#privilege pants

[harringroveera]

“Yeah it’s me don’t cream your pants” is what keeps Billy up at night

[dkettchen]

have more lesbian sanami brainrot

[enquire]

Gizmo Stardust!

Okay... it's Yamato's time to shine. I'm pretty happy with him! He was fun to draw and pretty easy to pick colors for... I do think maybe he could use a gear bag, or a vest, or something of that nature. I've been trying to only add accessories or clothing when it serves a purpose, so waffling a bit on that here... oh well. Maybe later.

Gizmo Stardust is a prolific inventor who lives in Canterlot with his father and sister. He's also heir to his dad's company, Stardust Industries, which recently became a lot more successful thanks to his inventions. Gizmo's hoofwork is present in many of the technological advancements in Canterlot and beyond.

One example (that brought Stardust Industries to where it is now) was Gizmo's most well-known creation; the airship. The introduction of a new form of flight to Equestria revolutionized the transportation and shipping industries. The airships Gizmo designed elegantly mesh together the mechanisms behind Equestria's balloons and trains, but require very little fuel thanks to sails which function in much the same way as pegasi wings.

Gizmo's also has a family friend, Thrift Twinkle, who he and his sister have known since they were little, thanks to their fathers being friends as well as business partners. Thrift and Gizmo are still pretty close, thanks to being friends when they were foals, and the fact that they got their cutie marks practically together.

This happened while Gizmo and Thrift were working together to save their respective family businesses. It was Thrift's business savvy and creativity which kept them from going under, and Gizmo's invention of the airship which brought both of their companies flying back into success again. Thrift helped Gizmo's inventions get off the ground, and worked to keep him funded until he finally completed his work.

Naturally then, the rebranded 'Phoenix Goods' was the first company to support and benefit from Stardust Industries' latest and greatest invention. And so, they managed not only to save their parents' crumbling businesses, but rocket them into unprecedented new highs.

It was during this process, through creating and helping each other, that both Gizmo and Thrift got their cutie marks. And more than proved their mettle to their parents at the same time. Both of them were overjoyed (and a little relieved, because they were blank flanks a little longer than most, and far longer than Gizmo's sister was)

When the two of them were younger, Gizmo had cheered on his sister when she got her cutie mark. When he got his, she responded in kind, throwing him a huge party and inviting practically everypony she knew to celebrate. It was during this bombastic party that Gizmo met Saber Frost.

He stumbled across him while taking a break from the chaos out on the balcony, where Saber had spent most of the night away from the light and revelry inside. Surprised to find somepony he didn't know awkwardly standing on the outskirts of the gathering with nothing but a glass of punch and a stony look on his face, he struck up a conversation. They hit it off, and Gizmo convinced the other not to leave the party, instead inviting him to join the two siblings for a quiet walk after the celebration concluded.

They may live far apart, but that doesn't stop them from seeing each other pretty often. For one thing, Thrift has reason to visit Canterlot on company business fairly frequently. And whenever he does, he makes sure to set aside time for the trio to hang out.

It was on one such visit that Gizmo introduced Thrift to Saber. They didn't click at first, but Gizmo and his sister, as usual, brought their friends together without too much trouble. Since then, three became four whenever Thrift was in Canterlot.

And when Saber was reassigned, Gizmo helped encourage him to request the region of Equestria where Thrift lived. Knowing his friend would be there to look out for Saber made him a lot less worried. Even though Gizmo knew it was for the best that Saber left Canterlot (and in fact had been trying to encourage and persuade Saber to accept the reassignment for a long time) he still misses their weekly chats over coffee and tea.

I love that I have enough ponies done to start weaving their stories together now. Also here's what he looks like without the hat or goggles:

[shopwitchvamp]

Part 2: take a closer look at those pants 👀

🖤witchvamp.com🖤

[starry-rapo]

finally got around to drawing jowee & mari for the future au!

[theloveinc]

Not upset at anyone bc frankly I worship work that is body inclusive but I wish there was more chubby reader content that wasn’t like, “you’re bigger than everyone you’re large you’re big and round you’re HUGE but they like it tho :)”

[princescar]

some concept designs for PYWWR Yasuke, or Yakiko.

She 100% steals her clothes from her Ultimate Drag Queen bf, she does NOT care if they are baggy. Free clothes is free clothes (Ryo is so happy that she's wearing his designs, he puts stuff he doesn't like (and doesn't fit properly) in his closet just for her <3)

[variousqueerthings]

annoys me that i started using the word "masc" to describe myself because i was into the idea of it and then people started getting real weird about the concepts of "masc" and "femme" as interchangeable with "man" and "woman" and trying to slot all trans people into a neat new binary, and im like "im just tryna say that masculinity is hot and compels me don't be a normie about it"

[spider-man-2o99]

makes you read vulture 2099 again makes you read vulture 2099 again makes you read vulture 2099 again makes  you read vulture 2099 again makes you read vulture 2099 again

[toytulini]

But Also i do think. Expecting Crisp Ironed Clothes of someone in a fucking job interview is Unhinged. I think most professional dress standards are Stupid.

[shopwitchvamp]

Perhaps I will make... one more foolish shirt

[schizononagesimus]

"there is nothing unprofessional about looking queer" fundamentally changed me

[lesbianloveisreal]

It's really easy to tell queer people who are active, involved, or otherwise in the community culture (to the best of their ability) compared to one's that use "queer" as a fun little label.

Is their label still valid? Sure. I don't care. I honestly am over having to say "you're valid you're valid you're valid" to people because they are, and that's that. I'm not spending my entire night at the only place I can hug my gf in public to explain why someone more privileged than I am is valid. We can discuss other things about it.

But just because you are valid doesn't mean you aren't harmful to the community with your behavior and lack of understanding of our community and culture.

Etc. (As a nonbinary lesbian that is "straight passing" when im alone (I hate this term but whatever) )

If I'm saying or doing something that harms people in the community that are MORE OPPRESSED THAN I AM then I am actively harming our community.

If I go in and start harassing butches or trans people I am using my privileges to hurt our community.

If I start getting mad that butch women aren't talking and flirting with me when (at least in my local community) it is more often expected for femmes to make the first move, I am actively not using our queer cultural "rules" in that moment in my local community.

So, maybe if you notice your local queer community (especially people more oppressed than you) getting upset with you being there MAYBE it's not about your identity at all.

MAYBE if they kick you out, you are doing a disservice to your local community *after all nonqueers are usually allowed in those spaces too*

And please don't give me that "straight passing isn't a privilege" yes it is.

Can it still be annoying? Yes. But I know butch women that can't get jobs, get attacked while walking down the street, have had to leave places because someone threatened them, have gotten things thrown at them, had people scream at them at work, etc.

[mothkraft]

every day i think abt how diego and hot pants come from working class upbringings compared to johnny and gyro being closer to the upper class...like gyro existed in a bubble with a silver spoon up his ass for most of his life and diego has lived in poverty most of his and man the audacity of johnny and gyro just to despise him based on pretty much nothing

I'm just full of too many thoughts and rambles and no art and grrrrrrr

[rejectshumanity]

(troublewithvampires) Salvatore doesn't know enough about canceling to answer the question. However, after being told by Billy how it works, he will very enthusiastically say to Dio: "I'd cancel you for your butt fuckin' ugly fashion sense."

tell me why my muse would get cancelled | ACCEPTING

❝ sweet, simple salvatore. i don't suppose a plebeian like yourself would possess the necessary faculties to appreciate high fashion. a tragic flaw, indeed; one among many deficiencies — but as your friend, i will warn you not to begrudge my glamour. jealousy is such an ugly look on you. ❞

[greyeyedmonster-18]

I saw the ask you answered about fashion and essentially being bullied out of it and against it and I just

This is so very true, and I don't know that I ever even realized until I read what you wrote. I always just thought I'd decided to gravitate towards what most consider 'lazy' and 'slouchy' garb because it's comfortable, that I never put in a lot of effort (sometimes even as a teenager and in my early 20s) because I convinced myself none of it mattered. And it doesn't, so long as I'm comfortable in what I wear, I get that, I do. But there are times when I see someone wearing something super cute and I'm like "I want that."

But every time that happens, there's this voice in my head telling me it's pointless. I'd never pull it off so why try? People will look at me weird, judge me for attempting to wear something so completely unlike myself, something that might not completely suit who they've come to view me as. Strangers will critique and pass their own judgement, and that's a terrifying thing. And the answer is always 'yeah, right, exactly that.' And that's so incredibly unfair, especially since I know there are so many people out there with this exact same mentality.

I think how you're raised and what you experience as the world shapes itself around you as you grow plays a huge part in this. If you're told as a child not to wear something because you don't have the body for it, no matter if they're trying to do it out of kindness, it implants something in you that is difficult to ever leave behind. If you're bullied for you clothing choices by peers, it puts a bad taste in your mouth for ever trying again. If you don't look like the models on the runways or the photoshopped celebrities in the magazines, you're failing, don't bother.

Jeans and tshirts and comfortable, less-stylish shoes are a choice, and they are a phenomenal one. But at some point, for some people, it becomes less of a choice and more of something forced into existence through a lifetime of disappointed outlooks and half-muttered rejections. No one should feel like that.

And that's all I'll say on the matter. I know you're busy. You don't have to answer this at all, I promise you don't. I also realize that doing this on anon sort of defeat the point of what you said, and maybe I shouldn't have done it like this, but that's the fear still screaming. So here I am, rambling nonsense in your inbox because it was on my mind.

All the love, Dr Grey. <3

no we are absolutely going to answer this because you're so right.

this right here: "Jeans and tshirts and comfortable, less-stylish shoes are a choice, and they are a phenomenal one. But at some point, for some people, it becomes less of a choice and more of something forced into existence through a lifetime of disappointed outlooks and half-muttered rejections."

yes. (also, do you write fic? i feel like you're a mutual of mine who was nervous and sent it to me on anon??? I PROMISE IM NOT SCARY!)

more babble below the cut

the voice in your head saying "you can't pull something off" or "that wont look good on me" is so real. and its so hard to fight against and ignore and a million other things. and that voice is so directly tied to fashion. and I think that's often why people resort to jeans and t-shirts and sneakers because they're TIMELESS and no one is going to take issue with it! no one is going to tell you X doesn't look good on you or you can't pull X off because its jeans and a t-shirt and nothing matters!

and like, i also have these thoughts. but like...and this is also one of the only pieces of advice I ever have to offer-- do it anyway.

just do it anyway. even if its not perfect. even if you're unsure if you can pull something off (going to leave the "it doesn't look good on me" out of here because fashion isn't about what looks good on a specific body or certain person, its about creativity and expression), or unsure if you'll feel good in it, do it anyway. that's the only way you know.

i recently made an executive decision to only wear suits/tailoring to weddings after years of feeling uncomfortable in jumpsuits and before than dresses. and i went to one in june--had a gorgeous emerald green suit set, black top underneath, ready to go-- and was feeling so uncertain if i was going to be able to pull it off. if the guests were going to judge me for showing up in a suit. if it wasn't going to be enough.

but i did it anyway. and it paid off. because I was comfortable the whole night. i got loads of compliments. and notably a lot of other guests said "oh I could never pull this off, but you can"

BET.

bet.

i get in trouble a lot for saying this IRL, but like...honestly, nothing matters. nothing matters. wear the cute outfit you see on someone else. buy the cute heels and wear them to the grocery store on a Wednesday morning. put on a red lip to drink coffee.

wear trousers instead of a skirt. wear a suit to a wedding. it is so hard to shake the voice in your head. i spent years hearing one that said No One is Ever Going to Take You Seriously if You Dress Like That. and spent years wearing boring ass shit (i wish i still had some of my blouses from then back in the day because my fucking god.) and shit that didn't feel like me.

and like..

idk.

its so much better to Do You.