I Wish It Wasn’t A Hot Take That A Story In Which Two Characters Of Any Gender Prioritize Their Purely

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I like to think that Luka and Juleka are immigrants from the former Yugoslavia. Luka's name has a very on-the-nose meaning in both Serbo-Croatian and Slovene (namely, "port, harbor", which goes with both his family's nautical aesthetic and his personality). Both of them also have issues around language, what with Juleka's mumbling and Luka's tendency to communicate through guitar chords. Being an immigrant would definitely do that to you.

As from where they're from specifically, any of the six former Yugoslav Republics would work, but I'd go with Slovenia:

First of all, the memes are just exquisite. Imagine Chloé going "Do you people talk in Slovakia?", to which Juleka looks at her like "Ha ha, never heard that one before. Very funny, did laugh." Or Lila doing Lila things and Juleka going "Ugh, Italians", to which someone asks her if she's still mad about Trieste. Or Luka talking about how Ljubljana is the real City of Love. Or Purple Tigress, Viperion, and Cat Noir annoying Ladybug with increasingly over-the-top diminutives for the Slovene version of her name, to the point she throws all three of them in a trash can about it. Or Luka saying that he hasn't dodged the Slovenian femboy stereotype (yes, that's a real thing). Or, since "A greste?" is Slovene for "Are you (pl.) going?", Luka saying "Agreste? A greste out of my life, more like."

Speaking of the Slovenia-Slovakia confusion, I dig the irony of Juleka, someone who really wants to be seen, being from a country that's most well-known for being mistaken for another country.

As of 2022, Slovenia is the first (and only, unfortunately) Slavic country to have legalized gay marriage, which I again like due to how it relates to Juleka.

The emblem of Ljubljana is the dragon, and I'm Lukagami trash like that.

Can someone explain to me the logistics of having a pair of earrings as a Miraculous? Does Tikki inhabit both of them? Do you need to be wearing both to transform? If a villain managed to rip one of off Marinette's ear would she lose her transformation or not since the other is still in place? What if the person chosen to be Ladybug happened to not have their ears pearced and disliked earrings like me? It always felt like such a weird choice to me, especially compared to all the other Miraculouses: a ring, bracelets, necklaces and such.

I know I sound like your mom but you kids need to stop fucking vaping

I had a vision

I've made this silly guy and invited my ancestors for a meal. Happy Samhain/Dziady/Halloween!

"Fern flower" page illustration I did for @onceuponzine!

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reblog the money pigeon for a financially stable future

idk why but i think it’s so funny that the entire marauders fandom argues about every single ship except for wolfstar. like genuinely 99.99% of people ship wolfstar and i think that’s so great like as a fandom everyone is always fighting but at any given moment you could mention wolfstar and everyone takes a sigh of relief and is like “yeah”

blackmail (off to a great start), sorcery, worship

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