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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hiii, here's a longer introduction thread!

I'm an Indian (malayali diaspora) artist living in Europe.

☀️ I love south Asian mythology, folklore, religions and histories.

☀️ I have a personal SAsian fantasy project called Witness Crescent Suns (aka the Mangoverse)

☀️ I'm anticaste + always learning

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 7h

performance [OCs - Kiki and Darpan]

Digital art piece of two characters.
Kiki smiles and claps as Darpan hits a dance pose. They are indoors, in a place with yellow walls and doors, it is nostalgic and dreamy.

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 7h

Darpan really is the most beautiful in the world. Kiki is so brave for pretending they have a sense of rhythm here.

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performance [OCs - Kiki and Darpan]

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 9h

i love the word 'adore'. i love to adore my friends. yes

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𝕃𝕦𝕔𝕒𝕧𝕚 𓅰 🐱 @lucavi.bsky.social · 1d

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Rattles bars of my enclosure. I want to DRaw

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 1d

What news on the winds? 🐉

We are so proud to share that GODKILLER: Last Hope picked up the wins for Best Actual Play Video and the festival-wide LGBTQIA+ Diversity Award at the Sydney Web Fest! It means the world that our story of rage, love, and becoming resonates across the globe. Thank you SWF!

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Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 1d

Today is October 7th.

Two years have passed here in Gaza, and we are still living under bombardment and hunger, bearing the pain of loss, suffering&displacement.

On this day,I ask anyone who wants to bring a glimmer of hope into this darkness to help me and my family:👇🏼🙏🏼
tinyurl.com/HelpAdhamsFa...

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 2d

🥮 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 🥮

The Mid-Autumn Festival, aka Zhong Qiu Jie (中秋节), gives thanks for the harvest, community, and family.

We hope that everyone gets to have a warm and joyous fall sharing good food, drinks, and laughs with loved ones. Now, go tell the moon that she’s beautiful! 🌕

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 2d

hold [OCs - Charan and Darpan

digital sketch of my characters charan and darpan. charan is taller and wraps his arms around darpan. both their eyes are closed, charan is smiling slightly while darpan has a neutral expression but holds charan's arms over him.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1d

By now you all know Adham, who has been here so long trying to escape the destruction of Gaza. His family is displaced again as Israel continues its genocidal famine & invasion. They urgently needs funds for shelter, food, healthcare. Please share & donate if you can:

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 1d

Wait now I see I meant to say Venus flower basket sponge. Silly meee

Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about gahani is that he wants to be two shrimp in a Venus flower trap sponge with his childhood friend keivalya and this is somehow not mutual

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 2d

YESSS hehe

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hold [OCs - Charan and Darpan

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you all so, so much for tuning in to our ARC INTERLUDE! It means the world to finally bring this story of grief, collapse, loss, and love to fruition after such a long hiatus. We'll be returning with our Arc 4 Premiere on October 25th, but in the meantime...

Welcome home, Transplanerds. ❌

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Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 2d

I've been asked to put some feelers out on behalf of a Palestinian writer who wants to be published. Are there any publishers, small presses, etc. based in Australia that specifically boost Palestinian voices?

If anyone has advice on the indie side, that will also be very welcome. Thanks 💜📚

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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · 2d

So relieved to see Adham post again after several days.

Please share and, if you can, contribute whatever you can.

🙏🏽💜🍉

Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 2d

From southern Gaza
I send you my heartfelt gratitude despite the pain we endure

After a long journey of suffering we were finally able to rent a simple place to shelter us and protect us from the cold and harshness of the open air

we still desperately need your support🙏🏼
tinyurl.com/HelpAdhamsFa...

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 2d

That's amazing news!

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Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 2d

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · Aug 1

got possessed with kikidarpan scenes from when Kiki would stay close to help Darpan overcome his paranoia and stress as he investigated his father's murder

bro... stop lashing out on the guy who you wanted to live vicariously through for choosing to be there for you when you need... bro. come on...

Digital sketch comic illustration with monochrome brown tones. It features Kiki and Darpan in Darpan's bedroom after he's been placed on his bed by Kiki.
Panel 1: Kiki lowers Darpan down, supporting his head and smiling gently. They say 'There we are, lie down nice and easy. Tomorrow will be better, I'm sure.'
Panel 2: Kiki nuzzles their face against Darpan's and says, 'Please get some proper rest tonight.'
Panel 3: Darpan silently holds onto Kiki's sleeve, preventing them from leaving. He looks emotional and distressed.
Panel 4: Darpan looks away from Kiki but doesn't remove his hand as he speaks, @'...I'm fine. You don't have to keep visiting.
Focus on your own future.
It pains me to watch you forsake it on my account.'
Kiki is silent in response.

Second page of the digital sketch comic.
Panel 5: Kiki laughs and looks charmed and sappy. They say 'Is that so?
Honestly even now, I can't imagine myself having that great a future.
Please let me stay by your side.'

Panel 6: A closeup of Darpan's eye tearing up and looking more despairing than before.
Panel 7: He lets go of her hand but begins to panic and tremble, his brow is furrowed with self-loathing. He says 'This is my fault. I've ruined you. You used to want so much more for yourself. Does it make you happy? To clip your wings in front of my eyes?'
Panel 8: Kiki looks crestfallen and shocked, not having expected that reaction nor how Darpan was feeling about them.
Darpan says, 'Do whatever you want.' Though he is still shaking.
Kiki replies uncertainly, 'Very well. I will take my leave for the night, my king.'

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 3d

I'm still reeling from the fucking wild @transplanarrpg.bsky.social interlude.

I feel like I scaled a massive mountain last night. The adrenaline has not left me yet.

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yes that's a woman and it's GL🙂‍↕️💞@Shortbox Comics Fair 10/31🔚 @luckycavity.com · 6d

[ Leftovers ] is a yuri/GL comic out now, you can get it here🎉🎉🎉

▪103 pages /manga style /right-to-left
▪It's a *digital comic* that you can read on your computer, tablet, etc
▪At @ShortboxComicsFair.bsky.social until October 31st <3

Shares appreciated😇👹💖

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Velveteen Mango 🥭 ⭐ @velveteenmango.bsky.social · 3d

falls to my knees so loudly that multiple space stations jolt a little. transplanar rpg arc 3 interlude <3 put me on Any other planet and watch it turn blue also. from my tears

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg is held prisoner by Israel at a jail in the Negev. Read what Sweden’s embassy in Israel reports are the conditions of her detention ⬇️

Now just imagine: if Israel treats a world-famous Swedish activist this way, how badly are its prisons abusing Palestinians?

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