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[dalekuda1]

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[dontforgetukraine]

"My grandfather had sheep, oxen, and a cow. People in masks came, knocked down the wall, and took everything: furniture, clothes, oil, flour, cattle. When they wanted to take the cow, the grandmother refused, and they struck her. The grandfather grabbed a pitchfork and did not allow them to take it. But he was threatened that they would take it anyway. The cow lived with us in the house. One day, while we were sleeping, I heard a cow being taken out so I called my father. When we went into the yard, we saw a butchered cow with hooves wrapped so that it wouldn't make noise while being taken out. My father gave the meat to hungry people. In 1932, we planted a lot of potatoes, and they grew well. We put the harvested potatoes in a hole and covered them with a layer of straw. In the morning, we got up, but there was no straw or potatoes, and just the ones that were in the house remained. When the potatoes were boiled, our neighbour came and asked to give her potato shells for her children. My grandfather was a fisherman. He would catch fish and give it to people. Once, they wanted to take the fish from him, but the people stood up to protect him, saying the words: "Come to the boat, we will strangle you with our bare hands." I remember my mother and I going to visit my godmother. We arrived there, came into the house, and saw her sitting at the table, swollen and dead."

These memories from the National Book of Memory of the Kherson region belong to Mariia Pidvorok (née Kudas), born in 1921. She survived the Holodomor in the village of Kozachi Laheri of the Oleshky community. Today, the village located near the long-suffering Krynky is under occupation. It suffered significant destruction: a three-story school designed for a thousand students, a kindergarten, a dispensary, a pharmacy, a church, residential and social infrastructure were damaged. In June 2023, as a result of Russians undermining the Kakhovka HPP, Kozachi Laheri was partially flooded. "Another prosperous village in the Kherson region is disappearing. Before the war, it had a population of about 3,722 people. Today, it is a wasteland where the Russian military wanders and robs the property of local residents," states the Telegram channel "Ukrainian South".

Source: Holodomor Museum Photo: The first threshing with a grain of the state farm "Kahovka" of the Kherson district, 1930, TsDAEA

[sometimesbrave]

read chapter 1: here

warnings: alcohol, death

(Italics are Telugu dialogue, brackets have translation to English)

March 1986

***

"While I'm far away from you my baby

I know it's hard for you my baby

Because it's hard for me my baby

And The darkest hour is just before dawn"

- Dedicated to the One I Love by The Mamas and the Papas

***

Varadha drank alcohol for the first time on 20th March, 1986. He had his reasons. No Aai. No Deva. No Baba. No one cares. Nothing matters. And tomorrow was 21st March.

Varadha found whiskey bottles in Baba's office. He drank half of a bottle and it burned his throat. But after a while everything felt more peaceful. The constant noise in his brain was very distant.

He saw a young child running fast through the rooms, giggling, hiding behind doors and tables. He thought it was Baachi.

"Vara, kanna. Agaraa, parigethaku!!" ("Vara, love. Please stop running!!"), his mother called out. She was annoyed but she wasn't mad. So, Vara figured he can make her chase him for a few more minutes.

"Vachi kotha battalu vesko, kanna"("Put on these new clothes, my love"), Aai requested. "Bangarukonda, kadha?"("You are a mountain of gold, right?"), she cooed. She didn't speak for a little while. Vara realised his mother stopped following him. He tiptoed back to the hall and his mother caught him by surprise. She was tickling him, saying, "Patteskunna, Patteskunna, Rakshasudini"("I caught you, I caught you, monster"). Vara turned around laughing and hugged his mother. Aai's belly grew more and more everyday and she is now caressing her belly even in her sleep.

Varadha watched his younger self and his mother from afar not wanting to sully the purity of this memory. Aai looked so beautiful. He was unable to recall what festival they were celebrating. 

His mother finally finished dressing Vara in festive clothes which were very itchy and not black and cool like his father's clothes. She was dressed in a violet pattu saree. She was sparkling in her gold jewellery. Aai was not listening to his stories about dinosaurs who eat leaves in the forest. How he is making this clever connection that dinosaurs are big, long necked goats.

"Aai, nuvvu vinatle, nenu cheppanu po!"("Aai, you are not listening. I won't tell you"), Vara dismissed his mother.

"Sorry raa kanna, nuvvu thvaraga thayaaru aipothe nenu nee katha vini, chappatlu kodatha Sarena? Neeku kotha katha kuda cheptha"("Sorry my love. If you get ready fastly, I will listen to your story and clap for you, okay? I will also tell you a new story"), Aai said as she kissed his cheek.

Varadha was listening in on this conversation and he was trying to recall what story his mother had told him later. He hated that he doesn't remember it anymore.

Now Aai and Vara sat on the sofa in the hall. Vara was safely tucked beside his mother and fell asleep.

Varadha looked at his younger self and envy bubbled inside him.

"Appudu ikkadike vasthavu raa, kanna, nuvvu" ("You always arrive here only, my love"), Aai said chuckling. Varadha shifted his gaze from his younger self to his mother. She was looking at him with such loving eyes.

"Eroju tharavatha manchi rojulu levu, Aai" ("There are no good days after this, Aai"), Varadha teared up.

"Baachi ippudu ilane unnada?" ("Does Baachi look like this, now?"), she asked curiously, threading her fingers through Vara's hair.

"Inka podugu" ("He is taller"), he replied.

"Anukunna" ("Thought so"), she said and beckoned him to sit beside her.

Varadha sat beside his mother to her left and rested his head on her shoulder.

Tears fell from his eyes and stained her golden blouse.

"Enni rojulu ayipoindhi kanna nuvvu vachi, kaani naaku antha thelusu. Sariga thinatam ledhu, padukovatledhu. Ippudu thagatam kuda" ("It has been so many days since you came here. But, I know everything. You are not eating properly. You are not sleeping properly. Now, you are drinking too"), she listed and whacked his head.

Varadha rubbed the back of his head to soften her blow.

"Repu Nanna raaka pothe, Nene karyakramam cheyali. Naaku cheyalani ledhu, Aai" ("If Father doesn't come tomorrow, I have to perform the rites. I don't want to do them, Aai"), Varadha admitted. Six years ago, his mother passed after giving birth to Baachi. Every year, his father performs Pinda Pradhaana ritual to honour Aai's memory on 21st March.

"Mee Nanna vastharu, Varadha. Maa madhyana unna Prema appatiki vuntundhi. Nuvvu kangaru padaku" ("Your father will come, Varadha. The love between him and I will always be there. Don't worry"), Aai reassured.

There was a knock on the door. His mother turned to him and hugged him fiercely. Varadha caressed her belly as she kissed him on the forehead.

"Naaku vellalani ledhu" ("I don't want to go"), Varadha said, gasping suddenly.

There was another knock on the door.

"Aaa, vasthunna" ("I am coming"), Aai shouted.

"Nenu kuda akkadiki vellatam ledhu, kanna. Nenu appudu neethone untanu" ("I am also not going anywhere, my love. I will always be with you, I promise"), she whispered into his ear.

He got up from the sofa and walked away from her. She picked up sleeping Vara into her arms and opened the door. His father was standing, smiling at the door in his black shirt and grey kurta. He took Vara from her arms and hugged her. He was talking to her but Varadha couldn't hear him. Everything was muted. He fell back into a dark room and felt breathless.

He woke up, gasping for air. After drinking some water, he fell back asleep immediately wishing he would get the same dream again.

***

Today was Baachi's birthday. For the past five years, on this day, Varadha and Baachi sat beside their father, as he dutifully completed the Pinda Pradhaana ritual in Devi Matha temple. This year, Varadha was unsure whether his father would come due to their fractured relationship.

To his relief, his father came and completed the ritual. When the three of them had to take a dip in the temple pond, Baachi got scared of getting into the water. Varadha comforted Baachi as his father watched from afar. He carried Baachi on his back and took a dip in the water.

His father's entourage was ready to leave after he put on some dry clothes. His father's assistant took Varadha to his father. His father spoke in a steady voice, "Baba and the drivers will be released from prison today."

Varadha's knees started to shake.

Raja Mannar continued,

"Malli naa maata thappithe, naa koduku vani kuda choodanu, ardha maiyindha? Gelichaanu Ani anukoku. Idhi nee Aai kosam chestunna. Nee kosam kadhu. Edho oka roju, Dhaara pellam Inka koduku dhorukuthaaru. Vallu dhorikinappudu, nee Kalla mundhe vallani champutha, Sarena?"

("If you cross me again, I will not even consider that you are my son. Don't think that you have won. I am doing this for your mother. Not for you. One day, Dhaara's wife and son will be captured. When they are captured, I will kill them while you watch, okay?")

His father's eyes were burning. There was no love there. If there was any love, it was so shattered and twisted in his grief over his wife's  death and the loss of this future of a happy family that was gone with her.

As soon as his father left, Varadha's knees gave out. He fell to the ground, crying and shaking. Baachi stood before him and said, "Endhuku, Anna, edusthunnav? Aai ki manam edisthe nacchadhu kadha, edavaku."("Why are you crying, brother? Aai doesn't like it when we cry, so, don't cry") He said it with such conviction that it made Varadha chuckle. He got up and took Baachi's hand.

"Baba eroju sayanthram intiki vasthaaru, manam emi chesi pedadham Baba thinadaaniki" ("Baba will come home by today evening. What dishes should we cook for him to eat?"), Varadha asked. Baachi chattered on listing all his favourite food items that he was sure Baba will also like to eat.

*****

tags: @deadloverscity, @ghostdriftexistence @sambaridli, @rambheem-is-real, @sinistergooseberries, @vardhamannartitties, @moonnpaww, @literariyumi, @sana2410, @varadevaficrecs

Go read @sinistergooseberries amazing fic here which gave me the idea to write the some of the dialogue in Telugu and then translate to English

[sharksa-shivers]

Snowy chatting lol

(Sharksty time, we ready lmao?)

(We see it's a snowy night on the pier and Sharky and Kristy are both bundled up and walking together.)

Sharky:(fixing his hat, pulling it down a bit)Man, colder then i thought it was gonna be honestly…

Kristy:(nudging against him)Yeah but you're pretty warm to me though…

Sharky:(amused)I could say the same thing about you hehehe…But uhhh, seriously though, being cold blooded isn't really doing me any favors…

Kristy:(questioning, we see Sharky move over to the railing to look at the ocean and Kristy follows)Wait, you're cold blooded? Really? I thought you were warm blooded? Or…(smiles embarrassed)I guess maybe i don't know, uh…What's the difference between warm and cold blooded?

Sharky:(explaining)So i'm cold blooded so that means that my body temperature varys depending on the environment…Sooooooo(pulls out phone)It's like 28 degrees out right now so internally, that's what my body temp is. You on the other hand, since you're human, you're warm blooded so your body temp stays the same pretty much no matter what…I guess if you're sick? I can't remember heh…

Kristy:(a bit concerned)So…You must really be cold then, i'm sorry dude, i didn't know!

Sharky:(laughing a bit)Kris, it's fine! Please don't worry, i'd say something if it was really wrong hahahah! The clothes honestly help right now and cuz i'm a blue shark, i kinda have a higher tolerance to the cold yknow? Gotta be able to not freeze when you're swimmin and stuff ya feel me? Kinda would make hunting and survival pretty hard if i just froze heh…

Kristy:(a bit relieved)So you're okay then? I don't needa worry?

Sharky:(amused)Nah, i'm good. Which i'm glad for. I love winter, i love snow, i love the atmosphere…It's all so pretty and peaceful so i'm glad i get to enjoy it…(looking over, smiles)Especially with you tuskuda… -------------------- ...Wow, on one hand, can't believe i am actively posting Sharksty content now cuz i didn't think i'd be able to for years...I still dunno if it's a good idea but lmao, again, too late to uno reverse this so might as well embrace it!! Also...Cuz it's a word that comes up alot; Tuskuda=Seasetic for sweetheart Tuskuda is a word they both use alotttttttttt on each other lol. Tus=sweet Kuda=Heart So...Tuskuda=sweetheart. :3 Also i just...God, they're adorbs lmao, i hope peeps get to love it as much as i do because holy shit, the marshmallow fluff energy radiating off these two...They like snuggle and cuddle and are soft uwu like constantlyyyyy and i fucking adore it so much lololol...

[jafira]

Added alternate more casual clothing, Kudalyn's Aqua clothing. My edit of the kuda dragon model, with various additional assets of hair, tail and wings. Themed after my female dragon awakening Rashau Seriana.

[rbelle310]

Sakuatsu AU Warning: Supernatural elements

Grandmother Miya passes away. She was a renowned Izuna-tsukai and now her kuda-gitsune, Omi, must select a new host.

Everyone thinks it will be one of the twins, but neither of them appear to exhibit the signs of a Kitsune-tsuki.

At least at first, but one day while out on a run, Osamu crosses paths with a stray dog and freaks out. He screams ferally and hissing and spitting in such a way that onlookers think he's gone absolutely mad.

The main family is thrilled, they were worried that the Izuna had moved on to a distant branch family member. Atsumu is relieved, he didn't want anything to do with all this superstitious fox-possession crap. But...

He's been having dreams from when they were children, of another little boy who used to play with them. A small pale boy in a kimono with dark and curly hair. He puts it down to grief, since obaa-chan hasn't been dead that long and he's been reminiscing too much.

The dreams go on for weeks and things start to take a skin crawling turn. His brother, now ensconced in the shrine occasionally goes into fits. He stares through the walls and screams at the main house, yowling like an animal fighting over territory.

Atsumu feels like he's being watched, all the time and not because of the Kitsune now latched on to Osamu. The sensation follows him when he's outside sweeping the yard, when he goes to school, when he's on a date.

It's worse on the date, and it ends so badly he knows she'll never call him again. He goes home dejected and frustrated. Just as he steps through the front gate, a tall shadow looms over him and shoves him against a pillar.

"What are you doing at a time like this?" growls a low voice in his ear.

"What the f-" Atsumu starts to curse, but it dies on his tongue as he sees an imposing man with curly black hair standing over him. "Who are you?"

The man frowns even deeper, his brows knitting together in a way that makes the two moles on his forehead wriggle.

"The question you should be asking is who is that?" he spits, pointing at the shrine.

"What... What do you mean?" asks Atsumu.

"I mean, who is sitting in my seat! Idiot!"

"It's Samu! Samu's the Izuna-tsukai now!"

There appears to be some sort of miscommunication because the two moles do another wiggling sort of dance before the man grabs Atsumu with surprising strength and drags him towards the shrine.

He yanks the *locked* door off its hinges and points at Osamu who's hunched up and keening between bared teeth. It's the first time Atsumu has seen his twin in weeks and he... looks wrong. Obaa-chan was never like this, she never seemed any different from a normal human.

Osamu looks positively wild, there are food stains on his hands and whatever clothes they tried to put on him have been torn off. The stranger growls, clicking his tongue as he approaches Atsumu's twin.

"Get out." he warns, but then flings out a hand pre-emptively to stop Atsumu from leaving. "Not you."

But Atsumu wasn't going anywhere, he's equal parts terrified and worried for his brother.

Osamu pants heavily, still staring defiantly up at the stranger as he approaches.

Inky black eyes meet feral grey.

Osamu is sweating profusely, but he bares his teeth in a lazy smile that doesn't match the wildness of his dilated pupils. When he finally speaks, to Atsumu's horror, it's with the voice of another stranger.

"I'm not going anywhere, Ki-yo-omi."

[archivist-crow]

On this day:

KUDA BUX

On September 9, 1935, Kuda Bux, a Kashmiri magician, performed the first fire walk ever seen in Great Britain. It was conducted by phenomena investigator Harry Price, "under scientific conditions." Two tons of oak logs, one ton of firewood, half a load of charcoal, ten gallons of paraffin, twenty-five copies of the Times, and a box of matches created a twenty-foot-long bed of red embers. Bux's feet were examined, washed, and photographed to attest that no trickery was involved in the performance. Pieces of paper and cotton calico fabric were dropped in the trench to test the heat; they instantly incinerated. Four times Bux walked the row of coals. A skeptical onlooker removed his shoes and socks and, in the spirit of scientific investigation, took two brave steps down the trench. He immediately jumped out, his feet badly burned.

Bux also sensationally promoted himself as the Man with X-Ray Eyes. He gave free demonstrations in hope of people realizing their own innate potential. Volunteers pressed paddies of bread dough, six inches in diameter and one inch thick, over his eyes, sealing them shut. Next, one-inch thick cotton wads, four inches high by six inches long, were taped firmly over the dough. Then strips of black cloth, three feet long, were wrapped around Bux's entire head except for two small openings for each nostril and a small space for the mouth. A thick opaque sack was then placed over his head and tightened under the chin.

Thus blindfolded, Bux would identify colors of objects selected by the audience, identify objects such as thread needles, read paragraphs from books, and trace over writing, in any language, that volunteers wrote on a blackboard. When he was unwrapped at the end of the demonstration, the impression of his closed eyes were in the dough. In 1945 Kuda Bux rode a bicycle through the congestion at New York's Times Square while his eyes were taped shut.

Text from: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored by Juanita Rose Violins, published by Weiser Books, 2009

[dalekuda1]

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[woolooism]

i don't care about tsukasa/sanae ship, you can do whatever you want forever, but this post is so bad it's outrageous.

i don't want to touch on "no evidence not canon" claim, because fans have been doing this from the beginning of times. hovewer, i can't find proof of ZUN "indirectly supporting ships", so i'm taking it as purely anecdotal evidence.

the second point. i can't even begin where to begin.

i think people are allowed to be horny about their favourite characters, but also, op, you're finding hidden meanings where there isn't one.

Touhou's gotten more explicit about the sexual side of things. Tsukasa, who's drawn with what are instantly recognizable as sexually charged expressions, lidded eyes and insouciant gestures, whose outfit loosely resembles both short pajamas and a romper dress with the skirt cut away to show off the built-in bloomers, is a noteworthy chunk of that, and then she gets treated both in the fandom and in UDoaLG by powerful beast youkai as, essentially, a born slut.

this paragraph is so so bad.

she is not treated as slut in any of scenarios. there is zero indication of it in the text. she is mostly motivated by money, thinking about how she could make a profit, because that's what kuda-gitsune's role in touhou canon is attracting wealth. not being a slut.

the "lidded eyes" expression is common in touhou sprites. almost every character has some variation of it, not just tsukasa, and in most cases it's simply a smug.

tsukasa is simply wearing comfortable clothes, and if you're thinking that's slut behaviour (wearing short pajamas? really), than you have a problem, and that problem is misogyny.

But the sexual aspects have been there since Perfect Cherry Blossom at the latest. The implicit flirtatiousness, the women with extremely close relationships.

first of all, there is no sexual undertones in PCB. or i guess you mean yukari wearing her purple dress that reveals some skin "sexual", in which case it's once again you problem.

and if you think close relationships between women and their flirtatiousness is inherently sexual in nature. i don't know what else to add to this.

Making them both transfem or transfeminine-coded (i.e. Tsukasa probably didn't transition, but her penis is still effectively a trans woman's rather than that of a cis woman who shapeshifted in terms of how characters understand her position and body) is in turn an extension of that, of how trans women's bodies are fetishized (especially in sex work).

from what i've read earlier, i think you also fetishize tsukasa. especially with whole paragraph saying how she is a slut.

don't have the energy to write out any other reasons why this post sucks, so yeah. tl;dr: tsukasa is not a fucking slut, you're the one sexualising her, go touch grass

Okay. Oil fire serious posting, huh? Now my friend @rlyehtaxidermist is a patient, forbearing soul, and I've been known to get a little hot under the collar at times. The language may get spicy. You have been warned.

Anyways, there are people apparently trying to do some kind of shipping war over this interpretation of Touhou 19 and of Sanae and Tsukasa. They level three basic charges- that there's no support for it, that it's a shallow sex ship, and that Tsukasa is obviously manipulating Sanae. Let's take it from the top.

1. No Evidence, Not Canon

Well, I could go and take screenshots and get the Japanese text and screenies of confirmed "sex isn't real in Touhou" people trying to puzzle out the parts of the Japanese text where Sanae and Tsukasa use very familiar language with each other. But I won't.

Why does it matter? Like, take it as a given that this is the case, that this ship is created from nothing. What would that mean? That people need to stop talking about it? Or restrict their posting about it to some kind of space for non-canon shipping? Is that reasonable?

Look, shipping characters on the basis of them being in adjacent stages has a history in Touhou. Some of them, like Parsee/Yuugi, got ZUN offering some support for it much later, through indirect means. Others, like Nitori/Hina, are kind of unpopular nowadays. People still make art and comics and doujin novels for those unpopular ships based on proximity. And why shouldn't they?

Some of my favorite doujin works- Ōkawa Bkub's "Charm" series, ALISON Airlines's drug-themed and mind-expanding works, Komaku Jūshoku's Ran-chama shorts- are far outside the boundaries of what ZUN produces. I think it's good that people take what ZUN puts down and run with it. I think that's a much healthier way to creatively engage with an artistic work you enjoy. It also gave us Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko When They Cry, Undertale and Deltarune, and other independent works where the influence isn't quite as obvious.

Anyways, all that freedom brings with it people being allowed to ship in ways you think aren't canonically supported, as part of being able to creatively reinterpret the work they're engaging with.

2. It's A Shallow Sex Ship!

Now let's be fucking clear here- what people are implying by this is pretty clearly "You're using this shipping to get off!"

Look. Do you really think that people are likely to be getting off to the idea of sex that's unglamorous and kinda mediocre, a bit awkward? If there is some kind of fetishist of that kind posting about SanaKasa, I'll buy them a drink to salute their extremely broad and abstract sexuality, which would be quite rare indeed.

I'm being mean. The more likely thought process here is that social assumptions around whether anyone would use direct and somewhat crude language about weird sex without being aroused at that moment or being some kind of perpetually-horny sex pervert are shaping how people react to seeing posts where a foxgirl's tail is used as a proxy for her having an erection.

So set that aside. I'm gonna talk about why the sex posts are meaningful to me personally.

I'm not an old hand of Touhou fandom, I came to it as a grown adult with the period between Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom and Hidden Star in Four Seasons as my entry point. But what I learned very quickly is that there's a lot of Touhou stuff, posting, art, comics, fanfics, where people offer up sexual content that I find deeply unappealing (mostly because it's dull, het, and not infrequently invokes sexual violence). And then, eventually, I realized that there was a kind of reaction to this state of affairs.

This was the sense that Touhou fandom was divided into bad sexual stuff and good desexualized stuff. And sexual stuff from a lesbian or WLW perspective was lumped in as part of the bad, with an assumption it was made for men too. And so if you wanted to enjoy the lesbian overtones of Touhou, the Touhous better not be having sex!

This is in turn correlated, I think, with the sense of Touhou as the whimsical side of the "cute girls having tea parties" media metaconcept. All of this ties really heavily into a broader social understanding of sexual desires between women, between nonbinary people, (or even between men much of the time) as intrinsically predatory and needing to be desexualized to be acceptable.

But Touhou isn't a series about cute girls doing cute things at tea parties in the text. In the games, it's a bunch of rude women threatening each other with violence in erudite ways, then engaging in elegant examples of that violence, and finally going drinking together. There's intrinsic sexual tension to all of that. It's people flirting with each other, showing off their stuff, and then getting to know each other at a bar.

Touhou's gotten more explicit about the sexual side of things. Tsukasa, who's drawn with what are instantly recognizable as sexually charged expressions, lidded eyes and insouciant gestures, whose outfit loosely resembles both short pajamas and a romper dress with the skirt cut away to show off the built-in bloomers, is a noteworthy chunk of that, and then she gets treated both in the fandom and in UDoaLG by powerful beast youkai as, essentially, a born slut.

But the sexual aspects have been there since Perfect Cherry Blossom at the latest. The implicit flirtatiousness, the women with extremely close relationships. So what talking about Tsukasa having bad sex and falling in love means to me is a couple of things- it's an acknowledgement that sex is going on. It's also a way to engage with Tsukasa as a character who's engaged in what is only barely subtextually survival sex work, and offer up the possibility of love in a very normal and unglamorous sense, for Tsukasa to be sexual and yet loved and fully worthy of love.

Making them both transfem or transfeminine-coded (i.e. Tsukasa probably didn't transition, but her penis is still effectively a trans woman's rather than that of a cis woman who shapeshifted in terms of how characters understand her position and body) is in turn an extension of that, of how trans women's bodies are fetishized (especially in sex work). And taking these bodies we, as a group of people, have, and treating them as sexual, but in a more naturalistic way yet playful way. And so for me it's just a matter of being truthful- this is describing the situation in terms of the world as I know it, within certain specific boundaries of Touhou I like to use.

This humongous nerd can have a loving, fulfilling relationship while not being good at sex and having to figure that out. This poor little kon kon can be loved without it being transactional, without having to try and become purified and sweet and "More tea, Miss Sanae?" Even bad girls (in several senses) can love and be loved. If you're gay enough with your cringe girlfriend, a miracle will happen.

All of this is of course my hyperprecise sexual fetish. Every last word of it.

3. All According To Tsukasa's Keikaku

"Tsukasa's just manipulating Sanae!"

Why is it important that Tsukasa be an undefeatable schemer and manipulator?

Let me put it this way. If Tsukasa can manipulate everyone equally well because everyone has weaknesses in their heart or whatever, that's blandly cynical. It makes her out to be some kind of overwhelming malevolence. If Tsukasa is really really good at manipulating powerful, perceptive, and forceful women, but completely unable to affect naive, slightly gullible, says exactly what she's thinking Sanae beyond marginally? That's funny! The one person that should be a cream puff to manipulate is beyond manipulation!

It's thematic! Someone who's open and honest and not trying to manipulate other people can't be manipulated in turn, because she's rejecting the game. It's relevant to Tsukasa's character! UDoaLG makes it clear that tube foxes are despised, that they're seen as weak and unable to fight like real women do. Tsukasa has to manipulate people because it's her only way to keep from being crushed, or so she thinks, because she's immersed in that reality.

Sanae isn't manipulatable, but also doesn't really try to crush her. Sanae offers a relationship between equals, even if they have different power levels.

It even plays into neurodivergence and mental illness- think of Tsukasa as someone unsure if she's manipulating people or not. Sanae being autistic and not manipulatable provides a reassurance that she's capable of doing better.

None of which means she's going to start being a saint or even a decent person, just that she's an awful person whose awfulness is hard to separate from her situation, but she can be in a better situation without having to become good first. She can stay malicious and kinda sucky and we know she's doing it on purpose now! We can say, "you are yucky disgusting, babygirl" and squeeze her into a Pringles tube without guilt. With minimal guilt.

Also, abilities are self-declared and Tsukasa's method of manipulating the other polycule members in Unconnected Marketeers mostly seemed to be encouraging them to do what they wanted to do already. Similarly, she can manipulate Aun in UDoaLG by playing on Aun's desire to be helpful and the dangers of the situation, but Aun also knows it's safe because her other body is back at the shrine. She's not, frankly, massively strong. In demonstrated "power levels" she's a step below Yachie "failgirl" Kicchou. Think about that.

Made it all the way to the end? Congratulations! Imagine a Touhou ending slide where I'm (whatever you think I look like) holding up Tsukasa and Sanae sock puppets.

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Dutch Loanwords

350 years is a while, so Dutch seeping into the Indonesian language is inevitable. Let’s explore some Indonesian words that are derived from Dutch! (We’ll ignore the ones that are similar to English, because you’ll know that already.)

A preamble fun-fact: older Indonesian spelling is closer to Dutch, but modern Indonesian has been simplified. OE becomes U, TJ becomes C, J becomes Y, and DJ becomes J.

anjing laut from zeehond. Seal (animal), but both these words literally mean “sea dog.”

apotek/apotik from apotheek. Pharmacy.

arloji from horloge. Wristwatch, watch. A fancier version of the more commonly used “jam tangan” (hand clock).

asbak from asbak. Ashtray.

ban from band. Vehicle tire/tyre.

bak from bak. As a noun, not a particle. Meaning container. Most commonly used for “bak mandi” (bathtub)

baut from bout. Bolt. As in, the metal fastener.

beken from bekend. Famous, popular, or well-known. Considered an informal slang word.

besuk from bezoeken. Bezoeken originally means “visit,” but “besuk” usually refers to visiting sick people.

BH (or beha) from bustehouder. Bra. So yes, BH does indeed mean “boob holder.”

bioskop from bioscoop. Cinema, movie theatre.

bon from bon. Bill, receipt.

buncis from boontjes. Boontjes means beans, but buncis refers specifically to green beans.

dah/dadah from dag. Dag means “day,” but “dadah” is a goodbye, like “bye-bye!”

dasi from das. (Neck)tie.

duit from duit. Duit is a copper Dutch coin. In modern Indonesian it’s a slang term to refer to money in general.

ember from emmer. Bucket.

engsel from hengsel. Hinge, like the ones on doors.

gaji from gage. Wages, salary.

gang from gang. Alley.

gardu from garde. Guard, watch post.

gorden from gordijn. Curtain.

gratis from gratis. Free of charge.

halte (bus) from bushalte. Bus stop.

handuk from handdoek. Towel.

insinyur from ingenieur. Engineer.

indehoy from in het hooi. “in het hooi” literally means “in the hay.” Indehoy is used to refer to sexual intercourse, though it’s not so common nowadays.

jas from jas. In Dutch it’s a coat/jacket, in Indonesian it’s a (formal) suit.

kalkun from kalkoen. Turkey (the bird). For comparison, turkey in Malay is “ayam belanda” (Dutch chicken).

kamar from kamer. Room.

kantor from kantoor. Office.

karcis from kaartjes. Ticket(s). It’s plural in Dutch.

kastanye from kastanje. Chestnut.

katun from katoen. Cotton.

kol from kool. Cabbage.

korsleting/konslet from kortsluiting. Short circuit.

kuitansi from kwitantie. Receipt.

kulkas from koelkast. Refrigerator.

kuda nil from nijlpaard. Hippopotamus, but both these words literally mean “nile horse.”

laci from laatje. Drawer. The derived Dutch word is a diminutive of “lade.”

mantel from mantel. Coat, mantle.

maskapai from maatschappij. Means “company” in Dutch, but is a fancy formal word for “airline” in Indonesian.

mebel from meubel. Furniture.

minder from minder. Means “less” in Dutch, but in Indonesian it means not confident/unconfident, "feeling lesser/smaller” if you will.

mur from moer. The nut, the companion to the bolt.

om from oom. Uncle. Another Indonesian word for uncle is “paman,” though it comes across as more formal.

oma from oma. Grandmother. Another Indonesian word for grandmother is “nenek.”

opa from opa. Grandfather. Another Indonesian word for grandfather is “kakek.”

pabrik from fabriek. Factory.

parkir from parkeer. Parking.

pensiun from pensioen. Retire/retirement.

persik from perzik. Peach (fruit).

preman from vrijman. Vrijman literally means “free man.” Preman refers to gangsters.

rekening from rekening. (Bank) account.

rem from rem. Brake.

rentenir from renteneer. Loan shark.

rok from rok. Skirt.

rokok from roken. Roken means “to smoke,” rokok can refer to cigarettes and smoking.

sakelar/saklar from schakelaar. Switch. Like light switches.

segel from zegel. Seal, with the definition “a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.”

sekop from schop. Shovel.

sekrup from schroef. Screw. The metal pin with the spirals.

selang from slang. Does not mean slang. It means hose, like a water hose.

senewen from zenuwachtig. Nervous/jumpy.

setrika from strijkijzer. Clothes iron.

skakmat from schaakmat. Checkmate.

spanduk from spandoek. Banner.

tang from tang. Pliers.

tante from tante. Aunt/auntie. Another Indonesian word for aunt is “bibi.”

tas from tas. Bag.

traktir from trakteer. Treat, like to treat someone food.

wastafel from wastafel. Sink (for washing).

wortel from wortel. Carrot.

[furinana]

Megaten Furbait compilation

A list of myth characters that were depicted as animals or animals with anthropomorphic features in the Megami Tensei series that have some level of appeal to furries.

Birds, reptiles and other species included.

Now let’s start!

Garuda

Kaneko designed very, very few humanoid birds (even less featuring actual beaks) so Garuda is a big win to me. I love his playful pose from the first artwork combined with the big thigh exposition.

Anzu

The curly beard and the shining brown skin really give him an extra attractiveness.

Kabuso

I fell in love with this little fellow at first sight. The way he just looks down and has a “tch!” expression like he’s mocking you.

Anubis

I don’t pay much attention to Anubis since he’s depicted in essentially the same way in a lot of other media. His slender and sophisticated figure is still mesmerizing to stare regardless.

Quetzalcoatl

I tend to prefer his human form but Quetz’s dragon form isn’t half-bad. His pissed face like he’s mad at you for eating the last piece of ham from the fridge.

Baphomet

This goat has his horn on fire and has something sticking out of his crotch! He’s up to no good! Now that I think about it, the sword and the shield must symbolize his hermaphroditism.

Behemoth

He looks at you the same way a pregnant mother would do to her lover.

Gagyson

I’m not fond of demons with a lot of random features all over them. I forgive Gagyson because he’s bird-like and is cackling maniacally.

Neko Shogun

Is he a demon or a toy? SO FRIGGIN’ CUTE! I LOVE YOU, DAMNIT!

Hanuman

A dignified old man doing yoga. Check out the little golden monkey in his armor.

Heqet

This froggie looks so happy to see you! She’s like a character that came straight from Animal Crossing.

Dormath

Not very furry-like but at least she’s worth more than Nekomata. She looks comfy to hug. Be careful or she’ll hit you with a Macca Beam though.

Ose

There it is... the most insane furbait of the list. This fucker tricks you into thinking he’s covering himself but as soon as you look at him from behind you find out he’s been walking around with his ass completely bare. It’s like he’s tainting you to look at it. Don’t even get me started at his Hallel form.

Chironnupu

BABY YOU’RE SO CUTE!!! His tongue imitating perfectly the way a dog pants cheerfully when its owner is close!!!

Hecate

A personal favorite. As soon as you summon her, she gets ready to push you onto the bed and peg your ass.

Shesha

Shesha’s battles aren’t something exciting to remember about but I truly do like his enormous snake body. Too bad you couldn’t summon him in this state.

Fomorian

If you are into hunks, Fomorian is just your dude. Remind him not to skip leg day though.

Amon

This guy definitely fucks. Beware of his ridiculously long arms.

Ganesha

I wanna touch his fat nipples and his bellybutton.

Basilisk

Such a jolly little creature! It’s like a Pokémon! 

Jambavan

He seems way less scary once you realize he’s a bear.

Gryphon

I wanna pull his big tail and see him screaming agonishingly. Apparently his meat is quite tasty.

Azumi

Azumi might be JUST YOUR THING if you liked The Shape of Water. I wonder if her mouth is too rough to kiss.

Pazuzu

There’s something that awakens in me when I stare at his happy trail.

Kuda, Inugami and Makami

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Wu Kong

I like his personality in the games a lot. A troublesome kid that speaks brashly.

Girimehkala

I wanna touch his fat nipples and bel-oh wait, I already said this to Ganesha.

Cait Sith

Look at his stupidass huge boots. I love this guy.

Nalagiri

I’m not enthusiastic about elephants in general but Kaneko sure draws them in a way that makes me captivated. I like how this one feels gritty and muscular contrasting the chubby ones.

Suparna

The pre-evolution of Garuda. Very majestic. I love the extension thingies from his crown.

Mushussu

The little snark with his tongue while looking at the viewer. It’s the little details that count.

Mezuki

I hate horses. I truly truly hate horses. I’m fond of this one for some reason however. Maybe it’s the fanged teeth? Or the cute braids?

Tao Tie

You don’t wanna get on this fluffy fella’s bad side.

Kobold

I like how this Kobold has quite some feminine figure. Small hips and big boobs.

Illuyanka

A body of water shaped into a masked dragon. Kaneko really nailed on the execution of this one.

Orias

I truly don’t care about Orias but his old artwork is funny. He’s tied to his horse as if both were a present.

Hachidaiou

A rare one! And it’s a turtle! Does his shell only cover his back?

Seth

Despite his major villain profile in the lore, his personality in the negotiations sums up as “big moe beast that loves lettuce”.

Mithra

"Bro” “What is it, bro” “I tied myself all over you bro” “B-bro...”

Chi You

I know it’s just his spear but the shadow makes it seems he’s wearing high heels.

Tangata Manu

Tangata Manu is so cartoonishly weird to the point it’s adorable. Look how shitty his wings are. Poor guy. 

Senri

Furry milfs stretching? Furry milfs stretching, anyone?

Makara

Makara in Dx2 is friggin adorable. I often forget it’s supposed to be from the Dragon race because of its little Bambi head.

Heavenly Generals

Kaneko the absolute madman designed the twelve chinese zodiac animals as boss enemies. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME HAIRSTYLE.

Kikimora

I love chickens but she doesn’t resemble one enough to be endearing on this aspect to me. I like the ‘creepy creature in domestic clothes’ image though. She even helps you with housework if she feels you’re hard-working enough!

Vasuki

This one knows he’s a bastard and is fully delighted with it.

Hresvelgr

His cute expression sure makes bird lovers like myself fall to our knees.

Cerberus

Everyone’s favorite doggie! Regardless of how generic Cerberus ends up becoming in later games, his role as Nakajima’s loyal partner or our lovely Pascal the dog makes me quite fond of him.

Kamapua’a

A pig with a cape! A PIG WITH A CAPE!

Fafnir

I keep thinking of that mission in Strange Journey where you had to casually ask Fafnir for a piece of his body. Since he’s all made of metal, I guess letting someone else borrow your leg wouldn’t hurt you.

Samael

I never got to properly use one yet in the games but I'm super fond of his design. The color palette is one of my favorites.

Yatagarasu

no talk with me im angy

[happyalpacasims]

~First few days of Nia’s life in Willow Creek~

 Nia has been doing great with Kuda so far. She’s gotten herself a job at a science lab, and well currently she is enjoying the rest of the weekend before the work week starts for her.

She ordered an analysis machine online from some science geek online shop, after spending half of the Friday looking for something to help her test stuff she finds within her house.That’s a picture of her right up there, testing the machine as soon as it arrived with the rest of the Sim post for the day - this was on Saturday afternoon. 

Of course, she had to put it all together at first, it came dismantled in several pieces, but in the end she did it thanks to the blueprint within the packaging. 

She was practicing and adjusting menu settings on it until sunset. However, she felt such a big headache that she had to go out and take a breath of fresh air. 

She went to her room first for a fresh change of clothes and put the others in the laundry basket, she wanted to take care of that later so she rushed outside in the park next door. She was checking her tablet when something startled her and she got up from the bench to check it out. 

Nia: What in the world....If someone’s trying to scare me, you’re doing a lousy job pal. I don’t scare easy. 

She started to look around, and deducted that the sounds were coming from the bushes behind the bench. As she tried to take a look, something zoomed out of there and onto the ground behind her. When she turned around, she just burst into laughs. 

Nia; O, so that’s the monster who tried to scare me? You look too cute for that job sweetie. 

She bent down and picked up the little rascal that was trying to get her attention. 

It turned out to be a little kitten, left alone in the park. Nia stopped for a second and thought of an idea....She wanted to take it home with her, but the only thing making her rethinking her idea was Kuda. What if she didn’t accept another cat’s baby? 

Nia: Y’know what, we’ll test that theory out, we shall get you home, clean you up and let you play with Kuda and see....Aw, aren’t you a little cutie....Yes you are, you’re such an adorable little pile of fluff!

So, after the cleanup and feeding, Nia left the kitten to roam around and let Kuda check her out. Kuda carefully approached the new kitten and sniffed it everywhere. The little fluff was scared, because of Kuda’s weird and unannounced approach, but she let her sniff her out completely. 

After 10 minutes, Nia came back out to check on them and found Kuda licking the kitten like it were her own. She was overjoyed, and decided the kitten would be hers and named her Cinnamon. Then, she followed both cats around until Kuda strayed somewhere around the block being a Prowler and all that....while the kitten was playing around in the cat yard playset Nia had brought from her family home for Kuda, since it was the one thing she loved to play on/with the most. 

All in all, a pretty satisfying Saturday for the Fields family and - welcome again, Cinnamon Fields! <3

[dalekuda1]

Celebrating Identity: The Evolution of Gay Pride Clothing

Gay pride clothing has played a crucial role in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, serving as symbols of identity, solidarity, and resistance. From the rainbow flag to bold slogans advocating for equality, these garments represent the ongoing struggle for LGBTQ+ rights and visibility. As we look to the future, it's clear that gay pride clothing will continue to evolve, reflecting the ever-changing landscape of LGBTQ+ activism and identity.

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Terra Kuda Face Clothing Neck Gaiter Mask – Non Slip Light Breathable for Sun Wind Dust Bandana Balaclava https://amzn.to/2TMF4j7