Hello š
Please take a moment to read my story.
I am Heba Al-Dahdouh. I currently live in the completely destroyed city of Gaza. Since the war on Gaza began on 7/1/2024, my family- my father Nasif, my mother Asmaa, and my siblings Khaled, Ahmad, Muhammad, and Malak-have been living in constant fear, crying, and suffering due to shrapnel, shells, and bullets.
We have no food, no electricity, no cooking gas, no schools, no homes, no cleaning supplies, and no clothes. Our house was completely destroyed. My school has been bombed, and my brother Khaled's university is now rubble, depriving us all of education. The war has forced us to live in displacement centers, which are just tents unsuitable for living, especially in winter.
Every day we live death, terror, and panic a thousand times because of the ongoing bombardment of my city. The war has killed more than 50 of my relatives and neighbors. At the start of the war, we sought refuge at my aunt's house, but it too became rubble. Imagine: we have survived imminent death more than 20 times and have been displaced among shelters more than 13 times. My siblings and I have suffered from many illnesses due to malnutrition, and we need medication continuously.
If we stay in Gaza, we might lose our lives. Recently, we have been seriously considering leaving Gaza for a safe place. However, travel costs are extremely high. We need over $50,000 to leave Gaza. Due to exorbitant prices, rampant unemployment, lack of security, the ongoing siege, and relentless bombardment, we have lost all our money. How can we live in such insecurity, with constant shelling and shrapnel flying above us? Dear compassionate friends around the world,
With your generous donations, even if small, you can save 7 people from imminent death, allowing us to start a life outside Gaza filled with love, peace, and hope.
With my warmest regards from the city of Gaza,
Heba Al-Dahdouh.
Iām sorry but you canāt just give me a character who looks like a classical rendition of a demon/devil who puts on a cool guy exterior and who- in spite of getting spurned time and time again- consistently chooses to be kind and not expect me to be obsessed with him
*holds him gently* he even makes wisecracks he is the blorbo ever
Recently there has been a fall in engagement with Palestinian content on tumblr, and for those of us who are helping Palestinians fundraise it is very obvious that this has happened directly after the very public smear campaigns, carried out by some racist users with significant followings.
It seems half the site somehow found it easier to believe in the horseshit about ābelgian scam ringsā and ārussian botnetsā in an effort to justify their apathy towards genocide victims, and the other half seems to think that everything is over and that the evil was defeated just because some racist bloggers got run off the site after giving half-hearted apologies that did nothing to mitigate the damage they had done.
THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL IN DIRE NEED OF HELP !! There are people who are still getting death threats from zionists every day and have to stay on this godforsaken website because their gofundmes haven't reached their endgoals yet...
I'm going to keep this brief:
Siraj's ( @siraj2024 ) family including his parents, and his five siblings and their families were displaced during the recent attacks by IOF on deir al balah
This means there are now 23 family members that Siraj is the sole provider for at the moment.Ā
10 of those members are young children.
Siraj's wife, Halima, is having a terrible flareup of eczema and his children are suffering from skin infections and badly need medical attention.
This whole family has been living in unhygienic conditions in 2 tents, packed like sardines during this heatwave, leading to spread of infections between them as wellā all during a time where hygiene products have become unaffordable due to the israeli blockade, and when water has become scarce, and kids cant even receive life saving vaccinations during polio epidemic.
All this while everyday siraj risks his life trying to reach out to us from an internet point amidst violence and shelling from the IOF in what once was a āhumanitarian safe zoneā, even more desperately than before becauseā
THIS FUNDRAISER IS NOW THE ONLY LIFELINE FOR FIVE FAMILIES INSTEAD OF JUST ONE !!
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!! We have to get to 60k by thursday i.e WITHIN THE NEXT THREE DAYS!! DONATE AND BOOST
Vetting link #219
If you want additional incentive to donate, pls check out:
Art raffle here (ending in 4 days!!!) - where you get to win this zine as a prize as well for as low as $5 for 1 entry, please dont miss it !!
My āfatherā is a bastard. And I take after him.
(The Avengers #14)
"bye dad" "have a good day baba" Peter and Dina said as their father left . "How much you wanna bet we're gonna have a crisis today?" Peter asked before finishing off his second bagel "Peter we have made two bets in the short time we've known each other, and you have won neither"
"yeah but the thrill of possibly being right and getting some money is just tooo good!" Peter grinned "fine... 15 bucks" suggested" "I got that much, deal" the finished the deal with a handshake "your so fucking broke it's embarrassing!" Dina cackled
"well not all of us can turn five into hundred with a thought!" Peter retorted
The two did eventually put an end to their petty dispute when other kids came down for breakfast, the two going out of their way to make breakfast for everyone. With Dina making the food manifesting the food onto the plates after Peter set the table.
Then after breakfast was done they went off to their seperate ways, Dina with her friends to class and Peter with the little kids for the first gym class of the day.
@dad-nee-toh
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Magneto stands at the edge of the training grounds, his imposing figure casting a long shadow. The air hums with a quiet intensity as he watches Dina practice, his expression unreadable. With a deep breath, he steps forward, his cape billowing slightly in the breeze.
"Dina," he calls out, his voice firm yet gentle.
As she turns to face him, he approaches with measured steps, his eyes studying their face closely. "I am Magneto," he begins, his tone carrying the weight of his name. "I've come to speak with you about something of great importance."
He pauses, searching for the right words. "I know this may come as a shock, but I am your father. I have watched you from afar, knowing that one day this moment would come."
Magneto's gaze softens, a rare vulnerability showing through. "I understand if you have questions, or if you feel anger or confusion. But know that I am here now, and I want to be a part of your life, to help you understand your abilities and your heritage."
He extends a hand, a tentative yet hopeful gesture. "Will you allow me the chance to explain, to show you the truth of who we are?"
*Feral reader finally hugs morph back*
Wolverine:*pats reader on the shoulder* atta go bub
Feral reader:*bites wolverine's hand down to the bone*
Wolverine and morph: AAAHHHH!!!!
HA!!! š¤£š Oh h*ck yeah, that happens. Morph is so glad to finally be hugged by their baby! And then Wolverine steps in to pat Reader on the back amd tell tell they did a good, and suddenly Reader hisses and chomps his hand. Right down to the bone. And there's now blood everywhere. Morph is worried, cracking a few nervous jokes and trying to get Reader to release their mama's/papa's feral partner, Wolverine is trying to get Reader to drop his hand and is sighing, and Reader keeps using his hand like a teething ring. After this incident, it is decided they need to make a list of who can and can't touch Reader safely, and everyone not on on the list (the majority of everyone) will have to hug someone else. And Reader is unaware, just sucking up a fruit juice smoothie and being forced to write an apology note to Logan- Who is also trying to figure out if Reader is struggling with feral instincts to act so volatile, or if they're just defensive...
(Also Logan and Reader, getting rabies shots, and a few other shots to make sure they aren't infected or have something that can infect others through wounds or blood-)
"And may we continue to find security in our vulnerability baba" dina added Raising her glass to erik's to cheers, then she put her glass. dinner was going fantastic and dina couldn't be happier with how much closer she and her father have gotten in a few hours. She finishes her musakhan and moves onto her qidreh.
It felt so genuinely nice to be able to talk about the best and worst parts of herself without judgement, as well as getting to know her father as he is without the indurated strength he used to protect himself everyday without his helmet.
"Besides the school getting bombed every other week and some students being assholes, I must admit it's better than catholic school" dina shrugged holding her hands in mock surrender. "And I finally got some friends that aren't just my parent's friend's kids.... although I do think that kurt and mystique are related they look very similar" dina says smiling when she mentioned kurt, having a weird fondness for the blue teleporter
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Magneto stands at the edge of the training grounds, his imposing figure casting a long shadow. The air hums with a quiet intensity as he watches Dina practice, his expression unreadable. With a deep breath, he steps forward, his cape billowing slightly in the breeze.
"Dina," he calls out, his voice firm yet gentle.
As she turns to face him, he approaches with measured steps, his eyes studying their face closely. "I am Magneto," he begins, his tone carrying the weight of his name. "I've come to speak with you about something of great importance."
He pauses, searching for the right words. "I know this may come as a shock, but I am your father. I have watched you from afar, knowing that one day this moment would come."
Magneto's gaze softens, a rare vulnerability showing through. "I understand if you have questions, or if you feel anger or confusion. But know that I am here now, and I want to be a part of your life, to help you understand your abilities and your heritage."
He extends a hand, a tentative yet hopeful gesture. "Will you allow me the chance to explain, to show you the truth of who we are?"
"Oooh your in troooouble!" Dina snickers while transferring the bacon to her plate, "I put the clock in Peter's room so he'd get up, but then he put it here" she told erik "do you want eggs? I'm making some for me and peter" She asked cracking eggs onto the pan and making the shells disappear.
"sorry dad I was a bit sloppy cause I was tired, I got stuck with doing gym class with the younger kids" Peter tried to defend himself as he took his bagels out of the toaster and put cream cheese on both "really? You can run through the whole mansion twice without breaking a sweat, but playing dodgeball with ten year olds puts you outta commission?" Dina asked
"yes, now egg please" Peter said and dina snapped her fingers and her henna light up causing two of the eggs to appear on Peter's bagels "thank you" he said sitting down and chowing down on his bagels
Dina then turned to her dad and took the silver key that he offered "thank you baba"
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Magneto stands at the edge of the training grounds, his imposing figure casting a long shadow. The air hums with a quiet intensity as he watches Dina practice, his expression unreadable. With a deep breath, he steps forward, his cape billowing slightly in the breeze.
"Dina," he calls out, his voice firm yet gentle.
As she turns to face him, he approaches with measured steps, his eyes studying their face closely. "I am Magneto," he begins, his tone carrying the weight of his name. "I've come to speak with you about something of great importance."
He pauses, searching for the right words. "I know this may come as a shock, but I am your father. I have watched you from afar, knowing that one day this moment would come."
Magneto's gaze softens, a rare vulnerability showing through. "I understand if you have questions, or if you feel anger or confusion. But know that I am here now, and I want to be a part of your life, to help you understand your abilities and your heritage."
He extends a hand, a tentative yet hopeful gesture. "Will you allow me the chance to explain, to show you the truth of who we are?"
There's some very stunning images of Nightcrawler with a Venom type symbiote and I just adore it soš„¹š„¹š„¹ but I truly don't know anything about comics, and my vague understanding is he is not he main character of this comic, truly saddening ā¹ļøā¹ļø
@bamfkeeper
Here's two picrew I did of her and recolored as well as an artwork by my good friend @fototingobug
Ok you asked for X-Men ocs
I present Dina Atallah!
Dina is Egyptian/Palestinian and was raised Christian in Canada, her immediate family was abusive emotionally, spiritually, and sometimes physically. Causing to Dina to run away from home and have a nasty distaste for religion. dina loves wearing Egyptian and Palestinian traditional attire even though she has no relationship with her parents anymore
After running away from home at the age of ten she got kidnapped and thrown into a mutant fighting arena where she stayed, constantly fighting and often winning after she figured out how to change her body temporarily to win the fight.
The particular fighting ring she was in got abruptly ended by Dina just having enough after getting beaten too hard one time and she used her powers to make the building and everyone in it disappear. Magneto could feel all of the metal in the building disappear and decided to investigate, where he found dina barley keeping herself alive using her powers, he knew he had to keep her.
-she speaks arabic as her second language with English as her first (being born and raised in Canada) and after being adopted by magneto learnt German
-when Dina uses her powers the henna all over her body lights up along with a ring of light around her pupil, outside of her reality manipulation abilities, Dina fights using a morning star
-when it comes to her adoptive family dina loves hanging out with her siblings and is a daddy's girl given how similar they are, though that doesn't mean she won't call him out on his bullshit
-Dina is trans mtf
-she has PTSD and religious trauma (though she could never be mad at mama Mary)
-her favorite book/movie is the last unicorn and relates to Molly grue far to much
Ok well outside of what I said I'm my ask on lazywrites page
-dina loves wearing Egyptian and Palestinian traditional attire even though she has no relationship with her parents anymore
-she speaks arabic as her second language with English as her first (being born and raised in Canada) and after being adopted by magneto learnt German
- outside of her reality manipulation abilities, Dina fights using a morning star
-when it comes to her adoptive family dina loves hanging out with her siblings and is a daddy's girl given how similar they are (oldest daughter coded just like Lorna)
-she has PTSD and religious trauma (though she could never be mad at mama Mary)
-her favorite book/movie is the last unicorn and relates to Molly grue far to much
-kurt is Dina's love interest in my version of events and they love each other very much, but people often question if she really loves him because of her outside demeanor being all bitchy. But in reality they kinda got that 'sonic and shadow' vibe that 'roger rabbit and Jessica rabbit' dynamic going on. He's a silly and sincere gentleman and she couldn't love anyone more
Hope you like her lore I can't included pictures of her in this one so I'll send another ask
Your oc sounds super cool! I love the idea of her henna glowing when she uses her powers!! Henna is so beautiful, I think thatās such a neat concept. I also think itās a cool point to have Magneto sensing the metal and investigating what happened, thatās an excellent idea to add since I can totally see that happening.
I feel for her, poor bb but iām glad she has a good family and is surrounded by those who care for her now! I love tragic backstories smmm šš