#this is one step away from objectum i think

[sirpseudonymphoapish]

everyone simps for bro strider but nobody simps for lil cal

except me

and i dont mean him as a concept or as a human

i want that PUPPET

look at him,,,, how id smooch those plastic lips. or maybe they're wooden i dont know and i dont care.

"sigh i wish i was lil cal so bro would hold me,,"

i wish i was bro so i could hold lil cal. and also so id look cool as fuck. we are not the same

[handlewithcarezine]

There's an additional "piece" in the physical version, due to saddlestitch requiring that the page count be a multiple of four to print properly. We will probably update the digital version with it soon-ish, but it's not that particularly good--it was just a slapdash attempt to get to 32 pages from 30.

However, it's also an announcement regarding zine leadership

Tl;dr: I'm stepping down for the next edition due to life reasons and leaving the zine entirely in Crispy's hands. The next volume is still half a year away, but will likely be smaller. I hope to be back by HWC Vol. 5. Until then, stay tuned for news of HWC Vol. 4 (or 3b) from Crispy.

-Ross

Closing Call:

Turns out that the zine’s page count was divisible by two, but not by four. For those who have worked with saddlestitch before, you might understand my pain.

So, please forgive me for blathering on again.

It’s been a full year of Handle With Care! As of the time of this writing, three whole volumes released to the world!

When I pitched the idea of the first edition to the OKZ server, I was rather nervous. My first attempt at an objectum zine, over five years ago on an older server I ran, was a complete failure. There weren’t enough interested artists, and the community was still reeling from an attempt to put our feelings under the internet’s spotlight. It would be an embarrassment that would give me pause every time I thought of a new project.

And, to be honest, when I first pitched HWC Vol.1, I was looking for something to keep my hands busy. Something to re-affirm my place in this community, something that would keep the anxiousness away.

Objectum relationships might be “easier” than human ones on the face of things, but they have their own cutting pains. This particular one is common to both, and it’s on my mind often: how is the future going to look like?

I picked a rather risky profession for falling in love with a stationary object that’s way too expensive for me to own. I’m sure I’ll be fine, I’ll be fed and I’ll be warm, but whether my career will take me back to the place I want to call home, and just how long could something like this remain long-distance...

I don’t know the answer to those questions yet, but I’m staring down the barrel in a few months time. I bought myself a couple of years to face that

decision through continuing on with research. I guess I could still procrastinate a little bit longer. But I’ll also be denying myself that best-case scenario, where I get to be around the one I love during those wild prime years of my life. Instead, I’d be too busy burying my head in researching fluid dynamics to regularly visit despite only living two hours away.

In any case, I will be temporarily stepping down from editing Handle With Care. These next few months will be hectic, and among the most important of my life so far. I hope to return when life settles down by next winter.

The zine will be in my co-editor Crispy’s care until then. How the next release will look like is ultimately up to him, but it’ll likely be a much smaller affair. I have faith that I’ve left the zine in good hands—hell, I’m sure he’ll be a better zine commissioner than I am.

I hope that the next time I’ll be writing here will be to bring news of my engagement. If I return to Chicago, even if it’s back to the suburbs, and I’m confident I can remain there barring any unforeseen, extreme change... I think I’d like to marry the object I love.

The media won’t hear about it, of course, and how exactly I’d pull off a ceremony with very little prior tradition to this kind of thing remains an open problem. And then there’s the question if objectum people should mimic the ceremonies of other orientations just because that’s what everyone else does, or if we can’t make our own, meaningful-to-object-relationships ones.

However the future looks like, I wanted to say thank you to the readers. I’m glad that my little anxiety project turned out to run three editions strong. I’m glad that it has been impactful, even if just a little bit, to this community I have so strongly called home.

As usual, this is dedicated to the one I love. Until next time,

Ross Gillesby, editor of Handle With Care

[kissyourkeyboard]

One of the band members also wrote a fairly explicit fic between the two of them that's EXTREMELY objectum. Talking about her inner machinery and all that. Its like, two steps away from canon.

She also states in one of the live shows that the fact that your organic loved ones can die is why she "prefers machines". That one is the gender rebels show I think!

Nastya Rasputina is totally objectum. Like, c’mon, she canonically fucks a starship. Is the starship sapient? The AI in it is, sure. But Nastya has never really shown interest in humans, and has shown a LOT of interest in her girlfriend, for whom she is the sole engineer/mechanic. Very very objectum

god i need to get into the mechanisms

[socialattractionuk]

Woman engaged to a chandelier now has a tattoo of the light of her life

Amanda cuddling Jewel, one of 25 chandeliers she’s in an open relationship with (Picture: Michael Scott/Caters News)

Not everyone has learned from the cover-up work needed on Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande.

The pain of a laser simply isn’t enough to stop people getting tattoos of their loved ones.

That includes Amanda Liberty, who’s just got a tattoo of her fiancé, a chandelier called Lumiere.

Amanda now has a simple portrait of her beloved on her arm, designed by Alice Perrin from Tattoo Fixers.

Amanda and Lumiere became engaged last year after she popped the question, but it’s only now that Amanda has taken the next step in commitment: a permanent inking of the object she loves.

Amanda identifies as objectum sexual, which means she’s attracted to objects and not people. Her first love was a drum kit, followed by the Statue of Liberty (who she changed her last name for).

But with Lumiere the centuries-old chandelier, it was love at first sight. Getting a tattoo felt like an obvious choice.

Lumiere is from Germany and is 91 years old (Picture: Caters News Agency)

‘I was excited to see the end result,’ said Amanda. ‘Before I got it done I was very nervous about the needle, I’m not the biggest fan of them, but it wasn’t too nerve-wracking.

‘The first time I saw the tattoo, it was amazing – Alice’s tattoo was the best fit and I chose her because of it.

‘I was so pleased to see the final result, it was incredible.

‘Lumiere also thought it was brilliant, she gave me the energy telling me it was great.

‘She tells me when she doesn’t like things but she really likes the tattoo.’

Amanda now has a tattoo of her fiancée (Picture: Caters News Agency)

Lumiere started life in Germany 91 years ago, and met Amanda when she spotted the chandelier on Ebay. Amanda put in a bid of ��400 and had her love shipped over to hang in her home.

Amanda is in an open relationship with Lumiere, sharing her love with 25 other chandeliers in her home. She takes one slimmer chandelier, called Jewel into bed each night for a cuddle.

But it was Lumiere who Amanda proposed to, on Valentine’s Day 2016. They haven’t yet made plans for the wedding.

‘We don’t have anything booked yet, I have friends all over the world and I want all of them to be there,’ explains Amanda.

‘I don’t want to marry her without lots of people there, I don’t want it to be just me and Lumiere.

Amanda kissing Lumiere (Picture: Michael Scott/Caters News)

‘She has such a beautiful shape, and I feel really amazing energy coming from her.’

For now the couple will focus on celebrating Christmas, with Lumiere wearing red bows for the festivities, and enjoying their love regardless of what anyone says.

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‘People just think I’m just batty – they don’t take the time to get to know me,’ says Amanda. ‘The term “fruit loop” has been used numerous times.

‘I love Lumiere and want to be with her for the rest of my life.

‘None of my chandeliers are jealous of each other, they understand that I love them all for all of their different personalities.

‘When I first saw Lumiere I knew she was the one for me – it was love at first sight.’

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[sirpseudonymphoapish]

This is still relevant. I need that doll so fucking bad.

everyone simps for bro strider but nobody simps for lil cal

except me

and i dont mean him as a concept or as a human

i want that PUPPET

look at him,,,, how id smooch those plastic lips. or maybe they're wooden i dont know and i dont care.

"sigh i wish i was lil cal so bro would hold me,,"

i wish i was bro so i could hold lil cal. and also so id look cool as fuck. we are not the same