buying pets from small businesses is definitely the way to go, i got my betta at school of fish and he was kept in a tank with other fish instead of a cup at the store and so was another betta they had, now i have him in a tank with other fish and he doesnt attack them or anything, so i have a theory that some bettas are aggressive not only bc of genes but how theyre isolated in small stressful cups at the stores (i could be wrong tho)

@itscookiebear omg i went to a fish store and one tank was FILLED with dead fish on the ground and stuck in the filter is was so disgusting, and we had to ask a worker to do smth but how tf did they miss a tank with atleast 50 dead fish???

also ive noticed that alot of ppl who cant even take care of themselves get pets especially in the hood theres so many cats and dogs just in the streets, idk whats up with poor people owning pets (like my bio dad getting a whole dog when he cant even give me 20$????) the pet industry in general is just so bad and alot of ppl shouldn't have pets and alot of pets are marketed as being easier to take care of then they rlly are:/

@Cicadasandbats awwwww thats so sad:( i love small animals like mice and hamsters theyre so cute TvT

i looked up gold fish on youtube to watch goldfish shorts with my grandma bc she used to have a pet goldfish and i think fish are cute and most of it was blatant animal abuse, one dude was feeding a fancy oranda, which is bred to be a pet, to a snapping turtle, but bc its a oranda it was too big for it to eat so it was just hurting it for no reason

and alot of big youtubers will buy fish for like a vid but wont take care of the fish well at all and it was implied that it died at the end of one vid (prolly bc of how they were treating it bc goldfish are pretty hardy) and it made me kinda sad like i get theyre JUST fish but why do people enjoy harming living things period?? and me personally i think fish are cute and love my pet fish so its just weird to me to see content like this, i just wanted to watch wholesome fish videos with my grandma....

tiktok is especially disturbing and i saw a terrible video abt smth that happened to a human kid ad me and my bf have seen many disturbing videos of ppl doing stuff to fish
i dont get why social media has become such a like disturbing place TvT

@itscookiebear yeah sure, could you give me more details on her? (hair texture eye color ect.) u can dm if you dont wana say them here^^
unless you want me to wing it based off the info youve given me so far which is fine too!

@sweetpuddin if yall are already cuddling maybe ask him hes interested in a romantic relationship rn and if he is yall can like figure it out or whatever

dont act weird or desperate abt it that'll just make it awkward, if he wants to date you then you wont have to do much

omg so cuteee^^

i got this idea from @Yanderemenhera bc they did this a while ago, reply with a description/character u want me to draw and ill make you a pfp
(lowkey might take me a week or two to respond bc i can only upload pics while with friends)

is free obv and ill do my usual style or my chibi style which you can check out in my older post, if you dont specify that u want chibi ill do my usual
btw i post alot of cute stuff and girls but i can draw like normal anime/guys too

since i mentioned it if yall wana watch a good isekai that isnt gooner bate magic knight rayearth is getting a remake comming out in October!
it was made by a all female team and one of first big isakai:P

@seal classic men ruining everything TvT
/j

@seal not to be annoying but alot of older isekai were actually good before (men) ruined them
like Magic Knight Rayearth and arguably inuyasha if u consider it isekai
both written by women in the 90s

just did some research and the isekai genre was dominated by women in the 90s and was mainly for shoujo stories and stuff

and it seems the shift towards gooner bait was sword art online, and while i love the anime im ngl that sounds about right TvT

@Yanderemenhera yo ima actually try this, i use alcohol markers, i tried to take the nib out and squeeze the remaining ink out but it didnt do much lol
anyways i think ima name her Penelope freeman or brown (hella bassic stereotypical lastnames i know TvT ) and have her use penny as a nickname

@sweetpuddin i appreciate it, i just started practicing bc all my markers are dry rn TvT

maybe flirt with him lightly before full on asking, test the waters
most guys will give u signals if theyre into you, my bf would kinda flirt with me/ give me attention before we started dating

if he likes you he'll lean into it, if not he'll prolly brush it off
if he doesnt seem interested dont embarrass yourself by asking him out, especially if hes a guy and older then u, if he wants you you'll know trust

also teasing/ flirting first is just more attractive then asking him out outta no where and will let him ease into the idea of dating you

be careful tho bc some guys will flirt back even if they dont like you to lead you on, those are called [censored]

@itscookiebear awwww thanksss^^

Im still getting used to using water color, what should i name her?

since i named specific critiques i wana mention the good stuff especially since your insecure
the shading and lighting look good
i love the way the eyes are rendered
i think thats a REALLY good hand
and the hatching and wrinkles for the shirt are very convincing
despite the critiques i had if i saw it on a manga page i really wouldnt bat a eye so good job!