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💫 i’m erin! i go by she/her and i'm over 21.

🌟 i like sanhora, fragmemo, ffxiv, fields of mistria, and cookie run!

🌙 professional selfshipper of 10+ years but this is basically my personal blog at this point. i draw sometimes!

⚡️ i follow from @nighthawkstars !

🚫 dni: prosh*p, darksh*p, yand*re

⬇️ read more for my full f/o list!

#new year new pinned

never go on twitter dotcom i am the only pitaya dragon poster you need in your life

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kiramartinauthor

WHY YOU SHOULD WRITE HORRIBLY:

1. You’ll never write anything if you don’t

gjdraws

ok sure why not. right after i used up all my legendary soul essences on wind archer

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what if it was all a dream

despite majorly slacking off this season i will still be finishing in the top 200 because i'm just that good 🎉

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emotional-support-carbuncle

"emet-selch is GAY he CANNOT POSSIBLY like women bc he is FLAMBOYANT" if only there were some kind of magical sexuality where you could like multiple genders and still be visibly queer bc how you behave has nothing to do with who you are attracted to 🤔

#i’ve been sayinggggg #not just about ffxiv but any male character fans decide has a vibe

not to be biased as a bi girl who likes gnc men but it always makes me sad to see fans take any sign of queerness in a male character as unambiguous code that means not only does he like men (which is fine) but that he couldn’t POSSIBLY like women, how dare you suggest such a thing, something something erasure. like do you not see how you’re erasing bi men here…… and also implying that bi men are basically just straights with no connection to queerness or queer presentation…… just a thought

#text #this doesn’t apply to canonically/strongly-implied gay characters ofc #and of course it is fine to headcanon that he is exclusively into men in any case #but i’ve become wary of people who use any sign of queerness as an excuse to attack ships with women and/or female selfshippers #focusing on women here bc of the crossover with misogyny but i would also like to see bi men with nb people more often!!!

galpalaven

anyway that xiv comic fragments' author is an out and proud biphobe so do not put his shit on my dash anymore thanks 🙏😊

birues

for those who want to know the url of the biphobe, it's @/nights-at-crystarium

after his blantant biphobia he has chosen to ignore people who have called him out and also has the audacity to act as a victim as if he is not the one who is outright hostile to bi folks. he also thinks if he grows big enough, his biphobia will be more acceptable.

mythandral

they're doubling down too, by the way

iron-sparrow

For those who haven't seen the original exchange, here's the dogwater take from anon that kicked us off:

hApPy pRiDe 🏳️‍🌈😚 Here's to getting upset that other queers might imagine a fictional character with no established canon sexuality to be interested in more than just one gender.

Oh, and why not sprinkle some caaaaasual racism into it! Because fans "in Japan (and maybe other places idk)" might not recognize the same shitty gender-normative stereotypes as you. So true. We the Asians should def get a pass for homophobia because our cultures are just Like That™ or whatever the fuck.

Brother. Do you know any damn thing about queerness outside of North America? Yes, Japan (and maybe other places idk) has the same/similar cultural tells for queerness because (1) Western esp American media is a major influence on global culture, and (2) shitty gendernormative and sexist beliefs are worldwide and upheld to varying levels of severity.

Holy fuck. I know people of color don't exist in English dialogues about queerness except as window dressing, but please consider perspectives outside your own. Especially during a month that celebrates the diverse spectrum of queerness.

Anyway, here's the very questionable response NAC posted and is now crashing out over:

Even if they could relate to the anon's sentiments, their response is so fucking entitled and whiny. HEY, I'M THE VICTIM. I'M BEING OPPRESSED. WHAT DO YOU MEEEEAAAAN I'M BEING INSENSITIVE TO BI/PAN/OMNISEXUAL PEOPLE YOU'RE TAKING MY WORDS IN BAD FAITH.

Like, did you all know we can have very real conversations about gay erasure without throwing other people under the bus over personal player perceptions of a fictional character's sexuality? Mind blown.

Happy Pride. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

emotional-support-carbuncle

sorry to keep harping on about this but this is what J thinks of queer creators in the community. what do we think he thinks counts as a queer creator. let's take a guess

galpalaven

sorry guys my bad he's a "pillar of the community" 🥺

arwyen-nyx

Now it's a "homophobic harassment campaign."

Oh honey, no. No it's not.

It's a "you have a massively shitty take" campaign.

#holy fuck lol #god FORBID anyone allow that a male character could be bisexual #the part where anon laughs off the notion that a gender nonconforming man could POSSIBLY like a woman is so infuriating. die #happy pride month. destroy biphobic misogynists on sight

i’m still just so enamored with this illustration. look how tiny and diabolical pitaya looks next to hollyberry jesus christ. this is why i think it would be cute for them to be unexpectedly small in cookie form

#text #i almost cropped out royal margarine but i decided to leave him in. for SOMEONE #🔥 brighter than rubies

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as fun as it is to draw in the cookie run style, i would really like to draw pitaya and calico chip with human proportions more often, but my problem is i just CANNOTTTTTT decide what i would want a “full size” pitaya to look like. i think it would be cute if they were really tall and bulky but it would also be cute if they were actually more small and compact. it would be cute if they had a lot of monstrous/dragonlike features but it would also be cute if they looked mostly human. i really can’t decide it drives me crazy

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another consideration is that whatever height/build i decide on for pitaya, i then have to make hollyberry taller and bigger than that. it’s just the rules