#from Ireland btw

[snazzi-strawberri-artz]

YEAHHH OC DESIGNS BABEY!!!!! OK SO LIKE THESE PPL ARE LIKE THE MAGIC COUNCIL AND ITS THEIR JOB TO GUIDE AND PROTECT THEIR PEOPLE YAYAY!!!!

(NOTE: I DID NOT MAKE KAZEMIS PATTERN I FOUND IT HERE)

Character lore and ramblings below!!

ARKENAS MY BELOVED!!! Hes Filipino because i said so JKSDHDS

Hes wearing a zoot suit which is a suit originated from african americans and would become popular with italians, filipinos, mexicans etc AND LIKE ITS PERFFECT FOR ARKENAS Because this type of suits were typically worn by performers due to how its easy to move around in AND HE himself is a performer as hes a very well known magician and illusionist!

Hes more of a sillay guy always looking to entertain people, but his magical performances got so good that people were struggling discerning what was real or not, enough that he was was given the title of master!

He always tries to befriend Magnus but always kinda fails at it JKHDHSD

Magnus!!! He wasnt always so serious and brooding, in fact, he was a slick playboy back in the days. But because of uhhh many plotlines and backstory that will take too long to explain hes always feels sad and empty despite not knowing why...😲

IMOGEN MY BELOVED!!! She comes from Ireland!!

Shes known for her experimental ways of doing Alchemy, for not sticking to rules and regulations and doing whatever she wants, and in that way she had become the embodiment of alchemy in a way it is all about risky experimentation and she goes through with it because she likes the thrill!!

Because of this she had done many contributions to the field of Alchemy, despite being deemed "unproffesional" by others

She also likes to do flirty teasing with Valentina because she thinks its cute how she reacts and crumbles HEHE

VALENTINA!!!!! ONE OF MY FAV DESIGNS IVE EVER MADE🥺 Im so happy with the way she looks!! She was initially gonna be the master of ALL the elements, but because her design turned out too look more Earthy and Firey, i only made her master of that!

She has like rich posh aristocracy vibes and owns various fashion businesses while also doing her duties as a magicia master! 🙏 SLAY

As for her design i really wanted to give of posh businesswoman whos also fashionable!

Lowkey has a crush on Imogen but is in denial <3 Valentina is also besties with Kazemi and they like to gossip all the drama over tea <3

KAZEMI MY WIFE MY EVERYTHING I LOVE YOUUUUU AUGH Shes also one of my fav designs along with Valentina!! Shes also from Japan >:]

Ive actually done quite abit of research on her name AND KAZEMI IS LITERALLLY THE MOST PERFECT NAME BECAUSE IT MEANS WATER OR WIND WHICH IS WHERE SHES MASTER AT...,, AND TOMIKAWA MEANS RICHES AND ALSO RIVER OR STREAM AND LIKE IT RELATES TO HER BECAUSE SHES WORKED SO HARD TO GET TO HER POSITION AS SHE ALWAYS KNEW SHE WAS DESTINED FOR PROSPERITY AND WEALTH RAAAA but if anyone like actually knows more abt japanese names and thinks that the name could be improved PLEASE DONT HESITATE TO DM 🙏

But yes due to how she more on the polite and demure side and her magic being water and wind, shes more underestimated and seen as more 'weak' than the others. But just how the seas can be gentle and also be a terrifying, great force, she can be too 🥺

Shes trying to court Samara btw 🥺 she relates to Samara in a way where their magic is underestimated due to how it looks "harmless", but both actually having the ability to do great harm if you know how to do it. Shes seen that Samara can do harm and damage if she wanted to, and she was like 'i want her" JKSDHJSHD

SAMARA!!! 🥺 Shes more of the precise, rational, proffesional type! Always wanting everything to be clean and pristine, thats why she mainly wears white. Shes also Arabic :D

Shes known as one of the greatest healers in the world, known for her quickness and precision, basically knows every body part and muscle and veins and how to heal it as well as how to damage it!! ^-^

As for her veil type i used a niqab! Well a half niqab specifically, as it doesnt cover the entire half of the body. Their design is influenced by Arabic fashion as well as like nurse doctor outfits in the 1900s :D

Figuring out her name was a bit tricky because im not familiar with Arabic names and i also didnt want to go to babynames.com for it because i know its a bit more complicated but i managed to get help from friends who are more qualified n knowledgable about arabic names😭 THANK YOU @lastcookieontheplate MY DEAR FRIEND

AND AND she doesnt want to admit it but she gets flustered and blushy whenever Kazemi does her courting attempts <3 HEEHEE

ANYWAYS THATS ALL OF EM!!!!! Say "BERRI IS SO PRETTY AND COOL" If youve reached this far!

#star chronicles art #BOOM #IM SO PROUD OF THESE RARARARARARA #I think i pushed myself out a bit of my usual design comforts!! #By like really using shapes as well as using patterns and textures #as well as how the shapes tell the personality of the character #By the way this is all set in around 1920s america! #you must be asking berri if this is set in murica why r they all not white-SHHH ITD BE BORING AS FUKKCCKK #And also lots of immigrants came around late 1800s onwards which included but not limited to people from ireland japan philippines etc #i also have done so much research in terms of 1920s clothing and styles for each of them #SObbing crying i mean research is fun and also a bit hectic BUT ALSO FUN #im not grammar checking tihs btw. its 3am

[spriteisnotasoda]

what in tarnation

#i am not religious btw the crucifix is a gift from my grandma #she brought it back from ireland and i think it looks sick as fuck #but now people assume im catholic #im not #just american irish lol #cats #caturday #cute animals #my cat #cat #cat memes #cute cats #catlover #my cat is cute #funny cats

[greencarnation]

in northern ireland during the troubles (and before) catholics used murals as a way of both claiming territory/identity and taking up space in public when they couldn't march. it was a way of forcing their voices to be seen and heard when the media and the government were against them. it was a way of protesting. i will elaborate later but do you get me. marching, posting - all good but not the only way to resist. there is so much in our arsenal and we aren't exploiting it. you don't need 100k followers or ten thousand people marching with you to make your voice heard - you can start now, alone. make it impossible for palestine to slip from public consciousness, make everyone know and everyone remember

#murals are just an example btw #for talentless fucks such as myself posters stickers and graffiti also work #protestants also used murals btw. they did it first in fact #catholics only really picked it up after bloody sunday and shit #ok might actually make a post later bc murals and shit played a pretty big role #very interesting. to me ig #anyway history repeats!!! this struggle has been fought and won before #learn from what has helped snd what has worked #i feel as though many of us are stuck in a loop of not really being able to do shit besides. email post and weekly protests #all good for sure but there is more you could do #there always is #palestine #gaza #free palestine #israel #northern ireland #ireland #free gaza #colonialism #genocide #ethnic cleansing #politics #social justice

[ladyimaginarium]

from mikjikj-mnikuk/turtle island to inuit nunangat to kanata to kalaallit nunaat to anahuac to abya yala to alkebulan to the levant to moananuiākea to sápmi to éire to bhārata to zhōngguó to nihon to aynu mosir to siberia to niugini to nusantara to bandaiyan to aotearoa, from coast to coast to coast to coast, from sea to sea to sea to sea, none of us are free until all of us — men, women, enben, children, queer people, disabled & neurodivergent people, elders, animals and the land and the sea and the sky — are free!!!!

#arcana.txt #turtle island = north america aka canada america & mexico (& the carribean & central america & greenland depending on who you ask) #inuit nunangat = the arctic aka inuit territory #anahuac = the traditional name for mexico #abya yala = south america (& the carribean & central america depending on who you ask) #alkebulan = the indigenous name for africa #levant = the place where israel & palestine are but also includes cyprus jordan lebanon & syria #moananuiākea = the hawaiian word for the pacific ocean & all the pacific islands #sápmi = the traditional land of the sámi in the northern parts of scandinavia & sweden norway finland & russia #bandaiyan = the indigenous word for australia / aotearoa = the māori word for new zealand #& the reason why i& included animals & the land sea & sky was bc that's central to indigenous activism just as much as it relates to humans #ya can't just free the humans ya gotta free the lands seas & skies too!! #btw mikjikj-mnikuk means turtle island in mi'kmawi'simk i& found it fitting to use the oldest language that yt europeans heard when arrivin #as the mi'kmaq were literally the first indigenous peoples that yt settlers spoke to & saw in 'canada' aka kanata which is the actual word+ #which it originated from which came from a huron-iroquois word!! #+ zhōngguó is the chinese word for china ! i& included it bc the uighurs & tibetans & other idigenous peoples are still struggling there!! #+ nihon is the word for japan & i& added it bc we can't forget the ainu & okinawans !! #kalaallit nunaat = greenland & éire = ireland in gaeilge #niugini = new guinea in tok pisin / nusantara = indonesia & the archipelago from old javanese bc they have a lot of indigenous peoples #bhārata = india — i& added it bc there's a LOT of indigenous peoples there & the caste system often has them at the bottom #aynu mosir = ainu homelands !! #siberia also has MANY indigenous peoples living in literally the coldest parts of the world & they're going thru a lot rn #nobody's free until all of us are free!!!! #protect indigenous peoples everywhere!!!! protect each other!!!! #protect the lands seas & skies & also keep them centered in your activism while making sure human rights are valued!! #land back #activism. #psa. #** post; okay to reblog.

[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

[fadedflora]

i have not listened to hamilton in like a week why is he STILL HERE

read the tags if you want to see me talk about musicals for a little TOO long

#this is no hate to you mr leslie odom jr #but i have most certainly listened to other musicians/bands more #anyways i'd say the rest is accurate #my bff and i have been doing a musical binge #started with wicked -> ride the cyclone -> shrek -> legally blonde -> falsettos #i cried twice at falsettos btw it's so fucked up (i loved it sm) #i've listened to wicked before but haven't actually *seen* it so that was nice #i've also heard a couple songs from ride the cyclone & falsettos b4 so i already knew they'd be good #and i've seen shrek the musical like 3 times bc i unironically love it #overall opinions: ride the cyclone might have my favorite cast of characters and i think falsettos might be my favorite musical now #fav songs (for funsies): #ride the cyclone: noel's lament / the ballad of jane doe / jawbreaker / space age bachelor man (insane song btw) #wicked: no good deed / popular #shrek: i know it's today / don't let me go / i think i got you beat / this is our story / what's up duloc? #falsettos: this had better come to a stop / i'm breaking down / four jews in a room bitching / a tight-knit family/love is blind #falsettos cont.: everyone hates his parents / falsettoland/about time #legally blonde: blood in the water / positive / ireland / chip on my shoulder / so much better / whipped into shape / take it like a man #legally blonde cont.: bend and snap / there! right there! / legally blonde / legally blonde - remix / find my way/finale #SORRY I OPENED A PANDORA'S BOX WHEN I STARTED TALKING ABOUT MUSICALS #i really should've posted this on my other acc oh well #okay i'm gonna shut up now im so sorry LMAO #falsettos #legally blonde musical #legally blonde the musical #shrek the musical #shrek musical #wicked #wicked musical #ride the cyclone

[empress-hancock]

The fandom weirdos are making posts about how complaints about Luis were racist. That man is Spanish he’s from Spain he’s white he’s from the village where the game begins, in Spain. People from Spain are white he is not Mexican he is from Spain it isn’t racist it can’t be racist he’s fucking white he’s from SPAIN

#i’m not actually complaining about luis btw I just think it’s dumb that people think he’s not white #people from spain are white people from italy are white people from ireland are white stop saying they’re not #also stop forgetting about spain in general #stop coddling the colonizers cause you combined them with those they colonized #video game stuff

[derpinette]

this year i really had a module called "british culture" &i got my best grade on it out of all of them this semester

#wooed the corrector/maybe my professor if he was the one doing the correction bu laying out my Television Interest faxxxxx #that were in the textbook we had to read now i know so much about those Isles & i hate the english so much #& i am scotland & ireland biggest fan #i also found the contents of my textbook in some chinese learning(?) website that looked a million years old #like for chinese people who were probably going to the UK to learn about it & its history ETC #the reason why i even retained so much is because i got hooked by the mentions of my TV Interest sprinkled in & it developed from there #like cheese in a mouse trap #shockingly the most i retained is the history bit starting from the iron age to like now ( well the late 90s/2000s anyway ) #my professor was probably like wow she really did read the textbook. which i did but only because of the Mentions here & there #otherwise i would not really GAF as much as i did #i am physically incapable of caring about anything unless it is tangentially related to whatever my interest is #which is why i graduated highschool by a miracle from the Heavens last year because i literally had nothing but my Interest #in my mind no matter what i tried especially during prep days. i graduated with a 10/20 flat BTW that is 10.00 ... Trve Miracle

[ceo-draiochta]

Even with all the Christianity over this holy well in Sligo, it is still a very serene and powerful place. I would highly recommend any irish pagan that can to visit and respectfully venerate their local holy wells. The connection to the land and the gods is so... palpable? here.

I've visited a fair few wells in the west of ireland but honestly this one felt especially sacred. Perhaps its because it is an area well known to me, or maybe the fact it is still used frequently by Catholic worshipers, who round the well just like pagans (presumably) did.

Either way, worship at your holy wells by rounding, offering clooties on nearby trees (biodegradable fabric please) and taking care of the site by litter collecting!

#irish paganism #celtic paganism #sligo #ireland #holy wells #gaelic paganism #irish polytheism #gaelic polytheism #pagan #gaelpol #iripol #veneration #it was a boiling day and the water was so cold it felt so powerful #theres a rock pool with some trees to the left under which that stream is coming from btw #also the water in the pool is just very clear its not just dirt there lol #mine

[shmeegledeegledorp]

do you think this guy is like waluigis Squilliam Fancyson

#sorry for mario wiki posting (the album) #its 1:30 am #looking through the mario wiki in a frightened daze #this guy is also from Ireland btw according to the wiki #which is kind of like. The best worst thing ever to me #finally got my irish mario rep but Truly. At what cost #bird mario golf #mobile golf #shmeegleposting #fr tho why does he look like waluigi if he was Normal

[rosepompadour]

anne boleyn and thomas wyatt, tarnish by katherine longshore He kisses me with the deep desperation of a drowning man. This kiss is a song of longing. "I love you," I whisper when he kisses my throat. I cannot say it loud enough for him to hear.

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#anne boleyn #anneboleynedit #history #* #my family is always telling our friends how 'sarah's so literary! sarah reads all the classics! sarah's so highbrow!' #SARAH'S SECRET FAVORITE BOOK IS A 16TH CENTURY GOSSIP GIRL WHERE ANNE BOLEYN & THOMAS WYATT FAKE DATE AND FALL IN LOVE FOR REAL! #(somehow still more accurate than the other boleyn girl) #the scene where anne and wyatt kiss in the rain and he unpins her hood and her hair comes tumbling down? #more romantic than any of henry's 'love' letters #i've always thought that out of all anne's Gentlemen Callers wyatt had the most grand amour potential (en francais as anne would say) #percy was (allegedly) a drunkard and a wife beater #james butler? anne boleyn living in some damp corner of ireland far from all the glitter and stardust? hard pass #norris is just out here looking for dead men's shoes #(dead men's shoes would make a really good band name btw) #but WYATT! #someone who has known her for years and has been by her side as her friend and maybe-lover? #and she takes the obese ginger with the crazy eyes who has neither the skill nor the virility to make love to a woman?! #anne sweetie no crown is worth that #wyatt would have treated you right #i have a mental list of historical figures i think would be good in bed and wyatt is pretty high up there #(doesn't every girl have such a list?) #anne deserves a good lay after wasting a decade on henry #as a treat

[exercise-of-trust]

was messing around with the speedball i got for printmaking and ended up with a whole lovespoon? these things happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#leek+daffodil design cribbed from a much cooler spoon by welsh-american carver laura jenkins gorun btw #ireland/scotland seem to get all the cringe american fans and it’s a cryin' shame wales is so comparatively underrepresented #so i’m doing my bit! happy st david’s day lmao #subcreation

[endlessgalore]

i need to get over this thing i have where i visit a country and im excessively obsessed with it for the next year at least

#i mean ive only visited other countries twice (not counting cansda bc it was niagara falls and i didnt get obsessed) #but it happened both times #do you think going to ireland in the spring (1 MONTH!!!) will make it better or worse #talkin #<- the thing that prompted this post btw is some smell entered my brain and usually it's food smells and thats how i start craving things #but this time it was like the foggy air from wandering in kerry

[linguisticparadox]

um. question

is it historically accurate to show a border between Ireland and North Ireland in a book set in the 1890s...

#i genuinely don't know #but I don't think it is.... #original #dracula #there are no other borders btw #like england scotland wales cornwall aren't delineated from each other #tbh I think they just grabbed a stock pic of the uk and ireland and called it a day

[dullahandyke]

Yes win my Irish folklore podcast of choice has an ep on the curse of macha! Was thinking abt it all class <3

#yes i have shit to be doing. shut up #basicslly abridged version is that macha is goddess of sovereignty n she becsme human to be some lads wife #and she always got the chores done rlly quick bcos goddess and thus her husband was bragging about her #n her husband said 'lol i bet that u could outrun a pack of horses and i have money on it so go do that' #and macha (heavily pregnant with twins) said WHAT THE FUCK #and she did it and she won but all the running plus being pregnant didnt mix well #and she either miscarried or fell on the ground and gave birth then and there w no help #and she went 'FUCK YOU YE USELESS MEN LETS SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT' #and she cursed it so that whenever the grown men of ulster needed to fight theyd be struck down by pain equivalent to childbirth #and that laid the groundwork for cú chulainn's role in the cattle raid of cooley #bcos ulster got in a war n all thr grown men were bedridden w pain so queen medb was like 'ah shit what do i do now' #n then cú chulainn showed up and he was only a child but god could he kill a bitch so ulster didnt get too slaughtered #and then the rest of the táin etc etc #for comparison ive seen people say cú chulainn and the táin are to ireland what achilles and the iliad are to greece #im fully talking out of my ass btw this is all from memory. but its fun innit

[samodivas]

what the fuck is going on in Dublin?

#doing a master's degree is starting to look impossible lmao #ireland #housing crisis #btw these are Private Rooms listed from cheapest onwards. #shared rooms cost about the same. with dozens of housemates #literally what the fuck