#mid 30s

[annasellheim]

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[akriirose]

It’s so weird when people say I don’t look 35 because I absolutely do look 35. In an age where the norm is filters and angles to hide insecurities, I 100% look 35.

My younger self would probably be horrified at aging. Something my mother drilled into me. Every new a spot makes me feel closer to my Filipino ancestors. I was so happy when my first one popped up. This morning I discovered a few more silver hairs on my head.

Aging means I’m still here. Something my late husband never got to do. He passed at 37. Forever young. I have to age to live all the life he didn’t.

[shegottosayit]

Being in my mid 30s just makes life seem real

[thorodinsonii]

haven't been out in the wild without work clothes in a while.

enjoy my pop-punk, emo dad even in his mid-30's aesthetic

[blue-velvet-valentina]

When you hate people but want someone to love you, but they have to keep their distance because you hate people, but the distance makes you feel lonely...

What's worse is making friends my age is harder.

[zoneofsmites]

Im of the full (possibly delusional) belief that Durge is not the species that they physically appear to be.

You’re telling me this being crafted from nothing but bhaal’s flesh and his blood - this demigod - is actually a dragonborn/tiefling/human/elf/etc.

No. This thing is bhaal’s flesh and it just happens to look like that. They’re an imitation of a species, they’re not truly a (full)mortal being, they have no heritage aside from bhaal.

As a result I’m sure there’s some…oddities.

For example, a demigod child, not fully mortal. I doubt they adhere to the lifespan of whatever species they look like. Looking younger than they should. (less so perhaps with long lived races like elfs and half-elves where that is par for the course).

A dragonborn durge that by all accounts looks like a blue dragonborn but their breathweapon is acid. A tiefling durge that seems to be a Mephistopheles tiefling but they cannot cast mage hand, instead smiting like a zariel bloodline tiefling.

An elf or tiefling durge that doesn’t read as fey or infernal trough identification spells. Because they aren’t either of those things. Perhaps they could read as divine but not quite.

Members of a race that durge is supposed to be looking at them and sometimes when making eye contact they read as wrong. And some kind of uncanny effect triggers in their brain.

Give me more freaky durge who isn’t really what they appear to be at all. Just a little murder demigod crafted from dead god flesh to be the shape of something else.

[subtlesolitude-tailoredtaste]

I. Swear. To. God.

*taps gaudy box wireless mic*

Mooooddd.

[driftsart]

Starscream and Skyfire's young years

[pachimation]

they lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship 😔

[infizero]

my interpretation of grian is like what if there was a 20 year old rave girl stuck in the body of a 36 year old uptight loser

[essektheylyss]

The dichotomy between Essek in Aeor Arc I and Aeor Arc II is incredible. The first time he was in the throes of crushing guilt, he was often walking on eggshells, and he was largely an anxious wreck. He got to be competent and in control of his own destiny like twice total. This time around he's confident and assured even when things are going wrong, he's deeply unafraid to show it when he's pissed off, and he will not shut up about his boyfriend. Absolute glow-up. I love this for him SO much.

[annasellheim]

I have been working on a book for the last three years. It was going to be published by two separate publishers that have since gone out of business. I was told it was too "weird" for any other publisher to be picked up, but was a story worth sharing. I was told to Kickstart it, but that would take more refining, and I'm fucking sick of this book.

So I'll be posting the whole thing on here in piecemeal. YOU'RE WELCOME!!!!

Here's the pitch letter:

Brittle by Anna Sellheim 159 pages Black and white

Logline:

After a lifetime of trying to ignore physical pain and emotional trauma by avoiding human connection, Anna takes a chance on her first romantic relationship at the age of 29. Will therapy and her love of art help her make meaningful and lasting relationships?

Synopsis:

Anna is an artist who desperately craves connection and seeks validation. However, early childhood trauma and an isolating bone disease have led to a lifetime of anger, depression, an eating disorder, and an overwhelming fear of rejection. When Anna takes a chance on her first romantic relationship at the age of 29, she goes to therapy to make sure she doesn’t blow it. Will therapy and her practice as an artist help Anna make the connections she has wanted her whole life?

Audience

The audience for this book would be those interested in graphic memoir, graphic medicine, exploring childhood trauma, chronic pain, people with uncommon genetic diseases, disability narratives, and those interested in whether connecting to your inner child is actually helpful. This book would also appeal to fans of Tessa Brunton’s Notes From A Sickbed, Lynda Barry’s 100 Demons, and Keiler Roberts’ Miseryland.

Bio

Anna Sellheim is originally from Washington DC. She earned her MFA in comics from the Center For Cartoon Studies in 2016. She has been published by the Nib, Oni Press and Seven Days. She also has contributed to a number of anthologies, most notably Dirty Diamonds and Comics For Choice. She has taught adult literacy in DC and has taught art and comic classes throughout the DMV Area and New England. She now works at the Refugee Youth Program, where she teaches art and comics to refugee youths ages 5-21 throughout Baltimore. Her work primarily deals with mental health, trauma, and the healing power of art.

[akriirose]

I got acid reflux today for the first time in my life and whhhyyyyyyy

[shegottosayit]

Asking the big questions this Tuesday night

[kiivg]

.thers a blight happening or smth idk.

[razzafrazzle]

human marzi!! almost got the whole main cast designed now :o]

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