The Corner of Fandom and Feelings

fall in love again and again...

Re-creating my first webcomic from 12 years ago, "Hair Expectations vs Reality."

I can't help but feel all kinds of emotions after re-visiting the original comic: the one that started it all. A lot has changed since then, and I feel so fortunate to still create art and tell stories for a living. Thanks for your support, and sticking around for so long ❤️

Check out the other versions:

2014 (OG)

Paid service with no ads: Well, if they're not funding it with ad revenue, they need to charge us something.

Paid service with ads: Well that's bullshit.

so this idea has been rolling around in my head for a few months now but 1) i've been busy as hell and 2) i knew i really needed to think abt it first and figure out how this whole thing could work. i'm pretty sure i've managed to work out the details so i wanted to put feelers out there and see how many people (if any) would be interested in following along and taking part in a lil book/film club!

here's the general idea for how things would hypothetically go:

each month, everyone participating will pledge to read 1 (or more) book(s), and/or watch 1 (or more) movie(s)

due to not everyone having access to the same libraries, stores, and streaming services, we will all choose our books and movies individually (but if you'd like to read/watch the same things with a friend/friends go right ahead!)

each month i'll post 3 prompts. choose the prompt(s) that speaks to you the most and apply it to your book/movie search. for example, one prompt might be "animal in title", which means that month you'd be reading a book or watching a movie that has any kind of animal in the title. these prompts are not mandatory to follow, just an added fun scavenger hunt element. ultimately, you can pick whatever book/movie you want! the prompts are mainly for people who struggle to choose what to read/watch and prefer some guidance

obviously, you do not have to complete all 3 prompts. the goal of this club is for everyone to just get back into reading/watching movies. the quantity doesn't matter, and neither does the length!

in all likelihood, i would be making a tumblr community that participants could join. throughout the month, we would use that community space to talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and share our thoughts and discuss amongst each other!

at the end of every month, everyone would do a monthly wrap-up of what they read/watched, and do little reviews if they'd like, share their favorite quotes, share what they didn't like, recommend or not recommend, whatever you wanna talk about! and if you have nothing to say and just wanna share what you read/watched, that's cool too!

additionally (bc i find this kinda thing fun) if you DNF (did not finish) a book or film, i might add a completely optional punishment prompt (more challenging) that you must complete. what kind of punishment? time will tell...

admittedly a lot of this is based on an extremely autistic board game that i made for myself several years ago and often use to decide what to read/watch. i'll be dusting off said homemade board game for this beautiful occasion.

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