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Pitch stuffDescription: A close up illustration of a humanoid...

Pitch stuff

Description: A close up illustration of a humanoid figure.  Their skin is a light blue/grey and their hair is a slightly darker purple.  Their eyes are big and dark and their ears a long like sheep or cow.  There are two horns on their forehead, but one is more developed than the other.  The figure is crouched in a cautious position and their expression, facing the audience is wary.  There are leaves and twigs in her hair.

pinkdiamondprince:Trying to figure out if you’re ace or aro can be so goddamn hard because it’s...

pinkdiamondprince:

Trying to figure out if you’re ace or aro can be so goddamn hard because it’s like, trying to find the absence of something. Imagineyou’re at a pond and you want to know if there are any turtles, or fish. Sayyou find a turtle and you’re like “great! Now I know there are turtles.” Or afish, now you know for sure there are fish. Or you find both, and now you knowfor a fact there are both turtles and fish in the pond.

But like, if you don’t find any turtles it might be that there are noturtles or maybe you’re just really shitty at looking for turtles and maybe youTHINK you saw a turtle over there or maybe it was just a stick. Maybe there areonly a few turtles. Maybe you need to do something special to find the turtles. Maybe a bunch of these rocks are actually turtles but you couldn’t tell them apart.Maybe there are no turtles. You have no idea. Meanwhile some people are saying “Ohthere have to be turtles! You’ll find them eventually ;)” or “How many turtleshave you found in your pond?” or “Try planting some vegetables at the shore toattract the turtles.” Or “Oh no! What disaster happened to your pond that thereare no turtles?” And you’re just standing there wet with an empty net and atired expression.

But whatever because whether there are turtles or fish or not your pond’secology works just fine without them because that’s what eco-communities dothey form a system around what they have. You aren’t missing anything if youdon’t have turtles you just have a pond system without turtles. If someonetried to change you by pouring a bunch of turtles into your pond it wouldprobably fuck something up.

So you don’t have to be entirely sure. You don’t have to search every inch of the damn pond before you can decide there are probably no turtles. If you want to take the aro or ace label because you think it fits go for it. And if you do find your turtles you can rename the pond. That’s fine.

ECCC Booth 106

I’m in Seattle.  Swing by this weekend.

^_^

Description: An illustration of little red riding hood and the...

Description: An illustration of little red riding hood and the wolf.  Red is standing turned away from the audience, but looking back at us.  Beside her is the head of the wolf, clearly dead.  His fur gripped tightly in one hand.

Y’all reading BLACK CLOAK?Written by Kelly Thompson, Drawn by...

Y’all reading BLACK CLOAK?

Written by Kelly Thompson, Drawn by Meredith McClaren, Edited by Charles Beacham, Lettered by Becca Carey, Cover Design by Rian Hughes

Description: An illustration of BLACK CLOAK’s main character Essex.  She’s underwater in a dive suit with a bubble helmet.  She looks worried and caught off guard.  In the reflection of her helmet, you can see the shadows of mermaids swimming towards her.

Pitch stuffDescription: An illustration of a young girl crouched...

Pitch stuff

Description: An illustration of a young girl crouched and peeking over at the audience.  She’s covered mostly by a soft cloak of white feathers.

Black Lamb Gold Foil Print from The Storefront

Black Lamb Gold Foil Print from The Storefront:

Print!

Greece cont’d.The London leg of it.(Apparently ‘foo foo’ is...

Greece cont’d.

The London leg of it.

(Apparently ‘foo foo’ is slang in some places for vagina.  This was unintentional.  In this case, the meaning was ‘fancy’.

C2E2 2022

Hey y’all!

I’m hanging out at Booth I-10 in Chicago this weekend. If you’re in the area, stop by.

Best pancakes

Best pancakes