#Spanish March

[arthurdrakoni]

Flag of the Kingdom of Leon

This is the flag of the Kingdom of Leon.  It comes from a world where the Reconquista failed and most of Spain remained under Islamic rule.  For many years Leon was forced to pay protection money to Al-Andalus.  However, after a while they were able to appeal to their powerful Christian neighbors for support.  For many years, the boarder of Western Europe was considered to stop at the Pyrenees Mountains.  The Iberian Peninsula was lumped in with the rest of the Islamic World.  This somewhat miffed Leon, as they were often lumped in with the rest of Iberia, when anyone remembered that they existed, that is.   

The discovery of the Americas was delayed by a few decades, but it still happened.  Albeit, it was by the English-funded John Cabot, rather than Christopher Columbus.  The colonization of the New World occurred rather differently than in our world.  For example, Al-Andalus colonized Mexico.  This resulted in a new form of Islam that combined Sunni Islam with tradition Aztec beliefs.  The native converts proved particularly zealous, and more than willing to wage jihad upon their neighbors.  Meanwhile, England colonized Brazil and France proved more successful in its colonization of Canada, among other developments. 

Leon got into the colonization game as well, though a bit later than the other powers.  Their first successful colony was Nova Asturias, located in what would have been the Southeastern United States.  Nova Asturias became a major producer of tobacco, cotton, lumber and other raw materials.  This allowed Leon to slowly build up its economy, rather than blowing through a bunch of money like Al-Andalus' did.  Leon also established colonies in Patagonia, Southern Africa, and even a few islands of Indonesia.  

What Leon lacks in sizes it makes up for in economic prowess.  Recently, despite years of resentment and conflict, relations with Al-Andalus have begun to improve considerably.  Leon is a nation that truly lives up its motto Sub Umbra Floreo, which is Latin for "I Prosper in the Shade".  This is a reference to Leon's historical existence in the shadow of Al-Andalus.

The flag is a simple crimson background with a golden and bejeweled Asturias Cross in the center. 

Link to the original flag on my blog: https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2018/08/flag-of-kingdom-of-leon.html?m=1

[golswia]

Therapy Puppy helpin Disaster Puppy

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was being chased by a giant hamburger that was speaking Spanish. I don’t speak Spanish or understand it but somehow I knew what it was saying??

[royalarchivist]

Quackity: This project is not over and I’ll do everything necessary to strengthen it day by day. It is a process. Step by step, and it will take time. But I’m taking care of it. [...] I have a personal conviction with this project and I’ll keep working to improve it.

This video is also available on Quackity's VOD YouTube channel, and will include English translations very soon. Please take a moment to read through the transcript of his stream in the meantime; I think it will help a lot of people feel a little bit better.

Translations provided by @QuackitySubs.

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Quackity: I turned on stream to give an announcement regarding what’s happening with the QSMP structure. I know there’s people with many doubts about lots of things so I hope this helps you all understand a little bit more. I’ll be saying all of this in Spanish because I find it easier to express myself in it since it’s my first language. I wanted to make that clear.

I want to give, and explain, a little bit of the context of everything, ok? These past three weeks have been very turbulent regarding many aspects. The restructuring process that’s going on for the project has not been easy at all. Before I involved myself, and I said it before, there was people who damaged the project in very harmful ways, administrative and financially wise. I addressed this before. But I haven’t given any updates or anything of that nature because the only updates I’ve had are all inner and of legal matter. Therefore, there are no visible changes, but they’re important ones that need to be done.

I’m telling you: people with ill intent have been removed from the project, and I’m still in the process with people that have caused a lot of this harm since the beginning. That has been one of the main focuses of this restructuring that’s being carried out. Guys, I want to make something very clear: during this process, the actions that are being made have to be done with extreme care.

Recently, I’ve wanted to give many updates both inside and outside, but we’re facing a very critical issue that’s leaked information. I don’t know if the people who leaked information and announcements from the inside knew this was going on. But when I gave inside information and it leaked where it shouldn’t have; that affected the process that was needed to take care of many things. And the people who affected me administratively and financially, which I already talked about in a past stream, found out about matters that they shouldn’t have known about and used this information to twist it and affect the process. This complicated to a great extent many things. This is why I haven’t given any announcements. This is why I’m not able to talk freely as much I’d like to, and I’m not ignoring or evading but a very, very delicate process is being carried out.

Since the beginning it was known, within my involvement, that to achieve a complete change we had to start with the people who affected me, the project, and that were the cause of many issues that have been going on this whole year. With that being said, what happened was we started looking for a financial strategy for the project because the costs are very high. The project was going to shut down, I already talked about this. And as soon as I could define through different strategies, if there was a way to support the project, the next step was going to reestablish the many QSMP parts that did not longer exist. And I want to make something very clear; given the financial circumstances of the server, I did not want to make anybody a promise that not even I knew could be fulfilled. For this reason, this element was still present- the financial element, and I could not give any more inner updates because I was working on a very important part of the financial element of the server.

It is my understanding that the lack of communication has been notorious, and I reiterate, it’s not on purpose. There are many matters behind the scenes that I’ve been meaning to address, but I’ve had to be very, very careful. I understand if there are people who do not agree with the approach of the process, and if you don’t trust the project neither the process that’s being carried out, don’t worry. I don’t have an issue if you stop consuming the project. I understand that completely. I said I had a personal conviction with the project and it will stay that way.

I’ve been working arduously, and I’m going to do everything in my power for the project to continue but with the best conditions possible, and something I want to make very clear is that this process takes time. That is something I want to make very clear. This process takes time.

Guys, there’s people who have parted ways with the project and that will continue leaving on their own will and I understand that fully. I don’t have a problem with whoever took or will take this decision and I wish them the absolute best. In fact, I made an inner announcement where I let them know that a restructure would take time to be implemented. And there’s people that, for reasons, no longer want to be a part of this project, and I completely understand it because it’s not easy to be in adjustment stages, so I understand. Something I announced from the beginning was that my main goal would be that the project would go back to normal, but with the best conditions possible. This can be achieved following the right dynamics and the right setting for every person contributing to the project and this cannot be done within three weeks. This entire process continues.

Having given a little bit of context behind many aspects regarding the project, I ask of everyone that would like to stay, their utmost patient. I don’t want to make any promises and I don’t want to sugarcoat it. I want to make concrete actions. And that’s what I’ve been doing, whether you can see it or not, that’s what I’ve been doing step by step.

Guys, the changes that I’m doing are in the project’s best interest and I’ll say this openly: These changes are in the project’s best interest and for the people who love it, people who have been impacted by it, people who follow and love what this project means. These people are my motivation and the inspiration for which I started the project, for which I’m still doing the project and for which I’ll keep doing the QSMP. I am not doing this, and I want to make it very clear, I am not doing this for the people who, for a very long time, want to see the project torn down through efforts that show the complete opposite of having love for the project. Be it non-constructive comments, malicious actions, ill intentions wishes upon me, the team, and any community that consumes the QSMP, and the project in general. To me, that all of these ill-intentioned people stop consuming the project does not bother me in the slightest. I want that very, very clear.

Guys, let’s not forget about something very important: it is very difficult to build something but it very easy to destroy it. To everyone who would like to join us in this building process, you’re welcome. For those who seek to destroy it maliciously… this project, since the beginning, wasn’t and it is not made for you.

Lastly, I’d like to say that these past days I’ve been getting many calls, emails and messages from people all around the world expressing what QSMP means for them. This is why, and I’m saying it as it is, this project is not over and I’ll do everything necessary to strengthen it day by day. It is a process. Step by step, and it will take time. But I’m taking care of it.

I want to thank everyone for putting their trust in me beforehand, and I reiterate my personal commitment to strengthen this project. I hope this clarified some doubts and gave context that to many people it was necessary. I reiterate, I have a personal conviction with this project and I’ll keep working to improve it.

[beatricecenci]

Vicente March (Spanish, 1859-1927)

Asis, Basílica de S. Francisco

[zahrastranslations]

El día que tú te marches / The day that you leave ✨

The day that you leave, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’ll search for you everywhere. If I can’t find you, I’ll lose myself.

The day that you leave I don’t wanna survive. I’ll search for you everywhere. I just can’t live without you. Thinking about getting drunk. If you leave, I’m going to die.

[You know the first thing that happens to me? You’re killing me. My youth is slipping away from me. Don’t leave me wanting more, 'cause my light is going out.]

My soul is tickling me. It illuminates my eagerness. When your smile shines, my heart stops.

I don’t want you to leave. I can’t live without you. I’ll devote myself to looking for you. I’ll go down to the hell of cowards. I’ll search for you in the heaven that you always showed me. The day that you leave.

[Chorus]

I’ll go down to the hell of cowards. I’ll search for you in the heaven that you always showed me. The day that you leave.

[Chorus]

Now you love me, now you don’t love me. Now you love me... The day that you leave.

[royalchildreneurope]

King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain, Princess Leonor, The Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía of Spain attend the procession of El Encuentro at Las Calatravas Church in Madrid, Spain -March 30th 2024.

[petit-papillion]

Yuki's helmet: Stay Strong Emilia-Romagna

📸 Im_ED__

[meglyfer]

It’s my birthday today, so I drew my cats (comfort characters) :D Also, TELL ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Lil me :]

Close ups

(Macaque looks so fucking ugly, I hate it 😭😭😭)

(Yes, I drew Red Son with boobs, deal with it /hj)

[todaysdocument]

Funerals - Grave Scenes - Graves of U.S. Soldiers Who Died of Influenza, Devon, England.

Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special StaffsSeries: American Unofficial Collection of World War I PhotographsFile Unit: Funerals - Grave Scenes

Black and white photograph of rows of white crosses.  Each cross has a small mound in front of it.  Some snow is on the ground.  Bare trees are in the background.

Original caption: GRAVES OF U.S. SOLDIERS WHO DIED OF INFLUENZA. DEVON, ENGLAND Graves of 100 American wounded soldiers at Paignton Military Hospital, Devon, England that died from the epidemic of influenza that spread over England.

[leonorandsofia]

Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía accompanied their parents, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, to the last procession of the Holy Week in Madrid on March 30th, 2024.

[auricdrake]

Round four...

I'm on a quest to find tumblr's finest memes. Vote for your favorite memes and help them move on to the next round! If you don't see your favorite here, let me know and I'll put it on a future poll!

The people have spoken! Goncharov and Miette the cat have both had a huge amount of votes on the last few polls so they have been declared winners, and removed as options. I want to see what other memes y'all love!

[todayisafridaynight]

cant stress how obsessed i am with yamaguchis shirt

[royalarchivist]

Roier: Culero.

Foolish: Culeto? What– what is that? What is that?

Roier: Um, your house!

Vegetta: It's cool– "cool" is culero.

Foolish: Mi casa es "culero"?

Vegetta: Yes, it's culero. 😄

Roier: Yes, very culero! 😂

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Vegetta: It's... very cool! Yes.

Foolish: Oh, thank you!

Roier: [Laughs] No Vegetta, no!

Foolish: Is that– Thank you, I appreciate that!

Roier: No Vegetta, no...

Vegetta: It's cool, it's cool! The house is cool!

Roier: Culero. [Asshole]

Foolish: Culeto?

Vegetta: Culero...

Roier: Culero.

Foolish: Culeto?

Roier: No- culero.

Foolish: Culeto?

Roier: [Laughs] No.

Foolish: What– what am I– what am I missing? Culeto!

Roier: [Sounding it out for him] Cu-le-ro.

Foolish: Cu-le-ro! Culero?

Roier: Eso! Yes, culero.

Foolish: What– What is that? What is that?

Roier: Um, your house!

Vegetta: It's cool– "cool" is culero.

Foolish: Mi casa es "culero"?

Vegetta: Yes, it's culero.

Roier: Yes, very culero!

Foolish: What– what's culero?

Roier: "Cool!"

Vegetta: It's- it's "cool!" Cool!

Foolish: "Cool?"

Vegetta: "Oh, it's cool!" It's- in Spanish, it's "It's culero!"

Roier: Yes, it's culero.

Foolish: Roier es culero.

Roier: No!

Foolish: No? You're not? You're not cool?

Roier: Well, yeah, maybe, maybe, maybe, sometimes.

[minglana]

BUT ALSO she told me that anytime i wanna go out to the lesbian party or gay party whenever theyre organized. that i can ask her to go. which ok. but i dont wanna impose myself on her and her friend group😭