I'm still thinking about how ashamed I was (and am) with being open about my pain because I am so young. It's so hard to feel worthy of having your pain taken seriously when the people around you insist that young bodies are always in pristine, untouched condition and that you must earn your pain through aging. Never is it considered that young people aren't lying or being a hypochondriac for expressing their pain.
Young people can be in life-altering pain. Young people can have debilitating pain. It doesn't matter what age it happens because pain doesn't discriminate. Complaining about pain and doing things to prevent needless pain aren't something you have to "earn" through aging.
If you want young people to be in less or lesser pain, then encourage them to do whatever they can to minimize it. Don't downplay what they're experiencing. Not everything is a lie, not every experience that is different than yours is exaggeration or deceit.
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Sword and Nails.
Found this old sketch and finally continued it wow.
Also Maki has lost vision in her right eye in this because the draft is from before her bandages were removed and I thought that'd be interesting (would've also worked with her eventual power up against N*oya, but okay she seems to be able to see fine now)
Idk I don't really like this anymore but here.
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I think in game it's kind of presented that Julie Farkas thinks poorly of, if not outright dislikes, the Great Khans which I guess is fair enough but also reeks of the attitude of the writers viewing drug addicts and raiders as subhuman. And I don't think really it lines up with either the Khan/Follower relationship depicted in game nor does it Follow Julie's reestablished personality. I think she's a little exasperated with them but not enough to warrent the "who? Oh you mean those raiders who used to clash with the vegas tribes 🙄" line that she has about them like cmon girl 1) people are like your only allies outside of Freeside and 2) why are you taking the Three Families side in this??? They're causing just as many if not more issues than the Khans even Arcade has lines about how the Families are exploiting Freeside and I can't think who else she means by "vegas tribes" Anyway. It does make sense for her to be annoyed with how they're causing more drug problems in Freeside but i don't think it makes sense for her to be written in a way that makes it sounds like she's angry with the Khans for *using their precious medical knowledge to make the evil morphine rather than the morally good morphine* when really she should be more angry with House/The Families for causing the poverty in Freeside and the NCR for forcing the Khans into the precarious position they're in while disallowing the Followers from truly helping them. The fact that by the time that Fnv comes around the Followers and NCR's relationship has broken down should be enough for the Followers to revisit relations with the Khans since, as I said, the Khans have been the only truly consistent allies of the Followers and more importantly, the NCR JUST MURDERED ALL THEIR CHILDREN. In this essay I will
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Hey everybody. I have covid again, second time in 60 days. I have been trying to ramp back up to working overtime to start putting money aside for $12k in home repairs that have been looming, but I'm not going to be able to! On top of it we just had a pipe leak that's gonna be like $650 to fix. I do not have sick time until January and if this is anything like last time, the next three (or more) weeks are going to be rough.
ALL THAT BEING SAID - I have dietary restrictions that mean a lot of convenience food is not available to me, or else really expensive. And I can't cook right now, both bc of my health and to keep my roommates safe. I would love to like, order some takeout or shelf-stable food to keep in my room while quarantining. Something a little nicer than what I can slap together with current energy levels. If you can help it'd mean a lot. https://paypal.me/SamwiseLastname
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oh my God i can’t Believe i have to make another ebegging post.
if yall remember the BS of earlier this year, yeah, part 2! those friends who took in my fiance and baby have shown their true colors now and are kicking them out on my daughter’s 4th birthday.
my fiance is making decent money now and found a few places that sound willing to work with them about their credit, but these roommates have given us less than a month’s notice, are sucking all the money they can out of them before they go, and we need to pull together a first last and deposit. we might be able to pull that together but it’d require forgoing groceries, the car payment and storage unit yet again.. etc, you get the picture.
basically, absolutely anything to chip away at this bill would really, really help. i can’t have my daughter sleeping in a car on her 4th birthday. i won’t have it.
if it’s relevant, we are both transgender+autistic, and they’re disabled. they shouldn’t be working this job at all but we have no other choice right now.
also, we’re both artists, i work in digital illustration mainly but can also take commissions for elongating + customizing furbies or making muppets (i’m not kidding), and will be learning stained glass work once i have the money, and they’re an extremely talented crochet artist, so if we can compensate you at all for your help, shoot me a DM
gofundme: https://gofund.me/3825e79e
CA: $himb0logy
VNM: @ kenl0rd
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Emergency Moving Commissions!
I have to move again ;w; It's going to be exhausting, and it couldn't have come at a worse time, seeing as I've been out of work this month and don't start working again until next month. I have no way to pay for the first month's rent right now, or the hotel I'll have to stay at for a couple of days, since I have to be out of here on the 30th and can't move into the new place until the 3rd.
I thought I would have been working by now and that this wouldn't be as big of an issue, but life just hasn't been that kind to me.
My goal is 1900$ as that will cover at least the first month's rent and the hotel I have to stay at.
So, if you wanna help out by commissioning me, I'd be more than happy to draw for you! I also do writing commissions if you'd like that!
I'll be lowering the prices of my art commissions for this, so here are the new prices for right now:
Busts:
Sketch - 8$
Colored Sketch - 10$
Line Art - 13$
Colored Line Art - 18$
Fully Rendered - 20$
Half Body:
Sketch - 10$
Colored Sketch - 15$
Line Art - 20$
Colored Line Art - 25$
Fully Rendered - 28$
Full Body:
Sketch - 15$
Colored Sketch - 18$
Line Art - 25$
Colored Line Art - 28$
Fully Rendered - 35$
I won't have the time to do any backgrounds right now, but I am willing to do NSFW and gore, though it can't be anything too complex. For time's sake as well, I can only do up to 2 characters in one picture. I will need a good description/reference for OCs, but I am happy to do those, as well as fandom stuff!
Examples of my art can be found by searching the tag, "my art" here on Tumblr, and my writing can be found by searching, "my writing", or on Ao3. All payments will go through PayPal!
And, if you don't want a commission but just want to help out, I have a Ko-Fi!
As always, I always appreciate any support I get. Even if all I'm given are words of encouragement or some reblogs to spread the word, it means the world to me!
Much love, y'all, and I hope you have a good day/night! <3
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