The thing with telling “cliche” stories, but with representation, is… these stories aren’t cliche for us.
Picture this. The people at the table next to you have been getting chocolate cake as a dessert for YEARS. After every meal, they get a chocolate cake. Now, it’s been years, and the people at that table can barely stand chocolate anymore. They want maybe a cheesecake. Or lemon mousse.
But your table? Has NEVER had chocolate cake. Mousse is also good, but you are SO hungry for that chocolate cake, cause you never had it before, and it’s brand new for you, and you’ve been watching the other table eat it for YEARS.
That’s what’s like getting a “cliche” story that’s representative. Has it been done a million times before? Yes. Has it ever been done for US? Well… no. Maybe it’s the 500th chocolate cake in existence, but all the other chocolate cakes weren’t meant for us (girls/PoC/queer folk/disabled folk/etc)
So it being cliche is not a bad thing. You may not want chocolate cake anymore. But we want our slice too.
See my issue with this whole “I know nsfw adult blogs monitor their followers for kids!” and all that excuse for this ban is that a lot of you guys seem to forget you don’t need to follow someone to see their blog??? You don’t even need an ACCOUNT to see someone’s blog. Monitoring your followers and properly tagging your nude photos and etc. doesn’t stop kids from seeing them.
I’m having the hardest time here in Japan, but I’m so glad I decided to join @otayuribigbang this year ;;; I already joined some fanzines doing a single drawing with my own idea, but having the chance to illustrate someone’s story was really nice ~ Thank you for giving me the change to draw your fic @thelamestfad !
Once I’m back on my feet I hope I can join this kind of project again ヾ(｡･ω･)ｼ
*I’ll edit the post later to add the link to the fic and a few more information! also right now my most active platform is twitter: weruwerutaiga or tsukicos
Kismet and Chaos 