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"(blank) with mama" is my absolute favorite trend in the past 3 years i hope it never goes away i hope we post with mama forever

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sometimes we (i) forgot

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ethics of making AI images aside, I do find a bit amusing the kinds of sob stories and mental gymnastics people make up to pretend like drawing is this super technical skill with an impossibly high barrier of entry when its like one of the first hobbies toddlers pick up

suddenly a lot of people think they got the next Lord of the Rings in their head but they were never able to turn their stories into anything tangible because the evil elitist artists are hogging all the talent and skill and they need a bajilion years of training or something as if one of the most popular manga and anime of the past decade wasn't made by a guy that draws like this

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Putting all tabletop players into a college level ethics class and forcing them to turn in a paper on moral philosophy before buying a new book

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may the light of blessing grant you the strength you seek ♢

close ups and speedpaint below!

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valentine's day gift for my bf based on the animal crossing versions of us that he made!!

check out the characters too @ @legloof

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something something despite the all horrors and tragedies of the world, love was there and that's all that matters

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it's funny that we were all so worried about viktor's villain arc and then jayce was like L + ratio + here's my unconditional love and forgiveness + i always thought your imperfections were beautiful + nothing about you is broken to me + in every universe i will find you and save you from your loneliness + none of this is worth it if you arent by my side. and viktor folded IMMEDIATELY

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really went from yea i don't think jayvick will happen other than parallels between mel and viktor to The Word Soulmate is not enough to describe them i believe. yea they broke the cycle caused by their own paradoxical search of the other BY being with each other through obsession and imperfection. yea im being normal about it

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jayce replacing skye as the tether and embodiment of humanity for viktor within the arcane, viktor looking for jayce in every reality because he's the only person that can reason him, jayce telling him he loves him for his imperfections which breaks the cycle, the fact that they BOTH place the chance of having each other back HIGHER than their obsession don't TALK TO ME

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Arcane a show where every gay person wins

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arcane s2 was so good... .

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I genuinely think Mouthwashing fandom is a good example on how real life misogyny is very wired on people brains and influenced how they engage with fictional misogyny.

You have a story about a woman being assaulted and telling a man he trusted but being dismissed because he is friends with the attacker, and people fixate on shipping her with either of those me.

You have a story about how men that downplay their male friends violence, assume neutrality is the safer option, unintentionally help create an environment that's unsafe to vulnerable people, at a risk becoming a victim themselves. And people make it about toxic yaoi.

You have a character kill herself because she didn't want birth the child of her abuser. And people make AUs where she happily keep the baby.

Misogyny isn't just "I hate this women", it's also downplaying their trauma, defending those who caused it, and reducing them to mothers or wives against their wished under this idea of what womanhood is about.

I don't think we can separate fandom misogyny from it's real world influence, not yet.

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“male loneliness epidemic” and “friendzoning” are similar concepts to me in that the conditions they describe are literally experienced by everyone at some point in their lives but when its men its some sort of profound injustice that needs to be rectified by checks notes giving them unfettered access to the public good that is Women

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do you think it'll all be okay?

yeah. even if it won’t i’ve got people to love in the meantime

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if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters