#otto thoughts

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You know. Some people could really stand to get more comfortable with the idea of “you shouldn’t say that because it’s mean”. Especially with really common body shaming and straight up bullying lines.

“You shouldn’t make ugly bald jokes because what if a transman on T sees it!”

“You shouldn’t make virgin jokes because what if someone who’s asexual sees it!”

How about you just don’t make them because they’re mean. How about people can be balding or a virgin for a number of reasons and also don’t deserve to be routinely made fun of. How about saying that the reason you shouldn’t make x joke because it spares x specific identity’s feelings also let’s them know that you actually have no problem saying or thinking bald people are ugly or virgins are stupid or etc but you’re just not saying it in front of them. How about you understand this kind of body shaming and bullying especially in a very public setting online are always going to have way more unintended damage to people who did nothing wrong than damage to the person you’re upset with.

Sometimes the best reason to not make a bad joke like that is because it’s fucking mean.

#otto thoughts

[drill-teeth-art]

Actually, here’s a piece of artistic advice. Having a tummy. A soft stomach. Having that is really not an exclusively fat body trait. And most body types are just going to have a some fat on their stomach and have a tummy. This is completely normal and common and healthy. And yes I’m absolutely fed up of seeing people drawing bodies completely devoid of fat and soft muscle as much as they can be, so I think more people should get comfortable with depicting body fat. Small and even skinnier body type does not mean no fat. Stop being scared of drawing fat at all. Get comfy with it.

I will even provide some tips.

Here’s a decent starting point for references of some bodies you may be unfamiliar with depicting. There’s just a lot of pictures this photographer takes of various models in different poses that you could benefit from working with.

For drawing body fat try to avoid using perfect circles. It gives the fat an almost stiff and stretched look and it’s not great. Consider gravity and use more sagging shapes. They’re going to be more rounded triangle shapes than circles, honestly.

Draw in a coffee shop or library sometime and just let yourself look at other people around you as you do. You don’t have to draw them if you don’t want to. It’s just good experience as an artist to let yourself be inspired by being around what you hope to portray well.

#otto thoughts #art tips

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As we come upon the gay month, here is a friendly reminder about something because it comes up literally every year for me. In general and around this time.

If you see a post that is about or includes positivity about kink and sex and sexuality, please don’t comment “ewww sex” or “this !!! but without the sex part”.

And this is not to say you have to like sex. I am well aware that this heteronormative society places way too much emphasis on sexual chemistry in relationships. And that there are plenty of people who don’t experience sexual attraction, sexual enjoyment, or are sex repulsed. And that’s okay. And society shouldn’t be putting the pressure on you to want or enjoy sex.

This is to say that enjoying and indulging in sex and sexuality is a very important part to tons of communities, and it would be very helpful to not chime in on sex positive posts saying you don’t like sex. It’s almost like a “don’t yuck my yum” thing. ‘Cause like. I’ve noticed a ton of LGBTQ+ people feel the need to hide the sexual part of their identity. And emphasize “actually my relationships are totally emotionally fulfilling” but keep the sex part hush hush. And they shouldn’t have to avoid expressing sexual joy if they don’t want to. They should get to go “I fucked someone NASTY” or like “I masturbated in such a gender euphoric way” without feeling like they’re gross. ‘Cause they’re not! That’s awesome!

And it isn’t appropriate to go on posts celebrating and caring for people not having sex or not desiring sex or being sex repulsed and say “omg but what if you had sex” or “but sex is so good though!!!”.

Let’s all celebrate our experiences with sex and sexuality, whether sex is something we have and crave or not and not step on each other’s toes. ‘Cause we’re not supposed to be each other’s enemies. Infighting is a weapon oppressors use against us. So let’s all celebrate instead.

#otto thoughts #pride month

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"Rumble and Frenzy are Soundwave's scared lil uwu babiesss 🥺🥺🥺"

Rumble and Frenzy would drive a car on the sidewalk and light shit on fire and start and finish fights in an afternoon and call it a fun day out.

#otto thoughts #transformers #maccadam #rumble and frenzy #rumble #frenzy

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My man looks like he has wares for sale.

#otto thoughts #my cat #cat #cats

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I love that time Rumble has a sword. We should talk about it more.

#otto thoughts #transformers #g1 transformers #maccadam #rumble

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It/its pronouns users are so cool. I hope every it/its pronouns user out there has (or finds if it doesn’t have one yet) at least one person in its life who uses its preferred pronouns without protesting its chosen pronouns and uses its pronouns with respect.

#otto thoughts

[drill-teeth]

Btw if you can’t talk about boob censorship or abortion or any issue that primarily revolves around the health and autonomy of bodies with breasts and/or a uterus without only referring to it as a “women’s issue”, I’m tuning you out.

#otto thoughts #transgender

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I think it would be funny if we said “please clap” with more desperation.

I get up on stage, shaking like a scared animal, and I lean in to the microphone and just go “for the love of god please clap”.

#otto thoughts

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He is like a little animal.

#otto thoughts #transformers #maccadam #motormaster

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I'm in my words mean things era. I'm taking away the words "delusion", "meltdown", "phobia", "paranoid", "dissociating", "spoons", "executive dysfunction" and etc away from tumblr girlies until they crack open a psychology textbook. So many people I see and talk to who use these words are experiencing Regular Emotions and not Involuntary Symptoms lol.

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[drill-teeth-art]

Hello! I'm back, and I know it's late actually, but I've done some thinking. Here's the deal. And I'm going to bare my soul a little bit before I go to bed, but here it is.

My art means everything to me. Even the stupid shit. Even the old shit. Even the ugly shit. It's my art. No one else could make it exactly the way it is, and no one has. It is mine. It's saved my life before by giving me a reason to keep going. It was mine when I lived in a crappy basement that flooded multiple times. It was mine while I was being sexually exploited. It was mine when I was in the mental health ward. It is still mine. And it means everything to me.

And this is on me first and foremost, but I don't like watching it get away from me. I don't like pandering or marketing myself. I don't like making stuff knowing in the back of my head that it's going to get more clicks and that's part of my choice to make it. I want to make art that I care about even if no one else does.

And no that doesn't mean I'm going to stop drawing and posting Transformers because I do still like drawing Transformers. But it does mean some things. It means I'm gonna post whatever I want even if that's OCs for days in a row. It means I'm no longer doing free art requests actually. Ask replies will no longer be accompanied with free art. If you want me to give you a piece of my soul in the form of my own art, then genuinely no offense, but you're going to just have to pay for it and commission me.

You can certainly still send me asks, and please do because I appreciate them! But no art comes with the reply. And the ask should be about me or my art or writing projects or else don't expect an answer.

That being said. I genuinely do appreciate all the support and attention on my work, and I do hope that plenty of you still enjoy my artwork even as it shifts and changes. As much as it is first and foremost for me, and I'm trying to adhere to that more, it still brings me joy when others connect with it.

Also, reblog my commissions post when you get the chance. I hate self marketing, but I'm scraping to get by so that does really help support my art practice. I have the self respect to not do art for free, but I do still have bills.

Thanks again ya'll.

#otto thoughts

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My extremely correct hot take on Rumble and Frenzy is that they are annoying, violent adult robots who drink Cybertron alcohol and are trans. And I have canon evidence for the violence and drinking. The transness is my correct gut feeling about them.

#otto thoughts #transformers #maccadam #rumble and frenzy

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Just curious if you have any ship for optimus because God you bullied that guy a lot using the cassettes X'3

Rumble and Frenzy should 100% bully Oppy Prime (romantically).

Also.

Their crazy cement truck ex that they are…very much still into.

There’s a few of my takes on Oppy romances. Just a taste.

#ask #otto thoughts #transformers #transformers fanart #maccadam #optimus prime #mixmaster #constructicons #autobots #decepticons #transformers fan continuity

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I have. A thought about fatphobia and body positivity. And I'm struggling with exact phrasing but bear with me.

I feel like there is a relatively simple to understand threshold that people trying to unpack their own fatphobia are failing to cross. And I actually think that to cross this threshold on a larger scale and to have a better discussion of fatphobia, a lot of people are going to have to be extremely uncomfortable because they will actually have to self examine.

And that threshold to me is basically "it's okay if you get fat".

I meet a lot of people who think they're okay with that. And who think they're fully supportive of fat people. And then the second they get love handles they're vocal about needing to get rid of them. Needing to eat better and to work out to shed the weight. And if you dare be like "hey there's actually nothing wrong with body fat, and it's actually kind of upsetting how vocally distressed you are about being even the tiniest bit fat" the response is "nothing wrong with diet and exercise! it's not your body!". Which. Yes there's nothing wrong with diet and exercise and it is not my body.

But genuinely you have to understand the way your attitude towards fat is affecting how you interact with fat people. You have to understand that very firmly thinking that it's not okay for Your Body to be fat is fatphobic and often causing you to be fatphobic. How sometimes you're shutting down critique of the toxic diet and exercise industry by elevating your fear of ever being fat over the wellness and dignity of fat people.

And honestly I really don't think a lot of people are equipped to discuss fetishization vs actual appreciation of fat bodies and other body positivity stuff until they sit down and think about how strongly they see fat bodies as other to their bodies and how strongly they believe their body shouldn't be fat.

#otto thoughts #cw: fatphobia

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Sometimes, I wish I had never posted my "Good Bi Gender" comic. I've gotten a few nasty replies. Reblogs. And anon messages. And I'm not even going to lie about it. Sometimes they're hard to shrug off and ignore. And be okay with the fact some people would genuinely prefer if I were dead after reading my comic. Every time it makes the rounds, I usually end up getting at least one heinous message.

But after I delete whatever transphobic bullshit someone left in my inbox or hate speech in the replies. I read some of the rest of the notes. And I'm greeted by people who feel seen. And who see me. And sometimes folks with very different experiences but still know what I mean.

And I tear up. More than a little. And I think like "yes yes this was worth it after all this is what I was hoping for for others to feel seen and to see me".

Thank ya'll for sharing it. Please don't stop.

#otto thoughts