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CW: blunt self harm and ableist slur

I'm working on scenes from the wrong book again, but ironically since RttS Book 3 isn't under NDA, I can put it here. I redid an older doodle comic version of this scene and it's a lot more intense now because apparently I needed some Autism Catharsis very badly this week. The prelude to this is Idrisah interpreting Shyam's lack of a response to Talita's fawning over the course of the book as rudely ignoring her feelings, which is definitely not what's actually going on.

Since the rough pages for the first book are complete, I've been compiling all the random scraps I've written of the next three books. It's weird to think that by the time all four books are done, I'll probably be the same age as some of the main characters.

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Topknot

Oof, that lash out and then melt down, I felt that. I also really like how her tail moves around a lot when she's upset, twining around her like it's trying to protect her. It's cool to see you draw characters emoting in ways that Humans can't and it still being easy, even for folks like myself, to interpret. Also I love how much Idrisah cares about her friend. That she knows all Talita's ways of emoting well enough not only to interpret them correctly but to explain them to someone else so concisely really shows that she pays attention to Talita and cares about how she feels.

Anonymous

Man, that was really harsh, but I know that it is accurately depicting an autistic meltdown. I appreciate that Idrisah didn't panic or leave, or even try to stop Shyam from hurting herself (which would probably have been my first response), but patiently waited for her to calm down so she could explain.

Anonymous

god even though you added a content warning that slur hit me in the face. that is some amazing emotion you put into those first few pages, good job!

Zi

Goddamn... this page just absolutely broke my heart I'm not autistic, but I can definitely relate

Anonymous

It’s so great seeing all this come together! Very exciting to hear you talking about multiple RttS books and planning how the bits of narrative you’ve shown us so far fit into a larger whole.

Anonymous

I love this so much. This project is my newest favorite thing and since I started reading and engaging with these characters i've come to expand my knowledge and apreciate so many things about gender, identity, disability, etc; and it's helping me to know myself better. I'm so thankful for having found this project, it has highly impacted and benefited my life.

Anonymous

Oof this was a hard one to read. Really cathartic to see myself in Shyam so directly though. This is really well done!! Thank you for posting it Jay

Anonymous

As someone who is autistic as well you seriously did a really great job depicting how intense and painful and overwhelming a meltdown can be. Happy to see Idrisah handle it so well too, shes a great friend :-)

Anonymous

The meltdown hurts so good and makes me feel Seen, like I have been *exactly* there more times than I can count. I love the expansion of this whole scene so much

Anonymous

SWEETIES. I love them.

Anonymous

The meltdown really resonates. I've been there too, with a lot of similar behaviors. I'm glad Idrisah's reaction and response was helpful for Shyam.

Anonymous

this hit a bit close to home and made me cry, all good though and I love how Idrisah responded with given actual pointers for reading Talita once she realized what was up /gen