Recently got inspired by @junopii_ 's Sniffer builds and decided to build my own! but with a hobbit civilization on top!
Credits: The Trees aren't built by me, they are built by (Anii on Planet MC) https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/anii_/
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(BellaLilac on Planet MC https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/bellalilac/ )
I’m making another creative world for my kids—this one stored on my phone so I can add to it whenever I like—and decided to start it off with a charming hobbit town.
I gotta say, building stuff for my kids is the most fun I’ve ever had in this silly little block game.
Sorry I've been rather inactive, I'm slowly trying to get back into the swing of things!
This is something I’m actually qualified to talk about! I speak three languages fluently, albeit in need of a little practise, and I’m learning one more currently, with one on pause due to time constraints. Nevertheless, I feel pretty confident in my information lol. I’m also a qualified TEFL teacher and have worked abroad teaching English!
Full immersion is the best option. The best thing you can do is spend your time in a country that speaks your target language and force yourself to learn, once you have the “Hello,” “Goodbye,” “Where is the bathroom?” all mastered. In Ireland, there are places called Gaeltachtanna where you go for different lengths of time depending on the course and live in a town speaking exclusively Irish, usually staying with an Irish-speaking family, and going to classes for the language and for games and dances. Of course, that’s not an accesible option for everyone, so you could try going to places like your nearest Asian market, Eastern European market etc, and any areas in your city with a lot of immigrants that might speak your target language. If you have friends who speak that language, natively or just to a better level than you, ask to meet them for coffee and chat as much as you can in your language.
Immersion Part Two: Culture. The people who speak your target language natively do so not just becaus that’s the place in which they exist, but because that’s the place that they live- they get their groceries there, they go to school there, and their language developed because of the day-to-day, as well as unique aspects of their culture such as dances, music, and especially food. Learn about the culture of the country or countries that speak your target language. Eg, fold a paper crane or eat sushi if your language of choice is Japanese, watch an telenovela or go to a salsa class if your goal is to learn Spanish.
Watch TV shows in your Target Language. If you can’t access the locations, and even if you can, watching TV or movies is great because it’ll help you understand the cadences of natural speech that you can’t get from a textbook or formal class situation. Start with movies you might be familiar with like Disney movies (I will die on the hill of “Mother knows Best” from Tangled is better in Spanish). You can also combine your subtitles and audio, using subtitles in your own language at first, and challenge yourself to changing the subtitle.
Similar to the above points, use YouTube or Twitch to your advantage too. That’s probably a lot easier if your target language is English, but there are creators that speak in their non-English native language too. My friend watches a Mexican Minecraft YouTuber called Quackity who has a Minecraft server modded to feature a live translator between Spanish and English, which is very cool.
Read books in your Target Language. We don’t love The Chronicles of the Boy Wizard in this house, but the books are available in 85 languages. The Hobbit also has a tonne including Cornish, Thai, and Ukranian, and Twilight has about 37 translations, just to list a few well-known examples. Learn especially about books written originally in your target language.
Consume Media Originally from the Country or Countries that Speak that Language. Read the Witcher, watch Física o Química, join the dubbed vs subbed anime bloodbath. It can be so beneficial to your understanding of a language to see how those who speak it write it themselves, not just for localisation purposes. It can especially be useful for slang and dialects.
Duolingo and other apps. I’m swiftly approaching my 365 day duolingo streak,* and I fully intend to celebrate with pierogis and a green cake. But there are other options out there, and all of them are great for beginners. I can only speak about Duolingo as its the one I use, but I’m having a lot of fun with the layout of it. However, I do need real practice if I’m going to become actually fluent.
That’s it! I hope this has been helpful!
*I've surpassed it since writing this!! I'm at 400+!!
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basic information about me: the name’s charlie, I’m 14, I’m autistic, i can’t swim, I can’t dance, and I don’t know karate.
I’m a he/him, a they/them, and knock yourself out with neopronouns
I don’t care about gendered terms just don’t call me weird stuff
california girl! (it doesn’t rain enough)
certified cryptid
bands: my chemical romance, ghost, fall out boy, pencey prep, green day, peirce the veil, the ramones, the smashing pumpkins, the smiths, the talking heads, pixies, the front bottoms, sir chloe, leathermouth, gerard way, the cure, opal in the sky, david bowie, freddie mercury, queen, frank iero, siouxsie and the banshees, nine inch nails, sisters of mercy, bauhaus, mindless self indulgence, lemon demon, will wood, gorillaz, mitski, jazz emu, tom cardy, joan jett and the black hearts, jack stauber, vocaloid, and a TON of miscellaneous songs!!
please send me music reccs :)
books: the ash house, scythe, Frankenstein, edgar Allen Poe, ready player one, do androids dream of electric sheep, carry on, 1984, the hobbit, lord of the rings, James herriot, renegades, lockdown, diary of Anne Frank, the magic fish, the true lives of the fabulous killjoys, umbrella academy, red white and royal blue, they both die at the end
I’m deathly into fantasy, queer romance, dystopia and supernatural horror, if you tell me to check something out I will :) especially if it’s something you’ve written <3
musicals: beetlejuice, mean girls, hamilton, heathers, ride the cyclone, six, le mis, little shop of horrors
tv shows, movies and video games: nimona, the owl house, the umbrella academy, young royals, little nightmares, omori, detention, room of old sins, mechanarium, cozy grove, animal crossing, inside (Bo burnham), squid game, the platform, bird box, Alice in borderland, girl from nowhere, breaking bad, demon slayer, death note, black butler, don’t hug me I’m scared, seven deadly sins, the promised neverland, the amazing world of gumball, adventure time, Minecraft, legends of Zelda, fnaf, Fiona and cake, gravity falls, probably more I’m forgetting
Other things about me: I can speak both French and Japanese, I play four instruments (guitar, ukulele, piano, cello), I have horrible anxiety, synesthesia, tics, I am an emo patron but new to the goth, metal and punk scene so if you’ve got shit to tell me/tips please do!!
reach out if you wanna, I’m socially awkward but love to make friends
absurd sense of humor, emotional support cat named jasper, tall, bad posture, (me not the cat), I love writing novels, songs and poetry, weirdo
are there any inupiaq architectural patterns or examples you think would be interesting/cool to see in the show or that you’d like to share? as beautiful as the northern water tribe is, since it’s based on venice it kind of obscures any architectural influence from the actual cultures they were purportedly drawing from when they designed the water tribe, and since we see so little of the southern water tribe and their space literally gets cracked in half by a zuko’s ship onscreen, it doesn’t seem like a great example either
I think sod houses would be nice to see. They're built out of blocks of sod, or turf (think like the dirt with grass growing on it in minecraft; the interconnected roots keep it a solid piece instead of crumbling like a handful of dirt would) and a frame of driftwood. I think to people not used to the idea of a sod house, one might look like a hobbit hole, so even if it feels out of the ordinary it still calls to mind something that has "all the comforts of home" or however the quote goes. I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with eskimo cultures and customs being described as "cute" because there are so many angles that comes from; some glossing over parts of our culture to coo over us like we're puppies and others trying to point out we are not just "savages" and our cultures value gentleness and intimacy. That said, I honestly wouldn't mind if people saw fantasy eskimos in a cartoon living in sod houses and gushing over how cute and hobbit-y it looks.
Also you guys know whenever Inupiaq architecture is brought up, i'm obligated to mention that my ancestral village is on a tiny island with steep, rocky, and uneven terrain so the entire thing was built on scaffolding and it looks sooooo cool
Much like @blue-character-brawl, the 128 characters that made it in have been split into four brackets, where the four winners will fight in the semi-finals, and then the winners of those will fight in the finals to find out who the best character in fiction with facial hair is! Brackets will last 24 hours (except for the finals) and the first set of polls will be posted on April 26 between 4:00 and 4:30 PM EST! Here are the matchups:
Bracket 1
Matt (Wii Sports) VS. Saburo (Wii Sports)
Rockhopper (Club Penguin) VS. Sensei (Club Penguin)
Mario (Super Mario) VS. Wario (Super Mario)
Luigi (Super Mario) VS. Waluigi (Super Mario)
Toadsworth (Super Mario) VS. Penguru (Super Mario Galaxy)
Cranky Kong (Donkey Kong) VS. Bluster Kong (Donkey Kong)
Vitruvius (The Lego Movie) VS. Sandy (Lego Monkie Kid)
Rex Fury (Lego City Undercover) VS. Forrest Blackwell (Lego City Undercover)
Dr. Coomer (HLVRAI) VS. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)
Colonel Mustard (Clue) VS. Mr. Monopoly (Monopoly)
War Doctor (Doctor Who) VS. Wilfred Mott (Doctor Who)
i Tony Stark (Marvel) VS. Steve Rogers (Avengers: Infinity War)
Stephen Strange (Marvel) VS. J Jonah Jameson (Spider-Man)
Grandpa Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb) VS. Balthazar Cavendish (Milo Murphy’s Law)
2nd Dimension Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb) VS. Major Monogram (Phineas and Ferb)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) VS. Count Dooku (Star Wars)
Bracket 2
Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) VS. Dr. Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Wilford Warfstache (Markiplier) VS. Old Mark (In Space With Markiplier)
Oliver Queen (DC Comics) VS. Mobius (Loki)
Ron Swanson (Parks and Recreation) VS. Stanley Hudson (The Office)
M. Rasmodius (Stardew Valley) VS. Gus (Stardew Valley)
Lewis (Stardew Valley) VS. Linus (Stardew Valley)
Chief Bookem (Kirby: Right Back At Ya!) VS. Mayor Len Blustergas (Kirby: Right Back At Ya!)
Top Chef (Deltarune) VS. Asgore Dreemurr (Undertale)
Senshi (Dungeon Meshi) VS. Mustache Girl (A Hat in Time)
Santa Claus (Christmas) VS. Julius Pringle (Pringles)
Present Mic (My Hero Academia) VS. Edward Newgate (One Piece)
Drayden (Pokémon) VS. Kamado (Pokémon)
Cirdan (Lord of the Rings) VS. Gimli (Lord of the Rings)
Alex Louis Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS. King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Richie Tozier (It) VS. Murray Bauman (Stranger Things)
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) VS. Jasper Beardly (The Simpsons)
Bracket 3
Warden Blackwall (Dragon Age Inquisition) VS. Dorian Pavus (Dragon Age Inquisition)
Pops (Regular Show) VS. Alex Dorpenberger (Close Enough)
Kili (The Hobbit) VS. Bofur (The Hobbit)
Alador Blight (The Owl House) VS. Phillip Wittebane (The Owl House)
Iknik Blackstone Varrick (Avatar: Legend of Korra) VS. Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Murro Morton (Identity V) VS. Percy (Identity V)
Jeff Winger (Community) VS. Gregory House (House MD)
Rico Rodriguez (Just Cause) VS. Tom Sheldon (Just Cause)
King Triton (The Little Mermaid) VS. Frozone (The Incredibles)
Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS. Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium)
Gashu Satou (Your Turn To Die) VS. Hades (Hades)
Kogoro Mouri (Detective Conan) VS. Shaggy Rogers (Scooby-Doo)
Ted Lasso (Ted Lasso) VS. John Wick (John Wick)
Otokichi Shirabe (Suite Precure) VS. Asuma Sarutobi (Naruto)
Gomez Addams (The Addams Family) VS. Frederick Loren (House on Haunted Hill)
Cap’n Cuttlefish (Splatoon) VS. Lionel (Animal Crossing
Bracket 4
Abe Lincoln (Clone High) VS. Rex Mohs (Scott The Woz)
Hercule Poirot (Poirot) VS. Seneca Crane (The Hunger Games)
Bob Zanotto (Psychonauts) VS. William Riker (Star Trek)
Alexsandr Kallus (Star Wars) VS. Steve (Minecraft)
Sea Hawk (She-Ra) VS. Boris Badenov (Rocky and Bullwinkle)
Victor Sullivan (Uncharted) VS. Yosemite Sam (Looney Toons)
Thorin Oakenshield (The Hobbit) VS. Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars)
Din Djarin (Star Wars) VS. Alec Hardy (Broadchurch)
Buford Tannen (Back To The Future) VS. Scott Howard (Teen wolf)
Halt O’Carrick (Ranger’s Apprentice) VS. Jack Pearson (This Is Us)
Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI) VS. Dedue Molinaro (Fire Emblem)
Barbarian (Clash of Clans) VS. Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Mankind Divided)
Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides) VS. Grandpa Harley (Homestuck)
Massimo Marcovaldo (Luca) VS. Dr. Erasmus Craven (The Raven)
Toki Wartooth (Metalocalypse) VS. Richard Kimble (The Fugitive)
Deputy Dewey Riley (Scream) VS. Walter White (Breaking Bad)