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Cait May she/they Website: caitmayart.com 2025 Conventions: Otakon, Anime NYC, Rose City ComicCon, NYCC, MCM London, AWA  Bsky: @caitmayart // COMMISSIONS CLOSED   Illustrator, Comics and Fantasy Artist DO NOT REPOST-DO NOT USE FOR-🅰️ℹ️-DO NOT NFT

I cannot stress enough what a complete disaster this is for every human being who lives and breathes on the face of the Earth. The CDC is was a world-leading institution for disease control and prevention, and that's all going down the shitter now because of a crop of literal brain-damaged nepo babies and the fact that America couldn't prevent billionaires from screaming "fire" in a crowded theatre.

Listen, all of you fuckers think you know what a pandemic is because of COVID-19, but we don't; not really. Not to downplay the tragedy of the number of people who died, but there have been multiple times throughout history when infectious diseases have emptied entire towns and cities. When you could walk through desolate neighbourhoods in which every living soul was dead or dying. The power of prayer didn't stop that. "Clean eating" didn't stop that. Fucking chiropractic didn't stop that.

You know what did stop that?

Fucking VACCINES and ANTIBIOTICS stopped it. Fucking PROPHYLACTICS stopped it. Fucking SCIENCE stopped it!

Actual, genuine research, carried out by trained, well-educated and well-resourced professionals! Not some idiot fucking fitness bro or "autism mom" watching YouTube videos, but ACTUAL FUCKING SCIENTISTS METHODICALLY TESTING HYPOTHESES IN A FUCKING LABORATORY.

But now we're all going to get reacquainted with the fucking Plague Maiden because a bunch dirty fucking stupid, selfish, middle class individualists thought that being asked to wear a mask was the worst oppression that anyone ever faced. May God have mercy, because apparently, praying for survival is our frontline public health policy now.

on behalf of my ex i would like to add: Fucking EPIDEMIOLOGY of the kind where "John Snow mapped cholera deaths and noticed the cluster around the Broad Street pump" is the most basic and well-known example also stopped it!

Say you break your ankle. You could know everything there is to know intellectually about the injury. Even with this vast knowledge, you will still experience physical pain.

Now take this logic and apply it to things like ADHD, autism, clinical depression, and other less visible/divergent disabilities. You cannot think your way out of feeling.

That is to say: you are not a bad, lazy, or selfish person for struggling, even if you know why you are struggling.

Saw your panel at Otakon today and it was so fun! I've taught myself how to draw through fanart, and it was really cool to get some tips from you and see your process! You also made me feel less alone about struggling with burnout. Thank you for doing such a delightful panel ❤️

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Ahh yay!! Thank you for coming - I'm so glad it was helpful ♥ I hope you get through your burnout soon and get to making works you're proud of!

your panel at otakon was wonderful!! you were so patient and kind through the whole panel and the firbolg (i think) you made was very very cute. thank u so much for helping make my first big convention special :D

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Thank you so much for coming!! I'm thrilled that you had a good time. I was pretty nervous to present so I'm glad you liked it ♥

Come hang out at Otakon this weekend in D.C.! I'll be at D103 in the Artist Alley, RIGHT next to the entrance ♥ I've got new prints, tote bags, lanyards, stickers, and much more!!

I'll also be doing a Character Design panel on Saturday from 4:30-6:30 pm in Workshop 1, can't wait to see ya there!

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SO I FIND OUT MY FRIENDS AND I ARE ON OUR LOCAL NEWS WEBSITE

We were asked all these questions about how long the costumes took us, how we did it, etc. 

I paused the video right when we were asked how much money we spent on our cosplays and

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does that give you your answer

THIS WILL NEVER NOT BE FUNNY 

hot take in a roundabout way i think that's also why so many of us opt out of becoming parents ourselves

Does anybody know how to fix it

Start disappointing people and not backing out of it when they are upset, reject feeling ashamed of everything including of yourself, start saying No to things you do not want to do not just things you're scared of, do more of those things you're scared of but wish you could do, make your own plans and execute them, decide to do or not do something without basing it on who will Dislike it.

Free Will takes practice, and the chance of making someone somewhere Slightly or even Very Disappointed In You. But you're an adult and you can't be made to stand in a corner anymore.