#southeast asians are asian too

[piosplayhouse]

pio im sorry but the six balls name joke bothers me. the fact that its that demons are considered to have stupid names if they're lower class or han style names (sha hualing) or titles if they are upper class/ want to appear that way, while being coded as not han chinese feels racist. i just thought you would want to know about this sort of thing.

I can see how you feel that way! It's an understandable thing to be uncomfortable with at first blush. Though honestly I don't really agree-- everyone has stupid names in sv, it's just that six balls is directly translated in English translations while the others remain in pinyin. So you don't immediately clock that shang qinghua's name is a pun that just means Went to Tsinghua University when you say it outloud or that binghe's name is (dropped in an) Icy River or that sha hualing literally translated is just gauze and bells (basically describing her outfit). It's pretty consistent throughout the whole book that every character is named lazily and over literally, less as an indication of their character traits and more as a commentary on how many artists (sqh) tend to suck at naming their OCs imo.

Take the romanized names: Luo Binghe, Shang Qinghua, Sha Hualing, Liu Geqiu

vs some overly literal translated names: dropped in an icy river, went to harvard, ribbons & bells, six balls

The reason why six balls is the only character that gets this treatment is I assume because the singular scene he's in is entirely dependent on the reader understanding what his name means for the joke to work, but pretty much every character could be swapped in to make a fun literal translated name if the situation needed it

#favorite English name for sqh will forever be MIT (pronounced emmitt) Shang #coined by tshirt or kischlet or someone in that circle idk someone told me it on the forums and i havent stopped thinking of it #also only i can say this but honestly it wluld be kind of accurate if it was a race thing i fear 😭 #southeast asians be naming their kids anything ... the current president's known as bong bong #its not his real name but most people call him bong bong. ive heard of ding dongs and bing bings too

[sakasakiii]

Thank the Valars ur back!!!💖💖💖 But if you need your rest, take them and have time! Remember we'll all support you always no matter what!😇until you post another i will wait patiently..... I am so thankful to you since I read the silm after i saw all ur amazing works.

Ps. I made this tumblr account to send❤❤❤❤to u and ur works. People like u always make my day! I wish I can draw and make headcannons like u! 😢 I think ill have to stop since the ps shhouldnt be longer than the tezt above(idk what they call that... I am EFL so i think im forgivable😎)

hiiiii!!! thank you for all your encouraging words and for taking the time to send in such kind messages ahhhh 🥺 im really honoured you like the stuff i put out! i have a lot of fun drawing them, and learning other people enjoy it too really gives motivation to all my doodles 🙇‍♀️ also you read the silm after finding my work?? 😭💖 that's very high praise but u are far too kind! the tolkien community here on tumblr is such a wonderful place with so many talented creators and amazing content, so i hope you continue to explore and enjoy your time!!!

i must send this back to you, because people like you make my day as well ❤❤❤ And don't give up!!! anyone can draw and make headcanons so long as they have an idea of what they wanna do-- that's the fun and freedom of fanwork, isn't it! i hope one day to see you putting your stuff out there as well... ehehee... 🥳

i'm also very happy you like the Asian-themed clothes in my artwork! i really do enjoy studying historical and traditional clothes, and i hope to keep incorporating them into my designs over time. since you asked for makalaure, here is a little doodle of him and maedhros in hanbok :DDD

i wanted to practice studying some more traditional styles, so i did a few other sketches of Maglor in various styles of historical East Asian styles + idril, nerdanel, and aredhel to model some female clothes hehe....

thanks again for your wonderful support bc it's really made my day, and hey!!! im super guilty of rambling too much in all my posts so honestly, write as much as you want in the P.S.s because word limits are a goofy concept 😎 all the best with ur EFL studies friend-- u can do it!!! fighting!!!! 💪 and have a wonderful rest of your day!

#silmarillion #rin replies #iblametolkien #i do as well.... professor ily but why do you hurt us like this 😭 #maglor #maedhros #the silmarillion fanart #silm #i rly like incorporating east asian styles into my designs but i wanna start exploring southeast asian styles soon too hehe #i started off with me watching too many wuxia drama and reading a lot of sageuk manhwa but now its genuinely a big big interest of mine #ziseviolet has an amazing archive of hanfu styles over the different dynasties id totally recommend if ur interested! #fashion history is fun qwq #but apologies if i got any names wrong ;; #but yes!! thank you again!!!! #idril #aredhel #maeglin #nerdanel #sketch dump #doodles #sketches #silm art #sakasakart

[jesncin]

Your wording confused me. Is there something wrong with canon Asian Lois? That's mainly the context I see "reclaim" in

Yup, I meant what I said! Though of the Asian Lois-es I know of:

Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story features a Japanese Lois, and is 10/10 very good! Everything I could ask for in a reimagining of how being Asian American can inform her character!!

Superman: American Alien features an Asian (? they don't specify) Lois, and she's okay. She's just kinda there.

My Adventures with Superman features a Korean Lois, and it's terrible! It's the most surface level reimagining to the point it's offensive. It feels like a commodified aesthetic change more than anything of actual substance.

So yes it's time to reclaim Asian Lois again :)

#askjesncin #jl remix #im doin an Indonesian Lois because of course I am #I want her to be chindo too #it's time for Southeast Asian Lois fellas #jesncin talks maws

[lavenderrdisaster]

she’s literally what an angel looks like r u kidding me

icons from her live performance of songs from Asha’s Awakening

#raveena #asha's kiss #asha's awakening #musician icons #idk how to explain it but her stage presence is just so HEAVENLY #and her voice oh my godd #this album was crazy too listen with headphones #it literally transports u to another dimension #anyway #queer woc artists #r&b music #southeast asian musician #lgbtq music #r&b soul music

[handweavers]

i'm in the early stages of researching and writing a book about southeast asian natural dye traditions that will also function as a practical guide for modern dyers wanting to work within southeast asian dye traditions to try to preserve that cultural, land-based knowledge - esp in the face of ecological disaster that is already hitting southeast asia hard

idk how long it'll take me but it's going to be my focus during my residency in msia next year and probably my honours thesis when the time comes; it's going to be a long project lol. i really want to focus on meeting with craftspeople and artisans in seasia, talking with and learning from them directly if i can, going to villages where people still do this work. so i'll have to apply for funding for that, and for other parts of this too. but it's exciting, both because it's an area of research and study that is simultaneously important and undervalued, but also because its deeply personal and something that matters to me a lot on an emotional level. so i'm looking forward to this adventure and seeing where it takes me over the years

#exciting too bc its a field that really emphasizes the labour of southeast asian women specifically #their skill and labour and knowledge

[sarakiz]

Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank (PHI) - "Wedding Vow (from Romeo and Juliet)" by Abel Korzeniowski (chor. Ilona Melnichenko)

World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022, Tallinn - Women's Free Skate

#sofia lexi jacqueline frank #sofia frank #junior worlds 2022 #figure skating #fskatingedit #fskateedit #more south n southeast asians in the sport aaaaaa <3 #also was this dress an absolute dream or what #her expression is so lovely already #preemptively i want to get her far away from tammy gambill #but u win some u lose some n she is clearly so talented #i hope we get to see a lot of her! she was at 4cc this year too btw

[crashed-keys]

i know i’m sounding like a broken record here but like. it really frustrates me more and more that east asians, at least in my experience, are continuously centered even in ostensibly pan-asian circles. it’s Understandable to me, but like. idk.

#adri.txt #i’m Southeast asian too. at least i’m Considered asian at all #like. i can’t even imagine central asian/southwest asian experiences. are south asians usually excluded from people’s minds? idk

[danikoshi-doodles]

So I folded and downloaded Krita

Help I feel like I'm in the school computer lab attempting Photoshop again-

#The character is Duri from Boboiboy btw I am on a strong fixation atm #(The approximately one non-Southeast Asian person who enjoys BBB that is probably reading this pls raise your hand) #The brushes are cool but I feel too lazy to attempt switching programs

[lynpheas]

my hc is that the harmonic nebula (where musa is from in the 4kids dub) is like a little galaxy of music-themed planets/realms. like melody, sonata, rhythm, tempo, symphony would all be realms within the harmonic nebula

#textp #winx club headcanons #my secondary bc is that if melody is like a nebulous amalgam of east asian cultures #then sonata would be a nebulous amalgam if southeast asian cultures :> #i haven’t thought too hard about the rest but in my mind the harminic nebula could be comparable to asia #as a whole #also musa would obv be from melody #and in my mind helia is from sonata

[feanoriangrindset]

the dawn of sunmitaeminwaterbomb day

#good morning east and southeast asians and australians its too fucking early 2 be sunmitaeminwaterbombed but yk how it is

[chai-en-kaadhale]

the (mostly) pan-asian experience is literally just having whatsapp

that is what truly brings us together ngl

#whatsapp #asian #south asian #southeast asian #east asian #uhhh uhuh #central asian #west asian #well ok as far as i've seen mostly south/southeast asian ppl #and probably arab ppl too #if i forgot ur flavor of asian i apologize but i think i got them all so #yeah

[dvarapala]

reintroducing: ayush dahiya

has there ever been a sweeter deal than this? ayush dahiya (josh heuston) doesn't think so. he gets to travel around with his girlfriend - his soulmate - omisha kaushal. they get to tag team ghosts and monsters. they get to help the dying. they understand dead. they understand it'll never touch them so long as they remain dharmadutas - so long as they remain in the service of dharmadeva zaman.

truth be told, he hated it at first. the ghosts and monsters were annoying, but not half as annoying as the people who'd died and whose souls he was supposed to escort to dharmadeva's abode. always whining and whinging. yammering about how they're shouldn't be dead, about how it's a mistake. he'd only joined upon his mom's insistence that he should actually do something with his life.

after all, his mom (vidya balan) made it quite clear that he couldn't hide forever behind the near death experience that shaped his youth and allowed him to see spirits and sense prana.

then he ran into vena zaman (santhosh sreeram) - the only son of sunita and only grandson of dharmadeva, and no one's saying nepotism out loud but they're all thinking it; ayush was thinking it, at the very least, because vena spent an awful lot of time on earth, with the living - who told him in no uncertain terms that his abilities would be sealed away and that he'd be kicked out, if not killed outright, if he didn't get his act together.

in order to get some assurance that ayush would, in fact, get his act together, vena assigned ayush a partner.

that partner had been omisha kaushal (ashley ganger) - a spitfire of a girl whose loyalty to dharmadeva and her fellow dharmadutas far outshone his own.

though that is not to say that she didn't know how to have any fun. ayush can personally attest that omisha does, in fact, know how to party.

anyway, it had been everything at first sight for these two: love, lust, loathing.

and vena's plan had worked. ayush got his act together and he and omisha have been a team ever since. and sure, omisha is very possessive but it's actually kinda hot, and hey. it's nice to be wanted. and the sex is mindblowing.

if asked, ayush would say that things were good until they weren't and, honestly, he blames the little planet hopping dvarapala for it. udyati rao (maitreyi ramakrishnan) didn't have to antagonize kalindi zaman (aishwarya rai). she didn't have to swear a vachan - a verbal vow with physical consequences if not fulfilled - but she did it anyway. and now she can't even tell them why she swore that vow in the first place!

shame, that.

it sent vena spiraling. it almost cost him his relationship.

in another life, he might've called her a friend.

in this life, he calls her an enemy.

#long post / #eye contact / #body image / #npcs. #*mine: edits #//had to recast ayush bc the dude i picked turned out to be filipino and also too old #//also yes technically josh heuston is southeast asian and not south asian but his look fits this character so i'm keeping him #//and yes i could have cast archie renaux but i have him pinned for another character #//i'm a pretty meticulous fancaster but sometimes you gotta go for the vibes over everything else ngl #//bc i cannot just use and re-use a knight for everything lmao and i have aryan khan pinned for someone else too #queue.

[oatbugs]

why do my cousins text me in english its so embarrassing omg . im not that far gone

#personal #lmao i havent talked to most of them in like 10yrs but i did talk to some a while back #abt like finance etc . and they kept speaking english and i kept responding i farsi bc like bro #what are u doing. but whenever they text me they do it in english n theyre like ahah just wanna practice my english 🤪 like king no u dont #everything is in english nowadays . talk to me in persian it makes me feel so bad to know they think i cant speak my own language #actually i think this is an asian phenomenon in general bc ive seen a lot of south + east + southeast asians that i know personally #experience this too . ur extended family just forgets u speak their language bc it is also ur first language

[ayakashibackstreet]

I should just draw my OCs in some Eastern European clothes.......... sure, most of them aren't Eastern Europeans but I can do what I want

#also most of them come from a culture that doesn't actually exist irl so #yeah #it's decidedly not Eastern Europe but who cares #(<- said the guy who has a Chinese etymology website bookmarked even though he doesn't speak Chinese) #(because said culture is located nearby the China-coded country and therefore some loanwords would make sense while creating the conlang) #(and the language was originally written using Chinese characters so I had to figure out the logistics for that) #(and does way too much research into types of crops around different East Asian and Southeast Asian countries at different points of time) #(I once literally spent an hour picking out different kinds of incense I think I'm very normal about research) #but yeah who cares ahaha #I wanna dress up the blorbos from my head

[saturngalore]

can ea give us another ethnic world like…no more white suburbia

#i need a west african inspired world and a brazilian one #southeast asian one would be nice too 🤔 #🪐 speaking

[eorzeashan]

just watched the Thai drama Hunger and man. I've seen food as a love language but I've never seen food as a hate language before. I think i'm traumatized. wobbles

#admin watches movies #clutches head. saying ofc that's what capitalism and fame does is too reductive #there's scenes that horrified me 10x more knowing it was in thailand #i'm already sensitive to stuff that portrays southeast asian classism but hoooo. #and. though the antagonist was cartoonishly evil at parts #the portrayal of his food? more sickening than most horror movies #honestly this was a horror movie disguised as a food drama #he made an influential general eat a gore themed plate and all i could think was how very on the nose it was. #yet their cluelessness to how they look greedily slurping what resembles human meat in their own station #that does that regularly #idk man. that's how they look to anyone else who knows what it means to be military in thailand but it just was so horrifying