◾Original portraits of some of the Serbian revolutionaries from the 18th and 19th centuries by Serbian painter Urosh Knezhevitsh(srb. Урош Кнежевић/lat. Uroš Knežević) 🇷🇸
◾Officially, the first revolution for liberation from the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans was started by the Serbs in 1804 (and earlier than that there were smaller Serbian revolutions).
▪️Hayduk Velyko Petrovitsh & Mirko Apostolovitsh (srb. Хајдук Вељко Петровић и Мирко Апостоловић)
▪️Voivoda Blagoye Zhabarats & Yanko Popovitsh (srb. Војвода Благоје Жабарац и Јанко Поповић)
▪️Vasa Charapitsh & Yanitshie Dyuritsh(srb. Васа Чарапић и Јанићије Ђурић)
▪️Luka Lazarevitsh & Mladen Milovanovitsh(srb. Лазар Лазаревић и Младен Миловановић)
▪️Yakov & Aleksa Nenadovitsh (srb. Јаков и Алекса Ненадовић)
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The Warrior Mother
Théodore Valerio (1819 - 1879) - was a French lithographer and painter, had traveled the Balkan peninsula during his life and painted this artwork inspired by Serbian women he had seen during his travels
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Red Star Belgrade players that also played in Golden State Warriors.
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Mel 🔆, Viktor 🌌, and Jayce 🔥 symbolism
SUN 🔆
Mel's association with the sun is self-evident and still mostly shrouded in mystery, though her love scene with Jayce is notable, which is overlaid with starry imagery, where her silhouette and her freckled face are compared to the cosmos. The sun is also a star. It's just the star that's closest to Runeterra and has the most influence over the world.
Mel and the Hexcore are the POVs of the scene.
Hexcore and starry imagery is more strongly and consistently associated with someone else, though!
STARS 🌟 / THE COSMOS 🌌
Viktor's blue to purple pipeline is real
But seriously, the starry/swirly shapes point toward distant stars, the cosmos, a galaxy. There is no moon in Viktor's night scenes throughout the season, only stars.
Viktor's character regresses as the season goes on (blue to purple, ready to fall into Shimmer-like magenta as his corruption nears its peak).
His hubris opens him up to some kind of corruption by the Hexcore, or by whatever - or whoever - is using the Hexcore as a gateway, like what Jinx points out. Singed as his mentor plants and encourages the lie that Viktor believes, that he's better off alone and that the ends justify the means.
These perfectly ruinous circumstances lead to him getting Sky killed (Sky like sky blue, like Inspiration, lost as Viktor has lost sight of good in his pursuit of great).
In his running scene, Viktor runs not from left to right, filmspeak for progression - he runs from right to left, as though backstepping.
(And also for the Rocky Balboa reference called out in this brilliant post, but hey, I think it all works)
It's also worth laying the foundation that Viktor is a fantasy interpretation of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American inventor who was fascinated with electricity, radio signals, the cosmos, and [REDACTED for another post probably lol]
If you've fallen down the rabbit hole of League lore like I have, you might have picked up that peoples and warriors who are sun-worshipers are (at least anciently) tasked with hunting down and destroying Void beings, who are eldritch beings associated with the distant stars, or are Runeterrans constructed by the Void Watchers trapped between realms. The sun fights against interlopers from other dimensions or celestial bodies.
Mel and Viktor have the same ideas about risk and the nature of progress, and they are both technically foreigners living in Piltover and pursuing that progress - in two very different (but complementary) ways. They are most likely the two characters whose literal bodies are celestial, imbued with the Arcane. Their bodies are most likely augmented with magical metals.
Yet the arcane imagery that seems to accompany them respectively are diametrically opposed - Sun vs. Void, possibly. (Also, purple and yellow/gold are opposite or complement colors on the color wheel.)
Whether they wind up working together or whether they clash (as Viktor loses himself) or if it's a mix of both, I think Mel and Viktor are destined to collide in season 2.
So where does this leave Jayce?
FIRE 🔥
Fire for Jayce means more than one thing. The first thing that should come to mind is the fire of the forge. Creation and industry. The legacy and hard work of his family.
However, his FIRST imagery with fire occurs when Elora says "Speak of the devil" and Jayce is framed in flames at Mel's fundraising party.
He's similarly framed in the flames of a Molotov cocktail on the bridge between Piltover and the undercity with Viktor, after he's just called the people of the undercity dangerous.
What I think we're being shown here are Jayce's choices. He can use his talents and influence for good - creation and industry - or he can use them for destruction and oppression. A hammer can create.
A hammer can also be a weapon, a tool of destruction:
Fire can quickly burn and spread out of control.
Hey look, blue all the way to magenta in one scene!
And if you know his original League lore, the reason why his rivalry with [REDACTED] crosses the point of no return - fire and destruction. Yeah.
Jayce is interesting because his point position in the Mel-Viktor-Jayce trifecta makes it tempting to assign celestial imagery to him, too. However, adult Jayce is only present with Hexcore, star, and sun imagery when he is sharing a scene with Viktor or Mel respectively.
The show makes it a point that Mel and Viktor are the reasons he is the Man of Progress at all:
Note that Jayce in the center of his Man of Progress posters is backed by a gear (Viktor) and the sun (Mel). If Viktor had not intervened in episode 2, Jayce would be dead or disenfranchised. If Mel had not intervened in episode 3, then Jayce AND Viktor would have been kicked out of the Academy if not imprisoned or exiled, and Hextech with Jayce and Viktor at the helm would not exist.
(This is reaching, but I like to interpret that the circle + notches in the gear shape are like Viktor's star symbolism, but even if that's the big reach that I think it is, Viktor is a machinist, engineer, and techmaturgist with Artificer parents - the gear definitely represents him on a meta level)
The imagery that I believe is Jayce's and Jayce's alone is that of fire. He is terrestrial, using magic contained within tools the way he has always wanted to bring Hextech to every household, while Mel and Viktor are influenced by magic on a whole other level.
Sure would be a shame if Jayce found a reason to choose the path of destruction and be corrupted further, diverging from Mel and Viktor's core values
Sure would be a shame if Viktor's personal choices had consequences that radiated out further than season 1 and he gets put on a disastrous collision course with everything that Jayce and by extension Piltover hates and fears
Sure would be stressful for us if Arcane decided to be a Greek tragedy about it
Though possibly the most important piece of this picture is how Mel - gold like the sun, gold that doesn't tarnish or rust, gold that is an excellent conductor - has already faced the abyss and said NO to her own corruption:
It sure would be something for her to have to watch Jayce and Viktor go down a different path, huh
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Serbian women will raise the next generation of Muslim warriors.
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So googled cavelry cause I was thinking about Maglor’s gap.
Google asked if I wanted to know the most successful cavelry in history and I was like “yeah, why not, I’m a nerd.”
And so I just learned about the Winged Hussars, an elite class of Serbian Mercenaries who fought for Polish and Hungarian lords in the 1600’s, won every battle they fought and already look like they came from a fantasy novel:
Those wings actually served a purpose besides looking badass (and therefore being intimidating, so that is a valid purpose): the wooden frame protects from blows from behind, and the feathers create a sound that spooks enemy horses.
So Maglor the bard warrior cavelry guy absolutely had, if not feathers, like reeds or bells or whistles or all three tuned to create a song that would alarm dark things, not just horses.
They fought with extremely long but hollow metal lances, which were HORRIFYINGLY reported to spear five people in one go.
They became obsolete when fire arms became accurate enough to hit fast moving targets at distance, but until technology advanced to that point they never lost a battle.
So. Headcanon for Maglor and the elves of the gap.
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intro post last updated on 15/02/2024 (d/m/y)
greetings PEASANT.
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THIS IS AN INTRO POST.
I think so, at least.
Fuck this is already looking like shit-
anyway.
Greetings, passenger from abroad, and welcome to this hell of a blog. It's literally just my main blog where I post incoherent and useless shit so I doubt I'm going to get followers but oh well.
You may refer to me as toki, nada, albert (LMAO), zeeke, jimmy, gavrilo, ryan, or anything you're used to. pronouns are incomprehensible to the human mind. (Or you can call me a he for now!)
Current canon event (obsession/possible hyperfixation): ALBERT ARETZ (youtube flamingo), TDI. I'm also starting to read warrior cats
Random factors regarding my character that may indicate my personality and how it affects my interactions with you and the world(under the cut):
🇷🇸 × Slavic, Serbian, and really annoying about it
Freakblr soldier
Stupid dumb idiotic individual
I imagine everything to say in Albert aretz voice and I hope you do too
I write fanfiction, but also don't
I'm into messed up weird shit
Indubitably Alterhuman (i think) 🥸
I own a bazillion side blogs
Possibly has ADHD, has been questioning it for literal years, still unsure and not diagnosed
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ROBLOX - stejsi_079 / FinVanzahDovahKiin, AO3 - CringeLordOfChaos
My RP blogs
I am a shy little boy (reference), but dms and asks are open
farewell forwver
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*chugs down 1000 liters of the nearest type of coffee* *sigh*
The names that give me the most comfort right now are Coffee, Coffeepaw, Espressopaw, Espresso, and Hattie! the rest is all here!
drawing box thingie
If one of you people knows serbian TALK TO ME SEND ASKS DM ME PLEASE I WILL EAT YOUR GUTS (affectionatley)
OTHER BLOGS:
@machapaw-makes-stimboards (stimboard blogs)
@espressopaw (warrior cats blog. idk. sometimes other stuff)
@garden-of-aus (blog to re blog from other SPECIFIC au blogs and just mini AUs)
@the--conffettiverse (blog for the Conffetti AU, sometimes called the NUMBER 2 AU)
@death-to-thistleclaw-uwu (blog to torture Thistleclaw {HIATUS FEEL FREE TO SEND REQUESTS AND ASKS})
I am a MINOR
PROSHIPPERS, TERF, RACISTS, NSFW DNI
Have a nice day and or night!
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psst i would suggest not bringing up A serbian film to a young audience (ie warriors fans) it's gore and torture and "shock" horror dialed up to 100, and includes graphic on screen portrayals of infant and child rape. its one of those movies where they put in as much fucked up stuff as possible just because they can. it's one of those movies ppl used to try to trick others into watching to traumatize them
jesus, yeah that sounds pretty bad- i’ll keep that in mind in the future, thank you
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because i can't any longer these days see into myself. i see only murk. murk outside; murk inside.
BASIC INFORMATION
FULL NAME: miodrag gajić.
MONIKERS / NICKNAMES: milo, mio.
GENDER & PRONOUNS: cis man, he/him/his.
ETHNICITY: white.
DATE OF BIRTH & AGE: november eleventh, forty.
ZODIAC SIGN: scorpio.
ORIENTATION: bisexual.
MARITAL STATUS: single, unmarried.
OCCUPATION: capo of assassins for the jolly rogers.
BACKGROUND
PLACE OF BIRTH: manchester, united kingdom.
RESIDENCES: one (1) single bedroom apartment in a high-rise. floor to ceiling windows, a kitchenette-living room combo, a large bedroom, one bathroom with full amenities.
RELIGIOUS VIEWS: raised eastern orthodox, lapsed.
EDUCATION: no higher education, got his general certificate of education from finishing out year thirteen.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: english, serbian, fluent levantine arabic, semi fluent spanish, russian, german.
FAMILY:
twin sibling: miljana, nonbinary, they/them.
younger brother: mihailo, cis man, he/him.
mother: alive, low contact.
father: deceased.
APPEARANCE
FACECLAIM: robert pattinson.
HAIR COLOUR: blonde.
EYE COLOUR: cool brown, sectoral heterochromia in left eye where it is partially green.
HEIGHT: 1.95m, six foot four.
BUILD: muscled and tall, a proverbial brick wall.
SPEECH STYLE: deep, gravelly voice—has a very identifiable manchester accent, uses both manc and military slang frequently.
RECOGNIZABLE MARKINGS: extensive facial scarring from deployment, depicted in this diagram.
PERSONALITY
TROPES: tall, dark and handsome, the quiet one, the lancer, death seeker, tragic keepsake, i just want to be normal, hidden depths, broken ace, the stoic, shell-shocked veteran, warrior poet, berserk button, dark and troubled past.
MBTI: intp — intps are quiet, reserved, and thoughtful. as introverts, they prefer to socialize with a small group of close friends with whom they share common interests and connections.
ENNEAGRAM: 5w6 — enneagram 5w6 strength comes from their purposeful way of living. as they are always looking for meaningful things to do, they acquire knowledge in different areas and know when and how to apply it. they are curious and goal-oriented, so they master new areas of expertise
TEMPERAMENT: the phlegmatic-choleric will have a firm, stoic expression and will rarely smile. they are calm, steady, and persevering. they can be very blunt, stubborn, and sarcastic.
POSITIVE TRAITS: impartial, detail-orientated, prudent, adaptable, resourceful, observant, resilient.
NEGATIVE TRAITS: detached, controlling, brutal, cynical, harsh self-critic, impatient, isolating.
HABITS: organizes things by colour, holds his thigh while sitting to stop his knee from bouncing, goes for a walk (at least) twice a day, always drinks his coffee cold.
HOBBIES: collects, labels and presses botanicals, fishing, spars as often as possible, practices multiple different martial arts (krav maga, taekwondo, jiu jitsu, ect).
USUAL DEMEANOR: quiet, has a sharp, dark sense of humour, incredibly hard to read as a result of his inexpressive nature.
HEALTH
PHYSICAL AILMENTS: n/a.
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION: ptsd, anxiety.
PHOBIAS: claustrophobia. (severely)
ALLERGIES: n/a.
SLEEPING HABITS: irregular sleep schedule, typically due to jet lag. stays up late, wakes up early, struggles to get his full eight hours at home because of nightmares.
SOCIABILITY: borderline asocial when with strangers, becomes softer, more likely to joke around and be verbal around close friends.
ADDICTIONS: smokes. doesn’t drink frequently. no other substance abuse issues.
BIOGRAPHY
tw for abuse mention, drug addiction, violence, ect.
a childhood of brutality—his mother closes her eyes when she hears footsteps on the floors of the dingy flat in midtown manchester. she holds her breath when she hears fists meet flesh. she cries alone after she soothes the bruises her children earned for laughing too loud, for playing too much, for living in a way that intersected too much with their father’s inflicted misery.
tiptoe over broken needles, broken bottles, crushed furniture. fleas jump from wrist to wrist between the elder siblings, the twins. they share everything—clothes, toys, food, even their suffering. miodrag catches a cold, miljana catches it too. they both hold their breath hoping not to sneeze too loudly in their own home.
when mihailo is born, they are ten and things change. their mother kicks their father out once and for all. they move into a smaller flat, mio and jana help raise their younger brother. they baby him, though they will never be as close to him as their mother is. her unspoiled son, her child that their father hadn’t broken.
dysfunction carves a fickle beast from him. miodrag enlists the second he can, craving the stability, the routine, the absence of autonomy. he finds himself swaddled by the training, by the suffering that builds him back up from a tall, underfed teenager to a strong, disciplined workhorse of a young man. he had always been a good fighter, sure, but things changed when he was given a sense of purpose.
he comes back from each deployment more subdued, finds he cannot readjust to peace the same way again, finds himself uncomfortable with how quiet the world is when he isn’t home. his bed is too comfortable to sleep in—he barely sleeps at all, in fact.
mihailo is the reason he stays in the end, a year and a half, the longest gap since he enlisted. desperate for connection, the youngest child had sought out their father and found himself churning in the drains of full addiction as a result. miodrag, miljana, encircle each wrist and pull on their brother, both halting their respective lives to help him recover. he hates them for it, at first. when their father dies, he relapses. the cycle renews. he hates them for it. he hates them. he hates them until he can no longer hate them.
miodrag takes up a job bagging groceries in the meantime. peacetime itches at him like mites from his childhood bedroom. it’s not until he dives for cover when a platter of cans falls during one of his shifts that he realizes how cutthroat coping by warfare can actually be. he sees a therapist for some time, doesn’t find it helpful, stops when he comes off leave. when mihailo is sober.
it’s not until he’s thirty that the suffering calcifies, crystallizes, blooms out like a sordid plant. when a teammate tries to rouse him from a particularly exquisite nightmare and he simply snaps. the resulting beatdown is of brutal proportions, and when he begins to come down from the panic, the terror, a new problem arises. he slips away into the night, going awol.
it turns out, there is only so many times you can break a man’s skull with your bare hands before he dies. the manhunt is lazy—sas are desperate to cover up the fact that one of their men went rogue. he is able to slip through the cracks, unseen.
his career pursuits are limited now. thirty-one and roaming from one violent job to the next until the jolly rogers pick him up. he’s efficient, military trained, only periodically neurotic. he is a useful tool for the organization to utilize, and miodrag likes the idea of knowing where he stands, of a regimented life.
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+++ 🙏🏻God Bless🕊️ +++
Archangel Michael Patron Warrior Protective Shield, Orthodox Body Pendant Silver 925
💫 International Orthodox Art Corporation Andcross
May the blessing of the Lord be upon you!
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Софија Јовановић (1895 - 1979.) - добровољац и наредник српске војске, српска Јованка Орлеанка
Sofija Jovanović - volunteer and sergeant of the Serbian army, Serbian Joan of Arc
When she went to sign up for recruitment, they told her it would be the greatest sin to die so young and beautiful, but that didn't deter her, she showed up again the next day.
When asked why she was here again she said: "I want a rifle and a war schedule! I won't leave without one. If I falter or get scared of a task, kill me... All my people are at war, I don't want to sit at home either."
She received 13 decorations for her heroism after the First World War.
Her grand granddaughter said in an interview about her:
< My grandma was a real lady. After the war she wore dresses and high heels, and I never knew how she managed it because she lost half of her foot. She didn't talk much about the war, apart from it being awful, but she said that we all had to give up everything for our country, that was our debt to our fatherland. >
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Third OC (Original Character): Marko Stjepan Mitrović/Aiarnāro Elnethīnye
The Red Flames danced upon the sea,
Where lies an unyielding and fierce soul,
Aearnor, his mother-name many knew by.
His eyes were the fury of a thousand suns,
Burning brighter with passion and desire,
Strides through the cities of the deathless darkness.
He was as more seductive as the harlots,
Cunning as the tyrants, fierce as the warriors,
And more handsome as many of mortal men.
Black tresses with silvery white streaks,
Pale skin he has, adorned with the golden hues
Clad in robes of the blood red and pure black.
A Peredhel born with the vampire blood,
Light and shadows he belonged in both,
He's clever with a mind sharp as a blade.
Fairest of all men, his beauty matched Ganymede's
Admired by many, feared by some,
His old soul was burned by the fires of resuscitation.
The Shrewdness of ages in his eyes,
The passion of man in his heart,
And the wholeness of a being in his spirit.
Overview:
Marko Stjepan Mitrović was the youngest twin son of Halatirnë II (Previous OC) by a Human-Vampire Count Šimun Mitrović of Vinkovci and twin brother of Aiardil Alatarāto (Aeardil Galadrod—First OC), the biological son of Lord Hrávahyalmo Altaluimë (Next OC). [Note: Their birth was the result of the real-life rare occurrence called Heteropaternal Superfecundation, which involved the fertilization of two eggs by two sperms from different fathers.] He was the only Peredhel (if not) who had his vampire lineage and the last scion of the last generation of the Mitrović Family since 1999. Marko now appeared in the Elemmírion Series on Wattpad. (Still ongoing)
Description of the artwork: The original form of Aiarnāro/Marko was described as waist-length, raven-haired with silver streaks (Same as his mother Halatirnë II), clad in blood-red robes, his skin was as pale as either alabaster or porcelain. He holds the Elder wand, which was wielded by Albus Dumbledore (Formerly), Lord Voldemort (briefly), and Harry Potter (after the Battle of Hogwarts). The background was supposed to be black and red gradient and a giant red fires/flames behind him.
Names:
His name "Marko Stjepan" was the common Ataressë (Father-name) given by his father Šimun. Aiarnāro (Aearnor/Eärnáro) was his rare Amilessë (Mother-name) means "Sea of Fires/Flames" given by Halatirnë II herself, while his epessë (Aftername) was Undómielo "Evenstar", Elnethīnye "Star of the Evening" or Hesperus "Evening Star".
Bloodline: ½ Elda (Telerin);¼ Human; ¼ Vampire
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eurovision '24 semifinal 1 early review
content and spoiler warning for croatia, cyprus, ireland, lithuania, poland, serbia, ukraine, australia, azerbaijan, finland, iceland, luxembourg, moldova, portugal, slovenia, germany, sweden, united kingdom
croatia - it's not easy going first but this is a bad way to do it regardless. already the woke agenda has us singing about anxiety attacks. if you are prone to anxiety get off the stage and let real warriors conquer the hearts of evropa. "my presence fades to black" yeah i wish it would. qorban/10
cyprus - many have said this before but i think cypriots should launch missiles at ankara just to see what would happen. singer is very serbian looking with the ironed long hair, very 2008 romcom looking music video (complimentary), forgettable song, thus has got to be someone's niece. mid/10
ireland - thank you god for making our enemies this embarrassing. i just know she had a self harm tumblr blog in 2013. very sincerely sending this to eurovision is comparable in national humiliation to the treaties of trianon and versailles. 30 year old antisemitic pagan themlet/10
lithuania - this is nothing. lithuania/10
poland - kinda of a normal pop song, i can see myself hearing this on the radio while stuck at a red light. good to see a weird looking woman. jeszcze polska nie zginęła/10
serbia - #JUSTICE FOR BRESKVICA. zorja or zejna or breskvica would have mopped the floor with her. this will lose and it will deserve it, hopefully all the PZE jury members including sajsi will be executed in a public square. bad/10
ukraine - hate to say it but the loathsome ruthenians have once again sent a good contestant. if my last name was Shemaieva i would simply not use Heil as an artistic name. i can hardly believe i'm saying this but i think it would be better without the fat girl rapping. critical support for ruthenian autonomous oblast/10
australia - my opinion is colored by the fact that i was viewing the music video, which is a consistent two and a half minute face closeup of the white guy cumming. the song itself is not bad, but i could do without the white guy cumming, actually. australia gets a pass this year/10
azerbaijan - you can always count on the iranic people to sneak in subtle references to sun-worship. oldest trick in the book. considering this was the last song picked, this was maybe not worth the wait. don't want to doxx anyone but one of the backup dancers looks like a beloved tumblr user. eeh/10
finland - random xD WAFFLES. the "what does the fox say" candidate of the year, and of course its from the turbo-autistic finns. total opposite of tact and taste. the west has fallen to its far-easternmost asiatic enemy (the mongols (finns)). beyond repair/10
iceland - based for sending an older woman. this is pretty good, nothing much to add. will maybe listen to the icelandic version. top quartile/10
luxembourg - israeli broad with skinny arms singing in french ? *wiping the sweat from my brow*. finally something worthwhile out of europe's last grand duchy. am yisroel chai/10
moldova - pleasant surprise out of the illegitimate romanian province of moldova. dignified in an atmosphere where others have been deliberately embarrassing. not impaling anyone's heart/10
portugal - this is nothing. portugal would benefit from being brazil's european vassal state. meu curaçao :(/10
slovenia - the best of the three of this exact performer that we've seen, not that that's very high praise. eeh/10
germany - pleasant surprise in an otherwise very mid year. not the worst guderian i know. germany/10
sweden - i can feel the martin x marcus x reader spam in the tags already. usually they at least send something that's listenable under normal circumstances but not eurovision-material,but not even that this time around. as always, marg bar sweden/10
united kingdom - (watching the official music video) lol that's probably 4k/mo in london. nobody cares about the failstate of the united cringedom, they should have been excised from the contest when they left the eu. nice trainspotting references in the clip tho. bleh/10
final conclusion - overall very disappointing year, luxembourg stands in a separate category, even without the ethnonarcissism. germany, moldova, iceland, ukraine are okay but nothing to be thrilled about. the plague of appealing to jury votes at the cost of anything interesting is crushing this competition. seeing what got passed up in serbia instead of teya dora makes one wonder what the situation is like in other countries. help me, zejna. zejna, help me. i hope semi 2 will be better but there's not many heavy hitters
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Veela (or Vila in Serbian, Wiła in Polish) is a magical creature whose infinite beauty inspired many poems, novels, and movies. According to the legends, the beauty of their bodies, magical dances, and lovely voices is beyond the mortal’s imagination.
These mysterious beings are not exclusively part of Slavic mythologies. The fact that Veelas dwell in Slavic legends as well as in Nordic and ancient myths, demonstrates the archaic origins of these delicate creatures. Even though they are seductive and graceful, Veela are passionate warriors as well. Veela usually likes people who fight for a righteous cause. In Serbian epic poems, you will see them helping the heroes with their prophetic and healing powers.
The favorite activity of Veela is dance. Sometimes people explained circular shapes of darker grass in the fields as being trodden by fairies dancing during the night. Stepping into this place was considered the cause of insanity.
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