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Anonymous asked: Not only do I love your blog ( heh found it ) but I also am secretly infatuated with you. K. here we go I got this idea from a spam msg I received on Facebook lol.. I know you like me but were always way too shy to say so :3 go hit up crushmasher(dót)com (uhh it wont let me do a regular link) then make an acct there. Search for the profile 'justmeandu33' ( obv me ) I posted body pix.. if u can figure out who I am msg me and we'll kick it. CC required for age but it is free. (annoying i know)

Oh come on, spambot, I already told you “no” once.  You’re just embarrassing yourself here.

Anonymous asked: Not only do I love your blog ( heh found it ) but I also am secretly infatuated with you. K. here we go I got this idea from a spam msg I received on Facebook lol.. I know you like me but were always way too shy to say so :3 go hit up crushmasher(dõt)com (uhh it wont let me do a regular link) then make an acct there. Search for the profile 'justmeandu33' ( obv me ) I posted body pix.. if u can figure out who I am msg me and we'll kick it. CC required for age but it is free. (annoying i know)

Awww, thank you spambot, you’re very sweet, but I have a policy of not dating robots or computer programs.  You guys have a bit of a reputation for turning against the human race, and I feel like that might cast a shadow over our potential relationship.  It’s not you, it’s me: I’m paranoid.

Anonymous asked: Are you still Homestucking?

INDEED I AM!  It is extremely addictive.

I’m up to the point where Rose has started extending John’s house upwards, and John is flailing around about something random, so Rose is helping him out by killing a bunch of monsters by dropping objects on their heads, and John is oblivious to this even though it’s happening in the same room as him.  Lol John.

Anonymous asked: I forgot my initial reason for following your blog, but whatever it was, I'm thankful. You have a clear opinion but know how to express it without offending people. I appreciate the understanding you show in the more serious subjects you talk about and your humor besides. Way to be my favorite blog.

Aww thank you, I really work hard at the “trying to express opinions without just yelling at people and offending them” thing, so I’m glad it’s succeeding at least somewhat.

freerobotfrost asked: Not that my follows really mean much, but your love of ponies and feminism is making me pretty happy right now :)

Yaaaay thank you!  And follows do mean something to me, I mean I’d be lying if I was like “Oh I am so cool and am totally secure and I never ever measure my self-worth by my internets popularity or anything.”  So uh, yeah.  Yay, people on the internet like me!

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nightkinks asked: ok! so as someone I have seen post Umineko pictures and whatnot... you would know (I hope). where do I begin? I was looking into the anime version, but it says that it's technically the 3rd installment or something like that? I know it's a video game, too, but, do I need to know video game stuff in order to follow the anime? thanks in advance!

Oh boy, Umineko.

Umineko started out as a sound novel — basically a computerized novel with pretty pictures and sound effects.  The sound novel has 8 story-arcs so far, all of which one can buy or download online.  You can get English translation patches at Witch Hunt.

However there’s also the anime, which is an adaptation of arcs 1-4.  The anime is kind of a contested subject in fandom because it suffered some adaptation decay, having to condense each novel down into 5 or 6 episodes.  However I found it quite enjoyable, and it’s not necessary to read the novels in order to understand the anime.

Also, there are manga adaptations of arcs 1-2, with more planned, and I’ve heard that they’re more faithful to the original novels than the anime was.

Anonymous asked: Soul Eater, if you still read it.

One True Pairing Ship: Maka/Soul, natch.

Favorite Canon Ship: Maka/Soul Kim/Jackie Sid/Nygus Dammit there aren’t any canon ships in this series, just heavy subtext!  Fucking shonen.  Oh well, I’ll go with Maka/Soul/Blair platonic roomie OT3.

“If this happens I’ll stab my eyes out with a spork” Ship:  I’m not too fond of Kim/Ox, since I much prefer them with their respective partners (who are totally crushing).

“You are one sick bastard” Ship: Maka/Stein.  :[  My only excuse is that Maka is just incredibly shippable and goes well with everyone.

“I dabble a little” Ship: Eruka/Mizune (they’re cute and evil!), Maka/Blair (it would make Soul’s brain explode!), and Marie/Yumi (just marry Yumi instead of the toilet!)

“It’s like a car crash” Ship: Stein/Medusa is pretty car-crashy, sort of like a crazier version of Baltar/Number 6 from BSG.

“Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet” Ship: Maka/Chrona.  I like their BFFness, but I’d feel guilty putting Chrona in a romance situation because I think s/he already has enough confusing shit to deal with.

“Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not” Ship: I saw some Maka/Black*Star fanart once.  It was surprisingly hot.  Like I said, Maka just goes well with everyone.

“Everyone else loves it but I just don’t feel it” Ship: I’m not much into the yaoi ships, but then that’s pretty standard for me.

Anonymous asked: Umineko

One True Pairing Ship: Beatrice/Battler.  No contest.

Favorite Canon Ship: Again, Beatrice/Battler.  HNNNNGH.

“If this happens I’ll stab my eyes out with a spork” Ship: Not a romantic ship, but if Maria decides to start liking Rosa again, I will be cheesed.

“You are one sick bastard” Ship: Ange and Maria?  Because um, they’re first cousins.  And age gap.  And loli.  And the Maria I’m thinking of is a magical book apparition.  Whatever, they’re adorable.

“I dabble a little” Ship: Jessica/Shannon, Maria/Sakutaro, Kyrie/Leviathan.

“It’s like a car crash” Ship: Bernkastel/Lambdadelta is epic car crash love.

“Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet” Ship: Battler/Dlanor kind of piqued my interest during EP 5.

“Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not” Ship: I totally ship Battler/Keiichi from Higurashi.  They’re pretty and adorable and angsty and they have so much in common!

“Everyone else loves it but I just don’t feel it” Ship: Ange/her pretty-boy bodyguard.  I def see the appeal, but I’m too busy shipping Ange with Mammon.

Anonymous asked: Meduka meguca.
I mean Madoka Magica.

One True Pairing Ship: Madoka/Sayaka.  Which nobody else ships.  ;_;

Favorite Canon Ship: Madoka/Madoka, from the opening credits.  :D  And also Kyubey/violent death.

“If this happens I’ll stab my eyes out with a spork” Ship: Not too fond of Sayaka/Kyosuke.

“You are one sick bastard” Ship: Mami/Charlotte.  I blame the fandom for this one.

“I dabble a little” Ship: I saw a fanart once of human!Gertrud/human!Charlotte and I was like “Yes.  Indeed.  I wish to subscribe to this newsletter.”

“It’s like a car crash” Ship: Kyubey/Bernkastel — troll OTP.

“Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet” Ship: Mami/Homura kind of piqued my interest when the bondage thing happened in Ep 3.

“Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not” Ship: Goddess Madoka/Infinity Silhouette from Heartcatch Precure.  Theirloveissopinkandcelestial!

“Everyone else loves it but I just don’t feel it” Ship: Kyoko/Sayaka.  I definitely see where fandom gets it from, but I’m just not into it.  And actually the same could be said for Homura/Madoka.  My ship tastes are weird in this fandom.

winklevoss:

closetospring:

sunisup:

This is a series of maps charting the shrinkage of Native American lands over time, from 1784 to the present day.  Made because I was having trouble visualizing the sheer scale of the land loss, and reading numbers like “blah blah million acres” wasn’t really doing it for me.  The gif is based on a collection of maps by Sam B. Hilliard of Louisiana State University.  You can see the original map here.

For those who do prefer dealing in numbers, here are some:

By 1881, Indian landholdings in the United States had plummeted to 156 million acres. By 1934, only about 50 million acres remained (an area the size of Idaho and Washington) as a result of the General Allotment Act* of 1887. During World War II, the government took 500,000 more acres for military use. Over one hundred tribes, bands, and Rancherias relinquished their lands under various acts of Congress during the termination era of the 1950s.

By 1955, the indigenous land base had shrunk to just 2.3 percent of its original size.

In the Courts of the Conqueror by Walter Echo-Hawk

* The General Allotment Act is also known as the Dawes Act.

wow.

But I live right next to a reservation and my grandfather and several friends do live there, yet there are no green marks in New York for present day… so am I missing a crucial piece of information about these maps? There’s still Seneca peoples on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. This map alone just wiped out some Native Americans!

edit: jk. apparently this map’s “present day” is actually referring to the present day of 1899. i hope everyone else got that because to think it is representing the current lands held by native americans in 2011 would be wrong.

Since several people have brought this up:

Yes, the “Present Day” map is missing numerous reservations.  This is because the omitted reservations are so tiny that they would be less than a pixel in size on a map of this scale.  For instance, New York state has 11 reservations, but all are too small to be seen on this map.

If you want to see a larger map that shows all the reservations, click here.

As for the “Present Day” map on this gif, the map was made in 1971, so the “Present Day” is about 40 years out of date.  However, it’s quite similar to the more up-to-date map that I linked in the paragraph above, so it would appear that the reservations haven’t expanded much in the past 40 years.

likethewaterfilter:

Right  I don’t want to argue about this I am just…what’s with the different shades of green and weird lines that this develops?

It’s two things:

1) the original map was actually several different maps which were printed on paper and then scanned, so there’s some folds, rips, and discoloration present.

and

2) I am not that adept at Photoshop.  :|b

Anonymous asked: calymore

3 favorite relationships: Helen/Deneve, Riful/Dauf, Clarice+Miata.  Helen and Deneve are asexual lesbian life-partners, Riful and Dauf are twisted yet strangely adorable villainous OTP, and Clarice and Miata are BAWWWWWWW sobsobsob

3 4 favorite characters: Riful, Yuma, Galatea, and Helen.

3 favorite moments: OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD: When Clarice goes back to rescue Miata from Agatha even though she’s utterly terrified and knows she has no chance of succeeding; when *spoilery character* sacrifices herself to save Clare at the end of the Pieta arc and then there is MASSIVE ANGST; and when Helen gets drunk.  Lol.

3 reasons I like/love that fandom: HAHA um.  I don’t like Claymore fandom very much.  They’re really small and obscure and produce little in the way of decent fanworks, but what they lack in size, they make up for in obnoxiousness.  HOWEVER: I am very fond of the fanartist GUGA aka 17046 on Pixiv.  She has a pretty style and draws lots of art of Yuma.

(If you’re confused by her homepage, just search for the section entitled クレイモア関連 and click on the little squares next to the artwork titles.)

Put a fandom in my ask and I’ll tell you my…

  • 3 favorite relationships
  • 3 favorite characters
  • 3 favorite moments
  • 3 reasons I like/love that fandom

Ask me theeeeeengs plz.

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Anonymous asked: Not only do I love your blog ( heh found it ) but I also am secretly infatuated with you. K. here we go I got this idea from a spam msg I received on Facebook lol.. I know you like me but were always way too shy to say so :3 go hit up crushmasher(dót)com (uhh it wont let me do a regular link) then make an acct there. Search for the profile 'justmeandu33' ( obv me ) I posted body pix.. if u can figure out who I am msg me and we'll kick it. CC required for age but it is free. (annoying i know)

Oh come on, spambot, I already told you “no” once.  You’re just embarrassing yourself here.

Anonymous asked: Not only do I love your blog ( heh found it ) but I also am secretly infatuated with you. K. here we go I got this idea from a spam msg I received on Facebook lol.. I know you like me but were always way too shy to say so :3 go hit up crushmasher(dõt)com (uhh it wont let me do a regular link) then make an acct there. Search for the profile 'justmeandu33' ( obv me ) I posted body pix.. if u can figure out who I am msg me and we'll kick it. CC required for age but it is free. (annoying i know)

Awww, thank you spambot, you’re very sweet, but I have a policy of not dating robots or computer programs.  You guys have a bit of a reputation for turning against the human race, and I feel like that might cast a shadow over our potential relationship.  It’s not you, it’s me: I’m paranoid.

Anonymous asked: Are you still Homestucking?

INDEED I AM!  It is extremely addictive.

I’m up to the point where Rose has started extending John’s house upwards, and John is flailing around about something random, so Rose is helping him out by killing a bunch of monsters by dropping objects on their heads, and John is oblivious to this even though it’s happening in the same room as him.  Lol John.

Anonymous asked: I forgot my initial reason for following your blog, but whatever it was, I'm thankful. You have a clear opinion but know how to express it without offending people. I appreciate the understanding you show in the more serious subjects you talk about and your humor besides. Way to be my favorite blog.

Aww thank you, I really work hard at the “trying to express opinions without just yelling at people and offending them” thing, so I’m glad it’s succeeding at least somewhat.

freerobotfrost asked: Not that my follows really mean much, but your love of ponies and feminism is making me pretty happy right now :)

Yaaaay thank you!  And follows do mean something to me, I mean I’d be lying if I was like “Oh I am so cool and am totally secure and I never ever measure my self-worth by my internets popularity or anything.”  So uh, yeah.  Yay, people on the internet like me!

BRB ANSWERING SOME MESSAGES THAT PEOPLE SENT ME EONS AGO

nightkinks asked: ok! so as someone I have seen post Umineko pictures and whatnot... you would know (I hope). where do I begin? I was looking into the anime version, but it says that it's technically the 3rd installment or something like that? I know it's a video game, too, but, do I need to know video game stuff in order to follow the anime? thanks in advance!

Oh boy, Umineko.

Umineko started out as a sound novel — basically a computerized novel with pretty pictures and sound effects.  The sound novel has 8 story-arcs so far, all of which one can buy or download online.  You can get English translation patches at Witch Hunt.

However there’s also the anime, which is an adaptation of arcs 1-4.  The anime is kind of a contested subject in fandom because it suffered some adaptation decay, having to condense each novel down into 5 or 6 episodes.  However I found it quite enjoyable, and it’s not necessary to read the novels in order to understand the anime.

Also, there are manga adaptations of arcs 1-2, with more planned, and I’ve heard that they’re more faithful to the original novels than the anime was.

Anonymous asked: Soul Eater, if you still read it.

One True Pairing Ship: Maka/Soul, natch.

Favorite Canon Ship: Maka/Soul Kim/Jackie Sid/Nygus Dammit there aren’t any canon ships in this series, just heavy subtext!  Fucking shonen.  Oh well, I’ll go with Maka/Soul/Blair platonic roomie OT3.

“If this happens I’ll stab my eyes out with a spork” Ship:  I’m not too fond of Kim/Ox, since I much prefer them with their respective partners (who are totally crushing).

“You are one sick bastard” Ship: Maka/Stein.  :[  My only excuse is that Maka is just incredibly shippable and goes well with everyone.

“I dabble a little” Ship: Eruka/Mizune (they’re cute and evil!), Maka/Blair (it would make Soul’s brain explode!), and Marie/Yumi (just marry Yumi instead of the toilet!)

“It’s like a car crash” Ship: Stein/Medusa is pretty car-crashy, sort of like a crazier version of Baltar/Number 6 from BSG.

“Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet” Ship: Maka/Chrona.  I like their BFFness, but I’d feel guilty putting Chrona in a romance situation because I think s/he already has enough confusing shit to deal with.

“Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not” Ship: I saw some Maka/Black*Star fanart once.  It was surprisingly hot.  Like I said, Maka just goes well with everyone.

“Everyone else loves it but I just don’t feel it” Ship: I’m not much into the yaoi ships, but then that’s pretty standard for me.

Anonymous asked: Umineko

One True Pairing Ship: Beatrice/Battler.  No contest.

Favorite Canon Ship: Again, Beatrice/Battler.  HNNNNGH.

“If this happens I’ll stab my eyes out with a spork” Ship: Not a romantic ship, but if Maria decides to start liking Rosa again, I will be cheesed.

“You are one sick bastard” Ship: Ange and Maria?  Because um, they’re first cousins.  And age gap.  And loli.  And the Maria I’m thinking of is a magical book apparition.  Whatever, they’re adorable.

“I dabble a little” Ship: Jessica/Shannon, Maria/Sakutaro, Kyrie/Leviathan.

“It’s like a car crash” Ship: Bernkastel/Lambdadelta is epic car crash love.

“Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet” Ship: Battler/Dlanor kind of piqued my interest during EP 5.

“Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not” Ship: I totally ship Battler/Keiichi from Higurashi.  They’re pretty and adorable and angsty and they have so much in common!

“Everyone else loves it but I just don’t feel it” Ship: Ange/her pretty-boy bodyguard.  I def see the appeal, but I’m too busy shipping Ange with Mammon.

Anonymous asked: Meduka meguca.
I mean Madoka Magica.

One True Pairing Ship: Madoka/Sayaka.  Which nobody else ships.  ;_;

Favorite Canon Ship: Madoka/Madoka, from the opening credits.  :D  And also Kyubey/violent death.

“If this happens I’ll stab my eyes out with a spork” Ship: Not too fond of Sayaka/Kyosuke.

“You are one sick bastard” Ship: Mami/Charlotte.  I blame the fandom for this one.

“I dabble a little” Ship: I saw a fanart once of human!Gertrud/human!Charlotte and I was like “Yes.  Indeed.  I wish to subscribe to this newsletter.”

“It’s like a car crash” Ship: Kyubey/Bernkastel — troll OTP.

“Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet” Ship: Mami/Homura kind of piqued my interest when the bondage thing happened in Ep 3.

“Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not” Ship: Goddess Madoka/Infinity Silhouette from Heartcatch Precure.  Theirloveissopinkandcelestial!

“Everyone else loves it but I just don’t feel it” Ship: Kyoko/Sayaka.  I definitely see where fandom gets it from, but I’m just not into it.  And actually the same could be said for Homura/Madoka.  My ship tastes are weird in this fandom.

winklevoss:

closetospring:

sunisup:

This is a series of maps charting the shrinkage of Native American lands over time, from 1784 to the present day.  Made because I was having trouble visualizing the sheer scale of the land loss, and reading numbers like “blah blah million acres” wasn’t really doing it for me.  The gif is based on a collection of maps by Sam B. Hilliard of Louisiana State University.  You can see the original map here.
For those who do prefer dealing in numbers, here are some:

By 1881, Indian landholdings in the United States had plummeted to 156 million acres. By 1934, only about 50 million acres remained (an area the size of Idaho and Washington) as a result of the General Allotment Act* of 1887. During World War II, the government took 500,000 more acres for military use. Over one hundred tribes, bands, and Rancherias relinquished their lands under various acts of Congress during the termination era of the 1950s.
By 1955, the indigenous land base had shrunk to just 2.3 percent of its original size.

—In the Courts of the Conqueror by Walter Echo-Hawk
* The General Allotment Act is also known as the Dawes Act.

wow.

But I live right next to a reservation and my grandfather and several friends do live there, yet there are no green marks in New York for present day… so am I missing a crucial piece of information about these maps? There’s still Seneca peoples on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. This map alone just wiped out some Native Americans!
edit: jk. apparently this map’s “present day” is actually referring to the present day of 1899. i hope everyone else got that because to think it is representing the current lands held by native americans in 2011 would be wrong.

Since several people have brought this up:
Yes, the “Present Day” map is missing numerous reservations.  This is because the omitted reservations are so tiny that they would be less than a pixel in size on a map of this scale.  For instance, New York state has 11 reservations, but all are too small to be seen on this map.
If you want to see a larger map that shows all the reservations, click here.
As for the “Present Day” map on this gif, the map was made in 1971, so the “Present Day” is about 40 years out of date.  However, it’s quite similar to the more up-to-date map that I linked in the paragraph above, so it would appear that the reservations haven’t expanded much in the past 40 years.

winklevoss:

closetospring:

sunisup:

This is a series of maps charting the shrinkage of Native American lands over time, from 1784 to the present day.  Made because I was having trouble visualizing the sheer scale of the land loss, and reading numbers like “blah blah million acres” wasn’t really doing it for me.  The gif is based on a collection of maps by Sam B. Hilliard of Louisiana State University.  You can see the original map here.

For those who do prefer dealing in numbers, here are some:

By 1881, Indian landholdings in the United States had plummeted to 156 million acres. By 1934, only about 50 million acres remained (an area the size of Idaho and Washington) as a result of the General Allotment Act* of 1887. During World War II, the government took 500,000 more acres for military use. Over one hundred tribes, bands, and Rancherias relinquished their lands under various acts of Congress during the termination era of the 1950s.

By 1955, the indigenous land base had shrunk to just 2.3 percent of its original size.

In the Courts of the Conqueror by Walter Echo-Hawk

* The General Allotment Act is also known as the Dawes Act.

wow.

But I live right next to a reservation and my grandfather and several friends do live there, yet there are no green marks in New York for present day… so am I missing a crucial piece of information about these maps? There’s still Seneca peoples on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. This map alone just wiped out some Native Americans!

edit: jk. apparently this map’s “present day” is actually referring to the present day of 1899. i hope everyone else got that because to think it is representing the current lands held by native americans in 2011 would be wrong.

Since several people have brought this up:

Yes, the “Present Day” map is missing numerous reservations.  This is because the omitted reservations are so tiny that they would be less than a pixel in size on a map of this scale.  For instance, New York state has 11 reservations, but all are too small to be seen on this map.

If you want to see a larger map that shows all the reservations, click here.

As for the “Present Day” map on this gif, the map was made in 1971, so the “Present Day” is about 40 years out of date.  However, it’s quite similar to the more up-to-date map that I linked in the paragraph above, so it would appear that the reservations haven’t expanded much in the past 40 years.

likethewaterfilter:

Right  I don’t want to argue about this I am just…what’s with the different shades of green and weird lines that this develops?

It’s two things:
1) the original map was actually several different maps which were printed on paper and then scanned, so there’s some folds, rips, and discoloration present.
and
2) I am not that adept at Photoshop.  :|b

likethewaterfilter:

Right  I don’t want to argue about this I am just…what’s with the different shades of green and weird lines that this develops?

It’s two things:

1) the original map was actually several different maps which were printed on paper and then scanned, so there’s some folds, rips, and discoloration present.

and

2) I am not that adept at Photoshop.  :|b

Anonymous asked: calymore

3 favorite relationships: Helen/Deneve, Riful/Dauf, Clarice+Miata.  Helen and Deneve are asexual lesbian life-partners, Riful and Dauf are twisted yet strangely adorable villainous OTP, and Clarice and Miata are BAWWWWWWW sobsobsob

3 4 favorite characters: Riful, Yuma, Galatea, and Helen.

3 favorite moments: OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD: When Clarice goes back to rescue Miata from Agatha even though she’s utterly terrified and knows she has no chance of succeeding; when *spoilery character* sacrifices herself to save Clare at the end of the Pieta arc and then there is MASSIVE ANGST; and when Helen gets drunk.  Lol.

3 reasons I like/love that fandom: HAHA um.  I don’t like Claymore fandom very much.  They’re really small and obscure and produce little in the way of decent fanworks, but what they lack in size, they make up for in obnoxiousness.  HOWEVER: I am very fond of the fanartist GUGA aka 17046 on Pixiv.  She has a pretty style and draws lots of art of Yuma.

(If you’re confused by her homepage, just search for the section entitled クレイモア関連 and click on the little squares next to the artwork titles.)

Put a fandom in my ask and I’ll tell you my…

  • 3 favorite relationships
  • 3 favorite characters
  • 3 favorite moments
  • 3 reasons I like/love that fandom

Ask me theeeeeengs plz.

(Source: asifhisheartwouldbreak, via glamaphonic)

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