#why would i lie about that.

[hungarianmudkip69]

People often ask me, "Where are you from?"

I tell them I'm from my hometown, in Illinois, in the USA.

But the real answer is a little more complicated.

I was born in this town. I've lived here my whole life. But my mother was born and raised in Hungary, an ocean away. I may have been born in America, but I bear a Hungarian name.

I never learned Hungarian. English is the only language I speak. And yet my accent is tinted by my mother's, my heritage shading my words with a language I do not understand. Where am I from, when I speak with the sounds of a language I never learned?

I lap up the bits of knowledge I find about Hungarian history, the bits of culture my mother shares. I feel a deep loss at the fact I do not speak the language; I make steps to learn. I have been to Hungary once, when I was nine years old; I long to visit again, to meet my aunts and cousins from so far away, to explore the place that helped shape me from afar. I feel a connection to this country I've barely been, more than to the country I've lived all my life.

I recently learned that by Hungarian law, because my mother is a Hungarian citizen, I am as well. I would simply need to file some paperwork and I would be officially verified as a citizen of the land of half my blood. Does being Hungarian mean I am from Hungary? Can I be from more than one place? Can I be from a place I've never lived?

America is often touted as a land of immigrants, a melting pot. People don't identify Americans by their surnames, as they might say someone has a German surname, or a French surname. Americans bear surnames from all over the world, regardless of where they were born. "Where are you from?" is not always a simple question. So many of us carry the history of so many places in our selves, in our voices, in our traditions.

But this is not what people want to hear when they ask me where I am from. They are saying, "I have identified you as Other. Tell me what kind of Other you are." They are saying "I do not know your name, I do not know your voice. You are not like me."

How do I know this?

Because when I say I am from my hometown - when I tell them I am from the place I was born, the place I have always lived - there is a second question.

"But where are you really from?"

#xenophobia #hungarian #hungarian-american #second generation immigrant #first generation immigrant #i googled what the definition of first vs second generation immigrant is #and apparently there are two definitions. i am first by one and second by the other. #this is so fucking stupid #also why the fuck do people not believe me when i say i am from the town i am in #why would i lie about that. #we have a shitton of immigrants and their families in this town too #bc a lot of foreign students go to the university in town and a lot of them settle down here #so. why #ugh.

[chiptrillino]

By any chance do you have a larger photo of those Yue designs? I'm absolutely digging them

uhm... sadly i didn't at the time you asked me. but i do have now! so sorry for the longer wait;;;

the one i posted were really tiny and i was working anyway on these. it just took me a bit to get it done :D uhm... so here me playing dressup... with yue... again... sorry yue...

if i have to explain mayself... my thought process is basically... yue is the moon. so her dress is either the moon or the enviorment around or below her. and.... you know... fish... -tries not to feel my ex profs glaring at me like "elaborate more dang it"-

also! all these option but if someone tells me to draw yue again i would still give her... a new outfit or just idk... because i can't pick!!!!

#chip!ask #chip!art #atla #yue #in uni i would have to like... go through my whole thinking process. #why did you do this why di you do that? #and i mean... i could reply and go into deatail about my thoght process but... #i am getting shy... #and selfconcious #and i just realized i forgot to click the boots of in that one translucent dress but i kinda like it like this??? #the boots are a vibe there not gona lie! #whaaa #-coughs and hides- #also my brain: red version for lunar esclips??? #(also you just asked over moon yue outfits... don't ask me about the others i am not done ... #don't ask me about other outfits... at this point i think it would be best to just offer you guys a picrew and let you go wild with it #DESIGN YOU OWN YUE! pick a hair pick the jewlery #everything couts! i think... #ah #if i am alowed to be biased and pick favourites! i pick the translusent ones... #its just a vibe! #a friend told me that it looks like elsa and i am feeling some negative kind of feel here...

[firefox-official]

There is no way you are STILL 19

You've been "19" since like 2022

If i kill you and theres nobody around to hear it will you still make a sound

#whats interesting is that in 2022 i distinctly remember turning 18 #you know. my graduation year #i get asks specifically like this a lot. Like why would i lie about that thats so dumb i would lie about something better

[homielander]

shiv's motivations for voting to pass the gojo deal are so layered and i don't think they should be dismissed in favour of any one interpretation. shiv desperately grabbed on to a lifeline for her relationship with tom. shiv was the deciding vote and she couldn't bear to hold the crown only for a moment just to place it atop her brother's head. shiv knew she would have more influence as wife of CEO rather than sister of CEO. shiv absolutely hated seeing kendall crystallize into logan before her eyes, especially when he made roman bleed ("and if we did kill him we get to go to bed") -- succession has always been about siblings so of course she tried to free her brothers before her child. shiv still thinks she can raise her child with all the material benefits of being the daughter of waystar CEO while doing better by her, whatever that means. and all of those things are true

#shiv roy #succession #succession spoilers #ok i'm sleeping #wait i know i just assumed tomshiv baby is a girl but like. i'm right #also i have seen many people say shiv did it purely out of spite and i will say #i don't think they would have had dialogue about shiv saying she's tired and they should all rest #or panned to shiv looking at roman's face fresh with blood #or shown shiv tearing up over her conversation with tom at the beginning of the episode #or had her say 'i cannot stomach you' which has pretty obvious connotations even in the context of succ #or had shiv make up her mind precisely when kendall said the andrew dodds confession was a lie #if her motives weren't meant to be read as ambiguous. they would not have put those things in there without reason #shiv leaving the room may have been impulsive spite but what came after was more complicated #it's also not even wholly altruistic it's just cold admittance that they don't have It. she thinks she does #and i'm not sure why the sentiment that they can't take it but she can surprises anyone #she's literally always seen herself as the exception

[soplapinga]

"Hobie and Noir duo on the next movie" this "Hobie and Noir duo on the next movie" that GUYS. PENI AND PAV. PENI "someone is going to die" PARKER AND PAVITR "Of FUN !!!" PRABHAKAR. PLEASE LISTEN TO ME ON THIS ONE

#I HAVE THE VISION #THEY COULD BE EVERYTHING PLEASE THEYD BE THE DUO EVER #hobie and noir would be so fucking cool too I cant lie but WHY IS NOBODY THINKING ABOUT PAV AND PENI PKEASEE #pavitr prabhakar #peni parker #spider noir #spiderman noir #hobie brown #spider punk #spiderman india #atsv #across the spiderverse

[fairycosmos]

#sorry 4 all the polls now we're discussing this and shes saying im lying about having it 😭😭 IVE HAD IT NUMEROIS TIMES WHY WOULD I LIE !! #its obviously a thing people have fucking had it . #GOD!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡

[fallenstarzz]

So when Neil Josten wants to keep a binder full of news clippings and pictures as a shrine to Kevin Day in a way to hold on to a good but tainted memory of his childhood and a life he can never have, no one complains. But when I, Riko Moriyama-

#listen i did not lie to you when I said im always thinking about the shrine room 24/7 #but yeah. you guys rememberer how Neil made sure his emotional support binder would be kept safe in New York while he was at the Nest #and then saw Riko's room and was like “wow what a creep why would he do that” #mr josten the call is coming from inside the house im afraid #riko moriyama #neil josten #kevin day

[thatabitcryptic]

Papyrus taught Flowey how to swear

YESSSSSSSS during some of floweys first runs for sure for sure

#one of papyrus’ special interests is etymology… #<- I don’t think that’s the right term btw #kinda #also #I think flowey would lie about his age at first so that’s why paps swears around him btw I don’t think he swears around children lol #asks #my art #undertale #ut #flowey the flower #flowey #papyrus #papyrus undertale

[starwikia]

oopsie-doopsie looks like someone might’ve realized he did a fucky-wucky!

#WHY WOULD YOU FUCKING DO THIS #JAMES??? JAMES. #THIS IS NOT HOW YOU FUCKING SAVE YOUR YOUTUBE CAREER #ONE THING IS A COINCIDENCE BUT TWO? DUDE. #MY GOD DUDE #james somerton #for the record: bbg isn’t a drama youtuber. never has been. he’s actually a book channel. WHO IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE JAMES DIRECTLY STOLE FRO #i don’t think he would have anything to gain to lie about this #if this ends up where is a lie tho i’ll make note of it asap #update update: yeah it’s over lol

[shima-draws]

Best Sanlu trope is Luffy openly and enthusiastically declaring his affections for Sanji literally all the time but Sanji just. Doesn't get it. Either due to his own insecurities or the fact that he thinks Luffy's just being overly affectionate he brushes it off and when the rest of the crew are like hey. Can you stop ignoring Luffy's confession you're being really inconsiderate and we can tell he's upset and Sanji's like what? Huh?? What are you talking about?? And then Nami grabs him by the shoulders and she's like Sanji-kun. Look at me. What does Luffy tell you every morning when he sees you and Sanji goes "'Sanji I'm hungry make me breakfast'?" and Nami's like NO AFTER that and Sanji's like "Well then he usually says 'Sanji's the best I love Sanji the most!' And that's normally when I roll my eyes and go 'yeah yeah I know' but that's...just..." and Nami fucking STARES at him and he's like oh. Oh my god. Oh my FUCKING god he was SERIOUS?? THE ENTIRE TIME??? And the entire crew facepalms bc how fucking DENSE is this guy. PLEASE

#One Piece #Sanlu #Luffy #Sanji #Luffy: I tell Sanji I love him everyday but he doesn't say it back :((( #Zoro: I'll go beat him up for you captain #Nami: No he needs some SENSE beaten into him that's what #Sanji: YOU WERE SERIOUS? THAT WASN'T A JOKE? OR YOU JUST BEING REALLY CLINGY?? #Luffy: ????? Why would I ever joke or lie about that #Sanji: #Sanji: O-oh 🥺🥺🥺 #GOING INSANE BRB I care them so much

[beaulesbian]

#good omens #goedit #goodomensedit #crowley #shax good omens #david tennant #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 #hm mightiest of archangels.. and crowley basically tells her it could have been him #but ofc thats nothing shax would take seriously #i love when crowley does things like that - speaking truths or half truths in places where its almost absurd or noone would believe him #and he knows it so why would he lie if they won't even believe the truth #mine #gif:good omens #go s2 spoilers #thinking about what (arch)angel crowley could have been 👀 someone very high?

[b0tster]

how much does eyeliner cost ruin your pockets per month? be honest with us

10 dollars a pen and i go through 2 sets of 2 a month (one for the outline one for fill) so 40 i guess lol?

#lilith answers #'be honest with us' why would i lie about that lol

[cuz-reasons]

This is what I've been making for almost a week. My dog, Eelektross. He's roughly life sized, meaning like 7ft long. I still gotta make the arms and fins, but i wanted to post progress pics now since I got the main body done. My bed is a double for sense of scale.

#crochet #eelektross #submas #yea ill tag that i think yall would like it #and im not gonna lie it was partly due to the fact that emmet has an eelektross that i grew to love this oversized eel #eelektross is like a dog to me idk why #even my mom agrees and she doesnt know anything about pokemon #anyways #ill be sure to post a pic when hes finished! #also i made my bed for those pics i hope you it #my creatures

[oddberryshortcake]

Everyday I think about the fact that Kalim clearly lied to his and Jamil’s families about the reason why Jamil overblotted to protect him 

Everyday I think about the fact that Kalim defended Jamil against people who wanted to throw him out and took responsibility for being a contributing factor in Jamil’s overblot.

Everyday I think about the fact that Kalim had an inkling of a thought that Jamil was using his signature spell on him, and even under Jade’s spell, he didn’t reveal it was Jamil. 

Everyday I think about the fact that Kalim was very willing to just believe that he was blacking out and Jamil wasn’t manipulating him if Jamil just said so. He’d rather believe a lie he knew wasn’t true then acknowledge that the one person he thought he could trust was doing this to him. 

Kalim does not play when it comes to Jamil. 

#twst #Twisted Wonderland #Kalim Al Asim #Jamil Viper #chapter 4 brain #does this mean that Kalim lets Jamil get away with anything no matter how bad his actions are?? yes #is that good? definitely not #but there's something very endearing about how fiercely loyal he is #sunshine kalim who seems like an open book will willingly lie to protect jamil #and defend him no matter what #and that's why I feel like theres a chance jamil could be set free one day #because as much as kalim relies on his companionship and protection and just beingthere #he really values jamil a TON #he just needs to learn that keeping people trapped will never make them happy #and besides that #Jamil could literally murder and Kalim would say he's done nothing wrong lmaooo

[wis-art]

When you talk so lovingly about stretch marks I hope you mean it. Not to cast doubt on you, but as someone who still can't believe people online actually appreciate people with body types like mine. I've grown up in so much normalized fatphobia I'm still actively struggling to look at/treat myself like a person someone could find attractive. I hope you love them that much for as long as you possibly can so less people have to feel like me.

Hi, they make my eyes go spinny and I typed it out cuz I was high on sleepy meds and I also saw a picture of my partner (who has many of them and I love every single one of them)

#boar-based-ballistics #fhdhhd why would i lie about thisanyway #wuhhhhh

[eternalchemy]

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Call Down The Hawk

#i have to go lie down #maggie why would you do this #what did she put in these boys bc i cannot stop thinking about them #pynch #ronan lynch #adam parrish #trc #td3 #bllb #cdth #the raven cycle #the dreamer trilogy