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I have always felt like Todd McFarlane’s Peter and MJ isn’t just art — it’s the visual equivalent of a love song stuck in a tape deck. To me, it has always given off the vibe of 'late afternoon sun hitting a vintage comic' aesthetic.

The way he draws them feels like warm reds, soft edges, and the kind of touch that lingers even after the page turns.

It’s not just romantic, it’s cinematic.

That's why his interpretation of Petermj is always so venerated and close to home for me.

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my creative writing prof also HATES fantasy. as in if she asks for an example of symbolism in a book, and you give something from a fantasy novel, she’ll ask for an example from a “non-commercial book” instead.

I dunno man, people can have preferences, but the second you discount the artistic merit of sci fi and fantasy I stop taking your opinion seriously. and there’s such a big culture in Canada of only valuing literary fiction, to the point where one of our biggest authors, Margaret Atwood, refused for a while to classify her books as sci fi or fantasy. she said they were “speculative fiction���, which is entirely separate and very highbrow (sarcasm).

and I could go on about how Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin wrote books every bit as intellectual (and honestly, even more so) than their literary counterparts, but I am also an enjoyer of schlock!! I think there’s artistic merit in animorphs, and in isekais where a japanese schoolgirl reincarnates into a magical spider who has to level up like it’s a video game! it’s like with everything, you can’t draw a clean line that separates ‘art’ from ‘non-art’ or even ‘lesser art’, and pretending you can do so just makes you look ignorant and goofy. in my opinion.

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the AWESOME @heyitsxae helped me out by letting my interview them for my project, so as a thank-you I redrew some of their twiyor cosplay pics!!

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for my first ever friends

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I think that Elon Musk is an object lesson in moral philosophy.

Like, he's the epitome of self-interest; the closest thing real life can produce to a Randian hero. And by any reasonable standard, he's won at life! He's the richest man ever to live, and he's getting richer; he controls the channels of information and communication; the government of what remains the world's only superpower waits on his command. If capitalism had a victory condition, he would surely have achieved it. And yet...

He's empty. He's an absolute sucking void of neediness. His own children hate his guts. He pays professional gamers to run up impossibly high scores in every game under the sun because the pale glow of being praised by epic bacon chuds online is the closest thing that he can feel to love.

Like. I can't tell you what a soul is, but I think you neglect it at your peril.

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while we're talking about character appearance headcanons

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I’m writing a story where both of the main character’s (who isn’t disabled) parents have intellectual disability. Do you have any tips for writing the dynamic? Especially what things in parenting and the relationship with their parents would be affected by their disabilities and what wouldn’t?

Hey!

I love the idea of including intellectually disabled people as parents. Very cool to see.

The dynamic would heavily depend on both the age of the main character, as well as what is the parents' level of intellectual disability. If it's as mild as mine then there really won't be major differences outside of a few things, but if it's moderate or severe then their relationship would be much more affected.

First thing that wouldn't get affected is that intellectually disabled parents still have the same emotions as all other parents. They would probably love their kid, be proud of them, and try to help them when they can. Obviously it doesn't mean they'd automatically be perfect parents, but ID doesn't make you into a terrible or neglectful parent either.

There are some things that would probably be present that wouldn't really feel that "different" for the MC (since they would grow up with them);

maybe someone comes to help the parents manage things like taxes or groceries,

maybe the MC had to start helping their parents at a younger age than they would normally be expected to (as a somewhat similar example; think of immigrant parents who don't speak the language, but their child does - the kid has to help in many scenarios),

maybe the parents weren't able to help them with things like homework for as long as other parents would (which can be frustrating for both parties, btw).

The MC would also probably have an easier time "getting around" whatever it is that their parents tell them to do or not do. As far as you would want to go with is your choice, but I would advise against making it go into the heavily manipulative/abusive territory. There's so little representation for this kind of thing, I'd love to see it as (in the grand scheme of things) positive. Of course, the parents could also get frustrated with them over this, and so on. But that's kinda just the complexity of any parental relationship, I feel like.

As I mentioned above, please don't make them "blissfully neglectful". That's not to say that people with ID can't ever be abusive, but that's a real life misconception that people have, which does lead to eugenic rhetoric ("they won't be able to take care of their kid anyway, so they should be sterilized". This is a real talking point).

Last thing that might or might not apply, make sure that whatever causes their ID doesn't also make them infertile (unless you're going the adoption route). The vast majority of people with ID can have kids, but some might be unable to due to other symptoms of their disability.

I hope this helps, thank you for the very interesting question.

mod Sasza

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squirrel girl!

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I don’t think a lot of people realize the level of insane zatanna is on

ok so here she’s already having a shitty day while arguing with her shitty ex bf before she gets annoyed at this guy playing the guitar. so she fucking obliterates it with lightning as one does

and of course she feels awful..

and then she goes home to dance that she finally got her magic to work as a ‘reflex’ (horrible rage and severe anxiety that has been building up since she was a child)

zee u are a gift to dc

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btw while people continue to fight the system don't forget about Undue Medical Debt (formerly RIP Medical Debt), a charity that buys and forgives medical debt. on average a donation of $10 will forgive $1,000 of medical debt.

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This is so accurate

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I recently got an on-campus job. During the interview process, I requested that I not be scheduled on Friday nights or Saturdays as I am a Jewish student.

My boss immeadiately brightened and rushed to explain - "Of course ! Of course! We want to accomodate you! We have another worker who takes off for Ramadan. Do you need to take off for Ramadan?"

I shook my head, incredibly confused. "Uh. That's. Not my jurisdiction. I'm good." Boss nodded but was sure to add "Let me know if that ever changes. We can help you with Ramadan."

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So was lying about Biden-Harris's very pro-LGBT administration worth it. Did you get the internet validation. Did you feel cool to other nihilists and edgelords online. Did you prove you're not like other girls. Did you reassure everyone you're soooo above electoral politics. Did you stick it to your cringey lib mom. Was that all worth it for Trump to come in and treat gay and trans people like animals. Hm?

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reminder that being against ai also means being against character.ai and not using character.ai and not interacting with character.ai

i've never talked to chatgpt i've never talked to character.ai i have no interest in talking to a chatbot even if it's fun or based on my comfort character. if we want companies to stop using ai we need to tell them we aren't going to interact with it - so don't.

don't talk to robots. full stop.

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