So, about Goncharov...
At first, I was comfortable with just blocking the tags and content, but I've seen the error of my ways, so here we are.
Folks, I get that it's always fun to mislead people outside of tumblr and yadda yadda
but can you at least take something that doesn't glorify Russian culture and makes it relevant while Russia is literally destroying my country with missiles?
I understand that in the eyes of the many the aesthetics of Russia (especially during the times of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire) is "cool, dramatic, mysterious"
But that's just a pretty picture. A facade, if I may. Do you know what it's really like?
At this very minute, as I am writing this post, rockets are once again flying over peaceful Ukrainian cities.
A newborn baby was killed by a rocket tonight. In a maternity hospital. That they've struck by a missile. In the middle of the night.
How can you still perceive Russia and its culture as something interesting and worthy of attention?
Why it's always Russia, who takes the spotlight? Why isn't it Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania, Belarus or any other country/nation, whose blood and bones became the foundation of "great russian culture"?
At the beginning, it was fun for me to watch as this unreality thing became popular and gained more attention.
But yesterday we had a story with a major studio, who erased Ukrainian heritage in their promo of the well-know series. And if not for the huge backlash then "Prince Yaroslav the Wise, ruler of Kyivan Rus", would be known to the world as "warrior ruler and king of Northern Russia" (that didn't even exist back then btw) and it would be once again regarded as an achievement of "great russian culture"
And make no mistake - it's not me, taking away a tumblr's new favourite toy.
No, what I'm trying to do is show you, that it can be about just anything but not Russia. Not now. Not ever.
