Dysfunctal Meetcute Bbkaz!

"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

One of the animated Kaz sprites for the retro Peace Walker fanfic game we’re making.  

#kazuhira miller #peace walker #metal gear solid

I was trying to make a decent “idle” animation since we were missing one.  Glowdust said that Snake needs to fidget a little bit, shifting from foot to foot.  Well, I did it and THIS happened.  It’s officially going to be an in-game sprite now (for our fangame, Peace Day).

Holy moly

Concept art for V’ger by Syd Mead. From Star Trek The Motion Picture Inside The Art & Visual Effects. Brilliant new book by Jeff Bond & Gene Kozicki

I just had a massive realization.

in order to lead a happy life im gonna have to disappoint my parents a bit

Reblogging on my MGS-themed account because I’m so proud I was able to draw hands.

This is part of a larger cutscene and will be in the trailer for our Seattle Indies Expo submission.  Lev and Tau working in the lab! 

Sanrio style date with kaz 🙂‍↕️

Snake ledge scramble sprites for the 8-bittish fanfic game Peace Day.

Paz laughing at him and Nuke being affectionate are the greatest things in this picture!

Fan art of my favorite Kaz edit

Trans person in the US. Bust some of the doomerism for me? Tell me it's going to be okay?

Hi Anon

Usually, I have boundaries for myself about keeping this blog focused on environment-related issues, because there are limits to what I can speak knowledgeably about. But now doesn’t feel like the time for that.

Anon, I will tell you that I live in the US, I am queer, my spouse is trans, and we have two young children. I am sitting right there with you in the fear and grief and every day when I ask myself “is there still hope” I find reasons to say “yes”.

They want us—all of us, not just queer folks—to feel overwhelmed and hopeless, because despair is a tool that keeps people from realizing their power and taking action.

They want us to feel so afraid that we lose our faith in other people and withdraw from our communities, because we are easier to conquer alone.

Do not give them what they want.

Hope is most necessary in the bad times. The ability to imagine a future that is better than things are now is exactly what gives us the power to begin making things better. Our community has been through terrible things before, and they did not lose hope or give up—otherwise we would not be where we are today.

When you start to feel like all the light is being blotted out, turn off the news, put away your phone, and go get in touch with something you love. Go outside and look at the sky, talk to a friend, listen to music, do some small thing to make something better even if it’s just cleaning your kitchen or picking up some litter around the block or returning an extra stranded cart in the grocery store parking lot. Remind your brain that you have agency to make positive change in the world through your actions.

I know it is really hard to pull out of the darkness sometimes. I know there will be days that hope seems like a foolish, naive thing, that despair and distrust seem like the only rational options. But hope is what keeps us alive. Hope is what allows us to save each other.

I wish I could give you a specific article or other source to reassure you that everything is going to be ok, but things are still too in flux day by day. I can tell you that people are already fighting back, in big and little ways, all over this country and the world. These orders and bills are being pushed by a loud but small minority—this is not how the majority of the country feels about trans rights.

Make a plan for staying safe. Reach out to your community. Find music, activities, podcasts, movies, whatever helps you feel uplifted and take mental breaks from dwelling on the news. If you can, find ways to get involved in making things better in whatever big or small way feels doable for you--it may help push back on the doomerism more than you think. And my inbox is open if you need to talk.

I wish I could invite you over for dinner. I wish I could look into your eyes and tell you that things may get hard for the next few years but that does not mean that your life can't still be full of joy and beauty and fulfillment in spite of that.

I’m right there with you. Let’s make it through this together <3