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This is what I get for thinking out loud on tumblr, I get OVERWHELMED by the replies oh god there’s just too many. Here’s a couple comments I keep seeing:

“None of the characters know how to cook, so Steven has no options.”

You can eat fruits and veggies raw! Writing-wise there’s literally no obstacle that prevents Steven from eating healthy stuff. Any character could cook - or learn to cook - for any number of reasons. It wouldn’t change any fundamentals of the story. Steven himself can already make pancakes. I also recall some source saying that Pearl’s interested in cooking as an art even if she won’t eat any.

“This is how some people actually live, it’s just realistic.”

Welp, in my country fast food is an occasional thing for most people and eating that stuff every day is considered pretty sad and lazy. I guess it’s kind of a… culture shock… the way the show makes NO comment on Steven’s eating habits, as if it’s completely normal and expected. There’s Connie for comparison, though - she has a really strict diet which is basically a joke about her control freak parents. There’s no middle ground on this show, is there?

“Lol who cares?”

I honestly don’t mean to sound condescending about this, everyone should be allowed to eat whatever they like. Hell I’m not a health nut either, I eat candy or ice cream almost every day. I just can’t see a logical reason why the writers/artists feed nothing else but junk to their characters. I don’t think Steven eating an apple or a banana would seem out of character at all, but it just never happens??

“There was that watermelon episode!”

Yeeeeeah that happened.

Isn’t it a bit curious though just how much there’s junk food in Steven Universe? Almost every episode shows Steven munching on donuts, fries, pizza, pancakes, ice cream, or popcorn, or whatever, but I don’t actually remember if I’ve ever seen him eat a dish of healthy food. Except for that episode where they’re stranded on an island and catch some fish, maybe.

I dunno. Obviously it’s part of Steven’s character that he’s just this happy-go-lucky little kid and everyone can relate to his love of yummy stuff. Buuuut I still have to wonder why there’s such a strong focus on snacks and sweets. I know the stereotype of Americans eating greasy junk for every meal but it’s not actually true, right?? (note: I’ve never been to USA)

So are we just… having some sort of mindset that fruits and veggies are inherently too icky and banal for a children’s fantasy cartoon? Wouldn’t it be kinda new and refreshing if Steven got excited about proper food for once? Like a normal home-cooked dish? Case in point: the anime food tag, anything can look TASTY AS HELL when it’s drawn with love

Just my two cents I guess

I’m glad no one’s given me shit about it yet, but yeah, it turns out I was KINDA WRONG about Steven wielding Rose’s sword since they’re obviously giving the sword to Connie now. I always just assumed Connie wouldn’t be allowed to fight because she’s a human and it’s too risky.

Really cool though that Steven’s gonna be a shield-user all the way and will probably keep the pacifist approach to everything. Unless the show gets even darker and he ends up attacking someone, I dunno! Looking forward to Stevenbomb 3, something tells me shit will get very real

I always admired Fumito Ueda’s games for their IMPECCABLE ANIMATION and The Last Guardian doesn’t disappoint!

You can tell they really did their homework studying cats and dogs for this creature. Every movement looks natural, the way the beast carefully places its’ feet on a platform individually and is able to walk and turn around without any kind of twitching or sliding going on. And the way it’s ears perk up when the boy jumps towards it??? Such a tiny detail but you instantly recognize a dog in there. Amazing amazing amazing

I don’t even care if the game ends up being a piece of crap, I’ll be happy just ogling the animation the whole time

Heyyy any of my followers live in Toronto? Can you recommend a local printhouse that can do comic books for a decent price & quality? Just thinking about that TCAF on May 9th is all

I mean I CAN bring copies of Phantomland from home but there’s a limit to how much I can carry, might as well give a shot at printing some at the location

I still have trouble functioning properly, but things are looking better and I’m somewhat getting over my art block, yeah. The trick is to stop giving a shit. Even the crappiest doodles will bring me a little closer to where I wanna be, or at least that’s the mentality I’m trying to have

So yepp you might start seeing some more fanart and other random half-assed stuff from me. Thanks for all the support you’ve been giving me, guys, it’s been super kind of you <3

Here’s the thing though, a pet-peeve I’ve had for years: the whole time I’ve been remotely good at drawing I’ve had the occasional person come up to me and ask if I could draw some porn. I’ve declined basically every time, I’m not really feeling it you know? No biggie right?

But a little too often I’ve met with the implication that people who aren’t into porn are actually just shy/sensitive/naïve/prudish/stuck-up/broken or simply in denial about liking porn. That’s… really kind of a rotten attitude to have, ok? Don’t make judgements on people by their interest or lack of it, we’ll all be much happier that way

(Funnily enough I actually do draw NSFW material once in a blue moon, I just don’t share that stuff online)

In other news I gotta wonder why I ever wanted to write a violent psycho character because this archetype is a minefield of embarrassing tropes and clichés

My fanart got featured on NITW’s official tumblr and twitter, holy shit

(now I wish I had put more effort to it…)

Haha I lost some followers after the rant

That’s too bad - while I intend to dedicate this blog mostly to my drawings, if you annoy me enough I WILL shed my gentle facade and out comes a vicious demonic ~tumblr feminist~ who won’t shut up until I’ve gotten my point across. Just a heads up

Thing is, not only do I play a lot, I will likely work in the videogame industry in the future which means I’m gonna run first-hand into a lot of bullshit that needs to be addressed and fought against. So yes these issues will be increasingly important to me the further I proceed on that path.