I wrote this tiny TSP "dialogue" between the Narrator and Stanley for a challenge on Discord a while ago and then forgot about it. Maybe someone of you likes it?
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An important thing
"Stanley, what's going on? Lately your steps seem far more listless than usual." "..." "What does that look mean? Are you cold? Are you hungry? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with human emotions..." "..." "Hmm, so that's not it. Is my story boring you?" "..." "What, that's not it either?" "..." "Okay, three... three words? Stanley, are you going to try charades?" "..." "Alright, I'll do my best. ... Hmm... Box. Bars? Scribble? Fire? Stanley, please don't get frantic now, I really don't understand what's wrong." "..." "Hm, it doesn't seem to work that way..." "..." "What, you want me to follow you?" "..." "Well then, I'll follow you.... A little unusual for me, but oh well. Oh, the meeting room? Aaaah, I get it now Stanley, you want to write down what's wrong!" "..." "Oh dear, your handwriting is dreadful." "..." "Oh, if looks could kill.... I apologise for my words, Stanley. Your writing is beautiful. Really. ... Hmmmm... 'I... It's ma... my... buthdey... birthday...'? Stanley, it's your birthday today???" "..." "That's wonderful! We need to celebrate that! And what would you like? I can put anything you want in my story. There are no limits to your imagination!" "..." "Stanley, what...? Is that really what you want...?" "..." Stanley and the Narrator lay on the floor of the room full of lights. This time the door leading to the fatal staircase was locked. The Narrator first looked at the lights, then glanced at Stanley, who by now had fallen asleep. The Narrator smiled. "Thank you, Stanley."
So I haven’t talked about this on main before, but the situation in South Gaza has gotten so horrifying that I’m p much throwing caution to the wind to desperately plead for eyes on this. I’m raising awareness about stories from activists in Gaza right now, including one of our own.
My lovely, wonderful friend Swin (aka tumblr user @combaticon) was deployed as a volunteer medic to a Gaza hospital on the 9th.
When the bloodshed started, she heard they needed extra hands in Gaza, she spoke Arabic and had the training, and she went.
I’ve been in contact with her throughout. She’s so incredibly brave it takes my breath away. My heart bleeds for these children she’s taking care of and how resilient they are is… astonishing.
Swin and these poor people have been under siege for so long, and they’re in desperate need of critical supplies. They have to filter water through their clothes, and it’s getting dangerously cold. Foods finally been getting through, but there’s not enough blankets and jackets to go around and there’s no fuel for the generators.
Their comrades in the West Bank have been completely pushed out by settler thugs. It’s incredibly unsafe to even be doing humanitarian work for Palestinians. Remember this the next time a Zionist tells you they’re doing this to ‘feel safe’. The IOF is arming lynch mobs.
On a personal note, this has been the most gut-wrenching week of my life. Every day when I wake up without a text from her I feel so much fear. I fight back the grief but I don’t know how to help or what to do. It’s terrifying.
Swin has asked for nothing, absolutely nothing other than something it can show the people around it to make them feel like they’re not going to be abandoned. To make sure they’re not forgotten in some pit praying Rafah opens before Israel decides to slaughter them all.
Today was a bad day. She’s alive but beyond worrying about her privacy now; she’s asked me to share this and to beg that we not lose steam and forget about them. Please share this, and please keep being fucking annoying and loud and digging your heels in with fury because we cannot let these people die silently.
[Times of Gaza] [QUD network] [Eye on Palestine]
Please save my child who needs surgery because of the white phosphorus smell in the war on the Gaza Strip.
bisan has just posted a video that israel has lit up the sky, signalling they will bomb tonight, and that she has nowhere to go. she is in khan yunis--the south, where she was told to go to.
you can hear planes overhead as she speaks.
she wants israel to finally admit the truth--they do not want palestinians to go to "safe" parts of gaza, they want people to leave entirely and recreate the 1948 nakba.
please spread the word, please keep bisan in your thoughts, and do not let this happen in silence.
Inspired by this post by @alex-just-vibing. PaliRev values the contribution of all people to the liberation of Palestine, and we encourage you to share this around your schools or with others to give accessible options for us all to show solidarity for the Palestinian people.
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"- Wear shirts, pins, keffiyehs, anything outwardly pro Palestine.
Email your Representatives, Congress, White House. Tell the people in charge you want a ceasefire.
Talk to your local library about holding an educational night about the genocide and/or Palestinian culture.
Make schoolwork about Palestine! Writing about news? Focus on Palestine. Making questions for a test? Use Palestine as an example.
Find social media accounts for your representatives and schools, and make a fuss. Comment and @ them!
Show up to local actions (i.e. protests), join and organization, and follow Palestinian journalists! (next line) - Motaz Azaiza, Plestia Alaqad, Hind Khoudary, Bisan Owda -
Educate yourself on anti-Palestine talking points (Palestine toolkit) and how to refute them in a calm manner.
Speak up! It's scary, but don't let other people's bigotry go unchecked. You'll find that other people agree, and speak up from your example.
Don't engage with people unwilling to learn. Your goal is to educate people who are and make those comfortable with genocide feel UNCOMFORTABLE."
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I have always had the HC that the skykid/moth is NB. so yesss NB cape
Waiting until i get to the middle of the sea before i post my shit
did youi know im soo normal about loop
LAST SONG: Still "Breezeblocks" by alt-J. I can give the previous song I'm obsessed with tho uhh "aishiteitanoni" by maretu
FAVOURITE COLOR: Red and Yellow!
CURRENTLY WATCHING: The bus that I just travelled with
LAST MOVIE: Barbie
SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY?: Sweet and spicy together. Imagine eating spicy samyang and then consumed ice cream aughh heaven
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single. Until the end.
CURRENT OBSESSION: Winter king *cough* from Fiona and Cake- *cough couGH* *dies*
LAST THING I GOOGLED: "sad cat emoticon" ( ‘• ω • `) heheh
Letting the tag rot. Die. (jk i have no one to tag)
PEOPLE I WANNA KNOW BETTER
Tagged by @lilstvr thank you babes 🫶
LAST SONG? Jungle- Good Times
FAVORITE COLOR? GREEN GREEN GREEN 🙃
CURRENTLY WATCHING? Nothing really cause everything on Netflix, disney+, & Soap2day is pissing me off, Hollywood needs to stop being bitches and pay their writers what they deserve 😭
LAST MOVIE? Bottoms
SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY? Mmm idk 😭 specific wise, candy sour, dinner spicy, and everything else savory.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS? Single but delusional and taken by fictional men
CURRENT OBSESSIONS? The Do-Over and Better The movies by Lynn painter, ACOTAR (I love Azriel so much😭) I’ve been reading a lot of books lately lol
LAST THING YOU GOOGLED? ‘How does one cope after their dog dies’ my dogs not dead I just get sad and I cried earlier because I know that it will happen some day.
tagging: @lovebugcody @raggedyoldwitch @vnusology @theold-ultraviolence @ghostlyloversworld @aislinrayne @biqherosix @certifiedlovergirlsstuff @thelov3lybookworm @auras-moonstone @ang3lik