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i hate the light, i speed at night!
I probably sound like a broken record player at this point with how much I've been harping on about censorship, but we live in interesting times....
Point is, about a month ago I put up a PDF of my NSFW comic for sale on itchio. However, as you probably already know, a conservative group has been pressing credit card companies and payment processors to be more strict with their adult content policies. First, they managed to get Steam to delist a bunch of 18+ games, all under false claims. And now they've gotten itchio too.
So several NSFW games and books were delisted, which means that they don't show up in search results, and thus have decreased visibility. Because of this, I've joined this bundle with 11 other creators!
A lot of us rely on itch's search and tagging system to get out stuff out there, so this was a huge blow to the indie publishing community. This bundle focuses on books, not games, but I still urge you to check it out.
Several of these books are NSFW, however some of them aren't. They got delisted simply because they have queer characters, or deal with mature themes like abuse from a survivor's perspective. I think this should give you an idea of what kind of ideals these conservative groups hold...
Anyway, go get the bundle here: https://itch.io/b/3200/fighting-back
31 Books for $36! And the profits will be 100% split between each creator, so you wouldn't be helping only me. In fact, there's people in there that need all the help they can get, so I encourage you to check each individual creator's page.
And if you can't afford the bundle, you can still help by sharing it on social media. I made a post about it on bluesky
Here's a post from another creator that has a bit more interaction too.
And if you just want to fight back against payment processors' oppressive rules, here's a masterlist of resources you can use
I guess everyone is doing it now... I know that the theme reveal will be later today, but I never pay attention to that since I always have them sort me in a random team.
But anyway.... I thought about it, and yeah I guess I'll be participating this year, even though I'll be busier than usual since I'm working on my comic now. But I can still make some time for Artfight, it's a once a year event after all.
Here's my profile: https://artfight.net/~deimosphoibus
Also, I want to try something different because I always get a little nervous when drawing for other people. I have a hitlist here, so I guess you can link your characters there for me to check them out.
I would like to draw animal characters especially, and mythological or fantasy creatures. Especially sphinxes or mermaids! And I should mention that I don't really care about revenge or revenge chains, I don't mind if you can't draw something in return.
Anyway, that's all!
Hi everyone! I decided to ask this here because well, I don't know where else to ask hah. This is partly me asking for opinions, and partly rambling about my own feelings.
There is something I've been thinking about recently... basically, I've seen people say that if they're bisexual it means they like men/women in a gay way; and I want to understand that a bit better.
Because I keep thinking about the question: if that's true, what would it be like if a bisexual person was in a relationship with a straight person?
I got this idea I want to address either in my current comic, or maybe in a future comic idk, but I need some extra insight. I can only speak for my own experiences after all, and those are very limited...
I have questioned my sexuality in the past, but I ended up just labeling myself as straight mostly because of physical attraction to the opposite gender of course, but I also find that there's something... kind of fulfilling about "conforming" to the societal expectation of my culture in that regard, especially since I do not conform in other ways. In other words, as a straight person I would say it is important for me to conform to society's expectations, even if just a little.
However, I think when people say that they like the opposite gender in a "gay" way, they are saying that their attraction does not conform to said expectations. Which brings me to the question I posed earlier. Would that be a source of conflict in a relationship? If I dated a bisexual woman, would it make me uncomfortable if she viewed our relationship as "queer"? How would I overcome that? Is that how this even works or am I just misunderstanding it all? So many questions!
I want to explore those themes, but I also don't want to accidentally say some stupid shit about things I don't know anything about. Which is why I need to ask for some insight from the LGBTQ+ community... these are mainly directed towards bisexual people, but I'd be open to any kind of response really. The questions that I'm asking are:
Are you, or have you ever been in a relationship with a straight person? How do/did you feel about it? Or if you haven't, how would you feel if you were? Or maybe you wouldn't want to date a straight person at all?
Do you feel like your relationships are "queer" even when you are dating someone of the opposite/different gender? Does your partner feel the same? What do you mean when you say this?
In your opinion, could a cis straight person also feel the same about their relationships if for some reason, said relationship did not conform to society's expectations? (for example; if they are part of an underground subculture/kink scene, or if their partner was LGBTQ+)
Would you say the same about a trans straight person? Why or why not?
If you'd like to tell me about your experiences, you can write here, or send an email to deimosphoibus[at]gmail.com. Or you can answer this form if you'd rather stay anonymous. Feel free to be as honest as you want, don't be afraid of offending me or anything (if that is even a concern)
Lately I've seen some people reminiscing about the old internet, and most of them complain that they miss forums and how nowadays most people use discord, which is not a good substitute for forums. So I thought, "fuck it we ball! be the change you want to see in the world!"
I'm planning to host a forum dedicated to OC talk; basically a place where we can all get together and chat about our OCs, old school like.
I'd be hosting it on jcink, and for now I'd be the sole moderator, which I think would work since I expect the community to be small. I have experience setting up forums, participating in forums, as well as moderating discord servers, so I'm pretty confident I can set this thing up. And if the community gets bigger, I can always have people apply to help me moderate it if they'd be interested.
The only thing I need is interest, which is why I made this journal. I figured that if anyone would be interested in such a thing, it would be the people of sheezy. I'm also probably gonna share this on tumblr, and if you have a friend you think would be interested, feel free to tell them about this.
The forum would be centered around OC talk, but not limited to it. I'm thinking of including categories for:
- Writing & Worldbuilding;
- Art sharing & discussion;
- Forum games;
- Roleplay talk;
- Gaming discussion;
- Tutorials & Resources;
- A general off topic chat.
I'd also include a section for suggestions
Anyway that's all I have for now! If you'd be interested in something like that then please let me know, and keep an eye out for my next journal. If I decide that there's enough interest I'll make another journal with a link to the forum.
I'm not expecting a huge amount of people to respond to this, but just enough to know that the forum will actually be used. Even if there's only like 5 members, if all 5 of those members are active then I'll be happy. (And don't worry, I have some ideas for "ice breaker" threads to make people feel more welcome)
For the name, I'm thinking of calling it Crimson Haven since that was the name of a website I had a while ago, and I really like this name so I would love a reason to use it again. But! I'm open to suggestions for that as well.
Oh and if you have any questions about it then feel free to let me know!
This is something that came to mind when I saw a fanart on tumblr, and the OP mentioned having watched the show when they were 9 years old... if they were 9 when it first came out, then it means that person is in their 20s now!
So I was curious, is there anyone here who watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic as a child, and do you still like it as an adult? What was it like being part of the actual target audience for the show?
I used to watch it when it came out, and I was 14. I considered myself a brony, but I left the fandom before things went... bad. Not necessarily because of the fandom itself, but because I just lost interest. At the time, I found the show and the fandom kind of empowering, because in my mind it meant people were accepting that it's okay to like girly things, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. That was the general vibe from the early stage fandom.
But then, the adult male fans started to think that the show was actually for them and to make matters worse, Hasbro actually caved in to their demands. (If you want to learn more about the fandom and you have an hour to spare, you should watch Jenny Nicholson's video on it.)
Anyway, this is just something I've been curious about, since back in 2012-2013 there was a lot of discussion about how the fandom could be an unsafe space for little girls, who are the main target audience for the show. I've never had unlimited internet access when I was growing up, so it was difficult for me to imagine a 7 or 8 year old browsing the web. But now I see that maybe that wasn't such an impossible scenario after all lol
But that is a discussion for another day, perhaps...