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The plot was hideously lost with the replies to your Darkling post. I agreed with the point you made in the initial. Not sure how it turned into that…
Hi anon!
It was jarring, but It proved the point I made about fictional racism and fictional revolutionaries. The entire problem with Aleksander and the whole Grisha problem is that people have linked real-world morality to the Darkling as a character. And while real-world morality absolutely applies in some ways (this is a story that deals with race-adjacent themes) it is used to set the precedent that hatred of the Darkling (or introspection of the Darkling) equals a hatred for the cause as a whole. That was the carrying point for all of the following responses: the idea that the cause is somehow triumphant over self-hood. That the Darkling and the cause act as disembodied entity that ignores the personhood of the Darkling. It is why I said a character like Magneto will always work better because his cause and his personhood are not linked. Magneto being a questionable guy doesn't negate the validity of his claims or like the trauma of his background.
The fact that I can make a point saying that somewhat agree with the surface-level ideology of the Darkling, say he is the best character of the trilogy and still have people trying to prove a point I did not hint at in my initial point proves to me that the people are less mad about the politics of his character and more swooned over the dark bad boy he is...which is fine for their personal preferences but...is weird when their argument hinges on the person on the other side not understanding the intricacies of racism, revolutionaries, and politics around oppression.
And all of this is moot bc in my initial post I gave real-world and literature-based examples of better renditions of Darkling's character. I ended both responses by talking about how his character has been replicated a bit more successfully. All that was ignored to make a point that must be a hot topic in extra pro darling circles. As if I would ever hate a revolutionary who used violence to get freedom. The reason I am free today -- why most black people are free today -- is because of the violence and perseverance of the Haitian Revolution. Do you know how many riots happened that brought us the Civil Rights bill? Do you know how much we looted, and torn down and raged to get that bill passed??? It's just wild to have this much energy for a fictional revolutionary who has 500 years and one brain cell. And whose plans hinged on the backs of teenaged boys and girls who were thrown to wolves the second they made a wrong call and not putting that energy on better written, better comparable characters from literature and real life. I do not believe fandom = activism. If you want to fuck a fictional character thats your imagination, but like trying to justify EVERYTHING about this man to prove the non-comparable point about generic fantasy racism for this fictional white bad boy villain is certainly a choice.
#anti darkling#through i dont dislike u buddy#youve got cooky buddies i see#and no will not responding to hate anon so send back to sender#anti aleksander morozova#grishaverse#shadow and bone#leigh bardugo#critical of her too#but moreso these fans#bc we are not doing this again#alina starkov#like why am i having more smoke for the poorly written teenagers#and not the 500 year old man with uncomparable power#i want us to really be serious#and if the darkling was serious about a real revolution being fought with his people#then i would be down for that#but instead he makes very unbright decisions#that i will critique bc hes literally an immortal#youd think he d be smarter#this could be lb who wrote herself into a corner as well#but both is good with me
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My baby daughter got her adorable puffin-print dress absolutely CAKED in mud crawling around the yard and my first thought was "oh no her beautiful dress"
And my second thought was "oh huh it really WOULD be easy to unconsciously steer her away from playing in the dirt. Unlike my son, whose outfits are usually some kind of solid dark easily washed pants plus a shirt that doesn't trail in the dirt like a dress does."
Anyway something something gender roles start getting shoved on kids from literal birth, but with a little time to think about things, YOU TOO can let your children of any gender absolutely destroy their clothes in the dirt pit they're digging in your garden
#all clothes provided through hand me downs and grandparents#we asked for non strongly gendered or branded things and that mostly worked for firstborn boy#but baby girl has gotten nothing but the cutest little dresses#that I am absolutely not going to stress if she destroys because it's not like they'll last until next summer anyway#at which point she'll be big enough for her brother's dirt-compatible pants#now if we can get her to stop EATING the dirt that would be GRAND#her pronouns are om/nom#literal definition of a baby
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Felt a need to draw hugs (thinking about sea grunks has made me extra emotional :’))
#gravity falls#stanley pines#stanford pines#stan twins#my art#sea grunks#sketches#comic#stan pines#ford pines#I saw a video on instagram with the concept of the under circle hug? i guess it would be?#and instantly had to do it with the boys#mabel 100% taught that to stan as in case ford got sad so make him feel better tactic#i also like to think they can sense when the other is feeling down#so initiate make your twin feel better is a-go#oooough they make me emotional 😭
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lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)
if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.
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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.
I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.
I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.
If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.
#cw: suicidal ideation#cw: suicide#cw: self harm#cw: mental health#cw: depression#i made the balloon the main representation of my self destructive urges for a reason but im not going to explain it#i tried to keep a lot of the details in this vague#it would be my worst nightmare if this comic encouraged someone to hurt themselves#so. please dont#for a long time even the thought of making this comic felt so insipid and narcissistic#with the state of the world as it is#having the only threat to your life be yourself felt so privileged and trite and shameful#but doing this comic made me sit down and process things in full#and im just. very grateful i didn't give in to my thoughts back when i sincerely felt i'd be more useful to the world dead#i also feel the need to say that this wont represent everyone's battle with mental illness. its unfortunately different for all of us#there is no fix-all#and im afraid this might be one of those comics that either resonates a lot or misses the target by a mile#i made it for myself foremost. and now that its done im glad i did it#thank you for reading#and please stay alive#stillindigo art#stillindigo comics
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Generate 1 Pokémon, doesn’t matter if you know anything about Pokémon or not
Based on looks + whatever knowledge you have about it, COULD YOU TAKE THIS POKÉMON IN A PHYSICAL FIGHT?
#btw i got sneasel#and i would give myself a solid shot#if i could somehow pin its claws down then its easy#if not….i’m screwed#pokemon#reblog game
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that being said I'm not actually always opposed to conflict free fluff I am just opposed to the characters having their claws filed down for it. you can stick them in a coffee shop au it should just still feel like you sat the two worst most insane people on earth in a starbucks
#which in some cases I suppose if you did not file them down it would cease to be conflict free fluff#no matter WHAT au it was. but nevertheless
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this is so devastating. laois should have just shot him with a gun
#put him out of his misery#it would have been kinder#like holy shit kabru blurts out that he wants to be laois' friend like it's some kind of confession#and then laois says that he knows it must be a lie because no one would ever be that down bad#that's so EMBARASSING#it's literally a miracle kabru didn't kill himself immediately after this conversation#i would have self immolated#dungeon meshi#kabru#laois#labru
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Saw someone on twt say they wanted to see Percy drawn like Yusuf Dikec and I couldn't help myself
#My art#Critical Role#Critical Role fanart#Vox Machina#Percy de Rolo#I have not drawn CR fanart in a hot minute but that tweet activated me like a sleeper agent#Also I think I got the little lore stuff right? I almost put Whitestone on the shirt but I looked and Whitestone becomes part of Tal'Dorei#So I think this is technically more right#Someone correct me if I'm wrong and I'll change it. because it WILL bother me if I'm wrong#Edit: I decided it's fine as is#Unless god himself (Matthew Mercer) comes down and tells me how the Olympics would work in Exandria I'm leaving it like this
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his change in career has captivated me
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#dungeon meshi#mithrun#senshi#kabru#mickbell tomas#kuro#i saw a pic saying that mickbell and kuro also worked in a noodle shop post canon...#they could be working for mithrun but i think this is the funnier option#i love that for all three of them#the atmosphere would be so bad but the food is good if you like spicy food (mithrun doesn't notice how spicy it is)#laios would like it. '5 stars! i spent 2 hours in the bathroom after but made a new forest so it's ecologically friendly :D!'#one day kabru is going to sit mithrun down because he can't stand it anymore he HAS to at least change the interior decor#my post#art#millidrew#dungeon meshi spoilers#delicious in dungeon spoilers#dunmeshi spoilers#mithrun's noodles. saga#success!#<- my biggest tumblr w i think
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Logan and Mary Puppins are so “dad and the dog he said he didn’t want” coded. He was acting disgusted by that dog for 90% of the movie, then when they were going to fight the Deadpools that almost baby-talk “You won’t wanna see this, bub.” slipped out. Then ofc there’s the bit at the end when they’re all at the table and he’s just sitting there playing with her ears and laughing as he makes her high-five Laura. I see you, mr “she is NOT coming with us”. You like that nasty little dog
#i just know that if she fell asleep on his lap on the couch he would not move#when Wade is being annoying he looks down at her and is like ‘You see this shit?’#he lets her sit in the passenger seat and rolls the window down so she can stick her head out#tongue flapping in the wind#Wade is in the back seat#deadpool and wolverine#deadpool & wolverine#logan howlett#wolverine#mary puppins#dogpool#poolverine#implied? i guess? he’s dog dad wade is dog mom
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but you can't keep holding on like this.
#you can put a disability metaphor in any legfndary draconic entity. many people dont know this#my art#comic#ouroboros#for tag filtering:#blood#its a blurry day forgive typos#for search results:#bite down or let go#here's the deal ouroboros#for qna:#yes you can get it tattooed i would appreciate a tip through ny kofi (pinned) and i would love to see if you feel comfortable sharing#yes its an original quote i do write sometimes#no its not cringe or bad if you blorbo tag or whatever. go nuts. if i didnt want people connecting w my work I wouldn't post it#yes you can quote it in your own art and I'd love to see that too#anyways i love you. we'll both get through this regardless of how it changes us okay? i love you.
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god please take every traumatic incident i had as a younger sibling and give it to tim drake
#i played the wii w my older brothers sometimes but usually it was mostly w my older cousins#i would get WRESTLED DOWN by my older cousins so that they could be player 1#i was fighting a war at age 7#god help me do NOT tag this as j*ytim#tim drake#jason todd#dc
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Because i feel like i might be overestimating what the average is, i shall Conduct Research
This isn't about how many languages you speak, but how many youre able to count up to at least 10 in, since basic numbers are some of the first words you learn in a foreign language and sometimes you catch them without having studied the language at all
#shut up dave#cause like. i got 7 i think?#which isnt much ofc but i would assume its probably slightly above average#MY HYPOTHESIS. is that the average person on earth. can count up to 10 in at least 3 languages#hypothesis which i reached after a lot of narrowing down. so i have a feeling its correct this time
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do you even remember the lives that you threw away like trash
continuation of this
#stay down here and watch garbage like you burn#its all youre good for!#transformers one#transformers#elita one#tf one darkwing#maccadam#i just wanted to draw elita beating someone up LOOL#do i tag bumblebee#this comic is like#about him#but he isnt actually here#errm#hc that darkwing was the one who threw bee down there#i know some people have said that sentinel did it but i really dont think hes waste his time on him#im guessing darkwing threw bee down there like he did to orion and dee#and bee REALLY takes it seriously#oh watching garbage burn is my job then#i dont think darkwing would remember him#it was so long ago too
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being aromantic and into whump is like. shoutout to whump for being a great opportunity to engage with stories about intimacy and vulnerability and powerful emotion and physical interactions with other people and intense relationships that are not presumptively based in romance. what would i do without you.
#gav gab#what WOULD i do tbh#i was cursed to be someone who is profoundly romance repulsed and also REALLY invested in narratives#about emotional and physical intimacy and character relationship and vulnerability and relying on one another#and thus: whump my beloved#one of the major draws for me hands down
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What if Mike and Jeremiah are the guards in FNAF 2..
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#fnaf fanart#fnaf movie#fnaf 2#Jeremiah fnaf#mike schmidt#jeremy fitzgerald#fnaf 2 movie#ID be so down for jeremiah being a night guard in the new establishment#I only think his inclusion could enhance things#like the set up is already perfectly there#his name is derived from Jeremy#he’s a security guard so him working there isn’t left field#and he’s already friends with Mike so they can interact immediately#Mike obviously would want to protect his friend too#so that adds another layer to why he’s gotta stay at the location etc#I also think Jeremiah’s reaction to the animatronics etc would be so funny#he’d be the ‘straight man’ in that set up#he’d be such a good addition to the main group#chill with if they get someone else to be Jeremy etc#but jeremiah would feel like a big missed opportunity to me
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