#which isnt always effective

[mechawolfie]

so glad ppl like my angel lady I love her too. here is a quick doodle of her in a more modern outfit bc the og was made before we got to see raph 😭

[al-luviec]

I got so insanely mad while drawing this

+ closeup and normalness

[aroanthy]

'nanami's precious thing', revolutionary girl utena (1997) / kunihiko ikuhara's 'the romance of the dancing girls' commentary / 'what can the damned really say to the damned', interview with the vampire (2022) / iwtv's jacob anderson, delainey hayles & sam reid break down scene from the s2 premiere / 'i could not prevent it', interview with the vampire (2022) / 'the romance of the dancing girls', revolutionary girl utena (1997).

bonus:

'i could not prevent it', interview with the vampire (2022) / 'i could not prevent it' episode insider / 'and someday, together, we'll shine', revolutionary girl utena (1997).

[silverskye13]

Will enby Helsknight/trans Tanguish/top surgery scars/stubborn avoidant Welsknight in a gender crisis make it into the main story of RnS? Like, a full acknowledgment of it? Because yes, us on tumblr are aware (and happily bully RnS Wels for it) but I’m curious to how it may be brought up in the main storyline instead of rambles and drabbles. (Don’t get me wrong, those rambles and drabbles are what get me through the day. But my best friend, who isn’t in the MCYT fandom whatsoever, just caught up with RnS and doesn’t use tumblr, and besides spamming her with tumblr posts I wanna know how much I can revel in the glory of the skrunkles with her!)

That is a great question, actually. And the answer is I don't really know.

So this is one of the downsides to writing things chapter by chapter. If I had gone into this going "oh heck yeah they're trans", this would've come up in the plot way sooner. It's nice information 1) for all the trans folks reading and 2) because it has the potential to inform the themes in the narrative. This whole story is about two chief things I think: death [the inevitability of] and identity [what defines you and why]. Why should you care if literally no one else (including the universe) does? That would be so cool to speak about in terms of a trans allegory! Why do you care about gender when it's just one thing in a world of crazy things? Or at the very least, how does it inform your identity? But this is a change I made on a whim suddenly, and I know Exactly Where I Want This Plot To Go, so trans topics and allegories as Plot Points probably won't happen.

On the more technical side of introducing trans characters -- how do you do that without just dropping "oh btw they're trans" in? Like, how do you make it a relevant thing to talk about, that doesn't feel forced or shoehorned in, especially this late in the story? Probably me overthinking, but I read it done wrong so often. It gets tired. And if I ever work on my original stories, there are trans characters in there! If I can figure out how to Do It Well in a fanfic, then I can figure out how to do it in original fiction someday maybe. So I kinda wanna take the introduction seriously? I've actually been thinking about it so much I've thought about rewriting the intro to the next chapter ahaha [it already needs rewritten in general, there's a lot going on, but the intro was going to be Helsknight waking up from something, and he sleeps shirtless, and not addressing top surgery scars then would be kinda silly I think.]

I can say at the very least, Gender Avoidant Wels probably won't factor in the story much. He is a character, but I don't think he'll become Enough of a character to faithfully address something like a trans self discovery arc. At best his issues with gender might be mentioned in passing.

Sorry! I know you probably want a better answer! My answer is basically: I don't know I'm still working on it. I want it to be there, but the capacity it's there is undecided.

That being said, I've been sitting on this glorious ask since the shenanigans started and the temptation to just Do That grows every time I read it:

[butchsophiewalten]

When do you think the remaining episodes will be released and if they will be released at all?

I think they will be released when they are finished :)

[trans-estinien]

people really love to conveniently forget trans men exist when they talk about feminism. or if they dont they make us out as also part of the problem as if we somehow are able to have the same amount of privilege as cis men. absolutely wild

[hylianane]

Congratulations to Taz “Human HeartEyes Emoji” Skylar for charming me into rooting for Sanji in his romantic pursuits for the very first time. Never in my life did I think I’d feel sympathy watching Sanji, of all characters, get rejected by a woman, but he played his little moments with Nojiko and Nami so genuinely that I was like no! Dont feel bad! You’ll get them next time, love!

[fereldanwench]

oh, wow, look at that

another request for overtime because people were just sitting on work for two weeks for ?????? reasons??????

🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

[gemharvest]

The only thing that genuinely sucks about working on this comic is I can't share frequent WIPs without fucking. Spoiling the whole thing. Anyways look at my totally normal and totally happy BeefGeef.

[groverapologist]

"katara trying to relate to aang by mentioning her mother dying was bad" well her mother died because of ethnic cleansing and genocide which is what aang's people went through. hope that helps!

[streetfarterturdstrike]

It would be one thing if it was just a popular headcanon but I’m so tired of fans acting like it’s actually official canon that Ryu is asexual which not only has Capcom has never stated that but there are numerous examples of Ryu fighting off his urdges because he’s trying to save his dick for Buddha

[versescaaa]

I want to practice make up and get better at it but doing it gives me a feeling so complicated.

not gender dysphoria, but gender disappointment.

[infizero]

you guys dont understand how much splatoon means to me. you will never understand

[lupismaris]

Recorded tonight's monologue with the line "loneliness and longing both taste like sea water, the problem is it starts in the lungs and by the time you can taste it it's too late you've already drowned." Safe to say lads we are not in fact stellar.

[hopefulkittenconnoisseur]

i wanna complain about how less than 3 weeks after the election of the first transgender congresswoman ive seen writing online about bathroom rules in congress at least 4 times already but then id just be contributing to the problem myself -_-

oh no my finger is moving towards the post button ahhhhh

[garciapimienta]

it's so petty and ridiculous of them to not go just because he didn't win lmaoo not even messi and r*naldo when they were in the peak of their rivalry would do that

it's so stupid and embarrasing mainly because they are only skipping the event because he didn't win and everyone knows it. Like if it was always doubtful they would go I wouldn't think it was that embarrasing, because again I think france football is a farse and I don't really care if anyone treats them as such, but yeah in this case because it is so obvious that the reason they didn't go is pettiness, then they just look dumb and like fans who only give credibility to awards that are cherrypicked to their convenience