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its300am · 9 months

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Something may be happening right now

What is written here is nothing but a compilation of uncertainties, something I should be taking to the therapy room from which I constantly find myself running away. I always wanted to have a blog, always thought it was great, and I was always in this field. I was in the golden eras of Tumblr as a reader and every now, and then I dared to write, but insecurity always caught up with me. I wrote, but I was terrified of being read. When someone who knew me discovered my writings, that was it, I would never appear on that website again. And that's why drowned and doomed to probably give up that I'm not going to give any certainty that this will one day become something, in fact, it may just be a journal. It will always be in process and if anyone asks, well, it's something I'm trying to make happen. Who knows, maybe one day it will happen even without me knowing.

I don't know if this format still works, It may seem cringe to younger ones, but I used to like things like this, and now that I'm way closer to my 30s than my 20s I'm in the right to be cringe or old-fashioned anyway… I'm not certain about my username yet, I wanted to be something that represents what people will find here, or what I look like to readers. I think the name will come to me eventually by itself. For now I'm its300am.

There are subjects that I like or deal with in general, and I think I should mention it to be aware of what may appear here.

• Movies, but my letterboxd is pretty empty, I mostly post vaguely there because I'm afraid of my mutuals, I mean, they know me IRL, so…

• Anime and manga, but it's been a while since I got close to any of those, college is being so hard on me. Still, my favorites are Dr. Stone, Bungo Stray Dogs and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

• Literature, but I have such a reading hangover that I spend more time thinking about reading than reading (and the bookshelf is just getting ignored). You can see as my goodreads is left to flies.

• Feminism, okay, in this one I think I'm more active, I'm even part of a women's collective, I may come to comment more on that in the future. I'm a Marxist feminist btw.

• Eco-socialism, this one is new to me, but I've always loved the subject, and now I'm getting closer, maybe one thing or another will appear even from my exploration on the subject.

• Comics, this is the sunken skeleton of that pool meme, you know what it is? I used to love it, but it's really been a long time since I've been close, I want to go back. I really like DC's specially their girls such as Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Ivy Poison, Punchline, Zatanna, and others. From Marvel, I enjoy X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy and I have interest in the Eternals.

Other than that I get into a little bit of everything, in music I can't even say what my favorite genre is. My favorite artists transit between Mozart, Lily Allen, Sistar, Charlie Brown Jr, Selena Gomez, Ludmila, Green Day and so on, without any apparent pattern. My for you is summarized in compilations of kittens and some cosplayers, occasionally something about decoration or DIY appears.

In terms of games, I'm not committed to any, because I don't have much time to play, but I like Danganronpa, Identity V, Dead by Daylight, Street Fight V and Twisted Wonderland. The last one is the only one I play more often, since it doesn't demand much from me. I was addicted to Genshin Impact once, but I left the world of drugs and entered the world of hard drugs (college). Since then, it was a lost cause, and I'm not even a good student, I just need to work twice as hard to keep myself at least average. Thank you dyslexia, thank you bipolar disorder, without you my life would be very easy, so it wouldn't be any fun. /irony

My current addictions are listening to podcasts while doing daily activities, some of my favorites are Ciência Suja and Modus Operandi, both in my native language (Portuguese). Plus another addiction is organizing my stuff, the problem is that it never stays organized, so I'm constantly organizing a lifelong mess.

Now that you know me intimately, let's get to the formalities, I prefer to be called Kaká and I have no preference or identification with a specific pronoun. My sexuality is pan, but I'm not going to make war with anyone who confuses it with bi, I live in a huge fatigue, I don't have the energy for that, really. I'm studying literature and modern languages, focused on Portuguese, and I should graduate whenever destiny has planned to. I want to be a teacher, but every day I lose confidence that I have what it takes to pursue this career, so my plan b is to find a publisher that will take me on their team. Yo hablo Español & I want to learn Italian, French, Mandarin and Russian one day, not today.

I don't know what I'm doing here! Maybe it becomes a kind of logbook, and in this case I'm on board of my own life, trying to figure out what comes next and very afraid of what will become of me.

That's it. Fin.

#its the beginning of something new i think #journal #journaling #diary entry

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murasakinocatt · 10 months

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Crio e posto dos mais variáveis tipos de conteúdos e de diferentes fandoms (memes, artes, edits, literatura...) // Minhas postagens aqui são em português e inglês, e tenho outros nomes como: Alpha Catt ou (R)Catt

I create and post the most variable types of content and different fandoms (memes, arts, edits, literature...) // My posts here are in Portuguese and English, and I have other names such as: Alpha Catt or (R)Catt

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#murasakinocatt #canal #channel #perfil #profile #redes sociais #plataformas #social media platforms #youtube #instagram #roblox

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hikarry · 2 months

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What's the name of the Portuguese author? Not that I'll be able to find his books here but I'm curious now. That plot sounds insane. A metal cube that eats flesh? Doctor Who fanfic

José Rodrigues dos Santos

Don't say that. His books have been translated into some languages, it only depends on where you are and how fiercely you want to find them

My theory, much like Shakespeare when he wrote A Mid Summer Night's Dream - but not comparing whatsoever - he was high when he came up with that plot

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this cube suddenly showed up in a random Doctor Who episode. I would just say "Huh. The cube" and move on with my life. Cause it is indeed some ultra sci-fi bullshit

Also, the book before that one? It's called Vaticanum and has A LOT of similarities with Angels & Demons. The whole killing the Pope thing and whatnot. That was the first book of the collection I read and I remember it being so bloody good. I don't know what happened to his brain

Truth be told, that man is a meme here in Portugal

Apart from an author he is also a journalist/News Anchor in the State's TV channel and...oof. remember when the submarine imploded near the Titanic? He legit opened the News with "That's it. Everybody died!" in such a tone of voice even I that don't watch that channel rewatched it to exhaustion

He releases a new book for the collection every year, so like...He is low-key a content farm literature wise

Judge as you might, the first few books were actually good, I swear

#asks #anon

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svngriv · 3 years

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I love it how Brazilians are so gossipy that our greatest literary meme is "okay, but did she cheat or not?"

#brazil #portuguese #classic #capitu traiu #ou sera q não #nao traiu nao #bentinho que era borrola #literature #classic lit memes

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polarisbibliotheque · 3 years

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Random DMC Headcanon: Foreign Languages

So, I was thinking about the Sparda Family™ and their knowledge of foreign languages. Here's how far I got:

Dante: Probably knows Spanish and Italian, just because he's that kind of guy - mostly learnt on his own. Has moderate knowledge of French and Latin for some studies (Eva tried, bless that woman) and Brazilian Portuguese for the memes;

Vergil: 100% fluent in French. You don't even have to ask. Italian, German and Latin are on his list as well, because occult literature. King of dead languages and other less obvious ones, such as Greek and Ancient Egyptian - again, for occult purposes. Learnt everything on his own, because you know... Knowledge is power;

Nero: Quite good with Spanish, actually. Has some interest in Italian because it sounds pretty similar and the food is nice. Trying to learn French to impress Kyrie, but boy can't have a single moment of peace when Nico catches him trying to say something like "je mange un croissant" while studying with Duolingo. She spends a whole week calling him "croissant boy" and Nero just prays Dante will never find out, or his life will be over.

Bonus

V: He's got French and Italian written all over that ~mysterious~ aura. Considering who he is, he does know all dead and random languages, but because of his vibes, I'd say he'd have a preference for English and French because it sounds so beautiful when reciting literature. Insert Griffon rolling his eyes here "OK FRENCHSPEARE"

#dmc headcanons #devil may cry headcanons #dmc dante #dmc vergil #dmc nero #dmc v #devil may cry #dante headcanons #vergil headcanons #nero headcanons #dmc v headcanons

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hello-nichya-here · 2 years

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Were you a straight-A student in school? I wager that you were some overly-analytical nerd. In a good way.

I was basically that meme of "I used to be a straight-A student and now I'm not even straight!"... but it kind of depends on the subject.

History/Philosophy/Sociology/Geography

I was nerd on these subjects then, and I still am today

Literature

I was usually good at it, but brazilian literature is very hit or miss, so sometimes I just couldn't force myself to read a huge, boring book by some self-impressed elitist.

English/Spanish

I was good at it, but the spelling fucks with me to this day and I hate it

Portuguese

My sentences are coherent, my vocabulary isn't limited, and I get the spelling right 95% of the time. Just don't ask me what the fuck is an intransitive verb or a nominal complement or an adverbial adjunct because I don't know, and just writing these words gives me flashbacks.

Biology

I was usually good at it, but I failed, I failed HARD

Chemistry

I was terrible at it 90% of the time

Math

I went from the kid that corrects the teacher/the test, to literally looking my teacher in the eye and saying "I'm sorry for what you're going to see"

Physics

Math, but worse.

Gym Class

I showed up. Sometimes. Eventually.

#asks #about me

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portugueseliteratureiq · 11 months

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Genie: I will grant you as many wishes as you want, as long as you can state them in a single cohesive, logical yet beautiful sentence.

José Saramago: *rolls up his sleeves*

#portuguese literature meme #jose saramago #saramago #his sentences are like a million miles #yet somehow feel like poetry

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leer-reading-lire · 3 years

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Literature meme: Poets 2/5 ‣ Irma Pineda

↳ Irma Pineda Santiago (1974) is a poet, translator, teacher, promoter of the Zapotec or Diidxazá language and defender of the rights of native peoples. She is the author of different books such as Naxiña 'Rului' ladxe ' (Red Desire) or Guie' ni (The flower that went away), among many others. She has also published in different newspapers, magazines and anthologies in Mexico, the United States and Italy. Her work has been translated into English, Italian, German, Serbian, Russian, and Portuguese. Pineda was also one of the three candidates to represent indigenous peoples before the United Nations (UN). Finally, in May 2019, she was elected to represent the indigenous peoples of Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean during the 2020-2022 period.

#literature meme #lit meme #poetry #poet #female writers #female authors #women in literature #read women #mujeres en la literatura #mujeres escritoras #books by women #bookblr #booklr #mexican literature #literatura mexicana #poesía #litedit #irma pineda #my post

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queens-hoes · 4 years

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Ikevamp Suitors as University Professors (Part 3!)

Shakespeare

Obviously a literature prof is that even a question with a focus on the really old stuff

Like Beowulf, medieval literature, Shakespeare (if it exists in this uni-verse haha get it)

Basically if it came out before the 18th century, he's your guy or if it's Edgar Allan Poe

I feel like our boy Willy Shakes would be a big fan of the Big Bad Gothic Hoe

Reads texts out loud very dramatically

Focuses on the way something is written instead of the meaning behind it

Symbolism? Nah mate

This is coming from the guy whose plays are filled with adult jokes that just fly over your head the first time around

(Shakespeare literally made a "your mom" joke, he isn't overanalyzing shit)

His class is really insightful but....

.....can anyone understand a word this man is saying

God help his poor students

They always need to have an extra tab open to a dictionary site

Y'know how teachers have apples on their desks? He'd probably have a skull instead for the aesthetic

It's an ongoing debate among students whether he's amazing or terrible at his job

You better hope he doesn’t hear you talking shit....or else....

(Exit, pursued by a bear)

Comte

The President of the entire school, can’t convince me otherwise

If not that, then he’s at least a dean or head chairman of a certain faculty

Despite having such a high-standing position, his true passion really is teaching

And he sure can teach a lot

He can speak literally Every Language, so he’s pretty much a fixture in the International/Foreign Language department

Probably spends most of the time teaching French or English

But based on the game we can safely assume he can also speak Italian, Dutch, German and Japanese

And probably Latin, Greek and/or Hebrew since he’s old af

He’s also 100% picked up at least a little of Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Thai, Russian, Hindi, literally every other language in existence

Has really good relationships with the international students bc of this

Hand-picks every prof at the school

Though sometimes regrets his life choices when he hears about Dazai breaking another window or Leo being found in the fountain for the third straight day

Professor Saint-Germain needs a holiday

You will never hear someone say something bad about this man, he is amazing

Any woman that interacts with him, whether it be a faculty member or a student, has fallen at least a little in love with him and a few men too wink wonk

But don't be fooled, he will suspend/expel/fire anyone that crosses any lines

Everyone secretly suspects that he’s actually either a nobleman of some sort or a supernatural creature

No human is just born like that

Sebastian

Is Napoleon’s favourite TA that follows him around like a puppy

Practically has the same level of history knowledge as Napoleon, just without the PhD (for now)

Bc of this, he helps out a lot of the students that may feel intimidated to go to the prof

Has a group chat with his tutorial group where he sends historical memes

His groups are always full bc of how popular he is with students

Would totally use stan Twitter language to discuss historical events

"AIGHT so lemme spill the tea on the French Revolution and why you should stan my S-tier level man, Napoleon--"

100% the type to tell his students where to find free textbooks in illegal ways

Exams coming up? You bet he's making Kahoot/Jeopardy games to help everyone review

Need an extension? No biggie

But if he notices you actually slacking off, Scary Sebastian appears

They say his glare is enough to scare anyone into submission Comte is so proud

#ikemen vampire #ikevamp #ikevam #ikevamp shakespeare #ikevamp comte #ikevamp sebastian #ikevam shakespeare #ikevam comte #ikevam sebastian #ikevamp headcanons #william shakespeare #comte de saint germain

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eveenstar · 3 years

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5 and 11 for the asks! I love this ask meme - it's so great that you reblogged it. I love learning about new cultures! <3

Hi! I assure you I’m the worst person to learn about Portuguese culture because I’m not very knowledgeable about it, but I’m trying my best! Thanks for asking, have a nice day/night <33

5. favourite song in your native language?

it’s 100% Primavera (Spring) by The Gift. It’s a love song that sounds a bit sad in melody but totally recommend it :)) here’s the song (the English lyrics are a bit off tho!)

11. favourite native writer/poet?

I’m not interested in Portuguese literature by any means, I don’t think it’s interesting or as amazing as many like to say, but one of the poets I enjoy is Fernando Pessoa. He’s wrote quite a few good poems and some of them are quite sad (up to interpretation) and I actually relate to them. He’s wellknown outside of Portugal too :)

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aion-rsa · 3 years

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From Bridgerton to Hamilton: A History of Color-Conscious Casting in Period Drama

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Note: This Bridgerton article contains no book or series plot spoilers.

Bridgerton is a unique mix of Shonda Rhimes’ dedication to Black representation on American television and the British period drama tradition. White critics may dismiss this trend as unnecessary “pandering” to Black and POC viewers, but the number of productions designed around reforming all white-casting has increased over the past 10 years—and has only added to the success of the genre. The number one reason driving demand for diverse period dramas is from Black and POC fans of the genre. The impact of seeing an actor that looks like you can’t be measured in ratings or clicks online. Despite facing years of content and fandom overtly or covertly claiming that the universal themes in period dramas are not “for us”; the tide is starting to turn as fans use social media and the power of ratings to ask for more representation.

A quick overview of recent Regency England-set productions leaves much to be desired. Although the 2018 Amazon Prime/ITV miniseries and the 2005 movie adaptations of Vanity Fair left in West Indian and Jewish heiress Miss Schwarz, she is one of many supporting characters. PBS/ITV’s Sanditon, on the one hand, improved representation by prominently featuring Georgiana Lambe. However, her story was a huge disappointment to Black and POC fans who expected her plotline to end happily or at least have her conflicts resolved.

There have been three paths traditionally towards increasing diversity in period dramas: 1) blind casting (also called racebending), where Black and POC actors play traditionally white characters adding original Black characters to existing fictional works, and 2) Own Voices, where Black and POC writers share their own stories. These two are not mutually exclusive, but, in the world of British period drama, the former is more frequently used, as the bedrock of the genre is adapting existing novels and plays by white authors.

The theoretical framework for inclusive casting begins in the world of staging period drama at the theater. In Shakespeare’s day, men played women’s roles as women were not allowed to appear on stage. The genre evolved in later centuries to allow women to appear on stage, but the tradition of having actors who didn’t match the original descriptions remained. This is even true of his history plays where real women royalty were characters. Ira Aldridge in the 1840s was the first Black actor in Britain to play traditionally white roles on stage. Later on, in the 19th century, several stage adaptations of Jane Austen’s works had all-women casts.

Fast forward to 2015, when Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton redefined what it meant to cast inclusively in modern period dramas by using actors descended from slavery and colonialism to play the Founding Fathers. Every aspect of the musical was designed to reframe the existing narrative of early American history. The costume design also reflected the identities of the actor by featuring braids, locs, and textured hairstyles over 18th century white hairstyles. Rap lyrics conveyed to the audience the names, dates, and other descriptions of the Revolutionary War. The old adage that someone must “look the part” to play a biographical role was thrown out the window.

Hamilton proved that many of the old excuses used to sideline diverse period dramas no longer held to be true. Millions of white people listened to the cast album, brought tickets, or streamed the movie on Disney+. UK theater patrons flocked to the West End cast of Hamilton, as well, before the pandemic. Memes, parodies, and more on social media proved that white audiences can conceptualize historical figures as fictional characters while also knowing the real figures looked and acted quite differently. Fans of the show pushed Ron Chernow’s biography back onto the bestseller lists as they wanted to read what really happened.

The first clear impact the show had on the genre of British period drama comes from a mystery. Daisy Coulam, Grantchester’s head screenwriter, cited reading an interview with Miranda as the inspiration behind the exit plotline for James Norton’s character Sidney Chambers. UK crime dramas For those unfamiliar with the series, Grantchester is a mystery procedural based on a series of books about a 1950s crime-solving Anglican vicar by James Runcie. Norton’s exit plotline in Season 4 generated an original to the show character named Violet who was the daughter of a visiting African-American preacher. Violet was an original character who forced the audience to consider that the US civil rights movement indeed reached their treasured vision of the lily-white British countryside. Coulam already laid the groundwork for Violet in earlier seasons by abandoning large sections of the original novel timeline and but keeping the case of the week focused on addressing 1950’s social issues. Fans heavily criticized Coulam’s writing for style and pacing, but her imagination clearly indicates that Hamilton’s proven formula for disrupting established historical aesthetics can just as easily be applied to fictional depictions of the UK’s past as blind casting a biography-based series or depicting real figures of Black British history.

Other period dramas released in recent years share traces of Hamilton’s impact but in a more thematic and less direct different way. Some shows turned real Black British figures into fictional characters. Lina (Stephanie Levi-John) and Oviedo (Aaron Cobham) on The Spanish Princess are composites of Catherine of Aragon’s servants and several famous Black Tudors. Catherine “Kitty” Despard (Kerri McClean) in Poldark Season 5 was a forgotten Black British figure added in to expand the world outlined in the novels. Victoria featured Ira Aldridge (Ashley Zhangazha) mentioned earlier, plus spotlighted the Queen’s adopted daughter Sarah-Forbes Bonetta and Cuffay (C.J. Beckford) as the leader of the proto-socialist Chartists. Lucille Anderson (Leonie Elliott) on Call the Midwife was not mentioned in the original memoirs, but she was added to represent the Caribbean nurses from the Windrush Generation of UK immigrants.

Racebent casting also increased. Dev Patel’s role as the title character in the movie The Personal History of David Copperfield proved that Dickens adaptations could indeed include POC casts without changing the fundamental plot and message. PBS/BBC’s Les Miserables miniseries also extended the Broadway tradition of casting Black actors in traditionally white coded classic literature characters. Hulu’s The Great featured Sacha Dhawan and several Black actors as Russian nobility, politicians, and courtiers.

All of these series, however, carefully attempted to stay grounded in recreating the original source material or invested in faithfully replicating the era they were set in. Bridgerton radically expands upon Hamilton’s formula by divorcing inclusive casting from any desire to accurately recreate historical events, eras, or figures. Romance, fantasy, and social/familial drama are universal themes that don’t depend on having a white-dominant vision of society. Quinn’s original novel series sparingly referred to historical events during the Regency Era. Her focus was on creating a world where the most important events were balls and weddings. More Dukes and other holders of inherited titles exist in her vision of the Ton (the most elite members of Regency society) than in reality. Historians would likely dispute her characterization of the elite social season as well. Characters’ internal dialogue is in modern English peppered with regional accents and slang. They rarely lampshade or criticize the way of society beyond their romantic desires and family obligations. Readers see the physical intimacy on the page Austen never mentioned. This literary environment is ripe for inclusive casting on screen.

The most critical flip in characterization is Simon, Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page). His character is the romantic hero of the first book in the series The Duke and I and is the character that set fan expectations high for future novels. Simon having visibly African features and yet being an object of desire is incredibly subversive in a genre where white beauty standards dominate hetero and homosexual fiction.

Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), Simon’s godmother, is an elder stateswoman and a twist on the battle-ax aunt trope popular in period dramas. She isn’t as caustic and insulting as some other famous widows and spinsters but she commands authority and a mansion filled with people to perform all the hard labor. Lady Danbury is even implied to be slightly higher in status than her white counterparts with children of marrying age Lady Violet Bridgerton (Ruth Gemmell) and Lady Portia Featherington (Polly Walker).

Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuve) being played by a biracial woman is actually a subtle Easter Egg to existing history debates. Many have debated if her portraits were airbrushed to disguise African features. A few years ago, a documentary established her African ancestry is via the Portuguese royals. All of her scenes involve petting her Pomeranian, demanding to know the latest gossip, and manipulating the gentry into doing her bidding.

The miniseries doesn’t end the racial diversity with those at the highest social rank or even at the lower orders of domestic servants. Marina Thompson (Ruby Barker) is a cousin of the Featheringtons and represents the “poor relation” character popular in stories based on the British gentry. A Black modiste (dressmaker) trained in French fashion makes all of the dresses the characters wear. Will Mondrich (Martins Imhangbe) is a boxer, likely a reference to former slave turned bare-knuckle boxer Bill Richmond. Alongside the characters with plot lines viewers follow, there is a conscious effort to hire Black and POC extras to fill in crowd scenes at balls, park scenes, and other public events. The viewer sees people who look like themselves in every class level of society and can feel like they too can become part of their world.

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Attire is a critical part of upholding the fantasy and cultural diversity Bridgerton and also in communicating to the audience the series isn’t your aunt’s neutral tone Austen adaptation. Marina and Lady Danbury would never be caught dead in a plain white muslin frock. All of the popular Regency hairstyles for women have been modified and reworked for natural textured hair, braids, and locs. Some of the Black male extras even have modern African hairstyles left in tact. The only Black characters who wear the traditional white wigs are older men or servants in full formal uniform. Queen Charlotte’s Black courtiers and servants wear a mixture of extravagant 1770s and 1780s attire and Regency court wear to create a physical separation between them and the rest of the ensemble cast. These style decisions are right out of the playbook of Still Star-Crossed, Shondaland’s first foray into period drama. Although that series took place in 1300’s Italy, the priority was on blending fantasy and Black fashion aesthetics over catering to white costume enthusiasts and reenactors.

In the world of Bridgerton, slavery and colonialism are directly or indirectly referenced exceedingly sparingly. One reference is to Lord Dunmore’s army of emancipated and runaway slaves during the Revolutionary War proclamation. (Hercules Mulligan’s Black troops referenced in “Stay Alive” is the Patriot equivalent of Dunmore’s forces). These sparing hints make it clear to the viewers that class, family, and personal family drama is the root cause of joy and pain in this series.

Since Bridgerton is completely ignoring the physical descriptions of the characters in many cases, the set design carries the bulk of the attention to historical detail. The series hired Dr. Hannah Greig as a historical advisor to ensure these details were as close to 1813 as possible. Greig has previously acted as a consultant to the Sanditon, Poldark, and The Duchess cast and crew is likely where the Easter Eggs in character references come from. Lavish mansions and castles and the more humble spaces ground the fantastical plot details in historical reality. Several previous period dramas have recreated the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, but these scenes in the miniseries are elevated to the next level thanks to Netflix’s budget.

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The success of Bridgerton applying color-conscious casting to a fantasy/romance series has implications far beyond potential future seasons. Studios especially those in the UK have been hesitant to utilize recent historical romance books for screen adaptations. Modern historical fiction by Black and POC authors (called Own Voices fiction) which is crucial in the fight for increased representation. Novelists such as Beverly Jenkins, Courtney Milan, and Alyssa Cole have written romances set in the Regency and other eras of American and British History that can easily be transformed into movies and miniseries. Some of these novels recreate existing history while others lean into escapist fantasy. The ultimate goal in period drama representation is for Black and POC creatives to tell their own stories covering all the ranges of emotion, not just historical trauma.

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Critics can keep attacking period dramas for being “too woke” (a term that was stolen from anti-racism activists) for remembering that white people aren’t the only inhabitants of the British Isles and America, but series like Bridgerton are here to stay. Black and POC viewers and readers of period drama and romance fiction always existed, and viewership will only grow if more inclusive period romance projects are greenlit in the future.

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japaneselanguagestudentghost · 4 years

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I know this is basic stuff, but I am trying ç_ç I’d like this to be a good mix of info and shenanigans, these will appear along with the gazillion memes I still have in mind.

Japan uses a total of 4 writing systems:

Hiragana

Katakana

Kanji

Roumaji

While hiragana and kanji are mainly used for native words, katakana and roumaji are used for foreign words and foreign-derived words.

いえ (house) - hiragana

家 ( いえ , house) - kanji

カステラ (kasutera, a Japanese sweet derived from the Portuguese castella, popular since the 1600) - katakana

Pen - Roumaji (Roman alphabet, imported by Western cultures)

The Japanese basic alphabet is directly derived from China through Korea and likewise it follows a division in syllables, rather than in single letters like Western alphabets.

A rough idea of the change happened can be seen below (from https://www.sakuramani.com/, very good website to look at):

The first attested usage of kana is the Kojiki, which is followed by the Nihon Shoki.

The kana was later modified and reached a final form around the Edo period, during the renaissance of literature and art after the Karakura-Muromachi period, whose years had been profoundly signed by a series of civil wars.

For writing and pronunciation you can see this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD3FJgij79c

#japanese language #kana #katakana #hiragana #alphabet #romaji #studyblr #the ghost #japanese language student ghost

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shinrasfirst · 4 years

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-> Mun meme <-

Repost rather than reblog, thanks!

Basics

name (or preferred online name): min. age: 28. birthday: november 15. fluent in: english, german. and soon portuguese. watch me.

Writing details:

preferred genres/tropes/aus: horror, angst, psychological, thriller, dark genres in general, romance. <-- i’m stealing this answer 1:1 from kay because it’s perfect. disliked genres/tropes/aus: domestic fluff without a purpose, pregnancy and childbirth, fight scenes, social media aus like wtf do you even do there write out youtube videos??, religion themed things (based on real religions), “celebrity” aus, college aus without any further plot (that’s a setting), hogwarts based aus (again, what’s the plot that is just a setting). preferred writing styles: multi-para to novella. tho i don’t usually write novella because it takes me long enough to write multiple paragraphs. sometimes it happens though. i don’t really do one-liners anymore. personal icon preferences (do you use them? do you prefer certain sizes? ect.): mine are like 75x75 to 100x100. i like using them because i think they complement the post, but i don’t always have one that fits or even any for certain characters, so i also write without them. i don’t mind when people use no icons. any other details about your writing preferences you want to include: i like both present tense and past tense (i tend to write present tense). i kind dislike first person narrators, but i can live with them. what i really fucking hate is second person narration, that’s only acceptable in homestuck. i don’t like double small text because i can’t read it; seriously i already zoom in to 150% sometimes on the regular dash. i also can’t deal with these posts that are so formatted every other word has a different font size, italics, boldness or color. it LOOKS great, but it’s annoying to read, tbh. that, and it’s usually accompanied by purple prose which i absolutely despise. i find it laughable that some people consider that “high quality writing” like no. it very often doesn’t make sense, it’s overly complicated, it sounds like the writer had a sentence in their head and then looked up an archaic synonym for every single word just to sound cool. and it usually creates long paragraphs in which literally nothing happens but someone dropping a pen and saying “ur dumb” but in very fancy. i’ll let this slide as poetry, but not as epic writing. stop making people feel inferior for (luckily) not being “able” to write like that, it’s seriously not better at all. go back to college and ask any literature professor (who doesn’t specialize in poetry - or maybe even them) if they think this is good writing. i dare you.

Get to know me:

what fandoms do you consider yourself a part of, even outside of this blog?: SO MANY! just gonna give you the ones i rp or rped in the past (and haven’t rage quit). star wars, the originals, harry potter, tmi, the witcher, dragon age, baldur’s gate, gentleman jack, lord of the rings, sailor moon. what fandoms are you entirely uninterested in?: 50 shades of misrepresentation, 13 reasons why not every book should be adapted for tv/cinema, game of ra/pe and torture, overwatch (i don’t hate it i’m just not interested), steven universe, adventure time, american horror story, ... favourite foods: pasta asciutta favourite drinks: coffee, sprite, hot chocolate, elderflower spritz hobbies: writing, video games, watching series/movies, spending time with my doggo, drawing, hiking/going for walks list ten things you want to do in the future: be healthy, finish my stupid studies, pay back my debts, live in brazil for 1+ month, visit new zealand, learn how to use worbla, buy a better car, meet bts, meet monsta x, become better at baking what do you wish would change in the rp community?: i want to go back to how it was when i first started out rping on tumblr. where people still understood that fanon is not canon. when everyone still remembered how to mind their own business. when anon hate was a rare and unusual thing. when witch hunts were a thing of the dark ages. i’ll take back the gigantic gifs and unformatted, uncut, messy posts filled with all the fanfic tropes, if you take back all the vile fake social justice bullshit and the sky-high anxieties it causes. literally, take me back to the start. what are some of the things you love about the rp community?: the shared excitement over certain things. the memes are fun. the birth of bizarre ships and dynamics (incl. crossovers). generally the possibilities of meeting great writers and lovely people. anything else you’d like to add?: please proceed into android hell. 🙃

#( munday. )#( psa. )#( tag game. )

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tag meme

i was tagged by @itsme-imhere thanks for this :))

rules: bold everything that applies to you and tag five people you’d like to get to know better.

appearance:

i’m over 5’5” (I’m 5′7″, close to 5′8″ - this sistem is so confusing) // i wear glasses or contacts (i should but i haven’t done the exams yet) // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing (actually it deppends on my mood, I enjoy both but lately I’ve been a fan of more tight clothing - and less too, is so freaking hot in this freaking country) // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces (four years of pain, three years of freedom) // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear makeup // i don’t often smile (I’m more serious when needed, in public, when I’m concentrated, but if I have a good relashionship wuth you I’ll be a less serious goof) // i am pleased with how i look (uhh, it deppends) // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards (my hair is curly - I’m black with native and a bit of european descendence -, I usually use black power - i don’t know is the term is right, but that’s how we say it in Brasil, so no)

hobbies & talents

i play a sport (like, any sport, i love sports, and i should go back into playing soccer) // i can play an instrument (accustic guitar) // i am artistic (art in general, photography, literature, music) // i know more than one language (brazilian portuguese is my first language, english can be considered my second, I can understand a lot of spanish and italian, and I'm into french and latim latetly) // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition (school competitons, a medal on Muay Thai and i’ve graduated multiple times in Capoeira) // i can cook or bake without a recipe (not a lot of foods, but enough) // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to t.v shows (yes, but my main focus is the story telling, so it’ll depend on it) // i can execute a perfect somersault (thanks to, mainly, Muay Thai) // i enjoy singing (wich does not mean that i can sing well) // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year (well, I’m nearly finishing the third book out of seven - it is Sherlock Holmes) // i enjoy spending time with friends (surprisingly, specially to me, i do have friends, and a lot of them live in a different state so we’ve been playing and sending love to each other on a weekly basis) // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand (I’ve been out of physical practice but yes)

relationships

i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year (...my entire life) // i have a crush (... I don’t think so) // i have a best friend i have known for ten years (we’re not friends anymore :/) // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me (happened once, but I did not know how to react and was confused, so I’ve rejected him) // i have had a long-distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends (pretty neat and awesome advice if you ask me) // i have made an online friend (oh, multiple idiots that i love) // i met up with someone i have met online (I will)

aesthetic

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside (I can’t stay long without being out, in touch with nature, it balances me) // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach (I never have been in one) // i know what snow tastes like (I live in a tropical country and never left my state, so, saddly, no) // i listen to music to fall asleep (rarelly) // i enjoy thunderstorms (I don’t enjoy them that much, it is kinda scary, but beatiful to watch) // i enjoy cloud watching (I wish that I could do so more frequently, but I live in a place without big, open spaces) // i have attended a bonfire (once, for Festa Junina, aka São João, the BEST date, the absolute best party ever) // i pay close attention to colors (I’ve never thought about it) // i find mystery in the ocean (I’ll only get close to large bodys of water when I finally learn how to swim) // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season (I prefer winter)

misc.

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle (not a freaking chance) // i am the mom friend (yep, that’s me, the only one with a rational brain that can tell stupid shit will finish in bad situations and overcare) // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies (nem sei o que é) // i am involved in extracurricular activities (if the activities I propose to myself count, then yes, I quite enjoy learning new things and developing projects alone) // i enjoy mexican food (I have never had mexican food before) // i can drive a stick-shift (I haven’t started to studie to get my license yet, but I believe so) // i believe in true love (I think I do, yes, at least) // i make up scenarios to fall asleep (oh please, I make up scenarios in any situation, I’m an anxious overthinker that porbably has adhd) // i sing in the shower (I can’t shower without music, even if I’m not listening to the song, I’ll sing one that reflects my feelings or that is in my head) // i wish i lived in a video game (nah, I’m good here) // i have a canopy above my bed (not yet, but I plan doing) // i am multiracial (I guess I can say so, I’m not very educated on racial descendence and bellonging matters) // i am a redhead // i own at least three dogs (I only had a dog, that died when I was very young, maybe before my five years of life :/ I really want to adopt one now) // i have a cat (I’ve had like, at least seven cats at this point. In the moment I have one black cat, pretty petty, his name is Fumaça - it’s a refference t an old cartoon that my godmother used to watch as a kid)

tagging @its-really-all-about-perspective @bettylove @gayzor-el-primary

#personal #tag game #i talk - and write - a lot sorry

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