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Please let me know if you need/want certain tags! A blog full of comics, art, Doctor Who, and Discworld A little bit of knitting and sewing too.
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A "(non) rom-com" following Nora and Elliot, two aromantic/asexual teachers at the same school. The two have a fateful and romantic meeting off the clock, which causes them both to worry the other has fallen in love with them.
I first started reading Leehama's work with Flowerpot on Tapas (then tapastic!) back in 2017, and I've been following her work ever since. All of her comics are incredibly thoughtful and heartfelt, and And Another Lovely Day is a shining example of all the care and consideration put into Leehama's work.
(Speaking of Leehama's comics, Gourmet Hound is on my list of comics to talk about here, too—stay tuned for that later!)
As one example of Leehama's thoughtfulness in her own work, are a lot of small details I enjoy about this comic, such as the name scheme of the cast. Every single character draws their first or last name from a color, either being named directly after a color itself (ie Nora Chestnut, whose surname is a shade of warm brown) or their name drawing on something related to that color (ie Isaac Heather, named for a purple flower). I adore the fact every single character's name, no matter how big or small the character's role, both fits a certain theme and tells us a little about them, as it makes the whole work feel a little more cohesive.
Related—unsurprisingly by the attention paid to colors in the name scheme, And Another Lovely Day's color work is phenomenal. Every single panel is easy on the eyes, with a nice balance of bright and cheerful colors. Of course, the art style of the comic is also incredibly pleasing, with a super charming and distinct style for people and expressions. The comic especially prefers oranges and blues, the colors of the aromantic-asexual flag.
My favorite small detail is the way the comic uses stars. Many romance comics use things like hearts around a character in a panel to denote romantic feelings, and this comic has a similar symbol: stars, for platonic or familial affection and feelings. A specific symbol to highlight these moments in a comic specifically about how platonic connections instead of romantic ones is incredibly useful, as well as really fun to pay attention to once you know to look for it!
And Another Lovely Day is a very heartfelt comic, portraying asexuality and especially aromanticism in an honest and sympathetic light, something that can be very rare in media! The "tragedy," if you can use so heavy a word here, of Nora and Elliot's lives isn't their aromanticism, as both of them are relatively content with their own interests and their platonic or familial connections. Instead, the comic deals more with things such as the isolation of navigating in this world built around romantic partnerships as a person removed from romance entirely.
While the comic handles these feelings respectfully and with the care and weight they deserve, it never stops being a light-hearted and comedic story. And Another Lovely Day has a very clever and silly sense of humor, and I've shown many of the jokes from this comic to friends as they land every single time. I walk away from most episodes of this series with a genuine smile on my face. A personal favorite style of joke that this comic does is footnotes which comment on or contradict the content of the panel or the misconceptions of the characters, a gag that makes me laugh every single time.
(Just rereading this comic for panels to sample was cracking me up all over again)
These are two of many of the comic's strong points as a written work, but the comic is also strong in character writing and in handling relationships, both platonic and romantic. Elliot and Nora are both incredibly interesting characters, and between the two, I'd be hard-pressed to pick a favorite (and that's not even getting into all the rest of the cast!)
Every episode of And Another Lovely Day comes with small bonus panels of trivia, and there have been several bonus episodes with more extra information and content or context about characters or writing choices. These are absolutely fascinating, and many of them—such as one which pointed out the author's use of stars—have changed the way I read and appreciate the comic.
As a last note, the author posts here on tumblr @/leehama! I would recommend checking out her tumblr for trivia about the comic, as well as her entire body of work as a comic artist. I've never read something from Leehama I didn't absolutely adore with every fiber of my being, and I plan to follow her work wherever she takes it.
From the Nashville Zoo’s fb page! Here’s the petition, please please please take a moment to add your name (even if you’re not from Nashville!). If you are from Tennessee, contact your representatives and make it clear that the people do not want this data center. This is an AZA accredited zoo which is home to several species of critically endangered animals, we NEED to protect it. Make your voice heard!
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quirky fourth wall breaking character but theyre just fucking. wrong about the medium theyre in. they keep making references to cinematic techniques and directorial styles and the other fourth wall breaking character is like "dumbass we're in a fucking comic book" and they are in a video game.
i understand why people are like "when are we ever gonna use this" about highschool classes, but personally i always kinda assumed it was more like. a taste test for the kids who do wanna use it? like maybe i dont need to reference atomic structure and the periodic table often in my daily life, but i assume there has to be at least one kid in my grade who was like "oh fuck this chemistry shit is awesome" and went on to be a chemist, yknow?
like i understand wanting more life skills to be taught in school and i agree, but i also think some people act as if the ONLY life skills are taxes and housework. do you want school to be a multi-year retail training course with a side of "how to fold bedsheets". that sounds lame as hell. i'll take the algebra thanks.
genuine question why you making that "humans are adorable" post even though humanity do horrible things such as genocide, racism, discrimination, ableism, sexism, rape, sexual abuse, and more?
i thought you aware on how awful people can be since judging from things you reblog you are aware of ongoing genocide and witnessing autistic children abused for their condition
Every day I choose to believe that every human being is fundamentally the same. That every adult was once a child, that every child had fears and hopes and joys, and every person desires to live happily and free of pain.
This does not absolve them of their cruelties. This does not condone or minimize their transgressions. This simply is to say, "I too could become monstrous: what would it take to push me there, and how could I prevent it, and if I could not prevent it, how could I stop?"
I believe that to be human is to be an animal like any other. I believe that we are not evil. Because if I believed that humanity was evil, fundamentally cruel, and incapable of better, what hope would I have? What purpose? What life could I live, as a plague surrounded by plagues?
I don't believe that people are good because I have not seen evil actions. I believe that people are good because I have to.
Do you understand?
I must believe in humanity. I must believe in kindness. I must believe in good, and change, and positive intent.
Because otherwise, I'd have nothing to live for.
Because otherwise, all I would have is myself, and self-loathing, and decades of existence in all directions, and a hopeless wasteland to spend it in.
I am not an individual naturally inclined towards trust. This takes effort. This is a survival strategy
No but for real. Your brain is one of the most advanced machines known to exist. It's a computer capable of running a sapient intelligence on - and I cannot stress this enough - 25 watts of broccoli and stew. What the fuck.
in the woods amongst my coven, 48 all in total, linking hands deep in concentration. our collective will united on our task of great importance for what feels like days but in reality scarce but a few minutes. in the centre of us lays a single slice of toast cooked to perfection
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Some libraries can even get you hooked up with social workers and local aid programs. The important thing is investigating what YOUR library can do for YOU.
i love discovering new music. but there's actually nothing like rediscovering old music. like, hello me from 5, 10, 15 years ago. so good to see you. same heart, i see. god, i love you.
i want to do a painting of a tiger taking a bath to put in a bathroom (bathroom-themed bathroom) and to this end i made a little maquette out of clay and i suspect this will scope creep into having both a painting and sculpture of a tiger or perhaps only a sculpture of a tiger. if i do both should they be displayed together or separately
Working on cutting out a large piece of wood to do the painting on, which is a constraint that will either be really fun or really annoying. Maybe both
Wood primed and underpainted and sketch transferred mostly by cutting it out in different chunks and tracing around them. Stripes to be determined. Nobody let me work on this again for at least two weeks
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If ANY of yall EVER do this shit to me, im deleting every single fic out of spite.
If I ever catch one of yall doing this to another author and I know youre a follower of my work I will block you personally on every platform
None of yall are the fic police. I DESPISE genai. I think its an insult to art, humanity, and the planet itself. But aint not a single fucking person here qualified to pick apart a strangers fic looking for a gotcha moment to make yourselves feel superior. If you think something is ai you can ask the author (most are proud of the ai use and will just tell you straight up) if they say yes you have your answer and can warn people. If they say no and you dont believe them you block and quietly keep it between you and maybe a close group of friends. Spreading misinformation is DANGEROUS. And NONE of you doing this shit are anywhere near qualified to do it.
Posting this here from my main too bc I feel that strongly about it
You dont get to witch hunt and scour peoples work just frothing at the mouth hoping someone messes up so you can publicly humiliate and gang up on them. Fuck genai and every single poser and lover that uses it but if you are not 1000000000% certain that something is made with it you shut. the. fuck. up.
I'm about to get mean because this shit? this pisses me all the way off.
"hurr durr these very common writing practices are SUPER OBVIOUS AI TELLS!!!!!!!!!! obviously this is an AI invention and not the result of AI being trained on THOUSANDS OF REAL FUCKING STORIES!!!!!!! we're all very intelligent!!!!!!!"
I hate yall. I hate yall for fucking ruining fanfic with your goddamn motherfucking AI obsession. "ooh there's em dashes!" YEAH REAL WRITERS USE THOSE. "there's long paragraphs!" YEAH BECAUSE THATS HOW PEOPLE WRITE STORIES.
we're not "writing like AI" - AI is writing like us, because it fucking stole from us in the first fucking place.
I've never used AI in my work, not ever, but guess what, my fics are ALL written like that. long paragraphs, long sentences, em dashes and hyphens and other grammatical tools, because I fucking know HOW TO WRITE.
quite frankly, if you think these things are "genAI inventions" you're just telling the world that YOU DON'T READ ENOUGH.
My sister is qualified as a human givens therapist/counsellor, and wants to start her own business. She's currently trying to think of a name for said business
She saw a therapy company called Practically Minded and fucking loved that, so that's the vibe we're after. A tasteful pun, ideally that stresses how human givens stuff is all about coming up with practical solutions (apparently; I don't know much about it)
My BIL, a man of otherwise good character and intellect, suggested she ask AI for a list. On principle she immediately asked me instead. I figured I'd throw it open to the pun machine that is Tumblr, to harness the collective power of human brains.
origamiaround
kianamaiart
stormborns
areudirty
