#natantrash

wonderful compliments, the kind that make you smile to yourself when you think about them

thick rimmed glasses reflecting a crackling fireplace

the way a full moon shimmers on rippling water

Thank u for the reminder reblog because I spent all of yesterday drunk af and reblogged it when I was still in such a state.

God same. Well for the shitty sleep schedule part. Not the final part. Good luck!

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Tell us a bit about yourself!

Hello everyone! I’m Doc. I chose that nickname because I have...a doctorate! And also many of my real life friends insist on calling me Doc, so I’m used to it. Haha. For safety/legal/ethical reasons, I don’t really go into the kind of work that I do, but I do love my work! I love talking about fiction. Sometimes I say too many cusses.

When did you get into the fandom and how did you stumble upon it? I found the comic at the beginning of April of 2016. My answer to the second part of the question may be a bit TMI for some, but I don’t mind sharing it: I have hella premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). I was scrolling through a PMDD blog to read some Relatable Posts, and I found the first comic. I read through the whole comic in one sitting. Then I read the rest of the blog, started reading fanfics and looking at other fans’ blogs, and then finally ended up making this blog a few weeks after finding the comic!

Who are your favorite characters/pairings? Well, Natan, obviously. I’d say my favorite character is probably Lucifer. But I also love our girl Nat. Other characters I love: Anthea, Gabe, Raph, Zadkiel, Jophiel. (That’s not even close to everyone, but I had to stop or else I’d list almost the entire damn cast.) Other pairings: Ganthea, Graph, Raph/happiness, Anthea/life, you know... Favorite moment in the comic?

I had the hardest time choosing one, but I think I’d have to go with Luce taking Nat to the beach. I’m a sucker for beach times. But then also when he was all happy after she used the contract… oh and when she told him she loved him… and then his face when he aged her up??? Okay I need to stop, moving on.

What is your biggest inspiration as far as your art/writing goes? Usually, an idea occurs and I can’t get it out of my head until I purge it somehow. I have a whole list of fics and art piece descriptions that I haven’t had time to work on, but I just needed to write it down because it kept playing in my head over and over again. Another huge piece of that inspiration is the fandom, though! Everyone’s contributions are so warmly received by the rest of the fandom, that it makes me excited to try to find time to work on this stuff.   What would you say is your favorite piece that you’ve done so far?

For writing, it’s Feeling Yourself Disintegrate. The first fic I’ve ever written, and I’m still pretty proud of my lil fic there! Also fun fact: it’s based on a real place (and a real thing that I do sometimes), and I believe it’s actually kinda close to where Luce ended up taking Nat in canon. So uh, there’s that. For art, I really like the Pestilence that I posted recently. When I joined the fandom, I had just gotten licensed in my field, which meant that I hadn’t drawn anything for over a year. I feel like I’m just starting to get really comfortable with drawing, and the Pestilence piece felt good to draw.

What would you say is one of your favorite things to draw/write?

I definitely have a bunch of doodles of Lucifer. For non-SaM things, I’m fond of doodling weird-looking monsters, eyes, and people with exaggerated facial features. I’m still expanding my writing, but I get a lot of practice by writing down my dreams in as much detail as I can. I tend to have extremely vivid and bizarre dreams.

What do you think influences your art/writing style? I’m very visual, so the desire to convey what I see in my mind’s eye very much influences how I write and why it takes me so long to finish a drawing. I like to read things that make me forget I’m reading, if that makes any sense. Sometimes you read stories that are so captivating that it almost seems like you’re watching a movie instead of reading a story because you can imagine it so clearly. That’s what I aim for when I write. In my senior year of high school, I had the fortune of having the same teacher for english and for media literature, so a lot of the things I learned from him in terms of both written storytelling and visual storytelling have stuck with me to this day.

What are some of your hobbies you enjoy? I love makeup (my makeup blog is natantrash-makeup.tumblr,com), but I rarely wear it because I tend to create very elaborate looks. I either wear no makeup or something worthy of RuPaul’s Drag Race, haha. I also love to watch movies and TV shows and talk about them critically. In the past few months, I’ve also gotten into exercise. I do a lot of weight training and stationary bike (which I pair with the aforementioned TV and movies). I live alone, which means I’ve got to fend for myself food-wise, so I also got really into cooking and I enjoy trying new recipes. 

Before joining SaM, what was a fandom you were part of and are there any fandoms you’re into outside of SaM? Well, I literally grew up watching Star Trek, so I’ve kind of been a member of that fandom for my entire life. The first fandom I got into on my own was Lord of the Rings, starting in middle school. There are a lot of things that I’m a fan of, but don’t necessarily participate in the fandom a whole lot. Some of the more contemporary things that fall under that category are Voltron, Steven Universe, Lucifer, How to Get Away with Murder, Criminal Minds, just to name a few. Part of why I wanted to make a separate blog for SaM was because I felt that my main had gotten so cluttered with other fandomy things that I wanted to keep track of this one thing. Which is so funny because my main has been essentially abandoned, and I’m now on this blog 99% of the time.  Is there anything else you’d like the fandom to know about you or anything you’d like to say to the fandom as a whole?

I just love this fandom. I feel like I’m so new to it, yet everyone’s been so warm and welcoming from the beginning. I haven’t been witness to any BS, even when opinions differ. There’s just so much laughter in this fandom, and it’s really refreshing. Thank you so much for the opportunity to do one of these! I love you all, and please feel free to chat anytime!!

Please check out Doc’s art tag and show her some love!

Art tag: http://natantrash.tumblr.com/tagged/docs-art

This got long and disgustingly sappy and I hate myself so read more at your own risk:

1975: what is the first happy memory that comes to mind, recent or otherwise? probably when i was walking to my friend’s house over the summer and a van did a u turn in the street with him and like three other friends inside telling me to get in and spontaneously inviting me to a movie night

5. piercings i have

Unfortunately, only the basic ear piercings (one in each lobe). I love piercings I’d like more but I honestly feel like I’d be way too lazy to keep up with them. I almost let these grow in before I just stuck a pair in there and decided to leave them.

12. ideas of a perfect date

While the traditional dinner + movie seems nice, it also seems boring. Idk my idea of a perfect date is just like - surprise me? Take me somewhere unconventional. Put some thought into it. Anyone can do dinner + a movie. If I’m going to go on a date with you, make it memorable. 

17. a fact about my life