Pomegranates Are The Most Dramatic Fruit Ever.

I think a lot of people spent their childhoods being very deliberately forced out of their comfort zones by parents / teachers / whomever in a way that was just deeply unpleasant and degrading and so, when they reach young adulthood and are finally allowed real control over their lives, become set on only doing things they know they're comfortable with forever. that's a really important thing to be able to do, especially if you're so used to having your boundaries routinely ignored that you aren't even certain what you like vs what you can bear, so I absolutely see why a person would have a negative reaction to being told that discomfort is good: it can very easily sound like being told that all that work they've been doing to prioritze their needs for the first time ever is Bad and Selfish, actually. and to that I will say two things:

one: as long as you aren't hurting or, like, being a dick to anyone, just staying in your comfort zone isn't an immoral action. if you just want to read one type of book (or just fanfiction), or just eat one type of food, or just watch one type of movie, or not go to new types of social events, you aren't being a bad person for that, and if people say that, they are soundly wrong and just trying to get a self-righteousness kick.

two: trying new things because you want to expand yourself feels a hell of a lot different than trying new things because you're being forced to. you'll feel better about trying new foods if you know you have a back up familiar one in case you can't stomach the new one, it's easier to read new books if you can experiment with audio versions or reading it in little five-page chunks by yourself, you can breathe a lot easier going somewhere new if you aren't chained there for three hours because your parent is your ride home, etc.

tl;dr: new things are good. I get why you might not want to try new things, and that's fine, but it's also more comfortable to try new things as an adult with your own agency so, yeah, what have you got to lose by trying a weird old art film?

Yes I'm serious, no I'm not okay

(I'll be tagging this and further parts as #buzzkill aquatic so feel free to use that tag too if you use my aquatic expansion in your art/animations/fanfics etc)

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Tagging this and any previous/further parts as #buzzkill aquatic. Feel free to use that tag whenever you use my aquatic expansion in your ow

Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.

It is time for the rawest of fuckin data

Anyways, this isn't the FINAL information i just wanted to show yall a snippet before i put everything together (which will take time bc im a full time student and i work)

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Overall we had 454 responses!

Q1 was generally about autistic identity.

80.4% of respondants identified as autistic (self or professional diagnosis was acceptable). 12.5% were unsure and 7% did not identify as autistic. I included a chart.

Q2 asks about if the respondent currently has an interest in fishes/marine life or if they have in the past.

83% of respondents said they do have a current interest in fishes, while 10.8% used to. 6.2% never had an interest in fishes.

As far as reasoning goes with regards as to why autistics like fishes: I haven't gone through EVERYTHING yet, but the common trends so far are: Comfort, they got there from a different special interest, the amount of diversity within fish groups, and because a lot of them are unusual. I'll go more into depth when i read them all and write my thingy.

What id do differently: In the future I wouldve liked to include one part for other neurodivergents and one for neurotypical folks, just cuz it'd be cool to see if there's a difference between why we like it vs neurotypicals. This was just to find out why autistics tend to like fishes so much, so that was something that popped into my mind AFTER i had gotten a fair amount of responses. I'd mosty just wanna focus on tightening up my questions.

I'll try to get the writing out when i can!

Eyy Pacific Northwest girlies out here ❤️

Aw yeh, look at us! Spooky swamp creatures who haunt the Cascades and Evergreens while wearing ridiculous chunky sweaters. When the terms crunchy and granola were coined they were thinking of us. We are American banshees who just happen to suffer from seasonal affect disorder and the inability to actually confront anyone. We're so sick. Bigfoot's real.

art test

Eventually, everyone leaves.

...do I drive them away?

Some birthday art for Basil... angst .... yummy

Bonus:

Pov its ur 17th but yourever-present guilt that follows u wherever you go is still haunting you

Another version:

some speculation in tags!

why does the roblox front page always look like this

a few reminders because i’m tired and angry

fandom is a hobby, not a form of activism

adult women aren’t inherently creepy for being in fandom and having hobbies apart from raising babies and doing taxes

the vast majority of people pushing back against the worrying trend of instigating harassment over fictional characters and relationships aren’t incest supporters or pedophiles, actually

liking a m/f ship doesn’t make someone a dirty heterosexual invading your space

preferring gay ships doesn’t make you ‘’woke’’ and good

no one owes you a disclaimer that they are a good person who recognizes that their favorite fictional villain’s actions are evil and that they don’t condone those actions irl

liking a fictional villain is in no way comparable to advocating abuse/murder/genocide/etc and you’re a fucking idiot if you believe that

just because a woman is attracted to a fictional villain doesn’t mean she’s promoting toxic relationships or going to end up in a toxic relationship. assuming women can’t tell fiction and reality apart stinks of internalized misogyny 

some rando’s a/b/o fanfics have none of the level of influence that popular tv shows and movies spreading propaganda have

no one owes you a detailed description of their traumas and mental health problems

abusive relationships are not the same as enemies to lovers ships

y’all need to chill the fuck out over people, relationships, actions and events that don’t actually exist and learn how to enjoy and discuss them like normal people

fandom is a hobby, not a form of activism

feel free to add more