I wanted to adapt one of my favorite scenes from the Iliad into a comic ✨ the dialogue borrows and takes direction/inspiration from various translations, although pacing, general flow of the words, and page space got the final say in what I ultimately ended up deciding to letter.
(Iliad, book 20, trans. fagles)
(same scene, trans. lattimore)
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One of the biggest things that makes me see Leo as trans is absolutely the size of his carapace in comparison to his brothers’.
And I’m not talking about height! I’m specifically looking at his shell here, because when you compare him to the others, particularly Donnie who is nearly the same height as Leo, it’s very clear that Leo’s carapace is much longer in proportion to the rest of his body.
Like - standing side by side, even though Donnie is shorter his carapace ends noticeably higher up than Leo’s does. And I like this not only because it really helps push the idea that Leo could very likely be trans (or intersex!), but it’s also just a fun design difference between them.
(It also lends way to future scenarios of Donnie eventually getting taller than Leo, but sitting down still has Leo being the taller one haha.)
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I’m going to paint you a picture of modern communication, and how it is fundamentally broken.
Let’s look at one friend. You chat pretty much everyday, and mostly talk to this person on twitter and discord, with occasional tumblr DMs. That’s three places you talk. But that’s actually not true, because you also have each other’s priv twitters and talk there as well. That’s four. Now account for, let’s say, one post reply per account per person, in addition to your DMs. That’s eight. But that’s ALSO not true, because not only do you talk in discord DMs with each other, but you’re in a friend group server as well! And you talk in those channels together! That’s nine.
This is one friend.
Now look around you. How many friends, how many mutuals are you in contact with. A few, a handful, a dozen, more? How many accounts per person do you have, how many places can you send each other posts, devolve into separate topics and conversations? How many people text you as well. Friends, family, coworkers? What do you do day to day around catching up, what IRL commitments will rip you away long enough to let the pile build again?
I can’t do it. I cannot live an actual life in the real world and balance this much interaction, it’s crushing. I reply to a friend’s post because I’m interested in the subject, I want to have a discussion! I WANT to talk about it with them, but I immediately kick myself for adding another conversation to the pile. Day by day, I ignore messages for hours on end and watch mountains pile around me, to reply en masse at the end of the night to let the cycle repeat. I wake up to six discord DMs and as I clear the third, the first replies back again.
We weren’t meant to have thirty simultaneous conversations. We weren’t. And you know in your bones that the number isn’t an exaggeration.
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I wanted to say that outside of semantics and divisions - I am simply happy to find communities that welcome with kindness - that welcome you by a good heart and not the ability to conform. I am happy for the opportunity to be surrounded by people who care.
It's a funny world we live in - making the same mistakes over and over, multiplying the same suffering by billions. I don't think I hope for an utopia anymore, I don't think such a thing exists - but you can't call me hopeless either. And that's what matters.
As a side note - this piece is set in DanceAU, which might be better known to Patrons so far, but still it was the best and most fitting option for this occasion..... also there are 12 DanceAU pieces incoming, because I might be making another calendar so. get familiar with these mutts
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ohhH MMMYY FODDDDDDD okay im finally getting around to doing this so if you found this scrolling through the mutant mayhem tag skip to the end for a whole of. 1 screenshot i found on youtube BECAUSE HOLY SHITT ROTTMNT REFERENCE THAT NEARLY MADE ME CRY ON THE SPOT JO;ADHESBVIV EHIFDUODFJ very very very minor spoiler for said screenshot though BUT ALSO!!! MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE ROTTMNT QNA BC ! THAT FUCKIING HAPPENED MY GODD
starting with one that didnt get answered but it made me laugh seeing someone ask abt it bc like. wtf is this scene AHSHSHHASHLKDASHUSFFSK SMFDCLZCMA?????? RAPH WTF??? so now you have to think abt it too
disaster twins being eachothers favorite twin real canon nobody can tell me otherwise
AND ON THE TOPIC OF DISASTER TWINS
DONNIES TALLER HJAHAHA A AHHA HA AH SJICSKDHGFUKSKFIUFGVHIEUSFHFUIESUFSKJNDCWLFMOAFHJRGHOESHUFR DONNIE NATION WINS TODAYA AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHSHDISLGHUI
THEY MAY BE FOCUED ON MUTANT MAYHEM RIGHT NOW. BUT ITS NOT OVER!!!! WE STILL HAVE A NINJAS GREATEST WEAPON. HOPE!!! THAT AND A BADASS WRITER!! SDHKJFHDFIDUIAFDSIHSD
IM EUEUUEEUEU
WE COULDVE HAD MORE TURTLE TOTS...
IM SOBBING FOR OUR LOSS
this is my new funniest thing to learn of
OKAY sahufsdufhiushHUFHUFUIS I will cherish this forever AND ALSO!!!! BELOW THE CUT!! MUTANT MAYHEM SCREENIE SO. VERY MINNOR SPOILER WARNING AGAIN BUT OH MY GOD. THE ROTTMNT REFERENCE HAD ME NEARLY CRYING AND SCREAMING BC ITS ONE OF MY FAV EPWSIDOES
AGAN AGAINAGAIN!!! MUTANT MAYHEM SPOILER BELOW LOL
ITS THE OUTFITS
THEY WEAR THE OUTFITS IM FUCKINGNG SSAUUAUUDGUHGUDHDFHGUUDGHIUGHDFHGDIHGIHD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (STARTS CRYIGN ON THE FLOOR)
IM SO GLAD SOMEONE HAD THE SCENE ON YOUUTBE TO SCREENSHOT LMFAO
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