#is this an American thing im too European to understand

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

Fodlan's favorite Girl Scout Cookies!

Main characters:

Byleth: Thin Mints. They've always had an inclination towards minty flavors, and Thin Mints hit the spot just right. Rumor has it the Goddess also favored mint. I wonder if that has anything to do with anything...

Shez: S'mores. Nothing like a cookie version of their favorite snack to get them thinking about the good old days with Captain Berling's Mercenaries. They'll be discontinued soon, but maybe one day they'll come back again in another form. I mean, hey, it happened once. You can't really keep S'mores down.

Black Eagles:

Edelgard: Adventurefuls. Chocolatey, nice caramel flavor, not too sweet, and the sea salt isn't overpowering. Just how she likes it.

Hubert: Thin Mints. Edelgard insisted he try Girl Scout Cookies one time and he was a tad surprised to find he liked them. Granted, he won't go out of his way to procure some (unless Edelgard asks him to), but he won't turn them down if offered.

Dorothea: Samoas. She really has a taste for coconut, and paired with the caramel glaze and chocolate drizzle, she just melts the second she bites into one.

Ferdinand: Toffee-tastic. I dunno, this sounds like a very noble variety he'd eat, but I think he'd also enjoy the flavor. Really, you can't go wrong with toffee for him.

Bernadetta: Tagalongs. They're her favorite comfort snack. Also chocolate + peanut butter = yum. Need I say more?

Caspar: Trefoils. He doesn't care much for Girl Scout Cookies, but he can and will devour an entire box of Trefoils in one sitting if you let him.

Petra: Doesn't eat them. She already had trouble understanding what Girl Scout Cookies were, but as soon as she bit into one of Caspar's Trefoils, her immediate reaction was, "Let us not be doing this again."

Linhardt: Savannah Smiles. He is forever miffed that they got discontinued. Lemon-Ups are no substitute.

Monica: Adventurefuls. No, it's not because they're also Edelgard's favorite, she has no idea what you're talking about!

Blue Lions:

Dimitri: Thin Mints. He may not be able to taste them, but he can feel the mint as he eats the cookies and finds it a pleasant sensation.

Dedue: Caramel Chocolate Chip. He's not keen on Girl Scout Cookies, but he figured he'd give one flavor a try. That was the one he picked and he liked it.

Felix: Thin Mints. It's the only variety he can tolerate.

Mercedes: Trefoils. This is actually pretty basic even by her own standards, but as the cookies are simple shortbread cookies, she likes to crush them up and add them to her baking recipes for texture and a little crunch. She's also looking into recreating discontinued varieties to give to her schoolmates.

Ashe: Do-si-dos. You know how some people will take Oreos, twist them apart to get the filling all on one side of the cookie, then put the two filling adorned pieces together to get double the filling? Ashe does the same thing with these. It's adorable to watch.

Annette: Toast-Yays. She likes all the varieties, but this is the one she'd have to pick as her favorite. She's sad that they're going to be discontinued soon, but she's volunteered to be Mercedes' taste tester.

Sylvain: Thanks-A-Lot. Felix tossed a box of them at him once and told him to do something with them, so he ate them and liked them. It was after they were discontinued that he realized Felix probably bought them for him as a means of showing his appreciation, but Sylvain has no evidence for this. Even if it's true, good luck getting Felix to admit that.

Ingrid: Toffee-tastic. Having a gluten allergy is hell on her, but Ferdinand shared a box with her after finding this out and she was so over the moon she almost forgot to ask what they were called so she could buy some for herself.

Rodrigue: No. Just don't.

Golden Deer:

Claude: Lemonades. Honestly, he'd go for anything lemon-flavored, these are just the ones that are being sold. He likes lemon.

Lorenz: Toffee-tastic. Ferdinand introduced them to him at the beginning of the school year. Now whenever the pair meet for tea, there's always a box of these present.

Hilda: Lemon Chalet Cremes. Another lover of lemon, she ate these all the time as a kid. Her talking about them is what gave Mercedes the idea of recreating the discontinued cookies.

Raphael: Rah-Rah Raisins. Even though they weren't available long, he couldn't deny that these were just the bomb. He misses these and wishes they would be sold again.

Lysithea: ALL OF THEM! Seriously, don't make her pick one, she will blue-screen on you.

Ignatz: Caramel DeLites-- er, Samoas. They're the same cookies, he's just used to getting boxes from a different bakery that calls them different names. "Why can't they just standardize the names?" is a constant thought in his head.

Marianne: Do-si-dos. Sure, it's just oatmeal cookies with peanut butter filling, but with how often Hilda would bust out a box of these whenever she got down, Marianne ended up associating the cookies with happy memories and longs talks about nothing with her best friend.

Leonie: Thin Mints. She'll say that she thinks Girl Scout Cookies are mid and doesn't get the hype, but break out a box of Thin Mints and Leonie will channel her inner Lysithea.

Holst: Lemon-Ups. He's also not much of a Girl Scout Cookie guy, but he'll occasionally pick up a box when he's in the mood. He's also known to steal a cookie or two from Hilda's boxes.

Judith: Van'chos. To say it's been years since she's had her favorite cookies would be an understatement. She misses them so much.

Ashen Wolves:

Yuri: Savannah Smiles. His mom would buy him a box every year and he fell in love with them at first bite. He misses the way the powdered sugar would shake off the cookie.

Balthus: Not a sweets guy, but he's the perfect guard for the other Wolves' cookies.

Hapi: Apple Cinnamons. Like Annette, she likes them all, but those would have to be her favorite if she had to pick only one. These days, she only eats knockoff versions since they've been discontinued since she was little.

Constance: Caramel Chocolate Chip. If you had asked her a few years ago, she would've said Tagalongs, but once these got introduced, it was so over. There's a new favorite in town.

Church/Knights of Seiros:

Rhea: Iced Berry Pinatas. These were a beloved treat for her over the years (and she's got plenty of those!). The icing and the berry filling together were perfection. She's encouraging Mercedes' recreation efforts.

Seteth: Another non-eater. He used to eat them a lot when he was younger, but he got burnt out on them. He'll still happily buy boxes for Flayn.

Flayn: Adventurefuls. She can taste the sea salt more acutely than others, but it makes her love the cookies that much more.

Cyril: Trefoils. Honestly, he just wants something plain and simple to snack on. What could be more plain and simple than basic shortbread cookies?

Jeralt: No thanks.

Catherine: Samoas. Taste doesn't matter to her, it's more of a texture thing. It helps that they have something of a crunch to them.

Alois: S'mores. The old school, big graham cracker ones, not the current ones. He used to do all sorts of snack variations with them for his kid and it was just the sweetest thing ever to see.

Gilbert: He would tell anyone who asked that he likes the cookies, enjoys them even, but in reality, he doesn't eat them. He instead sends them off to Annette. He knows she'll appreciate them.

Shamir: Scot-Teas. You were expecting Thin Mints, weren't you? It turns out she's not a fan of the chocolate/mint mixture, it grosses her out. Trefoils would've been her favorite, but the addition of sprinkled sugar on top made Scot-Teas perfect for her.

Go support your local Girl Scout troop!

what.

[beneaththebloodylake]

「You're thinking 'people from Kansai are stingy' aren't you. ... Actually it's just me who's personally stingy.」

literally me but with uk/europe/whatever distinction americans decide to assign me

[thedevotionaltour]

i havent even read enough gl to justify the feelings and emotions i have about kyle i just have the lovers heart and also something wrong with me. and my projection. in my mind he's just like me. and he would have loved college vending machine frozen cheeseburger and heating it up in the microwave at 1 in the morning because he was bored and didn't want to work on a drawing assignment on 20" x 30" paper that was due tomorrow in his freshman year. he would have loved going to the club to push off finals work that's creating the worst stress known to man in his brain. and he would love to annoy the fuck out of his roommate when high and avoiding homework on a saturday.

[bteddy3276]

literally im begging im begging im on my knees for 50007 to have hubble and jwst im clasping my hands together im prayingI JUSt want to see hubble again did i mention that. i like hubble (and jwst i guess)

uh and also headcanons? for both telescopes (<- fyi when i look back its more like. a yap session than actually giving hcs) i like to talk okay. im gonna spewing out things(the usual incomprehensible nonsense) here im sorry if i say things i already say b4 and im extra sorry “if the readability is kinda”…

first idont know where i got the ‘sad loser’ (idk how to word) idea from but its kinda sticking to me,. jwst and extreme social anxiety,,,.?? ? ?? i think that sound right 👍 btu like they becoem VERY loud and obnoxious when u get to that kidna um. high friendship level <- Tat for hubble too

hubble while he is also probably introverted (“hubble doesn’t talk much”) i feel like he would know everyone (or like specificaly? he remember everyone he meets) cuz yk, he works with a loooot of other space telescopes and hes used for a loooot of researching,, also just cuz hubble is rlly famous js saying

UM. ofc tje close friend circle is much smaller (is 17776 trio in that circle?? idk maybe maybe not)(if he went out of his way to say sm wen 10 was like “Hubble say hi!!!” then probably)(Or maybe all spacecraft friends with each other)(eeehhhhh tats probably not true)(i am a beer keg full of dumbass questions instead of beer)(i should make post with all my dumbass questions)

ANYWAY i was losing myself there um i think theres probabl like. a fuckin uh discord server including hubble and webb and the other telescopes and then they play idk roblox together in free time,, tats probably really obvious

hubble is either one of the biggest astrology nerds in the 17776 universe or he is not associated with it at all anymore, left astrology for football💔

webb i do agree that they arent a fan of football no no no but he try to at least understand the basic concept of it for their telescope friends that do love it,, probaby even watches a game on very Very rare occasions if they were convinced to (or more accurately,,,forced)

umm hubble is more NASA and webb is more ESA kinda..guy…i realy dont know how to describe that (american / european???)

uh. and. webb talks in… both lowercase/uppercase? vary a lot Lik. nine ?

they also gets ragebaited/defensive easily

like u talk to webb, maybe about HWO (habitable worlds observatory)(im not talking about it.) replacing them and hubble or sm and then they lose all verbal knowledge, “N..NUH UH LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!! what are you talking about. HWO doesn’t even exist??? fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you”

hubble is probably hard to upset (experience from dealing with the flawed mirror drama) but if someone crosses the line then, “that’s nice. 182.20.238.230” or “okay” <satellite view of your family’s house>

um aand i think that? jwst if they were a PERSON, would be melting into the ground at like 60F cuz IR telescopes r really sensitive to temperature (?) did i word taht right <- so IR telescope in general r probably like that if they were human Ummmmm other telescope/spacecraft would be understanding of that IF THEY WERE PEOPLE but theyre not so it doesnt matter in the end… (i should delete this whole thing.)(<- um it could probably be a convo topic like “Oh man im so glad im not down there on earth cuz i think i would combust into flames”)

speaking of temperature when i was thinking of trying to make the sunshield, a cool part of the design (like hubble has hat) i gave up and was like “what if it was integrated in the most stupid way possible??” (like. in the, the, doodle) cuz its funny yk

so like. jwst having to hold stupid looking parasol/umbrella around all the time like a vampire or. or like wearing those sunhats with ribbons on them?? i feel like it would look pathetic or maybe somehow they would manage to serve who knows

I DONT KNOW IF I THINK WEBB IS ORANGE OR MAGENTA. CUZ LIKE. LOOK AT THESE OK??

the the. ‘first light’ images of webb are all like orange yeah?? but like in a lot of artist conceptions theres usualy magenta lighting. usually on the bottom of sunshield (cuz its the ‘warm’ side of the telescope)

idk. idk anymore. im just gonna like, switch between whatever im in the mood for

i think im drained IM SO SORRY IF YOU READ THROUGH THIS bye i lov u guys 💔 im sorry for being sorry

[woman-respecter]

hi, i'm the soviet jewry anon

there's so much to kvetch about, i dont know where to begin

i was gonna traumadump but im gonna rant about jewish history instead

well ever since i noticed activism becoming an internet trend i knew we were doomed cuz a part of soviet antisemitism is an intellectualisation of jew hatred (that's why stalin would publicly condemn antisemitism and then be antisemitic in a manner he could treat as just "anti nationalism not antisemitism"). first of all jewishness/antisemitism is already so complex which means it's really easy for people (jews and non-jews) to misunderstand it and harm us. so when i saw people quickly latching on to binaries such as the oppressed/oppressor and good/bad and removing all nuance, i knew things were gonna go downhill. yes all forms of hatred are very complex but in my opinion even the most basic forms of antisemitism like "jews control the world!" aren't properly grasped by gentiles which strengthens antisemitism since they're so ignorant about us lol. this is particularly dangerous because most people have never met a jew or know much about us and we are only like .2% of the world. what's worse is that they view us through a culturally christian lens as well instead of seeing us for who we really are.

the phrase antisemitism makes you stupid is too real. it feels like a stupidity epidemic has really made itself clear with the rise of antisemitism which opens the door to other hatreds too.

back to soviet antisemitism, i cant really discuss it properly because yk tumblr antisemites are everywhere and i dont want you to get harassed by them but here's some things i wanna bring attention to

taken from this incredible book "The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881" by Israel Bartal, "The imperial project to enlighten and reeducate the Jews in the spirit of the autocratic Russian state was to be implemented through the establishment of a system of Jewish schools, with instruction in Russian. The actions of the authorities in the days of the affair of ‘‘government- sponsored enlightenment’’ were similar to those taken by colonial regimes that sought to disseminate European culture among the natives in their overseas colonies." of course this didn't work lmao but it was one of their many many many efforts. people don't realise the scorching similarities between native americans and jewish people and it is so frustrating. people don't understand the extent of both of our suffering.

2. In the early 1960s the image of the Jew in the Soviet Union was that of an evil capitalist carrying out illegal capitalist deals which resulted in a high number of death sentences and executions of Jews which was not really out of the norm since death sentences and executions were already "normal" punishments for Jews, it was just a new excuse :/

3. a book i read a long time ago about soviet jewry said: a) jews are more safe in the democractic centre than everywhere else and b) jews in the soviet union were not allowed to assimilate or live a jewish life, nor were they allowed to immigrate even though the soviet union didn't want them there which i found very interesting. i cannot remember the name or author but i will look and let you know later if i find it.

4. the newspapers in the soviet union in their antisemitic propaganda would list the full names of jews along with their home and work addresses, job positions, etc. these newspapers would also illustrate the jew as disrespectful and harmful to "even their own jewish people and synagogues" to show how bad we are lmao.

5. theres so many jewish political movements partly because when everyone is so dedicated to wiping out jewish culture, these political movements form a jewish culture as an attempt to make up for the absence. this may seem simple but it seems like people really don't understand our desperation for survival. moreover soviet union "atheism" mostly attacked jews and really shows how atheism/secularism can be damaging to us as well.

LASTLY. some book recs :)

the jews in poland and russia by antony polonsky, a writer at war by vasily grossman and anything by joseph roth.

sorry for this long rant but im tireddd

hi anon, thank you so much for this information! there really is nothing new under the sun when it comes to antisemitism huh. usually i’m a weenie when it comes to publically answering asks about jewish topics but i think this is too important and interesting to just leave in my ask box so i’m gonna post this one. hopefully some of my followers will take interest in it

and thanks for the book recs!

[tossball-stick]

heyy i saw your latest post about john's aromantic trutherism and i didn't exactly understand what you mean by that... could you explain? i too don't think he is actually in love with abigail if that's what you were saying...?

hiii!!! 1: thank you for asking about this im excited to write and analyze him in this way

2: plsplspls get the idea outta ur head that aromantic people cant love. noooo i couldnt have been misunderstood more. i wanna clarify that i do think john loves abigail. i just dont think that love is all that romantically motivated and ive got a few reasons to believe so.

3: uhhhh uhhh this ended up being like 2.5k words of analysis on john im sorry. no one on tumblr has asked me my thoughts about him before so this is the first time im talking about a lot of the stuff here and theres so much ive thought about johns character and its all messy and intertwined. itll be a little all over the place. i am deeply sorry.

okay. first reason? hes otherwise not much of a romantic. whether he wants to be or not, he falls flat on his face every attempt there is at being romantic with abigail (rarely do we see him be romantic with other women) is usually met with disdain, if there even are many to begin with. its rare to hear john say something pleasant about having a woman, and its rare to ever witness them having a good time together while in the gang. 

...up until the epilogue and john gets his shit together. but by that point i could argue further analysis as to how john isnt wholly himself by that point. hear me out.

john and arthur are two halves of one whole to me. its clear theres some sort of void in john after arthur dies, and he still holds the memory of arthur very very dear. he does his best to keep the memories alive, in fact, in a way to keep arthur alive. 

this starts extending to some kinda interesting parallels, though. writing and drawing in arthurs journal like he did, the hat being placed on johns head, john proposing with marys ring, the phrasing and tone of johns proposal is also shockingly familiar to arthur telling john that itd make him happy if john went to his family... after arthurs death, i find john taking on many of his traits even. he becomes more quiet and closed off, we see it even in rdr2 with arthur telking him to "knock it off with the whole being mysterious thing" or whatever. arthur claims its to act like dutch, but ill do you one better, its clearly just john idolizing his older brother and trying to be like him to be a proper man. this brings me to my next point...

the time period of rdr2!!! yayyy cowboys, the victorian era, Did u know. being a man was something you had to do in previous american and european cultures? this slowly started fading as we roll over into the 20th century, but there was a lot of emphasis placed on performing your role as a man. to be a good man, you must do xyz. otherwise, you are seen as immature, as a boy, as a child. 

throughout the entire series of red dead redemption, both 1 and 2, theres a lot of stuff pointing towards jogns struggle to Be A Man. arthur and dutch frequently refuse to let him grow up, still calling him "little john" and still treating him like hes a rowdy unruly boy that needs to learn better, not a man who should know better. hosea is the only man treating john like hes a man, and even then id say hes fairly lax with the guy. only as the story of rdr2 progresses do we see arthur start to shift his view towards john. not as a boy to stay a boy, because the gang isnt gonna be around forever. john cant keep being a boy. he needs to become a man, take care of his family. 

working off a distinctly gentleman influenced view of masculinity, johns inability to be a man is almost directly tied to his inability to be a proper romantic for his wife. compared to arthur, who is seen taken women on dates and flirting with them just to make them laugh at times. hes dancing with the ladies and helping them up and down the coaches, wagons, and horses. john like. just barely remembers to do that for abi in the epilogue. again, his failings to be a true romantic are tied with his failings as a man. 

in rdr1, this even extends to bill having the bit of dialogue, "you always were a scared little boy!" continuing to imply that john is not a man, hes never been a man. the only reason we can read him as a man Now is because we are going by arthurs definition of manhood. we can extend this further and say bill still views john as a boy because john does not live up to bills expectations of manhood- while arthur may view being a man as something chivalrous, more gentlemanly, bill clearly views masculinity as power and violence, without much to do with women. john does not live up to that, to bill, until the end.

if you read "masculinity" as "being romantic and chivalrous towards women", then, as john fails at being a romantic, he too fails at being a man. there are a lot of other ways john is immature and childish but this is a really easy one to point out if you know the time period and just how much emphasis was placed on both romanticism and manliness, and how they intertwined.

third reasoning for aro john: his family wasnt his for so much of his life. this one is another one that needs a bit of elaboration i fear.

the story of john and abigail getting together is simple enough. she joined the gang at 17 as a sex worker, slept around with some of the gang, then for one reason or another, very clearly believed that the pregnancy was johns. john runs away for a year.

in this time, we dont know a whole lot about what gang life was like without john. however, with arthurs comments about marrying abigail himself and loving her, and his close relationship with jack, i think its pretty clear arthur was the one being a man in johns place. when john left, there was a john shaped hole arthur had to fill. (i also like to think this because the potential misery of arthur having to lose his family a second time once john returns is fun to me.)

even in the story of rdr2, we see john Love and Care For his family, but its never in the same, romantic way arthur seems to involve himself in abi and jacks lives. john will defend them with his life, but when it actually comes to pulling himself up by his bootstraps and being a father or a husband, he kinda just drags his feet and gets lost. he has to be told to reunite with his family at jacks party, despite, in my eyes, his love for jack being very clearly displayed while they were looking for him. 

this is only bolstered by the conclusion of rdr2, with john and arthur on the mountain. arthur, in all his holy parallels, like jesus passing the virgin mary off to john the beloved, arthur tells john it would make him very happy if [john] went to be with his family and left. arthur is passing his family off onto john, the same as jesus passed his family onto saint john. (this one hits harder if you know the rest of the "arthur is jesus" parallels and symbolism but i feel like those would be more impactful as a web weave, and i cant make one right now haha. most obvious one i can think of to support this though is arthur being a scapegoat, dying for the gangs sins.) remember these points they are the most important and will come back later.

reason number four: "but javier-!" shhhhshshsh lemme talk. yes. john is infinitely more intimate with javier than abigail. however, again, we must take the time period into account.

not that far off from many disgusting redpill communities today, back in the 1800s it was typically expected for men to socialize with men and women with women. there was a certain level of bonding you only had with your wife, as well as a certain level of bonding you only had with the men who were close to you. 

i have got to grab this fandom by the shoulders and say rockstar did not make these men as affectionate as they should have been with each other, and thats completely platonically. this is taking romance out of the equation, these men considered each other brothers and family. they were all in a cult together. they would have been very close, and also very affectionate! they would confide in each other and hold each other and cry to each other. they would make gifts for each other and sing and dance together. you can at least see them all pass around beer bottles between each other.

do i think john and javier are closer than most? yes absolutely. do i think javier is in love with john in some way? yes absolutely. do i think its romantic? ehhh maybe. do i think john loves javier? yes absolutely. do i think its romantic? ....noo not really. their whole dynamic reads as one sided through and through to me. even if they ever got together im sure they were quickly apart again, and i doubt the relationship would have been fulfilling in the ways javier would want, leaving him longing still.

the "ive always loved you, even now" immediately funneling into a crate being shoved onto john to knock him over can also be metaphorical- javiers love is disarming to john Because he does not know how to react to it. hes never known how to react to it. hes never known how to react to love from anyone, because "love" seems to feel so much different for everyone but him.

reason ff. fiiiiive. dear god. im sorry for this being this long: john loves. he clearly loves very hard. he was clearly wrecked by arthurs death, he would clearly crawl through hell for his family, he was clearly hurt because his love for javier eventually stabbed him in the back. however, to me, a lot of this love feels similar to the love john has for dutch, or arthur, really. its familial, its platonic, it sure as hell isnt romantic. (even if the games themselves like to joke about it being so lol.)

its just clear to me that he loves. he cant not love jack and abi after everything hes done for them. he cant not love javier after being so close for so long. but in the same vein, he cant not love dutch for the same reasons. ysee what i mean? his devotion to his wife and child feels identical to the devotion to dutch, compared to arthur, whos devotion to eliza and isaac directly went against his devotion to dutch.

much like with dutch, where john was still seen as a boy, he will ferociously do the big things for his family (saving jack, defending the ranch, tackling gangsters and robbers). he will almost always fail to do the little things that would make him a true man, though. yknow. winding down, relaxing, just working, not getting involved in fights. spending some time with his family maybe. 

he can shape up and be good, he just never does. 

and i think thats why hes so torn between leaving on his own, leaving with his family, or staying with the gang. theres no difference between romantic, platonic, or familial love for him. when arthur tells him to go be with his family and john replies "youre my brother" its not only announcing arthur as family, but i think it only reinforces that blurred line of what love is for john. "i love you the same as them, why must i leave you behind? if they are family and i love them, then you too must be family, for i love you."

point six: i hope you remembered the first few points like i told you to. you did remember right

this brings us back around to john not being a man by not being a romantic, arthurs family being passed off to him, and also john not wholly being himself later on. in the epilogue, between 1899 and 1908, we hear about how john has been unable to avoid trouble and has them on the run still. whenever abigail asks something of him, he instead goes and does what he wants. its only after she leaves him (ultimate failure of being a man) do we see him start to shape himself up again, and i would argue this shaping up increases substantially after he reunites with charles. charles sets him on the right path and reawakens that memory of arthur. i imagine being close to blackwater also helps here. id argue due to charles' apparent closeness with arthur, and then sudden closeness to john due to john being all thats left of arthur... it makes john also feel like hes all thats left of arthur. i believe after speaking with charles and thinking to himself, he decides to fulfill the one dream arthur had, seemingly, at the end: take care of the family he had lost. well, eliza and isaac are six feet in the dirt so next best option: abi and jack. 

john starts to become quieter and more in his own shell- by rdr1 hes struggling to even really ask people for help with the most basic things. he becomes a lot more of a romantic speaker. he had always used fancy words with the gang, but never with charismatic purpose in the way i feel he does in rdr1. he starts making the decisions he thinks arthur would make. as a result, the hole that arthur left behind when he died, does not get filled by john. instead it simply gets filled with whatever arthur john can muster from within himself.

id also like to bring up john being the favorite, but not the golden boy. he was the youngest and most spoiled, but he was not the one dutch turned to for just about everything. he was still living in arthurs shadow, so i imagine all of that also plays a role in johns choice to live like arthur to get his family back, to be a man. he failed at being a man by his own merits. arthur was a real man by his own merits, lets just do what we've always done and look up to our older brother about it. copy what he does. clearly hes got it all figured out, even though you know he didnt, after reading the journal. 

this all is finally bolstered by john making the choice to kill micah and repeat the VDL cycle of violence, which ruins the perfect life he made for himself. he makes another decision HE, not arthur, HE would make, and thus has to deal with the consequences. 

in conclusion: i think john loves a lot and very hard. hes passionate about these people. but in his own words towards javier that start to become readable as projection, "hes a cynic that wants to be a romantic" and "hes all passion, no love ('no love' being how he perceives it, due to the views of those around him. he loves abigail and jack, he loved arthur, though because his version of love was different than theirs, its not read as love. therefore, he has none in his own eyes)." 

all of this coupled with a detached attachment style that leaves him cold and distant leaves him being tugged along in romances he truthfully does not feel the same about. he says he does, because he loves, but he doesnt know why the love isnt the same. so, clearly, since he loves, he must want the romance. he has to perform it for love regardless of if he truly does want romance or not. if he loves, he must be a romantic, and hes failing at being a romantic, so he cant be himself. he must be someone else in order to convey his love to his family.

i hope i got everything across alright ^-^ feel free to ask questions or send more asks ive got plenty more where that came from

[systematic-breakdown]

another big long post from nutty cause i love yapping and i loooove complaining (sorry guys)

covers tulpagenics, religious practice, erasure, and colonization so if any of those are triggering, feel free to scroll

check tags before responding if you choose to do so. specifying here that im all good with debate as long as it isnt based around personal experience and isnt spewing the same old talking points. tried my best to not be as aggressive as ive been in the past but like. im an aggressive protector. so just keep that in mind

ok onto the post :D

i think my big issue with tulpagenics isnt that its a “closed practice” (an argument i see often but idk enough about that branch of buddhism to determine if its actually a closed practice or not) but the fact that the version of tulpamancy they “practice” isnt an “adapted version” from its buddhist origins, its colonization and im being so serious

“tulpamancy” as “tulpagenics” claim it to be is religious/spiritual erasure in a very raw and undeniable form. that form has always been a colonizers version of tibetan buddhism. it completely ignores practically everything that made the original practice up to begin with in order to “adapt” it to white culture (aka COLONIZATION).

the whole reason tulpas were a part of the practice is lost on everyone who isnt a buddhist, including the europeans who initially adapted it into “tulpamancy”. if the “tulpa” isnt formed in the context of that religion, its history, and its spiritual beliefs guiding it, it is not a tulpa. you are playing an active part in the erasure of the original practice. you are playing an active part in the religious colonization of this practice.

western/european “tulpamancers” are not real tulpamancers because those versions of the practice have no cultural significance (obviously). they cherry picked which parts were good/normal/beneficial and which parts were considered weird/bad/useless. they stole terminology and changed ideology to make it easier for the white people who wanted to feel included. this is religious erasure that is a DIRECT result of colonization. and “tulpagenics” refuse to acknowledge any of this because theyre too excited to play system to care

even disregarding the above, i see so many similarities between them and the people who “convert” to judaism just so they can celebrate hannukah. or the people who become “pagan” just so they can burn sage and read tarot. i dont wanna say “entitled” because most of the tulpagens ive seen just dont seem to have that same sense of entitlement that those people do, but how they fulfill their need to belong comes off almost identically

anyway i strongly believe that americans/british people have no culture because their “culture” is built on violence, destruction, and colonization. they steal other identities and communities to feel like theyre a part of something and this is very well documented in the modern day. this whole “western tulpamancy”/“tulpagenic” thing really just supports these beliefs imo

theres nothing wrong with wanting community; humans are social creatures, ofc we want to feel connected with one another. but everyone - and especially people who are often online - really should be more mindful of whether their desire to be a part of certain communities comes from false perceptions (daydreams, stereotypes, literal colonization, etc) or reality

if you need a source, i advise you to look up “tulpamancy origins”. “tibetan diaspora”, and “alexandra david-néel” and just go through any of the provided links. if you understand colonization and erasure at all, youll know what to look for when analyzing them

non traumagenic endos/created plurals: look into polyminds. please.

[magnoliamyrrh]

and idk id wanna hear yalls opinions on this too but

im very confused by a trend that i have noticed which is whenever someone who is balkan/ee/slav/etc expresses that maybe they dont think someone who is not this should be practicing our "pagan" traditional practices, everyone freaks out and calls them racist or some shit or says they dont have no right to gatekeep (more confusing when this is abt white americans,,, racist?). and i dont personally believe this again i think it matters How foreigners engage but...

uhhh. w hy.... exactly

and ive uh collected several arguments that ive seen which all dont make sense

1. no, these practices arent, again, some sort of paneuropean thing or paneurasian thing even though obviously cultural exhange exists and all human cultures are connected. but they Very much exist in the historical and cultural contexts of these regions and no, its very much not the same thing from britain to bulgaria

2. spiritual practices and cultural practices are closed often because of opression, colonialism, trauma. well welcome to the balkans we got plenty of that here in fact theres been plenty of attempts to get rid of many traditional practices from opression from the west, east, and among each other. and our practices and traditions are a soup of plenty of things bc of this. and many practices are actually a testament to the horror and survival of those who came before us and are intertwined in that history because someone had to keep them alive in the face of all that horror if not develop them bc of that horror

3. cant complain bc europeans colonized the world. actually the balkans didnt colonize the world we were too busy being colonized, imperialized, and fighting among ourselves. null point

4. practices are often closed because they involve ancestor work. well. these practices DO involve ancestor work. things like how to take care of someone once they have died, leaving food out on the table for them, setting tables in certain ways for the dead, what is cooked for the dead, bringing food or offerings to graveyards or for the dead, even some forms of divination (such as trance states in graveyards) are all very much connected to ancestry. on top of the fact that in many places in the balkans it was/is traditionally believed that spiritual abilities can be on certain family and blood lines and get passed down this way. and nevermind even that, in some parts of romania it was believed that descantece (unbinding, spells, spoken ones) should never be written down and should only be memorized by hearing them and if u cant do that u aint got it - so,,, even more implications for foreigners with no cultural connection and who dont speak the language. these things have been learned soley from ancestors and community for generations - then existing in books and online is a very new thing. i have a connection to these things Because this is my ancestry

and, on top of that, these practices are deeply tied to the nature of the place where they originate. per example im in america and it is hard because the same trees, same herbs, same seasons and flow of life and nature, arent here. im romanian and I still find it hard because of this so???

On Top of the fact that the traditions and spiritual practices of any group of people are very intertwined in the social tensions, lifestyles, and everything else of those people

as far as im concerned calling it racism when discussing white americans practicing is funny. a viet person has the right to tell a chinese person that x viet spiritual practice doesnt belong to them. we have the right to tell white americans these are our traditions

and as far as ppl who are considered other "races" go, if i Wanted to i could make all of these same arguments. they have no even tangental cultural or historic connection, they have no recent ancestral connection, unless they put a shit tone of research in they have no or very little understanding of the historical and cultural complexities of these traditions and deities and spirits and where they come from or what they mean, and weve been called barbarians or savages by westerners and others for our practices and our ancestors had to fight for them so??

i assume the "its racist" comes from some sort of percieved idea that this has something to do with supremacy when it doesnt, it has nothing to do with race, it has something to do with connection. and i assume it also comes from the idea of europeans complaning about others engaging in their cultures when theyve colonized so much, which sorry is just not an applicable argument here bc We havent

what Does frustrate me is seeing foreigners give very little care and engaging with things. and misunderstanding them. and bastardizing them. if a foreigner wants to and they want to do all of the frankly massive amount of research that it takes to understand these things, and they want to do them respectfully, this is ok. i have also taught foreigners a thing or to. i believe in sharing cultures and beliefs, i believe in doing so with understanding however. (and also, when it comes speficially to ancestral sort of work, yes, it makes very little sense for someone who isnt of us to use our practices to engage w that)

[preheville]

wow tried to send an ask and accidentally unfollowed whoops. anyways where did your love of hole-theory and house-theory come from? im always enraptured by ur reblogs w those tags

💔💔💔💔💔 sorry i can’t answer your ask right now because portal unfollowed me…

good question actually! i’m writing a video essay about some aspects of “house theory” right now and i try to briefly interrogate that interest … i think that my interest developing to the level it’s at right now was a natural conclusion to my media diet developing as i grew older. i used to be really scared of scary movies as a child, but as i grew i started shedding those apprehensions and started pursuing more horror books and movies and podcasts like the magnus archives and the conjuring and other genre staples at first, before developing a taste for the genre. running parallel to that, i also just plain got smarter and developed an interest in literary analysis et voilà!

so i guess that answers the how question and as for why, well, i just think it is so interesting to interrogate the nature of the buildings we spend so much time in and have so many emotions tangled up with - for many of us, housing is something we take for granted and they pose as such intimate reflections of our inner selves. theoretically they should be nothing but virtuous, but as is natural they morph and contort according to the nature or absence of the inhabitants.

the modern haunted house as we know it actually arises from a very interesting place that mirrors this literary understanding - when americans first began building homes, they were desperate to emulate european society and constructed large and elaborate houses of the style you might see in the richer streets of england, but after the first world war, many rich families turned towards more modern architecture, and, therefore, modern lifestyles; and those older houses were left abandoned. their former inhabitants viewed them as testaments to a time bygone, monuments to the dated and crushed dreams of their forefathers, and to everyone else, they simply became dilapidated, rotting, scary eyesores. after all, there is something distinctly anxiety-inducing about seeing a place that ought be full of life left empty and dead. and as that relation grew stronger, our understanding of houses as being haunted grew - and now we are able to use the haunted house as a vehicle for struggles as broad as class, or gender, or family structures. isn’t that so interesting? that’s a very bare-bones history and very basic examples of what the haunted house serves to represent in fiction, but i love seeing where we can take this idea of representative houses!

hole theory is less of a passion of mine because it’s, to me at least, less specific, but i love to employ it as a sort of magnifying glass. absence and lack, too, serve as very unique indicators of different things in fiction - some of my favourite examples include the chalk outlines of the fallen duelists in revolutionary girl utena’s black rose arc and the ‘abyss’ theory applied to the bong joon-ho’s filmography - for example, the tunnel in memories of murder and what it uniquely represents in that narrative.

this kind of got away from me but i love when common things are explore to such an extent in fiction, i love picking at it! and i am glad you are having fun picking at it with me!

[lambotel]

I remember people were giving you shit for saying not to vote for Kamala. And now they're telling everyone too not to vote for Kamala 😭.

yeah that shit was crazy and i deleted the post because i thought i was going to get called out or cancelled 🗿. i said what i said and still mean it although i do understand what others were saying, i appreciate that they explained it politely too. but telling me that just bc im not american i cant have an opinion on american politics is so weird, bc if my opinion was good then it WOULD matter to you? lmao, thats so odd. anyway. she's a zionist racist homophobic transphobic whore; i will never understand why y'all fought to the sunset and back with me. i will never understand why it was wrong of me (all bc im not american) to say dont vote for her, why it was wrong for me to have an opinion on another country while the president youre voting for IS LITERALLY INVOVLED IN MASS KILLINGS OF AKMOST ALL MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES. please make it make sense oh my god??. glad i can let out my frustration. i knew i was fucking right with my opinion but im glad others agree and see what i mean too. i think the sad part is that, both trump and kamala are fucking terrible people but one of them are definitely going to be president - all the promises they told y'all are just lies (every politician ever), and theyre only making your country fall. saying that you want to vote for someone who is doing good for your country is contradicting and stupid if you think about it because no politician or oresident has genuinely done something good for america that has lasted or been abided to, every politician has their ass in the middle east they do not give a flying fuck about their own people. i get y'all don't want to vote zionists but you want to consider kamala harris because she "has some good opinions" but please do your research. it is free to educate yourselves on these matters, THAT is your privilege. and don't get me started on trump, trump is a terrible piece of shit who shouldn't even be in this field of work let alone run for presidency. all these things he's wanting to start abd give out is fucking weird and disgusting and end of the world type of shit y'all need to be fucking careful. can't rlly tell someone what to do or who to vote but you can educate them and whatnot. this is all just my opinion on it and i dont want to hear no "europeans should stop giving their opinions on our politics" type of bullshit as if america isn't involved in EVERY COUNTRY but THEIR OWN. and just because our opinion is something you don't want to here, doesn't mean it isn't valid. im sure theres a lot i haven't said that are important to mention but i have wrote too much here and rn lol,, everyone's got their own thoughts and own perspectives but this is mine. america was never great and it will never be great. im going to shut up now.

[lee-hakhyun]

Hiii i will answer in an ask since using tags would be quite cumbersome.

I want to firstly say that im sorry for assuming your identity. I shouldn't have done that. I'm a little bit sensitive when it comes to this matter since i saw a lot of....pretty mean stuff that people said about otherkinity since i entered the community even when it wasn't necessary bad intentioned, so that why's i immediately jumped to the assuming that you were the same. That's the reason, but not a excuse so I'm sorry. I didn't meant to hurt you or anything like that.

Also, i def wont block you or any mutual over this, especially when yall are very respectful and understanding and especially when in this case it's just more a matter of view towards a recognized issue (man why does this sound so formal.....i hate english). And i hope you didn't took my tags as an attack or anything of sorts, i just wanted to raise an issue that worries me a lot, especially when the majority doesn't even know what otherkinity is or when they do, they mostly brush off/ignore it.

Also, before knowing what otherkin was or the kff movement, i used the term kinning in that way too (especially when it came to kdj). Even nowadays, when i try to regulate my usage of the word "kin", i still think to myself "man im too much of a kdj kinnie blergh" because it's too integrated in my brain from all the jokes/memes. So like. I think it would hypocritical to not clarify that. + you tags were far from incoherent, quite the opposite! I think my tags was messier lol

Thing is i do agree somewhat with your views/opnion and i do agree that 90% of the people use it as way to express their love or understanding or empathy with a character and i think that's amazing. But i also, it doesn't erase the fact that it do help erase and block the voices from community and does nothing to raise awareness, and still perpetuate the harm done to the otherkinity. Especially! Towards fictionkin. Although I'm not fictionkin and i dont speak over their issues, from what i seen in some posts the fact that "kinning" became so popular esp in the context of "kinning" a fictional character, it make it harder to talk about their experiences and only intensify the pre-judgment and steorytyping.

Just because "kinnig" is popular now, it doesn't mean that it has/will be that way forever. Over the years, there were many harmful words that were popular in usage but were dropped off and substituted by other non-harmful words later on and "kinning" can be one of those too. I like to discuss the understanding or empathy one have towards characters and i like how this type of discussion became more popular due to "kinning" and precisely because of that, that i find important for us (as in, people on the internet) to popularize alternative terms, akin to how "generative media" is becoming more used than "AI" in some spaces.

It's true that there is no other popular term, and that precisely why it's even more necessary to use alt terms to describe this understanding one have towards a character.

But like you said, its more a matter of opnion/views more than anything. But again, i think it would be at least the minimum if people outside of the community raised more awareness and gave more voice to otherkin ppl, which i dont see happening. I just came to know what otherkinity is because i remembered the term "voidpunk" from the aro community and when i went to search it on tumblr i saw it being tagged in otherkin posts, rather than a directly seeing the term in a post from the dash or anything like that.

So if people outside of the community use kinning, then at least i hope they also care about the community itself and our opinions, experiences and issues. I hope one day, otherkinity would be more known and accepted rather than remain with the popular knowledge of "identity made up by cringe mentally ill tumblr teenagers, who are northern american/european" (at least for me, as an Brazilian, the last part is really depressing) (I hate being seen as USAian or european. Like. Ewww)

I kinda fear that all this discussion about otherkin language and kff will just be brushed as "silly tumblr discourse made by chronically online ppl" rather than something serious to think and talk about, especially in outside circles. so like. Im sorry if im getting too emotional or anything about that, in this aspect, its less about you or my mutuals as individuals and more about "many, many, many people and society in general are pretty ableist, mean and ignorant when it comes to subcultures like this and i want to more people understand that and try to find an alternative way to describe a pretty positive and funny experience without harming other people".

I guess that as long as it harms people, even in indirect ways, i will still be uncomfortable with the term kinning and i dont think i would be ever or so soon be comfortable in using it the way i used before, but that's on me. At the end of the day, people are free to do what they want, and i respect that freedom, especially when they're understanding/respectful/well-intentionated.

And thats it. Sorry for the long ask ajsbsisjsisj also i struggle with tone so sorry if i seemed too rude or too formal (?). English also doesn't helps lol

oh it's okay i mostly keep this blog to fandom/games i get why you would assume things, especially about this! i don't mind other people having differing opinions/feelings, just that i personally don't mind kinnies (as long as they're respectful ofc) + indulge in the kinnie stuff myself. and you're completely in the right to be uncomfortable with it yourself, i wasn't looking to change your opinion but just express mine ^^ i get that it's a touchy topic for a lot of otherkin, i felt that i had to bring up the otherkin/kinnie distinction in that ask because ignoring to just reply with the kinnie definition would leave people ignorant. better to educate people to the best of my ability than to leave people in the dark.

if i start seeing a big push for new language i'd totally be on board to swap to it.. but unfortunately a lot of the alternatives i see are just never used compared to kinnie/kinning. i believe what's most likely to happen to replace kinnie is not a term created specifically to replace it, but a popular new word that just happens to have the same meaning. maybe some good might finally come from tiktok's easy virality🤷

[necrocrunk]

thats it i AM going to post this draft:

can i be honest. the “americans dont give a shit about (insert whatever thing) until it affects them” is so stupid and specifically treats americans like we just dont have any problems and also hate everyone else. the individualistic vocal minority who are fucking batshit are disliked by Most People. they just are so aggressively disliked that algorithms prioritize showing their content for clicks and views. like,. you realize we also have problems

the wildfires are happening and people are worried about their lung health esp in a country where covid was genuinely not handled well and left people with lasting lung issues. the fact is we literally DO NOT KNOW these things are happening in most cases! but this is one that directly affects us so of course we’re speaking about it! why are you acting like it’s genuinely a move of weird nationalism that we “didnt care about the wildfires till now”??

additionally, the way that non-americans joke about america in making fun of things that americans have no grasp, bearing, or ability to change is so fucking infuriating. do you think we all like the lack of gun control? that protesting isn’t genuinely a risk of your life, being charged with a felony or considered a terrorist (and having a felony means you cant vote AND some jobs can deny you employment, meaning you cant support yourself or family or make any meaningful votes against the people who put those laws in place). the creators of the BLM movement were all found dead by things like fires in their cars and ruled suicides. you dont think it’s real odd that that shit happens and nothing is done? protesting is something people ARE doing right now and are brave enough to do, but even in the last few months protesters have been killed. it is necessary to protest but it has very very real danger behind it. its not a silly thing we do

americans do have a habit of being american based, and thats understandable! because its almost like the media in every country is focused on their country and what is happening within it. our country is huge, bigger than so so many, and there is a Lot going on. a lot to keep up with. additionally, just because you didn’t see some fucking guilt trippy post about it on tumblr or twitter yet does NOT mean people arent talking about it. trying going outside.

additionally, the way that people SPECIFICALLY seem to rag on things from the south and tear down the south, when the south has an incredibly high population of minorities that define anything from culture to the food common here? remember that british mf making of exclusively southern foods? that the shit im talking about. it’s this weird... xenophobia that especially europeans seem to level at americans as if we are too stupid and fat to function.

i understand that america sucks and america is terrible to other countries and i fully support tearing down the war crimes,etc america has committed for ex and overall complaining about your experience w americans. but throwing punches at the american people who literally have NO CHOICE but to just BE here (its VERY EXPENSIVE to emigrate !) is literally punching down. none of us like living in the middle of late stage capitalism man. it sucks. what do you win for making fun of us.

[anachrosims]

ime the frustrating part, as a usamerican--is while I absolutely agree with all this, I do feel the need to point out:

it's not just the shitty (and wildly varying from place to place) state of education in the US, it's also a culture of anti-intellectualism and both are causing a shitty feedback loop making the other worse.

dogpiling americans gets really g-damn old. and I'm not even one of the usamericans that gets dogpiled. imo, we should be having discussions about taking personal responsibility for educating ourselves once we're grown-ass adults*, but that also means...

intellectual groups need to stop fucking gatekeeping. as an amateur historian who's found her niche/special interest, I still remember what it feels like to be wholly overwhelmed when learning new topics. it can be frustrating af to watch someone be an ignorant, cringe weirdo about your specialization (example: hamilton musical fans vs pre-existing amrev and federal era historians) -- but nothing sucks more than being excited about a thing and getting nonstop condescended to.** instead of being a dick, just... recommend good sources, free sources, accurate sources.***

#2 also means you need to understand you're not just asking people to ~look up geography~. even if they did, they wouldn't retain it because why the fuck should they without appropriate context? like it or not, people need a reason to give a fuck about places outside their local town/city, and that's where cultural exchange comes in. but learning, absorbing things like that takes time and energy, and while it is HIGHLY worthwhile to do if not an outright ethical imperative, you're also condescending to a group of people who are on average working their asses off just to stay off the streets.

*- kids with internet ought to learn this too, but I also think it's unfair of anyone to lay the burden of making up for systemic rot on the shoulders of kids.

**- yes, people need to be able to handle critique and being wrong. no, I'm talking about the petty socio-political bullshit that happens in special interest groups online. (example: someone loves "victorian" fashion. but it turns out they actually really like gothic lolita, but then they decide they want to learn more about western european clothes in the 19th century during Victoria's reign. and then they get a ton of snide and passive aggressive remarks ("that's from the 1860s lmaooo......" "lol that dress is so ugly it's not even the right decade" "lmao. they didn't wear that in germany." "that dress makes her look like a peasant LMAO") --and then they get put off the historical fashion community because some people just can't shut the fuck up, learn "yes, and..." and chill.

***- y'all realize that proper researching skills and media literacy are globally critically low, right??? are y'all reblogging free and reputable posts that contain lists of accurate and free non-fictional material (hopefully multilingual, I love those posts) while going "USAMERICANS R DUMB LOL!"? because if you're not helping the global problem of defunding to education and a decades' long resurgeence of authoritarianism due to anti-intellectual backlash against progressive movements, then I don't want to hear this kind of bitching. (thank you to the people who posted those links above; my remark is not about you.)

i think that, if youre usamerican and any time someone calls out your lack of knowledge on global geography you start talking about how bad the usa education is and how its actually not your fault that you dont know what continent nigeria is on because you cant look at the google maps bc donald trump will personally shoot you, youre very annoying

[geeneelee]

I didnt really mean that USAmericans cant comment on it - the opposite actually. Everyone should be free to add their own cent to the conversation. Its good for the ecosystem.

Ig the problem comes from the fact that that type of analysis done through a USAmerican lense feels like USAmerican exceptenialism at play to many europeans tbh.

Its just. How do I put this without sounding like an asshole. Is it not obvious why people would be protective of stories by and for their culture from USAmericans willing to analyse something only from their own cultural lense?

(esp eastern europeans who get dogged on by the west not just through the USA but also by the rest of Europe)

Icepicklodge took inspo from USAmerican history for the Kin. I did know that. I feel the fact that they felt the need to do that when their own indegenous peoples are right there in Russia...a bit tasteless (esp w how the Kin is depicted + the fact that Russia v much denies its Imperial past and present) but i did know that they did that. Which is why i mentioned that i actually apreciate USAmericans throwing in their own 2 cents abt the topic. But ive also noticed that discusions abt the Kin, when viewed purely by a USAmerican lense tend to fotget the Kin is dealing with Russian imperialism not USAmerican. Theres nothing inherintly wrong with that kind of analysis - but im sure you Can understand why it would be anoying. Esp since Russia seems to Love ignoring its imperialism and atributing the Kin to American indegenous People in popular discourse feels like whitewashing Russian imperialism.

For disco elysium - yea the cop thing makes sense. But at the same Time post Soviet states also have a very currupt policeforce too tbh.

It makes sense that both of these games took some inspo from USAmerican culture (bcs. Well. U guys are kind the worlds Hyperpower for the moment. Especially culturally.). USAmericans Can and should analyse the things they find that resembles them. But the Kin isn't the indegenous American People and the RCM isn't the USAmerican police. They got some inspo from them ofc, but due to their settings their inherintly not USAmerican.

Like. USAmericans are free to look at the stories from their POV, but i feel like divorcing a piece of media from the culture it was Made in dilutes any discusions.

Ig most of the issues stem from the fact that People are tired of the USAmerican cultural hegemony brought on by globalisation and are a bit sick of hearing abt USAmerican issues all the Time.

Which isnt really any of yall fault. But it is a thing that is happening.

Sorry for rambles, hopefully I didnt come across AS rude, bcs that wasnt really my intention. I just have a lot of feelings abt this topic. Esp abt the Kin and the way the discourse around them is conducted.

Okay, I get what you’re saying more now. I think what’s relevant that I didn’t explicitly say in the original post is that I usually see these comparisons rejected so that people can deny that there’s anything wrong with their own countries.

When I see people saying “the kin have nothing in common with native Americans” it’s so they can justify their view that there is no imperialism going on in the text, not so that they can discuss Russian imperialism.

When I see people saying “the RCM is nothing like American cops” it’s so they can talk about how awesome cops are in their home country.

I do understand why people feel protective of stories from their cultures but this problem is one I’m explicitly bringing up in context of people trying to whitewash the text themselves by saying that US Americans are only projecting their evil and corrupt history onto their blameless and nuanced European history. I am seeing people try to deny the uncomfortable parts of the text.

[r18te]

why is american romance so shit

literally where is the american heart ripping romance stuff? even australia does better than america. obviously european stuff is probably the best, and then maybe followed in close second by japanese.

OK what about not even the absolutely soul crushing romance, but any good romance at all? theres only boring dialogue, boring character dynamics, and a ton of witty stuff that makes the ending the least satisfying thing in existence? america really sucks.

but ya theres this show that im still pretty obsessed about called Barracuda (its a short Australian tv series) based off of the not very well written book by Christos Tsiolkas. although the budget was clearly very small, the few scenes that we have of the romance between Danny and Martin are all so heart wrenching!!!!! I can't be tweaking on this. it gets to me every single damn time i watch it.

but anyways the whole show isnt based around the romance. its got a really touching message about being in competitive sports too. there are too many success stories making it big out there (understandably). BUT, its important to never forget that there are thousands of others with the same big aspirations who make it in varying degrees of closeness to their goal. and this story is about Danny; Danny who has all the talent; Danny who puts in blood sweat and tears; Danny who makes the big sacrifices.

and sometimes, ya just gotta remember that its not your fault you fell just a little short.

[smellyidiot]

i'm getting more increasingly upset with the people who claim that anyone (even poc/people generally not even british, irish, scottish, etc) can practice celtic religions, indulge in the culture, and wear the clothes. they do it for the "aesthetic" and they cherry pick the things they like, like foods and clothing. not only this, but half of them don't learn the languages or know the history at all.

it's really simple to understand, if you can respect native americans when they tell you not to wear certain things or do certain things if you don't know the true meaning then why do you constantly disrespect native celts when they say no? i've seen people say because we're white it doesn't matter and i find that funny. culture isn't exclusively a poc thing, culture is music, food, practices, religion, language, clothing, and so much more. you need to respect all races and all ethnicities. and you can't use "well my ancestors were enslaved-". okay well please tell me how i am responsible for that? how every white person born, is responsible for that? "youre privelege!-" you mean the privelege that nobody has? true privelege is money, if you have it you can pay yourself out of jail even if you've actually killed someone. in america, people get paid depending on their jobs and its literally illegal to descriminate against any race in the work place. if you work at somewhere with low pay, that has nothing to do with a white person because theres a 99% chance other white people work there too. either way, two wrongs dont make a right especially when the white people you target dont even have history with slave masters.

so, on to the originaly topic, just.. stop. stop stealing things that dont belong to you. and for gods sake, dont try to make it okay by saying "the british museum" because thats the government, not the people. didn't we learn about this already? do you know how it feels for your government to go to wars with people even if you disagree on that? you learn the hard way you can't convince them what they're doing is bad because theyre so brainwashed. you can fight it, but you can't make a real impact unless you're willing to be called terrorist. off topic, but a side note to europeans who are reading this: don't say "but you voted those people in!" because my answer will only be to you; you don't know how voting works. you can't just choose who's going to be the candidates, your best bet is to just find someone who's slightly less worse than the other but you can't be certain they're going to be the best of the best. obviously there's a need for a reform because of this but doing that would cause many people to die and literally nobody could ever be ready for that even if we know it's what has to be done. do you know how much damage riot police would cause? undercover cops? the fbi? a lot. so yeah, just respect native celts. and ps, no, a poc can't be a native celt. thats not how that works and us original native celts have never been black. if you're white with mixed ancestry like italian, spanish, german, or any nord you're an exception because during the invasion and colonization of old britannica the anglos and saxons, norwegian & swedish vikings, and romans invaded. spain is only an exception because of galicia and only if you're from that area.

Here's proof im celtic, by the way. (wouldn’t think i’d need it 💔 im white as hail) but this is after i downloaded my complete raw data from 23 & me and placed it into my true ancestry for results 🙏