#(also thank you)

[bethanydelleman]

hi! based on your essay on tom bertram being gay, do you have similar opinions on other Austen characters? if so, which ones?

and (this is a bit of a peculiar question) do you think there are characters who you interpret as 100% straight in the source material but would perfectly work as queer in an adaptation set in modern times? I've seen a few of these arguments regarding bi lizzie ( weak I'll admit) and sapphic emma & persuasion (much more supported) what's your take on it? do you have other characters that fit this type interpretation? i love hearing about your interpretations of austen.

This question is in response to this question.

I'll reblog this post I wrote about the Jane Austen characters that give me queer vibes.

As to your second question, I read Harriet Smith as totally straight (and boy crazy) and I'm uncomfortable with her having a relationship with Emma in the novel as written because of the huge power imbalance. In a modern context, I wouldn't mind.

Elizabeth Bennet I also interpret as straight, I don't see any evidence of her admiring women like I do for Emma. However, I don't think it would be inconsistent with her character to headcannon her as bisexual or to give her an enemies to lovers arc with Caroline Bingley instead (I wrote that!)

The only character I don't love interpreting as bisexual is Henry Tilney. I think it's important to have a depiction of a straight man who is comfortable enough in his masculinity to take interest in "female" things without fearing that he'll be perceived as gay. Maybe we'd have more positive role models like him if people didn't immediately suggest that such characters can't be straight.

[levireblogs]

(Prev tags) if I'm allowed to ask, (Since I wasn't really aware of the existence of Aplotonicism until I followed ops blog) since I'm not quite sure what a few of those terms mean (I can kind of infer their meanings)

Is it basically someone saying "I'm strange, and I know that, but I'm going to point out the fact that you're more strange than me because it makes me feel better"?

If it is, and I'm reading that right, it's still so dumb. Of course people are going to challenge your perception of people's existence, people are *Checks notes* uh... Not all the same. People are varied. Of course someone won't experience the same thing you do.

Griping again. Sometimes I feel like aplaphobic aspecs have a "well you just don't get it" attitude when it comes to friendship, like if we could just feel platonic attraction we'd agree with their recreated relationship hierarchy where friendship is at the top and it's expected for everyone to have and immensely value friends and it's not a big deal to estrange all other forms of aspec folk other than ace and aro from the community and acting like all criticism of the shit apl people face is so silly and unnecessary and yadda yadda, all that shit. Like no, I'm demiplatonic, I have felt what you're feeling, I've gone so far as to consider asking my bestie to platonically marry me – that doesn't change how these things are Not Great™. Whatever you're basing this superiority complex on is flawed and you should quit it right now

[scurvyboy]

Oml your art's incredible and such a huge inspiration ahhh- I love the way you color 😭💕

If you're still looking for requests and are comfortable with it, I was thinking of Fiddleford and Ford having a 🍃 sesh in college?

Or them sharing a cig on the balcony once they're reunited again 🤭 They're cutie patooties 💕

But yeah, absolutely love your art, you're amazing 💕💕💕

~☆

no fidds! don't put on in the court of the crimson king! ford is greening out and is going to go non verbal!

[aphroditelovesu]

Hello! I was thinking, would you ever write for yandere emperor Augustus? If yes, could you write a love letter from yandere emperor Augustus to his wife as she waits for him back in Rome? Thx so much! I hope you're okay and remember to drink water!

My dear wife,

As I place my pen on the papyrus, I feel the distance between us like a shadow, a burden that only the warmth of your touch can dispel. But even separated from you, my heart is intertwined with yours as if I had never left your side. Every moment away from Rome is torture, but thinking of you softens even the most arduous of my duties.

(Y/N), you are the light that guides my steps, the reason why I long for each new day. With every sigh of the wind, I imagine that it is your whisper calling my name. I feel your presence in everything around me: in the rays of the sun that reflect the brightness of your eyes, in the fragrance of the flowers that remind me of the softness of your skin.

You know, my love, that everything I do is for you and for our beloved home. Every achievement, every sacrifice, has as its only reward the promise of meeting you again, of feeling your tight embrace and your soft lips that bring peace to my tired heart.

I am here, guiding the destiny of Rome, but my soul is tied to you. I dream of the moment when my eyes will meet yours again, when I will be able to rest my head on your lap and forget, for a brief moment, the weight of the responsibility I carry. My love, you are my refuge, my safe harbor amidst the storms of power.

I ask you to await my return with the patience that only you, my beloved, possess. That you take care of yourself as if you were taking care of the very heart of this emperor who is only a man when he is in your arms. That you know that my longing is as immense as my love, and that there is nothing in this vast empire that I desire more than to be with you again.

With all my love and longing,

Augustus.

[purpleglitch]

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THEY'RE MY EVERYTHINGGGG 😭😭💖💖💖 OSITOS MEETUP SOON!!!!!!! 🐻🐼 THANK YOU DEDSAFIO!!!!!!!

[potato-lord-but-not]

Going absolutely insane over your new butcher and Arthur art. (Even more so when I realized that’s John’s hand, not Arthur’s)

Where does the ship name for those two come from? I’m genuinely curious and can’t figure it out

Ok well I wasn’t entirely a fan of the shipname puppylove so I was like… where do I even start. and for some reason I was like. lets google some Latin phrases and see where this leads us. That’s where I came across odi et amo which, if I’m not mistaken, means I hate and I love. And I just thought it fit them so well, so that’s what I’m using for them <3

[sonicexelle-junkary]

Name Pending is a cool fucking horror au so far

Bro I’m trying my best here…

[hg-aneh]

i love how Spikey you make Crowley sfghjkl i want to Wiggle him

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you want to what

[meo-eiru]

guess what, Silas gets you +1000 aura Extra +3000 aura for being such a great writer + artist

Me as soon as I created Silas

[enden-agolor]

you are the artist who's art i show to my friends to convince them to play mcsm

🗿 ... Does it work?

[bethanydelleman]

this is a very particular question indeed but I'd love to hear your take on it. if you could adapt all of the austen novels (even lady susan etc) in a modern day setting movie/book, what would you do? how would the characters, dynamics etc? would anne & wenworth still be separated by social status? would emma fall in love with a female knightley? what about lydia? & the whole fanny & edmund thing? I don't mind a long answer, in fact the longer it is, the better it is, i am in love with your austen posts and you haven't been wrong one single time. there's no other blog I'd rather ask about it tbh.

Okay, so, I'm not really a modernizer and this is a very long question. Here we go!

Two general posts about careers that would work for the men and women.

Northanger Abbey:

I wrote this. I think it's the easiest to modernize because Catherine just becomes a modern Twilight girlie or a Brontë fan and the Tilneys can totally still have a cool heritage house.

Emma:

Almost perfectly modernized by the movie Clueless, I wouldn't attempt to do it better. My queer take, which works modern or Regency era.

Pride & Prejudice:

Almost perfectly modernized by the movie Bride & Prejudice. This one hinges so much on class differences and a woman's need to marry that I think it's really hard to do a modern, Western context. However, it would make an excellent Korean drama because of remaining social stratification in that country.

Lizzie Bennet Diaries was fun, but I don't think it worked as well. Fire Island was not for me, but I think it was a pretty good modern take too.

Persuasion:

I wrote a post about this. Probably more than one but that's all I can find right now. Anyway, I think the basic premise can still work even if Anne can get a job, because there are good reasons to reject a penniless guy at 19 even today. Making Anne & Wentworth some flavour of queer can be a good angle too. But the story is essentially about yearning and forgiveness, that is something we still have.

Sense & Sensibility:

Willoughby's sin works in modern times, the real problem is Edward's unbreakable engagement. Having Lucy baby trap Edward (but it's his brother's baby maybe?) would be an option, but then again, hard to explain why Edward has to keep the marriage/engagement a secret. This one is really hard and I don't have a solution.

Mansfield Park:

I just posted about this. But it's strange, people say this one doesn't work as a modern but it totally does. Henry Crawford & Maria's affair is still totally unacceptable today, cheating is a thing most people hate, in fact. You need to eliminate the cousin thing for modern sensibilities and maybe take Fanny out of the house (she's a friend or an employee), but it can work. From Mansfield With Love was okay but I think it can be done better. The play can still be done, but I would choose one that is more well-known, like Romeo and Juliet.

If anyone has better or more ideas, please share! Especially for S&S.

Lady Susan:

I think this one might translate the best after Northanger Abbey, she's a basic Gaslight Girlboss Goddigger. Reginald would be just as aghast that she's sleeping with someone else as he was in the late 1700s. Honestly I wouldn't change much! Lady Susan can be from money or a washed-up actress or something which is why she's trying to marry and not get a job.

[softenedsunbeams]

try practicing your delineations between light and shadow, specifically edges. how light transitions to shadow and the effects that produces. unrelated i scrolled back even just a month and your progress is literally so fucking cool to see. rock on.

YAYYYY YAYY THANKYOU that is in fact what im trying to do at the moment!! that and trying to get .. subtlety?? right. like making opacities not too strong and lighting not too harsh so i will definitely try to define it more

[circus-clangen]

I love how evil clown's face is.... long slim snout makes him look like he could kill me at any moment. also does he use meth

Look him in the eyes and ask YOURSELF if he uses meth (he does)

[hellishfig]

me 🤝 emily axford

crying when ayda sees fig for who she truly is and echoes the sentiment that fig expressed about not knowing what the other sees in them, but believing in the other person enough to believe that what the other sees is something beautiful and worthy of love

[gin-juice-tonic]

heeeyyyyy,, is there a demo for the 80s ford dating sim? love your drawings btw you're really cool >:3

There is, you can play it here

But I'd advise against it cause I'm putting out a longer part like... extremely soon. My friends are helping me test it out and then I'll make it public.

If you play it now then you'd have to play it through all again.

[png-magician]

You do amazing work! I was wondering if you could do a magical swamp witch, bog hag kind of collage if you ever feel like it