You Know That You Are A Human…

Good fucking morning from Ukraine after the massive shelling by russia with almost everything they've got. I personally heard pretty loud explosions over my head. Thanks to our air defence I am alive.

But still there are lots of injured people across all the country as well as some dead.

"Gentle" reminder that russia is a terrorist state

Upd: the numbers of injured and killed are growing

Watched a documentary about the (now legendary) football games between the national teams of russia and Ukraine in 1998 and 1999. The sheer levels of imperialistic fascism the russians were displaying leading up to those games is just typical. And yes, both those games took place before putin came to power, russians have just always been like that.

Patches and pins "russian invasion of Ukraine 1998" were popular among the russian fans leading up to the first game in Kyiv:

The rhetoric in the russian media about Ukraine not really being a separate country intensified.

For the record, russia lost that game 3:2.

But all of this is nothing compared to the second game, in Moscow in 1999. Russia needed only to win in order to move on in the tournament. Ukraine could settle with a draw. And that is when the true madness unfolded.

Probably the best known episode was this headline in one of the biggest sports newspapers in russia:

You see, they had a player with the last name "Khokhlov". So, on the surface level, the headline says, "Kick, Khokhlov, save Russia!" However, if you read out the headline, it also says "Kick [slur word for Ukrainians], save russia!". The slogan is a paraphrase of one of the main slogans of the russian Black Hundreds (ultra-reactionary, ultra-nationalist pogromist monarchist movement in the russian empire in early 20th century), only in the original versions there was the slur for Jews there instead. The russians were very proud of that pun. It was everywhere at the time.

Vladimir Putin, who was the russian prime minister at the time, was present at the game. The way the russian commentators already went out of their way to keep singing his praises for no reason is a good indicator how russians tend to make a cult of personality around everyone who happens to be a figure of authority.

And then the game finished with a draw 1:1 after an unbeliavable goal by Andriy Shevchenko (and due to a mistake from russia's goalkeeper):

Putin got really upset. He stopped showing up at such sporting events for years after this.

The bus with the Ukrainian national team got attacked on its way to the stadium before the game (according to Shevchenko, russians threw bottles at it) and especially after the game (with all sorts of objects being thrown at it, from beer bottles to rocks).

Absolutely typical. And one of the clearest views of ruscism.

[ENG] Two mavkas - Stefania and Valerian - were hiding in the sunny forest. Stefania is a forest mavka, while Valerian belongs to the ash mavkas… What kind of strange mavkas are these? Come on, sit next to me, traveler, and you may soon find out! ---

[УКР] У сонячному лісі притаїлись дві мавки - Стефанія і Валеріан. Стефанія це лісова мавка, а Валеріан належить до попелових мавок... Що то за дивні мавки такі? Сідай поряд зі мною, мандрівниче, і можеш найближчим часом дізнатись!

Joxter

Idk maybe it can be an interesting AU about Kerubim which forgot in the next life his adoptive father. And Joris trying to remind him who they are... ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Like it or not your decision

When I watched "Puss in boots 2" I drew this

(I was drawing Keke from memory and it's kinda messy, so excuse me...)

I love this!

Scissor Wizard and Paper Wizard

It’s probably fine to leave them alone together.

I was saved from art block by cute cartoons

Я була врятована від артблока милими мультиками

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Bird House Prologue

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Мін Бао Зионг - другий з моїх головних героїв і перший, хто розповів своїм друзям про Вартових Зірок (інша назва - Зірниця, вони/їх або воно). Це магічне створіння з‘явилося у важкий для Міна період, і саме вони допомогли йому рухатися далі. 

За сюжетом Мін дізнається, що Зірниця не плід його уяви, бо друзі Міна - Клод та Ха Юн, теж їх бачили. Тому коли він, приїхавши до Катерини, побачив блискітку в небі, що потім впала на землю, то одразу здогадався - «Це вони!».

Відтоді він бажає знову їх зустріти, вже в їхньому всесвіті, віддячити та допомогти, якщо це буде необхідно ✨

Зионг - це його ім‘я, в той час як Мін Бао - прізвище, але через незвичну вимову Катерина та Клод називають його Мін.

(він/його)

Minh Bao Duong (Dương) is the second of my main characters and the first one to tell his friends about the Star Keeper (other name is Zirnytsia, they/them). This magical creature appeared during a difficult period for Minh, and it was they who helped him move on.

During the story,  Minh learns that Zirnytsia is not a figment of his imagination, because Minh’s friends - Claude and Ha Yun - also saw them. Therefore, when he moved to his friend Kateryna and on a first day saw a spark in the sky, which then fell to the ground, he immediately thought - “It’s them!”.

Since then, he wants to meet them again, already in THEIR universe, thank them and help if necessary ✨

Duong is his first name, while Minh Bao is his last name, but because of the unusual pronunciation, Catherine and Claude call him Minh. It has Vietnamese origins. 

(he/him)