Dude Stop Trying To Garner Context And Character Traits From The Objects In My Room I Know Youre Doing

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i love my silly little science books that my mama got me. thanks mom!!!!!!!!!!

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been logging on and off to grind old reputation blockers i never finished lalalaaaa

whiteboard session w friend baaaghhh!!!!

finally gave in and made a tumblr how the FUCK does this thing work

sse employee said hmm we need more diversity, any ideas? and someone stood up and yelled LETS MAKE ALL THE VILLIANS PART OF A MINORITY GROUP and then everyone cheered

credit to @phoebified for alerting me to this and making me go do my research!! i mostly related sámi gákti to having square shapes around the neck bc i mostly saw sámi men around the karesuando/kiruna area (where my family is mostly from) and didn't really see these open V shapes much. they may also have been covered with shawls when i wouldve seen them.

besides what ive put in the pic, its also worth noting that sámi culture includes a traditional singing style called joik (has different names in different sámi languages) which is very well known in scandinavia. so the fact that she deals with music may or may not also relate to the image of "mysterious" indigenous music.

"katja is cold and mysterious" (sso website) and ofc an evil villain - not appropriate traits to associate with an oppressed indigenous people in the global far north (icy and cold and scary).

this part is not related to sámi design influence, but it's also interesting that katja is albinism coded (ableist stereotype in villains) which also wasnt something i really thought about until it was pointed out ("fictional girl with white/grey hair" was my initial reading). and i also didnt really pay attention to the fact until just now, that her horse mortifa is blind, which also ties back into both albinism and ableism. blindness, especially white or clouded eyes as mortifa has, as a disability in itself shouldnt be treated as "ooh spooky" or evil. we do have a positive representation blind character in sso in rania, as well as a few positive or neutral characters with glasses, and at the end of the day we do want all kinds of representation - i want to see my own disabilities and traits in both good, bad, and neutral characters - but i do think its notable that the horse with blindness is tied to the albinism coded character and that they're villains.

feel free to add on any replies to this, i'm not in any way an expert on sámi culture (just casual knowledge) nor on albinism.

nothing will ever stop me from headcanon that deltarune and maybe even undertale takes place somewhere in the us south. yes its because i grew up and live in us south BUT cmon man toriel is just a sweet southern lady who loves plants and making pies. sans is just some fuckingGuy but he loves puns and dad jokes and everyone i know loves dad jokes and also he likes hot dogs and that isnt really southern exclusive but yeah. papyrus is just a certain brand of southern insanity that i cant really describe other than being a kid and exploring the woods behind your home and finding a stick and seeing a deer and chasing after it. undyne is evil southern girl self explanatory and alphys moved to the south from somewhere else and is trying to get used to it but everyones fucking crazy and no one is normal or has any filter at all. mettaton is that one realllyy fucking fruity guy at ur school and he represents all the gay southern people that are gay despite straight people and christianity shoved down the throats of every small little southern child. flowey/asriel is the WORST he says fucking HOWDY??? hes southern born and raised but he would joke with his friends about it and he was like actually guys howdy is a great word. and started saying it forever. kris loves/collects knives and eats entire pies solo which i think is a skill only attainable by living with a family that cooks waaay too much food on thanksgiving and u keep sneaking little meals made of all leftovers during nighttime whole everyone sleeps. susie eats chalk. thats it. im just kidding she loves evil edgy shit but also has a soft spot for silly little guys like lancer and loves adventures and yeah. ralsei is a northerner. lancer is like ur insane little second cousin on ur dads side that u barely see but every time you do its the most fun you ever have like eating all the fruit from th fridge and playing with random shit outside and running arounf the housr and trying to see how hard you can smack a bouncy ball against the driveway to make it bounce really high. noelle is just a sweet little girl cursed with the terrible family issues that are so complex i feel that they are only found in the south. so fucked up. berdly is like a band kid without being in band and he always wanted to use his parents pc and never wanted to play outside bc he was too busy reading random books and wikipedia articles. maybe ill get to everyone else later. but yeah.