#thetypingdragon

[888-fr]

Wanted to say I love the way you draw Tachyon's eyes in your comic. I could be imagining things, but compared to the dragons around him, he seems to always have much wider, empty irises or no irises at all. It makes him look slightly uncanny and haunted and I think it's awesome.

Thank you! Yes, it's intentional. I'm a big fan of giving him freakydeaky blank eyes. Tachyon sort of reminds me of a catfish with the big blank eyes and whiskers :D

[lylahammar]

Thank you for the indirect (you’ve mentioned in tags at least once) Maintenance Phase recommendation.

It’s become one of my favorite podcasts and I feel like it’s rewriting my brain. There’s so many episodes where I’m like “I knew this science was shaky but I had no idea how unfounded it actually was” or “I had no idea how deep the fatphobia here really went”.

YEPPPPP it's so good isn't it!! I've been slowly listening through it whenever I work out and it's the perfect companion to keep myself in the headspace of exercising for health, not to lose weight 😤

btw I would also recommend watching this documentary about Aubrey Gordon because it's kind of what introduced me to her (I had heard of her before but never actually engaged with her stuff) and it's sooooooo good!!!! Of course tw for fatphobia and all the kinda stuff they talk about in maintenance phase tho

[the-typing-dragon]

Hi! Ref. that post about bringing back tumblr ask culture, I feel like I should contribute by sending asks myself.

I don't have any good ideas for questions though oops

So uh... what's your top 3 favorite colors and why?

Joke answer: #5BCEFA, #F5A9B8, #FFFFFF

Serious answer: i dont really have specific "favorite colors" as most if not all colors have their place and usefulness. If i had to pick some itd prolly be #000000, maybe some #B919B3, and possibly some #48B32A? Like i said i dont really pick favorites

[everchased]

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that I love your tma character designs! Your Jon and Martin are among my favorite designs for them. They have such wonderful expressions. Everything you draw has so much emotion in every image. Also I really like your season 5 Jon. His glowing eyes and how even more of his hair has gone gray is really cool.

thank you aaaaa, this is so sweet! 💚 s5 jon makes me the saddest but tbh he.... is the most fun to draw. long grey and white hair.... scruff....... pretty =v= also if i can have any excuse to make a character’s eyes glow i’ll use it hRFSLKHG

[lylahammar]

I said this in tags but actually I’m going to say this to you directly via ask! Fun asks good.

You are so correct about the shape shifting thing. We are handshaking.

Why choose the power of flight, or the power to breathe underwater, or cling to walls, when you could just have the power to change your shape into one that’s lets you do any of these!

RIGHT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN I don't know why people don't usually agree with me on this it makes so much sense dlkfh;ldkfh the only things beast boy can't do are anything that defy the laws of physics (like walking through walls) or psychic/telekinetic abilities. Other than that the sky is literally the limit for him lmfao actually the sky might not even be the limit because maybe he could transform into a tardigrade to survive space

[lylahammar]

Sad Robin? And they're "an absolute mess of a person who's barely hanging on to their composure"? Oh no . . . Robin. :(

Oh man I didn’t realize yall were already this attached to Robin, that even the mention of them being sad would be upsetting 😅 They are uh,,,, going through a VERY rough time when the comic takes place lol I can’t say more than that without spoiling tho! 🤐

[lylahammar]

Your post about being agender and trying out exclusively they/them pronouns has made me want to try using exclusively they/them pronouns. Because I've been using they in addition to she after realizing how much I liked it, then recently I've been thinking both that I don't think I would mind he/him any more than I do she/her and also that I prefer they/them to both of those, and your post was like encouragement? Seeing another person trying out pronouns reminded me it was something I could do.

Aww that’s good to hear! I think it should be more..... uh.... normalized?? (That word is so overused lately but I can’t think of a better one atm dfhdjf) to experiment with different pronouns and change your labels around on a whim. Like this time last year I was a cis lesbian! And in high school I spent a year as a trans man 😁 I’ve always been kinda wishy washy and indecisive about my labels which is why I prefer to keep it as casual as possible when it comes to telling other people about it 😅

But I actually feel the exact same way about she/her and he/him! I still don’t mind them at all, I just prefer they/them a little more 💁 I wish you luck on your gender voyage as well, matey! Drink up me hearties yo ho 🏴‍☠️✨

[lylahammar]

Hi! Don't worry about overhyping WVDC! I'm sure it'll live up to my expectations, based on the one name mini comic and your several angsty TMA comics I'm sure your comic will be very good! And even if it didn't live up to whatever expectations I have, I don't really care if it doesn't? I'm completely invested in the characters and this concept already and my standards for media are mostly is it interesting/do I like the characters? If yes, great! I'll enjoy it.

Aww, that’s good to hear! I’ve never written a longform comic like this, and it really is a huge project to be taking on 😅 I’m expecting to be working on it for at least a year (and very possibly more than that), so I have to make sure it’ll be entertaining for everyone for all that time! 😳 I’m glad that yall are already getting invested in the characters though, it means so much to me! Thank you so much! 😊🙏💖