wanna hear my top tier dream?
Its a romance, between a kind cultivator teacher and...
and...
and a fucking immortal demonic worm.
human first sees the worm, having been chopped up for reasons, fuse back together. guy is like "holy shit wtf"
he leaves, later sees the exact same worm.
"oh fuck its stalking me"
it is.
the worm shows up at his house.
the worm shows up, riding a bird, at a lunchout guy is having.
worm chases him around.
a month or so after they first 'meet', the worm mentally talks to the guy.
dude still freaking out, but slowley the worm kinda explains themself
then... worm POV. something something interacts with an object highly connected to cultivator, and sees visions of the future and past surround the guy.
demon worm becomes enamoured.
unfortunatly. cultural diffferences.
back to guy. he is working things out between worm, they're no longer stalking him, and holy shit turns out they're a very fucking powerful demon
anyway, eventually he overhears people discussing a rumor that some high-ranking cultivators are arranging a political marrige between a cultivator and an important demon.
guy puts five-and-five together, gets ten.
the demon worm is trying to make him marry them
once again. what. the. fuck.
the two argue. guess whos back! cultural misunderstandings, stronger than ever. turns out the worm was asleep for like 1000yrs and so is not only using demonic cultural norms, but ones that are a milenia out of date.
also turns out the worm is one of a few select demons that are the 'Pillars of the Demonic Realm'. so basically, the worm helped form and shape the entirety of demonkind
they're title is like 'The True Immortal, Guard of the Doors Between Life and Death'
what
the
fuck
anyway the rest is a blur EXCEPT I remember it ending with the two being happily married.
just some cultivator guy and his demon worm husband who he holds in his hand.
💗💁🪱 💗
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my first reading in my African history class this year is about why using “tribe” to refer to ethnic groups stems from a racist desire to make African conflicts sound primitive or stemming from a desire to pretend that these are just ancient conflicts that have always existed. great article and I also feel like I’m vicariously experiencing the bullshittery that this author has been subjected to from people they’ve tried to talk to about this. like the article remains extremely professional but you can just hear in the tone that they’re talking through gritted teeth, you can practically see the customer service smile
[ID: a screenshot from a section of the article titled “But why not use ‘tribe’? Answers to common arguments.” Under the bullet point for the argument “Africans talk about themselves in terms of tribes” is written, “Commonly when Africans learn English they are taught that tribe is the term that English-speakers will recognize. But what underlying meaning in their own languages are Africans translating when they say tribe? Take the word isizwe in Zulu. In English, writers often refer to the Zulu tribe, whereas in Zulu the word for the Zulu as a group would be isizwe. Often Zulu-speakers will use the English word tribe because that's what they think English speakers expect, or what they were taught in school. Yet Zulu linguists say that a better translation of isizwe is nation or people.” /end ID]
translation: “ ‘Oh ho ho but some Africans themselves say tribe!’ You dipshit. You fucking donkey. When someone has a word that means “nation” or “people” in their own language but then when they learn English YOU TELL THEM IT TRANSLATES TO “TRIBE” then THAT WILL BE THE WORD THEY USE. Maybe if you LISTENED TO THE LINGUISTS OF THAT GROUP you’d have more accurate information. Asshole.”
each point is repeated over and over with like five different examples because you just know there are dipshits out there who will keep arguing.
to the anonymous author of this article for the Africa Policy Information Center I hope you have a good day every day and experience fewer people being assholes about this, your patience is actually legendary
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