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[phillycheesesteakcore]

wait a minute I gotta check something

reblog for a bigger sample size and say why or why not in the notes if you can please and thank you!

#i call everyone ''babes'' but usually i'm not flirting when i say that #have i just been accidentally flirting with everyone afkagkskgs #poll #polls #my polls #tumblr polls #phillycheesesteakcore

[iersei]

question. Glenn in a suit. do you think he hates it, like dog in one of those cones they get at the vet. or do you think he cleans up good and looks surprisingly suave.

okay hi this has been sitting in my inbox for a good long while and it's because this answer required my full attention and thought:

i am of the good and correct opinion that glenn could pull off any outfit he chooses to wear. like, he's got the charisma for it. i think he could make anything work if he wanted to.

now, here's the thing. i think that, for suits specifically, there is a sliding scale of comfort that affects how well it can work. i also think that it has to be context-specific. like he could have the confidence to pull off a really fancy outfit if the situation really called for it or if he was emulating a specific look, but if those factors are not in place, it would feel rather stuffy on his end. and his go-to suit, however the situation should arise, would probably be worn kind of casually. the sort of thing where the jacket is optional and hangs over his shoulders if he's wearing it at all, and he's really pushing it with how many shirt buttons can be unbuttoned, y'know?

#this ask is sparking some neurons but idk if i am conveying the vision properly #uhhh do i put this in the main tags? #yeah sure #dndads #glenn close #glenn close dndads #sei says an answer #phillycheesesteakcore

[mthevlamister]

why am I not surprised you put salt on oranges? better question, why did you put salt on oranges?

In high school, my friends and I did a cursed food challenge where we tried a new thing we thought would be disgusting each… month? Every two months???

Something like that

Chocolate cake with vegetable stew was alright. Like, not our first choice, but didn’t make us gag

Using unbuttered popcorn as cereal was pretty good since it used to be a cereal anyway

Ketchup on vanilla ice cream made me very uncomfortable since I don’t like ketchup, but we read about the ketchup flavored ice cream and wanted to make a bastardized version

Then we came to salted oranges. And let me tell you… salted oranges are the only thing that made us gag that whole time

#beloved mutual #phillycheesesteakcore #asks

[officialgleamstar]

I can't decide which DnDads pairing this is

GLENN AND MORGAN. TO ME FHDKSGDKDHSK

Also HIIIII :D

#Glenn with anyone tbh but I’m thinking about Glenn and Morgan today #that man is a secret little spoon I think #ask #phillycheesesteakcore #will add an img desc once I’m on laptop btw

[ike-mcswains-mortician]

yo!

I'd like to request a Jack Ransom × Beckett Mariner ship sketch. this is the kind of vibe they have

[VOTE GLENN CLOSE for a sketch!!]

this kind of dynamic is PEAK thank you so much for the req!! i don’t go here so hopefully i did them justice :D!

#sexiest podcast character poll #sketch request #phillycheesesteakcore #star trek lower decks #jack ransom #beckett mariner #my art

[slightlyhopefulromantic]

hey hey!

could I request a drawing of Jack Ransom from Star Trek Lower Decks?

vote nicky + gable for a sketch request!

i still need to watch the lower decks, it seems fun :]

#had to google starfleet for that alt text LMAO #jack ransom #star trek #star trek lower decks #phillycheesesteakcore

[b1gwings]

hi! I can't remember if I've sent in a request or not. if I have ignore this

I'd like to request Bei the Bloodmoon (X-Men character)

here she is!!!!! i hope you like it :D i didn’t know if u wanted the veil or not so i did without, hope that’s okay :3c

if you VOTE GLENN HERE, you can request a sketch from me!!! :D

#my art #x men #bei the blood moon #I AM GETTING ALL THE OTHERS DONE I PROMMY #id in alt #asks #phillycheesesteakcore

[nutria--oscura]

I'm Not Laughing Anymore by Left at London is sooo Hermie coded on multiple levels

oh. my. gosh. YEA it is

"I keep begging for something, but it don't come cheap I think I need release, ooh baby" - gives me hermie asking normal to help kill scam

"Cause I'm hoping, praying That if I'm gonna stay It'll be better, better than before But I'm worn out, broken Man, I feel like a joke But I'm not laughing, laughing anymore" - THISS

#im not good at analyzing songs whoops- #head empty no thoughts #cuz ive been doing algebra for the last 3 hrs #aghh #anyways #hoping this gets to siren (the hermie ceo themself) cause she can most certainly explain this better that my math riddled brain #phillycheesesteakcore #dndads #dungeons and daddies #hermie unworthy #hermie the unworthy #dndads hermie #hermie dndads

[greiiliss]

trick or treat!

Treat!

#hope you like sour stuff! #but if not well. you made me look at pepto glizmol like four times yesterday so. revenge >:) #greii answers #phillycheesesteakcore

[deepdarkfandom]

how do you find jeans that can fit a planet?

I don't know how do you find jeans that can fit a planet??

#phillycheesesteakcore

[cute-as-buttons]

✨💫🌠 (<- bravery beam)

🥺🥺🥺🥺

#ty kind stranger<3 #phillycheesesteakcore #sara answers

[phillycheesesteakcore]

new picrew chain! make yourself a silly little clown:

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and anyone else who wants to join ofc! the more the merrier!

#picrew #clown #picrew clown #clown picrew #picrew game #picrew games #tag game #tag games #tag chain #phillycheesesteakcore

[iersei]

[VOTE GLENN CLOSE IN THE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP -> GET A SKETCH REQUEST]

a jack ransom for @phillycheesesteakcore !!

i just like rendering spacey stuff <3

#jack ransom #star trek #star trek lower decks #tossing my art into the void #phillycheesesteakcore #draw me like one of your close boys #The Advanced Voter Fraud Experience

[mthevlamister]

over the past 2-3 years, point-of-sale kiosks have become very popular where I live. they're basically people-operated ATMs that people use to withdraw, deposit and transfer money, as well as pay electric, cable bills, etc. they're a bit more expensive than using a regular ATM, but they don't have the long lines that you get at the bank. my only issue with this is now I can't leave the house without seeing signs that say POS! POS!! POS!!! POS!!!! every twenty feet advertising said services

This sounds awful

You go online and see /pos and get flashbacks

This is tragic :(

#beloved mutual #phillycheesesteakcore #asks

[officialgleamstar]

Trav I can't explain it but Pop Star by Coco & Clair Clair has Ron energy. I can just see Glenn hyping him up in the background

HIDING FROM THE SCENE, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR NO DRAMAAAA, DOING MY OWN THING, MIND MY BUSINESS IN MY PRAAAAADAAAAA

this is SO REAL of you and im so honored you thought of me. the mental image is so vivid

#ask #phillycheesesteakcore

[javasquats]

Okay so, you may notice that a lot of the names have to to with god, directly or indirectly. Praising him, telling his goodness, receiving gifts from him. Tribal names are given very intentionally, and in a now vey Christianized context, very often have to do with god, in some way ascribing the blessing of the child to him. Sewuesedoo, it is good to thank god [for this child], Aondodoo, god is good [for giving us this child], etc.

Traditionally, names had more to do with the circumstances surrounding a child's birth rather than the child itself. An aunt on my mom's side is named "Nanier": "nan" = what, "i" = in this context being you plural (pronounced "ee"), "er" = to do/to be/to happen (pronounced "ay"). Altogether, it basically means "what did you (all) do?" or "what happened?" What happened was, back then, extended families lived in large compounds together with individual homes to a family/couple. But my grandfather pissed off one of his uncles (by flirting with said uncle's wife), and so he, my pregnant grandmother and my oldest aunt were kicked out of the compound. The family farm was quite far from the compound, so a small hut had been built out there for people to rest in if they got tired instead of going all the way home. My grandparents stayed there waiting for the uncle to calm down and let them come home, and it was there that my grandmother gave birth to my aunt. When her mom came by to see the baby, she was surprised to find them all the way out there, so she asked them "Nanier?" basically, "wtf are y'all doing out here???" and that's how my aunt got her name which is kind of hilarious.

A bunch of my aunts and uncles on my dad's side have names having to do with power struggle, because around the time my paternal grandfather was having a bunch of kids, he felt he was being cheated out of a position of power that was rightfully his. Mbadum: "mba" = they are (the m is basically silent so it's pronounced "ba"), "du" = to remove, "m" = again, to make it personal, so essentially "they are removing me (from the position I deserve)". Mlumun: "m" = to make it personal, "lumun" = to release, basically "I have left it", I guess when he gave up.

I can't remember all my maternal aunts' and uncles' tribal names off the top of my head, but by the time they got to kid number five (of eight!), they had more to do with god. Ngusonun: "ngu" = is (the n is basically silent, pronounced "gu"), sonun = looking after, "[god] is looking after".

Certain names used to be a lot more gendered, for example Doosuur is typically a girl's name but the cousin I have named that is a dude. A lot of names still are, like Dooshima, Adoo, etc. are still mostly girl's names. Ngutor, Tersoo, etc. are more masculine. It's not like taboo or anything, it's more like how you'd probably do a double take if you met a guy named Jane. Lots of other names are gender neutral though, Sughnen, Sesugh, etc.

The phonestics of Tiv aren't too complicated, although you may have noticed some silent letters. These are almost always at the beginning of words, and basically give the next letter some umph. Like the town of Gboko, the g is silent but it gives the b some extra umph to it that's hard to convey in text.

There are a BUNCH of homophones though which drives me INSANE. The words for yam, house/room, honey, and [one's own] body are all basically pronounced the exact same way and the only difference is stress and sometimes context. I grew up in America until I was ten, so my Tiv accent is abysmal, making it nearly impossible for me to say some of these things correctly, even thirteen years later (I will admit I kinda gave up after a couple of months because I was sick of my cousins teasing me about it, and only picked it up again when an older girl in boarding school found out we were the same tribe but I couldn't speak the language and then ONLY spoke to me in Tiv).

There are some words which basically mean the same thing but are used in different contexts. For example "zege" and "kehe" both basically mean "big", but "zege" conveys more size while "kehe" conveys more weight. Basically, you would describe a house as large (zege), but a dog as heavy (kehe".

Then there are words that don't have specifics. The word to describe food as being good is "nyoho", and although it's used more to describe sweet foods, there isn't really a distinction between sweet and savory. So you would describe the really good fried chicken you had for lunch and the really good cake you had for dessert with the same exact word.

One interesting little fact is what Tiv shares with Hausa. The word for church/worship is the same in both languages, "aduwa", and the words for school are very similar "makaranta" in Hausa and "manta" in Tiv. The words for for food are not the same, but are built the same way: "abinci" in Hausa, "abin" = something, ci = to eat, "something to eat", "kwayan" in Tiv, "kwa" = something, "yan" = to eat, "something to eat". Tiv people allegedly came from somewhere east before settling in the Benue River basin, and Hausa people are decidedly northerners, so this is likely to do with interactions in trade than a common ancestry, but I think it's interesting anyways.

Back in the day, Aondo was the name of the almighty, supreme god. There were a myriad of smaller dieties, spirits and powers under him. Basically, if you had a problem, you went to one of the little guys, offering prayers or sacrifices or whatever. If the problem wasn't fixed, you went to a bigger guy, all the way up to the big guy, Aondo. When the missionaries came, Aondo became the name for the like Yahweh, because the idea of being supreme over all is basically the same. Like I said, both in worship and in naming, "Ter" (meaning father) and Aondo are used fairly interchangeably, Aondo being more formal. "Ter Aondo" specifically refers to god the father. "Jijingi" just means spirit, but in a chrisitan context refers to the Holy Spirit, more formally "Jijingi u Civi", that is, "the spirit of purity/holiness". Jesus is just Yesu, or Yesu Kristu for Jesus Christ. "Tor" also a title that's used sometimes, although less often. It means "king", and heaven is called "Tar Tor", the land of the king. "Msen" means "prayer".

The Tiv people were traditionally a very decentralized people, having clan heads of families and groups of families rather than an overall king. My people are from Kwande, so there's the Ter-Kwande, "father of Kwande". When the British came they didn't like that very much though so they put someone in charge so they could just refer to one person instead of having to deal with a bunch of elders and chiefs and whatnot. He's called the "Tor Tiv", "king of Tiv" which is something of a misleading title. Although it's a very important position with power and wealth and all that, it's not a line of succession. When the Tor Tiv dies, rather than one of his sons becoming the next Tor Tiv, a new one is elected. There have been I think around Tor Tivs total, which shows you how recent the development is, only about some hundred plus years

This is all so cool holy moly. That’s so interesting that by that traditional naming convention, tribal names sort of mark family history!! I can’t get over the fact that your aunt got her name from her grandmother basically saying “Ayo wtf happened??” That’s incredible.

Also please note that after reading this last night, I went and spent an hour looking at articles on Tiv phonology (instead of washing dishes), because that’s the type of stuff that I fixate on I guess. I was curious about the sounds you were saying had more “umph” but couldn’t find a specific explanation. Maybe I’ll be able to find a video where I can pick up on the sounds, idk I’m just curious to hear them after reading your description. I did read that Tiv is a tonal language, which like. Yeah picking back up on learning that after 10 years in the US sounds Tough lol

Re: the word stuff, it’s always fun to see how different languages vary in the ways they divide meaning! Like two concepts that are grouped together in one language will have distinct words in another. Also, the Hausa overlap is really neat too! Hausa is a Chadic language, so it wouldn’t share ancestry with Tiv. The similarities would instead be from language contact as you said, like how English has borrowed from French, Latin, Spanish, etc. but is not a Romance language.

It’s also very interesting hearing about how the religious and political systems changed under colonialism. Leave it to the British imperialists to just group people together regardless of culturally determined distinctions.

Thank you so much for the mini language cultural history lesson!! I love learning things

#fr so fun to read these asks thank you!! #Tiv #phillycheesesteakcore #ask #asks #javasquatting #linguistics