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Why Lantern Rite 2024 Was A Trans Allegory

Ever since seeing the entire 2024 Lantern Rite I've been debating making this post because I feel like I was the only one who saw it and maybe it was just me looking too hard at things. It's only because a friend of a friend also agreed that this story was a trans allegory as a fellow trans guy that I'm finally making this post.

This post will be written as chronologically as possible with explanations for why each mentioned part is important.

Let's start with when Gaming first discovers lion dancing. When he first discovers it from watching with his family he instantly knows that that's who and what he is. There's no hesitation and no confusion. How does this apply to being trans? Well a lot of trans people figure out early on in life that they're trans by seeing or hearing about fellow trans people. We find that feeling of belonging and knowing that's who we are and always will be. Suddenly everything makes sense and we grasp onto that knowledge because that's important to our character.

Some time after discovering lion dance Gaming is very open about wanting to go down that career path. His dad is very against it and it causes a rift between them. This is pretty common when coming out as trans. You finally build up the confidence to say that's who you are and then the person or people you think would support you no matter what tell you that you're wrong. They tell you that you don't know for sure so they outright deny what you know is your truth. And obviously that'd cause a rift in relationships.

Later on Gaming gets older. He isn't talking to his dad as much and is still secure in his knowledge that lion dancing is an integral part of his identity. Neither of them budge on their ideas and after a big fight Gaming runs away. As sad as it is that's fairly common for trans people too. You try to give every reason you can as to why and they don't listen. Emotions build up and suddenly you're so exhausted from trying and failing over and over that you just leave.

After that they don't talk much. Gaming becomes a lion dancer and is happy knowing he can do what he's wanted to for years. They continue not speaking to each other for years. Gaming meets somebody(Traveler) and decides to trust them with this story. They go on to tell people they think can help and next thing these two know they're being forced into an awkward conversation where outsider influence tries to prove they're better off now and here's why. As a person who was deeply uncomfortable with this entire situation from a trans and parent issues perspective please don't do this without consent. This could make things arguably worse and whoever confided in you may lose trust. Ask for consent. But that aside this is a method people use that has worked. Getting someone unrelated to the bigger situation to play mediator and help prove that they're doing okay or maybe even better can and has worked.

When this doesn't seem to change much everybody seems to give up. The subtle change that only Zhongli was able to really get from Yip Tak was important because when he finally has the revelation that he was looking at things from a very limited perspective clouded by what he thought was important. That often happens with older people. They don't view the world from any lens besides theirs so it takes getting someone more uninvolved to help them understand and work through the bias that comes from being a different generation.

The final and most important moment is the iconic lion dance scene we all know and love. Yip Tak sees his son free, happy, and comfortable and it's finally set in stone that he truly understands his son. This is by far the most important part of this being an acceptance story. Finally seeing how happy it makes that person when they're allowed to be themselves and then being there for them afterwards is where that bridge starts getting repaired. I think that's why I cried so hard at the hug scene.

No matter if you view the story as a trans allegory or just an unnaccepting parent learning to accept their kid it's still such an emotional moment.

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Art collab with the one and only @lixettzunderscore !!! <3

We ignore that we are half a year late to the trend... Asked to make this because I was in the clutches of artblock and nothing would inspire me. Thanks for agreeing to this silly idea Lix!!!

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Hello tumblr! here are 2 artworks i made for my friend group for its 3 year anniversary(January 15th)! I posted it on Instagram then just now remembered i have tumblr

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Reblog to kill it faster

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JUST LET ME BE.

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me when me when i dont draw enough to have 1 art peice for each month of the year

the lixettz_ official 2023 art summary!! :D

saw other people doing these and thought it'd be fun to give it a go myself! had to cut corners on some months (*cough* september *cough*) but i'm still pretty pleased with the amount i drew this year!!

if we exclude oc-tober, i didn't really make that many rendered pieces this year, which is a shame, but i made a bunch of concept art/references and doodles to make up for it, i guess--

template can be found here :D

(i totally didn't leave this to the very last minute)

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I made this because i'm going to anime detour in march for 3 days and have decided for one of the days I'm going to cosplay Chuuya. I couldn't find a reference that showed the layers so I made it myself for some reason. I also cosplayed Dazai for Halloween, so i'm going as him as well. I probably wont actively try to cosplay a third character but who knows.

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before its too late...

Today is 123123(12/31/23).

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thinking about Lovejoy describing themselves in three words as 'Aromantic British Noises'

thinking about Lovejoy describing themselves in three words as 'Aromantic British Noises'

thinking about how the idea of aromanticism isn't nearly as widespread as it is on Tumblr/various other corners of the internet

thinking about how most people would probably assume the use of Aromantic as a descriptor would imply a lack of any kind of love or romance or close interpersonal relationships in their music which is INHERENTLY NOT TRUE

thinking about Lovejoy choosing Aromantic specifically, confident enough in understanding the actual concept/culture of aromanticism to describe their entire band

thinking about the potential for there to be someone(s) in Lovejoy who is either on the Aromantic spectrum or has considered it as a possibility and has researched it to understand it (and maybe themselves) better

thinking about hard about Lovejoys songs and realising that despite a few having vaguely romantic or implied romantic connotations, you could absolutely do an aro-spec reading of their whole discography

thinking about Lovejoy becoming part of Aro Culture in my heart

thinking about being aro-spec myself, and how id consider the term 'lovejoy' to still very much be my vibe despite that.

thinking about self described Aromantic British Noises, Lovejoy.

thinking about Lovejoy.

💚💚🤍🩶🖤

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cmonnnn gimme a break here :(

OC-tober Day 17: Eyes-Closed

this may or may not have taken me over a week! i blame it on my ambitious ass deciding to draw all 4 of these fuckers for shits and giggles but regardless i do apologize!! will be low-key speedrunning to catch up over the next week ;v;

enjoy this wholesome lil piece of my gargle of piratesonas, or p!vibeshack as they're affectionately nicknamed! when the piratessmp brainrot was at its peak, my brain concluded that just having a selfsona would be lonely so i made one for a couple of friends of mine as well :D (the long-haired lad next to lixx is based off of the wonderful @eevner)

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(character references and prompt list under the cut!)

for some general info, lix's a heron and just about the most cowardly pirate to have ever breathed, ren's a nightingale that quite enjoys the art of swordsmanship, and alex and spy are kites who are fond of decimating people in fights and shooting out canonballs respectively.

they may not all be from the same faction but that does not stop them from adventuring together regardless and causing mayhem :D

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THATS ME THATS ME

OC-tober Day 17: Eyes-Closed

this may or may not have taken me over a week! i blame it on my ambitious ass deciding to draw all 4 of these fuckers for shits and giggles but regardless i do apologize!! will be low-key speedrunning to catch up over the next week ;v;

enjoy this wholesome lil piece of my gargle of piratesonas, or p!vibeshack as they're affectionately nicknamed! when the piratessmp brainrot was at its peak, my brain concluded that just having a selfsona would be lonely so i made one for a couple of friends of mine as well :D (the long-haired lad next to lixx is based off of the wonderful @eevner)

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(character references and prompt list under the cut!)

for some general info, lix's a heron and just about the most cowardly pirate to have ever breathed, ren's a nightingale that quite enjoys the art of swordsmanship, and alex and spy are kites who are fond of decimating people in fights and shooting out canonballs respectively.

they may not all be from the same faction but that does not stop them from adventuring together regardless and causing mayhem :D

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Secret Life Session 1 Doodles!! (spoiler warning :0)

so, life series is back and so are my silly little doodles of it!

i am once again going for a full 17/17 completionist run of the series like i did last season (currently on 15/17 as of posting this) and i wanted nothing more than to spend my time drawing all the sillies while watching :D

i honestly forgot how fun these are in terms of character designs!! both seeing how my designs have developed since the end of limlife and also getting to create new ones is so fun, i love it-- (ps: expect a reworked impulse design for next week's doodles; gem and the scotts have my whole heart and i desperately need solid designs for all three of them <3)

(session 2 doodles)

(session 3 doodles)

(session 4 doodles)

(session 5 doodles)

(session 6 doodles)

(session 7 doodles)

(session 8 doodles)

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Limited Life Session 4 Doodle Sheet! :D (be warned for spoilers ;v;)

the now tradition of doodling silly moments while watching all the povs for each week of limited life continues!! these are getting progressively sillier as time goes on lol (highkey want to do this with more stuff bc it's a very fun character design exercise--)

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OC-tober Day 15: Meme

this one took a bit longer than expected. who would've guessed that it'd be a cat meme of all things that threw me off of schedule?

anyways here's a redraw of the longcat meme except it's ambrose, who's my oc myco's familiar and also the objectively best character in rotting evergreen!! (source: trust me bro)

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(og meme and prompt list under the cut!)

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what if we were writing fanfiction together and our cursors touched (me @ @eevner)