confusion and good times

Anything and everything! Art, free verse poetry, analytical writing, thoughts, less-organized ramblings, emotions. A big friendly mess for your entertainment and my pleasure.

[streakofdawn]

intro post that will be updated and made pretty maybe hopefully at some point!

hey guys, I’m Kat/Kaden/Dawn, genderfluid any pronouns, I’m a writer and animator

This blog is some random art, text posts, thoughts, reblogs of cool things… basically a mess until I figure out how to use tumblr (I’ve been here for months. I will never learn). I’m thinking about making another art blog with, like, Oc tags and organization! maybe..

anyways if you got a minute, stop by and say hi!

[streakofdawn]

i drew this to put on my grad cap :D

[streakofdawn]

Kaden is DECKED out

I wanted to draw in someone else's style, I also wanted to draw pride art, the obvious solution is KingSillySmilez.

Oh my god his art OOZES pride and whimsy and there is just always SO MUCH happening lmaooo hope i did him justice

also im jealous of friends who got to go to pride events and i couldnt, so this is my in-a-perfect-world pride event fit lol

flags: genderfluid, genderfruct, trans, abrogender, agender, omnisexual, generic rainbow, otherhearted, spiderman (lol)

@kingsillysmilez

[streakofdawn]

overstimulated

[streakofdawn]

for all my love-hate relationship with walk cycles i always seem to end up putting them in my amvs... T-T

[westeggsocial]

Reblog and I’ll give you a song that fits your blog.

[never-bend-stay-strange]

Hey, alterhumans!

If you get phantom shifts, what’s the parts of your body that you get shifts of the most? (Ranked) I’ll go first:

Ears

Face fur

Paws

Snoot

Tail

[frozenmlst]

Ears

tail

paws

teeth

paws and teeth are so uncommon tho lol by A LOT

[streakofdawn]

tail literally all the time

claws (+ paws kinda)

ears

teeth!

shoulders? hear me out like sinking into a rlly good crouch

aaand wings

[streakofdawn]

liam has a wack abstract nightmare

the fire isn't metaphorical tho everything is literally blowing up B)

[streakofdawn]

how can i choose an aesthetic when there is so much in this world to be

[aldescery]

cover entry for @pbskidszine !! i am whimsy maxxing :D

[streakofdawn]

brain explodes from rapidfire nostalgia this is so SOFT and CUTE and it has EVERYONE THAT I FORGOT ABOUT and I could look at this forever, the composition? the interactions? everything???

[streakofdawn]

new kaden/dawn ref kinda!!

the previous ref shows how the magic + colors work a lot more clearly (believe me i have a whole system) but I just wanted to tweak some small things and also not focus as much on that aspect of the design

old ref under cut

like i said it's not too too inaccurate but the way i draw them has shifted you feel me

[yeehawpim]

a comic about different types of storytellers

[yeehawpim]

✏️Made a sticker for this comic!✏️

$4cad

[literallyjusttoa]

Hey guys, do you remember in the Tyrants Tomb when Meg rushed into battle because she thought she could save Apollo's life but instead Tarquin made things 100x worse and Apollo almost died? Do you remember when that made Meg feel so guilty that she ended up having a breakdown over it because she genuinely thought she had gotten her brother killed?

That's it, I just wanted to make sure you remembered.

[streakofdawn]

Paper fursuit head!!

my first attempt at making anything of the sort, it was difficult and I’m so ridiculously proud

used ELIOT’s tutorial on yt!

[standreamy]

“A friend’s duty” Part 1/6

Next

This comic will be 36 pages long. If needed it might get a bit longer. There’s a bit of blood and injuries protrayal, but nothing too intense! This is a comic I’ve been doing in my free time, to relax between studies and drawing for zine etc… I left it sketches for this purpose, plus I find it fitting for the setting xD I thought that the part where Chase rescue Ryder could be a bit more intense, like Bolt’s rescue with Penny (to be more in a similar target). And considering that I fine impossible for Ryder and Chase to come out from what happened in the movie without a  scrape, I decided to just go angst mode and expand that part.

As always, I don’t want my works reposted or used under any way. If you still have any question or request about using my work (voicing etc..) please contact me by dms! I don’t bite

[streakofdawn]

I’m in an Olive Garden and I’m kind of stuck in my head.

There’s a waiter who strikes me as cute and I think I would like to look like that, but at the same time I think that this person’s appearance is bland, kind of boring. I think that if I looked like that, I’d find flaws in myself anyways. I wonder why nonunique features strikes me first as attractive. I wonder if having no striking, unpalatable parts is easier or harder to love, when self love is purposeful but so difficult. I decide I’m being rude and I look away.

I look around at other people, because I’m still too zoned out to worry about staring. I find sharp noses and head scarves, moles and cheekbones and skin and I try to see each of them through the eye of someone who loves them. I decide it’s easy to see people that way. I decide that people are beautiful. I want to cut my hair like that boy over there. I wonder when my mom will learn that there are three sons sitting at her table. I wonder if I will ever look like one. I hope my face is still beautiful anyways.

[genderfluid-info-blog]

hi!

your blog is fantastic, I found it recently and have been scrolling through it every chance I get 😅 but you seem so knowledgeable and great to talk to /gen 🩷

I wanted to ask if you had any thoughts on how titles/terms change when you grow up? I’ve been calling myself genderfluid for ~6 months (and I love the feeling sm). I’m okay referring to myself as a genderfluid girl, but I definitely don’t want to be a genderfluid woman. Or any kind of woman, that word in particular makes me feel uncomfortable, while any other feminine terms/genders/presentations/etc are fine. Similarly I love being a boy, being a guy is cool, but I’ve never been a man. This fear might go hand-in-hand with my general anxiety about the future and growing up? Typical college-age panic I presume.

I’m not out to many people, (working on how to approach that but that’s a different question) and I expect I’ll be called a woman often in the near-ish future.

I guess it’s not really a question, but do you have thoughts on how to approach these terms in the future? I can’t think of many alternative gendered words for adults

Hi, thank you so so much!!😭🩷

First of all, fears about your future are completely normal at the college-stage in your life, I honestly don't know a single person that wasn't going through some kind of personal crisis at the transition stage from highschool into adult life and the bit after (myself included). Again, makes sense, lots of change and new things and trying to find your place in the world will do that to you, so that's normal! Remember to be patient to yourself and to be okay with not knowing everything, you have time.🫶

As for your actual question: When it comes to self-labelling, I don't have any thoughts about using the terms that you feel the most comfortable with. You could be in your 80s and call yourself a genderfluid girl if you were uncomfortable with the term 'woman' it would be completely fine!! I can't say if that's a me-thing or society in general, but I feel most people wouldn't necessary question it if you keep referring to yourself as a girl regardless of age :)

To a certain degree, society already does that: We have so many memes and terms that we use regardless of age (girl math, girl's girl, girly etc) that I feel it probably wouldn't even strike most people as weird :) Similarly, I do feel as if 'guy' is also often used regardless of gender (then again, English is not my native language, so native speakers might have different views about that)

As for how others refer to you, the perception that people have of you and how they might address you in public etc definitely changes over time, but it's more a gradual thing than a sudden cut-off, so you have time!

There's unfortunately not much you can do about strangers and how they refer to you, but for friends / family /acquaintances / etc you can definitely address this if you feel comfortable doing so! Just a "Hey could we talk about terms that you can use for me real quick I have something to tell you"

I'm going to be honest, as someone who uses any pronouns I can't really give a lot of advice on how to deal with this (esp considering most of the time people mistake me to be way younger than I am💀) but in general I would just say to give yourself time, participate in gender-affirming activities / self-care outside of being addressed in a way that you don't want to be, and, if it's safe and you're comfortable doing so, address this as a boundary with as many people in your life as possible.

As for gendered terms: In general, you can define yourself over different attributes in settings (so student in college, worker, client, buyer / seller, etc) which is a good way to avoid other terms, and people don't really notice it!

I hope this helps at least a little bit, but if anyone else who has more to say on this topic or also uses girl / boy to refer to themselves as an adult, feel free to add anything!!🫶

[streakofdawn]

these are all great points, thanks for the help and for your thoughts! 😭❤️