just the virtual hollow of a tree-trunk where i store my tolkien/lotro ocs. terribly shy, mostly here to appreciate other people's lovely words & art. (icon credit: eloriellevalen, banner credit: artistpolly)
I feel super shy about asking, but I offer you two possible doodle ideas which you’re totally free to take or leave: one of Curunis and Mente’s Second Age run-ins or possibly a Falathar + Makarille meeting ahead of the Anduril project :)
Nooo Lind !! don't be shy to ask <3<3<3 I couldn't resist drawing our girls !!
Gondolin: Idril Celebrindal, sort of medieval revival, you know all those 60's paintings of fantasized middle ages
Doriath: Luthien Tinuviel, more of a chinese fantasy/wuxia style, butterfly themed for parallels with my current Melian design
Isle of Balar: Singwaen (OC), I almost always use south east traditional clothing inspirations for drawing Teleri elves. This is a chut thai, traditional thai clothes (it looks absolutely gorgeous and the fabrics are often very shiny I love it)
Thargelion: Curunis ( @linden-leaf 's OC), medievalish style, feanorian looks are more strict and have sharper silhouettes than other noldorin styles
Nargothrond: Tôremiel (OC), Finrod is starting all the fashion trends so Nargothrond is more modern than everywhere else -> art nouveau style and a lot of jewelry. With lace cause that's Tôremiel's craft
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
Hi y'all. Things are incredibly hectic in Minnesota right now. For those who have been feeling helpless, this is a huge list of resources to put money and energy towards that can help the people there who are dealing with the absolute chaos ICE is causing!
Please spread this around in places and keep talking about The Twin Cities and Minnesota as a whole, please
We are still under occupation. People and children have been stuck inside their homes for months now. Someone just got murdered on Saturday in the metro.
Mutual aid is slowing way down. If you see any cause on this list PLEASE donate. Even just a little.
Particularly under the MUTUAL AID portion on the bottom.
I’ve been having an absolutely wonderful time in the Tolkien oc server and that means outfit designs! Thank you all for letting me create the worlds silliest oc dynamics with you! Idralas and Nibenaes belong to @yellow-faerie Melimmírë belongs to @linden-leaf and Ancalimon belongs to @vinyatar !
(this list is mainly ways non-locals can donate but by extension offers a lot of resources and places to volunteer in the Twin Cities + there are specific ways to donate time under the cut which can be adjusted to your local neighborhood)
full credit to cataloo from r/minnesota [x]
🩵Immigrant support
Immigrant Defense Network – coalition of 90+ groups organizing rapid response and collecting evidence.
Immigrant Law Center of MN – free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees.
COPAL – advocacy, organizing, phone hotline. Focus on Latine community.
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) – education and protest organizing.
Interfaith Coalition on Immigration – advocacy, aid, events.
Monarca MN – training and phone hotline.
Unidos MN – education, protests, advocacy.
Center for Victims of Torture – advocacy and mental health services for immigrants and refugees.
International Institute of Minnesota – refugee resettlement group that provides support and legal help to vulnerable new-to-country families.
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota – offers services to refugees, including legal aid to non-citizens.
🩵Food support
If local, food donations are welcome, otherwise monetary donations help these types of orgs source what is most needed
VEAP
Second Harvest Heartland
Every Meal
The Food Group
Meals on Wheels MN
Find a local food shelf
🩵Mutual aid funds & community support
Community Aid Network
Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid
Leo's Tow (Venmo @leostowingmn) is towing cars back to families if a car is stranded when someone is detained.
🩵More links
MN50501 Mutual Aid Linktree – well-organized list of various Twin Cities groups.
Mplsmutualaid Linktree – many neighborhood and individual GoFundMes listed here.
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Stand with Minnesota – extensive list of organizations, mutual aid, and crowdfunding campaigns.
🩵Donate blood
Memorial Blood Center declared a blood emergency on Tuesday, Jan 13. MBC is the blood supplier for both tier 1 trauma hospitals in the metro area (Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial Health).
American Red Cross
🩵Donate food or other goods
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – see Food Drives and Fundraisers.
Volunteer your time (under the cut)
🩵Mutual aid
Reach out to your neighbors – especially if you know they are staying home right now – and ask if they need groceries or toiletry items. Offer to pick up prescriptions, give rides, or shovel their driveway. If you know them well, bring them a treat that you know they'll enjoy. Or just ask them how they're doing and let them know you are there to support.
Connect with any of the orgs above and see if they are looking for volunteers.
Connect with a church or mosque in your area. From u/MuddieMaeSuggins: "I know a lot of regular Redditors are not religious (myself included) but like it or not this is a where a lot of community organizing happens, especially in immigrant communities."
Connect with your local school's admin office and/or their PTA. It's ok to reach out even if you don't have kids at the school. PTAs are organizing mutual aid for school families, safe rides, school observers.
🩵Activism
Find an official protest or other event via Indivisible, 50501, FREE AMERICA, or MIRAC. Students at many high schools are staging walk-outs; if your local school is doing this, reach out to school leadership or the PTA and ask how you can support as a community member.
Join the effort to stop Hilton from housing ICE by booking hotel rooms and then cancelling at the last minute. This action can be done from home! The effort is being organized by Sunrise Movement, who are telling activists to target specific hotels one-by-one. More info: SHUT DOWN HILTON
Find people in your area who are actively monitoring ICE and/or stationing themselves in high-traffic areas and ask how you can help. Check for local FB events where people are organizing and just show up.
At minimum, read the COPAL Handbook before you go out to observe. The DFL, Monarca, and other orgs have been hosting online trainings for constitutional observers (though these fill up quickly).
When you see ICE in action, start recording. Be as loud and as disruptive as possible: honk your horn, set off your car alarm, blow your whistle. Let people know that ICE is in the area. If you see someone being detained, try to get their name and a phone number to call their emergency contact.
If you do not feel comfortable observing ICE in person, there are ways you can support from home. Just ask the people who are organizing in your area. I have social anxiety, and I had never participated in any kind of political action before this past Saturday. If I can do it, you can!
Local organizers are requesting that people who help monitor ICE DO NOT participate in 1-to-1 mutual aid efforts, as these can put the families you are helping at risk.
If you have friends/acquaintances who are sympathetic but not politically active, reach out to them. Show them that they're not alone in feeling helpless. Pick a few low-commitment actions from this list and do them together.
MERCUTIO
... Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?
TYBALT
What wouldst thou have with me?
MERCUTIO
Good king of cats, nothing but one of your nine
lives; that I mean to make bold withal, and as you
shall use me hereafter, drybeat the rest of the
eight. Will you pluck your sword out of his pitcher
by the ears? make haste, lest mine be about your
ears ere it be out.
TYBALT
I am for you.
@linden-leaf's Curunis (as Mercutio) and Anca (as Tybalt) in Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet - doing their best to steal the show!
i think everyone else has now shared their ballet au sketches, so i’ll throw mine onto the pile as well (until i can do a proper piece) 🩰
(l-r: curunis & @vinyatar‘s ancalimon practicing tybalt and (genderbent) mercutio (they promise to only stab each other a little bit. they are probably lying 😛); the ogs, @fishing4stars‘ lossrilleth and legolas, as the actual stars of that ballet, romeo & juliet; curunis in that one supremely badass carabosse costume, fulfilling her role as the resident wicked fairy in every universe)
