normal and sane i promise

but you deserve to give informed consent to that process.

the lies around pregnancy - that it's inherently safe, that it doesn't do you permanent damage, that it's only extremely rare for people to die of pregnancy complications, etc like

all of these are lies constructed so that more people will get pregnant w/o knowing all that

there needs to be more talk about the impact of miscarriages and how common they are, how different abortion processes are and how accessible they are

but also like. talking about how pregnancy fucks your body up should not be taboo

this is a process that permanently changes most people's bodies, and that's even if the pregnancy doesn't do them like. severe illness or injury

and i just think everybody should have a right to KNOW that

When I was pregnant I was in a million forums for pregnant people because (cough adhd hyperfixation) and I had something called SPD (Symphysis pubis dysfunction) (not Sensory Processing Disorder though I also have that) which is where your pubic bones separate early (more or less) because they get all loosey goosey as your body gets ready to crank that baby out.

Except my pubic bone got confused and got misaligned at like 3 months pregnant. I could barely walk. I couldn't roll over in bed. Doing something that required me to shift my weight from one foot to another like opening a door knob was like an excruciatingly painful knife being stabbed into my pubic bone, I can't express how intense and blinding it was.

So I am in one million baby forums like "am I dying what is happening why is there a knife in my pubic bone" and all these people are like "I have that too! my doctor says it's normal and not to worry because it doesn't hurt the baby. I just deal with it by laying in bed for months in excruciating pain and think about how lucky I am to be having a little miracle growing in my body."

So lol nope. I went to my midwife and they are like, "Oh squeeze a can between your knees look up a physical therapy youtube on SPD" and I did that can-squeeze thing and it CURED THE PROBLEM in ONE DAY. I had been SUFFERING, y'all, it felt miraculous.

And I was so full of rage (flames, flames on the side of my face) that people are being told "Oh, it's NORMAL just deal with it" "It doesn't hurt the baby." Like, look, yes it's NORMAL but it's 100% treatable!!! SPD (again, not Sensory processing disorder) affects 1 in 5 pregnant people.

I was lucky to have amazing midwives (need a gender neutral term for that profession, but they see pregnant men and women)(side note highly recommend midwives if you are gender nonconfirming/a man/etc) and I have DOZENS of examples of shit like this.

Some people in moderate car crashes are very lucky, and walk away with zero injury. Some are very unlucky, and die. But most people fall into the third category, where they'll be injured at the time, then heal, and then for the rest of their life they have some minor and liveable complication from the injury. Like a knee that lets you know when the rain is coming, or a back that doesn't like seats without lumbar support, or a shoulder that never quite gets its full range of motion back.

she's been suffering with this since she gave birth to me. I'm 38 years old. she had that surgery last week.

Granted, it still needs to be updated because not just women give birth.

Here is an etymologically equivalent but gender neutral term I just made:

I used this to practice a bunch of things, and also, uh. I haven't drawn kissing since I was like, 12, I'm faceblind, and I used no reference. Because I like torturing myself. My apologies if the faces aren't facing.

(From my AU where my farmer and that one blue guy are married. They have a very different relationship than yours - OR DO THEY??)

🌱 They all deserve some time off to play stupid card games, make brownies, laugh hysterically for no reason, and watch movies until 2 in the morning, when they all fall asleep simultaneously. Especially Clarice, she needs a whole vacation.

Just, the way the mattress dips under his weight, it shows that Alex is a hefty guy and that the bed itself is probably quite plush.

You just did such a good job as always *chefs kiss*

ALSO I LOVE LOVE LOVE UR ART AND STORY-TELLING IT'S SO GOOD GOD BLESS U OK BYE

Hey thanks!!

Since I used Autodesk Sketchbook most of y'all probably won't be all familiar with my brushes. But for those who do:

I start with a slightly tweaked version of the Ink Brush to block out my shapes and get my forms out where I can get as messy and choppy as I want until I find what works.

I usually do this in a bright red because I see it better than most other colors.

I also use a secondary pen stylus that has less pressure sensitivity so I don't push too hard with the sketch process and I don't focus on teeny tiny things while sketching.

I use the same stylus to do the second refinement sketch with the brush I use for line art. For the comic I use the Tattoo Inker because I like how scratchy it is.

I also do it in black because it helps me separate visually from the base sketch.

Then I use my actual stylus pen and the same brush in my line colors for the line art where I CAN focus on tiny details and make it all nice and perdy

For a Demetrius cameo

Is something I will always suffer

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET ANY WORK DONE WITH THIS THING HERE????

SIR

👀👀👀

So I discovered I can draw spaceships, guys.

- you’re magical, oh yeah also magic is real, a wizard told you to go learn all types of magic and you did

- there are ancient entities living in the mines and sewers beneath your feet, and they ARE fighting, just fyi

- there’s an ongoing war happening, that is probably why the economy is the way that it is btw

- animals can talk…just occasionally

- you’re haunted by the ghost of your grandfather, but rarely

- there are tiny creatures that will fix things for you in the night but only if you meet their hyper specific demands. also they’re scared of you

- Yoba is an alien (?)

- also the local shopkeeper’s daughter isn’t his she’s the wizard’s and a townswoman named Emily is a psychic, in case you were curious