#albaharuland

[croco-boy]

charliesrp:

YOU'RE VALID

albaharuland:

what are u saying canon elliott is nim!elliott

I just saw you guys replied this to that post about bucky and elliott, and i love you both lmao 

[jjhoa]

who is the name of the white haired girl oc?? i assume she has tails and hears of a white fox isnt her??

oh god i,,,I dont actually have a name for her yet?? wow I really should find a name soon dsfvsfsdf actually she originally doesn't have tails! the drawing looked empty w/o it so i just,. ....put it ye >:’’D 

[writingwithcolor]

Hi! I wanted to ask about fantasy world building based on a mix of cultures, even if those cultures are totally different. For example, a country that has an architecture based on egyptian and arab art, or one that is a mix between indian and russian architecture. I dont know if that would be appropiation or offensive, or how to avoid it or doing it in a respectful way. Also if there is a problem only using the art part and having a different made up traditions/lore (thanks for your time!)

On Combining Cultures Respectfully, Art, and Architecture

“Does it make sense within the world”

Avatar: the Last Airbender mixes Inuit and Japanese culture. Is this any form of sensical in the modern world? Sort of, with how there’s a language link between Siberia and the Canadian Arctic. Does it make sense within the confines of A:tLA? Absolutely yes.

I’m not against the concept of cultural blending. It just has to be sensical within the world itself. They might not be neighbours in the real world, but if you end up with a culture that’s “ocean-heavy Arctic on top of Asia”, then Inuit+ Japan makes tons of sense. But had it been even “continental Arctic”, then the Inuit influence would’ve barely made any sense at all, because they’re really not a continental people.

-Mod Lesya

Like mixed-race characters, blending real-world cultures in fantasy isn’t prima facie a problem, but you’d better make sure it makes sense within the world you’re constructing.  Lots of times authors fall prey to the “Rule of Cool” and just throw in things they think are neat without thinking about how they could have reasonably got there.

In the cases you mentioned, there are some historiocultural overlaps between Indian and Russian cultures (for instance, similar building materials, similar types of timbers in temperate parts of India and southern Russia, very deep cultural roots shared between Slavic and certain Indic cultures, etc.) that would give you a foundation to build on.  Other times shared cultural aspects have a common but non-native root—for instance the Russian onion dome and characteristic Indian Taj Mahal-style dome may have a shared origin in Islamic and Middle Eastern architecture.  Islamic culture is native to neither India nor Russia, but it touched and influenced both areas extensively.

Similar constraints hold for Egyptian and Arab art and architecture.  They used similar building materials but produced different results because the culture and artistic preferences were historically different, but we know that Arab culture strongly influenced Egyptian art and architecture in the Islamic period (think going from pyramids to Graeco-Roman amphitheaters to mosques and minarets, but all made out of limestone, mud brick, and very little wood).  Saladin Ahmed’s fantasy novel(s) feature an Islamic/Middle Eastern-influenced culture built on top of a dead Ancient Egypt-analogue [Nikhil’s note: I’m reading this right now and it’s awesome and you should too].

But regardless of the cultural influence, the material culture stays similar in place—in some Indo-Russian hybrid you might be looking at imported marble and precious stones for those buildings whose patrons could afford it, provided they have access to those materials either through production or trade, but for poorer constructions you’re looking at local building materials—so maybe thatch and half-timber framing and wattle-and-daub in Indo-Russia, or stone and mud brick in a desert environment like Arabegypt.  Art and architecture are functions of culture, and culture as a primitive exercise arises from the local environment, since it’s only once you get to the level of at least an organized economic community that outside trade starts to be a significant factor, which would facilitate creating art and architecture that would be exotic to the local environment.

-Mod Nikhil

[cursedsappho]

albaharuland replied to your post “I don’t understand how people survived watching Lost while it was...”

i watched it when it was airing with my fam and we suffered and make theories but spoiler alert they dont solve the 90% of mysteries              

It must have been hell lol, and yeah I know but I mentally prepared myself for it before starting it so I think I won’t be too disappointed??? idk, I’m mostly watching it for the characters than the island mysteries

[croco-boy]

♣️reshie

♣️ - weakness/soft spot headcanon

He has a soft spot for military dogs. He can deal with people hurting each other, he sees that as them making a choice and that’s on them, but putting those poor animals through it, he is disgusted. So when he sees a doggie he gets a little soft. 

[croco-boy]

💭nim!ell

💭 - daydream headcanon

He sometimes loses himself thinking about a better life, or a nice future life. A nice house, a husband, his art hanging on the walls, kids running around with their pet hellhounds... you know, normal stuff. 

[croco-boy]

🥔nim!cooper

🥔 - lazy headcanon

He CAN’T be lazy, but if he was, maybe, hypothetically, it would look like him on his pijamas pants, drinking wine on his couch, calmly reading a book, or, and he would never admit it out loud because this is OF COURSE hypothetically, watching commons reality tv.

[croco-boy]

💗 and ❌ for nim!elliott

💗 What advice would they give a potential partner about making their relationship last if they could with no judgment?

Communication is key. If his partner is like being secretive and not really being honest he would cut the crap real soon. I think he respects boundaries and if someone is not ready to talk he will wait, he is very like that, but he won’t be repeating what happened in his relationship with Aiden. He will want to have those conversations even if they are hard to have.

❌ What is the biggest mistake they make in their relationships?

He tends to idolize his partners in a way, like for him I think is harder to see their flaws or how they could be doing something that could be bad to him or their relationship, because he is very blinded by loving them.