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For the anon who requested pictures of wolves with plushies a while back - Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) called Riot with an Easter bunny plushie at the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary

Pictures by Rae McCue

I saw a tweet asking why do people ship their ocs with canon so I'm going to answer as best as i can why i personally ship oc x canon

It's fun

I don't have energy to write my own stories

I'm not about to change the entirety of a canon character when an OC is much easier

OC can create new dynamics or motifs not featured in canon kinda like fill in the blanks

Sometimes a canon love interest is downright TERRIBLE so I end up feeling bad and decide to ship the unlucky canon with someone much better

Adding more women/rep in a existing team that lacks it; to give the token girl a female companion

OC can even address fix problems in the canon

Exploring an existing universe

Express creative side through designing my OCs

In case anyone actually cares about this issue, some good news: 227 migrants were rescued off the Canary Islands and 294 migrants were rescued off the coast of Italy yesterday/today.

It was in the news.

Haven't seen anyone talking about it on here for some reason so I thought I'd share!

HOW THE NAZIS WIPED OUT THE ROMANI MIDDLE CLASS

By Jonathan Lee CW genocide, ethnic violence Between 1936 and 1945 the Nazis wiped out over 50% of Europe’s Romani people. Whether they were choked to death in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birk…

The Romani people who were the easiest to record and exterminate were those who were the most integrated in society. Like the Jews, these people existed on census records, military rosters, and school files. The decimation of this Romani middle-class meant that there were few strong voices who were in a position to speak up about the Romani genocide after 1945.

There were no Sinti or Roma called to testify at the Nuremberg trials. There were no Romani scholars, no Romani lawyers, no civil servants. No one left to document the atrocities committed against Romani people alongside the Jews – the only two peoples specifically targeted by the Nazis’ Final Solution to ensure German racial purity.

Whereas census data for Jews can be compared before and after the Holocaust, this is rarely the case for Sinti and Roma, meaning the total loss of Romani life is extremely difficult to piece together. Estimates vary somewhere between 500,000 and 1.5 million people. In 1939, around 30,000 people referred to as ‘Gypsies’ lived in what is now Germany and Austria. The total population living in Greater Germany and its occupied territories is unknown, though scholars Donald Kenrick and Grattan Puxon have provided a rough estimate of 942,000. Of the Sinti and Roma living in Germanic Central Europe, only 5,000 are thought to have survived.

Hello I'm a very poor trans woman and a collegr student I'm currently unemployed due to not having any time for that with my heavy course load even though I'm on break right now the rest is temporary. I have no spare income I have trouble each month acquiring enough to pay for rent bills even the stupid washer and dryer are paywalled and food and my medications. Beyond this I need money to pay for hair removal and eventually surgery my dysphoria is extremely difficult to live with but I have no room in my budget for any savings. If I could acquire around 700$ to spare I could at least get some hair removal and stop spending as much on razors. But with life constantly eating away at what little I have its almost impossible so any assistance in this regard is welcome.

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btw its ok to use "gendered" nicknames for yr f/os n yr s/is even if it doesnt match your orientation/presentation too. be their babygirl (masc). their special little guy (fem). their malewife (gn). their just plain old wife or husband or spouse. their best friend their gf their bf their prince and their princess their handsome boy their sweet girl all at once. who cares theyre fake and so r gendered terms of endearment.

Update #1: My First Tumblr Update

Hey guys. It's been a while since I made my first post here, so I thought I'd give you guys an update on what's going on.

To start things off, I was a bit busy with college, plus I was also on Twitter more, hence the reason I didn't post too much in September, nor did I post anything in October. And while I did have thoughts of posting on Tumblr here and there, I never really got the chance due to college and using Twitter more than Tumblr. But since I feel like I want to have a place to escape when I feel overwhelmed by college, I feel like I should use Tumblr. And while yes, I do have the option to use Twitter, I feel like using Tumblr to escape better than Twitter. Not that I dislike Twitter or anything like that (despite some grips I have with the platform), I just feel like using Tumblr as that Escapism (as a nod to Rebecca Sugar's song "Escapism", not to be confused with the Steven Universe Season 5 episode of the same name) to escape to whenever I feel stressed or overwhelmed by reality. That, or I just wanna go on here for fun, since I love to go on social media. Whether it be for fun or to escape reality.

Aside from wanting to use Tumblr more often, I also want to showcase my work here. I want to share my artwork (including my OCs, fandom and non-fandom related) and my stories with everyone on Tumblr (and yes, I am aware of how vicious people on Tumblr can be, especially with the unnecessary harassment and death threats targeted towards people having fun with their work, especially artists and writers in particular; but tbh, I...honestly don't give a shit about that. And by that, I mean that I don't care how much harassment and death threats I get sent my way. Because I know that they're being sent by a bunch of sad assholes who love to tear people down because deep down, they're secretly miserable jerkasses who have nothing better to do with their lives other than make people feel bad (either about themselves, their work, or both) in order to make them feel better about themselves).

Works I wanna share include:

My OCs (both fandom and non-fandom related, as mentioned before)

OC What If (a series where I talk about what I think it would be like if my fandom OCs were canon characters in the media & franchises I like: shows, movies, video games, etc.)

OC Opinion (a series where I give my opinion on other people's OCs, while also giving them kind and constructive criticism; if needed, that is)

I know the stuff I mentioned were all OC-related, but tbh, I couldn't think of anything else (and even if I had that thing in my head I wanted to write for this post, I couldn't write it down for some reason). So that's why they're all OC-related. I know it might not be the best answer, but hey, whatcha gonna do bout' it?

With all that said, I hope to post here more often, or every now and then. If I don't, then I'll either like posts and/or reblog stuff. And if I don't either post something or like & reblog stuff, then that means I'm either, busy, lazy, doing something else (like drawing and/or writing) or using Twitter.

Anyways, thank you for reading this and checking in. I really appreciate it. I can't wait to show you guys what I have in store for my Tumblr. Hope you have a wonderful day/afternoon/night. :) ^^

before you see something and recoil at the price, be it handmade items, services, art, whatever. when you see something and you think, "i wouldnt pay more than $15 for that," you seriously have to ask yourself: if i were offered that same $15, would i make this object? would i spend the time to teach myself this skill to get this done, for $15? would i do this service for that same $15? would that be worth my time and effort?

yeah, that handmade necklace is $140. you might only be willing to pay $40 for that same necklace, but would you make it for $40 if someone asked you to?

you want to pay the babysitter fifteen bucks for the three hours she's watching your child. but would you honestly do that for $15? would you go into a stranger's house and change their baby's diaper and care for its needs, for $15?

you think its ridiculous that this artist is charging $30 for an icon commission. would you spend years catching up to their skill level to make that same drawing, start using your skill to make some extra cash, and then spend three hours on a drawing just to get $15?

would you be willing to work for $5 an hour?

no?

then don't be angry when someone else won't.

you don't have buy the service, it's okay if some things aren't within your budget or comfort zone, and it's also okay if the product isn't worth that much money to you. but do not be angry. be glad, because you know of another person out there who isn't being exploited for their time.

If- if you have any questions abt my silly Ben 10 stuff please send them my way 🥺 i rlly need more people to talk to 👉👈

Meet the Artist: @doodlebugproject

Hi there! I’m Audrey, an Illustrator, Graphic Designer by day and a grad student by night. Aside from my regular “doodling adventures” I love working with line illustrations, branding, storyboarding, and product design. My main inspirations are mysticism and the universe; I love for my illustrations to convey stories in which I blend everyday concepts into fairytales of a mystical nature. When I’m not drawing I’m either cooking or I’m just zoned out in my own world while watching a movie or a whimsical Korean drama.

Nice to meet you, Audrey! She’s shared some of her artwork below.

Check out more of Audrey’s art over at her Tumblr, @doodlebugproject!