#sspsa

[shannonsketches]

Hey!! If you ask me to look at your page and the first thing I see is you encouraging self-harm over a fictional ship, you’re blocked, thanks, we don’t do that shit here.

[cyus-on-the-internet]

sppa m s spaaamton g sspsa asspamton

This is him

(Drawn with my right hand and No stabilizing)

[succlentwitch]

Hey guys!! I hope you are having a wonderful day!

I’m here to let you know that since I have been getting not the nicest anons that I’m going on a break! I have a queue that will last about 4 days and I may come back on later to add more to the queue but after today idk how long it will be till I come back. I will also queue this post so if you don’t want to see it again blacklist sspsa!

I love you all!

[asksewingserket]

Friendly reminder that some very 8ig, real-ife things are happening at the moment and the ask 8ox is closed for a reason.

Fan-mail cannot be closed, yet it is not an accepta8le su8situte for asking questions if the ask-8ox button is not there. I will not 8e answering any other questions directed towards me through my fanmail at this time.

[shannonsketches]

Hello friends, today I would like to hold myself accountable and address the other side of my PSA, which is to say that I complain about things All The Time, and call myself a hater of many things.

I don’t legitimately Hate the things I complain about. I work in entertainment, and I know that it all has value, and it all has cool things to love. More importantly, I know everything has an intended audience, and sometimes I scream when that audience is not me. Which is selfish. And fun. And good! Because it challenges me to write my thoughts and come up with the story I would rather have, which I then get to come and share here!

I got into this fandom when I was a kid, and I maintain that kids in fandom (especially fandom for kids media) should be allowed to play and enjoy and explore their own stories without feeling guilty for having an interest, and I don’t ever want a kid -- or anyone! -- to come here and feel like a stranger being mad about their interest on the internet means they’re a bad person. They're not! You're not! It's okay to have different ideas!

And because I talk an awful lot of shit about games, I'm gonna repost an older thing I had on another blog, because I stand by it:

My grumpy gamer takes should always be taken with a grain of salt asjkld  I’m a whole adult who has (for the most part, still making an active effort) grown out of  the ways of fandom elitism, and while my opinions might be screaming at the top of my lungs, I promise it’s just me letting myself be a kid and get mad about fiction for the catharsis of it.  Your gaming preferences and favored blorbos are never going to be used as a value judgement here. If I’m being a butt as a fan, as a person I definitely understand there’s a reason we love the things that we do, and I love that art can do that for us! Most likely if you see me yelling about something fictional, I am just having fun yelling, and you’re allowed, if not encouraged, to ignore me lol

#even stuff I don't like is an opportunity to ask myself what I would've done differently like. #it's all beneficial out here. #SS is not for me but it might be your favorite game in the whole world and that's totally fine! !#You're right! I'm right! Because art is subjective and that's the point. #anyway I just klasjd. #please know I'm just being a butt and it's not serious in any way

Anyway I am kissing you all on the forehead and reminding you to please not take fandom too seriously. Even if our little castles look different, we're all playing in the same sand ykwim? Be excellent to each other, and ignore or blacklist the stuff you don't vibe with, including my stuff! It's fandom! You're allowed to curate your experience, and you're allowed to be happy on purpose. Thanks for reading!

[shannonsketches]

PSA #2 Actually if you guys didn’t already know or haven’t followed me long, I am Over 30 Years Old.

If you’re at a point in your life in which you are spending your energy on anonhate or call out campaigns over headcanons or ships, you got too much energy for me and we’re not gonna get along.

If someone is doing Actual Harm, let people know. If you’re allowing your feelings to be hurt because you saw fanart you didn’t personally enjoy, you have the power to block and keep scrolling and it truly is that simple.

I have been playing in the Zelda fandom since I was 15. I have been a hater and an elitist and protective and all the fun horrible insecure things you can be over a dear blorbo. I sympathize with the emotional intensity, I do. But then you grow up, and you recognize other people’s work isn’t about you, and has nothing to do with you, and you leave them alone and focus on your own headcanons and writing and art. Sometimes, you even become great friends with people who have completely different thoughts and taste, and you get to talk to them and compare notes and it’s actually a LOT of fun!!

Let people challenge and inspire you instead of getting defensive, I promise it makes life (and fandom) better.

[shannonsketches]

VERY lighthearted PSA, I’m not upset at all, but I feel like maybe I should reiterate that I’m not A Hyrule Historian, I’m just a fan doing a comic about ocarina of time because I love a giant bastard man and his debut game. Most of my headcanons come from that game specifically and I cherry pick inspiration from the direct sequels.

I’m not writing the next game, you don’t need to quiz me on continuity! I promise I don’t know anything that isn’t specifically about Console-dorf. And most of the shit I know about him is shit I made up.

[asksewingserket]

Guys, I'ma close the ask8ox for a while. I'm sorry if you haven't gotten responses from me for like, two months, 8ut I need to get a hold on tons of stuff so I'ma make sure things are closed for now.

You'll find out why l8r.

KEEP 8EING AWESOME IN MY ABSENCE!!!!!!!!

[asksewingserket]

8eep 8eep WHAT DID I SAY A8OUT SAYING SORRY WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS!?

You don't 8e sorry to ask for help, you come to my in8ox you come to learn, YOU PLAY TO WIN, OK?

Next person who says sorry doesn't get their question answered, starting now.

[asksewingserket]

SSPSA: Helping out!

A little after Christmas I'm going to put up a post on things that I'd like some su8missions for that I don't feel I can answer adequ8ly. (Yes it's true!)

I'm hoping that this will move the 8log a 8it from a question-answer deal to a more open discussion on cosplay methods in addition.

Stay tuned I suppose? Thanks for sticking around this long guys!

In the mean time, what are your thoughts on this idea?

[asksewingserket]

SSPSA: Deleting old asks

Alright guys, fair warning, I am purging some of the older asks in the 8ox. They have either 8een answered 8efore, are unanswera8le, or are irrelevant.

Again: TUM8LR HAS 8EEN KNOWN TO EAT THINGS, and as much as I try to answer everything, sometimes things get lost. Has your question not 8een answered? Try asking it again to make sure I got it. If I cannot answer it (quickly enough (8oo school!) or at all), I will try to put it up for others to advise upon.

You've 8een warned! That ask 8ox is gonna 8e emptied 8y the end of the day! (Except for things that have gotten asked today, o8viously!)

There is way too much on my plate right now, and as much as I don't want to go on another hi8tus, it's looking that way. I'm trying to move this 8log to a 8it more of a discussion though, so more people can help out. Part of the reason this 8log exists is to give answers to people who need specific help and don't know who else to go to. That help doesn't have to come from me though! We'll see what happens soon. Thanks for 8eing p8tient.

[asksewingserket]

SSPSA: WIGS

HOW DO YOU STYLE THEM?

I have no freaking idea!?

Really sorry to anyone who asks a8out how to STYLE. What type to get? Does it look good? SURE!

SEWING SEWING SEWING SEWING SEWING SEWING SEWING SEWING!!!!!!!!

D;;;;> I'M SO SORRY! I'LL TRY TO LEARN!

[asksewingserket]

SSPSA: >::::(

You know, in the year-plus I've 8een running this 8log, I've never once had anyone su8mit any other cosplays to feature.

Have a gr8 cosplay WIP? Su8mit it.

Want to feature your friends, yourself, or other cosplayers you admire? Su8mit it.

Have a great prop you wanna share? Su8miiiiiiiit iiiiiiiit!

Seriously all you'd have to do was su8mit a link to a post or something. I'll look at it and see if I can put it up.

>8888(

(This is all the queue gets tonight 8ecause every other question is a couple hours of drawing and expan8tion each. I've started to send simpler questions str8 8ack to their senders as well to make sure they see them.)

[asksewingserket]

Thank you all for 8eing p8tient through the weekend mess that was DragonCon.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled ask 8log.

[asksewingserket]

GOOD MORNING TUM8LR!

It is now the 16th of August!

And much to my sadness I will now 8e officially on hi8tustill the month is out!

Meaning I won't 8e posting answers immedi8ly during the week, 8ut I will 8e writing them, slowly, and trying to put them in the queue. If you have something that needs to 8e advised on ASAP, still send it, I will still try to get to it if I can.

Gonna 8e working on some 8ig stuff for after-August. Some 8ig, in-depth things.

I may post here l8ter today a8out an etsy shop, if I can get it running, 8ut I need to step away from Tum8lr for a 8it for school rel8ed reasons.

GOOD TIMES IN 15 DAYS!!!!!!!!

[asksewingserket]

A few posts are 8ack in the queue. That may 8e all I can answer for a few days as I am moving. Again, a few posts from last month will 8e answered before the 15th, after which I'm going to 8e on hi8tus till DragonCon, so posts will 8e scarce.

::u::