I keep this blog fandom light but I can’t stay silent about this
If you care about humanity you should care about Ukrainians too and russia has launched one of the bloodiest, cruelest and heaviest attacks on Ukraine’s capital today
In the middle of the night, when people are sleeping, they started bombing civilian districts with all types of missiles
Lots of buldings damaged, many injured and yet unknown about the exact number of casualties
One of the biggest cities in Europe is all on fire being bombed to ground all because the little goblin and his ppl don’t want Ukraine to exist anymore
They want us to sign a peace deal that’s essentially capitulation and give up everything we have, what we fought for
Please, just look up information and spread the word
I know the news barely talk about Ukraine anymore, especially in the US. I know because I live here and I got asked about what’s the situation back home for the first time in MONTHS recently, in months… and every time I don’t know what to say because it is bad, still really really bad and people need help
I have friends in Kyiv, I am constantly anxious about them. I have my family and friends in other cities and I am constantly worried and scared for them
This isn’t right, this shouldn’t be our reality, this is NOT okay and I’m writing this as a desperate post just begging people, whoever reads this, to not forget about Ukraine
Russia has just bombarded Kyiv with the heaviest ballistic missile bombardment since the start of the full scale invasion in February 2022. This includes two 'Oreshnik' missiles, normally configured to carry nuclear warheads. When not carrying a nuclear payload, they are long-range, but have mediocre accuracy. Even if aimed at a military target, the Russians know that massive collateral damage will be caused by submunitions. Many high-rise housing blocks have been hit. The use of Oreshniks is intended to send a message of terror and intimidation to civilians, but after years of bombardment with drones and other missiles, Ukraine is unlikely to yield.
Casualties are likely to be high and updates will trickle through during the day. Existing interceptor drones are good at stopping Russian 'Shahed' drones, but much less capable at stopping missiles.
Bat facts because the world is a dark and cruel place.
Bats are known for there incredible immune system. Like unfairly good, a study exposed a bunch of greenhouse bats to Ebola ( disease that their population had never been exposed to) and only a handful showed symptoms of even being mildly sick.
Bat cells have created a fail safe that means that bats are seemingly all but completely immune to cancer and researchers are figuring how we can use this information for humans
Bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal
Bat wings are just their hands ( their scientific name Chiorptera literally just means " hand wing")
Vampire bats are the only bats capable of walking and also drink like a single teaspoon of blood at a time and their saliva actually has antibiotics in it that doctors have been using for medicine
добрий день,what are your thoughts on westerners drawing their favourite characters in traditional Ukrainian clothing?
Слава Україні
Добридень!
First of all, thank you for such a positive question. I, like many Ukrainians, am always happy to see a character from any fandom or an oc wearing Ukrainian clothing, having a Ukrainian hairstyle, or even just including any element of our culture. And of course, we’re always glad to support this kind of art.
I’ve seen that some foreigners worry that there might be certain cultural restrictions — like things non-Ukrainians aren’t allowed to wear — but that’s not really the case in Ukraine. For us, sharing elements of culture with others is generally part of hospitality, like exchanging items of traditional clothing, for example.
So thank you for supporting Ukraine — Героям Слава! And have a great day!
really really long and elaborate list of ideas, thoughts and inspo below
1. June
liminal space inspo:
one of the most recognisable liminal themes of grass planes and perfectly blue sky, suburban houses for some of that delicious #americandream
connecting piece:
checkered path into unknown, a theme I wanted to maintain for all 4 of them. the exit itself is in the cloud, just like June, one with the wind
ideas and symbols:
memories of childhood and self washing away into the distance, water wind clouds all as a manifestation of her hero of breath status and self perception at large
a look back at something that is so far behind but also right in front of you, end of game, freedom, undecided future and a familiar tire swing
thoughts:
want to add that heir of breath, embodiment of freedom and wind and being so so light etc. is probably my fav thing about June and how it interacts with her gender, body and mind
name:
forget your voice, forget your mind
song I drew this to:
toby fox - saviour of the waking world
note: a few days ago from posting this I had a dream where I hung out with toby, chill guy. next day I wanted to manifest in his dream again to ask deltarune chapter 5 when but instead I got one of the most terrifying nightmares of my life. whatever toby
2. Rose
liminal space inspo:
imagery of technology and other common objects being somewhere a human couldn't possibly be, some pastel vaporwave goodness, early 2000 3D asset stairs that all lead to nothing, and the reflection of sun at sea, sparkly and beautiful
ideas and symbols:
the land of light and rain forming her face and her eyes are teary being well the Rain part of it all, furniture, books and computers and other components of a usual life floating away, sinking, breaking down and returning to dust to form a sea floor. a tiny martini glass on the edge
connecting piece:
instead of the exit being withing arms reach like on June's piece, Roses is inside her own mind, something something seer of light being able to see all but her own mind, how overbearing infinite knowledge can be to one huh
I love this comic so much it always is a huge inspiration on anything with Rose I ever made. I don't even know why it stuck(no pun intended) with me so much but I just can't get it out of my head whenever I think about Rose
name:
thought for the day
song:
Oliver Buckland - tetractys
3. Dave
so this guy huh
liminal space inspo:
ps1-2 video game graphics, late 20 century fantasy art, the entirety of monument valley, deathvlei
it's pretty simple, land of heat and clockwork, huge huge huge cathedral like uncanny architecture that makes you feel so so so tiny
connecting piece:
door is right in front of you, you just need to get to the other side
ideas and symbols:
observing your life, your bros life, death and your own insignificance in the face of it all
knighthood, being on a quest, keeping something safe and or under control. or else dead daves start piling up, and that's never good
thoughts:
on my recent reread I specifically got the part of terezi witnessing doomed daves death. holey moley it's good
note: this one took me way too long. I had another version but I hated it so much I redrew Daves part completely at the point of progress where everything was pretty much finished. no regrets tho. wish I came up with a way to include davesprite here but well
bonus inspo:
the overall idea of this piece in particular got delivered to me by a vision I had while watching dawtde. yk knighthood of it all. and liminal factor is present as well. being responsible for so much. to oversee to keep to guard to put your life on the line between danger and what's dear to you.
bro is also present
name:
what is a knight's duty
songs:
miracle musical - hawaii part 2 - the mind electric
sElf - placing the blame
4. Jade
oh god this is a hard one. I worked on her all through out and remembering my exact thought process won't be easy
liminal space inspo:
her liminal space is space, which is liminal. okay okay that's not an explanation. background is old game 16 bit type graphics, being well, an endless space
ideas and symbols:
a witch of space, gazing at her friends from a far far away star. looking closer and closer, being careful not to mess anything up, and when she almost reaches them the game crashes. truly you never realise loneliness of space and yet it's endlessness until you get too close to the sun (green sun pun intended).
thoughts:
growing up is hard and nobody understands
connecting piece:
in that she is kind of similar to Rose's piece, her being both all space around the exit and the exit itself.
note: want to add that the planets are fully hand drawn, I know I cooked when lowas looks almost identical to the og sprite
name:
don't look back
song:
susumu hirasawa - the girl in the tiger field
every single of them is so dear to my heart.
I hope my text shaped word vomit is at least somewhat interesting to read. I'm more of a stem guy and haven't written an essay in god damn ages
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