Ca1ypso0 - Ca1yps0

my first drawings of 2025

[the archive undying spoilers]

do you think sunai effectively utilized girl power by eating his evil ex boyfriend who killed him and trapping him in an eternal cycle of agony?

anybody like ratskewer!

glowing green eyes

"AI symbiote deeply respectful of its hosts autonomy and thus, though wishing he desired differently, doing everything it can to arrange the world to enable his martyr complex, profoundly annoyed by this presumptuous asshole who keeps stopping him from getting himself killed" is actually an amazing character concept

fresh midnight Question for you:

are there any TAU worldbuilding elements or character facts or whatnot that you wanted to include in the book, but ended up cutting? or alternatively, have any specific story elements you have a burning desire to talk about?

Hm! Some thoughts on queer stuff! Which is ambiently in the text but not so much defined.

I was interested in writing a world with multiple competing theories of queerness, none of which are "perfect" -- in the sense that none of these societies have managed genuine queer liberation (i.e., everyone has the freedom to be who and love however they want). They're not necessarily awful, though some definitely are, but none of it's ideal.

The dominant queer culture originates in the Immaculate Empire and gives us "hermit" and "widow" -- pretty binary terms for a specific variety of desire, often linked with a kind of gender performance. There is no similar term for bi/pansexuality, at least not in the common parlance, so if you're, say, a cis bisexual woman, you'd still be described as a widow, were you engaging in widow-like conduct. The understanding and room for transness is highly dependent on where you are; some states have done that particular brand of evil thing where they see providing trans care as a way to enforce state power, because it's a way to police the binary and deviations from it.

Outside the empire, we get the legacy of downworld "third gender" -- which is actually a catch-all term for queerness. It also...doesn't have any further distinctions. They lump the entirety together in this one category -- which is itself somewhat binarist, as it distinguishes "cishet" from "not that," even though it's on a different axis. So if it's particularly important to you to be perceived in a more specific way, welp! Good luck!! This might actually be pretty chill in a world where authoritarian powers weren't keen on destroying your existence. Unfortunately!

I also have thoughts abt the ways different character relate to these systems of identity and meaning; like Sunai is pretty comfortable swimming between them and has a more fluid sense of self, while Veyadi cleaves more to "hermit" as a term, even though he has a somewhat complicated relationship with it. Jin has latched onto "third gender" even though they're not as bound up in downworld culture as say, Oyu, who is from a downworld caravan, third gender, and presents in a distinctly hermit-like way. And Imaru is the ur-lesbian! Widow supreme! Next question!

Buppy

It is vitally important that I learn to draw the best boy, so that in 8 months I can draw him in silly “Fair Game” meme art.

I think Veyadi should be allowed to kill Ruhi I think it'd make him feel better and also would make me feel better

Ah, yes, teenage boys — famously known for handling emotions and affection in a totally well-adjusted, non-awkward way. Totally.

sunai and veyadi......... sunai...... sunai and veyadi.............su....sunai andv.......sunai and veyadi