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csykora · 2 years
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g, regarding your recent ask about shesterkin’s goalie style, do you know/have any info on why different countries adopt certain different styles when it comes to goalkeeping? like what leads finnish goalies to trend towards being fast like snake and russian goalies to be strong and dependable like brick wall? i’m just interested to see if there’s history behind it or if it’s more just like “well the most elite goalie coach in russia right now happens to coach that style” or smth
I love thinking about this, yes!
A lot of it does have to do with the influence of particular coaches who run key programs or who train a star goalie that lots of people then want to copy. The hockey world isn’t that big; the goalie world is tiny.
As an example of that, modern goalie training might be really different if the airplane carrying the Soviet Wings hadn’t gone down in 1950. One of the men onboard was 23 year-old goalie Harijs Mellups. He was born in Latvia and had played hockey briefly outside the USSR, I believe in Czechoslovakia, which made him just about the only one who knew what hockey goaltending was. He was supposed to teach it to all the bandy and soccer players. After his death, the USSR teams had a reputation for being, understandably, weak in net for a long time. The resulting pressure for Soviet coaches to look outside the USSR for goaltending inspiration eventually lead to Tretiak, who was chosen because his gangly build was as similar as possible to a successful tall Czechoslovak goalie that Soviet coaches had been watching. (There was a lot of debate all around the hockey world over whether goalies should be small, which had been the fashion in the late 1800s and early 1900s, on the theory that if they were lighter they would be faster. There was a time when tall goalies were avant-garde.)
Tretiak also picked up equipment and equipment techniques from Finnish national team goalie Urpo Ylönen, who made his own goalie sticks with the blade set at angle that allowed him to rest it securely on the ice in all positions. (He gave him a signed stick, which Tretiak promptly played with). Later, Ylönen would become a goalie coach in Finland, while Tretiak coached in America and Canada. Obvsiously in addition to earlier North American star goalies who many people imitated, Tretiak has been pretty influential on American goalies.
Their actual movements were made up from both cultural and cross-training influences.
Finland actually made goalies such a priority that Ylönen became the goalie coaches’ coach. Finland knew they weren't competitors in international hockey in the '80s and '90s. They committed to funding a program to build more good coaches before they could build good goalies, and Ylönen’s very efficient style of movement just spread around the country. I believe I said something about "picking the puck" in the earlier answer--that's from him, and is now a Finnish signature, to stand very tall and keep the arms in relatively close before darting out very fast, like you said, rather than sweeping the arm out wider like Lundqvist or positioning it preemptively. I can't comment on whether that organization or efficiency is something Finns see as national character or culture, but just the fact that they set up such a program created a strong sense of unity and sport culture within their hockey.
The culture in the USSR and now in Russian sports has generally been to let young children play around longer than in North America. Creative thinking in playmaking is encouraged, including for young goalies, who watch or participate in just playing with the puck and seeing where it goes. One of the things Shestyorkin has been praised for and has been commented on by his teammates is his willingness to play the puck and pass it forward to them, which is why he's ended up with several assists. That's credited to just how much he watched plays. Meanwhile in North America, young kids are often encouraged to spend time as skaters before committing to the goalie position, and that might encourage them to skate further out of the net to play the puck or meet a skater and cut down their angles, like a Carey Price or a Braden Holtby (who didn't play goalie until he was twelve or thirteen). Both groups will involve themselves in the play and obviously can be very effective and fun to watch, Russians just mostly do this while still sticking close to the crease.
Cross-training consists of the other types of physical activities you do outside of your sport, which can work as conditioning but also often lead you to learn certain patterns of movement that you might then bring back to your sport. This is often influenced by culture or the social group around you, so there are some really interesting national trends!
Swedish goalies, including Eddie Lack, Anders Lindback, Henrik Lundqvist and others play lots of tennis, an idea that they all spread between themselves by inviting each other to play in the summers. (Note: tennis is one of the sports I am absolutely fascinated by but clueless about, but I gather it's very popular in Sweden to begin with, so it's easy to slot into summer training.) Besides his interest in dance, Tretiak ran a lot, as do many North American goalies today. Americans and Canadians are also very influenced by gym-based conditioning programs from strength and conditioning coaches like Maria Mountain. Young Russian goalies today do a lot of ballet and gymnastics.
Elena Segal, a former Soviet Bolshoi dancer who has worked in Russia and America with teams like the Anaheim Ducks, describes the value of Russian-style ballet training for goalies: "Vaganova ballet training focuses on the deep, small internal muscles.... Their role is to stabilize joints, align bones and muscles during movement, and when stationary, to produce force to the mobilizers and keep the entire body balanced, steady and in-control."
I admit--you'll all be shocked--that ballet would also be my cross-training method of choice for a young goalie, but there are other activities that work, and just might highlight different facets of movement. Maybe there's something taken from tennis in Lundqvist's great leaps and dives and reaches with the glove (at the same time, maybe he likes tennis because it fits with how he already likes to move. It's always a little bit of both.) But in terms of why Russian goalies seem strong and dependable, I'd say that's it's because they're comfortable with reading the play in order to position preemptively or participate without taking many risks, and they're also just well conditioned and move the way they want to move well!
(A video of some goalie ballet from Segal you need some joy)
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arctic-urpo · 6 years
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; u ; you're not a waste of space I love you.
I love u too ; - ; And you’re totally right!! I’m not a waste of space!!!
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nemossubmarine · 6 years
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A: an uplifting song, C: a song from a soundtrack, G: a song to party your butts off to and X: a cover.
Thanks darling! So as you might know the Finnish youtube is broken for few days (link, link), sooo the links probably won’t work. :P This certainly was the best time to reblog this particular ask thing, haha. I’ll try to link for the songs on tumblr if I can find them.
A: An uplifting songStars - Fluorescent Light
It’s not the happiest song, as far as lyrics go, but the chorus is so full of life and joy, so it definitely lifts my mood everytime.
C: A song from a soundtrackCœur de pirate- Off to Sleep (Child of Light OST) (tumblr link!)
My love for the Child of Light OST is a well-known fact, but I usually don’t talk much about the song that plays on the ending credits. But yeah, it’s like… really good. 
G: A song to party your butts off toKesha - C’mon (tumblr link!)
I’ve been to approximately 2,3 parties with dancing in my whole life and ive never certainly danced at a party, but Kesha’s always my go-to. :P
X: A coverPatti Smith - My Generation (Live) (The Who cover)
I’m a huge huge huge Patti Smith fan. She has a whole album of covers, including her amazing rendition of Smells Like Teen Spirit, but I picked this one from the album Horses, which was her first album from 1975. There’s some great energy here, especially since it’s live. I especially love the ending and the repetition of “I’m so young, I’m so goddamn young”.
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kaedeakamatsu · 6 years
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Amami for the character ask o3o
here ya go! :3c
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pikselis · 3 years
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Fishing is know to be the hottest trend in Benbirth! It's hard to find a single sim without a at least bronze talent badge in fishing!
So why is this hobby so famous? What are the sims actually doing near the bond? And what styles are in the season for fishingwear? Hello! My name is Helena Juablukku and I just spend the last week in Benbirth trying to find answers to these questions.
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Tauno Mumfre
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Tauno was visiting the local fishing spot with his son. He has been training his fishing skills for a while and is dreaming of one day working as a fisherman in the local waters.
So why do you think fishing has become such a trend in Benbirth?
"I think it's because It's so fun!! And It's quite a walk to the nearest gas station to buy locally grown goods. So why not catch them yourself?"
What do you think is the perfect clothing for fishing?
"Just whatever, I don't think it really matters."
Urpo Kobra
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Urpo has been fishing for a long time. He says that he started fishing as soon as he knew how to walk. His fishing teacher was his mother who liked to hang the laundry near a lake and fish while the laundry dried in the wind.
So why do you think fishing has become such a trend in Benbirth?
"I actually blame myself for it. I started doing it with Tauno because he wanted to learn but after a while it was harder to just fish by yourself when all the others in the neighborhood was already there chatting and laughing. I honestly don't like it! My mother always said that you should be quiet while fishing or you would scare them away!"
What do you think is the perfect clothing for fishing?
"Something that don't get in the way, I wouldn't recommend that jacket that Tauno is wearing, but he seems to enjoy fishing in it. Don't forget to add some sunscreen!"
Ester Pikkupeura
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Ester says that she haven't fished that long and isn't sure how long she will continue doing it. She says it's a great distraction.
So why do you think fishing has become such a trend in Benbirth?
"I don't really know. I think it's because there isn't really anything better to do."
What do you think is the perfect clothing for fishing?
"I don't really pay attention to it. I just fish. It's great! I think."
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As I left Benbirth it looked like fishing was still the greatest hobby around, but will it continue to? And what would be the next one shaking the grounds?
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angevon · 7 years
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F, I, S, T, W, D for the fanfic game !
F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
Yosuke sighed and watched Souji finish copying the notes from the board. "Man, you haven't got it all down yet?" he asked. "The last bell rang a half an hour ago, at least."
"I'm just putting on a finishing touch..." Souji said without looking up.
"Well, will you hurry it up? This classroom's the last place I wanna hang out at. We've already been here all day, you know?"
"You can't rush art," Souji insisted.
"...What? We don't even have an art class... No, don't tell me..." Yosuke peered at Souji's notes, and then groaned. "More hearts?"
"My Japanese Literature notebook needs to be decorated, too," Souji explained, as if it made perfect sense. It probably did, to him. "Heart-ily decorated... haha."
(context: from What’s wrong with hearts?)
This is from an older thing, but that might be what makes it good hehe. Souji is a silly boy I love him.
I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?
Let’s see if I can come up with a clean answer this time haha. I really like hugs from behind and kissing under the ear. 
S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?
Dorky ass Souji is best Souji. Pet every cat. Play Neko Atsume every day. Read shoujo manga. Rock that bowl cut. 
Actually on second thought I don’t think that answer goes with this question, but I already wrote it and it’s too funny to remove now haha. For actual tropes I am a sucker for Domestic and Fluff too. And of course Domestic Fluff hehe
T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?
I really dislike love at first sight. It’s very common in the P4 fandom though :( so common I really can’t avoid it. *heavy sigh*
D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
I am probably one of the weirdest people in the world but I don’t listen to music while writing or reading, so I don’t have anything for this. (I tend to listen to just game music so it’s not really the kind of stuff that’d make you think of your OTP haha). @twistedboxy made a playlist for Days Without Nights though!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY~~!!! (´。• ᵕ •。`)
THANK YOU I LOVE YOU
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4nimenut · 7 years
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tagged by @arctic-urpo -- thank you urpo! c:
Rules-Answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better.
Name: shao
Nicknames: shaolin showdown (IM SORRY ME) 
Zodiac sign: cancer!
Height: 163cm / 5′4′’(?? i think?? LOL)
Orientation: komahina-sexual IM NOT SORRY
Ethnicity: chinese, singaporean
Favorite season: im sorry we don’t have seasons in singapore LOL fall, perhaps?
Favorite book series: mortal instruments series! i... haven’t read that since forever tho LMAO I-I--- ;;;;
Favorite flower: sunflower! c:
Favorite scent: lavender! i think this is because my dad always uses lavender scent for our air fresheners xD
Favorite color: anything that’s warm! c: i like bright colours~!
Favorite animal: RABBITS AAAAA THEY’RE ADORBS ;^;
Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: tea and hot cocoa~
Average sleep hours: ranges from 3 hours to 10 hours (LOL)
Cat or dog person: cat person! i do like dogs too c:
Favorite fictional characters: komahina //gets slapped sssTAHP ITS LIKE 2AM HERE LOL asdjhkasj
Number of blankets you sleep with: it’s summer all year round --- one!
Dream trip: Japan!! i’ve always wanted to go there since i was 12 but NOOOO ITS STILL BEING POSTPONED TODAY //sQUINTS;;;
Blog created: around june 2014! but wasn’t really as active until june 2015 !
Number of followers: 635--- GUYS WHEN DID I HIT 600 OMG do y’all want a art giveaway to celebrate or wait for a bigger milestone LIKE 1k ahahaAHA shao pls dream on---
tagging: @drawverylittle , @araminthe-ispwitch , @sumeragimikoto , @tiacchi , @limitlessmonster , @kaijoskopycat , @kaikazecchi , @vixenfur , @ihavetobenkyou ,  @hannaadi88 , @hananozo  --- and anyone else who wants to do it ehue--- 
y’all don’t have to do it if you don’t want to! ayy
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mx-wayne · 7 years
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Tagged by the wonderful @arctic-urpo!!
Rules-Answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better.
Name: I prefer to just go by Becc!
Nicknames: Becc, bc and cleansers :)
Zodiac sign: Leo!
Height: 175 cm, or 5'8.9"
Orientation: I’m not really into labels; If I like you I like you, gender doen’t matter :)
Ethnicity: White/Swedish.
Favorite season: Winter!!
Favorite book series: Do light novels count? If so, Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose Catastrophe at Sixteen. Such a long title, I know
Favorite flower: I don’t have a favorite, but I really like sunflowers :)
Favorite scent: I looove the scent of rain!!
Favorite color: Bright blue! It’s so pretty!
Favorite animal: Cat. Boring I know haha
Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: Coffee all the way. I could go for some right now actually...
Average sleep hours: 4-5 hours.
Cat or dog person: Cat!
Favorite fictional characters: Hmm, the list is really long so I’m just going to name a few at the top of my head; Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Peridot, Komaeda Nagito and Killua Zoldyck-
Number of blankets you sleep with: One :)
Dream trip: I’d love to go to Japan!
Blog created: A bit over a year ago, I think.
Number of followers: 164 :)
I’m just going to tag 13 people--
@fullmetal-trash-in-grey, @serunedeikun, @theofficialiwillalwaysbealone, @legendairily, @hiccupki, @gonxsan, @charmi-kitty, @bungeegum10, @starryeyed-wonder, @sassmasterhoebagel, @chloe-koi, @noxvmaxs, @leorioh
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vertaveli · 7 years
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Tagged by @arctic-urpo, thank you :)
Rules: Answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better.
Name: Marianne
Nicknames: Dur, Veikka 
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Height: 177cm  
Orientation: Pansexual
Ethnicity: What I’m supposed to say? White? 
Favorite season: All of them! If I have to choose one, then I’ll pick winter. Everything is so damn beautiful because of snow. 
Favorite book series: Fablehaven! If you haven’t heard about it yet, you should totally check it out.
Favorite flower:  Rhododendron 'Cunningham's White' (or in Finnish: valkoalppiruusu “lumipallo”)
Favorite scent: I actually love the scent of roses. 
Favorite color: Purple and dark blue. 
Favorite animal: Horses. Dogs are in second place.
Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: I’m used to drink coffee because of my work, but I think tea and hot cocoa tastes a lot better.
Average sleep hours: 5-12
Cat or dog person: DOG.
Favorite fictional characters: This question is so totally unfair. I can’t just pick one or two or few. So I’m not gonna pick anyone. Sorry. 
Number of blankets you sleep with: One.
Dream trip: Uhm.. I’d rather stay at home, but I’d like to visit Ireland and Norway someday. 
Blog created: 1st of August 2015
Number of followers: 32
As for tagging I’ll tag: Nobody :’D If someone wants to do this, please feel free to steal it from me~
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angevonstuff · 7 years
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Tagged by: both @arctic-urpo​ and @gymnopedie​
Rules: Answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better.
Name: Angevon
Nicknames: Ange
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Height: 5'1" / 155cm
Orientation: Ace/aro, maybe demi-aro (but I kinda doubt it). 
Ethnicity: the boringest one
Favorite fruit: Pineapple 
Favorite season: Autumn is my favorite aesthetically (love the colors of fallen leaves and it also starts cooling down around that time), but I always get kinda depressed around that time a year so idk.
Favorite book series: Discworld
Favorite flower: Idk, never really thought about it. 
Favorite scent: Hamburger when it’s being browned
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite animal: Tropical fish but I also like big cats
Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: None of the above. I don’t like hot drinks.
Average sleep hours: 7
Cat or dog person: Dogs. For the record I don’t hate cats. I just never had any experience with them growing up, unlike dogs.
Favorite fictional characters: Kanaya from Homestuck, Vimes from Discworld, Minato from Persona 3, Haruhi from Ouran
Number of blankets you sleep with: Two, a sheet and a nice warm comforter. The AC unit is like right over my bed so I need it all year round.
Dream trip: My brother just got a passport so I’ve been thinking of getting one too. Then we could visit herrdoktorat in Brazil! I don’t know a word of Portuguese though so maybe that’s a bad idea haha. Brother apparently wants to visit Japan so that might also be a thing. Maybe. Probably not.
Blog created: May 2014 
Number of followers: Persona blog has 318 and this one has 36.
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arctic-urpo · 6 years
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Hi! I just wanted to tell u to keep fighting and not let ur illnesses get to u because u are a great person on the internet and I'm sure that in real life too, u deserve all the validation no matter what the disorders are making u think! Glad to see u're doing well enough to write the post and I hope that u'll soon be able to make at least some money because the government are shitheads for refusing to sponsor u and I really want to overrule em to make better laws. Take ur time to reply, bye
Ahhhh thank you so much!!!! I’ll keep on fighting, and honestly while ofc my illnesses won’t completely disappear, I have been making rly important steps in therapy during this breakdown season so!!!! Thank u so much!!!! I hope ur having a great day!!
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nemossubmarine · 7 years
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4, 11 16, 28, 40 and 48 for the book asks? :>
4: What was the last book you added to your tbr?I don’t have a tbr-list. I totally should, cos I just keep going “ooh that sounds interesting” and never ever get around even trying to find it, bc I have a mountain of books and I forget. :D I have two books in a to-read tag, the last from last november, Bob Altmeyer’s The Authoritarians, which is about the Republican Party in the US. So I guess that. I do want to read that. (I should start a tbr-list)
11: Classic or modern? Why? I have a fondness for classics. That said, a lot of it is bc I am kinda bad at picking good books out of modern books. Like classics, very rarely I read a bad one, but modern books are like some of them are fantastic and some are bad and others downright terrible. If I’d have to choose between I might still go for modern though, bc I read a lot of non-fiction too, and while I have a special place in my heart for old science books, they might get a bit… old. :D
16: If you could bring three books to a deserted island which would you bring and why?- Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamazov, because A) I love it to bits B) it’s like 1200 pages.- Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire, because it’s really complicated and I think it would benefit from re-reads (the book consists of a long poem and a commentary of it, it’s the only book I’ve ever had to google how to read)- Terry Pratchett’s Nation. Not only it is one of his best works, but it also tells about a shipwrecked girl and the natives of the island. So it’s thematically appropriate.   
28:  How many books have you read so far this year?Not many. :D 6 + 2 half books for an exam (in fact only 2 are not for exams). I should be finishing another soonish.
40: Name one of your favorite books from your teenage yearsTeens, eh? The first thing I thought of was books I got from the library of the school I lived in. I don’t remember the book’s name, but it was a short story collection by Peter Carey, and the story called “Peeling” is still kinda my fave short story. Though I haven’t read it in years. (I… did scan it on a school computer, so it’s here somewhere :D)
48: Where is your favorite place to read?I have a special fondness for the times when I have to wait for like a bus or something for an hour and I just spent the entire time buried in book. So I guess train/bus stations and waiting rooms. :P
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i-demand-a-hug · 7 years
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I got tagged by @brodingles! Thank you!
Rules-Answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better.
Name: Hayley!
Nicknames: Hay, H, some people call me Hayles but I’m not as fond of that nickname.
Zodiac sign: Libra
Height: 5′5-ish I think.
Orientation: Asexual. Probably. Walking on a tightrope between aromantic and panromantic.
Ethnicity: White British.
Favorite season: I think most seasons have good and bad points. Spring’s pretty nice though.
Favorite book series: I’m still super fond of The Shapeshifter, or even Skulduggery Pleasant.
Favorite flower: *shrugs* If it’s pretty I like it.
Favorite scent: I like vanilla a lot. Strawberry scents are also nice.
Favorite color: I kind of like pastel colours.
Favorite animal: Cats, foxes, dolphins and whales....
Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: I love hot chocolate!
Average sleep hours: About 8 or 9 hours?
Cat or dog person: Probably a cat person, though I do like dogs too.
Favorite fictional characters: Nagito Komaeda, Izuru Kamukura, Aigis, Rei and Zen, Yosuke Hanamura, Akane Kurashiki, Light Field, Mikaela Hyakuya, Ringabel, Neku Sakuraba, Yoshiya Kiryu, Cardia, Steven Universe.
Number of blankets you sleep with: One or two, it depends how warm or cold I am.
Dream trip: There’s an island in Japan with lots of cats. I want to go there. Also the Bolivian salt flats.
Blog created: A few years ago.
Number of followers: 758.
Okay, I’ll tag: @monochrome-typewriter, @curiositykilledthefaux, @chiaki73, @arctic-urpo, @mj-chan, @lietliet, @rantaroamami, @cosmicfalls, and anyone else who wants to do this.
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saphren · 7 years
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Tagged by: @pastelchiakis thanks!
Rules: Answer the ‘questions’ in a new post and tag blogs you’d like to know better.
Nickname: usually some variation of my url
Height: 160 cm
Time right now: 9.38 am
Favorite musical artist: Kalafina I guess? Not really my favourite but I listen to their songs a lot.
Song stuck in your head: sprinter by Kalafina (Haha I’m still dying over Enjou)
Last movie watched: The Lord of the Rings
Last TV show watched: Hunter x Hunter 
What you’re wearing right now: shirt and shorts
What kind of stuff do you post: I usually reblog sdr2 (komahina), pokemon, fate, whatever I find funny and ndrv3
When did you create your blog: either late 2013 or early 2014, I don’t really remember
Other blogs you have: I have a vent account
If you get asks regularly: nope
Reason of your url choice: it was available so I decided to just use it lol
Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff
Gender: girl
Pokémon Go Team: Instinct
Favorite colour: blue
Average hours of sleep: 6-7 hours
Dream job: I have no idea...
tagging: @96percentdone, @shsluckymushroom, @nanamichiaki, @hinatasmum, @kourl and @arctic-urpo
you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to
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arctic-urpo · 6 years
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oh man let's hear some Bamet facts. what kind of stuff is he necromancing? on average, how many restaurants is he getting thrown out of a week? (good luck with your stomach thing! I hope everything is alright!)
Dani you have amazing timing because I’m actually currently listening to the playlist I made for Bamet asdfgd
Hmm, for necromancing he tends to like reanimating long dead things if he’s manipulating corpses - so he’d rather go for skeletons and such. But he mostly prefers playing around with the lifeforce of people, so taking life from people and giving it to others however he likes tbh. He also likes summoning stuff from the realm of the dead to do his bidding... At least he has the decency to leave recent corpses alone!
And way too many to count. It depends really on how fast he’s getting thrown out - he gets thrown out of most of them but it depends on if he manages to eat before getting thrown out or if he has to go to another to finally get to eat.
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