soloveitchik:

Sometimes I think about how Maddie Blaustein, one of the main voice actresses of Meowth in Pokémon, was an intersex Jewish trans woman who died at 48 of an untreated stomach virus. A virus that she probably could have survived had she had money/adequate access to healthcare. Not long before the end of her life, all the people doing voice work for Pokémon were fired for cheaper replacements. Afterwards, Maddie had trouble finding work because of transmisogyny and this inevitably affected her personal and financial life for the worse.

Maddie was also an artist and comic book writer. In her voice work, she is credited with voicing Meowth in over 750 episodes. According to Maddie’s friend, Aaron McQuade, the Pokémon episode, “Go West, Young Meowth,” inspired her to come out to her coworkers as a trans woman.

“We learn the story of how Meowth learned to speak like a human: He fell in love with another Meowth, and decided to learn English and to stand upright to impress her. It failed horribly, and the female Meowth called him a freak. Meowth was a human trapped in a Pokémon’s body,” said McQuade.

Maddie was beloved by a generation for her voice work, broke industry boundaries and was an inspiration to other voice actors. Her life was one of both incredible achievement and absolutely heartbreaking circumstances. We should remember Maddie Blaustein.

biznasties:

if you’ve ever had a crush on me god bless your poor misguided heart

fjordlavorre:

fjordlavorre:

IT WONT LET ME CALL HIM TODD HOWARD

todd howard is a slur in the elder scrolls universe

everythingliar:

Twitter / Facebook / Patreon (real diary comic)

[4-panel comic. May 17, 2019.
Panel 1: There’s something in my chest.
Panel 2: It’s tired and craving nachos.
Panel 3: I think it’s me.
Panel 4: I hope it gets what it wants.]

everythingliar:

Twitter / Facebook / Patreon (real diary comic) / Instagram

[4-panel comic. June 15, 2019.
Panel 1: When my sleeplessness refuses to tell me where it hurts
Panel 2: and my ambition asks me why I’m still here,
Panel 3: I pretend I can still be everything I want to be
Panel 4: until I can.]

crushsuggestions:

if i was leading my soulmate out from the underworld i’d simply not look back

sexanax:

who wants to PayPal me money for nothing in return serious inquires only

nerdreamer:

i hate this

manywinged:

manywinged:

fingerless gloves are functionally kind of pointless but aesthetically so, so sexy

*wears my fingerless gloves with matching black nail polish and a leather jacket and combat boots* i’m a rebel. a punk. i defy the system. i cannot be tamed.