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just spent an hour reporting pedophiles advertising child abuse material under a little girl’s comment section.

I get it, and i respect the work OT7s are doing but this level of dedication should also be applied to other causes.

every day i see people mobilize thousands of notes, threads, hashtags, and campaigns over celebrity discourse. who’s dating who, who deserves an apology, who should leave a group, who looked at someone the wrong way during an award show.

meanwhile there are literal children online being treated like fucking prey, and it barely gets talked about outside of the people directly affected by it.

i’m not saying people can’t care about entertainment. clearly i do too. but sometimes i look at the amount of energy we collectively pour into fandom drama and wonder what would happen if even a fraction of that outrage was directed toward protecting actual kids.

i don’t know. maybe i’m just angry. maybe i’m tired but when tf are things going to change?

every time i think i’ve seen the worst of the internet, i stumble across something that proves me wrong. hundreds of comments. links being dropped in plain sight. grown adults treating a child’s page like a motherfucking hunting ground.

what’s even more disturbing is how visible it all is. ts is not hidden away in some dark corner of the internet, but sitting right there for anyone to see. people report it, platforms remove some of it, and then ten more accounts appear the next day

when are platforms gonna start treating the safety of children as an actual priority instead of something they react to after the damage is already done?

children are being abducted/ trafficked everyday all day and somehow NOTHING is fucking moving and this upsets me beyond words.

so there’s one question i ask and it’s : what the fuck are authorities doing???

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if you’re reading this and wondering what you can actually do:

• report accounts, comments, and links that target children. it takes a few seconds, but those reports do matter.

• don’t ignore it because “someone else will handle it.” that’s exactly how harmful content stays up for days, weeks, or even months.

• if you see a child being flooded with predatory comments, let a parent, guardian, or trusted adult know if possible.

• report websites and accounts that appear to be distributing child abuse material to the appropriate authorities in your country. in many places, there are dedicated reporting platforms for exactly this purpose.

• educate yourself on online safety and talk about it. predators thrive when people are uncomfortable discussing the issue.

• most importantly, don’t scroll past it. i know it’s upsetting. i know it’s easier to pretend you didn’t see it. but children don’t get the luxury of scrolling away from the people targeting them.

you don’t need to become an activist overnight. you don’t need a huge platform. sometimes helping starts with taking five minutes to report something that everyone else ignored.

Markets in the land of Barovia, a free PDF

Get it HERE, on my ko-fi!

This free PDF resource is a detailed merchant guide designed for Ravenloft 5e, built from a combination of tables I’ve developed over many years as a Dungeon Master and expanded through the work I’ve done running while my own solo Curse of Strahd campaign.

Across 32 pages, you’ll find stocked locations, pricing references, and immersive tools to help make Barovia (and beyond) feel more lived-in, grounded, and full of different possibilities. Inside, you’ll find:

A pricing and scarcity guide tailored to Ravenloft’s gothic survival tone

Breakdown notes and imported goods inspired by other Ravenloft domains

11 fully stocked Barovian stores, each with item lists and prices

A d100 table of eerie toys from Blinsky’s Toys, complete with pricing

Tavern and inn menus with costs, room options, and settlement-specific services

A mechanic for randomizing what the Vistani vardos offer each visit

10 rare Vistani vardos carrying imported goods from across the Demiplane of Dread

A d100 table of random imported Vistani vardo goods, with prices included

This guide is best suited for groups and solo players who enjoy in-depth world interaction, whether that means crafting, homesteading, running a business, exploring culture through trade, or simply diving deeper into Ravenloft’s atmosphere.

Drawing Resource Masterlist

hello artists ♡ I spent a long while putting this google doc masterlist together, and I hope it can be useful to others. If you know of any good resources to add, feel free to send me an ask!

these are resources that have helped me along the way 🌱

⭐My giant Drawing Resource Masterlist⭐ ₊˚ ✧ ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ✧ ₊˚ ⭐Art Books⭐

⭐My giant bulk art book collection⭐

The books I’d recommend the most in this collection ⭐Morpho Series ⭐Stonehouse’s Anatomy ⭐Color & Light ⭐The Art of Over the Garden Wall ⭐Kim Jung Gi Sketch Collection ⭐Art & Fear ⭐Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain ⭐Force ⭐Henry Hensche Color Study ⭐Anatomy for the Artist ⭐Anatomy for Sculptors

⭐Manga Materials⭐

₊˚ ✧ ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ✧ ₊˚ Bonus! My art notes when I draw Be free in your mild, no walls define you ~

🌱Sketch🌱 Ugly sketches are normal. The sketch is just thinking on paper. - use a small marker/watercolor brush to build up form - construction over clean line-work - don't be afraid to do multiple sketches, variety helps get your hand loosen up and you'll be surprised what you come up with as you go along.

🖊️Linework🖊️ Confident lines come from confident strokes, not perfect accuracy. One line ≠ one stroke. It’s fine to try a line 5+ times. - turn your canvas as you draw - use more curve than you think, exaggeration looks livelier than accuracy - line-weight = thicker where shadows hit, thinner on lights - when lining, think of sculpting out the form - zoom in to do line-work - use reference on Procreate to have a zoomed out version  - border the outside

🌓Values🌓 - dark and lightest value on the main focal point

🎨Coloring🎨 - color like you're coloring a coloring book - intuitive drawing - values first, darkest and lightest values on the focal point - use moodboards for reference - detailing- check details and add watermark

🌈💡✨☀️Feeling stuck? ☀️✨💡🌈 You’re not blocked, you’re tired. - go for a walk, drink some tea or caffeine - look at pinterest moodboards - look at adopts on deviantArt and pinterest - find prompts and moodboards on pinterest - listen to my playlists - read/watch tutorials online - automatic drawing - reference studies (reference other artists and life drawing) - look through favorites on deviantArt, or in my inspiration folders - draw with a candle or dim light for cozy vibes - set a 5-minute timer to break perfection paralysis

💛 MINDSET SHIFTS EVERY ARTIST NEEDS 💛  “I don’t have to be original. I just have to be expressive.” “My style shows up naturally when I stop forcing it.” “Bad drawings are compost—everything grows from them.” “My art isn’t behind. It’s on its timeline.” “Every artist I admire has hated their art at some point.”

✏️ Anatomy & Posing Tips - gesture first, anatomy second - keep the spine fluid, not straight - think in bean shapes, not outlines - overlap lines = depth - push the pose 10% more than you think - mini mantra: “If the gesture is alive, the drawing is alive.”