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Chillin’ on the Bridge

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two cats

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this punchline is entirely bad-faith but I thought it would make for a fun comic :]

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City life 🌆

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"violent games don't romanticize the subject matter!"

my sibling in christ i think you have the wrong idea of what "romanticizing" means

it means to portray something in a more idealized, exciting or sentimental manner. basically what all fiction does, ESPECIALLY VIOLENT GAMES. your actions are portrayed as cool, heroic, powerful, skillful. you're rewarded for doing fictional harm. those types of game do indeed idealize war or general conflict.

i don't hear a peep of complaint about war games "romanticizing something traumatizing" (WHICH IT LITERALLY IS. VETERANS SUFFER FROM SEVERE PTSD BRO). but they do indeed do that, actually. it's escapism.

romanticization is not just about writing a relationship that would be bad irl as cute or wholesome. romanticization is a key characteristic of most fiction. it's hard to find any piece of fiction that doesn't romanticize something. whether it be a slice of life book, a war game, or an incest fanfic. romanticization is not the 'this is bad' word you think it is.

we already know that there's no causal link between violent video games and real-world violence. and yet.. they romanticize violence.

fictional content that deals with more taboo subject matter isn't any different. it won't change your moral compass any more than a war game. most people can separate an enemy killed in a war game from a real casualty of war. this isn't to say you have to be okay with all fiction personally. you can just. not enjoy a piece of fiction.

saying this as nicely as possible, some people need to grow up.

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romance is lame and overrated i love mentor/mentee relationships in fiction and especially when theyre sort of fucked up

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Princess

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Seth Armstrong

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Just had to draw Sara with a haircut I saw in a vision.

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Yeah well...

The Favorite Kid: part 1/ part 2/ part 3 is here...

There will be more parts, I will make a fuller link version when I make a pinned post <3 yipppe

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I was a teenage Were-Wirt har har

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Momoire

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A quiet stroll

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into the unknOoooOoown

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thoughts on the green broadbill?

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everyone look at this thing immediately…… so green with a wonderful silly face….

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we conjure ghosts and then we feed them and if it all goes well, we'll laugh a lot