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Uchiha Naruko

Next generation Uchiha spawn #3, Naruko! Please don’t scrutinize the shape of her head too strongly: wonky and inconsistent anatomy is the price I pay for drawing anything other than a straight-on perspective.

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Uchiha Harumi

The first of my many SasuSaku spawn, Harumi, approx aged 30 as drawn here. She looks like her mom, doesn’t she?

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So uh, does anybody have any advice on how to draw a (healed) burn scar?

This my oc Uchiha Youka btw, and she is the second of my SasuSaku spawn. The burn scar is from a childhood mission, and the blue eye is actually a transplant gifted to her by her deceased teammate who was killed on that same mission. There a whole backstory here involving my AU Sasuke side plot in the Narutoverse, which god willing I may actually complete a fanfic of someday, but for now here’s Youka.

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Okay, so this has been haunting me for far too long:

Do you guys think Charlie knows what bukkake is or was she just repeating the word after hearing/reading it?

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Today I am on hunger strike again with thousands of other Canadians in solidarity with and protest for the Gazan people and the way Israel is intentionally starving them with genocidal intent in direct violation of international law while the world watches. It is little more than a symbolic gesture and yet another reminder of the inhumane suffering being imposed upon the Gazan people still to this day after months of genocidal assault, and decades of illegal occupation and blockading before that.

I will experience some mild hunger and cravings for a day. In Gaza, there are people literally starving. People who have been living off of scraps, meagre rations, literal animal feed, and dirty water for months, who risk and often lose their lives in attempt to find more food for them and their hungry families. Children are experiencing acute malnutrition at record-breaking rates of acceleration, and some have already died directly from this malnutrition and starvation. Mothers are struggling to breastfeed their babies, and the insufficient amounts of formula available often can’t even be safely used due to lack of clean water.

All this in addition to people dying and suffering from sickness and grievous injury - horrific third degree burns, limb loss, infection, chronic illness, gunshot wounds - with a decimated healthcare system struggling to provide the most basic care to as many people as possible with the barest and scarcest of resources. And of course the countless bombs and bullets being indiscriminately and deliberately rained down upon men, women, and children alike, again in flagrant violation of international law and humanity by Israel. The horrors and egregious human rights violations taking place in Gaza and throughout the rest of Palestine to her people - and those which have been occurring for decades now - are so innumerable and vast in scope it’s absolutely numbing.

War crimes are not a new phenomena, nor are Israel the only perpetrators of them even in this moment as you read this. The focus on Israel and Palestine right now is for a number of reasons. The scale and severity of which these crimes are occurring. The support and direct aid Israel is receiving to commit them, especially from western governments - Canada included (thankfully we are starting to take steps against that - after six months of war crimes and annihilation-phase genocide). The impunity with which Israel commits these crimes and then flaunts and celebrates them. The existence of Israel itself as a colonial state forcibly established on Palestinian land through ethnic cleansing and maintained for decades by apartheid and illegal military occupation and settlements.

I encourage you to take action - no matter how small - and stand up for the people of Gaza and human rights. Stand on the side of humanity, of decency, of morality. Free Palestine.

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This is what is going on right now. Israel is knowingly and deliberately doing this and they are being allowed to do so, even supported and applauded.

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To be clear:

Israel is not “provoking famine” in Gaza.

Israel is directly and deliberately causing famine with expressed and evident genocidal intent against a people they are legally obligated to keep fed by international law as an occupying power; and indeed, have been ordered to do so by the ICJ specifically to prevent genocide.

They do not do so because genocide is and has been their goal since October 7th, with a long history of apartheid, colonialism, and ethnic cleansing preceding that. They are using October 7th as an excuse to get away with genocide - which legally has no mitigating circumstances - and it has been working, despite the endless documentation and evidence of their atrocities and the pathetically disprovable claims and see-through propaganda they put out.

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In Defense of Ursa…

I don’t doubt that Ursa loved Azula when she was born, or that she still loved Azula throughout her childhood, though certainly that love became strained and damaged - even diminished - in ways it never did with Zuko. It was a tragedy that a wedge developed between them after Ozai took interest in Azula - in an entirely self-serving and not out of any genuine care or love way - because he wanted to use and exploit her as his daughter and a fire bending prodigy for his own power and pride. He groomed Azula - not sexually, but as the person he wanted her to be. A daughter and heir loyal to him, who would shared his values and traits, who would serve him and his wicked goals, who would be merciless and brutal like him.

Ursa was there as this process took place over a period of years, but we should consider the position she was in too. She certainly didn’t have equal power to her husband, who would have done his best to isolate her from Azula and prevent her from being turned away from his influence. And for a young child who’s got one parent praising and rewarding them for certain behaviour, then the other discouraging and disproving that same behaviour - even if not in abusive or unkind manner - that child is going to respond to and seek out the former with the greater positive feedback, without yet the knowledge or reasoning ability to evaluate the behaviour being taught to them on a critical or moral level.

Not only does Ursa not share equal power over the upbringing of her children (Azula even more so than Zuko given Ozai’s interest in her as above mentioned), she just a normal person in an awful situation no mother should ever have to be in. She is not a child behaviouralist or therapist, with knowledge or training about how to best go about helping a child in Azula’s situation; nor does she have access to anyone else who is. Indeed, she is surrounded by people who likely all either support or are unconcerned by/with the way Firelord Ozai is raising his daughter, or those who have even less power to possibly oppose him than she does, who could suffer grievous consequences or their very lives even for trying.

Ursa is trapped as the wife of the Firelord, unable to leave and take her children away from this PoS man and father. And she can’t stop him from doing his best to twist their daughter into a cruel and wicked person like himself; doesn’t know how to best help her even when and where she can, being blocked from or otherwise unable to try and intervene in the first place. And the older Azula grows, the more and more Ozai corrupts her, the less Ursa knows how to deal with it, the less hope she has of being able to heal it, and the more strained their relationship becomes. It’s a viscous circle: Azula learns a toxic behaviour/idea/belief from Ozai, Ursa tries to discourage her from it or teach her contrary, Azula is off-put and returns to Ozai where she will continue to receive clear and unambiguous positive affirmation and reinforcement, Ursa becomes more distraught and struggles to connect with Azula, Azula senses this and again goes to her father, etc. etc.

Could Ursa have done better, tried harder, done something differently in order to help Azula more? Yeah, probably, but I think she also very honestly did as best she could as can be reasonably expected of her given her circumstances as explained above. It’s very easy for us to judge her as viewers far-removed from this fictional situation - especially if we have never been in a similar sort of situation ourselves.

This is, of course, merely my personal headcanon based on limited canon information. There are many different interpretations and opinions on Ursa and her relationship with Azula; these are just some of mine.

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Former Christian here…

I feel like the whole idea of God damning people for not believing/accepting in Jesus is less like “if you know of Christianity but don’t unquestioningly believe in the existence of Jesus/God as depicted by scripture/the Church you’re going to hell” and more like “if you are taught and given the chance to know Jesus through his love and teachings of virtue (compassion, forgiveness, humbleness, care for your fellow man, etc) and you continue to reject those principles for wickedness (cruelty, apathy, harming your fellow man, etc) then you will be condemned.”

In this way there are plenty of non-Christians that Jesus would love and condone, and many Christians he would still love, but also abhor. Because to me, Christianity has always been about humaneness, about love and forgiveness. And even though I no longer actively follow or practice the religion, that belief stands firm and dear to me.

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The gentleman Angel deserves ❤️

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There is no sane or moral reasoning with which blocking humanitarian aid and essential resources to a people dying and suffering from disease, dehydration, starvation, and grievous injuries can be considered self-defense or in any way good or acceptable.

Currently an average of 250 people die in Gaza every day, with the total confirmed death toll quickly nearing 30,000 and predicted to continue to rise rapidly due to lack of medical care and basic resources like food and clean water, not just the thousands and thousands of bombs that are being dropped and bullets fired. About 13,000 in that death count were children, not to mention god only knows how many adult civilians and non-combatants (because apparently any men over the age of 18 and under 60 are “potential combatants”).

Israel has been illegally blockading Gaza since 2007, and now they are denying essential care and resources to these people as they commit war crimes and genocide against them. People - many of them children - are starving to death, dying of injury, infection, illness, exposure, dehydration… And the Israeli military is blocking shipments of life-saving food, clean water, medical supplies, and other essential resources while a majority of its civilians support and cheer it on. It is outright genocide in sentiment and action, not to mention a war crime and illegal even outside of being a part of the ongoing genocide.

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Gonna keep this pinned to help share and give quick access

how you can help palestine

*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*

Donations

donations currently reaching gaza:

‼️ help buy e-sims for people in gaza

donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza

donate direct aid to gaza - ehab rida (longtime activist and volunteer, has been carrying out donations and humanitarian projects in gaza since 2021)

palestine children's relief fund

world food programme

aid to gaza - taawon/bank of palestine

help gaza’s children

female hygiene kits for gaza - pious project

donate to UNRWA

urgent humanitarian aid to palestinians - anera

medical aid for palestinians

urgent support for medical professionals in gaza

donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr)

he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $50K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s $7.5K per person to evacuate gaza.

help journalist yousef escape gaza to treat his cancer

help mohamed evacuate gaza to get treatment for himself and his daughter

support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi

secondary donations:

click to donate - arab.org

emergency relief for gaza - pious projects

palestine red crescent society

save palestine - islamic relief canada

send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association

help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction

donate for the recovery of hisham awartani

one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.

Petitions

‼️ urge icj to invite gazan journalists to testify

international cultural workers to strike from german cultural institutions for their complicity in oppressing palestinians and promoting genocide - strike germany

petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military

demand ceasefire - amnesty international

open call for immediate ceasefire

american government call for immediate ceasefire

american government to stop funding israeli military

ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au

petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance

invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war

suspend israel from international sports - diem25

UK to expel israeli ambassador - change.org

gaza healthcare workers for nobel peace prize - change.org

teachers around the world demand ceasefire - teachers for palestine

president whitten: reinstate samia halaby retrospective NOW - action network

demand the immediate release of mansour shouman

location specific petitions

gaza call for lasting ceasefire - oxfam (UK)

end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)

email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)

protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)

stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)

@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)

ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)

call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)

note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.

no forced displacement! - action network

australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)

immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)

email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)

‼️ australian senate to investigate australian citizens in the IDF for war crimes allegations - fpm (AUS)

‼️ arms embargo on israel - cjpme (CANADA)

sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)

ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)

call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)

cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)

écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)

write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)

skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)

singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)

contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)

write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)

template of letters you can send (EU)

guide on how to contact your MPs in EU

p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something

multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)

includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations

den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)

māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)

deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)

basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)

globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)

manifesto ao governo brasileiro - petição pública (BRAZIL)

Campaigns

‼️ justice for palestine

reach out to countries to back up south africa’s invoke genocide convention at the ICJ

‼️ international criminal court

submit evidences of israeli war crimes

friends of al-aqsa

❥ UK-specific

urge your MP to speak up for palestine

hands off al-aqsa

stop administrative detention

petition for UK to stop arming israel

❥ International

boycott puma — email them to end their partnership with israel

boycott coca-cola

islamic relief canada

urge your MP to rally for ceasefire

decolonise palestine

poster campaign to raise awareness on the war crimes being committed against palestinians

text/call campaign for people living in USA

text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel

download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)

fax campaign for people in the USA

go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day

here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)

here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)

‼️ BDS movement

get involved in boycotting companies associated with israel

palestine diaspora network

global strike guide - join the global strike!

please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!

UPCOMING PROTESTS

PALESTINIAN LITERATURE READING LIST

PALESTINIAN BUSINESSES

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The Israeli government and military have been committing war crimes against and violating the human rights of the Palestinian people on deliberate and mass scale levels for decades. The horrific attack and crimes of October 7 were used as an excuse for them to ramp it up even further as they try to expand their colonial state through the extermination (see: genocide) of the Palestinian people as directly as they possibly can now through the vehicle of war being officially declared. The indiscriminate and often deliberate killing of non-combatants and protected classes is not necessary for Israel to defend itself or rescue its hostages. The massive destruction of civilian infrastructure that has taken place is not a necessary or unavoidable aspect of war. The other countless documented war crimes committed by Israel were not necessary or unavoidable, such as blocking humanitarian aid, collective punishment, use of human shields, perfidy, pillage, forced transfer, the literal genocide, etc.

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Project IDV: Maid Outfits

The Magician - Servais Le Roy

I bet you all thought I’d abandoned this project, didn’t you? It’s only been…over a year, maybe two. Uh, yeah, but I’m not abandoning it! You might have noticed a little quality drop, but that’s because it’s going to be quantity over quality given how many characters there are. But as always anyone’s free to use these outfits themselves for whatever so go wild if you want!

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So I just noticed that Val is diy bedazzling his gun with white all-purpose glue and little gems and sparkles during the Vees’ meeting in ep 2…

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I had to

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I honestly just love seeing the Vees; I think this is the first time I’ve ever enjoyed a group of straight up (but definitely not straight lol) villain characters so much.