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comic about determination and hope

Inu-Illiterate

InuGang Exchange 2024

The prompt I got was Inuyasha and Kagome studying but Inuyasha being the worst study person. One of my fav Inuyasha headcannons is that he is illiterate but is super embarrased about it because it relates to all the evil stuff in his upbringing (being orphaned as a child, etc.). Kagome obviously tries to teach him but he’s rlly not perceptive to it because he’s so self conscious, but at the same time he does want to learn (to prove he can/ to show Kagome he’s not stupid since she’s so school smart). I hope y’all enjoy it :3

I have never thought that “Duh how could inuyasha have learned to read if we spent his childhood surviving in the forest”

BUT KAGOME TEACHING HIM HOW TO READ ?!?!?

short form writers look at people writing 100k+ fics as though this is some sort of talent given as part of a fae bargain, that the commitment required shows some sort of ungodly mental fortitude.

my endpaper illustrations for the Illumicrate editions of Song of the Lioness ✨

Goblin residents of the city are legal citizens with equal rights just the same as everyone else, but their natural lifestyle differs dramatically from the rest of the peoples living in the city. They are scavengers by nature, having no problems with eating carrion, overripe fruits and plants, and building everything they own from things that other races throw away as junk and trash. As the city produces plenty of waste that goblins would love to take and the city is glad to be rid of, any well-organised city is not just a paradise for goblins, but welcomes them with open arms. They save the city a fortune in waste disposal costs.

Problems mainly arise by differing ideas of what counts as "discarded". Goblins are unfairly labelled as thieves, when they are merely opportunistic and optimistic by nature, and will interpret any unclear situation to their own benefit, and will argue "how was I supposed to know that you still wanted it?" over things that looked lovely and were left unattended. And while yoinked items of clothing and other tools are easily returned or financially reimbursed (paying for what they already took is the only use that goblins have for money, which they do not steal), but foodstuff is gone faster than you can blink.

it's still there, but his skin changed colour! Belphie has a pointed colouration, and pointing is form of temperature dependant albinism, so it basically means that his entire body is a heat map.

in the winter, he camps out by the heating vent and stays warm, so his bald spot turns bright pink (no melanin)

and in the summer, he goes out on the catio where it's chillier, and his bald spot turns dark