#This was just gonna be a reblog of my other post but then it got too long so it's its own post now

[greatgoddyke]

watch it all go by

[genderqueerdykes]

i meant “Trans/Rad/Fem” by Talia Bhatt (amazon(.)com/Trans-Rad-Essays-Transfeminism-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSWXHHD7), which got mentioned by a reblog on your post about how hating men isn’t progressive. I read a lot of indie books and sci fi fantasy, and there is a popular group of transfemme authors, including Bhatt, who identify as transfeminist rad fems (or “ironically” as baeddels) but are constantly lauded for their writing in the spaces where I look for trans speculative fiction.

that's actually the most pathetic shit i've ever heard in my life

man hating won't make women safer. man hating hurts trans women. it hurts the tgirls who don't, can't, or don't wanna pass. it hurts the butch trans women. it hurts fat, muscular, tall and otherwise large transfems. it hurts hairy trans women. it hurts trans women of color. it hurts intersex trans women. it hurts closeted and stealth trans women. fuck that shit man. how do you claim to be a trans woman and throw so many other trans women under the buss? what's the goddamn point?

i will not rest until people realize that man hating hurts the ever loving fuck out of so many people, but especially transfems and trans women. like idk how to break it to people but a lot of transfems and trans women identified as cis men at one point in their lives. so what, they were just evil until they came out? they magically stopped being "predators" the second they figured out they were trans? never transition trans women are just doomed to be viewed as men for the rest of their lives? come the fuck on. i know a lot of trans woman assert theyve been women their whole lives and that's totally fine, but a lot to acknowledge that they used to identify as cis men. we gotta fucking stop this shit

this affects trans women who are unsure and questioning. like i cannot stress enough that this behavior is gonna fuck with a lot of people who think they might be trans women, but aren't sure, and are identifying as cis men for the time being. this is going to scare them away from questioning if they're transfem or a trans woman or not because of how much they're hated in that present moment before they've realized or come out. this hurts multigender, genderqueer, non binary and genderfluid trans women who identify as cis men as well as trans women. this hurts trans women who still identify as gay men. this hurts literally every and all trans woman everywhere.

rad feminism ain't feminism- it's misogyny with a pink coat of paint slathered over it.

[sadrien]

🩰 tangled ribbons books available to buy!!

so you all may remember that about 2 and a half years ago (oh my god) i did a limited print run of tangled ribbons! when i did that run, i ordered some extras both in case something happened and so i would have something else on my table as i was doing my first con and i was a little low on items

however, i still have these in stock and i'm trying to clean out some of my stuff, so they're now available on my kofi with some of my miraculous merch!!

you can either buy the book alone for 10 usd, or for 14 usd you can also get a print and two die cut stickers!

not only that, but i do have mystery bags of exclusively miraculous merch for 25 usd if you'd like to check those out! they'll later be listed on my etsy, but for now they're ko-fi exclusive! get it here!

since you're reading this post i'll let you in on a little secret, the mystery bags contain this print and both die cut stickers if you don't want to double buy!

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[spaciebabie]

okay guys so heres the thing. if i am having fun and being happy over a post and you come in my inbox and say something rude about how im enjoying something you're getting blocked lol. i have been veeeeeeeery nice so far. i dont know why you're following me if you're gonna make a stink when i reblog/make art/talk abt something i like. why are you here. you know. the blog where i talk/reblog/make art abt the things i like. if you dont like it here instead of telling me. leave. be a decent person, okay?

[lavandulalurker]

Songs I associate with iwatex but I DO have enough to make a playlist

This post is long so the song associations with the characters are below the cut, if you listen to the playlist I highly recommend looking at them!

Sol: Lifeline - Jack Stauber / Petals on the Moon - Wasia Project / everything - JAWNY / Rearrange Us - Mt. Joy / Worst Thoughts In The World - Sophie May / This Is A Life - Son Lux, Mitski, David Byrne

Anemone: Between My Teeth - Orla Gartland / love is a black hole ! - Matin Luke Brown

Cal: Ease Up Kid - Hippo Campus / Nobody’s Soldier - Hozier

Dys: Alone and Sublime - Mother Mother Slow Down / Peter McPoland / He’s Getting Away! - Ethan Tasch / Death - Mt. Joy / ur so pretty - Wasia Project / Lover Boy - Sophie May / Allies or Enemies - The Crane Wives

Tangent: Allies or Enemies - The Crane Wives / I Wish I Never Met You - Babygirl / Scars - The Crane Wives

Tammy: No More Birthdays - Sophie May / Baby - Oh Wonder

Marz: Superstar - Rainbow Kitten Surprise / Moves - Suki Waterhouse / After Midnight - Chappell Roan

Nomi: Coexist - Wild Party / Drop Pop Candy - REOL / Sunday Best - Valiant Vermin, Ricky Montgomery

Rex: My Type - Saint Motal / Anything You Want - JAWNY / Talk Too Much - COIN

Vace: Shutup You're Stupid - That Handome Devil / We’ve Got A Score To Settle - The Dear Hunter / I’m Gonna Win - Rob Cantor

Sym; High on Humans - Oh Wonder / FIGURE IN THE BACKGROUND - SNAKE POOL

Misc: Grass Stains - Laura Elliot / Youth - Daughter

Bonus; Congruence: A Human’s Touch - TWRP, McKenna Rae

[vimbry-moved]

"likes don't do anything" they do

"there's no algorithm" there is

"well nobody uses the for you tab" I do

"reblog all art and fics you see" there's no thought put into that. if this does work on people, then it's just pity engagement borne out of guilt rather than genuine interest, which is arguably worse than having none, because it's totally hollow.

[yanderespamton78]

Pinup!!!!! the baby!!!! the guy!!!!

sorry if this looks kinda iffy the majority of this was drawn between 11pm and 2:30am so i was very tired loll

also yes that is a totoro bag i dont care if totoro doesnt exist in cyber city he has a totoro bag come at me

Pinup belongs to @turntableart

[jouta-eggboybeloved]

I miss my son.

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[r0semultiverse]

If we don’t see Arquisprite by the time we get out of the Hell Arc then I’m calling it, he’s at Dirk’s lab on Deltritus.

[camellia-salazar]

Do you guys ever feel like drawing fan art because you saw other people's fan art?

[reel-fear]

Honestly, every single time the whole 'poppy playtime is a bendy rip-off' stuff ever shows up I find it all extremely unconvincing and silly.

For one thing, rip-off usually is meant to imply that it's a cheap lazy copy of a better more polished thing, and uh. Sorry but even from chapter 1? Poppy Playtime is a better game than Bendy, it has a simple but understandable story, the game manages to be thrilling, creepy, and very intense at times... I mean that Huggy chase in the vents ALONE puts it way above Batim for me.

I mean BATDR had the most slow stupid chase I've ever seen [and every other encounter with the ink demon is text telling u he's there and then a timer goes down and u get jumpscared] and batim's chases were either silly or just not nearly as theatric or terrifying as that.

When making the vent sequence I mean not only is it absolutely horrifying to realize how fast Huggy is in there but also it's so theatric and cool? The fact that you round a corner after thinking you escaped only to see a terrifying animation of that thing crawling toward you is awesome! I wish Bendy had stuff like that!

And all the stuff it shares with Bendy are generic things Bendy ripped from other horror games/media anyways. I'm not saying Poppy Playtime isn't inspired by Bendy I for sure think it is but Bendy is such a generic story that somehow fails to do tropes 100 other horror games have done any comparison only makes Poppy Playtime look better.

"It has employees being sacrificed for their company" That is not a concept Bendy invented, literally look at any of the sci-fi horror series Bendy is very inspired by. This is literally a twist in the original Alien.

"It has a scary woman forcing you to do tasks for her" Once again, not a concept Bendy invented, a scary mysterious person forcing you to do fetch-quests is a concept found in tons of horror media. And at least Poppy Playtime gave you a chase with her and let you defeat her, look at poor malice. She's barely on screen for more than 10 minutes before she gets stabbed.

"It has a cult worshipping the monster" This is something tons of horror games and media have done too. I mean In The Tall Grass has a guy who worships a giant magical rock in the middle of a grass maze, Bioshock [which Bendy has only been taking more and more direct inspiration from while failing to grab any of the compelling parts] also had a lot of themes of religion and cult-ish behavior, almost every horror media franchise has at one point done a cult thing.

Bendy couldn't even come up with a reason Sammy worships the ink demon, the best motivation we've ever gotten is just that 'he's crazzyyyy the ink made him insaneeee'. Who is the cheap rip-off here?

At least Poppy Playtime gave their cultist a motive for worshipping the monster + a proper boss fight that feels intense and looks awesome! Bendy didn't even let you kill Malice [she got stabbed in front of you and then just collapsed on the floor how thrilling] meanwhile you get to kill three of the villains in Poppy Playtime and the gameplay and action in those scenes have only gotten better as the game went on.

I mean Sammy walks into a room and goes "AAA SCARY I'M BEING MURDERED" then later shows up and for NO REASON sees a normal human man and assumes it's the ink demon before once again someone else kills him for you. In Poppy Playtime you defeat Catnap as he floods the world with this horrible nightmare-inducing gas that intensifies the color palette and his design. Fight off versions of him that are illusions that you need your flare gun for, then watch in a wonderful animation as he mistakes the monster for his savior before getting killed by it, in a brutal way I might add, which game are we accusing of being cheap, lazy garbage again?

I just find this argument to be people who Really Really need to find a reason to hate Poppy Playtime which I think is silly. The devs being weird, shady people is already enough reason to dislike the game, you don't need to invent reasons why secretly every part of the game is malicious or bad. But esp when I see Bendy fans saying they don't support Poppy Playtime or dislike it bc of its devs or even saying its cringe ummmm.

I have bad news about the fact Bendy's devs are worse and it took not one, but TWO over an hour long videos to cover it all. Plus the Bendy games are just the worse games in every aspect, if I could sell my batim copy for a copy of Poppy Playtime I wouldn't hesitate at all.

Saying this as a bendy fan, we have no right to be super judgy towards Poppy Playtime. If Poppy Playtime is embarrassing cringe, Bendy is too and is way more embarrassing of an interest. We shouldn't spread misinformation just because we all want to hate Poppy Playtime, you can dislike Poppy Playtime without making up a bunch of nonsense to justify it.

Honestly seeing people just blatantly be unfairly mean to Poppy Playtime only makes its critics look worse and makes it hard to take any backlash to the games seriously. Because surprise surprise if you spread misinformation to make a point people will quickly stop listening to Anything you have to say bc they won't trust you're telling the truth anymore.

[sentientcave]

Oh no

[alfhildr-the-word-weaver]

Shoutout to my Monkees mutuals for reminding me about the Monkees and their music; now I'm thinking about how She is such a season 2 Damon talking about Katherine song.

Meanwhile, 1864 Damon is of course firmly Vampire Girl by the Misfits (he would die for her, and he did).

[spookykestrel]

I get the whole not responding to messages things I get I understand it’s hard it’s not personal but also … you have to respond to messages to keep your friendships alive?? If you are long distance from a friend if you don’t see your friend often and you don’t initiate in any other way if you don’t call if you don’t send any sort of message then the least you can do is send a text or just respond to one of the ones you left on read ?? If you never put effort in then you lose the people you love and it’s hard and it’s scary and distractions and mental health all are factors but sometimes you have to sit down and say check in on your friends !

[jutsuuu]

girl help I’m experiencing

[torchstelechos]

Wuh oh gamers, a piece of art you don't like seems to be doing numbers! <- said in a voice that knows someone is gonna be an ass on your art again