Today The Israeli Occupation Committed A New Massacre In The Shujaiya Neighborhood, Killing More Than

Illustrations for chapter 8 and 9 of "how to save a crane (and other tragedies)"

Chapter 8 features Mel Medarda giving Jinx a very necessary makeover disguise, and Jayce and Vi having to deal with what should be the weirdest day of their lives but tragically isn't.

Chapter 9 features Viktor and the Hexcore trying to compromise on their own new look because things are going just a tad better for Viktor here, but not so much better that he isn't going through yet another traumatic metamorphosis. So it goes.

Commission work for Melvika 👀

Avatar AU

Firebender Mel and Earthbender Sevika 🔥🪨

This post implores you to give some grace to Mel Medarda by considering what it's like to grow up in a household where achievement and success are valued above all else, and where virtues like kindness and generosity are trivialized at best and outright discouraged at worst. If you grow up in that kind of environment, even when you're grown and you've done work to unlearn the worst of it—even when you've gone low or no contact—there is still something viscerally frightening about slipping below that parent or caregiver's expectations.

For example, when Elora points out that Mel is the richest person in Piltover and she immediately responds with "but I'm the poorest Medarda," that's not coming from a place of greed or arrogance, but one of fear that she'll never measure up. I'm not saying she's perfect, or that other characters didn't have it way harder, but it's important to remember that every time she chooses kindness or diplomacy or compromise over force, she's going against a lifetime of conditioning—exposing herself to the threat of failure, which couldn't have been be easy.

You don't have to love her, but please give that woman a break. I am begging you.

i have returned with more pirate au melvika

Gossiping with your girlfriend✨

WIP of two love birds that I think you guys will LOVE

arcane had to nerf mel by making her british

My favorite Mel's concept design (she looks like a goddess)

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big

melora aesthetics because i was bored 💕