pros of keeping records of your old writing: whenever you refer back to it you will experience the unparalleled gratification of being able to see just how much progress you've made. you may even find yourself revisiting ideas you had that you didn't have the skills to fully realise at the time, but have since developed enough to renew your efforts.
cons of keeping records of your old writing: you will find yourself constantly mortified and tormented by the words of the stupidest most ignorant shit idiot currently drawing breath on earth, and that person is you
Benjamin Zephaniah on why he turned down receiving a OBE (The "significance" of an OBE or a MBE is that it is rewarded to somebody by the monarchy to recognise how impactful ones work has been. the video and transcript explain why it would be traitorous to receive this when the themes surrounding Zephaniah's work were wholly and completely anti British empire and colonist)
"The OBE means "Officer of the Order of the British Empire", MBE stands for "Member of the British Empire".
I've been fighting against empire all my life. I've been fighting against slavery and colonalism all my life. I've been writing to connect with people, not to impress governments and monarchy. So how could I then go and accept an honour that puts the word empire on to my name? That would be hypocritical"
"No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire." - A piece Benjamin Zephaniah wrote for the Guardian in regards to his rejection of an OBE.
hemlo!! thank ya'll so so much for enjoying this lil comic series!! i know it's been a year since the first part, but most importantly i finished it 💀✨️
every single tags ya'll leave on me posts and past questions i recieve about this au is super appreciated, they make me smile the widest you have no clue!! im just a lil mad at myself that i couldn't expand on this au more so yall could have had more crumbs. irl stuff happened + still getting the hang of drawing and socializing again after years of doing neither of those 😭
but still, im glad i could share this comfort comic i made for myself, and for you guys too. it's a pretty personal one despite the characters not being mine 😅 i hope that you can walk away from this story believing (entirely or not) that someone out there still thinks of you, whether they're from a late/absent loved one who still wants the best for you or a dear friend who will make room in their hearts for you. life will never not be hard, but if you keep them close to your heart, adulting will be bearable 🫂
crassus: like. do you need me to introduce you to other politicians. what's with this scene.
the way some people write about caesar bringing pompey and crassus together to form a political alliance feels like a seduction. as conspiracy and politics often are!
this is a very unserious comic about caesar attempting to get a threesome situation going on but he severely underestimated crassus' feelings towards pompey. and also probably shouldn't have tried to fuck pompey in crassus' house. better luck next time caesar! maybe start with crassus in pompey's house.
regarding crassus' mention of caesar sleeping with tertulla: