please listen to i am in eskew i am begging you

Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger AHSOKA SEASON 2

— Kazuo Ishiguro, My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs

For reference, this is me, BTW! I was 15 when I started Dashcon and 17 when it actually happens, and now study tourism’s impact on the critically endangered pygmy raccoon. I’ve been researching them before now, but due to Mexico’s laws, I’ve only been allowed to do data collection from abroad (so think surveys to tourists and video analysis on social media.) But now I’m authorized for in situ research!! Yippee! I even got a grant through my university as well to fund the whole project 🥺

Turns out getting a little silly with it is incredible motivation for my visual development phase, so here are some Guards! Guards! textposts!

“You could be anything, anywhere. Why not go somewhere where your daughter is more than just this? Here, all we get are a few specks of time where any of this actually makes any sense.”

i do think lobbying for data centres over climate goals should be considered a crime against humanity btw

and when the boys finally drag themselves back to camp (they stayed up way too late discussing what true leadership really means and whether or not power always corrupts)  they find suki and toph and katara lounging around with black eyes and fresh bruises and bloodstained weapons and sokka shrieks, “what were you guys DOING while we were gone???”  and karata just shugs innocently and says in her sweetest voice, “oh, you know.  just girly things”

they are absolutely still wearing the crowns and they don’t have a single fish to show for their efforts

i did it

king of approving when you stand your ground

CRIMSON PEAK (2015)