#viking's japan invasion

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BACK HOME TODAY/TOMORROW, WISH ME LUCK FOR THE 15 HOUR FLIGHT AND 11 HOUR PARIS STOPOVER X.X

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@cafeleningrad tagged me to name 23 books I read in 2023 and my only coping mechanisms are sex and research so whoooooo I've got all 23 and they were hard to pick.

Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura.

The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 by James Carl Nelson

The Sum of Us by Heather McGee

Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom

Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America by John D'Emilio and ‎Estelle B. Freedman

The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066 by Marc Morris

Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45: Queer Identities in Australia in the Second World War by Yorick Smaal

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects by Jock Phillips

Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive by Marisa J. Fuentes.

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price

Cafe Neandertal: Excavating Our Past in One of Europe's Most Ancient Places by Beebe Bahrami

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer

1945: The Year That Made Modern Canada by Ken Cuthbertson

The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree & Arthur der Weduwen

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple.

A History of Nigeria by Toyin Falola

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower

Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico by TR Fehrenbach.

A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara Brookes.

A History of Disability By Henri-Jacques Stiker

Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War by Andrew Bell

Revels in Madness: Insanity in Medicine and Literature by Allen Thiher

tagging @elfpen an anyone else who'd like to participate! give me those fiction recommendations because i anxiety read non-fiction lmao.

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Events 9.3 (after 1930)

1925 – USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m). 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph. 1939 – World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures. 1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic. 1941 – The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs. 1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus). 1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days. 1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later. 1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2. 1950 – "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. 1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state. 1976 – Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars. 1978 – During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site. 1981 – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations. 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. 1989 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150. 1989 – Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12. 1997 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. 2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. 2004 – Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children. 2010 – After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board. 2016 – The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement. 2017 – North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

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Thursday, February 29, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: PERIMETER (BET+) ME, HEREAFTER (Disney + Star) BIG NATE (Season 2B Premiere) (Paramount+ Canada) THE FIRST 48 PRESENTS CRITICAL MINUTES (A&E Canada) 8:00pm ELSBETH (Global) 10:00pm (Moving to W Network on March 4 at 9:00pm) ROYAL CRACKERS (adult swim) 12:00am

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT: L'IL STOMPERS (TBD - Treehouse)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA AT ETERNITY’S GATE FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES REINA ROJA SELF MODULATION THE TOURIST (Season 2)

DISNEY + STAR ME HEREAFTER (Season 1)

NETFLIX CANADA MORBIUS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE (TR)

MLB SPRING TRAINING (SN) 1:00pm: Philles vs. Jays

NHL HOCKEY (SNOntario) 7:00pm: Coyotes vs. Leafs (SNEast/SNWest/SNPacific) 7:00pm: Knights vs. Bruins (TSN2) 7:00pm: Habs vs. Panthers (TSN3) 8:00pm: Jets vs. Stars (SNWest/SN1) 9:00pm: Bruins vs. Flames (SN) 10:00pm: Penguins vs. Kraken (SNPacific) 10:00pm: Kings vs. Canucks

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 7:00pm: Bucks vs. Hornets (TSN/TSN4) 7:30pm: Warriors vs. Knicks (SN Now) 8:30pm: Thunder vs. Spurs (SN1) 10:00pm: Heat vs. Nuggets

THE GREAT CANADIAN POTTERY THROW DOWN (CBC) 8:00pm: The remaining potters find themselves playing electrician when creating a table lamp.

LAW & ORDER TORONTO: CRIMINAL INTENT (City TV) 8:00pm: A shooting at a condo building leads Graff and Bateman to a twenty-year-old cold case that they must solve in order to catch the killer.

ALMOST PARADISE (CTV2) 8:00pm: When Alex entangles himself in a homicide investigation on behalf of his love interest, Ann Villegas, he is forced to befriend a geriatric couple with peculiar personality traits.

HOLMES FAMILY RESCUE (CTV Life) 8:00pm: After an unexpected stroke, a couple's lives have changed drastically and now their home no longer works for them; Mike, Sherry and Michael step in and discover unsafe structural issues, and look to rebuild a safe and functional space.

THE BRIDGE (Discovery Canada) 8:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Twelve contestants attempt to build an 850-foot bridge with minimal supplies in just 20 days for a cash prize.

AN OPTIMIST'S GUIDE TO THE PLANET (Crave) 8:10pm

THE NATURE OF THINGS (CBC) 9:00pm: Using the latest technology, "Sounds of Nature" brings viewers a world beyond their own, discovering secrets hidden until now.

LEGO MASTERS AUSTRALIA (Discovery Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Teams are challenged to create something that would be found at the bottom of the ocean; the creations will be submerged in water.

SUPERMARKET STAKEOUT (Food Network Canada) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Alex Guarnaschelli takes four chefs on an international trip without leaving the parking lot; they dish up Italian-style countryside cuisine and get a little bazaar with Moroccan food before one chef says bonjour to a year's worth of groceries.

VIKINGS: AMERICAN QUEST (Cottage Life) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): The construction and transatlantic crossing of the Draken Harald Hårfagre, the largest and most authentic recreation of a Viking ship ever built.

SHOGUN (FX Canada) 10:00 (SERIES PREMIERE): Destinies converge in Japan after a barbarian ship washes ashore in a poor fishing village; in Osaka, Lord Toranaga finds himself outplayed by his enemies.

SWAMP PEOPLE: SERPENT INVASION (History Canada) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Hunters return to the Everglades to find the enemy transformed; giant female pythons learn to hide from their pursuers; the swampers must dive deep into their secret lairs and remove the beasts before the glades are lost forever.

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After playing the first part of the Archon Quest, I gotta say that representation is bad, but ultimately any attempt to change it will end in a nothingburger. There will be some political and economic discussion from this point on.

I mean, there’s something so sad it’s funny when the whitest guy in Teyvat says “Hi, my name is Kwame”. The petition reached over 100k signatures and some people even boycotted it; some people even taught others to send directly to the Chinese government office. I don’t think that will work because are the people requesting this part of the main demographic (urban Chinese young adults)?

Representation is a tricky thing – I’ve wrote in this blog that, if I was presented the option to either have bad representation of my culture (Brazilian, Paulista) or none at all, I would rather not answer this question. This isn’t a thing that can be replied with a “yes” or “no”. I mean, I know orientalism, not as deeply as I should, but I wonder if when Edward Saïd first proposed this concept, I wonder if he actually touched upon something deeper than just orienting and structuring Eastern cultures around the West’s.

The problem is that orientalism has been a fundamental part of analysis involving the Global South and how to overcome this giant globalization system where there is a compression of space and time. Local stories and folklore used to be more prevalent because they mattered for the locality; only through expansion these stories were more known. And, recently, people have become more aware of cultural appropriation. But, again, this is recent; I'm pretty sure if you prospect ancient sources, you’ll find someone complaining about what we can interpret as cultural appropriation, but this has only become a part of the conversation because it acquired an economic dimension – cultural appropriation is bad because the privileged use the underprivileged culture to profit off it.

The privilege is so big that there’s an imbalance. Can you culturally appropriate New York culture? Do you see any Western European complaining about representation in light novels? Maybe there’s some weird nationalists who protest, but the average “Western” doesn’t seem to care, even they might even enjoy with how bad and inaccurate depictions of cowboys and Vikings are elsewhere. In fact, there’s even a term called “occidentalism” and the isekai boom in anime has origins in this, especially Familiar of Zero, that portrays a pseudo-medieval Europe that needs to be enlightened and rescued by the Japanese protagonist. The author even took real inspiration for Louise of a historical figure that he thought suffered an unjust fate (if you’re interested, read “Fantasies of Europe, fantasies of Japan: Isekai and the narrative logic of Japanese Occidentalism” by Scott Ma). It’s politically and historically hilarious because some would say the West is getting what they deserve, until you remember that Japan also has a story of attempts of hegemony and imperialism.

It must be remembered that East Asia has a long-lived writing tradition. Some would say the 11th century Tale of Genji is the first novel ever. Chinese writing is also very established. They have a lot to draw from and also prejudices – anyone who studies knows that colorism is a big problem in East and South Asia. This might be a reason why there’s so many white people (though it’d be more accurate to classify them mukokouseki, the nationless people that inhabit anime) in Genshin. Putting a fully black playable character would raise questions from its primary demographic.

Natlan itself took inspiration from pre-Columbian America and East Africa, but I also saw influence from Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cultures. The problem was already in the beginning, because these cultures have little do with each other. What was the point? To represent all pre-Columbian peoples? Natlan seems to have suffered the worse of the Abyss invasion and its traits make it harder to disperse the Abyss, but the truly stupid thing is the reason why we aren’t shown people from Natlan in other countries: because they don’t want; even if you say they want to remain in Natlan and reconstruct, it’s stupid and gives the vibe of “indigenous reservation”.

The culture does have some interesting ideas, with them being more carefree (I honestly think the graffiti everywhere to be charming). Its economy seems to be self-sustaining, with services like hotels, restaurants (granted every nation is very self-sustaining, with the possible exception of Szezhnaya, which has to import a lot of things, which makes the Fatui actions more stupid than ever). Even the technology seems up to date with the average Teyvat nation, just look at Kachina’s drilling device (though it was mentioned they still abandoned very sick infants, with Chasca’s backstory).

The people aren’t accurate, but a lot of inaccuracy is intended, because it’s supposed to be a fantasy world, where there are inspirations from the real world, but it’s recognizable as its own thing. It’s just that the vibe for Natlan is just “modern tribal” (if I remember correctly, anthropologists currently recommend avoid using “tribe”, but this isn’t as divulged). Each nation has this vibe: Mondstadt is fantasy Hong Kong, with a vaguely Central European aesthetic; Liyue is China, so miHoyo would want to make it more accurate; Inazuma is, aside from Watatsumi being Okinawa, standard stereotypical anime Japan (so much it’s considered the worst story so far); Sumeru is much more problematic because it used a land strip from Morocco to East India as inspiration and it has the same problems as Natlan (since it was most focused on its fantasy cyberpunk story); Fontaine is truly fantasy France; Szezhnaya is Russia, but I hope they don’t put all Slavs into one (like Warhammer Fantasy did with Kislev, and that’s another can of worms). So Natlan stands out as a mishmash that just have too many things.

Mavuika looks cool, but that’s it (to the point I think her coolness is more generic than anything). Her biker outfit looks so out of place, even for a fantasy world. There’s absolutely nothing, besides her pointy accessories that remember, even vaguely, the cultural inspiration for Natlan. It wouldn’t be a problem if all the other archons represented their cultures: Venti is a fantasy twink Jesus-analogue bard; Zhongli is a standard manhua hot guy (so tending more to mukoukuseki); Ei is a dark magical girl shogun; Nahida is…I don’t know, a genie?; the Tsaritsa, well, the name is obvious. Other Natlan characters are also like that, there isn’t much that reminds them of “tribal” and more like urban lower-class neighborhood, especially when compared to other playable characters (like what is Chasca design? Is she a cowgirl? Is she supposed to be what if a flying dinosaur was human (following her backstory)?). I want to avoid the criticism that playable characters are overdesigned, because even if that’s a bit true – I have never seen a critique in good faith in this site –, it’s not clear what the designers wanted with them, so I don’t think they stand out compared to the characters from other nations (though I do think Mualani is my favorite).

The biggest issue is that culture is treated like picking different fruits from different trees. Genshin designers picked different traits for their nations as if picking fruits from different trees. I could recognize many of these fruits (like acarajé, a typical food from the state of Bahia, which incidentally is the state with the biggest Black population in Brazil), that are a novelty to Genshin’s primary demographic. It gives them the same effect that putting armadillos (a common Brazilian mammal) in 1920s movies, to give them a sense of entering another world. But some trees are different from others and it’s clear that they don’t understand how some trees work.

I mean, this is nothing new in similar games (like the South American lostbelt in FGO, when it became clear Nasu has no idea of how Latin America works and wanted to tell other stories). Fontaine feels like a fantasy France, from its backstory to its soundtrack. But it is like that because French culture has a large diffusion throughout the world - everyone can name a French novel or song that they like, so there was much more that Chinese writers could work with – everyone knows how Jules Verne is, his stories have enchanted many generations in the entire world. But how many East African authors can you cite? The fact that I have to single out an entire region instead of just a country tells a lot. So, how interested are Chinese or Japanese writers in East African literature compared to French literature? I can say this because I’m pretty sure the answer wouldn’t be different in Brazil.

In looking for vibes, something might be lost. Farya Faraji, an ethnolinguist, made a pretty good documentary “Orientalism: Desert Level Music vs Actual Middle-Eastern Music” in YouTube. But a thing that called my attention is that the documentary agreed that “orientalist” music can be good music. That really complicates everything. We want to “consume” (I personally dislike using this term related to art, so I put in quotation marks) the best artistic experience, but between a good artistic experience and an accurate one, what would you prefer?

Playing Genshin is also playing the currently most successful Chinese cultural product. So, it is also a way to see how a part of their population sees the world. The same can be said by other games, such as FGO, which is interesting as how a Japanese otaku sees the world history. If there are biases, of course there are – just look at the massive controversy that it started, but this is only controversial outside China (as far as I know). Does the average Chinese Genshin player care about this issue? And, when I look at Brazil, it’s not that different. It had the same issues – I remember from Monica’s Gang comics in the 90s, they were full of stereotypes about foreigners, and a lot of Brazilian media uses similar things.

If you study the history of representation in a country like the United States, you’ll see that demands of representation came from the less represented. See the Marvel comic book Master of Kung Fu, which became the Shang-chi movie later. It was one important moment of Chinese-American representation, but it still used yellow peril tropes, like Fu Manchu. There was a Billy Wu that wrote every time about these issues and a great discussion happened in the letters section (later, Wu became an award-winning novelist), but insistence played an important role (see All the Marvels, by Douglas Wolk). The point is that representation in American media only became better due to pressure from non-represented citizens. Is there anything similar in Chinese society? I know that China is very diverse country, with many ethnicities such as Han, Cantonese, Manchu, Mongol, Uighur, Tibetan and they have a lot of conflicts, but, since we just “consume” the end product, we aren’t aware of how this works. They have to tend to their own consumer market. We can be thankful for when they get foreign cultures right, but we live in a world that thankfulness isn’t enough to pay the bills.

We have no idea of what foreign cultures are and representation can easily become a take-no-survivors zero-sum game – Faraji had to spend a lot of minutes explaining you can enjoy different cultures without being orientalist; should this be something normal to warn about? American cultural hegemony is a fact of modern life, because they have a cultural industry that produce hundreds of cultural products yearly AND the capacity to distribute them, which is arguably more important the former. I’m going to say something controversial that, while I don’t deny that there’s a lot of problem in the US, especially with its racism and imperialism, we are lucky the US is a very diverse country so at least there’s more representation potential (the only country that could pull off something similar is Brazil, if it had a bigger cultural industry, but it also has problems with systemic racism).

Stories are complicated. Why does the majority of characters that you might find relatable have nothing in common with you, in terms of names and appearance? Why are you more interested in “consuming” media produced elsewhere than in your home country? I mean, if you’re American or Japanese, the answer is different, but the point remains that representation isn’t the only thing a person is interested in a story. And I don’t want to be read as judgmental, even if I somehow managed to make you feel bad (which, again, is not my intention), I’m pretty sure you’d forget and continue doing the same, unless you are easily influenceable and I recommend building your self-esteem. Brazil has the advantage of being a large and populous country (and handicapped by its mutt syndrome), so a potentially large consumer market, but what of a country like Paraguay or Uganda? They do have their own cultural production, but they have much lower access to distribution channels. So, these people claiming for representation seem to have no idea of how big the effort is for a cultural product (like a novel) from a culturally irrelevant, from a worldwide point of view, is to make it big, when you could simply invest in a “winning strategy”.

Animation is a big example. I’m a fan of animation and anime especially, but I know animation is costly. For a country without animation industry, getting something finish is hard and potentially bankruptive – this is why every Brazilian animated movie has a lot of sponsors, including from the government. But the US and Japan have a different problem: they have to produce so much so that a fraction of it returns profits (I read once that only a fourth of season anime can be considered “successful”; also this is a reason why a lot of otaku-pandering trash gets animated, simply because they have much bigger chances of religiously buying their merch and give profits to the companies). And, due to the high number of products, at least some of them will fancy consumers worldwide because representation isn’t everything. But are their creators obliged to cater to these audiences worldwide? I saw the creator of Jujutsu Kaisen explaining that only mages appear in Japan because of “something weird” there, which is a polite way to say he’s just not interested in telling a story outside Japan. That didn’t stop a shrine dedicated to one of its characters emerge in a metro station in Santiago, Chile.

I’ve seen a lot of people in tumblr going to the inbox of certain artists and asking them to draw people in the style they want. Invariably, the answer is a variation of “I’m not interested, why don’t you do it?” In a better world, that would be a standard option, having different animations from different countries, and not just concentrated in two or three centers. But, due to a lot of factors that won’t happen so soon. So, the only chance for a culture to be represented is to act like the ending of the CATS movie (I just watched a few reviews, that movie seems to be really bad, but the metaphor is perfect): making noise about themselves so one of them can jump in the boat and to the afterlife or something, achieve their objectives.

What if the creators of these centers aren’t interested? You have to wait until a creator develops a special interest in one culture and convince the ones in charge that their story will be profitable. I saw this happening with Brazilian culture: Mangaka no Favela involved a Japanese author with a genuine interest in Brazil and its stories (he got inspired by City of God, which is one of the most famous Brazilian movies) and talked to a lot of Brazilians in twitter to make something that showed his appreciation, even learning Portuguese – that didn’t stop people complaining here about being a white man syndrome thing, which shows that criticism can be close-minded if not well-thought and acting from a place of prejudice in its most literal sense (pre-judice, judging too early). In contrast, there was that light novel of the Japanese guy with fetish for Latinas who used ChatGPT to name her stereotypical heroine, that came from the Amazon, and that story sounds like something that would be the beginning of a story in the criminal section in a newspaper about sexual tourism, muito escroto as they would say here. This shows that something accurate requires effort – all good art requires a lot of effort, but some things require more effort than others and researching foreign cultures is one of them.

My personal theory why Genshin is like that is because it was planned in late 2000s-early 2010s. The BRICS emerged as a discussion and alternative to the Western economic model. I remember very well how everywhere they were in academic discussions, so it seeped into popular culture, including Genshin writers, so they decided to have Sumeru and Natlan. But they realized how different they were and little they knew about their cultures and difficulty to access things besides Wikipedia articles (granted Wikipedia is banned in China), so they decided to mishmash everything. Now, in the 2020s, the BRICS are an international joke, because they realize they’d rather sell their best products to the Global North than to each other (they did expand recently, but the only benefit of participating of the BRICS group is that you can tell others that).

This also shows that the Global South is just as (un)interested in other cultures as the Global North. The only reason why the Global South (and many countries of the Global North) are so accepting of cultural products from the US and Japan is because they have no other choice: they’re the ones with most appealing techniques (especially in animation) and better channels of distributions, to the point average people would prefer foreign than national stories. Good luck trying to find a sci-fi or fantasy book written by Brazilian authors in a bookstore; you can find, but you have to go the extra mile, and it’ll be far from the most visible aisles.

This is why the protests about representation in Genshin will likely not work. The Chinese are telling a story for the Chinese and unless the Chinese public demand better representation or foreigners manage to somehow influence their culture. The best way to do that would be putting more foreign media in China, so that they can be more familiar with other cultures and avoid orientalist-like pitfalls (so that we have more Fontaine and less Natlan), because a petition like that would only give the idea foreigners are upset, but that’s nothing new for the average Chinese that has to deal with news of problems in the Indian border, the South China Sea claims, Taiwan and the commercial conflicts with the US.

Lastly, this text was written to show why Natlan isn’t a dealbreaker for me (because I’m part of the “problem”, I am writing an isekai involving Japanese characters, because the story I want to tell is this one, because I want to write my own novel). For some people, it surely was and there’s nothing I can do about it. But one thing I can say: art is realizing you can do whatever you want; there is no obligation of art from making the world a better place (in fact, it’s possible that some pieces of art have made the world a worse place), though that often happens. It is true that you have to deal with the consequences of doing whatever you want, but few times artists think of the consequences in the initial stage (this is why editors are important, because art that makes the world worse constantly have no one to tell them to think twice or they’re ignored).

I actually broke the character limit, so I'll continue in the next post.

Playing the new Genshin expansion. I will write my thoughts and rambles that were accumulated during the entire controversy. I wanted to play it by myself to complete my opinion. I can say in advance that lots of my lowest expectations weren't met and that things aren't as bad as it seems, paradoxically.

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So, theory on God of War 6 and subsequently endgame God of War: Ragnarok spoilers below the cut

The way I see it, there's two ways to go now after Ragnarok:

We follow Kratos to Egypt, either as a sequel to Ragnarok or a midquel as I'm pretty sure there's a comic of Kratos going to Egypt after God of War 3 and before he ends up in Midgard. Not entirely sure what the plot would be, but considering at least one of the original ideas for the God of War trilogy was to have a single game set in Greece, Scandinavia and Egypt respectively* I think Egypt is a clear shoe-in for a game at some point.

We follow Atreus to Ireland. We know Atreus is going to new lands to find the Jotnar that fled Odin, and of the lands mentioned in Tyr's temple and shrine in God of War 4 (Egypt, Ireland, Japan and one of the Mesoamerican religions, presumably Aztec) the only race of giants from another land I can think of** is the pop culture understanding of the Fomorians from Irish mythology. Which, if they do go there, would be oddly clever? Considering there's a school of thought in some academic circles that the invasion of the Fomorians as the monks recorded it is heavily influenced by the Viking raids of Ireland in the 7-800s, so having them be an offshoot of the Jotnar would actually work, weirdly enough? Also, it'd give you a chance to shoot Lugh in the dick, and I may not know much about Irish mythology but I know that if you get the chance to shoot Lugh in the dick, you take it.

*and then the protagonists of those games would turn out to be the Wise Men from the Nativity story, which I'd be eternally pissed about but it would be almost worth it to hear Christopher Judge awkwardly give over some gold to Baby Jesus.

**which, don't take that as gospel, if the 'presumably Aztec' thing didn't give it away I'm horrifically uninformed when it comes to the various Mesoamerican mythologies!

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Xan/Vani

They/them

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This is a sideblog. If I interact from my main no I don’t :)

About:

I suffer from extreme paranoia and anxiety, so Xan and Vani aren’t names that I actually use. If you see me using my real name at any point, no you don’t :) If you see me interacting from my main, idk who that person is totally not me :)

I’m disabled (physically and mentally, and I refuse to elaborate on this) and my energy and attention is all over the place. I may leave this blog for seven months without a word for no reason and then come back to completely spam the dash for eight days for no discernible reason. It’s how it be sometimes.

I appreciate clear communication since I don’t always understand implications. I can usually tell tone pretty well but all the same if you use tone indicators you are an MVP.

Do not ask me about anything invasive (orientation, gender, location, my name, my appearance, ethnicity, nationality, etc.) because I will not answer. This is both because of my mental health and because you are not at all entitled to know that information. If you feel like you are, that’s on you, and I recommend that you block me. I refuse to divulge any more information than I already have.

BYF/DNI:

I don’t have a DNI. It doesn’t really stop anyone from following me or interacting with me if someone wants to, but all the same, please be polite and respect my boundaries and I’ll do the same for you. Obviously if I break your DNI (or equivalent, I guess?), please let me know. If you interact with me and I’m not following/interacting with you but I break your DNI, I’ll give you a heads up and you can decide where to go from there.

I don’t appreciate people claiming that foster/step/adopted/etc family aren’t “real” family. This is the only hard rule I’ll put down because I assume everyone else who would break my DNI would be immediately blocked on sight anyways. If you claim non-bio family isn’t “real” family, you are, in fact, a piece of fucking shit and I will break your kneecaps. You know those people exist and can hear you invalidating their family, right? It’s an assholish thing to do and I want nothing to do with you. Send me hate over this if you want, but it’d really just seal the fact you’re an asshole in stone.

That’s all the hostility I have for that, but obviously if you think we’re not going to get along, just block me. Save us both some time and peace of mind, I guess.

Inch Rests:

Media

Square Enix games (esp. Kingdom Hearts & Final Fantasy)

Assassin’s Creed

Arkane games

RWBY (please don’t start discourse about it I’m so sick of it please)

Star Wars (Legends and some canon)

Naruto

Way of the Househusband

ATLA (but not LOK and the movie doesn’t exist lol)

Fire Emblem (Awakening, 3H)

Harry Potter (sort of? It’s an old hyperfixation I can’t get rid of send help)

Persona series

Yugioh (DM, GX, 5Ds, Abridged)

DC Comics (Batfam, Smallville)

Danny Phantom

Dragon Age

Topics

Languages/linguistics

Conlangs

History (classics, medieval, WW1/WW2)… (Kemet, Roman Empire, Greece, China, Japan, Anglo-Saxon England, Vikings)

Keyboards

Neuroscience

Psychology, sociology

Genetics

Myths (all sorts, not just mythology but like… folklore, urban legends, stupid shit like Inuits having 50 words for snow, they’re all so good to me)

Political theory (not an invitation to start a debate, but I do always appreciate book recs because I find politics and the psych behind it interesting)

[quokkacore]

𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 [nct collab call]

take a look inside the chapters of this history book and read of several events spanning across all of human civilization. read about people from all walks of life: great heroes, legendary foes, daring outlaws, ordinary people. read about the rise and fall of empires, conspiring courts, the rise and fall of empires, forbidden alliances and romances. in fact, dear reader, don’t just read. learn from the past, because if we don’t, we are doomed to repeat it.

𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖉

in lieu of hitting 500 followers, i’ve decided to announce this collaboration!! i’ve always loved history so why not? some of these eras are specific to certain cultures and places, but others are a lot broader. at the end of the day, they’re your stories. also if you saw me post this on accident the first time... no you didn’t <3

𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓

this is a historical au collaboration, but any genre is allowed as long as your story is set in your chosen era! however, smut is not allowed for jisung or if you, the writer, are underage.

all works must be member x reader. love triangles and the like are allowed, but the main male character must be the member you chose.

eras and members are chosen on a first come, first served basis. please message me if you want to participate! if your main blog isn’t your writing blog, please be sure to tell me your writing blog so i can add it to this list correctly :)

you must have discord, since i will be sending all writers working on this collaboration a discord server link. there, i will send announcements and we can all give each other feedback!

tag any triggering content. if you’re not sure, ask in the discord server!

research is definitely encouraged as you will be writing about historical eras, some with specific cultural significance! please be respectful of any cultures or traditions you write about.

in the same vein, don’t romanticize any historical events or figures that are controversial, or have had negative cultural impact (ie, 9/11, the crusades, colonialism). again, if you’re not sure, ask in the discord server!

minimum word count is 2k. your words cannot be blurbs or timestamps.

please inform me if: you’re changing your url, you’re going on hiatus, or if you need to leave the collaboration.

the deadline is currently november 2021, but it is very flexible and can be pushed back even further should several writers ask!

after you’re added, i would really appreciate it if you reblogged this post to boost its reach :D

𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖝

moon taeil - 

johnny suh - @aquamoonchaii - the joseon dynasty

lee taeyong - @moondustaeil - the victorian era

nakamoto yuta -

qian kun -

kim doyoung - me! - the renaissance

lee ten - @sleepylixie - the 1940s

jung jaehyun - @doderyscoffee​ - the rococo era

dong sicheng - @loonacitys - the regency

kim jungwoo - @smileyjaeminies - ancient greece

wong yukhei -

mark lee - @lamaiejeno - the 1920s

xiao dejun -

wong kunhang - @zephyr-abyss - the golden age of piracy

huang renjun - @seulgiswhoreee - the 1930s

lee jeno - @jenoentry - the roman empire

osaki shotaro -

lee donghyuck -

na jaemin - @jaehyyns - the 1960s

liu yangyang - @lovelyutas - the late middle ages

zhong chenle - @softcrescendo - the tang dynasty

jung sungchan -

park jisung - @heejinnien - the three kingdoms period

𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖘

listed below are historical eras to choose from, a brief description of them (except anything past the 1900s as they’re pretty self explanatory), and a few examples of media or cultural phenomena you could use as inspiration if you can’t think of anything! media will be in italics, cultural phenomena will not.

ancient greece (800 BCE—32 BCE): a civilization based in the mediterranean, known for its extensive mythology and advancements in math, art, western philosophy and government. inspiration: the odyssey, hercules, the iliad, percy jackson.

the han dynasty (206 BCE—220): known for its long reign and achievements, it was the second imperial dynasty of china. it is highly regarded as an age of peace and prosperity that allowed china to grow into a major world power. inspiration: painted skin, the virtuous queen of han, the king’s woman

roman empire (27 BCE—476): in its time, this was one of the most powerful empires in the “known world” as a result of its political prowess and military power. it spanned from england, to the mediterranean, to parts of the middle east. inspiration: the heroes of olympus, pompeii, gladiator 

the tang dynasty (618—906): regarded by many as china’s golden age of arts and culture, the tang dynasty allowed aristocratic life to flourish. poetry, art, and education prospered. inspiration: house of flying daggers, the empress of china

the viking age (793—1066): time period in scandinavian europe during which vikings conquered parts of north america and england. inspiration: vikings, how to train your dragon trilogy

the three kingdoms period (892—936): period in korean history in which the korean peninsula was split into three kingdoms, all wanting to conquer one another: goguryeo, silla and baekje. inspiration: the blade and petal, hwarang 

feudal japan (1185—1602): period of civil unrest in japan, during which the political world was unstable, and power fluctuated between the shogunate and the royal court. it can be separated into two main eras: the kamakura period, and the sengoku period. inspiration: samurai, inuyasha, hakuouki

the late middle ages (1250—1450): a relatively brutal period, known for its numerous wars and civil unrest, throughout europe and asia. inspiration: the princess bride, robin hood, marco polo

joseon dynasty (1392—1897): the last and longest ruling confucian monarchy in korean history. inspiration: 100 days my prince, mr. sunshine, rookie historian goo hae-ryung

the renaissance (1450—1600): period based in europe (mainly italy) which was known for its advances in art, technology and science. inspiration: shakespeare in love, romeo and juliet, ever after

the golden age of piracy (1650—1730): during which maritime piracy across the world grew more and more prominent due to large shipments of cargo making their way to places like the caribbean, west africa, north america and europe. inspiration: pirates of the caribbean, treasure island

the rococo era (1737—1770): art movement in europe which glamorized grandeur and luxury, revolving around heaven, angels, love and lavishness. inspiration: barry lyndon, marie antoinette, a little chaos

the age of revolutions (1765—1849): a period in which a shift occurred in the western world, and monarchical institutions were overthrown in places like latin america, north america, and france. inspirations: les miserables, hamilton

the regency (1795—1837): british time period surrounding the time before, during, and after which prince george of england iv ruled as prince regent after his father was deemed unfit, during which time aristocracy flourished. inspiration: pride and prejudice, emma, bridgerton

victorian era (1837—1901): period spanning the rule of queen victoria of england, during which the industrial revolution occurred and urbanization became widespread. inspiration: the young victoria, the phantom of the opera, penny dreadful

the old west (1860—1890): period in american history during which many made the dangerous decision of migrating west of the Mississippi river, in search of gold, new land, and money. inspiration: jane got a gun, the good the bad and the ugly

the 1900s: moulin rouge!, finding neverland

the 1910s: downton abbey, my fair lady, anastasia

the 1920s: the great gatsby, boardwalk empire, silent films

the 1930s: bonnie and clyde, the handmaiden, the beginning of hollywood’s golden age  

the 1940s: casablanca, the godfather, the notebook

the 1950s: swing kids, grease, dead poets society 

the 1960s: american graffiti, the british invasion, summer of love

the 1970s: the lovely bones, mindhunter, the birth of punk music

the 1980s: atomic blonde, stranger things, the americans

[hetagrammy]

#okay but also consider (and i'm not SUPER familiar with asoiaf regions so i might have this wrong) but consider the reach is italy#and molly dresses in her husband lovino's colors

You're correct in saying that, the Reach gives very strong Renaissance Italy and France vibes. This was my prompt to sort people. This also means I'm going to end up drawing this AU in the future now that I have an excuse haha

The North- Arctic climate where people tend to feel more separate from the Southern kingdoms and have a more unique culture compared to other kingdoms

Russia

Ukraine

Belarus

Mongolia

Romania

Moldova

The Iron Islands- Basically Vikings but if we thought they subsisted only on raiding (I really don't like the Iron Islands so I may honest to God ignore them and sort these five into the North or pretend the Iron Islands are a little better than in canon)

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Iceland

The Vale- Mountainous kingdom that tends to stay out of conflict, but has a strong reputation for its knights and impenetrable walls

Austria

Switzerland

Prussia

Germany

Liechtenstein

The Riverlands- Fertile kingdom with a lot of waterways always caught in the middle between warring powers

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Czechia

Slovakia

Bulgaria

The Westerlands- Kingdom that made its money through trade and gold mines, has reputation for being a little shady in business dealings and the ambition of its houses

Netherlands

Belgium

Luxembourg

The Reach- The breadbasket of the kingdoms, exerts a lot of soft power and tends to make a lot of marriage alliances, also where the Faith of the Seven was started

Veneziano

Romano

France

The Stormlands- Stormy kingdom with rocky terrain that rely on sea trade, frequently deal with southern invasions, and have a strong martial tradition

England,

Scotland

Wales

Ireland

Northern Ireland

The Crownlands- Essentially the land under direct control of the royal family, where the Targaryens in the og series based their power after invading Westeros fleeing from the ruin of Old Valyria

China,

Japan

Taiwan

Hong Kong

Macau

India

Dorne- Dorne is directly based on Moorish Spain, used to be frequently in conflict with the Reach and the Stormlands over territory, very sunny and more arid than the other kingdoms

Spain

Portugal

Turkey

Greece

I'm gonna ask, since you've drawn Molly in dresses from HotD have you ever consider a Game of Thrones AU?

I’ve considered it! I probably wouldn’t do an AU where the plot is directly copied, however I’ve thought about them in the setting (or a similar medieval fantasy setting). I’d probably base it a little more off the books though because they’re what I’m more familiar with, and we all know the show went downhill pretty quick after season 4.

It’s funny that I’ve drawn her in the colors associated more with House Hightower and the Reach, when in actuality I think the British Isles fam would be more likely to be a Baratheon-esque house from the Stormlands. Especially with the sibling dynamics they have going on and their general demeanor (Stannis and Renly you will always be famous). Now that you’ve brought it up I’m actually thinking a little more about making an AU haha.

[shining-dawn]

Wait, did you all get taught history of imperialism in schools?

Is this sarcasm ? 😐 if not, how did they teach the discovery of the american continent in your country ?

In my country we were fed propaganda, I live in the capitalist hellscape capital of the world.

Sure, Christopher Columbus discovered america by accident while looking for spices, even after vikings were there earlier, but that was a happy accident of course! How lucky for history that he fucked up so bad. And naturally, the whole problem of european nations setting colonies was solved when those colonies became independent, naturally. Now they are their own countries and we're all so happy that america and those south american places exist. And then those brave settlers, the pioneers happened, and they went through such hardship to establish this whole great nation. Yaay.

Sure we the teacher mentioned that the Trail of Tears happened, (though they only called it by that name once) but it wasn't like the natives were rounded up and killed or anything. No, the president just asked them to move, that's all. No harm done.

What's that? World history? Well sure, we learned about world wars 1 and 2. How america wanted to remain pacifistic until japan and germany forced their hand, so they came to be the heroes of D-Day. And then, with a heavy heart, the U.S. president used nuclear bombs against Japan, but the Japanese were so strong willed, if he hadn't then even more lives would probably have been lost in the invasion, right? So really, it was for the greater good.

And everyone liked happily ever after. The end.

That's what I learned in history class. I even believed it, for a year or two, until I started obsessively fact checking things I heard on the internet and started using tumblr, and had a gay english teacher who taught us about McCarthyism in preparation for The Crucible, and had us read The Bluest Eye to understand representation. And most Americans don't do that. Most Americans I know, they stand for the pledge like proper Patriots, because we are so lucky to have this nation, this wonderful blend of cultures where anyone can come and escape their past, right? That's the story of history, right?

That's what thousands of kids across America are taught. So yeah, they have to ask "Uh, did Europe do something problematic?"

[amuseoffyre]

Decided to put together a list of all the specific events and people (both historical and biblical) that I have covered in my GO fic in sequential order. Didn’t include canon unless I had written expanded scenes specifically about the event/person.

1.    The Fall of the Host 2.    The Death of Adam 3.    The Tower of Babel 4.    After Sodom and Gomorrah 5.    Jacob wrestles 'God' 6.    The Deliverance of Moses 7.    The Exodus 8.    The Ten Commandments 9.    The Blessing of Manoah 10.  The Death of Samson 11.   David & Goliath 12.   David & Bathsheba 13.   Thales of Miletus 14.   Nebuchadnezzar's Furnace 15.   Buddha 16.   Diogenes in Plato's Academy 17.   Halley's Comet (Chenzheng, Karabhakh, Ingolstadt  – various times) 18.   Caesar and Cleopatra 19.   Antony meets Cleopatra 20.   Cleopatra's Children 21.   Antony & Cleopatra's Deaths 22.   Joseph's Dream (Father of Jesus) 23.   The Temptations of Jesus 24.   Crucifixion + Resurrection 25.   Prince Jing of Guanglin's Treason

26.   The Eruption of Vesuvius 27.   St. Augustine’s Drunken Yob Days 28.   Foreshadowing the Conquest of Tikal  29.   St. Columba versus Nessie (FIGHT!) 30.   The First Viking Invasion 31.   The Foundation of the Temple Complex of Baroli 32.   The Blessing of Cynethryth 33.   The Construction of the Cathedral of Priesca 34.   St. Dunstan confronts a demon 35.   The Crusades (Siege of Nicaea) 36.   The Siege of Bukhara 37.   Robert the Bruce kills John Comyn 38.   Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage 39.   The Great Mortality – From first appearance until  the end 40.   Hussite Wars 41.   Swiss Witch Trials 42.   James II's Ascension to the Throne 43.   Ulugh Beg and Zij-i-Sultani 44.   The Swabian War 45.   Da Vinci 46.   Martin Luther’s 95 Theses 47.   The Leipzig Debate 48.   England breaks with Rome 49.   The Caerwys Eisteddfod 50.   Harem Intrigue – Nurbanu Sultan accusing her son’s  wife of witchcraft 51.   Siege of Częstochowa 52.   Golden Age of Piracy 53.   Celebrations in Versailles 54.   The Coffee House Ban (1675) 55.   The Letter from the Zaparozhian Cossacks 56.   La Maupin 57.   Chevalier St. Georges 58.   The Year Without Summer 59.   Japan’s 1825 Edict Against Foreign Vessels 60.   Florence Nightingale's Crimean War Hospital 61.   Oscar Wilde at Oxford 62.   The 100 Guineas Club 63.   The Invasion of the Congo 64.   The Corruption of Oscar Wilde 65.   The Death of Oscar Wilde 66.   The Ill-Advised Journey of Franz Ferdinand 67.   The Battle of Verdun 68.   The Battle of Passchendaele 69.   The Harlem Renaissance 70.   The Bombing of St. Dunstan's East Church 71.   The Moon Landing 72.   First Pride Parade (London) 73.   The Chilean Coup (1973)

 I write too much. And research too much.

[glorious-viking-bastard]

THE VIKING INVASION OF JAPAN IS GOING WELL.

LOCAL VIKING VISITED A MAID CAFE TODAY.

[hg-world-india]

Add these PS5 games to your cart

Sony made a huge comeback last year with its much-awaited   PlayStation 5. With the launch of the next-gen console, gamers eagerly waited to experience what this console had to offer. What better way than to play some exciting PS5 games on the same.

There are plenty of games that can be played on the PS5 that includes some older PS4 games, newly released games and PS5 exclusives. However, going through all of them and choosing something that may or may not suit your gaming taste, can be pretty challenging.

So, we are back to your rescue.

This list has something for everyone. From family fun adventures to first-person shooting thrillers, this list exists to satiate all your gaming needs.

Also, all these PS5 games are tested (enjoyed) by all the gaming enthusiasts in our team. And are highly recommended for you to try and buy as well.

List of PS5 games that need to be in your library as soon as possible:

Astro’s Playroom

The first game on the list is for everyone in the family to enjoy and get excited over. This game is pre-installed in a lot of PlayStation versions. Now, this says a lot about the popularity and reliability of this game.

This game follows around a small and cute robot as they travel and go on an adventure in different worlds. This robot is from PSVR’s Astro Bot Rescue Mission and gives you a very happy and go to feel. This positive and friendly game explore different features of the new console including the DualSense Controllers that Sony has been so much proud of.

Astro tries on different suits in a different world that highlight various features of the new generation controller. For example, the monkey suit lets the player explore the adaptive triggers on the controllers. The game is full of PlayStation history and will definitely leave you with a smile and warm feeling.

2.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

This game celebrates and brings Nordic folklore to anyone who wishes to experience the wonder of that era. Assassin Creed Valhalla is the 12th instalment in the series and uncovers an untouched area, 873 AD. The Vikings invasion of the British empire is specifically highlighted here.

Our protagonist, the Viking clan leader Eivor is a very interesting and amazing character to play. Eivor finds themselves amidst the fight between the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Templar.

Eivor then enters the Anglo-Saxon region and fights with all their might. What makes the game even more fun and adventurous is the huge and diverse collection of weaponry, fighting gears, and so much more. Eivor is presented with the opportunity of upping and improving their skills and abilities throughout the game.

The game consists of completing several missions, battles and other optional missions. The players can also return to the main area, where they can rest and know more about the English and Viking culture.

Overall, this game is completely action-packed with stunning visuals to match up the hype around the Assassin Creed’s series.

3.Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Now, this needs no introduction, however, let us convince you more as to what this game can do and why it should be in your cart as soon as possible.

Call of Duty returns with this power-packed installation the Black Ops Cold War. Many reviewers of this explosive game have noted that playing this game gave them an experience similar to watching a high budget Hollywood action movie. Now that definitely says something about the game.

This single-player game revolves around exploring the Cold War of the 80s. The story of the game begins with a group of agents being assigned to follow two individuals that were involved in the Iran hostage crisis. However, later it is discovered that someone named ‘Perseus’ was responsible for the much-known crisis. So, the president decides to form a special op force to capture this individual. Our playable character named ‘Bell’ is among the special task force.

This shooter game will want you to showcase your fabulous gunplay and combat skills. No doubt, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has one of the most gripping storylines in the series.

4.Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Another power-packed installation of Marvel’s Spider-Man series follows Miles Morales another teenager who is bitten by a genetically engineered spider. Rings a bell? Yes, very similar to Peter Parker. And just like him, our protagonist Miles also develops and gains powers similar to those of our resident superhero Spiderman.

As the story continues, it is seen that Miles is still getting accustomed to their new life as a superhero. However, for some reason, Peter Parker had to move overseas and our player is left alone to protect and save the city.

Miles is seen facing so many super-strong villains including the Rhino, the Underworld, The Tinkerer and much more alone.

With stunning visuals, super moves and fun missions, this installation can easily pass as the best super-hero PS5 game of the year.

5.Demon’s Souls

Straight from the SIE Japan Studios and Bluepoint Games, Demon’s Soul is a fantastic remake of one of the most challenging and beautiful game titles in the entire PS5 games series.

This PS5 exclusive is known to be a very alluring game with its compelling and tough battles, satisfying moments and so much more.

The storyline involves a fantasy world named Boletaria. This bleak world was attacked by a very powerful being famously known as the Old One. With this, the entire world was covered in deep fog and almost entirely consumed by the powerful being. Even though it was completely destroyed, Old One was put into sleep, thus the world is saved. However, this didn’t last long as the Old One was awoken from its sleep. The players enter the world with the intent to save it and defeat the powerful villain.

The game is worthy to be in your cart due to its out of the world graphics and visuals coupled with a compelling storyline and interesting action options.

In Conclusion:

Honestly, we can assure you that every single game mentioned in the above list has something to excite and satiate every gamer. Also, these are just a few games that you can blindly put your faith in for an amazing gaming experience.

There are also a lot of upcoming PS5 games that are worth looking forward to. To know more about them, visit our website HG World, where we post such informative blogs and articles daily to keep you updated. So, what are you waiting for come meet us!

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 5.1 (after 1950)

1956 – The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. 1957 – A Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes while attempting to return to Blackbushe Airport in Yateley, killing 34. 1960 – Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. 1961 – The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. 1970 – Vietnam War: Protests erupt in response to U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacking Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign. 1971 – Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. 1975 – The Särkänniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland. 1978 – Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. 1982 – Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. 1990 – Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon. 1993 – Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. 1994 – Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. 1999 – The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. 2003 – Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". 2004 – Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. 2009 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. 2011 – Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. 2018 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq–Syria border. 2019 – Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team. 2019 – Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.

[newworldaaronredit]

Emre Ekmekci is a a senior character artist at ‘Sucker Punch’, in this piece he has created a model of “Jin Sakai” from ghost of Tsushima. Ghost of Tsushima is an action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4. Featuring an open world, it follows a samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol invasion of Japan. I like this certain piece of art due to the detailing on the 3D art. Emre has used a Digital 3D art to create this character, which will then be animated to fit certain movements, such as a sword swing. Overall I think this is a brilliant piece that makes the game so artistic, all of the fine individual details, scratches, dents and much more.

Lixin Yin has created a 2D picture of they original Assassins Creed using a Digital water colour tool, giving it a shady effect, adding on to the Assassin theme making it seem as he is hiding in the shadows. I like this piece because the colours blend well together, so nothing stands out too much. 

Seungho Lee has created a two dimensional viking character, the way he has set up the background  makes this creation look like a games character where you have to pick your character at the start of the game. i like the background due to the way it looks as if i was picking that character in a game. the design is very good, the way he made the scars of the left shoulder and the traditional viking paint.

Luye Liangshanzhonggon has made a dark background of a distant temple, he has added a light looking onwards at the temple making the temple seem as though it is a safe place for refuge. Because he has added characters walking to the temple it gives an adventure feel to the picture.

Patrick Van Rooijen This three dimensional piece has a Ant man crossed with Iron man vibe to it, this character design has a futuristic military unit feel due to the armor like exoskeleton, when i saw this piece I liked with with a game known as Anthem, which is a free world story/ co op with you creating your own suit and defending those who are weak and afraid. Overall this looks like a great piece, the shapes look very simple, there's lots of curves but I personally think the head is too small for the body making it look odd but other than that it is a very cool design.

Imad Awan has created a beautiful traditional Japanese styled hut which looks as though it was used by a clan due to the symbol on the outer hut, he has created this darker scene to fit what looks to be a giant scorpion on the right hiding in the tree line with its tail curled up ready to strike, making it a darker scene he has created an eerie effect. it looks as though he has painted this piece due to the brush strokes on the curved lines, he has used dry brush to give the torches a glow adding to the effect of it being dark.

[the-iron-fjord]

I was tagged by @kushamisaru and @hells-mansion to do this invasion of my privacy so here I go!

You answer 20 questions and then tag 20 people you wanna get to know better!

1) Names: Gerry H (I have a pretty distinctive last name, and I don’t want this blog to be the 1st result when employers do background checks on me)

2) Nicknames: Fjord, Geraldo(high school), Ger

3) Height: 5′8″

4) Orientation: Straight

5) Nationality: Canadian

6) Favorite Fruit: Grapes

7) Favorite Season: Autumn

8) Favorite Flower: Tacos

9) Favorite Scent: Homemade tomato sauce with salt, pepper, basil, red peppers, oregano, and parsley.

10) Favorite Color: Royal Purple

11) Favorite animal: Emperor Scorpion

12) Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate: The rare occasion, Hot Choco. Coffee never.

13) Average Sleep Hours: 5-6. My sleeping schedule is horrid.

14) Dog or Cat Person: Kitties are so nice.

15) Favorite Fictional Character: Piccolo, Mr. Satan,and Videl from DBZ. I have other favorites in other shows, but I can’t really bother to think of them all.

16) Number of Blankets You Sleep With: Two

17) Dream Trip: I’d like to visit Italy at some point, particularly the Tuscan countryside. I’d also like to go to Japan, because I find Japanese culture interesting. A tropical place like Aruba or Hawaii would be nice, and I always wanted to visit Australia.

18) Blog created: May 2013

19) Number of followers: 301

20) Random Fact: My username is based off this idea I have for a children’s series about a hero called The Iron Fjord, partially inspired by Captain Underpants, but I recently said “fuck it” and decided to make it an ultra gorey splatterfest where The Iron Fjord is a battleaxe-wielding Viking, sworn to destroy the evil Viking Roaches of the Planet Roachalla, and their king, Cucarachor. If I didn’t have the artistic skills of a drunken monkey, the illustrations would be like a Manowar album cover (with more bipedal roaches).

I’ll tag @stalkerkyoko @missbingu @laymansterms12 @yahoo201027 and anyone else who isn’t already tagged who feels like doing this.