we go through this every hurricane season but the way people will find any excuse to point the finger at the victims of natural disasters and say cruel shit like "fuck around and find out" like it's not horrifying having to leave behind your home and all your belongings and potentially your pets with the full knowledge that there might not be anything to come back to after... ignoring that there are people that don't have a car or the money to evacuate, ignoring disabled people who have no way to get out, ignoring people that can't find places for their pets to shelter, ignoring people that have medical equipment that can't be moved or replaced, etc... and even if someone stays behind solely because they want to, they still don't deserve to suffer.
as someone who worked extensively in disaster response previously, it is not easy to "just" evacuate, and the relief that comes afterwards is intentionally difficult to obtain. and already the forces that be are trying to spin this narrative that the victims are at fault, to put the blame on them so that if (probably when) people are forced to resort to looting (because the aid never comes) everyone will nod and agree that they're all bad people and deserved it... rather than acknowledging the fact that there was no attempt to make the evacuation accessible and safe for everyone, no guarantee that aid will be waiting for them when they return to a home that has been swept away... no empathy for the fact that these people's entire lives are potentially destroyed with no safety net to catch them.
Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.
Modern Catra in my MetalliCat AU
OMGGGGG OMG OMG WE LOVE TO SEE IT
oh god it's happening
watch me be awkward on camera for like 30 min
gonna post my entire stickman reaction pic collection
I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.
I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."
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Me: mods can we ban this person?
The angel and devil on my shoulders: and we're supposed to do this how???
me: chat what do we think
the angel and devil on my shoulders: can you not call us that please
In the 2000s, phones had quirks and class....
Teehee another poem, Wake at the End of the World:
There's a wake at the end of the world
And you're invited
We'll abandon our flesh at the end of the world
Aren't you excited?
Shadows of our bones will poke through our faces
There'll be no class, no sex, no races
For we left them with our mortal flesh
And we're all becoming one
We're rediscovering Eden at the end of the world
And you're invited
There'll be no pain and death at the end of the world
Aren't you excited?
Our ghostly figures can't build bombs anymore
And the guns will go cold and rust forevermore
When we've all lost life there's no more to take
And we're all becoming one
We'll lay our souls bare at the end of the world
And you're invited
Kindred souls will meet at the end of the world
Aren't you excited?
Our souls will light eternal night like neutron stars
And they'll shimmer like the beating of living hearts
And we'll be a mosaic in the vast empty
And we're all becoming one
I'll be there at the end of the world
And you're invited
And I'll love like no other at the end of the world
Aren't you excited?
And we'll build a new world of our own design
We'll watch over it for eternity we resign
We'll warm each other like braided flame
Where we'll both become one
Alice - She/Her - I just reblog stuff I find interesting and some of my own musings. - Moonshine and cups are on the table we just vibin
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