#now i sound like a 50yo lady

[lightyearssurrogatedaddy]

LOOK. AT. HER. I. LOVE. HER.

So for a while now the idea of a media/film themed sans has been freely orbiting my brain. She's not a sans, but she's related to some. I didn't really mean to make her into a shipchild, that's my bad I got a little carried away, but it's a more than ignorable fact that I can live with.

I promised I'd never make a shipchild, but then again I promised I'd leave this fandom forever. So I guess promises to myself never work out.

more about her:

-Her kisses sound like camera shutters and her voice is very grating. She sounds like a 50yo smoker. (the radio voice flux got rebuked) -She's the 'preservation of the past' (vultures are associated with dead things, things that are 'in the past now', and cameras which capture a moment in time). In a household with people stuck in their own heads over what went wrong in their lives. -She knows everyone's backstory except Nightmare's because she fears they'll catch her taking photos. ('everyone' as is Just the Goons and Only them) -In order to read into someone's past she needs to take as many photos of them as she can, from every angle and lighting, every facial expression, etcetc. She can't activate her ability on the spot, and needs dark rooms, like a film developing room, to roll a tape. -'Roll a tape', the backstories she gathers come out in long rolls of film she can pop into a projector and watch. -Her magic takes a lot out of her. Depending on how long the tape is, she can be weakened from a week to a month. Her magic doesn't come in any other forms.

*Little Birdy, HP 40, ATK 3, DEF 25. Easy as cracking an egg.

Her past telling is not 100% accurate. When watching one of her tapes you'll get the general gist of what happened, but for anything that's not a major plot beat is usually a little icky.

Audio is the least likely to get screwed up, but when it does it has the same vibe as, 'been through Google Translate at least twice.'

Color is in the middle, when it comes out wrong it's commonly in black and white or high contrast.

Visual is the most likely. Even in her visions she can't see shit. The tape comes out looking spotty and characters will randomly ragdoll or glitch out at inappropriate times.

She lives in the walls and her film room is in an attic. Most of the info on this page is either still being pondered about or doesn't really apply anymore in the timeframe of 6hours since I drew this. She's still in development so things are prone to change, yk. Take it with a grain of salt.

She calls people 'sticky'/stinky, her version of 'bukko' or 'pal'

My inspo for her design came directly from Lady Gaga and Cruella De Vil, both my childhood idols. Lady Gaga influenced the general vibe in my mind rather than the drawing itself.

"Why does she like Pepper Steak when it's not even a poultry dish?" childhood food+so I can listen to Pepper Steak from the OFF soundtrack and look at her at the same time.

"Why is she called 'little birdy?" because of the phrase, 'a little bird told me...' to reference her past telling abilities.

Yes she's wearing boxers, c'mon guys she may live in a shithole but she's not a heathen.

About the climbing thing. She does have great balance but she can't scale a sheer cliff. Her talent lies in getting to the top of the bookshelf or maneuvering her way through the walls. She doesn't have the balls to climb around the outside, but she'll do it in a pinch.

She's very grabby. A little spoiled. If she doesn't get what she wants she won't cry at you, instead she'll sneak into your room late at night and steal shit that you hold valuable. And THEN go get whatever she wanted without your help.

Damn, most of the immediate characters in utmv are stinky smelly little gremlins. Here she is next to a discord moderator. I kept deathgripping the air in front of him and glaring.

#undertale #undertale au #utmv #little birdy!pastline #ut oc #undertale oc #lsd's bullshit #i tried coming up with a creative name for her i really did #vultures #vulture themed character #error sans #long post #? #is it long enough to be considered long? #character design

[peaky-arthur]

arthur shelby - S5E5

#pls look at the last pic and tell me he is not the cuttest person ever #thoooooosssssseeeee eyeeeeees #the way he turn from a mad dog to a puppy omg i love himmmm #i love him its so annoying #really got me off guard he looks like a pie #now i sound like a 50yo lady #pls now im sad that will never see arthur and aberama kill jimmy #I HATE IT HERE #i love arthur its driving me crazy these days #he is an idiot but he is MY IDIOT #alright i think these gifs got the best quality so far phew #me going far and beyond for the last gif #arthur shelby #peaky blinders #my gifs #ok u know what guys im obsessed with s5 look just looks like SUCH A BAD BOY and im here for it #paul anderson #jimmy mccaver: no offense but I feel like I'm being threatened by a cupcake right now.

[queenfredegund]

The Quest for Fredegund [1]

So folks, welcome to a long post that I would dedicate to the wonderfull regina Fredegund. I’m aware that there is already a large part of fiction and biographies which have been made on her (at least in french, not sure for the english part), but all of that is actually quite of lame and/or false on many assumptions. Truth is that Fredegund is a member of a large group of misogynistic historical characters and that she is often made used for depicting some weird fantasies for historians.

She is the evil pagan witch, the murderous, the bloodthirsty woman who wraps men around her finger and made use of violence to reach her goals. She is also a voracious sexual monster, using lovers again and again. She kills, she burns, she steals, and even makes her stepdaughter gang-raped for her own revenge. 

She is the DEVIL!

Drawing by Alessia de Vincenzi for the comics Fredegund, the Bloodthirsty

But, you know what, folks? I came to become very cautious with years: when a man tells me “here, this is a vicious woman” and when an mid-50yo lady takes the man’s statement litteraly and explains to me why that same woman was vicious, gives her reasons to do that and finally claims that she was right to do all these things (you know, the murders, the gang-rape...), I kinda want to search on my own and see by my eyes only.

So, let’s go on a quest, the Quest for Fredegund. All my sources will be referenced, with links when I can (for example, I have the Fredegar’s Chronica only in scans on my PC). Most of the original texts are also on the MGH, the Monumenta Germaniae Historica.

Here are some of the sources where you can find informations on her:

Gregorius Turonensis, Decem Libri Historiarum

Fredegar, Chronica

Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina

So... let’s begin!

What do we really know about Fredegund?

Truth is, not so much after all. At least, not so much about her personal background. For people who are not yet accustomed with her: 

She is the third chief wife of King (but I prefer using the word “rex”) Chilperich I, one of the three leaders of the Gauls in the second half of the 6th century.

Her birth is unknown, and she died in 597 as the mother of Chilperich’s successor, Chlothacar II.

She gave birth to 6 children in total, including 5 sons, which means she’s actually one of the reginae who had the most children known during the period. Their names are:

Chlodobert († 580)

Rigund († ?)

Samson († 577)

Dagobert († 580)

Theodorich († 583)

Chlothacar II († 629)

There is actually no representation of her and no description of her looks, but people assume very often that she was a beauty and made her a bloody sex-symbol of the Early Middle Ages (yikes...)

When does Fredegund appear for the first time?

The first mention of Fredegund that we have is actually a short mention in Gregorius of Tours’ chronicle, Decem Libri Historiarum (aka History of the Franks). 

In DLH, IV, 28 (x), Gregorius described how in 567 Chilperich got engaged to Galswintha, daughter of Athanagild and, in order to gain her hand, had to dismiss all his “ uxores / wives”.

King Chilperic sent to ask for the hand of Galswinth, the sister of Brunhild, although he already had a number of wives. He told the messengers to say that he promised to dismiss all the others, if only he were considered worthy of marrying a King’s daughter of a rank equal to his own.

Still no mention of Fredegund at that moment, just that Chilperich had a certain amont of unnamed women around him. The only who appeared of the whole is Audovera, mother of 4 children, including 3 sons, Theodebert, Merovech and Chlodovech.

Chilperic had three sons by one of his earlier consorts, Audovera: these were Theudebert, about whom I have told you already, Merovech and Clovis.

The first time she is named is later on the text: at that moment, Chilperich got married with Galswintha, but their relationship tend to became difficult months passing, and Gregorius implied that it was because of the presence of Fredegund.

A great quarrel soon ensued between the two of them, however, because he also loved Fredegund, whom he had married before he married Galswinth.

Fredegund is so introduced as a precedent concubine/wife of the rex (depend of the people and how they see her actually). None is said about her life before that year 567/568, apart that Chilperich seems really infatuated to her.

So, was Fredegund really a slave?

Technically, yes and no. Yes, because we have some hints that could lead us to think of it, and no because finally it’s just hints and not reals informations.

First mention is: in DLH, IX, 34 (x), Fredegund had according to Gregorius of Tours a big quarrel with her daughter Rigund and as they were arguing against each other, Rigund threathened her mother to “servitio redeberit / revert to her original rank of serving-woman”

Rigunth, Chilperic’s daughter, was always attacking her mother (Fredegund), and saying that she herself was the real mistress, whereas her mother ought to revert to her original rank of serving-woman. She would often insult her mother to her face, and they frequently exchanged slaps and punches. 

Second mention is actually a mention in a later-one abbey’s chronicle, called The Chronicle of Saint-Vaast of Arras (x), in which the author says that Fredegund was born in this place (Angicourt, in the Oise department) and that her parents belong to the villa, and so were perhaps slaves. 

Haec ex territorio Belvacensi nata est de familia atque sancti Vedasti villa Vunguscurht, quam, ut praetulimus, Lotharius rex dederat nostro patrono.

But that mention should be taken with precaution as the chronicle was written during the 11th century and as religious chronicles are often full of false stories and approximations: the meaning behind the redaction is not to write facts, but to justify of the longevity of a foundation and of its links with well-known protectors, and the most ancient, the better for that! 

Third mention: in the Liber Historiae Francorum, a major compilation of the Decem Libri Historiae, the Fredegar’s Chronica and some made-up characters and facts, Fredegund is introduced as “ex familia infima” (LHF, 31), and, most important, as the maid of Audovera, first chief wife of Chilperich.

That’s in fact all of we know. It is also true that Fredegund did not seem to have any significant relatives, father, brother, even uncle... but it was also the same for several others reginae, so I’m not convinced that it could means something about her social background.

Now, if we talk about fiction and theories, I really like the possibility that she may have been a slave, and if you ask me to write a fictional story about her, my favorite theory would be that she was a weaver slave, some kind of skilled embroiderer girl before becoming a concubine of the rex, but it’s just FICTION, not FACTS.

Last thing about that matter, scholars often think down of her background because of her name: 

“Fredegund” is composed of the terms Fried / “peace” | Gund / “war”, meaning litteraly “war and peace”, which sounds funny to scholars.

Still during the 6th century, Franks had the habit to create names for children by mixing parts of the parents’ names (e.g. in Rigund : Rich from ChilpeRICH and Gund from FredeGUND), so the theory is that she was born from low-rank, perhaps slaves, parents who were not aware of the subtility of such creation and so created a strange name for their daughter... (I guess these scholars never heard of a name like “North West”, that must be it...)

But, was not Fredegund Audovera’s maid/servant?

Most historians and writers indeed say that Fredegund was actually Audovera’s maid before her own elevation as mother of Chilperich’s children and chief wife. But as we had seen it before (DLH, IV, 28), none of the sources say that: Fredegund is only said to be "married [to Chilperich] before he married Galswinth” and Audovera is designated as “one of his earlier consorts” even not the only one.

So where does that story come from? Once again, from the Liber Historiae Francorum... In LHF, 31, the unnamed author tells a story about how Audovera have been evicted from the royal palace, based only on Fredegund’s trickery. Alone and pregnant while her husband was away at war, Audovera just had given birth to a little girl that she named Childesinda, or for some autors Basina. 

On Fredegund’s suggestion, a baptism was prepared before the return of the father, but at the beginning of the ceremony, the lady who would have been the godmother of the princess was still missing. She so persuaded her mistress Audovera to hold herself her infant daughter, whithout saying to her that by doing that, she would become de facto the godmother of her own daughter.  However, a canon law strictly forbidding marriage between parents and godparents, Audovera was convicted of incest and kicked from the palace. 

The problem with this whole story is not only that it is a complete invention, written long time after the real events, but most importantly, that the taboo forbidding marriages with godparents was in fact officially voted in the Council in Trullo, held in 692, which means 130 years after Fredegund and Audovera possible hostility! But because this is an undeniable dramatic storyline, writers and historians are really unwilling to abandon it and continue to spread it...

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

#women in history #quest for fredegund #fredegund regina #merovingian period #6th century

[zensjagi]

holy shit i just woke up from the worst nightmare, like it wasn t THAT scary but the feeling it gave me was terrifying

it’s 1:38am

i dreamed that i was hanging out with zen from mystic messenger but something felt a bit off and one of my friends (B) was with me and it was like i couldn’t talk or move my mouth properly and B said haha it’s like you’ve been drugged and i was like lol but then i was talking to zen and he wasn’t acting right and suddenly things got blurry and i was opening my eyes and someone was grabbing my jaw and holding it shut whispering shhh, shh.... and i was in a different room and it turns out someone WAS drugging me and had kidnapped me and none of that was real and they just pushed me back into the drug induced dream

then suddenly someone was shaking me and yelling my name and i sluggishly woke up and the real zen was there and he protected me from my kidnapper, there was a brawl and zen started losing but i threw in a cross, a head kick and a knee and managed to get him out and knock out my kidnapper (who it turned out was in love with me abd was keeping me drugged up so i couldn’t leave him) and then zen hugged me and i cling onto his arm and he held my hand and he was so warm and comforting and observant

and suddenly i was back home and it was 2am but i felt like going for a walk so i took my laptop and walked down the street and i was just chillin using my laptop but i accidentally dropped it and the ground it fell onto was like knee high gravel and it sunk inside and broke (the screen came off and the back came off but it was still connected by wires so everything still worked) (not relevant but i was watching a minecraft music video when it happened ??)

so i picked it up and looked and i could fix it but i needed a screwdriver so i went home to get one but as i was leaving i saw a woman and her two young children and we started talking and she walked me home bc she thought she saw someone staring at me and wanted to help so she and her kids hung out in my dining room while i found a screwdriver and i let them look through my pokémon cards and it was really hard to talk cos i was chewing gum and there was so much it kept sticking my teeth and lips together. but i explained to her that i was going thru my old school stuff cos i graduated last year hence why the pokémon cards were out (i let the kids pick a few to keep) and the woman laughed and said she remembered going thru her school stuff as well and called me disorganised for not doing it sooner (jokingly tho, also irl i have gone thru it like last year so idk where that came from lol)

anyway then we all went back down the street but my dad was till awake and piss drunk (he’s an alcoholic) and i watched as he fell down some concrete steps and tumble down a hill and there was a really loud crash and i asked if he was okay and he said yeah but then i fell too but landed on lots of foam and hay and called out for him to help but his voice sounded really scary so i said never mind and climbed back up

the woman left so i grabbed my laptop to bring back to the house

in my room was a girl maybe 14? and she was apparently my younger sister (irl i’m an only child). she looked kinda like a young ariana grande, like disney channel days

anyway i needed to keep the cat in my room and my sister was being a dick and not letting me close the door but eventually got out of my room and i was like bitch if you wanted to come out u could’ve told me i just needed the cat to stay in the room and she was like “oh” and left

and my other friend (C) arrived and was like lol let’s have some shots of vodka and i was like a. you’re driving soon and b. i have to be up in a couple hours to drive to muay thai so no then she disappeared and was replaced by B and suddenly i felt like i was drugged again but ignored it

then i realised i left my phone down the street so B went with me to go get it and it turned out my dad had been kidnapped. and even though i’d brought my laptop inside it was suddenly outside again and there was a lantern (like an LED one) that i needed to bring in as well so my hands were kinda full

but then B was like hey leah? we need to go

and i was like why

turned out there was a lady (maybe 40-50yo) who was an ex-marine who had a lawn chair set up in her driveway and was staring creepily at us and nodding for us to come closer

B walked a bit too far ahead from me and the woman got up and walked towards me saying “one of you come here :)” and u screamed for B but she didn’t hear me and the lady laughed and said “don’t be afraid pussycat” and i was getting major rapey vibes so i tried to run but i kept fumbling my laptop which was apparently very important that i brought back home

and then it was insinuated that she kidnapped me and the story became a loop to the beginning, or maybe i was drugged still the whole time and only thought zen rescued me earlier as a part of being drugged, the dream wasn’t totally clear

but yeah that was the nightmare i literally just woke up from i’m going back to sleep now if anyone wants to analyse it pls do and hmu lmao goodnight

#dreams #personal #weird dreams #mysme #hyun ryu

[anescapenight]

unfortunate reality for millenials

hi hello another entry. so i was just thinking yesterday, before i fell asleep, what’s wrong with kids and my generation nowadays. i believe it is because we are trusted to define the right and the wrong, false and true, of everything in life. back when my parents are a teenagers, they have it easier. there is no instagram, no tiktok. they follow traditions, what their parents and grandparents deemed right/wrong, they follow. now fast forward to 2021 where tiktok is fucking everything up. there is no more border. we are forced to see what is the right/wrong in another fucking continent, we compare and assess to our life. IT SIMPLY IS STUPID TO COMPARE. we cant just generalised everything, yeah can if you fucking bomb our parents and older generation out of our country. dont wanna sound like a 50yo lady but seriously, we are forced to define a new standard of right and wrong, finding the middle of keeping old traditions but with the world affecting is. we get lost. it is hard you know. you don’t want to trash our old values but we dont want to feel left either. i feel the only thing we can do is go back to the source of everything. because when you dont know what’s right and what’s wrong, what else can you do other than going back to who create the right and wrong in the very first place? it differs and depends on your believe. all i know is that the sooner you go and get back to the source, the happier you will be. while people still struggle to define the right/wrong, you’re already half way on the right track. because you knew sooner, earlier. you will win.

[tayegi]

Hi Lu, I'm so sorry but when you mentioned engineering, would you be able to specify which branch of engineering? Because it sounds a bit more like comp sci or data sci with all the coding and stuff. Sorry, I wasted several years in uni, took a gap year and now I want to go back to study a biomedical engineering (which also involves a bit of comp sci) as the financial instability is getting to me and I don't think I can survive life as a broke 50yo lady

Hmm I'm not too familiar with that field. I feel it that and mechanical engineering and maybe even civil engineering would be more stable. There's something about tech and software that's so fast that it's almost impossible to stay on top on it. But I would recommend shadowing ppl in that field b4 committing :)