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[heroisk]

Got Shen interactions (Along with Kayn, Zed and Kennen) but at what cost? [x]

[monarchisms]

so for those unaware, rooster teeth's annual extra life stream this year (2023) will be on november 11th at 10 am central time. the stream is back to being 24 hours long, and the schedule has recently been posted on rt's social media accounts. with this context, this post is going to carry a more somber tone than the usual extra life posts i used to make. this is because of the hospital that rt gives their donation money to: dell children's medical center. most of the links going forward are to articles from news sites i read through to gather and cross-reference any public information i can find to make sure what i'm sharing is accurate. general content warning for transphobia ahead.

in late april and early may, news started coming out that ken paxton, a texas attorney general, announced an investigation to "determine whether it [dell children's] is "unlawfully" providing certain gender-affirming medical care to minors." he made a statement about it on the 5th of may, and allegedly, said investigation was sparked by a video in mid-april shared by far-right activist group project veritas. i'm not linking the video directly because the group has a history of video manipulation and general disinformation throughout its existence, and i'm not a fan of, frankly speaking, spreading their bullshit, but it's linked in the nbc article for further context.

anyways, an alleged employee in that video claimed that patients at the hospital were provided gender-affirming treatment, and started to medically transition around the ages of 8 or 9 years old. dell children's official statement was shared around a week after the project veritas video was published, basically refuting the claim and explicitly stating that the hospital "prohibits surgery and prescribing hormone therapy for the treatment of gender dysphoria for children". they also note that they were "conducting a thorough review of this situation." as a result, many patients and their parents "began hearing that appointments with the hospital’s adolescent medicine specialists had been canceled and that their providers no longer worked at the hospital", leaving families to find another health provider in the state or consider looking into out-of-state resources and doctors for a better chance at receiving care. i didn't find a source that specified if those whose were no longer at dell children's chose to quit or were involuntarily fired, but it's still unfortunate either way.

keep in mind that like rooster teeth, dell children's is based in austin, texas, and the state of texas (especially within the last year) has a history of transphobia and general lgbtphobia with laws that have been proposed and/or put into effect. one of those laws that went into effect was senate bill sb 14, which went into effect on september 1st, and outlaws minors (those under 18 years old) from receiving hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and general gender-affirming care from medical professionals, as well as disallowing said professionals from prescribing care or performing surgeries to the patients.

now, the reason i typed all of this in the first place is that as far as i know (please tell me if i'm wrong here), rt hasn't made a public statement about this whole thing, nor has it been stated that they decided to give money to another hospital, or keep everything as is. i saw no one here on tumblr talking about it, and i didn't want to keep quiet myself, so i tried to make this as thorough as possible. i made a post last year noting that you can donate your money to your local hospital or donate through another individual or organization other that rt on the official extra life website. that also applies to this year's event.

whatever you decide to do or not do, always make sure to do your research on reputable, verified organizations. if you're donating your well-earned money somewhere, be confident that it's somewhere you can trust.

[vampvore]

Being a horny aspec is so frustrating

[starlyht]

looking at the 'for you' tab out of curiosity and seeing just how many of you are not on my dashboard anymore for some reason outside of it even tho i'm following. 😬

[mistamorgana]

I caved.

Meet Ostrik, the child who somehow looks like all three of his parents because FUCK looking like only two.

I changed his name, it used to be Leo but it's Ostrik now bc... it's cooler 😭

[willosword]

currently feeling desolate about how lucifer wasn't there to comfort charlie when she got back from heaven :(

[kbitty]

I JUST HAD A SALMON RUN WAVE. I HAD THE SQUIFFER IN THIS ROTATION (IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE ROTATIONS WEAPONS) ON HT AND ALL OF THE OTHER MORE CAPABLE WEAPONS REFUSED TO DEAL WITH THE THREE FISHSTICKS SET UP AROUND THE BOAT. I TRY TELLING THEM AND ONE OF THEM DEADASS JUST STOPS WHAT THEYRE DOING TO STAND AND LOOK AT ME AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO IGNORING ME. I HAD TO USE A SPECIAL JUST TO DEAL WITH THE GODDAMN FISHSTICKS JUST SO WE COULD ACTUALLY TRAVERSE ANYWHERE AND IF I HADNT DONE THAT THEY WOULDVE ALL GOTTEN OVERWHELMED AT THE BASKET. I CANT ANYMORE

[somesmartsmarties]

Shed a single tear yesterday as I was thinking about the ending of one of my stories

[farharbour]

i've been living in fantasy world for weeks now but glads have definitely dropped their whole roster same as every other team and just haven't said it yet. god it hurts

[papillon82fluttersby]

Famous Five Art Nostalgia #16 – Part 1

Introductory post

Five Go to Billycock Hill – Le Club des Cinq et les papillons

Original publication date: 1957 (UK), 1962 (France)

(Original cover art by Jeanne Hives, 1962)

Prepare to see a lot of butterflies today, since the French title made it easy for the various cover artists to find what theme to focus on!

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Plot summary (adapted from Wikipedia):

The Five are camping on Billycock Hill [le Mont-Perdu], near the farm of Toby Thomas [Philippe Thomas], a boy who goes to the same school as Julian and Dick and loves jokes and pranks. The Five meet Toby’s parents, who are very welcoming, as well as his little brother Benny [Jeannot], who never goes anywhere without his pet pigling Curly [Dudule].

(Holiday planning!)

(Meet Toby’s adorable little brother, Benny, and his adorabler pet pigling, Curly)

(Toby loves jokes and pranks – much to Benny’s dismay, who is often the recipient of said pranks…)

(Timmy and Curly get acquainted)

Toby is delighted with his visitors and wastes no time showing them around, such as leading them to a lovely pool where they can enjoy a refreshing swim, although they soon get told off by an Air Force officer for trespassing on military property. They also meet the eccentric Mr Gringle [M. Grégoire], one of the owners of a nearby butterfly farm, who gives them a visit.

(One of Toby’s practical jokes, who delights in scaring the girls with a fake spider 🕷️)

(Toby brings the Five to a lovely pool, ignoring the “DANGER – KEEP OUT” sign… what could possibly go wrong?)

Back to Billycock Farm, the Five meet Toby’s cousin Jeffrey [Roland], a flight-lieutenant at the neighbouring airfield.

A big storm occurs that night, and the campers’ evening gets disturbed, first when they see Mr Gringle’s associate Mr Brent [M. Rousseau] roaming the area, supposedly looking for moths, and then when Timmy puts up a fuss at seemingly nothing, before they all hear the sound of an aeroplane flying away.

(Some ungrateful fools rebuff an understandably upset Timmy, who tried his best to warn the silly humans about the suspicious comings and goings outside)

The weather is still rainy in the morning, so the Five decide to go visit a local tourist spot: Billycock Caves [les grottes d’Enfer]. At some point during their visit, they hear some horrible whistling noises that scares them away.

(The Five visit Billycock Caves) [Fun fact: This is the book that taught me how to tell stalagmites from stalactites: “les stalagMites Montent ; les stalacTites Tombent.” Never forgot even since! 🙂]

When they hear from the radio that Toby's cousin Jeff and a fellow pilot, Ray Wells [Jean Dufrêne], are reported to have defected and stolen the newest aeroplanes that were being developed at the airfield, the Five and Toby are shocked. The media later reports that Jeff and Ray crashed their planes and drowned at sea. Toby refuses to believe that Jeff was a spy.

(Two policemen come to ask the campers if they have seen anything unusual on the hill the previous night, when the planes were stolen)

After poking around and talking to Mr Gringle, the children realise that the so-called “Mr Brent” whom they saw during the stormy night was an impostor, and that something fishy is going on at the butterfly farm. That night, Julian, Dick and Toby do some snooping around.

(Investigators deep in thought…)

They learn from Mrs Janes [Jeanne], the house servant, that her layabout son Will [Marcel Caron] has been hiding four men who have been watching the airfield day and night. The Five bring this information to Toby’s father, who gets in touch with the police, and it is confirmed that the two pilots who died were spies, but that Jeff and Ray are prisoners at an unknown location.

(Anne tries to comfort poor Toby, who’s worried sick about his cousin’s disappearance)

As the Five attempt to comfort Toby while helping around at the farm, they realise that little Benny and his pigling have disappeared. They search for the missing pair all around the farm, and finally find Benny next to the entrance to Billycock Caves, upset that the pigling “runned away” inside the caves.

(Little Benny has been found!)

The pigling does find his way back to the farm on his own later on, with a message leading the children to find Jeff and Ray imprisoned in Billycock Caves.

(A proud messenger 🐷)

The prisoners are rescued and all ends well!

(Heroes of the day!)

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Cover art through the ages:

(Disclaimer: This is not an exhaustive list; sometimes the dates are difficult to pinpoint; and I have purposefully not included editions that re-used similar cover art, with differences only in layout and font style.)

(Original cover by Jeanne Hives, Hachette, 1962 – prepare to see a lot of butterflies on the following covers! 🦋)

(Gotta catch ’em all! Jean Sidobre, Hachette, 1981)

(Continuing our butterfly hunt! Umberto Nonna, Edito Service, 1981)

(Everyone is getting a little tense here 😬 – Jean Sidobre, Hachette, 1986)

(Butterfly paradise – Paul Gillon, Hachette, 1994)

(Munch and Prunier are the first to depict the aeroplanes that are quite central to the plot – Hachette, 1999)

(This is from an unknown illustrator who brings quite a spooky feel with this skull-adorned butterfly* – Hachette, 2000) [* This illustration is based on a real-life butterfly called Acherontia atropos, or African death's-head hawk-moth]

(Frédéric Rébéna, as always, gives us the bare minimum – although, look closely and you will see some stalactites and stalagmites from Billycock Caves! Hachette, 2008)

(Auren, Hachette, 2020 – okay, cute)

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Thanks for reading!

[pinkfey]

rlly wish if writers would stop putting crucial information like full character descriptions behind paywalls and inside discord servers lmao

[tasakesi]

okay guys i dont know what to do for valentines day!! help!!!

[itslookingback]

the night we met by lord huron is an incredible song and so #brightcore

[traitordenki]

Anyway sometimes I’m reminded of the fact that it took me literally until season three (3) to realize the dragon zodiac had already been introduced. Like my dumbass self was already in season 3, trying to figure out when the dragon was gonna be introduced and who the dragon would be.

Completely forgetting that a seahorse isn’t a part of the zodiac 😭

[poptartmochi]

just once, i would love to go into the dmc tag and not see people being weird about Nero 😭 just ONCE!

[taupewolfy]

> yesterday was a terrible tragedy > however, you must still go to school today.

ok first of all. britney_yeah.gif............... secondly - story of my fucking school life