#struggles in general

[butthatsjustmyfilthyopinion]

One time I was with a friend and a mutual acquaintance of ours started talking about how they figured out they were aromatic but it was in the format of those “you know your aroace when” and it just keeps getting increasingly specific and targeted. I knew well and good I was acespec at the time and my friend was the out aromantic acespec, and he had more regular contact so naturally I assumed that they were talking more to him than me which is chill they were an acquaintance, idgaf. So I’m sitting there laughing along because of course I’m relating to aspects of this I’m asexual, and then it starts getting into the aromatic section and I’m like “oh no. oh no” Something about it just triggered my flight instincts, like cat jumping and climbing over furniture and hissing kind of flight. I was nervously laughing like “ha ha I feel targeted stop. stop. STOP I FEEL TARGETED HeLP” and had to actually stop myself from crawling away over the seats (we were in an auditorium at the time). anyway, that’s how I started to figure out I was arospec finally, but moral of the story it’s okay knee jerk reaction is retreat. That doesn’t always mean you’re scared. it can just mean you’re not expecting something and want to approach it on your own terms.

to often I think bodily reactions are read into for emotional ones that aren’t necessarily there. My body is constantly “over preforming” what I’m feeling. My tone especially. Just yesterday I was talking with the cashier after a late shift and while I felt fine my tone was coming out so much more tired and gloomy. I asked him “how are you so cheerful on such a late night” and it came out accusatory. I wanted to apologize but it wasn’t worth it anymore. The same thing happens when I talk about something vaguely undesirable, and the opposite happens when something good happens. My body may want to sob when nothings happening, it may have pent up energy that I have no motivation to do anything with. It’s okay if your body doesn’t always match. idk where I’m going with this, but I guess if this is something you experience there’s someone around who’s living comfortably with it. Its never been a source of pain for me and I hope that it hasn’t been for you, but it can be strange to not really have the vocabulary for something and therefore not know if it’s normal or not. Which kind of circles back as to why we have labels in the first place, so we’re able to talk about these things. So yeah.

[sappholovell]

Guys

Guys I made an editing plan back in February for my novel and it was two chapters every month and my deadline was the first week of July so I was like I'll do two chapters every month but June where I'll do chapter thirteen and fourteen and fifteen because fifteen is the epilogue and it's like ten sentences.

GUYS. SIXTEEN IS THE EPILOGUE. FIFTEEN IS A WHOLE ASS CHAPTER.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A SIXTEEN. AND I WROTE THE DAMN BOOK.

[mityenka]

when you grew up as a lonely uncool girl it will never stop haunting you by the way. you will meet a cool person at a bar or the train station or at a friend's party and you can wear your most stylish outfit and striking eye makeup and you will swear that they can see through all of the facade and see the lonely terribly insecure teenage girl you used to be who desperately wanted to connect and you will swear that they know that there is like an insurmountable gap between you. this will happen forever

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x03 - “Finally Got The Name Right”

[milesofstars]

dont worry about it jason...

[chipistrate]

Imagine being Classic Sonic and Classic Tails in Generations and seeing your future selves be living proof that you two really have become best friends forever

It drives me crazy you have no idea. You have no idea. They're learning so much<3

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

babygirl your critical thinking skills

[taiyo-tenebris]

My two pieces for the 2024 Pokemon TCG Illustrator Contest! I didn't place in the top 300 but I still had fun drawing it anyway.

[cuttle-creatures]

Continued my indulgent concept work spree, this time focusing the momentum on updating some concepts from one of my projects (Wind Through the Grass).

[superbat-lmao]

Jason travels to an alternate universe where Bruce only cares about being Batman. He took in each of his kids to serve the mission, not be his children.

Now, faced with alternate versions of his family, Jason has to grapple with the fact that his Bruce does care, that he is his father. Because the man in front of him now, trying to send him home, isn’t even close.

[tanadrin]

[neopuff]

i love to come up with in-universe explanations for dumb things

[blueblurbbaskets]

honestly i think a lot of nuance to Mr. Collin's character is lost in most P&P adaptations when they cast him as a guy multiple decades older than his book age. this man is twenty-five years old and fresh out of seminary. he does things like apologize for fifteen minutes straight and start conversations in socially inappropriate ways he's not a Creepy Older Relative he's the guy who went to college and now thinks he knows shit but also somehow learned almost nothing there and is probably actually a lot more anxious than he lets on. casting him as an older guy gives a vastly different impression of what he's like

[nocek]

Damn, I'm rusty but better done than perfect >.<

It's not the one I planned for valentines but hey, new stupid idea is always more appealing than older stupid idea :D It's old after all, it's almost like done anyway.

Anyway, this comic was sponsored by my problem with Deadpool like general size? Because rn I'm violently bouncing between comic beefy Wade with tinier Spiderman and well, more twinky one, especially compared with Miguel, inspired by movie.

But hey, who cares about consistency when there is silliness to draw ;P

[elvhendis]

Illario with his hair down won't leave my brain but also what if he got a little fucked up after the Crows throw him in jail. What then

[thegenderfluidace]

this was incredibly important to my brain so take drawing of @cryptidmickle amazing amnesia au smilk and pure vanilla