#my heart aches for these people

[stil-lindigo]

Heroes like Mirna El Halbawi are still working tirelessly to connect Gazans to the outside world. With an impending total telecom blackout looming, this has never been more crucial.

You can find a separate post on how exactly to buy e-sims here. Remember to buy from Nomad, Airalo and Mogo. The region to select for each of these providers are:

1. Nomad: Middle East Region

2. Airalo: Middle East

3.Mogo: Israel

Make sure to read their instagram post clarifying some common questions before you send them over!

I truly cannot impress upon you how imperative this is right now. Gazans are pleading for us to hear their voices while they are being massacred and the IDF has responded by limiting any access to fuel sources in an attempt to fully cut them off from the world.

If you want to do something meaningfully helpful in the middle of this crisis, this is how.

#genuinely just so fucking upset its gotten to this point #my heart aches for these people #none of them deserve to have to endure this hell on earth #free palestine #believe in their liberation #and if all communication does go down im begging you to not forget about them #israel #gaza #call to action

[felucians]

Nex Benedict's death wasn't just for being transgender, it was for being native too. 2 Spirits are revered in many native cultures and it is a native-specific identity. This wasn't just a hate crime against trans & NB individuals, this was also a hate crime against Natives of Turtle Island.

You cannot separate Nex's trans identity from their native identity - this is a case of MMIWG2S (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2 Spirits).

Native children being killed at school is nothing new, so it's equally important to talk about Nex's native identity and being intersectional, this is a devastating tragedy for indigenous people, the queer community & especially those of us who are both indigenous and queer.

May Nex rest in peace 🪶

#too many people are ignoring their indigenous identity and how that plays a role in what happened #because 2 spirit is a trans AND indigenous identity - you cannot separate the two #and it is a disservice to Nex and all other 2 spirit to do so #as a queer indigenous woman my heart aches for Nex and their family #we as indigenous people have lost too many children to violence at schools #and we as queer people have lost too many to the rise of transphobia and TERFs and their attitudes #nex benedict #mmiwg2s #2 spirit #indigenous #queer #indigenous & queer #intersectionality #racism #transphobia

[galedekarios]

"It creates a distinct visual motif not found in other romances that captures the connection between the two characters while feeling distinctly not of this world."

"We wanted this to feel like Gale and their partner were really merging into one, new, perfectly harmonious being."

[source]

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #not only is this very interesting #to hear the thought process behind the people who created the scene #but also this makes my heart ache in the best way possible #'our souls intertwine with one another' hhhhh #i would have loved to see their original vision though had the engine / time / budget allowed it #it's beautiful either way #tagging for those who are interested as well #otp: a soul that steels my own #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate

[pinkresurrection]

📸: voguearabia

“These are but a handful of the doctors, journalists, and photographers who are risking their lives day and night to bury the dead, heal the wounded, and show the world the horrors raining down on Gaza.”

From top to bottom:

Plestia Alaqad, Journalist

Motaz Azaiza, Photographer

Youmna El-Qunsol, Journalist

Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Surgeon

Dr. Mohammed Al Ghoula, Doctor

#I know that this is a stray from my usual content but I can not stay silent while the Palestinian people in Gaza are being murderered #my heart aches from all the violence and sadness I have seen #the world has continuously failed them with their silence but today i refuse to allow my own silence to be complicit in their genocide #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #palestine #gazaunderattack #save gaza #vogue #vogue arabia #pinkresurrection

[kaltacore]

no but essek's abnormal behaviours in the last arc and especially in episode 140 are my roman empire. which is ironic because aeor is something of a roman empire itself. but in all seriousness, it was the episode that made me realise i love essek and his development so much and it kinda summarised it even before caleb's epilogue.

and i mean the "it's not fair" scene specifically. it's like, an epitome of his whole character progression from a person who put An Objectively Important Goal above all else without hesitation to someone who can't help but care for people around even more than his goal, no matter how big and relevant it is.

the mighty nein - and he alongside them - pretty much saved the world and freed an ancient city from thousand-year-long suffering. they defeated nine extremely powerful menacing entities who managed to stay out of everyone's sight for years and were so close to achieving their goal and dooming exandria in the process. they did the impossible and became heroes and somehow, they survived, even though they had bidden farewells a couple of hours ago because they had already understood what they had been facing. and nevertheless. they made it.

and none of them was celebrating.

mighty nein are basically essek's only friends. he knew them to be very unusual people, to put it lightly, loud and stubborn and completely inescapable once they consider you to be one of their own. and they showed him so much kindness and put so much faith in him, they were here playing the most atrocious music ever and digging clay in his backyard for a spell they invented just to help one of theirs and asking him if he could bring them pastries the day after they found out he was lying to them and had started a war. they were chaotic and weird and sometimes unbearable but most importantly they were carrying so much hope with them all this time - a hope they could end the war, a hope they could stop the angel of irons cult, a hope they could get better, a hope he could get better, and now, finally, that they could save their lost friend.

and that hope shattered, just like that, the moments after they'd already made the impossible. they saved so many souls - and then could not get back just that one.

for essek "my intentions were never good they were important" thelyss it just. shouldn't have mattered. they won. it could have been worse. people die and when they die they rarely come back. they should've been happy everyone else barely made it alive.

but for some reason, mighty nein being so defeated after they saved the world exposed him to that overwhelming feeling of injustice and unfairness. and i mean, there were many things essek considered to be unfair, but when i watched his first appearance and his interactions with mighty nein later on til their reunion in aeor arc, i wouldn't dare to guess that one of the things on that list would be something that personal. and personal not even to him.

the thing is, essek didn't even know who that guy was. why mighty nein cared about him so much. he had an idea, i guess, that he was their friend once, or someone in that body was. it was also a person who wanted to unleash a terrifying horrific aberration onto the material plane. it was a person very dedicated to killing essek and his friends - and they still didn't take any pleasure in fighting him. essek didn't feel strongly about lucien or molly, because he never knew them.

i don't think he mourned his death and failed resurrection. he mourned mighty nein's hope, the one they put in him when they had no reason to, the one they offered yasha in the cathedral and the one they kept after the spell for veth failed and the one they carried til the very end because they wanted it to reach molly. they had saved people with this hope. they had saved nations. they had saved the world. but they ended up feeling like it hadn't even been worth anything.

how desperate would it feel, witnessing people who for some reason always saw good in you when they absolutely shouldn't, who made literal miracles out of nothing, who ended wars and fought gods and tricked the hags and freed cities from horrors beyond anyone's comprehension purely because they thought it was the right thing to do and also loved their friends this much, silently crying over a dead body they couldn't bring back to life? how desperate would it feel to realise that with all your knowledge about time you dedicated your life to and threw away any principles for, you can't undo this? no one can. some things are left to fate alone and this time it wasn't kind to them. no matter how much good they did, they still got slapped in the face.

and it was, i think, such a genuine moment of empathy. like, essek is the character who prefers to put up a facade and act distant and self-composed but this time he just. walked away unable to watch this. the could only say to fjord that it wasn't fair. even when he was caught off guard in nicodranas he was able to explain himself and his motives to an extent even though he was a nervous wreck whose extra important plan went to hell the second the only people he cared about appeared. this time he had nothing to elaborate on. it just wasn't fair. it wasn't fair his friends didn't get what they wanted the most. it wasn't fair he couldn't do anything to make it right.

it is such a sad and beautiful and even cathartic scene because it is about person who started a war that destroyed so many lives - and then met this ragtag group of weirdos who saw a lonely stand-offish guy and said "hey, let's be friends!" and didn't even wait for him to answer. he saw them being serious and calculated and he saw them being ridiculous and extremely stupid, he saw their mistrust to outsiders and their loyalty to each other, he made spells with them and paid a visit to their hot tub, he ate their stale pastries and drank their hot chocolate mixed with whiskey, he was welcomed amongst them and in their wonderful home, both in xhorhas before they even found out what he had done and in the tower when they already knew - and then, he saw them mourning their loss, defeated and helpless, and he, a person who believed there were things more important than whole nations, let alone just one life, couldn't help but share the pain they felt. a pure display of compassion from someone who detached himself from it, who didn't believe he could grow into a better person capable of it again, but became one nonetheless without even realising it

#sorry. i cannot shut up about this. this scene stuck with me the moment i saw it and i just couldn't get it out of my head #i mean. i liked essek well enough. i just got attached to other characters more. but then 'it's not fair' happened and it sealed the deal #it was just. so beautiful. so sincere. so important for a character who just started to learn how to care about people #his reaction wasn't intentional. it didn't change anything. but it showed how humane he had become. how deeply he cared #mighty nein are no joke pal #they're gonna make you feel all these unknown emotions like sympathy and love and affection even when they're incredibly painful #essek experiencing closeness and attachment in all their forms. as something beautiful and something aching. is so important to me #they saved him because they had good hearts! and these good hearts sparked so much joy around them! #but if a good heart grants you an ability to experience joy so profoundly. it makes everything else feel like that #you get it. i hope you get it. anyway e140 did so much psychic damage on me i probably will never recover #in a good way mostly <3 but yeah. yeah. it makes me feel a little insane #the mighty nein #essek thelyss #critical role

[feluka]

#often it hits me that i will never ever see an egypt that is free from military dictatorship #it has been under military rule from my grandparents' time and i have to assume it will remain under military rule long after i die #i just want to know how it feels to not live in a military state #disgusts me to the core. i can't stand our rulers. #likewise for jordan my heart aches for jordanians #i can't wait for all of us to be free i can't wait to see a free swana people all of us together starting with palestine please #i know we will be beautiful without the sword hanging over our necks

[pixiecaps]

sobbing at richas he tried water bucket clutching, then failed and got downed then everbody rushed to pick him up then chay tallulah and phil each individually threw health potions on richas. i feel like throwing splash health potions has become a gesture of love and care on the server its sweet

#i love instances where people throw them despite knowing they dont need it #like qbbh when he saw qroier and threw a health potion #it makes my heart ache #liveblogging #qsmp

[xynczachrome]

From the river to the sea

Palestine will be free

#free palestine #palestine #ceasefire now #my heart aches every time I look through twitter #these are people with their own hopes and dreams #and they cant achieve them anymore #8000 people and it's still going #3000+ of them are children #be their voice #keep fighting

[wrongfourtytwo]

No explanation zero none

#fanart #digital sketch #digital fanart #roadhog x junkrat #junkrat #roadhog #junkhog #roadrat #roadrat fanart #Overwatch ships #Overwatch fanart #idiots in love #junkers in love #what in the name of oz #love them #so much #these idiots make my heart ache like you wouldn’t believe #god I love them so much #they’re love is so good #you people don’t even KNOW #I think I’m better at drawing than video games #a hard truth #junkrat and roadhog #FIRE IN THE HOLE #ILL HOOK EM AND ILL COOK EM #GOD #gay #gayyyy #gay fanart #homo type shit

[viperbooty]

Back to talking about the Fantasy Fandom and the racism that tends to be part of it!

I genuinely think if Wyll were white he'd get way more attention and love. He'd have sparkle flower crown edits saying "My sweet cornball!!" "My boys got daddy issues!!". Also Warlock is a class beloved by many. And as someone who plays a warlock in bg3 having two of them fucking ROCKED, I always had spells at the ready. So really saying "buh! buh! two warlocks is just bad!" its really not, short rests and cantrips out the asshole really make it easy.

Anyway.

If Gale were black he would be fully ignored and people would, in masses, complain about how annoying he is, how useless he is, how he doesn't really fit in with the rest of the "way more interesting cast". How he's so unbearably straight because all he talks about is his ex.

Lemme keep on this though because if Shadowheart was a Black Person she would have been fucking Crucified for the way she talks about other races, other religions, and just in general the way you have to pull information out of her like pulling teeth. Also if she were a black woman she'd be reduced to "uncaring boss bitch who "dont need no man"" or "unbarable bitch who needs to be Killed"

Am I getting my point across enough?

Wyll was shafted by the game by having literally less content than the rest of the party. Wyll DOES have an interesting story. Wyll is also corny, he's funny, he's so sweet, and his conversations with Karlach are soooo great and yet it's all abandoned because he's generally viewed as "boring".

And by the way. You are allowed to like and dislike characters. But I see a lot of people side stepping the Fantasy Racism to say "but hes just boring thats why I dont like him". Like sure, if you gave Wyll an honest chance and still found him boring then that's your opinion and choice! HOWEVER!! We CANNOT ignore that he is being LEFT OUT of edits, of fan art, of character discussions. When I see posts that are the entire cast MINUS Wyll it tells me everything I need to know about you.

Also one last thing... I cannot imagine being Wyll's VA and seeing how many times you are being left out on purpose. How so few add your character to edits, or fan art. It has to be crushing to some extent, even if you expected it.

#bg3 #bg3 wyll #the color of a characters skin seems to be the measurement of love and interest for the fandom #i genuinely do not understand why people also shove him into “token straight cop” HES LITERALLY NOT. #as a black person it makes my heart ache for the fact he would be absolutely ADORED if he were a fucking white boy #the way people would swoon for him and his cornyness - or explore his background with his pact #feel free to add to this anyway youd like but if you comment BUT HES BORING im going to spear you like an angry caveman #also this is coming from seeing the fucking new wave of hate for a new castlevania black vampire #sure sure you can believe a fantasy world full of magic and creatures but BLACK is where the line is drawn like bffr

[yourdeepestfathoms]

i love to think about Clara in the aftermath of the plague, getting to be a real kid for once.

having a nice, warm bath? she’d lose her mind. because let’s be real, she probably has never had a bath once since she was born, and she definitely stinks. she would splash and roll around like a chinchilla having a dust bath.

having a tea party? attendance is mandatory. Daniil and Artemy are legally allowed to show up.

playing pretend? she insists that she gets to be God. “Clara, we’re playing Wolves…” “then i’m God as a wolf.”

just playing any games like Tag or Hide and Seek or anything like that? playing on the playgrounds? she would have so much fun.

blanket forts? she would LOVE THEM!

her getting toys and nice clothes and other things she likes.

being carried to bed by Daniil or Artemy and getting tucked in.

game nights at Artemy and Daniil’s house.

just… Clara getting to be a little girl after having to be this powerful saint and not getting to act like a kid for so long.

#i’m so sad there’s barely any post-game fics with her getting to be a family with daniil and artemy #there’s SO MUCH POTENTIAL #people need to stop leaving her out of the cute found family stuff #anyway she makes my heart ACHE #this sweet baby girl deserves so much love and care #pathologic #pathologic 2 #pathologic classic hd #pathologic hd #clara the changeling #clara saburova #clara pathologic #daniil dankovsky #daniil pathologic #the bachelor #artemy burakh #artemy pathologic #haruspex #burakhovsky #artemy x daniil

[honkygay]

sobs and sniffles,,, uhm,,, them.

#honkygaydraws #pjo #pjo fanart #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #the sun and the star #tsats #i used to look up to nico so much #to see him healing pried my ribs open and let me see my own heart #and it cradled it softly and placed it back in my chest #it ACHES. #m so happy for both of them theyre PERFECT for eachother #nico helps will see that death isnt the end #it isnt all that bad #and will helps nico see that people arent all that bad #losing one person isnt the end #they make me ACHE.

[papermachedragons]

You write one "drunk" kiss scene between Merlin and Gwaine and then from then on -- even a year and more later -- every time you read a fic from any fandom with a drunk kiss in it, you end up thinking about that Merwaine fic and you start to ache so desperately to return to it

#im telling you i cant read drunk people kissing in fics without getting swarmed with thoughts of my merwaine fic #where they have one (1) sort of drunk kiss #and my heart just aches and aches and i want to return to it and finish it and post it so badly #writer #writing #writing fanfic #fanfic writing #fic writing #merwaine #mergwaine #merlin #bbc merlin #merlin fic #bbc merlin fic #dragons talk

[royalarchivist]

Tommy: We’re not kids anymore. There’s no Wilbur, there’s no Quackity, there’s no anyone -- there’s no any person that’s older than us. This is up to us. Tubbo: I miss when things were simpler. It makes me sad.

#DSMP #Clingyduo #Tommy #Tubbo #TommyInnit #lore #In case anyone is worried: any clips related to lore that get uploaded over the next few days will ONLY feature Tommy and Tubbo #I debated watching stream and I debated uploading clips #But I know there are people who’d like to stay up to date with lore without having to encounter content related to a certain green guy #(Valid and understandable and also: mood) #I’m happy to be that filter for folks #Anyways this particular exchange made my heart ache #I feel that in my soul #I miss when things were simpler too Tubbo #The world is full of grief #we gotta take care of each other #take care of yourselves everyone #Edited

[ishrathjahanms]

Dunya ke log dunya ke liye chod jaate hain. Aakhirat ke log akhirah ke liye chod jaate hain. Kaun log hai jo chod nahi jaate?

Allah ke alawa sab chod jaate hai.

-Ishrath Jahan

#urdu shayari #poem #poetry #writerscommunity #poetic lines #urdu poetry #urdu stuff #urdu quote #urdu lines #poets on tumblr #urdu #urdu literature #allah #allahswt #dunya #akhirah #akhirat #people #writers and poets #my writing #heart ache

[katierosefun]

beyond evil is a comedy

#caroline watches kdrama #hello sexc people i am finally back with my rewatch #they make my heart ache so bad i need to see them again OR ELSE