A peanut's sketchbook

Begging

Lamentations

Me: ...

Photography was an important tool in the 19th century to capture images of people who could not afford a formal portrait, and before affordable, portable cameras became a thing, a person may only be photographed after they died. These were shared as mementos with friends and family, and were not seen as creepy because these folks were much more accustomed to death than we are today.

Photography was also a new and arduous process, however, so modern folk often see people looking sickly or uncomfortable and assume that they are dead. This is often not the case. Please consult this list before passing judgement.

Is your person actively in a coffin or lying stiffly on a couch? This person is probably dead.

Is your person a baby with their eyes closed? This person is possibly dead, but watch out, they could also be sleeping. Babies do that.

Is your person cadaverous, but still has some light in their eyes? This person is actively dying and their family brought the photographer in while they still could.

Is this person standing stiffly and awkwardly, with a stand visible in the background? This person is alive and opted to have the photographer give them aid in standing still. Without modern embalming, a stand is not enough to prop up a lifeless body.

Is your person missing a head? This person is alive and had a sense of humor. Mabel paid extra for this. You go, Mabel.

I don’t know about you, but I really want to know what’s written on there - wait, I found a higher res image, can anyone translate this?

op is basically saying something along the lines of "yea ik taylor swift is bi but like. why is she y'all's only lgbtq+ pop icon when there are all these other lgbtq+ people in the pop scene???"

like shadowheart mentions she’s half-elf once and lae’zel is like ok noted for the next time and doesnt get it wrong again

gale mentions how he’s impressed by her fighting and she immediately offers to teach him

she also answers any and all questions about the celestial realm and mindflayers that EVERYONE in the party asks her

she is the ONLY one with any experience and hands on knowledge about what the party is going thru but will still defer to the leader and help. for all she knows, they will literally be cured immediately if they find the creche but she still sticks around these fucking weirdoes because they ask her to

On the nautiloid (which is about to crash and burn), she is extremely patient with us. We can poke around and decide we absolutely need to waste time on a prisoner in the pod, she will grumble, but wouldn't leave us. Oh, we are done? Finally. Can we go already?

Shadowheart starts arguing with her from the get-go. But what does Lae'zel do when she goes at her with "Who put you in charge?" rant? Rolls her eyes and curses under her breath even though her kin would have probably had a much more lethal response to such insolence. Any other githyanki wouldn't have settled for anything else than complete obedience - and if they have to slice someone up for a quick demonstration, so be it.

The fact that Shadowheart gets to talk shit unpunished is astounding. Lae'zel doesn't joke about githyanki doling out cruel punishments for disrespecting their superiors. However, she doesn't attack Shadowheart even when she accuses her of stealing the artifact of her people. She has every right to do so. But she doesn't.

All this time, she is freaking out under her stoic demeanor. She is infected. She is at risk of dying the least dignified death imaginable: becoming the very monster, she was trained to destroy. She is stuck in an alien world with a bunch of locals who keep trying to poke their eyes out or derail her journey. She has dreams where a mysterious figure tells her to consume more tadpoles. She is so alone in this mess and yet, she still does right by us as long as we do right by her. Even though the githyanki way would have approved of her killing us all and leaving with an artifact to the creche: what's more important than obeying Vlaakith, after all? And yet, she doesn't go there.

Please do your research! There is so much misinformation out there and a lot of lies.

Everyone should know the truth so please try to know as much as you can so you can spread awareness and help!

but that LITERALLY just looks like a niqabi or someone in a jilbab. Like Look at this pic of me (from a self photoshoot, now w/o the dramatic lighting and dark background)

or this pic of me

or this pic of me