that are either for fandom or purely original projects. you just spend so many hours constructing them from essentially dirt.
shoutout to people with ocs who have them go through a million changed names and a million changed backstories, and still don’t feel like they’re up to the developmental standards that they should be…but they’re still loved by you regardless.
shout out to people with ocs who want to share them with others, but are too anxious to tell information about them out of fear of judgment or laughter. And shout out to these same people who’re obviously adoring their creations but feel scared as shit to express the love out of your friend’s potential annoyance.
shout out to people who make their ocs align with themselves in surname or quirks or just giving them those softer, hidden traits that also make you, you.
to the peeps who feel so disappointed with their creations because again, they don’t feel good enough or accurate enough compared to other ocs. Nothing is perfect on the first draft, but they’re getting closer to perfected imperfection.
to the creators who will write paragraphs about those brain children, paragraphs and concepts that have been building up for months only to be greeted with no response or simple replies such as, ‘oh.’
or to people who actually pay attention to them, and ask the BIG QUESTIONS and you’re just internally screaming and have to put on this cool act.
shout out to people who spend hours thinking about how they sound like. (listening to voice clips for HOURS just thinking about your characters) What songs can apply to their personality and lifestyle…how they apply to them specifically.
shout out to big-brained creators who have a hundred and one characters and are greeted with, ‘isn’t that enough?’ when you talk about the concept of making a new one. If shows can have a vast cast of more than a ten to twenty characters, you can have your own vast cast too.
this post is just for people who feel so uneasy being so deeply involved and enthused in their creations. as if, there should be a limit on this type of love.
fandom ocs get stepped over and judged on sight, non-fandom ocs really get stepped over. But all that work and construction is valid and shows in your explanatory essay of their favorite genre.
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Photographer Mattias Klum from National Geographic gets close and personal with a lion.
“and all of a sudden you feel very small” damn right
IT JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED AND SAVED
please, if you are able, do what you can for the asiatic lion. donate, get involved, spread information. there are only about 300 left in the world, and they all live in Gir Forest National Park in India.
the african lion is also estimated to be extinct by 2050 due to habitat loss, sport hunting, and loss of their prey base to the bushmeat trade. these beautiful creatures could be extinct in our lifetime. the next generation may not ever have the chance to see these creatures, there will be no more cute lion vines, there will be no more documentaries, there will be no more zoos or sanctuaries containing lions. there will be no more lions.
if you have any love for nature, any love for animals, any love for life, and if you care at all about the permanent loss of a species, especially one so beautiful and iconic, if you care and if you are able, please donate to help save lions.
Now is an even greater time to be kind to each other. We never know who is suffering or what someone is dealing with, always be mindful of others. Reach out to people and help them or ask for help if you need it. We are all in this together and I don’t want anyone to be suffering alone. If I can distract just one person from their pain or make them smile when nothing else can than I will consider what I’m doing a success. I love you all and you have helped me far more than I could ever put into words. Thank you!
The original post only has US helplines. I’ve added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
My brother went up to the bank to get our rent money out of the bank and some asshole fucking mugged him with a gun in fucking broad daylight right near the damn bank. He just called my mom, freaking out and me and her are freaking out.
We’re glad he’s okay but that was our fucking rent money, all goddamn 800$ of it. And I dont know what the fuck we’re gonna do. My mom is so upset right now.
My mom asked if I can go on here and ask everyone to donate to my paypal. I might start up a gofundme again.
Can you all please boost, reblog and possibly send money to my paypal? Fucking please. My brother literally just stormed into the house and ran into my moms arms and started sobbing over and over again “I thought I was going to die.” My older brother, tall, muscular and with all his anger issues is reduced to goddamn tears right now because of some punk ass and his girlfriend (my brother said the guy was with a woman) pulled a gun out on him and robbed him.
Its just so fucked up and its so fucking unfair. Why rob people who actually need the money? Why rob from the poor? Its sickening.
Just can you guys please donate? Reblog, boost, anything you contribute will be helpul. Just please.
My paypal is: L.Daniels101@hotmail.com and I’ll update with the gofundme
We have 702$ collectively with both paypal and giveforward. Our rent is still due soon and we still need more donations. We’re 98$ away from our goal. Whatever you can donate will be a really big help pls and thank you
They will feel guilty like it’s their fault and not ask for necessities when they run out.
Don’t fucking do it.
Don’t use money AGAINST your kids either. Don’t EVER tell them money is tight when it’s not, and they KNOW it’s not. That’s another way for them to not trust you or to feel guilty when asking for anything.
Also don’t use money as a guilt tactic for them not doing something or not agreeing with you.
“I buy your food and your clothes and this and that and this is how you repay me?”
They didn’t ask to be born, you made the choice to have a child and take care of them as a responsible parent. Don’t throw that guilt on them and make them feel like shit over what they couldn’t control.
Having Ehlers Danlos Syndrome sometimes feels about the equivalent of being composed of jello and wet spaghetti. Nothing stays where its supposed to. Literally every single cell in the body is floppy, so fingers are definitely an issue for many of us. I can almost guarantee that for the majority of us, writing is not only slow and painful but nearly impossible at times. FIne motor skills? What even are those? An EDSer surely doesn’t have any of those. Even typing which is far easier than writing, is painful and daunting at times. But last year I joined the population of shiny zebras by getting fitted for a set of Silver Rings Splints and they are beyond magical.
For those of you who have not heard of The Silver Ring Splint Company, they are a company that custom makes finger splints that look like elegant pieces of jewelry. Don’t believe me? Well I can’t even tell you how many compliments I’ve received for them. Nobody even suspects that they might possibly be medical. But more importantly, they work amazing! I still have hand pain and finger dislocations when performing fine motor skills and writing is definitely not something I look forward to but I have saved myself thousands of painful dislocations, I can open doors easier, type faster, write longer and hold objects in my hands without looking like an alien from a sic-fi movie. With the rings on my fingers actually look like fingers rather than tentacles!
The company is also family owned and the people are so sweet and helpful!
If you are having trouble with hand pain, clumsiness and dislocations please check out this amazing company!
I’m literally crying right now. I will be able to use my hands!!! As it stands I can’t do dishes, hold things, write, hold books, type, without pain or dislocation. Oh my gosh. This is a miracle.
@peaceypanic
those are gorgeous and that is amazing how well they’re working! signal boost!
I love these things. I use one for my thumb because due to arthritis I have very little strength/support in the joint and therefore often can’t do anything. My splint makes it possible for me to do my job, do the shit i need to do and not have as bad of pain.
these are so cool
omg the first ehlers danlos post I’ve seen, this makes me happy!
So these pictures of a “Syrian man selling pens in Beirut, Lebanon” went viral over the past few days
Activists on twitter and in Beirut decided to find the man and his daughter and wanted to help them.
Turns out that his name is Abdul, and he is a Palestinian refugee from the notorious Yarmouk camp in Syria. He is a single father with two children, Abdelillah (boy) 9 years old, and Reem (girl) 4 ½ years old.
Activists set up an indiegogo fundraiser to help out Abdul and his two children and donations came pouring in. Over the past 8 hours, almost $34,000 has been raised to help them.
AngelMihe 