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it can be true that YA deserves better work, esp in the romantasy category, and also true that lots of adults read this genre and then get mad over something designed for actual teenagers

From my glimpse before the paywall hit, two of the series mentioned are ACOTAR (New Adult) and Powerless (YA), so yeah. I think the truth is that people are reading in genres not designed to appeal to them

that doesn't mean 1st person is a 'bad' PoV choice. it means YA (and NA, its cousin with more sex) currently suffers from a glut of low effort books pushed out quickly and with inadequate editing

that being said, much of the YA genre is written in 1st person and i believe this is a deliberate choice bc younger readers - to whom YA is actually marketed and intended for - find it easier to access a narrative that way. much of the YA genre is also not very good.

couldn't read more than a few lines of this piece bc i ain't paying but perspective discourse is baffling to me. i try to write from a variety of PoVs (tho i do often prefer 3rd) and when reading i have no real preference. if a book is poorly written then it's poorly written regardless of PoV choice

waahh what a pretty girl!!

you're beautiful!!

i walked about 3 miles today which is more than i have walked in many years and my dogs are barkin (the rest of me is mostly limp noodle)

yup it's by @sarenstone.com !

the absolute fussiest lil cat

meridian with tal certainly but we also did this some time back lmao ( art by @sarenstone.com ) ofc

D: glad you are safe

Old art Exarch #FFXIV

I remember learning about the Hays Code in film school and how it made it so that any amoral protagonist had to meet karmic justice by the end of the film and going “wow, that’s really silly” and then once a week I log online and see people argue that we need stuff like that now or it’s problematic

The cover of my new zine BLOOMKIN, displaying my OC Hollis Finch, a disgraced cartographer, walking away into a red background with milkweed flowers lining the bottom.

The inside cover and first page of my new zine BLOOMKIN. On the left is the inside with a brief description that says “BLOOMKIN is a queer, surreal horror graphic novel project in the making, and this zine is the pencils for the first 25 pages! It’s all a work in progress, so the finished product may differ, but I’ve fallen in love with this world and these nerds and couldn’t help but share a sneak peak. Hope you enjoy!”’ Page on the right is an introduction the Madalan Pillar in the first panel, a large towering broken structure underneath a giant eldritch flower in the sky. PANEL 1 NARRATOR THE MADALAN PILLAR A remnant of a past era, hollowed out to make room for the scavenging few. The apocalypse as we knew, it had already come and gone 300 years ago. (365 to be exact). PANEL 2 Another shot of the massive Eldritch flower hovering above the pillar. NARRATOR Our terrible end came to us in the form of an eldritch flower, large enough to plunge our entire sector into permanent shade.

Two other pages of the zine. LEFT PAGE PANEL 1 Hollis dodges a blow as blood sprays from a Bloomkin (monster). PANEL 2 Hollis reaches into his pocket. PANEL 3 Hollis bites down on the grenade pin PANEL 4 The grenade pin is removed. PANEL 5 Hollis narrowly dodges a strike from a Bloomkin. PANEL 6 Close up of Hollis’ hand as he throws the grenade. PANEL 7 The grenade flies into the open cavity of the Bloomkin. RIGHT PAGE PANEL 1 Hollis gtfo while the Bloomkin prepares for another attack. PANEL 2 The Bloomkin explodes, propelling Hollis forward. PANEL 3 Hollis face down in the dirt like a nerd as the smoke clears. Mission successful.

I will be selling a new zine that is a preview of my next comic after NDE (thanks to all who are patiently waiting for the finish!!)! BLOOMKIN is a surreal queer dystopian horror about a disgraced cartographer forced to go on a dangerous expedition with a bitter ex.

shdg well to be fair i only write in the D&D journal DURING D&D (it's for IC/OOC notes); the reading journal only for recording book reviews/thoughts, and the weeks is usually just one quick line a day ...

im sad all the time mostly but especially so in march bc it is the month my dad died. he passed away on march 15th so i have to say that just, personally, for me, i don't love ides of march jokes either (not to proscribe them in any way; it's just not smth i do for this reason)

i love u

adra lowkey admitting that they're married to a tentacle monster

ohh happy birthday!!

crit often calls adra 'nightingale'. adra is not a big pet name person but they sometimes call crit 'ser calamar' (squid) esp when tipsy lmao

before starting to use their name directly (the highest form of affection from him), meridian called tal 'hálfviti' (idiot), but also 'elskan' (darling)

:< weekend soon

canes is sooo tasty. they do one thing and they do it properly

photo of a hobonichi weeks mega journal and a blue journal with gold sun/heart/floral decorations (from tiefossi)

photo of a B5 bullet journal with crystal, floral, and moon-themed decorations as well as a green reading journal with a gold butterfly decoration; both from notebook therapy

a stack of journals

my journal lineup for this year (and yes i am using all of these lmao). the reading journal was a gift from @sarenstone.com & the weeks i just recently bought from @mittiepaul.bsky.social !!

Four sketches of Wrathion from World of Warcraft, wow!!! Wrathion says, "I keep no secrets. You are welcome to accompany us, Anduin Wrynn." He examines his nails. "If your injury permits." There's a sketch beside that of Wrathion looking pouty while crossing his arms, and another below, where he looks affronted. "That's ridiculous. Why would you even play!?" he says.

Another four sketches of Wrathion from World of Warcraft. Wrathion says, "I have chosen the name Wrathion." I put two little blue and pink hearts beside the dialogue to indicate how trans coded this line is... The sketch below that is of him grinning, saying, "You aren't harbouring any bad thoughts, are you?" The last two sketches are of Wrathion as a dragon, and Wrathion wearing a binder, without his turban on, showing that he is a trans man. All the lines here are from the game!! I wanted to draw how I imagined him emoting during each of them.

little dragon, big personality
#wrathion #warcraft

pollera dancers with swords... is this anything

Preliminary concept for the Cataclysm expansion of World of Warcraft featuring the dragon Deathwing emerging explosively from the ocean as waves rock the surface. Fire erupts white hot at its mouth, tapering to red and blue at its tip. Burning contrails arc like flares from the water. A massive billowing cloud of smoky orange builds in the background. Water drips from its wings as they spread wide colored like magma between structural ribs. A reptilian fin of the same orange runs underneath its stocky neck.

DEATHWING: THE DESTROYER
Preliminary concept for World of Warcraft
Acrylic - 8” x 11”

Michael Whelan has painted a variety of dragons in his career, but none match the fury and destructive power of Deathwing. Commissioned by Blizzard Entertainment for the massively popular online RPG. 1/2

omg. a man with a particular set of skills

really trying to moisturize my hands/arms/etc this season and incidentally my elbows don't feel pebbly and my knuckles haven't split open, as usually happens in winter. perhaps a correlation

of cats as whimsically capricious and asocial, when ofc actual cats are very social creatures who want and need to be paid attn to and loved. drawing them otherwise enhances their fairytale mystery, which can indeed be sometimes exasperating