Hey, this might be a hot take and I won't apologize for that but I hate AI so fucking much it's unreal
I only have two moods: Gothy punk puppy girl bitch, mom
Sorry folks, I *love* the new look for Ocarina of Time; the faces are a little uncanny but cool overall. I love how they aged Ganondorf in the adult era too :)
[Author's note -- These two things *are* related]
When I first got into doing web design stuff, the big thing was using Adobe Dreamweaver to write code, and it was really bad and put in so much redundant code, so I learned early on that doing things by paw was better, even if it took longer. Anyway, AI sucks and is bad
So uh, my SRS was scheduled today, and y'know, I'm pretty anxious, nervous...excited... afsdfsdv
Me, crossfaded in the Louvre, "This is art...It's art, right?????????", I say, looking at a janitor in the corner
On track to start taking Halloween comms on the 1st, proud of myself ^w^
Sore losers |3
https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/trans.htm
A hug from Chiitan would fix me
Therian friendly architecture
I cooked so good with this latest piece, need it to be the morning so I can upload it
Will try out Fluxer, feel free to add :3
Rowedahelicon#3597
Stock sorted, I think I have more elsewhere unless I actually just did sell out of some things at FWA
The goals today:
1. Finally get my stock of candles sorted out
2. Finally start hosting them for sale on my Ko-Fi
3. Continue working on the art queue
4. (Bonus) I wanted to setup an alt account for my trans ramblings
Got my Furpoc room :)
I like how this reads as if they're totally threatening him, his family, and his little dog too
So many people are responsible for me still being alive and happy here today, my biggest desire has always been to help people be themselves and be happy doing so.
I know at least two people, maybe more, who were encouraged to start HRT because of me. Presumably my openness about my transition and the journey so far. I don't try to be anyone's idol or whatever, but it's a nice feeling if I can help others find themselves.
Halo is such a cursed franchise these days
This post is just for my fedi-friends, howl're y'all?
Got my claws painted and a security guard called me ma'am
I think every trans person needs to collect every post they've ever made about how they're *definitely not trans* and frame it
(Girl who is so burnt out) T-time to lock in!!!
It's August 5th, that means a year ago today, I legally changed my name. <3
My favorite account on FurAffinity right now is this one where this person is just drawing dozens of wolves over and over and over, saying they're practicing to "draw the picture of my dreams." and it's just the most encouraging thing tbh
Friendship is AI generated
Like, this *has* to be a joke???
Gay rights in general would be invalidated, marriages perhaps, but at least no additional hate crime charges if a person chooses to attack a queer individual.
-Banning puberty blockers
-No HRT for people under 26
-No gender affirming surgeries
-No name changes
-It'd be a crime to talk about transgender issues
-Therapists, counselors, and psychologists would be forced to lean towards conversion therapy.
There is no end to the shit happening in the world, but Texas residents should consider expediting their departure; the Texas GOP's new platform has some terrifying goals, but highlighted here are geared towards LGBTQ+ citizens.
The internet should be treated like international waters, an interconnected network between everyone in the world. We have a right to talk to each other, to share information, culture, memes, etc.
World governments need to fuck off.
Boymode summer almost over
Hey so like, it's not a secret but the other day I realized I never actually posted it here. I'm transgender, MTF; I've been on HRT for 18 months now, I changed my name and everything~ I was hiding it from people who watch me here but it's not hidden anymore lmao
I'm still mad
Trying out the new Quips feature on my Patreon, I don't like how I can't assign them to a category, but they work as a quick sort of "hey I did this little thing" post.
https://www.patreon.com/rowedahelicon/posts/165002961 https://www.patreon.com/rowedahelicon/posts/165002774
Didn't get a vendor spot for Furpoc but also don't know if I applied for Artist Alley too and that's scary
Take this, capitalists! I cast: a private equity firm buys your favorite dining establisment
Awawawa :)
*Bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you bites you*
I was cooking before AC, I gotta go back and finish these
Oh, yay, they unbanned me
Discord is awesome! (Doesn't tell me what I did)
I wish I got the name of the actual booth, but there was so many people crowding around that it was impossible. Which was a good thing I suppose?
I saw this at ConnectiCon this past weekend and I love this a lot because I kept trying to find ways around saying "Human Made" or "Made by Humans" because it's not inclusive to Therians, Otherkin, Robots, etc.
I miss playing the piano, I want to get back to it someday
Ah yes, another bug to fix that disrupts my day x.x
I've also been working more on my portfolio page, I need to take the time to setup a journal where I can elaborate on bigger projects that have more important details!
Still plugging away at things! Last night, I started a library page for my personal website where I intend to host fun documents, books, etc. I was finally inspired by a report from Amnesty International about LGBTQ+ rights that was attacked recently.
Good morning, it's #TMITuesday, how're folks doing? :3
This is still a massive WIP but this is the rough idea for my portfolio so far: https://rowedahelicon.com/portfolio
If you hire me, you will have a trans woman working at your company, and that's awesome! Hire me :3
Some of my favorite souls in the world are ones who stopped pretending to be people
Todd posting is officially over. We're entering the era of "Hello customers, we are working on these games, thank you for your continued patronage."
Someone please check on the FO4:NV team
It's non-binary day! Although I am rockin' she/her these days, feeling like nothing and being proud of it was a big step on my way to starting HRT, so that's awesome :3
Other upcoming things on my website include:
- A journal for my more significant / detailed projects
- A public collection of informational documents, mostly stuff about trans matters that governments keep trying to hide
- Maybe photos of con trips?
Still working on my portfolio, still some work to do but it's shaping up!
I shouldn't show my face so much but I actually feel cute these days so it's hard not to be a little happy, you know?
Also a year ago today I filed to have my name changed, so that's neat, I still need to do something cool and burn my old IDs, cards, social security paper, etc.
This happened a few days ago but the lady at the taco bell calling me "honey" when I picked up my order made me extremely happy and hasn't left my head since. I was tired from a very long drive home from AC and was wearing a skirt.
Ultimately, this will be an organized page of the things I maintain and design, services I provide, etc. I want to get more serious about my actual skills and interests and not just have it all be some side thing I don't ever talk about.
During AC, a friend suggested that I could potentially make money by...establishing myself as a person with skills and services I could provide. So last night, I wanted to at least get started trying to do so. This will be a weird side-project but one that was needed I suppose.
I think it's really cool actually that as it gets more and more expensive to buy games, game companies are responding by making their games less appealing to play
I can't possibly explain how much I fucking hate anything AI. I don't understand how it's legal that billion dollar companies can get away with just not having actual support anymore. How does the ADA ignore this all of the time??
So physical media is awesome, all I can say really, Sony sux
These are my boobs, Sisyphus and Boulder
Pride will never end
Pathetic lab experiment is sorry for subjecting you to her incessant posting TwT
Schemin'
Please excuse my energy as I did just wake up but getting into local politics have shown me how common it is that you have [Problem] and [Potential solution] and all you need is [Influential figurehead] to make a decision and they just don't for no reason
Again, I'm hoping in a cosmic sort of way that by freaking out, I'll twist the flow of fate and that nothing bad happens and I look silly and that's ok. I'd rather be wrong than right because the long-term affects of mass censorship and age-gating would push our culture backwards
And I feel this overwhelming sense that the majority of people, even influential YouTubers and so on who'd be directly affected, just don't care. It's just the same few advocacy groups and people like me who freak out at every headline.
My largest concerns stems from the fact that the LGBTQ community is one of the most at risk over internet censorship, access to chat rooms, forums, even simple information, it is going to hurt a lot of people. But does anyone in power care? Of course not, they'll laugh at it.
Like, I see the same in a lot of the recent changes to health and safety / environmental laws; experts come out and clearly and plainly state how bad X law is for people or the environment and then it goes through anyway.
I've read countless articles, posts, discussions, etc, talking about the risks, dangers, violations, etc with having absurd strict internet laws. I know who it will affect, I know who will hurt, who will lose money, etc. But I also get the sense that these details don't matter.
Not to be a doomer, but I think it's important that people, especially Americans, today, brace for the impact of strict internet verification laws. I want to hope things go better, and hoping that by speaking ill of it, I'll purposely look stupid when nothing happens.
Inspired by a certain snake friend, trying to get into the habit of just drawing stuff, even just doodles, to help sort my brain out.
I've been at this furcon shit for 16 years (and still love it)
#Anthrocon #ac2026 Come join me in the DLCC, room #316 on Thursday the 2nd at 8PM for Overcoming Shyness and Anxiety! My yearly lecture on, you guessed it, overcoming shyness and anxiety~!
Far too many people are still hiding, the internet provides an safe place + escape for queer entities. We NEED these spaces, full stop. That's all I can really say right now, and we need more people to understand.
I've been trying not to fall into the doomerism trick, but yes I'm very concerned RE: Kosa and a lot of the other bills up on the menu. This affects a ton of things, but if I had to pick one, I am most concerned of how this will affect queer rights / culture going forward.
Paws paws paws paws paws paws paws paws
Happy 6/21 :)
ArtFight putting things like accessibility options and filtering tools behind donation tiers is wild
I have a lot I want to say about the social media ban thing but I am tired rn; in short, >:(
Thank you all for the birthday wishes, everyone! I really really appreciate it, I didn't get much chance to respond to people right away, I had a busy yet very relaxing weekend >< <3
Peace <3
The cool thing is that https://cruxes.space/ just supports whatever I feed it, no extra work needed :3
Maybe I'll make some smart word thing next, since my masto instance supports posts of up to 1024 characters :>
Updated my Kross poster tool to support Bsky's 10 image gallery thing. For the fedi post, any images past 4 get posted as a reply to the post above them and so on, it's actually pretty rad :3 Have some doodles as a test~
Had to pick up this awesome shirt from today's Yetee, courtesy of Hoosk for telling me about it <3
Despite how unbelievably excited I am for KH4, I absolutely am mentally prepared to just not get it if it uses AI. You can use this post as proof, and if I lie, you can incinerate me. <3
Happy to announce that I will once again be hosting the "Overcoming Shyness and Anxiety" panel at Anthrocon! The exact date is TBD, but I will share as soon as I get it~!
Applied for more artist alley places todayyy, forgot to mention I got into Anthrocon's!
What more can I say about Crazy Taxi that hasn't already been said? I won't pay for games made with AI, it's that simple.
Also went to the TADC showing the other day on the 4th with Fraeven and my brother + his gf; what a beautiful thing, I can't wait until we can talk about it.
Went to my first Furality this weekend, will go again; still crying over that community showcase ;w;
I love furries so much it's unreal. The community has never run out of ways to amaze me.
Furality fun, cried my eyes out during the showcase
You can still have friends over, you can just do things. Find out the fundamentals of what you're missing and then suddenly you can just recreate that energy.
Nostalgia works best when it's used as inspiration or reduced to a core fundamental rather than this hyper specific thing that we can only "yearn for". Yes, we will never return to renting N64 games from the blockbuster, but you can just play them and order pizza.
Happy Pride month, everyone. It may be difficult to feel that pride in these times, but it's the darkest times that require the brightest light.
I'm so thankful for everyone in my life, and I wish nothing more peace, love, prosperity for all. Together, we remain strong. <3
Oh, since today is apparently gator day, here is me holding a gator. This was at a rescue zoo, the gator is ok! :3
The narwhal bacons at midnight is the type of internet I want to see again
I will happily visit tedshappyplumbingtools.com again to see some 60 year old dude talk about how to fix things over a completely incorrect AI amalgamation of an answer any day.
I haven't gotten a chance to talk about it yet but I think Google killing its search engine is maybe one of the best things that can happen. I think the web has been too compliant with their SEO bullshit and maybe we can get a more serious push back to webrings and stuff.
I'm pro-transgender
I finally feel like the person I'd have looked up to as a kid
I left the US to start laser hair removal??? Being trans is so fucking awesome.
In the last ~72 hours, I went from Georgia, to home, to Montreal, back to home; In the last ~6 weeks, I moved out, prepared for and went to two cons; I'm so tired, but it's finally time to get back to work???
>:3
Me and my headmates when we come out
I will never buy a Sony game again, simple as
Please look at this BEAUTIFUL picture I got from @vinqock.bsky.social <333
I love it...I'm so beautiful ;//;
Sometimes I want to be really well known and famous, other times I just want to be the humble quirky NPC that can upgrade your gear for a modest fee
Just putting it out there, I will reflect on this post ~10 years from now to see if the smoking ban in the UK worked or wound up driving more people to smoke because it's cool and rebellious again, bonus points if "illegal" sales outnumber legal taxable ones (Prohibition ref)
Yesterday, I found out my best friend growing up is trans as well, and that a mutual friend had been trying to get us to meet for a while, what a world~
🦈🏳️⚧️
All these new seasons of old shows are just high school reunions for nerds
You can just do things
Just spent an hour diagnosing a fatal bug in a system critical application because a _ should have been a - and somehow it was working fine for 8+ years and only stopped being fine the night I left PFC; I swear to you all I'm not lazy, just so easily sidetracked.
Just a reminder, I will be at Furcationland tomorrow and Saturday!
Alright pack, tonight is art night :3 I have some overdue commissions to get to and a badge I need to at least start.
I have some important community work to do tonight as well~
I'm puppy, everyone should know this
The feminine urge to get lost in the woods
Might want this on my site, unsure...
Simply put, the US really doesn't make routers. Almost if not all of them are made outside of the US. There are a ton of more pressing security concerns that exist, limiting routers will mostly be a means of control.
Fortnite will be on Steam by the end of the year
Why yes, the router ban is a very bad sign!
Mouse sketch warmups from last night~!
#Sketchwork #Cruxes
Was on the fence about it, but I applied for the Anthrocon Artist Alley finally, that also means I registered...I don't have a room yet, I'll figure that out later |3
Fighting for my right to be a freak
Death before detransition.
I'm not suggesting people stop calling their representatives but I think people need to understand eventually that anyone connected politically know that these internet bills are about surveillance and that is the point. It's not some secret they're learning for the first time.
Good afternoon. everyone~!
Happy woman's day to my favorite woman (me)
Didn't budget as much this time around but for #BandcampFriday I picked up:
https://junelalonde.bandcamp.com/album/framemaker June Lalonde
https://plaid.bandcamp.com/album/polymer Plaid
and
https://gojii.bandcamp.com/album/hypersymmetry by ♥ GOJII ♥
Masking
From the https://my9games.com site :3
Pack we're doing it, we're going to fix the sleep sched! (Lies)
What a fluffing mess of a day, so happy to be home finally x.x
I'm currently having a couple of artists try it out, so I can get feedback and improve upon it before I get more open with it. I'm not 100% sure what my plans are with it, but I'm at least offering it to my website customers for now :3
Free post: With the rising trend of enshittification left and right, I'm happy to show off the CRUD/CMS script I've been working on, tailored specifically around artist websites. It's been a huge project, still a WIP~!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/introducing-c-r-151468248
Happy 9th anniversary to Night in the Woods, a game that changed me forever
I wonder if Robert Lowe is a closeted trans girl
I know I'm behind on this, but tonight I'm starting my move away from cloudflare; I only just now caught their recent announcement about converting websites to markdown to make it easier for AI bots to scrape them, so I'm going to try some alternative ideas.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/mvm-fixed-bug-150652546 Fixed up yet another annoying bug on the servers today~!
Working on assorted SCG things: https://picarto.tv/rowedahelicon :3
For #BandcampFriday, I purchased:
Boreal by As Seas Exhale
YEAR OF THE YEENDEER by GABBA GABBER
Segmented Segments by Posy
Polysomn by Kairon; IRSE!
Today's message: Don't let your spirits falter! You are capable of change, and you are capable of changing the world! The forces that be are overloading you with information to give you a feeling of hopelessness. Things aren't great, but we're capable of making them better!
So I hear Nintendo wants to make a Metroid movie?
I have goals and I want to get them all done and I will because I am powerful
This is actual dialog in Banjo & Kazooie, how have I never seen this anywhere before?
Losing my mind (cutely) over the idea that one guy had his hand in so much vile shit. Never, ever, think that you as an individual are worthless and cannot bring change to those around you. I demand everyone (including myself) start being more open and genuine and present.
I unironically believe that Geoff Keighley genuinely, though unintentionally, contributed to Highgaurd's terrible reception and is something that should be studied.
Can anyone recommend a good web host to replace Digital Ocean? Preferably one with CDN capabilities :>
Fuck ICE
The last few chances I've had to go see friends has lined up with huge snow storms each time, I'm screaming. >:(
Real fucking funny. (FF16)
PICK YOUR FIGHTER
#RowdyDoodles
How feasible is it to attend ANE for like, a day; I was considering going for Saturday since I don't want to be there the whole weekend. I was going to drive but I don't know how parking would be.
Today marks an entire year on HRT
I think it's cool that people are reporting virtually anything as CASM to Grok, I think fucking with machine learning is cool. I think we're living in a really dumb timeline and the only way to fight back is with clowning on everything.
The VRC Api is maybe the worst I've ever used
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: WATER isn't an item
FUCK YOU, IT'S JANUARY
I think it'll be really funny when China ultimately is like "Eh, AI isn't really that useful in the long run, we're going to make consumer hardware again" and basically wins
2026 is the year of Linux and Mastodon, self-hosting and personal collections; those who don't follow are at risk of being left behind.
The AI bubble will pop, but it may not be soon. When it does, we will not be ready for the aftermath, but it will get better.
It had been building for a while; but a friend sent me this attached post, and something about this energy of "you can just do things" hit me and I instantly made an appointment
https://bsky.app/profile/lilnoodledragon.bsky.social/post/3lebasp2k5c2b
One year ago today~ <3
Merry Christmas, everyone <3
Baffled by the # of artists who are *still* on Twitter
I'm wrapping up the remainder of my comms, and I love them all, but I wanted to show off this one so far because I really like how well it's coming out!
I really want to push perspectives and such for 2026
Positive note for today: Keep being cringe and start if you haven't
How many people are just going to shrug and be like, "oh well that's annoying, here's my ID. Where did all my queer friends go? Oh, they're just being dramatic lol"
The amount of people who remained on Twitter despite its bullshit before was astonishing, the fact that people are STILL there despite what's going on with their new TOS is fascinating. It's a factor to consider going forward as digital rights get trampled on.
I'm very happy running what is effectively a digital bar on the internet
Got a thing today
Hmm
Ok how about this one??
do we fw this art style?
I'm worried, that's all there is to it. I wish I had more I could say to be inspiring, but I've written to my leaders, I'm not sure what else I can do. It's terrifying the number of people this affects in comparison to the people actually speaking up about it.
The internet is being censored at the exact point in which AI is being let loose, unregulated. We can't let this continue. We can't lose the rest of our spaces, it will set our cultures back well beyond anything we're prepared to handle.
Slept great for TWO days in a row, how unheard of! I feel so energized right now, hoping to get a ton of stuff done tonight~
I think I can't stress enough how important it is right now to save everything. Save your memes, your music, your photos, your chat logs. Make backups, you'll need them. Your history, your culture, the internet is going to get really bad before it gets better.
Despite the perceived popularity of the phrase, barely any sequel titles end with "electric boogaloo"
If AI is so cool and good, then it shouldn't be a concern to disclose its use in a project
Spendin' my Thanksgiving the tried and true trans way, by not being around my family lmao
Those we lost will forever be loved, and so will you. <3
Today is the transgender day of remembrance, where we remember those who died at the hands of transphobic monsters, and reflect on the ongoing violence transgender people continue to face today.
The world is an imperfect place, but together, we may remain strong in evil's face.
We can’t fix what’s happened, but we can save what is left, we can live for the moment because it’s all we have.
We can’t fix what’s happened, but we can save what is, we can live for the moment because it’s all we have.
I wanna fuck with gemini (the protocol) when I get free time again
Got a fair bit of work done so far, looking to go all in on more tonight, pray for puppy
The only thing stopping me from using Linux was support for Sai and my tablet but they both work on my Debian laptop, I'm free...
diVine, the "AI free Vine resurgence" as it has been called, actually seems to be a trap for harvesting "clean" data for further AI application use https://www.tumblr.com/dragunsblood/800486701561675777 Took a look at the sources, and it checks out.
I dunno, I think it's cool that MP4 has doofy interactions with the people of the world that Samus spends so many games trying to save from stuff. I understand they're meant to be isolated / atmospheric games, I love them; but I think it's ok to experiment with things
I need you all to let your freak out right now
Listening to Machine Girl and getting hit with a blast of "wow it's so fluffing good to be alive"
That said, I'll still take commissions and such for a lil bit before that, but I want to spend the remainder of the week getting through what I have up first!
I am home from the con + move, finally unpacked, now just cleaning! I have a few commissions to get to that I picked up from the con, as well as a small web project to work on. My goal is to get everything done by the end of the month, so that I can take some time off in December
I'm excited for Zohran because if he had some legitimately terrible secret or w/e they would have found it by now instead of resorting to calling him names or saying he eats weird
Slowly but surely, getting there~!