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throws this comic at you and runs

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Partners in crime

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this is in good humor but also serious. every single person headcanonning jax as transmasc is dead wrong i have never seen a more transfem character in my life

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Heh. I got caught up on the digital circlets. Honestly the fandom’s reputation does it a disservice because holy shit Gooseworx has crafted such an awesome psychological horror series wrapped up in bright primary colors and it’s a visual feast. LOVE IT. here’s some headcanons about the main cast outside the game hehe :3c

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If to be loved is to be human, why do I crave it?

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tl ; dr my long post btw

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Unrestrained summer fun

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Go eat at Spudsy's!!

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something something desperately wanting what you can't have

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Why is this the smoothest thing I’ve drawn

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first time drawing mettaton i love this box

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Picnic

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why are you standing like that. stand normal

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TF2 THINKPIECE— TAVISH FINNEGAN DEGROOT AND BEING BLACK BEFORE YOU ARE ANYTHING ELSE IN AMERICA

“a black, scottish cyclops”.

i want to talk about demoman, our belemoman for a minute.

i think this has been the biggest thing that has caused me to struggle with writing him.

in case you didn’t know, i am black. african american.

and the fact that demoman was not originally meant to be black is not something i have forgotten. he is quite literally the token character. they made him black because he didn’t stand out amongst the sea of white.

and it fundamentally changed his character.

and i don’t truly have the words to describe how it’s different. i’m not on the tf2 writing team, i’m not a professional author by any means, but i have spent the last almost 24 years being Black. and realizing how being Black came before any other facet of my personality.

being black came before being an artist.

being black came before being academically gifted.

being black came before being an extrovert.

being black came… pretty much hand in hand with being “weird”.

being black came hand in hand with being “off putting”.

being black came hand in hand with being loud, and aggressive, and, frankly, annoying.

and this is being brought up in the current era, right? where you weren’t likely to hear the n-word hard-r being thrown around willy nilly.

tavish did not get that.

i spend a lot of time wondering about tavish’s first experience with racism in america in the 60s. and this isn’t to say that scotland was any better, but i’m not from scotland. but i can understand having the idea, the thought that coming to america can better your life. i understand the propaganda peddled that you can be a man, as any other, in america. and i imagine what it was like for tavish, stepping into this country on the ass end of the civil rights movement. i wonder what it was like for him to hear the name emmett till for the first time. i wonder if he saw the photos.

because i already know he got the stares. and i know someone made an attempt on his life before mann co found him.

so i try to treat tavish gently.

tavish stands as a black man in a very concerning time period for black men in a universe where that wasn't even something taken into consideration because he wasn't meant to be there. tavish stands as a design choice, and not much more thought put into him past that.

but... is that almost better?

tavish unashamedly has the coolest fucking backstory known to man. tavish is magically afflicted, incredibly intelligent, known and generally beloved not only by his team but by the fandom! and he's black.

and that's... pretty fucking cool. to me.

so i like to treat tavish gently. i like to baby step him. because i don't think he really needs to be subjected to the horrors that await him outside of teufort and his home.

he can just enjoy himself. enjoy himself and make his money.

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in the mood for big boy z