Alright. So. Brain fried after lessons today, got stuck on a tree, am sleep deprived and exams are soon BUT mom allowed me to show y'all the best forest spirit ever, my favourite, my sweet little child, plz don't run away I promise he's adorable
LOOK AT HIM
This is BABY. He is tiny. You don't understand how tiny baby is. You wanna know how tiny baby is?
HERE.
"Is that a hole in his body?" - yes. And you know who lives in there?
THAT'S A BIRD Y'ALL
"Wait, but how little is the bir-"
It's so little that the camera doesn't pick it up, but there are very small wings drawn on it with some light pink colour. Also I had to get it out with tweezers because my fingers are too big and it must be very cozy in there because the bird doesn't like to go outside (relatable)
(I am so afraid of losing the bird tbh. Gotta put it back in its tiny little hollow)
If you wonder what he looks like from the back - here.
Now please appreciate the ears with me. He has four leaf-looking ears on top of his head and two more human-like on the sides (the ones on the sides are pointy and have dots)
Hope y'all also noticed grass on his boots. And leaves and dots everywhere. And cat-like pupils. And that little drawing on his chest that kinda looks like the letter B? That's Berkana, a Norse rune that means birch and is all about safety, rebirth, peace, growth - ya know, a perfect fit for a forest protector spirit.
He also has an incredibly boopable nose.
And when he lifts his hands, they're the perfect width apart to hug someone's finger
*sniffles* b a b y
Now. I need to show you something else. Mom wants to make a better little house for him, but right now he lives in a paper nest in a pretty box. And he keeps his stuff with him. And I need you to see that stuff.
There is a pine cone, and a pretty little branch with some other cones, and a stick with a nice smooth texture (it's soothing and I love it). A little tree pendant, a cabochon with a bird, a picture of a faerie boy, a tiny bottle with pretty stones inside that rattle soothingly when you shake it, and a feather. I put the feather on him as a blanket when he's in his box.
I'm gonna cry. He's the cutest little creature. I love him. He's forever my favourite of mom's dolls. He deserves the world. When mom sells him, I'll legit cry even though I don't really play with him often.
I need to show him to as many people as possible because he deserves to be loved by everyone, so. Dear mutuals, I'm sorry but you have to see my tiny little baby. @void-of-unparalled-chaos @daydreamsandcrashingwaves @boopjuice @bloggerspam @lovelesslittleloser @ashoutinthedarkness
Just realized that I never explicitly mentioned it in the post, so attention everybody: MY MOM MADE THIS DOLL. MY MOM. SHE'S THE BEST. SHE CARVED IT OUT OF WOOD. I DON'T KNOW HOW. IT'S MAGIC. MY MOM IS SO COOL. LOOK AT THE DOLL SHE MADE. MY MOM. MADE THE DOLL. I LOVE MY MOM.
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The "Historical" Disney Costume Rant that Nobody Asked For
To fairly preface this, I am not an expert on Arabian/Middle Eastern culture, pre- or post-Islam. I'm not a fashion historian as in having a degree, only a vaguely passing knowledge and ability to stay up at all hours of the day and night to research obscure topics such as this. However, I am not dismissing or invalidating the feelings of Arabs, Middle Eastern people, or Muslims in regards to Jasmine from 'Aladdin.' I AGREE with them that Jasmine's clothing is neither accurate to the "period" and culture of the Middle East (generally speaking) or appropriate. Jasmine's costume design is viewed through the lens of orientalism, exoticism, and stereotypes of Middle Eastern and Arabian culture.
HOWEVER...
I take issues with this design:
Original Pinterest Post here
Right off the bat, could we not have slut-shamming, please? For five minutes? I understand that 16 year old Jasmine probably shouldn't be exposing that much shoulder and midriff, but that's not a call for slut-shaming. Could we not?
From what I can find, not even slaves or concubines wore the kind of things Jasmine does in any period of the Middle East or Arabia. Her father wouldn't be called "king," he'd either be Shah or Sultan, but that's just a tiny nitpick for me. The meat of the issue for me is the "information" provided between the two figures.
There's not concrete evidence that the characters of Aladdin are Muslims just because they use Arabic names, though some of those names aren't, in fact, Arabic.
Jasmine = Persian (Indo-Iranian dating back to the 5th century BC)
Iago = Spanish
Rajah = Sanskrit
Arabic wasn't invented in the 7th AD. The language is a branch of the Semitic language and emerged around the first century BC. The Arabic word for "God", Allah, is older than Islam. Evidence has shown that "Allah" has been around since at least the 5th century BC. Which makes it entirely possible that use of the word Allah and Arabic names does not definitely indicate that Aladdin takes place after 6th-7th century AD Middle East. Furthermore, I have a suspicion that it takes place much, much earlier than that. Being as old as I am, I have some canon that younger Disney fans might not know. Back in the day (late 1990's and early 2000's), Disney produced cartoon series for Aladdin and Hercules around the same time. Aladdin and Hercules CANONICALLY meet in a crossover episode of their series in an episode of Hercules, "Hercules and the Arabian Nights," which aired in February 10, 1999.
Source 1
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Since Hercules and Aladdin have canonically met in the same universe, it can only mean that Aladdin takes place in, at least, the Bronze or Iron Age alongside Ancient Greece.
Ergo, the characters in Aladdin do not necessarily represent Middle Eastern or Arabian Muslims from the 7th century AD and beyond. If we were going to set Aladdin in a more "historically accurate," Agrahba would take place in either a multicultural pagan Middle East or one ruled mostly by Zoroastrians, which is equally misunderstood and underappreciated by the West as Islam.
But I have digressed far enough. It kind of bothers me that Jasmine is repainted to be so much "fairer" looking. Not all Arabs or Middle Eastern groups have dark skin, but making her paler to make her appear "better" is...certainly a choice. Furthermore, Arabian and Middle Eastern costumes vary by region, but all are beautiful and colorful.
Source
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Turkish is not the same thing as "Arabic." For example:
And if we consider pre-Islamic fashion, Jasmine probably would dress more like this:
Supposedly, this is a recreation of Parthian dress (Parthian Empire, 247 BC-224 AD).
Combining different cultures such as Turkish, Arabic, Punjabi, and Persian together does the historic costuming of Arabic, Persian, and the Middle East in general a great disservice. The Middle East is not a monolith of culture just because currently it is majority practicing Muslims. Punjab is on the other side of the Indus Valley, and it's Indo-Aryan (not THAT Aryan) in origin, not Arabic. Curious why it's included beyond the fact that many Punjabi today are Muslim.
I'm really not trying to bash the artist here. They have the right idea, but I think with a little more research creating a "new" Jasmine would be far more interesting than pulling from various cultures around the Middle East and Islamic cultures from different regions and slap them together. Thank you for hearing me needlessly ramble coming to my TED Talk.
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MY LONG AWAITED SUCCESS STORY PLUS RANT/YALL NEED THIS STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND READ
First things first
I’m tired of being nice
I have took time out of MY day to help you guys
EVERY DAY
I have given tips methods
Advice answered questions
Replied to countless amounts of DMs
Etc etc I’m not providing false hope here I AM trying to help you guys
I’m getting so many different suggestions and asks
Let me say this
STOP
from now on
No more questions
If it’s urgent
Like you really wanna know something
DM me
I WILL respond
No more questions asking how to enter the void
My account is literally talking about HOW TO ENTER THE VOID STATE
Are instructions not clear?????
Get off your butt and fucking do it!!!!
Stop procrastinating stop being lazy stop asking questions you spreads know the answers to
And for the love of God
STOP ASKING ME TO ENTER FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!
I’m doing what I can to help you all manifest
But it’s YOUR job to make it happen
Y’all used my kindness against me and it’s pissing me off I’m tired of people not even asking anymore
Just begging me
I AM NOT A MAGICIAN
I was literally YOU
not too long ago
I am a nice person but I am at my limits
Stop repeating questions
Look at my page for the answers you need
Stop asking me to enter for you
If it’s not happening
DM me for ADVICE
I used to be the kid that got asked by others to do their homework for them
If I didn’t put my foot down
Y’all were gonna drive me insane
Literally
I love y’all but stop depending on me
Just ask
For advice
But stop treating me like a Genie
And I manifested for someone and it doesn’t work
Then what
Am I a liar now???
Am I fake??
Like are you serious
Bruh I’m serious when I say
I’ve had enough
Read this story to see how YOU CAN ALSO
Transform your life
I literally went from
TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️
I went from slitting my own wrists and going in my closet trying to hang myself EVERY FUCKING NIGHT
I used to stare in the mirror
Crying about how my body looked
I used to go to school scared because I was getting abused by guys there and bullied by girls
All my friends turned their backs on me and I literally said
FUCK IT
I don’t deserve this fucking life so you know what I did????
I changed it
It’s so easy it’s insane
I too over complicated it
I too was desperate
But your desires are yours
They just are
Ignore them MF negative thoughts
Matter of a fact don’t even call it that
You are giving your “intrusive” thoughts power by saying they are negative
Don’t label them as intrusive thoughts
THEY DO NOT EXIST
THEY WILL NEVER MANIFEST
And I’m not just saying that it’s true
It’s soooo fucking true
By labeling them as “intrusive” or “negative” you’re giving them power
To take over and control your life
When this is not what you want
Don’t fear your own head
Bitch it’s YOUR BRAIN
It can’t NOT listen to you
Change your goddamn assumptions
You are a bad bitch you’re hot beautiful
You’re THAT bitch
Bad bitches don’t beg we make shit happen
Get off your cute ass and go get your dream fucking life
Bitch you can have it all
You can marry Shawn Mendez
Be the sexiest model on the planet (but you’re only 5’3) OK ANDDDDD
Marissa Rose is the first 4’11 runway model
You mean to tell me it’s not possible???
They have plus size models
Shirt models
Models with tig ol biddies
Models with tattoos models with piercings models with scars etc
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
You can get a call back from that job
Better yet fuck 9 to 5s
Bitch YOU ARE RICH
You are literally Jeff Bezos
Don’t manifest “small shit” cuz if you can get an apartment and a job
You can also manifest $100 million and 2500 square feet mansion
You can have superpowers
You can be a master manifestor
You can become a celebrity and overnight
You can meet your favorite celebrities at awards shows
You can sit next to Ice Spice at the Grammys
EVEN SHE MANIFESTED HER DREAM LIFE
There’s proof in her old tweets and in your interviews
YOU CAN HAVE HARRY STYLES TICKETS FOR WHENEVER HE DECIDES TO DROP AN ALBUM
YOU CAN BE THE NEXT BEYONCÉ
YOU CAN MEET OR EVEN PERFORM WITH TAYLOR SWIFT
YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE MONEY YOU WANT
YOU CAN SHIFT TO ANOTHER REALITY AND MEET MICHAEL JACKSON
YOU CAN HAVE THE SINGING VOICE OF AALIYAH OR MF MARIAH CAREY
YOU CAN MANIFEST THAT YOUR DOG NEVER DIED OR THAT
YOUR EX STILL MISSES YOU
KANYE WEST MANIFESTED KIM K
TOM HOLLAND MANIFESTED ZENDAYA
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOU CANT HAVE
MICHAEL B JORDAN WAITING ON YOU HAND AND FOOT????
YOU CAN ENTER THE VOID MANIFEST YOUR Sp
AND WAKE UP NEXT TO YOUR CRUSH
YOU CAN MANIFEST BEING IMMUNE TO BAD SHIT BEING A GODDESS BEING SO BEAUTIFUL THAT PEOPLE FORGET MEGAN FOX EXISTS
YOU CAN MANIFEST LOOKING LIKE MARILYN MONROE
OR MADISON BEER
YOU CAN MANIFEST TALENT
BITCH ITS ALL POSSIBLE
You OWN THIS SHIT THIS IS YOUR LIFE BOO
Go fucking get it!!!!!!!
SUCCESS STORY
I was tired of own shit so I used the method that I created
I already posted it
Go read it
Here’s what I manifested
1. SP
I manifested a girlfriend because I’m bisexual asf
And I created her on my phone
Just write if list of what she looks and acts like
I manifested my dream career
I manifested platonic SPs
As in friendships
Money
A strong intuition
More knowledge
A better self concept
Immunity
The ability to hypnotize with my eyes(OK I HAVENT TESTED THIS OUT BUT IM EXCITED TO)
Meeting a celebrity
Can’t say who but I manifested it for the future
I even got pets now!!! A puppy two kittens and two snakes!!
I manifested lots of cool talents
I improved my dancing!!!!!!
I was insecure about my voice
So I changed it
Deadass I sound kinda sexy now
I wanted a whispery ass voice😭😭
So I got oneeee
I also manifested a LOT of personal stuff that I won’t share
Unfortunately I’m SUPER protective of my soul and just overall self
And I’m not posting a face reveal
This might seem surprising to most
My passive aggressive behavior but this is literally how I am daily
I really am nice but y’all just make me ANXIOUS
But still
I love you darlings soooo much
Like for real
But please just pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Don’t make me your wish granter
Make your own wishes come true
If it’s cool with y’all
I’ll manifest tonight
That entering the void will be easy for you guys
But you HAVE to do it yourself I can only guide you
You got this babe
If you got offended it’s working
That means you needed this
Take this tough love and go use it for good
I better see some goddamn success stories this month or we gon fight
(Not literally that’s just my humor talking)
Love you bitches
Now go meditate before I appear under your bed tonight and yank yo shit
Love youuuu💗💗💗💗💗
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