From: https://www.tumblr.com/dowhatteverer/732397753936838656

“TLDR Isreal has cut off all water, electricity and telecommunications within Gaza in a complete blackout and Gaza has lost their voice. Israel has already threatened to bomb Al Shifa hospital, which is currently a shelter for around 50k-60k Palestinians. They are literally slaughtering and wiping out generations of Palestinians as we speak. Please I need to see y’all talking about this and being loud for Palestine. Your anime yaoi twink hyperfixation will still be here tomorrow but literally thousands of innocent people may not.”

The situation is messy, as war tends to be. We can at least be more informed, and help others to be more informed. That's what I'm doing.

Other ways to action:

• https://stil-lindigo.tumblr.com/post/732382549340536832/do-not-fall-into-despair-continue-calling-your

• https://albertserra.tumblr.com/post/732161237596700672/shop-palestine

• https://decolonizepalestine.com – Learn more about Palestine.

Personally, I donated to MECA from the above post. I'm sure there's more that people can do and are doing. Knowing is a good start. Sharing is also great.

Peace and blessings to you,

Mika

While Art is like capturing a beautiful riff in a piece of music, Writing is like composing a grand symphony. I was in an art rut for years, and these stories/fanfics inspired me out of it. They create fantastic images in my head, and it's only a matter of time before I had to sketch them out. This is a tribute to the stories that expanded my world.

PYRRHA NIKOS

*** If you don't want RWBY Vol 3 Spoilers, better skip everything Pyrrha-related ***

My journey started here. I missed Pyrrha, and I've had enough of listening to speculations whether she'd return as a Grimm or half-Cinder etc. etc. So I browsed and found a fanfic. Which led to another. And a whole new world of Pyrrha opened. Now I'm glad she's out of canon, because the alternate stories that writers have come up with kicks canon ass.

"Pyrrha is fine. Nothing bad ever happened. Eveeer." – Nora

THOUGHTS & MUSINGS

A friend had wondered about the enduring quality of Pyrrha who had relatively brief screentime. Perhaps it's a combination of her likeable character + untimely Fridging that left fans stunned.

This explains the Fridge:

"THIS is what I found the most unacceptable about Season 3: that RT has seemingly willingly, from the very beginning of development of RWBY, planned on not only killing off one of their main characters, but to do so in a way that rendered her in every conceivable way, shape and form, utterly WORTHLESS, and did it just for shock value."

And a perspective on fans wanting to do something about it:

Pyrrha looked away, ashamed, “What would you want with me? I’m no one special. I couldn’t even beat her.”

“I want to offer you a second chance,” Morgan said, wearing a proud smile. “I’m what you might call an observer. I can view the goings on of this world and others beyond it. I’ve seen your career as a tournament fighter and as a Huntress-in-training. I’m impressed, you have a good heart and such a capacity for good.

“No matter the world or reality, there are certain truths which remain constant, for good or ill. One such constant is that, given the opportunity, most with talent such as yours choose to enrich themselves; the specific form may vary by place and time, but at its core their choice remains the same: to serve themselves, their own desires and comfort and glory.

"You, however, are different," Morgan said. "You were given such opportunities on numerous occasions, yet each time you chose not the path of personal enrichment but that of sacrifice for the greater good. You did not take for yourself all that the world had to offer, you gave of yourself all that there was to be given. It is for this reason, I feel you deserve a second chance."