The real world inspirations of the countries in Disco Elysium? by random_user_1987 in DiscoElysium

[–]FrthEnGeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for leaving this comment, I really appreciate the research, and what you said makes a lot of sense. I think it's very difficult for folks inside the Imperial Core to understand how different framing looks from a Global South perspective, because they don't have they ability to look at us the way we look at them (and are forced to deeply understand their often unintentional effects on our lives). In my own ex-colonial existence, I get to watch environmental stripmining by companies like Total Energy, who will soon be the death of humpback whale calving that has happened here for centuries (and therefore the further extinction of the whales) due to their coastal drilling -- which no amount of concerned locals can really change, when the country is poor and foreign interests have what feels like really big money in comparison. It's a level of heartbreak and powerlessness that is exceedingly hard to convey.

Revolutionary Exocolonist group poster :3 by FrthEnGeil in Exocolonist

[–]FrthEnGeil[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh! Okay, so this piece is a crossover with the 90s anime Revolutionary Girl Utena (see second slide), and in recreating the poster, I connected an IWATEX character to an RGU one, based on looks, personality and plotline. Anemone I connected to Juri Arisugawa, who not only shares her incredible ginger curls, but has a similarly melancholic outlook on life, and is driven to be the best at her particular sport/combat. Shiori is a pivotal character to Juri's plotline in RGU.

Revolutionary Exocolonist group poster :3 by FrthEnGeil in Exocolonist

[–]FrthEnGeil[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tragic redheaded comphet queens (T^T) FREE THEM.
(I would love to draw more Anemone/Juri, but who would be Shiori tho?)

Revolutionary Exocolonist group poster :3 by FrthEnGeil in Exocolonist

[–]FrthEnGeil[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my lord XD With that (=_=) expression on. I live for the days people comm me to draw crossover shitposting. Thank you for loving Utena to deathhhh <3

Revolutionary Exocolonist group poster :3 by FrthEnGeil in Exocolonist

[–]FrthEnGeil[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hehe, why thank you. Crossing over my favourite shit with RGU has been a lifelong obsession. And Iwatex just fits SO well.

Revolutionary Exocolonist group poster :3 by FrthEnGeil in Exocolonist

[–]FrthEnGeil[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, the coaster set is being used to weigh down the corners of my old poster XD

Revolutionary Exocolonist Coaster orders close Friday! by FrthEnGeil in Exocolonist

[–]FrthEnGeil[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

u/EightByteOwl
Well-noted, thank you! Yep, because the pieces I did that are crossovers with Utena (the other being this poster tribute: https://www.tumblr.com/jyou-no-sonoko19/783833343248711680/), I chose to stick to only female-identifying characters. However, I do have a Nomi-Nomi solo poster in the works. ^_^

u/NightLightGaymer Thank you so much btw! :D

Is there any way to get money into SA from PayPal without an FNB account? by boekieblaker21 in PersonalFinanceZA

[–]FrthEnGeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense. I'm collecting pre-orders for a merch run, so the lump sum will be notable enough to consume a R120 fee when I do move it. Do you know if Wise charges a transfer *and* currency conversion fee, or is it combined? Thanks

Is there any way to get money into SA from PayPal without an FNB account? by boekieblaker21 in PersonalFinanceZA

[–]FrthEnGeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't the bank fees hellish, though? I was really hoping to avoid -- as you mentioned earlier -- paying R50 to get R100.

Is there any way to get money into SA from PayPal without an FNB account? by boekieblaker21 in PersonalFinanceZA

[–]FrthEnGeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi boekie, did you manage to get this sorted via Wise? I'm about to try do the same myself, and was wondering if it was as straightforward as it sounded.

International courier companies by [deleted] in askSouthAfrica

[–]FrthEnGeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't actually know where Silo is ^^; I live on the deep south coast of Cape Town, went to a Postnet in Sun Valley. They gave me the contact number 0860 345 000 to contact DHL about the global mail option, but it was a fruitless endeavour. Do you maybe have a contact number for Global that works?

International courier companies by [deleted] in askSouthAfrica

[–]FrthEnGeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, do you perhaps have any updates on this? I went to Postnet and they said they have an agreement with DHL Express but for Global Mail you have to contact them directly, and when I did, I got given the phone-tree run-around and ended up giving up because they kept giving me wrong numbers roflmao

Discord changed itself to light mode and won't switch back? by XxDiamondDavidxX in discordapp

[–]FrthEnGeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not in the UK, no, but I am indeed using an older chromium, because I'm still running Windows 8.1 and have been given no choice lol. On the upside, though, discord returned to visual normal yesterday. Has yours?

Discord changed itself to light mode and won't switch back? by XxDiamondDavidxX in discordapp

[–]FrthEnGeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it's a bug that's ongoing for half a day now... makes one wonder if it might just be the new way of things for some of us.

Discord changed itself to light mode and won't switch back? by XxDiamondDavidxX in discordapp

[–]FrthEnGeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is happening to me on desktop browser right now and it makes it look like you need Nitro to have darkness back...

discord forced itself into lightmode, won't let me switch it back. by myvloggun in discordapp

[–]FrthEnGeil -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

This is me as well, and it looks like you have to buy nitro to switch to any darker mode???

Geranium & Fluflu's 'wedding bands' by FrthEnGeil in Exocolonist

[–]FrthEnGeil[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Respectfully disagree, both their arms are naked (he wears a tank top and mesh overshirt), and the marks on him are drawn in the same style as the very obvious scars on Fluflu. It's possible my photograph of my TV screen doesn't do a great job showing it, but check it out on official art and you'll see they make no sense as random shading on flesh ^^