#Treeship

[trixieswife]

It's a bit late, but have the Valentine's Day art I made for me and Trixie! Or I guess Hearts and Hooves Day is more appropriate here?

[somewhereincairparavel]

when jason wished to not get turned into a tree like thalia in tlh, and claimed that he hated being old zeus took it LITERALLY and gave him what he wished for by not even bothering to save him dam-

[rancidslime]

oh gosh, i did not read the sequels haha, i actually thought there were just 2 books? i forgot most of the palace job plot except that it was a bit "someone excitedly describing their dnd campaign" in pacing, and also there was a sexy unicorn and like an offbrand carrot from discworld? and then the main character was a black woman and they described her very weirdly the whole time

i would be direly curious to know what happens in the others :')

BUCKLE UP (copy pasted from other people i've explained this to because why put that much effort into it am i right)

So, the trick with the series (Rogues of the Republic) is that it has fantasy races but makes them more alien in their mindset. Fine, fun, no problem. There is also intra-human racism. Also fine in theory, plenty of fantasy stories have done this quite well. The first problem is that it's very… I would describe it as direct. This is not an Unsounded where the racial dynamics are so unlike our world's that there's more room to play in the space and explore what bigotry could/would look like in a world with magic.

Again, not inherently a bad thing, but I think it's fair to say this really narrows your margin of error if you lack lived experience and cred as an author, and Weekes is very white indeed. There is a straightforwardly black ethnic group in the series - the Urujar - to which the lead and her second-in-command belong. The Urujar are a people who used to be enslaved by the majority-white Republic of the series, and racial prejudice - as it does - endures to this day, with even black gentry (which do now exist, but are rarer than their white counterparts within the Republic by several orders of magnitude) being unable to truly escape it. So far, honestly, could be worse. Baffling choice from Weekes, but nothing truly offensive yet.

Okay, so then we have the Imperials. This is our other major human faction. The biggest problem with the Imperials is that in a world of elven treeships and floating human Republic cities, the Imperials feel less like what they were intended to be (a vaguely Han Dynasty themed fantasy empire) and more of a loose collection of orientalist tropes. Imperial characters' names are presented "translated" so that they sound deliberately stilted to the reader (princess Veiled Lightning, general Jade Blossom) and the language around them just feels very exotifying in a way that doesn't really feel like it's coming from the characters. Everything about them feels icky in a way that I struggle to articulate without specific passages to hand; it's like a compounding effect of gross shit.

Now we get to the real whammy. The rest of the book could perhaps be chalked up to good intentions clashing with poor craftsmanship, but there's really no excuse for this worldbuilding choice.

So, this is one of those "the world lives in the shadow of its magically advanced precursors" settings, and in the second book you learn, oh, the elves and dwarves are the way they are because they were modified to make them better at certain tasks. (Elves, for example, use "natural" magic in the setting because being around the setting's more directly academic and logical "crystal" magic forcibly reorders their thoughts to operate like a computer, since that's what they were made for. It's to the point where crystal magic is outlawed in the Elflands.)

This bred-for-purpose rule extends to humans too. (Oh no.)

The bred-in purposes go down racial lines (Oh, NO.)

White men are favored hosts for the ancients, women are broodmares, and black people are fucking LABORERS. That's right, black people were canonically made to be fucking laborers in this setting by its precursors. Straight up, that is something Trick wrote. The black protagonist is the smartest character in the cast and the actual text of the book supports the irl knowledge that the actual differences between the invented distinction of race are completely superficial, so one could, if one were being extremely fucking charitable, see the germ of an idea about making a comment on racism and sexism, and I think if you asked Weekes they'd say that was their intent, but frankly it's so fucking mangled by this ghastly fucking choice to have black people be BRED TO BE WORKERS that all positive interpretations are obliterated in the face of it.

Like there were so many points where Weekes could have backed up from the edge, like, say, by having the entire human race in this story be made to be laborers and use that as a jumping-off point to discuss the artificiality of race as a construct. But again we see this Bioware inclination of needing to attempt to explain bigotry as though it were logical, and not merely a justification for exploitation

[imagek]

Poster - Treeship Titratable Sawback, Artsy breezy, blur and wavy medium blue, royal blue and sky blue abstract design on plain floor

Abstract designs challenge traditional notions of representation, inviting viewers to appreciate art in a more imaginative and non-literal manner. Abstract designs are artistic compositions that prioritize the use of shapes, lines, colors, and forms divorced from their representational or real-world references. Abstract art is a diverse and innovative artistic movement that prioritizes non-representational and non-figurative forms. Art allows you to explore and express their creativity beyond the constraints of depicting recognizable objects or scenes.

Treeship Titratable Sawback, Poster.

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[thehorriblemu]

Just For Fun: What if MLP Ships had shipping names?

Notes:

- Shipping isn’t serious business. Don’t get your panties in a twist. I pretty much just listed every ship I could think of and come up a name with from the top of my head.

- I pretty much pulled all the names out of my ass. So shipping names that are similar and/or match already existing shipping names from Pokémon and/or Yu-Gi-Oh are pure coincidence.

  List of names I came up with (in no particular order):

 Eggheadshipping – Twilight Sparkle/Rainbow Dash (TwiDash)

Flightcampshipping – Fluttershy/Rainbow Dash (Flutterdash)

Reformedshipping – Fluttershy/Discord (FlutterCord)

Yeargapshipping – Fluttershy/Pinkie Pie (FlutterPie)

Prankshipping – Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash (PinkieDash)

Fallweathershipping – Applejack/Rainbow Dash (AppleDash)

Relatedshipping – Applejack/Pinkie Pie (ApplePie)

Natureshipping – Applejack/Fluttershy (AppleShy)

Mentorshipping – Twilight Sparkle/Starlight Glimmer

Countryhorseshipping – Twilight Sparkle/Sunset Shimmer

Highschoolshipping – Sci-Twi/Sunset Shimmer

Squeeshipping – Daring Do (A.K. Yearling)/Rainbow Dash (DaringDash)

Fanaticshipping – Quibble Pants/Rainbow Dash (QuibbleDash)

Horsepowershipping – Big Mac/Bulk Biceps

Potionshipping – Cheerlilee/Big Mac (CheeriMac)

Bullyshipping – Diamond Tiara/Silver Spoon

Dictionaryshipping – Applebloom/Sweetiebelle

Organizedshipping – Amethyst Star/Twilight Sparkle

Bouldershipping – Rarity/Tom

Rocksolidshipping – Boulder/Tom

Steroidshipping – Bulk Biceps/Appleloosa Buckball Defender

Princestshipping – Princess Celestia/Princess Luna

Applecestshipping – Big Mac/Applejack

Studyshipping – Twilight Sparkle/Moondancer (TwiDancer)

Wonderboltshipping – Spitfire/Soarin’

Academyshipping – Rainbow Dash/Lightning Dust

Topboltshipping - Sky Stinger/Vapor Trail

Trophyshipping – Fancy Pants/Fleur De-Lis

Highsocietyshipping – Fancy Pants/Rarity

Smartypantsshipping – Twilight Sparkle/Big Mac

Ladyshipping – Cherry Jubilee/Rarity

Chickenshipping – Scootaloo/Elizabeak

Treelovershipping – Fulltershy/Treehugger

Treeshipping – Fluttershy/Bloomberg

Spashipping – Starlight Glimmer/Trixie

Magicduelshipping – Twilight Sparkle/Trixie

Summercampshipping – Applejack/Coloratura

Faithfulstudentshipping – Twilight Sparkle/Princess Celestia

Armwrestleshipping – Big Mac/Princess Celestia

Gazeboshipping – Big Mac/Princess Luna

Piecestshipping – Pinkie Pie/Maud Pie

Hearthshipping – Marble Pie/Big Macintosh

Kiteshipping – Maud Pie/Starlight Glimmer

 I know I probably missed out on a lot, but that’s it for now.  Feel free to add more.

[mcollawn]

United Nations in Anime

Anime has many different societies and countries among them. These collective groups of people are either happy or face difficulties in the world they know. In response to Flag Day, I am writing an entry about how a country came to be by the Second Continental Congress, USA. Flag Day is a national holiday where it was officially recognized in 1946 by the U.S. Congress and honors a country's existence of national identity. In honor of Flag Day and remembering the origins of it, here a list of four occurrences of governments or political affiliations that are more united than people believe to be so. The Holy Britannian Empire in Code Geass is very large and expansive worldwide. This powerful superpower stretches from the Americas to Russia in covering about a third of the Earth. Territories belonging to the empire are Areas like Area 11 in which Japanese citizens are called "Elevens." The Seven Seas Alliance has Sinbad leading this group of nations and presents itself as a peacekeeping force to combat even the likes of the Kou Empire. Sinbad is known for capturing several dungeons and being a king vessel in the Magi anime. Also, as the name suggests it stretches from the seven seas with countries including Sindria Kingdom, Heliohapt Kingdom, Artemyra, Imuchakk, Sasan Kingdom, Reim Empire, Kina Kingdom (former), and Kou Empire (former). The World Government in One Piece has nearly lasted 800 years with the 20 founding nations after the Void Century. According to the quote, "Look at that symbol, pirates!!! That mark represents the unity of over 170 nations... In the four seas and the Grand Line...!!! This is the World!!! " ~ Part of Spandam's speech on what the World Government is. Basically, The World Government is a force to take serious and means a lot for 800 years of ruling. Jurai Planet in Tenchi Muyo! takes place in the Milky Way Galaxy and spans over 150,000 years. The descendants have access to a special power known as Family Trees. Also, they have a powerful armada of treeships that can be a force to be reckoned with in galactic warfare. I hope that I gave an insight into how these governments or political affiliations operate and see themselves in the world's view.

https://img.memecdn.com/model-united-nations_fb_253464.jpg

[trixieswife]

Hi Tumblr!! I'm Veronica or Vee for short (28, she/her) and I'm out here being unhinged about the Great and Powerful Showmare from MLP!

I'm almost certain I'm soulbonded with Trixie, making me living proof that we don't choose who we fall in love with! Though if I'm being honest I'd chose her every time anyway 💜

Our ship name is Tree 🌳! Any post I make here is probs gonna be pretty gushy tbh. Doubles DNI please, I get jealous. And don't send me any ship content involving her either.

I'm also a big fan of Nintendo Games, Anime and Doctor Who!

[moodindigo90]

The Yggdrasill Templar treeship

[neaature]

I opened up my music player and memory tapes was pulled up.

Sweet Jesus. What was I doing that I needed freaking memory tapes to get through?

[trixieswife]

Cretur

[moodindigo90]

From World Tree to Templar treeship

The Yggdrasill was a state-of-the-art, beautiful treeship built and designed by the Templars commanded by True Voice of the Tree Het Masteen. It was about one kilometer long. The treeship took the Seven Pilgrims to the Final Shrike Pilgrimage in Hyperion. http://hyperioncantos.wikia.com/wiki/Yggdrasill

[virtualtracks]

Memory Tapes : "Treeship"