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Binging TMA and now I miss them so much ;;

This past June 24th, my homeland Venezuela was hit with two earthquakes category 7.2 and 7.5.

Why is this a big deal, beyond the obvious?

Venezuela is not dealing with an absence of government, it's actively fighting back a government that terrorizes, steals, tortures and kills. They've done nothing but try to bloke humanitarian help from other countries and close down any donation centers that belongs to the opposition.

This is a dictatorship run by murderers, and they are behaving as such. It is cruel on its maximum expression, but no one is surprised.

This political climate combined with the absolute scarcity of economic resources in Venezuela, means that the country and its people are entirely dependent on international help. all the efforts done to help people have been carried out by Venezuelan citizens and international forces that have come to the aid, which we are extremely grateful for.

Monetary Aid 💵

If you want to donate money, always ensure that these sites and websites are not affiliated with the government whatsoever. Always donate to independent foundations and even individuals otherwise these funds will never reach the people.

Actual links 🔍

Donarseguro.com

A comprehensive platform created by Venezuelan Ernesto Fuenmayor that contains information regarding numerous trusted charities not linked with the government. Constantly being updated and available in English.

Other resources 👕💊

If any of you also live in countries and states with large Venezuelan communities that have organized donation centers to send material donations to Venezuela, don't doubt to donate anything! Such as:

✅ Canned goods and non-perishable food

✅ Clothing and blankets in good shape

✅ Hygiene products

✅ Medicine and first aid

✅ Construction tools

These looks marked the end of my Girl Fight run ( at least until Rematch 2 hopefully <3 ) - I finished in 5th place before the finale but I'm happy regardless !! This contest pushed me out of my comfort zone in the best ways possible , I've made some of my favourite pieces ever and I made a bunch of amazing friends !! This week wasn't my best and burnout / depression caught up to me fast which shows , but I do love my looks regardless <3

Big thanks to the Girl Fight judges and my fellow contestants ily all sm !!!!

Felt self indulgent so I took a crack at designing how Sally and Wally would look in my own story, Button: Human Among Entities!! Sally as an entity is a lunar and carnival doll mix working as a theatre teacher, and Wally is an eye goblin who works as the local artist and part time tinkerer!!

Some rough refs for my main three ZFC girls for Art Fight !!

I have been mulling something over for a while and have decided to share. As part of my job, I read a lot of fiction that's still in development. After a while, you start to see the same errors, misunderstandings and shortcuts crop up repeatedly with different creators and it gets me thinking what is the most elegant way possible I could explain the issues to someone wanting to improve? The one that comes up the most often and is the hardest to explain is: "Why don't people care about my characters and/or story". It's always a thorny problem and I think I have a workable answer that applies in most cases: A story is a series of revelations regarding compounding, unintentional consequences to character decisions. The further you stray from this, the less people care. It translates to: 1) characters have to make decisions otherwise there is no drama 2) Those decisions have to matter otherwise there are no stakes 2) The consequences have to interact with one another. A affects or causes B affects or causes C etc. otherwise there is no progression 3) There must be some unintended consequences otherwise there is no conflict 4) The consequences have to be revealed (even at least implied) otherwise there is no conclusion This works at the micro scale in terms of dialogue: The specific word/tone/movement a character uses affects how another character reacts in an unexpected or interesting way which in turn causes another reaction and these layer onto one another until a decision is reached and a consequence implied thereby completing the scene. It also works at the macro scale in terms of plot: The decisions characters made in a scene prompts/affects the characters and context of the scene that follows (even if we don't know it at first) and by the end those layered interactions have been revealed to us and we see the unexpected or interesting result.