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I don't want another ace attorney because I don't trust that they won't fuck it up

see but like what if it's good though. a new game being bad will never actually make the previous games any worse or less valuable, that's all a mindset. but what it COULD do is potentially lead to something awesome that we haven't seen before. 9 times out of 10 im going for the latter. we only get one life and i refuse to let the fear of ever experiencing anything disappointing keep me from hoping for better.

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Scientists still trying to figure out why drawing blorbos napping together is so therapeutic 🤔 Rockband AU silly tender moments between the WIPs purgatory 😭🙌

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Veyle :)

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he are a stupid little roach

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how it feels to fall asleep multiple times in the somniel

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I began work immediately, performing 10 to 12 surgeries a day, working 14 to 16 hours at a time. The operating room would often shake from the incessant bombings, sometimes as frequent as every 30 seconds. We operated in unsterile settings that would’ve been unthinkable in the United States. We had limited access to critical medical equipment: We performed amputations of arms and legs daily, using a Gigli saw, a Civil War-era tool, essentially a segment of barbed wire. Many amputations could’ve been avoided if we’d had access to standard medical equipment. It was a struggle trying to care for all the injured within the constructs of a healthcare system that has utterly collapsed. I listened to my patients as they whispered their stories to me, as I wheeled them into the operating room for surgery. The majority had been sleeping in their homes, when they were bombed. I couldn’t help thinking that the lucky ones died instantaneously, either by the force of the explosion or being buried in the rubble. The survivors faced hours of surgery and multiple trips to the operating room, all while mourning the loss of their children and spouses. Their bodies were filled with shrapnel that had to be surgically pulled out of their flesh, one piece at a time. I stopped keeping track of how many new orphans I had operated on. After surgery they would be filed somewhere in the hospital, I’m unsure of who will take care of them or how they will survive. On one occasion, a handful of children, all about ages 5 to 8, were carried to the emergency room by their parents. All had single sniper shots to the head. These families were returning to their homes in Khan Yunis, about 2.5 miles away from the hospital, after Israeli tanks had withdrawn. But the snipers apparently stayed behind. None of these children survived.

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I have a very sick cat. Please pray for my sick cat so she’ll get healthy and live

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they were partners

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I wanted to get more experience with drawing full body poses and with doing soft shading, so here's this Sophia :) It took me an embarrassingly long time to finish this and I'm tired of looking at it now so I'm very glad to finally be free!! One day I will learn how to get a simple piece of art done in less than 2 months!!!! Hopefully that day is soon!!!!!!! :)))))

Also, big thanks to AdorkaStock for the pose reference images I used to help me make this. AdorkaStock's content has been a really great resource for me, I've been learning a lot from their stuff :]

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it goes against so much of what i stand for to share "palestinians are humans, they have hobbies, they have pets, they laugh and cry" kind of posts because i've spent so much of my life and career completely rejecting the notion that we should humanize ourselves, that we should ever be defensive, that we should entertain this racism at all

but it breaks my heart when i have to share them from people in gaza, who are using their five minutes of internet connection, their 25% of battery charge collected from a macguyvered car battery, emotionally exhausted, thirsty and hungry, sleeping in schools that have turned into refugee shelters and still making the time to say "please, i am human too, i am still alive, please fight for me" in english to appeal to the only people who have the power to help

i shared a tweet from a jjk artist in gaza i follow about a bts photocard being found in the middle of the rubble. even the love of anime and kpop and sports is no longer just a hobby, but an appeal to humanity. what was once a source of joy is now proof of life.

the worst part is that you won't find this content in arabic. palestinians don't post like this in arabic. but when they translate themselves, they recognize that they must humanize themselves first. it's an unspoken understanding of dehumanization, one that has dictated a whole region's understanding of the value of human life. in arabic they speak with dignity, with anger, with sorrow. in english, they appeal for their existence.

i share these posts not just because we have to reach everyone we can, because im being asked to and i will not refuse. but i also share them because they're evidence of how deep the racism has run. at what dehumanization leads to. of war crime after war crime. this too i will not forget.

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week 3 day 7

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The Legend of the Deltarune Time Gears

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Yes…

beginning ❤ no