finally playing far cry new dawn months after finishing fc5 and i noticed that whenever you take the judge/the deputy back with you to prosperity, they’ll usually stand by nick rye aka one of their most sincere and consistent allies in the far cry 5 campaign. you don’t get much else between them besides this interaction but it just made the deputy’s fate all the more tragic for me. you don’t see much evidence of resistance when you meet them at new eden as they’re guarding ethan seed’s cabin, and you have to imagine that they’ve long since passed the early stages of resignation to the role that joseph seed molded them into in that bunker after the apocalypse. but still, a glimpse of an old friend seems to stir up comfort they didn’t even realize they needed. they almost attempt to express something of that nature to nick but it all comes out incoherent so usually they’re content to stand by him. maybe it’s a relief to be, again, helping the side of hope county that they started on, if a little heartbreaking.
basically i bring the judge with me everywhere in new dawn bc they wreck my heart and i don’t care if they need to revived in 80% of the firefights we end up in, i want to keep them COMPANY
i am deeply concerned about decreasing birth rates for a ton of reasons.
but one of the reasons that i personally find most compelling but that no one else probably does (i never see them talk about it anyway) is the decrease of youthful vitality.
as populations age and people live longer we're going to be seeing countries just become boring and stagnant as fuck.
there aren't going to be as many new cultural/art movements and revolutionary ideas or radical visionaries. there is going to be a wasteland of creativity and cultural vigor.
and for me personally this is probably me biggest concern, aside from the possible population/society collapse and then being stuck on earth forever until we go extinct.
What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas
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.
I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them
People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human
“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”
“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”
“Yeah!!”
“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”
I feel like there are a lot of people out there who needs to hear this:
If you dropped out of school because of diagnosed (or undiagnosed) ADHD, Autism, ADD, OCD, Dyslexia, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia etc… You did not fail. The education system failed you.
My medications are pissing me off, I can't stay in front of a screen to write... I have fewer panic attacks, of course, but my inspiration plummets and I have the impression that screens are killing my brain.
the “pressure is kind of my thing” quote from riz being a reply to his mother as he tries to keep a smile on his face as his mom explains their bleak financial situation and how a perfect gpa still probably won’t be enough to get into higher education in the face of a world in which knowledge is paywalled is another type of heartbreaking