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roobylavender · 9 months

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second tag meme and also from @ravenkinnie: book recs!

no time to spare / ursula le guin / i've been slowly trying to make my way through her essay collections and this is one i really love so far. i also read words are my matter but that one had some of her more questionable political stances so i enjoyed this one bc it was focused on more generic and personal topics

good intentions / kasim ali / i would honestly highly recommend this to south asians specifically bc i don't think i've seen any other book that holds south asian millennials accountable for their tendency to damn their parents to inflexibility from the outset and then fail to hold themselves accountable for never challenging traditional mindsets. this book specifically deals with anti-blackness within the south asian community and i think it does a fantastic job of it (please wait until the end bc it does end as it deserves to end but for a moment you will get worried towards the middle that it won't go that way lol. trust me)

the king of attolia / megan whalen turner / obv i would rec the queen's thief series in general but this is by and large my favorite of the whole series (well. bar the sixth book which closely ties with it) and much as i am sure everyone loved this series the most when it was from eugenides's perspective i cannot help but think that i never love eugenides more than when i read about him through the perspective of those who love him dearly

each little bird that sings / deborah wiles / this was a pretty formative book in my childhood esp wrt the concept of how children process death. it's actually part of a quartet of companion novels, each of which i love dearly and one of which is actually the inspiration for my current username, but i think this one is executed the best and it also happens to be the most well known installment, definitely for good reason

supreme inequality / adam cohen / i feel like if you're not necessarily into studying the law but want to gain a better, in-depth understanding of why we are where we are right now with american law this is a good book to read. it corrects a lot of misconceptions around the idea that the supreme court was ever consistently progressive (ie severe brevity and breakdown of the social welfare oriented burger era) and discusses the evolution of judicial interpretation of major topics over the course of the last several decades

the f team / rawah arja / this came as a rec in a melina marchetta newsletter and i'm so glad it did! it's a really fun and messy look into life as a lebanese-australian boy and what i think it does well is not shy away from culturally ingrained flaws, rather seek to dissect and understand them and highlight how crucial an emotionally mature and communication-dependent upbringing is for young muslim/arab boys. there are a few jokes here and there that caught the side eye from me bc they felt severely lacking in self-awareness but other than that i really enjoyed it

the piper's son / melina marchetta / my favorite marchetta novel forever and always, and the second installment in the inner west trilogy of companion novels, following saving francesca. what i really adore about this one is the interplay of grief between so many people and this guilt you have to overcome over the impact of the death of a loved one on your life. bc sometimes it utterly tears you apart and other times it brings you together and the emotions of that are so horribly complicated. i also simply adore the continued exploration of the main friend group and how as harsh as the girls are on tom they are so protective and dedicated, too, bc that's how they all are with each other. it's a book that constantly makes me ache

beloved / toni morrison / interestingly i find this book to be highly relevant considering the recent abortion fiasco in the american legal scene and its relation to abusive domestic situations but it's also one of the books i loved reading the most in undergrad particularly bc of its brutal exploration into how oppressed peoples are driven to self-inflicted violence as a last resort. can you blame a woman for killing her child when the only other option was damning that child to a life of slavery? it's a situation that has to be analyzed with so much empathy and compassion and that's exactly what morrison affords it

the secret garden / frances hodgson burnett / one of two other books i loved reading the most in undergrad (with the third one being north and south). i read this for a british literature class that i took at a time i was severely starting to doubt my degree again after having already gone through a really rough depressive period following jonghyun's death so it really opportunely entered my life. i remember reading the magic monologue towards the end and just crying and crying bc it felt so liberating and while the rest of my undergrad journey was not necessarily a total high i do think this helped comfort me a lot

tagging: @briarhips, @lateafternoonsunlight, @senorscotty, @dankovskaya & @infatuate !

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world-of-wales · 6 months

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He's been using racist language for years

oh i never know this

Yah he's a piece of work. He called a fellow soldier of South Asian descent a racist slur. It's something which is often used against people of the region, I'm not gonna mention it here. A video was released in the media, and it showed him using the words and then when everyone was rightfully enraged he said it was in jest and he meant no harm. It was a big thing at the time, Ministers wanted him to be accountable. The equality and human rights commission demanded an independent enquiry etc. The apology didn't even come from him directly, it was a spokesperson. Wasn't even an apology really. Recently that officer's father was interviewed by someone or he posted it online idk exactly but he said that his son never recieved an in person apology and whatever statement that was doesn't wash away Harry's actions. And that their family's not forgiven him for it all. And in the same video there was another soldier of arab descent who he also called another racist thing. Once he was also reprimanded by diana when he mocked the accent of a Punjabi conductor.

Then we all know about the n*zi incident. He also introduced chelsy as his girlfriend once by saying something along the lines of she's from Africa, don't worry she's not black. And this just enrages me so fucking much. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to him, God only knows what shit he spews behind closed doors. Just a vile human being.

#ash's asks #anons

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floral-poisons · 2 years

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floral i actually adore you so much and your mind is literally just genius !! in regard to the sebek convo we were having , i totally can see the fetishization and the whole like awe at his exoticism that leads to that. i've had similar experiences with the family members of my white friends because they'll do that thing where they compliment you but it's like this , " oh wow you're just so ethnic !" " your language is so sexy ," " ooh are your ( insert racial feature ) natural ?" and whatnot.

now on this topic , i wanted to talk about the exoticism around jamil and kalim ( i'd talk about the others too , but i really can only give insight into the arab / muslim experience ).

a lot of fics will describe their actions as "exotic" but in such a fetishy sort of way ? it comes off as orientalist ( which it totally is ) and just overall gross. like the way people will write fics about kalim having an entire brothel of wives and shit- or when they write about jamil's servitude as though it's alluring. . . like it's really just gross. ( i can go on and on for days about the other stuff they write as well ) the stereotyping of this brown kid having like 40+ is not cool. like if yana wanted him to have a big family she could’ve gone for seven-ten kids ( this is how many siblings my grandparents each had ). i also have issues with the fairy gala and how jamil and kalim were really just chalked up to “ pretty exotic people ”

also , as much as i love the both of them and the way that they weren't costumed in the stereotypical "exotic sexy arabian belly dancer" style that jasmine and aladdin were in the original film , i still have problems with their characters in other senses. ( i’ve seen so many scalding sands ocs dressed like belly dancers and it’s like ??? arabian belly dancers only began dressing in such a manner during colonialism because they had to make money off of the desires of european men ) fun fact : if you dressed the way aladdin and jasmine dress in the middle of hot ass arabia , you’d die of a heat stroke. most people dressed in long tunics , thawb , sirwal kameez sets , bisht , and all sorts of other things. almost everyone covered their heads with turbans , headscarves , kuffeyeh , madhala hats , and other things to yk protect their skin and whatnot

for example , the whole thing about kalim's dad having all these kids and wives is like the stereotypical “ rich arab sultan ” thing which is just like ?? especially with how islam / arabia is villainized because of that sort of thing. yana has a questionable history with how she characterizes and portrays the brown , middle eastern/north african , desi and muslim people in her work so im not exactly shocked ?? i feel kinda annoying for complaining about it , especially since im very thankful we didn’t just get a repeat of the aladdin characterizations and costumes , but it still does bug me a lot as a muslim/arab woman who’s had to deal with fetishization , exoticism , orientalism and whatnot my entire life. your truly , genie anon <3

i don't think you're complaining genie anon. imo these are very valid complaints. they're not even complaints. they're criticisms and criticisms that are well needed.

i hope this doesn't sound weird but i think the reason why a lot of these portrayals feel off is because the source material is most likely from an orientalist and racist perspective. i'm aware that yana did extensive research for black butler (for like everything) so my presumption is that a lot of the sources she took for the middle east/northern africa, south asians, desi, muslim, and brown people probably come from the perspective of the british and other colonizing nations. so i'm not surprised that a lot of the stuff she does has the air of orientalism and racism. and then on top of that, aladdin is just a cesspool of orientalist and racist stereotypes that disney didn't denounce until recently. and even in their attempt to "revise" it with the 2019 live action movie, they still ended up reinforcing orientalist stereotypes. this is no way me excusing anything. but this reinforces the idea that we need more non-white voices (and in this case, arab, brown, muslim, desi, south asians, middle eastern/north african voices) in general but especially academia where i presume these sources came from.

i haven't read any translations about the fairy gala so i can't comment on it. but i'm going to take your word because you're probably right. along with everything else, i agree with you and there's nothing to comment on. my experience with orientalism stems from the fact i'm east and southeast asian, which is a wildly different experience from your own. you especially see it on dating apps ick

also i don't think it helps that scarabia, the dorm that's probably mostly filled with brown, muslim, arab, south asian, north african/middle eastern characters, is characterized as "scheming." it fits the orientalist stereotype of how the east schemes against the west and white authorities and that they're planning on taking over (the novel the beetle is the most perfect representation of this imo). on top of that, the miraheze wiki also says that it's implied that kalim got into nrc via a bribe so again, that adds to the scheming stereotype.

honestly though i'm really happy i'm not the only one who noticed this. the way the fandom treats kalim and jamil bothers the living shit out of me. i'm going to talk shit here but when a user active in the twst fandom got called out for racism, everyone was clutching their pearls acting as if this came out of nowhere. i didn't say anything because i felt it wasn't my place and i didn't want to cause unnecessary drama (this blog is a side hobby after all).

but i'm gonna say it now: the person's racism was blatantly obvious. their blog username was clearly fetishizing south asian and arab people. their fucking bio said they fetishized south asian and arab people. their interactions with another blog on here were fetishizing and hypersexualizing jamil (and the blog they talked to was also entertaining these inbox messages/prompts/ideas too). and it bothered me how NO ONE noticed because it just proved to me that people don't care enough about racism in this fandom. no one cares about the more covert racism that takes shape as orientalism and exoticism and fetishization. these people find it entertaining rather than disgusting.

i regret not speaking my piece about this weeks ago when i first saw it on my feed. when the callout happened, i was just 😐 because the signs were in these people's faces. they just didn't notice. and honestly, i could care less if they "didn't know" because that just means you need to do more antiracism work.

anyways going back to jamil, i see a lot of hypersexualization of him when it's wrong because:

he's a minor, please stop

hypersexualizing him is quite literally based in racism and orientalism because it stems from the idea that we, from the east, are hypersexual beings whose cravings for sex can never be satisfied

and then of course, there's the factor with scalding sands ocs in this fandom. these creators (who i presume are white) are just continuing to perpetuate orientalist and racist narratives which continues to get the groups affected hurt and killed in the real world. on top of that, they also end up projecting these ideas onto real people because they haven't touched some fucking grass.

anyways, that was REALLY long and i'm sorry to dump it. but yeah, genie anon, you're so valid in your criticism. and if someone says you're being annoying, just know i'm right here next to you because you're right.

also this message goes out to the whole twst fandom because you guys really need a serious wake-up call when it comes to racism in this fandom. it's frustrating to see. and if you don't understand what's wrong about everything genie anon just talked about, just type "orientalism" in your search engine and read everything that pops up. if you want a solid source and a great book to read about the subject, orientalism by edward said is a good read (it was, at least, the source i used).

#genie anon #anon asks #floral poisons talk #floral poisons rant #twst #twisted wonderland #disney twst #disney twisted wonderland #scarabia #kalim al asim #jamil viper #orientalism #twst fandom

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dorozco · 5 months

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Defying Gender Norms at Paris Fashion Week 2023

Renowned fashion designers who defy societal norms of gender on the runway challenge traditional perceptions of gender. Their showcased pieces illustrate gender fluidity, pushing boundaries and redefining conventional notions of how clothing relates to gender identity. These illustrations were heavily seen during this year's Paris Fashion Week.

Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent.

Androgynonyous can be used to describe this show.

During the recent Paris Fashion Week, the designer, presented their latest collection, which showcases a unique direction: “to make no gender-based distinctions,” (Brewer, 2023). This collection effectively combines the iconic 1980s power suit and oversized blazers with a modern twist. A standout ensemble from the collection featured a sleek black suit with pronounced broad shoulders and tailored, slim trousers, accompanied by a sheer black cape. This reimagining of a timeless style presented a compelling new viewpoint. Ultimately, Saint Laurent achieved a fusion of feminine and masculine elements in their fashion, blurring traditional boundaries.

"'For our generation, everyone can wear a dress or jeans -- it's about expressing yourself,' says Florentin Glemarec, one half of the young design duo Egon Lab..." (Hirschmiller, 2023).

Creative Director Ludovic de Saint Sernin for Ann Demeulemeester.

This particular look for the designer's latest collection at PFW 2023, challenges multiple traditional fashion gender norms. The cropped jacket, embellished with fringe-like fur on the sleeves and along the jacket's opening, stands out as a statement piece that defies conventional expectations.

This dress challenges societal norms that dictate gender and clothing choices. There's often discomfort when someone who doesn't fit the typical female image chooses to wear a dress. Ludovic de Saint Sernin boldly defies these stereotypes and expectations by making the dress transparent, pushing boundaries further. This transparency adds a layer of vulnerability to the designer's captivating creations, offering an inclusive perspective that welcomes anyone to embrace wearing a dress.

Creative Directors Benjamin Huseby and Serhat Isik for GmbH.

In their latest showcase at PFW 2023, Huseby and Isik celebrated the rich heritage of South Asian and Arab cultures. He achieved this by incorporating the classic style of a kaftan. Huseby and Isik's selection of a light blue mini kaftan notably challenges conventional gender clothing norms. By blending a garment as traditional and timeless as the kaftan with contemporary and more progressive elements, Huseby and Isik take a bold step. Opting for a shorter, mini kaftan explicitly promotes gender fluidity. What's more, the deep V-cut neckline and the pairing of the kaftan with long white boots align perfectly with Huseby and Isik's signature boundary-breaking style.

Despite these elements often associated with "feminine" fashion, Huseby and Isik embrace and normalize this style for men, defying stereotypical gender clothing rules. Huseby and Isik elegantly create a unique blend of traditional and progressive elements.

Paris Fashion Week 2023 served as a platform where designers boldly challenged traditional gender norms, presenting collections that epitomized the fluidity of gender on the runway. Figures like Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent, Ludovic de Saint Sernin representing Ann Demeulemeester, and the innovative duo Benjamin Huseby and Serhat Isik of GmbH showcased collections that seamlessly intertwined masculine and feminine elements. These displays of gender fluidity redefined the boundaries of clothing and identity. Whether it was Saint Laurent's fusion of masculine tailoring with feminine accents, Ludovic de Saint Sernin's transparent dress challenging gender stereotypes, or Huseby and Isik's modern interpretation of heritage garments, each designer's creations embodied a spectrum of gender expressions. This collective effort among visionary designers represents a significant step toward a more inclusive and diverse fashion landscape, celebrating fashion as a vehicle for personal expression beyond traditional gender constructs.

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https://fashionista.com/2023/01/paris-fashion-week-mens-fall-2023-coed-genderless-collections

#fashion #runway #PFW2023 #Paris Fashion Week #gender fluidity #Saint Laurent #design #art

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makiruz · 10 months

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Wait, wait, "And then you go on say 'we', by which you mean gentiles, 'must be wary' of jews (red flag) who use Zionism- the understanding that our homeland is the levant- as 'a shield' against 'antisemitism' (red flag)"

I meant Nazis you moron! Nazis use Zionism as a shield to hide their antisemitism! Oh my god. Are you troll or you cannot read? And "we" was everyone, but sure, go off

Oh my god, and this is someone who clearly needs to learn the history of Liberia (you guys should look into it, it's very revealing)

Oh and since we're ranting, gotta love people trying to claim that because Israel is racially diverse it's not an ethnostate; like first off let's ignore the racism against black Jews in Israel, and then remember and I'm Latina so I know race and ethnicity aren't the same, like you can be white and Latinx, you can be black and Latine, you can be Asian and Latinx; so racial diversity doesn't change the fact that Israel is based on Jewish ethnic identity.

Shit, forget what I just said! They do mention Latin America! So they don't know who they're talking to; and what is this bullshit? "Does the state religion and mostly latino makup of every south american country, formed from actual imperial colonialism make them catholic ethnostates?" "mostly latino makeup"? What the hell is "latinx make up"? Like, being vaguely brown? a Mestizx? Mestizxs look like anything because genetics are funny like that! Like the triplets from Encanto, one is super white and red head, and the other 2 are notably brown and that's totally realistic (maybe not with triplets, but siblings); holy shit what the hell are you talking. And by the way, no country in South America has a state religion, some like Argentina and Peru recognize the Catholic Church's as important, but it's not the state's religion; the only country in America with a State Religion is Costa Rica (where I happen to be from, yay), which is in Central America (well, Dominican Republic, also in Central America, has Catholicism as "official religion", but no state church); and even here with our State Religion, the discrimination is de-facto not legal, you can't legally deny citizenship to someone based on their religion, and you can't legally give different rights to people based on their religion or ethnicity; which isn't the case in Israel.

The next part of this dumbass post is more "I don't know about Liberia" nonsense.

"'ancient' arab palestinians never existed" what?; it's KGB propaganda, apparently; and anyway, I don't give a fuck about "ancient", nobody cares about ancient, only Zionists trying to justify the oppression of the Palestinians care about ancient peoples; we care about the Palestinian people who currently live there as second class citizens and the Palestinian people who were already there 70 years ago and got ethnically cleanse; that's it, nobody care about ancient fucking times

"fact free opinions" that's why it's called a "rant" dumbass. And I never said that most Jews I run into are Zionists, that's projecting. Most Jews I run into here are normal, it's just that I have twice provoked the Zionists accidentally; but that's okay, I blocked everyone so it's not gonna happen again

#rants

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dreadintensifies · 1 year

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sorry for getting a baby bit political but i promise it wont last long

today on things that will always piss me off- people bashing naomi scott being cast as jasmine but being perfectly fine with dwayne johnson as black adam

reasons that pisses me off- both actors are mixed, scott being half english half indian and johnson being half samoan and half central african (most likely, his dad is black nova scotian, most of whom descended from runaway slaves, and most african slaves were taken from west central africa)

naomi scott is riffed on for not being poc enough and not being arabic, despite agrabah not actually being a real place that takes inspiration from multiple asian countries, including but not limited to both iraq and india. meaning any actor who is of middle east OR south asian ethnicity would be equally suitable

meanwhile black adam is very clearly and specifically egyptian. hes from a fake country that is very specifically placed in between egypt and pakistan, there is no vagueness on its location. however, johnson is neither egyptian nor even of a similar ethnicity to egyptian. hes samoan (which samoa is an island just off of new zealand) and black nova scotian (which is mostly people descended from black slaves who originally lived in western central africa) his ethnic background has no ties to egyptian

so why in the shit was everyone pissing on naomi scott, who is actually fitting for the role if you look past the gross stereotypes and assumptions that Aladdin was originally built upon, when dwayne johnson gets absolutely no beef for playing a character who has a solid ethnic background that isnt even remotely similar to johnsons ethnicity

anyways this has been my ted talk i promise to not get political again anytime soon

#poc enough #black adam dwayne johnson #black adam #aladdin #naomi scott #jasmine #dwayne johnson #is yalls problem that namoi scott isnt bc shes mixed?#or is it because shes a woman who isnt as famous as johnson #both are gross btw

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toffeelemon · 2 years

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what does it mean to be an immigrant gay kid (simon pov)

(ft. trans simon??? because if i’m projecting why not go all the way)

look. simon loves being Gay. he has never once felt ashamed, or resentful of this part of himself. it’s not like being gay is his entire personality, but he loves following Gay Culture. getting in on all the memes, watching all the films with representation, following stockholm pride as if he would ever go as a bjarstad teen. but - he can’t help but feel that the ‘community’ he’s seeking out is so White. it’s not like there aren’t poc at pride - but the pop culture around it all seemed so one dimensional. the pop music. the drag. nothing wrong with pop music, simon is a benevolent music lover, but - he imagines eventually going to a gay club, and hearing nothing but White preppy music, and honestly, it doesn’t sound like a good time. he feels torn, like he has to pick between his gay side and latino side

it’s no surprise to himself that his best friends ended up being rosh and ayub. and simon is so grateful for them. at marieberg, there has always been an invisible divide between the white kids and the ones who are not. the side that simon belongs to is not just latino kids - it’s also south asians, arabs, black kids. thrown together with the single connecting factor that they’re kinda outcasts. but somehow there’s an exaggerated toxic masculinity - the defensive need to lash out, protect yourself from this society that isn’t very kind on them, perhaps. simon hates it. everyone knows that simon is gay, and no one cares enough to be mean about it - he has played nice with some white soft-boys before. (and by that he means, kissing at parties.) but in the end, they return to their relative worlds, because simon is not one of them, and they would never want to cross over to simon’s world either

with rosh and ayub, simon is comfortable. he can just be. he doesn’t have to be man enough or unthreateningly white enough. they understand each other and each other’s strict parents or unavailable parents, and they could just make fun of straight people and white people without having to worry about the fragility of these people’s feelings, as if they don’t casually hurt minorities on a daily basis. ayub and rosh taught simon how to be queer more than the internet has ever taught him. they are living proof that there’s more than one way to be queer (and trans), and simon can be someone else other than an androgynous white twink who’s conventionally pretty

simon loves his mum. and he knows that linda loves him. and yet - trying to come out (as trans) has weighed on him so much, him trying so hard to find the right words in spanish and then wondering, fuck, are there even all these expansive words to describe gender in spanish, or is he slowly losing his roots the more he embraces his queer-trans side? of course he is going to talk about it with his mum in spanish, because these are the matters of the heart, so why does it feel so foreign and so heavy on his tongue when he tries to say, “mama, i’m a boy”? he ended up saying something cringey about being born in wrong bodies, which was definitely not what he meant to say anyway, because bodies have no gender and he has an exciting new world beyond the cisnormative that he is dying to show the woman he loves the most, but those outdated clunky words are the ones linda would understand, so he started with those

it was important to simon that linda takes part in choosing his new name. simon knows that his deadname was what it was because it was a familiar name to both swedes and his hispanic family - and as much as his deadname crawls up his skin uncomfortably, abandoning it felt like giving away something precious that his mum had gifted him, a part of his heritage. linda gave him a few options, all slightly biblical because she’s catholic by convention - simon fondly rolls his eyes at the biblical references - and they settled on simon. he loves his name, and knowing that linda chose it also feel like a tangible piece of reassurance and acceptance that simon could carry with him every day

simon isn’t That brave. he tasked linda with the job of telling the extended family, who they hardly see anyway, so if worst comes to worst and they’re transphobic? simon would just have to forget about the annual christmas gatherings where half a dozen families scramble from different corners of europe, converging at his cousins’ in copenhagen into a colourful chaotic mess. (he’ll survive. he will. even though it already feels lonely out here in the middle of nowhere sweden, and he has no one to speak spanish to but his family, and the cashier at that one corner shop) but the reception was less bad than he thought - although simon suspects linda hid the worse from him - and abuelita simply sent him a short email (an email! what a woman) that says she liked the name simon, and asked him does this mean he would get a girlfriend soon. simon was hysterical reading it - but he loves abuelita. glad to know that she loves him back in her own way

masculinity is a strange thing to emulate. it doesn’t help that simon doesn’t exactly have good role models. he thinks about his uncles, the traditional Man of the House - and decides to start there. he’s always been protective of his mum - jumping into banal arguments in the supermarket queue when the swedish language fails her, being used to calling the bank people and the tax people for his mum because bureaucracy language is designed to gatekeep, and simon might as well put his elite education to use. it makes him worry about the bills and the house even more. and now that he’s the Man of the House - he wants to step up to protect his family, his mum and his sister. linda told him to look after his sister, so he did

linda worked so hard to give them the best education they could afford, jumping so many hoops and pulling so many favours to get them into hillerska. waking up an hour early to prepare breakfast ever since they had to get up earlier and travel further to school. it took so much effort to get into hillerska - so simon had no heart to tell his mum that everything isn’t exactly peachy at this bullshit elite school. he smiles through his teeth and pretends that he doesn’t have no friends. that august doesn’t make casual jabs at rowing practice like “stop running like girls - oh sorry, sosse”, as if he’s really sorry. that the third years don’t make fun of his singing voice - as if there isn’t variation between cis teen boys anyway. that he isn’t totally invisible because he’ll never be one of the boys, but he’s not a girl either, and anyway it doesn’t matter, because he isn’t white or rich, and he’ll always be an outsider. he’s a big boy, he can endure it - linda doesn’t need to know

and simon works hard at school. really hard. because his mum just wants the best for them and he can’t be a disappointment. he already has the world on his fingertips - so what’s his excuse for getting a C in maths? wille well-meaningly tried to tell him that the system isn’t fair anyway, because the grades will always favour you if you’re rich and white and your parents are friends with the headmaster, but simon panicked and all he could hear was that he’s not doing all he can to excel, to be good enough

wille - wille isn’t scared of simon, even when simon bares his teeth and proclaims to burn down the monarchy. he doesn’t look down on him either. it’s what drawn simon initially - if wille could see past simon beyond being a poor immigrant kid, maybe simon could let his guard down and give this skinny white boy a chance?

wille is so good. almost too good. simon doesn’t have a grudge against dating white people like rosh does (white girls, *hiss*), and it’s really unavoidable that most boys he kisses end up being white, because they are in the middle of nowhere sweden. but wille is something else - ayub can’t help but laugh. simon really picked the richest, whitest guy out there, and he’s not even sure if he likes boys. (the internalised demon in simon almost whispers - and you’re not even a real boy.) simon is over that phase in his life, doubting whether he’s good enough or not, but - this is the prince. he has the right to feel a little nervous. (wille is so much more than just being the prince)

wille keeps exceeding his expectations. (or maybe simon just has really low expectations.) simon wasn’t sure how to feel about how wille feels about his dorky, working class friends - simon’s not ashamed of his friends, never, but he’s afraid of how wille would react, being confronted with people so unfamiliar to him. because, as much as he hates it, he cares about this particular white boy’s feelings and opinions. but wille is cute and makes an effort, almost more nervous to impress than vice versa - and simon is not in love. he’s not

and then wille goes out of his way to include linda, to make her feel comfortable, and simon’s fierce protectiveness and defensiveness morphs into something else at the back of his heart, pitter-pattering. he’s ridiculous. how could a boy get him so whipped?

wille called him low. because simon tried to protect himself and accidentally fucked up and fuck, he’s a drug dealer now, what a cliché. and he’s angry, he’s so angry, because wille didn’t say it, but all simon hears is that he’s working class and he’s latino and he’s poor and he’s a barely passing boy, and he’ll always be pit against harsher standards. he can’t be less than perfect - mistakes are only allowed for rich white kids who can buy their way out of them. and it takes only one mistake for wille to turn on him right away. how could simon be so blind? and here he was, looking right past all the times wille had hurt him. in the end wille is like the others - self absorbed and self-important. simon should have known better. maybe they should have both kept to their own worlds. simon surely doesn’t want the prince’s world

and then it all comes crashing down, and bad becomes worse. because simon has been waiting to change his legal gender once he turns 18, and now his biggest insecurities are aired nationally for everyone to see. because the prince is getting off with a boy? but no, it’s actually a girl, haha. and everyone is keen to see who is this fucked up, poor and brown and sexually deviant thing that somehow corrupted the prince. simon passes most of the time, he hasn’t been misgendered for so long - and now he can’t escape it, it’s everywhere, blaring words on screens and magazine covers and his chest feels tight, even worse than usual. he is usually very strong mentally - Man of the House and all that - but one dark night, the only thing holding him together is the cursed thought if anything happened to him, the headlines would still be misgendering him, and simon is nothing but a spiteful creature. that is not a legacy he wants to leave behind. and linda. he would never break his mother’s heart like that

wille finally makes a public appearance, and simon has no tears left to cry. and he hates himself, he really does, to still be so soft on wille when the world has been so harsh against simon - but wille using he/him pronouns to refer to simon, not even bothering to mention him by name, still felt like a lifeline. simon wishes he could ask for more, and he hates himself for his impossibly low standards, but he still appreciated the bare human decency

he asks nothing of wille, but at least wille gave him a little shred of dignity back

#FUCK #this is NOT the trans simon i was hoping to write #again can you tell i'm a mama's boy #i miss my mum :(#funnily enough i think my parents were actually hoping for a boy sike #the name thing - me keeping my immigrant english name because my parents gave it to me - too true bestie #can you tell i have something something first gen overachieving asian trauma #parents sold their lives for my education and being gay is already a failure i cant fail in maths too lolol #young royals #?#trans simon #afab ftm simon <3 #FTM SIMON #my emotional support projection character #i can't recover from this #after yr you can't expect me to go back to bland white boys anymore rip #my unwritten fics

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alatismeni-theitsa · 2 years

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The obsession with putting Greeks into race boxes happens in the UK too. According to some reports on ethnicities from councils across the UK, roughly half of Greek-Cypriots don't call themselves "white", they write down "Other" in the ethnicities box on forms. Not to sound pretentious, but they speak from their experience of not being treated as "white" and having racial slurs thrown at them in their life-time. My neighbourhood used to be so racist to my Cypriot family in the 80s and 90s, they would yell racist slurs at us and throw stones at us. I was bullied in school just for looking Arabian/South Asian! (I got so angry once, I threw my school dinner tray loaded with hot baked beans at the bullies, vengeance is sweet!) These days, I'm asked if my Egyptian best friend and I are sisters because we look so alike! I say she is my sister from another mother: we love food, cooking, Christmas, anime&manga, and Halloumi...close enough!

Yes, I 100% understand that! I wouldn't put the "blame" on the light skinned people who don't identify as White if they felt othered by (socially) Whites in their country their whole life. And my "solution" was not necessarily a fit for everyone. I am well aware of the slurs Greeks hear and the behavior they come against in other countries and that makes it more difficult for light skinned ones to put themselves in the Whites box. But of course one doesn't have to out themselves in a box because reality is much more complicated.

I am sorry about the malakes you had to deal with in the UK!! They deserved the fasolada in the face 😂 You don't sound pretentious at all, you just share your experience and the reality of an amount of Greeks in the UK!

In Greece there are only "White", "Black" and "Asian" (Like East Asian) categories, with darker "Caucasians" like North South Asians and Arabs being in the "White" category. So Greeks here already identify "racially" with Arabs, Middle Easterners and many South Asians and we recognize the diversity within our "race" (which is the White one, if we speak broadly).

We find it racist to call people "Brown" and the other options are "Afro-" (I see Black also carries negative connotations in Greece lately but correct me if I'm wrong) or "Asian" for us, so naturally these ethnicities don't fit there. So the "white" box remains and it's not a weird an option for us. We may just add "dark" if the person has a darker skin tone. I mentioned this because you said that you look similar to your Egyptian friend, and I wanted to share the local viewpoint, which matches your situation.

But generally we avoid boxes based on phenotype, unless the difference is very obvious and/or it makes life more difficult for the person. At the same time we know that we are not that different from the average person in the UK (many Greeks told me that they hear they look "too white" to be Greek) so our "race" includes them, too.

I love that some racist Brits would hate that idea of being grouped together with Turks, Egyptians, Iranians, Pakistanis and North Indians in Greece 🤩 These Brits are the same ones who accept that not all Black people look the same and then short-circuit if you ask them to admit that not all White people look the same. And like Black doesn't mean necessarily "extra extra dark", White doesn't mean "extra extra pasty" either.

We avoid categories for middle tones like Brown because it invites people to look into semantics and the discussion ends up being more racist xD "Look, I am not Brown, my skin is one tone lighter than this Brown person!" Or something like "of course she is Brown. Yes she doesn't even tan but look at her crooked nose and her dark hair!" Or some people will call others Brown when their skin tone difference is two tones or less 🤦

Aaaanyways, sorry for the wall of text xD I wish you well and I hope you share more of your experiences or just generally swim by occasionally!

#answered #Greek speaks #greeks of diaspora #Greeks in the uk #race in the uk #race in Europe #race in Greece

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the-scarlett-santa-rosa · 3 years

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My INTERPRETATIONS (not confirmed) of the CS character’s races + Nationalities

Carmen:

Race: Brown (Mestizo) Latina

Nationality: Argentinian

Shadowsan:

Race: East Asian (Japanese coded)

Nationality: Japanese

Paper Star:

Race: East Asian (Japanese coded)

Nationality: American

Zack & Ivy:

Race: Caucasian (Irish/Scott Roots?)

Nationality: American

Player:

Race: Native American (specifically Iroquoi, a group native to the Niagara Falls region)

Nationality: Canadian

*keep in mind the light of the computer washes him out-hes actually pretty brown

Julia:

Race: Biracial-Half Caucasian-Half East Asian (Chinese coded)

Nationality: British

Devineaux:

Race: Caucasian

Nationality: French

Gray:

Race: Caucasian

Nationality: Australian

Zari:

Race: Biracial-Half African-Half Caucasian

Nationality: American

Tigress:

Race: Caucasian (possible Norwegian/aryan roots)

Nationality: American

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Jean Paul:

Race: African (possible mixed ancestry)

Nationality: French

Antonio:

Race: Brown (Mestizo) Latino

Nationality: Guatemalan

Mine Bomb:

Race: Caucasian

Nationality: uhh Irish? Everyone can’t be American lol

Chief:

Race: African (possible mixed ancestry)

Nationality: American

Countess Cleo:

Race: North African (Egyptian coded)

Nationality: British

Dr.Bellum

Race: South Asian (Indian coded)

Nationality: Indian

Maelstrom:

Race: Caucasian (Swedish coded)

Nationality: Swedish

Brunt:

Race: Caucasian

Nationality: yEeHaW gO ‘mUrRiCa

Roundabout:

Race: Biracial-Half Caucasian-half south Asian (Pakistani maybe)

Nationality: Drink a Cup O Tea old chap

Spinkick:

Race: South East Asian (Filipino Coded)

Nationality: Filipino

Flytrap:

Race: Caucasian (possible Norwegian roots)

Nationality: American oh screw it

The Troll

Race: East Asian (Korean coded)

Nationality: American

The Mechanic

Race: Caucasian

Nationality: New Zealander

The Driver:

Race: South Asian (Indian coded)

Nationality: United Arab Emirates

^^for those of you wondering, there are a LOT of Indians and Desis in general in Dubai/Emirates

Well that’s all folks. I mostly made this to share my headcanon for player as Native American lol.

*If you’re wondering why I wrote Mestizo latino for Carm + El Topo, Latino is an ethnicity and you can be any race (white, black, brown) and be a Latino. The Mestizo refers to brown latinos who are a mix of thr spanish and the natives of America.

Mullato would be spanish/black mix

Peninsularies/Creoles-Spanish or spanish born in the americas

Then Negro and Indian was used for full blood natives and black people.

#carmen sandeigo netflix #carmen sandeigo spoilers #carulia #carmen sandeigo 2019 #carmen sandeigo season 2 #julethief #carmen sandeigo fanart #carmen santiago #graham crackle #red crackle

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bookdragonlibrary · 3 years

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Sometimes I think the ML fandom would be less salty if the Americans (few ones but the loudest) weren’t just so narrow minded… you can’t understand the show with US lenses as the culture isn’t the same.

I had an argument with an American fan who cannot understand that the us vision about race and skin colors only work in USA and are totally different in the rest of the world aka 99% of it.

They were saying Lila is Black (aka African) because she has a dark skin while she is Italian who has a dark skin as south Europeans often have and could be mistaken for an Arabic… What we call “white people” have a different nuances of skin color just like African or Asian people don’t have the exact same color but different variation. (And South East Asians could also have dark skin.) It sounds obvious but not for everyone apparently…

Also they didn’t understand how Alya could be Black and French because she has a French name… Her name is Césaire which is the name of a French Black poet. She also talked about creole myths (Sapotis) which indicated she also came from Martinique just like Aimé Césaire which is an island above sea which is part of France (the one you think about in a map is only the metropole as we called it which is composed of the “hexagone” (the land) and the island Corsica).

It’s normal the international fans don’t get all the references like the French ones and Europe is way more complicated about racism and xenophobia (sadly) than it is in US.

Sorry about ranting here… but it’s just tiring when people won’t admit they’re wrong where they’re clearly the ignorant one…

#miraculous ladybug #French culture #Europe #might delete this later

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smallcrystals · 3 years

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What are your race/ethnicity headcanons for all the EQG characters?

i remember doing this ages ago but some of my headcanons have changed SO let's get into it!

as a poc, i prefer to not have any of the mane 7 + flashspruce be full white! but of course everyone is valid in their headcanons!

the only one i would say is a big no-no is headcanoning timber as white or a light-skinned poc. his canon skin tone is the closest to a natural skin tone and is clearly brown skinned coded. please don't whitewash him.

also as someone who is bengali/south asian, i can claim/use stereotypes we have! (such as the smart asian, strict parents, etc). that's not to say you can't hc any of them having those types but it does rub me the wrong way if you headcanon a character as a poc and have their parents be abusive, for example.

sci twi & pri twi – arabic

sunset shimmer – uae indigenous (emirati specifically, so dubai!)

fluttershy – blasian, african american & korean

applejack – wasian, half bangladeshi

pinkie pie – yoruba nigerian (dark skinned black poc)

rarity – ghanian (dark skinned black poc too!!)

rainbow dash – mexican

starlight glimmer – filipina american

flash sentry – korean

timber spruce – bangladeshi

gloriosa daisy – bangladeshi

rainbow dash specifically is because of my friend Ally, who is mexican and she hcs rainbow has mexican!! we talk about hcs from time to time :>

but i am a fan of many other headcanons for eqg!! i love black twilight, indigenous timber, black fluttershy, chinese rarity, many others!! but these are mine!

timber is very personal to me and there is just no representation of bangladeshi people at all, so i decided to do it myself! 😤

#rasa speaks #equestria girls #eqg headcanons

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chaosintheavenue · 4 years

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Fallout OC Survey Results!

333 responses later, the results are in!

For the most part, I'm just going to present the data without giving much commentary for now. The way Google Forms decided to display the response data worked well for some questions, and not so much for others, and a lot of the time there was just too much data to make a coherent graph or chart, so this post will be a bit all over the place in terms of format. It's also going to be long, so I'll continue under a cut.

(It looks like the cut isn’t working, sorry guys -_-)

Name

I didn't recognise most of the names I saw here, which means I have plenty of OCs to discover!

The most common names were Nova, Thomas, Six, Max and Charlie, with three entries each. Other names that appeared twice were Nathan, Poppy, Anthony, Judith, Chase, Ashley, Joshua, Jesse, Anna, Eleanor and Daisy. There were also a few very specific duplicates that I suspect were the same OCs being filled in separately for different games (which is fine!).

Game

Are they the in-game player character?

Faction

We had a lot of factions represented!

Railroad: 61 Minutemen: 60 Brotherhood of Steel: 48 Independent Vegas or Yes Man: 34 Caesar's Legion: 28 NCR: 28 Followers of the Apocalypse: 24 The Institute: 17 Mr House: 12 Raiders (Nuka World or in general): 12 Non-canon factions: 8 Reilly's Rangers: 7 Enclave: 6 Vault 13: 4 Responders: 4 Great Khans: 4 Tunnel Snakes: 4 Arroyo: 3 Powder Gangers: 3 The Kings: 3 Goodneighbor: 2 Slavers or Paradise Falls: 2 Cassidy Caravans: 1 Acadia: 1 The Pitt: 1 Boomers: 1 Vault 76: 1 Talon Company: 1 Crimson Caravan: 1 White Glove Society: 1 Brotherhood Outcasts: 1 Sorrows: 1 Unspecified tribe: 1 Mojave Express: 1 Regulators: 1 Omertas: 1

Age

Ages ranged from 6 to 252, with the majority being close to or in their twenties (excluding the time that Sole Survivors spent on ice). I decided to leave out the decade question, since it seems to have confused a lot of people and didn't add much considering there was already an age question.

Gender

Cis female: 166 Cis male: 101 Nonbinary: 26 Trans male: 15 Trans female: 9 Agender: 8 Male, unknown if cis or trans: 2 Genderfluid: 2 Intersex: 1 Genderqueer: 1

Sexuality

Yes, I absolutely did make this chart from scratch just to include the flags lol. Green is straight and orange is 'other', by the way. The most common responses in the 'other' category were demi and questioning, with five each.

Species

Race or ethnicity

White: 158 Mixed: 51 Hispanic/Latine: 36 Asian: 31 Black: 15 Other: 8 Native American: 7

Place of birth

US states

I wasn't sure if the map was very clear, so I'll include a list anyway.

California: 53 Massachusetts: 45 Washington DC: 44 Nevada: 36 Arizona: 21 Utah: 11 West Virginia: 8 New York: 7 Oregon: 5 Virginia: 5 Washington: 4 Florida: 4 Colorado: 4 Maryland: 3 New Mexico: 3 Oklahoma: 3 Texas: 3 Montana: 3 Pennsylvania: 2 Maine: 2 Kentucky: 2 Wisconsin: 2 Michigan: 2 Georgia: 2 Illinois: 2 New Jersey: 1 South Carolina: 1 Tennessee: 1 Wyoming: 1 Missouri: 1 Idaho: 1 Ohio: 1 Mississippi: 1 North Carolina: 1 Vermont: 1 Alabama: 1 Alaska: 1 Puerto Rico: 1

Other countries

Russia: 4 Mexico: 4 Ireland: 3 UK: 2 Japan: 2 Australia: 1 Sweden: 1 Norway: 1 Italy: 1 Canada: 1 Germany: 1 Maybe also one for Georgia- I couldn't tell if one person meant the state or country!

Languages spoken

English: 331 Spanish: 90 Latin: 59 A Fallout universe tribal language: 27 Mandarin: 15 French: 15 ASL: 10 Russian: 8 Japanese: 8 Irish Gaelic: 4 Italian: 3 Cantonese: 2 German: 2 For the sake of brevity (which is pretty futile at this point, but anyway), all of the following had one response: Hebrew, Norwegian, Arabic, Cherokee, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Hindi, Korean, Romanian, Shoshoni, Yiddish, Indonesian, Malay, Navajo, Swedish, Vietnamese, binary and sheet music

Medical conditions, disabilities, neurodivergence and the likes

PTSD: 52 Depression: 31 Vision problems, including missing an eye: 28 Anxiety: 27 ADHD: 21 Autism: 17 Memory problems: 16 Amputee: 13 Hearing problems: 9 Migraines or headaches: 7 Asthma: 6 Bipolar: 6 Traumatic brain injury: 6 (only counted when explicitly stated, implied for many more) Chronic pain: 5 Improperly healed injury: 5 Nonverbal, semiverbal, selective mutism, etc: 3 Borderline personality disorder: 3 Narcissistic personality disorder: 2 Seizures: 2 Psyker: 2 Nerve damage: 2 Radiation sickness: 2 Eczema: 2 OCD: 2 Dissociation: 2 Claustrophobia: 2 Eating disorder: 2 Spine problems: 2 Schizophrenia: 2 And again, a list of all with only one response: night terrors, kleptomania, dyslexia, needs a leg brace, rheumatoid arthritis, endometriosis, arachnodactyly, depersonalisation-derealisation disorder, psychosis, hallucinations, New Plague (complete aside: I would be extremely interested in hearing from the creator of this particular OC!), Broca's aphasia, schizoaffective disorder, inability to taste, dependent personality disorder, apraxia, autophobia, agoraphobia, Alzheimer's, albinism, insomnia, post-partum depression, synaesthesia, agraphia, photosensitivity, antisocial personality disorder

Addictions

Karma

Combat style

Aaand favourite cola flavour!

Cherry: 63 None: 62 Regular: 61 Quantum: 38 Dark: 34 Victory: 22 Quartz: 19 Orange: 16 Grape: 13 Other: 4

Once again, a big thank you to everyone who responded. There will be a second part to this featuring the canon character relationship questions, because I have a slightly more in-depth idea for analysing those, and this post is more than long enough already!

Let me know if anything seems off about this post, I put it together really quickly!

#fallout #long post #um #VERY long post #if anyone knows how to do image descriptions for the charts I would be very appreciative #ed mention #ptsd mention #mental illness mention

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neapolitanadonna · 4 years

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Axis + Allies at W Academy (Human AU)

North Italy

Feliciano is the kid who shows up five minutes late everyday with an Frappuccino in his hand. He’s just very, very bad at time management, but he always looks well put together when he does show up. At this point, teachers have stopped assigning him detention because he’s just too good of a student to give detention to, even with his 55 tardies. He’s also the kid who will bring you food if he notices that you’re upset- he’s a firm believer that sugary drinks and carbs are good for the soul. His favorite classes are obviously the art classes- all of his electives are spent taking pottery, studio art, portfolio, painting, charcoal, and anything else the school offers. He may or may not be the art teachers favorite.

Germany

Ludwig is the straight-a student who sits in the back of your AP World History class and carries the entire class discussion when everyone else is too afraid to raise their hands to ask a question. He’s also the person who will take the heavy load of the work in the group project, and leave the easier tasks to everyone else. Despite being straight edge, if you ask him for the homework answers, he’ll send them without hesitation. He might tell you, “Ask me if you need help. Copying won’t help you learn anything,” but he always comes in on a clutch. Everyone wonders why he’s best friends with Feliciano, especially when the word “late” isn’t in Ludwig’s vocabulary. He does well in all his classes, but history and government classes are where he really shines.

Japan

Kiku is the quiet kid who’s also in your AP class who somehow has the highest grade in the class even though you’ve never heard him talk before. He gains a reputation for being cool and mysterious for a while, and a lot of people go to ask Feliciano about him, because they know Ludwig won’t talk about anybody else’s business. Turns out he isn’t really all that mysterious, he’s just shy, but also the biggest sweetheart you’ll ever meet. He does really well in literature classes, and hangs around the literature teachers more than students his actual age. Despite the fact that he keeps to himself, he’s nice to everyone he meets, and if you approach him in class first he won’t stop talking.

Prussia

Everyone knows Gilbert, for the better or worse. He’s the kid who just doesn’t shut up in your film study elective course. He’s always yelling, always posting to his snapchat story, always taking pictures, running around the lunchroom, and trying to make friends with the security guards. Everyone either loves Gilbert, or loves to hate him. At the end of the day, he’s really funny, some people can’t come to admit it, though. They wouldn’t give him the satisfaction. He definitely won the class clown superlative, and lives up to it completely. If you’re lucky, you might get put on his snapchat private story, and its hard not to laugh at the things he does and says. Teachers will yell at him to be quiet in their classes, but deep down they’re holding back an unprofessional laugh. He doesn’t really have any particular class he excels in, he’s a jack of all trades, master of none.

South Italy

Lovino was the kid who was really, really emo in middle school but glew up sophomore year and now everyone thinks his post-edgy edginess is super attractive. He has a decent amount of friends, but he isn’t super popular. He doesn’t talk back to teachers, but he’ll tell of Gilbert sometimes, and because of his mouth he gets labelled as being funny, even if he wasn’t trying to be. He’s always really well put together- he’s a dress pants every day kind of guy. Like his brother, he’ll probably show up late with a drink in his hand, but instead of one of those “foofoo girly drinks”, he’s got straight up black coffee. He does well in history and government classes like Ludwig, which created a little bit of tension between the two. But unlike Ludwig, he does well because he’s just so damn opinionated. He was asked to be on the debate team, but he turned it down. Extra-curriculars aren’t his thing.

America

Alfred is that guy. Everyone knows who Alfred is, but not in the same way everyone knows Gilbert. Alfred is the captain of the varsity football team, has a new girlfriend every other two months, party at my place, red solo cup kind of guy. He’s mad he didn’t get the class clown superlative, but in reality he just isn’t as funny. He’s the kid whose really nice, as long as you play a varsity sport. He doesn’t really communicate much outside of his big clique, but he’s super well known. He’s the guy who will add you on snapchat just to make a new streak, but never actually talk to you. He wins prom king in his junior and senior year. He’s just the gym class hero, likes to show off how much he can dead lift and bench press. He gets along with male history teachers too, just because they’re usually football fans. (Alfred is really, really bad in history, though.)

England

Arthur is the class president who everyone loves to hate. He’s snotty, uptight, and won’t send you homework answers even if your life depended on it. He has an “I’m better and more successful than everyone in this place” type of energy, but deep down, he’s a huge geek. He’s friends with Lukas and Vladimir, so at first everyone just assumes that he’s super chill and laid back, then he opens his mouth and all of that goes away. Girls love to pick on him, Michelle (Seychelles) started a running joke where her and her friends will all call him Draco Malfoy when he’s around. In reality, he just doesn’t know how to socialize very well. He’s a nice guy deep down, just kinda broken and defensive, and very few can see that. He does well in every class, just beating out Ludwig as Valedictorian.

France

Francis is the leader of his little clique that’s full of guys who worship Lady Gaga, and girls who cuff their jeans and wear butterfly clips in their hair (if you know what I mean.) He’s very, very popular. He knows how to make people feel loved and important, and hypes everyone up in their Instagram comments. People will call him fake because he’s always just way too nice, but that’s just him. He’s the type of guy who will hit on anyone, even teachers, and he gets labelled as teachers pet for it (and he doesn’t deny it.) When him, Gilbert, and Antonio are in a class together, just get ready to know that it’ll be comedy central. He’s declared himself the sworn defender of underclassmen girls who get preyed on by upperclassmen boys. He does well in language classes, nobody knows it but he’s a little bit of a polyglot. He can speak English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Creole. Take that!

Russia

Ivan is the guy all the girls have a low key crush on, but everyone’s too afraid to talk to him because they know he comes off as intimidating, so Ivan is left thinking that nobody likes him. That is, until somebody sends him a screenshot of somebody’s snapchat story where they call him “daddy,” and his whole attitude takes a 180. It isn’t his fault he looks scary, he’s taller and bigger than everyone, and gets mistaken as a teacher sometimes. He gets the nickname “Rasputin” from Alfred because he comes off as terrifying, but a lot of girls just love him. In reality he’s just kind of shy, not very scary at all. Sometimes girls will ask to put hair ties and clips in his hair, just because, and he always flushes up when they do. He plays hockey for the school, and completely annihilates everyone on ice. He’s just cool like that.

China

Yao is the kid in your statistics class who zones out all the time, only coming back to reality to make a snarky comment about the teacher under his breath for you to hear. He keeps to himself and his small group of friends, which is mainly just other eastern Asian kids he’s grown up with since middle school. He’s really active in civil rights, he cares a lot about his identity as a minority in the school, and would defend it viciously if need be. He does a lot of posting, talking, and writing about human rights, which is shocking since most people just assume he’s old fashioned based off the fact that he has so many old man mannerisms (ie. complaining about back pain and how he needs an acupuncture appointment asap.) Everyone calls him the grandpa friend, which is like a mom friend except he’ll give you hard candies he got at the Chinese Market instead of being your therapist when you’re upset. He does really well in government and business classes.

Spain

Antonio is everyone’s best friend. Unlike Francis and Gilbert, Antonio’s presence is very, very calming, and he’s often put in the position of apologizing for his friends behaviors. He’s the one who has to talk to the police if they get caught goofing around in a place they shouldn’t be, or if Gilbert was “accidentally” driving 75 mph in a 45. Teachers always love Antonio, not because he gets super high grades, he’s just so friendly. He’s the kid who invited kids sitting by themselves at lunch to sit with him, and not for his personal benefit. Even if you aren’t close with him, Antonio would always be there for you if you’re upset in school. It’s hard not to be cheered up by him. He’ll go out of his way to make anyone laugh or smile, even if he acts a little inappropriate in the process. He does really well in science classes, especially biology and environmental.

#hetalia #hetalia headcanons #hetalia imagines #hetalia scenarios #APH Italy #APH Germany #APH Japan #APH Prussia #aph romano #APH America #APH England #APH France #APH Russia #APH China #APH Spain

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nicolesophia · 3 years

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WORLD LITERATURE

World literature is used to refer to a literature being circulated outside the country where it was published, and it’s pretty sure that everyone nowadays is very familiar with literature, because, who isn’t? People these days lives their daily lives with literature, surely, it surrounds our lives. Ever wonder if there’s an occurrence one day in our life, a day without literature? Will we able to live with it? Well, I don’t think so, after all, literature is our life. Now, before we go to the topic, lets have a brief introduction about when did the literature began.

The literature began early before 17th century, and ever since that time, it had a big impact from all over the world, it almost had taken up the whole world, a world of literature, indeed. And since the literature continues to expand, its dominant themes and styles of each literature around the world, expands, as well. And of course, up until today, there are still many more surprising notions about the literature all over the world!

Today, I’ll show you different dominant themes and styles of literature from Southeast Asia, East Asia, South and West Asia, Anglo-America and Europe, Africa, and Latin America. I hope that in the end, you’ll learn something new about the different themes and styles from around the world.

1. SOUTHEAST ASIA LITERATURE

Southeast Asia consists of 11 countries in total, these are Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. All of these countries were colonized by the other countries, except Thailand, that’s why most of their literary works were mostly influenced by the countries who colonized them. Just like in the Philippines, The Philippines were colonized by the Spaniards, Japanese, and Americans; however most of the literature here in the Philippines were predominantly influenced by the Spaniards for they colonized the country for 333 years.

The Southeast Asian literature’s dominant theme are mainly diaspora (diasporic) theme. Diasporic theme focuses on stories outside the country where the writer is, it also talks about the experiences of an immigrant in a foreign country. Some example of a diasporic theme literature is “Banyaga: A song of War” by Charlson Ong, the story is about how Ernesto (protagonist) struggles living outside the country he came from, and fun fact, the author Charlson Ong’s relation with the main character is that they shared the same experiences! It’s like the author tells his very own life story in the presence of Ernesto as the character. “Banyaga: A Song of War” as well, portrays the Filipino culture, as the author being half Filipino.

2. East Asia Literature

East Asia consists of 8 countries in total, these are China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, and Macao. Without a doubt, East Asia is the most popular region in the whole world because of the countries it consists of. Mainly, the East Asia literature were mostly influenced by the Chinese writers; commonly, the China is the building block of the counties in the East Asia, on a fact that most of the East Asia country were colonized by the Chinese. With all of the 8 countries, the Chines and Japanese literature is the most prominent among the East Asia literature.

However, the Japanese literature has a different style, too. Their literature is mostly fond of ambiguous theme, wherein it has a deep meaning and sometimes, the reader wouldn’t get the meaning of it if you are from other countries or city in Japan. The Japanese literature is also well-known for its Haiku and Tanka poems.

Some example of the East Asia literature is Seol Gongchan-jeon (The Tale of Seol Gongchan), korean literature written by Chae Su, the novel was written during the early Joseon era and was originally written in classical Chinese text. The story of said novel is about a person being possessed by the dead spirit who tells story from the underworld. But, the said novel was banned during its era of publication.

Other example of the East Asia literature is a Tanka poem from the Japanese literature. Tanka poems are mostly commonly written as an expression of love and/or gratitude, it may, as well a self-reflection poem.

Narukami no sukoshi toyomite

(A faint clap of thunder)

sashi kumori

(Clouded skies)

Ame mo furanu ka?

(Perhaps rain comes)

Kimi wo todomemu

(If so, will you stay here with me?)

Narukami no sukoshi toyomite

(A faint clap of thunder)

furazu to mo

(Even if rain comes not)

warewa tomaramu

(I will stay here)

imoshi todomeba

(Together with you)

3. South and West Asia Literature

The South and West Asia consists of 17 countries, mostly the Middle East region, these countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Apparently, the South and West Asia is commonly known for their own films, “Bollywood” rather than other literature. However, they do, of course have a unique styles and themes of literature.

Literature from the 21st Century Middle East circumscribes a lot assortments of genres, it, as well talks about human experiences oftentimes through a realist manners. Also, what makes their literature unique is that they have or includes their own traditions and practices of their culture.

One example of South and West Asia Literature is “White Tiger” a novel written by an Indian author named Aravin Adiga. It talks about the life of an Indian in the light and darkness, although most part of the novel focusses on India of darkness. Also, the novel has a darkly humorous perspective of Indian’s struggles in life. Here’s some excerpt from the novel “The White Tiger”

“In fact, each time when great men like you visit our country I say it. Not that I have anything against great men. In my way, sir, I consider myself one of your kind. But whenever I see our prime minister and his distinguished sidekicks drive to the airport in black cars and get out and do namastes before you in front of a TV camera and tell you about how moral and saintly India is, I have to say that thing in English.”

4. Anglo-America and Europe Literature

The Anglo-America is a large region that covers up 14 countries in total, these are Canada, United States, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. And as we all know, Europe is a large continent that consists a lot of countries, well, we’ll not go to far with mentioning all those countries. The Anglo-American literature is closely linked to traditional English, since the American was colonized by the English, they adapted their literature, as well and was influenced by the English writers. However, the history of their literature is too wide, it covers up from the Old English until the Contemporary era.

In spite of that Anglo- American combined literature, the American literature is imposing to be separated to the Anglo (English), but why? The American literature has a distinct characteristic which evolves through eras and such; them, too have their own unique feature, themes, and styles of literature. In short, they have their own, so, for them, what is the essences of being together with the Anglo?

One of the greatest author in the Anglo-America is who we all know, William Shakespeare. With his one of the famous works “Romeo and Juliet” we can mirror the traditional style of Anglo-America literature that somewhat related to their culture, as well. Here’s some excerpt from the classic story “Romeo and Juliet”.

”’Tis but thy name that is my enemy;

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,

Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O! be some other name:

]What’s in a name? that which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet;

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,

Retain that dear perfection which he owes

Without that title. Romeo, doff

thy name;

And for that name, which is no part of thee,

Take all myself”

On the other hand, European literature includes writing for some dialects; among the most significant of the cutting edge composed works are those in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Czech and Russian and works by the Scandinavians and Irish. Significant old style and archaic customs are those in Ancient Greek, Latin, Old Norse, Medieval French and the Italian Tuscan tongue of the renaissance. Moreover, the literature was written with regards to Western culture in the dialects of Europe, as a few topographically or verifiably related dialects. Various as they seem to be, European literature, as Indo-European dialects, are portions of a typical legacy having a place with a race of pleased countries which brag any semblance of Homer who composed Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil who composed the Aeneid, Dante who composed Divine Comedy, Chaucer who composed Canterbury Tales. These, and other abstract works of art structure part of what we call as Western Canon.

5. African Literature

The Africa consists of 54 countries in total, however, the African literature has a unique theme and styles. Their literature often to be relevant to its colonial background, and also connected to their traditions and culture, which makes their literature more unique. In addition, their literatures are often known as subversive and expressive contents.

Moreover, oral and composed narrating conventions have had an equal turn of events, and from multiple points of view they have affected one another. Old Egyptian recorders, early Hausa and Swahili copyists and memorizers, and contemporary scholars of famous novellas have been the conspicuous and essential momentary figures in the development from oral to abstract customs. What occurred among the Hausa and Swahili was happening somewhere else in Africa—among the Fulani, in northern Ghana among the Guang, in Senegal among the Tukulor and Wolof, and in Madagascar and Somalia.

One of the most famous African novel is entitled “Things Fall Apart” written by Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart exhaustively envisions how the Nigerian Igbo people group worked preceding expansionism. The divisions in this network go with the deplorable fall of the legend, Okonkwo, whose chivalrous however careless remain against expansionism closes in a forlorn self-destruction. Achebe's astuteness is adequate to move perusers past recriminations or authentic fault, since the Igbo people group adjusts to oblige Christianity and new types of pioneer administration. Similarly as the novel's title cites Yeats' sonnet The Second Coming, Achebe's African way of thinking of equilibrium in everything runs after a millennial association with Western innovation. Here’s some excerpt from the novel “Things Fall Apart”

“The drums beat and the flutes sang and the spectators held their breath. Amalinze was a wily craftsman, but Okonkwo was as slippery as a fish in water. Every nerve and every muscle stood out on their arms, on their backs and their thighs, and one almost heard them stretching to breaking point. In the end, Okonkwo threw the Cat”

6. Latin American Literature

The Latin America is generally consists of all the countries in South America, in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the Islands of the Caribbean, indeed, there’s also a lot of country in the Latin America region. The Latin American mostly adapted their literature from the Aztecs and Mayans, two of the great ancient civilizations of our world, also, the themes of their literature are usually characterized by mysticism, magic, uniqueness, raw creativity, and wonder. Them, too give way and introduced “magical realism”.

Magical realism is a classification of writing that portrays this present reality as having a propensity of sorcery or dream. Mystical authenticity is a piece of the authenticity classification of fiction. Inside a work of supernatural authenticity, the world is as yet grounded in reality, however fantastical components are viewed as ordinary in this world. It is different from what we know “fantasy”.

One example of a magical realism novel is ”House of Spirits(La casa de los Espíritus)” written by Isabel Allende. The novel was published in 1982, Isabel Allende's presentation novel narratives the violent political occasions of post provincial Chile, through the lives of four ages of the rich Trueba family. The extraordinary is available from the start, with Allende portraying the supernatural capacities of one of the novel's principle heroes, Clara. Expect ghosts blended into the consistently, time shifts in the story and signs being figured it out. A genuine show-stopper, of the sorcery authenticity classification, yet additionally of women's activist and Chilean writing. Here’s some excerpt from the novel ”House of Spirits(La casa de los Espíritus)”

“That was Marcos’s longest trip. He returned with a shipment of enormous boxes that were piled in the far courtyard, between the chicken coop and the woodshed, until the winter was over. At the first signs of spring he had them transferred to the parade grounds, a huge park where people would gather to watch the soldiers file by on Independence Day, with the goosestep they had learned from the Prussians. When the crates were opened, they were found to contain loose bits of wood, metal, and painted cloth. Marcos spent two weeks assembling the contents according to an instruction manual written in English, which he was able to decipher thanks to his invincible imagination and a small dictionary. When the job was finished, it turned out to be a bird of prehistoric dimensions, with the face of a furious eagle, wings that moved, and a propeller on its back.”

With all of that, it may be seem that different regions from the world has their very own unique way in terms of literature, all of the literature around the world is really fascinating and amazing. Now that I’ve shown you the different dominant themes and styles of literature from Southeast Asia, East Asia, South and West Asia, Anglo-America and Europe, Africa, and Latin America. I hope that you’ve learned something new and surprising thing about the different themes and styles from around the world!

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