HilLISka

My Young Royals sideblog

[hilliska]

I'm a mod @hillerskalibrary, so if you see me following you it's probably because you write/wrote some YR fic at some point :).

Don't hesitate to mention or tag #hillerskalibrary if you want to be sure I don't miss your fic, and follow me there to reblog and support your favorite fics and fic authors!

-Lis

[sodacansculptures]

Homemade nativity scene

[spaghett-onaplate]

So are pro-lifers against masturbation? If each of the little swimmers already has a full soul then that means blowing a load into a sock is mass murder

[hilliska]

[hilliska]

was gonna fill up my queue today and work on the event posts and the interviews and I'm just-

so goddamn lazy

[raincitygirl76]

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[brandyllyn]

Imagine your OTP.

[hilliska]

@theonelucille *squints at you in stop-being-right-about-me*

[stretchoutfics]

My daughter: let's go to IKEA

Me: ooh, it'll be the first time I can go and be able to pronounce all the names correctly

My daughter: ugh, you're going to be UNBEARABLE

She's not wrong.

[hilliska]

1, 13, 18 💜

(for the Not from the US-ask game)

Ooooohhhh - more questions??? 💜💜💜

1. favourite place in your country?

That's a hard one, cause like... it depends what for? To live, I'd say my current city. It's very progressive, I don't need a car, everything is close by, they're trying very hard to make more space for green, for cyclists, ... Perfection doesn't exist, obviously, but they do have a vision that I can get behind.

For holidays I'd probably say the south, the Ardennes. Cause it's like one of the few places in this country where you can go for a walk and not see any houses around. By which I mean that if, at certain points during the walk, you place yourself strategically behind a tree you can sometimes create the illusion of a landscape without houses!

(yeah... it's bad...)

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

Ok I had a whole paragraph written on how we don't have traditions, but I asked my (Czech) spouse and she had A LIST.

Sinterklaas- the ancestor of Santa Claus, he comes on December 6th, he doesn't have reindeer but he does have a servant and he's Black and I'm sure you can see how this has become a contested holiday these past years so let's just not go into that here :).

When kids celebrate their first communion when they're six, it's usually celebrated with an ice cake in the shape of a lamb. The six year old is then given a large kitchen knife to behead the lamb. If all goes well, strawberry jam then comes running out of its neck. I'm pretty sure this is a normal Catholic tradition but my wife was SHOOK the first time she witnessed that :D.

French fry culture! - Most everyone has a fryer at home, but frietkoten are also popular. A frietkot sells french fries - and usually some fried snacks and burgers as well, but the fries are the most important thing. They're usually independently owned, sometimes they're little more than a caravan with a fryer, sometimes you can also eat in. We got like 5000 of them (that's comparable to the number of pharmacies) or one for every 2000 people.

This is FINE!

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

That is going to depend entirely on your definition of a dialect :D. Cause I speak Dutch, but it's quite different from the Dutch from the Netherlands, except it's basically the same thing (think US English and UK English - they're the same language, but also there's differences and they're Important, Goddammit!) So you could consider Flemish a dialect of Dutch, but then within Flemish there are... so many more dialects - that are unfortunately spoken less and less. I really love the original dialect of my current city, it's extremely juicy and cozy, but while I understand most of it, I cannot speak it for the life of me. Which is extremely frustrating cause pronounciation is usually the first thing I get complimented on when learning foreign languages. But my own dialect is... impossible :(. Interestingly my sister, who is shit at foreign languages, speaks dialect pretty well!!

[hilliska]

4, 14, 22 💜

(for the Not from the US-ask game)

Oh hi nonnie, nice to see you, and thank you!!

4. Favourite dish specific for your country?

Look I know I already answered this but there's so much good stuff here so I'm gonna cheat and add something else because-

Rice pudding with brown sugar.

And I know what you're gonna say! I know - you also have rice pudding. But you don't have the brown sugar, not the right kind. Trust me - the brown sugar is essential. And the combination is SO. GOOD.

So good....

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

Well, we don't have any cable in our household, so I don't see much of it; we're very US-oriented in our media consumption, I'm afraid. Which is a pity, cause we do have a couple of production houses that make really good series - we'll watch De Mol every year (sort of reality tv/game show with 10 candidates and one "mole" who tries to sabotage; it's very cleverly made), and I just watched a documentary on sexual abuse in the catholic church which was heavy but so well-made. The Flemish cinema (Northern, Dutch-speaking part) isn't as strong, and definitely not as strong as the Wallonian one (Southern, French-speaking part), but the Wallonian cinema is heavily influenced by the French and it tends to get very gritty and serious. Not exactly the escapism I prefer in my movies :D.

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

Oh gods. As I said in a previous post, we got a serious case of Calimero complex going on - it's just silly little Belgium, you know, nothing to see here. But if there's something I'm ashamed of, it's probably our governments'... unwieldiness? And look, I've lived in a few countries so I'm very aware that every citizen thinks their government is The Most Incompetent in the world but- we got 7 governments. For 11 million people. Like- During the corona crisis there were 9 (NINE!) separate ministers responsible for the various aspects of managing a health crisis. So obviously nothing got done because it was always the other minister's responsibility and just- it's so tiring sometimes. We're the world record holder for longest government formation (541 days - yes, that's a year and a half without a functional government) and I am secretly convinced we will break that record again come the elections next year. So yeah...

But I think we can be proud of our LGBTQ policies? We were the second country in the world to get marriage equality, and while we obviously still have a ways to go, Belgium is a good place to be if you're queer. And like fries. And chocolate. And rice pudding with brown sugar :)

[hilliska]

Nationality asks, 21 and 26

(for the Not from the US-ask game)

Heeey, thank you!!!

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

As in like, send them away to get rid of? Or to boast about ourselves to the aliens? Cause in the first case I'd probably say Dries Van Langenhove (extreme right """"activist""") and the entire institute of the catholic church, if I could (just watched a documentary on sexual abuse in the church and I'm MAD).

If I wanted to boast... eh... idk that's hard, we like, have a collective Calimero complex here. But chocolate, probably? Some Côte d'Or Double Lait bars. Beer would probably not survive. Maybe a comic book? Tintin or the Smurfs or something :).

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

Well, there's the classic joke about how Hollywood thinks that Belgium is the capital of Brussels, so I think that says it all ;). But since Brussels is sometimes considered the capital of Europe, and it's "centrally located" by those who forget Eastern Europe exists (in casu Hollywood :D), the capital city does appear once in a while. People always speak French, though, even though it's a bilingual area. Which is like... annoying, but also, whatever. As long as they don't cast a Dutch person to play a Dutch-speaking Belgian, I'm fine :).

[hilliska]

4 and 7 from the ask game :)

(for the Not from the US-ask game)

Oooh - thank you! 💜💜💜

4. Favourite dish specific for your country?

I mean, I know that french fries and/or chocolate would be the obvious choice here. And they are good! And vastly superior to other countries' versions, of course. However... I know that when I lived in Sweden, the one thing I would always ALWAYS bring from home, would be peperkoek. It's a kind of gingerbread, but more cake-like, if that makes sense? And a different combo of spices. And it's super sweet, but super good, and even though it's not something I'd buy weekly or even monthly, I missed it terribly when I was abroad :).

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

Goesting. It's a classic, I know, but for good reason. It's sort of like "desire" but where desire come from the heart, goesting comes from the belly. It can be directed at something specific (if you feel like cookies, for example; ik heb goesting in koekjes), or if you wanna eat something but you don't know what, you can just say ik heb goesting. Can also be used for activities - and yes, that includes the sexual kind ;).

Appelblauwzeegroen. Translated literally it means "apple blue sea green" and it's this color:

You know, the kind of blueish green or greenish blue that makes you doubt your eyes? And I just really like that play on words, because this is blue, but not like the sea is blue, and it's also green, but not like apples are green. An apple'ish blue and a sea'ish green. Apple blue sea green.

Curieuzeneuzemosterdpot. Look, I have no idea, so don't ask, but a literal translation would be something like "curious nose mustard pot". Again - don't ask, I have NO idea why this is a thing. It essentially means a curious person, but like, it has a fond undertone to it. Like if a kid would go searching through the house looking for their birthday present, you could call them this - they're too curious, and they shouldn't be, but also you can't blame them for it? So it's a cute word. And it also sounds funny :).

[slavicafire]

“hi, I’m not from the US” ask set

given how Americanised this site is, it’s important to celebrate all our countries and nationalities - with all their quirks and vices and ridiculousness, and all that might seem strange to outsiders.

1. favourite place in your country?

2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad?

3. does your country have access to sea?

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

5. favourite song in your native language?

6. most hated song in your native language?

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?

11. favourite native writer/poet?

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

17. are you interested in your country’s history?

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

20. which sport is The Sport in your country?

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

27. favourite national celebrity?

28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites?

29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

30. do you have people of different nationalities in your family?

[maybe-marceline-deactivated2023]

opening tumblr in public is like playing horny minesweeper

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

[lucy8675309]

OK Tumblr Geriatric Ward, let’s talk about your posture-

there are things you should be doing now to prevent yourself from starting to look like 🥀

Why does it matter? Future you would like to avoid the pain, limited motion, and fall risk that goes along with worsening posture.

What’s the focus?

1. Keep the flexibility in your spine

2. Stretch the muscles in the front

3. Strengthen the muscle in the back

Here are some simple things you can do daily while sitting and when you get up to go into the bathroom or the kitchen

Keep the flexibility by doing these repeated movements: 10 repetitions several times a day

The goal is to give yourself a double or triple chin. Keep your nose pointing forward, don’t let it tip up or down

Thoracic extension- use a chair with a seat back that comes up to the level of your shoulder blades. Try to bend back over the top of the chair without arching away from the seat back and without extending your neck. If the pressure from the top of the chair is uncomfortable you can place a towel there

Stretch the muscles in the front by using a door frame. This one will feel good afterwards

If this isn’t enough of a stretch you can do one side at a time. If you have the right arm up step forward with the right foot and turn slightly to the left. Then do it on the other side.

Strengthen the muscles in the back by squeezing your shoulder blades together for a count of 10 and then repeating 10 times. You can do this several times a day Hint: Don’t lift your shoulder blades up

There are lots more exercises for strengthening your back muscles but this is a good starting point and easy to do. I like doing it while driving

Tips:

Do the best you can

If it hurts stop

Envision future you saying thank you each time you do one of the exercises

[brightlotusmoon]

NOTE: I can do most of these with the cerebral palsy. In fact, a lot of these little exercises are automatically part of my physical therapy. My problem is I already have hyperlordosis, spine arthritis, and cervicogenic headache. These have helped me at least try to have a posture.

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD THIS ADVICE IS

[infinitebookshelves]

REBLOG IF YOU ACTUALLY READ TAGS

[delgrosso]

Best kind of cat names - GO!

Trait descriptions - e.g. Mittens, Socks, Whiskers, etc.

Old-timey people names - e.g. Gertrude, Dorothy, Walter, etc.

Regular people names - e.g. Greg, Tracy, Bob, etc.

Grand titles - e.g. Sir Reginald Fluffingsworth Esq., etc.

Foods - e.g. Potato, Popcorn, Biscuit, etc.

Celebrity names - e.g. Adam Sandler, Viola Davis, Kevin Hart, etc.

Silly inanimate objects - e.g. Doorknob, Laptop, Styrofoam, etc.

Other, put in tags

Voting ended onOct 2, 2023