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[stil-lindigo]

warmth.

a comic about not being alone.

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#to all the trans men and women and anyone who feels like they have to stifle themselves for their own safety #may you never feel like youre alone in this #this comic is one of my more grounded ones #it just felt right to not try to decorate this one in a lot of symbolic fanfare #sometimes i have to go above and beyond to fit the vision. this felt right being pretty understated. #i really did my best with this one and i hope it shows #you all deserve so much joy and so much love from your partners in life #and i hope you like this and if you dont thats okay too #thats all #thank you for your support #and as always #thank you for reading #comic art #lgbtqia+ #queer comics #hearteaters #stillindigo art #stillindigo comics

[mio-nika]

disgusting

#ace attorney #phantom #my art #ace attorney spoilers #phantomquill #phantom aa #simon blackquill #bobby fulbright #but anyway #my fucking MAGNUM OPUS #I SPEND A WEEK WORKING ON IT #he is fucking disgusting i love them #please listen to Toki ni Ai wa while reading #its like main inspiration #HAS NO BEARING TO THE COMIC LOL #dual destinies #its gonna have additional meme ending so look forward to it #yes in my mind Phantom is a cis dude but his self identity is so fucked #that he just does not care anymore #he prefers to play a male roles #but if simon would tolerate him more as a woman whatever #yeah he does not stride to make Simon love him #it would be delusional #hes aiming for low level tolerance #people cant love monsters #and love is overrated anyway #yeah simon is gay #its the big misunderstanding #my guy hes not interested in women #disgusting the comic

[evil-women-step-on-me]

How Hand Jumper Treats Gender

Most of the manga/manhwa I read default to the male gaze. I don't even mean that the female characters are needlessly sexualized, which they often are, but that they're only allowed to fill certain roles. Holy figures and healers are (young, impossibly beautiful) women, the tragic, innocent character who gets assaulted is a woman, the skimpily dressed ninja is a woman, the pure, younger sibling that needs protection is a woman, the seductive villain is a woman, the extremely powerful fighter that will nonetheless always be second in strength to the male lead is a woman. Upskirt shots and carefully framed ass/boobs panels abound. Their characterization can be shallow: especially in action and thriller series, the motivations of female characters are rarely given the same consideration that male characters receive.

Hand Jumper is different. First, female characters are taken just as seriously as male ones, in every way possible. Second, a character's gender does not influence their power level. While it's true that cis men are physically stronger than cis women in the real world, "men are always stronger than women" does not make sense in fantasy action contexts. Why are all the most powerful heroes in My Hero Academia men? Why must all the notable healers in Naruto be female ninja? In worlds where people possess honest to God magical superpowers, power is totally divorced from the density of your muscles. This is true of Hand Jumper's world as well, so it treats its characters appropriately: Male and female Aberrants fight on equal ground. As a result, some of the most prestigious Aberrant positions are held by women: Samin is the leader of the Crimson Society, Cell 4's instructor and mentor are both women, and Sayeon's mother Sara is so mysterious and so powerful that she seems close to godly. Sara's treatment is especially interesting, given that she's filling a role usually reserved for men: the mysterious, legendary parent of the protagonist who left their life when they were still a child. Think Gon's father in HxH, Baki's father in Grappler Baki, Naruto's father, the Joestars in JoJo, or Luffy's father in One Piece. In Hj, it's not the mother, but the father who is drowned out in the shadow cast by his spouse.

Personalities, fantasy power levels, and interests are not inherently gendered! So Hand Jumper doesn't treat them as gendered either. The bubbly, cheerful member of the main group is usually a girl, but this time it's Iseul Kim. The pretty, androgynous Min is both a deadly weapon and a baker of cute pastries- he picks up Sayeon in a bridal carry after a fight, and incredibly, it's not framed as a romantic gesture. Lastly, the aggressive, jaded rival to the protagonist is usually male, but this time it's Ryujin Kang. This position being filled by a female character is so unusual that I remember the comments section being filled with people mistaking Ryujin for a boy, even though she was clearly presented as a woman from the start. Part of this confusion is probably fueled by how Ryujin has a lot of… tension with Sayeon, tension usually found in heterosexual enemy-to-lover relationships. And Sayeon herself? She's on a crusade to avenge her childhood friend, a damsel in distress who died in Episode 2. Somehow, in Hand Jumper, the tragic dead lover that needs avenging is a man.

#hand jumper #women in comics #manhwa/manga writing needs to be held at a higher standard #I firmly believe sayjin is canon #male characters also suffer from how they are restricted in manga/manhwa #esp how they are often characterized as cool and invulnerable and nothing else #maybe I should finally read worm #webtoon

[iridescentmidnights]

You know what here’s some tiny doodles and Tomoe Ame, my beloved, because I don’t feel like I post enough. Don’t be fooled Tomoe Ame is bullying Usagi, as she should.

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles mutant mayhem #usagi yojimbo #Leosagi #tmnt leo #miyamoto usagi #tomoe ame #tmnt au #reading the Usagi Yojimbo comics #and finding out Usagi gets bullied by women a lot is so funny

[thejasontoddarchives]

This is the core of Jason’s character.

Again they try to hammer in that Jason is brash, arrogant, and reckless; that he jumps before thinking. However you can’t really attribute reckless behavior to arrogance or carelessness when he only ever becomes instinctive during very specific instances. The few times he’s “stepped out of line” or just threw himself into an unknown/dangerous situation it was always to protect someone from predators and sickos. Otherwise, keep in mind the number of times he’s been praised for his intelligence and judgment; for being meticulous, calm, and cooperative.

Batman #424 (1988)

#besides. even when he ‘took things too far' it was never without thinking it through first and understanding why his actions were warranted #not to mention familiarity was a predominant theme in utrh #(aka how clever he was. his timing. improvisation skills.) #jason todd #robin jason #batman 424 #dc #comic panels #‘​people only say Jason cares about women and children because of lost days’ somebody didn’t read the robin run I see #also how the fuck is that bodyguard not dead #you see that window to the right of him? that’s a solid brick wall on the other side. not dry wall #if Batman threw him so hard he shot head-first through the building like a bullet there’s no way he could have survived that come on now #no amount of plot armor or the author said he didn't die can make it make sense lol #contrary to popular belief batfleck didn’t actually come out of left field

[rav3nmuse]

Are you going to finish your webcomic I can't find any black webcomics and yours looks promising. If you finish it I will read it. I tried looking and all I see are Asian and white people as per usual.

Hi, I think you’re referring to this post - that story is by @onyichii i. I don’t make comics currently. I just read a lot and illustrate on the side. You’re in luck I’ve been wanting to make a post about black & brown FL in webcomics. I’m always on the hunt for more webcomics with black leads! These stories can be found on Webtoon ( I know there are stories on tapas - I just don’t like their coin/ink system at all so I very rarely visit). Here are some of the tropes — romance, supernatural, mystery, magic, adventure. I’ve linked the webtoons and the creators behind them - please follow them and support them if you can! ( I might add descriptions for these titles later on but I’m tired so here are links and photos for now )

Here you go:

LMLY by edbe

The Blind Prince by cozycroww

Mad Mortem by Beholden8

Dom & Mor ( GL ) by DyeMeLikeASunset @dyemelikeasunset (I love these two so much )

High School Neoma by orror0

Rose & Sol by nemui_Jelly

21st Century Knights by Plastic Bottru

Holy Hell by Marilyn Hightower

Helja and the Lich King by Ya Big Palooka @heljacomic

He’s Harmless, I Swear by Basil the Bear

Dagger to the Heart by oori

Shinning Star ( GL ) by marshiyan

Heart of Gold by notashleynine

P.E.T.S ( GL ) by Gyxks

Cupid 101 by tanaeart

Pippa & Levi by Onyichii ( sadly this story is discontinued but please support the author in their later projects to come )

Wooow such a large list! Can you believe there’s more im missing ( I’m tireeeed and keep remembering other stories) but hope you all enjoy. I will make a part 2 later on.

#I love black women and nb folk #this took forever since I did it from my iPad- I hope y’all appreciate the list #I really want to commission a lot of these artist but - my student loans started back and don’t have monies like that anymore :( #black reader #black fem reader #fem reader #x black reader #I know I’m tagging the fanfic tags but this the best way to get people interested in these stories #this is a mixture of official art and one off illustration from the authors #if anyone has more please let me know! #romance webtoon #webtoon #gl #wlw #gl comic #webcomics #black webcomics #webtoons I’m reading #I’m reading #comics #Indie comics #L #lmly webtoon #the blind prince #mad mortem #dom and more #high school neoma #21st century knights #holy hell #holy hell webtoon

[acaiyatree]

kara cass friendship hm

#also sorry if i got kara wrong i was working w the little parts my brain has of her..... #i'll read more on her when i stop being so fixated on the batfam women LMAO #dc #dc comics #cassandra cain #kara zor el #kara danvers #linda lee danvers #god only knows what her civilian name is i am So confused (maybe i should read her comics smh) #my art >:DD

[crispyliza]

To all the people feeling sorry for Henry Cavill, don't 💖

#he's a creep #henry cavill #anti henry cavill #tara king #superman #the witcher #geralt of rivia #clark kent #it's karma baby #i can't find it now but a frw years back i read an interview about his relationship with the 19yo where he said #that younger women are better to date bc they haven't figured out their life yet and so you can do whatever you want #🤢 #i used to be a huge fan of him... #liam hemsworth #twn #dc comics #dceu

[oneshotprincess]

annoyed at the world's finest episodes in s:tas having a lois lane love triangle shoe-horned in. world's finest crossovers should just be superbat going from gay mistrust, to gay awe, to gay pining, to i-would-trust-him-with-my-life (also gay)

#this isn't clois erasure btw i love clois #but every man should have an intense homoerotic friendship with his bestie #more than that tho the dcau's treatment of women is abysmal #every woman is a husky-voiced sex object almost #dcau #superman the animated series #stas #superbat #world's finest #superman #batman #clark kent #lois lane #clois #bruce wayne #princess reads comics

[akkivee]

base meme would have suited fine but i think this was a bit more accurate LOL

#this is vee speaking #POPULAR WITH MEN KUUKOU 🙌 #THE GIRLIES THINK HES A FUNKY LITTLE GUY (SAFE) 🙌 #that ask i got about what makes kuukou attractive in that universe was so interesting i’m so serious lol #like!!!!! based on what hypmic presents us i’d say the ones popular with women are the ones who get girls screaming their names like idols #like ramuda hifumi and jyushi!!!!! and samatoki and ichiro that one time in tdd iirc!!!!!! #tdd manga also had girls fawning over nmcd so there is that in the camp kuukou does have appeal to girls in that sense #but it’s funny to me in canon we’ve seen kuukou flocked by men old people and children LOL #that reminds me of this one comic i read where bat were out in the town but jyushi and hitoya wanted to stop somewhere else i think #so kuukou waited for them outside and as he waited he slipped into meditation reciting buddhist prayers #when jyushi and hitoya came back they found him still chanting still in that deep state of mind #but passerbys had given him offerings and an old lady was praying to KUUKOU offering her thanks LOL #c: kuukou👑

[stil-lindigo]

ashes to ashes.

a short comic about the day Ash was born.

Ash's story

Red and Wolf's story

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#we love a family with a storied history of loving women and committing mass murder #wolf is a couple years older than she was in her original comic but still just as smitten with red #i dont intend on making it a habit to connect my comics together into a shared universe #but i did make ash with the internal headcanon that she was the kid of red and wolf #if only to justify elements of her design #the gravity defying hair - the control over fire - the commitment to a black/white/red colour scheme #i wont be doing a backstory for snow btw since she's kind of just. a human being who grew up very entitled and spoiled #although maybe during her undead journey she unknowingly comes across her mothers-in-law in the mountains #(they like to live in remote snowy areas) #red would like her #thats all! #thank you for reading #sapphic art #comic art #stillindigo art #hearteaters #stillindigo comics

[trinitea-fics]

If there ever is a Nightwing solo movie, I will make this t-shirt and wear it opening night:

This is a promise AND a threat.

#dick grayson #nightwing #dc comics #batfam #I must become the poster child of comic book girlie cringe #i need comic bros to make videos about me and be like ''this is why it's a mistake that we taught women to read''

[blackbatcass]

i know lots of people have said it much better than me but. god damn. the dc fandom hates women so fucking much it’s insane

#scrolled past a huge fic rec post full of 50k+ sprawling batfam epics #and they were all either focused on tim or jason. NO women were even INVOLVED #which i know I should be used to at this point but like. PLEASEEEE #WHY ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO FEMALE CHARACTERSSSSS it is RIDICULOUS at this point #there is no excuse. you cannot say ‘but i haven’t read enough of their comics :(’ GIRL YOU HAVENT READ ANYYY BE SO REAL. #ENOUGH. I am ONLY writing about cass steph babs and helena from now on im TIREDDD

[thottybrucewayne]

Carmen Ortega in Red Hood: The Hill (2024) issue no. 1

#Carmen Ortega DC #Women of color in comics #Latinas in comics #Red Hood: The Hill Issue No.1 (2024) #thotty talks comics #jason todd #dc comics #dana harlowe #Dana and her pet white boy: issue no. 1 in stores now! #Carmen fine as hell too Jason really pullin baddies left and right? Am I reading the right comic????? #Also Dominican Jason trutherism starts NOW #Idc idc #he's MINE now #shawn martinbrough

[covertblizzard]

Leslie’s blatant disapproval of some of Bruce’s actions

I just think if fandom wants or needs someone to find out something and do a Bruce call out and stuff, Leslie should be used more often. Because (as a few people have pointed out) Alfred is much more lenient with Bruce and is quite the Bruce-enabler, whereas Leslie is much more openly disapproving with him and tries to convince him to change his methods actively (and in this one, she’s supposedly his mother figure too, so it works quite well). She seems far more likely to yell at him over him crossing the line and trying to pull him in the right direction again.

ANYWAY why isn’t there more Leslie as the Batfam’s grandma because I want that. Please and thank you. Like I’m not even making it up the implications are thereeee...

(Also another scene would be the one with Robin Jason nearly dying)

#leslie thompkins #bruce wayne #batman #mypost #dc thoughts #i love her i love her i love her #my brain has been rotating a fic of her steph and jason for a while now #and the more i read her the faster that fic is rotating in my head #another instance of women-erasure in the fandomification of dc comics #it's actually quite fascinating how that happens quite very regularly

[omaano]

I'm SO intrigued by Aphra in the Hades folder. My sapphic heart yearns for more Aphra content she's so good

@doublesunsets was "also *ahem* mighty curious" about this Wip, so here you go :) Thanks for asking! <3

When I was looking for more characters to add to this AU (especially female characters, because let’s face it, I’m seriously lacking in that department so far, and I can only blame Star Wars for that until a certain point, after a while it’s just on me) a very kind anon suggested to me that Aphra would be a great choice for Charon’s role, so here she is! (Except I totally forgot to add a pouch/satchel to her side overflowing with scrolls and other looted artifacts… someone please remind not to forget that again, because as soon as I hit the post button here, I’m pretty sure I will 😅) so here she is, as a very red rough sketch for now for the Hades AU, ready to try and extort Din in exchange for some information on the sunshine farm boy Jedi he is looking for :3

WIP Titles for WIP game :3

#I AM so sorry for all this red in my hades au sketches I swear I use the red for a good reason #by the next stage it all darkens up and becomes less of an eyesore #doctor aphra #hades au #my art #my wips #wip #sketch #how will I write her dialogue when I barely just started to read her comic? good question #I don't have an answer #but I do love her based on the 3 chapters I'd read so far! #do I know how to draw women? no. I'm going the michelangelo route XD