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I've never heard of Memory Studies; can you tell us more about that?
Also, congratulations!!!!
Thank you! β¨
And with pleasure! Memory Studies is a pretty broad interdisciplinary field which, at its core, is interested in the ways groups, communities, societies, states etc form collective narratives about and memorialise the past. It looks at memorialisation in many forms - government policies, official and unofficial memorials and museums, activist activities, art and media, etc - to understand how and why we construct the past, and the role the past has in our present lives. Maurice Halbwachs is considered the foundational scholar (see his book βOn Collective Memoryβ), but ideas about the persistence of memory and how important how treatment of history is on the present have been present in scholarship and otherwise for a long time. Memory Studies really grew in scholarly interest alongside the growth of Holocaust Studies in the second half of the 20th Century, and since then the discipline has grown particularly through the analysis of different groupsβ collective memories of large-scale violent or otherwise disastrous events - usually things like war and conflict, genocide and atrocity, slavery, colonisation and imperialism. In this way Memory Studies is closely related to Trauma Studies, but it focuses on the collective rather than individuals, although with an acknowledgement, of course, that individual memories and traumas influence collective ones (not that Traumas Studies only focuses on the individual, of course). It looks at the Collective Memories of both victims and perpetrators of injustices and crimes - one of the biggest subsets of Memory Studies is the study of German (and broader European) society after WWII. Another subject area with really interesting and important work that is emerging is the study of collective memories and conflicting memories of colonialism and how these memories shape societies today, both in settler states and states that are, or once were, imperialist. (Side note: my very first thought for a PhD project years ago was looking at conflicting memories of empire and colonialism in the UK, particularly around the Brexit period.)
This said, thereβs a very small but growing subset of Memory Studies that looks at the formation and role of positive memories in groups and societies. It was a long time ago now but I remember reading a really interesting article on positive memories of the Paris Commune among French and other leftist groups in the 20th and 21st centuries. I believe there is also some work on positive memories of May β68 in leftist groups today.
Another important point is that Memory Studies is just as interested in what we try to forget or suppress, or what some people want to remember and others want to forget.
Broadly, my project will be looking at collective memories of gender-based and sexual violence, the role of survivors in forming national or community narratives of this violence (and whether this role is chosen by survivors or if they are compelled to fill it), and frames of remembering, forgetting, suppressing and shaming.
I hope this was an interesting overview! I find this field fascinating and could talk about it forever, and Iβm really excited to bring it together with gender studies, another great love of mine.
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the porcini mushroom for julyβs herbologist reward! (dark variant version)
if youβd like to support me and my work, please consider signing up! on theΒ herbologist reward tierΒ you get two postcard sized prints, as well as a double sided folklore and fact card on each plant or fungi of the month! you also get to support a small artist and their journey into plant nerdery and folklore :)
#sorry another promo post!#mushroom art#fungi art#dark acamedia#fungi#mycology#botanical illustration#artists on tumblr#support small#once again any support is adored#thank you so much everyone ππ
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@confidentandgood, @adelaidedrubman, @socially-awkward-skeleton, @full---ofstarlight and you!!
#only if you want to of course!! π₯ππ#oc: hedy hassan#oc: dot van doren#oc: yelena voronin#return of the DEARIEE <33 π₯π₯Ή#oc: ana azarin#oc: cythia vassermiller#beloved brainworm <33#oc: daella dayne#oc: tissaia thorm#baby babiest π₯ππ€§π₯Ή#oc: irina rurik#leg.ocs#leg.tagged#feeling rather ill today so time to catch up on things !!!!! <3 π₯π#(goldfish brain for this one as i forgot this in my drafts sijzjxhz but anyway!! hard launching dot and daella and hedy and ana!!!! π)#hedy and daella are available btw hehee π₯π#(as love interests or as besties !!!!!)#i am stil veeery working on the backstories for hedy and dot but fallclown brainworms are in FULL swing to be sure π₯ππ΅βπ«βΊοΈ !!!!!#but daella is the daughter of THE!! arthur d*ayne <3#her mother was a scion of the houses of vilemyr aka the remnant houses of v*alyria in my canon#that i cannot wait to yell about more !!!!!#thinking of the vtm clowns hehe again so thereβs dearie dear irina <33#thank you thank youu sm for the tag dears this was so cute to do!! π₯π#fingers crossed the tags work π₯π€§ !!
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had such a good experience with surgery today i canβt even fully explain
#π.txt#iβm so happy that fuck ass doctor referred me to another doctor in the building because he was so nice and attentive#taking the time to explain things to me and make sure i was good#even said oh well if ur really uncomfortable we can always go to the operating room! :)#when the other doctor treated me like a nuisance the whole time and like some dumb child#well if you canβt sit still theyβre going to have to put you under elsewhere π#I DIDNT EVEN FUCKING KNOW THEY COULD DO THAT IN THE BUILDING? SHE MADE IT SEEM LIKE I WAS INCONVENIENCING HER THE WHOLE TIME#i was asking a bunch of questions because knowing makes me feel less nervous and he answered everything so clearly even when my mom was#asking questions too#recommending me different medications to keep this from happening again etc etc etc#so fucking bare minimum for a doctor but it was so nice seriously i wish i could thank him again for making it a more#comfortable experience#he put numbing shots on the inside AND outside of my lid just in case we needed to go from the outside this time#and while it hurt obviously it was so much better than the single shot she gave me the first time three weeks ago#she told me this would be a much more extensive surgery and here i am with my eyelid barely swollen π#i could barely see with it open three weeks ago immediately after because it hurt too much and was so swollen#what the fuck how do you have such contrasting experiences with two people who literally work together in the same building#anyway bad doctor experiences are always so fucking bad but when you have a really good experience it just feels crazy and insane#like wow thank u for treating me like a person#did i mention i actually left with care instructions this time written out. and the medicine recommendations on a physical piece of paper#i didnβt even get that after surgery with her how is that not below bare minimum#like this actually surprised me. jesus christ
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ohh ohh!! how about for your title ask game the title βfalling in love with the sunβ?
Sweet Fairy thank you so much for coming in to bless me with your magical presence π₯ΉπΌβ¨
Also what an incredible fic title?!!?!!!! Your brilliant mind working as always π«‘
falling in love with the sun
TΕru Oikawa was like an untouchable god in high school. You barely tolerated him and it was only because you had the most massive crush on his best friend Iwaizumi.
But when ten years pass and youβre in Argentina for a work program, you never thought you would have ever run into the annoying volleyball player.
So with a secret hope of maybe reconnecting with Iwaizumi after hearing about his breakup, you slowly try to endure the annoyance that is Oikawa.
But the sun is so warm here and you donβt like the way his smile is starting to shine just as bright.
Or the way itβs making your heart flutter more than ever.
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send me a made up fic title & Iβll tell you what Iβd write for it!
#who wrote this bcs it wasnβt me idk#but fairy you precious soul thank you so much again!!! π¦#fairyβs tag πβ¨#asks and such things π
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OMG RENNIVERSAY???? HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AGAIN YAYYYY GUSH PASS IF U WANT HEHE π«π«π«
ππππ THANK YOU NIIICK!!!!!!! for both the oushiversary and the renniversary (and honestly all of the time), your tags on rbs make me so giddy and emotional and i'm always so thankful ;w; wah.
i have a hard time expressing just how much ren has done for me this past year so... it's rambling time ksjdnfjk...
[pet death mention] my baby boy cyrus had lost his battle with cancer just a week prior to The Dream. i won't ramble about him here, but he was my biggest support when home life got fuck-y; losing him was like losing a part of myself. [/pet death mention end]
unfortunately i didn't have much to focus on afterward... i was trying to keep busy, but the art parties i'd been attending went on a long hiatus shortly after this, and while i TRIED vrc for a bit i found The Social Anxiety meant it wasn't the best choice for me ;;
and then i had this long, cinematic dream, about befriending and getting flirty with a dorky, fruity scientist from the c.dc (lol. lmao. i would NEVER!!!!! that's the very first thing i changed about him KJASNDKJN) who was fun and goofy and was so so loving to his niece who followed him around everywhere ;w;
and then he did a little villain heel-turn after being infected by a sentient parasite (also lol. lmao. my brain trying to bully me and make me feel bad... but it does it in the form of a cute bisexual man? π₯΄). and of COURSE when his niece and i acted afraid of him he did the whole "i'll destroy everyone powerful in this city. and i won't let anyone or anything harm you." thing and i just OOUGHHHH. there's more to it than that, and i don't want to ramble TOO much, but he was so clearly twisted-justice-but-loves-people-so-hard core. that's the good shit ughhh.
and so! according to the document timestamp, i woke up at 5:45am, opened my ipad, went into procreate, and went to town scribbling down a vague idea of his face and mannerisms before passing out again. i KNEW i didn't want to forget this guy; i immediately felt he was special. most of my ocs come from dreams in some form, but he was already almost fully formed. The Ideal. To Me...
and when i woke up for real, i spent the day nailing down his design. and i was Officially Doomed from then on u_u
he's changed SO MUCH in the past year (just the fact that i had to revive his supernatural villain form as a separate AU a few months ago is proof of that KJANSDKJN)... as have i. he gave me someone to focus on as i healed, a reason to continue drawing in spite of the aforementioned art party hiatus, pushed me to join the selfship community For Real, lead to me meeting so many people and making so many friends outside of my teeny tiny a-couple of-friends-from-college circle, helped me appreciate the oc creation process and AUs so much more, pushed me to do monthly art challenges that i haven't done since before i fell ill...
and just... made me love myself more. made me appreciate the things i didn't like about myself. helped me realize the potential of selfshipping in general, to be a tool to see oneself as deserving of love, even if it takes making a fictional character play messenger between the self-doubt and self-acceptance bits of your brain.
i likely would have just stayed in my own little corner -- my quiet little oushirou blog that i didn't have linked anywhere, chatting in stream chats but not talking to any chatters outside of that -- if not for ren. i've met so many people who have similar struggles! different struggles! similar and completely different interests! gone completely outside of my comfort zone and found such a good circle of people who uplift each other!! HELL, my art blog has multiple times the followers as i have here, but they only ever interacted with my umi.neko art LMAO -- here it feels like we all want to support each others' art and writing and other creations and rambles and and and.
and it's because ren gave me a reason to make that step. start tagging things, start following people and reaching out, chatting with people who reached out to me... he's genuinely changed my life for the better. ;w; i don't think i'll ever be able to express just how thankful i am that he came to me at the exact moment i needed him most. i love him so so much rghhhrgh. gripping him in my fist and kissing him all over his face forever and ever. ππππππππ
#thank you nick kajsndfkjn this got so long again lmao i just. he's changed my life so quickly and drastically.#i was isolated for YEARS before he pushed me into openly selfshipping. i can't get across how important he is to me succinctly ;;;#i don't believe in the traditional fandom definition of 'soulmates' but... according to my views on it he definitely is one for me π₯Ή#π [ my posts. ]#[ asks. ]#[ oomfies ; meli. ]#[ renniversary. ]#π§ [ who is in control. ]#π [ lying on the blade of an emotion. ]#pet death -#<- clearly marked; 2 sentences right under the readmore
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1, 2, 16?
1. What is your current favorite film?
i always have a hard time deciding, but today my answer is pride (2014) my beloved <3
2. What was your favorite film as a child?
honestly this changed really frequently, but i think anastasia and homeward bound were the ones i came back to the most :3
16. How do you feel about talking during movies being watched at home?
if everyoneβs seen it before i donβt care, particularly if there as subtitles on, but if itβs new to me or iβm showing it to someone i generally prefer minimal talkingβor at least trying not to talk over dialogue lol
#ask#answered#ask game#samwisegamwise#elixππ#thank you!!! <3#honestly the second one was super hard because i had at least like 15 different movies that i loved and rewatched over and over again
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π!! >:3
Thank you sm :'''3 Heres my oc Ivy!! She was my 1st ever Cry of fear oc I made <3 She's currently lives with her Uncle n Aunt n works at a library while going to college! She's dating Sophie cuz..<3 I said so why not they're sillay!!!!!! She loves antique shopping n knows a lot of old medical history. Gotta love a girl who changes her hair style a lot !!! [N not me just drawing her hair differently cuz I cant stay consistent on what I want <3]
#Ivy Basten [oc]#Oc art π#My art π¦#Cry Of Fear πͺ#I love her sm.....#thank you again for this <3 very very sweet of u to do#I hope U liked!!
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you're. one of my favorite blogs ever :( you're the coolest
i love your blog and your writing so much. im so wild over it. i've been a fan for. two years? im not entirely certain dhjdjh
but thank you so much for all of your writings!! i love them so much and you seem like such a cool person :)
(btw. can i possibly be π anon?)
AWWWWHDUIWQDQU THANK YOU SM π ANON <33 πππ I'M SO HAPPY YOU'VE STUCK AROUND FOR THAT LONG OMG... that's so sweet I'm so glad you're still here on this silly little journey, i am smiling so hard... ππ i really hope you can continue to enjoy my writing!
#smooches talks#π anon#HUGS YOU WITH AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF LOVE#i still cant believe its been that long#i wonder how much other ppl are still here from 2022... π#does anyone else remember when we thought dottore was from fontaine... π#but thank you again for this π anon it means sm!
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MARIO IN HIS DUMB LITTLE COMMERCIAL <3333 GAAAGGGGGHHHGGGG HES SO HANDSOMEHES SO DREAMY
My baby is so pretty he should be a movie star <33 I need the world to see him I need everyone to fucking look at my man.
#once again his big gorgeous blue eyes have me captivated#they shouldβve added a scene from the movie where I call him and say#βI saw your commercial on tv you were greatβ#and he says βthank you so much I am so in love with youβ#LMAO#stop.#mario#selfshipping#f/o gush#βοΈπyouβre my superstar#β‘.love letters
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sorry homies tho no art today or for a bit! unlesssss i finish that part nine piece but yea! no art for a bit :< π
#to the few who sent reqs thank you!#but i do hope you dont mind em bein done when im energized <:]#again apologies mologies homies ππ#im gonna rest for a whiley.. OH N TANK YOU FOR THE LOVE#THE LOVE LN THE JOKO#JOJOLANDS BLACK EDIT#YALL R VERY SWEET ππππππ#muah muah#im rehearsingΒ what to say
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ok, so your (and our) journey with the letter series has come to the end and I'm going to cry!!
all of then were so full of emotion, in every way possible! loved all of them, even if they were fluffy or angsty, i just loved them!
till the next fic, your one and only
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ahhh my πΊ anonnie, i'm so so happy you liked the seriesβΉοΈβΉοΈ thank you so so much for the nice feedback, i appreciate it a lotβ€οΈβπ©Ή sending you lots of love !!!
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If you want to watch something new, I highly recommend watching Bungo Stray Dogs or Record of Ragnarok and maybe try playing Twisted Wonderland (I swear, Iβm SO obsessed with that Mobile Game) like, how can you NOT Simp for any of the TW characters?? Why are they all SO pretty and hot?? (If you like hot and pretty guys, yet not an Otome game, Twisted Wonderland is what you need, because youβd WISH it was) π«π
oh wow! i've actually been meaning to watch bungo stray dogs for a while, and ror seems really interesting! and omg i really want to start playing twisted wonderland!!!! like... why r the men so pretty... i love pretty guys... and i've seen some fics for twisted wonderland and ?????owhosvsovsksbsobekbwkw omg might start playing it soon, thank you anon! <3333
#shroom talks π#anime recommendations#game recommendations#wksvkabskebosnw i'm so excited to start twisted wonderland...#if you can't tell pretty men are like my weakness tbh#lsgakbsksvskbsoebka thank u again anon <333333#why does genshin take up so much space on my phone and run like shit...#twisted wonderland#bungo stray dogs#record of ragnorak
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hello, I'm sorry I haven't been sending as much asks. I too feel like I fried my brain a little on sunday and if I don't have like new things to comment/write ask about then I don't rlly ask?
idk I want to bring new things into the table so if I don't have any I tend to stay quiet.
midas my love/p your most recent post? chefs kiss. I'm in love by how well you portray each character, especially wanderer since he's one of my favs (lvl 90 and widthsith r5/hes my baby)(xiao and kazuha too, anemo men my beloved)
I'm interested in this Diluc fic you have upcoming, I might wait a bit when it's published until I feel like I can handle the angst. my school has been kicking my ass
teddy darling/p I would love cheesecake, I haven't rlly tried it before but I'm sure yours will be great. also how do you not get scared by analog horror I'm in shock, I have to agree that what midas wrote on alternate! Xiao and zhongli made my palms sweaty and heart race, you both truly have a way with words
I am going to continue studying for precalc rn, but I have some ideas for little writings/art that I might send in later. I'm considering making a blog but idk if I'm comfortable with it.
- π (why does this feel like I'm in another land sending a letter to my spouses, I hope you have a great day teddy and midas)
[gazing wistfully out the window] when will mushroom return from the warβ¦
off the bat donβt feel obligated to send asks, weβre just guys being pals and itβs ok if youβre silent for a while
second thank you, from one wanderer enjoyer to another (mines at 80/80 bc i need anemo rocks :( ) iβm glad you found his voicelines enjoyable. he speaks very particularly so i was worried iβd get it wrong-
(canβt believe i forgot but anemo men my beloved as well, iβve been meaning to do lines for xiao)
good luck with your precal, iβve never done it but shit looks hard. hope you make it out alive /hj
#m1d : [chats]#π anon#crazy how when this blog started i told myself it would be strictly writing#and now iβm platonic dating two of my anons#just three people on the internet who barely know each other outside of shared interests. going to cheesecake factory and holding hands.#and iβm once again reminded ppl read my tags oh god oh fuck-#mushroom if youβre reading this i need idea for a 1k follower event please#or any other anon. or just some random person. pls i wanna celebrate but HOW#considering doing a thing where ppl send in their teams n i talk abt how theyβd interact#but i saw another blog do something similar so now that feels like cheating#AAAAA#no creativity for important things only cope-writing with pretty boys#also idk where to put this but: you and teddy make blogs so we can have a gc and talk abt analog horror#and/or persona 5 that sounded interesting earlier#< /hj on that idea. it would be fun but i understand internet scary /srs#anyway. enough of me. bye βοΈ#oh wait and thanks for the compliment btw :) the thing with alternate!xiao didnβt age well for me (aka i went to bed and reread it in the#morning) but iβm glad you liked it :))
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erika!! i donβt have anything fun to contribute to the sleepover but i wanted to tell something fun! my sister and i went to a oddities and curiosities expo today and got lots of spooky art for the spooky season!
i hope your days to come are fabulous and filled with light and hugs lots of love π₯°
AHHH FAIRY!! Iβm counting this as fun post sleepover day so thanks for joining in on the fun π₯ΉβοΈβ¨π
Oh my gosh that sounds incredible??? What was the most interesting thing you saw?!
And oh spooky art for the spooky season great buys my little gremlin heart approves lol
But youβre so sweet dear thank you for you wonderful words and I hope your week is filled with magic and lots of warmth ππ₯Ί
#there used to be an oddities shop Iβd go visit in Austin and they had the wildest things theyβre so unique and wonderfully strange!!!#thank you again dear fairy!! π§#fairyβs tag πβ¨#sleepover asks! πβοΈβ¨#asks and such things π
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hello :3
do your f/os have any lucky things? a pair of socks, for example, or a piece of jewellery? do they believe in this stuff to begin with? :3
HI KUROH!!!! π thank you for the ask!! :0 this is such an interesting question omg, and not something i'd think to consider on my own...
oushirou for SURE. he was raised in a house of professional western fortune tellers -- he was brought up to pay attention to things like lucky items. it wouldn't be the items people first think of though; he wears similar boots almost every day but they're all a little different, and his goggles are his staple item but that's more to hide his eyes ("eyes are the window to the soul" and all that). i think his go-to lucky items are the deck of playing cards he uses for on-the-spot fortune telling and the cherry blossom ring tsukiko gives him (or maybe that i do... teehee...)!
ren... he's more of a pessimist and realist than he lets on, and he's generally pretty clumsy and unlucky, so i don't think he'd put much stock into lucky items. HOWEVER!! he does carry a ring box around in his pocket for a long time, for just the right moment, and i think it becomes a source of comfort for him over that time. if something makes him nervous or upset, he just reaches into his pocket and holds it for a while, and once he feels a bit better he feels he can go about his day more confidently. we also have matching ring necklaces, and that would be a comforting weight on his chest!
#THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN!!!! this was really fun to consider. it was SUPER easy for oushirou but ren... that took me a hot minute!!#now i want to consider it for my other f/os but if i did that here the post would be a mile long KJDKJND ;;;; i am The Rambler after all...#π [ my posts. ]#[ asks. ]#[ oomfies ; kuroh. ]#π [ lying on the blade of an emotion. ]#π§ [ who is in control. ]#𦦠[ can't escape it. ]#πΈ [ look ahead. ]#π· [ phantom hearts. ]#β¨ [ oc lore. ]#β [ canon lore. ]
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