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Wink! Pinup Calendar art is done!

My app to the BNHA pinup calendar got accepted last year, which I was already stoked about. Then I got the double treat of being assigned a Fuyumi solo page art!! It's done and submitted and I'm SO HAPPY WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT. It's sexy and suggestive and I think this is one of the best things I've painted.

I also got to do some spot art for a couple of my other faves! They're not as polished as some of the other spot arts because I spent most of my available time on the page art XD but I think they're really cute and I'm proud of them, too.

I'm not a merch person, but all of the art everyone has made is a feast for the eyes and I'll be DELIGHTED if the calendar sells enough that I get a contributor copy and have it on my wall.

Current Mood: accomplished

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Fuyumi Femslash Week Thoughts

I finished running my first event, Fuyumi Femslash Week! My bar for success was: "Run it and don't stress out too much."

Success! The most important thing: did I have fun? Actually, I enjoyed it more than I thought I would!

PROMOTION/SOCIAL MEDIA
I knew starting out that promotion would be the hardest part for me, because I'm terminally worried about being a bother. So I was in a sort of constant tug of war between that and 'if I wasn't the one running this, I'd want to know about it at every opportunity.' Even though I meant to do more promotion, I wanted to balance that with not putting too much pressure on myself. Ultimately I did what I felt comfortable with and didn't push myself too hard, so I'm happy with that. Social media/promotion is hard and I admire people who are good at it!

In the future I'd try to have a bigger lead time or run it with someone, which I think would be more fun anyway.

OTHER THOUGHTS

I was very happy with the level of engagement that it got, considering the time of year and the fact that it happened concurrently with the Dabi Reveal episodes, so lots of Dabihawks content was also being made at this time. Lots of people enjoyed the work! Especially me! I fuckin loved seeing it!

I had some other thoughts about what I could've done better, but in the spirit of things I'm leaving those out.

FUTURE EVENTS?
I would love to do more events in the future. In the discord there's definitely interest in more WLW stuff, especially Fuyumi-related. There were a few people who were interested in a bang/zine. I'd be thrilled to make something like that happen but I think it's something I would need to work up to; I definitely don't have the expertise to run a bigger event right now.

I would also want to put a lot of effort in, because the best events I've participated in have had active, energetic mods - but I also need to make sure I don't stop actually making art, so I'd need to make sure I can keep a balance. I'll keep an eye open to see if there are any mod applications open for bangs, events and such, and apply if it fits.

For now, the organizer of Miruyumi week can't do it anymore, so I picked it up for 2023 and I'm looking forward to that.

Current Mood: aggravated

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Oops, event overlap

Was bumming around on tumblr and came across the line, "Miruyumi week 2022, December 6th-13th"

"Oh bugger," I said to myself, because that's exactly when I'm planning to run Fuyumi Femslash Week. I said a few more culturally appropriate curses like "bollocks, anjing, cibai, pukimak," to make sure all my bases were covered, and then I calmed down.

This might have been avoided if I had run an interest check... but I simply didn't have the time, especially with my wrist injury limiting what I could do.

Honestly though, it's an understandable mistake, especially given that this is the first online event I've run. I did my homework trying to find out if there were other events during that time and I must have missed it; and nobody I ran the date by noticed or were aware, either. So I don't feel too guilty about it because I feel I put in my due diligence. Plus it's Fuyumi-centered and I have the nsfw/dead dove prompts so it's different enough.

It's just regrettable because a) there aren't that many f/f events going around, especially for specific ships - even more so compared to the glut of hyperspecific m/m events - and b) I don't want people (including me) to burn out making content for too many events.

I don't have the time or energy to mess around changing the dates, especially because I'm doing a lot of the graphics in addition to promo/etc. What I will do is extend the duration I'm monitoring the account - up to a month - so people can participate in both if they want to can still do so with less time pressure.

And it can't be more crammed than September was, what with the wlw bang, valkyries and various zine deadlines. Which was wonderful, but also a lot!

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BNHA chapter 365: Miruko

Ever since the start of this arc I've been dreading what might happen to Miruko, and I need to get it off my chest, so I'm going to talk about it now despite the fact that events haven't concluded yet.

Needless to say, spoilers abound.

( 1. Representation and Buff Brown Women, or, Why I Take It Personally. )

( 2. The Misogynoir Discussion. )

( 3. Why Miruko Dying Would Suck, Part 1: Character Development or Lack Thereof )

( 3. Why Miruko Dying Would Suck, Part 2: Undermining One of the Show's Main Themes. )

I'm hesitant about posting this more publicly, because BNHA isn't resolved yet and everything I say might end up being wrong. I'm also worried about being accused of overreacting or reaching for the misogynoir section, or taking it too seriously. Is it even my place to talk about misogynoir? On the other hand, I can't be the only person thinking this, surely. I'm considering posting these thoughts somewhere more people will see them because, apart from anything else I spent a long ass time writing this when I should've been doing other things.