#blackrose108

[ruemxu]

Hi there. First off, I absolutely LOVED Newsprints. It reinvigorated my love for american graphic novels (and the colors are so beautiful, waaaaa!). Any advice for a burnt out art college graduate looking to get her comics out there?

Aww, thanks a million! :D For me, I feel like what burns me out the most is not knowing what it was that I wanted to draw/write and then making comics that I felt were for other people and not myself. I think the more self-indulgent a project is, the more it energizes you. Maybe look inside yourself for that thing you really want to draw but have made excuses not to. Chances are, that could be the project that makes you happiest!

[avannak]

blackrose108 reblogged your photo and added:

I didn’t know this was out????????Where can I get...

I just got mine off amazon! It’s a few bucks and I love the art style they’ve gone with.

[avannak]

blackrose108 replied to your post “Okay just yes or no.. Do you love Hiccstrid? Oh and are you over 10...”

I'll never understand why a straight yes or no shipping answer is so important to people???? -__-

It’s too much I suppose. It’s simply too much.

[funkytoes]

As an avid reader on FFnet, I can tell you the people on there are extremely childish, crass, homophobic, sexist and hate on every pairing that they feel undermines Hiccup's character. Eretstrid gets so much hate on there because Hiccup is always supposed to "get the girl."And it's okay and encouraged to write harem stories for Hiccup on there but try doing that for Astrid and they will get so pissed off. I once wrote a Heathstrid story and all I got was hate and requests on Hiccup joining in.

Yeah… that’s been my experience too. I started writing a story where, while Hiccup and Astrid were without a doubt endgame with each other (the first chapter is present day with them as a married couple with kids), half the story took place in the past centering on their relationships with other people. People were so pissed and were acting like I was an affront to the values of humanity because I dared to ship more than just hiccstrid. I also tend to write Hiccup and Astrid as having had romantic and/or sexual partners before getting together with each other, and people never bat a eye at Hiccup having past experiences, but I always get at least a few people who get their panties in a bunch over the idea of Astrid not being a virgin before meeting Hiccup. Like ????? That’s probably why I’m not going to post The Secrets Thief on there, because I think people would flip their shit over that story.

blackrose108 answered: that was one of the things that used to really frustrate me on ff.net back when I was writing. I wrote this adventure/friendship story and 95% of the reviews were asking me when hiccstrid was gonna be a thing >__> So no I don’t think it’s worth it. 

sjhodge reblogged this from funkytoes and added:

It’s your story and if “they” aren’t mature enough to handle it, it’s 100% their fault. I have that frustration with…

Yeah, both of your replies are similar to my own experiences as well. Most of the comments on my fics on ffnet are requests/questions about when Hiccstrid was going to happen or to write a smut scene. I even got complaints on Moonlit Shadows because the sex scene wasn’t smutty enough for them.

I’m probably not going to post it there. Maybe eventually, but for now I’ll keep it on tumblr and post it on AO3. 

Thanks for giving me your opinions, guys! Helped a lot :)

[gothiethefairy]

nah, i voiced my opinion about the finale before lol i have a lot of issues how the second half of the second season went; basically when ford finally enters the picture. and yeah, it was kind of bullshit how stan just, got his memories back so quickly.

[avannak]

If people want post-movie 1 hiccstrid just watch Gift of the Night Fury. That's really the closest anything outside the movies has come to being in movie canon (it was so close if not for that meatlug's gender thing...>__>)

Well I consider the “Meatlug gender thing” canon. Fishlegs didn’t know until that moment (RoB/DoB come after GotNF and I really can’t see it any other way)

But yeah... if it has movie-animation I consider it pretty well canon XD

[httyd-civil-war-memorial]

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[purplerose128]

I was tagged by puzzle-dragon

Nickname:  I go by Gina pretty much everywhere, but Blackrose108 has given me the nickname P-rose. :P  

Birthday:  July 1st

Gender: Female

Sexuality: ... I have literally no idea but I'm leaning towards asexual

Time Zone: Eastern

What time and date is it there: August 31; 11:14 PM

Average hours of sleep:  During the school year, I do my best to get about 8 hours and that goal should be easier to achieve now because college and my classes don't start until about 9:30 every morning.

OTPs:  Hijack, Kainora, and Makoharu are really the only ones I would consider OTPs.  I don't have too many ships that are more important than the others.  All of the ships in my armada are pretty much equal.

First word to come to mind:  Sims (I've gotten pretty addicted to that game lately; it's getting bad)

Last thing I said to my family:  "Good night."

One place that makes you happy and why:  Uh... um... anywhere I'm with my friends and not my family...?

How many blankets do you sleep under:  Uh, three most of the year and then when winter rolls around it's anywhere from four to six.

Favorite beverage:  Literally the only thing I drink is water

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