On the Care and Handling of Your Atlas-White

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Or, my FAQ.


Q. What program do you use to draw?
A. Paint Tool SAI.

Q. What hardware do you use to draw?
A. A Huion pen tablet. Formerly, a Wacom Bamboo Fun.

Q. Can I make a dub of one of your comics?
A. Sure! All I ask is that you link back to the original comic and be sure to notify me so I can squeal over it. <3

Q. Why do you state some characters' genders in the descriptions of art/comics?
A. Because that is how I depict those characters, and I don't feel comfortable when people misgender them. Moreover, it can become very confusing when I have a character's gender set a certain way and people are using two or three sets of pronouns to describe them.

Q. Why do you tell us not to discuss it?
A. Because in my experience, it never leads to healthy comparison of headcanons, only arguments about how certain characters must be. These are my stories and my depictions, so it is not up for debate whether I depict Mangle as male, Frisk as nonbinary, Springtrap as female, etc. Above all, I just want people to focus on the stories themselves, not get up in arms when they don't match their headcanons.

Q. Why does it make you uncomfortable?
A. Because I have first-hand experience with being misgendered, and it is extremely uncomfortable and can even be dehumanizing to me. Arguing about pronouns or intentionally misgendering characters I have set a certain way hurts me, because it's about more than just the characters themselves. If you respect me and my work, using the correct pronouns for us both shouldn't be a difficult request to fulfill.

Q. What gender are you?
A. Male. 

Q. Are you kin?
A. I am, but I tend to keep that to myself as it's a coping mechanism and not something I want to boast/argue about. Some of them end up being obvious regardless. Anyway, I certainly don't mind talking about my kin if you ask.

Q. Why do you ship ____?
A. Because I see the potential for them to be in a romantic relationship, of course. I am always happy to elaborate on why I ship a certain thing when asked in a respectful (noncombative) manner.

Q. Why is your character [fat/black/blind/etc]?
A. Because that is how I see them. I don't want to be asked anymore why I draw certain characters fat, or of a particular race, or having a particular disorder or disability. Assuming that there is something wrong or different about them perpetuates the idea that the standard must be white, healthy, and completely able, but this world is full of all types of people with all kinds of stories. Again, I am happy to elaborate on why I made certain choices in portrayal when asked in a respectful (noncombative) manner.

Q. Why is Goldie mute?
A. Goldie is mute because he is a suit with no mechanical parts, and doesn't have the capacity to speak. I want to emphasize that he is not broken, and that he thus cannot be "fixed". Goldie would not be happier if he could speak, particularly since Spring Bonnie/Springtrap has no trouble understanding him.

Q. What are your favourite Undertale AUs (not counting your own)?
A. Underswap, Underfell, Storyshift, and Swapfell.

Q. Are there any that make you uncomfortable?
A. Horrortale and Flowerfell; I don't like for these dreadfully lazy AUs to even be mentioned around me due to their use and glorification of domestic abuse, anti-religious symbols, and pedophilia, respectively. (And I think self-harm as well, in the case of the former, but I neither remember nor want to be reminded.)

Q. What are some other things that make you uncomfortable, or things that you just won't draw?
A. Pedophilia and abusive relationships, I absolutely won't even touch on these things. As far as just squicks go, I won't draw scat, but so far that's about it.

Q. What will get me blocked?
A. Intentionally making me uncomfortable by any of the above means or disrespecting me repeatedly; picking fights with me or others about ships, fandom, or character genders (to emphasize once more, just asking about them is fine, but blatantly aggressive behaviour is another matter entirely). Bigoted comments will not be tolerated.

Q. What will get you to fight with me?
A. Nothing. I have neither the time nor the inclination to argue on the internet. I will skip straight to hiding your comment(s).
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FluffyKyubey42's avatar
So you agree that adopted siblings are real siblings.... yet you ship Sans and Papyrus.

Your logic astounds me.