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Babygirl you got it bad

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I kinda need the heros to lock the fuck in and kill their bosses I think it would solve 90% of problems

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Still makes me laugh how casual X is about changing the animation style for the show

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I love talking with neurotypical people about my executive dysfunction because I'm like "yeah there's this invisible wall in my head that I'm incapable of getting past no matter what I do and it stops me from doing things" and they're like what the actual fuck

Meanwhile other neurodivergents are like

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i love when sibling characters are fucked up from the same event but in opposite ways

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I just learned that Ichigo gets paid and the Shinigami didnt bother to even tell him.

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HANG ON, SAP-O-TRON 3000! SHE’S COMING!!

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Nene, meeting Alek: Princes can't do anything...all they know is pilot walker, fence, be bisexual, and lie (badly)

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The first asexual person I met outside of the internet was a 65 year old woman.

I’d been interning with her as an artist/executive assistant for some time. To put a long story short she’d developed a tremor that kept her from doing a certain amount of studio work, so in between sending emails and invoices for her I’d chip in and help with line art or drafting on longer projects. A lot of it was the two of us sitting in her basement studio, doing our own thing, waiting for the phone to ring. We got to talking a lot. I’d just moved across the country and was still finding my footing.

There was a handyman she had over occasionally — he was a personal friend who enjoyed her company more than she enjoyed his. She didn’t dislike him by any means, but he definitely had feelings for her that she didn’t reciprocate. One day, after he’d come over to repair something-or-other and left, she and I started talking about relationships.

She asked if I had a boyfriend. I told her I wasn’t interested in being in a relationship with anyone and that I’d never had a desire to be in a relationship. Admittedly, I was bracing for the “You’ll meet the right person someday” response. I knew it generally came from a place of care, but it never changed how much I dreaded to hear it. I really respected my mentor and I was prepared to nod along to whatever response she gave me. Instead of anything I expected her to say, she just kind of nodded and said, “Me neither. I think I’m — what’s the term — asexual?”

I was ecstatic. I told her I was asexual, too. I saw her sigh in relief, the same way I did. I couldn’t believe it.

We didn’t get much work done that day, we just started talking about our experiences. She’d been married once when she was younger and even during that period of her life her disinterest in a sexual relationship didn’t change. She had a roommate after graduating college who confessed to having feelings for her and she had to tell her “It’s not that I don’t like girls, it’s that I don’t like anybody.” The roommate harbored enough bitterness over this that they had to split ways. Her mother told her that she would quote “rather have a gay daughter than a daughter who didn’t fancy anyone at all” unquote.

I didn’t have nearly as many experiences as she did, but I was able to share my own for the first time. I shared how it was easier to say I was taking time to work on myself than to say I had no interest in being in a relationship. We talked about the words “You’ll meet the right person someday” and “You’ll know when you’re in love” and “Don’t worry, one day you’ll meet some guy that changes everything.” As if something was broken.

“I’ve been alive for sixty five years,” my mentor told me, “and I’ve never felt like I was missing something, even if everybody told me I was.”

Currently, my mentor lives with her parrot, her cats, and her backyard-wildlife pals in a house that she owns. She makes art and hosts community art groups and volunteers at care homes and is the most self-fulfilled woman I’ve ever met. And she loves her life. She loves the people she knows and they love her, too. If I could be half as cool as she is when I grow up, I think that’d be pretty amazing.

“Asexuality” isn’t a problem to be fixed or a phase to grow out of. Sometimes you’re fifteen and sometimes you’re sixty-five. I knew in my heart that older asexual people existed but it changed me completely to meet one. We were here before and we always will be.

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Deryn extended her arm. “Shall we go?”

“Of course. But where?”

“There’s a wee changing room off to the side. It’s locked up, but I’ve got the only key.” Deryn looked him up and down again. “And bottle of champagne, if you’re not too much a lady for a drink alone with a former sky sailor.”

“I assure you, Mr. Sharp,” Alek said. “I have no concerns about your intentions.”

“That’s good to hear, Mr. Hohenberg. For my intentions are clarity itself.”

Several glasses of champagne later, she thinks maybe he should've had concerns about her intentions.

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Fellas is it gay to have matching cards in a TCG?

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Thought tumblr would enjoy my silly little gay pins. Love and peace.

(Available on my Ko-Fi!)

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“no one’s ever mad at me unless they tell me so” is the best assumption i’ve ever made

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my craziest take is you can be cis in a trans way if you feel like it. Like its literally no big deal. if you wanna be completely cisgender but still feel as if you're alienated from your agab then you can be cis in a trans way

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I know many people have mixed feelings, or even outright dislike, the anime adaptation. It can be hard to accept a version of a story when your love for the books runs so deep. Personally, I would have loved to see three full seasons, or at least 24 episodes, to fully capture the creativity of this world, its unique technology, and the importance of Alek and Deryn’s relationship, built on loyalty and trust, as a powerful symbol of two opposing forces working together.

That said, I appreciate what the production team managed to do with just 12 episodes. It couldn’t have been easy. Sure, I wish certain scenes, events, or lines from the books had made it into the show, but I always knew it wouldn’t be a direct copy-and-paste. For what it is, I think they did a pretty solid job. You kind of have to approach the Leviathan anime like you're watching a long movie.

What I’m really trying to say is: despite its flaws, I truly enjoyed it. Seeing this incredible trilogy finally get an adaptation was a dream come true. It’s been overlooked for so long, and I’m thrilled to see it finally getting recognition and positive attention. I hope it inspires more people to pick up the books and experience the full magic of the story.

To add on: I don't exactly agree with the whole "Ghibli" inspired part, as I kind of pictured Leviathan to have a lot more grungy grit to it like how Keith's art portrays it, but as I know I've said in the past, Leviathan does have a lot of Ghibli elements to it. War, aviation, machines, creatures, and a strong female and male lead characters.

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Live, Laugh, Lilit

(aka the Istanbul (Not Constantinople) edit)

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Team Unstoppable. My lovelies are back baby!

Just a quick doodle of them before bed — I had to get this out of my system! Definitely expect more to come. I'm so thrilled that Leviathan is finally getting the spotlight again. Never imagined we'd see it animated! If you haven't seen the show, watch it. If you haven't read the books, deffinatley read it. If you don't wanna read it, listen to the audio books. Leviathan Trilogy (C) Scott Westerfeld Leviathan anime on Netflix