I Made Something

One thing about fandom culture is that it sort of trains you to interact with and analyze media in a very specific way. Not a BAD way, just a SPECIFIC way.

And the kind of media that attracts fandoms lends itself well (normally) to those kinds of analysis. Mainly, you're supposed to LIKE and AGREE with the main characters. Themes are built around agreeing with the protagonists and condemning the antagonists, and taking the protagonists at their word.

Which is fine if you're looking at, like, 99% of popular anime and YA fiction and Marvel movies.

But it can completely fall apart with certain kinds of media. If someone who has only ever analyzed media this way is all of a sudden handed Lolita or 1984 or Gatsby, which deal in shitty unreliable narrators; or even books like Beloved or Catcher in the Rye (VERY different books) that have narrators dealing with and reacting to challenging situations- well... that's how you get some hilariously bad literary analysis.

I dont know what my point here is, really, except...like...I find it very funny when people are like "ugh. I hate Gatsby and Catcher because all the characters are shitty" which like....isnt....the point. Lololol you arent supposed to kin Gatsby.

Spreading the word because the original post is gone now:

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reblog this as much as you can!!

I've been wondering for a long time which one of my OC drawings i should be posting first, and then I drew this shitty masterpiece and i figured we only live once so why the hell not?

I'll probs do character sheets later, but I have hands and a bunch of fully formed characters saved on my laptop so i may as fucking well make that you're problem.

(the tired millennial's name is Hokama Tora btw)

There's kind of a lot coming after this too, so... heads up. Been working on these poor assholes and writing a hell of a lot of notes on worldbuilding and character dynamics and plot.

Asks are open if you know... if you wanna... maybe... know more...

Currently poking my brain with a stick and hoping a plot idea for one of my fics falls put

Can we just guillotine the bastard already?

Because sometimes you just wanna draw an Oni teen in modern clothes.png (~2020 when digital art was new for me)

*cracks knuckles* I got you bitch

The Watchers Bargain - arthureameslove (Fae au)

Eye of the Storm - theinkwell33 (mix of siren and calypso magic)

See the Line where the Sky meets the Sea - The_Floating_World (vast Jon au but Martin has a major fantasy gay moment and Jon wears a blue rose in his hair so yeah)

There Are Monsters In These Woods - DoilySpider (you’ve probably heard this one, it’s a major fantasy au)

The Sea Calls Me Home - mothjons (despite the writers username this is another mer one, warning for big sad)

Beastly Behaviour - Prim_the_Amazing (beauty and the beast au but Martin is the beast)

The Unknown Watcher - authureameslove (Beauty and the beast au with a little Magnuspod flare, def worth a read)

Sing a Song of Sixpence - Kaiel (siren Jon but if you love making fun of Elias and British colonialism then this is the fic for you)

Dustcaewung - callmearcturus (you’ve probably see this, it’s just a fluffy lil’ fae au)

They keep trying to row away (series) - assigned_Jon_Kin_Again (sparrow0), Blackwood (transjon), radula, (stickpenalties), screechfox, skvadern (a body horror mermaid fic with a lot of hurt and comfort, is an archivist squad polyamory too, but it’s heavy on the jmart)

Let the bitterest god drink ambrosia - theOestofOCs (no really heavy on jonmartin but it’s defs a cryptic au)

The Lonely Knight - arthureameslove (kind of a supernatural creatures au?? From a certain angle?)

Chamomile - Dribbledscribbles (not really a supernatural creature au but there’s enough fluffy mischief I felt like recommending it anyway)

That’s all I’ve got for now! Hope that helps (and that you haven’t read them all already)

Kindly help a poor starving gay,

Does anyone have a master list of supernatural creature(s) AU for jonmartin? I read a mer!jon and selkie!martin fic and a fairy!jon fic but I crave...more...

Heh... wouldn't it be fun to draw some slightly more detailed fanart for Keiko and-- oH gOD! OH FUCK!

@whatweoughttosay

The way most autism literature describes "literal interpretation" is often not at all similar to how I experience it. Teenage me even thought I couldn't be autistic because I've always been able to learn metaphors easily.

In fact, I love wordplay of all kinds. Teenage me was fascinated to learn all the types of figurative language there are in poetry and literature.

But paperwork and questionnaires are hard, because there's so much they don't state clearly. Or they don't leave room for enough nuance.

"List all the jobs you've had, with start and end dates." What if I don't remember the exact day or month? Is the year enough?

"Have you been suffering from blurred vision?" Well, if I take off my glasses the whole world is blurred, but I'm fairly sure that's not what the intake form at the optometrist is asking.

Or the infamous (and infuriatingly stereotypical) "Would you rather go to a library or a party?" What sort of party? Where? Who's there? I work at a library. Am I currently at the library for work or pleasure? Does it have a good collection?

It's not common figures of speech that confound me. It's ambiguity, in situations that aren't supposed to be ambiguous.

Been playing around with ink ✍🏼_(:3」∠)_