At first I was just gonna draw both of them as childhood friends (like toddler Shen Yuan and Xiang fei ) but then I remembered Benben! (sy's childhood dog) and then I thought like what if both of them raise the Benben together :D...I wish I had time to draw more short doodles of them tho...
Mannnn I had veryyyyy hard time choosing the au...I even ended up coming up with a short comic where xiang fei turned into hamster...and then I decided to do vampire au cuz I mean Shen Yuan is described as pale and loaded so it just made sense! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ also bonus fem!cumplane <3
While their first was technically during that peak masters meeting, they actually knew each other from wayyyyy back...so I kinda wanted to draw sm to show that!
Hello, my name is Nadin. I’m from Gaza. I’m a graphic design graduate, a wife—and now, a mother.
I finished my design studies just before the war began. I had dreams of starting a small studio, of creating art that told stories. I used to think about colors and fonts and the future.
Then, the war came. And the future became something we tried to hold onto, moment by moment.
On October 22, 2023, I learned I was pregnant when a missile destroyed my husband’s family home, killing 25 members—his mother, siblings, nieces and nephews—entire branches of our family in seconds.
We were displaced twice. Everything was gone—home, safety, routine, rest.
A few weeks later, I gave birth to our daughter. There was no crib, no celebration—not even stillness. But she arrived, quietly and beautifully. In her eyes I saw something I hadn’t felt in weeks: life that still wanted to grow.
Now, our days are shaped by decisions that could dismantle the future we are trying to build together.
Today, Israel’s government is discussing plans for a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City and southern regions. The stated aim: to eliminate Hamas and later hand governing control to allied Arab forces—not Israel—but with no clear path to peace or normalcy.
The humanitarian fallout is devastating. More than 61,000 Palestinians have died in this war; hunger and malnutrition are rising sharply. Hospitals in north Gaza have shut down, and 193 people have now died of starvation, nearly half of them children.
Aid remains blocked, water is scarce, and many risk dying of hunger or disease long before future promises arrive.
We Don’t Know What Comes Next
There’s no clear path forward—only uncertainty for our daughter’s life and our ability to survive another day.
My name is Nadin, and I’m a mother from Gaza.
How You Can Help
I’m asking for support—not for comfort, but for survival:
Help us meet basic needs so we can breathe, heal, and preserve a world for our daughter.
Support us as I try to stand again on my own feet—even a glimmer of stability matters.
If you’ve read this far, thank you. If you can give—thank you. If you can’t—just sharing this post is a lifeline I will never forget.
I'm imagining sy and sqh on like a late night movie date... And like you have Cucumber bro analysing the film and finding plot holes and inconsistencies while Airplane bro is just trying to enjoy the movie with his bf lol Also sy would TOTALLY have a lbh plushie!
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