Collecting My Thoughts

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Well, gang… That was one wild episode. And the stress levels? Woo!

First things first: if I lived in the world of Spyre and I had to take the Last Standard Exam? I will definitely not pass. A 300-word essay in five minutes while fighting monsters? What the hell, man?

(First aside: also, when Fabian was writing on the Mimic table… It did not look like Fabian was writing on the Mimic. He looked like he was giving the Mimic a different pen…)

I’m just so glad the Bad Kids had two auto-pass chances. And they used them on the right questions. Because, brother–the math question? With the time limit? Unbelievable.

And let’s talk about the monsters. Because Wave 1 was already nuts–but Wave 2 monsters were large and in charge. And the wave that followed that?

Let’s just say the Intrepid Heroes lucked out with the spells they prepped. Brennan, much as he cheers his players for besting him, seemed really put out that some of his nastier monsters didn’t even get to do much play because of area effects he didn’t foresee.

(Second aside: The Crab-Man saying “crab-man!” was extremely funny to me.)

(Third aside: Siobhan going full Axford by reading the books and preparing her own little Operation: Slippery Puppet with her Dry Guys? Amazing.)

Going back to seeing things in advance–who would have thought that the last standard exam would have smooch attempt checks as it wound down?

And while we were all prepped and ready for Kettlechips Cauldroncorn to do some heinous shit this late in the game–I truly did not expect for her to change course and do something much MUCH worse. Like, what in the absolute hell? Holy shit. HOLY SHIT.

Next episode is gonna be explosive, I feel.

Until then, let’s go through some of this episode’s hits:

“Butter up the proctor!”

“Cook that shrimp!”

“It’s gonna be about docking.”

“He’s (h)armless!”

“It’s all love now.”

“Butter gummies!”

And light’s up for Zac “Crit King” Oyama.

sayruq:

For those who don’t know, Rafah Crossing is closed. Meaning Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are technically not allowed to go into Egypt through Rafah Crossing (with exceptions, like holding a foreign passport) so in order to evacuate, Palestinians need to bribe Egyptian border security officials. The standard price used to be about $5000 - 7000 per person but some Palestinians have been told to pay $10,000 per person just to cross the border, forget other expenses like food and boarding.

For a group of people who are enduring genocide and the complete destruction of their homes that money is impossible to raise without the help of fundraising. That and the collapse of the UNRWA is the reason you’re seeing so many Gofundmes nowadays. The entire aid system is gone with the exception of local aid organisations that have limited reach.

So if you see a credible fundraiser, please at the very least share it so it can reach more people. This list by @el-shab-hussein is a good place to start.

breathedreamscream:

brain–rott:

do you ever laugh with your friends and think oh this is the point. this is the point of everything

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sootchild:

Ep 14 Dawn of Justice

I am looking so forward to the next episode. That set up for the Last Stand(ard) Exam is amazing and I’d do so poorly at it! I have one more picture I want to do but it is a big one.

Ep 13 || Ep 15

EDIT: This took longer than planned! Everyone got a bad ass moment and I wanted to have a glamour shot for them all.

dimension20official:

To wrap up the Fantasy High Freshman Year Minis Auction - thanks to the unbelievable generosity of fans, we were able to make a $185,000 donation to @thepcrf! You can donate yourself using this link: https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/general

For transparency: Took a few weeks to finalize as some auction winners did not follow through with payment. The total revenue generated from the auction was about $217,000, and our costs ran about $35,000 (for labor, materials, and operations). We opted to round down costs a bit.

For more information about advocating for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, please visit https://www.ceasefire-now.com!

(Source: pcrf.net)

thehopefulquotes:

“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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soon-palestine:

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mini-wrants:

mini-wrants:

A woman went viral for being turned down for a next interview for a role, she asks the recruiter what she did wrong, the recruiter tells her they were “concerned about her lack of effort in her appearance.”

She explains she wore a freshly ironed blazer with a collared top. Her nails were painted a professional beige. She got a blowout for her hair, so a professional style. She had on subdued gold earrings.

The only thing she wasn’t wearing was makeup; she states she really doesn’t wear makeup, and only had chapstick on, as her skin is sensitive. Her lawyer mother has already explained she has no legal case against the company for any type of gender-based discrimination.

Just in case anyone wants to ask why feminists still refer to the “pink tax” or rail against more and more elaborate makeup trends being pushed on girls and women.

Women being punished socially for not wearing makeup is still a feminist issue.

Little girls being taught by TikTok at 10 and 12 that they have to have a “beat face” or a “snatched body” to be adequately feminine will go on to become recruiters and HR employees and managers in a decade.

We already know that women who don’t wear makeup are discriminated against in interviews. The next generation of interviewers were raised by Sephora and Ulta; it’s going to get worse, not better, unless there’s a concentrated campaign on breaking the connection between makeup+professionalism.

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