PICTURED: Cover for Volume One of a compilation of Moomin comics.
The Moomins (Swedish: Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white, round fairy tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble the hippopotamus. However, despite this resemblance, the Moomin family are trolls. The family live in their house in Moominvalley, though in the past, their temporary residences have included a lighthouse and a theatre. They have had many adventures along with their various friends.
In all, nine books were released in the series, together with five picture books and a comic strip being released between 1945 and 1993.
The Moomins have since been the basis for numerous television series, films and even two theme parks: one called Moomin World in Naantali, Finland, and another Akebono Children's Forest Park in Hannō, Saitama, Japan.
In a letter to Paul Ariste, an Estonian linguist, Jansson wrote in 1973 that she had created an artificial word which expresses something soft. She came up with an ad hoc Swedish word mumintrollet, because, in her opinion, the consonant sound of m in particular conveys a sensation of softness. As an artist, Jansson gave the Moomins a shape that also expresses softness, as opposed to flabbiness.
Characters
The Moomin stories concern several eccentric and oddly-shaped characters, some of whom are related to each other. The central family consists of Moominpappa, Moominmamma and Moomintroll.
Other characters, such as Hemulens, Sniff, the Snork Maiden, Snufkin and Little My are accepted into or attach themselves to the family group from time to time, generally living separate lives in the surrounding Moominvalley, where the series is set. It is in this fictional valley, that the Moomin family decides to live at the end of The Moomins and the Great Flood.
Critics have interpreted various Moomin characters as being inspired by real people, especially members of the author's family, and Tove Jansson spoke in interviews about the backgrounds of, and possible models for, her characters. The first two books about the Moomins were published in 1945 and 1946 respectively, and deal with natural disasters; they were influenced by the upheavals of war and Jansson's depression during the war years.
Fun facts
Atos Wirtanen, basis for Snufkin and temporary fiance of Tove, was an avowed socialist politician.
Tuulikki Pietilä, basis for Too-Ticky, lived with Tove Jansson for much of her life in the Torvoo archipelago, and the two are universally considered to have been a lesbian couple.
Disney has made multiple attempts to acquire the Moomins franchise, but thankfully all such offers have been declined.
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Listen to this sad fucking Russian song about ww2 translate the song and the comments at your own risk of crying like a baby
Night shifts, and your sleep pattern because of them, genuinely feel Lovecraftian.
Its like I know something is wrong. Its not painful, or any worse than day work, hell it might be easier, but deep down my soul is being poisoned by it.
You do not live in the same world anymore. It is the same but not quite. A parallel. The same direction, yet never touching.
You do not see people other than those who are also in the same world as you. They also act like nothing is wrong. Yet you and them have shifted over into this unreality where nights are days and nights are days.
You say "good night" to someone as you go to bed and you look at you like you said something insane. But I'm not insane. They're the crazy ones. Since when do people go to sleep at dark and wake for the light? They're the crazy ones. I'm not insane.
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Depends on where you live and the pace of your life outside work. Working in a small town at night sucks because at best stuff is open only 10 hours a day plus a Walmart, and you will never know or meet almost anyone but who you work with. Living in a city and working graveyard is alright if you don't have a lot of personal demands like a social life or kids. There is always something open and enough other people work nightshift that you don't feel like a vampire.
my cat was diagnosed with hypothyroidism friday after i realized she hadn't eaten or drank in a day or two
after a tense weekend squirting the prescribed meds into her mouth she still hadn't really developed an appetite and I was really worried about my best pal for fifteen years
today I called the vet, talked to a vet tech, she talked to the vet and got a short notice scrip for an appetite stimulant ointment to be applied to her ears
she is eating tuna like it's her life mission now and it's the best thing that has happened in 2021
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Biggest inverse between how much you love something and how awful its politics are? For me it’s Ghostbusters. One of my all time favorite movies and I watch it before Halloween every year, but it’s about brave small business owners defying the tyrannical EPA.
I feel this one, I'm a power metal guy and listening to it is like "ok are they just Viking LARPers or what"
This is why I only listen to Space Ninjas from Hell. Can't be reactionary if you're a german band singing about space ninjas from hell...
...right?
I've heard worse tracks than that
Gotta branch out from the three Sabaton songs that make the Soviets sound cool I guess
I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but all that comes to mind right now is that I've had Chick-fil-A a few times this year.
Every day for the past 9 months I've seen some variation of the headline "Dems struggle to pass domestic policy plan"
How can anyone still stan these ghouls it's fucking unbelievable
Kinda want to invest in a :hammer-and-vibe:, but also I'm cheap and they're spendy. I wonder if I could convince my parents I get really bad knots in my back and ask for it for Christmas without them realizing my true intentions 🤔
I'm so sleepy but I don't want to go to bed because that would mean the weekend's over and that I didn't get to enjoy any of it :cri: