AND THE WINNER IS:

DONATELLO HAMATO from RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

Runner-Ups:

Papyrus (Undertale) in Second place

Lilo Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) in Third place

Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb) in Fourth place

Tied for Fifth place, Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) and Laios Touden (Dungeon Meshi)

Thank you so much to everyone who came by to show their support, to rally for their favorites and have fun! This has been another round of the Autism Swag Summit! Goodbye for now!

YEEEAAAAAH HE DID IT!!!!

You know, I think a lot of us would benefit from talking with some of the older tmnt fans around here more, its eye opening and they've got some real wisdom. I don't even mean just 2012 folks, talk to people who were and are still into 2003, 87 and the old movies, etc etc. I mean this so for real you learn so so much.

Also I'm gonna be vague about this on purpose, because I know whats going to happen if i mention any specifics lmao, but we also had and have a really, really bad problem with conflating fanon and canon in the rise fandom specifically, and we should all be more vocal about and aware of that imo. One of the things I've kinda learned by doing this tbh

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COME ON YALL DON'T STOP NOW THE BEST THING TO DO WHEN YOU'RE AHEAD IS GET MORE AHEAD GET OUR BOY WHAT HE DESERVES

Keep it together

anyways heres the fortnite fanart i promised ive been sucked into a new hyperfixation called "playing with fortnite skins with very little to no expanded lore like dolls like mr epic games intended"

im making the "definitely not a werewolf" and mummy kiss now

PSA BEFORE I GO TO BED

STOP DOOMSCROLLING, YALL

IT IS. BAD. VERY BAD. YOU GET STUCK AND IT'S ICKY AND YOUR BRAIN GETS STUCK IN ICKY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

INSTEAD

LIKE I JUST SAID IN THE TAGS OF A POST

MAKE SOMETHING! DO SOMETHING BESIDES LOOK AT CURRENT EVENTS.

This past summer when political stuff was happening, I was already having A Time and I just started knitting more and watching Ghibli movies for hours on end- and it really helped. It not only took my mind off of the state of the world, but I was able to step back and be proud of my progress on my little project.

A rabbi I just talked to told me about how whenever the community was Going Through It, she was always prescribing art- she ran out of canvases because she gave so many away.

And making things really does help!

You don't need to just make things- play a silly little game, pet an animal (dogs are soft. warm creechurs. beloved (<- has a dog)), listen to a silly little podcast or music, watch a cozy show or movie.

But don't doomscroll. You get stuck and it's so hard to pull away.

But if you ARE stuck, take this post as a sign to just. Close the app. Close the tab. Stop now so you don't get even more stuck. Use this post as a pole to pull yourself out of the mud, or have someone else help distract you and pull you away from doomscrolling.

Stay healthy and safe, yall 🤟🤟🤟

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Oh also while I'm here Haven't posted anything on it but I've decided to more or less completely reset my main blog, cleaned it out deleted everything, blocked and unblocked a lot of followers for a fresh start. I'll be moving non TMNT stuff over there. If you enjoy my art and wana see more of it (and maybe also some original stuff) feel free to follow me there as well! >> blog here << Did this because I made that blog at a place where it had been drilled into my head that you have to be professional and normal on social media everywhere if you wanted to get hired for art work and it has hamstrung my ability to have fun online. Especially on tumblr of all places. So I've decided to let myself be weird and have fun. And I only had a few old pieces I still have saved with a pitiful 10 notes each so nothing is really lost. ... And also I really wanted my boop badges back. 👉👈 Anyways happy halloween im sick right now but feel free to trick or treat in my inbox lmao ill try and get around to it if any of yall show up have fun gamers lol

and yes there will be fortnite fanart

hi i do comms now

I've decided im shameless and fearless enough to promote the commissions I do here. Feel free to send me direct messages through tumblr if you're interested! Rb's appreciated 💙 in the middle of trying to move across states atm ;w;

Gonna be updating this sheet soon, but fantastic news I am now also accepting paypal 💙💙💙💙

Every day i have strong fandom opinions and every day i do not post about them and i think im really cool and brave about that. I fight battles every day no one knows about but I stay strong and cool and more powerful than you could possibly imagine Anyways, if i posted fortnite fanart would you guys make fun of me be honest

my power grows even further

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