#AstralSounds comic

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AstralSounds is back from hiatus!

[styrofauxm]

I want to do this anyway, and getting the aromantic tag trending is a good excuse, so here's my masterlist of aspec headcanons and canon characters (that I know of)!

Always Human (Webtoon):

Rae (aromantic and asexual) - canon, discussed in the media itself (link)

And Another Lovely Day (Webtoon):

Nora Chestnut (aroace) - canon, main character, discussed in the media itself

Elliot Lam (aroace) - canon, main character, discussed in media itself

AstralSounds (Webtoon, Website):

Resilient (aromantic) - canon, main character, confirmed in a bonus episode (link)

Yunni (asexual) - canon, main character, confirmed in a bonus episode (link)

Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra:

Toph Beifong (aromantic and acespec) - I really see her as thinking she has a crush on Sokka because she's never really been allowed to explore that before. But those thoughts die as quickly as they came. Later in life, she wants kids, but she really does not want a husband or long-term sexual relationship. She finds some people who are cool with that, and then raises her kids alone!

Deadloch:

Eddie Redcliffe (aroallo, romance favorable) - She just has aro vibes, okay? She does. I talked through it a bit in the comments on this post.

Dungeon Meshi (Manga Series, Anime Series):

Laios (non-sam aromantic) - I don't think he's even ever considered romance as a thing he would be interested in. Dating someone has simply never occurred to him. If someone asked him out it would certainly lead to a lot of thoughts.

Mithrun (loveless aromantic, romance indifferent) - I'm right and I know it. This unfortunately means I'm the only person who truly understands Kabru/Mithrun (/lh).

Every Heart a Doorway (Book):

Nancy (asexual) - canon, main character, discussed in the media itself

Fablehaven (Book Series):

Kendra Sorenson (asexual) - She makes one comment about "never going to the playground" in book one and I took that and ran with it

Seth Sorenson (aromantic) - I honestly just think it's fun to make one sibling aromantic and the other asexual

Gravity Falls (Cartoon Series):

Mabel Pines (aromantic) - I view Mabel's obsession with boys as playing into her own internalized amatonormativity and comphet. She'll be much happier once she realizes she doesn't actually want to date anybody (I also love the cupio and lesbian hcs, this is just my interpretation)

Dipper Pines (asexual) - once again, very fun to make one sibling aro and the other ace

Stanley Pines (aroallo) - vibes

Stanford Pines (aroace, non-partnering) - I mean the Book of Bill all but confirms this, right?

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss (Cartoon Series):

Alastor (aromantic and asexual) - canon, main character, hinted at in canon, confirmed outside the source material (too complicated to link)

Angel Dust (asexual, sex favorable) - read a fic with this (no, I don't remember which one unfortunately) and it's compelled me ever since

Octavia (asexual) - canon, major character, confirmed outside the source material (link)

Mammon (asexual) - canon, confirmed outside the source material (link)

Marvel Comics/MCU (Comic Series, Movie Series, TV Series):

Daisy Johnson, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. show (aromantic, acespec) - vibes, but also I just don't see any chemistry between her and the people she dates on the show T-T

Ruby Hale, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. show (asexual) - canon, major character, confirmed outside the source materal (link)

Nadia Van Dyne/The Wasp, comics (aroace) - canon, confirmed outside the source material (link)

Yelena Belova, Black Widow movie, Hawkeye show, comics (aroace) - canon, confirmed in the source material (link)

Gwendolyn Poole/Gwenpool, comics (aroace) - canon, confirmed the source material (link)

Muted (Webtoon):

Silvia Severin (aroace) - canon, major character, confirmed in the source material (link)

Market Of Monsters (Book Series)/Not Even Bones (Webtoon):

Nita Sánchez (arospec and acespec) - Canon, main character, confirmed in the source material

Kovit Sangwaraporn (arospec and acespec) - Canon, main character, confirmed in the source material

Adair (aromantic) - Just how he talks about romance

Diana (aromantic) - Again, how she talks about romance

Protector of the Small (Book Series):

Keladry of Mindelan (aroace) - canon, main character, confirmed outside the source material (link)

Roar Howl Run (Website):

Ata (aroace) - canon, main character, confirmed in the source material

Seven Days in Silverglen (Webtoon):

Mira (arospec) - canon, main character, hinted at in the source material, confirmed outside the source material (link)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Cartoon Series):

Mermista (fluxromantic) - mostly vibes but also it just makes sense to me

Seahawk (fluxromantic) - same as with Mermista

Glimmer (aspec) - idk what she is but it is not alloallo

Bow (arospec and acespec) - I think it's fun for the arrow-ace characters to be aroaces

Entrapta (cupiorose) - I relate to her character a lot and as such I can stretch canon to make her aroace too

Steven Universe (Cartoon Series):

Peridot (aroace) - canon, hinted at in the source material, confirmed outside the source material

Amethyst (arospec, acespec) - saw someone say this once and I liked it

The Dragon Prince (Cartoon Series):

Rayla (aspec) - Once again, vibes. I saw both her and Callum this way all the way back in S1 and it hasn't died for me.

Callum (aspec) - Vibes, read above.

The Good Place (TV Series):

Eleanor Shellstrop (demiromantic) - she doesn't fall in love easily, because she doesn't connect with people easily. Her falling in love with Chidi multiple times is a huge deal for her.

Chidi Anagonye (demisexual) - I think it would be fun if he was demisexual and Eleanor was demiromantic

Tahani Al-Jamil (aroallo) - She really just seems unbothered by the romantic parts of her relationships in the show, and her arc ends up with her staying single.

Michael (aroace) - I know this because he told me personally

The Owl House (Cartoon Series):

Luz Noceda (asexual) - If you flip her outfit upside down it makes the asexual flag

Lilith Clawthorne (aroace) - canon, major character, confirmed outside the source material (link - I could not find the original)

Vespertine (Book):

Artemisia (aroace) - canon, main character, confirmed outside the source material (link)

[caughtbubbles]

Anybody around here been following me long enough to remember this feral gremlin child?

I've been playing around with Scitch again lately, as well as the general world and story she fits into.

I realized years ago that the scope of that story got too big to actually write as a comic, especially while also doing AstralSounds. But I've been thinking about writing a series of posts summarizing all of it here on Tumblr. Little explanations of world building and character summaries.

Don't know if people would be interested or not, but I'd love to just get it all out there in some form. And then you all would have some context for all the Scitch art I will inevitably post.

[styrofauxm]

Nita from Not Even Bones (webcomic)/Market of Monsters (book series) -> aspec, no specific label -> in text

Kovit from Not Even Bones (webcomic)/Market of Monsters (book series) -> aspec, no specific label -> in text

Gwenpool from Marvel Comics (comics) -> aroace -> in text

Mira from Seven Days in Silverglen (webcomic) -> arospec -> implied in text, confirmed via word of god

Rae from Always Human (webcomic) -> aspec, no specific label afaik -> in text

Artemesia from Vespertine (book) -> aspec, don't remember specific label -> word of god

Peridot from Steven Universe (show) -> aroace -> somewhat implied in text, confirmed via word of god (and previously word of St. Paul)

Yelena Belova from Marvel Comics (comics)/MCU (movie series) -> aroace -> in text in the comics, not addressed in the MCU

Resilient from AstralSounds (webcomic) -> aromantic -> confirmed via special episode

Yunni from AstralSounds (webcomic) -> asexual -> confirmed via special episode

Bonus:

11. Lilith Clawthorne from The Owl House (show) -> aroace -> confirmed via canon stream

12. Nancy from Every Heart a Doorway (book) -> asexual -> in text

13. Silvia Severin from Muted (webcomic) -> aroace -> in text

14. Keladry of Mindelan from Protector of the Small (book series) -> aroace -> word of god

Now everyone, I wanna see something, name 10 aspec characters. Doesn’t matter where they are on the spectrum just name 10 and here’s the kicked WITHOUT GOOGLING IT. I’m waiting both for admittance and for character recs

[susiron]

I love Webtoons and its ability to help my ADHD ass keep up with comics. The artists that post their comics there deserve a lot of love and support, and I wanna share my favorites (in no particular order)! Some of them are more popular than others, while some are newer or I had to dig for them.

1. Castle Swimmer

This Webtoon got me to download the app in the first place. It’s a very cute comic about gay merpeople and prophecies and I love it dearly. It has lovely representation (trans, gay, bi, and even ace characters!), an adorable art style, and I love the unfolding story of it. Seeing a merpeople comic that’s entirely underwater and without humans is really cool too. It has some pretty rad fish and monster designs also, including the cutest little axolotl-puppy.

2. Lumine

Another super cute one. It involves werewolf (and weredog) people and witches. I love the art and the dynamic between the two main characters. The character designs are all so simple but so lovely. I’m obsessed with how they draw paws.

3. Suitor Armor

I love literally everything about this comic. The characters, the art, the story. It’s on hiatus right now and I’ll be racing to read it once it returns. It’s about fairies, magic, and the most precious suit of armor since Alphonse Elric. It also has some great representation and the loveliest drawn hair.

4. The Croaking

Very gay, very good. Awesome art, really interesting world building, intriguing characters and story. The romance in it is a very slow burn with lots of twists and turns and it has had me hooked for a long while now. When I first started reading it I like got no sleep to catch up with the story. It’s about a world full of avian people (people with bird wings) with a lot of racial tension between the various types of bird species.

5. Heir’s Game

It’s about a man of noble birth falling in love with one of the men fighting to become his bodyguard in a series of duels. The world building for the country the story is based in is really cool, and it’s just as gay as you might expect.

6. Everything is Fine

I just started reading this one and damn if it aint unsettling. FAIR WARNING it’s got some graphic depictions of violence, and also an early depiction of a dead dog (there are warnings in the comic for when these occur). It involves an idealistic neighborhood of people wearing these goofy cat masks, with every page slowly revealing something more fucked up going on under the tense surface.

7. Nomads

This one is very new but I’m already loving it. It’s about a dude deciding to become a “nomad” to explore a world that restricts travel otherwise. The art for it is already lovely and I’m interested to see more of the world and story!

8. AstralSounds

This one is about funky little alien dudes exploring the universe and collecting specimens to research-- as well as the intricacies of interacting with intelligent extraterrestrial life. Space is typically not my jam, but the story is interesting and I love the creature designs.

9. Equus Siderae

Anyone that consistently draws horses as well as this artist manages to deserves a medal. Seeing the artist’s work improve over the course of the comic is particularly awesome. If you want a story with animal protags, and some crazy magic shenanigans, it’s a really interesting one. 

10. Forgotten

This is another one I just started (and am not caught up with). It’s about cats solving cat murders and the art is REALLY fucking cute. I definitely need to read more of it.

11. The Little Trashmaid

Of all the comics I’ve listed here this one is the least story-driven one. You’ve possibly seen the original Little Trashmaid drawing when it made its rounds on Tumblr years ago. This comic is very cute and wholesome and it is going somewhere with its characters between all the shenanigans. Also the artist uses the comic to support cleaning up the oceans, helping bees, and other eco-friendly pursuits!

12. Fox Fires

I only started this comic a few weeks ago and I couldn’t stop reading it until I was caught up. The characters are all animals (with the main character being a raccoon dog), and the story is heavily inspired by Finnish mythology. It has some wicked elf designs and the art style is adorable. 

[catcomixzstudios]

Today's Friday Fan-Art stars Yunni from @caughtbubbles‘ webcomic, AstralSounds! The comic is pretty early on into the story as of making this, but it promises to be about Yunni's discovery of the universe beyond his home planet. I love me some alien sci-fi stuff, so it's no wonder this appealed to me.

[astralsoundscomic]

May I be so bold as to recommend my own comic, AstralSounds?

You can read it on its own website, astralsoundscomic.com

It's a sci-fi series about a pair of aliens learning about other alien planets, species, and cultures.

The comic has been on hiatus for a little bit, but will be returning soon! In the meantime, there's a backlog of updates from the past 8 years to catch up on.

hey webcomic fans, i need your best recommendations

basically looking for anything that fits following criteria:

1. is ongoing right now (the most immutable criteria, i want to follow along)

2. not webtoon (preferably on it's own site)

3. fantasy/sci-fi

already read kill six billion demons, reading unsounded rn, open to anything

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AstralSounds turned 9 years old this month! I did this little bit of art to celebrate earlier in January 💜

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It's AstralSounds update day!

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Hey look! An AstralSounds update!

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AstralSounds turns 8 years old today!

To celebrate, I'm running an AMA over on the AstralSounds Discord this Monday (the 8th)

Also, AstralSounds will return from hiatus on the 17th!

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The tour begins in today's AstralSounds update!

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I bet everyone was hoping for more bureaucratic rambling in today's AstralSounds update!

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Fun times with Aeneun continue in today's AstralSounds update!

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It's AstralSounds update day!

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I had a busy weekend promoting the Favor Kickstarter at a local convention, but when things slowed down a bit on the third day I ended up doodling a little Yunni and Rez!

I've really missed drawing these guys. Most of my artistic energy has gone into Favor lately. While I've enjoyed the challenge, it feels almost cozy to step back into drawing characters that I know so well