Ramblings of Mine

platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

this beautiful baby is the son of ibrahim abu raida, the 25 y/o executive director of the al nasser charity in gaza, an organization working to distribute food to the displaced. they have many different ways to donate linked on their instagram (linked above) and also have a personal gfm to help with their own rebuilding efforts that is over 80% of the way to its goal.

snoopys! by fruitillu

if the truman show came out in 2020 trumans life would be livestreamed 24/7 and the twitch chat would be absolutely wildin. poggers

whenever truman was preoccupied like sitting at the bus stop checking fake reddit on his phone or whatever it would be like that live stream of jackson hole wyoming before they took the chat away

there’s a fat bear roaming around the area I live in every night and everyone keeps posting ring footage of him

he’s just meandering in all the footage, not knocking over trash cans or doing anything, just walking for his health I guess

sorry to be part of the elitist intelligentsia but i do think you have to read the text you have an opinion on if you expect your opinion to be taken seriously

This was the funniest hour of my life

At the end of the panel we gave them a round of applause for being so brave in trying to write straights and cisgenders

Especially Jasika, who got very emotional about her childhood with straight parents

types of comments on this post:

-straight people saying :/ love is love :/ gay or straight why does it matter ://///

-gay people saying wait no really i’ve never written a non-lesbian pls help

-people pointing out that even straight people don’t know how to write straight people without unnecessary romance

the truly impressive part of this panel was how for an hour, a FULL hour, they talked about writing straight characters like the st8s talk about writing queer characters and they did. not. break. It was the most amazing piece of improv comedy i’ve ever seen. 

FOUND THE LINK: https://castbox.fm/episode/How-to-Create-Straight-Characters-id1117790-id62875239?country=us

t h e l i n k

[image: screenshot of the PodCon 2017 schedule listing for a panel entitled “How to Create Straight Characters”, moderated by Gaby Dunn of Bad With Money with participants Cecil Baldwin of Welcome to Night Vale and Jasika Dunn of Alice Isn’t Dead. (not shown, but identified in the Castbox link for the panel recording: panelist Brie Williams.) the panel description is below:]

So often straight characters are defined by their romantic relationship with someone who is a different gender. How do you keep a story from being overwhelmed by the sexuality of your main character? Is it possible to have a straight character in a story without having a romantic relationship in order to demonstrate their straightness? And how does an LGBTQ storyteller include straight characters while remaining true to their own values and ideals?

Wayback Machine saved the link at some point before it 404ed, but not real usefully. happily, Past Alex saved the audio!

…I don’t suppose anyone is up for transcribing the audio?

i want a doctor who episode about a secret companion that we never got to see because they got lost in the tardis and they're still wandering around in there

shout out to emily mad dogs and englishmen!!! literally her

Zarizav

Comm Kairuss, gift for Zarizav The art was made in February, 2024

I hate the “open floor plan” that everyone is obsessed with in houses now. I want nooks and crannies and bizarre floor plans. I don’t need to be able to see what someone is doing on the other side of the house. I want places to hide and lurk and dwell in the shadows. I am the beast who awaits in the labyrinth

Originals have been added to online shop!

Here

Martin Hsu Cute Goth Fairies for Mighty Fine Apparel / Hot Topic Style Guide art. 

Martin Hsu was also the creator of Ruby Gloom for Mighty Fine – I’m guessing these are around the same time (2002). 

Licensed graphic apparel industry deep cuts is my new fascination (being that I’m in the same industry. Only I don’t get to design cute original fairy characters.)

‘Pink Diamonds’ costume from the movie 'Moulin Rouge’

Giambattista Valli Spring 2024