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sleeps with a plushie? girlie looks like she could be a plushie

i just wanna give her all the hugs n kissed

She would absolutely love that!! Any sort of affection is good… reminds her of getting her hugs and kisses from her parents each night before bed 😪🫶

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Miriam is so baby i love her

She really is 😪

Her parents babied her her entire life so now that she’s off at college she’s getting hit by the real world hard 💔

She’s 19 and still sleeping with stuffed animals 💀

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Poor baby Miriam… even her dreams are starting to betray her!!

Something about Ari’s smile.. that man really is the devil in woman’s clothes… 😪🫶

Anyway I probably won’t have the chance to post a lot this week 😪

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Dottie and Neapolitan because they’re my little cuties 😛

Also I’m leaving for vacation today!!! Very excited to make some stupid doodles on the beach…

Speaking of stupid doodles, here’s this 🫶

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Tfw your roommate who’s been bullying you since the day you moved in finds your secret blog 💔

Anyway!! Here’s my new ocs Ari and Miriam!

Ari is a total bastard “party girl” and he loves Miriam more than anything… what better way to show it than being just the absolute worst?

Miriam is quiet, if she’s not in class she’s writing (most definitely something perverted) somewhere inside the depths of her mind, she has a huge small crush on Ari. He’s handsome in a way that makes her skin crawl 🫶

They are so cutesy 😪

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-Mr. McKenzie… don’t you think it’s even just… a little bad?

-I heard something about Jesus dying for nothing if you don’t sin a little.

-My daddy’s gonna kill you…

-Mhm… whatever you say, baby.

AUGHHHHHG I’ve been writing draft after draft and I can’t tell if I want Sawyer to be alive when Dottie and Neapolitan meet or not 😪

Anyway I’ll go try to write more…😛

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McLennon vid the popped off on TikTok 😝😝

Here’s my favorite sketch and my favorite picture 😚

Kitty-Cartney real afff

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I forgot her necklace 😪

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Self portrait.

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You and your bf are literally Dottie and neapolitan but in a different font lolol

also what does it feel to have a psychotic episode???

STOP LMAOOO maybe I subconsciously based them on us hehehe

And well, I think it’s a little different for everyone, yeah?

For me it’s like, outwardly and what other people see is just lots of uncontrollable laughing and screaming and incoherent rambling and all that

But feeling wise it’s very overstimulating. I have auditory, visual and tactile hallucinations so sometimes it can be just one, or other times I’m feeling and hearing things that aren’t really happening all at the same time

When I get tactile hallucinations, often times it can be painful, recently I was getting a stabbing sensation in my eyes so that was pretty bad… lol

When I’m having an episode I really am focused so hard on what I’m hallucinating that sometimes I can’t really feel my limbs and I have trouble breathing, but maybe that’s just me

It’s pretty hard to describe, but it really is something I wouldn’t wish on anyone… haha

I do wonder what it feels like for other people too though! I wonder if there’s like, something we all experience

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Schizophrenic girlfriend who can’t stop talking and autistic boyfriend who doesn’t know how to respond 😪

I never really draw myself unless I’m making drawings for Grey. He keeps all my drawings and deranged writings in a photo album on his desk, even the ones from when we first met in that hospital almost three years ago… something about that boy really is special 🩷

I spent a few days with him this week, unfortunately during that time I had two psychotic episodes and I got stung by a wasp… so that was pretty cool

I feel bad because he doesn’t seem to know what to do when I’m freaking out, all he says is “it’s okay, Elizabeth, I’m here” on repeat

And you know what?

I really couldn’t ask for more

He tries, and that’s a lot more than most people 🩷

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He really is a loser at heart 😪🫶

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Now, about the characters... design is a huge part of character creation. If you ever take a character design course, one of the first things you’ll learn is that you’re supposed to tell a lot about a character just by how they look and pose.

Take Dottie, for example. She’s written as a devoted Christian, someone who gets flustered by lewd comments or anything indecent. But based on the way you’ve dressed her— tight dresses with cleavage, and sometimes even very short skirts—that isn’t what comes across at all. If anything, her design screams “18-year-old who just wants to look cute” rather than someone with strong religious values. If you want inspiration for a modest Christian wardrobe, look up Mary Cooper from Young Sheldon, her outfits are cute, modest, and totally in character for someone with similar values.

Then there’s Neapolitan. He’s described as a “very traditional man,” but so far what we know about him doesn’t ’t really match that at all, especially not if he and Dottie are meant to be a Christian couple. Like I said, Dottie’s wardrobe doesn’t align with modest values, and a traditional Christian husband likely wouldn’t be okay with his wife dressing in revealing ways, especially in public.

Neapolitan’s own design is questionable too. You've drawn him wearing skirts, which isn’t exactly traditional for men. You’ve also referred to him as an otokonoko, again not traditional. His hair is another major point, it’s extremely long, dyed, and styled in pigtails. None of that fits the definition of a conservative, traditional man. It’s a really inconsistent design, it's like writing a character who’s supposed to be gay, but only showing them in straight relationships.

About his incredibly long hair. Hair grows about 6 inches per year. Neapolitan is 6'3 and his hair reaches the floor, meaning it would’ve taken him around 12~ years to grow it that long. You said he hasn’t cut it because Dottie likes to style it, so, for how long has he known Dottie? Long enough to never cut his hair for over a decade? That doesn’t quite add up.

Another issue with the hair is that if the only reason he keeps it long is because Dottie likes to style it… why doesn’t Dottie have long hair herself? If she enjoys styling long hair, wouldn’t she start with her own? Or is it one of those “I like it on my partner but not on me” things? Because that leans into something a bit... toxic.

Imagine the roles reversed, like if a guy said, “I want my wife to stay thin and sexy, but I won’t put in any effort to look good myself.” It sounds bad, right? if you want Dottie and Neapolitan to come across as a healthy, believable couple, it might help to either adjust that dynamic or give Dottie a reason she can’t grow her hair, like maybe a health issue or something else. That way, Neapolitan’s long hair feels more intentional, and the dynamic makes more sense.

Hi! I read up about all your comments about my anatomy and colors and I totally agree with a lot of what you said, the thing about the character designs is what I’m not really getting…

The only time I draw Dottie in “short” skirts is when she’s dressed in lolita, which is at its core and purpose, a modest fashion. Lolita as a style is supposed to be cute while still being modest and non-revealing, it’s something I often wear myself and nothing about it conflicts with my religion or values at all, in fact it aligns with it quite well.

And for Neapolitan, the design and personality conflict is the main part of his character, I wanted to design the most liberal and feminine man I could while making him super religious and conservative because, well, I thought it was funny.

Also the hair comment? I think you were referring to this comment I made, and maybe you didn’t read the whole thing because I said that that’s just what he says to hide the fact that he hates getting a haircut… so I don’t know what that’s about …

Here’s the comment again just in case!

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Late night stroll 🫶

Dottie’s wearing fantasy theater gilet because it’s my favorite ap release ever and I’m such a proud owner of it 💔

Also she looks super short but I promise that’s just because I can’t draw

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Wip except Dottie is bending down except I can’t draw so she just looks short af 💔

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She gets a little excited sometimes, something about being in love will do that to you! 🌼

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Fellow vintage tee enthusiasts I need advice 😪

I have this boingo shirt from 84’ and it has an extremely small hole right on the front of it…

Now I’ve repaired vintage shirts before but nothing where the damage is so front and center… I would hate to fix it up and have my alterations be even more visible than the hole, so I’m asking, should I attempt to fix it?

I don’t want it to rip more or anything, but I also would hate to be the one to ruin it 😪

Here’s some pictures of it, the first one being of the hole 💔 (also included the ones of me wearing it back on Danny’s birthday! Have been too nervous to touch it since…)