#at least we ARE free!!

[nothazellevesque]

a man self immolated in front of the israeli embassy in washington dc yesterday. not just any man. an active member of the us air force. he live streamed his death, and said that he refused to be complicit in a genocide any longer. he said that compared to what palestinians were facing every day, setting himself alight was nothing.

let me reiterate. an active duty air force member burned himself alive because he was so disgusted by what the us government was openly supporting. he live-streamed his own suicide, so the whole world could bear witness as a man in his military uniform set himself on fire to protest his government’s complicity in the horrors that we have all been forced to watch happen in real time. he became a new horror. footage of the immolation blurs him out the moment the fire catches, but you can hear him. it is over in seconds, really, but you can hear him screaming. he shouts “free palestine” until his body physically cannot make any sounds other than guttural screams of agony. and then he falls silent. a police officer arrives and points a gun at his still burning body, shouting at him to get down on the ground. and it is over.

his name was Aaron Bushnell. he was twenty five years old. and he isn’t here anymore because the political ruling class has decided that genocide is perfectly fine as long as it preserves imperialism. in the coming days, people will try to discredit him. to say that he was mentally unstable. they will try to bury his actions to save face and defend israel’s propaganda. do not let them. aaron knew what he was doing. he knew what he was doing when he put on his military uniform, set up his twitch stream, and made his final walk up to the embassy. he knew what would happen to him when he flicked that lighter. do not let them forget. aaron’s blood is on the hands of the political ruling class.

#free palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #Aaron bushnell #aaron’s livestream likely made it so much harder to bury this like the media did to the last person who self immolated #the least we can do is not forget him #gaza strip #gaza #palestine

[egophiliac]

roll out the red carpet guys we're going to the SHAFTLANDS

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #tapis rouge #i have nothing else right now i'm sorry i just got excited by that vil hairstyle #(and i got REALLY excited for a second because i thought red carpet = movie premiere and i always love it when vil gets to be an ~acteur~) #(but 'luxe couture' makes me think fashion show instead. ah well.) #anyway it's time for the vil hometown event!!!! or...travel event at least? #are we gonna get to meet eric or is it gonna be someone else 👀 👀 👀 #like i would love to see eric but i kind of think it won't be him since he had that little main story cameo #(as portrayed by Generic Man Silhouette with some hair drawn on) #but feel free to prove me wrong twst! show us how much more glorious his hair has gotten in the last ten-ish years

[feluka]

in all honesty i feel there shouldn't be any christmas celebrations at all until palestine is free

#and i don't mean until ceasfire. i mean until it's free. #pope shenouda was 100% right when he banned his coptic people from going on pilgrimage to jerusalem so long as it's occupied by israel #because he said 1- we shouldn't be able to go there while palestinian christians and muslims are banned from going to their holy sites #and 2- while jerusalem is occupied all ''tourism money'' it gets goes to israel which pours into the zionist war machine #he was absolutely right to ban the pilgrimages and to establish strong coptic/palestinian solidarity #and i can't help but feel like tawadros is falling short of the bar that shenouda set #he made a statement on behalf of copts denouncing israel and supporting palestine which is. nice. but he can do more. #i sincerely hope he imposes a ban on celebrations at least this year. at least.

[artharakka]

Beautiful, But Broken

#bg3 #tiefling #tw blood #c: Viivi #so I redid my bg3 character because I wasn't feeling durge that much. So now my sibling does durge and I regular tav Viivi #(changed her to tiefling for funs) #at least I meant to do regular tav but uhhhhh things have gone very unfortunately very fast #anyway. Viivi is an artist; she does painting sculpting poetry and some prose. Experimenting with this and that #unfortunately she is deaf which made making connections a bit hard in the fine arts world #fortunately she has a patreon with one very generous patron (she's fey warlock)✨ who has bestowed some gifts of charms for her #which have opened doors of many art galleries #She's not a fighter so although she is confident in her own lane she is also very aware of her mortality #so she avoided any fights she could #which might have saved her but also got her into the mess of her lifetime #you see she couldn't fight the entire goblin camp and their leaders. She would've just not survived that. So she convinced them #that she is a True Soul. She is good at convincing people. It worked. They thought she is on their side. Good #Halsin also though Viivi was on their side. Halsin attacked Viivi's party. Now Halsin is dead. #So Viivi and her group were still alone deep within enemy fort. Viivi made new plans. She frees the prisoner who says he will warn the grov #Good thinks Viivi now they know to flee. I will go to Minthara and tell we got the information from prisoner of the grove location #she will trust us and we walk off #when we get back to grove they have not fled and Minthara is at the gates #Minthara wants Viivi to sound the horn. Zevlor wants Viivi to sound the horn. Viivi asks Zevlor to please tell this plan in detail. #Zevlor says just blow the horn already. Viivi does that. Minthara thanks Viivi for leaving the gate open as planned #Zevlor does not thank Viivi for that. Viivi is confused as she did not leave the gate open. (for real the damn gate was left open) #So I did a Massacre. #now Karlach is gone Wyll is dead. Lae'zel is also dead #but apparently Minthara is ready to be very loving and sincere with Viivi. The most helpful person she has met in very long time. #Viivi might love her #so that is how she's doing.

[enders-redemption]

rdr fan culture is playing the game, looking at so many posts, and reading so much fanfiction that arthur’s dialect unironically starts slipping into your every day vernacular

#girl help #said ‘we was’ COMPLETELY on accident today. #i…. am cringe. but i am free #why don’t people say feller anymore. it’s such a perfect word #like sometimes that just ain’t a guy or a dude or a bro #that there’s a feller #same with the term ‘sweet on’ #it’s so cute why did people stop using that??? it’s so much better than ‘crush’ #he’s sweet on him vs he has a crush on him. one is obv superior i mean cmon #rdr2 #shouting into the void #arthur morgan #rdr2 arthur morgan #red dead redemption 2 #i live in a part of the us where yall and ain’t are common terms at least

[dealwithadeer]

Okay, but imagine in season 2 a duet between Angel Dust (now free!Anthony) and Alastor about Husks soul:

It would start with the two of them having a conversation after Alastor finds out about their relationship. And then Alastor calls Husk 'Husker' and Angel gets defensive for his best friend/boyfriend and says 'His name is Husk.' Alastor just gives a laugh and says that 'his name is whatever I want to call him'

And Angel is cocky, maybe even flirting a bit with Alastor (mostly to make him uncomfortable), and when Alastor calls Husk his pet, Angel/Anthony responst with 'Oh kinky' but there is also venom in it because especially now that he is free he hates to see his Husk still in chains. Animation with the difference where Angel ist dancing with Husk and where Alastor makes Husk dance like a puppet on a string (chains).

#radiohusk #huskerdust #I think this could get into a new form of #radiohuskerdust #with Angel now being free and as a redeemed soul in hell #out of Alastors grasp/maybe with some powers #So the dynamic between Angel/Anthony and Alastor would be interesting #I do hope that we get some Angel Dust and Alastor interactions in the next few episodes or #at least in season 2 #Angel to the rescue

[inkskinned]

one of the things about having an unstable parent is that it can so easily ruin your future. you want to get out, but getting out takes having agency. it takes the resume and the grades and the stellar community service history.

but you have to choose your battles. you know if you sign up for an after-school activity, it'll be okay for a while, so long as the activity is parent-approved and god-fearing. over time, like all things, it will become an argument (i can't keep carting your ass to these things) or a weapon (talk to me like that again, see if you get to go to practice). sometimes, if you love the thing, it's worth it. but you also know better than to love something: that's how they get you. if you ever actually want something, it will always be the center of their attention. they will never stop threatening you with it. telling you of course i'm a good parent, i came to all of those stupid events.

you learn to balance yourself perfectly. you can either have a social life or you can have hobbies. both of these things will be under constant scrutiny. you spend too much time with her, you should be at home with family is equally paired with you're acting like this because you're addicted to what's on that goddamn screen. you cannot ever actually win, so everything falls within a barter system that you calculate before entering: do you want to learn how to drive? if so, you'll need to give up asking for a new laptop, even though yours died. maybe you can work on a computer at the library. of course, that would mean you'd be allowed to go to the library, which would mean something else has to bleed. nothing ever actually comes free.

and that bitter, horrible irony: you could be literally following their orders and it still isn't pretty. they tell you to get a job; they hate that your job keeps you late and gives you access to actual money. they tell you to do better in school; they say no child of mine needs a tutor. they want you to stop being so morose, don't you know there are people who are really suffering - but they revile the idea you might actually need therapy.

you didn't survive that fall the way other people would. you've seen other people scramble and get their way out, however they could. maybe you were made too-soft: the answer didn't come to you easily. it wasn't quick. it was brutal and nasty. some people even asked you why didn't you just work hard and escape during school? and you felt your head spinning. why didn't you? (they control your financial aid. they control your loan status. they love having that kind of thing). maybe in another life you got diagnosed sooner and got the meds you needed to actually focus and got attention from the right teachers who helped you clear hurdles to get up out of here - but for now? here?

the effort of trying. the effort of not-dying. that kind of effort was absolutely agonizing.

#writeblr #btw i got out #even though i felt this way #i was undiagnosed and was in a particularly fucked up situation #(it's complicated lol) #i had no money and no way out #no car no license . i still had a curfew at 22 years old #and still. i got out. #you can get out too. #i wasn't allowed to literally do anything after school we were pretty much only allowed 1 hobby #and STILL i got out. #it wasn't bc i was particularly smart or capable or clever. it's that 1. i got lucky & 2. #i knew there had to be The Rest of The World #and I wanted to at least VAGUELY get to the Rest of the World before i gave up trying #sometimes it's the spite that gets u thru it. that sense - fuck u #FUCK YOU ACTUALLY. #im gonna make my own life u stupid bitch. since u seem so convinced i could never REALLY do it. #whenever ppl are like <3 just cut out ur parents <3 im like <3 have u never been poor lol <3 #<3 i needed them to sign my loans <3 #<3 bestie not every person who is struggling is going to be able to make the grades and hero status to get a free ride. #and guess what baby!! we still deserve to get out and have a good life.

[blessedarethebinarybreakers]

God, the agony of Rafah shakes the heavens. May it percuss our hearts open. May it topple our empires.

#there are no words. there are no words. yet we must not be silent #find at least one tangible way to help gaza today. #or strip yourself of your humanity #free palestine #rafah

[jakehal-sometimes]

Imagine jakehal. But yuri. That is all. :3

4

only if it's toxic doomed android yuri. yay 💛

#homestuck #hal #jake #jakehal #the return of sal and unnamed yellow ar jake #what if i had to turn you into an AI to save you from death #cursing you with the same thing i'm cursed with to bring you back #i'm the only one who understands you now but it's because i did this to you #(that's my vision at least. feel free to interpret this however you want. peace and love on planet robot) #and we were both girls

[michaeljoncarter]

2024 dc predictions/prophecies for the new year:

halcarol baby inflicted upon the world

somebody decides to finally introduce roy harper's mother, but they make her white

williamson's bizarro lian comes out as a lesbian. 76.23% chance this involves cheshire being homophobic at some point

they try to give jason todd a kid

truly horrific deathstroke resurrection arc that probably involves a writer making up like 3 new random wilson kids that nobody asked for and like. cannibalism or something equally deranged

exposé that reveals all the chaos behind the scenes a la the kotaku anthem/bioware article

mia dearden returns, but it's one of those in-name-only returns where she's like a random villain who appears for 3 issues and then disappears again immediately after

one of them irrelevantass twins clark & lois randomly adopted gets murked

truly terrible attempt at a villain/downfall arc for one of the supers (probably kenan or power girl)

bill willingham lawsuit. 50/50 on whether he sues or get sued

homophobic damian incident

#this is literally gibberish.... moving on #feel free to add on with your personal bingo card spaces here if u want #if we all make random guesses at least ONE of us has to nail something #and it will be very funny in like 9 months hgekhbn

[sainzinnorris]

to the f1 community i can reach out to, we all can collectively agree williams has screwed over logan (intentionally or unintentionally). so can we all, by the power of unity, vote for logan as driver of the day for the gp? because he's had it rough for so long, I'd kill to see him happy.

our boy; what he deserves to do;

#can we all collectively cooperate please 😭😭😭 #we can all have different driver preferences but we know logan's been screwed over ruthlessly #this is the least we can do 😭🩷 #please for the american pookie 😭😭 #unite <333😭 #logan sargeant #ls2 #formula 1 #f1 #formula one #japanese grand prix #suzuka grand prix #japan grand prix #stella's rambles #feel free to reblog this and share your thoughts!!

[skyrzeart]

(Returns from art block hell to make more dragon age art in the year 2023…)

Krem & Merrill!

#dragon age #dragon age fanart #as usual Jennifer hale as Krem I am free anytime u are free if you are free I am free this Friday #BioWare is. uh #but at least we have him #and Merill bc I think she is neat :) #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #my art

[everysongineverykey]

i've said this before but i think a huge part of the reason undertale's character writing works that doesn't get talked about enough is the fact that it doesn't fall into the trap of having FRIENDSHIP fix everything. i mean in a way it kind of does but like. the characters fix their own mistakes. they are the ones to decide they've done wrong and take action to fix it, not you. they just realize that through frisk. friendship gives them the new perspective necessary to change their ways, but it's only half the solution.

it's alphys who decides, on her own, to take the amalgamates home and admit her mistakes. it's undyne who, when it's her turn to attack you, outside her flaming house, decides there's no point in this path of mindless murder and destruction she's dug for herself, and breaks the cycle herself by dropping her weapon and deciding not to fight you anymore. it's asgore who, after you've done nothing but attack him, realizes what a coward he's been and decides to end the cycle of violence at the cost of his own life. it's mettaton who hears the voices of the hundreds who love him, and who he loves, and realizes that for now, it's more worth it for him to be content where he is. it's asriel who, despite the comfort of pretending chara's still with him, chooses to recognize frisk as who they really are, and face a harsh reality so he can save his family. sans sees your determination and perseverance in the face of hopelessness and decides that maybe there is something to fight for, all by simply watching you. hell, papyrus gives up his fight entirely on his own- all he needs is an opportunity to really think his plan to join the guard through, and a taste of what that guard actually stands for, and he decides it's not worth it without you saying a word. undertale presents you with all these flawed and complex characters and says, "here, look. they're just like you, and they chose to save themselves, despite everything in them telling them they were damned. will you do the same?"

#undertale #they. saved. themselves. that's the whole point of this game. #you saved their souls. but only they can save their lives. #i think that's why ut's redemption arcs work. they're not just frisk 'fixing' everyone. they're damaged and flawed people caught in cycles #of loneliness and nihilism and insecurity and self-hate #who find friendship for the first time in years and decide that this is worth becoming the best people they can be. #that's why frisk doesn't break the barrier. it's corny #but i think at least part of undertale is about how we need to break our own barriers. and we will need external love and support to do tha #but ultimately- as seen with asriel- it's our decision to set ourselves free.

[lover-of-mine]

Buddie Countdown to Season 7:

79 days.

inspired by @bucksbackwardcap

#911 #buddie #911edit #buddieedit #911 on fox #911 fox #911 abc #evan buckley #eddie diaz #my edit #buddies7 #911hiatus2023 #otp: you don't need to pretend with me #flashing tw #usercam #not exactly what we talked about but there isnt a lot of scenes unfortunately #i cant imagine being this sure that someone is right behind me tho #again if you have an idea please feel free to send it over and i might end up adding to the countdown #or just making you a set anyway kosaoskaosasok #this was supposed to be schedueled #whatever #at least i posted the right day lol #911verse

[faeffey]

tfa blitz as football fan ive spent too much time on this, this was supposed to be very mini comic with like, three or four panels oh well

#maccadam #my art #fanart #maccadams #blitzwing #transformers animated #tfa #transformers fanart #art #transformers #tfa blitzwing #fan comic #tf comics #tfa megatron #megatron #tfa blitzwing the football fan bc we deserve this #oh god this is so dump #BUT I DO NOT CARE IT MIGHT BE CRINGE BUT AT LEAST I AM FREE #comics

[shopwitchvamp]

me the absolute first split second people are acting up in the shop

#yes unfortunately we have to have a blacklist at this point of people not allowed to order anymore #this was actually *more* of an issue back in the day when i was selling handmade crocheted plushies lol #but like explain to me why this has happened with more than one person at this point: #they buy something #then a week or two later they email us/post/leave a review saying how much they hate it and we suck and that they want to return it #then they never send the thing back #continue to go on about how mad they are about it #still never send it back #then they TRY TO BUY ANOTHER THING???? #what is that about #was it just wanting the first thing for free? like trying to bully us into letting you keep it for free??? i don't get it #if you hate it so much why would you order again ???????? #anyway #do this and your order will 100% be canceled #pls never return #thankfully this only applies to like 3 people currently haha #vs the dozen person long etsy blacklist i had for plushies #lots of people wanted them for free or at least i suspect that was what was going on.... it was the wild west out there #exhausting