#public contribution

[hinamie]

alongside someone like you

[akakumoeteru]

Hello, it's been a while! I had to take a break to get some things in my life under control and I've been hugely busy with two newly adopted kittens haha. But I wanted to update today since the first volume of this danmei is now officially on bookshelves! The above is a photo of my contributor copies, which I received from 7S a few weeks ago.

My contribution to The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish (Fish, for short) is just the single, color insert illustration (not pictured here) (please don't misunderstand: I didn't draw the cover!) but I'm still super excited about its release and ran out to my local B&N to get a photo of it on the shelves haha.

Fish danmei is a superrr cute and really fun novel. It's very different from MXTX's novels, which I figure is what most of you guys know my art from, but if I had to describe the main couple in MXTX terms it'd be very ~post-canon WX~ vibes. The plot also has the crazy isekai energy of SVSSS, though with less drama haha. It's a low stress, feel good romantic comedy and just a fun time all around. I had SUCH a good time with it and hope anyone who picks it up will enjoy it as well!

[mildew-dread-mold]

something i am obsessed with as a concept is the public somehow finding out that neil is with one of the minyards, but not knowing which one.

reporters have asked them both about the rumours, hoping for clarification of which minyard, but aaron's reaction is always just visceral rage and disgust so potent it renders him speechless, which to the media has the same effect as andrew's staring.

[lanterne]

also not to be mean to olympe de gouges but the convention making divorce legal was more of a gain for women than putting rich women in power as she wanted

[vehemourn]

went to post this on twitter but i didnt wanna get banned . crazy that u can scrape my entire lifes work and i cant even tell u to die over it <3

[wolfisland]

OP of that post about kids is into incest and other stuff

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

[roachsauce]

yes sir, mand’alor sir 🫡

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[coockie8]

i once had an anti tell me to stop sexualizing their trauma on a story i wrote that was a word for word retelling of my own actual trauma but with names changed and its been 2 years and i still cant stop thinking about that

Ah, yeah... Unfortunately a non-insignificant number of antishippers seem to genuinely believe they own the concept of trauma, so any story they read that they believe to be portrayed in a romanticized or sexualized light therefore must be romanticizing/sexualizing their trauma specifically.

I couldn't tell you the amount of times I've gotten the "stop sexualizing my trauma!!!!!!" or adjacent comments from antishippers that universally garner a response that basically boils down to

Like, bitch! I'm talking about my trauma! I literally did not even know you existed until you fucking commented!

[bacchuschucklefuck]

just realized after sophomore year's article class swap riz would 100% have assassins after him

[wonder-worker]

Angelberga was a peculiarly prominent personality in manifold aspects of European politics [in the late 9th century. Born to the Supponid family of Italy, she married Emperor Louis II and had several opportunities to establish her position as an active and controversial player in the vicissitudes of her husband's reign]. She acted as Louis's regent, accompanied him on expansionary military campaigns in the south of the peninsula and represented him at [congresses, tribunals, and diplomatic negotiations]. Strikingly, she was also the beneficiary of a spectacular collection of charters. Almost one in seven of Louis II’s extant charters were issued in her favour. Angelberga’s conspicuous exploits in the field of charter acquisition did not diminish after the emperor’s death, and this helped her to maintain a position as a key power-broker in Italian politics, control of land [particularly monastic foundations] being a fundamental building-block of power in this period. In the interregnum following 875, during which Charles the Bald of West Francia and Karlmann of Bavaria fought to claim the succession to the heirless Louis, Angelberga herself conducted the negotiations and decided the loyalty of a major sector of the Lombard political community. She maintained this high profile until her death [having supported her son-in-law Boso's quest for power, endured a temporary exile, maintained the support of Pope John VIII, and founded the monastery of San Sisto in the city of Piacenza, where she probably ended her days sometime before 891].

-Simon MacLean, "Queenship, nunneries and royal widowhood in Carolingian Europe"

[akakumoeteru]

This was my contribution to the first volume of MDZS's French publication! Thank you so much to Éditions Bookmark for having me!

I was asked to contribute an older piece for volume 1 of MDZS's French edition but I still ended up repainting about 90% of it so while it may look vaguely familiar it's actually (mostly) new!

(You can see my other guest contributions to the French edition of MDZS by browsing this tag.)

[iwowzumi]

i am a “skk didn’t know each other carnally until AFTER the mafia” truther. they made out ONCE in the pm because chuuya called dazai a slur and dazai goaded him into kissing so he could turn it back around on chuuya. dazai sees it as a torrid love affair and chuuya doesn’t count it because he thinks dazai only did it to prove a point. they are both stupid.

[tentacleplains]

more scenes that basically everyone sees but pointing out a specific detail i find interesting: "though i hope you don't cause a scene this time" does avery regularly cause scenes at parties?? lmao

[pynkhues]

The problem is that Claudia isn't a mirror, she's a child, then a woman, and when she is reflecting them, I do think Louis tends to see Lestat in her and not himself.

(Same Anon you were answering) Yes! Complete agreement on Louis looking for a mirror of himself in Claudia and not seeing many of the ways she takes after him. Personally I think he’s also resisting seeing her more Lestat-ish sides until he’s forced to face them. Part of the problem is that he’s only looking for the more savory parts of himself in her, not the ones he’s less than keen to admitting to and I think that’s tied to…the social and moral acceptability of loving Claudia. It’s not the best way of putting it but it’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while but I’m still struggling to express: how important I think it is to Louis that Claudia is someone that he can and should love unconditionally and without the shame and baggage of loving Lestat, both as his child and as an innocent -or as much an innocent as a vampire can be.

(x)

Yeah, I totally agree.

To add to your point about Louis and unconditional love, this might sound like a bit of a stretch, but bear with me, haha, but I think it kind of ties into this throughline of Louis placing an enormous amount of responsibility on himself to be the primary resource/provider/carer for those he loves, and as a part of that, being in denial of their needs when they need things he doesn't want to acknowledge, or has no skills or resources to meet?

I've been percolating on this a bit during my very-slow-rewatch of the series, but I really do think we see the foundation of that in the pilot where Louis' not only obviously taken on the entire financial burden of the de Pointe du Lac family, but is simultaneously trying to oversee (with Florence) Grace getting married, and the care of Paul. I talk about it a bit in my Grace post, but I think Louis shutting down Grace when she brings up the prospect of seeking help is a really telling character moment.

Not only is it indicative of his shifting role in her life between brother and father, and his paternalistic tendencies generally, but I think it also reflects his denial of the idea that caring for Paul is something he can't handle himself. It's coming from a genuine place of love, but the reality is also that none of them are equipped to help Paul in the way that he needs it, and Louis will downplay that because he doesn't want it to be true.

What Louis wants is to be everything to everyone all of the time, and I think there is a part of him that resents them for it. I mean, he basically literally says that to Claudia's face - he does see her as a burden, and that frustrates him, but at the same time, he wants that. He wants burdens, he wants people to need him, and when they need something he can't give them, well, he resents them for that too.

I think we see it a lot with Louis when it comes to Claudia, but I think we see it with Lestat and a bit with Armand too. He wants to be the person they need most, and what that looks like changes based on the person and relationship dynamic. Like I'd say it manifests very differently for Loius The Father vs Louis The Husband, but I do also think it's there with all of them, and when it's a need he can't meet whether that be growing up, or romantic love, or mental health, or healing a trauma, he denies it until he's forced to face it, and then he usually resents them for it.

I think his love for Claudia is in a lot of ways a really intense version of that specifically because she is his daughter, and the idea that he can't provide what she needs or be all the love that she needs or truly protect her is elevated by the nature of that specific dynamic. It's all fed by paternal guilt and parental ownership and the idea that by the simple fact of being his daughter, she's both his reflection and his responsibility no matter how old she gets, or how much she wants to change their roles.

[maudiemoods]

The urge to dedicate my life to opening my dream business is so strong

[unflying-bee]

when i woke up today, i didnt think THIS is were my day would go. but here we are. isnt life just the most marvelous wonder?

anyway i made world cup mascot yaoi and i know there is at least ONE person out there that will be like 'hell yeah'.