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inaries · 10 months
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I'm a little late but technical difficulties can't stop me this pirate week. We set sail!
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escinsight · 4 months
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Why Finland Broadcasts UMK In Ten Different Languages
Why Finland Broadcasts UMK In Ten Different Languages. With Finnish Eurovision selection UMK 2024 broadcasting in a record ten languages, Ben Robertson speaks to producer Anssi Autio to learn how and why the Finnish broadcaster commits such time and energy into their multilingual broadcasting at the Song Contest. 
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu has grown in popularity tremendously in recent years. The 2019 edition saw just one artist perform three different potential Eurovision songs, and 358,000 viewers tuned in. Following on from that we see a great rise in viewing figures, which jumped to 885,000 in 2020 followed by an epic 1.7 million in 2021, 1.9 million in 2022 and now a record breaking 2.1 million for the…
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pyronayniadraws · 2 years
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This is the portrait I painted of Inari Pascal, a twilight cleric of Resalune, panther goddess of the stars! He's played by my wonderful friend, Chantilly, in our new DnD campaign, The Mark of Red Moon! 🔴
We play with our friends Envii and Panthera on Wednesdays at 6:30pm EST on Twitch here! And if you can't make the stream, episodes go up the following week on YouTube here!
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kinships · 1 year
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Tag pt 3
MORE TAGS!!
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inaris-pokemon-world · 2 months
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As the stream of strangers finally slowed, Matcha finally realized how much of the day has gone by.
"Gosh, we should probably take a lunch break," Matcha decided. "We know you already ate, but would you like more food, Inaris?"
"Nom!" Inari squeaked. "Nomnomnom!"
Matcha chuckled, lifting Inari onto one of their heads. "What do you feel like today? Berries?"
"Ahhh!" Inari gripped Matcha's fur with one paw and began pointing up with the other. "Uppie!"
Confused, Matcha looked up, careful to make sure Inari wouldn't tumble off. In the sky, there was something darting around, too far up to really get a good look at it. At least until it suddenly stopped in midair.
It wasn't flapping, so clearly it wasn't using wings to fly. It was purple too, a strange color for the desert. Matcha squinted up the purple creature, trying to figure out what it was doing, when it suddenly started moving. Right at them.
Matcha grabbed Inari and started booking it. Even if the creature wasn't after them, it was still best not to be in the blast zone when it hit earth. And it was going FAST, the shockwave of it hitting the ground strong enough to knock them over.
It took Matcha a moment to recover, and by the time they did, the creature was standing over them. Was that a Meowscarada? No, wrong color and too bottom heavy. Not to mention the super long tail. It looked like one of their earlier visitors, but the color was very different.
"Oops!" the feline creature said, accent definitely foreign. "Sorry, little guys. I thought you were someone else. I'm not too good at finding them like this."
"'Them'? 'Like this'?" Matcha asked, still a bit in shock.
The creature ignore them, or perhaps didn't hear them. "Hey, have you little bunnies seen...?"
They suddenly trailed off, staring at the little bundle of fur Matcha had clutched close to their bodies. Inari was wriggling against Matcha, squeaking indignantly at having been confined in any way. Matcha tried to shield Inari with their bodies, but the little Mew was too slippery and wormed their way out.
Before Matcha could even cry out to stop them, Inari darted over to the stranger, paws up.
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[To be continued...]
...And that’s it for this year! Thanks to everyone who asked stuff for my lil mini event. If you have any questions about this little AU, please feel free to fire away. I'll answer what I can without spoiling the prime timeline ofc.
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tatteredpantaloons · 1 year
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Uuden musiikin kilpailu (UMK) aka Finnish Eurovision national finals tonight at 21:00 (9PM) EET!
Streams links:
No commentary (Finnish): https://areena.yle.fi/1-63696897
English commentary: https://areena.yle.fi/1-64724033
Northern & Inari Sámi commentary: https://areena.yle.fi/1-65013318
Swedish commentary: https://areena.yle.fi/1-65013331
Russian commentary: https://areena.yle.fi/1-65013351
Finnish sign language commentary: https://areena.yle.fi/1-65013360
Ukrainian commentary: https://areena.yle.fi/1-65013394
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jennyboom21 · 3 months
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Pride Pictures will aim to bring queer cinema to North American audiences with no language or regional barriers. The company’s launch comes as representation for LGBTQ+ communities is increasing, but the challenge of getting indie queer films into theaters and onto streaming platforms grows.
“There’s a lot of wonderful films made by amazing queer filmmakers from around the world that never get seen by North American audiences other than in festivals, and I’m excited to help some of these films find the audiences they deserve. I really feel that we need to bring light to these amazing films by amazing filmmakers that are underrepresented in the filmmaking community,” Federgreen said in a statement.
Cooper will head up acquisitions at Pride Pictures after serving as director of programming at Durham Film Festival for five years, a producer on the documentary feature and Mexican-Canadian co-production El Gran Salto and working as a festival manager at genre film distributor Raven Banner Entertainment.
“Given the climate that we are in, films can play an important role in education as well as entertaining many,” Cooper added in his own statement.
The Finnish feature Light Light Light from director Inari Niemi, being introduced to international buyers at EFM by Intramovies, is set in the spring of 1986 when, amid the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, Mimi, a young woman, in a small Finnish village fills the life of 15-year-old Mariia with radiating light. Twenty years later, Mariia returns home to take care of her sick mother and memories of that meaningful summer start to surface.
Rhys Howard’s Eudaimonia stars Alexandra Dawkins as Prudence, a young artist with telepathic abilities searching for connection and meaning in a world of her own eccentric design.
Pride Pictures plans a summer 2024 release for Light, Light, Light and Eudaimonia.
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shadow-pixelle · 7 months
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9 People You Would Like to Get to Know Better.
Was tagged by @shootingstarpilot, ta very much.
Three ships: I'll go with one for each of my current main fandoms, so Jocasta Nu/Plo Koon for Star Wars (I am still here thriving on my pool floaty for that one), Dick Grayson/Wally West for DC, and Danny Fenton/Jason Todd for DCxDanny Phantom (yes that is still DC, no I do not care, there's enough crossover fics that it practically counts as it's own fandom ok.)
First ever ship: Uuuuh. Uuuuh. Y'know. I cannot remember for the life of me? Genuinely it might've been NaruMitsu, aka Miles Edgeworth/Phoenix Wright, from my original re-dive into fandom hell outside of just playing games.
Everything about that is a weird thought. I consider myself to have been in fandom stuff since like 2015, I didn't get into Ace Attorney until like 2018 or so because a friend was streaming their playthrough of it? And it was like another year or two later before I found that first fic (Saturation by TiedyedTrickster on AO3, lovely fic, genuinely wonderful). But I really can't remember anything else I actually actively shipped earlier than that? Like maybe there were a few things but I seem to remember that a lot of that kinda stuff was very much me glancing at a fic and going 'oh hey that chemistry's neat' but not really caring about it outside of that fic. Huh. Anyway.
Last song: Immortalized, Hidden Citizens.
Last movie: soft error sounds so I don't watch movies because my attention span is dogshit. I think the last thing that I actually full-force sat down and watched all the way through without my brain wandering off entirely was Moana, and that was over a year ago?
Man I need to watch more movies. I'm pretty sure I've got a watchlist somewhere.
Currently reading: I'm kinda sorta on a book break at the moment in that there are a lot of books I could be reading, my shelf is super full, but my brain is not currently capable of reading new things and so they're all sitting there glaring at me from a distance. If we're willing to talk fics though I'm rereading Commander by Drich with is a Planetary Annihilation Self Insert and also fucking incredible like everything else they write.
Currently consuming: I have my big jug of water (it's a 1L mason jar that I repurposed for drinking from because it means I actually remember to drink things) and am contemplating having a mooch through my snack box for chocolate.
Currently craving: the inari nigiri and little mochi balls that they have at the Yo! sushi bar thing in my local Tesco. I had to go shopping earlier for some bits and thought about getting some for lunch but didn't cause I have food at home. Jokes on me, I guess, now I really want it but it's currently tipping it down with rain and I'm not going out in that to go get food when I've already eaten.
No pressure tags for @kalicofox, @greentrickster since I mentioned your fic, and @clockwayswrites, and also anyone else who spots this out in the wild and decides they'd like to!
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nightsidewrestling · 1 year
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D.U.D.E Bios: Yoshi Nakagawa / Sakurako
N.P.R's Guitarist Sakurako (2020)
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One of Kirby's old stable-mates, Yoshi Nakagawa (Now Yoshi Tsinajinnie), is the guitarist for the wrestling stable/band 'Native Pride Regime'. Yoshi is a Japanese wrestler, from rural Tsurui, and was trained by Kirby and her family, being the first person in her family to become a wrestler.
"I may be named Yoshi, but I am no video game character."
Name
Full Legal Name: Yoshi Misao Kazumi Tsinajinnie (Née Nakagawa)
First Name: Yoshi
Meaning: From Japanese 'Yoshi' meaning 'Good Luck', 'Yoshi' meaning 'Righteous', or 'Yoshi' meaning 'Good, Virtuous, Respectable, as well as other Kanji with the same reading
Pronunciation: YO-SHEE
Origin: Japanese
Middle Name(s): Misao, Kazumi
Meaning(s): Misao: From Japanese 'Misao' meaning ' Chastitiy, Honour'. Kazumi: From Japanese 'Kazu' meaning 'Harmony, Peace' or 'Kazu' meaning 'One' combined with 'Mi' meaning 'Beautiful'
Pronunciation(s): MEE-SA-O. KA_ZOO_MEE
Origin(s): Japanese. Japanese
Surname: Tsinajinnie (Née Nakagawa)
Meaning: Means 'black-streak clan' in Navajo (Nakagawa: From Japanese 'Naka' meaning 'Middle' and 'Kawa' meaning 'River, Stream'
Pronunciation: SIN-a-JIN-ee (NA-KA-GA-WA)
Origin: Indigenous American, Navajo (Japanese)
Alias: Sakurako
Reason: Ring Name
Nicknames: Yosh, Kaz, Sakura
Titles: Mrs
Characteristics
Age: 33
Gender: Female. She/Her Pronouns
Race: Human
Nationality: Japanese
Ethnicity: Asian, Japanese
Birth Date: May 2nd 1987
Symbols: Guitars, Pink Guitar Straps, Sakura Flowers, Sakura Trees
Sexuality: Bisexual
Religion: Shinto
Native Language: Japanese
Spoken Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, Navajo
Relationship Status: Married
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Theme Song: 'All Alone' - Gorillaz, Roots Manuva (2006-)
Voice Actor: Rila Fukushima
Geographical Characteristics
Birthplace: Tsurui (Tsurui-mura), Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
Current Location: On the road / Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, Wales / Tsurui (Tsurui-mura), Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
Hometown: Tsurui (Tsurui-mura), Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan
Appearance
Height: 5'0" / 152 cm
Weight: 120 lbs / 54 kg
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Hair Dye: Half dyed pink
Body Hair: N/A
Facial Hair: N/A
Tattoos: (As of Jan 2020) None
Piercings: Ear Lobe (both)
Scars: None
Health and Fitness
Allergies: None
Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug User: Social Drinker
Illnesses/Disorders: None
Medications: None
Any Specific Diet: Vegetarian
Relationships
Allies: Monster Mike, Ash Thunder
Enemies: None
Friends: Jacob 'J.P' Papadopoulos, Mike Mann, Ashkii Tsinajinnie, Gardenia Lum, Judith Ibarra, Sabina Volkov, Zinnia Turner, Brighid Pritchard, Vanessa Rhydderch
Colleagues: Too many to list
Rivals: 'Homicide' Nelson Erazo, 'Blackjack' Jack Marciano
Closest Confidant: Ashkii Tsinajinnie
Mentor(s): Yorath Rhydderch, Tsukyomi Nakagawa
Significant Other: Ashkii Tsinajinnie (32, Husband)
Previous Partners: None of note
Parents: Tsukyomi Nakagawa (64, Father), Izanami Nakagawa (66, Mother, Née Fujimori)
Parents-In-Law: Klah Tsinajinnie (63, Father-In-Law), Nizhóní Tsinajinnie (64, Mother-In-Law, Née Uentillie)
Siblings: Susanoo Nakagawa (30, Brother), Amaterasu Nakagawa (27, Sister), Suijin Nakagawa (24, Brother)
Siblings-In-Law: Inari Nakagawa (31, Susanoo's Wife, Née Hamasaki), Nanabah Tsinajinnie (29, Ashkii's Sister), Notah Tsinajinnie (26, Ashkii's Brother)
Nieces & Nephews: Wakana Nakagawa (11, Niece), Raijin Nakagawa (8, Nephew), Umeko Nakagawa (5, Niece)
Children: Raiden Tsinajinnie (3, Son), Ajei Tsinajinnie (1, Daughter)
Children-In-Law: None
Grandkids: None
Great Grandkids: None
Wrestling
Billed From: Hokkaido, Japan
Trainer: The C.R.C Wrestling School
Managers: Kirby Rhydderch, Ashkii Tsinajinnie
Wrestlers Managed: Ashkii Tsinajinnie
Debut: 2006
Debut Match: Sakurako VS Vanessa Rhydderch. Sakurako won via submission
Retired: N/A
Retirement Match: N/A
Wrestling Style: Technician
Stables: Native Pride Regime (2006-)
Teams: Native Pride Regime (Sakurako & A.T / Monster Mike / Kirby)
Regular Moves: Backbreaker Submission, Bow and Arrow Stretch, Canadian Backbreaker Rack, Catapult, Fireman's Carry Takeover, Handstand Kip-Up, Michinoku Driver II, Alabama Slam, Powerslam, Running Stomp to a Seated Opponent's back Followed by a low front Dropkick to the Opponent's face, Rear Naked Choke, Slingshot Atomic Drop, Elevated Surfboard, Modified Inverted Surfboard with a Double Wrist Lock, Wrenching Abdominal Stretch Sometimes Transitioned into a Chin Lock
Finishers: German Suplex, Discus Clothesline, Reverse Powerbomb, Sharpshooter
Refers To Fans As: The Audience
Extras
Backstory: Born in Japan and coming to C.R.C for training at the age of 18 in 2005. Yoshi Nakagawa is her husband's favourite tag partner. She comes from a very rural part of Japan, known mostly for it's cranes, she was taught to marry into power, so she married the most powerful man she knows in the business. Yoshi is the first person in her family to become a wrestler, meeting and marrying Ashkii after training with him at the C.R.C building.
Trivia: Nothing of note
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inaries · 1 year
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Thank you everyone that came out to community day on April 22nd 2023. We had fun with vermintide 2 and super indie karts and the drawpile as you can see. We had contributions from Me, DarkwarriorSan and Am_auron. Thank you everyone who came out or has watched any of my streams.
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studentofshinto · 1 year
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Kurumamachi Inari Shrine
This lovely little surprise is located about a block away from the Sengakuji temple where the 47 Ronin are allegedly buried, at the "Sengakuji" intersection. And to be honest I did my discovery while watching a live stream. It was like being a kid again trying to get Dad to stop so I can have a look, a virtual visit even.
The link has some info and you will need to use a translator. Their info on Kurumamachi Inari Shrine is about halfway down. No idea why the worship hall was lifted up off the street level.
Takanawa Shrine and Kurumamachi Inari Shrine
Just finding information was hard enough, and like so many other locations in Japan, there is next to nothing in English. Me: Internet, show me information about this shrine. Internet: you wanted to look at the pretty pictures on Pinterest, right?
Me watching the streamer: there's an Inari shrine, it's right there, it'll only take a couple minutes... dad, can we stop, dad, Inari shrine, can we stop, please, please dad... as I devolve into a little kid in the back seat of the car. Virtually speaking.
Location live streamers, we are there for the adventure and the discoveries, not so much to watch you eat or hanging out with your buddies. Though, I suppose I should be grateful for what I did get.
The only foxes you are likely to find at this location.
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thrythlind · 11 months
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Characters played in TTRPGs since 2000
I probably won't catch them all, there've been a few games in the last 23 years.
Definitely didn't catch all of them, but here's quite a few. Campaign
D&D 3.5
Angwiel - snake-person (elf mechanically) Sorcerer/Cleric
Jhessail Crackstone - wererat (hengeyokai mechanically) Paladin/Rogue
Kya'Rei L'Di'Shinabon - Drow Ranger/Cleric
Yroling Xian'ri - hengeyokai cleric
Teryna - human (reincarnated fox familiar) ranger
Lheru - hengeyokai (spider) druid
D&D 5e
Shui Baenre - half-drow Lore Bard acolyte (child of Liriel Baenre and Fyodor of Rasheman) - Phandelver
Aisha Yethtai - tiefling knight in silver battlemaster - Storm Giant's Thunder/Dragon Heist
Weary - tiefling monster slayer - Curse of Strahd
Zihu - Yuan-ti Celestial Warlock (ancient couatl) Acolyte - homebrew
Zohuital - Yuan-ti Celestial Warlock (lillend sisters) Hermit - homebrew
Ranveig - scourge aasimar soldier valor bard - homebrew
Kanti Messner - Changeling Lore Bard/Celestial Warlock (Book of Exalted Deeds) - homebrew
Aramis Hopps - Harengon Drunken Master/Mastermind Charlatan - homebrew
Caress Melani - Yuan-ti Ancients Paladin, Courtesan of Sharess - Phandelver/Hoard of Dragon Queen
Proper Ruin - Yuan-ti Battlesmith, Lyceum Scholar - Netherdeep
Mariah the Blue - Variant Human Draconic Sorcerer city investigator
Nesali - yuan-ti archaeologist Beast Barbarian, full of anxiety and self-esteem issues - Candlekeep
Nishan Domine - yuan-ti mercenary Totem Barbarian, tranquil fury, battlefield redecoration
Pathfinder
Ide Shika - Human Fighter/Chevalier - Rise of the Runelands
Ahriah - Tiefling Witch - Homebrew
Fabula Ultima
Only - Rogue/Tinkerer/Wayfarer - An uplifted harpy trying to uplift her species.
Scion 1e
Sang-Yoon Koga - The Trickster Fox, Las Vegas magician, daughter of Susano'o.
Juri Como - Daughter of Benzaitan, The Great Mangaka, "Social Ninja", Expert at Obfuscating Stupidity
Delilah Samson - Child of Loki, shapeshifter, illusionist, ex-cop, private eye, assistant to Hel (in her guise as a mortal lawyer)
Sa - Dark avenger, brutal slayer of criminals. [redacted]
Scion 2e
Lily Watson - Child of Inari, brat, tomb raider, reckless and selfish
Hilde Sifgard - Child of Sif, youtube daredevil
City of Mist
Patricia Althius - war vet, PTSD, vampire vigilante, daughter to a family of war profiteers and generations of shady dealings. Rift of Count of Monte Cristo/Lamashtu
Random - lab rat, feral teen, Rift of the Movie Monster, non-binary and ace AF
Indira Yi - Rift of Arthur Dent, streaming journalist, improbably lucky.
Fate
Katrina Stnad/Voivode Valeria Draculesti/The Wallachian - doctor, martial artist, ex-terrorist. Steampunk/Dieselpunk game.
Irene Breholm - Divine Blood game, dhampir, sidhe, born to the Breholm Sorcerer family... kinda a big civilian dork in over her head.
Jocasta - Sorceress, librarian, daughter of a Greco-Japanese crime family who just wants out. Constantly getting kidnapped.
Hero System
Megumi Morisato, aka "Greyskin" - dimensional phaser, tank, really damn hard to bring down, geeky fangirl with lots of superhero historical knowledge and trivia.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cadynce Baker / Nya'd'cebrac - demon of blessings and protection, one sister of a paired set of demons, her sister being the spear to her shield. Professional game designer.
BESM 3rd
The Wallachian - see Fate, that campaign started in BESM and moved to Strands of Fate later.
Himura Tai-Wen - NSFW campaign, oni lady with lots of girlfirends ended up ascending to higher plane of existence.
Water Tribe Swordsman whose name I forget in Avatar game
Shadowrun
Keina Isawa - Oni shinto magician, wanted to be an idol singer, ended up a shadowrunner instead.
Lacey Chambers - human adept (social/pistol) spy, burned
Leyti - Finnish Changeling (foxlady) mystic adept, bar owner, fixer. uncertain on the name
Legend of Five Rings - 4th Edition
Moto Hotaru - born a scorpion, trained a shinobi, married a unicorn, became a diplomat, died to the Kargat, but tricked them into doing things that scuttled their operations in the area.
Chronicles of Darkness
Emma Terreal - Sin-Eater/Geist, bank accountant suffocated in a bank vault during a robbery.
Suzume Armitage - A young woman unknowingly a creation of magic.
Annika Walsh - engineer working on the space elevator
Key 13 - (Shadowrun setting with CofD rules) street samurai with experimental soul-active implants.
One-Shots/Short-Runs
Monster of the Week
Whisp, The Libram of Whispered Prayers - The Talisman, a sentient magical book who can take human form.
Persia Mason - The Changeling, a teenaged gorgon living at a secret agency for monitoring supernatural things.
D&D 5e
Meesha Canidae - Shifter Merchant Diviner, socially awkward but unaware of it.
Valaine the Morbid - Shifter Swarmkeeper Entertainer, a bat shifter with a swarm of bats she performs shows with
Yuina Kendrick - a bitchy jurogumo (custom lineage) from Urban Arcana who got stuck in Ravenloft... and deserved it.
Kori the Storyteller - dhampir Spirit Bard, a dreaming soul animating her comatose body.
Erased - Variant Human Sage Undying Warlock (angel of death), absent-minded scholar who accidentaly got her name erased from reality.
Eve Niah - Halfling Undying Warlock (amused lich) with a bone whip, weirdly very cheerful
Cael - wood elf gorgon sorceress, former servant with memory problems.
Mutants and Masterminds
Queen Snake - doctor, martial artist, ritual mage, awakened snake-like powers when an experimental treatment mixing magic and medicine was injected into her during a hostage event.
Masks
Serpent Princess - The Beacon, daughter of Queen Snake, very eager to be a great hero and huge flirt.
One-Ring
High elf sorceress pre-gen character, forget the name
Apocalypse World
Nameless - doctor and gunfighter with snake-like mutations, seeking revenge on the one who changed and maimed her.
Fight with Spirit
Maeve Dumas - born to a martial arts family, secretly part of a competitive dance team
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shecharm · 11 months
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misc headcanons;
inari always gives people presents or offerings in hope of making friends, she prefers gems or various food dishes that she has prepared personally. in rare occasions, she'll bring you honey wine which is a staple in her home realm. this is only if she really likes you, though.
inari's favorite food is any meat heavy stew; she likes lamb and beef the most. it has to have a flavorful broth, too. spice is also necessary.
inari wears a lot of dresses, typically very frilly or extravagant. if not a dress then a simple sweater and skirt is her go to. she always wears heels or boots which are all custom made to fit her feet as she has paws and not human feet.
inari has a few nervous habits such as playing with her hair or tucking it behind her ear. she'll also stroke or comb her own tails with her fingers. she may complain of nausea in extreme situations.
inari's signature scent is powdery, balsamic, sweet and honey with vanilla and woody undertones.
when not at her shrine, she spends a lot of time by water sources like ponds, lakes or rivers and streams. she likes to swim, a lot or just spends her time watching the water flow.
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⏩ Matcha? (for real this time)
”Nononono! No, no, NO! Please don’t go!”
The little hybrid held their counterpart’s paw tightly, tears streaming down their face.
“You can’t! Don’t leave… Please…”
Inari hung her head, emotionally broken. There was nothing she could do.
“I’m… I’m sorry…”
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merryfortune · 1 year
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incomplete list of all the fun i had in japan on my holiday
the bus trip from narita airport to shinjuku, the scenery was so gorgeous, i got to see my first cherry blossoms and first part of the city
sorakara-chan the mascot at the skytower, they also have nice lemonade there, and it was fun to walk on the floor windows too
the shogun's gardens are so cool you can hear the martial artists train - the imperial s garden was very nice as well, the azelias were in full bloom
karaoke with three of the others on the tour with me was tonnes of fun as well
also at karaoke i was the only one who could speak Japanese so I was ordering drinks for the other girls and had A VERY INTENSE “conversation” with the older waiter who spoke no English so it was very unintentionally funny experience to try and convey that i wanted two bottles (nipikki) of sake but I said nisai instead (so 2 years). also the Spanish-Irish chica said the sake that they/we ordered (I was soft drinks only) was the best she ever had
i loved having chanko for lunch and the similar ones as well (though the himeji oden set wasn't my favourite...)
asakusa shrine was so busy but i liked the balancing of the shinto and buddist faiths
meiji shrine was beautiful, the trees there are gorgeous and heartfelt, we also saw a wedding procession!!! the bride and groom looked stunning in their traditional ware
 the cruise night was good too
 IKEBUKURO MY BELOVED. the area was nerd heaven. i saw fellow yumejoshi god bless, bought a giant smoliv plush at the pokemon centre, and stuff like that yeah
the inari shrine/thousand torii gate shrine is definitely on my come back to list since there wasn't enough time to do the full summit
shoutout to the hotel we stayed at in mishima city, easily my favourite hotel, them soft beds went a long way, not to mention we could see mt fuji at breakfast
(for me personally that hotel was even outclassing the five star hotel we stayed at which is a highlight and also was home to foreign dignitaries and celebrities :o
 mt fuji. just. mt fuji in general. absolutely gorgeous, breathtaking, stunning, thank god we did not climb it as i was coming down with a cold the day we were meant to but mt fuji meanwhile was coming down with an avalanche risk so only looking for afar
oshina hokkai is gorgeous, i would love to come back there at peak with more time to wander
i also loved the little historical village, i can't remember its name rn but i loved seeing the different girls day and children's day displays, the tanuki statues and the scarecrows, the rubber duckies in the various streams, too
the various tanuki statues i saw all over the place deserve their own bullet point tbh
making soba was fun but i didn’t actually enjoy eating the soba, i wanted to try yakisoba though
i'm kinda blanking at this 3/4 mark because all i really remember is the bullet train journeys which are cool i guess but i'm not a train nerd like my dad lol, it just felt like taking a normal train to me
the osaka okonomiyaki lunch was my favourite lunch, probably
i loved the kyoto hotel we had dinner at too, they gave me extra on desserts. and also bread. carbs yippie
ooh the italian cafe we had lunch at in shibuya was also really good actually so i'll mention it here too
kiyomizu shrine was my Absolute Favourite Highlight, it was gorgeous and had so much history behind it, the shops are good too, i hope to visit it again one day, would especially love to visit in autumn/maple leaf season. also I got to drink from the fountains of long life, beauty, and wisdom which is really significant because normally that's impossible to do due to queues/demands. and also all the buddha with their bibs is adorable.
also at kiyomizu, one of my fellow tour goers did something so unintentionally hilarious, i want to add it. this guy was very cautious, always masked up and sanitising so we were all very surprised to go watch him fill up a ladle at the fountain... only for him to immediately dump it into the basin below instead of drinking it like I and a couple others did
miyajima island is amazing!! i definitely want to go back there in autumn one day. i had momiji manju with custard filling and it was so delicious. i visted the art museum there and the attendant on the second level gave me an Exclusive Special Experience™️ because I managed to convey that whilst I couldn't speak Japanese on account of my sore throat, i can understand it so they gave me a big art spiel and then turned off the lights so i could see this one silk screen literally glow in the dark like the moon
the himeji gardens were my favourite set of gardens!! i saw a cat and lots of pretty ponds
threw coins in okiku well at the himeji castle (well's haunted) and the architecture of himeji whilst a nightmare for a flat footer like me is awful but its still very beautiful i'm probably missing some stuff but i've had a big, big week and a bit in japan
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The most famous country for Skijoring is Switzerland. The very first skijoring race occurred in the Engadine valley was in 1906. Skijoring became so famous and prevalent that races were moved onto a pre-arranged track.
It is a type of recreational activity or sport usually played in winter, in which a person sits on a horse, a dog, or other animals and is then pulled by them and skis on the snow. The word skijoring means ski driving. It is also used as a mode of transportation but primarily as a sport that involves competition.
In Scandinavian countries, skiing was top-rated, and people in those countries still enjoyed it. In places like Tromso, Norway, Inari, etc., they practice Skijoring by reindeer. It is not only restricted to humans, but also many dog breeds also participate in Skijoring. It just requires skills and desire to run down a trail, which is a natural quality in dogs. As this requires significant endurance and strength, only athletic dogs are seen more in Skijoring, and small dogs are often absent.
The longest Skijoring race is KALEVALA which takes place in Kalevala, Karelia, Russia. It covers a distance of 440 km. The second longest is the Stream Sprinter 120, which happens in Whitehorse, Yukon, with a distance of 190 km. The highest-level skijoring dashing groups on the planet are German Shorthaired Pointers, Alaskan Huskies, Pointer/Greyhound blends, or crosses between these varieties.
Read more: https://grandlanetransfer.com/blog/skijoring-in-switzerland-what-it-is-and-where-to-try-it/
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