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[puncivilian]

In other news I've taken my first steps outside the country and it's fucking weird. I will be returning to Canada with a great deal of relief. Already kinda miss it. I have no particular fondness for French but the omnipresent lack is creeping me out. Some shit is in spanish too but it's random. Absolutely no rules

[katribou]

it is not even funny how down bad i am for her. it is so dire

[acuar-io]

noodles & tv

[wanderingcritter]

idk if anyone else has done this yet, i feel like it's a pretty obvious combo but i have yet to see it used around the community anywhere else, but uh yeah if this inspires u at all go crazy with it ig 👍

[seventeendeer]

this isn't at all meant to be condescending or finger-waggy because 100% we all have blind spots like this, but I'm really, really hoping that the people who never found Gaiman's approach to his own fandom concerning in any way will take this all as a learning moment.

he was an older, hyper-famous author engaging directly and frequently with an online audience of largely vulnerable young marginalized people. he presented himself as cultured and worldly, and made himself approachable as someone to go to for advice, encouragement and "wisdom." his manner of speech was extremely pathos-heavy and clearly intended to be comforting and encouraging in exactly the way his target demographic needed it to be to swallow every word. the way he spoke about stories and creativity was designed to make young creative hopefuls feel special and important, while sweeping real analytical techniques under the rug - in hindsight, likely so no one would think too critically about the disturbing amount of patriarchal abuse played for cheap shock value and voyerism in his own body of works.

Gaiman saw a target demographic that was desperate for an older creative role model to tell them they were worth something, and he exploited that pain to twist a narrative around himself where he was king and any critique leveled at him or his works were the enemy.

to be clear, he could have been innocent. he could totally have been just an out-of-touch old man saying nice things to people because he wanted to be kind and he thought he was a lot smarter than he really was. red flags are warning signs, not a surefire way to tell if someone is actually "secretly shitty."

but if you used to look up to him, PLEASE take this moment to revisit the ideas you absorbed from him. did you take his words to heart because they seemed to have objective merit? or did you take them to heart because it felt good to believe what he said? do you still hold these values? does knowing he was intentionally manipulating his online audience make you less certain? do you need more information from a different source before deciding one way or another?

again, I'm just really, really hoping people on here will take a moment to reevaluate the ideas and opinions he's injected into tumblr fandom culture, because his reach is immense and he has absolutely been manipulating popular perception of relevant topics to gain further influence and control the narrative around both his own and Pratchett's legacy. please, please take this moment to notice what he's been doing - and next time someone tries to pull the same shit, hopefully we'll be able to apply what we've learned from experience.

[kkoct-ik]

IT'S FINISHED! I'VE FINISHED IT!

for the past few months i've been putting together a guide for writers looking to make OCs who suffer from DID, since i have a personal investment in good representation and an absurd amount of autism. and today it is FINISHED!!

it's gone up on my neocities, but i really wanted to post about it too.

here's the link

please check it out / bookmark it / share it if you're interested! if just one person finds this useful and makes art from it all my hours of hyperfixation will be worth. ok. love you

[trustymikh]

Tysm for all of your Gio art🫡, he's so pretty in your style 💖

aaah tysm!! I do have him on my mind a lot

have a redraw of a Monica Belluci shot, because Giovanni deserves to be adored :3

[weisbrot]

the patron saint of the lost causes —

A lil 4am enjoltaire drama for the soul 🙏🏻😌

[flustersluts]

awww baby, you have such a pretty mouth!! but it must get so tired from all the clever words you say all day, don't you just want to let it rest for a while? that's right, just let it hang open, it feels so good to not have to worry for a while, right?

don't worry if you start to drool a little, that's just a sign that you're relaxing extra hard! here, let me use my fingers and give you the attention you deserve 💕💕it's okay, you don't have to be clever right now, I promise I'll take such good care of you, cutie

[mildcrow]

Yearning…

Now available as a print on my InPrnt!

[spiderman2-99]

[There was a flash of blue light, and three kids appeared]

Where did you take us now!?

I HAVE NO CLUE!

Woooooow........ this place is really blue!

(Occ: Hey man, saw that you're new! I wanted to see how my oc's would interact with this Miguel, considering that they already interact with the other blog! Ur doing great btw)

"What the sh-"

Miguel damn near goes into cardiac arrest. There are a thousand ways an early morning can go careening fast in Miguel's line of work, and yet this is nowhere near any known way at all. Should he have planned for this, somehow, some way?

Plus, the portal was blue-- he's never seen that before! What could that mean for reality? The multi-verse and traveling within it? Physics as we know it?

Before he can let himself go down any more catastrophizing, he's moving on autopilot to wrangle the three mystery kids in his lab, away from any fragile equipment or anything that could hurt them.

Though it feels rather like trying to herd cats, Miguel manages to get them safe in the middle of the room, and only lets go once he's sure they won't bolt. He can't recognize them as any children of some spider-variant in the database so far, which only adds to the rising panic in his chest.

But he's the adult here, the leader, and he swallows it down. He wills his voice to be as calm but authoritative as possible-- silently thanking whatever is out there that it doesn't shake.

"How did you guys get here? Do your parents know where you are?"

[casualavocados]

FUCK YOU *un-magentas your kiseki*

this show makes me insane. anyway happy 30 gifsets in 30 days brainrot. ai di will do things to you i have nothing to say in my defense. 🫡👍🎉💘💖💖💖

(bonus: *magentas your kiseki*)

[imorphemi]

various mighty nein doodles hehe

[chickenoptyrx]

'nother comic for the AU, but this ones not funny- more just 'miserable with small less miserable moments' :D

[zu-zup]

LISTEN UP YALL IF YALL WANT TO PRINT OUT THESE AS STICKERS FOR YOURSELF, GO HAM IM GIVING PERMISSION, PERSONAL USE ONLY THOUGH

[satans-knitwear]

Lunchbreak with the babies