Hello, I am Ahmed Zandah from the Gaza Strip, Palestine. I feel as if my life is unfolding. Despite all my efforts, I remain stuck in a never-ending cycle of misery after my home was destroyed, my Jeep car was destroyed, and the factory that I, my brothers, and my father owned was destroyed, and we were left with nothing. I never thought I would have to ask for help, but I don't see a light at the end of this tunnel. Everything I had has been destroyed. My family and I are in desperate need of support. If you can, please consider helping me through this difficult time. Any support would mean the world to me
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I 100% get it, I had started writing a script for a comic (developed off of old fanfiction that I revamped then revamped again in the DC universe) and immediately got Really Defensive because if I were to pitch it to DC and it got picked up that's just There now for Editorial and other writers to fuck with because they're a product of their own story and I feel would get turned into this certain flanderized (or worse since these characters are not White) over time. It hasn't gotten far/probably wouldn't have but I do think if I go forward it's gonna be indie route because I think once the character's story is through it needs to be left where it ended.
The defensiveness really blindsides you its wild!
tbh I think everybody who reads comics knows of at least one run that completely ruins a character, or a famously bad editorial decision or retcon that has negative consequences on canon for decades. The idea of that happening to your story or your characters is a genuine shot of anxiety that can really take the wind out of a writers sails.
I think about the Mark Waid interview where he talks about Flash: Fastest Man Alive and what they did to Bart's character, and how he openly said he'd rather Bart be dead than misunderstood/mishandled. Which is probably a lot of writers' sentiments about the characters' they created decades ago turning into something unrecognizable before their eyes.
But it's also an unavoidable reality of writing comics in an interconnected universe manned by corporate interests. It feels like if you want to commit to writing the characters you grew up loving or create new characters for that existing universe, there's some level of letting go that needs to be done. which is why i think despite not necessarily being as financially successful/stable or mainstream, the indie comics scene is still thriving with cool stories and amazing writers.
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What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.
MY BAD it has taken me a little while to get to every fic writer question ive been asked pfft but i appreciate all of them and theyre really fun to answer :o and alright ok common things—character psychology is a big thing in all of my work :o aa every time i write a characters pov i try to do at least some research into their personality, backstory, etc etc bc my writing is almost always like?? character study type things?? i Really like delving deep into how characters think!!! :o so a lot of my works are like. you Will hear almost every thought in their head HAH. ive been told i have a very recognizable writing style widndnd but i do try to switch up internal dialogue at least a little bit depending on the pov character. i dont know how effective i am at that but i try HAH plus i think its fun trying to capture how someone thinks in the same way that youd try to capture how they speak in their dialogue. i think the most obvious example is probably my recent reinhard stuff—i tried to sound more formal with him? even with little kid reinhard i wrote his internal dialogue kind of formally because i figured that Might be able to create that bit of Dissonance that reinhard has as a character, you know? hes uncanny.
and uh because i focus on internal dialogue a lot, by the nature of things i kind of Have To slap the unreliable narrator tag on the vast majority of my fics HAH but unreliable narrators are fun and i love playing with them!! and i think its realistic in the sense that even a character thats very fair and just and honest may still have the wrong information at times or have emotion cloud their judgment or be a little unreliable for those reasons. that and i tend to pick the mentally fucked characters (which is pretty easy with the rezero cast HAH) whenever i write Very detailed internal dialogue so!!! unreliable narration and spirals into madness it is!!! i just really like exploring like. the humanity behind each character and all their nuances <3 and i Love having to squint at internal dialogue and add that up with a characters thoughts and actions and figure out who this person Actually Truly Is Like?? its like a puzzle :o !!
as for themes. i went into this a lot in another fic writer ask thingy but Definitely like. when characters change as a result of shit hitting their fan and/or their own choices and now theyre Different from the person they used to be. they came back wrong so now what are they going to do? how are the people around them going to treat them now? how will they treat the people around them? i just really like going into like. identity crisis… and um…. suffering that triggers massive self searching bc. the character changed in some way in order to survive through it physically and/or mentally. like seeing characters change for the worse and seeing them either try to crawl their way out or they. keep going down. it can be hopeful or very tragic!!! (bc i love hurt/comfort and tragedy a lot ajdnd) and complicated relationships are a huge favorite of mine to tackle. fascinating multi-layered stuff that i want to study under a microscope!!! i like when multiple contradictions exist within a dynamic or like. a character and their journey. the complexity feels very real to me and i find it intriguing :o
i also love queer themes but due to um. some of the toxicity in this fandom i do hesitate to do stuff with that in this fandom but i DO love queer themes its just not in most of my work atm but thatll change eventually 👍 ill at least slip in a little bit every chance i get 👍👍 (i have exactly one fic with queer themes atm wjdnd)
motifs/random imagery i use a lot also!!!! mostly bc i find them cool and fun but. yes theyre there for a reason. in my first pride otto fic i used second person pov and avoided using his name at points to emphasize that hes 1. being dehumanized and 2. hes dehumanizing himself too as a result. i uhh have also used star related things for subaru a lot bc Of Course. butterflies and moths for emisuba things…. economics themed titles for my pride otto multichap…. bugs for general pride if things…. comparing the knights uniform to bird wings in my reinhard and heinkel fic… i like to describe outfits in general too (pride otto vs main ottos outfits, also felix not wearing blue in the 2 seconds of screentime he has in my pride if fics atm wkdndn) etc etc :o
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Title: Corium University
Author: C. Hallman, J.L. Beck
Series or standalone: series
Publication year: 2021
Genres: fiction, romance, fantasy, contemporary
Blurb: She came here for protection, but that’s the last thing she’s going to find. Welcome to Corium University, where the most dangerous criminals in the world send their offspring - assassins, mafia leaders, arms dealers, and art thieves; you name it, this college houses them. Here, nothing can touch them. Upon arriving, Quinton knew Aspen would be here. She was the daughter of his enemy, a snake in the grass like her father. He had no intention of sparring with her...that is, until she opened her pretty little mouth. One sentence and she became his next target, and a woman that he would do anything to see on her knees at his feet. If she thought the university was the only nightmare she would have to face, she was wrong. Quinton was the king, and this was his kingdom.
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We live in a border area that was considered dangerous in gaza strip. At the beginning of the war, we stayed in the house until the situation became more dangerous, so we moved to another, safer area, leaving behind everything we owned. The duration of our first displacement was two months. During that time, the Jews entered our neighborhood, our house, and our land, and burned it completely, with all of its possessions, furniture, and clothing. Nothing was spared from him. Even the earth has been destroyed and ruined After they left the neighborhood, we returned to our damaged house and repaired a small apartment that was not enough for the whole family, but it was of no use because there was basically no other option. Meanwhile, the famine intensified in our sector, as there was neither flour nor anything to feed the young, the old, or the newborn. Despite this, we remained steadfast. However, aid began to enter and another kind of torment began because it was another war that almost killed Anas,He went that day to get something to satisfy our stomachs or calm our hunger, but the occupation betrayed him and at the Kuwait roundabout, Israeli soldiers and a tank came out to him and opened fire on him, so he escaped from them, but he did not succeed. The Quadcopter hit him and opened fire and directly hit his hand. He was injured in January or at the present time. His hand did not improve for a number of reasons: no treatment, no tonics, no food.
Zakaria was also injured by a bullet in his ear due to the aid One day we were all in the house and were surprised by the sounds of aircraft approaching and bombing everywhere. We stayed until the situation calmed down a little and we went out. For the second time, the quadcopter shot at the child Tala, but this time it was worse. It hit her in a critical place and it might have been fatal had it not been for God’s will, as it betrayed her back and the bullet came out. From her chest
And another bullet in her hand. She stayed in the hospital for several days, then God bless her and she came out in good health. We returned to our house, as it was the only shelter for us and our large family. Day after day, week after week, the Jews invaded us again *the invasion of Olives*, but we could not get out, as we were literally surrounded, and there was no one around us except us.
Tanks on four sides and planes above us. You can imagine hearing the sounds of houses being bombed and thinking that your turn will inevitably come. And you hear the sound of confrontations around you. Even the sound of the helicopter coming to rescue its dead. We did not think that we would get out of there alive, but God is with us. The Jews bombed us with a tank shell, but thank God nothing happened to us and we remained in this state for 12 days without any breath or food, of course. When the siege ended, we left it and were no longer there for those reasons, but the Jews invaded again a third time and targeted the entire house.
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Traps
everyone will face trapsof darkness, they are to overcome
those who shine the brightesthave either done so, or have yetto face their traps
so judge not, lest ye be judgedcondemn not, lest ye be condemned
for judgment and condemnationare themselves traps, andmany get entangled
-akw-
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