@21308 I really don't know how to feel about it, honestly. It's a weird feeling.

And exotifying? I'm happy if anyone even knows what a Kurd is, even if their thoughts on them were along the lines of 'I hope those arsonists burn in the hellfire from which they came from'. Because at least they know about us this way. 'What is a Kurd' is possibly one of the most painful things I hear in my life. Actually, no. 'Where are you really from?' Because as I once heard someone quote on New Roz, which is really depressing considering that's basically the Kurdish New Year:

"There is one question that no Kurd can answer honestly, and that is, "Where are you from?"
For in their hearts, they come from Kurdistan,
But in reality, no such place exists."

I do not give a damn if my nation does not have a proper country to call our own. We are Kurds. Not Iraqis. Not Iranis. Not Turks. Not Syrians. We are Kurdish.

On a much more lighthearted note, I'm going to try and dig up something that I titled 'A Loving Kurdish Family' or something like that.

@Loony Okay, you do that! I wish I could say more to make you feel better. Has educating this group helped, maybe in an 'appreciate the small things' sort of way? I've decided I'm going to read whatever sources I can find about Kurdish people so I won't be stupid about your stuff anymore!

@21308 Well, I can't dig it up because my mother forgot the password to her own laptop...Which had the file. It really wasn't much, it was just me pulling off a Gilles and awkwardly recording a very small segment of an argument between my mother and her mother over my troublesome cousin and some sort of misshap he got himself into that I found humorous for some reason, (My mother is super angry while my grandmother in particular is doing this overdramatic defending of my cousin, looked like a highschooler trying to reenact the 'to be or not to be' scene from Hamlet) without anyone noticing until I, jarringly call out in English, "Hi mom."

I can't say I've done too much that educated the group, more so just bring awareness that, "Hi, I'm from the Middle East, no, I'm not Arab, and pretty much every other nation wants us gone, especially if you're Yezidi."
And I'm glad you've decided to do that! Just make sure you know what you're reading because I've seen some pretty...Interesting things written which I know aren't true.

*Cough* Yezidi do not worship the devil *Cough*

@Loony XD that sounds like a pretty great story, I love little family moments like that.

@21308 It honestly just reminded me of your stereotypical Kurdish Family moment so I jokingly referred to it as 'A Loving Kurdish Family' or something like that. It's great because the only one aware that I was recording was my cousin whom was in trouble, and he's just staring directly at the camera like *>:(*
I wish I could bring it up. I also had this voice-recording thing back when I still had a mic (it did still suck but meep) back from grade 7 or 8 in the style of the 'sh*t people say to ____' videos, but with Kurds.

@Loony Lol those both sound great, maybe you should just make a transcript of them or something.

Hm is Wikipedia any good? I know it has it's problems but it's normally my favorite thing for when I need general knowledge about something. I think I can at least say that I sort of know what New Roz/Nowruz is now, and that it's typically celebrated on March 21 or 'better stock up on allergy medicine now or go through weeks of hell' day for me.

@21308 Also, can we please call Gilles, Emerald, and Spinel The Nerd Herd as a counterpart to Dork Squad? Please? Let this be a thing?

@Raijinslayer I was looking at some Fordite OCs for inspiration and we must somehow convince Akaya and Kronshi to let Fordite have this as an additional 'power', if only to make Spinel more jealous than she'll already be of them.

@21308 I wish I could, but I took them so long ago and can't access them. Orz

I'll tell you right now that there are some inconsistencies in the legend behind Newroz on Wikipedia, but I'm not sure about the rest. Never had a good look at it ever since I noticed those back in grade 6 when I was going to do a presentation about it, because me and some other kids were sick of the 'Oh yay multiculturalism!' *Only brings awareness to Indian and Chinese holidays, completely ignoring the fact that despite 75% of the school being made up of those cultures, there's another 25% percent from elsewhere that no one knew anything about and were left unheard* ^ ^"

And don't even worry about trying to spell things in latin letters when it comes to Kurdish, no one can agree on how it works so there's about twenty different latin spellings for virtually every word. XD

@Loony Yea, the Nerd Herd should be a thing, and Sodalite should be a crossover member! And if Spinel ever sees Frodite doing that you can bet she'll immediately start trying to manipulate her invisibility so that she can "melt" as well.

Hm, maybe Wikipedia isn't what I'll use then, but it does at least seem decent for giving me a cursory look at stuff. And yeah, romanizing words from various languages is always a troublesome thing, I should probably just try to hear it pronounced.

@21308 Yes yes yes, all the yes! And oh my gosh, can you not feel all the jealousy she'll be feeling? And she'll be like ' I wanna fuse with you two too!' but she can't because her jealousy prevents her from being able to fuse. XD

Nerd Herd:
Gilles
Emerald
Spinel
Sodalite

Dork Squad:
Reggie
Amber
Sodalite
Eve

Please let these be things.

It seems to give a good enough idea, so it's not that you should avoid it at all costs, just like...Don't take everything for 100% what is said. I'd say it for you, but again, no mic. ^ ^"

@Loony XD I'm trying to picture Spinel in a huff but because her ability to express emotions is either understated or non existent she'll probably just stare on like "I'm mildly perturbed by this..." but secretly she'll be as jealous as she has the capacity to be. She'd probably wind up being super passive aggressive like "Yeah you guys are pretty good but NOBODY is spoopier than me! Yeah... heh, maybe we should fuse sometime just so I can give you some pointers."

Okay then, I think I'll put my studying on hold until I can get to a proper computer.

Another thing I realized, Sodalite should NEVER BE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE SIMS EVER

o_o

@21308 Fordite rolling their four eyes in response to Spinel. XD
Also, I'm just trying to imagine Original Eve and Original Spinel meeting the rest of the crew like...Any Spinel, no matter which one, one must meet Quin. I want her to meet Quin so badly. XD
All the possibilities. @ V @

And it's cool. ^ w ^ I'm really happy you're taking the time to try to learn more about us.

@pyroman Why is that...?

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o_o

Well, think of it this way, Fordite is dried up paint, and both Eve and Mars have some form of heat-controlling powers...Why not be able to make themselves melt? XD

@LoonyI have no idea what you're talking about

@LoonyWith her current understanding how the world works, if Sodalite were to discover the sims, she would recreate absolutely everything, as it is a similation, she could see how certain things would play out, within the limits of the game of course. It's also be an excuse for her to have a strange obsession with understanding and deciphering Simlish. (Not to mention if her gem were to ever crack, or if she were to break down, then she could write in Simlish, speak Elvish, and think in Klingon)

@LoonyI agree, Melty Fordite would be cool. Also, I feel bad for Emerald, as he'd be the first one to get targeted by Dordite as a potential scare target. Imagine Fordite slicking across a room as melted paint, only to rise up behind Emerald and whisper in his ear: "Looks like my snack has arrived."

@pyroman
Oh my gosh XD

Thankfully Gilles doesn't seem to be the type to have the Sims lying around (it's canon that he's a huge mega man fan since childhood though so that will be a thing) and it's 100% canon that when he sees Warikanite he's going to see that arm canon and his mind will just


Which is admittedly what happened with me as well but ye. XD

@Blizz

I'm bringing up an excuse to have Fordite have the power to melt. :P

@21308

On the topic of Mega Man, I also remember that Shade Man also exists if Spinel thinks he's spoopier than Skull Man.