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I will be going to university in August and it’s likely that I will close commissions while school is in session, so if you’re interested get it before it’s gone!

rats-on-ice

Closed then for a few weeks while I got adjusted to University life, but commissions are back open!

windydayandrain

Something about this crew who are so different in every way, speicies and personality and background who all have the same golden eyes. Will o' wisps and golden lanterns, shining in the darkness, guiding their way home.

Garou really be like “I’m threatening physical harm, verbally harassing, and attempting to emotionally manipulate you because…. I just care a lot about the Beastlands and have a sad backstoryTM 😔” and then when Katya defends herself, people treat it like they are equally hostile towards each other. Like can we talk about this

#I’m really trying to get behind this dynamic #And there’s a lot of moments where I really like it #But hhhhhhhhhhhhhheh #Listen Katya bites back #She does not take his harassment sitting down #And she teases him #But they way she needles him and the way he needles her are just on completely different levels to me #And he’s the one bothering her way more often than the other way around #Idk #I keep getting hung up on the moment where she refused to travel alone with him #And everyone acted like she was being overdramatic and unreasonable #I could also go on a whole fucking rant about the way he demands her service #Its just— hhhhehhhhh #The problem is probably that I just don’t like Garou #Which is a shame. Because I like his concept #Maybe all this is just a me thing #I feel like I’m not seeing many people talking about it #I know *I* have a lot of thoughts about it #I just don’t want to be a hater lmao…#Please tell me if you disagree or agree #I’m very curious what the general fandom opinion is #brain thoughts #rolling with difficulty

morggo

2026 - 2025 - 2024 - 2023

in spite of it all, happy 2026 pride.

you can download current and past hi-res versions of these over at my ko-fi (ok to print for personal use): https://ko-fi.com/mxmorgan/shop/freedownloads

you can also snag shirts here which go to various orgs: https://mxmorgan.threadless.com/collections/pride

these get reposted a whole lot from here to reddit to twitter to tiktok and on and on, and i don't personally care whether or not i'm credited. i made these for everyone to use, enjoy, and find meaning in them. i appreciate folks who do credit me, but if able, please at least link to the threadless shop in the previous post - folks can get an official shirt where 90% of earnings go to trans led orgs focused on mental health (which is an important matter in general, but very personal to me) and not from a scam bot site selling AI-churned maga garbage where you probably won't get one anyway. i also suggest downloading the files from my ko-fi - they are free/PWYW and you can use them to make your own shirt, patch, embroidery project, whatever. tips are always nice, cuz i do like a pizza now and then, but never required for download.

final thought - breaking the pride tradition and more than likely won't make a new piece. the top one from TDOV is all i'm making this year. i have my focus on other projects currently and i don't want to force a poster design. these came from a specific head space and my current head space is Very Tired lmao so i wanna work on other things. 👍

daughter-of-sapph0

so called feminists: "actually women are naturally inferior at everything, including quiz game shows, beauty pageants, chess, and video games. we need a society that is segregated so that anyone who would ever have to potential to win against a woman is eliminated. this is actually far better than organizing sports into weight classes or different athletic/skill level based categories that ignore sex, like what wrestling and video/board game tournaments already do. I cannot accept the reality that men and women are the same species. this is actually how we truly protect women. by calling them weak pathetic losers who could never win against even the worst opponent, and preventing them from even playing at all."

daughter-of-sapph0

actually conversion I had with one of these nerds:

me: "so you think men are better at literally everything, even things that do not require any physical ability whatsoever?"

terf: "yes! those should still be segregated by sex! males should not be playing against women ever. it's an unfair advantage"

me: "so my brother has an unfair advantage over me when playing fucking monopoly?"

terf: "yes. males are statistically better and managing finances, while women are irresponsible and lenient with spending money."

hey guys. I think the people who are literally unironicly saying "women are bad at money. this means they suck at board games" aren't actually feminists

strangestcase

No joke, that was the rethoric the Francoist regime in Spain used to justify women being legally underage regardless of age and unable to open bank accounts without their husbands or fathers permission. That law was effective until 1975.

fairycosmos

when they mention chatgpt in the casual conversation and even shorten it to chat like its some sort of mate

sodiumvaporss

i do have to say that no matter how shitty any sort of media is or how shitty your own creations are. always remember

the-irreverend

And stay safe everyone!

tawnysoup

Happy pride from the ISAT fandom :D

w0nderland42

i get that americans love their cultural imperialism, but it really does piss me off that june is “international” pride month just because something happened in the united states.

in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.

anyway, happy pride, americans. i’m truly sorry that most of you don’t see the negative impact your nation’s culture has on the rest of the world. and to the rest of the world reading this, try searching for your own country and culture’s queer history, don’t accept the american narratives as your own. we deserve our own histories divorced from the cultural hegemony of the USA.

dreamycastaway

The original pride flag and the sewing machine it was sewn on

iwriterobots

girl-blorbo-polls

is your girl blorbo queer at all?

- yes, explicitly in canon

- yes, implied in canon

- yes, in my headcanons

- no

-nuance ™️

Is your girl blorbo queer at all?

Yes, explicitly in canon

Yes, implied in canon

No

Nuance ™️

Remaining time: 4 days 2 hours

#Depends on your definition of in canon #but yes

renthony

I've been seeing a lot of posts lately that tell dropouts "you can always go back!"

And that's not bad! It's true for a lot of people! You CAN go back later! You can apply to university, you can get your GED, you can pursue whatever level of education you want. It's not bad to share that message. If you dropped out and want to go back eventually, there is zero timeline. You can go back at any age, with any life experience. You do not have to graduate by a specific age.

But as someone who dropped out of college over a decade ago, sometimes "you can always go back!" starts to feel a little like an empty platitude. Sometimes it starts to feel grating instead of hopeful. Even when it might technically be true, sometimes it still feels like a hollow sentiment.

I just want to say, to anyone else out there who feels that way, who dropped out and CAN'T go back, potentially EVER, whether it's due to poverty or disability or any other reason:

It's okay to drop out and never go back. It might feel shitty, and you may even feel grief over it. That's real, and painful, and allowed. But you are not lesser. Even if you never go back, you are not a failure or a loser. Academics do not define your worth. You are not stupid. And it is almost certain that the system actually failed YOU.

With love,

A fellow burnout

ourdogmuffin

in honor of pride month, take care of your local ace-spec and aro-spec people, even if that person is just you. we're an critically endangered species folks don't treat yourself like an orca at seaworld