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team crystals i am going to EXCAVATE YOU!!!!

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IM FREAKING OUTTTTT THIS IS SO WELL MADEEEE AAAAAHHH <33333

Late to the trend as always lol but did the ENA oc trend with these freaks

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ART FOR MY FRIENDS BIRTHDAYY!!!! <33

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gay

FUCK THEY FIGURED ME OUT

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ANGSTY AHH NPCS!! (i love them so much neptune & eva id die for u :( <3)

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i love ttrpgs

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i need to lock in and actually draw bro this art block has me in a CHOKEHOLD.

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i think drawing more gone fanart might heal me (send me some scenes to draw HEHEHEE,,,)

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favorite and least favorite characters in gone? :)

HEHEHEEE I LIKE THIS QUESTION >:3

MY FAVS:

- Lana

- Sanjit

-Penny

- Diana

- Edilio

MY LEAST FAVS:

- Quin (I loved him SO much in book 1, but he lost a lot of his charm in the later books :( made me really sad ) (I FEEL SO BAD PUTTING HIM IN THE LEAST FAVS CATEGORY AUUGHH)

- Caine (although I loved his development, the fact his only real motivation is power/control,,, not the most interesting/unique y'know?)

At the end of the day though, all of the characters are so incredibly written its sosoossoo difficult to list ANY of them as a least favorite, I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCHHH THEYRE SO UNIQUEEEE <333

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GRRRR IM IN LOVE W UR ART MARRY ME 💍💍💍💍💍💍💍

fell in love with the new dusekkar skin ts is so peak

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YESSSSS THIS IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. the rendering and shading omfgomfgomfg COOOOKEDDDD YOU COOOKEDDD

lycanroc my beloved <333

hello tumblr omggog

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how are you liking the gone series since you're on book 5?

I REALLY LIKE IT!!

I actually really enjoyed the reveal that edilio's gay: the fact it wasn't this whole big thing and was just apart of who he is is so amazing (and realistic, honestly) <33

Penny's whole insane breakdown... WOW. Definitely one of my fav characters, and her power is SO cool!!!! Is it bad I was sort of cheering her on,,,, (also the scene following that where Lana is like "yeah dude I WONT heal you"... MY QUEEEEN MY BADASS QUEEEENNN)

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The Caine art is amazing! I love to see a little more art for Gone here and there

AW!! THANK YOU <33 !!!! I really appreciate this :D

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what do you think is the controversial stuff in the gone series? obv its problematic in some ways but i'd like to hear your take

Well, I guess I do have to give it some credit; it was written in 2008, and it has pretty awesome gay representation despite it! I think "problematic" is a much better word to describe some of the events in the Gone series rather than my original phrasing of "controversial", so I do apologize for that 😭 And I also want to make it clear that despite its problematic tendencies, I adore this series and I'm beyond happy I started reading it! I have such a love for the characters and storytelling 🫶 I have no problem with anyone who openly enjoys this series, because so do I! Below the cut are a few things that rubbed me the wrong way in the Gone series by Michael Grant (keep in mind I'm only on book 5):

Diana's pregnancy Even the fact that her and Caine had sex to begin with— several times according to the books— made me squirm a bit. Back in 2008 (when the books were written), the age of consent in California (where the story takes place) was 18 years of age, and the characters are significantly younger than that. Then there's the "accelerated pregnancy" bit... I'm not sure why that made me so squeamish. It just seemed... strange? Like, okay— from where I am in the books, we know something is up with Diana's baby, we're just not sure what it is yet. So for all I know, there could be a reason her pregnancy was accelerated, but I can't be sure yet. Honestly though, I don't think anyone reading the books were meant to be comfortable with Diana's pregnancy. I think Michael Grant intended for it to be a bit uncomfortable, because the whole situation between her and Caine was just that; the fact Diana felt that the only way to get Caine to stop being a terrible person was to offer herself up to him sexually is a very unfortunate circumstance. Caine swore that he would stay on the island with her if they did this together, and so she gave in, but then he turned around and left the island despite it. It really drives home the idea that Caine is very much only after power/control. Gosh I have a lot of opinions about this particular bit of Gone, I could go on for a long while 😭 Female characters Don't get me wrong, the female characters in Gone are (for the most part) absolutely incredible. But basically (if not literally) all of them depend on some sort of love interest to drive their story forwards. This bothers me because it reinforces the idea that women can't just be independent. Astrid, Lana, Dekka, Taylor, Penny, Diana, etc. are all victims of this. Excessive ableism To be completely fair, the characters in this series are young and immature, so this makes sense for them. But it still gets to a point where it's just... excessive. The R slur is used in abundance— especially in the first book— primarily against Little Pete due to his autism. Even in 2008 that wasn't an acceptable word to throw around. But, then again, it's a bunch of teenagers trapped inside a dome with no more adults to tell them off.

I'm probably missing some stuff, but this is what I could think of on the fly. Again, I really do love this series, and am actually running it as a D&D campaign with some friends of mine who haven't read the books! Oh god please don't flame me for this Gone Tumblr </3

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caine soren from the gone series by michael grant (design by the incredible artist inkskxtch !)

ITS THAT ONE SCENE WHERE HE'S IN THE CHURCH IN BOOK 1!!!! AAAAH!!! gee i sure hope that cross above him doesnt fall or something thatd be wild asf

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i think the worst thing about being interested in a controversial piece of media is that you literally CANNOT share it with ANYONE. "hey, you know this is problematic as hell right?" SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP I KNOOOOWWWW I KNOW IT SUCKS IM SORRRYYYYYY

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AAHH!!