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Kyma | Indo

[kymadrift]

I can't believe it has been 3-ish years since I found YkAk and they STILL give me the same amount of happiness they did back when I first shipped them

At this point they're probably my most long-lasting OTP and I'm just. Man I love them so much. I hope I still love and stick with them in the future

[kymadrift]

Crash

[frankdelflno]

Surnames are just as important as given names. So, I compiled a list of the websites I use to find my surnames.

English Surnames

Dutch Surnames

Spanish Surnames

Scottish Surnames

German Surnames

Italian Surnames

Irish Surnames

French Surnames

Scandinavian Surnames

Welsh Surnames

Jewish Surnames

Surnames By Ethnicity

Most Common Surnames in the USA

Most Common Surnames in Great Britan

Most Common Surnames in Asia

[bee-earthly]

[old-manrupee]

For whoever needs these.

[dragons-arrow]

I NEED THE ITALIAN LAST NAMES SO BAD

[ebvoice-deactivated20150727]

We are like fireworks…: Surnames Master Post.

[chronophobica]

Chinese surnames

Indian surnames

Indonesian surnames

Pakistani surnames

Bengali surnames

Japanese surnames

Filipino surnames

Korean surnames

Syrian surnames

Mongolian naming and clan names

Thai surnames

Asia is not a single country.

[everythinghiveswap]

From the Fellow Traveller Twitter.

November 7, 2019

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[shaniae]

Reblog in 10 seconds and $1700 will come your way

[trainhardrunfast]

I have nothing to lose and 1700$ to gain

[bookipsies]

How did this cat make so much money

[fishyandclintbarton]

Lads, this actually works. I reblogged it and i won £100 on the lottery and then £75 on a scratch card. THANK YOU MONEY CAT!

[awesomehawks]

Always worth reblogging.

[reisearnor]

Visit Original Link

I was expecting to hear “ack!” and “waaah!” but what yuri lowenthal gave us was even better

[scumfuckus]

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[scumfuckus]

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[kidrat]

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[rect-bibi]

this weeks chapter basically or at least the beginning of it also:

[plusxie]

Here, have some unpopular Himiko pairings

[catchymemes]

[ironwoman359]

This is the greatest thing

[apphys]

ur mutual’s mutuals……. mutuals-in-law if u will…

[moringmark]

Question: Do Shippers deserve happiness when their ship become canon?

Answer: Yes. No matter what the ship is.

Try not to go to other people’s post and talk down their ship.

Try not to force one’s opinions about ships on other people.

One has the right to hate on a ship, but also has obligation to just let people enjoy their stuff.

If one feels the need to put other people down to make themselves feel better, they ain’t just in the wrong fandom, they are also in the wrong mindset.

Bonus happy pic:

[fiametrooper]

post detective pikachu mood

[erencollins]

I forgot how to draw and ended up spending way to much time on this. (And yes I know I misspelled people. I’m just too lazy to fix it.)

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[mymarifae]

if you don’t like cats you’ve just never experienced the deep and powerful love of a cat that’s chosen you. like if a cat decides it wants to bond with you it’s something that’s so pure and beautiful and unbreakable. cats are made of love and when a cat chooses to love you it will LOVE you. cats are so special and so important. they just pour their whole soul into yours and it’s the kinda love that never leaves you. cats ARE love

[fireflysummers]

Something I Noticed in Detective Pikachu

Tim and Lucy’s relationship didn’t actually bother me. I went in expecting to be wholly turned off by their interactions, but actually walked away feeling neutral to the idea of a potential romance and positive towards their professional friendship in future endeavors (I mean, feral reporter with nice by-the-book detective is a very nice working relationship).

So it got me thinking…why? What did Detective Pikachu do right?

And then it hit me.

One of the core themes of the film was the idea of loneliness and the need for bonds with others. These bonds come in various forms across the film, the primary two being the pokemon-human bond and, of course, the father-son bond. 

At the beginning of the film, Tim’s friend expresses concern for him. After all, Tim is obviously lonely, and only doomed to further isolation as his friend group leaves the aging little town for bigger, better things. So what does his friend suggest? A pokemon partner, of course. 

Within the context of the world this is both natural and normal. However, contrast that for a moment with how it would be handled in any other film: Tim would’ve been set up on a blind date. It would’ve gone horribly, horribly wrong of course, with the woman in question probably being portrayed as a shallow, two dimensional cutout of a person that of course doesn’t gel well with Tim. 

The difference between these two situations is actually really crucial, because it’s essentially putting a platonic relationship in the place where romantic relationships typically go. 

So what does this mean for Lucy? It means that Lucy can exist without being the trophy of a successful male character arc. Even if they got together, the romantic relationship is not the emblem that Tim is no longer lonely, because Tim has already achieved that in other forms.

Lucy actually gets to be her own character. As campy and cheesy as her character might be portrayed, she has a very clear set of goals, takes the initiative and gathers information that Tim wouldn’t be able to get otherwise, and successfully achieves her goal onscreen when Tim isn’t even present. 

Her relationship with Tim is work first, with romance as a  footnote for when the world is no longer going to end. Even Tim describes her as “the woman I am highly attracted to,” instead of “the woman I’m in love with,” and hasn’t so much as asked her out on a date as of the end of the film. 

(That quote also stood out to me because Lucy is consistently put down for looking too young and too pretty, that Tim referring to her as a ‘woman’ rather than a ‘young woman’ or ‘lady’ or ‘girl’ really reemphasizes that he sees her as an equal.)

So yeah, there really wasn’t a need for that romantic subplot, but also it was barely even a romantic subplot. It was just a couple of young people who are mutually attracted to each other but are overwhelmingly focused on the plot at hand, and don’t particularly let that attraction sway their judgement.

Conversely, it should be asked if, by removing the female lead and romantic bond as the primary important bond, that sets up the pokemon partner to be a trophy in the place of the female character? It definitely could have, except that the entire story hinged on the emphasis and re-emphasis that Pokemon are unique individuals who should be treated with care and respect. The pokemon partners across the film got significantly more characterization and development than a lot of female characters across various action films.

Find me any other action flick wherein the straight romance takes priority, and the majority of the run time is devoted to subtly emphasizing how incredible and unique and kickass women are, and the importance in cultivating a relationship of mutual trust and respect. 

tl;dr Detective Pikachu completely ditched the ‘romance is the most important bond of all’ mentality in favor of a healthy platonic and familial ones, which in turn gave both the potential romance and Lucy’s character the breathing room to avoid relegating her to a sexy lamp.

[maggins]

that one scene on the bridge in detective pikachu felt a lot like this gif