realized i never really made like a GOOD intro post here, so wanted to share the one on my ko-fi (b/c i'd just end up saying the same things here anyway LMAOOO)
been making a lot more self-indulgent art just over the past week or two in a sketchbook, no digital shid, just going based off vibes. some have not looked so great, others surpassed expectation, and the whole time it has been FUN
i think digital for me has become attached with this pressure to post it?? or make it perfect because it’s digital???? idk why but idk probably because i grew up w social media
i did the thing guys. i made another one-shot. and it's longer than last time AND i made art for it too !! woah !!!!
this fic is meant to be more feel-good / have low(er) stakes issues and be a day-in-the-life type thing. i've never written a thing like this before, so i can only hope i delivered some of the good vibes for u all :-3
available on AO3 here (or just search Little Acts of Kindness -- my user is also velitor over there !!)
M rating because of cursing -- no smut / violence / whatever else
Suffering of my family ... please give us your attention
All my family members are currently in Gaza: my brothers Ahmed, Osama, Moatasim, and Mohammed, along with their families, and my elderly parents. Ahmed's family includes three children: Qusay, Lyan, and Ayda. Osama's family also has three children: Yahya, Sewar, and Yamen. Moatasim’s family consists of two children: Maria and Aysha. Mohammed is 22 years old.
They once lived in safety and peace, each having their own home which provided them with happiness, warmth, and love. Ahmed and Osama worked as dental technicians, Moatasim was a delivery driver, and Mohammed was training to become a dental technician with the dream of opening his own practice.
Before the war, they led normal lives—visiting one another, going on trips, and sharing laughs and smiles. But everything changed on October 7, 2023, when war broke out in Gaza. This horrific conflict destroyed their lives, taking away their homes, jobs, safety, and dreams, and tragically claiming many of our relatives.
Two weeks into the war, my family was forced to flee their home in Tel Alhawa, escaping south to the Deir Albalah area to save their lives. Now, they live in tents with no access to water, electricity, sanitation, or food. These dire conditions have led to numerous health issues, especially for the children, including skin diseases and Hepatitis B infections.
Every day, my family struggles to survive in these appalling conditions. This has become a nightmarish reality. The funds raised by this campaign will be used to:
Provide Medical Care and Treatment: My parents urgently need medical support. My father has undergone heart catheterization due to blocked arteries, while my mother suffers from high blood pressure and heart problems. They require both medical attention and nutritious food.
Offer Health Treatment for Qusay, four-year child, who recently had a difficult throat operation, needs ongoing healthcare and speech therapy. His condition has left him struggling with speech difficulties, and he requires urgent speech therapy, healthy nutrition and Phycological treatment.
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Your donation and sharing my family campaign can make a significant difference during this devastating time. Thank you for your attention and generosity.
*Hi My name is Ahmed AlSaidi, I currently live in Gaza Strip under this horri… Ahmed Al-Saidi needs your support for Save our lives to survi
ok yall ik i vanished but it's for good reason and i'm back w good news:
i finished draft 2 of my trilogy novel WIP thing
i'm making hella progress on the next klance one-shot
hopefully i can post said one-shot this month!! :> draft 2 is honestly looking really good imo so i may just finish it up this week and then do edits and then she'll be ready and i will share her here when she IS ready i promise
anyways merry December or something idk i'm v tired
ok yall ik i vanished but it's for good reason and i'm back w good news:
i finished draft 2 of my trilogy novel WIP thing
i'm making hella progress on the next klance one-shot
hopefully i can post said one-shot this month!! :> draft 2 is honestly looking really good imo so i may just finish it up this week and then do edits and then she'll be ready and i will share her here when she IS ready i promise
anyways merry December or something idk i'm v tired
this is so stupid guys but i've become addicted to Bakery Story
the app isn't even that good. it's trying to get you to buy shit all the time. the events are not timed well (probably in a move to try and get people to spend more money on the game), the menus and UI in general is shitty
but i just fucking love those kinds of games SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BAKING
when i was younger and LINE was a bigger thing, they had Fairy Tale Patisserie or whatever it was called and i miss that game so much and i just want that experience and stupid BAKERY STORY is the closest thing i have right now
and i know deep down i am wasting time and should not be playing the silly bakery game but here i am 😔
with the US political climate the way it is and book bans all over the country or at least in the south yee-fucking-haw and everything, i have regularly wondered if my book is even going to get published if i go the traditional route
basically everyone in the book is lgbt+, it's got a greek- / roman-inspired gods system, lots of hecking d**th and m*rd*r, she ain't a SFW project in language or imagery or basically any respect other than i don't like sex scenes so i don't have any LMAO
it's probably not as big a problem as it is in my head, but i still do think about it a lot :-/
super duper long ramble i'm sorry you don't have to read this but if you want to erm here??
so this is a future vel problem but it's something i've been thinking about for the past 3 weeks or so
i have two GIANT fanfics that i wanna write okay
one of them is a Voltron fic and one of them is a Saw fic, and i love them both a lot and have put a lot of time into planning them and i've already written some shit for both of them and they're both my mind children right
but i think i'm coming to the realization that i do not have time to write both -- at least in terms of seeing them made in the near future. i don't have 250 hours in a day, and i have a full-time job, and i have other writing projects, yadda yadda
i'm also running into the problem of: the Saw fic is meant to be canon-compliant, but the canon of Saw is actively changing. Voltron's fic is also canon-compliant (in a way) and the canon will never change for VLD specifically. it's done. and with the nature of what i wanna do, even if they added to post-s8 canon, the fic could still stand as it is
(but i pray they never add to canon b/c jfc if they ever come back and butcher these characters and this plot any more than they already have i will be so frustrated and everybody will know about it and--)
i've also been cooking this Voltron fic ever since i saw the first seasons. when i saw the Klance art that made me go "oh cute i'll go watch" and got me into the series, it was already cooking. it's a story that has molded with me and is finally at a point where i'm like "this is good." and i haven't messed with it too much since in terms of what i want out of it
i think part of me is okay with it only ever being in my head, b/c then it can forever mold and change and be in my developing comfort zone, but part of me knows that i need to just write this thing. like dang it's been ~6 yrs or something ??? just get it out there man
and since Saw's canon is still changing, i'm afraid to throw all my eggs into that basket. i'm afraid to write something cool and something i'm very proud of in the scope of the universe just to have it be wiped out by one of their typical plot additions that you can't see coming even if you know it's on the way. i know that it wouldn't invalidate my fic in terms of being enjoyable really -- you just gotta write what you wanna write and people can enjoy it regardless of canon compliance -- but i also can't ignore the fact that i've spent HOURS trying to make the fic canon-compliant for a very specific reason and i would hate to see that progress wiped out in one swift motion in the 20-second reveal clip at the end of a new movie. now, if it happens, oh well. if it happens while i'm still writing the damn thing, it's gonna feel way worse
...in writing this, i've answered my own question that i was gonna ask here
anyway thanks if you read this whole super long ramble LMAOOO
if you're a Klance fan then i guess you're in luck my dudes
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