Surprise, I'm not dead! But more importantly, my good friend skysayl did a lovely audio reading of Velvet Quill & Sunny Skies . You all know her better as the illustrator of some of my stories, and she felt like recording for it. And you know what, I personally think it's turned out great! You all really should hear the voices she gave the characters, especially our main
“Starswirl had this room made for a future consort,” said Celestia. “He insisted, even after I’d told him I’ve no interest in partners, romantic or otherwise, and I’d have preferred this as a particularly large lounge. I suppose it didn’t help my argument much.”
A couple months ago my friend skysayl and I wrote a fanfic for The Owl House (very good show, should check it out). In light of the ending, well, might as well mention it again here and there.
I saw this video essay of Shaun's on the Israel-Palestine conflict some time ago, mate - but thank you for sharing it with the wider community.
Until last year, while my sympathies, greatly influenced in no small part by works such as Susan Abulhawa's Mornings In Jenin, leaned more towards Palestine as an "occupied" territory, I still inclined to think of this as one of those endless wars where so much has been committed by both sides that it is hard to see either as truly "righteous" any longer.
However, Israel's actions make it clear that there very much can still be a "wrong" side in this conflict. The loss of civilian life which they suffered on October 07th has been so disproportionately repaid, to say nothing of their botched preparation for the attack in the first place, all of it points to Netanyahu's government and the IDF just waiting for Hamas' actions to provide them with an excuse.
In any sane world, the goodwill towards Israel should be wholly squandered by now.
I saw this video essay of Shaun's on the Israel-Palestine conflict some time ago, mate - but thank you for sharing it with the wider community.
Until last year, while my sympathies, greatly influenced in no small part by works such as Susan Abulhawa's Mornings In Jenin, leaned more towards Palestine as an "occupied" territory, I still inclined to think of this as one of those endless wars where so much has been committed by both sides that it is hard to see either as truly "righteous" any longer.
However, Israel's actions make it clear that there very much can still be a "wrong" side in this conflict. The loss of civilian life which they suffered on October 07th has been so disproportionately repaid, to say nothing of their botched preparation for the attack in the first place, all of it points to Netanyahu's government and the IDF just waiting for Hamas' actions to provide them with an excuse.
In any sane world, the goodwill towards Israel should be wholly squandered by now.