#i want to hike

[artichokefartichoke]

I am ready for spring, babyyyy.

Just counting down the days.

[hebebidus]

I want to do something but everything I want to do is unattainable. Raaaaa

[fandomsandfeminism]

Yall wanna hear a kinda funny, kinda sad story about my grandmother and hetero-normativity?

Ok, so... when my grandmother was in her 50s (I was an infant), she met a woman at the Unitarian Church. And, as can happen when you meet your soul mate, this event made it impossible for her to deny parts of herself that she had fiercely hidden her whole life.

All the drama- their affair being found out, the divorce with my grandfather, the court battle over who got the house, happened while I was a baby. Even in my earliest memories, it's just Mama Jo and Oma, and my grandfather lived elsewhere (first his own apartment, then a nursing home, then with us.)

But here's the thing- no one ever explained any of this to me. No one ever sat down and was like "hey, Rosie, so do you know what a lesbian is?" It was the 90s. It was Texas. I think my mom was still kinda processing all this, and just assumed that like... I was gonna figure it out. Don't mention it, let it just be normal. Like I think my mom thought that if she explained the situation, she would be making it weird? I dunno.

But like. In the 90s, in all the movies I had seen and books I had read, do you know how many same sex couples I had seen? Like. 0. Do you know how many "platonic best friend/roommates" I had seen? A lot. I had no context, is what I'm saying.

I literally thought this was a Golden Girls, roommates, besties situation until I was like...I dunno, 11? 12?

It was actually their parrot, an African Grey named Spike, imitating my grandmothers voice saying "Johanna, honey, it's getting late", that triggered the MIND BLOWN moment as I realized that *there's only one master bedroom and it only has 1 waterbed* when all the pieces finally clicked.

Anyway. I think it's a real important thing for kids to know queer people exist, for a lot of reasons, but also because kids can be clueless and it's embarrassing to have your grandmother be outted by a parrot because everyone just thought you'd figure it out on your own.

Anyway, here is my grandma and her wife, my Oma, after they moved to Albuquerque to be artsy gay cowboys and live their best life. They helped run a "Lesbian Dude Ranch" out there (basically just with funding and financial support. As Oma has explained "traditionally, most lesbians don't have a lot of money" so they wrote the checks and let the younger ladies actually run the ranch.)

[egophiliac]

was this anyone else's first thought, or

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

The Great Outdoors! I can imagine Chang and Tintin going on camping or hiking trips for dates. While they love exploring museums and flea markets, in the woods they can avoid public scrutiny.

I've just been in the mood for drawing in ink and also doing long walks outside. These are inked traditionally and coloured digitally.

[2hoothoots]

been chatting with a friend who's playing through PN2 again and i want it to be known i will not hear anyone say a WORD about Hollis giving Raz a hard time at the beginning of the game. if anything she is OUTSTANDINGLY accommodating to this random ten-year-old who wandered in unattended off the plane in the middle of an extremely tense situation

[haleypain]

Archiving stuff here bc I wont post them elsewhere

[siriusdraws]

Mighty Nein Origins: Caduceus Clay has been out for a little bit now, so thank you sincerely to anyone who has enjoyed it!

As ya'll know by now, the script and the colours (!!) are the true highlight of the comic!!! On my end, my goal was just to put my entire ass in it in such a way that I would be happy to pull any page out to slap on as a wallpaper/print. This was great at the beginning, but made me want to cry towards the end. No regrets..?

[greenheartart]

Day 19 - Cloud

The surface is So Big.

[puretopia]

I had 4 days left of winter to kill so I decided to take Astrid & Rosalie on a small vacation!

[temeyes]

dad-daughter bonding ft. ghost and his bubba girl

[gaymeatcore]

My personal take on what I think Kanako would've looked like had she gotten to grow up. The game implies she takes after Chujin so I tried getting that across. I think she'd be kind of a tomboyish nerd. She's very close to Martlet and Starlo (and her mom of course) She loves tinkering and is still really into comics and video games, She sometimes plays along in the wild east or helps with the mission machines.

[nwarrior777]

touching grass is cool but i am on next level

touching HORSE

dear americans i wish you all a very nature touch and soon crash of capitalism

[boneychop]

Painted in Sunlight

[ryllen]

jade who got heartstruck by someone who listens, and trey who generally takes interest on really listening to what people have to say, about things he doesn't know yet

[skellydun]

i wish I had more friends who liked the same things that i do bc I'm booking this tiny cabin in the woods for a few days and none of my friends enjoy the outdoors so I'm going solo which is good for the soul but at the same time if I'm murdered I'd like someone to be there other than the murderer