tumblr irl meetup but we won't say who is who, instead you get a list of all the blog urls that are attending and you have to try to match each person with their blog. You can ask questions but you can't ask for the blog name directly.
it's like crime dinner but instead you gather clues by observing who laughs at which dick joke.
I've been rewatching Hermitcraft season 8, this time from Pearl's perspective, and it's been so nostalgic like. I miss Boatum!! I didn't realize how much until now and it just makes me happy.
Anemone didn't (and still doesn't) want to be him. She didn't want to be a face blamed for some tragedy with an unknown cause. She didn't want mother to become her, a dragon who's control became an obsession. She didn't want brother to be like him, someone forced to pick up pieces of something he didn't break.
She doesn't want to be Albatross, mother to be Lagoon, or Turtle to be like Fathom. She doesn't want history to resurface as a cruel mimicry of what might be. She doesn't…
Anemone stares down at the stick in her talons, given to her by her brother, possibly giving up his life for her. Tear drops hit the blades of grass below her talons. She hadn't wept like this since she was younger, back before she was shoved in view of a hungry audience.
She didn't want it to be like this.
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People draw parallels from Fathom to Turtle constantly, but if I may…?
Anemone could've easily become similar to Albatross, used as a means for power or pride by someone (biologically) close to her. The reasons for this would've been very different (Lagoon took advantage of Albatross after the Sapphire incident, while Coral got a weapon on a leash out of Anemone) but the end result would've been the same.
The small snip-it of writing at the beginning is from Anemone's pov. Coral does not have nearly the same intentions as Lagoon, but that's how Anemone sees it regardless. You could make a very good argument that Darkstalker is a Lagoon-esqe figure to Anemone. Which is funny considering why Fathom was sent to meet with Darkstalker to begin with. That's beyond the point though.
I'd love to ramble about this more at some point, but unfortunately I cannot write what I want to convey -,-
It's WSP's 5th anniversary and it's still funny to think about how I graduated college and decided "let me do the most complicated part of the comics process there is" (creating an entire indie publisher)- it has been and still is very much a labor of love and passion and I don't think I've ever been more *driven* to create.
WildStar was born b/c the cycle of "can't get into the industry b/c you don't have experience, can't get experience b/c you're not qualified for the job" was terrible - especially watching peers struggle when I knew for a fact they were capable of amazing things
It was also born because, well, I wanted to prove that the industry didn't have to be so -vague gestures to all its problems- bc as much as I love comics, the industry needs a change. *I* wanted to be apart of that change.
I won't get too sentimental because I'm gonna end up repeating myself but just know that there's so much more to WSP and it's only getting started. I know for sure that big things are going to happen for the press and the creators that work with it. But I also know it'll take time patience, and community support. Things I've mentioned before that I'm glad that I've received thus far for the 5 years I've been spinning all these plates.
Thanks to everyone that has trusted me with their work, thanks to everyone that's helped me build this press, and thanks to viewers like you- lol and thanks to everyone that's given support whether it was sharing the press with others or buying the book.
In my fullest deadpan sincerity, I really do appreciate it and can't wait to see how WSP develops in the future.
🎉🎉🎉🎉Happy birthday to @wildstarpress 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
There's a lot of new stuff happening so check out the site too~ and buy some books for the anniversary!!