#gentle hands

[leonardoeatscarrots]

Gentle Hands

Issue 1. Pages 6-10

Pt1 - Pt 2 - Pt 3

Check it out on Webtoons or Tapas!

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[bird-inacage]

Fort x Peat for Journey Magazine

Can they stop with the soft hand-holding?? I will die at this rate.

[youwearlavenderwell]

what your izzy ship says about you

edizzy: you got trauma babes. you like that dark angsty shit. a masochist. you love media that tortures you, you little freak. no fluff here. you were probably into superwholock

stizzy: daddy kink. you’re here for the grumpy x sunshine tropes. a good enemies to lovers or frenemies situation. you love a good flirt to roast ratio. you might act tough but you need to read some soft shit. also traumatized.

steddyhands: big creative brain energy. you’re open minded and here for it all. big switch energy. anyone can top anyone you’re here for the mess and the character development. not as picky with your tropes but you do want a happy/satisfying ending

[sibmakesart]

I won't kill you

You must

[covered-in-bones]

I will show you where to touch me

As long as your hands are gentle

[diesesverfluchteherz]

gentle hands

seine hände

wie seine stimme

sanft über meine haut

und ich versinke in seinen augen, 

die mir alles sanfte der welt versprechen

[euesworld]

"She has the gentle hands of a gardener, tending to the stars in my heart, my heart beats softly.. she smiles and it beats a bit harder. I am a flower in her soft hands, blooming with grace. I sway with the breeze, my heart swelling like the sea.. oh these seas in me that need her everything. I am the flower, she is the gardener.. my heart beats softly, and then it beats harder."

She is so soft and gentle, tending to the roses in my soul - eUë

[marsupials-of-mars]

So my stance is clear. I do think the writers are brave enough to make Ed, Izzy, and Stede a throuple. I do NOT think it is LIKELY

I think it would be difficult, given how much trauma Ed inflicted on Izzy. But Izzy is tough, proven more by the new episodes, and i can see him truly forgiving. He's a pirate, he and Eds tolerance for trauma is at a much higher bar.

I see Izzy and Stede as platonic (though yes I've read a fic or two and i Get It.) But they can share!! And I don't at all think the relationships Izzy and stede would have with him would really cover any of the same ground.

Does Ed deserve two boyfriends? Maybe if he behaves. Would Izzy and Stede be chill with it? They could come around, the way they're headed.

Most important, however, is how fucking GOOD the ship names with them are. Steddy Hands??? Gentle Hands????? What the fuck. they were made for each other (in a chill way, I'm chill). Especially because those names PERFECTLY represent what the relationships would need. don't think it was intentional, but goddamn.

[thehelpermouse]

Do you like writing obscure AUs? I’ll give you this one for free. Ed and Stede are on rival adult recreational kickball teams. Ed frequently pitches because of his bad knee and Izzy takes the league way too seriously. Have fun with that lol.

[leonardoeatscarrots]

I've got two comics ongoing right now

Spaceships and Vodka - an anachronistic sci-fi following a team of monster hunters living in the slums of space

And

Gentle Hands - a World War One period piece following an injured soldier in a nursing home for shellshock patients

Both series are about being queer and disabled and are based on my own personal experiences in both of those communities. Spaceships and Vodka follows a broader cast and is more of and action/thriller, while Gentle Hands is almost exclusively a drama and romance.

The links above are for tapas, but my comics are also available on webtoons.

As for me, I've been having a really hard time as a creator. I'm under a lot of financial stress and am simultaneously trying to handle numerous medical and mental health crises. Your support as viewers is invaluable to me and helps me keep going on. 🙏

I am being so serious when I say: if you have the financial and time privilege to get a group of friends together and make an indie project, PLEASE do. Indie games, indie animations, indie comics etc etc

the art industries are kind of in the shitter. It’s not so much because of AI (though that doesn’t help) but because studios just aren’t hiring people and funding projects anymore. People who’ve been in the industry for decades are finding themselves struggling, and once you have a mortgage or kids it’s harder to do something as risky as making something on your own.

completing projects is hard. it takes a lot of time and effort, and most people can’t afford it. so if you CAN afford to make art, even at the risk of no financial gain, I strongly encourage you to be as resilient as you can. We’re at a point where these industries are not going to turn around by themselves, and waiting for jobs to open up again in order to get experience and portfolio work might not be realistic.

people have been making art and telling stories longgggg before we were getting paid for it, and people aren’t going to stop just because no one has hired them to do so.

for everyone else: support indie artists when you can!!!! That person who made that cool indie game or youtube animation or webcomic might be doing this full time! your support might be the only reason they’re able to keep doing it.

and if you have already started an indie project: you’re so brave and I’m very proud of you!!! in fact, drop a link to it in the reblogs if you want! 👇

[brawley1492]

Sometimes,

The "gentle hands" of the Vet!

has more value than medicine! ... William

[paracosmoon]

[mishalogic]

If one has "gentle" hands,

their spirit is "strong enough"

to be special ... Misha

[creative-clawmarks]

Just outside the [ANGEL]'s line of sight,

two puppets recognize each other.

[altades]

Weeping angel