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[nereiarts]

Since it was my birthday yesterday and since this blog keeps getting lots of new followers all the time, I thought I’d take this occasion to introduce myself. Hello, I’m Aura and I run this blog. I don’t have preferred pronouns so use whatever works for you. I draw, make comics and write, and occasionally dabble in a lot of other things. Some of my other interests include winter swimming, tea and languages.

[nereiarts]

Also I would like to point out to be very careful about what sources you reblog about the matter! Last year many of the viral fear-mongering posts about Article 13 turned out to be written by right wing supporters, f*scists and racists trying to use the panic to spread their anti-EU rhetoric. While Article 13 is not a step in the right direction for the Internet, I am fully supportive of the EU.

Oppose the directive, not the EU itself. Thank you.

[nereiarts]

So the European Parliament voted in favor of Article 13 today. There’s a lot of false information being thrown around right now so be careful what sources you believe  - no, Tumblr posts are not a trustworthy source, believe me. OTW (aka the awesome people behind AO3) will cover the vote and its possible impact on fandom in their news article next week, as mentioned in today’s This Week In Fandom article (link), so make sure to follow their social medias if you need updates. I trust OTW as a source on this since they fight the good fight for fandom and transformative works and have a team of lawyers who actually understand the legislative point of view on the matter. AO3 won’t be affected by Article 13 as it isn’t a for-profit site so our fanfics are safe, but the case is much more complicated for sites like Tumblr and Twitter and especially Youtube, and no one really knows what exactly will happen now. People have been painting doomsday scenarios left and right but I personally don’t believe this means that fan art will become illegal in the EU.

Also please note that this is an EU directive, meaning it’s not in effect instantly and all countries will have their own ‘versions’ of it; all EU member countries will implement the directive into their own country’s legislation as they see best, meaning some countries will be more strict and some more liberal than others. My country does not view things like fanfic and fan art as infringing copyright and are regarded are parodies etc. which are protected by the law, so I doubt this directive will impact me personally, but we’ll see how this plays out.

Keep your eyes out for now and if you’re in the EU, please go vote in the upcoming elections, it’s very important right now!

[nereiarts]

You know, I read your story about how Swedish is/was seen as a high class thing in Finland, and... I live in Norway, I'm not Norwegian though, and, Sweden, and Swedish as a language are constantly the butt of jokes. I've met a few Swedes, and of course they have their own jokes, but like... it's so weird to think of it as a status symbol, when you actually know real Swedes, and constantly read jokes about Swedish things. I even asked one of them about it, and they just looked mildly curious.

Yeah, my experience with Swedes is the same. Like all Swedes that I’ve spoken with about the status of the Swedish language/Swedish-speaking minority in Finland have been mostly baffled and/or amused. I live in Sweden atm and am engaged to a Swede, so these talks come up frequently (and the amount of Swedes who don’t even know that Swedish is widely spoken in Finland is astonishing, or that it’s a mandatory subject in our curriculum).

I also feel like my experience growing up is pretty unique tbh? Because I’ve met other Fenno-Swedes as an adult and they were totally different from my father’s side of the family and mostly just horrified in my stead, so. Yeah. :’D My family’s just a special flavour of weird - and I admit it was really alienating growing up hearing that we’re “bättre folk” (better people) just because of something as arbitrary as language. I still don’t ID as Fenno-Swede and I probably never will because of that attitude.

One of these days I’m writing a damn novel about my absurd family, haha.(sorry I rambled hhhhhh)

[nereiarts]

Yep yep I’m mostly alive!! And kicking. I got back around 1am last night. I had a very eventful weekend and you’ll hear all about it in the form of some comics later this week once I feel less dead lol I probably shed like several pounds just sweating from dragging 10 kilos of comic books

Thank you all so much for all the wonderful requests btw, I’ll post them all in the coming weeks! <3 Feel free to send more, I like having requests in my inbox for quiet times.

[nereiarts]

Four days in London (2013). I don’t think I’ve ever shared any pics here from that one time my best friend and I roamed around London for four days, so here are some. We were just talking about this trip yesterday and daydreaming about going back - it’s a weird feeling, being homesick for places you’ve visited but never lived in. I like travelling like this, without plans, just picking a station to get off at and spending the day exploring on foot.

Lots of pictures of me because I love that coat and it looks fancy in photos.

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Currently in mourning right now