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This is Colors, a short comic written by @monsieurtoast and illustrated by myself, about the influence we have on others around us. I had sooooo much fun working on this and I owe it all to Toast for coming up with such a creative concept! Take care of your colors my guys ♥

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(Seen on FB)

RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE. 

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn’t get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn’t have much to ‘bring’ to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

“What are you struggling with?” he asked.

I gestured around me and said “I dunno man. Life.”

Not satisfied with my answer, he said “No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?”

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn’t want to say it.

I wanted to have something more substantial.

Something more profound.

But I didn’t.

So I told him, “Honestly? The dishes. It’s stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN’T do them because I’ll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can’t stand and scrub the dishes.”

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I’m whining to my therapist about dishes?

But my therapist nodded in understanding and then said:

“RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.”

I began to tell him that you’re not supposed to, but he stopped me.

“Why the hell aren’t you supposed to? If you don’t want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist, so stop giving yourself rules.”

It blew my mind in a way that I don’t think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I’m in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES.

RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!

(by Kate Scott 2018)

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I am so in love with this volume because I am so in love with the way Blake Belladonna is finally allowing herself to love Yang, you feel me?

Blake has always had this love fer Yang, we all watched their slowburn unfold over several volumes, but she kept this love close to her heart and only let that affection slip through cracks of her walls and/or during dire life or death situations. The simple, domestic, everyday ways to express love? Holding hands just because and softer words spoken freely and casually? Blake couldn’t do it because she was still afraid.

Afraid to hurt Yang and scare her away with her affections, because she had hurt Yang so much already and couldn’t bear to risk burdening her even more. She had left, she had abandoned the one person who she trusted most, and she had to prove she was staying for good this time. They still had to repair their friendship first and foremost.

Afraid to be the one hurting for exposing herself, because love had burned her once so throughly before. She trusts Yang with her life, but that haunting nightmare that is Adam makes it hard fer her to trust the brightest thing in her life with her heart. Blake had to overcome the bullish knife hanging over her head before she could be in another relationship.

And then when these issues were slowly getting resolved, Blake still held back. Sure, there were more tender moments between them, but they were more brief and far between. Blake was still holding back because this slowburn slowdance was all she knew when it came to Yang. They had to focus on the threat of Salem, of Atlas falling, of all that. It was better to play it safe, now was still not the right time.

But then? But then Blake watched Yang die, and suddenly all those cautious moments of ‘playing it safe’ racked up to an indescribable amount of missed opportunities and regret. Suddenly waiting all this time for the ‘right’ time didnt matter at all anymore because Blake completely ran out of any time.

Blake isn’t going to hold back anymore, she’s finally comfortable enough to be who she always was deep down under those trauma walls, this openly affectionate silly goofy little book nerd who just wants to make her beloved smile, and she’s going to absolutely s h o w e r Yang with flirty tones and dumb jokes and longing touches and be such a dorky romantic because she doesn’t want to waste anymore time. As Weiss spoke fer all of us, it’s, “About time”. The ‘right’ time is right the fuck now screw that ‘not concerned with sands of time’ bullshit she wants to kiss this stupid pretty face and she WILL let Yang know. I think about Blake this volume and I’m just SO PROUD OF HER. Nothing like a little taste of death to push a slowburn along, huh? Seriously though, witnessing Blake’s arc come full circle to open up and be the person she once was before Adam crushed her into taking up as little space as possible, before she deemed herself as nothing but a coward and a fool, seeing her laugh and smile openly and shoot every damn shot she can- it’s so, so damn good.

Anyways, I am also in love with Yang Xiao Long having no idea how to handle Blake being incredibly openly in love with her. 10/10 watching experience, truly.

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normalize creators replying to fanon shippers with “that’s great that you’re inspired to write your own version of things. keep doing that! but please respect our version of our story.”

normalize fans being reminded that boundaries between fandom and creators exist for a reason.

normalize fans recognizing their own creative potential without seeking canon validation

normalize the idea that fandom is a hobby, not an identity to threaten and fight and harass people over

normalize a healthy understanding of the boundaries between fiction and reality

normalize just chilling the fuck out lmao

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REBLOGGING FOR REFERENCE MATERIAL

GOOD OMENS SCREENCAPS AND RELATED VIDEOS

THESE ARE THE FULL SERIES SCREENCAPS* I MADE FOR EVERYONE IN THIS BLESSED FANDOM!

*[I do not own any rights to these images, nor do I have permission to use or distribute them. These are not to be used for commercial or any monetary gain. Thank you for not suing me!]

Episode One - “In the Beginning”

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Episode Two -

“The Book”

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Episode Three -

“Hard Times”

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Episode Four -

“Saturday Morning Funtime”

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Episode Five - [FIXED]

“The Doomsday Option”

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Episode Six -

“The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives”

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Extra Various Downloads -

“File Under: Vaguely Related”

MICHAEL SHEEN on Comic Relief Bake Off (Full Episode - 620MB)

DAVID TENNANT and MICHAEL SHEEN on The Graham Norton Show - 5/31/19  (Full Episode - 889MB)

#good omens #screencaps #not all heroes wear capes

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4th sep was @duocreatix‘s birthday

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Honestly as a blind person I’m so tired of seeing fictional blind characters who don’t use white canes or other guides. “They have special powers so they know what’s around them” or “they’re confident enough to not need a guide” are common tropes, and I’m tired.

Are people scared that using a white cane will make their blind character seem weak? They can’t use a cane because they’re so special that they already know what’s around them, and other blind people who use guides are inferior because they’re not special?

I’m tired. Give your blind characters white canes and other guides. Let them hold onto their friends, let them have guide dogs. Don’t make white cane users feel ostracized for not being “strong enough” to go without.

Another thing that pisses me off is when a sighted character comes up with the fantasy equivalent of braille and teaches it to the blind character. Braille was invented by Louis Braille, a blind man, in 1824. The blind character should be the one coming up with it.

Tldr I’m blind and tired of sighted people lol

🔪 Sighted People MUST Reblog This 🔪

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hey lesbians you’re not a fake lesbian if you find some men to be conventionally attractive. you were most likely raised to know what an ‘attractive’ man looks like, and you probably still recognize it. seeing a man as attractive under societies rules of ‘attractive-ness’ doesn’t make you a fake lesbian.

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Quick Reminder...

The COVID-19 virus has not changed

Your immune system has not changed

There is no vaccine

There is no cure

What’s Different?

Fewer government-directed restrictions

That’s literally it: fewer lockdowns, closures, and stay-at-home orders, often due to political pressure.

But COVID-19 is still here. It’s still contagious. People are still getting it. People are still dying from it. Just because it’s not as prominent in the news does not mean that this 2020 story arc has concluded!

Please

Wash your hands

Continue social distancing

Wear a face mask

Protect high-risk and vulnerable people

Self-isolate if sick, quarantine if exposed

Help flatten the curve and contain the outbreaks 

Source: I am an actual contact tracer and I just got home from a very long shift where we are having to reach out to more and more and more people as they are exposed to people with positive COVID-19 tests.

Please stay safe.

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How to wake a snake

I’m really low on ideas rn so have this embarrassingly bad continuation of the wake the snake comic I abandoned after the October wake up post…and because it was bad 

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I’m years late, decades, honestly, but I did watch Good Omens and this was the one thing I really wanted to draw when I was done.  I did look for it, because I thought probably it existed already somewhere, but I couldn’t find it, so as usual I have to do everything myself.

SO, I don’t think it’s possible to spoil something as old as this, but spoiler warning, I suppose (too late) for Aziraphale and Crowley swapping places.  I don’t think it went like this, but it could’ve gone like this.  My feeling was that, after losing your best friend once, it’d be terrifying to have to walk headfirst into that prospect again.  What if it does all go pear-shaped after all? So, you do it, but it scares you.

And I just really, I REALLY like to draw hugs.  I really like it so much.  Thank you.

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I'm so sorry, I don't want to sound like an asshole, but aren't you a straight cis woman? Isn't it kinda weird that you want to profit off pride merch then? Sorry if i misunderstood!

I was going to ignore your question, but it honestly rubbed *me* in the wrong way, so let's go...

I admit you have a point, but tbf Doritos tries to make profit off LGBTQ community, not me. I'm an ally, I don't see anything for het cis people to express their support, but I do my best to make queer people feel valued and represented, to the point that the majority of my IG followers thought I was queer myself. Even so, as a lovely friend pointed out I don't need to be queer to design queer merch.

The main reason I designed my cute cats is that I see queer fellows not feeling represented and not having any kind of merch with their corresponding flag. I just wanted to make something different for people to identify with. This afternoon someone bought a demi cat sticker and I got super happy, because I know how difficult is to find demi pride merch... and anyone is free to tell me if they think there's any specific pride flag they want me to represent!

This is my way to show support, and if I will profit the bare minimum just to pay the fucking hours I spent creating those designs, so be it. This is MY art, MY effort, and my sexuality frankly doesn't fucking matter, it's nobody's business. 😘

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Me too, my darling, me too...

I have to ask.... how many of my followers have I inadvertently gotten into the Magnus Archives

#I'm hearing TMA late at night #It was the best and the worst decision ever #but it is just UGH SO GOOD

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Here goes, link to my Redbubble store...

And to my Patreon!

Please share it if you can! I’ll thank y’all immensely!!

#patreon #please share #redbubble

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So, i saw my art works on pinterest and got this reaction. I feel like i should clear this up.

I'm sorry if this version of Aziraphale offended people. It was simply drawing with the moment and admitedly this is how i usually draw men's body. I had no intention of offending anyone by turning him into a more tuned version. And i did fix it with another drawing, just never posted it.

If you guys want it, i'll post the other version too.

Thank you for reading this.

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Sci-fi! Fantasy! Book series! LGBT+! Fighting imperialism and capitalism!

Hopefully I have gripped you enough for you to read the following plea…

Ever since watching Avatar: the Last Airbender, I’ve wondered why there isn’t more media for children which discusses difficult, dystopian themes in an accessible and enjoyable context.

That’s why I’m writing a sci-fi series for children, set in 23rd century London, dealing with the dangers of imperialism, colonialism, and fascism. 

What’s the book about?????

Neon Lights is the first book in a planned sci-fi and fantasy series for kids. It’s colourful, exciting, full of friendship. It takes the narratives that many of us know – about the struggle against frightening systems – and puts it into a context which teaches about finding love and the strength of your own voice.

Imagine a pretty pastel, London version of Blade Runner.

Now, imagine a fifteen year old girl, breaking into her uncle’s government office to find out state secrets.

Now, imagine her getting caught, running into a princess, fleeing the authorities with said princess, their relationship turning from enemies to friends, a family of drag queens saving them from killer robots, waffles, 23rd century fashion, horses, riots, hoverboarding up walls, and skipping school to rescue a city of prisoners.

Like the sound of it?

Well…

Calling all my fanfiction readers: I need your help!

I’ve worked very hard on this book, but I need some help beta’ing it before I try sending it to literary agents again.

BetaBooks is a platform in which readers like you get to quickly make an account, accept an invitation from an author like me, and read their manuscript for free. You can leave comments, talk to each other about bits you liked, bits you think need work, and take party in little surveys.

I’ve had some really nice feedback from agents, but so far, none of them have decided to take on Neon Lights. This is a series I have great plans for; LGBT+ romance; canon trans characters; Celtic folklore; Star Trek style, hopeful sci-fi.

If you’re interested in helping me out…

Sign up to read it on BetaBooks here!! https://betabooks.co/signup/book/351e66

As an English teacher based in the UK during Brexit and Covid, during the BLM movement, and as a queer person, I’ve learned how important it is to teach dystopian literature to young adults. Children’s fiction is a gateway into understanding the social issues in our own world. I think that Neon Lights could be really enjoyed and loved by a wide audience.

So, please, reblog and boost this! Read my book, literally for f r e e. It would mean the world. <3