Butterfly With Its Wings Pinned

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My companion flushed up with pleasure at my words, and the earnest way in which I uttered them. I had already observed that he was as sensitive to flattery on the score of his art as any girl could be of her beauty

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i just got the most beautiful reblog tag on this site

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decided to shake things up a bit and drew snw T'Pura

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Actually, one more thing. Making a F/F scene about your M/M is so annoying and shitty, like God forbid we don't focus on men for 5 seconds!

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No, you are not being "queerbaited" just because you imagined two white men to be in love, and you ESPECIALLY aren't queerbaited when at the same time there are lesbians in the FRONT AND CENTRE OF THE SHOT.

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kiss from a rose

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only posting my art here so funny 'cause now my top posts here are of a ship i dont enjoy anymore...

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something about kisses not posted here in a while, huh

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t'pring commission for @butterflywithitswingspinned

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MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE!!! LOOK AT HER!!!

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on twitter im taking requests to draw star trek characters in costume for halloween month and the first one requested was t'pring dressed as anthy himemiya

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THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!!

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i blinked and it was the next thing i saw on the canvas

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How sad, dear brother. You make me wish I were an only child. // I can't believe I have to mention this, but this is not a shipping piece. Quite the opposite. Been rewatching some TNG and Lore and Data hit me, a, bit, hard. I'm sorts in a middle of writing a ramble about them, won't likely share the full document here, but yeah, have a lot of thoughts about them. Under the cut there are heavier themes discussed, both tagged. Please, read at your own discretion.

Let's talk about the art, again, but mostly what thoughts exactly lead to it.

Obviously, what I am reading from Data and Lore's story isn't at all what the writers likely had in mind. However. Art is here to be dissected and analyzed and to find many meanings in it.

With the drawing, I decided to put Data in their shut-down state. Data is shut-down by Lore twice (Datalore, Brothers) in canon, both times done for Lore to take Data's identity. Or more so strip it from them. With the switch obviously there comes the literal stripping of clothing. Stripping one of one's identity is a common feeling for victims, as one will feel that one is forever tied to what has happened to them. And that is now all they are. The two instances of Data being shut-down by Lore also make me think of trauma induced memory loss, which is in part what Data does experience in the text proper.

The scene where Lore repeatedly switches Data on-and-of to show them being aggressive was a rather tearing one for me. In cases of assault, but especially familial, the perpetrator trying to paint the victim as "deranged" is quite the common occurrence. 'Cause, what are they talking about? They're crazy. I didn't do that.

As one can see, Lore's hand in the drawing is on the switch, but also the particular finger position is intentional. Obviously meant to allude to sexual stimulation, once again, I'm bringing up the on-and-off switch scene. This connection my brain made caused the scene to hit extra hard.

So. This is the art. And those are just. Some thoughts.

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couldnt get this redraw idea out of my head // original strip by Gerard Donelan!!!

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Here's the original, if anyone is curious!

I hadn't heard of Gerard Donelan before, and it's worth reading a little about him. His strip "It's a Gay Life" ran for 15 years starting in 1977 and was a pioneering LGBTQ+ comic strip.

You can also see a repository of his comics here.

OP, this is a beautiful drawing, and thank you for bringing awareness of a cool figure in LGBTQ+ history that I wasn't aware of before!

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!!! didn't have the archive link on me, thank you for providing Really recommend checking out for more queer comic strips. Obviously, some strips are more explicit than others, so anyone interested just keep that in mind.

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couldnt get this redraw idea out of my head // original strip by Gerard Donelan!!!

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hi this thing showed up on my canvas anyone know what to do with it

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the bride and the groom were invited last to the wedding happy amok time day to all who celebrate

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this bird holds the key to her own cage

i remember watching amok time for the first time, i was fascinated by t'pring. forever holds a high spot in my heart. used the tools of a world made against her and got her happy ending. might've had only one appearance in the original run, but genuinely is one of the best characters from TOS in my opinion. a little about the art? i already mentioned the cage in the title, this is roughly what the veil is for. freeing herself by pushing it to the sides, but also to show her face, show herself as an actual person.

like in a previous t'pring piece i used red flowers, this time placed less subtly, tying into pon farr, role of a sexual tool, bonded in youth. oh, t'pring, how much hurt do i feel with you, the rose bride