2024 is about letting people care about and for you. it’s about answering ‘how are you’ with honesty, asking for space when needed, accepting help and being open to advice, listening to concerns and having difficult conversations. it’s about trying your very best to let go of the feeling that you’re completely alone, and finding ways to prove to yourself that you aren’t.
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Notes and doodles I accumulated while working on the iterator refs ^^
Alt text for the last one under the cut because it was too long for the description box
Five Pebbles
He/him
-Supreme maker of mistakes. Flew too close to the sun (lol)
-Doesn't know what a mental health is
-Dislikes the cold
-Is building a miniature of an iterator can in his room
Looks to the Moon
She/her
-Good at finding good in the world. Kind in a world that is unkind.
-Likes explaining things when she has the energy to do so
-Too used to enduring and enduring.
-Will walk directly into the ocean to say hi to the sea animals
Seven Red Suns
They/them
-Not-so-secretly sentimental
-Can phrase their words really really well or very very badly
-Likes engaging with others; handles isolation poorly
-Paints on their walls
No Significant Harassment
Any pronouns; usually he/they
-Knows the value of a good laugh
-Gets a little silly (literally, philosophically, legally, you know how it is...)
-Understands that life is unfair. Will take his lot, for better or worse.
-Wants to do a backflip so very much
Chasing/Grey Wind
They/them
-Their life is one big depression nap
-Powerful speaker, but more of a listener. Lurks in group chats
-Calm and levelheaded, but so very tired
-Plays songs for their friends
Unparalleled Innocence
Any pronouns; usually they/she
-Looks like a cinnamon roll. Can tear you to shreds
-Fiercely independent, but also quite loyal. Will fight for their friends
-Hates feeling trapped in any way
-Really wants to kick their own can
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Thank you to everyone who submitted a suggestion! I actually had more people asking for various fandoms - unfortunately I struggled drawing some of those characters, but I do appreciate everyone's suggestions!
So! Here's Bobby x Hoppy, DogDay x CatNap, DogDay x Craftycorn, and then my choice - DogDay dealing with multiple crushes.
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This is probably because I grew up watching 24/7 animal planet, but what finally made the allo/aplatonic thing click for me were the nature's of big cats.
Lions are powerful, regal creatures who are uniquely adapted to pack life. They need these connections to live a healthy life; A lonely lion is a miserable creature indeed.
Jaguars are solitary, beautiful creatures who live happily solitary. They prowl their lush world with self-sufficient majesty. A jaguar is not lonely without a pack. In fact, forcing jaguars to share space with others they do not enjoy is just as damaging as forcing a lion to live alone.
A lion may choose to head out on it's own for the most part, but in the end must return to the pack to thrive. A jaguar can choose to trust and enjoy the company of others, but they never feel the need to form a pack.
Is a jaguar selfish for this? A psychopath, a narcissist or any other such horrid assumptions? Is it a less moral creature than a lion, who seeks others like it to thrive?
Is a lion pathetic, or needy, or selfish for wanting community? For requiring contact with others like they require water? For their inherent need to string complicated webs of relationships that may seem silly or dramatic to others?
Of course not. These are ridiculous questions to even ask.
They are simply lions and jaguars.
In fact, is a jaguar that chooses to spend time with you not as magical as a lion's love? For a creature that needs no bond to thrive to still enjoy your presence enough to share it a time? Is a lion who can prowl the night alone not impressive in its strength and resilience? Is it not awe-inspiring in its ability to conquer a life it was never wired for and reign still?
Are they not both beautiful and awe-inspiring in their own ways, without being wrong?
Alloplatonics. Aplatonics. Are we not both special and beautiful in both our bonds and self-confident happiness equal, in each our ways? Is there not unique beauty in lifelong bonded packs and magical encounters that need no perpetuity to carry life forward?
Are we not but lions and jaguars? Neither wrong, neither selfish, but just different and beautiful creatures in each our ways?
That's how I've come to see it, anyway.
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