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Argo | multifandom(writer, shipper and enjoyer), aroace(still figuring out the umbrella), agender(they/she/he), auDHD, multilingual🇺🇦 | I mostly repost stuff because... reasons(I don't quite use social media that often)

[argofromukr]

Intro because I'm always open for mutuals, friends and discussions

➪ ︴mbti: xntp

➪ ︴languages(always happy to chat for a vocab practice!): German, English, Italian, French, pǔ tōng huà(Mandarin Chinese), Ukrainian. I also studied Slovak for a year and understand quite good Polish, but I'm not confident enough in those to reply)

➪ ︴likes : movies, music(a lot!), singing, animanga, books, natural philosophy(physics, maths, philosophy, astronomy), programming, writing, linguistics, history(unless it's a date and/or WW2 knowledge part), mythology&folklore

➪ ︴personality: a polymath and generally curious person who often hyperanalises stuff. My neurodivergency seeps through in a lot of ways, but in short I love talking with everyone, so long as they're respectful

➪ ︴lil incomplete kinnie list: Sherlock Holmes, Dr.House, Mark Watney, Clarisse McCellan, Captain Jack Sparrow, Dean Winchester, Edward Elric, Māomāo, Gregor Samsa, Saiki K., little prince, Jonathan Livingston(yes, the seagull), Charlie Gordon, Mizutani Shizuku and Yoshida Haru

➪ ︴what I write: poetry(both adaptations from one language to another and my own), fanfiction (currently have like one destiel WIP and two abandoned works I'm scared to even look at) and my own rants/stories

➪ ︴genres I dislike reading/watching 95% of the time(because the list of my likes would be much longer): purely romance-centered stuff, pure smut without any plot. Otherwise I can stomach everything if I get big enough of a hyperfixation or bad/good mood.

I do not think that works should be censored so I do not hate people who enjoy taboo topics(I read&watch thrillers myself and quite enjoy violence in fiction). However, romanticised incest(i.e. wincest), pedophilia(i.e. Lolita), rape/non-con make me feel physically and mentally uncomfortable, and I ask to respect that

➪ ︴music taste: genuinely listen to everything, but I do enjoy a nice guitar/sax/violin solo or a well-trained voice. Well-written lyrics are also much appreciated, but sometimes a simple beat is enough to get me groovin'

➪ ︴dni: homophobia, transphobia, racism, fascism, nazism, pro-Trump, pro-ICE, ableism, aphobia, ruzzian(language, culture, propaganda, and so on. I don't want to play a guess game whether someone actively supports genocide of my people or not), bigotry&hypocrisy, AI&AI-generated works

Not gonna lie, I'm fairly new to Tumblr. I moved here from Pinterest, since I wanted to avoid AI slop and works being stolen without a mention of the author. I'm still unsure whether I'll post or what exactly should I post, so I'm this as a stand-in just in case I want to interact with someone. Mayhaps will adjust this as I get the courage)

[dragon-lana]

Shop run

[argofromukr]

For some reason, I remembered that meme of Zelenskyy going "І пиріжочок?" (translation: "And the little pie/pastry, too?")

I just imagine Dean standing around the bakery aisle, while CAS is just grabbing every pie he can get an eye on for the sake of peace.

I also think Dean would love perepichka(kinda of Kyiv version of hotdog, but don't you dare call it hotdog) and poppy-seed buns. Just because)

[sebsketchs]

sticker design for pride this year! 💞🏳️‍⚧️

[official-anti-jkr-posts]

This is an official anti-JKR post

[dragon-lana]

"What would you rather have... peace or freedom?"

Is such an underrated line that I don't see people talking about enough. It was supposed to be Cas' final words on the show if it had ended on s5 and it just makes it even more powerful.

This is the most meaningful thing this show has ever produced in my humble opinion as someone whose nation has been choosing freedom for centuries against the people who valued their own peace built on our blood more.

[argofromukr]

So true ⬆️!!!

Part of the reason why the show became so important to me is because I highly doubt Winchesters would blame us for fighting back. In fact, despite the whole americana motif, a lot of the stuff they do I related to on a personal level as Ukrainian, and nowadays it's only gotten more intense.

For instance, the aspect of losing faith to me was something groundbreaking when the war began(and I'm not talking about 2022 here). It may not be the case for everyone, but to me, God, higher order of things, NATO, MAGATE, Red cross, and so many more organisations/figures lost their respect the moment they chose to stay silent about this.

The way the boys lived and breathed from the car was how I felt like as a refugee, and how I lived for weeks at a time, fleeing.

The way neither brother quite fit in with hunters nor "normies"=genuinely how living outside of your own country feels like sometimes--you're both too traumatized and "radical" to be part of the Western society, but also not able to always be part of that traumatic life. It genuinely makes you feel worthless &the whole survivor's guilt shebang. And the irony is that on one hand I do wish for peace--my family did leave Ukraine, and I am not living under constant air-raid sirens and life-and-death-lottery. I'm "out". But the worry, the blame, the fire of rage for your country, for your own people, family, language--it never stops. I cannot sit it out and wait, and that gets me constantly in trouble irl. After all, russian propaganda does not stop at their imperialistic borders))

And westerners love being apolitical. It's comfy to stick your head in the sand and(just like a lot of angels in spn, btw) to simply stand by and watch people suffer. "As long as we get our paradise/peace, it all does not matter." On the flip side, you have "simple good ruzzians" whining about war finally reaching their doorsteps, still choosing to be blind about the way their actions(paying taxes, working, supporting the government, and so on). Still financing it all for the sake of murdering, hating. Terrorising. And nothing else.

[lolavalola]

[henchman21lover]

The anxiety of the internet

[stephanisoejono]

happy new year -------------_--------------------

[calamity-aims]

[softie-draws]

"Are you not scared of fandom haters?"

Bro my "haters" send rockets and drones to my country every single day idk how to care tbh-

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Russian strike destroyed UNICEF children's humanitarian aid depot in Ukraine.

"Over 106,000 items of humanitarian supplies worth nearly $3.9 million were destroyed, including generators, drinking water, hygiene kits, and other critical supplies." - Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets.

[mariacallous]

[lichanicksstuff]

Imperfect Winchesters headcanons are my favourite kind. Because these guys grew up on the road, sleeping in the cheapest motel rooms, and eating trash. They do not have perfect skin, no visible scars on their hands, arms, and legs. They're not jacked, they have work muscles, at least Dean definitely has. Sam's hair gets easily greasy, and Dean's is cut unevenly. Their teeth are not perfectly straight, Dean has an overbite and Sam has a little gap after the one time he broke a tooth in middle school. They have crooked fingers, veiny feet, sometimes too much hair on their asses. They're human.

[argofromukr]

What I personally want to see more in fanfics(and currently try to write into one of my own), is the fact that their routine stuff is not that perfect and dandy, either.

Baby, black and stunning as she is, gets hellfire-hot in summer heat. Even if they were to cover the dashboard with those reflective thingies, there're still the seats and Dean's will to make her look as cool as possible. Plus, as much as Dean loves her, there'd, a hundred percent, be instances of them just collecting water bottles, food wrappers etc. either in the back seat or underfoot to keep that outta the way of reaching their city-of-the-week faster. Yes, Dean will scrub her clean and nag about it all the time later, but come on, you can't convince me they always eat in diners and never just hit a drive thru or simply buy snacks in a supermarket to munch on them. Like, be so fr, sometimes you don't have the energy and/or time to eat a full three course meal.

Their clothes should have so many tears and mendings in them(or mends is more the right word? English isn't my native language), they'd just throw some out because they're unusable(unless it's a sentimental thing, like John's jacket). They shouldn't be as ironed as we see them, ngl(not unless Dean somehow has found a portable spray-iron-thingy to magically have space for in the trunk). They could also reuse the clothes as rags for cleaning Baby/bunker.

Also, the bunker. God knows these guys never had a proper home before, you can't convince me they didn't struggle with shit like "who washes the dishes?" or "We gotta sweep this place, but it's such a paaaain". Also, all the maintenance stuff for kitchen, toilets(aka "how do I clean a stuffed one?")... Bathrooms. It's not like they stay in one place long enough for the drain to get stuffed with Sam's hair, lol.

If I may add onto the hair thing: I think Dean's would be much more frail than Sam's, especially before the bunker era, because I highly suspect motel water quality ain't all that good, actually. Sam's would fall out much faster, somehow I can't unsee him having a fivehead and not getting the hair stuck every-fucking-where(I think it's referenced in the show like, once).

Overall, early seasons used to show them more living than later ones, imo... And that's a shame

[cybercrowz]

i’ve been seeing way to much transandrophobia lately

so i want to try something

reblog if your blog is a safe space for transmascs

please. we need the support.

adding a reblog bait tw here, because some might need it <3

not an obligation to reblog for those with anxiety/ocd !!! 🩷/gen

[cr0wqui11]

Friends with benefits. And those benefits? Long insightful conversations about The Characters™️

[tourfilm]

living under a rock is so fun i love watching a movie that’s been famous for decades and being like wow this is so good.. did you guys know about this

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817–1900), "The Ninth Wave" (details), 1850

[softie-draws]

"russian artist" SEE?! YOU SEE WHY I'M DOING THE STUFF I DO?

A read on why Hovhannes Aivazian is NOT a russian artist.

[coffee-in-veins]

Asking as someone who just doesn't know, do you have any suggestions to identify Russian artists in fandom spheres? I want to stop supporting them

hullo hullo o/ thank you for a very relatable ask

unfortunately, i don't have some "one fit all" solution for this, but there are some methods, each a bit more time consuming than the last

Check their blog. See "ru" in there? Become sus. If it's stated first, i just block and move on to not waste my time. if it's stated later on - up to you; i'd block still, but if you have time/nerves/energy you can dig deeper and see if it's just a language someone knows or ruzzian who doesn't want to be called out

Example:

2. Check if there are links to other soc.med or other things. Most of the time, you'll either see places somewhere: x, bluesky, insta, wherever. Youtube is a good test if they have it, you can check the country there. If it's not stated, become sus and check the oldest videos. See/hear ru? Block.

Example:

Translation from ru:

3. Speaking of links you may see. See boosty? Block. It's ru parteon, in essense.

4. Same for vk aka vkontakte. Ru attempt of facebook, afaik. Block.

5. Same for yandex email. Block and move on.

6. Another more niche thing is ficbook. Aka "ru try to steal ao3 as well". Block and move on.

7. Check if there are things in pinned posts. Maybe they mention where they are from (people are insane like that nowadays because internet security knowledge is shit), and it can be useful. See a geographic name, check where it is. Ru? Block and move on

8. This one requires some time (and why i usually am so hesitant to like any new artists without checking and cross checking them...) but you can also check their art. Especially older art. They might have ru text in the art itself that you can spot and use to identify them, altho I understand that reading cursive can be challenging

Example:

This one is easier for me, as I know the language, but if you are relying only on google translate, check a few times as it loves lumping other languages into ru for some reason. ы, э (not є) and ё can be telling, tho - but again, they are used in other languages too, and it's better to double check if you're not sure.

9. If you see a combination of "Z" *and* russian language, congratulatons, you found a genocide supporter as Z is how ru soldiers mark themselves. Consider it nazi's swastika if you will, they're the same.

10. This one is more of an observation than a rule, but if you see someone who is a fan of Pathologic (or "Мор. Утопия" in ru) become suspicious. In my experience, 7 times out of 10, they do turn out to be ru. But this is more of a personal experience

Addendum to points 3-6: duckduckgo/google/search by other method of your preference their nickname. People usually reuse those, and you can see same people in vk or on boosty. If you're afraid of unrightfully blocking someone with the same nickname, you can try opening those and check if the same art/pfp/posts are there. I usually just block. But maybe you'll have more energy than me.

Those are all that I can think of from the top of my head, but if I'll find/remember any more, I'll make sure to add them. And if any of my fellow Ukrainians would like to add their own methods or observations, feel free to do so!

[wordswithoutaworld]

OP already gave a such good answer. I just wanted to try to add a few more specific observations that might help, in my opinion. So in most cases, I can already recognize that an artist is from Russia by some specific art style details, and I think many Ukrainians can do the same (because social media algorithms unfortunately tend to show us a lot of Russian content). It’s difficult to describe those aspects precisely in words, since it’s more about an overall artistic style and atmosphere, so it would be great if any Ukrainian artists could explain this more clearly than I can.

The artworks often lack bright colors and tend toward a darker palette. The coloring style frequently resembles painterly strokes. In some cases, there can also be many sharp angles, especially if it’s a sketch. Bright, strong highlights are relatively rare.

There is often a depressive tone, with a tendency to romanticize abuse and toxic relationships (everyone has their own preferences when it comes to shipping and character dynamics, but Russians often add heavier elements even where there isn’t much angst to begin with; there is even a general term for this tendency in their culture—chernukha, etc.). Overall, there is more despair than optimism or resilience, or a desire to overcome something.

There is little to no presence of non-white characters. At most, you might see ethnic minority groups within Russia itself depicted in national costumes; rarely Kazakhs as well (Kazakhstan also has a sad, complicated history with Russia, but is often seen as a “friendly” country toward Russia by Russians), though this is usually also tied to cultural elements. Outside of that, it is rare to see non-white characters portrayed as ordinary people. I would also add that characters who do not fit Eurocentric beauty standards are quite rare too.

Frequent use of the term “slavic”. Many other nations and cultures, which are already tired of fighting for proper representation, tend to specify who they are exactly and where they are from. It also comes from an unspoken pattern: anything labeled under the broad term “slavic” can later easily be absorbed as part of “russian culture,” as this has historically been one of the imperial practices of appropriating other cultures. Additionally, many people still perceive Russia as the primary or “default” representative of slavic identity, so the term often automatically brings Russia to mind. A similar issue exists with language: people often see cyrillic and assume it is Russian.

So, well, I’m not sure how useful this addition actually is, but I hope some of what I said will help somebody.

[softie-draws]

Telegram channels are a telltale sign! Ukrainian artists also sometimes have those, for example, but most of the time if you see a tg link without the country mentioned, they're russian. You can check the channel description like the OP said if you feel particularly generous, tho.

In addition to the word "Slavic" I have also seen them use "Eastern European" and even "Baltic" in very broad terms without mentioning a specific country. In my experience, that's a warning sign.

Regarding the art style — there is definitely a sort of meanness to the russian art. I don't know what it is, maybe it is in the air. Semi-realism with sharp angles is something I usually tend to check just in case and hit just right most of the time. Especially if it contains the aforementioned glorification of abusive relationships and depression. Dark colour palette, yes, but also a sort of academism, at times, in the way they draw, especially if it's a study.

[softie-draws]

Another way to possibly spot a russian! See, Tumblr doesn't really have any support in any language that uses Cyrillic besides russian. A lot of the time, if it's a russian user, they will be automatically subscribed to team Tumblr in russian (the account is called "komanda"). If their followers are open, it's pretty easy to find out by scrolling to the bottom of their subscriptions list. Not a foolproof method, but definitely works.

[softie-draws]

Hi, a reminder that Boosty is a russian platform and buying/ordering commissions/making any payments there (or to any russian tbh) gets transformed into ballistic missiles on our heads!

Here is a list of just some artists you could support instead: click here.

Here is a guide to spot russian artists (because they love hiding themselves, and I wonder why): click here