#romas

[global-musings]

Roma from Czechoslovakia and Romania (1960's) - Josef Koudelka

[songs-of-the-east]

Brides - Sophie Green

"The Kalaidzhi is an orthodox Christian subgroup in Bulgaria’s Roma community. Annually the semi-nomadic people hold bridal markets to sell young women for marriage. The potential brides, usually aged between 14 and 17, parade encrusted ball gowns, curled hair and whitened faces. Whilst men wear thick jewellery and even grow their little fingernail long to signify wealth. The money paid for the bride goes towards a wedding and their future lives together.

At the market, Girls and boys stand separately in groups observing each other and occasionally shaking hands and taking selfies together. The parents, acting as chaperones, spectate in the background, ready to approach anyone showing sincere interest in their daughter where they would then commence negotiations. Mothers and grandmothers dress in traditional Kalaidzhi long skirts and their long braids, partially covered by floral scarves, hang low against their backs.

While the Kalaidzhi community’s approach to finding love may seem feudal in the western world, the bride market is a tradition that the Kalaidzhi are proud to celebrate, and is a defining aspect of their identity and culture."

[wolfinlionskingdom]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Titanic (1997) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Thomas Andrews/Rose Dewitt Bukater Characters: Rose DeWitt Bukater, Thomas Andrews (1873-1912) Additional Tags: RMS Titanic, Alternate Universe - Post-Canon, Thomas Andrews Lives, Letters, Extramarital Affair, Past Trauma, Older Man/Younger Woman Summary:

"I've never wanted to put you in this position. I've never intended to have an affair with a married woman.”

“Thomas, we’ve been having an affair for years.”

He frowned.

“The letters,” Rose explained. “Yes, they were innocent. But at the same time, they weren’t innocent at all, were they? Not for a long time...”

[military-title-red]

77 kg? I can bench press you!

is this rizz?

Maybe I can sweep you off your feet when I see you next, ya know, if that's cool with you and all

-🌞

:0

O-Oh...

yeah.

↓(Red behind the screen)↓

[dopeasspancake]

Titanic AU where Thomas Andrews somehow survives the sinking but is so sad and (unnecessarily) ashamed that he lets everyone believe he died and (like Rose) lives life under a new last name in America.

A few months into his new life he comes across a struggling Rose and, bonded by their trauma, decide to stick together. Slow burn romance ensues where both try to deny their feelings for the other to themselves, trying to convince themselves it’s all platonic. Eventually they give in (AS THEY SHOULD).

And then they marry, have children, and live happily ever after.

[shadowcerise]

Oe em gee Romas is canon

[lesbianprincey]

best roman ship

Logince

Royality

Roceit

Prinxiety

Creativitwins (PLATONIC. NOT romantic. proshippers block me)

Romile (roman x emile)

Rosleep (roman x remy)

Romas (roman x c!thomas)

Voting ended onMar 2, 2023