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danganronpa96 · 11 months
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Hmm...
For the first two chapters/planning of 96, what were some scrapped concepts? Or anything that couldnt make the cut that maybe couldve been considered.
I've had to have a look around some documents and folders to see any cut/unused content, but this is what I've managed to find.
Chapter 1:
Looking at the storyboard for Hiroshi's execution, there was going to be an extra shot where Hiroshi actually unlocks the door he runs to after grabbing the key in the library. This was cut simply due to not really fitting smoothly in the timing, plus I didn't want to draw a whole extra, somewhat unnecessary shot.
Chapter 2:
The CG of Hayasaka and Brian having coffee was actually very frustrating for me to do, as I wanted to get it done well. I kept feeling as if things were wrong, so I kept tweaking it. As such, there's actually another version of it I drew previously (where the perspective is at a side profile rather than the split-screen front facing one). I scrapped it for the other one though as I wasn't very good at side profiles back then.
During the scene where Jesse tries to get in on drinking with Bojack and Retsuko, he was originally meant to almost weave his way into their conversation, resulting in somewhat humorous hi-jinks. This was never followed on as I either forgot (to add it into the overall chapter plan), or I decided to keep the tone more serious than silly.
For the investigation, I wanted to do a CG of a shot of Hayasaka and Brian walking out of the karaoke bar to see Kurumada, Jesse and Bojack leaning against the wall. I just thought it would've looked cool as a kind of solemn image. However, I didn't go through with it as I guess I didn't want to draw so many characters.
In the CG where Yuri shows off her 'cut marks', there was going to be a different background (it looked more like the aquarium trial room) but it was changed as I didn't like how it looked (wasn't very good at backgrounds back then either lol).
I believe in my original concept for the 2nd case, Retsuko was going to wear her death metal mask, but along the way it got changed to it just being a face she makes. Additionally, the murder was going to occur in a long hallway that joined the stage bar and karaoke bar together, but it got rejected as it didn't make sense when we got around to planning the case in full.
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lonesomedotmp3 · 1 year
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there's such a weird trend in film/tv commentary where people perceive the creator in the most insulting bad faith way possible. believe it or not when people spend months to years of their lives working on something they do put actual intellectual though into it. yes that was deliberate. that too.
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neosatsuma · 7 months
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I for one would be thrilled if the big bads were defeated through 1) the power of comedy and 2) the criminal justice system (randomly applied)
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cybernightart · 1 year
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Some may say that genji being able to summon a dragon with his sword is the most insane and unbelievable part of his kit, but in actuality his entire kit is bloody insane!
(this video is 6 years old btw so just a heads up!)
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Like he says in the video, Genji can move at the speed of a F1 racing car, stop for moving that quickly almost immediately, deflect an entire team of bastions in turret form, and not just stop the bullets but the fact he's deflecting them means he's not only meeting the bullets at the forced air traveling with but hitting them with double that force as to send them back with the same force, and he's deflecting with his human arm (which is something that isn't mentioned in the video but just makes it even more insane).
The fact he can summon a dragon, is just insane and unheard of, but even if he isn't actually summoning a dragon and it is some sort of hard light thing, he's still doing everything else on top of being able to do all of that while wielding an ōdachi (which at its length of around five and a half feet, ways approximately just shy of 5 lbs or 2.2 kg, as compared to the roughly 1-2ft long wakizashi weighing in at roughly 1 lbs)
And technically speaking, can't just deflect 6/5 (depending if we're talking about OverWatch 1 or OverWatch 2) bastions, but he can deflect 10. If you would have, in OverWatch 1, a team consisting of five bastions and one Genji each, both of those genjis would be deflecting the rounds of the 10 bastions!!!
And this is just the stuff he's capable of in game which is nothing compared to what he's capable of in lore, which makes it even more insane!!! Who knows what he's fully capable of in lore at this point, because if this is the way they have to have him so that he's balanced and adjust in a good enough state to play in game, just imagine what he would be capable of in the actual story. And it's not like these are things you can only do in game because we see him do this stuff in cinematics, we see him dash, deflect, and do seemingly impossible things without even breaking a sweat. Like his dash having a range of 15 m in game, who knows if he has that limitation in "the real world", maybe he can go as far as he would like at those speeds, with the only limitation being it would be really exhausting to move that fast all the time so he only uses it sparingly.
I just love examining small details of OverWatch, it's characters ,and its story. And if it isn't obvious I especially love when things are broken down mathematically and just put into perspective, like there's another video by this guy explaining how when Reinhardt hammers down, the sound would be so loud it would be deafening to say the very least.
Additionally this video just provided further evidence that Genji needs a baseball skin, so he can match zenyatta. That and also the fact his voice actor used to be a professional baseball player so it would be a kind of cool nod to that, and baseball is the biggest sport in Japan.
if you think about it he would be genuinely so good at playing baseball, keep the incredible at batting being able to hit the ball at such speeds that just for him to stop a bullet he's already moving so many times faster than some of the best batters in the world, but he would also be an incredible pitcher, and also when he's running to the bases you would barely be able to make him out he's going so fast. He would have to limit himself so hard to play with people at least a little fairly XD
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People: [read a Steddie fic]
Steddie Fic: [is about Steddie and the characters in it are largely focused on the Steddie aspect as it is... A fic about Steve and Eddie. Maybe hones in on Robin being the first gay person Steve has probably KNOWN he's fucking met in his entire life and plays on that for his Sexuality Crisis]
People: why do all the characters seem to only care about Steddie? Why do these Steddie fics that are about Steve and Eddie not show the women do anything that aren't about Steve and Eddie? This fandom has a woman problem.
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devondespresso · 9 months
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Hey babes and non-babes alike, I'm Devon (or Dev, or Devi, or whatever fun nickname comes to mind!!) (Devonias on ao3) and I'm working on actually posting my writings! Any anti and nsfw reblogs get tagged accordingly, have fun and thanks for dropping by!! 💕
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We'll Be Alright (aka The Steve Henderson AU) - | ~90k so far | Mature | ao3 link (to be added once posted)
Light of my life, the peanut butter to my jelly, my favorite project, and yet: no chapters officially posted. BUT you can find all the little snippets and rambles about it under the tag. i have a longer explanation of what it is and why its not posted here but basically i can promise you that there will 100% be content posted no matter what (so that entire word count, updated regularly, exists and will be shared eventually 💕)
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My Sunshine - | Steve Harrington & Claudia Henderson | 815 words | G | ao3 link | cw: referenced dysfunctional family and child neglect, mild blood
Steve isn't eight years old. And he definitely isn’t 8 years old. He's nineteen, too close to twenty, sitting in the doorway of a room that isn't his, in a house he didn’t grow up in, stopping himself from getting comfortable leaning back on a door frame despite the current strain in his back, because it would only hurt the wound there more.
Ficlet for the stwg prompt "Sunshine" that turned out better than I could have imagined! Quiet, serious, and emotional, it's definitely my favorite posted work so far!
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I Can Only Hope Now (Claudia Henderson Drabble) - | Claudia Henderson; Steve & Dustin | 1269 words | G | ao3 link | cw: absent father, brief references to Steve’s absent parents
Claudia Edine Henderson never wanted to get married. Not really. But she wanted kids, so that meant either getting married or seeing if the daycare was hiring. Anthony Laurence Goldman wanted a family. She thought that meant the same thing, so they married. And it was good. They had a beautiful baby boy, Dustin Clarence Goldman, healthy save for a defect with his bones. No collarbones, and the high chance he’d need a little extra medical attention down the line, but he’d still be living long and happy, and she couldn’t ask for more. 
short and sweet ficlet for the stwg prompt "Claudia", because how could I refuse Claudia?? Sweet, relatively light, half-backstory with a cute and hopeful ending, it didn't take as many hours as My Sunshine, but I still love it!
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Mr. Crayola Henderson - | Steve & Dustin | 1791 words | T | ao3 link | just swearing and super mild ableism? a side character is a little too pitying but shes also kinda just a general worrier
Steve went over to the media room and dug through the little bin of batteries under the phone, pulling out an opened pack that had just enough left. He took both aids off, changed the batteries, and put them back on to make sure they worked. He heard a strong thud from his bedroom, followed by muttering.
so far my silliest ficlet, using the prompt "Tell a story to stay out of trouble", set in an au where Steve is hoh from canon events and was adopted by the Hendersons! featuring brothers goofing off, cousins getting up to trouble, and the titular Mr. Crayola Henderson!
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Since We're Alive Now - | Chrissy Cunningham and Eddie Munson | 5843 words | T | ao3 link (soon) | cw: referenced/implied self-image issues, swearing, brief references to physical injury, strong self criticism, and canon typical tone in some areas but with happy ending
summary and little spiel at the bottom coming eventually soon eventually
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Never Again - | Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington (post s1 stancy) | ~3k | Explicit for a little on-screen sexual content | ao3 link | cw: implied past SA
Never Again (Mature) - | ao3 link |
Nancy is trying to have a good time with her boyfriend after their November from hell. It would be a lot easier if the last time they did this wasn't the same night her best friend died, but she needs the break to avoid those thoughts, even just for a night. Apparently, she doesn't get a choice.
My one and only Explicit fic for the foreseeable future because I really wasn't actually ready to write this one anyway. For anyone that doesn't want the sexual themes, the M version replaces the opening sex with barely a makeout, with everything else nearly identical! Also my first fic posted like ever! yay!
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cause idk im the kinda guy that doesn't really scroll blog tags, i find masterlists helpful so I'm using both and you can pick your poison.
all drabbles under #devon's drabbles and listed out here. the tag is chronological and the pinned list is with blatant favoritism
Chicken Noodle Oops! - | G | Steve & Dustin | 126 words | ao3
Sweet and Spicy | G | Steddie | 384 words | ao3
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fishysplayhouse · 7 months
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I think there should be an ao3 tag for splitting up a found family. There probably is but I mean something that's used more? I don't know but I get distressed when someone writes the most mouth foaming found family ever and then kills someone off like this is a gladiator arena 😿
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ladyseidr · 9 months
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haven't been here today other than a tiny bit of lurking tonight but i need everybody to understand that i'm so excited to explore the harper/phone du.de and mike dynamic. guy who treads the line of being annoyingly positive but also genuinely nice. doesn't ask questions overall. reacts to anything but absolute proof that Weird Shit's Happening with "buddy you sound like you need a night off" and means it. sorry but i love him.
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as an anarchist, i feel that my advice to kids who are going through a tough time is rarely considered enough. Like, i personally think i'm totally being reasonable when my solution to "my parents are being assholes and not letting me read" is "question their authority, blatantly violate their rules and see how they react. See exactly what punishments they are able to inflict and find ways out of them (eg. if they take away your electronics, but aren't physically strong enough to take them out of your hands, don't give them over; if they try to ground you but aren't physically able to keep up with your running pace, then just sprint out the door any time you want to go out). If their punishment is physical and hurts you, you can either run away [gives very detailed instructions on how to do so], or [proceeds to explain how to make various poisons, explosives, and how to make it look like an accidental death]." But unfortunately my friends and the mods on the discord server think that i'm all unreasonable and shouldn't be allowed talk to kids. to be perfectly clear, i'm not saying these things to a 7 year old or anything, i try to be as """normal""" as i can with kids under 10, and not recommend anything illegal for kids under 15. am i in the wrong? probably not, right? maybe i should refrain from suggesting lethal solutions. that said, parents should definitely be held to a higher standard as they've been entrusted with the wellbeing and task of raising someone right
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advnterccs-archive · 2 years
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{ ooc } So, I want to dip into some talk about last night's episode. 'Cause wow, it had some really good character development for Rick. And I just need to share it.
I'm gonna start off with the obvious one. Rick finally going to therapy and realizing that it works. He really set aside his previous thoughts about it and ended up going. Despite everything he's said, his own pride. And sure, he might've decided he would go just to ask one question -- just one so that he could get a quick answer. Though, that answer brought him back for more.
Then he began to schedule weekly appointments. It's because he realized that it was that easy. To step out of his pre-concieved notions of "Therapy won't work on someone like me" or "It's good for other people, but it's not something I want for myself"
It goes to show that Rick isn't a static character. Unlike what the meta episode before that stated. Where "Rick can't change and won't change." Because he can. He might be above a human and more-so on a god-like level with his intelligence and abilities, but he can change. He can grow. And he's showing that. Little by little.
And it's the fact that after all that was said and done, Rick chose to continue following Dr. Wong's advice. Not only by not reacting when unnecessary, but also talking out his feelings that bother him. And he chose to tell Morty what was on his mind -- which keeps in theme on what he promised to do back in the Season 5 finale; showing that he was letting him in and being more open and honest. Even if it backfired on him.
It's steady, but good growth. Rick is learning to not bottle up his feelings. He's learning that not everything has to be a fight. He can relax and take it with ease. Even if it means losing the chaos that he clung onto. That same chaos that he thought gave him purpose that also, as he thought, simultaneously made him feel worse.
The addiction to the pain is slowly leaving him and it's the right direction if he ever wants to heal.
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musical-chick-13 · 2 years
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*sigh*
#ah yes heaven forbid the major trending thing and focus of the tag be the sendoff of thhe FIRST FEMALE DOCTOR who has#HAD THE ROLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS#HEAVEN FORBID WE MAKE THE EPISODE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE EPISODE#HEAVEN FORBID WE TALK ABOUT /ANYTHING/ OTHER THAN THE SAME SKINNY WHITE MAN THAT NO ONE IS WILLING TO LET GO OF#JODIE HERSELF. THE /ACTUAL/ WOMAN PLAYING THE DOCTOR UP UNTIL RIGHT NOW. WAS IN SPOT NUMBER NINE.#LET THAT SINK IN#I hope this fandom knows how much I hate them and how much I hate it here#In the Vents#I'm over it I over every single person in this godforsaken place outside of my tiny discussion circle#I'm SO glad I'm leaving because I CANNOT do this again#I'm sorry I really don't want to be a Negative™ person I just...#where's that one post about how if people aren't willing to move on just let the show die? yeah.#(yes I know that the guy in question is relevant to the centenary I'm aware this isn't just a random retread for no reason)#(it's just the optics of focusing on one tiny little thing completely unrelated to the current era as a whole...#looks really bad. imo.)#actually you know what I'm not sorry I deserve the right to complain about this especially after how insufferable y'all were during the#entirety of series 6 through 12#UGH remember when I went to a panel with alex k. and they asked her to like. solve feminism and decry the writing while she was#CURRENTLY BEING EMPLOYED ON THE SHOW. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE.#LIKE THEY STRAIGHT UP WENT TO THIS PANEL AND GOT IN LINE TO ASK QUESTIONS JUST TO SAY THAT THEY THOUGHT THE WRITING-THAT SHE AS AN ACTOR HAD#/NO CONTROL OVER/-WAS BAD#Y'ALL CAN TREAT AN ACTUAL REAL WOMAN LIKE THIS IN THE NAME OF SO-CALLED FEMINISM BUT YOU CAN'T CARE ABOUT THE ACTUAL LEAD LADY OF THE SHOW#anti tenth doctor#anti ten#anti doctor who fandom
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tearlessrain · 3 months
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please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!
gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.
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SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:
diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.
non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.
the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.
now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.
if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.
if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.
this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.
it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.
but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.
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genericpuff · 23 days
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Tbh at this point you should just make your own webcomic app/website because it would probably be 100 times better than whatever going on with webtoon right now.
hahaha it wouldn't tho, sorry 💀
Here's the fundamental issue with webcomic platforms that a lot of people just don't realize (and why they're so difficult to run successfully):
Storage costs are incredibly expensive, it's why so many sites have limitations on file sizes / page sizes / etc. because all of those images and site info have to be stored somewhere, which costs $$$.
Maintenance costs are expensive and get more so as you grow, you need people who are capable of fixing bugs ASAP and managing the servers and site itself
Financially speaking, webcomics are in a state of high supply, low demand. Loads of artists are willing to create their passion projects, but getting people to read them and pay for them is a whole other issue. Demand is high in the general sense that once people get attached to a webtoon they'll demand more, but many people aren't actually willing to go looking for new stuff to read and depend more on what sites feed them (and what they already like). There are a lot of comics to go around and thus a lot of competition with a limited audience of people willing to actually pay for them.
Trying to build a new platform from the ground up is incredibly difficult and a majority of sites fail within their first year. Not only do you have to convince artists to take a chance on your platform, you have to convince readers to come. Readers won't come if there isn't work on the platform to read, but artists won't come if they don't think the site will be worth it due to low traffic numbers. This is why the artists with large followings who are willing to take chances on the smaller sites are crucial, but that's only if you can convince them to use the site in favor of (or alongside) whatever platform they're using already where the majority of their audience lies. For many creators it's just not worth the time, energy, or risk.
Even if you find short-term success, in the long-term there are always going to be profit margins to maintain. The more users you pull in, the more storage is used by incoming artists, the more you have to spend on storage and server maintenance costs, and that means either taking the risk at crowdfunding (ex. ComicFury) or having to resort to outsider investments (ex. Tapas). Look at SmackJeeves, it used to be a titan in the independent webcomic hosting community, until it folded over to a buyout by NHN and then was pretty much immediately shuttered due to NHN basically turning it into a manwha scanlation site and driving away its entire userbase. And if you don't get bought out and try your hand at crowdfunding, you may just wind up living on a lifeline that could cut out at any moment, like what happened to Inkblazers (fun fact, the death of Inkblazers was what kicked off the cultural shift in Tapas around 2015-16 when all of IB's users migrated over and brought their work with them which was more aimed towards the BL and romancee drama community, rather than the comedy / gag-a-day culture that Tapas had made itself known for... now you deadass can't tell Tapas apart from a lot of scanlation sites because it got bought out by Kakao and kept putting all of its eggs into the isekai/romance drama basket.)
Right now the mindset in which artists and readers are operating is that they're trying way, way too hard to find a "one size fits all" site. Readers want a place where they can find all their favorite webtoons without much effort, artists wants a place where they can post to an audience of thousands, and both sides want a community that will feel tight-knit. But the reality is that you can't really have all three of those things, not on one site. Something always winds up having to be sacrificed - if a site grows big enough, it'll have to start seeking more funding while also cutting costs which will result in features becoming paywall'd, intrusive ads, creators losing their freedom, and/or outsider support which often results in the platform losing its core identity and alienating its tight-knit community.
If I had to describe what I'm talking about in a "pick one" graphic, it would look something like this:
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(*note: this is mostly based on my own observations from using all of these sites at some point or another, they're not necessarily entirely accurate to the statistical performance of each site, I can only glean so much from experience and traffic trackers LMAO that said I did ask some comic pals for input and they were very helpful in helping me adjust it with their own takes <3).
The homogenization of the Internet has really whipped people into submission for the "big sites" that offer "everything", but that's never been the Internet, it relies on being multi-faceted and offering different spaces for different purposes. And we're seeing that ideology falter through the enshittification of sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. where users are at odds with the platforms because the platforms are gutting features in an attempt to satisfy shareholders whom without the platforms would not exist. Like, most of us aren't paying money to use social media sites / comic platform sites, so where else are they gonna make the necessary funds to keep these sites running? Selling ad space and locking features behind paywalls.
And this is especially true for a lot of budding sites that don't have the audience to support them via crowdfunding but also don't have the leverage to ask for investments - so unless they get really REALLY lucky in EITHER of those departments, they're gonna be operating at a loss, and even once they do achieve either of those things there are gonna be issues in the site's longevity, whether it be dying from lack of growing crowdfunding support or dying from shareholder meddling.
So what can we do?
We can learn how to take our independence back. We don't have to stop using these big platforms altogether as they do have things to offer in their own way, particularly their large audience sizes and dipping into other demographics that might not be reachable from certain sites - but we gotta learn that no single site is going to satisfy every wish we have and we have to be willing to learn the skills necessary to running our own spaces again. Pick up HTML/CSS, get to know other people who know HTML/CSS if you can't grasp it (it's me, I can't grasp it LOL), be willing to take a chance on those "smaller sites" and don't write them off entirely as spaces that can be beneficial to you just because they don't have large numbers or because they don't offer rewards programs. And if you have a really polished piece of work in your hands, look into agencies and publishing houses that specialize in indie comics / graphic novels, don't settle for the first Originals contract that gets sent your way.
For the last decade corporations have been convincing us that our worth is tied to the eyes we can bring to them. Instead of serving ourselves, we've begun serving the big guys, insisting that it has to be worth something eventually and that it'll "payoff" simply by the virtue of gambler's fallacy. Ask yourself what site is right for you and your work rather than asking yourself if your work is good enough for them. Most of us are broke trying to make it work on these sites anyways, may as well be broke and fulfilled by posting in places that actually suit us and our work if we can. Don't define your success by what sites like Webtoons are enforcing - that definition only benefits them, not you.
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theyluvkarolina · 3 months
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hi hi!!
i just read your lando angst fic. so good ahhhhhh😩🤌🏻
um.. and if your requests are open… could i request a max verstappen x manager! reader where she is real madrid’s or mancity’s social media manager or something and she’s sorta famous herself and has a really good relationship w her team. and max goes to one of the games and meets her and all the guys are teasing her (like how brothers tease their sister over things haha) and they get together after a while ?
sorry if that was so specific😅 love your works!! and i understand if you don’t want to do it!! have a lovely day <3
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒
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· . ୨୧⭒๋࣭ ⭑ ` ` you break her heart, i’ll cut your dick off. ` ` ⊹ ‧₊˚
𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 ୨୧ Meeting a f1 driver at your job wasn’t on the bucket list. However, crushing and getting teased by your new team members as if you were their little sister makes this much more worse interesting.
𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 ୨୧ max verstappen x fem!reader
𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌 ୨୧ none!
𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ୨୧ GOOGLE TRANSLATED SPANISH!! I’M NOT AT ALL A SPANISH SPEAKER PLEASE BEAR WITH ME!, Y/n is a major fangirl for Max 😭, i made y/n a bit more… sassy? sex jokes again
𝐀/𝐍 ୨୧ i’d like to apologize for how long this took and that i definitely could have done this request better than this considering how happy I was to do this but my writers block has been out of control lately :( as for the teasing, i went the more “over-protective brothers” route. I hope that’s okay with you!
𝐀/𝐍 2 ୨୧ … safe to say i did NOT plan for this to be finished and come out on the one race max got a dnf 😭😭
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realmadrid ¡Al Real Madrid FC le gustaría anunciar a nuestra nueva gerente de redes sociales, la Sra. Y/N L/N! Nos gustaría felicitarla por esta increíble oportunidad y por su dedicación no solo al Real Madrid, sino también al equipo. ¡Bienvenido Y/N!
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Real Madrid FC would like to announce our new Social Media manager, Ms. Y/N L/N! We would like to congratulate her on this amazing opportunity and her dedication to not only Real Madrid, but to the team. Welcome Y/N!
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fabriziorom ✔︎ Who’s gonna win 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞? 🏆
𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 ⤵️✨
Atlético or BVB 🆚 Barcelona or Paris Saint-Germain.
Real Madrid or Manchester City 🆚 Arsenal or Bayern.
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username1 Real hardest matchup again
username2 Let's all laugh at vardrid we're going to see 5-1 aggregate again 😂
→ username3 bro thinks barça has been doing shit for the past 5 years 💀 → username4 at least we don’t rely on VAR → username5 at least we have 14 champion league wins
username6 Real Madrid revenge arc coming soon.....
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ WTF
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ guys i can’t do this
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ i’m stressing
username6 someone check on Y/N rn
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎
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y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ me because we are versing Man City in Champions League.
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judebellingham ✔︎ what is that photo of me.
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ art.
username7 DON’T REMIND ME
username8 girl aren't you supposed to believe in your team?? 💀
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ even it's okay to admit defeat once in a while. → judebellingham ✔︎ BE CONFIDENT BLOODY HELL 😭 → y/n_l/nmadrid IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE WATCHING 😞😞
tonirudiger ✔︎ BELIEVE IN US 💪 💪 🔥
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ i wish I had your positivity toni 🥹 → tonirudiger ✔︎ don’t worry y/n! we will win! 💪 💪 🔥 → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ i think you can stop with the emojis → tonirudiger ✔︎ 👍
y/n_l/nmadrid
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y/n_l/nmadrid you guys are in a crisis…. i’m on my way.
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camavinga ✔︎ jude has been influencing you too much.
→ judebellingham ✔︎ and? supernanny is a good show. → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ someone is jelly they haven’t seen peak british tv. → judebellingham ✔︎ it’s telly you fake 🙄
vinijr ✔︎ those headphones look familiar 🤔 🤔
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ shhhhh
username9 what even is the “crisis”???
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ man city. → rodrygo ✔︎ stop this rn.
y/n_l/nmadrid has posted a story 1 hour ago!
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realmadrid ✔︎
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realmadrid up up and away! ✈️ Onto Manchester 👊
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username10 i still forget it’s y/n making these posts for the team 😭😭
username11 i love how she does a whole 360 with the actual team insta posts than her own 💀
username12 WE DEMAND MORE LUKA POSTS!!
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ I WOULD BUT THE OLD MAN IS GETTING ANNOYED BY IT → judebellingham ✔︎ yeah because you have an entire album dedicated to him and then cry when you think about him retiring??? → username13 EXCUSE ME??? → username14 y/n crying because of modrić being close to retiring 🥹🥹 → username15 WHY ARE WE IGNORING THE FACT SHE HAS AN ALBUM DEDICATED TO HIM??? →username16 because who wouldn’t cry about him retiring → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ @ username16 is right → judebellingham ✔︎ @ username16 i second that → rodrygo ✔︎ @ username16 make that 3. → camavinga ✔︎ @ usernme16 4. → fedevalverde ✔︎ @ username16 5 😅 → lukamodric10 ✔︎ I’m retiring not dying 😓
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realmadrid ✔︎ Miss Y/N hard at work! What do you think she is writing? 🤔 ✍️
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username17 how to win against Man City
username18 how to not piss herself watching the game.
ardaguler ✔︎ she works?! 😧 😧
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ you get playing time?! → username19 SHOTS FIRED 😭 → ardaguler ✔︎ :( → username20 WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU 😭😭 → judebellingham ✔︎ be nice to the baby he hasn’t been here that long to know your harmless 😞 → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ @ judebellingham don’t say that as if you haven’t been here for less than a year either. → judebellingham ✔︎ this is what you sound like: wah wah wah
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y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ congrats to my favorite boys!! onto the quaters! 🫶🫶
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username21 she’s actually so unserious 😭
pablogavi imgagine not believing in your own team
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ imagine being on a team that lost 7-2 in the champions league against bayern munich → pablogavi you won’t let barca live this down will you? → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ nope. 🫶
judebellingham now you believe in us??? 😒 😒
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ shush. be happy i even posted about you guys.
tonirudiger ✔︎ working hard! 💪 🔥
lukamodric10 great teamwork! 👏
toni.kr8s what a game 😮
username22 toni and luka are such parents 💀
y/n_l/nmadrid has posted a story 1 hour ago!
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judebellingham replied to your story!
judebellingham Y/N YOU ARSE LOOK AT THE GROUP CHAT PLEASE y/n_l/nmadrid … y/n_l/nmadrid should I be scared? Read at 5:32 PM y/n_l/nmadrid wowww okay i see how it is
mxverstappen1 has posted a story 5 minutes ago!
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f1 ✔︎ Max wins it in Silverstone! 🦁 An outstanding performance once again by the Dutchman! 👏
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username22 another day, another gp max ate.
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ NO WAY THIS IS THE MAN THAT KEPT ME COMPANY WHEN I WAS LOST
→ username23 no way homegirl didn’t recognize THE max vertsappen 💀💀 → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ damn i’m sorry my entire sports knowledge is the one i work for 😞
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ lowkey… he kinda fine 🤭
→ judebellingham ✔︎ bloody hell → camavinga ✔︎ we need an intervention for her rn → fedevalverde ✔︎ euthanize her. → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ FEDE??? → usernme24 y/n gets the appeal → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ when you do work with men in sports your forced to see apeal.
username25 DU DU DU DU 🔥 🗣️🔥 🦁 MAX VERSTAPPEN 🏎️🔥 🗣️
maxverstappen1 ✔︎
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maxverstappen1 game of padel before race day!
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username25 f1 is just a jobby for him at this point 😭
username26 the goats and some guy named lando
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ is he single
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ that’s a handsome man right there 🥴
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ he can paddle me anyday 😊😊
→ username27 MA’AM ??? → username28 the Real Madrid boys are NOT gonna be happy → judebellingham ✔︎ WHAT IS THIS??? → rodrygo ✔︎ i wish i can bleach my eyes out rn. → camavinga ✔︎ tell luka to giver her meds now. → tonirudiger ✔︎ already messaged him! 🔥 → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ CAN I THIRST IN PEACE???
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y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ fun trip to manchester and london!
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judebellingham ✔︎ we should have left you at the flower shop
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ but then who will make you guys do silly dances that the fans demand 😞
lukamodric10 ✔︎ moja kći ❤️
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ lukita 🥹 → username29 the day luka leaves is the day i die.
maxverstappen1 ✔︎ very pretty lady 🙃
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ 🤭 🤭
maxverstappen1 ✔︎ is she single by chance 🤔
→ brahim ✔︎ woah woah woah → aurelientchm ✔︎ what do you think you are doing? → vinijr ✔︎ back up dutchie → judebellingham ✔︎ away from our girl → tonirudiger ✔︎ no she’s not actually ! → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ yes i am very much single 😚 → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ don’t listen to them!
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maxverstappen1 ✔︎ ; Date #1
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maxverstappen1 ✔︎ karting and fifa is my kind of date 🏎️ 🎮
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y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ ofc you use Barcelona 🙄 🙄
→ maxverstappen1 ✔︎ is it bad to support my favorite team? 😅 → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ if you wanna be with me then it is 🤨 → maxverstappen1 ✔︎ noted.
toni.kr8s ✔︎ is this why you took the day off??
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ …noooo… → rodrygo ✔︎ she’s lying lock her up in the locker room. → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ no thank you i don’t need to smell you stinkers → camavinga ✔︎ okay we don’t smell THAT bad after a game. → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ 😬 about that..
username30 HELLO???
username31 the sports collab we didn’t know we needed
username32 this was NOT on my 2024 calendar…
y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ Date #2
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y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ busy trying to make a new Madridista 🤍
tagged ; maxverstappen1
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maxverstappen1 ✔︎ you’d look good in blue and red 🥴
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ i was going to agree until i realized what you were doing. → maxverstappen1 ✔︎ i don’t know what you are talking about.
username33 they are lowkey so cute
judebellingham ✔︎ why are you collaborating with the enemy.
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ he literally drives fast cars and is not a barca player?? → ardaguler ✔︎ that’s what he wants you to think 🤫
pablogavi ✔︎ why convert him if you can join him? 😉
→ vinijr ✔︎ get out of OUR pr managers comments. → pablogavi ✔︎ make me → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ i’m literally gonna block both of you if you don’t stop acting like kids. AND THAT’S COMING FROM ME → vinijr ✔︎ …yes ma’am. → pablogavi ✔︎ 😶
rodrygo ✔︎ stop acting like a couple in the stands. it makes me wanna puke.
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ NOW YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL WITH YOU AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
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maxverstappen1 ✔︎ Date #3
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maxverstappen1 my good luck charm 💙
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y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ stooopppp you’re making me blush 🫣
→ maxverstappen1 ✔︎ liefje 🫶 → vinijr ✔︎ ew 🤢 → maxverstappen1 ✔︎ sounds like someone is sad and single. → landonorris what’s wrong with being sad and single 😞
redbullracing ✔︎ wonderful job out there 👊 🔥
→ ferrari ✔︎ hey @ redbullracing ! please stop winning so some of us have a chance! 😊 → realmadrid ✔︎ no thanks @ ferrari! we like that the newest golden boy of the family i winning :) → judebellingham ✔︎ oh! → ardaguler ✔︎ :( → lukamodric10 ✔︎ since when was there a new golden boy?!
username33 DU DU DU DU 🔥 🗣️🔥 🦁 MAX VERSTAPPEN 🏎️🔥 🗣️
username34 it’s them against the world
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f1 Max Verstappen and his #1 Fan! 👫❤️
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landonorris ✔︎ okay maybe i am sad and single
→ ameliadimz ✔︎ ??? i’m right here 🙄 → landonorris ✔︎ your right my bad 🫶
judebellingham ✔︎ …fine i’ll let this relationship slide.
→ maxverstappen1 ✔︎ am i bellingham approved?? 😮 → judebellingham ✔︎ don’t get your hopes up mate. i’m doing it for her not you 😑 → y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ jude 🥹🥹
lukamodric10 ✔︎ ti razbiti ona srce, odrezat ću ti kurac.
→ y/n_l/nmadrid ✔︎ i’m
→ maxverstappen1 ✔︎ yes sir.
→ username35 ✔︎ HELLO???
→ username35 ✔︎ LUKA??
→ rodrygo ✔︎ i don’t know much croatian but i know that is not good.
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TRANSLATIONS
cro: ti razbiti ona srce, odrezat ću ti kurac.
eng: you break her heart, i’ll cut your dick off.
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illnessfaker · 3 months
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tw: black+trans death
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from the_yvesdropper on instagram:
our beautiful black trans brother, 35 year old Righteous Torrence "Chevy" Hill, was murdered in Atlanta, GA this weekend.
he went by his nickname 'Chevy' he was originally from Macon, GA. he owned Evollusion, which is a black/ queer owned LGBTQ+ salon in Atlanta that provided and dedicated full service to specializing in hair, nails, barbering and makeup. growing up as young black queer boys/kids, the barbershop experience can sometimes be a tricky space to occupy, this was something that Chevy understood and wanted to cultivate a space of safety where you can also get the affirming look and style you want, and he did exactly that.
Chevy was a beloved son, brother, partner, and father.
one of his last posts that had a photo of himself said :
"if you truly know me, you know i am a humble, modest, private man, that i love my community, i have the love of God in me and will give the shirt off my back to any soul in need, also i never post pictures of myself, legaey give myself credit, that stops today, i am my legacy!"
(a close friend of Chevy asked if i could share more then one photo of Chevy, since he never posted photos of himself and in recent years he got the confidence to want to share more photos and now he won't get the chance to)
Chevy, hey king, hey brother, hey angel, thank you for everything, i lové you, we lové you, i'm so sorry. there are a lot of photographers in heaven who will be able to photograph you as the glorious black trans angel that you are.
there will be a homegoing service/memorial for our brother
there aren't many details about what happened but apparently he was shot by a family member last wednesday, the 28th (at least this article was the one linked in relation to his murder.)
judging by both the IG post and the comments section he was well-loved by many people and those people have many good memories with him and nothing but good things to say. this is a comment that was left by tirajmeansgolden which was hidden by IG for some reason:
I started testosterone in February 2020. I hit this man up at the end of 2019 after numerous Google searches for an LGBT-friendly barber near me (and by near me... he was a good 35-40 minutes from the rural area I was in outside of Atlanta: but when I found out he was a trans man and that his business was the first and only LGBT hair bar, I knew it would be worth the trip). I was a dysphoric mess in his DMs one Sunday. I hated how my hair was growing out. I never had a "masculine" hairstyle before but decided one day I would buzz it all off myself, then allowed it to grow out a bit... I sent him a video and despite him being closed on Sunday, he told me to come through. I got my hair braided and he gave me my first really masculine fade. Explained the different terms. Lined me up. Was asking me about my decision to transition and provided some helpful advice + guidance. I told him how I was a therapist and he was hype and said he talked with a group of trans men and he would love for me to stop by and also give some mental health tips. So whoever said he was humble - wow, what an understatement. Such a community man! Made me feel SO comfortable because barbershops were a source of major trauma and triggers for me. They were such an integral part of my early transition (I just celebrated 4 years later week). And he was such an integral part of the Atlanta Queer community with hosting events like Queer Con. How I found so many other great resources + queer businesses/artists. May you rest in peace, Chevy. You'll be missed. You've made such a different in the lives of countless people. You definitely were living your Purpose + left a legacy behind ...
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buckttommy · 15 days
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something something buck and tommy's first major argument. buck walks out because he knows if he doesn't, he's going to explode. he goes to eddie's house and unloads, because of course he does. eddie listens intently.
"and then i came here." buck drops down on the sofa.
eddie nods and rests a hand on his shoulder. "sorry man."
"it is what it is. can i crash here for the night?"
eddie gives him a look. "don't be stupid. of course you can." he pauses. "hey, you told tommy you were coming back, right?"
buck stares. "uh, no, those were not exactly my last words. it's fine, though. i'm pretty sure he already knows."
tommy's not the one with abandonment issues anyway, that's buck's thing. a weird look crosses eddie's face but he doesn't say anything and buck doesn't ask. they play video games until they crash out in the living room like a couple of teenagers, and then the next morning, buck goes home.
he lets himself in using his key. tommy is in the kitchen, eating a bowl of cereal. he looks startled to see buck standing there, which is fair, buck supposes. he goes over and kisses him and apologizes and tommy says it's okay, and apologizes too, and buck thinks that's supposed to be it but tommy's being weird. he's distant in a way that buck didn't expect. tommy answers his questions, and he participates in conversation, but he's not present. it's only when they're in bed for the night that buck rolls over to face him.
"okay, what is it?"
tommy yawns. "what is what?"
"this." buck waves a hand between the two of them. "you're being weird."
"i'm being weird."
"yes. and if you're - if you're still mad, you know, we should, uh. i don't know. we should talk about it."
an unreadable look crosses tommy's face. he shrugs. "i'm not mad."
but he's something. buck keeps looking at him, keeps wordlessly begging him to give him something.
eventually tommy sighs. "look i'm not mad. i just... didn't think you were coming back. and over the years i've learned that it's best to just... accept reality quickly rather than wait for it to sink in."
buck sits up. "but i did come back."
"you did." tommy's smile is small. "i guess i'm just waiting for my brain to catch up because it still thinks you're gone and aren't coming back."
and that's the point buck realizes that, for as much damage as tommy could do to him, he could do so much more to tommy.
"hey, hey, no." he throws the covers off and straddles tommy's hips, cupping his face and leaning forward so their chests are touching so he can meet his gaze. "i'm not leaving."
"you did."
"yeah, i mean — yes, i needed space. but i was coming back. i was always planning to come back."
tommy lifts his shoulders in a helpless little gesture. "i didn't know that. i thought you were done. i thought —" he cuts himself off and swallows once, twice. "i thought you were done," he says again, quietly.
christ, buck is the worst person alive. no wonder eddie looked at him like that. he wants to go back in time and beat himself with a stick but there will be time for self flagellation after he's reassured his boyfriend. so buck kisses him slowly, deeply, thoroughly and presses their foreheads together.
"i'm not leaving —" this, he almost says. but it's more than that, isn't it? tommy doesn't just want reassurance that buck still wants a relationship, he wants reassurance that he still wants him. buck clears his throat. "i'm not leaving you, tom. i'm — i'm in this. you know? i might — okay yeah, i might need space every now and again, especially when we get into it like we did but i'm —" he takes a deep breath, steeling himself for this last part, and forces himself to hold tommy's stare. "i'm pretty sure you're it for me. you know? like. when i picture my future, it's — it's me, and then there's you. and sometimes one or both of us has grey hair. maybe a couple pets. couple kids. but. it's always you and me."
tommy blinks up at him. "oh," he whispers.
but it's not a dismissive oh, or even an oh that says he doesn't want that too. it's just purely overwhelmed. so buck smiles and presses a dry kiss to his forehead.
"yeah, oh," he says against his skin.
tommy's hands tighten around his waist. this close together buck can feel the rapid pound of tommy's heartbeat. it's one of his favorite feelings in the world.
tommy rubs his thumb over his hipbones. "in case you haven't guessed, you're kind of it for me too."
buck hums. "yeah."
"yeah." tommy nudges buck's jaw up and presses a kiss to the underside of his jaw. "i am so. madly, insanely, terrifyingly in love with you." he pulls back so he can look into his eyes. "you're all i see. my future is nothing but you."
buck swallows, eyes filling with tears. "oh."
tommy huffs a breathy laugh. "yeah. oh."
and then they kiss and kiss and kiss until the sun comes up.
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