#russian basics

[homkamiro]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! I need to tell just how running blind fanfiction by @thetriggeredhappy fucked me up

I'm not joking when I say that this is my favourite fic ever made, I literally don't, everything about it is so perfect, so detailed and so emotional,, i cried a lot, i laughed a lot, and I was really amazed by some of the plot twitsts

EVERYONE needs to read it, and if you don't imma bust yo damn kneecaps

#i also wished I'd draw more and perhaps I will! i'm just busy with life and and school and stuff #also the last pic is on russian because it was my comic class assignment and i felt too lazy to translate it #but it's basically the scene after scout agreed on the operation #team fortress 2 #tf2 #team fortress 2 fanart #tf2 fanart #tf2 scout #tf2 sniper #tf2 heavy #tf2 spy #tf2 soldier #tf2 engineer #tf2 pyro #speeding bullet #sniperscout #check the author they sell commissions!!! buy their commission!!!!!!!!! this IS a threat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vasito-de-leche]

Could we have some Zima relationship headcanons :]

;R1999 ZIMA - Relationship Headcanons

Compilation of headcanons about Zima in a romantic relationship.

ofc you can nonnie, ty for the request! Zima was the other character that got me into the game so he's very dear to me

also also, I'm not sick anymore so I have some steam to work on requests, hehe <3 still working on the sleepy fics though, don't worry yall!

I haven't done a proper analysis/HCs post on Zima yet, so as usual I'll be talking a little about his character before getting into the whole relationship aspect of things!

The portrayal of Zima as a stereotypical, shy introvert feels extremely reductive to me, especially when it's all attributed to his speech pattern - the pauses, the stuttering... None of it is an indication of timidness. We have to remember that Zima's native language, like many other characters, is not english and he struggles when speaking it. That's the reason he speaks in such a way, there's a language barrier he's constantly fighting against in order to communicate with others and yet he's clearly trying.

There's an emphasis on loneliness, isolation and avoidance in his character that is impossible to ignore, which seems to add to the whole portrayal of Zima as a "shy baby". But again, this is something that comes from an important part of his life - the exile he went through. Him being socially inept is a result of a punishment, years of being alone with no one but animals to keep him company. It doesn't come from a sense of inferiority or insecurity such as Charlie, but an absolute lack of human contact.

When examining his voicelines, we also see that he's opinionated - criticizing the Tsar and the poor living conditions of the people, speaking of the beauty of nature and so on and so forth. He explicitly writes poems on any surface like trees, rocks and snow, even if he knows they'll be washed away overtime.

I understand that it's extremely easy to dismiss Zima when it comes to romance because of all of these details, his isolating ways and all, but he's a poet first and foremost.

While he may not be romantic in the more traditional sense we're used to, he's extremely insightful and takes a lot of care to appreciate the small details that often go overlooked, but that make life feel more lively and rich. In the context of relationships, given his age and his lifestyle, Zima would bring a completely different type of vibe - for comparison, most of the characters I talked about already lean towards high emotions, the fun of discovering love for the first time, etc etc...

Pavia's love is a whole rollercoaster on his own because there's always the chance of either getting hurt or having the time of your life, Forget Me Not's feels exactly like being hungover in the morning. But Zima's love is more like coming home after a long trip, knowing there's a warm meal waiting for you. It's familiar and calm.

On the subject of Zima falling in love.

Zima is used to introspection, so I genuinely believe he has a strong sense of self and a good grasp on his emotions. He quickly realizes when he's fallen for someone and he accepts it easily, despite the lack of romantic interactions in his life. This is because the object of his affections is, most likely, someone he already cherishes, and who puts the effort into maintaining a good friendship with him - so the idea of being in love with them feels natural!

I can't see Zima pursuing romantic relationships with strangers and/or those outside his close circle, not even a surface attraction beyond artistic appreciation for someone's looks. He strikes me as the type who can only fall in love with those he trusts and knows.

And even then, his behaviour wouldn't change much!

It's obvious that he lacks friends, so the very few people he does have are extremely important to him - even so, Zima does not need to constantly orbit around them and will gladly spend days (and weeks if you don't actively seek him out) without seeing them, content to catch up with them whenever their paths cross. He shares what little he has to offer with everyone, practical things and knowledge. Zima is 100% that friend who disappears for months and returns as if nothing happened.

When it comes to you, it's the same. Sure, if you ask him to stay a little longer then he'll oblige you. And if you're the chatty type or find his work interesting, then he'll put the effort into having a conversation with you despite the language barrier. But that's about it, the changes aren't noticeable no matter how much he loves you, because all of that happens when no one is looking.

If you happen to stroll around in the wilderness, getting lost in the forest and all, then you might find your name carved on trees along with many, many poems. If you don't speak or read russian, then all you'll be able to recognize is your name - the very first thing Zima taught you in his native tongue - but these are all declarations of love.

The animals are kinder to you, curious even. They follow and treat you like an old friend, as if they knew you, because everything they've heard from you comes from Zima himself. They speak about everything and anything with him, after all.

Zima lacks the initiative to confess or even consider being in a proper relationship with you - I insist, he's genuinely content with being a close friend - but he also lacks the restraint to keep his feelings to himself and thus puts them on display in the only way he knows how: as a poorly kept secret between himself and the nature that surrounds him.

Not many think of him as a romantic because of how stoic he is, but when Zima is in love, he sees you in every flower, in the snowflakes that fall and kiss his nose. You're the gentle summer breeze and the crystal clear rivers once winter ends. You're right there beside him in spirit when he sees little chicks take flight for the first time, or when all the other forest critters wake up after hibernating. Zima finds beauty in every aspect of nature, and he sees you everywhere he looks.

That said, there's no way he'll take the first step. That's entirely up to you, to pick up all these things and confront him about it - that's the only time he'll be open and direct about his feelings. Because you already know how much you mean to him!

Zima would love to teach you his native language.

This is partially me projecting because english isn't my native language either, but I do like to think that Zima's english is all self-taught. He understands when others speak english, but isn't as fluent when speaking himself. And that's why it's sooo infuriating and frustrating for him, as a creative person and poet.

Not only because it's harder to communicate with others, but because his work and poems - the most important part of himself - can't be fully understood. Therefore HE can't be fully understood. Some translations, while good, can't even come close to their original meaning. As his partner, Zima wants you to understand the full depth of his affections and thoughts.

I do think that the process of learning would also be quite organic, starting with Zima simply pointing out at things and teaching you the way they're named in russian, basic stuff he does unconsciously. If you pick up things on your own from his work and his translations, Zima will be over the moon and would ask you to repeat yourself to make sure your pronunciation is right and because he loves the way his language sounds with your accent.

But if you approach and ask him to properly teach you? He's gone, instantly overwhelmed with emotion and thoughts racing in his head, trying to organize a million different things - what would be the best way to teach you? Should he start with the alphabet? You want to learn this brand new language to understand him better, that simple gesture is a huge deal for him.

Once you have a pretty good grasp on the language, at least enough to have basic conversations with him, it will feel like Zima has gotten a little bolder - addressing you with pet names, being generally more blunt and talkative... But in fact, he's just finally able to express himself in his totality.

This also goes the other way around - Zima would love to learn your own native language, whether it's english or something else. It's yet another language he can use to express himself, so it's a win-win. And I know that it's common for us multilingual people to start confusing and mixing all the languages we speak, but I think Zima would have an easy time keeping them apart, so to speak!

On the subject of Zima and how he acts when he's in a relationship.

You two were close friends before you were lovers, so Zima doesn't feel any sort of pressure to live up to some dating standards like fancy dates, gifts or grandiose displays of affections - once again, it's all about what feels natural. You two know each other more than enough to simply fall into a comfortable routine that works out for both.

He does make the effort to drop by more often, to find a middle ground until he feels more comfortable and used to being around large groups of people. But he would also insist that you accompany for his walks in search of inspiration for his work!

When it comes to showing affection, I think Zima might be a little touchstarved - casual physical contact such as someone hugging or patting him on the back as a greeting still catch him by surprise, but affectionate gestures with those he trusts and loves is a novelty that leaves Zima starry-eyed.

He has a lot of things that he needs to slowly get used to again now that he's not exiled in the middle of the woods, but having you shower him with affection is something that he grows to like rather quickly. When you pet him, pepper his face with kisses, hold his hand when walking or hug him - it doesn't matter, Zima will always stand there, fascinated with the way you make him feel, so very warm and safe.

He would appreciate a warning before being touched, and he always makes sure to ask before initiating anything himself - it doesn't matter how many times you tell him that you're fine with this sort of contact, he's going to ask for permission anyway. Just out of politeness. Personal space is important, after all.

I think Zima would try to stick to a routine he can follow without overwhelming himself, especially if you're the type to need more attention (again, Zima will literally disappear for weeks if left to his own devices). It's more of a short list of things he needs to remember to do before the day is over, the two most important ones being greeting you in the morning and wishing you goodnight.

As for more general aspects of a relationship, I don't think there's much to say! Arguments with him rarely happen because he's patient and careful with his words, he communicates his needs and boundaries as well as he respects yours and all. Zima isn't that talkative, but his more "eccentric" traits are something you're probably used to on account of that initial bond and trust.

#reverse 1999 #reverse: 1999 #reverse 1999 x reader #reverse 1999 headcanons #reverse 1999 zima #basically zima is emotionally mature and responsible so hes OBJECTIVELY the safest option out of all guys if youre looking for a partner #the worst thing that can happen is that he just forgets to tell you that he needs time alone to cool off and he disappears for 2 weeks #BUT YOU KNEW THAT WHEN YOU SIGNED UP TO BE HIS BUDDY SO ITS FINE #i got very fluffy with this one bc i love him so much okay no one look t me #hes not a baby hes a grown ass man!!!! but hes so cute!!!!! and i wanna kiss him!!!!!!!! #i wanna do a post analyzing him and all but my god. i dont know nearly enough abt russian history to even GO there

[lost-in-russia]

#even number of flowers reserved for dead only in Russian tradition #and basically everyone follows it #rutumblr #flowers #gift giving #flower language #cultural joke #russian meme #russian traditions

[archerofunspeakablelove]

So as we all know, Yassen was born with a different name. Given that "Yasha" is clearly a diminutive, that was probably not his actual name, especially given the time he was born.

From what I know of Russian (which admittedly is very little so actual Russian fans please correct me) Yasha would most likely be spelt Яша, which would point towards a boy's name starting with Я.

According to Wikipedia, there are pretty much only two which fit that criteria that are commonly given - Ярослав (Yaroslav) and Яков (Yakov), the diminutives being respectively Ярик (Yarik) and, wait for it, Яша.

So, from this we can conclude that Yassen Gregorovich was, in fact, born Yakov Gregorovich.

#chaotic ramblings #man i sure love linguistics #side note Yakov is the Slavic variant of Jacob #so basically mr ash tree was named Jacob #yassen gregorovich #russian roulette #alex rider #can you tell I'm obsessed yet or is it not obvious enough

[vinillain]

Played Psychonauts 1+2 with my friend

So naturally I stayed up until 4am making art

#psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #psychonauts razputin #razputin aquato #lili zanotto #psychonauts lili #older!raz #basically my interpretation of an older teenish Raz #I combined a Russian hat and an aviator cap for his hat

[dostoyevsky-official]

You know Mandarin??

sometime in the spring of this year i kept encountering the idea on other social media that chinese is impossible to learn for europeans, that it's too difficult, that no westerner can learn or truly understand it, and in combination with a mainland friend visiting and telling me the ancient chinese etymology of some basic characters (and the 白人饭 Lunch of Suffering meme) i got fed up/enchanted and did the extremely mentally healthy thing of teaching myself basic mandarin, through about ~april to july. at some points in may i remember coming home from work, scribbling characters in my mandarin notebook over and over, doing chores, going to sleep, and repeating the cycle. a taiwanese friend on here helped out with a lot (it's much, much easier if you have chinese friends to help you, however, i am really not about traditional, although i admit it's more beautiful) and baptized me with a chinese name.

i don't know mandarin, and at this point a lot of the characters i'd learned have faded from memory, but i insist that it's not actually difficult to learn chinese (up to a point— maybe HSK 3 or 4 is where it gets really difficult). in fact, learning chinese is really, really fun.

the difficulty lies in the fact that you have to do it every single day for at least an hour, probably for more (i spent pretty much all my free time on it, but there was something not normal going on with me then). you'd think, isn't that the case for every language? yet i don't remember doing daily french like that, and i consider some aspects of french conjugation/russian grammar much more difficult than what chinese throws at you at similar difficulty levels (good luck with motion verbs, non-slavic speakers). i found learning characters to be very, very easy. they're all distinct. if you learn them together with their etymology, looking at ancient chinese and how they developed along with associated idioms, it's endlessly rewarding. at least in the early levels, there's a bit of a system to how characters and words come together and increase in complexity—sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's cute. it's a breath of fresh air to start reading even basic sentences and idioms in a language so entirely different from anything you've experienced before. many people say speaking chinese is easier than reading/writing: in my experience, that's false. i barely started getting a grasp on the tonal system (my goal was to get to HSK 1 solely through written chinese); i remember listening to the same 2 minute audio clip of two people exchanging phone numbers for half an hour or something once before getting everything right. people say "chinese doesn't have grammar" but that's not true, because otherwise it won't be a language at all, though you don't have to learn any conjugations, declensions, etc. at HSK 1-2 you just throw a modifier/particle into a sentence and you're good to go.

the other main difficulty besides tones is that imo chinese culture is borderline impenetrable if you want to have a genuine stab at it (but for this you don't, necessarily, need to learn mandarin). you can learn HSK 1-2 in a few months or a semester, but it will take you years to genuinely understand the cultural context—there truly is no context clue or familiar idea you can latch on to, as opposed to when learning a european language/history, or even turkish, arabic, persian; there is nothing in common here, and if you guess, you'll probably wind up wrong. it all makes me think of how many journalists/experts get russia wrong: i now firmly do not believe a word of what people write about asia unless i find the author knows the language

anyway

#keep in mind of course i did not go past HSK1 #i prefer simplified but seeing what they did to 門 makes one a rabid antimaoist #you get to understand the pò èr shǒu chē reel of the little chinese girl pointing at a porsche that goes around on instagram. #i truly wish china was somehow connected to what i study bc i cannot justify spending that much time on mandarin #unfortunately the harbin russians didn't bother with chinese #smth else about this blog is that india is likewise impenetrable to me. the sheer historical and geographic scale is unbearably intimidatin #where does one even start? #ed* ^ i know the basic 101 historical outlines but i don't think that's “knowing” a place

[drthrvn]

don't tell me the Academy really DOES NOT SEE the hipocrysy in not letting Zelensky give a speech at the Oscars while at the same time giving a platform for Navalny's family to speak out about """"poor opressed russians""""

#i hate it i hate it i hate it #this disguists me so much #they first tell the Ukrainians that they're too white for Hollywood to care about their deaths basically #and then let fucking priviliged rich russians attend the ceremony #and speak about the politics #oscars 2023 #ukraine #russia #anti russia #alexei navalny

[lmaowh-at]

Hey girl… do you have bpd😍

#nastasya filippovna #the idiot #fyodor dostoevsky #russian literature #classic lit #this is just a sketch but this is basically how i imagine her and her portrait #im myshkin irl btw #🧩

[byorkewkew]

Purreo and Meowliette

#gaa ming #kirara #russian memes basically #we have rivaling delivery services and once someone spotted guy and girl from them #being lovey dovey and stuff #it was cute i remember comp reps even said something cute about it or did i don't remember details

[greencheekconure27]

Hey people have you heard Ukraine has been a NATO member for a year according to this useful idiot! We should celebrate!

You know, I rarely add people to the list based on one or two posts, but I'll make an exception.

Please welcome, @ kittspirals .

Who unironically responded with this:

To this:

#blocklist material #brainrot #useful idiots #why do i keep expecting these people to be capable of rational thought when they can't do a basic fact check 🙄 #tankies #russian propaganda #Russian war on Ukraine #westsplaining #russian invasion of ukraine #nato

[tempests-bards-and-birds]

Let Your Music Predict Your 2024

Shuffle your on-repeat playlist, and the first 12 songs represent your 2024

thanks for the tag @kanonavi !

i took half of these from my mp3 player and half of them from my youtube mix of songs that i basically listen to on repeat because i use both of those equally lol so i thought that would be the Most Accurate idk

january: It Happened Quiet - Aurora

february: Line Without a Hook - Ricky Montgomery

march: Contemplation in Snow (albedo's theme basically) - HOYO-MiX

april: IDOL - YOASOBI

may: The Writing's On the Wall - OK Go

june: La Vaguelette - HOYO-MiX/Cécilia Cara

july: Turn Up the Radio - OK Go

august: Breathe - Seafret

september: Homemade Dynamite - Lorde

october: Wildfire - HOYO-MiX

november: Buzzcut Season - Lorde

december: Russian Roulette - Red Velvet (English cover by Mitchel Joseph)

tagging (with no pressure ofc): @moth-of-chaos @dopefrickingjelysquid and anyone else who wants to do this :3

#yes i listen to english covers of k-pop songs sometimes. what about it #idk i just prefer that cover of russian roulette specifically don't judge me lol #also umm. i mayyy have been listening to la vaguelette basically on repeat since it came out lmfao that's the only reason it's on here #i was gonna put hyperlinks to the songs on yt but i don't have the time rn so umm. sorryyy lol #you can probably find them by looking up the names if you're at all interested for whatever reason #tag game #thanks again for tagging me!

[worstloki]

Age regression with characters of different backgrounds has so much potential. There is now a child and it is speaking a Different Language

#thinking of Natasha Romanoff getting de-aged and Thor’s the only one who can understand the Russian #Clint knows particles and basic vocab but not enough to make it through the childness on top of it probably #Natasha looking at Steve with big eyes waiting for her question of food to be answered #Steve: uhm. hi? #Tony: sorry guys I’ve only got beginner’s Spanish #Bruce hands raised in surrender: workable Hindi #Thor: I WOULD LIKE TO PHONE A FRIEND ABOUT CHILD-CARE METHODS #the only friend they’ve got is some SHIELD agent or Loki #Thor is obviously going to pick the latter. #Thor will try not react because he is precariously holding Natasha on a hip #Loki is going to laugh in Thor’s face

[cuteniarose]

Personally I find it really funny that based on what the twins said in the Book 2 finale re: having to tell their mom about what happened to Unalaq, it's literally canon that Unalaq's wife a) exists, b) is alive, and c) is just chilling in the Northern Water Tribe

She took one look at all the spirit fuckery her husband was getting up to and went "Well that's none of my business" and honestly I respect that

#oh and when I say spirit fuckery I mean it in both the literal and metaphorical sense. blame kat's latest raava and vaatu fic #yeah I'm just gonna start posting random LoK opinions on here now. this blog's been dead long enough #not really an incorrect quotes girly anymore sorry #not even a girl anymore. but you know #most of my red lotus and oc posting will remain on my personal blog though bc no one wants to see that #anyway. yes. Unalaq's wife. when I say the avatar franchise has a mom problem this is exactly what I mean #80% of characters don't have a mom. the moms that are alive either have little to no screen time or mentions #or they're basically Schroedinger's mom in the sense that they exist but not really #the exceptions being like. pema and suyin. and maybe senna though she also has very little screentime #my point is. the twins are younger than korra. I know avatarverse has a precedent for putting kids on the throne. looking at you zuko #but really we should have gotten unalaq's wife as chief of the nwt #introduced her in book 3 during the lead up to p'li's prison break #but that's just my objectively correct opinion #northern water tribe chief raspberry when #(according to avatar wiki her name is malina so I've been calling her raspberry in my head ever since I found out #malina means raspberry in russian that's why. probably in a bunch of other slavic languages too idk I'm not an expert #and she shares a name with katara and sokka's weird white stepmom from the comics which no sane person considers canon. so that's fun) #the legend of korra #unalaq

[spoopy-moose]

reading scholarly articles about pathologic when its so obvious that the writer didn't even properly play the game and actually only played like the first half of 2 and then confidently putting their opinions out there like SHUT UP

#getting to the conclusion and reading 'i only played half of the game and then watched playthroughs of it' was so carthatic to me #autism brain reading it and being like wait a minute #also patho 2 cant even be read in a vacuum you have to consider patho 1 and 2 together #nah dude argued that pathologic 2's system of zero sum games are just like what russia does irl #and like im pretty sure the whole argument was basically just its russian propaganda #from the moment he said “the plague occurs every couple of years” I should've left #pathologic #i think that people in academia should not have many opinions about video games actually #bc the entire article read to me like the author was laughing at the fans being like haha look at this FOOLS

[arillusionist]

alina in 1800s russian fashion bc yes

#book character show design. minus the white hair #so basically book character but shu #idk why i drew this #actually i do. lol #so i was searching up 1800s russian paintings because i wanted to redraw a saint one as alina #but google thought i was searching up 1800s russian fashion #and i saw the pictures and i was like wait. Waitttt #i will still attempt the painting redraw one day #one day!! #alina starkov #shadow and bone #the grisha trilogy #grishaverse #artsy art