#HAPPA STAND

[chibiutsubo]

#おでかけ #美濃和紙あかりアート展

焼き芋がめっちゃ焼き芋！！！(伝われ)

展示されている作品の中には小中��生の作品もいくつかあるんですが、この焼き芋はすごいぞ……。題材は子供らしいのに、クオリティがすごい、というか観察眼がすごいんだろうか。まさに焼き立てほかほかの焼き芋です。紙の質感と焼き芋のほっこり感がすごく合っていて、このリアル感が生み出されているんだろうな。

崩れかけの土壁と展示された作品群がミスマッチなような、絶妙に雰囲気を醸し出しているような。

暗くなるまでまだ少し時間があるけれど、外気はどんどん冷えてくる夕暮れ時。音を上げてHAPPA STANDさんで暫しの休憩です。店内は私たちと同じような人たちでめちゃくちゃ混み合っていたのですが、何とかカウンターの片隅に座ることができました。

葉っぱ、という店名の通り、お茶中心���カフェです。私はほうじ茶ラテであったまることにしました。外国人観光客の方々も続々と入ってきて、色んな言語が飛び交う店内でした。

一杯飲み終えてから再び外に出ると、辺りは大分薄暗くなっていました。作品にも明かりが灯されて、なんか良い雰囲気になってきました。

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Milk Run

Joel Miller x F!Reader

Summary: Joel's gotta have his daily nutrients, no matter where you are.

Warnings: breastfeeding, Lactation kink, semi public/public, getting caught, sub!Joel, handjob, oral m receiving, mommy kink, throat pie

18+ ONLY

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Breastfeeding Joel accompanying you to go shopping when he spots a nursery room and immediately reverts to being an overgrown child, tugging your arm excitedly to plleeeaaaasseeee go there like its the kids play area.

He literally drags you there whether you wanted to or not. Relieved that No one else is there, you close the door and sit on the couch. Joel leaps over, knees and lifts your top and bra, licking his lips. His hands shake from excitement as he unclasped your bra for you.

He let's out a soft whine when your tits fall free. Kneading them gently in his big hands to get them achy and flowing.

"Be quick Joel, I dont want to have to explain this to the store manager." You pat the seat next to you.

Joel lies himself down sideways, elbow propped over your leg so he can rest himself against you, facing your chest. His lips enclosed around your pert nipple, ans you gasp at the sensation. He hums contently, closing his eyes and breathing deeply through his nose. He's pretty expert at working your breast tissue like a udder until sweet warm milk is flowing into his mouth.

He groans, long and drawn out as his cheeks bulge before gulping the first load. As he drinks more and more, he settles heavily in your lap until your holding his head with one hand, rubbing the scruff curls of his hair as he sucks. He looks so peaceful, lashes drawn to his cheekbones and jaw working every few moments to suckle some more. An audible gulp and little whimpers ger stuck in his throat.

You roll your free hand along his chest, feeling his heartbeat fall rhythmically to a steady pound. You've gotten used to the tickle of his beard against your skin, a comforting touch when you feel anxious in public. His relief, by drinking your breastmilk whenever he needs it, has somehow become yours too.

Joel is too engrossed in the heavenly taste of your milk that he doesn't notice the tent bulging in his jeans. He shifts uncomfortable, the fabric pressing tightly.

You giggle and kiss his forehead before your fingers drift south and palm over his errection.

His eyes flutter open, a grunt forced from his mouth as milk spits slightly up. He looks at you with alarm for just a moment, as if unsure of what is going on, before falling into a drunken, seduced trance as you work your hand over the hard length of him over and over again.

He clears his throat, licks the mess he's made from his cheeks and your tit before slurping your nipple back in his lips. He side eyes you, your smirk and teasing shakes of your head fueling his cock until its bursting from the zipper on its own.

"Wuat happa ta bein wuick?" He mumbles before sucking a large gob of your tit to fill his mouth.

"We are. Just focus on cumming for Mommy and you can drink my milk the entire car ride home," you whisper, your lips gliding over his forehead wrinkles again.

He whines, his hand coming over yours to help you jerk his cock faster. He gulps in quick motions, needing more time to breathe as his heart pace fastens.

Both sets of ears perk up when the nursery door lounge clicks, and there's nothing to shield the poor lady who walks in with her baby carrier, makes contact with the perverted scene ahead and yelps. Too stunned to say anything but oogle terrified with wide eyes before she immediately backs out and slams the door in horror.

"Oh my god!" You both shout. Yours in disbelief, bit Joel's in complete pleasure as his cock shoots his seed into the air and all over your hand. "Oh ff-fuck baby, ugh fuck that's it, fuuuccckkkmmmm."

"Joel get the fuck up we need to leave now."

He kisses your nipple one more time before standing. Instead of letting you get up, he stands between your parted legs, his dripping cock level with your face.

"Can you clean me up, please Mommy?" He pouts with a twisted grin.

You narrow your eyes at him with a tsk before grabbing his ass ans pulling him in, his cock getting sucked right into your mouth until his tip hits the back of your throat.

"Oh shit-shit Mommy!" He tosses his head up as you rock his hips back and forth, sucking him cand all his naughty creamy cum clean like a vacuum on a pole.

He pulls you flush once more, until your choking from the bulge of his cock in your throat. He stutters and shakes, moaning loudly as another surprise load empties itself right into your stomach. You swallow and suck, no leaving for air until he's completely drained of any evidence.

You slap his ass cheek. "Get your pants on, we need to leave now."

As you hoist your shirt on and toss your bra into your bag, fearful of security coming to arrest you two for indecent exposure in supposedly a family safe room, Joel taps your shoulder incessantly.

"What!?"

"Do I still get to suck your tits when you drive us home?"

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[thirstyformoreheizuha]

Headcannon that Kazuha and Momiji will oddly become friends who whisper-gossip shamelessly in public. Even if they're standing quite far away from each other, their sharp hearing can still catch each other.

"Happa-chan, did you have an argument with Heiji-kun? You seem to be avoiding him"

"What are you talking about? He's right there in front of me"

"Oh really? But you're staring quite the daggers at him. Heiji-kun seems too pre-occupied with the case to notice tho"

"That idiot. One of these days, I might kill him for being stupid"

"Now now Happa-chan, you can always give him to me if he frustrates you this much"

"Momiji, you do remember that we're engaged right?"

Sometimes, her butler Iori-san joins in as well. "Ojou-sama, there is still a chance as long as they have not tied the knot"

Kazuha turned her head around to glare at the pair who were standing at the back of the room. Heiji noticed her movement, and asked if she was okay. Kazuha sighed and just told him to focus on the case.

Momiji giggled at how easy it is to rile Kazuha up. "Iori, it's rude to interrupt a lady's conversation"

"Of course. My apologies, Ojou-sama" Iori attempts to conceal a smirk as both of them continue observing the couple.

[blairjojo]

Central city  

Shale: *walks towards a coffee shop* 

Shadow: *has been following her* 

Shale: *her ear twitches, spins around* 

Shadow: *chaos control* 

Shale: huh I swear I hear something *turns* 

Shadow: *reappears* 

Shale: *walks in* I would like a iced mocha dark 

Person at counter: *looks behind her* for two *raises his eyebrow* 

Shale: *whips herself around* 

Shadow: *chaos control* 

Shale: *GRRRRR, starts destroying everything* I SWEAR IF I FIND THE PERSON WHO IS DOING THIS I WILL RIP THE APART WITH MY OWN HANDS 

Shadow: *sitting in the rafters* yikes 

Shale: *Leaves with table turned over and chairs turned to splinters, muttering* 

Shadow: should I follow her or leave *ponders* follow 

Shale: * muttering, slams the door* 

Shadow: *creeks it open, continues following her* 

Shale: *stops* 

Shadow: *stops* 

Shale: *GRRRRRRRR* so it was you all this time 

Shadow: *no response* 

Shale: come on, I know you are there 

Shadow: *no response* 

Shale: I want to wring your neck, but I'll give you a choice 

Shadow: *no response* 

Shale: i'm loosening my patience shadow, so what will it be the wringed neck or the chase  

Shadow: * starts snacking away* 

Shale: *doesn't move* how about I choose for you 

Shadow: *half way past her* 

Shale: *spins around and speeds towards him, pins him to a wall by his neck* how about the wringed neck 

Shadow: *pushes her off* no 

Sonic: *enters the plaza* hey guys, sup? * he doges shale being thrown across the plaza by shadow* uhhh, is this a bad time to ask If you want to come for dinner 

Shadow: *races up to sonic* this is no business of yours hedgehog  

Shale: *catapults herself off a wall and feet first kicks him off sonic and smashes shadow into a wall* don't bother us- 

Shadow: * grabs her by her waist and pins her to the ground* your just a distraction 

Shale: *struggling to get out of his grip* 

Shadow: *holding her with all his strength*  

Sonic: you know what you are doing actually looks way different then what you mean to do 

Shadow: *looks back at him in supprise/shock* 

Shale: *looks like she is about to die of embarrassment, blushes* really? 

Sonic: *smiles sheepishly* it does 

Shadow: *stands up still carrying her, drops her on the ground* 

Shale: *holds her head with one hand and leans on her elbow with her other* what happa 

Shadow: *looks down at her, blushes* we just got emmbarresd by the most biggest jerk in the world 

haha cute

[stallnorheim]

JUST A LIL GAIT TRAINING!

This beautiful baby arrived to Upkeep a just around a week ago. Her name is Kolubleik frá Upkeep, but we just call her Bleika. She is a dunskin Icelandic mare. When I saw her sales add, I actually thought she was a stallion, as she looks sooo tanky!

But mare she was, and me and Froya went directly to Finland to get her home.

Having been here for a few days now, I found that she would be ready for a little riding. We haven't been told much about how well ridden she was. For all we knew she could just the saddle broken and had had a rider on her back a few times.

She was standing so nicely beside the mounting block, as I got onto her back. Such a sweetheart!

When I got to the arena, I saw Nikolette who was riding Happa (Happadís frá Upkeep) in the arena in a VERY nice trot. She just brings the best out in that gentle mare, and she seems less with her feelings on the edge of her skin, when Niko is riding her - so she will probably keep doing that as long as Niko wants to.

Then I turned my attention back to Bleika.

Bleika showed me a very good, powerful and steady walk. I was really impressed in how stable she actually was with a new rider, as she was kind of a chance horse. We knew that when we bought her.

[heizuha-queen]

Would you like a taste?

For the @heizuhaevents Valentine’s event. @coneedogawa and I will collaborate for the Heizuha valentines and white day event. I will do Kazuha’s part for Valentine’s and she will do Heiji’s part for white’s day. Mine is definitely more spicy than sweet, so beware lol

It’s common knowledge that Hattori Heiji is quite popular with the girls, and it irked Kazuha to no ends, especially on Valentine’s day. Throughout the years a crazy number of girls would gift him the most tasty chocolates with poetic declarations of love in fanciful handwriting on the prettiest sheets of paper. It has turned to a competition for which chocolate would taste the best and which letter was prettiest so that Heiji can at least remember her name amongst the other girls. 

Kazuha felt like her yearly simple heart chocolate with the letter H in the middle was unnecessary and wouldn’t make a slight difference for Heiji. Back then, she tried writing a letter for him too, but she ended up throwing it in the trash. She didn’t have the courage to confess to him just yet. 

But this year was different, this year she was going to be bold, and she was definitely going to give him a Valentine’s gift he’ll never forget. She was determined. 

When Heiji arrived outside her house in the morning, she couldn’t help but blush at the sight of him. He looked really handsome with his untucked shirt, bag slung over his shoulder and carefree manner. Well, not carefree anymore as he looked annoyed now. This impatient boy.. 

“Will you just stand by the door for the rest of the day?” 

“God Heiji, you’re so impatient. I just stayed there for a second.” Kazuha replied back at him as she rolled her eyes. 

“You know I can’t miss a second of today,” He looked quite smug, “I have a lot of girls waiting to give me my gifts.” 

Kazuha wished she could slap the smirk out of his face, but instead she took a deep breathe and ignored him as he kept going on and on, bragging before he even received the gifts and chocolates. 

It wasn’t like he exaggerated though, because the moment they stepped into school till the end of the school day he was bombarded by girls left and right. His locker was filled with letters, when he arrived in class the girls wouldn’t leave until he received their gifts by hand, and even the teachers just gave up when it was time for class. And just as they were leaving school, both Heiji and Kazuha carrying his gifts home, a limo parked in front of the school entrance. 

The moment this car stopped in front of them Kazuha had bad goosebumps, and she felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand. This could only mean one thing...

A girl with short blonde hair came out of the limo wearing a red dress that extenuated her breasts, and big gift box in her hands full of heart decorations, and bows, “Heijiiii-kun, you wouldn’t think I’d forget about you in Valentine’s day right?”  

“Ah, Momiji.” Heiji casually said. 

Kazuha hated more than anything how he said her name so casually, like she was his close friend, or even girl friend. And why was he blushing?! 

Momiji walked up to him, and Kazuha was filled with jealousy. She can tell why Heiji was blushing. Momiji was a bombshell, she was glamorous and bold. She was sexy, but classy. She was every man’s dream. 

Kazuha wanted to cry at that moment. 

“I came to give you your valentine’s gift,” Momiji said with a flirtatiously, “though I have another beautiful gift planned, but you’ll have to remove this wrapping in private.” She said as she pointed at her dress with a wink.

Before Heiji could say anything, Kazuha screamed “No way!” And grabbed Heiji’s arm and ran.

“Wait you can’t do that Happa-Chan!! Heijiii come back!” Momiji yelled at them as they ran further and further away.

Kazuha couldn’t stop running, even when they were far away from her, and a good distance away from school. Heiji didn’t complain either which was shocking, since all he knew was talk, yell, and lose his temper.

However, they finally stopped running when they reached Heiji’s neighborhood and then his house. They walked straight to the kitchen to catch their breath and drink some water after all that running.

“God, I never knew you could run so fast for so long, Kazuha.” Heiji said as he wiped the sweat on his forehead.

Kazuha didn’t have the energy to retort and was still trying to catch her breath.

“Here, take this.” Heiji handed her a cup of cold water. Kazuha couldn’t refuse the offer and drank it all at once.

“Like I could let that creepy girl put her hands on you.” She finally said after placing her cup on the sink.

Heiji raised his eyebrows and smirked at her, “Why do you care?”

“Because you’re like my younger brother Heiji, I can’t let some woman take advantage of you!” Kazuha said defensively.

Heiji looked at her dissatisfied with her answer and said, “You don’t need to protect me Aho, I can take care of myself.”

“You know that’s not true, and the scars on your body should be enough proof, Aho”

“Aho, these are proof that I can survive anything!”

Kazuha rolled her eyes, “Come on let’s just go to your room, we have homework to do. Plus you know it’s my lucky charm that saved you, not your stupid decisions.”

Before she could hear his retort, she got out of the kitchen and went up stairs to his room. He eventually followed her, but was grumbling as he came up.

Kazuha laid down on Heiji’s bed a little to rest. She heard as he walked into his room and sat on his desk chair.

They didn’t say anything for a while, just wanting to relax for a few minutes after the nonstop noise and chaos from early morning.

But it the silence didn’t last long before Heiji asked, “By the way, I haven’t received my Valentine’s chocolate from you.”

Kazuha opened her eyes in shock, and sat down to look at him. He didn’t want to look her in the eye, but he did seem disappointed. Why? It weirded her out since her chocolate was nothing compared to what he got.

“Does it actually make a difference? Look at all the chocolate you have from your fan girls.” Kazuha said, with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

“Aho, of course it makes a difference,” Heiji suddenly said as he looked at her. Then his eyes shifted to the side and he scratched his head, it’s almost like he just realized what he said, “I mean, it’s one more, and there’s nothing wrong with having more chocolate..”

He knew he sounded ridiculous, Kazuha saw it in his face. But she smiled, this was her chance. This was her chance to make an impression, and give him a Valentine’s chocolate he’ll never forget.

“Well, I actually did prepare a chocolate for you.” Kazuha said, and she could feel her heart beat so fast it could burst out of her chest.

She took out a lipstick from her purse and Heiji looked at her with a look of confusion.

She open the cap of her lipstick container, and twisted the bottom of it for the lipstick to come out, except it wasn’t the kind of “lipstick” he expected. It was chocolate.

She slowly applied a generous amount of this chocolate “lipstick” on her lips, and she did it almost teasingly as Heiji watched her with an open mouth.

“So Heiji, would you like a taste of your chocolate?”

She knew her red face betrayed her confident voice, but she didn’t look on the ground. She wouldn’t look away. Especially not after what happened with Momiji. No one will take Heiji away from her!

She wished she had a camera with her to snap a picture of Heiji’s face as he stared at her and her lips. His eyes were widen open and so was his mouth, and she smiled when she saw a little bit of drool on the corner of his mouth.

At first he looked shocked, a few seconds later he looked flustered, then something shifted. Almost like something snapped.

He practically jumped on the bed as he grabbed her by the face and kissed her, hard. His lips moved against her in a hurried motion, almost like he couldn’t wait, or as if he’s been waiting for this moment.

Kazuha grabbed him by the shoulders and slowly pushed him away. It drove her crazy how he lightly bit her lips as he pulled away from her. This man was going to be the end of her.

She ran her fingers through his hair and calmly pulled him closer, “Slowly, you really need to savor the taste Heiji.”

She didn’t know where all this boldness has come from, but she definitely enjoyed the way Heiji’s eyes darkened when she said that.

“Mmm, you’re right.” When did his voice get so sexy??

He grabbed the chair and sat on it then patted on his lap. Kazuha was sure her face resembled a tomato at this point but she obliged nevertheless.

She sat on his lap, with her body facing his, and her hands on his chest. She could feel his raving heartbeat as Heiji took the “lipstick” from her hands and generously applied the chocolate on her lips.

“Open your mouth.”

“Huh?” Kazuha was confused.

“Just do it, Aho.”

“Don’t call me, Aho, you’re the Aho.”

Despite her confusion, Kazuha opened her mouth. That’s when he applied the chocolate lipstick on her tongue.

Before she could say anything, Heiji gently held her face and pulled her towards him as he kissed her lips. This time it was slower than before, but definitely not softer. He run his tongue through her lips before she opened her mouth for him to get a taste of the chocolate she made for him.

Kazuha could feel her body heating and she knew Heiji’s was too. After a couple of rounds of reapplying the lipstick and making out, it reached a point where they were touching each others body and moaning each others name. It was too much. The heat. The tension. The passion they had for each other all these years.

“Heiji honey dinner’s ready!” Shizuka, Heiji’s mom yelled through the door.

Before she could open the door, Kazuha jumped off of Heiji’s lap and went straight to the bed in the farthest corner.

But even a child would have known what was going on from their flushed faces, heaving chests, and obvious sexual tension in the room that can be cut with a knife. Shizuka obviously figured it out the moment she opened that door, and left with an obvious smirk after telling them they should freshen up a little before joining the family downstairs for dinner.

Heiji and Kazuha just sat in silence trying to calm their bodies.

“So, am I still your younger brother?” Heiji smirked.

Kazuha snorted, “Shut up.”

“I gotta thank you Kazuha,” Heiji said with a boyish smile on his face, ” That’s the best Valentine’s chocolate you’ve given me so far.”

Kazuha smiled and said, “So you’re telling me you’ll never forget this?”

“I don’t think so, Aho.”

“You’re the Aho.”

[midava]

Diluc x reader - Small suprise

Diluc and you have today anniversary. Two years togheter. It was a normal day. Poeople in Tvaren. Pouring wine, cleaning glasses. Last visiters just made their ways to home. Tavern closed. Only you and Diluc.

You had something for him, but you leaved at home for later, when the two of you get home. Diluc cleaned last glass: ,,We can go," you smiled and nod. As always, while holding yours hands you walk home to the winery. But Diluc turned in opposite way before last turn.

You give him confused look when you wanted to argue he smiled calmly: ,,Please, just give me a minute," you look in his eyes. Something was behind them. Some seecret. Maybe thats why he had all day good mood.

Diluc walk with you in near forest. You look around... You saw a place with little blue lights... Lamp grass. His favourite flower and yours as well. Diluc and you get more closer and closer.

Now you see it corectly... Circle made of Lamp grassi in middle blancket with basket. Your eyes were full of joy tears. You didn´t expect this suprise of his. He se brushed off your tears from your cheeks when he sat down on a blacket with you.

,,Please, enjoy this," he whispered to make you stop cry. You look so adorable when you cry from joy. But that wasn´t all he planed.

He took something from the basket. It was bottle of wine... luxury one. He keeps these in his celler for celebrations. He took to glaases as well. ,,Diluc, you don´t drink wine,".He smiled at your comment: ,,Just for this time,"

He poured wine into glasses. He gace you one and he hold his in front of you to chin with. You chined and before he took a sip he said: ,,On us,"

You reapeted after him and smiled. Both of you took a sip, It was excelent as always. You spend some time talking about many things. It was nice and beautyfull night, but do you really thought it was all Diluc prepared? There was another thing.

Diluc took your hands in his while standing up. He look lovingly into your eyes: ,,To our anniversary," he take out of his pocket smal box. It was small black semish box. ,,Diluc, I don´t deserve that," he put his finnger on your lips to be quiet: ,,Please close your eyes," he said calmly.

You didn´t want to argue more so you close them. You heard small click when Diluc opened the box. The exitment grow in you. You want to know what is inside. He smiled when he saw again his present. Carefully he take it out from a box.

Something cold touched your neck... It was something from metal. It quickly adapted to your warm. It was a necklace. When he zip it he kissed your lips. It was passionate kiss, full of love. You reched to carres his cheek.

Two of you seperete to catch a breath. He hold your hands in his. You looked down on his presenet ge gave you. It was a beautyfull necklace with dark rubby. Dark red as a wine. It must be expensive. Diluc smiled as you adored the jewlery.

You look back at him. Tears of happaness in your eyes: ,,I never take it off," You hugged him thight around neck and whisper: ,,Don´t buy me any expensive gifts," He chuckle a little: ,,Everything for you love," You cheeks blushed and he kissed your forehead. Ater this moment you took your things and get home togheter. It was time to show him your present to yours anniversary, but thats another story.

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Hii! Hope you enjoy this story! <3 Sorry if it´s not good... I am sick a little, but I am trying to get well soon! Wish you great day and I thank you so much for your support! <3

-With love, Mantao. <3

[nines82]

-- 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒇 𝑮𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 -- My dive into the Metal Heroes Franchise has been a rather interesting tale, I think the first time I ever caught wind of it was when my friend Jordan (remember that name) had suggested Mobile Cop Jiban way back when as a show we should take a look into. I naturally conceded and we starting watching that back in July or June, but my curiosity began to look towards other entries in the franchise and I grappled towards shows like Jiraiya and Gavan first (through some helpful suggestions by Happa, Tri, & Gun) and I instantly became absorbed into the franchise. Gavan is the show that appealed to me most of all, and I made a successful venture into finishing it as of Friday August 26, 2022. And so I have, and there is a lot I have to say. First off, WOW, the transfers that Toei made through complete destruction of the masters is beautiful. This is probably the most crisp looking tokusatsu show of the era in the current home media scene. The details pop and make the show look like it was made just yesterday, which is absolutely the goal that all restorations like these should strive for. And with these transfers, I was paired with amazing fan translations that accelerated my now growing obsession with Space Sheriff Gavan.  The show’s core strengths lie in its character drama and spectacles, a great balance is struck to where neither overtake the other and at many times are cranked to 11 and become near perfect tokusatsu episodes. Retsu is probably one of my all-time favorite protagonists in fiction, with really standout character moments that truly make the show worth keeping your attention. What makes a good show is being able to have multiple reasons for you to come back, and Gavan delivers on it with all cylinders. The show feels totally into its science fiction setting, complete with some of the best special effects toku had to offer. The craftsmanship that went into the costume department, vfx, stuntwork, art department, and the direction that it feels like a show that was made to showcase how toku truly is a medium to be respected. It’s kinda of telling especially at the time where Star Wars had turned the toku outlook to be kind of sour (many of the toku franchises tried to adapt by being more science fiction-y, to varying successes) but Metal Heroes conceiving itself with such elements made it stand out and rise above the competition. I think Gavan ultimately is the kind of show you WANT to turn on at any time, there is plenty to love and plenty to take from it. In many ways, Gavan inspired me to pursue the wider tokusatsu medium further than I’ve ever gone before. And maybe that is why it holds the title as my second favorite tokusatsu show ever made.

[lions-ut-blog]

Revolvertale arc.0 ch.5

Undyne lets go of Alphys, looks up, and smiles at her sister "Alphys, can you show me a trick with your magic?" Alphys lets go of Undyne and waves her hand "Since you asked nicely, I will show you." Undyne gets excited, watching Alphys's hand as it glows, sparks coming from it, and turns into 4 bullets "Wow! That's amazing." Alphys Smiles and closes her hand “I will do one more trick but it will be in our backyard” She stands and walks to their house’s backyard. Undyne takes her spear, follows Alphys to the backyard’s door, and watches from inside “What kind of trick will you do?” Alphys holds 4 knives, 2 in both of her hands, throwing each knife in 4 different sides, impeding them into the ground, and looks at Undyne “Toss me your spear” Undyne does what Alphys’s said and titles her head “What are you doing with my spear, big sis?” Alphys catches Undyne’s spear, snapping her fingers and a sparkly yellow square appears around her “Watch” She throws Undyne’s spear upward as Unydne watches her spear go up with such high speed she never saw before.

Amazed by what she saw, Undyne looks at Alphys “What was that, Alphys?” Alphys walks to Undyne and pats her sister’s head “That’s one of many ways I can use my magic for.” She snaps her fingers making the square and the knives disappear “I can use it for offense, defense, or support” She kneels and puts her hands on Undyne’s shoulders “With the training proper, you might be the next chief of the royal police, In the future.” Undyne’s eyes widen from excitement “Really?” Alphys nods and stands “Yes. Now, go to your room and wear your heatproof clothes so that we could start with your training” Undyne nods, does what Alphys’s said, and returns to Alphy.

After a long training session, Alphys laying on the ground and catching her breath with a number of cuts on her clothes from Undyne’s spears “I didn’t expect her to be a fast learner” She slowly sits up, noticing Undyne asleep on the ground from exhaustion “Look at her, sleeping peacefully.” She uses one of Undyne’s spears to help her stand and walks to Undyne. She picks Undyne up, heads inside the house and goes to Undyne’s room and puts her sister in bed “Sleeping tight” She covers her sister with a blanket, turns the lights off, and walks out of the room.

Alphys sighs and walks to her room “Now, time to work on my project” She passes by her room’s mirror near her closest, looks at it, and sees the cuts on her clothes “These are easy to fix. But I will leave it to another time” She opens her closet, changes to her work clothes. She heads to her workshop and sees her stepfather on her way “Hello, John.” John hangs his coat on the hanger and looks at Alphys “Hi, Alphys. Where’s Undyne?” Alphys peaks her head out and looks at John “She is asleep.” John raises an eyebrow “Asleep? It is early for her bedtime” Alphys points behind her at the backyard “Go to the backyard and you will see why” John looks at the still open backyard door and sees a couple of spears slowly disappearing “Those spears belong to who?” Alphys goes inside her workshop to tinker with her project “Those are Undyne’s” Surprised by what he heard, John walks to Alphys’s workshop door which automatically closed when he got near it “What’s her problem” He sighs and walks to the backyard to see Undyne’s spears up close.

Alphys opens the door, looks at her stepfather and hears a knock on the front door "Hm?" She looks at the door and walks to it "Who would come at this time" Thinking to herself, she opens the entrance to her house and sees her ghostly friend “Oh, hi, Happa- I mean Harley” Harley waves and smiles “Hi, Alph. How are you?” Alphys steps aside to let Harley in “I just resumed working on my project after I put Undyne to bed.” Harley floats in and sees Alphys’s stepfather “Oh, Your stepfather is here” Alphys closes the front door and walks past Harley to her workshop “He just got back from work, I think.” Harley sees Alphys jester to her to follow and she does so.

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[diary-of-deadweight]

deciet, roman, and virgil (not poly tho) with their s/o in a musical, performing the song "male me happy" from 35mm. please. i beg you. i need this.

I got you fam.

(I had to listen to the song since I’ve never heard of it but I’m glad I did now.plus I broke the song up into three chunks as it’s not a very lenghthy song but a good one none the less.)

Roman:

Scenario: it’s his birthday and you decide to surprise him with a hidden talent of yours.

- you were having troubles finding something that your prince of creativity would love but you were coming up fruitless.

- Patton coincidentally walked into your room with some freshly baked animal shaped cookies and noticed your predicament as he took in the amount of scrunched up pieces of papers that littered your bedroom floor.

- he suggested that you sing him that one song he would always hear whenever he passed across his bedroom door on his way to cheek up on Virgil like the parental friend he is. He was the only side who heard you sing; a hidden talent of yours, while you were listening to ‘show yourself’ from Frozen 2 within the living room thinking no one was around.

- since you had nothing better of your own you ultimately agreeed and began rehearsing the lyrics of ‘you make me happy’ with the determination of giving Roman the best birthday present he could ever ask for as he was the best thing that has ever happened to you in a long while that you wished for the best and only the best for him in whatever he does later in life.

When the day finally came you were standing beside Patton, who was introducing you to your friends upon the makeshift stage and the song you were going to perform for them had you feeling confident yet feeling so neverous at the same time as thoughts raced through your head of how Roman was going to react, how everyone was going to react to your singing before you saw the reassuring smiles Patton and Logan sent you from ‘backstage’ eases your worries slightly as you sat down on the stool, strumming the first cords of the song, seeing how wide and bright Roman’s eyes were when a look of realisation washed over him as if he got a bucket of water poured over him made you more confident in your performance as you belted out the first verse of the song with a proud voice.

“Woah-oh-oh, ya make me happy all the time

And you know I'm a total dick

Butcha make me happy all the time

Aw Baby, you just do the trick

Like when ya know I need my "alone time"

And you keep out of my goddamned way

An' it makes me happy-happa-happa-happy

Baby, never go away

Cause you

Make me happy. Oh, you

Make me happy. Oh, you

Make me happy. Oh, you

Make me happy happy”

By the time you finished the song you had a standing ovation as they threw fake roses and other random crap on the stage and a encore but this time with the birthday boy who was dying to belt out alongside you the whole time and it sounded ten times better, later that night within his room just lazing on his insanely comfortable bed snuggling close with one another as you felt him press a kiss to the crown of your head whispering against it “thank you for the best present ever my darling, we should do more duets together in the future.” Just before you drifted away to sleep within his strong, warm arms.

Virgil:

Scenario: Virgil has been cooped up in his room for a bit and he’s in need of a shoulder to lean on.

- vigil hasn’t come out of his room for a while and it started to worry you a little.

- Logan and Patton tried to put your worries to rest before your worry turn to anger when Roman admitted that he is a major factor of why Virgil won’t come out of his room.

- the two had a spat and Roman had to make a cheap dig at him by saying that you could do better then a male who has yet to out of his emo phase and how it was a desperate cry for help.

- this earned him a bruised cheek from you and a snarky comment from Logan who said that he deserved it for being insecure to Virgil’s emotions.

- you saw him upon his bed, knees to his chest, his hood pulled over his head, tears trickling against his porcelain cheeks as soothing jazz music played in the background at low volume made your heart clench tightly at the sight only to tighten when you heard the soft sobs that should never leave his lips.

-you lunched towards him which made him jump at the additional weight upon the mattress as you brought him closer to you letting him wrap his arms around your waist tightly, head within the crook of your neck as you began to -and in his words- angelically sing a little tune.

“Woah-oh-oh, ya make me happy all the time

And that is really fucking tough

Still, ya make me happy all the time

Aw, baby, I can't get enough

Like how ya know I'm fond of venting

And you let me have my fucking say

Which makes me happy, oh, so happy

Oh, baby, never go away

Cause you

Make me happy. Oh, you

Make me happy. Oh, you

Make me happy. Oh you

Make me happy happy.”

- when you finished he was no longer crying but he was fast asleep with a small smile upon his face which in turn made you smile softly at how peaceful he looked when fast asleep, unknownst to the Thomas and Patton’s smiling faces as they watched you slumber peacefully before closing the door softly, telling everyone to avoid going into Virgil’s room for the time being.

Deceit:

Scenario: he walks in on you belting the lyrics within the kitchen.

- it’s no secret that Deciet isn’t the most affectionate whether it be pyshical or verbal but he tries his best and that’s all you can ask for.

- it was relatively peaceful within the Sanders household as Logan was reading within his room, Virgil was most likely watching Coraline and nightmare before Christmas for the 100th time, Roman was on a quest to save a prince who is under a spell, Patton was probably in his room watching cute animal videos and Remus was doing his own thing.

- Deciet in the meanwhile was resolving some conflicts between the dark sides such as anger, envy, narcissism and paranoia which isn’t an easy task.

- your relationship with the two faced fiend was absolutely secret because if push came to shove and they knew your relationship who’s to say they wouldn’t take you hostage just to get something out of him?

- you gotten bored at the lack of chaos that you decided to do some of the washing up Patton tasked Roman to do before his quest but he said it “peasant work isn’t for a prince of his caliber” you’d smack that smugness right off him if you could but decided to be the better person and not retaliate to his comment.

- so you put on some yellow washing gloves, grabbed a wash cloth, filled the sink with lukewarm soapy water and put on some tunes per your enjoyment before getting to work on the metallic cutlery and ceramic bowls and plates.

- halfway through the pile and ‘make me happy’ came on and you couldn’t resist the temptation of singing along as you had that song on repeat after Patton showed you it one day, which surprised you as it had several swear words within it.

- even though this was coming from the side who threw the word adultry around so freely in mid-conversations, thinking it had something to do with being an adult and doing adult things when that wasn’t the case at all.

- Deciet had emerged from the Dark mindspace after resolving a conflict quicker then he thought he would to be greeted by the sounds of clanging cutlery, the sloshing of water that would sometimes spill over to the counter or the floor and the sound of an angel singing the last few verses of the song of your choice aloud and without a care put a smile on his face, which he was glad no one was around to see.

“Make me happy all the time

And you know I'm a twisted bitch

Still to make me happy all the time

It's whatcha call a kind of switch.

And I know I don't deserve you

But please, have faith in me;

I'm working to be worthy

And soon, you're gonna see, you'll see

I'm gonna make you happy. I will try

'Cause what I lack in follow-through

Is a life so happy, happa-happa-happy

In love with-

Make me happy, oh you

Make me happy, happy

-you (Baby, I'm in love with you)”

He clapped his gloved hands sarcastically which resulted in you jumping almost a feet in the air and almost slipping on the soapy water puddle on the left of you at the sound, turning around you saw the two faced fiend of a boyfriend smirking at your little stumble, rolling his eyes before saying in a unamused drawl.

“ that was absolutely horrific, darling.”

Translation: “that was absolutely amazing, darling”

You rolled your eyes at his misleading statement as you knew early on within your relationship that Deciet couldn’t say anything without making it sound like he was lying so even though the stuff he told the sides was genuine but with you it was a different story.

“How long have you been standing there Deciet?”

“not too long, just enough to witness your “performance.”

“Glad to know you enjoyed it now make yourself useful and help me dry and put these away before you get caught being domestic with me by Thomas.” You ordered as you tossed him a cloth as he caught it with ease, rolling his eyes once more before complying with your demands, secretly enjoying the every bit of it as long as he had you by his side to make it worth while.

He may not be the most affectionate but he tries and that’s all you could ask for.

[eeraygun]

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[korranguyen]

How to Illustrate Realistic Asian-Coded Characters (A Visual Criticism of TDP)

(@dragonprinceofficial I’m hoping maybe you can show this to CT, or whoever else does your character modeling? That would be super cool. Huge fan, by the way, if you can’t already tell :3)

(Also, I’m going to concentrate on female characters here, as a critique of Sarai’s character model— especially since Crow Master, the only prominent full-Asian male character, seems to do a pretty good job with the points I’m discussing. If you’re reading this as a tutorial, though, the same applies for men but obviously in the context of a “masculine facial frame”.)

So, I’m not sure if I’m alone in this, but... When Sarai stepped on-screen, I immediately found myself asking: Is this girl really “supposed to be Asian-coded”? I mean, she has the “almond eyes” and creator confirmation that tell me that that was her racial intention, but her facial characteristics looked— and still look— unmistakably European to me, or happa at the very least.

Although it was admittedly a tad disappointing to see in TDP, considering how good it has generally been with rendering unique facial structures, this actually isn’t an uncommon issue to run into when watching animated shows with Asian-coded characters. I think it boils down to the general unfamiliarity with Asian facial features among much of the Western-world illustrators who design such characters (see the classic “All Asians Look the Same!”™ punchline). I can’t really blame them for it, either— people often characterize Asians for their slanted eyes, so, naturally, that’s the first thing people are gonna subconsciously recall when designing these characters. Problem is, slanted eyes aren’t the only defining Asian facial characteristic, so slapping “Asian eyes” on a white-coded facial structure isn’t gonna make your “Asian rep” look... authentically Asian.

Perhaps the most glaring example of this I can think of would be Asami Sato in Book 4 of LoK:

Her features have been redistributed to make her face even more narrow and elongated than her previous model. Her jawline is slim and sharp-edged and her nose is tall, thin, and well-defined. Although her cheekbones are high, they are also thin, flat, and nearly invisible from a 3/4 angle. Despite having the distinctive almond-shaped eyes that were supposed to “make her Asian”, almost everything about the rest of her face comes off as... very European. (Note that this was less of an issue— though not a non-existent one— up until they tinkered with her character models for the 4th book).

Though it’s less noticeable than in Asami, thanks to at least having racially-accurate facial proportions, Sarai runs into a similar problem. She has a narrow jawline, thin cheekbones, pointed chin, and, in partial lighting, nose shading that indicates a high, well-defined bridge— all features atypical to pure Asian phenotypes without going under the knife.

Compare Sarai with these side-angles of Arden Cho (left) and Constance Wu (right), for example. Notice the side facing away from the camera— in both actresses, the cheekbone area serves as the apex of the facial curve, while Sarai’s is nearly invisible. Sarai’s jawline is also much thinner and more triangular, lacking either filled curves like Constance’s or smooth angles like Arden’s.

People don’t notice this as much, since we automatically process it as part of “apparent age”, but Asians generally have what’s known as neonatal features. What people interpret as Asians “aging more slowly than their racial counterparts” is actually the result of specific traits naturally selected among the Asian populace for one reason or another, the combination of which our brains subconsciously register as youth: including (but not limited to) things like wider, rounder cheekbones and jaws, flatter face profile, and smaller, less well-defined noses.

Using this as a guideline/distribution curve of racial diversity, we can achieve a whole assortment of different “phenotypically Asian-coded” characters:

(A couple quick sketches I did to illustrate the ways you can play with these guidelines and still create a good amount of realistic-looking diversity without being redundant)

Now, to show you this stuff in life, here’s how I would personally revise Sarai’s facial features to “look more authentic”, based on what I’m trying to say:

And a slight edit I made to Sarai’s model:

And this screencap:

And, while I understand that 3D modeling might not always allow for these edits, and that this might be going a bit nitpicky or complex, here’s a demonstration of how shading to avoid those sharp edges/narrow areas can work wonders with smoothing/flattening the face:

See the difference? (Maybe not— maybe I’m just crazy, or way too particular about the way Asian features are illustrated from doodling hundreds of portraits and self-portraits in the margins of my notes)

Anyway... yeah! I hope this helps you broaden the lifelike diversity of your future endeavors, whether in with character designs or drawing sky elves or whatever else y’all artists might be doing!

(Note: Because she has a smaller face and higher cheekbones, IMO General Amaya looks more “believably Asian” than her sister— though IMO she could stand a slight jawline edit as well)

[pokemoneverlastingorchard]

The Safari Zone: Map, Pokemon, and some Minor Changes

  I decided to add the Safari Zone. I actually wanted to add this in this build anyway but I didn’t really think about where I would put this so the entrance is kind of at an awkward location right now. I’ll probably move the entrance once the second build is... built.

I had to zoom out as far as far as I could so it’s a bit blurry, but this is it. I tried recreating the Safari Zone that was cut out of the second gen games without separating the trees (there’s no lonely sprite of that particular tree and I don’t care enough to do so myself) and without the trash can. (Though if I for whatever reason decide to have a trashcan in the outdoor tileset, I’ll be sure to add it here.)

Basically the story from what I can tell is that the second gen games were supposed to get a Safari Zone. They got as far as having an area shaped by trees and having Pokemon that you can fish out appear when they heard about how badly the Safari Zone can fuck up the first gen games and they decided not to use this map. It’s still in the games though so you can explore it with a cheat device.

Oh and the music is the Safari Zone music used in Heart Gold and Soul Silver. I don’t really like it that much but it seems fitting.

I did have to redo the counter guy since the Maker will crash if I even try to open an event with a gold conditional branch, so I asked for somebody to get me the script that starts the Safari Zone but that’s apparently too hard for people to understand.

The Pokemon

Because there’s only one Zone, I decided to make the Pokemon different depending on the time of day. I lowered the price of entry to 300 before realizing that you could just stand there for a few minutes for the time to change (since every three seconds is one in game minute) so I put it back up to 500.

Most of the Pokemon you can encounter relates to a certain time of day, or there’s something else special or new about them.

The Day Time Pokemon

There’s a 1% chance of... Chansey, but a 5% chance of finding a Happiny. A 4% chance of getting a Chikorita, (not Happa) a 5% chance of getting a Cubone (may just be a placeholder for something else if I decide to do that something else.) A 5% chance of finding a Ponyta. 10% chance of finding a Minccino, Ralts, Growlithe, and Budew. And a 20% chance of finding a Pansear and Meowth. (To be fair, you can get a Meowth normally in a route close to where the Safari Zone is, so I’m making it common but also a slightly higher level than everything else.)

This makes three Pokemon that had a baby Pokemon before they were dropped when they decided that Gen 2 isn’t going to be the last gen. A Chikorita we all know and love. A Cubone that could be replaced someday. Pokemon that can evolve with either by leveling up by day, or by a Dawn, Shiny or a Sun Stone. A fire monkey. And Chansey, because of course.

The Afternoon Pokemon

There’s a 1% chance Espeon, but a 5% chance of finding an Eevee. (And a .76% chance of finding one a Shiny on top of that. AND YET I STILL FOUND ONE IN MY OWN GAME THAT I’M MAKING!) A 4% chance of getting a Cyndaquil. A 5% chance of getting a Riolu, A 5% chance of finding a Farfetch’d. 10% chance of finding a Cottonee, Fairy Type Stantler, Vulpix, and Tangela. And a 20% chance of finding a Pansage and Kotora.

That makes two Pokemon that had a baby form before they were dropped and one that had an evolution that was dropped. (Though rumors are that it’s coming back.) A Pokemon that was dropped altogether. The Pokemon that replaced Honoguma in the end. An alternative typing of a Pokemon. More Pokemon that can evolve in the day time or with Dawn, Shiny or a Sun Stone. A grass Monkey. And Espeon, because they evolve during the day.

The Night Pokemon

There’s a 1% chance Umbreon, but a 5% chance of finding an Eevee. (...) A 4% chance of getting a Totodile. A 5% chance of getting a Gligar and a Grimer. A 10% chance of finding a Misdreavus, Clefairy, Dark/Normal type Snubbull, and Murkrow. And a 20% chance of finding a Panpour and Rinrin.

I think you get the pattern by now. Just replace the Sun/Shiny/Dawn Stones with Dusk and Moon Stones, and “evolve during day” to “evolve during night.”

Fishing

So like I said above, the Safari Zone in gen 2 does have some Pokemon that you can catch via fishing, (Krabby, Kingler, Staryu, and Corsola) so I of course had to do shove those Pokemon in somewhere, and then some.

I just need to make sure that I made all three rods available. I‘m pretty sure I did. Oh god I hope I did.

Old Rod

70% chance of Manboo and 30% chance of Corsola

Good Rod

60% chance of Corsola, and 20% chance of Krabby and Staryu

Super Rod

40% chance of Corsola. 55% chance of Krabby. 4% chance of Kingler. And 1% chance of Dratini.

Surfing

60% chance of Manboo. 30% chance of Goldeen (since it had a baby Pokemon.) 5% chance of Qwilfish (since it had an evolution before.) 4% chance of water type Shuckle. And a 1% chance of Bomushika.

Flowers

I decided to have Flabebe and a small chance of Floette appear on the flowers. I can’t exactly tell you the percentage of them since I had to come up with an RNG event since I don’t know how to make flowers act like grass or water the correct way. But you wouldn’t know that if I didn’t say it.

The minor changes I made. (And one I couldn’t change, but oh well. Exploit!)

Besides the thing where different Pokemon appears during different times of day. (Which I’m pretty sure was a thing since gen four anyway. I dunno for sure but it sounds about right.) I made the Safari Ball catch rate from 1.5% to 2%. The same as an Ultra Ball. (It still didn’t help though! Oh well. I can have a team of Shiny Eevees! All with Frenzy Plant, and Spacial Rend!)

There’s a chance that a wild Double Battle will happen. Since there’s no Safari Double Battle, the game will automatically think of it as a regular battle. I don’t know how to change this but I don’t really care. It’s an exploit that you can use to catch Pokemon that are exclusive to the area without having them run!

I hid a bunch of items! I made sure to add them AFTER I took that screen cap of the map, since it would’ve shown where they are if I didn’t. But I of course had the Item Finder available pretty close by.

Um... I think that’s it. I’ll edit this if I can think of anything else, but at the moment I cannot.

[hamsteriffic]

I love Miraculous for its ability to present certain issues in a subtle way.

The episode I am thinking about is when Marinette’s mum runs into the ticket inspector on the bus. That resonated with me. Sabine’s treatment on the bus is not something new. And I applaud that something like that can be represented in a children’s program.

As a POC who lived in France for some time, as well as growing up in a predominantly white community as a child to first generation migrants, race is something that is uncomfortable because no one wants to think they’re a racist but the unfortunate reality is that it exists.

Then there are the things that are not deliberately hurtful, but they are. These everyday actions that are seemingly innocuous are called Micro-aggressions and giving them a name recently has somehow enriched my vocabulary in expressing my feelings and it is validating.

As I started writing more and getting reacquainted with using language in a creative way, I appreciate how wonderful words are because it gives everything context and meaning.

When I was doing an emotional coaching course, one of the things that stuck with me was when the instructor said that the words you use to name your emotions can help you deal with them.

Words are important- for example, the day before I couldn’t define why I don’t want to be known only as so-and-so’s Asian friend as I have been known my whole life, or when this friend called me “Tiger Mum” (which I assure you I am not). So when I discussed why I am hurt by people identifying me based on my race, she said it was out of respect and being Asian to her was a “standard to live up to”, I said even in a positive light it is not cool. As a white woman she said she didn’t understand it, but then I flipped it around and asked her if she calls her homosexual friends by “affectionately” derogatory terms. And she didn’t.

The other day I read this brilliant response from someone on Quora about writing transgender characters and a trans POC responded on saying that they just want to be represented like any person.

Because they don’t want their otherness to define them.

As an aside, I also love the relationship Marinette has with her mum’s culture and it is so much like my own kid and my own understanding of Chinese culture. Because we grew up in a different country that is removed from our backgrounds, so why are we any different?

Marinette doesn’t even speak Chinese and she’s only been to Shanghai once. The show doesn’t focus or fetishise her ethnicity. Her friends think she’s kind, clumsy, smart, feisty and creative. None of these qualities are attributed to her race and it’s from people who have taken the time to know her as a person. She doesn’t like nicknames, and she said she prefers people calling her by her full name. At school no one calls her the halfie or Happa or Chinese girl.

I think this is exactly what we should be teaching our kids.

I will stand on my soapbox and say it out loud! (Quietly presses post - into the abyss - and scurries away).

[malialaka]

Part 3… #Skoden: cont… land raping and employee abuse. Natives were restless and Hawaiis finest in trauma by new Christian rules of illegitimacy, and lack to donate or out time to serve the church. Smith had survived and so did his collections with help of Knudsen and Moir who married in to the kamaaina and surviving Happa families of the land. Those escaped also went to The land of Laka of the Ulu Hema and other lines. The British Porter and othets had conned the natives to call each other enemies. A law in military now still stands, they can not interrupt or influence the cultural people. The hawaiian kept the law enacted, they would solve it themselves. These Act of Britsin as fo all acts if the BAR system ( British) and America had to apply through congress with the help of one particular person…he freed the slaves and stood up to the KuKluxKlan of old Assyrians, they knew the Tartar (Barbar, had reinvented themselves to the waters and volcanic schedules of the moon snd Lakes of Mene, ‘I, Wha, Nenu, Poele, and Mu rivers. The Russians despised them and their children who made slaves out of people while they tried to return the instructions, they made the mistake of poisoning the waters, and it slowly evaporates as it is diluted below. During this time the Act of Ku Kane KaKe Lono Kanaloa and Hina fought, the families didn’t let go of curiosity of there past as Hawaiians didnt ever forget , no matter what Act counterattack the privilege to tend to the land and all its creatures over the coin. The works of Namakaokahai and Wahinekipi still existed, as all Hawaiian children who went missing. Some of us were told to not leave the borders, and not bear children out of our realm. Also The Brits wanted to Marry in, but the closed Society and its nature, it was not so easy until the late 1800s, the East farmers from Polynesians helped carry on the same practices because it was similar. The Ulu had so much Sagas of Kings and heroes, The High Priestess fled toward Hawaii and it changed…but not as much as people think. As Maunu, “birdmen””bushmen” we sing, Tin Hina carries on. 1860 The Right to Regulate Names was enacted.This was the plan B ( cont Part 4…)#maiau https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc7wWxbLXbl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[heuristic-clique]

Heritage

I’m happa, so I am a mix of white and an east asian ethnicity, in my case it is Chinese. It was quite confusing growing up as I lived in Dublin where most of the people are white but the primary school I went to tried it’s best to be inclusive so it would often have some days devoted to a specific celebration of a culture that wasn’t common in Ireland and once when I was about 7ish when we were learning about Chinese New Year the teacher told me to stand up and to put myself next to him. So I did and he announced to the class something along the lines of:

“Rory is Half-Chinese and that means that he is different and you should notice this difference”

Now, because we were all young children it didn’t mean anything to us but the memory has stuck with me probably because it makes me think about what is means to be Chinese and how despite having a Chinese mother how it never made a real impact on my life.

When I was a toddler I would have been given books for children about Chinese vocabulary and I would have sometimes have been put in traditional clothing but the fact that I was Chinese or Irish never made any real impact on my choices but I felt that it was a waste to ignore half of my heritage and now I’m trying to connect with Chinese culture and I think it’s going a direction that I will benefit from.