Mara Ampora

Eri, Mara | he/she/він/її | ruzzians DNI | ua, en | 32 yo

[maraampora]

They aimed a drone to kill a child. Human safari in Kherson is nothing new - they have been doing it for months. That's how they train their drone operators, you see - by hunting civilians. Animals. They killed a pelican by specifically aiming for it midflight.

We made a movie about it because nobody wants to listen to us normally. Maybe a movie will make them hear.

I don't care how tired are you from hearing about my people being hunted and killed for sport. If you are looking away from ruzzia commiting genocide of ukrainian people, I don't want to know you.

[skipppppy]

Back by popular demand. English Willy part 3

(Idk if I'll do another bc I feel like its run its course and unlike Scott Cawthon I would like to end my series on a high note! But to everyone who sent in asks or showed support or generally took part I love all of you and had so much fun with this. I might do more in future but I don't want part 4 to hang over me as something I HAVE to do)

[skipppppy]

Fuck it. So many of you asked for this so I’m delivering. English Willy part 2. Enjoy

(part 1)

[skipppppy]

Something about FNAF 3 and Fazbear Frights taking place in 2023 in our current social media landscape

(part 2)

[chippypiper]

The Clockwork God tightens his "corset"

unfortunate that none of the ideas i have for Sil feature his face, but i am quite satisfied with this being my first time drawing him properly. I didnt try to make the spine prosthetic make sense or anything as my priorities was to get the material right and to just make it look cool.

Im interested in Sils rejection of the "flesh" by replacing it more and more with tech, both for himself and his followers. I also have the headcanon his arm was amputated from his injuries in the Ald Sotha tragedy (reason behind the scar), later causing him back problems from improperly fit dwemer prosthetics. I can never let this guy have a break so i also imagine he had some debilitating illness (eg. cancer) leading up to the Foul Murder, its the reason why he was so tempted to use the tools besides just being curious as Sil genuinely just wanted to survive, also why hes so desperate to replace his body with machinery.

also sorry for my increased absence as im very busy and exhausted with uni assignments, i will also be missing for a few weeks in June due to mandatory summer practice

oh and have in mind im not as knowledgeable about Sil as i have not played eso (likely never will) only watched a playthrough of the clockwork city dlc, havent read the truth in sequence either, so bear with me if i make very "contradictory" headcanons here

1 close up:

[maxandkon]

So far, the hardest animation I've done, though ¿trend? is probably long gone, haha ... at this rate, I'm going to run out of food

[wordswithoutaworld]

It’s honestly wild how western media keeps rewarding russians with even more positive stories about them while they are killing ukrainians.

And they keep creating new reasons for russians to continue mocking ukrainians, precisely because western culture behaves this way.

All of this doesn’t just reinforce the Russia–Ukraine dynamic, but also creates a parallel one:

Russia–the West–Ukraine, where the latter ends up becoming a participant and accomplice.

[wordswithoutaworld]

The narrative that russians who are not directly involved in the war should not be expected or obligated to speak about it — on the basis that they’re not soldiers — quietly turns ukrainians who speak about the war into some kind of soldiers by default, stripping us of the possibility of being seen with empathy as civilians.

[kookaburrito]

how fun to wake up and the first headline I see is UKRAINE IS FACING A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

[wintersmitth]

How fun having no goddamn idea when you gonna get electricity. It's fucking freezing.

[wordswithoutaworld]

When I say that slavic representation shouldn’t be built around russians who support the war, some people immediately start suggesting other russians we could choose instead.

No — what I mean is that maybe it’s finally time to shift attention to other slavic groups altogether, rather than launching yet another debate over who is a “good” or “bad” russian, which inevitably leads to more pointless internet fights.

[vyvilha]

the reason why russia needs ukraine to be a part of it is because its fundamental national myth is built on the idea that modern russia is a successor to kyivan rus. that's it. not because of nato borders, not because of banderites, or biolabs, or whatever else they feed the west to try and legitimize this war, but because of a fascistic need to establish their country as one that is built on ancient history and long tradition. this is why they deny ukrainian identity and language, this is why they kidnap and russify ukrainian children, this is why, on occupied territories, they burn ukrainian books, kidnap and torture people for speaking ukrainian, and start teaching russian language and literature in schools. because the existence of russian nationalism depends on ukrainians not being real.

[snovyda]

And that is why even the anti-Putin russian opposition is just as vehemently imperialist as Putin himself.

Because the core of their very national identity is rooted in the idea of empire. Addressing it is difficult, because it's part of the given to them. But without them addressing it, russia and russians will never stop being a threat.

[ulyssessimpsongrant]

Grips the shoulders of every tankie and reverse American exceptionalism numbskull.

Fascism did not exist in the 1600s. Or 1700s. Or 1800s. It is an invention of 20th century Italy.

Capitalism did not exist as a fleshed out economic concept until the 18th century.

Colonialism is as old as civilization itself, your reverse American exceptionalism is embarrassing.

[atiya-nagrano]

i do think you can interpret the warden as having been deliberately sabotaged in being made warden-commander (and that is my interpretation). they've been warden for a year. they've met a grand total of 3 wardens, possibly adding avernus if you do soldier's keep. they've been given shall we say a rudimentary overview of what being a warden entails. at least one big reveal is locked behind the alistair romance. none of the origins except maybe but quite-frankly-not-rly aeducan and cousland are well equipped to handling a territory as large as amaranthine pulling double duty as arl/essa and warden-commander. warden-commander for all of ferelden, when duncan seemed to kind of just be freelancing it.

weisshaupt is reluctant to send more than riordan after having a bunch of wardens turned away. they're all of a sudden v confident abt filling vigil's keep w orlesian wardens in a way that's weird even taking into account loghain being out of the picture. even if the darkspawn hadn't slaughtered anybody, that's kind of provocative! that's kind of a huge mess for the new fereldan commander of the grey to manage! and if your hof dies, then they just straight up send an orlesian to be commander! this is bad diplomacy even if the wardens and ferelden have historically been on good terms, which they have not!

but then everybody gets slaughtered DAY ONE and................no reinforcements are sent? it's just 'well you better recruit some more!" the first warden sends woolsey DIRECTLY, and she is, as far as i can tell, just sort of there to manage money and observe how the wardens having legitimized control over an arling impacts their influence. i think she's also reporting back, tho this is conjecture on my part. her presence is bizarre, esp given that varel is local, gable has been working in the area for a while, and garevel is ambiguous but at least willing to go toe to toe w woolsey.

i think, esp in a worldstate where the warden-commander is the surviving hof, that weisshaupt makes them warden-commander with the intention of forcing them to either resign in disgrace or otherwise be removed. humble the person who survived the unsurvivable! ensure their legacy crumbles before it has time to set! make them inconsequential so that all the other wardens aren't asking 'well how'd THEY survive. it's possible to survive killing the archdemon??' i think weisshaupt isn't interested in curing anybody but they certainly have huge archives and resources with which to conduct that kind of research. but curing the taint does create a scenario where wardens could just up and leave, and that weakens warden power.

a surviving hof warden-commander starts performing joinings straight away. they potentially don't know wardens are infertile. they've had zero training. AND they're expected to balance the needs of a hard-hit arling as well as building the fereldan branch of the order from the ground up. if i am the warden i'm going hey it kind of seems like i'm being set up to fail.

[bobbiedebruyn]

you hate heated rivalry because of its overbearing fanbase

i hate heated rivalry because it greatly contributed to sanitisation of russian culture and resulted in people actively defending russia and the war crimes it commits on a daily basis

we are not the same

[jacensolodjo]

"I've never heard of russia doing [thing they definitely did]. Unlike [other countries]"

they definitely did tho. they definitely did and we have video of it. we have the actual destroyed buildings and the bodies. they did the thing. they did the goddamn thing. just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean they didn't fucking do it!!

In many cases, russia invented [thing you think they've not done].

[mariacallous]

[forsakenwitchery]

Gustave + making the team smile

my Clair Obscur gifs