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I think amatonormativity got everyone a little fucked up. Like the people who have endured awful relationships because they thought it was better than being alone. The people who have given up everything for "love", maybe their careers, maybe their friends, who knows, because they thought it'd make them happier.

There's probably more examples of this but I wanted to emphasize how this is not just a problem for aromantics, how it affects everyone including allos

come-chaos

Look, it’s me. I’m one of those allos.

I recently got diagnosed with bpd, which explains why I will go to such great lengths to avoid abandonment, but it wasn’t until even more recently that I began to realise how much my mother’s worldview has shaped me as well. She truly seems to believe that there’s no happiness without a romantic relationship, and that’s the idea she’s been feeding me my entire life. I’m not going to plague you with details on my mother’s bullshit and the things she’s said and done, but I will say that discovering the aro community on tumblr has really helped me reshape my own worldview and improve my mental health.

So, big thanks from this allo. I know I’m not your primary target group, but I still appreciate it.

salted-sal

Pesudo-Poster / playing around with different styles ft. Cereb , my oc. Id like to do something similar to this for a comic /graphic novel at some point. P. sorry for not posting I sometimes forget that I can post places and not just draw randomly lol

Reposting a spooky image for spooky month I still really like the textures, I want to try something like this again.

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thesnadger

Demons and monsters that torture people because they feed on human suffering are so dumb. People are suffering everywhere my guy go literally any place and take a deep whiff.

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Literally part of my lore Theres creatures that just be sitting there feeding on the already present suffering

Close ups from one of my recent and favorite pieces , I really love the colors of this fella

Link to full piece:

Lucks Coin - Sal Sawyer 10/2/23 --Luck is a funny, fickle thing, wearing many colors and dazzling charms, you may see it behind the gambler

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inkjette

So at my workplace, we fund a Food Is Free shelf. It's the basics: take what you need, give what you can - our town has a high level of poverty, there's a cost of living crisis, be the good you want to see in the world etc etc.

Today we had a guy knock on the door and ask if we had a plastic bag he could use to carry a few things - I said sure, got him a plastic bag, and he started packing up his 2 rolls of toilet paper, his 3 or 4 foodstuff items. He said he'd been to a funeral out of town (1500 kms away) and spent his paycheck on fuel - he was only broke till Friday, he said.

And I said, well I'm glad we could help, it's why we have the shelf. We want the community to use it.

And he said:

But people ABUSE it! I've seen people take heaps of stuff from it - and they don't even have kids or anything. And it's fair enough, some people are struggling until the next paycheck, but other people just ABUSE it. You need a sign that says TAKE ONE ITEM ONLY or something. I've taken something from here maybe twice, but I've seen people coming round every week! I've even put stuff on the shelf! Yeah, you need CAMERAS or something. People abuse it.

So here is a man who is actively utilising a public resource that we created to support our local community...And yet he is so brainwashed by capitalism into thinking that people don't deserve basic needs - if they're not working hard, or maybe they're struggling but they don't have it As Bad as others, or they're using a FREE RESOURCE more often than HE thinks is acceptable. He thinks that we should use security cameras to crack down on people "STEALING" from the Food is FREE shelf. Like he's more worthy, like he's a better person, because he doesn't need as much help as others might.

Sometimes, when something is free, people might abuse it. But isn't it better to offer the support to people who need it? To offer an opportunity for people to get back on their feet (even if they're only broke till Friday)? To provide help, no questions asked and no conditions needed?

So what if people abuse it - isn't it worth it if helps someone?

I really want to continue this series I've really enjoyed drawing clothes in the past, also sorry for not much new art depressions been chewing on my brain like gum.

creature design silhouette sketches , very rough and messy but they were fun to draw, hid the one I picked cus I want to draw a bigger image of it >:)) I based these off of the collective organisms called Siphonophores I find them so interesting and beautiful yet eerie so wanted to play off of that.