#mother of refugees

[thatpunnyperson]

According to NBC here in the US, the missing titanic sub has been found. As debris. Off the bow of the Titanic wreckage.

And it looks like the sub suffered what we all suspected, and what was undoubtedly the more merciful of the two options: a catastrophic implosion from the pressure.

Also, more info has come to light about the fishing trawler with the hundreds of migrants that sank cataclysmically off the coast of Greece, indicating that the greek coast guard knew about the vessel AND how much trouble the vessel was in, and were towing it at a speed that made it capsize, at which point they unhooked the tow line and watched the trawler sink without helping the passengers to safety. Despite a bunch of other ships trying to help as well throughout the whole ordeal.

So a lot of people are dead, all because of regulations (and the lack thereof) regarding sea-faring vessels and rescue protocols. People shouldnt be allowed to make a business charging a ton of money for a ride on an uncertified, unsafe, un-seaworthy ship going deep into the ocean with no distress beacon or tether to the mothership. People also shouldnt be allowed to enact laws that criminalize the ferrying of refugees, which then force the refugees to hitch rides on fishing trawlers, and which also prevent people from helping those fishing trawlers full of refugees due to fear of legal consequences.

Hopefully BOTH of these events spark changes on an international scale in terms of what is legally allowed to be sailed, who is legally allowed to be the passengers, and what the rescue protocols are in the event of disaster for any seafaring vessel, illegal or not. It shouldnt be just the global 1% who get 24/7 search parties and remote-operated submersibles helping rescue them.

[africanrefugeeswelcome]

[fairuzfan]

Zionists/Symathizers who say "Palestinians should be taken by Egypt/Lebanon/Jordan and just live there forever" have no idea what a refugee camp is like.

[sec0nd-breakfast]

my mom not allowing me to whistle while my sister is actively skipping class has the same vibe as the US banning TikTok while LA literally burns to the ground

[lesbianwyllravengard]

Playing dragon age origins has just been me going "wow what did larian/bg3 NOT copy"

[thosedangnuns]

What would each warrior nun character be if they were a fruit?

Ava is a watermelon 🍉 because she's super sweet but when you get one you're like wth do I do with it now there is now way this is going to fit in my fridge.

Beatrice is a tomato 🍅 she's a lil confused but she's got the spirit.

Camila is a peach 🍑 she is pretty and delicious but don't forget there's a stone inside she will break your jaw.

Lilith is the proverbial apple 🍎 from the Bible stories you're NOT supposed to eat it you will literally make god mad.

Mary is a lime 🍋 she can be sour by herself but prepared the right way there's not much better (reminder Mary drinks a lot and there are limes in margarita, gin and tonic, etc…)

Vincent is a banana 🍌 because there's a very short window of time for them to be good, after that they're all gross and rotten and brown.

Superion is a mango 🥭 because it's pretty hard to figure out how to eat it but when you do 🤤

Michael is a fig people always trying to put them in foods they don't belong in 🤷‍♀️*

Yasmine is a strawberry 🍓 because neither of them are any good at driving.

Duretti is a kiwi 🥝 he's better with the skin off.

Salvius is a coconut 🥥 because she can take emotional beatings (😢) and still come out sweet.

(Technically a fruit I'm told who knew who knew…)

Chanel is a lemon 🍋 because she has a strong flavor, is just a little feisty and can help bring out the best from other fruits.

Together they make the fruitiest of salads, yes?

[lightofthewst]

“no one ever looked for a girl," he said. "it was a prince that was promised, not a princess. rhaegar, I thought…”

“what fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! the error crept in from the translation. dragons are neither male nor female, barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. the language misled us all for a thousand years. daenerys is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. the dragons prove it." just talking of her seemed to make him stronger."i must go to her. i must. would that i was even ten years younger."

[zatdummesmadchen]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔 I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔 Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏 https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

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HELLO EVERYONE PLEASE DO PAY ATTENTION !

PLEASE TRY TO DONATE AND HELP THIS FAMILY GET SAFETY !

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AT THE VERY LEAST CONSIDER REBLOGGING SO IT REACHES MORE PEOPLE !

REMEMBER EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS AND ADDS UP MORE !

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[theoscarsproject]

Journey of Hope (1990). The story of a Turkish Alevi family trying to illegally emigrate to Switzerland, a country they know only from a postcard.

Richly compelling and deeply compassionate, this is probably one of the best films about illegal immigration I've ever seen. It really gets to the heart of this desire to live a better life, and the hope that powers people forwards, even with the unfathomable risk that lies ahead. This grows in tension as the journey becomes more untenable, culminating in a sequence that's harrowing, haunting, and devastating, and I know it's a movie I'll be thinking about for a long time. 9/10.

[impossible-rat-babies]

also while I’m not the biggest fan of the 2.1 and 2.2 patches, I have a soft spot for patch 2.3

[sleepyseraph]

Mother 2/Earthbound community, question (TW: Bugs, Abuse, Fat People) :

Is it just me who found it weird that the general idea of what kinda bug Buzz Buzz was when first playing the game always gravitates to him being a bee like creature?🐝

I find it interesting since Porky’s mom Lardna straight up calls it a beetle, the wrong kind but that throw away joke seems to be disregarded when first playing through the game. Is it because we’re predisposed to not take what she says seriously? I think the actions of the older two males of the Minch family veils our perception of the family as a whole and we become distrusting of Lardna as a result. I’m by no means saying she’s a saint either (it’s implied she also beats her kids) but I think it’s fascinating to think about how Mother 2 is able to guide our trust which misleads us to certain details that we may not find out till years later.

Side note, I think the fact that her husband straight up leaves her to raise Picky by herself is often overlooked, like this lady can’t catch a break. That makes Picky today’s biggest loser.

Side side note the only reason I’m obsessed with the fact that Buzz Buzz is a beetle is because they’ve been my current hyperfixation. I mean, come on don’t they look so damn cool???

[barbatos-sama]

in accordance with the accidental M naming convention i created, i have decided minette and mikhail's daughter's name would be masha

[nikkidee]

Hey, forgive me redditors, I never really used reddit. Well, I did, but mainly by googling "specific troubleshooting issue with niche electronic reddit" or "how to do specific DIY process reddit", etc.

I guess my point is, are we currently at risk of losing years of knowledge, shared by dedicated people with incredibly specific skill sets?

As I understand it, currently subreddits are locked?? Meaning no new posts?? But people are talking of downloading their posts, deleting their accounts, etc.

I remember the fanfiction.net purges, and I've heard about livejournal. Hell we all remember how much was lost in the NSFW ban here on Tumblr.

Should we be archiving?

[n1ghtwarden]

so im gonna say minth went missing in 1489 DR/1490 DR JUST before the schism occurred and she (hilariously) missed the whole damn thing

[needlemeister]

hello! your art is amazing! i loveeee your scug designs :D

anyway, can you share something about your ocs? i don't know much, so it can be anything-- backstory, abilities, anything you find particularly cool? specifically the martyr or dragon slayer maybe :O it's hard to judge based on looks alone but thet seem like slugcats i'd really wanna play as lol

also, is the hy in your pronoun set pronounced he or hi (or some other way that i'm forgetting)?

have a good day byeee :]

hi i completely forgot to answer this ages ago sorry!!

I'll answer the non oc question first: you pronounce it like he/him! they're masc angelkin pronouns :]

also, if anyone wants me to do an info post like this on any of the antiscugs or my iterators, lmk!

MARTYR

Era: Post-Saint in a different facility entirely during a drought period induced by most Iterators dying out. Food is scarce, and there's no rain - only suffocating heat.

Diet: Batflies, Blue Fruit, Baby Centipedes - Each fills only one fourth of a pip. Larger amounts of food cause shock due to how overeating after starvation works irl. Four pips, no spillover. (OOOO|)

Abilities: Can starve one more cycle in a row before death. Always statistically considered to be in a starvation state. Can play dead.

Iterator: Calls Upon the Sea / CUTS, a lonesome Iterator whose facility acted as a giant lighthouse. Desperately pleading their siblings in their Local Group to say something, anything, unaware that they are the last one standing.

DRAGON SLAYER (anti-Refugee)

Era: Post-Pacifist, Pre-Riptide

Diet: Carnivorous. 1.5x pips from Lizards, 1/2x from any other creatures. Same amount of pips as Artificer. (OOOOOO|OOO)

Abilities: Same combat capabilities as Hunter. Deals 2x damage to all Lizards at the cost of always being fatally bit by them and locked at the lowest possible reputation with them. Bad swimming and balance due to lack of tail. Same mass as Gourmand.

Iterator: N/A. Avoided by Overseers due to attacking them one too many times.

MOTHER

Era: Post-Monk, almost immediately so. Outer Expanse is flourishing with Slugcats.

Diet: Default. Same pips as Artificer, in addition to two sets of three pips to also attend to. (OOOOOO|OOO + OOO|x2)

Abilities: Has a pair of Pups that they absolutely must take care of, or else they must repeat the cycle. Average stats. Can carry both pups on their back at once. If implemented in-game, players two and three are their pups when using Jolly Co-op. Combat stats are buffed if one or both of their pups are in danger.

Iterator: N/A. Too focused on keeping their pups safe - cans are dangerous!

SCHOLAR

Era: Pre-and-post-Martyr. Their first journey is to collect colored pearls for their Iterator before the heat burns them out, and their second is to deliver a message to CUTS.

Diet: N/A. Pips represent current charge (OOOOOOO|) and space for pearl storage (|OOO) respectively. Nap, hibernate, or interact with sources of electricity (Centipedes, Zappers, Electric Spears, etc) to charge. Charge slowly drains as they move and act. The heat will make them overheat if they spend too long outside between hibernations.

Abilities: Incapable of ingesting anything but pearls. Swift and agile, like a median between Spearmaster and Rivulet without the aquatic capabilities of the latter. Starts Marked.

Iterator: A currently unnamed Iterator that created them in order to collect and deliver pearls efficiently in the worsening conditions outside.

COVERT

Era: Undetermined, possibly before The Great Ascension. Maybe Technomancer mod era?

Diet: Carnivorous. Incapable of consuming Black Lizards. Same pips as Spearmaster, due to the slow metabolism of underground creatures. (OOOOO|OOOOO)

Abilities: Blind. Mechanically, this means everything has the Shaded Citadel or Filtration System filter. Edges of terrain are illuminated as if with Monk's Citadel assist effect to represent the Covert relying on sound and touch. Sources of sound are illuminated better, and all non-ambient noises have their volume increased. Faster tunneling speed than any other.

Iterator: there's a nonzero chance only LttM exists here

STARFALLEN

Era: Paradoxically before Spearmaster and yet after Saint. Rubicon is present.

Diet: Carnivorous. Not sure on the pips.

Abilities: Capable of holding and producing a charge similar to Centipedes. Immune to stuns or damage Centipede and Jellyfish shocks, instead entering an overcharged state that gives them mild contact damage and stuns to enemies susceptible to electricity. Can charge Electric Spears and electrocute creatures via mauling.

Iterator: Sixteen Shooting Stars, a strange Iterator whose can is only accessible in Rubicon.

REFUGEE

Era: Immediately after Monk.

Diet: Same as Monk, including the pips. (OOO|OO)

Abilities: Weaker and lighter than Monk, but also swifter. Lizard taming odds are doubled.

Iterator: Looks to the Moon, like their other siblings!

GATHERER

Not created with playability in mind. Basically a cross between Gourmand and Hunter, their parents.

WEAVER

Not created with playability in mind. An unstable cross between Rivulet and Spearmaster, their parents.