#This is a countdown

[orinokomcgee]

Quindecim dies

[The countdown is back...but with a twist.

For each day alongside each artwork will be a corresponding short story that hopefully fits. All these works will be on my AO3 account (OrinokoMcGee) and also on here so please leave feedback.

For this one I chose an epilogue to Dot and Bubble because despite us not seeing it Lindy definitely got was coming to her even if it was unfortunately not shown. I decided to remedy this fact with a twist of my own.

FYI I didn't give myself enough time to write my short story and it's a little bit patchwork but fret not because I will be beefing them up as I go on.

This story is a little bit dark in themes but our boy cried tears for you and your insufferable friends so he deserves at least something damn it!!]

[sillygooseness]

ONLY 3 MORE SLEEPS UNTIL NEW HOZIER MUSIC

[genderkoolaid]

part of the reason i love how bell hooks talks about masculinity is that she shows real compassion towards men suffering from the effects of toxic masculinity. she was conscious of how we need to unlearn the ways we talk about men + masculinity just as much as we need to unlearn the same for women + femininity. so many times ill see someone talking about toxic masculinity like (hyperbolizing here but only slightly) "these FUCKING STUPID BABY BITCHES won't MAN UP and go to a therapist!!!" and like. i get the anger. but you see feminists recreating patriarchal manhood by only promoting good behaviors through patriarchal frameworks. any use of the term "real men" is bad because it reifies the idea that manhood is a special title you must earn, and it is something possible to fail and fake. & as important as it is to promote sexual equality + the pleasure of non-cis-men, lots of people are essentially still working with the idea that men need sexual prowess to have worth but just shifting it slightly so there is more emphasis on women's pleasure. but I want cis men to think about their partners' pleasure because they care about their partners, not because they need to check a box in order to keep their man card. and don't get me started on small dick jokes– and the absolutely pitiful excuse people will use that "well, I don't believe it, but misogynistic men get upset when I say it, so it's okay!"

basically bell hooks is so fucking right. in order to create loving men we need to love men, simply for being alive, whether or not they are performing. as much as we need to actively unlearn misogyny (and we do), it's equally vital we unlearn patriarchal ways of seeing manhood. we can't just assume that taking a feminist perspective automatically means there is no work to be done there.

[christmasxmas]

[velinxi]

Tried drawing the boys in the Arcane style!

[Characters are from CTC]

[humming-fly]

was anyone gonna tell me shadow saved rouge's life in sa2 or was I just supposed to find that out playing the game myself

(this worked out as a rather fitting closer for the Final Day in Year of Shadow haha, hope ya'll have a fun new year! 🎉��🎉)

[gabbyp09]

[patamon]

"We were all Chosen Children back in the day" [source by mxngy_]

[is-bakugou-alive-yet]

How it started How it ended

[sunnyflowerr]

[colin-becher-death-countdown]

One of my lecturers was telling us about how a particular example was bad because it was using first names as keys to enter a database and she said:

"I mean there could be 50 Michael's"

and I just-

everywhere I go I see his face

[orinokomcgee]

Quatuordecim Dies

[sillygooseness]

11 more sleeps until new hozier music

[kingofreddragons]

Sorceress Sellen on the Crystalline Path

[christmasxmas]

[velinxi]

Look at me, princeling

[Characters from CTC]