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Keep a Light On, my Ben Solo comic, is available for digital download now on Gumroad!
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So I couldn’t help but do more of this AU. This is a reunion for the king and queen of the underworld. Rey has added more belladonna and hemlock to her repertoire, not exactly happy to be parted from her husband…
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Solitudes: Part Twenty Eight - Sit Down and Strap In
FInally, Ben and Rey are on their way!
Finn’s trust of Rey is put to the test. He trusts Rey’s judgment, which is important for their friendship.
You’ll also notice the lack of colour. It’s really hard to do full colour comics, so I’ll be doing them this way for the near future, if you don’t mind.
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A watercolour I worked on the past couple weeks. The original is 16x20 inches so instead of scanning I had to take a photo.
I’ll try to scan it later, but a photo will do for now.
Here are some in-progress photos:
Stunning work!
My papa (or more likely aunt Cara) went to Endor and all I got was this t-shirt.
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Ben Solo and a butterfly. Watercolour I started a while back, but only finished now. 8x10 inches.
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You guys may or may not know I have a webcomic, but I DO. It is called Velharthis. It is on Webtoons. I have just updated with a new chapter (which you can read here) or you can read from the beginning here.
If you like adventures about girls with swords, maybe check it out!
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I was wondering what kind of female black characters do people want to see more of? Like, them being soft or selfish?
Black Girls & Women: Representation We Want
As a Black woman reader, I definitely want to see more soft Black girls and women in literature. Girls with their own self-interests (caring about oneself isn’t necessarily selfish) and not always someone else’s caregiver is great too.
Here’s my list!
More Black girls...
- In love
- With close family bonds and healthy relationships and support systems (that don’t require enduring abuse, fixing their partner, or overall emotional labor to earn domestic happiness)
- Being protected
- As main characters, heroines and anti-heroes
- On adventures
- In fantasy and magical settings
- In historical settings as peasants, upper-class society, and royalty
- Descriptions of Black Afro hair, skin, features as a normal thing in books (see this compilation) and not in an Othering way
- On the other hand, vibrant, sometimes hyped up descriptions that allude to their beauty (see this ask. Or this one). Not Othering, just appreciating!
- Put us in fancy dresses and give us a sword and let us dance at the balls and have admirers!
- Experiencing complex emotions not necessarily in reaction to racism or racist violence
- On the book cover! And with an accurate, not light or white-washed model
~Mod Colette
Responses:
@madamef-er
- Soft black girls and nerd girls who like cute things.
- Shy black girls not just in situations with boys.
- More lgbtqia+ black girls. Studs! Femmes!
- Gender fluid and non conforming constantly changing their style because they like it!
- Spies and not just as the 'sexy bait' or 'weapons master' let us sit behind the computer for once and be hackers and stuff
@tanlefan
- Black girls who are just...people.
- I want a fantasy escapism adventure that isn't a thinly veiled discussion on slavery or racism or any other aspect of The Struggle. I am tired.
- Can I just have a happy Black girl who believes in fairies or something?
@esmeraldanacho-1776 More autistic Black women/girls! I don't care what genre really; just have them in there!
@briarsthicket And enby black people!
- Def soft black girls.
- Energetic and playful.
- Or shy and quiet.
- I want to see more black girls who are nerds and not just mommy mommying or nanny nannying everyone.
- I want black girls who want to be a ballerina, or a talk show host, or a game designer etc.
- I want a black girl who gets to be happy.
- Who doesn't have to act older than she is and be the shoulder for everyone, always.
@xiiishadesofgrey
- I want more black lady nerds, if we’re talking modern settings!
- More black ladies who have a sporty/playful nature!
- Who aren’t afraid to get dirty and make chaos, without being dirty or frowned upon!
- Strange as it sounds coming from me, more black princesses! Brandy as Cinderella in the 90s was my first Cinderella, and I LOVE that.
- Please, god, more black wlws.
@daintythoughtswritersblock
- I want to see tropes exercised
- Black women of all shades and tones
@hazelnut4370
- Tbh just fellow black people being happy, like I rarely see that,
- Or enjoying hobbies
rivergoddessdream
- Happily childless black women
- Black women traveling the world
- Fat black women in happy, healthy, poly relationships
- Black cis and trans women having a true sisterhood
- Autistic black women
- Black women in period pieces that aren't about slavery and don't take place in the US
- Black women thespians
- Black women painters
- Black women revolutionaries
- Black women front and center in the narrative
- Black women healers and storytellers
- Non christian Black women stories
- Black women rockers
#complicated black women characters #tell those stories
More Black Girls...
- With diverse cultural and social backgrounds!
- That are nerdy, girly, intelligent, ditzy, all the personality types that white girls in literature get!
- That are fragile, shy or anxious. Almost every single black woman I’ve seen in media or otherwise are wise and adult. Let us be an absolute wreck, or an anxious mess!
- In science! Characters like Shuri, Moon Girl and Iron Heart in Marvel revitalized me, cuz young black girls only get two types. Both these girls are in intellectual and in science, but have bery different personalities.
- In interracial relationships, and not because they hate black men or something along those lines. They just happen to be dating outside their race, black women get hate for that in real life and it’s unfair. Let us have relationships outside our race! That said...
- In platonic relationships with black men! I think that’s important, cuz I don’t often seen black solidarity unless it’s for the purpose of showing how diverse the writing is. Let them share interests, daily frustrations that they would only understand, but don’t force a romance.
- In solid friendships with other black girls! For some reason, we’re pitted against in each other inside and outside of writing! Write some sweet wholesome friendship!
- With different sexualities! Let there be some that are ace, others are gay, bi or pan! Just be sure you don’t sexualize them, or turn em into a robot.
- •Who are dark-skinned! This can be seen a lot in tv or movies, but when you want a black girl in your stuff don’t just hire a light-skinned black girl or a biracial black girl. It’s not the same.
- Who get to act their age! Black women have a long standing history of being adultified, starting from a very young age, and it’s extremely harmful. Little black girls can wear what they please, the problem is people sexualizing them. Let the teen black girl be a teenager, she can look out for her siblings but she isn’t the keepern the house or their lives. Young adult black girls are not ideal housewives or capable working machines, they mess up and mess around just as much as any young adult.
- With mental/physical disabilities or illnesses. Alongside with being forced to be more mature than they are, disabilities/illnesses are never taken seriously and we’re forced to just deal with it. Having black girls who happen to have these issues, but also have a healthy support group is always good!
- Seen as beautiful and desirable and NOT in a hypersexualized way
- Interracial relationships are wonderful because black girls are beautiful and lbr everybody sees it
- Sensitive and allowed to feel something other than righteous anger
- Some black girls are skinny! Some are big! Some are slim and some are curvy! There’s no mold!
- Dark skinned!
- A YA protagonist out to save the world from something other than racism
- Superpowers or magic that doesn’t come from generational trauma or slavery
- Black characters who support other black characters. None of this token crabs in a barrel business.
- Black girl nerds and punks and goths exist. I promise.
- And this may be a personal preference but I’m not against the idea of a damsel in distress. We are always being strong. Let her be soft and delicate and cared for. Let her be princess carried and rescued from the tower and the dragon.
[Note from Mod: It’s not just you! I love a Black damsel being saved and protected. What is progressive for one woman varies due to historical and present depictions and is why intersectionality in feminism is so important! -Colette]
As a writer, I write a lot of my black female characters like this because I rarely ever see black women being represented in these ways! ESPECIALLY on the covers of books, unless the author themselves is a black woman and even then its rare.
Too often black women are stereotyped as strong protector types that are always rough, tough, and don’t need anybody in books (and real life), when that’s honestly just dumb and inaccurate--black women are as vulnerable as anyone else (in some cases, even more vulnerable, but that’s another topic).
So yeah, this list is 100% accurate and I encourage those who are interested in writing black female characters (whether you’re a black woman or not) to consider writing them like this, because the stereotype needs to die lol.
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Solitudes: Part Twenty Six - Choices are Made
It’s been awhile! I was working on Death is a Lie, my post-TROS reylo comic. It is now complete (see that link), so I can move onto other projects again. I’ll try to get some more Solitudes updates out this summer. The comic is mostly written. I just need to draw it!
I forgot to draw Rey’s bracelets AGAIN. Oh well, fix it later lol. The important part is Rey and Ben are together for adventures finally!
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I have compiled Death is a Lie, my post-TROS comic, into a handy PDF. If anyone would like that as an offline copy, please download it for free here.
There is also an expanded version (which I hope to have in print some day as well) available with some exclusive bonus pages (18 black and white comic pages and 4 illustrations). You can get that here.
Usually I release the print version first, then the online version, but the pandemic has made things difficult to mail (there’s just too high volume). As this comic is not what would be considered “essential”, that’s why I’m doing this the other way around this time.
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One last preview of the bonus pages for Death is a Lie. Rose meets Ben.
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Part II my post-TROS comic, “Death is a Lie”, pages 17-20.
This is the end of part II, but there is a part III that will wrap up everything happily. So don’t fret.
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A teaser of @om-nom-berries′ Reylo art!
The complete work will be released on February 14 as part this year’s Reylo Charity Anthology: Across the Stars. Donate today to receive your copy!
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Part II of that post-TROS comic, which I named “Death is a Lie”. I should probably go tag the other pages. Anyway, enjoy or whatever. Sorry this was late in being posted. I got the flu so that left me unable to do anything for like a week.
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“It takes one stubborn asshole to escape the afterlife. Now there’s two of them.” So yeah, I decided to start a fan-comic about the adventures of Ben Solo and Asajj Ventress meeting in the World between Worlds after they both sacrificed themselves to save the person they love. Of course, they’re both too stubborn and determined to let it go. Here’s a Cover Art and a snippet for the Actual Thing, enjoy <3
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working on something new...
just to add because I think its important: i will be posting the entire comic online here and on my Twitter (which is https://mobile.twitter.com/om_nom_berries)
Ben in his good boi sweater