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The full comic

This took two months. Scriptwriting, storyboards, losing motivation etc. But I'm glad I finished it. It's not just some art I make, it's a way for me to safely process my own thoughts and feelings through my comfort character, Paul. So almost each comic I make is very dear to my heart and my experiences.

Thanks everyone for the comments and reblogs this past week (and ever)❤️❤️

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The Terran family

I know this isn't canonly possible but I don't care! Them! Adira is a spoiled little brat and their dads would do anything for them. Mess with them and you get two absolutely terrifying guys chasing you for sport.

Also mirror Paul's bionic hand as a reference to my fics:)))

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so, what if Straal compared Paul to Icarus sometimes, 'cause well Justin was the cautious one in the duo

but HE ended up as Icarus

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btw this isn't a vague/subtweet (post?) or anything but just so y'all know, there's a way to mark things as "inspired by" on ao3

you don't have to just put it in the notes!! very cool under-utilized feature

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Two lovers have reincarnated throughout history, destined to find each other and fall in love all over again. There’s also this third guy that reincarnates alongside them… we don’t really know what he does.

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my coworker walked in on me pouring coffee and was like “why are you posed like a statue of Ganymede” and I did not have an answer for her

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My latest cartoon for @GuardianBooks.

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making art is so fucking hard. wheres that defunctland quote

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the hadron collider is like an angel to me

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if you’re ever in doubt about what pov to write a scene from, a good rule of thumb is to pick the person who knows the least about what’s going on. lots of pros!

you automatically have some level of tension in the scene, as they either struggle to figure out what’s happening or completely fail to notice it

if they know as much or barely more than the reader, the reader is learning things alongside them, which will help make exposition feel more natural

if they know less than the reader you now have dramatic irony! great for humor and/or agonizing tension

helps you keep secrets from the reader longer, since your pov character doesn’t know them either. (I mean you could also just carefully omit major info and pretend you thought it was obvious. see the Queen’s Thief series for several examples that span a whole novel!)

helps add a fun little mystery for the reader as they try to figure out those secrets (fun little mysteries are great attention hooks!)

“what’s going on” can mean anything btw, it could be the plot or the worldbuilding or another character’s motivation or the location of the buried treasure.

for best results, think about what each character in the scene wants to get out of this scene, and then pick the pov of the person who has least control over/knowledge of whether they get what they want. failing that, figure out which character has the most important secret that’s affecting the course of the scene, and write from the pov of someone who doesn’t know the secret. (the secret can be stuff like “I’m in love with you,” “I’m a spy for the spider queen,” “I’m the one who stole the muffins,” just whatever’s adding an undercurrent of tension to the conversation.)

this rule won’t be right for every occasion and you should trust your gut, but it’s served me well for years, so I encourage all you writers to consider it when figuring out how to approach a scene :)

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One thing I didn’t expect from my new worldbuilding book is the author, roughly my dad’s age, including his opinions on furries

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Hello, tumblr user. Before you is a tumblr post asking you to name a female fictional character. You have unlimited time to tag a female character, NOT a male one.

Begin.

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y'all not to doxx myself too hard but irl i have spent some time in my life in mental health recovery, and i am here to tell anyone who needs to hear it that people with multiples & schizophrenia & psychosis & BPD are fun and interesting and lovable people and my friends

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Me, on the welcome desk in the library: Good morning, how are you today?

Customer: I have welcomed Jesus into my heart and so I am well today and every day.

Me, a little unnerved: Okay then! Is there something I can help you with?

Customer, digging around in his bag and pulling out an iPhone in a box: Unfortunately, Jesus can't help me with this fucking phone, so I came to the library.

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when she's right, she's right @essektheylyss