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🏳️‍🌈 my first pride artwork this year 🏳️‍🌈

No pairing was requested as often as Catradora. And I’m actually quite surprised that I’ve never created fan art for this fantastic series.

Hey everyone!

I know what month we're in, and I wanted to celebrate it too

June 1st is my birthday, and it's also Pride Month — a time to celebrate love, identity, and happiness

At this point, I think my love for girls was written in the stars considering when I was born

So here's a drawing of our favorite girls with a beautiful Pride flag in the background and another fun take on them

And honestly? Catra could probably get away with anything when it comes to Adora. That girl is hopelessly gay XD

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power fanart I did last year. It is almost one year old ='))

Happy Pride from Portland's all-queer magical girl rock band, Magica Riot!

In celebration of Pride Month, I'm running sales on Itch for my ebooks & audiobooks. Any title is 40% off or get 'em in a discounted bundle!

Here's the ebook bundle - the whole adventure so far for $7:

And here is the audiobook bundle! Hours and hours of queer magical girl audio fun for $18!

And of course, physical books, other platforms, and Magica Riot's first musical single can be found at:

Sitting down at the table, I remembered the scars on my arm. The universal signifier of "This Kid Needs Help." Maybe his kindness was only out of pity. He saw those and assumed there was some great misery and wanted to offer me some relief. It's generally good to be kind to people who are hurting. But I wasn't hurting that bad.

The thing is, there is some great misery. People generally aren't doing that great. There is a great misery within me and within him and within everyone, and some people notice the pain, some people express it, others don't. But we all suffer from something.

It doesn't matter if someone seems to deserve some relief. Everyone needs it. Everyone is suffering constantly. Some more than others, but still. This Kid Needs Help applies to everyone.

Thirty minutes later, I went to get a second pastry, intending to pay and leave a tip this time. It was the same cashier. As he reached to grab it for me, I saw scars on his arm.

The early 2000′s was a golden age in contemporary anime. We were treated to masterpieces like Samurai Champloo (2005), Hellsing (2001), Inuyasha (2000) and Bleach (2004). You’ve probably also heard about a lil’ something called Naruto (2002).

Amongst all these giants, you might have missed a few animes during those years. I’m going to talk about a lesser known anime, a cult classic, one member from the “girls with guns” trilogy by animation studio Bee Train.

Noir (2001)

Twenty years ago, assassin partners Mireille and Kirika shot their way through armies of faceless men while they traveled in a pilgrimage to the past.

With a gorgeous backdrop of European cities, Noir is a story about vengeance and living with regrets, but also about survivng and atoning for the sins of the past.

An ancient organization with the power to influence the world, disposable men in the service of greed, and orange pekoe tea parties during a blackout in Paris.

Noir is filled with symbolism: the unforgiving past in the pocket watch, the significance of having your name printed on an ID card, and every stare between the two main characters is charged with emotion.  Mireille’s anger, Kirika’s regrets.

This is an action anime, but the stoy goes deeper than just gunfights, it’s a mystery that unravels a little bit every episode and with every kill. With every life the pair takes, their pilgrimage gets ever closer to the end, to a stalemate they have agreed on, in which only one of them will come out alive.

The fights are amazing, with the spotlight clearly on Kirika’s elegant assassin abilities and her detached demeanor while taking out her targets.

The character design is sophisticated, using a bold palette of colors that blends well with the classic European style of the backgrounds, but also manages to merge with the synthwave art of the intro and the outro.

Noir’s OST is beautiful, Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura created something out of this world with the score. Moody, dark and ominous are words I would use to describe this compilation of heavily instrumental songs. Deeply atmospheric, the OST is the perfect companion to the most intense scenes of the anime.

The ending of the story is satisfying, and it leaves the viewer with a sense of hope, amongst all the loss. This is a must watch anime if you enjoy a mature story with a dark ambience.

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Have you watched Noir?

Chapters: 1/14 Fandom: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Adora/Catra (She-Ra), Entrapta & Hordak (She-Ra), Bow/Glimmer (She-Ra), Norwyn/Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra) Characters: Catra (She-Ra), Adora (She-Ra), Glimmer (She-Ra), Bow (She-Ra), Entrapta (She-Ra), Hordak (She-Ra), Shadow Weaver | Light Spinner (She-Ra) Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - High School, Autistic Catra (She-Ra), Disabled Catra (She-Ra), Adora Needs a Hug (She-Ra), I say ‘Entrapta & Hordak’ but they’re queerplatonic, Tags May Change Summary:

Following this prompt list from spopfandomevents on Tumblr, one chapter (I’m trying to go for ~1000 words each) every Wednesday until September. Tags very much subject to change as I haven’t written like half of the chapters yet.

Blanket content warning for strong language; individual warnings may be attached to chapters.

hurrah this is the fourth writing event I am participating in this year. and also the fourth writing event I am participating in ever. and the first new year’s resolution I’m actually doing, so. yay