#there's more than one way to be
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Me: *complaining about how it's hard for me to relate to typical girl characters bc media makes it seem like all girls are boy crazy and the universal teenager experience revolves around romance and crushes and that just wasn’t true for me*
My mom: Well that’s because you’re not normal. You know, for everyone else that is what it's like
Me: *looks at the camera*
#thank you mother for proving my point#am *I* not a part of 'everyone'?#the fact that my experience exists proves it’s not *everyone*#and that you think it's just a me thing proves that this is a problem#normalize variety#there's more than one way to be#there are very few things that are actually 'universal'#being different or uncommon does not mean you are wrong or not normal#like i don’t even have to be asexual for this to be a valid and true thing#there are allo people who just aren't interested in it yet too#or who don't feel defined by it#the same is true for other 'typical' girl things for me (like shopping/fashion/makeup etc)#like there's nothing wrong with it but i still just can't relate#no group is a monolith#that’s why tokenism doesn’t work#bc if you have only *one* female character she suddenly has to represent *all* women and that’s not possible#ace#asexual#aspec#aroace#aromantic#media tropes#amatonormativity#writing#representation
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>Join a union
>Hear people constantly complaining that the current union leadership is super corrupt, it's all just the same ten guys making all the decisions in secret and nobody else in the union ever gets to know what's going on
>Go to the monthly union meetings that are completely open to all 1200 union members
>The only attendees are the same ten guys every month, giving detailed reports about everything that's going on
#anyway this is why i'm the way i am about politics and people who advocate against 'participating in the system'#i am on my way to becoming one of the ten guys and frankly? it's fucking exhausting#i chatted with the union president afterwards and he got this haunted look in his eye#and was like 'i'm glad to see you getting involved but remember you can say no. you can always say no.#don't let anyone bully you into doing more than you want to. make time for yourself. YOU CAN SAY NO.'#which was good and much appreciated advice! but also. ominous
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Dumb thing that would not leave my brain
#jayvik#arcane#viktor#jayce talis#suggestive#bluesky enjoyed this one way more than i thought so i figured id toss it here too#ive gotten such sweet nice comments on my last triptych drawings#fellow jayviks you are so niceys#stop enabling me!!!! ill want to draw more!!!!#i STILL cant get jayce's face right. i feel like flynn rider#i hate hate hate drawing anything inorganic especially in perspective#if i have to draw a straight line or an ellipse its game over#so it truly speaks to my love for The Character that ive willingly drawn viktor's brace several times lol
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don't show him modern technology; it won't end well
bonus under the cut:
#i'm not sure if ford would really be interested in using the internet much#but i could see him wanting to look something up real quick and ending up reading something so outrageously wrong#that it pisses him off to the point that he gets into an argument about it lol#gravity falls#stan pines#stanley pines#stanford pines#digital art#my stuff#anyway i really don't like how this one turned out#but i don't feel like changing it#bc i already spent way more time on this than i actually wanted to#and i don't wanna look at it any longer
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Some lovely people have tried to inform me that real hedgies can have clicky purrs and I am very much aware of that. I just think Shadow is built different.
Like, louder.
#amki draws#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#shadow the hedgehog#silver the hedgehog#amy rose#// i actually imagine his purr to be a lot more metallic-sounding than a hedgehog's clicky purr#// on top of being way louder#// geiger counters aren't actually that loud but i can see the rhythm of his clicking to be a lot like one#// my bad i thought about fictional hedgehogs' purrs and got rambling
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wheelchair users deserve a minimum of three wheelchairs to meet different needs. like, bare minimum of indoor chair, outdoor chair, and off road chair. chairs that meet different needs for transport, activity, positioning needs, energy levels, etc.
there is not "one chair" that can meet every need. wheelchair users deserve to have multiple chairs that meet specific needs, no matter how complex their seating/positioning needs. we deserve to at least have a backup if our chair breaks that is just as suited to our needs.
#there isn't a magic wheelchair that meets all of my needs#(although hi person from discord who explained all the ways a quickie gpv can be modified for different scenarios that sounds so cool)#we deserve more than one chair
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i wanna see that girl DEAD on the GROUND
#sonic the hedgehog#shadow the hedgehog#sonic movie 3#sth#sth fanart#sonic fanart#sonic movie fanart#sonic 3 trailer#maria robotnik#sonic fandom#digital art#illustration#sonic art#art#art of crane#oughgghhhgh this one took way longer than the other two#not surprised bc its got a more complicated composition and lighting and two characters#but my spine..................#this is trailer redraw 3/4 i wonder whats next oooooooooo
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A self indulgent Koala redesign :)
Going for something cute that has the ability to look normal among mid to upper class civilians in case she needs to mingle with nobles, but just a bit more militaristic and practical for fighting! Thinking of doing a layer by layer breakdown for her outfit as well
#one piece#koala#one piece koala#koala one piece#revolutionary koala#redesign#I adore koala as a character but kind of despise her design#it makes so much sense for her to dress the way she does given her past with the ruffles and frills and lace#but every outfit Oda puts her in is just. ough nooooo nooooooo#I feel like I draw her hair a bit more poofy than canon as well#might do other outfits since she has multiple looks in the show
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Y'all have got to stop virulently hating men. Like, I'm sorry, I fucking hate the patriarchy too, but the patriarchy isn't just men and saying it is just exculpates complicit women. I am the mother of a young boy, and I look at this precious, empathetic 8 year old boy I'm raising and I don't know where online is safe for him. Places like this will say he's evil just for his gender, and other places will say "we'll be your friend if you hate with us," and still others will radicalize him in other ways. Where is he supposed to go? Why are we saying the radicalization is the fault of the kids just trying to find a place to hang?
Like this is seriously getting urgent. You have got to fucking stop conflating the patriarchy and men. 53% percent of white women voted for Trump. Men aren't the problem. White supremacy and Christian patriarchal structures are two examples of patriarchy-reinforcing structures that aren't solely couched in maleness. Men aren't the problem, and pretending they are drives more men into more welcoming extremist spaces and also ignores all the parts of this that are forwarded by people who aren't men.
What I see happening all over is scared, depressed, lonely people looking for someone they're allowed to hate automatically, unquestioningly - someone they're allowed to place all the blame on. Fascism says people of color, non-Christian people, queer people, etc., are the ones they're allowed to hate.
And way too many of yall answer that no, it's leftist to hate men instead. You are doing *the exact same thing they are.*
Fucking knock it off.
The answer is we're not supposed to hate anyone automatically based on their immutable personal characteristics. Hate the specific people who've hurt you. Hate the self-reinforcing systems that let them get away with hurting you. Hate the strangers who prop up those systems. Hate the fascists. Hell knows I hate Donald Trump, but it's not because he's a man, it's because he's a piece of shit.
Hate the pieces of shit, not the gender.
But don't hate men just because they're men. That's unhelpful, stupid, insane, and entirely counterproductive. Fucking. Stop.
#unforth rambles#politics#the way people are treating that one dude on that post makes me sick#if you think some monolith called Men is the problem#then congratulations you are more of a problem than many men#this is why terfism is gonna grow after this election and some of yall will fall for it hook line and sinker#the moment you decide an entire biological group can be classified as the bad ones#you stop being part of the solution and you are not my ally
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you dislike Luke Castellan because he disagreed with an oppressive government system and actually took action to change the abusive ways him and his peers have been forced to follow for millennia.
I dislike Luke Castellan because in the Titans Curse he manipulated Annabeth, who he raised as his little sister, into holding up the sky, the FUCKING sky, for over 20 hours and had the audacity to walk away as though he was completely apathetic towards it while she begged and pleaded with him to help her.
we are not the same.
#I agree with Luke’s beliefs 100%#I don’t agree with his actions#but I specifically remember Luke seeming real fucking unaffected while leaving Annabeth to endure being literally crushed to death#the rest of the halfbloods that joined the titans army had good intentions but Luke… oh boy#I’m sorry I can’t help but disagree with his actions#percy jackon and the olympians#luke castellan#annabeth chase#percy jackson#percy series#camp half blood#pjo hoo toa#some ppl in the comments pointed out shit I forgot ty guys#like the way he manipulated Silena and Annabeth because he knew they loved him is literally pedophillia 🤢🤮#I was cautious with my tags at first because I thought Luke apologists were gonna come at me with knives if I said more than necessary#but now I’m brave enough to admit I hate that man and no one can convince me otherwise
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Dear Big Brother
kind of a sequel to this comic
#FINALLY FINISHED IT. THIS HAS BEEN SITTING UNFINISHED FOR ALMOST A FUCKING YEAR#and of course i get around to it right after making that stupid masterpost. well there's another one to add i guess#anyway. this was originally now that you're gone part 2. basically aryll's counterpart to their dad's perspective#botw#loz#skribbles#i will say ignoring this for so long was good actually because it confirmed my suspicions that my pen pressure no longer works#the way it used to. so if you see any weird inconsistencies between panels or pages it's not me it's my fucking tech#for some reason i need WAY more pressure than i used to to get the same level of opacity in sai which is. not great for my hands#but whatever ive gotten used to it by now. ignore the inconsistencies in this comic its fine
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heron puppet wip 3
#the boy and the heron#ghibli#not especially articulate but it's more of a walking puppet than anything#the eyes do move but not in a cool way just in a practical one#space inside is too small for moving eyes
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Eternally fascinated by the fact that, canonically, Zoro's single (1) neuron is good at maths
Other crewmate's reaction
#roronoa zoro#vinsmoke sanji#zoro#sanji#one piece#one piece fanart#zoro fanart#zosan#in a way#i want to make the rest of the crew react too so keep an eye out#me? projecting my disbelief at zoro multiplying in his head? more likely than you think!#my fanart
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“give Andrew Minyard a pet/plant to take care of” what do you think Kevin Day was.
#all the ways that having a pet would have helped andrew already happened when he took over helping kevin babes. we already did that#also kevin is so much more high maintenance than any pet i can think of. no dog wants to play exy all night#only the elusive Kevin breed requires daily nightly exy games#also it does happen anyway him and neil get not one but TWO cats. their canonical cat dads how could we forget this#anyway though i firmly believe andrew should have a ball python but thats neither here nor there so#andrew minyard#kevin day#all for the game#aftg
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sorry
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it gets progressively messier the sleepier i get, but i feel like it fits the vibe!
#count on twilight to turn a simple kiss into debauchery 🙄🙄🙄#get a load of THIS guy#this comic is what i was complaining about earlier btw LMAO#i spent like 10 times as long on drawing loid than i did yor and shes still slaying him i fear.#(in more ways than one)#spy x family#my art#loid forger#sxf#yor forger#twiyor#sxf loid#sxf yor#this is the most debauched thing i have drawn i think.
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the issue with shipping aro/ace characters isn't putting them into relationships, it's the fact that no one adds how their sexuality impacts the relationship at large. And how it'll always be different from your average romantic relationship in some way.
#aroace#aspec#aromantic#asexual#im aroace btw#aroace characters#ace characters#we deserve more representation for all types of relationships#not just whats the norm for romantic relationships#and people dont get that#I'm not asking for much#and it can add SO MUCH to a piece of fiction#and show that there is more than just one way to look at relationships
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