#but we can still shoot for that right?

[theminecraftbee]

Can you explain a little more about the impact the hermit charity fundraiser had on the operating budget?

i was going to go back and find my discord messages about it from the time, but i have a far more reliable source available - the gamers outreach press release/blog about their annual report. (and, for posterity's sake, the actual tax audited annual report itself for 2022 is linked in that same blog, it's just a pdf download, which is why i'm not linking it here.)

there are a lot of things to be said about it, but honestly, this paragraph i think says everything:

for context, the hermitcraft charity stream raised $439,599. if they raised $4.2 million that year, that means that we raised a full 10% of the money they raised that year.

elsewhere in the article they mention directly ways that the hermitcraft charity stream made an impact on their 2023 plan, how they handled the go karts, and other ways things changed because of the fact that they had that much more money than they'd had the year before.

which is still kind of insane to think about, really, but i cannot express enough: we made an impact on the operating budget of this charity, and their ability to actually deliver their promise of go karts to children in hospitals around the us.

which is pretty wild, right?

i'm excited we're doing it again this year. lets see if we can give them 10% more moneys again, yeah?

#answered #lntimancy #hermitcraft #for the record: i don't necessarily expect we'll raise as much this year as we did in 2022 #the fandom has contracted some and also round two of a thing is almost always a bit less high-octane than round one #but we can still shoot for that right? #make scar cry? #yeah?

[avisisisis]

Something I love about ATLA is that it doesn't force the "forgive the villain" on all the characters. It's been left clear that Ozai is a bad person, and there's no chance of redemption; the only reason he's not dead yet is because Aang is a pacifist

The one episode where a character is supposed to forgive someone who has hurt them in the past is the one where Katara is off to kill a man (which, fair) and Zuko helps. In that episode, even if Aang is telling her to let go, she doesn't forgive him. She never will. But she spares him. Not because she thinks he doesn't deserve death (he does), but because she's not willing to continue the cycle of violence

Killing someone can have a very important impact in your entire being, mostly depending on who you are as a person. Aang would've never recovered from killing Ozai. Katara wouldn't be who she is now, had she taken her revenge on the man that killed her mother

And the best part of it is that Ozai doesn't deserve to die. Not in a "I'm defending him" way (ew), but in a "he deserves worse that than" way

Taking away his bending was the perfect punishment for him. He believed bending made you superior and he never cared enough to train something besides his bending. What a loser. Zuko and Azula wouldn't be restrained by something like that

He's alive. Nobody has forgiven him. Nobody ever will

#on a “ozai deserves smth worse than death” mood #which is. my everyday mood but we're not talking about that #read a fic where ppl were mad ozai was still alive #zuko clarified that he's still alive not only bc that's what aang wanted but bc death would be a mercy for him #that's the man who ruined everybody's life(s). you can't tell me we can just let him die like that #and they're not even torturing him. he's just in prison #but he's so fucking weak that not having his bending = torture #pathetic #honestly what did he even do? his entire family was better than him #zuko was better at any kind of fighting and he learned firebending from the fucking dragons #azula is. azula! she bends blue fire and is the best at lighting n stuff #iroh created a whole new bending technique and broke out of prison w no bending #ursa killed the fucking fire lord #i mean sure ozai can shoot lighting out of his hands. but so can iroh! so can azula! #his 14 year old daughter is better than him #she could kick his ass if she wanted #but that's her dad right there and the obssession she has w pleasing him is straight up unhealthy #man. poor azula #anyways back to the point: ozai is pathetic #loserlord indeed #atla #avatar the last airbender #fire lord ozai #zuko #aang #katara #azula #uncle iroh #avis' post #avis talks

[seariii]

I was stressed but now i'm more chill and really sleepy...

#overall my mood has been better but i am so incredibly terrified of the future... its like.... #like i feel as if someone has holding me at gun point and got told thst if i did any mistakes they would shoot #but then im not given clear instructions on what i need to do and i have to figure it out myself #i am really scared... even tho all of this gave me a new objective... i dont wanna be obsolete... #... so... that what we will work on... also... i wanna work towards my dreams... #I've been putting it off for so long i want to do it #people support me and actually enjoy my voice... i want to... #the things on my plate right now are things i can achieve... but i want more... i want things i actually want... #i want... #my house has a constant buzzing sound. i believe its because of the small power plant behind the lot. which makes it difficult for recording #since i have to get rid of that and that messes with the rest of the audio #its comforting to know it wasnt the mic tho... heh... #tomorrow lets try to take the first few steps... well more like lets try to continue with the set up #we have already a couple stuff but we still have a lot missing... #... today the girls said some stuff that impressed me... thats how im perceived?... is that what people think of me? #i kinda want to... fulfill those 'expectations'... they dont expect anything but its more of a me thing... ive been dreaming and hoping for #so long but i dont take the next step. i never do... and its because of the executive dysfunction... but... once i get the hang of it... #once i do... everything will be excellent... and we will take it easy #i am so tired already... i feel im gonan falla sleep #seari talks

[dankovskaya]

It's so hard to talk about Jason because there really is no 1 single iteration of his character whether it's as Robin or as Red Hood and so any analysis you give on him is always predicated on certain assumptions. Like absolutely ANY interpretations or concepts for Red Hood Jason inherently assume that the Jason Todd who died would come back the way he did in the first place, i.e. with the specific emotional responses and motivations and well. Shifts in morality that he did. And because no one who had a hand in Jason's death ever expected him to come back, these facts don't have a basis in anything other than a certain writer's ideas. Meaning there's no intentional precedent or foreshadowing for any Red Hood behavior in his Robin run. (Which is why "warning signs" get retconned into existence.) All of which is to say, you can't even talk about any modern iterations of Jason's character without "taking Winick's word for it" and assuming that he must necessarily be "the one who is willing to kill people" because that is how he was reintroduced and the role he now fills in the family. His Robin days are now dictated by the man that later writers decided he grew into rather than the other way around and this is. In a word. Irreparable.

#I dont know why im going so deep on this right now I was thinking about something I said before about how like. #If I had been a Batman reader in the 80s and then stuck around long enough to see Jason reintroduced as Red Hood I wouldve been furious. #Which I do still strongly believe LMAO #Like on a fundamental level. The Jason we know now is NOT the same character as he was originally. He just isn't. #Any ideas I have about Red Hood any interpretations are really just me trying to bridge the character gap and make the most of #the hand he has been dealt 💀 #NOT that i dont think red hood is sexy and all that of course I do. I think it can be really fun to watch him blow shit up and shoot people #otherwise I probably wouldn't care for him. I am a simple man and I can take a step back and disconnect from the deep analysis to be amused #by violence LMFAO. #But really. Honestly. We're kind of working with a worst case scenario here. #dc

[wormsdyke]

Damn u rlly got detention for not wanting ur school to get shot up

we really did it was bonkers. the protest was planned in advance and the school knew about it so teachers would gently remind us we would get in trouble if we walked out but very few actually discouraged it because, you know, they also didn’t like the idea of getting shot up. the whole thing went pretty well, the local news came to cover it, several students gave speeches, the names of some students and teachers who had recently died in school shootings were read off before a moment of silence, plans were made for further protests and walk outs on a larger scale that went successfully over the next few months. eventually our school principal came out and announced his support and also assured that no students would face disciplinary action for protesting. and then a bunch of us received disciplinary action for protesting. importantly though, not all of us did, seemingly an indiscriminately chosen group of attendees were apathetically punished and no further action, positive or negative, was ever taken. despite being a relatively small scale movement it was probably the biggest movement against gun violence (or for that matter anything remotely leftist) the whole region had seen, being in the red south. which isn’t directly related but does make it sting a little more that the only response was a few lunch detentions that didn’t stick on my permanent record.

#we made tshirts. i nearly forgot about how hard we tried #it wasn’t for nothing like within the region it was big news and none of us were expecting to change national policy right then #but the response was just so lackluster and hypocritical it’s still disappointing #we had a transfer student who came to our school after surviving a shooting at their previous school #they gave a speech about their classmates that were killed #can you imagine telling that story to hundreds of scared kids. and getting lunch detention in response #anyways. sorry for getting serious on what maybe didn’t have to be so serious of an ask but yk #i doubt this is specific enough to be recognizable but if you recognize this avert ur eyes ok. we don’t know each other #tw: gun violence

[yuichiroswife]

{ We almost got killed by a firework today. Would have been a hell of a way to go. I shot a bunch more videos, but this was the one I wanted share because of that one firework that caused everyone to run. Haha, happy 4th of July guys. }

#{ Happy 4th of July. } #{ Was one of the funniest things ever to happy. } #{ We all had to duck and run. } #{ My dad had the least amount of time to run from it. } #{ He was right there in the front of it. } #{ This is why you be careful kids. } #{ Our dad told us stories about how him and his friends used to shoot each other- } #{ with fireworks for fun when we were still small children and I can partially remember it. } #{ Anyway... I hope y'all have a good day today. }

[timeisacephalopod]

Been listening to the behind the bastards eps on Henry Kissinger because I always hear about this man being a trash bag on fire but uh. I mean this guy is a HUGE trash bag on fire wtf I'm not even halfway through the series and Kissinger has committed treason AND extended the Vietnam war, resulting in MILLIONS more dying. Like what the fuck. What the fuck. America y'all are being held hostage by literally the worst people ever y'all need to like. Call the French and see if their revolution stuff can help you out. Like the french arent working in an American context which is why they can do what they do but also damn at least ask em to bring a guillotine or somethin ☠️☠️☠️ Reverse American revolution. Or american revolution two electric boogalo, the sequel wherein America fights America instead of Britain which feels VERY American lmao. Time honored tradition of not trusting America with America 😂😂

#winters ramblings #seriously though americans yall are HELD HOSTAGE by like 20 super shitty dudes in power and theyre off killing MILLIONS #like !!!! dont know the french would help you much since America... well historically HATES revolution against their government #like labour history in America ALONE wtf HOW can this country market itself as free?? canada aint THAT much better either so dont think #im letting MY country off easy either but historically we didnt BUST HEADS OPEN for wanting unions at least #i mean instead we killed the living shit or violently mistreated our indigenous population and people STILL dont know canada had slaves #so you know not GREAT but generally we dont FEAR protesting unless the political right here tries passing usian inspired laws #which HAS happened at least in Alberta which isnt shocking. the texas of canada #also i jave a theory that america wouldnt ever let ANYONE shoot them inthe face but American would 100% shoot themselves in the face lmao #aint no one gunna take out America but America which is simultaneously hilarious and upsetting

[weidli]

oh so 1x22 really is exactly calculated to make me specifically go fucking feral huh

#im sorry i. jxkdkahyeiwiwkskshdhdjsj #i keep phrasing the start of a coherent post in my head and then getting sidetracked by absolutely fjcking losinf it over something else #jesus. jesus h christ on a motorized bicycle on main street. i was SPOILED for this i KNEW what had to happen and im still gojng BONKERS #what the FUCK #i need to watch like the last 20 minutes of this again right now what the fuuuucl #no actually what i need to do is go outsidr and run some fuckin laps or something but it is the middle of the night. woooargh #ugh. dean. crying wailing #the fact that. sam doesnt notice. he doesnt see anything wrong with john reassuring dean and telling him hes important. because he believes #what demon-john is saying is true. #but DEAN. knows damn well what his father thinks of him. #and then the demon confirms it. they don't need you like you need them. (dean in the motel breathes through sam shoving him up against the #wall says some days i feel like i can barely keep it together - you me dad it's all i've got - ) #DEAN ONCE AGAIN THROWING HIMSELF BETWEEN JOHN AND SAM. POSSESSED JOHN OR NORMAL JOHN DEAN KNOWS HOW THIS GOES . #okay if i were to change one (1) thing about this episode i would have the demon pin dean to the ceiling when he nearly kills him. REALLY #lean into the dean mary parallels of it all #GOD. so we agree that sam held off from shooting the second time not because dean going sam no appealed to sam's conscience or anything like #that #sam knew damn well he and john agreed on one thing and that's they'd both die to kill this thing #but sam couldn't do that to dean. because dean's only got the two of them and losing either of them would destroy him #(no. says sam. glances into the rearview mirror at dean blood on his mouth gaze unfocused. not everything.) #natural soup

[rexscanonwife]

DON'T FUCKING LOOK AT ME

#jane journals #self insert talk #🎯 baby shot me down 🎯 #OUGGGHHH NOW IM THINKING ABOUT IT WHAT THE FUCK 😭😭😭😭 #like.....i dunno maybe after a particularly hard mission It All is getting to him a little #clones are designed to withstand more stress than average people so they dont have nervous breakdowns left and right #but still. theyre PEOPLE #things weigh on them. haunt them. #and he's no different #maybe he comes into my bunk and doesnt say anything #i probably try to be sarcastic with him like usual but hes not shooting back #hes not even acting ANNOYED #hes just. quiet #but ofc i can feel that hes in pain #so i drop it. we dont have to say anything #i just wrap him in my arms #maybe even just lay him down with me and just hold him #and he holds me too with a VICE grip #he doesnt have to talk. its enough just to be safe and loved for now #OUGGHHHHH HOW DID THIS HAPPEN #WHEN DID I BECOME SO SAPPY OVER THIS GUY

[tianhai03]

hey everyone. im not here to post art right now, i just have something on my mind that i kinda wanna ramble about, which i’ll put under a read more below bc its really long lol. i know this is kinda sudden but i promise its nothing serious. stick around if you’re somehow interested in listening to my ramblings, if not then thank you for reading this anyway, and thanks for all your continuous support :)

i cant remember the reason why anymore, but a couple minutes ago i felt like going through all the blogs ive followed on here. i only follow like 276 blogs if i remember correctly, it’s not much considering how i’ve been here since 2015. i probably felt like looking through it because i was reminded of an artist i follow here and i wanted to see if they’ve updated anything, i have no clue lol.

anyways i looked through the list, and i found a lot of artists ive followed since my early days in 2015, when i first started posting art. some i still remember fondly, some i have vague memories of, and others... i just dont recognize anymore. the only thing im sure of is that they were all artists i looked up to very much, artists who have also definitely motivated me to keep drawing just so i can be as good as them someday. im confident enough to say that ive gotten close to a lot of their levels already, and i am now very comfortable with drawing in a style that is uniquely my own. i have all these artists to thank for that.

but... another thing ive also realized is, most of them arent posting anymore. some have already stopped before i myself stopped tumblr briefly in around 2019, but a lot of them stopped at that exact same year. it makes me kinda sad, i remember looking forward to these artists’ drawings often, but a lot of them just kinda dipped out of existence 3 years ago, without other social medias that i can check to make sure theyre still around. it made me think about how hellish every year has been starting from 2019, it mightve only been 3 years but it sure felt like its been a decade. all i can do right now is hope that they’re still okay, somewhere in the world, still safe and still doing whatever they love.

and on the same note, i hope every single person who is still following me, who still constantly come up to this crumbling website, maybe even look forward to me posting my art; i hope you guys are doing well too. i know there are a lot of people who were from my old 2018 dmc days (since i came back to the fandom just half a year ago and a lot of people started checking up on me again), some of you guys were probably even from my earliest 2016 undertale days; whether you followed me 6 years ago or just today, i want to thank you guys, from the bottom of my heart, for always giving me kind support on the things i do. i am not joking when i said i wont be here right now if it werent for you guys. thank you so, so much.

#guess i just felt like getting sappy today. #im sorry if this makes anyone anxious; i promise i am totally okay and nothing bad is happening to me #it's just... sometimes you look back on your life to remember the things you've done that led to the life you have today #ive been doing that a lot lately. and i just wanted to talk about what ive thought about #i actually feel a lot better thinking about things like this. it reminds me of the reason why i started drawing in the first place #with how things have been lately especially with my own uni life; it gets so frustrating its very easy to forget why i liked drawing so much #but im not gonna forget about it now; even if i stop drawing someday i'll forever hold on to these memories #i probably sound like a broken record now but; genuinely; thanks for everything i really do appreciate it #allyrambles #long post #if youve read till here #through this long ass post ive been writing for over 30 minutes now #do me a favour and talk to a long time friend you have that you havent talked to in a while #yknow the ones. you were super close but then you just slowly stopped talking to each other? even though nothing bad happened? #do me a favour and just shoot them a message. a short one will do #even a little 'hey we havent talked in a while; just wanted to check up on you and make sure youre still okay' is enough #times are tough right now. it has been for the past 2 years for everyone #if you can do it; im sure it will brighten someone's day up; to know that theres someone out there who still cares #someone will appreciate the kindness #im gonna go now. this post has gotten way longer than i expected and its almost time for bed #i hope everyone has a decent day :) thanks again for reading #hopefully i dont regret this someday lol

[sinterblackwell]

why is there a musical episode in a medical drama? 🥲

#❣️ #this is just…what #tbf something very traumatic just happened and i’m still reeling over it because what the fuck #like i know callie will survive this but what the fuck #so the writers were probably like ‘the characters will have no idea how to process this. you as the viewer are having trouble processing… #the only way we can cope through this very traumatic incident is if we have everyone break into song’ #im guessing it would have been inappropriate to do as such when meredith drowned or when there was that hospital shooting but like… #now? 🥲 right now you decide to do this? THIS is the moment you found perfect to have a musical number? #personal

[musicalchaos07]

Thinking about how every "romantic" action Nancy performs for Steve in s4 can be viewed as maternal and what that's trying to say about St*ncy

#like she bandages him up and pulled cobwebs out of his hair #saves his dumb ass and then says his dreams are nice #idk maybe I'm overthinking but I think they're trying to say something #like maybe she's the mother in the winnebago scenario because that's what Steve envisions a mother should be #Which is still very fucking gross because Nancy has agency #Also I think it's interesting that everything from Steve's end is stereotypical male action hero bullshit #like he's saving her from the earthquakes and vecna #I don't know I just feel like st*ncy is giving stereotypical 80s media romance and we know they're going to subvert it #I think another interesting point is contrasting the physical side of st*ncy with the casual intimacy of Jancy in s3 ? #like Jancy in the hospital fight are working as a team who also happen to be in love and you can tell it's not forced? #How much of that is Natarlie is hard to say #But if like if you put the steve is cradling Nancy side by side with the are you ok hospital scene you could tell the differences #to further that point there's a general lack of talking in the st*ncy relationship which is extremely telling #Like Jancy communicates they make plans together and when they're not communicating they have *shared looks* #meanwhile Steve is shooting down Nancy's ideas left and right and Nancy barely fucking gets a voice #and it's so interesting that the most we see Nancy talk about the St*ncy of it all is yelling at Robin who accused her of being unhappy #And then immediately saying that she's unhappy because Jonathan isn't there and she doesn't know what's wrong with him #Like respectfully in a way that matters i.e. emotionally Steve isn't on Nancy's radar at all #get in losers it's shitty on st*ncy hours #stranger things #nancy wheeler #steve harrington #anti stancy #Jancy #I am tagging them because they're in the tags

[maddy-ferguson]

we're still doing the will isn't soft because he can shoot a gun thing i thought we had grown as a community

#i'm not saying i've never reblogged a post that said will with a gun in s5 in the summer but even then i distinctly remember saying (as in #i tweeted it and could find the tweet) like okay he could shoot a gun at 12. that is still a baby to me like hello #because he was 12 lmao #like. he does cry. he is soft. it's not a bad thing lol #we don't even see him shoot the gun is the thing #we see him load it which yk that's great he was great under pressure you know the posts that talk about how he was a character who did #every single thing right before he got taken? #but yeah #i'm not saying that thinking that he's great with a gun is blasphemy but the way it's often used as a rebuttal is. weird #and i was just thinking about it again i'm so not into how badass a character gets like even nancy people always talk about how badass she #is and that just has never been what's drawn me to a character like really good for them if they can defend themselves but it's just not #something that i LOVE like i don't care i'm not anti characters being badass (lol) i just. don't care #and like i say: brf slt

[orcelito]

Anyways I love futago siblings bc of the inherent drama to it & the complexity of feelings involved in it. And also I want futaba to suplex akechi in a sibling kind of way. It's not that complicated

#speculation nation #akeshu nation literally pardons him for trying to kill akira Twice #and youre caught up in futaba potentially forgiving him for killing her mom when he was 15 #& context clues tell us that he was likely pressured into killing by shido? #it's not like hes doing this shit for fun. like ok he enjoyed killing okumura bc okumura's a piece of shit capitalist #but besides that. when we get to know him we learn that he wanted to be a hero when he was a kid #& that coupled with the way he acts in 3rd semester really paints a picture #he doesnt start killing again bc he doesnt need to. & Notably he stops trying to kill akira bc shido isnt pushing for that anymore #plus i dont think futaba has to forgive him for them to be friends. it will always be something present in their minds #but in the same sort of way of akira liking akechi enough that hes willing to give him the chance to atone for Shooting Him In The Head #i believe futaba could give him the chance to atone. or at least try to be a better person. #and i just think futaba would enjoy the excuse to limitlessly bully him. #the 'you killed my mom so u cant be mean to me' card. which she would pull a lot im sure #it wouldnt always work. especially if she overused it lol. but still. #and yea idk. i can get being uncomfortable with ppl trying to wave away the fact that he killed her mom #but when it's done right. i think it's quite a compelling relationship. #her seeing herself in him. recognizing the ways they are so painfully alike. & that pain being what pushed him to the lengths he went #her sympathizing with him doesnt mean Forgiveness. it's just a potential basis for connection. #god i just keep going on about this but that person made me literally so angry #dont post ur bad takes in main tag 2k22. i dont wanna fucking read them.

[pallases]

100% bombed that!

#what kind of BULLSHIT #the amount of content on there that we have never once done for homework or class work and which has not been mentioned whatsoever since the #lecture they first appeared in #thankfully while studying beforehand some things made me go oh even if we have never done this i absolutely do not trust you not to put it #on an exam worth 25% of our grade #so i reviewed them just in case and surprise surprise they showed up #but then there was other stuff that was like wtf why would i expect you to throw this at us when it hasn’t been so much as talked abt since #the very first class #and which again we never actually did it was just mentioned in the lecture #and naturally that bit was worth 25% of the whole midterm. im so. #i don’t even know how im feeling. i think i am just resigned like why would i have expected otherwise! 🔪🔪 #personal #the engineering chronicles #my b was slowly climbing up and now it’s going to shoot right back down. probably won’t even be a b anymore 😐 #im genuinely quite pissed abt this no one can say i didn’t prepare ive done like 10 practice exercises in the last 24 hours and looked over #every slideshow. hate it here #AND i still have to write a whole report tonight 😭 i just want to curl up w a mug of hot chocolate