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The use of that turn of phrase was never meant to apply to small creatives, it was meant to apply to mass media like TV or published fiction, things that are massively commercial enterprises rather than indie weirdos, as a part of his larger Thing of pop culture commentary.

The reason I bring that all up is because A) It's sad that the message of a person I consider a good friend keeps getting twisted...

If you're readin' it prudish, you're readin' it wrong.

Any comments I make about, say, Don Bluth or Chris Claremont's obvious peccadillos is intended from a place of demystification and appreciation, as well as exploration of the concept of creativity and how every part of a person's outlook and experiences play into it.

Because we all do it. We all write our own tastes into things from time to time.

So in the interest of calling myself out, here's a selection of my adult female OCs from the past couple of years. See if you can detect a pattern:

From "TyrannoMax", Maureen the Lizard Queen, BrontoSarah, Ms. Nice/Ms. Nautilus, PteroDarla, the Cold Shoulder, Aunt Acid. (to scale)

From "Farrah and the Familiars", the human and monster forms of Necrotari, Tilly Tepesh (Grandniece of Dracula), Ghoulatea, and Farrah Fyendlyne, and the Shockettes: Screamdream, Saccarene, and Venessa.

Misc characters: Queen Macheen, Hypnathize, Kitty Concolor, Captain Janet Starcraw

Melinoe Labs: Directer Maria Kleinheart, strain SCD3HeB/FeJ of the 9 out of 10 Solid Clone Dancers, and T.O.B.O.R. half of the time.

Sally Kleinheart, Sexbomb, KLE-Kat5.

DynoGuard (samples): Gloria Anning, LaBrea, Zara Hurlant

I could post a bunch of the Dæmes from Dæme-On, but I think the point is made. A lot of what makes you you comes out in your work, that includes that you find alluring, titillating, or psychosexually complex.

And I'm sure one could easily trace a lot of my "This better not awaken something in me" moments from media with veerrrry little trouble from this sliver of character designs.

This is just a variant on how Jack Kirby kept making powerful free-spirited goddess-characters based on his wife, or how Nagel's gals were all vamps, Akira Toriyama's thing for fierce-yet-hectoring women, or Sorayama's whole deal.

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Level 2: The text supports a transgender reading of the author.