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Twst Merch Giveaway, Round 3: Ruggie, Kalim, Rook, Malleus, Vil!

Within the next 24 hours please do the following:

1) Retweet this post!

2) Choose which item(s) you would like from the following google form! http://twstnote.com/tumblr-giveaway-round-three/

Shipping is free of charge to any country except where the post office says no! I have heard back from a few previous winners of the past two weeks and it seems items are reaching their new homes safely ^^

Winners will be contacted via email and not announced publicly (just in case someone is looking to get a gift for someone else), so please make sure that the email address you provide is accurate!

Details: This is the third of three rounds across three platforms: Twitter, Tumblr and Bluesky!

All are welcome to join all giveaways, of which this is the last: 10/5 (complete), 10/12 (complete) and 10/19 (today)!

See all items available, here! http://twstnote.com/twst-merch-giveaway/

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Twst Merch Giveaway, Round 1: Cater, Riddle, Azul, Grim!

It's the fourth Twst Merch Giveaway! 🥳

Within the next 24 hours please do the following: 1) Reblog this post! 2) Choose which item(s) you would like from the following google form! http://twstnote.com/tumblr-giveaway-round-one/

(no need to follow or like unless you want to :> multiple items is fine!)

Shipping: Free of charge to any country except where the post office says no: Yemen, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Chad, Bolivia, Liberia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Libya, Russia, Ukraine.

Winners: will be contacted via email and not announced publicly (just in case someone is looking to get a gift for someone else), so please make sure that the email address you provide is accurate!

Details: There will be three rounds across three platforms: Twitter, Tumblr and Bluesky! All are welcome to join all giveaways, which will be hosted on three Saturdays: 10/5 (today), 10/12 and 10/19!

This is the fourth giveaway total but the first time attempting a Google forms format, I hope very much that it works 💦

See all available items available across all platforms, here! http://twstnote.com/twst-merch-giveaway/

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These two are so goofy lol

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Good to know ‼️

okay let me ramble here because i need to be a nerd about scarabia for a minute-

as an egyptian, im naturally gonna be very biased (and excited) when seeing characters with arabian origins because a) it pulls out my scrutinizing side in seeing whether or not the creator of said character did their homework on the cultures and nuances and b) it makes it easier for me to relate to said character, making me love them even more!!

in the case of scarabia's jamil and kalim, that's no exception!

Slight book 4 spoilers under the cut!!

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here im actually gonna focus on their names! i love their names a whole lot, because,

🌺 while jamil [jah-meel] ((the "a" in Jah is pronounced like the "a" in cat)) is a pretty generic name when it comes to media diversity, it's still a very nice and "refreshing" name, as i call it. also, it's the masculine adjective of "pretty/handsome/nice" and.... they're not wrong lol

🌺 as for kalim al-asim, his name is actually quite interesting! firstly, kalim [kah-leem] ((same withe the "a" as jamil)) means "speaker/interlocutor" in the arabic hyperbolic verb-adjective system— as in, when someone does [verb] a lot or is described to be excessively/wholly [adjective]. (although that isn't to say the verb or adjective, in the sense of "excessive" is bad! i.e the person could be (excessively/wholly) a liar "kaddhaab" OR (excessively/wholly) generous "kareem") so I feel like that fits his character a whole lot, actually. very bubbly and sociable!

🌺 the second half of his name, al-asim, is also very interesting. in the game, there's a little bit of misinformation on what "al" in an arabic name would mean. in the game it's explained that "al" would mean "son of" or "of the family" which... isn't really true, actually. instead, when wanting to refer to someone as "son of" you would say "bin" or "ibn"— kalim bin asim. also, that is to say, it's kind of an old system of naming, but scarabia is inspired by the ye-olde vibes of arabia in aladdin, so it's fine lol

🌺 so then, the "al" in his name, in this sense, is actually something a lot simpler! "al" in arabic is like the prefix "the"! So for example, someone could be named mohamed al-sayyaad —> mohamed the sayyaad (meaning mohamed the fisherman!) in which case, it can be used as an overall family name, but it doesn't really mean "of the family sayyaad".

nowww, when seeing what the adjective "asim" means, it has me scratching my head a bit because his name could actually have three possible meanings! :0

🌺✨ asim as in [ah-seem] ((once again, same with the "a")): أسيم

when أسيم is broken down to its fundamental components, it gives several meanings, notably; "goes on to order something" (which fits very, very well)

OR: "directs his sight/gaze to..." (which... also fits.....given jamil's signature magic 👀)

it can also be interpreted as someone who has authority.

🌺✨ a second meaning for [ah-seem]/[qah-seem]:((قسيم)) in this case, the "a" in "qah" would be like the "a" in water. also, if you're wondering about the "q" I'm just writing it in the exact way it would be written and pronounced in proper arabic if it were to BE that word/meaning specifically, as i know in-game his name is written as "Asim"... but to clarify, in egyptian arabic it's not necessary to pronounce the "q" when it's at the beginning of a word or name, so we just pronounce it as "a".... again, I'm writing this in my perspective, an egyptian :)

which means, literally, "the share"... why i feel like this interpretation is especially significant, though, is because "the share" here, in arabic, would actually refer to someone's destiny or fortune!

🌺✨ and lastly asim as in [aah-sim]/[qaah/sim] : قاسم

in this case, that the destiny of kalim and jamil is master to his servant, respectively, vice versa.... in that, that was how their fortune played out; that was what destiny has written for them in terms of their relationship— something that jamil can do nothing about, the hopelessness of it leaving him to harbor resentment for his inability to change his own fate. which, as we saw in book 4.... 👀 (this one is just SO. GOOD. OOF.)

which, in the case of (قاسم) would mean distributor/divider literally, and more specifically, someone who gives, who is able to share. and given kalim's overly generous personality and tendencies, it's very much fitting!

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The silly 🥺

can i see your face? pwease??

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I have so many things to do 😭

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I doodled a little Rook ‼️

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Real

we're running out of time to fuck it we ball....

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Yippee, finished it!!

@cinnabarde hope you like it 💫

The original file got corrupted so I had to make a new one 😥

@spinthetags

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I GOT LILIA FIRST TRY, YIPPEEEE 😁😁😁

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🤯

YOU GUYS WANTED THIS!!! YOU WANTED MOREEEEEE!!!!!

also pls reblog, this took me an absurdly long time to draw plsplspls🙏🙏🙏🙏

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, WINTER BREAK GUYS!!

Hope you enjoy your winter ❤

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! 😁😁😁

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MY HEART

bloi

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My babies 😌

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Yippeeeee school break!!! :DD

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BAHAHAHAHAH

These guys are just a bunch of laughing hyenas I LOVE THEM 😭

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