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Alternate cover illustration for The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin. Made as personal portfolio project. You can see the rest of my work here.

What can be said besides the fact that I love Jor Jor with my whole soul.

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Alternate cover illustration for The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin. Made as personal portfolio project. You can see the rest of my work here.

What can be said besides the fact that I love Jor Jor with my whole soul.

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decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

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there’s been a really bizarre trend in the past couple years of TERFS/radfems getting pissed off about biology posts. posts about the bilateral gyandromorph cardinal (one half male, one half female), posts about older hens beginning to crow and act like roosters, posts about animals being animals. and it’s hilarious because they interpret these posts as some kind of agenda. no! these are animals not choosing any gender identity or sexuality but being born into bodies they have no control over. weird how that happens in nature huh

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Wynne’s Templar Lover; Rhys’s Father

We don’t really know much about who this man was. Wynne doesn’t say much about him. The only narrative we really have in the game about Wynne’s pregnancy is her very brief account:

Alistair: So you… mentioned you had a son? What happened to him? Wynne: I honestly don’t know, Alistair. He was… taken from me. Such births are seldom, as there are ways to prevent it, but it does happen. And any child born to a Circle mage belongs to the Chantry. Alistair: I… didn’t know. I’m sorry. Wynne: It’s all right. It was a long time ago. A very long time ago. Alistair: Couldn’t you do something about it? Wynne: Do what? I was weak from the birthing process and there were… no, there was nothing I could do. Alistair: Do you think about him? Wynne: All the time.

This account, however, conflicts with what the father of that child had to say on the matter, found in a letter Wynne kept among her possessions. (World of Thedas, vol 2, pg 89)

It’s a good thing we haven’t spoken much since my return. Anger put my mind in disarray and civility would have been damn near impossible. But it is time, and perhaps in writing, I can put into words what I find difficult to say in person. 

You told me you had no choice but to let them take him. Tell that to yourself if you must; we both know it isn’t true. You had a choice from the very start. From the moment you found out. But you withheld knowledge of my own son from me because you knew I would have found a way. You knew I would have given up the Order for the both of you. So blame my love for the Chantry, the templars, my vows, if it helps you live with it. Maintain the fiction that you couldn’t drag me down with you. Pretend that you are the martyred party. I’ll always know the truth; you chose your place in the Circle over your own son. Your belief that perfect obedience could win a mage the trust of the Chantry was more precious to you than what we had. You decided to be helpless when you had a choice to fight. It wasn’t your decision to make. He was mine, too. The Chantry may have taken him, but you kept him from me.

Honestly this letter breaks my heart. We don’t really know how Wynne felt. Maybe she was in love with him but was too afraid to run from the Circle. Maybe she didn’t consider him more than a fleeting affair and wouldn’t have wanted to run off with him even if he could protect her and Rhys - though that’s a pretty cavalier attitude for a mage to risk a relationship with a templar that is only a fling, as it could ruin both of them if they were caught. We do know she cared about him enough to never reveal who he was, even when she was being pressured by Enchanter Wenselus. She didn’t want the father of her child to get into trouble for involving himself with a mage.

But there is no question that he was in love with her - so in love that he would have abandoned his life’s work and run off with her. He’s clearly angry in this letter, which is completely understandable, considering the circumstances. He had a son with the woman he loved only for her to choose the Circle over both of them. It is not as though it’s an easy choice - the two of them would have been forced into hiding in order to keep their family intact. Wynne would have been an apostate - something she’s never shown any desire to be. But it was still a choice. She had support. And the father of her child would have had the ability to secure and destroy her phylactery. She had a real chance to live a different life and she chose not to.

As far as we know, he never has any contact with Rhys. He never got the chance to meet his son.

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some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

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Selected Correspondence of Fire Lord Zuko

As preserved by the Royal Archives

1.

My good hotman Zuko,

It's Aang! Sokka let me borrow Hawky. Please feed him before sending him back.

I'm writing to ask if it's okay for me to drop by. Except I'll probably be there by the time you get this, because Appa flies faster than Hawky. Still, it's polite to ask!

Write back (or don't.)

Hot regards

Your friend Aang

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Revered Avatar Aang

Hawky arrived two hours after you left. Never send me "hot regards" again. Like I keep telling you, language has changed in the past 100 years. It doesn't mean what you think. Future historians will think we were having an affair.

It's always okay to drop by. Hawky has been fed.

May your inner fire warm you (write that down somewhere)

Fire Lord Zuko

2.

Hi

need 3 fire benders (zappy) + few construction workers + a lot of copper

Delivr to harbor

sokka

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Honorable tribesman Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe, son of Chief Hakoda, Hero of the 100 Year War

No.

May your inner fire warm you

Fire Lord Zuko

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Dear Jerk Lord of the Jerk Nation, Master Jerkbender and All-Around Jerk

quit being stingy and send me what i need. seriously. the fate of your nation is at stake. LOOK:

[drawing of two pickles, a stick figure and waves]

Hot regards

Sokka

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Sokka

Your drawing makes no sense. I'm writing a law which bans you from owning a messenger hawk.

I found you three volunteer firebenders who can lightningbend. They'll be there in a week with four carts of copper. If you need construction workers, beg Toph, don't bother me.

Feed Hawky better. He's malnourished, he keeps begging me for more food.

And don't do that.

Fire Lord Zuko

3.

Dear Honorless Usurper

My, how the time flies. It seems as if it was only yesterday that I was supposed to be crowned Fire Lord, and here we are, celebrating the first full year of your doomed reign. I salute you.

Know this: you won't know peace for long. I have entered into an alliance with Admiral Noboru. He is a true patriot and has kindly offered me three ships and 2000 men to retake the throne. He has also generously offered to serve as my consort, "despite my mental deficiency."

I am writing as a courtesy, as it is obvious that the throne will soon be mine. I might even let you live.

May Agni's light shine on you*

Azula

Fire Lord-in-exile

[* common benediction for the dead during Fire Lord Zuko's reign]

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Dear Sister

Thank you for writing. I spoke with Noboru. I told him that I was allowing an Agni Kai and that you were on your way.

Noboru has fled the country. He gifted you his whole estate, see the enclosed list. He said to tell you he's sorry and not to come after him.

Please come visit any time. I hope your healing is going well.

May your inner fire warm you

Your brother Zuko

[enclosed: A list of assets including a home in the 5th Province, a vacation home on Ember Island, 20 acres of farmland, a substantial amount of gold and silver and assorted property]

4.

Zuko

this is the worst copper i've ever seen??? i want a refund. you're the worst copper merchant ever.

sokka

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Sokka

You didn't even pay for the copper. I'm not giving you a refund. And I'm not a copper merchant. I didn't even buy it, somebody else did. What's wrong with it?

I can send you more if you need?

Fire Lord Zuko

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Sokka

I sent you two more carts of copper. This is the best copper we have, so if it's not good enough, you can get your own and stop mooching off of me.

Fire Lord Zuko

5.

[on a thin sheet of metal]

Sparky! Earth Rumble 8 is two weeks from now. I'm coming to pick you up in the morning two days before.

Check it out: I can write now. Katara helped me with the characters but I've got it now. Hawky isn't strong enough to carry these, but Katara's dad is letting me borrow Seabreeze.

It's TOPH.

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Dear Lady Beifong

You can't just come pick me up! I'm the Fire Lord. Two weeks isn't enough time for me to arrange days off.

I'd like to come watch you knock some heads, but I can't. Sorry.

Feed Seabreeze. Seriously. What's wrong with you people? Every bird you send me is starving.

May your inner fire warm you

Fire Lord Zuko

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[on a thin sheet of metal]

Sparky. Thanks for sending me a sheet of paper but my privy is stocked. I can guess what it says though: "I can't go I'm so busy and I'm too much of a wimp to clear my schedule"

I'm coming to pick you up. Tell your guards they can either get out of my way or get CRUSHED. It's gonna be fun.

It's TOPH.

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A painting of Fire Lord Zuko, Lady Beifong, Master Katara, Avatar Aang, Suki of Kyoshi Island and Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe. Lady Beifong is sitting on the Fire Lord's shoulders, holding up a decorative belt and smiling widely.

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does everyone have a teacher that they still have beef with/ hold a grudge against today??

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You cannot alter your fate...however, you can rise to meet it, if you choose

prints available June 9-16

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i will make jokes about genly's overstated sexism until the cows come home but i also must say: That is how you write convincing character growth. the mix of objective statements of past thoughts, the present shame, the slow changing of a worldview that still suffers setbacks to previous thought patterns while consciously shifting itself into a different mode. i enjoyed the insight of what culture shock feels like and the deliberate choices you have to make to integrate your own worldview with a different one. it feels unnatural and it is hard, it is freeing and it is existentialist. and, this is despite genly's voice being pretty reserved!

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a little follow up to this post . i think .

idk . i have these two on my mind constantly hh

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thinking about how when you experience a lot of shame in your formative years (indirectly, directly, as abuse or just as an extant part of your environment) it becomes really difficult to be perceived by other people in general. the mere concept of someone watching me do anything, whether it's a totally normal activity or something unfamiliar of embarrassing, whether I'm working in an excel spreadsheet or being horny on main, it just makes my skin crawl and my brain turn to static because I cannot convince myself that it's okay to be seen and experienced. because to exist is to be ashamed and embarrassed of myself, whether I'm failing at something or not, because my instinctive reaction to anyone commenting on ANYTHING I'm doing is to crawl into a hole and die. it's such a bizarre and dehumanizing feeling to just not be able to exist without constantly thinking about how you are being Perceived. ceaseless watcher give me a god damn break.

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“There is no other home”, Soviet poster, 1986.

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Industriousness embodied

she is my favorite statue too!

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Do you think Estraven and Genly empathy-share dreams?

Like Genly has a sweet dream where he and Estraven are living together back in Erhenrang, and Estraven has the same dream at the same time but in his dream Genly is actually Arek. Like you know how sometimes you dream of someone who looks like a person you know, but in the dream you know it's another person. Like that.

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people who are just finding out about internet tracking and data mining in the year 2025 and that your special robot friend does not respect your privacy lol