#between roles comic

[tresenellaart]

Recently, my lovely girlfriend @lariumbreon made this fun comic involving some chaotic shenanigans with one her alters, Valerie, Tress, and myself. And I just had to draw this as a response. ^^

[lariumbreon]

Between Roles - 24 - Give and Take

Captions:

Page 1 Valerie: grumbles to herself

Cynthia: Morning! Remember, Val, we've got a whole lot of stuff we need to do today. If you'd rather anyone else front just say so, okay? Valerie: Naaaah, I think I got this. Y'all can rest. Well, would you look at that? Y'know. I guess we don't really take in just how much progress we've made over the years, hmm?

Page 2 Valerie: stretching hnnngh.. sigh… Aubrey: I know that look. Larissa: Valeria! Hey! We need to work today! What are you doing? Valerie: more grumbling

Somtimes, you feel great about yourself, and it can be instantly ripped out from under you. Body dysmorphia sucks. I won't deny the progress we've made with our body over the years we've been on estrogen. But I still feel in a constant war with my body. Especially given I have to lose weight to get bottom surgery -- which that itself I don't fully know if I'm gonna be able to get at this point. I try to tell myself it's a "when" rather than an "if" but it feels like it's going to have to be a "never" at this point.

Also yeah, "we need to work today" has become the all-encompassing thing. I started a job and it took up a lot of my time. Didn't have much energy afterwards for art or streaming. Then I lost that job again and have been struggling increasingly financially, with little reprieve to be seen in that regard. I'm applying like a madwoman, but I'm honestly grateful I've been able to work on more creative endeavours. There should be some new song covers releasing soon that @tresenellaart and I have been working on. And even more art as long as I'm not pulled into too much busy work. I have tried to stream full time but it's just not worth the effort for the return when I can just focus on my art.

If you love what I do, feel free to support me over on my ko-fi! I would greatly appreciate any and all support with all of my work. I try to post often and I might open commissions there too. I just can't make promises about frequency. https://ko-fi.com/lariumbreon

You can also find me on Bluesky now! (https://bsky.app/profile/lariumbreon.bsky.social) Bigcloset, Bluesky, and Tumblr have slowly become my primary social media sites, so if you're interested in my day to day, that's where to go.

[lariumbreon]

Don't think too hard about how all these different trans artists are posting themselves in prom dresses. Big thanks to my wonderful girlfriend, @tresenellaart for helping touch up the colors and shading on this. Qwq I hope to learn lots from her in that regard.

fr babe, you did freaking amazing. I wasn't aware my art could look this good! ♥

Each of my alter's has a little bit of their color shining out too. We all wanted to share the dress!

[lariumbreon]

2024 Art Summary

Quite the productive year, if I say so myself. ^_^ Here's to an even more productive 2025!! Happy New Year everyone!

[lariumbreon]

One Year of Between Roles!

"Who'd wanna read about my crummy life," right? Apparently enough people for there to be a whole year's worth of these comics. Admittedly it hasn't been as consistent as I'd have liked for it to be. But I can't help if life gets pretty crazy. Working again, and doing the best I can on all of my other projects. Between Roles seems to be in a very good spot as far as my creative wants is concerned. I'm not sure what I'll end up drawing moving forward, but expect great things! I have a lot of ideas and a lot of my life to still tell. Thank you for reading, there's still more to come!

[lariumbreon]

Abby and I decided we wanted to enjoy the Christmas time together. I even decided to get us some chocolate coins! I crave them often this time of year. The foil makes it crunchy! :D

By the way, if you're wondering what our Christmas music of choice for the season: A little bit of Shawn Lee goes a long way~ https://open.spotify.com/album/6lDVpCCYdqdxpMOzXdyRiX?si=CUN1Q2lJSvy8r3EBwSSkSw

[lariumbreon]

Would it be a bad thing to just repost my own art and comics every now and again?

Yeah! I love your art and would love to see it more and again!

Nah! Try to keep to new stuff only please!

Wait, you post art? You're not just a deranged borderline burnout?

I like this button!

Voting ended onSep 3, 2024

[lariumbreon]

Between Roles - 10 - Oh...

A little bit after I watched that documentary about detransitioners, I started to really notice more and more things about trans people in media. Specifically of an intersex trans woman telling her story. I was, again, fairly enthralled. My mom took great note at this. Of course about this time I was the exact same size as her, well, minus the breasts. So I fit in a majority of her clothes. I marveled just how much I looked like a girl when I dressed as one. Not that I didn't mind stuffing bras, but I did notice I had a little bit of growth back then. Enough that other people would comment or unfortunately bully me for it. After seeing the news story about the aforementioned intersex trans woman, I was curious if I was intersex at all too. It seemed like I was developing as a woman before male puberty came in and spoiled all my fun. Eventually I did figure everything out, after a bit of time and struggle.

Captions:

Panel 1:

TV: "Then it all just kind of made sense, figuring out I was intersex. Why I was always so girly, and why I preferred to spend time with my sisters."

Panel 2:

Lari: She really is pretty. Hard to believe she was ever a boy.

Mom: I guess so.

Lari: How would you figure out something like that?

Mom: Some people just are happier like that.

Lari: Oh…

Mom: You're really interested in this? Something you want to tell me? You know I'll love you no matter what.

Lari: What? N-no? It's just interesting is all, Mom.

Panel 3:

TV: "Has your son taken this ADHD medication and developed FEMALE BREASTS!? You may be entitled to a settlement affecting hundreds of parents."

SFX: [BA-BUMP!] x 3

Lari: {heh… I wonder if..?}

Panel 4:

Infobox 1: The very next night, while everyone was out.

Infobox 2: "Borrowed" Stuffed Bra

Infobox 3: "Borrowed" Jeans.

SFX: [BA-BUMP!] x 4

Lari: Oh…