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🩷 PINK: SEX 🩷

This year I’m attempting to make Gentlebeard art based on the colours of the Gilbert Baker pride flag!

First one was easy because it’s my favourite colour, AND one of the best things to draw them doing, I hope you like it! 🥰

HAPPY PRIDE, DARLINGS

RED: LIFE

What if life just… begins again?

The second piece in my attempt to make OFMD art for every colour in the Gilbert Baker Pride Flag this month! This was a difficult one to decide on, but it’s the beginning of their new lives in so many ways, so I thought it would fit well, and, y’know, blood and smoke and fire and stuff 🥰

it may not look like it at this very moment but LIFE WILL GET BETTER. you are loved, you are appreciated, you are perfect just the way you are. and you will find your happiness one day, even if the sea is stormy right now. even if it feels like the whole world expects you to be a certain way but that’s not who YOU really are. despite everything, there will always be people who believe in you and who are rooting for you. i truly believe there is a beautiful life out there for all of you and that you will find your true, most authentic, and happy self. like stede did. like ed did. like jim, buttons, zheng, or the swede did. no matter how young or old you are, you deserve everything you’re dreaming of. imagine mary bonnet looking at you, smiling, and saying “i hope you find that”. and the day will come when you finally get to say “i think i have”.

To all those in this fandom who need a little bit of extra love right now, this lovely letter is for you. 💌