Cosmic Funnies
RMH
Xuebing Du
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
Origami Around
shark vs the universe
Mike Driver
Love Begins
Keni
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almost home
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if i look back, i am lost
KIROKAZE
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
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@zolusbian
i think i made you up inside my head
ko-fi
andrea - 29 - white - any pronouns - bi (kinsey 5) - brazil - autistic - disabled
*~no minors please~*
previously wargelf, bihyuuga & femalenacho
i hit men with the lesbification beam
naruto, better call saul, iasip, death note, pokemon, mob psycho 100, hunter x hunter, overwatch, khr, one piece, jjk, the pitt
nsfw fic for sale under the cut
恵 ; "blessing"
12/22: consider this piece my love letter to a character who has become so near and dear to me and who has inspired so much of my artistic growth this past year <3 happy birthday megumi, your name becomes you ⊹ ࣪ ˖
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The thing is, several of my favorite TV shows are children's shows (avatar: the last airbender, adventure time, batman: the animated series, among others). Lots of children's shows are as creative, well-written, and entertaining as shows for adults. Contrary to popular opinion, children are human beings too, which means they're interested in many of the same themes adults are. Well-written children's entertainment has plenty to offer for audiences of all ages
But...they're written for children. That means complicated topics are simplified, sharp corners are rounded, and the narrative holds your hand to help you understand. These aren't flaws - they're what children's entertainment is for. It gives kids a safe place to be introduced to serious themes without freaking them out with, for example, graphic violence. Inclusion of adult material makes it harder for kids to engage with the story because they're prone to being overwhelmed and their still-developing brains aren't ready to handle it yet
But if you want to discuss adult topics in a mature way, it's extremely silly to reference children's shows. Like for example, with a:tla - it's a show about war in which no on-screen war deaths occur. The subject of people being killed is talked about, like with the genocide of the air nomads and the death of Katara and Sokka's mother. But we never see any actual on-screen death (or dismemberment, or other serious injuries). The show goes out of its way to show that everyone's okay - for example, when Sokka and Toph steal the airship, we see the soldiers dropped safely in the water.
Again, this isn't a flaw - it's a strength of the show. Because it's written for children. Graphic violence is too scary and would throw them out of the story. But a major part of seriously discussing war IS the horrific violence. You can't just leave it out if you want to actually explore the topic with any depth
Of course that doesn't mean that all adult media deals with serious subjects in a serious way - there are plenty of goofy war movies for adults. But with adult media, all of the tools for storytelling are at least available in a way that they simply aren't for children's entertainment
It always depresses me to see adults projecting adult themes on children's shows because it's clear people are longing to engage with more complex ideas but can't seem to leave the comforting bubble of children's entertainment, where everything seriously upsetting is toned down. You don't have to leave these shows/movies/books behind - I haven't! But if you actually want to talk about fascism or guerilla warfare or whatever, you need to branch out to adult media
details of untitled/green landscape (2018) find prints of this painting in my shop: suhaylah.bigcartel.com instagram: @suhaylah.h
Gillian Anderson at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
2001
colors
everyone in jjk who dies still dies but they lipsync instead of fighting
happy pride!
you have to be careful reading too many things that are good/smart/well-written bc then you encounter something that isnt and you get confused like ? why didnt they just make this good ? were they stupid
2 3 4 aaaand 18
2 ⧽. if you could sit down and finish any completely new fic without anything stopping you (time, tiredness, etc), what would you write? tell us about it if you want!
literally any fic. i mean if i could give birth to a beautiful novel-length fanfiction at the moment with all the information i need in my head to do so, i would say an emergency medicine au for jjk.
3 ⧽. what's something you like about your writing?
i think i'm very good at varying sentence length for impact, which i know is sort of a lame answer.
4 ⧽. is there an au or trope that you haven't written before, but would want to try?
hmmm...sex pollen fics are some of my favorites, but i've never written one in all my years of fandom, which is surprising! i've also never written a real a/b/o fic, although i don't really care so much about a/b/o.
actually you know what's really interesting? those sentinel/guide aus. i don't know enough about them but i love the idea of somebody having super senses and needing to be fucked to calm down about it.
18 ⧽. how do you want your writing to feel to your readers?
impactful! which is, again, a lame answer. i try really hard to make my writing feel cinematographic. i am always trying to capture mood, and use settings as characters, and pay attention to the seasons, etc. one of the best comments i ever got on a fic was a south park fanfiction about a character (stan) watching call me by your name and having a revelation about his sexuality and life, etc, and i worked hard to make it very end-of-summer coming-of-age and also like the movie itself--dreamy, summery, sunny, tinge of melancholy, like an evening eating dinner in italy on the patio--and the person said that the fic felt like the movie, and felt like summer, and like being nostalgic, and i was like, hell yeah, this is exactly what i want. so i guess nostalgic, too?
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9 ⧽. tell us about a wip/idea that you're excited about!
i have a 10k exploration of the satosugu lesbian dynamic that is 7k extremely nasty porn and 3k aftercare that i'm excited to post! i've been putting off editing it because it's very intense and even a little emotionally draining to write, though.
then there is of course my Original Fiction which i am less excited about and more like is a rock above my head waiting to be dropped and kill me
10 ⧽. what genre is generally the easiest or most enjoyable for you to write? which is the hardest?
well porn is super easy. but besides that, most of my stuff is like, literary fiction, even when it's fanfiction. drama coming from human relationships, etc. i haven't really dabbled in genre fiction, like horror, sci-fi, fantasy, etc., more than a couple thousand words each. i would like practice with those things, especially horror. i also think i do good with inserting humor into serious stories, but not humor as a primary genre.
20 ⧽. answer any one of the other questions that you want to!
i'm choosing 1 ⧽. if you could sit down and finish any one of your wips without anything stopping you (time, tiredness, etc), which fic would you choose? tell us about it if you want!
and the answer is my better call saul lacho epic series. i want so badly to finish this, but i need to enter a headspace to do so, and i need to refresh myself with the source material and what i have already written. like, everything is plotted and outlined, i just need to write the damn thing. real life gets in the way. i really wish i did not have to work and i could spend all my day reading and writing but, alas, i am not in that situation yet.
redraws featuring some of my fav megu moments(tm)
✶ . ၄၃ . FIC WRITER ASK GAME !
any [insert __] is for the sender to fill in :)
1 ⧽. if you could sit down and finish any one of your wips without anything stopping you (time, tiredness, etc), which fic would you choose? tell us about it if you want!
2 ⧽. if you could sit down and finish any completely new fic without anything stopping you (time, tiredness, etc), what would you write? tell us about it if you want!
3 ⧽. what's something you like about your writing?
4 ⧽. is there an au or trope that you haven't written before, but would want to try?
5 ⧽. is there a certain kind of fic that feels the most satisfying to finish? any reason why?
6 ⧽. if you were to write a part two/sequel to a fic, what fic would you want to write it for?
7 ⧽. is there a fic you wish you received feedback on, but didn't get any/much? this ask game is asking someone else to then give feedback on said fic, pretty pretty please!!!
8 ⧽. what part of [insert fic] is your favorite?
9 ⧽. tell us about a wip/idea that you're excited about!
10 ⧽. what genre is generally the easiest or most enjoyable for you to write? which is the hardest?
11 ⧽. if you were to rewrite [insert fic] with [insert different character/ship] how do you think it might change?
12 ⧽. what's a song or two you associate with [insert fic]?
13 ⧽. do you have any writing projects/goals/plans you're working on/want to work on?
14 ⧽. is there anything outside of your normal content that you want to write?
15 ⧽. if you wrote a fic called [insert title] with [insert character/ship] what do you think it might be about?
16 ⧽. if you wrote a fic called [insert title] what character/ship would you want to write it for?
17 ⧽. are there any songs you want to write a songfic for?
18 ⧽. how do you want your writing to feel to your readers?
19 ⧽. give a hint/teaser about something you're writing without any context or explanation! tease us haha
20 ⧽. answer any one of the other questions that you want to!
i like when fiction treats love as a more complicated force and not something that is inherently pure, redemptive, or salvific. portray it as flawed and complex as any other human impulse. give me love as prejudice, love as possessive stasis, love as addiction, love as blindness, etc.
Happy pride to those 5 seconds where Charlie Swan thought Jacob was coming out to him in the most insane way possible
Visitors watch the Yellow River from the Xiaolangdi Dam (China)
