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hiddenromania · 11 months

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Sânziene - the Summer Fairies

Each year, on the 24th of June, Romanians celebrate the pagan holiday of Sanziene. Along with the Fates, Sanzienele are part of the big and charming family of Iele - gracious fairies with magical powers. Unlike the most of Iele, Sanzienele are always good and kind to humans. It is said that on the night before their day, they use to fly over meadows, smelling and touching the wildflowers, enriching them with special healing properties. Sanziene is also the Romanian name of a wild yellow flower, commonly known as the Lady's bedstraw, frequently used in ancient healing potions. So, the 24th of June is the perfect day for collecting this flower, along with other local medicinal plants. Moreover, on Sanziene’s Eve, it is said that they bless the animals and the fountains, strengthen the marriages, heal people of different diseases and then like to dance and sing until dawn

#romania #eastern europe #europe #midsummer #fairies #iele #rurallife #rural aesthetic #rural romania #tradition #folk culture #folklore #romanian folklore #folk traditions #traditional feminine #traditional folk

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laurasimonsdaughter · 12 days

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What do you know about Romanian iele ?

Not a great deal, but enough to find them very interesting!

At first glance iele really remind me of the Dutch witte wieven (which are somewhere between fae and spirit). They are both beautiful and ethereal, known for dancing in the moonlight and dangerous to witness. But the iele seem to have a lot of attributes that are very distinct.

I've seen mentions of them dancing naked, wrapped in their long disheveled hair, wearing bells around their ankles and carrying burning candles. Sometimes they are described only as dangerous if you offend or approach them, but other descriptions say they specifically seduce young men, take grieving young women, or steal children. Some say their song and dance drives people mad or takes their sight or hearing from them, others say the iele do this as a punishment for disturbing them. They do not seem to bestow favours like the wieven or fae sometimes do, but they are mentioned to be appeased with gifts.

So far that's all still fairly within my wheelhouse. But if you look on Wikipedia there are claims about them fulfilling a more religious function. I really do not know enough about Romanian culture to know which claims are plausible and which aren't and I obviously can only read translated sources. For instance, there is mention that iele means "they" and that these beings are never called by their true name. That would fit with the English and Celtic practice of calling fae "the good folk" etc., but while I have seen people write that it is a similar "don't draw their attention" there is also the more mystical "their true name is unknowable by mortals". As with most folklore, it can be very hard to tell apart which ideas came first and which came later. I certainly can't.

I've never read an actual full folktale with iele in it, I only know them from folklore descriptions/anecdotes, but thank you for reminding me of their existence. I shall keep an eye out!

#iele #romanian folklore #laura babbles

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varulvcomic · 6 days

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Happy Werewolf Wednesday on a Tuesday from our were-ladies, Wyn and Ragna!

#varulv #varulv comic #x-men 97 #parodies #werewolf wednesday #on a tuesday #iele #drow #dark elf #half troll #troll

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fal-art · 2 years

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This is my representation for the Romanian myth of "Iele".

The iele appear sometimes with bodies, at other times only as immaterial spirits. They are young and beautiful, voluptuous immortals, their frenzy causing delirium in onlookers, and with bad tempers, but not being necessarily evil. They come in groups of three or seven. This version is mostly found in Oltenia, were three Iele are considered the daughters of Alexander the Great, called Catrina, Zalina and Marina.

The iele are also believed to be agents of revenge for God or of the Devil, having the right to avenge in the name of their employers. When they are called upon to act, they hound their victims into the center of their dance, until they die in a furor of madness or torment. In this hypostasis, the Iele are similar to the Ancient Greek Erinyes and the Roman Furies.

#iele #digital art #art #character #character concept #character design #trafitional art #digitalart #romanian #sanziene #mythology

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twitter-hikari · 2 years

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"Kitten!" Nana's head whips up from where she'd been staring down the Cloud Officer Ottavio and she beams.

"Coronis!" She skips across the hall and down the stairs, hovering happily out of his reach before coming in and grabbing at his sleeve and tugging it gently in the different direction where she knows that Hotaru is pinging around the walls under Rulsalka's direction. "Hotaru and I wanted to show you something, come on."

Ottavio watches as Nana Sato scatters mooks around her wake, the fierce Sun Coronis....tame and soft under her fingers. There's something extra there, and he's feeling the itch of want and irritation. What kind of Quality let an unNamed girl bring him to heel?

Unthinkable.

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Nana thinks that it's a stupid idea when Coronis tells her he's got another mission and she would like for Coronis to stay and give his attention to her, her and Hotaru. It's a wall of warmth that she likes to have at her back, Hotaru at her side and vibrating to be out and attacking. Coronis watches her and sighs, reaching down to ruffle her hair.

"Okay, come and pack. you're going to drive yourself up the wall Kitten, you need to sharpen your claws against someone other than the Cloud squad." She brightens and then leaps up the stairs, reaching out for Hotaru and dragging her behind. Hotaru went out with Rulsalka lots, but Nana hasn't been out of the Varia Compound and yes, she did want what Coronis had promised her, the power and respect and drive of a job completed and the respect but she craved to not be boxed in by walls and rules in an equal ferocity that surprised her when they finally stepped out of the front gates.

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Tyr ignored Coronis when the Sun appeared in his office. He ignored him until the sounds of wine in a glass reached him and he raised a hand, expecting the deposited weight and sipping. "What do you want from me now Coronis?"

The red-head scoffed, dropping into the armchair to the side of Tyr's desk, swishing his own drink. "I don't need anything from you!" When Tyr lifted his gaze to tip the glass towards him Coronis wilted and shrugged. "I have....other contacts I need to talk to, and I can't take Kitten or Zap with me. And Kitten..." he hesitates again and Tyr would very much like Coronis to fucking stop with the mincing his words- "Have you noticed that Kitten can look very sharp and her flames look too dark for regular Sky Flames?"

Tyr nearly choked on his sip of wine and has to splutter away from his paperwork. "Fucking excuse me?!" He wasn't sure that he was more flabbergasted that Coronis has seen the girl's elusive Flames or that he was implying that she was a Wrath Flame user. "There's not been anyone with those except for Ricardo, and I know you aren't suggesting that she's another bastard Vongola running around. The Famiglia and wider Families wouldn't accept another after the mess that Nono made with Xanxus and Iemitsu."

Coronis, (the bastard, may he rot in hell forever) shrugged, swallowing another mouthful of wine and weighed them out in the air. The hand holding his wine glass, "Xanthus, scowling child who throws around the bloody orange Flames." The other hand, empty but his fingers curled as if holding a smaller hand in it, "Nana, known as Kitten, who has an empty smile, and will only use her flame if Hotaru is injured and will not see the flames being used. The barest edge of red. Both come with unexpected and unexplained provenance at a time when the Underworld struggles with Skies." He shrugs, dropping his hands.

"The math is not difficult, but baiting Kitten into unsheathing her Flame around me is nearly impossible. I hoped that I could ask you to train her, teach her to use the Wrath Flames so that she would not burn herself to a crisp when she loses something that she cannot make herself forget."

Tyr scowled and sighed, dragging a hand over his face. "You know that I am weak for the Family mysteries. Hell spit, yes, I can provoke an unbonded Sky. It's not as if I wanted to keep myself in one piece."

#khr fic #katekyo hitman reborn #sawada nana #sky!nana #varia!nana #khr tyr #varia #varia ocs #iele #my writing

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solomanta · 1 year

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TIARRA - IELELE

Se mișcă pădurea cu foșnetul aiurea,

Aprinde luna, ascultă furtuna

Și vântul în zbor prin părul lor,

Noaptea tăcută pașii le frământă.

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Sunt ielele, ielele, nebunele,

Ielele, ielele, nebunele.

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Și trupurile lor pe pământul gol

În iureșul jocului, la lumina focului,

Se mișcă pădurea cu foșnetul aiurea,

Aprinde luna, ascultă furtuna.

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Ca prin vis te cheamă la ele,

Nu te uita în ochii lor,

În mintea ta te îndeamnă la uitare,

Nu te lăsa cuprins de visare.

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Pașii lor în noapte se-aud printre șoapte,

Umbrele lor se coboară ușor,

Se pierd în zare, rămân doar lacrimi amare,

În urma lor te topești de dor.

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The Ladies of the Forest

(Or; Wicked Fairies)

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The forest moves

With a strange rustling

The Moon shines

The Storm listens

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And the wind in the air

Through their hair

The silent night

Steps scare them

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They are fairies,

Madness (that brings madness)

fairies,

crazy fairies

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And their ways

On the empty place

In the middle of game

At the light of the fire

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The forest moves

With a strange rustling

Moon shines

Storm listens

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They are fairies

crazy fairies

fairies

crazy fairies....

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FOLKLORE

The iele are feminine mythical creatures in Romanian mythology. There are several differing descriptions of their characteristics.

Often they are described as faeries (zâne in Romanian), with great seductive power over men, with magic skills and attributes similar to nymphs, naiads and dryads found in Greek mythology.

The iele are said to live in the sky, in forests, in caves, on isolated mountain cliffs and in marshes, and reported to have been seen bathing in the springs or at crossroads. From this point of view, the Iele are similar to the Ancient Greek Hecate, a three headed goddess of Thracian origin, who guards crossroads.

They mostly appear at night by moonlight, as dancing Horas, in secluded areas such as glades, the tops of certain trees (maples, walnut trees), ponds, river sides, crossroads or abandoned fireplaces, dancing naked, with their breasts almost covered by their disheveled hair, with bells on their ankles and carrying candles.

In almost all of these instances, the Iele appear to be incorporeal. Rarely, they are dressed in chain mail coats.

The effect of their specific dance, the Hora is similar to the dances of the Bacchantes.

The iele are said not to be solitary creatures, but gather in groups in the air, where they can fly with or without wings; they can travel with incredible speeds, either on their own, or with chariots of fire.

The iele appear sometimes with bodies, at other times only as immaterial spirits.

They are young and beautiful, voluptuous immortals, their frenzy causing delirium in onlookers, and with bad tempers, but not being necessarily evil.

They come in groups of three or seven.

#Youtube #iele #ielele #tiarra #song #lyrics #romanian #mythology #myth #legends #legend #ladies of the forest #dark

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sexiestsex · 9 months

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Leave your pronouns and language you use them in in the tags!

#Trans #t4t #Pronoun positivity #Neo pronouns #It pronouns #Iel pronouns #I tried to really cover the bases so I'm interested what other experiences people have

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ghostieagere · 5 months

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this is partially inspired by @tinymoon-beam's regressed french rain ficlet (as well as all her other french rain fics !!!) so please go check those out, she's a really incredible writer <3

also just a general disclaimer that french is not my first language, i am very much still learning !!! some of the weird grammar/spelling things are to mirror the way i write the english-speaking regressed ghouls, but if you spot any other mistakes then i welcome gentle corrections <3

cw: regressed rain, regressed aeon, caregiver dewdrop, french rain, language confusion, rain not understanding english, aeon not understanding french, multilingual dew, a few tears of frustration but it's all okay in the end

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“Arrête!” (Stop!) Rain’s raised voice catches Dew’s attention. He looks up from his book to see Aeon giggling as they nudge their finger against Rain’s tower of blocks. The tower wobbles as Aeon nudges it again, threatening to fall.

“Arrête, arrête!” (Stop, stop!) Rain cries again, trying to push Aeon away and save his tower.

Dew puts his book down. “Aeon, bubs?” The little quintessence ghoul looks up at the sound of their name. “I don’t think Rainy likes you messing with his tower, okay? He’s telling you to stop.”

Aeon pouts. “If I don’ un’ers’and him, how ‘m I supposed to know?” Their question prompts the both of them to look over at the little water ghoul, his gaze shifting between them, his brow furrowed in confusion.

“Je compren’ pas, Papa,” (I don't understand, papa) he says, voice small as tears well in his eyes.

Dew stands from the couch and makes his way over to the two little ghouls on the floor. He crouches in front of Rain and holds his hands out near his face, letting Rain lean into his touch on his own time. When he does, Dew smooths his thumbs over Rain’s cheeks, wiping away the single tear that fell in his confusion. “Ça va, mon cœur?” (Are you alright, my heart?)

Rain nods. “Ouais, ça va.” (Yeah, i'm okay) He sniffles as he speaks, but with Dew’s warm hands on his face wicking away the sadness, he seems to be feeling a lot better.

Across the other side of the block tower, Aeon whines. “I don’ un’ers’and, Dada.” Dew has to bite back a smile at how similar Rain and Aeon are, even if neither of them are quite aware of it at the moment.

He walks around to the other side of the tower and sits next to Aeon, holding out his hand for the little quintessence ghoul to take a hold of if they want. “You don’t have to understand, little star,” he reminds them. “You just have to–”

“I jus’ have to be kiiiiiiind,” they finish for him, drawing out the ‘i’ in ‘kind’ as they struggle to pronounce it.

Dew smiles widely. “That’s exactly right, Ae! Such a good memory you’ve got there, bub. Well done.”

Aeon grins back up at Dew, beginning to rock side to side in happiness from the praise as they turn their attention away from Dew and Rain and back to their own pile of blocks in front of them.

Once Dew is sure Aeon is completely absorbed in their play, he turns back to Rain, finding the water ghoul looking completely lost by the lack of French all over again. “Rain, t’as compris?” (Rain, did you understand?)

Rain looks over at Dew and shakes his head. “Non, j’ai pas compris. Desolé…” (No, I didn't understand. Sorry...) He looks back down at the ground, embarrassed.

“Non, non, mon cœur,” (No, no, my heart) Dew consoles him, holding his arms out in an offer for Rain to crawl over to him and be held. “C’est pas grave.” (It's not serious) They both hum happily as Rain settles himself in Dew’s lap, rubbing his cheek against the fire ghoul’s shirt and purring contentedly at the warmth of Dew’s body heat. “J’ai dit à Aeon qu’iel devait être gentil avec tu et ton tour,” (I told Aeon that they needed to be kind with you and your tower) he explains, smiling when he feels Rain smile against him as he understands the words Dew is saying. Dew continues to explain what he said to Aeon about understanding and being kind, and when he asks the same question of Rain, he gets a very enthusiastic “Je dois être gentiiiiiiil” (I need to be kiiiiiiiind) in response, the little water ghoul dragging out the ‘i’ in the exact same way as Aeon did.

“Très bien, Rainy,” (Very good, Rainy) Dew encourages. “C’était parfait!’ (That was perfect!)

Rain giggles softly and claps his hands as well as he can while he’s squished up against Dew’s chest.

“Est-ce que tu veux jouer avec Aeon maintenant? Ou tu veux rester là pour le moment?” (Do you want to play with Aeon now? Or do you want to stay here for the moment?)

Rain hums while he thinks through his choices. Dew can practically guess what the little water ghoul is thinking. If he plays with Aeon, they can make more block towers together and it’ll be tricky to understand each other, but it will still be so much fun. Or if he stays with Dew, he’ll be comfy and cosy with his Papa, but he won’t get to play with his friend. After a long while, Rain buries his face further into Dew’s shirt. “Là,” (Here) he says, voice muffled in the fabric.

“Tu restes là?” (You want to stay here?)

Rain nods.

“D’accord, bon choix, mon petit chou.” (Okay, good choice, my little darling) Dew rubs Rain’s back comfortingly as he speaks, watching Aeon over the little water ghoul’s head. They seem more than happy playing with their block and chatting away to themselves for the moment, but regardless, Dew’s glad Rain’s made the choice to stay with him because it means he’ll be able to interact with Aeon much more easily if they come to ask him something.

“Et– Et– Et après,” (And– And– And after) Rain starts, looking up at Dew with big, hopeful eyes. “Après, p– peut-être que je peux jouer avec Aeon?” (After, m– maybe I can play with Aeon?)

Dew nods down at them enthusiastically and feels his smile widen at the idea of his two little ones playing together without conflict. “Ouais, bien sûr, Rain.” (Yeah, of course, Rain)

The little water ghoul wriggles happily in his lap, letting out a very, very quiet “Youpi!” (Yippee!)

At the quiet celebration, Aeon looks up from their stack of blocks. “Wha’s happening, Dada? Why Rainy so happy?” They ask earnestly.

Dew redirects his attention to Aeon and quickly gives them a recap of the conversation in English. “Rain is going to stay here in my lap for a bit, and afterwards, he thinks he might come and play with you and the blocks again, okay?”

Aeon gasps, mouth wide open and eyes practically shining in excitement when they hear their playmate might be joining them again soon. “Rainy gonna come an’ pray again?”

“Yeah, bubba!” Dew responds, grinning. “Rainy might come and play with you soon!”

“Yippee!” Aeon shouts, giggling and smiling widely. “I like prayin’ wif Rainy.”

Dew watches them play for a few more moments before turning back down to the little water ghoul in his lap. “Tu as entendu ça, Rainy?” (Did you hear that, Rainy?) Dew asks, leaning down to talk directly into Rain’s ear. “Iel aime bien jouer avec toi.” (They really like playing with you)

It takes a while for Rain to reply, which makes Dew think he might be close to falling asleep if he hasn’t already, but eventually, Rain responds very quietly, his sleep-laced words muffled against Dew’s shirt. “J'aime bien jouer avec toi aussi, Aeon…” (I really like playing with you too, Aeon...)

#even though its short this has been in the works for a couple weeks so i hope you all like it :3 #also. “iel” as a gender neutral pronoun is kind of a heavily debated thing in french so it's not technically correct french but oh well #regressed ghouls #rain ghoul #aeon ghoul #phantom ghoul #<- for tagging purposes #dewdrop ghoul #nameless ghouls #the band ghost #ghostie writes

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doppelnatur · 1 year

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Enough gender envy. Time for gender compersion. You have a cool ass gender and I'm so fucking happy for you. Taking joy in your joy.

#since we don't have bios anymore here's my little bio #Wilhelm Maria; Call me Wil (iel or he/it); 23; white german; bigender trans man;#Im aro but also constantly in gay love with literally everyone all the time i don't know either please help; flag in icon by transfeminines

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foxybananaaaz · 4 months

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Hi. Been a while.

Gonna rant on what I saw on tiktok for a sec.

Just one question... cause I've been on tiktok watching theory videos for HOFAS(bonus side question... why tf is tiktok pushing ewriel ?? To each their own. But this ship is NOT MY OWN), cause I can't help it. But yeah. One question.

WHY ARE THEY NOW CLAMING NESRA SHIPS THEIR SHIP WHEN NESTAS OWN BRAIN THOUGHTS CALL ELAIN A WRETCH FOR HOW SHE TREATS LUCIEN!?

A Court of Silver Flames, Chapter 58

How is that .... how does Nesta ✨️Totally Shipping Elriel!!✨️ when she thinks Elain is a wretch?

But THEY'RE the 'fans' who have all the reding comprehension..... right?

If anything, this proves that Nesta is on Team Elucien. And also? With how Feyre was trying to push Elain on even talking about Lucien in Frost and Starlight indicates that SHE TOO is for Elucien.

A Court of Frost and Starlight, Chapter 18

And before anyone at all comes at me

I fucking know, in both these scenes, it shows Elains discomfort with Lucien. Have you seen my account? I take that, and the fact that LUCIEN ISN'T COMFORTABLE EITHER RIGHT NOW, and grow on that.

Also. Elain canonically says she doesn't want a MALE in acofas. Full stop. She wants a HUMAN MAN. She is still mourning Greyson. So, where is this "proof" that she "loved Azriel" here?

A Court of Frost and Starlight, Chapter 18

#lucien vanserra #elucien #elain archeron #acotar #acosf #ANTI E*RIEL #ANTI ELR*IEL #ANTI E/RIEL

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soeurdelune · 4 months

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si vous tombez sur des ressources, des citations, des guides, des avatars, des gifs, des icons ou quoi que ce soit d'autre qui vous plaise, pensez à les reblogger! 🌟

les likes ça fait plaisir, mais sur tumblr hormis pour se souvenir qu'on a déjà vu un billet ça ne sert pas à grand chose, ce site est avant tout conçu pour partager les choses que vous voyez et que vous aimez!

je reblog souvent les avatars, rp prompts etc. que j'apprécie ou qui m'inspirent et c'est bête mais quand je vois après dans mon activité d'autres gens liker/rb ces billets, je me dit que c'est super d'avoir amené tout ça dans leur feed, et que ça peut potentiellement faire découvrir des créateurices, des univers, des fandoms à d'autres personnes! c'est à ça que servent les reblogs, les likes ne boostent pas les billets et n'aident pas vraiment les créateurices sous-côté.e.s à se faire connaître! ce sont les reblogs qui font la différence!

si vous avez peur de reblogger quelque chose parce que vous pensez que ça fera hors-sujet avec le thème de votre blog, sachez que vous pouvez faire autant de sideblogs (blogs secondaires) sur tumblr que vous le souhaitez sans nécessité de créer un nouveau compte. c'est quand même bien fait ✨

#bien entendu je dicte à personne comment iel doit se servir de ce site!#vous faites ce que vous voulez #toutefois #ça me frustre un peu quand je vois d'excellent forums poster des pubs #et que les gens se contentent de liker au lieu de reblogger #le like n'aide pas à promouvoir ce forum parce que tumblr n'est pas instagram!#le système de tumblr privilégie les reblogs aux likes!#les tags aussi font la différence quand vous postez quelque chose mais c'est un tout autre sujet #en tout cas c'est juste un petit rappel ♡#si vous aimez un billet partagez le en le rebloggant! ♡

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the-meme-monarch · 6 months

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Wait, why do you dislike kr/alsei so much? Especially given Ralsei's unrequited crush is borderline canon nowadays? (No judgement)

noelle saying ralsei looks like asriel, and susie saying he looks like toriel, and ralsei being an anagram of asriel, and kris pretty consistently being put off by/uncomfortable around ralsei and honestly I'm just hoping we see in later chapters we've looking at ralsei's interactions with kris all wrong like He doesn't even see it as romantic he's just Awkward or maybe he's just infatuated with the player and if not i hope to fucking god Mr Robert Toby Radiation Fox has an good explanation for ralsei maybe seemingly having a crush on someone who thinks he looks like their brother

#its the 'technically its not incest bc-' shit for me like come on. come on #NOT at you but im just so tired of it #it's giving fr/ans. it's giving char/iel. i think it sucks and people are trying so hard to defend it #incest mention #again none of my anger is directed towards you i am just fully ready to shit on kr/alsei at any given moment

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spyld · 4 months

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Bonjour! Je voulais juste vous demander (et aussi demander vos abonnés) comment dire iel (où they) en allemand et en russe. Je suis en train d’apprendre les deux et comme j’utilise iel/they en français/anglais, je voulais vraiment savoir comment faire la même en allemand et en russe. Désolé si vous n’êtes pas qui je devais demander, je sais que c’est parfois très compliqué et parfois il y a beaucoup de réponses. Merci tellement!

Что такой “they” (местоимение) по русский? Я изучаю русский язык и я хочу знать. Это «они» или что-то другое? Спасибо!!

Ich möchte gern wissen wie sagt man „they“ auf Deutsch. Vielen Dank!

(ask from spyld 2023)

Nice question!! So I'm throwing it open to other languages too!

How to be gender neutral in x language??

#nonbinary language #nonbinary #spyld posts #genderqueer #non binary #spyld #enby #gendered language #language #german #russian #french #love for iel en français btw :)

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clownmitts · 2 years

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