It is enough to just be.

Hi, I'm Martin! 20. They/them. I'm an autistic, genderqueer writer and artist with a new hyperfixation, so...this blog happened. My fics masterpost. Buy me a hot chocolate? You're more than welcome to send me asks or PM me! I do take writing prompts, but I'm honestly writing too many things right now to prioritize them. You can commission me though! No NSFW, please. I don't engage in discourse because it makes my fandom experience more negative and I'm here for a good time. I follow from @hopefulqueer.

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Thomas and co. should take advantage of the pandemic and film a new episode of Cartoon Therapy where all the therapy sessions are telehealth video calls, send tweet

pros: nobody needs to be in the same room, including crew. no equipment needed except decent mics and webcams for everyone on the calls. editors can still put in the cartoon clips, nothing changes there. no need to pay for a set, everyone is in their own homes. no need for different camera angles, so the filming won’t take as long. they could actually offer some potentially useful advice for people in the fandom who are struggling right now. and of course, we’ll get more cartoon therapy videos, which is the main pro

cons: ?????

[mintytrifecta]

Hello Sanders Sides fandom does anyone have any good jew!sides content

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I don’t have any specific recommendations, but a couple years ago, I ran a fanders Channukah event and the blog is still up and there’s some good content up there! Here’s the blog! <3

[artisticallygay]

As a Logan kinnie with a fat body and knows this man has canonically consumed a whole jar of Crofters, I think Logan deserves chonk rights

[ceffythesquirrel]

A greed!!

[hopefulqueer]

Shakespeare Readings on Discord!

Hey, friends! Come on down and join us in The Digital Globe, where we read perform Shakespeare plays together with people from all around the world. If you can join in the next 15 minutes (before 7pm GMT) and have a couple hours today, you can join us in our reading of The Tempest! (We still have some roles available!)

https://discord.gg/J99F8t

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Hello!! I've just found your touch starved Logan fic and I adore it sm!! I love you're writing!! Could you add me to your general tag list please? 🥺🥺🥺

Thank you so much! I haven’t really been active in this fandom for a while, and I don’t use a taglist anymore (too much work and too unreliable). If I ever publish anything else for Sanders Sides, it’ll be reblogged once and only once to @rainbow-sides-fics, so turning on notifications for that blog functions the same (better, thanks to tumblr’s terrible tagging system lmao) as a taglist! Can’t promise anything, but there’s definitely a chance that I’ll post something else eventually.

I’m currently hanging out mostly over @argonaut--keene, where I have a The Adventure Zone/other tangential McElroy content blog, including some writing, if that’s a fandom you’re interested in! <3 ~Martin

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I just saw your picture of Emile from “Time and Time’s Turning” and those wings are amazing!

!!!!! Thank you! Omg it’s been so long since I drew that but I’m definitely very proud of it! <3

[hopefulqueer]

Happy Nonbinary People’s Day from ur friendly neighborhood queer Jew!

(ok to rb)

[teddyy-bears]

tired: “nobody listens to me” logan angst

wired: “my role as logic constantly forces me to confront myself and my nature as the part of a whole. i can never forget that i am not human and therefore incapable of personal success in the fields in which i am interested in; my goals can only ever be realized through somebody else— somebody who does not share them. emotions are painful for me because i lack the context of human experience to process them. the things and people i want and love cannot ever truly come to fruition in a way that is fulfilling for me; my miniature joys and desires pale in the face of the knowledge of my own mortality, slash lack thereof, producing a paradoxical and painfully constant self-awareness that leads me down a dark path from which there is no escape“ logan angst

[live-laugh-larceny]

👀

Oh. Oh I like this. This reminds me of a scene in one of @rainbow-sides’s fics where Apathy points out the futility of human existence and it causes Logan to kind of shut down. Logan succumbs fully to Apathy’s influence bc there’s nothing logic can do to counter it; we need an emotional reason to keep going in the face of our (frankly) bleak as hell reality. And @princelogical made the observation that Logan is fascinated by being alive in their analysis of his playlist… yeah this is good shit right here. Every day I am more convinced that Orange will be a Super Important Foil for Logan. God I love this fandom y’all are so smart

(also the fic in question was written long before DWIT and the other dark sides were impulsivity (green) and nightmares (white), who basically make Remus… if Apathy really is orange I would lose my mind bc the author would have called everything)

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a) this logan angst is mmm some good shit right there

b) heck yeah Apathy headcanons woohoo!

[fortonystark]

Anti-Racist Resource Guide

Resource is from victoriaalxndr on Twitter!

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Commissions for donations

Hey, y’all.

I know I haven’t been active much here recently, but I’m the author of such fics as Anomalies, Stay in the Equation, A Hand to Hold, Full Voice, and others.

Since I can’t currently be out in the streets protesting with my fellow human beings, I’m going to be picking up the weapon I’m best at–the pen. Please join me in helping get folks home by donating to funds such as the Mississippi Bail Fund Collective, the Funds for Protesters Against Police Brutality, the Montgomery Bail Out, or the Bay Area Anti- Repression Committee Bail Fund.

For every 10 dollars donated to any of these 4 funds (or, if you have another specific bail fund organization you’d prefer to donate to, like if you have a local one, just message me and we can work it out), I’ll write you 500 words of a fic of your specifications, up to ~2000 words. If you donate more than $40, I’ll add on a quick drawing for the fic.

If you want something else (fic for a fandom other than TS Sides, artwork, non-fandom writing), I can 100% work something out with you.

Please send me a DM (not an ask) if you have any interest in donating for a commission. I’ll give you specifics about what I can/can’t write then. All I’ll want in return is a screenshot proving you’ve donated. Even if you don’t want a commission, please consider donating and/or reblogging this post.

Thank you. Black Lives Matter. I hope you are safe.

~Martin

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Commissions for donations

Hey, y’all.

I know I haven’t been active much here recently, but I’m the author of such fics as Anomalies, Stay in the Equation, A Hand to Hold, Full Voice, and others.

Since I can’t currently be out in the streets protesting with my fellow human beings, I’m going to be picking up the weapon I’m best at--the pen. Please join me in helping get folks home by donating to funds such as the Mississippi Bail Fund Collective, the Funds for Protesters Against Police Brutality, the Montgomery Bail Out, or the Bay Area Anti- Repression Committee Bail Fund.

For every 10 dollars donated to any of these 4 funds (or, if you have another specific bail fund organization you’d prefer to donate to, like if you have a local one, just message me and we can work it out), I’ll write you 500 words of a fic of your specifications, up to ~2000 words. If you donate more than $40, I’ll add on a quick drawing for the fic.

If you want something else (fic for a fandom other than TS Sides, artwork, non-fandom writing), I can 100% work something out with you.

Please send me a DM (not an ask) if you have any interest in donating for a commission. I’ll give you specifics about what I can/can’t write then. All I’ll want in return is a screenshot proving you’ve donated. Even if you don’t want a commission, please consider donating and/or reblogging this post.

Thank you. Black Lives Matter. I hope you are safe.

~Martin

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i just read your anomalies fic and it is just so!!!!! good!!!!!! is there a tag i can look through to see where you answered questions about it or do i just have to scroll?

Ah! Thank you! I was just thinking the other day about how much I loved writing that fic, haha, glad to know people are still reading it! I never got many questions abt Anomalies, but the ones I did are posted under /tagged/anomalies. There’s also the bonus chapter Homecoming, and a couple pieces of art that aren’t on the AO3!

And of course, even though I wrote this fic two years ago and I haven’t been super active in this fandom (I’m hanging out in the TAZ fandom @argonaut--keene), I’d welcome more questions about the Anomalies characters! I love them dearly and there’s plenty of information about them in my head that didn’t get put in the story.

Thank you again! <3 ~Martin

[live-love-laugh-lesbian]

Important question-

In a fic I'm planning, Emile is Jewish, and I was gonna have Janus be Jewish too cause he introduces Emi to Roman and I thought it'd be neat if they knew each other via that-

Issue is, as I soon realised, Janus is...kinda a literal "lizard person" (well, snake person), and until recently was percieved by the fandom as an evil one.

If I make him Jewish in a human au where he is 100% not a reptile, is this gonna...come out badly? I don't want to offend anyone, and don't think it'd be bad, but I'm not Jewish and so whether it'd be offensive isn't exactly up to me.

Any and all advice, especially from Jewish folk, would be appreciated!

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(Jewish fander here)

Hmmmm I can definitely see why you’d be hesitant to do that! The lizard-person/morally slippery Jewish character is a trope best avoided for its antisemitic roots, but also, as Jewish fander, I’m always thrilled to see Jewish rep in fic no matter who the Jewish character is (I personally love the idea of a Jewish Janus, and I’ve been thinking about some headcanons myself). If Emile and Janus are going to be the only two Jewish characters, I might say lean a little away from making Janus Jewish and have them know each other through something else--but if a few other characters are Jewish, I’d say it’s cool (and that would be the better option in my opinion)

(Also, there are different types of Judaism--just saying a character is Jewish says as little about them as just saying a character is Christian, lol. If you have any questions while you’re writing this fic and want input from a Jewish fander, feel free to reach out to me! This week is finals week for me, so after tomorrow-ish I’ll have tons of time to chat, but you’re welcome to reach out before then too. <3 Thanks for being thoughtful and asking us instead of making assumptions! That’s a great way to go about it.)

[live-love-laugh-lesbian]

Thank you for your response!

I'll probably end up asking you questions XD I don't tend to write religious characters, and I have at least two in this idea, so I'm trying to do the religion I don't know (Judaism, if you can't tell) in as respectful a way as I can ^.^"

I'll probably either have just Emi be Jewish, or Emi, Remy and Janus...or Lo too...hm...

Virgil, Roman and Remus are the only definite non Jewish people, and Pat is kinda the bad guy, and I'd really rather not have the only bad guy be a minority that's been historically vilified ^.^"

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No problem! And I love Logan being Jewish, that’s one of my fave AU headcanons! (Also, a character doesn’t have to be religious to be Jewish! You can be Jewish and atheist, or non-practicing, or agnostic, or...etc.) I definitely agree that you probably shouldn’t make your villain Jewish, esp if you don’t have much experience writing Jewish characters. Like, I could probably write a Jewish villain if I wanted to, but I wouldn’t recommend that anyone write a Jewish villain in one of their first works with Jewish characters when they’re just starting learning. Again, thanks for being thoughtful! <3

[live-love-laugh-lesbian]

No problem! Thanks for being patient with me!

And that's actually one of the few bits I know! XD I guess I'm wary of messing up a Jewish character cause I don't want to write them as non religious and accidentally ignore their Jewish-ness in the process, if that makes sense?

Equally, I don't want them to all be the same in religion and such...

Gahhh sorry rambling XD I guess I just have a lot of research and question asking to do to get this right - thankfully I have time cause I have two WIPs to finish off first!

[rainbow-sides]

Again, you’re being very thoughtful! Let me know if you have any specific questions pertinent to your fic!

[live-love-laugh-lesbian]

Important question-

In a fic I'm planning, Emile is Jewish, and I was gonna have Janus be Jewish too cause he introduces Emi to Roman and I thought it'd be neat if they knew each other via that-

Issue is, as I soon realised, Janus is...kinda a literal "lizard person" (well, snake person), and until recently was percieved by the fandom as an evil one.

If I make him Jewish in a human au where he is 100% not a reptile, is this gonna...come out badly? I don't want to offend anyone, and don't think it'd be bad, but I'm not Jewish and so whether it'd be offensive isn't exactly up to me.

Any and all advice, especially from Jewish folk, would be appreciated!

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(Jewish fander here)

Hmmmm I can definitely see why you’d be hesitant to do that! The lizard-person/morally slippery Jewish character is a trope best avoided for its antisemitic roots, but also, as Jewish fander, I’m always thrilled to see Jewish rep in fic no matter who the Jewish character is (I personally love the idea of a Jewish Janus, and I’ve been thinking about some headcanons myself). If Emile and Janus are going to be the only two Jewish characters, I might say lean a little away from making Janus Jewish and have them know each other through something else--but if a few other characters are Jewish, I’d say it’s cool (and that would be the better option in my opinion)

(Also, there are different types of Judaism--just saying a character is Jewish says as little about them as just saying a character is Christian, lol. If you have any questions while you’re writing this fic and want input from a Jewish fander, feel free to reach out to me! This week is finals week for me, so after tomorrow-ish I’ll have tons of time to chat, but you’re welcome to reach out before then too. <3 Thanks for being thoughtful and asking us instead of making assumptions! That’s a great way to go about it.)

[live-love-laugh-lesbian]

Thank you for your response!

I'll probably end up asking you questions XD I don't tend to write religious characters, and I have at least two in this idea, so I'm trying to do the religion I don't know (Judaism, if you can't tell) in as respectful a way as I can ^.^"

I'll probably either have just Emi be Jewish, or Emi, Remy and Janus...or Lo too...hm...

Virgil, Roman and Remus are the only definite non Jewish people, and Pat is kinda the bad guy, and I'd really rather not have the only bad guy be a minority that's been historically vilified ^.^"

[rainbow-sides]

No problem! And I love Logan being Jewish, that’s one of my fave AU headcanons! (Also, a character doesn’t have to be religious to be Jewish! You can be Jewish and atheist, or non-practicing, or agnostic, or...etc.) I definitely agree that you probably shouldn’t make your villain Jewish, esp if you don’t have much experience writing Jewish characters. Like, I could probably write a Jewish villain if I wanted to, but I wouldn’t recommend that anyone write a Jewish villain in one of their first works with Jewish characters when they’re just starting learning. Again, thanks for being thoughtful! <3

[live-love-laugh-lesbian]

Important question-

In a fic I'm planning, Emile is Jewish, and I was gonna have Janus be Jewish too cause he introduces Emi to Roman and I thought it'd be neat if they knew each other via that-

Issue is, as I soon realised, Janus is...kinda a literal "lizard person" (well, snake person), and until recently was percieved by the fandom as an evil one.

If I make him Jewish in a human au where he is 100% not a reptile, is this gonna...come out badly? I don't want to offend anyone, and don't think it'd be bad, but I'm not Jewish and so whether it'd be offensive isn't exactly up to me.

Any and all advice, especially from Jewish folk, would be appreciated!

[rainbow-sides]

(Jewish fander here)

Hmmmm I can definitely see why you’d be hesitant to do that! The lizard-person/morally slippery Jewish character is a trope best avoided for its antisemitic roots, but also, as Jewish fander, I’m always thrilled to see Jewish rep in fic no matter who the Jewish character is (I personally love the idea of a Jewish Janus, and I’ve been thinking about some headcanons myself). If Emile and Janus are going to be the only two Jewish characters, I might say lean a little away from making Janus Jewish and have them know each other through something else--but if a few other characters are Jewish, I’d say it’s cool (and that would be the better option in my opinion)

(Also, there are different types of Judaism--just saying a character is Jewish says as little about them as just saying a character is Christian, lol. If you have any questions while you’re writing this fic and want input from a Jewish fander, feel free to reach out to me! This week is finals week for me, so after tomorrow-ish I’ll have tons of time to chat, but you’re welcome to reach out before then too. <3 Thanks for being thoughtful and asking us instead of making assumptions! That’s a great way to go about it.)

[boygirlctommy]

Patton: *leaves at the end of Redux*

Janus:

[randomslasher]

Just pausin’ the blooper video