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New sketchbook!

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New sketch book!

Yipppppppe!

Happy holidays to all! 

But for me Merry Christmas!

I’m starting this one literally Christmas night so it’s almost the next day.

This bad boy will be focused on my own OC’S, Fandoms and Adding color to at least 1 in 10 pages! (Or at least try to)

This way I can practice more with how to draw body and other things like shading. The one year I only drew eyes really screwed me over and I’m still trying to recover from that.

Now for goals:

Flesh out OC designs 

Make a name list (again)

Make a world so I can give some of my OC’s That I can’t use because of the Fandoms they are in a new home

(Cry) learn how anatomy works

Make more fan art!

(Turn into glass) learn how to make boxing holding things reasons

Get my poor character sheets done

Learn, better spelling (my lord)

Character studies

I’m going to try to do 3 of these.

Hopefully I’ll come back to this page and check some of these off!

Extended fandom list because why not!

❤️in fandom and making art

✨Want to make art

🌸Liked show/game

💧No longer in

💧HH (Hazbin Hotel)

✨TADC

❤️ISAT (In Stars And Time)

❤️PMK (Pokémon)

✨ DunMeshi (Delicious In Dungeon)

🌸TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!)

✨ROTTMNT (Rise)

🌸MM(Madoka Magica)

💧Undertale

🌸MHA (my hero academia)

(I fear the fandom more than anything)

That’s it!

I’m reading a fanfic and it’s giving AI. It keeps repeating the same thing over and over and undoing all the plot points and isn’t very cohesive like you can follow the plot but it’s confusing to read?? I’m not gonna drop it cause if it’s not AI then I’d just be being a but hole but like… another reason is all the. Halters are written differently. Like one chapter will be very creative and have a cool idea though the spacing will be weird and typos bad and hard to follow. But then the next chapter will be super easy to read but the plot will be weird and it will repeat itself

more bestie Sasuke and Hinata(aka Naruto fanclub)

hinata exited:he did the thing! Sasuke also exited: he did? hinata: yeah! Sakura: what’s the thing? Sasuke: …. Hinata blushes and runs away:

Sasuke: … Sakura: … Sasuke: you saw nothing

Sakura: ??????

how i look at my friends right before i start telling them about my favorite fictional character for the 10845th time this week

does anyone else get bored in class and just start doing anything they can think of to talk about their idiot blorbos. i've gotten so bored recently i made a list of their illnesses. i even seperated them as like, canon versus implied versus complete headcanon. making relationship charts. anything. tbh i would take ideas too atp. send HELP!!

that feeling when you know there's a really popular fandom that you're going to get invested in but you really don't have the time

and then you know you're going to end up falling in love with it when there's like 5 people who are active

at least the fanfics are good ig-

opening the "My Works" tab on ao3 for the first time in 6 months

closing it and deciding maYBE next time

there is no better feeling than getting kudos from my tumblr moots & tumblr followers on my second AO3 account designated for my dark fics. i wanna wail "omg hi, guys, i'm so glad you enjoy my darker fics, too!"

unfortunately, some people are very much against dark fics to the point they harass writers of dark content, so i keep those fics separate from my main account, but please know ily and am kissing you all on the forehead whenever i see you've left a kudo or a comment. people who can enjoy very different flavors of writing are blessings in fandom. <3

maybe one day, i'll post the link here if y'all are interested in reading them! feels a bit daunting tbh. fandom spaces have changed so much since i was a kid and the rise in purity culture / want for censorship on fanfic (literal fiction; nothing real at all) is something i never thought was necessary even as a kid when i found ff.net and then AO3 years later as a young teenager. i remember reading my first dark fic on AO3 when i was like fifteen.

i never assumed or thought the author condoned what they'd written. (that is literal common sense); do authors of published books / screenwriters of movies or shows condone the dark things they write? most certainly not; it's written because every aspect of human life is interesting to explore; even the ugly / taboo parts of humanity; take, for example, horror movies where characters are murdered in brutal ways, like "sinister" (2012); or movies that portray someone being sexually assaulted; or movies / tv shows based on published books, like 'flowers in the attic' & 'game of thrones' / 'a song of ice and fire'; those contain dark fictional explorations, and mainstream media doesn't think those writers condone what they've created because we understand it's only a work of fiction and an exploration of how people have behaved all throughout history, even if it is uncomfortable to read or watch; taboo topics are interesting to write about because it is so far removed from what we're taught is an acceptable way to behave in society; writers of dark fanfic don't condone what we write about; it's a simple exploration of a topic, and if certain people cannot differentiate fanfiction from reality, then they probably shouldn't be reading fanfic at all; especially if they're going to harass writers who write about topics they don't agree with being written, because it is entirely fictional and not a condoning of those behaviors; there are tags and warnings on AO3 for a reason and people pushing for censorship are doing more harm than good. most young people nowadays weren't in the trenches on ff.net being blindsided by shocking turns of events like non-con, assault, etc. (which couldn't be tagged because there is simply not an ability to do that on ff.net), so they don't realize what a blessing AO3's tagging / warning system is. they just see content they don't like, which they can literally scroll past (and also exclude with filters), and scream "ew, censor it! because i don't like the fact that it was written, even though it is no different than movies or books or tv shows portraying the same themes."

when i read a dark fic for the first time at fifteen, i never thought the author was deserving of my judgement, hate, etc. because i knew it wasn't real at all. i was only reading words on a screen. when the content started making me feel uncomfortable, i simply stopped reading and i never considered leaving a disparaging comment because i'd willingly clicked on the fic after reading the tags and warnings. i really shouldn't have been reading that type of content at that age, but it'd piqued my curiosity. then i realized dark fics weren't for me at that time, but it was not the author's fault when i chose to read it. and i reminded myself it wasn't real and moved on with my life. i really wish that line of thinking returned in fandom spaces.

The worst feeling a fandom can give you is when they completely misrepresent a character you relate to on a unhealthy level

If Izuku Were a Girl, Bakudeku Would Be Universally Shipped

Alright, let’s break this down. If Izuku Midoriya had been born a girl, the entire conversation about Bakugo and Izuku’s relationship would be completely different. The ship wars? The debates over whether it’s platonic or romantic? They wouldn’t even exist. Instead, Bakudeku would be praised as one of the greatest slow-burn rival-to-lovers stories in anime history.

Why? Because fandom—and honestly, media in general—has a massive double standard when it comes to male friendships versus male-female dynamics. If two male characters have intense emotional ties, it’s almost always framed as “just friendship,” even when the relationship is filled with deep emotions, personal growth, and the kind of tension that would make any heterosexual pairing an obvious romance. But when a male and female character have that same dynamic? It’s immediately viewed as romantic, or at the very least, something that could become romantic.

Now, let’s apply that logic to Bakugo and Izuku.

The Classic Rival-to-Lovers Trope

Rivals-to-lovers is one of the most beloved tropes in fiction. People love the idea of two characters who start off on opposite sides, clashing and challenging each other, only to grow in ways that make them understand one another. It’s a dynamic full of passion, tension, and deep emotional shifts.

Bakugo and Izuku fit this trope perfectly. They have history. They have misunderstandings. They have emotional wounds tied to each other. And most importantly, they push each other to grow in ways no one else can.

If Izuku were a girl, their dynamic would be seen as peak shonen romance. You’d have the stubborn, fiery rival (Bakugo) and the determined, compassionate protagonist (Izuku). Fans would swoon over the idea of “childhood friends turned rivals turned lovers.” The same way shonen anime often teases romance between a male protagonist and his female rival, people would fully expect Bakugo and Fem!Izuku to end up together.

Instead of people saying, “Bakugo hates Izuku too much for it to be romantic,” the conversation would flip. People would say, “His anger comes from deep-rooted feelings he doesn’t understand,” or “He pushes her away because he actually cares too much.” You know, exactly the way people talk about every male tsundere love interest in anime history.

The “I Push You Away Because I Care” Trope

Speaking of tsunderes—Bakugo is one. He’s emotionally stunted, struggles with vulnerability, and lashes out instead of expressing his feelings properly. But that’s part of why his relationship with Izuku is so compelling.

If Izuku were a girl, the narrative of “I’m cruel to you because I don’t know how to deal with my feelings” would be obvious. It’s the same thing we see in dozens of other anime relationships. If we swapped Izuku for a female protagonist, Bakugo’s behavior would be framed as frustration at his own feelings—because he sees this girl, someone he once thought was weak, surpassing his expectations and making him feel things he doesn’t want to confront.

People would romanticize the idea of Bakugo slowly realizing that his anger isn’t just about rivalry—it’s about admiration, about the fear of losing the person who has always been by his side, even when he didn’t deserve it.

The Moments That Would Be Seen as Romantic

Now let’s talk about specific moments in My Hero Academia that would hit completely differently if Izuku were a girl.

1. The “Stay Out of My Way” Scene

• Right at the start of the series, Bakugo tells Izuku to stay out of his way, acting like he doesn’t care. But the moment Izuku does get stronger, Bakugo reacts with frustration, jealousy, and confusion. If Izuku were a girl, this would immediately be framed as the classic tsundere doesn’t know how to handle his crush getting stronger than him trope.

2. The Training Camp Rescue

• When Bakugo gets kidnapped, Izuku loses it. She throws herself into danger without hesitation. In anime with male-female dynamics, this is always romanticized—the idea of someone willing to risk everything to save the person they care about. If Fem!Izuku had done this for Bakugo, shippers would be screaming about how much she loves him.

3. The Rematch at Ground Beta

• This is the moment that solidifies their relationship as something deeper than just rivalry. Bakugo finally opens up, revealing his guilt, his frustration, his fear that he wasn’t strong enough to prevent All Might’s fall. He chooses to be vulnerable with Izuku, something he doesn’t do with anyone else. If Izuku were a girl, people would instantly call this a love confession in disguise—Bakugo breaking down his walls for the one person who has always truly understood him.

4. The “You’re the Best” Moment

• When Bakugo acknowledges Izuku’s strength and says, “You’re the best,” it’s already a huge deal in canon. But if Izuku were a girl? People would be calling it one of the most romantic moments in shonen anime. A rival who once belittled the protagonist finally admitting that she’s incredible? That’s classic love interest energy.

The Double Standard in Fandom

We’ve seen this pattern before. Other anime have had rivalries where, because one character was a girl, the tension was immediately read as romantic. Look at Sasuke and Naruto—people often compare them to Bakugo and Izuku, but because both are male, the default reading is “brotherhood.” Now imagine if Naruto had been a girl. People would have demanded that ship be canon.

Even in My Hero Academia itself, we see this with ships like IzuOcha—because Ochako is a girl, every moment of concern or admiration she shows for Izuku is interpreted as romance. But when Izuku shows the same concern for Bakugo, suddenly it’s just friendship? The logic doesn’t hold.

So Why Isn’t Bakudeku Universally Shipped?

Because they’re both male. That’s it. That’s the reason.

If the exact same story played out, line for line, but Izuku were a girl, there wouldn’t be debates. People wouldn’t be arguing about whether their relationship is platonic or romantic. It would obviously be romantic-coded. Bakudeku would be the top ship in the fandom, no contest.

Instead, because it’s two guys, there’s resistance. People are more comfortable interpreting their bond as “brotherly” because that fits the traditional mold of shonen anime. But in reality? Their story, their dynamic, their growth together—it all fits the framework of a deep, complex, and undeniably compelling love story.

Conclusion

At the end of the day, it all comes down to the way people perceive relationships in fiction. Male-female tension? Always a potential romance. Male-male tension? Almost always downplayed as friendship. If Izuku had been a girl, Bakudeku wouldn’t just be a ship—it would be the ship.

And honestly? That just proves how strong their dynamic actually is. Because even without the gender swap, people still see it. They still feel the connection, the emotion, the weight of their story. And that’s what makes it real.

so...

Uhhh share the first thought that comes to mind about any of the franchises bumbling in your brain!

WAUGHHHHH, DANKE OJ!!! Everyone say thank you to OJ for letting my silly brain run free and ramble! :D <>

DSAF: Okay okay! So! I have been very much art-ing it up! I've got two wips of pixel art, one of which I've already shown here, and the other of which is a secret and special surprise!! I'm also working my way through DSAF 3's Phone Guy lore, and I've got two save files going on with a neutral/good route and an evil route! I'm very excited to hear the unique dialogue from the lads and learn more about them cuz I see 'em everywhere on this website lol. But, back to the plotting! I'm also gonna finish the fic where I finally introduce my OC's name and explain a lil more of their backstoryyyyy >:3

EE: SOUP BOY. HE IS GLORIOUS. I DYED MY HAIR PINK BECAUSE OF GIOVANNI. WHO SAID THAT. Anyways! I soooo so badly wanna make an OC for this cuz I finally got the audio book with my holiday gift money, but school is being quite rude and not letting me get time to finish it! Harumph! Typical school L, I fear. And I also fear that if I made an OC or sona/insert for Epithet it'd be too trope-y or similar to other characters?? Cuz I have both randomly generated words that I like to base 'em off of, as well as a selection of words plucked from my brain, but nothing has super Clicked yet, y'know? The thoughts are just spinning around in the backseat of the brain car while the other two fandoms are in the front seat arguing about themes of regret- XP

EPIC: I have never before felt such an urge to get into studying classic literature and Greek mythos! I NEED ALL THE CONTEXT. And the music is peak!!! Very good for story inspiration, for sure, but even without that, the entire official concept album is just a BANGER! I am rotating it and chewing at it and staring deeply into its eyessss 0u0

Tell me something, dear internet folks. HOW am I supposed to get anything cool done when my brain tries thinking of 3 completely different pieces of media at once?!

Like, first up in my brain is DSAF/Dialtown. Cool, cool, I've been thinking about that for a long while now, and I'm plotting to do artsy stuff with it. BUT THEN! We get to the other lobe of my brain that is infested with Epithet Erased! How do those two match?? THEY DON’T!!! And neither does EPIC: The Musical, of which I am now at the Wisdom Saga! NONE OF THESE GO TOGETHERRRR??? Not on the surface at least lol. The crossovers trying to happen in my mind are bonkers right now,,,,,wehhh >:P

And don't even get me started on the tangential thoughts about OCs and other franchises I'm having. That ups the brainworm count to about 7 and it's driving me maaaaaad-

Fandom is so different now and it’s becoming un-fun with how quickly shit moves.

I just want to enjoy things. I don’t want to have to play a game of Artist-Race that seems to be afoot lately.

Ya’ll eat up fandoms, leave artists and writers bone dry and then move on so fucking quickly then fucking wonder where all the Good Fandom Stuff is.

Idk Maybe cherish some things for longer. Reblog stuff. Interact with people. Comment and share.

Fandom is Capitalism now and I’m not being nuanced.

i'm so tired of the yaoi-ification of mlm ships where people feel the need to make one of them (usually the fandom-assigned bottom) into a teeny tiny waifish twink and the other into a huge musclebound super aggro guy (usually the fandom-assigned top) i know this is like a thing many people have been saying for years but i just feel like it has never actually gotten better in fandom spaces. the fatphobia of it, the gender essentialism, the homophobia, it's all so fucking annoying it makes me want to scream

Help! I've fallen down a fandom rabbit hole and I can't get up!

Literally though, I've been completely useless the past couple weeks🤦‍♀️

Sometimes you run into takes that are so bad that you can’t help but roll your eyes, then you run into one so idiotic and clearly in bad faith that you can’t help but wonder if someone like Lily Orchard decided to make an alt so she can hijack a specific fandom in secret.

I run into these situations way too often for comfort and still people often wonder why I get so misanthropic. (At least sometimes)

Btw, if you happen to make your entire account dedicated on hating someone and even make your account name based on that hate, (for example: the Anti-VivziePop Twitter account) I’m not gonna believe you being right or even justified by any stretch of the imagination. Taking bits and time and making being against someone their whole identity is just dumb at best. Go touch some grass already. Geez.

If there’s one thing I’ve seen more in the Sam and Max fandom than any other, it’s seeing people draw the main duo in the most well-drawn cutesy lovey

situations and right there in the words above or beneath them is “I Hate Them So Much” like yeah I get feeling conflicted over their questionable morals while relating so hard to them. (So feeling morally torn ended up mattering less and less to me the more I thought about it) but hating them? (Although if it’s an affectionate hate, that that’s valid and I feel ya. I just think it would be way better if you put a heart next to that message or something.

Take this all with a grain of salt, I’m just spit-balling.

No blorbos shall be spared ✨

Silco is an abuser and a terrible father figure and i'm sick of people pretending he's not.

On the arcane fandom, even to this day there's this weird ass narrative of Silco being "the perfect father for Jinx" or "A loving father who only looks for his daughter's best interest" "girl dad" or whatever other shit this people call him right now.

And the way that i fucking despise this cannot be describe with words unless you count screams of rage and foam as words.

But let's go point for point shall we?

First, how did they meet?

Well the show is kind of ambigous with where they met in time, we know that Vander was already present in the girls lifes before the death of their parents but there is no indicator of prior relationship with Silco. I will then assume for the lack of info that Silco was never an uncle figure to the girls, he was probably too busy with their Zaun plan and he does not seem like the kind of person who would get along with children therefore i will declare that his attempt in murdering Vander and the kids was his first formal introduction to the sisters. He knew they existed, but he didn't had a formal bond with them.

So we can say that when Powder thought she was abandoned by Vi was when Silco stablished contact with her.

Now let's look at this scene in a more raw way, no music, no animation nothing. Just words.

This little girl is crying. She is right now processing the fact that almost all of her family is death. This was all just a very awful chain of events, but her mind cannot comprehend this, this is all her fault in her perspective.

Then comes the true culprit. This man alongside all of his goons are ready to kill her, end with her family's legacy.

Then she just clings to him.

She's acting on pure impulse, because that's what children do. She clinged to him not because she trusted him, not because he seem like a good person but because as a child she would be looking for comfort in the moment where darkness was consuming her mind. And this is the exact moment where this man gets a hold of this vulnerable child and will basically set it all up for him to mold this child into his "Jinx".

"OH BUT THOSE WEREN'T HIS INTENTIONS YOU CANT SAY THAT"

Grooming is a manipulation tactict therefore it is not bound to intentionality, most manipulators don't even know that what they're doing is wrong. Silco very much fits in this.

He projected himself in this child, he said it himself "We'll show them all". This is literally not the case, Vi didn't betray her sister she was having a natural reaction to a traumatic situation, but Silco obviously wouldn't care about it, he doesn't know this children out of this surface level interaction, what matters for him is that he has found someone, he might not have the intention of grooming her but this will be his action from now on.

Now let's take a look at the kind of parenting methods he applied. Most of the community will probably call it "gentle" if asked.

I will however describe it as extremely negligent.

First thing first, Jinx's hideout is dangerous af, this place is not appropiate for...Literally anything, not for testing explosive or treat wounds or to let a child be there constantly. Because i really doubt Jinx only started to have this place only around the time where act 2 was starting considering that at the start this place practically looked like a monument to her trauma. So Silco let this girl spend most of her time in this isolated space that looks like it's going to collapse at any minute, let her test dangerous explosives, and also the final episode shows she could've fallen or thrown herself to the bottom at any moment.

"But Silco has some stuff that Jinx painted over! That means he loves her!"

Abusers can be and actually a lot of them will be loving. Plus loving doesn't mean he takes good care of her, we can say that he loves her but that's it, somebody doesn't hate waffles when they like pancakes and Silco isn't a good father figure for loving his child.

And if anything this loves he has for Jinx only isolates her.

Jinx didn't had anybody but Silco before Silco's death.

Her relationship with Ekko was the equivalent of a crater left by a meteor strike.

Sevika and the rest of Silco's goons/allies just saw her as a problem, a mess who will sooner or later kill them or kill herself.

And outside of them it doesn't seem like anybody else in Zaun cared much about her before the attacks on piltover.

Silco is the only one who actually talks to her, and he only ever tells her that she is "perfect". Good to know that you love your child buddy but your child is literally having hallucinations every three scenes where she even talks to her death brothers, has careless behavior for her own and others safety to the point where it almost looks like she's eargerly making the chances of her dying higher, and just generally seems like she has given up on everything but you.

Individuals who suffer through mental illness need help, literally any kind, wether it is a person just helping us with tasks that might be difficult for us or a psychologist (any mental health professional tbh) that assist us in our way to be more healthy and not harm ourselfs or others.

Letting your daughter fall deeper and deeper into a pit where she's literally treating one of her wounds with staples and looking at a shattered mirror while in crisis is not help.

Grooming a child so they can become a goon for a drug lord is not an act that reflects paternal qualities.

And treating Jinx's character as if she was the one who dragged herself in the pit while constantly praising her abuser is not a display of intellectual abilities. The way this fandom is so blatantly ableist when it comes to Jinx should be studied, before we saw AU Jinx almost everyone and their moms was convinced she would've ended similarly all because everyone turned a blind eye to the man behind all of her problems to the man that named her Jinx. Or worse they blamed Vi another child.

All to protect the fragile perception of the ideal father.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.