#they're so unreasonable

[cappycodeart]

🐇🐇🐇LET'S GO OSWALD NATION-

[etrevil]

[softcryz]

I'm so sorry I've been trying to hold off on posting the dogs until I've drawn every single one of them properly but

BUT I CAN show these little doodles of Ashes

[uncanny-tranny]

An immovable object (my perfectionism) meets an unstoppable force (my proclivity to say "fuck it" and move on). FIGHT.

[ablatheringblatherskite]

From Sierra's Instagram post: “Happy birthday AND throwback Thursday to my dearest @hadleyfraser #raoulandchristineincentralpark” [x]

Woah!! This is the only picture I've ever found of them together without Ramin!! They're so adorable omg. THEY'RE SO SILLY. silly little dorks 😭

[grymmdark]

ok so red geraniums aside the perfect flower to represent vash is the dandelion. like yes its yellow and spikey just like his hair, but it's also an incredibly versatile flower able to survive in unlikely and uninviting environments.

and also its about how its perceived by many people as a weed, an unwanted nuisance, despite not really causing that much damage or trouble to plants around it and infact helping other plants grow by pulling up nutrients from deeper in the soil.

[hotasfahrenheit]

Love For Love's Sake is a perfect show so far, 10/10, no notes

[werecats2]

college is a bit quieter than i thought it would be right now so i finished the... supersize future keychains i have been working on for a while. my sewing skill is... well, i have never really sewn seriously before, so i'm still prickling myself a lot and making a lot of mistakes, but i'm happy with how those turned out! i still have to attach some keychain rings to them so they can accompany me into The Horrors (college).

[artist-rat]

trying to brace myself to post more style testing pieces from 2023 every now n then 🙏

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

So with Clementine Book Two coming out in October, I decided to do another reread of Book One. Though, I'll be honest, the bigger reason for this reread was out of spite; I follow Tillie Walden on instagram, and while I don't go on there often, I usually check her page when I do so I can see any new artwork or Clementine updates. Her latest post is from one of her other graphic novels, and I guess I just... don't get it.

I don't understand why people are like this:

This is on a post that has nothing to do with the Clementine comics. As for ones that are about Clementine-

Those are just a handful from a few Clementine-related posts, but there's so much of this all over Tillie's posts and I don't understand.

What does this accomplish? Other than making you look like an asshole? Like... no one is impressed by this. No one is applauding you for repeatedly commenting "lol we didn't want a forced gay romance ew," which by the way? Repeating that in every single paragraph you comment? Tell me you're homophobic without saying you're homophobic, y'know?

There are legit criticisms to be had of Clementine Book One- The pacing is all over the place where it starts very slow and then goes into whiplash mode after Amos dies. Georgia as a villain is a weak point in the story. Clementine naming her leg after Kenny is a bit icky considering in canon, he physically and verbally abused a disabled person with a brace on his leg in S2. I don't think there was much thought behind that decision past "Hey, the fans like Kenny," and I think that's worth pointing out as "Hey... maybe don't?"

Some of the dialogue is a bit stilted, but some of it is actually pretty good. My personal favorite is when Clementine and Amos are fixing a roof-

Amos: Lord, this roof is... Clementine: ...fucked? Amos: SHH, don't say that! It's... troubled.

I'm sorry- that's funny! And it actually says a lot about who these characters are and the kind of friendship they have.

And yeah, Ricca is just okay. She's clearly the love interest, and I'm hoping we get more development of her character. And yes, the "baby" thing is still weird.

There's a lot about the art style that I'm not crazy about, specifically Clementine's face and expressions, and I hope to see an improvement in that for Book Two.

And then the obvious: Clementine leaving because she was unhappy and felt everyone thought she was a liability doesn't match up with the end of TFS.

I don't think it's mean to say that Tillie wasn't the best fit for this project, but that's on Skybound. They're the ones who reached out to her and hired her. I think Tillie's a great artist and her graphic novels have great queer, wlw representation in them. Just because she wasn't the perfect fit for Clementine that doesn't mean she's bad, it means that maybe she should've been considered for a different project.

And honestly...? Y'all, Book One isn't THAT bad. It's not great or anything, but the comics can't take the games away from you. If you want to say canon ends with the TFS, then that's where it ends. That's where it ends for me; these comics are more of a "what if" scenario than anything.

No one is forcing you to accept this as canon, and if you're so pathetically butt hurt over the existence of a comic that you feel like you have to go on Tillie's instagram, the artist who is only doing the job she's obligated to do, and comment shit like this on every. single. post-

Maybe, just maybe, you need to go outside. I'm serious.

This isn't the only comment about grooming on Tillie's posts, or that I've seen on reddit. Like... do you understand what grooming actually is and how serious it is? Or are you just using it as a buzzword that you know is bad and triggering as a means of insult and convincing others that she's bad, too?

Also, I don't think you really understand how creativity and writing work. Maybe it's just me, though I doubt it, but when I create characters or write already established characters in my fanfiction, they all have a piece of me that's apart of them. My life experiences and who I am as a person influences everything I write, and that bleeds into the characters, for better or worse.

What, you think Louis having a random pillow collecting problem was something I just pulled out of my ass? No, it's because I have a pillow collecting problem! Do you know why I've always had a such a hard time writing for Violet? It's because I see a lot of myself in her and that scares me and I'd rather just not unpack all of that, okay?

I mean, how many times on this hellsite have you come across someone saying, "lol my otp is just Person A is my type and Person B is the one I project onto" and it has thousands of notes because, on some level, we all get it.

Tillie has talked about Ricca before and like most creative people, she's drawn from her own life to create her characters. Ricca isn't some self-insert character just because they both wear glasses, I'm-

You are just being an asshole! I just- I'm getting pissed off because this shouldn't even be a thing. WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS? WHO HURT ALL OF YOU?

I love Clementine, too! She's important to me! I have replayed TWDG more times than I can count! I was pissed about the comics in the beginning! You can go back on my blog and I probably said stupid shit, too!

But Clementine isn't real. She's a fictional video game character. She isn't going to reward your bullying or white-knighting because she doesn't exist. You're not doing this because you're a "true fan" that loves Clementine. Honestly, if you were a true fan, you would know that if Clementine was real, she would find you and this behavior disgusting. Tillie Walden is a real person and I don't give a flying fuck if you hate her work. By all means, hate the comic! Criticize the comic and Skybound for continuing the series, but leave Tillie out of it.

And I think the part that sucks the most is it doesn't matter what I say, you can't rationalize with irrational people intent on being assholes so they're not going to stop.

I guess what I'm trying to show with all of this is when Book Two comes out, and y'all start reading it and making posts... please don't be these people.

Whatever you may feel about Clementine Book Two, try to remember that Tillie Walden is a real person and she's just doing the job that Skybound hired her for. Tillie's an artist just trying to live her life in Vermont with her wife and their cats, and she's gotta deal with all of these people harassing her posts. She can't even post something non-Clementine related without a bunch of #notmyclementine shit in the comments.

I don't even know what else to say... Uhm, I guess if anyone from those screenshots sees this, then... I don't feel that bad about calling you an asshole. We all learned in kindergarten to treat others the way we want to be treated, but maybe you were sick that day, I don't know. Go outside. Get your life together. We have a short time on this planet and maybe you should try to actually accomplish something while you're here. Eat a kitkat or something👍

[eddis-not-eeddis]

I just realized last week that I no longer work a job that requires me to use bleach and metal scratchers on a daily basis, so I can paint my nails again!!!

[enbaluka]

It's bizarre to talk to my irl friends and how utterly convinced they are that Israel is in the moral right and that you should be on Israel's side by default. Utterly deranged society. "Oh Hamas is terrorist" "oh it's the Jewish holy land" oh how bout you stop defending settler colonialism.

[fooltofancy]

oh boy

[liketheinferno2]

Finally can get back to my desk again -- currently have 2 out of 10 commission slots still open if anyone's interested.

[eastgaysian]

bg3 speedruns are pretty fun

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

Every time I read posts excusing Shadow and Bone for changing/speeding up SoC and CK elements, I feel like they're missing the main points of criticism a lot of us book fans are having. it's great you enjoyed it!! It's great that you enjoyed seeing the characters in the scenes from the book!! But it IS going to mess up the future narratives!!

But I think I'm going to at some point make a proper screenplay-focused analysis on my feelings about this