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I finally found evidence for the fact that Isuna Hasekura of spice & wolf fame did indeed study medieval economy at a university level, he mentions reading about it for his studies in the afterword of the second coin of the sun book.
Which also led me to a very fun discovery, because in the same afterword he also explains how he got the name for the series from one of these books, and when you go to look up the one in question on amazon, you are greeted by this massive tome on economy in the middle ages with language like "preeminent historian" and "comprehensive examination of political, social, moral, and economic milieus of the late Middle Ages that engendered Europe's transformation from feudalism to capitalism."
But then you scroll down slightly further than that truly massive synopsis and are greeted by the following sight:
It pleases me much.
#Spice and wolf#for those who now want to read it too the title is#Gold & Spices: The Rise of Commerce in the Middle Ages#anyway I rip Jean Favier I bet you would've laughed your ass off at this#of COURSE I got a copy#Even better is you then look at the themes discussed in the book and they're an exact match for what isuna discusses in his novels#They're in conversation! it's high art! High art I tell You!! *gets dragged off stage by security*
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In the middle of exams so here are just some higher quality versions of my last sketches!
(There will be no context for Menelaus dressed as a seal and Helen doing drugs. If you know, you know.)
#the odyssey 1997#the odyssey#Telemachus#Penelope#Odysseus#Nausicaa#Menelaus#Helen#Peisistratus#he's here too but I think I forgot to tag him last time...#Athena#yes her spear has an olive tree branch handle and her armor is fashioned to look like feathers#(side note I have silver and bronze armor designs for her too but I love how the gold looks here)#(look forward to a more detailed artwork of her (in a certain Odyssey scene) in the future!)#anyway I recently got my hands on a physical copy of emily wilson's translation of the odyssey!#it was the last copy at my local book store and my library doesn't have a copy#it was a miracle that I managed to get the iliad since apparently a professor at my uni keeps forgetting to return the copy#(on the flip side its fun to see what he annotated and I'm thinking I might take his course once it's empty enough)#anyway I'll have to wait on (re)reading the odyssey#because 1) i gotta focus on exams#2) I want to finish the iliad before the return date (im on book 17 and everyone is such a vibe)#3) I have so many wips I want to finish too
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THEYRE HERE THEYRE HERE THEYRE HERE!!!!
#wow!!!! they feel so nice wow!!!#ill have to get the second half now when they release#imagine this is how you read death note for the first time#parents wont let me read death note so i got a miniature set to hide under my bed#(he said forgetting digital copies are a thing)#ill show yall them again once i put the covers on :'3#the second half of the manga gacha is on preorder rn but i cant find it without $60 shipping so im gonna wait#itll be out in june or july i think#edit: i didnt expect so much excitement!!!#theyre from bandai. japanese versions of course. theyre from gacha/gashappon machines#comes with covers!!#fully printed just like the manga. including the copyright pages and mini comics and everything!!#super cool#qeyond beyond
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on the lighter side of things, here is some footage of sora and riku doing mission mode together i managed to capture (thanks to melonmix and this tutorial)
i used the left stick on a controller to move riku, and the right to move sora
at the beginning of areas theyd start out going in the same direction, but after a while sora would get lost bc of the way the camera works (i think), and id have to reset it with both of looking the same way to get him back on track LOL
in an attempt to avoid friendly fire, i also mapped attack for riku and jump for sora to the same button— meaning when i attacked as riku, sora jumped, and vice versa
it was... somewhat effective?
#kingdom hearts#sora#riku#soriku#days#video#of course i had to record something in the ballroom :3c#even tho i got my ass beat by that snowy crystal#this is probably only interesting to me but WHATEVER#trying to control a character with each stick make brain hurty#thankfully lock on pulls you towards enemies when you attack#might have to recruit my brother to record some proper footage though lol#square if you see this i promise i have a physical copy of days with sora unlocked. pls no kill
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arctic monkeys on mtv valencia, 2010 (x)
#i cannot get over how much he looks like a shy pretty goth girl who's just dyed her hair red#and who's probably obsessed with edgar allan poe and carries around a little dog eared copy of the masque of the red death at all times#she wears a black velvet jacket she got in a thrift store#and has chipped black nail polish from biting her nails as she stares moodily out the window contemplating the complexity of mortality#and of course she carries her black moleskin notebook with her at all times#it's filled with uneasy thoughts and black ink doodles of poisonous flowers#christ#i need to stop#this interview has clearly triggered something in me lol#what can i say#humbug era alex is just truly something else#💜#alex turner#alex gifs#humbug era#lulu posts#my gifs
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vent in the tags sorry it’s a big bummer
#i’ve been so excited about my april reading challenge i was staying up to date mostly and everything was awesome#and then last week i spent 10 hours in the ER with my teenage brother. it was truly i think one of the most traumatic days of my whole life#so i slipped and didn’t read anything bc i was too busy with this nightmarish day#the next day i stayed home from work and just took care of him while both my parents were out of town#i got a little back on track w my reading but i knew i would be out of town this weekend#so i went to the bookstore and stocked up on a couple physical copies for the beach#i was truly so excited#and then we had a death in the family#so i canceled my trip and stayed home to grieve w family#and of course truly of course that is the most important thing#and it feels like there’s a hole in my heart and i’m tired and confused and grieving all the time#and i’m also concurrently so sad about fucking up my reading challenge.#grief is weird and i know it’s a trivial thing to be upset about but in between bouts of crying about my grandpa .. i literally just want to#break down and cry about my fucking reading challenge#it’s so dumb even as i type it#but that’s where i am in all honesty.#and i have to go to work tomorrow bc my job sucks. so maybe ill read at my desk in protest.#i just really want to sleep all day for the next week. but i can’t.#bc either my mom needs me or work needs me and both are important bc my mom is my mom and work pays my bills#but i wish i could have one full week to sit in the dark and process everything alone#anyway!!!!!!!!#if you read all this yeesh sorry#pers#tag novel#to delete
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Logging out for a while, love you miss you <3
#idk when I'll be back on#I think maybe end of the month to test the waters but we'll see#someone was having a bad day and decided to take it out in my inbox last night#and then when I logged off they got mad I didn't answer and sent a few more 🤪#usually I'm pretty good at rationalizing these things. gen z feels like the only place they have power is on the internet so of course when#they're angry and scared they're going to come after the people that they can actually reach#(and that includes me; proud owner of an anime thirst blog with 6 followers <3)#what they need is a hug and a copy of the anarchist protest guide and maybe a community garden; not someone responding to them with more#anger#but as I stated. I'm exhausted.#anyway. this is all to say#if you're feeling so much kinetic energy from rage that you feel the best way to get rid of it is to yell at some rando on the internet#use that energy to do something productive#sign up for a protest; volunteer at your local soup kitchen; teach crafts at the library.#a lot of people need a lot of help right now; why waste time shouting into the void when you could be doing something with genuine impact#the world needs helpers more than ever#if you made it this far thank u I love you; and stay safe out there cowboys 💞
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hhhhhh I need to properly reread Percy jackson again. This post brought to you by the fact I was about to make a post about a scene I very vividly remember of Will Solace trying to convince Pollux not to keep fighting with his good arm broken before Percy manages to convince him not to bc he promised Dionysus, then thought to myself "huh maybe I should fact check that- I mean I did also convince myself that Travis stoll died in this battle when he actually just went to college." And guess what? That scene ✨️didn't happen.✨️ Pollux was trying to convince Percy to let him rejoin the fight very half heartedly, while propped against a tree, and Percy was just like "hmmmm... no"
#Can you blame me tho.#SO much was going on in that book. It was literally JUST that battle and over the course of like 3 days#Here's some I found while skimming my copy of tlo for the scene in question:#Nico trying to rescue/ speak to his mum ft. Hades being a really shitty person (& shittier father)#Rachel's family helicopter almost crashing#Percy having a conversation with may castellan#Luke very belatedly realising “hm maybe I shouldn't give complete control of my body and mind to kronos”#This one random half-asleep demigod Percy runs into at one point that might’ve been Clovis? The demigod was said to be 12 tho-#So maybe his brother?#Prometheus shows up and gives Percy Pandora's jar#Percy getting thrown in prison by Hades and STRANGLES NICO FOR BRINGING HIM TO THE UNDERWORLD????#nico sends the guards to sleep tho so yay dream powers from his dad#And then Achilles's ghost shows up and basically just goes “are you fucking stupid or something. Why would you want my curse”#Chiron brings the party ponies to fight (they got drunk on rootbeer instead)#I think literally the only things from this book I accurately remembered were#1. Michael Yew convinces Percy to destroy a bridge while he's still on it#2. Annabeth moves to protect Percy's weak spot before she even knew where it was#3. One of Silenus's brothers dies and grover gets to be part of the council#4. Silena regrets being a spy and steals clarisse's armour to fight a drakon#5. Clarisse is PISSED that she did something so stupid and kills the drakon with her father's blessing#6. The fact Percy and Luke actually managed to converse during the Final Battle tm and Luke told Percy his weak spot#7. Ethan is a character who existed and then died. He was the son of Nemesis#Hm actually that's a lot more than I thought#But again there are Things happening in this book and there are Many Of Them and most of them are pretty fucked up actually.#anyway#pjo#Something something how is this a kids book etc
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And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.
is god the cat that chases you for fun, someone who pretends benevolence, flicking you away only to sink teeth into your neck while you hold out a begging hand? a cat with a mouse in its mouth. i see, i see, i see.
in thine eyes i saw god and not as the reflection of myself but something i can touch, something that dies— someone i can kill. someone i could love. these knees have dropped, on cold dirt ground, on wooden floor: century-old, on marble floors that make them ache. in thine hands, i’ve left my life and my heart, my soul that was drug back from hell. hands, eyes, smile, light. your wings i crushed like a cruel boy with a dragonfly at the onset of spring. lavender-scent, the smell of my mother’s perfume and it all reeks of a prayer that never ends. i need you, like the steady weight of a gun in my unsteady hands. like the clean water that washes off this blood off my hands yet never fully cleans it. not enough for absolution or forgiveness. i need you like the cedar brown drink. no, i needed you like it. now, i need you like the smell of fresh air on a sober morning. a thumb caressing my own on a winter evening and everything in between.
if god was a cat with a mouse that he chooses to kill then i’m a vine, hugging you close in devotion, in ruination. trying to touch everything you and yet never being able to reach all of you. too less, too little to know you truly but never quittin’ the attempts. so, i will pray to you. the only true sign that god exists. his cruelty is proof enough but your unsmiling lips and your smiling eyes are a better proof of the fact that he was capable of beauty and he poured it all into you. the hands that are gentler than the light of the early morning sun, the voice that could make hell tremble and yet softly call my name. my name feels less like a punishment and more like a poem in your mouth.
i can’t ever be good because i’m always tryin’ to be perfect and my brother’s little head that reached my knee, hugging my leg so close, i have to look up to see his eyes now. little-brother, not so little. if this hand had a weapon—no, this hand is the weapon and that means a weapon raised him and yet, his voice has a softer edge to it and i can’t ever fathom that. i’m always looking down, at the ground, at the barrel of a gun, at the bottom of a drink. searching for things that even a halo can’t illuminate and yet, i have to look up to talk to him. to know his goodness means to believe in my own, to see your holiness is to grasp your hands in mine. i will let myself be good, try to be good because i can’t ever be perfect. knowing that your heavenstring-cut hands will cradle this imperfect hands in your own.
let me be good for you. stay.
#spn#supernatural#spn text post#dean winchester#castiel#destiel#sam winchester#deancas#spn poetry#original poem#east of eden#inspired#i got a copy of east of eden and i couldn't get this quote out of my mind#of course i had to bring sam into it#because east of eden is fundamentally about siblings#poetry#prose poetry#long post#this was also inspired by me seeing a cat play around with a squirrel and not killing it right away#i couldn't stop it because it was too far away and it ran#but it reminded me of chuck and salmon dean because ofc it did
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cursed clair obscur thought but if you think about it painted Verso is just the fanfic version of real Verso
#something something when you write a character that isn’t yours originally#they’re never a perfect copy of the original#they’re just your closest approximation of their character#(or sometimes not even close it’s just your preferred interpretation of them#and these interpretations can often be stretched beyond recognition)#that’s not the case for verso of course#he is Aline’s interpretation of her own son#and then he becomes his own unique character after the fact but#this post was meant to be silly and I got all meta in the tags oops#clair obscur: expedition 33#coe33#clair obscur spoilers#coe33 spoilers
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Here's a Valentine's Day Gift for you Lokius Legion 💚🧡
Loki walks out of his and Mobius' apartment wondering if he's still asleep. The halls, the rooms, even looking out the windows he cannot escape the sudden bright reds and pinks decorating every little thing they can. Loki's first instinct is to go to Mobius but he can't seem to find him anywhere! He'd ask someone if they weren't busy making out everywhere. And that's another thing weird about this maybe-dream. THE RANDOM SPIKE OF PDA?! That's supposed to be THEIR thing. Grossing their co-workers and friends alike with their courting, making it into a fun little game after he and Mobius decided to stop running around in circles, just to see who can make their companions cringe more. When he FINALLY finds one of them (B15) she just TEASES HIM. B15: Not so fun now, huh? Loki: So…This ISN'T some fever dream concocted by whatever sugary dessert Mobius had us try last night? B15: Why would you eat dessert at nigh-…Y'know what? I don't want to know. B15: And no Loki, I am HAPPY to say that this is all in fact, real. Loki: Well then, what the HEL is all of this??? B15: It's Valentine's Day and since we all decided we would slowly introduce ourselves to holidays we thought this would be the perfect one to start this year off. Loki: We??? B15: Me, Mobius, a couple of board members. Loki: And where was I when this was happening? 🤨 B15: Did you already forget about the tree thing? Loki: Don't. B15: Well you asked. Loki: I will refrain from doing so in the future. B15: Anyways, Valentine's Day is a holiday where lovers celebrate their…love. Loki: Then why all of…THIS 🤢 B15: Oh cut us some slack this is our holiday in…EVER.
After some more banter in which Loki learned this day for Valentine was as gooey ("Like you and Mobius?" "Shut up.") as it looked and sounded, B15 gave Loki some coordinates to go to So Loki put them in his tempad and went through the familiar orange door…And immediately understood what the fuss was about. There stood his beloved, dressed in a tux, holding a bouquet of Myosotis sylvatica with a soft blush to go with his bright grin hey were on a cliff that stood tall over an entire field full of all kinds of flowers, a round table covered with a cloth with two plush chairs, and a single candle already set up. He smiles at the smell of the tea. The food on the plates however, gives him pause. Loki: Midgardian breakfast? For dinner? Mobius: I gave you extra sausage and bacon 🥰 Loki: I should've known you would've noticed. Mobius: Always, Darlin'
Mobius then gives Loki the bouquet in his hand and then wraps an arm around his waist, guiding him to the left seat 10/17 Loki's favorite (The best in his opinion) human then uses his other hand to pull out the seat and gently urges him to sit. Mobius then excitedly shuffles to the opposite side of the table to his own chair. Mobius: Happy Valentines Day, Loki.
Loki felt his eyes start to water and a lump form in his throat. All of this…for him? He hadn't even planned for this day, hadn't even known of it, and yet Mobius his wonderful partner, had just made it one of his favorites. He had never had so much effort (at least not willingly) put into making him feel this way, this…happy? no, much more than that. An indescribable feeling. A feeling that grew as they spoke about everything and nothing, eating food made by Mobius himself (slightly burnt) And then Loki's heart practically exploded as Mobius, in sync with the sudden glow of the Myosotis sylvatica he could now recognize hidden in the field, kneeled down clumsily (He had seemingly forgotten about the field's specialty and scared himself.) and pulled out a ring Before Mobius could even open his mouth, Loki jumped on him, no longer able to contain his emotions about it all. A long while after, both naked, covered in a blanket he had conjured, Mobius turned to look at him with a shy look. Mobius:…I'm guessing that's a yes? Loki: Of course it's a yes. Anyone who would say no is a buffoon not worth your time. 🙄 Mobius: Oh really? Loki: Yes. In fact not just a buffoon, an imbecile, a fool who shouldn't be allowed to breath the same air as you. Mobius moved his head to lay on Loki's chest and they spent the rest of the night like that, taking turns goading the other to shower the other with compliments, matching smiles following them into their deep slumber.
This came out late but yes, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY LOKIUS LEGION! I haven't written in years and I haven't wrote a threadfic at all PERIOD. So I hope it's not too bad…(Fun fact, I forgot to put the 17 at the end of the slashes on Twitter IM SO EMBARRASSING FR 😭)
#lokius#lokius are soulmates#they're in love your honor#my heart cant take it#domestic lokius#valentines day#I don't know how threadfics work here#So I'm just gonna copy and paste it#Threadfic#I haven't written in YEARS#And this is my first threadfic#Of course it was my OTP that finally got me to write again#Fun fact I never plan this kind of stuff#I just write things down as I go#Just like with these tags
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Realized I forgot to introduce Eileen again LMAO
My sea shanty interest was reignited and I was like “:O Boston is a coastal town I can make a sailor oc!!” And promptly remembered Far Harbour exists and so now she is there :)
She left the mainland after nearly destroying the entire commonwealth for her kiddo Eliza. Blew up the Prydwen, Railroad, nearly collapsed the Minutemen, and eventually destroyed the Institute when they created a synth version of her husband and she realized just how much they were manipulating her. She left Eliza with Nick and fucked off North, a good fifty miles past the Nakano residence, where she fixes up an old boat and fishes the days away in solitude. Nick eventually finds her a year or two later and needs her boat to head to far harbour to find Kasumi Nakano, and they get stranded there together cuz a sea monster basically ate her boat :)
Anyway she’s also from Newfoundland and Labrador, got military training from soldiers she helped guide through the Northwest Passage, and commonly goes by “The Lobstermonger” in Far Harbour due to her hiding her identity out of shame for all she’s done. I <3 her I’m sorry
#she was in a compulsively heterosexual marriage and it’s ONLY the fact that she wasn’t actually in love with her husband that made her#reject the synth copy. she would have gone along with it to the end if she didn’t lowkey hate the guy#he wasn’t bad or anything she just wasn’t happy. she only married him because she got pregnant#she also has lowkey complicated feelings about her daughter too and Kinda resents her a little. she hates that her life was hijacked#loves her daughter of course but lots of it is out of obligation. she guns for Eliza so hard also because she lowkey despises the rest of#the commonwealth and thinks they deserve it but that’s another post#she’s not evil or anything she’s just very very angry about it all#anyway I <3 her#fallout 4#far harbour#far harbour dlc#fallout#fanart#fallout fanart#fallout 4 fanart#far harbour fanart#mirelurk#original character#oc#oc intro#fallout oc#fisherman#lobstermonger#digital art#serenade draws#Eileen waters#lesbian#gay character#wlw
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leg saga continued…
so, I have had constant chronic leg pain and restlessness since November of last year. I have officially reached the stage (of whatever the hell this is) where I suddenly get really weak in my legs?? And my arms are starting to get weak as well. No pain and no restlessness, only weakness (in my arms) So yeah things are getting weird here.. I also suddenly started getting mobility aid advice on Pinterest which feels like some kind of omen…
I’m preparing to have to start some kind of uh idk treatment?? Aid??? (I’m supposed to be in physical therapy right now but my therapist keeps forgetting about me :’)). But yeah, I don’t know if I’m ready to possibly lose the use of my legs or leg. Which could be possible. I know this may seem dramatic (and it probably is) but Ive really been losing use of my limbs lately. I’ve never had any bad medical issues or had any severe injuries, only many, mostly minor ankle sprains over the course of two years.
tldr, the future is not looking bright right now… should I be concerned😭
#The worst case scenario is thay I need like a cane or something#which is not awful at all (in my case of course)#But I have tjis friend who just got a cane a few months ago and idk#We joke about our leg issues together and they joke about how I need mobility aid#But if it acruallt happens… I’m scared it’s gonna seem like I’m?? Copying them?? Or something??? Which I know sounds ridiculous but#I haven’t really updated them on how my my situation is getting worse so I’m scared it’s gonna seem very sudden lol#Well not like I can do anything about it anyways#The physical therapist was supposed to contact me a month ago as well so… should I be doing something about that?#Chronic pain#leg pain#Also nerve disorders run in the family so#As my peers would say:#‘Chat am I cooked’#Physical therapy#idk man I’m grasping at straws at this point
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[holds him in my heart]
#baby boy!!! baby boyyy#one day i should do a little project where i rate every blue beetle 06 issue by how sophisticated scarab's dialogue is#issue before this? all random phrases copied from the prior issue. 0/10#& sometimes they must have just put 'scarab speak' in the script and it got into the final copy literally#of course early on most of scarab's dialogue is just 'alert' or 'enemy'#but by end game you have entire sentences. sarcasm. communication.#'this is going to hurt.'#jaime reyes#captain's reading log
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i am a synthv user primarily because 1) i was always kind of a moresampler main on utau already :3c and 2) i am easily swayed by affordable pricing and extremely user friendly interfaces BUT the one problem with synthv studios focus on realism is how instead of just distorting vocals that are too high or low out of range, instead they just get breathier and REALLY quiet, you can get around it okay with parameter shenanigans but thats one think i really prefer about voisona and utau or sv editor - this is purely a preference thing, but I do love putting a synth far below its range and have it still functional (albeit robotic) LIKE go into c2. i know you sound like a broken jackhammer. go into c2.
#im an expression over realism guy. also an expression over robotic-ness guy. robotic realistic it doesnt matter to me#what i care about is how much hashtag personality i can hear HGKJDSHJDS#its so nebulous what i like about a synth LOL its star power!!!! do i hear star power or not!!!!!!#that is another reason i like sv a lot tho theres some expressive banks who's vocals were flattened in other iterations#primarily sora. altho the coco girlies are pretty expressive for what they are. utaus pretty good for personality honestly#but like man. the reason i got interested in learning how to use vocal synths myself was because rikka's ai blew my MIND#years ago... years ago when they had some marketing copy that referred to ai as automatic intonation.....#she still is just one of my favourite vocals in general she just got so much personality in there#but yeah expression is king to me. its king to me. thats also why i like utau banks that have like a thousand appends#i dont care that its like an entire gigabyte or two GIVE IT TO MEEEEE#the whispers... the vocal fries... the soft banks... the power banks....#thats also what i really have been loving about genbu despite him being a standard bank#he has those extra phoneme groups which are so cool the soft and the falsetto. and of course his bank is like a kire style bank in general#so a lot of interesting utau-esque expression can come from it. suffix broker like or voice colour esque. love it
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i miss miitopia i should do another miitopia run <- has yet to finish the postgame ever at all throughout the 3 separate copies he has
#so i got so obsessed at one point that i bought 2 copies of the original miitopia and then of course when#it came out on switch i bought it again. of course. fuck do you think i am#kirbtopia#Inktopia 2: Survive#Miitopia Horse Armor DLC
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