#i am mentally ill about them

[chrysoprine]

I got some unexplained determination to draw something about them with Washing Machine Heart being the main theme and I cannot explain-

Harrow and Gideon, again (my little blorbos)

[postmariannizm]

me on my laptop at 2 AM when someone agrees that Lily had a crush on Snape

[guesst]

[tottenhamhotsperm]

i lied. i don't like sex. now put your clothes back on. i'm gonna explain to you the whole saga of the golden lovers and queer rep in professional wrestling. what are the golden lovers? well, it all started when kenny omega saw a video of kota ibushi-

[triforce-of-mischief]

everything you need to know about overcome:

[popsicle-stick]

the way you people have Driven me to drawing helward. peer pressure

[arrowpunk]

Duo bingo for Hal and Puck? (Fun fact, Puck autocorrected to ouch at first)

IT'S ABOUT THE NARRATIVES

ugh okay I love them so MUCH, Batty sent me something the other day that was just... so good... about how like they are narrative foils and how their outlook on life is completely different but the balance and contrast each other so well and simply I have so many Big Feelings about them....

Definitely one of my favorite Duos of all time....

[atlas-affogato]

I am an emotional wreck over the fact that none of these people are real and are in fact fictional

[thedisablednaturalist]

I think when people think of mental illness and what helps, especially with things like anxiety and depression, the treatment involves pushing yourself. Pushing yourself to get out of bed, to exercise, to take a shower, to go out in public, to order your own food from the cashier, etc.

And because the mental health movement has grown so much, people think that's the default of ALL illnesses. That the only way someone will get better is if they push themselves. That practice makes perfect. That you'll become more comfortable or strong over time the more you do something.

But what people need to realize is, with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses, pushing yourself in most cases is DETRIMENTAL. Pushing yourself past your limits can lead to flare ups or further injury. That's why it's important to know your limits, how certain activities may affect your condition, and learn how to either adapt or get help to complete the activity in question.

Also, most of us are already pushing ourselves. Most of us don't have access to the help or equipment we need. Most of us live in places where we frequently encounter inaccessible obstacles. Most of us NEED to rest.

So please don't try to be our physical therapists or doctors. There are people specifically trained to help us navigate our own conditions and limitations. There are people trained to help us strengthen our body's resilience without causing flare-ups or injury. Do not tell us "it'll be good for you" or "you need the exercise" when we say something is too heavy or too far or when we say we need our mobility aid(s). Your friend with depression may need to be encouraged to get out of bed, but your friend with chronic illness definitely doesn't.

Respect our rest.

[beanghostprincess]

how can somebody watch one piece and not think they're in a poly relationship

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it would really benefit people to internalize that mental illnesses are often chronic and not acute. Some of us will never be able to jump the hurdle of managing illness, much less sustaining a sense of normalcy. Many of us will never "recover," will never manage symptoms, will never even come close to appearing normal - and this is for any condition, even the ones labeled as "simple" disorders or "easy-to-manage" disorders.

It isn't a failure if you cannot manage your symptoms. It isn't a moral failure, and you aren't an awful person. You are human. There's only so much you can do before recognizing that you cannot lift the world. Give yourself the space to be ill because, functionally, you are.

[dreemurr-skelememer]

shoutout to these year old fionna and cake doodles

[allmightyscroll-swag]

Okay. To hell with it. I can't hold it in anymore

[slaps this baby on the table]

TURTLES.

Most of these are redraws of pre-existing panels from the comic so uh. See if you can catch em all i guess?

I'll be honest. I have never drawn a proper turtle in my life. I have never drawn Donnie in my life. I've never drawn Casey.

But sometimes a series about turtles (cough cough @somerandomdudelmao 's Cass Apocalyptic Series) hits you straight in the guts with feels and you just. Gotta open up your drawing program

this comic is one of the major reasons why i still use Tumblr AND DARN IT I LOVE IT. SO MUCH. I COULD SCREAM ABOUT THIS TO SOMEONE FOR LIKE. 3 HOURS. ITS SO GOOD

Bonus version with just the lineart;

[obsob]

here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud!!

✷(print shop)✷

[kalichi09]

part 2 of this

[yardsards]

hot take but you all NEED to stop telling people to kill themselves.

yes, even *those* people. i don't care if you're talking to some monster who puts live puppies into a wood chipper for fun, don't say that shit.

because mx. puppychipper isn't gonna be affected by your words.

but you know who might be affected? some innocent third party reading the words you said on a public website.

because telling people to kill themselves says "suicide is a punishment for being a bad person. bad people, upon realizing they're bad, should simply commit suicide instead of working to atone for their actions."

and that is NOT a message you wanna be normalizing to anyone, but ESPECIALLY people with depression (who, let's be real, make up a higher than average chunk of this site's userbase). whose mental illness is already telling them that 1: they're an inherently terrible worthless person no matter what they do 2: death is an appealing option.

is reading "kill yourself" once or twice gonna make them do it? nah, probably not. but reading it multiple times a day every day is gonna make their mental health worse. it's probably not good for your mental health to be saying that kind of thing, either.

just knock that shit off. the world is already so hostile to people with mental illness, and managing mental illness and unlearning unhealthy thought patterns is already so difficult. you don't need to be out here making it worse.