#this is for charity ffs!

[clusterbungle]

I'm (hopefully) doing a tandem skydive tomorrow!

Please keep your fingers crossed for me because the weather forecast is looking utter shite, I'd really rather not have to reschedule 🤞🤞🤞

[destiny-islanders]

the 2024 ff charity art auction is THIS SATURDAY, 5/18, at 3pm est!!

for this year’s auction, I’ll be offering a custom standee! the size and complexity of the piece will increase with bid amounts :>

join the discord to participate and help us raise money for a good cause

[nvalkrydraws]

You're invited! I saw a video of lots of trash in the ocean, which made me super sad. So I'm hoping to raise money to clean up our waste. See you soon on July 30! More info soon

[thespellweaver]

How do y’all find a Fanzine to join?

I’d like to get back into after how poorly things went with the @garden-of-shadows-zine but I have no idea how to even start looking. It seems like every search query I try just go to ones that are closed or just looking for buyers. I’d like to contribute to one but I’ve no idea where to start.

[kiliofdurinsline]

Preorders are OPEN for You're Not Alone: An FFIX Zine! I wrote a caper featuring Eiko teaming up with Tantalus! Check out the other previews over at @Ff9Zine & on Twitter @ FF9zine and secure your copy ASAP! 

🛒 Shop: http://yourenotalonezbigcartel.com 

🛒 UK/EU: http://etsy.com/shop/Ff9Yourenotalone…

🛒 PH GO: https://forms.gle/J8KRBfxYuwJ22EwF9

[Alt Image ID:  Preview: Honor Amongst Thieves. "Cinna's in charge of the mission. What he says, goes. If he's not there, Marcus is next in charge, then Blank. They tell you to hide? You hide. They tell you to jump, you ask how high. Clear?" "Clear." Eiko nods. "Anything else?" Baku squints at her, then nods. "That's about it, really. It's a two-day job - a day's travel there and back, and we pull the job overnight. It'll be a long couple a'days." "That's fine." "It's on you to sort an alibi and cover your ass up at the castle." "Yeah, yeah, I'll get it sorted, old man!" Eiko slaps her hands flat on the table and stands up on her chair to lean forward more, ignoring Baku's guffaw. "What's the job, already?" Baku turns to the side and sneezes,then looks up at Eiko with a grin. "We're gonna rob the King's estate." /end ID]

[landonor]

i CANNOT believe some of the stuff I'm seeing about Lando rn

[optimisticlucio]

Guys she was a gym instructor. Israel has forced conscription; she was never actually on the field or even doing anything beyond telling people to do pushups.

Every Israeli actor I see in any production is getting called a war criminal even when they did fuck all (Tomer Capone in The Boys is getting the exact same treatment) and it’s starting to drive me up the wall.

If you dislike her, that’s fine, don’t watch the movie. If you think Disney sucks, so do I, don’t watch the movie. You don’t have to find a reason why someone you think sucks *has* to also be secretly a child killer.

stop watching anything with gal gadot in it — that ESPECIALLY includes marvel. they’re not even good anyway lmao. military-sponsored propaganda.

“not watching something” is genuinely the bare minimum. it’s the simplest boycott that could be asked of you.

[katyobsesses]

Oof I just found notes from my first ever performance review at my old job (at a mental health charity I must stress) and a good chunk of it boils down to - Katy is autistic

[maladaptations]

it’s all volunteer. so donate every year so they can pay overhead (servers, webhosting, etc.). i do.

*cackling*

If OTW weren’t around, this wouldn’t be “scaremongering”: It would be the inescapable status quo.

[eyetcsuffolk]

Happy 40th Birthday to Families Together !!! From March 2023 we will begin our 40th year of supporting families in Suffolk! To kick-start the celebrations, and to have a much-needed get-together, we will be holding a Coffee Morning/Bake Sale on Thursday 30th March at Eye Town Hall, from 1.30pm to 3pm. Everyone is welcome for a free cuppa and piece of cake, and we would really appreciate it if some of you could channel your inner Mary Berry or Paul Hollywood and bring a cake or baked goods to donate to our bring and buy sale. We will also have a small stall selling books and a small selection of items from the charity shop. Come and help us kick off a year of celebrations and special events. @familiestogethersuffolk @fts_ebayhub @eyeflooring @greendoordecorative @eyeartsclub @cafeye14 @eyemudlife @lifesolesuffolk @jonathan_draycott_art @jimmyslimoncello @workwear_ltd @bar.14x @eyehairandbeautysalon @tudorbakehouse @eyehandyman @bruce.salter @bruhabrewing @tuniedb @gardiner.leigh @gshureyandsonbutchers @thebankartscentre @theblossomcharity @dream_on_woman @clothing_dream_on @cranswickplc @shazans_food @bartrumstraining @workwear_embroidery @fleurs_artisan_florist @coopuk @coopukpress @eoecoop #ff #family #familyguy #healthy #health #homestart #children #pregnant #couple #help #chriss #helpathome #charity #event #eyesuffolk #meeting #gettogether #books #booksale (at Eye Town Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpmmLeKIBEU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[xinganhao]

🎓 WELCOME TO SVT UNIVERSITY!

under the cut are THIRTEEN (13) upcoming smaus & text imagines, as part of my milestone event. these will be published in no particular order until end of december. thank you for requesting and i look forward to this little series! ´◡`

✏️ PENCILS UP!

🕮 MEMBERS + COURSE (4)

♯ VERNON. freshman. bachelor of science in biology. ♡⸝⸝ requested by anon.

♯ MINGYU. sophomore. bachelor of arts in film and television. ♡⸝⸝ requested by taeraegyat. ✶ BONUS. college ex!mingyu. you start a job at the local cinema and mingyu goes there with his date. (gyubakeries)

♯ JUNHUI. junior. bachelor of arts in sociology. ♡⸝⸝ requested by ore-pheus.

♯ JEONGHAN. senior. bachelor of science in data science and analytics. ♡⸝⸝ requested by choco-scoups. ✶ BONUS. college ex!jeonghan. whenever they try to avoid each other, they go to the same hiding spot until, one day, they're both there at the same time. (anon)

🕮 MEMBERS + PROMPT (3)

♯ CHAN. helping a scared freshman... despite also being a scared freshman. ♡⸝⸝ requested by wollycobbl3-blr. ✶ BONUS. i have to print my paper before class, you’re trying to fix the paper jam while i freak out. (anon)

♯ JOSHUA. we sit next to each other every day, i lend you pencils, you share snacks with me, people are assuming we’re a couple, let’s go with that. ♡⸝⸝ requested by anon.

♯ WONWOO. we're doing a joint charity event... and i have no choice to work with you even though i hate you. ♡⸝⸝ requested by anon.

🕮 SUBUNIT + ORGANIZATION/SPORT (2)

♯ i heard the HIP-HOP UNIT asked you to be the manager of the soccer team! ♡⸝⸝ requested by anon.

♯ i heard the HIP-HOP UNIT asked you to join the dead poets society! ♡⸝⸝ requested by taeraegyat.

🕮 OT13 + MUSIC ALBUM (2)

♯ SEVENTEEN queued THINK LATER by TATE MCRAE at the function. ♡⸝⸝ requested by anon.

♯ SEVENTEEN queued ROOM ON FIRE by THE STROKES at the function. ♡⸝⸝ requested by anon.

🕮 BONUSES!

♯ i heard BSS asked you to sign up for the soil testing team! ♡⸝⸝ requested by shinwonderful.

♯ SEOKMIN. sophomore. gender and women's studies 101. ♡⸝⸝ requested by shinwonderful.

💻 NEED A STUDY BUDDY?

all accomplished smaus/text imagines will be linked back to this masterlist. they will also be under the ff. tag: ── ᵎᵎ ✦ milestone event: svt uni

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

I discovered my best friend is following ARO on Instagram. When I confronted her over this horrific betrayal, she said, “I think I like her now!” My devastation knows no bounds.

I was discussing this with my boss, a fellow royal watcher, and we decided I need to make a PowerPoint presentation, complete with citations (we are lawyers, after all), “shining a light” on MM’s numerous atrocities and proven lies over the years. I thought you would be invaluable in such a venture. Any suggestions to include would be very much appreciated!

Old ask from March 18th

Ok, so I didn't mean to sit on this one for (checks calendar) 6 MONTHS. ohhh, that's worse than I thought. Sorry, anon. Your ask got completely buried.

Anyway. I actually have been keeping a list of Meghan's lies and falsities. I don't remember when I compiled it (I feel like it might've been a 2022 thing) and I forgot I had it for a very long time. We'll probably need to crowd-source some updates to this list.

So buckle up, y'all.

Grew up an only child

Never had relationships with Sam or Tom

Grew up poor eating Sizzler buffets for splurge dinners

Didn't know who Diana was

Didn't know that Diana did Panorama interview

Lied about having a SAG card to be cast in Suits

That she was being written off Suits because she was marrying Harry

Doesn't have any family except Doria

Paid for college herself with student loans

International relations and theatre degrees from Northwestern

Merch tour of Aussie with Jess

Didn't want to serve Archie on a silver platter

Couldn't do a photo call at the hospital after Archie's birth

Wasn't in contact with Oprah

Wasn't working with UK Vogue

Lilac blazers

Couldn't wear the same color as anyone else

Could only wear neutral clothes

Wasn't dressing her child like a Victorian ghost doll

Going to get her UK citizenship

Gave up her Hollywood team

Spectacle wedding for the public

Eloped three days before with the Archbishop of Canterbury

Loves her engagement ring

Received permission from Queen to name her Lilibet

Loves Africa

Loves charity work and philanthropy

Red carpet for wedding

No tabloids in the US

All Americans have a 5am work ethic

Paparazzi chases

Plagiarism

Korean spas as a kid

Collaboration with Scobie on FF

People letter

Archewell donations and income

Family she never had

Gave up everything

IVF twins

Pregnancy announcement not at Eugenie's wedding

Loves kids

Dog too old to fly

Dog hit by car

Couldn't decorate with royal collection

Kate made Meghan cry

Warm friendly relationship with Queen

Best boss ever

She made her own banana bread

Suicidal thoughts night of Cirque du Soleil

Advised by Obamas

Children refused titles because of racism

She refuses children's titles

Pen pals with Hillary Clinton

Witnessed the LA riots

Independent grassroots journalism

Hit the ground running

5'5

worked at the embassy when she only attended a study program

Didn't know she had to curtsy to the Queen

Didn't know how to curtsy

BRF took her passport, car keys

Not allowed to go out unless just for work

Climate change/private jets

Evicted from Frogmore

Royal Family refused to help Meghan with her mental health

That Meghan was silenced

Privacy in LA

Archie was denied 24/7 protection because he wasn't a prince

Family gossip about Archie's skin color

Palace forced Meghan to take her name off Archie's birth certificate

Egg in wedding food

Not allowed to have scents in church

Meghan said the palace was locking up the birth certificate

Angela refused hair trials

Bond girl

Fire in Archie's nursery

Linked, not ranked

Archie too young to fly (summer after his birth)

Lied about her age (to work in Hollywood, narrative since corrected since marrying in)

Belly padding

Bot farms on social media

Miscarriage

Zoom calls with Cambridges during lockdown

Zoom calls with the Queen during lockdown

Flowers on Philip's casket at funeral were from Sussexes

Sussexes were invited to the Beckham wedding

Royal christening for Lili

Lili baptized

Invited to the diplomatic reception before The Queen's funeral

BFF/dog-walking buddies with Jennifer Aniston

Photoshops the children's appearances

Jimmy Fallon interview in Dec 2022

Time 100th Anniversary coverage

Bodyguard 2

she’d have 40 photographers taking pictures when she did Archie’s school run.

Sussexes declined invitation to Westminster wedding

She made the strawberry jam herself

50 jars of jam

"The Bench" was a bestseller

Visiting/staying with Oprah (Oprah was across the country at her father's bedside)

All the times she said she'd be a secret presenter at Hollywood award shows

Uvalde

Can't tailor her clothes to fit because they're from small brands/labels.

[gay-jesus-probably]

Donating to Ao3 is like paying for Netflix; it's just paying for an entertainment service you use. Servers are fucking expensive, and Ao3 is a really big archive. Just throw five bucks at them once a year if you can, it's really not a big deal.

Also please do NOT donate to all the Palestine go-fund-me's floating around here, the majority of them are just blatant scams. I've had one of those blogs send me two completely different sob stories a few days apart, and also had two different blogs send me the exact same sob story, right down to the fucking emoji usage. If you want to help Palestinians, donate to the Red Cross, or Doctors Without Borders. Or any organized, professional relief group that is actively working in Palestine right now, because they can actually access that money easily and use it to buy large amounts of food and medical supplies at a steep discount. Donating to THEM will do a hell of a lot more than sending a random Palestinian civilian five american dollars over the internet.

Should I donate to AO3?

[fourteentheart]

A sketch of Sanson and Guydelot for @mathclasswarfare who won my raffle slot from the FF Artist Charity event! I was so happy these two were requested! Being a BRD player, I have a soft spot for these guys lol

The event happens yearly featuring a ton of great artist auctions and raffles, with all the funds going towards charity. You can learn more about it here: https://x.com/FFArtistAuction

[sgiandubh]

Onlies at large

Sometimes (often, even), I can't sleep. And when I can't sleep, I get easily bored, if not focused on something. And there was nothing of particular import on Netflix or Amazon Prime, yesterday night. Aaand, as I don't have access to my bookshelves back home, I went looking for a light something to read myself to the Land of Nod.

I am, since forever, a solid reader of non-fiction. Memoirs, diaries are a special interest, too. So I just wanted to see if there were any nice memoirs of people who went to Scotland in search of a new life/love/whatever, Under The Tuscan Sun -style. Everand/Scribd is a decent starting point for the such, at 2 AM.

There weren't and I wonder why. But as I was browsing around, lo and behold, I found a tiny, self-published memoir by a certain Ninya (not her real name, of course): Scotland with a Stranger (2020).

Great literature it is not. It is naive and the narrative line sounded really, really meh to me: a 43 year old Alabama depressed divorcee finds healing and a renewed purpose for life, while traveling to Scotland with an improbable companion.

So, I skimmed and skimmed and skimmed (FFS, when is she going to PACK, this one?). Then, I found this and no, I am not sorry AT ALL for the length (passages are bolded by me).

Thank you Baby Jesus, she finally made it to her EDI flight:

'(...) I noticed a little emblem on the shirts of many of the women on this flight. It looked like mountains and said Peaker. All the women were laughing and chatting and carrying on like they had known each other forever.

“Is this your first trip to Scotland?” I tried to make small talk with the lady next to me.

“Heavens, no! It’s my sixth.”

“Wow,” I said. “It’s such a big world, but you keep coming back here?”

“Yes, it’s just incredibly beautiful. I never get tired of it. There is no other place as magical on earth.” She smiled wistfully. “I’m actually coming for a gala.”

“A gala?” I parroted back to her. I thought galas were reserved for Barbie movies. In my social circle, no one I knew ever attended a gala.

“Yes! It’s called My Peak Challenge.��� She leaned in closer, excited to share. “Have you read the Outlander series?”

“Funny you ask that because I just downloaded the first book.” It seemed like required reading when you went to Scotland. I loved to read and had nothing but time due to my social media fast, so it was sitting unopened on my iPad.

“Well, the character of Jamie is played by Sam Heughan, and he is the founder of My Peak Challenge. It’s not just a club; it’s a movement, and every year they have a gala in Edinburgh. People come from all over the world for this event.”

The germaphobe next to me chimed in. “This is my first year, but he has truly changed my life. I’ve lost twenty-two pounds.” I was impressed, having weighed nearly two hundred myself at one point. Losing sixty of it was one of the biggest accomplishments of my life.

“Losing weight is so hard,” I commiserated with her. “How did you do it?”

“The boring way, eating right and exercising.” She laughed, and I laughed with her because I knew too well it was the only way that worked long-term.

She continued on. “My Peak Challenge is a training and nutrition program where we support and challenge each other, but it’s not just that because Sam has raised nearly two million dollars for charities all over the world. He’s just incredible.” She was practically swooning and literally fanning herself. I wasn’t sure if it was because he was hot, or because she was.

That nutrition program must include the Sam Heughan is a God Kool-aid.

“This conference includes a meet and greet and a gala and a special workout that Sam leads. He’s just an amazing human being,” she gushed. She clearly was in love with Sam Heughan.

“I have been chosen to introduce him,” the sweet older lady to my left said. “So, I’ve got the next eight hours to figure out the words to say to introduce the man who has completely changed my life.”

“Yes!” She went on. “It’s an incredible organization. He’s really affecting change on a global level.” (sic!)

Great. I am stuck between two evangelists at a Sam Heughan-is-the-greatest-human-in-the-world presentation.

“We have a Facebook group, and everyone is just so awesome and supportive. It really is a family.”

“And how much does it cost to be in this family?” I asked skeptically.

“It wasn’t much,” she defended, quickly changing the topic. “Nearly every penny is donated to charity. He is changing lives,” she stressed so incredibly seriously I had to cover my mouth to stifle a giggle.

Is this a cult? It sounds like a cult. I am trapped on an airplane for the next eight hours with the Sam Heughan cult.

Luckily for me, headphones exist. It was an overnight flight, which meant I could close my eyes and pretend to sleep, and there were movies to be seen.' (Ninya - Scotland with a Stranger: A Memoir, Chapter Thirteen).

For some reason, I doubt Ninya ever opened that OL first tome, on her IPad or elsewhere. But the point of my post is not to poke fun at SRH, MPC and all the gracious Peakers who read and often comment on this humble blog (@ladyjane-lj, @rosfrank immediately come to mind and I am sure they are not the only ones).

The reason I quoted this passage at almost full length, despite the paltry writing skills and abysmal grammar/spelling on display (Sweet Baby Jesus, please make people see the real difference between affect and effect, thank you and amen) is that we are dealing here with a unique perspective on a sizeable chunk of this fandom. You see, Ninya has no damn agenda to promote, in OL terms. She is not a shipper, but she is not an Anti, either. She couldn't care less if S+C=❤️, or if Tait rhymes with Fate (it rhymes with Bait, if you ask me). She doesn't know anything about OL, its cast, its Best Fans Ever, you and me and her.

And this is precisely why her perspective is so damn interesting. She is a mere passer-by, who failed to be grabbed in by the OTT Only Mommie gushing and who saw possessiveness and objectification disguised as love. She saw the most problematic, hypocrite and unimportant side of this whole experience and this whole fandom. And it's terrible and I am really sorry she did.

Maybe someone else than us reads this. For once, I wish they did, for it is an unadulterated, faraway echo of Real Life and the Real World. Selling that Toy Boi image is WRONG, *** and PR and TPTB. It's counterproductive and a total turnoff to real people who can't be arsed to even look for the Balmaclellan Adonis on Google, just because this fan substack is really, really embarrassing.

Of course, they blindly buy the booze, religiously sign in year after year to just about everything he sells around. Of course they show up every single time and pitch their tents on the rude city pavement in front of God Knows Which liquor store in Whoville, America. But they also show up with baked lasagna, pinch his ass (Madame Tussaud's, anyone?) and geriatrically swoon front row, cackling and giggling and catcalling like they were 12. It's also because of these women that OL lost its fabulous innocence and authenticity and it's because of these women we do have the Global Merry-Go-Round Seasonal Shitshow that keeps all of us (sickly, I am the first to admit it) engaged here.

Finally, this is also why I am closely following all the business side of this ahem, universe. It's the road less traveled by and of course, probably the most rewarding.

Shoot me, the very moment I turn into Neilie. Let it be clearly known beforehand. And no, please do not resuscitate. I'd be too ashamed.

[gianteyedcrow]

I feel like bc Bruce Wayne is a philanthropist one of his various charities would help fund gender affirming care given that it’s life saving and he has too much money to get rid of and there would probably be a lot of jokes online that are like “Bruce Wayne himself gave me top surgery” or “just got my ffs done at the Wayne manor”