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I’ve written a few posts about things that have influenced my story Catgirl System. Everything in them is true. Characters and themes really were inspired by those. But they were also inspired by…something else. Something deemed too accursed to talk about. …Okay, but before I talk about that, I’ll mention a couple of other things Continue reading "Catgirl System: The Grim, Spicy Truth" The post…
I know that there’s no set speed for finishing art, but after what I consider a frankly absurd amount of time is my finish line finally within reach? I started writing Catgirl System when I was still in grad school. That was 2022. Maybe even 2021. I’m writing this as much as five years later. Significant Continue reading "A Finale I’m Actually Happy About?!" The post A Finale I’m Actually Happy…
I want to do MANY THINGS. Probably TOO MANY THINGS. It simultaneously holds me back and is the secret of my power. It holds me back because when important things and long-term projects stop feeling effortlessly easy, or when a different challenge feels more fun, or when my confidence slips by even 1%, I run Continue reading "Random Creative Energy Spurting Out in Random Directions" The post Random…
If you don’t believe me about it being disgusting, just look at the banner. Or at this: Trading card game art from the boom years is something else. Talk all you want about the unrefined art of early Pokémon or Magic: The Gathering, but I don’t think anything will beat Yu-Gi-Oh for sheer quantity of Continue reading "Dark Secrets of That Disgusting Old Yu-Gi-Oh Card Art" The post Dark Secrets of…
To my mild embarrassment, I ve tacked another hobby on to my list of hobbies: web design. Enter suzypavlis, which is currently a home for the lyrics of, like, six songs in artificial languages that vanishingly few people use. What s On the Site? Translations of song lyrics in the constructed languages (or conlangs—see details below) Lojban Continue reading "suzypavlis: A New Website for Conlang…
In the name of psychoanalyzing myself over and over again until I implode, I’ve recently examined the anime characters I find, or have found, most aesthetically appealing. These are not my favorite boys of 2026. They are my favorites as chosen by my younger selves throughout time and space. Also, because the anime I’ve watched Continue reading "Biased Yet Scientific List of the Greatest Anime…
AKA My Good Friend Columbo From the Memes Helps Me Investigate Gender Roles I wonder if, when times are tough, people are that much more likely to turn not to essential human values, but to their notions of what a Good Man or a Good Woman should do. I say I wonder if because I Continue reading "The Feminine, Masculine, And/Or Nonbinarinine Within?" The post The Feminine, Masculine, And/Or…
All my other blog post WIPs require me to do more research (AKA more watching of shows) and I just haven’t circled back to that. Yet I wanted to post something, so here I am! I like colors, I think they are very pleasing, please enjoy a carousel of color-related topics. I remember being five Continue reading "Colors Are So Delicious" The post Colors Are So Delicious appeared first on Joi Massat .
Okay, get this: did you know that gender, sex, sexuality, romance, and aesthetic attraction…that they…that they might, might…they might…you know, they….they might be related??? I honestly didn’t because I thought I was too weird and too far beyond these things. It took some really roundabout reflection to reach these roundabout conclusions. It feels strange coming Continue reading "Tales from the…
Seriously, how am I doing with this story? In my last writing update of 2024, I announced a new ultimatum for myself: that I would finish Catgirl System completely and totally within this summer. The finish line is close enough that I can smell it, yet I…don’t think I’m going to be hitting that goal. Continue reading "We Want Catgirl System and We Want It Now!" The post We Want Catgirl System and…