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[urgentkettle]

I think a fundamental difference between book Dracula and Nosferatu is how the protagonists work as a collective. In Dracula, they are the Scooby Gang (trusting, collaborative, polyamorous). In Nosferatu, they are the teens from an 80s slasher (suspicious, deceitful, jealous). The count can be defeated, but only the power of friendship can save Mina.

[enbyandyy]

HELP I love how it's a bus full of mostly middle aged dads looking relatively normal

AND THEN JOE WEARING ONLY CHROMA GREEN

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

I had a migraine (mercifully short lived and responsive to ibuprofen) and pip asked me if I felt any better and I responded like “yeah a little bit I think I can get back to reading soon” and then I heard myself and remembered that it was asking out of concern for my wellbeing. not to hurry me. and that I’ve got so much deprogramming to do on my own brain if that’s still as much of a surprise to me each time I remember.

[pigeonstab]

The lineart is doneeee (I ended up switching to my brown ink) it will need a lot of adjusting digitally I think (god the bucket floating is pmo)

And some not very artistic closeups I just wanted to show off the cool textures.

[spectrevee]

headspace basil probably learned how to flirt from mari since hero was mia and getting into Situations with the rest of the group most of the time, so consequently he says the WILDEST shit when trying to talk to omori because mari taught him that being a freak was the correct way to talk to a guy you like

he also tried to pull the "what's cookin good lookin" on him once and accidentally ended up saying "what's lookin good cookin" and didn't realise until a full ten seconds after and just went "shit" and ran away

[cupids-fiction]

i’m so normal (2 days into the hyperfix and i’ve made 3 playlists, watched 10 hours of content instead of studying, and started like 17 fics)

[bungoustrayfrogs]

WE’RE SO BACKKK!

My presentation went well today, and my prof agreed to move the paper back bcs most of us havent finished it AHHHH!!

I still have a horrendous amnt of work to do and the next couple weeks will suckkkkk, BUT I think I may actually survive.

I also seem to be euthymic (not manic or depressed) rn which is amazing- hoping I can get some proper sleep tonight so I can STAY that way for a while…

I’m gonna make it moots, we’ve got this😭

[barrel-crow-n]

Kaz's gender

I already talked about this a lil in the tags of my sexuality post but my thoughts are complex so I feel the need to really dive into what I believe with Kaz and his gender expression and why.

First of all: pronouns. I feel like Kaz uses he/they/it.

He because he aligns himself with masculinity. He/him is his preferred and what he uses.

They is also one of the preferred ones. He/they is fine, he/him or they/them is also fine, they don't really mind.

And Kaz likes it because it feeds the whole "what is he? Is he even a person? Is he a demon?" It makes him seem less human, more demonic, and he revels in it.

Kaz definitely goes for a more masculine vibe, but honestly? They also aligns themself as other, as demonic. They're not really anything like all of these people. Even his dark mercher suits make him look like a dark stain on the city, a nightmare manifest. Sure, he looks respectable, but the eyes, the corpse-like face, the "sharp glass boy of deadly edges" thing he has going on, makes him look more subhuman, almost undead. Which fits his whole Kaz Rietveld died in the harbour and was reborn as Kaz Brekker thing.

Gender wise, I don't think they labels themselves. They lets people talk and theorise. "He's obviously a man" "They're nothing like us" "Have you seen it?? That's not even a person!" When one of the crows asks they just tells them something theatrical like "I'm the demon under people's beds, merchling" "I'm the thing in your closest, Nina dear" "I'm people's nightmares made manifest, the personification of this city. I am crime made a person, I am horror in the flesh." But they never actually answers the question. They're not really sure. He knows that he uses he/him pronouns the most, alongside they/them, but he doesn't feel like a boy, not really. He hasn't really ever been like the other boys, even as Kaz Rietveld, much less as Kaz Brekker. Always a little odd, a little more on the quiet side. Analytical, searching, constantly watching. Unnerving.

He doesn't mind terms like boy and man but prefers demon and monster because he's silly like that and it gives him a rush. I feel like he'd hate the word lad.

I also think their gender identity is explicity linked to his rebirth as Kaz Brekker. They created themselves, almost entirely from scratch. And so they pondered it, thought it over. They decided that they liked it to an extent but only in certain scenarios. He uses he/they interchangeably, but also not.

As Dirtyhands Kaz sees themself as it. A separate persona. As Kaz Brekker, it's they/them but he only associates the two because they only realised they liked they/them after the rebirth. As Kaz Rietveld it's he/him. It's another way of separating himself into different parts. But Kaz Brekker is still Kaz Rietveld, no matter how much they try and deny it. Kaz Reitveld isn't really a persona the same way Dirtyhands is. It's who he is. Kaz Rietveld is a part of Kaz Brekker, and Kaz also uses he/him alongside they/them