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do you think hws america ever flung himself into the path of a tornado just for the fck of it?
I'm an orange moon I'm brighter than before Brighter than ever before I'm an orange moon and I shine so bright Cause I reflect the light of my sun
orange moon - erykah badu
warning: petty anger lmfao
yall really gave more flack to a young person upset with a lack of sensitivity in the fandom than to a nazi incest lover who just made a israel oc. fuckin bunch of bitches who only pick on someone smaller than yourselves because you know you’ll win
giving y'all my unfiltered thoughts and anger is my way of staying humble and I hope it doesn't scare y'all away. the equivalent of letting shots off in the hood: gotta keep the rent low lmao
happy juneteenth but dont forget that prisoners are legally allowed to be subject to slave labor and also black people are disproportionately arrested and subjected to that legality. happy juneteenth but slavery still lives in america. america is still dependant on slave labor.
kill ivan vol. 2 electric boogaloo
and an extra scene redraw:
hold up, let me add a tune to this
2p rusame human au in the 1980s where dmitri is a trucker from montana who just migrated from russia and allen is an Indian cowboy from gallup who bucks at state rodeos. they meet when dmitri’s truck shuts down outside the convenience store in the reservation and allen lets him borrow his house phone (cause the public phone was knocked down months ago). it’s there that they get acquainted and allen notices dmitri has a hard time with english.
they get to talking and knowing more of each other and then allen lets him crash on his couch. allen gets an uncle to help him fix the issue with the truck the next morning and dmitri is all set to leave- but not before they exchange info. after becoming friends, allen teaches dmitri english and helps him with his citizenship test, and in exchange, dmitri teaches him how to stay on a horse better (because he worked at a horse riding school in khabarovsk).
2p rusame human au in the 1980s where dmitri is a trucker from montana who just migrated from russia and allen is an Indian cowboy from gallup who bucks at state rodeos. they meet when dmitri’s truck shuts down outside the convenience store in the reservation and allen lets him borrow his house phone (cause the public phone was knocked down months ago). it’s there that they get acquainted and allen notices dmitri has a hard time with english.
they get to talking and knowing more of each other and then allen lets him crash on his couch. allen gets an uncle to help him fix the issue with the truck the next morning and dmitri is all set to leave- but not before they exchange info. after becoming friends, allen teaches dmitri english and helps him with his citizenship test, and in exchange, dmitri teaches him how to stay on a horse better (because he worked at a horse riding school in khabarovsk).
I wanna thank the homie Astro for allowing me to ramble on about the language headcanon! <3 here's my attempt at a small breakdown of why he knows these languages fluently:
OSAGE
He first learned the language after working with "the five civilized tribes" to come to a treaty for land exchange with the Cherokee nation. While he was very adamant about letting tribal nations handle their own disputes, he was essentially a US mediator (who was to find the best outcome for the government - which he despised). He was stationed in Pawhuska for months at a time while the treaty was ratified and practiced the language with native community translators. He would not become fluent until the early 1920s when the Osage Nation became the richest community in the world after discovering an enormous oil reserve under their territory.
DINÉ BIZAAD
Like his introduction to the Osage nation, he was sent out to what is now New Mexico to become acquainted with Southwestern tribes (and learn about them to benefit his overseers). It was a terrible idea (on their part) because this only solidified his feeling of uncertainty over land expansion (AKA manifest destiny) and helped him connect to a native community in a way he never had before. The Diné/Navajo communities he encountered were kind but reserved; they had already been attacked by the Spanish, and now they had to prepare to go against another entity - it was a struggle that young immortal Alfred knew well at this point. It was here where he first felt any opposition to his government. It was here where he also began to speak with elders and attempt to document their writings, their practices, and their language. He kept record of all rituals and languages he came across, but Diné Bizaad stuck with him because of how widely spoken it was in the Southwest.
HOPI
Alfred would encounter the Hopi Nation during his first trek to the Southwest. Hopi people are close to the Diné people and often intersect socially and culturally, but are vastly different linguistically and in tradition. He learned the language via young tribal leaders to exchange information about land annexation, but he did have a closer connection than expected... (In my theorized origin story for him) Alfred was born from the Hopi origin story. The story goes that the Creator, Maasaw, asked the people to rise from within the earth and explore its four corners until they reached the center place. Within the Hopi Nation, the center place is known as Chaco Canyon. In the canyon, indigenous peoples all over the Southwest would congregate to trade and rest. Alfred was born on that canyon, and with his walking feet, and a lot of help from other native peoples, reached as far as Virginia - and the rest is history. He would not find out about this until the 1970s (during the height of the American Indian Movement-- I hc he had a really bad mental breakdown at the end of the 1960s that led to this discovery but that's another thing).
MVSKOKE
Mvskoke/Muskogee was one of the first indigenous languages he would learn. He picked up the language before he even became a nation. Muskogee leaders would often meet with his overseers to maintain relations and several leaders (Mary Musgrove definitely taught him) would teach him personally. He was very keen on keeping notes of the language as well. The Creek/Muskogee Nation was considered one of the five "civilized" tribes and was one of the first communities Alfred ingrained himself into.
MASSACHUSETT
Massachusett/Wampanoag and Ojibwa/Ojibwe are mentioned together as they are both languages in the Algic language family. However, they are different in their own right. Wampanoag was the first indigenous language Alfred would learn. He first encountered it when he formally established himself in Jamestown. Many of the settlers in the community already spoke some of the language, but he would pick up the linguistics directly from Algonquian people who would come into town to trade.
OJIBWA
He would learn Ojibwa/Ojibwe during the Revolutionary War (begrudgingly) because Ojibwe natives and Algonquian Ojibwe speakers sided with the British in hopes of not losing their homelands (this is a plight he would upsettingly not understand until much after). He taught it to himself by picking up verbiage among Algonquian allies and would serve as a translator between the Ojibwe people and the "rebels" during negotiations.
our favorite golden retriever boy's bday is soon AND powwow season is just around the corner so here's some indigenous headcanons I've got for alfred f. jones!
he is actively attempting to learn every single native language within his region, but fluently speaks osage, dine bizaad, hopi, mvskoke, and algonquian massachusett and ojibwa
he is the embodiment of sunshine. he can make everyone laugh, and that includes babies. that being said, he has been the reason for at least 100+ babies' first laughs and has proudly thrown parties for each of their families as per the navajo tradition
him (and matt) fully volunteer to drum and sing at powwows, especially at small town ones. they will roadtrip across canada and the us during the summer and absolutely bring the party to the 49. they also do it to overindulge in piccadilly and indian tacos
he is not a religious person but he does acquiesce in spiritual traditions he has picked up from native elders. the major one he uses is smudging. alike the kid from 'sixth sense', he sees dead people-- or ghosts to be exact lol. and he hates them! which is why he will often smudge and pray early in the morning, once a week, to cleanse any spirits from his house
smokes are always in his possession. while he does smoke on occasion, he mostly carries them with him for exchanges. for example, if he encounters a cool mineral on the roadside, instead of just taking it, he will leave tobacco behind as a show of appreciation
he feeds the rez dogs exponentially (even when everyone at every rez keeps telling him not to fuckin do that, you shitass)
put him on your rob list because he owns so many beaded jewelry and turquoise, it may just pay off your student loans and then some
his mutton sandwiches and navajo burgers will make you fall in love with him, no joke
our favorite golden retriever boy's bday is soon AND powwow season is just around the corner so here's some indigenous headcanons I've got for alfred f. jones!
he is actively attempting to learn every single native language within his region, but fluently speaks osage, dine bizaad, hopi, mvskoke, and algonquian massachusett and ojibwa
he is the embodiment of sunshine. he can make everyone laugh, and that includes babies. that being said, he has been the reason for at least 100+ babies' first laughs and has proudly thrown parties for each of their families as per the navajo tradition
him (and matt) fully volunteer to drum and sing at powwows, especially at small town ones. they will roadtrip across canada and the us during the summer and absolutely bring the party to the 49. they also do it to overindulge in piccadilly and indian tacos
he is not a religious person but he does acquiesce in spiritual traditions he has picked up from native elders. the major one he uses is smudging. alike the kid from 'sixth sense', he sees dead people-- or ghosts to be exact lol. and he hates them! which is why he will often smudge and pray early in the morning, once a week, to cleanse any spirits from his house
smokes are always in his possession. while he does smoke on occasion, he mostly carries them with him for exchanges. for example, if he encounters a cool mineral on the roadside, instead of just taking it, he will leave tobacco behind as a show of appreciation
he feeds the rez dogs exponentially (even when everyone at every rez keeps telling him not to fuckin do that, you shitass)
put him on your rob list because he owns so many beaded jewelry and turquoise, it may just pay off your student loans and then some
his mutton sandwiches and navajo burgers will make you fall in love with him, no joke
alfred f. jones fit check 🤠 (bcuz only he can drag me outta art block)
inspo pics below:
you got me crying at the carne asada, homie…. whoever this is…. thank you so so much
pinkflipphonez posts the best , most well thought out head canons & the way they draw Alfred just wrecks me
♥♡∞:｡.｡ Positivity for @pinkflipphonez ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆
I was starting to get self conscious about being the only one with a huge ass device in the casino I’m at- but lo and behold, a person just came in with a laptop
brother in christ, we steal this casino’s free drinks and wifi as a team 🤝🏼
alfred “f is for foking deadly n8v boy” jones will find any excuse to roll up to the function with his wicked and customized medallions like these:
mattie beaded them for him and he was paid exclusively in a full rack of ribs and AJ’s signature smoked mac ‘n’ cheese
I feel I should specify when I talk about the vast majority of Israelis supporting this genocide it's not to call for violence of them or even to demonise them. It's to call attention to Israel having a genocidal education system which dehumanises Palestinians from the moment Israelis start school. Ilan Pappé did a study in 1994 of the Israeli education system and raised the alarm that it would raise a generation who are even worse than those who first colonised Palestine in 1948. We're seeing the truth of that now.
I raise this point because we're seeing this attempt by politicians and the media to claim that it's just Netanyahu who is to blame for this genocide and not a systematic problem that requires boycotting, divestments and sanctions to push them to correct. This lie is being pushed because they do not want to change the status quo which allows for Israel to steal Palestinian land and homes and keep Palestinians under military occupation.
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okay, so I've been seeing some folks in the RusAme Country Club and Yacht Society say they don't see Ivan and Alfred together romantically nor do they see them having a healthy and/or romantic dynamic at all..... and I'm here to tell you that you are not seeing the VISION!
get a goddamn glass of your finest bourbon and/or vodka and put this record on your turntable, 'cause I'm about to ramble (CW: heavy-handed headcanons lmfao, foking long as hell too)--
Let me put it this way..... these two immortal beings met during a time of revolution and revolt. They met through a plead for help and a petty need to drive a third party crazy, and within that realm, found that they admired each other greatly. They revered their intelligence, their ambitions, their resistance, their people. Both beings were open and excited to learn from each other, and in that excitement, grew fond of each other at breakneck speed.
These two juxtaposed beings became best friends- despite the long distance, despite the difference in linguistics, and were bonded by a love for music, food, culture, and knowledge. They were uña y mugre; inseparable, always writing and visiting whenever possible. These two beings had their own inside jokes, their own gossip, their own humor. They even learned to speak in their respective languages in order to better understand each other!
Through this inexplicable connection, one of these beings is suddenly thrust into a civil war. Is it unlike anything they have experienced in their relatively young life. While others around them stay at a distance, their best friend of some odd years now immediately rushes to their side and helps in every way. They never leave their side, watching them break apart, seeing their health deteriorate, feeling helpless, seeing a flawed side of them like never before. Despite it all, despite the ugly irrational and hurt person they they know now, they care about them so much more. The feeling is mutual, as the war torn being holds nothing but utter appreciation for the other for staying through it all.
Simply knowing they could have ceased to exist with the war only serves to strengthen the bond they have. this transforms into something that takes both of them by surprise-- this deep love overtakes feelings of comradery and now they are just as inseparable, more so than when they were just friends. Now they know words of romance, they tear pages from love stories to send to each other, their embraces last much longer, they often get lost with each other at parties, they wake up later than everyone else. No one knows why. No one knows. These being truly live in their own world of pure, raw, unadulterated love. Their love is passionate, energetic, intense, engulfing, erotic- it's love at its best.
Once again, out of the blue, the climate around them changes. Suddenly, the older being is thrown into a revolutionary war kilometers away from the other. The younger beings' friends and allies disapprove of their alliance. In an unexpected turn, the second being's overseers also disapprove of their alliance as well, because their alliance only makes ridicule of the policies they must now abide by.
Then a world war distracts them from ever solving this issue. Then a second world war. Then a third war, where they are now the main contenders, and are now so apart, they have not seen each other in years. Not one word. They didn't even get to formally finalize their relationship. it just ended. As quick as it had started, now all they feel is anger. Anger that aims at their respective policies, their regressive societies, their ideologies. That anger was not born from those things. The anger stems from unfinished business; no closure, agonizing and guttural heartbreak. The frustration from what was left unsaid is what speaks for them and it comes out in physical brawls, in competitiveness, in slander, in unruly hatred.
Within this cloud of despise, there are glimmers of hope. Elbe Day, Van Cliburn, the space race, the Moscow-Washington hotline, the Olympics, worlds fairs, music, celebrations, US-Soviet soldier reunions, magazines, books, movies, joint ventures: they notice all of it. Slowly but surely that seething hatred just becomes a numb feeling of indifference.
As the decade comes and goes, they are both on separate paths. One being is suffering from socioeconomic and political turmoil, and the other... hates it. Despite the half-century they spent hating each other, seeing them in disarray is unsettling. Something they aren't aware enough to recognize is how much they care. There is care in the fact that instead of feeling schadenfreude of an ex-friend/ex-lover/ex-enemy's plight, they feel upset to see each other a mess. The more well-off person helped the other without a question. Their helping hand wasn't and is not used as artillery, it is just cut-and-dry help.
Now they are acquaintances again. They see each other at conferences. They say 'hello' to each other as they walk by. They share coffee and a cigarette here and there. They banter. Most importantly, they are equally disliked by most. This fact in itself leaves them with a weird thing to relate to. Sometimes it leaves them drinking together, complaining about tedious things others around them don't care for and would laugh at them for complaining about. Through that strange comradery, they find inside jokes, mutual interests, and "bonding time". Their bonding time is often just small talk or getting drunk- but funny thing, it will often push them a bit closer. Sometimes it will lead to a dinner, or a symphonic performance, or may just land them at the other's doorstep. Or in the other being's room. Or their bed. Once. Maybe three, four-- teen times? When did it start up again? Nobody knows. Hell, they don't even know.
What they do know is that when they're around each other, they cannot keep to themselves. They can be themselves. Something about sharing intimacy together is nostalgic in itself, but not only that. It's remembering what each other's favorite color was/is, it's remembering how the other prefers their tea, remembering the curves of their calligraphy, remembering the way they smile, retelling old stories as if they're new-- it's them falling in love, all over again!
Their romance is very unconventional, as they don't choose to label it, but they remain exclusive to each other. When they crave, they run to each other. If they're angry, they run to each other. If they're happy, they run to each other. They still remember their languages, they still have their letters and portraits in a storage unit somewhere, they remember where their hands go during an embrace, they know where to tilt their head during a kiss-- god, they remember everything! All that beautiful, breathtaking romance did not die with the years, it was only stored away. Just now are they allowed to unpackage it together. After years, they are able to talk about what they left behind. About "what if?" Yes, they talk about it inebriated mostly but that's a start! They have so many loose ends with each other, it may take them years to label themselves-- but they do care for each other.
In their own tired, worn, timid way, they show love. They yearn deeply. Much more than they'll ever admit.
HBD @astrophilic-soul!!!! please take a drawing of our favorite gay elders as a small gift to you! you are such a kind and phenomenally talented person and this fandom is so blessed to have you! thank you for everything you are and do!
they're having a staring contest and the loser pays for dinner
As we commemorate 76 years of the Nakba, it's crucial to remind everyone again that the Nakba was not an isolated incident that began and ended in 1948.
76 years ago, when Israeli generals like Moshe Sharett said things like "we have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture", of course current ones will carry the same genocidal notion with calls for "a Nakba [in Gaza] that will overshadow the 1948 Nakba".
The genocide that is carried out in Gaza today is only a continuation of the violence and massacres committed by now dead Israeli officials in the 1940s; it is an extension of policies that Israel founded itself on.
Make not mistake, the Nakba continues to this very day. With it, our pursuit of justice persists. And with the shifting tides, our call never wavered: Free Palestine.
example:
sent to the g8 groupchat at 5 AM sharp after they all got shtfaced the night before
ivan ivanovich braginsky is absolutely the type to send cheesy and dated blingee gifs to the g8 groupchat altruistically in 2024 like your local russian dedushka on whatsapp
ivan ivanovich braginsky is absolutely the type to send cheesy and dated blingee gifs to the g8 groupchat altruistically in 2024 like your local russian dedushka on whatsapp
little ivan as onfim. was he onfim? we may never know…..
sorry for randomly barging in LOL but I was wondering if u had any indchu hcs :3 missing them...
oh man oh man HELLO! it's an honor to see you here, I absolutely adore your writing!!!! you're one of the damn reasons why indchu got me by the neck (and I thank you)!! as for hcs for them... aw yeah.... let's GO!!!
hair care.....brushing...stroking...massaging
they definitely worship together. they both are devout to their own religions and beliefs, but simply due to proximity (and knowing each other for eons atp), they practice the traditions of the other without being asked. I don't think they notice it either. it's just (absolutely romantical) second nature to participate in each other's cultures
TECH NERDS. a pair of dorks!!! they are fascinated by both old and new ibms, software, hardware, smartphones, machinery, etc, and will buy anything that comes out to review it together. they exchange devices and gadgets like baseball cards. catch them at CES taking over the conference and plugging their shared tech review youtube channel
despite where their relationship is in current day, they have the spare key to each other's places. sometimes when they're not there, the other will still go over to do literally nothing (they just really like having their scent around... coats and blazers go missing often)
all it takes is that one stare to let them know what they need from each other
and they LOVE ARGUING because they think it's HOT and will argue because they know what it leads to!!! toxic mfs get therapy challenge!!! (IMPOSSIBLE)
they love to gossip together and will do so to people's faces. how do they get away with it? they use ancient and obscure indian and chinese dialects to speak with each other because they know no one will understand a lick of it!! fcking genius!!
they're their own personal tailors. they know their measurements by heart, their favorite colors, their shoe size, the best color for their complexions, etc. india is most def the biggest fashion hunter of the two, so china HAD to learn modern sewing patterns and techniques just to APPEASE him. the audacity!! (india does gift him shiny shiny mulberry silk in return)
their culinary skills....their FOODS. enough said!!!
indchu supremacy always and forever
alfred f. jones holding back the american urge to put ivan braginsky in the infamous black turtleneck + gold chain combo for his own selfish reasons
alfred f. jones holding back the american urge to put ivan braginsky in the infamous black turtleneck + gold chain combo for his own selfish reasons
y'all are funnier than I could ever be!!!!
"guys the meeting is cancelled, we just started the briefing and we can't get alfred and matthew to stop arguing about drake and kendrick"
"guys the meeting is cancelled, we just started the briefing and we can't get alfred and matthew to stop arguing about drake and kendrick"