#love is real

[drchucktingle]

this was a comment on one of my post from a recent live event. it was photos of joyful queer buckaroos celebrating together and proving love is real through creation, community, and a trot of love. most important I AM LITERALLY IN PHOTO AS A REAL FLESH AND BLOOD HUMAN

it got me thinking about how DEEP AND VICIOUS the irony poisoning of these early internet communities goes. the way buds like this cannot fathom someone just being a sincere person unrelated to their OWN old days of cynical posting. it is fascinating, and i will admit, sad too

despite a DECADE of work, countless live events, 350 tinglers written well before large language models were a thing, there are still people who cannot imagine someone like me could exist. it is a strange place to be. not just part of me, but my entire EXISTENCE is often gatekept

it is easy to say ‘well chuck your art IS strange’ but honestly i think it is more than that. magical realism is common. there are stories about dinosaurs and bigfeet and unicorns. this scoundrel reaction is about two unspoken things: my art is neurodivergent, and my art is queer

heres the thing: I WILL BE FINE. what concerns me is not an issue of MYSELF, it is a concern for the other young outsider buckaroos who see comments like this one and think ‘is that what they will say if i express MY unique way? will i be dehumanized like this at every turn?'

i will be honest, i cannot say that WONT happen, but i CAN say this: for as deep as this irony poisoning goes, it is slowly dying. the way i was treated at the start of my career is LIGHTYEARS DIFFERENT from the way i am treated now. there is a massive shift towards sincerity

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY. to young artists trotting up, the things that i am harassed over and doubted for and made fun of for are NOT tangental to what has made me successful, THEY ARE LITERALLY THE SAME THINGS THAT HAVE MADE ME SUCCESSFUL. YES I AM STRANGE, WHAT OF IT?

the things that you tuck away for fear of a review that says ‘there is a PROBLEM with this art because it has always been done another way’ THOSE ARE YOUR SUPERPOWERS. the gatekeepers want you to tuck those parts of yourself away because THEY TUCKED AWAY THOSE PART OF THEMSELVES

never forget that your unique way is PURE UNFILTERED 100 PERCENT ROCKET FUEL. it will stick out (maybe, if you are lucky, scoundrels will even say that someone like you could never actually be real), but sticking out isnt so bad when you are waving the flag of love.

in fact, when youre waving the flag of love, sticking out is pretty dang cool. what are flags for, after all? LOVE IS REAL BUCKAROOS. thank you for reading, and if you enjoyed this long post then please consider preordering BURY YOUR GAYS.

LETS TROT

#buckaroo lifestyle #chuck tingle #tingleverse #queer #actually autistic #love is real

[eggsdoodz]

i love love <333

#illustrators on tumblr #doodle #sketchbook #scribbles #pencil drawing #eggsdoodz #love is real #you are here #you are loved #i love love #love poetry #doodles #artists on tumblr #pink art #cute art #art #painting #drawing #traditional art

[amanonthecorner]

This one goes out to all the buckaroos whose trot has been SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED by the art of @drchucktingle

#LOVE IS REAL #buckaroo #buckaroo lifestyle #chuck tingle #tingleverse #i want you but ill always ask for consent first #trot

[willsweedwords]

what I love about Chuck tingle is that.. like.. he's our little guy right? you know what I mean? he's our little guy and we love him and he loves us and that helps us love each other better because love is real, you know? but he's just pur little guy...

and then every now and again you see someone that's a Big Guy out in BigGuydom and he goes "chuck is my little guy" or "chuck is my Big Guy" and you're reminded that he's everyone's little guy, he is everyone's Big Guy, because chuck IS love is love and he is also all of us so we are all each other and each other is love ❤️

which, of course we are. because we are REAL and so is love ❤️

idk I'm just feeling happy and grateful and buoyed by peace

#chuck tingle #happy thoughts #love is real

[contact-guy]

my spouse sent me flowers with this note yesterday and I blushed very hard and yelled I HATE YOUUUUU across the house

#love is real #and gay #and to be perceived is excruciating

[lucky-numberme]

"I think a lot of my work is dealing with the gravity of agnosticism— of saying 'I don't know', of staring into the endless cosmic void and standing bravely before it."

— Chuck Tingle, Chuck Tingle and Riding the Lonesome Train, Talking Scared podcast

#chuck tingle #love is real #I'm not gonna add the link bc Tumblr hates links but hoo boy this little moment felt so beautiful and worth memorializin #talking scared #camp damascus

[ohrackham]

Here's my lovely wife, Nadja. Thank you, my love.

Nadja and Laszlo in What We Do in the Shadows: Local News

#wwditsedit #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #nadja of antipaxos #laszlo cravensworth #nadja x laszlo #ladja #they should have kissed when they were saying goodbye #i really wanted to include laszlo on the news going here's my lovely wife nadja but it didn't match the set #he's just so... my lovely wife in any situation #love is real #mine

[quiltingwitch]

Making a jacket I can wear for pride, inspired by the singular ✨Chuck Tingle✨

The color choices were inspired by pride flags. I tried to fit in as many as possible, and I have room on the rest of the jacket to add more in the future. Rather than representing my specific identity I aimed to include as many gender and sexual identities as I could fit. We are all blooming together.

Chuck Tingle’s writing often reminds me to express my joy and creativity out loud, and helps to focus me on creating art through love. I’m so grateful and glad to live in a place where I can celebrate myself and my community. This jacket is an expression of that emotion.

A highlight of my summer- I wore my pride garden jacket to the Camp Damascus book tour, and got my bandana signed! It is now my favorite decoration in my sewing space 💖

#sword post coming soon #love is real #chuck tingle #camp damascus #foundation paper piecing #quiltingwitch

[thyllas]

hashtag love is real

#love is real #spirk #jim kirk #spock

[kiwimidnight]

emotional damage etc but like. there's a whole library of richonne au's in his mind

#love is real #the ones who live #towl spoilers #**

[drchucktingle]

when the body trots on

passed a memorial on my morning trot today. buckaroo about my age, lots of flowers. went to his instagram to learn his way and it was just packed full of photos with buds and good times. you strip away the body and all thats left is love. sad but also very beautiful and important

#love is real

[eggsdoodz]

:-)

#doodle #sketchbook #cute art #doodles #eggsdoodz #illustrators on tumblr #pencil drawing #art #pencil doodles #healingjourney #you deserve the world #love is real

[geopsych]

Earth Day morning sights from my walk this morning. <3 (I would say the Earth is my beloved but you have to watch what you say around here or you could end up in a Tingler. haha)

#pennsylvania #earth day #landscape #flowers #april #springtime #moon #brown thrasher #song sparrow #cherry blossoms #apple blossoms #fence #apple tree #gate #gates #love is real

[pixelatedshimmer]

Idyll (detail), Frederic Leighton, circa 1881

#gorgeous #gay art #love is real

[fourthleafluck]

some practice designing sticker sheets featuring THE book of the year, Camp Damascus by @drchucktingle

[ID: a mock up sticker sheet of Camp Damascus designs. the color palette is in pale mints, dark teals, and bright oranges. Stickers are listed left to right, top to bottom. Sticker 1: a mayfly on a pale finger on closed lips. Sticker 2: A camera with a white eyed, dark haired demon reflected in the lens. Sticker 3: A mayfly in flight. Sticker 4: A flaming sword with a rose on the crossguard. A banner wraps around it reading "Rose 1:1" Sticker 5: Another mayfly in flight, this time in profile. Sticker 6: A bright red "Hello I'm" name tag with "Pachid" written in sharp letters. Lanks of stringy black hair frame the tag. Sticker 7: A pair of black earbuds are surrounded by jagged sound lines and an explosion-like background. Sticker 8: A silhouette of Rose and Willow kissing in front of a roaring fire in a forest. The shadow cast by the flame stretches out before them and its shape splits to read "I'd love her". Sticker 9: A small cabin goes up in flames, surrounded by a swarm of mayflies. Text circles the image reading "burn it down". End ID]

#can't stop thinking about them all #especially Saul i love him so much #camp damascus #chuck tingle #love is real #queer horror #book art #hoping that if i don't add my ko-fi link tumblr won't nerf this like it did my last camp damascus piece -_-

[makimaki-chan]

They're so in love....😭😭😭

#smosh #shartney #shourtney #courtney miller #shayne topp #MY HEART #my heart cant take this #love is real #i was there man #literally shaking in my seat right now #i love them sm