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“I won’t let you hurt any more people! We will save Colony 9!”

happy 5th anniversary to Suffering™️ but in HD this time

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hey, can my cat stay on your blog for a little while?

i'm going out of town for the night and could use someone to watch her

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i love it when people like “omg [story] copied [other story]” and then list the steps of the heroes journey

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“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

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This Christmas I am thinking about Palestinian Christians - who make up the oldest Christian community in the world.

Palestinian Christians, like Palestinians of other faiths, were also dispossessed of their homes and lands during the Nakba and experience the brutality of the occupation just as much as any other Palestinian does. Pilgrimages to occupied Palestine frequently ignore the entire existence of Palestinian Christians - who are routinely barred from visiting their own holy and ancestral sites.

Shireen Abu Akleh, an Al Jazeera reporter who was assassinated by Israel while covering an IOF raid on Jenin, was a Palestinian Christian. Edward Said, the author of Orientalism, was raised Christian from a Palestinian Christian family.

Palestine is not a Muslim cause, it’s not even an Arab cause, and it’s not a religious conflict - Free Palestine is a cause for all Palestinians against colonialism, including Palestinian Christians. Merry Christmas to Palestinian Christians.

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A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

By Shadowcross on DA.

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Brave Soren's arrival in FEH gave me the kick I needed to finish up the reference sheet for Aralee's Seraph Knight design! Good stuff.

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My father and I attended a concert tonight. I got so much merch, I almost feel a little silly—not only did I buy a t-shirt from the artist we were there to see (Grandson), but because I liked both of the opening bands, I also decided to get a hoodie from the first and a t-shirt and a CD bundle from the second. I received a free poster as well! Exciting.

I will say, however, that the CDs were more of a purchase made with my father in mind because he said he liked the Monowhales. I fancy myself a good kid, y'know?

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Is anyone else driven a little insane by the fact that the only sticker Hobie has on the back of his guitar is of Medusa?

I don't want to jump to the worst conclusion. I'm well aware that it can mean a multitude of things. A reference to the London-based band, perhaps, or an apotropaic symbol. Hell, Hobie could just like Greco-Roman mythos! But the very idea that he's a survivor of sexual assault breaks my heart.

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Please listen to the song my sibling most recently released! 🙏 I love them, so your support would mean a lot :3c

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I decided I had to draw my own take on this frame using his new Spider-verse design or else I'd literally die, so.

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Is now a good time to introduce my Xenoblade Chronicles OC? Probably not, but I'm going to do it anyway! Feel free to ask questions.

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[rotates him like banana] Dunban my beloved

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You can break a shovel when you break new ground // You're digging dirt up when you dig deep down

Of course my first piece of 2023 has to be Stefan drawn exclusively in colours picked from Will Wood's Self-Ish album.

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Nav :)

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timelord on a break

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"Unbelievable! You shattered my sword..."