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it was a little funny how quickly my friend figured out that these were warmups for drawing the au versions of them
"I didn't do much," said the guy who did half the work
A Future Beyond War Starts With You š
My name is Naser. War took everything from meā
my mother, my sister, my home, and the life I once knew.
In a single moment, my world was shattered,
leaving behind only memories and the weight of loss.
But even in the darkest moments,
I refuse to give up. ā
Because I still have something worth fighting forā
my three younger brothers.
š¹ One dreams of becoming a doctor š©ŗāto heal others so they donāt have to suffer like we did.
š¹ Another wants to be an engineer šļøāto rebuild what war has destroyed.
š¹ And the youngest? He just wants to be a kid again š§øā
to wake up in a safe home š ,
to laugh, to play, to feel peace.
š” We need a home. We need education. We need hope.
Right now, we are not just fighting for survivalā
we are fighting for the chance to live, to grow, to dream again.
We are fighting for a future where my brothers
can become the doctor, the engineer,
and the child who gets to have a childhood.
š This is where you come in.
Iām not asking for muchājust a chance.
A chance to rebuild.
A chance to give my brothers a future beyond war.
Your supportāwhether through a donation or simply sharing our storyācan make all the difference.
Even the smallest act of kindness can create ripples of change. āØ
š Will you help us rebuild?
Together, we can prove that war doesnāt get the final wordā
hope does.
Thank you for standing with us. šāØ
šāØ A Voice from Gaza: Fighting for Hope ā¤ļøāš©¹
Hi, my name is Mosab , and Iām from Gaza. Life here has been harder than I could ever imagine, but today Iām sharing my story with hope in my heart, because your kindness has already given us so much strength.
This journey hasnāt been easy. The war has taken 25 family members from usā25 beautiful souls we loved deeply. Their laughter, their presence, their love⦠all of it is gone, leaving behind memories that are both precious and painful. Every day, I carry the weight of their loss, but I also carry their spirit, which gives me the strength to keep going.
Our Journey So Far
When I first reached out, I couldnāt have imagined weād make it this far. Your support has been a light in these difficult times, and we are so deeply grateful for every single contribution.
But the road ahead is still challenging. Every day, weāre reminded of how much weāve lost and how much we still need to rebuild.
Hereās what life in Gaza looks like for my family right now:
š Safety: The uncertainty of tomorrow weighs heavily on us.
š¢ Loss: The absence of the 25 family members weāve lost is a pain we carry every moment.
š Dreams on Hold: The future feels so far away when survival takes all our strength.
How You Can Help Us Cross the Finish Line Even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference:
$5 may seem small, but for us, itās a little relief, a moment of comfort, and a reminder that kindness still exists. ā¤ļø
Canāt donate? Reblog this post to help us reach someone who can. Every share matters more than you know.
Why Your Support Matters Your kindness isnāt just about helping us meet our goalāitās about reminding us that weāre not alone in this fight. Itās about hope. Itās about survival. And itās about giving my family a chance to rebuild our lives, even in the face of unimaginable loss.
Thank you for helping us get this far. Your generosity and compassion have already brought us closer to a better tomorrow, and for that, Iām endlessly grateful.
With all my love and gratitude,
Mosab and Family ā¤ļø
My name is Nadin. I never imagined I would write something like this. Iāve always been someone who kept her worries quiet, someone who believed that even the hardest days could be endured with patience and faith. But right now, I am reaching out ā not because I want to, but because I need to.
I am a wife, a mother, and one of many women in Gaza trying to survive days that feel like they have no end. There was a short time ā a brief ceasefire ā where we thought things might start to heal. Where the sound of war faded for just long enough to let us breathe. But that moment is gone now, and the fear has returned louder than before.
My days are filled with uncertainty, and my nights with prayer. We have lost so much. Our home was damaged, our sense of safety taken from us. But through all of this, I try to keep going. I try to hold on to what little peace I can create with my hands, my words, and my love.
I am not asking for much. Just a little help to keep our lives from falling further apart. To fix the small things ā a cracked wall, a leaking roof, the pieces of daily life that help us hold on to dignity.
This campaign isnāt just about survival. Itās about holding on to what makes us human in a place that keeps trying to take that away. Itās about showing my daughter ā even though I wonāt mention her name here ā that the world didnāt forget us.
If youāve ever felt powerless in the face of suffering, please know that even the smallest gesture can carry great meaning. A kind word. A shared post. A quiet donation. These things remind us that weāre not alone.
I am still here. Still holding on. Still believing that people out there ā people like you ā still care.
Please, if you feel moved, consider supporting or sharing this campaign.
šļø From Rubble to Renewal ā Help Mohamed Rebuild a Home Full of Hope šæ
In the blink of an eye, the life we knew disappeared.
My name is Mohamed, and Iām writing this with a heart full of sorrowābut also a quiet flame of hope. Our family home, a place that held generations of memories, was reduced to rubble in an instant. The rooms that once echoed with laughter, the walls that witnessed our stories, and the garden where we dreamed of better daysāall of it is gone.
And yet, we are still here.
Still standing. Still believing. Still dreaming.
Before the war, our home wasnāt just a structureāit was everything. It was the heartbeat of our family. We shared countless dinners around a modest table, whispered goodnight to one another across quiet rooms, and celebrated the small joys that made life meaningful. It was a place of love, of safety, of tradition.
Losing it has left a deep wound in our lives. But what we havenāt lost is our will to rebuild.
We are determined not to let destruction be the end of our story. We want to rebuild our home not just with bricks and wood, but with faith, with dignity, and with your support.
I know there are countless stories in the world that deserve to be heard, and I humbly ask that you take a moment to hear ours. We are turning to this community, to the kindness of strangers, because we believe in the power of people coming together to lift one another out of despair.
Your supportāwhether itās a donation, a share, or even just a moment of your timeācan help lay the first stone of our new beginning.
š Every dollar brings us one step closer to safety. š§± Every share gives our story a voice. š± Every gesture, no matter how small, is a reminder that compassion can grow even in the harshest soil.
We are not asking for charity. We are asking for a chance. A chance to rebuild our lives, to give our children a roof under which they can dream again, and to find peace after so much pain.
Please, if you feel moved by our story, consider helping us build something new from whatās been lost. Your kindness will be felt not just in concrete and woodābut in every smile, every warm night, and every future moment of joy that your support helps make possible.
From the deepest part of my heartāthank you. For your time, your love, and your belief in us. We will never forget it.
With all my gratitude, ā Mohamed
My name is Abdelmajed. I never imagined Iād be sharing my story like this, but life in Gaza has become unbearable. I am a survivor of the war here, and in the blink of an eye, everything I once knewāmy home, my safety, my communityāwas ripped away from me.
The war has transformed Gaza into a graveyard of broken dreams. The buildings that once stood as symbols of life and resilience are now piles of rubble. Every corner is filled with the echoes of explosions. Every moment is shrouded in uncertainty. There is no security. There is no stability. There is no light at the end of the tunnel.
Basic needs have become luxuries. Food is scarce. Clean water is even scarcer. Hospitals are overwhelmed and under-resourced, and there is almost no medical care to be found. Every night, families go to bed hungry, praying theyāll wake up to see another day. The cost of basic necessities has skyrocketed, and itās become a daily battle just to survive.
Iāve seen things I never thought possibleāstanding in long lines for a piece of bread, rationing every drop of water, and watching my people suffer in silence. I have lost everythingāmy home, my safety, my dignity.
Escape from Gaza is my only hope, but itās almost impossible without financial help. The cost of evacuation is far beyond my means, and without support, Iām trapped in a warzone with no way out.
Iām reaching out to you now, in the hopes that someone, anyone, can help. I am not asking for luxury. I am asking for a chanceājust a chanceāto live. A chance to escape this never-ending cycle of fear, destruction, and loss. A chance to rebuild my life somewhere safe, where I can begin again, where I can find hope once more.
Any amount you can give will help me get closer to safety. Even the smallest donation will make a differenceāit could be the lifeline I need to survive. If you are unable to donate, please share my story. The more people who hear it, the better the chance that I can find the support I desperately need.
Your kindness and support mean the world to me. Youāre not just helping me escape a war; youāre giving me a chance to live, to rebuild, to breathe again.
Thank you for listening. Thank you for caring.
My name is Saja. Iām a wife, a mother, and a woman who once believed her story would be simple. I thought my days would be filled with watching my daughter grow ā from her first smile to her first steps ā surrounded by the small joys of everyday life.
But life had other plans.
War has returned to our home. Again. And once again, we find ourselves living under skies that never seem to rest.
There was a moment ā a fragile, breathless moment ā when the bombs paused and the world seemed to remember us. It gave us hope. We thought maybe, just maybe, we could start to rebuild. But now, we are back in the dark ā hiding, holding on, praying.
Iām writing this not as someone seeking pity, but as a mother who has no other choice but to speak.
Imagine holding your baby in the middle of the night, not because she cried, but because the world outside roared too loud for either of you to sleep. Imagine whispering bedtime stories not to lull her into dreams, but to keep the fear from settling into her tiny bones.
This is my life.
This is my daughterās life.
And even now ā especially now ā I believe in softness. I believe in kindness. Because when everything else is taken from you, hope becomes the most valuable thing you have.
Why Iām Reaching Out Our home has been damaged. Our lives changed. But through it all, my daughter wakes up every morning with a smile. She reaches for me with trust, with love, with faith that I will keep her safe.
Thatās why I keep going.
Iāve launched a campaign to ask for help ā not because itās easy, but because silence is no longer an option. I am asking for support not just for me, but for my baby, and for the quiet strength of so many mothers like me who are fighting, every single day, to hold their families together.
How You Can Help: š¤ Help us restore parts of our home so we can live with dignity š¤ Support women and mothers in Gaza with access to care and resources š¤ Keep the light of hope alive for a generation born in the shadows of war
š If you can, please support our journey here:
If you canāt give, please consider sharing. Your voice might be the reason someone else hears ours.
From My Heart to Yours Maybe our lives are worlds apart. Maybe youāve never lived through war. But if youāve ever held a child and wished the world could be better for them ā then you understand more than you know.
I donāt want my daughter to grow up thinking the world turned away.
Please, if youāve read this far ā thank you. Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for caring. We are still here. Still hoping. Still holding on to every kind act like itās a lifeline.
I feel like this is Oda poking fun at the parts of the fandom ragging on poor Jinbei for not guaranteeing an instant win for the Strawhats now that he's on their crew. Especially since Jinbei himself is pointing out how even a strong fighter is going to be hard-pressed fighting someone who can regenerate their entire head.
Cut the man some slack, y'all, he's doing his best!
Also watch it be revealed that Brook recognizes Gunko from her being the groupie for his Soul King tour always in the front row waving neon arrows like glowsticks
While Gunko's not necessarily geeking out over Brook like we would have expected, in a way this is probably the closest a Celestial Dragon does get to being starstruck. If 'starstruck' means immediately wanting to kidnap the artist in question so that they cater to you and you alone.
We also saw Charlos attempt to do the same thing in Film Red. He liked Uta's music so much that he tried kidnapping her mid-concert to be his personal musician.
And what ended up happening there was Uta not only flat-out told him no because her music belongs to the world, but also put him on blast for being a scumbag before putting him in his place with her Sing Sing powers.
And that's what Brook does here too, with the added bonus that he's sticking by his captain, even to the point where he's willing to lay down his second life. Which is a huge deal for Brook since his dream is contingent upon him getting to reunite with Laboon.
While Gunko is the one who's giving a physical beatdown to Brook, look how she's clenching her chest as if her heart was breaking. And she then proceeds to stomp on Brook some more even after Sommers told her to leave the Strawhats alone.
You could write this off as her throwing a tantrum because she's not getting her way, like Celestial Dragons are wont to do when they're not given instant gratification, but I think there's more to it than just that. It reminds me of how upset Gunko got when Loki vehemently rejected being a God's Knight because they're scum.
Look at what it was Brook said: "I would sooner embrace death than live without honor"
Both Loki and now Brook seem to be confirming Gunko's inner doubts about being a God's Knight. She's getting continual proof that she's backing the wrong horse and the universe keeps sending her those signs no matter how fiercely she denies it.
The Strawhats themselves remark on how odd it is that a Celestial Dragon is a fan of Brook's music. Like those two things are incompatible.
And they kind of are because Brook's music, especially New World, is all about the wonders and adventures of piracy, breaking the status quo, and pursuing freedom as the sun shines down. Everything the Celestial Dragons are against.
And yet, what is Gunko's favorite song?
But what is it that Gunko is most afraid of?
Something doesn't add up.
Oh yeah I had...tumblr.....HI (ā Ā“ā ļ¼ā Ļā ļ¼ā ļ½ā )
can't think of a haha funny caption for this because whenever i think about how they were both kids for more than a quarter of a second i suffer a brain hemorrhage
I feel very conflicted with my opinions on Dazai. He is not my favourite character, he never was. But I feel a weird sympathy for him at times when he is seen as a total villan?
He is not evil. I don't know how people mischaracterize Dazai as evil.
With the recent chapter 122, there are a lot of people who hate Dazai and want him to die for what he did to Akutagawa. For a second, I felt like that too. I can't see children being abused, not that anyone wants to see it, but I feel very emotional whenever I see hurt children. My first instinct was to hate Dazai too.
But Dazai isn't a responsible adult. Dazai himself was a 16 year old, trying to find meaning in life, guiding a 14 year old into the dark side. This isn't an older, experienced, manipulative man who knows what he is doing but a teenager who thinks he knows everything. Dazai himself ran away from home and was suicidal already at the age of 14, just the same lonely child as Akutagawa. But he found "meaning" in the Port Mafia, or at least trying to. When he gave his word to Akutagawa that he'll "certainly" find meaning in life, I don't think it's manipulation, Dazai himself believes in it. An adult putting you in a dangerous climate is very different than when your cousin tells you to smoke because "it's cool, dude"
I am NOT defending Dazai's abuse of Akutagawa, as I said before, I am not some Dazai superfan (which, Dazai being portrayed as completely innocent also irks me!). I want there to be balance in the conversation surrounding it.
Dazai AND Akutagawa were children, they were both trying to find reasons to live. They grew up in the Port Mafia. We have seen how cruel and unhinged Dazai can be during his time in the PM. We have seen Akutagawa, and his constant internal battle with good and evil. These two are not some heartless creatures, both of them are changing for the better. Dazai found proper guidance in Oda, and taking his words, he became a better mentor to Atsushi. Akutagawa was left in the PM alone, so he grew stone cold and ruthless until he saw the light again, because of Atsushi (in recent chapters his eyes are literally lighter)
Does Dazai feel bad for what he did to Akutagawa? No, at least not now or we don't know what he is feeling, I don't trust anything that comes out of his mouth. But he doesn't HAVE to feel bad. That's what morally grey characters are. If Dazai immediately repented for what he did, it won't be realistic or true to his personality. Yes, he is in the ADA, but he is NOT some great person just because he chose to leave PM, even he himself knows that! That's why he felt so shocked when Atsushi called him a good person. Dazai knows he is not a good person and that's why he doesn't repent for what he did to Akutagawa. We don't accept our mistakes easily, not when we thought of them as means to an end. Dazai truly believed what he did to Akutagawa was a pro and not a con. If he will change that perspective now, is more about his own character arc.
Akutagawa was just a kid, influenced by Dazai. He wanted to impress him, like we do to our parents. Like we fight tooth and nails to defend our parents mistakes and sometimes even abuse. He isn't ready to accept what Dazai did to him was wrong. But when he saw how Dazai treats Atsushi, I am pretty sure he felt like dying. Because imagine your parent treating their step children better than you, that's how I see Aku's jealousy to be like. Dazai was his mentor first, why is he praising and coddling this random guy who just came into his life? But Akutagawa doesn't hate Atsushi in particular, he hates the treatment he gets from Dazai. I think considering what's happening in recent chapters, just like how Atsushi overcame his conflicting feelings towards the headmaster, Akutagawa will do the same with Dazai.
Akutagawa carried the cycle of abuse, doing the same thing Dazai did to him to Kyouka, another 14 year old (she trained since she was even younger). But unlike Dazai, when Kyouka is finally free from PM, Akutagawa doesn't want her to come back to him, he stops abusing her, Dazai still is awful and manipulative with Akutagawa at times. He feels happy for Kyouka, because HE wanted someone to rescue him too. Of all the abused children, Akutagawa was the one who never got rescued. Akutagawa was abusive to Kyouka, it can't be erased because of his own tragic past, he also hit Higuchi and seem to answer everything with violence. This is why the cycle of abuse is so painful, Akutagawa was taught to be this way and he CHOSE to stay this way, until he made the bet to stop killing people with Atsushi. I don't think Akutagawa will ever go back to his own ways after this arc is over. You can't undo your past, you have to move on, keep walking, keep living and trying to do better next time.
I want Dazai to get some good old karma! I want him to face the consequences for what he did to Akutagawa. I want Atsushi to have conflicting feelings towards Dazai but I don't want him to hate Dazai. Atsushi understands people on a deeper level, he's going to try and change people no matter of their pasts. Akutagawa and Dazai aren't going to be on good terms ever, that can't happen. I want Dazai to stop treating Akutagawa like shit and I want Akutagawa to stop wanting validation from Dazai.
Now the final verdit from me, is Dazai evil? No. Is Dazai a good person? No. Can Dazai change? Yes. Did Atsushi have a huge impact on both Dazai and Akutagawa? Yes. Is Akutagawa already changing? Yes. Can Dazai be vile? Yes. Can Dazai be soft? Yes. Does Dazai deserve to die? No.
Morally grey characters cannot be good or evil. They are grey. Let them be grey. We shouldn't erase their bad sides and we can't act like they didn't do good. BOTH Dazai and Akutagawa are morally grey characters. They are just different types of grey. Akutagawa is speed running to the light and Dazai is stuck in the middle of the grey. People have the ability to change for the better or worse, no matter who they are.
No matter what Dazai did in the PM, I can't hold a child to the upmost standards. There's a reason why Juveniles have a seperate court. Juveniles shouldn't get death penalty. Dazai committed heinous crimes as a child. But he is NOT the only child who did this. Everyone in PM has committed several crimes. It's a fictional story after all. Because of that I can't HATE Dazai. I believe all children deserve to be saved, to be given a second chance. Dazai went to the ADA and started to use his dark sides for the good. I can't call him evil for his past, when he was a suicidal kid, mentally ill, having a god knows what tragic backstory. Yes Dazai was smarter than an average teenager, but if you have read "The Day I picked up Dazai", you know despite all that; he was just a kid.
A kid abusing another kid cannot be any less tragic. There is not one childhood loss. It's TWO childhoods lost.
(ps: I was scared to post this lol šššš)
kunikida had the most wild time in dazaiās entrance exam like imagine being under the stress of working at a dangerous detective agency AND doing math tutoring at the tender sensitive age of 20 years old and suddenly your boss throws a guy at you who is the BIGGEST walking red flag and has no recorded background or history and just happened to meet a really important government guy at a bar and land a job at your workplace and is obsessed with suicide and tries to kill himself at work and has detailed knowledge of the human organ trafficking business and your boss is like āwell, heās your problem now, if he gives you bad vibes just shoot him in the head if not I want to know if youād recommend him as our newest employee. okay byeā
the ada is such a loser compared to every other organization they go up against. they've got like eight members. they work out of a rented office above a coffee shop. half of them probably also live there. they're all broke. and yet everyone from the mafia to the government to the most powerful foreign gifteds see them as an equal opponent. and they're right.
This is how optwt is talking about Nico Robin right now. Op is a supposed Robin fan as well btw (she's their literal pfp).....
Imagine trying to say Robin was useless in Egghead (which is what they did) when she was out here throwing hands??
Imagine trying to paint the moment of the coward trio + Brook saving Robin as anything more than a beautiful display of love & an amazing reminder of how much the character's life has changed for the better?
Imagine watching Robin be understandably triggered by Saul getting taken down & calling her a crybaby who needs to "get over it"?? What? The same chapter Saul told her not to do anything btw.
As if Oda isn't consistently realistic with how his characters respond to traumatic events & triggers??
When I say Powerscaling & "Agenda Piece" have rotted the brain, THIS is the exact type of takes I'm talking about. I honestly cannot believe anyone who calls themselves a Robin fan can in good faith say something so ridiculous wrong & mean spirited about the character. It makes no damn sense to me smh. Do you even like her at this point to be saying something so off base? Do you even understand the character & writing?
my theory on what it could beā¦
i think that Higuchiās ability will be called āTakekurabeā (Growing Up/Childās Play) after her most famous work, and i believe it might have something to do with reincarnation. hereās whyā¦
in this official art she is featured with red spider lilies, which are symbolic of death, but are also thought of as a bridge between heaven & earthā¦a reminder of the ācyclical nature of life & deathā
Takekurabe also explores themes such as how life is fleeting. & also abt being forced into a role that you didnāt want, or wouldnāt have chosen for yourself
(plus potential foreshadowing: in this official art, Higuchi is surrounded by pinwheelsā which symbolize childhood, but also the cycle of life, & the buddhist teaching of reincarnation)
back to reincarnationā¦
after being told that Akutagawa may never wake up, she reached out to him & a glow appeared around her handā like she was activating an abilityā before pulling away bc she remembered that he didnāt want her (or anyoneās) help
but this means that sheās able to give help in this sort of situation
additionally, the fact that she almost always appears in official arts w Akutagawa indicates that she will probably use her ability on him at some point, which makes sense considering his terminal condition
(note the pulse in the background, his bright eyes, & her white suit)
because we have yet to see her use her ability, iām assuming that she can only use it once, so sheād be giving up her life for Akutagawaās (a life for a lifeā his reincarnation)
this would imitate irl Higuchiās unfortunately short lifeā with her having died at only 25 years old. it also makes sense to give her such a powerful ability since irl Higuchi is such an important figure in japanese historyā japanās first professional woman writer of modern literature
i wonder if Higuchiās sister has anything to do with her ability (in bsd sheās unnamed, but her irl sisterās name was Kuniko so thatās what weāll call her)
according to Higuchiās bungo episode, despite her literary genius, irl Higuchi was practically useless without her sister
Kuniko was the one who made what Higuchi did possible & kept things functional behind the scenes
so i think itād be super interesting (& a cool irl reference) if Kuniko was involved in some way with Higuchiās ability (i also just want to see more of her bc this sister duo is so cute :ā))
bonus: when i watched this anime adaptation of Takekurabe, this was the ending scene & i wonder if it was harukawaās inspiration for this official art š„¹
white lilies represent purity, & since they were off by the side of the road, they might have represented the characterās fleeting purity. white lilies are also used at funerals to represent a soulās return to purity & its journey to the afterlife⦠which circles back to the reincarnation theme š
Something quite curious that I noticed in this chapter is that every time Gunko appears, her only visible eye is the lightest one. In every panel that she appears, either only half of her face is visible, or her right eye cannot be seen, covered either by her bangs or her hat. There's also a moment where she moves her hat only to lower it further over her eyes, and this is the same moment where she sees Brook for the first time, who seems quite confused by her action. Of course, this may not mean anything, but it is a very interesting detail, because it is obviously intentional. I don't remember her darker eye being so hidden in the other chapters she appears in, and this detail caught my attention because in the first chapters where Gunko was introduced, a lot of people connected her to Imu, because of her arrow powers and Imu's arrow-shaped attack, and I saw some people saying that maybe Gunko's eyes were different colors to symbolize some kind of connection with Imu, I'm not really sure what that connection could be, but it could be something related to her powers (or maybe with that regeneration ability she showed in this chapter, since that ability of the Gorosei seems to have been given to them by Imu), or she could share her vision and senses with Imu as a way for them to gain access to information about the world outside of Pangea Castle, or even some kind of brainwashing/mind control if we're being extreme. Like I said, I'm not sure where Oda is going with, or if he's even going anywhere with this, but I'm really excited to find out either way.
The Holy Knights have the same regeneration ability as the Gorosei, so if we don't find a way to deal with it in this arc, we're screwed