ATTENTION SHERLOCK FANDOM!

I’m sorry, you were saying something about how asexuality is a “disorder”?

The American Psychiatric Association disagrees with you. Officially. In print.

m o o d b o a r d ; demisexual pride

Okay, I realize this hilariously late for Asexuality Awareness Week (which was last week), but due to unforeseen stressors, it didn’t really get done in time.

Anyway! I’ve wanted to do something like this for a while, and I’m proud of myself of actually getting a six page comic done within a week. (Not that it’s really anything super fancy, but it’s better than nothing lol) I do apologize for the massive ugly text wall that is page four but I had a hard time figuring out how to convey it visually while being kind of pressed for time. oh and the occasional copy/paste, I’m sorry for that too

Enjoy! Click on the separate pictures if the text is hard to read.

i finally got around to getting the firefox youtube dislikes extension and i think this enhances my experience immensely

That about sums up my reaction on seeing these. I managed to retain my dignity for all of about .02 seconds and then lost it. I love them! So much! Ahhhh! >//<

*ahem* Right. I'm delighted that you got some use out of my photos, kokomiko - seeing them go from refs to portrait studies was a real treat. Thank you!

Draw-a-follower thingy starts! This is Carletoncolton, who was very generous to give me some of her photos for reference and practice, i think those turned out fine ( a wanderer and a noire lady?). Expect to see more soon!

And please don’t hesitate and send me your photos, it will be a great help and i’m always happy to draw something for my followers.

Asexual Sexual Orientations 101

Sex Positive: I don't feel sexual attraction but I do enjoy the physical sensation of sex. (Maybe even crave it!)

Sex Neutral: I can have sex but I don't need it. To be honest I have no strong feelings about sex. But a slice of pizza would be better.

Sex Repulsed: I don't like sex. I don't want to have sex. I'm not going to have sex with you. I understand that people enjoy sex but I do not.

The presence of a libido does not invalidate any of these orientations. Dicks jokes and sexual humor do not invalidate these asexuals. These orientations are a SPECTRUM and are very fluid. Asexuals can and do exist in between theses definitions.

Any of the three options would serve for me, personally: the replay retcon,  a "choose your own" timeline, or just kinda understanding the real-world reasons behind the whole thing on a meta-level outside of the narrative. All of those work. And honestly, the second option (leaving it to the reader to mentally redistribute the story episodes across whatever constitutes a more believable expanse of time for them) has been my way of keeping the sequence of events and the flow of time in line with the tone of the rest of the thing all along. You know what I mean? Damn near everything else about the world depicted in Simra's journal feels so credible, despite the fantastical setting, that the idea of, say, getting from hold to hold in a matter of a few days or nights stood out in all the wrong ways.

Not that I'm criticizing! *nervous shuffling*

Anyway, as for early volume headcanons, how about this one:

Simra's first journal was canonically lost, along with his father's sword, when he was captured and stripped of all his possessions by the Stormcloak patrol that took him at the Dunmeth pass. If Simra really has been purposefully writing for an audience all this time, and his writings are, at least in part, a calculated bid for posthumous control of his legacy and the chance to eulogize himself... then I imagine he'd regard the loss as a great one. Given how uncomfortable he is with anything that threatens his agency, even symbolically, my bet is that he'd move to retake his position as arbiter of his own legend as soon as possible. After all, the absence of that journal would leave a significant void in the story at a pivotal juncture—the beginning, his beginning—and I doubt he'd be content to allow anyone else to fill it. Regardless of whether the gap was bridged with truth, lies, or conjectures, they wouldn't be his.

So he'd rewrite it. And that could account for both the comparatively grand, mythologizing style of and the dating inconsistencies in the journal we've come to know as the first. Even ordinary people have a tendency to dramatize their lives in the retelling of them, let alone the re-retelling, agendas notwithstanding. Distance from the times in question could conceivably muddle his recollection of the exact dates involved as well. Either that, or it's obfuscation—all caught up with Simra's own peculiar blend of vanity and self-deprecation.

That's it! That's my theory.

http://dunmerofskyrim.tumblr.com/post/85829308915/dunmerofskyrim-dunmerofskyrim

carletoncolton replied to your post “OOC: Timeframe”

Well … it seems like something to ret-con to me. I’d work on changing the dates; the other explanations for the inconsistencies feel a little forced. Really, why would Simra...

plaidshirtjimkirk’s Thank You Giveaway

I don’t know how this happened, but I hit a major follower milestone. HOW. WHY. I DON’T KNOW! But what I can say is that I’m immensely grateful!

I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for being awesome friends, sharing space husbands headcanons, fangasming over Old Married Spirk with me, joining me every Shaturday for Bill Shatner appreciation <3, reading my stories, and making this the greatest fandom I’ve ever been in!

As a small token of my appreciation, I’m doing a giveaway. There will be two winners and this is what’s up for grabs:

Stars: Receives the pictured Kirk and Spock figures (in formal attire and ready for their wedding ;D), Starfleet hair bows, Star Trek bracelet, hard copy of William Shatner’s Star Trek Memories, Starfleet Command decal

Sparkles: Receives the novelization of Star Trek The Motion Picture (in amazing condition for such an old book), Shocks of Adversity novel, LLAP bracelet, Starfleet emblem soaps, Starfleet Command decal

Rules and Information

Must be following this plaid shirted captain

Must have an open askbox

If you win, you must reply to my message within 48 hours (otherwise, I’ll choose someone else)

Must be comfortable with providing a shipping address if you win

1 Entry for 1 Like

1 Entry for Every Reblog

I’ll ship anywhere in the world

Ends August 30, 2014

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Completely unrelated to and not required to join the giveaway, I just wanted to let everyone know the Old Married Spirk Challenge is on! Posting will be in November and we accept any kind of fandom work (writing, art, videos, playlists, etc). The rules are extremely flexible so if you want to join, follow oldmarriedspirk and check out the official LiveJournal Community. :D

Thank you so much again and good luck!! <333 LLAP!

- plaidshirtjimkirk

day 1 - parvati holcomb, the outer worlds happy pride month of 2020!

carletoncolton - GPOY 1