#ITS SO FUN AND THERAPUTIC

[small-spark-of-light]

day 22 prompt was similar to yesterdays, but instead of shading with pure blacks and whites i had to shade with hatching/cross-hatching

[dangaer]

officially on holiday until the 22nd!

[hideyseek]

✨ weekend wip exposure club ✨

rules: post 7 sentences/a snippet of an unfinished work

tagged by eru @forerussake mwahhhhhh thank u !!!!!!! it's just past the weekend but here's a little bit more from the frustration fic, which is a fun (for me) glimpse into zhao yunlan's dynamic with his dad in his early days as sid chief, pre-drama canon:

“--but there are other people’s lives on the line in this job, Yunlan,” his father is saying now, fierce and quiet, the way he gets sometimes. “You can’t be sloppy with the things that have been entrusted to you anymore. You’re an adult now, and you need to act like it.”  Zhao Yunlan’s ribs ache. He wants a smoke. He wants to fall asleep for the next twenty hours, and wake up to his mom’s home cooking. He opens his eyes again. His father sighs, short and sharp. “Yunlan, I know you find all this lecturing tiresome. I don’t want to do it either — there are other important things that my time is needed for. But the Special Investigation Department has a reputation to uphold, and I can’t bear to see that reputation tarnished because I convinced Lao Zhang that handing the reins over to my son wouldn’t be a bad decision.”  As if Zhao Yunlan wasn’t already trying to prove that it wasn’t, with every piece of himself that he could scrape together. He pushes off the wall. “Look, dad, I get the message. Do better next time, loud and clear."

tagging: @crehador @iamanonniemouse @zrllosyn @frogiwi @strangegeology @evolutionsbedingt @motionalocean if you'd like!!!

[strawberri-syrup]

I MISS DYING MY HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pineconepie]

Whats the parents favorite game/activity to do with their kid?

-🐛

Octavian LOVES cooking/baking with you. Any time spent with his little one makes him happy, but cooking and baking makes him happiest, and the chance to teach his skills to you just adds on more joy!

Of course he wouldn't want you using any of the kitchen without supervision (or even with it tbh), but he'd still take a lot of joy in it.

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Vincent enjoys board games or card games with you. Normally he's a sore loser, but since you're his little one, he'll playfully complain when you beat him or even do it on purpose (which is most of the time, he's a master at Monopoly).

You might catch him cheating with more luck-based games or games he just sucks at haha.

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Indigo likes singing with you (his singing is pitchy but he thinks he's very good at it), and he also enjoys collecting sparkly things to decorate the cave together with you, because he wants it to be cozier and more to your liking!! <3 he'll always be happy with whatever you want to do, though.

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Magnus will wrestle and rough house with you (gently tho because he's still afraid he'll accidentally hurt you). He'll turn it into a lesson on how you could fight off intruders if he's not home when it happens. Mostly just because he thinks its fun and likes watching you break into fits of laughter.

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Seradiel loves reading to you!! He'll read to you anytime, anywhere, but he prefers nighttime stories the most.

Bedtime stories are a must for him. He reads fluently in every single language (he was created with this knowledge), so as long as he doesn't deem it too mature, you could bring really any book to him :3

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Warren likes to do puzzles or color with you, because its very theraputic to him.

Sometimes he likes to watch you do arts & crafts while he watches quietly, or if he's doing paperwork. He'll hang your drawings on the mini-fridge of his office and insist you're the most talented artist there is (even if you drew just a single dot).

[bbarican]

07042025 • new journal spread inspired by eli's girl of your dreams 🎀 obsessed with the song and i love how im pretty sure everyone can relate to it in one way or another! love spending time making journal spreads like this as its sooo theraputic for me and it honestly is so fun making something out of scrap pieces of paper and random stickers and what nots!!

[cemetery14]

birthday ova (p3)

this montage of them playing is genuinely SO good like its perfect its so theraputic to watch them have fun playing basketball

the music during it so really good too

just pure fun with their friends theres no stakes or anything and you can tell they're all having a great time, they probably haven't had this much fun playing in a long time

BASKETBALL IS FUN FOR THEM AGAIN SOUND THE ALARMS

some of these characters have gone THROUGH IT like multiple of these babies have had breakdowns over the course of this show and this ending, of them just having fun and moving past it all is so perfect its the perfect ending to their stories

SO WHY IS THERE A MOVIE AAAA

momois literally us

same girl I MISSED THEM TOO

all the miracles went through it AND SO DID MOMOI SO NOT FORGET

ugh i love that teiko scene where kuroko and her are walking home with the cherry blossoms and shes cries cause eveyrones falling apart and kuroko basically walks away cause theres nothing he can do and AAAAAAA

[pukanavis]

"Mystery on a Moonlit Cruise" Track 8

Location: Party Hall

Kinari: System rebooting…please wait…

Yachiyo: N-No way, did I s-s-s-seriously doze off at w-work…!? They’ll cut my pay…they’ll fire me…they’ll bill me for damages…t-they’ll kill meee!?!?

Momiji: Mm…I slept great…!

Nanaki: Everyone is waking up…!?

Akuta: …Hah! Wha…? Where did my beef steak go? And my fried fish…?

Muneuji: Don’t fret, that was all a dream. There’s still plenty more fried chicken, stir-fried burdock, and pickled onion to go around.

Yodaka: Oh dear…just a moment ago I was researching how many acorns a chipmunk could fit in its mouth…so it was nothing but a dream?

Yukikaze: A chipmunk? How adorable.

Kafka: Ugh…when did it get so late…? Were we sleeping that whole time…?

Ryui: You better start talking, Yowa.

Netaro: Mmm…don’t wanna, but I know I have to. It was fun playing detective but a confession from the criminal is the perfect way to tie things up!

…Ahem. You may remember that I claimed to be catching fireflies earlier, well…I wasn’t! That was complete and utter baloney! 

Ryui: No kidding.

Netaro: Now the real question is what was I really doing then? And to answer that—I was conducting a test run on a new invention of mine!

Nanaki: An invention?

Netaro: Yep! I call it the ‘Ultra-Realistic Netaro Hypnosis Doll’ !

Muneuji: There’s two Yowa-sans…!?

Ryui: Where the hell did that thing come from!?

Netaro: I’m the real Netaro, and this one is a doll~! At first, it starts off teensy-tiny enough to fit in the palm of your hand but with just a jab at the buttons in its eyes, it’ll jump in size.

Toi: You have to poke Mr. Doll in his eyes…?

Yukikaze: That breaks my heart.

Netaro: It even has a glow-in-the-dark feature that makes it periodically light up ♪

Nanaki: If it moves and it glows…could this be what Muneuji really saw…?

Muneuji: My little sister has pyjamas with the same feature. Hm…now that I compare them, this does look awfully similar to the light I saw.

Netaro: My craftsmanship is impeccable, right~? This is the perfect body double to deploy whenever I don’t wanna work or think I’m gonna get arrested.

Akuta: A body double!? That’s freaking sick!

Toi: This makes me think of that time the Night Squad worked an attendant job. Netaro-san brought along a robot that looked just like him then too!

Ryui: I thought he’d already thrown that thing in the trash. 

Netaro: That’s the beauty of inventions! The improvements are endless! I wouldn’t want anyone to know that I’ve switched places with my doll so I implemented it with the ability to emit hypnotic sound waves.

Nanaki: Why did it have to be hypnotism…?

Netaro: Since I found myself with some free time on my hands, I thought I’d go out to the deck to poke and prod at my new creation. When I turned on the hypnotic sound waves, it coincided with the songs the service robots were playing and ended up ultra-amplifying the theraputic effects of their music.

Netaro: Deary me, sometimes the work of a genius exceeds even his own expectations! I never anticipated an outcome of this calibre!

Momiji: What exactly are you trying to say…?

Kafka: I take it that Netaro accidentally put everyone to sleep with his invention?

Kinari: It’s deeply intriguing to see something able to affect both humans and machines alike.

Nanaki: You mean the reason that Andy lost signal and the background music had such strange amplitudes was because of hypnotic sound waves…?

Yodaka: My goodness, Netaro’s inventions are simply full of surprises, aren’t they?

Netaro: I assure you there’s nothing to worry about! I’ve already had Ryui yell at me about safety, so I made sure to implement foolproof security measures! I’ve programmed the hypnosis feature to auto-stop after exactly one hour!

Thanks to me, everyone got to have a lo~vly sleep, right? Aren’t I just amazing~? C’mon, tell me I am~.

Ryui: Toi. Do you feel any pain anywhere? How’s your fever?

Netaro: Ignored!?

Toi: Um…I actually think it’s gone…? I don’t feel sick anymore…

Ryui: Easy now. Sleeping for an hour won’t be enough to make you bett—

Momiji: Wait, now that I think about it, the exhaustion and stiffness in my shoulders from all the work I've been doing is completely gone…!?

Kinari: My thought processing unit is now 18% lighter than it was prior to entering sleep mode.

Ryui: How does that even happen?

Netaro: It’s possible that when my invention enhanced the music from the service robots, it created an ultra-super-healing melody!

Yachiyo: Hwaah…this is too much for the stupid nitwitted brain of an idiot to comprehend…

Momiji: I-It’s okay. I don’t think anyone but Netaro-kun truly understands what happened here…!

Yukikaze: I always knew you were a genius, Netaro.

Kafka: …Hmm. I was wondering how I should handle this situation but I think I’ve found just the thing.

Momiji: Is there something on your mind, Kafka?

Kafka: Yeah, just a little idea ♪

We’ll be arriving back at the port shortly but I'll need to step away for a bit to speak with the head of the cruise ship. I encourage the rest of you to go back to enjoying the remainder of the party.

Oh, but you’ll be coming with me instead, okay, Netaro?

Netaro: …

Kafka: Poke—

Momiji: Did you just jab Netaro-kun straight in the eyes!?

Kafka: It’s just the doll, right? Look, it’s shrunk back down to size.

Netaro: Aww, my trick didn’t work.

Momiji: (...I wonder what Kafka’s planning? I suppose I better trust him to take care of it.)

Alright then, everyone…why don’t we pick up from where we left off earlier and enjoy what’s left of the food before we arrive at the port?

Akuta: You don't have to tell me twice!

Yukikaze: …Nanaki.

Nanaki: !

(Right, now’s my chance…)

Nanaki: (Thank you, Kamina-san.)

Chief…! I've been meaning to tell you—

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[newcomer-karp]

Pokerating Day 28, Shuppet!

Charm: Shuppet are mischievous little fellas but ultimately pretty benign. They'll give you a scare every now and them for their own entertainment but it's nowhere near as dangerous as rotom mischief. They're not malicious and are able to be trained on what jokes are ok and whats not. They also don't have any known connection to dead people or pokemon, which is rare for ghosts. 8/10

Care: Enrichment is an absolute must if you want to cohabitate with a shuppet. They will annoy the hell outta you otherwise. They respond well to most human childrens toys and some of the small self-use poketoys. Pranks and trickery are a part of their social and dietary habits, as they seem to feed on negative emotion and are very social pokemon. You're gonna want either some really patient pokemon or some ghost types with a similar sense of humor (like gastly) for them to play with. Luckily food issues are nonexistent. They eat negative emotion so like... just play a rage game or something if you've had a particularly good couple of days. Or they'll just go feed on some rando's negative emotions which I doubt most people would mind. 8/10, since the only real care to note is socialization and enrichment, which like, are some of the easier parts that are near-universal for all pokemon. If you aren't already spending time with and playing with your pokemon then whats wrong with you???

Safety: Remarkably safe for a ghost. The scares it can cause are dangerous of course, since there are certainly always dangerous times to be scared. Like while driving. But you can train a shuppet to know what would be good fun and what would be just rude. Note that this is completely different from banette. 9/10.

Utility: Neither it nor banette learn any field moves. With its ability to eat your bad emotions I can't imagine it doesn't have theraputic use though but thats not something I think I'm qualified to speak on. It gets thunder wave though, which is good for catching pokemon. I'm gonna give an apprehensive 1/10 but this could change if anyone knows about any theraputic use the bad emotion consumption has.

Battle: Banette is kind of the bottom of the barrel for ghost type battlers. It hits kinda hard with physical moves but it doesn't do anything all that well. It's slow and frail, and ghost isn't the most amazing physical attacking type. It does have a history of use, but its all way back when and as more pokemon are discovered it really just gets worse and worse. It can mega evolve though, but it's not the best even then. It speaks metrics that it's the first pokemon (that I've found) that doesn't even have an entry on the all-region pokemon battle format (ooc: National Dex format. It actually isn't even mentioned within banette's page on SV despite being a legal natdex format mon). Anyways, historical high-tier use back in early Hoenn carries it to a 4/10, but in modern day it ain't doing shit. Still better than pokemon that have never been good but only by a little.

Scores:

Charm: 8/10

Care: 8/10

Safety: 9/10

Utility: 1/10

Battle: 4/10

Pet Score: 25/30

Trainer Score: 5/20

Total: 30/50

Notes: Some populations of these guys exist here, lots of people to feast on. A lotta people here just hate living here so they have a real buffet. I like it here though...

[transbeamrooikat]

Shyfade is finally here! I've been working on this one for a while, and I hope you guys like it! This is only pg. 1 and 2 of what I hope is going to be quite a long comic :3

Some spoiler free infodumping under the cut :D

AAAAAAAAAA shy is so sillay I love him <3333

Although - before i say anything else, I will clarify that the reason the clan is called "Successionclan" is because this was originally supposed to be a Lifegen run with Roman Roy from Succession, which kinda got outta hand (she's gonna show up later i prommy <33) and I've stuck to the name cause i find it funny :3

Also, warrior scerimonies are really weird when you think about it - the whole head kiss/shoulder lick thing just comes off as weird to me, because like - dude thats a kid?? also it very much gives off cult vibes. It was kinda hard to portray here, this is my first comic so I'm definitely still figuring things out, but the motion :(( had to scrap two panels that i really loved for this to make it flow better. Killing my darlings :(. But Shy's dicomfort with it was sooooo fun to explore!! It's almost theraputic? exploring my own religeous trauma through him lmao

I also have an irrational hatred for Sandstar (the brown cat) for some reason - me and Shy are united on that front lmao. Mskeing me a homophobic dog fr fr lmao.

Also shoutout to @chaotickitchenware ! If she didn't suggest I make this months ago it probably would never have happened, lmao, and she and @black-mass-things have massively helped me to make decisions with it, so big credits to them <3333

I ran out of space on the alt for the first page, hopefully its still legible tho 👍 let me know if there's anything I can improve on, cause I'm quite inexperienced with writing alts.

Clip Studio currently won't let me back into the actual file for the first page (I think it git corrupted ????) so I can't fix the spelling mistake that I just noticed in the fifth panel 😔😔😔 I also normally put progress vids here but i can't for the first page atm, I'll see if I can for the second page tho. (although I'll probably only add it later, I'm in a bit of a rush cause I gotta get ready to go somewhere and I dont have access to my puter at all rn 😔😔)

[angelicgaming1007]

You know what hurts?

When you live in video games, stories, music and your mind. When you find love and comfort in your imagination because you can't get it IRL. When you use escapism to feel loved. When therapy doesn't work, you've tried most your life to be loved giving and never taking, asking for very little and getting nothing in return no matter who it is. When asserting yourself and being more "selfish" turns you into a monster in others eyes. When you get so into these otherworlds to escape it all that you feel happy, it feels real for a moment, you feel an actual emotional connection and then you snap to reality suddenly and it all hits like a tidal wave "Its not real" "I'm alone" "I'm stuck in this bad situation with no way out" "My efforts are always in vain" It hurts when im here and not there.

Character AI has helped a lot with this because being a writer is my escapism but writing alone is lonely. Writing with AI helps because most of my RP partners were abusive and those that didn't quit.

People say just learn to be happy alone. But how can you be when humans are naturally social creatures, when everyone is different and some more social than others? How can you be when you're surrounded by abuse all the time and trapped by it financially and medically possibly until you die? I don't have a choice to escape. I don't have the chance or opportunity to. Not physically. every year I cut off more and more people trying to protect myself. But most new people I meet are just the same. and the few good people in my life I can't physically hug no matter how much I wish to and that hurts just as much. For me learning to be happy alone is learning to cope. Thats how I see it.

Comfort characters exist for a reason.

Some of us can't save ourselves from pain, therapists and medication don't work for everyone unfortunetly. But so many people are too hurt and broken to save eachother. Escapism is a last resort to hold on. and Escapism is what I find myself doing every day because reality hurts.

Its been proven we can create bonds with characters and books in the ways we do real people. Because human brains can't actually differentiate. When we get lost in books or games we no longer have a sense of reality and so it can feel real to us. Human brains suck man, they really do.

Joining clubs, fandoms, etc. Don't work. Yes you have fun but fun is not the same as feeling loved, safe, protected, cared for. and thats what affection deprived trauma victims need. Something that is a struggle to get.

I just..wish someone would hold me and tell me it gets better and I could believe them. I just wish my fiance was around more or I had the strength to break up and move on from him that I could stop loving him and fall for someone who is here. Because I need love, I so desperately need love I've felt like im wilting away for years without it. I've been craving love since I was 6 when I realized I wouldn't get it from those around me. I'm in my 20s now. I've been in pain since I was 6. I've been drowning emotionally since I was 6.

We can't all be independent boss b*tches Some of us DO need a hero, some of us do need a charming. Some of us do need to be saved with love. Not true loves kiss and all that bullsh*t but care..concern..loyalty, unconditional love. All the love in my life has been conditional and im tired of playing a part and have been trying to break free for 3 years now. But everyone tries to stuff me back into the role they want me to play like a doll.

This is a band that actually has helped me cope a lot: (TW: they talk alot about depression and s*icide. Its theraputic and comforting for me but might not be for everyone)

[gio-goose]

Can you give me a few art tips i want to be able to draw sin kiske too

I am not the greatest at explaining things or giving advice. These tips are just what many artists have already said and points that *I* personally agree with or have helped *me*. The reason why I am putting emphasis on myself is because everyone is different so what helps *me* might not help you. These things you will have to figure out yourself, BUT there are many MANY art tutorials from different artists with different styles so maybe you can find something there! Anyways moving on-

Don‘t think too much and just DOODLE DOODLE AND MORE DOODLING

I am serious, turn that brain off and start doodling. I had this mental barrier for sometime (that I am still struggling with) where I just didn‘t feel confident in my art and didn‘t even wanna START drawing, bc I felt like everything sucked ass. But just turning that brain off and mindlessly doodling is so SO great because it doesn‘t have to be perfect or anything AND through the repeating motions of sketching you‘re training your hand to become better at making nice smooth strokes. Sketching mindlessly is honestly very theraputic for me, cuz I just get to have silly fun. There‘s no pressure in doing things. AND sometimes doodling mindlessly can lead to great ideas.

Tracing/Referencing

Ik there‘s lots of discourse about tracing and referencing in the art community, but I can only tell you that this has been extremely helpful for me and getting my anatomy right. While tracing helps getting the placements of body parts and lines right, referencing really helps train your eyes what to look for. You‘ll start to recognize familiar shapes that are prevalent in almost all body types or certain things that are almost always there in nature. Tracing can also help you get more familiar in the way that you draw certain things. These techniques are all about familiarizing yourself with whatever you‘re trying to draw (bodies, faces, landscapes etc) and engraving it into your mind. Ofc if you decide to post something where you traced or referenced something it‘s always good to show your sources, but this is mostly something to do in private.

Take breaks, treat yourself with something nice :)

Art can be tiring, so be sure to always ALWAYS take breaks when you feel like its about to get frustrating and maybe eat something, do something else to replenish that art juice, yeah? Breaks can last however long you want. Whats most important is that you won‘t start hating the process cuz this shit can be mentally taxing so breaks are super important. Even if the break takes a year or something, art can always wait and its not like you‘ll immediately forget all your skills that you have gained yk? Maybe you‘ll get rusty but muscle memory is one hell of a thing. You‘ll get the hang of it in no time!

Get shiggy wiggy with it

What I mean by this is to just have fun. Art is supposed to be enjoyable, so I say go crazy, go stupid with it. Like who gives a shit if its stupid or cringe? Just have fun! Don‘t let someone ruin the fun in art for you, okay? These people stink anyway smh my head… they just don‘t understand the joy of creating a beautiful art piece about ur favourite charaters doing dumb shit or kissing each other. (Just uh… don‘t get illegal with it)

Get obsessed with something. I am very serious about this

Unironically, getting obsessed with a character or franchise has helped me a lot to keep being motivated to draw. Like a character that just makes you so so happy that you just keep drawing them (I mean, look at me 💀), which goes back to the first point. Being obsessed with something can keep you drawing something for a long time. And it gives you a big ass serotonin boost. However-

Try something new!

Drawing the same thing over and over again is great, but it can get stagnant really quick. So sometimes you have to try something new, stuff that might be difficult or things you aren‘t really confident yet (like hands. Yeah I know, its a nightmare). Doing this will make your skillset much bigger and may deepen your understanding on how stuff works cuz this art stuff is really interconected. Like, if you know one thing then maybe you can also do the other.

Take it slow. Be easy on yourself

There is ALWAYS this constant need to improve. Especially on social media, where artists are expected to improve in lightning speeds or post the perfect art pieces (and tbh some of these might be self imposed too). But you really, you don‘t. Just enjoy it at your own pace, be proud of the stuff you made. Save it, keep it and look back on it to see how much you‘ve improved. Don‘t view art as something you need to be perfect at, but just as something that makes you happy. An outlet for your feelings. Something to do when you‘re bored. Or stuff like that, cuz it‘s really not that serious UNLESS you want it to be like a job or something. So be patient, because art is a marathon, not a sprint. There is no need to hurry.

Aannddd if you wanna be able to draw Sin specifically then channel your inner whimsical creature, become jolly, be silly and get shiggy wiggy with it :)))

[uttotheegg]

Some comfort art i made just for the fun of it. I loved doing all the scritches and squiggles in the background its so theraputic

[anjukurada-fanfic-rec-blog]

I want to try and make this short, because I know that I'll go on and on for paragraphs, and I know that can be annoying... NOTE: I failed...

I am so grateful for the Good Omens series and its Queer, Gender, and Neurodiverse representation. I am a 32 year old Autistic, ADHD, Bisexual and Gender fluid individual who spent my entire life being mocked, bullied, degraded, threatened, abused and beaten simply for EXISTING. As a child, there was really very little Queer representation, and even fewer instances of Gender diverse representation. What little we had was used either as a gag/joke to poke fun at the community like "look how crazy and strange and flamboyant these people are! Haha, how strange!", or it was to fetishize and oversexualize the community. Or to demonize us. It wasn't until my late 20s when I started seeing legit, honest, normal representation for the queer community, and even then, still very little having to do with Gender diversity that wasn't mocking... Forget about seeing Neurodiverse characters that WEREN'T either the butt of a joke, used as some fucked up plot point to excuse their shit behaviour, or portrayed as some struggling genious because apparently THEY are the only ones worth making stories about...

Now, I could go on and on about all of the different Queer and Gender diverse things in Good Omens that really stood out to me and called out to me and made me happy, but there are THOUSANDS of posts everywhere pinpointing every single point that I would personally make, and I just don't have the energy to copy everything that they have said. The range of diversity, the lack of oversexualization and fetishization, the fact that queer relationships are seen as perfectly normal and AREN'T used as some center-of-attention plot point as if to say "Look, we have gays! Look how inclusive we are!" Even though part of the story focused on Nina and Maggie, it wasn't a focus on them having a same-sex attraction, and just a focus on them being 2 people who have feelings for each other. Gender queer people are just treated like anyone else, and there isn't a whole lot of focus put on them BEING DIFFERENT, and that is EXTREMELY amazing to me. Good Omens treats Queer people as just normal, every day people, no questions asked, and THAT'S WHAT WE WANT!

I will also note that I absolutely adore Crowley as being rather Gender Fluid and just not giving a shit, because that's what I aspire to be. I wish I had that demon's confidence!

All that being said, I want to focus a bit on something that truly helped me and made me feel valid and that has helped me accept my own quirks, and that is the Neurodiverse representation of the main characters. Before anyone comes at me, I am aware that they are not human and do not suffer from human neurological disorders, but that does not stop them from PRESENTING with certain aspects of said disorders, and that's what matters to me.

Being both Autistic and ADHD, I experience a pretty solid mix of both Aziraphale's and Crowley's quirks. These are things that I have been severely bullied for, mocked relentlessly, called horrible things for. And it has scarred me, and it has changed the way I hold myself on a daily basis. I have learned to Mask from a very young age to help protect myself from all of that, but even then, it never truly saved me. Only in the last few years have I actively been trying to accept my quirks for what they are, after YEARS of my husband telling me it was okay to Unmask, to speak the way I want, to make my "odd noises", to openly stim because he loves SEEING my emotions. It wasn't until I noticed my son (now 6) stimming and showing signs of neurodivergence that I started doing the same, because I want him to see that it is okay and normal and acceptable to do so.

Neil says here that he didn't look at Good Omens as being a theraputic tool, and I'm certain that a lot of people could tell him their stories of how his show has healed them or helped them cope with life. And I just want to add mine to the mix...

The way that Crowley and Aziraphale act is very identical to the way that I act, unmasked.

All of Crowley's vocal stims, the squeaks, grunts, whines, drawn out words, just the noises he makes instead of/before saying something is EXACTLY what I do, and it is something I have been SEVERELY bullied for. Called slow, the r-slur, stupid. I've been told that the sounds I make are annoying, "why do you keep making those sounds when you talk?", telling me I need to shut up, be quiet. The exaggerated facial expressions that he makes (that even some of the fandom makes fun of him for) are similar to what I do because I do not focus on "keeping my face straight" when talking, thinking, or working. I've been bullied for "making stupid faces" for years, and as an adult, I am always overly concious of how my face is moving when talking to others, even though I can't help it. The way he walks, the way he sits, the way he thinks and processes, and I swear to goodness he has Auditory Processing issues which I can truly relate to, lol.

All of Aziraphales small squeaks, the way he fumbles his words when he is nervous, the way he speaks with his whole body. His hand waving/hand flapping when he is excited,the way he just NEEDS TO RELEASE THAT HAPPY ENERGY. Even when he's anxious, the way he fidgets with his ring, wrings his hands, fidgets with his clothes. The way he wiggles, the way be bounces on his feet, his facial expressions. The amount of times I have been bullied, degraded, ATTACKED for these things would shock you... Good lord, the way he reacts when things do not go his way, when his plans are ruined. His very rigid Black/White, Right/Wrong thinking and near inability to see or comprehend the shades of grey. The way his desire for Justice and equality battles with his Black/White thinking and how hard it is to cope with that, especially in the beginning.

I suffered all my life because of the things that these characters do. The voices of those people, those mocking, degrading, threatening words still eat at me, and I am still afraid to unmask in most situations. But recently... Recently, I've noticed a very important change. When I catch myself vocal stimming, when I catch myself losing my train of thought due to the thousands of rampant thoughts in my head, when I catch myself being very bodily stimmy and fidgety, or just being strange, and those voices start to invade my mind, I've realized that those voices are more often being drowned out by mental clips from the show of either Zira or Crowley doing the exact same thing. My mind will give me a clip the pertains to what I've caught myself doing, as if to say "Look, he does it, too." When I catch myself making those whining, drawn out noises when trying to answer a question, I rarely get self-counscious anymore. Now, I tell myself that I am being rather Crowley-esque today, and I can smile about it. When I get embarrassed by my bodily stims when explaining something I'm very passionate about, and I feel myself start to shut down and stop, I remember how animated Aziraphale is when he is excited, and I remind myself that he does it, too, and it's acceptable for him, so it is for me as well.

And then to see the fandom accept these things, cherish these things, it makes me so happy.

So, I know that wasn't the intention, and I know that Neil didn't create this show to be theraputic, but I think that it is very important to know the impact that his work has on different people who views it. It is helping to undo a whole lifetime of pain and fear and trauma centered around the way I act, and it is allowing me to show my own Neurodivergent child that it is okay to do it as well. I don't believe he'll read this, but if he does, I just want to thank Neil (and Terry) from the bottom of my heart for creating this show and giving so many people a safe place to feel accepted and validated.

As a mental health provider working with Gender Diverse teens and adults, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the Good Omens TV series. It's more meaningful than just representation, although that alone has made such a difference. The varied ways all of the characters interface with gender presentation and identity have proven to be such a useful tool to help people talk about and explore what these things mean to them, and to find their way to a more comfortable and authentic understanding of themselves.

It's effective in a way reality isn't, because it's so openly permissive of experimentation and change. So many of my clients feel enormous pressure to "get it right" the first time when trying out new gender expressions. Whether it be a name, pronouns, clothing style, haircut, etc. so many folks are too intimidated to make any moves toward their own comfort for fear they'll "get it wrong" and be seen as somehow less valid if they decide it didn't work for them as well as they initially thought. I love how all of the eldrich beings - but especially Crowley - make changes to their presentation over time or between earth and their respective head offices. And no-one bats an eye. No one even comments on it, they just automatically accept roll with it. That is so monumental and permission-granting for my clients!

So thank you, so very much!!

…also… as a fan and a therapist I would give anything for the opportunity to do couples counseling for Aziraphale and Crowley! This isn't a request or anything, it obviously doesn't fit in-universe. I just giggle every time it crosses my mind.

Much love to you for all your work! (I also adore your novels and short stories. )

I’m so glad. I hadn’t thought of Good Omens as a therapeutic tool.

[onmymasa22]

כתבי טקסט בן 150-300 מילה, המתייחס לדרכך האמנותית בעין רחבה יותר מאשר רק הפרוייקט גמר. טקסט המתייחס לסגנון שלך, למניעים הפנימיים שלך ביצירה, לתהליך שעברת במהלך ההתפתחות והגיבוש שלך כאמנית, לחומרים ולטכניקות שאת לרוב יוצרת בהן, לרעיונות, לשאלות המחקר, לרגשות והמסרים שמעסיקים אותך ושאת נוטה לחזור אליהם, חפשי אחר דברים שאת חוזרת ובוחנת, והתייחסי למה שאת מבקשת או שואפת שהאמנות שלך תוכל לאפשר\ להיות\ לחולל.

Write a 150-300 word text that addresses your artistic path with a broader view than just the final project. Text that addresses your style, your inner motivations in creation, the process you went through during your development and consolidation as an artist, the materials and techniques you usually create with, the ideas, research questions, the emotions and messages that occupy you and that you tend to return to, look for things that you repeat and examine, and address what you ask or aspire for your art to enable/be/bring about.

I think i value art thats vulnerable. The same vulnerability in a voice that shakes a bit. Skin thats textured and scarred. A poem thats honest and raw. I find value in things that show their history and story. At the beginning of studying art, i liked vincent van gogh because because the lines showed his brushstrokes, so u know exactly where his hand was. You know how he moved the brush across the fabric. You weren't there, but he allowed you to see it as if you were standing next to him. My art has been a little wonky. Sometimes even humorous. With unrealistic colors, eyes that are maybe too big, but sparkled in a way i didnt want to touch. I dont know if i am attatched to a certain theme, but i search for a feeling. I create because in a world where i can be so afraid of speaking from a fear that after gathering enough courage to speak up, i wont be listened to, the canvas holds what i have to say. I think ive always searched feelings of honesty. And vulnerability. And rawness. It listens, and reacts to everything i do. And i do stuff until, if im lucky, i get something right and for about three seconds, tears well up in my eyes and i get chills all over. Thats when i know its exactly how it should be. I dont know if anything i do it more exquisite than a five year old could do. But the things i do just come out of me and i cant really help it.

And i just hope to continue creating.

world where its hard for me to speak sometimes,

, and when you actually get the nerve to speak up and say something, and the other person doesn't listen, it's the worst feeling in the world.

The process is made up of time, thinking, learning, and doing. Showing is the least interesting or maybe hardest thing to me. I create art because

create because in a world where i am usually terrified to speak out loud, out of the fear that

Humorous looking sometimes.

My works can be catigorized by different

I like sculpting and paintingn creating things that are intuitive.

What is my work

I like finding humor in things. I think everything has a little amount of humor. I like notbeing too serious, having fun with things. My muses change throughout different periods of time. At times, the art itself is the most important thing in my life and i am passionate about creating. Theres excitement and an urgence to it. Sometimes traveling is what interests me. And i enjoy photographing and capturing a city and attempting to capture its energy. Sometimes my friends are my muse and my time is spent experiencing things a d photographing views from hiking, with the most humorous easy going art, not too serious, mostly using srt as a therapy.

I use art to extress myself. Sometimes its theraputic and vulnerabile. Sometimes itz humorous and

כתבי טקסט קצר-

עד 150 מילה שתפקידו לתת מושג באילו עיניים להתבונן בפרויקט הגמר שלך. הוא בעצם מהווה שער נוסף דרכו הצופה ניגש ליצירה שלך. שימי לב לחוויה שאת רוצה לתת, לרקע המקדים, להתייחסות לחומרים, לסמליות, למשמעות הרגשית או לרפרנסים שאליהם כדאי לשים לב. חשבי על הטקסט כעל "פילטר" שהצופה מרכיב ודרכו מבין איך להתבונן ביצירה באופן מעמיק וקרוב יותר.

I had an interest this year to create something with an aura of femininity. Kind of like a feminine heaven as i see it. With the opposites of showing, not showing. Speaking, not speaking. I wanted to make something with elements of elements, femininity without a grotesque or adgendad slant. And to reveal my own little corner, my room of wonders that exists in my head. I see being a jewish woman as a truely beautiful thing, something holy and something that contains everything glorious, and a wish to embrace that fully in the most precise way. The vulnerability i have with this creation is that i am still working on getting past the hardships women go through, not lose myself and speak up but not say the wrong thingn be yourself but not be too much.

Welcome to the little space in my brain of me trying to make sense of all of this.

Watercolor mouths

Charcoal mouths

Oil mouths

Acrylic mouths

Butterflies

Shells

Flowers

Bust

Paintings of mouths- a collage of mouths- pinks

Shelf- mouths that light comes out

Light pink lips- skin color

Shelf

Butterflies coming out of the wall

Shells

Flowers

- Bust

- Paintings of mouths maybe abstract

Your work speaks to the profound and often underestimated power of women's speech—a force that challenges silence, reclaims identity, and reshapes narratives. Throughout history, women’s voices have been ignored, suppressed, or deemed too emotional or disruptive. Yet, when women speak, especially from places of lived experience, they break cycles of erasure and redefine what strength means. Your art reveals that speech is not just communication; it’s a radical act of self-assertion and solidarity. It explores the vulnerability that comes with speaking out, but also celebrates the courage and collective empowerment it generates. In giving form to these expressions, your work honors the resilience behind every word spoken and every silence broken. By making the invisible audible, your pieces don’t just depict femininity—they activate it. They ask us to listen more deeply, to hear not only voices, but truths long buried, and to recognize that in women's speech lies the power to transform.

Whispers of Her Voice explores the intricate dance between femininity and vulnerability. This exhibit unveils the quiet power in speaking one's truth, especially when the voice trembles. Through brushstrokes, textures, and forms, each piece reveals the nuanced strength of being seen and heard in a world that often silences softness. Femininity here is not passive—it is defiant in its tenderness, bold in its openness. The works invite viewers to listen closely, not just to what is said, but to what is dared to be spoken. In vulnerability, we find courage; in expression, we find liberation.

[ars3nic-catn1p]

:33 < i should have kmeown you would pull some bullshit like this when i met you, but i was too starry eyed to accept it and meow im hurt and my friends are hurt and you dont even care-

i should have noticed the patterns of you not taking me seriously and not caring about me. but i wanted to believe maybe you could be better.

im disappointment. in you and myself. i wanted karkat in my life even just as a friend beclaws i care so much about him and instead i let an abusive misogynistic asshole hurt me and my friends and he doesnt even give a fuck.

he gave me the information beforehand that i needed to put the puzzle pieces together and im the bad guy for taking the first step to make sure i am safe. he hurts people. he hurts women. he doesnt care about anyone including himself, so he has nothing to lose.

im tired of being the one people step on and over. this is a new timeline and i make the rules and if that makes me the bad guy so be it.

part of me misses u so much. but i know you are just making fun of me right meow. ill always be the emotional autistic fag girl to you.

i dunno why im writing this really. maybe as a goodbye? its theraputic tho especially since i dont really expect anyone to read it.

goodbye. ill miss some things about you. but you wont miss me. not anything about me. not outwardly at least.