CICADA

genderfuckery fan reposts, mostly shadowgast and hannibal

[tiny-vermin]

squeezes tjem

[aurora-b0realis]

The idea of Essek coming to visit Caleb while he’s working at the academy, in disguise, of course, is so funny to me, especially if he keeps changing is appearance.

This is mainly because I think that (a) his students would either clock that Essek is in a magical disguise and try to figure out who he really is purely for gossip purposes, or (b) they’d just be like, “Damn, Professor Widogast, get it.”

[gvalesdraws]

obligatory fav characters sketches

[cvntkisser]

i want to make 15 yr old me proud more than i do my parents. 15 yr old me wouldn't want me to believe my value is based on my face and how well i cover it up. 15 yr old me wouldn't point at homeless people on the street and claim they were drug addicts who deserved it. 15 yr old me wouldn't hate people for being born a certain way. 15 yr old me wouldn't want to be rich while people starve or starve while people are rich.

i want to make 10 yr old me proud more than i do my parents. 10 yr old me wouldn't believe my value is dependent on having children. 10 yr old me would want me to dress like a fairy. 10 yr old me would want me to have a fun job.

i want to make 5 yr old me proud more than i do my parents. 5 year old me wouldn't want me to hurt anyone. 5 yr old me wouldn't approach people or concepts that are new and different with hate and disgust, but with love and curiosity. but most importantly, 5 yr old me would want me to happy- however i get there.

[fishmechs]

[fishmechs]

[ccattnipp]

wizard boyfriendssss

[ccattnipp]

they’ll still be kissing in seven, ten, fifteen—many, many years

[ccattnipp]

give me an elf and i’ll turn him into a dress-up doll

[rhythmiccicada]

I AM OBSESSED WITH HIS COMFORTABLE FEMINIZATION!!! Trans masc Essek will always be in my heart and these drawings are so perfect and gender all-encompassing. He’s much more of a gender envy for me now <33

[ccattnipp]

good night

[ccattnipp]

can i add a little spice? i think yes wip

[quiddie]

*deep breath* If the antifascist (esp. American-centered) art you make or consume refuses to acknowledge the truth that framing this time period as the "sudden rise of fascism" along with its supposed volatility (i.e. "it can't last; that's not how its built") is just a comforting construct to keep white Americans from reckoning with their literal centuries of active and passive participation in this country's fascist, genocidal violence against Indigenous and Black people, your art isn't just wrong...it's worthless. How can you imagine dismantling unjust systems without seeing the blood on your own hands? How do you comprehend the size of the fight for mutual liberation without seeing that the scale of the threat is exponentially larger than your personal experience of the danger of state violence; or is your envisioned win condition only as shallow as the return to your previous sense of safety?

Ignoring the complexities and well-established enmeshment of fascism in Western culture for the sake of simpler stories to inspire rising to this moment in history only builds fair-weather fighters ill-prepared for the rigors of revolutionary action. It also widens the rift between those newly awakened to the struggle and their neighbors that have lived it for generations (and have built and maintained systems of community support and resistance that have protected them for just as long).

If antifascist art doesn't first demand you turn the eye inward, it is only escapist fluff.

[lomakes]

bite your local wizard

[rhythmiccicada]

THEYRE WEARING THE NEW MERCHHHH

[mortuary9]

late night essek

[rhythmiccicada]

hi so I had a dream last night that Kattigan and Teor had a Moment and Kattigan was rubbing all over Teor’s chest and like petting him and trying to make a move on him bc he hadn’t realized they were Battle Buddies as in Bros as in Yes Homo. So they had their moment after Tyranny mentioned it to Kattigan and their relationship became canon.

And the rest of the cast was thrilled and all hiding under the table with their faces peaking out excitedly trying not to ruin the moment.

[wolfythewitch]

Have you ever seen three ducks try to grab onto one piece of bread

[mortuary9]

only essek on my mind lately

[rhythmiccicada]

something about Essek growing his hair out when he’s married to Caleb, when he hangs around the Nein and they feel like family.

then he cuts his hair short again after Caleb dies and maybe never grows it out again.