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do you ever hear people talking about something and you’re like. fuck. let me be real for a second. i’m too much of a commie to have this conversation

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i am starting a collection

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"No climate justice on occupied land"

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Introducing Bluffclan's former leader...

Nightsun | he/him | leader | 8 Cycles, 10 Moons at death

Nightsun's leadership was characterized by a singular focus on the growth of Bluffclan. He welcomed the addition of former outsiders into the clan's ranks, making Bluffclan a home for any that wished to embrace clan life. There was a boom of litters born under Nightsun's leadership, as he encouraged prospective parents to have kits even during cold months. His charismatic nature and promise of safety made him a popular leader during his time. The clan was happy, healthy, and well-fed — but prosperity came at a cost. Bluffclan was overhunting to support their numbers and dwindling prey populations could not keep up. At the end of Nightsun's leadership, the consequences of his choices began to catch up with the clan. But by this point it was too late, as the claws of an illness dug so deep into the leader that he could not even leave his den during his final moons. Nightsun lost his final life having never provided a solution to the problems he caused. Whether it is through a rose-colored lens or willful ignorance, much of the clan continues to view Nightsun as a hero. There is no knowing if he would've had the answers that the clan seeks, but there is comfort to be found in the misplaced optimism of a what-if.

Is there any use in martyring a ghost? Or is the past merely a security blanket that we cling to when the future is uncertain? When death comes, it does not only take the deceased — a riptide is left behind, threatening to swallow anyone caught in its wake.

The Sea and the Storm is open for applications until May 10th!

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What are the staff’s favorite little tidbits about the sea and the storm roleplay? (Lore, myths, characters etc)

hi anon!! thank you for the lovely question, this was really fun to answer! (staff replies under the cut due to length ^^)

mir (hi again): i think i might have to be biased and say the holidays + seasonal naming since those were my minor contributions to the lore/setting hehe but i really really love the seasonal nature of everything being built into the lore broadly--the migration, two camps, different mindsets/activities/ways of life during each, the meaning ascribed to the seasons, etc :]

frank: one of my favorite parts is the superstition around the time of year kits are born onto, prompting the cute thought of kittlings and kittlings-to-be to chatter among themselves how the season will influence their kittens ✨✨ the detail of little wives tales in any kind of worldbuilding strikes a soft spot in me, and makes it feel so much more alive to me

victor: after much deliberation I have to be basic and say traditional naming. I feel like it really is a nice little bow on the clan's individual culture! I love the idea of full names being treated like earned titles and how they show the way your leader and your community views you, and I think it opens up for some great character arc opportunities when characters get to reflect on how they feel about the full name they're given.

ryder: i think i may be biased but camp switching is probably my most favorite part of the lore. it is so unique and fun and introduces another part of bluffclan life that can influence characters and how they think about it

phoenix: i love love love the setting and the realism that comes with it ❤️ like ofc living out in the tundra isn't going to be easy theres so much at stake both in just existing and in rp with your character and i ADORE that lets shape some interesting lives (also FULL bias bc i was so in love with them moving camps between the seasons and the seasonal naming for leaders it just makes my brain do flips its so good)

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CTA for CPH 🇵🇸

hi folks, last night over 20 people were detained for peacefully protesting at California Polytechnic University Humboldt, and the students involved were immediately suspended. we are asking for repeat calls to demand their release + re-enrollment.

if you have the ability to call, please do so. There is a script below for your convenience but as of now, the people picking up the phone are hanging up the moment they recognize the script so if you can go off-script that would be preferred. There is also an email script that a friend has made that you can use if you cannot call, but make sure to change some words or add your own bits so that it doesn't get flagged for spam immediately.

The Student Democratic Society is taking donations for their bail funds, which have been set at an average of $10k.

Numbers: CPH University Police 707-826-5555 Tom Jackson, CPH President [email protected] 707-826-3311 Chrissy Holliday, VP [email protected] 707-826-3361 Mitch Michell, Dean of Students [email protected] 707-826-3504

Call Script "Hi my name is __ and I demand the immediate release of the arrested Humboldt student and faculty protesters for Palestine. They should not be charged, let along raided and attacked, for being on the right side of history. They include but are not only Fern McBride, Olivia Fox, Jared Cruz, Rouhollah Aghasaleh, Launa Wyrd, Allison Merten, Isaiah Morales, and Adelmi Ruiz."

email script https://pastebin.com/HpSkijK3

You can follow Humboldt for Palestine on insta for more updates https://www.instagram.com/humboldtforpalestine/ https://linktr.ee/humboldtforpalestine if you can't call, email, or donate, please reblog this post for attention. additionally, please don't forget about how you can help Palestine directly by donating to the PCRF 🇵🇸

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Goldenrise

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Tw: Brief non-descriptive mention of abuse

God… Mystique reminds me a lot of myself… like. An uncomfortable amount.

I used to be so adamant that I wasn’t being abused by my parents when I was younger… How I defended them so fiercely because they were “good people, just not good parents”, how I wished so desperately for them to be the people I saw them as, and wanted them to be, that I just… pretended I only saw them as such. I remember snapping and yelling at those who tried to help me with tears in my eyes because I just didn’t want to see the truth and wished others around me also didn’t… just so that I could pretend everything was okay, or that it was normal.

Mystique and Russetfrond’s relationship also hits very close to home for me as well… My own body count reached 10 before I was even 18, as a means of using other people to distract myself from my own “shadow truth”.

And I say all of this not to cast darkness onto your writing in any degree. Mystique makes me very personally uncomfortable because she’s written so amazingly, and I commend you so greatly for that!! It’s very impressive ^^

In the end, she’s such a small character, and not a person with her own agency, but… I can’t help but wish, dearly, for her to be able to see the world as it is around her…

- Caltrop

Wow, thank you so much for sharing your experience like this.

I don't think you're casting darkness on my writing at all. In fact, my writing is FULL of darkness, of people who have been hurt and who hurt others. If anything, you are casting light on those dark parts by sharing how you've grown out of those places. I know it means a lot to me to hear that my writing resonates with people who have gone through these kinds of things.

It's something I haven't spoken much on from Mystique's perspective, but yeah, her fling with Russetfrond was definitely a response to distress, another way to push the Shadow Truth away because if she was fucking Russetfrond she wasn't thinking about uncomfortable realities or about her/Razor's complicity in the suffering around her.

We can only hope that she'll be able to process and work through all these thoughts. It makes me happy that there are people who are rooting for good things for Mystique despite her difficult behavior. If there's one thing I always hope, its that my audience will learn and practice empathy and compassion for people they might not have in the past.

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Aww, I've been following this blog for a long while and I gotta say. It's interesting to see Floodpaws growth! It really makes me wonder what his warrior trait will be. He was a bloodthirsty apprentice but over time has grown close to not only Fogpaw. But now Lake. Orr will he end up with beloveded kit sitter?? Also Barelypaw having the trait as Strange is interesting too, as well as Fogpaw! Fogpaw the sweet thing has exhibited why she was "strange" but I definitely can't wait to see more of why Barelypaw would be perceived that way. Unless she grows out of it by warriorhood. Of course of course. Also why do I see Sparrowpaw as having future deputy potential. Idk why and don't want anything to happen to Russtfrond but there's a vibe with the boy.

Not much to add to this, although I will say that Barleypaw's strangeness was supposed to be in relation to her quietness and her fixation on her feathers when she was young. I will admit I don't think I portrayed her as Strange very well. She's already grown into her new trait so she won't be too strange in the future.

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I just woke up and met Lake for one day, but if anything happens to her I'll kill a giant ass elephant and a thousand scorpions

Lol that seems extremely arbitrary, are those the components for a revenge spell?

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Even if they erase all current family trees and give the clans a fresh start im still convinced they'll fuck it up and make cousins date

"okay this new arc is set years into the future where all current characters are now dead and blood relations are unknown!!"

"anyways trampolinbounce and weedeater are in love but we kinda forgot they have the same grand parents lol whoops"

"we're not fixing it btw"

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Do you guys have a list of possible backstories in clan-gen? I want to edit the code so I can start with a bunch of kittypets - but I wasn't sure how...

Check out our resource masterpost— specifically the text guide!

☆ Fable ☆

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(me, my parents, my sister, and the baby are sitting at the kitchen table eating lunch)

baby, pointing at the light fixture over the table and signing "on": o.*

my sister: we actually can't turn that light on right now, because the lightbulb inside is burnt out! it needs a new one.

baby: ighbu.

sister: yes, lightbulb! granddaddy said after we eat he's going to climb up there on a ladder and change it, and then the light will come on!

baby: gadada! adda, uuu! ighbu o!

sister: exactly!

baby, signing "on" and pointing at the light and then my dad, with increasing urgency: GADADA ADDA UUUU. O.

my sister: we're going to finish eating first though, ok?

baby: nonono. O. gadada adda uuu.

[a split second goes by]

baby, pointing to himself: ba. adda uuu. ighbu.

me: you're going to climb the ladder and change the lightbulb yourself?

baby: dzyeah. *pointing to the buckle where he is buckled into the high chair* ububu.

me: unbuckle you? so you can change the lightbulb?

baby, highly businesslike: dzyeah.

*pronounced like "on" without the n

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the fact that op turned off rbs is very very funny to me. anyway i want this post on my blog too.

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Terry I love you. You are so weird. WHY do you have a sword????