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To the mods or anon, can I please get a proof that Cat and Rj doesn't support mspec lesbians? I'm sorry, I haven't read IHS in a long time.
https://www.tumblr.com/ihopesocomic/673566477278920704/you-dont-have-to-answer-this-but-what-are-your?source=share
Bruh, masc lesbians aren't trans men😭😭😭 a butch isn't a trans men.......
Ikr!?!??!?!
I'm neutral on the ms/pec lesbian drama but there is literally a fucking difference between trans men and butches. You can even read Wikipedia to acknowledge it for a quick literacy.
Is the issue that this person supports masc lesbians?
There is a difference between a trans man lesbian (aka a transgender man) and a masc presenting lesbians (like butches, etc).
Theoutli3r (who is a trans beta reader for IHS btw) literally reblogged a post that EXPLICITLY supports a trans man lesbian which is something that Cat and RJ dislike about tribbleofdoom (tribble said that a lesbian dating a trans man is valid).
Now I do understand that the other Anon pointed out that cat and rj probably don't do a background check on their beta readers but it is hypocritical if they let a beta reader support trans men lesbian the same way as how tribble does. The only difference is that Leigh reblogged it purposely while tribble tweeted it herself and we both already know that both of them do it on purpose.
It is not RJ and Cat fault, they don't know what their friends have been doing and also not everyone checks their beta reader background.
I partially agree but like they've needed to like maybe replace their beta reader if they don't like tribbleofdoom for it and it feels hypocritical TBH.
Did you know that one of the IHS beta readers ironically supports trans man lesbian despite the fact the cat and rj dislike tribbleofdoom for supporting it? I'm not ever kidding Leigh literally reblogged a post that is supporting not only mspec lesbians but trans men lesbians.
Proof 🧾
https://www.tumblr.com/theoutli3r/810947858843025408?source=share
https://ihopesocomic.tumblr.com/post/653630298814316544/frequently-asked-questions
Yikes.........
Cat and Rj sure needed to address the elephant in the room.
For contexts: theoutli3r is one of IHS beta readers and they are friends with cat & rj. It is mentioned in the FAQ.
I wish we'd get more Wildcat pov rather than lions or feral cats. Like I've never seen a snow leopard or even a cheetah as a protagonist. they've looked more cool than feral cats.
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At the risk of sounding arrogant, I feel like the attitude that Watership Down is the Scary Rabbit Film™️ comes from the fact that many folks in the Watership Down fandom have not actually read the book 🥀🥀
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CW: brief mention of SA.
I understand why this happens, but I wish xenofiction, especially animal comics and novels, had a wider adult audience. Most of the time the audience is pretty young, and when is "adult and mature" feels more like Hazbin Hotel in the sense is actually more for teenagers who think they're mature.
It feels like the only web comic artist that actually has an "adult" approach to animal comics is DoePrince (I have many issues with their comics, but I appreciate more adult comics and variety).
WAC exists, but to me it falls more so on the category of "Baby's first story that covers SA"
There are more xenofiction books that are more of adult reads, though. Most of them are oldish (Bambi, Richard Adam's works, Jack London, The Fox and the Hound, etc), but are more varied
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Joining the other anons talking about Warriors.
Does anyone else find it overwhelming that lately almost all the comics coming out are Clangen stuff? I get that that simulator provides interesting concepts for stories (or so I assume—I don’t know exactly how it works). But oh my god, all the comics aren’t even Warriors spin-offs or fanfics anymore—it’s just Clangen.
That’s on top of the fact that, as people have said, folks don’t have any artistic references other than Warriors or another clone/spin-off of it. Please consume other media—and I’m not just talking about reading other xenofiction by different authors; I mean consuming material in general from other genres and media. Seriously, you can draw inspiration from there, too. All of those also felt like eating pre-chewed stuff :/
And by the way, I hope you’ll also explore other possibilities for using cats as protagonists. Like, I want a story about feral cats in Australia that actually addresses the PROBLEM these animals pose there. Everything seems to be about glorifying feral cats in some way.
It also seems like you can create cats with magical powers that live in almost-human clans, but the concept of using another truly wild feline species (even if it isn’t “social” by nature) seems off-limits. There are many other cat species (and I’m talking about small felines, not lions or similar like) that you could use in other scenarios, please.
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If you want to read about a trans character getting handled well and misgendering is taken seriously, I pretty much recommended Nobody's Dog. Trust me, they've handled everything well and it was a short read.
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To the mods, what do you think of Goblindiscordcomics?
I've heard that they've kicked out a comic creator just because someone who is a comic creator interacts with Sinceredragonslayer. So yeah, they're strange as hell.
I don't understand why Jasper always gets compared to the CEO, he is more like an emperor than CEO ever since I Hope So universe doesn't have currency.
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i wish there was more seal/pinniped xenofiction :(( pinniped enjoyers where yall aaaaat
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i wish there were more adult GalaxyClan fans. the fandom is full of children (understandably) but I'd rather have conversations with other adults with more mature conversations. the fandom unfortunately is very "don't talk about this" and very sanitised (minus that one fic on ao3 kudos pun not attended to whoever wrote that) like can we stop stepping on eggshells regarding fiction please it's not that serious I beg
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I don’t like My Pride but I think making a whole comic just to be a “better version” of an indie show you didn’t create is kind of a scummy move. It doesn’t matter it IS better, you still shouldn’t do that.
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I'd love to see books set in latin america, there's such a rich and fascinating array of wildlife, along with such diverse and intriguing places that would be fun to explore from an animal's perspective, but I guess people prefer stories set in generic random green forest number 10,000.
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Shellspring from The Dog Star is one of the most insufferable characters i've seen, i want to like him but i just can't, i genuinely don't understand why people like him
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