#period drama lb

[malinaa]

not george being SMITTEN the moment he looked at charlotte... im SICK IN THE HEAD

[livvyofthelake]

cassandra. 😐.

[regina-cordium]

cant have vintage gays without having vintage hate crimes

[are-we-really-doing-this]

Blogging from the laptop tonight!

[ghostopossumlives]

Tortogs

Tortogs are sturdy, densely muscular creatures covered in scales, plates, and osteoderms. They can reach upwards of 7' tall and 1500 lbs in old age, and even in their younger morphs are significantly stronger and heavier that most other species in the nebula. They have four large plates on their chest and back, four broad spikes on each side of their back, a boney tail, three horns on the top of their head, a broad spike on each cheek, and loose baggy skin around their throat. Their mouth is composed of a sharp snipping upper beak in front of a row of grinding molars on their upper jaw, with their lower jaw being mostly composed of a pair of flat, shovel-like tusks. They have extraordinary regenerative abilities, and can regrow entire limbs in a matter of weeks. Tortogs reproduce sexually, with all Tortogs possessing all sexual organs.

Their build changes significantly throughout their lifecycle, which they separate into seven stages, but the previous description applies through all but the first stage.

The dominant Tortog religion sees the world as being composed of seven elements: Air, Water, Dirt, Fire, Life/Creation, Community, and Death/Decay/Destruction. This will be important information throughout the rest of this post. These elements correspond with the seven stages of life.

Each stage has its own set of important tasks to accomplish. If a Tortog dies before accomplishing these tasks, they go into the afterlife indebted. Their surviving relatives, or other Tortogs who take on the responsibility, can relieve this debt through dedicating great deeds to them. If they were murdered, avenging them allows the debt to be passed onto their murderer's soul.

Year 0-1, "Life"

Tortogs have a short gestation period of only about a month before birth. When a Tortog is born it is about the size and shape of a soccer ball, and lacks any hard plates or horns, instead having only soft, velvety green skin covering its body. They are often called "Green Beans". During this stage, the Tortog is expected to learn to move around on its own, and to eat and become bigger.

Green Beans are kept in a dedicated nursery building or area, and are under constant supervision by dedicated specialists chosen by the community. Tortogs don't give much significance to nuclear relations (though they do track them for medical reasons). When a Tortog gives birth, they recover and return to their primary job. Everyone in the community is considered equally responsible for protecting and raising everyone younger than themselves, and that includes leaving their offspring in the hands of members who are the most experienced and available for their care. Parents are free to visit and participate as much as they choose, Tortogs just naturally aren't as personal about their offspring as other species.

Green Beans are regularly toured around the community and introduced to all the people and locations in the community. They aren't supposed to be taken outside of the official boarders of the community. *They aren't supposed to be.* This wouldn't likely result in the Bean being harmed by the offended party, but taking a Green Bean to a different community's territory may be interpreted as an insult to their sovereignty. This is because it might genuinely be meant as an insult to their sovereignty. Nurses in particularly rowdy regions sometimes have to set up extra defenses for their nurseries to prevent Beans being borrowed to taunt neighbors. Again, this practice is unlikely to result in the Bean being harmed, but has caused extensive drama between Tortog communities from not only the insult itself, but from Beans being snatched by the offended party during these stunts and being kept and not returned until the offenders are rounded up and publicly punished by their leaders, which can sometimes lead to the offenders refusing to admit to having done the stunt and accusing the offended of stealing the Bean out of malice. Drama, interventions, investigations, drama...

Year 1-5, "Air"

After about a year, the Green Beans shed their velvet and quickly grow their horns and spikes. Their spikes at this age are particularly thin and sharp, and point steeply off of their back. This is probably an anti-predator feature from their species' prehistory. This is when they begin to more freely roam their environment.

Air Tortogs can be a nuisance because they are fast and curious, and also light and mobile enough to climb things that older Tortogs cannot.

During this stage, the Tortogs learn how to speak, clean up after themselves, collect vegetables and shellfish, and wrestle.

Wrestling is a sacred activity for Tortog's that is both done for fun, and for glory at religious events. There are seven main varieties, each assigned an element. Air Tortogs learn Air, Water, Dirt, Fire, and Community Wrestling, while Destruction Wrestling is reserved for Death Tortogs (or occasionally Fire and Community Tortogs for duels in some subcultures), and Creation Wrestling is reserved for Fire Tortogs.

In Air Wrestling, the goal is to get your opponent completely off of the ground for seven seconds without interruption.

In Water Wrestling, you fight in a puddle or a circle and try to push your opponent all the way out of it.

In Dirt Wrestling, the goal is to be on top of your opponent and completely off of the ground for seven seconds without interruption.

In Fire Wrestling, you fight in an extinguished fire pit or a circle, grappling. Your goal is to push or drag your opponent out of your side of the pit and then break the grapple. If you are pushed or dragged to your opponent's side, you need to drag them back into the pit before you can take them out to your side to try to win.

Crazy Wrestling is a variation in which a third person periodically rolls a four sided die which switched between Air, Water, Dirt, and Fire Wrestling mid match.

Community Wrestling is a team sport in which two teams charge against each other. You get a point by reaching the other side, and you get another point for pushing or throwing an enemy back across their starting side.

Year 5-10, "Water"

During the Water years, Tortogs learn things like math, textile work, more complex agriculture and survivalism, and simple history and religion.

A significant rite of passage during this stage is that at some point they must go one day, one week, and then one month without relying on anyone else to prove their living skills. They cannot ask any questions. They cannot eat anything they didn't collect and prepare themselves. They cannot use any tool or shelter they did not make themselves. They can end it at any time if there is an emergency, but if they do then they have to start over.

Year 10-20, "Dirt"

During Dirt, Tortogs receive basic military training, but are usually not deployed in any capacity until Fire age. They either get simple jobs in farming, cooking, beancare, policing, or construction, or they pursue specialized book-learning with the goal of becoming Apprentices to a specialist.

(Policing in Tortog culture is about patrolling, investigating unusual events in the community's territory, and locating pests, weeds, lost objects, fire hazards, and damage. The violent elements of human police work are separated as the responsibility of Guards, Soldiers, and Posses as appropriate. They can summon the community's Guards, but aren't arresting anybody.)

Dirt is usually when a Tortog starts traveling and visiting neighboring communities, be it for simply exploring, or for finding someone to apprentice for in their Fire years.

Dirt Tortogs are vital to traditional Tortog construction because they are light enough to build chimneys.

(Obviously, large teams of Community Tortogs and their Apprentices build things like dams, spaceships, mines, and military bases)

Year 20-30, "Fire"

The Fire years are when Tortogs serve Apprenticeships, reproduce, and/or become Soldiers or Guards.

Tortogs don't have particularly strong sex drives and mostly only reproduce with their close friends once or twice. Their population is maintained mostly because of their short gestation period allowing individuals to easily give birth out of curiosity or necessity without much disruption.

Year 30-60, "Community"

At this age Tortogs serve the community, take apprentices, and may achieve positions of leadership in the community.

Year 60-90+, "Death"

Tortogs grow continuously larger, darker, scalier, and heavier throughout their life, Eventually this will become such that if is a burden on their internal organs, which will fail. Around the age of 60, a Tortog will begin handing down all of his belongings to various Tortogs he thinks deserving of them. He will shift from participating in leadership to using his bulk for moving large stones for construction, patrol his territory, or in some places and eras go crusading.

Destruction Wrestling is won by being the last fighter with at least one arm or leg attached to their torso.

In wartime, he will go on increasingly dangerous missions.

In peace time, when he feels that he doesn't have much time left, he will inform the church and wander into the hills and dig himself a hole in which to lie. He may bring tablets on which to write out information he chose not to give directly to anyone, such as secrets. Then he'll go to sleep. If he misjudged, then he will go back to town, but if he is right, he will die. His body is not to be disturbed for seven years, but after that his tablets and bones can be collected and read or used for crafts and relics.

I'm taking a break to go have dinner. Will continue with more Lore

[christianobangnaldour]

STARGIRLS Members Profile and Facts ❤︎︎

Chaewon

Stage Name:  Chaewon

Birth Name: Kim Chae-won (김채원)

Position: Leader, Lead Rapper, Lead Vocalist

Birthday: 1st August 1998

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Height: 164 cm (5’4”)

Weight: 53 kg (116 lbs)

Blood Type: B

MBTI Type: ISTP

Nationality: Korean

Instagram: @kimchae_yum

Representative Emoticon: 🐯

Chaewon Facts:

She is from Seoul, South Korea.

She has an older sister (6 years older than her).

She is the daughter of theater actress Lee Ran Hee.

She graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School.

Her nicknames are “Angel Chaewon”, “Fairy Chaewon”, “Raddish Cabbage Fairy”.

Her specialties are singing and dancing.

She can peel 3 tangerines in 30 seconds.

She eats spicy food well.

Her hobby is watching dramas.

She enjoys watching movies and choreography videos, listening to ballads, and eating.

She really loves mandarins.

Her favorite fruit is blueberries.

Her favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate, and she’s known for her “mint choco choco dan” aegyo.

She loves bubble tea very much.

Her favourite Sanrio character is Cinnamoroll.

She admires SNSD’s Taeyeon.

She wants to try having purple hair.

She has 2 piercings only on her right ear.

She had the longest training period out of the members of STARGIRLS, almost 6 and a half years long.

She trained for 5 years under JYP Entertainment before eventually leaving and joining Woollim Entertainment.

She trained for 11 months in Woollim Entertainment before appearing in Produce 48, where she debuted as a member of the temporary group IZ*ONE under Woollim Entertainment.

She said she’s in charge of cuteness in IZ*ONE.

She was featured on Moonbyul’s song “Selfish” during MAMA 2018 Awards in Japan.

Following the disbandment of IZ*ONE in late 2019, Chaewon left Woollim Entertainment to join BLITZ Entertainment.

Talia

Stage Name:  Talia

Birth Name: Natalia Cook

Position: Main Vocalist, Main Dancer, Sub Rapper

Birthday: 10th August 2000

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Height: 165 cm (5’4”)

Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)

Blood Type: O

MBTI Type: ESFP

Nationality: New Zealand & Korea

Instagram: @taliadoesnails

Representative Emoticon: 🎀

Talia Facts:

She is from Whakatane, New Zealand.

She has a younger brother and 2 sisters, one younger and one older.

She went to Whakatane High School before becoming a trainee and migrating to South Korea, where she finished her high school studies online.

Her favourite colour is pink.

Talia is the first ethnically born New Zealand person to join the K-Pop industry.

She became a trainee at JYP Entertainment in 2016, where she trained at for over a year.

Talia left JYP Entertainment in 2018 and joined BLITZ Entertainment, where she trained at for another year and a bit before her debut into STARGIRLS.

She is a huge fan of SHINee and Sistar.

She mentioned in an Instagram live that she really admired Hyolyn of Sistar during her teenage years, and that Hyolyn has always been a great inspiration for her as an Idol herself.

She enjoys playing roblox in her free time.

She values all of her friendships and cherishes her loved ones very dearly.

She is close friends with countless other K-Pop artists, and she is quite known for being a social butterfly among the industry.

Her favourite Sanrio character is My Melody.

Her favourite Disney princess is Elsa.

Julie

Stage Name: Julie

Birth Name: Julie Han

Korean Name: Han Julie (한줄리)

Position: Main Rapper, Lead Dancer

Birthday: March 29th 2001

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Height: 162 cm (5’3”)

Weight: 58 kg (127 lbs)

Blood Type: O

MBTI Type: ENFP

Nationality: Korean-American

Instagram: @julie_hancake

Representative Emoticon: 🖤

Julie Facts:

Julie is from Hawaii, United States.

Her parents are ethnically Korean.

Julie’s brother is Joseph Han, the Korean-American author of Nuclear Family.

Julie and her older brother, Joseph, were born in USA.

She has been in South Korea since 13 years old.

She used to do ballet in middle school.

Julie said in their documentary that her mother is a fashion designer.

Her nicknames are Judy and Baby Yoda.

Belle gave her the nickname, Baby Yoda.

She describes herself as charming.

Her favorite Sanrio character is Pochacco.

She likes reading books, watching movies, shopping, and dancing.

Her favorite movie is The Devil Wears Prada.

Her religion is Christianity.

Julie’s role model is Audrey Hepburn

She’s close to H1-KEY’s Hwiseo. They used to train together in the same team.

She was a trainee at TheBlackLabel and Swing Entertainment before debuting in STARGIRLS.

If she was part of her staff for a day, she would work as a stylist.

Julie took dance classes at Def Dance Skool.

She speaks English and Korean.

Julie hates selfish people, people who are bravado, and reptiles.

Julie was a ballerina in Hawaii before her father told her to try hip hop dancing. Later, the academy recommended her to try to become an idol.

Julie joined the Black Label, a sub label of YG Entertainment, as a trainee in late 2016 through an audition by Def Dance Skool.

Julie trained at the Black Label for 3 years before leaving and joining BLITZ Entertainment in late 2019, shortly before her debut into STARGIRLS.

Belle

Stage Name: Belle (벨)

Birth Name: Anabelle Shim/Shim Hyewon (심혜원)

Position: Main Vocalist

Birthday: March 8th 2002

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Height: 168 cm (5’6”)

Weight: 125 kg (57 lbs)

Blood Type: AB

MBTI Type: ENFP

Nationality: Korean-American

Instagram: @inthebellinging

Representative Emoticon: 🦋

Belle Facts:

She was raised in Seattle, Washington, USA.

She came to South Korea when she was eight years old.

Her father is the South Korean singer, Shim Sin.

She has an older brother named Shim Dongheon.

Her cousin is the South Korean singer, Cherry Coke.

Fans named her the Ariana Grande of K-Pop because her voice sounds like Ariana Grande when she sings

Belle joined BLITZ Entertainment in late 2018, where she trained for a little over a year before debuting into STARGIRLS.

She has attended a couple of SM Song Camps.

Belle’s musical inspiration is Sabrina Carpenter.

A few things that she likes are the color pink, shopping, and music.

Some things she hates are failing to shop, wearing sneakers without socks, and having a selfish personality.

If she could be part of her staff for one day, she would be a make-up artist.

Her favorite Sanrio character is Hello Kitty.

What influenced her to become a singer was how Ariana Grande expressed herself on stage.

She’s a huge fan of EXO

Most of her unreleased songs were inspired by Victoria Monét.

Her favorite Disney princess is Rapunzel.

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ok bada bing bada boom what do y’all think?? I js copied all this from my script hehe. also I copied the other members’ facts from their original profiles bc they’re basically all the same ppl in my dr except I added some little adjustments to fit my group :)) also I hope y’all like my face claim hehe I don’t usually use face claims when I shift but I HAD to use this one when I found her on pinterest man 🙏 I only use a face claim for my K-pop drs tho bcs I usually make my CR self my little sister in like all of them bc if I can’t have a big sister who spoils me to death in this reality I’ll be that big sister for myself in another reality 😜 ok that’s enough yap anyways I hope y’all like 😄

[fatehbaz]

Admired for its neoclassical elegance, the [...] silhouette of the early 1800s is linked to ideals of reforms [...]. For many these dresses embody the period depicted in Jane Austen’s novels, made familiar through cosy Sunday evening costume dramas. However, the sophisticated fashions worn by the Miss Emma Woodhouses of society were made possible only through the exploitation of people thousands of miles away. One of the most popular materials for these gowns was cotton, either a finely woven version known as muslin worn for evening wear or a slightly heavier weight cotton that was printed and used for day dresses. [...] When cotton became fashionable in the 1770s the best cotton muslins were imported as woven cloth from Bengal, which had been annexed on behalf of Britain by the East India Company in 1765. However, by the late 1700s vast amounts of raw cotton was imported from the southern states of America and the West Indies. Many of these cotton plantations, especially those in the Caribbean, were owned or managed by Scots, with the cotton sewn and harvested by enslaved men, woman and children brought over from Africa as part of the transatlantic slave trade, or their descendants. Cotton became a large part of the Scottish economy. The raw material was imported via Clyde ports from 1775 with 2,732,725 lbs imported in 1790 rising to 8,421,820 lbs in 1805. Cotton mills, which processed the raw cotton balls, were built creating a new industry. The first mill was built in Penicuik, Midlothian, but the majority were in Glasgow and surrounding counties, including New Lanark, where the damper climate aided production. Threads were spun and cloth woven, with further industries developing that embellished this naturally white fabric by embroidering, dying or printing on it. Some was sold and used here in Scotland, but the majority was exported with the result that cotton took over from wool as the leading British export good in 1803 – a position it held until 1938.

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All text above by: Rebecca Quinton. “The Black History of White Cotton Dresses.” Legacies of Slavery in Glasgow Museums and Collections (a website maintained by curators and researchers of Glasgow Museums). 5 February 2019.

[thccampers]

Luke Mitchell, homosexual, cis-gender + he/him/his → isn’t that Wyatt? they’re the brother/uncle of the Kings. i hear they’re 39 years old and they’ve been coming to camp for 21 years. they seem to be easy going & agreeable, but also lackadaisical & dishonest. they’re into outdoor/public scenarios, facials (receiving), degredation/humiliation play, but not into scat, vomit, infantilism.

he is a verse-bottom (switch) and enjoys, but isn't limited to:

outdoor scenarios, public scenarios, facials (receiving), degradation play, humiliation play, multiple partners, roughness, bareback, anonymous encounters, being bred, dirty talk, manhandling, rough sex, spanking, slapping, spitting, and much more...

but he's down for anything except scat, vomit, and infantilism.

biography and other stats:

- age: Thirty nine - height: 6'1" - weight: 180 lbs - occupation: World renowned fantasy author under the penname Garrett Cross - pets: Cosmo, a golden retriever, and Draco, a german shepherd - tattoos: five small red "X"'s to mark his favorite places to be kissed - piercings: none at the moment - erogenous zones: His chest, his arms, his waist, his thighs, the small of his back, and his hair/having his hair grabbed or played with - safeword: Eggplant - favorites: Swimming, going out for drinks, spending time with his family/nephews, his dogs, watching movies, fantasy/period dramas, younger tops, coffee, vodka - dislikes: Paparazzi, tequila, cats, non-fiction, cold weather and being cold in general, people that care about designer labels, litter

Wyatt lives a comfortable life thanks to the wealth and fame he's accrued under his penname Garrett Cross and his world renowned, best selling, gay fantasy novel series The Harbinger. He's taking a bit of a break from writing-- his series is currently sitting at eight novels and he wants to start a new series but his fans keep demanding more for The Harbinger-- and he's using that as an excuse to spend more time with his family.

Growing up, Wyatt was very much a family man. His parents meant the world to him and, of course, as any younger sibling would be, he was a bit of a nightmare to his older brother Bodhi because it was fun to mess with him but underneath all of the brotherly squabbling and pestering he did respect his older brother; he did love him-- hell, he based the main hero of his Harbinger series after him.

As much as he did love it, his writing, it really had consumed his life. Sure, he started using his nephews and other people in his life as inspiration for new characters and storylines to add to his books, all that really did was distract him and keep him from admitting just how lonely he had become in his career. He'd grown distant from his brother(s), and he only saw his nephews on holidays, at Camp, or if he remembered to FaceTime them on their birthdays; and he hardly went out with the friends he did have because he was always worried that somebody would slip up, or that he would get drunk and say the wrong thing, and ruin the mystery he had spent years cultivating around who Garrett Cross was.

Point being, his life might have been comfortable enough and he might have been successful, but he was a mess.

That's why, in this break he's taken from writing, he's made sure to let it line up with the family's annual trip to Camp Daylight so that he can focus on his family and rebuilding his relationship with his brother(s) and nephews. Worst case scenario, even if he doesn't manage to fix anything at least he'll get more inspiration for his writings.

[tricornonthecob]

Ow my back

Felicity Steals An Entire Fucking Horse: The Movie (2005)

pt1 pt2 pt3 pt4 pt5 pt6 pt7 pt8 pt9

Man did they spray that pony with fake sweat.

Have you considered: the racehorse is not used to carts or getting yelled at by drunkards.

You know who this guy reminds me of?

Five-Below version of British Man typecast as Grumpy British Man in every single BBC period drama from 1980 onward.

small human, please do not run towards the skittish 1,500 lb creature with sledgehammers for hands.

"Drag his ass, Penny!"

Felicity is ready to throw hands, she should have been a lady pugilist.

Ben: "stfu Felicity!!!!"

Ben: "no kill the delivery boy pls."

I mean, we get that you're dehydrated, day drunk, possibly heat stroked, and inappropriately mourning your dead wife due to the cruel restrictions of the patriarchy, but yes, Jiggy Nye, that's generally how these transactions work.

lol the side-eye on this horse.

You're no fun, Mrs. Merriman, let the theater kid have some theatrics.

I mean the recognition is nice but how about some manumission ayyyyy

so why the fuck did he buy a racehorse when he needed a draft pony??? Also damn that is ALOT of madeira.

Damn, ol Eddy's got that Bill Clinton Squintin' goin' on.

In case y'all needed remindin' on who runs the Merriman household.

Shut up and drink your claret, Nan.

As a kid hearing this: "Man that's a lame surprise."

As an adult hearing this: "Fuck yeah, Merriman Grant! Y'all wanna pay for my educatin', too???"

"You sweet summer child."

Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllll that might be a little tricky.

oh my GOD, Nan.

And there's a no-refunds policy on the deposit.

Girl its only gonna take like twenty minutes to teach you that, calm down.

We get it, Mrs. Merriman, you're Top Bitch in the Notable Housewives of The Greater Hampton Roads Area and come from a long line of Hot-Shit MILFs.

[queenkoalas-corner-of-hell]

Well the Tobirama characterization poll for Useful (working title) is doing better than I thought, as far as like interacting goes. Ok, so while that does its thing lets talk “Tobirama's Dowry Issue”, I'm once again asking to pick the masses' collective brain to like fact check me and spot the issues I'm not seeing anymore.

Here’s the problem/solutions I'm settling on (well the multiple problems in one mathematical issue, I asked historical reddit but no dice)… it's lengthy, but maybe it'll help someone not writing Tobirama/Madara bc this stuff was a task to figure out.

Yuinou. Like a bride price + food and drink + engagement party but where the family taking whichever spouse is paying for the other family’s investment in the kid. Its almost like a retirement fund for the family whose kid left bc that kid won’t be there to help their elderly parents as much. From what I can tell, it was determined based on how much the that investment was. Now it seems like it's a salary's worth multiplied by the region's exception. (n x salary = yuinou). SO I need Madara's and Tobirama's wages. Easy peasy right? Right?

Ninja Salary. How much everyone makes in Naruto is actually impossible to figure out. Because of the many factors that go into how the economy works in Naruto, you also have the pseudo benefit to have it connected to real world currency. The whole 1 ryo -> 10 yen all well and good but if you know even a passing whiff of an idea of Japan's economic history you begin to see the issues (rant for another day). The only solid thing we have in prices is how pricey the reward for a completed mission is. (Which actually sucks as far as info goes because it implies either an ungodly inflation rate, taxation to the high heavens, and/or ninja are responsible for their own retirement pension.) If we use Itachi's numbers for missions completed that are weighted toward the middle-higher scale and his freakishly well documented amount of time he took to do said missions, dump his D into A we have about 3,300,00 ryo a year/275k a month for a well to do ninja. But what about the warring period?

Wages for our old timey boys. Our best real world example is samurai were paid a nebulous annual 200 koku by their daimyo. If we pretend that the ryo was worth a koku as intended, without the drama of Japan's banking, then he should only be making 16 ryo a month. OBVIOUSLY that's not going to be it in modern standards because the Senju and Uchiha are well off enough to feud. You can't feed and clothe an army on 160 yen a month unless inflation actually hit the Naruto world like a freight train. (Honestly, possible, those wars had to be doing something). So the Ryo had to have lost value before Kishimoto decided the 1 ryo = 10 yen thing or whatever Narutoverse's equivalent of a koku was is vastly different. But if we take the actual worth of a koku in modern terms we can guess the Naruto ryo's worth. To clarify 1 koku should be enough rice to feed a man a year, about 150 kg/330 lbs. If 1 kg of rice is 463 yen then 1 koku would be 69,450 yen aka 6,945 ryo. Make that 200 koku and you get 1,389,000 "ryo" a year, 115,750 a month. It may not be 3m. But! What we get from that is real world historical buying power... which I can use to do some typical writer BS. If a clan of 200 had an active 50 ninja, consumed 200 koku minimum then the income of the clan as a whole would be around 66,561,000 ryo a year from ninja alone. Not counting purchasing metals or cloth or livestock that can be refined by the non shinobi or already processed things and luxuries like spices and medicines. The civilians would make a generous 7k annually (some likely not making anything because they're children and some being too old to work) so all together they'd add 1,225,000 ryo which again would likely go towards food and clothing costs but it would lessen the burden on the shinobi being bread winners (even though they are), it'd keep a certain level of luxury to the main clan's living conditions.

All these factors considered it'd make 200k ryo a month for an heir, maybe 250k for a leader. (2-2.5 million yen (14,880-18,600 USD or 13,496-16,870 EUR as far as conversion goes today)) So now we got (n x 200k = yuinou), what about this region number? Well, I can can be completely arbitrary with this since the only examples I have are modern. 3 or 4 wouldn't be a strange number, so let's say the low end is 3 x 200k and the extreme high end would be 4 x 250k. Making a yuinou between these clans a whopping 600k ~ 1m "ryo", this number would work for most of us in the Warring Clan corner of Naruto. It's an obscene amount considering 72% of people following the tradition now is half or lower as much. It does work though when you consider how old money both clans are. Madara/Izuna marrying Hashirama or Tobirama. Hashirama/Tobirama marrying Madara or Izuna, heck, it's a good estimate for how much yuinou was paid for Mito.

But then... what is Tobirama's dowry? Yuinou isn't dowry, it's coming from the Uchiha... and there are manuals for appropriate items to take from your parents home to where you're marrying into (I just can't read or find them so second hand sources are my main). Amount though... Basically I'm going to fudge it after looking at the buying power of the clan and Tobirama himself. Then fudge it more to fit the story I'm concocting. Will anyone care? Probably not. But I spent the last two days down this rabbit hole simply because I needed to know what was within Tobirama's monetary means. The driving point of my yaoi slash fic is the man doing everything he can to be useful.

(Also if you found this doing a deep search for Naruto economics or Japan's traditional marriage practices, I am so sorry.)

[malinaa]

someone who doesn't know british history: THIRTEEN CHILDREN???

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To A Very Talented & Distinguished Actor Of Epic Blockbusters, Scifi,  Biographical Dramas, Independent & Riverting Time Period Films Of History & etc

He is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. He is the second male American actor after Christopher Lambert to receive the César Award for Best Actor.

Other successful films that He has starred in are The Thin Red Line (1998), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Predators (2010) and Midnight in Paris (2011). He is a frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson's, having starred in four of Anderson's films, The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Splice (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The French Dispatch (2021). In 2017, he portrayed Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series Peaky Blinders. In 2022, he portrayed Arthur Miller in the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde and also starred as Pat Riley in the first season of the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.

Born On April 13th, 1973

He was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, the son of Sylvia Plachy, a photographer, and Elliot Brody, a retired history professor and painter. His Father is of Polish Jewish descent; His mother, who was raised Catholic, was born in Budapest, Hungary, and is the daughter of a Catholic Hungarian aristocrat father and a Czech Jewish mother, although He says he was raised "without a strong connection" to either Judaism or Christianity.

As a child, He performed magic shows at children's birthday parties as "The Amazing Adrien". He attended I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer Middle School and New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. His parents enrolled him in acting classes to distance him from the dangerous children with whom he associated. He attended summer camp at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. He attended Stony Brook University before transferring to Queens College for a semester.

He received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). To prepare for the role, He withdrew for months, gave up his apartment and his car, broke up with his then-girlfriend, learned how to play Chopin on the piano; at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall, he lost 30 pounds (14 kg), dropping him to 130 lb (59 kg). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him, at age twenty nine, the youngest actor ever to win the award, and, to date, the only winner under the age of thirty. He also won a César Award for his performance.

Please Wish This Outstanding Actor Of Incredible Acting Of Creative Roles In Movies A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

You Know Him

& You Have To Love Him

The 1

& The Only

MR. ADRIEN NICHOLAS BRODY

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MR. BRODY & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.

[scarred-smiles]

Ultra Despair Girls Girls

Name: Komaru Naegi / Junko Enoshima

Talent: Ultimate Little Sister Of Hope / Ultimate Despair

Height: 5'4

Weight: 108 lbs

Birthday: May 31

Blood Type: A

Likes: Girls' Manga, Whatever's Trending

Dislikes: Lightning, Rainy Season

Crimes: Allowing herself to be modified into a vessel for Junko Enoshima to possess, carrying out the will of Junko Enoshima's ghost as she's commanded, killing her parents and offering them up as a sacrifice for Junko Enoshima, assisting the Warriors Of Despair in torturing and breaking her brother, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: Kotoko Utsugi

Talent: Li'l Ultimate Drama

Height: 4'5

Weight: 64 lbs

Birthday: June 13

Blood Type: A

Likes: Peeled Chestnuts, "Adorbs" Things

Dislikes: Unpeeled Chestnuts, Regular Cute Things

Crimes: Sexual assault, starving herself to appease Junko Enoshima, murdering her parents and the people who once produced everything with her acting in it, placing "cute girls" through her "motivation" machine and enslaving them by breaking their minds, putting on despair-inducing plays depicting death and agony, using her teeth gun and her Fighter robot to fight against Future Foundation, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

Name: Monaca Towa

Talent: Li'l Ultimate Homeroom

Height: 4'4

Weight: 62 lbs

Birthday: April 1

Blood Type: B

Likes: Free Period, Warm Futons

Dislikes: Spending Time Alone, Cold Meals

Crimes: Helping program/develop/build Monokuma drones, piloting Monokuma drones with her remote control, exploding Monokuma drones at random to kill civilians, molding Komaru Naegi into Junko Enoshima's vessel, faking paralysis to avoid capture, manipulating her friends into nearly committing suicide, using Monokuma drones to fight against Future Foundation, gross abuse and mutilation of a corpse

[filmpack]

NAME:⠀Arwyn Grimm ... ( born Alys Cadwalader ) NICKNAMES: ' Winnie ' GENDER:⠀Trans Man (he/him + they/them) AGE: 38 DATE OF BIRTH:⠀???? OCCUPATION:⠀Master Rank Pokemon Contest Coordinator, Certified Pokemon Contest Judge, Owner of multiple Night Clubs in Hoenn + Sinnoh + Kalos, Co - Owner of Hoenn Weather Institute --- Head of PROJECT WISH.

☆ APPEARANCE? EYE COLOR:⠀candy teal . HAIR COLOR:⠀naturally mint green. dyes to be stark white with red, blue and yellow streaks. HEIGHT:⠀5'8 (6'0 with shoe lifts) WEIGHT: ~125 lbs SCARS:⠀top surgery scars, self harm scars (covered by gloves)

☆ FAVORITE? COLOR/S:⠀primary colors (red, blue, yellow) ANIMAL/S:⠀rabbits, frogs. MOVIE/S:⠀[ LABYRINTH 1986, THE LAST UNICORN 1982 ] ... romance, comedy, thrillers ( ... musicals ) TV SHOW/S:⠀period-dramas, high - fantasy, will-they / won't-they relationships ... fond of animated shows. FOOD:⠀strawberries, cold sweets (ice cream, yogurt, etc), sweet + salty combos --- fond of french fries. DRINK/S:⠀milkshakes, london - fog coffees. BOOK/S:⠀[ A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM ] plays, fairy tales, high fantasy / adventure.

☆ HAVE THEY? PASSED UNIVERSITY:⠀No (could if he wanted to, however) HAD SEX:⠀Yes HAD SEX IN PUBLIC:⠀Yes GOTTEN PREGNANT:⠀No. KISSED A BOY:⠀Yes KISSED A GIRL:⠀No. GOTTEN TATTOOS:⠀No HAD A BROKEN HEART: Yes. BEEN IN LOVE:⠀No. STAYED UP FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS:⠀Yes (many of times on sewing projects & practicing)

☆ ARE THEY? A VIRGIN:⠀No A KISSER:⠀Yes SCARED EASILY:⠀No JEALOUS EASILY:⠀No. TRUSTWORTHY:⠀Depends, mostly leans towards no. IN LOVE:⠀No SINGLE:⠀Yes

⠀last part under readmore for mentions of self harm and suicidal thoughts.

☆ RANDOM QUESTIONS HAVE THEY HARMED THEMSELVES:⠀Yes. THOUGHT OF SUICIDE:⠀Yes. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE:⠀No. WANTED TO KILL SOMEONE:⠀Yes DROVE A CAR:⠀Yes HAVE/HAD A JOB:⠀Yes HAVE ANY FEARS:⠀Fear of Lack of Control. SIBLING/S:⠀Older Sibling; Deceased. PARENTS:⠀Mother and father; former deceased, latter alive: estranged CHILDREN:⠀None PET/S:⠀Whismurr, Togepi ... [ multiple Poliwags on estate. ]

[awakeningambition]

Winter Arc

I’ve been seeing the term Winter Arc all over social media lately, and while I hadn’t heard of it before, it seems to be the period between October and January where people get a “head start” on their New Year’s goals.

Turns out, I’m participating in it—though I didn’t plan to at first. I’ve struggled with seasonal depression, and I’m hoping that using this time to “go ghost and reinvent myself” will help me shift out of that space. Funny enough, I had planned to get a jump on my fitness last year, but I didn’t follow through. No excuses—I just didn’t.

Sure, I’m a week late to start, but that’s okay. I’m here now. I’ve spent over a week planning out how I can do this without becoming overwhelmed, how I can evolve into someone only my husband and children truly know. That’s my goal—not just for this Winter Arc, but by my birthday on 5/30. I’ve made a vow to myself that no one from my “old life” will know me anymore. All they’ll see is a version of me that no longer exists.

To be fair, they never really knew me. They saw what they wanted to see, what they made up in their heads, and never took the time to truly understand who I am. But that doesn’t matter anymore. My happiness is what matters now.

I’m not playing the victim, and I’m not going to cry over past wrongs. That version of me—the one who was wronged—no longer exists. From today forward, everyone will need to earn their place in my life. Getting into my inner circle won’t be easy anymore. There are boundaries now, and I refuse to tolerate disrespect. The high school drama is done. I’ve lost too much and wasted too much of my life to keep walking that road.

They’ll meet me like it’s the first time, because in many ways, it is.

Winter Arc Goals:

• Lose 30-40 lbs by 2025

• Get in better physical shape

• Create a solid financial plan for 2025

• Raise my vibrations

• Repair my hair

• Reconnect with God

These are my overarching goals, and I’ve broken down the steps to help me achieve them.

Let’s embrace this Winter Arc and kickstart our best life!

[benefits1986]

eeeeetuuwheeniiwuhnn

So, why 2ne1? E kasi, ganito 'yan.

The first MV of 2ne1 was ages ago. Eto 'yung kasagsagan ng K drama szn ko sa primetime. LOL. I guess, naging escape ko siya nung inalagaan ko nanay ko so mostly nasa bahay lang talaga ako with a very few galaan modes ages ago din.

Wala namang super pasavogue sa MV nila, honestly. Pero surely, quirky levels 10000000x. Lalo na may PH reprezent na 'di mo talaga aakalain na from sobrang ems vibes, naging part ng Pinoy pop cult and then naging part na ng global K pop group, chapter two. Saka vibe na vibe ko na eccentric and 'di sila nagpapahuli sa mga paganaps ng Western counterparts nila. Na-amaze talaga ako na yung mga music channels, na-convert. Naging Asian invasion ang takada. PLUS, the sound engineering is not kidding at all. PERIOD.

Dance moves, saks lang. Minsan may mga MVs na hala, bakit ganun lang? Anong gustong itawid pero ang importante, best effort maging experimental. EMS. Parang naging experimental mini films kasi for me ang mga pasavogue ng 2ne1. 'Yung 'di sila takot mag-try ng something out of the box. Parang walang box or kung meron mang, custom made box. AYWAW. Hala. Syempre, ibang usapan naman ang standards of beauty na mala Twiggy minus 10 lbs pa. Hay. Saka 'yung mga botox nila along with other procedures, e ibang usapan naman ulit 'yun. Isama mo na rin ang pressure na dinulot ng grupo na 'to sa pag-maintain ng image, lalo when it comes to the infamous "Asian genes". Remember, halos magkaka-edad kami netong mga 'to kaya naman, iyudepoots talaga.

More so, ang isang argument na internal ko dito sa era ko na 'to is sobrang na-backseat na naman ang standards ng Filipino beauty. Fan kasi talaga ako ng caramel skin, hindi straight na hair, saka 'yung may laman 'yung body frame. Tapos, kakabanas pa kasi akala naman nung mga generation ko noon na iba, puputi talaga sila 'pag nag-Korean skin care sila. LOL. LUL. Kaya, 'di ako blinded ng mga stan ko na 'to.

Kidding aside and pa-deep kuno, 2ne1 is a happy pill. Bawat bagong MV nila, I looked forward to it. ISP bonanza or mabagal na DSL pa nun saka wala pang mobile data masyado kaya naman, talagang effort ang pagaabang. 'Di ko pa alam nun mga mental health paganaps ko, kaya naman, looking back, naging happy pills ko 'tong mga girlaloos na 'to. Mala-living "vicariously" through them up to some extent. Kasi arguable talaga sa akin 'yung standards of Asian beauty na bitbit ng Korean culture in general PLUS habang pinapanood ko si Sandara sumayaw, inisip ko talaga, for sure, 'di na siya natutulog mainam kasi ang layo ng jump niya from her Pinas dance moves sa In or Out compared even sa debut MV nila. 'Di siya perfect ever talaga, pero, ayun bestest effort siya.

Nanay ko nga na snob, sinabayan ako manood ng bawat new drop ng MV nila. Hahahahaha. Nagandahan naman siya, in fairness sa kanya. LOL. Saka mas natuwa siya sa mga Jeremy Scott shoes kasi Adidas fan nanay kong mid ever since e. LUH.

Damang-dama ko rin 'yung pressure nila kasi may mga chizmizzz noon na makikipag collab sila sa mga A-list celebs sa Billboard atbp kaso naudlot na rin siguro dahil sa pag-disband nila. Saka parang for me lang a, medyo na-threaten din kasi ang global music scene kasi sumikat talaga sila na pakak at sumasapak. For me, power play slays the day pa rin. Pero, kumapit pa rin sila. Bad trip lang na disbanded sila dahil lang sa issue na 'di naman big deal, honestly. HAY. Naiinis na naman ako sa dark side ng Korean un-wonderland shizzzummzzz.

Tapos, kahit na banas na banas ako na YG pa rin ang may upperhand sa comeback nila, sige na. Fucking take my soul! Hahahahaha. Wala e. Sistema versus Tita Life Goals. Syempre, doon tayo sa "consumerists win" mala-counter-terrorists win.

And so, ayun. Pinanood ko ulit curated MVs nila. Hahahahahaha. Kadire pero nakaka-amaze kasi relevant pa rin sila bilang saktong comeback (marketiinnnggg mhieeemaaa) ng Y2K++ fashion and things ngayon. Sige pa, consumerism targeting millennials and feeling millennials na generations. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Kaya naman... tacccaaaaa. Malapit na mag-end ang lottery ng JP concert. Magtiwala tayo sa total of 2 spots para naman matawid ko na 'to. 'Pag natupad 'to, alam na thizzz. Keri lang na literal na manood lang ako tapos umuwi at salamat sa Miles muli. Hahahaha. Eto na ang test ng gulong ng palad ni Tita. Also, kasya 'yung vintage shirt na first tour nila sa JP na-score koooo! Tatay kong magaling nung na-receive 'yung package sabi sobrang liit naman daw nung nabili ko. E 'di nung sinukat ko, tigil siya e. Pero, hassle. Nag-plateau na naman tayo so need na talagang mag-exercise sa ngalan ng December kaganapans na ang lapit na talaga.

Thank u, 2ne1. Andami n'yong mga binasag na stereotypes kahit sobrang daming cancel shizzumzzz sa inyo lalo na nung naging plump si CL. HAY. Salamat for being unapologetic lalo nung nagpakitang-gilas kayo sa Coachella na walang nakapigil sa inyo. And most importantly, sobrang flawed niyong lahat kaya keep slaying. Sana matapos na ng tuluyan ang ganaps with YG para mas maging experimental na kayo ulit in a very krung-krung way. Syempre, no thanks sa mga beauty procedures n'yo na 'di na talaga gumagalaw masyado mukha n'yo at times. Medyo bawasan n'yo kasi, nakaka-distract like pagaayos ng ilong ulit ni Bom. LOL. See you soon?!!! EME. Hahahahahahaha.

PS: Kating-kati na akong maghanap pa ng ilan pang slots pero, kalma muna tayo. Eto 'yung dasal at if it's meant to be emerut moment natin. Pero, shemay naman kasi talaga. 'Yung mga engagements ng posts nila, putok na putok so 'yung % ng probability na magkaroon tayo ng magandang seat na hindi mo rin kasi puwedeng piliin at all, tacccaaa JP, pagtitiwalaan mo na lang talaga. ABANGAN!!!