Sisu

Important Note: Sisu is NOT a fandragon from Raya and the Last Dragon. The movie was okay, but I can go without seeing it again.

Holy shiitake mushrooms a triple blue-ranged baby on the last day of the year *o*!!! HE’S SO PURDY!! Also goat eyes too which was pretty neat. He’s a one-off XYX and about 6 off from XXX. Also he bloo :3 His rabbit’s name is Kimi because Bwoah retired from F1 recently and he was a fave :D

I named him Sisu because I think it’s an interesting concept to live by (courage without stupidity) but I’ll link a video of one of their F1 drivers (Mika) explaining it a bit better. I've linked it at the bottom of this lil guy's bio if you want to check it out! The quote in this kid’s broadcast message is also from an interview with Mika that you can find in THIS Huffington Post article.

TLDR; Finland is cool and I wanna go visit sometime :D

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Sisu is a Finnish concept described as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness and is held by Finns themselves to express their national character. It is generally considered not to have a literal equivalent in English. Sisu is extraordinary determination in the face of extreme adversity, and courage that is presented typically in situations where success is unlikely. It expresses itself in taking action against the odds, and displaying courage and resoluteness in the face of adversity; in other words, deciding on a course of action, and then adhering to it even if repeated failures ensue. It is in some ways similar to equanimity, though ‘’sisu’’ entails an element of grim stress management. The English "gutsy" invokes a metaphor related to this one (and found in still other languages): the Finnish usage derives from sisus, translated as "interior", and as "entrails” or “guts"; a closely related English concept evokes the metaphor grit, sharing some denoting elements; still, the Finnish concept also entails "stress management", and passion for a long-term goal. Sisu may have an element (not always present) of passion unlike in the case of grit (as defined by Dr. Angela Duckworth). Sisu has been described as "the word that explains Finland", and the Finns' "favorite word"—"the most wonderful of all their words." As defined by Roman Schatz in his book From Finland with Love (2005), sisu is an ability to finish a task successfully. During the famous Winter War of 1939–1940, the Finnish perseverance in the face of the invasion by the Soviet Union popularized this word in English for a generation.

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