#source connected

[flagtism]

connected | semi-connected | disconnected

source connected, semi-connected, & disconnected flags - for any introject or alter/headmate with source whose connected/semi-connected/disconnect from said source.

symbols from photopea. these flags are intended for introjects but we don't mind them being used by factkins or fictionkins.

flags by us. tagging @radiomogai & @daybreakflags.

[sulkyboy]

+ connected / semi-connected / disconnected

++ flags by @floretspell

[bandages-and-bullets]

What I wouldn’t give to talk to old friends again. It’s late nights like these that I make the mistake of letting myself reminisce. I have Mauga and I am *so* thankful for it but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss the others. Cole, Angela, Niran, Lucio, Hana. All people I miss so dearly it feels like there’s a hole in my chest. All people who might not exist anymore and that thought terrifies me. How can it all feel so real yet not be….

[stars-sex-and-bruises]

Is the Starfighter kin/fictive community completely dead?

[noodles-and-tea]

Soooooooo - quick question on your drawing that I am confused on - when did Superman and Batman officially meet? And did they have their Superman and Batman powers or were they just Bruce and Wayne?

Teehee I’m so glad you asked!

So, at the point of their meeting, Superman has been around for only a few months, maybe a year? Batman’s been doing his thing for a few years now, they’re both late-ish 20s.

Dick has been Batman’s ward for a year and a bit - he loves watching superman in the news :))) so Bruce goes to Metropolis to check him out for himself.

Meanwhile, Clark has written a few pieces on the Wayne Enterprises (Bruce has recently renovated and reopened his father’s orphanage (that’s how he met Dick)) and is interested in the recent business moves. He’s interviewed him a few times - Bruce, for some reason, finds him slightly more tolerable than most reporters.

So, technically, both!

[blackpearlblast]

a rundown on the listed e-sim platforms from this tweet from mirna el helbawi. visit esimsforgaza to learn about this effort. (they also have a tutorial on how to purchase an esim and send it to them)

update v12 (5/21/24) holafly (israel and egypt), nomad (regional middle east), simly (palestine and middle east), mogo (israel), and airalo (discover) are currently in the highest in demand. if it has been more than 3 weeks since you initially sent your esim and your esim has not been activated, you can reforward your original email with the expiration date in the subject line. you can see gothhabiba’s guide for how to tell if your esims have been activated. if your esim has expired without use, you can contact customer service to renew or replace it.

troubleshooting hint 1: if you are trying to pay through paypal, make sure you have pop-ups enabled! otherwise the payment window won't be able to appear. (this issue most frequently seems to occur with nomad)

troubleshooting hint 2: if you are trying to purchase an esim using the provider's app, it may block you from purchasing if your phone does not fit the requirements to install and use their esims. use their website in your browser instead and this problem should go away.

nomad

for the month of may, first time referrals give 25% off for a person's first purchase and 25% off the referrer's next purchase! it's a great time to use someone's referral code from the notes if you are a first time buyer.

you can use a referral code to get $3 off your first purchase and also make it so the person whose code you used can buy more esims for gaza. many people have been leaving their referral codes in the replies of this post and supposedly a referral code may eventually reach capacity so just keep trying until you find one that works! BACKPACKNOMAD is another code to get $3 off your first purchase, it's been working for some people but not others so try out a referral code instead if you can't get it to work. NOMADCNG is a code for 5% off any middle east region nomad esims posted by connecting gaza. it can be used on any purchase, not just your first but is generally going to give less off than the first-purchase only codes, so use those first. it can be used in combination with nomad points. AWESOME NEW CODE: nomad esim discount code for 75% off any plan, NOMADCS25 do not know how long it lasts but this is an amazing deal esp. since they are really low on esims right now! (nomad promo codes do not work on plans that are already on sale, unlimited plans, and plans under $5)

weekly tuesdays only code on nomad web, PST timezone! it gives 10% off plans 10gb and above. NOMADTUE

nomad also seems to be kind of sluggish sometimes when it comes to sending out emails with the codes. you can look for them manually by going to manage -> manage plans -> the plan you purchased -> installation instruction and scroll down to install esim via QR code or manual input then select QR code to find the QR code which you can screenshot and email to them. often just the act of logging back into your nomad account after purchase seems to cause the email with the code to come through though.

mogo

mogo's website is fucking annoying to navigate and i couldn't find any promo codes, but their prices are massively on sale anyway. you have to pick if you want your esim to be for iphone, ipad, or android for some reason. according to statcounter, android makes up approx. 75% of mobile markets in palestine while iphone represents approx. 25%. so i would probably recommend prioritizing donations of android esims but if you can afford multiple, try buying an iphone one too? if i can find any official direction from the connecting gaza crew on this i will update with it.

a good referral code to use for mogo is 8R29F9. the way things are worded are confusing but as far as i can tell, if you use it we both get a 10% discount on your first purchase. (the referrer gets a 10% voucher that allows them to top up in use esims, they are someone who i know has bought a lot of esims and will be able to make good use of the top-up discount vouchers!) also upon signing up it automatically generates a password for you which you can change by downloading the app. (check your email to find your account's current password)

holafly (also looking for holafly esims for egypt now)

holafly is pricier than the others and the only promo code i could find was ESIMNOW for 7% off. someone in the tags mentioned GETESIM7 as another 7% off code they had received, so if you have already used ESIMNOW or can't seem to get it to work, try GETESIM7. another 7% off code is HOLAXSUMMER7 which is valid until june 2nd. referral codes only seem to give 5% off and they don't stack. (i don't remember the source, it was on some sketchy coupon site i don't want to link to and only can recommend because i tried it myself) you can also use my referral link for 5% off if you can afford the 2% worse deal on your end, it will give me $5 credit which i can put towards buying more esims. connecting gaza has also posted the promo code HOLACNG for 5% off but since it is less than the 7% off codes and as far as i can tell does not give credit towards others to buy esims like the referral links, i would consider it lower priority for use.

simly (note: simly must be downloaded as an app to be used, the website link is to help people confirm they are downloading the right app)

i have not personally used simly so i am going to be going off of the sixth slide of mirna el helbawi's instagram guide, with some corrections from someone who has successfully purchased an esim from simly. after downloading the app and making an account, search for palestine or middle east and purchase your preferred package. the page the app takes you to after your purchase should have the QR code to send to the esimsforgaza email, it won't show up in your email receipt. someone kindly left her referral code in the tags of this post, it gives $3 off your first purchase and will give her $3 credit to put towards purchasing more esims for gaza. the code is CIWA2. (if this referral code doesn't work, try one from the notes of this post!) according to someone in the notes, ARB is a simly promo code for 25% off esims that is still working as of march 3rd.

airalo

some people have noted issues trying to sign up for airalo using the browser version of the website, it worked for me but if you are struggling you can give the mobile app a try and that should work. you can use a referral code to get $3 off your first purchase and give the code suppler a $3 credit for buying more esims. KARINA9661 is a code sourced from this post which is also a wonderful example of how using people's referral codes can really make a difference. if for some reason that referral code isn't working, you can find more in the notes of the original esim post i made here.

@/fairuzfan also has a tag of esim referral codes for various platforms!

(note: mogo and holafly both link to israel esims as there are no general regional packages for the middle east like on nomad and the esims for gaza website specifically linked to the israel package on mogo, so i linked to the equivalent on holafly.)

[babysfirstformula1]

Thinking about young Esteban, in a strange doctor’s office with needles in his back because he was sick so often while his peers in full health charged on ahead, Esteban’s failing body holding him back. Thinking about young Esteban, watching his parents sell their home and his father’s business to fund his karting career. Thinking about young Esteban, always knowing that chasing his dream will destroy his parents if he can’t perform on track. Thinking about young Esteban, weighing his formula 1 dream against a McDonald’s paycheck and very nearly finding the dream wanting. Thinking about young Esteban realizing that what he has above his peers is a willingness to suffer more than anyone else if that’s what it takes, and all he can do is pray that the suffering won’t last forever. Thinking about young Esteban in 2019, grinding shifts in the Mercedes simulator and trying to claw his way back on to the grid.

Thinking about Esteban who’s so happy nowadays, doing what he loves while surrounded by people who believe in him.

[manticorecure]

"im so proud of you."

reference under the cut (from alienstage official twt!)

[to-be-a-dreamer]

Okay but real talk the black heart being about Billy actually makes Agathario even more compelling sorry y'all don't have an imagination.

I mean, the implications of Rio not technically being in the coven??? From what I understand, a coven is supposed to be a sisterhood, a group of witches dedicated to each other above all else. Rio is not dedicated to these people. She is not here for them. Rio is death and death has no coven but she still came. She came because Agatha summoned her, not because the coven needed a new green witch. (This also means the coven never actually needed a green witch since I'm presuming Billy isn't one. They didn't need Rio but Agatha called her anyway)

Rio has no loyalty to the other witches, she is there for Agatha and Agatha alone and I am SO hoping they get to show that on screen in some way.

Also the black heart itself isn't a huge plot point or a character moment, but Agatha's reaction to it certainly is. She sees a black heart on a list of names that are supposed to be her coven and she immediately thinks of Rio. Billy presses her about the fourth name and she would rather eat paper than do literally anything normal. Like, we know Agatha is an incredible liar, she should have been able to easily come up with something to tell him but she was so thrown off by the idea that the name might be Rio that the only thing she could think to do was to eat the list. That is insane behavior who cares if it wasn't actually about Rio because Agatha's actions were about her. That tells you infinitely more about them than a list of names.

Also just. Logistically. It makes way more sense like why wouldn't Lilia just write Rio Vidal? I know it works for the drama of it all but I was wondering if they were going to give an in-universe reason or just leave it as a weird plot hole. But who's the one person a witch can't name? Also, Billy told Eddie nothing in his life felt normal until they met, so it makes sense that the symbol she would use to represent him, the most accurate way to refer to Billy, is the affectionate inside joke between him and the only person who makes him feel normal (I could ramble for just as long about how Billy being the black heart makes his character and his relationship with Agatha so much more compelling as well but this is for the Agathario stans and I know y'all are a little traumatized so I'll hold off for now. Also also it makes Mrs. Davis's death even more tragic because there was actually no reason for her to be there, they already had their complete coven)

[sodaneko]

i love being a fangirl like i can’t remember not being one and i just know i’ll turn 100 one day and still be a fangirl

[zhongli-lover-69]

[willosword]

i dunno the fact that mark had his whole friend group to talk to after the s1 finale and now he's down to just eve is uniquely unsettling to me

[humblefryingpan]

(mega spoilers for tangled the series)

I love Cass as much as the next tts fan but why did they give her all of Eugene's potential?? Why is this overpowered random self insert more of a main character than one of the most important characters in the franchise???? What did they do to him????

You're telling me he is the son of the king of the dark kingdom? The kingdom that completely parallels his wife's story? And he is connected to the magic that works as the perfect opposite side of his wife's magic? And they gave it to CASSANDRA??????

Gothel wasn't even connected to the moonstone bro give him blue hair (or better yet say that's why his hair is black, it already mirrors perfectly with her light hair, just don't give the powers to Cass) 😭

I would've loved it so much if, instead of the Cassie Gothel bullshit, the plot twist was that the rocks were following him and he didn't know. And they reacted to the sundrop bc the magic is similar, and they eventually found out and he got to have one singular main character moment, and he was the one mirroring his own damn soulmate. If no one else writes this I will (eventually) but I'm tired so that's a future issue

[hakunoknight]

an unforeseen joy, an unforeseen heartache

daughter