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magnetothemagnificent · 10 months

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Hello, I apologise if this is rude, but may I ask what you meant by "Once someone becomes Jewish, they are given a new Jewish name"? What is a Jewish name, and what does it mean to be given one? (I'm sorry if this is an invasive or nosy question, I'm just curious as to what a Jewish name is and how it's different from a non-Jewish one.)

So, when people complete their conversion to Judaism, it's pretty standard practice for them to given a Jewish name. A Jewish name is typically in Hebrew, although some people's Jewish names are in Yiddish or another Judeo-language.

It's important for someone to have a Jewish name, because that is the name used for any religious events, such as marriage, getting called up to the Torah to be given and to give a blessing, and death. Jews who are born Jewish usually have a Jewish name, which is given at one's circumcision for males and naming ceremony for females.

For Jews in the diaspora, one's Jewish name isn't typically one's legal name, but some Jews (including myself and my siblings) just have the same legal and Jewish name. For example, a Jew might have Brian on his birth certificate but when he is called up to the Torah he might be called Binyamin ben (whatever his parents' Jewish names are).

Jewish names hold very important spiritual meanings. Many Jewish communities' naming customs are name after relatives or important religious figures or names related to a holiday someone was born (or became Jewish) near to on the calendar. I'm not a Jew-by-choice myself, but I know many Jews-by-choice choose Jewish names associated with figures from Jewish history who either converted themselves or had an experience of transformation. There's also a belief that when Jewish parents choose their baby's Jewish name, they are given a brief wave of Divine Prophecy when naming them.

There is no protocol on how to choose a Jewish name. If someone has a different legal name than their Jewish name, their Jewish name might not necessarily be related at all to their legal name, and vice versa. A person might have the name Jacob as their legal name, but then Avraham is their Jewish name. Or, they might be related, such as a person having the name Avigayil as their Jewish name and Abigail as their legal name.

In Ashkenazi Jewish communities, it is considered a bad omen to name a child after a living direct ancestor (parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, etc). Relatives who are not direct ancestors are fair game though (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc). However, in Sephardi communities, it is encouraged to name a child after their grandparents, even if they are still alive.

Names can also be omens. Really great Jewish visionaries and scholars might have a name added to their Jewish name with a meaning of "light" or something similar. Someone who is gravely ill might have a name added to their name with a meaning of "life" or "healing" or something similar. For example, I had a significant medical emergency as a newborn, and so my parents added a name to my Jewish name that means "alive".

When a person is named, either as a baby or an adult, there is a line in the naming blessing, "and May their name be called among Israel". This is the crux of why a Jewish name is important, it's the name a Jew is called by among their people and by G-d.

#jumblr #jewish names #jewish naming #judaism

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copperbadge · 2 years

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Hey can you backwards engineer some gender neutral version of sir/ma'am

I can! And I will. But I’m going to walk you through it because you guys can do this too. I have no special skills other than having taken Latin 20 years ago. :D

Bit of a plug first: this is a technique that I am using to de-gender a number of royal ranks in my books -- for example, the retired king has declared his nonbinary partner “Caez”, shortened from Caesar, to replace king/queen. In a book not yet published, his granddaughter is offered prince, princess, or the gender-neutral princeps when she’s adopted, and although she identifies as female, she chooses princeps because she doesn’t like the word princess. Ledan came about because I was trying to decide what one character, a duke known for his irreverence, might call a person at the rank of lord or lady if he wanted to make fun of himself a bit for not knowing their gender.

Okay, now that I’ve got the obligatory “Hey look, queer romance novels” out of the way, let’s dive in...

So, what you want to know is the origins of the words Sir and Madam. With Lord and Lady they came from the same general place -- Old English derived from the Germanic -- so it was easy to just go “Bread watcher? Bread maker? Sure let’s find something else you can do with bread” and go from there. This will not always be the case, and it isn’t here, but that makes things extra-interesting.

What you’re going to do is go to Wiktionary.org and search the terms you want to work backward from. In this case we want to search Sir, and we also want to search Madam, which is what Ma’am comes from.

On the page for Sir, we click “etymology” under English or scroll down to it, and we get the history of the word. How far back you go in this history can vary by what kind of word you’d like to use. In this case we know the history goes sir > sire > French Sire (master, sir, lord) > Latin senior (elder) > Latin Senex (old). I like to go all the way back to the Latin, but let’s hold that thought.

Now that we have Sir identified, we’ll check out Madam, from which we get the history ma’am > madam > madame > Old French madame (”my” and “lady”) > post-classical Latin mea domina, which also means generally “my lady” although it has a more specific meaning we’ll get to shortly.

So we have a couple of options!

We can take “Senex” which is more closely related to the masculine “Sir” but is in itself generally neutral, and come up with “Sen”, which has no meaning in Latin on its own but we’re not speaking Latin, we’re speaking English, which shortens everything anyway.

We can also look at “ma domina” and take that apart -- domina and dominus concern the home, the physical building, using the same root we get “domicile” and “domain”. So you could click through from domina to dominus to domus, and go with “ma domus”, since domus has connotations of household, family, etc. Ma Domus might shorten to M’us. It could also shorten to “ma’do”, but that’s two syllables and I like to retain the syllable count of the original words. And also M’us or even just Mus sounds like you’re saying Moose. Which, Moose is a pretty cool name to call a nonbinary friend, but may be taken amiss by strangers. It strikes me that M’us could be used as a term of respect specifically for someone in your family -- a parent or grandparent, a cousin or zaza. There’s a hint of familiarity there.

We could go one step further and look at the implications of the word origins -- both are addressing a superior in rank, but “sir” emphasizes age, while “ma’am” emphasizes economic power. Now, if we want to break away from both of those we could decide that instead we want to respect a different kind of power -- say, the power of a teacher we trust and look up to. Wiktionary tells us that teacher derives from the verb “teach”, and at the etymology of teach we find several variants including techen, taecan, taikijan, taikijana, and deyk (as a prefix). I rather like Deyk, because a) it shortens nicely to Dey, b) if you’re talking to someone you respect it’s sincere but if you’re talking to someone you don’t respect it’s easily sarcastic, and c) if you’re talking to someone you don’t respect you can throw a little k in, so that it sounds like you’re calling them Dey but you’re actually calling them Dick.

Of these options I really do prefer Sen. It sounds nice, it’s not a homophone for anything weird, and it implies respect for the person’s experience. If I were writing a novel with a nonbinary honorific I might go with Dey just because there’s more scope for wordplay and nuance, but in actual life I think Sen’s quite nice.

So yeah it’s fun and interesting and you get to learn the weird-ass histories of weird-ass words. I encourage everyone to make their own!

#strictly-script #gender

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moonlayl · 7 months

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This...got super long and to be clear nothing I have experienced nor will ever experience will come close to the horrors that Palestinians are facing right now. I just need to say that and make that clear, but these are just things I've been wanting to say for a while now.

Just a thought that came to my head, but I remember arguing with lots of liberals before about how I don't really support the idea that people shouldn't be able to say anything they want (except obviously spreading misinformation especially if you're in certain professions), even hate speech not because I ever want to hear hate speech, but because I can't trust any government to decide what hate speech is, and I was told to give an example

I remember at the time saying "what if one day, me speaking about Palestine starts to become classified as antisemitism or terrorism?"

I was told that was silly and would "obviously never happen" (I didn't believe them and called them naive at the time)

well....looking at certain countries right now, trying to ban Palestinian flags, ban common Palestinian/muslim sayings, ban any peaceful protest in favour of Palestine, even looking at imprisoning/fining people etc.... is kind of just proving my point.

Like most of us don't feel included or part of any western communities even if we're lived here our whole lives for so many reasons and it almost always boils down to us being Arabs/muslim.

can't speak for non Arabs and non muslims, but a lot of us feel this way.

seeing how fighting for the people who need it the most (2000+ Palestinians have been killed. 800 of them being children. 45 families completely wiped out, entire bloodlines, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins, children, nephews, nieces, grandchildren, etc....like this is actual genocide. their entire family tree has been completely wiped form existence) is being banned or branded as "terrorism", or we're losing our jobs, or we're being silenced, like it says a lot about theses countries and the governments that run them.

They tried to suspend humanitarian aid to innocent people of Gaza for the love of God!! Thank God there were 5 decent countries who voted no!

Israel gets away with every goddamn crime and ANY "condemnation" of any warcrime it commits is just talk, while they continue to aid and support it.

How am I supposed to trust these governments, and MY government to decide what's acceptable and what's not when I know that during the most critical moments that matter the most, they won't be on our side, and they'll side with oppressors because they themselves are just that? That the little I can actually do for Palestine and any other country could be completely taken away?

These are "democratic" countries by the way, or they're supposed to be, and sure we can challenge all these things but there are things even we can't do. the onslaught of propaganda shared everywhere by the same news stations that refuse to invite Palestinians (and refuse to air the few times they do) and refuse to fact check their content, or report on what's actually happening in Gaza, can't really be stopped. We can do our best to spread what's actually happening, and to correct false information, but the damages have been done.

And its getting harder and harder to hear form the people of Gaza because of the bombs, cut of electricity, cut off internet access, and also, you know, the fact that the people sharing news are being killed one by one.

There's also many social media platforms completely erasing anything about Palestine. suspending our accounts and hiding our posts. I can't believe I'm saying this but maybe it's a good thing Elon Musk took over twitter because at least I've been able to talk about Palestine as much as possible without nay censoring and I'm still able to. Palestinians are still able to share their stories and the reality yon there. And sin't that crazy? Elon musk is kind of doing something right???

And you know something else? Israel killed one of their own journalists, and those people weren't able to properly report on it. They couldn't directly say it was Israel that killed one of their own workers. Like....its crazy (and they're cowards). Israel also killed 12 UN workers.

That crime is not making as many headlines as the fake stuff did. Those "journalists" and "reporters" who repeated false information (that resulted in far too many people believing them and suddenly being okay with genocide) are still working. they still have a job and they're still out there spreading more propaganda.

this post isn't well written because I'm just putting out my thoughts and what I've witnessed but to make one thing clear, I won't ever silence my voice or allow anyone to silence my voice when it comes to something like this, and i'm not afraid of what they'll do, but isn't so fucked that I could actually lose my job and have trouble finding another one for supporting the oppressed? Like isn't that just..disgusting?

Like what's that supposed to tell me other than majority of western countries are against us? It's not exactly surprising because I've known this, but everyone being VERY open about it is kind of tough to witness ngl.

Like this is not a complicated issue. if you have any morals and you're not biased against Palestinians/arabs/muslims already, then this is a very clearcut case. Israel is an apartheid state. Israel is and has been committing genocide and ethnic cleansing for literal decades and its been doing it long before Hamas came into the picture. Israel's war crimes and treatment of Palestinians is the reason Hamas even exists in the first place. you can condemn Hamas while also recognising that Israelis have no right to that land and that nothing justifies their never ending crimes. Palestinians are demanding for their rights ot live, be citizens, have rights and freedoms, and have their land that was brutally taken from them. None of those things are unreasonable.

You know what is unreasonable? the world deciding Israel is suddenly gonna be a thing and expecting Palestinians to just be okay with it. You know what is unreasonable? Palestinians being painted as the bad guys for "not wanting to share" when they literally shouldn't have to (especially because of the obvious scams of all those "treaties" and "agreements" that all gave every benefit to Israel)

Like the whole world literally let this happen and supported it and cheered for it. Some stayed silent but are showing their real colours (which those of us who haven't been blind have already seen) now.

We've got girls crying about how "they want to kill us T-T" at a university campus because people were protesting in support of Palestine, while a six year old boy was killed in his own home for being Palestinian. In the same country.

We've got celebs talk about how scared THEY are while 800 Palestinian children have been murdered.

We've got celebs posting "pray for Israel" while using pictures of Gaza in ruins or Palestinian children looking at rockets in the sky.

It's insane.

We had a protest for Palestine the other day. People were telling us to go back to our country. They were telling Palestinians to go back to their country.

....that's....that's what they want? Like we're very much aware of how much we're not wanted here just to be clear, and Palestinians across the damn globe would do ANYTHING to be able to go live in their homeland. except they can't. Israel won't let them. That's part of what we're fighting for. Any jewish person can go get a citizenship easily in Israel (even if they've never stepped foot in the country and none of their ancestors had either) but people who were born in Palestine or who's family owns property there can't get it in at all. It's absolute insanity.

I'm not sure how to end this but on every level this has been horrific. But despite that, the propaganda, the genocide, the threats, the whole world being against us, that's not gonna stop us from fighting for the oppressed and standing up for them. It's not gonna stop us from going out into the streets and no words can explain the bravery of everyone who continues to stand with Palestine but especially to the Palestinians who continue fighting and resisting (despite everything they've been through). Continuing to use our voices, donating, protesting etc... is the absolute least we can do and its our responsibility. and I truly, from the bottom of my heart wish the absolute worst for everyone who disagree with this. Like you guys are gonna pay for it. Maybe not today maybe not for many years maybe only in the afterlife (because I do believe in it) but it's gonna happen and every Israeli supporter or zionist is gonna deserve every second of it.

If you're silent, if you try to throw the "two sides" bs, and if you try to act like Palestine and Israel are in any way equal, you're included in this.

You're part of the problem.

Silence is compliance.

And screw every government that supports Israel in any way. Screw the double standards, the hypocrisy and the absolute cruelty towards innocent Palestinians.

I can't speak for everyone else but no matter what happens moving forwards, I'm never gonna forget this and I'm never gonna forgive.

I'm gonna keep trying to do everything possible which unfortunately is not much and thats frustrating on every level but I'm gonna keep doing it. feel free to unfollow/block me, but I'm not gonna stay silent about this ever. and I'm not gonna entertain any bigot or zionists either. it's gonna be a straight up block.

my asks are open, and my page is currently full of information, this site is as well, but I'm not gonna entertain those who clearly care very little bout genocide, because if you haven't opened your eyes by now, I doubt anything I say will change that. you're welcome to go through my blog or send me a polite ask (can't promise I'll get to it right away but I'll try) but I'm not tolerating pointless arguments that are basically me just repeating that Palestinian people deserve to live in their own country with all their rights and freedoms while the other person disagrees. I prefer not to argue with those who are depraved.

#free palestine #layl.text #anti israel

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jacarandaaaas · 3 months

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Here’s some revisions I did after seeing some of the ideas (there are obviously some flaws but I tried). Also, these ideas you guys had are amazing and my brain is BRAINING!!!

Season one - Centering the triplets as they grow up and Alma nearly losing her mind. The full season would be 20+ episodes and 20 minutes long. Also includes young Agustin and Felix.

Season two - First ten episodes ending with the triplets (Pepa’s wedding) and the last ten with the grandchildren growing up. (And expanding on the changes that happened after Mirabel’s ceremony.)

This season and mid season three would expand on how some relationships dwindled and just different dynamics and such. Maybe some post-movie bonding.

Season three - First ten episodes ending with post-movie grandkids/ before Antonio’s birth month. The last ten centering on the actual healing through Casita’s collapse. Mirabel’s parents, sisters, and Primo's reaction to Mirabel’s disappearance. And the reaction to Bruno coming back and how they all felt.

And more bonding among family members and an introduction to extended ones on Agustin and Felix’s side of the family. Like honestly, what about their other cousins? grandparents? Tias & Tios? Nephews and nieces? We need more of them too.

Over the course of the series a trading & transport system is created for people to safely get in and out of the Encanto to the nearest town. They do explore outside The Encanto/see how far the gifts go. Culture shock.

Obligatory "the oldest granddaughters go out and shenanigans happen." also Camilo and Mirabel spy/tag along.

Season four - first twelve episodes are going to be character-centric and full of shenanigans. In every episode Luisa tries a new hobby in the B/C plot and it goes a different direction each time.

Obligatory halloween episode where the grandchildren tell each other scary stories of the outside world.

Episodes 18 could possibly surround the Triplets birthday. Episode 19 could be the Valentine's day episode with the yellow couple, blue couple, and Dolores’ relationship with Mariano. Could also involve the other grandkids talking to their crushes or asking them out. Just a full day of wholesome love.

Episode 20 could be a BIG family game night with extended family involved.

Season five - Finale season (A few years into the future maybe?)

Mariano goes with the other granddaughters out of the Encanto to get the best engagement ring for Dolores (because only the best of the best is good for her). Camilo and Antonio tag along and they get into trouble. Dolores hears everything and goes to bail her boyfriend and cousins/brothers out.

Day of little candles themed ep where alma and the family go to the river and alma tells them all about pedro. Also flashbacks of before dos oruguitas and Alma telling her family how proud she is of them all.

Mirabel (possibly seventeen or eighteen) looks back on how far the family has come while working on Dolores’ wedding dress.

Season ends with Dolores and Mariano getting married!

Notes: Yes, the theme song would be like the family madrigal, new outfits every other episode, in each episode a part of the diverse Colombian culture could/should be explored. (food, music, dancing, fashion, history, etc). Songs are a must and Lin Manuel Miranda will be the one who worked on them. I won’t let anyone else attempt to mimic his style of music when he can just be hired. I’m sure he would like to work on the story anyway.

I think 24 episodes instead of 20 would be a bit better plot and story wise. Maybe each could be 25 minutes each too? Also, if Disney is willing to not have a stick up their ass, I would like the series to be animated in Disney’s renaissance era style. Like the Hunchback of Notre dame, Brother bear, Lion king, Treasure planet, and Tarzan. I’m NOT accepting anything less.

It could also be a Tradigital (both computer and hand drawn) style like Tarzan/Hunchback of Notre dame! 3D backgrounds painted to look 2D with the characters actually being traditionally drawn. This would especially be cool to look at in Antonio’s room and just Encanto in general.

TONS OF DISNEY EASTER EGGS! “Wish” kind of didn’t do it right at all so I think Encanto can do it better. Honestly I should’ve just asked the Encanto community for help instead of just struggling by myself. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!! If I’m ever able to pitch this to Disney and actually make this become true I will credit ALL OF YOU!!!

Also, I’ve noticed how poorly Disney marketed Treasure planet, Princess and the frog, and strange world (most are allegedly poorly marketed) and by god I WILL NOT let them poorly market this.

Lastly, I think the series could have a full six seasons because there are so many ideas that I want to add and don’t want anyone’s idea left out. Plus, there’s just so much one can do...

thanks to @midcanto @mirabels-miracle @droppingdonkeys @slayyyysworld @teawizard and you of course for the ideas!

mirabel😭making😭dolores😭wedding😭dress😭

I love these ideas so much!!! in a better universe this exists and in the Number 1 fan!!! I love when this fandom is creative and all come together!!

#encanto #encanto disney #disneys encanto

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ellivenollivander · 11 months

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Hello!!!

If you feel up for it, may I request some of your Leander Prewett domestic fluff headcanons?

I feel like if there's anyone who can endear that boy to me, it is you.

❤️

OH lord no pressure I guess ~*~ Leander Prewett Domestic Headcanons - He's the type of guy where if he sees something in a store that reminds him of you he'll pick it up. Not necessarily big expensive things, but if he pops into a shop on an errand and sees your favorite candy? He's buying it. A certain ingredient is on sale at J. Pippins? He'll remember how you mentioned you were running low and pick some up for you. (And will vehemently deny any request to pay him back.) When it does come to bigger gifts, it's the same concept. He always has a running list in his mind for holidays and birthdays of things he's seen that remind him of you. You often find bits of parchment lying around your house of scribbled notes and reminders for himself. - He will be the first to apologize after a fight or disagreement. He may not apologize for what he believes, or what he said. But he will apologize for how he said it or for playing a part that made the disagreement more volatile than it needed to be. - BIG FAMILY GUY, He's known since he was young that he couldn't wait to be a husband and a father, to have a family. To have dinners around the table every night, starting your own family traditions, etc. You and the kids will be his entire world. His family oriented self includes extended family as well. He wants to host the holiday parties, for his kids to grow up close with their cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents. He will never complain about the weekly Sunday dinners at your parents house, or Friday game nights at his. - He's not big on pet names, especially not in public. But once you're married (and he convinces you to take his name, also very important to him), he will love to call you his wife/husband. He will literally never get over it. You think it's the honeymoon stage, but 18 years down the road he will still wrap his arms around your waist and whisper in your ear, "Did you know I love you Mr/Mrs. Prewett?" - If you cook, he cleans. If you get the kids ready for the day, he'll put them to bed. He believes in an equally balanced domestic workload - When it comes to parenting differences, he will never undermine you in front of the children. He'll back you up and then discuss how he feels when its just the two of you. - Speaking of parenting, he has all of the patience in the world with your kids until they are outwardly disrespectful towards you, that's when his patience wears thin and he will be quick to sternly chastise and discipline them. "You do not talk to my wife/husband that way." - When you first move in together, he gives you full creative control over decorating your shared space. He just wants you to feel safe and comfortable in your home with him. and honestly if it was up to him, he'd live with empty walls and bare bones furniture anyway. ~*~ That's all I can really think of for now but I'm sure I'll think of more later lmao THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING ME THIS IT WAS FUN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, BABES <3

#hogwarts legacy headcanons #hogwarts legacy #leander prewett #leander prewett hc #i love you for sending me an ask #even if it stressed me out a bit

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disturbnot · 8 months

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“Rules”: repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. If you fail to achieve some of the facts, feel free to add some other of your own! When you’re done, tag 15 other people to do the same!

tagged by: @silentchamp tysm i LOVE dash memes :D

tagging: you!!! yes you reading this! i think most of my mutuals have already done this nsdfjkh

THE BASICS

Name: Ash Satoshi Ketchum Age: 37 Birthdate: 22nd May 1986 Species: Human (with a very large question mark) Gender: Cis male Orientation: Gay Profession: Pokémon trainer; world champion (part-time), Pallet House barkeep/line cook (part-time). Chosen one and pokémon whisperer (full-time).

PHYSICAL FEATURES

Hair: Black, reflecting teal hues in some lights. grey hair at the temples. thick, soft in texture. almost fluffy. Eyes: Vivid brown; molten amber. Skin: Tanned, tattooed on both upper arms and his back. Head-scratchingly free of scarring. Height: 6' 1" / 185cm Weight: 220 lbs / 100 kg; built for strength, endurance, and eating one hell of a lot; very muscular beneath a soft layer of fat.

FAMILY

Siblings: None by blood. Raichu is his brother in bond. Parents: Delia Ketchum (mother, landlady of Pallet House), Tony Ketchum (trainer, missing as of winter 1991, presumed dead). Grandparents: Kazuko Toyoshima (maternal grandmother, decased), Siba 'Bruno' Toyoshima (maternal grandfather, fighting master), Zaniyah Ketchum (paternal grandmother, Anahua region guardian), Robert Ketchum (paternal grandfather, deceased as of 1979). Other Relatives: Necalli Ketchum (paternal uncle, Anahuan artist & tattooist), Ella Ketchum (aunt by marriage, Kalia region gym leader), Yolotli Vargas (paternal aunt, Anahuan anthropologist and archaeologist), Ixchel Vargas (cousin, model), Rafa Ketchum (cousin, exploudcloud rapper), Professor Kukui (father figure/uncle, Alolan professor and wrestler), Professor Burnet (aunt figure, Alolan professor), Rei (cousin).

SKILLSET

A legendary pokémon battler, known for his creativity, ability to improvise, and be generally unpredictable; Ash also has a knack for getting completely in tune with most pokémon. Tried and tested wilderness survivor, knows how to mountaineer, build a damn good campfire, and at one point he even knew how to astronavigate before things started getting... well, that's another story for later. Ash is also a passable cook, having been taught by his mother, and although Ash lacks his father's virtuosity, he is reasonably competent at playing guitar and harmonica, as well as having a naturally pleasant singing voice.

Ash has also fostered a whole variety of other aura-based skills and powers, but maybe ... I will keep all of that for its own lore dump. :)

TRAITS

Positive: Kind, independent, curious, generous, selfless, passionate, imaginative. Negative: Reckless, not in control of his emotions, impulsive, lacks self-discipline. Neutral: Defiant, stubborn, deeply sentimental, irreverent, sarcastic.

LIKES

Colors: Ocean blue, deep red, pine green. Smells: Still night air, ocean breeze, woodsmoke, food sizzling over a fire, the electrical smell of Raichu's fur, the aromas of a matsuri late at night, his laundry when his mom does it. Textures: The duvet interior of a good sleeping bag, the ambient buzzing sensation of stroking Raichu's staticky fur, Rapidash fire, Pacalaca wool, Lugia's hide when dry, cool glass or metal, holo-touchscreens, warm fresh dough. Drinks: Water, beer, hot chocolate, Kantonian whisky.

EXTRA DETAILS

Smokes?: Plenty. Drugs: Only weed now. Driver License: Yes, but I don't think he's driven in well over a decade. He prefers to sit and chill in his dad's old car, completely stationary. Been Arrested?: You know it.

#headcanon tag tba .#dash games /#tysm kyle i had fun doing this! and i always love reading about redmondddd :D #not us out here casually dropping our boys' surprising relations #notes for those who haven't read the carrd yet - anahua and kalia are two of my fan regions in ash's canon :3 #and a 'pacalaca' is an adorable fluffy alpaca fakemon in the anahua region

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animeomegas · 2 years

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Forgot to include this in my last ask, and what are the Naruto Omegas weddings like?

Sure, I'd be happy to share my thoughts! :D

Naruto:

Absolutely massive wedding!

Invites every person he knows.

Even sends out invites to people he knows can't make it because he doesn't want them to be excluded.

He goes for a Western style wedding.

Has an orange wedding cake lol.

Gets Iruka to walk him down the aisle.

He cries the whole time, but like beautiful tears that drip silently while he smiles.

Gets married in the summer and has the whole thing outdoors.

Open bar that he pays for lmao

Doesn't drink any alcohol though. He wants to remember every second in full clarity.

Absolutely sets up a photo booth for people to take as many photos as they want and he keeps all of them in an album that he treasures so much.

Probably has pups before he gets married, so they have a huge part in the wedding.

Keeps two empty chairs in the front row for his parents.

He has a buffet table instead of people serving food, he prefers the vibes.

Sasuke:

Tiny wedding.

Getting married actually means a surprising amount to him, but you wouldn't think so because he's so resistant to doing anything wedding-y.

No traditional at all, in fact there's no traditions really.

It's just him, his alpha, someone to marry them and his team as witnesses.

He didn't invite them, they just demanded to come and showed up.

Can't be convinced for anything more extravagant, but you can have a couple of guests too, provided he knows them.

Sasuke can be persuaded to have a little celebration dinner at a restaurant afterwards, but he won't suggest it himself.

He wears slightly more formal, but still normal clothes and wants everyone else to do the same.

Shino:

Aburame weddings are complicated.

They are always held on the clan compound.

I imagine they have some sort of hand fasting ceremony.

Along with a tradition about making and designing a bouquet for each other.

Aburame omegas wear veil-like things throughout the ceremony and take them off once they are officially married.

The clan has their own traditional wedding wear and it's very modest.

for this reason, summer weddings are only held in the evenings when it is cooler. Konoha is very hot after all and passing oout from heat stroke would not be ideal.

Aburame weddings have parents playing a significant role. Their clan prioritises family a lot, so there is a gift exchange and a sort of tea ceremony thing where the couple in question gift and serve the other's parent(s).

In cases where this is not possible, someone else must stand in place. Either a grandparent, older cousin, trusted teacher or mentor. There can't be no one. One person is fine though if the other parent is not available for whatever reason.

The actual ceremony is very small. Just Shino, his oma, you and your family, and a few special friends.

But the celebration afterwards is quite big, especially for the clan head's son.

It is set up like a fete.

The clan compound is covered in fairy lights and stalls are set up with games, food and activities.

The clan and trusted friends gather and enjoy the festival like environment in the afternoon / evening.

The more important the marriage, the bigger the event.

Shino and his alpha walk around and greet everyone, play games etc.

Alcohol is not prevalent at Aburame celebrations, neither is dancing or loud music.

The couple in question are expected to be by each other's sides for the whole evening.

Even if that means awkwardly hovering outside of the bathrooms for the other person haha.

Children are forbidden from attending the ceremony, but they are expected at the celebration afterwards and there are activities designed for them to keep them busy.

Honestly there is so much more I could say, but yeah, Aburame weddings are almost unrecognisable as weddings sometimes. Shino is really grateful if his alpha joins in with all these celebrations though, it means a lot to him and he really likes these traditions.

Chouji:

Massive wedding.

The entire clan is invited, but it's more like a 'drop by if you want!' kind of invitation for the clan.

Because Chouji is the next clan head, most people stopped by for at least a bit.

Akimichi ceremonies are very individual and up to the couple to organise and design. Akimichi celebrations are massive and last all night XD

Chouji and his mate have a formal ceremony with chairs and gentle live piano music and all their close friends and family gathered.

Chouji asks his friends to use bird seed as confetti hehe.

Chouji dresses fairly formally, but there is no dress code, he just wants his precious people there, they can dress in whatever they want.

He has Shikamaru stand beside him as his best man and his appa give him away.

It's a very sweet ceremony and they write their own vows.

More than a few people cried.

Once the celebrations starts though?

Food everywhere!

Buffets on buffets.

Open bar.

BBQs.

They also have a big dance floor and music.

Chouji makes the wedding very kid friendly as well.

He has a bouncy castle and in the evening a small campfire for the kids (and whoever else) to roast marshmallows.

Everyone has a good time at Chouji's wedding XD

Shikamaru:

Shikamaru has no spine or interest when it comes to wedding planning, so a lot of it is decided by his alpha.

He doesn't care about following clan traditions really, he just doesn't want anything too big or too loud, other than that. You can plan it lol.

So basically, Shikamaru's wedding is almost entirely whatever his alpha wants it to be.

Shikamaru won't walk down the aisle though, and he will wear traditional clothing. Obviously he also wants Chouji around to play a part in the wedding, but other than those things... eh.

Just plan it and give him a veto. It will be easier than trying to actually get an opinion out of him.

Neji:

Neji truly hates every second of his wedding if you haven't managed to extract him from his clan at this point.

He barely speaks the whole time.

He stoically sits through hours of hair and makeup, putting up with the awful cakey feeling on his skin and heavy head ornaments.

He reads and accepts the pre approved vows, which include things about promising to be obedient, with not even a flinch.

He eats without tasting anything.

The first dance is the part he hates the least, but with everyone watching him, he doesn't enjoy it.

He asks you not to invite much family or many friends for their sake, promising to have a separate gathering with them at a later date if you wish.

Then he pretends to go abroad for his honeymoon so that he can get more time under the guise of 'travelling'.

He actually wants to stay in Konoha. Using your old flat or a friend's empty property whatever. You and him stock the flat before the wedding, pretend to leave and then hide there for three weeks and enjoy the alone time with no one butting in lol.

If you do manage to get him out of the clan before you get married, it's a very different affair.

He still has a very traditional vibe to it, but in more of a peaceful way.

Gentle music, a nice sit down dinner, a slow dance, lighting the hall by candle light in the evening... it's very sweet.

He invites his team, all his friends and your friends and family.

It's a surprisingly big affair, unless you have a very small guest list on your side.

He does have a bar, but it only serves things like beer and wine, no hard spirits.

His wine selection is very impressive, but not unexpected for a wine snob like him XD

The Hyuuga use white as their traditional wedding colour, so Neji uses almost none of it.

He really enjoys this version of his wedding actually. It's one of the most relaxed and happy states you've ever seen him in. Lots of people comment to you about what a good mood Neji is in hehe.

Kiba:

Inuzuka don't have weddings.

They don't see the point in them. If a couple is mated, they are together forever, what's the point in a wedding???

Kakashi:

He can really take or leave marriage.

He's more than happy never doing it. His alpha is his, and being married won't change that.

He's okay getting married if it means something to his alpha though, but he'd want to elope.

He can be convinced to elope abroad though, so you can take a little holiday somewhere nice, get married, then come home together, newly married and refreshed from your holiday hehe.

He does summon his pack to be there for the 'wedding', so you need to find a government building that lets dogs in lmao.

You are also welcome to bring any pets you have to the 'wedding' but having people there will make him clam up and hate it, so no people I'm afraid 🤷🏻‍♀️

Itachi (non-massacre):

He doesn't enjoy his wedding much at all.

Itachi lets his clan run wild and dictate everything because it's less of a fight for him that way, and if he's married by the end of the day, does it even matter what the wedding was like?

He's more interested with the extremely long honeymoon he's been negotiating and fighting for for like six months XD

Because he lets his clan have control, the wedding is very, very traditional.

He wears traditional Uchiha clan clothes and a veil, which he doesn't understand because they also forced him through an hour or hair and make up and no one can even see it??

Uchiha weddings use red as their primary theme colour, so the wedding is very red.

It's also very stuffy and formal with a sit down meal and incredibly long speeches.

It is held very early in the morning, as per Itachi's request because he doesn't want to deal with the elders berating him for his choice or partner and also pushing him to have as many pups as possible all evening.

The sit down meal is more of a lunch than dinner.

Itachi does put a little sweet cart up for the kids though :D He remembers how boring weddings were when he was a child, so he tries to sneak as much pup friendly stuff as he can in. He can't manage much, but he has the sweets cart, some colouring books on each child's seat and little disposable cameras for them to take photos with.

And then the second it's socially acceptable for him to do so (which ends up being about 6 pm, the bonus of an early wedding), Itachi runs away to his honeymoon with his alpha XD

Gaara:

Gaara gets married on a balcony outside of the Kazekage tower, his brother and sister beside him, his alpha's closest family behind them.

A good chunk of the village come to watch and celebrate.

The cheer the crowd gives off when they're officially married is deafening.

Everyone is hyped and the entire village celebrate for like, three days XD

There are street parties and fireworks and the whole shebang.

All Gaara sees is his alpha though. He's so smitten and happy, it doesn't matter to him what's going on outside, he only cares about his alpha.

Does eventually go down to see the street parties and various celebrations, but on the third day when things have calmed down a little XD

Suna loves Gaara so much, they're genuinely over the moon to see him married.

Kankuro:

He just wants to elope, is that really so much to ask?

Doesn't even want to elope anywhere nice, he just does it randomly, like 'wanna go and sign some paperwork and get married in 20 mins?'

Then he orders a fuck ton of takeaway that evening and eats it all with his alpha before calling a sick day the next day XD

Temari beats him up in a spar when it comes out what he did lol.

Kankuro doesn't regret it though.

Haku:

Haku isn't concerned with getting married.

He likes to live with his alpha and pups in the woods, making salves and baking and gardening.

What matters to him is the love him and his alpha show to each other, not a piece of paper proclaiming them as married.

It would also be a hassle to get to a village to get married and organise it and stuff.

He's happy as he is.

(I missed some people because I ran out of ideas XD sorry. Hope you liked it though!)

#asks #headcanons #wedding #naruto #a/b/o #omegaverse #hcs #alpha!reader #reader insert #haku #kankuro #gaara #sasuke #kakashi #shikamaru #shino #neji #itachi #kiba #chouji

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shyotic · 20 days

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Eis Klein

B A S I C S

NAME: Eis Klein

NICKNAMES: he doesn't have many nicknames because his name is already short and sweet, but his mom often calls him by pet names (including but not limited to: my love, darling, little flower, my sunlight). if you're not his mom and you call him any of these, he will probably punch you.

AGE: 25 (post-EW)

NAMEDAY: 7th Sun of the 2nd Umbral Moon (4/7)

RACE: miqo'te (mixed/clanless)

GENDER: masc. nonbinary (he/they)

ORIENTATION: gay

PROFESSION: adventurer - takes on mostly odd jobs with a side of crafting and gathering

P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S

HAIR: pastel blue with navy blue highlights, cut similar to the Styled for Hire hairstyle. he likes to braid sections of his hair and accessorize with flowers, beads, etc.

EYES: candy pink. unlike Seekers and Keepers, his pupils are not restricted and naturally dilate with different light levels.

TATTOOS/SCARS: he has a semicolon tattoo on his left wrist, blue feathered wings on his back, and a few other small tattoos (he has a Lot and boy do I not wanna type all of them out-). he has a prominent X-shaped scar on his left cheek and numerous other scars all over his body, especially his back, torso, and legs. part of their tail is missing, and it's kinked downward near the end.

F A M I L Y

PARENTS: Cyani (mother) and Löwe (father)

SIBLINGS: none

GRANDPARENTS: unknown/deceased

IN-LAWS AND OTHER: Revna (cousin - found family/not blood related)

PETS: they don't have pets, exactly, but more traveling companions that come and go (sort of like the baby opo-opo is to Deryk). their most frequent visitor is Cinnamon, a young red panda they picked up while watching a small group of bards perform in Gridania.

S K I L L S

ABILITIES: combat (all-rounder but most proficient in martial arts, axes, and swords), hunting, carpentry, botany

HOBBIES: exploration, music, sparring, cooking

T R A I T S

MOST POSITIVE TRAIT: his unyielding determination, even in the face of seemingly impossible odds.

MOST NEGATIVE TRAIT: their quick temper and lack of emotional regulation. combined with his heightened sensitivity to dynamis, this is...not ideal.

L I K E S

COLOURS: black, red, pink, orange

SMELLS: rain, citrus (especially lemons), fresh-cut wood

TEXTURES: fur and feathers, wool/woolen yarn, stone, leather

DRINKS: hot cocoa, herbal teas (especially fruit-based teas)

O T H E R D E T A I L S

SMOKES?: no.

DRINKS?: socially on occasion. he used to be a bit of an alcoholic, so he only drinks around friends anymore and only if he feels safe enough (or desperate enough).

DRUGS?: they'll try just about anything once. but they don't do anything regularly aside from the occasional weed or nip.

MOUNT ISSUANCE: he has a few mounts he can call upon depending on the situation. his chocobo Kwehchi goes with him to towns and on lowkey adventures, but she isn't very well-suited to battle or harsh environments. on more risky adventures, he has his war panther Saber and, if need be, the Regalia replica.

BEEN ARRESTED?: a few times when he was young, though not nearly as many times as he should've been. he's a slippery little bitch.

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I wasn't tagged, I yoinked this. therefore I will not be tagging specific people. but I will tag YOU, viewer. yoink this for yourself (if you want to).

#tag game #ffxiv #eis #this has been sitting in my drafts for fucking ever #i wish my motivation was more consistent

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duck-n-clover · 3 months

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2 and 8 for Lucky, 15 for Roadkill ?

Lor Lucky: Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind? Like alot of my ocs from that era (vague high school times i never wrote dates on drawings) I designed a bunch of ocs together just to have a fun range of different guys to played with. The go-to setting of course was at a supernatural high school of sorts. All that being said, Lucky wasn't designed to complement any one oc, i just wanted a cool gothy spooky guy. He did end up being pals with this demon girl though, and maaaay have been romantic rivals of this other guy? i found pictures look :)

which funnily enough, the guy kinda had a country boy kinda schtick which I later absorbed into Lucky's backstory, growing up on a farm etc :)

also Lucky used to have white streaks in his hair maybe one day i'll bring that back lol!!!!

What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story? gosh yeah good question, i often pepper a lil bit of my self all throughout all my character so picking out specific instances that aren't ummm. embarassing for me lmao... is fine though haha!! one big thing is that Lucky kinda struggles with asking for help and admitting that there's something going on with him mentally is hooo boy a bit relatable lmao!!

oh and also, not exactly something that i personally have experienced like, first person, but Lucky was taken in by his grandparents after his parents flaked out on him, and i've seen that in my extended family with my grandparents taking in my cousins after certain circumstances. which yeah is kinda sad but its a family dynamic that's familiar to me so i wanted to include that.

on a more lighthearted note he is agender and while his experience of gender/roadmap of getting to that conclusion is a lil different from my own i'm just like hell yeah we're no-gender bros! 🤝

For Roadkill: What is something about your OC can make you laugh? thank you for asking about Roadkill it's nice her to be seen lol! but yeah i love to imagine her scampering around on all fours its so funny picturing that. ignoring how terrifying that might be to see a lanky shambling creature barrelling at you full speed in the dark might be lmao-- she's just so critter to me!!! also she's likely just wearing whatever clothes she can find after her old ones wear out/get too small (she's a growing teenager after all) so imagining her in just a cutesy pink shirt covered in grime and uh blood is funny to me too lol.

thanks for asking!!! [questions from here]

#oc talk #lucky #ask prompt

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deadlifts-and-deadlines · 8 months

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Something cool about my neighborhood is that it is full of kids, roughly age 6-10. Ender, who is four, plays with a lot of those kids, mostly nicely, and the kids all usually gather in my in-laws yard to play, because it’s a huge kid paradise. They always gather when school gets out - so roughly when I’m needing to get dinner ready and things done at home, etc. However, it can be frustrating for me because I can’t always go there to supervise, so sometimes I have to just close the blinds and set Ender up with a movie or activity. It makes me feel like a shit mom and like I am actively keeping Ender from his friends. He is and always will be an only child, so I feel that it is important for him to have access to his cousins, who are our neighbors, and the other neighborhood kids. Especially since he’s been acting out lately bc of the puppy.

So - I’m thinking about buying a set of walkie talkies. I want to set the boundary to be my in-laws yard (it is huge) but also include my SIL’s yard (Ender is BFFs with her kids) and then sidewalk to the bike trail, since all the neighborhood kids like tor use the sidewalk and it’s next to the schools so people know to look for kids. I can mostly see all of these areas from my house, but I just feel like a way to contact/check in quickly with the kids would be good and no fucking way am I getting my four year old a phone.

Does anyone have any walkie talkie suggestions? And would you allow your four year old to play semi-unsupervised with cousins and neighborhood kids?

I don’t know if I would normally, but we literally live across the street from my in laws and my SIL’s are my neighbors so I feel like I have a lot of family eyes on him. Usually my in laws are home and in the house when the kids are playing in the yard, but I don’t want to put the sole responsibility to watch him on them every day, although I know that they love having such easy access to all the grandkids - which is why I’m considering the walkie talkie idea. Rules would be you don’t go past the range and if a parent or grandparent calls on the walkie talkie you must answer or you will need to come home. I think in a year it would be a non issue, just want to find a way to get him more kid time while I’m doing boring shit.

#I’ve met all these kids #and the parents of all these kids except one #and the one that I haven’t met I don’t like the kid but I also know she comes from a bad situation at home #so I think that’s why she acts out

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spanishskulduggery · 2 years

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I'm looking for age appropriate inclusive vocabulary for my high school classroom. We talk about families and romantic relationships and many of my sources are, shall we say, more "traditional." Any thoughts on vocabulary I can include?

In many family situations, the vocabulary is extremely binary. You'll often find that masculine plural is the default for groups.... like los padres "parents", los hijos "children", and los

el padre = father el papá = dad, father papi = daddy

la madre = mother la mamá = mom, mother mami = mommy

los padres = parents [depending on context, los padres could be "fathers" as in two dads, or las madres "mothers" as in "two mothers"; in general Spanish this also shows up when discussing "fathers" and "mothers" but not necessarily same-sex couples]

el padrastro = stepfather

la madrastra = stepmother

You also sometimes see it shortened to pá and má for "dad" and "mom"

el hijo = son

la hija = daughter

los hijos = children / sons

las hijas = daughters

el hermano = brother

la hermana = sister

mayor = elder, older hermano mayor = older/elder brother hermana mayor = older/elder sister

menor = younger hermano menor = younger brother hermana menor = younger brother

hijo/a único/a = only child

los hermanos = siblings / brothers

las hermanas = sisters

el hermanastro = stepbrother

la hermanastra = stepsister

adoptado/a = adopted

biológico/a = biological de sangre = blood-related [lit. "of/by blood"]

Also be aware that "half-brother" and "half-sister" are frequently either medio hermano / media hermana... or sometimes it gets used as hermanastro/a even though that's typically "stepsibling"; the idea behind the -astro/a endings is that they imply you're related, but not fully by blood so there is some overlap in places

Often the younger siblings are called hermanito or hermanita but it can just be a term of endearment like "bro" and "sis"

el abuelo = grandfather

la abuela = grandmother

los abuelos = grandparents

el nieto = grandson

la nieta = granddaughter

los nietos = grandchildren

el bisabuelo = great-grandfather

la bisabuela = great-grandmother

el bisnieto = great grandson

la bisnieta = great granddaughter

el tío = uncle

la tía = aunt

el primo = cousin (m)

la prima = cousin (f)

el sobrino = nephew

la sobrina = niece

el tío abuelo = great uncle

la tía abuela = great aunt

Also, tatarabuelo/a is "great-great-grandparent"... and you sometimes see a tátara (or sometimes ta) added over and over again for "great-great-great" etc.

The bis- implies "two times" or "twice down/away", and tátara means "carried over"

You will also see people say abuelito or abuelita for "granddad" or "grandma" / "granny" / "nana" etc etc. The diminutives are used to show affection

And depending on where you are you might see titi or tita for "auntie" and tito for "uncle" in affectionate terms

el amigo = friend [m]

la amiga = friend [f]

el novio = boyfriend / groom (in a wedding) / newlywed [m]

la novia = girlfriend / bride (in a wedding) / newlywed [f]

el esposo = spouse / husband

la esposa = spouse / wife

el marido = husband

la mujer = wife [lit. "woman"; not a sexist thing to say mi mujer "my wife", it's super common and doesn't read as misogynistic]

el / la ex = ex el ex-marido / ex marido = ex-husband la ex-mujer / ex mujer = ex-wife

el padrino = godfather

la madrina = godmother

el compadre = a man's best male friend [lit. "co-father"; it can be "my bro" kind of vibe, or it can just be a trusted male friend who is possibly the godfather]

la comadre = a woman's best female friend [lit. "co-mother"; it can be just "friend" or "girlfriend" in English, but it's often implied to be a very close female friend and possibly a godmother]

el suegro = father-in-law

la suegra = mother-in-law

el yerno = son-in-law

la nuera = daughter-in-law

casado/a = married casar(se) = to marry, to get married recién casado/a, los recién casados = newlywed, just married

divorciado/a = divorced divorciar(se) = to divorce, to get divorced

Again, very standard things. I will say that novio/a is sometimes other things in certain countries. I believe in some countries in South America "boyfriend/girlfriend" can be pololo/a but standard Spanish understands novio/a... it's just that novio/a has different translations in English depending on if it's just someone you're dating vs. you're actually at the wedding

Additional Vocab:

familiar = related to the family, "family" but an adjective

los familiares = family members

los parientes = relatives

la familia política = in-laws [family connected by marriage, not by blood]

In particular be aware of político/a because it comes out as "by marriage"... as an example un tío político means "uncle by marriage"

Some people will say mi hijo político as another word for yerno aka "son-in-law"; and some people would just say hijo "son"

Note: For relationships, the most gender-neutral term is la pareja "partner"; literally it means "pair" but it's unisex and not specifically same-sex. You do see people say es mi pareja "he/she is my partner" among heterosexual couples too, and it functions the same as novio/a

But be aware that la pareja can also be "couple" or "pair" when talking about two people together

I don't know how inclusive you can really be in terms of gendered language in some of these cases; standard Spanish will tell you that the plural masculine is inclusive

In some circles, people have begun to use the -e suffix for gender-neural or non-binary; so like hermane in that context would read as a gender neutral "sibling"...... but in common practice you'd say hermanos o hermanas "brothers or sisters"

You're likely to see more use of -e going forward in Spanish, but traditional Spanish adheres more towards the binary

The E is more common among the younger generation and online communities and in the queer community at large; in the US people may use X or Latinx but despite its origin being Latin America, people from Latin America see Latinx as largely a US-Hispanic-American thing and not representing them; there has been some push to use latines instead... also because for whatever reason the X doesn't do well in text to speech programs so "Latinx" isn't always accessible for certain populations

But the idea is still executed easily. Still, it's not so mainstream yet, the language authorities tend to go slowly on this so I would assume it'll be a few years before it's even recognized... so I can't say it's going to be accepted everywhere as standard Spanish

#Spanish #language #languages #vocabulary #spanish vocabulary #asks

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danganronpasurvivoraskblog · 1 year

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PLEASE READ.

//This is important, so it would do me a great service if you stopped and took some time to listen today.

//First of all, I want to apologize in advance that I won’t be going through with one of my promises today. I said yesterday that even though I don’t typically upload on Thursday’s, I would post the conclusion of the fight.

//I lied.

//Or rather things have happened that mean I can’t post angst, because I’m REALLY not in the right mood.

//Let me explain.

//A couple of days ago, on Christmas day, my Dad’s family came round our house for a Christmas Party. The guests included my Aunt, my Uncle, my Cousin, his girlfriend and my Grandmother.

//As you all know if you’ve been following my blog, earlier this year, I lost my grandmother on my Mum’s side of the family due to her poor health.

//The day was really nice and I got to spend a lot of quality time with my family. My grandmother absolutely adores me. She loves hanging out with me, going out shopping and talking about nerd stuff. She can be a bit irritating at times, but overall, she was a lovely woman.

//She’s also done some wonderful things for me over the course of my life. She brought me my Nintendo Switch, she helped me buy my first car, and she’d always be there for me when I was upset or I needed someone to talk to.

//I think it’s pretty obvious where I’m going with this.

//As I was writing today’s chapter of Canzanilla Cafe, my mum delivered the news that she had died in her sleep.

//This is the second beloved grandparent I’ve lost in the span of one year.

//And yesterday, I was even talking to my mum about it, that this year might have been one of the worst years of my life.

//Here’s a few things that happened to me this year, in no particular order:

I was permanently banned from Reddit due to false pedophile accusations.

BOTH of my Grandmother’s passed away.

People who I looked up to, and some of the most important idols of my life lost theirs due to diseases and illness like cancer (Billy Kametz, Kevin Conroy, etc.)

I was told by my driving instructor that despite two and half years of studying, I’m not ready for the actual test, and that I’ve made no progress with my lessons.

I failed one of my first year university courses and had to redo it.

I had to have a catheter inserted due to a long-time infection getting worse recently.

Government issues here in the UK have made simply living life so much more difficult. This winter we had to decide whether we wanted to go hungry or go cold because we didn’t have enough money to pay both bills.

//There are a bunch of other things that happened this year, some of which aren’t on the list because I don’t feel comfortable talking about them. This is only the icing on the cake of the absolutely horrible year I’ve had.

//And the issue is people are always like “don’t worry, next year will be better.” That’s not how it works!

//Life is fucking miserable, and time doesn’t FUCKING change it! It’s always going to suck, and entering a new year isn’t going to automatically fix everything that’s gone wrong recently.

//That aside, I can’t help but laugh at the sheer perfect coincidence that today’s chapter of Canzanilla Cafe just so happened to be about respecting your elders, or at least understanding those who are a different generation than you. I was originally going to put this message in the footnotes of that chapter, but that would mean people wouldn’t read it.

//But that chapter is now going to be more important to me than anything else I’ve posted this year as a result.

//I love my family, I love my parents and grandparents, and I really want to say I love my life, but I have reached a tipping point and I’m not sure how much longer I can put up with all of this.

//I am 20 years old now, and this has been the most miserable I’ve felt in my whole life.

//I need some time to myself, to talk with my family and my friends. As Maya said in yesterday’s post, I need to Disconnect to Reconnect.

//I suggest you do the same.

-Mod

#important notice #mod

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gracelesslady23 · 10 months

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helloo :)) i'm working on one of your fest prompts but i'd like to stay anon until the reveals for it to be a surprise.

i have a small question - you did not specify this in the prompt, and i have several ideas of my own that i could use, but i wanted to ask you anyway in case you had anything specific in mind that you're imagining and/or like reading.

in a setting where j/s are highschool sweethearts and date up until after the graduation, what would be their reasons for breaking up? i feel like it would have to be something big, i don't think the divide of sirius wanting to get out of the small town vs james wanting to stay close to his parents would be enough to force them apart, there would have to be something p major on top of that that went down and led to the breakup. it's just so hard for me to imagine something big enough to drive them apart like that after so many years together without involving something super major like a third person getting in the middle (whether it's romantic, like lily/remus or walburga/someone else stepping in and meddling w it on top of things that they were already having disagreements on), but i'm not sure if that's something you'd like.... i do think that at 18 they would probably be much more hotheaded and easily explosive than later when they reconnect in adulthood, but still, any of the usual "highschool sweethearts breakup" tropes just,,,, dont sit well with them for me bc i can't see them having that type of "classic" miscommunication, yknow?

anyway sorry for the rant 🙏🙏🙏 ill go now to actually get some writing done ehehehe

Hi!! Thanks so much for reaching out and especially for selecting my prompt! I cannot tell you how excited I am to get to read it!!

That is such an interesting question and I completely agree that something big would need to occur to have them break up and lose contact (in fact I completely agree with all your analysis teenage S&J being hotheaded and easily explosive – yes please!!). I’m going to preface my response by saying, both the ideas you’ve included here (Walburga interference or alternative romance coming on the scene) sound really good and I’d be so happy to see it go in either of those directions.

I’ve written below the cut the direction I would’ve taken it had I gotten around to writing it (instead of prompting it haha), but feel free to pick and choose on the bits that work for you, or ignore it, if none of it does 😊

Ok so the way I saw it going was that the wanting to stay vs wanting to leave divide was like a symptom of the bigger issues between them and the divergence in the lives they wanted to lead. On one side, James wants to get married and have a bunch of kids (probs saw himself adopting/using a surrogate once he got with Sirius) and he wants to do it young so his parents would still be around for those milestones and enjoy being grandparents to a gaggle of kids (even though E&F never put it on him, J was always aware that they wanted more kids than just him and for whatever reason (age, illness etc.) could only have the one, so he wants to give them grandkids). Whereas Sirius at 18, still screwed up by his own unhappy childhood/homelife, is not sure he ever wants to get married or have kids and he certainly doesn’t want it anytime soon, what he wants right now is to do big things and explore the world, not to be tied down, and even though he loves James, he is afraid that getting married etc will change things between them and he doesn’t want to become like his parents/older cousins etc. And still, I don’t think this would be a dealbreaker, but it would be a source of tension between them.

With Sirius leaving for the city after graduation, I can see them having a kind of “soft breakup” with every intention of getting back together, or deciding to do long distance. Either way, they spend the first several months being in constant contact via phone/text (depending on the era) and travelling back and forth on weekends to see each other. But with the distance, the divide between them only grows. Sirius is miserable without James, but he’s still hoping James will see the light and join him in the city, so he puts on a bit of a show: telling James about all the exciting things he’s doing, all the opportunities he has, how interesting his classes are, and the interesting people he is meeting/parties he’s attending. And James is jealous… he loves his parents’ and his town, but he is already bored out of his mind without Sirius, his small town job/tertiary education cannot keep him intellectually stimulated and he feels like he is missing out, and not only that, but for the first time he feels insecure about their relationship and worried that Sirius is growing out of him and might find someone more interesting/exciting to be with.

And so while things are getting really rocky, James accidentally getting Lily pregnant (I’d probably have them in the “soft breakup phase” before this happens, like planning to get back together after things calm down, but not officially together). Maybe Sirius is supposed to come home a certain weekend but can’t for whatever reason, so James gets blind drunk with Lily and they sleep together without protection and its done.

Sirius finds out and is absolutely heartbroken, but thinks that this is James getting everything he’s ever wanted (and everything Sirius couldn’t give him) so he doesn’t fight for their relationship and can't really stomach the thought of keeping in contact while James has a happy family with someone else. James devastated and racked with guilt about the whole thing, and when Sirius doesn’t fight for their relationship, James doesn’t feel like he can either because he feels that he’s betrayed Sirius and if Sirius doesn’t want to be with him or talk to him anymore its far enough.

Anyway as I said that’s just the direction I thought of taking it in. Apologies for how long this was, lol, I can never keep it short when it comes to S/J. Hope it was somewhat helpful, but as I said before feel free to take from that whatever inspiration works for you and discard anything that doesn’t 😊

Happy writing!! I am so excited to read it!!

#asks #thanks for the ask!#so excited!!!

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My Harry Potter OCs

Since gold, silver, and platinum are already taken, I call them the "Iridium Trio" after my personal favorite precious metal. Enjoy!

Conrad Tristram Griffith Birthdate: 3 June 1978 Ancestry: Pure-blood Family: Parents Lionel Griffith and Desdemona Griffith (née Rosier), younger sister Daena Griffith, paternal grandparents Tristram Griffith and Proserpina Griffith (née Malfoy), maternal grandmother Phoebe Rosier (née Greengrass), paternal aunt Wilmot Bolloré (née Griffith), uncle Vitalis Bolloré, first cousin Urien Bolloré, paternal uncle Cador Griffith, aunt Euphemia Griffith (née Travers), first cousin Tamara Griffith, paternal great-uncle Abraxas Malfoy, paternal great-aunt Cordelia Malfoy (née Wilkes), first cousin once removed Lucius Malfoy, second cousin Draco Malfoy, paternal great-uncle Matthias Nott, first cousin once removed Theodore Nott, maternal great-aunt Druella Black (née Rosier), maternal great-uncle Cygnus Black Friends: Aislinn Gilchrist, Edmund Blackwell, Adrian Pucey, Graham Montague, Cassius Warrington, Rhys Prosser. Childhood home: Griffith Manse, Cornwall Pet: Kalim (melanistic Maine coon cat) Eye color: Stormy grey Hair color: Long, black, fine Other physical characteristics: Thin and muscular. First year at Hogwarts: 1989 House: Slytherin Quidditch: Reserve Keeper for Slytherin House team 1991-1996 Awards, etc.: Prefect 1993-1996 Wand: Hawthorn and dragon heartstring, eleven inches. Broomstick: Nimbus 1700 Organizations and affiliations: Slytherin reserve Quidditch Keeper, dueling club Skills: Quidditch, Potions, Arithmancy Patronus: Hippogriff Boggart: Alastor Moody Other facts

Like most Slytherin prefects, he took snakelets under his wing. His favorites included his younger sister Daena, her friend Lydia Culhain, and future Quidditch star Emmanuel Vaisey.

He has a complex relationship with Daena, who was always their parents’ favorite, which led him to resent her. However, she had always been a loving sister to him, which made him feel guilty for his feelings of resentment.

Being a pure-blood, he is related to all of the other pure-blood families. In addition to the relatives listed above, Evan Rosier was his uncle, and through his great-uncle Cygnus, he's related to everyone named on the Black Tapestry.

Alastor Moody is somewhat of a family "boogey man", which is why Moody is his boggart.

He wasn't a member of the Inquisitorial Squad, but still disliked the Defense Association for what they did to his friend and roommate Graham Montague.

He's fluent in French due to having relatives in Brittany, who his family visit every summer.

His cousin Urien was part of the Beauxbatons delegation during the Triwizard Tournament.

TV Tropes that apply to him:

Bi The Way: He had a slight boycrush on Snape throughout his school years.

Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The brunet to Edmund's blond and Aislinn's redhead.

Brainy Brunet

Cool Big Bro

Genius Sweet Tooth

Long-Haired Pretty Boy

Proud Beauty: A rare male example.

Real Men Wear Pink: Generally very masculine, but has long hair and takes pride in his androgynous good looks.

Aislinn Maeve Gilchrist Ancestry: Half-blood. Family: Parents Diarmuid Gilchrist and Caitlin Gilchrist, aunt Diahann Gilchrist Friends: Conrad Griffith, Edmund Blackwell Birthdate: 1 March 1978 Location of childhood home: Ireland. Pet: Tawny owl Eye color: Blue. Hair color: Strawberry blonde, wavy, just below shoulder-length First year at Hogwarts: 1989 House: Slytherin Quidditch: N/A Awards, etc.: Prefect 1993-1996 Wand: Ash and unicorn hair, twelve inches Broomstick: None Organizations & affiliations: Charms club, dueling club. Skills: Charms, Potions, Astronomy. Patronus: Fox Boggart: Her father disowning her Other facts

Her father Diarmuid is a registered Animagus who turns into a fox, which is why her Patronus is a fox.

Her father and her aunt Diahann were an example of twins being sorted into different houses - Diarmuid into Ravenclaw and Diahann into Hufflepuff.

She resents Quidditch getting more attention than other clubs and activities, and will only attend games if Conrad is playing.

She had a crush on Conrad for a while, but later realized that she had feelings for his sister Daena. They officially became a couple three years after the Second Wizarding Gang Rumble.

TV Tropes that apply to her:

Bi The Way

Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The redhead to Conrad's brunet and Edmund's blond.

Daddy's Girl

Fiery Redhead

Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Edmund's blue.

Tomboy with a Girly Streak

Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Daena's Girly Girl.

Edmund Thomas Blackwell Ancestry: M*ggl*-born (paternal great-grandmother was a Squib). Family: Parents Herbert Blackwell and Martha Blackwell, older brother Christopher Blackwell, younger sister Allison Blackwell Friends: Conrad Griffith, Aislinn Gilchrist, Adrian Pucey, Graham Montague, Rhys Prosser Birthdate: 17 February 1978 Location of childhood home: Northern England Pet: None Eye color: Hazel. Hair color: Ash blonde, short in the front, long in the back. Started growing a beard at 15. Other physical characteristics: Tall and solidly-built. First year at Hogwarts: 1989 House: Slytherin Quidditch: N/A Awards, etc.: None Wand: Rowan and phoenix feather, twelve and three-quarters inches Broomstick: None Organizations & affiliations: Dueling club Skills: Potions, Transfiguration, dueling. Patronus: Alsatian Boggart: A giant snake

He always felt overlooked as the middle child of his siblings, so he was ecstatic after getting his Hogwarts letter, because that made him the special one for once.

Although he doesn’t look like it, he’s a voracious reader. His favorite genre is historical fiction.

As a M*ggl*-born, he was distraught at being sorted into Slytherin, but was surprised to be not only be accepted, but welcomed.

Through his Squib great-grandmother, he is a third cousin to Kevin of "You bust slug!" fame.

Unlike most Hogwarts students, he actually enjoys History of Magic. In fact, he was the only one of the Iridium Trio to get his History NEWT.

He was the Slytherin in his year who tried to swim down to the common room window.

Ironically, he's afraid of snakes.

He’s also afraid of heights, which is why he doesn’t play Quidditch despite having a good Beater’s build.

His Patronus is an Alsatian because he has one at home.

He was disappointed that he wasn't old enough to put his name in the Goblet of Fire, but after Cedric's death, he realized that if he had put his name in and been chosen, he would be dead, causing him to enter a period of existential angst.

TV Tropes that apply to him:

Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The blond to Conrad's brunet and Aislinn's redhead.

Face of a Thug: Despite being the most menacing-looking of the Iridium Trio, he’s also the kindest.

Gentle Giant

Middle Child Syndrome

Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Aislinn's red.

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