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[heroisk]

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

[moodyseal]

"An attorney's badge. No one would believe I was a defense attorney if I didn't carry this."

[nicastamatis]

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[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

[cr0wqui11]

Hear me out when I say 🩷🐴 or 📸🍷 as an emoji combo for Chappell Roan fans and 🌊📖 as a combo for Gigi Perez fans

[archivestarlyht]

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. 😬

[willosword]

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

[sleepyhouzuki]

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 😭

[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

[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 😭