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[maryymaruu]

The group is growing-

The bottom row designs might still drastically change, they're not finished!! For instance, their face markings are missing-

There's also two more group members, but their designs are giving me a lot more trouble than the rest, so I'll wait with posting them until I'm at least somewhat happy with how they look like ( ´ ▿ ` );

[canisalbus]

The little Courage the cowardly dog-esque paws on this drawing just sent me for some reason I'm so sorry I just had to quickly doodle a little Machete the cowardly dog XD

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[fabuladorah]

I love that what Holmes means when he says Watson assists him, is that John stands by his side, makes some notes (which Sherlock does not use at all) and looks pretty while doing it.

[cent-scratchnsniff]

something bad did indeed happen to that man. spent abt 25 minutes trying to find a better picture of that one (1) offical piece with his eyes open that wasnt compressed or tiny

[tekitothemagpie]

[thegamingcatmom]

ATTENTION PLS!

This is of utmost hairy importance:

I keep getting stuck on her hair. Not literally, sadly.

Part of me imagines long, straight, silken strands that are so soft to the touch. When she´s leaning forward and she lacks her head piece, they fall slowly, strand by strand, framing her face like a curtain. Same when she´s leaning over you (which ain´t hard cause bish is tall af). This is why she keeps them nicely tucked behind her ears (*feral noises*) when she´s not parading as The Priestess, so they won´t get in her way when she´s working or seducing you. When stressed, she runs a hand through it, making it come loose before it falls forward even more persistently than before, and hair that had once been neatly parted in the middle just...isn´t anymore. And all of that just does things to me- 😩🤌

BUT THEN-

...Then there´s the other part of me who can´t help but see her as this ruthless mob boss (I mean) who keeps it so short that the ends are barely touching her neck, slicked back with gel or some other substance that gives them a stiff, almost coarse appearance. Not one hair out of place, the definition of well-groomed. When stressed, she runs her hands through it in frustration, slicking it back even further. OR, perhaps that´s even the reason for that slicked-back appearance. That woman can´t keep her hands still, that´s just a fact (to me). So, when she´s not busy cutting someone open, she´s busy running them through her hair. It´s become an automatic response. And imagining her all huffy and puffy after yet another failed experiment, closing her eyes in frustration while running her hands through her hair?? I- 😩🤌

And just imagine running your hands through it and probs lose them in the process?? No matter if long and soft or short and stiff, that thought just-

😩🤌

WITH THAT SAID:

[another-little-hippie]

are the rumors true? did robert plant dye his hair to achieve his iconic golden blonde mane?

[not-poignant]

Daily excerpt from chapter 107 of Underline the Black:

‘You’d like him, wouldn’t you?’ Gary said. After all these years, he hardly ever talked to James. He knew some people dealt with grief by talking to their deceased loved ones, but Gary felt it to be trite for a long time, as though trying to make a false connection was a mockery of the actual love they shared. It was funny the things he used to believe that fell away so easily now. ‘You would have liked him all along,’ Gary said, his voice muted. ‘You would have liked him before I did, would have been furious at me for how I treated him. I can hear it now, I think. How angry you would have been at me for not respecting him as an alpha, while using my pheromones to get my way.’ Gary wiped at his cheeks and laughed to himself. How maudlin. Even without the wine.

[doloneia]

how much evidence do we have for making the ahhiyawa-mycenaean connection?

Great question!

The answer is a bit complicated - it’s less a matter of “quantity” and moreso likelihood.

The question of whether or not Hittite references to Ahhiyawa are references to Mycenaean Greek palatial states is still a somewhat ongoing debate, and has been for about a century. For the purposes of this post I’m going to be referring back to two books I’ve read that give a pretty good rundown of the issue - The Ahhiyawa Texts (written by Beckman, Bryce, and Cline - three eminent scholars in studies around the Aegean & the Hittites) and The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age. These two books make use of a lot of previous scholarship that I recommend you check out as well, I’m just using them out of convenience here. In short, it’s a combination of both Hittite textual sources and ample archaeological evidence of Mycenaean interactions with Anatolia at this time.

On the matter of Hittite textual evidence, the connection is made based on linguistic grounds (Emil Forrer, as early as 1924, made a very hesitant suggestion that Ahhiyawa and Achaea sound incredibly similar) and deduction based on the limited geographic evidence provided by Hittite documents mentioning Ahhiyawa. Hawkins (1998) observed that the Hittites describe Ahhiyawa as “across the sea” from Assuwan territories (western Anatolia), a detail that simply cannot work if Ahhiyawa is located in Anatolia. Considering that Ahhiyawa is regularly discussed in conjunction with Hittite activities in the region, there is very little room for Ahhiyawa outside of Mycenaean Greek states (which are - barring the identification with Ahhiyawa - strikingly absent from Hittite sources). One Hittite king - Hattusili III - refers to an unnamed king of Ahhiyawa with the phrase “My Brother, the Great King, My Equal” - which is (in Late Bronze Age correspondence terms) putting this guy on the level of Egypt or Assyria, so it’s clear that the Hittites viewed Ahhiyawa as somewhat significant on the world stage.

The total absence of Mycenaeans from Hittite sources makes even less sense when considering archaeological evidence from the Late Bronze Age. Shipwrecks from this period (most notably, the Uluburun wreck which was most likely going west from Anatolia) point to ongoing trade between the Aegean, Anatolia, Egypt, and the Levant during the Late Bronze Age. Mycenaean pottery is also found frequently in western Anatolia (especially Miletus and Müskebi, which indicate the presence of Mycenaean cultural influence & burial practices). Mycenaean remains in Hittite territory itself are relatively sparse, but Tudhaliya IV also told the ruler of Amurru (another LBA state) to “let no ship of Ahhiyawa go to [Assyria],” and the Ahhiyawa regularly sheltered Anatolians fighting against the Hittites like Uhha-ziti during the reign of Mursili II, so it’s likely that the two regions weren’t exactly on great terms.

Personally, I think that the introduction to The Ahhiyawa Texts sums the issue up pretty well - “If the Mycenaeans are not the Ahhiyawans, then they are never mentioned by the Hittites. This, though, seems unlikely…. otherwise, we would have, on the one hand, an important Late Bronze Age culture not mentioned elsewhere in the Hittite texts (the Mycenaeans) and, on the other hand, an important textually attested Late Bronze Age “state” without archaeological remains (Ahhiyawa).” Alternative theories regarding Ahhiyawa's identification can't really account for this discrepancy, and there's been a gradual lack of dissent to the identification because it's simply the most likely option.

What Ahhiyawa constituted politically speaking, however, is an entirely separate can of worms that I will not touch with a ten-foot pole.

[paul-simon-juggling]

Very Important: Paul's Weird Theater Kid Photos or Something

[favouritefi]

Very, very important question: do the catboys have beans? Or do they have regular, human hands?

they have regular hands but i like to give them beans when i draw them as chibis cause its moe to me, their nails are tougher and grow into a sharper tip than human nails though

[persy-r-bozo]

MY AUNT GAVE ME THIS BUNUY TODAY AND I JUST HAD TO SHOW YOU- SHE SMELLS LIKE STRAWBERRIES AD VANILLA I''m GONNA PASS OUT 🍓 🐰 💕

OOOOOHHHHH MYYYYYYYYY GOOOD??????

Shes so CUUTE!!!!!

Awwwww lil strawberry bunny!!!! ahvfvtoabacafhagafayoJGh

[qulizalfos]

one thing about me i will complain about shit on my stupid fucking blog.

[singsweetmelodies]

SO! not to make everything about rpf, but also...

i didn't want to say this ANYWHERE publicly before the race in case i somehow jinxed it, but i thought to myself on saturday: you know, if charles wins in monaco, i HAVE to write a fic about it. i just have to.

so, uh. guess what i'm doing tonight? 👀

[colorfuldream]

it’s kotoko the fictional character implying those things are moral failings rather than the staff. french translation team decided she seems like someone who would use slurs, the tls have never been identical but they often reinforce different parts of the same information, and she was very hateful in the original japanese

It's not. Those were never in the text. There's a difference between a character using slurs and the translation team adding a slur and questionable language out of nowhere.

They aren't the same information as both the Japanese and English version. They add subtext that were never there, confirm things that aren't confirmed for Kazui. Even the Mikoto part has its importance as she's mocking his self-pity schtick, not the fact that he's mentally ill.

Translation is a job. You're required to keep the original intention and meaning. I've seen localization do that better than what is supposed to be a direct translation.

[ananke-xiii]

my personal theory that probably only works for me is: the fewer the tags, the better the fic. I haven't been proven wrong so far.