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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 5 months

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Mike Luckovich

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

NOV 20, 2023

Yesterday, David Roberts of the energy and politics newsletter Volts noted that a Washington Post article illustrated how right-wing extremism is accomplishing its goal of destroying faith in democracy. Examining how “in a swing Wisconsin county, everyone is tired of politics,” the article revealed how right-wing extremism has sucked up so much media oxygen that people have tuned out, making them unaware that Biden and the Democrats are doing their best to deliver precisely what those in the article claim to want: compromise, access to abortion, affordable health care, and gun safety.

One person interviewed said, “I can’t really speak to anything [Biden] has done because I’ve tuned it out, like a lot of people have. We’re so tired of the us-against-them politics.” Roberts points out that “both sides” are not extremists, but many Americans have no idea that the Democrats are actually trying to govern, including by reaching across the aisle. Roberts notes that the media focus on the right wing enables the right wing to define our politics. That, in turn, serves the radical right by destroying Americans’ faith in our democratic government.

Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele echoed that observation this morning when he wrote, “We need to stop the false equivalency BS between Biden and Trump. Only one acts with the intention to do real harm.”

Indeed, as David Kurtz of Talking Points Memo puts it, “the gathering storm of Trump 2.0 is upon us,” and Trump and his people are telling us exactly what a second Trump term would look like. Yesterday, Trump echoed his “vermin” post of the other day, saying: “2024 is our final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the Deep State, we will expel the warmongers from our government, we will drive out the globalists, we will cast out the Communists, Marxists, and Fascists, we will throw off the sick political class that hates our Country, we will rout the Fake News Media, we will evict Joe Biden from the White House, and we will FINISH THE JOB ONCE AND FOR ALL!”

Trump’s open swing toward authoritarianism should be disqualifying even for Republicans—can you imagine Ronald Reagan talking this way?—but MAGA Republicans are lining up behind him. Last week the Texas legislature passed a bill to seize immigration authority from the federal government in what is a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution, and yesterday, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced that he was “proud to endorse” Trump for president because of his proposed border policies (which include the deportation of 10 million people).

House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has also endorsed Trump, and on Friday he announced he was ordering the release of more than 40,000 hours of tapes from the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, answering the demands of far-right congress members who insist the tapes will prove there was no such attack despite the conclusion of the House committee investigating the attack that Trump criminally conspired to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and refused to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol.

Trump loyalist Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) promptly spread a debunked conspiracy theory that one of the attackers shown in the tapes, Kevin Lyons, was actually a law enforcement officer hiding a badge. Lyons—who was not, in fact, a police officer—was carrying a vape and a photo he stole from then–House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and is now serving a 51-month prison sentence. (Former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) tweeted: “Hey [Mike Lee]—heads up. A nutball conspiracy theorist appears to be posting from your account.”)

Both E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Inquirer noted yesterday that MAGA Republicans have no policies for addressing inflation or relations with China or gun safety; instead, they have coalesced only around the belief that officials in “the administrative state” thwarted Trump in his first term and that a second term will be about revenge on his enemies and smashing American liberalism.

MIke Davis, one of the men under consideration for attorney general, told a podcast host in September that he would “unleash hell on Washington, D.C.,” getting rid of career politicians, indicting President Joe Biden “and every other scumball, sleazeball Biden,” and helping pardon those found guilty of crimes associated with the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. “We’re gonna deport a lot of people, 10 million people and growing—anchor babies, their parents, their grandparents,” Davis said. “We’re gonna put kids in cages. It’s gonna be glorious. We’re gonna detain a lot of people in the D.C. gulag and Gitmo.”

In the Washington Post, Josh Dawsey talked to former Trump officials who do not believe Trump should be anywhere near the presidency, and yet they either fear for their safety if they oppose him or despair that nothing they say seems to matter. John F. Kelly, Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, told Dawsey that it is beyond his comprehension that Trump has the support he does.

“I came out and told people the awful things he said about wounded soldiers, and it didn’t have half a day’s bounce. You had his attorney general Bill Barr come out, and not a half a day’s bounce. If anything, his numbers go up. It might even move the needle in the wrong direction. I think we’re in a dangerous zone in our country,” Kelly said.

Part of the attraction of right-wing figures is they offer easy solutions to the complicated issues of the modern world. Argentina has inflation over 140%, and 40% of its people live in poverty. Yesterday, voters elected as president far-right libertarian Javier Milei, who is known as “El Loco” (The Madman). Milei wants to legalize the sale of organs, denies climate change, and wielded a chainsaw on the campaign trail to show he would cut down the state and “exterminate” inflation. Both Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, two far-right former presidents who launched attacks against their own governments, congratulated him.

In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower took on the question of authoritarianism. Robert J. Biggs, a terminally ill World War II veteran, wrote to Eisenhower, asking him to cut through the confusion of the postwar years. “We wait for someone to speak for us and back him completely if the statement is made in truth,” Biggs wrote. Eisenhower responded at length. While unity was imperative in the military, he said, “in a democracy debate is the breath of life. This is to me what Lincoln meant by government ‘of the people, by the people, and for the people.’”

Dictators, Eisenhower wrote, “make one contribution to their people which leads them to tend to support such systems—freedom from the necessity of informing themselves and making up their own minds concerning these tremendous complex and difficult questions.”

Once again, liberal democracy is under attack, but it is notable—to me, anyway, as I watch to see how the public conversation is changing—that more and more people are stepping up to defend it. In the New York Times today, legal scholar Cass Sunstein warned that “[o]n the left, some people insist that liberalism is exhausted and dying, and unable to handle the problems posed by entrenched inequalities, corporate power and environmental degradation. On the right, some people think that liberalism is responsible for the collapse of traditional values, rampant criminality, disrespect for authority and widespread immorality.”

Sunstein went on to defend liberalism in a 34-point description, but his first point was the most important: “Liberals believe in six things,” he wrote: “freedom, human rights, pluralism, security, the rule of law and democracy,” including fact-based debate and accountability of elected officials to the people.

Finally, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who was a staunch advocate for the health and empowerment of marginalized people—and who embodied the principles Sunstein listed, though that’s not why I’m mentioning her—died yesterday at 96. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” former President Jimmy Carter said in a statement.

More to the point, perhaps, considering the Carters’ profound humanity, is that when journalist Katie Couric once asked President Carter whether winning a Nobel Peace Prize or being elected president of the United States was the most exciting thing that ever happened to him, Carter answered: “When Rosalynn said she’d marry me—I think that’s the most exciting thing.”

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#horse race #political Cartoons #Mike Luckovich #democracy #voting rights #human rights #the rule of law #right wing extremism

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skinnypig2 · 6 months

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jumped to a new system and this planet was huuuge. just made me smile real wide

i would crawl into that small corner there, too, sarah

captain and navigator

little moments

do you think they've explored each other's bodies

looking up at jemison from the surface of kurtz, i got this specific feeling i can only imagine is a fraction of what people who've actually been on the moon felt looking at earth. all of humanity, all of human history, right there on that pale blue dot. the uc, new atlantis, the lodge, all that history, all those discoveries, a new history made on a new pale blue dot.

#starfield #starfield photo mode #starfield photography #bethesda game studios #bethesda #sarah morgan #sapphic #sapphic representation #space wives #space

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msweebyness · 1 year

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CLASS OF HEROES AU: Family Members

Here it is folks! My post about the families of the hero kids! Let me know what you think! As always, credit to @imsparky2002 and @artzychic27! More shorts and Headcanons to come soon, along with an exciting project!

✝=Deceased

🎨= OC by @artzychic27

Marinette:

Sabine-Fa Zhou: Marinette’s mother, a renowned warrior who was wounded in battle, walking with a cane. She is wise and compassionate, always trying to help her daughter.

Tom-Fa Li: Marinette’s father, who loves his daughter as much as his wife, though he worries for her quite a bit more.

Gina-Grandmother Fa: Marinette’s grandmother, who lives with the family. She is never afraid to speak her mind, no matter what anyone thinks. She gifted Tikki to Marinette.

Adrien:

Gabriel- Mother Gothel: Adrien’s “father”, who kept him confined in the tower all his life. He stole Adrien as an infant and used the magic of his hair to stay young. He emotionally abused the boy and made him believe “Father Knows Best” No matter what.

Nathalie & Emilie-Rulers of Corona: Adrien’s true mothers. Emilie fell gravely ill and Nathalie sought out the magical golden flower to heal her. Because of this, Adrien was born with his magical hair. Every year, they release lanterns into the sky on their son’s birthday, hoping it will help him find his way home.

Alya:

Marlena-Eudora: Alya’s mother, a hardworking cook. She supports Alya’s dreams and aspirations, but wants nothing more than for her daughters to be happy.

Otis-James(✝): Alya’s late father, a devoted caretaker of animals. He encouraged Alya to follow her passions and work hard for her goals.

Nora: Alya’s older sister, who works long hours at a shipyard to help support the family. She’s protective, maybe a little too much at times.

Ella/Etta: Alya’s twin younger sisters, much less mischievous in this universe. They help around the house, but still cause some trouble.

Nathaniel:

Aya(🎨)-Queen Leah: Nathaniel’s mother, the queen of the Kurtz kingdom. When her son was cursed, she had every spinning wheel in the kingdom burned. Unlike Queen Leah, she keeps her son with her, the castle under heavy guard with protection spells from the good fairies.

Marc:

Kiran(🎨)-Anna: Marc’s younger brother, who he accidentally wounded with his ice powers. He misses his older brother terribly and doesn’t understand why they aren’t as close as they used to be.

Penny & Alyssa(🎨)(✝)-Rulers of Arendelle: Marc and Kiran’s mothers. They never blamed Marc for the accident, but sadly they were killed in a shipwreck mere months later. Their deaths were mourned by their sons and the entire kingdom.

Max:

Claudie-Aunt Cass: Max’s mother, who drives the town bus but dreams of being an astronaut. She does her best to look after her son, encouraging him in his pursuits.

Terrance(AU Original)(✝️)-Tadashi: Max’s older cousin, who he saw as a brother. He was a brilliant programmer, and he died in a fire at Max’s old school. Designed Markov.

Kim:

(These are my HC names for them)

Mr. Le(Lanh)-Amphitryon & Mr. Ature(Etienne)-Alcmene: Farmers in the countryside, they found the infant Kim after he had just been turned mortal and raised him as their own. They eventually decided to send him to Francois, after he discovered his true heritage and the people of the town grew especially hostile towards him.

Bob Roth- Hades: Kim’s uncle, the lord of the Underworld. He wants to take over Olympus and was the one responsible for turning his nephew into a mortal. He’ll do whatever it takes to win, even targeting those Kim cares for the most.

Zeus & Hera (Disney Characters)- Kim’s biological parents (Imagine them looking more like him), the king and queen of Olympus. His father encourages him to aspire to be true hero, in order to regain his godhood. They are unaware of Bob’s plot to overthrow them.

Alix:

Alim(✝)-Cassim: Alix’s father, the ‘king of thieves’. Unlike Cassim, he cared deeply for his children and always kept them safe. He was killed when one of his men betrayed him. Alix was only four at the time.

Jalil(✝): Alix’s older brother who was killed alongside her father. She named her pet monkey after him.

Mylene:

Fred(✝): Mylene’s beloved and kind father, the king of Haprele kingdom. He adored his daughter with all his heart, just as the people of the kingdom did them both. He was poisoned by his second wife.

Sarah(Producer Lady)- Evil Queen: King Fred’s second wife, intensely jealous of Mylene for her kindness, beauty and how she’s loved by the kingdom. After poisoning Fred, she drove Mylene out of the kingdom. She plans to kill the girl before graduation.

Sabrina:

Roger- Gepetto: Sabrina’s father, a woodcarver, who raised her as his daughter when she was brought to life. He teaches her to be honest and trustworthy, but can sometimes be forgetful. He sued the puppet show she was part of for child abuse, but the case was lost due to Sabrina technically not being a human child.

Rose:

Ali-Maurice: Rose’s older brother, a quirky inventor and a caretaker of the village children. Some people think he’s crazy, but Rose loves him dearly.

Juleka:

(Anarka and Jagged are divorced but still governed the land together. Penny is Juleka and Luka’s stepmother.)

Anarka-Mrs. Potts: Juleka’s mother, the lady of the castle. She was turned into a teapot, but is just as fiery as she was as a human. She cares for her daughter greatly, comforting and advising her.

Jagged-Lumiere: The lord of the castle and Juleka’s father. Turned into a candelabra, his favorite thing to do is still entertaining guests. He tries his best to keep his daughter’s spirits up.

Penny-Cogsworth: Jagged’s wife, turned into a antique clock. She keeps the palace in order, and does her best to maintain some semblance of normalcy for her stepchildren.

Luka: Juleka’s brother, transformed by the curse into a grand piano. He can no longer speak, but comforts and sometimes teases his sister with his music.

Ondine:

(I HC Ondine as being Scotch-Hispanic)

Arturo(Dad)- King Triton: Very strict and stern, he forbids his daughters from going to the surface, even going so far as to destroy his youngest daughter’s collection of objects from the land, driving her to go to the sea witch.

(AU ORIGINALS)⏬**

Olivia- The eldest of the seven, acts motherly towards all her sisters. Can also be a bit bossy.

Ophelia- The second eldest, and most studious. Quiet and withdrawn, she prefers to stay in her room and read.

Octavia- The third oldest and the “gifted” child. Can play six different instruments.

Olga- Ondine’s favorite sister, kind and helpful. Always willing to listen and give advice.

Oona- The third youngest, an absolute hopeless romantic. She’s often lost in dreamland.

Olympia- The second youngest, she can be a bit hostile and teases Ondine very often. Very competitive.

Kagami:

Tomoe-Fergus/Eleanor: Kagami’s mother, the warrior queen of the Tsurugi kingdom. She was blinded in a battle with the demon bear, Yamikuma. She is incredibly strict and controlling with her daughter.

Daisuke, Daijiro, Daiki (AU ORIGINALS)-Hamish, Hubert and Harris: Kagami’s three younger brothers, the princes of the kingdom. They are extremely mischievous, driving their mother and the castle staff crazy.

Zoe:

Chloé-Anastasia: Zoe’s half-sister, who she’s forced to essentially serve as a maid. However, Chloe may not be completely cruel at heart. A blowout with her sister and a chance exchange with her mother get her to realize she may need to change her ways.

Audrey-Lady Tremaine: Chloé and Zoe’s cruel mother, a selfish aristocrat who hates it when things don’t go her way. She had Zoe with another man, and had her treated as a servant all her life. Chloe completely emulates her.

Andre: Zoe’s stepfather, who is kinder to her than her sister and mother, though he’s hesitant to stand up for her. He cows down to whatever his wife and daughter want.

Mireille:

Ari(🎨)-Mufasa(✝): Mireille’s mother, and the queen of the Pride Lands. She was wise and strong, and Mireille adored and idolized her. Five years ago, she was tricked by her brother which ended in her dying in a wildebeest stampede. Mireille worries about disappointing her.

Scar(Disney Character): Mireille’s wicked uncle, who was responsible for her mother’s death. He currently rules the Pride Lands, leaving them in a state of despair and desolation. He believes his niece to be dead.

Reshma:

Dayalan & Aabha(🎨)- Julieta & Augustin: Reshma’s caring parents. Her mother has the ability to heal with her cooking, while her father has no gift due to marrying into the family. They love all three of their daughters and support them no matter what.

Lasya (AU ORIGINAL)- Luisa: Reshma’s younger sister, blessed with incredible strength. She is quiet and gentle, much shyer than Luisa. She takes on a massive amount of work and Reshma worries a lot about her.

Mithra (AU ORIGINAL)- Mirabel: Reshma’s youngest sister, the only one in the family not to receive a gift. Spirited and energetic, she tends to snap at people who criticize her for that. She and Reshma, unlike Isa and Mira, have always had a good, loving relationship.

Amrita(🎨)- Abuela: The matriarch of the family, she lost her husband to a band of raiders years before, causing her to become cold and harsh. She demands perfection and service from the family, unaware she is alienating them with her actions.

Austin T:

Karan & Saanvi Tomassian(🎨)- Sultan & Sultana of Agrabah: Austin’s parents and the rulers of Agrabah. After their son was kidnapped at two years old, they kept him on the palace grounds out of his fear for his safety. And maybe some…outside influence…

**Fun addition: In my Miraculous Canon HC’s, Ondine has twin eight-year old brothers, Rico and Duncan. You thought the Cesaire twins were bad…well, I’m guessing Ella and Etta have never purposely gotten *Nino* electrocuted. (Ondine is oblivious to their true nature. They love their sister, thankfully.) Her mom’s name is Elsie.)

#miraculous ladybug #disney au #ml au #class of heroes #mlb ocs #akuma class #science kids #families

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ebookporn · 2 months

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The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble

by G. W. Thomas

Good Fantasy, and I would chisel that point even finer with good heroic fantasy, is inherently philosophical. This wasn’t news to me as I was reading Richard Mathews’ Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination (2002), which I like to re-read on occasion. This time it was a slice from his discussion of William Morris and George MacDonald as the first Victorian fantasy novelists that stuck: “…This polarity of divergent values [Socialism vs. Christianity] was especially significant and set a thematic course for the genre, since fantasy was from the outset a more purely philosophical mode of writing than was realism.”

This made me think of Ursula K. Le Guin and her “From Poughkeepsie to Elfland” (The Language of the Night, 1979) where she took modern Fantasy writers to task (such as Katherine Kurtz) for creating works that could just as easily be set in modern times. Do modern writers, who may have little or no religious beliefs, still possess a philosophy in their work? Mathews would suggest that writing any Fantasy must require such. Is this why Le Guin was unhappy with some newer writers? Does, say George R. R. Martin, who loves internecine politics, lack philosophy? Does he require such?

#fantasy fiction #philosophy #authors #writers #literary criticism #librarians

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lookbluesoup · 1 year

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All of the stars!

HEY YOU <3 Thanks for the ask!

A bunch of my Fallout 4 fics were titled after quotes from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and the novella absolutely impacted my approach to several parts of Nate's journey.

If you're unfamiliar with the book - it was published in 1899. In (extreme) brief, it's a story about a man named Marlow who takes a boat upriver in Africa working with colonists. Though he starts out optimistic about his profession, the abuse of the natives he sees and the dark, "savage" parts of himself and humanity he's pitted against as he travels deeper into the jungle change him irrevocably.

He's forced to realized the "civilized" world is not exempt from great evil, and when he returns to the city at the end of the story, he feels out of place and frustrated by the lack of awareness of those around him.

As a veteran of Anchorage, and a War Hero plagued by guilt, my Nate could certainly relate to that from the very beginning of his own story. Ultimately Nate's story isn't the same - his is about seeing the worst, least civilized parts of the world and finding goodness and grace in humanity regardless. But he must face a lot of his own inner evils and the flaws of his loved ones to get there. He journeys through his own Darkness, and it does change him.

It's not entirely practical for me to list every reference to Heart of Darkness that's present in my published fics, but a few choice ones:

The Heaven's Do Not Fall For Such a Trifle, the fic where Nate finally breaks down and grieves openly for his murdered wife, is titled after a quote from the novella where Marlow tells a woman about her husband's death and witnesses her extreme sorrow:

I heard her weeping; she had hidden her face in her hands. It seemed to me that the house would collapse before I could escape, that the heavens would fall upon my head. But nothing happened. The heavens do not fall for such a trifle.

(and while her husband was actually kind of a dick and Marlow omits a few details to spare the woman, her intense grief throughout that entire scene was very relatable to Nate)

I Remained to Dream, where Nate broods over the hopeless state of the world, is titled after another quote which takes place after the death of a man named Kurtz:

"However, as you see, I did not go to join Kurtz there and then. I did not. I remained to dream the nightmare out to the end, and to show my loyalty to Kurtz once more. Destiny. My destiny! Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of unextinguishable regrets. I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting thing you can imagine.

Nate, of course, struggles with suicide throughout most of the first arc of his story. His wife is dead, and his life before lies in ruins, but he's forced to go on living and can't follow her, because he feels he owes something to her memory.

(Director's Cut Asks)

#most of the quote references aren't 1x1 correlations with HoD #but damn if that book doesnt live rent free in my brain #my poor little paperback is highlighted and dog eared and scribbled in to bits #directors cut #fallout 4 #nate ronan #wyn gabs #long post #heart of darkness #suicidal thoughts #text

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glassedplanets · 1 year

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this year i read a ton of art books, so i'll drop a big list + reflections under the cut:

i'll split these up into art books and instructional books, though there are a few that did a bit of both.

art books:

the art of heikala

the art of loish

beautiful scenes from a fantasy world

mysterious scenes from a parallel world

a sky longing for memories: the art of makoto shinkai

expedition sketchbook

windows to worlds: the art of devin elle kurtz

reverie: the art of sybilline meynet

the man who leapt through film

instructional books:

framed perspective vol. 1 & 2 by marcos mateu-mestre

master the art of speed painting

sketching from the imagination

sketching from the imagination: characters

sketching from the imagination: storytelling

beyond art fundamentals

figure drawing for artists

that's actually more than i thought, lmao. standouts for me were a sky longing for memories, windows to worlds, master the art of speed painting, and figure drawing for artists -- each of these offered some really valuable insight for me and helped me think about something in a different way. i got all these via library and at this point i'm worried that i've exhausted the catalogs of every library i have access to :/

i've only ever taken one art class in my life and it wasn't a really great experience, plus i'm not great at teaching myself things, so finally reaching for instructional books about art this year felt like a big leap and i'm glad that i took it. i also watched some of the drawclass VODs that are up on youtube and started looking for resources like studies and sketches from artists i like. idk, i guess it's kind of been about demystifying the process for me. there's a lot of stuff i've been doing the long way round for years and years or not doing at all because i didn't know that you were "allowed" to take a shortcut, or that it was even possible (eg. foliage brushes).

this year was pretty wobbly in terms of how happy i was with the art i made and how much of it i made, particularly bc Life Happened in august and just has not stopped, and i know that i felt really bad and unhappy with art for a big chunk of the year -- but now that i'm past that, i can see that i've improved a lot in a lot of the ways in which i've been wanting to improve. you know what's nuts? i only started actively drawing backgrounds for every piece last year. now i can't imagine not doing something for a background.

i think i also gnawed through a lot of... idk, shame? inadequacy? some yucky feeling i had about tagging my art for tumblr search. i think it's partially that we're all back on this hell site and i just don't care about showing my ass anymore. whatever. y'all either get to see my fucking anime Poasting or unfollow/mute/block/whatever, i don't really give a shit. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the art goals i set for myself at the start of the year were to try making a short comic more than once, which i did! twice, actually, though i didn't post one of them. that's ok. i don't remember if this was a goal, but i submitted art to a digital zine this year too! i need to check if i can post it yet actually... lmao. and i joined a fandom event as an artist, which i'm really excited for. i haven't done a fandom event since 2013 and i've never done one as an artist.

my art goals for 2023 are to do thumbnails for most of the big pieces that i draw, and to draw people interacting physically with each other when i draw 2+ in one piece. that'll be tough since i honestly enjoy the subtlety of Two Guys Standing Next To Each Other but it's an area i want to improve in.

#my art #art summary 2022

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newlunapastel · 2 years

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Here's some 👀

Name me several general headcanons you have for a few characters of your choice! 🎉

Sorry for the delayness of this answer buuuuuut…WEEEEEELLLLLL

- Buena Girl is Autistic!♾ tbh i had this hc for a very long time and i still think its pretty neat (wait wait, i have something better, EVERYONE IN MUCHA LUCHA IS AUTISTIC♾)

- The Teachers (Sr. Hasbeena, Mr. Midcarda & Headmistress.) have been best friends since childhood (like the three mascaritas) i like to imagine that sometimes after a long day at working at the school, the 3 would hang out at some place (like a karaoke place or smth), and sometimes midcarda would invite custodio, fundador and kurtz, thus making three plus three equals six (yep, you guessed it, the 6 would hang out at times)

- Speaking of the teachers i also personally think that sometimes on breaks, the school faculty would dance to the songs that hasbeena frequently listens to (mostly 70s music like blue swede, earth, wind and fire, the trammps, baccara, etc.) and even sometimes would sing them out loud, because the songs are so fricking catchy lol.

-Masked dog is actually adopted! i liked to imagine that rik found masked dog in a box when he was 6 or 7, rik was surprised to see the puppy in that box and he took it happily to his house and he introduced it to his mama and abuelo, uhhhhh yeah, and the story goes on and on, and that’s how masked dog is the family’s pet now!

-El Gundamo is secretly a Puffy AmiYumi fan (well he shares this secret with double ninja ninja and sonic sumo).

-While not mentioned in the show, Buena mom and Bueno Dad met somewhere in 1974. (i imagine that bd’s car broke and bm saw it and she came to fix it for a few hours, also they talked and talked and talked for hours, so thats how they met!) aaaaaand the flea’s parents met somewhere in the late 70s-early 80s (they met at a bar or smth like that), if mama maniaca and lonestar met while they were searching for mm’s ll4e necklace… why not make backstories for bg’s and the flea’s parents respectively :)

That’s all the headcanons i have in my mind! it was a looooong wall of text but it was worthy!

#mucha lucha #QnA #headcanons

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cartoonygothopossum · 1 year

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You know that sort of best friend duo consisting of a good, friendly character with an abrasive, more troubled character? Not only would my characters Lola Mosquita and Victoria Floreciendo have such a friendship, but I also feel like El Dolor De Kurtz and El Fundador would be the faculty version of this. Perhaps the two guys have known each other for years, even before El Dolor De Kurtz “went bad”. And in both versions of my adopted AU, I can imagine them offering each other advice and one acting as a sort of second parental figure toward Irene of the Night.

#my characters #el fundador #el dolor de kurtz #mucha lucha

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ml-appreciation · 2 years

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Submissions of the day!

And also the very 1st one on the blog! today’s submissions are… Headcanons! written by the user @cartoonygothopossum, here’s a bunch of them!:

General El Dolor De Kurtz Headcanons: https://cartoonygothopossum.tumblr.com/post/678109923954081792/el-dolor-de-kurtz-headcanons

General El Fundador Headcanons: https://cartoonygothopossum.tumblr.com/post/681027732709294080/el-fundador-headcanons

AU-related writings: https://cartoonygothopossum.tumblr.com/post/690952309515190272/writing-exercise https://cartoonygothopossum.tumblr.com/post/692973522323226624/writing-exercise-2

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monriatitans · 1 month

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Artbook Collection: Item I

"Windows to Worlds: The Art of Devin Elle Kurtz"

“Ever since I was a child, I have believed that art can be a portal to another dimension, a window into the vibrant and magical worlds that exist inside the mind of each artist. In my first art book, I hope to offer you just that: a window into the world of my imagination.” – Devin Elle Kurtz

THANK YOU

I couldn’t have completed this project without the support and encouragement of my parents Susan and Steve Kurtz, who were with me every step of the way. Thank you to Chloe for making me laugh every day, and quite literally mailing me food to ensure I don’t forget to eat! Thank you to John and Eevee for listening to my every complaint, no matter how incoherent, and supporting me through all the ups and downs. Thanks to Elain and Xander for helping me sort through the unbelievable amount of art I produces as an embarrassing pre-teen, and for being a miniature focus group for almost everything I paint. A huge thank you to my editor, Sophie, the lead designer, Fiona and the entire team at 3dtotal. Last but definitely not least, thank you to every single person who has supported me online and off for my entire life as an artist. That support is the only reason you’re holding this book right now. There will never be a day in my life that I’m not grateful to each and every one of you! Thank you for allowing me to pursue my dreams and spend my life doing what I love. You’ve given me the greatest gift imaginable. Although I still think I’m quite young and certain of very little, I’m going to leave you with some parting advice. Be kind to yourself, and care about the people around you. Remember to take care of yourself, not just for the “you” of today but for the “you” of the future as well. Remember that your value as a person has nothing to do with your productivity, the work you do, or the things you make. You are valuable just for being. Remember that creating art is opening a window for the world to see inside your imagination; that alone is a worthy cause for creation. – Devin

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raybeanschildrenslit · 3 months

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Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps - Picture Book

Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps by Charlotte Watson Sherman, Geneva Bowers (Illustrator) Published 2021 by Penguin Random House

Written by author Charlotte Watson Sherman and Illustrated by Geneva Bowers, Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps follows a young black girl and her love for the ocean and its inhabitants as she raises awareness to the impact humans have on them. As Kenzie cleans her room, she reflects on wonderful memories of the ocean that she has with her mother before taking a visit to it after cleanup. When she gets to go, she studies the water with her microscope and goes for a swim with her mother when she starts to notice the presence of trash in the ocean. Despite the sorrow the littering brings her, Kenzie vows that as a mermaid she will clean up the ocean for her underwater pals, even recruiting new friends to the cause. We end this lovely story with an author's note about the plastic in our oceans and a question for the reader: “What will you do?” (2021).

In Vardell’s 2019 text- Children’s Literature in Action: A Librarian’s Guide (3rd ed.)- we are given evaluation criteria regarding children’s picture books such as characters, plot, setting, theme, style, illustrations, and cultural markers- let’s take a look at a couple (2019). The Theme of Kenzie’s story is that of caring about the environment and taking action to make a difference. The reader gets a great sense of the range of things one in Kenzie’s shoes enjoys about the ocean, the activities, the memories it holds, and the potential it has. When she discovers that there is human waste like plastic affecting the homes of her ocean friends, she resolves to be the mermaid for the job and works to clean up and do her part- as I mentioned before, even recruiting new friends to help the cause. We even have the author’s note at the end of this story discussing the issue of plastic in the Earth’s oceans. Kenzie’s Character is a fantastic one concerning the story she is a part of and the reflection she can be to young readers. She is a young girl with a fantastic love for the ocean and she expresses this and her great imagination through playing mermaid and learning about the ocean- she even doesn’t like to clean her room which I am sure many of us can relate to regardless of age. She is also not just a young girl, but a young black girl- giving readers like her a chance to see themselves reflected in the stories they are reading in a fun and positive way.

I think this book would make an excellent addition to any display or discussion regarding environmentalism, especially that of the impact humans have had on the ocean and what we can do to combat what has been done and what can be done to do better in the future. I can see it taking a place next to Mother of Sharks by Melissa Cristina Márquez and Devin Elle Kurtz- this wasn’t my intention with reading either of these but I am glad there is a connection that can be made between them in this way. Selfishly, I thought the Ocean and Sharks were cool and the art of both these fictions were beautiful so I picked them up but it is important for readers to have this but also be challenged by prompts like “what will you do?” Maybe in a public library- or a range of library entities- not only can displays be made and discussions had but I wonder if there could be a way to organize an environmental cleanup locally. Encourage individuals to be conscious of the impact we have both positive and negative on the spaces we occupy.

-Ray 01/20/2024

Sherman, C. W., & Bowers, G. (2022). Mermaid Kenzie: Protector of the Deeps. Boyds Mills Press.

Vardell, S.M. (2019). Children’s literature in action: A librarians’s guide (3rd ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.

#book blog #book recommendations #books #childrensbook #literature #mermaid #ocean #enviromental #environment #water #black girl magic

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