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Awh! Thanks so much. Yeah, I am on AO3 actually! Wouldn't say I'm a particularly skilled writer (actually rather new to the hobby) but I sure do like having fun with it. My AO3 account is here! I mostly specialize in little vignettes, but sometimes I write chapter-by-chapter stuff.

@J.P. I understand your point, it's frustrating how real issues fall on deaf ears. It takes too long to do something, or half-assed efforts. However, it's really hard for me to see the point of these protests, especially because I think most of them don't really know what they are protesting about. Some are there because of peer pressure, some for attention, and some join 'whatever is IN'. Yes, it catches attention, but how do they make a point by doing something like that? It's difficult to look past the ridiculousness of it, to be honest. Then this: For those who don't know, this is an activist throwing a plastic container of the glue he had just used to glue himself to the manhole. And this This is the rubbish left behind by climate activist 'Just Stop Oil' discovered by a farmer. Just Stop Oil apologises over protest site rubbish What about activist who glued themselves to the train (Activists glue themselves to London train on third day of climate protests) and disrupted public transport system and forced many to take cars that day? In this time of social media, many people are clueless about what they support, and that is disturbing. I don't think blocking commoners from using the road or destroying/attempting to destroy provides any good point. A long time ago, to be exact, 18 years ago, in 2004, I learned about an organization called Sea Shepherd directly from the members. It was still a relatively small organization then, and subsequently, from reading about it. (Please correct me if I'm wrong, as it has been years since I don't keep up with what they do, and they are not free of controversies too.) This is probably something more in line with what you are trying to point out. So they are using the hard way because the regular way of peace and trying to make people listen doesn't work. They try to fight against illegal whaling activities, and their approaches are controversial, like ramming and sinking whaling ships. Countries that support whaling, of course, try to get them arrested. Their operations are extremely dangerous, they are fighting against odds, and they funded themselves, at least initially, but they have high transparency and accountability. They have expanded their field, like anti-poaching, finning practices, illegal nets, and oil spilling. They call it direct action, and IMO, this is the kind of direct action that matters and draws attention as intended. It goes straight to the source and understands what it is doing. Of course, it would be illogical to expect anyone to actually have the power and resources to do something that matters and be involved in actual direct actions. But at the very least, knowledge of what you are doing is important. Don't target the wrong thing, don't create more problems that you are trying to protest against, and make people listen not by just being loud but by being right.