[xxavaloraxx]

I think most of you know of the war between Russia and Ukraine and how it started today. As a Ukrainian myself, I don't want this war, nobody does. I live in Italy currently but I messaged my friends in Ukraine about the stituation and here are their responses:

-This is absolute madness! I heard an explosion this morning, shortly later there was an alarm and out teachers said to prepare because they would send everyone home. I'm preparing the bags, I'll text you later. (She's a college student)

-I don't know what to do... here in Kiev they're bombarding everything. My wife and kids have our bags ready and my wife's mother told us to come where she is, because the war hasn't started there yet. We would go right now if we could, but what's happening on the roads right now is pure madness. (Said by my Uncle)

-Look, I don't fully understand what's going on. Teachers said that we won't be going to school, grandma says that they will cut out the light and gas, I'm really scared.

-I don't know what to do, they took my son to the front to fight with Bielorussians. I don't want him there, I want him back at home! (This lady was bawling her eyes out when my mom called her)

Please consider that I'm a 14 years old teenage girl and I'm really scared for my relatives and friends there. I'm not asking you to reblog, I'm just spreading awareness.

And to you Ukrainians, stay safe. Хай Бог вас береже.

[serendipity-63]

seb podium art! so so happy and proud of the statement that he made with his attire 🏳️‍🌈

[otomechuchu]

Short post about filming C-dramas - Hengdian

So I noticed a lot of people keep commenting that sets and “cities” in C-dramas that had basically no budget as being super pretty and that they can’t believe they managed that with no money. Here’s the thing: Many C-drama are filmed in Hengdian. There are a few other filming studios that are also popular, but I would say Hengdian is in the top 3, or maybe top 1.

Hengdian is one of the largest film studios in the world and is one of the most popular places to film a period drama (area total of 3,3 km2 and building areas of 495,995 m2).

If I remember correctly, there are at least 13 shooting bases. Some buildings, palaces, areas are made in the style of Qin and Han dynasty, others are exact replicas of certain buildings (like Yuanming Yuan, the old summer palace).

It’s FREE to film in Hengdian. How do they stay in business, you ask? They make the money from hotels, restaurants, and renting out equipment & costumes. Some dramas or movies take only 1 month to film, others can take several months. Also Hengdian is huge, if you couldn’t tell, so there can be several film crews working at the same time. 

I would also like to point out that you can visit as a tourist. 

So far there are over 1200 films and C-dramas that have been filmed in Hengdian! Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, The Forbidden Kingdom, Mulan are some films that were filmed there.

If you watch other Chinese period dramas, you will recognize several buildings. Some C-dramas in recent years you might recognize are Once Upon A Time in Lingjian Mountain, Joy of Life, The Untamed, Word of Honor.

Like this one! Recognize it? It’s where they had that boyband karaoke consert thing in Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain 

Click here for a clip of the concert haha

July 3 2021

[scavengedluxury]

Rákóczi Avenue at night, Budapest, 1959. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[publiclyprismatic]

bipoc in (modern) dark academia 1/?: black girls

models/sources: [row 1] chanel mckinsie, subanbrn, unknown, [row 2] moonymaps, chocodamix, karly loyce, [row 3] donniedarkage, anok yai, unknown

mod reaux

[junkball]

London 2012 | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Tokyo 2020

Áron Szilágyi (HUN) beats Luigi Samele (ITA) 15 - 7 to win his third gold medal in Men’s Individual Sabre, becoming the second fencer to win three consecutive Individual gold medals after Valentina Vezzali (ITA, Women’s Foil)

[i--am-ironman]

Petition can be found here

credit: borozaska @ instagram

[averychaoticcritter]

am i crying again bc it’s gonna be almost illegal to even exist in this kibebaszott country soon ? yes absolutely i am. that’s it that’s the post.

[tigvenus]

maybe no one cares that much but this shit is happening here in hungary

[pixiedustystuff]

These are older news, still very important, but we got another round:

The government now wants to ban LGBTQ+ sex ed, children's books about rainbow families and different LGBTQ+ people, advertisements made by people who are actually LGBTQ+ and want to help young people, or just any event, object or anything that's connected to LGBTQ+.

And the worst thing is that they stated that "pedophilia is caused by this group's propaganda".

[mysharona1987]

[sosuperawesome]

Bryn Jones on Instagram

[dingdongyouarewrong]

i do unironically love saying The Before Times when talking about covid. if we’re gonna be in a deadly pandemic we might as well talk like we’re in bad YA. let’s allow ourselves that

[dankmemeuniversity]

[romantic-musings]

Jan Ironside

[satyriconmp3]

after shampoo day im the hottest girl in the world for two days and then i am a rat person again until the next shampoo day

[flagellant]

[desology]

Abandoned somewhere in France.

📸Julien Harlaut