What do you want to say?

[jwabeasley]

I'm also predicting a future, though it's less obvious, since its not the focus. It's on the slow decline model - I'm following the catabolic collapse predicted in Limits to Growth. Everyone is much poorer than standard Americans today, there's far fewer cars - but since it's West Virginia anyhow and the protagonist is young, it doesn't show much - she doesn't realize what's happened. At least not yet.

I'm trying to present a lot of the fascinating and strange worldview of the American alt-religion scene, especially 19th century weirdness, neo-druidry, obscure American Indian mythology, and other strangeness, and thanks to the writings of a certain archdruid, ecology, historical cycles, and many other fringe theories naturally followed.

[Orichan]

I also make myself laugh a lot, though I tend to fuss if the jokes make it into something I put out there because I really can never be sure what is funny to others or not, but I'm glad if I'm amused at least

[Orichan]

I also hope that making art ect can pull likeminded folks together!

[Orichan]

Actually that's really valid! Hetero men are statistically most likely to die by suicide and in so many ways they are often cut off from community based on the way society contextualizes them. I don't like to talk a whole lot about the modern world directly, but in my work there are a few characters that I use to explore masculinity and what it means to be a "good man". I would heartily agree that men need more positive examples and aknowledgement that there's nothing wrong with them inherently even if they've benefitted from society more than other groups.

[Orichan]

Nah that's a vibe though and i can see the miyazaki influence! I really want to have a more subtle storytelling style too, though I'm not well suited to it as I'm quite prone to philosophical navel gazing among characters. I have a folder called "this doesn't need to exist" that are just conversations that I wrote but then cut for brevity... but was too attached to completely delete.

[Orichan]

Your explanation resonates with me! What the characters mean to one another is a really compelling. Worldbuilding is fun, but I if no one is there to live in that world it's not as enjoyable!

[Orichan]

Well,
Humanity has contextualized the creation of art through this lens way longer than it's been about lionized authors and their super smart individual talents. I read a short story once that drew its drama from the protagonist taking on a beautiful perfect idea from an external source, but the acquisition of skill to tell it made it impossible to share. I found that story very relatable XD

[Orichan]

I agree! Making the thing that you see in your head that feels -right- even if you can't explain it, is nice. Also i tend to notice from an outside perspective that this is often how really cool/ingenious stuff comes to pass

[Orichan]

I feel like people messing up in goofy/funny ways are amusing and also not completely disconnected to the "serious" themes too.

[abigaillmartin]

I just wanna info dump about my man

But I’m pretty sure ya’ll are sick of him at this point. I know I can sometimes. (Hyperfixations and special interests suck sometimes)

And talk about food and how excited I am to go to college in two weeks! And that I have a boyfriend! I have so much to say. I just don’t know how to communicate properly. Did I mention that I am neurodivergent? Probably autistic. Haven’t been tested yet but I’m looking for a person to go to get tested for adults. Cause apparently they only do younger people until they’re 21 where I live for testing for autism or ADHD. And I’m 22. Sooo…

I have big plans for my comics though. Working on The Elsie Clone High AU comic. Elsie is going great too. It will get a third season.

Any ideas on how I can make my own website? I need help with that

[Orichan]

AAAAAAAA American alt-religions need more attention though! Such a great well of folklore and practice that has been forgotten or suppressed over time.

[remiquise]

I make art for a lot of reasons.

Sometimes it is to work things out; a lot of my short stories are just me trying to navigate my thoughts, feelings, or memories. (If you've read them don't think too much about that hah;;; ) And on the art side I have a whole blog made up of vent art. Sometimes putting things into words in a journal just is not... enough, ya know? Gotta tackle it on a different level. One less "real" and "about me". Sometimes specific characters from works also get the vent-treatment, but usually with longer form stories/comics/ or more complex character ideas I'm more interested in the story teling aspect than the crying about my life aspect. Granted, nearly everything I create story wise has some kind of tie back to abuse; either the plot line itself or baked into the character[s]. So hey, maybe I do just use everything to cry about my life lmao

Sometimes I just want to tell stories. I want to express the worlds in my head, make them "real". The simple desire to create, and to create something totally mine. Not even for the "fame and fortune" of it all. I've ended too many projects that got popular prematurely because I had no interest in telling those tales anymore for it to be out of a desire for fame and fortune lol. Though I jump genres a lot, most all my stories talk about abuse. They also trend towards making your own family out of the bonds you make and not the blood in your veins. Lastly, how dishonesty ruins you. So I suppose those are the topics I want to start.

And sometimes I make art just for fun-- or I just draw or write to waste time like its some kind of white noise. Granted, this is mostly done with the drawing type of art. Due to my own problems (since its abundantly clear I got some of those at this point) I feel like I always have to be doing something so sometimes I'm really just because I'm too anxious to just relax. So I draw-- and make everyone pretty because I just like pretty

[Orichan]

I mean, Harry Houdini is pretty cool! I don't really know anything about making a website, sorry.

[kyupol]

What story is this I'm curious?

[abigaillmartin]

I also love Minecraft. A LOT!

Who likes Minecraft here?

[Orichan]

I really thought that I wouldnt
be able to find it because it was in an old mail order zine I read when I was 13 but I found it! It's "the writer's orchard" in issue 1!

http://www.philsp.com/homeville/sfi/k00848.htm

[enderdragon]

My art/stories is meant to be a combination of entertaining, funny, subversive, provocative, immersive, relatable, mind-bending, and philosophically insightful all in equal measure. I'd say that summarizes my overall objectives.

[CarltonIsaac]

Who likes Minecraft here?

[abigaillmartin]

AHAHAHA! Yes! One of the songs of my childhood! Classic! 🥺️

[abigaillmartin]

Kind of a vent here but…

I couldn’t resist after finding this on Pinterest

It really sucks and I wish I didn’t let it take over me. I have a boyfriend irl and I feel very bad. (He’s alright with my interest in Harry. He has many special interests too so he gets it.) I just need to remind myself I’m not alone and I have real living breathing people who love me. And my hard earned research is never going to be in vain!