[ Art Fight 2026 ]

Second attack... smiles serenely

I wish I knew how to start this, but I don't. So here goes nothing ^^'

After being born and raised here, and living in FL all 27 years of my life, I finally have the chance to leave. I can honestly no longer afford to live in my home state, and the culture shift that has taken place over the past five years has destroyed my love and safety for her as a visibly queer person. I am moving to Illinois with a very wonderful friend, and will officially be out of state on July 21st!

The cost to move things, however, has been astronomical. Ironically doing the pod method was cheaper than a truck, but it is still... yowza!

I feel very guilty asking for help over what is objectively a good thing for me, but with my work hours being cut, my credit card bills being very high after struggling through 6 months of unemployment, and me getting run off the road on my scooter and breaking it which I was going to try and sell for some cash... really put a dent in my ability to save up.

Any money I get from this will go straight to my uhaul payment, and any money after will go to my half of rent and the security deposit. I do have a job lined up when I get to Illinois but this bill needs to be paid before then. We will be doing a meandery road trip to get up to Illinois to buy time for my stuff to arrive, but we will be keeping it cheap as we can, and none of the money I get from this will go to that. Only essentials.

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[ Art Fight | GW2CC 2026 ]

First attack of the year let's freaking gooo!!

600 x 600px ^^^

200 x 200px vvv

However, to be clear, I am NOT a pacifist and in the words of Nina Simone, I ain’t bout to be non-violent honey.

They’re killing trans women, particularly Black trans women, as they always have and will keep doing in increasingly horrific ways. No amount of protests will keep us safe. Cops definitely ain’t gonna keep us safe - over in Philly they beat and arrested 15 people at a pride event in the Gayborhood while the “official” city pride event was apparently costing $10 per person minimum.

They’re abducting racialized people off the streets and occupying entire US cities like DC and Memphis with the explicit goal of disappearing as many of us as they can, regardless of “citizenship”, visas, or anything else.

Black people are being actively lynched. Black CHILDREN in particular have been found lynched after being “missing”. I can literally go on Twitter or Facebook for less than a minute and discover a new lynching or murder of a trans woman.

We are especially being taken when we are alone, when others leave us alone, when others do nothing.

We have to be willing to protect ourselves and each other if and when needed. We need to get a lot more comfortable with ACTION not just words, with not turning away when we see something happening before we get caught up in it.

Will the person you saw and turned away from go missing?

Will they be dead next, or worse?

Even if you can’t stop it, can you get their name? Can you record it? Find their families?

It cant just be us fighting always, especially as things get worse. You have to start moving too.

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Hi, I'm Ayami - a digital illustration hobbyist specializing in fantasy, monster character design, and building background scenery skills. I primarily draw for Dungeons and Dragons, Guild Wars 2, and my own characters. I'm in need of help to pay a serious bill - the cost associated with fixing my teeth, especially two seriously damaged teeth, and one that has been giving me serious pain for over a year.

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