#things to do in Aswan

[bijoumikhawal]

Indigenous Egyptians 🤝 Indigenous Latin Americans

Constant jokes about curses and misunderstandings/oversimplification of your ancestors religions, which are also not infrequently used as the basis for horror movies

[marigold-hills]

Dunes & Waters, part 44

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They get the water.

Remus fills a glass bottle he steamed clean before leaving, corks it and puts a charm on it so it doesn’t spill. Sirius is already Padfoot, running in and out of the Nile, accosting passers-by’s and making children laugh. A little one gets prompted by his parents to ask Remus permission, then spends half an hour throwing a stick which Padfoot fetches each and every time. It’s a lovely day. They’re just north of Aswan, where the Nile historically began to flood before promanades were built and agriculture evolved into no longer needing the natures’ assistance.

There’s something sad about it, even while it’s amazing, how the people living there moved forward and harnessed what before was out of their control. Still, Remus can’t help but look at the water with a nostalgia for things which came and went before his time: for five thousand years, people came to the river for help with their crops. Prayed to it, made up gods for it. Now, the river is just that. Beautiful, but not much but a geological attraction.

“Your dog is very well behaved,” the family says when the child has had enough of running around with Padfoot. “What did you use to train him?”

“He came to me like that,” Remus tells them because anything else that springs to mind is not appropriate for polite conversation.

He sits on the grass. Padfoot lays at his feet, head resting on his thigh, eyes closed. The Nile is in front of them, the New Aswan City Amphitheater behind.

“The Nile was a way into the afterlife, you know?” Remus tells the dog. It focuses on him. “A causeway from life to death. Where Osiris drowned, but also where all life comes from.”

A soft huff from the dog, and Remus knows Sirius well enough to know it means keep going. Tell me more.

“I think I know what the potion does,” Remus pets through the dark mane on the dogs head, “I’ve got the translation… not fully, but I’ve got the gist of it. She wrote about control, and regaining it. When the moon is full, before you are made into beast, drink. The gods will speak to Osiris for you. If he’s so willing, forever the night will be yours to command.”

The dog pushes its mouth into Remus. 

“I don’t know why I didn’t tell you. No, that’s a lie. You can always tell anyway. We should write to Kingsley. You’re done with what you were supposed to do. And I’ve been keeping you here, pointlessly. Keeping you from going home. Just�� well, the translation was something I could still pretend I needed your help with, but it’s just unfair on you, and I’m sorry. I really, I am, Sirius -”

He’s cut off. The dog becomes a man. There is no one around them, but Remus still panics. 

Hands on his face, Sirius stops him from talking. 

“I’m not done with you yet,” he says. “You think I didn’t realise we were almost finished? Remus, you’re not keeping me here. I’m staying here, whatever my conditions of release were, because I want to be.” Sirius kisses so softly like it could show he’s honest and Remus breaks, just a little bit, because he fretted for nothing. They still have time. Not much of it, but it’s there. Sirius isn’t leaving.

“The translation. Tell me.”

“Follow in the footsteps of Osiris, beloved one, but beware. There is a price to be paid for chance of freedom - the price of rebirth is wading through death. If gods do not favour in your way, the path of return will be lost.”

They sit in silence, Sirius with the frown between his eyebrows he always gets when deep in thought. “So it is about the transformation.”

“It is. I think… well, I think it’s meant to make it so the werewolf doesn’t lose control. It sounds like once you drink, you stay in your mind forever.”

“It sounds like it’s warning you of something. The price of rebirth is death,” Sirius speaks cautiously. Moves himself away to get a better look at Remus. “And I checked, red lotus and acacia both symbolise rebirth. You weren’t planning on drinking it, were you?”

And Remus knows better than to lie, so he stays quiet.

“Remus. My love. Darling. You can’t be… this is an ancient potion we got the recipe for out of an artefact. It’s not tested. Surely you know I wouldn’t let you.”

“You can’t be surprised that I would be tempted.”

“Tempted is one thing,” Sirius runs frustrated fingers through his hair. “But to actually consider it? It’s not worth it. Even if it wasn’t for the fact that it could be a very old practical joke a couple thousand years in the making, it literally has a warning on the label. The path to return will be lost, you said.”

“That could mean anything.”

“Or it could mean that you die, Remus.”

They both sit with the words. The sun softly sets over the Nile.

“I won’t make it if it’s for anything else than research,” Sirius says. “You can’t make me contribute to you hurting yourself.”

Remus lays his head on Sirius’ shoulder, half expecting to be pushed off. Instead, a hand cradles through his hair, fingers get lost in curls frizzy from the day spent by a late body of water.

“Fine,” he agrees, because he can’t imagine a world in which he’d willingly push Sirius away.

There will be ways to test it, he thinks. To check whether it works, what it does, what the warning really means. If death is, in fact, a condition of the potion and rebirth just the optional outcome. 

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[aquarium-ina-bag]

Where Danger Finds me, it Follows with Tides - 4

Likes doves in the wind ch4

Word count: 1.1k

Relationships: Wednesday Addams x Reader (she/they)

Warnings: threats (duh)

A/N: I've been waiting to make that Jersey joke, BTW this is slow burn, cat and mouse type stuff, so you gonna wait for a kiss like after confession. Thank yall for the support

"You know there’s a thing called the internet; you remind me of my uncle, always resorting to a damn book." You groaned. The sound of a squeaky chair spinning was starting to annoy Wednesday.

"Your uncle seems like a highly ingenious person. You wouldn’t be able to acquire factual information about such beast online." Wednesday educated. 

The library was empty since it was past curfew; there was only a dim yellowish light illuminating a small radius, and it flickered constantly. The book in front of her was decrepit, with curses written in it, names of older holders marked on the corners of its pages, pages ripped, and half of the information in the book was crossed off. This was no help. The raven closed the book with vigor.

"Get up; we need something different," Wednesday commanded. You complied like a dog, she was curious why.

"Like the internet?" You asked while following her.

"No, a diary."

"Oh, my gods, we don’t have time to write about your hatred for the world." I want to get this A as much as you do." 

Wednesday's face softened in confusion, plural? She brushed it off. The two of you paused at a statue of the beloved patron, Mr. Poe. 

"Wednesday, what is this?" 

"Be silent for once." She really didn’t mean that. The sound of two snaps and gears maneuvering echoed throughout the hall. The statue revealed its secrets.

"You learn new things every day." You followed the evil-thinking girl down a stairway. 

Wednesday rummaged in her black leather satchel for a flashlight. When she acquired the gadget and flipped it on, you complained.

"Geez, now I can’t see."

"How? It was dark." 

"My," you emphasized the word, "eyes adjusted." 

She nodded for a second, and you two finally hit the floor.

"What the heck is this?" you asked.

"The nightshade’s hideout." 

"Nightshades?" 

"Your incompetence for knowledge is appalling." Wednesday walked to a photograph of a man covered head to toe in silky brown hair. She removed the photo, revealing a safe, and began to work on the code."

"I’ve only been here for a year, and during that year I was working."

"Are you not 16?"

"I am." You reassured

"That tattoo on your maxillary bone said otherwise." Wednesday was stalling with this safe on purpose. You noticed.

"It’s not a tattoo; it's, uh, a birthmark." 

"A perfect eye of Ra is a birthmark."

"How’d you know?"

"Where are you from?" She avoided the simple question.

"Wow, Addams, you actually want to get to know me. I’m surprised." You teased.

"Forget I said anything then."

"Fine, fine, Egypt, a couple of miles off Aswan. You?"

"Jersey."

You chuckled "That makes a lot of sense now."

She rolled her eyes. Finally, she cracked the code. On opening the safe, there were a small variety of books. She pulled out a brown, beaten-up leather one. 

"Is that it?" You inspected the book behind her shoulder, maybe six inches away from her. Why didn’t she feel disdain? She flipped through the pages, which contained information on mounds of different creatures. You stopped her for a second.

"Let’s do black dogs; they're native and easier things to find. They eat sheep, don’t they?"

She hummed, "Death omens, you have taste." 

"Ooo, we’re on compliments now?"

"Quit." she snapped.

You walked Wednesday back to her dorm room and barely spoke a word to each other. You enjoyed it—quietude even. Once you reached her dorm, you said goodnight to each other. Oh, if you could replay such a moment, you’d do it over and over.  

──────

Wednesday on the other hand, was caught in her somewhat vulnerable moments; the last person she wanted to be caught by was Enid and that ludicrous hand.

"Was that who I think—" The blonde girl piqued

"Shut up."

"You still think of them as rivals?"

"What are you doing here? You said you’d be at Yoko’s." 

"Ms. Fisher caught us sneaking around and sent us back to our dorms." Enid complained, "Lucky you that you got to sneak around with Y/n to have a little reading date." 

"It wasn’t a date, and don’t say that again." Wednesday's dander thickened.

"Oh, I wait to hear what Bianca would say about this." Enid performed an English accent. "The backstabber, that wrenched Addams, betrayal!"

"Go to sleep, Enid, or I’m going to declaw you right this instant." 

──────

Bianca practically threw her tray on the table.

"Geez B, are you still mad about Ms. Fishy Fish?" Yoko jabbed 

Bianca avoided the question to interrogate Wednesday. "I heard you had fun the other night, Wens." 

Wednesday turned to Enid with dagger eyes and stabbed her food. "It was mandatory, Barclay."

"I told you to stay away from them Wednesday." Bianca reprimanded

"I wasn't informed I took orders from you, but you sound like Xavier."

Bianca grimaced, almost the whole table did. 

"Don't speak about that bossy stalker," Enid said.

Wednesday's attention was on something new. This bird has been staring at her since she entered the quad, it looked like a hawk. Like some madman, the black-haired girl left the group and started to head to the tall walkways where the bird was located. She ignored the calls of her friends and trekked on. only to be greeted by the bird flying away and by you. There you sat, unbothered, feeding birds. She couldn't take her eyes off you; you looked so peaceful and surrounded by the life of different varieties, the sun shining on your face practically kissing you gently. Finally, you gave her attention instead of the birds. 

"You spooked me." You chuckled 

"Why are you here?" 

You laughed again; she loved the way your sharp teeth showed when you laughed. "I could ask the same thing." 

"Well, I asked first."

"Okay, that's fair; I'm feeding the birds in peace." 

She noted the way you said 'in peace'. Were you still happy and at peace even though she broke it?

"Now you, why are you here?" 

Why couldn't she speak? Of course, the truth is that she's chasing a bird, but a lie would be that she's looking for you, and that's worse.

"I was strolling around."

"Wednesday Addams strolling around never thought you went places without a purpose."

"I have free will."

"I admire that."

Why did she warm up to the praise from you?

"But I know that's a lie."

Why do you have to make everything difficult for her?

"I came to see you about the project."

You knew that was a lie, too.

"Get up and let's go; I want to get this done already," she commanded.

"Don't you have class? I didn't know you were that devious." Again, you got up quickly to follow her.

"I repeat, I have free will. Didn't you hear?" 

You laughed, realizing that this girl had just quoted you.

[tomboyjessie13-artblog]

This is something that I made last week but didn't bother finishing because I was lazy or doing other drawings.

Anyways, this drawing is of my Jojo OC's Stand [Flogging Molly] having special abilities and skills similar to [Star Platinum], I wanted to focus on other things besides "Drunken Lullaby" and limb blades.

Abilities:

- Gut feelings A unique trait they possessed since birth but has tragically been ignored by Medea for the majority of Part 3. They have a decent enough intuition that helps them detect something wrong or right, as such they become defensive and hostile towards anything or anyone posing as a threat to Medea's well-being but becomes friendly and calm when around someone they trust or have good vibes. I.e. They fully trust Polnareff due to sensing his good vibes and for getting rid of J. Geil: Link - X Ray Goggles An ability they also possessed since birth, while not used quite as often as they should, it's a very convenient ability used for spying and eavesdropping. The "goggles" takes on the form of [Flogging Molly]'s hands in a "eye goggle" gesture. I.e. it was once used to spy on the Crusaders in an Egyptian hospital in Aswan: Link

- Retractable arm blades A physical trait they've gained post-Arrow piercing, it allows them to summon blades from out their arms and use them to maim, cut, hack, and slash opponents and/or obstacles, they also summon blades with their legs for extra damage. Of course, they can be used for other things such as chopping fruit, the splattering in the image above isn't blood, it's strawberry jell-o lol

- Drunken Lullaby Their main ability and element they also gained post-Arrow piercing, it's a corrosive poison that's discharged from their aforementioned limb blades, which could scar enemies at best or kill them at worst, they also use it for the purpose of dosing people's food, drinks, and/or medication for assassination attempts, but can be called back to cancel it out. It is named after the song "Drunken Lullabies" by Flogging Molly.

- Seven Deadly Sins This is a bit of a small spoiler to my fanfic, but "Seven Deadly Sins" is a secret ability they gained during the events of "The Hierophant and Sinner". It reflects the cardinal vices Medea's committed in DIO's name and takes a lot of energy out of her and her Stand, hence why it's sparsely used. But when it is used, it lays devastation to their foe which powers up each time a Sin is chanted, from the least deadly to worst deadly sin. It is named after the song "Seven Deadly Sins" by Flogging Molly.

Medea King and her Stand belongs to me

[jotadoul]

🥰 anka and i are sharing a prion disease right now so we're rewatching the JJBA OVA. and okay. maybe it was the weed but i think it might be... i think it's my favourite thing ever made. that's ever existed. for all time. it's my favourite thing that exists. my favourite thing that Is. it really does makes me feel exactly like the ending of HEAT... LOL and i'm serious about this. it's like a stun gun or like being sandblasted where i'm shot outside of my body helpless to what's happening. horrible feeling and i love it very much.

and i feel soooooooo fucking VINDICATED because i dug deep into japanese forums + blogs and found people celebrating it ;__; there are discussions from this year (2024) even! people agree that it's gorgeous and that if you're going to watch (or even read) any version, it should be this one. that it rewards you on rewatches... which is true. every time i see it, i find something new, some extra bit of care that goes toward the structure of the mood. so many subtle movements in the acting, so much elegance to the balance of exposition in the dialogue. mainly in the japanese version, but it's not like it's lost in the english dub, just different. the voice actors did an amazing job with tone— notably there's this shaky tightness in Jotaro's voice during moments of fear/stress that enhances his expressions, actions.

i found people talking about the tension, acting, a wonderful review on the use of shifting, dynamic lighting throughout the OVA, the way the sound design— engineered by Skywalker Sound with score by a very young (~19) Marco D'Ambrosio— fills in SO MUCH for the animation with tasteful specificity in implying things like unique weight for footsteps, for Avdol's rings, or how the sound of Geb is like a strange layered scream. and fortunately found many people talking about being in awe of n'doul's humanity and how he has serious rizz lol and that he, in any version, is the only serious sobering moment of the glory gods... WAAAAH then i come on twitter or whatever and people are like "looks like shit, worst fight in the thing," and it's like jesus h. christ get a LIFE. i'm sorry you were tricked and lied to, but bad taste can be fixed if you just open your heart a little.

i do not feel moved whatsoever to watch the rest of the TV series (i made it up to the hunting episode of DIU.) something can be faithful and also a major downgrade, by intending to be as faithful as possible, misses the elements that make it what it is. besides, modern anime looks like real shit right now and i won't force myself through it solely because it exists. but i love this adaptation. i would rather see a beautiful interpretation that prioritises an effective, effecting mood, that tries to compromise with purpose and synthesise the source into what an animated version— the short film that this is— can do for it. what the form can heighten. there are little movements, upticks in speed or anxious stillness. the breathless timing and gravity of jotaro touching down and star platinum ripping right out of him like a major leaguer performing another major league hit. n'doul reacting to iggy, jumping slightly while kneeling. jotaro wiping off his fingers with a hanky and then rubbing them together. the entire scene with polnareff on the crates. oh GOD and the opening with the inverted sun... the cane... the cane scene cannot Not destroy you, be honest.

why did they include the red granite obelisk, notably from aswan, one of which was at one time commissioned by hadrian for his boyfriend antinous who drowned in the nile? that didn't have to be there, but isn't it beautiful? (and they put the eye hieroglyph right where we can see it... uuugh.) never mind the actual canonical content, with jotaro and n'doul mutually captivated, delighted, by each other's skill until the end. it's so painful knowing the inevitable outcome but it still somehow sneaks up on you with the way it's paced and i love to be rocked by it every time. the only guy ever to be spared on purpose— respecting him that much! and the respect is mutual! jesus, his monologue! he's the only one to be mourned. THE only one to be buried. by hand. alone. the fight begins under high noon sun and the burial completes at dusk. he's 17. fuck me.

i love when a story is never allowed to fully wrap up into the typical "and it was all worth it!" sort of vibe, which, in a way, is what happens, but it never rises to the point where... where that positivity matches the intensity of what was shown to you previously, or that those losses are meant to be forgotten in the wake of righteousness. and as far as i can recall, this is something araki has perfected over time. i'm thinking about the brutal bit in DIU with josuke carrying? dragging? okuyasu, and the particulars of kira's fate. but i'm REALLY thinking of VA, with giorno &co. in the office, and the epilogue. and then obviously SO. and then SBR. and JJL. this approach, the bittersweet heartache or outright mourning, has become a precise weapon and i can see the through-line from SDC. now that i've watched HEAT i can see why araki said that he cries every time he watches it. it's wrenching. and a big part of that is that you don't necessarily expect it because of genre or style flourishes, and that's really special. to be caught unawares, because you were already caught, you've been caught this whole time and now you have to take it.

i now know that yeah. yes. this is The definition of a special interest. because i have to, must, rotate this object in my head compulsively and purposefully so i can see every angle and crevice. i intuitively understand that i shouldn't be so bowled over and bitchy about it after so many years, sooo many years, but i can't help it! you like what you like and this is the benchmark. it pains me that it is so finite. that i've confusingly hung my heart on something that no one on earth could give one (1) solitary fuck about, and therefor there is an abrupt end to material. so i AM left rotating shapes in my head sussing out indentations in the form. kinda crazy. but fighting against it is maybe more punishing in a way.

this fight was chosen as the opening to the OVA because it's one where everyone is present. this fight was also going to be the entirety of the OVA, but araki liked it so much he requested more episodes 🥰💕

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

Hola, a friend and I are thinking about doing a sightseeing trip to Madrid in the middle of november. Do you have some insider tips what we should see? :)

hi anon, yes of course !!!

so, one thing about madrid, it isn't a monument city but a walking city. i'd say walking through the city center, centered around the two main squares, puerta del sol and plaza mayor (both also massive tourist hotspots so expect a ton of people). just walking around that area, around arenal street, calle mayor (main street), carretas street and others is enough to get a feel of the oldest part of the city (also called 'madrid the los austrias' or 'austrian madrid', when spain was ruled by the habsburgs). it's my favourite area honestly, alongside the barrio de las letras, which you can get to walking or in a few metro stops. its name translates to 'neighborhood of the letters' because a ton of writers lived here, and you can find phrases from spanish literary classics engraved on the streets, it's lovely.

apart from that central area, other cool spots i would really recommend you should check out is gran vía (busiest street in the city, it literally translates to 'broadway', it has a ton of theatres as well), malasaña (hip arts district, love the vibe, also it's so beautiful and there's always stuff going on, really nice place to go out at night as well), chueca (next to malasaña, it's the queer district!!! also very beautiful), debod (my actual favourite place in the city!!!!!! it's this hill that holds an egyptian temple - the temple of debod - that was gifted to spain after the aswan campaign, you can visit it and also the views from the city from here are lovely, you can find the best sunset here), el rastro (the largest flea market in the country, you can visit it every sunday, you can find anything here. also nearby, in the cuesta de moyano, there's a book fair also open only on sundays), retiro park (our main park, really pretty, it's very nice to just chill; it also has a lake you can row on, and cool statues and stuff), and the royal palace (it's open to the public if that's your thing, but the area around it is very very nice, i always end up here when i hang out with my friends).

now let's talk museums!!!! madrid has a ton of museums, i'll tell you the ones i recommend but depending on what you're looking for there's probably something for you. important to note is that at least the prado and the reina sofía museums are free everyday one hour before they close !!!!!! important !!!!!! check in case there's other museums that do this, but i'm unsure, i think it's those two and maybe the thyssen?

so. the main three art museums in madrid are the prado museum (the counterpart of the louvre, that sorta vibe), the reina sofía museum (our modern art museum, only stuff from picasso onwards), and the thyssen museum (ngl i haven't been here, it's a private museum made out of the collection of this one countess). all of them (more or less) are in the prado boulevard, which is also very nice to walk by so it's always lovely to go there even if you don't enter the museums. nearby there's also the national archaeological museum, my personal favourite one.

other smaller but also cool museums that i love are the madrid history museum (the facade is insane, also has tons of cool maps of the city), romanticism museum (an old romanticism-era palace with romanticism-era paintings and other stuff), cerralbo museum (underrated af; it is the personal collection of this one noble, the building itself is absolutely insane), and the sorolla museum (if you like sorolla this is your place!).

(i'm nearly done i swear)

if you have time and want to visit a nearby city, my recommendations are: alcalá de henares (really close to madrid, it has the second oldest university in spain, with a medieval feel to it, it also has the madrid archaeological museum - it was a roman foundation under the name of complutum - and most importantly, it's known for being the birthplace of miguel de cervantes, writer of don quijote!!!! you can visit his house, it's now a museum :), el escorial (deep in the mountains, it has the monastery of el escorial, maximum icon of spanish renaissance, it was the winter palace of the monarchy and holds the royal crypt, where most of spanish monarchs have been buried), toledo (oh if you love medieval cities you'll love this one. it was the first capital of spain, and it is most known for being the city that during the medieval times had christians, muslims and jews living peacefully. there's tons of churches, mosques and synagogues to visit, and it is very well preserved, with narrow steep cobblestone streets, cannot recommend it enough), and segovia (toledo is to the south of madrid, and segovia to the north! it is most famous for its roman aqueduct, the best preserved and highest in the country, and it also has a ton of historical buildings, including its alcázar, a palace that inspired the sleeping beauty castle !!!!!). also it's not a city but there's a national park in madrid, the sierra de guadarrama national park and it's super beautiful, it's this lovely mountainous area perfect for hiking or just chilling, and depending on when in november you come, you might see snow!

as a final warning!! i don't know where you're from but in november madrid is probably colder than you are expecting so make sure to pack some extra layers just in case !!!

[tinydooms]

I was tagged by @counterwiddershins, for this meme game where I tell you a bit about me so that you can get to know me better. Thanks, friend! :-)

favorite color: green, almost all shades, from olive to darkest pine. I don't love yellow-greens, though. They need to have some blue in them.

song stuck in my head: Dragula by Rob Zombie (I think?). I saw a tiktok this morning where the "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat" scene in The Aristocats was replaced with "Dragula" and it's been stuck in my head ever since.

last song I listened to: see: "The Aristocats" as scored by Rob Zombie. (I was trying to ease the earworm. It didn't work.) And then "Thunderstruck" by ACDC, "Mary on a Cross" by Ghost, and then the Act One Finale of Don Giovanni (criminally overshadowed by the Act Two Finale; this is one of the most baller ensembles in opera, period). I've still got Dragula stuck in my head, though.

three favorite foods: just three? I am She Who Eats All the Things. Hmm...I love bulgogi meatballs with rice and salad; I love taco bowls with good salsa and guacamole; I love fresh brioche slathered with salted butter and red plum jam, a cup of milky coffee on the side. I am also appallingly delighted these days by a plain bowl of Cheerios with very cold milk, a fact which made a teenage friend of mine put her hand on my arm and ask, in all earnestness, if I was okay.

"Something terrible has happened," I replied. "I like Cheerios now. I don't understand it but I cannot stop."

"Do you need to be smoke cleansed?" she asked. "Holy water might work."

Last thing I googled: "bookstores near San Francisco International Airport". I have to go up there tomorrow to pick up my mom and want to at least get my money's worth.

Dream trip: a Nile Cruise from Aswan to Cairo on a small private boat, like they did a hundred years ago. Do I realize that my fascination with the history of archaeology/Egyptology can be considered Problematic? Yes. But people have been cruising the Nile for millenia and I am a woman of science*, damnit, and I just want to see the panolpy of Egyptian history unfolding before my eyes like a goddamn Romantic, so that I can marvel at the wondrousness of the human condition and ponder mankind's infinite smallness in the face of the relentless march of history, yada yada yada. I am a simple woman. I want to stand in awe at the beauty and greatness of mankind and I want to do it from a small ship in the middle of the river.

I would also really like to visit Italy, particularly Venice and Rome.

*in my heart of hearts. I tried to be an academic, I truly did. I was not made for that world. But so help me, I can be an interested amateur!

[anyextee]

NUBIAN BAZAAR 🇪🇬 Egypt isn’t all pyramids, temples and tombs, there are many other interesting and unique things to see and do in the country. One such example is the Nubian Bazaar, which is located in the city of Aswan in southern Egypt. Aswan is home to a significant population of Nubians, who are an ethnic group that has a rich history and culture in the region. The Nubian Bazaar is a colorful and vibrant market that showcases traditional Nubian handicrafts, such as pottery, textiles, and jewelry. You can find a wide variety of souvenirs and gifts here, including colorful scarves, handmade baskets, and intricate beaded necklaces. In addition to shopping, visitors to the Nubian Bazaar can also enjoy traditional Nubian music and dance performances, as well as sample local cuisine. The bazaar is a great place to learn about Nubian culture and history and to support local artisans and businesses. So if you're planning a trip to Egypt, be sure to add a visit to the Nubian Bazaar to your itinerary! ✈️ 🧳 AdeptExpeditions.com/tours Photos by @eyecbeauty (at Aswan, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4eqe-Oaqm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[iceicewifey]

KAT KAT KAT i am shaking u gently and telling u u have such a Big Brain for making those SDC OC and agents of dio OC ask games AAAAAAA sending u 2 asks for Shay!! 💕

3.) Was your OC ever fleshbudded? If so, was it ever removed?

5.) Does your OC have a significant fight (or multiple) against the Crusaders? Do they team up with any other agents or is it a solo thing? Alternatively, if your OC isn’t a fighter, do they have any significant role to make up for it?

WHSWHSWSH thank u sof!! ;v; i wish i could've added more onto the agents one but i just know i'm gonna think of more i could've added later JGNBJ

tagging @jotatetsuken because she asked these same questions ♡

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3.) Was your OC ever fleshbudded? If so, was it ever removed?

in my main canon, no, shay was never fleshbudded. she was wary of dio at first, but never unloyal enough to warrant a bud. i have an old au i need to dig up sometime from around the time i first created her where she was budded and went to india with hol horse for his first appearance. her stand is insanely useful when teamed up with the right partner, and hol horse's emperor is a perfect example. this au has two outcomes — either dio wins and the part ends a LOT sooner, or hol horse hightails it and leaves her there with the crusaders like 🧍‍♀�� FJGNBJK it's an au because i thought of it way before she had any real role in the part, but now that she does, it's been sidelined to an au.

5.) Does your OC have a significant fight (or multiple) against the Crusaders? Do they team up with any other agents or is it a solo thing? Alternatively, if your OC isn’t a fighter, do they have any significant role to make up for it?

oh man... buckle up, because this is going to be LONG. the quick answer is yes, shay has one significant fight against the crusaders, but she also alters the mansion fight in ways i'd have to draw to thoroughly explain, but tenore sax isn't automatically disabled, plus avdol lives! so there's that. her only solo fight takes place after the hol horse incident, and taking boingo back to the airport to get him on a flight back to aswan, because she's pissed off at that point and decides to go after them herself. shay insists that boingo lets her see thoth to get an idea of what to do, even though she's already setting herself up for failure because he won't be there with her, so she won't know what to do next. i haven't written very much about the actual fight so far, but it'd be around the area where the crusaders are waiting for the beggar to find the mansion, while iggy is fighting pet shop. shay being shay is too headstrong to think about the ramifications of going after five big ass dudes all by herself, and needless to say it doesn't end well for her. also since she gets thrown into the nile, i thought it'd be funny if she gets thrown in close to where iggy surfaces after escaping petshop and she's like "wtf is that a dog" not realizing what dog that is before swimming to save him... JKNGFBKJF i know this doesn't really answer the question, but i'll definitely be posting about it when i figure it out ;w;

answered   ::   2, 4, 9, 7, 12*, 5*, 9*, 3, 5    ┆    pending   ::    1 *   =   from the crusaders version

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[marigold-hills]

Dunes & Waters, part 41

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NOTE: A bit NSFW, not explicit but tread with caution

The Box’s spells keep the lotus flower afloat in the days Remus works on the translation. Sirius isn’t needed for this part, there are no charms to break and no more curses to find, but he comes to the library every day anyway. Buys a record player and charms it to play their favourite songs, pesters Remus to take breaks for lunch. 

It’s to the chorus of Golden Years that Remus cracks the list of ingredients.

“It says Osiris’ gift of life, the water of Nile in flood,” he tells Sirius.

His flower, the lotus, red as your blood the mornings I find you after the change.

A lock of your hair, wolf-kind, to bind the potion to you only.

The tree of rebirth: wood of Acacia, it’s leaves, it’s sap.

“Good thing we already have a werewolf to use for the hair,” Sirius says, affectionately pulling on a stubborn curl behind Remus’ ear, “and the Nile is in flood.”

“Seems too lucky.”

“Seems like fate.”

It’s the kind of thing Sirius has been saying more. It tugs on Remus’ insides and on the part of him that wants to keep them just like this, forever, in the heat of Aswan and in library offices and in their lovely apartment.

The part that occludes the other, smaller one that says “Sirius did his job. There’s nothing left for him. You have to let him go.”

Because that was the deal. Sirius breaks the curse, Sirius is a free man. 

Relatively free, anyway. Not allowed back in Egypt, ever, but able to go home to England and to the Potters. Given by the length of letters James has been sending, he’s sorely missed.

But Remus stands in his way. Selfishly, greedily. Doesn’t say let’s let Kingsley know you’re finished. Doesn’t say thank you for your help, you did a great job. Doesn’t ask will you miss me?

He says nothing, and the guilt grows each day he watches Sirius wake up by his side.

It’s a week until the new moon, when the potion has to be brewed and they agree to get the water two days before it. Remus works on the rest of the translation. Peter comes to see them on the weekends, on some evenings they aren’t working. Remus gives them privacy. Locks himself in his bedroom with a book and falls asleep early, wakes up to Sirius pressing warm lips into the back of his neck. Arms around his waist, hands that drag him backwards and into the tightness of his embrace. Thinks this, please, every day in the soft delirium between sleep and waking as Sirius asks yes? and, always, he answers yes; the hand on his hip turning into fingers pulling him open then Sirius filling him up, closed, full.

Falling asleep like this, with nothing but a lazy spell Sirius used to clean them up after, with legs boneless and mind emptied but for the need to give. To offer at an altar, like ancient prayers, like: your goat is brought to you, its head is cut; your goose is brought to you, its head is cut. 

Like Remus is Osiris and Sirius is Isis, stitching him together, flesh to flesh.

NEXT PART

NOTES:

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As an African and an architecture nerd I'm unbelievably happy this post is doing as well as it is...here are some bonus examples!

(Afro-Contemporary style: Abrehot Library, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Fun fact: the second photo is too zoomed-out to see, but each of those main pillars is carved with the word "art" in dozens of languages!)

(Afrofuturist style: National Museum, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, which, despite seeming small from the outside, actually has a 500-seat theatre and a full 295-seat cinema inside.)

(Technically Nubian style but also kind of its own thing: Anakato Old House, Aswan, Egypt. Fun fact: This is actually a hotel!)

(Not a listed style but instead a cool little postcolonial fusion action: Asmara, Eritrea. A lot of stuff you'll see on Asmara and Eritrean architecture in general is leftover European modernist architecture from the colonial period, but I do believe the city has its own unique style that's worth appreciating along with that :) )

Finally, here's a bonus interior architecture thing that I think is really cool:

(Alliance franco-sénégalaise, Ziguinchor, Senegal. Photo credit: @_ccil_ on Instagram)

i feel like we don’t talk about things like this enough

[janatours]

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[tomboyjessie13-artblog]

This is loosely inspired by one of the incorrect quotes I did a month ago: https://tomboyjessie13.tumblr.com/post/713898214997278720/the-nile-river-egypt-a-few-miles-from-kom-ombo

Basically this drawing takes place during the 2nd half of "Stardust Crusaders" where our heroes finally made it to Egypt, Iggy joins the trip(albeit against his will), and my Jojo OC Medea, who was a agent of DIO, got caught and became their mole.

During their trip to Cairo, we witness Iggy being a jerk to the Crusaders and everyone around them, Medea being no exception as he raids her backpack of her personal belongings.

Her pajamas, her underwear, her toiletries, her game, her...."lady things", all just to mess with her and get his little paws on the ham sandwiches that she packed for her trip to Aswan.

Fun fact: Yesterday while I was still coloring this, one of my three uncles(my Dad's younger brothers) was visiting my house and actually saw what I was doing and thought the colors looked great.

That really puts a smile on my face.

Medea King belongs to me

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024 — ASWAN, EGYPT. Another day filled with wonderful experiences!

This morning I finally got a photo of the exterior of our ship, the Viking Osiris. It's a beautiful and comfortable ship. But we have been so busy with the many enriching excursions that there are places on this smallish ship that we haven't seen yet. Our suite is on the middle level in the photo, far to the left, just to the right of the larger palm tree, in case you're curious.

Our first outing this morning was to the Aswan High Dam. I had heard about the Aswan Dam project way back when it was begun, when I was 11 years old in 1960. I remember an article in LOOK Magazine about the villages and cultural treasures that had to be disassembled and moved or they would be flooded by the water behind the massive dam. So I was kinda pumped to go and see it with my own eyes. What I found out was that a dam doesn't really look like much. It's not exactly photogenic. But I did manage to get a photo of the Russia Egypt Friendship Memorial. Russia had helped Egypt finance the dam, so I guess they wanted the memorial as a lasting memento of their friendly generosity. It is roughly in the shape of a lotus, which was a symbol of ancient Egypt. The lower part of the photo shows part of the dam itself.

Then we went into the town of Aswan to spend time in the local market. This is not just a place to buy tourist trinkets, though there are plenty of those on offer. But this is where the local residents do their shopping. We saw a butcher shop, spice merchants, vegetable sellers, clothing shops. So it was fascinating to hang around there for a while. And the people-watching was great. The photos I've attached really do represent what most towns we've seen in Egypt look like.

We did have to be careful when crossing streets, because of the tuk-tuks. They are three-wheeled motorcycle taxis, and they are everywhere in the towns and cities of Egypt.

Our last activity of the day was sailing on a felucca, which is a traditional sail boat on the Nile. It was a pretty touristy thing to do, but we were ready to just sit for a while and glide on the river. On the streets and in the market, we had noticed quite a few young boys who were clearly learning the skills of getting tourists to part with their money. But we were surprised when a boy paddled up to the side of our felucca on a surfboard and started singing to us. He couldn't exactly carry souvenirs and trinkets, so he hoped that being cute and entertaining would send him home with "dollahs" in his pocket. And it worked!

As I write this, it's Wednesday night. We will leave the River Nile on Saturday. So we can feel the end of this amazing adventure drawing near. It's a sad feeling. But we still have more to see and do and learn. And I'm confident that we will love and appreciate it all.

Once again, it's been a good day.

(As always, click on the photos to get a better look.)