#orient cycle

[batcii]

I think it's been crossposted already but guess I should post this here as well! The cover for The Raven Boys graphic novel I have been working on for the last couple of years is finally out! If you're wondering why I haven't posted art in a while it's because all I've been doing is drawing these kids non-stop (in between teaching, and pottery, and following my chickens around).

It has been such a pleasure to work on and an enormous amount of pressure to get them just right. It's an impossible but worthy goal, and as a fan of the books myself I know just how much people care about this series. I hope once you get to see it in August 2025 you'll be rewarded for the wait. You can read more about the book here, and find preorder links here.

[ovaryacted]

Middle aged white woman tried to call Shawn Hatosy “daddy” to his face in a 1 minute and 30 second “interview” video and mentioned how Pedro Pascal is a daddy because they just have this fucking chokehold over him and refuse to let him go of their parasocial fetishizing death grip. Lord please take me out of my misery, I refuse to watch the same thing that happened to Pedro happen to Shawn. I REBUKE IT IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! 🙏

[thecorvidrotation]

Hello beautiful tumblr users I see in the notes on my "hooray the Raven Boys graphic novel is on the way" fanmix! I hear you saying you miss famixes, or you yearn for the fandom days of yore when people made and shared mixes, and boy howdy do I have good news for you:

fanmixes are pretty much all I do here!

(in terms of creative works, I mean. occasionally I also write meta or inflict a meme. anyways)

here's a playlist I made for Ronan and Hennessy's nightmare roadtrip based solely on the vibes I got off the cover art for Mr. Impossible

here's a Gwenllian character-study fanmix I made for the 2021 TRC Big Bang

here's a playlist for a "Cabeswater doesn't bring Gansey back" AU for the 2021 TRC Big Bang

here's a pirates AU playlist, also for the 2021 TRC Big Bang, which admittedly doesn't have a lot to do with TRC because I mostly made it as an excuse to force everyone to experience my passion for sea shanties, but it IS fun

here's my playlist for a punk band bluesey AU for the 2020 TRC Big Bang

here's direct sporkifry links to the Adam and Noah character mixes I made around 2016 when I got into the fandom, which I've never posted to tumblr for some reason. You can find more of these on the playlists page on my blog too! it hasn't been updated in probably 6 years tho.

And finally, here's a direct link to my fanmix tag, where I put my and other people's TRC fanmixes, because there's lots of great playlists and mixes out there but sometimes they're hard to find!

go forth and jam my friends

[nohymn]

i was refreshing on the wonweek and sunday exchanges and this one still tickles me because so much is said.

i already surmised before this that sunday wasn't someone who took well to being "pitied" in his eyes [something to do with his pride, as well as his rhetoric with the weak and the strong and how he factors himself into this; that's something i can write a rambling post about another day], but having it confirmed was delightful. there's something there with his strain for condescension in contrast that i can't place.

and of course there's the elephant in the room of how he responds better to criticism and critique than he would someone genuinely showing him sympathy. punishment and disappointment will make him move, but smothering him won't. if he's met with condemnation, he can ruminate but do something about it, because he's given something to work with, and it goes against his perfectionism, which is a struggle in of itself; but there's not really much he can do with someone feeling sorry for him, and it makes him feel small and weak when there's this constant urge to fix something. it isn't conductive.

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Month 10, day 2

Made changes to the runes so they look the way I wanted them to, plus also some subtle color adjustments on them that will animate (eventually). Will it look like fire the way I want it to? I dunno! We'll find out together lol

I'm also working on redoing the curtains but those weren't ready to render yet, I'm still fucking with the cloth physics simulation. I could just sculpt the curtains but like why?

[homovulcanensis]

Kara ben Nemsi should have been woken up by a muezzin at least once. (The first prayer is at sunrise!) He does not strike me as a morning person and I bet it would be hilarious.

I almost fell out of bed. Somebody somewhere was shouting, causing me to awake with a startle. In such a big city as Bagdad, a fire would never be out of the ordinary. Alarmed, I ran to the little window with the bars in front of it and forced it open. Gladly, there was no smell of fire. However, the shouting was now louder.

I listened to the words and realized that I had acted like an idiot foreigner. I sighed and returned to my bed. Naturally, my panicked actions had woken up my dear friend Halef as well.

"Sidhi, has the muezzin scared you?", he laughed, quite amused by the spectacle. I could not disagree with him. However, my eyes were already falling shut again. I just grunted deeply.

"You are so much of a Christian, habibi. Nearly falling out of your bed from the words of Allah.", Halef kept on laughing. I ignored the endearment and soon was sleeping soundly again. I always held that the early morning was never good for any activities.

[regulusrules]

Hey 😅 idk if ur an expert but since you mentioned studying orientalism & stereotypical depictions of foreign places in western media, do you have any specific resources or advice for creatives who want to break the cycle of harm? Obvs "do research" but I guess asking you is part of that, ahaha

Heya love. This is INDEED breaking the cycle and doing research, so thank you for popping up here to ask!

For resources on what to read/watch in order to break free from the eurocentric grip, I wrote a long ass post here dividing references to videos, documentaries, books, and literary works. If you're done with these and looking for more, definitely DM at any time! I would be more than happy to provide additional references, since it's been my field of study for so long :D

As for advice, well, I'll tell you this:

DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK!

Literally the common problem that I always find between western and eastern discourse is being misunderstood. The language barrier causes shit, believe me, especially in the historical context of how this whole east/west thing had happened. Orientalism stems from the fact that the west propagated an image of the east without actually seeing where they come from or what they're trying to say. The east is misunderstood because the interpretations of the west of them is what stuck instead of their actual thoughts and beliefs.

So, if you have a Muslim-Arab friend, don't be afraid to ask them why they pray five times or why women choose to wear hijab. If you have a Christian-Arab friend, don't be too quick to dismiss the fact that they exist (typical western stereotype that Christianity is ours only) ((even though Jesus was from Bethlehem, Palestine lool)). If you have a Jew-Arab friend, ask them what they think about the situation in Palestine, and you will be shocked by how genuinely supportive they are of Palestinians. And if you have any Arab friend who identifies with any other religion/doesn't at all, p l e a s e be willing to ask and listen.

Every person in this world is so unique. And trust me, you won't find two middle eastern countries similar, let alone the typical propagated western message that "all Arabs are the same." I kid you not, cities from cities there also differ, just like in states if one day you go to texas and the other day drop at hawaii. The beautiful uniqueness of eastern cultures has to be experienced first-hand to be conveyed.

So whenever you're looking for an answer, ask. Ask and never be afraid of not being answered, because people actually want to be heard. I've learnt sooo much more from engaging with people than from my theoretical studies, so if you have the opportunity, go book a plane to the pyramids you've always wanted to see and actually experience the wonder of communicating with the people there and learning their cultures. These countries are safe, safer than I have personally ever felt in Europe, because they are so people-oriented and warm. Videos won't tell you that. You gotta see it for yourself, love, and you gotta talk about your experience and convey their actual beliefs to those around you in a similar position.

Ask, and you will always be answered. And in the process, you will have the time of your life. Believe me.

[sail-southern]

America's Cup 37 Updates - 03/17/2024 - What's New In AC-Land?

Check out these recent articles and videos focused on the 37th America’s Cup, to be held in Barcelona, Spain in October of this year!

[thatboxylady]

i have a kinda silly Jetstorm headed canon that if you pet his head right between his head fins (horns???) his wings flutter happily, same goes for if you pet his back between his wings . of course this requires you to get close to and also (Primus forbid) touch him so basically no one knows this but him and Thrust perhaps lol

NO NO THIS IS GOOD 100/10

[pauls70projects]

Cycling Climb 5  RAISE HOWE from Gt Asby 16/09/2022

Route: Bolton Bridge, Gt Asby RAISE HOWE, Maulds Meaburn, Bolton Bridge

Climb 600m, Distance 41.2km, Moving Time 2:36:44

Link to Recorded activity on OS Maps

Approach

Bolton Bridge, just off the A66 north of Appleby represented a convenient low starting point for the tour allowing me to claim the 200m climb requirement. There are a few parking places which were popular with fishermen when I arrived. The route via Kings Meaburn has a fair bit of up and down, and I made a wrong turn which added more.

This Climb

Start:   Great Asby  Elev 180m  NY 6811 1326 Finish:  Raise Howe Elev 321m   NY 6368 1296 Total Climb 189m     Length 5.8km,  Moving Time 25 minutes    Gradient:  Typical 0 -  10%, Effort 40%.

Link to Route on OS Maps

The climb is on the easy side of moderate, with the 7-10% sections short enough for the bike to be kept in Eco Mode. There are two high points each at 322m elevation, the first is near Linglow Hill, but the climb really completes at the second one at Raise Howe, which is more interesting. The only photo I have is a timer one of me by the bike, which I won't bore you with (see below for link to third party photos)

Points of Interest

Great Asby has been settled since the Stone Age. You can read about its History here.

High to the south of the route is Great Asby Scar, (see map) a large area of limestone pavement that has been unspoiled by quarrying, and now preserved as an Site of Special Scientific Interest and Nature Reserve as it contains and attracts rare flora and fauna. Wikipedia Visit Cumbria

The “Tumulus” marked on the map at Raise Howe is a bronze age “cairn” earthworks. I will have a closer look if I go again from the other side, meanwhile you can see more here. The nearby quarry is more modern, and was most likely used to supply material for McAdaming of the road.

The road back passes through the picturesque village of Maulds Meaburn, you can read how it got its name here. The impressive Flass House was built in the 19th Century on the profits of the opium trade. To complete the circle, it was more recently purchased by some dodgy types for the purpose of growing and processing cannabis and allowed to run into disrepair, but has since been revived as a performing arts school. Read about  it here.

New graphs

The graph of elevation and gradient is taken from some software I wrote to interpret the GPX / TCX files recorded on my phone / Watch and produce more detailed data than hitherto available. Unfortunately the phone’s GPS isn't that accurate when it comes to altitude, so some intervention and processing is required to get rid of errors that give rise to exaggerated climb and gradients. The software still needs upgrading to display other information and a bit of tweaking to improve presentation.

[sipisttoo]

Feeling myself shrink away from all my loved ones except like 2.5 YAYYYYYY

[homovulcanensis]

Why does Kara ben Nemsi keep on comparing the Orient to the Wild West? Like, once every two pages? We get it babe, you're missing your boyfriend that you are not allowed to mention during this book series. But please get a grip on...

[truecorvid]

bus routes to my new job are so silly and stupid i just finished orientation and now i have to wait uh. 40 minutes to leave. cool.

[beesorcery]

down bad. down horrendous. down unbelievable. down ungodly. down inexplicable. down unfathomable. down outrageous. down quite frankly institutional

[silver-grasp]

This stupid stupid programming language is trying my patience lol... everything about it seems designed to be as incomprehensible and inconvenient as possible!!!