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Current favorite cherik fics - pt4
part 1 | part 2 | part 3
Some more recs! Happy reading and let me know if you guys have any recs for me as well ❤️
Nerves by tokidokifish (another series rec)
Based on a prompt from the kink meme: Charles had an abusive childhood (like in the comics, but worse) and when he finally got away, he repressed everything behind mental walls, to the point he doesn't really remember anything about it. After the events of the movie, his mental state deteriorates, and those walls come down.
Mutant revolutionaries executed by state by LarmeDeSang (short and devastating!! loved it - mind the warning)
The news was finally revealed to the public. Two of the most powerful mutants in the world, Professor X, director of the Xavier’s institute for gifted youngsters, and Magneto, the chief of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants had been captured the day before and were now sentenced to the death penalty.
Nation Building and other Diplomatic Negotiations by Pookaseraph
With the recent passage of a submissive registration law in the United Kingdom, there are now only two industrialized nation with a relatively stable government to have neither a mutant nor a submissive registration law. Erik Lehnsherr, the newly minted King of Genosha, and his Prime Minister Emma Frost intend to take advantage of this turn of events to bring the Xavier Institute to the island nation of Genosha. They both know bringing Charles Xavier, the noted activist of mutant and submissive rights, to the island will necessarily politicize the man, and create all manner of complications. With a constitution not yet finalized and external threats to Genoshan security all around them, Erik, Emma, and Charles will fight for what they believe in to shape Genosha into what it should be.
Hide Your Fires by swoopswoop
As the sole heir, Prince Charles, had no problem with the roles and responsibility that would come with ruling a kingdom. Though he was the only one who did not see a problem. After years of being shuttled back and forth between kingdoms, his Regent hoping he would find a match more suitable to being King, he is finally sent to Genosha. Though the path has never been less clear than the one to a foreign kingdom with no ties to his native land.
Look Up, You’re Standing Next To Me, What A Feeling by luninosity (amazing amazing amazinggg)
Charles, when uncertain, buries the uncertainty beneath extra certainty about everything else, which reads an awful lot like arrogance to anyone who doesn’t know better. Erik does know better. His mother doesn’t.
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i just reread the comic and let me tell you i forgot how hilarious and genius this story is. leenfiend thank you for all of this! in love with the comic and all the merch it came with <3
you can check out the whole comic posted on @leenfiend ‘s pageeee! go read if you haven’t, it’ll make you laugh sm
#THE PINNNN#i am such a sucker for enamel pins#loved the extras in the back of the comic#truly an experience#the goobiest goobers!#klance!!
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finally completed my comic based on the song ivy by taylor swift!✿ please zoom in to read the text and see the details~
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you can get the digital zine pdf here! it includes extras like character profiles, costume design, more art of willow and ivy, zine-exclusive sketches and an illustrated guide to the symbolism of all the flowers in this comic.
you can also get prints of individual pages here!
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#ivy comic#it's finally complete!!!♡ this was the longest project ever but i really wanted to do my best on every spread#i also worked really hard on the extra pages for the zine. i hope you like those as well if you decide to get it!#i've been wanting to make this comic since evermore came out in 2020 and i listened to ivy for the first time#i posted the first sketches from this comic on my patreon in 2022 and released the first page last year in 2023#so it's been a loooong time coming working on this in between other art#i was always disappointed that i got a hand injury back when i was making my dorothea/'tis the damn season comic#so i couldn't give my 100% on every page of that one. that's part of why i wanted to go all out for my ivy comic#and it has a happy ending this time!♡#thank you for sticking around if you've been reading since page 1#and thank you also if you just read it for the first time today!#also i didn't plan it but i coincidentally finished this comic exactly on lesbian visibility week. love that#ivy comic mimimar#oc#ivy#willow#taylor swift#taylor swift ivy#ivy taylor swift#evermore#illustration#illo#comic#lesbian#wlw#sapphic#lesbian visibility week#lesbian art#wlw art#sapphic art
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hope you feel better soon!
I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!
#ask#non mdzs#My health journey has been: Hernia -> acid reflux -> Vocal pain due to aforementioned reflux -> chest infection.#I'm terrified to know what's about to hit me next. Please let it be something kind. PLEASE.#The consequence of living with linguists is that you'll wake up with a wacked up voice -#suddenly you're sitting you down in front of a program called something like Praat having your shimmer and jitter levels calibrated.#They gave me a GRBAS of 33012. I have a fun thing called a pitch break where a whole octave just does not exist.#My vocal pain was bad enough I ended up seeing a speech pathologist and that whole experience was super neat!#I learnt a lot about voice - to be honest I might make a little comic on it after some more research. Fascinating stuff.#For example; your mental perception of our voice modulates the muscles of the vocal folds and larynx.#meaning that when you do have changes (inflammation = more mass = lower frequency)#your brain automatically attempts to correct it to what it 'should sound like'. Leading to a lot more vocal strain and damage!#And it gets really interesting for trans voice care as well - because the mental perception of one's voice isn't based on an existing sampl#So a good chunk of trans voice training is also done with the idea of finding one's voice and retraining the brain to accept it. Neat!#Parkinsonial Voice also has this perception to musculature link! The perception is that they are talking at a loud/normal volume#but the actual voice is quite breathy and weak. So vocal training works on practicing putting more effort into the voice#and retraining the brain to accept the 'loud' voice as 'normal'.#Isn't the human body fascinating?#Anyhow; Now I have vocal exercises and strategies to reduce strain and promote healing.#Which is a lot better than my previous strategy of yelling AAAH in my car until my 'voice smoothed out'.#You can imagine the horror on the speech path's face. I am an informed creature now.#I'm my own little lab rat now. I love learning and researching. Welcome to my tag lab. Class is dismissed.#I'll be back later with a few more answered asks </3 despite everything I'm still going to work and I need the extra sleep.#Thank you for the well wishes! And if you read all of that info dump; thank you for that as well!
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and its getting worse.
[please click for better quality !! it looks like shit from afar but i swear it aint]
hi hi! finally got around making this comic :D had so much fun making this (LIE. five suicide attempts were made.) this took 14 hours so im not making a comic anytime soon 😁😁
tho i have soo many ideas :) so stick around my dudes
reblogs are very VERY appreciated! thankms!
vvv oo u wanna see the original sketches so badd vvv
#just an extra extra stuff i wanna say if u wanna read:#on the last panel q was looking upwards at wil#wil isnt hes just focusing on lighting the cigarette#his addiction#while for q wil is his addiction#or whatever im not a poet#im just saying no matter what q will fall in love with wil and has been#hes a weak weak man can u blame him#wil understand him more than anyone back in pogtopia and in las nevadas#wil is his weakness and addiction at the same time#i rly am not a poet i like t yap eheh#ok tag time thanks for reading muahs#tntduo#tntduo fanart#c!tntduo#c!quackity#c!wilbur soot#c!quackity fanart#c!wilbur soot fanart#tntduo comic#dsmp fanart#arties
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yes i support jason being taller than bruce for angst purposes and yes i also support jason being shorter than bruce for fluff purposes it’s called bisexuality
#dc#dc comics#batfamily#batfam#batdad#batman#red hood#jason todd#bruce wayne#i just love adding to bruce’s grief#have an extra reminder that everything is different and theres no getting those years back and it’s one more thing you lost#but i also love love and think it’s nice that despite everything jason could still fit into bruce’s arms and feel like a son again
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The Boy Who Leapt Through Time AU
(read from right to left)
Well, it's been a minute, hasn't it ? And by a minute I mean uhhhh A Long Time I've said many times I'm going to see this project to the end, and I meant it, even if life sometimes gets in the way. It will just take the time it will need As for today's part, we're finally seeing some Shi-woo again ! Hurray ! Finally a real adult in this house ! The logistics of existing legally in a world where another version of you is currently 6 years old... 's not easy, even when you have a pro helping you out Especially when your name is uh. Pretty unique ? Yeah, we'll go with unique. Anyway yeah Yuuta needed a new spelling for his first name, stat, and I decided to make up some lore surrounding that too (Seriously, I know the reason he's named depressed guy is because mangakas love their meaningful names, but like. In-universe ? His parents better have a Good Fucking Reasoning) The new last name I chose for him, 山本 (Yamamoto) literally translates to "the base of the mountain" and is a pretty common last name in Japan. I picked it as a double reference to Yuuta being from Aomori in my personal canon, and Rika's last name of Orimoto (祈本) - obviously calling himself Orimoto would be too on the nose, and I think the least ties he has to his old identity, the easier it will be to fake documents in the future Oh yeah, also my boy canonically looks like shit in photos lmao
(This image came from promotional movie material iirc, but even the glimpse we see of his student ID in the vol. 0 manga is just. Pitiful. Pathetic boy. I love him so much)
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#yumi's art#toki wo kakeru shounen AU#okkotsu yuuta#yuuta okkotsu#yuta okkotsu#toji fushiguro#fushiguro toji#gong shi woo#kong shiu#kon shiu#megumi fushiguro#fushiguro megumi#fushiguro tsumiki#tsumiki fushiguro#jujutsu kaisen#hello it is me i am back with. Comic#yuuta's hair is getting longer haha#but yeah man this took Ages to ink#lots happened. none i will talk about here#but i got a case of Brain Bad basically#and also College. which didnt help#it was fun coming back to this tho#also fun working on the future sketches#looking at this part after all this time#made me notice all the little off things#so now i want to make the next ones#just. extra good ? i guess ?#haha these tags are getting p long#love making comics <3#hope yall will like this one :)
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Headcanons on Kon in the Captain Marvel adopts Superboy AU
Kon is his universes Captain Marvel Junior, Freddy is called Lieutenant Marvel instead
Billy’s age isn’t known, only the Shazamily and Kon know. Plus Tim, Kon told him and Tim makes sure Batman doesn’t figure it out through sneaky sabotage
His jacket has embroidery saying “You’ve been” with Caps symbol on the back with a “Struck!” At the bottom (You’ve been thunderstruck) instead of “Don’t mess with the S”
Does have access to Captain Marvels powers if needed, he’s part of the family so he can call down the lightning, but doesn’t like to because it ages him up and he ends up looking just like Clark
If he is Shazam-ed up his leather jacket becomes double breasted with the thunder emblem taking up most the front and thunder bolts in a belt formation on his hips, other than that his suit stays entirely the same
Civilian name is Conner Elliot Ordway; Conner is obvious, the Elliot is a nod to the House of El, and Ordway is the maiden name of Billy’s mom. The initials spell out CEO which is a humorous nod to Lex. Billy wanted to make sure Kon had a name that honored his family history, as messed up as it is, while still giving his one that’s makes him part of his family and able to be his own person separate from them. Which is why he gave him the last name Ordway instead of Batson, so his identity is completely his own if he wants it to be.
(More under the cut)
Knows Billy is Captain Marvel but still sees him as a great father figure, one who cares about and loves him unconditionally and respects him while also actively trying to be present in his life
Billy models his treatment to Kon as a mix of how he remembers his own dad and doing the opposite of what Superman was doing, which leads to a very loving parent-child dynamic built on respected boundaries and lots of open affection to remind eachother they’re loved
Billy mainly sees Kon as a older brother, Kon sees Captain Marvel as a dad figure and Billy as a little brother when they spend more time together as civilians. It changes based on how long they spend together in one of Billy’s forms for the most part, but mainly Kon sees him as his dad (even if the differences in age are supposed to be odd)
Billy uses the “Pretending to be my own dad” trick with Captain Marvel to get Kon in a high school in Fawcett plus Tim’s stellar “I faked a whole uncle to avoid being adopted” abilities to fake the paperwork
Billy works at Whiz radio and uses Cap in civilian clothes working odd jobs to afford an apartment for the both of them, which is made a lot less expensive when Billy uses that “Powers of Shazam, summon before me (insert desired thing here)” spell he summoned a ping pong table with that one time to cover large furniture
Superman started giving Cap the silent treatment after he learned Conner has been all but legally adopted Kon
Mary is a cool aunt to Kon, both get along well and scrapbook together as a bonding activity
Freddy, understandably, freaks out and is all over Kon the first few months he’s part of the family. Asking about TTK, doing dumb stuff with their powers and arm wrestling to see whose power set is better, asking any and every question that comes to mind. Those two get in a lot of power based shenanigans and hang out a lot in and out of costume
The love language of the entire family is shared time and involves a ton of physical affection just because it’s good to remind people you love them with a hug, Kon is living his best life with all the love and validation he gets 24/7/365
Billy inadvertently catches up with and excels past his age groups study’s after learning what he can as Billy and trying to stay up to date with Kon’s school work to be the parent that can help their kid with homework and does
They go as eachother for Halloween one year, Kon takes a selfie and shows it to the rest of young justice forgetting they don’t know about Billy and when they ask he panics and says that’s his kid brother.
Which tumbles into Batman thinking Cap is CC Batson reincarnated with powers and trying to be a good dad and hero despite the whole death thing and Tim in the background trying not to laugh when he knows Bruce is wrong
(Stuff tied to comic canons)
Captain Marvel disappears for a solid 3 weeks after Kon dies, spending the whole time bouncing from afterlife to afterlife trying to look for him and asking the various death gods he comes across where Kon might have ended up. He doesn’t find him and has to grieve losing his family all over again
Covered every base he could think of looking for Kon’s soul, checked his family’s old faith, Hades because of the Greek ties, Kryptonian gods, a fist fight with Lady Blaze for information but couldn’t find anything. All he knows after that is that either Kon didn’t have a soul (which isn’t true and he refused to believe that), his ghost is roaming around and didn’t move on properly so he’s in a state of limbo, or he’s in some other afterlife and he has no idea what other ones to check for him in. Either way, Billy can’t find him and gets torn up that he lost some of his family all over again
The new 52 has Superboy Prime a prisoner held in the Monsterlands, a realm under the Council of Eternity’s (and Captain Marvel’s) control. Billy makes every day there a living hell for him for the next year until Kon is brought back, and after that all of Young Justice gets a free lifetime pass to pop by and beat him senseless for some Therapy™️. Tim and Cassie got a lot of hits in
When Kon does come back and gets back into the swing of his civilian life Billy worries a lot more and gets a little hover-y as a parent to Kon, Mary makes him earrings and small pieces of jewelry that has protection charms on them, and Freddy checks up on him between classes.
All in all, it’s a family of orphans all in various situations of oprhanhood being there for eachother no matter how weird life gets for them. Sometimes a family is your middle school aged dad, his best friend, his twin sister, a shape shifting talking tiger, and yourself
#he may not have krypto or the Kent’s but he’s got a talking tiger who spends half his time as a plush and a dad who loves him for him#auntie Mary just talking all sorts of girl and witch gossip with Kon while doing eachothers hair and accessories is an image I will treasure#freddy and Kon go to cover band concerts together and rock out with their shared music tastes#billy is the world’s mightiest mortal and worlds youngest dad#Tim just casually knows Cap’s identity and keeps it from Bruce as he’s seething in the batcave trying to figure it out#how does Tim know you may ask? easy! (runs away)#they have a lot of fun#billy getting extra baseball tickets from work and taking Kon where they catch a stray ball#Kon and all of young justice gets baby sat by his dad sometimes for den duty#and Cap is cool since he agrees with them a lot and Kon gets the Kid with a cool dad reputation#Kon has three dad and loves all 1 of them#Kon has two (2) whole batsons go a little emotionally unstable after his death#if Kon ever died again you can bet Billy is finding some way to snatch his souls and throw it back in his body#if he can resurrect his best friends brother after some fate shenanigans he can resurrect Kon#///////#shazam#billy batson#dc captain marvel#captain marvel dc#kon el superboy#kon el#captain marvel adopts superboy#Captain marvel adopts superboy au#freddy freeman#captain marvel#dc comics#dc
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#comics#original#storytime#salt speaks#yeah.....yeah#like i said i just needed to process this in extra messy comic form and let you know where i disappeared lol#to the people still on the waiting list and who have been there for months and months i'm really sorry and i'll send you all messages#if you've changed contacts or i somehow miss you do send me a message!! you're still on top of the queue if ever you're still interested#and i'll be applying the pricings i had back when you contacted me#love you all
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“The Past is Present,” Phases of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2024), #3.
Writer: Justina Ireland; Penciler and Inker: Daniel Bayliss; Colorist: Dee Cunniffe; Letterer: Cory Petit
#Marvel#Marvel comics#Phases of the Moon Knight#Moon Knight comics#latest release#Moon Knight#Marc Spector#Hunter’s Moon#Ellie Johnson#Khonshu#tw blood#cw blood#Spector’s a specter (for real this time and not just in the I feel undead sense)#it’s reminding me a bit of when Iron Heart had that Tony Stark AI#although can I just say I love the weaponry#and how the gash on her head translates to the crescent moon marking on her face in costume#she also reminds me a bit of Niecy from that one extra with Blade back in vol. 9 (that would be a powerful team-up)#and then there’s poor Marc continuing to roam the mortal plane and witness Khonshu continue to manipulate hurting people#but the least Marc can do is try to help/pass on his knowledge (even if it’s cautionary words about how this is a choice#that may haunt Ellie even after she becomes something that haunts)#fascinating the parallels between Marc at the foot of Khonshu’s statue and Ellie outside the MK costume’s case#gives a bit of a hope that where Marc mainly had Khonshu trying to influence him#at least Ellie will have a slightly better influence/guide in Marc
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You ever finish a drawing that you really like and then you spend the next three days randomly looking at it for minutes at a time like that could make it possible for you to absorb its alluring and magnetic essence with your eyes
#this is me with my icon rn. also this is silly but yeah it really feels like that#i experienced the same thing but even more intensely back in february with the short comic i made then#and then also with some of the paintings i made during my painting course days#admiring the colors and lighting on this mundane green bottle. why not#honestly this might be the first time in my life when i'm making things and i sometimes end up actually liking them fully#no little extra gripes with it that could ruin it. i just like the thing as it is. love it even. it's exactly as it should be#this feeling is one of the top things that make drawing and overall at least attempting to make art worth it#i also wonder if anyone else experiences this thing where the image of a certain character stays in your sort of visual imagination sphere#like the thing becomes associated with everything that happens at that time. the music i listen to etc#it almost feels like i sort of AM this thing. like. spiritually#ok this is hard to explain without sounding kind of odd LMAO#it's just that i've never seen anyone express this exact sentiment. with seeing the character in your minds eye sorta#i mean hmmmm. ofc fursonas and all different types of sonas and such exist. re: the identification thing#i actually find the concept of an 'avatar' as something that represents you (in a digital setting mostly) really intriguing#it was actually one of the things i seriously considered as the subject of my bachelor's thesis#but yeah ok i'm just saying this so that you all know that i AM that little purple kitty holding a heart. btw#ok i'm going to go eat dinner now. don't mind me and my strange long-winded monologues#goosepost
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MDZS x Hollow Knight Part 3: The Rebugging
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 4
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#hollow knight#mdzs au#mdzs hollow knight au#Thecornermushroom's fanart re-awoke the art of my brain where the bugs live. I drew this in a mad frenzy in the middle of the night.#I'll never be the same again. In the most positive way ever I think I have been permanently changed by that art.#I will eventually do the reverse crossover but for now - take some extra bugs!#It is so wild looking back at the past parts - I really do love drawing in this style but I'm far more comfortable with it now!#I am just vibrating with so much art energy. I am loose and in your vicinity. You can't catch me. I have bugs to show people.#This is a bit of a time capsule considering that these are references to where pd-mdzs the comic is at in the story.#More notes: Wen Zhuliu is an ant and Wang Lingjiao is a firefly.#Yes I have yet to explain the juicebox. We are a handful of comics away from that pay off.
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Tales of Suspense (1959) #79
#yess of course I love Steve being made to feel that he’s going crazy#important to note here the Steve has hallucinated before- he hallucinated Zemo before he got vengeance against him for Bucky’s death#anyway not the reveal in this story that the Red Skull was also in suspended animation#it reminds me of all the characters that got revealed to be in suspended animation in addition to the Marvel and Sivana Families#after DC brought them back#after the fact it was like um actually the suspended animation thing happened at a big event that all of the important characters attended#plus Ebenezer Batson sold his soul to a demon for extra life so he’s still alive and here too#marvel#steve rogers#my posts#comic panels
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another one from, becoming my favourite guest artists
[Raphael: Snapper, Pub'd in Turtle Soup Vol2 #2. Writer: Rick McCollum, Inks: Tom Anderson, Colours: Laird]
[Coloured with vibrant brights and true black inks]
[ID: Raph peering into a small glass bowl that holds a snapping turtle. He' smiling and says "OH HO! And who are you?" END]
ID: Multiple panels. The snapper hissing and snapping. Wider, Raph holding it by the tail regarding it as it hisses. "Hey, your sure are a fiesty little guy!" Close of the turtle biting his finger, drawing blood. A "SNAP!" sound effect rendered in red and green. Raph clutching his hand with a "YOW!", the snapper falls to the ground. END
ID: A low angle showing the snapper hissing from the floor, Raph has his bleeding finger in his mouth and says "You're mean, too!" END
ID: Large panel, Raph scared of a large more humanoid apparition of the snapper. It's face pitch black with bright red eyes and mouth. Smoke like substance in pink and green swarms around its figure. Raph is scrambling over the plush seat, sai drawn, as it says "I am a creep all the time. My attitude is in my soul. And I'm nasty for the same reason you can be." END
Two panels, the snapper has grabbed Raph by the face, with a large clawed hand. Red smoke pouring from its mouth. "But you're less than what you could be! Should be!" It pushing Raph farther down as he struggles "You eat this weak fast food! You've forsaken your heritage!" END
One guess for what the snapper thinks turtles ought to eat instead? (blood. its blood)
ID: Cropped panel, Raph the floor, with the regular snapper sitting on his head. The appartment is trashed, April enters, saying "What Happened to my living room." Raph, disoriented says "Huh? Wha-? I'm not dead?" END
April, holding the snapper in her palm, looking fond "I found him in the street and was going to give him to you to set free." The snapper has a thought bubble filled with hearts. Raph rubs his head, confused "It must have been the pepperoni- huh? That little monster?" END
The snapper in its bowl, shadowed face, a devious red smile, it says "Heh" END
#some shit#turbles...#wifi blogs mirage#oh ho!!! hehe... im obsuring the joke/framing device a bit but yea its alllll a dream. but its that good shit#extra reasons to love it... plays well with the raph demutating arc (his blood was taken by a leech and had to eat it BACK...)#and thus ofc with sons of the silent age (raph introspetion com)#AND. 12 raph keep a snapper turtle too (maybe in ref to this or other comic stuff that comes from/after this???)#also artist first time in their style? don: the ring was more. house mirage/87 look#idk I just LIKE IT. yay! do that shit! make the boys fucking haunted#ohhhhh and the wiki page for this does have the full. Always Meant for Adults rating. due to.#that is raph dreaming he got. Ate... non graphically id say but it must count.#anyway also cute april too. a real. do any of them no abt turtle care. No. no they do not. but understandable. given...
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Oh man, I am....not feeling so good.
Something definitely feels WrongTM for the past week. Most likely due to the long exposure in wildfire smoke. I legitimately feel depressed.
I think..I should take a break from doing art until I feel better (which knowing me, probably won't take long until I get impatient).
#the moon speaks#vent#i can mask and switch still but something feels wrong. i dont feel good#im not an expert on the affect of smoke on a person mentally so idk how smoke affects people with adhd or psychosis#but i tried panelling more 2 faced soul au comics and and going back to projects and i just. couldnt#it's probably not a good idea to dive into passion projects while im feeling like this. i should probably focus on surviving first#idk the feeling that this smoke will stay all summer is also kinda..making me depressed#yes i know the world is on fire but the idea that canada already has a late spring/summer and not being to go outside all year is.....#maybe i should nab some extra n95 masks from work for my loved ones. after all regular masks do nothing#oof.
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My paternal grandmother was a librarian. I only got to see that set of grandparents once a year as they lived out of state. I fondly remember summers spent at their house watching That Darn Cat and The King and I on loop, hunting for water skippers in the back creek, and reading the entirety of the Peanuts comics.
Because my grandma was a librarian she was delighted to foster my love of reading. We made trips to the library every week. One summer when I was seven or so I got really into this kids series about princesses all named after gemstones, each had a unique magic power.
At the end of each book was a puzzle or some extra bit of lore to decode. All of them were easily copied down in some way. Until I got to Sapphire’s book. At the end of the story Princess Sapphire was in peril! She needed a hero to come save her from a terrible fate. And there, on the last page, was a decoder device. It needed to be cut out and assembled.
I had to help save the Princess!!! In the iron grip of a fever of imagination I immediately found scissors and started carefully cutting the page. The page warned only to use scissors with an adult present and I scoffed to think I needed supervision just for scissors! I was a hero!Her plight called to me from the pages, imaginings of how I would daringly rescue the beautiful sweet Princess Sapphire ran through my little brain-
And about halfway up the page toward my goal I froze. This was a library book. I couldn’t cut a library book! What was I doing?! Even now in my memory it stands as a glaring example of the first time I mastered impulse control. Tragically, too late.
I was distraught. My grandma had a sacred duty to books and I, villain that I was, had defiled a precious tome! I wallowed for some time in abject misery, experiencing the greatest amount of guilt my tiny body had ever previously held. I’d probably go to jail. For a crime as monumental as wielding scissors against a book I wouldn’t even get dessert in jail.
Gradually, I processed my way through the grief of my vile deeds. I couldn’t have the decoder, I slowly accepted. That might be punishment enough. And I had only cut the page halfway. So it was only half a crime... It wasn’t illegal to lie when you’d aborted an evil act, right?
I didn’t know but I didn’t want to face my grandma’s potential wrath. I have no memory of my grandma ever yelling at me. I waited until the next day to approach her.
“Grandma? I finished my book and when I got to the end I saw someone had cut the page! They probably wanted the decoder because I also want that but it was very bad to cut a book, wasn’t it?”
My grandma regarded me benignly. She carefully took the book to observe it and nodded. “It’s good to see that they stopped before they cut it all the way out. Let’s go tape this together, and then I can photocopy the page and we can make you a decoder.”
I was ecstatic. Rewarded for my honesty! I created and cracked codes for the rest of summer with the flimsy paper creation we’d made. I genuinely doubt my grandma believed that I wasn’t the perpetrator, but I loved that she acknowledged that the person responsible stopped.
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