“Female railroad workers employed during wartime eat in the break room of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in Clinton, Iowa.” Photographed by Jack Delano in June 1943.
Tired, scared, depressed people are easier to control and less likely to fight back. It is quicker to temporarily feed anxiety with trinkets than to create structures to dismantle and prevent anxiety.
It is not your fault if you are exploited in these ways. You are not weak, or bad, or "not trying hard enough" if you feel the weight of the world upon you, if it takes all you have just to survive. It's okay if you have ups and downs, if one day you're able to do many things and the next barely get out of bed. You did not create the system we are all trying to function within, one that punishes what it cannot exploit.
But your ongoing survival is a message that you are not defeated. Every single moment you are here offers the opportunity to try again, to be better, to grow and change and learn. Missed the last opportunity? That's okay, another one will come along any moment now, and the next, and the next. You just choose which one is the best for stepping aboard a new pathway, when you're ready. If it takes a while because you are, in fact, tired, scared, depressed, that's okay. There are many, many moments before you and who knows what could go right?
Self-care is rebellion. Joy is a radical act. Love--given to others, and above all to yourself--is a key part of the antidote to what ails us. Even if your embodiments of these are not big and momentous, they are no less important a part of your ongoing story, and the weaving of a better world.
Izumi going through a transitional period of her life and spiritually wearing her "I really wish I weren't here right now" button
(artistic discussion below the cut)
Aside from the catharsis of drawing someone in a worse state than me, this was good practice, especially for hair. I've been shading hair the same way for 15 years and I'm kind of over it tbh. My previous technique took me hours. This... still took hours, but I think once I get the hang of it, I can speed up the process. While this produced hair that was maybe a little shinier than I'm used to, I don't hate it.
Here's some detail for her eyes too because I'm pleased with how they turned out! Same with the little stray hairs. I remember reading a tutorial ages ago that suggested adding those over the lineart, but cautioned that overdoing it can make your character look dishevelled... which clearly worked out perfectly here. Izumi is going through it here. She's going through her teenage rebellion in her 20s. I think she's allowed to not have to brush her hair perfectly.
I'm not surprised that people not comparing new ghost in the shell show to Arise. Most of notes on tumblr compare to 1995 movie and sac, which is fair.
But it feels like intertextuality (i'm not sure if it's correct word, english is weird, but i will use it) is much wider. If not ups and lowers all over franchise we would not have more screen time for Motoko's girlfriends, we would not have actually seen girls in Robot Rondo
Arise has the best supporting cast, when it comes to female characters. At least by numbers games. And it's goes deeper i think.
Yes SAC give us female president but her relationship with Motoko is strictly "giving orders and listening to my boss" type of deal.
Kurutsu, from Arise, on the other hand, is fascinating and probably my favorite new characters from Arise.
She is leader of the unit that Motoko was previusly, they have more than strictly professinal reletionship.
if not goes for spoiler territory, let's just say there is depth for their relationship that i really enjoy because most of the additional scene in original manga and sac Motoko practically don't talk to women. Arise give her basically a foil and a mirror character.
VV is also interesting because we once again see actual female agents working alone side of Motoko. As equal. I was surprised that we don't' see any fanservice, consider the how Ghost in the Shell love putting it all over in all media. There is still og manga essences in her because of how her arc ended (no blonde is safe from this faith i guess)
This is not about section 9 other people but i must say seeing Paz working with VV was also a delight even if not that much on screen. No fanservise, no flirting, despite Paz's love life being his biggest characteristic.
This is just to examples, because Arise has more.
Which is such departer from other ghost in the shell media, including THA. I mostly talking about this two because i found them the most interesting, when we talk about how Motoko interact with others on screen.
And Arise still a huge pile of mess :'D with all the flaws. The bombs that looks lie half naked girls is just one example of this mess.
And i kind of feel it's also relevant to the current adaptation. Official site of ghost in te shell listed almost all media (no THA on timeline nor books, which is a bit weird. But they an be purchase and there is links for it) even after they started promoting new anime.
I'm finally feeling better, but the (metaphorical) scar is permanent for sure. I'm extremely angry at the world and the fact that people and their "morals" are extremely hypocritical.
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