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[undertheorangetree]

just an fyi I don’t mind at ALL if you write a fic inspired by my work!! In fact I love it and all I want as a writer is to inspire other people to write whatever story they may have in their heart!! All I ask is that if you do write something inspired by my fics is that you don’t take important OC details. I made that and even if you credit it, it still makes me feel icky if you didn’t ask first

[iamhereinthebg]

Let's talk about the clock keepers boundary!

(warning: spoilers until chapter 124!!)

I've had some guess on where they could be from so let's look at what we have in the manga for now. I will keep things on surface level for the most part but it's just some things I noticed!

The first mention of the town is in chapter 111, where we finally have a view on their boundary.

A lot of fans already guessed from their clothes that they were not from Japan, this panel definitely confirms it and even points more precizely to a European country, mostly Western Europe. And also a country where Winter with snow exist.

It's also not an English speaking country, since Akane cannot understand the language and we know he has english classes at school.

Now there are several things we can look at to have more clues!

First, the architecture.

This type of house is called Timbered framed houses. It’s important to note that the roofs on those houses are really really sharp here. Which means theywere built for snow, so it can slide off the roofs more easily. The trees are also pines, something that can be found in a lot of Europe. (wood was needed to be able to create houses made of wood/with visible Framework( Little note: I know Italy was a guess for a lot of person because of the link to Pinocchio, but Italy main material for houses is stone not wood. And it is also not known for its winter.)

Here we can also see bricks which is something more associated to countries like Germany, Belgium or the Nertherlands, we don't have the colors so we can't guess from which minerals it was made for now.

But we have even more informations when we look at chapter 124!

The bridge and tower may be inspired by a fortified city, something that you could find A LOT in Western Europe during the middle age, not a lot of cities still have their entire walls but you can still see it if you go into old medieval towns. We can also see something that looks like a Belfry on several panels. Towers used mostly to indicate each passing hour of the day (may be a campanile or a bell tower (the difference is wether it's linked to religion or not basically)

Second! Let's do a little bit of clock making history!

I won't go into details, but there are some countries to point for this. England, The Netherlands and Germany. We already took out England before and we can easily erase Nertherlands from the list with the next step (my favorite one).

The food! I already had my suspicions confirmed with this bonus art from volume 22.

First of all, they have tea which is not something that was in Europe before the XVII century. But let's look at the sweets they have here.

Chocolates which look close to Belgian chocolate ( I say Belgian but other countries' chocolate is pretty close to it) , Christstollen Cake, and Spiztbuden.

We have even more to look at with the new chapter! And they confirm that it's indeed a stollen cake.

With all these foods it's now pretty obvious which area the clock keepers are inspired from.

Stollen cakes are German cakes, ginger cookies are from Germany too. I will also add that there is a chance the crescent moon cookies are VanilleKipferl. We have another panel showing Sausages and bread. Only the Almond is something not typical from Germany but which clearly was all over Western Europe with trades.

Their city already looked like the 'perfect christmas city' you can see in movies, inspired by German culture. And they also mention Mulled Wine which is THE beverage to take in any chritmas market in Europe.

Chritmas markets are inspired and coming from Germany first, but I wanna point something more.

My main guess was, Nuremberg, the city where the ancestor of the pocket watch was created, the Nuremberg Egg. It's also a Fortified city and it has forests around it. It's also known for its Ginger cookies!

So Germany would be a great pic, but the more I think about it the more I can also see the link to another region: Alsace.

Alsace is a region from France right now BUT it's a mixt of german and french culture (I will not make a history lesson but it is a place that always switched between France and Germany basically, now it's French).

All the food mentionned before are also made in the Alsace region!

It's situated in the Vosges, a chain of mountains known to have a lot of forets of pines and which is known to have villages like this:

Which were also the main inspirations for movies like Howl's moving castle for example. You can see the similarities between the artchitectures

The first ever Chritmas Market was in Strasbourg, the capital of Alsace, when it was German and it spread accross Europe after.

I will now look at something I usually don't do because I exclude Aus from canon but it's just a funny thing to point out.

This au shows a snow town inspired by ginger bread houses. I just find it funny because Aoi is shown as a baker, with bread (which are not baguette I think, it's way larger here) but with some croissant on her table (disclaimer: Croissant are not french at first, this form here is, but it's from Austria otherwise) And Kako clearly has something similar to a Wine bottle in his hands. This au is the only one featuring them, was given with their volumes and the vibes are really similar to their boundary.

I would say no matter what it's definitely closer to German culture but I wanted to point out this region which is known for it's Christmas season and its typical houses.

I will mostly say that it's an inspiration from this region of Europe, I don't know if a real country is the reference for it since we don't even know where tbhk takes place, but it's always funny to look at those things :DD

Little bonus:

In a more messy note, the clothes. I put them at the end because besides their hats, I had no idea how to describe it, since it seems pretty typical of what people could wear in winter.

I did the research in the other way, to look for German and Alsacian clothing to see if it match and it kinda does but I don't think it's speficific to this region. The girls wear classic white Charlotte and big clothes with layers for Winter.

The clock keepers clothes are different, it looks like a mixt of Japanese and western European clothing (especially from england).

Their main outfits for Akane and Kako really just look like a typical waistcoast/costume you can find in the XIXth century in Europe and Mirai's seems more inspired by a mixt of a Kimono with several layers(she also has sandals and frills) and a coat? The little knots Kako and Akane have on their coats look like something inspired from Mizuhiki knots too (I actually saw a costume with those exact same knots in a museum but I didn't take a picture rip)

So I would say they probably changed slowly their attire when they arrived in Japan, we don't know since how many times they are here, but we know that what is happening in the deeper place of the boundary is linked to memories previous to their arrival. According to their origin I think we can say that it's pretty sure they arrived after the Meiji/during the Meiji Era in Japan (1868/1912), since it's a this time Japan mostly imported Western culture (for clothing here, the first contact was before this. And note: it was mostly rich people who dressed like this). And If we look at some others dates like the things they are eating, used to have or even their clothes, I would say it's more probably the Meiji Era and not in the XVs.

Another note is that their clocks have the numbers written in japanese on it (in the og version but it maye just be so it's readable for the japanese readers? idk if it's a choice or not).

I haven't searched much on their clothes but it was still something I wanted to note here ^^

[lenny-link]

plz dont repost my art without permission :D👍

[albaricomics]

please please please please draw francis with his parents 🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕(they can be from your imagination,I RLLY NEED TO SEE THEM IN YOUR STYLE PLEASE 😭)keycan with francis is extremely cute 💓💓

~ The Mosses, a beautiful regular 1930s family ~

It's interesting how a family portrait can tell so much...

He didn't grow with much but was a happy kid, only child, and I believe Francis' dad wasn't the greatest man figure for his life, tho her mom loved him so much<3

Also I think they're not alive by the time we're playing... I mean he's obviously not the same person, look at him

He needs a hug and someone to take away his drinking problems jeez

And TY YASS THAT KEYCHAIN IS SO PRETTY, THERE'S ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK AAAA (update they sold out‼️)

[bylerfiles]

Since you like byler & will byers you deserve to fucking die scummy piece of shit why else have the duffers been building up mileven since seaon 1 theres a spot in the pit of hell for bylet shippers

err... this one speaks for itself if you guys can stoop to this level. please correct your grammar and punctuation next time, thanks.

[stealingpotatoes]

Jacela is my reason for existance! When someone asks me what the meaning of life is, I say "Jacela"!

PLEASPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPKLASEPLAESEOLESASPLEASEPLEASE DO MORE JACELA THEMES!!!!

I love Jacela btw. like so much

oh and im not sure i mentioned it but anyway I LOVE Jacela to infinty and beyond!!!!

[prostocupoftea]

Urge for evil

tw disturbing imagery (?)

transcript n russian version under the cut

But what if my urge for evil

Will become a little stronger?

If you loaded the gun

Than it's already too late

But what is mu urge for evil

Will become a little stronger?

those are changed a bit lyrics from - Electroforez - Zlo (Evil) gagshfh i love this song so much go listennnnn!!!! this is like the second chorus w/o one line and with a line from third ??? idk i was doing it from memory and it appears i have really bad memory

also there are fully translated lyrics on google so you can read it to understand but ye

guuuUUUUYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS AGHFSHHA IM FINISHED it eas actually so fast it took like 2-3 hours ob drawing thw silly n rendering plus like 20 mins on posing and 2 days of rolling the idea around in my head

now in russian

[kinos-fortress-2]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sketches....

ok maybe i am a bit insane for them

[witless-winion1]

Just had a dawning realization about your fic that I had to share:

because the suitors are also probably not going to be buried and therefore will be stuck on the other side of the river styx for 100 years like the crew... That's going to be an AWKWARD 90 years. Can you imagine. It's not like they can kill each other, none of them can double die. They can't really go anywhere to get away from each other. Everyone's just there, at the worlds worst party, stuck with each other and a baby, for 9 decades.

AHHH thanks so much for reading my fic and engaging!!!!! Happy!!!! Have a kidney!!!! 🤲🥰 My first thought was “Oh they are ABSOLUTELY not getting buried. Their bodies are all getting dumped in the ocean. Poseidon’s problem now, wamp wamp, water bitch.”

My second thought was, “What if a little uh,..thing was arranged? Apparently majority of the suitors were from kinda wealthy/influential families from different islands, maybe they allow some of the families come and uhhh…pick up their son/brother/whatever’s body so they can bury it?”

My third thought was “nah. They’re getting dumped in the ocean.”

so they’re all stuck together on the edge of the Styx together, right? 600 men+a baby, 108 suitors, and a dread river of oath just dying to test out Yianni and Alexander’s hypothesis of what happens if you throw a soul in there…

Hades shows up before any real trouble starts and separates them. He’s not gonna fuck around and find out. Hermes complains quite a bit about this, because he already made the popcorn.

[madmadothestrawberryshark]

Day 3

Twisted Wonderland once again! There's gonna be quite a lot of that so hopefully I get a chance to practice drawing every character XD

But what's this? A double doodle! :0

Per request of my friend @pocketcrimes (sry for tag XD), based on a little scene the two of us wrote together XD

[turtledork02]

hi! i have several questions i wanna ask

are optimus and ratchet robot husbands??? i know that's pretty popular with the general transformers public

who's in the government that's keeping an eye on team prime? you said that this au is gonna be inspired off prime and animated, does that mean agent fowler is gonna show up? or that detective guy from animated??

also! what are the relationships like between the members of team prime? do ratchet and wheeljack get on each other's nerves?? not a smart move revealing yourself to the humans jack

and i assume starscream is still trying to take over the deceptions. never gonna win screamy ... never gonna win ... also love the design! he's so scrungly and looks like he needs years worth of therapy 😆😅

sorry for the long ask 😣

Hi anon!! Don’t apologize for the long question, I’m so happy to get them!!

As for your first question, yes, Ratchet and Optimus are old (not so secret) husbands!

The two were sparkbonded in secret just before the war. When Optimus became a Prime, he was no longer allowed things like selfishness. The act of sparkbonding as a Prime is considered a disgrace, so the two kept it secret through the entire war. (Now on earth, they still have not told anyone, but literally everyone on Team Prime can tell and just chooses not to say anything.)

Director Fowler oversees the Autobots’ operations, though he is mostly behind the scenes. The official (by the time of “canon”) liaison for the Autobots is actually Rafael! In my AU, he has been friends of the Autobots since he was a kid. He hacked into government files when he was young, accidentally finding out about them. He managed to convince everyone to let him work with them, long story short, and has grown up with them! He’s about twenty in my AU.

Team Prime, while most of them won’t say it out loud, consider each other family. Bumblebee is the youngest, and is basically the little brother to the group. (Also canonically Optimus’ adopted son.) He and First Aid are besties. First Aid is like the calm and collected older cousin of the group. They’re not only able to patch up physical wounds, but is great at talking sense into everyone and mending emotional problems as well. Wheeljack is the goofy but cool uncle of the function. He gets along pretty well with the other bots! He’s only a little anxious around First Aid, since he almost blew them up once. Arcee is actually more of the problematic one. She’s a bit hotheaded, while closed off at the same time. Her and Ratchet butt heads pretty often. Ratchet is pretty snappy and moody to everyone, but he truly does care about all of them deeply.

And yes, Starscream is plotting to overthrow Megatron someday. Just don’t tell anyone. That doesn’t already know. Most already know.

Just don’t tell anyone.

[kdelarenta]

livia spencer, my new oc for @childrenofcain-if

you hate her? she accidentally seduced d by being a complete loser. she fell down the stairs when she was six and ate shit. her mom's dead. she has an alcohol problem. she almost didn't make it as a girl scout because she never properly learned how to climb a tree. she listens to clairo in her bedroom. she wants to do dark magic. she's three apples tall. she looks like this :3. and you hate her??

you hate livia spencer and you expect me to reblog your missing sister? nuh-uh.

also tagging editing bestie @flowersforcedric

[its-all-papaya]

happy(ish) 2025 !!! bringing my landoscar win wip game into the new szn with me... perhaps... haha jk... unless?

send me a number between 1 and 2136 (absolute lmao) and i'll search lando's name in my wips and give you the sentence it appears in!

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

my liege, the archive is slow this morrow, where shall we put our melancholy homosexual now?

Nay- nay it cannot be, knight spare my heart and unburden my mind and say you jest yes?

No-... you would not dare, not about this. Oh weary weary day- we must hold strong, My dear knight, I fear that the lack of melancholy homosexual housing is the least of our worries.

The enemies who shall remain such without the pull of cupids bow string, the bonds coven blood remaining unmixed, and... I fear to say... the beds that shall be in plentiful supply, even with our dearly displaced homosexuals.

We must pray, pray my dear knight- for the sake of us all.

Lest the people grow hungry and seek to feast upon our own flesh for even a chance of satisfying their cravings of "#cannibalism as a metaphor"

[majunju]

Have you seen the new limited card stories for love and deepspace?

Because uh

Mama mia

i pulled rafayel's on the first day and i hvnt touched it LOL if it's anything like his fragrance one im afraid im gna have to watch it on mute

[h0rny-f4g-4-th0ughts]

Wyd if you found a chubby tboy puppy (me) like this :3?