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Rereading the Lord of the Rings series recently, and it's so fascinating to me how much the series is a denial of the typical juvenile power-fantasy that is associated with the fantasy genre.

Like, the power-fantasy is the temptation the Ring uses against people It tempts Boromir with becoming the "one true king" that could save his people with fantastic power. It tempts Sam with being the savior of Middle Earth and turning the ruin that is Mordor into a great garden. It tempts Gandalf and Galadriel with being the messianic figure of legend who brings salvation to Middle Earth and great glory to herself.

The things the Ring tempts people with are becoming the typical protagonists of fantasy stories that we expect to see. and over and over we see that accepting that role, that fantasy of being the benevolent all-powerful hero, is a bad thing. LotR is about how power, even power wielded with benevolent intent, is corrupting.

And its so fascinating how so much of modern fantasy buys into the very fantasy LotR denies. Most modern fantasy is about being that Heroic power-fantasy. About good amassing power to rival evil. But LotR dares not to. It dares to be honest that there is no world where anyone amasses that power and remains good.

I guess that's one of the reasons its so compelling.

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Definitely enjoying the new Percy Jackson series

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below is the letter received by Neil Gaiman from the “concerned mothers of america” in ‘92, and his response :)

he mentioned this letter in a recent interview with Pink News:

“I remember getting a very grumpy letter from the ‘Concerned Mothers of America’, informing us that due to the number of gay characters in Sandman they would be boycotting us and we had to repent,” he said.

“We never repented and the sales just went up, and up, and up. So I never really worried about their boycott.”

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PLUS! I’ve just posted a TON of CLOTHING DRAWING REFERENCES on our Instagram HERE and a how to draw LIPS tutorial on our Twitter HERE!

Lorenzo!

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Have a Spider-Man, on the house

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Figure it oot

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Welcome to the internet!

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Having fun with caricatures. People tell me we look related

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Watching Bo Burnham’s Inside made me feel many things, including the urge to draw Bezos as the comic villain he is

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One of my reinterpretation of andalites, from Animorphs.

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I want to take my fiancée on the best possible honeymoon, so I’m calling out to you to help me make that possible. I’m doing with sketch portraits for anyone who sends any amount to my Ko-Fi. Just send me a message with the face you’d like drawn when you do

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I want to take my fiancée on the best possible honeymoon, so I’m calling out to you to help me make that possible. I’m doing with sketch portraits for anyone who sends any amount to my Ko-Fi. Just send me a message with the face you’d like drawn when you do

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Got bored during a Christmas party, so have a thing. #spiderman #spider-man #respectthehyphen #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #ink #brushpen #art #artist #artistsofinstagram #marvel #marvelcomics https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYSQ8An5ru/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=itilsm40row8

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Random doodles are fun #doodle #sketch #draw #art #artist #artistsofinstagram #surfacepro4 #mangastudio5 #clipstudiopaint https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq-iEq4HUZL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bqai4lj539zp

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Tried something in a more stripped down simplistic style. I might play around more with this. #wonderwoman #comicart #dccomics #art #artist #artistsofinstagram #comics #madeonsurface #surfacepro4 #clipstudiopaint #mangastudio5 #fanart https://www.instagram.com/p/BqpeH65HNw9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14drz9g2gxwod