Jesse stretched his hand out to stop the glass from sliding across the bar, eyebrow raising as the sloshing purple liquid washed some of the salt off the rim of the glass.
“Didn’t order this,” Jesse said.
“Lady in the corner sent it over,” the bartender said, head jerking over towards the booth tucked away in the smoky corner. Jesse lifted his head up, squinting through the haze as a figure in a deep purple sundress waved at him from over the rim of a similarly eggplant colored cocktail.
“Send it back,” Jesse said, sliding the drink back towards the bartender. In the mirror behind the rows of liquor bottles, he could see the bartender walking back towards the booth, loosening the clasp that held his revolver in place in case things took a turn for the ugly. There wasn’t any sign of Lacroix or Reyes; just a small handful of oil-rig workers watching the hockey game at the end of the bar.
The clinking of glasses drew Jesse’s attention back to the bartender who was struggling to place a tray of twelve identical purple prickly-pear margaritas in front of him.
“The, uh…lady in the corner insisted I give these to you,” the bartender said a little sheepishly, recoiling a little as Jesse stood up with a crack of his neck, draining the last of his Buffalo Trace and sauntering over to the booth in the corner.
I saw this on Facebook and went to check my registration status, sure it was fine because I voted recently, but I put in the info and it said I’m not registered
PLEASE, especially if you’re a Black voter, check your registration status at vote.org
This is a teeny-tiny preview of my doodle for the @everafterzine– this book is going to be chock-full of Promptis fairy-tale goodness! I chose to imagine the characters in the story of Snow White! Gladio and Iris are about to teach Old Hag Ardyn a thing or two about poisoning fruits…
Want to see our Prince Charmings and the other five dwarfs? Snag a copy of the Ever After Zine when orders open! I’ll be sure to share details once they’ve available! :>
A preview of my piece for the @sacrificezine! This book will be dedicated to the characters in FFXV who made the ultimate sacrifice. I got to make a piece for Luna! ;__;
I’m really excited for you guys to see this piece in full!
Hello really excited for you guys to see this piece in full, I’m Dad!
I’ve finalized the list of themes for Mcsombra Week 2018 based on the survey results. What I did was list each idea as it was presented and kept track of how many times a theme was repeated. As such, I’ve gotten the results and I hope that this list is an otherwise collective representative of what the Mcsombra fandom would like to see in a ship event.
I’ve tried to keep the chosen themes as open as possible so that people can choose whatever they feel like doing within that idea. For example, ‘Holiday’ instead of ‘Christmas’ or ‘Halloween’.
Without further ado, here are the day’s themes (along with explanation for clarity’s sake).
Day 1: First
This could be first anything: first kiss, first meeting, first argument, first holiday together, first date, first child, etc.
Day 2: Organization
I received a lot of requests for Blackwatch, Los Muertos, Deadlock, Talon, and Overwatch AUs – since they’re all organizations in a way, I believed putting them together was the best option so that people can choose whatever they want – maybe Los Muertos Sombra and Deadlock McCree interacting.
Day 3: Monsters and Myths
Again, I got a lot of prompts for different myths/mythical creatures and monster AUs – instead of listing each individual one, it’s up to the creator to choose which path they’d like to choose. It doesn’t have to be an AU – it can be Sombra and McCree simply talking about a myth.
Day 4: Reversal
This one is a bit straight forward but I got a lot of prompts asking for role reversal or swaps. This can be perhaps with McCree as a hacker and Sombra as a gunslinger, or Sombra in Blackwatch while McCree was in /Talon. This can also be done with swaps, such as costume/skin swaps or even r63 themes.
Day 5: Family
Straight forward prompt but can be interpreted in any way you wish. It could talk about Sombra meeting McCree’s family, or them talking about their families. It can be a family they have together or with any children, or even pets.
Day 6: Royal
One of the more specific prompts but it was requested several times – again, completely up to personal interpretation of the prompt. This can be a royalty AU, something to do with royalty in their canon universe, it can simply be a theme, etc.
Day 7: Creator’s Choice
Self explanatory but one that was requested several times – many asked for a ‘free’ slot. Feel free to use this for any idea that you felt you couldn’t use in any of the other days or an idea that you just really want to share during the event. If for whatever reason, you prefer a specific prompt, feel free to message me and I will reply to you with a random prompt, most likely from a generator.
I hope these prompts will be as accommodating and open to everyone as possible.
As for the date, Mcsombra Week will run from:
Sunday, October 21st to Saturday, October 27th – 2018
I hope this is an adequate date to give everyone who wishes to participate enough time to create pieces they feel satisfied with.
In a few weeks, I will make a more polished post of the themes and set date as a reminder. Reblogs of this post and subsequent posts would be deeply appreciated.
Looking forward to seeing the creativity from the Mcsombra fandom!
If you have any questions or concerns regarding anything on this post, please send this account a message and I will get back to you ASAP.
I always go back and forth between a natural dark brown color, or go along with her blue-purple eyes in canon (the blue-purple seems so cheesy to describe in fics… but I’m kind of getting over that)
McCree doesn’t care too much about what color her eyes are, he’s captivated in them either way. But, he would have a little more trust and be less guarded around Sombra at first if she had her natural eye color, as it wouldn’t seem too science-y/unknown for McCree.
I felt like putting together a full spectrum of the human skin tones in the current Overwatch characters. All of the pictures are taken in the neutral light of the empty menu, except for Reaper and Reinhardt because I didn’t have any skins that would let me get close up to their faces. I sampled a highlight, shadow, and natural part from each character and arranged them from lightest to darkest by the natural tone. To make sure that they were arranged as accurately as possible, I used the numbers in the HSB color picker. The second row of colors is fully saturated.
Ron Weasley offered the stranger sitting next to him on the train half his sandwich even though it was all he had.
Ron Weasley sacrificed himself for the good of Harry and Hermione at age eleven because even then he thought they were more important than he was, and the ones worth saving.
Ron Weasley was Harry Potter’s first friend and the first thing Harry ever had resembling a family.
Ron Weasley lived in a cramped house and wore hand me down robes and he didn’t even think twice about offering his room and food and family to Harry every break.
Ron Weasley took care of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger when they were too busy taking care of the rest of the world to worry about themselves.
Ron Weasley stood on broken bones when he was thirteen years old, to tell a man infamous for murder that if he planned on killing his best mate, he would have to go through him first.
Ron Weasley was the person Harry would miss most in the world.
Ron Weasley was a pureblood wizard who, from a very young age, devoted his life to abolishing blood status, even if he didn’t quite understand his own privilege.
Ron Weasley gave Dobby his own clothes and socks to be buried in, because he understood how important it would have been to him.
Ron Weasley thought about saving the house elves when everyone else forgot.
If you don’t love Ron Weasley, The Boy Who Cared, I don’t know what books you read but they weren’t the same ones I did.
I cant believe some people have enough money to make major impacts on the world and they just….dont do it. wouldn’t you rather your legacy be the guy who saved the world rather than the guy who had an un-spendable amount of money and hoarded it all I mean we can probably rule out the notion that any one of those guys would give up their billions just out of the goodness of their hearts but I can’t believe the potential headline “multi billionaire donates wealth, single handedly ends poverty” doesn’t appeal to them in slightest
I feel like maybe this might be of interest to some.
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Reblogging right now because I’m having a random anxiety attack and figured someone else might need soothing too.
Cheetahs are one of my favorite animals, and they have anxiety too! They get spooked pretty easily and actually are often given therapy dogs in order to help them with their anxiety.
They’re very sweet; they just have big claws and big teeth. They’re really loving when in groups and habitually do social grooming for hours and hours. They’re a lovely animal. :3 To hear them purr is a pure delight.
PET THE SLINKY BABY
I knew I related to cheetahs for a reason
To help any of you with anxiety moments…and because I love big kitties
Hi there!! Thank you very much! Glad you like it! To be honest most of this au is still in the brainstorming phase so I can’t offer much info. Altho now that you mention Midnight, I have to say I’m kind of struggling with her in this au. Here are some designs I juggled with:
Ferret!Midnight idea was suggested by mevrouwrozestudios and I find it extremelly creative. In the end the problem with Midnight here is that she wouldn’t have much relevance as another animal so I was considering her as a possible owner, we’ll see ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Hahaha a lot of people seemed to like it yes! Guinea pigs are adorable ❤ Altho Deku’s design for this au was totally accidental I gotta admit I kinda like how he ended up looking, I mean, you’re adding more fluffiness in the recipe, you can’t possibly go wrong with that.
Heya owl-anon!! Owls are gorgeous, I dig your ideas! I think a barn owl suits Ectoplasm very well?? so I gave it a shot to see what could come out ↓
I took a few liberties with the coloration and pattern cos obviously barn owls don’t come in black/bluish, but drawing a plain one would be too boring? hope you like it!
I drew Tetsutetsu after I got this ask so you might have seen it already and for Shouji, to be honest I struggled with him for a while.
I first thought he’d be some kind of aquatic animal, some kind of fish (I didn’t want to go for the octopus choice cos that was too obvious) so I thought about the white/grey halfmoon fish because their fins reminded me of Shouji’s arms.
But then I though hey hey hey what if…. what if we do a birb.
Foxes are so beautiful, love it ❤ It would be interesting indeed… at this point I’m really considering making Midnight wild, I agree it would really suit her… 🤔🤔🤔
I don’t know if you meant erasermight or the au so here you go (Naptime is sacred and Cat!zawa tolerates a certain amount of noiseness per day which Mic consumes all by himself)
YES!! HELL YES!! Omg SO cool!! and altho it looks like a very compelling scene to draw, it’s hot outside and Saturday so, instead of something so dramatic, can I offer you BulldogVladKing and CatAizawa chilling in this trying time?
A little late but, for the Erasermight weekDay 1- Childhood/First Impressions – I hate you, I love you, I hate that I want you.
I wanted to tackle the first time the teachers must have seen All Might’s true form, which also included Aizawa of course (it counts as a kind of first impression…right?). I think none of them knew so I guess it must have been quite the surprise.
What do you mean “what if” I thought that was assumed as canon??
I’m p sure it is canon
If you look at his body language in the game he looks like his brain took a holiday. Like “oh no the boss never told me about girls!!!” “I didnt get the briefing on this!!”
The Supreme Court just issues a ruling allowing Ohio and other states to purge voters from their election registration rolls due to their failure to cast a ballot in previous elections.
This is a major victory for the Trump administration and the GOP, and a direct consequence of the Supreme Court being stacked with more conservative judges (the votes were 5-4). This is also a huge part of what Trump/the GOP were counting on to save them in the 2018 midterm elections, which is where Democrats have been hoping to take back a majority in the House, giving them more power to combat Trump’s abuses of power and Republican legislation.
What this means is YOU CAN NOT ASSUME THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED for the 2018 elections, just because you SHOULD be. Thanks to this decision, red states can purge voters’ registration based on their not having cast a ballot in even just previous federal elections, NOT just the national Presidential elections. Effectively, if you haven’t voted in previous senate races or for congressional representatives in the past few years, that’s all they need now to say you’re no longer registered and need to register again.
They’re deliberately counting on people assuming they’re still registered and so not checking until after registration deadlines have passed, or showing up to vote this November and only then finding out they’re no longer registered, when its too late to do a damn thing about it.
And this is absolutely targeted at marginalized communities, low income voters, disabled voters, and basically anyone who simply can’t always AFFORD to keep on top of every federal election and show up to vote in every senate race, etc. Which not so coincidentally happen to be all the communities and voters who have the most to gain from Democratic victories in the 2018 midterms and are the least likely to cast votes for GOP candidates at this point.
This was absolutely a calculated effort aimed specifically at keeping the GOP in power with a majority control of the government come November, and unfortunately, it has a DAMN good chance of accomplishing just that if it goes by unacknowledged. I’m not looking to alarm or panic anyone, simply to say:
If you are a registered voter in a red state at this point, please please please do not take your registered status as assumed. Check on your registration status, look up all relevant voter registration deadlines for your state and district, CIRCLE THAT SHIT ON YOUR CALENDAR, and check your registration status AGAIN right before those deadlines pass, so you can be sure of it before its too late to do anything about it til the next voting cycle.
use vote.org to check your registration status. use the form, or scroll down to find the resources for the state you live in.
SIGNAL BOOST FOR USA EXPAT VOTERS, like me, who often miss midterm elections
If the U.S. government is going to make us file U.S. taxes while overseas let’s keep voting
I love Damien as
the best Daddy to romance. It is romantic, patient, & sweet… also he is figuratively
the definition of classy. He makes me want to hand write letter. However, I re-watched Shipper’s Guide to the Galaxy play the game online & once again, I loved
the part where she romanced Damien. I
also saw more sides to Lucien & of
Amanda. I love these spunky kids and
was inspired to draw them. I ship these two. I see Lucien
as the protective tsundere over Amanda
while Amanda could be blissfully
unaware of his feelings for her, while he hides it, yet their friendship would
blossom into something deep.
Robert:Amanda didn’t expect anything from Robert. She was surprised to see a present from him. He joked around when she acted surprised. “What do you take me for, kid?” Amanda just laughs and rips open the gift. In the box, there was a leather jacket and a few pins shaped like cameras. There was also a piece of wood whittled into the shape of a camera She gasped and had a huge smile on her face.
“Thought it could be a switch out for your bomber jacket every now and then.” He said with a very very slight smile on his face. Amanda tackled him in a huge and they almost fell over.
Robert was also surprised to receive something from Amanda. She mocked his “what do you take me for?” Comment a shoved the present into his lap. He rolled his eyes and opened it up. He froze for a bit when he saw it. His face unreadable. The present was one framed picture that Amanda took of Robert and his dog when he wasn’t paying attention. Along with a few other polaroid pictures of his dog. After a minute. Robert looked up and gave Amanda a slight smile. “I’ve taught you to sneak around well.” He said with a small chuckle. “Thanks, kid.” Amanda sighed in relief and hugged Robert again.
Mat:Mat thought for a long time on what to get Amanda. Definitely overthought. He didn’t want to get something she already had or didn’t like. Dadsona tried to tell him she really appreciates anything but Mat still stressed on it regardless. When the day came he sat anxiously as Amanda ripped open the gift. She gasped when she saw a record player and a vinyl record of Neutral Milk Hotel.
“Ah I-I thought to have a record player in your dorm would be a good addition. I didn’t know if you listened to Neutral Milk Hotel but they seem like something you would like. If you don’t we can go down to the record store and-” Mat started rambling but Amanda soon stopped him “I love this! Thank you so so so much, Dad.” She said and hugged him gently. Mat sighed and hugged her back.
Mat thanked Amanda before he even opened it. In it held a few flower crowns. He chuckled and put one on. Under the flower crowns, there was a big blown up picture of Dadsona and Mat. The two were smiling brightly in the picture. Mat looked at it in amazement and asked if she took it. She nodded “I was going to get you a record but I’m pretty damn sure you own every record on earth and this is one of the best pictures I have of my dads. I thought you deserved to have it as well.” Mat started crying.
Damien: He smiled at Amanda as he gently handed her his gift. Damien was very proud of the gift he got. It was a bit expensive he had to admit but he was confident Amanda would love it. She excitedly ripped off the paper and opened the box. She let out a loud and audible gasp. Damien chuckled a bit. She pulled out a Victorian style journal. He flipped through it. The pages were blank and full of potential. She looked up at Damien. He smiled “I thought maybe you could document your college experience. But you may use it any way you wish, darling. There is one more thing.” She looked back in the box and reached for the thing in the box. She pulled out a wax seal stamp. When she looks at the stamp she gasped again. It was customized to look like a camera. She was lost for words. She threw herself onto Damien, hugging him tightly.
“ I don’t think I can top that but I can try.” Amanda chuckled. Damien assured her he’d love it no matter what. She handed him a very large wrapped gift. He gently took off the paper to reveal a beautiful oil painting of the four of them (Lucien, Amanda, dadsona, Damien) Damien stared in aw. “My roommate is a painter. I remember seeing your oil painting and they were all so serious and we weren’t together. I know that’s a Victorian thing but I wanted to give you something more lively. So she painted one of my favorite pictures of us” She explained. Damien sat there in shock. He felt tears start well in his eyes. “It’s beautiful…Thank you so much, darling.” He said. His voice cracking. Amanda quickly wrapped her arms around him.
Hugo: Thankfully Amanda got over the awkwardness of her old teacher being her new dad. She eventually started getting really close to him and called him dad. Just in time for Christmas too. Hugo was slightly stressed out about what t get her. He didn’t know much about photography. He read up on Photography and was pretty sure he found the perfect thing. He wrapped it up perfectly and gently set it under the tree with a confident smile. When the day came the 4 family members ran downstairs. Well, Amanda ran. They all sat on the floor and took turns opening their gifts. Once Amanda picked up Hugo’s gift he smiled warmly at her. She ripped it open and smiled widely as she saw it. It was a book titled “ In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs” He smiled “I know you’re not much of a reader but I know how much you love photography and you are very active in the woman’s rights movement. I thought you would appreciate it.” He explained. Amanda smiled widely and thanked him many times.
Amanda had no fucking clue what to get him for awhile. She figured he’s read every book known to man. She knew zero about wrestling. She thought about it for awhile. An idea popped into her head. She got dadsona to help her and asked the school if they could take pictures there over the weekend. Hugo’s present was placed in a small box and wrapped. Hugo slowly and carefully ripped the wrapping off. He opened the box and pulled out a bunch of Polaroid pictures. They were all silly pictures of Amanda and dadsona all over the school. Mainly in the class, Amanda had with Hugo. In a few, she held a replica championship belt and made a random pose. All the photos had Hugo laughing. “I know it’s silly but It’s like. Our start. It’s the reason you meet my dad. I wanted to kinda. Go back to the roots I guess.” She said, smiling at him. Hugo smiled back at her. “I love them very much, thank you, Amanda.”
Joseph: He thought long and hard about what to get Amanda. He wanted to get her the perfect gift. After a while of thinking and researching, he had it. Amanda picked his gift after about 3 gifts were opened. She ripped it open excitedly. She pulled out a poster. She tilted her head and opened it up. Her reaction was a gasped. “This is so cool!” She said happily. The poster looked like the blueprint or patient of a camera. It showed the insides of a camera and all its parts. “I’m guessing you like it.” Joseph chuckled. She nodded and wrapped her arms around him in a hug.
Amanda’s gift was really hard to get together but she pulled it off. Somehow. Her gift seemed quite small but it held meaning. Joseph picked up Amanda’s gift gently and unwrapped it. In the box, there were three smaller boxes that looked like they could hold rings. He hummed in curiosity before opening them up. after a minute of examination, he realized and his mouth fell open. “How…How did you? Amanda you..” He was lost for words. The boxes held gold, frankincense, and myrrh. “The three gifts. How?” He looked up at Amanda. She giggled “It wasn’t easy. Trust me but I thought you’d appreciate it.” Joseph nodded and hugged her gently. Thanking her many times. (For reference. gold, frankincense, and myrrh were what Jesus received. I forgot who gave it to him. Google it.)
Brian: Brian’s job was obviously very different from photography. Yet, he knew everyone could better from having things that make work a bit easier. He gathered up a few things and put them all together. When Amanda opened up her gift she felt happy run through her. It was a camera backback. It had so many places to put everything. “You have no idea how much I needed this!” She said happily. She dug more and found another box labeled ‘emergancy kit’. She opened it up and it held things like need and thread. Film for her camera. Small memory cards. She sighed “Oh my god. This will help me so so much!” She said happily before hugging Brian. He chuckled and hugged her back.
Amanda worked really hard on Brians gift. She had a lot of late nights editing photo’s and putting it all together. She was beyond excited to see Brian’s reaction. Brian quickly ripped open the present. He examined the present and smiled. A book labeled ‘Family adventures’ lied in his lap. He flipped through it and saw many pictures of the four of them. Pictures at the carnival, at mini golf, at the lake. Brian felt tears begin to form as he flipped through. “Thank you, Amanda…This is so thoughtful”
Craig:Craig was way lost. He honestly had no clue what to get Amanda. He didn’t know much about Photography or any of the music she listened to. He went to the twins for help. They hummed before jumping up and running to the computer. Thankfully everything was delivered in time. He wrapped them to his best ability and placed it under the tree. Dadsona reassured him that she’ll love it but he was still nervous. Once the gift was in Amanda’s hand Craig felt a lot of anxiety. She ripped it open and pulled out the items. It held a headband that had camera’s on it. A shirty the had a beautiful drawing of a polaroid on it. Black jeans with a few rips in it. A black bomber jacket and Doc Martine’s. Amanda looked at it in aw. “So…uh. Do you like it?” Craig asked.Amanda suddenly threw herself at him and hugged him. “I love it!” After a few minutes of hugging, she ran to the bathroom and put it all on. Thankfully it all fit her great. She smiled happily. “I love this so much!” She said happily. Craig sighed in relief.
“I know nothing about anything athletic,” she said and threw herself onto the bed. She groaned as she tried to think of something for him. Then an idea popped into her mind. She grabbed her phone and texted a few of her friends. Soon they all had it together. She wrapped up a CD and hummed happily. When Craig opened it he looked at Amanda a little confused. “Play it,” She said. Craig tilted his head about but eventually put it in. On the Tv popped up a few of Amanda’s friends. They all waved. “Hi, Amanda’s dad! She told us she wanted to make a funny video for you. She told us all the stupid things you did in college. We’re going to reenact them and hope we don’t die.” One friend said. Then a friend in the back shouted. “role clips!” Then a long series of videos played where the five of them, including Amanda, reenacted all the stupid stories. Craig was crying he was laughing so hard. Dadsona was laughing too. The end of the video was a bunch of clips of all the girls trying to do a handstand on a keg and failing horribly. Then Amanda was on screen. She smiled and said “Merry Christmas, Dad!” And the video ended. After Craig calmed down he walked over to Amanda and hugged her. “Thank you, Bro. That was Amazing!”
The only way we’re ever going to solve homelessness is by giving free housing to homeless people.
Not cots in homeless shelters. Not beds in domestic violence shelters. Real, actual, permanent housing, with a door they can lock and the freedom to come and go as they please.
It seems like a stupidly simple solution to an incredibly complicated problem, but this is the only way we’re ever going to end homelessness for good. Everything we’re doing right now is like flinging thimbles of water onto a house fire, and it’s time to call the fire department. Don’t believe me? Consider that:
Providing free housing is actually cheaper than what we’re doing right now. Even when you factor in the cost of having round-the-clock mental health staff on hand in housing facilities, giving the homeless housing costs about one-third as much as leaving them on the streets. How is that possible? People who sleep on the streets go to the hospital a whole lot more than anyone else. Being homeless is hard on your health – you are more likely to be assaulted, experience frostbite or heatstroke, or fail to manage a medical condition like diabetes. Homeless people are also more likely to get arrested for minor things like public urination or loitering, and it’s hugely expensive to arrest them, process them, put them in prison and put them through court dates. We save so much money and eliminate so many problems by just giving them somewhere to live.
It’s extremely difficult to get a job when you don’t have an address. There’s a huge amount of prejudice against homeless people, and the same people who shout “get a job!” are the first to toss someone’s application in the trash as soon as they see “no fixed address”. Having an address also makes it easier to vote, open a bank account, keep up with your taxes and obey the terms of your probation.
Homeless people waste a lot of time standing in line for shelters and services. Shelters have limited space available, and if you want to make sure you have a bed for the night, you need to be there long before the doors open. The same thing applies to soup kitchens. When your whole life revolves around being in line for vital services for hours on end, it’s hard to make much progress in getting your life together. Providing people with housing gives them more time and more flexibility to return to school, find jobs, or reconnect with family.
It’s virtually impossible to manage a mental health condition or recover from addiction when you have no permanent housing. It’s just not going to happen. Recovering from a mental health issue requires stability, routine and a safe place to retreat to, which are impossible when you live on the streets. Living rough makes it extremely difficult to show up to appointments, hang on to your prescription medications and avoid trauma. It’s more efficient for everyone involved to provide housing to the mentally ill first, and bring mental health services right to their doors.
It’s hard to make much progress in life when you can’t accumulate possessions. Think about how hard your life would be if you had no safe place to store your things. When you’re homeless and sleeping in shelters, you can only keep as much stuff as you can carry with you, and most of your energy is going to go towards keeping that stuff safe. You can’t take advantage of clothing drives, because you can’t carry too many clothes. You eat a lot of fast food, because you have nowhere to store or prepare groceries. Showing up to appointments, interviews or shifts is difficult, because you have to lug everything you own with you to ensure nothing is stolen. Having a room with a lock changes everything.
It keeps children out of the foster system. Ending up on the streets often means losing your children – if you can’t provide children with a stable home, that’s grounds to take them away. Families fleeing domestic violence can find themselves re-traumatized when children are placed in foster care due to inadequate housing. Providing stable housing allows families to stay together and minimizes trauma for children and parents, as well as foster care costs.
It preserves basic human dignity. It’s hard for most of us to imagine how humiliating and dehumanizing it is to be homeless. Imagine not having access to regular showers, or even toilets. Having nowhere to clean your laundry. Having your schedule dictated by a homeless shelter. Sleeping in rooms with dozens or hundreds of other people, with absolutely no privacy. Being chased out of businesses and public places. Enduring the crushing boredom of having nowhere to go. Being treated as less than human. It’s impossible to maintain hope and dignity in those conditions, and no human being should have to endure that.
We live in a society that treats housing like something you have to “earn” by proving yourself worthy of it, and that toxic thinking has put us in a position where we’re literally willing to spend more money to have people sleeping in the streets. It has to stop. Housing is a bare minimum requirement for human dignity, and it should be a human right. Everyone deserves a safe and private space of their own, regardless of their abilities, mental health or circumstances. No one is asking for luxury condos here – dorm-style settings with private rooms and shared bathroom and kitchen facilities have proven to be effective. This isn’t about who “deserves” housing; if you are a human being, you deserve a safe place to call home.
I never thought I would have to ask for help, but I don’t have much of a choice anymore.
My parents are separated and are set to have a divorce. He decided to cheat on my mom after almost 21 years of marriage. For an entire year, he emotionally traumatized my whole family, apologizing for the things he’s done and telling us he would never see this woman again. He said he would go to counseling. He said he would pack up all of his things from the girl’s house and move to a neutral place for a few weeks. He made promise after promise, but they all fell short.
He lied to us and suddenly told us he was going back to her. He did this repeatedly over and over again, around 50 times or so. But this isn’t the end of what he has done to harm my family. There was a time last year where he physically assaulted us by throwing my mother and me on the pavement and viscously twisting my sister’s arm behind her back, hurting all three of us. He yelled at my sister and me that he never wanted to see us again. Everything I used to see in him had vanished. He was no longer the man I once knew.
My mom has been a stay at home mom since I was young and is now one for my little sister, which has unfortunately prevented her from working. He was the provider and brought in money for us, but now he officially is no longer a part of the household. Due to this, my mom, little sister, and I are struggling because we can no longer depend on him. Luckily, we are on food stamps and have basic insurance for our medications and doctor visits, as well as a little bit of social security which is used completely for rent, utilities, and basic necessities. I have a job that pays for my car payment, gas for my car, and my phone bill, but that’s it.
However, my car recently broke down and I have no extra money to fix it. I’m trying to figure out a way to get another car or to try and fix the one I have, but for now, I have no way to get to my job, which means no income coming in for me either. In addition to all of this, I owe my college around $150 to be able to register for classes again, after dropping out last year to care for my mother post-surgery. He did not help. Everything was up to me. She’s much better now, but with that, I’m behind in college.
As expected, my depression and anxiety have worsened over the past year and I’m at a loss. I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist and counselor to try and manage this, but that can only do so much. I desperately need some help while I try and get my life back together. So, honestly, anything helps. I completely understand if you can’t donate, but if you could share this to get more exposure I would greatly appreciate it. Huge thanks to anyone who decides to send any money my way! It truly means so much to me and my gratitude cannot be expressed enough. Thank you so, so much.
wait…. this is a thing? ADHD worsens with abuse? Does anyone have a source/links?
i know children in abusive situation can sometimes display adhd like symptoms so by that logic there may also be a chance that it aggravates already existing symptoms.
but yeah, i’d also say that abuse isn’t exactly the best contributor of good mental health so by symptoms i really mean anything from depression to anxiety to ptsd and so on
aries: can actually be super fearful. mask emotions by being rash and reckless because they fear, more than anything, messing something they care about up. they feel that their emotions get in the way of making good decisions.
taurus: not lazy; picky where they spend their energy. taurus’ can be very passionate, being ruled by venus, and when it’s something they care about taurus will go to the ends of the earth to achieve what they want.
gemini: feels extremely deeply. always trying to dissect why they feel the way they do instead of embracing it. mask pain with wittiness and sarcasm. never honest with themselves though they can be so brutally blunt with others.
cancer: probably has anger issues or anxiety. because cancer’s feel so deeply, they look for an outlet to release these emotions. anger is the one i’ve seen the most – cancer’s are volatile and find a way to hurt the person they take their anger out on – they go for the kill shot.
leo: way more insecure than they front. many leo’s are physically confident, as we all know, but, like gemini’s, leo’s couldn’t be more emotionally insecure. they love the idea of love, but they’re terrified of emotional intimacy.
virgo: their controlling organization comes from a lack of control over their heart. virgo’s – much like gemini – can have flitting attraction. their interest is temporary, as they enjoy a mystery, but only for so long. it’s a very fine line to keep the affections of a virgo, as they’re extremely picky with who they settle.
libra: can be completely cold-hearted. scorpio’s and cancer’s get angry, but usually out of emotion, and it’s evident that no matter what they say they still care. libra’s however, have a switch that completely detaches them from all feelings when they’re pissed. will make you question if they ever even cared.
scorpio: common perception of scorpio’s is that they’re kinky and sexual bastards, when really they are one of the few signs who views sex as an act of love rather than of physical feelings. scorpio’s only have sex with people they love – it’s more their heart than body.
sagittarius: that wanderlust spirit is rooted deeply in fear. sagittarius fear attachment to one place or person for too long; it’s why they tend to travel. either physically or emotionally, locking down a sagittarius is very difficult, but not because they just want to see the world, but because they are very distrustful in nature.
capricorn: like gemini, capricorn are very emotional. however, capricorn tend to ignore feelings instead of trying to understand them. known as driven, they tend to focus all their energy on a single thing, and think that emotion is a distraction from their goals.
aquarius: super loyal. even though aquarius are very opportunistic and tend to take the route they think is the best for themselves, they also have a very compassionate side to those they sympathize with. aquarius’ hearts are difficult to capture, but once you do they’re also difficult to lose.
pisces: much more manipulative than perceived. pisces may feel deeply – as a water sign – but they use this to their advantage. pisces have a wicked accurate gut feeling due to how deeply in tune their are with their own emotions. if a pisces thinks that you can benefit them, they will use you.
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