part 347 dimensions of sight and sound

[aphanon_meme]

and of mind. Do do do do do do do do do do do.

How was your end-of-December-into-January time, meme? Did you make any New Year's resolutions? Or light a candle in your window in the hopes that Himaruya would update again instead of leaving us behind like an 19th century light house keeper's wife whose husband has gone off to sea? ... Did you?

Enjoy part 347!

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[(Anonymous)]

America is for grannies!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so excited that the Olympics are soon, aaahhh.

[(Anonymous)]

When do they start! Where can I watch them!

Because I am excited too and don't want to miss them but those two things are a little important in not missing them

http://hetarchive.tumblr.com/post/74395176088/hetaliaarchives-animate-has-posted-screenshots

[(Anonymous)]

Animate has posted screenshots for the upcoming unstreamed episode, I Was Overwhelmed by Heroines, from Volume 4. This episode marks the anime debut of Nyotalia versions of many of the characters. Included is a higher resolution version of the DVD cover, previously seen in this month’s Animate Charaby Magazine.

The DVD will be released on February 26, 2014.

Re: http://hetarchive.tumblr.com/post/74395176088/hetaliaarchives-animate-has-posted-screenshots

[(Anonymous)]

screams SCREAMS

[(Anonymous)]

What if Fem!Latvia ends up having big bouncing breasts

[(Anonymous)]

ew

Russian Space Lesbians!

[(Anonymous)]

Russian Broadway Shut Down - Government Deems All Theatre Homosexual Propaganda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBDJGx8ck0c

Re: Russian Space Lesbians!

[(Anonymous)]

i'm crying

from tumblr's new community guidelines

[(Anonymous)]

"Misattribution or Non-Attribution. Make sure you always give proper attribution and include full links back to original sources. When you find something awesome on Tumblr, reblog it instead of reposting it. It’s less work and more fun, anyway. When reblogging something, DO NOT inject a link back to your blog just to steal attention from the original post."

YEEEEEEEES.

Re: from tumblr's new community guidelines

[(Anonymous)]

I'm surprised they put that in there. Although, re: "always link back to original sources," I wonder if they are applying that to material that is public domain. Aka, should I always link back to Wikimedia Commons even if a painting is public domain? Hmmm

ITT: Kinks you can't get into

[(Anonymous)]

Not squicks, just things that make your nether regions go "meh".

Re: ITT: Kinks you can't get into

[(Anonymous)]

Obvious pain, especially with welts or cuts, like whipping or flogging.

[(Anonymous)]

What if Germany wears a wig? Strictly for efficiency's sake.

[wild_kuken]

It wouldn't be very efficient when I teach our dogs to play fetch with it!

ITT: Unpopular opinions

[(Anonymous)]

Re: ITT: Unpopular opinions

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't mind if female countries were treated as lesser in-universe. It would explain why many female countries tend to be, well...less.

[(Anonymous)]

LJ fans have grown so deluded that they claim that LJ eating comments is "done on purpose for better functionality"...

[(Anonymous)]

Russia: EU Tries To Impose 'Alien' View Of Homosexuality

BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Russia, caught in a pre-Sochi Olympic uproar over gay rights, accuses the European Union in a new report of trying to enforce "an alien view" of homosexuality on other countries.

The accusation is contained in a 153-page "Report on the human rights situation in the European Union", in which Moscow hits back at human rights criticism it regularly faces from the West by listing what it sees as rights failings in EU nations.

The report, presented in Brussels on Thursday by Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian foreign ministry's human rights commissioner, said the EU and its 28 member states saw it as a priority to disseminate their "neo-liberal values as a universal lifestyle for all other members of the international community".

"This is particularly evident in their aggressive promotion of the sexual minorities' rights. Attempts have been made to enforce on other countries an alien view of homosexuality and same-sex marriages as a norm of life and some kind of a natural social phenomenon that deserves support at the state level," the English version of the report said.

"Such an approach encounters resistance not only in the countries upholding traditional values, but also in those countries which have always taken a liberal attitude towards queers," it said.

It gave as an example the opposition of many French people to the legalisation of same-sex marriage last year.

Russia, preparing to host the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month, has come under fire from human rights activists over a law banning the dissemination of "gay propaganda" among minors.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel sorry for those who had to read 153 page of pure whining
Did anyone else see the black woman "chair" in a Russian magazine? http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1572864/thumbs/o-DASHA-ZHUKOVA-570.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

http://submarinedreams.tumblr.com/post/65444745490

sees this on my dash

"so the problem with GENDERBEND and GENDERSWAP"

SHORT ANSWER: they’re dehumanizing.

MORE IN DEPTH: (TL;DR)

are u kidding me

clicks on original post link

...it's deleted

rolls eyes

[(Anonymous)]

http://real-life-dipper-pines.tumblr.com/post/50053518799/so-the-problem-with-genderbend-and-genderswap

so it wasn't deleted but the person changed usernames.

finds the original post

"# GENDERBENDING # GENDERBEND # GENDERSWAP # GENDERSWAPPING # RULE 63 # NOT EVEN GETTING INTO HOW FICTIONAL CHARACTERS THAT ID AS A DIFFERENT GENDER # LIKE WHETHER THEY ARE UNDERCOVER OR IF THE NARRATIVE MAKES UP SOME BULLSHIT NARRATIVE ABOUT THEM COMING TO TERMS WITH THEIR GENER # GENDER* # THAT PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN THEM TO THE GENDER THAT ~FITS~ WITH THEIR SEX BITS # AND GOD FORBID TRANS* ARTISTS USE THEM AS COMFORT OR ANYTHING NOPE THEY GET DEATH THREATS # HOW DARE YOU MAKE GENDER ANOTHER GENDER GROSS GROSS!!! # THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SHIT ON MY DASH RECENTLY # IM ANGRY # TRANS* # TRANSGENDER # CISSEXISM CW # CISSEXIST SLURS CW

still rolls eyes

this day in HISTORY

[(Anonymous)]

41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor

1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth I of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763)

1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.

1862 – Bucharest is proclaimed capital of Romania.

1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.

1984 – The first Apple Macintosh goes on sale.

Today is also:
*The Unification Day of Romania

Re: this day in HISTORY

[(Anonymous)]

I can't stop laughing at HISTORY being in all caps

help

[(Anonymous)]

It's Romania's birthday?

[(Anonymous)]

I dunno, because there's that Unification Day but under "national days" it lists December 1, as the unification of Romania and Transylvania... but I don't think Himaruya has given us a canon date yet?

[(Anonymous)]

No, England. YOU are the colony.

[(Anonymous)]

If you squeeze an Anerica

[(Anonymous)]

It digivoles into an America?

[(Anonymous)]

It seems like fandoms are too scattered and fast-moving now that the most popular place is Tumblr. It was easier to belong and be part of a group before Tumblr. I also don't like the direction this fandom in particular has taken on there. Sometimes I wish that website never happened, even though that would be taking things way too seriously. I miss 2009.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it's really hard to belong to something in tumblr, where conversation or discussion is nigh impossible unless you are friends or something. There are no communities like in lj/dw and don't get me started on SJW roaming the place.

tl;dr I miss 2009 too. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Which characters got the most spotlight last year? Who's been out of focus?

[(Anonymous)]

More or less the same as always? America, the Italies during many of the blog entries and Nordics.

Rome and Germania got a funny strip, Bulgaria and Romania got also fleshed out more, with the cuteness of Moldova added.

Portugal and Luxembourg got their 15 minutes of fame and to a degree Ecuador.

And none or barely appearances of Egypt, India, Cameroon, Cuba...

[(Anonymous)]

it's unfair how cute some of the rp couples here are

[(Anonymous)]

i should follow our rp more i didn't know we had rp couples

http://mentalfacts.tumblr.com/post/74391847771/fact-5534-in-ancient-greece-if-a-woman

[(Anonymous)]

So what did Mama Greece do

Re: http://mentalfacts.tumblr.com/post/74391847771/fact-5534-in-ancient-greece-if-a-woman

[(Anonymous)]

We don't know, because even Greece himself wonders if his mom ever watched the Olympics.

[(Anonymous)]

Sooper ded.

[(Anonymous)]

WE'RE DEAD
WE'RE DEAD
WE'RE STILL ALIVE BUT WE'RE DEAD

itt: penny for your thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

whatever's on your mind

Re: itt: penny for your thoughts

[(Anonymous)]

i'm tired, i'm tired, i've got to get a grip and get on with it

i'm not unhappy, necessarily. but i want to get excited again. idk this makes no sense i'm tired so fuck knows what i'm trying to say.

i feel dissatisfied. not unhappy, but dissatisfied. there is an itch to scratch.

[(Anonymous)]

That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die.

[(Anonymous)]

¿Qué?

[(Anonymous)]

Rat-Infested Russian Ghost Ship Drifting Toward UK

http://en.ria.ru/world/20140123/186845997/Rat-Infested-Russian-Ghost-Ship-Drifting-Toward-UK--Report.html

Are you ready Arthur?

[(Anonymous)]

oh my god, I'm nearly crying laughing at the headline on that

that is fucking terrifying though, it's like a rat horror story

[(Anonymous)]

Is England's b-day canon? or just fanon?

[(Anonymous)]

fanon/national day