#fix the country

[illustratinglaura]

I want to paint but its power cut again.So i guess i just scroll Tumblr until my phone battery dies.

#ghana #fix the country #fix ghana

[haywirecompass]

whoever the fuck i saw saying "i can't stand english bitching because they're so complacent" and whoever else thinks we're not doing enough i'd like to invite you to DO SOME FUCKING RESEARCH.

a law was recently passed that deemed any kind of protesting as disruptive and able to be punished by the police, alongside giving the police more power.

we all watched the police storm the PEACEFUL VIGIL for sarah everard - a woman raped and murdered by a police officer.

PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY BEING ARRESTED FOR OUTWARDLY EXPRESSING ANY SORT OF DISPLEASURE WITH THE MONARCHY.

A WOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR HOLDING UP A SIGN. JUST HOLDING IT.

PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR BOOING.

everything in britain has been put to a standstill. hospital appointments have been cancelled. funerals have been cancelled. we can't do anything about it.

many of us will be unable to pay our energy bills this winter. we will freeze. we will starve.

it has been demonstrated to us time and time and time again that protests simply make people talk about how we were protesting and never why. and now the police has increased power to punish us for any public opinion that they don't like.

we have been under tory rule for 12 years. 12 years of the same people - hey americans, can you imagine that?

we are tired, no, we are exhausted. we are struggling. we are scared. and it has been made clear to us that our government does not care.

so fucking forgive us if we're putting our own survival over the opinions of americans (and other non-brits but americans are the worst) online who expect us to learn everything about their politics and their country and don't put in an ounce of effort to learn about ours.

#y'all remember trying to pressure russians to protest against their government? #when they literally cannot? #yeah #fuck off #uk politics #don't fucking comment on our country and how things work if you don't have the slightest idea how it works #also don't? tell us what to do? we could just as easily be like #why are americans complaining about abortion just protest and fix it #yeah not that fucking easy is it #absolute fucking idiots

[amphibianaday]

day 1522

#amphibian #frog #frogsona #tip: dont become self employed you have to do so much taxes related stuff all. the. time #(in my country. who knows about america based on what ive heard about your taxes its probably worse) #i dont neeed help btw im just complaning because i had to look at The Spreadsheets #didnt do my bookkeeping correctly for 2 months but i fixed it👍 #its not even THAT bad i just needed to draw like. corporate vent art i guess

[sic-vita]

The Sandman || Morpheus’ side profile

#the sandman #tom sturridge #morpheus #dream of the endless #sicvita:sandman #sue's things #he is beautiful #this gifset doesnt feel finished #but unfortunately i dont have time to fix it #as i have moved countries!!!

[ace-s-fav-dp-posts]

So I've seen DPxDC stories where Danny is Damian's twin brother or just full blood sibling in general and not biologically a Fenton at all, where he's Bruce and Maddie's son, Talia and Jack's son, stories where he's either Bruce or Talia's kid with some other random person and was adopted by the Fentons.

Stories where either Jack or Maddie is Ra's kid and Danny (and Jazz) are thus Damian's maternal first cousins.

I've even seen a few stories where Danny was just literally Ra's son, either by blood or by adoption.

I know of one specific post where Danny is Dusan's son and Mara's older brother, but that's it.

I have yet to see a single prompt where either of Danny's parents are descended of either Dusan or Nyssa even though both of them are far more than old enough to be grandparents.

Hell, Dusan is calculated to be around 750 years old by some people, while Nyssa canonically had her bloodline wiped out by the Nazis, a bloodline that included a great grandson and she has a confirmed birth year of 1775 (so she'd be nearly 250 years old in modern day).

So the idea of Damian's first cousin being an adult pushing 50 with kids older than Damian himself would be completely logical (if you go ahead of sticking the show aged DP characters into the 2020s).

Though to be honest if we go this route I'd pick different Fenton Parents and generational displacement from Ra's depending on which of Ra's kids Danny and Jazz are descended from.

If they're descended from Dusan, then I'd pick Jack as being his son, and Mara's older half brother, who is older than her by like 46 years.

The Fenton's are actually aware of their connection to a quasi-immortal assassin, but Jack and Maddie do their best to keep their kids out of that life.

Which Dusan isn't supper accepting about. But he also only discovered Jack when he was already an adult, and if he wants to be invited to his grandkid's birthdays and be allowed to drop Mara off at the Fenton house to be watched he just kind of has to accept that his son and grandchildren aren't interested in the Al Ghul legacy.

While if it's Maddie who's descended from the Al Ghul bloodline, then I'd want her and Alicia to be descended from Nyssa's line, specifically Vasily Vasilevich, Nyssa's great grandson.

Nyssa thinks he's killed by the Nazi's like the rest of her descendants but because he's an infant someone actually manages to smuggle him away before he actually enters any camp. He eventually ends up smuggled all the way to the United States, where he's given a new name, and raised as an American by the family that took him as their own while fleeing from the Nazi's and smuggled him to the state's in the first place.

So Maddie and Alicia are both Nyssa's great great granddaughters, while Danny, Jazz, and Dani are Nyssa's great great great grandchildren. The Fenton's (and Walkers if we go ahead with making that Maddie and Alicia's maiden names), have no idea that they're descended from a weird eco terrorist assassin cult...

Until Jazz insists on the family doing one of those at home dna tests after Maddie casually dropped family lore about how her dad wasn't the biological child of her grandparents, and that they'd ended up taking him in when fleeing Europe from Nazi persecution, and no one knew who his birth parents were or if any of his biological family survived or not. Or even the name his biological parents gave him.

Jazz just thinks this is going to be a fun family history project where nothing weird will happen, unbeknownst to her Tim Drake has created backdoor access to every single one of those at home dna testing databases he can find, specifically looking for hits on the Al Ghul family tree.

That man might be old as fucking dirt, but Talia's existence (and backstory of being conceived at Woodstock with a random hippy lady) is proof that Ra's is more likely than not still producing swimmers and going around banging random women much to Tim's horror.

And Tim wants to know if any oopsie Al Ghuls pop out of the woodwork before Ra's does, at the very least to try and prevent any more from getting indoctrinated into the League of Assassins.

I just feel like either one of these would really hammer home that Ra's line really is comprised of largely unaging immortals (if they have access to a Lazarus pit and want to), who's outer age doesn't really reflect their actual age at all.

WIth Mara and Jack being half siblings but also like 40+ years apart in age, or Maddie being Nyssa's great great granddaughter but looking basically the same age.

Because DC's never really pushes that when it comes to Ra's. Sure all of his kids are adults, but all of them are also seem to be frozen between the ages of like 30 to 50 years old, with Ra's himself looking around 70-ish, and then all of his grandkids (who we get to see) are literal children.

So if you were to take a family picture of Ra's and the descendants (who matter and) we get to see in the comics, it would just look like a normal family portrait or family tree. The grandparent looks 20-30 years older then the Parents/Aunt/Uncle generation, who looks 20-30 years older than the child generation.

Like I just feel there should be more family line fuckery going on with the Al Ghul family than there is in canon.

Or hell you could make Jack or Maddie Talia's kid if you go with the really old canon of Talia also actually being a lot older but using the Lazarus Pits to stay physically young. I think she's like 150 in that continuity but using the pits to stay in her 30s or so.

Then you could just have Jazz or Danny show up and Damian introduce them to the Batfam as his niece and nephew, played best with Damian being around ten, but Danny and Jazz in their late teens or even early 20s.

#dp x dc #Danyal al ghul #but by way of the longest most convoluted bloodline possible #great great great great grandfather ra's al ghul #if you go the Maddie is descended from Nyssa route #or Jack's only living 1st cousin and sibling both being under the age of 10 when he's turning 50 #if you go the Jack is Dusan's son route #either way I think this is far funnier than most of the other Danyal Al Ghul AUs #Do I think Nyssa learning that her great grandson survived and actually lived a long and happy life with two daughters would Fix her? No #Do I think she'd be the most ferociously protective Babushka who wouldn't let Ra's so much as Look at her last living descendants? #yes yes I do #Nyssa wouldn't let her father set foot in the same country as Danny considering she more likely than not knows his plans for Damian

[rainbowchaox]

1) the awards and the new creator been in the works for ages

2) Merch is good that means people will get payed

3) Everyone is way too impatient the fact is we won’t get much updates as it not drama it’s legal stuff.

All in all people are too quick to doompost like Quackity said don’t watch if the project is soured for you. For some the project is not fixable and that’s your opinion. Don’t feel like you have to stay in a fandom that you hate. It been only a couple days.

#qsmp #not hate to anyone but why do people expect it to be fixed in like barely a week? it’s gonna be a while for Quackity to write contracts #ESSPECIALLY because different countries have different labor laws #plus the merch means that said admins can actually be payed. they can’t currently be payed right now he is trying to find ways for them #whether it’s merch or ads #discourse

[bird-likes-to-fandom]

sorry for being a country music liker on ma-

actually no im not. country music fucks!!!! you guys are just listening to the wrong kinds!!!! the kinds that aren't even country!!!!! you cant judge a whole genre based on a tiny part of it!!!!!!

#bird likes to chirp #country music is not just beer and girls in skirt and trucks #it is riding in the backseat on the way to your mamaw's house #it is the comforting noise of guitars and banjos lulling you to sleep #it's the radio in all its static-y fuzzy glory as your mom fixes lunch #it's working on a project while you laugh with your friends at some of the worst lyrics you've ever heard. but the experience is better tha #the music ever could be #having grown up in the southern us - country music is literally a part of me

[tragedykery]

I think it's really funny when europeans criticise the us-centrism in history education in the usa because. if you've seen our own history education you've seen it is usually incredibly eurocentric. the pot calling the kettle black and whatnot

#it's just one of the many examples of europeans pointing and laughing at the usa while we do. exactly the same #at best it's mildly annoying at worst it's attempting to erase/smooth over the issues in our own countries while doing nothing to actually #fix them and pretending they don't exist AND holding onto that sense of 'superiority' #elli rambles #I've genuinely met people who think racism doesn't exist here and only does in the usa??? #yes race functions differently here than in the usa because it's different everywhere!! that doesn't mean people don't #discriminate on the basis of race here holy shit!!!! #same thing with police brutality with pretty much any social issue. we're not better than usamericans.

[referencees]

So if anyone hasn’t heard yet, Joe Biden visited the auto workers picket line today, making history as the first sitting US president to join an ongoing strike….ever.

While explicit support of labor unions isn’t unheard of in the history of American politics, it is within all of our lifetimes. Famously Ronald Regan was president of the Screen Actors Guild, and then went on to become one of the most anti-union, anti-labor presidents in our history.

All this to say, this is a Big Fucking Deal.

#actually really excited to see this #doesn’t fix the problem fs but seeing public support from the government for labor unions is a massive deal in this country #labor rights #union solidarity #auto workers #wga #sag aftra #strike

[mylittleredgirl]

medication acquired!!! after two hours i no longer want to die, i'm like a neglected houseplant un-wilting after being watered.

i immediately put this renewed will to live into calling health new england about a different medication they denied even though it's on their formulary. turns out the "prior auth" we thought they needed is actually three separate prior authorizations, through different digital systems, all going to different places. like wholeass different COMPANIES. ("pharmacy management companies" my beloathed.)

they called all of them "prior auths" over the phone until i made them spell it out for me.

prior auth classic "yes that is the medication i put on the prescription sorry we really do want you to cover it"

quantity limit "yes we are aware this is over the approved dosage, somehow, even though it is literally the lowest dose this medication comes in and we're only asking for 14 days worth to see if it works"

step therapy "yes she has taken four cheaper medications in this category before, we pinkie promise we tried to save you as much money as possible"

"just tell your doctor to send in a prior auth" no!! they said they did!! if that worked we wouldn't be talking to each other!!

anyway i got all of this confirmed in as much detail as i could, then called the doctor's insurance liaison back and explained it all on her voicemail followed by "i'm so sorry for your job, just like, the entire deal." because how do you do that with a zillion different health insurance companies and not walk into traffic.

#greatest country in the world!!!!! #the symptoms #fighting for this med feels recreational tbh since i've never take it before and don't need it to live #and i have boatloads of the med it's replacing stocked up so if they fuck around with it i have lots of time to fix things

[ghostwise]

Here the smoke that rises from the grimy chimneys of Kirkwall. Here the humid air and the scent of the docks. Here the moon reflecting off of the waters. Here the crux of the matter.

"Are you happy?" whispered in the dark.

It's somber, like there's a prayer behind the words. Zevran's a man who speaks in prayer more often than he realizes.

"You seem happy, querida," he says. "But are you?"

Isabela chuckles and meets Zevran's eyes. She thinks, and steps a little closer, as if she could trap the moment by doing so; narrow it down, so it's not overwhelming.

"I have good people here, Zev," she says. "I'm not sure where I'd be without them. Hawke and the others, the way they are with each other, and with me, it reminds me of… well," she pauses, and gives it heavy thought. There's another length of silence.

"I was going to say it reminds me of someone… someone from before. But people aren't comparable like that. You know? People can't be measured against other people. Maybe it's more about the feelings they bring."

"I know exactly what you mean." He hums, appreciative. "Are you happy?" he asks then, a final time.

They come to a stop. Ahead is the entrance to the alienage, where Merrill's home awaits, all candlelight and warm food and the laughter of their friends and loved ones. But this conversation is just between them. Two wounded birds from the warm coasts off Rialto Bay. Who else could understand?

"I love them so much," Isabela whispers at last, into the waiting silence. "And I know they love me. But oh, Zevran. I miss the sea."

#dragon age #isabela #zevran arainai #da2 #rinnywrites #hey all i haven't written in uhh a month #something something homesickness wistfulness tfwhen your heart is scattered across countries #wrote this while half asleep so i forgot to tag asdsdfd fixed

[mayasaura]

And Maya's back!! Hello Maya!!! I hope you've been having fun with your training in this suspiciously shinto ambiguously continental asian fictional country!

I wonder how long the flight is between japanifornia and tibekistan

#I know the country is called Khura'in but like come on #i love rayfa!!! she's so cute #I imagine this is what investigating with a teenaged Franziska would be like #I wonder if Franziska had similar illusions about her father lmao #maybe the game is reusing a character type but I don't care at all #if it ain't broke don't fix it #maya plays ace attorney #aa:soj #ace attorney: spirit of justice

[sergle]

I was raised with egg chickens and those little shits are so happy and peaceful, they are given warmth and food and housing and protection- same with meat ones, they live so well and issue-free, they are protected from predators and never run out of food, wheres the problem??? THey will die eventually anyway! I'd rather have chickens raised well and killed ethically than them get treated badly, cause I will be eating chicken either way, they taste good.

RIGHT like... this is a quality of life thing for me, they aren't exactly living in a factory farm!! these motherfuckers live well. and they owe me money. also we don't generally butcher our birds, personally, we just let them get old- but I'm starting to think that we should, bc when chickens live a little too long then their deaths start getting REAL stressful

#just more suffer-y in general. like normally a chicken would be butchered before they get Old enough #to start having really mysterious health problems #and dying like in a slow type of way. BLEAK. #also as far as veterinary care for chickens that doesn't really exist So Much #bc that's not really an animal that farmers are going to try and Fix if there's something bad enough to take it to a vet #like you can get your goat seen by a country vet but not really a chicken #we've had a hen Sewn Up by our vet before but that's not like. what he DOES. that's not his city #and so it's like. veterinary care for a bird costs more than just getting another Whole Bird. so there isn't demand for that

[azularedemptionarcwhen]

“I promised my uncle that I would restore the honor of the Fire Nation. And I will.”

Fire Lord Zuko, First Of His Name

#zuko #zuko fanart #atla #atla fanart #who tf let this 17yo run a war-ravaged country??? #if I look at this any more and try to fix the mistakes I see I’ll scream so just posting and running away #my art #image desc in alt text #before you say his brow is too heavy I KNOW. BELIEVE ME #IT TORMENTS ME #e’s art

[despazito]

the impossible nuance between “don’t treat fascists with kiddie gloves” and “deprogramming fascists successfully usually involves validating some of their grievances because many do successfully identify at least one legit societal issue and that’s your loose end to begin unraveling the knot with, and you have to do it gently because if you drop the Socialism word on day one it’s over and hostility just makes them less receptive”

like i think the former is definitely true at a fascist congregation, you need to meet them head-on as a herd. but if you’re alone at work with only Bill the dumbfuck and he says something stupid it’s much more productive use kiddie gloves and try prodding away at his belief system bit by bit. my partner has had success deprogramming people with this partial-agree, commie buzzword-free tactic over extended periods of time and coaxing some class consciousness out of them

#unfortunately they have the fragilest egos #some cant be helped #but many are fairweather fascists who just want someone to acknowledge the country is a dumpster fire and fix it #and conservatives spend every penny making sure they hear their solution first and none of the others #its so frustrating i like i wish you could yell sense into them but that just doesnt work

[solarvh]

Can we appreciate the lengths jello had to go through to make Rick and Lorelai NEVER talk because the second they have a single proper conversation, the entire plot would be solved instantly forever

What do you get when you mix a mentally ill loner with absurd powers desperate for companionship and with an all-loving golden retriever of a man who gains the powers of the people he befriends

#epithet erased #rick shades #lorelai blyndeff #‘‘God didn’t give us any interactions bc he knew I could fix you’’ -blake #am hoping for some actual Rick lori interactions in the future tho #maybe in hpc #maybe in longshot yoomtarc #maybe in ocean country arc #maybe in final arc