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.
Yo don’t you love it when you’re about to get on the bus and you’ve biked there and you’re about to put your bike on the rack and some dude says “you need some help ma’am?” and you look him dead in the eyes and pick it up with one hand and put it on the rack
Reminders for fanfic writers who think it “doesn’t count”
✦ Your writing counts. like, a lot. If someone felt something because of what you wrote, then it matters. That scene you almost didn’t post? Yeah. Believe me, someone out there bookmarked it for a reason.
✦ Writing existing characters doesn’t make it “less than.” You’re building arcs, crafting dialogue, emotion, pacing. You’re studying character psychology like a scientist. That’s not “just fanfic,” that’s storytelling.
✦ “but it’s just fanfic” ...no. STOP, it’s craft.
It’s understanding tone. It’s hitting emotional beats. It’s layering theme and backstory and prose into something people feel. You’re doing the work, you just don’t get graded on it. (Which, honestly is a blessing.)
✦ Writing fanfic means you love stories enough to live inside them.
You care, deeply. You care enough to reimagine, to explore, to add something of yourself to a world you didn’t create and somehow still make it feel brand new.
✦ Someone out there rereads your fic like it’s their favorite book.
Maybe they’ve saved a line to their notes app,or they quote it to a friend. Maybe they just think about it when they’re having a bad day. That little fic you almost deleted, it’s comfort now.
✦ Your comments section is real. Every “I needed this” and “this made me cry in a good way” is proof, you don’t need a book deal to matter. You don’t need a publisher to have an impact, because you already do.
FANFIC IS WRITING! Fanfic is yours.
You’re not “just” anything. You’re a writer, own it. Be proud of that.
In the process of doing a tag game writer questionnaire thing, I realized that I don’t have many writer friends on here.
I love all the moots I already have, don’t worry y’all :3
But I’d like to have more writer friends. So, if you also want a writer friend, just like or reblog this post and I will find you. (That means sending you an ask about it, if that wasn’t clear.) I mainly write fantasy with lots of worldbuilding, so if you’re interested in that (or if you also write that), then I guess this is for you.
If we’re already moots and you write but it’s not what we met because of, you can also interact. If you don’t, I’m already following you for your own merits, so don’t worry about it.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: A.P. Bio (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jack Griffin (A.P. Bio), Lynette Hofsteader (mentioned), rosemary griffin (mentioned)
Additional Tags: Baking, Not Beta Read, Grief/Mourning, How Do I Tag
Series: Part 2 of Jack makes up for lost time
I am that rp partner that takes a vested interest in all your characters, not just the ones we ship. I’m an rp partner that cares about how your day went. I’m an rp partner that wants to make you smile when you’re having a bad day. I’m that rp partner that floods your box with asks but doesn’t mind when you don’t get around to them. I’m that rp partner that understands that real life comes first. I’m that rp partner that is constantly throwing aesthetics your way.
I’m that rp partner who is more interested in being your friend than whatever happens in the story. RP Partners are people too and we should all strive to foster positive connections in our communities.
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