Vlad_shevchenko

Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine after russian missile attack.

Well why not

 The first post over the years (and mb the last) Just wanted to share my character and my waifu x))

And OMFG this is SO hilarious i CAN'T!!! MIDOOOOO WHYYYY x))))

don't worry everyone, we are not suicidal (mostly). The River One Song ends with "Я річку шукати чистеньку піду –шукатиму доти, поки не знайду". So, it's very life-affirming!

being ukrainian is a privilege because i get to go ніхто мене не любить ніхто не приласкає піду я у садочок наїмся червячків whenever i'm feeling down

Про важливість укрліт мемів

Короткий тред про укрліт меми. Одразу попереджаю: я не проводила досліджень, а просто пишу те, що думаю. Як людина, яка часто створює меми про укрліт та мові, гадаю, маю право.

Отже, якби меми існували, коли я готувалась до ЗНО, я б склала його ще краще. Скільки балів я набрала скажу пізніше, а поки поговоримо про меми.

Що це таке всі знають: яскрава дотепна картинка з коротким влучним надписом. Саме на меми ми звертаємо увагу більше, ніж на текстові пости (хоча є винятки). Меми про укрліт з’явились ще в одній російській соцмережі. Звідти вони пішли в фейсбук, інстаграм та твіттер. Існував великий та цікавий акавнт у твіттері, зараз неактивний, на жаль.

Меми використовують для поширення важливих зборів, що там вже казати про літературу. Однак літературні меми сприяють кращому засвоєнню інформації. Наприклад, якщо прочитати «Кайдашеву сім’ю», а потім поглянути на меми, то краще запам’ятаєш хто є хто і хто саме де втопився чи яке дерево засохло.

До речі, здається, саме з Кайдашами найбільше мемів. Здогадатися чому неважко. Сам сюжет прямо кричить про меми, а ілюстрації Базилевича додають бажання створювати жарти. Це ж стосується «Енеїди».

А як же важкі твори, твори серйозні, трагічні? Їх в українській літературі чи не найбільше. Звичайно ж тут меми робити важче, однак можливо. Можна посміятися з імен літературних героїв чи їхніх безглуздих вчинків. Чи, зрештою, пригадати щось про самого автора.

Такі меми допомагають посміятися над тим, що раніше викликало у нас журбу та навіть завдало психологічних травм. Привіт, «Федько-Халамидник». Але жартувати з такими творами треба обережно.  Ба навіть з такими постатями як Хвильовий чи Стус, чия доля, без сумніву, тяжка, є меми.

Найбільш мемна постать укрліт — Тарас Шевченко. Звісно, він найпопулярніший поет, однак хіба його твори комедійні (є винятки), вони ж такі глибокі та серйозні! Однак його образ, його стиль, його картини, його доля, рядки з його віршів — меми. Знамениті: «як умру, то пох», «немає долі» тому приклад. Шевченко — це непочатий край для мемів та жартів. Жартів різних, але таких, аби точно не образити нашого Кобзаря.

Замало мемів про твори Кулішів (обох), Карпенко-Карого, Старицького, Багряного, Кобилянську, Костенко та інших. Найпопулярніший мем з Багряним створений вже давно, але його досі поширюють. Це ще одне свідчення того, що меми про укрліт важливі та майже такі ж безсмертні як твори, на основі яких зроблені.

Звичайно, ви можете сказати, що меми не несуть в собі нічого корисного і треба читати книжку. Треба читати! Читати треба! Однак візуальне сприйняття та смішний жарт при цьому допоможуть учням. Меми ж не лише несуть освітню мету (здебільшого не несуть взагалі, якщо так подумати), а популяризують щось, змушують усміхнутися чи аж зареготати. Літературні — популяризують літературу, українську літературу, на уроках з якої буває… так нудно!

Ще один сучасний спосіб прищепити любов та популяризувати укрліт — фанфіки. Але про них поговоримо якось пізніше. Дякую за увагу.

Поділіться своїми улюбленими мемами про укрліт чи покажіть свої! А ЗНО я тоді скалала на 192. Зараз би не склала. Однак зараз я роблю меми не лише заради жартів, а тому, що знаю: це важливо.

п.с. усі меми, окрім кольорового з Багряним, мої

більше мемів у мене у твіттері, блускаї або тг-каналі

english fairytale illustrations by ukrainian artist vladyslav yerko

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Я все ж виклала на АОЗ кілька замальовок-оповідань про фейрі. Не можу назвати їх кріпіпастою, але сподіваюсь, що вони вийшли хоч трохи моторошними та "нетутешніми" - якими й мають бути історії про справжніх фейрі.

Якщо в когось виникне бажання, то прочитати їх можна тут.

P.S: якийсь гість встиг поставити перший кудос, коли від публікації ще години не минуло. Це точно якась фейська магія.

ok i need to speak

I just ended "Demon Deathchase" and... omg, i have so many questions.

I can close my eyes to the fact that in the novel the Marcus brothers turned out to be rapists and scumbags, I can even come to terms with the fact that Leila began to fall in love with D, but what I really can't understand … Here is a girl, a master of her craft. She can do anything with cars. Cars obey her as if they were part of her body. She is an unsurpassed mechanic who can build any mechanism out of shit and sticks. What will she do after she is released from the "supervision" of the brothers? Maybe she will go to the Capital and start rebuilding it? Maybe she will start building cars for sale? Maybe she will at least become the best mechanic in Frontier? NO. SHE. HAS GONE. TO SEARCH. THE MAN. THAT WANTED TO MARRY HER. What the hell? It seems that D is a hypnotoad. If he said that "you're a girl, do women's business" - it's like a curse. Even the most gifted master will hide her talent and go looking for a husband, have children and so on.

Also, Mayerling is so nice. I will believe that anime is a bigger canon than a novel. And that he and Charlotte (why, by the way, Kikuchi at least did not give her a name in the novel) survived and built a castle on Mars.

What is the best way to financially help Ukraine? Is it better to go through organizations or gofundmes or something else I'm not aware of?

Thanks for asking, nonnie. That's very kind of you. If you or anyone else has some spare change and wants to give, here are a few ideas:

United24 is the official fundraising platform established by President Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian governmental members and directs money to all areas of the country.

The Olena Zelenska Foundation is primarily focused on medical, humanitarian, and educational aid across the country and was founded by the First Lady.

Stand for Ukraine gives you a range of charity options, depending on whether you want to donate directly to the military, or you would prefer to fund non-lethal or humanitarian aid, etc.

Come Back Alive is the main fundraising platform for the Ukrainian military. You can choose to donate to air defense, heavy weapons, demining, medical aid, overall combat equipment, etc.

Donate to Ukraine's Defenders also offers various (carefully vetted) links and options to donate to rebuilding projects, private medical assistance programs, initiatives for democracy, and others.

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!