you’re tired of a lot of things; school, your nymphomaniac neighbour, the rising price of fuji apples at your local grocery store. but mostly, you’re tired of being the only that isn’t getting any. or at least, the only one who’s never gotten any before.
so when you decide to take matters into your own hands, it’s only natural that you’d want some guidance. and who better to ask than your attractive, kind, experienced co-worker,kuroo?
things are definitely about to get rough.
(but hey, maybe you want them to.)
*ﾟ+pairing: kuroo tetsurou/f! reader
*ﾟ+genre: fluff, smut
*ﾟ+warnings: language, explicit content
*ﾟ+a/n: your typical teaching intimacy trope fic. updates every monday at 10 pm EST (hopefully)
Shakespeare × F!Reader William Shakespapa: Family Man — Part 1 —
rating: G word count:919 tags: family, wholesome, light crack notes: written for my lovely friend @ikesimp100 as part of @ikemenlibrary’s Ikevamp Gift Exchange | I’ve only managed to complete part 1 of this story before the deadline but I’ll try to get the continuation out soon :)
A lavish chateau on the outskirts of late-19th-century Paris.
The players, a family of three: a beautiful woman of luminous smile and artful wit, a gorgeous but eccentric man with mismatched eyes, and their adorable four-year-old daughter—a shy red-haired child who on this sparkling morning is preparing for her very first day of school.
But the gentleness of this tale cannot be evoked without its opposite. Indeed, this tale begins with a dash of chaos and a sprinkle of frenzy.
the funniest thing about being ftm is the implications of the fact that I can post shirtless pics on tumblr now. I am allowed to inflict images of my nipples on this website any time I want and before I wasn’t but like. it’s the same nipples. literally the exact same ones. I just paid a guy to take them off of the tits they were once adjoined to and plonk them back down on the newly created titless wasteland of my chest. they’re. the same. I mean they’re a little phantom of the opera looking now because grafts, but still. I can’t get over that my nips are now certified sfw because they fuckin changed address. the logical conclusion then would be that the boob itself is the problem but it’s clearly not because you can post a picture of a naked boob on tumblr as long as the precise area of the nipple is censored and clearly you can post a picture of the nipple as long as it doesn’t live on a boob anymore but for some reason if you combine them together they become powerful enough to destroy the psyche of anyone between the ages of approximately three and exactly eighteen who gazes upon them. censorship laws are the absolute dumbest invention of humanity and I’m saying that as someone who owns a novelty plastic goat that screams and has watched the movie eragon. this is more stupid than both of those things.
As you may have heard, OhMyGirl’s Yooa’s new Bon Voyage promotions have been met with accusations of cultural appropriation from Native Americans and their allies (if not, you can check them out here). This post breaks down what was appropriated and the impacts associated with this appropriation. As fans, we were especially disappointed and hurt by this situation.
Our goal with this post is not to cancel, bully, or otherwise insult YooA, OhMyGirl or WM Entertainment. Instead, our goals are to educate people about the situation, change the narrative surrounding the situation, and call activists, allies, and fans to take action against this cultural appropriation. After reading this post, please sign our petition here to demand the removal of the appropriated imagery from Bon Voyage promotions and other releases.
Overall, we want people to understand that this concept is not inspired work, it is cultural appropriation. While some pieces of this concept may be inspired by Princess Mononoke, the other pieces that we take issue with are based on a racial stereotypes, primarily about Native American plains people. This incident is inexcusable, and we ask that you join us in taking action against this cultural appropriation. Details on how to take action are included at the end of the post.
Long post below, so, tldr: The Bon Voyage promotions culturally appropriate multiple Native American cultures through the usage of war paint combined with other factors such as jewelry and paint in traditional tattoo patterns.
[Image description: Bon Voyage album release promotion featuring Oh My Girl’s YooA wearing face paint mimicking war paint and wearing turquoise jewelry]
Firstly, the face paint used in the Bon Voyage promotions is similar to both traditional Inuit tattoos and Cherokee war paint for new warriors. War paint for all Native American tribes is a part of culture and spirituality which was criminalized in the United States up until 1978, when the AIRFA (American Indian Religious Freedom Act) was passed granting Native Americans freedom of religion.
[Image description: man in war paint]
Additionally, war paint has been appropriated in redface (when a non-Native person wears traditional Native American paint and clothing in a disrespectful way), as well as in the promotion of racist tropes. This happened even during times when Native Americans could not wear their traditional war paint legally. You can find many prominent examples of redface within old west movies, fashion events, and Halloween costumes. We were unable to find a photo of war paint exactly the same as the style as YooA is wearing because it is a style of face paint most often worn by people participating in redface.
The picture below was found on Pinterest (photo credit: amylynnlarwig.com). It was tagged as “tribal face paints”, “Halloween ideas”, and “Halloween makeup”. See the problem?
[Image description: Model wearing face paint meant to mimic traditional Native American war paint.]
[Image description: Bon Voyage album release promotion featuring Oh My Girl’s YooA wearing face paint mimicking war paint]
Within this context, YooA is using the traditional war paint as an aesthetic. This is wrong and never justifiable. This is not appreciating, promoting, or sharing Native American cultures, this is mocking it. It de-humanizes Native people by reducing them to an aesthetic.
Asteri:“For people who don’t think it’s war paint, it is, as a Native person I’m telling you it is. Seeing this caused my stomach to swell from anxiety. A lot of racism towards natives comes from using us as costumes or just general redface… Second Nations (non-Natives living in the Americas) playing cowboy and Indian, calling the “Indian” kids injuns or squah, but that’s extreme. Oftentimes, it’s over sexualised costumes and misuse of our cultural clothes and the inaccuracy of their portrayal. This is redface to me and is inappropriate. It also reminds me of non-Native kids uvulating at native kids while wearing fake feathers and face paint.”
Many people have been claiming that the paint that she is wearing is not war paint, but instead paint inspired by characters from Princess Mononoke. While aspects of the album concept may be inspired by the film, the war paint is most definitely not. Even if the concept was completely based on Princess Mononoke, it would still be cultural appropriation for YooA to wear the face and body paint because many characteristics used in the film’s character designs are based on Japanese shamanism.
[Gif description: clip from Princess Mononoke with the title character riding a wold]
Some people have also pointed out that the face paint in some photos is also extremely similar to Inuit face tattoos. Inuit people have been persecuted for participating in this and other aspects of their own culture. In addition, their culture and traditions are closed to those outside of their tribe.
(note: neither or the writers are Inuit, and we do ask for input from Inuit people about the accuracy of this claim as well as their opinions on this situation)
[Image descriptions: 1-3: YooA wearing black face paint with two black, horizontal lines on each cheek and one vertical line extending from her chin to her lower lip]
Some of the jewelry used within the Bon Voyage promotions is also appropriated from Native American cultures. Now, the jewelry itself is not an issue. It is completely okay for Second Nations or Non-Native people to wear if it is ethically sourced. But mixing war paint with turquoise jewelry shuts down the Princess Mononoke argument. Wearing war paint as a Non-Native, which on its own is redface, and pairing it with jewelry that has been considered sacred and is specifically a Native American style severely weakens all arguments that this is not Native American CA(Cultural Appropriation)/Red Face.
(Asteri notes that the jewelry has many similarities to Diné designs; we are not Diné , and we do ask for input from Diné people about the accuracy of this claim as well as their opinions on this situation)
Through these points, the disrespect to American indigenous cultures through cultural appropriation is shown. There will continue to be arguments about this situation, but it does not change the fact that this is cultural appropriation and both YooA and WM Entertainment have disrespected Native people and their cultures. Cultural appropriation de-humanizes those whose culture is being taken by reducing their people to an aesthetic and mocking their cultural and spiritual identities. Here is what we are asking for from YooA and WM Entertainment:
Here is what we are asking for from YooA and WM Entertainment:
Written apologies from WM Entertainment in both English and Korean that include details of what they have done, the impacts of what they have done, and a commitment to educating staff about cultural appropriation to make sure that situations like this are not repeated.
A video apology from YooA
The complete removal of culturally appropriated content from the Bon Voyage promotions and videos
Now, you may be wondering what you can do about this situation. Here is what we are asking people outside of the company to do:
Contact WM Entertainment on Instagram and on Twitter (WM Entertainment main and OhMyGirl accounts) through comments, tweets, and DMs to tell them that the promotional concept is disrespectful and harmful; explain how you are impacted by the situation and/or how you are standing in solidarity with Native Americans (WM Ent: Instagram,Twitter; Oh My Girl: Instagram,Twitter)
Boycott the single and album releases until the previously listed demands are met
(If you choose to complete any of these actions, please be respectful toward YooA, OhMyGirl, and WM Entertainment. Remember that our goal is to change the narrative surrounding this situation and take action against cultural appropriation and its harmful effects. We do NOT want to cancel, insult, or bully YooA, OhMyGirl, or WM Entertainment. In addition, please act respectfully toward everyone involved in the conversation, whether they be activists, fans, or others.
Additionally, we do not wish to harm YooA’s career. As fans, we hope that she will continue to have a successful career after this situation is dealt with appropriately.)
Thank you for reading this post and for your support in working toward a solution.
I just found these glasses while spring cleaning. I misplaced them like, six years ago. Thought I had lost them. To most people, they probably just look like dirty old, gross glasses. And they are. But to me they also represent a pretty important memory, the remembrance of which caught me completely off-guard.
Years and years ago, I met someone who felt like magic to me. He lived far away, and our lives weren’t compatible in so many of the ways they needed to be. But he came to visit me once, and I asked him what he wanted to do while he was here. He wanted to go whale watching. I was skeptical. I get stupidly sea sick, but I relented because guests come first and I kinda really wanted to see whales too. I wasn’t a yes girl back then, and was more than happy in my comfort zone. But he turned me into one on that trip, somehow. I think his infectious enthusiasm for like…everything had something to do with it.
Agreeing to his crazy plan resulted in the single most fun day I’ve ever had. We saw humpback whales and while I almost puked off the side of the Zodiac, I remember how I held his hand as tightly as I’ve ever held anyone’s before, and how my cheeks hurt from smiling so big. I remember us laughing at each other in the giant lumpy red jump suits they made us wear, getting covered in freezing ocean water from head to toe, but feeling so, so happy. I remember that feeling of exhilaration more than anything. And I have him to thank for that. That day kind of represented how much he got me out of my comfort zone and helped me grow just by being his adventurous self.
The glasses in the ziploc bag are from that day. They gave the bags to us before we got on the boat. I guess they knew it’d be rough and that we might want to save our glasses from certain destruction. I got home and couldn’t find them, so I just assumed I had left them in the ugly suit they made me wear and called it a loss.
Our friendship/relationship/whatever poorly defined thing it was didn’t last for very long after that trip, and it came to quite a painful and sudden end. It was an end filled with emotions that had no place to go, because I think both of us knew deep down that it wasn’t right, however badly we may have wanted it to be. I was pretty devastated by the loss of his friendship. He made my life better. He made mebetter.
I honestly would’ve expected this unexpected spring cleaning discovery to upset me. To remind me of all the painful parts of a long-over and kind of whirlwind relationship. But it didn’t upset me. It made me think of him, yes, but I just found myself vaguely wondering what he’s up to now and hoping he’s happy. And then throwing the glasses in the trash.
Throwing those old glasses out felt like a weirdly appropriate symbol of our relationship, and relationships in general. Sometimes a person is really helpful and good for you…until they aren’t anymore. And it’s often nobody’s fault, it’s just that things have reached their logical conclusion. Things and people who were helpful to you won’t necessarily always be helpful to you. Some people come into your life to teach you something, and then they leave you with that thing. It’s so easy to forget that there’s value in that and the people who have done that for you. It’s easy to fall into the trap of trying to force longevity on a relationship that has reached its logical end because you’re thinking of the pain a future without that person rather than enjoying what and who you have in the present. And that’s a shame.
…I just kinda wish I had known that I had had those glasses all along. Would’ve saved me the money I spent on new frames. But the whole thing has given me perspective, and that’s pretty valuable, too. I guess. ♀️
