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Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

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Yay, unsolicited advice time! Or, not really advice, more like miscellaneous tips and tricks, because if there's one thing eight years of martial arts has equipped me to write, it's fight scenes.

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Fun things to add to a fight scene (hand to hand edition)

It's not uncommon for two people to kick at the same time and smack their shins together, or for one person to block a kick with their shin. This is called a shin lock and it HURTS like a BITCH. You can be limping for the rest of the fight if you do it hard enough.

If your character is mean and short, they can block kicks with the tip of their elbow, which hurts the other guy a lot more and them a lot less

Headbutts are a quick way to give yourself a concussion

If a character has had many concussions, they will be easier to knock out. This is called glass jaw.

Bad places to get hit that aren't the groin: solar plexus, liver, back of the head, side of the thigh (a lot of leg kicks aim for this because if it connects, your opponent will be limping)

Give your character a fighting style. It helps establish their personality and physicality. Are they a grappler? Do they prefer kicks or fighting up close? How well trained are they?

Your scalp bleeds a lot and this can get in your eyes, blinding you

If you get hit in the nose, your eyes water

Adrenaline's a hell of a drug. Most of the time, you're not going to know how badly you've been hurt until after the fact

Even with good technique, it's really easy to break toes and fingers

Blocking hurts, dodging doesn't

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Just thought these might be useful! If you want a more comprehensive guide or a weapons edition, feel free to ask. If you want, write how your characters fight in the comments!

Have a bitchin day <3

#writing

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Your daily reminder to not put "You SHOULD be reblogging this" in your posts because you're going to trigger somebody's OCD. Especially when it comes to topics such as social justice or politics. Yes, your message is important but guilting people into reblogging it is not just reblog bait, but it can harm somebody mentally.

#“if you can’t reblog this i don't trust you” SHUT UP #SHUT THE FUCK UP

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i remember adults telling me, as a kid, to listen to doctors and get my flu vaccine and any shots i could because they remembered Before.

then they started fighting Covid precautions.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that the ozone was disappearing and the earth was dying and we needed to recycle and save the planet.

now my parents think climate change is a myth.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that racism was a plague, that we had to love and accept everyone, that we should never judge before walking a mile in their shoes.

then they told me that protesting for my Black siblings was wrong.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that we needed to give to the poor. working at soup kitchens. making quilts. collecting food and money and supplies. building houses. because it was the christian and just plain right thing to do.

now they look at me, on food stamps with their grandchildren, and lament the "welfare state".

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and that any rich man, especially an immoral one, should never run our country.

you can guess who they voted for.

i remember adults telling me, as a kid, so very much.

when did they forget?

#no because when DID they forget #random things

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My Vento Aureo AU where it happens on Brazil lol

#simplesmente mista com bigodin na regua #obcecada com essa forma de desenhar cabelo #anime/manga/donghua #jojo

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I wish for Palestinians to have ordinary days without artillery and i want them to eat their cuisine in peace on a mundane morning. I want their children to go to school and i want them to go to work in peace in their own damn fucking country and their own damn fucking land. It's all theirs. It will never be Isntreal.

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i love haikyuu so much. bc it’s just. so cute. i love how many characters there are and all of the useless, trivial information we have abt all of the characters. like how iwaizumi used to collect cicadas, only to let them go bc he said he’d feel bad if he kept them. how yamaguchi likes “long fries that have gone soft and floppy”. how kunimi likes salted caramel. how akaashi wrings his hands. how kuroo just happens to get top grades and slips all these scientific words into casual conversation. kenma’s username on everything is “applepi”. it’s just so cute. i love the character interactions, like when bokuto is looking out of the window in his pyjamas and he says “i’m glad it’s fukurodani who i could play my last match with” and akaashi is like “are u dying bokuto?” and bokuto says “what? i’m going to live until i’m 130″. and when shimizu holds suga’s hands when he’s visibly stressed and suga instantly goes red and swirly and he’s like “pls wait!!!!!! we can’t get married yet!!!!!”. and when kuroo and bokuto knowingly smile at each other and hug after nekoma are eliminated from nationals. when kenma smiles and thanks kuroo for getting him into volleyball and kuroo is like “… … … … … huh… …? … … W-WAIT…” and he covers his face and starts laughing and it’s rly cute. nobody is bad. kyoutani is really scary and only listens to iwaizumi, but only bc iwaizumi beat him at arm wrestling. a cunning, deceitful character like daishou has a rly pretty gf he tries to impress, and when they watch volleyball matches together he gets bashful bc he feels like he’s being a huge volleyball nerd but she calls him cool. i just don’t understand how a series is this cute. they’re all so cute. moniwa is so cute. goshiki is so cute. oikawa teaches volleyball to children on mondays. don’t even get me started on yachi

#THISSSSSSSSSSS #i love love looooveeee haikyuu #op is so right everyone is soooo cute #haikyuu #anime/manga/donghua

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#shitpost

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Wizards are not naturally immortal, in fact creating their own form of immortality is their graduate thesis.

#writing

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happy international womens day! remember that there are palestenian women in need of feminine hygiene products! you can donate here, and the cheapest tier is 5$!

if you can't donate, reblog! doing something is better than doing nothing! remember to keep talking, keep calling and keep donating! from the river to the sea, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!! 🇵🇸

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Ever growing list of anime protagonists 6/?

#anime/manga/donghua #my shit #my edits #anime protagonists #no.6 #no.6 aesthetic #no.6 moodboard #madoka magica #madoka magica aesthetic #madoka magica moodboard #assassination classroom #assassination classroom aesthetic #assassination classroom moodboard #jshk #jshk aesthetic #jshk moodboard #the promised neverland #the promised neverland aesthetic #the promised neverland moodboard #death parade #death parade aesthetic #death parade moodboard #tokyo ghoul #tokyo ghoul aesthetic #tokyo ghoul moodboard #gankutsuou #gankutsuou aesthetic #gankutsuou moodboard #chainsaw man #chainsaw man aesthetic

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I AM ABSOLUTELY LOSING MY MIND AFTER READING THIS PLEASE READ IT

#holyyy shit #i had only ever seen the first one #rad #random things

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you can click on this button once daily to help palestine and support other causes in the middle east for free. it takes literally 5 seconds and could help save lives so please take the time to click and share this link.

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Howl's Moving Castle | ハウルの動く城 (2004) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

#dear lord i adore this movie #anime/manga/donghua #studio ghibli #art

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Fruit Seals // Hannah To

#random things

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books on, about, and made by palestinians. non-fiction books about palestine, palestinian poetry, history books, fiction books by palestinian authors, links to free e-books and poems. i apologize in advance for not breaking this down by genre / type.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Free Ebooks for a Free Palestine!

Verso Books: Solidarity with Palestine: Free Resources and Further Reading

Free Palestine! A Reading List

Books for a Free Palestine

Google Drive of Palestinian Poetry made by @firstfullmoon

Palestinian poems series by @fiercynn

40 books to understand Palestine

FICTION:

Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh

The Things We See in the Light by Amal Awad

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

Secrets Under the Olive Tree by Nevien Shaabneh

Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat

The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah

Mother Country by Etaf Rum

The Sea Cloak and other stories by Nayrouz Qarmout

The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

My First and Only Love by Sahar Khalifeh

Velvet by Huzama Habayeb

Haifa Fragments by Khulud Khamis

NON - FICTION:

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

On Palestine By Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe and Frank Barat

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jehad Abusalim (Editor), Jennifer Bing (Editor), Mike Merryman-Lotze (Editor)

Except for Palestine The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky

Where the Line Is Drawn by Raja Shehadeh

Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights by Omar Barghouti

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction [edited] by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean

From the River to the Sea [edited] by Sai Englert, Michal Schatz and Rosie Warren

Palestine Speaks [edited] by Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek

The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy

The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said

I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti

Shell Houses by Rasha Abdulhadi

Born Palestinian, Born Black by Suheir Hammad

Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat

Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Gaza Writes Back by Refaat Alareer

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

Ever Since I Did Not Die by Ramy Al-Asheq

The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish

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A thread of Palestinian businesses to support!

Link to Sunbula

Link to Soap

Link to Hanmade Palestine

Link to Palbox

Link to Shop

Link to Paliroots

Link to Taita Leila LTD

Link to West Bank Apparel

Link to Kufiya

Link to Nōl Collective

Link to MEERA ADNAN

Link to Fyrouzi

Link to Tatreez on Tea

Link to Hilweh Market

Link to Darzah