Re: Vienne, The World Tends To Be Very Forgiving Of Brilliant Yet Neglectful Geniuses Who Spend Their

Re: Vienne, the world tends to be very forgiving of brilliant yet neglectful geniuses who spend their days buried productively in their Great Works and leave the care of their children and families largely to others, provided that they are male. The female ones, not so much. Kasslyne isn't all that different from our own universe in that sense.

Yep.

One thing I wish I’d stressed more in her story and hadn’t left presumed, was the marriage itself. Vienne didn’t particularly *want* to be married to anyone, but that’s not a choice she was allowed. She was happy enough with Mathis but would have been content to remain alone with her work and her business.

Likewise she never particularly wanted children. When she actually became pregnant, she was assaulted by almost overwhelming approval from everyone around her. All of a sudden they stopped making her feel like a freak, and she felt like she’d become the woman that the entire village had all her life expected her to become. This resulted in a lot of emotional pressure to keep the baby. That’s not something Mathis could ever understand. He had his own pressures for sure and she did all she could to help him with those, but he never gave a second thought to hers.

I relate a lot to Vienne. I knew by the age of ten that I never wanted kids or a spouse because nothing was more important to me than art. But even as a relatively privileged girl Vienne didn’t get to make that same decision. Still, she made it work as best she could. And while she was not a superhero able to be a perfect wife and perfect mother and a perfectly self-actualised human being making her art and fighting for her country, she never gave up the dream.

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Hey... I hear you're asking for are suggestions... how about 4A for Stephen's mom?

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7 years ago

Help a gal and her cat out, oh 9 followers of mine

$5 COMMISSIONS! Not Even Kidding! I Posted This On A Different App But It Was Taken Down. My Baby Has
$5 COMMISSIONS! Not Even Kidding! I Posted This On A Different App But It Was Taken Down. My Baby Has
$5 COMMISSIONS! Not Even Kidding! I Posted This On A Different App But It Was Taken Down. My Baby Has
$5 COMMISSIONS! Not Even Kidding! I Posted This On A Different App But It Was Taken Down. My Baby Has
$5 COMMISSIONS! Not Even Kidding! I Posted This On A Different App But It Was Taken Down. My Baby Has
$5 COMMISSIONS! Not Even Kidding! I Posted This On A Different App But It Was Taken Down. My Baby Has

$5 COMMISSIONS! Not even kidding! I posted this on a different app but it was taken down. My baby has a tumor, and I need extra money for X-rays and surgery, provided that the cancer hasn’t spread to her little lungs.

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My go fund me campaign- but I am more than happy to work for the money. I’ll draw pretty much anything right now within reason. $5 minimum for the 5.5 x 7” sketches.

I NEVER ASK FOR REBLOGS BUT- I’m putting my pride aside and trying to do what’s best for my baby. Please reblog this if you’re a fan of my work- or a fan of cats. I love her so much and can’t stand the thought of losing her.

Someone pitched her out the side door of his truck one day and she tumbled onto the pavement and it broke my heart because she was so tiny and her eyes were gunked shut. I kept her a secret from my parents in my room upstairs for 6 years. It was just the two of us. So as you can imagine I have a very deep bond with kitkat and I would do anything for her.

If you want to help but can’t commission or donate then please reblog it will mean the world to me and the sweetest little catholic could ever meet.

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1 year ago
Painted Peaks; Death Valley, California
Painted Peaks; Death Valley, California
Painted Peaks; Death Valley, California

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2 years ago

Does one ever really "stop" being influenced by the things they read, watch, play, or otherwise experience, fiction or otherwise? You can't endlessly tinker with the story of Unsounded, and I imagine you already know what you want to say with it... but do you see yourself still able to change or evolve, either during the making of it or beyond? Signed, someone feeling old and stuck.

>>Does one ever really "stop" being influenced by the things they read, watch, play, or otherwise experience, fiction or otherwise?

I think that's up to you. My sixty year old mom listens to the same Tom Petty albums for hours, and watches the same episodes of MASH over and over and over again. For her, media has become a warm and comforting bath after a long day. Maybe that happens to all of us as the world gets more alien and we need that comfort. I don't think it has to be that way, but I think it takes real effort to continue to connect with new stuff; to let it in. The new stuff won't be catering to you so you have to do more work to understand it. And work sucks. But if you care about staying connected to the changing world, you gotta do the work to change with it. Or don't. It's your call.

If you feel old and stuck, let new stuff in. Don't dismiss it, even if your experience lets you recognise the same old tropes repeating themselves.

That latter thing is a problem I have. The older I get, the smaller the world seems. We just aren't very interesting animals. We make the same things over and over because we're trapped in such a tiny, limited world. Teach a hamster to paint and all you're gonna get is canvas after canvas of water bottles and hamster wheels.

>>You can't endlessly tinker with the story of Unsounded, and I imagine you already know what you want to say with it... but do you see yourself still able to change or evolve, either during the making of it or beyond?

Unsounded's changed a lot as it's gone along. It's a very long comic, but it's broken into storylines that have reflected my own changing self as the years have dragged on. I'm sure you've noticed it's gotten a bit more cynical in recent chapters. Sette has sobered up as she and I have experience more of the world. It'll keep changing, too. There are places I want to go in it that I couldn't have gone ten years ago. There are things I want to say that I didn't even know existed back then. Fortunately, while Unsounded's narrative highway is complete, there's plenty room to traverse that highway dynamically, via vehicles I've yet to even decide on.

So yeah, if you're stuck, Anon, get in a different car. Maybe get on a hippopotamus.


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8 years ago

Okay but imagine super-zombie-strength Duane with a fully metal pymaric body. He'd be Alderode's terminator!

Full Metal Spellwright!


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8 years ago

*whispers* every time you respond to an ask here I feel so special~~~

Care to share any lore pertaining to the carvings on the wall in the inner temple, or would that be too spoilery?

We’re going to get much more into the two-toes in chapter 12. There’s an old lady lizard who will expand upon her culture much more colourfully than I can here :)


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7 months ago
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