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Ahhhhhhhhh this gives me life

[ID: A digitally drawn comic of Toph and Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender talking about Zuko’s scar.

It begins with Toph approaching Zuko, who is sitting near a campfire. “You have a scar?” she asks. Zuko replies,  "Oh! Uh, yeah… You didn’t…?“ Toph cuts him off and says, "Came up in passing with the other guys.” Toph casually makes herself a seat out of rock and sits down next to him. “Must be pretty badass if everyone assumes I know it’s there, too,” she continues. Zuko looks aside awkwardly and says, “… It’s on my face.” “Ah.” Toph replies.

Zuko says, “Maybe you could… feel it?” “Huh?” says Toph. “I guess, if I concentrate hard enough.” Zuko reaches for Toph’s hand. “Uhm, just with your hand, if you want,” he says. “I don’t think I can describe it.” “… Gotcha. Guide my hand then, boss,” Toph says. Zuko does so, and there’s a pause as Toph touches his scar. The fire reflects in her eyes.

As Toph pulls her hand away, Zuko says, “…. You know, my left eye is almost blind, too.” “Seriously?!” Toph exclaims. “Why aren’t we a tag team yet?! The blind bandit and the half-blind dweeb!” “Come on…!” Zuko moans. End ID]

id by @strawberrygiorno , thank you!

i’ve had this comic sketched out for months but only decided to finish it now, it’s based on something i drew a couple years back of toph and zuko….don’t think too hard on when or how this takes place because i don’t really know either! it’s just a concept i’ve always wanted to draw

@eternalglitch This is just me imagining the first time Leo initiates a touch. It makes sense to me that it’d be Donnie. Hope you like 👉 👈

I have another one coming that makes more sense in color, too :) Thanks for the heartache fodder!!!

silly little guy !

"You look so tired, my son."

Doodle dump pt 2

Doodle dump

I have more but I'm still figuring out Tumblr

❤💜💙🧡

DAMN straight (metaphorically of course)

Loving the Willow show, especially since, unlike a lot of Disney stuff that has First Gay Character, Kit is allowed to be flawed

Like, DEEPLY flawed. Actually, it isn't unlike Glimmer from She Ra and the princesses of power. Kit is your typical rebellious princess, but when she gets out into the world, that belief that She is right and everyone else is wrong, doesn't immediately go away. Especially not when her brother could be dying every second they delay.

Madmortigan may have left before they were old enough to truly know him, but she and Airk have both inherited traits from their dad. They're both ultimately noble souls with the hearts of true heroes, but Airk is a skirt-chasing womanizer scared to death of commitment, and Kit is a self-absorbed prat whose every snarky word makes Willow wanna shove a tree up her ass. Her relationship with Jade isn't some sapphic fairy tale, at least not yet, because Jade has to constantly drag kit kicking and screaming into doing the right thing and by episode 2 you can tell she's getting REALLY sick of it.

Willow doesn't just fully embrace the queerness of its lead, it also embraces that queer people are just as complicated, messy, and kinda shitty as everyone else.

I am LOVING this show

#artists

Promises & teddy bears!!!

Here have some GODDAMNED ANGST

— Twin Size Mattress, The Front Bottoms

like father, like son by @eternalglitch

based on chapter 13

Oh. This is. Wow. Been a while since I felt my heart ache like that.

I've been in constant pain for the last 2 days and it's your fault @eternalglitchmain @eternalglitch (not sure which I should tag).

Anyways you're a fantastic freaking writer. You should win an award.

I guess I'm doing this. Wish me luck *Hunger Games whistle*

I guess I'm doing this. Wish me luck *Hunger Games whistle*

Here's those Fae (my ROTTMNT OC) sketches I promised. I was gonna do it last night and then I remembered Willow came out and I had to drop everything to watch it. Totally worth it btw.

Saoirse Fae is 19 as of the events of the movie. She's a Yokai from a wealthy clan with Scottish ancestry. She comes to New York to pursue a human degree of study AND to formally extend her clan's gratitude to the Hamato clan for saving the world.

There's a lot more to her than that but for now I'm just happy to share what I got going on in this funny lil brain of mine. Until next time ✌️

Pain :)

When did his baby blue get so far from reach?

It's BACK YUSSSSS

Unmute !

Day Whatever of trying and failing to get my drawing program to cooperate (curse you, Krita!!!).

Luckily for me, I did finally learn how to scan my sketchbook instead of taking shitty pictures of it, AND I have a finished drawing in reserve, apparently! *faints in relief*

People ask me if I did an OC for Rise. Do they even know me?! Of course I did! It's like the first thing I do when I get into a show. This is Fae, and while anthro fox girls wielding bladed fans may be a little...ahem...Look I just started watching Samurai Rabbit, I swear I didn't know about Kitsune when I made Fae. For what it's worth I'm not married to the fan weapon and her personality is VERY different.

There is a whole story in my head for her that I may or may not share, but for now here's my first attempt at a whole piece (above...full disclosure, that's not my background. Please bully me if that's not ok). I'll add the concept sketches and doodles in a separate post.

I was asked a while back how I HC'd how April met the boys and at what age - here ya go

*melts*

- Star Wars Moodboards -

Tech

these ghosts of ghosts will never exist

but they matter

Some lil Donnie doodles I did today because I needed to make SOMETHING and this is cute.

I am also an autistic bean and although I wasn't diagnosed until I was 14, I definitely showed signs as a small child and I feel like Donnie DEFINITELY did too.

I HC that Splinter, you know, KNEW something was different from the beginning and knows Donnie is on the spectrum, but he can't get an official diagnosis for him because of This Whole Situation TM. But he's done a lot of research and knows Donnie loves music and dancing, so he teaches him bō-jutsu (known for its kinetic flow) to help him improve his proprioception and help them bond.

Bonus lil Leo because he's freakin cute AF, LOOK AT HIM.

This is important to me ok

"stop right there criminal scum"

This fandom doesn't talk about the reckless drifting flying enough. Man straight up goes Baby Driver on multiple occasions

a niche character trope i like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well adjusted, then they do something where it’s like. oh you’re secretly a little bit insane actually

I'm screaming he did it wrong

Bruh

On Cringe Culture, Kids' Shows, and Elitism

i'M nOt rEaDiNg aLl tHaT" Ok, scroll down for the TL:DR. (Also on SpaceHey and Blogspot)

The now ex-CEO of Disney, Bob Chapek, has stated the animation is only for children. Never mind that this is the same company that owns The Simpsons, and was founded by a guy who said, and I quote "You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway."

Naturally, this has caused universal backlash within the animation community, with many people defending animation as a medium for everyone, not just kids. However, the animation community was also mocked by outsiders for using kids' shows, such as Gravity Falls, to prove that animation is for everyone. In fact, the animation community (more specifically the western animation community) has always been cruelly harassed by outsiders for watching cartoons, especially ones aimed at children.

There is nothing wrong with watching children's shows AT ALL. Watching kids' shows doesn't make you immature, a pedophile, or whatever bullshit that outsiders want to spew. Remember the Walt Disney quote above; many kids' shows are designed to be appealing to multiple audiences, including adults. Kids' shows with adult appeal (or ones that don't annoy the living daylights out of parents, or are legitimately good for kids) are more likely to be praised and recommended by said parents than, say, Cocomelon.

However, because of the stigma attached to kids' shows, many animation fans feel the need to hate on/ignore slice-of-life or comedy cartoons, while only praising plot-driven or "dark" ones like Gravity Falls, The Owl House, and Avatar, and say that they are "not for kids." Again, there is NOTHING wrong with liking kids' shows (these shows do feel more YA-ish though, but that's another subject for another blog). All three of these shows are very high quality, and you don't need to justify your enjoyment of them to outsiders. The constant prioritization of dramatic cartoons over lighthearted ones in the cartoon fandom creates a sense of snobby elitism, and leads to...

...fans of lighthearted shows like Big City Greens and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic being bullied for liking said shows because they are "childish." Which, in turn, leads to fans of lighthearted kids' shows trying to make their shows seem dark in order to make the elitists like them. Back in the day, many bronies made dark fan works based on MLP such as "Cupcakes," "Smile HD," and "Rainbow Factory" and put them out in public with no age restriction, resulting in a bunch of traumatized children. The bronies also acted like they were the target audience and not children.

Apart from the bronies' fan works, MLP also suffered from exaggerated darkness on TV Tropes subpages. Speaking of TV Tropes, there was a very infamous incident regarding the kids' show "Ready Jet Go!" Aside from the stigma surrounding general kids' programs, you also have the stigma attached to preschool shows that they are dumb and for babies (never mind that babies/infants are too young to watch TV, and if they watch it before they turn 2, it would really hurt their brain. Look up the Baby Einstein controversy for more info), especially with GoAnimate users making it hip to hate on Dora and Barney. Not every preschool/elementary show is the same as Cocomelon. There are many high-quality programs for the little ones such as Arthur, Cyberchase, Sesame Street, Bluey, Mister Rogers, VeggieTales, Oswald, Blue's Clues, LazyTown, Bear in the Big Blue House, and WordGirl. Can you really blame fans for liking them when they’re just so good?

With all this in mind, someone once made a Nightmare Fuel page for Ready Jet Go on TV Tropes in order to make it more popular, because the user felt alone in liking the show and it was a big comfort for them. They also cited the snobbery of the cartoon community as a reason for their making the page on the Nightmare Fuel cleanup thread. The page was eventually deleted because it was mocked cruelly by 4chan. It didn't make the show more popular, it gave it a bad reputation.

The user shouldn't have to had made that stupid page with examples exaggerating the show's supposed scariness. If it weren't for the cartoon community being a bunch of elitists, as well as the kids/preschool show stigma, this wouldn't have happened. The sad part is, even though the page is long gone, the page STILL gets brought up by RJG haters to mock the show, its' fans, and TV Tropes for "pissing their pants over Ready Jet Go" which is beating a dead horse at this point. Seriously, make like Elsa and LET IT GO. Please stop bringing it up, and if you’re reading this blog, please don’t look it up. Please have sympathy for Ready Jet Go fans. We’re actually a very nice fandom.

The 4chan bullying also ties into cringe culture. On sites such as DeviantArt, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, and 4chan, many people are considered "cringe" and cyberbullied for "crimes" like making a colorful character or watching cartoons. The cyberbullies in question are just a bunch of pathetic lowlives who bully people for being happy, because they think that bullying happy people will make them feel better about their disgusting selves.

As noted here, cringe culture affects autistic people the most. Autistic people tend to get really passionate about their favorite things, or "special interests," and like to talk about them all the time and make their own characters. But according to some unwritten rule of society, your OCs have to be as deep as Shakespeare, and you're not allowed to like 'childish' things even a little bit. (I think it's worth mentioning that the Nightmare Fuel person was autistic themselves). Many proponents of cringe culture participate in concern trolling, acting like they don't want so-called "cringe" people to be bullied and want them to be good artists/writers. Cringe culture doesn't make people become better creators, it makes them become boring creators and repressing their true passions.

Every autistic person is different, which is why it's called the autism spectrum. However, it is true that a lot of autistic people enjoy children's media, likely because of how calming and simple they tend to be. For example, Thomas the Tank Engine is very popular with autistics because the engines' emotions are easy to tell, and the show has a chill atmosphere (by the way, the Thomas fandom is a frequent victim of cringe culture). Plus, it legitimately has Tolkien-level lore dating back to the 1940s. I'm not even kidding, look up "The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways." It always pisses me off when outsiders act surprised that "tHOmAs tHe tRaIn hAs A fAnDoM?!?1!" It's based on a book series that's existed since 1945, of fucking course it has a fandom, dumbass.

TL;DR - 'Animation is for everyone' and 'it's okay to like kids' cartoons/lighthearted cartoons' are statements that can and should co-exist. Also, autistic people can like whatever they want and those who harass them are the scum of the earth.

Top/Switch/Bottom chart (do not take this seriously)

Before you murder me: this is just how I feel after seeing fanart and fanfics of some of these guys and I am also biased towards our favorite red heads being bottoms (with Cal I didn't know where to put him honestly so I threw him with Obi Wan).

Also Din is like a wild card because this man gets shipped with so many people and in so many dynamics it's hard not to make him a true switch.

Luke is the same but he is always chaotic, Cobb and Din switch eachother so much he deserves that place and Cody, Qui Gon and Anakin are usually tops when they are shipped with someone.

Also the Hux/Kylo crowd will kill me for this but:

Topping Kylo Ren dose not make you a top, I'm sorry but Kylo is also a huge bottom. Hux would get topped by so many characters if it was possible.

Jdusjbshxiskmsksjhrbwkzihditpelan no I can't handle this

There's something about them dancing that makes me so happy 😊

once upon a time leo was complaining to hueso about his poor motor skills and how he keeps tripping over his own feet... hueso suggested some classical dancing classes and years later leo is VERY thankful

Me looking

nobody look at me, i've got a blorbo

Art in its purest form 🤌🤌🤌