[eldrich-butch]

Hey, I’m Maverick.

I figure it’d be helpful to outline a couple boundaries i’ve got, because frankly… the amount of people who interact with my posts end up not fully reading the tags, or even abiding by their own DNIs— is kinda ridiculous. I think it’d be far easier if i made a little post about it so nobody’s caught off-guard.

BYF/BYI

I AM PRO-SHIP. Please be AWARE of this before interacting with any of my posts, as you may be going against your own DNI. [i feel like i need to say this, because people are incredibly uncharitable these days; NO I DO NOT SUPPORT TABOO RELATIONSHIPS IN REAL LIFE.]

I support contradictory labels, and the split attraction model when it comes to bi-gays, or pan-lesbians. Identify however you please, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone.

I am a Grown Ass Woman. Nuff said. I don’t interact with children.

I post a lot about DID. Most of the art posted is going to be at least partially related to one alter or another. They tend to sign off on text posts. Be aware of this as well.

[eldrich-butch]

Thinking about it… i just don’t think I’m built for any sort of traditional committed relationship. I’m aroace [not aroace spec. Straight up aromantic asexual. Nada.], so that shit already doesn’t work like it does for alloallos… and also non-neurodivergent individuals.

A lot of the time, i can’t see the logic in putting a single individual that i love above all the other people that i love. Why would i have to choose one person to love for the rest of my life? Why can’t all of my friends be that? I have a lovely friend group of about 7 or so years if i remember correctly. They’re my family.

Every time we get into a relationship, clear as day— we tell them. We don’t prioritize whatever this romantic esque relationship is over our friends. And consistently it’s always ended up being a problem despite communicating that this is the case when you get involved with us.

But it just makes me think. Maybe that’s a fault of our own or something. It’s not at all that i’m afraid of emotional intimacy. I do that with my friends quite literally all the fucking time. I just… also like that they trust me enough to come back after a seven hour drawing session, or a long ass show binge… or me reading and writing for extended periods of time.

And i know it’s probably just that. The trust thing. You don’t know me for long enough, so me going off for hours reads as avoidance. I’m just very dedicated to my hobbies lol. If i couldn’t express myself creatively I’d be in a far worse headspace than i am.

I’ll post the comic i was working on today, actually. Separately from this post.

I dunno. I think i’m just going to take a break from attempting to make more friends [because they often devolve into weird situationships? The previous host was a fuckin’ mess i swear to god. Idk man i just got here /ref]

- maverick

[eldrich-butch]

Late update. Ex totally blocked me. Didn’t like how they talked about me and one of my headmates anyway. Regardless, i’ve just been enjoying the company of my friends. I finally got a job, and that’s also been occupying my time.

I still think about being in a relationship a lot, but a want isn’t a need and all that.

-maverick

[wastelocking]

CARPE NOCTEM + DIRECTOR'S CUT PANELS

[eldrich-butch]

Big fan of these things

[zarla-s]

cmon, it'll be good for you

[patreon]

[tlexjuice]

how to convince ur ghost to stop being annoying and let u do ur work

[aspureasamelody]

[mazzakr]

cool ass nny drawing

ive been trying to bring out the artstyle ive had in my head for a long time and this is absolutely a step in the right direction

[marchingfishes]

[mosq-on-wall]

Hell late BUT HAPPY PRIDE!!!

[b33b33c]

jus read the first volume of i feel sick . bro as soon as i saw devi and tenna together i knew they belonged on this meme🙏 also OH My god i love them

[wastelocking]

I've always loved IFS, but I think my biggest problem with it is that it leaves you wanting so much more from it. Devi is an interesting character, and giving her depth outside of getting almost stabbed is a good premise for a spin-off, but I feel she doesn't get a lot of breathing room as herself outside of how she's responded to trauma, and said trauma by extension. It's supposed to have her art, and her relationship with it, as the central focus of the narrative's conflict, but her paintings are only ever in the background and her individual relationship with it isn't expanded upon. What's inspiring her? What are these images which she's so desperate to get out of her head? How does she process the events of her life through painting? I'd like to make a post getting screenshots of all her art throughout the comics and attempt to figure out an answer, but you wouldn't get one reading her comic.

It's implied that Devi throwing herself into her work is a compulsive behavior born out of self-avoidance, at least in part, so I think this might be an intentional writing decision. It definitely leaves the ending in a bittersweet place that I find interesting, and realistic all things considered, but considering the fact that IFS dwells on this complication so much it does feel strange that the overall resolution that it comes to is that Devi's incapable of finding social furfillment, and the solution is to continue throwing herself into painting. I find it compelling that it ends on a note that's more complicated than Devi triumphing over Sickness, and magically becoming a different person through force of will. However, if she was intended to have a semi-static development, with IFS being a window-exploration of the end point she's reached more than anything else, it just would've been nice to have her art be a bigger part of the comic for that purpose. It was basically a ventpost about working for Nickalodeon though, or at least that's the impression I got, so I'm not surprised this ended up getting sidelined.

I think JV saying that IFS's outcome is slightly happier, and drawing a comparison between Johnny and Devi, is telling in regards to what he was going for with the two issues, and especially IFS's ending. However, I feel that showing Devi's old paintings, or having her talk about them a little in specific, wouldn't have cut into his intentions. If she's bottling up a life's worth of bullshit, and has adopted an avoidant or misanthropic perspective, then her art would've reflected this and could've expanded upon that part of her character in a way that didn't revolve around another character. JTHM even does this with Johnny, and his paintings, so it'll always feel a little strange to me that the comic about reclaiming your will to make art for yourself only brushes up against the art that Devi makes for herself. It's like she's absent from her own story, and it's because she's supposed to be disconnected from herself, but I feel like this could've been executed in a way that still allowed her to be more of an actual character. IFS is carried more on JV's abilities in writing really good dialogue, and generating interesting ideas, rather than the depth of those ideas-characters themselves, in my eyes.

[eldrich-butch]

Well… since my other pyrotechnics post kinda blew up. [Minorly i’d say but also it’s scaring me who are you people/silly] Here’s a bunch of stuff that never got posted to the interwebs.

Some explanations as to what the hell’s going on in these… bullet pointed.

My headcanon for red son is that he’s a cis man, but gender non-conforming.

He also has wide hips and big legs because it’s supposed to somewhat mirror the shape of his true bovine legs.

I feel like he’s short, and stocky. Heavy, but also VERY strong. His legs especially.

He has a lot of scars, due to pushing himself so hard to live up to his father’s image. It gets worse when DBK is finally unsealed, and he gets more reckless, before eventually settling back down. He is very disciplined, and sticks to very strict schedules and things of the sort. [he’s autistic as shit. He crashes out if his routines are disrupted]

I headcanon jack as a trans man, and a natural brunette with curly hair. He straightens and dyes it, and wears HEAVY makeup… because he has freckles. He doesn’t like them. He thinks they make him look like a dork [he is]

I also headcanon him to have a weak heart, so he’s very scrawny, and unable to physically exert himself or he risks fainting. He overcompensates for it by building robots.

[dragonflip34]

just red head's business, nothing personal.

[eldrich-butch]

Hi i miss them

[eldrich-butch]

Smiles. Grins even. Pyrotechnics because they’re both dramatic and passionate as fuck. And if you break up the word… Red’s the Pyro part, jack’s the tech part :]

Used to call them redhots but i like pyrotechnics better

[proshippersstimming]

❤ 💌 💙 ❤ 💌 💙 ❤ 💌 💙

Ramsival (Ramsey Murdoch x Percival King) from Epithet Erased with knightcore and gold colors as requested by @aprilbrowines!

[eldrich-butch]

This is ollldddd. I don’t think we ever posted it though. Drawn by our old host, Locust.