Cross
@cain-toad.bsky.social
Putting fictional characters in situations since the late 1900s | 33 | he/they
May I offer you a WIP of some classic Gothic literature boys in distress in these trying times?
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
May I offer you a WIP of some classic Gothic literature boys in distress in these trying times?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
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DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
September 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
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I can draw anything. I can make characters as abstract or grounded as I please. I can put them in peril or paradise at the flick of a wrist and the wisp of a whim. I can tear them to shreds and they'll be fine because I decide they're fine. Because it's all fake. You are trying to chain daydreams
September 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I can draw anything. I can make characters as abstract or grounded as I please. I can put them in peril or paradise at the flick of a wrist and the wisp of a whim. I can tear them to shreds and they'll be fine because I decide they're fine. Because it's all fake. You are trying to chain daydreams
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Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
September 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
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Begone puritan
August 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Begone puritan
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JUNK FOOD- chomp chomp
Chomp
2025
Chomp
2025
August 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUNK FOOD- chomp chomp
Chomp
2025
Chomp
2025
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i do not share the author's barely disguised fetish but i will defend to the death their right to publish it
July 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
i do not share the author's barely disguised fetish but i will defend to the death their right to publish it
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I wasnt meant to work 40 hours per week I was meant to be some rich eccentric Renaissance art patron's gay slutty little live in pet artist that just wears a silk robe and cries all day while occasionally adding a brush stroke or two to the canvas
June 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wasnt meant to work 40 hours per week I was meant to be some rich eccentric Renaissance art patron's gay slutty little live in pet artist that just wears a silk robe and cries all day while occasionally adding a brush stroke or two to the canvas
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Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
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if it wasn't clear, I am viciously opposed to generative-ai. I am opposed to the theft of art and writing to coddle those without imagination or skill, I am opposed to the way it has decimated careers. asking me to participate in a paid sponsorship for generative-ai is not only laughable but cruel.
March 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
if it wasn't clear, I am viciously opposed to generative-ai. I am opposed to the theft of art and writing to coddle those without imagination or skill, I am opposed to the way it has decimated careers. asking me to participate in a paid sponsorship for generative-ai is not only laughable but cruel.
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„People don't want to take the time to love things anymore.“
omg if this isn’t the truth. Be it hobbies, fandoms, activities, media, even owning things. Everything is accelerated to a point of meaninglessness.
omg if this isn’t the truth. Be it hobbies, fandoms, activities, media, even owning things. Everything is accelerated to a point of meaninglessness.
A boomer asked me why I wasn't using IA "considering the amount of time I'd win" and they just wouldn't understand how the point of a hobby was to actually spend time on it.
People don't want to take the time to love things anymore (and I blame capitalism and hyper production/consumption for that)
People don't want to take the time to love things anymore (and I blame capitalism and hyper production/consumption for that)
March 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
„People don't want to take the time to love things anymore.“
omg if this isn’t the truth. Be it hobbies, fandoms, activities, media, even owning things. Everything is accelerated to a point of meaninglessness.
omg if this isn’t the truth. Be it hobbies, fandoms, activities, media, even owning things. Everything is accelerated to a point of meaninglessness.
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did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great
March 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great
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Also, I hereby proclaim next week to be the mental health week. You will only be allowed to do good stuff for your mind and body like drawing your OCs kissing and cleaning your room and eating warm food. Go to the comic store and buy yourself some yaoi. Go to the museum and meditate in the garden.
February 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also, I hereby proclaim next week to be the mental health week. You will only be allowed to do good stuff for your mind and body like drawing your OCs kissing and cleaning your room and eating warm food. Go to the comic store and buy yourself some yaoi. Go to the museum and meditate in the garden.
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“But I don’t want people to think I’m cringe” I have met people who think swords are cringe. SWORDS. Do you really want to live a swordless life so the most boring people in the world don’t think you’re cringe.
"oh no i can't do that people will think i'm weird"
People are incredible normies. Someone will ALWAYS think you're weird. Don't stifle your entire life for some boring rando's approval.
People are incredible normies. Someone will ALWAYS think you're weird. Don't stifle your entire life for some boring rando's approval.
January 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“But I don’t want people to think I’m cringe” I have met people who think swords are cringe. SWORDS. Do you really want to live a swordless life so the most boring people in the world don’t think you’re cringe.