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Some thoughts on Koito Otonoshin‘s possible character development.

I’m here stuck on my couch, I’ve almost been through an entire box of tissues and my cat is sleeping on me b/c he thinks me being sick is like winning the owner lotto since I’ve been home with him for the past three days.  I might as well do something, so here is my first attempt at some character analysis on Koito.

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Deprived of the Oxygen We Breathe in Gaza: Education

I took so much pride in telling Irish students and professors at my Irish university how proud we, Palestinians, are of having one of the lowest rates of illiteracy in the Arab World (Approximately 1%) and how much we cherish education. I also shed light on how the ongoing genocide has deprived students across all levels of their right to a proper education by bombing schools and universities and making the living conditions in Gaza just hellish.

Having been a lecturer at the Islamic University in Gaza (IUG) for two years, I have always seen the passion and determination in the eyes of my students whenever they talked about their life goals and dreams. Not only did this war kill their dreams but also killed many of my students. One of them is the smiling young man in the middle of the picture below Mohammed.

Mohammed was known for always having a big smile on his face that would brighten not only the lecture halls but also our days. I look at my chat with Mohammed on Facebook and think to myself: Is there any hope he would reply to his teacher if he were to send him a message?! Take all the marks you want, but please say something! Please reply!

For my students, education is a bridge to success in life and an opportunity to get equipped with the skills and knowledge they crave. It means talking to experts in their fields, mingling with like-minded people, and having exciting experiences. In addition, education is indisputably a noble form of resistance and entrenching existence. It is our most cherished tool to preserve our culture, values, and commitment to our land and rights as Palestinians. Depriving students of education is equal to depriving them of Oxygen.  

This was the ending part of a play performed by my students named 'Sounds from Heaven'. It embodied the characters of iconic Palestinian martyrs like Al-Jazeera Palestinian American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh.

Four months into the war, I was evacuated to Ireland to pursue my studies. Looking over my shoulder to see my greatly damaged house and family running from death from one place to another felt like ripping my soul out of my body. How does one work on his PhD research in such circumstances? How do you process all the near-death experiences and horrible images in your head from the war? What kind of therapy helps you cope with and accept your constant worry about your family? None! As the hope of a ceasefire diminishes every minute, the only solution I am left with is to evacuate my family from Gaza to Egypt until peace and life revisit my beautiful Gaza.

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Thinking about the anime cutscenes from Pachislot Gyakuten Saiban. It would be so cool if we got an OVA like this.

Captured from this. More footage here but it’s footage of the machine. 

Ryan...

his wig reminds me of Elrond

and yes the it looks like crap

I can help you. I can help you so that you never have to break things ever again.

X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX (2019)

“My dads? Yeah, theyre always like that”

How do you think Arthur and Eames were when they first met each other? How did they interact? They disliked each other instantly or did the animosity come later? It took a long time for them to learn to appreciate each other? Did they become friends before falling into romance? Or the attraction was too much?

(Basically, what trope, if any, do you think they most likely embody?)

hello love! I’m gonna use this as a chance to rant about my own personal favourite headcanon about how they were, so double thank you for this :DD

I think they met on a job, both newbies in their respective fields (or eames starting out as an extractor ~an upgrade from theif status~and finding his true calling in forgery) with their worst qualities as their most prominent. arthur being hyper focused in the task at hand and forgetting everything else and eames getting progressively prickly as the job progresses. so I feel they both hated each other, cause they were both very stubborn individuals with clashing personalities. but as the time inevitably went on and the rough edges smoothed out in to professionalism, they both started begrudgingly respecting each other.. and then they fucked. multiple times. mostly drunk. friends with benefits but sth more waiting to happen.

I feel like during that time, one of them started/or tried to start to date someone (let’s be honest, it’s arthur) , which led both of them to realise their respective feelings for each other; oh god I can’t be anyone’s but his” and “oh god he can’t be anyone but mine”. and at the tail end of a blotched job (the very first inception job, which eames regrets and arthur doesn’t talk about anymore) they ran off together and finally, finally confronted and confessed their feelings and, on a whim, got married.

and obviously got divorced/annulled when the shit hit the cobbs and fucked off to opposite corners of the world. and obviously got back together when shit hit the ficshers. and stayed together hopefully. and forever.

X-Men Rare Pairs Fest 2022

Thank you to everyone who responded to my post expressing interest in Rare Pairs Fest! This year, timing for X-Men Rare Pairs 2022 is as follows:

Sign Ups Open: Feb 15 Works Revealed: Feb 22 Authors/Artists Revealed: Mar 15

Fest Highlights - Rare Pairs Fest is a prompt fest (vs a gift exchange) - Prompting remains open for the duration of the fest - Fills may be fic or art - All X-Men ‘verses are welcome (comics too!) - All X-Men pairings are allowed except Charles/Erik, though poly ships that include one or both these characters are permitted - Pairings can be romantic or platonic - Crossovers with other Marvel characters permitted as long as one of the pairing is in the X-Men verse (i.e. Storm/Black Panther) - You can request up to 10 prompts (min. one is required) - There is no minimum word count but fills (and art) must be complete when posted - Each prompt can be filled an unlimited number of times by an unlimited number of people - You do not have to write/draw to leave prompts - You do not have to prompt to write/draw a fill

If you have any questions about Rare Pairs Fest, please visit the Collection home page for details or feel free to send me an ask!

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