conducting stick person (iykyk)

it's may now but when i drew this this was the mood for march. and february. and january. and last year-

Btw these are from k on my d+c (teto and miku cover) and heart stealing girl respectively :3

this happens btw

shame

Even before communities were a thing fandom was all over livejournal. Cons organized and advertised there, fic and art exchanges, etc etc

Fandom has existed in many many MANY internet spaces long before tumblr. The weirdly puritanical leanings that have led to some of the worst in behaviours took deepest root here, but it was by no means the first space, nor the only game in town - it’s simply one of the longest lasting in an unstable online digital age.

but really, usenet groups, fanzine mailing lists (absolute hell in AOL dial-up charged-by-hour early days) and penpals!! them were the early fandom spaces of the millennial

Anthy likes to draw.

gora pakoda thus means white fritter and is often used as a term of andearment for white people or as mild, but friendly insult (depending on context)

Giant squid are eating the bigfoots

So let's take a closer look at their work, shall we?

Weird, huh?

i got hope crossed on my heart

ralsei!

Oh, this definitely belongs on Tumblr.

me when i see a large goat in a trench coat and hat walk up to the counter at the gas station on its hind legs and order cigarettes: woah

It's effectively been co-opted entirely from a criticism of people who advocate for compliance with power structures, to an accusation thrown at people directly opposed to those same structures.

So I spent the next forty minutes forcefemming her on the dance floor and now she knows where to get underground estrogen, fuck your prime directive :3

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷

(art by @punkitt-is-here )