"You Don't Know Me. I'm Not The Same Person Anymore."

the way media spoonfeeds everyone the concept of romance from an early age makes aromanticism really difficult because having a partner or falling in love with someone seems like the focal point of existing. entering relationships and getting married is the ultimate goal of being alive, and sometimes i think maybe if romance were less idealized not only would aromantic people like myself feel less isolated and struggle less with feeling alienated because of our lack of attraction, but maybe it would just be better in general. maybe love would come more naturally and be purer if people entered relationships only at their leisure instead of conforming with what has been instilled in their heads as the ideal and actively seeking out a partnership with the nearest compatible person. in this essay i

I love it when my creativity spurs other creativity. literally no better feeling as an artist than when someone looks at something you’ve made and goes “I saw this and liked it so much I could do nothing more with myself than turn it into drive for my own creativity” like that’s really what creativity is huh!! an instrument to further human expression and community and connection 

If you're using gen AI because "you want to make art but don't know how/can't learn/it's easier/whatever"

You don't want to make art.

You want someone to make art for you, but you don't want to pay or exchange anything of equal value for it, and also you want it right now, in whatever style you fancy that moment, and in whatever quantity you want. You're greedy and entitled and it is just that simple. You don't want to make anything.

ppl talk about the difficulty of writing characters smarter than yourself, but the real challenge is writing a character who is funnier than you are

character designs for a show i dont watch

free my girl she did all that shit but the fandom is mischaracterizing her for it

why the hell did you answer this now

do you wish to mock me. mock the past mp3 that did not know your pronons

Hey hey Lyn, what are your pronons

idk

there's probably this universe where things could've gone differently, yes, but you're not in that universe, and that's just something you'll have to live with

you could try to make things different, if you can, but if not, the only thing you can really do is just keep moving forward. day by day, things will get better

it's not the end of the world for you. keep going

It's been too long, here's another batch of beddie [guy with the shades belongs to @racheldrawsthis]