#also i wanted to include the summaries

[hana-bobo-finch]

HOW DO YOU WRITE CHARACTER SUMMARIES

[rabbiteclair]

a while back my mom discovered that the owner of the company was stealing basically all of the money that he was supposed to submit for things like 'taxes' and 'health insurance' and 'court-mandated payments' for the employees, listing them on the pay stubs but then pocketing the money to help keep the company afloat

she then made sure that everybody in the company knew, submitted her resignation effective immediately, and spent about the next week calling government offices to report every crime, regulatory violation, and breach of employment contract that she could think of. and now it looks like the series of investigations that she kicked off might be the thing that finally destroys this man's company.

sometimes I'm proud of her

[lenzimanot]

I have more brainrot about Wilhelm's backstory in K.CD (aka before becoming a knight/Hans' guard in P.irkstein) SO:

generally most of it is the same: he grew up as a duke's second son (for the sake of the plot we're moving it closer to Bohemia, so M.argraviate Meissen in Electoral S.axony), not aware that he's actually born of his mother's love affair & therefore illegitimate

the whole story with Ludwig & him being Wilhelm's first love, before taking a turn for the worse stays too ofc

Wilhelm also still eventually meets Cecilia, a lowborn girl from the town, and they fall deeply in love. They are both painfully aware of how doomed they are, how a future together is pretty much impossible. But Wilhelm, ever the dreamer, still longs for it all anyway, wants to finally stand up to his father

though before that can happen, the duke falls gravely ill & on his deathbed wants to unburden his soul. so Wilhelm learns about his true father & his gruesome murder by order of the duke

with the duke's eventual death, Wilhelm's older brother assumes power & Wilhelm knows there's no future for him in his court.

he asks Cecilia to come with him, but there's no way for her to leave behind her aging foster-mother (especially not after her brother's demise) & in contrast to Wilhelm she's all too aware of how harsh the reality of such a elopement would be. so they have a tearful goodbye & Wilhelm leaves for Bohemia & a new beginning alone.

haven't fully decided how he ended up in R.attay, but I just think he probably offered his services as a knight/sword fighter & partook in some tourneys, inlcuding the one in R.attay. then he probably just ended up in Hanush's services, got along well with Hans & his status as a nobleman (although he uses his uncle's name von Henneberg to not be associated with higher nobility) made him a worthy candidate for a personal guard.

[crossbackpoke-check]

do you guys um. mods asleep anyone on the dash want to read 1.5k of roman history (tatd) fic i would be christening (haha) the tag for. and also help brainstorm with me to make it more than a scene but not an entire Plot 🙏

[flowerforaheart]

:)

[auroraboringaliceinwonderland]

Contemporary book recs!!!!

They’re all queer hehehehe.

FIRST UP!!

The lovely Here the Whole Time by Victor Martins.

I originally got this as a library book, and I love it so much. I relate to the main character a lot and it felt so so nice to read a book from the perspective of a character whom I relate to so much; I felt really seen.

The book is even dedicated to me!! /hj

Lol.

I love the way things are worded in this book; t’was very easy for me dyslexic arse to understand, and get attached to the story. Although that is just a translation into English I believe.

How is it queer exactly?: gay.

All in all I’d rate it like… 6/7 stars.

NEXT UP!!

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

The story is fairly simplistic in my opinion but the art is gorgeous and there are a lot of important conversations in the book. I’d recommend it to anyone regardless of being aroace or not because not only are there other queer characters in it, but there’s one particular conversation about how we fit into our identities that I feel like everyone should read.

Fair warning for some SA in the beginning… 8 pages I think? I think it’s technically only on 2 pages but there’s stuff leading up to it and all.

How is it queer exactly?: Aroace obviously, but there’s also gay rep, agender rep, qpr rep, and maybe some others that I’m forgetting (?? Been a while since I’ve read it).

5/7 stars for me.

Last but certainly not least:

Idiots Don’t Catch Colds by Aina Palm

Naturally I was going to include a webcomic hehe. But look!! It’s also a manga!! Well sometimes; I don’t think the author’s shop is open indefinitely 24/7. But I got some volumes and I am suuuuuuuuuuper happy about that.

This is one of my favorite webcomic series of all time ever, and you can find it on my Top Favorite Webcomics Ever of All Time Ever Forever & Ever Until the End of Time List here. (It’ll get its own separate post soon).

I haven’t read all of the first volume yet, but what I’ve seen reads really well in the manga format just as it had in the usual scroll format that I was used to reading it in. And of course, the story is absolutely immaculate. It’s still an ongoing series, and it actually updated today (huzzah!!), and I can’t wait to read more. Souta and Nao are such comfort characters for me; their story thus far has already changed me as a person and made me feel very seen in some aspects of my life.

How is it queer exactly?: very slow burn but in the best way possible. The pacing of the story is wonderous in my opinion so we haven’t actually seen much yet and there’s nothing I can confirm other than it being a BL. Right now the story is focusing on the friendship of Souta and Nao and that is so so so so so very important to me.

7/7 stars, 100%.

Here is the last book recs post I made for queer fantasy graphic novels!! :D

Note: I rate with 7 stars cause… idk. 5-7 stars are my favorite stories that I’d read over and over again forever and ever until the end of time ever. 3-4 are for books that I enjoyed reading but don’t see myself picking up again because [insert reason]. And 1-2 are the horrors; DNFs included. (You won’t ever see those).

[pennecpox]

Summary of Art (2021 - 2024) To think joining an Everhood server was all it took to start start my journey of getting inspired to draw again. I really missed having the kind of community where people could collaborate and enjoy silly character shenanigans, being allowed to thrive in a place where everyone is able to hype each other up and stay supportive of everyone's stories and ideas. I can't believe how lucky I was to find a community that can be that, even now.

Honestly, I think I peaked in 2023 in terms of rendering. But I am still proud to see the outcome of this year, mainly because I knew I was trying out new things and taking a little more time to think on doodles that were just supposed to be "quick." Things like pose, angle, interactions, coloring... all that fun stuff. I still have a lot to learn, but I am proud of the progress I've made.

It's been a great one. Thank you so much for everything :-) HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!! LOVE U THANK U XOXOXO!!!!!!

[theunconcernedembalmer]

Blog directory

I finally decide to organize everything here

My Count Blog (Joseph + Claude) // My Embrace Blog (Victor)

Art tag: unconcerned art / unconcerned collab

Comics tag: unconcerned comic

Mun tag: its me the mun / unconcerned ramblings

RPs: unconcerned reply

Events

1. Exorcist event (100 followers)

2. Joseph and Mun event

3. 250 request fest (250 followers)

4. chibi muffin event

5. aesop draws

6. Exorcist 2.0 (400 followers)

7. 550 skin event (550 followers)

8. Fenix/Birdsop (700 followers)

9. mun got a new pen

10. cookie event

11. Gatto event (~800 followers)

Comic series

1. Exorcist event (intro / extra)

2. Modern Ghost AU

3. Exorcist 2.0 (intro)

4. Modern Ghost AU 2 electric boogaloo (in progress)

Miscellaneous tags I happen to have: mersop, simp au, gen/shin flavoured, modern au stuff, the drama tm

[juustozzi]

happy new year and new art opportunities in 2024! this year was delightfully fun art-wise, after a biiig slump in last third of 2022.

here's also the summaries from the years I really wasn't posting in here, to keep everything neatly in one place! (and let's pretend I remembered to edit the year on 2021's one, haha)

[gwinver-art]

And heeeere are this year's traditional art summaries! :D

That was a good art year for Bisig!! I feel like I've finally developped an art style for her after all. Back in February I wrote that I "wasn't always 100% consistent with Bisig’s art style" but look where we are now! I'm sure it'll keep on evolving over time but I think the semi-lineless flat colours look finally settled and I'm really happy.

AND I MADE SOME COMIC PAGES AND THEY LOOK VERY NICE. MY PROUDEST DRAWING ACHIEVEMENT THIS YEAR. HURRAY. The mini-comic has 1822 notes as of writing and it's still absolutely wild to me. I've never had so many notes on original art before ;v;

January - February - March - April May - June - July - August September - October - November - December

Bisig’s summary: January - February - March - April May - June - July - August September - October - November - December

Previous years:

2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022

[mushroompollution]

real talk, this story arc could have been like 3 chapters shorter if Jack's memories just played straight instead of jumping back and forth and revisiting the same scenes 18 times

[altruistic-meme]

keeping my sister updated on the fic I'm reading. we've decided torture is the proper response to unwanted flirting.

[raisy-archive]

ooh, you make me live now, honey

for @slightlymad <3

[caitlynmeow]

kinda sorta finished the first chapter of the Diary sequel and kinda sorta want to post it either tonight or tomorrow but I still don't have a title and I want to bash my head against the wall

[vialae]

'Amongst the nightmares which plagued Bhaal's Chosen each and every night, visions would sometimes come to him.

Visions of death; of his own and of innocents.

Embodiments of hope that were to be snuffed out in the Murder Lord's name.

Kaidos would have no choice but to obey his Father's unholy orders, lest he himself is struck down.'

Explicit Rating | 6.4k Words

[reinemichele]

Translation here

— Once again...  The Doors of Paradise are opened... In the midst of sleep, the world she loves sinks… Down to the bottom of the water. As if beckoned by her hand at the end of a dream… The door was opened. Come ・ Down ・ To ・The ・ E ・ly ・si ・on — And then... her reality shattered... Tell me, Papa... In Paradise, will my body still hurt? She asks questions over and over again. Her never-ending fascination with 『Paradise』 Ah... the girl can no longer see...  The corpse lying beside her... Closed door ... the man's wildest dreams became a cruel reality. Cross talk ... the girl's reality became a fantastical dream. Closed door ... the man's paradise became an eternal abyss. Cross talk ... the girl's abyss became a momentary paradise! ... Papa, In Paradise, will my heart still hurt? Hey, Papa...