I Feel Like We Don't Talk Enough About The Power Battle Jackets Give On A Daily Basis. When I Go Out

I feel like we don't talk enough about the power battle jackets give on a daily basis. When I go out in public people typically walk into me and talk down to me-- being short, queer and fem-presenting (against my own will). When I put on my battle jacket, people assume I could kick their ass. People walk around me, ignore me or are extra polite. When I'm polite and chipper back it's a pleasant surprise for them.

While this speaks to the profiling that goes on towards people with tattoos and who dress punk, as a 5'3" neurodivergent trans man those assumptions give me power. People assume I'm capable instead of weak. People think I'm a threat and I get respect because of it, then I get to break down those assumptions by being kind and gentle. It's wonderful.

I customized my converse a little while back and I'm pretty happy with them

I used white fabric paint for the eyes and painted the grommets with black nail polish. The stitching was colored in with a sharpie which has held up better than i thought. I had to stitch the rubber back onto the canvas on the right one.

Is it just me or is getting asked if you're talking to your boyfriend/girlfriend whenever you're on your phone the most annoying shit in the world?

Like no, you dense sack of bricks, I'm looking up a recipe for cheesecake

Dude the jacket with the cipher zodiac on the back is beautiful, now I really want to make one irl

"Mystery, Mystical, Menace"

Just hopping on trends (as usual)

I think it's clear that the theme is Bill Cipher (without the "possession" for ma ocs :v)

And I wanted to give the remarkable stages of Bill Cipher from the show~ Instead of making everything yellow…

•The first being when Bill Cipher was this whole "Who is this guy" type of mystery

•To then, seeing him making deals that sounded fair until it wasn't

•And finally seeing his true form~ (Could've added a fourth one as being his stoned form, but I dunno… Don't know what Oc would fit into that narrative)

(Also, scrapped ideas that were kinda fun to see)

me while writing: ah yes, this character should do this, it feels so natural with what they're saying

me while editing: why the FUCK does he lean on the doorway SEVENTEEN TIMES IN THIS CHAPTER

This started as an Art Fight attack for @leonenjoyer69 but I got super carried away with the concept. I LOVE your idea of Lanyon accidentally taking HJ7, and Jekyll being there for it? Horrific, I love it. Here's an angst comic for ya. >:D