#i was about to make some vent art or something

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Yeah, it also insinuates that people who commit crimes and atrocities aren't human, and aren't capable of creating things skillfully.

"If he's bad then his art must suck." well, if only! But it's not how it works.

Plenty of well known and respected writers and artists were freaks and criminals. Just because you have dark and fucked up desires you decide to act on doesn't mean you're suddenly stripped of your education, your privileges, even your taste.

Especially so in the case of someone like Gaiman, who is clearly a master manipulator.

He has the ability to seduce people and craft an entire persona. He's not some street corner goon who conned the world into thinking he could write literature. He can create chartacters -- including his own.

I think this particularly riles me up because I'm one of the many adult children of abusive parents who are commonly known/thought as narcissistic (good luck getting a diagnosis on one of them) and the entire world looks at my father and 100% believes his cover. He's friendly and generous and would *never* abuse his children or employees, right???

He gets away with it and will go to his grave unchallenged, because such abusers exist!! They have good careers, make money, amass friends and contacts and get into politics or media and keep being horrifying abusers at home, enabled by an entire family of fucked up or scared people.

If the world suddenly knew his deeds, that wouldn't change anything about what he's achieved.

You can be a piece of shit and good at work and friendly at social events!! You can write popular books and you can have bodies buried in your backyard.

Art creation isn't limited to good, nice, normal people.

And please believe people when they talk about abuse... An excellent career, a well written book, or a sexy painting series aren't things that should be weighted against victims' accusations. They definitely are used as a cover by the abusers, but they shouldn't be used to dismiss victims.

My own cousin, to my face as I was seeking refuse in his home, told me "What?? Your father? But he wouldn't hurt a fly, he's so nice?"

Like I chose to make myself homeless for FUN or something??? And my father doesn't have a career as a feminist author, so honestly I can't imagine the level of brainwashy gaslighting Gaiman's victims must have gone through, faced with Gaiman's countless fans believing him a champion of women.

Sorry it's a bit of a rant or vent here...

I just HATE the ongoing thing we got going where humans who commit crimes or abused are deemed "monsters" and not human, like committing such acts isn't part of the human experience. It leads to mob justice mentality, but also serves to help any abuser who has a half decent presentation. Because *surely they couldn't be a MONSTER*, they. are. so. nice.

Give it a rest...

[aquariium-ediits]

i literally just had this thought process irl so it's being shared because it's my blog grgr /lh

me: boohoo I have a thing that probably makes me less attractive and gross in other people's eyes. I can't control it very much why am I like this :(

me: wait my f/o has the same thing and he's wonderful nvm !! i take all that back 😁👍

[a-loose-collection-of-ants]

A true and 100% historically accurate account of Hamilton's first meeting with Andre

+ Bonus Lafayette

[abrandnewshadow]

i'd rather be cringe than pretentious

[sysig]

Physical media is forever (Patreon)

[dream-sans-mogai]

This will probably get looks from performative and ultimately harmful non-transfems despite my being transfem but-

Some y'alls only interaction with feminist history and theories, radical feminism regardless of its intersectionality and really any feminism deeper and louder and meaner than blatant choice feminism like the barbie movie and whatever TF taylor swift thinks shes got going on is through your occasional and short interactions with terfs and it shows. You call vagina art terfy and it fucking isnt. Its feminist art. Your brainrot is making you a fucking mra. The fact y'all think talking about the man vs bear situation is about/started/ran by terfs (and encouraged some really questionable other transfems shitting on it despite it clearly just being about women's safety and yes all men, not transphobia.), everything from questioning wether certain groups belong in our community to thinking a word is a slur or having a lesbian icon (I have sources don't test me) or not to not liking a certain band has been called "terf rhetoric". I'm all for us Transmascs talking about how terfs affect us cause they absolutely do and their harm to the transmasc community can not be understated but like.... Y'all are not allowed to call Jack shit terf rhetoric anymore. Like nothing. You don't know what it means, you litterally call transmedicalism and sysmedicalism terf rhetoric. Do you mean exclusionist? Say exclusionist. Terfs are not the end all be all hate group. They have a very specific complex mindset that affects so many people in specific ways. Someone hating Neopronouns is not fucking terf rhetoric. It's nbphobia. Holy fuck. Learn what words mean.

(intersectional trans radfems exist, radical feminism isn't terfs and swerfs and historical radfems would laugh in their faces for their idiocy)

[x-adoringvoid-x]

Apparently that's called the 'irresistible force paradox'

[vt-scribbles]

Something seriously lacking in my art is the ability to tell a story in a single illustration.

I've gotten so used to drawing my characters standing around doing random things that I've never practiced telling a full tale/putting implications into my pieces that require more thinking/looking.

It also comes from a lower amount of details in my works by default [since I like to get pieces done fast], but I'm tired of using that as an excuse.

[beanswithbones]

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[gaylactic-fire]

I feel like a lot of art I put genuine effort into nowadays just gets shoved away

[somelazyassartist]

[l0rd-0f-c0ws]

I frequently feel completely isolated no matter how much I talk to people. So that's fun

[sweetvalentinescandy]

im so disappointed in my art lately . im not a beginner artist, but i feel like everything i do looks like i am . i feel like it would only be acceptable for a beginner . i havent made any progress since i was 11 . today is not a good day

[zoppzoop]

GAAHAHHHHH

[sysig]

Not going the best (Patreon)

[thethingything]

ugh I have drawing ideas I want to work on but I'm also so fucking tired and probably need to just lay down but I've already had to lay down so much today and I want to actually do shit