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Fanart of Sir Pentious from an adult animated musical series called "Hazbin Hotel". (His canon human form, drawn in my style.)

Finally finished one of my oldest WIPs! And I updated my art signature. ☺️

I can't even remember how long this has been sitting unfinished. 😅 I pulled an all-nighter to finally complete it, and I'm honestly SO HAPPY with the result. 🥹

I have answered this numerous times. Here are the big reasons, from a business standpoint, we want sets in our own worlds:

1) There is value in us having our own property. We’re making an animated show with Netflix and have a movie deal with Legendary. None of that happens without our own worlds. We have equity in our own creative.

2) Universes Beyond requires us working with partners. That limits are ability to move things around. We need the flexibility of half our sets being our own.

3) There are mechanical concepts we want to build around. We need the ability to be able to build worlds to mechanical constraints.

And the answer is, we don't.

The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.

The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.

And we did what we could to help. He was incredibly kind and patient despite his obvious anxiety and stress, more than most able bodied, housed patrons are to us under much less dire conditions. I liked knowing that we were the first place he came.

We have so many people like this who come in everyday. Many are quiet and keep to themselves, but sometimes they talk to us.

They tell us about how they're taking a few courses on a scholarship they applied for from our library's computer at the local community college to get their diploma. Or ask about a manga or dvd or book we might have to help them pass the time.

One woman, who comes in daily with her tattered walker always says hello to me and likes to work on the new jigsaw puzzle with me when we set one out.

So like, treat unhoused people like people. Treat disabled people like people. I don't want my library to feel like the only safe space in the world, but I'm glad it can be one of them.