Random Clods Calling You Cute Vs. Your Girlfriend Calling You Cute

Happy new year to you all! I have quite a few drawings left over from last year to post here, and I thought I’d start with this one: Lapis looking back towards Earth ;A;

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i unfortunately dont have anything super clever or nice to caption this with but this was fun uvu

Yellow Diamond sees leggy ruby for the first time.

disclaimer: formaldehyde is used for embalming corpses, please do not drink formaldehyde it is v bad for living humans

compatibility

“I’ve felt worse.”

That was one of the most powerful lines I have ever heard. Lapis fighting through her PTSD to come help the only people she has ever cared about is absolutely wonderful. Such an emotionally broken character being able to stand up and shine where others couldn’t. She is the embodiment of a permanently damaged character. No amount of friends or love will take away the pain and despair she feels. To me, she represents the real struggle of chronic mental illness. Her showing she can’t just “get over it”. It is something that can never and will never go away. And she has people who love and support her anyway.

Even the people who hate her are part of her representation. Some get frustrated and mad that she still goes through her episodes of depression and PTSD. They want her to just get better. That she should be over it by now. People who are mentally ill get this all the time. Parents, friends, lovers. They think that it’s about fixing us. That a date, or a vacation, or some relaxing activity will just get rid of it. They often feel personally attacked when it doesn’t work. They often first feel bad that they couldn’t help, but then angry because they think we aren’t trying. They make it about how /our/ mental illness makes /them/ feel.

Of course, mental illness is not an excuse to be a toxic and abusive person. We have to take responsibility for our own actions too. But understand that mental illness is about the person going through it, not others. That it may never go away and if you love that person, that’s part of the package. Don’t get upset when your attempt to “fix” them fails.

Lapis and her defectors represent the real struggle millions of mentally ill people to through.

my friend suggested this and i thought it might be interesting

"The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it."

poem by Mikko Harvey

hug

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