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[sigomaru]

i’ve never been this attached to a set of oc designs i’ve made before so here’s them in sort of a manga cover style

[sigomaru]

straight grandpa ally greets his queer subjects but three of them have never heard of a pride parade before

(more yapping about the world my ocs live in under the cut)

(don’t mind the proper punctuation i just wanted my writing to be a bit more readable oops)

The place where my OCs reside is a purgatory-like place called Grahana, which is the Sanskrit word for ‘eclipse’. Grahana is one of eight realms that make up an afterlife, where each realm is named after the Sanskrit terms for the celestial bodies (partially based on Buddhist and Hindu concepts since they’re common religions in Southeast Asia!).

As the realm closest to the living, it’s considered the lowest rung of the eight realms among the various beings that inhabit these realms, hence earning a name that doesn’t correspond to any of the seven days of the week.

The humble, village-like court is lorded over by a four-armed buffalo spirit named Damla. Grahana’s local culture is generally based on precolonial SEA, so it’s populated by a lot of animal spirits, which, in the eyes of the higher human deities, are considered to be of a lower class. Having existed since time immemorial, the animal spirits come with a more pure viewpoint of the world, including things related to romance.

With no external human influence, the animal spirits in Grahana do not see anything wrong with queer romance or queer identities. You love your friends, and some others you love more, is how they think. Elsewhere though, in a bid to imitate and please their human overlords, the animal spirits take on more conservative beliefs. Something something missionaries, something something colonialism. (as for why the animal spirits have human bodies--for most of them, it's less bootlicking and more the allure of Opposable Thumbs.)

As a result, for the three humans stuck there, two of whom have completely no idea what a Pride Month™ even is, Grahana is the safest place they’ll ever find themselves in.

[bananonbinary]

one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former Gifted Kid™ is that half-assed is better than nothing. take the 50%, 40%, even 20% job. scrubbing your face is better than not taking a shower at all. picking up your clothes is better than never cleaning. nibbling on some bread is better than starving.

DO THINGS HALFWAY. NOW YOU’RE 100% BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE BEFORE.

[redheadhatchet]

One of my college professors used to say “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.”  I didn’t understand that for years because I didn’t do anything poorly, I couldn’t do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.

But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting.  Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible.  Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible.  Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don’t have the energy to go anywhere.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly… because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.

[resetium]

someone please hit me over the head with this post every day for like the next week thanks. a mention, a reblog with text, a message, something.

[blackwoolncrown]

You must understand that perfectionism isn’t striving for excellence, it’s a crippling fear of being flawed and therefore worth abandonment or punishment. It’s a kind of psychological avoidance. You’re avoiding fear and failure , not embracing the thing you want to do bc if it was about the thing you want to do you’d be fine with partial victory.

[dailyhatsune]

you'll never be anything like me

[cardo-de-comer]

dig your own grave! dig your own grave!

[markatoto]

what is his fucking problem

[twiiqh]

had the craziest dream about secret protocol being Marc’s episode, where it’s revealed he’s been controlled by amelie since a previous version of him died during a mission (old suit).

aside from changing into the new suit, he’s able to shapeshift into others and it’s revealed that he’s been listening to a lot of major revelations and handing off information to amelie.

Marc senti theory on crack basically.

[buggachat]

YOU: this drawing attempt didn't come out at all like i thought it would.... maybe i'm just not cut out for this drawing thing

YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST: this drawing attempt didn't come out at all like i thought it would.... maybe i'm just not cut out for this drawing thing

YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST'S FAVORITE ARTIST: this drawing attempt didn't come out at all like i thought it would.... maybe i'm just not cut out for this drawing thing

YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST'S FAVORITE ARTIST'S FAVORITE ARTIST: this drawing attempt didn't come out at all like i thought it would.... maybe i'm

[thebadwolfdemon]

My submission for Rusty Lake's Easter egg contest <3

May have uh.......... Gone a little overboard

[sokodraws]

fine, you want the butcher? come on

[twiiqh]

randomly thinking about amphibia swap AU in the big 26

Anne being dropped in newtopia would go through a similar arc to Adora from the She-Ra PoP series, in this essay I

[dailyhatsune]

no i did not spend 3 days painting this i just suddenly got really busy at the end of the week soz

[dailyhatsune]

i loved you back then

[lilbeanthatdraws]

back on the security breach grind

[twiiqh]

Happy new year dude o/

happy new year fro o7 hope you’re doing well

[sentientsky]

it's gonna be okay (/threat)

[duskstars]

OPENING COMMS AGAIN!!

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