#I want my brothers and sisters alive

[urban-orc]

Hey folks!

Just saying that Brazil is the first country to be accepting LGBTQ refugees from any country that criminalize our lives. Yes, this include USA.

This was announced yesterday (may 19).

So... We are here with open arms. This is not an easy country for a lot of things, but we have:

Universal public health

General practitioner, vaccines, AIDS treatment, most common medicines are free or cheap, specialists, dental treatment... Including gender affirming care - there are queues, but it exist.

We have one of the world best dentistry.

Its still starting, but a lot of cities already have veterinary public health, or subsided vets to at least spay/neuter your pets.

Birthing is complicated in general, but there are some free options that are really good.

We don't have an opium crisis and our government break patents of medicines when needed. Insulin is free in the public health system. Condoms too.

Abortion is a current fighting matter.

Public education and universities

Public schools are everywhere. And every school will grant you and kids the basic things like notebooks, pencils, pens, etc, and books. Every school have a library or reading room, the government send new fiction books to schools.

Food is free in public schools, and in the majority of the places, good food. Even if most schools have the kids for 4 or 5 hours, not the entire day, there will be free lunch.

Our educational system is universal, so by law, every child and teen must be studying, disabled kids included.

If you cannot pass the tests for a public college, there are paid colleges you can go with government subsidy, and no one left college with an absurd debt. I mean, really. There are special credit lines to grant that. And the prejudice against community colleges is minimal. Its absolutely common that people work at day and go to college in the night shift.

Black and indigenous people have further affirmative policies to go and stay at college.

Unions and workers rights

Our president used to be an union leader. Even with the recent shit show (we had our own trump/jonhson like asshole) , unions are very present and we have LAWS that protect workers. Including 30 days of paid vacation every year, paid weekend, 50% extra payment for working more than 8 hours day or Sundays, 30% more per hour worked at night, social security services, paid health leave, and retirement.

We have a lot of shit going on in work environment, but unions grant lawyers to help, and everything in our work conditions is better than in USA.

Leftist parties and an almost fair voting system.

Almost because Im an anarchist so, every voting system to me is flawed as fuck BUT how far a voting system can go, Brazilians have the best option.

We have a lot of parties, both left and right. You dont have only two options. We have not one, but two communist party. Our socialist party have a huge queer presence. The presidency now is at the Workers Party hands, a left-centered bunch. I think they are not left enough, but our left center party is still much more to the left than any american party.

Our democracy is direct, every vote have the same value, there are not delegates and caucus and such stuff. Every adult need to vote, so your work cannot stop you from voting. There is one election day, its a holiday because everybody votes in the same day, from 8 am to 6 pm. Since the system is electronic, the same night we have the results.

Also, States are not independent to decide most of things. The laws are federal, so there's a consistency in rights and such things.

The greatest variety of foods

And even if inflation because our last government is still a thing, so food right now is not exactly cheap, we don't have food shortages.

There are no food deserts. Fresh food is easily available, and our climate is good to grow food at home.

In general, Brazilians have much more healthier food accessible than USAians.

And in big cities we have government programs and the MST (our Liga campesina) to help.

Guns are mostly illegal

Yes, thats what you read. We have huge gun control.

There are no school shootings. We had a few school incidents (big part of it with mellee weapons and not guns) by alt right men, but every single one was treated as a national tragedy and there's a real effort so that it don't happen again. In 20 years, we didn't had the amount of shootings that happens in a week in the USA.

Federal investigations of hate groups are happening constantly.

I could go on and on. And yes, we have problems, as any other country. But if you have the chance, come. We have our xenophobes, but mostly is a country that receive well the refugees. We have several organizations that help people to get on their feet. Caritas have even Portuguese classes specially developed for refugees.

There is racism, a lot, but it's very different than in USA, so it will take sone time to figure out wtf.

And we have A LOT of affirmative actions for minorities. We have a strong and huge queer community (better saying, various huge queer communities).

São Paulo Pride parade receives more than 1 million people.

And 1 dolar = 4 or 5 reais. Even if you don't have much money, this will make easier to you start a new life here.

[brionysea]

if stranger things 5 comes out and they're like 'omg! the upside down has been a product of someone's dark and twisted mind this whole time! it's... WILL!' I'll immediately lose interest

[gigi-does-art]

Revealing my re oc here now!!!! My little guys <333333 I LOVE THESE TWO SO MUCH THEY ARE MY CHILDREN THEY DESERVE ONLY YHE BEST 💚💚💚💚 (i actively put them through the horrors-) Their names are Reynaldo Medrano and Eliana Aguilar, they are raccoon city survivors that Leon meets are rpd and they all traverse through rpd together! I love this little trio so much and I would love to ramble about them more on here at some point!

And also! Check out this art that @residentfurry made that includes my oc reynaldo!!! It’s really adorable and deserves so much attention <333333

(Also some general facts and stuff about them under the cut!)

Reynaldo Medrano:

-24 yrs old during re2

-Pansexual and Demiromantic

-El Salvadorian, he immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 11

-Middle Child, he has an older brother and a younger twin sister

-Worked as RPD and was planning to quit but decided to take one more shift and now he’s in the middle of an apocalypse

-He pretty friendly and easygoing, but can be serious when needed, he gets along with mostly everyone. However, he has a major distaste for authority, he hates people bossing him around or making him feel inferior. He just wants to be treated as an equal

-His love language is teasing

-His nickname is Rey-Rey lol, given to him by his twin sister

Eliana Aguilar

-3 yrs old during re2

-AroAce

-El Salvadorian, she was taken from her parents by Umbrella tho-

-Only child

-Was found by Reynaldo wondering the streets of Raccoon City during the outbreak after she escaped from the hospital in the chaos and later taken to rpd where they hid out until Leon arrived

-Reynaldo playfully called her Eli (pronounced Ellie if that makes sense lol) once to make her feel more comfortable and the nickname just stuck

-Is mostly shy and quiet in the beginning, sticks close to Reynaldo and Leon. Overtime, she opens up to them and becomes more relaxed

-Has an unexplained ability to produce and control fire, which is why she was kidnapped by Umbrella. This is also due to the fact that her fire abilities aren’t caused by a man-made virus (don’t know how to explain it but the gist is that it’s something in her DNA LMAO)

-She has little control over it at first, but learns overtime to use it to her advantage and master her abilities fully as she gets older

-She’s baby, I can’t believe I put her in the middle of an apocalypse LMAOOOO

(And some sketches of them! The catified ones are more recent while the third one is a couple of months old 😭)

[moeblob]

I like the fact Tremaine's designated color is pink while Germaine's is maroon because if I draw them together it looks so bright and happy but they're in a dying world and both commit crimes many times a week just to survive. But hey, whatever.

If love is how they die, it beats starvation or injury! So letting them be codependent is like a treat almost.

[theintelligentfool]

you guys i love college so much

[silverwhittlingknife]

antigone. jean anouilh.

quotations from antigone: a tragedy by jean anouilh. translated by lewis galantière.

comic panels in order are from: battle for the cowl 3 (x3), batman annual 25, batman and robin 5, batman and robin 6, battle for the cowl 3, batman 416, battle for the cowl 3, battle for the cowl 2, batman annual 25, batman and robin 6, under the red hood, battle for the cowl 3 (x2), batman 427, lost days 5.

[daandyli0n]

y'know. the fact that i headcanon that the Afton and Emily children consider each other to be siblings makes Michael and Charlie's whole deal so much sadder.

[jazelock]

8 Books I Read Growing Up: A Poem

"The Intrusion," Banquets of the Black Widowers - Isaac Asimov || The Witches - Roald Dahl || Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie || The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein || The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde || The Return of the King - J. R. R. Tolkien || "A Scandal in Bohemia," The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle || The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King

[shellyseashell]

all of marya’s siblings died due to injuries or illness, and nothing she could do ever helped them. so she became a healer so no one else would die <3

[snail-speed]

being subaru is suffering

[bumblingbabooshka]

T’Pring/Michael could be everything 

[bipherpol]

are there gonna be any other sibling reunions in this verse or is it just gonna be nico siblings and asl?

the intention is to focus on nico siblings (any asl will be shoved to the background because they are not the focus of this, i'm just a sucker for ace&sabo)

i might just make a general sibling reunions fic for fun later though.

[pr]

being an older sibling is so bizarre. i cry myself to sleep and turn myself green over all the experiences and opportunities my sibling gets to have that i never ever will. but at the same time i would chew my own arm off to ensure my sibling gets the best life in the entire world and never, ever has to feel the way i feel and experience the pain i have felt.

[clownboymcchucklefuck]

Vent//

Its been years and I still want you dead for how you took advantage of me.

What do you think about that, Jayden?

[elytrafemme]

diversity win! your favorite system host has been made a SINGLET❗️❓ because she was TOO insufferable for the masses 😱 of angry EPs and dollar store protectors 👀

[typheus]

i ripped out a bunch of the crabgrass in our backyarn n threw down a bunch of grass seed

now i have to guard the yard with my life so my mother n her husband dont kill all the grass again