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chapter 34 and the first of third year is out!!
this year is super packed i’m really excited to finally start getting this out omg (new pov next chapter too)
chapter 34 or from the beginning!
#remus lupin#lily evans#sirius black#their povs!#marylily#wolfstar#jily#james potter#peter pettigrew#mary macdonald#dorcas meadowes#alice fortescue#present and accounted for#we do not start very happy here and it gets..better?ish?#marauders#the marauders#nowhere man#marauders fic
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the fact that i can just lie all the time if i feel like it..
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As much as I adore conlangs, I really like how the Imperial Radch books handle language. The book is entirely in English but you're constantly aware that you're reading a "translation," both of the Radchaai language Breq speaks as default, and also the various other languages she encounters. We don't hear the words but we hear her fretting about terms of address (the beloathed gendering on Nilt) and concepts that do or don't translate (Awn switching out of Radchaai when she needs a language where "citizen," "civilized," and "Radchaai person" aren't all the same word) and noting people's registers and accents. The snatches of lyrics we hear don't scan or rhyme--even, and this is what sells it to me, the real-world songs with English lyrics, which get the same "literal translation" style as everything else--because we aren't hearing the actual words, we're hearing Breq's understanding of what they mean. I think it's a cool way to acknowledge linguistic complexity and some of the difficulties of multilingual/multicultural communication, which of course becomes a larger theme when we get to the plot with the Presgar Translators.
#imperial radch#also a great example of the 'you don't have to be Tolkien' phenomenon#if you want to think about linguistic differences by building all the languages in your setting#and being able to explain what those differences are through actual texts in the language in question#that's AWESOME#but it's not the only way to do it#it's also interesting because of course this style only works in book form#everyone's speaking different languages but in a written account they're all 'translated' for you#but of course if it was a TV series they would all have to be speaking a language the audience understands#(or you *would* have to go wild with conlangs)#and i think that's really cool as well--#how for a series where song is so central we don't actually hear any of the actual in-universe words or any of the music#it's all been filtered#and again you know this is happening but seeing the examples of how real songs--the shape hymns and 'L'homme Arme'--are presented#makes you a lot more viscerally aware of how limited your perspective is#it's good#ann leckie i love you
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Major Monogram from Phineas and Ferb is a fascinating accidental example of unjust biases stemming from ignorance and laziness instead of intentional harm in the ‘species-ism’ that is a root of injustice in the PnF universe. In this essay I will
#okay but like actually#he treats a lot of the agents shitty#especially early on#because he considers himself to be a ‘higher species’#“What is this- pick on the higher species day?#(quote from the hr scene in La-candance-cabra#and even as employees he treats them poorly#but it’s literally just because he’s terrible at his job#mans wanted to be an acrobat#he’s not qualified to learn how to manage a bunch of animals with sentience and bank accounts#or at least#he doesn’t think he is#so he doesn’t try#for most of the snow#he just kinda sits around and complains about his job#but we know he experiences character development at some point in the future#because he goes bowling with Perry and Doof#suggesting he views Perry as an equal#so we know he’s capable of it#just in the future#but in present moment he’s simply refusing to educate himself#and idk I just think it’s a fascinating example of how ignorance can be harmful#and why we should try our best to learn about others differences#phineas and ferb#perry the platypus#agent p#owca#major monogram
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Kharkiv's Faktor-Druk printing house has resumed operation after being severely damaged by a Russian missile strike on May 23. The facility is only partially restored, and they have shifted focus to printing essential educational materials such as textbooks for the new school year.
According to Tatiana Hryniuk, the general director, damages from the Russian missile strike exceed €10 million, with losses still being calculated. The attack claimed seven lives and destroyed almost 100,000 books.
Source: Kharkiv’s Faktor-Druk printing house resumes operations after Russian missile strike
#Ukraine#Kharkiv#printing house#Faktor-Druk#cats of Ukraine#article in link#cat#I see cat I post cat#Language barrier#the video on the website has no English subs despite the article being in English#and being presented by a Ukrainian news English language account#this is an example of what i've mentioned with difficulties with the information space when no translation is available
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via: Daniel Ricciardo, Fabio Quartararo and the selfie that sparked an unlikely friendship | Fox Sports Australia
#honestly one of my fabourite things about Daniel is that he always sounds like a 10/10 friend#like sure I know it's media and what's presented isn't always 1000% truth#but it's heartwarming to see that every account on him as a person/friend/coworker reaffirms that he's genuinely such a lovely person 🫶🏼#daniel ricciardo#dr3#fabio quartararo#f1#formula 1#motogp
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Guarding your name from the fae in folklore
The idea of fae stealing names is quite recent (I’m a big fan of new, modern folklore, x, y), but the idea that you have to guard your name so no one could (supernaturally) us it against you, is definitely a widespread folk belief. However, I’ve never encountered an actual folktale that says the fae or fairies in particular could have power over you if they knew your name. I’ve been looking for one for a long time (and if you know one please let me know!) but so far I’ve only come up with one example. So let's take a look:
The power of names
Like I said, the power of names is an old belief that shows up all over the world. Sometimes it’s linked with naming ceremonies like baptism. Sometimes hiding the name from others (witches, djinns, etc.) is what will protect you, sometimes the name itself will protect you (like being named after a saint or in reverence of a deity or spirit). Edward Clodd published a huge essay in 1898 investigating how widespread this name guarding practice is and how it links to folklore. Which, while obvioulsy dated, certainly gives an impression of how deep this belief goes (Tom Tit Tot; an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale, Clodd, E., 1898).
Not all folk beliefs show up in folktales though and protagonists who refuse to tell their name are not a staple of European folklore, whether it concerns fae or other entities. In “The Soul Cages”, collected by T. Crofton Croker it’s even quite the opposite, as the protagonist and a firendly merrow deliberately call each other by their full names (Jack Dogherty and Coomara). And for ages I wasn't able to find a story that actually incorporated the belief of guarding your name against fae, until I read that huge essay.
Hiding your name from the fairies
In his book, Clodd mentions a single folktale in which it is mentioned that the fae are trying to learn someone’s real name. Sadly he does not tell it in full, but since it is the only real example of this concept I’ve able to find so far, I will give the full quote:
While these sheets are passing through the press, my friend Mr. W. B. Yeats hands me a letter from an Irish correspondent, who tells of a fairyhaunted old woman living in King's County. Her tormentors, whom she calls the "Fairy Band of Shinrone," come from Tipperary. They pelt her with invisible missiles, hurl abuse at her, and rail against her family, both the dead and the living, until she is driven well-nigh mad. And all this spite is manifested because they cannot find out her name, for if they could learn that, she would be in their power. Sometimes sarcasm or chaff is employed, and a nickname is given her to entrap her into telling her real name, — all which she freely talks about, often with fits of laughter. But the fairies trouble her most at night, coming in through the wall over her bed-head, which is no laughing matter; and then, being a good Protestant, she recites chapters and verses from the Bible to charm them away. And although she has been thus plagued for years, she still holds her own against the "band of Shinrone." (Clodd, 1889, p. 83-84).
This story fits the concept of keeping your name away from malicious fairies so you cannot truly fall under their power perfectly. Sadly I haven’t been able to find this story in Yeats’ own folklore collection, but it fulfills my criteria even so.
What I have been able to find many examples of, however, is the reverse trope. Namely that knowing a fairy’s name will give you power over them. I thought this only showed up in Rumplestiltskin-type stories, but it seems a little more widespread than that. Which is very exciting to me, and merits its own post. So stay tuned.
#guard your name#fae#faeries#fairies#sources#laura babbles#folklore#irish folklore#I'm very pleased to have finally found a real example#although it seems a firsthand witness account#which is a more unusual way for this type of folklore to present itself#but no less interesting for a late 1800s text
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chapter 38 of nowhere man is out!
chapter 38 or from the beginning
#james potter#dorcas meadowes#their povs#sirius black#peter pettigrew#marlene mckinnon#mary macdonald#remus lupin#present and accounted for#wolfstar#dorlene#jily#marylily#marauders#the marauders#nowhere man#teensy bit fillery but also not
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so there was this template on twitter and I kinda really wanted to do it for loumand sooo-
#I've got several wips for iwtv since S1 in 2021- several. but I've not managed to finish any.#I kinda really wanted to try finish the loumand ones. but it's challenging with the amount of poses and angles for me.#SO. being able to do this? in a few hours? GREATT#also. I've got an exam at the end of soon the next 24 hours and.... I've not... really prepared myself....#and I did this instead of trying to sleep so... hahhh but I'm glad for it too though!#I DO feel a little uncertain about ex. that one eye... *sigh* but we'll say it's presentable 👍#amc iwtv#iwtv amc#iwtv#iwtv s2#fanart#iwtv fanart#amc interview with the vampire#louis de pointe du lac#armand iwtv#my art#noliaert#artists on tumblr#disabled artist#I've not gotten glaze yet :// tried to ask for an account to webglaze... but no response so far
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Some sketches I did of the silly commentator guy(s)
#they are the blorbos of all time#i just need them to talk to each other a lot and snuggle#not too sure if I'm really going to go back to being super active with posting art/reblogging on this account anymore because lord this#-fandom can never not have drama#it's exhausting to read#but i WILL be active/present#just less so#anyways those rsn guys are fruity i dont make the rules#pixar cars#cars fandom#pixar cars fanart#darrell cartrip#bob cutlass#they are yapper x listener#could also be yapper x yapper though tbh#✎𓂃#I'm getting better at drawing vehicles yippee!!#darrell cartrip x bob cutlass#barrell
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Of all the themes in Mouthwashing, I think the themes of punishment and virtue are the most subtle.
It’s so odd because it’s a subversion where all the characters are punished for their virtues more than their flaws except Jimmy. Curly sees the best and people and tries to do right by all parties whether deserving or not. He is then forced to see everyone fall to their worst states while he can’t do anything. Daisuke is optimistic and hopeful, playful to a fault and a big morale. He dies in agony the one time he is forced to act in a serious event. Anya is kind and capable, knowledgeable in her field. Yet, she is treated like a dunce and does being treated like a dead weight.
The only characters who aren’t punished per se are those without direct virtues. Swansea is ornery and rude the moment we meet him, Jimmy is self explanatory. Yet, Swansea is still punished with Daisuke’s death, while Jimmy escapes in a way. Not having to face the final aftermath or even acknowledging how he could never really fix it. He suffers and is tormented, but he doesn’t really care because in his mind he didn’t fail in his head of proving something to Curly.
This is rambling y really but it really is the theme of no good deed but to the extreme. Good people punished for their attempts at virtue while the bad person victimizes themself over their suffering.
#I mainly think of this because I started seeing so many posts blaming curly for not stopping Jimmy and leading to this#but that’s the exact thing Jimmy would want in the end where he skirts direct blame behind everyone else#however it was Jimmy who started it all he freaked out first#he assaulted Anya and stiff armed all attempts at taking accountability from Curly or being presented with his actions#he goes unpunished and still other than having hate pieces written about him he skirts it in fan discussions#like it’s so hard to explain it without sounding like no one could have done anything but they shouldn’t have had to do something#because Jimmy shouldn’t have done what he did at any point and while others had a responsibility to negate it is only his fault it occurred#tdlr don’t let Jimmy skirt most of the blame#mouthwashing#mouthwashing spoilers#Mouthwashing game#like this is a scenario where you would be punished for doing the right thing considering the context and I wonder if that’s intentional#Jimmy really is the one bad apple that spoils the bunch
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my favourite thing about jayvik is that they’re both cuckoo bananas insane about each other and everyone around them kinda has to just “well. anyways……” their way through it.
they are so.... god i just love them. they have this facade of being normal that quickly falls apart literally within seconds of being separated. the longer they are apart the more people get KILLED JHLKDSJHF Dkj like its so bad. I'm obsessed with them.
#remember that tweet that one of the official accounts made that was like heimerdinger walking in on jayce and viktor in the lab#DKLFJSD#ask bee#when did heimerdinger realize they were fucking freaks#probably when jayce kicked him off the council#i think if he knew before he wouldn't have been so bold with viktor's health and the hexcore in front of jayce#this is lighthearted - have either of them made a good decision without the other present#i dont thinks so SKFJLDh
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one big thing I’ve learned by 29 is that the Plan, the God’s Plan of it all I mean, is bigger than me and not just bigger than me but also bigger than my understanding of narrative threads and their limitations. And it’s bigger even than just a simple paradox, turning-on-their-head thing way of being bigger. It’s just so vast. And there is so much room for surprise and possibility and hope in that reality.
#again. idk if that makes sense#but I am someone obsessed with the patterns and what the patterns are telling me#and it’s like. sometimes nothing! but also sometimes something!#there is no way to predict what will happen or what will be presented to me or what will unfold#both personally and in a more big picture way#based on what I feel or what I know or what I have already experienced#there are hundreds and millions of different possible combinations#I am making this sound more profound than the revelation is (and also more vague)#but I love to be like ‘oh being this way means THIS thing and this kind of thing always happens to this kind of person’#and actually. it just doesn’t?????? a million different things could happen and do happen every day that are unlikely and unpredictable#even when you think you’ve accounted for that by looking for the unexpected you still can’t tell#and I love that. used to hate that the future was shrouded in mystery#and I still sometimes do. but I am growing to love it#uncertainty and just the sheer not knowing feels better#and God IS surprising. life is surprising!#THAT I feel like I know#every day of my life I wake up and I pry open the blinds and I look out and say.#what is going to happen today#like I do kind of do that a little#or maybe it’s more. what has the night brought.#and you know what the world is so wide. not in terms of me being able to go anywhere travel-wise#or do anything dream-wise. but in terms of what can and DOES unfold every single day/week/month/year.#there are surprises in store! folded tucked away around the next corner#like I just.#I’m getting carried away but AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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"Illogical. How can there be two of them?"
"I am more concerned about what happens if they disagree."
"Soundwave: believes that is the least of our concerns."
"Oh. Yes, that may be worse."
the holy grail of Blitzwing arrived safely 😭😭 he got stuck during shipment from weather which he definitely did not have any involvement in causing but look at him. he's beautiful. there will be no peace with another Blitzy in the house 💖
#yes the other vent on his mask is accounted for but not present#he fought every step of the way getting assembled as it was lmfao i was done dealing with him 😂😂#he's magnificent and he's TALL AS FUCK#another silly little weekend spent playing with my silly little robots <3#ratkingrambles#transformers#maccadam#blitzwing my beloved#optimum price#soundwave#shockwave#photography
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#self compassion#self care#self love#self respect#self forgiveness#self compassion and accountability can and must coexist#be kind to yourself#treat yourself like you'd treat a good friend#you are enough#you are worthy#you are good enough#you deserve it#you are not a failure#you are not your mistakes#you are not your job#you are not your to-do list#rest#give yourself permission to rest#stop the glorification of busy#to heck with the hustle#hustle culture#grind culture#work culture#in the present#mindfulness#here and now#you matter
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in a quick panic for an excuse one day, a red ranger insists on the existence of a Red Ranger Council that every red is a part of. they use it to communicate and plan, according to the ranger
news travels fast between teams, and the reds - who don’t need any context but will always back up a fellow leader’s schemes - agree without hesitation when asked
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taylor: no way this is true
cole, had no idea about this but always ready to lie out of his ass without breaking a sweat: i have the minutes from our last meeting
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casey: i got my invitation when i was visited in a prophetic dream
rj: by WHO
casey, dead serious: recruitment’s been easier since the mystic force team
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kendall: this all just seems a little far-fetched
tyler: i have a life outside of this cave
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lucas: but this wasn’t on record anywhere in history
wes: why would it be? we all know about it
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it’s in their dna, even the newest reds accept this as fact. reds will never ever lie to their rangers, but like HELL are they going down for this single moment of weakness. it’s beyond their control now, out of their hands. they might as well just create a council at this point. they’re in too deep to come clean.
#power rangers#mighty morphin power rangers#power rangers dino charge#dino charge#headcanon#incorrect quotes#power rangers incorrect quotes#hc#power rangers hcs#tyler navarro#power rangers jungle fury#casey rhodes#wes collins#wesley collins#power rangers time force#power rangers ninja steel#power rangers megaforce#power rangers dino thunder#cole evans#dino thunder#power rangers mystic force#power rangers headcanons#hcs#incorrect power rangers quotes#this blog is a year old today so i’m posting the first draft i ever made for this account#it’s awful and it came to me in a dream#red ranger#i’m well aware that this isn’t well written or presented in any way and i don’t CARE
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