#im not putting this in main tags but

[practicingbushiho]

Doma Art Party 2023 Afterword

So, I think maybe it might be corny for me to do something like a thank you or an open letter or an afterword so to speak for an art party. And normally, I think I'd have not bothered. But considering this was my first ever attempt at hosting one, and that it was for a deeply important experience in my life...I believe it to be warranted here.

I am happy to say that the art party was to my eyes, a wonderful success. It was nice to experiment with the idea of having a more activity-oriented art party, and I have a good idea of what to do next time to improve on the formula without feeling overwhelming; after all, art parties are ultimately for vibing and hanging out; and boy were we.

And yes, many kisses were had, and the goodbyes were bittersweet; but not sad. And thus, I will give thanks. More below.

Thank you to everyone that helped me celebrate something very important to me. This last year has been a whirlwind for me, in mostly rather wonderful ways. I finally managed to finally let go of some of the things that were haunting me, I was more easily able to reconcile with, accept, and grow from my past. I picked up the pieces of a lot of parts of my life I didn't feel I had agency in, and it was all because of what I felt playing through Hien Rijin's story arc in FFXIV Stormblood. It was great fun to organize, and It was really nice to be able to celebrate that in some way with all of you-- some of which I'd never even met beforehand. I am just. So floored that people wanted to hang out and chat; thank you for handling my tech clumsiness and multi-tasking fails with such grace.

Thank you to everyone that WANTED to be there but couldn't for some reason or another. Thank you to my friend Bri (twt @tenchijins) who helped me craft prizes and coordinate during parts of the event (the shout chats were SO helpful)-- and for being a wonderful rp partner. You are so fucking smart and cool and you love birds so basically you're an angel. Thank you for everything the last couple months. You helped me better understand a part of my identity that I feared facing for so long, and because of it I am happier than I'd ever been about it all.

Thank you to @findenyan and @itsmeowlee for being so active in twitch chat and bein' cute an' funny catboys it was nice to see. Thank you also to @windup-dragoon for hanging out with us on day one (all the kisses to u my friend), Kiri is always a treasure to witness, and @dareva for being so insanely supportive of both my XIV works AND my original comic progress. I hope you are around for years to come.

Thank you to my roommate Cobalt who is the only reason I could even do this, because he was the one that helped me afford to renew my sub, which I didn't realize expired that day before the event. Oh, and also because he has literally been the sole reason i've been able to afford to survive the last couple of years. Hope to be free of it soon, brother! hahaha~

Thank you to @mythiclings for always showing me love, you were one of the biggest reasons I got the courage to start posting my Hien fanworks. And I am so glad that I did.

(Speaking of that, we did this cute little doodle together a little while back that I now have permission to post :'3 Look at these silly guys!!)

Ahem. And then thank you to my roommate aka ShandeeDay. If it weren't for you, i'd have never been able to play FFXIV from the first-- not even to consider all the times you've saved me from the street in my 20s. I love you, man. You saved my life. I would take a bullet for you.

Finally, to all of the people both old and new who have shared my work, shared their work with me, made things with me and just in general showed their support in my presence-- I thank you. Also some of you write some hilariously cute shit in tags. I adore you.

Sorry this was so long. But it was definitely worth writing. I plan to do another next year around the Lunar New Year in March 2024, provided I have no cons to attend. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!! 0/

Love and Peace, and to tomorrow. - Shane (and the four other idiots piloting his brain)

#doma art party #im not putting this in main tags but #i really am just. blown away #its not even that high a bar tbh im just happy some of yall had a good time. <3

[calicostorms]

"Wyll is boring" 😑 he is literally the fairy tale prince archetype, you guys just are not interested all the sudden bc he's a black man instead of a white blonde

#calico speaks #bg3 fandom critical #obviously not saying youre racist or whatever the hell for not enjoying him thats like. fine individually. #just in case my rant makes someone misinterpret what i am saying rn #not putting in main tag bc im just bitching but :/

[rescuerabbit]

this section from the article “They/Them Pronouns Suddenly Easy for Person Misgendering Trans Woman” is really just how cis + tme people treat us god

#hopping around #had that last part in the tags originally but its too importsnt so im putting it in the main post

[maria-ruta]

i realized if i dont draw something self indulging and gay tonight i will loose the last drops of my sanity so here it is im too tired so i just traced THE frame but whatever anyway uh my favorite middle aged meshi men👏

#ok now how do i fucking tag it? #chilshi #pots n picks #im not putting it in the main tags #but at the same time i wanna be able to find it in my own blog 100 years later? dang #whatever #suggestive #my art

[bitegore]

The lost light fandom is dying!! reblog if you're a real loser :D

#red rambles #lost light #im not putting this one in the main tag. one is enough #ok you can reblog this one again

[anne-is-confused]

saw @teamingmate 's terror au pathologic posts and uh i may have started spiralling a bit

#hope you dont mind me tagging you hhh :') #my art #pathologic #artemy burakh #daniil dankovsky #clara saburova #patho terror au #burakovsky #i think thats the tag #do i put it in the main tag.......fuck it #the terror #gotta confess i only know patho classic from videoessays #i did start playing patho2 recently but thats gonna be slow going because. im bad at videogames lol #also a scaredy cat #clara's uniform is probably not rank appropriate but i just really wanted to draw her in hickey's grave digger fit

[garaks-padded-bra]

i got paid money to draw pregnant housewife weyoun and you know what. Carpe diem, seize that dollar.

#star trek deep space nine #ds9 #star trek #sorry im putting mpreg weyoun in main tags #is this too far a bit #has it become immoral #weyoun #my art #shoutout my commissioner #he is an angwl

[amygdalae]

I think ppl who defend or handwave all of Astarion's evil cunt moments as just being cuz he's a Helpless Victim with Trauma are kidding themselves and not giving him enough credit. He's also a bitchy mean-spirited sicko who lives for chaos and drama entirely of his own volition

(Disclaimer: I like him a lot he's a fun well written character please do not kill me)

#do u truly even like a character if u gotta bend over backwards explaining away all of their flaws to justify your enjoyment of them #anyways. definitely not putting this in the main tag lol #its also why i feel no impulse to get defensive when ppl say they dont like him because i fully understand someone not finding him endearin #even if personally his romance is like crack to me #bg3 #<- changed my mind im putting this in the main tag

[felsicveins]

Alternate timeline breakup moment

#trolls oc #trolls oc julien #jd ex husband #im hesitant to put this in the main tag #when i say toxic yaoi i mean that shit #john dory #trolls

[akakris10]

back when I. when I thought. they were gonna put every Sui Sibling in a qipao. for their skins. (coughs blood)

#arknights #chongyue arknights #ling arknights #akadraws #im so afraid to put this in the main tag but ill do it anyways... for the sake of mens thighs

[volatilemask]

ultratober comp :) version with the spoiler characters under the cut

#id in alt #ultrakill #vm's art #wont tag everyone cause i posted all the originals in their tags so im only putting this in the main one and calling it a day

[cringesnail]

Idk if people know how often Etoiles talks about other creators so. Here's Etoiles complimenting Bagi for a whole minute (Ft Guill, red subtitles)

#qpurgatory 2 #etoiles #guill #snailvid #bagi #qsmp #putting it in the main tag because i assume people like to hear cc gush about other ccs and if you really want to avoid anything related #to purgatory im assuming you've blocked the tag #if it's annoying just tell me tho i'll remove it

[brother-emperors]

Moreover, Caesar was not satisfied to be over­looked at first by Sulla, who was busy with a multitude of proscriptions, but he came before the people as candidate for the priesthood, although he was not yet much more than a stripling. To this candidacy Sulla secretly opposed himself, and took measures to make Caesar fail in it, and when he was deliberating about putting him to death and some said there was no reason for killing a mere boy like him

Plutarch, Caesar

sulla's fight with caesar is extremely funny, but also very Something considering how much of sulla you see reflected in caesar's later actions. breaking news: grown man picks fight with teenager, more at 11.

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

#roman republic tag #drawing tag #komiks tag #ehgugh. okay. #hello late republic it has been. like. a week since you've appeared on my blog. #i had to dig through my other WIP folder which is just goofy comics i draw to amuse myself. which is what this is #the third guy is lucullus bc im still testing out designs. someday i will land on one i like. #my main WIP folder was just making me sad so we'll put that to the side for now and focus on making. coffee #i need to be awake before i attempt to try and read this one book and man i do not feel awake in the slightest #lucius cornelius sulla felix #lucius licinius lucullus #gnaeus pompeius magnus #marcus licinius crassus

[dailyfrostpaw]

Day Eight

[Image ID: a Frostpaw from warrior cats made from paintwater-stained paper towels and news paper. Her body is made from white paper towel while her limbs, ears and face are made of news paper and mottled blue-gray papertowel. She is floating, front paws curled in front of her, belly exposed. She has flattened ears and a sad eyes, no mouth. To her left is a leaf cut in the shape of a star, surrounded by words cut out from the newspaper. Top to bottom, left to right, they read, "home" "are you ready?" "a guardian to make decisions for you?" "we are here to help." "A" "leader" "crowned" "your choice" "unity".]

#this is not exactly how i wanted it but im still proud because Fuck You #i put. 4 hours into this. i desire pride. and main tags #frostpaw #warrior cats #please let me know if i can improve the image description i found this sort of hard to describe

[literalfuckingfreak]

#:3 #im on twitter now! no posts or anything i might start posting my art on there too #im @ literaleyefreak #elias bouchard #jonelias #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #art #LMAO i feel weird putting this shit in the main tag #but tbh. i dont care. suffer. #IM LATE TO CLASS BYE

[moonpaw]

#huehghhhuheugh i was hesitant to post this one #dont think im gonna tag it though #but man. im getting kinda tired of seeing the same argument over and over in the tag #and its like! ok! thats a valid reason! you're fine not to watch it! no one is forcing you!! #please stop putting it in the tag and on my posts!! ive seen it 1000 times!! #honestly this goes for nearly any series btw #dont put your anti-series post in the MAIN TAG #people go into the tag to look for content not to see people going ohhh im never gonna watch this because of XYZ #whats the point of it? who wins out of this? #of course its your blog and your tagging system but i am asking nicely not to flood tags unwanted #ok ok ok rant over sorry i just needed to get it out of my system for a bit