Sleeping Stardust

~31~Leo~Artist~ suffering through the ordeal of being known

[anxeious]

[bernard-jackson]

[houujin]

A relatively messy study/fanart for project hail mary, the last month has really awakened my inner space loving child again

Also fun fact, while drawing Man of war by Radiohead started randomly playing which i think is very veru fitting for this

[joodlesofdoodles]

dunno about you but I distinctly remember this happening

[tvshowfeels]

Adventure Time S1E21

[tvshowfeels]

Whywolves Adventure Time S1E21

[strawbie-doodle]

✍️(◔◡◔) la la la la la la

[fairycosmos]

does it ever get better? has it gotten better? will it get better? when will it get better?

[fairycosmos]

[pixiecaps]

big fan of whatever the youth is doing to torment scientology buildings

[meowmeowsabortionclinic]

Lowlyyyy I feel so lowwwlyyy

A common quibble I have with a lot of KnH meta analysis is that even really good posts will end up saying Maomao has low status and little power.

It's actually very relevant that she does have considerable privilege in the setting. She's actively trying to stay ignorant about it.

Obviously she isn't royalty, but even from the first light novel, Maomao was hiding the fact she's literate and educated-- out of pride to not share her increased wages with her kidnappers. She also tried to stay hidden when she made that warning about the lead powder, not wanting any credit for that. Plus, she's very aware that her adopted father's nephew is insistant on claiming her as his daughter, she lays it out in Season 2 that challenging him directly is "refusing to run anymore."

Not only is she significantly more empowered than most of her peers at any given point, she is usually running from it.

Her issue is never wanting to be dependant on others, or have others be dependant on her. She doesn't want to communicate her feelings to anyone. She never wants to ask for help. She never wants to feel like she owes anyone.

Maomao is not submissive. Maomao is not beheadable. She insists she is, because that's emotionally easier than having to accept the mortifying ordeals of "You Need To Talk About Your Feelings" and "Your Actions Have Consequences."

"I am a base apothecary and i am of lowly birth" YOU ARE NOT BASE! YOU ARE IN FACT VERY HIGH ON THE PH SCALE! YOUR BIODAD HAS THE NUCLEAR CODES. BE FOR REAL

[okarunsballsack]

I loved this sene so much

[doorp]

maomao is not the bisexual representation the people asked for and honestly she is not the bisexual representation the people needed, I really dont know what that thing is but no one living or dead has the power to stop her. She showed the emperors concubines elicit porn. She met a woman with tits so huge that she completely ignored everything the woman was saying for a full minute to stare at them silently. She put her androgynous boytoy in a dress and made him dance. Grabbed his dong and called it a decent sized frog. And she did all of this while practicing medicine illegally. Feminism wins

[exmpdg]

“apothecary diaries is a romance” “apothecary diaries is a court drama” wrong. jinshi’s apothecary diaries is a first love romance and maomao’s is a workplace drama. her biggest problem is being fired via execution and his is falling behind on work worrying she’s taking the wrong man home

[bark-barkley]

I WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS MADE BY HUMAN BEINGS

[beemovieerotica]

people who are just finding out about internet tracking and data mining in the year 2025 and that your special robot friend does not respect your privacy lol

[hollowedskin]

"I asked it but it said no so the mystery is still unsolved" how have you survived to adulthood?

[piro-piroooooo]

Makos, requested by @alevolpe <3

I hadn't drawn Mako since highschool, she's lovely and so are you :^)

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I owe an apology to comic/anime artists who draw catsuits vacuum sealed to women's breasts and butts. I'm sorry I made fun of your stupid unrealistic art. Yesterday I went out to buy paint and saw two women in athletic wear and their teeny shorts cupped their individual buttcheeks, thus prominently displaying the whole butt, crack and all, merely coloured by the cloth clinging so tightly to it, right there in the paint purchasing line at the hardware store. It turns out that your art was not unrealistic. It's possible.

[onemillionwordsofcrap]

Well I'll be damned. The wonders of textile technology.

Now you too can look like the widely-mocked illustration practices of immature adult men!

@swolfeh buying you a pair of these

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Not to be all "the kids today make horrible fashion choices" but I never want to see these pants again