fi'n geltydd (i'm a celticist)

Luke's main (you may know me by my project's blog @llyfrenfys). Attempting to clear that blog up to be a little more on topic. Thus my main is now for my interests! See my other sideblog @siarad-mewn-tafodau for heavier topics.

[macsen-y-ceffyl]

About: macsen-y-ceffyl

Hello! I'm Luke, I'm 25 years old and this is my personal blog (and main). My other blogs are:

@llyfrenfys [blog of both my academic work as a Celticist and the Llyfr Enfys project (my project to publish my Welsh LGBTQ+ research as a Welsh queer dictionary)].

@siarad-mewn-tafodau [my anything goes blog for miscellanous posts that don't fit my main or llyfrenfys].

This blog used to be titled: @y-ddraig-arian, @llyfrau-enfys / @lledr-neidr-lleidr. I'm rebranding my main to include my fursona, Macsen:

(colouring page from @sometimesanequine)

Asks are welcome about most things (within reason). If I don't manage to respond to an ask quickly, I will most likely get to it eventually unless the ask isn't appropriate and I decline to post it.

Interests:

Hobbies: language learning, fibrecrafts, painting and sketching, leathercraft, woodwork, D.I.Y. culture

Media: ATLA, Doctor Who (and Torchwood), Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes

Music: Muse (I am a big Muse fan), The Clash, 2814, The Chemical Brothers, El Tigr3

Education: History, Politics, Languages, Celtic Studies

Proudly queer and trans, always

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[ramenheim]

Emi Koyama has passed. 🥀

[macsen-y-ceffyl]

Oh my god! This is so sad to hear. I once had the blessing of being able to speak with her a while back. She will be sorely missed.

[macsen-y-ceffyl]

One of the emotional labours of being adopted is that you can never stop coming out as adopted and mentioning it to people who don't know you are. You can't remain a "closet" adoptee because circumstances demand you discuss your parents sometimes and it's often unavoidable.

It's one of the most little-known oppressions out there imo. You're never allowed to be normal. You always have to enter conversations about family scared you're going to bring the mood down or weird people out by saying you're adopted.

I can't tell you how I feel the atmosphere shift when I mention my adoptee status. It's like a thick wet blanket hangs in the air between myself and others in the conversation.

Some are benignly curious, sure. Others follow it up with discriminatory language, like "real mum and dad" or demanding to know your literal life story. Most of the time, I preemptively put all my cards on the table, so no-one asks the inevitable.

It plays out just like my oppression for being queer. Or disabled/neurodivergent. Yet it receives little to no attention in the public sphere. There isn't even a name for it.

[terri-0-terrible]

maybe I'm not the person to be making this comparison, so forgive me if this isn't the most accurate, or comes off as insensitive I don't mean it like that in any way.

but I can't help but feel like kept folk who say adoption built families are the exact same as bio families give off the same vibe as white people who say they don't see color.

like I get the message you're trying to convey, but you really should acknowledge the different lived experiences and needs of adoptees and how the adoption industries flaws and (for those of us who have it) relinquishment trauma often still echo into our lives.

[mysharona1987]

[mysharona1987]

But this is genuinely a shitty act against humanity.

[angelandreus]

it is so vile to me that whenever I like a post criticizing transmisogyny tumblr immediately assumes i want to see posts degrading trans men. it’s so transmisogynistic to think that anyone who supports trans women hates trans men. genuinely distressing.

[aflo]

I'm imagining a world where RPGMaker somehow made it as the de facto codebase for software and you have to navigate your banking app by walking around in a huge room full of NPCs named "make deposit" and "make withdrawal" etc and there's loud as fuck stock music playing

[aflo]

[sometimesanequine]

Hellooooooo do you have any advice for drawing horse legs? I feel like I’ve got the body shapes down but the legs are still a mystery to me 😔 sincerely, someone trying to draw as many horses as possible for artfight lol

well my top advice is to check out one of those books titled how to draw horses. those break down the shapes very very well for the most part

a speedpaint i did of a horse that shows very briefly my leg process

a tutorial i did about how i draw horses i did a while ago

heres a book i learned from as a kid though

but i want you to imagine a table okay? the kind with spindly legs.

okay your table. a horse is also a table

your table until it turns into a horse

okay now you plan out your joints. little circles. watch videos about how horses legs move because i can assure you this is the best way to figure out how all of that even remotely works

here i have taken the framework here we put in in the last image and i have put the legs on top. this is a warmblood horse which has more spindly legs compared to something like a brabant which would have legs twice this width

using this framework is really handy. you can adjust the width of the circles to make room for draft horse bones and joints as well.

you can adjust length of the legs for different shapes as well and of course when you put feathering over all this it smoothes out all the joints at the ankle and such

horse hooves are a sort of strange bell shape or weird triangle. but someone mentioned them being bell shapes to me once and it helped me imagine them better tbh

you can always ignore the joints if it produces the movement you like. the pegasi in fantasia often do this. but this wont help you with realistic art much

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

[marougus-the-dragon]

AI is a freacking plague, I share this for any windows user.

[rosetta-j-stone]

FFS (but thanks all for the heads-up)

[macsen-y-ceffyl]

it was turned on on mine. Turned that shit off immediately

[redstonedust]

top 5 macklemore lyrics of all time

[redstonedust]

HOW COULD I FORGET

[hijabi-detected]

Do ‘feminists’ who believe that Islam is inherently abusive towards women.. Understand the direct damage they cause towards abused Muslim women?

Like, if a Muslim woman were to open up about any abuse she faces (whether from a spouse, or a parent, or someone else in the community) one of the first reactions she may get is ‘Islam abuses women. Islam is a bad religion. Islam is backwards, its behind, its abusive, we need to get rid of it’.

This initial extreme reaction is just making Muslim women afraid of opening up about abuse.

We know that if we mention any abuse, the automatic response (the expectation) will be to give up our religion and our beliefs. These feminists care about us, but only if we conform to that expectation. Otherwise, we’re brainwashed, we’re complacent, we’re part of the problem. Muslim women end up being unsupported by everyone around them, including the very women that claim to want to help abolish abuse against women.

This applies to queer Muslims too. By calling the entirety of Islamic society queerphobic, you indirectly let queer Muslims know that they are not welcome. And they're not. They end up in a state where they are not welcome in their homophobic societies nor in the communities that claim to be 'queer-friendly'. They have to build their own spaces, and then still end up getting constantly attacked from both sides.

Your islamophobia isn't helping anyone.

Note: I've turned notifs off for this post! I will not see any replies/reblogs

[hijabi-detected]

On a similar note, spamming islamophobic comments in the comment section of a video of a hijabi girl complaining about sexism literally proves that you don't care about women. You literally had the choice to uplift a woman expressing her frustration with sexism and decided to victim blame instead

[wolf-three-fifty-nine]

[hijabi-detected]

Is this quote from a book? If so, whats the title? It looks like smthn I need to read

[wolf-three-fifty-nine]

I unfortunately can't recall where I first read this, but the author is a prominent activist

[hijabi-detected]

I see.. if anyone tracks it down please lmk!

[dharmaart]

"Popgun"

Portrait of an Arabian horse painted with watercolour and gouache on paper.

[horsedetector]

Horse art detected!

[burninglights]

fucking insane to be a person of colour in the uk right now

[burninglights]

When my family first moved to the UK, we faced a similar risk to our wellbeing & safety as many are facing now, albeit for different reasons. in light of everything happening in Ireland & the tensions increasing in Glasgow, and the perennial England, here’s a list of actionable things to do for people who may be targeted & anti racist allies.

MY HOME IS ON THE LIST/LIKELY TO BE TARGETED, WHAT CAN I DO?

* it may bring you peace of mind to have a go-bag ready, just in case. A go-bag is a bag with everything in it that you need to get out a volatile situation quickly. Any bag that can be secured (buttoned or zipped) will do. In your go-bag, you should include;

- identifying documents; passport/driver’s license/asylum card/ILR certificate/British Residency permit card

- Wallet and/or banking books

- A spare charger & cable and/or a power bank

- any shelf-stable medication (tablets, inhalers etc.) if you are on medication that needs to be refrigerated, leave it in the fridge until you have to leave

- Sanitary items; toothbrush, toothpaste, sanitary pads & tampons, deodorant. If you have very young children with you, you may also want to take your nappy bag.

* If you have to leave, a go-bag is a convenient way to ensure you have everything of importance with you.

* If you are being supported by an asylum seekers or refugee charity, or are a member of a gurdwara/temple, mosque, synagogue or church, reach out to your religious leaders. They may be able to provide direct support, or put you in contact with organisations or other congregants who can help. If you are friendly with your neighbours, it may be worth contacting them too.

* IN THE EVENT THAT “PROTESTORS” DO COME TO YOUR HOUSE, CALL 999 IMMEDIATELY, AND FOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS THEY GIVE YOU. MOVE AWAY FROM ANY WINDOWS. DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY EMERGENCY SERVICES.

I’M AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT/CARE WORKER/NHS WORKER, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

* Contact your student welfare office/NHS Trust/agency for advice, support and referral to organisations that may be able to provide assistance

* if you live in or commute through an area that is likely to be targeted, contact your lecturers and your faculty to find out whether remote study is possible; if you work in care or as part of the NHS, find out if it is possible to change shifts.

* If it would provide peace of mind, prepare a go-bag as listed above

* Reach out to your the uni society or student’s organisation for international students or students of specific ethnic origin; they may be able to provide you with direction to resources and peer support. If your university has a Marxist or Socialist society, reach out to them for mutual aid with a travel buddy etc., for getting to and from your place of study/work

* If you are a member of a gurdwara/temple, mosque, synagogue or church, reach out to your religious leaders. They may be able to provide direct support, or put you in contact with organisations or other congregants who can help.

* If you are friendly with your neighbours, it may be worth contacting them too for assistance with travel to & from work.

* Report any racism or racialised violence you are subjected to. NHS staff have a right to refuse to treat patients who harass, abuse, threaten or insult them; if a patient is racist to you, where possible, ask another member of staff to take over their care.

PERSONAL SAFETY:

* do not leave your home unless strictly necessary. If it is necessary to leave, don’t do it alone.

* use NextDoor, WhatsApp, social media and word of mouth to avoid commuting through “protestor” road blocks, areas of active conflict etc.,

* When travelling, use Share My Location or Life360, and keep at least two people aware of your expected time of arrival at your destination with instructions to contact the police if you do not let them know you’ve made it safely

* do not directly confront any individuals involved, or allow them to bait you into becoming confrontational

* only record if it is safe. Do not record individuals directly/from up close

* Do not directly intervene. If you see violence occurring, contact emergency services and if safe to do so, record what’s happening.

ALLYSHIP & HOW TO HELP:

* if you have neighbours, friends, coworkers or acquaintances form targeted communities, reach out to them. Ask them what you can do to help them feel safe.

* If you live in an area likely to be targeted, reach out to any vulnerable people you know. If safe and possible, offer to let them shelter with you in the event they need to leave home

* If you see any incitement to violence online screenshot it; it may prove useful in the event of individual “protesters” being prosecuted

* If you see any specific areas being discussed as targets, alert anyone you know at risk in the area

* Reach out to local refugee & asylum seekers’ organisations, to organisations supporting foreign national care & healthcare workers, and to churches, mosques, gurdwaras; they may be looking for short term assistance in helping to provide for vulnerable members of their community

CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE & TO SUPPORT:

* NASC Ireland; refugee & asylum seeker charity

* Doras.org; migrant, stateless persons, refugee and asylum seeker rights advocates

* Jesuit Refugee Service; religious refugee & asylum seekers charity

* Irish Refugee Council; supporting stateless displaced persons & refugees in NI & ROI

* International Student’s House (IE & UK WIDE): provides hardship funding and help to international students

* PathFinder (UK WIDE); supports international students

* Care International (GLOBAL); global carer’s charity

* Choose Love (IE & UK WIDE); charitable organisation supporting refugees and asylum seekers

* Praxis UK (UK WIDE); supporting refugees & asylum seekers

* The Runnymede Trust (IE & UK WIDE); antiracism education charity

* Migrant’s Rights Network (IE & UK WIDE); advocacy and support for migrants and refugees

* ShareTheMeal (GLOBAL); providing meals for refugees and those fleeing conflict globally

* Amnesty (IRELAND, UK & WORLDWIDE); human rights NGO

* UNHCR & UN Refugee Council (GLOBAL); UN refugee bodies supporting those seeking asylum, fleeing conflict & internally/internationally displaced worldwide

[unhappytogekiss]

a new reality tv show called So you think you can write Doctor Who

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston

this is how you find the new doctor who showrunner

[hunterinabrowncoat]

not even two years after the 2024 racist riots and attempted pogroms, we are back to more racist riots and attempted pogroms.

a mosque in scotland had to be put into lockdown. they are going door-to-door with hit lists and addresses in northern ireland, setting houses alight. they firebombed an imam's house in manchester. people of colour are being targeted and attacked by racist mobs in the street in broad daylight.

and instead of widespread condemnation or wall-to-wall coverage, the UK media and political establishment is filling air time talking about the "legitimate concerns" people have about "illegal migrants"

[peachfromcmbyn]

People on Tumblr love sharing information about themselves no matter how asinine it is. And I'm the same way. Everybody tell me what the last thing you drank was.

[a-pea-sized-dan-1]

First doctor who is cancelled then taskmaster announces they've cast a transphobe and a predator apologist (AT LEAST)