#Storyteller of the month

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Storyteller of the month: October, Alice Oseman

Every month from now on I will be publishing a post talking about a storyteller (a writer, director, musician… mostly all kind of artists) who I admire and/or whose works I deeply enjoy. This is a mere way of spreading some online positivity, give some content recommendations and show my love for the people that bring to live the worlds I adore to get lost in. For the first post of this kind, I will be talking about Alice Oseman. Hope you like it 🫶🏼

Alice Oseman is a British writer, illustrator, and screenwriter who is known for their graphic novels Heartstopper and their standalone novels Solitaire, Radio Silence, Loveless, and I was born for this, among others. Their books are an incredible accurate portrait of adolescence at the same time they talk about deep themes like bullying and mental health problems. And of course, we can’t forget that they played an important role in how the LGTBQ+ community has won more representation in YA literature and TV in recent years.

 I thought that starting with them would be a good option, since I have just finished watching Heartstopper first season and I recently read Solitaire and Radio Silence. Yeah, I am in my Osemanverse era, and I am going to make it everyone’s else problem 😅 So, without further ado, here is why I love their work so much.

I was introduced to this fandom in a completely unexpected way, through finding a cute picture drawing of Charlie and Nick hugging each other with the words “I want a relationship like theirs” edited above it on Pinterest. I didn’t think much about it, I didn’t even know anything about the books nor the series back then. I just smiled, said to myself that the art style was really cute, and keep scrolling through the app. After that, many Heartstopper related drawings appeared on my dashboard, and I finally decided to give it a try and read it online. Now, I can say without exaggerating that Oseman’s stories are some of the most heartwarming I have ever seen.

Finding myself enjoying this type of content was really strange for me at first, why for? Because until a year I whole heartily believed that I hated romance books (except classic literature ones) just because I felt they were nothing like how imagined being in love would be like for me (Sugarcoat relationships between plain main characters? Thanks but no 😓). That was my first mistake, Heartstopper is not your average romance novel. Yeah, ofc it talks about love but not only romantic love! Loving yourself (with your quirks and little imperfections) your family, your friends… They are also important topics in the Osemanverse, that I really needed to read and learn about.

Alice's books taught me that everyone deserves to be accepted and cared about. That even when anxious thoughts creep inside my mind, there will always be someone to listen and help me go through it. That I could learn to love myself if I tried. That sooner or later I will be end up finding my people. It also made me more aware of the LGTBQ+ community around me, and it was incredibly helpful to tear down some stereotypes that media or other people have made me believe about queer people.

For some personal reasons I related in some aspects to three characters since the begining, Charlie, Tori and Aled. It may sound weird, but seeing them overcoming their problems and finally being able to grow up as the wonderful people they were meant to be was so touching for me. I am really thankful to the author for telling their stories, because no one could have talked about these topics and have reached as many readers as they did. Reading these books made me realize that I was not alone and that I could do it too. So thank you from the bottom of my heart Alice Oseman, really

To finish with, I will say that I recommend their books to anyone who wants to have some new comfort characters on their list or enjoy this fluff, hurt/comfort type of literature. Give it a try, you won’t regret it!

Thanks for reading, until next month! 👋

#Storyteller of the month #author appreciation #Alice Oseman #osemanverse #heartstopper #solitaire #charlie spring #oseman tag #Osemanverse books

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AU where Leo is trapped in the Prison Dimension for months instead of minutes and the only way he gets by with his sanity intact is through recording himself talking to his wrist comm.

When they finally manage to get Leo back and make him rest up to heal, Donnie can’t help but listen to the recordings left behind.

He’s not sure what exactly he’s expecting, only that his subconscious is screaming at him that it has to be heartbreaking, that it has to be torturous.

Instead, what Donnie is subject to is a full thousand hours’ worth of Jupiter Jim and Lou Jitsu crossover fanfiction. More than one part in the series. Spanning well over a million words.

(The worst part is that it’s actually good.)

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt headcanons #donnie keeps the comms going on in the background as he works #when he gets to the end he’s like what the hell…where’s the rest #donnie: leo where’s part nine #leo barely cognizant after not needing sleep for months: whuh- #donnie: you can’t leave it at a cliffhanger. leo. leo where’s the next part. #listen leo has a great memory for his special interests this is CANON plus he’s a great talker so he would totally be able to do this frfr #whenever he needs to be quiet he’s SILENT but otherwise he’s regaling the exploits of his idols to the captive audience that is The Photo #sometimes Krang sneaks up on him and just listens to him talk like ???? #it starts both as leo trying to comfort himself with his favorite things PLUS comfort himself with thoughts of his father #as splinter makes his own crossover fanfiction when sick lol plus he’s Literally Lou Jitsu #and yes krang ALSO gets a bit invested #leo notices the reduction of Ouch but hey more time for rambling fanfic for him 👍 #idk leo’s a damn good actor/liar/planner/schemer and I genuinely think that can pivot into storytelling so well #the literal second mikey’s hands heal donnie zooms to his side with hand stabilizers and a request to draw ‘scene 82 from recording 3’ #mikey’s like what #so obvs now HE needs to listen as he works #he too gets invested #he comes across raph who mentions having trouble sleeping #mikey: have I got the podcast fanfic for you! #it only somewhat helps raph sleep #somewhat bc sometimes he forces himself to stay awake to hear the rest #yes these recordings go to the whole fam and leo is none the wiser #they don’t even mean to hide it it just never comes up lol #it’s only when donnie FINALLY makes it to the end of the recordings that he confronts leo to continue the story #leo: oH YOU HEARD ALL THAT HUH-

[anne-is-confused]

Captain Francis Crozier, at Furthest North.

#the terror amc #francis crozier #my art #can't believe it took me 2 rewatches AND getting refs for this to realize it's the hungarian state opera house. girl i was there last month #anyway yeah i was looking at gifsets of the last shot of the show and feeling nauseous with emptiness etc etc when #the thought struck me that it looks an awful lot like the tableau vivants from the ep1 flashbacks in its stillness #i have no idea whether that was an intentional reference (a sort of twisted mockery of how that scrubbed and polished portrayal of history #contrasted with the deeply sad and inglorious reality #or some sort of meta about storytelling itself. i'm not really smart enough to say lol) but i made this anyways. enjoy #pattern recognition go brrrrrrrrrrrrrr #i bent over backwards trying to make this symmetric and harmonious. it isn't but if i don't post it now i never will

[niinnyu]

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#just been a while since i drew them #and missed doing so #been a year this month since i started wha haha #thats insane #i just adore rhis story to bits #shirahama is a genius man aarghhh #heres your reminder to read witch hat atelier for fantastic nuanced beautiful storytelling #wha #witch hat atelier #wha fanart #tbna #tongari boushino atorie #tbna fanart #coco #coco wha #qifrey #oruggio #olruggio #orufrey #oru #fanart #sketches #niinnyu arts #if yall think i should draw someone from wha send them in lol

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #bhm #shaykauwe #storytelling #hawaii #hawaiʻi #black history month #hawaiian language month #afrofuturism

[gunsatthaphan]

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#neo trai #firstkhao #firstkhaotung #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #gmmtv #gmmtv live house #neomark #mark pakin #LMAOOO #just spent 7 minutes laughing at this dkjhgkjdf 😭 #FK in their bully era HHHHH #why can I picture this though 😭😭😭😭😭 #ur friends arent ur friends if they dont laugh at ur haircut 💀 #this was such a rollercoaster though im screaming #starting with the fact that he cut his hair bc mark made a comment lmao #neo is an excellent storyteller #actually not a big fan of this hair either lol #but still I would cry for 3 months if I was him jdkhfkd #my subs

[aaoneoffstournament]

THE WINNERS OF THE ACE ATTORNEY ONE OFFS TOURNAMENT ARE…

Ron and Desiree DeLite in first place, the Storyteller System in second, and Lana Skye in third!

Apologies for the delay in announcing the results, our contestants were busy getting ready to look their best to accept their trophies!

Full arts on their own beneath the cut, plus an extra.

Now I am going to go and hibernate from this blog until maybe January, or whenever I decide I want to start the evidence tournament. In the meantime, you guys should play the Layton crossover. 🫡

also here’s a link to the previous pinned post so i can replace it with this one

#ace attorney #aa1 #phoenix wright ace attorney #aa3 #aa trials and tribulations #aa6 #ace attorney spirit of justice #aa soj #ron delite #desiree delite #uendo toneido #lana skye #results #finals #in retrospect if rei and storyteller sys managed to tie this art would have taken another month to finish so. small victories. #shoutout to the new hbomb video for getting me to actually finish these yaaaay #i’m gonna go back to balduring my gates now

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Bailey Kay Live at DSV Pride Park

She came. She slayed. She conquered. On Saturday, Bailey Kay - the Icon, the Legend and Our Queen - headlined DSV Pride and snatched every wig, edge, and hair follicle. Anyone who suggested she literally sit this one out due to her ankle injury, was forced to “Bow Dooown” as she opened the show atop her Butterfly throne. And if there were still haters left by the end of the vibrant and dazzling experience, Bailey Kay told them to “Get the fuck up out My House” during the finale. The ensemble, the setlist, the dance numbers, the vocals - everything. The perfect ending to a day and celebration filled with love and pride.

- Alex Greene, Rolling Stone

Partial Set List: Bow Down, I Been On, Drunk in Love (Dubai Version!!), Cozy, Energy, Break My Soul, Commander, My House

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thank you to all creators who made this “performance” possible. extra special shout out, love and thank you to @ardeney-sims for creating the incredible masterpiece of a diamond encrusted butterfly throne that BK was looking for and @soulsimmin for the elite finale poses and overall cheerleading, chair twerking, gritando-ing, and middle front girl shimmying needed to bring my vision/inspiration to life. the BK team of simmer friends is unmatched!

#it is done! #this has been in my head since the real pride month #as per usual #i said it was only gonna be a few pics #ooops #bk made me do it #thanks for another incredible year of simming and storytelling #this one was especially wild but i am still grateful #happy new year 🍾 #bklegacy #bklgen2 #bailey kay

[petitelappin]

My friends and I went to Sleep No More last night, and I'm still letting my thoughts percolate, but it was a very cool experience.

#my art #sketchbook #sleep no more #macbeth #i love any time storytelling is done Weird #and any time i am allowed to Rummage Through Someone's Stuff and read all their. like. funeral home accounting books. #really great piece of theater for Nosy Bastards 10/10 snooping experience #i CANNOT spend any more money on anything extraneous for the next two months but it was worth it

[emblazons]

Note: I am finally posting this (something that has been in my drafts for actual months) because @pinkeoni hurt my feelings talking about Will and Alan Turing). So...you can inavertently thank Robin for this LMAO

I don’t delve much into Stranger Things analysis anymore, but having just watched The Imitation Game, the biopic they made about Alan Turning in 2014—I’m thinking that maybe Will doing his presentation on the man might have an delightful (secondary) parallel to this film’s exploration of him, given Will’s burgeoning queerness + ongoing relationship with normalcy.

Throughout the film, the ongoing theme of "differences bringing about greatness/change" permeates every character, but Turing especially—something that the conversation he has with a character named Joan near the end of the film showcases well:

In this conversation, Joan is trying to encourage Turing to come out of depression and rely on her, given he is struggling immensely with physical effects of chemical castration—which he obviously resents, but feels is better than giving up the life he has and being “entirely alone” because of his sexuality / desires (sound familiar)?

This ongoing exploration of queerness as tied to greatness and/or otherness is something that is very often explored in Stranger Things as well, primarily with Will—to the point where Will has nearly the exact conversation Alan has with Joan with Jonathan in S2:

—in addition to us exploring the relationship between a lack of normalcy, queerness and even nerdiness through/by other characters like Robin, Mike & Lucas.

Now (as we all know), Will’s homosexuality has been forever and inherently linked to his otherness/lack of normalcy—whether with how he was bullied in S1-S2, his struggle to be open with his feelings for Mike in S4, or the million literal / metaphorical things in between, Will has always been encouraged not to conform, but still struggles to self-actualize enough to embrace himself fully…which most of us expect for him come S5.

Basically: the underlying theme of this film for Turning (much like the underlying themes at the heart of ST) revolves around how most people strive for normalcy, despite normalcy being undesirable if you expect to do anything great/interesting. While Turing was a homosexual man, he was also one who struggled greatly with fitting in overall—much like Will, which I think perfectly reflects how the Duffers have set up their S5 resolution + solving Will’s ongoing internal struggle with his romantic feelings for Mike + ongoing dissonance with normalcy.

(sidebar: there are articles exploring the idea of "embracing difference" in this movie that parallel Will's "Being Different." See: Embracing Difference - The Imitation Game)

Both TIG!Turing and Will exist in on the fringes on their respective worlds due to their differences and homosexuality—just as both of them are both most inspired by their (romantic) love for their male best friends....to the point that those relationships define their contributions to the story: Turing with the machine that helped the Allied powers break the Nazi Enigma code, and Will in ways I'm sure we'll be talking about in 2025.

TL;DR: While Will still has another season to sort through what his love for his best friend means for both his rejection of normalcy and his greatness, it's fairly apparent that (much like Turing) it is the embracing of both difference and homosexuality that leads to greatness—no matter how the world feels about that overall.

(We love it when the gays learn life lessons (and when they win)).

#byler #will byers #will byers core #alan turing #st analysis #my st commentary #st commentary #st parallels #stranger things #suprise byler commentary from Marie for Christmas? more likely than u think #this has literally been in my drafts since...at least four months lol. I pulled a bunch to finish it and I'm glad I did lowkey. #Its not stuff I talk about much anymore but. you will never not see me showing the masses how ST storytelling is reflected a MILLION places #ANYWAY #the me tag #gay mike wheeler #only kinda but. yes lol

[bucksboobs]

Like I said BuckTommy season 8 power couple but it would be great if Eddie has his feelings realization towards the beginning of the season and the midseason finale is him telling Buck and Buck just pauses. Looks at Eddie with tears in his big blue eyes and says “Eddie. It’s too late.” Because Buck is so so close to being in love with Tommy and he wants that to happen and moving on from Eddie was the hardest thing he’s ever had to do and he had to come back from the dead once. Eddie can’t just throw himself down as an obstacle right as Buck is about to cross the finish line and finally have a relationship that will last. It’s not fair to Buck. It’s not fair to Eddie. And we get left of that gut punch of a scene until the back half of season 8.

#buddie angst #BuckTommy #I do think Buddie endgame but it WILL be a journey #and there are so many more bumps in the road in store #but the idea of Buck KNOWING he wants to be with Eddie and letting that go because he wants to have a future with Tommy #and can’t afford to wait around for Eddie to catch up #and then weeks or months later Eddie comes out of the blue finally having figured it out #and Buck has to be the one to stand up for the future he’s building with Tommy #even if it means breaking his best friend’s heart #that’s the kind of drama that makes masterpiece storytelling

[sittinginsunflowers]

okay, I’m going full red string over the last episode. mainly because if queen amangeaux (put some goddamn respect on her name) had a child with her husband, wouldn’t that have solved all her problems? Sure, it would make her a target but the bishop was already warning her to lay low at the festival, and at least this would’ve secured her place on the throne until her child came of age. Unless she knew she was pregnant and then she decided not to say anything in trying to follow the bishop’s advice? Or she didn’t know at the time and then everything popped off. But that makes the baby at least a year and 3/4 months (if we use human pregnancy as the timeline??) and the baby read more as a newborn to me? Also in the adventuring party when they discussed the bishop’s secret, Anjali pointed out that he could’ve been poisoning her or her husband with the tea leaves to stop her from producing an heir. which could be a red herring, or could mean that the baby belongs to someone other than her husband, hence why she’s hidden him away. which would make sense since the coloring is a little different. So either the baby isn’t hers biologically and is just in her care, she had an affair while her husband was still alive, the baby is the true heir, or she got pregnant in the two year time jump.

how the fuck am I losing my mind over a mango’s sex life how did I get here

#anjali bhimani #the ravening war #the ravening war spoilers #dimension 20 #d20 #acoc and trw will really have you deeply invested and emotional in the inner lives of characters only for you to remember halfway through #they’re fucking food #also I really sat there and did a pregnancy timeline with a mango before being like??? #do they do the whole 9 month thing or?? #like what’s the lore there #also it was amazing storytelling for aabria to sell her out #I’ve never seen Anjali before but she’s fucking incredible and such a great presence at the table #I hope we get to see her more!! #but also I’m sad about them considering how much amangeaux really seems to care for karna #and also it’s just a poor baby! #these characters all have such good secrets I can’t wait to know more

[alena-draws]

On another note guys you are lucky I’m trying to keep this blog semi professional and not post too much non-art stuff but I’m REALLY restraining myself here because I’ve never before wanted to shout and write about a manga so much like I want to do with Trigun You need to understand how much I breathe the art of this manga. The characters and their inner thoughts. The overall concept. The despair and the hopeful scenes equally!! You FEEL with the main character (which is a curse and blessing) Maybe....maybe I’ll add stuff to this post later under a “keep reading” just to prove my point hehe. For now thank you for your time to read this little PSA. (oh my how did a link to the scanlations end up here whoops)

EDIT: I DID make a compilation in a reblog (look here) (so better reblog that version in case you wanted to reblog this post!)

#it doesn't diminsh the love and respect I have for the other series I've been invested in in the last months like bnha and mp100 #(and of course Tsubasa Chronicles I'm an old veteran with that) #but Trigun is literally one of the best series I've read #especially when it comes to storytelling through emotions #and interesting story concept! #ok I'm gonna save more stuff for later #trigun #text #trigun maximum

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Robin Finch - Pisces 🐟 22/02

One centimetre?! It’s been years.

Fuuuck-.. get the midwife with the drugs, I’ve changed my mind!

Don’t fucking touch me.

Will you rub my back?

[sighs wearily] Why does it have to take so long?

You find that fucking midwife n’ you tell her to get this goddamn baby outta me.. right now.

[so much profanity]

#somnium #sims 4 #storytelling #ts4 story #sims story #simblr #oscar finch #courtney mcmahan #robin finch #twpregnancy #twlabour #twhospital #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #🥺😭 #literally been waiting months for this #ksdjskdj #GINGER BABY #i could've made the dates line up but who wanted to wait for february 22nd #👀 #NOT ME

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well c'mon everybody take a trip with me down the mississippi, down to new orleans ♫

#hiiiii :3 #um lets just ignore the fact it took me a month to post this #four to one time (official) #i feel sick posting this #four to one #ts4 storytelling #ts4 story

[softpine]

i had a dream someone asked me what my sims would be classed in the omegaverse and it was such a pointless and boring dream that i fully believed it was real so when i woke up and saw my empty inbox i was like. huh. alright then

but in case any of you sent me that question through dream waves.. well. caroline and danny would for suuuure be omegas which is why they were never going to work as adults because they just kept looking to each other for direction and found nothing. beth is an alpha obviously i don't even need to explain that one and mikaela is a beta 😌 i've always thought it must be so peaceful to be a beta in the omegaverse like imagine you have a totally normal life and you get to watch the rest of the world fall to pieces at varying times of the month because they're all being controlled by sexy smells ?? betas are the only ones who could get anything done in that universe tbh. for that same reason coco would be a beta because she knows how to play anything up to be convincing & sexy even if she doesn't give 2 shits about it herself. that's my analysis there you go

#i swear i'll go back to being a normal respectable storytelling simblr at some point lmaooo it's been a weird weird month. weird year. #nothing to do but make a fool of myself online tbh #nonsims