astriiformes :

hashbrownteamcobrakai :

PSA to my white friends and followers:

In the wake of a phenomenally important guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial, I’d like to remind you all that the fallout of this case will likely mean more police violence against our Black friends and neighbors, not less. Looking at the statistics in the weeks leading up to this verdict shows that this is already the case. Police in this country are angry that society is beginning to hold them accountable for their abusive actions, and they are looking for revenge.

So if you see a cop interacting with a BIPOC, DO NOT walk away. Video record if you can (and as long as it doesn’t further jeopardize the safety of the BIPOC involved), but absolutely do not walk away. It is critical that we do our part and look out for people, and make cops think twice about abusing their powers of authority and near-immunity to murder citizens.

Adding to this that advance research on copwatching strategies, particularly ones employed locally, as laws can very from state to state, is going to be your friend if you try to do this. It’s easy to imagine yourself pulling out your phone and recording an interaction if you were to witness one, but there can be lot more intricacies than just taking a video. Would you know how to respond if an officer confronted you about your actions? Do you know how best to respect the rights and privacy of the individuals you’re intervening on the behalf of, and prevent the situation from becoming additionally traumatic?

If you’re interested in learning more to prepare yourself, so you can be as effective as possible if you witness a scenario that requires bystander intervention, here are some resources on copwatching to look over. I highly recommend reading over them several times and taking good notes – or anything else that will help you commit the contents to memory – because this stuff will escape you in an actual stressful scenario (signed, someone who has attended multiple copwatch trainings and still totally blanked on most of what I learned the one time I’ve directly confronted an officer)

• For those local to the Minneapolis, where we’re very likely to see the highest amount of police retaliation in the days to come, the Twin Cities Worker’s Defense Alliance has a How to Copwatch manual, as well as a printable Know Your Rights zine
  
• United Against Police Terror San Diego has a Copwatching Manual intended to be fairly broadly applicable to copwatchers in the US
• The ACLU offers advice on copwatching in the form of Fighting Police Abuse: A Community Action Manual
• WeCopwatch have a large variety of resources on copwatching and copwatchers rights’ on their site

A fair number of these resources are aimed at people interested in setting up regular copwatching patrols, but even for people primarily interested in being prepared in the instance of witnessing a scenario in which copwatching is necessary, it’s a good idea to do your homework and know how to be the most effective bystander you can. Knowing your rights and other important things to keep in mind will help you avoid being caught-off guard should you end up needing to record an interaction – or aggravating a situation, which is a real risk to consider. I also recommend looking up the specific laws relevant to your own area that these resources may or may not manage to cover.

bryceslahela:

now that george floyd’s murderer is behind bars, let’s help support the people who helped with the guilty verdict as well as george’s family. the fight is hardly over.

darnella’s fund - darnella was the young woman who filmed george’s last moments.

gianna’s fund - george’s daughter who has now been left without a father.

Ok! So this is the upgraded and official ref sheet for Piper!

The format belongs to @kaileedraws

I’ll do one for Faia next, but that won’t be posted for a while because I’m going to be taking a break from tumblr and drawing in general until I get my sh*t together in school. So honestly, I might be gone for a month or so, maybe not until the semester is over, but I will eventually be back!

Hope your nights are good my guys.

sockheadstudios :

(tw warning; a single poorly drawn gun)

Wanted to doodle this because on an aggie.io I acciDENTALLY DREW COWBOY WITH A GUN BEHIND SAM AND WAS LIKE “OH IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S TRYING TO SHOOT HIM-”

so obviously

i was obligated to make it in better quality

I DON’T KNOW WHY I STRUGGLED WITH DRAWING THE SWAMP MAN

Sam wATCH OUT BEHIND YOU

Sam belongs toooo @kaileedraws

Piper belongs to @ironicmachine

kaileedraws:

And here’s the other part of the stream we did but we all did an aggie and the people who joined the aggie of their work are!
@ghoulstie @ironicmachine @sockheadstudios and @banyanas thank you guys for joining it was a blast!!

I’ll do another of these again for sure next stream!!

kaileedraws:

Stream live!

I’m up and streaming on twitch now!!

here’s the link for anyone if they wanna join!!
https://www.twitch.tv/marshiidraws

I assume your a gaming nerd?

You assume semi-right my good man! While there are a few franchises I certainly hyperfixate over and know way too much about (minecraft, literally anything portal, half-life two, a hat in time, undertale, stardew valley, etc.) I don’t really consider myself a “gamer nerd” or even a gamer in general (maybe just casually). I just likes what I like and don’t really look at things outside of that. 

telvi1 :

Put an assumption in my ask. I’ll confirm or dispute it. I’m not gonna be mean or anything, I’m just very interested. You can go anon if you want.

ooo this looks pog

People seem to have been taking an interest in my two ahit oc’s lately, so here’s more of em! Faia is the fire goat and Piper is the personified frog looking one. I gave them both a tiiiiiny bit of a redesign (Faia WAY more than Piper) and will post refs +more stuff of them hopefully soon. Feel free to ask about them! If there’s more interest I might even give them their own blog.

chaos duo!

Sai belongs to @kaileedraws (who is an amazing person who makes amazing art)

ahit-oc-corner:

The legend says that they’re still running-

Piper belongs to @ironicmachine!

Can we get to know Piper and Faia a little more? any funny ideas you have them? cause I would love to hear them! and I have two question are Piper and Snatcher/the kiddos friends? and two is Faia do you know any cool fire tricks?

     Ok ok, so I don’t wanna reveal toooo much about them regarding backstory, cuz I’m gonna draw and write about those later on, but here’s some more basic info (keep in mind I’ve actually changed Faia quite a bit since their first drawing).

     Faia is actually pretty old, like seriously old, something like 100 (I know I said 19 in her original design but like I said I changed a few things). She is something similar to the fire spirits, born from the lava cake (where I headcannon the fire spirits came from as well) shortly after the original goats who first came to the skyline arrived, and was adopted as one of their own. So she’s basically been around a little bit before the nomads came to the land. They’re REALLY protective over the skyline, and don’t really like visitors, but won’t act aggressively unless given reason, they’ll either pay no mind or watch from a distance. Faia’s magic is derived mostly from her emotions, so she’s spent most of her life learning to push her feelings down and remain stoic in most situations for the sake of not burning stuff down on accident, which makes them come across as intimidating in most cases. She also resides mostly by herself because of this, being pretty reclusive up in Ember Summit. She acts all annoyed and put out with the nomads (I see most of them as children) but, though they’d never admit it, would die for all of them in a heartbeat. The nomads know this, they love her too. The goats are all basically her family. Faia hasn’t met Snatcher, but does know of Subcon and it’s reputation, so I don’t think she’d be a fan honestly. They met Hat kid when she came to the skyline, and though skeptical and on guard at first, came around a bit after Hattie helped with the whole flower business, an event Faia actually feels a lot of guilt over since they see themselves as being partially responsible for the skyline and for not having protecting it and those she loves better. Her backstory involves the goat who adopted and the twilight bell, but again, I’ll go into that later.

     Piper is a pretty young and inexperienced traveler, being 18 and having left a really sheltered and controlled home life (will be touched on later) without any real plans other than just seeing the world. They, are in fact, a magic user as well, Piper has the ability to manipulate plants, however, due to said home life and how they were raised, had learned to hate and reject that part of themselves. Their main arc includes accepting their magic and learning to use it effectively (whilst over coming some childhood trauma but we’re not there yet). Piper is just, my baby honestly. They’re awkward, a nerd, mean well, but unfortunately tend to get into trouble a lot. They end up in Alpine Skyline two months after their departure from home (this takes place during the events of death wish) and there meets Faia. 

     I’m planning to draw a lot and write some stuff about their story together, but basically Piper ends up staying with Faia cuz “oh god this dumb kid is gonna get themselves killed without me huh?” and through many many shenanigans they grow together, with Faia helping Piper with their relationship with magic and Piper getting Faia out of her shell (I might be planning for them to end in a happy queer platonic partnership cuz these aro’s deserve happiness but we’re not there yet). 

     Now, Piper has a bit more of a relationship with Snatcher and the kids later on in the story where they leave the skyline and head to Subcon to further learn about magic (which I don’t wanna get too into cuz again, story), meeting them both there. Lets just say their relationship with the snatch man is….not great. Big, loud, all terrifying specter basically ropes the poor kid into a contract the moment they set foot in those woods, and Piper isn’t very good with big loud scary stuff (understatement of the year). I do like to think that as time goes on they might find they both relate to each other in some ways and start forming something close to an acquaintance, and if not, a simple mutual understanding of the other. The kids are an entirely different story. Hattie and Bow both meet Piper in Subcon, and Hattie ends help giving them tips for the contracts. Shenanigans ensue, the two eventually adopt Piper as the fun older cousin of the family, and Piper is very happy with that (they’re surprisingly good with kids any who). 

     There’s gonna be a bit more stuff, but that’s the basic gist so far. I wanna write a fic about these two at some point, and I’m really happy people are taking an interest! 

P.S. Yes, despite her claims of “Oh it’s not practical,” or “Oh it’s reckless,” Faia will occasionally give a trick or two for the ever eager nomads (and Piper). 

I am SO sorry for the spam but my goodness your art is absolutely STUNNING! I am SIMPING over your Moonjumper design and I’m like- I AM SIMPLY THE CRYING SCREAMING CAT MEME AT YOUR ART, IT IS SO PRETTY-

AAAAAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

YOU GET A MOON BOY SKETCH! As a treat :>

kaileedraws:

Random question

A random question I got for you guys is how would ya’ll feel if i were to live stream me working on content?? It would random but probably AHIT related at most and maybe work on some ask from TheFamilyHat or maybe draw fanart or ocs

the place I would stream on would be Twitch but would anyone be interested? I’m not the best at streaming but I really wanna show you guys my work and chat and be dumb if that sounds fun?

kaileedraws:

AAA I shall take this reasonability for dragging you into the Snatcher snimp hole QuQ but you keep up the good work as well! Your original work and ahit work is amazing and lovely!!

Piper belongs too! - @ironicmachine

And Sam says hi >;]

THIS REALLY RANDOM BUT PIPER HEIGHT HAND IT OVER PLEASE >:] nothing sus is happening I promise

Piper is actually 6″0, but they have a habit of slouching and trying to look smaller than they actually are so they usually seem just a weeee bit shorter than that. Yes, totally legitimate. Nothing sus here, I’ll take your totally honest word on it :]

maggy-on-the-run:

☆ [AHIT Animatic] GO TO WAR

I started this like… last year’s summer vacation I think. Can’t remember exactly. Probably won’t finish it but I’m still proud of what I was able to do XD

🎶 Nothing More - Go To War

askamnesiamoonjumper:

Please boost this this is important.

there is an app I use frequently called FrameCast

it is an indie social media app for art and animation

it means the absolute world to me I’ve made some of the best friends imaginable on it

but today on April 10th the creator Announced that it would be shut down on the 30th

im currently having an anxiety attack from this as this app has impacted and been so important to me for years

so I’m here to say:

download the app

someone find any way to contact the creator, @FrameCast Convince him not to or atleast ask why and ask the details as his post barely gave infor ation and comments on his posts have been disabled

and most importantly create an archive

there will be thousands of art and animations lost to this and none of us know what will happen we are all scared and do not know what to do so please help

contact Daniel cota

make an archive

reblog this

spread the word

Do anything

my account on there is @ gracebeth 3604

please boost this

Kids please just let the old man sleep-

Hi *dies*

rusticmune :

monkeywiki :

monkeywiki :

monkeywiki :

dan of game grumps is a groomer

source

before anyone comes into my replies implying this is something debatable / until we see more i am a grooming victim and the fact is that i want you to ask yourself if a near 40 year old man engaging in nonsexual emotionally dependent relationships with any to one underage teen fan for the purpose of being besties and then suddenly turning it sexual the moment they turn 18 seems normal to you. the inherent age difference and celebrity power imbalance is established the moment he continues contact with a child as an adult.

Hey, funny thing about all this is, he’s been doing this for years, has been called out multiple times for being a sex pest and a serial cradlerobber, and all the sudden everyone is so shocked he did it again? Y'all remember NotSoGrumpGate? Literally it keeps happening and people keep letting him get away with it. I have to keep reminding people about it constantly because no one would believe he’s a creep. He’s had dozens upon dozens of victims. Here’s a link to a masterpost.

dan avidan accusations masterpost

Literally every game grump is a piece of shit. You don’t have to look far to find these things. Everything from Etsy scams to Literal Actual Nazism Support. And no one fucking listens.

The more friends I keep seeing being like “I didn’t know they were bad,” despite this shit being public for YEARS, me being adamantly vocal about it for YEARS and no one listened because they’re funny or whatever. How many more times does this have to happen? How many more people does he have to hurt?

strangelingincarnate :

onesinnerzerostandards:

whitebear-ofthe-watertribe:

roof-beams:

my-wanton-self:

dinodaddy:

awenravena:

What is going on with the world??

Jesus…

In a move that has sparked outcry from archaeologists, historians and locals, the Peruvian government has approved a multi-billion international airport near the famed site of Machu Picchu, Peru’s single most important tourist destination. Bulldozers have begun to clear millions of tons of earth for the project, which will be located in Chinchero, a picturesque Inca town.

Building the airport in this location will destroy an ancient landscape, one shaped by the Incan people with terraces and routes.

Critics also suggest that planes flying low over the nearby village of Ollantaytambo and its archaeological park filled with ruins and a massive Inca fortress with large stone terraces, would cause incalculable damage to fragile Inca ruins there and destroy the peace and beauty of the area.

The new airport will make access to the site much easier, and thus encourage greater numbers than ever before to visit.

But Machu Picchu is already overwhelmed by almost double the limit of tourists as recommended by UNESCO. [see also India’s Taj Mahal - an incredible site simply reeling under a relentless, ineffectively managed tourist, both domestic and international, onslaught]

It’s the constant battle between protecting the past and profiteering from it.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/15/archaeologists-outraged-over-plans-for-machu-picchu-airport-chinchero

What the actual fuck

how about NO

The Uphill Battle to Stop Peru From Building a New Airport Near Machu Picchu

diaryofanangryasianguy:

Honoring the lives lost in the Atlanta shooting

Xiaojie ‘Emily’ Tan, 49

• Tan, 49, was the mother of Jami Webb, a recent graduate from the University of Georgia. She was a licensed massage therapist and the owner of Young’s Asian Massage, along with other businesses in the area, including another spa and a tanning salon, according to state records. She was “the sweetest, most kind-hearted, giving, never-met-a-stranger person,” a friend told Atlanta’s WSB-TV. Just one day away from her 50th birthday when she was killed, according to USA Today, Tan was described by her daughter as thoughtful, devoted to her family, and looking forward to traveling in her retirement.

Hyun Jung Grant, 51

• Hyun Jung Grant was a Korean immigrant who worked at Atlanta’s Gold Spa. Her son Randy Park, 23, shared a tribute to his mother on GoFundMe: He said his mother was a single parent who “dedicated her whole life to providing for my brother and I.” She loved dancing and sushi, according to Park, who told The Daily Beast, “She wasn’t just my mother. She was my friend.” Park, who now has to raise his brother alone, is not buying law-enforcement officials’ suggestion that the attack was motivated by a supposed sex addiction, not racism. “That’s bullshit,” he said.

Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez, 33

• Yaun Gonzalez, 33, was a mother of two — 13-year-old Mayson and 8-month-old Mia. She had worked all day on Tuesday at the Waffle House a few shops down from Tan’s spa business. She had been looking forward to having a relaxing night out with her husband, Mario Gonzalez, whom she married only last year, and the couple had reportedly never been to Young’s Asian Massage before. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, family members say that Mario Gonzalez, who survived the shooting, is “taking [the situation] hard.” Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez’s friends and family have set up a GoFundMe to address her funeral costs.

Paul Andre Michels, 54

• Michels, 54, was a handyman at Young’s Asian Massage and the owner of an electric company. He was only recently hired for the role and excited to take it on after looking for more work during the pandemic, according to a friend who spoke with CBS46. An army veteran originally from Detroit, Michels is one of nine siblings and is survived by his wife of more than two decades. In an interview with the Guardian, his brother John Michels emphasized his kindness. “He was just a regular guy, very good-hearted, very soft-natured,” he said, while noting that Michels had expressed an interest in getting involved in the massage business.

Yong Ae Yue, 63

• A licensed massage therapist, she was laid off at the start of the pandemic last year and was excited to finally start shifts at the spa again, her son Elliott Peterson, 42, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday morning. Yue’s youngest child, Robert Peterson, 38, agreed, recalling their mother as a kind and deeply caring woman. If you stopped by her house, she’d sit you down, ask if you’d eaten, and then insist on a trip to H Mart grocery store so she could make a meal.

Daoyou Feng, 44

• Daoyou Feng, 44, began working at Young’s Asian Massage in recent months, according to Tan’s friend Hynson. She was kind and quiet, he said. Her relatives could not be reached for comment.

Soon Chung Park, 74

• Soon Chung Park, 74, was also a worker at an Atlanta spa. Her family didn’t respond when reached for comment. Park previously lived in New York, where she has relatives, her son-in-law, Scott Lee, told the New York Times. “She got along with her family so well,” Lee told the newspaper.

Suncha Kim, 69

• Suncha Kim, 69, worked at one of the spas in Atlanta. Her family could not be reached for comment. Kim, a grandmother, was married for more than 50 years, a family member told the Times. She enjoyed line dancing and worked hard, the relative said.

Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz, 30

• Hernandez-Ortiz, 30, was the only survivor of the victims who were shot on Tuesday, and he remains hospitalized for multiple gunshot wounds in his “forehead, throat, lungs and stomach,” according to the Washington Post. He was shot while standing outside in the shopping center where Young’s Asian Massage is located. “He came from nothing and has come a long way; that is why I have faith he will survive this,” his wife Flor Gonzalez told the Washington Post. Gonzalez has also set up a GoFundMe to help with the costs of Hernandez-Ortiz’s medical care.

zoomire:

Three clicks, not two.

First of all, before we get further into the post I just wanted to thank you all for 92 NOTES ON THE LAST POST! HOLY HECK! It genuinely means a lot. So I wanted to give you something great in return. Therefore, I made this short, kind of angsty(?) comic.

Quite a bunch of you wanted to hear more about my Old Builders headcanon. I’m trying my best to coherently write down the lore before posting it on here. For now, you’ll get smaller bits of it. I’ll also try my best to add sketches/drawings for each Old Builders headcanon post.

Have a great day!

ahit-oc-corner:

Back at it again with meme redraws :’]

panstarry :

‼️ DONATION SKETCH COMMISSIONS OPEN ‼️

hi my name’s xin, im asian, im opening comms to support asian ppl after the recent rise in hate crimes. please donate to the following: 

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Atlanta Chapter)
• Red Canary Song (A Grassroots Collective of Asian & Migrant Sex Workers)
• AAPI Community Fund (Stop Asian Hate) on GoFundMe
• Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network)
• National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (Atlanta Chapter)
• Funeral and Family Financial Support for Delaina Yaun
• Help Elcias Hernandez Ortiz cover medical bills

i will draw something for you if you dm me proof / receipt

gublertoon:

hello! just a lil smth, please don’t scroll!

tw // anti-asian violence

there’s been a fuck ton of aapi hate since the beginning of the pandemic and especially lately, with the georgia shootings today, and even the grammys last sunday

all this said i just wanted to share a few resources (none mine!):

- anti-asian violence resources (this resource is also linked in my pinned, it contains information, petitions, places to donate and a lot more)

- stop asian hate (contains petitions, places to donate, ways to spread the word and more)

- sites to donate to and share (if you have a twitter please consider retweeting)

- a cumulative twitter thread with a little bit of everything and more than i explained

+ stop asian hate gofundme

+ asian american resource center (an atlanta based foundation focused on housing and civil classes)

—

if you have any resources you wanna share reply and/or reblog and i’ll add it, and with that please share this with the same tags <3 sending love to my fellow aapi, please stay safe all of you and don’t be fucking racist :]

staff :

The events that unfolded over the past 24 hours in Atlanta were not isolated incidents. Hate crimes against Asian Americans have increased nearly 150% in the US in the last year. 

Last June, in the wake up of yet another uprising in hate crimes committed by white supremacists, we released the following statement:

White supremacists, Nazis, and other purveyors of hate can fully fuck off. They are not welcome here.

These words are as true today as they were then. We stand with the Asian American community. If you see hate speech on Tumblr, please report it. That shit is not tolerated here. 

To help the survivors and families of yesterday’s hate crimes, please consider donating to a nonprofit like the Atlanta branch of Asian Americans Advancing Justice if you can. If you can’t, consider spreading the word. We’ll list more resources and reblogs over on @action as we find them.

As always, please make sure you are taking care of yourself as well. If you’re struggling for any reason, please reach out to any of the free and confidential counseling services listed here.

candlecovewiki:

random headcanons dump time + general worldbuilding stuff

- abyssal things (at least the ones who are healed and go to the surface) will have their true form revealed in the dark or in areas of shade. like.. say a ship passes underneath a ledge and an abyssal thing is on board. while they are in the shadow of the cliff, their true form will be revealed

- i think mythical creates are quite common in candle cove, and most (if not all) animals seen are some sort of mythical creature. i mean milo just has a pet dragon chilling w/ him constantly, but they aren’t just pets. it’s actually common for a ship to have a resident creature that helps project the ship (usually the captain is the one who is closest to this creature, but it’s not always the case). the laughingstock has a griffin, the rubberfishes have a manticore, and the king dice crew have a hydra. the tarantula crew had a phoenix (haha ironic)

- there are sometimes abandoned ships that sail on the waters that are regularly nicknamed “the reaper’s ferry”. this is because it’s tradition that if you defeat another crew in battle you must keep all of the corpses together, patch up the ship, and allow it to sail freely so that they find their way to the afterlife. unless sinking the ship is necessary for reasons maybe that the crew was doing things that warranted being punished for eternity in davy jone’s locker, sinking a ship is EXTREMELY bad luck, and there’s a legend that if you do this; your ship will be dragged down to the depths by the cracken

- candle cove actually has it own set of mythology (lots of it relates to the eldritch being the skintaker regularly refers to), with its own pantheon of deities and such. would LOVE to get into some of that lore at some point (one of them is about a piratelord named lady lunar who fell in love with a princess named solsmes, and she died protecting the princess during a battle against a different crew that kidnapped her. which is why eclipses happen, it’s the two of them protecting each other from harm)

- ALSO FOLKLORE. so much folklore. one of the most notorious ones is about conch shells being portals to different dimensions full of wonders and treasures