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I have never seen Rook so beautiful drawn as this. My boy has been done such justice ✨.

BOOM GET ATTACKED-

Two of these are revenges, one is an attack. In order these characters are Rook (belonging to @m00ntunaart here on tumblr), Sesame (belonging to @sesamestsaxophone on tumblr too) and Alfred (belonging to ItsWormton on artfight). These all got me to branch out and draw three of my favorite things: Aliens, muppets, and robots.

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THE GANG 😤🫶😭✨

second artfight attack! these lovely clones are Shepherd, Karter, Zeal, Spitfire and Python, belonging to @m00ntunaart !

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Let's talk about Aroace Tech.

There has never not been a time in this fandom where the existence of aroace headcanons for Tech has not been contested. As an aroace person who is also autistic, and who has been fighting the battle against acephobia in this fandom for almost 4 years now... I'd like to talk about that.

For the entire duration of my time in this fandom, I have always pushed for aroace acceptance and representation in fandom media. This has largely been through my personal content with Tech, and my introduction of an aroace partner for him. And while I have gotten overwhelming support for these two over the years, I have also been met with extremely concerning pushback.

Death threats, anonymous messages, angry shippers telling me that my interpretation of Tech as a character is wrong and harmful, despite it being a 1:1 reflection of my own identity. I write and treat Tech as aroace because it makes me feel seen. Me, who is of the type of person where representation is solely restricted to harmful stereotypes, has found immense joy and comfort in making Tech aroace.

I do believe that this largely comes from the wave of fandom purity culture that followed the dreaded virus. In an attempt to protect a certain group of people, those in fandom will try and erase anything that they deem as harmful to that group - often erasing the very group they meant to protect in the process.

In our fandom, this is VERY prevalent. So let me speak on behalf of the many autistic and aroace folks I've met when I say;

If you do not believe that Tech can be aroace, or are of the belief that it is a "bad stereotype" for autistic people, this tells us that you believe romance is the checkmark for maturity as a human being, and that a lack of romantic attraction makes someone less of an adult. This also conveys to us that you see romance as the sole thing that makes someone a human - Because you believe an aroace headcanon "dehumanizes" and automatically "infantalizes" an autistic person.

... Are you seeing the issue here?

Aroace people are not any less mature than anyone else, simply due to their lack of romantic attraction. Likewise, they are not less human because of that either. Aroace people like me make the choice not to pursue romantic relationships because we simply have no interest in it. I am a fully functioning adult with a vibrant life that is not lacking in any regard or capacity due to the absence of romantic or sexual relationships. It is insulting to me that people think of me as less "mature" or less "human" because of my own personal choice to exclude these factors from my life. Similarly, it is harmful to see people be so adverse to Tech headcanons of a similar nature, under the guise of these things inherently being 'bad'.

Now, here are some common arguments given to me against this.

- People use it as an excuse or to be harmful/ableist towards autistic people!

I will be completely honest; it is extremely easy to spot an aroace headcanon for Tech, or for any autistic character, that is intentionally malicious.

You'll often find that someone who creates this content is not shy about showing, writing or displaying Tech in ways that are evidently infantalized or dehumanizing. Simply look at the subtext. Is this person creating aroace content for themselves and their own representation, or are they doing it because they do not believe autistic people can feel attraction? Are they displaying this belief in their writing or art?

If they are? Block them. It's as simple as that.

- Tech can't be aroace because Phee exists!

To this, I have quite a number of responses.

Firstly, aroace people are more than capable of being in relationships with others. Both segments of the identity are a spectrum of attraction, and this spectrum will look different for everyone. To say Tech is aroace does not automatically void him of the potential of a relationship. I have many friends who write and view him as aroace, and maintain that in Techphee as a ship. I, myself, write him as being involved in an aroace relationship. I am in one myself. Being aroace does not suddenly mean you can't be in a relationship - it is meant to describe your experience with attraction.

Secondly, remember that Techphee as a ship is not canon. These are two characters who are not endgame, who are never in any formal relationship, and who never hold hands, kiss, or verbally affirm a relationship in any capacity. It is one-sided flirting. Even if the book expands on Tech's thoughts towards Phee and his mindset, the ending of the show will remain the same. It is perfectly reasonable that people may glean interpretations from this that align with Tech being aroace, adverse in various regards, etc. Likewise, it's perfectly fine to interpret the text as him being any other queer identity. Nobody is making you change your views, so please don't heckle others into doing the same.

Thirdly, remember that fandom is BUILT on the back of queer headcanons. If you trace fandom, OCs and the like back to their roots, all avenues will point you towards gay/mlm Star Trek content - even while the male characters in the show display open attraction to women. This has never stopped anyone, and it never will. Hell, Star Wars is built on it in a similar fashion. Despite Anakin and Padme being in a formal, canon relationship, there are THOUSANDS who write and treat Anakin as a gay man. The same applies for Obi-Wan and Satine, or even Ahsoka, who went as far as kissing Lux. Fandom is a means to represent yourself, and has always been a safe space for queer exploration. Do not exclude aroace people from that privilege.

- Why can't he just be happy?

This implies aroace people cannot be happy...? Which is a genuinely harmful rhetoric. To be happy and fulfilled in life does not mean one has to be in a relationship. It never has.

I am happy. Most aroace people I know are perfectly happy and content with their lives, their friendships and the connections with people they make. Our quality of life is not dampened by the lack of sexual or romantic connections we make. I'd argue it's bolstered by our ability to breeze through life without those aspects interrupting the things we want to do.

While this argument, and those who are angered by autistic/aroace headcanons ebb and flow like the waves, it is still disheartening to see the tides against aroace representation rise again everytime someone attempts to try and explore it. It makes me and many others feel unsafe and unwelcome in this fandom. I am frequently reminded of a Twitter post I made eons ago, which gained a small amount of traction on here...

In closing, let's all remember that we're here because we love Tech. He has been a massive milestone of importance in my life, as I am sure he has been for many others. We are all going to express our interest in this character in different ways - and that's okay! Do not rush to erase someone elses interpretation of a character simply because it is different than yours. Everyone has a right to explore this character, themselves, and anything else in their orbit.

Educate yourself on the topic of aroace identities, their frequency and relationship with autism, and how it impacts those who fall underneath both labels, as opposed to immediately running to cry "ableism".

Because whether you like it or not, there will always be autistic people who are aroace, and there always have been.

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MY BEAUTIFUL BOY, ROOK? LOOK AT HIM? BEING SO PAINTERLY AND SCENIC?

(Fr tho thank you, this is beautiful and amazing)

Art attack for @m00ntunaart's Rook Ruenek!

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#skelis1kdtiys

My submission for @skeletons-eat’s DTIYS about their AMAZING Padawan AU!

BUT with my usual twist of combining it with my own Star Wars Daemon AU! (This may become a trend with any DTIYS I do lol)

The original drawing/prompt was Obi-Wan and Reva eating a meal together. I wanted to twist it a little but keep the main idea. So my submission is them meal prepping together! Maybe Obi-Wan is teaching Reva an old lineage recipe that Qui-Gon once taught him?

But again, also with Obi-Wan's Maned Wolf Daemon named Kee-Ayt, and Reva's Red Panda Daemon (I don't know what the Padawan AU name for Reva's daemon would be, but in my daemon AU Reva's daemon is named Sierri)

And finally, the second picture is just a doodle of canon Reva with her daemon, which settles as a Bobcat due to the events of the prequels/becoming an inquisitor. And also Skeli's Padawan AU Reva with her daemon. Which in this AU the Clone Wars end and Reva stays happily with the Jedi, becoming a Jedi Knight. Leading to her daemon settling as a Red Panda instead.

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Art Fight 2025! My first year in the game! TEAM FOSSILS LETS GO!

My Art Fight:

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This is a redesign of one of my ANCIENT OC’s named Snickerdoodle! (Don’t ask about the name, I don’t remember why I named her that)

She’s a big ass tiger with wings and if my memories from when I made her (middle school) are correct, then she’s part of a mutant/hybrid animal group. So pretty cringe lol. But she brings me nostalgia and her design was run to redo, SO HERE SHE IS!

Though I mostly have her for my Art Fight account. So if anyone who isn’t great at drawing humans wants to do an attack on me, they have Snicker Doodle as an animal option. (Speaking as a former “I don’t know how to draw human” artist).

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Updated refs for my clone OC’s, Rife Squad!

From Left to Right: Switch, Spitfire, Zeal, Karter and Shepherd!

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Been feeling nostalgic for my MCU era and found these SUPER old Zootopia x MCU character designs I made back in the day!

I normally don't like sharing old art but these hold up decently well (they aren't AMAZING and the anatomy is visibly off and stiff, but they still stylistically look fun).

If you're interested, here's the list of characters with the animal they are, in order as seen:

Steve Roger/Captain America: Timber Wolf

Natasha Romanov/Black Widow: Red Fox Clint Barton/Hawkeye: Labrador/Mutt Dog

Tony Stark/Iron Man: Leopard Thor Odinson: African Lion

Bruce Banner: Black Bear

Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier: Snow Leopard

Sam Wilson/Falcon: Spotted Hyena

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch: Red Husky

Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver: Grey Husky

Pepper Potts: Ocelot

Peter Parker/Spiderman: Red Austrialian Shepherd

MJ/Michelle Jones: Shiba Inu

Ned Leeds: Chinchilla

Aunt May: House Cat

Happy Hogan: Guinea Pig

Loki: Black House cat

Nick Fury: Doberman Dog

Phil Coulson: European Badger

Maria Hill: Serval

Hulk: Kodiak Bear

Sorcerer Supreme: Hairless/Sphynx Cat

Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange: Black and White

Lemur

Wong: Spectacled Bear

Vision: Elk

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Some architecture/environment studies for class. With some thrown in Wyverns :)

I'm slowly but surely getting more comfortable with environments, colors and rendering.

Non-Star Wars content????? What has this art account come to?! Heresy, I say!

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*Digging through ao3 refusing to accept the ship I like isn’t as popular as I assumed* : THERES GOTTA ME MORE. I JUST GOTTA KEEP DIGGING

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Bobadin MerMay? Perchance? 👀🦈🦭🧜‍♂️

Featuring Bull Shark Boba Fett and Leopard Seal Din Djairn (and Harbor Seal Grogu)!

My second Star Wars MerMay post! I like my Star Wars men gay for each other and half fish? Lol

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My Mandalorian OCs, Rook and Rairrarri, exploring an abandoned Mandalorian fortress maybe?

Rairrarri is a history/architecture nerd so she probably drags Rook along to explore old, abandoned buildings all the time. She’s definitely the Star Wars version of an urban explorer.

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CODYWAN MERMAY! 🦈🐟🧜‍♂️🏳️‍🌈

Featuring Lemon Shark Cody and Koi Fish Obi-Wan!

Heavily inspired by @skeletons-eat’s Codywan mermaid piece! Go check it out, it’s 🤌😩🧑‍🍳.

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is there an ankle biter among the Snake Squad?

If you mean an ankle bitter as in ‘a child’, then nope! No children around for these goobers (they shouldn’t be trusted to watch young children Anyways, they’d probably teach them to use fire arms).

Though, Cobra is the youngest of Snake Squad (the other two passed training and were in the field for a few months before they were sent back to Kamino for ARC training, whereas Cobra showed enough talent before he even passed that he was sent to ARC training before he even got sent to active duty). So I’m sure Python and Viper like to call him the “baby of the group” and regularly tell him to “be quiet, the adults are talking”.

But if you mean ankle biter as in ‘would any of Snake Squad actively try to bite someone’s ankles?’ Then I’d say yeah, if you bothered Viper enough he’d probably bite you. He definitely was a biter as a cadet at least, and I cant imagine he grew out of it lol.

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Syl in different Star Wars AUs for May the Fourth, because I love foxes and dragons even if I can barely draw animals Left is @m00ntunaart's daemon AU and right is dragon!jedi AU mostly inspired by @bubblew0lf1's

Under the cut is me rambling because I have thoughts and I must share

Daemon AU: Okay, so Syl's daemon is a red fox (vulpes vulpes) more specifically a cross fox (which is really just a red fox with a different melanin level). While most Jedi have a bird daemon, that is not the case for Syl (because they're a weird little guy in all universes). I chose a fox because they generally symbolize intelligence, intuition, cunning, trickery, adaptability, transformation, etc. They're also good parents, which is very important to Syl. The fox's name is Gildûrusc, or just Rusc.

Dragon!Jedi AU: Dragon!Syl's appearance was mostly inspired by the ender dragon (because reasons), just with a bit more gold in the color scheme. More color in general, I guess. Most of their skin is covered in lizard scales, but they also have feathered wings and a mane and tail end of fur. So yeah, they've got all three, because they are a weird little guy. I love them. Their twin kyber crystals are situated right above their eyes and in front of their horns. Though I must say, that AU's dragon form is much cleaner than their actual dragon form.

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Updated refs of my 212th ARC trooper OCs! (AKA Snake Squad)!

AND first glimpses of my Mandalorian OCs Rook and Rairrarri!

I’m probably going to post individual focuses of each of these guys with their lore/personalities. So if you’re interested, keep tuned in! Those will be soon!