#ask spain

[ego-meliorem-esse]

I love your art and style, its amazing! Sorry for bothering, but I was wondering how India or Spain would look in your style! Thank you :3

So many thoughts on this mf, yet so little time...

As for India, I got a WIP I am fairly happy with, but thought I'd share Antonio before cus it would just take too long to draw both and share lol

I think i've shared some hcs abt Spain but i can't really remember what I said.

Anyway I prefer the cunning and manipulative Antonio without the happy go lucky attitude. Maybe as a facade but even then I got some issues with that.

[renonv]

oooh what about russian doll having a slumber party in kin list!! or bft!

Why not both? 😳🫶

[royalarchivist]

Quackity: Lately, I have been participating in events and projects, and unfortunately it's become clear to me that my presence and name have only been used to attract the attention of my national and international community with the objective, as I see it, of generating more attention towards controversies - destructive controversies, and a rupture that is very clear in the community. [...] In advance, I ask the organizers of any type of events and projects like this to please show more respect to me and my community, because I've shown lots of sympathy and cooperation in these various projects and events, but it's become clear to me that their only interest is in using my name. My name and my community have been used to attract all this attention for distorted purposes, and I will no longer allow that to happen. That is not what my content is about - not me nor my content nor anything I’ve done.

Here's Quackity's commentary on respect and his reasoning for distancing himself and his projects from future events and awards shows.

[ Full Transcript ↓ ]

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Quackity: Before I leave, I would like to talk about something that is very serious for me and something that I would like to tell you about. Because for me it is a very serious topic and it is a topic that- well, I had my mind on and I want to express it- [reading Chat] yes, thank you. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas.

Anyways, lately I have been participating in events and projects, and in these events and projects, unfortunately it's become clear to me that my presence and name have only been used to attract the attention of my national and international community with the objective, as I see it, of generating more attention towards controversies - destructive controversies, and a rupture that is very clear in the community, and this is what I want to say: I'm NOT ok with these types of dynamics or stuff like this, and I want to make it very clear to my stream, my community, and everyone that, for this exact reason that I just mentioned, I want to make it clear that I want to distance myself and any of my projects from the Esland Awards, which you all know is coming up.

Sadly, the Esland Awards have been an event with a history of much controversy, a lot of division, and a lot of divisions within the community, and as you guys know, as you know, my content has never been characterized by seeking controversy or divisions or anything like that. It's for this exact reason that I don't want to be involved with these awards.

In advance, I ask the organizers of any type of events and projects like this to please show more respect to me and my community, because I've shown lots of sympathy and cooperation in these various projects and events, but it's become clear to me that their only interest is in using my name. My name and my community have been used to attract all this attention for distorted purposes, and I will no longer allow that to happen. I don't want it to happen. That is not what my content is about - not me nor my content nor anything I've done. That's what I want to make very clear here.

That's about it. I'm going to continue with the projects I'm doing and I want to thank my community so much for the support and love. I appreciate it very much, but I wanted to make this clear - I wanted to make this clear. This is just a topic I wanted to address quickly.

Thank you for all the love and support, I love you all so much.

[alexiapp]

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: none pure fluff

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: Alexia surprises the family with a new puppy for christmas.

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Christmas was rolling around. Decoration of christmas roaming around homes, stores, buildings and the streets of Spain.

You were never that excited about christmas until you and Alexia had kids.

You always wanted them to have the best experiences.

Luis was just shy away from being 9, so trying to find a gift that’ll fit his wants would be difficult.

He asked for the simple things like toys, or new “cool shoes”.

Everyone knows, the more older you get the more unreasonable the stuff you ask for becomes.

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𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬

“Mama please, I want a new dog”. Your son said pleading.

“No we have nala” your wife said sternly running around the house getting dinner ready.

“But, nala’s getting old and i want one of my own” Your son said with a sad tone.

“The answer’s no and that’s final.” Alexia said pointing at your son as she got back to cooking.

You got done changing your daughter.

“Look at you. Aren’t you the cutest thing” You said lifting your daughter up and walking downstairs.

“What’s all this fuss going on between you to” You said holding your 9 month old daughter.

“Nothing, amor just the same old same old.” Your wife said sighing. “Luis wants a dog i say no” the blonde says as she shakes her head huffing.

“Aren’t you happy with nala ?” you said looking at your son.

“That’s what i said” Your wife said mumbling to herself under her voice in aggravation.

“course i am ! i just want a puppy that i can call mine” your son said frowning flapping his arms around.

You walked up to your son and held his face in your small palms. “You and i both know it’s going to take more than one person to raise a dog. So be patient okay ?” you said trying to reason with him.

“okay” your son said in defeat, as you bent to kiss his forehead, using your thumb to rub the frown off his eyebrows

You grabbed your daughter and put her in the high chair and kissed her chubby cheeks, getting her ready for dinner.

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𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫

You went to put your daughter down for bed and Alexia tucked Luis in. Kissing them both goodnight and you both getting ready to shower.

After your shower, and messing around you and Alexia got into bed.

“So, what’s the deal with the Puppy.” You said turning to lay your head on Alexia’s chest looking up into her hazel eyes.

“What about it ?”. the blonde said raising an eyebrow in disconcertion.

“Cmon Ale you and I both know you’re going to get him that puppy” You said shaking your head at your wife’s antics. Attempting to act “clueless”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about bonita” Alexia said trying to play coy.

Making you shake your head, to which you moved up to kiss her. Which soon turned heated you quickly turned off the lamp and straddle Alexia’s waist in a fits of laughter.

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𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲

You were sitting on the floor in your Pj’s watching your son open his gift each one leaving him in ‘awe’ and your daughter… well she was 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 to open her’s.

“Wow, a Messi jersey cool !” Your son said with a broad smile on his face.

Your wife watching him in amusement. with you helping your daughter open her gifts since a 9 month old could only do so much. Ripping the present opens with ‘ou’s and awe’s’ making her giggle at your silly expressions.

“Oh my gosh!! This is the toy i wanted” Your son said jumping up and down in excitement. Running towards Alexia to jump into her arm’s in excitement and coming towards you to hug and kiss you on the head. Your son running around with glee.

It was really a sight for sore eyes watching Your son be happy.

“Okay, i think you’ve opened all your gifts i think it’s time to start cleaning up all your mess” You said announcing out loud.

“Okay, I want to hurry up and play with my toys!” Your son said blinded by all the happiness.

“Wait i have one more thing i need to get” You wife said getting up with a pointed finger in the air.

She stepped outside you guys front door.

You and your son sharing a look of confusion at Alexia’s action.

The hazel eyed woman soon walked back in with a big box with wrapping paper and a big bow on top decorating the box.

A mischievous, smile painted all over her face.

“What’s that?” Your son said To which she set the box down gently.

When she set it down there was a small bark of a puppy that could be heard coming from inside the box. Your son jumped up in surprise and covered his mouth with his little hands trying to contain himself.

“You did not” You said laughing looking up at Alexia, with your daughter in hands babbling away.

“I in-fact did hermosa” She said bending down to gently open the top of the box setting it aside.

She reached back in and grabbed the Red Cavapoo puppy, its little barks could be heard around the living room.

You could hear Nala quickly running in from the sound of the puppy’s noises in curiosity.

“Oh my god!! Mama you got me a puppy?!?” Your son said jumping up and down screaming at the top of his lungs. He was so excited he was almost in tears.

“Luis say Hello to your new puppy” Your wife said handing him the dog.

To which your son gently grabbed the puppy almost half the size of him.

“Aww you’re so cute” your son sad rubbing his face on the puppy’s fur.

You got up with your daughter in your hands and walked towards Alexia using your hands to touch her cheek.

“You’re the best mother he could after ask for” You said looking into her beautiful hazel’s pecking her lips.

To which she smiled.

“Puppy !” You look down at your daughter who was pointing at the dog in Luis’s hand jumping in your arms in excitement.

You and Alexia both gasped at her first words. “That’s right Puppy!” Your wife said taking her from you kissing her cheek. “Good girl” she said snuggling you guy’s 9 month old.

“This has to be the best christmas so far” your son said still coddling the puppy.

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𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

“Hey, christmas isn’t over just yet” You said walking towards Ale who was sitting on the bed. To which she looked up at you in confusion.

You went to your bad and took out a long grey box. You handed it to her and gave a faint ‘open’ with a smile spread across your face.

When she opened it she was met with a beautiful diamond pendent.

“Amor, you shouldn’t have” She said with a gasp.

“This is for you, for being the most amazing wife i could ever ask for and the most amazing mother i could ask for. Te amo Ale” You said leaning down to kiss her.

“Te amo mucho” she said with tears in her eyes.

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𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 !!

[howlphilic]

Pedri nsfw alphabet

NSFW ALPHABET WITH; P8DRI.

trigger warning (☣️) — nsfw, hard kinks, mdni.

[i’m strictly a bxb account so please respect that. i’ll rarely be making !fem reader content. thank you.]

A; after care. (what they are like after sex)

pedri is the best at giving after care. after he’s caught his breath, he’ll come closer to you and cuddle you without caring how dirty and messed up you are. he will caress you, ask you if you need some water and help you bathe right after. he is very gentle after sex especially if you two had make-up/angry/jealous sex.

B; body part. (their favourite part of theirs and also their partners)

for pedri, he takes pride in his muscular arms and back. he spent a lot of time training so now that he is well-built, he is very proud of it. what makes those specific body parts of his, his favourite is when you are scratching his back during sex, digging your nails into it and marking him up or when you are running your hands through his strong arms weakly to steady yourself or tease him.

he is definitely an ass and thighs man. he enjoys grabbing your ass, slapping it, or groping it when you are alone with him. he loves fucking you from behind, he finds the way your hole is jerking him off so hypnotizing, he is addicted to it just like the way your thighs are fucking him like crazy. covering your thighs with his thick, hot cum as you are jacking him off with your thighs.

C; cum. (anything to do with cum)

the first time he wouldn’t cum inside. he would pull out and cover you with his load while calling you degrading names. after the two of you are together for a while and you bring up the thought of needing his kids inside of you or wanting him to paint your insides white, he will release nowhere else except inside of you.

pedri doesn’t cum so fast. you need to tease him for him to get very worked up, if he is worked up he can bust a load inside of you in less than 5 minutes. he definitely cums 2-3 times in a session.

D; dirty secret. (a dirty secret of theirs)

pedri won’t admit it but he is secretly a pervert for you. whenever you shower, he secretly watches you while jacking off or palming himself through his pants. he also loves watching you getting changed, he is so down bad but you not knowing makes it more fun for him.

E; experience. (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

oh, pedri knows what he is doing, he is a very experienced man. his love life is secret but we all know it’s wild since he parties a lot. i know for a fact, the girls he knows or from the city he lives in would gossip about him a lot and be jealous of the girls he slept with.

F; favourite position. (this goes without saying)

pedri enjoys having you in many positions because he knows how to do them well. but if he had to choose, he would pick the face-off. pedri finds it so appealing when your head is tilted back and his face is only an inch away from your tits, burying his face into them and leaving hickeys on them as his hands are down to your ass, spanking and squeezing it all he wants.

G; goofy. (are they more serious in the moment? are they humourous? etc)

this man is quite serious in nature and that reflects in his sex life as well for sure. of course, sometimes he might laugh when you accidentally let out a silly noise or when you get cramps but most of the time he is serious and focused on giving both you and himself pleasure. he is too focused to be humourous.

H; hair. (how well-groomed is he, does the carpet match the drapes, etc)

pedri’s hair is dark brown and wavy. he takes care of it a lot, he makes sure his haircuts are always clean and fresh even though he dry blows it, as a result, to come out straight. still, he takes a very good care of it.

I; intimacy. (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

he is a 50/50. he loves giving you pleasure and driving you over the edge. he is gentle and romantic but he has his bad days. whenever he is in a bad mood, he takes his anger out on you and degrades you while his cock is buried deep inside you, strong hand pulling on your hair and the other one covering your mouth in case you get way too loud.

J; jack off. (masturbation head canon)

pedri doesn’t masturbate when you are around. before meeting you, he wasn’t masturbating at all because he didn’t have to. he would sleep with other people anyways but now, that you two are in a relationship, he jacks off to the thought of you whenever you are not around to help him out.

K; kink. (one or more of their kinks)

one of pedri’s kinks is dominance. nothing gets him more worked up than seeing you trust him by fully submitting yourself to him. completely. spanking, breath play, bondage, and referring to him as “daddy” are also some of his favourites for sure.

L; location. (favorite places to do the do)

pedri loves making you take him everywhere. he has no favorite places but if he had to pick, he would say somewhere hidden in public. as much as he hates skipping important events, having quickies with you in the locker room, public bathrooms and at the back of his car is a big yes from him.

M; motivation. (what turns them on, gets them going)

misbehavior turns him on a lot. doing something against his orders or wishes and ending up going very badly works him up to the max. he loves hearing you beg and telling him that you are sorry.

N; no. (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

pedri wouldn’t even bother to mention anything involving vomit. topics like vomit and scat are a hard no for him.

O; oral. (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc)

pedri loves receiving it and you love giving it. he loves seeing you in between his legs, worshipping his cock and teasing him by wrapping your tongue around it and beginning to suck him off like your life depends on it. he also loves going down on you to eat you out till you are begging him to let you release. pedri is good with his tongue so every time he eats you out, you feel like you are in heaven.

P; pace. (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc)

it depends on his mood. pedri favours fast and rough sex because it always gets intense but he also likes slow and sensual sex. he likes taking his time with it, making love to you while sloppily kissing your body and telling you how beautiful and mesmerising you are like this.

Q; quickie. (their opinions on quickies, how often etc)

pedri really enjoys quickies. most of the time, because of his job, you only have time for quickies so, he will either be sneaking away to fuck you on some random public places or have sex in his car.

R; risk. (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc)

pedri will always be up to try out new things with you, he has no problem with finding out new levels of pleasure with you and kinks but he wouldn’t go for things that will hurt you mentally or physically. he is a sucker for pain but not to an extreme degree.

S; stamina. (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

pedri is a very strong man both physically and mentally so he can easily go for a couple rounds before he gets too tired out. he can last for a very long time so you have to be honest with him unless you want to pass out from the pleasure.

T; toys. (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

this man does not like toys. he prefers giving you pleasure with his own hands and body but if you were into it, he would happily use his belt to either tie you up or spank you.

U; unfair. (how much they like to tease)

pedri teases you a lot, in fact, he is a professional tease. he loves teasing you while both of you are out in public by telling you what he wants to do to you. he just loves seeing you getting all red and needy. he also adores teasing while you are about to cum, telling you that you mustn’t cum till he tells you to, just for you to hold it in and squirt all over him when he is done with you.

V; volume. (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc)

pedri’s groans are the sexiest. throaty or breathy groans escape from his lips, but he mostly loves talking dirty to you during sex so he is not that loud. the most loud he gets is when he busts a load inside you or pulls out.

W; wild card. (a random headcanon for the character)

pedri gets aroused by seeing you wearing tight necklaces and leggings. if the necklace is tight and very close to your throat, he will definitely see him staring intensely; he is thinking of pulling it off and making you choke, your throat getting slightly marked by the sudden pull and strength.

X; x-ray. (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

pedri gives off big dick energy and i can imagine him with a good thing under those boxers. he is around 7 (7.5/8 when aroused) inches long and is slightly thicker than average. he would stretch you out perfectly and make sure to make you feel him in your tummy.

Y; yearning. (how high is their sex drive?)

pedri’s sex drive is not extremely high but not very low either. since he is a very healthy and young man, expect him to have sex around 4-6 times per week. he has a lot of pent up adrenaline and anger so he prefers getting rid of everything under the sheets with you.

Z; zzz. (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

pedri falls asleep very quickly after sex since both of you cuddle and keep yourselves close to each other. he likes falling asleep with you in his arms, all dirty and sweaty from your earlier actions.

[kingofthering]

SPAIN 2023 | Lewis Hamilton bringing up his first years racing with Nico Rosberg during the fanzone event.

“Go-karts was the best time of my career. I was just talking to someone today about when we were racing in Italy. Back then I started racing with Nico, the year after this [pointing at the photo on screen] I started racing with Nico in Italy for example, so, you know it was a real history out there. Those were the best days.”

[42bakery]

How is the symbol on the Spain flag connected to the extreme right? I always just assumed that was his personal thing somehow

Hi 👋👋👋👋

So the siluete on the flag Jorge carries is the Toro de Osborne (Osborne's bull).

This started as a publicity stunt and the siluete was put along some Spanish road. In fact, in some places it can still be see, not in Catalonia, where I'm from.

Somehow, that symbol started to pop up in flags and become a symbol of Spain's unity and crushing the unique identity of some Spanish areas (Catalonia, Basque Country and Galicia for example).

That unity is usually linked to the right (PP) and far/extrem right (Vox) in Spain. So basically a symbol that was mant to represent Spain become a symbol of the extreme right. I can't find any, but where there are right/extreme right demonstration or politic events this flag can be seen around.

It's true that is a personal choice, but so is what parties do you vote. I'm from Catalonia and if I see that flag in the street I know it's someone from Vox. I don't know if the flag holds the same meaning and have the same connotation in Madrid (where Jorge is from) because the right has more power and influence. It probably does, but the use is more widespread than in other areas.

It's okay to not know this because Spain is all about the bulls and bullfighting and one can assume it's just a non-official flag (and it kind of it), but in this case is kind of a display of his political believe. Don't quote me on him voting for the right (or extreme right), but he clearly is not a left voter.

Sorry for the info dumping in here

[moonshynecybin]

I find Marc covered up fully underneath his leathers, upto his neck & wrists, so fascinating when we have the others in half sleeves, mesh or nothing. I can't remember if he always was that way or changed midway, if there was a particular reason? If Alex does the same? It just gives regency era eldest spinster daughter hair tied up tight covered up to the neck waiting for the highest titled rake to come show her the pleasures waiting for her.

marc would be SOOOO good at the kate sharma of it all. like bridgerton season two is in many ways rosquez 2 me. marc WOULD deny himself love and marriage if he convinced himself it would protect alex and vale WOULLD close himself off from love for fear of losing anyone he loved ever again after the untimely death of his [dont worry about it] from a bee sting. perfect set up for vale to decide to court marc's much more agreeable and younger (NOT A SPINSTERRRR) brother who because he needs someone to secure the family's future with and alex is one of the most eligible and educated bachelors on the market. and he knows he will never fall in love with him. whereas marc is known for going on crazy person horse rides (how he first meets vale) and pissing people off. and ALEX is locked in this fun codependency thing with marc, where marc sacrificed so much to get him there from spain and its the only way they can like. still live in the same household because the marquez finances are a lil shaky for regency reasons (alex it should be noted will fall for vale's ward franky SO fast and they shall have their own tortured by familial obligation repressed regency drama please trust this. it WOULD involve alex saving franky from bandits. again trust.)

so anyways vale commits to courting the idea of alex. butttt marc and vale. kind of hit it off. chemistry! goofballs ! a game of crochet that legitimately turns a little dangerous (marc is. cheating the whole time lmao. vale is ALSO cheating he is kicking balls into the bushes and. possibly. checking out marc's ass when he bends over to fetch them. victimless crime looking never hurt anyone.) truly luca meets marc and is like lovely to meet the man my brother plans to marry :) and alex vale marc are all like. um. hah. about that. EVERYONE can see and marc and vale are down fucking horrendous but are cutting themselves off from love so aggressively its UPSETTING ! vale CANNOT lose anyone he loves and marc will sacrifice EVERYTHING for alex's future so they are locked in horny tension for monthsss. it is. insanely horny close proximity sniffing. it is. dancing at balls probably more than is strictly proper. it is. marc getting pushed into a body of water and having to strip off his paper thin old-timey shirttttt. getting wayyyy too into betting on horse races like they are throwing elbows. alone in various well dressed rooms breathing the same air SO much yearning and holding back because like. they CANT do that to alex (alex. does not want that man lmao).

until finallyyyyy its alex and vale's wedding day and marc feels like hes going to THROW UPPPPPP. worlds saddest little spinster. pale sad brave face on. but he walks in and vale is just. he cant take his fucking eyes off marc. at the alter in a church in his best suit. he cant stop looking at him. and he feels like hes going to cry but he doesnt know why. and alex walks in and looks at the two of them looking like they want to DIE and it clicks. right then. that theyre in love (huge relief off of his shoulders tbh. already sexting franky via horny letter in his mindpalace) like alex KNOWS his brother and he KNOWS the only way get marc to stop doing something self destructive is for alex to tell him he doesnt have to. so he turns away from vale and he takes marc's hands. and he calls of the wedding.

BUT that doesnt resolve our central conceit on vale's end. what do you do when the scariest thing in the world is the person you love dying. and that is a belief that has been informed by person you love dying trauma. well in vale's case you simply have to realize YOU ARE ALREADY IN LOVE... TOO LATE IDIOT. having them and MAYBE losing them is better than never having them and losing them ANYWAYYY. so in this its like. the wedding falls through, alex marries franky so hes fine, and marc gets in a HORSE RIDING ACCIDENT ! and its uh. not looking good. and marc almost DIES and vale wasnt even THERE and he didnt knowwww how vale feels. he never got to be with him :( truly life is fleeting go fuck your twink :( finds out marc is going to be okay and cries for hmm. maybe the first time in ten years? and then they get married :)

[hellonerf]

can we maybe see a lineup of all of your 2p!nyotalia designs u have :3c

this nearly killed my battery but i narrowly saved it. anyways here we go i had to improvise for some designs bcz i didn't like the canon/it didnt exist or i didnt like fanon. it was a little easier to think since here theyre set in post apocalypse or just a weird ass empty deserted world in general. okay whatever i was gonna put design notes but im lazu

[go-learn-esperanto]

I think only Italian and Portuguese people should be allowed to bid for this one. It's the principle of the thing. /j

[scarletdex]

Hey Florian! Do you have a favourite pokémon?

I'd love to have one of each wing pattern someday! I only have the Meadow, Marine, Elegant, Modern, and Fancy pattern right now, though.

[renonv]

LOL sorry I disappeared again it’s cuz I got the trigger finger (cringe)

it got better lol but the hetalia brain rot has only gotten worse ❤️

[rinmiko]

Can you draw please Prussia, France and Spain in Kim Possible’s clothing?

Or

France as Kim Possible, Spain as Ron Stoppable and Prussia as Rufus (Idk if you’ll shave Prussia’s head or not but whatever) By the way,

Italy is Monkey Fist, Japan is Shego and Germany is Dr. Drakken.

i sure do love kim possible

[useless-catalanfacts]

No question. Just rant. I love your page. And sorry for chaotic story time vibes, but I don't think I'd realised how crazy this anti-catalan thing really is until I travelled to southern Spain. My Spanish is not great, but I took a course in Catalan in high school (long story on why this was available in my city but it also included a human tower party at the end and it was brilliant even tho I almost died) so when talking to people I casually threw in some Catalan words to help my Spanish. I am Norwegian, and I thought it was kind of like... as if someone was trying to speak Norwegian but casually threw in some Swedish to fill in the gaps. Like we would totally have joked about it, but overall we would just be grateful they really made an effort to be understood. But no. IT WAS NOT THE CASE. My host was literally offended. Like offended offended. I didn't really get it, because it's not like the Catalans have oppressed him and I'm coming here speaking the tongue of the oppressor (its kinda the opposite). But no. My host acted if I was the most ignorant person ever. He basically sat me down and explained that I have to show respect and speak castillian (or english, which was apparently fine, even if he understood about 1% of it), and then I asked if he would speak Catalan if he visited Barcelona and he said he would never visit Barcelona because he didn't like the people there. And then I said that if you hate them so much, why not throw them out of the country, get rid of them, and let them have their own state? It sounds like a win-win. And he looked as if he was gonna hit me.

Ah 😬

I wish things like this surprised me, but I have family from Andalucía and Extremadura and have friends who also have family from Andalucía, and so I've heard this and worse... It also reminded me of a few weeks ago when there was a scandal because a train in Málaga (in Andalucía, southern Spain) gave the announcements in Catalan instead of Spanish (turns out the train had been programmed in Catalonia during the COVID-19 restrictions and later moved to the Málaga train system, but for some mistake this day it was showing COVID-19 precaution in Catalan from 2020 now in 2024). It was such a scandal that it was on the news and politicians were making such a big deal of it, the PP (the most voted party in Málaga and of all Andalucía) also said it was "offensive" and that Malagans were being "laughed at" by the trains. Other errors in public transport that actually mean people can't travel in time don't get reported as much as when one train's screens tell you in Catalan to wear your facemask. 🤷

The last part of what you say, absolutely right. I never understood it either: if they really don't like us, then shouldn't they also be interested in not having anything to do with us? Why not just kick us out? I never really understood it until some years ago when I heard the words of a right-wing Spanish journalist (I think was Federico Jiménez Losantos?) who said something along the lines of "if Catalans want to leave, then leave. But Catalonia is ours." Meaning that Catalan people, individually, we can leave and migrate abroad. But the land is a possession of Spain, our homeland is their property. I think that sums up that view. It's not about being annoyed at having to share a state with a culture you despise, it's about wanting to keep domination.

I'm sorry you had this experience. Your effort to communicate should have been valued, and pulling the words you know from a language from the same linguistic family was a good idea that would have worked great, they wouldn't have found it offensive if the language you knew instead of Catalan was Italian, Portuguese, etc. Thank you very much for sharing your experience, and I hope you could enjoy the rest of your trip (Southern Spain, outside of situations like this, is a beautiful place), and I'm very glad to hear you enjoyed the castells party (and didn't die in it)!

[reality-detective]

Spain: 🇪🇸 Politicians and NGO's say it is 'racist' and 'dangerous' to describe the wave of mass migration into Europe as an 'invasion'.

This is Spain, how else can it be described?

There are many countries having migration issues like this, they're all described the same way... You Decide 🤔

[pedripics]

https://x.com/forcabarca_ar/status/1771155565453922423?s=46&t=Y0Md76L8FR9umM1nmCkHnQ

the last sentence… ouch 😕

gonna put the full article here because it addresses the issue heartbrokenly well:

Pedri will never forget 2021, the year he went from a boy to a man. He was 18 years old, still a youth player and played 61 games between Barça, the senior national team, the Olympic team and the U-23s. From January 2021 to January 2022, he also played ten of the thirteen extra times that the club and the national team faced. And the atrocity could have been bigger because during that period he missed twenty games due to injury. It is easy to conclude that it was his body that said enough was enough.

Pedri gave his all wearing Spain's kit and today he pays the consequences of a sin he did not commit. Nobody, absolutely nobody, stopped that barbarity that meant squeezing the muscles of a boy whose talent allowed him to burn footballing stages, but not physical ones: he was still a boy with the physique of a boy who still had to develop. Three years later, his legs are claiming the price for everything he has experienced. And he is the only one who pays that price. Nobody else but him. No matter how much Barça pampers him and accompanies him, no matter how much exhaustive prevention work has been planned, no matter how many good and empty words come out of the Federation, Pedri's body belonged then and still belongs to Pedri. And it is Pedri who, with each relapse, returns to the bottom.

Football is a sport that moves huge amounts of money that is shared among all those who participate in it, but in which only the footballers are exploited. At the price of gold, yes, but without consideration. Some of them make a very good living, in some cases obscenely good, but that doesn't give anyone permission to gamble with their health. As was done with Gavi, keeping him on the pitch in an inconsequential match and after twisting his knee minutes before that ended up broken. It's scary to hear De la Fuente's frivolity talking about this case… thinking about what's to come.

Treating Lamine Yamal or Cubarsí as if they were full-fledged footballers is irresponsible. The mere fact that they are even considering making them play both the Euros and Olympic Games is another shameless move from an industry that only looks out for itself and doesn't give a damn about the health of the players it is supposed to protect. The shamelessness to even dare to put the players at the centre of the decision. As if it were up to them. Neither Pau nor Lamine are old enough to vote or drive, but they force them to take a position, shaking off a responsibility that should fall on the RFEF, which is the beneficiary of the investment in time and money made by Barça. The club, for its part, is obliged to say enough is enough. Or the one who will say enough, as happened with Pedri, might be their physique.