#sincerely a european

[gabiwritesboox]

With all due respect, are Americans in their right mind???

[wmnylander]

you’re legally never allowed to be upset watching sports if the game starts at pm for you

[mallg0thic]

I didn't realise how much brainwashing goes on in America until I started watching US tv. Tell me why I hear straight-up cold war propaganda on the daily out of the mouths of reality tv contestants?????

[marzipanxx]

guys please hear me out

[cinnamonsikwate]

"why couldn't shuro have just been honest about what he felt with laios and falin it's not that hard" are you. are you White

[saint-ambrosef]

i honestly, truly don't think most Europeans understand how big the U.S. is.

we are basically fifty different countries stacked in a trenchcoat. we are almost the same size as Europe in its entirety. it takes 15 straight hours just to drive across my home state. the cultural and economic difference between Oklahoma and California is like comparing Croatia and the Netherlands.

stop forming your ideas of what living here is like based on that one trip to NYC you took in college or that one influencer you follow that lives in San Fransisco

[bobfloydsbabe]

I’m about to go to sleep. Make good choices, America.

[nimrodbydawn]

When did we end up in the state of always needing to pick the lesser evil, no matter where you look?

I mean I get that, finding the perfect option is a dream and always will be.

But right now it feels like, that isn't even up for discussion.

It's sad but y'know what's even worse?

Not picking anything at all and giving up on things... That's the worst option out of all things.

[somethingsgottasaveyou]

A couple songs to get us through this:

The first time it was a tragedy, the second time it's a farce. Outside it's 1933 and I'm heading the bars but I don't know what's going in anymore; the world outside is burning with a brand new light but it isn't one that makes me feel warm.

In a world that has decided that it's going to lose it's mind, be more kind my friends, try to be more kind.

I thought that we were winning the war against the homophobes and the racists, you can't be serious man, we can't be this fucked.

[sparkleofstardust]

heyy does anyone know what streams and/or times tubbo was on last night/a few hours ago O: ?

[gregor-samsung]

Sils Maria [Clouds of Sils Maria] (Olivier Assayas, 2014)

[nicosraf]

Hello Hello! While going through your site to buy ABM (which Amazon won't let me get on ebook TT), I stumbled across "The River Boy". As a Mayan, I just wanted to say I felt really seen. It wasn't a major part of the story but it was healing to see anything about us represented like that. It's also just beautifully written, I'd love to read more of your work ^^

As for my ask, what type of research did you do for that story? Are you Maya yourself or did you decide on the setting at random or something? Thank you and have a good day!

Ahhh this just made my entire life, thank you so much for reading! I'm really happy you liked it and that you found it healing. I'm so glad :')

I'm not Maya, but I'm Mexican with roots in the center of the country (Puebla) that gave me a big interest in Mesoamerica, which was a big chunk of my Latin American Studies degree (yes, I have a Latin American studies degree sksks). One of my courses was on ancient Maya culture and writing, where I wrote a big research paper on the rituals of Maya royalty.

I actually thought the setting was a huge part of the story! I love the way the ancient, and many contemporary, Maya conceptualize time as such an integral part of the universe with its own dedicated deities who are in charge of carrying it (the four "year bearers" though I learned them to be "time bearers"). The glyphs of the deities carrying time have really stuck with me; I just love the concept of time being such a physical thing.

Divine royalty isn't something unique to the Maya, but something that really caught my interest is the rituals and responsibilities associated with divinity. A lot of people will focus on the bloodier stuff (the blood letting), but personally I was more interested in the perpetual "birthing" of the universe that was the responsibility of kings and princes. I imagined a spoiled, beautiful prince who might want to run away from all that stress and pain.

The language barrier in the story was also inspired by the different Mayan languages today and how reconstructing the ancient language is so tough. That said, during the Classical times, there was probably already significant linguistic differences between Maya territories, so I don't think it's inaccurate in the story, just a bit exaggerated perhaps. The couple Maya words in the story are a mix of ancient and modern words. For ex, k’altun is an ancient word, while dios bo’otik is modern Yucatec Maya.

Oh! And just another fun fact - the river in the story is the Usumacinta river, and the prince is from Yaxchilan! There's actually a stone monument in Yaxchilan which depicts a queen pulling thorns through her tongue, which is referenced in the story!

Sorry for rambling, but there's like an absurd amount of research in this little story! I also wanted to depict the more "common" way of life by making the protagonist a non-royal, but there's so little about common-folk (unsurprisingly) so I struggled a bit to find sources that would help me paint an accurate picture. On that note, most of my sources were the same JSTOR articles I used to write my research paper, my university museum, and my poor Maya professor.

I haven't really looked at the story in a while so I re-read it just now and I'm really happy with it :') I think Maya history is one of the coolest things ever, and I'd love to write a full book about a Maya prince one day. But historical fiction is difficult, even when you add magical realism like I did.

Anyway! Thank you again for reading! If you're having trouble downloading ABM, I'll literally send you the file for free if you want sksks Just ask! I'm very touched by your interest. Thank you!! :))

[jeniffercheck]

Is your Karolina polish or Czech?

ok this question actually plagues me and i haven't decided yet. on one hand it's very simple that they gave her a czech last name and that's it like she is czech and that's what they're going with. on the other hand border conflicts surrounding poland have always been a thing so idk it's POSSIBLE that if they wanted to make karolina polish simply bc dagmara is then they could have done that.

do we rly not have confirmation??? this is like more important than anything else in the world i think. why do we not know the final canon decision????

[0alanasworld0]

[void-tiger]

Absolutely not.

We look nothing alike to the point people think we’re dating. There is exactly one (1) picture you can tell we’re genetic(??) siblings, and it’s ‘cause we’re pulling the same exasperated expression at the person behind the camera.

I'm not talking "to people who know you well" I'm talking "a stranger is checking your id"

[kavehater]

I’m a descendant of the prophet (kind of) and all I have to show for it is my obsession with an anime blond guy …