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I cry every day from the weight of this heartbreak. I stand beside my husband with nothing but prayer, watching his pain and feeling my heart shatter because I cannot do more to save him. I try to stay strong for my little girl, but there are moments when I weaken as I imagine her life without her father. All I want is a chance to save Ahmed, a chance for him to remain a father to our daughter and a husband to me, and for us to see a better day after all this pain.

The doctor told me that Ahmed’s condition is critical, that the cancer is spreading rapidly through his body, and that his only hope for treatment is to get him out of Gaza as soon as possible to receive urgent medical care. Since that moment, I have been living in constant fear, terrified that I may lose my husband at any moment.

Getting Ahmed out of Gaza for treatment is extremely costly, and we need to raise more than $25,000 to cover the urgent medical expenses and give him the chance he desperately needs. Every moment matters, and we are racing against time to save his life.

Our little daughter cries every day, calling for her father. She does not understand what cancer means, but she feels his pain and clings to him with all her strength. All she wants is for her father to stay by her side, and for this war and this illness not to take him away from her.

As for me, I am suffering from severe malnutrition because of the famine and the war. My body has become weak, but I keep holding myself together in front of my daughter so she does not feel the full extent of the pain we carry inside.

I say this from the depths of my heart: I will never forget everyone who read my words, saw my family’s suffering, and chose to turn away without even sharing our story. A simple share may help our voice reach someone who can save Ahmed’s life.

You are our only hope. Every donation, no matter how small, and every share could be the reason our story reaches someone able to help us.

Please, do not leave us alone. Ahmed’s life is in your hands. Help us reach our goal as quickly as possible and save Ahmed before it is too late. Give our little daughter the chance to keep her father by her side.

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Subaru growing up constantly under shadow of how great his own father is. The way he looks so much like and even acted like him when he was younger and that pushing the expectation further. And that all making his inability to meet those expectations, the expectations of masculinity and leadership his dad clearly had, feel infinitely worse. And the one thing that he did get from his mom being his eyes.

The way that his interactions with his dad and combative. Being wrestled awake, made to go on a walk and confront so many people that recognize his father, and the one that takes notice of Subaru making mention of his distinctive eyes that he got from his mother. That giving him a pang of pain and frustration. Every moment around his dad is about his frustration of failing to be like him.

Meanwhile his walk with his mother is calm and cooperative. It reflects a comfort and ease he has with her. He has light banter without getting heated in his delivery. He isn't against any aspect of his time with her. And the way she mentions her knowing he was under all those expectations and how exhausting it likely felt. Subaru being shocked at it, asking how much she knew.

And while all of this is very much the idea that boys will grow up with the expectation to be like their dad and they pull push against that to be their own man, while their relationships with their mothers are going to be more relaxed and of little note. I feel there is still room to view it as Subaru's relationship to gender being a fight against performative masculinity while being feminine is something that comes much easier and feels more natural to him. They are both two of halves of one self, but one fits better than the other.

Also the conversation being in two halves is also interesting. The talk with his dad takes place at a park bench where they sit and stand around, Subaru wallowing in his past failures and inability to grow into the expectations of manhood he thought were placed on him. Meanwhile, his talk with his mom actively takes place as they walk, moving forward as Subaru finally accepts he'll never be a man like his dad. He has to be his own person, and doing so requires moving on.

All of this has read as a great allegory for trying to come out to your parents as trans. At least for me based on my experience. Knowing the love is unconditional but being completely unsure of how being trans specifically would be taken by them. Almost wishing they would actually get angry to validate your own unfounded fears. It's suffocating and enough to make you completely close off.

And even though it is just meant to be about depression and self-worth in the face of unconditional love, I think it still does a great job at accidentally showing a part of the trans experience.

Body Horror: Things that cannot happen in real life. EX: The Thing, stomach mouths, eyes on hands, etc

Gore: Fresh injuries, often severe. EX: Severed leg, gutspill, deep gashes, etc

NEITHER: Healed injuries and burns, congenital differences, missing appendages, etc. If I could theoretically go to the store and see that character browsing the isles- It isn't body horror or gore. That's just a person. *AND the amount of people that tag, not just fictional characters, but real human beings as body horror is staggering. Its not solely a fandom issue, ableism and bigotry against anyone that looks sufficiently "different" is prevalent in real life and has devastating consequences.

So I lined up Trobbio and Grimm's heights

Pose reference under cut

So sorry it took so long TwT

Hell yeah

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Reference + alternate colours below (eye strain warning, especially for the last two):

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Okay, I discovered how much I LOVE drawing Trobbio x Grimm, so I drew more Trobbio x Grimm to survive.