# for the last few months

[yllcm]

Someday, as a non-Romani white person, I would love to write a Romani character but do it right. 

It just feels like all my reading and sources are mainly coming from articles written by WHITE (oftentimes English) historians sociologists.

Below the cut is some thought vomit regarding this and what not...feel free to comment below/reblog with your thoughts+comments+concerns+feedback because I would love to hear other people’s onions particularly from tumblr’s Romani community. 

If you guys know of any good Romani-sourced articles, books, documentaries, journals or WHATEVER please let me know because it just feels like I keep getting the white narrative. Particularly, I’m mostly interested in their historic religious practices, folklore, and any truth to the idea that their ancestral religious practices are in any way related to the concept of “mysticism”. 

For context, I wanna write a book about magic and urban fantasy stuff and my story revolves around a group of witches (or magic practitioners), humans, and other supernatural entities from different cultures coming together to defeat “a big bad”. They all make up a council sort of like a United Nations of witches/magical beings kind of a thing. 

I know there are portrayals of characters who are Romani (such as Marvel's Scarlet Witch although that's probably a terrible example all things considered) but are also magic and have magical powers but, I also believe that writing a witch OC or these kinds of characters that practice "magic" as we see it in movies and TV (or in my case an ubran fantasy book) as Romani are just going to be considered derogatory and only feed into those harmful stereotypes.

I'm currently trying to learn more about Romani culture here and there by doing my own research where I can (which entails a LOT of reading, naturally) but MAINLY pertaining to what their religious practices entail, their folklore, how that feeds into the culture of what it means to be Romani, and how the stereotypes became down to the historical and factual context and so on.

Ironically enough, some sources say that many of the claims of mysticism regarding Romani individuals actually come from false narratives often perpetuated by non-Romani people. 

Today, a lot of Romani people, seeing as how many of their ancestors were initially from India, actually follow the Hindu, Muslim, and even Christian religions. Specifically, Orthodox Christianity, Roman Catholic, or Muslim (also feel free to correct me if I’m way off base with this or any of this info). 

#ive been struggling hard with this on and off #for the last few months #ever since the concept first popped up into my head #the oc dosent even gave to be anything supernatural #ive always just been so fascinated by romani culture #and trying to learn the truth about the romani past the stereotypes #and what they teach us about them here in america #romani #roma #romani people #history #romani representation

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

#selfie bee #good evening friends!! how are you doing! C: #I'm very very sleepy I got a new ikea office chair and I build it all myself #I think it went okay! I don't think I pulled the back screw tight enough and now the back is a bit loose #I can probably fix it but I can also ignore it for the next 18 years #thats how long the old chair held up!! in germany it could now drink vodka and drive a car!! #not at the same time that is illegal! not at the same time!! (❁´▽`❁)*✲ﾟ* #but the day is not over yet my uncle asked me for a big art quest and I do not want to disappoint #he wants a muppet tattoo and asked me to draw it #my uncle has started to get tattoos a few months ago #as far as I know he has now gotten 3 note clefs 3 stars a flower and multiple birds #he also started getting piercings but so far I managed not to know exactly where #I think tattoos are super cool (´｡･v･｡｀) I wish I had a good idea for a tattoo but the last time I was very sure about getting a tattoo #it was heath ledgers face as the joker #at that point I was 12 and would not see the actual movie for two more years #a muppet tattoo is a way better idea!! he asked for the count van count! that is also one of my top 3 muppets ₍՞◌′ᵕ‵ू◌₎♡ #I always thought I knew a lot about muppet lore but since I started looking up muppet pictures I think there are still a lot of secrets #can the muppets from the Sesame Street actually leave the Sesame Street? #I think Kermit is both on the Muppet Show and on Sesame Street but he is also like the boss muppet #he might have special abilities #I hope you're having a good day friends!! C: #I think I'll post a Sherlock comic later this week #miss you!! ♥♥♥

[aphel1on]

text post meme (misc)

#the untamed #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #jiang cheng #lan wangji #wen qing #wei wuxian #xiao xingchen #text post meme #aphelion.txt #aaaand that's the last one for now! #it took me a few months to gather this many text posts #so maybe i'll have a new batch to post a couple months from now. provided i'm still obsessed with mdzs by then

[sentimental-loser]

i am an ephemeral being, whose existence is contingent upon another’s participation and placement of me in their life. i do not exist beyond this

#my brain fucking hurts #i rly rly do believe that not a single soul actually benefits from my presence. #MAYBE my dog #but even then...MAYBE #ik i probably just need to sleep #but i am sad and depressed and i want to fucking die #for the last few months #my brain fightin like a mf and im gonna succumb cus im so tired #i am so fucking tired and weary #hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fucking beat my ass bro

[taxlthomas]

Oh hey I drew the spooky kids a few days ago that’s pretty cool

yeah uh the new ep was super cool

#spooky month #spooky month fanart #spooky month skid #spooky month pump #skid and pump #quite honestly have drawn them a good lot #over the last few years but I just #cannot find a way to stylize em a way I like

[cemeterything]

#🐉 #last rb reminded me of my hater moment from a few months ago #not saying you cant use sun/moon symbolism but. consider other dynamics! theres so many out there. #im partial to moon/tides or tide/shore myself #OR try to do something unconventional with the sun/moon dynamic. interpret it! shake it up!

[bluerosefox]

Drake Siblings

Have I read this prompt somewhere or was this a fever dream from my bored mind.

What if, now hear me out.

What if we bring up Dana Winters-Drake (whose confirmed to at least be alive in the DC verse but no one knows where she actually is)

What if instead of when she had a mental breakdown and getting committed to an Bludhaven clinc she wandered away before anyone noticed and by the time Tim or anyone did notice a lot of stuff started happening at once in both Gotham and Bludhaven (Steph dying, The Bludhaven crisis, etc etc)

Tim still tries to find her though but even with best resources it was like she just disappeared into the wilderness and the stress of trying to handle more and more problems get worse.

So when out of the blue, a couple of years later, he gets a call from an unknown number. On his private, only for friends and family, phone and when he answers he meet with a young girls voice on the other end.

A very young, maybe six or seven, girl who informs him about his apparently half-brother Danny Drake-Fenton. And how she loves Danny so, so, so much but knows her home is dangerous for him to be in.

Tim is stunned and before he could question her, she says Danny is Dana and Jack's baby and that her parents had adopted him years ago and put Dana's stuff that the hospital had away for him to look at when he was older but she just had to fight off their lunch from eating her brother and she knows he needs a better place to live and so she snooped around and found Dana's diary and that she had to unscramble the nonsense Dana wrote and found Tim's number with the words 'tell him about his brother Danny' hidden in it. And-

But before she could keep rambling she hears Danny screaming "JAZZY THE MILK WENT BAD AGAIN AND HISSED AT ME!"

Tim is left with silence after hearing Jazz yell to Danny to lock the fridge and step out of the kitchen as she gets the bat.

#danny phantom #danny fenton #crossover #dp x dc #blue rambles #danny phantom dc #writing ideas #random idea #dpxdc #jazz fenton #tim drake #danny and tim are half brothers #dana Winters-Drake was pregnant when she disappeared #she was out of her mind until she found out and tried her best to regain control but it was hard #she had in and out episodes #she wanted to contact Tim but knew he was still in Gotham and she just coulnt due to episodes of her mental health failing #she was found months later in labor and rushed to a hospital and Danny somehow came out healthy #small but healthy #Dana however lasted a few more hours before passing away from the birth #weeks laters Danny is adopted or fostered out #Dana wrote in diary but scramble and scribbled during her episodes #Jazz finds it and being the smarty she is starts figuring it out #it also set her on her path to understand the human mind #Tim gets to be a big brother #not just for Danny though #hes gonna take Jazz in too after he finds out about how bad the home life is #will Danny still become Phantom though? #maybe #maybe Tim gets there and Jack and Maddie finished the portal way earlier than canon and Danny being curious goes to see #and comes down the stairs to see his baby brother die and then come back

[ask-queen-arti]

Maybe you aren't queen of the scavengers... But you definitely queen of my heart *wink wink fingerguns*

#rain world #rw artificer #arti answers #so uhh these were originally meant to be posted for valentines day lmao #ive just had zero motivation the last few months and really couldnt get myself to draw anything #but uhhh better two months late than never? lol

[kiisaes]

redraw of that one steven universe meme but as the "replace them with your comfort characters" art trend going around on twitter but mine are from the same series so the novelty is kinda gone and now it's just a bogstandard typical redraw. sorry

#i also contemplated switching their roles just so deku could say 'i think we're gonna have to kill this guy kacchan' #but it's less canon compliant and i'm a pussy #also this drawing made me realize just how little i've drawn bkdk in the last few months. their designs are brand new territory again wtf #bnha #mha #bakugou katsuki #midoriya izuku #bakudeku #bkdk #redraw #shitpost #fan art #becki draws stuff n stuff #I FUCKED UP THE HAND. WHY DID I HAVE TO NOTICE THIS AFTER POSTING IT. WHAT THE FUCK

[werewolf-transgenderism]

just found out they deleted middle english wikipedia, rip to middle english wikipedia and its entry for frogs specifically, how could they do this to me 😭 luckily I am exceedingly not normal about frogs and have the whole text of the article saved on my phone:

A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggeys, whiche liueþ boþe in þe water and on londe. Hit biþ ofte tyme broune or grene or yelowe; or be hit tropyckal, hit may haue dyuers coloures lyk reed, blewe, and blak and liue in trees. Hit haþ longys and guilles boþe. Þe frogges skyn lokeþ glossi bi cause of his secrecioun, whiche may been poisounous. Moste frogges haue nought a tayl an þeire lymes be yfolden under his likame. His frounte two feet haue four tos and his bak two feet haue fif tos. Þes tos stiken wele to wode, rocke and glas. Froggen moste be in þe water to spawne. Þe frogge haccheþ from an ey and hit þanne becomeþ a tadpolle. Hit groweþ to þanne a frogge, yef hit be nought eten. Som male frogges maken loude souns wiþ þeire mou��s for to make þeimselves knowen to femmelles. Som þe femmelles refusen. Everich frogge et smalle bogges and alyke crikets, fliys, and wurms as mete. Þei haue tungs þat be longe and holden faste to quarrie so it doþ not escaipe. A frogge may been founde in all contynens excepte Antartika. Frogges be breþren wiþ toades. Toades be muchel lyk froggen wiþ drye þicke sken. Som folk þynke þat þou mayst geten weartes from toades, but þis is nae trewe.

#deleting middle english wikipedia is my last fucking straw how could they do this to me #I just wanted to go cry about how a frogge biþ a beaste wiþ foure leggeys as I do every few months and it was GONE #frogposting

[soranker]

IMMA DEVIL IMMA BREAK YOU DOWN!!!

#trigun #trigun maximum #NICHOLAS D WOLFWOOD #WOLFWOOD I AM LIVING IN YOUR WALLLLLSSS #fun fact this was sorta a study based on a pic i took of myself tryna cosplay as ww.......FJDHSJFH #also the song lyrics are from remi wolf's remix of you first by paramore....... go look at the lyrics theyre SOOO wolfwood #ok end of art spam DJSAGDJSAH #WAS FEELIN A LITTLE INSANE WHILE POSTING?? bc i do feel like ive improved a little in these last few months 0_0 #thank you wolfwood and thank you life drawing :salute: #alright good night folks

[new-anon]

first (and second) trip to ilum

#aka layer that desert boy UP!!!!!!! #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #old art from last month #star wars prequels #like?? a few months after #the phantom menace #idk

[candle-scm]

so what if modern au zuko constantly dressed like a middle schooler waiting for soccer practice to start

#atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #avatar fanart #my art #i see a lot of modern au zuko serving looks #which is totally valid #but also i think that once hes disowned by ozai and doesn't have to dress to impress constantly #he'd wear whatever #including combat boots with shorts #at least for a few months

[fairydrowning]

"But there is a clarity about September. On clear days, the sun seems brighter, the sky more blue, the white clouds take on marvelous shapes; the moon is a wonderful apparition, rising gold, cooling to silver; and the stars are so big."

– Faith Baldwin, Evening Star

#finally it's September #last few days of August didn't go so quickly for me but rest the August literally give me so many happy thingss and memorieshaha #i hope you achieve what you want in this month and everything works out for youu #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #books & libraries #romanticism #spilled thoughts #words #September #new month #september month #literary quotes #quotations

[el-pada]

2012 Usagi maybe please?

i havent drawn the old fuck yet BUT i did design a 2012 descendant version as well cause i love being sane about shit

taking advantage of space arc to use the space usagi descendant concept

girlthing that got accused of treason and is wanted by the goverment

also

#my art #ilustration #digital art #artists on tumblr #character design #fanart #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #tmnt usagi #tmnt leo #leosagi #2012 leo #leonardo #teenage mutant ninja turtles #space usagi #thats all the usagi designs so far now to actually make stuff about them #im so sorry for the spam the last few days but also not really #again you can ask me anything about the 3 ive been spinning them in brain for over a month

[fcheez]

they are all i think about

#simpatico #my art #perceptor #brainstorm #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #you ask you receive #these two have genuinely #been in my brain 24/7 for the last few months