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Fight Club (1999)

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bleach sexuality headcanons for the ladies

Yoruichi: bisexual top. dom queen

Orihime: that’s hetero jessica (she was immune to the yuri beams from Rangiku, Rukia, Riruka, and TATSUKI)

Soi Fon: lesbian duh next question

Momo: heterosexual

Riruka: bi af (she definitely had a crush on Orihime too)

Rukia: ace you can’t tell me otherwise

Hiyori: really really hard for me to determine. uHm, judging by how she reacted when Hitsugaya grabbed her shirt while they were fighting, she was stunned and blushed a bit before continuing to argue with him so I think because of her possible insecurities she would rebuff anyone who tried to flirt with her so it’s hard to tell but maybe she’s bi orrr maybe she’s straight up ace!!!?!

Kiyone: hmmm lesbian

Nemu: aroace ofc

Kukaku: tentative bi, lesbian leaning

Rangiku: ace—no, autosexual

Isane: my wife haha just kidding uhhh idk tbh she probably just accepts whoever comes to her…? not really sureee but uh grayace vibes

Lisa: girl I saw you…gayass…

Unohana: uh I think she usually scares away anyone who tries to flirt with her cuz she’s just not interested but I can see her teasing ppl without taking it seriously

Tier: masc lezbeen

Nanao: this poor lesbian

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“Notes on skirts and pants”

Source: miyuli on twitter

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bgs are hard but at least this makes it easier T_T

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STORYBOARD/ANIMATIC TIPS

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I made these for my friends, but I thought that might be helpful for yall as well! hehe! Now whenever someone asks for storyboard tips I can throw this at them!

Examples of storyboards I made for fun:

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how to draw horses(for the discerning horse girl)

i spent two years working in barns to give you this information. use it wisely

view all 16 parts under the cut!

hopefully this guide will inspire you to draw the cowboys you've always dreamed of

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I got an ask from someone who felt timid about drawing curlier hair and wanted some advice! This is by NO means exhaustive and is mostly just my thought process for my own stylization. There are tons of resources for drawing more textured hair, so for this I just wanted to focus on curls. hope it helps!

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How to draw ears, by me.

tip me a ko-fi!

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HII my character & shape design tips PDF is now available! ^_^ hope you enjoy !!

BUY HERE or HERE

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I genuinely feel like I’m going insane sometimes

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Some more of my thoughts and a sketch page of myself because I love me

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FUCK 4th of July, the only thing I’m celebrating is the day this bad boy dropped

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Homie gonna share this

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Visit Original Link

thjs image was haunting me so i needed to. hear it

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Okay idk why I have such vivid opinions on this but as a continuation of this post I wanna give my headcanon on the Bleach guys’ sexualities

(please don’t disagree with me by giving me textual evidence I’m just vibing here fjdhsjhs)

Isshin Kurosaki: honestly? bisexual

Chad Yasutora: asexual panromantic (I can see him in a loving relationship with a wife who tells the waiter he order mashed potatoes for him lol)

Kisuke Urahara: yes

Kensei Muguruma: hmmm gay. he tried stuff with women but was like “yeah no I like men”

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez: ace but he will fuck as long as the other person is bottoming

Ulquiorra Cifer: aroace

Renji Abarai: heteroooooo jessica

Sousuke Aizen: sex repulsed aroace

Shukuro Tsukishima: bi

Ryuken Ishida: straight

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto: idk broooo

Byakuya Kuchiki: bi with a preference for women

Shuhei Hisagi: uhh bi with a femme preference

Jushiro Ukitake: to me he’s got Schrödingers sexuality like he’s not gay, bi, het, OR ace (wait maybe he could be demisexual, idk but it’s not based on gender and depends on emotion)

Kenpachi Zaraki: well if he gets the time for it then he’s like “a hole is a hole” 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 (asexual btw)

Shunsui Kyoraku: erm bisexual slut

Gin Ichimaru: it took me a while but I figured it out. Gin is straight but he would have sex with dudes. He only tops with dudes but if it’s a girl they have to peg him 😭😭

Coyote Starrk: as long as they’re power bottoming he’s down

Mayuri Kurotsuchi: asexual aromantic

Ichigo Kurosaki: y’know what, I’m gonna say bi with a preference for a certain personality type (maybe grayace)

Kugo Ginjo: i think he’s experimental he doesn’t have a sexuality he’s letting that shit rooooockkkk

Tosen Kaname: idk but he’s a BOTTOM

Ikkaku Madarame: bi but he doesn’t know it like when he’s horny he only thinks of women until a dude approaches him one day and he’ll be like “ohh this works too” lmao

Shinji Hirako: his sexuality is DESPERATION

Yumichika Ayasegawa: gay gay homosexual gay

Uryuu Ishida: he wasn’t in the other post but imma just say uh str8 lol

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My thoughts on this but it’s if they fuck or not

It’s over but I had fun giving giving my own evaluations and also I’m not caught up past the fullbringer arc:

Isshin: I really feel like he wouldn’t have sex with anyone after Masaki’s death and if he did it would be “a moment of weakness” and he would genuflect or flay himself for like a month and come back home like nothing happened lol

Askin: I don’t know him but he probably only fucks because he’s sleazy and coercive

Chad: definitely not a recreational kind of guy. If he gets a partner he’ll only do it if they ask and might find someone to settle down with and only do it with them lol

Urahara: oh he fuckin

Yhwach: idk

Kensei: ya

Grimmjow: I don’t think he fucks because I don’t think he’s interested, but if he does he’s like koutarou from slow damage by which I mean very and casual and noncommittal

Ulquiorra: be so fr

Renji: I feel like he would go to sex workers every now and then but thas it because of his crush on Rukia unless they’re already dating

Aizen: he’s sex repulsed aroace for sure. Probably tried it once and was like “that’s enough of that” 🤣. Either that or he finds one person he’s interested in and pursues them forever. Might’ve used sex as a tool while he was infiltrating the Gotei 13 tho

Tsukishima: probably occasionally, he’s got host club escort vibes…or he takes it up the ass

Ryuken: probably like Aizen but he’s just really picky

Yamamoto: maybe when he was younger but IDK maybe he fucks severely even as an old man

Byakuya: celibate like Isshin after his wife’s death but probably used to sleep around when he was younger

Hisagi: I think yes but he’s the one who’s usually approached Kaien: ONLY WITH HIS WIFE

Ukitake: uhhh no…? maybe once in a blue moon because I don’t think he’d have the stamina for it and would comically pass out in the middle. pillow princess btw

Kenpachi: he fucks but definitely not all the time or anything. First of all he’s scary and second he seems like he would turn away most advances unless he was really in the mood PLUS he's always accompanied by someone so he wouldn't get the chance either way

Shunsui: he’s either a whore or he can't get any I can’t find a middle ground

Gin: uhmmmm he fucks often but only if he is bottoming LMAO but in all seriousness he probably only really has eyes for Rangiku and that's why they're always closed

Starrk: he’s giving picky vibes too

Mayuri: he’s aroace but if he does still have his dick (because I feel like he would’ve cut it off for some reason???) he uses it only for science 💀

Ichigo: he’s not horny and he’s rather chaste in regards to sexual things and he definitely didn't have sex with Orihime until he was well into his relationship with her haha I love him

Ginjo: probably has a hook up every other night to be honest

Kaname: 👋🔮👋 …. I don’t see it

Ikkaku: frequent visitor of the 100% consensual adult only brothel that’s probably in the soul society lmfao

Shinji: he actually gets zero bitches ever. Got lucky once and never again

Yumichika: acts like no one knows he’s getting plowed every night

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I'll be real the biggest characters that give aro ace vibes. Like literally only loves fighting and doesn't fck is Kenpachi and Grimmjow. Hands down. I said what i said 👏

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Fax because I think they only fuck out of utility like the kind of aroace person who could have sex but they’re not really into it

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A healthcare worker’s take on Dungeon Meshi shipping discourse

Hiya y’all! As someone who has become a fan of Dungeon Meshi (honestly one of my favorite franchises at this moment) I’d just like to give more of a nuanced take on a shipping discourse I’ve seen. I’d like to clarify this with I am an NA. I’ve literally been recognized by the country I live in through the sunshine awards system on my contributions to my patients lives. All this to say, I know a bit about healthcare. And I also think that. Personally, people should be allowed to ship whatever they please. They shouldn’t be made to feel guilty for what they enjoy, especially if it isn’t hurting anyone.

I’d like to clarify what I am speaking on, this being the controversy surrounding the ships Mithrun and Kabru, vs Laios and Kabru. Both of which are valid ships in my opinion! I think both are great! And whichever you like you should feel comfortable and happy to indulge in it.

I work mostly with geriatric and bariatric patients, as I work on a cardiac unit. So, by proxy, I witness a lot of disabled people come through. This to say that these people HAVE partners. And their partners care for them. Such as feeding their partners if they need help eating, helping their partners feel safe if they have dementia, I have even seen someone clean their spouse after they had soiled themself. All of which are examples of love and affection, as partners. Not as a provider doing their job.

The argument i see many a time against the ship of Mithrun and Kabru, is that it is unethical. As Kabru would be a “provider” in this case, and Mithrun would be a “patient” to this I say, is Kabru being paid in this hypothetical? Is he following training he has been given? Is he following a code of ethics given to healthcare workers when he helps Mithrun with his disability? Disabled people deserve love. And they deserve a partner that cares for them. So the argument that the ship is gross is kind of… weird. Isn’t it? Again. Mithrun and Kabru as partners do not have to be your cup of tea, but that doesn’t mean that anyone who DOES ship them is gross or immoral. Helping your partner because they are disabled is an act of love, and completely different from a provider helping their patient.

Statistically, everyone will either die able bodied or live to become disabled. It happens to everyone. Disabilities are almost as much of a fact of life as breathing is. I am new to the Dungeon Meshi fandom, but the insinuation that someone able bodied cannot have a disabled partner is kind of horrible to actual able bodied/disabled partnerships? The dynamic is so common, and so to say that it is gross, almost implies that the dynamic in a day to day is gross.

This post isn’t meant to be inflammatory, there are so many dungeon meshi ships I love with all my heart. Some that are rare pairs, some that are common within the fandom. I just think that people should be more friendly with each other. Kabru has two hands guys it’s okay /j /lh. Just please be more friendly guys. Both ships are valid. But the way the fandom gets so angry over it makes me scared. And I imagine it makes other people who are new to the manga/anime a little scared too.

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thank you for your perspective as a healthcare worker, and i appreciate you trying to add something to this conversation. it doesnt seem like youre fully aware of what peoples actual problems are, however, bc you dont mention that this critique is very, very frequently about kabrus race. mutiple poc have brought up this issue in the past and have been dismissed as shipwar shit stirrers, even when they dont ship labru at all nor much of anything

please hear me out because i do not want you to stumble into repeating racist rhetoric unwittingly.

-kabru is not freely giving care to his bf in the story, he is being detained and is not free to do as he wants. he is being coerced into caring for mithrun. he stops doing so as soon as he regains his freedom

-this is a highly racialized dynamic. kabru is a brown tallman, and mithrun is a white elf. both in our world and in the text, kabru belongs to a class which is expected to take under- and un-paid roles as caretakers to white disabled people. ceo of tumblr was recently sued for enslaving a woman to care for his geriatric mother--this is a real life problem that we are seeing people replicate in fiction. it is not neutral

-kabrus discomfort in caring for mithrun is completely ignored in favor of only looking at the times kabru feels fondness for mithrun or is kind despite mithruns mistreatment of him. kabru repeatedly expresses how difficult this is for him and how much he does not want to be doing this, and he does not return to being mithruns caretaker. even in 94, he gives a peptalk and stays to make sure mithrun carries out his promise and doesnt hurt himself. he does nothing that could reasonably be described as caretaking

-again, this is racial. much of the fanart and fanfic where kabru is mithruns caretaker puts kabru in a servile position. on his knees, at mithruns feet, beneath him. often only kabrus hands can be seen performing care that mithrun doesnt even need, like bathing and hand feeding him. its extremely racist to warp their dynamic into a master/servant one. in the text, kabru only tries to handfeed mithrun when hes frustrated with him (and his coerced role as caretaker) and mithrun clearly resents the action, yet i see this one CONSTANTLY as if there is no racial baggage to this imagery

thanks for listening!

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Hi, while I agree with your reasoning on how kabumisu can have racist undertones in fanon and canon, I think it’s unfair to place all of that solely onto it when labru has the same thin line within its dynamic, and especially in some of the fan works I’ve seen.

At the end of the story Laios is literally in a position of power over Kabru, and while he willingly went into the position I’ve seen many fan works play up that aspect of their dynamic in sexual and sfw ways which can be uncomfortable too. Kabru being a dark skinned man means being paired with a white character is going to be difficult to navigate because any interaction could be seen as racially motivated/charged. Especially considering their canon relationships and what happens to them in the story.

I personally noticed that Kabru is the only other character in the manga that Laios continually forgets the face/name of and blatantly ignores during the course of the story until maybe the very end, and I always thought that was kind of racist since Laios is more attentive to literally every other character including Toshiro and the elves despite his social awkwardness. From what you’re saying it should only be allowed to ship Kabru with another visibly POC character like Rin or Cythis which doesn’t make sense.

When it comes to Kabru and Mithrun’s dynamic, it is in text that Kabru helps take care of his needs, but not to the extent that most fans portray it as. That being said, it is only implied to be racist and is mostly based on the mindset of the viewer. Something like how Dandadan fans reacted to someone drawing one of the characters black and saying it’s a terrible thing is actual fandom racism, especially after the Miku Worldwide trend that just happened but I digress.

Taking care of each other is an important part of kabumisu’s dynamic and it’s not inherently the same thing as being portrayed for the sake of looking like a “servant and a master”, of course they would be shipped together like I’ve seen characters be shipped for less. (And I feel like you have a personal disdain for kabumisu which is influencing the way you describe it? Kabumisu fans have a very different interpretation of the scenes you describe like the pep talk and the time he’s with Mithrun like how they help and influence each other during that time but yeah). There’s also the way Kabru is always making angry faces in his mind about things Laios does because he’s uncomfortable but this is ignored as well..I’m not saying so to discredit the ship, but I’m making a point.

I’ve also seen many disabled dungeon meshi fans express discomfort in the way Mithrun is talked about by fans who seem to dislike that he is disabled, and it shows in the way they treat his ships, mainly kabumisu. It’s more likely that this part of the dynamic is exaggerated because of the caretaking aspect being nice to see as well as its significance in their canon relationship.

In conclusion I am saying that kabumisu is not the only ship that has racial tension and many fans mischaracterize Kabru and insist everything he (a brown guy) does is to be with Laios (a white guy) him which feels just as racist to me as how he is portrayed in kabumisu works along with many labru fan works having deliberately racist overtones to it.