#unforgiving world

[stil-lindigo]

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on twitter, a viral thread started where people around the world shared their translations of “If I must die”, the last work of Dr Refaat Alareer also known as "the voice of Gaza". A beloved poet, teacher and life-long activist for Palestine, he was recently assassinated along with members of his extended family by a targeted Israeli air strike. His loss leaves a hole in the heart of palestinians all over the world.

Below the cut, I’ll be posting the translations of his poem, with links to the original posts. Unfortunately, tumblr limits posts to a maximum of 30 images. I will update when I can.

Arabic (Refaat’s mother tongue)

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2. Spanish

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3. Irish

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4. Dutch

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5. Greek

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6. German

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7. Vietnamese

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8. Tagalog

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9. Serbian

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10. Japanese

and the traditional japanese calligraphy version

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11. Nepali

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12. Tamil

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13. Bosnian

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14. Indonesian

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15. Romanian

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16. Italian

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17. Albanian

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18. Urdu

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19. Turkish

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20. Polish

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21. Norwegian

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22. Galician

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23. Swedish

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24. Jawi

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25. Bengali

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26. Russian

#probably one of the most beautiful threads to ever grace twitter's rotten husk of a platform #i really earnestly almost cried #when people say the world stands with palestine #they mean they speak with palestine as well #israel murders palestinian poets to silence their voice. their culture. their lifeblood #in response the world amplifies his voice tenfold #but what a loss #what an unforgivable loss #i hope it is some consolation to those who loved refaat that his words are now immortalised in languages all over the world #that he has united so many people in their pursuit of palestinian freedom #please please please feel free to add your own translations onto the post in reblogs #i just havent seen anything about this thread on tumblr yet #im just the messenger #palestine will be free #the words of refaat alareer will be immortalised #and his students will carry on his legacy #ah but it is almost 5am and i havent slept #when i wake up i will add more #free palestine #israel #refaat alareer #rest in peace

[pastadoughie]

#rowens liddol guys #art #my art #mspaint #the world is cruel and unforgiving

[eldritchqueerture]

please please please please please let this be addressed in season 5. please tell john he is still undefeated it literally does not matter what happened in the dark world he had to take the deal with kayne please i need john to break down sobbing style and arthur to tell him he is still undefeated beCAUSE HE IS

#malevolent #niki.rambles #having a normal one. again #malevolent spoilers #YES HE FELL BACK ON HIS OLD WAYS BUT WHO HASNT #PROGRESS ISNT A STRAIGHT LINE THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO KEEP GOING #im killing kayne so bad for convincing john (or just affirming his beliefs) that the dark world was unforgivable #im also killing kayne for the end of intermezzo but honestly? it WAS funny. i do have to give him that #with all the grief and pain in my heart. i do have to admit #that was such an insane thing to do im impressed with him for thinking of that

[totally-italy]

Aces, we have a new target

As per the screenshot below from @ripmyfictionalfriends, after invading Denmark we should focus our forces for a final effort in the Netherlands before moving to world domination!

#To be honest #World domination should be our aim #Ironically #I argued against this in a previous reblog of something else #In the tags of course #The level of chaos in my tags is unforgiveable but I must say that I love it! #world domination #Aces invade the world #Starting from Denmark #Y'all are going down #How dare you steal our mitosis? #l'italiana parla

[moongothic]

If being weak is a "sin" in Crocodile's mind, then isn't a painful defeat and maybe even death rightful punishment for it? A punishment you deserve for your crime of "being weak"? That's an intriguing mindset from him because it makes me wonder how Crocodile might view his own past and the things he has gone through? I might not go as far as to say Crocodile "blames himself" for the things he's gone through, as he doesn't seem like the kind of guy who dwells on the past like that. But I do feel like Crocodile has accepted in his mind that things like losing his hand happened because he was weak, and it was his own fault. That he can not blame anyone else for what has happened to him. He fucked around and he found out.

It's just interesting because to some degree, One Piece thematically does agree with this sentiment, this is a world where the strong eat the weak. (One example at the top of my head; Luffy refusing Katakuri's apology when his sister intervened with their battle, saying he should've dodged the attack properly if he didn't want to get hit.) Chaka falling in this scene and being unable to stop Crocodile may lead to the deaths of so many more, including his loved ones, and if that comes to pass, it's is Chaka's own fault. For being too weak. But also Crocodile has twisted that idea; Crocodile is using his worldview here to justify himself and essentially saying he can do this (take over Alabasta and kill a million innocents doing so) and get away with it because he's powerful. When in reality "weakness is a sin" isn't about the survival of the fittest, but how this is a world where the strong are meant to protect the weak. (See: Luffy) (Also how Pell told Baby Vivi in that flashback about how he trains so he can protect the Royal Family; again, he he craves power not to oppress the weak but to protect them)

But, just to get back to Crocodile again, I feel like this worldview might also give us more insight as to how he acts in certain situations post-Alabasta. Like when we see Crocodile towards the end of Miss Goldenweek's cover story, both when he declines to escape from jail and in his Impel Down mugshot, Crocodile has a smile on his face. That really is the face of a man who has accepted his fate, is it not?

"Welp, this is what I get for losing to a child in flipflops"

Or when we see him come collect his debt from Buggy; Crocodile seemed quite relaxed and fully admitted he had assumed Buggy would've ran away before he even got there to collect his money. Of course, considdering his trust issues Crocodile would've been mentally prepared for Buggy skedaddling anyways, but the fact that he loaned the clown money to begin with while assuming he'd probably never get that money back-- like Crocodile knew that was going to happen and he just accepted it. And just rolled with it.

Of course, when things take an Unpleasant, Unexpected Turn, he will blow a fuse. Multiple, even.

Him angy

IDK man this is all just interesting to me

#Moon posting #OP Meta #Sir Crocodile #No I did not really have a proper thesis for this post #More just that like. IDK although I talk about Crocodile probably having a whole lot of Unresolved Trauma #I don't mean that in a ''he cries himself to sleep every night'' kinda way (doesn't seem like something he'd do anyways) #More in a ''shit changed the way he views the world forever in a negative way'' kinda way #Does that make sense? IDK #But yeah he does seem like he accepts what he has gone through and has moved on from it (taking 'important lessons' with him) #Sidenote I did check what he says in Japanese in this scene and the ''unforgivable'' was added by Viz here. Good localization #Also that does tie in nicely to how Crocodile always seems to have backup plans for his backup plans #How he seems to considder every potential thing that could go wrong and tries to account for them.

[laniidae-passerine]

what I love about the Ushers is, yes, some of them didn’t deserve it. Leo was just any drug addicted asshole who treats the people around him like shit but he clearly cared about his family even when they hated him and he grew up around drugs and addiction. Tammy was emotionally and verbally cruel to Bill and coerced him into a life he didn’t want but she did love him no matter how hard she tried to hide it and she wanted to be a better person. Lenore was just a girl who hoped for a kinder world for her mother and herself, who did nothing wrong but trust in her grandfather. That’s the point. Some of the children are horrible and violent and unkind and some of them are just people, messy, disturbed people. They deserved a chance just like anyone else. But they don’t get one. When somebody gambles your life before it begins, before you’re even conceived, you lose. When we let the rich and the powerful play God and do awful things, the poison seeps all the way down. Even to the good ones. Even to ones who could have been good. Nobody ever wins.

#like that’s the tragedy!!! leo could have had rehab. tammy could have seen a therapist. lenore had a whole life ahead of her. #it could have been so good! Frederick could have been a dentist and a father and a husband and a kind man #but in this world he’s a cocaine addict and a mutiliator and an abuser. because his father signed his life away #that’s the unforgivable bit about the tragedy. not what could have the usher siblings been. #but what could their bloodline have been. what could the world have been. how long would Lenore have lived and been loved. #it isn’t their fault the contract was signed. but it is their tragedy. #tfothou #the fall of the house of usher #the house of usher

[apollos2]

scar, heart

#dragons dogma #ddda #not saying anything but a game thats all about changing a cruel unforgiving world thru sheer will alone #fighting for your humanity back #also you're marked by a scar on your chest #perhaps could be an allegory for something... #(happy pride btw)

[transgenderfivepebbles]

nothing will ever drive me as mad as the relationship between giovanni and carmen i think

you were the first person i knew who was truly alive.

i saw you, standing amid the crowd of indistinct, aimless faces, speaking proudly about something i didn't quite understand - yet still, in that moment, all i saw was you. it was as if all the light in the world converged on you, lighting up your bright face, glimmering in your eyes, so that your words would reach me, who could not begin to know you, but knew that i had to try.

i saw you, alive, and it made me alive too. i would follow you wherever you went; even though you may not have returned that sentiment, i chose to stay at your side anyway, because i knew what it meant to live now, and i could never go back to the existence i once led.

and then, you were gone.

your life flickered out, and with it my light. i lived for you, because of you, and so suddenly you were torn away from me. again, i was purposeless and lost, only this time i had known how it felt to truly live, and i knew i could never have it back.

and there was nothing left for me than to die for you.

and when i woke up again, there was nothing at all for me.

except, i realized, except you, who had never truly left.

and in the depths of despair i saw you, heard you again at my side, granting me the courage to live another day.

and i knew, no matter what, that i could still love you.

and i loved you.

#ramblings #lobotomy corporation #netzach lobcorp #carmen lobcorp #auehfughuhufguhuheuhehueh. lies on the floor #world's only dedicated carmvani poster #im violently mentally ill about them #running in circles. why does no one else talk about them. why am i alone in this unforgiving world #this could be ship. could be not. idk not even i know what these two had going on #im just aggressively rambling. ignore if i made any lore mistakes i'm completely losing it rn

[neontokyoo]

Pairing: Sebastian Sallow x Gn!reader Genre: fluff, hurt/comfort Summary: After being hit with a wave of guilt for using forbidden magic, Sebastian came to help comfort you. Warnings: possible mentions of death and/or violence, use of forbidden magic, MAJOR HOGWARTS LEGACY SPOILERS!!

“I want to learn the curse, and I think it’s best if I cast it on you.”

“Very well, if that’s what you want. To perform the spell, raise your wand, point it at me and declare, ‘Crucio!’ Hold on as long as you can.”

In the dimly lit dorm room, shadows danced across the walls as your thoughts echoed in the silence. The air felt heavy with the weight of regret, and your mind replayed the haunting echoes of the Unforgivable curses that had become an unwelcome companion. The memories of that fateful use of the curses lingered, a bitter taste on your conscience.

Lost in contemplation, you gripped your wand tightly, the polished wood cool against your clammy palms. With a sudden surge of frustration, you flung it against the wall, the clash resonating through the room. The internal struggle between the desire for power and the realization of its consequences raged within you.

Amidst the internal turmoil, a knock on the door startled you. Composing yourself, you straightened your robes before opening it, expecting anyone but the unexpected visitor. To your surprise, Sebastian stood on the other side, a mix of concern and curiosity etched on his features.

"What do you want, Sallow?" you sighed, attempting to mask the turmoil beneath a forced smile.

Sebastian, undeterred by your facade, teased, "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." The jest faded as he sensed your genuine distress. "Is everything alright? Ominis and I were concerned when you never showed up today."

You brushed off the worry with a lie, but Sebastian's perceptive gaze saw through it. "You're sure?" he pressed, genuine concern in his eyes. "You can tell me anything, right?"

"Yeah, I know," you nodded, attempting to divert the conversation.

Sebastian, however, wasn't easily swayed. "So tell me, what's on your mind?"

"I'm just… thinking," you confessed, the weight of guilt evident in your voice. "What if Ominis was right about using the Unforgivable Curses? What if we truly had gone too far?"

Sebastian cut through your thoughts, recognizing the source of your turmoil. "The guilt of using the dark arts," he said, his voice empathetic.

“Unforgivable curses won’t work unless you really mean them. I had to want to cause pain. And for that, I shall never forgive myself.” Ominis’ words hauntingly echoed through your mind.

You nodded.

"If you didn't want to know how to use them, you could have told me," he pointed out. "I wouldn't have shown you how to—"

"I know, Sebastian," you interrupted, reassuring him. "But I did want to know. I didn't want to tell you no."

Sebastian sighed, a complex mix of understanding and regret reflected in his eyes. "I never wanted this burden for you, especially not out of love. The dark arts are a slippery slope, and the consequences are heavy. But we can't change the past. What matters now is how we deal with it together."

He entered the room, closing the door behind him. "Let's figure this out, face the consequences, and make amends where we can. We're in this together, no matter what."

As you both settled down to talk, the room echoed with the weight of your choices, but a shared commitment to navigate the challenges ahead cast a glimmer of hope amid the shadows.

#hogwarts #hogwarts legacy #hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry #hogwarts houses #hogwarts oc #wizarding world #slytherin #gryffindor #ravenclaw #hufflepuff #hogwarts legacy spoilers #hl spoilers #hogwarts legacy ominis #hogwarts legacy sebastian #unforgivable curses #forbidden magic #sebastian sallow x mc #sebastian sallow #ominis gaunt #ominis x mc #sebastian sallow x you #harry potter fandom

[basilthymee]

Y-your honor. Theyre gay

#art thyme #Rain world #Artihunter #Rain world hunter #rain world artificer #graah i love this ship sm #its so OUGH #Maybe we can find love... in this cruel and unforgiving world.... #AAA #ITS SO NICE #anyway here you go Artihunter community #i hope my contribution is appreciated

[lianegaunt]

Colors of my Legacy Trio

#Ominis Gaunt #Sebastian Sallow #Lianne DeLaurent #hogwarts legacy #ominisxlianne #sebastianxominis #sebastianxlianne #Edit #wizarding world #slytherin #Hufflepuff #Dark arts #unforgivable curse

[haticesultanas]

FAVOURITE FIGURE SKATING PROGRAMS

Junhwan Cha ( 차준환 ) - Fate of the Clockmaker (SP, 2021-22)

#fskateedit #figureskatingedit #figure skating #junhwan cha #차준환 #the best short program of the season PERIODT #he served so much #and for what? for his boot to break at worlds? #unforgivable #he should have been world champion #*mio #favefsprograms

[daisywords]

my very controversial take as an editor is that sometimes just because you can take "that" out of a sentence doesn't mean you should

#sometimes it aids readability! sometimes it sounds better with it in! #the careful reader will notice that I used it in this post. perhaps on purpose even #and it's like. I edit wordy academic writing most of the time I am on the side of brevity and concision #if you are coming from the writing side and you're like ''is it really that controversial?'' #YES. I cannot stress this enough. the world of copyeditors is cruel and unforgiving

[greenerteacups]

Which is your favourite and least favourite harry potter book?

while i think Prisoner of Azkaban is the best on a technical level, my favorite is Goblet of Fire. because it's a fucking blockbuster. like, this is a book that is firing on all cylinders, trying to do a million billion things at once, and it executes the fuck out of basically everything. besides the fact that it dives deeper into character dynamics than any previous book (ron and harry! hermione and ron! hermione and krum! sirius and harry! ron and percy! etc!!), it's a massive expansion of the universe: it opens up whole new wizarding hemispheres, new countries, new cultures, TONS of new characters, the Quidditch World Cup, the Triwizard Tournament, the Ministry of Magic's bureaucratic politics, the Old Guard death eaters, and the beginning of the Order of the Phoenix. it gives us Fleur and Krum and Mad-Eye Moody and Cho and Cedric and Charlie Weasley, and the first taste of Snape's backstory, not to mention pensieves and mermaids and fucking dragons, like sorry, are you seeing this shit??

and then, finally, it gives us the beginning of the second wizarding war. it gives us the graveyard scene and Cedric Diggory's sacrifice, one of the best and most important moments in any book ever, because it's the whole story in a nutshell, and it's also the moment that the plot starts. Goblet is the crux of the entire series, and it nails almost everything. (the exception being the Moody plot twist, which... I did not love, but like: must a conclusion be "good"? is it not simply enough for a story to plow headfirst off the rails in a wildly entertaining direction, and then end? i think it is.)

so those are what I see as the Objective Goods of Goblet. my Subjective Goods are: i love a tournament arc, i love a GAME, i love a set of rules and rituals and ceremonies and opportunities to demonstrate character through contrasting behavior in response to pre-ordained challenges and rule sets. i love you Yule Ball, i love you prom arc, i love you dressing characters up in silly little outfits and making them take each other on dates, i love you teenage drama and misunderstandings and jealousy and teenybopper romantic subplots. i love you goblet of fire.

#least favorite is easily deathly hallows #i've bitched about it on here before but deathly hallows just misunderstands the story that it's ending #in a way that is almost unforgivable as the last note for a series #you can't just end your seven-book saga about the world-saving potential of love and community by having your protagonist #take off on his own with only two people and bitch at them for 200 pages #reject help at every opportunity refuse to tell any of his adoptive family shit #have a war happen 95% off-page and then end with a Big Damn Battle where your protagonist becomes a christ allegory #basically solidifying the idea that no actually this guy was just Super Special all along #and the community was nice but really it was All About This One Guy fighting This Other Guy! no politics no themes here folks! #andnowtheyallhavebabies BYE!! #like sorry. L denouement bro

[wwwj1ncom]

seriously considering purchasing a 154 dollar pastel set like that's a normal thing to do

#seriously why are pastels so EXPENSIVE! #it's a tough world out there #but jin you may ask why would you need to buy a new set of pastels when you already have two perfectly good sets #and the answer to that is #the universe is cruel harsh and unforgiving and i need softer pastels

[idk-bruh-20]

"I spent most of my life trying to do the right thing and live up to expectations, but it turned out I was being used to cause harm. I just don't want to be used anymore."

Tony 🤝 Steve

^how CA:CW could have ended if they'd had even one (1) empathetic conversation

#steve joined the army and ran missions to try to help the world & fit his country's expectations #turns out his govt was run by the same people he thought he was fighting against #tony built weapons to try to protect people & fit what was expected by his dad's legacy #turns out the guy running his dad's company was selling those weapons to terrorists #of COURSE steve wouldn't want to let another murky agency decide where he should go and what he should do #how many of his missions were at hydra's bidding? how many times did they use his strength for their agenda? #of COURSE tony would want the avengers to be accountable to the people of the world #he thought he'd learned from his mistakes when he stopped making SI weapons and started making them for the avengers #but how many times have the avengers used his weapons to cause reckless and unforgiveable harm? #how many people have died because he blindly trusted someone close to him with weapons and never followed up? #thoughts #tony stark #steve rogers #the true villain of ca:cw emerges #to the tune of agatha all along: It's Been Toxic Masculinity And Trust Issues All Along #this is no queue i am sneaking online at ass o'clock in the morning because these thoughts would not let me rest #needed to inflict them on others #peace ✌️