#I posted the original once upon a time

[aurora-nuova]

Recently, I realized that this fossil aka my first madatobi one-shot had a few more kudos than I thought… so I scrambled to revamp and flesh this out into something a bit less cringy and more similar to my current style of writing.

[chushanye]

she's my poor little meow meow (this woman has killed people)

[gasstationclown]

whaaattttt loa posting for the first time in like... months? hi!!

misc ouaw sketches (ft metal singer gricko?? or something??)

ORPHEUS i havent finished prime yet but after months and months orpheus lives in my head growing like a mold. my personal design for him

and finally, i got tired of not being able to draw frost... so i practiced drawing actual tigers. ft my bad attempts before deciding it was good enough (im getting there)

[kika-ila]

Ehm... hi...

Two tinghs... I worked like a crazy for months and made my first important artistic achievment, a tarot deck called Once Upon a Time Tarot (Lo Scarabeo editions, you can google it if you're curious to see what I did while I was gone)

The other thing is... it's still hard for me to put it into words... I had to leave my home and the life I was building to come back to my home town and take care of my invalid (both phisically and mentally) maternal grandmother, since she's too poor for a nursing home and I'm the only one in the family that can actually work from home. And well... let's just say that I had good reasons to go low contact with my relatives. I'm still a little scared to write about my life because I don't want them to find out my vulnerabilities and give me a harder time, but luckily they don't speak english. And I'm far away from the people I love, they are suffering because of health, mobbing and family problems, I can't do anything for them and I'm feeling so useless... not a very good time for my depression... ^^;

I was really hoping to make my great news announcement, I had a lot of plans for this year, but everithing went upside down...

I'm still trying my best, I found some jobs as a colorist for french editors, I really don't want to give up, even if I'm so tired and my hands are trembling.

If you read all of this, thank you so much for your time.

[thebuttsmcgee]

Man. I just get so actually legitimately sad each time I remember that toh ended and that we live in the post-toh world. Like it really is over.

Ms Dana Terrace has said that she'd like to do more given the chance (and after some quality time off of bigger projects, just to chill), but as far as we know, it's the end.

Heck, we barely got anything after the final episode, no books, no special merch, no dedicated little chibi shorts, nothing really, aside from the, thankfully fun, get-togethers of the cast and crew!

Idk. Ah well actually nah, I do know, that this show just meant an enormous lot to me. Incredibly huge, the kind that you can't break away from and wouldn't want to anyway. The kind that feels like, man, where would I be without it.

Happy 1 Year, to the end of The Owl House. Thank you, The Owl House.

I hope the future is bright, for all of us.

[ineffablefool]

Hey, if you're having a good lol at Trump's ridiculously tiny hands on that New Yorker cover, then I hope you know that I -- a transmasc AFAB person with small hands and gotdamn do I wish I could change that -- am taking notes on Who Thinks Laughing At Transphobic Humor Is Fine, Actually, As Long As I Personally Think The Target Deserves It.

I am not telling anyone what to do, or not do; and here on our beloved hellsite, I am a total unknown to about 99.999944% of you, meaning you have essentially no reason to care what I think.

Maybe you've got a friend who's got Small Hands, though. Maybe he's dysphoric about it, or they get clocked a lot because of it, or xe is just tired of people pointing it out. Maybe at some point you told them, her, whatever, that no, there is nothing wrong with nir hands. They aren't laughable. Those are good hands, dammit, and you don't see a single funny thing about them, and anyone who does is just an asshole.

Oh, your friend might think, looking from your reaction to that image, and then down at their own little hands. So that was a lie, then.

Intellectual honesty would seem to lead to the conclusion that these cheap physical-appearance-based digs are either always appropriate regardless of your opinion of the target, or that they are never appropriate regardless of your opinion of the target. If you are scrambling to justify why it's totally cool, actually, to use transphobic humor if only you can find a target who's bad enough to "deserve" it -- that means you think transness can be worth mockery. You're just saving the transphobia for when you think nobody in the room will call you out for it.

I'm not the boss of you, though, so. If you really insist on your sacred right to being able to make fun of a dude's girly hands -- some dude, somewhere, there has to be a situation where you can finally make these jokes that you've been sitting on all this time -- then I guess that is your decision.

(same with any other kind of humor that trades on bigoted stereotypes. believe me, I'm not looking forward to all the upcoming political cartoons that will Very Creatively exaggerate Trump's weight, either.)

(inb4 "I'm trans and I will still laugh at Trump's small hands from now until doomsday": I guess that is your decision. It's probably good for your current followers and friends to know that about you, because that may give them info they need to make some decisions of their own.)

[alistairian]

Idk I think it's worth watching if your transmasculine positivity is straying into toxic masculinity territory, like putting other trans guys down for being waifish twinks or otherwise feminine looking/acting isn't the big statement you might think it is...

"I don't want to be a skinny uwu softboi" Congrats, you're part of the vast majority of men.

"Media only ever shows ftm as young pretty boys" you mean literal teenagers? Early and pre-transition guys? I can't even speak on this one tbh because I don't see grown trans men in "media", ever.

Like there's a line somewhere between "I want to be and feel masculine and have pride in that" and kalvin garah levels of body shaming and transphobia and I think I good rule of thumb to never crossing that line is to just not comment on and politicise real trans guys' bodies at any point in their transition.

[elvisabutler]

“Ma’am.” He murmured as she looked over at him, her eyes widening just a hair seeing the look in his eyes. She was old enough to know that look and to have had men look at her in that certain sort of way but Elvis’s blue eyes raking over her form was something else entirely.

"You don't think I notice you? You- In what world does the woman who told you she stuck her neck out and bullied multiple executives to have you cast not notice you.” Catherine moves closer to Elvis and finds herself with her chest heaving, almost offended at the notion he’s put forth. “I- Mr. Presley- I’ve noticed you since-” His hands inadvertently tighten their grip on her arms before he shakes his head and moves them down her arms and off of them before he clenches them into fists. “Don’t-” He shuts his eyes as his hands move to her hips. “Thought I told ya not to call me Mr. Presley now, we’re friends ain’t we? Can’t have you callin’ me that.” He can’t stand to hear it, something about hearing her say his name like a title feeling so goddamn wrong.

[cuteniaarts]

Digitalised + coloured + redesigned version of my Suiren and Vaatu sketch from two days ago, as promised!!

Coming up with Suiren’s design was a very long process of trying and failing because after you’ve drawn 9+ different versions of one character, the creativity starts to run a little dry, but I’m actually really proud of this one, she looks absolutely adorable <3

(Also yeah I did mostly just scribble Vaatu’s pattern because who has the energy to draw the all out accurately. Not me, that’s who, I’m chronically tired. People who draw him on the regular have my utmost respect. He’s still a funky little guy though :D)

Bonus, Raava incessantly screaming inside Suiren (and being completely ignored because Suiren is tired of her) while all this is happening:

[marshmallowgoop]

Repostober Day 19 | 19 OCs

Nineteen original characters of mine, drawn from 2007 to 2013. Most are from my NaNoWriMo novels (1, 2, 4, 5, and 7, but especially 1), but a couple are from some one-off comics I made.

[ouatnextgen]

I'm right where you left me...

You left me no choice but to

Stay here forever

(from @hannahhook7744's and my ouat original character fic)

[semiotomatics]

i wish i could enjoy literally anything rn

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

(Billy has escaped the lab the Russians were hiding him in, but he has lost a lot of his memory. He wants revenge on the scientists and goes to kill them. Billy shoots at a scientist from his hiding spot, but Steve jumps in front of the bullet and takes the hit)

Billy(running out to Steve after he is shot):...What do you think you’re doing?! Why would you do this?!

Steve(in pain, moves to sit up): Well, because...you said you appreciate...action more than words. So, now...you’re going to get both...I love you, Billy.

Billy: But, I don’t love you! I don’t even remember you!

Steve: Well, I don’t care. The only thing I care about is that you don’t forget who you really are. I would rather die than let you fill your heart with darkness.

Billy:...You would really die for me?

Steve(gestures to his wound): Does it look like I’m making this up?!

Billy: No one’s ever done anything like this for me before. No one’s ever been willing to die for me.

Steve: No one you can remember.

(Billy slowly kneels down, and kisses Steve)

Billy:...Harrington.

Steve: Yes. It’s me.

[cadcreatesart]

Not particularly fancy or the greatest thing I've drawn, but it's cute so I thought you might appreciate it

Do not seperate them

[crowfromfoggyforest]

Welcome to what will probably be the first post of a series: Trying to logically explain what other people call bad writing on ouat by analyzing the character's psychology. (It will probably all be about Rumple lol)

I've been thinking a lot about why Rumple suddenly wants more power in season 4. Like... it makes sense, but at the same time it doesn't. Sure, he always wanted to free himself from the dagger - he has always been afraid of losing his power. And it makes sense that this is even more important to him now, after being controlled with it for months and almost being forced to kill his true love. So the whole thing would have made sense - if his motives were only securing his power and protecting Belle (which could have been a good reason for him wanting to leave Storybrooke, aka the Place Where There's Always Something Dangerous Happening). But no, now he apparently wants "everything", according to Ingrid. He also says "the people in the rest of the world won't be safe from me" or sth like that. So he really suddenly wants more power, and it's not really explained why. I've asked myself several times if this fits his character. I mean, in the Enchanted Forest, he never wanted to rule over anybody. He only needed power for his plan to find Bae and to make sure no one could take his magic from him. His primary motive has always been fear. All he wants is to never be seen as a coward again, never be weak and scared again (+ to protect his loved ones ofc). It doesn't make sense for him to suddenly seek more and more power - at least, that has never been who he was until now. But there is a possible explanation: Bae's aka Neal's death. Bae has always been his reason to live, the only light in his life/heart (as said by the blue fairy). Belle believing in his good side also gives him some stability, but she can't replace Bae. Without him, Rumple is lost. So maybe it makes sense that he tries to fill the hole in his heart with power...

[moonbeamnights]

OUATtober Bonus B: Animals

I think for Rumple to make a living as a spinner, it would probably make sense for him and Milah to have had at least a few sheep of their own. Milah would have obviously been left in charge of them while Rumple was at war, and they would have largely continued to be her responsibility when he came home injured and could no longer do things like carrying hay bales and shearing (also shearing sheep takes some major athleticism, this is a strong farm girl Milah propaganda post).

I like the idea that Milah enjoyed taking care of and spending time with the sheep, and would have talked to them a lot, like in this picture where she's telling her sheep about how the other villagers talk about her. (That speech bubble is the symbol for gossip. I love it when the game gives me little coincidences that work perfectly with what I'm doing.). I know it's technically sad because the sheep would have been her only friends. But I also kinda think it would be nice for her to get to bond with the sheep, almost Disney princess animal companion style.