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Too tired to draw but I still need everyone to be aware of this bizarre interaction I had at work this morning

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playboy fashion, fall/winter 1982

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reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

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You guys really liked my last poll so

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I don't know if many of you even know I make a webcomic, haha... But it's been 2 long years. If you haven't read it, then read it. Thanks.

It's been 2 years since I started publishing this comic. It's a bit insane to think about. Thanks for sticking with me this whole time.

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Let me put it this way. Y'know how people love Warlocks? Because they come built-in with a character conflict, and that conflict is directly tied to their mechanical identity. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and it basically gives you a real writing prompt where other characters just get a list of stereotypes and a background element like "you went to school" or "you like nature".

There are games where every class is a warlock.

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My contribution to the LKS 15th Anniversary piece! Every single year I ask for Kokomo Pine. She's my favourite princess!

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i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

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Ancient Greek Punishment: UI Edition is an odd little experience that allows you to reenact the punishments bestowed by ancient Greek gods in UI form!

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Introducing Vaughn! He might look like your average highschool student that likes wearing lab coats a normal amount but he actually obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering at age 13! Though his knack for tinkering helped him make leaps and bounds in his field, his eccentric personality sometimes makes it difficult to work with others, so he's currently finishing his high school education.

Yes, he is holding a crab.

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come on, they're all jesters to you too, right?

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If you didnt believe Laios was autistic before todays episode i hope it clears that up for you

we were first shown his special interest, a very autistic trait to have. We get to see him indulge in his interest, we get to see him happy.

but this episode contains the scene that makes it clear Laios cannot understand social cues, tone of voice, sarcasm, or subtlety. He actively suffers socially with other humans.

Shuro is pissed Laios didnt pick up on the fact that he hated Laios, because he was being passive aggressive (at best, Shuro bottled up a lot of feelings), and said verbally he was Laios' friend. Laios takes things at face value, if someone says "im your friend" that's what he believes is true.

He hates that Laios "gets to be genuine". I hate the way he says that "gets" as if its a privilege for Laios. It's a privilege for Shuro who is nobility and has his behavior and emotions stifled. Laios doesnt understand that others are NOT genuine. he's not from that world.

that's why Laios asks "why didnt you TELL me?" and Shuro says it should have been obvious.

it was NOT obvious to Laios, not at all.

And also, that was who Laios thought was his FIRST friend on the island. he thought he made a friend, something actively difficult for him to do.

it devastated him to learn that he was wrong the entire time.

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IG : @emperorofmischief

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Once again, I'm trying to style my art to look like vintage comics

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You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

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Deadbeat older sister