#of the different events

[beardedmrbean]

Stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a crowd of 100,000 people in central London, a helicopter hovering above St James’s Park could be heard over the hushed crowd.

The hum was only a little louder than the rustling of winter coats and rhythm of feet along the pavement past old Fleet Street watering holes, less a march than a shuffle.

No flares were launched, no masks were worn. No vehicles were damaged and police acted as helpful hi-vis markers of the route, unburdened by the threat of violence. 

The dozens of riot vans brought in from across the South East sat unused.

The 1,000 police on duty had an easy day’s overtime compared to the demonstrations of recent weeks. 

“No, nothing at all. It’s been very calm,” one female officer told a protester who asked how her day was going.

One helped a bedraggled wayward jogger find his way out of the crowd and towards a less congested route. 

More marshal than law enforcement

Another gave a child on his father’s shoulders a high-five, before getting a pat on the back and a thanks from a Jewish man wearing a Kippah.

Their role felt more marshal than law enforcement, with only two arrests made. 

The biggest furore of the day was when Tommy Robinson appeared.

He was forced to leave by police, unwanted by the Jewish organisers of the event.

Boris Johnson, pictured above, received a much better reception, prompting cheers that broke the quiet when he arrived with wife Carrie and five-month-old Frank, chatting to demonstrators surrounding him.

David Baddiel, Judge Rob Rinder, Rev Richard Coles and Rachel Riley were all spotted in the hordes who had turned up to march against anti-Semitism along with the Chief Rabbi.

”Since Oct 7, on the streets of London, we have heard chants for jihad, for intifada and from River to the Sea,” said Sir Ephraim Mirvis. 

“But today we stand on the same streets of London and say with regard to our precious hostages: Bring Them Home.”

He headed up the mass of people moving through the Strand and towards Parliament Square.

 There was an awkwardness to the crowd’s chants. Many, on their first march, preferred to keep quiet than to join in the singing, with tunes dying out in moments.

‘It’s a bit tame! What do we chant?’

Some picked up last-minute Israeli flags on wooden sticks for £5 from outside Tube stations while others braved the drizzle wearing theirs like capes.

“It’s a bit tame, isn’t it? What do we chant?” wondered Olivia, a Jewish woman in her late 20s, there with her boyfriend and their friend.

Elsewhere, a mother pushing her baby in the pram walked her golden cocker spaniel puppy alongside.

Only when calls of “bring them home” began echoing around the streets did the heft of tens of thousands of people in mourning become apparent.

Three twenty-something men using a small megaphone led a rendition of Am Yisrael Chai. As hundreds join in, one jokes that he “does weddings too”.

They carried a banner stating “Failure to condemn Hamas is anti-Semitic”.  

Another sign saying “Give me antipasti, not anti-Semitism” became a prop for protesters to pose with, while a child was heard reading another out loud “Spread hummus, not hate”.

Jews were supported by non-Jews. Six-year-old Claudia held her mother Antonia’s hand as the family joined the rally because they were “appalled that anti-Semitism has returned to Britain’s streets”.

Mark Elliott-Smith, a  priest at Our Lady of the Assumption Warwick Street, said: “I thought I had to be here and show solidarity. I’ve been on a few of the demonstrations. When I wrote something about it [anti-Semitism], I was called ‘a Nazi priest’.”

‘I’d feel safer in Israel than in Britain’

Rev Coles, bringing up the rear of the protest, said he had joined because many of his Jewish friends now feel frightened to walk down the street. “I find that intolerable,” he said.

Rueben and Natalie, a young, Jewish, married couple with family in Israel came out to march. 

Natalie said that she would “feel safer in Israel, even as the bombs are falling, than in Britain”, her husband nodding wearily. His three brothers live there already.

“At least in Israel you feel like the state is looking after us, that the police are there to protect you, that the whole nation is with you,” he said. “It doesn’t feel like that here.”

The protest culminated with speeches from political and religious leaders. 

Anti-Semitism ‘a stain on our country’

The crowd’s reception to the speakers was muted at first, but immigration minister Robert Jenrick won over the crowd in Parliament Square, telling the thousands packed around Parliament that anti-Semitism “is a stain on our country”.

“Your government will not rest until each and every one of [the hostages] is back in the loving embrace of their families. We stand with Israel,” he went on.

Peter Kyle, there as member of the shadow cabinet and vice chairman of Labour Friends of Israel, spoke after Mr Jenrick warmed the crowds up.

“After the most shameful period in my party’s history, I am enormously proud of the leadership Keir Starmer has shown in combating anti-Semitism and standing up for the British Jewish community,” he said.

It was this that drew the biggest cheer of the afternoon, before the crowd went quiet again as they began their journey home. 

Gideon Falter, the chief executive of Campaign against Antisemitism which organised the march, said: “The voice of decency has been heard today.”

#nunyas news #the stark contrast between the different events #is a reflection of the values behind the people in charge #of the different events

[jesncin]

"Who Is Superman? A Private Interview with Lois Lane" a fancomic about hope and connection. I've had this story in mind for so long and I'm very excited to be able to share it at last. Thank you for reading, and happy Lunar New Year!

#superman #clark kent #lois lane #clois #dc comics #my art #fancomic #long post #my immigrant clois love story agenda is HERE #I have big feelings over the superman private interview canon event- how differently an asian lois would make that scene play out #jl remix

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

4.2 spoilers but it's interesting how Scaramouche and Furina were both made as replacements. But while Ei saw Scara's humanity as a flaw, Focalors thought that's what made Furina perfect.

I need the two of them to interact

#look she's not writing #genshin #genshin impact #scaramouche #wanderer #furina #focalors #ei #raiden shogun #4.2 spoilers #4.2 genshin #even if it's just a time limited event #PLS HOYOVERSE THEY'RE PARALLELS TO EACH OTHER #the circumstances are different obviously but still

[fisheem4mmal]

I like the design.. on the chest area...(/ω＼)

#malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge #twisted wonderland #twst #disney twisted wonderland #im in love with how even though Lilia's in a different event he looks like he still fits in with the masquerade diasomnias #like malleus is the king #silver and sebek are the knights #and lilia the little jester

[sualne]

more about the AU!

(timeline)

#one piece #crocodile one piece #monkey d. luffy #nico robin #crocodad au #my art #my comic #described in alt text #so we're done to 28 comics planned now! (tho they will be more as it goes im sure) this luffy will be different from canon since sm of what #made him the luffy we know is because of shanks and his family. i'll be going back and forth in time for the first 17 years since it doesnt #need to be told in order til a Certain Event. i'll make a timeline post once there's +5 of posts from this AU. by now im sure people #whove been following my art for years know that im throwing out fluffies and funnies while readying my beloved beautiful baseball bat with #nails that spells 'ANGST' on it.

[breakbleheavens]

Nothing was more surprising than what you did with this tour. I have done a lot of tours. There's never been on that felt like this, and that's all because of you. You made it feel like we were like, floating on air, instead of doing a three-and-a-half-hour show multiple nights every single weekend for like a million shows. I love you so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. 

Taylor Swift attends the premiere of the "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" concert film in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 2023. 

#tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #tswiftgif #taylor swift #candy swift #events #eras tour film #eras tour movie #*mine #*2023 #*gifs #1k #it'll do lmao the screen differences are CRAZY but I love this look so much I HAD to edit it

[yookikiku]

「Future Eve」 displayed at NicoNicoChokaigi 2024

#niconicochokaigi #hatsune miku #2024 #future eve #very brief explanation but #an exhibition called the “world of music if” is held at a Japan held event “niconicochokaigi2024” #the theme of this exhibition is “what if that popular song's mv was drawn by a different artist” #and i was assigned to draw the “what if” for future eve! #ill make a different post about this soon! #i did a book signing event there yesterday!

[cactus-juiceee]

drawings i did for @orvwomenweek !! i almost didn't make anything... the power of orv women compelled me..

#two very different styles fdkjd but i had fun with both of them #ty to orvww mod for organizing a great event!! #orv #omniscient readers viewpoint #lee sookyung #kim dokja #yoo sangah #han sooyoung #sangsoo #cactusjuiceart

[skywerse]

🔥🦄

#jay/kira on the brain.... #been pandering over them in my orb #ah yes #the childhood friends to almost lovers to #a tragic event happened and suddenly we became steamgers #to enemies standing on different sides to— #'hey remember what we had back then you're no enemy to me' #chewing at the bars of my enclosure #yuri.... jay/kira tragic yuri save meee save MEEE #jrwi #jrwi riptide #just roll with it #jrwi fanart #jay ferin #kira jrwi #i don't know their ship name lol #jay/kira works for me #i will fix typos when i get on my pc not retyping all that

[salamispots]

hmmm probs won't go with this style but we'll see

#but was still nice to have it out of my brain? will post more about this in a couple months or something haha #sketchbook stuff #artists on tumblr #working on some tHINGS #insert eyes emoji #would love to do the sketchy loose lines though #bless you clip studio paint for having really nice inking brushes #also in a rare event the family dog is sleeping on my bed :'D #long time no art post mdfkhdfhg don't mind me doing 5 different things at the same time #oH I did recently finish a rug hook commission which was really cool #will hopefully post that very soon

[firestorm09890]

Penny stardewvalley makes me so sad because she's SO sensitive to, like, basically everything you tell her (telling her that you can't stand children while two children are nearby is a pretty lousy move but -1500 friendship?? being a jerk to other characters' faces typically loses you about 50 points, and if you choose the option labeled "creepy" and ask Leah for a kiss in her 2 heart event she physically hits you and kicks you out of her house but that's only -100 friendship…) and so if you want to befriend her it's a whole lot of lying and tiptoeing around her feelings (2 hearts: George was right but saying that makes her feel bad. 6 hearts: her food sucks but even if you try to be polite about it she feels like a failure; only a bald-faced lie pleases her. 8 hearts: saying you don't want to be tied down with a family loses you a little bit of friendship and she's only happy if you say you want kids) and I can't help but think she's a product of her environment. She lives in a trailer with only her mother, who gets drunk every night and has something of a temper. Penny's like a skittish rescue animal who won’t even come out from hiding under something unless you leave her lots of treats

#stardew valley #penny sdv #I didn't mention the SECOND opportunity to lose 1500 friendship with her #because I think if you go out of your way to date her and then tell her that you don't like her that way then you deserve it #but yeah she's super volatile #i was upset for a little bit after reading that one post saying the ‘right’ answer in the 2 heart event is ableist #like nooooo not my favorite farming game :( #except that in the context of several other things in the game it becomes clear that winning someone over #does not always mean doing the right thing #looking directly at how the easiest way to befriend shane and pam is by enabling their alcoholism #which is framed as a harmful thing even if the characters themselves like it #you have to lie to befriend other characters too like with sam dropping his egg #and you can lose a little friendship based on preferences like sebastian asking about what books you like #though to be fair if i saw someone who could potentially be cool and i found out that what they like was stuff im not into id also #lose interest a little #anyway those are all examples spread around on different characters #penny's got it all at once #me post

[asbestos-11]

they're so sick and disgusting, i need to shoot them on sight (said lovingly)

reblogs highly encouraged *cocks gun*

#neuvillette #furina #focallette #neuvifuri #genshin impact #draw tag #TEEEHEEEEEHEEE I LOVE THEM SM #so sad that the newest event only had a mention of neuvi i would have loved to see more of him (as if i don't main this guy) #i have 7 million styles and i change them like one would change clothes. king of inconsistency i dare say #but seriously tho don't mention it or take it seriously. one must have a whole arsenal of styles if they wish to survive in the art world #anyways love the height difference between the two bcs drawing furina on their tippy toes makes me melt. they're legit the cutest character #i mean neuvillette is cute too but furina my beloved is still the cutest <333333 #highly chompable character

[coatl-cuddles]

I have an obsession with sitting at the prairie lobby and watching shatterings occur its just so pretty

#we need new world events that affect the different environments in sky #permanently #it adds so much to the world #shattering pt 2 whennnn #sky cotl #sky children of the light #fanart #my art

[meanie--zucchini]

summer's over

#stardew valley #dance of the moonlight jellies #this game is everything #i wanna make a calendar with a different stardew event for each month

[ministarfruit]

besties showing up to brunch looking like this

#ace attorney #klavier gavin #simon blackquill #athena cykes #the way aa characters always dress like #they're all going to different events #but it's the same event #gets me every time

[thatswhatsushesaid]

psa that the day there are no jgy stans left on tumblr dot com is the day i am dead

but rest assured i'll go to my grave exactly as i lived: obnoxiously proclaiming to everyone within earshot how great lianfang-zun is. narratively, metaphorically, spiritually. sexually, too, like why limit myself. i like to keep my options open

#the spirit of su minshan possessed me for a minute there but like. i'm fine with it #jin guangyao #he did crimes??? good for him 😌 #editing this post to add that while the tone here is clearly joking #i really am fundamentally still engaged with this fandom #and with this book #almost exlcusively because of my enjoyment of jgy #even xiyao is secondary for me like i love it and i'm ride or die for it obvs #but jgy as a character is the main draw for me. and he would have me by the throat even if there was no zewu-jun #(tho i think jgy's life would be more depressing for his absence obviously) #but he is just. /clenches my fists!!! #THE most compelling character in the story and i cannot stop thinking about him!! cannot will not!! #who else in this book has his range? who else can be the doe-eyed idealist AND the spy with blood on his hands who ends a war? #who else is two different greek tragedies and at least two separate shakespearean tragedies rolled into one antagonist #an antagonist who but for the POV of the novel could very easily have been the protagonist #whose moral event horizon is so deeply entwined with his own trauma and abuse that there is no way to meaningfully separate #the violence he does to others from the systemic violence that was done to him for his whole life? #who else in this book manages to get five separate sect leaders utterly obsessed with him no matter how you choose #to interpret that obsession? #no one!!! that's who!! #ain't no one else in the jianghu doing it like lianfang-zun and that's just a goddamn fact