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happy (belated) birthday, ro

a summary of tonight’s trials and tribulations regarding the broken tumblr tag system, aka my sworn nemesis, in comic form

La mulți ani, Ro! Happy birthday!

[day 10] cat in a hat!

oof, yes, the canon names are their own dumpster fire that I’ve luckily avoided for the most part by isolating myself in the Balkan Peninsula. :> And you’re right about the current popularity of Lukas/Lucas, my point is simply that for a semi-immortal being who’s been alive for hundreds of years, a name with older nordic roots seems more suitable to his character (but… supposing you hc that nations take on different alias throughout the decades to maintain their anonymity… and thus your modern No.rway now goes by Lukas… then sure, you do you).Personally, I prefer names that are fairly common, originate from the country of choice, are consistent with the time period, preferably have historical origins, and that are NOT currently associated with one high-profile, specific person (especially potentially controversial people like current politicians or historical leaders).My name of choice for Ro is “Mircea” (MEER-cha), as it has been a popular name in Ro.mania since the time of Mircea the Elder/Mircea the Great and therefore fulfills all of my conditions quite nicely, really. I adopted the name from an old mutual on here whose characterization of Ro cemented him as my favorite aph nation, so I’ve been associating it with Ro since the beginning.Other names I’ve seen and am cool with include “Mihai,” “Ion,” and “Alexandru,” but they may not fit for a particular time period so additional research is always your friend! I’ll admit that I really don’t bother much with a surname for Ro but I’ve used “Ionescu” in the distant past and I like @romanianwarrior​ ‘s “Tomescu” (Just please, please don’t use “Popescu” cause it’s just as basic as “Vlad” and the two are usually used together, sigh.)For No.rway, I really like @caffinatedstory​‘s “Erik/Eiríkr Sørensen,” and she lists out her name rationale really excellently here. Hope that answers your question!

[day 8] the nth meeting of the “popular fanon human name based on a basic and/or crappy political figure” support group... cheers bro i’ll drink to that

[day 7] rosa canina - corvidae

[day 6] festive mini pumpkin lights and matching spooky sweaters~

[day 5] today (and tomorrow) is National Wine Day in Mo.ldova! this holiday celebrates Mo.ldovan wine-making and viticulture and is celebrated on the first weekend of October!

[day 4] cheers!

[day 3] and they were roommates

[day 2] black cat familiar? ✔️skull shirt? ✔️toothy grin? ✔️must be roinktober!

It’s October 1st and you know what that means! My long-time followers know all about this god-forsaken tradition... but for those of you who haven’t heard yet... buckle up kids. Roinktober is an APH Ro.mania-themed spin-off of the annual tradition of inktober. This will be my SIXTH consecutive year carrying the roinktober torch.... Anyone is welcome to join in at any time and for however long you want, all you need to do is draw aph ro in ink of some kind and post your stuff so that I can find it and shower it with my love and affection! I strongly encourage you to tag your stuff with #roinktober so I can add your lovely art to the official roinktober blog.  Good luck everyone and happy inking!