HERE WE ARE—RELEASE DAY for The Protector and the Annihilation, an LGBTQ+ epic science fantasy with a vast world and galactic stakes, but most importantly, gays!

It's available first on Amazon and Itch dot Io.

Will be available wide on the 15th!

You can get The Protector and the Annihilation here.

When Armando makes a promise to his rival Ranvir, their far-off planet changes. Especially as children begin to drop in through time and push them to confront their past. Eventually, they start having to look out for him. Their son, Antonio, who waits in the future.

Full synopsis under the "read more."

and like. do we have to keep gently phrasing things to protect naturally-thin people's feelings. in my life it has never been fashionable to be fat. "fat" is still a bad word. there has never been institutional power pushing people to gain weight; no trillion-dollar industry to "fix" skinny people. a larger body type has never been over-represented in models, influencers, celebrities. sure, people might say "i'm worried for your health," but they do it with respect and gentleness, like they're talking to a scared deer.

every single fucking time i talk about this, i have to be so careful with what i say, in case i offend even one skinny person. it is just true that skinny people have social capital across many cultures. there is a reason you almost never hear someone say "i wish i was fat," but you will constantly see people say "I wish i was thin." and yet inevitably some skinny person will tell me: i thought you wanted body positivity. it is the same fucking attitude as when a cis man says "when you say men have power, well, i've been bullied for being a man. i thought you believe in mental health awareness. don't you know men have a higher suicide rate?"

two things can be true at once: your experience being bullied for being thin was terrible. and people with larger bodies probably have it worse.

i have been big and small. i know many other people who have been big and small. trust what i'm about to tell you: being small is much easier. the world is kinder to you. people treat you better. honestly, this pattern occurs pretty much regardless of gender - my guy friends have confided that they'd rather be bullied for being thin than be bullied for being fat. if you're skinny, the pressure might be to gain weight, sure, but it's often to do so in a way that keeps you skinny - to gain muscle, specifically.

thinness is seen as innate and natural, genetic. whereas carrying any fat - that is a moral failing. it is assumed to be related to your character, your personality. i have seen people equate it to discipline, to hygiene. that bias is why we need to talk about this.

Yes, I'm here.

I'm queer.

THE PROTECTOR AND THE ANNIHILATION WIP ANIMATIC TRAILER. Second main trailer - features full-color at the end.

Features the protagonists Alejandro Caldera-Altaha and Antonio Chandrani-Rivera at the beginning, then primarily the protagonist dads of The Protector and the Annihilation Part 1, Ranvir Chandrani and Armando Herrera-Rivera.