#i ended up saying it in French

[justplaggin]

finally stepped foot on the sacred grounds of miraculous ladybug

#so i went outside to touch grass and ended up in. paris #it has been a Weekend <- ticked off the list every possible tourist attraction (and a few underrated spots) in less than 4 days #and man. that is one big city #excellent food. surreal views. strange but wonderful sensation of seeing that famous landmarks/paintings/french ppl actually exist #also great place to converse in all the languages you know :D it's like the whole world is there #history all around. very musical. spotted a little girl in a lb onesie. the grass-touching was literal (had to see that one stadium) #got a custom shirt of my fav player and a dazai noodle stopper. also the muscle soreness of all time <- all of them thoroughly worth it #yk i COULD proudly say i was just plagging around paris- except no lazing around was done whatsoever #quite possibly the experience of the year 😌 #now if you'll excuse me i need to sleep until christmas

[lopposting]

even more jiwon choi lore

*zones out during podcast*

#hes too busy cookin his public domain souls empire #polluting lies of p tag #again #rlly cool episode where the devs talk about souls games!! (y) not that much LOP stuff but they did talk about italy #basically they DID want to take more inspiration from italy and italian culture!! but it didnt really fit with the dieselpunk aesthetic #THEY WERE EVEN CONSIDERING THE AMERICAN WILD WEST AT ONE POINT #(lets just say italian culture was too beautiful for it) and they ended up basing it more on like french culture #guys i have been going through a bunch of lop stuff #and this is my favourite man on the planet right now #you could not fake that snap back to reality moment #lop bts #lies of p #lop devs #lop italy #jiwon choi lore

[babisawyer]

Jackie realizing she’s gonna have to take care of shauna and jeff’s ghost baby

#🐇 #yellowjackets #truly it’s so interesting to me how much better this season is than the first that literally never happens for me #the current timeline is finally getting interesting. Jeff is still the best part #love how fast misty took to being a cult that is so her™️ #Jackie liking poppies is interesting to me both in the Jackie is gay camp and also you know the whole thing with wizard oz and her death #the ending was so fucking depressing I need a nap now #like I’m so happy they didn’t eat the baby that would have been so incredibly cheap but glad to finally have answers #like do we think shauna was dreaming or had she temporarily crossed over because like where was Jackie and the French dude #I’d say it would make sense that Lottie could be there somehow #idk it reminded me a lot of Jackie’s death of course so I have many questions #I will say the cop story line is pretty stupid like no fucking way is any of this legal and also let’s kill that creep cop shauna #I will help you girl I will drive the get away car #I was also like wondering awhile ago if Lottie’a camp is near where the plane crash was #and my best friend and I were like no there’s no way and then they tell us it’s in New York so like possibly close to the boarder? #I tried looking up cherry hill but I couldn’t find anything idk it’s probably totally unlikely and they just also happen to be in the woods #I didn’t get a preview for next week is there a preview? idk #my complaint this week is where is Jackie lmfao where is her ghost why wasn’t she in sex ed give me something I’m not ready to move on!!!!

[godofstupidsentences]

I believe Theo not only can speak french, but is even MORE fluent in reading french than english. The Doctors may have talked to him in both languages but I bet most of their books and notes were in french and Theo got used to only reading in this language

#all of this to say that theo barely got Cs in English class #he was the slowest reader #and i don’t think he knew half the authors they had to study lmao #on the other hand he was in advanced French class and often corrected the teacher #also #Liam looses his mind every time theo speaks in French #even if he knows very well Theo is just insulting him #i love thinking about these silly things #headcanons are my best friends #imma give the bilingual struggle to every one of my fav characters #i have this whole fic where after 6B Theo and Isaac become bff and ends up living together in France #theo raeken #(I missed talking about my boy) #teen wolf #thiam #(this whole post is kinda influenced by Emotional by MalloryMadeIt which I strongly recommend)

[an-architect-of-words]

Imagine being in a classics class with 6 kids, I say. Imagine how strange and isolated and mysterious. Then it occurs to me that my high school Latin class had 12 kids and 4 by the final semester senior year.

We wanted to start a Latin Club with some of the other grade levels so that we could have a reason to talk to more people about Roman stuff during lunch, but the activities coordinator said the club was denied because it was too exclusive since it was based on a language too few people knew. The Latin teacher thought that was bullshit so he said we could hang out in his classroom anyway. We started calling this “The Illegal Latin Club” then one day our teacher gave us t-shirts that said “I didn’t choose the thug life, the thug life chose me” in Latin on the back.

#the secret history #Latin club #I have so many high school Latin stories #we joked about conquering the French class #A teacher we had year 1 was asked how to say ‘hi’ in Latin #he said ‘cum gladius’ #we had Latin names #we could pick but the teacher said he’d give us a dorky one if we took too long #a kid took too long #we called him Pomponius for the rest of the year #I ended up doodling our whole latin class #I wonder if I kept that

[thormanick]

The real question is if Neuvillette = surname, does that mean that each and every Melusine is also Neuvillette?

#genshin impact #afinna explores teyvat #genshin impact thoughts #genshin impact neuvillette #this is a very hear me out moment #ALSO I might be completely wrong bc even though I’ve studied French for a long while now I haven’t practiced it actively in recent years #and my memory about its rules may be off #but somehow Neuvillette as a surname that includes all-feminine species makes A LOT of sense to me #bc idk Neuvillette sounds feminine to me? this is where I might be completely wrong but #I see -ette ending and think ‘ah. a feminine word’ #this is actually. when first mentioned. I thought that Neuvillette was Furina #bc I thought it was a feminine name #all of this to say I also think about Arlecchino the Father and Neuvillette the Mother thingy a lot #lots of parents and children in Fontaine hm hm hm #ah yes the holy trinity arlecchino the father neuvillette the mother and Furina the parent that messed up TM #…I’m very sorry lol

[svtskneecaps]

i still haven't gotten real baghera and rivers interactions have i........... like the barest of interactions......... a drought........... i was so fucking curious...... i am still so curious............ twenty minutes of conversation and i would be fed forever............ i'd never ask for anything again.... baghera wasn't even there when bolas was doing the whole hostage situation she was off doing her own thing.......... i'm so curious........... i want to know..... what would the dynamic be........ how would they interact............ i'll never know.............. crying...........

#qsmp #if they've interacted somewhere and i just missed it somehow i will be punching the table #and i mean like a conversation bc i have a vague memory of baghera introducing herself to rivers maybe???? #but like a CONVO not just hi bye YOU KNOW #you know what i mean. you know. #i'm pretty sure there are tags on my blog from pre-rivers saying: #'god i hope rivers can join (...) i'm so curious what her and baghera's dynamic would end up being' #and i sincerely hope the answer isn't 'nonexistent lol' please 😭 don't do this to me #literally one twenty minute conversation so i could chart a trajectory i'll never ask for anything again #this is a personal curiosity i'm just very interested in people and how they interact and the myriad of dynamics that form it's fascinating #rivers and baghera's personalities are really interesting to me in their own ways #what can i say i like throwing ingredients into the test tube and SHAKING THEM TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS #shut up vic #block game brainrot #there are no metaphors it's just 4 am and i'm grieving the gaping holes in possible interactions #also i just watched a slimecicle qsmp vod those always leave me somewhat unhinged. you get it. you understand. #long tags #((also rivers who speaks french and baghera who's picking up spanish SCREAMING can i hear ONE person on this smp who isn't a native speaker #say something in french that isn't PETITE BITE or VOULEZ VOUS COUCHEZ AVEC MOI)) #((i don't even have a personal stake in that battle tbh i'm not a native french speaker but sometimes i try to think of someone outside- #the 'french' w their translations box set to french and man. i come up empty. and it makes me bummed)) #((i get why i think but i'm still a bit bummed. would be nice to see the french speakers hearing a nonnative speaker in their language)) #((i think it would be funny if rivers spoke french to one of em. etoiles esp would be funny)) #(((if anyone's curious i'm avoiding specifics abt rivers bc i'm terrified of being wrong bc My Spanish Is SHIT))) #(((i certainly have thoughts but rather than Be Permanently Wrong On The Internet i will hold them in my chest and one day Die))) #damn these really are long tags hahahahahaha 4 am.............................. #anyway tl;dr i will never not be curious how rivers would interact w the smp as a whole i get very excited seeing her log in that's the pos #((and if anyone's worried no i don't message in twitch chats and i deactivated my twitter a year and a half ago lol)) #REMINDER THAT IT'S FOUR AM SORRY IF THE TAGS ARE UNHINGED AND FULL OF BAD TAKES I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE

[missanathea]

@paris-roubaix tagged me for my top 7 on repeat songs (thank you ^_^), so here you go

I’ve actually been listening to this playlist quite a bit this month

Tagging @orsenna, @miafi and @truthhoneyandashes (if you don't mind me tagging you)

#I never take the time to do tag games #but I love music too much to not do this one #if you’re French or understand French I really recommend Zaho de Sagazan’s album #her songs feel very on point #tag games #and Lemon Boy is very fun and also a whole mood #I really like what it says #Indigo Night is very tender to me #and the Saint Motel's songs are at the top by happenstance tbh #I stand by them but it's just two representatives from a larger playlist #Spiralling is from that week a month ago when I needed a morally boost #*​morale boost #this album did a great job at that #I was very happy that it ended up in this playlist #I don't think the commentary was included in the tag game but here you go :D

[unmotivated-student]

Arthur saying something like"today I'm playing with my french friends so if you don't understand much I'm sorry"

Meanwhile me, a qsmp enjoyer: well, I have zero problems with listening to some guys speaking french for an hour even if I don't understand a thing🧍

#he can switch from french to italian to english to french again in the blink of an eye and all I can say is #“god I love languages I want to learn more” #i guess thats why i ended up loving the qsmp 🤷 #d's life stuff

[aroacehanzawa]

starting to think that my division of the day into

6am-12pm morning

12pm-6pm afternoon

6pm-12am evening

12am-6am night

is not exactly universal 🤔🤔🤔

#it makes sense to me ok #arguably night doesn't last until 6am because 4-6am is already early morning #but i'm not awake at that time so it's night to me #also when i worked at the farmers market we would switch from good morning to good day at 10am so i guess that's also the end of the mornin #but i refuse to consider 5pm evening that's still late afternoon #can i get a french person to back me up here bc don't you guys switch from bonjour to bonsoir after 6pm #i'm pretty sure i noticed this when i was in france #also english should bring back forenoon because we say förmiddag in swedish for before noon. to contrast with eftermiddag (afternoon) #like 10am is not morning it's förmiddag

[mokeonn]

hey so your notes on the internet safety post made me realize that we watched the exact same internet safety video as kids. and i found it! its a mcgruff the crime dog animation called faux paw the techno cat, and its on youtube

Yeah!!! Faux Paw! I remembered all the cat stuff so clearly with the cursor helper and the horrible cgi that I completely forgot that it was a Mcgruff the crime dog animation.

I looked into it, and it turns out that some reposts of the animation online cut out the McGruff part, so I probably watched a version without it and just forgot about it.

(Version from 14 years ago with the Mcgruff into:

And version from 3 years ago with the Mcgruff opening cut out, reposted by the channel behind Faux Paw: )

Also, it turns out that Faux Paw has multiple shorts made as recent as 3 years ago... but the animation quality has gone down a LOT.

And just quality in general.

Here's, for example, a really bad short, also uploaded 14 years ago, with completely different animation, tone, and just general... everything.

Also, it's kinda racist. It takes place in China, and it handles it about as well as you think it will.

https://youtu.be/hGfjyDALM2Q

I think a detail that stuck out in this is probably the fact that whoever animates or draws this keeps giving Faux Paw 6 fingers. Like. When she points to say something, you can see a pointer, 4 folded fingers, and a thumb. This is jarring in normal contexts, but I think it's even weirder when a character was previously shown with 4 fingers (which is just the 4 digits on a cat's paw and no dewclaw)

Turns out! This is on purpose! Sometime between the original short and now, they decided to make Faux Paw a polydactyl cat! Which is kinda interesting, and I was gonna list it as an animation mistake above before I went on the official website to read about her.

Another fun fact! I googled Faux Paw to see if there was a former collaboration with McGruff and if there was more information on the production of the series. The first result I got was Faux Paw trippy/drug/high shirts that were likely a stolen design.

Which like, if it wasn't for my dislike of general "trippy" art and the fact that it's likely a stolen design being sold by a random quick cash t-shirt business, I would consider it. (The website itself is super iffy and relies on a lot of "buy now before it's gone!!" Tactics. It does have a lot of artists that work for the site and is not just a t-shirt printing machine like some sites... but the specific artist behind this trippy Faux Paw shirt has a lot of designs I've seen before. Since there's no dates on the designs, I can't confirm if this artist team is simply the mastermind behind every Spencer's shirt, if they're just taking designs, or some third thing. But that's a whole separate rabbithole.)

I also saw a listing involving her that was 2,000 dollars and was from a company called "Robotronics". I thought with a name and price tag like that, it was going to be a little Faux Paw robot or animatronic...

It was not.

You can see the extra fingers in the suit costume. Apparently, this is a website dedicated to making costumes, robots, and (for lack of a better term) merch about safety for children.

In the end, I couldn't find much information on the development of Faux Paw, her relation to Mcgruff the Crime dog, or the weird fall from grace (well. Whatever grace the original short had). If you simply google Faux Paw, you're gonna end up with a LOT of pdfs from teachers. But it seems like some form of internet safety is still being taught by some teachers. Yippee!

Basically: I did remember the name Faux Paw, but if you didn't mention McGruff the crime dog, I probably wouldn't have gone down this rabbithole. And I thank you for that.

#sorry this was gonna be a quick answer where i just say I remember it but then I fucking saw there were MORE shorts and I had to watch it #i had to watch the gamer one when it popped up #also I was not prepared for the racism #racism tw #every time i go back to edit it i end up adding more info as i research #i am just gonna post it now. if it's incoherent im sorry i just needed to stop myself from adding another paragraph about this french cat #anyways if you want to do more research be my guest #i can only hope some youtube essayist will pick up the torch from here and go on a Faux Paw rabbithole

[nostalgia-tblr]

#yeah it would have been very convenient for his brother robert #but - oh no! - it was also convenient for his other brother who immediately set off for the treasury and then a hasty coronation #(robert had fucked off on the first crusade that's why he wasn't in the right place at the right time) #(he later ends up imprisoned by his bro in a castle where he learns welsh and writes some poems) #(say what you will about henry 1st he was at least VERY good at getting things from his older brothers) #okay it might have been an actual genuine hunting accident but i only read about dead monarchs for THE DRAMA let me have this #i always enjoy when a history book gets to this point and you find out if the author thinks it was an accident or an “accident” #the normans are french vikings and i've yet to come across one whose name is actually norman #idk if that name existed then but *I* would have named at least one son 'Norman of Normandy' just for giggles #btw every famous woman of this era is called Matilda. all of them. there's battles between competing English queens called Matilda. #i have yet to come across any explanation of why this is. i assume there's an OG Matilda who's famous maybe? possibly a saint? #(there *is* one called Edith too... but then she changes her name to Matilda) (no really) (and it's her husband's mother's name) #idk how you're supposed to write Norman Monarchy Femslash when all the women have the same name #what if i want to read about Queen Matilda's epic forbidden love for her husband's arch-enemy Queen Matilda? eh? eh? EH??? #i should probably come up with a tag for my history-related nonsense i wouldn't want people to find it who seek Sensible Thoughts #history fandom #(there that'll do for a tag)

[lafcadiosadventures]

A bit of Vautrin and Montparnasse.

#illustration #procreate #montparnasse #vautrin #my art #patron-minette vs les dix-mille #bas-fonds in french lit crossover #me croire redouble? je le suis et je le sais. this ended up being something else but i had that line in mind while drawing this xD

[cutesilyo]

concept: an animatic of legally blonde's gay or european with aseantalia, with piri as the gay defendant

#hws #hws philippines #aseantalia #okay i have it FULLY FORMED IN MY HEAD okay #piri is the gay defendant #because its funny ITD BE FUNNY!!! and he has the most euro influence out of all of them #(also fits my headcanon that piri was raised in europe lol) #vivi HAS to be warner so she can say 'depending on the time of day the french go either way' #singa is vivienne because shes the one whos factual and logical about this #have a very vivid image of him pulling out a slideshow at the line 'well they bring their boys up different there' #and like. im thinking of vivi texting taiwan about the latest asean shenanigans and then #taiwan takes enid's role of 'that's a metrosexual jerk! you say he's gay i say no way' #through whatsapp lol #thai is prof callahan because hes more sensible lmao #and msia can be elle bc itd be cute! and in the context of the animatic the accusation would come out dumb and dramatic #and doesnt that fit him so well #fem brunei gets a little cameo taking the judge's line of #'if he's straight tell him im free at 8 on saturday' #then indo takes emmett's role of being the one questioning piri at the end #bc i just noticed that emmett actually?? distracts him by flashing his butt while questioning??? in the musical?? #and i think that yes. piri would get distracted by indo. indo's boobas. #then the man bursting the asean meeting doors open to scream 'you BASTARD! you lying BASTARD!' #is none other than piri's boyfriend.... drumroll.... MEXICO!!!! #and the video ends with the asean meeting having turned into an impromptu fiesta!!!!!! #mine #LOOK IVE THOUGHT IT THROUGH IT ALL FITS IT ALL FITS!!!!!

[dandyshucks]

me when i suddenly remember I can draw whatever i want and it is allowed to look imperfect !!!! and I'm allowed to use pose bases esp if I'm just drawing for fun !!!

im trying to figure out a specific cartoony style I did in one drawing from a few months back, and then I've been wanting to do one of those heart hands poses for a long time so I found a pose base to try a quick sketch tonight just for funsies hehe

#i missed just drawing whatever fbfjdkl #its been so long since i just... let myself draw whatever fjdkdl #I've had a goal or some kind of rules in my head for every drawing session for the past month-ish #no wonder I've been feeling less and less inclined to draw fnfkdl goodness gracious I've been restricting myself too much #it'd be like telling someone to go have fun colouring a picture but theyre only allowed to use yellow or smth fjfkdl #like. okay. that can still be fun but it'd be MORE fun to be freeform and have all the colours !!! #drawing monochrome is fun for a challenge or exercise every now and then but not just to let off steam !!! #bwaahhh i re-learn this every few months and then end up forgetting it again sbdjskl silly silly smh #SIDE NOTE. DO Y'ALL RLY NOT SAY PENCIL CRAYONS IN THE USA ?? #IS IT ONLY ''COLOURED PENCILS''??? or... i should say... colored pencils LMAO american spelling /lh #coloured pencils sounds so Proper and Fancy LOL #i wonder if canada got pencil crayons from french 🤔 bc in french pencils are called crayons! #i feel like some of the US probably says pencil crayons but everyone I've talked to says they either havent heard of it or nobody says it #VERY WEIRD LOL i had no idea until a friend asked me wtf i meant by pencil crayons fhfkdl #dandy.cmd #💜so good at being in trouble #doodlebug.png

[soulmvtes]

hating a whole country is boring. hate the state, sure, but the people inside it, as a group, generalizing? nah. fuck off.

ur so annoying oh my goddddd

#the entitlement in this ask is insane pls shut up i beg #asks #why are these french people in my inbox i promise u one person on tumblr.com saying they don't like u is not the end lf the world #if u didnt get it the first time i'll say it again FUCK FRANCE