nct will release something and you have one side being like this is groundbreaking and incredible like this is earth shatteringly good and then on the other side you have people being like nct is a mcdonald’s and every machine is broken this is the worst song i’ve ever heard in my entire life
SLYTHERIN // fic recommendations
note: remember to read the tags! + i do not own any of these works
REGULUS BLACK
le lendemain matin
the salt and the sea
forever
the better of two bad options
a pen
the door
the black heir
distraction
THEODORE NOTT
love is sour grapes
by netws & nott
something stronger
like snow on the beach
the only heaven i'll be sent to (is when i'm alone with you)
TOM RIDDLE
desiderium
love again
from the glue
salted caramel, metal, strawberries, vanilla, and ink
midmorning
effects of amortentia
DRACO MALFOY
our little secret
honeydukes
firsts
how could i ever forget?
makeup
draco malfoy with shy!male!reader headcanons
cherry juice
MATTHEO RIDDLE
the cat
puppy eyes
the game
rainy nights m.r
LORENZO BERKSHIRE
like nobody else
THIS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. I have left out happenings. As I typed this more movement was reported. This is happening NOW.
Here is a map of Ukrainian oblasts (regions)
Direct your eyeballs to the eastern (that's on the right of the map) oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk. These two oblasts make up the Donets Coal Basin, or Donbas region, of Ukraine. coal coal coal.
Hold them in your mind.
On this map above you can see an outline of the Russian separatist-controlled area of Eastern Ukraine. Please note that the Russian separatist-controlled area is not analogous to the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk. When on 21 February 2022 Putin declared recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) as independent, we did not know if he meant just those cities and the surrounding Russian separatist-controlled areas OR the entirety of the oblasts. Where these borders are is incredibly important because Putin will use any excuse to declare a Ukrainian provocation. This ambiguity is to his advantage. [This is besides the fact that Putin has no fucking right to declare any of this land independent, or take any of it for Russia in the coming days.]
The Russian separatists, of course, claim the entirety of the oblasts, and Putin recognizes those claims. Russia has come to the "aid" of the separatists to defend against Ukrainian "aggression."
Tonight (23 February 2022), President Zelenskyy of Ukraine tried to speak to Putin on the phone, but was rebuffed. He gave a brief update to his people in Ukrainian, and then a long speech to the Russian people in Russian. Below is text of a translation of that speech from Max Seddon on twitter [thread starts here, good follow]:
We are divided by a shared border of more than 2,000 kilometers. Almost 200,000 of your troops and thousands of military vehicles are standing alongside it. Your leadership has ordered them to move forward, onto another country's territory. This step could be the start of a big war on the European continent. The whole world is talking about what could happen any day now. Any provocation. Any flare-up – one that could burn everything.
They're telling you that this flame will liberate the people of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian people are free. They remember their past and are building their future. Ukraine on your TV news and the real Ukraine are two totally different countries. Ours is real.
There is more, click above link to read.
Russia is going to invade Ukraine, and not just the Russian separatist-controlled regions that were recently declared independent republics by Putin. This is colonization. Ukraine has a rich history and culture separate from Russia (its history and culture is MUCH OLDER than that of Russia, even). Putin denies this and claims that Ukraine is Russian. This is false and ahistorical.
(But why are there so many Russian-speakers in Donetsk and Luhansk? Well perhaps because the Soviets committed genocide in the 1930s and purposely starved millions of Ukrainians so that ethnic Russians could move onto their land. Search "Holodomor" if this is new information to you.)
The UN Security Council has called an emergency meeting for 9:30pm EST (I'm posting this at 7:22 PM EST)
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, has declared an emergency.
Airports are closed in Eastern Ukraine.
i'm not sure what to do anymore. i've come onto this app to have fun and share my art but instead i get harassed. i've turned off my asks and i will continue to block and report you, i don't care. i have not blocked you for "no reason". you're obviously being inappropriate and OBSESSIVE over someone who does not and will not care about you. think twice before speaking because i swear, i will do everything in my power to keep you away from me and my friends. fuck you, and grow up. please reblog this or something, idk anymore bro.
Can you imagine a fic With Twilight and Thorn princess arriving exhausted and covered in blood?
For some reason their respective missions made them reflect on the crudeness of their work, a hint of remorse appears in their eyes. Twilight lies down on the bed, while his wife lies on his chest- Are we really doing the right thing? - It's mutual thinking.
Thron princess: Sometimes I wonder if the people I eliminate have a family, just like us. How many children have I left alone because of my work?
Twilight really doesn't know what to say. Perhaps, there is no correct answer, one that torments his wife less.
Twilight: I don't know. Surely those people have also taken from other people. But doing things we don't want to, for something we believe in... is something I admire.
He kisses her forehead gently, while her gaze was still lost, remembering how the bodies fell one by one, by the edge of her needle.
Thorn Princess: I suppose that... in order to maintain a peaceful life, others must stain our hands with blood....That's what I think
Silence takes over the room, the atmosphere is heavy and the stench of blood reaches their nostrils like an intoxicating perfume that both were forced to use that night.
It wasn't until he spoke again
Twilight: I believe that the true sin is not who gets their hands dirty or not... If not ignorance, that is the real cause for which many innocent people end up suffering and others are forced to fight against it.
And so remain, embraced, sleepy, resting from the harsh reality in each other's arms. Because they knew that no one else understood how difficult it was to move on... Only themselves
Credits for the image: @adrietine
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