#size positive

Thank Gnome it's Friday!!

And considering that it's "culturally mandated diet season" over here: ✨💗 Gentle reminder that you are beautiful, beloved and worthy exactly as you are right now, exactly as you look right now!! 💗✨

(Gonna be pushing forward fat art as much as possible for all devotionals for the next few weeks, for sure.)

(Pose reference from @adorkastock btw!)

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I began watching Osmosis in Netflix, and discontinued about 4 episodes in, in part due to a truly baffling experience.

Luana Silva, an essentially unknown television actress, plays Ana Stern. Ana is one of the trial group that human tests Osmosis. She is immediately identifiable as the token fat girl. Her hair is cut in a sort of terrible short shag reminiscent of flapper dresses, she wears oversized sweatshirts and jeans, her body language is constantly looking down she's unkempt and wears very little makeup. Little enough that is supposed to be presumed has no makeup but that's television for you.

Ana is also angry. She is snide, rude, and violently self depricating in a manner that feels phisiologically uncomfortable. Some number of her Lions seem to be intended to show that she is hurt and vulnerable, but the writing just comes off her being immature and cruel. Cruel to everyone else and cruel to herself. Among a cast of unlikable characters, the creators of Osmosis made sure we knew that she was exceptionally unlikable.

So there are two reveals that happened in the last episode I watched which are within moments of each other. The first is Ana standing in front of a mirror in her underwear. And holy smokes, she's CUTE. Tiny belly, perfect thighs, hourglass waist, etc. I have been actively consuming so much size positive media for so long that I first interpreted the scene as her thinking she is cute, then her deciding to love herself. I was roundhouse kicked by her face though, and the obvious look of disgust. Friends, I had an out-of-body experience.

(gonna try to put a link here)

The scene that the creators and director of Osmosis wanted us to see is a fat woman being disgusted with herself and her fat and deciding not to wear cute clothes because of it. What I saw was a gorgeous size 10 to 12 woman checking herself out in the mirror and those two perceptions gave me some significant cognitive dissonance. You could certainly make the argument that the directors intended this, but having watched through this much of the show, I don't think they're subtle enough to have done that. No, they wanted us to see what they saw, disgust. And I wasn't having it.

Immediately afterwards, Ana is revealed to be an obviously manipulated corporate spy. This, combined with the preceeding scene and what we already know of the character, provides the following message: fat people are untrustworthy, bad guys, immature, easily duped, and okay to hate.

Orctober day fifteen!! AND, time for another world building post, dear @tockthegnome readers!

This week, we're expanding a bit on the Orcs' relationship with rain, as previously briefly noted.

Full notes here 🌧️💚⚔️

⚔️💚 Full prompt list here 💚⚔️

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Thank Gnome its Friday!!

I did not draw this in response to certain recent events in the fantasy-creativity world - I drew this in response to it being January, and diet culture being very, very loud right now. BUT, I am glad, timing-wise, that this is what I'm posting this week.

We all have sovereignty. No matter what has happened to us. And we are only truly bound by what we allow to bind us.

If you are feeling shamed by the way American culture treats people of most body sizes, you are not alone, and I hope you can offer yourself the love you need, today and all days. And if you are hurting from certain revelations, you are not alone - please take care of yourself, too. We are all more than what one other person's actions have tainted.

(Pose reference from @adorkastock 💙 Their patreon here.)

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