leelaihardly

[pepperuni]

when you’re mean to me this is chu you’re being mean to

[pepperuni]

Hi! I've just started reading your comic so apologies if this has come up before, but I was wondering about your choice of genders for the main protagonists? I noticed that the antagonists are fairly evenly spread, but the protagonists seem to be more on the male side of the gender spectrum. Is that on purpose, or did it just happen that way? Either way, I like how all the characters are their own people who don't conform to gender stereotypes!

I.

I'll be honest, I'm not sure how to answer this one. I don't have, like. Charts.

I try to check myself regularly to make sure I'm not falling into unnecessarily gendered tropes when I can help it, which includes the whole Dudes As Default idea, but I don't have a quota I'm trying to meet. It's more like a quick "would this feel weird if I flipped it? might be Unnecessarily Gendered then" but that has a lot less to do with picking a gender for a character and more about picking my way around easy trope blind spots that often get BUNDLED with gender.

Sorry this isn't more helpful, I think this just isn't at all how I think about writing characters. I COULD do more mental math about it, but I don't really think it's hurting anybody if I don't.

[pepperuni]

Always funny when I get confirmation that "horny" is not my primary state of mind.

I read the comic panel, and then came to Tumblr and saw your post. You said "I forgot to tell everyone to be normal about Panel 6," and my first thought was "What was 'wrong' with Panel 6?" and went back to look.

I had to look at it for a good ten seconds before any implications hit me.

(I'm still normal about Panel 6, btw, I'm just worried about Dainix. CLEARLY Michael didn't take a proper census of who was on the boat, or he'd have realized that slapping a glowing thorn crown on the seasick crucible was a BAD IDEA.)

in my experience it's not the horny that gets people

it's the TENDER

[pepperuni]

Don't give up. I believe in you.

[pepperuni]

[pepperuni]

[pepperuni]

we need to make using chatgpt embarrassing bc sorry it really is. what do you mean you can’t write an email

[pepperuni]

A lil TADC drawing because I finally joined the bandwagon (nearly a year late LMAO) :)

[pepperuni]

God I would be so much more productive if only my brain had the capabilities to function past 11 pm

[pepperuni]

ty, astarion, for failing every fucking arcana check possible here to make this amazing comedy bit

[pepperuni]

With how difficult it's become for some people to use Google to find information for research, papers, and just general learning over the past year or so due to AI generated content and fluff posts being pushed to the top of searches what are some ways you're able to avoid this while researching online? (I.E. browser extensions, keywords, alternative search engines)

set the google search terms to "before 2020" and you'll filter out basically 100% of the AI-generated misinformation fluff. you'll still have to sift through the organic home-grown misinformation though

[pepperuni]

do you think the first bug to pollinate a plant was classified as a monsterfucker by the other bugs

[pepperuni]

hey did you guys know you can animate in Procreate

[pepperuni]

She’s so relatable, I also alternate between wanting to be loved and then feeling annoyed by the attention.

New Moo Deng!

[pepperuni]

[pepperuni]

I think 90% of conspiracy theorists would be a lot happier if they just bit the bullet and got into creative writing

[pepperuni]

idk if this is controversial or not but I would honestly take busy woman over taste