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Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on Pokémon’s “Electric Soldier Porygon”

On December 16th 1997 Pokémon made international headlines when their latest episode, “Dennō Senshi Porygon”—now commonly translated as “Electric Soldier Porygon”— caused 685 children to be taken into hospital by ambulance due to seizures, blindness, and convulsions. The event was dubbed by the Japanese Press as “PokémonShock” (“Pokémon Shokku”), and launched an investigation by the Japanese Government into what had happened. When discussed the story usually ends there, just a fun way to conclude a listicle of banned anime episodes, or an explanation to fans as to why Porygon has never had a major role  in the main anime since. But there is far more to the story of Pokémon’s banned episode: a story that includes a model train enthusiast from Birmingham, England, and a little mouse who got away scott free. 

As an Epileptic, I’ve been very outspoken about my opinions on the increased use of strobe lighting effects in American cartoons. Even today with movies like The Incredibles II, the use of flashing lights and red lighting effects has made a lot of cinema not only inaccessible but potentially deadly for many viewers. Yet people have accused me of being a hypocrite: why do I continue to love Pokémon? Surely if I had conviction in my beliefs, I’d refuse to watch the show that caused all those children to be taken to hospital! My response often surprises people. That, in my personal opinion, morally speaking, the animators were not responsible for what happened. That Porygon was, in fact, innocent. 

Read it at Anime Feminist!

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VOY A GANAR LA GUERRA CISNE

NUNCA

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Attention to the letter: Lettering and Deaf representation in A Sign of Affection

In a new wave of disability-focused manga, A Sign of Affection by artist and writer duo Morishita suu stands out as one of the most prominent and successful series. The manga has touched hearts around the world, its popularity even leading to a rare high-resource shoujo anime adaption! On the surface, A Sign of Affection is a relatively straightforward fish-out-of-water shoujo romance between two college students: the sweet yet shy Yuki, who is just starting to make her way in the world, and the globe-trotting silver haired heartthrob Itsuomi. What makes the series stand out against its contemporaries is the fact that Yuki—who is d/Deaf—is the point of view character and reader proxy, and Itsuomi is the cool senpai who notices her.

Other series featuring d/Deaf characters, such as A Silent Voice and The Moon On A Rainy Night, will often present their d/Deaf characters as love interests or side characters. These stories are intended to be relatable to an able-bodied audience, not a disabled one. However, in A Sign of Affection we’re immediately shown that this is Yuki’s story. It’s clear that she’s the one we’re following along this journey, without the assumption that an able-bodied reader needs to have everything about her disability painstakingly explained to them. As well as the storytelling structure itself, this is achieved through suu Morishita’s ingenious use of lettering, wherein the format and function of the words on the page themselves allow the reader to experience the world as Yuki does: thus allowing this to be her story, told with her own words, and of her own experiences. 

Read it at Anime Feminist!

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My Animated Short "Carry On" will be premiering on YouTube December 8th, 2023. Please consider watching it. I have poured a lot of thought and labor into it.

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all asks attempting to argue with me about ships will be deleted. it’s the online equivalent of a four year old screaming & crying & arguing with their classmates because johnny wants to make the barbie & ken dolls kiss & becky wants to make the barbie & ryan dolls kiss & I won’t engage in it. grow up & mash your own blorbos together to make them kiss or fuck nasty or whatever, don’t worry so much about which blorbos the other tumblrinas are playing with lol

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How to draw: Not white characters

How to draw a Black person

How to colour Black people skin tones

How to draw dreadlocks

How to draw African hair

How to draw curly hair

How to draw braids

How to draw braids part 2

How to draw cornrows

How to draw Bantu knots

How to draw two strand twists

How to draw an East Asian person

How to colour darker skin tones with alcohol markers

How to draw hijabs/traditional Muslim hair coverings (note, he used incorrect terminology, what he called a burqa was actually a niqab! Sorry for the mistake)

How to draw a hijabi girl

All links and art provided by @ itsajart on TikTok

Before you go “mY aRt sTyLe iS dIfFrEnT tHoUgH” you can moderate it and play around with your style to get it to fit.

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Learning to work with the body and brain I have, rather than the one I thought I should have, has made my art better and easier to create.

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I just organised my art reference folder so here’s a list of them for anyone who needs it!

character design references (pinterest boards)

japanese outfit references (school uniform, swimsuits, kimono, maid costume)

couples pose references (imgur album of book scans)

style arena (street snap search, good for outfit references)

street girls snap (generally more colourful than style arena)

twin outfits (pinterest board, lots of matching outfits)

generate colour palette from single colour

another palette generator

royalty free stock photos - one, two

fat photo ref (tumblr blog, non-fetishized depictions of fat people)

reference angle (generates photos of faces at any angle)

animal photo references search (same thing but with animals) 

the pose tool (lots of nude pose refs) 

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Dude, I was concerned with the notification 😂

Diversity win! The fake money is gay!

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A new, curious Fandom Spirit wanders into the vast kingdom of JATP tumblr. They check the tags; shiny, tall structures amidst shimmering skies. They think: I wonder what goes on behind these grand doors! What intelligent conversations await? Will there be discussions about Julie and the boys being best friends? Will there be Willex fluff? Juke angst? I wonder what they talk about!

The Fandom Spirit makes their way to a grand tag, the #jatp tag, then gently nudges the door open and gently pushes it in, peeking inside, eager to see what great fandom experiences await.

Overlapped, they hear:

“WHY WAS OWEN ON LESBIAN TIKTOK”

“Alex has religious trauma <3”

“Anyone remember the cheesecake discourse?”

“Ray x Caleb horse girl AU”

“Bobby is a gremlin (affectionate)”

“FLARRIE FLARRIE FLARRIE FLARRIE FL-”

“My grades are worse than Madi’s WiFi-”

“PRAISE QUEEN MADISON”

“MADISON REYES IS MY REASON TO BREATHE”

“Lights Guy from Bright my beloved”

“Charlie not you speaking”

“Hear me out: Victoria x Mrs Harrison.”

The Fandom Spirit blinks very, very slowly. They’re all off the rails. And gay. And mentally ill. It’s paradise.

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I can barely contain myself right now

holy shit

HOLY SHIT

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Today we are discussing sketchbooks, should they be pretty? Is it realistic to expect them to be pretty?

Taglist: @haikyuupaladin @beeblxssxm @queer-human-being @bring-it-on-perra

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Ok... this is going to be an interesting post...

With all of our discussions about cyberpunk lately, we’ve been stressing that people could be hospitalized or die thanks to strobe effects. Which is obviously the most important part. But I feel like what a lot of the discussion fails to acknowledge is what happens if you ARENT hospitalized. And just how serious that still is.

Let me start with an example. This is an example of a seizure I can remember part of but was NOT hospitalized for: WARNING THIS DESCRIPTION WILL BE SOMEWHAT GRAPHIC.

First, my jaw seizes up. One side of my jaw clenches and I just cannot force my mouth to open. I also cannot breathe AT ALL once this happens. My vision starts going black around the edges, I get tunnel vision, and then I completely black out.

THE DESCRIPTION IS OVER, IF YOU SKIPPED IT PLEASE PICK UP AGAIN HERE:

So, important to note: I was not hospitalized after that, and the only testing I received was another EEG. But, there were some long term consequences,

-seizures cause brain damage. Not always enough to alter anything SIGNIFICANTLY but it’s still brain damage. Brain cells that were working before are now dead

-seizures can get WORSE the more seizures you have. Having one additional seizure may not seem like much, but that is one seizure in a chain that you otherwise wouldn’t have had. It may not have done significant damage now, but it could still add up over time. Each seizure after may be jsut that much worse, which increases how much damage that seizure does.

-a seizure not requiring hospitalization doesn’t mean that it wasn’t dangerous, just that they can’t do anything about it.

And some smaller or rarer possible long term consequences:

- there are people with epilepsy who are able to drive as long as they’ve been seizure free for at least a certain period. This period seems to range mostly between six months and 2 years depending on the location. And most places won’t CARE if you know exactly what provoked it and know to avoid it now. You still lose your license. And if you lose you license, you lose your independence, and for a lot of people, possibly their jobs if they no longer have reliable transportation.

-your doctor may decide to raise or change your dose/medication if you have a seizure. They may decide that your meds aren’t working well enough. And for some people that means worsening side effects, or even, again, more seizures depending on how they respond to the new medication.

And this isn’t just important when discussing cyberpunk. This is important when discussing ALL media with strobing effects.

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[Image: a blue swan with a pink necktie curling in itself to mimic the letter O.]

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Taglist: @beeblxssxm @haikyuupaladin @queer-human-being @bring-it-on-perra

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[Image 1: a blue swan with a pink necktie bending over to mimic an uppercase N. Image 2: a blue swan bending over and lifting a pink necktie to mimic and uppercase Ñ.]

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Sketchbook tour!

Taglist: @haikyuupaladin @beeblxssxm @queer-human-being @bring-it-on-perra