#sans yaps

[dchuntress]

i love you all my friends and mutuals. all of you make living a little bit worth it at least every day in all the ways, whether you draw art or post about comics and shows or write or lurk or chat with me or just exist silently. thank you for letting me see glimpses of your lives and everything that makes you you. thank you for being here and letting me share my dumb happy stuff with you. i care you guys so much and i hope you always experience something good every day. i am rooting for your success at living the life you want so much

[dchuntress]

fun fact about squirrel 🐿️ now that we're talking about it thanks to doreen green

in bangla, they're called কাঠবিড়ালি, which literally translates to wood cat which i find so cute. they're literally tree kitties

[dchuntress]

rereading comics of both helena bertinelli and helena wayne, it does become apparent that it is difficult to write a huntress without dissecting and reflecting on darker yet everyday themes like the normalisation of violence even at homes and in safe spaces, domestic violence, and specifically, the treatment of women and other marginalised populations most vulnerably affected by patriarchy, implicitly. why crime occurs at all, when children truly learn to get scared, how the asymmetry occurs in various, often times intersecting yet distinct hegemonic systems, and how it leads to hypervigilance even when the everyday life looks normal for people, to the point that even safety measures like holding your keys tight is seen as irrational, unnecessary, a personal affront. why imperfect victims still matter. how prey and predator often mirror each other in the desire-fear for survival, the world is more than a narratively linear war of two sides; it is an ecosystem. that's why the huntress is needed to be morally grey and yet, empathetic and understanding, both towards the people they hunt and the people they protect, because the huntress is just as capable of carrying on the cycle of violence she emerged from. history must, thus, be embodied - as a lifelong lesson, in everyday life. not a shallow legacy.

some references:

huntress year one, huntress cry for blood, huntress 1989, detective comics 2016 run, batman huntress secret files, lazarus planet dark fate;

worlds' finest 2012 powergirl/huntress, various pre crisis comics of helena wayne;

the background of how and why both these comic characters were created at all, latent understanding of the complexity of selina kyle, gotham, and other morally grey women;

[dchuntress]

hiiii if we're mutuals you're now more than welcome to ask for character drawing requests 🫡 accepting ocs + canon characters from marvel or dc comics mainly, plus feel free to send more details/references & what design you'd like to see for them otherwise i'll go with my own take

just please remember i'm the slowest artist in the world and it might take me ages to get to your request so consider my inbox more of a suggestion box pls sorry & ty 🙏

[dchuntress]

i came out to my anthropology teacher today when i was in her office hours because i wanted her perspective on how do i deal with my family being conservative but still loving especially in the future and it went so well. not only was she kind and helpful, but actively encouraged me to seek a partner in the future when i've moved out and have my own home to come back to and not just remain alone ... and that there's no need for me to cut ties with my family outright + have friends and all that ... yanno as someone who's always been hyper independent and thought loneliness was my only scope to have freedom in life, this really means a lot and just i'm grateful to have people in my corner and knowing that i'm not alone or unsupported in my fate... the fact that she, as an older figure i find reliable, both sees me as a good student, a decent kid, and worthy of female companionship / building a life with a woman all at once........ idk why but this was a huge epiphany for Me

[dchuntress]

love reading comics, hate taking screenshots, cropping them, and posting them to tumblr with the right tags though, but i love sharing my blorbo pics with people 😞

[dchuntress]

a brief shout out to my favourite canon queer characters and ships from marvel and dc comics <333

julien jourdain, circuit breaker (transmasc & demiboy)

nia nal (transfem)

alysia yeoh (transfem)

katerenee (lesbians)

midnighter x apollo (gay couple)

helena bertinelli (kissed a woman -- renee montoya -- on panel)

helena wayne (dated a woman -- a female doctor as described in the batman/catwoman last rites)

selina kyle/eiko hasigawa (sapphic couple)

harlivy (the sapphic couple of all time!!! my beloveds!! my dearest gals ever!!!)

jean-paul beaubier x kyle jinadu (THE husbands of all time)

jay garrick x alan scott (another beloved husbands of all time!!)

akihiro (bi king)

felicia hardy (bi queen)

karma (MY LESBIAN SUPERSTARRRR)

mystique & destiny (kudos to them for having a wedding AND a canon fpreg kid, yay!!!)

kate godwin (transfem)

sheila sexton (transfem)

ANGELA X SERA THE TRANSBIAN COUPLE OF ALL TIME THANK YOU

BETSY BRADDOCK MY BI QUEEN <333

the amazon ladies!

ALL OF DC BOMBSHELLS THE LESBIANS EVER GOD THANK YOU CAN WE HAVE MORE BOMBSHELLS AGAIN PLEASE

ghost-maker (another favourite bi king of mine!)

grace choi x anissa pierce (sapphic couple)

gwenpool (aroace icon!!!!!)

jess chambers (nonbinary)

jay nakamura <3 (idc about superboy sorry)

wiccan x hulking!!! my sweet lads everrr

america chavez (ANOTHER LESBIAN SUPERSTAR YAYYYY)

KAROLINA DEAN X NICO MINORU THE BLUEPRINT OF SAPPHIC COUPLES I SWEAR

sofia yong/jitter (SHE'S A LESBIAN LET'S GOOOO)

bonus shout-outs: dazzler (titled queer icon, in and out of universe); mattea murdock & hobie brown and all of the spider-society in general (i just think they're cool as hell and also please let them be canonically lgbtq+ too thank you)

[dchuntress]

i don't even go into character or ship tags anymore i just annoy my mutuals whenever i get a thought or yap everywhere on tumblr and be the annoying person in tags myself, or worse yet. i open my writing or drawing app to make the character/ship content i want Myself. scary