Patiently Waiting For The Neil Gaiman Tag To Be Flooded With The Current Happenings, Specifically The

Naw I liked the wrong thing and now my dash is effed!

I don't even know what I touched!

every time a known man is exposed as a pedophile the left make it about identity without a care in the world for the victims.

a man on the right? we knew he was just projecting! look! it was a religious man, not a trans person or drag queen!

a man on the left? oh no! our reputation! this is going to set back trans rights since this person supports us/is trans!

rinse and repeat.

happy booping! 🐾

Most people are only interested in gnosticism because they think it's more interesting than traditional Christianity, but I really think that if gnosticism had survived to the 21st century it would be even more insufferable than evangelical protestant stuff

Daily Doodles- Day 109- 02/08/24

Started my first day of work on the 2nd and I didn't do much (mainly a small tour, meeting co workers and setting up my computer), so I had time to make a whole illustration!

I was feeling very 'pen and ink' and 'storybookish', so I drew a lost boy in a dark forest (or something) with creatures peeking out at him.

I had brought along my pen, pencil and sketchbook with me just in case. Once I'm settled in, I obviously won't have time to be drawing, but I'll still be bringing my sketchbook, because lunchtime exists and I can multitask!

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Reluctant Jamette- Cover Art Front and Back

Art post #1 || Art post #2 || Here || Art post #4

This was part of my final assignment for the writing course I took in 2022.

The project was a book framework where we did a basic outline for a story. We had to outline a whole book, from the copyright page to acknowledgements and all.

It was quite helpful actually! I would have never thought to do something like that in the planning stages.

This was for my potential novel-length story called 'Reluctant Jamette'. It's about a young woman unwillingly given these demonic powers around the same time her part of the country is being attacked by these spirits called jumbies.

She and a sort of friend are trying to figure out how to get rid of the powers and end up uncovering their sinister origins.

WhOooOOOoOoOo!

Read the summary of my potential story below:

‘Shrouded in black and clownish adornment 

Her new normal she found abhorrent 

Pulled away from her mundane life 

She is forced to battle with demons that were not hers to fight’

Jumbies, mischievous and malevolent spirits have been plaguing East Trinidad for months and Twenty-three-year-old Tamika Ramsahai was the one chosen by a mysterious power to unwillingly defend against their attacks.

Not interested in protecting a public that scorns her at every turn, Tamika’s goal is to find a way to get rid of the powers once and for all. 

Through battling jumbies that carry cryptic messages and her co-worker who knows a little too much about her situation for her own good, Tamika starts to realise that these powers may have a darker intent behind them.

K.I.D.S- Komputers Invaders Defence Squad- Main Character Art

Finally got around to adding colour to my characters from an old story I'm rewriting!

The story was originally set in America, where I've never been. It didn't occur to 15-year-old me that I could pick anywhere else. I' 've since switched the setting to my home country, Trinidad and so the characters changed.

They're all 12-year-old (and one 11-year-old) first-form secondary school (high school) students who get caught up in a plot against a secret organisation. They end up becoming temporary members of said organisation for protection.

There's still so much I have to rework. I'm basically starting over with this one, especially since my views have changed on certain things (magic, fantasy, supernatural, etc.)

Like most things I do now, I try to keep God in mind when I'm creating it and I've been having fun with this one!

Daily Doodles- Day 33- 18/05/24

Busted out an old OC! Her name is Rowena and she was a witch, but I no longer create and write stories where the protagonists deal with the occult, so she's now a regular-smegular human being and really loves insects! 🦋🕷️🐜🦗🪲🦟🪳🪰🐝🐞🐛🪱

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Another Sammy Drawing in the stickman style! She's a cheerleader this time!

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I think the really insidious part of the whole "I don't need to forgive the people who hurt me" attitude that's so prominant nowadays, is that it perpetuates the cycle of abuse.

Not every person who does bad things has a tragedy fueling their behavior. But a lot of them do. You can be a victim and also an abuser. Those are not mutually exclusive things. In fact, one of the best ways to become an abuser is to take the pain of the injustice you've experienced and to let it fester inside you. And that is what happens if you don't forgive.

And before anyone tries to tell me that you can't forgive someone because that means letting them to continue hurting you. That's not what forgiveness is. Resuming a relationship with someone who hurt you is Reconciling. Forgiveness is when you choose to let go of the anger and the hate and the bitterness and heal. I know this is an honest misunderstanding, but it's a dangerous one.

You don't have to remain a victim in order to forgive. But if you do not forgive you will become the same as your abuser. That's not a risk, but a fact. The cycle of abuse can be broken but you have to choose to do it.

You have to choose to heal. You owe it others and to yourself.