Swirls of Black and White

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i also like prehistory and am very interested in ice age philippines and our pre-austronesian ancestors in mainland china

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would anyone like to talk about the earliest trade networks connecting what is now the philippine archipelago with modern day southeast asian states plus taiwan?

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have you guys heard of that cartoon starring liza soberano and h.e.r.?

@austerity-audacity-asceticism not so much as precolonial but prehistorical, but here they are:

both excerpts are from “Coastal Connectivity: Long-Term Trading Networks Across the South China Sea” (2013) by Hsiao-chun Hung et. al. related works (open access) include:

Taiwanese Prehistory: Migration, Trade, and the Maritime Economic Mode by Chin-yung Chao and Timothy Earle

i've always been vaguely aware that prehistoric merchants from the philippine islands traded with other south east asian countries (thank you, sibika!), but i always had the impression that this exchange of goods happened in the western coasts of the philippine islands. to know that that nephrite was found in central visayas.... interesting!

(and as a side note, it's so interesting to note that researchers believed that the jade was traded as blanks and later on carved by prehistoric filipinos; i wonder what their methods were for carving jade were, and if other carved jewelry would be sold to the neighboring asean countries)

which makes me now wonder how quickly goods were exchanged from SEA merchants to the hands of merchants belonging to the regions of the visayas and mindanao, and if prehistoric filipino merchants traveled as a group or individually.

i'll be sure to check out the other sources that you listed, as well as "Coastal Connectivity: Long-Term Trading Networks Across the South China Sea.” i really wished that this knowledge was taught more in (at the very least!) the university level

Yesterday, I got a message that a writing friend LOVES one of my poems and wants to feature it in the group we’re in. ❤️ This poem is also called “Vibranium,” and Fictional-Me talks to the gods about stealing back some Filipino artifacts from Chicago’s museum.

I was rereading it and immediately found some stuff I thought I fixed, but while I’m cleaning it up, Loki is laughing at me again and going “I KEEP TELLING YOU HOW I’M IN MARVEL, BITCHESSSSSSS.”

disney fairies ✧𐦍

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That fanmade musical number from Ciel's PTSD episode in the green witch arc that I said was "coming soon" 2 months ago.... looks like it caaame.

Link on YouTube

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The first time Frieren cries for three days straight, it’s up to Himmel the Hero to develop a plan!

Attempt #1

The first time Frieren threw a tantrum, the Hero Party was at a complete loss.

On the first day, they tried to talk to her. It didn’t work.

On the second day, they left her alone. That didn’t work either.

Himmel, Heiter and Eisen stood in front of Frieren’s rented room, listening in dismay to her wailing for the third day in a row.

“I heard her crying when I woke up at sunrise,” Himmel muttered in disbelief. “That means she either cried all night, or she went to sleep, woke up before sunrise, changed her clothes, tied her hair, put on her boots, and then continued crying.” He pulled at his hair. “Isn’t she hungry? Thirsty? I’m worried!” Himmel’s hair was sticking up, a rare sign of stress. He’d forgotten to do his meticulous early-morning hair brushing routine. Again.

“Careful Himmel, you’re going to go bald,” Heiter smirked.

Himmel glared back. “Don’t jinx it!” He put both hands over his luscious locks protectively.

About me

My writing - my fics

Writing - reblogs about the writing process

Individual fics:

One Piece

- A Sky Full of Stars (Alvida & Buggy, friendship)

- Suffering From Success (Shanks/Buggy)

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

- A Sunlit Promise (Frieren/Himmel)