CAS

Hey! This is a sideblog that I pretty much use as my main account at this point.

I'm Cas, a dude from somewhere vaguely in western America. I'm an artist/writer, and I occasionally dip my toes into the world of animation when I feel masochistic.

I currently don’t take drawing requests, but feel free to make ‘em anyway- there’s always a chance something will strike inspiration, y’know? Also feel free to just talk/interact, I'm pretty much always down for talking lol

Some books + movies I like:

-The Stand

-The Outsiders

-After Hours

-…and a lot more. Also just 80s movies in general honestly

-The Clash, The Pixies, Velvet Underground, The Magnetic Fields, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits….really any older punk/classic rock music

Art boundaries:

-Folks can use my stuff for profile pics if they credit me and tell me first

-Y’all can trace it for the sake of learning/practice so long as you don’t post it, yk? Or like not without credit of some sort

-Ask me if you’re gonna put it in a fanfic! I’ll probably say yes, but definitely ask me first

Coming from a Hispanic girl who had brown skin and was not passing in the slightest and I grew up in Texas?

The line about Sylvia saying to Johnny that Dallas was the first white boy who found her pretty??? That hit so very very deep. Because even if you KNOW you’re kind of pretty, it doesn’t really matter as a brown girl, because you’ll get overlooked for a a blonde girl.

And I just— LOVED that you added that to her character. Not many people talk about how hard it is to navigate that feeling. You’re not ashamed about who you are, but it DOES suck that you will always be seen as “other” instead of pretty.

Gosh I just love the way you write Sylvia! And I swear I’m not just saying that cause I got her on the quiz you made. You just write the greaser girls so well!

Thank you for telling me, that's honestly very touching to hear. I'm so glad she's resonated with you—she means a lot to me and I'm happy to hear that she's stuck with you too.

It is a hard to navigate feeling, being othered for something you can't control, something you aren't ashamed of at all but still feel the effects of. idk, I love touching on those confusing, contradictory thoughts in stories. It makes them realer somehow, yk? Like…yeah. It feels like that. And that sucks. But you’re not alone in it, either.

Aw I miss them too :,)

I’ve never seen boy meets world so idk how accurate that is, but yk i can kinda see it lol!

Edit:

also look at the stupid height gap I’ve accidentally given them 😭