#again. not really

[des-draws]

hey remember when i was obsessed with sanders sides circa 2018. remember when i made my own sides and basically predicted remus and orange/rage/whatever but no one will ever believe me because i procrastinated too long on sharing them. remember when i redrew them in 2023. no you don't cause i never shared that either but now you do!

2018 ver and more rambling under the cut. if u even care /ref /lh

in any case, creating my own sides has helped a whole lot. being autistic and having trouble with distinguishing my own emotions is overwhelming sometimes, so trying to categorize where each thought/feeling is coming from has been extremely helpful and i highly recommend it. i haven't drawn these sillies as much as i would've liked but they also serve as a great avenue for vent art, something i mostly used established characters for up until creating them.

my art style evolving definitely played a part, but i think growing myself, going on T and into therapy was the biggest component in helping me sort them and be able to communicate with these different sides of myself. being more aware of my body and face in a neutral rather than negative way and not dissociating from them entirely was huge on finally being able to draw them how i picture them; have them look authentic and resemble me AND not be dysphoric or body dysmorphic about it

all this to say. make your own sides. i know some people already have, and i think a lot more would benefit from it.

[excalibur0]

i am going to try to actually articulate one thing i didn't like about arcane s2, but i don't necessarily think is bad

please bear with my poor wording

the plot with Viktor and the hexcore didn't go the way i thought it would

i thought in season one, that we were starting to see that the hexcore (or the arcane itself thru the hexcore) had its own will and that would presumably be why Viktor knew he needed to destroy it and asks Jayce to destroy it (iirc)

so in season two, Jayce uses the hexcore to keep Viktor alive, Viktor wakes up, says "i told you to destroy it", bounces immediately to his future commune, and uses this new power

i thought we were going to eventually see that the hexcore was mind controlling/brain washing him like a parasite of sorts. and using the image of Sky to do it

so like, i thought the plot would be Viktor being more or less controlled to do some crazy shit and breaking free of it

could have also had potential to mirror (? parallel?) Mel and the black rose using the image of her brother to manipulate her

but alas...Viktor just, decided he's chill with the hexcore now... and everything that came after that

i never thought too deeply about this, it's just the feeling i got from act one

idk if this makes sense. it's so late and i need to sleep

ALSO!! SKY DESERVED BETTER!!!!

if this doesn't make sense it's because I'M STUPID

[goopy-axolotl]

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAWWKKSS AND TWWWIIIIICCCCCCEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAA I can’t stop thinking about them :’(

[clannfearrunt]

I WILL give the sonic movie credit for actually explaining a minute detail that I knew was going to bother me for no good reason. Thank you for providing respite from my own brain

[megamindsupremacy]

Did any of yall watch cinemasins as a kid. because they just KEPT saying the word “Malevolent” in this episode and every time I heard that guy’s voice in my head going “roooooll credits”

[rjalker]

at some point I'll finish reading The Book of the War because uhhhhhhhhhh well. Let's say changes have been made so as to not provoke my instantaneous blood curdling rage.

well. for some of it. the rest of the racism is still going to piss me the fuck off. But you'll get an honest review.