#olu

[rikkuriffic]

So apparently I just never posted this? I think kind of an ambitious piece… I miss OFMD.

From the Spring Tides Zine!

[smudgeandfrank]

Kitty Oluwande is SUCH a teddy bear and will give all of the cuddles! 🩵🐈‍⬛🩵 He ESPECIALLY loves to cuddle with Jim, Archie, and Zheng... all at the same time, of course. 🩵🐈‍⬛🩵

[hugesigh]

broke: olu is straight

woke: olu is queer

bespoke: olu is attracted to the most competent person in the room at any given time

[dimity-lawn]

[kemetic-dreams]

Why do African Americans have British names?

Just as European immigrants' names would later be changed by officials at Ellis Island, Africans brought to the U.S. as slaves were generally stripped of their names and given the surname of their oppressor. These were often English names but could also be from other European countries.

A century-and-a-half after the end of slavery and I’m still identifying with the name of the slave-owner who once owned my family. That’s my house. Their house. That sucks. That’s a bone deep pain, one hidden and held in the letters of my last name. And after I posted my response tweet to Ava, that pain of slavery got me thinking of one question.

What if Black Americans ditched our slaves names? What if we cut that psychic chain that binds us to slavery in name and deed?

Malcolm X: “During slavery, the same slave master who owned us put his last name on us to denote that we were his property. So when you see a negro today who’s named Johnson, if you go back in his history you will find that his grandfather, or one of his forefathers, was owned by a white man who was named Johnson. If his name was Bunch, his grandfather was owned by a white man that was named Bunch.”

Interviewer: “I get your point. Would you mind telling me what your father’s name was?”

Malcolm X: “My father didn’t know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather, who got it from the slave master. The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery.”

Think about that. No, for real. Think about that. If you aren’t black, you may have never considered what it means to walk around carrying the mark of your family’s slave master. If you think about it too much and too deeply and it’ll fuck you up. That’s probably why many, if not most, Black Americans never think about it. Not really. It’s just too dark and too visceral and too real to consciously remember that every day when you put your name on something you’re extending the reach of your former slave master.

Every time a black athlete is celebrated––unless it’s someone supremely woke like Muhammad Ali or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or even Metta World Peace, who consciously changed their name to suit themselves––that world famous athlete makes their family’s former slave master more famous. Same for every black CEO, every actress or actor, every black politician, and every black activist. When their name shows up in the press they honor and extend their family’s former slave master’s memory. That’s fucked up. Which is why Muhammad Ali said this of his birth name:

“Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t choose it and I don’t want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name — it means beloved of God, and I insist people use it when people speak to me.”

Most white people in America have never considered what it means to walk around with the name of the family that once owned your family. Just imagine if all Black America changed their names on the same day.

The name Taraji is a unisex name of Swahili origin that means "hope" and "faith". It's commonly used in Eastern African cultures, especially among Swahili-speaking communities. The name is passed down through generations and is celebrated globally.

The name Ashanti has multiple meanings, including "gratitude," "thank you," and "warlike": 

Gratitude: The name Ashanti is a girl's name of Ghanaian origin that means "gratitude". 

Thank you: The name Ashanti is derived from the Swahili word asante, which means "thank you". 

Warlike: The name Ashanti is also said to mean "warlike".

Meaning of Afẹ́ni

One who loves another.

The name Chiwetel means "God brings" in Igbo. 

The name "Olubowale" is a combination of the Yoruba names "Olú" and "wale" and could mean "My God/Lord has come home": 

OlúA popular name among the Yoruba ethnic group, "Olú" is a diminutive of "Olúwa" and can mean "God," "deity," or "lord". In some parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, the word "Olú" is even used as a royal or noble title. 

WaleThe name "wale" is associated with the Yoruba people, who primarily live in southwestern Nigeria and parts of Benin and Togo.

[izzehands]

shoutout to one of the most ships ever <3

[queerpoetssociety]

I love how olu never questions his sexuality, like he likes Jim when they're bonifacia, they like Jim when they're Jim. They're relationship doesn't change and no one questions that.

[animoogus]

It's Jim and Olu, what can I say

[half-doomed-lover]

I don't know what I would prefer

1-The love square is set to make Olu and Jim realize they are more then friends

2-its not a love square is a polycule set up

3- who cares what it is, I just want to watch them being cute

[cottoncandiescupcakes]

Obvious proof the Swede is female

WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE GIRLS + blessed Frenchie tummy soothing our nerves

[omegaverseloversunite]

@sivan325

[early-sxnsets]

oluwande my love, my gem, my light

[inkirtis]

Day 22. Jam room

The whole crew was supposed to be here, but I didn't have enough time. They're fine, I promise

[dimity-lawn]

[fictionallyhealthyplant]

(via "Jim and Olu" Sticker for Sale by Hannahrose96)

[7aloecat7]

This is my Ted talk on Oluwande X Zheng Yi Sao

Ok if you're a OluZheng truther do NOT read this because I WILL trash on your truth sorry not sorry

Also spoilers for S2 of ofmd!!!

Okay so we all know that TealOranges was THE side ship of the summer last season, and we can see through the dancing scene that they might be moving out into poly with Archie in the mix (which I LOVE). But things are getting a little confusing into episodes 6&7 for me.

We know that Zheng has a crush on Olu, that is glaringly obvious. But why are we moving into Zheng X Olu territory? Where did that come from?

Despite the fact that the only thing that may have warranted a crush on Olu's part is one nice thing that Zheng said, the moves Z are making on him are downright horrendous. The fact that he was forced to negotiate for his friend's lives while she was flirting with him was cruel and I don't see how a relationship blossomed out of that.

Then in episode 6 or 7 Jim says to Zheng to talk to Olu, which I interpreted to mean that he would explain that he did not have feelings for her and we would all move on. But.... He's going on her ship?!?! (Well..... Not anymore 🙊) and even Jim seems confused by this, as seen in their facial expressions. And being the perfect partners they are, Arch and Jim agree to go too, meaning that either TealOranges can no longer be a thing and ArchiexJim and ZhengOlu are the couples, or they're ALL poly together, which I don't see happening because Jim has never expressed liking Zheng and Arch had never met her. (I just don't see why he would go on the ship with her, continuing to stay in the relationship with Jim and Arch. There's a possibility he hinges between the two, but I can't see the likelihood.)

I just don't like the way that Zheng was thrown into the mix randomly and we're expected to root for her relationship despite the fact that she a) tried to kill everyone, b) low-key emotionally manipulated Olu, and c) has an interesting character, but why would we pick her over Jim, whose Nan he met, and whose past he shared?

Ending my Ted talk, I want ArchiexJimxOlu to be canon and Zheng to sail off and conquer some other part of Asia and not bother us again. Thank you for coming to my ted talk, I will take conversations.