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[the-dragon-girl-27]

various OC doodles i never posted from around the past year

i do have more but i hit the 30 image limit oops

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[kindnessoverperfection]

Please, if you can, take a moment to read and share this because I feel like I'm screaming underwater.

NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) stigma is rampant right now, and seems to be getting progressively worse. Everyone is using it as a buzzword in the worst ways possible, spreading misinformation and hatred against a real disorder.

I could go on a long time about how this happened, why it's factually incorrect (and what the disorder actually IS), why it's harmful, and the changes I'd like to see. But to keep this concise, I'll simply link to a few posts under the cut for further reading.

The point of this post is a plea. Please help stop the spread of stigma. Even in mental health communities, even around others with personality disorders, in neurodivergent "safe" spaces, other communities I thought people would be supportive in (e.g. trans support groups, progressive spaces in general), it keeps coming up. So I'm willing to bet that a lot of people on this site need to see this.

Because it's so hard to exist in this world.

My disorder already makes me feel as if I'm worthless and unlovable, like there's something inherently wrong and damaged about me. And it's so much harder to fight that and heal when my daily life consists of:

Laughing and spending time with my friends, doing my utmost best to connect and stay present and focused on them, trying to let my guards down and be real and believe I'm lovable- when suddenly they throw out the word "narcissist" to describe horrible people or someone they hate, or the conversation turns to how evil "people with narcissistic personality disorder" are. (Seriously, you don't know which of your friends might have NPD and feels like shit when you say those things & now knows that you'd hate them if you knew.)

Trying to look up "mental health positivity for people with npd", "mental health positivity cluster bs", only to find a) none of that, and b) more of the same old vile shit that makes me feel terrible about myself.

Having a hard time (which is constant at this point) and trying to look up resources for myself, only to again, find the same stigma. And no resources.

Not having any clue how to help myself, because even the mental health field is spitting so much vitriol at people with DISORDERS (who they're supposed to be helping!) that there's no solid research or therapy programs for people like me.

Losing close friends when they find out, despite us having had a good relationship before, and them KNOWING me and knowing that I'm not like the trending image of pwNPD. Because now they only see me through the lens of stigma and misinformation.

Hearing the same stigma come up literally wherever I go. Clubs. Meetings. Any online space. At the bus stop. At the mall. At a restaurant. At work. Buzzword of the year that everyone loooves loudly throwing around with their friends or over the phone. Feels awesome for me, makes my day so much better/s

I could go on for a long time, but I'm scared no one will read/rb this if it gets too much longer.

So please. Stop using the word "narcissist" as a synonym for "abusive".

Stop bringing up people you hate who you believe to have NPD because of a stigmatizing article full of misinformation whenever someone with actual NPD opens their mouth. (Imagine if people did that with any other disorder! "Hey, I'm autistic." "Oh... my old roommate screamed at me whenever I made noise around him, and didn't understand my needs, which seems like sensory overload and difficulty with social cues. He was definitely autistic. But as long as you're self-aware and always restraining your innate desire to be an abusive asshole, you're okay I guess, maybe." ...See how offensive and ignorant that is?)

Stop preventing healthcare for people with a disorder just because it's trendy to use us as a scapegoat.

If you got this far, thank you for reading, and please share this if you can. Further reading is under the cut.

NPD Criteria, re-written by someone who actually has NPD

Stigma in the DSM

Common perception of the DSM criteria vs how someone may actually experience them (Keep in mind that this is the way I personally experience these symptoms, and that presentation can vary a lot between individuals)

"Idk, the stigma is right though, because I've known a lot of people with NPD who are jerks, so I'm going to continue to support the blockage of treatment for this condition."

(All of these were written by me, because I didn't want to link to other folks' posts without permission, but if you want to add your own links in reblogs or replies please feel free <3)

[aurosoulart]

I made a dog. it's not very good at tricks

[screenshotsofdespair]

[starfanatic]

“Jupiter is supposed to be a star but failed”

Someone: that’s stupid who can even relate to that-

Anakin Skywalker: …

Ares: …

Draco Malfoy: …

Sirius Black: …

Achilles: …

Jason Todd: …

Jason Grace: …

Michael Afton: …

Roman Bridgers: …

Bi-Han: …

[ahollowgrave]

-- teeth.

][ featuring a very startled Yein from @iron-sparrow! ][

In my heart of hearts there is a ship of confused sailors wondering where the hell Yein went too and one sailor swearing he saw a lady yank them off the ship.

She's just curious about their mouth! They have sharp teeth, too! Maybe they can also breathe underwater. (No.)

[quiche-draws]

Commissions I did for @hannahmationstudios for her fic Fallen Skies (if you haven't read it and you're a fan of Kotaloy, horror elements and plot, please go check it out!) I was given the opportunity to illustrate some scenes and here are the last two ones I did!

Thank you for commissioning me, again!!

Also, here's a bonus doodle I did because these two needed Bobble! versions hehe

PLEASE DO NOT REPOST! REBLOG ONLY!

[fandomscraziness22]

my Podcast Mania! ornament is back and better than ever! With 70 podcasts, this thing is full of goodness! Find it here!

[phoebelovingcare]

very tempted to design a humanized al-an, not as if it were a human au, but as if he needed to sneak his way into alterra space or something and so he full-metal-alchemisted himself a human vessel who is very normal yessiree.

weird mannerisms? oh, he'd been another survivor stranded on 4546b for a while, it's been a very long time since he's interacted with another hu- person, sorry.

strangely distant emotionally? he'd never been neurotypical, but the head trauma from the crash and the regular trauma of isolation could've definitely done a number.

can't balance on his own two feet? sector zero was so cold he'd opted to spend his many years on the planet completely underwater, so his inner ears might be a little messed up from the pressure. sometimes he wishes he wasn't a bipedal creature, haha!

just picturing robin thinking "his disguise fucking sucks and we are going to get killed /reference" and good ol Alan Manning, structural and civil engineer, just blending right in as just a somewhat eccentric guy using just the knowledge of how humans think from his time in robin's head, and it just Works because humans are so odd anyways that it seems perfectly plausible for him to just be Like That.

[demeterdefence]

this was bugging me too much not to comment on it, like the sheer laziness and use of pngs in rachel's comic has been an ONGOING issue for AGES

anyways so episode 135 we've got the olympians on a zoom call for some reason (and this is itself is a mess, rachel literally only makes zeus move even slightly for like six panels, it's just copy / paste over and over)

but when i was making my last post i noticed that the way half the gods in the audience for episode 174 are drawn is exactly the same as this zoom call.

start with ares for example, you've got episode 135:

and then episode 174

IT'S LITERALLY THE SAME

here's hestia and athena in episode 135:

and here's hestia and athena in episode 174

like??? rachel just drew the fucking attorney in front of hestia to hide the copy paste, and she threw a jacked sweater on athena but her COLLAR IS STILL THE SAME. she even still has the owl!!!

here's artemis in 135

aaand here's artemis in 174

it's a tinier bit harder to see because she's so small, but she's the original drawing from 135, shrunk and given mild edits. ironically, she gets the most edits of everyone despite being the smallest lmao

like rachel couldn't even be bothered to draw them individually? she used a stock image for the background and just threw some pngs of her characters??? and she's the face of webtoons? this is MAX laziness and it's not even sad it's just infuriating. you have a team of HOW many people and you've been pulling this for years. i know we've seen numerous other examples of pngs being reused and rachel using emojis for her art, but like every day there's another can of worms to uncover here and the worms are rotten.

[imgonnagetkilledbynutstink]

Hey podcast listening ppl I need help please!

One of my summer resolutions is to get back into listening to more fiction podcasts that I haven't heard yet. Under the line will be a complete list of podcasts I have listened to or am currently listening to (I will specify) and I'm gonna color code the names based off how much I liked them and I'd love it if y'all could suggest shows based off of that, thank you :)

Green = favorite

Orange = enjoyed

Blue = meh

Red = bad

Juno Steel (still listening)

The Magnus Archives

The Magnus Protocol (still listening)

ars PARADOXICA

The Bright Sessions

The Orphans

Camp Here And There

RADIO: Outcast (still listening)

EOS 10

Archive 81

CARAVAN

Brimstone Valley Mall

Look Up

The Second Citadel (haven't finished but gave up)

The Strange Case Of Starship Iris

The Bridge

StarTripper!!

Wooden Overcoats

Red Valley (still listening)

The Sheridan Tapes (also gave up)

Midnight Burger (still listening)

Dreamboy

Malevolent (still listening)

Bridgewater

Rebel Robin: Surviving Hawkins

Victoriocity (still listening)

Zero Hours

The Riddler: Secrets in The Dark

Hot White Heist

Rogues! The Podcast (still listening)

Desert Skies

Mount Olympus University

The Adventures Of Sir Rodney The Root

[the-dragon-girl-27]

Various Old OC Doodles.

all these are from 2022

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[hannahmationstudios]

I’m so excited to post this ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING commission I just received of my Horizon OC, Ared, by the incomparable @questionartbox ! Thank you so much for bringing my terrible boy to life! 🔪🌸💚

Ared is an original character from my post-HFW Kotaloy longfic, Fallen Skies.

[cryinglookingatsoulages]

all i know is that if my boi neil were in pjo universe he would belong in ares’ cabin

[r1-jw-lover]

This is my first time editting, but I made some for my John Wick friends, inspired by this Rogue One gifset. I unfortunately don't know how to make gifs yet, so stills will have to do for now.

(Please do not repost. The images are on lousy resolution anyways.)

Tagging @evren-sadwrn, @tobytheeggo, @professor-sandalo-fakemonblog, @babayagaiscomingforya, @thewhumpcaretaker, @treedaddymcpuffpuff, @chaoticgardenbread, @saengak, @jotunvali02

More characters under the cut. <3<3<3

[evren-sadwrn]

loser squad