#i'm very canadian

[whitetyger123]

Is Gävle never in sunlight? I check this goat out when I go to sleep, dark. I check it out when I wake up, dark. I check in the middle of the day, dark. And I have not seen a single bird this whole time!

#gävlebocken #gävle goat #yes i understand how time zones work and it is probably light when i am sleeping #but that still suggests it is only light for what 5 hours a day? I've gone to bed at very different times and it's always dark! #add on: I'm Canadian im Canadian im Canadian

[thepoisonroom]

'I flirted with the idea that instead of being trans that I was just a cross-dresser (a quirk, I thought, that could be quietly folded into an otherwise average life) and that my dysphoria was sexual in nature, and sexual only. And if my feelings were only sexual, then, I wondered, perhaps I wasn’t actually trans.

I had read about a book called The Man Who Would Be Queen, by a Northwestern University professor who believed that transwomen who were attracted to women were really confused fetishists, they wanted to be women to satisfy an autogynephilia. And though I first read about this book in the context of its debunkment and disparagement, I thought about the electricity of slipping on those tights, zipping up those boots, and a stream of guilt followed. Maybe this professor was right, and maybe I was only a fetishist. Not trans, just a misguided boy.

About a year later, on the Internet, I come across a transwoman who added a unique message to the crowd refuting this professor. Oh, I wish I remember who this woman was, and I wish even more that I could do better than paraphrase her, but I remember her saying something like this: “Well, of course I feel sexy putting on women’s clothing and having a woman’s body. If you feel comfortable in your body for the first time, won’t that probably mean it’ll be the first time you feel comfortable, too, with delighting in your body as a sexual thing?”'

-Casey Plett, Consciousness

#this quote always moves me almost to tears when i remember it #i'm not a trans woman and i don't share the author's specific experiences with transition #but it really moves me that she frame transition as joyfully giving yourself permission to approach your body #not as something that has to be disciplined and deprived and made small in all these various ways #but as a means for experiencing pleasure and joy and delight and for insisting that our feelings and desires are worth #valuing and exploring and treasuring #i always used to think of prioritizing those things for myself as selfish and irresponsible #but who does it harm to want to experience pleasure in your own body? #it's such a beautifully simple and powerful switch to have flip in your head #and equally why are we forced to deny our own pleasure in transition and anything else related to our bodies in the name of moral rectitude #this is why i get so confused and pissed off when other trans people are fatphobic for example #like why are you so invested in politics of shame and disgust that never had any purpose other than #violently disciplining people as if they've violated moral codes by existing in a body #to say nothing of white people being racist in gay and trans communities #like again this system of violence is foundational to homophobia and transphobia #so why are you acting like it has nothing to do with you #even if you are unmoved by the urgency of other people's suffering which btw you should be moved by #what do you hope to gain by acting a collaborator and handmaiden to those systems #Casey Plett #she really is one of my favorite authors i wish more non-canadians read her #this quote is from a series of columns she did ont transition and every single one is a banger #i love when she talks about the people-pleasing elements of dysphoria and transition denial #she's so sharp about noting how many of us deny our own dysphoria on the grounds that others like and validate our bodies #that's how i always felt during my cis conventionally feminine era #it pleased other people so much and also that reception felt so hollow and joyless to me because i hated it #i get less of that positive feedback but that feels so unimportant next to the joy and pleasure i get to experience #said with the understanding that i'm very privileged in being able to prioritize those things without fear. but it was a switch flip #personal nonsense

[silverskye13]

doodle requests... etho as boogey?

Oh did I send a shiver Shiver up your spine? Well, I do it all the time It's a little trick of mine

Did You Hear the Rain -- George Ezra

#answering asks #requests #ethoslab #life!series predictions #ironically enough i was listening to Breakfast in Hell [about a canadian getting murdered in a log jam] for most of the time i was drawing #but its very hard to make those lyrics match the picture lol #anyway this is the only one of these i'm doing tonight #both because it took very long to do #and also because i only got 2 recs anyway #so hey! i got through half of them! [laughtrack sounds]

[shitty-shifty-shiftblr-blog]

Now adding "there is snow every holiday season" to my scripts because thERE'S NO SNOW WHERE IS IT

#for context I live a few hours south of the US-Canadian border #so I'm very used to cold weather #this is the first Christmas season ever where there wasn't any snow and I hated it #shiftblr #reality shifting #reality shift #shifting #shifting realities #shifting to desired reality #shifting script

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Ocelot, bay cat, lynx, leopard cat, domestic cat and puma lineages

Genus: Leopardus, Catopuma, Pardofelis, Lynx, Prionailurus, Otocolobus, Felis, Herpailurus, Puma & Acinonyx

Depth: 4 (3 wins away from championship)

The winner of the Leopardus genus, the andean mountain cat faces the canadian lynx, who already triumphed over five different lineages. After this poll, the winner will have to win only one more match to become the Best Little Cat - at least in this tournament.

Andean mountain cat

Canadian lynx

#polls #cats #tournament poll #phylogenetic wild cat tournament #ocelot lineage #lynx lineage #leopard cat lineage #andean mountain cat #canadian lynx #canada lynx #i'm very excited to see how will this turn out #i have literally no idea #yes i made a mistake in the poll it's leopardus not leopard sorry

[zerozeroren]

Domestic bliss

#my art stuff #attitudes #sophie brannt #sophie #tony leventini #tony #sophietony #it should be illegal to be this chipper this early in the morning #I found a sketch from like 2021 and decided to finally finish it and I'm very pleased #can't believe I had to Google Canadian sockets for this XD

[shaniacsboogara]

wait boog are you canadian?

yes indeed!!! i hope one day to replace the canadian flag with my profile picture to better represent the state of the country once i become president.

#boog answers #fr though canada is very silly #there is indeed snow #i think it snowed today actually #idk i was working and i work in a cafe so idk what goes on outside #anyway yeah uhhh photoshopping boog onto the maple leaf asap #i had an iced coffee with maple syrup today i'm comically canadian #ask #answer

[briefle]

so how did we feel about this quote huh.

i love the conversation that leads to it because it highlights exactly all the points of the many many meta posts written about etho's character growth. and bdubs reluctance to seeing it as it is, instead of a backstab.*

like. look at this.

this is a man that just finished asserting his role as "the glue of the server", because he is part of an alliance of two major and at this point extremely powerful factions.

and this is not something new they're pulling here. bdubs and etho have been going literally back and forth all season with a "come to my side", "nah, mine's better move here". which is also coincidentally what breaks the parallels etho-bdubs/cleo-scott.

but no, of course there's a line in the alliance that bdubs doesn't want drawn. because then he pulls these two lines here.

and it's here that etho suggests a fracture needing to happen. because the survival instinct is still there of course, there's a social game to be played here. but it's not focused at the individual anymore, rather at his allies as a whole.

why won't etho join the winning team, do they know something we don't? is there a bigger strategy at play? where is the threat?

why won't etho join the winning team, and by extension me? does he not care? did he give up already, without a fight?

feeling slightly threatened indeed. betrayed even.

#i'm sorry it's a long post. #i know this conversation was already in cleo's pov friday. but it's good to save some of these videos for different days #because ngl. i fully forget to process some of the things that happen sometimes. #anyway cheers for tumblr not allowing more than one format per post i had to get creative with the transcript #also canadians i offer you the EH joke. i'm sure it's not been overdone to hell and back already. and i'm so very original for it. #*CHARACTERS. I SWEAR. these people have been friends for literal decades. i'm doing a silly. #secret life #ethoslab #bdoubleo100

[krenenbaker]

I HAVE A QUESTION

#I'm just curious! #also #looking at it now the video is. uh. *very* of its time... in a few ways #the song still slaps though #polls #come to the polls #music #canadian music #krenenbaker's :)

[pa-pa-plasma]

#i keep seeing Americans being surprised at this & need to know if it's as common knowledge a i thought it was #polls #tumblr polls #TLDR for the tags: the strikes in America matter in other countries because American media is made in Canada a lot #if you didnt know btw yeah a lot of American shit was filmed in Canada #you can see it in the credits a lot but i know ppl dont watch credits #but yeah unless it's a very specific American landmark the movie is usually Canadian #easiest way is to check the bg for Tim's #second easiest way is to check the end of the credits for ''thanks to whatever local government for letting us film there'' #you'll see the specific province #also yes same with games. & animation. alotta animation & game studios around here #i could go work for Disney or on the next AAA game without even leaving my city #i could also work on whatever next Netflix cartoon is being worked on #so when people are like ''i'm not from America i dont need to worry about scalping'' just remember #American companies outsource to Canada a lot because it's cheaper. & other countries too #even if you aren't American or havent been to America you can still be a scalper. you can still cross the picket line #so yeah the strikes in America actually matter in other countries #because American movies are usually only like half American #gonna go watch Spiderverse in like an hour. peace

[vinceaddams]

Google docs spellcheck is bullying me for being Canadian.

#spelling #irksome things #also if anyone's wondering what I'm working on it's a VERY long 2 part post about the pirate show costumes #and their historical influences and such #and I'm writing it in a google doc cause it's a guest post for Frock Flicks #first part (eps 1-5) is done and will be up in early June and I'm working on part 2 #part 1 has.. 60 pictures in it #but more to the point: why isn't there an option for Canadian English? #or just let me turn on both the US and UK spellings at the same time.

[harpermiller]

This is my brain trying to make sense of the new Eddie/Shannon/Chris timeline

With Shannon’s birth year now canonically being 1992 I thought I’d throw together a rough timeline for her and Eddie’s relationship since it seems to be confusing some people. (Although it doesn’t really matter what year these characters were born and we shouldn’t put too much thought into this bc the show retcons backstories all the time)

It’s canon that Shannon was born Oct 1992 and that Buck was born June 1992 and so logically Eddie was probably born either Sept 1990/91/92 (Edit: Its canon everyone! Eddie is a 1992 baby!). I like thinking that he’s a little older than Buck and so I’m going to stick with Eddie being born 1991. I have edited this to reflect his canon age.

I'm going to break this down by year and bold the stuff that is confirmed canon the other stuff is was I could piece together to make it make sense.

And yes I know their ages might fluctuate depending on when birthdays fall I was just making it easier on myself.

2010:

August: Shannon and Eddie have known each other since they were 14. They start dating in their senior year of high school. Shannon finds out she's pregnant, her and Eddie get married, Eddie enlists in the army (Shannon: 18, Eddie: 18)

Basic training is about 10 weeks plus 16 weeks of medic training so Eddie is away at basic for 26 weeks total (Sept 2010 - Jan 2011)

2011:

Eddie finishes basic in Jan 2011 and goes on his first tour in Feb 2011

Tours are anywhere between 7 and 15 months - lets say Eddie's first tour was 9 months

Eddie gets leave from his tour to be there for Chris' birth but has to return soon after (Shannon: 19, Eddie: 19).

2011-2013:

Eddie is in the army on tours and periodically home

Eddie misses Chris' diagnosis

2013:

Eddie re-enlists without telling Shannon (Shannon: 21, Eddie: 21, Chris: 2)

From my research enlistments are usually 4 years in active duty and two years inactive. However, after you've completed active duty you can extend or re-enlist for another four of active duty. This would align with Eddie's timeline as 2010-2014 would be his first contract and he re-enlisted in 2013 to start his second contract as soon as his first is done.

2015:

Eddie's helicopter gets shot down and Eddie is discharged early from the army (Shannon: 23, Eddie: 23, Chris: 4)

Eddie is a Staff Sergeant at this point which is possible for his age just not common

Shannon leaves to take care of her dying mother

2017:

Helena and Ramon try to take Chris from Eddie

Eddie and Chris leave El Paso for LA

Eddie starts at the Fire Academy (Shannon: 25, Eddie: 25, Chris: 6)

2018:

Eddie joins the 118

Shannon returns and dies

(Shannon: 26, Eddie: 26, Chris: 7, Buck: 26)

Do with this as you will :)

#does it all line up with what is said on the show? no but i did the best i could with what weve been given lol #especially since in eddie begins they say chris is born in 2011 and then later in 2015 eddie says chris is 6 when hes actually 4 #but yknow continuity #eddie/shannon/chris are very dear to me and so i wanted to piece them together more #I didn't go into detail about how shannon and eddie met and their relationship before she got pregnant because we really dont know anything #but i'm partial to them being high school sweethearts #i apologise if anything regarding the us military is incorrect im canadian and all my info came from research i did on google #eddie diaz #shannon diaz #christopher diaz #evan buckley #evan buck buckley #911 on fox #911 fox

[1o1percentmilk]

i am trying so so hard to make hatojosetou happen u guys

#lmao i already distracted myself by creating a whole ass website #actually the fic i was distracting myself from was slight shimatori buuuuuuut i keep procrastinating on it bc i don't know #-how the deep web works it's very simple otherwise #BUT ANYWAYS hatojosetou how the hell do i even get these three in a room together #how do i make this fic unserious and silly (because that's what they are) when i am regrettably a very serious person u_u #do i stick them all on a helicopter and fly them out to the canadian wilderness after a cult group? do i make them bicker and argue #-the whole way there only to have them collaborate and use their own strengths against whoever their opponents are? #what's their motivation? control? is this the world's worst bratting session? do they do it for the fun of it all? #what kind of psychosexual mind games can i put them through? what kinda blackmail does everyone have on each other... #and how can i get this to also embody mob psycho's themes.. or do i do away with that entirely and create my own themes #all of these questions and more in my hellbrain. but i'm thinking about it! it's fun! but so hard! #also i use ''u guys'' very loosely i write my fics for myself #milk (normal)

[curiosityschild]

Amphibiuary Day 17: Toad

This is Canadian Trevor, my plastic halloween toad.

Why did I name him Canadian Trevor? I’m glad you asked! Because it came to me in a dream.

Photo of my reference below the cut

Thank you for modeling for me Canadian Trevor.

#amphibiuary2023 #okay okay I'll give a bit more context but be warned I'm literally just going to explain a dream I had and we all know how boring that is #so I work at Michaels the craft store #Michaels also has locations in canada so every once in a while we get product that has been mislabeled with a canadian tag #which means it doesn't scan at the register #so having canadian versions of things is something that happens at work #SO in my dream I am on the floor at work putting out product or whatever #and two teenage girls come up to me to ask where something is #a very normal type of encounter irl #they ask me if we have any of the canadian trevors in stock #because this is a dream of course I immediately know what they are talking about #and that trevor must be the official michaels name for this toad #and there's two models this green one and an all black one #and apparently in this dream world the black one was just regular trevor and the green one is the special canadian version #and then I woke up #and I look at the toad I had just bought and say #well I guess your name is canadian trevor then #not that amusing if you're not me I guess lmao

[july-19th-club]

i hope the potential supernatural element of yellowjackets never becomes clear. i hope that for the entire duration of the show it is this pervasive background element, maybe - is this why we can't ever seem to get out of here? is this why all of our plans and projects and innovations fail? is this why our luck is so bad, why we keep running short on food? is this why it has followed us into our lives forever? - or are we just a bunch of people lost in the woods slowly going loopier from hunger and isolation and depression and despair. i hope it's never made explicit i hope neither the characters nor the audience can ever be sure if any of that supernatural stuff ever was real. no visions no spirits no curses just us. i think if they made it real it would genuinely ruin the show for me

#for real! the ambiguity is so much sexier #and i'm a firm lottie is just a sick teenager she is NOT a mystic truther. because Magical Mental Illness annoys me #though i respect those who are lottie magic truthers . we can agree to disagree i will just not read your posts too hard is all #and i do have this sneaking worry that. given that the show takes place in the canadian wilderness and involves cannibalism #it may at some point dive into Entities That Eat People In Pre-Colonial American Traditions Which I Shall Not Spell On Paper #leech did it VERY obliquely and it seemed to work out okay (from my admittedly outside perspective) #but i feel like yellowjackets as much as i enjoy it COULD be the kind of show to go full force iwth it and suck hard #i hope it doesn't #yellowjackets #q

[enpr-ss]

rewatching mcc 33 and the guy grotto is so much cooler now that I have context. previously I was meh but now I was excitedly pointing at the screen going "YO THAT'S WILSON!!"

I wonder if smajor put etho on cyan coyotes because of all the dogboy fanart, or if the dogboy fanart was inspired by the cyan coyotes. And speaking of fanart, it amuses me when i saw a fanartist depict Etho with a ponytail to beat all the Kakashi allegations, not realizing that it makes him look like Kakashi’s dad instead. Adding the fur collar doesn’t help because then it’s just Tobirama. Man is 3 Naruto characters at the same time. Incredible.

Finally, an excellent quote that succinctly describes the hype around Etho :

"He's your favorite youtuber's favorite youtuber." - Krinios

#also the Canadian red and white is reminiscent of Hokage Kakashi #fanartists just can NOT catch a break here #i'm very new to etho so i have 0 ideas about any popular fanart of him or particular styles so please don't sue me #also hearing Scar go “What's a naruto?” and then youtube recc'ing me another video where I think TangoTek goes “Kakashaki” #dealt me so much psychic damage #huh I forgot to publish this LOL #enpr-ss #etho