#The reach.

[visxionaries]

and the beacon still burns green ; the trembles of the hightower.

facts:

following king jaehaerys targaryen's coronation in kings landing, lord garland hightower returns to oldtown a week later to continue working on matters regarding the high septon - this is whilst the rest of the court of the reach remain within kings landing.

chatter among servants regarding the coronation of jaehaerys targaryen travels the halls of the hightower, until it reaches the ears of lady alicent hightower, who remained in the custody of house hightower and specifically garland since the end of the dance of dragons.

the presence of lady alicent hightower remains a top secret contained only to the hightower, but upon hearing the news, alicent finds herself increasingly turbulent in demanding to see garland, continuously referring to jaehaerys as aegon.

when lord garland hightower finally meets with his aunt, after days of increasing tense behaviour, an altercation occurs. alicent, wrapped in her own mind and feverish zealous nature, declares garland's marriage to zialla antaryon from braavos the cause of the breakdown of the hightowers.

she cites the death of dante hightower to be a result of punishment from the gods, and goes on to demand being let out of the chambers in order to be allowed to visit aegon; the rightful king of the realm. when garland refuses and turns to leave, in one sweeping moment, the glass goblet she held onto to drink wine from was shattered over the back of his head, piercing into his skull. the lord of oldtown falls to the floor, in a pool of his own blood. there is silence.

silence, until the scream of lady simonetta hightower fills the air upon seeing the sight of her son on the ground, with alicent holding a bloody, half shattered goblet in her hands, cutting into her own flesh. as simonetta scrambles to her knees in an attempt to shake garland, desperate to see him awake, alicent looks upon simonetta and sees only a redwyne, adorned in emeralds glinting in the reflection of the stained glass. the redwynes, who surrendered their responsibility to the crown when lord arlo redwyne was murdered by the rowan boy.

suddenly, alicent hightower reached forward to grab onto the emerald necklace around simonetta's neck, half mad, half furious, half grieving, with incessant screams to take it off. it was then the shards of glass alicent gripped onto found their way into simonetta's neck. not once, but twice.

hightower guards have arrested alicent hightower, where she remains a captive of the burning beacon; an urgent letter was sent to multiple members of the court of the reach to inform them of the news. as of this moment, the court of thorns and roses have declared the need to depart back to the rolling fields of the reach, citing security as their only reason.

the ooc and ic facts:

nobody knows garland is dead yet apart from reach muses; lord gael hightower is declared the regent/warden of oldtown until the lady rosaria hightower is of age.

cedric has imposed martial law over oldtown and the hightower to take control of matters, considering nobody even knew alicent was alive. he truly believes they have brought this upon themselves - he needs convincing the hightowers were not planning on using alicent for any other purposes.

lady rhea tarly is being charged with ensuring garland's death remains under wraps until it is officially declared.

lady rosaria hightower, an infant of only a few months old at this point, is in the care of lord omer and lady lucrezia florent (as garland gave his daughter to lucrezia to be cared for) - cedric intends to use this fact to assert tyrell influence and control over oldtown.

[hualianisms]

verified ways to donate to gaza directly

[this post is outdated. up-to-date version here.]

Donate to a Palestinian family directly:

gazafunds.com - Donate directly to a Palestinian family in urgent need of evacuation, medical treatment, daily necessities or more. Site run by Palestinians, all GFMs verified (full list here). Spotlights 1 stagnant GFM at a time. (*If you can't decide who/where to donate, just go to gazafunds.com & donate to the 1 GFM they show you!)

masterlist of 200+ verified Palestinian families' GFMs: Operation Olive Branch

Help provide tents:

The Sameer Project: Currently providing tents & transport for families in Rafah who urgently need to evacuate to Deir Al Balah. Has a team on the ground in Gaza who have supplied tents to 1% of the displaced population in Rafah. Run by Palestinians. (paypal) (gfm)

@helpgazachildren: Currently helping Palestinians in a refugee camp in Rafah flee the Rafah invasion to Khan Younis. Funds go directly to Hussam, a Palestinian in Rafah who hosts a refugee camp. Funds will cover the cost of tents & transport fuel. Managed by a Palestinian @.fairuzfan. (gfm)

Food:

Care for Gaza: Palestinian charity on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash, medicine & other essentials to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their Twitter. (paypal) (gfm)

We Feed Gaza: Team of Palestinian volunteers in the heart of Gaza distributing food & water to 344+ families. More details & proof in their gfm. Vetted & promoted by LetsTalkPalestine on IG. (gfm)

Direct Aid for Gaza: A Palestinian activist on the ground in Gaza distributing food, cash & other essential supplies to displaced families. Proof of their work found on their twitter. (paypal) (gfm)

Water (*urgent and crucial!)

Gaza Municipality: The official Municipality of Gaza is doing vital, life-saving work to rebuild the water pipes in Gaza City to restore access to clean water & waste management services for the people of Gaza.

eSIMs (*very urgent):

guide to buy & send esims to gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza: donate any amount to this team of volunteers who pool funds to buy & maintain gaza esims regularly (see their financial accountability document).

Medical Aid:

Gaza Wound Care: Palestinian doctors in central Gaza treating injured/sick children & mothers in neglected displacement camps far from hospitals. Facing a severe shortage of medicines, equipment, and medical supplies. Currently raising funds to support their efforts to battle infectious diseases in refugee camps. (gfm) (paypal) (gogetfunding)

international charities: Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestine Children's Relief Fund, Medical Aid for Palestinians

How to help if you can't donate:

Share & amplify Palestinian fundraisers in your irl & online circles

Organize or help to run an online/irl event to raise funds for Palestine

Boycott

Get involved with a protest/strike/direct action in your area

Contact your reps

Educate yourself & others both irl & online

Daily clicks on Arab.org

(you can even adopt 1 fundraiser campaign to regularly boost it & make materials promoting it online, or print posters/flyers about Palestinian fundraisers to encourage others to donate. (poster/graphic about gazafunds.com: here, flyers about esims: here, flyers about gazafamilyfunds: here)

(longer masterpost of all ways you can help)

(*all these links and more now in this rentry page. will no longer be updating this post, instead refer to the rentry page)

Last updated 3/6/2024 with Gaza Wound Care & We Feed Gaza. Wanted to focus on Palestinian-run grassroots initiatives that will actually reach Gazans on the ground, so all of these except eSIMs, PCRF, MAP are by Palestinians. Donating to international orgs is not ideal rn as aid is still being stopped at the border. Please focus on Palestinian-run initiatives on the ground in Gaza.

Remember, small donations really do add up. Any amount counts, even $1!

[cartoonsinthemorning]

Since you guys liked Marcille as Kermit that much, it seems fitting to thank you for my 12k milestone with MORE Kercille. And this time, Miss Falin is also here.

Thank you so much again everybody! MWAH 💗

[toonstarterz]

I found out japanese fans are calling this the "american comic book-style marcille"

i'm WHEEZING LMAO

[everythingwasnormalhere]

pls rb if you think cuddling doesn't have to be s3xual

im tryna prove a point to my bf's mother help me out

[mushroomjar]

(Part 1) Vetted fundraisers that have reached out to me:

@bilal-salah0 here (verification)

@reemshehab / fahedshehab9 / danashehab / fahed-shehab-9 here (verification)

@hyamshehabnew11 here (verification)

@mahmoud-sharif here (verification)

@hamzahilles here (verification)

@wafaaresh here (verification)

@mohiy-gaza here (verification)

@aymanayyad82 / mayadayyad81 here (verification)

@bisanalbalawi18 here (verification)

@mahmoudayyad here (verification)

@save-salem-family2 here (verification)

@noorabd1992 here (verification)

@fidaa-family0 / fidaa-family2 here (verification)

@fedao here (verification)

@ahmedalnabeeh11 here (verification)

@anqar here (verification)

@islamgazaaccount2 here (verification)

@karamrafeek here (verification)

@save-salam-family here (verification)

@mohammadyaser1980 / y2082008 / yasermohammad here (verification)

@samiraayman here (verification)

@yousefhamaad11 here (verification)

@aseelo680 here (verification)

@mahmoud1995 here (verification)

@abdelmutei here (verification)

@hayanahed here (verification)

@noor-family here (verification)

@abeeribrahim2006 here (verification)

@mahmoud0hilles here (verification)

@as-maa-56 / asmaa2005 here (verification)

@girlquee here (verification)

@frhatfamily here (verification)

@aslambalousha here (verification)

@ahmed-mohammed1 here (verification)

@heba-baker here (verification)

@khaled-gaza here (verification)

@aya2mohammed here (verification)

@save-hijazi-family2 here (verification)

@help-mona here (verification)

@hazempalestine here (verification)

@atalah-mohammed here (verification)

@hanaa987 here (verification)

@ahedalshaer here (verification)

@children-gaza here (verification)

@ahmedkhabil here (verification)

@abood-family-gaza here (verification)

@bshaeromars-blog here (verification)

@hsalem-1 here (verification)

Last updated: August 7th, 2024

EDIT: I reached the limit number of mentions you can make in one post, so I'm continuing in a reblog. You can find it here

[pangur-and-grim]

two “cats” interacting

[aestheteasteria]

seeking, yearning, reaching hands

[dduane]

And this is why you switch to DuckDuckGo. :/

[the-jade-palace]

Me teaching my friend about the different parts of fishing

[sillyguy-supreme]

white americans when you tell them that the idea of climate change as an impending disaster is a reductive first world perspective because it’s a tangible reality for many in the global south already:

[buttercuparry]

Reblog the fundraisers you mfs!!!!! I don't know why you all skip those to reblog some pic of a banner saying "FREE PALESTINE" or of news from Columbia University! Literally these people from Gaza have made an account on Tumblr and is writing in english to communicate what they need and you all are coming onto my blog or on the tag and not reblogging their posts. We have people both Palestinian and non Palestinian vetting the fundraisers! I mean more the reblogs, more the chance of the fundraisers gaining momemtum, the more there would be a chance of a donation. Please donate if you can and reblog!!! and follow them if it is possible.

@/mohammedayesh has posted about getting leaflets, telling them to evacuate Rafah. They are very low on funds. Go follow them and reblog their posts and donate if possible.

We have @/haneenatya too whose mother is suffering from eye stroke and need to evacuate. Please I have been following them for some days and it doesn't seem their own posts are getting much attention.

Follow them! They are on tumblr. Reblog their posts and donate. The protests in universities are being done on account of them. They should be our focus.

(EDIT: on re-reading my post it seems as if I am dismissing all that the students of universities are doing. I am not. I just meant, since all of it is to help Palestinians, we must not ignore them when they ask for help).

[martyrbat]

the memes and jokes about biden dropping out are all great but PLEASE dont turn away and forget the victims of him directly funding a genocide. these are real people that are still being impacted by his cruelty, their tragedies are still ongoing and they need our support more than ever.

if I can suggest a Palestinian family to support, I'll highly recommend Yusuf and his family—who has been vetted for [here]. The GoFundMe breaks down the costs, including the urgent need for an eight year old child to have a kidney replacement, but only €8,404 is currently needed for his family to pay crossing and coordination fees!!

[marypsue]

Keep seeing that post where OP starts like 'Thinking about...grieving the undead' and then adds on about like. Real life situations where people have not died but have left your life and you would have reason to grieve them.

All respect, that's an important concept, but that is not what I am thinking about when I read 'grieving the undead'.

[kimquatz]

process of drawing an OC: - you design them - you get attached to them - their hair gets bigger without you realizing it

[auckie]

https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1765391777580912958?s=20

PLEASE GD IF YOU LOVE AND WANT TRAINS