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So I found this caterpillar on my way to class

We’re bros

🌊 Types of Mermaids 🌊

please be respectful of cultural boundaries when working with mermaids from various cultures and traditions, and be mindful not to intrude.

🌊 Rusalkas - slavic in origin, disturbed spirits of the “unclean dead”, ghosts of women who died violent deaths, with a penchant for drowning young men. they live only in rivers and lakes, and are known to have green hair like aquatic plants, only appearing in the night. 

🌊 Melusina - a mermaid that walks among humans, but returns to their two-tailed form during baths and when they bathe their children. often a water spirit of a nearby lake or river. french origin. 

🌊 Siren - greek mythology. servants and companions of persephone, whom searched for her when she was abducted. they are known to sometimes have the body of a bird, and for their song, which lured sailors to their doom. cannibalism implied folklore. have the power of prophecy. 

🌊 Merrow - irish mermaid. known to have green hair and webbed fingers. particular noted love of music and their red cap, which when stolen, they will live with the thief until they find it, and then return to the water, leaving even a whole family behind. 

🌊 Ben-varrey - from the isle of man, known to bless those that are kind to them with prosperity, gifts, and even the location of treasure. 

🌊 Aicaya -  Caribbean mermaid, humans who become mermaids when they are shunned from their community and go to live in the sea. 

🌊 Amabie - japanese merpeople, with birdlike torsos and three legs and scales. they are gifted with prophecy, usually foretelling abundant harvests or epidemics 

🌊 Ningyo - “human faced fish” known to have golden scales, that brings bad weather and misfortune when caught, but when their flesh is eaten the consumer is granted youth and beauty, even agelessness. 

🌊 Finman / Finwife - magical shapeshifters that disguise themselves as sea creatures or plants to lure humans, unlike most mermaids they kidnap people from the shores to be their spouses or servants. they have a greed for jewelry and coins, particularly silver, and prefer humans over other finfolk. 

🌊 Sirena Chilota - considered the more friendly mermaids, caring for all fish life and rescuing drowned sailors to restore life to them. known for their human-like beauty and youth, according to legend they are the child of a human and a “king of seas”, tears are a powerful substance. from chilote mythology. 

🌊 Cecealia - sometimes known as “sea witches”, they are half human and half octopus. origins in native american and japanese mythology. 

🌊 Sirena / Siyokoy - the philippine version of mermaid and merman respectively. also called “magindara”, they are known to protect the waters from raiders, and protect the boy moon from sea monsters. Siyokoys can sometimes have legs however, covered with scales and webbed feet

🌊 Sea Mither - scottish/orcadian mythology, a spirit that personifies the sea during spring and summer, battles along scottish isles using storms to bring the summer about. a mother figure to all aquatic life. 

🌊 Ceasg - a fresh-water mermaid, specifically half-salmon, said to grant three wishes if captured. sometimes called maighdean na tuinne (maid of the wave) or maighdean mhara (maid of the sea). scottish. 

🌊 Selkie - though somewhat different from the typical mermaid, as they are not cold-blooded, have the body of a seal in the water and are human on land. in legends their skins are often stolen and they are kept by fishermen as spouses, or become lovers to fishermen’s wives who shed tears into the sea.  

For the folklore side of tumblr...

Folklore and fairy tales ask game!

1. Did you grow up with any fun folk beliefs/customs/superstitions?

2. What is one of your favourite romantic fairy tales?

3. What is one of your favourite non-romantic fairy tales?

4. Did you grow up hearing or reading folktales?

5. Did you have a favourite folktale as a kid?

6. Do you have a favourite book with folklore or folk/fairy tales?

7. What is one of your favourite folkloric creatures?

8. Is there a specific fairy tale you dislike?

9. Is there a particular culture's folklore you know most about?

10. Is there a particular culture's folklore you'd like to know more about?

11. Have a bit of folklore trivia you'd like to share?

12. Do you have any media about folklore to rec?

13. Do you have a folklore rant you're holding in? (Let It Out)

14. If you could change something about a specific fairy tale what would it be?

15. Got any burning folklore questions?

16. What's a folktale you used to love but grew out of?

17. Do you prefer fairy tales, fables, legends or myths?

18. Do you care about the distinction between literary fairy tales and folk fairy tales?

19. If you could own any object from folklore what would it be?

20. If you met a talking animal would you prefer it to be an enchanted human, a disguised spirit, or simply a gifted animal?

21. For the multi-linguals: do you like the term 'fairy tales' or do you prefer what they are called in your other language(s)?

positivity ask game to share —

sunsets: favourite part of your day

clouds: a dream of yours that has come true

daisies: a happy memory you often think of

oceans: a quote you live by

water lilies: a place you would wish to visit

lavender: a passion you want people to know about

herbal tea: an achievement of yours you are proud of

fine china: hopes for your future self

hummingbirds: your favourite season and why

forests: a place you find happiness from

rose water: an aspect of yourself you have worked on

full moon: star sign

poppy seeds: something you are looking forward to happening

sun-rays: something you admire in someone

lemonade: advice you’d give your younger self

meadows: an aspect of yourself you like

doves: a dream job of yours

cherry blossom: three words to describe yourself

paint brushes: a colour that speaks to you

night jasmine: a place you can truly be yourself

honey suckle: recommend a book/tv series

blue skies: your favourite cuisine

candles: a favourite scent

citrus: the film that always lifts your mood

shooting stars: the period of time which interests you most

gems: something you wish to achieve next year

fairy lights: a thought which comforts you when necessary

vanilla: your most prized possession

day dreams: a song that’s stuck in your head at the moment

rainbows: something you couldn’t live without

bluebells: three things you are thankful for

One of the details that gets lost in the transition of manga-to-anime for Fullmetal Alchemist, is the overt presence of foreign language. For example, the Xingese characters actually regularly speak Xingese amongst each other. While they aren’t the only example of foreign language being spoken, they are the most prominent. In the anime, every character no matter what race or what country they are from, speaks the same language as a translation convention. The only real hints that there are other languages present are very minor, like the fact that Ling wrote his message to Lan Fan completely in Kanji and that no one outside of them could read it. 

However, the manga has an interesting convention to denote that foreign language is being spoken, by giving every foreign language speech bubbles that are horizontal instead of vertical. This is lost slightly even when the manga gets translated because in Japanese, the vertical speech bubbles also have vertically typeset dialogue which help better distinguish the languages. Nonetheless, the speech bubble shapes are very distinct. When Ling talks to Ed, his speech bubbles are all vertical

As are Lan Fan’s

But look at Fu’s thought bubbles here and compare them to Paninya and Al’s vertical bubbles. They’re horizontal! Fu is shown to be thinking in his native tongue!

Conversations that we heard all in one language in the anime, were supposed to be in Xingese.

Like Ling, Lan Fan, and Fu on the roof.

And Ling speaking with Mei at the end of the final battle.

Its just one of those really neat details Arakawa uses that makes FMA’s world just a bit richer in the manga than what we see in the anime version of the series.

English is a difficult language. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

Everyone post ur favorite alphonse elric i’ll start:

Alphonse, 1 year old

Have any song requests for someone who's favorite genres are heavy rock and electro swing?

Yeah listen to The Avalanches until you get that whole “electro swing” thing outta your system and then vibe to some King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard with the album 'Polygondwanaland'