#AND my girlfriend. of course

[slashersilly]

:)

[bunnybirds]

In Princess Aster's world, bunnybirds live in contented isolation, keeping themselves detached from the world in order to practice magic. Nothing is ever wrong, and no one is ever angry...even as Aster's people seem to be slowly disappearing. When her father is next to vanish, Aster resolves to find and rescue the missing bunnybirds—even if it means journeying over the rim of the world itself!

My middle grade graphic novel is officially available for preorder! Bunnybirds is a story about trauma, friendship, and my experience with autistic masking. It was drawn entirely with Prismacolor colored pencils and Pandafly markers, with Photoshop applied for color enhancement and text.

Check it out maybe! :D

That last panel with Carlin (the brown bunnybird) facing the corner was directly inspired by this wonderful TMA comic by @nubs-mbee!

[technically-human]

The case of the lighthouse leapers

That's right, more Niko angst, but most importantly, more Niko and Charles bonding! This is the beginning of the improvement for their relationship, finally.

This was, of course, a commission for @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are

[zirconpetals]

Obsessed with the way they keep holding each other throughout the conversation after Spock comes to

+

[casscainmainly]

is cass closer to tim or duke as a sibling??

As much as I love Duke, it's 1000% Tim.

Cass and Duke is a relatively recent relationship, mostly contained in Batman & The Outsiders (2019). I think in certain instances Cass might like Duke more than Tim because they don't have as much history, but in terms of closeness, Cass and Duke have never had the depth of relationship Cass and Tim have.

We have their interactions in Batgirl (2000) #18:

This issue opens with Cass dreaming that the Batfam turn on her after finding out she's a killer. Tim in this issue serves as proof that they can accept her, which makes Tim pretty important to Cass' feelings of belonging in the family. Cass associating Tim with being in the family is something that continues for most of their relationship.

Then we have the iconic team-up in Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood:

There's a lot of tension between Cass + Tim in the wake of Stephanie's death, particularly in their attitudes to Bruce. But there's also a sense of shared grief - here, Cass opens up to Tim about David Cain shooting her, something she talked about with Steph before. She's not exactly secretive about her past, but I don't think she opens up like this to any of her other brothers, even Duke. I think it's important that Cass knows Tim loved Stephanie as much as she did (and possibly more). It's a source of tension, but also a source of connection.

Although he's a little out of place, it's why Tim is there during the adoption scene in Batgirl (2008) #6:

Following from #18, Tim kind of symbolises Cass' acceptance into the Batfam (which makes sense, since other people have talked about Tim essentially creating the idea of 'Batfam' in the first place). In Fresh Blood, Cass' break from Gotham + the Batfam is shown through her and Tim deciding to go separate ways, which is why her induction into the Batfam has Tim there and smiling. Tim also repeatedly defends her in this run, which could mean something if any writer ever referenced this series beyond the adoption.

Their most poignant moment for me though is Red Robin #17:

It's obviously editorial shenanigans that stopped other writers (particularly Bryan Q. Miller on Steph's Batgirl run) from using Cass, but as it stands Tim is the only one who kept in touch with Cass during her stint in HK. We have this really lovely scene where Tim hands her a Bat symbol and says they're still family, no matter what she's called. Black Bat is arguably a big homage to Red Robin, and certainly at this time she was closest to Tim out of literally everyone.

They have more moments Rebirth onwards, but basically Tim is a really really important part of Cass' journey into the Batfam, and sometimes was her strongest (and only) link. Though Cass' relationship to Duke is maybe the smoothest of her brotherly relationships, Tim is undeniably the brother she's closest to, the one who knows her best and who's seen her through the toughest times. So although Cass might say Duke is her favourite brother, her real favourite is probably always going to be Tim.

[lune-redd]

Oh look, a new Astro Boy reboot got announced! It looks absolutely atrocious!

[sophies-junkyard]

SO excited to see how Marceline is gonna react to Simon’s decision. Like. Simon is so deep in his own shit he has NO IDEA how angry she would be if she knew his plan. And there have been a lot of nods to this. I think it’s very intentional that we the audience saw little Frozen Marcy, but Simon didn’t. He’s not thinking about her right now. Her absence in these universes feels so pointed, ya know?

I mean think about Farm World. We know that in the Farm World universe Marcy guarded Simon’s body for a THOUSAND YEARS. She never left his side, lest the crown fall into someone else’s hands. She went mad with only the memory of his voice to keep her company… but he doesn’t know that. He doesn’t seem to fully understand what his transformation did to her.

It’s not super clear how much they’ve talked about it, but knowing both their characters I’m wondering how open Marceline was about her experience with the Ice King. How she could never get through to him even when she cried and pleaded. That she held onto Hambo for a thousand years. That she constantly watched him hurt the people she loved. That she was such a stranger to him that he tried to KISS HER??? Did they REALLY talk about it? Would he be throwing away his second chance if he knew how badly it would hurt her?

“All Simon ever wanted was to see Betty again”. And all Marceline ever wanted was to have Simon back. It’s what Betty wanted too.

I cannot WAIT for the reckoning.

[spockcock]

Spirk edit made for me by my partner who has never seen Star Trek, when should I propose?

[ari-dark-raiden-simp]

Young Raiden started from "I don't wanna leave my village" state to getting banished to the void because of dark power that he can't control it

Putting this together make it a brutal, fked up story of his life 🙊

[gayofthefae]

Poor Mike in 4x02 rehearsed his little shoulder punch script on the plane then thought that Will ignored him all day just because he bombed it by not anticipating a hug 😭.

Tried to get to him with that vomit green sock joke but it bombed too. (probably rehearsed also, probably why he asked for vomit green socks)

[technically-human]

So I haven't watched Arcane but I hear jayvik is about a twink who dooms the world in the pursuit of knowledge and salvation and his partner/coworker ends up having to kill him but that's okay because they decide that what matters is being together one way or another even though the partner really didn't have to stay and could've maybe saved himself.

And that sounded familiar.

[leonardalphachurch]

i just think it is incredibly difficult to actually make chex something actually romantic and not like. just a tragedy of two people without autonomy or personhood or the ability to move on and find their own identities

[solarflicker-ao3]

Does anyone else get the sense that it’s not really “in” to be a queer atheist? Or at least like there isn’t much space for atheism?

I’ve just kinda noticed that it seems very common to have some form of spirituality if you’re queer. Paganism and witchcraft and crystals seem very popular.

I do understand the appeal, I know that it’s reclaiming identity and finding what works for you. Well honestly that’s all I can really speak to. Leaving Christianity destroyed my sense of self so thoroughly that I can’t feel spiritual feelings anymore. Honestly the only times I ever did, it was in very orchestrated situations like Cry Night at church camp.

To be absolutely clear, I don’t feel any kind of superiority to spiritual people. Hell, I’ll give my friends dove feathers for their offerings and spells, because I want to be supportive. We need all the variety we can get, especially now. (If anything there’s a nagging inferiority. Why can’t I feel what they feel? Why can’t I get over the feeling that I can’t really be with someone who lives in a different world?)

It’s just a little bit isolating. And maybe a bit like im less queer for failing to pick up a countercultural spirituality.

[king-of-havoc]

Really REALLY hate that so many so called "pro-polyamory" people will be like "yeah polyamory is fine, except when the Mormons did it because a man having multiple wives is wrong"

No. No that's not why it was wrong. It was wrong because a lot of those girls were minors who were groomed into it, NOT because "man has many wives and that's icky >:("

If you refuse to acknowledge that multiple women can consensually be with the same man then you are not pro-polyamory. Being pro-polyamory has to include all consensual dynamics of a polyamorous relationship, even cishet men wanting multiple girlfriends. If they're all consenting then you don't get a say, sorry

[ludaidenisms]

[ips-northstar-official]

do you make the most kissable mechs. if you answer no I will begin a boycott campaign

Duh

—the Intern