#growing up sucks.

[artsekey]

Thinking about the time I lost a game of Overwatch and I was so mad about it that I genuinely considered getting into shit with the other team in chat and then realized that it was a colossal waste of my living breathing Human Time and uninstalled Overwatch instead because it was only making me angry.

And then thought about the OTHER time when I was on TikTok and realized I was Not Enjoying Myself and was, in fact, seeing so many sad videos and fake influencer ads that I felt Truly Despondent and then just…Deleted it.

Imo I want my social media /general media experience to be a pleasant break from real world and I get to decide what I get to cull to make that a reality for myself. I highly reccomended it! Life has improved considerably!

#look not having social medias is not My Personality #however like. no twitter. no insta. no tiktok. #do I know anything???? no. #am I up to date on literally anything pop-culture????? also no #and if that stuff’s important to you absolutely stick with it! #maybe this is a direct reaction to growing up terminally online from 2012 onward but i am freeeeee #it’s honestly made a huge difference in my life! i CAN just say no to these apps that want to suck all my time away!!!!

[lazylittledragon]

do any other artists feel like. yeah you're a 'good artist' because you draw things that look nice, but like. TECHNICALLY? you're really not great

i really hate that i can recognise that yes, my art is good, but is it VARIED? is it dynamic?? is my anatomy good? is it full of texture and colour theory? do i know how to do This? can i do That? no, not really. and that's quite painful actually

#ramble #yes this is the artist's perspective bs and yes this is anxiety because it's 1am #and yes i'm forever learning and growing but also #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. #drawing my little guys is fun but i am not good enough for the industry right now and that fucking sucks #i really feel like if i walked into a studio with my portfolio right now they would laugh at me #one of those days where i wish i'd done a more useful degree y'know #i'm going back through the phase where i don't know what i'm going to be anymore and it's scary #some days i really want to give it up and never draw again and do something worthwhile because i Know my life would be easier #and i hate that something i love so much makes me feel so hopeless #signs that i should go to bed ^^^^ #i will resume my pity party tomorrow

[a5hrie7]

Dumb little Lute x Adam comic i scribbled in my free time

#tw health #doodle #hazbin hotel #hazbin lute #hazbin adam #adam x lute #flare ups suck but its ok XD #and if anyone wants to freak out about stds #grow tf up

[avoidcrow]

I need people to understand that JK Rowling sucks because she is a TERF and not because she wrote a book you didn't like

The books themselves are not the point and you all need to get over that part because debating the quality of Harry Potter muddies the water

She is doing harm right now and you're wasting everyone's time arguing about whether the books were 'actually bad the whole time, you plebs just had bad taste' or 'actually great and everyone has to appreciate these parts' or whatever

#to clarify this is not about using quotes from the book to show her bigotry #this is about people who enter trans conversations to say stuff like 'the books always sucked anyway' #please grow up this is not a fandom war thing #mine

[tradingjack]

how bout them apples

#millions knives #trimax spoilers #trigun #was gonna wait to post this one bc i wanna draw a similar one with a tree for vash but. im gonna forget lmao #besides i'm kinda proud of it. and it took a lot of work. related im never drawing a fucking snake again #trigun spoilers #trigun maximum #drawing #artists on tumblr #my art #illustration #comic #manga #fanart #traditional art #ink drawing #something about apple trees and knowledge corrupting and how fuckin small the tree is #growing up is hard huh #sucks you turned out that way knives. the way tristamp's goin i dont think it's gon get any better for you. good luck my guy #posting the before and after bc im gon be real i felt like i really overcooked with the grays and red #for the scan at least. i think it looks great in person lol

[cemeterything]

i gotta talk about my low empathy james fitzjames headcanon actually. i prommy i don't use it to excuse any of the acts of violence he committed against his fellow man (not just the colonialism either, but things like the petty rivalry with crozier that borders on bullying prior to the death of franklin) because as a low empathy person i know that's not how it works. but i do think that viewing his actions through a lens of understanding that both circumstances such as his birth and being a part of the british empire as well several choices he's made in life (particularly his sycophantic attitude towards those in positions of greater authority whose favour can work in his and his participation in active combat) have led him to become broadly alienated from other people and both their and his own emotions makes them more interesting.

#🐉 #because like. he fucks up in social interactions in a way that screams low empathy to me. #particularly in conversations with franklin where he sucks up to him too hard and fails to recognise franklins growing displeasure #until hes shoved his foot in his mouth. and the way he defaults to clumsily rehearsed social cues ('hear hear') and statements #which betray an incredible lack of sensitivity to the tone of the conversation being had. #theres a strong sense of a man trying to fumble his way through a darkened room to his social interactions #the moment that the framework he relies on to successfully navigate them is stripped from him #fitzjames

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

I used to despise Eridan and think he was the absolute worst character (barring Cronus ig) but you have shown me the light and completely turned my opinion around and now I think he is such an endearing little freak <3 I read your whole blog already but if you've got any more thoughts on eri or anyone else then I hope you post them bc I'd love to hear more abt it!

i have sooo many controversial opinions about the dancestors you have noooooo idea

#always glad to have another person go 'oh eridan's not that bad huh' #like he IS a freak and there is SO MUCH thats wrong with him #but he's supposed to be an antagonist AND sympathetic AND funny AND pathetic AND tragic #like all these things can be true hes just a complex character #same w a lot of them #vriska equius and gamzee all kind of fall into this boat #yes there is a lot thats wrong with them but they are also 13 #let he who was not a shithead at 13 cast the first stone #anyway ive been hesitant about talking about the dancestors because if my eridan opinions are controversial... #but the tl;dr is that almost all of them suck horribly #like collectively they are the worst characters in homestuck and thats on purpose #bc their role in the story is villainous like theyre the reason lord english even exists #if the alternian trolls as a rule are meant to be sympathetic even if they have a lot of problems #then the beforus trolls are like a worst case scenario of 'what if they never address their problems and grow up that way' #theyre the counterpoint to the comics themes of being a kid and growing up #learning to care about each other and become responsible #the beforus trolls are children who never grew up #going through the exact same problems and drama as when they were children #because they never took responsibility for their own actions or their treatment of each other #And That's Terrible

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

the loneliness and sadness that creeps into you in a way that only growing up queer can cause. your parents can accept you and still make you feel like an outsider. your parents can love you and still reject parts of you. that old-fashioned kind of love where they think trying to mold you, make you tough, is better for you. or that quiet status quo where you just don't talk. and where everyone is accepted, though some are more than others. generations and generations it's just been easier to let it slide. to let it be. not cause a fuss. but then we sit there with a knot in our chests all our lives wondering how it got there

#this is about #all of us strangers #ofc your experience of a piece of media is molded by your own perspective #and i have been thinking a lot about growing up queer and how it still fucking sucked #for me. ten. twenty years ago. fuck it even five years ago #it still sometimes sucks #because i was raised without any queer representation around me #i was trained to be straight and to desire straightness #and anything remotely queer was mocked and bullied and judged #i saw it done by others and done to others so much that it's hardly surprising i did everything i could to Not be that #and the fact that i had to grow up that way #and that i still wouldn't feel at ease bringing a partner to a family event #makes my heart ache so much #i am often on my own and going home doesn't bring me comfort #it's like harry describes #it's just how it went #my parents didn't mean to make it like that #my mom even thinks it's sad #but she doesn't understand how it came to be #and i don't know if i can turn it around #adam's imaginings of how his parents envelop him with love and acceptance in the end #was a dream #but a painful one #a dream where your parents suddenly say all the right things #and for him they only did so bc they're dead and he could imagine whatever he wanted #/and still/ he imagined his mom rejecting his sexuality at first #literally so disgusted she can't drink her tea #oooooofofffffff....... #i need to think some more #my posts

[mcromwell]

Growing up is learning how to be real with yourself.

#authenticity #writing #growing up #yes i worked at petco for a time it sucked #comic #primitive wiggles #mcromwell #marandart #gay #queer #queer comics

[egophiliac]

I haven't managed to do more than just doodles lately, but I made myself sit down and draw some Himeno because she is incredible

#art #super sentai #kingohger #king ohger #seeing the opening has made me even more obsessed with whatever is going on with rita #(the snowman!) #(the YETI!) #but everyone else has been absolutely delightful and especially himeno #doctor queen princess of my heart #and kaguragi looks like he's going to be so much fun i am SO looking forward to him #i do enjoy how every new kingdom just further emphasizes how much shugoddam kinda sucks #gira growing up in a shack in vaguely-european middle ages fantasyland: what's the internet #damnit racules #so yeah good news everyone! kingohger has been great so far! #that said i demand more ballgowns and sparkly tiaras. come on.

[shirojikimattari]

Viconia's Chosen

Li'l teenage school girl Shadowheart. Probably in the honor roll, idk.

It's a bit hilarious how we went from this bb girl shadowheart painting into that mommy shadowheart vinyl style painting I posted yesterday 😆

#shadowheart #Yes it is Addams Family inspired #Yes it is my only exposure in goth growing up #yes the clothes suck #no i will not explain myself #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #baldur's gate iii #bg3art #baldurs gate fanart #bg3 shadowheart #art #sharty #shadowheart bg3

[chaoticaesthete]

a procrastinator who wants to: get good grades, read books, have a proper sleep schedule, complete stuff on her watch lists, have fun occasionally with her friends, and still want her down time. a fucking vicious loop for an eternity.

#chaoticaesthete #chaotic academia #organized chaos #messy aesthetic #procrastination #this is me procrastinating #this is me trying #its me hi im the problem its me #life is strange #life is a series of contradictions and paradoxes #loveyourself #note to self #self care #self love #growing up really sucks #studyblr #student life #uni life #bookblr #bookworm #books and libraries #poetry #dead poets society #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #dark academia vibes #soft aesthetic #you do you #you're on your own kid

[pepperpixel]

“put me on a pedestal and i’ll only disappoint you

tell me i’m exceptional, and i promise to exploit you

gimme all your money, and i’ll make some origami honey!

i think you’re a joke!!! …but i don’t find you very

fuuuuuuu~nyyy”

More tagr art!!! Assorted stuff this time! Featuring some cute chibi stuff. Some solo gaz’s, a lil uhhh. Comic of an altercation.. and a very belated Halloween pic I started drawing last Halloween and didnt finish lol. Also featuring lyrics from pedestrian at best cuz that song rllly rlly fits my ver of tak lol.

#invader zim #gaz membrane #invader tak #tagr #iz tak #iz gaz #tak #doodles #there toxic yuri!!! they’re all over the place!!! tak is tsundere insane alien who fueled by revenge it’s gonna be rough! #I think. there relationship would slowly grow and develop as gaz is helping tak w all her injuries #but I think they’d end up having a true true falling out sometime after take fully healed and gets her ship back. #and they’d be split up for a few years maybe? idk how long I’d want it to be. but! yeah. #absence makes the heart grow fonder and makes u realize how fucking stupid u are #and eventually they’d reunite and shit would be better lol #I don’t want them to be at each others throats forever that’d suck lol #theyre just definitely are moments where there at each others throats in the beginning #but they r also moments.. where they both feel true belonging and acceptance. like they never have before… and it blows there lil minds… #I also dO want gaz to go into space at some point w tak cuz that’d be fucking awesome #after they reunite again they can go explore the universe a bit #these r all very half baked ideas btw and also my brains mush cuz ive been drawing all day #so please excuse if said ideas suck. also please excuse all the typos lol #I might change my mind on the them separating idk… or maybe make it a shorter amount of time… idk!! I havent thought thru all this shit lol #it’s not like I’m gonna write a story or actually make a comic I’m just drawing random fanart #I don’t need to have all these thoughts all solidified lol

[pftones3482]

Thinking about how the other day I was talking to a coworker about my girlfriend and she was like "aw we love lesbian love"

And I said "lol actually neither of us is a lesbian, I'm bi and she's pan"

And this woman (another queer person mind you) looked at me and went, "Well you might as well just call yourselves lesbians because you're in a lesbian relationship."

This pissed me off, so I told her, "No, we're not, because we're not lesbians. I think men are attractive and so does she. I'm bi, she's pan. We're in a queer, woman loving woman relationship."

And she ROLLED HER EYES AT ME, said, "I don't get why it even matters," and left

So to be clear:

Two women in a relationship is not necessarily a lesbian relationship. Two men in a relationship is not necessarily a gay relationship. A man and a woman in a relationship is not necessarily a straight relationship.

People wanting to have their labels properly used and not have their identities erased are not annoying.

(it's also interesting how the second I pushed back about not being a lesbian, it was no longer "aw gay love," it was: "ugh, why can't you just go along with it?")

#queer #bisexual #wlw #🏳️‍🌈 #if you tag this as 'q slur' im blocking you grow up #also if you say anything nasty about finding men attractive youre getting blocked too bc you fucking suck #anyway thats why scenes like the ones in heartstopper or b99 are so important #where the characters correct people about their identities #bc thats literally real life its so annoying

[naturecalls111]

I think I love Sanji so extra much because he’d acknowledge my ‘girl-ness’ in a way that I feel like has not ever been acknowledged in a way I wanted it to be wails

The chivalry intended not with hopeful reciprocation but with admiration. WAILS.

#nc111 talks #like growing up the whole concept of ‘being one of the boys’ was so stupid to me #mostly because I had so many guy friends and I was not appreciative of their treatment of me at all #there were definitely times where I wanted to tell them like. hm. I wish you would respect my girlhood a bit more #I love being a woman. I really do #my girlhood is something I keep very close to me. I was very jealous of other girls in my school who exuded that type of femininity #speaking purely from personal experience - just to make that clear #but I like being and being associated with traits that are quite literally stereotypically aligned with Girl-ness #so hard to explain!! but at its core I just love chivalry though lol #one of my friends was like ugh no I’d never want a guy to hold a door open for me just because I’m a girl #‘I’d want them to hold it open because it’s just a kind thing to do’ #and like. yes. core sentiment I totally agree with #but also I Do want to be acknowledged as a girl I spent all of my childhood and teen years having my Girl-ness barely recognised and #it sucked seing the disparity in the treatment #but it also sucked seeing the intent with which these guys treated women chivalrously #which is why Sanji appeals to me. his chivalry is not ill intended or manipulative. ever. and it acknowledges womanhood all the same #OK RAMBLINGGGG #lost the plot. point is I love Sanji because I see him do his little dance while giving Robin a dessert she never had to ask for and I sigh #WISH THAT WERE ME. #edit: none of this matters mostly because I don’t care to date men #but I suppose it’s like. even in my friendships with other girls I feel like there was an inherent establishment that ok so I act as the Guy #And She acts as the girl #when we go out their arms would wrap around mine #and mine never wrapped around theirs. does that make sense #hold their hand as they walked down the stairs in heels. helped them out of cars. you get the image #SANJI WOULD HOLD MY HAND OUT OF A CAR EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love him #I’d never have to ask! ah. love chivalry.

[madcapsix]

jesse HAAATES him

well, sort of. he does think lukas is a nice guy.. but he also thinks lukas is a huge jerk at the same time. i mean c'mon, dude doesn't really do that much to stop his friends from bullying jesse's, and he can be kind of underhanded sometimes (mostly when it comes to building.. or being a team leader)

to jesse, who's VERY protective over axel, olivia and reuben and really values his friends, it's really hard for him to keep himself from developing a grudge on lukas, no matter how cordial lukas tries to be

which is a shame, because lukas would really, really like to be his friend.

#my art #minecraft #minecraft story mode #mcsm #mcsm jesse #mcsm lukas #jesskas #sorta! its on its way....... #i think lukas suffers from Too Cool To Hang Out With The Lame Kids syndrome despite how nice he tends to be #and as a result ended up missing out on a nice friendship with jesse early on #which sucks for him bcz he genuinely thinks jesse is nice and interesting and he wants to hang out with him a lot #but he's the Ocelots baeby his group is Too Cool for them #he grows out of it during the wither arc where they become friends. unfortunately he develops a crush on jesse afterwards so #woopsie daisies!