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Forgot to post the gays ~

unity announces very easily abusable price changes

developers start issuing statements saying this will wreck them financially

cult of the lamb announces they will delete their game

it gets reported on around the world (UNDERSTATEMENT)

panic!

a while later cult of the lamb officially says Just Kidding! haha you actually took us seriously?!

trying to search "cult of the lamb deleting" still brings up way more results about their initial announcement than the retraction.

a lot of the places cult of the lamb announced they were fucking with people were on platforms that require logging in so they cannot be indexed by search engines, while their initial tweet was on so many news sites it just overwhelmed the results. and since it was a work week and the start of the semester and some holidays and a hugely busy week for a good chunk of the world, there will still be people who think they were serious for a while.

for those of you with doubts, this is a post on steam from the devs. plaintext under the cut

lmao the first thing, but also there’s more to it than the emotional nature of both types of scenes (imo EVERY kind of scene should have an essential emotional element). note that i didn’t say READING a fight scene and a sex scene are the same, or that the scenes themselves are the same, but that writing them is the same

to elaborate on a shitpost i made in the middle of the night after line editing a sex scene (and feeling incredibly smug about how well it went but i haven’t checked my work in the AM and one knows never to trust these feelings), the tools you use for both types of scenes have a huge amount of overlap on a craft level. Action beats, physical reactions, emotional reactions, internalization, etc--the structures of the scenes on a line level have a lot in common. Fights and sex have their own specific rhythms that can vary, and fights often have a winner where in a sex scene one hopes everyone is a winner, but mostly it’s just.. the same. action, reaction, emotion, action, reaction, emotion (and trying to figure out how not to say “hand” five times in one paragraph, also fuCKING PRONOUNS IF THE CHARACTERS ARE THE SAME GENDER)

so yeah you dont have to uhhh worry about everyone who reblogged this being into super violent sex lmao, this post is about drawing helpful connections between one and the other that writers who are good at one but not as confident in another can use to strengthen the complementary skillset.

i personally have always found fight scenes easy breezy while sex scenes felt impossible to me until relatively recently in my writing career, so the parallels are something i think a lot about now when i write sex scenes

Macaroni and Cheese: What makes you think of your childhood?

Spring Green: How do you relax when you’re stressed?

Asparagus: What’s an unpopular opinion you have?

Bittersweet: Has someone you loved ever hurt you?

Eggplant: Explain your url and avatar.

Outer Space: Do you ever feel like you’re an outcast from others?

Cotton Candy: What is your favorite dessert?

Freckle: Do you have any marks on your skin? How do you feel about them?

Shocking Pink: Is there a trait that you have that others don’t expect from you?

Robin’s Egg Blue: If you were an animal, which one do you think would you be?

Granny Smith Apple: What’s something everyone else likes that you don’t?

Dandelion: What’s a pet peeve of yours?

Atomic Tangerine: What gets you motivated to do a difficult task? 

Wisteria: What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

Candy Apple: How do you think others view you?

Plum: Are you insecure about anything?

Sky Blue: Where do you feel the most at home?

Tickle Me Pink: How do you try to cheer others up when they’re sad?

Wild Strawberry: Do you care what others think about you?

Glossy Grape: Recommend something to your followers.

World Wide Web Yellow: What was the last thing you looked up?

Shadow Blue: Do you have a darker side to you that most people are unaware of?

Electric Lime: What genre of music do you listen to?

Night Owl: Describe a very interesting dream that you had.

Cornflower: What do you think about the most?

Grasshopper Green: Describe the area where you live.

Misty Moss: Is there anything you regret?

Tiny Toad Brown: Do you find beauty in something that people consider to be ugly or undesirable?

Sunny Side Up: Do you like waking up in the mornings, or would you rather sleep in?

Kitten Gray: Do you have any pets? If so, describe them. 

Rose Dust: Describe your aesthetic in five words or less.

Timberwolf: Do you give second chances when somebody has wronged you?

Freshly Squeezed: What excites you?

Firefly Red: What gives you purpose?

Tiny Teapot Tan: Do you consider yourself to be attractive/cute?

Rain Drop Blue: Describe the weather outside.

Sweet Pea Green: Do you have/want children?

Pussywillow: Do you like being around others, or do you like being alone?

Jack ‘O’ Lantern Orange: What’s your biggest fear and why? 

Baby Bunny Pink: Do you look young for your age, or do you look older than you are?

Mystic Maroon: What confuses you, and why?

Cosmic Cobalt: What’s your zodiac sign, and do you think it’s accurate?

Petal Pink: Describe your fashion sense as well as what you’re wearing right now.

Mountain Meadow: Do you like taking care of others, or do you prefer being care of?

Fuzzy Duckling Yellow: Is there something from childhood that you haven’t outgrown?

Brussel Sproutlet: Do you have any unhealthy habits?

Razzle Dazzle Rose: Describe an ideal date.

Periwinkle: What’s something ordinary that has personal meaning to you?

Mauvelous: Do you think you deserve a better life than you have now?

Blueberry Blue: Do you get sad easily?

A very simple and kind of messy 10 minute tutorial I made to demonstrate how I draw fat characters using the exact same method that I use for every body type!

I’m hoping this will be helpful to some of my followers (who I know are beginner artists) coming from someone who is both a fat person and still a beginner artist in many ways!!