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Do you guys think it means anything that Dawn (Buffy's girlhood/innocence) never really becomes close with Giles in the same way the other characters do

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Ace-6 of Swords

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My favourite thing about this tag is that I still don't know who they voted for.

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Still thinking about sweet William

It was so exciting to draw him

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:-/

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Reblog the writers’ fortune cookie for luck!

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“everyone is going to hate it” someone will love it. someone will reach out to you and tell you it changed their life. someone will hold it close and treasure it forever in a way you can’t even understand. keep going

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http://nowinexile.tumblr.com/post/92097817189/ill-tell-you-what-is-harder-than-dying-in-gaza

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Repeat after me: it didn't start in October

90% of all water in Gaza is undrinkable.

Source: #UnitedNations

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Note these are numbers for casualties from combat, not a full measure of the damage caused to Palestine by things like the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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Love when writers do an insane amount of unnecessary research for their fics. I follow an author that did like 8 months of intense research into 14th century Scotland so they could write smut about it, and guess what. It was some fucking incredible porn AND I learned about old Scottish politics

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i spent 10 straight hours in a fugue state making this last night. come play my spike dress up game [LINK] (should be mobile/desktop friendly)

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Dear people who see images of Palestinians celebrating 9/11 and think it's a reason to hate/kill them all: some thoughts.

I find it deeply depressing that people are taking 13 year old footage and using it as a reason to make ethnic cleansing okay.

First and foremost: I think I’m already a little disturbed that anyone would watch that footage, even if it was totally representative of the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip, and say “okay, let’s nuke them all.” (A comment I saw on YouTube :-/)

If we react to objectionable behaviour with genocide, how are we any better than the people we just decided to kill?

But…

Would you want your entire nationality to be judged (and deemed unworthy of life) because of the actions of a few? Doubt it.

Do you always react the same way to horrific events happening thousands of miles away, in countries from which you are culturally and politically and all other kinds of ways estranged, the same way to horrific events happening in your own country/state/city?

If you had spent decades being systematically persecuted, and someone took a shot at a country that was heavily invested (to the tune of millions, billions of dollars) in your persecution, would your first response be completely and utterly charitable?

MOST IMPORTANTLY:

A little interesting factoid to meditate on before you decide that Israel and America are right in all their actions and Palestinians are a bunch of evil terrorists because of a bit of video footage.

I was in East Jerusalem on 9/11. I spent the day doing physical labour at a children’s hospital, and then walked back along the Mount of Olives to where we were staying. We were working and living in a Palestinian area. When I phoned home later that day to reassure my parents I was okay, I did so from a pay phone in the old city. I saw the footage of the second aeroplane hitting the Trade Centers on a TV in a hotel on the edge of the West Bank. I spent the next week in and around East Jerusalem, with one day where we went to Galilee.

I did not see one single instance of Palestinians celebrating the terrorist attack. Not one. In a week. If anything, the mood in East Jerusalem, as far as I recall, was pretty sombre the rest of that week.

I’m not saying it didn’t happen anywhere, that no one celebrated. I am one person, and I can only be in one place at one time. I’m saying that the impression that all Palestinians were out in the streets celebrating isn’t true. I’m saying that East Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Galilee in general were conspicuously lacking in street parties. I’m saying that when I called friends back home, the scenes they described on their TV weren’t backed up by what was (or more to the point was not) happening in front of my eyes.

It wouldn’t surprise me if it happened somewhere. I suspect some Palestinians celebrated, and I expect some others wanted to. As with any nation, ethnic group, or similar, Palestinians aren’t a monolith who all think, act, react and believe the same way. Neither am I saying that I think rejoicing over a terrorist attack is a good thing.

I’m saying, take a little context with your news. I’m saying, don’t characterise an entire nation by five minutes of news footage.

I’m saying that that video doesn’t give the entire picture. Not even close. That’s all.

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Unfriendly reminder that none of this started in October.

[This is what life is like for a Palestinian teenager under house arrest.]

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In case anyone was wondering: I've mostly been on other platforms trying to amplify Palestinian voices, especially those in Gaza. But for the record, if you wanted to know where I stand, FREE FREE PALESTINE!

Israel has killed more children in Gaza since October than in four years of worldwide conflict

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In case you lost it - a link to the eSIM donation guide. Even if you feel sick and powerless, you can at least do this. And even if you really, really can't donate, you can always at least share this and remind others.

https://gazaesims.com/esim-purchase-tutorial/