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last chance to evacuate

as you may know, israel has begun its ground operation in rafah. they dropped leaflets last night ordering people to evacuate, and bombing in east rafah has already begun.

The border is about to become unreachable.

Rafah is trapped.

We have literal hours until no-one, all the GoFundMe's you've scrolled past, all the people desperately begging on TikTok, will be able to escape.

Give now. Give whatever you can.

I am fundraising for the Odeh family, which is only 3k away from meeting its goal.

you will not get another chance.

GIVE HERE

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About Gaza Funds

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heads up: this games charity bundle was finally approved on itch.io! it opens this friday, april 12th, and will run for a week. all proceeds will go to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.

you can check out the bundle on itch.io and follow @vgforpalestine on twitter for more updates!

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EDIT: as of april 20th, 2024 this bundle is now live!!

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questions I think would be fun to be asked

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

show us a picture of your handwriting?

3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of?

what’s an inside joke you have with your family or friends?

what made you start your blog?

what’s the best and worst part of being online/a creator?

what scares you the most and why?

any reacquiring dreams?

tell a story about your childhood

would you say you’re an emotional person?

what do you consider to be romance?

what’s some good advice you want to share?

what are you doing right now?

what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do?

what do you think of when you hear the word “home”?

if you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

name 3 things that make you happy

do you believe in ghosts and/or aliens?

favourite thing about the day?

favourite things about the night?

are you a spiritual person?

say 3 things about someone you love

say 3 things about someone you hate

what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

fave season and why?

fave colour and why?

any nicknames?

do you collect anything?

what do you do when you’re sad?

what’s one thing that never fails to make you happy/happier?

are you messy or organised?

how many tabs do you have open right now?

any hobbies?

any pet peeves?

do you trust easily?

are you an open book or do you have walls up?

share a secret

fave song at the moment?

youtuber you’ve been obsessed with and why?

any bad habits?

(this post was stolen from @teenage-mutant-ninja-freak, since it couldn't be reblogged anymore)

#ask me stuff

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Shadowzel | Credit: Migaloo1939 on Twitter

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THIS TUMBLR USER IS SUPER CUTE AND A INCREDIBLY TALENTED WRITER!

Oh my god, which Tumblr user???!!!

#for my money this is the funniest thing I've ever posted

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I've reconsidered this after reading Nona again and I've come to the conclusion that Mercymorn is in fact also bad at sex.

Everyone who was good at sex dies before the books start, except Pyrrha, which honestly makes me scared for her future more than anything else

Coronabeth Tridentarius aka Crown, The Locked Tomb

Please reblog for a larger sample size.

Coronabeth Tridentarius illustrated by @starcanist.

#tlt #the locked tomb #pyrrha dve

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🌈🖊❌️💖📖

🌈 - would your characters at the start kill you to stop you writing the end?

This question is incredible. I don't think any of them would kill me if they knew the end, but a couple might come after me for the middle. Half of them are supranatural assassins so they'd probably get me, too

🖊 - describe it in a single terrible sentence

Lesbians have sex, fall in love, and solve spooky magic mysteries in Victorian London, if Victorian London was transplanted to the Arctic Circle

❌️ - what would get it cancelled on twitter?

This is a toss-up between presenting a poorly negotiated BDSM relationship and age gap discourse

💖 - what is your favourite moment?

This question is impossible because this story is wall-to-wall gorgeous moments. Do I pick the intense emotion of the beach scene? The honest sensuality of the guest bedroom scene? The rawness of the reunion scene? The aesthetic of the midnight rapier duel? I think for now I'll pick the cozy charm of the geography lesson, because you can read it already here

📖 - what form will it take when complete?

If I ever pull my finger out and write the damn thing, it'll be available as an ebook and a paperback from a couple of places

#ask game #writing #writeblr ask game #writeblr

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Random WIP Ask Game

💯 [100] How many words does your WIP currently have? How many words do you hope it'll have when it's done?

⌛️ [Hourglass] How long have you been working on this WIP?

📚 [Books] Is this WIP part of a series or standalone?

🎀 [Bow] How many named characters are in this WIP? How many do get a POV?

💖 [Heart] What is your favorite moment in this WIP?

🎶 [Notes] Do you have any other WIP related things, like moodboards, character portraits, playlists or similar?

📖 [Open Book] What form do you want this WIP to take when it's done? Posted, printed, published, etc?

🐀 [Rat] Name three reasons why this WIP is great at being insert genre here. (You can send a genre, or let the recipient pick one.)

🐁[Mouse] Name three reasons why this WIP is horrible at being insert genre here. (You can send a genre, or let the recipient pick one.)

🔎 [Magnifier] Is there a phrase/word you know you use too often? Will you change it in editing?

🍖 [Meat] How many fictional people were harmed in the making of this WIP?

🌈 [Rainbow] If at the beginning of your WIP the characters knew about the end, would they kill you to stop you from writing it?

‍🎨 [Palette] If your WIP was a color, which color would it be?

🍩 [Donut] What's the weirdest thing someone eats in your WIP? What's the best thing?

🔒 [Lock] Would you let your family, friends, or other people you know in real life read your WIP?

🖋️ [Pen] Describe your WIP in a single, terrible sentence.

❌ [Cross] What would your WIP get cancelled on Twitter for?

#writeblr #writing ask game #writeblr ask game #ask game #ask meeeee #pleeeaaaase

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It's extremely important to the vibe of the books that almost nobody is any good at sex. Mercymorn, maybe. Everybody else, no.

Coronabeth Tridentarius aka Crown, The Locked Tomb

Please reblog for a larger sample size.

Coronabeth Tridentarius illustrated by @starcanist.

#tlt

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hi locked tomb fandom.

so, the other day i was thinking that i really need to reread the whole series, and that i need to pay attention to detail in the text bc there is So Much in there.

you know how there's those exercises for bible reading? where you take a passage/chapter and read it, contemplate it, reread it, reflect on it, pick out specific sentences etc? well, what's more biblical than the book of our savior gideon the ninth??

anyway i thought i could make a discord server where we do these slow, detailed readings together. it'll be pretty slow and encourage ppl to go at their own pace. and since it's for RE-reading, spoilers for all of tlt will be allowed through the whole thing.

this is an interest check to see if roughly anyone would want this. if you want to be tagged in the case of the server happening, please rb and tell me in tags so i know who to tag!

#hell yeah #love 2 use my years of catholic education for gay shit

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oh ianthe…i miss you and all your off putting tendencies……

#last post inspired by this #Ianthe you are awful I love you forever

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I am convinced Kiriona and Ianthe fucked, but only once and they were both thinking of Harrow the whole time. The sex was really bad but Ianthe keeps trying to make it happen again

#the locked tomb #tlt #kirianthe #ianthe is terrible #both as a person and in bed

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ah, childhood.

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I'm reblogging this not because I am an artist, but because Animal Photo is just a great way to look at lots of pictures of animals? Like I'm sure it's a great resource for artists, but it's also a great resource for me to look at bats at all sorts of angles

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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I can't make a single Alecto prediction with any confidence because it honestly wouldn't surprise me if it was written entirely in enneameter and contained Cassiopoeia's entire recipe collection, but I will still put decent money on John, at some point, saying:

#tlt #the locked tomb

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So Gideon's final words to Harrow in GtN are a quote from the book of ruth, but where did she get it from? I don't Gideon is up on her ten thousand year old bible, which means either its somehow part of Ninth House holy literature (funny) or its in one Gideon's comic books (incredibly on brand)

#tlt #the locked tomb #gideon nav