Ask Ezra (AA)

I’m Ezra from ‘Apocalypse Academy’ Feel free to ask any questions! Sometimes I write, mostly no

[hobicrush-deactivated20201206]

zucker is the only villager i trust

[a-french-guardsman]

when will people use the anon function to send passionate, homosexual anonymous love letters

[rlckygoldsworth]

reblog if you want a passionate, homosexual anonymous love letter

[vicyutopia-deactivated20181222]

[susiethemoderator]

[weavemama]

DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY 

[jackharknessday]

I can back this up. It isn’t only their shelters.

I have a family friend who worked at our local Salvation Army headquarters as a a secretary. This particular office took all the Christmas donations for children in need, put them in a warehouse, and on a designated day the staff and their friends picked through them all, taking whatever they wanted. She saw people hauling away bikes donated for specific families. Some local children had hundreds of dollars of gifts donated in their name, and on Christmas they received three cheap things, items likely not even from the person who sponsored them.

My friend quit, and I’ve not given them a dime of my money since then.

Do not give to the Salvation Army.

[gayfeatherfiend]

Do Not. Give. To. Salvation. Army

[rab-it-deactivated20231030]

My turn.

I’m a wildfire and disaster logistics specialist.

I deal with a lot of agencies who provide disaster relief.

I used to say the Salvation Army’s disaster services were the one (literally the ONE) good thing they did.

They would come in, set up a canteen trailer, make and pass out hot coffee and donated food in a disaster, usually being one of the first agencies to get there and the last to leave.

Then I found out.

Every time they did this, regardless of if they were actually invited or deployed by the agency in charge (usually FEMA, sometimes others) they would SELF-DEPLOY. Meanjng they would just show up. Ok. That’s not TOO bad, sometimes agencies have to take initiative and get there before the red tape is sorted out. BUT. They, after they left at the end of the incident, they would send FEMA or the host agency a BILL. They used one or two paid employees (usually the driver of the truck and a supervisor); and many VOLUNTEERS, but they would bill for EVERYONE’s Labor at standard federal rates. They would bill for the food they distributed even though it was all donated by another agency or private parties. They would bill for the coffee they made and the supplies. Except they would use electricity from the shelter location, water from donations or from the shelter, and in many cases, they would get the coffee and industrial filters DONATED, but bill for them at retail prices.

Don’t FUCKING give to the Salvation Army.

[thehappyfeminist-22]

When creating your characters, consider what types of TV shows they might enjoy watching, because each genre of show has the potential to convey or hint at certain personality traits. Here’s a list that I came up with off the top of my head:

Cooking shows

House hunting shows

Home improvement shows

Procedural cop shows

True crime shows

Nature shows

History documentaries

Science documentaries

Cartoons

Talk shows

Reality shows

Outdoor shows

Car auctions

Home shopping shows

Vet shows

Paranormal shows

Crafting shows

Medical shows

Medical dramas

Interior design shows

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

not to be dramatic but we desperately need a punk movement to come in and wash away this Instagram model airbrushed picture perfect trend. it’s so damaging……teens, young adults, kids, the Grown….all of us need to just. we need to be sweaty again. we deserve it smeared eyeliner…..idk just. it’s okay if ur hair is greasy please just relax & then get mad about stuff that’s important to you.

[dogmotifs]

hey if ur lgbtq rb this with all ur past labels nd the one u use now

i’ll go first straight, bi, pan, demi, then lesbian

[ezra-asks]

Straight, Lesbian, Bi, Gender Questioning

[laarne]

no offense but the soft uncertain kiss followed by a pause where the people look each other in the eyes and then fucking pull eachother back into a more passionate kiss will always be the most soul destroying trope , catch me lying on the fucking ground sobbing and rewatching The Scene™✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[tropiyas]

“i am a monument to all your sins” is such a fucking raw line for a villain it’s amazing that it came from halo, a modernish video game, and not some classical text or mythos

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

classic texts have nothing on the crazy people come up with in modern times tbh

[cerastes]

“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”

– Joshua Graham, Who Is A Fallout New Vegas NPC, Something Most People Throwing This Quote Around Don’t Realize

[sparkylurkdragon]

“If the world chooses to become my enemy, I will fight like I always have.”

– Shadow the Hedgehog in what is widely considered one of if not the single worst game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise

[tarradash]

[spookyscaryskeletitties]

this is the source for this text and it haunts me on a regular basis

[onion-souls]

[oblivionsongstress]

“Pick a god and pray.”

-Fredrick from Fire Emblem Awakening

[jedijenkins]

Huh, it’s almost like art isn’t just fine art…

[mysteryseeker]

this is my addition to this ever growing list of raw quotes originating from unexpected sources

[knucklesandgyros]

[genderlich-deactivated20211204]

[silver-tongues-blog]

[lostsometime]

#discovering that the profound is lurking behind the absurd#just waiting for the chance to peek through like sunlight through the clouds#is one of the best things in life once you start to notice it

this is a beautiful way to put it and i’m gonna cry abt it

[broadwaytheanimatedseries]

this post has gotten so much better since the last time I saw it

[chadnicholas]

Writers when editing their own novel

[ezra-asks]

Hannah Sutcliffe Headcannon:

Name: Hannah Luanne Sutcliffe

Ethnicity: White Anglo/American

Gender: Female

Birthday: 2nd May 1932

Star Sign: Taurus ♉️

Eye Colour: Dark with Green, Blue and Brown swirls

Hair Colour: Ashy Blonde

Height: 6,5

Build: Thicc with a bit of tummy

Interests:

-Absolutely BATSHIT INSANE

-Personality disorder

-Extreme moodswings and personality changes

-Psychotic episodes with violent tendencies.

-experiences synesthesia and finds music confusing.

-Cannibal

-Struggles to connect emotionally but experiences extreme lust

-Sexual deviant

-Extremely smart and cunning, specialising in Biopsychology and experimental chemistry.

-Likes children and believes them to be the purest form of life.

[ezra-asks]

Louis Davidson Headcannon:

Name: Louis Dominic Davidson

Ethnicity: Black, Indian mixed

Gender: Male

Birthday: 24th October 1954

Star Sign: Scorpio ♏️

Eye Colour: Dark Blue (Saphire Blue)

Hair Colour: (Dark Auburn/Brown)

Height: 5,11

Build: Slight but broad shouldered

Interests:

-A Sciencey Boy

-Loves non-fiction and Case studies

-Completely Dead Inside

-Sociopathic Tendency’s

-On the Autism Spectrum:

•Hates loud noises

•Hates extreme tastes

-Conpletely devoid of conscience

-Only loves Hannah, and struggles to form emotional attachments.

-Specialises in Law and Psychology, having top tier degrees in both, from prestigious universities.

-Basically a more competent Dr Horrible

[ezra-asks]

Ezra episode:

I love all our characters and the idea of the book so much that sometimes I forget that I have to write it. 😂

[insomniac-arrest]

this Hollywood thing of making soulless animated films and getting people to watch them just by slapping on a bunch of real life celebrities that kids probably don’t even care about is… bad

go back to professional voice actors! go back to original films! try out 2-d animation again!!

like, I’m not just trying to yell “bring back my childhood,” but at least attempt to make the next generations childhood magical and filled with wonder for animation and story creation

I will still never get over seeing these for the first time:

every kid deserves to have that feeling of raw aw and inspiration

bonus Ghibli:

[insomniac-arrest]

“Kids don’t care what they consume!! they’ll watch anything!”

animation isn’t just for kids, but regardless of that kids still deserve those first experiences of wonder, those things that stay with them for the rest of their lives, kids deserve thought and consideration put into their damn media

[imagitory]

Can we all just add visuals from original, inspirational animated movies that really stuck with us as kids to this post? You know, to better showcase the kinds of films we wish kids today could experience in theaters like we did?

[avoidingapples]

here are some of my favorites that i could find! i tried to cap it at 5 so i wouldn’t go totally overboard but a couple more slipped in

[theatlanticaprincess]

Also full offense but kids deserve good art and imaginative storytelling in movies and beyond. They’re not stupider versions of adults, they have creativity and intelligence that deserves to be both indulged and nurtured.

[calamitys-child]

Oh to be a Victorian dandy, wildly bisexual, living in the days before anyone had realised what drugs actually did to you and there was a new Sherlock Holmes story every week

[shadowofthelamp]

season 6 antagonist: you! steven universe! I hate you for restructuring the gem hierarchy because it used to benefit me more!

steven: so you didn’t hate my mom? you just dislike MY actions?

antagonist: I barely knew her.

steven, raising his hands to the sky: THANK YOU

[faelapis]

i gotta say, i feel very validated with these recent rebecca sugar interviews talking about how spinel is a very toxic person - who not only needs to realize that hurting people isn’t making her happier, but whose sole motivation is to hurt. and how rebecca describes this is as “new territory for the show”.

like. i find it really fascinating that this is the character the fandom as a whole has latched on to. because unlike early peridot, jasper, or even the diamonds, she doesn’t really have this internal layer of selflessness. the aforementioned characters all thought they were doing the right thing, whereas spinel does things entirely because she thinks it’ll make herself feel better.

it’s all very fascinating. i hear so many people say that a sad backstory isn’t enough to make them sympathize with an antagonist, and yet they sympathize more with a character who is acting entirely on a selfish impulse than characters who genuinely think they were the good guys all along.