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Aspiring comic writer (lots of scripts, practicing drawing!) | Big fan of magical girls, idols and yuri | 🏳️⚧️trans woman she/her
I figure that the people who describe that as cozy read a LOT of stories with similar themes and the 'coziness' is more from a sense of familiarity than the subject matter itself. That or there are elements they can latch onto like people do with friendly detectives in gruesome murder mysteries.
January 20, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I figure that the people who describe that as cozy read a LOT of stories with similar themes and the 'coziness' is more from a sense of familiarity than the subject matter itself. That or there are elements they can latch onto like people do with friendly detectives in gruesome murder mysteries.
I want this so whoever looks at my page feels like a winner :) :)
Pachinko Machine Music - Pachinko Machine Music
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January 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I want this so whoever looks at my page feels like a winner :) :)
I'd like to see Amelie done by Masaaki Yuasa in a similar way to how he handled The Tatami Galaxy and The Night is Short, Walk on Girl - he'd make something incredible with it!
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I'd like to see Amelie done by Masaaki Yuasa in a similar way to how he handled The Tatami Galaxy and The Night is Short, Walk on Girl - he'd make something incredible with it!
unlike most of my other stories, requiring more space in some areas and a tighter concentration in others. Do you have any stories you feel a need to draw yourself, and has there been a genre that has forced you to reassess how to balance your pacing to suit its energy on the page?
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
unlike most of my other stories, requiring more space in some areas and a tighter concentration in others. Do you have any stories you feel a need to draw yourself, and has there been a genre that has forced you to reassess how to balance your pacing to suit its energy on the page?
It's amazing how pages can feel both way bigger and way smaller than you expect at first, depending on what you're trying to convey at the time. I'm more of a writer but I really want to draw a certain project myself - I've had to rethink things a lot as it is shoujo manga style and thus v. flowy
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
It's amazing how pages can feel both way bigger and way smaller than you expect at first, depending on what you're trying to convey at the time. I'm more of a writer but I really want to draw a certain project myself - I've had to rethink things a lot as it is shoujo manga style and thus v. flowy
Thank you for all your hard work, wishing you all the best.
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Thank you for all your hard work, wishing you all the best.
When I was very young and I lifted stones from rock pools at the beach, I felt kind of mean startling the little creatures underneath just so I could get a good look at them.
Yeah, she has a right to find them weird, but it isn't *kind* to show it off 200k followers, esp without redacting the @.
Yeah, she has a right to find them weird, but it isn't *kind* to show it off 200k followers, esp without redacting the @.
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
When I was very young and I lifted stones from rock pools at the beach, I felt kind of mean startling the little creatures underneath just so I could get a good look at them.
Yeah, she has a right to find them weird, but it isn't *kind* to show it off 200k followers, esp without redacting the @.
Yeah, she has a right to find them weird, but it isn't *kind* to show it off 200k followers, esp without redacting the @.
Princession Orchestra!
December 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Princession Orchestra!
Not trying to absolve that failure to address the issue, but I wonder if part of that might be to do with a Green Party motion that hasn't been debated yet. Not sure how scheduling for this stuff works, but I assume Zack will be more open on this once done.
www.greencoordinate.co.uk/motions/refo...
www.greencoordinate.co.uk/motions/refo...
Reforming Trans Healthcare (#20) • Green Party Conference Agenda
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December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Not trying to absolve that failure to address the issue, but I wonder if part of that might be to do with a Green Party motion that hasn't been debated yet. Not sure how scheduling for this stuff works, but I assume Zack will be more open on this once done.
www.greencoordinate.co.uk/motions/refo...
www.greencoordinate.co.uk/motions/refo...
They've lost their touch. If they really wanted to upset people, they'd be doing this with Rice Shower instead.
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
They've lost their touch. If they really wanted to upset people, they'd be doing this with Rice Shower instead.
Given the cutesy aesthetic of the franchise, it's very easy for them to point to the existence of trans fans and not bring up the not insignificant amounts of nazi pony fan art/fanfic, isn't it?
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Given the cutesy aesthetic of the franchise, it's very easy for them to point to the existence of trans fans and not bring up the not insignificant amounts of nazi pony fan art/fanfic, isn't it?
Surely he's saying that the *continued existence of young people* is itself collateral damage and he's here to finish off what the previous failed governments couldn't.
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Surely he's saying that the *continued existence of young people* is itself collateral damage and he's here to finish off what the previous failed governments couldn't.
I'm mostly writing this for people struggling in crummy first jobs, using nostalgic comforts of magical girl fiction to make painful topics more bearable. The hero being young captures how bosses make you feel small, but I worry it's a hard sell when YA readers often want aspirational older protags.
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm mostly writing this for people struggling in crummy first jobs, using nostalgic comforts of magical girl fiction to make painful topics more bearable. The hero being young captures how bosses make you feel small, but I worry it's a hard sell when YA readers often want aspirational older protags.
I'm early on, still planning layouts and having to rethink a lot since my script didn't really factor in the page composition of shoujo manga, which I think this needs to emulate. The good news is that I am doing lots of fun angles and poses, which make a steep learning curve but look very fun.
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm early on, still planning layouts and having to rethink a lot since my script didn't really factor in the page composition of shoujo manga, which I think this needs to emulate. The good news is that I am doing lots of fun angles and poses, which make a steep learning curve but look very fun.
I'm working on a magical girl comic about working in retail. Eventually I want to make it into a fully fledged, longer story, but for now I am still learning to draw. I wrote the script for one chapter as a uni dissertation and it was received very well, but I want to bring it to life on the page.
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm working on a magical girl comic about working in retail. Eventually I want to make it into a fully fledged, longer story, but for now I am still learning to draw. I wrote the script for one chapter as a uni dissertation and it was received very well, but I want to bring it to life on the page.
Where does 'flip top bottle from charity shop filled with terrifyingly opaque homemade blackberry wine' fit in?
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Where does 'flip top bottle from charity shop filled with terrifyingly opaque homemade blackberry wine' fit in?
I know Zohran is Liu Bei, Trump is Dong Zhuo and I have not yet finished Three Kingdoms but this encounter just makes me think of Cao Cao desperately trying to get Guan Yu to stay. Let's hope he hands over Red Hare!
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I know Zohran is Liu Bei, Trump is Dong Zhuo and I have not yet finished Three Kingdoms but this encounter just makes me think of Cao Cao desperately trying to get Guan Yu to stay. Let's hope he hands over Red Hare!
It's intimidating given that any new idea one has means learning to draw a new thing, or adjusting to draw everything in a bit of a different style, but I'm determined to get there. People ask me why I don't just work with someone else, but I have to try to do it by my own hand!
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It's intimidating given that any new idea one has means learning to draw a new thing, or adjusting to draw everything in a bit of a different style, but I'm determined to get there. People ask me why I don't just work with someone else, but I have to try to do it by my own hand!
Oshii still wants to make another one, but I heard it relies on Innocence breaking even which is... not hopeful for the near future, from what I recall. Still, it's not impossible! Stranger things have happened, right?
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Oshii still wants to make another one, but I heard it relies on Innocence breaking even which is... not hopeful for the near future, from what I recall. Still, it's not impossible! Stranger things have happened, right?
Personally I enjoy just about all designs barring Kuvshinov's, but that's because who the Major is and her perspective on her existence differ pretty significantly between versions and I think most designs capture their Major relatively well.
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Personally I enjoy just about all designs barring Kuvshinov's, but that's because who the Major is and her perspective on her existence differ pretty significantly between versions and I think most designs capture their Major relatively well.
I mean the original manga has pages and pages of notes explaining context and what's going on where he doesn't want to slow down, he's absolutely the kind of guy to draw some visual representation of an abstract concept with a tangled red hologram and go "yeah that's about right"
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I mean the original manga has pages and pages of notes explaining context and what's going on where he doesn't want to slow down, he's absolutely the kind of guy to draw some visual representation of an abstract concept with a tangled red hologram and go "yeah that's about right"
This looks to me very much like Masamune Shirow's work; he loves to integrate CG into his drawings in a way that looks rather uncanny, whether that's intentional or not. I wouldn't mind betting that the weird red glow at her nape is a visualisation of something like blocking a ghost hacking or smth.
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This looks to me very much like Masamune Shirow's work; he loves to integrate CG into his drawings in a way that looks rather uncanny, whether that's intentional or not. I wouldn't mind betting that the weird red glow at her nape is a visualisation of something like blocking a ghost hacking or smth.
It's quite alright! I know tensions are very high right now but hadn't heard about all that, wow! Zack Polanski (head of our Greens) is often compared to Zohran Mamdani and is taking the fight to Farage and Reform.
Best of luck to you and yours, the protests I've seen lately have been inspiring :)
Best of luck to you and yours, the protests I've seen lately have been inspiring :)
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's quite alright! I know tensions are very high right now but hadn't heard about all that, wow! Zack Polanski (head of our Greens) is often compared to Zohran Mamdani and is taking the fight to Farage and Reform.
Best of luck to you and yours, the protests I've seen lately have been inspiring :)
Best of luck to you and yours, the protests I've seen lately have been inspiring :)
You might have noticed by now, but this is the Green Party of England and Wales. I understand things are awful in America but over here the Greens might actually be our one hope against fascism, so please try to double check before posting next time.
October 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You might have noticed by now, but this is the Green Party of England and Wales. I understand things are awful in America but over here the Greens might actually be our one hope against fascism, so please try to double check before posting next time.
Sir Tier Stronger lmao
September 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sir Tier Stronger lmao