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💔 From Gaza… where suffering has become daily life 💔
I am from Gaza — a father whose only goal is to keep his children alive.Our home was destroyed 🏚️,
and we no longer have a place to shelter.We move from one place to another, searching for safety, warmth, and a piece of bread 🍞.
My children go to sleep hungry 😢,and my wife and daughter were injured and are still living with pain 💔.
There is no work, no income, and no certainty about tomorrow — only fear.In Gaza, we do not dream big dreams.We only dream of a day that passes in peace 🌅,
a meal that fills our children’s stomachs,and a night where they can sleep withouut the sound of bombing.This is not just a story of sorrow,but the testimony of a human being trying to survive,clinging to life despite everything.Gaza is not numbers.
Gaza is faces, children, and hearts that grow tired — but never surrender 🇵🇸
Please stop for a moment and read my story. Even $5 could help my children survive
My name is Donia. I am 34 years old and a mother of eight. I never imagined that one day I would have to write a message like this and ask strangers for help just to keep my children safe and fed.Before everything happened, our life was simple. We were not rich, but we had a home, safety, and hope for our children’s future. My husband worked hard every day to provide for us, and we were grateful for the small things in life.Then everything changed.My husband was injured and now has internal metal plates in the joint of his right leg. Because of his injury, he cannot work like before, and even moving is painful for him. Our situation became even harder when the war and famine began.During the worst time of the famine, I was pregnant. I still remember those days with pain in my heart. There were days when we did not even have one kilo of flour in the house. Imagine being a mother, carrying a child in your womb, while not knowing if you will be able to feed your family that day.We were displaced from our home and forced to leave everything behind. We lived through fear, hunger, and uncertainty. After some time we tried to return to our home, hoping life might become a little more stable again. But soon the area became dangerous, and we had no choice but to leave once more.Now we live in a small tent in Al-Daraj.In the middle of all this suffering, I gave birth to my baby boy, Saeed. The moment that should have been filled with joy was instead filled with worry and helplessness. When my baby was born, I did not even have clothes for him. I had to borrow tiny clothes from our neighbors so my newborn would have something to wear.As a mother, that feeling broke my heart.
💔 My name is Donia. I am 34 years old, and a mother of eight children.
I would like to share an important update with everyone who has supported me and stood by my side 🤍
Unfortunately, my previous fundraising campaign has been canceled, and all the support and progress it had are now gone. This means I have to start again from the beginning during one of the most difficult periods of my life 💔
Since the war, everything has changed. My father was martyred, and I became responsible for helping my mother and younger siblings while trying to survive the hardships of displacement and loss.
I have been married for three years to the woman I love dearly. Our biggest dream is to become parents 👶🏻🤍 But after many medical consultations, we learned that we need IVF treatment, a procedure that is far beyond what I can afford under these circumstances.
Despite everything, we are still holding on to hope. My wife and I continue to dream of the day we can hold our child in our arms 🌷
Today, I am asking for your support once again. My previous campaign was
Hi, my name is Bee, and I'm helping my friend Mahmoud raise funds for him and his family as they struggle through the genocide in Gaza. His
Please, I need your support, no matter how small, it could make a big difference in my family's life 🙏😭
My name is Maram, I am 25 years old from Gaza. I dreamed of a peaceful life, spending my life with my husband and my three children... but the war turned this dream into an impossible one 💔😭. We lived through this genocide with all its painful details and we are still suffering from it😭. We were so happy when the ceasefire was announced, and we returned to our homes in northern Gaza after being displaced for a year and a half in a tent in the south of the Gaza Strip. After repairing a small room in our destroyed house, we began to live there and start over. Unfortunately, the war came back, and it was even stronger than before 💔. Now, we have no shelter or source of income. We have used up all our savings during the war. I know I created my campaign very late, but that's because I have no other means to help my family 🙏. I am completely confident and hopeful that someone here will help us as much as they can and save my family in these tough circumstances 😔.
I know how painful and frustrating it is to start over from scratch, but I hope to get any amount for my family 🥺🙏.
My name is Maram, a Palestinian woman from Gaza. I am 26 years old and a mother of three children: Malik (8 years old), Ibrahim (6 years old
So, please, donate to my campaign, even if it's a small amount—it will have a big impact on us 🥺. May God bless you, my friend 🥰❤️.
My name is Mahmoud. I live in Gaza with my family, and we are going through a very difficult financial situation. I tried to create a donation link for my family, but I couldn't find someone to help organize and manage the campaign 🥺💔So my friend Ahmed decided to support me by sharing his own family’s donation link, and we agreed to split the donations between our two families.
Right now, we have almost no food, and the cost of living has become unbearable due to the siege, soaring prices, and the closure of all crossings.Everything has doubled in price in an unimaginable way 🥲🥺
We might be forced to flee to southern Gaza after the announcement of a full invasion of Gaza City 💔
The bombing and destruction never stop — not for a single moment. There is no longer any real life in Gaza. We are just struggling to survive, trying to secure the bare minimum: water and food.
Winter is coming, and we have no winter clothing after our home was destroyed and we were displaced multiple times 😭🥲Please, we urgently need financial help to buy food and store some in case the situation worsens.
This is our donation link.
Please remember: donations are shared between two families. So, for the sake of God, help us, my friend. Save our children, my younger siblings, my parents, and even my older siblings — we are all homeless and hungry 🥺🥲💔
My Story: From the Hell of War to the Search for Safety My name is Ahmed, a 20-year-old young man from Gaza. Since the war began, my life ha
Episode 90: Premonition of World's End? Mysterious New Senshi / Star Struck, Bad Luck [Part 2]
Anyways, that evil tree from last post? It's this bitch, right here.
Meet Mikuji, the monster of this episode. Since her Daimon egg incubated itself into that cherry tree, and Japanese people tend to tie pieces of paper with a bad fortune written on it to cherry trees, that's pretty much her theme.
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I get that Rei's a good person deep down underneath all that bitchiness, but I still find it weird to associate Rei with a pure heart. But I guess even tsunderes can be pure, too.
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So, it seems that every Daimon has a star shaped mark on their bodies, some of which tend to be in very... risque places. I'm sure such placement gave Cloverway a very hard time covering some of them up.
And I guess those weird birthmarks are used to steal pure hearts out of people's chests?
Oh, those poor censors at Cloverway, haha.
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Of course, as soon as Sailor Moon introduces herself and prepares to punish the Daimon in the name of the Moon, she gets herself bodied. As expected.
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And now, the other Sailors can't transform to help Moon out! Oh, if only Tuxedo Mask were here!
Oh good! Now Sailor Moon can Moon Princess Halation the fuck out of Mikuji and save Rei.
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Or... that could happen.
And that. Wowee, that looks so wrong out of context.
Oh, if only there were more Sailor Senshi to fight and kill of this horrible monster!
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Well, that works too.
Famous last words.
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Thank you, mysterious figures who look like fellow Sailor Senshi but could also be working for the bad guy too, whoever you both are.
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Oh boy, the Cloverway dub. How bad could it be? Let's find out.
Ugh, Serena sounds way older and weirder than before, now that Linda Ballantyne is doing her voice. I mean, I get that Terri Hawkes was too busy having a baby to reprise her role, but... what about Tracey Moore? Was she not available, either?
The opening sequence is visually pretty much exactly the same as the Japanese version, although musically, they reused the DiC!dub's theme. Also, I think the opening animation used is from a later episode, because Sailors Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Chibi Moon, Super Moon, and even Hotaru all appear during it. The original Japanese version that I saw did not show any of them yet.
Amy sounds kinda weird too, due to her being voiced by Liza Balkan instead of the usual Karen Bernstein. Mina sounds okayish, despite being voiced by Emilie Barlow (who voiced Raye in 1997), but I still miss Stephanie Morgenstern. Oh well, at least Susan Roman is still Lita, and Katie Griffin is back to voicing Raye.
It's Kah-oh-ree, not Kay-OR-ree.
Everything written in Japanese is subtitled in English. Okay, good.
It seems that Cloverway decided to skip out on reusing DiC's background music, because the BGM here is the exact same as the subbed version. Also good.
By the way, all the video files of the Cloverway dub that I have I think are ripped from the DVD version, so I'm assuming that it's also the uncut version, like the Sailor Moon R movie that I covered. That would explain why the slapstick is still there.
Mikuji is now Mikusi. Why.
At least Cloverway went back to localizing Moon Princess Halation as Moon Scepter Elimination. You know, as opposed to Moon Scepter Activation.
It's Tomoe, not Tomo. Fucking Cloverway!
Well, at least there's no more Sailor Says segments tacked onto every episode.
Episode 90: Premonition of World's End? Mysterious New Senshi / Star Struck, Bad Luck [Part 1]
Welcome to Magpants Watches: Sailor Moon S! Thanks for waiting (and sorry to keep you waiting).
So not only do we get a brand new opening sequence, but a new rendition of Moonlight Densetsu (sung by the actresses who performed as the Inner Senshi in the musicals, apparently).
Sadly, the sub-job is kinda lacking during this intro, considering that some phrases go untranslated. But I hope the rest of the episode is better.
Hmm, what could this symbolize, I wonder?
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I guess we're doing these episode previews after the opening song instead of before, now?
(Sorry for the hard-to-read subtitles.)
I was going to make a dismissive remark about Usagi not wanting to have to study for her entrance exams, but then I realized I've had the privilege of not needing to do entrance exams at all since I don't live in Japan.
Tough break, Usagi.
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Huh, I didn't know Rei was a Christian. Well, she does go to a Catholic school, I guess. But then, won't that conflict with her job as a Shinto shrine maiden?
Ah whatever, religion is weird sometimes.
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Oh yeah, we get a fresh new title card animation instead of the old one that we've had for two seasons straight. Yes, the title is technically different from what I typed up. I use WikiMoon's translations, cause I'm lazy.
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Turns out it was all a dream. A prophetic dream, but a dream nonetheless. If only Usagi regularly has prophetic dreams, too. Maybe she'd take her Sailor duties more seriously if she did.
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Dr. Tomoe is probably the first arc villain who's just a regular guy (even if he is a mad scientist). Because before, we had an evil witch(?) and her incorporeal superior, as well as a clan of humanoids from another planet with magic powers granted by an evil nihilistic warlock skeleton. (And then there where those two aliens and tree/life source, but they're technically not canon.) Not sure whether his assistant Kaolinite is an evil normie, too.
Anyway, this is probably also the first time the monsters-of-the-day are all manmade, too. But then again, I'm sure there's also some otherworldly force(s) working behind the scenes.
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Apparently, the King Arthur legend is real in the Sailor Mooniverse.
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Meanwhile, Usagi just got her English proficiency test back, and she... did not do very well (as usual). But what I want to talk about is the problem she got wrong (which I'm reluctant to screenshot because there's a transphobic slur in it).
To sum it up, it was a fill-in-the-blank quiz thing that described a man trying to do "nanpa", but he ends up with what could be described as either a transwoman or a crossdressing man. I'm not sure which they meant, but I think the word that was used might be considered a slur in Japan.
But anyways, I'm just curious whether the Japanese school systems allow for test questions that casually mention sex and gender like that outside of sex ed. classes, or if this only happens on Japanese television.
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While Usagi was worrying over how her parents (and Rei) would react to her terrible test score, she (of course) bumps into Rei, who immediately susses out that she got a terrible grade on her test. But then Rei says this:
Rei must be really worried about the future if she's being this nice to Usagi. I mean, Rei was busy brooding instead of paying attention to where she was walking, too. I'm assuming she was brooding because of that dream, right?
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Rei's got lots of dreams! But from what I can tell about Japanese culture, a lot of Japanese celebrities tend to dabble in any of those three things she mentioned. I don't know if that's true, or anything, so please feel free to correct me in the replies.
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Oh no, another Doom Tree! And this one is legitimately evil!
Oh no, Rei! Watch out, there's an evil tree close by! Protect your pure heart!
Oh no, she can't hear me! She's wearing airpo--*shot*
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So I guess this is the new conflict between Usagi and Mamoru, then? Well, I hope it's more bearable than the breakup arc that they went through last season.
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And here's the new eye catch for this season! There's slightly more to it, but I've reached the image limit. Oops.
Artwork of Mario dancing, seen in the 1985 instruction manual/programming guide for Family Basic V3 on the Famicom.
The illustration is to show that by using Mario's jumping sprite without making him actually jump, he can be made to look like he is raising his hands in the manner reminiscent of the dance move featured in the 1977 move Saturday Night Fever (which has since become the default "disco" move in fiction), with the caption next to him translating to "Fever".
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