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Ok, so, I would have said lavender but that's too easy 👀

Instead, the background of your blog reminds me of mint; not strong mint, but the milder, pleasant kind 🍃❄️

Anyone feel free to join in!

it’s been too long that I’ve wanted to start a tag game. here you go !!

tell me what you think prev’s blog tastes like and why. it can be based off theme, vibes, or what they post!!

(also feel free to tag me as many times as you want I want to answer this too!!)

@batshikns @breadsnorter @boeedie @rheeeeeeeesiees @kaiserkisser @rivermist606 @collidew1thesky @kiw-ee @creatorbiaze + open tags, I’m forgetfullll

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I see a lot of posts saying "teach boys about consent".

While that is true, a lot of parents will do that and fail to see how their own actions are the problem.

If you've spanked him, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've forced him to sit on Santa's lap, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've forced him to give hugs and kisses to family members, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've grabbed him in order to force him to sit still, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've labeled him as "too sensitive" for not wanting to be touched, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've assumed he's okay with something because he technically allowed it even though he felt pressured, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you're only going to criticize his actions but not your own, it won't work.

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This looks fun! Thank you for tagging me @cindereleanor 😊

I tried to choose things that I think represent me, rather than the ones I like the most for each category. I'd love to explain every single one of my choices, but I think it would make this post way too long 😅

i've participated in so many tag games, i think it's about time i make my own

use this order and insert images according to how you view yourself!

1. Animal

2. Place

3. Plant

4. Character

5. Season

6. Hobby

7. Colour

8. Crystal

9. Food

here's mine:

cat, bookstore, blue forget-me-nots (idk, i just picked a random image with blue flowers), angel devil (csm), winter, reading + listening to music, blue, moonstone, sushi

tags: @rosees3ray @starr-theoriginal @doing-ur-mum-pt2 @thelovelyvie @urlocalsadkid-l @sad-trash-pigeon @carbonbasedmatter @toxictidepod241 @robinheaney12 @believeinavocado @just-sarah-xx @ali-da-demon @koi0boi @ch1ckpeapancake @rosetintedgreyspaces @dramaticwriter @butterfliesareamyth @bluewrite + anyone who wants to join /np

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I can't stop thinking about the news out of Palestine. Israel is sieging al Shifa hospital. Videos of people's limbs being severed off are haunting (graphic video tw). The hospital has ran out of fuel and 39 babies in incubators are fending for their lives by themselves, because Israel has stationed snipers around the hospital and is shooting all medical crew that walks into their sight.

First, the narrative was Israel would never bomb hospitals. Now, the hospitals are Hamas bases. Then, we respect journalists. Now, we have a fucking kill list of journalists because they are Hamas collaborators. First, we are not letting fuel in until the hostages are released. Now, we are not accepting the hostages back because that would stop our ground invasion and let Hamas win. And I could go on about every single lie they're making up. If you look up "Hamas rape" on google, the first link leads to Times of Israel saying Israel has found no forensic evidence of sexual violence, and only one eyewitness testimony out of 3.5k people attending the rave. If you Google "Hamas beheaded babies" the top links say they have no evidence for the claim besides word of mouth from extremist soldiers. Israeli extremists think about the ugliest goriest scene they can make out in their sick heads, tell that to a international journalist and they run away with it like it's gospel.

And children are being killed in the name of these lies. Thousands are being displaced in images that remind me of the pictures of Tantura 75 years ago, with their hands up so the tanks don't shoot them. Amputees are leaving the hospitals in wheelchairs hours after their surgeries because they are being shot at. Elders who survived the Nakba on 48 are having to walk towards Southern Gaza on foot (imagine walking from one end of your city to the other on foot), displaced again. People are cheering for the haunting images of white phosphorus bombs being dropped over Gaza. Gazan workers who were arrested in the West Bank are being thrust back into the bombings wearing numbered labels.

This is not normal. We are seeing the early stages of the settler colonial genocide of an indigenous population. Native leaders who have visited Gaza say its refugee camps look eerily like reservations. We can stop this. For the first time we are able to see wide scale accounts from the hands of the people suffering the genocide, and Israel is so scared of it they have cut all communications in Gaza.

This is our litmus test. I think we have never seen more clearly, with Palestine, Armenia, Congo and Sudan how colonialism has made our world a rotten place to live in.

The South African apartheid collapsed due to boycotts. We have to do everything in our power to stop Israel's hegemony. Even talking to a group of friends about Palestine changes the status quo. There's no world where we can live peacefully if Israel accomplishes their goals.

Educate yourself. Read into Palestinian history and the occupation. You can't common sense people out of decades of propaganda. If your arguments crumble when a zionist brings up the "disengagement of Gaza", you have to learn more.

Read Decolonize Palestine. They have 15 minute reads that concisely explain the occupation (and its colonial roots) and debunk popular myths, including pinkwashing.

Read on Palestine. Here's an amazing masterpost.

Verso Book Club is giving out free books on Palestine (I personally downloaded Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe).

Keep yourself updated and share Palestinian voices. Muna El-Kurd said every tweet is like a treasure to them, because their voices are repressed on social media and even on this very app. Make it your action item to share something about the Palestinian plight everyday. Here are some resources:

Al Jazeera, Anadolu Agency, Mondoweiss

Boycott Divest Sanction Movement

Palestinian Youth Movement is organizing protests and direct action against weapons factories across the US

Mohammed El-Kurd (twitter / instagram)

Muhammad Shehada (twitter)

Motaz Azaiza (instagram) - reporting directly from Gaza.

Hind Khudary - reporting directly from Gaza. Her husband and daughter moved South to run from the tanks but she stayed behind to record the genocide. The least we can do is not let her calls fall on deaf ears.

You can participate in boycotts wherever you are in the world, through BDS guidelines. Don't be overwhelmed by gigantic boycott lists. BDS explicitly targets only a few brands which have bigger impact. You can stop consuming from as many brands as you want, though, and by all means feel free to give a 1 star review to McDonalds, Papa John, Pizza Hut, Burger King and Starbucks. Right now, they are focusing on boycotting the following:

Carrefour, HP, Puma, Sabra, Sodastream, Ahava cosmetics, Israeli fruits and vegetables

Push for a cultural boycott - pressure your favorite artist to speak out on Palestine and cancel any upcoming performances on occupied territory (Lorde cancelled her gig in Israel because of this. It works.)

If you can, participate in direct action or donate.

Palestine Action works to shut down Israeli weapons factories in the UK and USA, and have successfully shut down one of their firms in London.Some of the activists are going on trial and are calling for mobilizing on court.

Palestinian Youth Movement is organizing direct actions to stop the shipping of wars to Israel. Follow them.

Educate yourself. Read into Palestinian history and the occupation. You can't common sense people out of decades of propaganda. If your arguments crumble when a zionist brings up the "disengagement of Gaza", you have to learn more.

Read Decolonize Palestine. They have 15 minute reads that concisely explain the occupation (and its colonial roots) and debunk popular myths, including pinkwashing.

Read on Palestine. Here's an amazing masterpost.

Verso Book Club is giving out free books on Palestine (I personally downloaded Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe. If you still believe in the two states solution, this book by an Israeli professor debunks it).

Call your representatives. The Labour Party in the UK had an emergency meeting after several councilors threatened to resign if they didn't condemn Israeli war crimes. Calling to show your complaints works, even more if you live in a country that funds genocide.

FOR PEOPLE IN THE USA: USCPR has developed this toolkit for calls, here's a document that autosends emails to your representatives and here's a toolkit by Ceasefire in Gaza NOW!

FOR PEOPLE IN EUROPE: Here's a toolkit by Voices in Europe for Peace targeting the European Parliament and one specific for almost all countries in Europe, including Germany, Ireland, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Greece, Norway, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Austria, Belgium Romania and Ukraine

FOR PEOPLE IN THE UK: Friends of Al-Aqsa UK and Palestine Solidarity UK have made toolkits for calls and emails

FOR PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA: Here's a toolkit by Stand With Palestine

FOR PEOPLE IN CANADA: Here's a toolkit by Indepent Jewish Voices for Canada

Join a protest. Here's a constantly updating list of protests:

Global calendar

Another global calendar (go to the instragram of the organizers to confirm your protest)

USA calendar

Australia calendar

Feel free to add more.

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if you're taking requests and don't mind a bittersweet one, how about Lucy and Quincey reuniting in the afterlife?

and feel free to respond to this after Dracula Daily has ended to avoid spoilers, if you'd prefer!

The pain after today’s episode…

I have another drawing of these two prepared for tomorrow too, I love them so much they both deserved so much more.

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Choose your favourite overused adjective:

VOLUPTUOUS

l a c o n i c

Solemn

How many times did Bram use "voluptuous" in this book, anyway?

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Dr. Van Helsing: *makes multiple grammatical mistakes*

Also, Dr. Van Helsing: w h i t h e r s o e v e r

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Let's try this again. I wrote down all the answers and was about to reply, but I somehow lost everything in the process 🫠

Thank you for tagging me @cindereleanor! I'm sorry it took me so long, but here it is 😊

1. Are you named after anyone? I don't think so. I don't even know anyone else with my name (not personally, at least).

2. When was the last time you cried? A few days ago, when I saw the aftermath of a certain bombing in the Middle East. I don't really want to go off-topic, but PLEASE, if you can, spread awareness about what's happening in Gaza: every day I see people lose their homes and families and it makes me sick.

3. Do you have kids? I don't. I have never really thought about it that much, to be honest 🤔

4. What sports do you play/have played? I played basketball for 7 years, but then I stopped around my first years of high school because it was starting to become kind of a chore (and, truth be told, I didn't vibe with the trainer either). Right now, I go run every now and then with a friend of mine 🏃‍♂️

5. Do you use sarcasm? I do like (friendly) sarcasm! Though I'm more of a "dad jokes" kind of guy. My friends can't stand them, but that has never stopped me 😎

6. What's the first thing you notice about people? Their faces and how they act around others. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the way they address people, their facial expressions, their tone of voice, and so on.

7. What's your eye color? Brown. Quite dark, too 👀

8. Scary movies or Happy endings? I don't like scary movies (predictably enough, they scare me), so I'll say the latter. I like when all the characters are happy and satisfied in the end 😊

9. Any talents? I can make some sick dorayaki; I know the names of the Seven against Thebes by heart; I can play Pop'n'Music on a computer keyboard.

10. Where were you born? Italy 👀 I'm still here btw.

13. How tall are you? Honestly I forgot 🫠 But I'm not very tall.

11. What are your hobbies? Reading, playing videogames, watching shows (mainly animation), studying languages, drinking loose-leaf tea from all over the world, playing tabletop RPGs with my friends, running (when I'm not injured, that is 🫠), listening to obscure '70s/'80s British bands.

12. Do you have any pets? I don't, but I really like big dogs, cats, birds, and especially reptiles 🦎🐍

14. Favorite subject in school? Mathematics, but I didn't mind art history and any foreign language either.

15. Dream Job? I would like to be a translator/adaptor (is this even how you say it in English?). Alternatively, I would love to be a voice actor, but I have literally zero experience in acting.

I don't really have 15 mutuals 🫠 I'm sorry. I hope it's ok if I don't tag anyone else.

15 Questions 15 Mutuals

The rules are: Answer the 15 questions and tag 15 of your mutuals.

ty @trvbblemaker for the tag :D

Are you named after anyone?

not that i know of

2. When was the last time you cried?

like last week after the orthodontist lmao

3. Do you have kids?

i have plants

4. What sports do you play/have played?

i did gymnastics and dance now i do nothing~

5. Do you use sarcasm?

it's somewhat of a coping mechanism

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

how they dress/their hair

7. What's your eye color?

hell if i know

8. Scary movies or Happy endings

happy endings :]

9. Any talents?

i'm rlly good at overthinking and ignoring problems (like genuinely tho ig i'm good at art)

10. Where were you born?

america 🇺🇸 (i hate it here)

11. What are your hobbies?

crocheting, watching shows, drawing

12. Do you have any pets?

cat named otis <3

13. How tall are you?

i think technically 5'4 1/2"

14. Favorite subject in school

art

15. Dream Job?

something i don't hate hopefully in an art field

no pressure tags: @newtness532 @lirdgorl @rainysaturdayafternoon @justkeepwalkingnothinghere @snek-amiga @deusetco @crayonssmellgood @arshemelsoe @lizvi @bbreaddog @noworneverphantom + open tag

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Happy Russian fashion day to all who celebrate.

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Mina: reads her entry about where to chase Dracula

Jonathan:

Everyone else:

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Here Jonathan interrupted him hotly:—

I'm just picturing him taking off his shirt and jacket (or the equivalent for the time) in one fluid motion like this.

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Van Helsing: Ok so, friend Quincey is going with the horses. Who is going with hi...

Dr. Seward: ME! ME! I AM GOING!

Everyone looks at him with confusion.

Dr. Seward: No, you see, we are, uh... a great coupleI MEAN PAIR! Yes, that's it, pair! We have much experience with one another. AS HUNTERS, of course! Yes, that's right! Sweats profusely

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"Good!" said the Professor, "both good. But neither must go alone. There must be force to overcome force if need be; the Slovak is strong and rough, and he carries rude arms." All the men smiled, for amongst them they carried a KUKRI THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY SHARPENED FOR TEN DAYS STRAIGHT GO JONATHAN GOOOO

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Van Helsing and I looked at each other with understanding. Quincey raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her intently, whilst Harker’s hand instinctively closed round the hilt of his Kukri.

I love how Quincey was never noted to be looking intently before but here. In context, we know why he out of all of them is staring at Mina in the most focused way. He promised first that he'd strike if there was a hint of something being wrong. We are not told about Jonathan's eyes, but his hand closing around the hilt, instead of simply touching it like previously. The two men most ready for action are the one who promised first and the one who never promised.

Van Helsing and Jack meanwhile are thinking of the implications of the lifting movement, seeking and confirming a mutual understanding of the other.

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"Do you, friend Jonathan, go to the agent of the ship and get from him letters to the agent in Galatz, with authority to make search the ship just as it was here. Morris Quincey, you see the Vice-Consul, and get his aid with his fellow in Galatz and all he can do to make our way smooth"

Quincey P. Morris, casually loading his Winchester rifle: My friend here wants some official type papers to let him search the Czarina Catherine in Galatz, and I recommend the both of you oblige him, otherwise... I won't be able to hold him back.

Jonathan "English Violent Demeanour" Harker, lodging his kukri knife's blade directly into the ship agent's desk: You see, I'm a lawyer.

The Ship Agent & Vice Consul, writing up those letters and making phone calls in a cold sweat: *gulping audibly* I can tell.

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Mina: [leaves]

Van Helsing: Now that it's just us girls I want to let you in on a big secret!

Jack: Okay.

Van Helsing: We have big, bulging, manly-man brains and Dracula has an itty, bitty, teensy, weensy, li'l baby brain.

Jack: That's your big secret--

Van Helsing: Hush! Not a word to Mina!

Jack: Yeah, I wouldn't tell her that.

Mina: [walks in, humming, handing them both papers]

Van Helsing: You're RIGHT, Jack! I am friends with famous author Hans Christian Andersen! That reminds me - Hey, Mina! We have big, bulging, manly-man brains and Dracula has an itty, bitty, teensy, weensy, li'l baby brain!

Jack: You just said--

Mina: Hell 👏 Yes 👏 Professor 👏 and it sounds like you've read Nordau and Lombroso.

Van Helsing: Say more, Queen! You see, Jack - I told you we should tell her everything! Write this shit down!

Jack: [transcribes as he feels his last brains cell dying]