#ryns asks

Heya! I am working on The Arcana Quest currently! Mini summary graphic incoming~

As for how to confront people--I don't "confront" so much as start a conversation. Let me give an example. How I go about this (and if you can at all) depends on your level of comfort with the person and power dynamics. None of this applies in a work setting minus maybe a check-in because power dynamics are in play.

Example

A friend that normally responds to your dms becomes a lot less responsive. I will feel it in my body that fear, but I will take some time and see if I get a response later in case something is coming up irl. If I wait a while and nothing, I'll send another small message of "how are you doing? is your boss still being an ass lol" or something of the sort. If I get a muted or no response, I'll begin the converstion with something like this: "Heya, I've noticed that our communication has fallen off. I wanted to check in if everything is okay with us--I completely understand if life has just gotten chaotic, but I figured I'd check just in case. Happy to discuss anything if you'd like, but regardless just know I'm wishing you a great week!" Usually people will either own up to something being up or will just let you know they're swamped/busy/going through it/etc.

it’s horrific, but I personally find the credible facts to be horrific enough and try to source check when I can—as a leftist Jew, I’ve often found these kinds of outrageous claims are rooted in antisemitism that then get passed around by my political allies who didn’t fact check—which bothers me and is why I’m sending you this! What Israel is doing is utterly horrific even without gross exaggeration, and we can communicate that without spreading misinformation!

Thank you very much for this ask! I def am not interested in spreading misinformation so I did some digging to make sure my info is accurate:

Gonna delete my reblog, but gonna put a link to the source (https://www.tumblr.com/ahmedaldani333/806298503573864448/gaza-is-not-just-a-passing-news-item-nor-a) lists the death toll at nearly 700k. This is wildly exaggerated

The current death toll from direct attacks in Gaza is estimated to be about 75,000. 80% of them were civilians, but we also have to factor in that there were many deaths of aid workers, journalists, etc (1)

However, these numbers do not account for non-trauma-related deaths such as starvation, lack of medical care, etc. That estimate as of May 2025 is 99,000, or somewhere between 77k - 109k, but the indirect death toll could be potentially even higher. (2)(3)(4)

However, it’s not even in the ballpark of the estimates in the post I shared above. My sources are cited, but all the links can be found and verified at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war

1. https://aoav.org.uk/2024/casualties-in-gaza-israels-claims-of-50-combatant-deaths-dont-add-up-at-least-74-of-the-dead-are-civilians/

2. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children

3. Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture–recapture analysis Jamaluddine, Zeina et al. The Lancet, Volume 405, Issue 10477, 469 - 477

4. https://www.economist.com/interactive/middle-east-and-africa/2025/05/08/how-many-people-have-died-in-gaza

It's a day with the possibility of answering asks! When you get an idea for a story out of nowhere, is it more likely to be "Hey that sounds familiar to an idea I've had before" or "okay that's different"?

It is a day for answering asks! Hey lovely <3

My ideas tend to remain in the vein of fantasy and with a female main character (which sometimes changes) because that's pretty much what I read growing up in my favorite genre, so there is that overlap for my works. However, they do tend to vary widely and are inspired by a lot of different things so they def vary!

Thank you! Very much a 💅 brat iykyk and thank you for thinking me funny! I try but the autism def doesn’t help me in that regard, alas, only in toms of trivia information that just randomly appears in my brain like unwanted AI search results.