Myself @breanimator / @thethreetomes and my brother ToonrificTariq had a panel to discuss Indie Animation as Black Creators and share our indie series that we're working on. We talked about the development of our projects , why we chose to do our work independently and the future of indie and what this means in relation to us as Black creators specifically.
We both also showed some clips from our shows. He showed a bit of the animatic from the Hey pilot and I showed a early WIP sequence of Episode 2 of TTT.
And shared that our Kickstarter is coming for episode 2 on June 19th
A queer YA coming-of-age story about a black teen witch girl in the 2010s, fighting monsters and falling in love with vampires.
At the Panel , Tariq and I got to meet fans of our work individually and fans who enjoy both and folks who may not have seen our stuff discovered it and are now supporters . Folks gave fanart , he had his first cosplayer , I met some people who had done fanart for TTT online in person and it's just been really great getting to see that so many folks are touched by the shows we're making. That our stories mean something for Black folks and making them feel seen.
Support Tariq's Kickstarter too . He's reached his goal but he's got plenty of stretch goals to hit along the way
insecure meets bob's burgers. your new favorite couple.
Nini do u ever get hit with the urge to write, except there's too MANY things that you wanna write and so you physically can't write, but your mind is running through every idea and coming up with scenes for two separate pieces, but you still can't write
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I FEEL THAT SO HARD LIKE I wanna write a new piece for anaxa and I kinda wanna write nothing but smut
But then I’m torn between writing about size kink, about teasing, or anaxa with a cunt, or fingering? Or maybe eating out, rimming, him giving bj instead, face sitting, public or not and I don’t even know which one I want to do first
Like I can’t just write another 5k+ fic just to include all these kinks, riiiight?
My Happy Marriage Episode 2 Review - Wicked Mother-In-Law
Before I start the review, I want to toot my own horn a bit. I have an X account where I also post links to my reviews on my blog. For my review of the previous episode, Miranda Parkin, the English voice actress of Miyo, liked my post! Does this mean she read my review? It feels like an honor for anyone involved in the anime to be reading my reviews! Another similar experience I had was getting an animator from Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End to like one of my review posts. I’m a small blog, entirely one woman doing all the work, so it makes me feel happy to see people read my hard work in a way. It really motivates me to keep going and make Arum Journal and my repertoire as a writer grow. I’ll keep doing my absolute best!
This episode is practically a roller coaster of emotions. First, you get angry at Fuyu for being absolutely disrespectful to Miyo.Then, there’s all the stuff with Kiyoka finding out about a secret cult called the Gifted Communion that makes you on edge. The emotions tone down when the couple get a nice moment together but it doesn’t last long when trouble brews the next day. It really is the craziest roller coaster ride ever.
You know this is a fictional story when mothers disrespect Miyo. If Miyo were a real person, she’d be adored by mothers everywhere. However, this is fiction, hence why Miyo is written to be such a misfortune magnet when it comes to mothers. Congratulations, Arata, you’re no longer on top of my shit list because Fuyu is now the reigning champion. I do like seeing how much Miyo has grown since meeting Kiyoka because she’s standing her ground against the abuse she’s getting from her mother-in-law. Fuyu makes Miyo wear a maid outfit and have her clean the house in an attempt to dishearten her, but Fuyu needs to sit down and watch Season 1 to see why that won’t work. Girl has over a decade of cleaning experience and dealing with verbal abuse. Fuyu’s antics feel like child’s play to her. I do like that Miyo is more respected for her hard work this time around as the maids praise Miyo and hope that Fuyu will accept her one day. They’re sweet.
Though…if there is a positive I have to say about Fuyu, it’d be that she’s more layered than anyone in the Saimori family. Like, Fuyu is a b*tch because of her upbringing and desire to make the Kudou name great. However, her methods aren’t very good because it led to Kiyoka having a huge disdain towards women before meeting Miyo. She also seems to care a lot about her husband as she was surprised when he grabbed her hand before she could strike Miyo and that arguing with Tadakiyo caused her to be bedridden for a bit.
In Kiyoka’s side, he discovers a secret cult called the Gifted Communion. It was nice seeing him use his powers again. I also really liked the feeling of suspense whenever he was walking through that abandoned shack. The demon rat did scare me a little. Why was it so big? I also like how he’s constantly worried about Miyo whenever something bad happens. The moment the two shared was really nice. Let’s just hope Kiyoka doesn’t learn about what his mother did to Miyo because the Kudou house would be shrouded in fire like the Saimori house.
Things get intense when a man and his mother show up to the Kudou residence about them spotting a demon and what not. He then starts behaving oddly and Miyo believes that her powers could save him. While her powers are still risky to use without Arata nearby, she still delves in before being pulled out by him. It does seem like Fuyu isn’t aware that Miyo is an Usuba. Does Tadakiyo know and if he did, why didn’t he tell his wife?
I like that the plot instantly dives in without room for error. I honestly can’t help but to wonder what will happen next week. What do you think?
