#10 yrs old . yeah . JUST 10 YRS OLD

[taxinealkaloids]

girls will literally turn their parents’ corpses into meat puppets to prevent the House of their birthright from being annexed by other powers 

[thephooka]

I've been dreaming of making a webcomic for nearly half of my life, and I've just started actually working on that, but... do you think it's worth it for me to start even with the decline of the scene? White noise is quite possibly my favorite piece of media, period, and it's in a format I love, so I figure you're a good person to ask the thoughts of.

(In reference to this post, I am guessing.)

ABSOLUTELY! 100%! MAKE YOUR WEBCOMIC!! Please don't let the whinging of us old heads deter you from making a project that you're passionate about.

I think it's important to ask yourself what would make it 'worth it' in your mind. What do you want out of making a webcomic? Is it that you want to experience the act of creation? Do you have a story you need to get out? Is your goal to get a book printed? To have a large audience? To improve your artistic and storytelling skills? To make a living on your artwork? To make merch? Some of these are way harder to do today, but some of these are goals that you will reach simply by making your webcomic.

If it helps at all, I had to do a lot of this kind of talk to myself when I was starting in 2011 (less because of the scene and more because I was low in self-confidence.) The only way I could get myself to start posting WN on Smackjeeves was to remind myself that I was doing this for myself only, and maybe no one would read it, and that would be ok, because if nothing else I would be making something I love and I would learn a lot doing it. 13 years later and I'd consider my goals met, even if I stopped WN before I'm truly done with it.

(Which speaking of, I feel very strongly that unfinished or abandoned webcomics are not a waste of time for either the reader OR the creator. Just because a story doesn't get an ending--or gets an ending you don't like--doesn't mean it's without worth!!)

The webcomic scene is not going to fully disappear anytime soon--it's just suffering the same corporatization that has gripped almost every art scene at some point in some way, and I think that problem has been compounded by the consolidation of the internet into a few social media platforms. But those platforms will crumble, and the corporations will bail once they can't squeeze any more money out of webcomics. The scene won't ever been the same as it was in the 2010s, but that's how time works, and that doesn't mean it won't ever get better than it is or that there's not gems to be found now. The only way it gets better is if more people make and read webcomics!

[useramor]

maybe it's just me but when a kid calls your name a million times just to say "WATCH THIS" and then jumps and falls like.....that's the greatest thing ever like the whole entire world is so new to you and even the little things feel like the greatest accomplishments and you want to share it with ME? you find something that makes your little kid brain go "WOW!!!! NEAT!!!!" and the first thing you do is turn around and call my name............i will love you forever

[faunandfloraas]

You ever just see something and then sit there like UM....

[icewindandboringhorror]

Obligatory fancier outfit that must be present anytime I post outfits 

[dezwade]

he told his son to kill his brother less than five minutes ago, donald

[llycaons]

house truly is a show of contrasts. really ableist and fatphobic but also hitting hard on things related to abelism and faphobia that other shows wouldn't touch, creating some genuinely satisfying moments

[jtbb]

transgender middle schoolers deserve the world forever and ever amen

[ladybugkisses]

how do u think 11 yr old ari reacted when the titanic sunk. did she even hear abt it?

i'm obsessed with this question and yet i don't know how to answer it. anon your mind-

[little-shiny-sharpies]

*through gritted teeth* don’t trust how you feel about your life after 9 pm or during your monthly hell, don’t trust how you feel about your life after 9 pm or during your-

[burger-goblin]

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[universal-kitty]

I know I don't really...talk on here much anymore. But it's kinda funny (in a "ah, now it's time?" kind of way) that it's only now I'm seeing ppl talk more openly on what happened to the "community."

While I still have my own personal beliefs, I just want to focus on the major one basically everyone agrees with: interactions. Pal, even back in the day interaction was a tricky thing. People got it easier, yes, but I don't even want to imagine what that grew into as a "modern day" problem. (I know friends of mine who were a part of self-ship, joined in events...and hardly got more than 2 asks. Meanwhile, I'd see more well-known folks tearing through the pile of asks they'd received.)

Harassment and bullying? Grew out of certain sects of hyper-possessive folks. (Nothing wrong with being in your own zone with your faves- I get that- but like any other community space, there were people who took it too far and hurt others in doing this.) It just hasn't gotten any better, as hyper-vigilance is the new flavor everyone loves, these days.

Liking a villain/Having a villain F/O? Terrible person who condones everything their fave has done irl. Cause that's how it works, right? This one, itty bitty piece of someone's life you're seeing online... That denotes who they are, right? You suddenly know of their past and everything? Wow...you totally don't and need to stfu.

...Idk, I think I have too many issues with how the "community" was turning out during my final days being/considering myself a part of it. It doesn't surprise me to hear it's only getting worse and people are voicing their discontent about it. I just wish it'd been handled earlier, rather than watching a harassment campaign launch throughout the "community" and only think, "Wow, that sucks! I hope whoever is wrong suffers. Anyways, here's some reblogs and posts about my faves-"

[cimicherrychanga]

hi rama just wanted to say i care abt u and i hope you know ur loved and v cool and incredibly stylish and hot and funny and kind and i hope you have a good day, meow :3 and ❤️

WAAAH THANK YOU ERIKA <3 ;A;

i Am feelin better now uwu

[isurvivedlittlemix]

just got absolutely read to filth

[callilouv]

idk if i rlly am unable to feel intense hate for something or i conditioned myself into thinking that hating soemthing makes me even more of a bad person so i refuse to feel such things HMMM

[winchesternova-k]

it’s late and i just finished resident evil 7 so this isn’t going to be super coherent or fleshed out but like… idk i just feel sorry for eveline? like yes what she did is completely and utterly fucked up but she’s a child and maybe could’ve been guided to make better choices if someone in her life had actually cared abt her? she’s literally 10 and she’s spent her whole life in a lab ofc that would give her fucked up morals? idk man i just felt sad for her and for the bakers (ngl i had a hard time feeling sorry for mia after its revealed she worked in bio weapons and that eveline viewed her as family and that was not returned. obviously that doesn’t make what happened okay but like,,, this was the least sympathetic way they could’ve done it)

this isn't criticism btw. i just feel like i got smth v different out of the game than the devs intended. idk maybe it's be i like monsters and redemption arcs or maybe it's be i know how it feels to be a child feeling unwanted but i just felt like they could've at least tried getting through to her/teaching her morals instead of mia just... telling a 10 yr old she hates her and is going to kill her (and THEN going after her if/when that fails). AGAIN eveline's actions were fucked up! but considering the environment she was raised in was likely similar to umbrella that's not exactly surprising.

also the way they repeatedly called a ten yr old a bitch was frankly disturbing. esp since the first chronological occurrence of this was by a caretaker who had no real reason. ten yr olds throw tantrums! the reasonable response is discipline not calling them a misogynistic insult! her reaction was disproportionate but again she is a superpowered 10 yr old w/o any ethical/moral lessons instilled in her.