collection of half-lies and euphemisms

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Page one of a six-page greyscale graphic essay titled “On (Still) Reading Sherlock Holmes as a Trans Man” The first panel has a person (that’s teen me!) reading a book and the text starts: “While I fell in love with the Holmes stories in my teens…” the sentence continues on the rest of the page “what has kept my interest over the years is the variety of adaptations and interpretations, the wealth of writings on such a seemingly limited subject, and the highly transformative, ever-expanding and welcoming online (and offline) fandom.” alongside various items: a bit of film reel with a Holmes and Watson on it, a Holmesian periodical and book, an old computer browsing the web.

Page two of a six-page greyscale graphic essay titled “On (Still) Reading Sherlock Holmes as a Trans Man” Next to a picture of Holmes and Watson walking arm-in-arm: “My first reading of the stories had been a “conventional” one, in which I viewed Holmes and Watson as platonic friends and partners.” then next to a picture of them standing really close and blushing: “Later, as I got interested in queer theory, I started examining their relationship with a more romantic bend.” And at the bottom, next to a picture of a happy Holmes wearing a chest corset: “And when my perception of my own gender shifted, so did the way I interpreted Holmes’ masculinity.”

Page three of a six-page greyscale graphic essay titled “On (Still) Reading Sherlock Holmes as a Trans Man” Above a picture of Holmes idly smoking his pipe and me (a small white man with dark hair and a moustache) looking pensive: “It’s not that I see myself in him, in fact we are (obviously) quite different.” In the middle of the page, a black panel with Holmes’ shadow in the window and: “But I do relate to some aspects of how his peculiar type of masculinity is presented to the reader.” At the bottom, above a picture of Holmes scrapbooking on the floor: “And it is really easy to compare what we know about his fictional life with the gender-variant experiences of his real-life contemporaries.”

Page four of a six-page greyscale graphic essay titled “On (Still) Reading Sherlock Holmes as a Trans Man” The first panel goes “Before and during Holmes’ lifetime, there were many trans people who were able to live their lives on their own terms,” next to a picture of Irish surgeon James Barry and his little dog Psyche. In the second panel, “and the popularity of male and female impersonation on the stage allowed others to safely enjoy gender as a performance” next to a picture of Fanny and Stella, and Vesta Tilley. In the third panel, between Krafft-Ebing and Havelock Ellis: “As Holmes was rising to fame, sexology was emerging as a science”. In the fourth panel, next to Magnus Hirschfeld: “The new century also brought the first recorded cases of gender-affirming medical care,” And the final panel reads “as well as the identification, isolation, and synthetisation of sex hormones” next to an elderly Watson looking at Holmes reading The Lancet.

Page five of a six-page greyscale graphic essay titled “On (Still) Reading Sherlock Holmes as a Trans Man” The text starts: “What I find most compelling about reading Holmes as trans is not merely identifying “clockable” physical traits, but rather interpreting key aspects of his character through a queer lens.” In the middle, a picture of Holmes curled up in his chair and around him various points: “(almost) always clean shaven / high voice / skilled actor and expert in disguises / perpetual bachelor / little is known about his past / secretive and solitary habits / rejects femininity but is comfortable with women / a law unto himself / lack of interest in male socialisation”

Final page of a six-page greyscale graphic essay titled “On (Still) Reading Sherlock Holmes as a Trans Man” The text at the top reads: “When I first considered the idea a decade ago, it was new and exciting to me,” Two panels mirror each other, in the first one is a person (me again) with mastectomy scars and ”the same way it was new and exciting for me to reach personal transition goals…” and the sentence continues in the second panel “…while using fiction as a proxy to work out some of my own thoughts about gender.” next to a picture of Holmes and his chest-compression garment. Underneath: “Now that I am comfortable in my transmasculinity, it is still a satisfying reading I return to often, and I like musing on what Holmes would think of some of the things I uncover in the course of my historical researches.” and at the bottom of the page is a picture a me researching and holding a ghastly picture of a breasty Holmes and asking “Have you seen the size of your knockers in this 1970s cartoon?” while he looks positively horrified.

For Trans Day of Visibility, I wanted to revisit my decade-old graphic essay about reading Holmes as trans. Originally written for the second issue of the much-missed Practical Handbook, it remains the most popular post on my blog and probably one of the pieces I am most proud of! I did not really want to simply update it, since it is an introduction of sorts to the subject – and I sincerely promise that within the next decade I will finish writing my actual essay – so I thought I’d instead reflect from a more personal angle. I love queer history, I love queer readings, I love fandom meta, I love Holmes scholarship, and most of all I love being trans. I’ve changed a lot as a person in the past ten years but my constant has always been the support of my friends, peers, and everyone who interacts with my art and ramblings! Would definitely recommend questioning your gender…and also making more characters trans and more trans characters.

as a lifelong fan of Sherlock Holmes who's also transmasc thank you

yellowistheraddest

carmahnart

Hey y’all I have an announcement! My web app that I’ve been working on, Afro Index, is now live! It’s a visual reference library of Black hairstyles, for artist, animators, writers, and anyone who wants to learn more about them!

Check it out at afroindex.org! 💛✨

Afro Index – Black Hairstyle Reference Library

A reference library for Black hairstyles with accurate naming, structured filtering, and curated reference images.

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lemon-wedges

perplexingly

Balduran’s gates or something

perplexingly

The Halsin romance scene, but make it Balduran and Ansur

I’ll see myself out

THATS AN INSTANT FOLLOW FROM ME HELLO IVE WANTED ANSUR BALDURAN CONTENT FOREVERRTTT balduran doesn't deserve ansur but god i still ship them

comic page 1. Narration: "I'm an artist. I find joy in making art, but... I haven't made anything worthwhile in a long time now." The artist is shown sitting at a table, trying to draw on a display tablet. In the end, they slump, thinking: "It's 1AM and I have work tomorrow... Might as well go to bed..."

Comic page 2. Narration: "You see, I used to have this naive idea that I could just half-ass a 9-to-5 job..." The artist's younger self is shown continuing the thought, "...and draw in the evening after work! Best of both worlds. (That way, I can continue my immigration process, too.)" The narration continues with: "It has been 5 years." The artist, now jaded, is shown commuting home. Their phone displays the time, 19:04, as they exit the metro and walk through the station with one thought, "I just want to get home and sleep..."

Comic page 3. The artist pauses, glancing down at the poster on the metro station wall, which shows a new upcoming comic book release. They turn and walk away. Narration: " 'I could draw ten times better than that.' 'I could've done that too if all I had to do in a day was draw.' 'What's the point anymore, anyway? Post my art just for nobody to care and AI crawlers to scrape?' I keep having such thoughts, bitter, ugly, self-serving thoughts. ...Oh, gods. I'm becoming my father, aren't I?"

Comic page 4. A series of panels show the artist's hands opening the door, cooking, doing the dishes, cleaning, and finally plugging in their phone which shows 23:54. The atmosphere gets progressively darker, and the final panel shows the artist in bed, in the dark, staring blankly at the ceiling. Narration: "And really, what do I have to whine about? I'm lucky to have a stable job that pays the rent and bills. I think this purgatory is punishment for my cowardice as I, daily, choose to lose a part of myself." The page fades into darkness, with the final image being a dialog box that says: "Untitled has been changed. Do you want to save it?" The button highlighted is "Do Not Save".

i can’t draw shit anyway so let’s talk about our feelings shall we

shatou vent i will never stop drawing that'd be like stopping breathing but also i realize how little ive been breathing lately and i. it kinda breaks my heart yknow so yeah it's whatever but. yeah

peterripley

kimchikkim

... That is a good thing. The talented Mr. Ripley (1999) dir. Anthony Minghella

I CANT DO THIS AGAIN 😭😭😭😭😭

snakes-in-mirrors

morteraphan

Do you want to see some double down? Because I have something for you guys 💀 (yes, this is a conversation with a person who traced 38 of my artworks)

"Yes, 38 of our pictures matched line for line, but this is the first time I see you and your drawings, it's AMAZING how similar our ideas!"

You know, I've dealt with tracing and stealing of my art a lot in recent years. I usually deal with it privately and just move on. But THIS… this is a whole new level of arrogance and lies for me. I literally expected any explanation, justification and apology, but not this.

"It’s bad luck that I entered into the art world just before AI came out."

This also made me furious because we have A TON of young artists who REALLY struggles because of AI shit and this one, who LITERALLY use AI, play a victim. I thought my last post would be the end of this story, but this double down just completely pissed me off. Just in case, I'll remind you that no, this is not a minor, not a schoolkid, this is an adult who did all this and took money for this "art".

So sick of it already oh my

signal boost im sorry OP that person is such a disgusting thief

lautific

they went skiing to Cortina together!

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TTMR FANART IN 2025 I AM SO HAPPY im really glad you liked my fic and AAAHHHH YOUR ART IS A MASTERPIECE the baby boys i miss them so much the talented mr. ripley

page 1: a young Valentine makes his entrance in his ceremonial marquess outfit, all eyes on him. The page is overlaid with Lucien's inner monologue: "The little lord does look rather fetching in his ceremonial best."

page 2: Lucien slowly approaches and gets down on his knees to shine Valentine's boots. He asks, "So... Is it satisfying enough, being a marquess?"

page 3: Valentine replies, "Satisfying? I have only reasserted what is mine." He jerks his feet out of Lucien's grip and tilts Lucien's chin up with the toe of his boots. In the next panel he fixed Lucien with a frigid glare. "There is still much to do. So don't even think about slacking off, demon." Lucien is shown with a frozen, displeased smile on his face, his demonic aura raging. This panel is followed up with a final rueful line of narration from Lucien: "If only something could be done about his personality."

awful brat of a master

lucival oc: lucien oc: valentine oc comic this is one of their earlier moments. val has just officially received his title of marquess i'm posting whatever i want in whatever order so expect no chronological comic from me lol

A middle-ground shot of Lucien (dark haired) and Valentine (light haired) leaning close on the backdrop of a sunset. Valentine has his hands lightly fisted in Lucien's shirt collar.

lighting practice

oc artwork lucival oc: lucien oc: valentine getting rusty in this coloring style so i come crawling back with the simplest piece possible both in terms of composition and technique lmao working from the ground up am i right

Nagisa, changeling, in his Ravenloft dinner party outfit. He's wearing mostly white, with a feathered shoulder cape/shawl. His shirt is crossed over like a kimono, with a hint of a red undershirt similarly structured. His sash is black and has a black train lined with red on the inside. He wears black dress shoes. His hair is now longer, pink on the top and blonde on the bottom.

a recently updated design of nagisa. this outfit is for the dinner party at ravenloft

oc: nagisa curse of strahd he danced with rahadin in this <3

collection of half-lies and euphemisms

See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

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