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random but rewatched this tangled song to take notes on how to draw golden hair (for prince jesse ofc🤧) and it p much confirms what I thought before... the look of shininess is created when there's lots of contrast...
u can see in these stills her hair is not just a medium yellow/blonde the entire time but has (fairly big!) areas of dark brown as well as super bright highlights when in direct light... im gonna make a note to be more liberal with the darker sections when drawing golden blonde hair🤔 bc we(or at least I) normally just think of blonde hair as being yellow so we might not consider there to also be dark brown in it...
#srry IM NOT A PRO GIVING ART ADVICE just rambling abt my observations... mumble mumble#actually normally id do this on my priv twit but lately i find myself using tumblr more#O ACTUALLY WAIT. the reason why im doing this in the first place tho#someone.. actually several ppl... complimented how shiny i make jesse's hair look#and im like!! thank u!! and wanted to explain how i did it (which is v simple i just added areas of high contrast KFJSJ)#but i wanted to look at how more pro artists did it bc thatd be a better demonstration#as well as learn how to draw it better myself...#🤔🤔... hmm... i think i can still lvl up how i draw it#but the way ive been drawing it is a v easy shortcut LFJDK#i have more to say but ran out of space for images so posting this first#o btw i was watching the jp dub of the song bc thats my fav rapunzel voice BWAHA
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i'm spinning in circles and giggling maniacally. i'm working on a super SUPER ambitious silver animatic and i've made so much PROGRESS i'm so EXCITED!!!!! i started it just abt a week ago and i finished the full rough pass in 2 days and by now, i have 40/60 shots fully sketched out. i want. blinks. i want to fully color it. i'm GIDDY
#hush catríona#i will be damned if silver doesn't get a big ambitious project. that's my THING. head in my hands#if i dont use my industry skillz for fandom good then what was the POINT of it all. i hate boarding but this is NECESSARY#if i stay on schedule i should have all sketches done by EOD thursday. then its clean/color and then i gotta relearn how to edit it togethe#i posted the rough unlisted on youtube for my friends on priv to see and i think its gonna come out good!!! im DERANGED i wont shut up abt#the whole thing is lettie's fault btw. we talked MONTHS ago abt a song so perfect for silver and i finally got a burst of inspo to DO it#and by inspo i mean that i realized my storyboard pro license expires the 27th and if i wanted to hash it out then i was running outta time
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If you support the ongoing Human genocide in palestine, DRC and Sudan or you are a "nUWUtral cutie patootie oooooh i am so neutral I don't care 💅💅💅" type of person and STILL be a fan of one piece ...
Then I've got bad news for you
Your ass is reading too fast or you're too damn dumb to understand what the story is about. Either way get off the fandom and shut up forever
#If you don't like this post then boohoo I don't care#Human lives are precious no matter the color or gender or beliefs or religion#And that's what Oda is trying to show but some of y'all are very very dence and can't understand that#“B-But i enjoy it” yeah ok cool but you also automatically enjoy seeing people dead and seeing kids and civilians dying#I have been supporting the cause with my friends on my priv instagram and the amount of OP fans who are pro genocide like?????#Bitch get your shit together and go watch paint dry... Or don't; paint is too precious for your ass#“all lives matter” until it's about black people or native americans or Balkans or south asians or Inuit or Quechua or Homeless people or-#-Latin Americans or Arabs or Holocaust survivors or Central asians or chechens or Tatars or Rohingya or Uyghur-#I could go on forever! But y'all go “all lives matter” the moment a black person says “black lives matter” because let's be real for a sec.#You say “all lives matter” and you know DAMN well you don't give a single shit about those lives as long as they're not white#The hypocrisy is showing baby and it's on you if people hate your guts for it#Also... Support Palestinians by donating to Palestinian aid services; E-sims; Palestinian owned businesses and damilies ❤️#Same goes for the Congolese and Sudanese ppl. Send them aid; donate; help the artists and people who speak for their cause and speak up ☝️🙏#There are some very trusty organizations out there to help but I can't link them since I'm afraid some of them can turn out to be scammers#I'll try to find legit ones#As for anybody who wants to come and whine about me becoming “too political and whiny blah blah”-#You can eat shit for all i care 🤗🥰🤩#Unfollow if you disagree I don't give a damn#free congo#save congo#DRC#I STAND WITH CONGO#FREE PALESTINE#غزة العزة#غزة حرة#فلسطين حرة إن شاء الله#جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية#الكونغو#السودان#Sudan
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😈😈😈
#they started a minecraft serve who cheered#!!!!!#also the introduction of oomf to the sttcu#stranger things twitter cinematic universe#dustin is a redstone pro#also introducing the priv accounts…#and light mode !#and some changed profiles#new year new me#el has a mission to tame every animal she can#the roughgaysex plotline to be continued shortly….#stranger things tweets#stranger things#modern stranger things#byler#stranger things on twitter#lumax
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Does anyone wanna read my Camelot fanfic that takes place during the big rescue during the song Guinevere. It's from Lance's POV also everyone is in love but nobody ever speaks on it because THAT'S THE CAMELOT WAYYYY BABYYY!! 🤡🤡
#not getting strong pro Lance pro trio shipping vibesss from this crowdd buttttt maybeeee someone is out there#anyways I don't have AO3 so I just sending my google docs priv like a black market dealer
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all i want for christmas is hd japanese raws of every episode of jn. amen <3
#taylor.txt#if youve been following my torrenting adventure at all (mostly posted on priv twt but ive Mentioned things here i think??)#then you will be ELATED to learn that only sm and xy remain and they both are well over 50% finished#im gonna have to go through eventually to re-download the eps that corrupted (FINAL EP OF DP IM LOOKING AT YOU)#but like. ok actually sorry this is kind of funny but my brother in law this morning said something about me watching pokemon at 3am#which is true that was happening and i was like no wait. i needed to do something#and he was like. ARE YOU MAKING AMVS AGAIN?? idk how he pegged me as That Person but well. NO. BUT LIKE. I COULD. I NEVER FINISHED ONE THO#anyway taylor pokemon amv arc 2024. look out (jk im gonna be making gifs. but like. i rly wanna get back to studying jp so maybe some tl)#the last amv i made was for m/ika/yuu when i was like 15. to the scientist by coldplay. and it is lost forever bc i never finished it#and that comp is dead now. plus tfw no more pirated vegas pro#but like. id relearn. i would. jghjfdk
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please please please- profiles: name's baes
please please please✿ happiness and maturity is realizing you're gay✿
(name) had met yukimiya at a shoot back in high school. he was one of the first people she had met her age who was willing to be friends.
after talking for a bit they realized they go to the same high school
yukimiya introduced her to his friend group because she had no friends (she thought they were all fake)
they coincidentally all got into the same college and the friendship continued.
back in high school name dated another model, which didn't end well and it was publicized, from then onwards she hasn't dated anyone and even refuses to talk to men sometimes to avoid rumors, which quoting otoya "is so fucking stupid that it might rival karasu's life choices"
after the break-up (name) was a mess and to this day believes the only reason she ever moved on and got past that phase was because of her friends.
in present day, (name) avoids talking to yukimiya as much in public because of rumors but she still talks the other 3 publicly.
yukimiya was close to all for of them but could relate more (name) so he preferred hanging out with her more. but because they couldn't do that in public they decided they'd just live together.
all of them are in the college football team, thinking of going pro.
@/somebodysgirl is your main and @/yourfavgirl is your priv. while @/yukimiyakenyu is yukimiya's main and @/imnotblind is his priv.
(name) honestly believes that the four of them are like her real family. [and yes (name) has daddy issues]
please please please ¡! - an isagi yoichi social media fic
synopsis modeling was fun, especially when you go to make friends and what happens when that exact friend goes to the same high school? the friendship of course continues into college. where you get your heart broken and the internet gets to know but then you meet a certain someone that makes you fall for them. so what happens then? chaos.
taglist is open¡! : @fairlyfuji , @semisutopia, @someprettyname , @csbnova , @ashlovelys , @chateaaa , @yeurisstuff , @starchivves
divider by @/xxbimbobunnyxx. all credits to her!
wellll guess i'm fr doing this?
#bluelock#blue lock#bllk#blue lock x reader#blue lock smau#bllk x reader#bllk smau#blue lock fluff#bllk fluff#isagi yoichi#isagi yoichi x reader#isagi x reader#isagi x you#isagi smau#isagi fluff#karasu tabito#eita otoya#hiori yo#smau#celebrity au#social media au#smau series#strangers to lovers#please please please#sana writes
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Nina como você acha q seria os meninos do cast reagindo a ex namorada que é um cantora lançando uma música QUE CLARAMENTE É SOBRE ELES!!??!
pra mim se fosse música de indireta o Enzo postaria um trecho usando aqueles lycris do Spotify, e se fosse putaria só consigo pensar no Matías jogando na cara da reader que ele fode ela taooo bem QUE ATÉ MÚSICA SOBRE ISSO ELA FEZ (se a música fosse pro nível de premiação é capaz do boca aberta falar alguma coisa ainda)
matias muito o namoradinho que dá entrevista na premiação dizendo foi pra mim que ela fez essa e faz pose e tudo, ou então fazendo gracinha quando perguntam se a música é pra ele e ele sai fingindo q não ouviu igual fez no tapete dos goya.
ele já tava insuportável só de saber que você tava compondo algo pensando nele, todo dia mandava mensagem perguntando se você já escreveu, e quando a música sai ele posta ft com aquele ângulo bem perto da cara sabe, pra postar nos stories, e é a sua música tocando no fundo. meu amor fez musiquinha, bora ouvir lá fml q essa é sucesso pq foi feita pra mim rsrs
agr, com o enzo eu penso dois cenários: um, vocês namoradinhos, mas ele é low profile, então o máximo que ele faz é divulgar a música quando ela sai nas plataformas, uma legenda mais light, escutando a belíssima e aí marca seu @; e o segundo cenário é a lá taylor swift, com vocês acabando de romper um relacionamento que era público, e você lança uma música de término cheia de farpas e verdades no ventilador. claro que ele não reposta, mas vai te chamar no priv e elogiar o seu trabalho, todo formal, e pedir pra você conversar com os seus fãs pra não tacarem hate nele. e vão tirar uma foto do enzo numa festinha, meio abaladinho com um copo na mão, e colocar a sua música de fundo, te marcando, e você reposta!
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❧ ❝pseudo alliance❞
mha kacchako!smau
disclaimer: if you don't like kacchako step away. this smau is only for fun. also this is gonna be filled with a lot of curses or expletives because bakugo.
genre: comedy, romance, slow burn, crack, tooth-rotting fluff summary: After the big war of today's generation, the popularity of Class 2A skyrocketed even before their debut as Pro-Heroes. Which comes with a price. The most popular students in class are getting way too much attention to the extent of being stalked. So, the students brainstormed ideas on how put a halt on these harrassments. Or; Class 2A opts for Bakugo and Uraraka to fake date to get rid of each other's strange fans. ship: Bakugo Katsuki x Uraraka Ochako (My Hero Academia)
⸻ katsuki's friends
prev part ✩ main post ✩ next part
height alliance secrets:
it takes 2 business months for katsuki to follow back anyone from 2a on his priv.
katsuki blocked denki because the amount of memes he posts was absurd. both on main and priv.
mina somehow has gotten a hold of katsuki's main and posts screenshots of the unhinged thirst dms he receives.
at one point, they used the dms as memes in group chats.
reply if you wanna be in my taglist! ⚝
#pseudo alliance#mha#mha x reader#mha spoilers#mha fanart#my hero academia#my hero academy fanfiction#kacchako#katsuki x you#bakugo katsuki#bakugo#katsuki bakugou#mha bakugou#katsuki bakugo x reader#bakugou katsuki#bakugou x reader#kacchako smau#ochako urakara#ochako uraraka#mha ochako#bnha ochako#katsuki bakugo mha#bnha bakugo katsuki#katsuki x ochako#uravity#lord explosion murder god dynamight#great explosion murder god dynamight#mha dynamight#erii's smau
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come join gaia's garden — a poc-owned non-tox one-stop-shop for members of the mogaiblr & editblr communities! whether it be socializing , resources , tips , or whatever , we've got it!
【 🌿 】 — what are the pros of joining?
sys-friendly & pro-mental health!
aesthetics & accessibility — no langs or fonts!
cute decor , emotes & resources!
friendly & active staff!
priv channels for boosters , active members who reach lvl 15 & event winners!
so what are you waiting for? jump on in!
【 ☕️ 】 — could we get a boost? ( not forced! )
@vampitsm @lady-of-loss @aquariium-ediits @idolysa @seapupz @lemonkinds @akeneki @the-astropaws @kiruliom
#︵︵﹒ @rwuffles | ⚣#promo post#mogai promo#mogai friendly#liom promo#liom friendly#mogai safe#liom safe#pro mogai#pro liom#mogai community#liom community#mogaiblr#editblr#editing community
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Can you tell me more about your experience with the blackberry key2?
Sure! I'll assume this is in context of "Should I get one".
I have the Blackberry Key2 (BBF 100-1)
The short version:
It's an outdated phone, and while I love it (so much, I'll cry when it dies), I can't in good consciousness recommend to BUY it, except under specific circumstances.
If you want it for browsing, chatting, notetaking, and similar casual use, and don't necessarily need it for important things like bank apps (see below), then... you're possibly still better off with a Unihertz!
Why? Used Blackberrys very often have keyboard issues, and unopened/unused ones are *expensive*, you can get something like a Unihertz Titan Slim for the same money or cheaper, and that has Android 11, not 8. (I have not used their phones yet, but when my Key2 will eventually die it's where I'll look first, for lack of better options).
If you can get a used one for dirt cheap (and have 2nd phone/pc for banking apps) AND you can test the keyboard, go ahead. If you have tried the Unihertz and Blackberry keyboards, and just like Blackberry better, and are willing to shell out for the sake of the keyboard, that's of course up to you.
Hope this helped :)
The LONG version:
I love hardware keyboards on phones and had many (Sony Ericsson P900, Sony Ericsson M600, Blackberry Q10, Blackberry Priv, Blackberry Key 1). The Key2 was released in 2018 and I got mine in 2021. It's still my "daily driver" and use it for all my browsing, tumblr, discord, music, train tickets, etc. For those purposes it works perfectly good.
I do not watch videos, or play games on my phone.
The Keyboard has been super reliable for me, it even survived having a full mug of tea pured into it (don't recommend). The spacebar was sticky for a couple days after drying, but has been flawless in the months since.
The phone sits well balanced in your hand to type (unlike the PRIV and SEP900) and the keys are pleasant to type on. After 3-4 years of constant use it's got a couple dings on the black coating of the keys, but that's happened on every keyboard phone I've had so far, and is well within expected signs of use. I write the majority of my stories (and all my discord chats) on my phone, it's seen *a lot* of use. Think 90% of ALL my typing in the last 3-4 years.
Other than that, it's a different proportion than most phones on the market right now, I've not had issues, but I do remember that Pokemon Go struggled with the Key1 (same proportion) and I wouldn't be surprised if that might be an issue with other game apps too.
I LIKE that the screen (and phone) isn't enormous. In comparison I hate the Redmi Note 10 Pro's huge screen, it's inconvenient. On the Key2 you can comfortably reach everything with your thumb. Also, the screen has been REALLY GOOD about scratches, compared to non-blackberry phones. It's got some micro scratches that are only noticeable in really bright sunlight (but in no way disruptive), and a couple months ago a good 3 mm corner on the top of my screen broke off (because I dropped it on tile without a case, like an idiot), but it's got NO CRACKS, no color or light issues. Completely fine. (Comparatively: the Redmi Note 10 Pro has a huge gouge through the screen.... from... somethign???? Within the first month of owning it lol)
Big Cons of a 6 years old phone:
1. Android 8.1.0 is the newest OS, and the last security patch was in 2020. Some new apps don't work, especially ones that require high security like Banking apps! Neither my bank nor my post app work on this phone, and I do not recommend using them on it even if your app allows it.
2. You can't break a Blackberry and install a different OS like you can a Xaomi.
3. Battery is weakened. We all know this, the older batteries get, the weaker they become. If I use my phone all day on wifi and bluetooth headphones I have to charge it by the evening. I take a charging block with me when I'm out a couple hours just in case it dies. Things like mobile data browsing, location tracking, videos and games, are *hard* on your battery.
Other issues I encountered / dislike:
I hate the camera, it's a lot worse than Key1 and PRIV's. If you like taking photos with your phone this ain't it.
Fingerprint scanner. Does it have one? Sure. If no phone has ever struggled with your fingerprints you're probably fine. EVERY phone (and airport) fingerprint scanner ever has had trouble with my fingerprints, but none fail as hard as Key2s. I don't use it lol (this might be an issue with my phone specifically, the Key1 wasn't as unreliable).
If you still have more specific questions, or use cases, or "that's all fine so long it runs one(1) app can you check that for me", feel free to ask o/
#unexpected blackberry rant#blackberry#blackberry key2#tactaxtalks#my poor old man of a phone#im so sad that balckberry stopped developing phones#siiiiiiigh
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When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Anna Zakharova was teaching world mythology to elementary students at an elite private school in the center of one of Russia’s largest cities. Unlike typical public schools, her school wasn’t required to teach the Education Ministry’s “patriotic” lesson series or hold events promoting national pride. Even so, the Kremlin’s pro-war talking points gradually began to seep into the conversations of these young and exceptionally privileged Russian children. Zakharova told the independent outlet Holod how it all unfolded and what she did to fight back. Meduza shares a translation of her account.
The names of the children in this story have been changed.
For the past three years, I taught at a private elementary school I’d rather not name. It’s a small, well-run, fairly expensive school in the city center, and the kids have every reason to love it. There aren’t any “Important Conversations” lessons or other aggressively patriotic events there. The school feels like a secluded world — a kind of fortress where the horrors of the outside world barely seep in. Life inside goes on — if not quite as it did before, then still relatively undisturbed. They don’t discuss the war with the students; instead, there’s a lot of focus on culture and the arts. There’s even a dedicated subject for this, loosely titled “Mythology,” which is what I taught.
‘A crack in the fence’
Of course, we worry about the teenagers. We’re afraid for those who are anti-war or LGBTQ+, for those who can’t talk to their parents, who argue with classmates, who are scared to challenge teachers, who are held hostage by their families and schools. They have “Important Conversations” lessons, murderers visiting their classrooms, and their still-developing beliefs and values are being damaged in ways we’ll all have to face one day.
I didn’t think I needed to worry about my own students. I started teaching them in the gap between COVID-19 and the war, and in those first six months, I thought the worst that might happen to them was the school they’d attend for fifth grade — a place that would thrust them into a world they weren’t ready for.
In my last lesson with my fourth-graders in late May 2022, I told them the story of Prince Siddhartha — how he grew up in a golden palace, surrounded by young and beautiful servants, and how, through a crack in the fence, he glimpsed poverty, illness, and death, and how, in the end, he became the first Buddha.
By then, the war had already begun. I knew some of them might leave that summer. I read them a story recorded by the Teacher for Russia project, where a girl describes playing with her friend after school under their village’s solitary streetlight.
“I’m telling you all this, just you, because you’re fourth-graders, and you’re about to step out of your golden palace — that is, out of this school...”
“We get it.”
I don’t know if they did, but they looked at me with a hint of distrust.
‘How gods punish’
My very first first-graders: Lena, Anton, Kolya, Serezha, and ten others. It’s the middle of the second term, three months before the [full-scale] war begins.
Today, we’re discussing the goddess Leto’s children — Apollo and Artemis. Artemis, the huntress, is almost more popular with the girls than Athena, the protector of cities, while Apollo, with his endless romantic troubles, doesn’t spark much enthusiasm.
For the last ten minutes, I’ve been telling them about Niobe and her children. Like my students, there are fourteen of them — seven boys and seven girls.
Queen Niobe refuses to make offerings to Leto. She, who bore fourteen children, doesn’t want to bow to the mother of only two. But Leto’s children are gods, and gods can avenge an insult to their mother. Silver-bowed Apollo kills the boys, one by one. The huntress Artemis kills the girls. The youngest girl tries to hide in the folds of Niobe’s tunic, but Artemis kills her too.
The children sit before me in a semicircle, their faces lit by the projector’s glow. On the screen, a pale statue of Niobe shields her youngest daughter with her arms.
“What do you think — were Apollo and Artemis right?” I ask each of them, one by one, from left to right. If I’d had even one more year of experience in this (or any other) school, I might not have dared such an experiment.
“Yes, they were right.”
“Why?” I ask.
“Because they’re gods,” says one.
“Well, they’re right because she brought it on herself,” answers another.
“That’s how gods punish.”
“I don’t know; I think they’re right — they’re gods, after all.”
When I tell them, “You can disagree with the gods,” what I mean is: “You can disagree with me, with any other teacher, with any god — with anyone at all.”
‘Part of a pattern’
I have one lesson a week — 40 minutes to explore how Gilgamesh sought immortality or how Abraham nearly sacrificed his son. In truth, it��s woefully little. Naturally, we don’t discuss the war. I promise myself that if a child asks me about it, I’ll pause the lesson and answer. But they don’t ask. The oldest is 11, and I still feel I don’t need to worry about them.
In our extracurricular class, instead of medieval legends, we’re discussing The Lord of the Rings. Unlike regular lessons, this class doesn’t follow a set curriculum and is a smaller group — only those who want to come, come. The fourth-graders are reading Tolkien for the first time, while I’m rereading it. They often veer off the planned topics (Tristan, Isolde, King Arthur) to talk about the Shire or Mordor. As I join the discussion, I can’t help but feel its painful relevance, though I’m unsure if they sense it too.
Something shifts in December 2023. Or rather, that’s when I first notice it. At first, it’s just a feeling, like a faint, unpleasant smell or a constant, distant hum. I can’t catch all the details, but I hear — or maybe imagine — unsettling jokes among the older kids, random phrases from the younger ones that sound too grown-up.
The first time it happens is on a Wednesday, during the last class of the day. We’re in the playroom, cushions and poufs are scattered everywhere, and with five minutes left before we start, the boys are building a pillow fort. Serezha, sitting in the center, declares, “I’m a princess.”
Lyosha laughs. Pavlik, gathering his pillows, adds, “Lyosha, you’re a princess too,” and smiles.
Lyosha jumps up, rushes at Pavlik, and kicks hard into the cushions Pavlik is holding against his stomach. One falls. I bring Lyosha back to his cushions and the now-destroyed fort.
“Why did you do that?” I ask.
“He called me a princess.”
“We don’t respond to words with violence,” I say, starting to realize what upset him. “That’s no excuse.”
“What’s the big deal?” asks Pavlik. He doesn’t look offended and clearly just wants to sort things out.
“Well, what if I called you a girl?”
“So what if someone calls you a girl at school?” Pavlik asks rhetorically. “Besides, Anna sometimes says things like that too,” he adds, nodding in my direction and making an imaginary crown with his fingers. “’Imagine I’m the Pope, and you’re a peasant,’ for example.”
It’s true I often do this when explaining something complex. I assign the kids and myself parts to play; it’s easier for them to understand. It’s a strange outburst. Really, why is it so frightening to be called a princess?
Over time, this incident becomes part of a pattern — a series of unexpectedly aggressive reactions to offhand remarks. I don’t know Lyosha’s father, but I can imagine him teaching his son how boys should look and behave, and I have nothing to counter this imaginary person with. I see Lyosha once a week, and only to tell him about King Arthur or the Crusades.
‘We’ll bomb them all’
A couple of weeks later, the same boys settle onto the cushions. The first slide of my presentation is black, with a single white sentence in the center: “The only good they brought was that apricots ended up on European tables.”
“So, what do you think we’re going to talk about today?” I ask.
“Egyptians?” suggests Pavlik.
The fourth-grade class had guessed “Arabs or Japanese,” so I’m not exactly surprised. “Don’t you think that sounds a bit prejudiced?” I ask. This had worked with my previous group, but not here. They keep going:
“It must be about some Middle Eastern people.”
“Guys, listen to what you’re saying, please,” I plead.
“Are we talking about Jews?”
“Okay, stop. If you don’t see the issue, let’s try this: ‘The only good the Russians brought is…’”
I can’t even finish before Lyosha jumps up, his face flushed with anger: “Yeah, well, we’ll bomb them all if we have to!”
A few weeks later, in a similar situation, it’s Pavlik who shouts, “Guys, we’re Russian!” But unlike Lyosha, he finds it hilarious.
‘For Russia!’
I’m discussing the Hundred Years’ War with the fourth-graders.
“So, England wasn’t enough for this Edward?” Dima gestures at the map. “It already had everything — look, the whole south of France was England’s too. So he was just greedy, right?”
I smile. “Seems like it. That’s how it goes sometimes. Just imagine, he never even found out how the war ended. And then, after that, there was another war, an internal, almost civil war, that lasted 30 years.
Dima frowns, staring intently at the map again. “And what was Russia up to?” I don’t even have time to answer before he adds, “If only Russia had just conquered everyone back then. That’d be cool!”
Now, I’m at a loss for words. A few of the kids shout, “For our side!” and “For Russia!”
‘Ukraine won’t even exist’
“Who won the Hundred Years’ War?”
This time, it’s a second-grade lesson.
“England!”
“France!”
“France!”
“Ukraine!” yells Kostya, who loves to blurt out things like this. I know he isn’t trying to disrupt; he just wants to say something funny.
One of his classmates fires right back: “The word ‘Ukraine’ won’t even exist!”
In a normal situation, a teacher should pause the lesson and have a real conversation with the kids. A long one, not like what I did. All I managed to say was that in my class, we’d never speak that way about any country, that it’s simply unacceptable. I think I was so shaken by the fact that a second-grader could say something like that, I couldn’t find better words. So, I quickly steered everyone back to the 15th century, to England, France, and their kings.
But that’s not enough. We adults now speak in coded language. We know how to ask careful questions and interpret careful answers, to mention something offhand, to give a knowing smile and say “before things went bad,” to spot “our people” by the look on their faces. Children don’t know how to do that.
‘Our side’
In this school, first-graders learn the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. We end with the Trojan War and Odysseus’s journey. There’s Agamemnon insulting Achilles, Achilles losing Patroclus, and finally, the battle between Achilles and Hector.
“But our side won, right?” Ksyusha asks.
“Our side?”
“The Greeks.”
“Did I mention how Agamemnon nearly sacrificed his own daughter just to go to war? Or how Odysseus threw Hector’s little son off the walls of Troy?” I tell them about Hector and his family, about King Priam. I don’t have Homer’s text in front of me, but I try, as faithfully as I can, to recreate the scene where Priam begs Achilles for his eldest son’s body. But it’s really something else I want to say, about something else. I know I’m crossing into territory that might not be appropriate for first-graders.
“They’re people, just like us,” Tyoma says suddenly. “It’s not their fault they were in Troy.”
Tyoma is a quiet, reserved child, and I can’t be sure he fully grasps what he’s saying. So often, I’ve heard children bring disturbing words from home, and so often, I’ve hoped they don’t truly understand their meaning. But now, I very much hope that Tyoma does understand.
My first-graders know who Aesop is, but that doesn’t mean they speak his language. I don’t work at that school anymore, so I can’t give advice on this, not even to myself. Still, I should have been direct with them. We all need to be direct with them.
Because war touches everyone. Even the youngest, the most sheltered, the most privileged — even those in private school, those homeschooled, those living in other countries. If you have children, talk to them about this war. They already know it’s happening; they’ve grown used to it. Remind them that it’s not normal.
One day — maybe far in the future — we’ll all have to return to normal, to rebuild, to remember what a world without war can be. But for those who started first, second, or third grade this year, there will be nothing to remember. No matter how secure our lives or our children’s lives may seem, the war reaches them, too. Even the happiest child in the best of schools can’t help but know there’s a war — but they might not understand that it shouldn’t be happening.
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why are opens so competitive? im playing for points for phest, money for skins, and for fun,, i feel that its so bad that i might as well disappear from phighting again. ISNT pro servers for competitive stuff?? if not i feel competitive stuff should be done in pro or priv, not pub..
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abandoning down all my twt accs for the forseeable future for real now, wiping my public accs art too sometime today
some thoughts on it bc i feel a bit emotional abt it? is that stupid? over twt?? . idk give me better things to think abt or draw in my inbox or smthn
my OctoXicAsh twt acc was literally my first acc under that name, ig besides my Splatoon 2 acc where i adopted it. like before that it was shit like. CattyKat or smthn. i know ShadowKat or UltimateKat was one at some point. that user is probably still out there somewhere on League or smthn. stupid shit shit like that but not ME yknow?. OctoXic / OtoXicAsh was like my first For Real Me usernames ever and obviously i still use it to this day. so that acc feels special to me ig
it was my first social media platform too (not counting Pinterest bc i didnt use it as a social thing and still dont) and i met my bestest of friends and my now boyfriend too thru the dsmp/mcyt boom in 2021. id say that was my first truely interactive fandom which is an cringeass shit to say at my grown age but my families were too poor to afford a phone for me til i was like 16/17 and before that i just,, wasnt a very adventurous kid on the computer. 2021 jump into twt and fanart was my first step outside of my own bubble, and during the pandemic it became a lifeline. and like. Elon buying twt sealed its grave, there was no doubt abt it but i was def one of those "i go down w my ship" people bc thats STILL my biggest acc by a LONG SHOT and i had made WAY too many great memories and friends to let it go. up until literally today, my priv twt OctoIsYelling is STILL essentially a massive groupchat for me an my friends in an acc form, interactive and communicative while still letting me be in my own page. its better than insta or tumblr in that sense and it was PERFECT before it went to shit
but now the site genuinely barely functions man. its slow and laggy and reloads constantly and eats my battery worse than SKY COTL. AN ACHEIVEMENT. the app just refuses to work at all if i have my phone plugged in for whatever reason and idk how to fix it. i thought it was a me problem for so long until 1 post talking abt it changed everything. like it GENUINELY DOESNT WORK. and it SUCKS. its plauged with adds for a subscription that no one reasonable would pay for and straight up hard alt-right politics. the bots are outrageous like its sooo bad its so bad i havent opened my dms on public acc in at least a yr. sorry if anyone tried to get ahold of me. the algorithm that used to be like at least half decent is now ALL doom and bait and SHIT, its not even rlly worth it to try n cultivate ur spaces now bc no matter what shit u dont want is being pushed in ur face. the transphobia is so unbelievably bad, and while ive done my best to fix my tl its still so ass. THEY TOOK AWAY TWT CIRCLES MY BEST FRIEND 💔💔💔💔 I USED TO USE THAT FOR SHOWING OFF ART FOR MY FRIENDS TO MY OTHER FRIENDS WITHOUT THE ONE WHO ITS FOR SEEING💔💔💔💔💔💔
despite all that keeps going wrong or being fucked over i still held on for so long but i just CANT in right mind stay on the site any longer when its actively feeding its generative ai. ive been small enough and lucky enough to where no one has targeted me and used my shit (that i know of) but now its completely unavoidable and its UPSETTING
i want my big friend gc that was my web of oomfs and moots back. bluesky has hope for me but theres no priv accs and im not comfortable enough to air out every thought i have publicly. idk when privs r coming there but i hope its soon :( i miss old twt so much and i only caught glimpses of it before it was bought out. im so thankful for my time there but i cant help but feel hurt yknow?
idk if anyone else understands me rlly bc ppl have just been so frustrated w the site/app and the cons have def been outweighing the pros, but i still loved my time there. i hope im making sense. it sucks. it feels too personal. thats THE OctoXicAsh and OctoIsYelling accs. that was essentially my journal. :(
i dont have the heart to deactivate my accs esp w the load of history i have on them i RLLY dont want it gone, but ill be wiping my art from my art acc and ceasing all activity on them indefinitely. probably forever. hell.
thank u for reading all that if u did. im feeling sooo fine abt everything in my life rn. everything is falling to peices lately but were sooo fine. we ball so hard
#octo is yelling#sorry if this is a mess im not editing this shit man. essay on being parasocial to a website. fuck this shit#i feel like its dumb to be attached to a website like this esp TWITTER of all places but whatever ig. we ball#like this is rlly dumb problem to have like its LITERALLY twitter. come on. but huggebbbennnn :(#is this a vent. idk maybe? idk man#we ball
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⭐️﹕STITCH ! HE / HER ! UNLABLED ! HOST
📑 │ I'm sixteen, bodily. I have Autism and ADHD, along with C-PTSD and other stress disorders. Please use tone tags.
<3 │ SOAD, Southpark, Reptiles , Nu-Metal , horror, and other things.
</3 │ Sexual comments (will be explained below), mentions of sh and/or vomit , H/L , loli/shota enjoyers, incest/necrophilia enjoyers, con/pro/darkshippers, etcc.
LIMITS │ Romantic flirting is fine if it is from Cam ONLY ! Along with sexual (though unlikely), on priv / dms. Platonic flirting is fine from people like Maz or such, only people I'm close to. Same with alters from either system apply.
☆ Yes, I gave myself a different intro due to being the host, so what? Smd if you don't like it :3
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PRSROTT - SEMI-CANON DIVERGENT, PRIV, NATHAN PRESCOTT FROM LIFE IS STRANGE / framed by shadow — follows from @/vortexclu8 & 18+ only. triggering content ahead. rules, verses & info below ꩜
RULES / INFO :
i’m shadow, and i go by he/it/zombie pronouns. trans man, 19 and gmt. i’m typically most active mid week and at night!
18+ only! due to nathan’s nature, attitude and language no minors will be interacting with this blog. if you do, or you don’t list your age, you will be blocked. i am 19 — turning 20 soon and don’t want kids interacting with him because of the dark topics discussed. 18+ being said, i will not write smut under any circumstance.
general dni criteria applies : homo/transphobic, sexist/racist etc. if you ship anything fucking weird or gross ( p-do/inc-est/non-con etc ). zionists fuck off. also non-rp blogs please don’t interact thank ya.
this blog will deal with heavy subjects and insensitive language, nathan can be crude and may throw cruel terms around, some of the content warnings will be : mentions of kidnappings, drug use, overdoses, suicidal ideation, references to self harm, manipulation, murder, general violence & trauma. all of these will be tagged.
my nathan iteration is somewhat alternate from lis canon. he’s transgender, however this is not disclosed in blackwell — but it is important for some of his character studies and internal monologue. he deals with internalised trans/homophobia and craves any kind of male validation, hence his preppy, misogynistic shell, learnt from his family. he deals with issues of suicidality, drug/alcohol dependency, anger issues and self harm. this will not be discussed in too much detail unless discussed beforehand and tagged. he did not kill rachel amber. jefferson did with drugs nathan supplied, nathan saw, and was coerced into joining his dark room through his mental break, he’s manipulated into believing he did kill her. however, he often tends to forget rachel is dead in the first place due to the trauma being blocked out. he is still responsible for working with jefferson, but he is only used for drugs and transportation, nathan has never actually killed before. this is disputed canon, but it’s what i go with in my writing. this is not to excuse or say nathan is innocent either — just that it’s more nuanced.
I’M EXTREMELY PRO AU AND OCS ! i love interacting with ocs and making new aus, and although i may not be the most active in conversations, please feel free to infodump and talk about them, especially during plotting so i can get a good grasp on your character(s) !
i will use icons but i am always writing on my phone. i cannot see my format in desktop so i do apologise if anything looks funky.
i’m not the most talkative, but i’m genuinely always open for plotting, just be patient with me ! my replies can take a day to a week or so during high activity.
i am OKAY with shipping but it’ll need to be developed healthily overtime once our characters click. it won’t be straight away at all due to nathan being a hard muse to get to know and easy to anger, distrust and instability.
VERSES :
main verse : a puppeted protégé — during life is strange. nathan is working with jefferson and his typical self. can be set any time along the timeline, before rachel, during rachel’s death, during the game with max. age 18. HIGH ACTIVITY.
secondary verse : the stains won’t leave my hands — alternate life is strange au — nathan manages to get out of jefferson’s manipulation early and gets him arrested. nathan is getting psychiatric help and is recovering. still guarded and sharp. age 19-upwards. HIGH ACTIVITY.
triad verse : bound to your namesake — original game premise au where sean prescott is involved/aware of the storm and knows about jefferson. the prescott family is involved in darker, more cryptic behaviour. the town of arcadia bay is destroyed by the storm with only those having the prescott bunkers surviving, leaving sean to become a kind of cult leader to the town — more supernatural and horror-orientated. age 18-upwards. SELECTIVE / MED ACTIVITY.
quad verse : time seems to end — set during the alternate universe in ep 3, where max is the ring leader and nathan is a friend of hers. wears blue. his ‘healthy’, kinder version where jefferson doesn’t get to him. cut connection with his dad and lives with his sister. both the most unusual and nicest verse. however he’s… stuck with another issue… age 18-upwards. SELECTIVE / MED ACTVITY.
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general info overview tba !!
#don’t interact unless liking to say you’ve read it all!#indie rp#horror rp#life is strange rp#lis rp#tumblr rp#oc rp#au rp#tumblr rp blog
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