lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)
if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.
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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.
I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.
I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.
If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.
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luffy and law saying "i love you" to each other truly hits so different when you remember ace and cora-san literally their most important person said "thanks for loving me" and "law i love you" before they died to them. their similar backstory when it comes to this gave it more nuances almost like a proof for second chance or a promise to each other that surely this time whatever lies ahead before them the outcome will be different.
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HOWDY IM SO SORRY IM FANGIRLING A BIT BUT I LOVE YOUR PICREW SO MUCH?????? ITS THE BEST PICREW IVE EVER SEEN ALL OF THE HAIR IS DELICIOUS AND THE BAND SHIRTS AND ARUGHSGGSGA
oh holy shit wait you also designed the will wood poster??? HOLY SHIT???? I didn't know that???
let me die for you please
YEAH BABY THATS ME THE PICREW GUY !! THE WILL WOOD GUY !! A MAN OF MANY TALENTS !!
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Hello everybody this is an emergency!!! Pls buy my commissions!!!!
Pls reblog if able to, im begging, this is the best I can do
So, as some of you know I am a 15 year old living in San Diego, California and prices here are impossible unless you are rich or have family to back you up. So, we don’t have that actually.
My mother quit her job awhile ago but recently got back into another job, she didn’t have a go-to job after quitting her other one which made us 6 weeks behind rent/payment, making us loose over 40k, I am not able to get a job yet so for now, i must do comms.
In just 6 days, we might loose cable, electricity, water, anything! If we dont do something, something has been eating our bank and we need over 4k and right now we have.. $1.36 in total in bank.
Hopefully, i might be able to get started on commissions, please if you’re able to, we might loose something in less than a week if we dont do anything, if you arent able to buy and rb—please just atleast try to reblog, i am panicking right now and I have no idea if this is an exaggeration or not, we NEED money!!
I am only using Venmo:
@Goobiestarstar
Please pm me here on tumblr or on discord (Goobiestar⛱#6188) if interested
(I am so sorry these prices are high, if able to i would really appreciate tipping)
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its actually so crazy how the writing team was like “lets make grief and loss important themes for alisaie as a character” so in BCOB she learns about making peace with her grandfather’s death to live life on her own terms, for her own sake. she goes out herself to explore eorzea. and then emery dies while shes powerless to do anything about it. and then she almost dies believing that urianger was going to betray her and the scions. and then she watches the same tower her brother was supposed to be in get bombed not knowing if he escaped in time. and then she watches the people she loves be picked off one by one, physically present but spiritually gone, while being powerless to help them. and then she loses contact with alphinaud (again) not knowing if he’s okay. if he’s safe. and then the next time she sees him immediately its his limp body being carried by a stranger. and then she begs the warrior of light to not leave her alone. and then she watches tesleen die powerless to do anything about it. and then she watches the warrior of light nearly succumb to becoming a sin-eater, risking dooming not only the fate of the first, but the source. and then she finds the cold bodies of licinia and her sister, ultimately more victims of their despair than anything else, people who she’d been trying to help. and then s
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Akane’s backpack is super big, arguably bigger than Nene’s, so let’s talk about it.
We know why Nene’s bag is full: her plan was to stay with Hanako forever so she brought lots of things.
But Akane is just part of their rescue mission, which makes him comically overpacked.
He is the only character whose bag Aidairo put a light focus on it too, and they did it twice: First in this twitter art, where he stays up late to pack.
Then in the chibi art of vol 17, where things like the water bottle, food, and berry flavored snacks are flying as the characters fall: All items we see Akane putting in his backpack at night.
Even the fallen items we don’t see him pack, like the band-aids, the bread sticks and such, are all ‘essential’ items, which feels very Akane considering our only other reference points are Nene, who just packed games, and Teru, who packed a chopped demon hand, and yet there isn’t a single fun game or exorcist tool in the art.
But why did Akane pack so much? He has no hidden agenda like Nene, his plan was to work with the team: Once he saved Aoi he indulged enough to hug her, but was still quick to regroup, ready to get back. He even got angry at the Minamoto brothers for fighting instead of focusing on the mission.
He truly didn’t seem to have a grand personal plan, so I’m assuming it was a precaution.
Akane took this mission very serious. All the information he had is that they would go through a well, so he dressed up in complete hiking clothes, including gloves, and even brought a flashlight.
I believe he got ready for anything that could go wrong, including the worst possibility possible: That Aoi might be beyond saving.
I cannot see any other reason why he would pack a big blanket (which is rolled up on top of his bag), and so much comfort food (him and Aoi likes raspberries).
He wants them both to live, and he will do everything he can to achieve that, but if they had proven to be too late and Akane was informed Aoi can’t come with them, he wouldn’t hesitate to stay behind with her. Because he loves Aoi more than his own life.
Abandoning her again just isn’t an option.
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