«Heroes don't die» is a Ukrainian military slogan. It fuels our spirit and keeps our fallen comrades alive in our hearts and memories. But we must also face the hard truth. In reality, heroes do die. This specific person, or another one, is suddenly gone, leaving a haunting void behind. Thus, the slogan has to remain just that, while we need to remember that heroes die, and they are dying for us. And so, it is our obligation to honor their memory by living our lives with courage and dignity, standing up to our enemy just as fiercely as our heroes did for us.

Ukrainian singer and combat medic STASIK released a new song - the lyrics are painful and the video is hard to watch without tears, but everyone should listen to and see it. The song is translated into 20 languages, so choose yours and watch.

This is Perch (his call sign), 27. He stole an enemy's armored personnel carrier (chased it on an old Soviet car), took down an assault helicopter. While he was saving 11 wounded, he was heavily wounded himself.

Speedy recovery, Perch! Superheroes are nothing compared to you.

        The giant coat of arms of Ukraine with an area of 60,000 m2 was sown near the Kyiv Boryspol Airport. This work of art will be registered as a new record of Ukraine.

      The total area of the field with the coat of arms is six hectares. For creating that kind of green masterpiece 400 thousand seeds of corn were used. Thus, it is "the greatest coat of arms of Ukraine created in the field by sowing corn". The coat of arms is located 12 kilometres away from Boryspil airport, and it is clearly visible from the portholes of planes flying over it.

GLORY TO UKRAINE

Слава Україні!

Героям слава!

Today I saw ^ in Lansing, Iowa

neon glory squad 💖

K-Drama Posters re-imagined (part 4/ Part 1, 2, 3)

(Digital Prints available x)

Hiccup and Fishlegs! These two have a very sweet friendship. They are both rather witty, but Fishlegs just has the most dry sarcastic lines and I love him for it. I'm so glad they were reunited after a Long year apart.

Okay, we all know being a demigod is a shit position. Its scary and gets you killed in really nasty ways. But I feel like being a Big Three Kid has to be the shitiest position in all the shit positions.

Like, imagine being Thalia Grace. Your dad is king of the gods, lord of the skies. Led a war to get rid of a tyrant. And the only thing you get is his scorned wife AND brother, who both try to kill you (with one technically succeeding), a drunk of a mother, and brother who you thought was dead. Oh, wait, he’s not dead! No instead he was used as an offering to appease your dad’s wife and help fight in a war and prevent mass destruction.

Or maybe you can imagine being Percy. Son of the sea god, the stormbringer, the earthshaker. You get to live with a disgusting, abusive man for around 6 years. Who smells like literal shit. All because your scent as a demigod is too strong, BECAUSE of who your father is. You see things that you aren’t supposed to see and do things that people can’t do and go years thinking something is wrong with you. That your the problem. Then you get to the one place where you’re supposed to be save. But! Here is the kicker! You’re not! Your uncles hate you and you’ve been accused of stealing a symbol of power. A series of events that will kick off a war, and guess what. You’re a center point for it. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood.

Mhm, but then there’s Hazel. Daughter Pluto, god of the underworld and riches. But that doesn’t really change anything does it? She’s still living in 1930s America, in a red state. One where confederate flags still hang if you go deep enough into the city. She go to a school where the kids are supposed to be just like her! They still don’t like her tho. She’s got no idea who your father is, only that he left her with a parting gift. Only it’s not really a gift. Sure, she can pull rubies and diamonds from the earth, all worth millions. But anyone who’s ever gonna touch it will die. She lives with her mother, a woman gone so mad with greed it kills her. And Hazel, by the way. Laying dead Alaska, inhaling oil. But it doesn’t end there! She can’t have her mother suffering for eternity, can she? The answer is no. Hazel gets to spend the next 70 years in the Fields of Asphodel. It still doesn’t end! Because when she’s brought back to life, she gets to fight in a war against giants, her sad story seemingly never ending.

Nico’s a son of one of the Big Three, one of the most ancient and most powerful. But most people look at him as something bad, something not worth taking a second glance at. Something too look away from, mostly. He’s from the 30s, spent years in a magical time casino with only his sister at his side. She doesn’t stay for long though, she dies soon after they discover their heritage. And he doesn’t remember his mother much, a name without a face. A face without a name. He survived an attempted assassination at 2, though it wouldn’t be the only time his was life was threatened. He clings to his sister, even though she’s dead. He’s the son of the god of the underworld, is he not? There had to be a way, and there is. Only she won’t talk to him, she seems more concerned with communicating with the guy who got her killed instead. She chooses rebirth, and he decides to lay it to rest. She’s not coming back, and he has a war to fight in. (He gets stuck in a jar and forcibly outed a few years later, but that’s a lot to get into for now.)

Jason Grace is a pillar of New Rome, their golden boy, their American boy. He’s a son of Jupiter, a natural born leader. He’s been at camp for as long as he can remember, he wants to be praetor soon. He’s had a rocky start, but maybe he’ll be one of the lucky ones. Retire a veteran and live a long life with Reyna in New Rome. Only that never happened. He has no idea where he is, there’s a girl holding his hand, and she’s cute but it feels wrong. They get attacked and people come in and call him a Greek demigod, familiar, yes, but still wrong. It doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t put things into perspective the way it does for Piper and Leo. He’s goes to a quest to rescue Hera, the name sounds wrong. He nearly dies but at least he remembers who he is. He spends the next 6 months trying to get back home, even though he isn’t too sure on where or what home is. He gets there, eventually, but it doesn’t stop there. He’s dragged on quests and battles and fights in the war but at least he survives it, he’s still there. Apollo needs help, he and Piper give him aid. He gets dumped. He doesn’t get to he a veteran in New Rome. Not with Reyna, not with Piper, not with anybody. He doesn’t get kids or grandkids. No, he gets shot down, another demigod buried.

You could be any one of them, really. Pick your poison, but I guarantee you won’t like any of them. Spending years trying to find a place where you belong, where you feel safe. Only for it to never come.

Percy, who, if you really look at the books, isn’t really all that well liked until he’s at least 2 years into camp. Only to then be sidelined because the courages, brave, fearless daughter of Zeus is back from the dead. Nico, the son of one of the most feared and hated gods. Who has death written all over him, who excludes it so much animals can smell it and humans can sense it, who’s been ostracized and pushed off to the side since he was 10. Hazel, who was treated like disease as soon as she stepped foot on camp soil. Who’s gone her whole life looked as something that’s cursed, that will only bring misfortune, a bad omen.

Shit positions, all of them.

Two of these photos were taken during WWI. Another ones were taken near Bakhmut, where Armed Forces of Ukraine restrain the onslaught of the enemy.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy:

"Our people united the free world not just around their struggle for freedom, but around understanding how fragile our freedom is.

This fragility can be protected by joint action only."

Percy: Respected Athena

i am informing you that i plan to ask your daughter to marry me BUT since it's the 21st century, i am not asking for your permission as she is not your property nor would she be mine if she chooses to say yes. She is a strong independent woman and she don't need no man! That being said i truly hope she says yes BUT IT IS HER DECISION SO JUST BACK OFF!

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Annabeth: that's perfect seaweed brain, what did she say?

Percy: oh i don't know i sent it to her in an e-mail im terrified of her

Clark telling B that Black Mercy used to show his deepest desires as a wife and kids but now it just shows Bruce. What was up with that. I think we as a collective seem to have not dwelt on that long enough.

Some Glory Girl fan art I got commissioned a while back. Artist: Elzdraw https://twitter.com/elzdraw_

"You're such a moron. Look around, Hero! Not everyone gets to have revenge. You should be feeling lucky I'm doing it for you: I'll be sure to punish those who made you suffer. I'll be your executioner."