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might step away from the xenoblade fandom for a while. Maybe delete my account soon idk

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Corvin

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List of Palestinian Evacuation Fundraisers

Last Update: 05/06/2024

All fundraisers have been looked into by me or vetted by others. If anyone notices issues in validity with any of the fundraisers listed please let me know. Funding updates daily!

Fadi Al-Sharif and family ($10,439/$62,500 goal)

Hayam Taha and family (€8,718/€30,000 goal)

Deyaa and family (€7,764/€20,000 goal)

Fatima Alshanti (kr5,085 SEK/kr150,000 goal)

Shahed Ghazi and family ($6,776 CAD/$94,838 goal)

Little Yusuf and family (€5,960/€85,000 goal)

Sara & Huda Hajjaj and family ($240/$15,000 goal)

Mohammed JH Shamia's family (kr20,168 SEK/kr250,000 goal)

Maram Ahmed and family (€1,032/€30,000 goal)

Hamza Almofty and family ($3,772/$35,000 goal)

Mahmoud Jomaa (€400/€10,000 goal)

Dr. Mohammed Shara ($445/$20,000 goal)

Abdulrahman Alshanti and family (kr137,402 SEK/kr350,000 goal)

Besan Almabhouh's family (€5,767/€25,000 goal)

Said Tanani and brothers (€30,935/€50,000 goal)

Donia Tanani and family (€67,538/€100,000 goal)

Hussein Shamiya, his pregnant wife, and son ($8,042/$40,000 goal)

Mohammed Shamia and family ($15,020/$35,000 goal)

Amro Bakr & kids Bakir and Tala (€1,772/€15,000 goal)

Almadhoun family ($18,365/$80,000 goal)

Child Mohammed (€6,420/€10,000 goal)

Sana'a and family (£19,668/£50,000 goal)

Noha Ayyad and family ($23,050/$95,160 goal)

Nazmi Mwafi and family ($5,151/65,000 goal)

Ibrahim Almofty and family ($535/$40,000)

Hamdi Hejazi and family ($10,236/$25,000)

Mohammed and family ($7,620/$25,000)

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i turned them into cats.

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Made a sketch of Alexandria from XC3

If enough people want we to, I'll try to add color!

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this doodle popped off on twitter for some reason

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It's always so funny to me how the Xenoblade game's "Big Guy" characters are like:

Reyn: Big guy who loves his friends :)

Lanz: Big guy who loves his friends :)

Addam: Big guy who loves his friends :) oh and his adopted daughter is a humanoid superweapon that has destroyed continents

Zeke: Talks like an edgy teen, refers to himself as "The Zekenator", is a quirky miniboss until chapter 5, constantly falls off cliffs because of his supernaturally bad luck, wields a massive greatsword he named the "Purple Lightning Dreamsmasher", names his moves stuff like "Ultimate Lightning Fury Slash MAX", pulls goofy poses in the first 2 encounters with the team (that Pandoria mimics perfectly), And wears an eyepatch to hide his legendary "Eye of Shining Justice" (he just couldn't afford another contact lens), but he's also an Actual Genuine Prince, is probably among the strongest drivers in Alrest when he's fighting seriously, has a mascot named Turters that is a little turtle he keeps in his jacket, is surprisingly mature and insightful when he needs to be, is well-versed in politics, has a code against killing, and loves Pandoria.

and he loves his friends :)

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Overthinking Nopon anatomy!!! Yeah!!!

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Xenoblade doodle today

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HIM!

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Whats your favorite xenoblade mech and why? (I like Siren)

I mean, the obvious answer is Metal Face lol, but not just because I love him as a character. The lean and aesthetically alien design is very striking and visually appealing to me, and unlike with Jade Face, the design is visually balanced to my eye (I look at Jade and feel like he should snap in half under his own weight lol).

But aside from the Faces, Verus Cains and Lailah Queens from X. Verus Cain because that is my favorite Skell visually, and I adore the G-Buster it comes with, and Lailah Queen because with the right weapon (Diskbomb with the augment Custom.WP-MSL-MAG my beloved) it is so entertainingly broken and can mow down anything that isn't resistant to thermal.

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Hey guys I’m back with another ridiculously long appreciation post! There will be massive spoilers for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 in it, be warned. It’s still probably my favorite game of all time so please play it if you haven’t before you read this…or don’t…I can’t stop you…

Alright so

Miyabi Xenoblade Chronicles 3

She’s probably my favorite side character in this game, maybe even favorite character as a whole. Something about her is just so relatable to me and also just like, she’s genuinely so well written is actually insane.

In the flashbacks with Mio, she’s presented as just like an average person, maybe even a little below average when it comes to fighting and such. Mio is obviously upset that she’s paired with her cause unlike with Sena she isn’t just inferior at fighting in her own head. She’s actually not that great at it, but she tries her best to contribute either way. Immediately this clashes with Mio’s sense of having to be the best and deserving to be an elite soldier, not to be relegated to off seeing duty. She doesn’t initially put that much stock in the whole deal, and sees it as a waste of her talent.

But then there’s one scene, seeming about midway through their 10 year lives, where both of them are sending the soldiers who died off. Mio confronts Miyabi about her issues with the role, and Miyabi looks at her, and tells her that this is the most important role they could be playing. That they are helping their fellow soldiers find peace in the beyond. And that’s the greatest gift they could give. She wants her to know that even if they aren’t fighting the enemy, they are still serving their fellow soldiers and that’s something to be proud of. This conversation instills that same mindset in Mio, and even allows her to connect with Noah later on since he shares that mindset. It’s kinda crazy how little Noah and Miyabi interact given their similarities but that’s for a little later. This conversation is the start of Mio’s own journey towards discovering that fighting isn’t everything, and you can see it going back to some of the earlier scenes with her. You can almost see that conversation playing back in her mind during some of those early scenes at the end of chapter 1.

I don’t have nearly as much to say about Miyabi’s hero quest, mainly cause it’s not as much about her as it is about Y and the experiments that are going on. It gives more lore for Moebius and how they got the world to the position that it is now but not too much on Miyabi herself cause she’s mind controlled essentially for most of the quest. Not a knock against the game, especially considering this hero quest is part of the story so it makes sense that it’s more of a broader story than about one single character.

But that brings us to her ascension quest. What do you think her ascension quest, the way to further develop her character after all that we’ve seen from her previously, will do? Well, her feelings of insecurity regarding her own talents and abilities never really went away. She was able to suppress them through her own actions before, but now that the world has been turned upside down for her, shes struggling to find a new way to do what she wants, to serve people in a way that brings them something positive. Enter: the City’s cooking competition. A place where everyone can enter to compete and see who can make the best dish. Since she’s already hanging around in the city, she decides to compete, and even affirms her desire to Mio, who notes that it isn’t really like her to compete in these things. Manana enters too, she’s the resident chef after all, it would be a waste not to compete. So they go ahead and go look for ingredients to make something with. One of those ingredients is a special sauce produced by one of the families in the city. Apparently Miyabi had spent some time with that family, and so the lady who makes it is more than happy to lend her some free of charge.

And thus, the competition begins and everyone makes their dish! The whole competition is filled with fun moments, like Ghondor having to judge her mom’s dish and reluctantly admitting it tastes good, to the ever glorious Mr. Boomer line. Manana’s dish blows everyone away obviously, that’s her job as chef. But then we get to Miyabi’s dish. Compared to the stuff that the other chefs had made, it’s rather plain. It doesn’t look extravagant, use any ultra rare or bold flavors, or any of that. But every judge notices something that isn’t really present in the other dishes. It’s a dish with a certain feeling, that of hominess and warmth. If there’s anything that reflects her character, it’s that spirit of warmth she brings to everything, even her food. And thus, the competition ends and the victor is decided. And the winner is…

Manana.

Yeah, Manana. I mean of course she’d win. Given the new lore from the art book she’s probably been doing this for centuries. What hope did anyone else have against a cook that proficient, right? But yeah, Miyabi loses. Of course, she’s not too bummed about it considering who she was up against, but you can feel that twinge of sadness at losing either way. But that’s when the lady whom she borrowed the sauce from comes up to her. She had sampled the dish and wanted to express her appreciation and proudness that Miyabi’s dish was as good as it was. And that’s when it clicks. Her goal was never to be the best at anything, not since the beginning. She knew she wouldn’t be the best. Even so, she can still make a difference in people. She doesn’t have to be the best or win in order to make others happy. She just has to be herself. She, and everyone for that matter, has the ability to serve and better themselves and others, and people will appreciate it regardless of whether what she did was the best or not. Thats the message of her character, and that’s the message I hope people can take.

As for my own commentary, man it was just awesome rewatching that scene for this, there’s so many details that you don’t pick up on first viewing that you see later and are just like OOOOHHHH I GET IT!!!! Man I should really do another playthrough of the game, I don’t even know how much I’ll pick up on that I don’t see right now or didn’t when I first played. Maybe over the summer when I’ve got days off between work…

Anyways, thanks for reading and have a good day/night/ambiguous time!

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will haunt everyone long after youre gone. lmao

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Played around more with perler beads and made Metal Face's face.

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Honestly Sharla would function a lot better if they just got rid of some of her blue arts and replaced them with more purple or red arts, maybe even a green.

Heat Bullet, Heal Counter, and Aura Bullet are main offenders IMO, cuz there are so many ways to get high tension, healing when taking damage is kinda useless, and you don't really need an entire art to make the most out of auras unless you're actually playing as Sharla.

Replace those with a deeper color variety and that's basically the biggest problem fixed, since her low general damage would be mitigated by better chain attacks and her long range, and Cool Off is something not that hard to play around since you have to keep watch of your surroundings as it is + heat sink gems make it less of an issue.

Idk, it's beating a dead horse at this point, but it makes me sad that Sharla is kind of not too fun to have in the party when she's a very underrated character writing wise given her positive love for her family and colony is kind of corrupted into a single minded desire for revenge, and how she lives her romantic desires through supporting Melia's crush on Shulk. Any incentive to use her more often than I do is greatly welcome, but as it is? Hm :/

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No submitted propaganda for either entry

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Mor Ardain Valley