The why, I'd guess is: her Pottermore additions Pretty sure her response was terrible as well. I don't feel like looking into that one though, don't want to deal with sifting through the anti-trans rhetoric, right now.

First, Red River, and now this? Everyone, what should I wish for an adaptation of? Might take a lot of years, but we'll see one!

Yeah, they removed it from the anime from what I'm reading online. Looks like Kaho and Eriol's thing are more in the manga, too. CLAMP why?

I actually watched the English dub on TV growing up, so it's funny to read on Wikipedia now. The fact that they tried to make Rika's thing into being afraid of the teacher instead. I still read it as, at the very least, a crush with that original watch.

Sakura's friend Rika is in a relationship with their teacher for one, apparently with an engagement in the manga according to wiki. I mostly watched the anime, so I'll have to trust that. I think Kaho, their substitute teacher later on, is with Eriol, unless I read that one wrong. It's been awhile.

No way! I had no idea this was being made. I kinda loved the isekai before there even was isekai growing up. Escaflowne, Inu Yasha, so I'm glad this got an adaptation cause I reread the manga often.

I don't personally agree with any surgery to a baby, just to make them "normal" or to "fit in". I just think they should have the decision, if it's something that comes up for them. It is not one to one with the main post, female genital mutilation is worse in what is done and for the reasoning behind it, but I was more continuing the conversation about gender reassignment, and how it is happening, just not in the way the person you were responding to was probably thinking.

Yes, and while I find it bad that it happens with down syndrome, as well, I understand there are considerations one might think about with difficulties for every genetic difference. A big thing there though is the difference in expectations for their lives, the broad range of types of intersex mutation, and their amount of presentation. Some don't even know they are intersex until getting genetic testing later in life. In the end, I don't have a say in what people want in their child, or how they feel in their abilities to raise them, so what I'd like to see is a reasonable explanation of expectations with proper research backing it up, then it's all down to the parents.

Well, intersex kids often have "correcting" surgeries done on them at birth, but that's never what they mean, is it?

I decided, thanks to them, to go read a bit more on the subject, as the fact that it happens was all I knew, and it's good to see some countries banning this practice as of 2024, so, at least, that's getting some traction.

As much as I hate being reminded of hoow long ago those times were, the problem with this for me is when I'm searching for stuff like The Eagles or Fleetwood Mac, so I start something like this and get like Nirvana or NIN. Like yeah sure, classic now, but not the mood I wanted when starting that. Is there a different category? No, same one. We need a different word for these two different ages. Oldies was helpful when I wanted 50s stuff growing up, why are we lumping it all into one?

As you can tell this has been bugging me a lot lately. Kind of funny since I was a child in the 90s, so I should be used to these mixing due to the radio.

Amazing little devices. I stuck rockbox on mine, made it even better! I should dig that thing out and see if it still works.

Of course! I hope it helps.

Writing it all out is a reminder to myself, as well. I get that feeling about colours and painting, as a mainly pencil and ink artist. I'm not sure it ever really goes away, there's always some people further along in their art journey. I try to look at it as inspiration, something to work towards. Still somewhat jealous though haha

Find something you want to draw, then try and draw it. Remember the coordination from eye to hand is something learned, so nothing will look the same at first.

If you post this drawing, and the original belongs to someone else (photo, comic, movie, other artwork), make sure you credit and say it's a study of the original.

When you post, it can help to take constructive criticism. Learn how to recognize when it's actually constructive vs someone being rude. Sometimes they will sound like each other, but what you're looking for is the stuff that will actually help you grow.

Check out artists on YouTube (some I can think of right now SamDoesArt, pikat, Proko, Scott Christian Sava) many will have good tips. Scott, I, especially, appreciate as he will show how he's bad with some mediums, or that he messes things up and had to fix things, or just plain never finishes a work.

If it's people or animals, you want to draw, try gesture drawing, where you draw the form of a figure without the details. I've always liked Line of Action's timed tools.

If you want to draw stylized, find what you like about a work, and try it. Still learn realism to understand form and how to stylize it, but have fun, too.

Understand that everyone learns art differently, what works for someone might not for you. Like drawing daily can be great, but just drawing at all, even better. Maybe tossing down some colour then finding shapes helps, maybe following exact tutorials helps wou learn how to get a specific brush stroke you're looking for.

Finally, it sucks, but it's literally. Just. Practice. Practice. Practice. Even when you look at something you've done, and it stinks, remember it was a learning opportunity, and no one has to see it. If you can figure out what is wrong, go practice drawing a bunch of different versions of those parts, see how they work, the shapes that make them up.

Sorry if this is long, I, personally, don't give myself enough time to art anymore, and am not an amazing artist, but I love seeing people get started. Hope everything makes sense

Heck yeah! I watch this one every once in awhile, as I managed to get the DVDs back in the day. Always loved the imaginative deaths, the emotional hits, and how much they made me really like every character somehow.

Still never prepared for some deaths, honestly. The bagel chopper one still makes me cringe.