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munsons-mutiny · 1 year

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I’ve had this headcanon forever and it’s just never come up anywhere, so I figured it’s time to write about it.

Caleb’s spell that he makes for Veth, Widogast’s Transmorigification, has major implications for Exandria’s trans population! This could be the magical equivalent of top or bottom surgery only it’s down to a biological level! I’m sure they’ve had their own procedures, but a body that you can personally design does seem like an upgrade from whatever technology/magic they have available!

I like to believe that Caleb doesn’t think about the spell in that context at first, why would he? It was designed for someone with a different type of body dysphoria, and he doesn’t interact with too many trans people (at least that he knows, I have no clue if he knows about Yussa, and they haven’t seen Bryce in ages).

But once he starts teaching, and establishes himself as a safe space for queer kids (you can’t tell me the empire is super open minded, especially their most prestigious traditional institution) the application becomes obvious. The first time his favorite student, a small purple tiefling named Aza who reminds him so much of Molly it hurts, comes to him mid-breakdown because of how bad the dysphoria is the solution just immediately pops into his head. He could fix this for her, give her the body she should’ve been born in.

He comforts her the best he can and then calls a meeting of the lgbt club he has set up (it’s run under the radar to make it safe even for students who aren’t out to their peers yet). Where he gives a presentation on the spell, and it’s capabilities, even has Veth come in to show the results and have her talk about her experience and if there had been any side effects.

A couple students in the room cry at the possibility, some remain uninterested, but many are enraptured with the idea.

In what seems like the blink of an eye Caleb has suddenly become an underground queer hero, he starts performing the spell free of cost to anyone who wants it and is above the legal age (you just have to help dig up the clay if you can). Ends up having a whole medical procedure to the spell, where he takes them to the blooming grove (which I imagine has plenty of clays heheh) where it’s peaceful and they can talk everything over with caduceus before and after. Who can guide them through their feelings much better than Caleb though he always tries his best. He always offer the option to go back as well (though they have to wait a year, which is of course stated beforehand) if it isn’t the solution they were hoping for.

(Totally off track but I fully believe Caduceus ends up super involved in Caleb’s queer club, there’s so little aro ace rep and seeing someone whose so confident in it would be so helpful for them, and I think it would be so comforting for Caddy to see others like him and to know he’s not alone in that)

They keep the whole operation quiet, but it spreads silently throughout the queer community, Astrid even stepping in a time or two to keep it off the Assembly’s radar (She may be straight, but she’s poly with a bi partner, and I believe she’ll use her powers for causes she believes in for better or worse. Thankfully this is one of them).

There’s still discrimination against the queer community, but this quiet movement starts to spread to the point that almost every member of the nein is involved. Beau uses her connections at the Soul to get new documentation for people with proper names and pronouns. Yasha starts running Rexxentrum’s first self-sustainable lgbt safehouse for kids with nowhere to go (the garden is incredible). Jester and Fjord turn Fjord’s old orphanage into a second lgbt safehouse after he gets it shut down. Veth adds lgbt education to her camps curriculum, and is an advocate for same sex healthcare in the Nicodranas school system. She has a tunic that says proud mother of a bisexual wizard that she wears a little too often much to Caleb’s chagrin. Even Kingsley (illegal pirate king that he may be, my beloved) ends up becoming as involved as possible in Caleb’s group. Loves learning more about gender identity, and becomes the first Plank King to be openly gender fluid (probably who knows, I don’t know much about Darktows history but I def didn’t get super queer vibes). Makes sure Dark-Tow is accepting of all who turn to piracy, and imposes harsh laws against discrimination.

Essek looks on all of this with pride, so proud of Caleb and even the small role that he got to play in the spells creation. It’s the first time he gets to see something he helped with create good in the world. With Caleb’s permission he ends up sneaking back into the dynasty and leaving a copy of the finished spell on the Bright Queens desk, with a big created by Caleb Widogast across it (with whatever the wizard equivalent of copyright is). In a culture that centers around rebirth in different bodies, the idea that you could choose to have your original body back is a big deal. Dysphoria after consecuted individuals get their magic back is a huge problem within the dynasty, and it does Essek a lot of good to know that he’s done something actually helpful for his country.

Basically this got super long winded and out of hand, and I know Matt has largely cut homophobia, transphobia, and non-fantasy racism from Exandria but this idea would just not leave me alone!! And either way the spells implications for a gender affirming procedure are still super relevant.

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the-gay-trashmouth · 3 years

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Okay so I binged q-force. Is it perfect? No. No its not- it's a comedy adult cartoon about gay spies. It was funny, it had that found family trope and it had it good rep. It had butch 4 butch rep (pam and Deb my loves) trans goth chicks, and even an older women in power who I have a permanent lesbian crush on. I see a lot of people complaining about the stereotypes - mostly Twink- but like.... Y'all realize stereotypical gay people exist, right? Like there are butch lesbians who BBQ on weekends and adopt way to many dogs. There are drag queens who are super extra and loud and sexual. There are alt queer people who like obscure shit and would maybe like to fuck robots- shut up

Like ... Gay people are allowed to act gay. Y'all know that right? Gay culture is built on the "weird". Q force gave us stereotypes but also broke them.

Twink is a top who can throw a punch and is fucking badass. His drag connections come in handy and offers them tons of Intel. I've seen people talk about how it's bad that he wants to be skinny but.... Yall know some people Wanna be skinny? And that's not a bad thing??? Like yeah it can be unhealthy but he never once commented on anyone else's weight negatively- and we had a diverse body types. Just in the force we had a muscle vers, a fat stud lesbian, a tall lanky hacker, a slim thicc drag queen, a chubby hunk, and a middle aged woman with actual proportions. Could I have done without some of the tummy tuck jokes? Yeah, sure, but y'all realize actual queens talk like that.

Then we have Deb- the only character with her life together. She and her wife are very very happy and secure and its like... One of the first butch 4 butch relationship I've seen on screen that healthy. She's a mechanic and was on surviver but she's also the mom of the group. She's in touch with her emotions, she rescues dogs, her happy place is on the phone with her wife- she is a black stud lesbian and she's not a cold mean shell of a person. How often do y'all see that????

And then Stat- STAT! she's weird!! And that's the point! She likes being weird!! She's a trans hacker badass and she fucked an AI!! She's herself and unapologetically so. While affection and emotions make her uncomfortable she's still the one to go after Twink on his birthday. She cares about them all, even in her weird goth way. Shes good rep for those of us who are the "ugly alt queer" people love to make fun of. And the force loves her and her weirdness! Her and twink- two characters on complete opposite sides of the stereotype spectrum- are like best friends. They could of had them hate each other but they don't! He loves her and her weird goth vibes, she doesn't understand his scene but loves him and his drag and never says a damn word. Also!! Her VA is a trans woman!!!!

And fucking Steve- he's the cis het ideal. Strong, masc, average gay man. He could pass as straight- but he doesn't?? He has a boyfriend (who isnt some fuckin super model with the same body- he's a shy bear with glasses and a suffocatingly loving family- also!!! No homophobic family side plot???? Unheard of!!!!) and half of his arc is trying to be there For Him. He's not some hyper masc guy who "happens to be gay but everyones surprised" There is no sub plot of him hiding himself or "being seen as het" he's just a vers with a dorky sense of humor and has a little gaggle of gays (plus buck) that he's adopted and co-parenting with his butch lesbian best friend. Also wlw mlm solidarity!!! Holy shit!!!! that's rare!!!!

Even Buck- who's prolly bi let's be real- goes through an arc and isnt a 2D prick- he loves those gays like family by the end. And that's the end message- community in each other and loving your fellow queer people. There's no fighting between them about being a stereotype. No one makes fun on Twink for being femme, every one gets so happy when Stat smiles, Pam and Deb are happily married and Pam automatically takes her wife's little gay family from work and goes "I love them :))) you should bring them over more."

No its not perfect- I wish there was more open trans rep and nb rep, I wish there was some ace aro rep and I wish there was less animated dick and I could do without some if the skinny jokes Twink made but y'all realize rep isn't ever gonna be perfect? Gay ppl aren't perfect. Gay people are allowed to be stereotypes and the amount of LGBTQ people who worked on the show made it realistic. There was never a point that I was like "this was written by straight people".

Y'all shot down a funny, well written comedy cartoon made by the gays for the gays and hate it because there's a femme drag queen? There's stereotypes?? We're never going to get good rep if y'all crucify everything we do get. That's not saying don't be critical, but don't attack queer writers and what little rep we have because it's not the perfect cookie cutter shape for gays.

#q force #stari wont shut up #i said what i said snd i stand by it

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ladyloveandjustice · 5 years

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Fall 2018 Anime Overview: Bloom into You

Yuu Koito is a girl who’s troubled by the fact she’s never felt the romantic passion she sees so often in shoujo manga and other media. She’s thrown for a loop when the seemingly level-headed and mature student council president, Touko Nanami, suddenly confesses her love for her. Yuu finds out Touko’s calm facade hides a much more complicated person than she could ever imagine.

If you’re someone on the lookout for yuri that tells a sincere and heartfelt queer narrative rather reveling in fetishization and fanservice, Bloom into You is absolutely a series you should check out. If you’re someone on the lookout for a beautifully directed, complex emotional drama that really delves into the struggle with identity and relationships teenagers experience growing up, this is absolutely a series you should check out. If you’re just on the lookout for good anime, this is still. absolutely. a series you should check out.

Bloom into You has a bit of a slow start and builds its narrative brick by brick, but if you’re anything like me or most of the people I know who’ve watched this, it will have hooked with your heart in its clutches by the end.

Part of why I think this series is something special has to do with how it engages so honestly with wlw (women-loving-women) experiences. It acknowledges the obstacles and prejudices wlw face, but also represents that there’s a larger community and wlw can offer each other support and solidarity. It directly confronts the “this is a phase, you’ll grow out of it and want to be with a man” rhetoric, an attitude that is common in real life and also a nasty pervasive under/overtone within some yuri, and shows this attitude is both harmful and wrong.

The anime shows adult wlw living together, in a healthy, lovely relationship, and it specifically shows a teenage lesbian looking at that and realizing she’s not alone. It shows adult wlw supporting and advising the younger generation, letting them know that they can be true to themselves. It’s such a rare treat and so important to seeing a piece of media portraying the solidarity and mentorship between younger and older wlw and it was so powerful to see that character start on her journey of self acceptance.

The queer coming-of-age story ties in well with the central theme of this anime, which is the instability and uncertainty of teenage identity and how that impacts relationships. These are kids who don’t understand themselves, scare themselves, hate themselves, and that stops them from being authentic and honest in their relationships. The theme is there from the very beginning with Yuu, who is uncertain and frustrated about her lack of romantic inclinations.

Yuu is almost definitely not meant to be asexual, at least not aro-ace, something I as an ace personally grokked from the start and was fine with. The show has it right in the title, Yuu is a “late bloomer” and part of her confusion almost certainly stems from repression. This is a valid and important narrative, and one I actually really relate to as a wlw asexual person.

Realizing I was a lesbian was especially difficult for me because I had like, no sexual drive, and it made me feel very alone. I see a lot of that in Yuu’s narrative, whether she’s meant to be homoromantic ace or not (probably not, but I’ll interpret her as one for as long as I can), her story really resonates me and it’s really cathartic and special to just see things like “it’s lonely when everything is centered around romance and sex but that’s something you don’t get, but that doesn’t mean anything’s wrong with you, just explore your feelings and see where they take you and that might be towards other girls” expressed in a narrative. I wonder if I would have realized I liked girls sooner watching this series. It’s very possible.

There is actually a legit aromantic asexual character in this story, who is both very honest and content with having no interest in romance or sex. This character has a discussion with Yuu and his experiences are actually contrasted with Yuu’s to show they aren’t quite the same. That was a pleasant surprise.

I do have issues with how him much “liking to watch” and kinda pry into real life romances was emphasized though. If it had been kept to “I really do enjoy romantic stories despite being not feeling it myself” that would have been fine, but this character being a little voyueristic (he doesn’t go so far as to spy on anyone, though, don’t worry) just gives this kind of weird underlying implication that how aro-aces fill the “void” of not being into romance themselves, and that’s..not true. I mean, there probably are ace people who do enjoy watching the drama of real life relationships unfold, but since he’s the ONLY rep we’re given in the story it doesn’t really do justice to the fact a lot of ace people really AREN’T into that. He’s a fine character otherwise, and I do appreciate the show making an effort to show people who don’t experience romantic feelings exist and are fine, it’s just a niggling little nitpick I have.

The exploration of identity goes beyond romance and queerness. Touko is shown to be someone who has a very deliberately constructed “perfect and poised” persona, but her real self is both complicated and damaged and that makes her relationship with Yuu very complicated too. She’s perfectly okay with Yuu not loving her back and almost seems to relish it. It’s VERY screwed up, but the show fully engages with that and does a wonderful job exploring how MESSY teenagers trying to figure themselves out are. Its character drama at its finest.

As screwed up as Touko is, the show has her learning to respect Yuu’s boundaries and get her consent on stuff. She does things without asking early in the show, but apologizes when she does and changes her approach as the series goes on. When Yuu says no, she always backs off. Later in the series she declares she will ask Yuu every time before she kisses her and Yuu eventually says she doesn’t have to anymore. It feels like a very real depiction of teenagers figuring out how to navigate consent and boundaries- making mistakes, but learning from them.

Relationships can be a bumpy ride, and this certainly isn’t a depiction of a perfect, healthy relationship- but it is an extremely interesting one, with two very conflicted characters who have in no way figured themselves out. And they’re getting better, bit by bit, and have to potential to BECOME a healthy relationship. Or maybe they’ll find other girls. Anything could happen, but I have confidence the story will handle it with grace based on what I’ve seen of it so far.

By the way, in addition to the Yuu, Touko and the adult wlw, we have another complex young wlw trying to navigate her feelings and its great seeing her journey too. She’s amazing and I want only the best for her.

(Oh, and one of these ladies is bi! Though ymmv on how well the introduction of that is handled).

On top of its sharp character writing and well-done drama, the show is also generally very pretty and wonderfully directed. The use of setting and framing and color to emphasize the character drama is top notch. Check out the gorgeous opening to get a taste of what the show can do.

I’m very glad I watched Bloom into You and I know I’ll be picking up the manga while waiting impatiently for a second season. The ending of the season feels a little unsatisfying and abrupt in light of the ongoing nature of the storyline, but that’s common in anime like this. But I really do want more. I can’t wait to see these characters continue to blossom and grow.

#bloom into you #yagate kimi ni naru #yuu koito #koito yuu #touko nanami #nanami touko #sayaka saeki #yuri #anime #anime overview #fall 2018 anime

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aceparadoxica · 5 years

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So I recently listened to all of We Fix Space Junk and one of the characters definitely comes across as aroace to me. Her name’s Marilyn; she’s a wasp cow princess (a Gontanan, in the parlance of the show, who just happens to be part human and part cow because of Plot Reasons) bent on taking down an evil corporation; and in my opinion, she’s probably the best character on the podcast. The creative team produced a collection of minisodes centering around her explorations into human culture and her friendship with her father’s shipboard computer. In the second of these episodes, they talked about “A.I.s, humans, love and coffee shops” (to quote the episode description).

At this point in time, Marilyn’s still figuring out who she is (Gontanans age differently from humans, but she’s about the equivalent of a teenager; besides, aren’t we all still figuring out who we are?). However, as someone who went through the whole orientation questioning process as a teenager myself, she really reads to me as falling somewhere on the aro and ace spectrums. Here’s a snippet of dialogue from that minisode:

MARILYN: [Love] seems to be a very specific thing. I’m not sure I have the biology for it. I don’t think it’s possible for me to get butterflies in my stomach.

COMPUTER: There are a lot of different types of love. Platonic. Romantic. Familial. Loyalty. Patriotism...it’s not one definable thing.

MARILYN: I don’t think romantic love is a Gontanan thing. Or at least a Gontanan Royal thing.

And later in that same minisode:

MARILYN: I don’t want a mate. I have important things to do.

Later in the show, Marilyn takes it upon herself to meddle in the relationship between Kilner (one of the protagonists) and Jault (her father), believing that if they’re more open about their feelings for one another and have a more stable relationship they’ll be happier. While this sort of interest may not seem indicative of aromanticism/asexuality (although it of course varies from person to person!), the entire point of that whole affair seems to be that Marilyn does not understand how those sorts of relationships are supposed to play out beyond what she’s seen in movies. She admits that her motivation is fear of leaving her father alone, rather than a belief that he needs a (romantic) partner to be happy.

Now, if this were from any other form of media, I’d take these moments as cool headcanon fodder and run with that until I was inevitably disappointed with (probably out-of-character and inconsistent) romantic realizations. But given that We Fix Space Junk is an audio drama (a medium with a much higher rate of aspec rep than most others, in my experience) that already has multiple LGBTQ+ characters (most notably Kilner)—and given that I’m starting to develop a decent sense for podcasts that either have or will someday have canonical aspec characters—I think it’s not totally improbable that Marilyn is being purposefully written as aspec (or else might be written intentionally that way in future episodes, given the way they’re setting up her character). I usually try not to get my hopes up about ace and aro rep, because a) even in audio dramas it’s not wildly common yet, and b) history has shown that just because a character is coded as aroace doesn’t mean that characterization will last, hence why I’ve more or less stopped trusting “subtle”/non-explicit aspec representation (I know I’ve linked this Penny Stirling article before but it’s relevant once again). But...sometimes my hopes just get up anyways. I guess we’ll see, right?

In the meantime, I can’t wait to find out what Marilyn’s up to in the next season. And if you haven’t listened to We Fix Space Junk, maybe consider checking it out!

#we fix space junk #marilyn #audio aces #audio aros #headcanons #(............for now *fingers crossed*)#(damn I really need to. not do this. audio dramas may be better with rep but I /know/ from experience that even if this pans out #[which would be! so cool!] it usually won't. and if I keep my hopes up I'll just get tired. and yet—#I keep 'em up anyways. battered though they may be. somebody has to.)#gonna reblog this to the aro blog (sorry for making most of y'all see it twice in a row but I have Opinions)

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aroworlds · 6 years

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Aro-Spec Artist Profile: Sebastian

Our next aro-spec creator is Sebastian, better known on Tumblr as @gloriousmonsters and @mangledmouth!

Sebastian is a bisexual, autistic, aromantic trans man who is single-handedly covering many literary bases in producing original aro and queer short stories, novels and poetry. Aside from his Tumblr blogs, you can find and support more of his work at his Patreon. If you have a dollar or two you’re wanting to invest in worthy aro-spec talent on a less-regular basis, please take a look at Sebastian’s Ko-Fi!

With us Sebastian talks about identifying with the role of villainy in narrative as an aro creative, aromantic characters and grand emotional gesture, the divide between representation and self-expression, and some spectacular-sounding work-in-progress book titles! His investment in aromantic characters and characterisation shapes every word, so please let’s give him all our love, encouragement, gratitude, kudos and follows for taking the time to explore what it is to be aromantic and creative.

Can you share with us your story in being aro-spec?

It took me a while to realize I was aromantic, but it was one of the things that made me go ‘oh, that makes … a lot of sense’ when I looked back at my childhood. I was a weird, isolated kid, so I didn’t learn from bouncing off other children; I learned through stories.

One of my strongest early memories is of watching a poorly made Red Riding Hood film over and over again, belting out the lyrics to the (poorly written) villain’s song, called ‘Man Without A Heart’. Cut to a year or so later, watching the Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella (still the best Cinderella, IMO), I was utterly fascinated by the villainess singing: ‘Falling in love with love is falling for make-believe…’

I didn’t know, that early, that I didn’t feel romantic love. Not consciously. But there was something utterly, obsessively interesting about villains that sneered at love, who were called heartless, who challenged the narrative that there must always be a love story and it must come out right no matter what. I felt, on a deep level, that these people were like me somehow. The additional queercoding and common side-helping of mental illness helped - or didn’t help, depending on your perspective. I grew up knowing, deep down, what my part in life was: I was the villain.

When I hit my rebellious age, it first came out by my saying, ‘But being a villain doesn’t mean you have to be wrong or unhappy’. I began collecting villains like nobody’s business, and writing stories that more and more often centered people whose character types I’d only ever seen as villains. And from there we arrive at today!

Are there any particular ways your aro-spec experience is expressed in your art?

Recently, my brother (who is my sounding board for a lot of stories, as I am for him) looked at my books-to-write list and said, ‘Nearly every idea you have is a deconstructed romance or strong non-romantic relationship.’

I love strong relationships, so I originally thought I needed to write people as love interests to get that; these days I feel more free to focus on whatever the heck I want, and being aro shows in everything. My current WIP centers a poly relationship where two of the partners are aromantic. Two people (often, but not always, a man and a woman due to my frustration with the ‘men and women can’t be friends’ thing) who are the most important people in each others’ lives and are platonic, show up over and over again in my novel ideas; I start with relationships that look like romances and then pull them apart. Part of this, I think, is due to my autistic ‘let’s take this into component parts and see how it works’ tendencies; being autistic and being aro aren’t cause and effect, for me, but they play well together.

When I write poetry, some of it deals explicitly with being aromantic, but all of it is non-romantic. It makes me kind of anxious sometimes to think of people interpreting pieces as being romo because they’re about intense emotions; one of the biggest ways being aro is expressed in my writing is my constant attempts to show other feelings, connections and relationships than romance being worthy of big feelings and gestures. I’ll sometimes refer to myself as ‘aromantic but capital-R Romantic’ (i.e. extremely dramatic) because of that.

What challenges do you face as an aro-spec artist?

I’m sure I’ll run into more problems as I try to take my increasingly aro and queer and ND works to professional markets, but at the moment my biggest problem is self-censoring. I sit at an awkward junction of having multiple identities I want to include in my work, and being … well, someone who grew up obsessed with villains, who later on developed a decade’s interest in slasher horror, and who still tends to write people who are perceived as, or see themselves as, villains. Awkward because I always have that voice in my head (helped along by some of the stuff I see on social media) going ‘that’s not good rep! nobody will want to read this!’

But I know from experience that not writing from the heart (and look at that, I do have one after all!) doesn’t end well, so I’m working on getting good at writing my weird dark stuff and hoping I’ll find the audience for it. And I always leave a little bit of light in it, because I have another voice in my head, still saying, ‘just because you’re a villain doesn’t mean you can’t be happy’.

It’s a weird sort of positivity, but it works for me.

How do you connect to the aro-spec and a-spec communities as an aro-spec person?

Following and submitting to this blog is part of my first attempts to actually join the aro-spec community. I tend to move slowly and be very nervous of talking to new people, but I’ve been trying to be more affirming of my aromantic identity lately, and seeking out other aros is part of that. Hopefully I’ll settle in a little more as time passes.

How can the aro-spec community best help you as a creative?

At the moment, people following and reblogging from my poetry blog @mangledmouth would be much appreciated. It’s hard to get traction with poetry (especially if you don’t write romantic poetry) and I’d love more people to see my work. I’m proud of a lot of what I’ve done, so check it out! Be warned that my love for horror and oddness turns up there as well, but there’s nothing too graphic.

And Ko-Fi donations or small Patreon subscriptions are always appreciated.

Can you share with us something about your current project?

My current WIP (titled either The Night In Wanting or And One of Us Be Happy, depending on whether I go for the one that sounds better or the one that fits best thematically) is about a third done! Praise me, because I’m really bad at finishing things, but I’m still on track to wrap this up at the end of June. It’s about a Weird Small Town and Sarah, a girl with a reputation for breaking hearts, who decides to date one of her best friends and actually try to make it work. Her attempts at being normal quickly get derailed when their town’s general weirdness turns hostile - attacks by creatures from the woods, unsettling amounts of rain, pictures changing when you’re not looking at them and a really pushy forest spirit trying to bargain with people for a heart. Her attempts at normal are further derailed when she figures out that her new boyfriend is also in love with a mutual friend, and that she might not feel love at all.

I love these characters, guys. This story is finally coming together after years and the three main characters - Sarah, Mags and Fred - have always been at the heart of it, no matter what shape it took. (Mags used to be a ghost, and the story went through a phase of being a Band AU of itself. Fred kept getting possessed, and there’s a joke about that in the text now that nobody will get but me. And now you guys!) It’s terrifying to write a YA that’s not only poly, but focuses on an aromantic main character, but I’m determined to make it work.

(This is is one of the most sweet/normal things I’ve worked on, despite the healthy dose of horror. I’ve also been writing snippets of a pet project called How The Child-Eater Became King, to give you an idea of the other end of the spectrum.)

Have you any forthcoming works we should look forward to?

I haven’t got the release date for it yet (it’ll probably be a while yet) but I recently sold a short story, Sabuyashi Flies, to Glittership. The main character, Sabuyashi, was originally aroace but turned out to be a lesbian ace during writing. (Characters often decide to come out while I’m writing, which is always fun to handle. I mean that both sarcastically and genuinely.) I’m already working on and off on the sequel story where she meets her future best friend Nathaniel, who is aro. Working title is Nat Luckless and the Girl Made of Beetles. Look for news about Sabuyashi Flies soonish and Nat Luckless whenever my slow butt manages to finish and (fingers crossed) sell it!

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