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I'm sorry, I just can't take people who use the word "coded" seriously anymore. Just accept you have a character headcanon like a normal person, you delulu dweebs.

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Yes, yes, yes! I was just having a big nostalgia hit thinking about being a teen and reading azureshipping fics on LiveJournal, and then this happens!? God please let tumblr communities take off, I need LJ vibes back so bad 🙏 (And discord is so crap, I just can't stand it!)

P.s. I couldn't join via app because the join banner covers the "accept community rules" button 🙃 but you can do it via desktop!

Well, this is interesting!

Is Automattic turning into the next LiveJournal? Are Tumblr Communities going to become the new hubs online where people can find like-minded individuals? Tumblr now has communities, and of course, I had to make one for Azureshipping! Come join us!

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Taste in fictional men: Dark. Mysterious. Never talks about his family. A man of few words. Can't express emotions verbally but tries his best trough actions.

Taste in real-life men: Likes to cook. Has clean, trimmed nails. Sleeps with socks on. Says "thank you" when you hand him something.

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Getting ready for remasters IV-V-VI so here's Lara Croft in her evening dress from Tomb Raider 5 😁 I'm trying out a new drawing style, hope to develop it further!

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Happy New Year, everyone!

May the new Kurtis model still be a snack in 2025 🙏

HAPPY NEW YEAR! <3

My dear Lartis ladies,

I hope this past year has treated you well and I hope the coming one will treat you even better.

It sure will be starting great with AoD Lara and Kurtis coming back to us in the remasters, I can’t wait!

Here’s to a year full of Lartis love you guys! Cheers!

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My friend once wrote a fic where two characters argued and somebody commented like "This fic is ableist because I headcanon this character as neuro divergent" guess we better call Kopernicus because the word apparently revolves around this bitch now

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Posted on the wrong blog 🤦‍♀️ @sharksmirk is my main 😁

Love that they have this energy 🫶

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what if charlie watson is the knightverse's version of mikaela banes (notice plz)

I love both of them but they're very different characters, so I don't think so. E.g. Charlie is the awkward girl grieving her dad's death while Mikaela is the popular girl with her dad in prison. I'm sad Charlie didn't get to continue adventuring with Bumblebee, she could have at least shown up in the sequel 😛 But Mikaela is my special girl, keeping a light on for her always and forever 💕

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Everybody says "Come on Barbie, let's go party!" but nobody ever says "Come on Barbie, tell me about your day."

Thanks, Ken, I'm flying today and was supposed to leave the house at 8, but for some inexplicable reason I set my wake-up alarm for 7:50. Nothing like an early morning heart attack 🙈

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Listen, I'm an atheist but I'm also from SE Europe and we take our cartomancy seriously 🃏🧐 So if you're looking for a honest reader to give you guidance for the new year, I can recommend Niu's NY readings! She really helped me out last year by predicting that the first (crappy) six months would eventually get better, so if you want to give yourself a present, even a small reading can be a lot of help. 👍

My New Year Readings, both the regular 12€ one as well as the long reading for each month, are up! Order here.

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Just to make it clear, this blog will not publish any messages from private "Gaza" fundraisers since most of those I get look like obvious scams/bots. And I'm not getting into the topic of vetting blogs because I've seen some shady stuff there too. I have shared links to a grassroot humanitarian organization in Gaza before and if you are able and willing, you can donate there.

I'm not going to chastise anyone for donating to private fundraisers - everybody can make decisions for themselves. My decision is to support via organisations.

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Happy Holidays!

(why dress up as Santa when you can dress up as the Coca-Cola Christmas truck?)

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In the new DHD Alrick keeps getting mistaken for a bunny girl, well what if he got mistaken for the Easter bunny? 😂

Death Head's Deal by the talented @niuniente

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When people say "classic Lara is cold" I have no idea what they're on about?? She's perfectly nice to people who deserve it. And she has no patience for people trying to kill her. Perfectly normal behaviour 👍

“Where can you be taking me?”

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what I wish people would understand about fundraising for gaza is that while everyone is desperate and I would never say not to fundraise for or donate to individual families-- I currently fundraise to support multiple friends' families-- the overwhelming narrative I see on Tumblr that the best and most ethical thing you can do is send money to individuals and there is no option for anything else is so so incredibly damaging and inadvertently lends support to the marginalization and distrust of any remaining communal social infrastructure. the sameer project, which you should donate to, talks about this in a recent video they put out. the situation in gaza is unimaginable and everyone is in need of a huge level of support, and yet this fundraising discourse by well-meaning people in the west that donating money to individuals is the only moral way reproduces societal divides wherein resources are directed to people who speak English, who have relationships with people outside of gaza, and who have internet access while hundreds of thousands are left behind.

there ARE non-ngo locally based grassroots initiatives working to meet those needs however they can, and your small donation goes a lot further with them because they are able to buy food/water/supplies in bulk at a reduced price and reach more people with less money. again I'm not saying people shouldn't fundraise for individuals because these initiatives are so limited and many people cannot access them -- but as an example, the group I fundraise with is currently serving people fleeing north gaza who are starving and have nothing, and when we fundraise enough to do cash aid distribution there's so much need that our partners can only distribute 100-200 per large family. and then I go online and see people who have absolutely no understanding of this context at all exclusively working towards raising tens of thousands for just a few people when evacuations haven't been possible for months. it's good to do whatever you can but please consider how this narrative being reproduced among westerners trying to help that there are no other options has the potential to damage groups working towards equity and wider reach however is still possible

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More of 💫🌟💖 her 💖🌟💫

Haven't had much time to draw since the pandemic ended, I might just do redraws and sketches, idk

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Ok I'm done being salty for now, and because I prefer to focus on things I like instead of the things I dislike, I will just say I'm blown away by how many people are still making content related to the classic Tomb Raider games! The fanart, the fanfics, the metas, the memes... I can't believe there's still so much content for a franchise which technically ended more than 20 years ago!

Love you all 💕