Drawing I've Made As Reward For Donations To Care For Gaza In The Context Of The TGCF Gotcha For Gaza

I thought of many ways to celebrate the fact that, as of last October, I've been doing cosplay for 10 years. After finally having the chance of watching "Mononoke: Phantom in the Rain," it became clear to me that Kusuriuri, my most beloved cosplay, was the correct choice. Although I made him three years into my cosplay journey, he somehow summarises everything I love about this hobby.

Top to bottom, left to right. Usernames with / are from Instagram:

• 2017, Colombia. Cure Cosplay Collection selection. Photo by juegame.co • 2017, Colombia. OZ Fest Barranquilla. Photo by Emilio Tapia • 2017, Colombia. Photoshoot in Barranquilla. Photo by @/prismphotography01 • 2017, Spain. Salón del Manga de Barcelona. Photo by @linipik • 2017, United Kingdom. DokiDoki Manchester. Photo by @/kev_pack • 2018, Colombia. SOFA. Hyper Kusuriuri by @/tagaku2 and photo by @/eduardo.avellaneda • 2020, Colombia. Taller Nipón. Photo by @/andyhip.fotografia • 2021, Colombia. DigiKomi cosplay contest application. Photo by myself • 2023, Germany. Japanese PopUp Berlin. Photo by myself • 2023, Germany. Polaris Hamburg. Photo by @/timetraveling_tine • 2024, Germany. Hanami, Gärten der Welt. Movie Kusuriuri by @/dracia_anderson and photo by my flatmate • 2024, Germany. MEX Berlin. Photo by CosBase

I intend to make the new Kusuriuri for next year. It'll be lovely to have them together.

Let's get cozy, friend.

[crow-time.com]

“Our culture suffers from terminal brainworms when it comes to artistic expression. We are under the impression that art is something ‘special people’ do, and to do it well makes you a genius and to do it poorly is embarrassing. This sectioning-off of ‘the art world, for artists,’ from regular life and regular people is completely artificial and it is bad for the soul of your society.

You see, for most of history and in current cultures that do not have this psychological disorder, you do not sing because you’re a singer, you sing because you’re a person—it’s fucking singing! Religious institutions are one of the last places that we still understand that singing is an innately human participatory social act, not the exclusive domain of fuckin’…Ariana Grande.

The result of removing this stigma and arbitrary qualification required to do something as simple as draw or dance isn’t just less self-hatred, less insecurity, less anxiety, better community, better connection to your body, more holistic communion with others and the world around you, and simple indulgence in your fundamental humanity—it also results in categorically better artists.”

CJ the X, 7 Deadly Art Sins

Images for my fics

My archaic ass refuses to use a proper image hosting service, so given that I have to move my dumb fic memes once again, I'll try to host them here.

Isn't that my cat?

Grow on me

Didi

Heavenly Damnation:

Treasure Hunting in the Clouds:

At least in my country, unidentified corpses are labeled "N.N.", which originally comes from the Latin "nomen nescio" ("name unknown") and nowadays is usually interpreted as the English words "no name."

Wu Ming isn't a name, is a N.N. label, yet it has become the denominator of the most singular character whose tragic destiny pained Xie Lian and ourselves the most.

tgcf fans are so funny cause literally all you have to do is utter wuming's name and everyone will receive psychic damage

Chapter 3: A package? For... someone

One of my goals for 2024 is to write in a more relaxed and spontaneous way, and here's my first step in that direction.

Summary: After a series of unfortunate events, Xie Lian’s old friends allow him to crash their couch for a few weeks. Upon arrival, Xie Lian is amazed by the amount of online shopping Feng Xin and Mu Qing do, and even more by the extremely awkward timing of the local postman who brings their parcels. How is it possible that this man only rings whenever Xie Lian is in the shower?!

Lucanis: "For what it's worth, Spite seems to miss him."

Emmrich: "Does he?"

Lucanis: "Sort of like a cat when you shutter the windows and stop him from watching birds."

ABCDMXTX - Day 16: Pei Ming.

This one is based on the fic No Paths Are Bound by Evie.

List of prompts.

ABCDMXTX - Day 13: Mu Qing.

I read somewhere that Mu Qing uses a zhanmadao (horse-slicing curved sword) and I never looked back.

List of prompts.

ALOK VAID-MENON Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness 1x03 (2022)