Skippy the Toad

a commissioned artwork of trowa barton brushing his teeth while looking at his phone. his long bangs are pulled up to the side and tied up with a hair tie that bears quatre's face. he's also wearing a green sleeveless tip and a towel over his left shoulder. in his left hand is the phone over which is a speech balloon containing the cheerful face of quatre, surrounded by hearts. the background is geometric yellow and green.

I made a "joke post" once that I need trowa with his hair tied up using quatre's disembodied head and then I realized that I have friends who could make this happen SO

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Aww I love this! Which fic is it from?

A giant mermaid floats just below the ocean's surface, hands gently spread to cradle the swimmer facing her.

New friend ✨️

This is just a reminder that while you survive The Horrors, check in with yourself to see if you need to:

Eat! Any food is better than no food.

Hydrate! It doesn’t have to be plain water.

Take meds! Hell yeah, science.

Touch grass! Nature is cool.

Play! Fun is self-care and fuel for the fight.

"ai is inevitable" no you are just a weak coward

Cooked up a nice catalog spread for Momocon next week!

First part is our fleece hats, hoodies, and kigus! What you see is what we will have. No two are a like and unfortunately we don't have all sizes, but will have custom orders available after con!

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A graphic illustrated portrait of woman with a fork earring

Soft and fuzzy portrait meets painterly texture, this was so much fun to make!

Hire me to illustrate book covers like this 😍

I'm listening to this, knowing what I wrote but still feeling like I'm grasping at something half-understood but still beautiful.

OMG 💀

I definitely agree, and as someone who has worked a WorldCon (Chicago, 2021) I possibly understand more than the average SF/F fan about how separate the con committees for different WorldCons really are. But I know that not everyone will have that insight and may need extra reassurance along the way

That's basically what I felt-- a good start, though they'll have some work ahead of them to continue showing transparency and earning fans' good faith back.

I'm thinking they'll have some work to do in showing fans they are genuinely trying their best to be fair and transparent, but I think the thread following this post is at least a good start.

And his ears! 😍

Lmaoooooooooooooo

Yeah, super, not condescending at all.

I mean, he *is* divorced... 😏

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That's what today is like in Chicago.

"Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition."

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

But my point is that people did have his back then, just not enough to actually get rid of McCarty and since everything was and is volunteer, it's hard to "fire" people.

Yeah. I mean, not to belittle the racism issue, which is not insignificant, but my partner did and does still have a lot of good friends in fandom, even though we're both kinda retired from working cons; and he's got a lot of respect from most of the fans since he's, you know, competent (lolsob).

Also, my partner, and some of the others who were speaking up, are Black, and there historically weren't too many Black folks in literary sci-fi/fantasy fandom at the time, so that was another layer.

Not entirely. There were definitely people capable and willing to do the job -- including my partner -- but he's got friends and money so every time people would speak up, they'd just get shut down because McCarty was the Great White Savior of the Con.

I should specify that I'm not a fan of this strategy. Especially since in the hotel liaison position he holds, he's got a fair amount of control over the conventions he runs, including negotiating hotel contracts, which have, to say the least, caused some, uh, hiccups.

That's part of what happened. And also he had/has a lot of $$ for supporting local cons so that "helps." People don't want to lose the money and he's so pushy it's easier to just put him in charge of something than trying to get him to go away.

Am said friend. He's fundamentally incapable of shutting the fuck up. But in the past, it was just local folks putting up a fuss. This time it's the whole ass internet that's pissed, so consequences are gonna happen.

TIL that in Taiwan, the garbage trucks sing! That's brilliant and I wish American garbage trucks would sing.