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Its two genders! Not 64! And especially not 64+5 for complaining. Because that is definitely not the reason i complained and forbid anyone else from complaining. The discussion is over! no more discourse! It's 2 genders no more no less an especially not 64+5 genders.

by the way cigerettesandguitarstrings was just kidding

Entertainment Spotlight: Gijs Blom, Letter For The King

Dutch actor and director Gijsbrecht ‘Gijs’ Thijmen Matthias Blom, who plays Prince Viridian in Letter For The King, is no stranger to being on camera (and in battle scenes). Before starring in Letter For The King, Gijs played dozens of roles across film and television, both in Europe and the United States. He can next be seen starring alongside Tom Felton in the Dutch film The Forgotten Battle, slated to premiere later this year. We got the chance to ask Gijs about Letter For The King, celebrity chefs, and more. Check it out:

If Letter For The King was a video game, what would some of the side quests be?

Fight the horse, and there would be a pretty epic final battle.

Can you tell us about a time that you bombed in an audition?

I remember doing an audition once, but it was a self-tape, and I got the email with instructions to “do it as plain as possible.” I thought that was about the acting. I didn’t understand it, but I just gave them the lines [deadpan], and then I figured out that the instructions were about the accent. I don’t think we ever actually sent the tape in. I hope not.

Are there any scenes from the show that you saw and immediately had a feeling that audiences would love it? Without any spoilers, can you tell us about it?

There’s a really fun sequence when we’re high up in the mountains, and there’s a huge avalanche. It’s really funny and really fun to watch.

Are you a superfan of anything?

I love Harry Potter. And, it’s not fiction, but I would freak out if I met Jamie Oliver [the celebrity chef]. I’m a fan.

Thanks for taking the time, Gijs! Letter For The King is now streaming on Netflix.

His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign - officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.

He didn’t simply grant visas - he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.

He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.

Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.

You want to know about my motivation, don’t you? Well. It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he actually sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. Among the refugees were the elderly and women. They were so desperate that they went so far as to kiss my shoes, Yes, I actually witnessed such scenes with my own eyes. Also, I felt at that time, that the Japanese government did not have any uniform opinion in Tokyo. Some Japanese military leaders were just scared because of the pressure from the Nazis; while other officials in the Home Ministry were simply ambivalent.

People in Tokyo were not united. I felt it silly to deal with them. So, I made up my mind not to wait for their reply. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But, I myself thought this would be the right thing to do. There is nothing wrong in saving many people’s lives….The spirit of humanity, philanthropy…neighborly friendship…with this spirit, I ventured to do what I did, confronting this most difficult situation—and because of this reason, I went ahead with redoubled courage.

The stone next to him bears a quote from the Talmud; “He who saves one life, saves the entire world.”  

I’m a disabled, remote worker. My job was going to fire all the remote workers this April, and we just got an extension for 6 months. Wonder why.