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[modernwizard]

I love how these wizards are the most gender-noncommital ever. I also love how the purple one has a face made entirely of GLASSES and MUSTACHE.

They're very Elder Witchy.

I Have Found A Solution!

So, obviously classic wizard robes aren’t wheelchair friendly. (Alright, admittedly this isn’t common knowledge and also this definitely isn’t a problem for most but listen, this is a problem for me and I’m pleased to present a solution for it nonetheless.)

The issue is in the sleeves and the length of the robes. The traditional trumpet style allows them to get snagged, dirty, and caught in the wheels.

This is distinctly not an issue with other mobility aids such as canes and crutches, these wizards are fine to carry on with their trumpet sleeves simply rolled up if needed.

Now, one solution might simply to shorten the sleeves and hem to be out of the way, but that looks rather silly so I won’t do that. Instead I propose the more elegant design of a hanging sleeve to maintain that flowy magical feel while allowing for better range of motion.

Honestly I just love the look of hanging sleeves in general and think more people should appreciate them, wheelchair user or not.

In conclusion…

#elder witches #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers #wizards #gender-noncommital

[modernwizard]

Also the Magister too, but we're not sure if anything is really wrong with him per se or if he just judiciously cultivates the ominous air of wrongness.

died and came back exactly the same but something was so so so wrong with me before and now I have an excuse to really lean into it

#the magister #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

Any version of the Master, tbh.

@natalunasans @spoonietimelordy @queen-of-meows @sclfmastery

died and came back exactly the same but something was so so so wrong with me before and now I have an excuse to really lean into it

#the master #doctor who #leaning so far into the wrongness that they fall in #wheeeeee!!!

[modernwizard]

It's Harry!!

One of the most memorable interactions was Saturday. Into our booth strolls a small family, tempted by free samples of freshly brewed tea. We chatter and give them the spiel, that the tea is character merch and we’re a cozy health-based app called Forage Friends.

The young girl zeroes in on our pride pins.

“They have my pin!” She says excitedly. “They have my flag!”

The dad blinks. He is surprised, but also calm and positive when he sees it’s the lesbian flag. “Oh. That’s… different from what you told me.”

“That was months ago, dad.” And she rolls her eyes. Definitely a teenager.

I turn to him and say, “Yeah, dad.” And we share a little laugh about it.

He says, “No, it’s great. That’s amazing, honey. It was just news to me.”

“Well, I guess I just decided to stop lying to myself. About liking guys. Like right now.”

A little lesbian just came out to her dad and he was super cool about it.

I’m standing there in my tie-dye mask and my cheery blue apron pouring tea and making small talk and I’m trying really hard not to cry or compare it to my experience, the fire & brimstone, the disgust, the conditional acceptance as long as I never bring it up.

So as this beautiful bonding is going on, the girl’s even younger brother turns his gaze around. He’s in a snorlax hoodie and bored and wants to go look at the swords across the hall. But on the other side of our booth….

“WHY DO PEOPLE DRAW THAT?” He asks loudly, and we all turn to our neighboring booth.

Our neighbors were extremely lovely people. Every time we had a break we would talk, and we became good friends over the weekend. They kept apologizing that their booth was next to ours and we kept repeating that it was totally fine. Their booth was great. I even bought their merchandise.

The thing that was so contentious, that they felt the need to apologize for, was that they were selling explicit titty hentai stickers of popular characters. They were censored with little yellow R18 labels but the content was very clear.

So back to the family: I freeze and immediately go somewhere else to let dad handle this question. With adult customers I’ve been loud and positive about our neighbors. (“Man, how has it been boothing next to them?” It’s been great! They bring a lot of foot traffic and they’re kind and wonderful professional neighbors. If anything it’s a fun juxtaposition. We believe in artistic freedom. I bought a sticker too!)

But this is a kid, it’s not my place to explain anything…. But I was extremely curious about what this chill dad would say.

“Well,” dad says with a long measured silence between each word. “Sometimes people are horny.”

#harry #hardship #hardshippers #hardship vt

[modernwizard]

The Magister's sense of humor: telling Silencitx that she is a satisfactory small woman.

#silencitx #the magister #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

The second one is definitely the Stylist, wheezy laugh and all--I mean conceptually speaking. She doesn't actually look like that.

#the stylist #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

"Is this a...THREAT TO MY EXISTENCE THAT DESERVES IMMEDIATE DEATH?!"

Pallas cat sketch

#pallas cat #meme #attack the butterfly

[modernwizard]

Dorklet collaboration is a beautiful thing.

this is the best video ive seen in my goddamn life

#dorklets #hardship #hardshippers #hardship vt

[modernwizard]

Dorklets in middle age.

This wins the internet for 2024!! 😂😂

#dorklets #hardship #hardshippers #hardship vt

[modernwizard]

Someone in Hardship is plotting some or all of these.

a cartoon for the guardian

#hardship #hardshippers #it happened in hardship #hardship vt

[modernwizard]

The Stylist [top] and the Magister [bottom].

#the stylist #the magister #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

Dorklets might grow up, but they're always little shits....

#dorklets #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

OMG! It's the Stylist!!

#the stylist #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

The Stylist to the Magister.

Watching how two dogs who love each other will sometimes still nip each other on the ear, bug them while they sleep, etc... watching how cats will snuggle with their buddy all day and then paw-smack 'em in the face, chase them, play-fight...

Makes me, as a fellow social mammal, feel better about my urge to be incredibly annoying to another human sometimes. Like, yeah. Of course I wanna bug you. Of course it's fun to annoy you. We're social creatures and annoyance can be part of play, something we all need. And I watch these dogs who get their ears nipped, cats who get smacked out of a nap, and despite BEING annoyed, they don't stop loving their packmate. After they finish play-fighting, they're back to snuggling and grooming and sleeping together. BEING annoyed is also just part of being in a social group and having relationships... and that's okay. It doesn't erase love or necessarily make them mad or affect them in the long term... a loved one being annoyed with me is a temporary feeling that's normal for social creatures. An annoyance that wouldn't be possible WITHOUT that love

#the stylist #the magister #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

The Elder Witches. The first two are the Magister and the Hippie. The third is the Stylist.

A polyamorous thruple are taking a hike through the forest when they find a weird rock and lift it. From under the rock a pixie comes out.

"Thank you for freeing me. I am a pixie of love, and as thanks I'll give a gift of gold to each of you. But the gift will only go to the one you love most."

The first member of the thruple says "but I love both my partners equally."

"Then I cannot give you the gift." the pixie replies.

"I'm okay with that. My love is more important."

The second member also says "I also love both my partners equally"

"Then I cannot give you the gift either."

"I'm okay with that. My love is more important."

Finally the third member says "I love this one the most." much to shock of both partners.

"Then they shall receive my gift." the pixie says, grants the gift of gold and then vanishes.

After the pixie left, the first member says "I can't believe you don't love us equally!" and the second member concurs.

Then the third member sighs and then says "I love you both equally and very much so, but fucking hell are you stupid."

#elder witches #the stylist #the hippie #the magister #hardship #hardship vt #hardshippers

[modernwizard]

The dorklets are in print, folks! You've seen the photostories! Now read the published short story!

It's 1986. Dorklet Ethan is annoying his next-door neighbor Shut Up and wishing for a role model.

It's 2007. Ethan is trying to explain to his partner Silence how he time-travels, but she's growing impatient with him. Can her best friend and Elder Witch the Magister talk sense into her?

How will these stories converge?

Find out now at the link above!

#dorklets #silencitx #ethancitx #silence #ethan #hardship #hardshippers #hardship vt #a time for silence #the magister #all your favorite characters bothering the shit out of each other!

[modernwizard]

Ethan, on occasion.

Incorrect sayings that I use so often I’ve almost forgotten that they’re not the originals:

I have bigger fish to fight

We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it

You can lead a horse to water, but if you drown it you have to walk home

Opening a can of whales

You made your bed, now shit in it

Combining the latter two into the phrase “you opened this can of whales, now lie in it”

#ethan #hardship #hardshippers #hardship vt