Cosplay your f/o
No seriously, cosplay them
Because then you’ll have their clothes to wear when you feel like you need them, maybe your f/o wears a necklace? You can wear it everyday! Do you imagine your f/o wearing a certain perfume or aftershave? Spray a tiny bit of it on the part of the costume you’re wearing (just be careful not to use too much)!
Seriously, choosing to cosplay my f/o was probably the best thing I did because it’s so comforting, trust me and try it out if you can!
I personally believe that as a universe is written or created it comes into existence, and that time is fluid and non-linear and so all universes are always happening in the past, future and present all the same. This is why I have a hard time thinking my "kinself" is any different from me now, because I exist in the past, present and future. AUs and stuff are the same, in that they become a separate world with existing framework, just different. Just offering someone else's take on it. :3
Great perspective, anon! Very interesting.
I honestly see nothing wrong with self insert art.
Sometimes we just need to make art for ourselves. There’s nothing wrong with drawing yourself with your favourite characters, don’t be afraid of doing it!
Anjelica Huston as Eva Ernst/The Grand High Witch in The Witches {1990}
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Don’t feel forced to stick to the canon.
If you want to take into account just one part of your f/o’s story, do it. If you don’t want them to be dead, keep them alive. If they are married/engaged/whatever, make them yours.
Even if they are a villain who want to destroy or dominate the world, they love you. Even if they are a king/queen and you a simple civilian or servant, you’re their queen/king. Even if they’re an evil creature, they’ll protect you.
Don’t feel unworthy of their love and adoration just because of the canon.
If you want to mix different stories and universes, you can. This is all about your imagination. Do whatever you want. Create your own universe.
Illustration by Bruce McNally for the month of October, from the 1984 FRAGGLE ROCK calendar. I’ll do one every month until the new year.
Yoyoyo!
A lot of people have been asking me for this.
I’m not a pro at teaching stuff but I could about design for days. I can make a more detailed thing about my thought process while designing a character if it’s something that you’d be interested in… Lemme know.
For those of you who think that their paras or daydreams are cringy and are a bit ashamed of sharing things about them, please don’t.
Our paras, paracosms and daydreams are primarily for ourselves, they don’t have to appeal to anyone else.
Can yall…stop antagonizing people for not being hyperaware of literally everything bad that’s happening in the world.