new The Backmaker update! and thus, act 2 is DONE!!
the comic is now on its regularly scheduled post-act hiatus while I regroup and take care of some things. hopefully not for more than a few months but I make no promises, I'm a busy gal these days. thank you so much for reading and stick around for act 3!!!! <3
no i don't. cheers
I think there's too much of love, intimacy, and romance in media now, actually. Not only does it often destroy what was already good, but also we're missing so much potential of stories that are based on the lack of it. Either for good or for bad, and with it not ending in some sort of other person involved (or at least not romantically, as well).
And if one really wants romance, that's what's shipping is for.
"It's such a huge part of human life" which humans? Because this is only talking about allo people. And aspec individuals are also human. This is amatonormativity at its finest. Many aspec people feel no such (or even disgust at those) feelings.
And, "underwhelming"? Are friendships, pets, acquaintances, dream fulfillment, curiousity for life, and personal drive not whelming enough?
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what's that one thing where they asked how ripely from alien was so realistic and believable as a female character in scifi for once and they were like "well we just took the dude from the original script and made him a girl and changed nothing else. it works bc men and women are the same?" and people were like "woah no way" and then didn't learn anything from that for 20 years
"how do you write such believable men as a woman?" "how do you write such believable women a man?" and the answer people who are good at it always give is "i just write people. were literally the exactly the same. do you think the opposite sex is some sorta totally different animal???" and people respond "woah that's wild. yea i do. and im not gonna stop thinking that goodbye :)"
Dorothy L. Sayers: Are Women Human (1938)
it's older than ripley
alright I'm almost finished Project Hail Mary, and I have to say, I don't get why people are shipping the guy with Markiplier when he's already in a perfectly healthy queer-platonic relationship with the alien spider made of rocks
that's insane. we need to change this
[Image ID: Tumblr reply from theGrandMarsh reading: i hear tell that people are often more attracted to other humans than they are to alien rocks, and that imagining two attractive humans in a relationship fulfills them emotionally or sexually /End ID]
Anyway, fuck Adobe, and enjoy!
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I study graphic design and my tutor recommended and used this in his classes at art college last year, it’s so good it has SO many features for free, I really recommend it, even if you’re just trying to learn the basics of PS, such a wonderful thing <3
I use this and it’s fucken great. No bullshit. Really works. Sometimes the world is kind.
second batch of artfight drawings!! for @coffeecakecafe, @halfapocalypse, ashbashpotatomash69, thinice, @flippant-fool, @amphiteresarewingednoodles, and @just-a-gender-fluid-puddle!!
Drawings of scenes from the Astrobiology Immersion Program by startingatmidnight on Ao3 cause I love this fic so much
acrylic, canvas 30*40 cm "lavender cloud" 2025
From Lost In Translation by @quekerahkerah (which is so fun, go read it rn!!!)
sleep sleep sleep
This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!
Translating this into tumblr's preferred public service announcement format for this kind of alert:
Or this preferred Tumblr announcement system: