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Hi I live again! I hit a point where I just. Left tumblr for god knows how long so here I am again with a new dash and stuff. I’ve swapped over to CSP for art, so expect a major boost in art quality now (still the inconsistent art style though. I don’t think that’s ever gonna change. Art by me!) Uh, what else do I say? This is Juniper, she’s my first gw2 character, etc etc-- Anyways thanks for bearing with me lmao

#guildwars2 #guild wars oc #guild wars art

everythingfox

rolly kitty

(via)

#look at this bean!

the-memedaddy

Meirl

luridel

@junebug-arts

#OH LOOK I'VE BEEN CALLED OUT

pascalcampion

Weak? I had NOT drawn those guys like this in a while! Feels good to get back to it. #pascalcampion

#this helped me a lot today #being kind is important

jorasdottir

charr not being big on kisses and hugs and instead giving THE most intense cheek rubs ever. rytlock coming back from the mists and nearly knocking the commander down with a hard face rub to say hello

noodlejune

THIS. This is my charr.

#respite is an angy binch #who gives the hardest cheek rubs to her gf

borriltheresolute

Been forever since ive been posting, so art dump!

noodlejune

I love Proxxi in the corner so much

#mess with the shelves #you get living hells

fanonical

hey do you think you could expand a bit on separating the art from the artist? clearly you’ve done it with jk rowling but what are your thoughts on it as a general idea?

okay, but you’re not going to like the answer.

here’s the truth: you can’t separate the art from the artist. not entirely. HP Lovecraft was an incredibly talented, but much more incredibly racist man. It would nice to say you don’t agree with his views but you can enjoy his works without that leaking in but…. well, I’m afraid that would be misunderstanding his books entirely.

Consider, for a second, that Lovecraft’s works were horror stories about extradimensional alien monsters having mutant children with humans, they were about invasions from distant monsters, they were about the purity of quaint European towns being tainted. Consider how this may have all been inflicted by the fact that he just simply despised anybody who wasn’t white. Consider how is opinions on “mixing the races” might fight into this; consider why being unable to maintain the “purity” of white Europe was the scariest thing of all to him.

This extends to Rowling too.

I would love to say we can just acknowledge that she is an awful, racist, antisemitic, transphobic person and then say “but at least her books are good,” because, well, they are, aren’t they? I would say so, for sure. But to suggest that one can separate her from them is…. ridiculous.

Consider why an antisemitic woman wrote about a species of goblins who live among us, but who for the most part keep to themselvesand are maybe a little bit oppressed by the institution, but also hold all the cards, all the money, run the banks.

Consider why a racist woman would write about a species of slaves who loved being enslaved, who enjoyed working for no pay, and cleaning up after humans, with the only small caveat of that they didn’t want to be beaten. Imagine that only the most radical of their species wanted to be free, and he still spent the rest of his life working for no pay and helping out a little white boy and his friends wherever he could. Consider why the only person in the story who thought they should be free, that they should have rights, was treated as an overzealous joke, who was acting against the wishes of those slaves who really LOVE being enslaved. Consider that Rowling went on to say that she kind of considers that girl to be black, now.

Consider why JK Rowling, an open and proud transphobe, wrote Rita Skeeter as having a large square jaw, thick “manly” hands, and dressing incredibly gaudily with the most obvious fake nails and fake teeth and fake hair and fake everything. Consider why a woman who tweets about how trans women are “foxes pretending to be hens to get in the hen house” might write this Rita Skeeter to then illegally transform her body in order to spy on children.

Harry Potter is full of Rowling’s bigotry, start to finish. Not even tangentially, like, “oh the goblins are bad, Rita Skeeter is bad, the house elves are bad, but most of it’s good!” because the deeper you dig and the longer you think the more you realise the entire story is based on her prejudices.

Harry Potter pretends to be an aracial story about found family, but if that were true, why are Harry’s distant ancestors important to who he is today even in the seventh book? Why does Harry have to live with his cousin and aunt and uncle? Because magic inherently prefers blood ties. Whilst Rowling was writing a story that seemed to say, “your heritage is not that important and doesn’t make you better than others” she was still writing a story about a boy who got all of his money through his bloodline, who was protected by living with his bloodline, no matter how evil, who was uniquely able to stop Voldemort because his bloodline passed down the invisibility cloak for generations and generations. Any step Harry takes he is compared to his perfect parents who were exactly like him — he looks just like his father, but he has his mother’s eyes, you know! — consider WHY a woman who is racist might’ve written a story like this. A story that on its surface, condemns a blood caste, but still in every step it takes, validates the idea that blood is thicker than water, and your geneological origin is what makes you special.

You can enjoy Harry Pottwr, of course you can. There are fantastic parts. I love a small group of teenagers deciding to become anarchies rebels and train to fight against fascism in secret. I love the murder mystery plots, I love how the series tells kids that it’s a good thing to be brave, and a good thing to fight injustice, and a good thing to challenge the government. But I cannot separate it from its author because it is such a product of its author. All of the structures of the world, the way things work in the universe, and drenched in Rowling’s beliefs, her bigotries. Of course they are: she made them.

Again. This doesn’t mean you cannot enjoy it. But I think we are past the day where we can pretend that disavowing a bigoted author is enough, and that that somehow separates the text from its bigotry. I think we are past the day where we can pretend that Harry Potter isn’t a deeply, inherently bigoted piece of media. Even the bits we love. I think we are beyond the day where we can truthfully pretend to separate it from her, because she is present through all of it. We MUST recognise its flaws. We MUST admit that she is in every part of it.

banrions

#this is a brilliant post that sets up an answer the anon’s question#which is that separating art from the artist isn’t about ignoring who the author was#but rather ignoring what the author tells you their work means#rowling will never say her work contains the things rightful pointed out here#but she doesn’t get to make that call#we all have eyes and can look for ourselves#and who she is is part of what we must look at (via @ratherembarrassing)

cryptidsofgw2

Happy Pride, Tyria! 🌈

cryptidsofgw2

One more addition that I couldn’t see during the march because they were too small!

noodlejune

Yessss I love all of these!

#lwrp

look-for-the-light

The Last of Us Part II (2020)

#what #a #fucking #mood

ashalsdream

Tyria Pride day 2! I just want to thank the pride march for introducing me to all the amazing friends at HUNT & all the friends I made during the march, you’ve made me all so happy and I can’t wait to spend more time with you! Thank you for making my pride amazing

And as always, a big thank you to @captainfinebuns for the screens and being the most wonderful boyfriend anyone could ask for & @commander-luna for being my best friend, Ashal’s partner in crime and her dearest twin and for always being there for me. And a big thank you to everyone at HUNT! Who have made me feel so welcomed and happy these past two days! & of course, my guild. Who are my pride and joy <3 love y’all

Here’s to next year!

darkmacademia

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‘nfwmb’ by hozier except he’s a siren singing out to you beyond the crashing waves in the dead of night, drawing you in until you eventually dive underwater and dissolve into the ocean. (headphones recommended) (youtube)

terraterracotta

My contribution to this meme

terraterracotta

Because I’m standing firm with this I decided to update it to be a little more specific since some people aren’t getting the hint.

sunflower-cane

You know I love how so many people are like “respect boundaries respect consent” until it’s time to respect people w OCD who can’t shake hands or be touched or when an autistic person tells their family member they can’t give hugs or when a chronically ill person tells you “no I can’t do this thing” and you think “maybe if I just make them do it anyway it’ll make them stronger” or when a mentally ill person or someone who has been abused is like “I don’t want to be around this person/thing it’s triggering” and you get people guilting them to “just get over it”

If you’re about consent and boundaries, good, you should be, but remember to keep that energy when moms of autistic kids are like “I still hug my child even tho it makes them have panic attacks” or when someone’s like “yeah they said they don’t want to be around this person cause it’s “triggering” but I’m their friend so they should do it for me” or when a disabled person says they can’t go up the stairs and you’re begging them to “try anyway”

Don’t lose that mindset, or that energy when it’s time to respect the boundaries or consent of mentally ill and disabled people.

#LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK #HOLY SHIT THIS

pulledrosepetals

The aeshteticly pleasing yet opposite couple (even I am biased) are joining The Pride once again! I had such fun yesterday so I felt inspired to draw the party!