literally posts with an audience of 1 (me) but like. do you get it

I just... he had a little sister that he loved more than anything. he followed thea around like a lost little duckling. he was in love with his best friend and it almost destroyed him. he uses pain to both punish himself and stave off panic attacks. he survived five years of brutal torture and abuse by the skin of his teeth. his parents sold him. his little sister is dead. he wants to burn the house down. he cannot cook or shop for himself. he hates his old teammates. he loves his old teammates. he quite possibly loves his new teammates even more. he frets for the safety of people he barely knows. he's terrified of water, of being bitten, of being hurt again. he laughed when his worst abuser was dethroned and beaten and then tried to kill himself in solidarity.

he's finding reasons to live, day by day, one step at a time. a cool evening breeze, rainbows, open roads, friends.

he is jean moreau. he knows his place. he will endure.

When I say there are things that Israel will never ever take away from Palestinians I also mean the way the fight for Palestine is ingrained into every aspect of our lives, down to even the names we give our children who come decades and decades after our initial Nakba.

For example, Bisan is a very popular girls name in Palestine and it is the name of a Palestinian city that was depopulated by Israel in 1948. Girls with names like Bisan, Yafa and Jenin may not have seen these cities yet, but they carry them within them regardless.

Also, many Palestinians can identify with how our aunts and uncles have symbolic names such as A'ed or A'eda which mean returnee. These names were not chosen arbitrarily by our grandparents who were forced to raise their families in refugee camps. Similarly, there are names like Thaer (revolutionary), Bassel (courageous) and Nidhal (revolutionary struggle) that are very common to this day .

We are literally walking around carrying notions of Palestine and our struggle with us and planting the seeds of resistance within our children, we must be so frustrating!

just realized buck definitely jerked off to that men's porn magazine at the sperm clinic and thought he was doing it in the name of equality😔✊️🏳️‍🌈

i hope no one's done this before sorry if you did

see 0 note flop posts aren't that bad when they're personal but 0 note fandom posts feel literally so bad. like if you don't wanna play toys with me anymore just say that. i'll pack up my super cool awesome things and go and i'll sit on the other side of the playground by myself and i won't even look at you. fuck

BREAKING: the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox have been put in a "Freaky Friday type of situation" until they can learn to appreciate each other's perspectives.

Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta, who was a lead surgeon in Gaza and particularly at Al-Shifa hospital, is barred from entering Germany.

German forces stormed the room that the "Palestine Conference" was being held in Berlin, Germany, cutting off the electricity and video feed as Nakba survivor and researcher Salman Abu Sitta was speaking via video.

Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a firsthand witness to genocide who was working in Gaza hospitals during the war and set to speak at the conference, was detained at the Berlin airport and forcibly prevented from entering the country.

It is worth noting that Germany is currently on trial at at the International Court of Justice for its military and financial support for the zionist entity's genocide, and it is one of the most repressive countries for Arab and Palestinian activism, long before October 7th.

- Resistance News Network

ebook files officially submitted for review, now we just have to wait until the sites take pity on us and push it through if it looks like it's getting stuck we'll find a workaround tomorrow!

sucks that if you show someone your cool new bruise they usually say something like "yeowch!" or "oh no how did you get that?" instead of ooh so pretty i like the shape & colors

Things to Consider

scattered & unhelpful updates to distract me from the fact I am Not At All Ready

1 bc I've been asked more than once: it's not a sun on the cover bc the sun & moon motif is yalls thing. it'd be weird if I stole it when I don't have any attachment to it

2 I would've rather overturned years-old lore than write something I couldn't believe in. I have zero regrets about sticking to the original plans of the EC, & I hope we are all happy with where this goes

3 there'll probably be at least two posts on Saturday: one with the pics from LA and one that's a cry for help. if yall notice any glaring typos in TSC that we missed during edits and don't mind sharing 'em, pls leave 'em on that second post. I'll leave it up for about a week, and then I'll edit the digital version one last time (I think all ebook sites allow a free download of an updated file?) and will reformat the book for print.

4 once those posts are up, both tumblr & twitter will slide into updates-only mode until TSC2 is out at the very least. sorry not sorry to throw a book at you & run, but I want to avoid too much outside influence & make sure the story I'm telling stays mine <3 <3

one thing i never get tired of in songs is when they include some sounds from the recording booth like a laugh at the end, a ‘was that good?’ or like, the sounds of the guitar being put down, a chair creaking. it’s nice how music can be used as an escape but also something that ties you right back down to earth. it will affect you so deeply & then ur like wow… you just played that. it’s grounding & magical & just one of my fave things ever!

Grouplove - Tongue Tied

eddie. eddie look at me. look at me eddie. don't worry baby. you're the one for him. you're his baby daddy. he can't live without you and he doesn't want to. stay strong buddy. that man may have him speaking in tongues but you'll be the one he'll be saying his vows to just STAY. STRONG.

buck. buck look at me. look at me buck. don't worry baby. you're the one for him. you're his baby daddy. he can't live without you and he doesn't want to. stay strong buddy. that man may have him flying in helicopters but his homes with you on the ground just STAY. STRONG.

i step out onto stage clad in full corpse paint and death metal regalia and start playing the most middle-of-the-road soft rock you've heard since 1974