#will any of my followers understand max frei posting?

[thelightfluxtastic]

Max is inexcusably an idiot for ignoring Melamori in Victims of Circumstance (I read these books first in Lithuanian, then English so I'm using translated titles).

"But he's new, he doesn't know how the world/magic works!" Sure, but that only means he has more reason to listen to his more experienced colleague. Seriously. Max:

For his entire life, places more meaning in dreams than the waking world.

Travels to a new world in his dreams.

While there, learns repeatedly that he's unusual and affects magic in strange ways, often unconsciously or by accident.

Solves multiple mysteries in which people are being attacked in their sleep/dreams.

In one of these cases, he was a victim and would find himself waking up in strange places.

He starts having odd dreams about his coworker.

She mentions it, telling him he's doing magic and to please stop.

He decides just this once that his dreams are totally normal and ignores her????

It makes absolutely no sense. I'm just saying, if it had been Juffin Hully saying "Hey Max, you're doing accidental magic in your sleep" Max would at least have entertained the notion and taken it seriously. But for some reason (that I'm sure had nothing to do with the fact that Melamori is a woman who he has a crush on /sarcasm) he just dismisses Melamori out of hand.

[drawing-way-outside-the-lines]

I will not tag BLM posts as nonsims/non sims, and here is why:

I do understand to the fullest that many people come here, to our Tumblr/Simblr community to escape from reality, and have a time off from whatever we are facing in our individual lives. I do too. This is the very reason why I made my very first Tumblr blog, and the very reason why I made multiple after that. It’s my escape too. And the people who has followed me through the years, very well know, it’s rare I post anything “political” of any sort. I also very well understand that there are many people around here with mental health related issues, such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, trauma and many more. I fully understand the impact these protests, deaths, murders, violence, police brutality, lockdowns and anything else going on in the world, have on people with mental health issues. I’m right there with you. I personally suffer from anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD/trauma’s. For almost 2 decades I haven’t watched the news. I discovered how much it was affecting my anxiety and cut it out of my life. With social media growing, it became harder to escape. It’s hard/triggering for me too. I usually reblog the most important on my Facebook and try my best to scroll past anything else, while keeping my Tumblr as free from it as possible, only sharing the absolute most necessary stuff, not even once a month. I usually tag non sims related posts properly, yes it slips here and there, I never claimed to be perfect, quite the opposite.

However;

As much as I understand and relate, this is not a time to stay silent. The protests are helping, a man who was going to get away with max a 3rd degree murder, is now up for 2nd degree murder. Others are being charged/held responsible now as well. But there’s still so many people who needs to be held responsible, and it’s still continuing as we sit here in our little Simblr world, trying our best to pretend it isn’t happening. And this is why it’s happening. This is why it keeps happening. Our privilege to escape the insanity, while others never get to escape. Black people never get to escape. So why do we get to constantly stay in our comfort zone, turning our back to anything that makes us remotely uncomfortable?! And this is why I refuse to tag BLM posts as non sims. I refuse to silence voices of people being oppressed, violated and murdered, for the sake of your comfortableness. 95% of the BLM posts I have shared the past days, have been reblogged by my followers, providing the posts more reach. Many of my followers has the nonsims/non sims tags blocked. This means people who blocks these tags, wont see the much needed BLM posts on their dash. Which results in less reach for these posts. Could I make a new blog and reblog the posts there instead? I could, but I would have no followers, so once again, the posts would have no reach, for the sake of your comfort. Could I post them on my other social medias instead? Yes, I could, and I do. However, on my Facebook, although I have followers, none of my posts has been reblogged, so I can’t help with reach there. On my Twitter, I have 7 followers, which means no reach there either. I do keep the BLM reblogs at a minimum on this blog, I haven’t reblogged anything showing violence, and I wont, that’s the best I can and will do for your comfort. Meanwhile my Twitter, although it has no reach, is glowing red, and most of the reblogs are full of police brutality, while I on this blog have only shared the ‘peaceful’ posts. As much as I understand people’s need to escape, and I even share the same need. As much as I understand mental health, and also need to protect my own. I will not silence people living every day in fear to a point where they don’t dare to stick their hands in their pockets in public, wear a hoodie in public, go to a store to buy Skittles, pay for their purchase at a quiet corner store, sit at home on their couch or dare to look at a white person for more than 3 seconds! I will not silence these people for the sake of your comfort! Cause that’s the very reason why things never change! That’s the very reason for racism still being alive and thriving! That’s the very reason for innocent black lives being taken every day, as if they were flies on a hot summers day! That is the very reason for the by now extremely public police violence roaming the streets! That is the very reason for Donald Trump’s army of destruction!

I will not silence these people for your comfort!

While I am just as uncomfortable and triggered as you are, -as a writer, it’s hard when my words fail and I stumble, so I apologize if I say something wrong or out of tune or if my words fail, but I’m trying my very best, I will keep fighting with what I have, and that’s the freedom to reblog and sign petitions. I will keep reblogging posts with useful information, as long as my own mental health allows me to participate. After that, my blog will return to be the usual refuge I need in my own life, and you can all be comfortable with me again. If you are uncomfortable with me trying to lend a hand to people that desperately need to be heard, kindly unfollow, and don’t return. Enjoy your privilege and right to be comfortable, while others never had that privilege and right.  Please, spare a few minutes from your comfort zone, to sign these petitions, I know many of us may not have any money to spare, but these are completely free, only requires you to fill in name and email. It can’t be more convenient to lend a helping hand. It only takes a few seconds for your vote to count. Breonna Taylor: https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor Joāo Pedro: https://www.change.org/p/prefeitura-do-rio-de-janeiro-justice-for-jo%C4%81o-pedro?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_message&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=1daf3eb0-a675-11ea-bc30-8f70846579cc&share_bandit_exp=message-22456027-en-US&share_bandit_var=v3 George Floyd: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=c0d85430-a5c3-11ea-a283-f7f1ba5cd143&utm_content=mit-22414602-10%3Av1 There are many more petitions like this, if you want to sign more, please have a look at this link: https://www.change.org/t/black-lives-matter-en-us Alternative to donating money: You can (for free) let this video run on replay either with sound or on mute (turn off your addblock, if you are uncomfortable with that while being online, consider doing it while you shower/cook/sleep and aren’t actively using your browsers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM&feature=emb_title