#not really ship art but I need you to know that it’s a thing that exists between my Megatron and Optimus

[tleeaves]

@aayakashii love your tags always, darling. Literally I agree so much.

Bear with me as I go on a nonsensical ramble.

Some people read and ship certain things for escapism/excitement since they don't have certain dynamics IRL. Personally, I yearn for friendship and close platonic bonds even as someone with genuinely a lot of friends. It's not always about escapism for me. Storytelling is an art and in art we make things beautiful and try to emphasise or articulate a beauty we already see in our daily lives. The buttery morning sunlight across the wooden grain your coffee mug sits on, the crinkle and affectionate gleam in someone's eye across the table as they laugh at something you said, the simple familiarity and friendliness of organising to hangout with a close friend and going back to their place after 'cause the cafe kicked you out for staying too long and you have so much to talk about. Then you sit in relative quiet for hours just soaking in each other's presence. And it's not romantic, not in the typical sense of romantic love, but it is a romanticised vision of the beautiful close relationships we can have with people that aren't overcomplicated by familial bonds or romantic love. And platonic love is not lesser for being more (in my mind for my personal experience) simple - it's just another form of love and can be just as strong and even stronger depending on what relationships you have in your life.

Obviously, my experience is not everybody's. Some people crave different things and that's okay. I do still crave other relationships, but I'm also a simple gal with a simple want for good friends at the end of the day. If I ever fall in love romantically, I want it to be with someone who will always be a friend, first and foremost. Friends are one of the greatest treasures in life. They don't need to become found family. They don't need to become the romantic love of your life. Sometimes it means more that there's someone out there who just wants you around and to help you out just 'cause they know you and like you. There's no selfishness in it, except only for company. And I find that sweet.

I'd really like to see more of that in fiction and in fandom spaces. We don't need to ship everybody with somebody. This isn't some great social season in a period drama where every eligible person has to be married off. Characters can be allowed to be friends.

forcing every character into romance or found family ruins character discussion imo

[keepsmagnetoaway]

Uncanny X-Men 145 (May 1981)

Chris Claremont/Dave Cockrum & Joe Rubinstein

I believe this will publish as I enter the second year of this project, making this my 366th post, and for the occasion we have an issue full of returning characters from across the last year (and a returning artist, in the form of Chris Claremont, briefly back on this title now that it doesn't have a regular art team). Isn't that neat?

It's Havok (weirdly spelled Havoc throughout this issue) and Polaris! And guess what, Bobby Drake, who we haven't seen for ages and who is now a cool college kid with stubble and beer and a picture of the Ayatollah for a dartboard.

Also, alas, Banshee. Sigh.

What could be the cause of this great reassembly? Who is so powerful that he needs so many X-Men to defeat him? Oh, you already know.

It's Doom! We just saw him in Dazzler and now here he is again, in his castle in upstate New York (no, really) where he is wining and dining Storm, who is there as a distraction while the others get into the castle: but of course Doom is well aware of this and is always one step ahead, and the whole thing is a trap. I truly cannot explain to you how here I am for the Doom/Storm ship tease that is happening here. Incredible pairing. No notes.

Unfortunately, great as Doom is, he's paired here with the miserable Arcade who has, on this occasion, kidnapped the friends and loved ones of various X-Men as part of a dastadly plot to blah blah who cares. I hate Arcade's whole gimmicky villain thing and it demeans Doom to be in league with him. By the end of this issue, naturally, all the X-Men are trapped and about to be re-subjected to Murderworld.

Arcade aside there's a lot of fun in this issue worth talking about, though: Doom and his chemistry with Storm, of course, but I also enjoyed the call-back to the original Arcade issue via this one also starting with Arcade's henchwoman springing her trap at the Metropolitan Opera. The X-Men really need to stop going to the Metropolitan Opera.

I'm also very into the fact that Amanda, Kurt's girlfriend (and one of the kidnap victims) keeps a little Nightcrawler doll on her bed.

Beast gets a cameo here too, consulting on Doom for the X-Men, in a panel I enjoy mostly for the excellent breakfast spread and Kurt's extremely stylish dressing gown. Storm and Angel are professionals who suit up immediately, but Kurt and Piotr like to start the day off more slowly.

I have usually looked at issues like this page by page but I think going into the new year I'm minded to do more of this kind of thing - scattered looks at panels and moments I like (or, wel, I guess I did both in this post). But I don't know, tell me what you like. Here's to another year!

[zuzusexytiems]

ReiJean barely gets any official art you don't need to ruin their parade by complaining about no JP??? Besides it's just them standing beside each other its not a big deal!

also no do not send shippy stuff to japanese studios, big no no in Japanese fandom. They will never post any romantic fanon ship stuff unless it is canon to the show which in this case only EreMika and AruAni is the confirmed couple.

lmao, I'm allowed to be sad about my ship not getting official art. did you hear me say "I wish reijean never got the crumb" or that aruani and eremika and levihan never got the crumb? no. I said I was sad that my ship never got the crumb.

you're saying "it's not a big deal", and yet here you are complaining in my inbox on anon about it. if it truly wasn't a big deal, you wouldn't have cared what I (or anyone) thought, nor would you have gone through the trouble to message me about this.

you also don't have a say in what people should and shouldn't care about! you can't tell people "you shouldn't do this, or you shouldn't think or feel this way" because the fact is, my feelings are real, and you, a stranger, don't have the right to invalidate them. I don't know you, and I doubt that we're friends, because no friend of mine would come at me like this. so really, tell me why in the world should I listen to you or do as you say, especially since 1.) you're a stranger, and 2.) you've said it to me so disrespectfully?

if you truly are so bothered by what I feel, then unfollow me, mute me, or block me. no one is forcing you to be here, and me being sad about jeanpiku not getting crumbs has no effect on your life whatsoever. reijean and every other ship that got the crumb will continue to exist and celebrate regardless if I'm sad about jeanpiku or not. again, you said "it's no big deal" and that it doesn't matter. so if it's no big deal, then why are you here?

lastly:

"do not send shippy stuff to japanese studios" anon, I'm a little concerned that you care too much about what strangers do on the internet. again, like I said, nothing I do will have an effect on you or the things you enjoy.

ask yourself: in the slim chance that I ever do end up contacting mappa, will that action have an effect on you, and how you enjoy your own interests? no, it won't. so again, why do you care?

I would suggest you do something more productive with your time than lurk on my profile if you dislike my opinions so much. please save us both the trouble and just block me. I will genuinely be thankful for it.

PS if you didn't know: while they aren't my main ship, I'm also a reijean shipper, have reijean friends, and have made posts about liking reijean on twitter. perhaps I did sound a bit bitter on my post about the lack of jeanpiku, and I apologize if anyone felt hurt by that, but in no way did I ever come after the reijean community or any other community for the matter.

PPS, you talk about "ruining reijean's parade" but notice how I never tagged their ship name nor bothered anyone about it (unlike you). I just expressed being sad about MY ship on my OWN account and my OWN space, which I'm entitled to do.

again, please spend your energy on more fruitful matters.

[kryhara]

Megop (I need to learn how to draw Megatron lol)

[tagarilaghost]

I SWEAR CELEBI'S THINGY IS COMING SOON BUT I REALLY WANTED TO POST THIS ALRIGHT

yeaah... future trio got me too...

and Darkrai is there too, because of course he is.

hey look i drew a cute Drifloon :D

...ignore the rest

whatever started at Darkrai doodles ended in brainrot of future trio + darkrai and I'm blaming @scribz-ag24 for this

[peacockrulz]

I'm sorry to anybody who expected me to post smth normal but. /j

these doodles are entirely based off the text of the fic Cyn's Night Out. which is a part from a series of fics that I haven't actually read but!! this particular part of it I have so jdskfjsdkf

I dub these two,,, StillKicking (get it? because,,football?? and Cyn never fucking dies????) anway here slightly more sketchy doodles under the cut:

Your Honor. I need More Of This.

[bogkeep]

btw etsy is doing this incredibly annoying thing that, unless i add tracking to my orders - Which I Do Not Have The Resources To Offer And It Would Increase Shipping Prices Considerably - they're gonna hold on to a third of the money i make from sales for an additional 45 days after :') just because i haven't been using my etsy shop for a while, so it's "suspicious" - even though i HAVE used it in the past and never received complaints about my orders. haha!! what a user friendly platform!!!!!

not to mention all the recommendations like "you know, if you offer free shipping you'll sell better :)" "1-3 days processing time is worse for sales than 1-2 days processing time, you should REALLY CONSIDER going for that one instead :)" "you should add videos of your wares, it'll sell better :)" when i just. i just wanna sell my little pieces of paper i have been drawing on. i just want a convenient and accessible storefront and sell things in a way that is convenient and accesible to me. is it really So Much to ask for

anyway does anyone know if ko-fi store is any better to use? switching to a different storefront may be a hassle but i'm not sure how long my tolerance for etsy's bullshit will last

[constantfragmentation]

I've had that a few times from readers.

"Your Silco is OOC....why don't you add Vanco? Don't you know he's gay/ace/trans....

Sigh. I write the way I want to write him. Is my Silco an asshole? Yup. Can he be romantic and loving? Yup. Is he a manipulative rat bastard? OH YEA.

I write my Silco as straight and bi. I'm bi, so I love the idea of playing with him as a bi-man.

Do I want to write Vanco or Zaundads?

No. I'm not a Vander fan and so I don't really like shipping them because I think they're toxic as fuck. But for those shipping them, it's all cool. No hate. Just not my vibe. And yeah, I kind of write younger Vander as a bit of a dick.

Saying that... I actually LOVE the Zaundad/Vanco art out there. I like the idea of them but it's not my jam.

The thing is... we creators are not charging for what we do. If we share it. You can like or not. If not, constructive criticism is good and healthy BUT if you're just going to hate because you don't like my portrayal, and it's not how YOU would do it, etc. Just move on. There are plenty of stories out there with the content you want. Or better yet, write it yourself if it's so easy to do.

I'm open to fic requests (if I have the time to do it...I'm writing multiple fics right now) but it generally needs to be something I'm inspired to write.

Please don't get mad if I choose not to. It's my free time to put stories together. I've never asked a dime, nor will I.

Now artists I think are in a similar facet. They are also creating art that inspires them, what they like and hope others might like it too. If you don't? Scroll on, my brother.

If it's something you want them to specifically draw? Open your wallet. Pay them for their hard work. BUT they are still not obligated to do your bidding. If it's something they don't want to draw, move on. Creators can say no.

I support all our awesome creators.

DON'T use AI. Because I'll be that bitch and say you're nothing but a cheat. You're not creating anything, you're STEALING from others hard work to 'create' your stolen shit you had no part in making but a prompt.

I’m not posting, just venting, because I’m honestly tired of pretending that drawings and fanfictions aren’t created by people but are somehow generated by God.

Every single time, in every fandom, I come across the same complaints for at least three male characters: “There’s too much content with girls, where’s the content with men??” Go make it yourself.

No, seriously, I’m done staying silent and ignoring you. Just make it yourselves.

I’m a hyper-feminine lesbian, and I write everything neutral because I’m happy when as many people as possible can relate. This means that every morning, I wake up, turn on my damn computer, and spend at least four hours hunched over writing, and another four hunched over drawing. If you want more content with fewer female readers, self-inserts, or OCs, then instead of whining and bothering us, make it yourself.

I learned to draw because the content I wanted didn’t exist, and I learned to write—in a language that isn’t even my own—so I could create content that satisfied me.

“But I don’t know how to do it.” Then learn. I didn’t know how either.

Every time I see “There’s too much content with girls” about fan-made, free content, I get this insane urge to say, “You know what? Fine. From now on, I’ll write everything for hyper-fem AFAB girlypop readers, since instead of having a constructive hobby, your hobby is shitting on people who make content for themselves and, out of divine charity, decide to share it with the world.”

You want me to write Silco x male reader stuff (not you, sweetheart, who asked nicely—I love you, I swear I’m not talking about you)? Then pay me. You want me to draw Silco with a man? Starting price: €90, payment via PayPal.

If you want to make demands about what artists should create, you’d better have your wallet ready and commission them instead of breaking our backs because apparently, women care more than you do about creating content.

Either commission or spend less time writing borderline misogynistic rants on social media and start producing content yourselves.

Love,

-A "girl" who makes free content for herself and writes and draws more than everyone who’s complaining.

[skunkes]

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[last-flight-of-fancy]

hey, hey, quick internet fandom ettiquete lesson; X has two hands jokes only vibe if you are talking to someone who is ALSO already talking about how X has two hands. Okay? Okay. It is in fact very rude to go onto other people’s posts where only one set of hands is involved to evangalise about two hands. When seeing ship art/fic of only half your ot3, it is proper ettiquete to simply enjoy the art/fic as it is, and if so inspired create/commission/seek out the ot3 content of your choice. This has been your quick internet fandom lesson, thank you for your time.

[anonyanonymouse]

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[st4rstudent]

I think every social media website should have an effective tagging system, just my thoughts

[kakusu-shipping]

I’m making a Mario Series Shipping Chart and Bowser is making it incredibly difficult to format

[doodlingwren]

I didn't log in on Tumblr for a week bc was busy in UNI hell and the second I came back, I heard about the data sold to AI mess and what the fuck am I supposed to do or to say lol...

Anyway, I must add that I'm not going, like, anywhere else. Am I tired of this situation? YES, trust me. I've already experienced art being stolen to be handed over to AI programs (I'm talking about you, DeviantArt) but I'm exhausted from moving from one social to another. The most fucked up thing is that even with a deactivated account, your stuff can be used to training Midjourney and shit, so… like, there's not a lot to do.

The thing that makes me mad is the way Tumblr handled this. By the way they wrote the announcement, it does feel like it has already happened, and the update was just a notice.

[habits-white-rabbit]

Every time I see someone use Purple Haze Feedback for 'UwU FuGio real!!' or paint Giorno as a coldhearted sadistic master manipulator I feel myself coming closer and closer to snapping

[kellystar321]

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