In the face of the rising Sith menace, a young Force-challenged padawan must learn to master his gift at the side of his Jedi Master.
By the twist of cruel fate, a Jedi youngling is ripped from the Force and his future, and raised by the Empire as an Imperial Agent.
A mother, forced to abandon her son, must helplessly watch as he is manipulated by destiny, while she struggles to provide for him in secret as a smuggler ...
Two destinies, two futures, and the ties that bind them all. This is the Shi'vanu Legacy.
Ask/RP blog for the Shi'vanu Legacy from the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Tracking the tag: askshivanulegacy
打鐵花 (da2tie3hua1; struck iron fireworks) is a traditional folk firework that began in Henan and Shanxi, first arising in Queshan county, Henan and later circulating through the whole country. It had first appeared during the Northern Song dynasty, and was most popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
For Queshan struck iron fireworks, a two-layer pergola is built and covered with willow branches for performances, under which the molten iron is struck up with two willow sticks to create a rain of fire.
[eng by me + edited an ad out]
(On top of the information in the video, I have some more about its recent history under the cut.)
i am not immune to stories in which characters who have endured harsh, empty existences become absolutely transformed by someone’s sincere love for them and learn to live
I understand the “I will die for you” ship dynamic, but what about the “I will not let you die, I will not let myself die- we will, at any cost,survive” kind of couple?
Edit because I fact-checked myself after the fact, my apologies:
TAG (The Animation Union) already exists and covers animation artists & writers. The above petition is about ADDING specific production roles to the union, and asking Disney to voluntarily recognize that unionization.
original text of the post with clarifying edits below
don’t forget during the WGA strike that animation is not covered under the WGA deals [edit: but it is covered under TAG!] and as a result animation has gotten the shortest possible end of the stick in under-staffing, under-paying, and generally turning the field into gig employment.
please sign the petition here for Disney to recognize animation production workers as a union [edit: in the already existing TAG union!] and reblog this post!
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@tanukinuts thank you for asking this because it gives me a chance to address something tumblr (and the internet as a whole) isn’t very good at addressing. I’m doing this in the spirit of informing, not to start arguments, but i understand that what i’m saying is strongly worded–it’s just because i care a lot. I welcome discussion and questions!
1: this petition is about unionization, which is fundamentally different from going on strike. as a union, you have collective bargaining power and a strike is the FINAL RESORT. obviously once a workplace is unionized they have the OPTION to strike… but please don’t confuse “unionization” with “going on strike.”
2: this petition is specifically about unionizing specific roles (production workers) at a specific workplace (Disney), and asking the employer (Disney) to voluntarily recognize the unionization. that would be a major step forward in the union’s ability to tackle working conditions at Disney. right now, animators and writers are covered under TAG, but animation production workers are not. to include them in the union will increase the size of the union and therefore their power.
3: strikes are brutal. strikes are especially devastating to the most vulnerable populations of a workforce, marginalized people whose financial stability is already teetering on the edge. a wildcard (not wildcat) strike is, by definition of a work stoppage, going to lead to workers being financially ruined, workers leaving the industry forever, workers not being able to pay their bills and being evicted, workers going hungry.
i support the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes unequivocally. that’s my industry we’re talking about and the demands they’ve made are 100% fucking necessary for the survival of the industry.
it will also lead to homelessness, hunger, despair, and real human suffering. WGA and SAG-AFTRA members walked into the strike, voted in a 95%+ majority for the strike, KNOWING they would suffer. and they still did it because it’s necessary.
we have to hold both those ideas at once. we have to understand the fucking gutting solemnity of choosing to take collective labor actions, that are essential but will also lead to a lot of suffering. we have to minimize the suffering by making sure strike funds & mutual aid funds are well-equipped to weather the strikes. (entertainment community fund & green envelope grocery fund are good places to start.)
tumblr and the wider internet are not good at approaching the strike seriously. tumblr is a place where ten thousand people will cheer on the strike and urge other industries to strike, while those same people are not yet emotionally equipped to deal with the fact that the strike will lead to terrible outcomes for a lot of people.
the pizza funds and the grocery funds aren’t just there because people are taking precautions. without paychecks, SAG-AFTRA and WGA members, and tens of thousands of people from other industries whose jobs depend on Hollywood, are food-insecure, are going hungry. so this is what I mean when I say strikes are always the last, last resort. they are powerful exactly because they are so devastating. it’s like that scene from Live Free or Die Hard where John McClane wins by shooting himself through the shoulder to shoot Gabriel who’s standing behind him. Sure, he kills Gabriel, but he also fucking SHOOTS HIMSELF to do it. that’s a strike.
caveat: the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are keeping morale high by occasionally hosting super cool picket line parties and themed events. more power to them–this is a good thing! they have to keep morale high by any means necessary because if you think about the reality of 300,000 penniless workers going up against 15 multimillionaire CEOs who want them to starve and die, and rent is due and bills are due and Los Angeles is 100 degrees and you still have to picket–things get scary fast. I’m just saying that as supporters of the strike, we should be careful when we’re gleefully egging things on, because that demonstrates a lack of understanding for the very real sacrifices of the laborers.
anyway, tl;dr, sign the petition, it’s good to ask for voluntary recognition because if there is even the SLIGHTEST hope Disney recognizes these workers voluntarily and empowers the union and averts future strike actions, it lessens a lot of human suffering.
but strikes can and will become necessary, so get yourself educated about the industries and strike terminology. in a year or two it could be your workforce up for unionization, and suddenly the future is resting on your and your coworkers’ shoulders.
This is the one good version of this post honestly.
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