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I love me a pseudo-historical arranged marriage au but it always nudges my suspension of disbelief when the author has to dance around the implicit expectation that an arranged marriage should lead to children, which a cis gay couple can't provide.

I know for a lot of people that's irrelevant to what they want from an Arranged Marriage plot, but personally I like playing in the weird and uncomfortable implications.

So, I've been thinking about how you would justify an obviously barren marriage in That Kind of fantasy world, and I thought it'd be interesting if gay marriage in Ye Old Fantasy Land was a form of soft disinheritance/abdication.

Like, "Oh, God, I don't want to be in this position of power please just find me a boy to marry", or, "I know you should inherit after you father passes but as your stepmother/legal guardian I think it'd make more sense if my kids got everything, so maybe consider lesbianism?", or "Look, we both know neither of our families has enough money to support that many grandkids, so let's just pair some spares and save both our treasuries the trouble".

Obviously this brings in some very different dynamics that I know not everyone would be pinged by, but I just think it'd be neat.

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I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

current fan creation landscape is kinda like if you went to a party with a homemade cake and everyone takes a slice and silently thumbs up at you with no attempt to start a conversation except for occasionally some guy sits in the corner with a tape recorder critiquing the cake as though he was a restaurant critic and another guy is handing the cake to an uber driver like "yeah i need you to find a restaurant that makes cake like this so i can have more of it" and the only person that's talked to you in 30 minutes is a very sweet little guy who was like "hey i liked your cake" and then ran away apologizing for bothering you the moment you said thank you.

Ok wait let her speak

Gonna get myself a fun little surprise I guess

POWERSWAP!

Patton as Deceit - Cheshire Cat motif and grin, but also cat eyes. He looks so approachable and his words are like honey and poison, always insisting that you need to lie because you can’t hurt your friends feelings, that would be super cruel!

Logan as Anxiety - exhausted but never able to sleep because you have to get things DONE OR YOU MIGHT FAIL AND WE CAN’T COPE WITH THAT?!?!! Super socially anxious. Tie is always undone slightly.

Virgil as Morality - super cautious about all the feelings because he has to protect Thomas’s heart. He insists that he be cautious around everyone because he can’t stand the idea that Thomas might get hurt. Heart patches on hoodie.

Roman as Logic - dapper and the glasses are only because he insists they make him look smarter. In his mind Thomas must push for his dreams for they hold new insights, and try new and exploratory things! It’s logical to chase your passions after all, and healthy too! Always make time for the things that make you happy and always strive to learn all that you can, right?

Deceit as Creativity - grade A optimist, he insists Thomas sees the world in a better lens than what it is. Reality? Ignore it! Make new worlds and take ideas as far as they can go! Always striving to help Thomas’s acting and encouraging him and giving him tips to improve. Vitiligo on his eye instead of scales.

They are all good at what they do but something is very wrong. Maybe it’s because Virgil accidentally fell through that mirror? Nothing seemed quite right to him after that but he can’t quite remember what the problem is…..

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