Flying into Freedom Mike´s Blog

Introducing this blog with a sketch of Halloween of Erwin and Levi wearing some costume for the celebration.

twelve days of snk | [day eight]

Shingeki no Kyojin animation director Asano Kyoji just tweeted about his NYCC experience! Translation with @suniuz’s help:

“A lot of people requested Mikasa. Levi requests numbered slightly less.”

Yes, please do ignore every single positive in my post, and downright assume I’m asking for money, even if I highlighted the actual point.

A cute little fantasy that anyone should feel ashamed and/or apologize for their country’s misplaced standards doesn’t work for someone who works 60+ hours a week, has two local freelance jobs and works on their personal growth (hobbies and cosplay) at night, getting an average of 3 hours of sleep.

You weren’t there to rush me to sleep at 4AM because I get up at 6AM for my work. My friends and followers were.

You weren’t there to bitch at me to go rest when I delivered a new batch of works because I depraved myself of that vast free time you so eagerly mentioned. Mina and Damien were.

You weren’t there to pick me up after I performed with my troupe, to the point to drag me into the car after it and drive me home half-conscious and sick, because to work on that, I skipped three nights of sleep in a row. Darko was.

And you know where were you? Here, staring at your screen, waiting for a perfect moment to bitch at me. And guess what? That moment is not today. Tomorrow doesn’t look good either.

I don’t place myself above other people. I don’t even demand anything in my post. But you so cutely decided to focus on the negative and spew this psychotic one-sided bullshit my way, trying to make me land my team look bad.

Your entire post can be summarized in one sentence “The poor shouldn’t have chosen to be poor.” and just for that - fuck you and your over-privileged ass. Where did you get time to think of this bullshit of a post if you’re that busy earning money?

looks like its transgender day of visibility you guys. been on HRT for a bit now. used to be really scared of talking about being trans on here, still kind of am, but here goes nothing.  when i first hit puberty about 10 years ago i guess you could say that i learned what it was like to really violently hate my body for the first time. that was the onset of a whole shelf of dissociative issues, disordered eating, S.I and depression. i spent most of the oncoming years rejecting myself, my body, my sexuality, my gender, but being afraid of admitting i was trans. the hobbies or interests i had, like fashion or costuming, weren’t really held by guys. from the beginning, i had never really understood gender or sexuality through all the hate i felt for myself. i guess in hindsight its kinda laughable. it’s taken about the past four years to work both personally and with professionals through all those issues through a lot of different ways and get to the root of it all. ive only started feeling like an actual person within the past year. i’m deeply ashamed and embarrassed of how i used to be, but you know, i’m doing everything i can to be someone i can feel proud of someday, and should have been working towards a long time ago. and here’s to all you other transgender people out there. even if you’ve boxed yourself in and think it’s too late to change things, or fix yourself, don’t be afraid to. even if it takes time. hang in there.