If you can eat and drink, sleep in a bed, read these words, and have a bank accountāyou have the power to help. Donāt stay silent. Do something for Gaza today.
Like on one hand I know why Ace got the ending he did, he was Luffyās wake-up call to get serious and remind him of the stakes.
But on the other hand. I have some thoughts.
I think Aceās story ended too soon. Sure thereās something to be said about how not everyone gets a happy ending and Ace never wanted to live forever and at least he felt loved in his final moments.
But to me, thereās too many parallels to Roger, Ace was never truly able to escape his fatherās shadow, he never found out about Sabo, he became a plot device instead of a character, which I never really enjoy in stories. He had a lot of potential and dying when he did negated all of that.
I think it wouldāve been interesting to see Ace have to deal with the fact that people loved him even when he couldnāt protect them. Like Ace has always been passively suicidal at best, so him dying for Luffy and Whitebeard is painful sure, but it was also the easy way out for Ace. Ace always expected to die for someone, itās probably his version of repaying everyone whoās been kind. The āthank you for loving meā to me, shows that even in his last moments he felt that loving him was an act of kindness, some kind of effort.
What wouldāve been really awesome to see is ACE not being able to use himself as a shield, not being allowed to die tragically as a hero and a martyr, but Ace being forced to LIVE for Whitebeard and Thatch and his family. Ace having to live and grow beyond being just a son and a brother but a person in his own right, carrying on a legacy heās proud to bear.
Also, I think Ace shouldāve kept his devil fruit. Sabo doesnāt need it, he doesnāt need greatness he needs to use his own skills to bring justice by his own hand. Just like he doesnāt need the Will of D to be a major player. Sabo fighting for everything he has by his own grit is literally the point of Saboās character in rejecting his birth status. Sabo being among the ranks of people like Rayleigh and Shanks who donāt have devil fruits and specialize in high level haki just fits his character better imo.
But for Ace, getting to have a devil fruit where Roger didnāt, once again following in Whitebeardās footsteps rather than Roger.
āIām just doing what Iām told. If I am ordered to remove gold fillings from refugees theeth then thatās what Iāll doā, says police officer Michael Hansen.
Just thought Iād add this since not a lot of people outside of the nordic countries seem to have seen it. This is a danish police officer discussing a new danish law that says the police should seize the possesions and money of refugees to finance the integration.
I've been following football for 20+ years, this is by far the worst so far (in my time), holding it in the US was an absolutely terrible decision of a lifetime. Makes one think how much they got payed by their government for if to be held there, for distraction and PR. And they tell their people then that they don't have the money for healthcare, give me break.
Please help my friend Mahmoud if you can. His family continues to live through ordeals one after another. In the past couple of years, he has been struck with shrapnel twice, once in his back and once in his brain, his wife had to undergo cancer treatment for stage 4 cancer on her own, they gave birth to a baby but weren't able to feed him and he starved for days if not weeks, a wall collapsed on their tent and they were stuck under the rubble for 15 minutes before being rescued, and just 2 months ago, their 5 year old son passed away and now they have to pay off the debt they took on to pay for funeral expenses. Please help my friend Mahmoud @mahmoud0qassas
Go to paypal.me/RaniahAlhammad and type in the amount. Since itās PayPal, it's easy and secure. Donāt have a PayPal account? No worries.
Recently, Mahmoud has been hospitalized for a severe stomach infection, an infection so severe that the medication had to be administered intravenously.
The food and water widely available in Ghazzah is contaminated. This is an explicit part of the genocidal plan against Palestinians in Ghazzah.
"No electricity, no food, no water, no gas. It's all closed. We are fighting animals and are acting accordingly."
- Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister (Likud). Date: 2 years ago (10 November, 2023). Source. Archived Video
Please help Mahmoud, he has been through some of the most trying ordeals any person on this planet can go through.
Subject : collecting money for my father's emergency operation in his head
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I am raising funds to support my elderly parents who are currently living in extremely difficult condition⦠Mohammed H needs your support f
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I never imagined that I would have to write these words and beg for help to save my fatherās life.
My father suffered a severe head injury after a nearby bombardment. Since that day, his condition has been extremely critical, and sadly, it continues to deteriorate day after day. Doctors have stressed that he urgently needs surgery as soon as possible to prevent further complications and give him a chance to survive and recover.
Thanks to the kindness and generosity of many compassionate people, we have been able to collect part of the required amount. However, we still have $462 remaining, and we must raise it as quickly as possible before it is too late.
Every day that passes without the surgery puts my father in greater danger. Watching him suffer while being unable to help him is a pain beyond words. We are doing everything we can, but we cannot do this alone.
I am pleading with you from the bottom of my heart: if you are able to donate, no matter how small the amount, your contribution could make a real difference and help save my fatherās life. If you cannot donate, please share this appeal with your friends and family. A single share may reach someone who can help.
Please do not leave us alone during this difficult time. My father deserves a chance to live, and your support could be the reason he gets that chance.
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i think this captures the defining pathology of the collective social media psyche right now. we are in the thrall of people who are wantonly cruel but who also demand to be coddled at all times in every way
Another thing abt Marineford is that it means we were robbed of less somber/serious conversations about Ace. Like give me Sabo or Aceās crewmates reacting to the Strawhatsā impressions of Ace.
I need Marco hearing how Ace is so polite and nothing like Luffy and remembering a time when Ace bit somebody for looking at him funny and immediately turned around to go back to eating spaghetti with his bare hands. Sabo hears Vivi mention how Ace said shit like āI wouldnāt want to imposeā and washing dishes without being asked and thinks of Ace throwing a deer carcass at Dadan while tracking mud through the door going ābetter get to cooking!ā. Deuce and Jinbei hearing how Ace is so respectful and remembering Ace yelling screw you old fart at Whitebeard.
It is funny with bigotry where people unaffected by it act like that somehow disproves it. At an old job, talked to HR about a co-worker who kept calling me a faggot, and the HR person was like "Are you sure? He's never said anything like that to me."
Gee, Hetero Jessica, he's never called you a faggot? Then I must have misheard him!
if vampires existed in real life i think there would be shady companies advertising "organic blood" sourced from "willing donors" who are coincidentally all poor people being paid like $5 per blood donation. and like haughty vegan vampires who only drink a synthetic blood drink thats brewed in a way thats actively worse for the enviroment. and radical traditionalist vampires who go on tiktok and claim that true alpha chads have to drain and kill people and anyone who leaves their victims alive is a liberal cuck. enter the world of hypothetical insufferable vampire politics with me.
I know this is meant to be funny but it actually makes such a good point about how ADHD and executive dysfunction can impact people in really major ways, including financially
letās be real the pressure to use AI as an adult is exactly what they said the pressure the do drugs as a teenager would be like but the people that told us that caved immediately for the AI and definitely did not just say no
Please help my friend Mahmoud if you can. His family continues to live through ordeals one after another. In the past couple of years, he has been struck with shrapnel twice, once in his back and once in his brain, his wife had to undergo cancer treatment for stage 4 cancer on her own, they gave birth to a baby but weren't able to feed him and he starved for days if not weeks, a wall collapsed on their tent and they were stuck under the rubble for 15 minutes before being rescued, and just 2 months ago, their 5 year old son passed away and now they have to pay off the debt they took on to pay for funeral expenses. Please help my friend Mahmoud @mahmoud0qassas
Go to paypal.me/RaniahAlhammad and type in the amount. Since itās PayPal, it's easy and secure. Donāt have a PayPal account? No worries.
Recently, Mahmoud has been hospitalized for a severe stomach infection, an infection so severe that the medication had to be administered intravenously.
The food and water widely available in Ghazzah is contaminated. This is an explicit part of the genocidal plan against Palestinians in Ghazzah.
"No electricity, no food, no water, no gas. It's all closed. We are fighting animals and are acting accordingly."
- Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister (Likud). Date: 2 years ago (10 November, 2023). Source. Archived Video
Please help Mahmoud, he has been through some of the most trying ordeals any person on this planet can go through.
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