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Commission for a friend! <3

ink dragons are my fav thing to draw

my live reaction to helluva boss s2e4:

helluva boss? in my cultist tumblr blog? it's more likely than you think........

ANYWAY the new episode was a pleasant surprise I think everyone should give it a watch and maybe share thoughts on it in the notes

A drawing of my nymph OC Lorerei turned into a gif after watching too much of Liam Vickers animation

She's a lovely artsy obsessive airhead that attaches to ppl alarmingy quickly >:3c

har har

absolutely elated by this post I had to draw it

here's my ffps 6th anniversary drawing i guess

I'm not sure if I know full context here (I know enough to say this flag is great) but some countries have amazing and interesting flags (Greece is pretty, Nepal is super cool (they played with shape!), Macedonia is great (like Alexander III, you got this? *awkward jazz hands*) and Man Island makes me question things but you can't say it's not interesting)

But, for some reason I feel need to infodump, so here it comes

Flags are symbols of of countries/states/cities/whatever, that have to be easily recognized preferably no matter what size they are. In this department, this flag is doing amazing job.

However, unlike coat of arms (I hope it's the right word), flag doesn't simply hang on the wall is sew on a pocket over the heart or whatever. Flag is hung on a flagpole and has to serve it's purpose of being recognisable even on windless days when it's all sad and sagging. If I recall correctly, Czech flag is good example of what parts are visible enough to be recognized and work as a flag even if there is no wind. Though I'm not sure and I'm to lazy to look it up right now.

However, there are multiple flags that say "fuck it" to the previous paragraph altogether (Fidji, China, Montenegro, Slovenia and Slovakia I guess) or to the previous, previous one (Slovenia and Slovakia fit here too, USA, Liberia and Malaysia look like three kids that copy homework from each other but change it enough to pass under "we had the same question" excuse BUT, have you seen the absolute shit show of Monaco, Indonesia, Singapore and Poland flags?! I mean, let's give Singapore credit for moon and stars thing and Poland for 180 but Monaco and Indonesia are literally the same thing, I think they even have same proportions (I'm not sure if everywhere but I'm like 70% sure in my country it's sanctioned by law what are our flag's proportions), how do they want people to recognize it?! It's not even copying each other's homework, it's straight up printing photocopy of you friends essay, glueing to your notebook and expecting it'll pass!)

I think I got weirdly worked up on this topic and I don't even really care hah

Anyway, so while there are some rules that should be respected when creating a flag, as we all know, rules are made to be broken and no flag can be worse that third one of state of Georgia (there is at least one worse but I don't have enough brainpower to look it up right now), so this is pretty good flag and could probably be used.

Sorry for jumping to assumptions, but if this is a flag you made for fantasy/sci-fi world I would say go for it, it's awesome

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk or something

The fact that this flag isn't sweeping is a travesty to me. It could use maybe a little bit of work but it's really good and looks east to make too. Those other ones just look so bland and corporate to me. Why do flags always have to be minimalist??

Hey, so I'm studying to history exam and I had an idea. Would you like to help me study by giving me random date/period and I'll respond with fun fact from Polish history. May or may not contain low effort doodles to explain some stuff. Length would depend on vibes and how much emotional attachment I have to event or person tbh. I have a lot of unorganized thoughts about Henri de Valois. Aggressive thoughts.

I just work better with short-term goals and when I have to search some info to share and not just to collect, you know?

We can turn it into world history class too, like "Hey, in 1776 USA gained independence, what were you Poles up to then?" (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was losing its :))

Or "What were you doing in Taisho era?" (I have no idea, would have to check what time it was, but you get what I mean, right?)

You can also just share your own fun facts, that's always cool (please, I love learning about all the crazy things people were doing in the past)

1765

Thank you so much for asking!

It was an interesting time. Not necessarily this year in particular but a few following decades for sure. Not a good time but interesting. Like in this Chinese curse.

However, 1765 was not just your ordinary year in this dying country either. Just a year before the Polish and Lithuanian aristocracy (and Ukrainian I guess, even though the country at the time was called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the territory of now Ukraine was included and aristocrats living there also had the right to vote) elected the new king (yeah, since 1573 this country had elective kings, it was a bit of a mess tbh). His name was Stanisław August Poniatowski and for once he was not a foreigner (it's like 5 foreign/6 local or 7/4 ratio depending on how to count Władysław IV Waza (Vasaätten in Swedish) and his brother Jan Kazimierz who were from foreign dynasty but from what I know were actually raised in Warsaw. Add one to local if we count Anna Jagielonka but she wasn't actually ruling I think)(Jeez, I get sidetracked a lot, am I not?). Anyway, long live the king! At least this one tried to do something about all of the shit that was going on! He failed miserably, yeah, but at least he tried. It's much more than can be said about at least a few of his predecessors.

Back to the 1765 because I'm spoiling, back then it was believed there were some chances of healing. New King just opened a new school in Warsaw but it was not your ordinary Sunday school. Szkoła Rycerska (Knightly School I guess) was a special school for aristocratic youth in the spirit of Enlightenment and raised a bunch of much-needed wise patriots instead of drunk short-sighted idiots who were governing back then. Kinda late for the party with Enlightenment, I know but anyway, it was really needed back then. Unfortunately, they were still deep in this whole "aristocracy is a pupil of an eye of the country" mindset (though this aristocracy was a bit different than what it means in the West, we have separate word for it but aristoracy is best translation I could get, because you could be dirt poor and aristocrat, just born into the right family and supposedly they were all equal. supposedly. They made up about 10% of the population though. There were three or four "classes" of them, based on the amount of money they had, I can talk about it more if someone is interested), so only blue-blooded deserved to go there. But, you know it was a step in the right direction and between the fact that the king had very little influence on anything, lots of conservatives in parliament, fucking liberum veto (this shit deserves its own, separate rant, the stupidest idea in the history of Polish law and I have a vague memory of chimney tax being a thing), and the way foreign powers were messing up, it probably was almost as good as he could get. As the name suggests, its main focus was the military and civil servant type of service. Each year supposedly 200 boys from poorer (still aristocratic though) families got stipends from the state budget to attend it. During almost 30 years of working, it was finished by 950 people. IDK what happened with these 200 stipends/year. Probably didn't work because this country was quite literally dying, burning, okay, maybe I'm overexaggerating but t'was bad.

Anyway, like any school, Szkoła Rycerska had its share of famous graduates. The most famous one definitely is Tadeusz Kościuszko. Idk if Americans tried to translate his name in any way, so here you go, certified Polish spelling (he himself translated his first name as Thaddeus). Anyway, yeah, he is The Guy who fortified Philadelphia and a bunch of other places like Saratoga, West Point, etc. during the American Revolution (I'm not all that knowledgeable when it comes to his success in this war tbh). He also used money he got from Congress as a payment/thank-you gift to free as many black slaves as he could, while having enough to give each of them a decent start in free life (education and stuff like that). His last will too was like that but it was never executed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Unfortunately, he wasn't as successful in Poland.

Btw, the highest mountain in Australia is named after him. No, to my knowledge he had never been in Australia.

Other graduates of Szkoła Rycerska also did some amazing things but their more of the local heroes, so tell me if you're interested in me telling you more about them.

Yo, I just made quite a long post about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth near the end of the 18th century and hadn't outright mentioned that it disappeared as a country in 1795. Not in a "got separated into two countries like Czechoslovakia in 1990's" but in a "not a sign on a map it ever existed"

That's an achievement.

I can and will elaborate on anything that spiked your interest, I hope it's coherent enough to be readable

I was well into answering this when my god damn ancient laptop decided to freeze and delete it all, I swear just getting angry with this thing is shortening my life more than stress of finishing high school ever could

Can we focus on the "#she makes it a point to leave flowers at it whenever she can" tag for a moment because imo it's just so sweet and I want to explain why.

Mostly because she is an Amazon and lived in this society for majority of her life. What does this change in this situation? Amazons are based on Ancient Greeks and from what little I know about their funerary traditions (I should change it ig, gimme links if you have something good), they were quite different from nowadays. Like, they gave their dead a coin (or three I haven't read reliable source on that and what I did contradicts each other) so they could get a ride on Charon's boat. There is probably much more to it but once again, I have no idea. But the thing is, I don't think they actually were giving their dead any flowers. So for Diana, Amazon born and raised, when she has to show a respect to the dead flowers aren't first instinct. So this means she repeatedly went out of her way to honor him in a way appropriate to his culture.

Now, don't get me wrong, I love idea of people honoring Danny in a way appropriate to their culture, I brought up this idea literally yesterday on other prompt but I need you all to see how absolutely precious it is this way.

It's a difference between telling someone "I love you" in your mother tongue and explaining what it means and learning how to tell it in their language. Both causes cavities but the second one just hits different

Phantom, the newest addition to the Justice League, pulls Wonder Woman aside.

He has...a strange request.

He's nervous, flustered, fading in and out of the visible spectrum. It's clear that what he's about to ask of her is important to him, and even though she has an uncomfortable voice in the back of her head telling her this young hero is about to ask her out, she resolves to listen before she jumps to conclusions.

She's glad she did.

"Can...can you put a grave for me in Themyscira? I know it's just for women, but it's the safest place I can think of for it! I just...I don't have a grave, and Clockwork says it's starting to stunt my growth as a Ghost, and I have too many enemies on American soil, so. It's okay if you say no, though, I'll figure something out, it's fine."

Diana lets him ramble to the end, already knowing what her answer is going to be.

"We would be honored to host your grave, Phantom. Do you have any remains I can take home? Do you require a funeral service?"

Phantom looks...he looks beyond grateful. Close to tears.

"No, no remains. A symbolic grave is fine, it just. It has to have my real name on it, my mortal one." He says, looking hesitant. "Please don't reach out to my family, Wonder Woman. They don't know."

With that, he hands over a small slip of paper, torn from a notebook and clearly folded one too many times.

She takes it as though he were entrusting her with the rarest diamond in the world. She wants to, but she does not ask how they could not notice the death of someone so very bright.

Instead she nods, tucking the paper away.

Phantom will get a grand grave, one worthy of a friend to the Crown of Themyscira. She will ensure it.

Hey, idk if anyone remebers this one shot I posted some time ago but! For people who don't want to click, it's about Dani in Gotham hanging out with Duke (Signal) and becoming his kinda side-kick (and she got her own original hero name). Mostly fluff and good vibes

I almost finished digitalizing it and as predicted, it's over 13 000 words hah. It'll be few days before I publish it, some editing needs to be done and my friends asked to read it before, but this got me thinking. And because I love polls, I'll use it

First option wouldn't mean breaking it in some weird places, I have it written as string of scenes so it won't be cut in the middle of the scene, don't worry. Just wonder what will be easier to read

Also, if you have any "Rules of dialog interpunction (or overall editing) in English for dummies" please share a link or go on a rant in reblogs, please, thank you

Edit: because I'm a dumbass, putting it in parts will also make it easier to put trigger warnings on two (three?) parts where this fic goes into less fluff and good vibes places. Nothing overly graphic but these kids are not okay for a good moment

For reasons I'll not yet disclose

Also, if you want, share astro fun facts in reblogs and tags