Girl From Kyiv Region, 1950s

I hope you'll see it, @oldpaintings. What you've done here is not only rude and cruel, it's imperialistic of you to support cultural appropriationd and historical manipulation. By calling Ukrainian artist a Russian you support the cultural genoside. It's your choice as a human on which side you want to be - to support imperialistic ambitions of Russians, who want you to spread disinformation and allow them to steal others cultural inheritance, OR to call Ukrainian art Ukrainian.

By posting Ukrainian art as Russian, you are no better then thiefs. You are participating in it. And many people who'll see your post will believe this artist was Russian. And when it comes to cultutal appropriation, do you really want to participate in it? Do you really want to be one of oppressors, who are trying to erase culture and traditions?

It's just so sad, that when it comes to culture, you and many other trying to show 'Russian culture' with stolen art. If you appriciate Russian culture so much, why don't you post real Russian art? Why you post Ukrainian artist and call them Russian? It's not that you can't find Russian artists, it's something else, isn't it? Maybe hatred, maybe ignorance and cruelty. You just choose to support oppression. I really hope you'll see this post and if you did that just by mistake, I hope you'll have enough compassion to not be a part of cultural and phisical genoside.

Self-Portrait as Pierrot, 1911 by Zinaida Serebriakova (Russian, 1884--1967)

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These Two Characters Where Both Dubbed In Japanese By The Same Voice Actor.

Художник - Юрій Іванович Пацан.

Why Uchihas go blind from using sharingan?

I was thinking why is that so, why Uchihas go blind while Hyuga feel no side effects from using byakugan? (Aside of that fact that Kishimoto loves Uchiha clan, so they expirience the most angst and suffer)

And I have had one semi-biological conclusion.

So, some of you may be familiar with the theory that people have a lot of diseases that develop with age or appear in old age because that's how evolution and natural selection work. In other words, most people manage to pass on their genes to the next generation (that is, become evolutionarily successful) before they get diseases that most often appear at a certain age. Evolution filters out those mutations that are incompatible with reproduction, because it is through reproduction that all living things fix useful traits and pass them on. Accordingly, evolution has almost no effect (or it happens by chance) on traits that do not prevent a person from successfully surviving to pass on their genes to their children. If an individual lived to have children, it is already a biologically successful individual. Then you can die. Evolution is cruel and unempathetic.

I looked at the sharingan from this side. From the evolutionary side. Sharingan as a biological trait should take a very long time to form, mutate and change in the process of evolution. He would improve due to the fact that the Uchiha with the stronger sharingan would successfully survive and reproduce. But at the same time, evolution would no longer affect what would happen to the Uchiha's eyes after they would produce offspring at a young age. Since the genes have already been passed down, the next generation will have the same trait as the parents. Regardless of what happens next with the parents. So since blindness was not a trait that would have prevented the Uchiha from living to reproductive age, it was not weeded out by evolution in any way. In conclusion, we have a biological trait that was evolutionarily strengthened and developed, because the ability of the Uchiha to survive depended on the power of the sharingan. Uchiha with a weak sharingan died before they could have children. But the gradual loss of vision did not interfere with the clan's survival, so it was not evolutionary screened out. In this way, the sharingan was formed, which is an incredibly useful and powerful trait, but at the same time, evolution did not affect the subsequent loss of vision. Blindness isn't biologically disabling, so the Uchiha's DNA doesn't have to mutate to compensate for it. Uchih's eye blindness is just a biological process, a consequence of the fact that there was no evolutionary stimulus in their eyes to compensate for it. The Uchiha with the strongest sharingan became reproductively successful, but subsequent vision problems did not affect this. Evolutionarily, there was no need for the sharingan to find a middle ground between power and not straining the eyes and going blind as a result. Evolutionarily, their eyes improved the power of the Sharingan, but did not improve endurance. Therefore, the Sharingan is an incredibly powerful force, but there is no mechanism to overcome the consequences of using it.

Ashen one? More like Fashion one!

omg, dude, did you read what I wrote? I literally gave you ukr wiki because I know that you are.

besides, I gave you not only wiki, but 3 more sources - site with info and two history works from explorers of that times. if historical testimonies and articles are not enough for you - make your own research, you're not banned from google as I see.

make a little effort to educate yourself.

Because series made me to think about this canon again

For years, I was confused about how to feel about Armand's book backstory.

Like. He's from Kyivan Rus', BUT at the same time from 15th century. Kyivan Rus' was feudal monarchy that existed from probably IX (at least we assume so, because it was mentioned under that name in 852, tho it's not popped from the air, you know) to 1240. From ~1240 to 1349 the country was Rus' Kingdom. After that, Ukraine was splitted between Poland, Lithuania and Moldavian principality. Tho, Ukrainians were called Ruthenians (Latin name for former nation of Kyivan Rus') up until 19th century. I've read Beauplan's and Merimee's works about Ukraine, and they call Ukrainians both Ukrainians and Ruthenians.

SO.

When was Andrii (yes, this is how you would pronounce Ukrainian variation of Ανδρεας or Andrew)? He was Ruthen from Kyivan Rus' or he was Ruthen from 14th century Rus' Kingdom? Or he was even later? Book says he was born in 1481. So, later. A lot later.

We also know that he was kidnapped and enslaved by Mongolians. Mongolians entered Kyiv in 1240, it was a 13th century, not the end of 15th.

AND I HAVE A THEORIES.

Vampires live very long. So, probably it could be a mistake. Maybe Armand is simply older. Maybe he was around in 1240. He was just a child back then. Probably centuries later he was like 'yeah that Mongolians they sold me... so... it was... um... 15th century... yes? no?' Maybe it's just miscount. And then he never bothered to fix that.

The book is written by Daniel if I remember correctly. Perhaps Armand was like 'dude I was in orthodox Christian church I didn't know what year it was, I almost forgot my name and appearance in the catacombs under Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra'. And Daniel asked Marius when he met Andrii. And Marius... Well, if you are around for 2 thousand years, you can remember things incorrectly. So, Daniel, who is American and know nothing about history of Ukraine, and Marius who maybe knows something about Kyivan Rus' because it was a huge and powerful country back then just made that. They counted and assumed that it was 1481. And it was wrong.

Armand is a liar. How we can know that his real name is Andrii? Maybe he had a friend who's name was Andrii and Armand stole it. Maybe he was Taras. Or Bohdan. Or Oleh. How we would know? And maybe he never saw Mongols. How we would know? How would Daniel know? Maybe it was just his grand grandmother who told she saw Mongolians and how they burnt Kyiv. And little Andrii (we can say he was a weirdo all along) was just 'wow I want that! how cool it would be!'. And then he was kidnapped. And assaulted. And sold as a slave. And little weird Andrii just wanted a little comfort in his misery and a cool story. And when Marius asked how Andrii was captured, he made up this cool story about Mongols. Maybe in reality it was something more... Common. Dark and common. Everything could happen. Maybe he was sold by his parents, and he denied it. Maybe it was abuse in that church. Maybe he ran away from church and somehow ended up on the slave market.

Actually, I tend to 3rd. Isn't it a western movie where little talented boy paint so beautifully that Prince Michael (Mykhailo II of Chernihiv I assume) orders one of his icons, but on the way he and his father are interrupted by Mongolians. Also, it was said that Andrii suffered an amnesia due to his trauma caused by life in a brothel. He even starts to learn how to paint from the start, like he never knew how to paint before. So, was he at Lavra at all? Was he an icon painter? We would never know. He could just go to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, point at some old icon and say he drew it.

Or maybe some part of the story is true and some - isn't. I would speculate that Armand had an education. He wasn't a son of a hunter, no. He knew about Mongols. He knew who was the knyaz in 1240. But in 1481 Yurii Paz was knyaz. Mykhailo would be long dead by that time, obviously. So, how would little poor Andrii Ivanovych from 1481 know who was knyaz back when Mongols burnt Kyiv?)) A hunters son could not, he would not have an education, he would not know how to read or write, so history? Oh no, no way.

So, simply, we do not know who is Andrii. Is he Andrii at all? Was he born in 1481? Was he even 17 when Marius was thinking he was? Was his father a hunter named Ivan? Was he an icon painter at Lavra? probably yes and Ann Rice just didn't research enough

I just was thinking about it for years since I have read Vampire Armand. All these years I was wondering how he end up stolen by Mongols in 15th century...

Tho, it would be hilarious to see Armand's icon in Vampireverse Lavra. Imagine that. By the way, Lavra still have catacombs (I was there on tour). Maybe in Vampireverse some of Andrii's friends are there. Literally, their mummies as saints. He would arrive in Ukraine, in Kyiv and like 'oooh let's go see my old friends'. 'Look, Daniel, this is Marko, I knew him. Oh, and this is Illya, he looks better now, actually'. And then he would see his icon. And like... You know how it feels to see your artwork after some time. It's just not that good anymore, you know. You can do better now. Yes, this is how he would feel. It was a masterpiece in 1490s, he painted it for a year and a half. And now he can draw photo-like detailed art on his graphics tablet.

If you read this, thank you for the attention! Love you!