You know what fuck it, gonna clean house today
Fuck nazis, Fuck supremacists, Fuck terfs, Fuck transphobes, Fuck aphobes, Fuck homophobes, Fuck biphobes, Fuck predators, Fuck islamaphobes, Fuck racists, Fuck antisemites, Fuck fascists, Fuck antis, just fuck all y’all, get the fuck off my blog.
I *love* the addition of the tree into the dress design
lil morning warm up of Orym, playing around with a different rendering style for these more painterly style drawings :)
Something I found very interesting about the Barbie movie was the Ken’s mimicking of patriarchy. I’ve seen some comments putting it as a stance of men’s inherent desire to oppress women but would argue it much more reflects the socialization process many young boys experience that encourages them take on misogynistic views. The kens do not resent the Barbie’s. They’ve grown up in a society the Barbie’s run and the adore and love them. I think you could say that reflects the early stages of life for many boys where often the main role models they know are women, their mothers (as they often have a more involved role than fathers) and eventually their teachers, which women still make up the vast majority of early childhood educators.
The Kens also notably lack a sense of brotherhood at the start of the movie. And it isn’t until they’re in the real world our main Ken experiences positive male attention and approval (which is only due to him also being a man). It is that desire for approval from his male peers that initially drives him to believe in patriarchy.
There is of course also the underlying struggle of his unrequited feelings for Barbie, but none of the kens truly resent the Barbies. They don’t actually want them as oppressed servants. Yes they want their attention, but even during kendom we see them happiest on their cheesy guitar playing group date. They begin oppressing Barbie’s not because it’s what they actually want but rather it’s them mimicking the behaviour of men.
And that is why I think it makes such a great ode to the socialization of young boys to be misogynistic. Boys do not have an innate hatred for women, nor is it something they naturally grow into of their own fruition. But rather it’s a patterned of learned behaviours they in most cases initially mimic for the approval of other men or to gain attention, but overtime becomes a very real ideology then adopt and believe in and likely pass on.
Day 2 of drawing LGBTQ+ characters for pride month. Today is Double Trouble from She Ra. I love them so much ;-;
[ID: A digital illustration of Ashton Greymoore from Critical Role. They are visible from the chest up, facing three quarters to the left. He is looking over to the right with a smile. End description.]
They're gonna be a hero!
“I’ve been angry for thirty years.”
Ashton watching Keyleth, in constant pain with her injuries, talking about anger, about using anger and staying angry.
That was something, huh?
#116.5 - Horsea live in the ocean, where they make nests in the shade of corals in an effort to avoid their natural predators. If they feel threatened, Horsea will reflexively spray a dense black ink from their mouth and try to escape; if attacked by a larger enemy, they can quickly swim to safety by adeptly controlling their dorsal fin. Horsea can also utilize their ink blasts to shoot down flying bugs with precision from the surface of the water. As Horsea grow, they develop poisonous spines that grant them additional protection. By spinning their body, a fully grown Horesea - a Seadra - can generate a strong whirlpool that swallows prey down into the depths.
#117.5 - Seadra are very capable swimmers, and can even swim backwards by rapidly flapping its winglike pectoral fins and stout tail. The males raise the young, which they protect furiously with their toxic spikes. Seadra’s cells contain the presence of a gene not found in Horsea, believed to be the traces of a ancient draconic heritage. By moving down to the deep ocean floor, the additional pressure causes this gene to awaken, sparking the evolution into Kindra. As these Seadra age, they build their energy in the ocean depths, and are said to be able to create giant whirlpools by merely yawning. Trainers hoping to evolve their Seadra can expose them to a Dragon Scale, in an attempt to awake their dormant genes without the prolonged, undersea pressure.
Named: Horsea - Seapent - Seadra - Prindra - Kingdra
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now that i’ve caught you up on my other shenanigans, i cannot wait for Laudna’s new art to be done. as soon as i heard Marisha describe it i had vivid day dreams of how the design would look since then
doth my eyes deceive me is thy floor a trans flag?
[ID: two digital greyscale drawings of Jonathan Sims and Martin Blackwood from The Magnus Archives. Jon is depicted as a short, thin British-Pakistani man with many scars, and Martin is depicted as a tall, fat Vietnamese-Polish man with glasses.
Image 1 depicts Jon rescuing Martin from the Lonely in episode 159. Against a cloudy grey background, Martin, washed out, stands with his arms limp at his sides, looking vacantly aside. He is wearing a blazer. Jon wears an overlarge cardigan that fans out behind him as he reaches for Martin’s face with both hands. Many tendrils of negative space curl around Martin, and a few break over Jon’s legs and flow between his fingers.
Image 2 depicts the final moments of episode 200. Jon, unraveling into magnetic tape, floats in mid-air while Martin, standing on the ground, begins to drive a knife into Jon’s chest, cutting the tape. Blood rises from the wound, floating upward, the only color in the drawing. Jon gently touches Martin’s face and supports the arm holding the knife, while Martin sobs through gritted teeth and holds onto Jon’s wrist. The dark backdrop is lit by a beam of light behind Jon, which highlights the negative space between the ribbons of tape that compose Jon’s body. End ID.]
these drawings ended up being parallels of a sort so thought i would share them together for. maximum pain :,) if anyone’s wondering i’m still inconsolable about Them
i’ve seen a lot of posts talking about nimona’s queer messages which is great! but ive not seen as many posts talking analyzing how both ballister and ambrosius were changed to be asian, which is a shame because i genuinely think its one of the most important parts of the film! a huge part of it is a deconstruction of the model minority myth and respectability politics, both of which are big issues in the asian american community. both of them represent each side of the spectrum, with ambrosius expected to be superhuman with very little support and ballister being seen as less than human, no matter how hard he tries- a monster.
ambrosius (who is now east asian, like his voice actor eugene lee yang, who is korean with chinese and japanese ancestry), despite being in a seemingly powerful position as head of the knights and a descendant of gloreth, he isn’t really given the kind of support that this position needs- he’s constantly undermined and belittled by todd, the face of the other knights, and when asked about his emotional state by the director, represses his emotions rather than talk to her about his true feelings. this is very similar to how asian american students in schools aren’t given the support they need academically by teachers and administration, as the model minority myth leads to them being perceived as more intelligent and competent than their fellow students and therefore not needing support. he’s also held to a higher standard than any of the other knights, being immediately placed into a position of power despite just being knighted, again a reflection of the model minority myth, since asian americans are held to higher standards unfairly. despite being technically better off than ballister, he has no support, no friends, no way to seek help for his problems, and, just like ballister, is immediately thrown away the moment the director thinks he’s served his use.
ballister is now pakistani, like his voice actor riz ahmed (no, not like pedro pascal. where did this come from lol), and i’d go as far as to say that he is also, if not explicitly muslim, heavily muslim coded as well. he’s framed as a terrorist by the white, christian institution, and from then on, it doesn’t matter how good he tries to be- everyone else sees him as a monster. he’s also from a lower socioeconomic class than ambrosius and the rest of the knights- while this is initially used to frame him as a success story, after he’s framed, it’s used to cast suspicion on him. almost immediately he’s othered, with posters casting him as a foreign invader sent to destabilize the city, much in the same way that muslim immigrants are seen in real life. even when he tries to be peaceful and good, it’s always twisted so that he’s the monster of the story. while ambrosius is held to too high of a standard, ballister will never be enough for the institution to accept.
which is why both of their arcs culminate in them breaking out of the system, learning to accept what they’d been taught was monstrous, and leaving behind respectability. it’s a genuinely great commentary, and i can definitely see why riz ahmed and eugene lee yang were chosen for this, as they’ve both done activist work for their communities.
Hey there! A lil Orym and Fearne reunion moment! Cause we all need the cuteness in our life!
