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Some things about Net Neutrality being threatened that I haven’t seen many comments on:

- The OOOONNLY people benefiting from this possible rollback are corporate shareholders. 

- The removal of NN would result in few if any new jobs whatsoever, so any argument that it would help the economy is null and void (btw, we’re not actually in a recession anymore, in case anyone still thought that. The US’s economy, while it has plateaued in actual growth at about 2%, it’s actually pretty high in the business cycle.)

- Limitation and partisan censorship is a major concern (I lied that one is what everyone is talking about)

- In fact it will HURT online businesses, which will damage the small business sector in general.

- And last but not least: It is going to have a majorly negative impact on the education system. I just finished highschool in May and let me tell you, even rural schools are getting more and more technology and internet dependent. Students frequently, if not regularly, are sent home with online assignments. How can students possibly be expected to finish an online homework assignment if they can’t even remotely begin to afford internet? This is already an issue in rural and poor and POC dominated areas, and should Net Neutrality be removed and access to the internet be placed back into money hungry corporate hands, it will be an even more massive and far worse problem that will only perpetuate low education levels in these areas. what if their assignment requires research on a website that their partisan provider has decided to censor? You get a zero. Especially if you’re a college student that can’t afford another $150 a month just to get ok-ish internet speeds. 

- This gives me great concern for marginalized and outcast kids. The internet has been one of the very, very few places where LGBT+ and POC children and people in general can go and feel safe and accepted and loved and celebrated for how/who they are. Imagine that that’s the ONLY place you feel safe and okay and then that gets taken away from you. Early teen suicide rates are already high enough. 

This is all just a disgusting money grab by the GOP and other politicians who are invested in cable and cellular companies. Call or message your congressional representatives to oppose. Drown them in resistance. I’ve already found several posts with links that let you do that. 

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Apologies (Chapter I - Life is a Mess)

Story - Apologies Chapter - I. Life is a Mess Word Count - 900+ Based On Lord of the Flies by William Golding —

Ralph was a complete mess.

His hands gripped into the bedsheets that cluttered and clumped beneath him. Sweat dripped from his forehead and soaked into the pillow as his head jerked from side to side.

As an alarm rang out from the bedstand to his right, his eyes shot open and seemingly instantaneously he sat up and hit the alarm off.

Though the incessant ringing the alarm usually let out was apparently annoying to all but him, there was a certain comfort it gave him. A reminder first thing as he’s pulled out of the nightmarescape he once lived through that civilization is there for him. A comfort he once pleaded for and it seemed to now be so… Surreal.

It had been a near decade since the island and, now in his twenties, he found himself still constantly reminded of it.

He was sent to therapy when he first came back but it was all too much, the feeling of being reminded of it seemed to not assist him in alleviating the pain of it all in the slightest.

He found himself instinctively avoiding things, small things, but it was hard to stay away from when subtle and miniature reminders seemed to lay everywhere.

He refused to see any of the boys again, and hasn’t spoken to any of them since.

Nightmares of Simon and his partaking in it still plaguing his mind, the memory of Piggy cursing his dreams. He remembered everything, though he tried not to, and his life revolved around avoidance.

He couldn’t take it anymore. Nearly 10 entire years since it all and he hadn’t done anything. Everything in his being told him to get up, to find Piggy’s Auntie and ask for his name, to find Jack and express all he could think in his mind, to find them all.

But alas, thoughts meant nothing when counteracted by the body. And so, he lied there. Through the early morning hours, watching his alarm relentlessly change time while he seemed stuck, locked down and defeated, in one split moment.

Jack was a different mess of his own.

A foot and then another. Pushing back the dirt beneath his toes and panting heavily as he raced for his life.

Weaving between trees, ducking and diving, running to safety from a thought that was chasing him.

Though a human seemed no where around, the forest neverending, something in him possessed him to run. Not to escape tangibly but to escape mentally. He never forgave himself.

How could he?

The sweat ran down and off his face intermingling with the tears that slowly and unnoticeably fell from his eyes.

As the forest thinned his eyes closed and he felt the breeze on his cheeks, cooling the tears and sweat.

For a moment he felt free again but as he fell back into the prying nightmare, his eyes shot open and he came to a screeching halt, his heels digging into the dirt, a cliff lying directly in front of him threatening to drag him down. As with his problems he had stopped just in time to avoid a seemingly inevitable plumet.

Rather than stepping back he stood, teetering on the edge, his mind racing and his breathing fast and shallow.

His eyes drifted shut and his mind eased and he lifted a foot to hang it over the edge, unsure of his next move but sure of his actions.

A rustle in the bushes snapped him out of his dreamland and into reality and on instinct he called out to find a response, “Who’s there?”

Another rustle and he leapt forward towards it aiming to grab, not allowing his aim to switch to injuring.

His hands wrapped around two extended arms of what he now saw to be a small boy and let go, terrified of himself again for a second, stepped back and then raced off towards the “civilized” world. What a mirage.

But they could never compare their messes.

Jack had extended a small regretful greeting to Ralph, in hopes of apologizing for what he had became but as the letter was sent back without a response he realized what a mistake meeting up would’ve been.

He could envision it brilliantly and with such detail.

Their roles had almost reversed. A rather apologetic Jack stumbling and muttering a line of apologies to the air coming face to face with a ruthless Ralph who would only have eyes out to kill him.

He could barely even mutter the word itself. Jack wasn’t the apologetic type and he knew it, but disliking giving sincere apologies didn’t make it impossible for him to own up to his actions and apologize for things he was responsible for entirely.

Though he “should’ve grown out of it by now”, or at least that’s what they tell him, it haunts his every day and boils something inside of him that wants to be forgiven and wants to beat and berate at the same time.

And Ralph wanted to think that Jack couldn’t forgive himself, seeing as he resulted in such terrifying things, even though he knew it was wrong to think that it was at the same time merely human. A revengeful twinge in him.

But sometimes the things we try hardest to avoid are inevitable.

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I noticed the tag didn't work so @lotfmemes

Just a little animation I did to test a new animation app on my phone!

Insp.- https://lotfmemes.tumblr.com/post/158085353001/my-name-is-jack-and-wen-im-told-to-watch-the-fire by @lotfmemes

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Lord Of The Flies Art *like and reblog if you save!* ^pencil to digital^

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Keep an eye on this - http://allnightmoonlightb.wixsite.com/anmb/our-music (better on desktop than mobile) for our newest song release!

I’ve got to get my computer back and then just upload the file! It will be done soon and I’ll post the link again when it’s up!!

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Things You Don't Comment On:

- someone’s eating habits

- appearance issues that can’t be fixed there and then

- someone else’s “bad” decision if it can’t now be undone

- someone’s laugh or voice

- someone’s “unrealistic” dreams

- someone “not looking their best” in photos

- someone not wanting to do something and trying to subtly avoid it without making a fuss

- anything that you know will make someone self conscious or insecure unnecessarily

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Wesli and "Dating" and "Best Friend" headcanons?

Dating Wesli would include…

- Gifts and little mementos frequently- Quick I love yous for small daily tasks- Exchanging chores and tasks- Going to all kinds of things together- Movie night once a week- Falling asleep during the movie in each other’s arms- Cooking together would be a wonderful experience- Long naps after eventful days

Being Wesli’s Best Friend would include…

- Deep conversations into the early morning hours- Lots of sleepovers- Shopping together- Videogames and movies all the time- Prank calls- Truth or dare and other fun games

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Ladaysha with presents and gifts?

Ladaysha getting presents and gifts would include…

- Very thoughtful gifts- Heartfelt letters to go with each one- Very cute presents- Never forgets an anniversary or holiday and gets everyone something- Will one up you with gifts

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Ally for Dating and Highschool headcanons?

Dating Ally Would include…

- Lots of adventure- Small pecks all the time- Waiting to say I love you but really meaning it when you do- Deep 3am conversations- Staying up with her when she can’t sleep and vice versa- Cooking together and mini food fights- So many inside jokes you can’t remember most of them

Ally in highschool would include…

- Labeled as a slacker and rarely does school work- Is kind of the opposite of a slacker and works really hard on everything other than school- Works a lot of odd jobs- If you need something she probably has a way to get it- Like you could mention something once and it’ll “magically” get done - So mysterious- Somehow gets pretty good grades- Really closed off- So funny

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I’m opening up headcanons! Feel free to send in the name of the person you want them for and the type of headcanon you want!

- Highschool 
- Dating them 
- Being their Best Friend 
- When they’re drunk 
- How they text 
 ^ Group chats 
 ^ Just you 
And 
- Presents/Gift giving

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Hey Wesli! After all you guys have been through with this, how excited are you for what's next?

“I’m honestly really grateful for them both! This band has come so far! I’m always excited for what’s to come next!”

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Hey Ladaysha how's guitar treating you

“I’ve been playing so long now! It’s still amazing to look back and see all the progress I’ve made! But I would say very well!!”

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I'm so excited for this blog ahh!! First of all, for Ally; I love you, you're my favorite person on earth! How do you feel about the au oriented head canon that Ally is the heartthrob, Wesli is the brains, and Ladaysha is the soul of the band?

“Aw thank you! I suppose I can somewhat agree with that head canon but I prefer not to put labels on us! I appreciate the compliment though!!”

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Moving most of my content making here! Blog under construction!

Hello audience! This is a quick message from the mod here that this is the revamped version of a previous attempt gone haywire (moving from this account - @askthecraftersau ) with much needed improvements and adjustments being made! I look forward to posting more here soon and thanks for everything! 😊

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Just finished some killer work on a new album for All Night Moonlight! We’ve got the song list finalized, album cover and back art done, and are already hard at work on the songs! Hopefully we can see the finished album out by the end of summer! Plus now that Ladaysha has a killer new guitar and I can play harmonica we’ll have a better busking experience as well to promote the album. I’m definitely excited to see it all come together!

Possible song list sneak peek around the beginning of June!

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The “I Probably Shouldn’t Have Pets” Starter Pack

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when someone gets a lyric reference you made and then continues with the next line