This is why kids tend to react mostly more positively than adults to people coming out as trans: they haven't had all the weird culty shit society feeds us about gender drilled into their brains quite yet. If they don't fully understand it, that's okay, 'cause they're used to not understanding stuff

Like, I don't even think this is a trans thing. I'm not into girly stuff at all, just at that point as a kid, I didn't have strong associations and baggage with gender, just playing with whatever without shame, until those gender roles were unfortunately shamed into me

And yet somehow I feel like I could play this game for another 200 hours easily. There's just so much to sink your teeth into and master, not to mention the extensive mod support that adds new content to mess around with. It's also the perfect game to play with a video or podcast in the background

It feels good to know that ever since I got that first commed ref sheet, I've gotten good enough at art for me to seriously consider drawing a new one myself. I went from drawing awkward, ugly doodles on my phone to pieces I'm actually fairly proud of that impress my friends

I am so ready for AAA gaming to have its spiderverse moment and realize other art styles exist

It's better for the industry if there's more sneak perks behind the curtains when things aren't at their prettiest and most presentable. Players often see game development as some magical process and their lack of understanding leads to toxic behavior and harassment directed towards devs