An afro-latine main character that is CANONICALLY bisexual and gender non-conforming, and seems to show signs of ADHD and/or Autism. (Luz)
A canon lesbian love interest that went through realistic growth and is not predatory or a stereotype. (Amity)
A biracial character with 2 fathers who are poc. (Willow and the Park fathers)
A bisexual middle aged witch that lives with a curse, which is a metaphor for chronic illness. (Eda)
A grumpy principal that actually cares about his students, listens to them, and is disabled visually. (Principal Bump)
A small, grumpy abomination professor that cannot walk, and uses an abomination to help him get around and is still respected by his students. (Abomination Teacher)
A young black character that never shows any forms of toxic masculinity and has a special interest in humans, raised by a single father, and moved up 2 grades showing that he is SMART and GIFTED (Gus Porter)
Multiple kids that were labeled as 'bad apples' shown to be smart and unique, but needed to be taught differently and given the tools to excel by combinding their magic talents instead of punishing them. (Viney, Jerbo, Barcus)
Multiple (albeit background) characters in same-sex or queer relationships.
And finally, today, we got Raine Whispers: a BROWN middle-aged NON-SHAPESHIFTING Nonbinary character fighting for freedom and to dismantle the system.
Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.
If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.
A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.
There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.
There is no plan.
Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.
Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.
We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.
This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.
We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.
People are dying.
People are dying.
People are dying and there is no plan.
More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.
My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.
Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.
But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.
She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.
So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.
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