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(.. .. .. now i want to know what you wrote)

well, just a series of sebinsky drabbles placed chronologically from 2006 to 2015, which kind of depicted the ups and downs of their relationship. my friend said she started panicking while reading because she thought it was going to have an unhappy ending. it didn't, but that comment symbolizes the pinnacle of my writing experience

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kimbk replied to your post “kimbk replied to your post “(.. .. .. now i want to know what you...”

given the quality of your previous submissions in aksug i really doubt that they're badly written :D however if you'd rather not that's fair enough, though i would be honoured as an audience if possible one day <3333

I mean to me it would be like showing my architectural projects to Mies van der Rohe :D It was different with the gopnik au, because it was kind of an unknown territory for you yet, but with general sebinsky it's just... Let's say it's my fear of appearing ridiculous that prevents me from sharing it now. But thank you for you comment, I do feel very flattered <3333

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kimbk replied to your post “(.. .. .. now i want to know what you wrote)”

... would... would it be asking too much... to ask to see .////////.

*looks at badly written amateur fic in russian*

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What are the usual facilities in/near a dacha community? Are things like the postal service, internet, shops etc. available in the same way as you'd see anywhere else? Or would it vary by community?

There's usually pretty much nothing. If it's just an array of dachas, you will only get a small shop or else a kiosk with essential things like bottled water, bread, pastry. They might as well sell coal for grills. Alongside the highway, leading to dachas, there might be these people with their cars parked on the side of the road. They can sell a variety of goods: from live crayfish to garden figures. Take a look — they claim that they have everything. Well, not really, but they do have honey and enormous quantities of condensed milk :DThere's usually no landline, but there's electricity, so people use mobile broadband modems and have internet with no problems. No postal offices usually, you won’t get your post there. There's a bus stop right near the community's entry.But the dacha is not that isolated though — ten minutes by car, and they are back to civilization.

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In the Gopnik AU, which people do you think would -not- have served the draft or done an alternative service? To my understanding, it seems that being in higher education defers the draft until one's studies are over, and Sebastian would not have had the duty in the first place because he's from elsewhere... I'm under the assumption that having served the year is the default, so I'm wondering about the circumstances where one wouldn't have done.

Thank you for asking! Here’s what I think :)

Generally speaking, draft age in Russia is 18-27 years old. You can avert serving the draft due to:

getting higher education

being the only breadwinner in the family

having 2 or more kids

having a PhD

and some other circumstances.

Alternative service is for those who:

cannot serve in the army due to their moral/religious principles

belong to the indigenous peoples living off of farming and other traditional activities.

Now let’s have a look at those in gopnik au who might or might not have served in the army.

Xavier — travelled so much after graduating from the College of textile and light industry, that the actual summons to the army notification never found him (it happens sometimes, yes), or he might have applied for alternative service I think...

Gaspard  — served the draft right after graduating from musical school. Served in the Military Band Service (probably played the drums, enjoyed it very much).

Louis — actually didn’t serve, because he graduated from the University of Ministry of Internal Affairs and applied for police work right after (this defers the draft and you have to work in police till you’re 27 to avert it completely, which he did).

Mike — didn’t serve, first because he was getting higher education, and later on his father made sure to arrange a fake testimony about a certain desease that puts off the draft (illegal, but hey, it’s Mike’s father). Now that Mike is back to studying, I think he’s safe — he’ll probably graduate after he’s 27 and with a PhD.

Vincent — served the draft after technical secondary school (refused to continue his father’s legacy or get higher education, started working right away).

Franck — didn’t serve, first because being in higher education, then due to health issues. I don’t know what you have in mind for Franck, so I’ll just list some possible options:

having platypodia (surprisingly widespread)

having really bad hyperopia or myopia

being severely underweight

having a personality disorder

There are some others, but again — I don’t know what you have in store for them!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY @kimbk !!!!! Thank you for all the amazing stories and support you’ve given this fandom!!

i hope you like anime girl body pillow seb 

@lisa-franck did the sketch for this and I colored it ;;u;;;

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kimbk replied to your post “kimbk replied to your post “Are you telling me they better watch...”

i promise that it'll be worth it ;_;

oh i have no doubts about that <3

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Might I ask what the status of French as a foreign language is in modern-day Russia? I know it had a big impact in the days of Imperial Russia, but I can't find much info on what's become of it nowadays... It's uh, important... :D

Well, it surely lost its former importance :D

It is taught at schools as an optional second foreign language starting from seventh grade (you may choose between German and French usually) and at universities. Schools with profound studying of French are not as needed as the ones of English (there’s only one in my city for instance), but the language is quite popular.  Alliances françaisesde Russie offers language courses and workshops for those who want to learn it outside schools and universities.

Overall, retro French films and music are very popular in Russia, so people might know (but not fully understant) lyrics of songs by Joe Dassin, Charles Aznavour, Édith Piaf or Mireille Mathieu.

Also, every post-soviet person knows the phrase Je n'ai mange pas six jours because of the book and the movie The Twelve Chairs.

ALSO sorry for offtop but I have just recently discovered that the word Kompot is originally French (compote) and my life will never be the same.