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wrathful-ghosts

Started midnight diner and this is constantly popping into my head

beefandcorn

are you worried

About what? But yeah

biskiko

Panel redraw because it's one of my favs

ouramateur

“Thinking about maybe staying behind”

Ough. You know I’m really In the Building when I’m busting out the 8 page comics. Fuuuuck. Here’s my cringe, I’m gonna disappear now.

All dialogue is abridged from episodes 66 and 67 of Dungeons and Daddies season 1.

whaile

late summer / early fall thoughts

cart-a-hearts

Saruman tuning into the Merry and Pippin show

babbyygirrrl

I don't know who needs to hear this but... start living. The days are flying by and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. Enjoy what you can like walks, sunsets, music, laughter. Joy doesn't have to be expensive. You deserve it.

why-i-love-comics

Marvel Swimsuit Special: Brand New Beach Day #1 (2026)

pin-up by Dan Panosian

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meliake

I think Taylor should cry sometime he’s probably repressed

caffeinatedopossum

"I'm still kicking" is such a funny way to say "I'm still alive". Like lol. I'm still thrashing. Flailing. Writhing even. The violence remains.

josephinecarttanneur

Divine Achilles left his spear to lie

among the tamarisks on the riverbank.

With just his sword he leapt into the river,

his heart intent on ruin, like a god.

Whirling around, he hacked and slashed and struck them,

And from the victims of his blade arose

desperate, agonizing wails. The water

ran red with blood.

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bethanydelleman

Historical inaccuracies in major published novels and period dramas bother me so much because I can't write a fan fiction that I know I'll post for free without being fairly certain I have the major facts right.

I'm writing a story right now that I probably won't post at all and I still spent a good hour and downloaded a research paper to figure out if women in feudal China were allowed to have baths during their periods. The answer is no, as I suspected, but I checked! I also learned about their version of pads which sound much better than European historical period solutions and kept reading long after I'd found my answer. It was all fascinating to learn about because history is interesting.

So I guess what I'm saying is, why write historical fiction or make a period drama if you aren't even interested in or in love with history? When I read Bernard Cornwell, for example, it feels like he's fascinated by the period he's writing about. No one seems strangely modern, but they all feel deeply human. I don't need a female character to point out sexism or patriarchy to me, it's obvious. I'm trusted to think about it for myself. The author trusts that I care as much as he does about the past.

I don't understand why you would produce historical fiction if you don't care about the past. Maybe I'm the wrong audience, maybe most people don't care, but I don't get it. And I don't expect everything to be perfect, we don't even know everything about even an era as recent as the Regency, but it doesn't even feel like some of these people care at all.