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theoutcastrogue · 2 years

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In a Roman Osteria, by Carl Bloch (oil on cavas, 1866)

A very popular genre painting (full resolution here) by the Danish painter Carl Bloch. Genre paintings have subject matters drawn from everyday life, rather than anything pompous, and often from life in the margins in particular: if you’re looking for rogues in European painting, this is where you’ll find them.

An osteria is like a humble tavern, primarily for wine, and maybe to grab a bite and socialise – one way or another. The concept arguably goes back to ancient Rome, and there’s something more or less like it wherever wine is made, but Italy’s oldest osterie, in Brindisi and Bologna, are from the 1400s. It’s a fitting setting for a genre painting.

You can interpret it as you like, but my take is: “POV: you are sitting in an osteria in Rome drinking wine and exchanging suggestive glances with a young lady at the next table, when her friend takes wind of it and tells the young man accompanying them, and he turns around to look at you and he’s NOT happy; uh-oh, he’s got a knife.”

It doesn’t look like an Italian knife, it looks like a Spanish navaja. Designs could of course be similar, and ideas and techniques were borrowed back and forth, but there’s a decorative element which doesn’t show up in Italy (AFAIK), only in Spain and sometimes Morocco: those white discs on the handle are called ojos de perdiz (partridge eyes), they’re bone inlays and the “iris” is usually brass. It makes a nice contrast with the darker material of the handle, which is horn or wood.

As it happens, I have one that looks a lot like it:

Spain, c.1850

And here are a few more navajas with “partridge eyes”, made around the time In a Roman Osteria was painted. (All these are with a carraca, a ratchet; our Italian friend carries a simpler folding knife.)

Albacete, 1860

Albacete, 1866

Cádiz, late 19th century

Back to Italy, a similar decorative element can be found in one very special case. The lover’s knife or love knife (coltello d’amore) is an extremely fancy folding knife, dating to the 18th century, and given as a token of love or as an engagement gift. Among other decorations, it features occhi di dado (dice eyes), which are similar to ojos de perdiz but with a much larger iris, placed off-center. Kind of like googly eyes.

21st century version by the Colterellia Saladini, a very high-end cutlery; it’s their most expensive knife (EUR 1220, lol)

an atypical fixed blade knife, small (16 cm total) and humbly made, 19th century

The eyes are supposed to “ward off the jealous gaze of anyone looking at your lover”, and I think they look a lot like nazars. Italy does have its own apotropaic symbols, however the south (where these knives hail from) has had significant contact with both Arabic and Greek culture, where nazars are super common, so it’s not a terrible leap to assume there’s a connection. But that’s just my speculation.

In the series Suburra: Blood on Rome, the young Sinti gangster Spadino is carrying this exact knife (the Saladini one). Sadly in a different context, it’s a parental / wedding / coming-of-age gift, they just picked it because it’s so extra.

Spadino's mama: “you’re a man now, act like it”. Spadino: *fumes in gay*

#art #trs #tools of the trade #navaja #italy #rome #spain #terminology #folding knife #trp #trc #Suburra: Blood on Rome #how to stab #knives in fiction #rogues in fiction #look at this mess of a post #it's my ADHD in real time #I just wanted to post the painting #and say ''that's a navaja!''

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suiana · 1 year

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Tw: rape, assault, a gun, fighting, yelling, and just overall a traumatic experience

Oh by the way all the diologs are translated from Spanish :]

Ok it was a normal tuesday, I was happily at work fixing up a small gift of flowers we weren't gonna use , and give it to someone v e r y special when all of a sudden, 3 men come RUSHING into the store.

I of course get starteled and let out a yelp. Then they hear me and start trying to make small talk with me all about how "The plushes and whatches here are so expensive that they probably cost half your salary!"

Cue weird ass laughter from them.

So I'm starting to get really uncomfortable because I was alone with these weird people. That's when the first one breaks and gets a (fake) lilac tulip from the gift I had almost finished.

He asks me "How much for this?"

To which I tell him "Oh these flowers are not for sale, they are apart of an arreglo for someone"

He gets visibly frustrated and says "Well I want it so how much for it"

I state again "It is not for sale sir, so please choose something else"

He then tells me "I want the flower and your number"

The others chime in saying stuff like "You're so lucky he likes you" "She's so cute we could just take her out right how" "She seems really weak" "she won't put up a fight"

I begin to become a bit afraid so I write down my old number (that's no longer in use) on one of the buisness cards we have on display at the front desk to slide to him and procede tell them "If you're not going to buy something that is for sale or place an order please leave sir"

The man then takes the card, shoves it in his pocket, and walks around the desk to my side. Keep in mind thoughout all of this I have a pair of scissors at arms reach and a pen in my hand.

He yanks me by my hair and covers my mouth, and begins undoing his pants while the other two guys start to grab some stuff.

I let out a blood curduling scream and start trying to fight back, but it all happened so fast that before I knew it he was moving onto my shirt trying to cut it open with a little navajita that he had. He did manage to rip it half way and cut me a little in the process

I stab his arm with the pen and rush to grab the scissors. He grabs his arm and yells to the men to get me.

They had their hands full with stuff so they (thankfully) couldn't grab me then and there.

I run out to the street screaming for help. Out there are a total of like 15 people out and about. The cowboy next door hears this comotion and grabs his gun and comes out to see people recording me getting beat up by 3 men and them cuting my clothes off.

I am FIGHTING for my LIFE whilst everyone aroynd is on their phones telling the men to either stop or hit me harder. I am in the process of being draged back into the store all bloody, bruised, crying, and squirming to get out of their grip.

The cowboy shoots one of the men in the leg who was trying (and failing miserably) to remove my binder he beings shouting and screaming in pain, and afterwards the cowboy starts fighting to other two.

I grab the shop's phone and call the police. It takes them like 2 minutes to respond (wow thanks athorities) and another 30 minutes to get there when the station is like 10 MINUTES WAY MAX!!

Though out all of this, one of the men escapes the cowboy, stealing his gun and running to me, he grabs my and points the gun at me.

The yells "O TE VAS O LA MATO ALA VERGA"

Which is just saying "or you leave or im fucking killing her"

The cowboy says "Dont hurt her!"

I'm trying to escape this man's horrifingly strong grasp, and in the mist of this I bite his chest man titties. He yelps shock. (I did make him bleed a little at the cost of losing two braces)

I get shoved to the ground and hit my head on some broken glass that was caused by the men droping shit.

I'm bleeding from my head and he grabs his navaja and slices my binder off bit by bit whilst the cowboy is forced to whatch this go down finnaly being restrained by the other two.

We're all yelling, I'm overwhelmed, my top half is out in the open for anyone to see, there's a man ontop of my trying to rape me, a random ass cowboy is trying to save me, my makeup is absolutly ruined, my head is spinning and driping with even more blood, and the police are taking forever to get here.

This mother fucker then moves onto my hands and tying them up with his belt so I stop hitting him.

I at this point almost accept defeat. But no I couldn't just let him get his way!!

I'm far too stuborn for this!

I CAN'T let him!

No!!!

And I didn't.

I kicked.

I screamed.

I hit him with my elbows.

I did everything in my power to stop him.

Until the police arived at last.

And with all my might, I kicked him in this crotch once again. That was until they pulled him off me.

They rushed me and the cowboy to the hospital and kept us there for idk how long anymore. I was close to dying. Having lost so much blood

My mum was called, and my sister took them to see me.

They were hysterical.

I had to tell them to be quiet. Everything hurt by that point.

The doctor said I was almost ok. Nothing serius go damaged. But I needed a blood transfer. My boss was also called by my mum and she said she would pay for everything.

The police had to remove my family from the room so they could question me before everything. And I told them everything.

The doctors were outside telling my family about the blood and how they could not find anyone to donate at the moment so I was probably not going to make it unless one of them did.

So while my family was deciding who, my sister stood up and said she would. She was taken to be tested to see if she would be able to. And she was. So they drew the blood and the rest is a blur.

When I woke up I was so afraid. I yelled my Lex's name. I screamed for my mum.

And with teary eyes they rushed into the room. My mum cried, and thanked god as my sister just stared.

She just look at my body. At the buised. The cuts. My face. She didn't say anything. She just cried. So that caused my to also cry.

She told my mother while I wad asleep that she could not bear the thought of her little sister going through this. Seeing me in a hospital bed a few steps fron death's door. It broke her.

We both knew in our hearts. That she was worried every second since that phone call. She would not say it to me. It is unusual for us to show afection to eachother. My mum always hated that. But that night I spent in the hospital, she never left my bedside.

When I said I couldn't sleep she c r a w l e d on the bed and joined me. I said "Ew wtf [insert her name] get off 👺" anf she didnt. She just huged me. And we fell asleep like that.

My mum even got a photo the next morning of us there XD

And yeah, that's the story of how I almost got raped and was a couple steps from death's door 😃👍

-De anon

bro that must be so traumatising are you okay now??? wtf those passerbys are shit why didn't they try to help??? bro if you ever want to talk or smth just message me because that must be fucking traumatic. I'm glad you're alright now though

#dev anon

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mo4anm94 · 4 months

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Tagged by @queondaperdida I appreciate it 🙏🏽

Prompt: 5 (6) fav songs at the moment

I have to add myself in this cause I be blowing myself away with my wordplay tbh (not trying to be cocky just saying lmao) aight here’s the list:

Una Navaja- Junior H

Brabus- Ozuna x Maldy

Straight Bars 2- MindOfFour

In My Bag- Devour

Sabes Amor- Marca MP

La Perrie- Eslabon Armado x Fuerza Regida

@highlittlewraith @theycallherjewels91 @theedurk @ummnosaboo @imjustsayntho @que-passaraza @liseyymaroon @murderminutes @saranggangg

If y’all want to join in on this lol

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meirimerens · 2 years

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Do you have any Andrey head cannons?

of course babygirl

oops sorry

andrey hcs (i discuss drüg use but hey he canonically owns a haschish/opium den it's fine. it's fine)

tldr of the peter hcs: mirror twins, andrey has a beauty spot left cheek, right collarbone, and is left-handed

needed a long time to register in his mind as a toddler the separation between peter and him so he would bite peter's fingers thinking there were his

in a same instance, when mom put him in front of a mirror as a toddler to Comprehend reflections he would look back and forth between reflection and peter, finding that his reflection and peter had beauty spots in the same places, threw his hand against the mirror and hit glass, and then threw his hand against peter thinking it'd do the same and hit peter. not hard, of course, they were like 2.

again a #toddlermoment but as a kid he was Very Sugar. like in order to keep him calm you could give him sweets ("hey man you got some [lollipops]? if i dont keep my [son] [andrey] constantly [on a sugar high] then he just [beats the shit out of his classmates] 24/7 ")

numbers-oriented guy: he was particularly good at calculus and algebra and math in general in school, whereas those tended to slip out of peter's grasp who is more Abstract-oriented

technically a Both Of Them hc but they got matching salamander back tattoos for their 18th birthday and andrey whined like a bitch the whole time

when he was born he literally Wouldn't Breathe for the 10 minutes peter took to also be born. it was an Extremely Fast birth for twins because otherwise. he would have just held his breath until peter came out and not make it. when peter popped out screaming (=breathing) at the top of his lungs THEN andrey screamed/breathed too. might explain why he is... like that... now. he lived!

nail biter and picker i know this i know this he bites and picks and that's why he has bandages in P2. his rings in P1 are both good to bash a cheekbone in but also he can fiddle with them to take his mind of Bite Bite Pick

with these pupils? he takes stimulants to me lol (things like LSD coke and amphetamines can blow your pupils wide i don't think he does those [except maybe coke... but ONLY at the capital] i think he does something special).

the other pupils-related headcanons is that his antihistamines (that can widen pupils) are kicking his ass. like allergy medications for all that twyre pollen.

he has a navaja (spanish folding-blade fighting knife) with a lizard engraving on it... :3

he is banned from bars you didn't even know existed!

purely #indulgence to me but before dankovsky becomes buddies with peter and rubin, andrey is the only person exterior to his family that knows he's gay. andrey is Constantly tempted to tell because he himself is perfectly comfortable with his bisexuality but he forces himself and Understands that everyone lives that differently... etc etc. grits his teeth very hard when eva says she doesn't understand why dankovsky does not seem to pick up on her flirting so he can avoid saying "oh baby that's a homoseshual"

i think both of the twins can elbow their ways into people's dreams in the town but andrey tends to do it first. the battering ram that bolts the door to the subconscious open to bully you and call you a coward

all i can think of for neow... yaaa

#ring ring (answers)#neigh (blabbers)#anonymous #pathologic headcanons #andrey lore #andrey stamatin #again not sure if you care about sexuality hc because. i think i've mentioned it enough. he bisexual to me. knew at age like 14 #whereas peter clicked at like 19 in art college.

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jackredfieldwasmyjacob · 9 months

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ES ALBACETE (ROZALÉN)

okay so, since a few years ago, i have been compiling songs that talk about certain cities / regions of spain because they make me emotional for some reason and i really like them :) soon after starting doing that i wanted to share it here but i didn't know how. i might have found how to tho. i will be posting lyrics to some of these songs, and i will be explaining every reference they make to that particular city / area, so we all get to learn a bit about it !! let me know if i should change the formatting or whatever, this is all a wip lol. i will be tagging both here and in my masterpost with 'spain in songs', but again, that's also a wip lol

anyways, i wanted to start with a song about albacete cause that's where my mother's side of the family is from so i have a very strong tie to it and especially to rozalén (she's like. the family titular singer. i don't know how to explain it but she's very dear to us all) so i had to !!!!

before starting, just a bit of context; she made this song when she was chosen as the pregonera (spokesperson) in the albacete city festivities last year, and she sung it for the first time during the pregón (speech). the first time i listened to it was through and audio my mum's cousin sent her lol. also, it's a jota, one of the traditional musical styles in the peninsula - it's the most common as well. the album where this song is from is full of traditional sounds if you want to check it out, as every rozalén album it's full of songs with social messages and just. phenomenal stuff. i really recommend it, it's called matriz.

anyways, here's the translation in english of the lyrics (let me know if there's any mistakes!!!). i will do all explanations below the cut, so this doesn't get too lengthy.

as stated before, jotas are one of the traditional songs in iberia. they vary according to the region; the one sung in albacete, which is also the type of jota this song is, is a jota manchega. the most well-known jotas are, however, the ones from aragón, as they are known to be the original and oldest ones as well. this is how aragonese jotas sound, try to spot the difference with the manchegas!

all la mancha (the region albacete is part of) is famous for its steel work, and albacete in particular is known for its navajas or knife pockets! you can find them all over souvenir stores and roadside bars, and there's even a cutlery museum in albacete city.

3. albacete province is indeed a land of mountains and plains! most of the province is part of the meseta sur ('southern tableland'), part of the larger meseta central , but the southwest is full of mountains and river canyons, as it contains part of the sierras (mountains) of segura and alcaraz, in the cordillera prebética ('prebaetic system').

4. albacete sits halfway between madrid and the mediterranean coast, and that's what has granted it it's importance within the country. in fact, most people from madrid know it as the place where you stop by to eat on your trip to the coast (which explains the next line in the song).

5. okay, this is just a dumb dad joke and i feel mortified having to explain it, so sorry beforehand. when someone with a lot of confidence on themselves say they want to study in harvard when they grow up, or when someone cites a dubius study made in harvard, someone (usually a dad) will say, 'yeah, from "jarvacete".' In spanish, if you say 'harvard city' fast, it would be pronounced more or less like 'har-bah-seeh-teh', similar to albacete ('al-bah-theh-teh'). it's just a dumb joke idk.

6. funnily enough, this one isn't a joke but a real tagline of the city. really. the term 'the new york of la mancha' to refer to albacete was coined by the writer azorín at the end of the 19th century in a poem to the city, calling it like that because of its tall and modern buildings, its heavy industrialization, and its electrical workframe. it's also the largest city in la mancha (it has 172k inhabitants) by a wide margin (guadalajara, the 2nd largest, only has 87k), so that helps. here's a comparision between the two cities, so you can see the striking resemblance. albacete is on the right btw.

7. the atascaburras (literally 'donkeyclogger') is one of the traditional dishes from albacete province. it is usually eaten in winter after a snow, and it's made with dried and salted cod, boiled potatoes, olive oil, garlic, boiled eggs, and walnuts.

8. the miguelitos ('little michaels') are the most well-known dessert from albacete province, sold in every roadside bar and so very iconic, i love them. they originated in the town of la roda, and are a type of cream filled puff pastry. they're sometimes also filled with chocolate (the superior miguelitos imo).

9. the bota (literally 'boot') is a traditional spanish wine recipient found mostly in rural areas, such as albacete, made out of leather. it's a very iconic iberian tool, it is used in a lot of stuff for aesthetic purposes.

10. the feria de albacete ('albacete fair') is the main festivity of the city (the one for which rozalén was spokeperson for and the reason this song got made). it is celebrated every year from 7-17th september in honour of the Virgen de los Llanos ('Our Lady of the Plains'), and it's celebrated in this space called the recinto ferial full of attractions and stands, lots of drinks, free food, and people dressing up in the traditional manchego outfits and dancing and having fun and it's great :) within this recinto ferial, there's this tall pole called el pincho ('the spike') that is used as a meeting point for many albaceteñes, so it's become this iconic part of the feria.

11. the alpargatas are a traditional spanish shoes made out of wicker and esparto used (in a more modern form) all over iberia (i myself have a pair), and that happen to be part of the manchego outfit.

#spain in songs #rozalén #albacete #la mancha #spain #i swear i won't post many songs about madrid #it's not my fault that there's just. more songs about it #but i promise i'll space them out or something i'll figure it out #anyways hope you liked this :) i cried the first few times i heard this song <3

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riotgrrrlhole · 1 year

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hi!!! i was the anon a few weeks ago asking for salsa music recommendations! thank you so much again, i love all of the songs so much!!! still have a lot to go through, especially most of celia cruz’s discography LOL one thing i love about the salsa scene from back then is that everyone has collaborated with each other at least once. well im just here to say thanks and also! i was listening to héctor lavoe’s juanito alimaña and theres this one line near the end where he talks about burying “pedrito navaja”, or at least i think so based off the translation i read. thats a reference to rubén blades pedro navaja right? i thought it was really cool!!!

ive been looking for the right song to draw lalo to for a while LOL i like to have a song in my head while drawing because it helps me set the scene but i think with him its so difficult because hes so peculiar <3 also i just dont think my music taste covers his energy well enough so i never bother. i like pedro navaja in general because the irony of the songs story is SO good, i love stories like these. but also im thinking juanito alimaña paints the image of a much more laid back higher ranking criminal which would fit lalo way more. then again ive only read translations :) if you have any thoughts on it i would love to hear them! thanks again!!

You are totally right , in Juanito Alimaña there is a reference to Pedro Navajas (this the equivalent of an mcu crossover lol), I personally think Juanito Alimaña is more like Lalo, cause the whole song is how everyone fears him and the bad stuff he does

#I’m glad you liked the music #I’m no salsa expert but these are the dudes my father listens mostly #he even saw the live cause he lived in Veracruz and they always went to a salsa club that was there

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indiejeannie · 6 months

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It isn’t always easy, but sometimes you have to say "goodbye my friend" 💔

I wrote this song in about 5 minutes in a rush of emotion; it's dedicated to all the friends who are no longer in my life. I've valued each relationship – even if it was necessary for it to end.

Alt-pop piano/vocal song from the SHELTER collection – released by #NovyMusic (a division of #NovyUnlimited).

Engineered by Sejo Navajas at 4th Street Recording Studio (Santa Monica, CA); preliminary mix by Bobby Vickery; acoustic remix by Matt Bishop.

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awutar · 2 years

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Andres Garcia says that he can no longer walk and that it is difficult for him to get up from a chair: “Everything hurts”

Andres Garcia turn on the alarms again for your state of health by ensuring that he can no longer walk and even has trouble getting up from a chair. For a few days the protagonist of the film ‘Pedro Navaja’ has caused concern among his fans due to the deteriorated state in which he finds himself and even more so after assuring that he is living his last days due to a series of ailments among…

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handfulsofhistory · 2 years

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Click, click, click, says the navaja

#Knife #navaja #spanish

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theoutcastrogue · 1 year

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Do you know anything about this kind of knife it was my grandfather's

Oooh, nice!

That's probably a Spanish navaja, 19th century. Alternatively, it could be French, late 19th or early 20th at most, made in that style for the Spanish market. Is there an inscription on the blade? A maker's mark would settle it, but beware, some French stamps look Spanish but aren't ("Haudeville en Albacete", "Navajas de Toledo", "Valero Jun Zaragoza").

Is there a decoration etched on the blade? A floral pattern or something like that? I might be able to tell you more with a better picture, because some styles are distinctive. No, wait, that’s an inscription, is it like a whole phrase, looks handwritten? Then it’s definitely Spanish, and I think it’s got a date, which sounds helpful in, uh, dating it. But I can’t make out what it says.

Either way, that’s a VERY cool knife. :D

See the archive’s #navaja tag for similar ones.

#tools of the trade #Spain #France #folding knife #navaja #correspondence #trs

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esuemmanuel · 3 years

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Es verdad, tengo un temor —entre otros tantos— que me ha estado haciendo mella al tratar de escribir y ése es que me detengo a pensar; lo pienso mucho, tanto… que, cuando menos lo espero, ya tengo los dedos enredados y las manos no quieren hablar. Entonces, me callo. Guardo en mi pecho el deseo de decir lo que traigo dentro, como si fuese un pecado lanzar al viento el ruido de esa voz que quiere gritar —y que necesita hacerlo—. El hecho de aceptarlo, me hace sentir doliente, como si algo se estuviese muriendo en mis adentros; aquí, en mi pecho, en el corazón… en el alma. Me culpo a mí mismo por haber dejado entrar a tanta gente, por seguir abriendo las puertas de mi habitación a quienes sólo entran a mirarme. He perdido libertad. He dejado que sus voces me ensordezcan… y duele. Me duele. Siento la aniquilación, el filo de una navaja que no corta, pero se encaja con saña, hasta alcanzar el tuétano de mis huesos y profanarme los nervios, dejándome tullido. Me cuesta trabajo llorar. ¿Cuándo había sucedido eso? Traigo atorado el llanto, bien metido dentro, ahogándome el pecho, apretándome la garganta… quemándome los lagrimales, los ojos —una vez más, el alma—. ¿Cuándo me hice así? ¿Cuándo me saqué la lengua para dársela a mis miedos? ¿Cuándo preferí darle valor a la palabra antes que a mí? Ya no quiero esto. Si he de doler, doleré. Si he de gritar, gritaré. Si he de decepcionar, decepcionaré. Pero, al menos, me tendré en paz y libre para llorar, como siempre lo hice.

— Esu Emmanuel©️, It is true, I have a fear -among many others- that has been making a dent in me when I try to write and that is that I stop to think; I think about it a lot, so much... that, when I least expect it, my fingers are already tangled and my hands do not want to talk. Then, I shut up. I keep in my chest the desire to say what I bring inside, as if it were a sin to throw to the wind the noise of that voice that wants to shout -and needs to do it-. The fact of accepting it, makes me feel pained, as if something was dying inside me; here, in my chest, in my heart... in my soul. I blame myself for having let so many people in, for continuing to open the doors of my room to those who only come in to look at me. I have lost my freedom. I have let their voices deafen me... and it hurts. It hurts. I feel annihilation, the edge of a razor that doesn't cut, but it cuts viciously, until it reaches the marrow of my bones and desecrates my nerves, leaving me crippled. It is hard for me to cry. When has this ever happened before? My tears are stuck, deep inside me, choking my chest, squeezing my throat... burning my tears, my eyes -once again, my soul-. When did I become like this? When did I take out my tongue to give it to my fears? When did I prefer to give value to the word rather than to myself? I don't want this anymore. If I must hurt, I will hurt. If I must scream, I will scream. If I must disappoint, I will disappoint. But, at least, I will be at peace and free to cry, as I always did.

#escritores en tumblr #el hombre de la soledad #escribiendo en soledad #the man of solitude #writing in solitude #poetas en tumblr #writers on tumblr #pensamientos #poets on tumblr #2021 #poeticstories #night writing #escritos nocturnos

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warmstudies · 3 years

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wednesday, august 4th, 2021

portuguese: wrote a journal entry and watched two cafezinho investigativo videos on youtube

chinese: not actually studying but i also played this game with my boyfriend where i would say a multi character word/phrase and he would have to say another word that started with the last character of my word - i’d highly recommend it, it’s really fun practice!! my italki tutor actually recommended it (she plays it with chengyu but that’s like super hard mode to me LOL)

embroidery: listed the jiji hoop on my etsy (link below!) and posted it on my embroidery instagram

healing: therapy + journaling!

🌻 grateful for getting to go to denny’s and hang out with my boyfriend

💌 braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer

🌱 pedro navaja ~ ruben blades

my etsy

my depop

#not my photo #study motivation #studyblr #100 days of productivity #100dop #cottage academia #cottagecore #cozycore #farmcore #grandmacore #portuguese langblr #learing languages #langblr #polyglot #chinese langblr #mandarin langblr

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orpheuslament · 3 years

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No puedo con mi estrella. Y me busco la muerte por las manos mirando con cariño las navajas, y recuerdo aquel hacha compañera, y pienso en los más altos campanarios para un salto mortal serenamente. Si no fuera ¿por qué?... no sé por qué, mi corazón escribiría una postrera carta, una carta que llevo allí metida, haría un tintero de mi corazón, una fuente de sílabas, de adioses y regalos, y ahí te quedas, al mundo le diría.

I cannot carry my star. / And I seek death by my hands / lovingly eyeing the knives / remembering my fellow ax, / and consider the tallest bell towers / for a serene last somersault. Where it not for, what?... I don't know, / my heart would write one last letter, / a letter I have stuck in here, / I'd make an inkwell of my heart / a source of syllables, farewells and presents / and here you stay, to the world I'd say.

— Me sobra el corazón, Miguel Hernández (trans. by me)

#miguel hernández #should start tagging my transtaltions ig #translated #words #me sobra el corazón

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vampiresuns · 3 years

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I literally can’t remember if I’ve ever posted this, but as you may know the Radošević-Cassano are a family of sword-fighters (queers of the sword). While not all of them pursue it as a hobby or art, most of them do. When people become of age, they are gifted their main Rapier, which they are supposed to carry through life (it’s tradition).

Here are some of the names of those Rapiers

Vitale Cassano - Nyx

Amparo Mediavilla - Catalina Navajas

Lucenzo Cassano - Casanova / Bon Vivre (rest in pieces Casanova, in literal pieces)

Batiste Cassano - Aphrodite

Iovanus Cassano - Star Dweller

Neuma Radošević - Baba Yaga

Vlad Radošević - Beheaded Voivode

Anatole - Dawn Piercer

Amparo - Caetana

Bonus Val:

Grapevine (what he says it’s called) / Cult of Dionysus (the actual name)

#the radosevic-cassano #family that fences together stays together

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15 Badass Movies for a Fun Time at Home or with Friends

There is a buzz in the air as COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out and the hope of having a movie night with friends is again becoming a reality. Watching alone isn’t as fun because I want to talk to somebody about what I have just seen. A full theater does not agree with my introvert nature because somebody screaming or laughing or talking on their phone will ruin it for me. Watching with a fellow cinephile or two is perfect. But what to watch first? People have been stuck inside, so fantasy and alternative worlds have been overly popular. All I do is talk over zoom for a living. I think what I need most right now is a movie about realistic people with realistic skills that go into a situation and just wreck house. I need a badass movie. What is this “badass” movie you might say? Well, here are some basic criteria: 1) There must be a tough lead character who kicks butt while spouting one liners and doesn’t need superhuman powers (high levels of peak skill with speed, aim, or strength is OK if they are plausible in the real world), 2) most of the characters (good and bad) must be likable, admirable or at least memorable, 3) the lead must face and defeat overwhelming odds against them, and 4) extra points for memorable one liners. Also, I am only dealing with human protagonists (sorry Terminator), but slightly superhuman opposition is acceptable. This list is by no means exhaustive, it is just an example of some badass movies. So in no particular order:

1) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

To start off the list, I want to mention the most well known American badass. Indiana Jones is a smart guy with a gun and a whip. He is rugged and punches guys in the face. He has weaknesses but works through them to get the job done. Harrison Ford was in his early 40s for this role and had this tough-as-nails and seen the world kind of feel while still being young enough to fight hand to hand. Any of the first three films featuring Indiana Jones would work here, but this is the original and it started the fun. Easy to watch. Easy to cheer for. Great movie. You can’t really go wrong with any age or group with this one.

2) 13 Assassins (2010)

This movie is extremely badass but not for everyone. This is one of the goriest films I have ever seen as 13 warriors kill off a couple of hundred soldiers and the evil leader that they guard. The movie was directed by Japanese extreme horror icon Takashi Miike if that means anything to you (hey made Audition and Ichi the Killer). The movie has gallons of blood, but also an amazing story of redemption and honor. There are tons of scenes of a single warrior taking on dozens of soldiers and managing to overcome. Not for everyone, but still very much a badass movie.

3) The Raid (2011)

This is an Indonesian action thriller with the word action in bold. The film is directed by Gareth Evans and stars Iko Uwais as part of a small police force that tries to take down an old building that houses a drug lord and his violent gang. It has a lot of what I like in badass movies: one-on-one fights between the lead and almost superhuman villains, long well-choreographed scenes, a banging soundtrack, ridiculous weapons, and ridiculous gore. The fight scenes in tight places and the use of the environment for weaponry is amazing and the sound design makes sure you can feel every punch. The lead character should have no chance, but he makes up for it with skill and being a pure badass. This movie is one of the few that I would describe as having non-stop action.

4) Jon Wick (2014)

When did Keanu Reeves become so cool? I grew up with him being part of the Bill and Ted duo. He decides to learn martial arts and play a god-like being in the Matrix movies and then becomes a one man wrecking crew? I guess he is a badass because he does it so well. Keanu plays a retired hitman who is wronged and decides to go back to work for vengeance. He just won’t stop coming and seems to constantly survive out of pure hatred alone. There are 3 films in the series and any one of them will impress. Pure fun too watch.

5) Casino Royale (2006)

When I was asking around, there were many people who thought that James Bond was the ultimate badass. I disagree in that many of the older films show Bond as overconfident with the assistance of many people. In fact, Q is more of a badass in many ways than James Bond. However, when the series was taken back to its roots with the last book that had not been made into a serious film and made darker, it reached badass levels. From the parkour chase to a poisoning to an extreme torture scene, this was not like any James Bond movie before it. Roger Craig plays a much colder lead who gives no quarter, much more like what the greatest secret agent would have to be. Heavy on violence but light on gore, this film is more for all audiences than other films on this list.

6) Desperado (1995)

What makes this movie is not all about Antonio Banderas and Selma Hayek. It is that every other character is memorable and badass as well. The street standoff with Bucho’s men versus El Mariachi, Quino, and Campo is iconic. El Mariachi murders everyone in a bar with precise skill. The rogue assassin Navajas with all the knives played by Danny Trejo. Nothing but extreme shoot outs and fight scenes with a ridiculous variety of guns and explosives. I think what makes this movie so amazing is that all these amazing assassins are incognito and, when they suddenly produce an arsenal out of nowhere, it is always a pleasant surprise. Quino and Campo are amazing when they bring their guitars.

7) Pulp Fiction (1994)

Truly the role that made Samuel L. Jackson into the ultimate badass. He and his partner Vincent are hitman that keep running into the worst situations. The thing about the film is that everybody is so cool. The characters are cool, the music is cool, the dialogue is cool, hell even the diner featured in the movie is cool. The movie only spans a couple of days (in completely separate segments shown out of order) but packs in 7 distinct situations that are all berserk. From the mind of Quentin Tarantino, this movie is dripping with the best characters traveling through the best story. Highly recommend.

8) Leon: The Professional (1994)

Also known simply as The Professional in the U.S., this film features the debut of Natalie Portman. It is directed by Luc Besson at his best period, right between La Femme Nakita and The Fifth Element. The lead is actually a quiet hitman who reluctantly takes a little 12-year-old girl on as an apprentice to become a paid assassin. Her parents were killed by a corrupt cop and she wants Leon to help her exact revenge. He is an absolute badass and somewhat of a caring surrogate father to the girl. Unlike a lot of the films on this list, the premise is not simply kicking butt in a bad situation. There is serious character growth. Apparently you can be a caring parent and a cold-blooded murderer...and that is badass.

9) Kill Bill (2003)

Being a badass is not exclusive to men and The Bride is a prime example of this. She survives a shot to the head, kills deadly assassins, slaughters a gang, and takes on a crazy school girl bodyguard. She is tougher then any lead I can think of and she has the bad attitude and sense of vengeance that makes for a badass. Combine this with the soundtrack and beautiful cinematography associated with director Quentin Tarantino and you have a beautifully violent movie in which the hits keep coming. Even on this list, the fight scene between the bride and Gogo Yubari is insane. Also note the nod to Bruce Lee with the bright yellow motorcycle suit. Beautifully badass film.

10) Aliens (1986)

In nature, there are few things more dangerous than a mother protecting their young. A mother will fight you to the death and make sure that, at the very least, you won’t be able to go after her kids. Now imagine an alien planet covered with hostile beings created in the mind of James Cameron and Stan Winston and you have a setting made to create a real badass. In the beginning, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is just desperate to survive and barely knows how to use a weapon. She meets a little survivor named Newt and then has a real reason to become aggressive. She and a group of marines fight through a station filled with super destructive xenomorph aliens made straight from nightmares to save this kid. The transformation is truly amazing and culminates in a mech suit versus a giant queen alien and it is extremely badass.

11) Army of Darkness (1992)

Far and away the funniest movie on this list, this is the third film stemming from Evil Dead and again stars Bruce Campbell taking on the deadites that were raised by reading from the Necronomicon. The opposition is the undead evil that faces the world which makes the violence very unrealistic. This was early work from Sam Raimi and features a variety of different shots done to the extreme. What really makes this film stand out is how Bruce Campbell is amazing at delivering a one liner. His classic quips have been used as fun Easter eggs in video games like Duke Nukem and World of Warcraft for decades. The quintessential horror comedy and a perfect example of a badass.

12) Die Hard (1988)

Apparently, I am a big fan of single characters that need to work their way through a building of villains using mostly intelligence and the element of surprise. Throw in some one liners and I am all for it. That is exactly what this is with Bruce Willis crawling barefoot around a 40 story building and fighting off a gang of villains. The movie also has Alan Rickman as the main bad guy and he is chewing the scenery. This is a great example of being a badass, but it is too bad that the follow up sequels were so poor. Definitely stick to the original and let the rest pass by.

13) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)

An OG of the badass movie genre, this is some of the best of Sergio Leone and the spaghetti western. Instead of one badass, this movie has three different leads that are all amazing. You have the good, Clint Eastwood, who is an amazing shot and a heart of gold under a rough exterior. You have the bad, Lee Van Cleef, playing an conniving assassin that will kill anyone that he doesn’t have a use for. Finally, you have the ugly, Eli Wallach, as a desert rat that will do anything to survive. They all gain information about a gold stash and need to work together to get it, but this creates a vortex of cheating, undercutting, and straight up murder. Clint Eastwood is more of the classic badass with his cigar, hat, and poncho, It is an iconic look on an iconic character in an iconic movie. That is what I call badass.

14) Ong-Bak (2003)

This less of a badass movie and more houses some of the most amazingly badass fight scenes that can only be described as badass. This movie introduced the great Tony Jaa to the western world and showed the high flying nature of Thai boxing and Muay Thai in general. The main character is entered into a street fighting tournament and the moves include a flying double knee drop and a full splits kick. If the whole movie was the tournament, it would be the best movie that ever existed. The variety of opponents makes the fighting even better and the cinematography is top notch. Tony Jaa is truly badass in this film.

15) Dredd (2012)

Not the crappy version with Stallone, this movie is seriously badass. It features Karl Urban who is helmeted for the entire film (as Dredd would be) taking on a 200 story mega slum filled with residents that want to shoot him dead. There is a drug dealer high up in the building and she locks down the entire compound with instructions to kill Dredd, who only has his rookie partner to help. He takes on random resident mobs, groups of gang members, and even a trio of mini guns that have bullets that can rip through walls. He has a smart gun with a bunch of ammo that he uses judiciously to kill everybody. This movie was seriously underrated since it had not been that long since the garbage Judge Dredd came out in 1995. The 2012 is a far superior movie, being much more violent and dark instead of having Rob Schneider as the comedy relief (not badass).

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I know there will be a lot of opinions about what makes a badass film and what movies i didn’t add. Feel free to add your own movies or critique my choices. I will stand by my choices, however, and recommend any of these films for a night of cheers and badass action.

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