#you’re on the masterpost!

[secret-swords-speakeasy]

HERO NAME: The Blazing Zephyr

CIVILIAN NAME: [REDACTED]

PRONOUNS: drae/draer/draer/draers/draerself, wyr/wyrn/wyrns/wyrns/wyrnself, ast/astra/astra/astras/astraself

POWERS:

Weather: Can control the wind, and uses this to fly and knock people over. .Also can create huge thunderstorms, but uses this less often as it is a high fe energy drain. Will hit people with lightning bolts while doing this.

Fire: Can create purple fire. It's just normal fire, but purple. You can definitely tell who did it when things are on purple fire.

Superspeed: Possibly tied to the wind powers, but is capable of running inhumanly fast. Not so fast you can't see draer, but too fast to catch, for sure.

GUILD/AFFILIATION: Vigilante. Doing this to help people, and maybe have a bit of fun along the way. Not too fond of rules.

CONNECTION: Generally pretty friendly with the other vigilantes, but isn't truly close with any of them. Will work with heroes or villains if it's helpful to wyrn. Nothing is known about draer civilian connections.

WHY YOU'RE HERE: It's fun to hang out with other superpowered people it a situation that isn't fighting. You gotta relax sometimes, y'know.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Quite tall, and lanky. Shirt scruffy dark purple hair. May or may not be dyed. Has a mask that looks like a dragon skull, and long swishing purple cape with star on it, with gold claps. Wears an old pair of running shoes, but not inside the speakeasy, as ast claims to not like shoes.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: Enjoys talking a lot. Has almost said something drae shouldn't several times. Quite high energy and can get quite loud when excited. Also, when excited or angry, hair catches on fire.

-dragon

welcome to the secret swords speakeasy! it’s nice to see you here, zephyr! be careful with the hair, though!

[wanderingblindly]

WanderingBlindly Fanfic Masterlist:

Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri

Late Nights (1.3k words, oneshot)

Oscar leans forward and rummages through the bag, nabbing a pair of chopsticks and an unopened container. "Want me to stay?" Lando's heart sinks; has he been home late so often that Oscar would offer? "Babe, it's really gonna be a late one, I can't --" He talks around his mouthful of noodles. "I don'mind."

Someone in Seattle (11.6k words, oneshot)

“Could I, like… would you be my model for it? Maybe?” “That’s what the coffee was for then?” “No, that was, uh.” He can feel his face heating up, skin undeniably turning a deeper shade of red under Lando’s gaze – mirthful and a little something else. “That was different.” “Gonna say what?” “No.”

Keep Talking (2.7k words, oneshot)

Closing his eyes, pulling a deep breath in through his nose, Lando lowers himself to the floor – sitting directly next to Oscar’s spread knees. “Yeah?” Oscar asks, voice already softer – leading. He’s still sat casually against the sofa, looking down at Lando with warm, understanding eyes. Lando nods in response, eyes fluttering closed as he lets himself lean against Oscar’s leg, rubbing his cheek against his sweatpants.

Nouveau Hot (3.5k words, oneshot)

Lando’s hand moves faster, the knot in his stomach growing tighter with each stroke, each flick of his wrist. Easy muscle memory, it should be enough but — “Need you, need you, need you now, I- Osc, please I -oh fuck,” He’s rambling, the words spilling out faster as he desperately chases release — hips fucking up uselessly into his hand. “That’s too bad, isn’t it?”

Lando v Media (1.2k words, oneshot)

He’s very aware that fucking his teammate isn’t exactly the best PR move he’s ever come up with. And he didn’t need to be told that, to be clear. Though, to be even clearer, he was told that – Jon made quick work of pointing it out, as did the HR representative, as did the PR representative, as did Andrea. But again, he was already aware, so that all felt really excessive.

Bite Down (Show Me How) (1.2k words, oneshot)

“I’m a virgin, by the way.” Smooth start. Oscar, to his irritating credit, doesn’t even look at him from his spot, leaning casually against the elevator wall. “Yeah?” He turns his head, giving Lando a look that makes him realize he’s not the one in charge here. “Wanna do something ‘bout that?”

You Bring Me Closer to God (9.7k words, oneshot)

They’re still close enough to whisper, Lando’s hand holding him in place as he grins wildly. “You like it rough, Osc?” He doesn’t even care if it’s just a bit, just Lando’s stage persona washing over him like it does all his fans. Looking up at Lando, looking at the lipstick he smeared across his cupid’s bow and chin – it’s like he’s seen god. Felt it on his lips, tasted it on his tongue. Oscar grabs him by the nape of the neck without a second thought, pulling them together just as viciously as the first time. Or: In which Lando is a very slutty front-man for a small band seeking their big break, Oscar is an enamored bartender, and Jenson's bar brings them together.

Hot Pink Ring Pops (Would You Marry Me If I Was a Worm?) (4.2k words, oneshot)

“Oscar isn’t ever gonna marry me if I’m a worm, Jon!” He laments, the words uneven and jagged as he sobs (which, Jon realizes, can’t be good for whatever injuries he’s possibly sustained from the crash). Somehow more importantly, what the fuck did Lando just say?

Is It Gay to Watch Your Teammate on Tiktok? (Asking for a Friend) (12.3k words, 2/2 Chapters)

He’s sitting on the bed, dinner long since picked at, with his knees pulled up to his chest. He feels close to hyperventilating. It’s playing on loop, some sappy little edit captioned “i need to find someone to look at me the same way oscar looks at lando”. And really, who the fuck was going to tell him that Oscar smiles at him like that? 

Mortifying! Anyways, (2.3k words, oneshot)

Mortifying interaction, but he’d survive. Besides, it’s not like the cashier was that cut– “Cute enough to make you stupid, huh Norris?” He could hear his smile before he saw his face, a proper Cheshire grin. “Fuck off mate,” Lando groaned, already trying to scrub the cashier from his brain. Except for the Australian accent, he decided; that bit could stay. Maybe his eyes, too, as tired as they had seemed. And his hair, which looked so soft in that kind of ridiculous side part.

If I'm Barbie, and You're Barbie, then Who's Driving the Bus? (814 words, oneshot)

Anyways, the driver room is largely quiet at the moment. But not entirely, much to Lando’s enjoyment. Buzzing from Oscar’s headphones, loud enough for Lando to hear the words, is a song from Barbie. Charli XCX, no less. 

[wundrousarts]

Mini Silverborn Countdown

If you’ve been around for a few years, you’ve seen me vaguely mention a “Silverborn Countdown Challenge” several times. It’s been delayed and changed as many times as the book itself, lol.

If anyone wants sort of a low-stakes, very chill and spaced out version of this ye olde never tackled challenge to complete in the next year before Silverborn, I propose what I’m doing:

Every 3 months leading up to the initial release, I am creating one thing based on each of the books.

January — Nevermoor

April — Wundersmith

July — Hollowpox

[kadextra]

literally they must’ve had oscurucho planned since day 46 and you expect me to be normal….

[ariannadi]

Remember when I was writing and drawing Adaman x Hikari non-stop? I remember that. Most creative I’ve been in a while xD

[random-iz-stuff]

hey irken culture headcanon person here again. for the specificity i just kinda really want a master doc of headcanons on iz although mainly i’d also like to know ur headcanons on like ethnicities of irkens, if you get what i’m saying. like one of my headcanons for irkens is that they’re bug-based. so different types will classify as different races, like a roach-based irken would be a different race than a moth-based irken and then the species of said bug would count as ethnicity cause a bunch of different irkens probably live on a bunch or different planets cuz invading and all that and im turning off anon cause i need to write abt this on my tumblr and just like share it with the world cause im actually getting somewhere in this au okay IM DONE TALKING

My version of irkens are rather different compared to that.

Because my versions of Irkens don’t have differing types and don’t really HAVE different ethnicities in their culture, at least not anymore. They’ve all been either merged into one singular “Irken” ethnicity or destroyed, both accidentally and on purpose.

I say accidentally because the Irken race has a LOT of destructive wars and culture destroying moments in its past, especially one known as The Unity War, which was a massive nuclear war that almost wiped out the entire Irken race as a whole and ended with all of Irk uniting under a single government that would quickly become the Irken Empire we know today, and on purpose because the Empire went out of its way to destroy, assimilate and merge as many ethnic groups and cultures as possible into one singular ethnic group for control reasons. It’s easier to control a population if said population is made up of one singular group of people instead of many.

Combine that with the fact that all planets with smeeteries on them (Irk may be the Empire’s capital and the planet that makes the MOST smeets, but it’s not the only planet where Irkens are born) are located deep within Irken territory and rather close together on a cosmic scale and you don’t have many (or any) purely Irken ethnicities apart from the basic Irken one.

However, there are many differing sub-cultures within the Empire. They all connect back to the Irken Empire and it’s one ethnicity and culture and share those core values of the Empire with the Empire always coming first, making them sub-cultures of the main Empire culture instead of real cultures of their own, but they do exist and they can be found all through the Empire.

Many things can affect the sub-culture of an area. What other races exist nearby, the general use of that area to the Empire, the presence of other sub-cultures, etc.

Starting with that first thing, “What other races exist nearby”. I can’t find the exact post, but I mentioned in a different ask about Irken romance and courting stuff that Irkens don’t have actual courting rituals or traditions of their own because their own culture related to love and romance has been completely obliterated over time, so they tend to borrow the traditions of other races they encounter and use those instead. It’s the same thing for Irken sub-cultures, but on a larger scale. They have no purely Irken cultures besides the singular one, so many Irken systems located near the systems of other races will borrow some of the the cultures and beliefs of that other race and incorporate it into their own sub-culture.

Due to Irkens and Vortians being really friendly with one another until rather recently with Miyuki’s death and Spork blaming said death on the Vortians because she died in a Vortian Scientific Station, Vortians had a rather large influence on many Irken sub-cultures, with Vortian elements being present in many of them. But it’s not just Vortians that have their cultures borrowed from and incorporated into an Irken sub-culture of some kind. Basically any race besides the Meekrob can and have had elements of their cultures borrowed by Irkens.

This also affects religion. Surprisingly enough, the Irken Empire doesn’t really have many rules against religions. As long as the Irken puts their loyalty to the Tallest and the Empire as a whole first and doesn’t let their beliefs get in the way of efficiency (and the religion in question doesn’t go against the cultural rules and traditions revolving around Irken hands because that will ALWAYS go first), the Irken is free to worship whoever or whatever they want. The Empire CAN get involved if they deem it necessary, but they rarely if ever do.

The closest thing the Irken Empire has to an official religion is worshiping the Tallest themselves, and that doesn’t often get in the way of other religions that worship actual deities. If anything, it helps the Tallest remain popular because religions Irkens will often find ways to fit the Tallest into the religion they worship by themselves like believing that the Tallest are appointed or chosen by the top god of that religion or something like that.

Invaders and other Irken jobs that involve a lot of travelling also help in this regard, as they go all over the galaxy and experience a lot of different cultures and often intentionally or not bring elements of those cultures back with them when they go back to Irken territory.

Secondly, what the area is used for. A system populated by a lot of scientists and scientific stations will have a very different look and feel compared to a system filled with military stuff. And that affects the local sub-culture by quite a lot. A military-heavy area is more likely to borrow and copy the cultures and beliefs of a more militaristic and strength based culture, a science-heavy area would naturally gravitate towards more science based cultures and be more interested in those beliefs, etc.

Thirdly, interactions with other sub-cultures. Sub-cultures, like regular cultures, change over time, borrowing and incorporating new elements, dropping older things that no longer work, merging with other, similar sub-cultures, new sub-cultures splitting off from older ones, the like.

The Empire itself also keeps a close eye on all of its many sub-cultures, getting involved whenever it believes that one of them is getting too far away from the Empire’s core values. It’s very rare that this happens, but whenever the Empire decides to crack down on a particular sub-culture for whatever reason, that sub-culture and everything similar to it is doomed, often being completely destroyed or at least reduced to just a few members in a matter of weeks.

[thehappiestgolucky]

HELLO i am new here and i wanted to know.. what is the tiso vigilante AU? I cant find anything about it but its very intriguing to me. If you could explain tysm!!

Hello!

I would highly recommend searching through my blog with the #vigilante tiso tag - as it shows absolutely every post about the au (you can just click the tag on this post to start scrolling through my blog - but be warned there’s a ton of posts about it) to help get a more solid idea about the au. I often have trouble explaining things.

But to try and summarise it - Vigilante Tiso is an au focussing on Tiso as he moved to Hallownest before the Infection (instead of way later like in game) to live with his older family member Xero and his husband Markoth. The two end up solidifying themselves as his dads, Marmu is adopted into the family and Tiso goes from shithead throwing mud at the King’s palace - to a local mysterious Vigilante because he doesn’t like PK and his dads urged him to do something more productive than land himself in jail from messing with the King. However, the chillness of it doesn’t last long until the Infection starts and claims Xero - before his best friend Quirrel has to leave and Markoth (alike the dreamers) puts himself under eternal sleep for his childrens protection. Suddenly he’s a Vigilante of a broken kingdom rescueing the few alive escaped vessels and anyone else before the meet a grisly fate - wondering how to stop this Infection so he can bring his family back to normal. To conclude - he joins Ghost’s journey as a guardian (soon to be dad) to try and fix whatever he can of his broken home. The canon way the au ‘ends’ (or more like the games ending but this au version) is Tiso waiting for Ghost to complete the Pantheons and getting the Godhome ending (Tiso himself becomes a fight in godhome- after tagging along with them for a good portion of their game journey, symbolically before Pure Vessel and thus - before the Pale Kings little room) - and getting to bring his dads back from Infection and eternal sleep.

That’s as best I can summarise it without making a huge long post. Again, recommend looking through the posts on my blog about it - they provide a lot more depth about it naturally! (be warned it is a lot lmao)

[deus-ex-mona]

TO LITTLE FRIEND: Epilogue

plant.

previous part (chapter 7)

DAI: Oh maaan! We were awesome today, yeah?! That was so much fun!

MEGU: That sure was a blast! How many encores did we do again?

YUI: Three, three! That was sick! I wanna perform another live tomorrow!

DAI: Forget tomorrow, let’s do another one today! Ahh, I wanna dance some more!

RIO: (Today’s live was certainly good.)

RIO: (That sense of unity I felt with the audience… That was definitely only possible thanks to IV…)

RIO: …Huh? Come to think of it, where’s IV?

YUI: Eh? Didn’t he come back to this dressing room with us? Huh?

IV: Good work out there, you guys. We sure put on a good show today.

DAI: Yeah, IV… Wait, what’s that? A potted plant?

IV: It’s a present from an audience member.

IV: It’s for you, RIO. I get the feeling that you’d have an idea about who it’s from, so I brought it over for you.

RIO: Thanks.

RIO: (This potted plant… has a message card attached to it.)

RIO: (This is… a child’s handwriting?)

RIO: (“Thanks Big Bro. When I grow up, I wanna become a singer too.”)

RIO: (...! Is this from that boy…?)

MEGU: Ah!

RIO: Whoa… What’s with you, MEGU? What’s with the sudden holler?

MEGU: I mean, you got this from that one from back then…

DAI: “From back then”, you say?

MEGU: Whoa! It was just a slip of the tongue!

RIO: Nah, don’t worry about it.

RIO: (There’s no need to hide it or anything…)

RIO: (If they knew that the reason behind my belated return on that day was because I was looking for a lost boy, they’d make fun of me again.)

RIO: (I mean, since then, MEGU has been calling me “Singing Big Bro” at every available opportunity.)

RIO: …This is a gift from a little friend of mine. That’s all there is to it.

DAI: I see, it’s from your little friend.

YUI: Don’t tell me, this little friend of yours was the one you gave the tickets to?

DAI: Whaaat the heck, so you didn’t give ‘em to a lady.

RIO: I already told you that I didn’t, right?

IV: RIO’s a pretty kind guy, so I guess it’s easy for kids to like him.

YUI: Older folk tend to prefer me, though!

IV: Hey, c’mon, don’t get competitive over such a thing.

IV: But more importantly, guys, I have some good news for you all.

IV: Due to how exciting today’s live was, coupled with the fact that all of the tickets had been sold out rather quickly…

IV: We’ve been allowed to perform at an even bigger venue for our next live.

YUI: Eh, for real?!

MEGU: Hooray!

DAI: Daaamn, lives are the best!

RIO: (As expected of IV. He doesn’t make blunders, even when it comes to sales and marketing.)

RIO: (Besides… I get the feeling that IV is the only one with the ability to oversee everything properly.)

RIO cast another look down at the potted plant he had received.

With a small smile tugging at his lips at the sight of the poorly-written characters on the message card, he made his return to where the rest of Full Throttle4 had gathered—.

[bestgenshincharacter]

The winners of round one, group one are Mona, Xiao, Ningguang, Zhongli, Kaedehara Kazuha, Klee, Amber, and Yoimiya! They will continue on to the next round.

[annarubys]

my dash is so perfectly balanced between spn actor hate and intense mcr parasocialism that all it does is cancel out enough to remind me that celebrities are real people. thank god

[secret-swords-speakeasy]

HERO NAME: Puzzle, puzzle book anon

CIVILIAN NAME: as of now, that is classified information

PRONOUNS: any, but preferably it/its

POWER(S): fluency in many cipher languages and other written codes

GUILD/AFFILIATION: none; is largely a tech guy/code solver for hire

WHY YOU'RE HERE: making friends = making money

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: not applicable (you can't look directly at it. it will insist it's a perfectly normal human, but you can look at a perfectly normal human. don't ask.)

ADDITIONAL NOTES: if you touch its notebook, it will inflict minor but inconvenient punishment (tying your shoelaces together, making your socks wet, warming both sides of your pillow, etc)

well, hello there! i can’t. well. hmm. it doesn’t matter! lips sealed shut and all. that’s a handy disguise though, isn’t it? anyway, welcome to the secret swords speakeasy, puzzle!

[ltcolonelcarter]

Hi Mavis 👀! I’m in an extremely good mood today so I decided to drop two musical treats from the Ace Attorney universe~

Firstly, of course, I’m gonna yell about A Cornered Heart. This track means so much to me not because it plays at heartbreaking scenes but also because it’s just INSANELY good both in terms of instrumentation and the aura overall. The mixture of those strings, piano and percussion is so dark yet hopeful, I love it so much T^T

And the Confess the Truth track of the 6th game is my special choice for your organ-loving self hehe, it’s just so dramatic and gorgeous <3

I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of them ✨ (also, if you don’t want to have any spoilers for the game do NOT read the comment section!)

I am YELLING

I may or may not have found A Cornered Heart on one of your music posts already. I confirm nothing. I definitely didn’t use this as an excuse to listen again

it’s got a certain something. i can feel it building in it and quite frankly it’s causing me the best kind of problems. sometimes it’s a bit strange listening to music without knowing the emotional beats behind it but it’s IN there!

you’ve got me yelling AGAIN for the organ in the other track too oh my GOD. this one’s new to me and I’m never letting it go. might smash something in my joy

one day I’m going to ask you to rank me some of the music from AA so I can work through it✨

[bookwyrminspiration]

Mwahahahahahhayaa

I will do all the hard work for the master list so you don't have to, and because I like organising thing. I copy paste the list from Google docs into an ask once I'm done, if it'll work

-Heathen

this doesn’t answer my question at all what is the list of what are you compiling and organizing

also like seriously Heathen this is unnecessary I have a system. I also don’t link every post I’ve made and instead personally determine whether or not I think it’s one that should be linked based on the content and length like. Heathen please my system :( my methods :(

i also do it in such a way that I keep track of the chunk of my blog I need to go through using private posts which you cannot see.

Heathen this is very kind of you but please I have it under control this is really unnecessary and also I’m picky about it

[gothhabiba]

🍉🇵🇸 eSims for Gaza masterpost 🇵🇸🍉

Which eSims are currently being called for?

As of now:

eSim plans being called for are:

Nomad (“regional Middle East” plan)

Holafly (“Israel” and “Egypt” plans): code HOLACNG —be sure to include which plan it is in the subject line

Simly (“Palestine” and “Middle East” plans): 15% off with code "EID"

Airalo (“Discover” plan)

If you sent an eSim more than two weeks ago and it is still valid and not yet activated, reply to the email in which you originally sent the eSim. To determine whether the eSim is still valid, scan the QR code with a smartphone; tap the yellow button that reads “Cellular plan”; when a screen comes up reading “Activate eSIM,” click the button that says “Continue.” If a message comes up reading “eSIM Cannot Be Added: This code is no longer valid. Contact your carrier for more information,” the eSim is activated, expired, or had an error in installation, and should not be sent. It is very important not to re-send invalid eSims, since people may walk several kilometers to access wifi to connect their eSims only to find out that they cannot be activated.

If a screen appears reading “Activate eSIM: An eSIM is ready to be activated” with a button asking you to “Continue,” do not click “Continue” to activate the eSim on your phone; exit out of the screen and reply to the email containing that QR code.

Be sure you're looking at the original post, as this will be continually updated. Any new instructions about replying to emails for specific types of unactivated plans will also appear here.

Check the notes of blackpearlblasts's eSim post, as well as fairuzfan's 'esim' tag, for referral and discount codes.

How do I purchase an eSim?

If you cannot download an app or manage an eSim yourself, send funds to Crips for eSims for Gaza (Visa; Mastercard; Paypal; AmEx; Canadian e-transfer), or to me (venmo @gothhabiba; paypal.me/Najia; cash app $NajiaK, with note “esims” or similar; check the notes of this post for updates on what I've purchased.)

You can purchase an eSim yourself using a mobile phone app, or on a desktop computer (with the exception of Simly, which does not have a desktop site). See this screenreader-accessible guide to purchasing an eSim through each of the five services that the Connecting Humanity team is calling for (Simly, Nomad, Mogo, Holafly, and Airalo).

Send a screenshot of the plan's QR code to gazaesims@gmail.com. Be sure to include the app used, the word "esim," the type of plan (when an app has more than one, aka "regional Middle East" versus "Palestine"), and the amount of data or time on the plan, in the subject line or body of your email.

Message me if you have any questions or if you need help purchasing an eSim through one of these apps.

If you’re going to be purchasing many eSims at once, see Jane Shi’s list of tips.

Which app should I use?

Try to buy an eSim from one of the apps that the team is currently calling for (see above).

If the team is calling for multiple apps:

Nomad is best in terms of data price, app navigability, and ability to top up when they are near expiry; but eSims must be stayed on top of, as you cannot top them up once the data has completely run out. Go into the app settings and make sure your "data usage" notifcations are turned on.

Simly Middle East plans cannot be topped up; Simly Palestine ones can. Unlike with Nomad, data can be topped up once it has completely run out.

Holafly has the most expensive data, and top-ups don't seem to work.

Mogo has the worst user interface in my opinion. It is difficult or impossible to see plan activation and usage.

How much data should I purchase?

Mirna el-Helbawi has been told that large families may all rely on the same plan for data (by setting up a hotspot). Some recipients of eSim plans may also be using them to upload video.

For those reasons I would recommend getting the largest plan you can afford for plans which cannot be topped up: namely, Simly "Middle East" plans, and Holafly plans (they say you can top them up, but I haven't heard of anyone who has gotten it to work yet).

For all other plans, get a relatively small amount of data (1-3 GB, a 3-day plan, etc.), and top up the plan with more data once it is activated. Go into the app’s settings and make sure low-data notifications are on, because a 1-GB eSIM can expire very quickly.

Is there anything else I need to do?

Check back regularly to see if the plan has been activated. Once it's been activated, check once a day to see if data is still being used, and how close the eSim is to running out of data or to expiring; make sure your notifications are on.

If the eSim hasn't been activated after three weeks or so, reply to the original email that you sent to Gaza eSims containing the QR code for that plan.

If you purchased the eSim through an app which has a policy of starting the countdown to auto-expiry a certain amount of time after the purchase of the eSim, rather than only upon activation (Nomad does this), then also reply to your original e-mail once you're within a few days of this date. If you're within 12 hours of that date, contact customer service and ask for a credit (not a refund) and use it to purchase and send another eSim.

How can I tell if my plan has been activated? How do I top up a plan?

The Connecting Humanity team recommends keeping your eSims topped up once they have been activated.

See this guide on how to tell if your plan has been activated, how to top up plans, and (for Nomad) how to tell when the auto-expiry will start. Keep topping up the eSim for as long as the data usage keeps ticking up. This keeps a person or family connected for longer, without the Connecting Humanity team having to go through another process of installing a new eSim.

If the data usage hasn't changed in a week or so, allow the plan to expire and purchase another one.

What if I can't afford a larger plan, or don't have time or money to keep topping up an eSim?

I have set up a pool of funds out of which to buy and top up eSims, which you can contribute to by sending funds to my venmo (@gothhabiba), PayPal (paypal.me/Najia), or cash app ($NajiaK) (with note “esims” or similar). Check the notes of this post for updates on what I've purchased, which plans are active, and how much data they've used.

Crips for eSims for Gaza also has a donation pool to purchase eSims and top them up.

Gaza Online (run by alumni of Gaza Sky Geeks) accepts monetary donations to purchase eSims as needed.

What if my eSim has not been activated, even after I replied to my email?

Make sure that the QR code you sent was a clear screenshot, and not a photo of a screen; and that you didn’t install the eSim on your own phone by scanning the QR code or clicking “install automatically."

Possible reasons for an eSim not having been activated include: it was given to a journalist as a back-up in case the plan they had activated expired or ran out of data; there was an error during installation or activation and the eSim could no longer be used; the eSim was installed, but not activated, and then Israeli bombings destroyed the phone, or forced someone to leave it behind.

An eSim that was sent but couldn’t be used is still part of an important effort and learning curve. Errors in installation, for example, are happening less often than they were in the beginning of the project.

Why should I purchase an eSim? Is there any proof that they work?

Israel is imposing near-constant communications blackouts on Gaza. The majority of the news that you are seeing come from Gaza is coming from people who are connected via eSim.

eSims also connect people to news. People are able to videochat with their family for the first time in months, to learn that their family members are still alive, to see their newborn children for the first time, and more, thanks to eSims.

Some of this sharing of news saves lives, as people have been able to flee or avoid areas under bombardment, or learn that they are on evacuation lists.

Why are different plans called for at different times?

Different eSims work in different areas of the Gaza Strip (and Egypt, where many refugees currently are). The team tries to keep a stockpile of each type of sim on hand.

Is there anything else I can do to help?

There is an urgent need for more eSims. Print out these posters and place them on bulletin boards, in local businesses, on telephone poles, or wherever people are likely to see them. Print out these foldable brochures to inform people about the initiative and distribute them at protests, cafes and restaurants, &c. Also feel free to make your own brochures using the wording from this post.

The Connecting Humanity team is very busy connecting people to eSims and don't often have time to answer questions. Check a few of Mirna El Helbawi's most recent tweets and see if anyone has commented with any questions that you can answer with the information in this post.

[aredlemon]

Masterpost

Made this piece of trash!

I need validation. Love you.

Ao3

Same name as my username! Roman (sanders sides) angst works, but some other stuff also. I will post the links here!

A Part. Ao3

Heartbreak. Ao3

My Job. Ao3

Our Job. Ao3

[critterbitter]

When you’re both modeling and designing, sometimes you just want to use your very muppet shaped friends as inspiration.

Tis but the first draft! There are more coats to try.

BONUS:

Elesa added weighted beads to the end of the coats so they swing real good. Yes, the first draft is hand sown, and yes, it was a nightmare. She can and will talk about it given the chance.

Emmet uses this to his advantage and ✨ flourishes ✨ whenever he walks with it (dramatic coat swish swish my beloved).

Ingo on the other hand appreciates the pressure and just. Burrows. Like a happy drillbur.

And a bonus elesa! Choreography, baby.

Masterpost to the rest of my submas comics!