listen im ace and im pro kink at pride and whatever, but the way some of yall are wording your posts in response to the backlash against it is uh. really taking me back to the ace shitcourse era.
yall know theres nothing wrong with being a "virgin", right? that its not inherently shameful to have not had sex, to never have sex, even if youre not ace, even if you do want to have sex someday, like, its fine that you haven't had sex?
maybe if your problem is that theyre trying to police your behavior and shame you for expressing your sexuality, you can say that? instead of resorting to "haha stupid virgin gets no bitches" like my god. do you not hear how fucking regressive that attitude is? i know, i know, youre "joking".
ABC News in Australia covers the story of how community groups all over the country are coming together as a community to provide for returning Gazan families.
El Rahman Inc. stands at the forefront of this community effort in Naarm/Melbourne, and on the organisation’s Instagram page, regularly posts updates on what supplies are currently needed. It accepts monetary and supply donations at drop off points (which are currently closed until the 28th Dec).
The PCIA has also been instrumental in organising resources for returning Palestinian families. For more widespread support not limited to Melbourne, please consider donating to the Arab Council of Australia, another independent non-profit which has a long history of supporting their community. They are based in New South Wales, which is home to Australia's largest population of Arabic-speaking Australians.
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ABC's news report also highlights that between October 7 and November 20, Home Affairs granted 860 visas to Palestinians, including those seeking to depart Gaza. However, what they fail to give proper attention to is the fact that Israel has been preventing Palestinians from leaving.
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Of the around 860 visas distributed, only 143 Palestinians have managed to successfully arrive in Australia, with the number of new names being added to 'the list' falling to a pathetic degree. To understand the grave conditions of Palestinians awaiting safe passage, this is a great article to read. And although politicians like Penny Wong insist they are doing everything in their power to help Palestine in this time, Australia still shamefully stands by its strongest ally, the US, and actively provides military surveillance of the Gaza Strip to Israeli sources through Pine Gap, a military base in Alice Springs.
In this time, it is imperative to maintain pressure on the Australian government. Protest and vocal pro-Palestine movement is the only thing that caused Australia to eventually vote for a ceasefire in the recent UN resolution, after their cowardly performance earlier. Resources like vic_socialists on Instagram, regardless of where you may stand on their performance as a party itself, has been outstanding in organising regular protest movements across all of Victoria. APAN also maintains a list of pro-Palestine events all around Australia on their website, although I'm not sure at this point if it's exhaustive.
The third set of the Disney Lorcana trading card game will feature cards based on Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Set is due to release on 24/02/2024.
(cards sourced from Mushu Report)
Text:
JOSHUA SWEET
The Doctor
Amber Character
Storyborn · Ally
Cost: 4 (Inkwell)
Strength: 1
Willpower: 5
Lore: 2
Bodyguard (his character may enter play exerted. An opposing character who challenges one of your characters must choose one with Bodyguard if able.)
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"Heading out to the inklands? Come on back if you need patching up."
Art by Jeanne Plounevez
Common 5/204·EN·3
KIDA
Atlantean
Amber Character
Storyborn · Hero · Princess
Cost: 1 (Inkwell)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 2
Lore: 1
--
welcome to the inklands.
[this lore is written in the Atlantean language]
Art by Nicoletta Baldari
Common 6/204·EN·3
HELGA SINCLAIR
Femme Fatale
Emerald Character
Floodborn · Villain
Cost: 5 (Plain)
Strength: 4
Willpower: 4
Lore: 2
Shift 3 (You may pay 3 ⬡ to play this on top of one of your characters named Helga Sinclair.)
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Whenever this character quests, you may deal 3 damage to chosen damaged character.
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Art by Alice Pisoni
Super Rare 74/204·EN·3
HELGA SINCLAIR
Vengeful Partner
Emerald Character
Storyborn · Villain
Cost: 2 (Inkwell)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 1
Lore: 1
NOTHING PERSONAL When this character is challenged and banished, banish the challenging character.
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"You said we were in this together!"
Art by Kasia Brzezinska
Rare 75/204·EN·3
LYLE TIBERIUS ROURKE
Cunning Mercenary
Emerald Character
Storyborn · Villain
Cost: 3 (Plain)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 4
Lore: 1
WELL, NOW YOU KNOW When you play this character, chosen opposing character gains Reckless during their next turn. (They can't quest and must challenge if able.)
THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING Whenever one of your other characters is banished, each opponent loses 1 lore.
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Art by Mike Parker
Super Rare 78/204·EN·3
MILO THATCH
Clever Cartographer
Emerald Character
Dreamborn · Hero
Cost: t: 1 (Inkwell)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 2
Lore: 1
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"Believe me, studying gibberish really can take you places!"
Art by Giuseppe di Maio
Common 79/204·EN·3
MILO THATCH
King of Atlantis
Emerald Character
Floodborn · Hero · King
Cost: 7 (Plain)
Strength: 4
Willpower: 4
Lore 3
Shift 4 (You may pay 4 ⬡ to play this on top of one of your character named Milo Thatch.)
TAKE THEM BY SURPRISE When this character is banished, return all opposing characters to their payers' hands.
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"You don't know what you're tampering with."
Art by Valerio Buonfantino
Legendary 80/204·EN·3
MILO THATCH
Spirited Scholar
Ruby Character
Storyborn · Hero
Cost: 2 (Inkwell)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 2
Lore: 1
I'M YOUR MAN! While this character is at a location, he gets +2 [Strength].
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"My grampa never told me about this place!"
Art by Massimiliano Narciso
Common 115/204·EN·3
AUDREY RAMIREZ
The Engineer
Sapphire Character
Storyborn · Ally
Cost: 5 (Inkwell)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 5
Lore: 2
Ward "Opponents can't choose this character except to challenge.)
SPARE PARTS Whenever this character quests, ready one of your items.
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"How'd you break this thing, anyway?"
Art by Richelle Canto
Rare 137/204·EN·3
HELGA SINCLAR
Right-Hand Woman
Steel Character
Storyborn · Villain
Cost: 3 (Inkwell)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 4
Lore: 1
Challenger +2 (While challenging, this character gets +2 [Strength].)
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"That was an order, not a suggestion. Let's go!"
Art by Kasia Brzezinska
Common 175/204·EN·3
KIDA
Royal Warrior
Steel Character
Storyborn · Hero · Princess
Cost: 2 (Inkwell)
Strength: 2
Willpower: 3
Lore: 1
Bodyguard (This character may enter play exerted. An opposing character who challenges one of your characters must choose one with Bodyguard if able.)
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She's seen stranger things before, but nothing like this.
Art by Carlos Ruiz
Common 177/204·EN·3
I love how the meaning of "am I allowed to cry?" changes over the course of guilty as sin. in the beginning she's reflecting on the relationship she's in, how the "cage" she is in was once "fine" - to take words from another song, the inside of her room was "a kingdom", and songs like lover and cornelia street lovingly explore the world within a home - but now her "boredom's bone deep" and the cage is a prison. she "dreams of cracking locks" and throwing it all away. is she allowed to cry when she no longer wants what at one point was everything to her?
but by the end of the song, the context of "am I allowed to cry" changes. she's spent the song longing for the other person, exploring the fantasies that she's kept "locked in lowercase inside a vault" and they have become real, she keeps "recalling things [they] never did" and "without ever touching his skin" they have "already done it in [her] head". In the song, Taylor is exploring the very grey area of emotional/mental infidelity it's very uncertain ground and the repeated questions - "am I bad? or mad? or wise?", "why does it feel like a vow we'll both uphold somehow?", "what if I roll the stone away?" - reflects this. she's grieving what never happened, mourning the non-existence of something that is "only in her mind". so is she allowed to cry? Is it wrong to have these thoughts and fantasies while in a relationship with someone else. can she be sad?
Headcanon that Dean shares my extremely neurodivergent memorization of spoken word in rock songs
"From all of us at Aerosmith to all of you out there, wherever you are. Remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you." "🧍 That's hellfire Dean. 🤨"
"You just better start sniffing your own rank subjugation Jack 'cause it's just you against your tattered libido the bank and the mortician forever man and it wouldn't be luck if you could get out of life alive." "👼 Dean… I've already gotten out of life alive? Cas told me it was a rite of passage. 🤔"
"There's no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark." "😇 That's right Dean… it’s like what the Shadow said… I let the sun shine on my face when I confessed my love for you but it was my salvation 🥰💙" "😳 You're such a sap man 💚💋"
hhhhhhh i need someone in my fandom be into burps bc i neeeeeed burping headcannons for the guys i like😭😭😭😭 i cant make them myself and i know i’ll never get them:’)
Anon, I see you and feel this so much. It's hard being into something a bit more out there kink-wise or fandom-wise, but the intersection of both is even tougher. Believe me, I know how much it sucks for there to not be anything out there!
BUT while it might not be optimal, not all hope is lost. It never hurts to ask around in kink spaces if anyone else is into [x media]. Or alternately, simply try daydreaming. It might sound silly, but a good dose of fantasizing and seeing where your mind takes you can be a great way to come up with hcs. You don't have to do anything more with them or share them (though you always could)- sometimes there can be something enjoyable about finding kinky joy in daydreams all for yourself.
Maybe a hot take but if for whatever reason you cannot boycott maybe keep that to yourself? Don’t go around telling everyone and the dog “omg I have to eat McDonald’s 😢 I can’t afford anything else” because 1) there are plenty of better and cheaper options, trust me I’ve been there and I didn’t eat McDonald’s a single time when I was there. And 2) when you say things like that you’re clearly trying to get people to sympathize with you and reassure you that you’re not a bad person and you’re not doing anything wrong. People are literally dying, this situation is not about you.
Decades in the future, when all this is in the history books, people in Palestine won’t remember that you couldn’t stop drinking Starbucks because it’s the only coffee shop in your area. They’ll remember that people in a first world country refused to do the bare minimum to help them.
Chief Editor: Claretta Muci.
Edited by: Stefano Ambrosio.
Story coordinators: Davide Cesarello and Roberta Zillio.
Cover pencils and inks: Claudio Sciarrone.
Cover colouring: Matteo De Benedittis and Stefano Attardi.
Publisher: Disney Italia.
Publication Date: December 2001.
(archive of unaltered scans)
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Welcome to the world of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the new Disney animated film that will be in theaters from December 21st. To prepare you for the fantastic adventure here is a three-issue miniseries dedicated to the enterprise of the courageous cartographer Milo, Princess Kida, Colonel Rourke and the other crew members of the submarine Ulysses.
You will discover backstories, curiosities, even characters you don't see on the screen, but who have contributed to making Milo's adventure unforgettable. Sometimes even too much! And in the next issue, the comic book adaptation of the film awaits you. But first, let's join Milo's Grandfather's expedition: we must recover a secret journal and a map that shows the way to the sunken city of Atlantis!