#even if im not from america

[batbabydamian]

Met Joshua Williamson at NYCC during one of his signings! He said of all the characters he wants to protect the most at DC, it would be Damian because that’s his “baby boy” 🥺 Said he’s tired of people hurting Damian since he’s already gone through so much his whole life.

Asked him 2 questions!

What accent does Damian have?

Others have asked him but he doesn’t want to say, because he wants people to talk about it! He mentioned Damian has only lived in America for 4 years, and would naturally have an accent.

Who decided on Damian’s new hair?

Simone - Joshua said he didn’t notice it at first and then he was like “UMMM IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE TIM…”

He let it go because he thought about how Tim has had different hairstyles, and Damian is young and still growing.

#damian wayne #the baby boy bit was like a short version of that one interview he had but i was just happy to hear him say it in person LOL 😭 #he even did a cradling motion when he called Damian a baby a second time 😭 #im so happy whenever ppl call Damian their baby HE JUST IS HUH 😭 #he asked what accent i think Damian would have and when i replied Arabic he emphasized creating discussion on the topic #‘Damian isn’t from America remember he’s only lived there for 4 years’ #there’s a tangent after this that im still trying to make sense of or recall correctly but it was about the ppl Damian was surrounded by #when he stayed in Gotham and besides Bruce one of them was Alfred who ALSO has an accent #anyway friendly guy! he had a line going but he made time to really chat especially if you have questions! #rambling

[sidsinning]

Classic Disney Princesses Need More Respect (except for Aurora...go back to bed)!!!

Can't people understand even if they're more subtle in how they do it, Snow White and Cinderella are absolutely rebelling against their mothers' tyranny in their own ways to survive, they just don't go in guns blazing with a crossbow or something lol. It’s why despite how docile and soft they seem on the outside, they’re still pissing off their step moms who are trying hard to thwart them.

They make the best out of their situations, whether they are secretly making a dress to have a small bit of happiness in their otherwise hard and degrading life, or working their ass off taking care of 7 crusty men to pay rent at 14 years old while hiding from their murderous step mother.

Just bc they receive help from people like the dwarves or a fairy godmother doesn’t mean they’re waiting for someone else to save the day (btw especially Cinderella!!! Fuck yalls sayin she sat around she was yelling orders to her mice friends on how to get her tf out!!!). They got help from people (or animals) bc of good karma. They’re good to people despite how they’re treated which awarded them with good company (besides Snow’s prince,,,,eugh).

Btw both are victims of abuse to which they have been conditioned from a young age to accept as normal. You can't just turn to a little girl being abused by their parent and go, "um, aren't you gonna do something about this? Smh where's the girl power?" That's literally victim blaming!! They're kids bitch!!!

THESE movies are great examples of why "feminine" traits such as kindess and generosity are admirable traits and not weaknesses!

Idk these days I think we need more of this energy than like,,,,women punch = good woman character lol

GIVE THE CLASSICS SOME CREDIT IS WHAT I AM SAYING EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT PERFECT EXAMPLES OF FEMINISM AT TIMES

#what im saying is I think Captain Marvel is equally as boring as Captain America LOL #sidrabbles #domestic chores are hard work yalls dont forget that #trust me i love mulan and spunky hard workers like tiana #but these girls are so disrespected and stereotyped for shit the story not even sayin!!! #its just what people see from the outside when girls aint punching their way to victory on their own #disney #snow white #cinderella

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI. I HATE AI.

#not dislike. its hate #it made me cry several times today #thinking of how my classmates manipulate our teachers #and chatgpt AIs can EVERYTHING #its so painful to think of it #today I broke down in the bus and cried #idc what people think. hiding my feelings any longer would destroy me from the inside #maybe youve also seen how people use freakin AIs in their exams #the thing is that: #we wrote an exam for which Ive studies for like 2 whole days #this week we finally got the exams back (w the grades ofc) #and ok Ive got a 3 (C in America syste #*m) #my friends who used chatgpt throughout the exam got way better grades (I didnt expect it otherwise) #PLUS #the most provocating messages from the teacher: #“10/10 POINTS :)” “YOURE ROCKING THIS” “YEAH” #💔 #seriously #this breaks my heart #dont the teacher see something suspect in the exam?! #why cant they open their eyes and get modernized to reality. #& they KNOW- the students Im talking of. they usally have bad results. #once our teacher came to a chatgpt student and said the most miserable thing: #“youve been using duolingo a lot lately hm? thats where your nice grades come from 😉🥰” #you get it? #no- this peoson didnt learn. #no- this person isnt even interested in the stuff we learn in lessons #AWFUL feeling to hear the praisings of da teachers when *I* gotta sit among the gpt-students and look like Im a worse student than *them* #[writing this at almost 1 at night] still have some tears. this topic really has the power to destroy someones day. 💔💔

[hotmess-exe]

"MY life has gotten marginally better or been unaffected under the current administration, so give the Democrats YOUR vote"

that's what y'all sound like. fuckin entitled. or do none of y'all actually believe in one person, one vote lol

just say that other people's problems, well-being, stability, and dignity is secondary to your fucking comfort under the status quo.

if things are "better under Biden" for you to such an extent that you feel entitled to other people's fucking votes, I got news for ya — you were probably fine under Trump too 🙃

#all i hear is #give me your vote #GIVE me your vote — and im not talking about from politicians #your ass is so excited to vote for a warmonger and a genocidal liar #which every us president has been to some degree bc that's the real face of america #ok then you and YOUR vote can vote for biden #bitching about leftists abstaining to vote blue this election is just y'all crying over the consequences #of demanding support from the demographics you clearly DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT #while loudly proclaiming and proving that you do not give a fuck about them lmao #mess #clown brigade #fuck biden #make a real argument please lmao #i have read and heard them all and they always boil down to this fucking bullshit #y'all pretend there's no nuance to ppl not voting this cycle but pretend theres nuance to #vote blue no matter who #lmao ok #i aint even old yet and im too old for this shit

[sashimiyas]

i know this may just be my indulgence. but i do think osamu and iwaizumi would get along so well

#reinas.inretrograde #there’s this thought in my head where iwaizumi is telling him how he has a friend in america who wants an onigiri miya to open there #because he brought some of his onigiri as an airplane snack and whatever he didn’t finish. he gave to you. #and then iwaizumi adds ‘and for some reason. they also think you’re hot.’ #this is an additional surprise to the information iwaizumi already dropped. but it’s an even more pleasant one and despite trying to remain #unreadable. a smile tugs at his lips. and iwaizumi notices. the man must immediately point it out. #‘oh shit. you actually like that?’ and osamu is easy to quip back. ‘like it’s so bad to be flattered #iwa-san? ain’t everyone gotta be repressed like ya!’ #osamu isn’t able to dodge the jab iwaizumi throws at him. his tactic much more calculated than atsumu’s aimless barrage. ‘im not repressed #im just…’ ‘private?’ osamu finishes for him. iwaizumi turns his face away from the honesty. never been one to look at his feelings in the #eyes. osamu gets it. so he just nods his head while discretely trying to rub away the blooming pain on his bicep. #there’s still that playful negging that iwaizumi will never admit to enjoying. but osamu has a reserved personality that allows iwa to open #just enough and close the conversation before it gets too far #to me! this is real to me!! doesn’t have to be real for you

[hella1975]

all hate to tiktok for taking 'having a space to more openly and actively talk about different cultures' to mean 'cultures are NOT to be shared and we must be vigilantly defensive of our cultures for fear of appropriation, a word that can be applied to any multicultural interaction'. like of course cultural appropriation is a very real problem but ive seen with the access to global multicultural conversation that tiktok provides it's made people TERRIFIED to even interact with cultures other than their own for fear of 'doing it wrong'. like at some point you have to acknowledge that in the real world of the great outdoors, the majority of people are eager to SHARE their cultures. yes there are ignorant questions and biases but also... how do you think those things get unlearnt? i dont understand how deciding that multiculturalism is an elephant in the room instead of a normal thing that should just be talked about and lived with is supposed to benefit anyone? and kids on tiktok are CONVINCED that it's a time bomb of a conversation to have and therefore must be avoided at all costs but like. people generally LOVE their home and their culture and are PROUD of it and want to share it. how have we made it so that showing genuine interest and a desire to understand something so integral to a person's identity is now feared and borderline demonised?

#thinking about this a lot lately. thinking about how fun it was comparing cultural differences in america #thinking of how when i was homesick one thing i found a great comfort in was talking about my home #and how it differed and i really loved and appreciated it when people would ask me about england #in a way that they genuinely just wanted to learn about it and not to take the piss #thinking about how the kitchen at work has chefs from all over europe. we have an irish chef and a spanish chef and an italian chef #and one of the kps is from eastern europe (i havent actually been able to find out where yet) etc and the way they banter with each other #like usually chefs are Problematic bc their humour is VERY abrasive and usually offensive #but this is one instance where it's actually to their benefit bc they're so unafraid to ADDRESS THE FACT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURES #i feel like the tiktok gen are so petrified of even acknowledging other cultures let alone discussing them #that it's actually sending the conversation backwards. like how does hoarding your culture and pretending it's not there benefit anyone #LET ALONE YOU AND THE CULTURE IN QUESTION. idk it just baffles me a bit that something that started as people on tiktok #genuinely spreading information and talking about the BAD side of this where people DO culturally appropriate or invade spaces that arent #theirs has now become 'for fear of speaking bad about it we will not speak about it at all'. and they'll crucify you if you do. like what #even at uni my best mate is indian and she's too scared to join the sikh society on her own so i regularly go to the events with her #and im typically one of the handful (or the only) white non-sikh there and i get SO welcomed each time #like there's such a genuine excitement to share the culture with someone who is effectively a blank slate #and like yeah ill ask 'dumb' questions or i'll have different experiences (tried a samosa for the first time at one of these events #and the moment that info got out i had like five STRANGERS trying to give me different samosas to try and it was genuinely such #a laugh bc yes they were TEASING me bc 'how have you never had one' but they were also really eager to share MORE as a result) #ugh idk what im saying. i just think it's a shame to watch this happen in real time on the internet #when if people would just go outside and actually TALK to people from other cultures they'd realise 9 times out of 10 the interactions #are actually really really nice for BOTH parties. and actually refusing to talk about this stuff is long-term pretty fucking detrimental #and it also goes the other way!!! like imagine if i - citizen of colonisation motherland herself - didn't interact with other cultures #and didnt ask questions or hear their opinions on whatever shared history we have from THEIR POINT OF VIEW #imagine the kind of shit id be internalising bc i only hung out with other white british people. it wouldnt matter if i was doing it #to be woke or 'respect their culture'. it would still be fucking ignorant. like half my interactions with other cultures #see me as the butt of the joke bc of this like aforementioned irish chef at work VOCALLY slates the english all the time #but it's done in an environment where we're FRIENDS and it's poking fun at each other while still addressing a very serious history. like?? #idk if any of this is worded in a way that makes sense but yeah. i have thoughts #cant believe i got inspired to make an actually serious post bc of the CHEFS AT WORK. embarrassing. no one let them see this

[lobotomyladylives]

Your rape comparison is dumb because it gets exactly to the point that you're missing. I come from a place in Nigeria with a history of arranged between young women and older men. A long time ago this practice was not only common, but largely an expected process when it came to joining two people. Today most people in Nigeria acknowledge this to be immoral and some even consider it to be sexual trafficking. I would be inclined to agree. Yet only a few hundred years ago it was not questioned. Not because rape wasn't looked down upon back then, it simply wasn't considered rape. I have a traceable family history to men I would consider to be rapists by today's standards. Do I consider them heinous men? No. It was simply the expectation and the culture of the time. Marriage was considered a unification of families rather than individuals. The opinion of the girl being married off was seldom considered. I don't think every slaver was a heinous human being either. For a large amount of time in many cultures having slaves was simply how large amounts of work got done. Yes, it required the belief that humans could be relegated to property. But that wasn't an idea they culminated on their own. Just like most of the belief systems they held. The same is true for us. Everyday I go to work for someone else to provide for myself and my family. In modern society, if I don't work, I don't eat and I die. I believe in the future we will have considered it a barbaric slavery to hold a man's basic needs hostage behind working for someone else. Maybe it will be "UBI" or something else, but I do believe that in the future most people's basic needs can and will be met without the systems of work we have now. And I don't think we'll consider every person who ever owned a business and made people work for a living, a heinous person. If you judged every person from 1000 years ago on their actions and dispositions most of them would probably be "bad men". At that point calling someone bad in that context becomes largely meaningless and renders the exercise a complete waste of time. Even a peasant from the late middle ages would likely be a terrible misogynist with them engaging in catholic traditions that gave them complete control over their wives, which I think we would agree is bad regardless if they treated their wife well or not. What people like you are too stupid and self-centered to understand is that, 200 years from now, people who look back at certain practices you supported as barbaric. No matter how convinced you are of the morality of certain practices, now, in the present, a different society in a future era, might consider them destructive. Something like lobotomies were viewed as compassionate and medically supported in the 1950s.  What are society's views on lobotomies now? Does that make these people bad if future generations do something different?

first of all I have literally no idea what post you're talking about, second of all this is fucking unhinged lol!! I hate you cultural relativism freaks so much why are you so obsessed with defending rape and pedophilia?! just because it wasn't punished in the past doesn't mean the men committing those acts weren't still bad people. a person should know intuitively that holding down a screaming crying woman or child and painfully forcing yourself on them is wrong. would you argue that the Nazis weren't bad just because slaughtering jews in the place and time they lived in was a totally normalized & encouraged practice? you can try to excuse the most heinous acts with cultural relativism but that doesn't make them less heinous. this is such a fucking pointless discussion to have

also I'm literally a commie so I do in fact believe the robber barons holding basic necessities like food water shelter & healthcare behind a paywall are fucking evil

#alright im not even looking at my inbox again for 48 hrs you people are so annoying #sorry to ppl who may have sent nice messages unfortunately they have been buried under the deranged hollarings of various y chromosoid apes #also the fact that youre what..pretending to be a Nigerian woman?? get the fuck out of here youre a white man from america in his basement #i can tell i have psychic abilities #no black person is out here going around defending SLAVERS ☠️ #asks

[get-more-bald]

being a tf2 fan has you searching shit like "us draft 1968" "us military drafts" "wars united states participation" "vietnam war drafts"

#its about fucking scout yeah #BTW EDIT. im talking about the vietnam war here #is he a draft dodger? did he not get picked? where do his dog tags come from? #did he get drafted but not sent to the battlefield? #also. ww2. which of the mercs fought. #spy. probably fought. maybe (probably) not on the front lines #heavy. im saying he didnt fight because he ran from a gulag and the lived in siberia. #soldier. we all know. #medic. IF he fought then probably def not on tbe front lines but im more inclined to say he didnt fight #as in he ran to switzerland or america or smth. for my personal reasons #demo. good question actually. im saying he didnt fight #a) would he be of age to fight? b) would he qualify for medical reasons? c) would his moms influence exclude him? #this shit is gonna get me googling scotlands involvement in ww2 #i want to say he didnt fight #engie. hm. did engineer from hit game team fortress 2 fight in the second world war. #i want to say he didnt but he probably (realistically) did #(except its tf2 universe so. whats realistic. is ww2 even canon in tf2 universe.)(lets assume it is as canon as it is irl) #if pyro fight they werent in the military they were just there for some reason. happy to be included in any bloodshed #sniper (by comics canon) is i think too young to have fought. also hes australian. #this shit is gonna have me googling australian involvement in ww2 #holy shit #delete later

[doulayogimama]

We have only been away from the USA for 2 months. It honestly feels like double that time has passed. We have just under 1 month left.

As someone who has gone abroad for a 5-month stretch, I’m honestly shocked at my level of homesickness. Having a child changes a lot more than I thought. I don’t think I’ve ever missed my family this much. I didn’t think I could miss them this much. I can’t wait to leave Sky with family so I can go do… anything 🥲 Kevin and I need to go on dates 😭

I know it sounds crazy to people based in the states, but I really miss home. There’s problems everywhere, and being out of the country has helped me really understand that. There are plenty of problems over here in the EU.

What I’ll miss the most is the quality / price of food here. I think about how much Americans spend at the grocery store for subpar quality ingredients / preservatives / etc and it pisses me off. Other than that… I really want to go back home.

I know it’s not fair, but it just makes me all the more determined to have my own garden again one day and grow my own food. Invest in a bread maker and really learn the art of making sourdough bread. Supporting local farms when I can to buy things I don’t feel comfortable buying in a store. Again, not “fair” that we all have to go through more effort to get good quality food, but luckily, I enjoy gardening + cooking + baking.

I miss a lot of the food back home — there are no beans over here. Like literally, since I started shopping in grocery stores in Portugal, there are no beans anywhere I look. No black / red / pinto / navy / cannellini beans — NOTHING. My vegetarian / Cuban self is suffering 😅

I want good Mexican food. I want my Mimi’s rice + beans. I want to see the plethora of vegan restaurants and products that I’ve grown accustomed to again. I don’t want to go to a grocery store and smell the overwhelming scent of octopus and fish (Iberians love their seafood).

TLDR — I want to go homeeee.

#im grateful to know that I really do love where we are from #even Mexico felt more homey #I feel like I could live in Central America too #we shall see

[imflyingfish]

Me watching the industrial and commercial demand go up while there is low residential demand knowing that this will cause a labour shortage.

#cities skylines #like STOP!!!!!! YOU HAVE INDUSTRY PLEASE THE POPULATION IS SUFFERING #side note i cant figure out why none of my citizens are educated I HAVE SO MANY OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND MY EDUCATION BUDGET IS MAXXED #i did just discover paths however and i am very very excited about that #today i set up paths and created transport links i have a bus station and a metro :] #problem is i had to remove the trainlines due to thrm being in the way but that means that now the indusyrial district covers the butt of #them #so now even when i unlock trains i dont know how im going to re establish them #side note surely thats going to cause some issues to the other parts of the england map #wait my map is the shape of england where are the trains coming from. this is an island #i am a bit miffed though as the map put me in like. sommerset county but im not allowed to access the sea since its not an unlockable tile #which means that i have NO WATER #ive had to buy all the way up to the river thames to get water and pump all that shit into the bristol channel! #anyway me getting rid of the trains #im just like richard beeching #sigh. #yeah america has their train issues but hey!!!!!! all our shit is privatised and its bad #anyway

[nerdie-faerie]

Ahhh I got a camp offer!!

#employment #cant even remember if i mentioned on here that applied for a summer camp counsellor job in summer but i did #i was at the waiting to hear back from potential camps stage and someone just got in touch with me #do i know anything about america? no so places are meaningless to me but im still excited

[bmpmp3]

thank god for indie devs making like tiny little maximum 10 megabyte freeware games on itchio keeping the art of filesize optimization alive. ASSET REUSE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#im watching a video about wario land music -> 'the bizarre music and sound design of wario land 4' by geno7 #good video so far! i like this guys stuff. he talked a bit about how they did some of the sound effects for warios voice #a very like. chopped and remixed sample style of doing his vocal lines. which is very cool 1) because it saves a bit of #precious space on that gba cartridge BUT ALSO 2) it just sounds cool and interesting stylistically #and man sometimes trying to keep a file size down really does give way for some really interesting stuff #on my own personal interests in games i ADORE rpg makers rtp and how people can find creative uses for it #i love that a bunch of games can draw from the same asset pool as one install on ur computer #no bloating your hardrive with a bunch of copies of the same assets - its just already here! #and from a developers perspective i love when they reuse old assets from other games in new weird ways #some small visual novel companies will reuse backgrounds and other assets #altho i dont mind a bit of bloat with VNs since a big draw can be the big pretty images and big pretty sounds #but its still cool when people find ways to get creative with space saving. and from a players perspective its also nice #space is cheap nowadays. but its not Free. we can swallow terabytes whole with micro sds and everything #but a lot of players dont get the chance or ability to upgrade their internal memory that often. so i think being considerate of filesize i #very important. and thats not even getting into the download bandwidth limits - a lot of people all across north america can only get like #internet from 1 provider and that 1 provider often likes to upcharge and limit shit because they can #we might live in a future where a lot of powerful technology exists. but access to that tech is another story #so remember the filesize. remember the filesize. #dies in your arms

[dullahandyke]

You guys keep falling for people going 'lol you're identifying the wrong way' wrt queer identities so I made you a flow chart

Is your anger against this label because it facilitates genuine harm towards others (eg. MAPs)? Godspeed and good luck to you.

Is your anger against this label because it is Using The Label Wrong and doesn't gel with your personal definition for this label (eg. MOGAI, bi lesbians, lesboys)? I'm sorry, but there's always gonna be people who identify in ways that you disagree with, and with something as intangible as queer identity, their stance has as much merit as your own. If you get ticked seeing someone IDing as both homosexual and bisexual, ask yourself if they're genuinely hurting anyone, and if not, let them be. You will never know the intricacies of someone else's identity, and if that's how they choose to define themselves, well, tough shit.

#like i id as both mspec and lesbian bcos i am genuinely unsure where the line is in my experiences #or if i even wanna draw the line #btw this isnt some holier-than-thou I Know Better thing this is also a reminder for myself #its been years and im still working on not reacting with vitriol when an american has irish heritage so they id as irish #like you do genuinely have to ask yourself 'what do i stand to gain from isolating myself from these people who want to bond with me' #and like its EASY to go 'i hate irish americans acting like they know ireland waheyyy fuck the yanks' #'theyre not even from here they dont know what ireland is like theyre not irelanders' #but at some point i realised that man. this just feels mean. i dont like this #irelands identity is based upon the people who live on the land. not the land the people live on #according to myth the first settlers werent the celts and they died out long ago and yet theyre still irish #and hearing someone discussing that myth go 'i think its wonderful that so many people share a heritage and appreciation for ireland' #'there are people in america and asia and africa who all have a claim to being irish' #'and acknowledging that is an important part to being irish' #and i thought man i WOULD like to acknowledge that it sounds nice #so when i see plastic paddy irish americans i Keep My Fucking Mouth Shut! #this is a memory but its also a metaphor for the queer community. hashtag words

[limelocked]

correct me if im wrong but dont this seem like just straight up looting?

#palestine #like this just seems like something you shouldnt admit to #like if the us took 1.3m dollars worth of cash from iraq or afganistan that would also look bad right #we agree on this right? #even if it Was from 'hamas strongholds' like the goal would be to kill terrorists right and not to pinch every penny you see? #is americas money running out that quickly that you gotta steal money out of the extremly closed economy of gaza? #times of israel and al jazeera have reported on this as well as alledgedly bloomberg but im paywalleeeeed

[enhanced-operatives-division]

for the songs stuff Don't worry I'd love to go listen to them in the future >:] BUT ALSO.. feel free to drop the junper playlist id love to see that :eyes:

That calms my mind a lot abt the song requests tysm ^^

ANYWAYS!!!!!!! I technically have 2 Juniper playlists but one of them is my main one filtered down to just him & his villain arc, here's the main one here (I've had it FOREVER):

I really need to put it into character arc order but alas I have not yet..

#aughh i have a REALLY dumb mental block that if I'm even vaguely considered as annoying in a fandom even ONCE i can no longer interact #and ieytd is so near an dear to me that i am SO SCARDT of that happening #it's part of the reason i lowk restrain myself from posting too much i digress #im just silly #anyways!! sorry for the mental issue from me have a juniper headcanon: #idk but i always thought he was polish/polish decent like his mom moved to america or something #like the way he talks abt his family it's like they were no-names before his stardom and idk....i think it could be interesting... #i digress #i don't think im gonna main tag this post but i may put the play list in my pinned #just uhh #john juniper #asks

[m4ruk4ts]

i'm quite late but i still wanted to post this so: here's argentina (angie) and maría remedios del valle (the capitana/mother of the homeland).

i wanted to make these drawings as a sort-of tribute for the 8th of november (aka. the afro-argentines and afro-culture's day, which is in conmemoration to her) because, despite being one of the most forgotten figures in our history, maría remedios was important, more than people realize. and since this is about my hetalia oc (oops-) here's how i vision her influence on argentina, not only as a country but as a woman:

angie saw her as a role figure, almost like a mother in a way, she was the closest thing she would get as a maternal figure. during her independence, angie kept maría remedios close, as they helped eachother and made their way through the war, she tought her how to fight, heal the wounded soldiers and many things.

however, after it was over, they took different paths, angie had other wars to fight and she didn't know anything else about maría remedios until it was too late. it didn't help that all this happened when angie was still very young, as she was growing up, she began to forget. it was only in recent years that maria remedios was beggining to be recognized for who she was, after being forgotten for centuries. argentina forgot about her, just like we argentines did, her people.

i am very aware of what happened to maría remedios and her story, how argentines forgot her and discredited her achievements and efforts (such ignorance being rooted in racism and misoginy). she is just as important as san martín, manuel belgrano and many argentine figures, we must not leave her in oblivion again.

#this is my most serious work so far when it comes to my hetalia oc lol #the reason i did this is because. I've rarely seen an argentina oc drawn with maría remedios :c (aside from martín from lh) #that's why i decided to dig a little deeper and learn about her story. and so i drew her with my argentina (angie) :3 #i thought of it as like. Those hetalia fanarts where they draw historical figures with their specific countries #joan of arc with france. Old fritz with prussia. Washington with america. You get it #that's why i wanted to do the same with mine!!! and add a little twist to it #i'm no history teacher. But i hope someone learns something more about argentine history that not so many know. Not even actual argentines #hetalia #hetalia argentina #aph argentina #hws argentina #historical hetalia #maría remedios del valle #hetalia oc #oc x canon #my art #sorry if its a little bittersweet. But that's just how history is :'( #and also im sorry for posting this so late. I've been busy with life in general ;v;