My Best Tip For Anyone Trying To Get Back Into Reading Is To Remember That You Can Read Books To Avoid

I wanted to add a comic of Amber proudly showing Oksana her shirt, but i haven't had the time BUT IF I DID

that said i think i like the girl with the bone arm

Le Belle Fool Sans Merci - December 2022

My last piece from 2022, in which I tasked myself for some reason to a redraw of la belle dame sans merci with my favs. Closing off the year with this art piece was a little major for me (backgrounds ugh) but super excited to get into 2023 with renewed creative vigour!!

a friend was talking about a book we hate and was like "it’s a book that’s very popular with queer people who haven’t yet realized there’s a thriving ecosystem of queer books that had editors" many such cases unfortunately

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”

Margaret Atwood - The Penelopiad, 2005.

Marcelo Jorge - Lemanjah is the Queen of the Sea.

Source: Ravenous Butterflies

"to be loved is to be changed" but as in a horrific unasked for transformation. 🤍. btw.

the raven boys

i'm hopelessly addicted to female characters who are incapable of being loved because they'll tell anyone who gets within 10 feet of them to kill themselves i fear

haha that's a nice starry-eyed ambition you've got there buddy. sure hope the narrative doesn't warp it into something ruthless and all-consuming

your own personal jesus.