Under the same sun.

Laura. She/Her. 30. Mix of: kdrama, manga, anime, books (esp romance and magical realism), baking, bookbinding content.

[quasi-normalcy]

Reverse Mulan about a young man who disguises himself as a noblewoman and has to learn how to do passive-agressive politicking at dinner parties.

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

He does so to dodge the draft

[cayenne-peppers]

Amber from Brashen's pov is like "look at how ugly she is. such an ugly woman. homely and plain. no tits or hips. those pants look fucking awful on her" and then you read tawny man and it sounds like fitz wrote 2000 pgs of self-insert fanfic

[strangesmallbard]

fool’s fate isn’t queerbaiting or homophobic. it’s a secret third thing designed to make anyone reading go Now what the hell

[willowjh]

thymara is the strongest woman in this series bc in her place I would've killed all the men around me and then myself

[chatlot-charles]

for once i actually noticed this the first time i read it but rereading/relistening to the golden fool is both hilarious and painful because SO many people are calling fitz gay. all of them. everyone. that charl guy in the shower. blade kind of. dutiful. civil. that one guy who hits on fitz and COPS A FEEL. and fitz registers zero of it. doesn’t so much as blink when people say special servant. “who r u” “lord golden’s man” “wow… i bet u r. a kept man. a *special servant*” “yes i am his special servant im a bodyguard too”

he’s so dense. i’m going to cry at some point i can feel it

[ratblazer]

reverse gatekeeping. I am on my knees begging people to engage with the source material

[apitnobaka]

those last three minutes in episode 5 feels like this, kinda

[rylandsgrace]

[vimeddiart]

Doodle of my waking situation this morning

[androdragynous]

being on tumblr for a long time but never reading homestuck like

[feluka]

if you moralize to people in the global south about piracy youre going to hell btw. no atonement no take backsies. guaranteed hell forever permanently.

[feluka]

omg there's a newborn in the notes

[falloutnewvegastransedmygender]

Look for all my fellow ass backwards Americans and the European as well, let me tell you a story.

A few years ago me and a Brazilian friend (they/them) had a joke that I owed them a sandwich because they burned one while in a VC with me.

A year later I sent $20 USD to them for the bit, about what I paid for my lunch at Subway at the time (before tips).

They texted me worried about how much money I sent them and if I was sure. Because with the exchange rate at the time, that was almost 100 BRL. I had assumed 1 BRL simply bought less (in local goods), turns out the pricing is, well its close enough that it is about 100 in spending power equivalent.

It is my understanding (though I could CERTAINLY be wrong) that Brazil is one of the nations in the Global South that is doing better relatively, and also that the exchange rate has worsened for BRL since.

However, many game devs simply set the price in USD and then forces everyone to pay that price. You know how some books have a slightly higher price listed in CAD if its printed on? Imagine if instead of like, 20 USD 22 CAD that book cost 100-120 CAD. That would be absurd right?

If you can't see the problem with condemning piracy in the Global South after that explanation, then I suppose you're deserving of whatever shit lands in your lap next.

[jam-does-audio]

Also, just for the record, we get you a lot more stuff than you realize. A lot of whistleblowers/ leaks/media archiving is done in the global South/spreads from there. It's a genuine underground and public industry that a lot of us grew up learning to do and it matters. Because yea, the system is designed to make media completely impossible to afford

[r0zeclawz]

i'm brazilian and i can confirm this is entirely correct. if you gave me like say, 200 USD, that would be enough for me to pay for my rent and groceries and meds and then some, it's insane. but it also goes the other way around, like with the game pricing example. since so many products we get here are imported, a lot of especially electronics are incredibly expensive. imagine if you wanted a nintendo switch, but it costed 2000 dollars and also each game is like 300. thats just how it is here. its pretty dire

[lausol]

I'm argentinian and I also confirm this.

[clarkesyd]

she’d been unable to believe he loved her until she realized that she deserved to be loved.

the brothers sinister series as penguin classics

[darth-noona]

I love kdramas based on webtoons or web novels. Because what do you mean she fell down that mountain and didn’t die? and what do you mean I don’t even care cuz it gave me Sa-eon running sweaty through the woods? truly peak kdrama.

[herpsandbirds]

All of my friends that work at wildlife rehab centers have had to untangle animals from this stuff, or had animals brought in that died in it. This is especially nasty for small owl species.

[hellboundhorrormovielover]

[hokuto-ju-no-ken]

there’s an agenda at play

[ayellowbirds]

from her autobio comics:

[dodgylogic]

#on a darker level #being from Hokkaido means she has reason to be personally invested in the Ishbal annihilation #because Hokkaido is stolen land #like a lot of other places colonized in the last few hundred years #if you’re sensitive to this kind of thing #it gives you a personal stake #in genocide stories #that most Japanese people don’t have #>> #idk i felt the way she handles the genocide #speaks to having been aware of that #from a formative age (via whetstonefire)

[fanfckery]

Those tags are 100% right and Arakawa has confirmed that it was intentional in an interview as she has family that are part Ainu.

So her family history definitely had a role in how she presented the genocide in FMA.

[mortalityplays]

[what-even-is-thiss]

You shouldn’t date or become serious friends/partners with someone if you can’t stomach the thought of being stuck in a car or train with them for 16 hours.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Here’s my logic:

You should be able to work together to solve unexpected problems like fixing a flat tire or getting lost in an unfamiliar station

You should feel comfortable and safe enough around this person that you can sit in comfortable silence

You should be able to keep each other interested and deal with each others boredom in a healthy way

If you’re gonna form a long term partnership with someone you should probably be able to tolerate each other while locked in a small box for a few hours

[what-even-is-thiss]

These tags are hilarious even though I don’t think you intended them to be.

[rosesforwildwitches]

*pulls European closer* The most populous countries in the world are China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Brazil in that order, with these seven nations alone making up 48.16% of the world population. You may note with the aid of a map that many of these nations are quite large, and would take several days of travel to go across either in cars or on boats. Almost half of the world's population lives in places where you can travel in a cramped vehicle for days and still be within the country. Your worldview is limited and Europe is a tiny outlier in travel time and standards for international relations.

[creative-anchorage]

[krushing]

And can you tell me, was it worth it? Baby, I don't want to know