Two hearts, one mind

His pregnant wife still has bullets lodged in her body and needs surgeries to have them removed. Please help them if you can.

Come with me, I’ll take you now to a place that you fear. For no reason why, your heart has turned away from me, and I will make you understand. Everything will become clear to you when you see things through another’s eyes. Everything will become clear to you whatever’s meant for you, you will find. Come with me, I’ll take you there to a place where you’ll see everything you need to be the one you need to be, and all of those things that you feared will disappear from you in time.

and comfort i sought, disabused myself of the erroneous thought /

that each little thing has to come with a sting, and to bring little more than it ought

Obviously, this has already been pointed out by Black people in the fandom, but I wanted to bring it up because I’ve had a few asks about that song specifically that I’m not comfortable with answering. I am extremely happy that Jax is canonically transfem because even though I’ve never watched the show, I’ve witnessed people’s excitement about it, and I’m not trying to rain on anyone’s parade, but I’m also not going to pretend like the racism doesn’t exist because that’s not the kind of blog I’m running here. Any other song could’ve been used, and perhaps there wasn’t much thought put into its choice; I’m sure it wasn’t a deliberate act of malice, because from an outsider perspective that song seems to fit perfectly, but that ultimately doesn’t make it any less harmful, especially given the context surrounding the production.

I feel similarly about how United In Grief by Kendrick Lamar became a popular TikTok sound for people to make funny jokes about something going wrong when the original lyrics are specifically about Black grief. Or about the new trend of “the saxaphones are getting louder” taken from Boyz N The Hood, which is a movie about Black-American experiences that a lot of (white) people using this sound likely haven’t even seen.

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I think some people need to remember or be informed that making fan comics is a hobby, not a job.

I know a lot of readers of fan comics tend to be very young and maybe they don't get it, but making art - especially comic series - takes a LOT of time and earns the artist LITTLE money, if any at all.

Remember to be kind on the internet. Remember that when you make comments on people's pages or profiles, that they are also a human being on the other side of the screen. They aren't a machine for your entertainment. What they do is a hobby that they enjoy, and sometimes interests can shift over time. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, because art is supposed to be something someone enjoys doing.

When impatient and rude comments trying to pressure an artist to continue are made, it has the opposite effect of what you might think. It doesn't make them want to continue it, it makes them feel bad and makes them want to continue it LESS when you get so many comments like that.

Be kind. Let artists be happy and enjoy what they enjoy. Stop pressuring artists to work on something when they clearly want to explore other interests. It's horrible to see an artist lose interest in something they once enjoyed and brought them happiness because the community pushed them to hate it.