here's the thing. "ace people can still have sex" and "aro people can still be in relationships" are objectively true statements. this is because people can do whatever the fuck they want forever regardless of their label/orientation. however some of you have GOT to get your shit together and stop using those statements to undermine larger conversations about aspec identity. following up "ace people don't owe you sex in a relationship" with "ace people can still have sex in a relationship though!" is not fucking helpful! yes it's true. yes it's a reality for many people. however if we used our fucking brains for a second and thought about how following up "people don't have to conform to societal expectation" with "but people can still conform!! don't worry they can still conform!!!!" is counterproductive and very frustrating for a lot of people then we could get back to the actual point which is not "aspec people can still have sex/be in relationships" but "aspec people can do whatever they want with their relationships and their bodies". which they can, by the way. they can do whatever they want forever. and you should give them 200 dollars every time you see them for dealing with this shit

Hope yall don't mind me putting this here because these tags put things super succinctly:

Tags from @faebriel and @relentlessenthusiasmforthebard (if you want me to remove the screenshots, I will)

Speaking as a romance-indifferent aro who is in a romantic relationship: I am so, so tired of people using "aros can still date" as a way of 'reassuring' people, or as an excuse to erase or invalidate aromantic people.

No! Plenty of aros cannot comfortably date! The respect shown towards aro people should not hinge upon our attitudes towards romance. Value and validity is not defined by a person's participation in romance, nor any desire to do so.

And I'm mainly focusing on aros here because I'm not ace, but this applies to aces too in regards to sex. So many sex-repulsed/averse aces experience their boundaries being disregarded, or their identity being disrespected, because "aces can have sex though?"

The focus of a-spec activism should involve being pro-consent, being pro-autonomy, being respectful of boundaries, and dismantling amatonormative/bigoted/exclusionary systems and ideas. But it feels like the only "activism" some people care about is assuring the majority that we can conform.

New Muppet Princess Bride drawing! I know some folks will want Fozzie to have a way bigger role in Muppet Princess Bride, but honestly I feel like the role of Yellin is perfect for Fozzie. This line in particular is already so very Fozzie, I can hear him saying it so clearly in my head.  Fun fact, I had to redraw the second panel because for some reason in my memory it was Westley that gave Fezzik the order to rip Yellin's arms off. I almost wish I left it, just because the idea of dear sweet Kermit asking for arms to be ripped off is kinda hilarious to me. 

Lovebirds

I'm not above elementary school humor in attempting to make you smile.

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OH MY GOD

MY HEART IS BEATING SO FAST NOW I KNOW I SAID I WANNA TAKE A BREAK FROM THIS FANDOM BUT I'M HAVING A STROKE OVER THIS IMAGE THEY ARE SO BACK AND THEY ARE READY TO TORTURE US

All scrungy smiles for another Curled Feetsies Friday

Let's see your cute pet pics!

Seriously. We could all use some cute at this moment.

Look I love unconditional devotion love stories as much as the next person, but there's really something so deliciously raw about conditional devotion.

I have served you and I have loved you for decades, but I will not give up my principles for you. You cut out part of my heart and took it with you down that path that you insist on walking, but you walk it alone. Even when the bleeding, gaping hole you left in my chest kills me, I will not follow you.

me everytime one of my seemingly non-specific homoerotic text posts breaks containment

ohg. did a little animation

nothing complicated. guy angry about being trapped in a gif.

Blueberry Pop Tart Cookies

SOTR SPOILERS

not my usual content sorry guys but chapter 6 when Louella dies, Haymitch calls her a "mockingjay chick," symbolizing the early death of what later becomes the same symbol that fueled the revolt from the capitol. At the time of the 50th games, the idea of revolution was still just beginning to form. But fell through, like Louella.

She represents the young, unformed version of the full-grown mockingjay that Katniss would become and that Haymitch himself paved the way for.

Unlike Katniss, who lived to take flight, Louella never got the chance making her loss even more heartbreaking when Haymitch later compares Katniss to Louella and calls her 'sweetheart'.

him...

he gets on my nerves so you guys take him 😭 im already looking away and scheming my whiteout design ihiihihhi. like i said im prioritizing some personal art atm so sorry for slowing down a bit!

almost forgot - his pupils are supposed to look like an hourglass ehehehe

Persephone and crocuses. A warm-up drawing that went a bit overboard since I really like crocuses (and Persephone).

How I didn’t shoot my wife!

In a recent video, I included my take on the William/Wilhelm Tell shot. At the time I mentioned that there were safety precautions behind it. Here is some of the process I went through.

Remember, when you see someone performing a stunt on purpose, there is almost always a lot going on behind the scenes, whether that’s physical failsafes, years of training and learning how to bail/fail safely, or (in many cases) both.

These things rarely eliminate the risk entirely, but by mitigating both the chance of something going wrong, and the severity if it does, it lets us do things that would otherwise be unthinkable. This was mine.

Normal silly videos will resume next week!

today's bug thing is this caterpillar cake!

My Muppet Princess Bride drawings found their way to Facebook and from that came a ton of good suggestions for scenes. Rizzo as a R.O.U.S. has been suggested by a lot of different folks for as long as I've been doing these drawings, but I was never quite sure how to handle the scene until a commenter suggested Rizzo's line. Maybe it resonated with me because I can kinda relate to Rizzo in this moment (especially so soon after Valentines Day!). Thanks to Paul Adams who provided Rizzo's line, and gave me permission to use it in this drawing.

And shout-out to movie-screencaps.com for providing the backgrounds, I like to edit shots from the movie for my backgrounds because it allows me to focus on the fun part of drawing Muppets. There's also just something fun about 'painting' the Muppets into the actual film.