another underappreciated tumblr feature that you dont get on other sites is the queue. i love it when something i thought was funny six months ago and then forgot about a week later crawlts its way out of the processing vortex and i get to see it all over again.
you should queue this post it would be funny and grant me immortality
people who care about (or claim to care about) palestinian liberation should ally with left-wing israelis instead of shunning them for being israeli, unless of course they hate israelis more than they care for palestinians.
by utterly refusing to listen to israelis no matter what you’re only giving the right wing what it wants: an enemy
So many people trying to come up with solutions for a problem they know nothing about all on their own when there are a ton of groups in Israel already working on it with actual plans to make Israel a better place for everyone.
Like, that’s generally what you’re supposed to do when it comes to stuff like this is listen to the organizations actively working on it
Hand in Hand are a bunch of bilingual, multicultural schools in Israel meant to counteract a divisive culture between Israelis and Palestinians by encouraging multicultural cooperation early on. Basically just raising a generation of kids who are more culturally aware.
Standing Together organizes Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel working for peace, equality, and climate justice. They’ve done a lot of outreach to underserved/unrecognized Bedouin communities during the war.
Parents Circle Families Forum is comprised of Israelis and Palestinians who have lost family members to the conflict. They advocate for reconciliation and a diplomatic solution.
Fostering a grassroots movement of understanding, nonviolence, and transformation among Israelis and Palestinians. Roots’ mission is to enhance dialogue, transformation and bridge-building and it is based on a mutual recognition of each People’s connection to the Land. Roots is about developing understanding and solidarity despite ideological differences. Roots is a place where local peoples can take responsibility.
What I was wondering in particular about Percy Jackson is- on paper, it seems like it would have the same sort of seriousness as Animorphs going for it. Heroes die during battles. They fight and kill humans. The overarching conflict is morally grey. But Animorphs somehow *feels* darker, *feels* more real, and I can’t put my finger on why, and I was hoping you had insight.
Many words: In Percy Jackson, killing a monster momentarily inconveniences that monster - it’ll be back in a few months. In Animorphs, killing a monster means killing a person with friends and family who will now miss that person who is gone forever - oh, and every time you kill a monster, you also kill an innocent prisoner of war.
Percy Jackson has a major plot hinging on Luke betraying his friends for reasons that are sympathetic as well as selfish, and though Luke chooses to die to save his species, it’s also implied that Luke has earned Elysium. Animorphs has a major plot hinging on David betraying his friends for reasons that are sympathetic as well as selfish, and this leaves his friends with no choice but to trap him in eternal body horror until such time as Rachel is implied to have killed him. It’s canon that on death, Animorphs - including Rachel - “dissolve into nothing.” Percy has to choose between letting Annabeth die and letting Kronos take Earth, but finds a third way out where no one dies. Marco has to choose between letting his mom die and letting Visser One take Earth - and then murders his mom. The Animorphsare tortured by the assumption they won’t live to adulthood; Percy is tortured by the question of how to use immortality responsibly. So on.
I think it’s at least partially because Percy Jackson is a legend while Animorphs is a warning.
Percy Jackson started as a way to empower a little kid with ADHD, it grew into a story about using power responsibly and what it means to have friends you’d die - and live - for.
Animorphs is about the consequences of war, how taxing it is on your soul and how you can’t win pleasantly - you either play nice and die or you get your hands dirty and survive.
My heart is telling me worrying things. It’s saying you’re going to go away to escape. No, mum, it’s just a dream, a bad dream. Before, my dreams were so nice, but now… Goodnight.
Tale of the Three Jewels (1995) dir. Michel Khleifi حكايات الجواهر ثلاث
my advice to you; put a little dijon mustard in any cheesy beige food. whisk it into your cheese sauce just before u add the cooked macaroni. spread a thin layer in your cheese toasties. add a spoonful to your mashed potatoes with the butter. anything thats gonna be heavy on rich dairy and starches will benefit enormously from the hint of warmth and acidity that dijon mustard will give it, even if you don’t add enough to make it Taste Like Mustard (which, ideally, you shouldnt). itll cut through the richness and stop your tastebuds getting fatigue from too much fat&starch, which is important for the overall enjoyment of a dish. ur welcome. take this knowledge and change the world
im still consistently getting notes on this post and i want u guys to know that every single time someone in the tags says they tried this im filled with peace&love. my legacy is teaching the world to put dijon mustard in their mackercheese and i couldnt be happier.
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