A little beachy get together of a lot of (not all) my trans femme characters!!

A thing I meant to post before the end of Pride Month. Since I didn't draw anything this year, I wanted to post this piece from summer 2020 that I never posted. June 2022 was really rough, so I’m also calling on some past good vibes. All we have are each other.

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Happy trans day of visibility to them specifically

I'd like to shoutout to my best friend who suffers through my delusions, silly little theories and fixations on Alan Wake and the Remedy-verse despite knowing fuck all about the existence of Remedy until several months ago.

Week 1: My Top 10 comfort sapphic characters

15-week sapphic challenge

“You’re making me extremely nervous…!”

Before the colonial conquest, much of the US was a managed forest-garden. Through controlled burns, bison runs, terracing, earth works, and farming, the entire continent ranged in between what used to be understood as hunter-gathering and settled agriculture. It was not a pristine “first nature,” wilderness, or unsettled. People lived in and remade nature.

Max Ajl, A People’s Green New Deal

Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock and Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom in The Producers (1967)

Sorry not sorry for bringing live action couples back

These two were made for each other and I fucking hated their ending

There’s no picture on earth that could do Max Patch justice. I have been wanting to see this spot for years. Max patch was the last hike on my list that I haven’t been to yet, and the one corner of Pisgah I haven’t explored. So, I made a special trip today because it was my last Saturday before I move.

I’ve never choked up at a view before, but this place filled me with a rush of emotions. What a year it’s been. What a place to close this chapter. Max Patch is by far the most beautiful view I have seen here. Pisgah, I love you so so much.

do mike and el even make eye contact once after the two day time skip??? we know they don’t talk (on screen) but like... i’m trying to remember back and i cannot think of a moment in the last 30 minutes where they even look at each other at the same time. what the fuck?

It must have been rough

somewhere in the future elizabeth and mia have a daughter called willow

every day i think about Her

The way that Max is acting this season is extremely out of character. He would hate Helen nor would he bail on speaking to her one last time. Not after falling in love with Helen. It just didn’t make sense. To be honest, I have no beef with Wyler and Max getting together. My issue is that Sharpwin took 3 seasons to finally get together. The writers showed us that there was chemistry. They didn’t just tell us. Max was never apprehensive about getting together with Helen. Max’s new relationship with Wyler is strange. Their first kiss seemed forced.

I would have nothing to say about that ship if it was developed properly and Max didn’t have so much animosity towards Helen. I had to stop watching the show after episode two aired because of that animosity issue. On Tuesday, I binged watched eight episodes before episode 11 aired. I wish I hadn’t.  I’m so happy that the series is taking a two week break before airing the final two episodes. And the ratings are down and a new negative sector of the fan base has flooded the hashtag on Twitter. Their tweets are filled with micro aggressions and shade towards Helen. It’s a mess!

I literally haven't watched a single episode since last year's finale. I KNEW they were going to shit the bed. I knew that they weren't even going to attempt to handle anything maturely anymore. Not after the way Iggy was written, not after the way Lauren was written, and they lost me on Floyd a LONG time ago. Helen was the final straw. I could stomach that this show was about Max. It was supposed to be based on a real man's journey as director of the hospital and it cast STELLAR stars. The addition of Wilder was honestly one of my favorites and I'm actually sad that she showed up so close to the end of the show because I wanted more of her. He did have apprehension about being with Helen because his feelings for her started before his wife even died. His grief and guilt kept them apart longer than it needed to. His anger and heartbreak should be doing the same right now. To be completely honest I saw chemistry between Wilder and Max and you're right it could've been believable if it had been developed. The real question we need to be asking is why they felt the need to rush and pair them up at all?

Black women and black mixed race women show up and are ready to give great performances, often stealing the show and pulling the story line in ways that aren't predicted by the creators. Sure, they cast them, they had screen tests and they knew they were right for the part but they consistently and CONSTANTLY misjudge how many watched the show for those women characters and how many fans literally tap out in frustration when their roles get reduced or when they are sidelined. If I read one more press release that says;

"Thank you so much for your support but I think I've taken this character as far as they could go, thank you all who supported BLANK and their stories and thank you so much for the opportunity and chance to play this amazing character."

Which translates to,

"Every week I am handed a script where I'm confused as to where or what my character should be doing because it is either the EXACT same thing that happened last week and it seemed as though they would be moving on or addressing it or, I've noticed I have almost no lines, I'm barely invited on press junkets anymore on top of the fact that no one can or is willing to do my hair and make-up and I've noticed a disturbing uptick of rabid fans who hate me for something every other character on the show has done. But I can't burn any bridges or tell the truth about it because it's still Hollywood and Black women BARELY get work as it is."

They didn't plan on their chemistry, and if they didn't want it to be that way they could have asked their directors to DIRECT Ryan and Freema to behave more platonically. They are actors and they capable because they are both GOOD at their jobs.

I know that fans who turned into stans in recent years have gotten downright ugly towards creators who didn't write what they wanted but sometimes it was just literal garbage. There's also a certain segment of the fan population who you HAVE to pay homage to if you have an interracial ship with a white male lead and you're seeing them lob microaggressions and pretty soon it'll be flat out racist attacks because for the UPTEENTH time showrunners chose to make the black woman a dart board. And BTW they have always been there, the amount of people especially in the comment section of TVLine had their fingers crossed Helen would die in the season one finale. Sharpwin fans have just been louder and bigger for so long it was easy to drown them out.

This answer is getting long because I could go ON and ON about this particular subject and how so many shows reinforce and have this trope to placate certain fans. I should call it White Woman First Trope. EVERY show goes to hell because of it.

i’m probably one of like two other people who ship them but... max and elizabeth 

Hey BatFam!! Another Day Another Billboard!!!

If you're in NYC here are some dates and times to see this one! If you post pics don't forget to use #SaveBatwoman & #HBOMaxSaveBatwoman 🦇🦇❤🖤