Today's the last day of April, and to belatedly celebrate my birthday I'd like to share a comic with you: it's about getting revenge against the people who wronged you, and it's called Werewolf's Lament.
Werewolf's Lament is printed with florescent orange and mint risograph inks on light brown paper; cut and folded in the shape of a wolf. Physical copies are for sale in my online shop.
got his ass
đ§ââď¸ for the ask game!
It's me. Even when I mask, I've been told a couple times that I come off as too intimidating but especially if I'm not masking or if I'm triggered in a certain way. Assuming I'm not triggered, I see it more as assertiveness than aggression, but if I don't tone it down a lot, it can be jarring for people who are used to a different vibe.
I'm definitely not viewed that way within my system. None of my systemmates are scared of me anymore. They know I'm not going to do anything that would harm us. For a while now, I've also been functioning as a caretaker for our body and for anyone in my system who needs emotional support. So I think most of them see me as a source of safety, not fear. Took time to get there though.
𦴠- Is anyone in your system dating? If so, who is the strangest pair?
đ - Is there a particular source you have a lot of fictives from?
𪌠- Who has the strangest habits?
â°ď¸ - Do you have any nonverbal headmates?
đˇ - Who is the worst at masking?
đ¸ - How did your headmates get their names?
â ď¸ - Do you have any headmates with colored hair,piercings, or tattoos?
đŞ - How consistent are you with logging switches?
đ§ż - Is there anyone who spends most of their time in front complaining?
đ - Is there anything specific you do to help introjects feel more comfortable?
đť - How did you discover your plurality/systemhood?
𩸠- Is there anyone who absolutely hates their source?
đŚ - Are there any songs that you associate with systemhood/plurality or your system as a whole?
đââŹ- Is there anyone who identifies as otherkin/therian?
đŽ - How does your system determine who handles certain tasks/responsibilities?
đ§ââď¸ - Who is the most outwardly intimating? Are they viewed the same way within the system?
đŻ- Do your system's littles use "Baby Talk"?
âď¸ - Funniest quote out of context
⏠- Is there anyone who has a unique/ non-traditional role?
𪳠- How do you visualize your headmates? (Drawing them,picrew,etc)
You can survive this. Outlast your enemies and thrive. (Plan for a two part linocut. I think I'm just going to have to suck it up and buy some new lino; I have rubber blocks and a couple small pieces of lino but it seems I just can't do without detail.)
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Facebook ads: (fabricated sponsored "news" article) Here is why, everyone is buying the new thing. Trust us everyone is buying it
TikTok ads: (paid actor) I just bought this thing and it totally changed my life! Join me on my Journey, with Product...
Tumblr ads: (ai generated image of heaven) The Truth About Your Elbows
genuinely wild to me when I go to someone's house and we watch TV or listen to music or something and there are ads. I haven't seen an ad in my home since 2005. what do you mean you haven't set up multiple layers of digital infrastructure to banish corporate messaging to oblivion before it manifests? listen, this is important. this is the 21st century version of carving sigils on the wall to deny entry to demons or wearing bells to ward off the Unseelie. come on give me your router admin password and I'll show you how to cast a protective spell of Get Thee Tae Fuck, Capital
âWhy did this post comfort me?â Because itâs comforting. Next.
âWhy did I laugh at this?â It was funny. Next.
âWhy is that so ominous?â The Blood Keeper seeks us all. Next.
Hey, itâs not your fault. You were just a kid. You may still BE a kid. But I know a few things for certain:
You didnât ask to be born into this world.
You didnât ask to be treated the way that you were treatedâwhether it was by bullies, parents, or other family members.
You didnât ask to âbe a burdenâ to your caregivers, you deserved that space to be loved and safe
You didnât ask for your consent to be broken.
You didnât ask for the shame and guilt someone put you through.
You arenât bad for something happening to you. You arenât your trauma.
Iâm sorry if you were ever made to feel that way, and I know that may never mean much coming from a stranger, but I know itâs something I wish I heard more.
There IS better autism research they could be doing, like trying to discover other medications that help with sensory issues and quality of life problems and trying to get better childhood diagnosis rates for autistic girls. But no, the decades long useless search to find out what causes autism and how to eliminate it continues. The push for âautism researchâ is never really about how to make things better for autistic people, itâs about how to make autistic people stop existing and that is nottttt possible. But theyâll continue to fixate on it.
hey shout out to plurals with "frustrating" or "socially bad" traits.
plurals who seem indecisive, "hot and cold", disloyal, dishonest, etc. to others due to subtle switches, passive influence, being median, amnesia barriers, etc. between headmates with very different opinions, wants, and moods
plurals who have headmates with "scary" attributes/symptoms, like hallucinations, delusions, anger issues, hypersexuality, low/no empathy, selfishness, need for attention, etc. especially those afraid they're perpetuating the "evil alter" stereotype
plurals who never know who's fronting. especially those with memory barriers, those who struggle with feeling any sense(s) of personhood, and/or those who struggle to keep close bonds with people due to this
plurals who struggle with meltdowns, tantrums, outbursts, pathological demand avoidance, poor sense of social norms, and other tendencies/issues that make being social or just existing in public difficult
plurals with fluctuating sexualities and/or triggers that make it difficult to remain with a partner/partners (or to date in the first place)
plurals who infight in-system and have trouble making decisions without intense internal backlash
plurals who have trouble keeping self care (and may go out of the house dirty/disheveled) due to other mental illness or due to frequent fronters being unmotivated, forgetful, or having sensory issues or triggers that interfere with self care tasks
plurals whose "self defense" relies on people pleasing, avoiding stressors, getting overly defensive, or getting angrier than "reasonable"
i write a lot of this cause i need to hear it, and i figure others do too. you are loved, you are appreciated, you deserve to be a part of society, you deserve to be happy, you deserve to be understood and given patience... you deserve to be able to create, love, heal, be respected, be treated like your own age, to lead, to have a voice, to feel safe.
I donât know what trans guy needs to hear this but please break up and cut off with that person trying to convince you not to transition. They donât care about your happiness.
Go get that masculine hair cut. Change your wardrobe. Go on T. Get top and/or bottom surgery. Do what makes you happy, and donât let anyone try to tell you their comfort matters more then your happiness.
[johnny bravo voice] puppy dog
A list of shout outs to people who experiences things that are often looked down upon by the community.
Shout out to those with violent urges
Shout out to those who actually hunt/want to
Shout out to those with delusions or other mental illnesses
Shout out to those who want to attack something/someone
Shout out to those who feel more comfortable nude
Shout out to those who want to live in the wild
Shout out to those with kinks/fetishes related to their identity
Shout out to those who want to live/be treated like an animal
Shout out to those with "ugly", "gross", or "nasty" 'types
Shout out to those who want to sh because of their identity
Shout out to those who want raw meat
Shout out to those who like gore
Shout out to any "negative" experiences I've missed
Shout out to those who feel guilty for some/all these things
Shout out to those who don't.
Being alterhuman, nonhuman, etc. isn't just identifying as a cute little creature. When your identity leaves you often outcast by society, it can carry some pretty dark and/or negative traits. It's simply our nature as alter-beings, and we should learn to except ourselves and others for having these experiences.
I understand some of you may be triggered by dark, gorey, or generally morbid things, but that doesn't mean you should look down on or discriminate against those who deal with those experiences. There is a dark side to being alterhuman. Always has been.
My message here is that no matter how gross, violent, or otherwise your experiences may be, you are still loved and valid. Imbrace being a monster if that's what you'd like. As long as you're not hurting anyone you shouldn't hide from these feelings.
sometimes disability accommodations arent what you think. sometimes its letting the weird people, well, be weird. letting them carry stuffed animals around, wear things you dont normally see, be loud/quiet, speak in odd manners, spell things wrong, all of it without backlash or harrassment.
and thats okay. its not just the big, important things that a lot of us NEED to function, like interpreters or ramps. sometimes the small things can make a difference too, no matter how âstrangeâ or âdistractingâ they are.
if its not harming you or someone else its not a problem. its making someones life easier or less miserable.
tumblr is basically a gay bar in a mental institute
âYou canât be a system!! You and ___ both do this!!!â
We still share a brain.
âYou and ____ LOVEEE this!!â
We still share a brain.
âYou and ____ talk very similarly!!!â
We still share a brain.
Looking up pictures of soup, call those stock images
May, 1945 - Dutch resistance members celebrate when they hear the news of Adolf Hitler's death over the radio. [original] and [colorized]
Letâs have some positivity for the systems who donât fit the strict medical/nonmedical binary! Shoutout to the systems with complex origins and/or disordered status!
Shoutout to the endogenic or spiritual systems with CDDs and/or (C)PTSD!
Shoutout to the traumagenic-spec systems who split/formed to deal with the adversity they faced but never fufilled the disordered requirements for CDDs and/or (C)PTSD!
Shoutout to the systems of all origins in late stage CDD and/or (C)PTSD recovery, or those who are fully recovered!
Shoutout to the systems of all origins who âjustâ have DPDR!
Shoutout to the traumagenic systems that split/formed later in life!
Shoutout to the systems who voluntarily split/formed to deal with adversity!
Shoutout to the disordered median systems of all origins who arenât multiple enough to fulfill the requirements for a CDD!
Shoutout to the systems who donât know their origins, find their origins irrelevant, or reject origin labels altogether!
Shoutout to the semi-disordered systems!
Shoutout to ALL traumagenic-spec and endogenic, created, spiritual, and/or nontraumagenic-spec systems!
And shoutout to every other system that cannot fit neatly into the two boxes this community has created!
Yall are amazing and valid, and you donât need to give up any aspect of your identity, regardless of what anyone else says. I wish there were more recognition and acceptance of you in this communityâŚ
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