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Ohoho?

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Indian Peafowl (female) (Pavo cristatus) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

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sooooo I decided to join artfight after all because I have no self control and I want to draw everyone's awesome characters. To make it easier on myself I'm not uploading any of my own characters (that way I don't have to worry about making/organizing refs and I won't feel pressured to revenge ppl), but if we're mutuals pls drop your artfight usernames in the comments if you feel so inclined, I would love to follow you and see/draw your OCs 🙏

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when I drew this comic 3 years ago I had NO idea how far it would reach. I'm happy to finally share a corrected version with proper abbreviations, and even MORE state names of indigenous origin ♥️

however, the goal of this comic was to inspire people to do your OWN research on indigenous history. To question everything we have been taught, and everything that has been pointedly left out. This erasure, this “forgetting”, of history is not just of the past… it is happening now. - Across so-called Canada, the US, and US-occupied islands, native women are victims of murder at 10-12x the rate of non-native people, and are the most likely to go missing without being searched for by the law. - Native reservations have the highest rates of poverty in the US, with over HALF of tribal homes with no access to clean water (with more joining this list by the year) - Native people are 6-10x more likely to be unhoused than the rest of the population, and native teens suffer suicide rates higher than any other demographic. This list of modern day genocide goes on (thank you for compiling @theindigenousanarchist <3) and yet take a look at those environmental stats!

Native people manage to do SO much for the planet as a whole - thanklessly - and with all this stacked against them. Don't even get me started on kin fighting in south america. Could you imagine if there was help? #landback is resistance to genocide, and it is the key to saving our warming earth.

So look into it and the other hashtags, cuz a cartoon goose ain't a substitute for a proper education. Love to my grandparents who always kept a map of tribal territories of turtle island on their wall, to speaking on our Tsalagi & Saponi heritage. Love & solidarity forever, happy research, and happy #indigenouspeoplesday

LANDBACK.ORG

(Also, if you care to support the artist, I'm publishing a book ! and writing another - a fantastical afroindigenous graphic novel - that I post exclusively about with tons of other art on my patreon.)

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@wherefore-whinnies thank you for always doing this for me 🫡

me when someone complains about something that's been genuinely bothering me too but i just brushed it off because i was worried that i was just bitchy/callous/sensitive but now I feel Vindicated

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In addition to Pride, it's also Deafblind Awareness Month. Remember to add alt text and video transcripts to your pictures and videos. Thank you!

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I finally finished Darling in the FRANXX last night (I am very slow with shows if I’m watching them by myself lol). Supposedly everyone who watches despises the ending, but I thought it was… fine? It felt VERY rushed, like they tried to fit another 24 episodes’ worth of content into about 5 episodes, but the relationships and plots wrapped up in satisfying ways and theme/message was consistent throughout the show. Not a huge fan of the “everyone pairs up and has kids” type of ending in general, but again, the whole show was kinda leading up to that so it felt like the logical conclusion to the story being told rather than an unrealistic “stock ending”

Overall, I think I felt similarly about Darling to how I did about Steins;Gate; like, it’s quite well-written, the plot is compelling, the characters are complex, it explores interesting themes… but there are also SO MANY little Problematic™️ things that make me groan in pain and wanna turn off the tv, it’s just embarrassing. Watching was definitely a worthwhile experience, but I can’t say it’s among my favorite shows and I wouldn’t recommend it to someone without knowing their tolerance for the specific kinds of BS it pulls.

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would anyone be interested in patting me on the head for an uninterrupted hour? it is not paid and additionally I will be nonverbal the entire time

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Ayame Tono doing her 😧 face? who knows if the emoji you see will at all resemble the emoji I am sending

AYAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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"Kill them with kindness "WRONG! BIRD ATTACK 🕊️🕊️🦅🦅🦆🦆🦜🦜🐥🐥🐣🐣🐣🐥🐥🦢🦢🦢🦢🐓🐓🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤🦤🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿

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Round 1 is a go!

In case you do not know/forgot what the songs sound like, the songs are under the poll! (they are youtube links, oops)

The top four options will move on.

I hope you guys like youtube videos because tumblr doesn't want me uploading audio

Ochette, the Hunter

Castti, the Apothecary

Throné, the Thief

Osvald, the Scholar

Partitio, the Merchant

Agnea, the Dancer

Temenos, the Cleric

Hikari, the Warrior

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Round 1 is a go!

In case you do not know/forgot what the songs sound like, the songs are under the poll! (they are youtube links, oops)

The top four options will move on.

Octopath Traveler II -Main Theme-

Main Theme -Night-

A Brief Respite

Victory Fanfare

Requiem for the Fallen

Ending Theme

Cait's Theme

Dear Travelers

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portraits of Officer Revero and Officer Emira! I enjoyed drawing them in matching poses

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take back what is yours

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Sometimes I’m hesitant to say I “love” my friends because that word feels too weighted, like it implies some sort of need or longing or even obligation, like they’re a part of me rather than their own infinitely complex person. I think what I feel is simpler than love. It’s like, I would be fine without you, but knowing you makes me a better and more fulfilled person. Talking to you brings me joy, even when you’re upset or messy. If I’m feeling down, remembering our interactions keeps me positive. And every day I’m thankful that by cosmic coincidence you happened to enter my life, no matter how long or short or abundant or rare our time together is.

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>You see a strange creature dart under your car.

>CHECK UNDER CAR.

>You have discovered COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK.

>Side quest "WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD" available.

>WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD: Ask your next door neighbor about the COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK.

>NEIGHBOR: I haven't seen that before. Though I hear THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY caught a strange bird on his property last week.

>WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD: Ask THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY about the COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK.

>THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY: We don't keep birds. But you might want to ask THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD. He has lots of birds.

>THE FARMER ACROSS THE WAY gave you two SWEET CORN and one CUCUMBER.

>WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD: Talk to THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD.

>THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD: Oh! You found my COTURNIX QUAIL CHICK! He keeps escaping. Thank you so much!!

> You have cleared side quest WHY DID THE QUAIL CROSS THE ROAD. You have gained +2 to NEIGHBORLY BONDS and +3 to CHARISMA. THE FARMER DOWN THE ROAD has been added to your CONTACTS LIST.