the pulses are coming faster now

I'd say that a good chunk of the online active fanbase does not know how to interact with someone who provides them with a creative work and doesn't know how to offer constructive criticism. I am not even going to touch on the fact that these people have basically no comprehension skills or media literacy. It's a festering culture of entitlement, and the only way in which they can express themselves is by complaining and demanding.

I wish this wasn't the case, but that's the reality we live in and it has just gotten worse in the past few years. Fans should not have the means of speaking directly to creatives by tagging them in posts or reaching out to them on platforms that only allow for a couple of sentences and raw emotions.

You want to talk to the people that spend years of their lives building something with love in a crazy stressful environment? You need to work for it! Genuinely, these people should have to go through the challenge of writing a structured essay where they stop and think and wonder why something was created that way, every time they want their opinions read/listened to.

And in this particular case (following the Dragon Age AMA), the way some Solas/Lavellan shippers (I know most fans out there are decent people that mind their own business) behaved was beyond belief and excuse. You should really take a step back and look at how you've been treating other, real people, for slights, perceived or otherwise, aimed at a fictional character. Regardless of how you feel, you absolutely do not have the right to treat strangers like that. Talk in your friends groups, vent and rant and let out whatever emotions you need to, but when you interact with people outside of your sphere, talk as you would to a person you just met.

I’ve been a dragon age for like half of my life and it pains me to what the studio and its games have boiled down.

copy and paste descriptions into google to see if there are scam accounts reusing the same story, check to see if there are any images/updates on the fund with faces. go to the original blog, check if the post asking for help is only an hour old, or even less than that. refrain from donating if all it links to is a PayPal account, without any further confirmation of identity.

In fact, here’s just a few masterposts of verified funds to donate to, as well as resources:

Resources

HelpGazaChildren (an on the ground grassroots effort to directly help families in Gaza recieve basic necessities like food, water, and clothing!) - via @fairuzfan Operation Olive Branch - comprehensive spreadsheet full of verified gofundmes, organised on category Vetted Gaza Evacuation Fundraiser List - via collaboration between @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi

Verified funds masterposts via @el-shab-hussein

List of fundraisers for direct contacts from Ghazzah & Sudan Vetted family fundraiser masterpost 1 Vetted family fundraiser masterpost 2 Unvetted, but highly likely legitimate fundraisers. Fundraisers for general purposes

Verified funds masterpost via @palms-upturned (collection of funds verified by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi)

june 12th:

Ahmed Abushammala's family of ten (€6,354/€100,000) - @ahmed8311, verified by @/ibtisams

Ahmed Alanqer, his pregnant wife Dina, and their three young children (€9,645/€35,000) - @zinaeleenyamin, verified by @/nabulsi

Ruba Abushaban and family (including her elderly father who needs urgent medical care) (€22,831/€60,000) - @rubashabansblog, verified by @/nabulsi

Mohammed Adly Haboub and his family of four (kr1,990 SEK/kr300,000 SEK) - @mohammedhaboub, verified by @/90-ghost