#i'm amazed at how amazing these are

[pouletpourri]

giving myself pomni/gangle interactions since idk when we'll have more of that again

[gongyussy]

(✿◕‿◕) die (ꈍ ꒳ ꈍ✿)

[brasideios]

Mentioned I was non binary during a conversation earlier this week. Someone I've loved my whole life, who claims to love me, looked me in the eye, face screwed up with disgust, and said, 'You have mental problems - you know that, right?'

You can only see how little their love is worth when you refuse to be what they want you to be.

I will not be bullied into silence. I will not conform.

Why should I be uncomfortable for the sake of their comfort, when they feel free to insult and invalidate me openly, even smugly?

No. No. No. I won't.

To every single person who thinks they get to decide who the fuck I am - or who anyone else is, for that matter - Go. Fuck. Yourselves.

And to anyone else who's facing this kind of bullshit - Don't let them tell you you're the problem. You aren't. They are.

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[egophiliac]

still ruminating over Lost In the Book With Spooky Skeletons Part 1, so here's a selection of some of my favorite little bits! (...some more loosely paraphrased than others) (I just feel like Idia has no room to criticize in general, okay)

anyway, I'm sure we're just going to have a fun time celebrating Halloween and nothing bad is going to happen whatsoever! :)

[azherwind-art]

"Tell your favorite creators that you like their work, people usually enjoy things silently, but hate tends to be loud"

This is a phrase I just heard from Dnd shorts that captures perfectly why I often try to make the effort of commenting on posts and telling people that I enjoy their work and why Even to small creators, I advice everyone to make the extra effort to tell them, I can guarantee it makes all the difference in the world, it's not cringy or obnoxious, it'll just brighten someone's day

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm back in the Tigers cage again.

(You too can join in on throwing a Rat Of A Man into a Tiger cage by reading Tiger Tiger)

[tadc-harlequin-au]

Sneaky sneaker

[chez-cinnamon]

Page 3 !! Ignore what's behind Pomni, you're looking spiffy Caine <3

( Page 2 - Page 4 )

[backpackingspace]

My actual favorite part of wisdom saga is telemachus trying to lean against Athena (he thought about that for .03 seconds and then was like nah !!! :D she's my friend not the goddess of war!!! Good to see that the audacity is running strong in odysseus's family) and then just passed threw her and fell on the floor. And then Athena did not move at all!!! And just stood there looking at him.

[demaparbat-hp]

Thinking about @stygiovictoria's Roleswap AU.

[fazmid]

Tag your age if you wanna bc I was just thinking about how I have used floppy disks before (I'm 25 and used them in elementary computer lab) but my 22 y.o. brother hasn't which is so weird to me like 3 years isn't a long time at all to me

[dunmeshistash]

Realized that the reason I found so many pictures of the Ryoko Kui Exhibition is cause taking photos and sharing them was specifically allowed! Thank you Ryoko Kui exhibition, I owe you my life.

I wanted to share some more pics I came across that I don't see often, if you wanna search on twitter or bluesky to see more the hashtag are #九井諒子展 and #ダンジョン飯展 (you can copy paste that on the search bar)

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According to google translate the plaque says "Ryouko Kui | analog manuscript | Original picture | A manuscript from when I first started drawing manga"

Ryoko Kui doujinshi (self published work) from 2009 and 2010! Google translate says they're called "Precognitive Dream or Oracle" and "Roleplaying Game"

Promotional drawings for "The dragon's school is on top of the mountain"

Promotional drawings for "Terrarium in Drawer"

Some pages of extras I don't think I had seen before

Castle town where they fight the red dragon

Photo sources: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

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You can check this tag to see my other posts about the exhibition

Or these links (since the posts are super long)

English pamphlet + transcription

Interview

Covers

Works

[beepborpdoodledorp]

the king and his comedically inept jester daughter

can you tell I'm very normal about them

[petricorah]

scenes i loved from Real Enough to Get Me Through by @marriedzukka <333 [ids in alt]

[qquoe]

🦑 post-shift cleaning

my full piece for @grizzcozine!