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love island should introduce a "scheming eunuch" islander who is like a smart and completely asexual islander exempt from being kicked off or being made to participate in any challenges and they're just there to provide advice and be a sort of sounding board for the other islanders when they need a disinterested party to talk things through with. but the scheming eunuch has secret goals unbeknownst to anyone e.g. a cash prize for talking a certain couple into breaking up etc.

The Noble and Wise Lord William

Fanart for my favorite cat! When I get my hands on you kitty, I'm gonna pet you so hard!!

Kitty belongs to Lucy from @thelostbride-if

i am so so gently asking abled storytellers to try this little exercise: consider that maybe the main character doesn't miraculously get through traumatic event number 8277 with minor injuries. maybe they don't make a full, narratively-convenient recovery. there are tangible, long-term effects on their health. they are disabled. there are lots of ways to be disabled, and you can pick whatever makes the most sense. the point is that because they're the main character, they have to stay at the heart of the narrative. what happens to your story after that? just for the sake of this exercise, you're not allowed to have them spiral into helpless depression, or collapse under self-loathing, or turn their story into a quest for a cure or an uplifting recovery narrative. think it through instead. how can you tell this story with the character's disability? what needs to change? are there any reasons why these changes can't happen?

at the end of it, you might change nothing. but I think this is worth doing, because sometimes you'll find that the reason you didn't want your character to have a limp, or lose a limb or sense, or have some kind of SFF-appropriate fantasy disability is because of internalised biases. those are worth challenging & i truly believe that creators miss out on richer stories when they view disability either as a fate worse than death or as nothing more than a catalyst for tragedy.

not now kitten, mommy needs to get up off her ass and overcome her fear of writing poorly because it's better than not writing at all.

Okay 👏 first serious attempt at making an original comic. I have no idea what I'm doing and am just winging it

Ugh, the shadows look so much darker in my art app, gonna have to fix that

A german trans guy I follow on tiktok recently shared that he has a habit of telling people a random women's name when they ask about his deadname and one time he used a fake name when referring to his pre-transition self in a skit and to this day he still gets trolls in his comments calling him by that name thinking they're hitting a nerve, meanwhile it's just some random ass name he came up with on the spot. If anyone needs a fun strategy for messing with transphobes.

Watched a documentary about abuse and advice one guy said to give children was, "Tell them that if someone is hurting them, to tell someone - and don't just tell one person. Tell as many people as possible, and keep telling as many people as possible until the abuse stops." and i really liked that

Bc so many ppl focus on the idea of telling A Trusted Adult, but even a well-meaning individual can fuck up and let abuse fall through the cracks or not know what to do

Whereas if a child tells LOADS of adults AND other kids, there's far less opportunity for an abuser to do damage control

Consistently telling their story and spreading it around disempowers the abuser to control and coerce the flow of information, or to utilise gaps and weaknesses in systems of reporting or welfare to isolate the child

Just really good advice. Not suprised I don't hear it more often.

and for my next trick I will put my graphic design studies to good use: infamous if band logo

these are cute but idk if I’m fully convinced, I do love the pink and black combo