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i love the sidekick character love the best friend the support system the secondary lead give me unconditional love for the hero give me unwavering loyalty casual intimacy and expert knowledge of the main character as an ingrained trait i love a ride or die with a little unexplored depth maybe a subversive story arc i wanna see the love thats always there in the end the phantom limb the wordless conversations and the inside jokes give me the partner in crime the other half of the sentence the other side of the coin the rest of the story the wind beneath the wings..
#i need to not go on this is weird enough#d;sfkgjskdfghkdjfgd#thoughts out loud#personal#this is obviously about a certain pair but. applies everywhere i think#sciles#of course#frodo x sam#for e.g.#and etc#oh well let that out now back to work byeeeeee#cant believe not one of you agrees with this who even ARE you people??
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looking at (vetted) gofundmes for people trying to escape palestine and i don't know how many of you actually click on the gofundme links you reblog but i would like to point out, for what it's worth, just how amazing it is that so many have raised so much money. it may overall feel like a drop in the ocean but the fact that several gofundmes have raised tens of thousands of dollars is amazing. it is so expensive to leave gaza right now, and people still need money after they escape. but regardless of what propaganda the US, UK, canada, and other western nations are trying to pump out, people across the world are doing what they can to help these people survive. many of them are still very far from their goals (like this one and this one and this one) and some of them are very close to high goals (like this one), and some of them have reached almost double their original goal.
and that's not even addressing direct aid or organizations that take continuous donations for distribution of food, menstrual products, etc. the PCRF has raised $16,000,000 of their target goal of $20,000,000 to fund current aid and long-term relief efforts in gaza. ANERA's febuary 13th update discusses the material ways they helped palestinians today:
(ANERA donate link)
my point is, it often feels like the world is turning a blind eye to palestine. but i would like to point out that there is an important difference between "the world" and "western political leaders and media narratives". a breathtaking amount of real people, the people who make up the world, are trying to help. in the face of israel attempting to commit genocide, the world is saying No. These people deserve to live. and literally sending millions of dollars internationally, through the internet connection that israel has desperately been trying to destroy.
it may not feel like it matters in the grand scheme of things. but to the people who get fresh clothes, or a hot meal, or blankets, or the kids who get new toys, or to the people who are able to bring their families to safety, it matters to them. go make someone's day better. i've linked so many options with ways to do that.
#free palestine#cricket chirps#palestine#gaza#if you feel overwhelmed and don't know where to begin#i recommend deciding on a total amount of money to donate (e.g. $20 $100 etc)#and deciding you will either donate it all in one place or split it between a few places#do what you can!!! it will always be helpful no matter how little#1k#5k#10k#20k
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Replacing physical buttons and controls with touchscreens also means removing accessibility features. Physical buttons can be textured or have Braille and can be located by touch and don't need to be pressed with a bare finger. Touchscreens usually require precise taps and hand-eye coordination for the same task.
Many point-of-sale machines now are essentially just a smartphone with a card reader attached and the interface. The control layout can change at a moment's notice and there are no physical boundaries between buttons. With a keypad-style machine, the buttons are always in the same place and can be located by touch, especially since the middle button has a raised ridge on it.
Buttons can also be located by touch without activating them, which enables a "locate then press" style of interaction which is not possible on touchscreens, where even light touches will register as presses and the buttons must be located visually rather than by touch.
When elevator or door controls are replaced by touch screens, will existing accessibility features be preserved, or will some people no longer be able to use those controls?
Who is allowed to control the physical world, and who is making that decision?
#i get why this is happening; it's way cheaper to buy an off-the-shelf touch kiosk or tablet and run your ui on a web server#rather than integrating with custom hardware and physical inputs#but that should not just removing accessibility features#and I know that digital devices can help a lot with accessibility: e.g. screen readers#but I wouldn't rely on any of those being installed on someone else's device
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reblog for a larger sample size and to reduce sample bias!!
#IF ITS NOT CLEAR THIS IS A JOKE POLL#I'm poking lighthearted fun at all the clearly biased polls that go around on this website#many of which were made by yours truly#e.g. the queer/not queer polls#like its tumblr. you are not looking at the general population#anyway its all in good fun ^_^#unreality
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING 🗣🗣🗣
#fun fact: luffy's bday shares the same date as Liberation Day in my country#had the sudden idea to implement a halo in luffy art#and as his strawhat#idk but I found that very big brain of myself#there even was this quote about the sun god! will share that in a reblog later!#I was actually planning to draw stuff of other series (e.g. st/ardew) but loof's bday was suddenly here#it's not really proper bday themed art but the opportunity to merge my initial idea with this was right there#also experimented a little bit more in this one#rambling as always#monkey d luffy#one piece#op#o0kawaii0o
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he keeps his promises.
early access + nsfw on patreon
#wraith!simon is extremely fixated on promises he'd made as a human e.g ripping out Roba's tongue and feeding it to him.#one notable feature about newly-born wraiths is that they obsess wholeheartedly over the events that led to their transformation#and use these as subconscious reference points in their search for revenge.#price has a general idea on how wraiths are made so. you can imagine what he's feeling right now#simon ghost riley#captain john price#monster 141 au#giragi art
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“Forcemasc doesn’t work because masculinity isn’t considered degrading” hello???? Yeah maybe not on cis men. But growing up as a "girl" I was made very aware how masculinity for a woman was considered disgusting and humiliating.
Growing up, my performance of femininity determined my worth. I was valuable to others because I was feminine, and if I did anything unladylike or was caught with what people considered “masculine” traits I was shamed for it. Do you remember the stereotype of the “ugly feminazi”? How they would be portrayed as loud and aggressive, with short hair, large unkempt eyebrows, hairy legs and armpits, sometimes even facial hair, and other features considered "masculine" (broad shoulders, big jaw/chin, large nose, etc.), all to make them seem deeply unfuckable to a mostly male audience. And as we should well know by now, under patriarchy a woman's worth is measured by their fuckability. This is what I grew up being exposed to, what I was socially told not to be unless I wanted to be treated as subhuman.
#there is a lot of overlap I notice between caricatures of trans women and those of (perceived) cis women they're trying to dehumanize#e.g. adding lots of body hair. because in fact. traits perceived as genuinely masculine on women are not valued in any capacity.#transandrophobia#transmasc#transmasc experiences#trans issues#misogyny#mine
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anyone else have multiple traumatic memories associated specifically with holidays/family vacations? because that is a topic I never see discussed in all the So You Had A Shitty Childhood, Now What? self-help books i've been reading. but for me, it was a significant thing. and the more i think about it the more it seems like this would be an (unfortunately) common experience. would be grateful to hear if this matches other peoples' experiences...
#not a shitpost#serious post#ask to tag#tw trauma#cptsd#c-ptsd#and if so we should TALK about it#because it means there are a whole group of survivors out there whose mental health regularly worsens during holidays#like i know i am most certainly not the only person who feels an undefined Dread hanging over christmas/my birthday/july 4 etc#bc too many shitty things happened during those times and now my brain is hypervigilant bc traditionally these are the Danger Times#and this seems like it would be particularly common for survivors of abusive/dysfunctional households (aka most people with c-ptsd)#because holidays/vacations typically mean 1) the whole family is together/being forced to interact#2) and undergoing external stressors e.g. travel/relatives aka 'outsiders' visiting/routines & coping mechanisms being interrupted etc#3) there is social pressure for this to be a Fun Family Bonding Experience which only highlights the cracks in the foundation#and exposes the common Everything Is Fine/We Are A Happy Family lie#4) the cognitive dissonance of feeling tired/anxious/stressed/afraid during a time when you are 'supposed' to be Making Good Memories#and then everyone is angry/tired/anxious/triggered and things boil over and something or someone goes Very Wrong#weird that i'm posting this in october when halloween is...sort of the ONLY holiday i have only good and happy feelings towards#i got lucky there#also i have positive feelings towards Labor Day but that's for socialist reasons
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#sth#sonic fanart#emerl#emerl the gizoid#sonic x shadow generations#dark beginnings#we got EMERL back!!!!#hello sonic battle community#i am so excited for this#pats the gizoid#go do a crime#(e.g. grab the professor by his lab coat MENACINGLY)
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#how do you live#the boy and the heron#studio ghibli#hayao miyazaki#ghiblifilm#ghiblisdaily#animationsource#ghibliedit#e.w#e.g#animanga
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there are many retellings & adaptional choices i really don't like when it comes to writing new stories about old myths, and that i feel are boring or ignoring interesting points & implications or unfamiliar with the topic or ancient cultural context in a way that rubs me the wrong way. BUT the way some people on here talk about myth retellings as if retelling them is in and of itself a bad thing, or that retellings are somehow 'staining' the 'meaning' of the 'original myth', and Particularly posts that just seem to be hating on the people writing these books not for any real constructive point but just because they think Change Is Bad is going to make me feel bonkers insane fr. come on guys
#something more to say abt how you can't have a prescriptive approach to myth tempered by an understanding of cultural context but i'll add#it bc i need to chew over the wording for a sec#thoughts#anyways not phrasing it like this in the original post bc it's too blunt but i feel like people saw real complaints about e.g. mm & decided#'oh this is a thing it's cool to hate now!' without understanding any of the reasoning behind it. gah
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btw for anyone new/curious — this blog is generally leak free aside from relatively small things like posters and the like. mostly new designs of characters and stuff, stuff that was likely intentionally released, and never anything like leaked scripts. in case any of you were alarmed by seeing me post things tagged "leaks". im just playing it safe
#i generally avoid spoilers of unreleased content of all kinds. but designs are kind of my exception#unless the design itself contains a spoiler in some way (e.g. omg [x] character will get [y] miraculous / get akumatized!?!?!? etc )
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Some notes from today's new BioWare Blog post, which contained some new character insights and also gave some information on what is coming next and when:
Creative Performance Director Ashley Barlow helped to cast and direct over a thousand conversations in the game
Lucanis is bloodthirsty, calculated, and a workaholic. He was raised with high expectations and fears disappointing those he loves. To him, being an assassin is his only job and identity to be excellent at. He's constantly attuning himself to the kind of shifting terrain of every mission. There's a lot of love between him and Illario
As Zach is a comedian, he would easily find the humor in anything Lucanis was saying
Neve is a Shadow Dragons rebel who cares deeply about helping people and never leaves work half-done. Epler: " [she is] the working class hero trying to make her hometown better"
Emmrich is sincere, friendly, scholarly, sophisticated, eager to teach and learn, a well-meaning but oblivious academic, with a "hot nerdiness". He assumes everyone has an academic's curiosity so can be pedantic on select topics
The Mourn Watch are revered in Nevarra but odd at best and evil at worst outside of it
Nick: "I love the fact that the writers took Emmerich and explored the whole idea of death and the whole idea of necromancing by bringing kindness into it. I really responded to that and got into that and I know it sounds crazy, but it’s to not have this idea that death is vulgar or something to be terrified about, but something to actually engage with on so many levels. I just love the fact that the writers had the courage to do that in a game like this."
"Often Nick is just playing off of someone making a sound, and he takes it and internalizes it and gives it meaning and care, which is amazing to watch."
The world has changed a lot since DA:I
Harding has been leading teams through the wilderness while covering friends in battle
Harding loves her mom. She loves to write letters home and is always talking about her mother. She likes plants and raising plants. She has grown and is a veteran now, a trusted voice at the table
Footage of the full DA:TV @ SDCC companions panel should be available in a couple of weeks
Next month there will be a new roadmap, more looks at the game, and the reveal of the release date
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And this paragraph:
"Dragon Age: The Veilguard sees players embark on a perilous quest to face powerful Elven gods and stop the apocalyptic destruction they’re unleashing. You’ll step into the role of Rook, battling on the front lines alongside a deep and compelling cast of companions who together comprise The Veilguard, a group of heroes who have come together to stop the veil from breaking and bringing about the end of the world. Rook must become the unexpected leader who can rally and unite the group. Throughout the game, you can explore the detailed storylines of each companion, navigating love, loss, and complex choices that influence your relationships."
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#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age the veilguard spoilers#dragon age: dreadwolf#dragon age 4#the dread wolf rises#da4#dragon age#bioware#video games#dragon age: tevinter nights#long post#longpost#there is other info on the panel in the blogpost (so do read it!!) but this post focused mainly on things we didn't hear or see before like#in clips of the panel that were on social media or on e.g. live tweet threads on the panel#(in case you're wondering why every character snippet and quote isnt in this post ^^)#((next month = august))
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EVERY TOUCH EVER ☞ 195/?
15.18 Despair
#destiel#deancas#dean winchester#castiel#supernatural#spn#spnedit#destieledit#deanedit#casedit#spndaily#spncreatorsdaily#userbbelcher#userstream#*dcete#*mine#15.18#with: billie#its not that this ep has the most touches (i don't think it does)#but this certainly counts as the longest. maybe.#actually i think dean tends to cling longer (e.g. the seizure scene in 11.3)#but perhaps this is the most desperate
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thinkin’ about the quiet kindness & care in trinkets & treasures x
#e.g i found this rock for you#pixelins#pixel art#pixels#artists on tumblr#tea#plants#fossil#cute#cute art#skull#malcolm's little paper houses#sigh#@inkskinned
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I love how, with the Selin design change, you turned a beautiful woman into a beautiful woman
She really is pretty <3
#i try to use all of these designs at some point#e.g. how Miss Atom has early Selin shag#or how younger selin is a bit more slimmer and has longer hair#asks#anon
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