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rayssion · 8 months

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Let's chat about Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard!!

So not me saying 'tomorrow' then proceed to delay that tomorrow for as long as possible, not my fault though! Each time I decide to write the review people just be like "oh, look at her, she seems at peace, let me just go.... Annoy her" that's my family summarised btw.

But yeah, we're finally here!

First off, the general rating for me is 4.5 for the entire series.

Now let's talk about somethings:

As a matter of fact, there's nothing I hate in this books like wth why dose it have to be this good??? Which translates to: I'm just going to fangirl, that's it, just FANGIRL.

I also want to establish that I didn't know not even a single thing about Norse mythology before reading these books. I didn't even know what Norse meant guys, I'm hopless like that. And even after they explained them a little my brain is still stuck at the "they're fancy vikings" setting lol I'm sorry.

So my whole Norse "knowledge" comes from, you guessed it, how to train your dragon🤡. It's bad, I know I know, yet it's still a start right? Like dude I never watched any Thor movie before (in my defense, it's not horror, and I enjoy horror) so just to put it simply, I don't know shit about Norse mythology.

Which is good btw!! Me not knowing anything about the mythology is actually good to measure how much Rick is good at explaining things that are totally new.

The first book took me two days to finish because it's like an introduction, so there were many new words and terms that my small brain couldn't keep track with, so I suppose you can really enjoy the series as a reread more than first time reading. Guys, it took me days to learn how to pronounce ginunngagap. So unless you already have a background on Norse mythology (not jumping into the books like stupid me) I feel like one's can't see the books true potential.

Alright, so we laid the ground about me being an uncultured swine, now we have the writing: we got the classic Rick's first person pov writing style that he went for in the original series pjo. But I got to note that it clearly improved, I can see that he was trying to step out of narrator Percy's shadow as he wrote mcga and toa, seeing that he wrote Magnus as an oblivious kid who's trying to stay out of everyone's business as much as he can, and he wrote Lester with no heroism in him whatsoever at the start. So clearly he wanted something to add contrast and volume to his universe and that's quite good. He achieved his goal with toa much more than in mcga in my opinion. Magnus, as lovely as he is, still finds time to roast people the good old Percy Jackson way, in other words you can see the resemblance between the two characters at some points. (I didn't include tkc because for me, Sadie and Carter are like Percy devided into two people, the fierce rushy personality went with Sadie, and the trying-to-pretend-to-be-calm-so-as-to-improvise-a-plan personality went with Carter, yet the two of them can be be snarky at their times).

To be Frank with you guys, not much of a character development happens during the books, I mean yes, Sam stands against her dad, and we get Amir into the picture, but yeah that's it. I guess the character who got the most change was Randolph, we love a little remedy arc at the end.

Oh other thing I like to point, Muslims don't call mosques you know "mosques" we call them Masjids (Masjid, sing.) I see it's a little slip but I prefer if it never happened, because mosque actually means "house of mosquito" so, yeah.

We also have the matter of Sam's hijab, I'd like to say that's not how being a hijabi works but I don't want to start a religious war here. Let's just say, you don't just wear your hijab when you want and not wear it when you don't want. What's the point then, if I can easily just go with my head uncovered? But we're not having this conversation, most of you won't be interested in this anyways.

And another thing! I've seen all these fanarts of Alex in the wedding dress (because I'm a sucker for Alex) and I wanted to point out, Alex was disguised as Samirah, Samirah is Muslima so her wedding dress would be, you know, Muslim friendly? Idk. But yeah, it should at least be ancle lengthed with high neck and long sleeves and the veil must be thick to cover her hair, like a hijab. Also it should be wide/big a little not clenching to her body. Just a little advice for artists there :).

Now that we spoke about Sam, can we talk about Alex? Tbh I like, knew nothing about genderfluidism(?) before this book (I read it on some blogs here on Tumblr and I imagined something totally different so I'll spear you my pathetic story) so it was nice learning new things with Rick. Like bro, in my head Alex is mostly a boy yet when I rant to my aunt I mostly use she/her. It confused the heck out of me during the first chapters actually. But I'm proud to say that I FIGURED OUT THAT LOKI WAS HER/HIS MOM LIKE BY MYSELF WAY BEFORE THE BIG REVEAL SO YEAH I'M HELLA PROUD.

I love Alex. Nothing else to say, I'm infatuated.

And yet if I'm infatuated with Alex then I'm fucking ready to die for Magnus at any given time! The boy is just so adorable!! He's so sweet even if he's being sarcastic like I just want to kidnap him and keep him in my pocket forever! I wanna hug him and pat his back, ruffle his hair and kiss his forehead because he deserves it! I just love him guys! Everything about him is just so endearing even if he was being a coward he's still lovely! I know I'm not making any sense here I just want you to know that I'm head over heels for him. Also I wanted to say that one of the things I really admired about his character is that he's never the fighter, I love how everyone else would be plunging into the battle and he'd just stand there waiting for either a chance to bargain with the enemy or an injury that he must heal. I love how Rick went out of the line this time and chose a god that, tbh, we'd never hear about him on regular basis. Like in pjo we had our protagonist Percy, son of Poseidon who's one of the big three, tkc we have Carter and Sadie channelling the power of Hores and Isis, major gods and Hores is the king or the gods, hoo's heroes are kids of the Olympians and Apollo is like, an Olympian god himself. So it was a nice turn to have Frey a neutral god who's concern is to live in peace, having our protagonist's main power to be healing or like disarming people, nothing big or fancy, yet it fits so much! Like my boy just wants to live a simple quite life (with a transgender genderfluid partner if possible and practically canon gay parents) even when there's an enemy he's like "can't I just go stand there and then a miracle happens and I don't need to fight them anymore?" Gosh I love him.

Magnus and Lester are just so relatable and so average-human-coded that you can't help but love them!

And I liked how most of the characters are also lovable, like the whole floor 19? They're just the best family and I'd be so delighted to spend eternity with them (till Ragnarok at least) I really love their dynamics. And then we have Blitz and Hearth and oh boy how much do I love hearth! I was like that's my soulmate out there pretty much since he was introduced. I'm not joking guys, these people out there have one of the best found families ever.

I also wanted to note that I'm kind of a sucker for villains like especially those who are antihero much. So, confession time, I kinda liked Luke back in pjo, I liked Set in tkc, and like Apollo himself I might simped once or twice for the emprors. The thing I wanted to say is! First book I like liked liked Loki, ngl till the end I found him fancy. Like if he wasn't so much interested in Ragnarok and world ending and whatever I might even put him with my favourite characters. Like, why do villains have to be hot?? If you don't want me to simp then don't make them hot! (What am I doing guys, I must seek help wtf)

Another topic, people would be oohhh percabeth omg omg and I'd be awww big sister Annabeth is the best! Like have you seen those Annabeth and Magnus scenes??? Bro let me tell you I'm fucking dead, like they're the best cousins out there, like that's so cuttee!!

This's a p.s actually but I wanted to say another thing, about the ending of the ship of the dead, yes it was emotional, yes I teared up. But don't you guys feel like there's much more to it? Like I'm sorry but how could we not return to the fact that Magnus can talk to birds now (Disney Princess™)? Or how in the first place can he talk to them, hearth himself doesn't know if his father had the ability. Speaking about fathers, the visions that Magnus saw about Alex's father, are we just going to pass them like they never happened? Guys idk I feel like there are some plot holes that might be left intentionally (hopefully for a next book sometime) and I also feel like there's something wrong with the gods, like the last scenes we had with them, I might be paranoid but I really feel like Frey was hiding something. Anyways yeah, that's what I wanted to add.

So this barely covers anything from the feelings I had reading this series (because I'm a sensitive bitch who visibly tremble and scream while reading fluff) but yeah, I must hurry up a little, so next thing we have is a couple of screenshots I took cuz why not? Some of them might even be out of context but I like it.

So I was going to post them in different posts and tag them here and Tumblr just said NO ") so yeah ig.

Hope you guys enjoyed this review (which is me basically simping as always) I'm like 100 pages into tsats now, hopefully I'll come back to talk about it soon.

Have a nice day/night♡!!

#magnus chase and the gods of asgard #magnus chase #alex fierro #samirah al abbas #hearthstone #blitzen #mallory keen #thomas jefferson jr #halfborn gunderson #annabeth chase #loki #loki mcga #fierrochase #mcga #rrverse #riordanverse #rick riordan #book review #series review

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writerfarzanatutul · 1 month

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Interview of a real Niqabi ( Is Niqab an oppression?)

From the bustling streets of Bangladesh emerges Afraha, a woman whose life weaves together resilience, self-discovery, and unwavering faith. Her story is one of unexpected turns and profound realizations, taking us on a journey beneath the veil to uncover the depths of her transformation.Afraha, like any ordinary girl, with once-harbored dreams of becoming an influencer, initially held no particular connection to the enigmatic world of niqabs or abayas. However, a twist of fate led her to an unexpected decision – to embrace the very symbol that is often misconstrued as oppression.

Interviewer: Assalamu alaikum, Afraha. To begin, could you kindly introduce yourself to our readers?

Afraha:

Wa alaikum assalam! Certainly! I'm a young woman who just turned 21. Currently, I'm pursuing my studies at North South University in the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry. Interestingly, during my college days at Milestone College, I never envisioned myself wearing a hijab, let alone an abaya and niqab! But as they say, look at me now, alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah!

Interviewer: What inspired you to wear the niqab?

- Afraha:

Of course, the reward in Akhirah was a significant motivator. Seeing other women around me wearing niqab made me think, If they can do it, so can I.

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Assalamu alaykum [Peace be with you],

I'm reaching out to connect with Muslimah who have recently chosen to embrace Niqab or have embarked on a personal journey to strengthen their faith.

I'm working on a project to share inspiring stories of women who have transformed their lives for the sake of Allah (SWT) [Subhanahu wa ta'ala - Exalted is He]. These stories can serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration for others on their own faith journeys.

If you've recently adopted Niqab or have a story about strengthening your faith, I'd be honored to interview you. Our conversation could be featured in [mention the platform where you'll share the stories, e.g., a website, podcast, etc.].

Together, by sharing these experiences, we can uplift and inspire the Ummah [Muslim community], InshaAllah [God willing].

Please feel free to send me a private message if you're interested in participating.

JazakAllahu Khairan [May Allah reward you with goodness],

Farzana Tutul )

#muslim #islam #niqab #niqabi #veiled muslimah #purdah #interview #islamic #muslim ummah #muslimah #veiled woman #islamicpost #islamicreminders #deenoverdunya

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female-malice · 2 years

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Opinion | Women are leading a revolution in Iran. When will Western feminists help?

By Masih Alinejad

A new popular uprising is taking place in Iran, and this time women are in the lead. It’s incredibly inspiring to see — for the first time I can remember — unveiled women marching at the front. They have overcome fear and are challenging one of the main pillars of the Islamic Republic of Iran: compulsory hijab.

These women are marching shoulder to shoulder with men, chanting against the whole regime. They are facing guns and bullets and demanding an end to a system of gender apartheid.

Mahsa Amini was only 22 years old. She wasn’t uncovered; only a few strands of her hair showed. And yet she was arrested by the so-called “morality police” and packed off to jail. Three days later she was dead. Many Iranians are convinced she was killed —a belief reinforced by countless individual experiences with the brutality of the security services.

The news of her death has triggered outrage throughout Iran. Tens of thousands of demonstrators are defying security forces to ask why an innocent young woman lost her life to religious radicals who merely wanted to show off their militant male power. The compulsory hijab is not just a small piece of cloth for Iranian women; it is the most visible symbol of how we are oppressed by a tyrannical theocracy. Now, by drawing attention to that injustice, Mahsa’s death has the potential to serve as a new turning point for Iranian women.

They deserve the support of their Western counterparts. Yet so far we see little evidence that women in Europe or North America are willing to take to the streets to show their solidarity for a women’s revolution in Iran.

Recent experience has been discouraging. Over the past decade, we’ve seen female politicians from democratic countries — including Ségolène Royal from France, Catherine Ashton from the United Kingdom, and Federica Mogherini from Italy — don hijab on their visits to Iran. All these female politicians are quick to assert their feminist credentials in their own societies — but when it comes to Iran they go out of their way to show deference to the men who have elevated misogyny to a state principle. A regime that abuses and harasses millions of women each year does not deserve our respect. To do so makes a mockery of all our talk of universal human rights.

When the Women’s March took place in Washington, D.C., in 2017, I was happy to join. Along with the rest I chanted: “My body, my choice.” Some women might well choose to veil their faces and bodies in accordance with their religious or cultural beliefs — but that should be a matter of their own choice, not a rule imposed by the whips and clubs of men. Yet Western women seem only too happy to succumb to the standards dictated by the male tyrants in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran.

I don’t consider such feminists to be true advocates of women’s rights. The true feminists and women’s rights activists are those in Afghanistan and Iran who are stepping forward, at great cost, to resist the Taliban and Islamic republic. They are the true feminist leaders of the 21st century, risking their lives by facing guns and bullets. They will go on fighting against the regimes, and we who have the privilege to live in free countries should actively amplify their voices. This is the moment for women in the West to stand with Iran’s mothers, daughters and sisters.

I will not remain silent. I will continue to speak out until compulsory hijab laws are abolished. Like the women now taking to the streets in my home country, I, too, have been targeted by the regime. I have chosen to speak up despite that regime’s attacks on my family, and its attempts to have me abducted or killed. In this, I feel deep solitary with the thousands of women protesting in Iran. I will continue to do what I can to support their struggle, to help them achieve their rights.

My wish is for all of us to be louder than the tyrants. I call on the free world to join the protesters in calling for an end to the murderous regime of the ayatollahs. Iranian women are fighting to recover our dignity and exercise our personal freedoms — so that, one day, all Iranians can finally choose our government in free and fair elections. We shouldn’t be afraid of the religious fanatics and the jihadists. They are the ones who are frightened. It is why they seek to keep women down. Women in the streets are paying with their lives for change. But too many in the outside world are shaking hands with our murderers.

I am asking all Western feminists to speak up. Join us. Make a video. Cut your hair. Burn a headscarf. Share it on social media and boost Iranian voices. Use your freedom to say her name. Her name was Mahsa Amini.

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queenie-blackthorn · 2 months

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Hey, sorry if this is kinda random. I’ve got a question and have been looking for anyone to ask who might know.

I’m living in a dormitory building with some hijabi women. I see them a lot in the community kitchen which they sometimes use without head coverings after checking to make sure there are no men around. The thing is, I’m a trans guy. They don’t know this and just think I’m a girl so they hang out around me pretty frequently with their heads uncovered. What would be the most considrate thing to do in this situation? I want to respect them and their beliefs. Should I tell them?

tell them. thats the best thing to do. its rlly that simple lol, dw abt it too hard

just a fair warning, theres a chance they may seem somewhat transphobic and say "oh its fine because youre a biological female", you decide for yourself how itll makes you feel if they say that, but im aware some might be hurt by things like that

me personally, id wear my hijab in front of a trans guy, and i have a bunch of friends who agree. maybe the girls in your dorm are the same, you never know 🤷‍♀️ no pressure, but id recommend telling them

#muslimah #muslim asks #queer community #islam #hijabi #ty for the ask <3

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wormwoodandhoney · 11 months

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As a follow up to my favorite books of the first quarter of the year, here are some of my favorites from April, May, June! In no particular order, just in the order I read them.

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty is a fun, pirate fantasy adventure featuring one of my recently realized favorite tropes: getting the band back together. A retired female pirate just wants to live a quiet life raising her young daughter, when she is recruited to rescue the child of a former crewmate. She must reunite with her old crew and save the day. Killer cover, fun story.

Chlorine by Jade Song is a coming of age body horror novel about a teenaged girl who will do anything to become a mermaid. Slow burn- you know what will happen from the beginning, but it's a deep dive into the mind of this queer young swimmer to watch her get there.

Malice by Keigo Higashino is a Japanese novel translated by Alexander O. Smith about a detective determined to uncover the motive behind the murder of a famous novelist. Loved this why-done-it.

We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre'vell Anderson is a nonfiction exploration of Black trans representation in pop culture and history, as well as moments from the author's own life. Looks at everything To Wong Foo to Pose to Survivor.

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones is the second book in the Indian Lake Trilogy. SGJ is my favorite horror author but his work and ESPECIALLY these books are not for everyone. People either love or hate this series and what can I say? I get it. Graphic here.

VenCo by Cherie Dimaline is about a young Indigenous woman who has to go on an adventure with her unusual and elderly grandmother after she discovers that she's one of seven witches to usher in a new era of power.

Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright is a nonfiction book about a famous abortionist in pre-Gilded Age New York. I found it fascinating, if not incredibly depressing, with how much we recycle the same arguments over and over again. Great read. Trigger warnings for this one, from childbirth to abortion to racism to misogyny.

Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati is a Greek mythology retelling on the titular murderer. As a Clytemnestra apologist, I really liked this. I kind of think so many of Greek retellings these days are all very similar, in writing style & theme so I feel like if you've read one of these recent retellings you've read them all, but I liked it!

Hamra & the Jungle of Memories by Hanna Alkaf is a Little Red Riding Hood retelling set in modern Malaysia, where a girl in a red hijab must help a tiger return to his human form. Really a beautiful story about humanity, grief, and what it means to make mistakes. Also just a fun adventure. Loved it. Graphic here.

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron is another final girl horror novel. Look, I'm gonna read all of them and I'm gonna love all of them! You give me a final girl and I'm gonna eat it up. You give me a queer Black final girl trying to survive the night at her camp recreating a famous (fictional) horror movie while trying to protect her girlfriend? Yum, yum, yum.

Honorable mentions: Ayoade on Top is Richard Ayoade's definitive tome on the Gwenyth Paltrow film View From the Top. Get the audiobook for this one for sure! The Three Dahlias is a fun cozy mystery, and Saint Juniper's Folly is a fun queer modern fantasy adventure.

#books #long post #sorry it's long it was work to narrow it down to just ten!

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menalez · 2 years

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On a post that you made 06 days ago on toddler girls wearing Hijab, watch out your caption please.

First, whosoever told you that the sole purpose of Hijab is to hide the beauty of a woman from a man is problematic. Modesty is a part of Islam adjoined upon both men and women. About Hijab, Muslim women does Hijab out of modesty to please their Lord not for a men, any men.

Second, no one makes their toddler wear hijab and even if they do its on them they like it that way.

Third, when they grow up they have the choice of wearing it or not. No one is gonna persecute them.

The things such as persecution, violence because of not doing hijab etc comes from patriarchal mindset of society not İslam. So, please get your facts right.

And how about stop dumping your western feminism on an entirely different culture/population.(You might be from Bahrain but you've clearly misunderstood the whole concept of it).

Maybe seeing young girls pushed into slavery and sex work is also something that exist and much harmful than toddlers wearing hijaab and actually enjoying it.

Before you go in expressing your concern about a certain issue, you better educate yourself first. Go read the Quran, the supporting Hadiths and then go about it.

Thanks. 🌻

hadiths are garbage filled with misogynistic nonsense and if u think opposing literal 3 year old girls being made to wear the hijab (say all u want about 'its not for men its about allah!!!', the verse used to argue that the hijab is MANDATORY, as is believed by most muslims altho u guys sometimes wanna act otherwise, is a verse about modesty in PUBLIC and another verse about:

“The Arab women used to uncover their faces as slave women do, which was an invitation to men to look at them. So Allah commanded them to cover themselves with their jilbabs and cover their faces with them.” (Al-Tas-hil li ‘Uloom al-Tanzil, 3/144)

“O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allah is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” [al-Ahzab 33:59]

“And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear therof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers, turn you all together towards Allah, that you may attain Bliss.” (Quran 24:31).

also lol "western feminism" tell that to nawal el-saadawi! tell that to all the iranian women fighting very hard into not being forced into the hijab! tell that to eastern feminists whose feminism has been focusing on issues such as this, all while the west argues its just a free choice and to do with showing your faith. what's western feminism are people like you, deceiving others and acting like the hijab is a choice (when in most cases, it is not & to most muslims the hijab is mandatory. go read what most islamic scholars believe), people like you who act like women aren't persecuted if they wear the hijab and then take it off (anyone who lives in the muslim world can tell you otherwise), claiming that the hijab has nothing to do with hiding ourselves from men (as if the rules of hijab and the verses used to argue hijab is mandatory doesn't explicitly say so), and so on. your arguments are literally things western white feminists who know nothing about islam argue. its also telling you basically said "its not forced on those 3 year olds to wear the hijab, but if it is then its ok that theyre being forced!"

as for "waa read the quran read the hadiths educate yourself" i have. how about you do the same next? you can't correct me on this or deceive me into thinking otherwise because as every born muslim in my country has been, i had to take islamic studies for 12 years at school.

#anonymous #hijab

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ultramaga · 6 months

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When feminists were important, they would rant about how oppressed women were because they had to make themselves pretty to be attractive to men.

Nowadays, we see the f'ists still vilifying men, but rubbing oil into titties to get the money from men, men who are fooled into thinking that they have some chance of a relationship.

I have known quite a few women go down the ethot path, and only one who remained a genuine person. The rest just see men as wallets, to be seduced and used.

I don't give a shit about sex work in the abstract, but at least there a little honesty can exist, and, rarely, real connections can form.

If someone upfront offers sex for money, I can respect that even though I think it is sad. I would much rather see a world where men and women shared pleasure instead of faking desire. Where the pleasure was part of other communication.

But that is not going to be happening today, and maybe never.

Still, you know what will vanish?

The ethot. Ai is getting better and better. I would say maybe five to ten years at most, and ai ethots will overwhelm the market, all run by a few sweaty men running huge server farms and occasionally pretending to be horny women - or just rebooting when all else fails.

There's already ai waifus out there. Crude, and I think only used for a joke, but they will get better.

And the culture that uses them will implode, and be replaced. The future belongs to those who have children, and grandchildren, and so on, and all these barriers to real communication we are installing will just mean that the religious fanatics will remain whilst we fade like dying pixels on a depowered monitor.

The feminists fantasized that Christians would force women to wear hijab, be submissive, have babies. But that was always a part of the enemy of Christians. The one religion the feminists promoted.

And feminists always pushed hatred towards male sexuality on the grounds that it degraded women, that it doesn't care about their pleasure, that it is pedophilia...

All the while a religion that ticked those boxes was let in the gates, and given privileges in law. You can be arrested for even saying the founder had sex with his wife, even though it is a statement of fact.

Feminists legalized pedophilia and the degradation of women and girls. That's the exact opposite of what they should have done.

And all the while they sabotaged genuinely healthy relationships between women and men, and made love harder and harder to find.

I look around, and I see so many lonely men and women, and the pathetic thing of Tumblr is it is stuffed full of lonely, thirsty women who obsess about men out of their reach, and despise every man on their level, and even criminalise approaches - then complain that they don't receive any.

Emma Watson famously changed UK law to make male sexual approach a crime - then claimed UK lads were wimpz because they stopped approaching her, and flew to America for cock.

Leaving behind UK women bewildered that men no longer dared - except for the worst, of course. The members of the religion feminists promoted were quite happy to sample the "uncovered meat".

#begone thot #objectification #feminism #antifeminism #intersectional feminism #leftism #misandry #Youtube

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halalgirlmeg · 7 months

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Being a Black hijabi is just catching hell from all sides, like on one hand there are people that think my hair is unkempt or unprofessional or even haram just as it is and then on the other hand people ask me why I don't uncover my hair as if my hijab isn't literally a religious sacrament and I've been wearing it for years. Like do I need to start being a BITCH because when does it end

#like can I live #can I fucking live #random

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beardedmrbean · 2 years

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Unprecedented scenes are emerging from the Islamic Republic of Iran: Schoolgirls across the country are flouting the law, some uncovering their hair, and many chanting, "We don't want the Islamic Republic!" and even, "Khamenei is a murderer!"

It is a rare and highly risky direct criticism of Iran's 83-year-old Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who on Monday accused the United States and Israel of plotting the protests that have swept across the nation.

"They have sat down and planned this," Khamenei claimed in his first public comments since the demonstrations began 18 days ago. "Those who take their salaries, some being traitorous Iranians abroad, have helped them."

His words did nothing to quell the calls for freedom spreading from school to school and university to university across Iran. The protests were sparked by the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's "morality police." She was accused of wearing an improper hijab, which covers the hair and body, as required under the country's draconian interpretation of Islamic law.

Since Saturday, when the academic year officially began in Iran, college students have been protesting daily, shouting slogans such as "The mullahs must get lost!" and "Iran is drowning in blood, our professors are drowning in silence."

People under the age of 25, most of them women, have continued to drive the protests despite a harsh crackdown by the regime.

The Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group says at least 133 people across Iran have been killed by the authorities since the protests began. That figure includes more than 40 people reportedly killed in the southeast city of Zahedan last Friday. Thousands more have been arrested, according to activists.

"Everyone is out on the streets," one college student said in a video message. "We have to keep going. They can't arrest all of us."

On Sunday, security forces besieged Tehran's prestigious Sharif University of Technology — often referred to as the MIT of Iran — where students had been protesting peacefully. The student union said armed plainclothes agents beat demonstrators with batons, fired at them with plastic bullets and shotguns at short range, chased students down into a parking garage, and brutally arrested hundreds of them — though many were later released.

"The ground was full of blood," one woman said on condition of anonymity, adding that the authorities started scrubbing it clean the next day. "Nobody was chanting anything bad. We just want freedom. Why do I have to be afraid? We are human beings. We want to live like the rest of the world."

The Iranian authorities "think that by using force, brutal force, they can be in power forever," Maziar Bahari, the London-based editor of IranWire news, told CBS News. "But of course, they're wrong."

Bahari said Iran's younger generations have simply had enough.

"My generation and the generation after me, we gave the government the chance to reform itself," said Bahari, who was jailed in Iran in 2009 while living and working there as a journalist for Newsweek. "But this generation can see that… the Islamic Republic cannot be reformed, so this government has to be ended."

Modern Iran emerged with the overthrow of a secular government in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Now, 43 years later, many young Iranians in the Islamic Republic are fed up with what they see as repressive rules, global isolation and severe Western sanctions imposed on their country.

"Young people are becoming poorer," Bahari said. "They are being humiliated at school. They're being humiliated on the streets by the morality police… their country is being humiliated by the world because of their kind of government. So, imagine living in that country. You want change. You want the change today."

Iran's Gen Z — those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s — are also the first generation to have grown up immersed in social media and the Internet, much like their counterparts in the West, explains Holly Dagres, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

"While it is heavily censored and has to be accessed through circumvention tools, Iranian Gen Z can see, in real-time, how the rest of the world lives," Dagres told CBS News. "Iranian youth look inwards and see how isolated their country is and that a corrupt and hypocritical clerical establishment rules it. Naturally, they want more - things we take for granted in the West."

Dagres said the violent tactics Iranian authorities used against students at Sharif University on Sunday were symbolic, because the university is known for having the best and the brightest, many of whom end up living and working in the West.

"Viral videos of the crackdown on the country's brilliant minds signals to youth everywhere two choices: Take down the Islamic Republic, or leave Iran," said Dagres.

On Tuesday, President Ebrahim Raisi called for national unity and acknowledged that Iran had "weaknesses or shortcomings."

But Omid Memarian, senior Iran analyst at the Democracy for the Arab World Now group, said the president's remarks only further highlighted the regime's disconnect from reality.

"Protesters are chanting, 'Down with the dictator…' and he is talking about national unity," Memarian told CBS News. "It's obvious the authorities have not understood that the anger and dissatisfaction are much bigger than the recent death of Mahsa Amini."

Iran has had many other Mahsas - women who have been killed - whose stories were never told, said the college student.

"Our problem is not with Islam or religion," she said. "We just want… people to live as they like in Iran and not be jailed for it."

"Please hear our voices," she added. "Help us in any way you can."

#nunyas news #iran is responding just wrong enough #that these protests may actually yield some fruit

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acertainmoshke · 11 months

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Updated Halara Human Gender Post

Halara only has a single third-person singular pronoun, vi, to take the place of everywhere she, her, he, and him would go. This is a real thing, I borrowed the concept from Mandarin Chinese. But in Halaran, it is linguistically preferable since there are 6 adult genders and children have no assigned gender.

Now, I had a complex series of pronouns that were supposed to make it easier for readers to keep track of gender identities, but in trying to write just a snippet I realized so many unfamiliar pronouns referring to every character was unreadable. So I have adjusted it. In place of vi, every (Halaran) human character will be referred to with singular they, but there are still ways to tell them apart. Updated list of Halaran cultural genders:

Children are born without any assumed gender identity (99% of the time, but I'll get to that). Everyone in Halara grows their hair out long, and for children it's uncovered and flowing free. They wear tunics, usually loose enough to play in and about knee length, and leggings under them. As they approach 14, adults around them help guide them in the decision of what their gender will be, usually for the rest of their life. Upon reaching the Age of Apprenticeship, there is a big ceremony and they are revealed in new clothes--and a new addition to their name!

Each gender is associated with a certain deity and the choice is largely based on what the person prioritizes in their life and part of themselves they want to project to the world. Each also comes with a short suffix added to their name, used in formal situations or first introductions.

Gendered clothing is pretty standardized but hardly a hard-and-fast rule, and though headscarf styles are much more universal one can't always tell at a glance the gender of someone else. That doesn't matter as much, however, when you don't have to figure out their pronouns.

Their language did used to have pronouns for each gender, still represented in some older songs, but over time they became attached to the name of a person, gendering that instead of the rest of the sentence, and the pronoun vi, originally used for children, expanded to be used for all.

Ku is the gender associated with the sun deity, with warmth and farming and protection and life. They wear skirts and loose shirts and headscarves knotted behind their heads in a style similar to a tichel. Their names have the suffix 'eso (so someone named Aryel would have a full name of Aryel'eso).

Aig is the gender associated with the river deity, with strength and leadership and hardiness and endurance. They wear pants and loose shirts and headscarves twisted above their heads in a style similar to a turban. Their names have the suffix 'eb (so someone named Zjikil would have a full name of Zjikil'eb).

Dakal is the gender associated with the wilderness deity, with athletics, freedom, cunning, and bravery. They wear long layered robes somewhat similar in style to a Korean hanbok and headscarves similar to a flowy hijab style. They use the suffix 'ezir (Ritin becomes Ritin'ezir).

Zjigol is a gender associated with the deity of craftsmanship, associated with art, creativity, entertainment, puzzles, and beauty. They wear wrap-around skirts and either no shirt or a shawl depending on weather and their own preferences and the current style. It is not uncommon for them to paint their bare chests either according to their trade or merely artistically. Their headscarves are worn tied at the base of the skull with a tail down their back or over their shoulder. They use the suffix 'u (Bairon becomes Bairon'u).

Kenba is a gender associated with the deity of change, with seasons, adventure, relationships, and politics. They wear single-piece jumpsuits with varying levels of tight or loose fitting legs depending on the current style. Their headscarves are tied tight across their hair with a knot above their forehead. They use the suffix 'urk (Anjet becomes Anjet'urk).

Yo'em are different. They are associated with the deity of the moon. Traditionally, originally, one was considered a holy and blessed child if they were born with different physical traits. This includes noticeable intersex traits, those that appear at birth or at puberty, as well as other unusual ways to be born, missing or with differently shaped limbs, etc. Initially, they had no choice in the matter and were often sent to become priests (although others could be as well). They were thought to be good omens. In later years, their options expanded and they were given more choice. Eventually, some began to choose their own gender while others redefined what being yo'em meant to them. They wear tunics and leggings, but in a much more adult style than children's, and no headscarf, leaving their hair loose. They use the suffix 'ol (Ashlen becomes Ashlen'ol).

#moshke writes #writeblr #legends of halara

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There’s infighting in my church group 🥴

The topic of Islam came up and like multiple of these Christians in my group were hyping it up like “we are against the same things and believe the same things!” Like…my brothers and sisters in Christ, they literally follow a demonically possessed violent pedophile who condoned slavery and rape of Christian and Jewish women and children. They openly denounce Christ as King. They literally deny girls to go to school , rather they get raped by older men. There is a literal suicide epidemic in Afghanistan currently among women because of Islam. They literally fantasize about war and destroying our churches and faith for theirs. They literally force the scarf on girls heads because hair is sexual to them. They literally call us non believers and believe all non believers must be killed. How we the same? 🥲

That meeting was a lot for me. Like half us were shocked and grossed out, the other half was trying to argue that we’re all the same as if calling Jesus /just/ a prophet meant we were still Christian. I think a few girls in my group are easily influenced by muslim girls on social media because I follow a few of them. I noticed that those girls were following “hijabis” and fashion advice for hijabs. I remember finding one page and of the girls my group commented asking if Christians can wear kohl, buy an abaya, or take black seed oil for sickness 😑

I think Christians really need guidance and better judgement.

Don't you find interesting that the Christian girls influenced by Muslim girls are influenced by Muslim girls....... living in the West?? 🤣

No one looks up the Muslim women living in actual Muslim countries because they can't affort the fanciness and freedom of non Muslim countries. Western Muslim who see that and think Islam is gaining influence are really clowning themselves bc what these brainwashed Christians girls like are a whitewashed version of Muslim culture.

Never forget girls in Iran were literally fighting to go outside uncovered. And let's no forget how Islam forbids women to do anything outside without a man. Or that documentary with Middle East men saying they'd rather KILL THEIR OWN SISTER if she was caught being outside alone at night. Those Christian girls truly aren't ready for this.

Where were you when that crazy Muslima literally lost her mind and started harassing me when I stated Mohamed was a pedophile? I kept blocking her but made 4 news accounts to keep replying to me bc she didn't accept I owned her ass lmao. She kept rehashing the stale argument that Christianism was pro slavery (yeah the same religion whose God literally fred a whole population out of slavery) when the only place where slavery is still a thing.....are MUSLIM COUNTRIES💀💀💀

That's the thing with Muslim, they will switch between those 3 behavior

1) victimization

2) arrogance (mocking of Christianism, says they know the Bible better than actual Christian, "jEsUs wAs a PrOphEt nOt gOd🤪")

3) aggressiveness

The crazy Muslima was 1 and 2 because she's a woman, but Muslim men are mostly 2 and 3. Muslim men are VERY aggressive because their religion grooms them to be as such.

#answered #Christian

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I had a question (stemming from being a hijabi) about Zed and the head coverings, you mentioned that there would be situations where they wouldn’t wear it? Also, I don’t see many problems with including hijab as long as there are situations we aren’t forced into that go explicitly against our beliefs (i.e. having to drink alcohol, going to a bar,etc.) alternatively if you don’t want to make it religious at all maybe just not call it hijab? Plenty of people in Muslim majority countries wear a scarf/sheila for cultural reasons

Ah see, that's the vital context I need, because outside of context they're just all grouped together as headscarves and so I assume the terminology is all referring to the same thing, you know? I only delineate between religious and cultural because of the idea that someone may be non practising but still like, observant? So I thought that cultural could then imply both religious reasons (depending on the person picking the option, obviously) and personal observance, but if I understand your message then maybe that's not the way to go? Would it be more accurate to then specifically separate cultural and religious?

I should say, it won't necessarily come up in the sense that you're asking. Regardless of how it gets laid out, a character wouldn't automatically drink or eat something without the player personalizing that: so there'd be no instance where you'd assert that you wear a hijab and then I obligate you to do shots, you know? So specifying religious wouldn't change the game in a significant way, I don't think: even if I added some sort of daily ritual that could include prayer, I would allow the player to pick that even if they hadn't specified that they're wearing anything religious. This is an aesthetic choice meant to modify dialogue other people have with you about your clothes.

Another thing that just occurred to me based on your message, but I imply that Zed isn't wearing a specific and identifiable covering, but is still covered (so, none of the ROs would be able to look at Zed and see any specific headscarf: this is because Trigger specifically acts very suspicious and I didn't want to imply that a) headscarves are so uncommon that any of them wouldn't be able to look at you and identify the reason you're covered, and b) to specifically change dialogue around Zed becoming uncovered far into the future, and dialogue about it being odd that Zed is covered. So, if I have a Zed based on myself, I can assert that I'm not usually covered, but also that I refuse to get less covered: this let's people (Trigger dsjkfhsdkjf) react to me suspiciously, because there's nothing inaccurate or offensive about asking me that. A Zed based off yourself, though, could assert that they're also usually covered but not usually in the manner that you are (because as I've mentioned, Zed is COVERED, to the point where they're wearing like work gloves—anything I do in the future with Zed's reveal will be a) voluntary on the part of the player, and b) take into account that some people can be obscured from view in a similar way) and Trigger will stop bringing up the fact that you're covered, because he understands now and that's a fuckass rude question when you've been told. Also, just for clarity's sake, HE brings up the fact that you may be covered for a reason, there's no like...racism interlude.

Would that not work, though? I preface this by saying that everything I know about other religions was taught to me by Catholics who had no business teaching me math let alone about other cultures, and they were frequently and identifiably wrong in a lot of ways so I'm sure that extended to stuff I didn't know they were wrong about. But it was my impression that the specific coverings were designed to cover rather than with any like meaningful specificity. From this logic, I gleaned that a Zed that's wearing like, a hoodie with a big hood and their hair wrapped and put away underneath (and still not visible to anyone looking at them) could also assert that they would normally be wearing a formal headscarf, but didn't want to get any of theirs dirty in the woods to explain why they weren't wearing one. Is this not accurate? Would it need to be the specific headscarf (although obviously idt you're like, an expert on all of them) and then they would have one that's specifically for dirty chores? This question kind of delves into speculation because for normal people who live in the right now where fabric isn't necessarily rationed in the same way the answer would probably be obvious, but I don't want to imply the incorrect thing about anyone yk?

Thank-you for responding, you brought up a lot of good points. I totally understand if you don't have the bandwidth to indulge me this far but I can check some stuff out on my own as well if you don't. 💚

#talkForge #hybrid

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Well-scrubbed activist group.....

Newly founded in February of this year.....around the same time the London Portrait Gallery (adjacent to the National Gallery where a recent Van Gogh tomato soup stunt occurred) severed all sponsorship with BP https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/22/national-portrait-gallery-in-london-ends-bp-sponsorship-after-30-years

The group is funded by the heiress to Getty Oil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stop_Oil#Funding

False flags are nothing new. Activist groups have been ruined by agents provocateurs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur -do we have to be reminded of fake BLM activists with umbrellas torching AutoZones (only to be outed by their ex-GFs as being cops) or leaving palettes of bricks in hopes of getting folks to get violent and look bad for the press? I’ve seen techno parties shut down and Occupy encampments get shutdown when someone no one ever saw before shows up and starts a fight or plants drugs or walks in holding a 40 in plain sight and suddenly that justifies an inordinate amount of cops (like battalion sized) poised and barge in clamping down. Again, Thomas Pynchon wrote about this in Inherent Vice.

Most activists don’t come in with well-produced multi-angle, multi-camera shots to record their spree. This spree was meaningless, and it was odd how noone seemed ready to tackle them. They had their faces uncovered and open to be identified by all. Those people who helped shutdown techno parties and Occupy marches get arrested, sound loud, rude, and inarticulate (and nowhere aligned in their dialogue with the genuine cause) for the cameras....and dang, if you see them walking freely the next day and being evasive as all hell when you demand answers.

EDIT: to add, what’s with these “extreme pro-abortion” groups (groups nobody on the street I know has even encountered) targeting very low-level pro-abortion facilities and getting big inordinate press coverage over it? Very expendable locations, yes? Kind of like when a small time Republican campaign place got torched in 2016, and even the Democrats came forward to offer money for their loss, and they (Republicans) immediately stopped griping about the matter and stopped bringing it to everyone’s attention-notice the “Firebombed” in quotations https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37673802....another pop-culture reference that comes to mind was Robin Williams trashing his own fellow teammates lockerroom in “Best of Times” and making it look like the opposing team to get folks riled up.....let’s not forget the nut working on the McCain campaign who was willing to deface herself just to blame an “Obama supporter” for the matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Todd_mugging_hoax

Folks here need to wise up or they are walking into something that goes beyond emotionally charged online hoaxes like “pig saves goat” or the ones designed to make Tumblr folk look bad (if you fell for it)-like Police running a sex-slave ring or girl fighting boy in Minnesota school for “trying to take her hijab off”.

If oil companies start huge wars and go out of their way to slander outspoken neurodivergent activists like Greta Thunberg online, then you better believe they can create what could genuinely be labeled a false flag like this.

#wise up tumblr!#van gogh #more than meets the eye #idiocracy #propaganda #top tier #robin

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人生第一次演唱会、感想是：

It was fun! I'm so glad I joined it!

I can't believe I slept all the way to 12pm today! That's completely out of my character! Neither Fionn nor I ever sleep past 9am. Lyi said it's not even that bad when you consider when I started sleeping, which was 3am, and what I was doing hours before sleep. 9 hours after an eventful day is normal in her mind.

Plus, yes, I have initial trouble sleeping comfortably in a foreign bed (even in my own house. Sleeping in a new room or a new bed takes time to get familiarized; new things beg for new attention and so the brain and body both become vigilant), which means the first few hours were fitful. There was also the cumulated fatigue from rushing my work since last week; I haven't had a full 8 hours for a couple of nights, which made naps a necessity—something not at all a habit to most of this life. All that combined probably made me sleep this much, but still... To sleep this late at someone else's home is just... Unbecoming!

Oh, right! The points! I have to write them down because I don't foresee breathing time for my diary writing in this short amount of time, so I'll have to put some thoughts down to strengthen my memory and then I can write my diary without missing the most important beats.

My hypothesis was true. Even with a good few songs I love being sung, and even with multiple moments of genuine mood to dance, I still couldn't feel connected with everyone. Not even with Lyi, or the Indonesian exchange student next to me who was having a full-on karaoke night, or Lyi's friend Ash, who was screaming hard at every single thing. But...

The only thing this distance really did was affirm how happy Fionn and I feel when so many people are happy and enjoying their time. You look from a distance and realize everyone's just fucking stoked. I still wish I was part of that "everyone," but it doesn't take personal involvement to feel vicariously happy. Hmm... Is this "muditā?"

FUCKING HELL, CHRIS MARTIN AND HIS GANG CAN FUCKING BUSK! It was pouring almost 80% of the concert, and the stage and standing area are uncovered, but these mad lads just kept going on and on without letting pesky water stinging their eyes stop them from jamming! He sounds just like his recording! He didn't lip-sync! He cleared his throat at one point! He made up a silly ass song called Malaysian Rain right there and then! It's so fucking Family Get Together Energy. I wonder if this is what a wholesome Thanksgiving Day would look like. We don't celebrate it, but I would love to think this is a taste of it!

The sounds and numbers of humans were astoundingly overwhelming. Being perceptive and attentive to others is the shared trait of both Fionn and the 8-foot Tall Woman, so I adopt it for their benefit, but man... It was just so much that I ended up reverting to Lyn's Real Trait: distant and dumb, hahaha! Nevertheless, there were times when those two would break me out of my default stupor!

I wore a mask because of the crowd and therefore higher chance of airborne viruses being transmitted, especially considering the Malaysian weather pattern come November and December (pouring rain in the late afternoon sometimes to night). But! It also has additional benefits...

I didn't have to worry about not knowing the lyrics and making shits up! I don't have to worry about not singing along! I don't have to worry about my spit on the woman's hijab, who was sitting in the (lower) row in front of me when I shouted "DAMN FUCKING STRAIGHT!" at Chris apologizing for not coming here sooner (2 decades, my dudes!)

There was this nifty LED wristband we all had to wear. Turns out, it lit up in synchronicity and patterns in their concert! It's pure audience engagement—it's the most evident presentation of how you are part of the experience they make. It amazed me immediately how inclusive this felt; Lyi didn't even realize it until I told her about how much I liked it. She thought it was just an amazing audience engagement gimmick and fucking rad aesthetics and theatrics.

I liked it because even someone who can't connect to "the crowd" had this visible evidence that no, you're part of "the crowd" too. I contributed to the show; I enhanced the experience they were trying to give us by being here. That's one of the nicest things someone could ever show me. I mean, people do tell me that they are appreciative of me being here and helpful and whatnot, but I'm an evidence-based debate-y robot-ghost. I can reason myself out of the equation and still doubt my own existence. So nothing makes me happier than to be defeated by solid proof I cannot refute—the scientific way! Coldplay, you fuckers, you defeated my feeling of being unreal with FACTS!

Because of this... I didn't feel alone at all!

I liked it the most when my wristband was this dim, orange-like yellow. When our wristbands were yellow. I think it's because it reminded me of chamomiles, my favorite flowers... though technically chamomiles is orange on the inside and white on the outside hahahaha. Wait why do I associate yellow with chamomiles?!

Bruh I have so much respect for bigshots who come on time. I'm so used to self-important bigshots, those YB and Dato and whatnot, to be late. And celebrities love being late too. Bigshots are like that. But no, Coldplay came on time. Right on the clock. I cannot stress the magnitude of how impressed I was. Even the concert ended on time.

But the crowd on the way out and back to the metro was claustrophobic. Luckily my bag was big and fat enough that I used it to clear up space in front of me, therefore making sure there was never any actual squeezing around me. I didn't want my claustrophobia to act up and made me suddenly disassociate and then the body started screaming and shrieking and barreling through people on its own. That would ruin everyone's experience and mood! And also just stressful for everyone.

The bottleneck issue stemmed from the train gates. There were only this many pass gates. I think our public transport company deserves to profit from concerts and events since they operate at quite a loss most time of the year (Malaysians and their love for cars; some of that love is because cars are a way to show off status. The lack of pedestrian infrastructure and walking+biking culture too). But I think they should just make the pass free in This Station, where the stadium is, and then charge everyone a fixed price when they disembark at whatever station they chose when passing through that station's gate. This will ease the load on This Station.

I mean, they are already operating the trains on overtime—way past their usual last train. This sort of special case adjustment should be pretty easy to implement. Shall I make this suggestion to them?

I shall treasure this memory and not let it be forgotten!

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Even before the concert, there was something to talk about!

I originally planned to walk all the way from The Mall to the stadium. Yes, it was pouring by that time—exactly as I predicted.

Which is why I brought my favorite piece of clothing! The yellow raincoat I bought because I love the way it looked on Jonah Kahnwald in Dark. Now there's an additional love for it because it was how Atom was introduced in Pluto!

I surmise that yellow raincoats are the classic outfit to put on for childlike people going through strange experiences. Isn't that swell?! Maybe the odds of seeing a ghost will increase if I wear a yellow raincoat! Or an interdimensional portal.

Nah, it doesn't do jackshit. It's just rainwear! But still, it means I can ramble in the rain! Isn't that just as swell?!

But I didn't get to because Lyi was like "DUDE I NEED YOU TO BE IN THIS STATION WHERE THE MALL'S FREE SHUTTLE BUS GOES, NOT THE STADIUM YET"

and my sister was like "Didn't you buy a book? IT WILL BE WET IF YOU WALK." "My bag is waterproof!"

"Your shoes will get wet!" "My boots are waterproof!"

"There is no pedestrian pathway!" "Yes there is, I walked it before when I was an intern!"

"There will be fumes and what if you catch a cold?" "I am masked and I have also prepared a towel!"

".... DEGIL MACAM BABI (you're stubborn as shit) I WANT TO FLY OVER HERE TO SLAP YOU WITH A SELIPAR (slipper)"

So no walking in the rain, unfortunately. No rambling. Kinda suck, but I'll find another chance.

And yes! I bought a book because I couldn't believe I found it! It's not a full collection, even though it's only 8 books in the entire series. Vol. 4 and 6 were missing. Also, I think it displaced my To Your Eternity manga; the position the series occupied was where I found my Vol. 18 the last time. Hmm. Bit of a "I got it! But at what cost?" situation, innit?

The book in question?

Weeeee! My bag was too fat and packed to handle multiple volumes, so I could only pick one. I picked the last one this time!

#a piece to the rubble #Event: Nov 22 2023

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Completed games that I enjoy:

•Arcade Spirits [VN] (Fiction Factory Games)

-This game takes place in a slightly more futuristic world where a (slightly rogue!) ai assistant your friend/roommates recommended you to get to help you through a rough patch you were undergoing. Landing you a job at a retro Arcade, you grow close with both your coworkers and patrons alike, all while uncovering hidden truths of the city and people you know.

>Gameplay Perks: Slight character customisation with varying skin tones, choice between he, she, they pronouns, all love interests are accessible regardless of pronouns, and an offer of a completely asexual route.

•Our Life: Beginnings and Always [VN] (GB Patch Games)

-In a seaside tourist town you meet Cove Holden, the new kid on the block who just moved to your neighbourhood. Though he wears a frown and a cast when you meet him, depending on how you wish for the relationship to go, your bond with Cove will change and grow around your actions and wants. With Step 1-4 being set in different times of the character’s life, from childhood to early adulthood, you spend your years with your two mothers, your sister, Cove, and any friends (or crushes if you get DLC) you may make along the way. Enjoy the feeling of summer come to life through this visual novel.

>Expansive character customisation for hair styles (including black hair styles and hijabs), skin colour, appearance, clothing preferences, body type, and more, choice between he, she, they pronouns, remarkably wide variety of dialogue/action options where choices are remembered, and relationships with the characters where you get to set the speed at which they progress. Optional mechanic to slightly alter the appearance and personality of the main LI to be more warm/cold and to change his hair/outfits. Can be romantic, platonic, or even indifferent.

•Blooming Panic [VN] (Robobarbie)

-Playing as a burnt out office worker, you click a mysterious link sent to you one day after work, transporting you into a chatting server for a niche romance web novel you enjoy. Get to know the different members of the server, join calls with the man whose eye you happen to catch, and find out just who (or what) sent you to meet this charming crew of characters.

>An option to choose both your name a server name, he, she, and they pronouns, and a music bot that you can type commands into to play different tracks as you please.

•Tomai [VN] (DarkChibiShadow)

-Playing as a young man named Tomai, you play the last 15 days he has before becoming the new leader of town, having the option to get to know his father better, to learn more about the newcomer to town, or spend more time and develop relationships between his two closest friends!

>In the best (and I believe canonical?) ending, you have the ability to enter a polyamorous relationship between Tomai’s two best friends. A fair warning, though! If you choose only one of them and ignore the other, things don’t go well. Also, a toggle between 18+ and non-sexual content is available at the beginning of the game.

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Games I have played what has been released for it and have my eye on for future releases:

•Our Life: Now & Forever [VN] (GBPatch Games)

-The second game in the Our Life series, this follows a similar structure to the original where it goes through different periods of a person’s life, with this time having it be themed around autumn. There are two main love interests/friends, being Qiu and Tamarack. Only most of the prologue has been released, but progress for this game is steady with development being documented on Patreon, Tumblr, and Twitter.

•A Tale of Crowns [N] (Cherry/Qeresî)

-Described as being a high fantasy romance with Middle Eastern roots, you play as a character stepping into their role as the next destined crown. Many want you dead, but there are a few close to you who wish to protect you, each for their own reasons and motives; The General, The Protector, The Sorcerer, and The Hero. They each have different names and genders depending on your selected preferences. There are ten released chapters, with steady progress to Chapter 11, which is said to be the biggest released chapter. Information on progress can be found on Tumblr or Patreon.

•Reanimated Heart [VN] (Jack/BrokeMyCown)

-Coming back to live in the town you grew up in with nothing more than a suitcase in hand, you are saved from a near death experience where in the chaos of it all, it transported you to an alternative world where magic is everywhere, including in you. Truly starting over, you have the support of a kind woman who took you in, a mysterious contradiction of a guy, a zombie friend who saved you from death, and a severely mentally unstable and powerful killer who almost CAUSED your death! Good luck. The prologue is released with progress being documented mainly in Patreon.

•The Northern Passage [N] (Kit)

>Playing as a hunter investigating a series of missing people, you travel with your (rather unagreeable) companion to your home country. This will be heavily character driven with plenty of horror, character customisation, and romance. the full first chapter has been released, as well as Part 1 of Chapter 2. Progress can be followed on Tumblr.

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Games I Intend to Play:

•Errant Kingdom

•The Good People

•OBSCURA

•Arcadie

•When The Night Comes

•Red Embrace

•Red Embrace: Hollywood

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