#I've been fed~

[heritageposts]

During the recent “March for Israel” in Washington, DC, Al Jazeera interviewed a confident young man from Connecticut about the war in Gaza. Draped in an Israeli flag, Charlie appeared ready to answer any question. He made it clear from the outset that the ongoing war is not “Hamas vs Israel”, but “Hamas vs the whole world”. He said he regrets children’s deaths and prays for innocent lives lost. But he had no doubt about who is responsible for the death of civilians in Gaza. While Israel does everything to avoid civilian casualties, he said, Iran-backed Palestinian terrorists bomb their own hospitals, use civilians as human shields, and even place kids next to rocket launchers. Iran and its proxies are the source of all evil in Palestine and the region, he added. Charlie has clearly done his homework. He has studied the Israel Project’s “Global Language Dictionary [PDF]”, memorised its lines, and repeated them verbatim, not missing a beat. The playbook was created in 2009 after Israel’s first war on the besieged Gaza Strip, to guide Israel’s supporters on how best to speak to the media about the conflict. Inspired by Israel’s leading spin doctors, such as Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu, it is directed at young activists, as well as politicians, pundits, journalists and more. It tells its readers what to say, and what not to say, alerting them to words that should be used and others that mustn’t. One of my favourite tidbits in the playbook, as I wrote back in 2014, goes like this: “Avoid talking about borders in terms of pre- or post-1967, because it only serves to remind Americans of Israel’s military history. Particularly on the left, this does you harm.” And when civilian casualties mount during wartime in Gaza, the playbook recommends talking empathetically along these lines of “All human life is precious”, but emphasising that “it is a tragedy that Iran-backed Hamas shoots rockets at our civilians while hiding in their own” and that this “causes tragic deaths on both sides”. Sounds familiar?

. . . continues on Al Jazeera (20 Nov 2023)

PDF of the Israel Project’s "Global Language Dictionary"

#palestine #israel #gaza #i've been skimming through the global language dictionary and it's very eye opening #it's the same taking point you see repeated by zionists everywhere #of course only a handful of them will have read the actual dictionary but they've had these arguments spoon-fed to them by politicians #media personalities etc.

[thevalleyisjolly]

There’s something really fascinating about the different ways in which the Hungry One is understood and conceptualized in Calorum.  In the Bulbosi Church, it’s characterized as an apocalyptic Satan-figure, the cause of suffering in the world and the thing that will one day come to devour everything just because that’s what it does.  Where things really get interesting is in the different sects within and around the Church.  Adherants of the Ramsian Doctrine, for example, believe that it is necessary for the Hungry One to devour the world so that the Bulb can triumph over it - and they believe that the Hungry One will not devour the world so long as it contains “junk food.”  In a similar manner, the Prophidian Heresy and the FDA believe that the Hungry One will not devour the world if it is full of waste -only the FDA consider waste to be general rot and decay rather than the Candians specifically, misanthropy vs xenophobia GO- and that this is therefore the key to preventing the destruction of the world. 

Within the FDA and the Prophidian Heresy, there’s also an intriguing link between body and soul that contradicts mainstream Bulb theology.  Whereas most of the Church believes in a rigid delineation between body and soul, that after death, the body returns to the ground and the soul (if it is not damned) goes to the Bulb, the FDA’s plan of filling the world with rot and decay so that the Hungry One will not devour it suggests, quite radically, that the body just as much if not more so than the soul is what the Hungry One devours.  Mainstream Bulbians believe the stomach of the Hungry One is Hell for damned souls who do not go to the Bulb - the FDA seems to believe that the state of the material is just as important to the Hungry One as the metaphysical and that large enough volumes of rotting decay (which could also be the moral decay that comes with actions in war, but in this case the FDA themselves have the most rotten souls of all) can keep this Devil-figure from consuming anything, regardless of the state of the soul.

On a different level, with Karna, we find the idea that the Hungry One is not just a powerful over-arching entity but rather something which people can relate to and personally interact with.  When Karna kills Sir Drunon and the woman, she takes part of their bodies and burns them “in offering” to the Hungry One.  As the audience, we know that Karna is mechanically a warlock of the Hungry One, with the specific subclass of The Great Old One.  Combined with the offering, the characterization of the Hungry One is as an active, powerful being who, to some degree, can engage with people personally.  Not necessarily in a reciprocal way -you can burn an offering as a sign of respect or acknowledgement without any expectation of receiving something in return- but people like Karna can and do engage with it on an individual and personal level.  Given the fact that when she kills, a new rotten spot appears on her body, it suggests that her relationship to the Hungry One does, in some part, go both ways, that there is something on the other side receiving her votives and responding to them.

Also fascinating to observe, when she kills Sir Drunon, she says “We are all eventual food in the maw of the Hungry One,” and immediately thereafter as she kills the woman he’s with, “I’m sorry, but we are all eventual waste.”  This presents another perspective on the relationship between the Hungry One and the concept of waste. In contrast to the FDA or the Ramsian Doctrine, which believe that the Hungry One won’t devour the world if it is full of waste or junk, Karna’s statements suggest that the process of dying inherently involves becoming waste - and that the Hungry One will still eat that waste nonetheless. 

Then there’s Cumulous and his specific monastic tradition (which is not actually one and the same as the Order of the Spinning Star because it’s stated that there are monks in the Order who draw power from the Bulb; overall, the Order seems to be more an organization of people dedicated to the same goal rather than a religious enclave of people with the same spiritual beliefs).  In ACOC, the first thing Cumulous ever says is, “The Hungry One must feed.”  It’s an interesting phrasing because there’s a very passive connotation - not “The Hungry One must consume” or “The Hungry One must eat,” but rather the use of the term “feed” suggests a little less agency and purpose.  It isn’t going out looking for something to eat, but rather it is feeding on whatever it is given.

Later, Cumulous explains to the party that he does not worship the Hungry One and that it is just a source of power to him.  He can tap into it, just like the Bulbosi miracle workers can tap into the Bulb, but it’s not something that has a real consciousness or its own will and he does not interact with it as if it does.  Combined with his monk subclass (Long Death), the characterization of the Hungry One is less a supernatural powerful figure but more a manifestation of inevitable death and entropy.  Very similarly to Karna’s perspective, it’s going to feed on everything eventually because everyone’s going to die one day.  It might be today, if you happen to be a cheese sailor trying to murder your lawful child duchess, but that’s neither here nor there.

And as Lapin realized in his last moments and as he later showed to Liam, this seems to be the closest understanding to the actual nature of the Hungry One which we have encountered so far in either campaign.  The Hungry One is just a cosmological ball (add that to the list of significant TTRPG orbs!) and while it certainly contains a lot of power, it doesn’t do anything with it other than eat what is delivered into its mouth.  The power and the destruction and the death associated with the Hungry One?  All of that has only been wielded or used by living people, for their own aims and agendas.

Anyways, all this to say that while I don’t think it likely to happen, my dream scenario is for a couple FDA members to flee the scene of whatever plan they had that some or all of the Scrumptious Scoundrels have managed to foil, and as they escape, they run straight into a group of Candian monks (aka what they were actually doing during the Ravening War).  The last thing they hear, after all their scheming to “save” the world, is “The Hungry One must feed.”  And it does.

#dimension 20 #the ravening war #dimension 20 spoilers #the ravening war spoilers #karna solara #cumulous rocks #a crown of candy #long post #can you tell i've been losing my mind over the hungry one lore and calorum cosmology for the past three years? #like the hungry one; i am being FED by all this juicy juicy lore we're getting from the ravening war

[asterlizard]

Crow antics (based on irl observations)

#artsterlizard #the sound of a needy baby crow being fed is unforgettable #I've been rather busy over the summer but I will have some stuff that aren't doodles coming soon!

[napstawantstosleep]

C! Eret has been on my mind lately and I noticed that their growth as a character was mostly them accepting their mistakes and making peace with their past self haha my life model fr

#dsmp #dream smp #dsmp fanart #dream smp fanart #mcyt #mcyt fanart #the eret #eret #eret fanart #mcyt eret #eret mcyt #I missed drawing this little guy. This little gal. This smol and v tiny lad. #Accidental changes in the design maybe??? Idk man it's been so long since I drew them last #Smh can't believe I changed that bad 😔 #No but tbh I've been DRAINED lately like no energy just sleep and ERET'S stream always happen at 1am the second I'm about to zzzzzzzzz #Still trying to hop on occasionally tho!! Because I enjoy it so much but mmmmmbed #Also just took a look at the art I posted last year/months ago and what the heck was I fed with cuz.... #Nvm it was pasta I remembered

[scenearcee]

look what I did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they’re my loves my beloveds

#neuvirina #neuvifuri #neuvillette genshin #neuvillette #furina genshin #furina #focalette #they’re so married #they kiss in the end #couple #im sorry im being annoying about this ship but i've never been fed so well before #ship dynamics #neuvillette x furina

[tatakaeeren]

💦Naked Byakuya | Naked Geto 💦

*the noises @uraharaz and I made were not human*

#kuchiki byakuya #byakuya kuchiki #geto suguru #suguru geto #jjkedit #bleach edit #jjk #bleach #bleach tybw #akjhkahda I AM BEING FED THIS ANIME SEASONNNN!!! #A DREAM COME TRUEEEEE AKDJHKADHKAD #TWO SCENES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONGGG #and they are finally hereeee!!!! 🔥🙌🔥 #toriigifs #userartless #useraki #userdabiluna #userhyu #usermica #usergojoana #usergokalp #userinahochi #userlisette

[s-aint-elmo]

girl who has suffered more than alll-mer

(ID in alt text)

#fear and hunger #fear and hunger termina #fear and hunger 2 #samarie fear and hunger #fear and hunger samarie #samarie #doodles #mine #so hard to tag for a mononymic character. girl get a last name. domek is right there #these are the three samarie emotions: yearning radiating and Abject Misery #she also gets an emotional support mini-rina. it's what she would have wanted #took a 5-hour crash course in funger bc i saw marina's moonscorched. ended up feeling so strongly for samarie i had to exorcise it thru art #you can't put a pathetic sopping wet shaking unhinged little creature in front of me and expect me not to itch to treat her kindly for the #first time ever in her life #poor little unloved lamb let me keep you and coddle you and cover you in blood. let me give you one good day like a mouse soon to be fed to #a pet snake. let me feed you to the snake regardless. #anyway. the psychic attacks i've been fielding bc of samarina have been relentless. can unwell teen girls stop reflecting my life circa #junior high school. thanks

[lookanartdweeb]

Currently sending flowers to the Sonic Prime writers for gifting me with more sonadow content 💐💐💐💐

#sonic prime spoilers #sonic prime #sonic prime season 3 #sonadow #shadow #shadow the hedgehog #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sonic spoilers #netflix #dweeb talks #that season 3 episode 1 drop #THE FIGHTING TEAMWORK THEY DID??? #SO GOOOOD #the way I've been fed so much great content from sonic prime #I love it #I love the team

[borkwolf]

#dragon #dragon art #it's been a while since I've fed you guys so here take this <3 #bork's art

[obaewankenope]

I've given myself heat exhaustion AGAIN (heck, I hope it's only heat exhaustion, rip) and I am not here for it ffs so to make sure y'all know about it, imma share the signs of heat exhaustion!

Heat exhaustion is quite literally your body getting too hot and Exhausting itself to cope. Heatstroke is your body Failing To Cope.

Heat Exhaustion signs include:

You get a headache that Will Not Go Away

You feel confused and dizzy (balance who? Idk her)

You don't feel hungry but you feel sick as well (this sucks and happens a lot in high heat so try and snack regularly)

Sweating and clammy skin like the kind that has people go "you're freezing!" because you've sweated so much you literally end up with a chill on your skin

Cramps. Feckin cramps. Arms. Legs. Stomach. They suck ass.

You have a heckin fast pulse or you're hyperventilating like you've just had a Scare

Your body temp is over 38°c (because you're literally boiling like a lobster in a pot)

You are Beyond Thirsty and no matter what you drink it Does Not Abate

If you end up experiencing any of these symptoms, or multiple, and you're in a hot/warm environment, then sit your ass down in the shade, get something to drink, and get a damp cloth on your head or a change of clothes that are cool.

Basically, stop what you're doing and give your body a chance to Not Keep Boiling

Heat exhaustion is NOT THE SAME as a heatstroke.

Heatstroke is So Much Worse™.

Heatstroke signs include:

Still feeling like utter shite 30 minutes after you sat your ass down, rested in a cool place, and rehydrated

Not actually sweating even though you really do feel like a lobster in a pot that has the heat up High

Your body temp is 40°c+ (which is bad btw, that's temp for causing your to pass out etc)

Hyperventilating/fast breathing or actual shortness of breath (I struggle with this because asthma so I'm always like "idk if I got this oops)

Feeling confused but in a like "I don't know what's going on, I can't think, I have no idea about anything, someone help me please I'm crossing into traffic and don't even realise" way

Having a fit/seizure because your body temp is so high your brain is Actually Getting Boiled In Your Skull 🙃 [upside down smiley emoji]

Passing out and not actually responding or waking up from a brief fainting spell (this is the Serious™ kind of passing out that has doctors going "oh shit, we need an IV STAT!" or whatever it is they say when Shit Is Going Down)

Heatstroke can be really dangerous if it isn't treated quickly so please don't ignore these signs. Right now, I'm in a cool environs, with hydration, and am avoiding moving and am gonna have a nap because I'm going very dizzy, can't focus properly, have a headache, and am only coherent here because I'm HyperFocusing on this post. I can't even understand words being said to me right now hence nap, hydration, and cool environs.

So please, y'all, take care of yourselves. Seriously.

#Health #Heatstroke #Heat exhaustion #Advice #Tips and tricks #Life hacks #Help #Kat talks #I literally am a fool #A fool who genuinely didn't understand anything my mother said to me #Except 'dog has been fed' #That's it. That's all I understood of the words she said. #I was so dizzy and my legs were literally shaking I had to stumble to sit down #I've eaten and that's helping but I feel sick for having eaten #I'm still woozy af #My head feels like it's wobbling on my neck even tho it isn't #I'm in the house tho now and it's cool inside #I have water and tea so I'm good asbweol #It's just gonna be a case of resting and hoping it's just exhaustion and not a heatstroke #Bc I don't wanna be in A&E for 8+ hours with heatstroke when it's boiling in there #Anyway #I need to stop talking

[ministarfruit]

team lotus flower

#I love doofus 1 and doofus 2 #vtuber #holostars #holotempus #regis altare #hanasaki miyabi #remember when I was like 'I hope they collab ;w; wehh' #WELL I'VE BEEN FED A LOT THIS YEAR #past me has eaten good #congrats bud

[revvethasmythh]

not to be dramatic, but why are they like this

#the way this has been circulating in their discussions for like TEN episodes-- #are they not tired. because I'm EXHAUSTED #this is like what if Ashton's ''I've known a loneliness you don't'' debacle lasted over ten fucking weeks #like you'd think orym had physically himself fed bor'dor soul to delilah like giving feed to a horse the way they talk about it #anyway dropping this and leaving because I need to go workout bye <3 #if you are weird I will turn reblogs off okay bye <3

[sage-nebula]

Unbreakable Bond in the IDW Comics: 1/?

Bonus:

#IDW sonic #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #tails the fox #sonic and tails #i've been meaning to do this for soooo long #it's about time #''well [Tails] was practically raised by Sonic'' SO true bestie #more to come since this is literally only the first arc lol #these comics keep us unbreakable bond stans well fed #IDW Unbreakable Bond Compilation #sth

[twilight-deviant]

Daredevil: Born Again BTS

#Marvel #Daredevil #Born Again #Matt Murdock #Wilson Fisk #Kingpin #FiskMatt #Look at their giggles #I love Vincent and Charlie's friendship #Also that top-right pic????? #as a shipper I've gone beyond insane you understand #I can take no more #I'm at my wit's end #I have been so well-fed these past few days I think I'm going to explode #Anyway bottom two pics? #As a shipper‚ seeing Matt wearing merch with Fisk's name on it is SENDING ME #Like oh my god my mind is going 100mph #The diner and now their little stroll on the street? This is TWO separate conversations #Implying they have some sort of alliance in this series #Is Matt publicly supporting Fisk's mayoral bid part of that?!?!?!?!?!?! #(Is Marvel stealing from my unwritten wip fic? XDDD) #But then also I hate this hat because it is an ugly and obvious reference to Tr*mp #and I hate any comparison between that pathetic worm and my man #Please stop #Comparisons go both ways and it is (at the very least) implying Tr*mp is intelligent #Shhhhhh stop #Maybe I'm wrong #Hope I'm wrong #However I still can't unhear the “fake news” line in DD S3 #FCFI

[banes-favourite]

Trauma asks u say 👀

Ya boy has absolutely self harmed before bane. Spending 10 years in slavery, there's no way he didnt try to escape other ways >.>

Haarlep probably has his form... They lived together and he canonically had to sell his body, it physically hurts my soul that Haarlep probably has teen Gorty memorized.

His face is irreparably damaged, he knows that, it probably hurts to think about what he might have looked like with out the constant abuse reshaping his face

He's probably got food trauma... I can't imagine him being fed regularly or enough when he was enslaved.

(Have you seen his base model? He's got some (2?) little light freckles below his belly button hidden in his happy trail.)

anon i am grabbing you by the cheeks and giving you the biggest kiss known to man bc you simultaneously fed me after I've been starving for 100 years and also trampled all over my heart but I'm THANKING you for it

i can totally see him mindlessly scratching his forearms bc he used to claw the shit out of them in the HoH out of frustration (and also read my fic about his self-punching 🙌) which is why he has them covered at all times with thick ass gauntlets.

also imagining him looking in the mirror and wondering what Could have been had he not been mutilated so young,,,.

And also i love to think he would indulge in feasts and a billion sweets once he's rich and well off but you're so right with the eating issues thing,, man's has always scraped by for a piece of rotten food, he probably can't physically tolerate overeating and has to throw up or he'll die

also what do you MEAN with the light freckles!! what do you imply!!

#thank u nomnom I've been Fed Well #pls send more if you've inspiration 🙏 #hiding this here cus yeah but omg the haarlep thing has genuinely kept me up at night #it's 100% canon and i feel so many things about it im crying #bg3 #enver gortash #gortash #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate #baldurs gate #bg3 gortash #anon #asks #tw trauma #tw child abuse #tw food #tw self h4rm

[thegroundhogdidit]

i've heard about the recent rise in aphobia online (haven't personally witnessed it due to the many asexuals i surround myself with) and all i have to say is aren't aphobes tired yet? do you never look at the arbitrary rules and "life goals" society has provided for you and just heave a sigh of world-weary apathy? have you never stopped to examine the system you've been put in and asked yourself why you care what other people are doing with their lives? why do the sex lives (and lack thereof) of other people bother you so much? i'm sorry our deviant sexuality that ostracizes us from both queer and straight society isn't deviant enough for you. aren't you tired? aren't you weary? must you say "waiter! waiter! those people aren't eating cake when everyone else is! everyone point and laugh so we can ignore the conservatives trying to stop us from eating our own cake!" i'm so goddamn tired. aren't you?

#sorry for the monologue guys i've been watching a lot of mike flanagan shows lately #asexual #aspec #tw aphobia #or at least talking about it #remember kids anyone who tries to sow discord in a community is a fed regardless of whether they're actually a fed