(some guy on the internet voice) it’s so unrealistic and forced when women win fights against men in stories. of course, when a young boy defeats a huge man I’m cheering and screaming because it is so badass, and when a frail old man defeats a cocky young warrior I feel nothing but satisfaction. I love these power fantasies about easily dispatching people who underestimate you, a thing I desire despite the fact that I will likely never have the skill to achieve it in real life, but I’m pretty sure women don’t have that same desire, and even if they do, they shouldn’t get to see it in media. because it’s so unrealistic, you see. I mean I’m smart enough to know I can’t take down a big man in a fight but the women, you know, they’ll get ideas. I could probably do it if I trained hard enough, but the women??? for some reason I can’t see it happening, and who can say why that is.
— Wait For Me, Konstantin Simonov (tr. by Mike Munford)
[text ID: Wait for me and I’ll come back, / Escaping every fate! / ‘Just got lucky!’ they will say, / Those that didn’t wait. / They will never understand / How, amidst the strife, / By your waiting for me, dear, / You had saved my life! / Only you and I will know / How you got me through! / Simply – you knew how to wait! / No one else but you!]
it is so fucking sad to find a cool fanartist on here and then see that their last post was from like 2018 and they were announcing that they were moving to Twitter.
It’s like being a space colonist and finding a little abandoned space cottage and there’s a diary in it and the last entry is like “i have now gone to seek a better life on [name of planet that got overtaken by axe-wielding octopi that feed on human blood]”
Story Idea: A minion for a an evil Overlord from a High Fantasy Real and a Goon working for Prohibition-Era Mafia Gangster got transported into each other’s worlds.
They quickly acclimated to their respective situations and started serving their new bosses with gutso!
Gangster Boss: Dat Rat Fink double-crossed me! ME! Why I oughta…
Minion: Prithee, milord, may I suggest boiling him in oil for this transgression?
Gangster Boss: Yer a sick fuck, Ferdinand. Love da way ya think!
Goon: ‘ey boss, I notice dat de Hero of Light and Providence gets supplies in dem towns on da way to yer liar on the regular. You want me to go over dere to dem shops and uh *winks and clicks tongue* convince them to close up shop?
Overlord, embers gleaming inside his dark helm: ….make it so, Robert.
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I'm Charlotte/Chikuto, a freelance comic artist!
