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for some reason at 2am last night i thought making a marvel-style post credits scene for the phantom of the opera was the funniest thing ever

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you can’t talk about vampires and their views on menstrual blood anywhere else besides here. On account of the stigma

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don't worry y'all, i'm producing my own immersive phantom. tickets are ten bucks and the venue is the storm tunnel underneath the las vegas strip, when it rains we float the gondola in the flash floods. food is provided (2 foot long hot dog)

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FINISHED ITTT ibis paint says it took me almost 20 hours omg

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Just a little PSA for all our mental health (and chronic pain*) spoonies out there! A lot of doctors neglect to mention this little side effect, which means a lot of us are suffering extra from the heat without knowing why.

*Many psych meds are used to treat chronic pain as well, if you didn’t know!

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*cools ur dashboard down*

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Raquel Suarez Groen...and the cast of Phantom of the Opera Singapore

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Took me hours, but it was totally worth the time and effort.

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STOP CENSORING SUBTITLES/TRANSCRIPTS/CLOSED CAPTIONS

LET DEAF AND NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE READ “FUCK”

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In one of my film classes last semester we had to tell a story in 3 pictures for a mini assignment so my friend and I did this

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I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?

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Want to do something to help stop the tradwife pipeline btw? Include mothers in your feminism. Hold space for women and others who are experiencing pregnancy or motherhood. Listen to their concerns about and unique perspectives on things like universal childcare, bodily autonomy, healthcare. Hold men who disrespect, sexualize, fetishize, shame or harass pregnant women and mothers accountable. Advocate for the right to nurse in public. Advocate for bodily autonomy within the healthcare field. Listen to women and birthing parents who have birth trauma. Listen to women who have undergone things like “the husband stitch”, or medically unnecessary c-sections, or who were given drugs without consent by doctors and nurses violating their birth plan. Advocate for resources to promote an end to the high rates of maternal mortality in the US. Get to know a woman who has children. Get to know the person she is. Know about her likes and interests and hobbies. Unlearn the stigma in your head which makes you see pregnant women as “ruined” or “tainted” and mothers as devoid of individual personhood.

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The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.

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damn they weren’t lying that mental health medication CAN make the heat even more unbearable

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"came back wrong" what about Came Back Afraid. You used to be brave. Too brave maybe, defying the odds at every turn, a fighter, cocky, playing with fire, first to throw yourself at the enemy. Until one day it all caught up to you. You came back, somehow, but now you know all too intimately how it feels to lose, to die, to be destroyed. Now you flinch and freeze and cower at the slightest provocation. Who even are you now if you can't be brave? The grave may have let you go, but the mortal fear still grips you tighter than ever.

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More Ghoulcy art. Some people on Tiktok got pissy with the last one so I had to draw them again to rub it in. Really loving working with halftones for that retro comic style!

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ever since i was a little girl i knew i liked problematic tropes