#vedmi

[mwgamera]

It's somewhat surprising how problematic the accent mark still is when used on Cyrillic letters and how few fonts render it correctly atop «і́» (і десяткове; should look identical to «í», Latin small “i” with acute replacing the tittle)—there's Liberastika and Noto which thankfully work, but none of the Core fonts or Croscore fonts do. Neither do many of the fonts intended for some system's defaults: not only good old DejaVu and Liberation fail, but fonts like Roboto, Fira, or Plex are just as broken in this respect.

Just now Duolingo asked me Which one of these is “bear”?, and clicking on the one labelled ведмі́дь (note the acute) played back confused TTS literally saying “ведмі де м'який знак.”

[on-a-lucky-tide]

Hello, I am once again annoying you with music+film recs

So, this is a song "Planes come first (and girls later)" from a 1945 soviet film Небесный тихоход (wiki says in English it's Heavenly slug, which is extremely cute)

The film is about three soviet pilots that swore not to fall in love with women, because planes come first, but obviously by the end it all changes. It's a very kind movie that tells about female pilots crew (I wonder if it/similar experience influenced Nikolai a little in his treatment of women as capable equals), but I thought about your headcanon that Nikolai is strictly gay. So I thought, maybe you can turn this scenario and song around, like it's not just a pilot's dedication to his craft that never let him seek a wife, but also, you know. The fact that he's never wanted a wife in the first place. And maybe Nik uses this song (and the title phrase that became a saying on its own) in day to day life, and then bam, there comes Price and suddenly it's not planes first.

And maybe a slight confusion about Nik's sexuality. I don't know how enjoyable such a story would be for you to write, but in any case, it's a good song from a good movie.

And also there's another masterpiece movie from 70s about soviet pilots, В бой идут одни "старики" (Only "old men" are going into battle), this one is legendary and I just highly recommend if you're interested. It is sad though (at least it was for me, but I watched it really young). There.

Have a nice week!!

Juju, I frickin' adore this, omg.

I still have your other ask for winter break so I can watch the film and formulate a proper response. It's like when you sit down at an expensive meal and the champagne costs three figures; new, requires savouring.

But becoming a workaholic to avoid uncomfortable truths about yourself? That's like Toby Carvery levels of comfort food familiarity.

Nik, who first heard that song and used it to explain away his lack of interest in women while his peers were all starry-eyed over the barrack bunnies. Perhaps he even jokingly refers to it when they rib him for his years' long dry spell. Young, fit pilot should be rolling in offers for dances and one night stands, but he isn't.

It's not that he doesn't love women. He does. His mum is his idol. He joined the air force instead of any other armed service because he read about the Night Witches (Hочные ведьмы, Nochnye Vedmy); he grew up as a young boy reading about Colonel Marina Raskova and Major Yevdokia Bershanskaya. Those are his damn heroes. (My headcanon that Nik has a special love of world war two aviators and even took the name "Nikolai" after two of them remains ironclad.) It's just... he doesn't really want to kiss one, or... yeah, planes. That's what he's on this earth for.

Nik becomes the best airborne operator there is because when you're striving to be the best, there's no room to reflect on why your eyes linger on your brothers in arms more than their pretty girlfriends.

No time to deal with the loneliness that roils in your chest every time a holiday rolls around, or another wedding invite drops on your desk, or your mother sends another long letter asking whether there is... anything in your life besides your planes. 'Life is short, little bear.'

Then. Price.

21 years old, freckled, serious blue eyes.

As driven and single-minded as Nik is, John arrives just at the point in Nik's life when it's falling apart around him. When Nik is realising he must make a choice and reforge himself separate from everything he's ever known and loved because he's about to betray it all.

And Price is beautiful. He is just so breathtakingly, ethereally stunning. How does no one else see it? How is everyone so normal around him? Nik is infatuated.

Right down to the damn smell of him, sweat and a cheap Dove aftershave when he's not on an op, the way his smile crinkles up his entire face because Price feels too strongly for his body to contain it. The way he bounces on his toes, squints at shit that pisses him off, has to touch fuckin' everything. Nik even loves John's temper, because when something ignites him, he wields that rage like he wields a gun; with ruthless, deadly precision.

Nik wants him every way; emotionally, mentally, physically. He has a whole body reaction to Price's touch; a simple hand on his shoulder leaves him reeling. It takes every ounce of self control not to grab that palm and press it to his face, to taste the salt on John's skin and trail kisses up his wrist to that lopsided grin...

But, Nik can't have that. He can't... engage with that part of himself. Certainly can't risk losing John for something as unimportant as his yearning heart. So he does what any good friend should do. He is unwaveringly loyal even in the face of almost certain death, putting his life on the line again and again, just for the chance to feel John's hand on his back, hear his chuckle down the Comms, share a cigar with him as the sun sets and the blood dries.

"I brought bags..."

"Heh heh, ya fink of ev'ryfin'."

And Nik's entire body curls with pleasure.

Nik is just so, so in love with John Price.

And John Price is in love with Nik. He just doesn't think Nik wants him, because after all these years, he woulda said, right?

[200-word-rpgs]

Collected entries for 2024-11-30:

Le Alien ne parle point françois by @detentescapement

ALL THE KING'S MEN by @dialectical-songbird

THE ANTARCTIC: A Fangame? by @ringedretrospective

An attempt to write an RPG that is shorter than its title, which has been padded slightly to make this goal possible by @arcanistlupus

Aw Fuck, NaNoWriMo Ends Tonight by @rathayibacter

Being-toward-death by Koliaza (submitted by @lordystardust676 on their behalf)

Charcuterie Roulette by @icarosaurvus

Core Competence by @rathayibacter

Dagobert et Saint-Éloi by @bossarmadimon

Destiny: Stay Dusk by @notsomeoneyouknow

Dicy Tracks by @zastro-thebeholder

Earth, Sun and Rain Grow a Plant by @cornishpatsy

Easy Submission by @boredtosizzle

Expert Professional Liars by @souridealist

Exotic Guests by @zastro-thebeholder

The Fallen Die by @clarkpadmore

Four Choices by @sunmaea

from nothingness by @kalinary

Got to Get Out of Here by @preponderance-of-parallelograms

HERMES by @fagenthusiast

HEXecutive Dysfunction by @that-house

I'm an English Major, Not a Scientist! by @coopbella

Interlocked Fates - An RPG Made of Interlocking Individual 200-Word TTRPGs by @thefaewriter

AN INTIMATE INTERPLAY OF SWORDSMANSHIP ATOP A SUNLIT PEAK by @seth-a-nahk

I wanna participate but I waited til the last minute! by @patient-sunshine

The Last Mission of a Pilot of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment by @nochnye-vedmy

Ledgermen by @whorelandoflorida

Lies of Men's Fates by @shyce-overgod

Minute to Midnight by @chaotic-error

Naive Rules to Argumentative Fantastical Play by @meticulac

Oh fuck by @kavka--esque

On God’s Desk By End Of Days by @krawkpaladin

Prototypes by @derpravener

Quaint Seaside Town Stuck In A Time Loop by @believerindaydreams

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are an RPG by @verysharpfish

Secret Agents of the 60s by @wrrdbrrd

Sneaky Snack by @blueberrybananasmoothie

Tail of a Scorpion: A Bestiary Game by @strixcattus

TANGERRITORIAL by @certified-llama-chauffeur

That Guy, The Game - or - Catan Doesn’t Ruin Friendships, People Ruin Friendships by @bitternest

This Isn't Even My Final Form by @zuritee

Voidsliders by @meanderxander

THE WRECKED PLATOON by @zeitghost

YELLOW FAMILY by @two-energy-counters

!(Zombie Apocalypse) ? Proceed As Usual : CYOA by @that-house

Previous summaries: 2024-11-01, 2024-11-02, 2024-11-03, 2024-11-04, 2024-11-05, 2024-11-06, 2024-11-07, 2024-11-08, 2024-11-09/10, 2024-11-11/12, 2024-11-13, 2024-11-14, 2024-11-15, 2024-11-16/17, 2024-11-18, 2024-11-19, 2024-11-20/21, 2024-11-22/23, 2024-11-24, 2024-11-25, 2024-11-26, 2024-11-27, 2024-11-28, 2024-11-29

200 Word RPGs 2024

Each November, some people try to write a novel. Others would prefer to do as little writing as possible. For those who wish to challenge their ability to not write, we offer this alternative: producing a complete, playable roleplaying game in two hundred words or fewer.

This is the submission thread for the 2024 event, running from November 1st, 2024 through November 30th, 2024. Submission guidelines can be found in this blog's pinned post, here.

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Между демоном и человеком. Колдуны и ведьмы - Архэ (2024)

Между демоном и человеком. Колдуны и ведьмы

Архэ

Онлайн-курс «Русская фольклорная демонология»

Фольклорной (народной) демонологией принято считать часть традиционной культуры, содержащей в себе представления о демонах –чудесных существах, принципиально отличных от людей, и в то же время гораздо более близких к людям, чем боги. Жители русских деревень и городов верили (а кое-где верят до сих пор), что демонов можно встретить в ближайшем лесу, у реки, в поле...

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Подробнее на https://eground.org/threads/mezhdu-demonom-i-chelovekom-kolduny-i-vedmy-arxeh-2024.148130/

[crp-center-blog]

Загадочный Йемен или ведьмы Хадрамаута Южный Йемен – это очень жаркая часть азиатской страны, в которой очень много пустынь и дуют иссушающие ветра. И пасут скот загадочные «ведьмы Хадрамаута»… На сотни километров трудно найти оазис с прохладной водой и раскидистыми деревьями. Люди в этой стране занимаются животноводством и сельским хозяйством. Кто такие ведьмы Хадрамаута? В провинции Хадрамаут местные жители научились … Сообщение Загадочный Йемен или ведьмы Хадрамаута появились сначала на Информационно туристический портал.

https://yaltatrip.ru/zagadochnyi-iemen-ili-vedmy-hadramayta-3/

[pfaugh]

@nochnye-vedmy

It's a blessing and a curse.

[ravulanareshblog]

Bakshalu Recipe | Bobbatlu.

Bakshalu Recipe | Bobbatlu.

Bakshalu Recipe | Bobbatlu – for beginners with a very detailed step by step process to make the best. Bakshalu | Bobbatlu is a popular Telugu sweet that is made especially on Ugadi Festival along with Ugadi Pachadi. This Bakshalu is a sweet flatbread made with flour, lentils, jaggery and cardamom. It is a festive Delicacy and is prepare during most festival like Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi and…

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PURAN POLI - One of the best traditional Indian Sweet.It is well known as Puranpoli in Marathi, Poli in Tamil, Bakshalu in Telugu, Holige or Obbattu in Kannada, Vedmi in Gujarati.

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[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

In a fight between Irish President Michael D. Higgins and four or five large bats, who would win?

[pfaugh]

@nochnye-vedmy

bone witch

[theculturedmarxist]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches

"Night Witches" (German: die Nachthexen; Russian: Ночные ведьмы, Nochnye Vedmy) was a World War II German nickname for the all female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces. Though women were initially barred from combat, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin issued an order on October 8, 1941, to deploy three women's air force units, including the 588th Regiment. The regiment, formed by Major Marina Raskova and led by Major Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, was made up primarily of female volunteers in their late teens and early twenties.[1]

( ;~;)7

[mana-voori-vantalu]

Nethi Bobbatlu or Puran poli

[eground01]

Дневник лесной ведьмы - Хмелевская (2023)

Дневник лесной ведьмы

Надежда Хмелевская

Kурс "Дневник лесной ведьмы", хит по продажам и отзывам! 7 больших уроков.

Делаем атмосферный альбом-дневник, попутно осваивая миксмедийные техники и работу с композицией.

Автор: Надежда Хмелевская.

Очень любит творчество в разных проявлениях.

С 2010-го года занимается скрапбукингом и mixed media, рисует.

В своих курсах максимально полно и доступно рассказывает и показать свои приемы и техники...

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Подробнее на https://eground.org/threads/dnevnik-lesnoj-vedmy-xmelevskaja-2023.112362/

[witchesversuspatriarchy]

"Night Witches" (German: die Nachthexen; Russian: Ночные ведьмы, Nochnye Vedmy) was a World War II German nickname for the all female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces.