#Slavic people

[sophiemariepl]

Am I the only one here who is so damn angry about the fact that a large portion of the Slavic representation on the Western media is either Russian, Russian-coded (e.g. the Grisha Universe by Leigh Bardugo) or copies the narratives about other Slavic nations that exist in the Russian discourse about them?

[pherelesytsia]

Dears, I have entered the hate train after watching another movie with the lovely western representation of Slavs and I despise this stereotypical/ hyper-s**ualised portrayal of, male and female, with all my heart and rotten soul. 

I am from a Slavic country and my name is not Svetlana nor Olga and my brother’s name is not Dimitry. I don't know anyone from the mafia, I don't consume alcohol and I don’t steal so you don’t need to hide your gold and tires, I won´t put them in my plastic bag nor will I steal your husband.

Ps: Russia is not the only Slavic Country. The Slavic countries cannot be thrown into one pot. There are cultural, lingual, religious, mythological and other differences. Each country is different and unique.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Alexej Harlamoff (Russian, 1840-1925) Portrait of a Young Girl, Detail, n.d.

[antoniasertova]

Traditional festive clothing from village of Varbina, Madan area, Bulgaria

[havvkeve]

Wait wait wait.

Trans people of Slavic cultures! When you change your name, do you also update your patronymic suffix and your family name??

Like, Ivanovna to Ivanovich.

Cause that would be totally outing you if you’re suddenly Pyotr Ivanovna (Peter, Daughter of Ivan).

Or do you drop them entirely? Is it common to have your three names still?

[onsecondandfirstplace]

[elnotwoods]

my god, the way i despise how the west sees/depicts slavic people

[autistic-and-radical]

Why do Slavs try to separate themselves from their whiteness so bad lmfaoo y'all are white as hell why deny it

Let me answer your question, pal

Because slavs aren't western white!

We look white, yes. Although not always, for example, my dad is more dark-skinned and honestly looks mixed and my grandpa had REALLY dark skin as for a white person and I come from a line of pure Slavic blood. Culturally and historically, we have nothing to do with what you see as "whiteness"

Are western white people discriminated against (based on ethnicity ofc)? No! Well, Slavs are!

let's take a look at Jessica from Ohio, Olivia from London, and Zuzanna from Mazowieckie. All are white, we'll see so many differences in how they were raised, how they act, and how they treat their family, culture, and history.

So, Slavs are technically white but not really, we do not fit into your definition of white.

[cloud-ya]

outcast of the village

[annachum]

A board I made of the Vanir people in MCU.

In MCU, Vanaheimr culture has nods to Slavic, Turkic and Mongolic cultures btw

🤩🤩🤩🤩🥺🥺🤩🥺

[walrus150915]

I feel like a lot of people in the fandom tend to forget this, so I'm just here to give a kind, thoughtful reminder :]

Ambrosius Goldenloin in the movie is an East Asian man (Korean-coded), his skin is tan, his eyes are monolid and his nose is big

He's voiced by Eugene Lee Yang - a Korean-American actor who also has Chinese and Japanese heritage. Eugene Lee Yang looks like this:

During the production, when Ambrosius was decided to be East Asian, artists looked up queer East Asian-American men, and based Ambrosius off of them. Ambrosius is literally drawn to look like Eugene Lee Yang

Please draw him as such, thank you

[catkindness]

разрыв-трава

[vintage-russia]

Woman in a Russian man's costume,Nizhniy Novgorod (1870s)

Photography by Andrey Karelin (1837-1906)

[antoniasertova]

Bulgarian traditional festive clothing from Sliven region, Bulgaria

[wis-art]

Hoppas ni får en glad påsk!

[mogoce-nocoj]

just a very quick explanation about eastern european melancholy because it seems important to me -- this term as well as the general concept of melancholy can often be found in art and literature analysis and basically describes how the general depiction of eastern europe is... less than favourable. for example, eastern european characters like in bram stoker's dracula are characterised as being distincly different and not as culturally advanced compared to "modern" western cultures, a trend that is sometimes still seen today when looking at cultural stereotypes.

in the context of the movie damon and kris watched as well as historically, this term now more often refers to a general feeling of hopelessness that is caused by unstable political as well as economic conditions due to the situation post wwii and then the dissolution of the soviet union as well as yugoslavia.

the fact that damon and kris both felt that it was important to illustrate this cultural aspect not just through art but by choosing to evoke a female figure, a slavic babushka, means a lot to me, personally. i was joking with @izpira-se-zlato that damon made kris look like my grandma -- but, as with a lot of people here i assume, my grandma was born in post-war eastern europe and was a young girl during the same time period this movie takes place in and was also forced to experience and live through a lot of hardships in early communist poland.

i do believe that kris feels a strong connection to his slavic heritage and culture (he was the one rambling about interslavic, after all) and the fact that damon felt something, too, while watching the movie and that they wanted to express it together is something that feels very, very important to me and i honestly love and appreciate them so much for doing that.