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Liam getting Orym to actively admit that he's lonely all the time, especially at night no matter who he's with has me looking back at everything about Orym. there's such a loneliness to all of Liam's characters - it's why both Vax and Caleb are so important to me - but this is the first time he's ever said it, and it's been there constantly.

Loneliness isn't just a feeling. It infects everything. It is a black hole inside you that eats and eats, and the worst part is that you can't just fill it with company. It holds you back from loving people properly - you feel lonely, you retreat, it gets worse from the isolation, you retreat further, and over and over it goes. It's like a glass film over life, never allowing you to touch anyone truly. You give to other people but you can't receive, because the hole inside you swallows it before you can feel it anywhere else. Orym is doing this all the time. Always one step back, always trying to provide for everyone else, never really allowing himself to be the centre of any of it. But the other part is all the times he's tried! The times where he says "I'm pretty fucked up by this actually" and no one knows how to be in it with him! And that just feeds into the loneliness even more, because it's confirmation you can't be known by the people you've chosen. It's probably compounded by the fact he had someone who understood, and he's gone. It's no wonder he's lonely all the time.

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bisexuality is when you are attracted to a man standing like a slut and a woman with a large sword

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Today I found out that yarners think crocheting socks is subversive and controversial and I just…on one hand, why the fuck not, I guess yarners are allowed to have their controversies, but on the other, how much time do you have in your FUCKIN DAY??

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I’m putting together a book of all the short comics I’ve drawn over the past year to have for sale at my spring conventions! Not sure what the title will be yet, but the uniting themes of all the stories seem to be Girls and Magic.

I drew this selkie comic really fast and it bounced all around tumblr which was cool, but the messy lettering and simple coloring bugged me so I cleaned it up a bit. 

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“If you have time to be on social media, you also have time for…” “If you have time to watch Netflix, you also have time for…” Yeah, but do I have the energy for it? Do I have the emotional and mental capacity for it? Am I pain-free enough for it? Can I focus on it? Can I do it without leaving my bed? Can I safely do it without risk of (physically or emotionally) injuring myself by pushing past my boundaries?

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Ecosocialist praxis

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Ecosocialist praxis

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I found out about Mari Lwyd - and I fell in love with the concept. Here are some of my Lwyd arts I drew during the last couple of years The most recent art is here

P.S. - don’t forget about the frogs

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Unrestrained winter fun

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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

TADvent 2023 — Day 1, 14 & 15 A cozy sweater and hot cocoa to start the festive season 🎄🦌✨

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You know, I think something Maul doesn’t get enough credit for (and there’s, tbh, a lot of things he doesn’t get enough credit for), is standing up to Sidious, opposing Sidious in a direct confrontation, on multiple occasions after he escapes from Lotho Minor. It happens in The Clone Wars, and it happens in Son of Dathomir. I know people tend to forget this because Maul mostly takes on an antagonistic role in material post-TPM (especially in TCW), and as a result the narrative kind of just… brushes over the fact in favor of portraying him as a villain - but he is very much an abuse victim, and Sidious has very much been his abuser since he was a baby. Abject fear of your abuser is a real thing; just the idea of standing up to them can be utterly terrifying.

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human club (originally posted 2019-2021-ish)

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Gosh I just love book Legolas. He's immortal. He's a teenager. Elrond picks him instead of Glorfindel because he's average and won't draw attention to the Fellowship. He's the comic relief guy and resident Little Shit, but he can also shoot a Nazgul out of the sky in the pitch black like a one-man elf anti-aircraft defense system. He wants everyone to know that he's, like, really old. He forgets the task at hand because he wants to look at trees. His greatest qualities are that he can become friends with anyone and his loyalty is unending. He shows up to Valinor a century late with Starbucks in hand and his dwarf bestie at his side. Iconic.

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A Cocktail Dress Made Out of 2,652 Pennies