#Love In A Dark Cabin

[alexissara]

Who Do You Make Art For?

[Art by Tamra Bonvillain from our comic Play Of The Game from We're Still Here]

The modern landscape for the arts is not exactly great, every form of art is seeing further and further troubling developments from corporate giants who wish to raise the profit margins. In these stressful times I think it's important to reflect on our craft and ask, who is this for?

When I saw who is this for I don't mind your target demographic or how big you want it to be. I think most artists would love to be part of a project that is so big they could only make art that they want to. I am asking who that art is for, who are the people you really want to speak to? It's easy to get caught up on the business ends of our craft, hell I mostly post to tumblr because I want engagement to sell my projects later. So I think we should step back, take a breath and think about what it is we really crave in our pieces.

For me, who I am making the art for in particular shifts depending on the project I am making but I always have a few core goals that are the same. I want to reach queer people of some kind and make them feel seen. For me, art I made wasn't worth making if it didn't make some queer folks happy. Then the other important factor is obviously making art for me, I want to make art that I would love and enjoy. I hate so many things, a lot my favorite things I give faint praise to because for me the flaws are obvious, we could have so much better. So, I want to make art that when I see it I don't think that it could be more radical or queerer or whatever, that it was what it should have been to tell it's story.

Now let's talk about all my little individual project's I've worked on over the years.

With Wish, my first comic book that I self published and took debt into making sure the artist was paid properly for, I wanted trans fem folks like me to see it and feel like they could be super. Wish was a story I had been writing for years, I had maybe 100 issues in google docs by the time the first [and only] part released. Over that time I went from "for sure cis but I just feel the alure of womanhood, it looms over me, it calls me like a siren, it tempts me like a dark enchantress but I shall resist" to "Sure I guess I am gender fluid" to "I'm a trans woman" right around when I released it. So for me it was an important story to my own gender journey with the protag suddenly "becoming a girl" after dying to protect someone.

With Puerto Rico Strong I wanted to have a queer story inside the anthology. So I told a personal story about my own gender, sexuality and my relationship to the island. I wanted other lesbian and trans Puerto Ricans in particular to feel like there was a story about them here too. I made it more fantastical but it was a clear message through the imagery. I was glad I did too because when I read the final product I was the only one really telling a story about queerness and I think that the anthology needed it to really represent Puerto Rico.

In Deadbeats Anthology, I wanted to make transbians feel seen in particular. Horror has often left trans women as the villains, so I leaned in, a happy story of queer love featuring a transbian and a demon possessing the body of her main tormentor. The woman learning to stand up for herself and cut out terrible people from her lives as she burns her past to the ground and leaves on a new life with new love. Trans Lesbians don't get to angry enough, we need to be respectable, acceptable, we can't just bad mad and this was an anger story, something for us to feel like, fuck ya, fuck them.

Last, but in no way least from what I want to talk about today is The Matriarch playbook inside of Thirsty Sword Lesbians. For me, queer parents in general are such a huge part of my life. From my own relationship to motherhood to all the non binary moms who have given me amazing friendships to the sapphic moms that have brought light into my life. I wanted the playbook to be for everyone, obviously, in fact, I think this is the kind of playbook that can be too real for some queer parents to play. However, I wanted it to be a venue where people felt seen, like they were being reflected in the queer culture and that their experiences were worthy of being main characters, not just people on the side waving off the hero. We get so many gay parent characters with no depth or adventures from long ago they no longer go on. I wanted to say, hey you deserve adventures.

Obviously, I've worked on plenty of other projects, To Change, Hero Too, We're Still Here and lots of more. Maybe I'll talk about them in the future, I for sure have tons of words about creating Love Beyond The Holy Light I would love to write out but for now, this is it. Remember the questions up on top of this, I really would love to hear the answers to these question, so go ahead and like, reply with them or reblog with them or whatever it is your into these days.

All my posts are funded by fantastic people giving me money on https://www.patreon.com/alexissara or also like Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/alexiss, thank you to everyone who has my back with money. I strive to keep making amazing sapphic art.

#thirsty sword lesbians #the matriarch #Puerto Rico Strong #Deadbeats Anthology #Heart Of Puerto Rico #Love In A Dark Cabin #Wish #Wish Comic #Indie TTRPG #Indie Comics #Queer Comics #Sapphic Comics #Lesbian Comics #Queer TTRPG #TTRPG #Comics #Sapphic TTRPG #Lesbian TTRPG #Queer ARt #Trans Art #Lesbian Art #Sapphic Art

[happyheidi]

#it’s such lovely yet horrible winter here lately #I love it all expect the ice !! I hate falling lol #cottagecore #but love the snow and dark nights and days #nature #naturecore #winter aesthetic #dogs #horses #animals #snow aesthetic #farmcore #cold aesthetic #new years #cozycore #cosycore #cosy aesthetic #cottage aesthetic #cabincore #cabin aesthetic #forest #forestcore

[the-woman-upstairs]

Favorite Horror Novels I Read in 2023:

#horror #horror novel #i need a reading tag #horror books #mister magic #dark harvest #the cabin at the end of the world #camp damascus #i think Brother was the most surprising for me in how much i loved its awful nastiness and gut punch ending #but props to Rachel Harrison for making a story about how your mother loves you enough to make you hate her #and never be nostalgic for a home that will gleefully kill you #two out of the three books here have terrible film adaptations #bones and all innocent #especially since Luca Guadagnino worked overtime to make the movie about queer life on the margins #john waters and i agree: timothee was doing his best impersonation of a butch lesbian #also loved that Mister Magic was basically IT fanfiction on a campaign against Mormonism

[hajihiko]

a family of ex-terrorists splitting their time between living on a ship and living on a deserted island, their complicated polycule structure, and their teenage girl ghost that follows them everywhere

#As predicted I got in a horror mood lol #I thought about like. On the ship and in the cabins in general you always sleep with a buddy at night #Dont leave by yourself and dont open the door right away if someone knocks #Every time a new person joins or wakes up it's like hi happy to have you! ok so quick recap: dont chase figures in the dark #They're strongest together so they try never to have few numbers on their own. Preferably split the group in no less than threes #I just love the Haunting of Class 77 #not an art

[raurquiz]

#HappyBirthday @chrishemsworth #chrishemsworth #actor #GeorgeKirk #StarTrek #Thor #thedarkworld #thorragnarock #DoctorStrange #Avengers #ageofultron #infinitywar #endgame #whatif #thorloveandthunder #Ghostbusters #thehuntsmanwinterswar #thecabininthewoods #rush #extraction2

#happybirthday #chris hemsworth #actor #george kirk #startrek #thor #the dark world #thor ragnarok #doctor strange #avengers #age of ultron #infinity war #avengers endgame #what if #thor love and thunder #ghostbusters #the huntsman winter's war #the cabin in the woods #black hat #rush #men in black international #extraction 2

[mindstack]

life is full of wonder which we only ever see

as the world and our love falls apart

*not my photos*

#love #hope #dark acadamia aesthetic #light academia #dark academia #gold #castle #book #cabin #library #books #piano #not my image

[keira-draws]

have officially watched 2/3 original evil dead movies 👍

#i wont watch the first one #im a pussy i cant handle gore that intense #ALSO UGH I LOVED BOTH EVIL DEAD II AND ARMY OF DARKNESS #i had seen most of the scenes already on youtube but it was very nice to actually see them in the right order LMAO #my fav silly guy ashley williams didn't fail me #(i knew he wouldn't) #whatever i'm gonna be shaking him around in my head for the next forseeable future #also! watching evil dead ii and then immediately going to aod is really funny cause like #ash's character doesn't necessarily change a ton a ton right #but he's just so pissed off the whole movie of aod it's actually crazy #and i've seen a couple aved clips and knowing that the evil dead trilogies basically change him from soft spoken ash in evil dead i #to his character in aved is like so sad to me!!! #sad in the sense of like all the stuff and trauma from the cabin and aod caused him to create this like ultra-dramatized bravado #like ash's character arc is one of the most realistic one's i've seen and i think that's what sucks for him :( #and we know its at least part a coping mechanism based off his breakdown in season 3 of aved!!! he does NOT want to be the chosen one ughhh #like the whole chosen one who doesn't want to be the chosen one is an arc that always hurts #i was going to say more but this is already longer than i intended!!! #maybe some day i'll write a character analysis on ash because he's so so interesting to meeeee #knawing on him #keir thoughts

[hotniatheron]

Flint was so dramatic just for hatred of the game. I don't know how the crew put up with him I would have been like queening out all by yourself handsome?

#i know he sat in his cabin with no candles lit for the drama of lurking in the dark #he would have loved jane eyre

[chirpsythismorning]

☎️🎲 🤼‍♂️ ✈️🚪 ➡️ 🫀🎮⌛️

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

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Special Features

Split shades of Mike's heart

*Busts door open* Okay. What the hell?

Shadow Will (not even the half of it)

#byler #stranger things #bizarre love triangle playlist #mike wheeler #mike's pov #this is the most hilariously epically painfully ironically horrendously mike monologue coded song i came across in my search #will: turn around #mike: *babbles about his insecurities and his feelings* #will: bitch turn around #'your love is a like a shadow on me all of the time' #*will always standing behind mike in the most fucking incriminating moments* #'i don't know what to do and i'm always in the dark* #this reminds me of the lighting on mike's face during his s2 monologue being half in the dark half in the light #this actually happens a lot with him in big moments #there's a whole post about it (link in special features) #but then again in his s4 monologue (striking bootleg resemblence to his s2 monologu) the lighting is now the opposite... #the lighting in surfer boy is also choppy/uncertain #but whenever he looks at will specifically in the van/at hoppers cabin everything is bright and in focus #'bright eyes' literally #'once upon a time there was light in my life now there's only love in the dark' #how mike felt in the van scene looking at will and listening to his words versus how mike feels when he has to tell el he loved her in sb #'theres nothing i can do-- a total eclipse of the heart' #sad but mike really had no other option in this situation #'FOREVER'S GONNA START TONIGHT' #it's giving this is the day but for real this time bc there's no going back after this #even though mike follows through with his monologue #what follows after makes it pretty clear el doesn't actually need him #which is why this moment is a catalyst for mike's shift in focusing on will again wholeheartedly #the world is ending after all... gotta follow through with the crazy together prophecy

[bucky-barnes-diaries]

Some venting in the tags because sometimes it’s easier to vent into the void than talk to my therapist 🙂 Although I should probably make an appointment and bring this up with her. Don’t mind me being depressed for a minute 😂 Carry on with your whoring and other shenanigans

#I’m so deeply depressed that it’s not even funny anymore 🙂 #Even with all the help I’m getting with therapy and how wonderful my parents are in letting me know that they’re here for me and will help #me no matter what I’m still so fucking depressed and bordering falling into a deep dark fucking hole 🙂 #And I feel so guilty because with all this help and love? I surely shouldn’t be feeling like this? #It just fucking sucks and I literally just want to disappear into a fucking cabin in the woods away from all the bullshit #that’s making me so depressed and miserable. #This is kind of dark but I don’t want to live but at the same time I don’t want to die(?) #Idk I find pleasure and joy sometimes in the small things but at the same time I just don’t feel any real joy or light deep inside me. #It kind of feels fake? Forced maybe? This joy I sometimes get. Because I think I just feel empty mostly. #Like there is no real life in me or something. I always think I’m overreacting or being dramatic but this is literally how I feel. #I’ve been trying to suppress this for so long and act like everything fine but I don’t have the strength for that anymore tbh. #So idk? Am I actually depressed or just overreacting? I should probably be asking my therapist this and not the Tumblr void 😂 #and I’m sending a little hug and strength out into the dark void of anyone needs it 🫂

[spaaceeboyy]

in the tags put your favorite author and two of their books you like, i’m curious

#i absolutely love louis sachar. #my favorite book of all time is Holes. i read it like once a year #i read Fuzzy Mud in under one day because i liked it that much. it’s absolutely amazing. #i also like his book Pie. definitely a more child friendly/lighthearted option. pretty sure that’s the book that got me into his writing. #i actually remember how i stumbled upon all his books that i’ve read. rare for me and my goldfish memory. #SOMEONE STOP ME I GOT MYSELF TALKING ABOUT A SPECIAL INTEREST AND I CANT STOP 😭 #i also highly recommend marissa meyer. i love her books Instant Karma and Heartless. #i also recommend ruth ware for the thriller fans. specifically The Woman in Cabin 10 and In a Dark Dark Wood. #also you should read some Shakespeare if you haven’t. and edgar allan poe. I like his poem Annabelle Lee. someone stop me i am info dumping

[texeoghea]

i tried to remember all of the video games/shows/stuff that i still really enjoy thinking about and put them all on one canvas... theres probably still more but these are all the ones i saw/remembered while scrolling back thru this blog to january of last year

#i made a shit ton of fucking incredible art during 2022 i cant wait to get everything settled so i can make more banger art #my art #doodles #god do i really want to tag all this shit. not really #im not even into ultrakill i just like gabriel hes cute id let him hit. sorry thats blasphemous #i feel like its very clear that i drew this from right to left huh . #ill list every media source here but not actually tag them just blast them out #from left to right. otgw. dot hack. his dark materials. no one lives under the lighthouse. ultrakill. off. nights into dreams. #alien. ace attorney. splatoon. persona. destiny. beast wars. digimon. pokemon #theres also my inscryption oc they count towards inscryption i guess but i didnt feel like drawing any of the scribes LOL #i love u kaycees mod. act 1 is the best part of inscryption to me its so fun i love u leshy i love ur cabin #honorable mention to creepypasta i didnt draw any of them but i do love you all shoutout to the creepypastas #eyeless jack and shit. slenderman. jeff the killer. ben drowned. brvr. etc. real ones #love them. i was ten they were my best friends

[icecreamsoup]

I'm starting to realize how many of my interests include/are puppets

#so so many puppets... #thank you welcome home for making me realize this #but even before that i'd loved puppets too!! #i had a huge hyperfixation on dhmis when i first watched it #and the dark crystal!! #but more recently i've been enjoying Sesame Street and the Muppets.. #i rewatched a bit of the Muppets Treasure Island last night too!! #somehow it's already become a comfort movie to me... #i still have the cabin fever song stuck in my head #ah i'm rambling... #thank you for listening to me talk about puppets #here's a cookie 🍪 #soupy chats

[taiturner]

I love your yj sets so much btw the coloring is always so gorgeous

I hope you know that every time I see you in my activity I am always prepared to read the most fun (and probably sad!) takes in your tags of my sets and it is truly a pleasure, so I'm so glad you enjoy them 🥺🥺 Thank you SO much! 💜

#coloring this show is a nightmare sometimes so love the confidence 💕 get out of the dark cabin. go outside. tai sleepwalk during the day. #answered #chasingfictions

[alovelykindofnightmare]

#party #kimberli's thoughts #happy #love #dark #beautiful #drinking #friends #cabin #night #vintage #camera #blurry

[persephonebutdepressed]

does anyone want to retreat at a cabin in the woods with me, to just read books by a fireplace wrapped up in cozy fluffy blankets?

#i need vacation and it shows #and for the second time in just a month im sick again #i would love having a little house in the woods #chaotic academia #chaotic #dark academia #cabin in the woods #my thoughts