe in my state, none in two neighboring states. People here don't really figure real natives still exist outside those people with a cherokee gg grandmother that gave them high cheekbones. You'd be surprised how many people I hear saying 'oh yea but I doubt there are actually any fullblood cherokees left' and shit like that.

Oh, and also. Nowadays people love to avoid having to accept that their ancestors were colonizers. Hell, even my aunt who is also cherokee has said stuff like 'I'm sad that we have English ancestry, I was hoping we'd be Irish. I don't wanna be descended from colonizers' like.. auntie the Irish were colonizers here too. People love to be seen as less white. Youll hear pretendians saying 'no don't call me white, I'm not white I'm cherokee!' Etc. And ofc there are the hippie types.

Idk. I hope that helps somewhat, basically society is a lot more willing to accept a pretendian than a real native in a lot of cases. Plus I think a chunk of the modern issues faced by native communities is generational from past oppression [on top of the very real current oppression in native communities] and pretendians just cannot understand that.

And ofc the obligatory disclaimer that I'm reconnecting, I'm new to this too so im not an expert.

If you wanna see how many fakes there are [note: many many from Alabama and Kentucky], join the cherokee research and genealogy Facebook. Just for fun, I'm putting a post of theirs under the cut [it's long] that lists all the wild excuses and stories people have given for why their ancestors don't show up as native in research.

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omg you are also south indian!!!! i find it really hard to find south indians on here, could you do the batboys reacting to reader wearing traditionally indian clothing for a wedding they are attending???

Im north Indian with a little spanish in me shifting to NY actually but yea the indian dc fanfic community is smaller. I love the idea of a traditional indian s/o with Jason particularly. Dick with someone spanish , tim with an African American, Damian with caucasion and bruce with someone asian. Idk why Thats just How I imagine it. Its in no way a canon to their character or a generalization of people from a culture but the cultures ,and norms and values of these cultures really suit the batboys. Hope this isn't offensive. So Im just going to do batboys x reader in a family event .

Batboys(tim, dick, jason , bruce)x y/n - At a family event

Dick Grayson

is also dressed in your cultural's traditional clothes. Dick has traveled all over the world and he likes seeing you in your traditional clothes. Being comfortable in your traditional wear, being in "your element" . He charms up all your family members, no-one even calls him the white boyfriend anymore . The women also hit on him( of all age groups srsly) He is part of the family by the end( or within 5 mins) of the night . Dont be surprised when you find him and your family laughing about what jokes your parents are going to make at your wedding. He isn't even nervous before going. He is a real charmer and you couldn't be prouder.

Jason todd

doesnt want to go. Really thinks your family wont like him and they probably wont the first time they meet him. Will still wear his leather jacket but at least he wore a white shirt and clean jeans? He even agreed to take the car rather then the bike. Will stop complaining the moment he sees you in your element. Like goddess pro max what even , so ethereal ,the world is shaking . Staring dialed up to 100/10 . plus his complaining was never serious to start with. He wants you to have a family, be connected to your background,. Its just one of the things that make you you and he wont change a single hair on you. Will probably get insecure ( I get set up or marriage proposal talks when I go to family functions - just indian girl things I hate it tbh. And I've noticed its a thing in a lot of cultures) because he'll think that you deserve that traditional life with people who 'get you" but no one will ever get you the way he does and you just need to remind him of that. He is a bit broody , tall and just kind of sticks by you . The men and boys of the group are probably fascinated by him so as the night goes he starts getting more comfortable around them. The kids lowkey like him a lot so its cute and you may get baby fever. And the older women of the group are poking at him( why the jacket? whats with that scar) and you'll have to rescue him. He'll do it all over for you though.

Tim drake-

time to put on that practiced facade. He is used to putting on a fake winning smile at those galas so imagine his surprise when his old tricks don't work at your family function. Personal space? privacy?? fake formalities?? don't exist. Bonus points if it isn't a fake rich family. But he gets to see you In a pretty clothes and he is simping, teasing you on how you look like a real girl now(but he lowkey prefers you in the geeky shirts you guys share) . he did research so like ask him the They are still very impressed by your respectful young man ( who is super rich and smart). He gets by tbh, a bit shy because he is just so not used to all this. But keep him near you, show him how to dance properly and get a few drinks in him and its a party. He loves it, your family loves him and your cousins are now his besties (don't ask when that happened). He loves having a family and it just leaves him with wonder. He is in awe of this and so grateful that you let him into your life.

Bruce wayne

does a lot of research . He knows exactly how to act, what to say and what to do. A bit cold and aloof . Still surprised by the whole chaos . But unlike tim he keeps his cool. your family is impressed by you "bagging" the rich billionaire boyfriend. If this is batman with robins ver then they are worried about the huge amount of kids he adopted and what that means for you. So uh..just mention the billion again? They ask really personal questions but bruce prepared and is so ready for it. He loves seeing you in your traditional clothes, probably encourages you to wear them casually too. As if anyone can stop you, go to galas in traditional clothes or just wear home traditional in the mansion. Over all he loves getting a peak into your life and what experiences shaped you to be the woman he loves so dearly now.

If there's anything offensive about this let me know and I will change the content or even delete the whole thing. Ive based it a little of the four different cultured families I have and the common stuff I've noticed in all of them. But I've tried keeping it as general as possible tbh. So I'm sorry if this is offending anyone.

[ballisticiansfolly]

I've noticed this about you – Trying to pick up and understand things referenced in The English, pt. 1/2

So, I just watched Amazon's new miniseries The English at the beginning of this year, and while enjoying the it immensely I couldn't help but to notice that, besides historical facts and details, there were undercurrents in it that I just wasn't getting. I decided to do some research and came across pretty interesting things. Lots of thought has went into the making of this series. I've divided my findings in two parts. This first part is about general stuff.

Eli's a member of the Skiri/Skidi-Federation, one of the four bands (or groups) of the Pawnee people. Also known as the Wolf Pawnee or Loups, the Skiri used to live along the Loup and Platte river areas in Nebraska. The Skiri use a different dialect of Pawnee than the three southern bands (South band and Skiri differ mainly in pronunciation and vocabulary), but Pawnee speakers don't have trouble understanding each other. Eli's Pawnee name Ckirirahpiks is pronounced [tskirira:hpiks]. Ckirir means 'wolf' and rahpiks 'scarred.'

Recruitment of Indian scouts was first authorized in 1866 by an act of Congress. Between 1864 and 1877, 170 Pawnee men served in the "Pawnee Battalion" under Frank North (1840–1885) who had learned the Pawnee language after moving to Nebraska at the age of 16. (Interestingly, in 1882 North joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West as a manager of the American Indians.) Indian Scouts were officially deactivated in 1947 when their last member retired.

I found pictures of Pawnee scouts from 1870s in this blog post. These three pictures, taken by William Henry Jackson, were particularly interesting because you can clearly see that details of their appearance have been used as an inspiration when creating Eli's looks.

When rewatching the show I noticed that Eli was wearing an Indian peace medal. According to Trooper Charlie White, Eli was known for his heroic exploits while in the army, but - given Eli's brush off - I wonder if Eli's medal had been something he had inherited. Had his father been a chief? Still, among William Jackson's pictures there were Pawnee scouts with peace medals hanging around their necks. A Pawnee scout called Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish was the first Native American to receive the Medal of Honor.

Raise your hand if you really thought that Richard Watts had managed to get his hands on freshwater oysters. Perhaps this was yet another case of him "spitting in the soup."

I was super confused when Simon the squeezebox player reappeared in the last episode since I had completely forgotten about him, but I loved the colours in this scene.

"I've noticed this about you. You keep saying these negative things and you end up always doing the opposite." "Hmm, well... Maybe I should start listening to myself."

So apparently even women who have never given birth can breastfeed babies. To induce lactation you need to stimulate breasts 10–15 minutes several times a day and milk will start after a month or so. Also, of course a 'breast' would be an English word Eli couldn't have picked up naturally.

Although hunting was also an integral part of the subsistence pattern, horticulture - particularly corn - occupied a preeminent position in Pawnee life. It not only provided their sustenance but also figured prominently in their religious life.

At the beginning of the 19th century the Pawnee lived earth lodges which were large, dome-shaped structures of wood covered with packed sod and earth and had a long, narrow, covered entryway. The sizes of lodges varied in diameter from 8 to 15 metres and generally contained several families. Historical sources give varying numbers of Skiri villages, ranging from 13 to 18. Each village had its own separate identity through religious functions, but by the mid-19th century the importance of village identity began to fade as the Skiri population rapidly diminished. (Murie, J. R. and Parks, D. R. (1981) Ceremonies of the Pawnee.)

As the 19th century progressed, the Pawnee bands were forced together onto a reservation on the north side of the Platte and were treated as a single tribal entity by the United States government. Missionaries and the government worked steadily at "making white men"of the Pawnee. By 1873 because of disease, crop failure, warfare, and government rations policy, the Pawnee population had decreased to approximately 2,400. In 1875 the Pawnee were persuaded to give up their reservation in Nebraska and move to new one in the Indian Territory. By the 1876 the entire tribe had removed there, where efforts to acculturate them continued. By 1890 most of the Skiri Pawnee lived on individual farms, dressed like contemporary whites, and spoke English. (Murie, & Parks, 1981)

Bundles were an integral part of Pawnee religion and served as shrines. Among the Skiri, there were two general types of bundles. Sacred bundles, cuharîpîru, were village and band bundles and naturally more important. The oldest sacred bundle was the Evening Star bundle. The other type was referred as karûsu, a bag/sack, and was any lesser bundle – that of a warrior, a doctor, or any other individual.

I was curious about the skull in Eli's bag and using skullsite.com and Royal BC Museum's bird bone identification guide I was able to identify it. Given that Pawnee villages used to be located along rivers, it not surprising that that the skull Eli treasured would belong to an osprey aka fish hawk.

Ospreys differ from most hawks by having short prefrontals.

Round and almost circular nasal (nostril).

Has perforation in sheet of bone between eyes.

Particularly curved bill.

Frontal’s width stays even. 

I always like it when a show makes me curious and inspires me to learn something new, in this case to determine cardinal directions using the sun. I used the instructions in this post to make the collage of Eli determining the compass points.

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"Of course, the weather and the issues about all the logistics from the very first night of her concert weren't Taylor's fault."

Sorry, no diss, but I cannot agree. She's a massive star, plans worldwide tour many months in advance and decides it's a good idea to do South American leg during the time when Southern Hemisphere is in the summer? Yeah, sure, no way to say for 100%, if it's gonna be a heatwave specifically at the date of the gig, but looking at average temperatures in that region at that time chances are damn high.

And in case of miscalculation on weather, she absolutely could have said that she's not gonna play unless people can bring in their own water or give out water bottles to everyone by entances out of her own pocket, because she can afford it. She's a damn billionare with incredibile pull, her PR brags about her upping economy wherever she goes, companies and stadiums definitely would bend to her will if she had asked. But she didn't.

I've also heard about vents being blocked, so people in the parking lot, who didn't pay for the tickets, couldn't listen to whatever would able to pass those vents.

Also Swift not adressing this tragedy almost at all, her blocking tribute that fans prepared for Ana on the next concert during usual short break by suddenly not taking it and rushing to next stage, and the fact, that a lot of people outside of South America, even Swifties, still reacts to this situation with astonishment, because news about it never reached them, suggests that Swift's PR was actively squashing them.

If Travis Scott is partially responsible for Astroworld Festival disaster, then so is Taylor Swift for the concert in Rio de Janeiro.

Yeah- no disagreement here. I didn't say that Taylor Swift wasn't responsible for her death. She is absolutely partially responsible. I meant as much, when I said that she could have postponed the event due to the heat wave.

I'd also have to agree with you- I do not understand why she chose to host a massive event like a stadium show during the summer months.

Everyone on Earth is aware of climate change, especially Taylor Swift who is the subject of much scrutiny to how her own private jet use is affecting the Earth, so we all know that the heatwaves are getting more intense.

Honestly, I don't understand why she needed to go south during their summer months. Personally, I think she wanted to be in North America for our summer months- because she enjoys being in North America more than she likes South America.

The other option would have been to spread out the Eras Tour dates even more- so she could go to the Southern Hemisphere during their winter, and still be able to be in North America for our summer the year after or something. However, I think she didn't want to spread out the tour dates- and would prefer to not have North American dates occurring in our winter, which means having to go to Brazil during their summer months.

It's confusing to write out but remember that the

summer months of North America are roughly: May to August/September.

and the winter months of Brazil are roughly: June to September.

It overlaps- thus the need for her to choose who to prioritize, and thus she ended up doing Southern Hemisphere dates in their summer (Nov.- Feb).

I also think she just wanted to stay in the USA for the summer (because she's a USAmerica-centric person who wanted a cut of the summer-vacation revenue in the USA).

[thoughtsickles]

Fic roundup 2023

Did I meet my goodreads goal this year? No. Did I read a LOT of fic? You bet! These are my favorites:

Cooperative Gameplay by grayola Shameless (american) Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich 421,889 words

I don’t care about video games or famous/nonfamous AUs generally. But this fic. ohmygod the sex scenes are so good and the whole thing is so achingly romantic and epic.

Do you need to have watched Shameless to read it? Well I think you SHOULD watch all of shameless on a month-long binge like I did. I think that would improve your life. But this is pretty AU and is probably not strictly necessary to have prior knowledge of the show. 

Things Beyond Mistake by grayola Shameless (american) Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich 130,497 words (WIP)

By the same author, this crushingly unfinished story about small towns and the South and longing—I know some people don’t read WIPs bc they don’t want to do this to themselves. I love pain. Let's all go leave very nice comments for the author so they will maybe finish this!!

Case by Case by lapsi Mindhunter Holden Ford/Bill Tench 165,441 words

Listen you SHOULD watch Mindhunter. But even if you haven’t, you may enjoy this real fucked-up kinda slow-burn romance between two people who are ruinously codependent and obsessive, among meticulously crafted mysteries. I will warn you, the ending for this had me pacing my apartment yelling “that’s it??!!!” for several hours after. But I am still wholeheartedly recommending this. 

Missing Moments by @paperstorm 911 Lonestar TK Strand/Carlos Reyes 175,952 words

You should just read everything paperstorm has written. But this series in particular is such required reading for my Lonestar peeps. TK and Carlos at their angsty-iest, rawest, sexiest, most beautiful. This is the kind of show where I NEED to know more than the episodes alone give me and this fic gives so much more!! And I hear there is more on the way!

When Soulmates Swim by @carlos-in-glasses 911 Lonestar TK Strand/Carlos Reyes 53,187 words

TK and Carlos healing deep hurts both physical and mental, together! Canon-compliant AU! Sexy sexy sexy!

Magnetic North by paperstorm 911 Lonestar TK Strand/Carlos Reyes 145,796 words

Ok one more paperstorm! This one is for all my sports AU fans and hockey shippers. TK is a prickly hothead and secret addict who gets traded to Carlos' team. Carlos is just trying to be a good captain. Enemies to lovers! Hotel room intrigue!

don't forget to read the fic I published this year, i can't afford to want you more, a series of TK/Carlos character moments from s01 featuring lots of angst and sexytimes

[mihai-florescu]

oh i love those pictures a lot! the newest church that you don't like very much looks like it's trying to imitate those older church styles with the big domes and such, though i will admit i did my paper mostly on North and South American churches so i do not know that much about European buildings, but just at a glance it feels like that's what they were going for. and hmm. yeah i don't know how i feel since it's such a weird blend of styles.

as for the lighthouses, even without looking up anything about them it looks like the first one (white brick with the octagonal lantern room) is a bit older and quite short all things considered as there aren't any windows where a watch room should be, which isn't surprising if it is as short as i think it is. you could easily keep watch from somewhere else and run up to address any problems with the light asap. if i had to guess it probably had a 4th or 5th order fresnel lens, leaning more towards 4th (which is the same order the lighthouse i work at had actually) but again kinda hard to tell from the photos.

now the other one is really fun. it definitely is not a traditional lighthouse and looks like it might have been built after lighthouses became automated? it certainly doesn't look like you'd have enough room for a person to comfortably move around frequently in it but the daymark/physical appearance makes it stand out really well. every lighthouse has to be unique so that sailors will know where they are and that can mean a lot of things. there are standard designs (on the great lakes we have a standard schoolhouse design where you have the same structural appearance and things like the color of the brick, the color of the lantern room, and the light itself can distinguish them from each other) but this one looks pretty unique! very avante garde as far as lighthouses go. i'll definitely be showing these to my coworkers at the lighthouse at some point and see what they think. -📖

Im glad you liked them! The older lighthouse is indeed from 1860, whereas the other one is from 1960. Our cathedral is disappointing to me also because i've seen the orthodox cathedral in sofia, and THAT is a nice, interesting looking one. In comparison ours is just a letdown i suppose? Also knowing how much money and space was wasted on it cant help but piss me off more... the cathedral in sofia is this btw

Anyway! Ive been to lake michigan when i visited chicago (and ive been to michigan as a state a few times but cant recall if i saw The lake michigan again... no, i think just lake erie briefly in cleveland ohio). I didnt appreciate the lakes enough at the time, which i regret now looking back. I did make up for it by being more mindful and remembering the views while hiking in tennessee a few months later though, if it counts...

Thanks to you i will now keep an eye out for lighthouses in the future! Not sure when ill be at the seaside anytime soon but i will send you any i see, like a dad trying to bond with his kid getting them anything related to their interest (thats how i have a fall out boy clock in my room that dad saw at a random store, fun fact)

[luckyladylily]

I've seen a lot of progressives and leftists ask a question that can be boiled down to the following:

If Biden is a candidate that bends to public opinion, especially center and left of center (all the way to the far left) political voices, then how did we end up where we are with Biden supporting an unpopular war and more unpopular genocide?

Well, the simple answer is that it is not an unpopular war or an unpopular genocide, even if you do not include any self identified republicans in the discussion. For example, a poll taken in mid December:

Even among Democrats, it's basically a 50/50 split on supporting Israel or Palestine. Add in the Independents and there is a clear preference for Israel. And with the republicans it wouldn't even be a contest.

For another statistic, approval of military aid to Israel and humanitarian aid to Palestinians:

As we can see, 67% approve of at least as much military aid as we are giving. 67% is not split. That's wide spread support. Sending bombs to Israel is widely approved. The silver lining here is that people do want aid to Palestinians more than they want bombs to Israel (the seeming contradiction here of supporting both likely means that back in November the Israel propaganda that they were "targeting Hamas" was sticking quite well among Americans)

The good news is that over time opinion has been shifting against Israel. You can see the effect in a poll where responders were asked which side they were more sympathetic towards:

While unfortunately this poll shows none of the three groups actually favoring Palestinians over Israel, it does demonstrate that generally there has been a shift away from Israel support to support of Palestinians. We can likely chalk this up to the brutal and unjustified civilian killing's getting more coverage because of on the ground reporters and people spreading their reports.

We don't have easily accessed poll data since the South Africa genocide accusation and opening evidence at the trial.

Last off, it is widely agreed that Americans generally support a cease fire, with the numbers I've seen saying north of 60% of Americans currently support a cease fire.

Armed with this information, what can we do?

I've said before that Biden is a man who follows public opinion, every time. It has made him useful to us in the past. Right now it is working against us because our voice is not the loudest and certainly not the most wide spread. Biden is doing what Biden does best, following the political wind.

In my opinion, the most impactful thing we can do is outreach to moderate democrats and centrists (if we can). The more of them we convince, the more of the voting base of Biden will demand he change course. This is a case where more voices is intrinsically better than loud voices. We, as progressives and leftists alone, are simply not enough.

If you know any moderates, convincing even one or two people of how bad the genocide is can make a world of difference. If every progressive and leftists were to do this then it is likely supporting Israel would become politically untenable for Biden.

Now this might seem somewhat obvious but there are a number of important take aways.

Talking about it on our social media echo chambers is not going to cut it. We need to reach outside of our normal political circle or our efforts are effectively worthless.

We need to use arguments that will convince moderates and centrists. A high minded lecture on colonialism and land back theory is, at best, going to go over people's head and at worst alienate them. We are talking about the first baby step towards those ideas. Luckily we don't need to resort to theory.

A basic discussion of civilian casualty rates and the brutality of the Israeli army should be more than enough to convince basically anyone that this is not a "proportional response" and goes far beyond the reasonable limits of "self defense". Keep in mind that people almost never change their mind in front of you, they reflect on it later and change their mind then. A short five to ten minute discussion will be more than enough to get you started and will keep the door open for more discussions.

Use current events as a launch point for the discussion. Protests, the ICJ trial, and major events in Gaza itself (like the current threat of bombing a hospital) all are perfect launching points.

Keep the discussion focused primarily on Palestinians and what is happening to them. The death of obviously innocent people is politically straightforward and less likely to trigger the "oh the middle east is so complicated" reaction. "The death of children is not complex. Whatever a person might think of Hamas, Israel is the one killing children now. They should stop, because killing innocent children is bad." That is an extremely hard point to argue against.

Remember, we are not trying to "win" arguments. We are trying to help people see.

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yooo it’s ur weeb friend!!

lmao so asmo got banned from peru (and probably greece after the incident with helen BUT that’s water under the bridge) and levi got banned from japan for being too cringe-fail (the americans are already enough, NO MORE) but what about the others?

i feel like beel got banned from ireland after causing the great potato famine and from italy after eating all the pasta in the entire country once…

mammon got banned from vegas FOR SURE for causing a scene (not a country BUT he’s been banned from every casino in the US, and steadily working his way through canada and europe (starting with england) he’s making progress…

lucifer got banned from italy also for the vatican city incident. he wanted to see it cause he’d heard so much about it. no one is allowed to talk about it…but the brothers will tell you about it later if you want to know.

belphie and diavolo got banned from all of africa because due to a mix up they got blamed for spreading the sleeping sickness and malaria respectively (they didn’t actually do it but can’t seem to escape the allegations)

i think solomon got banned from mexico and all of south america and is the cause behind a lot of the superstitions based on devils/the occult there. people run from him in fear. he claims to not know why but you know there’s a reason. you can try to ask someone but they’re all too busy fleeing in terror.

barbatos claims he got banned from russia and china. no one knows why, not even diavolo. it’s one of the mysteries that he’s very secretive about, but legend has it that it’s related to something he did before he joined forces with diavolo.

i also think asmo got banned from india and some regions of france as well as various other european countries like spain and scotland but the stories behind those pretty much revolve around a party, drinking, and members of nobility. and they’re usually so long and crazy and asmo is always insistent he did nothing wrong and will leave out parts of the story to make himself sound good BUT if you’re a real history buff you can usually sus out what actually happened. or get him drunk. he always has loose lips when he drinks.

satan got banned from the americas (specifically north america) due to his rebellious streak/temper tantrum days resulting in the satanic panic. mostly caused by americans being rude and making him angry. he’s also a basis for a lot of mexico/south american superstition, though somehow…not as much as solomon?

just my silly lil ideas i wanted to share! what are your thoughts?? 🤔🤔🤔

Hello there, my friend!!

al;dskjfasdlksfj Beel causing the potato famine looool!

I definitely think they all have the potential to get banned for causing specific issues. Definitely Beel eating all of everything, Mammon causing trouble at casinos, and Asmo just getting drunk and partying too much.

I also think Mammon would be banned for doing something like insurance fraud. I don't know why but that just seems like something he'd get himself into. Or maybe it turns out he's the mastermind behind all the internet email scams asking you to send them thousands of dollars.

I think Lucifer has to be extra careful because uh... he's Lucifer. You would think he'd be banned from the Vatican before he ever even showed up there. Satan, too. Just stay away from religious locations when the religion in question considers you to be the source of evil, okay?? Though I would absolutely demand the story from the other brothers about the incident lol.

Okay see I headcanon Solomon spent a significant amount of time in the southwestern US just because he's always wearing that bolo tie lol. So I love the idea that he was also in Mexico and South America, just being the menace he always is. In the Devildom, the stuff he does isn't too weird, but can you imagine normal people in the human world encountering him and all his weird experiments? And if he was actually covered in pacts marks that look like demonic sigils? I have no doubt that he would be the source of years worth of superstitions.

I LOVE all ideas where Satan is the cause of any kind of Satantic activity anywhere. Like the Satanic panic was so ridiculous, but I love the idea of him causing it just by being angry about rude people.

I do think Satan could also have been banned from Japan - most specifically, Tashirojima where the cat population far surpasses that of the human one. Possibly also Hydra Island in Greece, which is another island known for its high cat population. I just think eventually they'd be like listen we appreciate how much you love the cats, but you need to leave now lol.

All of this seems more than enough to get any of them banned from the various human world locations they've caused trouble in. It's so funny to think about them running rampant in the human world. Lucifer out here probably acting like he'd never get banned, but he's caused his fair amount of problems, too.

[beardedmrbean]

Oh right the pan African movement…my middle name is a result of that…anyways

Problem because I lived in the Midwest, then the south, and back to the Midwest. Of course there are lot of overlap. But I wonder how many black people up north knows our people still live in the country?

But as you mention with the nyc boroughs,

If we Americans goes “Savages savages, barely even human!” To a state right next to each other

What the hell you guys expect from Africans?

Also Hurston mention that red rope myth…actually I watching a YouTuber Blair white podcast where she made a comment towards a member of the view show is that does she think life is a Disney movie.

This got me thinking and slowly realize that Africans Americans even into middle age maintain the sanitized version of the slave trades we were told

And we never updated in middle school, seriously I didn’t know about the Africans selling other Africans things until I was a teen on tumblr

Just curious….especially since the left been in control of education for decades-oh wait they scared shitless the racism of 1st and 2nd wave feminism and the damage they did with the sex revolution

Look I’m not a purist…let just a lot of shit my community and other poor ones went through make sense

(Also why my people suspiciously make up 50% of abortions but that another story)

And African nations want reparations? Hmm here what I would probably go like in a un meeting

“Now while slavery is a big stain on human history, the Americas and Europeans countries who participated in the Atlantic slave trade acknowledge it was terrible and made sure to end it. While giving reparations to slaves if they can. But beyond that, the Africans nations who were part of slave owning kingdoms such as the Dahomey will not get refunds…wait, you guys think we wouldn’t eventually find out the truth? After the women king film, the False Eden of Africa you exploited many Americans of slave dispora from don’t work anymore.”

Also like if I ever go to Africa, I’m not trying to spiritually to connect there. I’m genetically mostly Yoruba, but I’m culturally Anglo-Saxon. I’m just want to do research, where my ancestors were from, the environments, the kingdoms and empires they lived in.

But unless I’m married someone from a Yoruba tribe, I’m at the end of day an American. I think my community haven’t come to the realization even when interacting with African immigrants

Problem because I lived in the Midwest, then the south, and back to the Midwest. Of course there are lot of overlap. But I wonder how many black people up north knows our people still live in the country?

I imagine you'll get some of the city folk that will picture them in a very Uncle Remus/Song of the South way, not the whole racist bit so much as just the same way you'd picture the white yokels like Cletus and Brandine on the Simpsons, not racism there just classism.

This got me thinking and slowly realize that Africans Americans even into middle age maintain the sanitized version of the slave trades we were told And we never updated in middle school, seriously I didn’t know about the Africans selling other Africans things until I was a teen on tumblr

I still don't even know how that all got started, if you stop and think about it logically obviously there's going to be people in Africa working with the slave traders, the ruling group wants to remain the ruling group so when someone shows up with boomsticks that make all that being the ruling group even easier they'll take them up on it.

Native Americans were big on that too, territorial expansion and slaughtering and subjugation of your foes is a universal constant in the human species, several species in the rest of the animal kingdom too.

(Also why my people suspiciously make up 50% of abortions but that another story)

Negro Project

They look to be attempting to rehabilitate Margret Sanger in various publications and what not, but the simple fact of the matter is that planned parenthood was founded, in part, to control the black population. Now was it a we don't want any more black children born or was it gotta see if we can help them out of poverty and having 12 kids is not going to make that goal any easier or any other reason the founding of the group had the control of the black population in mind.

They haven't moved away from that really.

And African nations want reparations? Hmm here what I would probably go like in a un meeting “Now while slavery is a big stain on human history, the Americas and Europeans countries who participated in the Atlantic slave trade acknowledge it was terrible and made sure to end it. While giving reparations to slaves if they can. But beyond that, the Africans nations who were part of slave owning kingdoms such as the Dahomey will not get refunds…wait, you guys think we wouldn’t eventually find out the truth? After the women king film, the False Eden of Africa you exploited many Americans of slave dispora from don’t work anymore.”

There's some African countries that have actually apologized for their role in the slave trade, Libya being one of them gaddafi before all that "fun" went down there during the arab spring had done it,

no that it solved anything, Slavery in Mauritania is still a big issue,

In 1981, Mauritania became the last country in the world to officially abolish slavery, when a presidential decree abolished the practice. However, no criminal laws were passed to enforce the ban. In 2007, under international pressure, the government passed a law allowing slaveholders to be prosecuted.

2007, but you know whippo bad or something.

Also like if I ever go to Africa, I’m not trying to spiritually to connect there. I’m genetically mostly Yoruba, but I’m culturally Anglo-Saxon. I’m just want to do research, where my ancestors were from, the environments, the kingdoms and empires they lived in. But unless I’m married someone from a Yoruba tribe, I’m at the end of day an American. I think my community haven’t come to the realization even when interacting with African immigrants

Ya I'd like to see the place where my DNA is from some day, get some drinks and some food and a couple shirts and a coffee mug, end of the day I'm still a purebred American Mutt though, can trace bits of the family tree back to when there was only one Virginia and it was a colony, some pre civil war stuff in Florida too.

Besides, I'm red green colourblind what am I going to do in Ireland besides be handicapped, lol.

[chimerathewriter]

Oh my god is 2023 and I have seen a lot of delulus this year I will list yall a bunch

Billy Hargrove stabs who hoped that he would have come back even if we saw his racist abusive should live that fine body he didn't deserve. And about him being racist...

Stranger Things stans who started to throw racial slurs when Lucas showed up in the trailer playing basketball and thought that he betrayed the gang.

Stranger Things stans again who made fun of Lucas Sinclair hair, as if is not the most time accurate

Again Stranger Things stans who made racist jokes so that Caleb could notice them. And the ones who tried to invalidate Caleb's expurience with racism.

House of the Dragon stans saying that Targaryen incest is better that Lannister incest bffr, and if you tried to say that Jamie raped Cercei yes even Aegon

Aemond Targaryen stans, trying to completely victimise him, if Jace died that night with that rock yall would be silence

Team Green stans saying that team Green is morally better than team black, nope the writers cut a lot of things

Alicent and Rhaenyra shouldn't be idolise as iconic feminist. Because Alicent was indeed a victim of the pathriarchy but she still let his son be a rapist and become King. Rhaenyra wanted the crown and power not because she's a woman she just want to have power just for herself.

Alicent stans who think she never wanted Rhaenyra's demise, delulu as hell if the writers followed the book 100% yall mouth would be shut

Aegon Targaryen stans

Team Black stans who completely ignore how Viserys ignored his other children for his grown ass daughter. And think that Luke shouldn't have a little bit of accountability

Team Black stans who think that Daemon is a good person

Team Black stans supporting blood and cheese

Writers who decided to change some parts of the story

The bitxh who told me that house Martell is white

People who are racist to the black cast of Hotd

Genshin Impact stans

Stans who think that the representation thingy is not a big deal but poc players have to look at their culture being whitewashed

Stans who say Sumeru isn't inspired from North African, Middle Eastern and South Asian culture

Stans who say that the adultificatiom of little girl character is not weird

Ppl who simp for the 1000 Yr looking boy

Miracolous Ladybug stans who hate Marinette beign a stalker (and becase she rejected Chat many times, but we ain't gonna talk how chat is 2 persistent? OK just close your eyes) and praise Cloe even if at this point she's an irredeemable character and the new episode ugh

Girlies who say that Selwyn is the better love interest when Nick is standing right there

The white reader who didn't like Babylon because she didn't related with the main character

Quentin Tarantino stans

MCU stans

White Wanda Vision stans

TVDU stans

The bros who says woke

American Psycho stans

Jk Rowling stans

Hp stans who say there aren't racist undertones in the book

Some yt Encato Stans

Lore of Olympus Stans

Kpop Stans

I Army that tries to put their opinions in Korean politics

Defending Stephanie Meyers racist writing just because she's mormon

Holland Roden stans

Harry Potter stans who ignore the Maruder girls for new gen of Harry potter

People who fancast darkskin black Maruders biracial

People who cast Peter skinny

People who get angry at poc Maruder fancast

People who say that they don't like the new interview with the vampire series, they like everything except Louis and Claudia casting

Now we all know why don't yall like the casting, go and Stan your non canon white movie, and live us queens alone

And lastly

White one direction stans who say that the guys were under contract is for this they couldn't defend Zayn against racism and islamophobia

I still have alot probably I will do a fandoms slander series

[simptasia]

You know what i've been thinking about? If Aaron was raised on the island, what would his accent be? Cause you see all those studies of the people of multiple countries coming together in remote places having children and their accents are something unheard of. Totally new accent. So by that would Aaron's accent be something like that? A mash of British/Australian/American/Korean/Iraqi/ whatever is wrong with Ben, like a totally new accent. Of course, I'm just condensing like Sawyer has his YeeHaw accent and Mike has a more New York, Hurley is Mexican and while he has an American accent in English when Speaking Spanish It's probably not that sooooo I'm just so curious on if they never left what the fuck their accent would be like. Plus, if they stayed on the island and Jin Suns kid was born there and in the future more babies would they inherit the same accent? Like say in this scenario Juliet/Sawyer or Kate/Jack or even fucking Charlie/desmond had children would they too inherit this new dialect/Accent thats contained to them only?Like would they create their own unique accent?, and when Aaron gets older he gets with Ji Yeon (which is so funny like the show runners were like yeah at the end they're still watching Bluey, we should totally imply they get together as adults) So if they hypothetically do get together in this idea where they never leave the island would their children help develop this complete unique accent?

funnily enough, you're pretty much describing what caused the australian accent to begin with. they plopped a ton of english and irish people here, added alcohol and a brand new fucked up way to talk was born

yes, studies show that a child's accent comes more from their enviroment more than their parents! hence why i have an adelaide aussie accent rather than my mum's southern english accent. because i grew up here. this also explains why daniel sounds american as opposed to his english mother. thats actually how it works (tho daniel also went to oxford during his teens so he should sound at least a bit more english but be glad we were spared jeremy attempting that)

i like this idea!

okay so, i think in regular world of lost, aaron grows up to have an american accent but with aussie turns of phrase. because i imagine aaron to be raised by claire and kate, in america. and also sawyer, miles, richard and frank are part of his life too. so claire is really outnumbered here. but he refers to her as "mum"

in this au where everybody stays on the island forever? ...probably still american because holy shit theres a lot of americans on this show but you're right, it could be at least a little muddled. i don't think it'd turn into an immediate frankenstein melting pot of aussie, england (north and south), american (yeehaw and otherwise), korean, iraqi and scottish because thats not exactly how accents work, it would take longer. but certain words and phrases would mix in aaron and ji yeon's (and the other hypothetical babies) little brains. and like certain pronunciations would probably be off. like, they'd be somewhat uncanny. also it's probable that these versions of aaron and ji would be so fucking good at accent impressions. oh and in this world, i like to think aaron can speak korean because he'd hear it around him a lot

so i think yeah the next gen in that AU would sound like,,, kinda weird sounding americans? so basically canadians

i've done my own recreational study of linguistics and phonetics in my time but i'd love to hear about this from somebody who knows more about this stuff than me. that'd be neat

also bless you for taking the take to adknowledge that not all the american accents are the same in this show (or in real life). i know i glide past it sometimes but its a fact i'm very aware of too

oh, oh, since you brought this up:

"Hurley is Mexican and while he has an American accent in English when Speaking Spanish It's probably not that sooooo"

i will take the opptunity to once again say that while hurley's voice is whiny american when he's speaking english (in a cute way! no dunk!), when he's speaking spanish his voice is absolutely beautiful

i realise that spanish accent > american accent isn't exactly a hot take but it blows me away because its coming out the same guy

thank you for allowing me to bring that up again. and for your time

[dukeofriven]

Every time this post comes around I think about Gil Scott-Heron's 'Whitey's on the Moon.' I think about the slaves of Peenemünde and the snatch-ups of Operation Paperclip finding such a welcoming home in the Deep South. I think about the appalling misogyny of the Apollo astronauts, their conservatism, those military men so pleased to be able to come home and shake Nixon's hand . I think a lot about the myths we tell about our past, how all the edges and moral compromises get sanded-off: of drawing a line from the clean Wehrmacht to the clean NASA, the ways in which the outflow of billions to space development was shared and shaped by the aerospace industry to grow and improve the nuclear arsenal and the rockets and bombs that would spend the subsequent decades falling on the rest of the world. I think about Apollo 11 on the pad: Luftwaffe engineer Günter Wendt, (whom John Glenn 'whimsically' dubbed "der Führer of der Launch Pad") shaking hands with Neil Armstorng (who as a bomber had helped contribute to the destruction of 85% of all North Korean buildings in the still on-going Korean War), Buzz Aldrin (who flew 66 combat missions in that same war), and Michael Collins (trained to deliver nuclear bombs as one of LeMay's boys). I think about the companies that built and were enriched by the Saturn V, the LEM, and the command and service modules: North American Aviation, Rockwell, McDonnell Douglas, Grumman, names who litter the battlefields on munitions and materiel. I think about the Reverend Ralph Abernathy Sr. with his protestors at Apollo 11, singing We Shall Overcome and pleading for something to be done about the crushing poverty afflicting his people. I think about the majority of Americans who were against Apollo, not because they were hide-bound or anti-tech but because they recognized its primary function was propaganda and coup-scoring against the Soviet Union in a time of serious privation. It certainly wasn't for science: even a cursory history of Apollo will note how sidelined the scientists were, and how negligible the scientific return was compared to what robotic probes could achieve faster, cheaper, and safer (which, indeed, has been an unavoidable criticism of manned spaceflight ever since.) You want to celebrate the Moon Landing? Sure. Why? I don't mean 'why' in the snide 'who cares' sort of way: I am not immune to the aesthetic glory of landing on the moon, to the power of its imagery, to the romanticism of the endeavor. If I was immune I would not have devoured as many books on the subject as i have, nor poured so much of my life into science fiction and all things space-themed. But, equally, I also understand that I was supposed to focus on those things, that the romanticism and the glory was the whole rhetorical point. If you want to celebrate the Moon Landing, it is imperative to ask the question 'why - and in what way?' At its best the Moon Landing can only be celebrated in the abstract, as the pinnacle of the Western values of technophilia and ingenuity. What gets harder is to celebrate it on a more personal level: the driving forces behind it were, at best, flawed people, at worst painfully human, men (and so many men) who were key players in the great crimes of our times, from Kennedy's brinkmanship in the second Indochina War, to the rehabilitated Nazis who put so much into the engineering, to the systemic misogyny of NASA as an organization to the astronaut corp themselves: a groups, as their own interviews and histories show, were largely the product of the time as conservative, white military men.

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

[fallingangels2bats]

I've never in my life been told anything about the Dominican Republic. I don't 100% trust history to tell me the truth either. But from what I gather, you have a special background.

First off, Spain was ruled from the 700s to the 1400s by Muslims from North Africa. Europe called them "the Moors". And Moorish Spain was the cultural center of Europe during that time. They were the most advanced in education, science and culture. Their universities taught white people math, geography, even to bathe daily.

1492, the same year Columbus "discovered" America, the Moors lost power in Spain. You can find lots of books revealing Moors were in the America BEFORE Columbus. I know Muslims from Morocco who say this is an open secret there. Its also accepted by black groups and a lot of Native American ones too.

So thats one connection you have to Islam. I'm not saying Moors were definitely in the DR but they were in the Americas.

Some believe Columbus was sent by the Catholic church to wipe out the Muslim colonies that were already here, to finish the Christian conquest of Moorish Spain.

I never knew the Dominican Republic/Haiti was Hispaniola, the first place Columbus settled. So it makes sense you have a connection to Christianity that way. But I learned the Central & South Americans weren't the first on the island either.

Central Americans are Indian and Asian migrants. South Americans are niggas. Back when the continents were connected, the apes that became humans migrated out of West Africa into South America. And also some of those South Americans migrated back into Africa too, when the continents were still close.

But even when the continents were separate, there was "Atlantis" or Greenland before continental drift pushed it north into freezing cold.

I think its rational to assume the indigenous people of the Dominican/Haitian island would be the most direct descendants of Atlantis. Which means the Biblical characters before Noah. Greenland = Eden.

You're probably a bunch of different things that don't even have public records anymore. But the truth is out there and covered up.

This movie gives you the truth but in a way that serves white people. They show aliens coming down and giving pyramids to the Americas and creating black people as vicious monsters to be hunted and killed, so the black female protagonist will join the SPANISH occult guy who brings her to the Arctic -_-

See I already explained Adam was made of black muddy fluid and Iblis was a fallen angel made of light. The woman naturally takes after Iblis who became the 1st human woman. So these Atlanteans were a mix of both. They bred black people to get rid of the Iblis gene that made women rebellious. Real dark black African women are the most beautiful and submissive if there's no white in them. But another part of Atlantis, from Cain's family, bred a white man to follow Iblis. You can see the whites went North to Europe and the blacks went South to Africa. And the Americas got the rest.

I'll explain how humans were engineered by aliens later. Its a huge subject. But I'll give you this jewel. The Nation of Islam teach the closest version of the truth. Its not 100% accurate tho. I'll break it down later once you get the basics that most black conscious types believe, so you can know where they're coming from:

[mojaverose199999]

My Game Awards Hot takes Pt. 2 (AKA American rants about Gridiron Football Video Game)

I don't know about a lot of the games that came out this year. I'm mostly just going through my backlog of older games, and I haven't actually played any of the games I mention. These are just my opinions though, based off of my friends' experiences with the game and several online accounts detailing their reactions. Here they are below, don't take these too seriously as these are just my opinions:

Best Sports/Racing Game

Y'all probably heard this a lot, but in my mind there was one game that was seriously snubbed from this category.

Though I haven't played it, it is probably the best sports game of the year by far. It should've at least been nominated for Best Sports game.

Acknowledging Global Audience

I'm definitely aware that Gridiron Football isn't too popular outside of the US or Canada, with college football being even less so. I’m even aware that some countries such as Colombia don’t do college sports. It's worth noting that though its older brother Madden was never nominated for a game award, MLB The Show 16 was nominated for one in the 2016 game awards. Though Baseball has a pretty big audience around the world, MLB is mostly popular in the US and Canada. It's also worth noting that in Geoff Keighley's predecessor show, the Spike Game Awards, Madden NFL and NHL (another Mostly U.S. and Canada based sports league), were nominated for and won several Best Sports Games or Best Team Sport game. NCAA Football 07 was nominated for Best Team Sports game in the 2006 show. So there is a precedent for not only North-American sports leagues, but Gridiron College Football in award shows ran by Geoff Keighley. For anyone outside the US reading this, I get that our country has a cultural chokehold on the rest of the world through media and I’m genuinely sorry about that. It’d take a lot more to deal with it than just not nominating one game. Though I think that the game should’ve been nominated, that doesn’t mean I want to Americanize the world through gaming, I want the opposite. The fact that an NBA game was nominated in the game awards tells us the show isn’t trying to prevent Americanization, the NBA is just more marketable outside the US than College Football. To solve it in this particular awards show there’d have to be more games nominated from outside the US, Canada, and Japan. I mentioned Canada because a lot of the games over the years such as Cuphead, Celeste, and the even the shows host are Canadian. I mention Japan cause Japanese companies such as Nintendo and Sony have always had a massive influence in the gaming industry since the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System, called the Famicom in Japan, Comboy in South Korea, ) ended the North American video game crash. They’re doing that a bit with the game Neva being developed by a Spanish studio, but they could use a lot more. I don’t know how to solve this and I won’t pretend to, these are just things that I thought about.

Regional Celebration

I also feel that it's nice to have niche regional things on a global stage sometimes. Mostly for the sake of strengthening regional cultures. I’ve often compared American football to Sumo. They’re both sports that are popular in their native countries but are very niche outside of it except for a few places. There’ve been Sumo games in the past, and if they made one that got nominated for Sports game of the year, that’d be great and I’d be happy for them. This whole thing might be biased though cause I'm from the Southern US (War Eagle!) where College Football is the most popular sport in most states. Though the conventional thinking with college football is that most players will try to make it to the NFL, a lot of southerners prefer watching college sports to the NFL. It's mostly cause there's more of a community spirit around College Football and the fact that some states, including mine, don't even have an NFL team. The Southern fans would be happy that a game based off one of their favorite sports is being nominated for an award.

The player with Milroe on their jersey is actually Jalen Milroe from the Alabama State University football team. Though I’m more of an Auburn fan, one of Alabama’s bitter rivals, it’s nice to see them on the cover of a video game. I root for both if they’re not playing each other, especially if it’s a team from out of state.

Potential Impact on Future Games and Results for Fans

This category could pave the way for more niche regional sports. It’d be acknowledging our differences instead of trying to make everyone the same. This could lead to more games based off of other niche sports leagues like EuroLeague Basketball, the BAL (Basketball Africa League), or the Gridiron CFL (Canadian Football League). This could also lead to somebody making another HBCU (Historically Black College or University) Football game. It’d be a great win for College Football video game fans cause the series ended in 2013 due to the NCAA (National College Athletics Association) refusing to pay their athletes. It’d be one of the greatest comeback stories of all time and it’d send a message to the NCAA that they were wrong to use the athletes likeness and not pay them for it. That we don't need them to make a good football game.

The Category Itself

My first question is, what is F1 doing here? Racing is a competitive sport yes, but it has completely different mechanics than every other game on this list. In the Spike Game Awards, the predecessor to the current Game Awards also ran by Geoff Keighley, Sports and Racing games were separate categories. I feel like this'd make the most sense as they can actually compare mechanics better. How can you compare F1 to the other games on the list, they're completely different. There were also separate categories for Team Sports and individual sports in the original show. Based off the games that were nominated in the original show, if they brought it back, FC25 and 2K25 would fall under Team Sports, while Top Spin and WWE would fall under individual sports. Though I imagine that wouldn't work today cause we have a lot less variety of sports games on the market than we did when the Spike Awards were running. The big takeaway from this is the categories were more detailed back then compared to now. These days they just lump different types of games together. I don't really hear anyone talk about who's going to win best sports game, or which one's their favorite. Modern Sports games have a reputation for being repetitive and Microtransaction based. Most gamers are sick of that. All of this shows that in the modern Game Awards that both the fans and the showrunners consider this to be a throwaway category. It's not unwarranted as most of the games here feature predatory microtransactions, even College Football 25 has them!

Conclusion

Though College Football does have a few flaws, it’s one of the best AAA sports games released in a while. The mainstream win of College Football 25 could've had the potential to revitalize the Sports Genre of gaming, and it could encourage developers to make games about more niche regional sports. This was less about the game itself, and more about the conversations surrounding the game. As a Southerner and a College Student, I support the athletes being paid for their work and that has happened this time around. Even though it didn't get nominated, that fact is enough of a victory for athletes, students, and workers everywhere.

What sport from your country would you like to see a dev team make a game out of that hasn't already been made or isn't made as much recently? Please let me know in the comments.

Of course, if there are any issues with the image descriptions, please let me know and I'll fix them.

[neveragainfools]

I don't mean to be rude but the Andes, where potatoes come from, are not in *North* America. This doesn't exist in a bubble, USAmericans and by extension people taught on USAmerican values extremely often erase Indigenous American (i mean the continent obviously) populations by lumping those populations outside of US and Canada with every other subset of populations including their colonizers and slaves brought here and later immigrants under the troublingly homogenous label of "latine". While it is true that a lot of countries formerly under hispanic and portuguese rule applied a policy that alligns less with full segregation and more with mestizaje (under the logic of 'blood dillution'), invisibilizing the existence of those cultures (or thinking that's the entire culture of central and south america) is a prevalent issue on the internet.

At the end of the day it's a tag, it's not damaging, and i hope it didn't come off as rude and preachy, quite the opposite i typed this because you seemed receptive to the discussion at hand.

Hey there, I assume this is in regards to the reblogged fantasy potatoes post? My bad on miscategorizing potatoes as something from North America. I'll amend the tag. I'll be honest, my tag on it this has more to do with my absolute dogshit geography skills than anything else. Genuinely thought the Andes started in Mexico. That likely speaks to an ignorance of mine that you're getting at in your ask here (one look at a map shows me I'm sorely mistaken). I think that the rise of the phrase "USAmerican" is pretty useful because as a Canadian, I have always assumed "indigenous American" refers to indigenous groups in the USA. It wasn't until recently that I even learned that people from the Americas outside of the US even referred to themselves as Americans. I was pretty sure that was just a thing that Americans (as in people from the US) did. Especially as a settler Canadian, I see myself as a Canadian first. If I was to refer to myself by my continent I'd likely call myself a "North American" rather than an "American", and I guess I assumed this was true of others from the Americas as well. But this is not the "list all my unconscious biases to anon who is doing work to call me in hour", so I shall leave it at that. I think one thing we're definitely in agreement on here is that all throughout the Americas, there have been and will always be a complex group of (both indigenous and settled/colonized) cultures that are in no way homogeneous or monolithic. I know this is kind of a long reply, but I'm gonna leave it like this so that my settler followers can see this in case this is a bias they might have too and so we can all be a little more accurate together. It might seem silly but I think this is partially a dominant local language/parlance subtly encouraging cultural bias in a way we wouldn't even know to look at kind of thing. There is always more to learn!