While I Was Working On My Merman Ballister Fic I Was Thinking Of A Little Mermaid Au With @mvjerbs Oc

FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL: THE UNSEEN STRUGGLES OF QUEER REFUGEES IN EAST AFRICA 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

my name is Ciara ,and I am a queer refugee from Uganda. My journey of survival has taken me across borders, through unimaginable hardships, and into the depths of human cruelty. I am writing this today not just to share my story, but to give voice to the silenced—those of us who are fighting every day to stay alive in one of the most hostile environments on earth.

Being LGBTIQ in Uganda is a death sentence. The fear of being hunted, beaten, or killed is a daily reality. I survived a brutal attack, narrowly escaping death simply because of who I am. In 2019, I fled to Kenya, hoping to find safety in Kakuma Refugee Camp. But the violence there was relentless. For nearly five years, I lived in constant danger—beatings, threats, and persecution followed us wherever we went.

Earlier this year, I made the heart-wrenching decision to leave Kakuma and seek refuge in Gorom Camp, South Sudan. I’m now here with a group of fellow LGBTIQ refugees who have fled the same horrors. But life in South Sudan is even more terrifying. The civil war has torn this country apart, and the laws against LGBTIQ people fuel the violence against us. We’ve lost friends to this cruelty—lesbians and transgender refugees are being raped, and the rest of us live in constant fear of what might happen tomorrow.

The struggles don’t end with the violence. We are starving. We are without clean water. We are without proper shelter. Every single day feels like a fight for survival, as we battle diseases like malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and typhoid fever. These diseases, rampant in the camp, claim lives at an alarming rate. And for those of us who are already living with HIV, the lack of medicine is an added death sentence.

We wake up every morning wondering if today will be our last. Hunger gnaws at us, and even when we manage to find something to eat, it’s not enough. The water we drink is often contaminated, making us sick with typhoid or other waterborne illnesses. Malaria, spread by the swarming mosquitoes in our unsheltered camp, leaves us bedridden and weak, and yet we must find the strength to keep going. TB spreads quickly in our crowded living spaces, adding to the burden on our already fragile bodies. Our medical supplies are almost non-existent, and we’re losing the battle against these diseases.

We are not just asking for help; we are begging for our lives.

Without food, without clean water, without medicine, we are dying. But with your support, we can survive. Your donation, no matter how small, can provide us with:

1. Food – Our bodies are frail, but a simple meal can give us the strength to keep fighting.

2. Clean Water – Safe drinking water is a lifeline, protecting us from deadly diseases like typhoid.

3. Shelter– A safe place to sleep, away from the violence and harsh environment, means everything to us.

4. Medication – For those living with HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB, and other illnesses, medicine is our only hope for survival.

We don’t know what tomorrow holds, but with your help, we might see a future. Your support doesn’t just provide food or water—it brings us hope. Hope that we won’t starve. Hope that we can fight off these diseases. Hope that we will live to see a future where our identities are not a death sentence.

This is a plea for survival. Please consider donating to our cause. Every dollar, every share, every bit of support can make the difference between life and death for us. You can donate here:

GoFundMe

https://gofund.me/4d80b32c

Thank you for standing with us and giving us hope in our darkest hour.

Written by ciara, queer refugee and advocate for LGBTIQ refugees in East Africa.*

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DAMMIT YOU!!! MY OLD FANDOM MEMORIES ARE COMING BACK!!!!!

THIS IS JUST SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOODDDDD!!!!!!!!

Slowly getting back to my old fandom, so expect random sketches of them from time to time.

Also I am very addicted to @torabisutouchdown 's personality swap au. Crazy kiryu and Serious majima just hits different you know?

Some sketches for my AU featuring

Young Mer shark Nimona

Mermaid Queen Valerin

Mer Ballister from kid, teen and adult

And the Printer kids, Grethly and Nectar (AKA @mvjerbs oc)

Wanna see more? Let me know

NEW AU COMING UP

Me and my friends from discord chatted a bit from this, thanks to them, I can finally come up with an au

- Set in post canon

- It started in the morning, Ambro and Nimona are trying to wake Bal up but it didn't work

- They did everything they can until they called the doctor for help

- The Doctor confirmed that Ballister's been poisoned

- Ambro and Nimona just couldn't believe it on what they heard so they started investegating on who poisoned Bal

- It took a while but with Nimona's animal forms, they were able to track the culprit

- When they exposed it, the culprit explained that they poisoned Bal just to avenge the director

- After they sentence the Culprit, the 2 with the big help of Meredith anazyle the poison Bal took in search for the cure

- Meredith agree to watch over Bal in his coma, so Ambro and Nimona can go beyond the wall to search for the cure but they must find is ASAP otherwise Bal won't wake up, or even worse: he'll die

- The search took almost a month with all the struggles from the outside world, but Ambro and Nimona finally go the cure

- While Meredith's working on the cure, she realizes that not only the cure can heal the poison but also true loves kiss

- Neither of the 3 did know that it’s true loves kiss that wakes the curse

- And once Ambrosius kisses Ballister after a long and grueling quest with nimona

- His eyes flutter but he doesn’t wake up fully. His face twitches and fingers wiggle but he isn’t awake

Nimona, defeated, hugs Ballister’s body and presses her nose at his hairline

- Because they worked so hard and been through so much for him to wake up and she wants to blame Goldie

- But in reality she knew deep down that it was silly that maybe true loves kiss does save the day

- And while the cries remain, Ballister finally wakes up.

- Because it was true love, the main healing yet the cure is secondary

- It was the true love both the people in his life had for him together that pulled him out of the curse

Facts about this: It was originally gonna be angsty, no cure, no true loves kiss, only death

- Why? Cause this was set in pre canon, the director was gonna kill Bal by poisoning him to death

- Same thing happens with Ambro waking Bal up, but Queen Valerin was there

- During the funeral, Queen Valerin decided to Bury Bal in the cemetery where the royals were burried, because she see's Bal as her own child

- Valerin's Grief was heavy, but Ambro's was even harder

- After almost a year, Ambro decided to investegate Bal's death so he set out to find every clue he could get with Valerin's permission.

- Took a while but he finally figured out and it was the director who did it

- The reason why she killed Bal is the same as canon, except Ambro manage to grab a hold of her and arrested the Director, for Commiting murder.

- In the end, once the director was Excecuted, Ambro and Valerin agreed to let the commoners become knights so Bal's death won't be in vain

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! AHHHHHH🤩😍😭🥰😭😍🤩😍😭🥰😭😍

Might be the last day of constantly drawing. So have this page full of different aus :))

Long time no Indra huh? Well...

REDESIGN TIME

Sorry if it's messy, my tablet isn't working for now T.T

Anyway, here's Indra's redesign. I thought of it cause when I looked at the old design I posted, it turns out that I find his design a bit tacky, so I tried to simplify it a bit. The hair kinda clashes a bit in my opinion so I change it to a different style and color. Instead of dyed blonde, I change it to green with blonde stips at the bangs. Not only I'm redesignong him but also kinda rewriting him so.....

HEADCANON TIME

- Indra prefers the outfits from shops beyond the wall rather than the kingdom, especially if it's vegan.

- He's 95% vegetarian, I said 95 because he eats one specific meat, and that's Chicken, cause he hates chickens.

- His sense of style are hippie, boho, eco friendly, cottagecore, cause he's kinda a greenpeace kid. With some punk/metal accessories from Nimona.

- He's a flower child, so you can tell that flowers and plants are part his love language.

- He mostly inherited Bal's features and Calm personality but got Ambro's sunny, cheerful and warm vibe.

- Indra's body types a tall and lanky but with bit of a soft tum, yet he's not afraid of wearing crop tops.

- Almost everything he owns are eco friendly, recycable and vegan.

- He's very serious of saving the environment.

- Like his Appa, (Ambro) he's super clingy to his loved ones and very sweet too, he looks out for his siblings (another story for now).

- As a kid, he's very sweet yet says the darnest things

- He started dressing up more feminine at the age of 12 used to be self conscious about it until he's recently 14, and wears feminine loud and proud.

- He's cute but can kick your ass if you cross the line.

- Wanna know who birth him... It's Bal ( Trans Bal stan).

- Prefers to Ride on Nimona's animal forms instead of cars on specific places.

- Yes, he inherited Bal's Babydoll eyes.

Alternatives Against @p@rthe1d (1)

Hello again, I’m starting a new series on my blog that involves featuring local alternatives to brands the support violence, war, death, and Isnotreal. These brands include a wide range of things like food, drinks, makeup, and more so hopefully you guys like variety, and as a bonus I’m including a rambling of what I think Nimona characters would feel about them. >:]]

First off is a switch that I’ve recently been trying out is Virgin Coconut oil in place of lotions brands like Aveeno, Nivea, Johnson’s&Johnson’s, Cetaphil, and others stuff that don’t really work with my moral code.

Virgin Coconut oil, in my experience, is really relaxing to put on and it has the added benefit of drying faster and having a more pleasant texture and smell that suit my preference more. It works best for those with dry or rough skin, but can clog pores if you have oily skin. It can also be used for the hair as conditioner or be turned into a soap to wash off dirt. You could also drink it apparently? I can’t compliment the taste on it’s own, but my father has a tablespoon daily and he gets compliments on his skin. Don’t take my word for that though.

For application on the skin, one has to put a small amount on the hands and warm it a bit before spreading over the desired areas.

For hair you usually comb it through and wait for a few minutes before washing off with conditioner first then shampoo.

For drinking…there is not enough study on it, unless you are an immortal pink dragon Nimona with a friend/boss to supervise your reactions, you really REALLY houls not just chug the entire thing down. You could use refined coconut oil to cook food in, but again, there are risks to consuming new foods, especially with one with such high fat content. Please, for the love of all things holy and unholy, please ask for a professional opinion and practice moderation I am BEGGING-

Okay, with that out of the way now on to my Nimona shenanigans!

The brave, the bad, the boss himself,Ballister Boldheart

He would probably use it for his skin. I think it would be very soothing for him and would be more convenient for him since it would dry faster and doesn’t have the icky lotion feeling.

There would probably be some trouble for him in applying it though cause he only has one hand and oil can be a pain to clean off of metal (someone fact check me on this, I haven’t slept) so he would probably ask Nimona or Ambrosius to help him apply on hard to reach places.

(For all you horny ass Goldenheart shippers, I know the horny implications exist. I ain’t writing the headcanons about it unless this post reaches 100 notes, and I ain’t writing a fic about it till it reaches 500 notes. Spread awareness on Palestine, be horny for an honorable cost. I will write a fluffy story for 10 reblogs though.)

He would probably also use it for his hair occasionally, maybe once a month or two. That’s usually enough for his hair to be nice and shiny.

Then there is Ambrosius

Oh, this man would definitely use coconut oil for his hair. Maybe once a week because look me in the eyes and tell me this man doesn’t have fried locks from all the bleaching.

Coconut oil is probably only one of many recovery products that Nimona recommended for him for his hair. Which would tie is nicely with my HC of Nimona and Ambs bonding over haircare.

There’s this coconut oil based soap I’ve been using from Cocobody, a local brand that makes cosmetic and hygiene products from coconuts. The one I’m using is infused with lavendar extract, and the first time I used it, I thought, ‘damn, Ambrosius had a point, this shit is relaxing.’

He would drown himself in the suds, I don’t care if this sounds like self-projection, it is NOT.

He’s just a very stressed out person with lots of worries and his coping mechanism is self-care cause he couldn’t trust a lot of people to be vulnerable with, especially with pressure put on him to act and look perfect. He’s not sure what perfection is meant to act like but he can at least look like it. It’s easier to work on and focus on outward appearances than to focus inside to what the source of stress really is, especially when you can’t escape it and- yeah, I’ll stop talking now.

I don’t think his skin would be the best for coconut oil, I don’t know why, just based on vibes I think his skin would be better off with more water based products. Doesn’t stop him from helping Bal with his skincare though. I feel like it’s a very big step for them to heal together and learn to trust each other again post-movie.

Nimona would just chug a bottle straight. Not going to lie. They’d either love it or hate it but the bottle was left open while she was bored. They pretty much just meant to take a little sip but Bal and Ambs screamed which spooked her and she downed the whole thing without even tasting it.

DEMON SLAYER AU ANGSTY COMIC TIME

With:

Thunder Hashira Ambrosius

Stone Hashira Ballister

And Flame Hashira Nimona

Based on this

Working on something very very soon

Hey guys, I got this senario after rewatching Ranma ½

- So one day Bal fell into a hot spring that turned into a cat because that has a legend about a cat thay tragicly fell into the same spring and died 1000 years ago.

- When Bal once he's soaked with hot water, he turns back into a human.

- So everytime Bal gets soaked in cold water, he becomes a cat, if hot water, human.

- But if Bal gets soaked in lukewarm, he's still human but gets cat ears, paws, and tail.

- I also got the same senario for Ambrosius but instead of a cat, it's a Giant Golden retriever, like that Panda in the Ranma ½ series.

- Ambro turns into a Giant Golden retriever while Bal turns into a normal size cat.

- And whenever the turn back after getting soaked with hot water, Ambro still has his clothes, but for Bal since he can turn into a small cat, eh......?

What'd you think of this?