#now back to radio silence

[sarcophagid]

the killmurderer

#this is old art i havent been doing as much digital stuff lately #now back to radio silence #my art #i had an art tag i just did not use it for some reason then i forgot i had it #gotta edit evberything now...

[smash-chu]

Luna got herself a new dress, ain't it pretty? ✨🌙

#dnd #dnd 5e #dungeons and dragons #tiefling #luna aegis #my characters #my art #smash-chu's art #it's backless to accommodate her wings #anyways hopefully the radio silence should be over now i had a big slump and am getting myself back on my feet #one drawing at a time

[chalkrub]

little thing of mendel :^)

#my art #furry #anthro #illustration #oc #mendel #dragon #hello everyone......sorry for the radio silence I was busy #now I'm back and shaking off the cobwebs by drawing my characters and experimenting with brushes and layer settings #HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD DAY #also guys splatoon in two days! I'm so happy about this information. wow. can you believe it? splatoon 3! in two days! wow

[ipxakachi]

Guilty Challenge but he also got stuck

#haha radio silence only to come back with Genshin oop #Hi I love Itto #He's rly rly fun to draw and im mad at myself for not drawing enough of him #I've been going through months of burnout and demotivation when it's come to art due to various things happening in life #only now am I feeling the desire to draw again #idk or maybe it's also coping with my last sem of school lol #Anyway I wanna draw things tht interest me again #It'll be nice to get back into the ease of uploading too...but man social media's daunting and tiring hghfgf #man does drawing Itto's canon body bnring me joy #his canon body that clearly not been nuked in game #canon buff idiot that's canon to me and you cant tell me otherwise #im not in denial shut #genshin impact #arataki itto #guilty challenge #redraw #10 points and a head pat to those who know where the 2nd pose comes from #taemin guilty

[stabbylambchop]

I think I got the ‘rona again

#sorry for the radio silence! been on and off sick while waiting for lab results etc etc #feel like absolute dogshit lol #but drawing these lil redraws actually helps in a way #The Mandela Catalogue #tmc #Mark Heathcliff #Cesar Torres #Alternate Cesar #meme redraws #my art #now back to bed for my ass

[sakasakiii]

Hi!

I just wanted to say that I love your art very much. It is so pretty. It motivates me to keep on drawing.

Also- are you okay? How are you?

HELLO NONNIE!!! sorry for taking SO long to reply to this, but thank you sm for ur concern and for taking the time to send such a kind message 🥺 I'm doing fine! like i explained in my comeback post a few days ago, i've just been really busy hahahah.... which has been somewhat of a pattern in 2022-23? man. idk how i managed to do 2 posts a week regularly for all of 2021 but take me back to those peaceful days huhuhu 🥴 all in all, i'm alright dw!!

im absolutely honoured to hear that you've been inspired by my art!! it's very humbling to know u've taken the time to get such meaningful things out of the.... whatever it is ive been making HAAHAHA 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ THANK YOUUU and i hope you keep creating!! nothing would make me happier than to see you continue pursuing ur art and i hope to see it one day for myself 🤞 HOHOOO??

i received a few more check-in asks from some other nonnies, so i'll follow up with them here ❤️ thank you to everyone who sent in things!! ur all too nice aughhh

ill throw in a lil post-angband sketch w/ amras n mae, bc i was in a mood to draw some cosy comfort things 🤗 (surviving) redheads gotta stick together !!

#rin replies #silmarillion #maedhros #amras #the silmarillion fanart #nonnies u are all TOO GOOD FOR THIS WORLD #sorry again if i worried anyone and for the radio silence #i come crawling back with my tail between my legs :triumph: #hiatus was... hiatusy. but i squeezed in time for self care with genshin impact??? #which is in fact the opposite of self care but. life is too stressful for regrets!!! #anyways.... i hv some gondolin designs thatve been worked on so im excited to get sketching hehehe #i also have achieved Clarity and now have 1000x more appreciation for potential post-kinslaying amras and maedhros.... #this is before amras hits his growth spurt/when hes still Babby #feanorians #silmart #sakasakart #the silmarillion #post-angband

[cloudcastor]

I had a minor surgery/procedure today I was super nervous about but everything went well!!! everyone was so attentive and nice, it made the experience an absolute breeze and I felt really comfortable and reassured ;;_;; couldn't ask for a better care team!!!

just got a couple days of healing ahead but super blown away...just had to share it out into the world!!! the care team even wrote me a handwritten note and added it in to my stuff ;;_;;

there has been A LOT of personal stuff going on the last couple months but finally getting to chip away at stuff, and getting medical providers that are helping eith the burden... I'm extremely lucky and thankful to have that experience !!!! can’t wait to get back to art…. can’t wait to hopefully feel some kind of relief soon!

#personal #update #there’s been way more stuff going on that’s been the cause of the radio silence and tbh just being a bit burnt out #and focusing on surviving the day to day #but also i can’t believe i’ve been working my day job for a year now ???? time is going So Fast #also extremely lucky everyone at work is so understanding and even with this surgery and stuff they’re like yeah dude rest up #take your time and take another day or two if ya need it #feels nice after so many years of fighting to finally have a medical team that is supportive #and a job that’s flexible #not perfect by any means but wow so helpful #i have a good network rn and i feel extremely lucky!!! #not to mention the moral support my friends have been thru this #ANYWAY IM SAPPY !!! i’ll shut up now lol #thank u for the support everyone #i’ll be back soon ✌🏽

[art-soboro]

hiii what's good guys : ) i got the absolute pleasure and a privilege of joining @starstrider's 5e planescape campaign as a pallid elf druid (circle of stars) named Idhesur Velalu and so far it's been an incredible blast! Idhesur is a reused character from a one-shot i took part in back in 2022 and since then i've had a hankering to revisit them because i got really attached to the concept. they were due for a slight redesign and so they got one along with an impromptu reference sheet (that doesn't even cover all of the details but thats a problem for the future me). the third image is their original one-shot token that i've attached for fun (and which is also due for a remake...)

Idhesur is old, kinda mean and will sell your grandma's ashes if that means their survival and or if said ashes are worth a damn in the first place. they also use any pronouns! diversity win. they've lost their way in life somewhat but don't let that get to them lest the horrors (decades old suppressed trauma) catch up to them. the usual!

+ PATTERN BRUSHES USED (CLIP STUDIO PAINT): 1751605 1742204

#dnd characters #dnd art #pallid elf #dnd druid #circle of stars druid #character design #artists on tumblr #original art #idhesur tag #i debated posting this kinda cus its not that good of a reference sheet imo (ie the missing ''layers''/details/angles etc) #so i thought to maybe postpone it until i expand on it a bit but i could always rb this with the necessary additions later #so like yeah why shouldnt i #for now though im taking a break from this design and going to try to do smth else #sorry for the radio silence by the way it's been rough art wise for a good bit now but we're living we're chilling #for those curious also the pallid elf species was pulled from the explorer's guide to wildemount sourcebook #yes the cr*trole one. i think i settled on a very specific idea for the character look/build pretty quickly back then #and it was a great fit

[diverbots]

Hey, it’s been forever since I was on here.

#text #Sorry for the radio silence I’m more active on my personal Twitter now 💔 #Trying to get back to it but it’s difficult least to say lol I try to only upload finished art but uh. That. Hasn’t been happening!

[secretmellowblog]

I actually don’t think it’s true to say Hugo “intended” for Javert to be Romani. I admit my own feelings on this have changed over the years. :( The thing that was the final nail in the coffin to “this was almost certainly not *Hugo’s* original intent” was when I listened to a talk from a person studying race in Les Mis and they addressed Romani Javert specifically. It really feels like the more you study the passages that people pick to support this interpretation, the more the claim this was “definitely Hugo’s intent” seems to hold less water.

To be clear I don’t think Hugo’s intent is the be-all end-all, and that people can reinterpret things, and that reinterpretation is good. I also think people can reasonably disagree on translation/interpretation. but if we’re talking about the original intent….

If you read any other of Hugo’s works, there is never this level of ambiguity when he is trying to indicate a character is Romani. He is especially never this ambiguous when a character is dark-skinned enough to not pass as white. He is explicit. (And he’s racist. Hugo sucked.) Romani characters in other Hugo novels both before and after Les Mis are basically always explicitly said to be Romani, in a way that Javert never ever is.

Even in Les Mis we see a handful a characters who are supposed to be nonwhite, and it’s always very explicit. Hugo was racist and also very unsubtle.

The passage people usually cite as proof Hugo intended Javert to be Romani are two lines in his backstory— one saying that his mother was a fortune teller, the other saying that he’d come to hate “the race of bohemians from which he’d sprung.”

There are two words commonly used for “bohemian” in French. one is usually is used for the race of Romani people and the other usually used as a general adjective. Apparently the term that Hugo uses here is the one that is more commonly used as a general adjective. Saying “this passage is meant to clearly explicitly indicate he is Romani” seems to me like it’s mistranslating it; at best, it seems like you can argue there is possibly some intentional ambiguity.

Later on we also get a description of Cosette that describes her as “the bohemian who walks barefoot,” and the word for bohemian used in that passage is actually the French word that’s more associated with the race. (It’s being used in that context in the racist way people use g*psy as an adjective.) But people are far less likely to interpret dainty innocent Cosette as Romani compared to “violent” “brutal” and “savage” Javert who “hates his own race.”

The “fortune teller” mother could play into bigoted Romani stereotypes— but it could also into bigoted stereotypes about poor/lower class people, which often broadly overlap. Because of racism a lot of the way characters are coded as lower class/being on the fringes of society, and coded as Romani, broadly overlapped.

And “race” is being used in a more general sense here to refer to class, the way Hugo uses it often.

None of the early adaptations of Les Mis go with the Romani Javert interpretation. I can’t find old reviews that mention it. To me this indicates this isn’t what people at the time would’ve gotten out of the story either, especially because Hugo doesn’t seem to have gone on the record about people missing it. And again if you contrast that with other Hugo novels, where reviewers and adaptations DO all get which characters are meant to be read as Romani..:it just doesn’t seem to hold water that this was definitely what an audience was supposed to get from it.

And even if this was Hugo’s intent (and I don’t think it was)….well then it’s a catastrophic failure? Then it’s very Badly Written and shallow and horribly handled?

Because Les Mis is about how people with different kinds of marginalization face very different specific challenges. A character’s gender, class, level of education, criminal record, age, etc etc etc all affect the way that they’re treated and there’s lots of explicit discussion of that constantly.

So if Javert was intended by Hugo to Romani, and especially if he was supposed to be visibly nonwhite— well then it’s a failure of the narrative because Hugo never does any deep research or analysis of how his race would actually affect his life. Even in the very racist and bad novel Notre Dame De Paris/the Hunchback Of Notre Dame, there is explicit discussion of the way being Romani affects the character’s lives and how they’re treated in a way that we never ever ever see with Javert. It’s poorly handled and racist, but it’s there.

But if you want any of that explicit discussion about race to be in Les Mis you have to do the research and add it yourself, because it is just…Not There.

There’s no discussion of Romani culture and Javert’s distance from it, there are no scenes showing the way Javert interacts with other Romani people, there’s no explicit discussion of actual Roma people at all really, and (if Javert’s meant to be read as someone who doesn’t pass as white) theres no discussion of the way being visibly nonwhite would affect his life in such a deeply racist society. literally none of that is there. If Javert is supposed to be Romani there is an utter lack of care paid to how that would actually affect him and the way he’s marginalized, in a way you don’t see with how Hugo handles gender or class.

Again to me it seems like if Hugo intended for Javert to be Explicitly Definitely Roma, we would know; if he intended for him to visibly nonwhite, we would definitely know.It’s not just that the way he codes Javert doesn’t resemble the way he handles Romani characters in other books… it’s also that it doesn’t resemble the level of detail/care he usually pays to Exactly what background each character comes from and Exactly how it affects their lives.

It seems like what fans often do is take Javert’s internalized classism and label that as “internalized racism?” But I feel that while there are similarities because “class” in the 19th century was often treated as something immutable and biological, and classes were often described as a “race”, they’re really not the same thing.

And like, I’m not here to tell people what to do! people can reinterpret things how they want and bring their own takes on the story. Hugo sucked and was shitty and racist. A lot of my favorite Les Mis fanfics are one that take characters Hugo probably intended to be white and reinterpret them as POC, doing research into how that would’ve affected their experiences. But at the same time….

Many other people before me have pointed out that there is a Trend to which characters in which Les Mis tend to be more commonly reinterpreted as POC. There is a reason why “savage” “violent” oppressive cop Javert was played by a black actor on broadway years before we got our first black Valjean.

As someone who used to have this interpretation, I think Javert is a challenging character to attempt to reinterpret as a POC (without massive changes to his characterization) if you’re doing it for “good diverse representation” because he just, sucks so badly. Especially if he’s written as the only POC in the cast, he’s just a mess. He’s described as violent. As beast-like. He’s a bigoted cop. He’s brutal. He’s hideously ugly. He canonically refuses to think because he hates thinking. He hates the “race” (meaning class of poor people) he comes from. Every time we see him he’s compared to a savage animal. And yeah that’s …a lot of baggage! He is a character made entirely of baggage. And adaptations like BBC Les mis show the kind of uncomfortable racism that ends up being brought to the surface when Javert is one of the few main POC in the cast.

But yeah. TL:DR; There is ambiguity in Javert’s initial description, and I see why people have this interpretation. I think people can reasonably disagree on it. But over the years I’ve come down on the side of, it’s a bit misleading to say this is Definitely Clearly Exactly Canonically what Hugo intended and that adaptations/fans are whitewashing him.

To be clear I also think that reinterpreting characters is great and good! And that reinterpreting characters as POC, doing the research that Hugo didn’t, is especially good! but also that Javert in particular is a problematic hornet’s nest of unfortunate implications that kinda have to be managed, and that whether you disagree that this was “Hugo’s intent” or not there’s a massive gap in the story when it comes to discussing race that would sorta need to be filled with outside research.

#Les mis #javert #lm 1.5.5 #I dug this out of my drafts to post before tomorrow #but yee #anyway #now I go back to radio silence #: (

[gerrycoco]

Me: ok lets try getting a good night’s sleep 

My brain: 

#shipwrecked comedy #headless series #unsolved babesteries #tripp #joey richter #cal #corey lubowich #blair #Brian Rosenthal #sorry for the radio silence #was away on vacation then had a visitor for a week #but now im back on my bullshit and ready to make up for lost time #*cracks knuckles* #lets do this

[sonic-wildfire]

waves. hi.

#sorry to anyone worrying about the radio silence from me #i had to step back from tumblr for a couple of days for mental health reasons #but i’m back now.

[candydos]

I know a number of people really didn’t like the “trio not really talking to each other for 10 years” thing, but I personally thought it was a nice thing to highlight.

as someone who’s had a lot of bad and toxic friendships, I realized that no one ever emphasized the importance of space, of distancing yourself to get better. it’s always about cutting them off, but what if you want to hold onto the person for the happiness you found in them? you have to take a little step back, look around, then keep going till you feel okay.

yes, the trio have been through a lot together, but they also hurt each other really badly and those don’t cancel each other out. not just everything in amphibia but the years of unhealthy dynamics back on earth. I know what it’s like to finally step out and have space after 8 months straight of a toxic friendship with its highs and lows, I can’t imagine what it would feel like for years of friendship. but it’s like a weird breath of fresh air. you both grow and you fix yourself out, then when you do come back, you’re better.

I feel like we don’t touch on these kinds of narratives/endings often, where goodbyes are permanent or the time away is significant. but there’s something beautiful in showing that friendships can stay intact in spite of distance and time away. that stepping away to grow on your own doesn’t diminish the value the friendship ever had in the first place. and I’m happy we got that.

#I’m bad at words so if this doesn’t make sense that’s fair #amphibia #amphibia season 3 #amphibia spoilers #but I have Very Strong defensive feelings about the ending because god!! it’s such a good lesson and by Jove I needed that as a kid #candy laments #yeah sure I didn’t save the world with my friends and almost die.. but we did deal with death threats.. teacher involvement.. blackmail.. #and it was the worst months of my life.. but they were also the ones who made some of my best. how could I just let go of that? #and that’s why this idea of ‘it’s ok to stop being friends for a while then come back’ is so important #because now we’re better. and the ones i still have trouble forgiving.. I keep at a further distance but we’re ok. it doesn’t have to be #end all or regular commitment forever #like I’ve slowly been coming back to old friends that I haven’t talked to in 7-8 years and we were very close before.. it happens! #hdnsbvsbdhdhh separation and radio silence is ok it’s normal pls don’t get mad over it

[phoenix-flamed]

Gently holds @phoenixshards up like Simba

#Out of the Flames #I'm still so thrilled to see you back again ;w; <3 #I'm working on your reply right now -- literally right now. I paused to make this post oops #I'm so sorry for radio silence for a while -- things have been a mess IRL but I haven't forgotten you for a moment! #You're amazing okay? Never forget that! Not just your writing #or your portrayal of Joshua either #but also the fact that you are so unimaginably sweet and kind OOCly. you're a wonderful friend and I'm glad to call you one!

[friday-answers]

me when i notice a typo in the new excerpt after i've just slept for like 10 hours

#professional #very professional #no one saw anything #oh i have to change it back on ao3 now too #oh great! #universe city #universe friday #alice oseman #radio silence #osemanverse #aled last

[orcelito]

So discacc's 3 year anniversary is coming up in 2 days. I've known I wouldn't be able to write an update chapter in time for it, nor am I motivated enough to do it, but I looked in my WIP chapter for it and was pleasantly surprised to find 3k words already written

So... I'm thinking about posting an update on discacc's anniversary, both to share what's been going on with discacc readers (who don't follow me here) & to share the 3k words I currently have written. It's not as good as an actual update, but it's SOMETHING... and it'll have to do.

#speculation nation #discacc shit #thinking that whenever i do come back to discacc officially. ill delete this chapter and reupload with the Actual chapter #once it's finished. #but for now. i wanna keep readers in the loop. and offer Something to make up for the near year of radio silence. #i posted updates the past 2 years on the anniversary and so i really want to this time too. #it's. to show discacc readers that Yes i do still care. #itnl may be my current shining baby but discacc has been so important to me #both for developing my writing and just. Everything that it is. #so. discacc (kind of) update in 2 days! keep ur eyes peeled!