I just look up Ambrosius and Ballister's swords since I am not the most well versed in weaponry and all, and guess what, even the swords has parallels going on too. I don't know if anyone pointed this one out but it is really interesting, not much foreshadow but fun anyway. Eh, spoilers warning if you haven't finished Nimona yet, go watch it pls its scrumptious.
Im gonna start with Ambrosius'. His sword is called an estoc, a stabby sword. Nice pointy tip right there, ready to skewer through amours right. And with Bal, we have a chonky, chop-chop broad sword with sharp sides and a triangular looking tip. Suitable to cut through, as opposed to the estoc. They are, once again, the polar opposite of eachother.
But it does not end there. In the course of the movie, these two swords were at least once used with completely opposite intention. The elegant estoc was used to disarm Bal, while the broad sword was used to stab through Nimona as Ambrosius! And the fact that it was used on both of them (well, supposedly)! My oh my this movie is incredible.
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This is a collection of links to various posts concerning fundraisers I've vetted and instructions on how to submit fundraisers to me. These are primarily ones for Ghazzan families although some fundraisers for Sudanese families are also listed (I'm more familiar with my own country's politics and dialect and am more capable of vetting fundraisers for Palestinians as a result). Each post will have a time stamp indicating the latest date of update. And fundraisers will have colour-coded disclaimers according to the particularities of their case.
I know that people do not like clicking on links or navigating between posts, but please actually look through these posts and choose a fundraiser to donate to. Please.
Instructions on how to submit a fundraiser. (for those not Ghazzan) تعليمات لتقديم طلب توثيق و نشر حملات التبرعات الخاصة بالغزاويين و عائلاتهم (للغزاويين فقط)
ملاحظة خاصة نشر الحملات.
Google doc list compiling vetted fundraisers.
List of fundraisers for my direct contacts from Ghazzah & Sudan. - PRIORITY.
Vetted family evacuation fundraisers list 1. - Particularities Listed.
Vetted family evacuation fundraisers list 2. - Particularities Listed.
Vetted family evacuation fundraisers list 3. - Particularities Listed.
Unvetted but highly likely legitimate fundraisers.
Additional fundraisers for various purposes.
I've still got Frankenstein on the brain and one theme I keep on thinking about is the one of appearances and beauty. It feels like Shelley's novel takes a mirror to victorian beauty standards.
As I understand it, victorians believed beauty was tied to virtue and goodness and good breeding. Ugliness was believed to be a sign of wickedness and poverty. I think the best example of this is Elizabeth. Victor's parents notice she's prettier than the other poor children they see and turns out she's the only surviving member of a wealthy family and they adopt her. While its a kind action, they never help the other poor children, but the novel doesn't really criticise them for this.
The creature, due to his appearance is attacked and rejected by society, despite him being kind and intelligent. He becomes cruel, scheming, and violent because of his treatment by society at large. The only person who is kind to him is the old blind man who cannot see what he looks like. Like I feel there is at least this criticism of how people are shaped by their circumstances. That someone who is treated as a monster will become one, that the prejudices of victorian society are what lead to thr actions of the creature who has been brought into a world which as no sympathy for him.
Idk I just really like how the novel plays with ideas of moral complexity and how the way we are perceived affects the way we are treated.
Batarou from that band au on ao3 has been on my mind for days op so galaxy brained for that 😭😭😭
Also I am real new around here and much more active on twt so if you're also in this with me pls I am @cheetheweeeee on twitter lets suffer in Batarou super hell together
Hello everyone, I know I haven't been the most active recently; you guys prolly don't even remember who I am. But surely, you know about the genocide going on in Gaza, and you know the people need your help.
@ahmedmahmoud6reay is vetted, and his campaign still hasn't reached its target; he and his four children are in need of our aid. If you have anything to spare, please help him reach his goal. His gfm is in the link here, thank you so much for your time 🕊️🍉
in which i take the aa-tnb pipeline and shove it into the hadron collider
Inspired by allothi’s lovely work on ao3 you can find here!
Shirin sends them a plush of Elizabeth that Christmas for reasons unknown.
Also, she’s a gentoo penguin. The cuties.
I stand by Apocalypse/Dark Phoenix Erik having white hair. U can pry it from my cold dead hands