sublime photography too. it really just feels like earnest, sincere photos from a teen. and that adds onto the horror of mundanity. short and simple and just, so so horrid all around
thank you :)) i'd be lying if i said that the horror didn't lie in how mundane it was. really wanted to make something that looks tame on the label but just gets worse and worse. and then you don't realise how bad its gotten !
so it's about baseball. and you realise it's not about baseball anymore. and you realise it's everything to do inbetween and also baseball and more. and you realise that things are going to shit because of baseball. but it was never about baseball? but you think it was / and you think it is / and it gets worse.
what a fucking masterclass in storytelling. if i had a fucking dime for every time i was floored by your writing wrt the indomitable american/canadian dream i'd have two dimes. which is crazy. the environment in which this takes place in is sublime and there's always such a heavy, heavy weight to your writing that compels me in ways few other works can compare up to. and again, the way baseball is used to illustrate ys and yamos and everything else. it's so insane. it's so genius. nobody does it like you and pilot and i will keep looking forward to more of the stuff you make. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
but yeah, thank you for the vn... it's beautiful. i've heard time and time again about how horridly asian women are treated in western countries (in person) and also online! so thank you for not sugarcoating it ^^
southeast asian tgirl here. there's definitely a huge racism issue in online queer spaces that are left unreckoned with by white tgirls specifically because there is a subconscious premise that due to their own oppression, they are unable to inflict that same oppression onto other people, yet this is very much not the case. it's so fucking jarring whenever i see people say "i'm in a chinese time of my life right now" unironically because it goes to show just how Dense people can be especially while thinking that the culture and lived experiences of a marginalised demographic (like themselves!) are simply traits or quirks they can co-opt. which is insane, especially with regards to just how alienated and idealised asian culture has been made in recent times. what a fucking gut punch. today i will celebrate by not drying my hair, and getting a cold, like usual
it's the first time ever in my life that i have hair this long! time to get sick to a no longer false premise!
the setting hits really close to home as well. in a time where everything is trying to burn you alive and consume you, the worst thing is having the comforting warmth of someone you trust end up becoming worse than the blazing sun
beautiful beautiful visual aesthetic and really trippy writing are the first two things that come to mind. everyone in the story feels strained and terrible in ways that i never thought were possible. minus the nematodes (they keep dying) and the slug empress (thank you for the hug) but genuinely even with a hard to follow story i think that it just feels like having a punch to the gut over and over visualised and verbalised through such a raw presentation. enjoyed it a lot, even though there were some parts in the writing that i couldn't understand as well, and the text would blend into the background at times
