#MarloweLune

[sarielsnowings]

“The modern gentleman is, above all, a self-made man” 🌹

It’s my take on Marlowe Lune’s DTIYS!

Yes I have a million other things to work on at the moment, but when I saw Marlowe’s “Modern Gentlemen” illustration and the wonderful concept behind it I couldn’t help myself. I had to take a stab at it. So I went at it from my own perspective, deriving inspiration from some of my favourite things from the beginning of the XX century (1920s-30s movie posters, ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, German expressionist cinema, Leyendecker’s illustrations and William Morris’ botanical decorations among them) to create a poster/magazine cover for a supposed upcoming ballet, featuring its transmasc lead dancer as the focus of the piece.

This was challenging to put together but I’m overall very pleased with the results, and I can’t wait to hear what you all think about it!

Also, here’s a secret, alternate version with a light background and the original artwork by Marlowe:

[flameintobeing]

art by Marlowe Lune

[io-archival]

@radiomogai @temparchive

Diamoric Love

A summary version of this post can be found here.

Several weeks ago, I became frustrated with the failure of words like ‘straight’ or ‘gay’ to encompass relationships of non-binary people. I coined the term dionysian to describe non-binary relationships and attraction, which are neither ‘opposite gender’ nor necessarily ‘same gender’. You can read the original post and the elaboration in the provided links.

The term itself, referring to a hellenic deity of trans and intersex people, was met with justified criticism. In response to ensuing debate, a channel was started on Discord and promoted on tumblr for NB people to come and help decide on a new word to fill this lexical gap. After a solid week of hard debate, the dozens present narrowed our work down to two terms and then held a poll on tumblr.

The results of the poll favored diamoric as the replacement term for dionysian.

The best place to read about the definition of diamoric is in the two links in the first paragraph. Simply substitute the old term for the new. The definition provided for dionysian still accurately describes the spirit of this term.

The Definition

Diamoric is an intentionally flexible, loose term.

It came out of recognizing the failure of binary terms like “straight” and “gay” to be useful or accurate for many NB people. NB genders vary so vastly that even two non-binary people in a relationship may not feel that their relationship is accurately described as “same-gender” or “gay”, and can even feel misgendered by the implications. For example, my own relationship as an androgyne with an nb trans boy can only be construed as a gay relationship if you reduce us both to our genitals. A non-binary person in a relationship with a binary man or woman is at an even further loss. Their relationship is far from “straight”, but it’s not technically “gay” or “same-gender” either. So what is it?

It’s diamoric.

The Etymology

From the greek prefix “dia-”, meaning “passing through”, “going apart”, and “thoroughly/completely” and the latin “amor” for love, diamoric literally refers to love, attraction, or partnerships that pass through, go apart from, or completely encompass the gender spectrum.

The use of this word includes all types of love, romantic or not.

The preferred pronunciation is  [ ,daɪə'mɔɹɪk ], or “dye - uh - MOR - ik”.

A diamoric relationship or attraction is one that involves at least one non-binary person.

A genderfluid person’s attraction to a woman is diamoric.

An enby’s hook-up with an androgyne is diamoric.

A man’s queerplatonic partnership with a demiboy is diamoric (and could also be achillean if they chose to use both).

A genderfluid woman’s romance with a genderfluid man is diamoric (and could also be gay, sapphic, or achillean depending on how their genders line up in time.)

A bigender person’s marriage to an agender person is diamoric.

A triad between a woman, a demigirl, and an agender person is diamoric.

A man’s attraction to an enby is diamoric.

A lesbian dating an agender person is a lesbian in a diamoric relationship.

A diamoric person is a person who centers NB people and NB partnerships in their life.

Only non-binary people may use diamoric as an identity. Only NB people can call themselves diamoric. Technically, any NB person who seeks partnerships of any kind with any gender could call themselves diamoric, but it’s most useful and meaningful for NBs who wish to proclaim their prioritization of other NBs. An NB person who is most interested in, happiest, and most comfortable with other NB people may find it a useful self-identifier; they are diamoric. Even if they would be content dating men or women, but they don’t want to define themselves by that, and would rather define themselves by their love for NB people and for being NB - they are diamoric.

Diamoric is not meant to replace existing words.

It is meant to give language to people who feel they have none.

If you’re an NB lesbian and your sapphic attraction is your priority, you may never feel inclined to use diamoric, and that’s fine. But if you’re an NB lesbian who wishes to emphasize your NB identity in addition to your love for women, “diamoric lesbian” might be a label that you like.

If you’re a demiboy who loves men and ‘achillean’ is all you need, more power to you. You don’t have to use this word if it says nothing about you that achillean doesn’t.

This word is a supplement to existing language that is free to use by NBs who want or need it. It is not a word to be imposed on NBs who don’t need it.

Fun things:

I’m so gay? More like I’m so dia ;)

Calling your NB partner your diamour!

Want to include diamoric in your sexual orientation? How about dia-bisexual! Dia-pansexual! Dia-gay!

[its-oatmiel]

“In the worst of my despair on Wednesday I felt like human beings have always lived under the crushing boot of evil, and always wil. That the world we want is an ephemeral dream, not possible to achieve.

“The place that I got to on Thursday morning was that the achievements are not the point. They may be the guiding star, but they are not the measure of the value of our efforts. Whether evil can ever be defeated is not the point. The point is a life lived in resistance of evil.

“If the story of humanity from beginning to end was that we always lived under the crushing boot of evil, and we always resisted, that would be enough.”

- Marlowe Lune, via instagram (November 8th, 2024)

[vincentbriggs]

hi uh, i really enjoy your art and your sewing, I'm even subbed over on youtube, but I jsut wanna say thanks for being you. It's really cool to learn you're trans, and it's revitalizing my desire to get back into historic sewing. I didn't know if or how big the trans communityw as in the recreation sewing, but knowing we're out there in this community too is really assuring. I'm super excited to start working on patterns and styles I haven't been able to do before. Thank you for all you do!

Hello, thank you!! There are quite a lot of trans people who are into historical sewing! I can't think of very many here on tumblr - there's @rowzien who does lovely early 19th century stuff, and I'm sure plenty of trans costuming people will say "same hat!" in the comments of this post.

There are a lot more that I know of on instagram, so I'll just list a bunch off. (I pretty much never look at my instagram feed and don't remember the names of most of the people I follow, let alone their genders, so I likely missed some but ah well.) Some of these are more cosplay, larp, or vintage focused accounts, but there's some sort of sewing and/or costuming on all of them.

jonesyollie (friend who made the timesheet from the previous post!), bequeermakestuff, evilqueenbeecosplays (sadly there aren't many ladies in this post, but I'm sure there are more out there!), ora_lin (they sell patterns!), noodle.stitch, ashlgcostumes (they have a lot of youtube videos and a nice speaking voice), rose_prince_lee, qtcostumer, enby.vintage, kiyoteacups, transcending_time_costuming, slightly_teddy (he's also on tumblr but hasn't posted in ages), angryhistoryguy (he once said in a facebook comment that he has so many transmasc reenactor friends that they could make a Monstrous Regiment), woodsmokeandwords, and marlowelune (SUCH good historical/fantasy everyday clothes, agh! love their wardrobe and illustrations!).

Honourable mention to matthewpcarlsen and dario_princiotta, who haven't put pronouns in their bios and I don't want to speculate on anyone's gender, but it's some good gender juice either way. Matthew pairs a bushy moustache with perfectly fitted Victorian gowns and looks amazing in them, and Dario is really into tightlacing and weird sculptural corsetry.

This is, alas, not a particularly diverse list of people. Like the costuming community at large, it skews towards white and afab, but that does seem to be gradually improving over the years - I certainly see a lot more people of colour doing historical costuming now than I did a decade ago. (I've been into historical sewing since approximately 2010).

As your ask demonstrates, when people don't see themselves represented in a space they're more likely to avoid it/assume it's not for them, which is the entire reason I occasionally mention being trans in my posts!

[tartan-tart]

been on that bang grind so have something quick (1.5hrs) i drew for my bf as he's recovering from a back procedure! may finish it eventually!

you can find the binder/outfit design from @/marlowelune on instagram here

[our-transmasculine-experience]

“Peacock” comes from @marlowelune’s nonbinary gender presentation system. Stag/fox/swan for masc/andro/fem, sparrow/crow/peacock for less to more ostentatious.

can you give me a link to the post? this seems kinda cool imo

[myebi]

the modern gentleman is a self-made man 🌷 took part in @marlowelune's DTIYS for the fun of it!!

[ashandthorns]

📚🎻🌷”The Storyteller’s Treasury”

✨Introducing: A new collaborative project between Marlowe Lune and Old Growth Alchemy!

✨The Storyteller's Treasury is a celebration of beloved fairy tales and the feeling of slipping into a land once upon a time. In this ongoing project, @oldgrowthalchemy and @marlowelune will guide you on an enchanting (and delicious) journey into the lore that continues to resonate through the centuries, and it begins with: The Storyteller themself.

✨The artwork above for “The Storyteller’s Treasury” will be August’s Postcard of the Month for the Merry Blackbird Postcard Society! Crow Collector and Raven Dandies will receive a 5x7 postcard of this piece!

✨Old Growth Alchemy has brewed up a companion tea to accompany you on many a long night by the storyteller's fire listening to tales spun from your favorite books of old. The Storyteller will be available exclusively through their monthly tea club, the Old Growth Alchemy Tea Guild, as August's member blend. The Guild opens on August 1 and closes August 5 to new members, so follow along to be alerted when the membership is open once more! A mystery blend in the theme of fairy tales will also be available to select tiers, so stay tuned for more to come.

[arethouyetliving]

The twitter algorithm did something good for once and gave up this beautiful piece of art. It’s by the illustrator Marlowe Lune (who appears to have all but left tumblr) but you can find their twitter here: @MarloweLune

[leeedean]

DTIYS challenge for @ marlowelune on twitter~

[ent-is-indecisive]

Pinterest tells me that the categories my style/aesthetic preferences falls under are medieval embroidery on baroque clothes and also recycled garment. This is very helpful to me bc calling it marlowelune style hasnt yielded many results

[amontilladowo]

I drew this for as a competition entry for a DTIYS held by @marlowelune last year. I still really like it fr. Chara uses he/him jsyk.

[onedivinemisfit]

Done hanging the art prints up on my wall for now ✨ I couldn’t fit everyone but that’s not so worrisome, I’ll be framing a couple of these later anyway, together with my beloved witcher 3 prints

Here there be different artists, including some of my own stuff cuz I’m vain lol. @marlowelune and @arnaerr among them. Idk if tasia has a tumblr account. And my brand new shirayukihime merch prints :3

[teagohinthedark]

Soooooooooooo I'm making something.....

Well yesterday I stumbled upon a drawing by @marlowelune, a fanart of another drawing by Edward Gorey. And I immediately felt obliged to make a fanart of this fanart with my characters, I admit that the version of @marlowelune It was the one that inspired me the most, so it has the most similarities with it.

I'm testing ways to illustrate the story for my TCC, this is the first test, I'll see how it turns out and see how manegeble it is, after all I need to illustrate at least three chapters.

Probably tomorrow I'll be posting the finished results.

[sarielsnowings]

Do you have a dream project? Do you like creating character designs or world building better? What artist influences your style the most?

Hello! First of all I'm so sorry this has literally taken me MONTHS to answer, I got a bit overwhelmed at the be dinning of the year and wanted to give a proper answer,maybe add a doodle, and then that kept me from actually answering which is... Ridiculous.

So here I am, and here is my answer, at last!

Dream project? Right now there's two that come to mind:

1) I'd love to co-create a comic/webtoon/graphic novel with my partner revolving around Lux and Oz, two of our OCs (for whom we have a lot of lore written down).

2) It would be amazing to get hired for some sort of visual novel / point and click adventure game or any game mostly based around 2D illustrations. I'd be ecstatic to work on a cast of characters to bring a story to life. Maybe one day!

Characters or World building? I definitely enjoy characters the most, but also exploring how things might have lead to them being that way and extrapolating from an idea into a bigger world. So I guess I go from character (or concept) to world-building.

What artist influences my style the most? There are so many in this department, many of them contemporary artists I've met right here on social media. I'll try to edit this with a detailed list at some point in the future, but here are some names (just be aware that their tumblr might not be their most active social media):

@iliothermia

@eliotbaum & @vivtanner

@sacrxm

@houndsaint

@marlowelune

@fionastaples

Hope this was fun to read and sorry again about the wait!