#and i live in ireland

[morally-gray101]

Can we talk about how unbelievably normal Kevin would've been if he wasn't the Son Of Exy? I mean seriously, even with that he's a history major. A history major. His mother died in a car crash, he was abused for over half his life, he ran away to live with his illegitimate father and yet he is still tries so hard to be normal. When Andrew gets at him for having no spine, it makes me so unspeakably mad because yes! of course he's scared! His abuser is chasing him across the country to his safe space and is torturing and killing his friends!

Kevin pretty much grew up in a cult and his response is to avoid confrontation with them because opening his mouth has always meant incurring Riko's wrath; it's better for everyone to take the path of least resistance- sit down, shut up and don't cause any problems. Kevin is pretty much the fawn response to Andrew's fight and Neil's flight and it's so annoying how critical of Kevin everyone was. He was trying his goddamn best and when Wymack literally had to tackle Kevin in his apartment to calm him down showed us how much pain and fear he was in, how much he had always been in.

He grew up in a cage and he never got the outlet Neil had when he ran, or when Andrew lashed out and got shipped somewhere else. Kevin Day deserved the life he was owed and he finally got it when he went to Palmetto. He finally got to play exy on his own terms, went pro, made the US Court AND got a family- Wymack, Abby, and Thea. Not only them, but the Foxes too. Neil and Andrew, Nicky, Aaron, Dan, Matt, Allison and Renee. He got everything he deserved in the end and yes that is the success story we all needed for him.

#im in my kevin feels rn #on my first read of aftg i didnt even like him that much... #blasphemy #ive seen people bashing his name for being normal asf #and like it's not that i have a problem with #kevin actually suits him #but kayleigh was irish #and i live in ireland #and let me tell you #no way in any hell would anyone here name their offspring anything with 'leigh' in it #that is the most american thing ever and i have never seen it here #because we're not freaks #aftg #all for the game #kevin day #andrew minyard #neil josten #aaron minyard #nicky hemmick #matt boyd #dan wilds #renee walker #allison reynolds #david wymack #abby winfield #tw riko #cw abuse

[learnelle]

(11/30) Recently I explained the concept of dépaysé(e), which literally translates to “de-countried”. Before I learned this word I could never eloquently describe why it always felt so off to be back in Ireland, and how I tend to feel a bit lost and foreign there despite being Irish. It can also be used in a positive context though! You could describe a holiday being great bcs everything felt so different, j’ai été dépaysé(e) ☕️

#I still love Ireland & it’s still my home ! But after living my entire adult life in France it feels so different than before I moved 😅 #studyblr #French #french langblr #language learning #language studyblr #dark academia #light academia #30dop #30nym #Langblr #foreign languages #language study

[llyfrenfys]

See, I personally find this quest to find pagan/pre-Christian elements in Welsh/Irish literature quite unnerving - I don't know about anyone else.

There's something to be said about genuinely discovering pre-Christian elements in a narrative or story and that being where evidence and study has led you. But I see some people on this fruitless quest to find pagan elements in very Christian texts and sometimes it feels like if no pagan elements can be found, people start making stuff up out of whole cloth - and that can be very dangerous for already not-well known texts in minoritised languages!

There's already so much misinformation out there about Irish/Welsh texts and literature in general - so it hurts to see people carelessly adding to the misinformation either out of ignorance or lack of respect for the source material.

I promise you the source material being Christian doesn't ruin it - you can in fact, enjoy these myths without making them into something they're not!

#I feel like general ire towards (particularly) colonial Christianity has informed how people think of and view anything that is associated #with Christianity - and ire towards some of the ills committed in the name of Christianity is very valid actually #but what it isn't is approaching any text written in a Christian context and immediately disregarding it for having anything unique or #insightful to say. And in a Celtic languages context #this can be especially othering and almost fetishistic of an imagined pagan Ireland and Wales which was 'covered up' by Christianity #and that desire for people outside of Ireland and Wales to impose a kind of 'pagan faerie culture' onto the modern countries directly feeds #into false depictions of Ireland and Wales as 'lost in time' or as magical places full of latent pagan culture &c. which can be really #damaging in its own way against people who live in Wales or Ireland or who speak Welsh or Irish #this goes for other Celtic speaking nations too like Scotland Brittany Isle of Man and Cornwall #But Wales and Ireland tend to be the most focused on for this kind of treatment #luke's originals #Welsh #Wales #Cymblr #Irish #Ireland #welsh mythology #irish mythology #irish literature #welsh literature #Arthurian legends #arthurian literature

[sunshineandlyrics]

Cillian promoting Oppenheimer

#mood #I feel ya Cillian #he just wants to act and live in Ireland with his family #and also they photographers keep calling him Sillian #cillian murphy #oppenheimer #mine

[irish-belle]

The water is so beautiful today

#ireland #coast #i live in a fairytale #nature

[oifaaa]

Weather update from Ireland: it's a lil windy

#also my power keeps on going off so thats fun #and my switch isn't changed #i swear what is it with tech today draining battery when its not being used #how am i meant to know when the weather is gonna get bad #i live in Ireland

[saintsenara]

Ur comment about Tom watching Antiques Roadshow with fish and chips has got me wondering about what you think the HP characters go to chipper orders are? I’d wager Dumbledore would enjoy a spicebag myself..

i'm genuinely screaming.

dumbledore is one hundo after a spice bag, as are ron and tonks. they are the three people who have made the correct choice.

as for the others...

harry [dursleys] and tom [orphanage] are obviously choosing the plainest option - cod and chips. tom would go in for mushy peas and a packet of benson and hedges alongside his. harry - given his canonical sweet tooth - is getting some sort of deep-fried chocolate bar as a chaser.

hermione [pretentious] is having the thinking woman's fish order - plaice and chips. unless she's been drinking, when she - like ginny - loves a battered sausage for the innuendo potential.

arthur's having scampi, because that seems the most muggle, and a selection of every sauce in the place. molly's having haddock, which she considers respectable, and is being joined in that choice by mcgonagall.

sirius [depressed] is taking the risk on a chipper pie - a gristly steak-and-kidney that's been sitting under a heat lamp all evening, for example. he prefers the rats he ate while living in that cave.

lupin [there] is having plain chips, no sauce or anything.

snape [ill-tempered] is going for one of northern ireland's greatest chip shop creations - a pastie supper. which can - like him, to be quite honest - best be described as a lump of mystery meat.

neville [northern] is obviously having chips and gravy, in fear that his gran would disown him otherwise.

luna [disconnected from reality] is going for the other one of northern ireland's greatest chip shop creations - a cowboy [pronounced coyboy] supper.

any malfoy [posh] is leaving the function and never speaking to you again if you suggest going to the chipper [good]. but narcissa secretly loves a curry butty.

bellatrix [unhinged] is indulging in a habit i didn't realise was unusual until i went to uni in england, and slapping tinned pineapple and thousand-island dressing on top of a portion of chips and calling it "hawaiian".

#asks answered #northern ireland posting #not ashamed to say that the only reason i visit my sister who lives in the south so frequently is for the spice bag potential #spice bag... save me... save me... spice bag #this is technically liturgically appropriate because you'd be mad not to consider a chip supper on good friday #that's my excuse when st peter's listing my failings

[bluizu]

A list of countries that are against Russian war crimes, that are also against Israeli war crimes!

Ireland

Norway

Thank you for coming!

Edit, 8-11-23: It is with great honor i may add Norway to this list! I would like to thank our brothers to the west for not being idiots.

#Israel #palestine #free gaza #free palestine #anti zionism #Ireland #russia #russian imperialism #glory to ukraine #im swedish and i want OUT #my government is Islamophobic asf #and they are LIVING for this because now they can group every single Muslim together with Hamas #norway #norge #eire

[chiropteracupola]

Mr. Patrick Augustine Harper, horse trader and gentleman.

#em draws stuff #em is posting about sharpe #sharpe #patrick harper #SEE HIM LOOK AT HIM #writing this post while tired so. simply be looking at his cool purple coat and his cool gloves. Guyladfellow. #did not feel like drawing a whole horse so he Does get a hitching-post to stand with for the Symbolisms. #I remain obsessed with his book-canon middle name... splendiferous... #and also I am always so very pleased by the fact that he has what's pretty much a happy ending #(and I think the happiest ending that any of the chosen men get!) #living with ramona in ireland and doing dubiously legal Business :) (if anything happens to him in peril or challenge Do Not Tell Me) #(I Am Ignoring Those Two They Are Not Real To Me. Thanks muchly!)

[miniminttea]

I was thinking about how our ineffable pair lived a good portion of time in the uk so they are just a hop, skip and a jump away from Ireland.

I decided to do some rough sketches of what I’d have them wear. They both have traditional léine on but Aziraphale’s is lighter and Crowley’s is far darker to fit their looks. Typically they are saffron or white.

Crowley wearing a kilt because she’s always loved being stylish yet out of style, and I’m a sucker for the fact David is Scottish and we’ve always loved our Scottish bros (history probably disagrees but whatever)

Aziraphale is fem presenting here because they always seem to wear things that cover them up quite a lot, it’s what they’re comfortable in. The fem look also just fits his aesthetic more tbh. Also the plaid tartan-esque look is not typical of the time, but I can’t imagine her without it.

I can imagine Crowley being quite Scottish while Aziraphale deals with some moral quandary about penal laws and crime or something idk.

And yes, the embroidery is very intentional.

(Also this is just a sketch so I didn’t try very hard to match either body type, sorry I’m lazy)

#ineffable husbands #david tennant #michael acting choices sheen #neil gaiman #good omens #fem aziraphale #scottish crowley #irish #ireland #yes #i live in ireland

[trimmtrabbing]

me at the hozier show in december crying while choking these words out

#i luv ireland i luv irish i luv hozier #hozier #pls play it i want to hesr irish music live

[pizzaboat]

Valkyries' greatest act of self-harm was choosing to live in America for 5 years. My god.

Of all the countries to punish yourself with, she chose the most frustratingly uncomfortable

#lived there for 2 months. would not go back #valkyrie cain #skulduggery pleasant #I can't believe im saying this but ireland is better

[irish-belle]

A most interesting explore today

#nature #i live in a fairytale #ireland #castle ruins #stone ruins

[oifaaa]

Oifaaa do you like cassette beasts you can date an irish woman

I dont really have the spare money to afford new video games at the moment and besides I live in Ireland I can date Irish women when ever i please

#ask #anon #i say as out of the 4 most recent people ive dated 3 of them where English #the most recent one was irish but also nb so doesnt count as a irish woman #and they were a prod which you know #how do i keep finding english people to date #ive not lived outside of ireland since uni

[news4dzhozhar]

“The Worst of What Humanity Is Capable Of”: Pediatrician on What She Saw in Gaza

You can watch/listen to her full, disturbing interview at the link above.

#worst of humanity #i dont know about the apocalypse or the rapture but WWIII is gonna have Israels name all over it #the experiment that is Israel has failed #the rest of the world needs to act #stop the world i want to get off #apartheid #save palestine #ethnic cleansing #israel is an apartheid state #seek truth #free palestine 🇵🇸 #genocide #illegal occupation #israel is committing genocide #israeli war crimes #propaganda kills #Israel lies while Palestine dies #where has humanity gone? #if greed has so completely overtaken any humanity maybe its best if mankind is wiped off the map entirely #fatalist #there are no “better angels” #never again is NOW! #this was NEVER about Hamas #the entire “civilized” world is complicit in this...except maybe Ireland or Yemen #pediatric intensive care doctor #there is no other word for this that absolute genocide #israel is a terrorist state #israel is a war criminal #nakba 23-24 #let Palestine live

[duine-aiteach]

Been thinking lately about the term Anglo-Irish. Specifically in the context of notable historical figures such as Oscar Wilde, J. M. Synge, W. B. Yeats, Bram Stoker, Jonathan Swift, Maria Edgeworth, and so many others. We’re so quick to claim that they’re not British that they’re Irish, but it’s not as straight forward as that is it? The same issue arises with notable Northern Irish people. Sometimes it’s clear if they identify as British or Irish, but not always.

Obviously we want to claim the brillance of Anglo-Irish people in history because they came from our home and that is important. But on the other hand, the Anglo-Irish were the ones making waves because of that privilege. That is important too. The Anglo-Irish - as a whole - were generally better off and a higher class than the general Irish population. That can’t be ignored. They become well known and influential outside of Ireland because they have the money and the connections to do that. Many other Irish people were probably as talented but just didn’t get the chance.

A lot of the notable Anglo-Irish people did go over to England and prosper there, which is probably part of the reason that people call them British. But even if their families were well off english landlord types, a lot of them were raised in ireland and that matters.

Wikipedia says

The Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Bowen memorably described her experience as feeling "English in Ireland, Irish in England" and not accepted fully as belonging to either.

Many Irish people today have family in the UK. Many of my peers have one British parent or grandparent, myself included. While the countries are separate places and should be treated as such, the people are still messy. I was born in England to an English mother and an English-born Irish father then raised in Ireland. Up until I was 15 or 16 I was a British citizen, then I was imported and now all my documentation says I’m Irish. I don’t consider myself English or British at all. And today, that distinction doesn’t really make much difference. I’m not any better or worse than my neighbours whose family have lived and died in the same area for generations. But historically, for these notable Anglo-Irish people, that distinction did make a difference.

#this has been in my drafts since….9th of may 20222 #I know I had a really interesting conversation about the term Anglo Irish and specifically bram stoker and dracula with fiona at the bus #station and I promised them I would write more about what we’d said #but I forgot and this draft has sat here ever since. untouched. #so you get this half thought #please do feel free to add on to it! I would love to hear other people’s thoughts on the term anglo-irish and their domination of the arts #other things too but those were what I was focusing on in a historical context #my own post #ireland #Anglo-Irish #irish #it’s probably more poignant now that I am living in the uk #and interestingly how many people i have met over here who have one irish grandparent and how many irish people my granny knows #who have never lived long term in ireland. people like my father whose parents left home in search of work and settled in the uk