#undisguised

[ohnoitsz1m]

Blehh hlvrai pony au doodles

Boss battle benry + some color variations :]

Just a lil gordon doodle

Aaaand some Gordon n Darnold

[caffeinatedopossum]

Acceptance and commitment therapy? I can think of one thing I could accept committing-

[mast3r-rainb0w]

[C] 'Jackie Chan Adventures' Style: Invader Zim by Mast3r-Rainb0w

A commission I made for a client via DeviantArt, featuring the titular character Invader Zim (in his UNDISGUISED form) drawn in the artstyle of the 2000 animated TV series "Jackie Chan Adventures". Enjoy!

[marzipanandminutiae]

What on earth is a 'corset apologist'? Like, because you acknowledge corsets were perfectly functional supportive undergarments, you're an agent of the patriarchy??

Yep, that's it exactly.

As with all the other red flags in the post, it's not a guaranteed t*rf signal. I've known plenty of non-t*rfs who expressed similar views (including the person who claimed Abby Cox was "looking down her perfectly powdered nose" at Mary Wollstonecraft for daring to [checks notes] point out that Wollstonecraft was rather judgmental about her fellow women's interest in dress). But...it's definitely a "check blog for t*rf leanings" tip-off for me.

And yes, to clarify: some people (t*rfs or otherwise) think female dress history researchers/historical costumers/vintage fashion enthusiasts who don't believe that corsets were The Root of All Evil when commonly worn are just brainwashed patriarchal shills and we can't possibly know what we're talking about.

Because that's way easier than thinking critically about the history you've been taught, and not vaguely misogynistic at all! </s>

[ascorian]

oc dump

[thats-a-lot-of-cortisol]

Backstories: Childhood Trauma Edition

I went in order of youngest to oldest: Candor was 5, Diodore was 8, Peregrine was 10, Solace was 10, and Corentin was 15. And these aren't the only (and not even the first in some cases) traumas they experienced as children. And tbh Peri's is the only one where the adult/mentor figure who's shown/referenced/implied isn't contributing to the situation. The woman is his adoptive mother (who he called Auntie), who didn't die until he was well into his twenties.

I'll give more context for the scenarios under the cut. I put cw's in the tags, but I'll reiterate them at the beginning of each explanation too so it's clear which goes where.

1. Candor: (cw child abuse, murder, drowning) he was born to half-elf parents and appeared to be one at birth, but when he was about 4 or 5 his horns & tail started to grow in. His mother freaked out, and it escalated to the point where his father feared for his child's safety and, to some extent, his own. Things came to a head one night and Candor's father tried to hide him in a closet while he tried and failed to talk down his wife & get both him and Candor out of her reach. She knocked him out, grabbed Candor, and ran to the Chionthar River; he managed to wake up and catch up in time to wrestle their kid away from her and shoved her into the water in the struggle. Not knowing where else to turn, and not wanting to be separated from Candor when his wife's body was found and the Fists came knocking, he turned to the Guild for shelter. Candor grew up in the Guildhall, being watched while his dad went to work and, eventually, joining him on the boat despite his intense fear of water & drowning.

2. Diodore: (cw- child abuse, child death, ableism, murder) Dora's autism had been pretty difficult to detect as a young child, especially since, as her only daughter (and only child period), her mother and the community at large were willing to overlook some things they would have caught in other kids. When she was about eight years old, however, her difficulties adapting socially and conforming to the teaching styles of her instructors put a target on her back. It didn't help that she and some other kids had begun to form a friend group around their shared struggles. Eventually, the adults considered it no longer worth their time to try and "help" her and her friends and, one by one, they began disappearing, being fed to a beholder in a nearby cavern. Dora was one of the last to be targeted, due to her specific family situation, and managed to slip under the radar before being dragged off with a combination of social masking and realizing her knack for alchemy & gardening (her parents' specialties) which justified pulling her out of the community school for "specialized training". She was unable to help her friends.

3. Peregrine (abandonment, "othering", idk how else to explain it sorry): Peri accidentally interrupted his parents' attempt at figuring out the Dream of the Blue Veil spell when he wandered into the ritual at 10 years old and the resulting magical surge transported him from Eberron to Faerun, where he was found, alone, by the woman who would become his adoptive mother ("auntie"). His parents before this were emotionally harsh and neglectful, frustrated with his difficulty shapeshifting and, seemingly, by his presence. He assumed them dead via the same accident that teleported him and blamed himself for it for the rest of his childhood and into his adulthood, and was so stressed by suddenly being on a completely different plane that he was mute until he was about 13. He also became obsessed with remembering his old home and family, drawing pictures to process what had happened. The community that took him in was hesitant due to their belief that he was a fae child (they called him "changeling" which was accurate but not for the reason they thought) but were ultimately welcoming, due primarily to the efforts of his auntie. He carried that fear of being "found out" as a shapeshifter that he'd learned first from his parents and then from his new town into his adulthood, only opening up to more people a few years before the "present" day.

4. Solace & Corentin (cw: murder, child death, intrusive/violent thoughts, lack of control, child abuse, really anything durge related): Corentin's Dark Urge truly awoke when they were 15. They'd had violent thoughts & dreams for years beforehand, and had even had a close call that their mother had managed to catch, but they had been working with the Temple of the Open Hand on controlling themself. Their training failed, along with the lock on their door, one night while they were sleepwalking (trapped in their own head, really). Solace was the only family member besides Corentin to survive the night, and only barely. They didn't see their mother die, but their father died protecting them and their 13 year old sister, and their sister died while trying to hide them by laying on top of them. When Corentin woke up they broke a window and called for help before being dragged away by Sceleritas Fel, but managed to throw one of the several healing potions the family kept stashed around their home at Solace, saving their life. Solace was taken in by the Temple and ended up becoming a Tempest cleric after the clergy tried and failed to train them as a healer. Corentin was horrifically abused and brainwashed (to put it lightly) by the Bhaalists after being taken to them and ended up creating/helping with the Absolutist plot in a desperate grab at freedom. In the "present-day" of their storylines they're both trying to come to grips with what happened, Corentin dealing with the guilt and gaps in their memory and Solace grappling with how to handle the new knowledge they've gained of Bhaalspawn and their own memory of the night's events.

[metrova]

Mimikyu

This is my first time designing a monster by myself, so I may not be the best at it lol

Here, for those who wanna translate the text

Also btw hey @vall007 I think you might like this :D

[whumporpass]

Invader Zim

[brennan-lee-mother]

This might be controversial but I loved breaking containment. There’s so many people!! And they’re talking to me!! Is this not what we all long for as we hurtle our thoughts into the overfull void that is this hellsite? Maybe the horrors don’t start until you hit 50k or something, but up til now it’s been lovely.

[mikumutual]

jekyll and hyde is so funny. like it's not even a split personality situation it's literally just some guy makes a really good disguise and then commits crimes about it

[plan-bliz]

Need to draw Beau and Spring more. Ghost shenanigans with some Problems involved

[venacoeurva]

I like designs of tieflings, cambions, and devils with hooves or dragon-like claws instead of regular feet, I'm kind of tempted to give lenore some good ol talons or goat hooves (that you can't usually see bc he just uses illusion magic to make himself look like a regular/humanoid-legged tiefling), because it's neat

[gayziraphale]

if you thought the mermaid scene was cringe and awkward I have nothing to say to you because 🥹🥹🥹

[moth-mart]

Stylus eats like a waddle dee. And send

[wardrobemoments]

Jane and Lisbon in s2e03, Red Badge

[tesl8n]

I've always felt like I couldn't really be a furry because I'm not a visual artist, which limits how much I can actually engage with having a fursona. Like, if I can't do art of my fursona, what does "being a furry" rly mean?

My artistic mediums are code (not software, but the actual code behind it) and prose. Code doesn't translate to a consumable art form, though, and besides, how do you express non-comp sci artistry through an abstract art form like code anyway? Prose is more doable, but to write a whole story about a fursona feels like too much commitment, and I'm not sure I have a story to tell there anyway.

But I had a realization somewhat recently. Furries don't usually create full blown comics of their fursonas, they just create one off pieces of art. They aren't telling a story, they're designing a character and maybe giving them some lore and drawing them in situations. The prose equivalent is not writing a full story, it's writing a character description and some out of context chapters.

Last month I commissioned an artist on here to design and draw some art of some fursona concepts. Gave them an idea of what her traits might be, but mostly left it up to them to design everything. It's been so exciting to watch it come together, and I really like what they did with my prompt. They posted the final piece yesterday, and it looks so so good.

But she doesn't, currently, feel like my character. I had very little hand in making her, she almost entirely came from this other person's brain. And I don't think I have the skills or interest to change that as far as how she looks goes.

So, I think I'm gonna change that. Starting tomorrow, I'ma restart Lobsters On Opium to post some doodles or chapters about Fei, the robot catgirl, with no commitment to building a story or anything like that. I think it'll be fun, and I've got a few ideas for it. So, look forward to that, and to reading my writing for the first time in 8 years :3