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The story I intially wrote for this was. . . lacking. Buuuut. . . I"ve begun a comic! You can find it starting here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3704554
Once a month or so, I try to do a piece that"s entirely my own. This one was born and bred from my own imagination, and experiences. . . and reflects a bit about how I remember my high school years. While the situation depicted here could vary wildly based on the viewer, the portrayal of cruelty is something I think most of us universally understand. High school in particular is a vicious, terrible breeding ground for it.
Feel free to interpret the scene as it suits you. I"ve my own story that goes along with it, but feel free to rant or post your own. I think we"ve all got a lot of anger sometimes. . . art is my way of blowing off old steam.
Once a month or so, I try to do a piece that"s entirely my own. This one was born and bred from my own imagination, and experiences. . . and reflects a bit about how I remember my high school years. While the situation depicted here could vary wildly based on the viewer, the portrayal of cruelty is something I think most of us universally understand. High school in particular is a vicious, terrible breeding ground for it.
Feel free to interpret the scene as it suits you. I"ve my own story that goes along with it, but feel free to rant or post your own. I think we"ve all got a lot of anger sometimes. . . art is my way of blowing off old steam.
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
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The concept is amazing.. does bring back a lot hehe. The art is amazing by itself.
Yeah, that more or less sums up high school. I am so relieved to be in college; high school kids are amazingly cruel, and quite petty.
To share a little of my own experience, I was friends with one girl in my sophomore year. We were pretty close, went to art class together, hung out all the time. I hooked her up with one of my friends, and turned to her when I started having boyfriend troubles.
However, she decided to get a little too pushy in helping me with my boyfriend, trying to give me advice and help when I didn't want it, telling me what I should do, ect. It hurt more than helped, and I told her straight up that I didn't want her help anymore. She took offense to it, and stopped talking to me entirely. I asked her what was wrong, apologized multiple times, but she started bitching at me and completely turned her back on me.
She then started calling me nasty things behind my back, spreading rumors, and sticking rude notes in my lockers. Honest to God, I didn't do anything to her, besides tell her to butt out. After my boyfriend broke up with me, she used him as a way to torture me more - more notes, more cruelty. She even helped him rip up all the art I made for him, and then stuck it in a plastic bag and hung it on my locker.
High school's a hard place, but it's also a way to toughen kids up. :\ For better or for worse, I suppose.
To share a little of my own experience, I was friends with one girl in my sophomore year. We were pretty close, went to art class together, hung out all the time. I hooked her up with one of my friends, and turned to her when I started having boyfriend troubles.
However, she decided to get a little too pushy in helping me with my boyfriend, trying to give me advice and help when I didn't want it, telling me what I should do, ect. It hurt more than helped, and I told her straight up that I didn't want her help anymore. She took offense to it, and stopped talking to me entirely. I asked her what was wrong, apologized multiple times, but she started bitching at me and completely turned her back on me.
She then started calling me nasty things behind my back, spreading rumors, and sticking rude notes in my lockers. Honest to God, I didn't do anything to her, besides tell her to butt out. After my boyfriend broke up with me, she used him as a way to torture me more - more notes, more cruelty. She even helped him rip up all the art I made for him, and then stuck it in a plastic bag and hung it on my locker.
High school's a hard place, but it's also a way to toughen kids up. :\ For better or for worse, I suppose.
D: i wanted to cry when I read this... To bad I'm an emotionless robot :/
The art part of this story was the most tormenting for me. Cruelty sucks.
The art part of this story was the most tormenting for me. Cruelty sucks.
Wow, this is amazing; for a couple of reasons.
This struck a chord with me because I was a victim of bullying all through primary and secondary school, and while I didn't get beaten up because I was a twink, it still gave me a little pang of compassion and pity for the fox in this picture.
Another reason is that this is exactly what goes on in schools everywhere. The US, the UK and here in Ireland. I've seen it especially bad in my days in school, not just on me but on others in my year. Nothing stings more than being excluded for no good reason at all.
Sometimes, it's not even the students, it the teachers too.
But yeah, fantastic piece. The colours are very visually pleasing and the poses are natural and believable.
This struck a chord with me because I was a victim of bullying all through primary and secondary school, and while I didn't get beaten up because I was a twink, it still gave me a little pang of compassion and pity for the fox in this picture.
Another reason is that this is exactly what goes on in schools everywhere. The US, the UK and here in Ireland. I've seen it especially bad in my days in school, not just on me but on others in my year. Nothing stings more than being excluded for no good reason at all.
Sometimes, it's not even the students, it the teachers too.
But yeah, fantastic piece. The colours are very visually pleasing and the poses are natural and believable.
Christ. No offense but sod going to school in Ireland.
I'm ay too politically minded and opinionated to come out of that experience alive lol.
Love ireland though. I'm a half breed myself Scottish and Irish but 100% celt
I'm ay too politically minded and opinionated to come out of that experience alive lol.
Love ireland though. I'm a half breed myself Scottish and Irish but 100% celt
doesnt mean hes irish, could be kiwi or australian.
i have been picked on for my race in school a lot, there is not much bullying in newzealand but racism was quite bad for me. the student were mean to me and there was this one teacher that really pissed me off... to her i wasnt a student, i wasnt even worth her time, i was just a skinny white shit that had gone old and turned white that she must have stepped on.
yes, i newzealand whites are the victim of racism.
i have been picked on for my race in school a lot, there is not much bullying in newzealand but racism was quite bad for me. the student were mean to me and there was this one teacher that really pissed me off... to her i wasnt a student, i wasnt even worth her time, i was just a skinny white shit that had gone old and turned white that she must have stepped on.
yes, i newzealand whites are the victim of racism.
Whites are the victims of racism everywhere not just new zealand.
It's only supposedly worse in new zealend because it's not originally a white country.
In the UK, America, Africa, Russia, anywhere really whites are the victims of racism.
I see it particualrly here in the uk where it is even endorsed and supported by our government.
It's only supposedly worse in new zealend because it's not originally a white country.
In the UK, America, Africa, Russia, anywhere really whites are the victims of racism.
I see it particualrly here in the uk where it is even endorsed and supported by our government.
dude, you should have told that bitch off or kicked her ass :/ people like that are to stupid to think since they are so busy acting childish so you treat them as such :/ a good ass whipping :>
I've long since learned that actions speak louder than words.
That's why if things go to far, I'll chin someone.
That's why if things go to far, I'll chin someone.
The picture and the writing is brilliant. c:
I adore this.
I adore this.
An awesome piece of work and it really works. Yea, ain't school fun for everyone. Glad you are through it.
I got fucked with hardcore in High School. My Sister told people in school I was gay, so no one would let me sit next to them on the bus. I had to walk 4 miles to school and back home because of that.
dude your sister is a god damned motherfucking BITCH. I seriously hope she dies alone in a fire. And I dont care if you still love her or not , this kind of shit should NEVER be tolerated! She has to fucking pay!
Nah I lost ant kind of emotional attachment to her when she told me "I wish you had never been born!"
You don't know the half of it man.
Shes a habitual liar. She'll say something in front of 20 people and deny she said it 5 minutes later. When I was 8 she tried to rape me. I tried telling my mother but to this day she doesn't believe me. She has an x husband but shes such a hateful bitch he left her. Shes certified insane. She Goes to the local prison and meets guys who are about to get out and lies to them. Tells them things like "Oh I run a soccer training camp"or my favorite "I'm in a band". She actually tried to pull that one on me years ago and when I asked her to play me one of her songs, she played a midi of Metallicas "One".
Shes a habitual liar. She'll say something in front of 20 people and deny she said it 5 minutes later. When I was 8 she tried to rape me. I tried telling my mother but to this day she doesn't believe me. She has an x husband but shes such a hateful bitch he left her. Shes certified insane. She Goes to the local prison and meets guys who are about to get out and lies to them. Tells them things like "Oh I run a soccer training camp"or my favorite "I'm in a band". She actually tried to pull that one on me years ago and when I asked her to play me one of her songs, she played a midi of Metallicas "One".
Amazing work .The colors are nice and the concept is great (well, great in the sense that you don't often see this sort of thing in art in the furry world, not great as in a good thing).
yeah, we live in a cruel world =/
great work, works out very very well!
great work, works out very very well!
Well, well done.
Glad to say I don't regret the side I was on.
Glad to say I don't regret the side I was on.
Very nicely done, very emotive for the situation also.
Am quite impressed by this indeed.
Am quite impressed by this indeed.
Wow. I love pictures that can tell a story without needing any sort of caption. This is one of those.
I was fortunate in HS to not to have dealt with any sort of bullying. I think it had a lot to do with standing up for myself when I was in middle school (by lashing out against a bully while there were witnesses).
I was fortunate in HS to not to have dealt with any sort of bullying. I think it had a lot to do with standing up for myself when I was in middle school (by lashing out against a bully while there were witnesses).
Awesome piece of art here. It is sad and true :(
And yeah HS is fine if ppl leave you alone :/
If not, HS sucks damned hard.
And yeah HS is fine if ppl leave you alone :/
If not, HS sucks damned hard.
I guess I'm lucky that despite going to bad schools where I was definitely different I was never beat up.
Wow, that sucks, poor Marcus :(
Yeah, high school is a viscous place, especially if you're deemed as being "different" from the popular crowd.
Yeah, high school is a viscous place, especially if you're deemed as being "different" from the popular crowd.
Hahaha, this just shows how much I hated high school. I clearly skipped too many English classes!
I was there, I know how bad high school can be, especially if you're not a conformist, it should be called hell school really.. I got picked on but no one tried to get physical with me, because that happened prior to high school and I ended up putting the jock douche bag to the ground. The verbal abuse I think is way worse, especially in high school where I got harassed by most for drawing wolves and being a wolf activist, I wore my beliefs on my sleeve, but I never made myself public. Its strange really how things get passed on, distorted, then those shallow teenagers develop a misguided hate for someone just passing through. Moral of the story, I hate bullies.
Great art here, definitely evoked some memories and emotions of high school hell.
Great art here, definitely evoked some memories and emotions of high school hell.
Believe it or not, this bullying was more true for my primary school years (and middle school, to include the US system) than high school. By then, I had become more like Reis, due to general attitude towards bullshit rather than anything else.
Still, in high school, they tried once. Only once. It became a public display of violence the school remembered for the rest of my time there, and nobody ever dared to mess with me again. Giving a graduate student much larger and older than myself as a freshman something to nurse for 3 weeks kind of gets the point across, especially in a packed lunch room.
Sure, I looked like an easy target, you know, the slightly overweight kid just in from primary school, trying to adjust to the frantic changes after each hour of study to change classrooms, juggling schedules, etc. But ignoring my warnings, and then meeting a wolf that had been hiding in that body, certainly gave them a shock. No more bullshit. And someone got hurt that day.
Still, in high school, they tried once. Only once. It became a public display of violence the school remembered for the rest of my time there, and nobody ever dared to mess with me again. Giving a graduate student much larger and older than myself as a freshman something to nurse for 3 weeks kind of gets the point across, especially in a packed lunch room.
Sure, I looked like an easy target, you know, the slightly overweight kid just in from primary school, trying to adjust to the frantic changes after each hour of study to change classrooms, juggling schedules, etc. But ignoring my warnings, and then meeting a wolf that had been hiding in that body, certainly gave them a shock. No more bullshit. And someone got hurt that day.
Same here. Freshman year was tough in high school. But after that, it was pretty much smooth sailing.
For me, middle school was a living hell.
For me, middle school was a living hell.
Noone fucked with me in middle school or highschool. Mainly because the first day of middle school someone tried to mess with me and I put him down quick. Same thing in high school, only difference was that the guy I beat the hell out of in High school ended up becoming a close friend of mine.
I was the smallest guy in both my middle school and high school 5'5 110lbs, I am still the exact same height and weight.
I was the smallest guy in both my middle school and high school 5'5 110lbs, I am still the exact same height and weight.
The one's who try and boast what they would do, are the one's who would do NOTHING!.
Amazing piece really love the details and the story was good. Poor fox tho but great piece^^
Beautiful,Sad and true pic. Good job on it!
I've always defended my opinion, guess I was lucky since I've never been discrimined about my own sexuality... Or maybe depends on my personal attitude: my words can kill sometimes lol
I've always defended my opinion, guess I was lucky since I've never been discrimined about my own sexuality... Or maybe depends on my personal attitude: my words can kill sometimes lol
I hate that kind of mentality...
That difference must be punished.
That's why, despite not agreeing with the lifestyle, I understand and sympathize with it.
Back when I was in Boy Scouts, I was something of a wildcard. Some thought I was nuts, some thought I was the cat's meow, and others just didn't know what to make of me. Eventually, it was decided that I was homosexual and thus, was to be scorned.
I didn't even know what 'gay' meant, outside of vaguely remembering it means 'Happy', so when asked, I'd shrug and reply 'Sort of.' No doubt leading the assumptions to think I was bi or something.
I've always been different, but not where my sexuality was concerned. I'm different in that I wear my heart on my sleeve, speak my mind and fully expect others to be unafraid to do it too.
That was almost beaten out of me in Boy Scouts. Cub Scouts was great, and my first Boy Scout Troop celebrated difference, but my second Troop was full of High Schoolers who, when a home schooler like myself was thrown in, was like putting a guppy in a shark tank.
So you can imagine my disdain when I was repeatedly berated for thinking differently, seeing situations with unconventional eyes, and wondering what all the fuss was over Pokemon, which at the time was just coming out and had more peer pressure attached to it than cigarette smoking.
So... As I said, while I don't care for the preference myself, I have five friends who happen to be gay who I would gladly stop a bullet for, because they're not defined by the culture, they are themselves first and their preferences second whether or not they wear it on their sleeve.
So yeah, I can sympathize with the poor guy and would be right there alongside Reis in delivering some righteous ass-kicking.
That difference must be punished.
That's why, despite not agreeing with the lifestyle, I understand and sympathize with it.
Back when I was in Boy Scouts, I was something of a wildcard. Some thought I was nuts, some thought I was the cat's meow, and others just didn't know what to make of me. Eventually, it was decided that I was homosexual and thus, was to be scorned.
I didn't even know what 'gay' meant, outside of vaguely remembering it means 'Happy', so when asked, I'd shrug and reply 'Sort of.' No doubt leading the assumptions to think I was bi or something.
I've always been different, but not where my sexuality was concerned. I'm different in that I wear my heart on my sleeve, speak my mind and fully expect others to be unafraid to do it too.
That was almost beaten out of me in Boy Scouts. Cub Scouts was great, and my first Boy Scout Troop celebrated difference, but my second Troop was full of High Schoolers who, when a home schooler like myself was thrown in, was like putting a guppy in a shark tank.
So you can imagine my disdain when I was repeatedly berated for thinking differently, seeing situations with unconventional eyes, and wondering what all the fuss was over Pokemon, which at the time was just coming out and had more peer pressure attached to it than cigarette smoking.
So... As I said, while I don't care for the preference myself, I have five friends who happen to be gay who I would gladly stop a bullet for, because they're not defined by the culture, they are themselves first and their preferences second whether or not they wear it on their sleeve.
So yeah, I can sympathize with the poor guy and would be right there alongside Reis in delivering some righteous ass-kicking.
No, I'm straight, don't care for being gay, but don't hold it against gays and would stop a bullet for any of my friends, gay or not.
it was decided that I was homosexual and thus, was to be scorned.
Ah kay, was just wondering because this line confused me :s
Ah kay, was just wondering because this line confused me :s
Ahh... Sorry about that.
I meant the general consensus of the troop, yanno?
I meant the general consensus of the troop, yanno?
As a researcher for the APA I am tired of hearing this line of fallacy that is one of the direct reasons why gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens are bullied and abused. If you understand sexual orientation then you should know that a persons sexual orientation is not a lifestyle, nor is it a preference! Any logical person who knows a gay person can tell you it is not a choice, even without all the scientific evidence that concludes it is not a choice. It has been proven that sexual orientation cannot be changed, and there is sufficient evidence that supports only a biological component to why people are born with a certain sexual orientation.
To say something that someone is born with is a lifestyle is to say that other inborn traits are as well. A lifestyle also implies that something is static, one dimensional and not fluid and diverse. An LGBT community is by and large one of the most diverse communities around the world. Eating habits, routines, work, study, etc, are "lifestyles," and inborn characteristic of a persons being is not.
I would have expected more logic and sincerity from a furry like yourself; but it appears that ignorance can still flourish even amongst the most misunderstood community next to LGBT. This misrepresentation of sexual orientation is what leads to what Rukis was drawing in the picture.
Having dealt with high school and mentored many LGBT freshmen, as well as protected them from abuse, again, the sole reason they are harassed and bullied is because of those two sentiments.
To say something that someone is born with is a lifestyle is to say that other inborn traits are as well. A lifestyle also implies that something is static, one dimensional and not fluid and diverse. An LGBT community is by and large one of the most diverse communities around the world. Eating habits, routines, work, study, etc, are "lifestyles," and inborn characteristic of a persons being is not.
I would have expected more logic and sincerity from a furry like yourself; but it appears that ignorance can still flourish even amongst the most misunderstood community next to LGBT. This misrepresentation of sexual orientation is what leads to what Rukis was drawing in the picture.
Having dealt with high school and mentored many LGBT freshmen, as well as protected them from abuse, again, the sole reason they are harassed and bullied is because of those two sentiments.
You know what I mean.
Orientation or lifestyle, whatever you want to call it, punishing someone for adhering to it is intolerable.
Is *this* what you've tried to pick a bone with me about? That I referred to it as a lifestyle? I already believe that people are born that way and don't simply choose it.
And yet you had to find *something* to pick about.
Darkwolf, I poured out my heart here and explained that I would stop a bullet for any one of my friends regardless of their orientation, because as long as they're happy with life, I don't give a damn who or what they find attractive.
But you homed in and found one tiny bit to sink your teeth into.
Who, dare I ask, is being intolerant now?
Now that I've explained my side of it, are you satisfied that when I said 'lifestyle' I didn't mean to say that it's merely a choice that people make, or whatever beef it is you have?
Please understand.
Orientation or lifestyle, whatever you want to call it, punishing someone for adhering to it is intolerable.
Is *this* what you've tried to pick a bone with me about? That I referred to it as a lifestyle? I already believe that people are born that way and don't simply choose it.
And yet you had to find *something* to pick about.
Darkwolf, I poured out my heart here and explained that I would stop a bullet for any one of my friends regardless of their orientation, because as long as they're happy with life, I don't give a damn who or what they find attractive.
But you homed in and found one tiny bit to sink your teeth into.
Who, dare I ask, is being intolerant now?
Now that I've explained my side of it, are you satisfied that when I said 'lifestyle' I didn't mean to say that it's merely a choice that people make, or whatever beef it is you have?
Please understand.
Thank you! I'm sick and tired of the brain washing goes on through out the world leading children to believe homosexuality is "life style". And there for they can change or be fixed. I can't stand when I see someone say I don't agree with you being gay. Why? Because god said so... Indirectly and at times even directly children are being taught by churches and groups such as the Boy Scouts to not trust or even down right hate homosexuals and transgender persons.
Thank you again and very well said.
Thank you again and very well said.
It's amazing the emotions I felt with this piece. Kinda hit home. Amazing sir, amazing.
I don't think half of FA even read captions or care about writing..... At least not that I've seen.
You're the only one then, everyone i know on here reads all of the captions.
You're not a fur anyway, i doubt you'd understand.
You're not a fur anyway, i doubt you'd understand.
Well if being a fur entails being argumentative and confrontational with people you know nothing about, then I'll pass.
I'm an artist. Never claimed to be anything else.
I'm an artist. Never claimed to be anything else.
If you've drawn 'em or looked at 'em, I'd say you're pretty furry
heh-- I guess when my Draggie and I are parading around in fursuits I'm designing, that will make me ultra, mego-furtastic, eh? lulz
I think you captured a moment that most people face in high school. Looked down upon, treated like trash or worse cause there different and stick out. now matter what the concept behind it is, its truly excellent work and gets faved.
Ive been fortunate enough to never have any issues during high school, yet ive seen so many and never understood it one bit,
the cruelty is just so pointless... i always wanted to help when i could but i was always shy as well and never ever had enough guts to do anything despite how bad anything got. sometimes i hated myself for that...
after all, i dont even know why but i think i was more along the "in crowd" in those years.. people liked me and i was always friendly back, no one ever did anything to me, even when my bisexuality got out, thre was some teasing and such but i saw it as all in good fun beacuse i was comfortable with who i was and am.
yet there was a very flamboyant young man who was mabe a bit more open with his sexuality than he should have been, ever since a few incidents with hitting on some of the attractive fellows of our school he was bullied and harrased mercilessly. again i never had the courage to help him out and i feel bad, though he and i are on the same street and he visits sometimes cus he has no real friends and has some troubles at home due to being a child of divorce and an alcaholic father.
i just wish sometimes there would be more compassion in these schools, and not hear of terrible violence or bullying issues, and everyone could be "in" some how instead of being labeld something that isnt part of some clique.
the cruelty is just so pointless... i always wanted to help when i could but i was always shy as well and never ever had enough guts to do anything despite how bad anything got. sometimes i hated myself for that...
after all, i dont even know why but i think i was more along the "in crowd" in those years.. people liked me and i was always friendly back, no one ever did anything to me, even when my bisexuality got out, thre was some teasing and such but i saw it as all in good fun beacuse i was comfortable with who i was and am.
yet there was a very flamboyant young man who was mabe a bit more open with his sexuality than he should have been, ever since a few incidents with hitting on some of the attractive fellows of our school he was bullied and harrased mercilessly. again i never had the courage to help him out and i feel bad, though he and i are on the same street and he visits sometimes cus he has no real friends and has some troubles at home due to being a child of divorce and an alcaholic father.
i just wish sometimes there would be more compassion in these schools, and not hear of terrible violence or bullying issues, and everyone could be "in" some how instead of being labeld something that isnt part of some clique.
This piece is great for both the artwork, and the emotions it generates. Regardless of those emotions being good or bad, to ellicit them from the audience is rare. Powerful piece!
Yeah, I got the same thing in elementary and middle school as this poor guy, but for the opposite reasons; I'm a tomboy, and butch, and chubby. I didn't come out as bi until high school, where I actually went to an arts school full of kids that defied the norm, just like me. Damn I lucked out there. But yeah, public education is a bitch, and there will always be douchebags in the world.
Thank you for this picture. It really does speak a thousand words, and you have said them beautifully. <3
Thank you for this picture. It really does speak a thousand words, and you have said them beautifully. <3
I know all about the cruelty that you find in high school. I was a regular target of the football team, as a bunching bag.
And all because I was the strange quiet kid that liked being alone. One day however, they hit me hard enough to knock me out, and I finally snapped, and blacked out. The next thing I knew I was laying in the nurses office with bloody knuckles, and a knife wound in my shoulder. While I was blacked out I sent 7 members of the football team to the hospital with broken bones in various locations of there bodies. Several of the lockers out in the hall where smashed badly enough to need replacing, and some of the cinder block walls where cracked.
It just gose to show you, that what ever you do to others will come back to you. And you just may severly regret it. So lay of the people that you think are weaker then you. They may just suprise you in the long run.
And all because I was the strange quiet kid that liked being alone. One day however, they hit me hard enough to knock me out, and I finally snapped, and blacked out. The next thing I knew I was laying in the nurses office with bloody knuckles, and a knife wound in my shoulder. While I was blacked out I sent 7 members of the football team to the hospital with broken bones in various locations of there bodies. Several of the lockers out in the hall where smashed badly enough to need replacing, and some of the cinder block walls where cracked.
It just gose to show you, that what ever you do to others will come back to you. And you just may severly regret it. So lay of the people that you think are weaker then you. They may just suprise you in the long run.
Ok kiddies we're all inpressed how you summoned a fire ball and blew off Godzilla's face in highschool, but honestly, how am i supposed to beleive this?
In truth, I don't care what you believe. But the scar and lingering ache in my shoulder is is proof enough, along with the footage from the security cameras that they showed me afterwards. I wouldn't have believed it myself if not for all that.
Ahem... I'd give you the benefit of the doubt if you said you knocked a football player out; i guess it's possible to snap and black out like that if you're overwhelmed by stress... But seriously, sending SEVEN football players to the hospital? >_>
Well, maybe if you ran them over with a truck :3
Well, maybe if you ran them over with a truck :3
I was never physically hurt, just mentally hurt...which is much worse in some cases
Being one of the founders of my high school's gay-straight alliance, this brings back a lot of memories for me.
The only constructive criticism I can see to give, is I think the wolf's face should have a bit more anger in it. Be it flared nostrils, a couple teeth barred in irritation, or perhaps in his eye/brow.
Everything else - love it. Love it love it love it, and wonderful job! :)
The only constructive criticism I can see to give, is I think the wolf's face should have a bit more anger in it. Be it flared nostrils, a couple teeth barred in irritation, or perhaps in his eye/brow.
Everything else - love it. Love it love it love it, and wonderful job! :)
Thank you for starting a club at your school to give LGBT students hope that they are normal, natural, and healthy. -hugs-
Great Picture!! This portrays how it was for me in high school, however I was the bigger one...I was a gigantic white guy, along with short Latino people. (nothing against them in any way, just they tend to be shorter) Almost came to a few fist fights, but the two who were causing trouble were in my weight lifting class, after a while they just left me alone, but still, was always the person to be avoided regardless if some one had an issue with me or not.
Being 14, in 1982. Known bisexual, accused of doing something even more taboo than bi/gay, even if it was way off wrong. When even teachers look at you different. Yes, I can idenify with this print. I only wish I had a big strong protector back then.
They wonder why it is, I refuse to go to high school reunions now? Or talk to only 1 person to this day from high school.
Yeah...they wonder.
But thank god it's 25 years in the past, and geographically distant.
Hell with high school
Oh, and stunning picture. Thanks for doing it.
- Shado
They wonder why it is, I refuse to go to high school reunions now? Or talk to only 1 person to this day from high school.
Yeah...they wonder.
But thank god it's 25 years in the past, and geographically distant.
Hell with high school
Oh, and stunning picture. Thanks for doing it.
- Shado
I really like this picture. In a way, the scene is kind of cliche, but that's sadly just because it's so _common_.
Two big comments:
- How come no one ever comes to a thread like this to admit that they were a bully and feel ashamed for it, and want to get past it, instead of going "oh I got picked on like that, I know how it feels." I feel like if someone who picked on me a lot turned around and regretted it and really tried to become a nice person, I might think about forgiving them. I've never seen anyone do that. You can't tell me that there are no high school bullies who are also furs...
- The fox looks kind of like a coyote. I thought he was a coyote, in fact, until I saw the thing saying he was a fox. Nothing wrong with coyotes :)
Also, if anyone received a black eye in my high school, the aggressor was instantly suspended. The only thing that really did was cause people to make sure they hurt others without leaving a mark....
Two big comments:
- How come no one ever comes to a thread like this to admit that they were a bully and feel ashamed for it, and want to get past it, instead of going "oh I got picked on like that, I know how it feels." I feel like if someone who picked on me a lot turned around and regretted it and really tried to become a nice person, I might think about forgiving them. I've never seen anyone do that. You can't tell me that there are no high school bullies who are also furs...
- The fox looks kind of like a coyote. I thought he was a coyote, in fact, until I saw the thing saying he was a fox. Nothing wrong with coyotes :)
Also, if anyone received a black eye in my high school, the aggressor was instantly suspended. The only thing that really did was cause people to make sure they hurt others without leaving a mark....
I was one of those bullies and I am extremely ashamed of the actions I did. I didn't target people by sex, religion, of personal creed and sexual preference though. I do feel like I've changed and made a sincere attempt to become a better person. If I could see anyone again from my school years it would be Patrick Tatum, a name I will never forget. I was horribly cruel to him and had beaten him up at least 30 separate times. I remember this one day where he finally stood up to me and I shot him down - bad. I came up behind him after hearing about him talking trash about me, grabbed the back of his head and slammed it into a locker. He fell like a sack of bricks unconscious for about 3 minutes but I kept walking like nothing happened. That's a memory I could never erase no matter how hard I tried. He never turned me in. No one did. They were all too afraid to. I later realized that I was so cruel because I was so sad and I took my anger out on people that didn't deserve it. For that, I am extremely sorry. There had been plenty of times I wish I had my ass beat though it never happened. I did, however, beat the shit out of myself in front of a whole bunch out people. I think I did that because of no one standing up to me and taking me down, so I did myself.
I don't like remembering those days because they were full of nothing but sadness, hate, and anger. I'd broken others bones, sent one to ICU, challenged the principle and cop, among many other horrible things. Hitting people with whatever was handy and slamming some into walls and lockers was common.
One person stood up to me though. I allowed him to take the first swing and hit me in the face as hard as he could. He did hit me and super hard too but it didn't phase me the least bit. I came after him and was going to tear him apart but a car drove by seeing all the commotion and called the cops. I was on probation at the time so I told him that if I ever saw him again in or out of school I would beat the shit out of him without warning worst than I was going to that day. I never saw him again. I think he transferred schools.
I guess that would be the closest I've come to being beat up though even today, I sometimes wish I could be beaten up. Honestly, I want to be at times.
I am truly sorry for all the people I hurt.
I don't like remembering those days because they were full of nothing but sadness, hate, and anger. I'd broken others bones, sent one to ICU, challenged the principle and cop, among many other horrible things. Hitting people with whatever was handy and slamming some into walls and lockers was common.
One person stood up to me though. I allowed him to take the first swing and hit me in the face as hard as he could. He did hit me and super hard too but it didn't phase me the least bit. I came after him and was going to tear him apart but a car drove by seeing all the commotion and called the cops. I was on probation at the time so I told him that if I ever saw him again in or out of school I would beat the shit out of him without warning worst than I was going to that day. I never saw him again. I think he transferred schools.
I guess that would be the closest I've come to being beat up though even today, I sometimes wish I could be beaten up. Honestly, I want to be at times.
I am truly sorry for all the people I hurt.
Contrition is not an easy path to walk, but it's good that you've acknowledged your shortcomings and have resolved to stop and change your ways to a better path.
Never forget that decision and why you made it though.
Because the world needs more men of honor, decency and courage than it does bullies, mugs and crooks.
Good on your for beginning to walk a lighter path.
Never forget that decision and why you made it though.
Because the world needs more men of honor, decency and courage than it does bullies, mugs and crooks.
Good on your for beginning to walk a lighter path.
The United States also needs more people to understand what sexual orientation (not preference) is and what it is not, just like we teach with race and gender.
I'd say we're in better shape than most. In the Middle-East for example, people are still stoned or hung to death for homosexuality.
yes, however that does not warrant justification for bigotry against LGBT in America. Almost all of Europe supports legal recognition of same sex couples, employment non discrimination policies, and public non discrimination acts. Canada and six other countries in Europe gives full marriage rights, as well as paying LGBT employees equal wages as compared to heterosexuals where in the US gay people make 64% of what a heterosexual white male makes, even less if the LGBT person is African American. As compared to many countries the US is not the best place to live if you are a minority, female, or atheist. In fact according to research done by the ASA, out of 50 countries studied the USA placed 32 out of 50 when compared to the general public wages, education, understanding of science, acceptance towards others, life expectancy, equal wages, and health care. The top five countries were Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Canada.
Another thing to note is that the middle east uses the same dogma, Abrahamic Dogma (Christianity, Judaism, Islam), that the US uses to support bigotry and the denial of civil rights to LGBT as well as their families that they raise.
One more thing to consider is that the middle east is not a developed country like the US therefore rending your point useless.
Another thing to note is that the middle east uses the same dogma, Abrahamic Dogma (Christianity, Judaism, Islam), that the US uses to support bigotry and the denial of civil rights to LGBT as well as their families that they raise.
One more thing to consider is that the middle east is not a developed country like the US therefore rending your point useless.
I wasn't aware this was a debate, but if you want to cast gauntlets, then here's one of my own;
First off, my point is not useless. There are primitive tribes in the Amazon that are fine with homosexuality and certain Asian countries since ancient times has been fine with it, regardless of religious beliefs.
Furthermore, the Middle East is not 'a country'. It's a region and Iraq, which has many cities and Iran who are developing a nuclear program, are *not* undeveloped as you say.
So my point is not invalid.
Moving on, legislation does not mean that the people themselves are more enlightened, just that the governments impose that will and expect everyone to follow it.
In America however, while it's not legislated, there are states where same sex marriage is legal because the people willed it, not the government.
And in those states where the people willed against it, the same sex couples have the freedom to get married elsewhere since, legally speaking, while they can't get married *in* that state, the state must still recognize the civil union.
Now, to be fair, there is still bigotry. But America is not unique in that.
Bigotry is everywhere and the best deterrent against it isn't legislation. That's just forcing notions.
Instead, the best deterrent is tolerance.
Oh, you don't have to *like* something, but you can still tolerate it.
And unlike these Middle Eastern countries where homosexuality is punishable by death, we in America punish those who harm others based on their differences.
First off, my point is not useless. There are primitive tribes in the Amazon that are fine with homosexuality and certain Asian countries since ancient times has been fine with it, regardless of religious beliefs.
Furthermore, the Middle East is not 'a country'. It's a region and Iraq, which has many cities and Iran who are developing a nuclear program, are *not* undeveloped as you say.
So my point is not invalid.
Moving on, legislation does not mean that the people themselves are more enlightened, just that the governments impose that will and expect everyone to follow it.
In America however, while it's not legislated, there are states where same sex marriage is legal because the people willed it, not the government.
And in those states where the people willed against it, the same sex couples have the freedom to get married elsewhere since, legally speaking, while they can't get married *in* that state, the state must still recognize the civil union.
Now, to be fair, there is still bigotry. But America is not unique in that.
Bigotry is everywhere and the best deterrent against it isn't legislation. That's just forcing notions.
Instead, the best deterrent is tolerance.
Oh, you don't have to *like* something, but you can still tolerate it.
And unlike these Middle Eastern countries where homosexuality is punishable by death, we in America punish those who harm others based on their differences.
And before you get any ideas that I, myself, am intolerant of same-sex relations, know that I'm not in any way against it.
I stand in favor of freedom and tolerance. Same sex marriages aren't any of my business and it doesn't effect my life in any way.
It's not for me, but one of the beautiful things about people is the differences.
I lived in California when Prop 8 was being debated and when the time came to vote, I couldn't bring myself to vote for it or against it because I actually read the prop, and it was just shifting the extreme to the other side.
There was no happy balance to be had in the proposition. It was basically asking me who should conform to who, and I don't believe in conformity of any sort, so I did not vote on it.
I didn't vote for it, because I couldn't condone the state impressing a conformity on churches, and I didn't vote against it because I couldn't condone the state denying *any* sort of same-sex union.
If the bill had said that it would simply give same-sex couples the freedom to wed and *would not* punish churches that refused to wed same sex couples for religious reasons, then I would have voted for it in a heartbeat.
What it comes down to, Darkwolf, is that you can't legislate morality.
But you can legislate freedom and greatly punish those who would harm others simply because of what they look like, how they live and so on.
Do you understand?
I stand in favor of freedom and tolerance. Same sex marriages aren't any of my business and it doesn't effect my life in any way.
It's not for me, but one of the beautiful things about people is the differences.
I lived in California when Prop 8 was being debated and when the time came to vote, I couldn't bring myself to vote for it or against it because I actually read the prop, and it was just shifting the extreme to the other side.
There was no happy balance to be had in the proposition. It was basically asking me who should conform to who, and I don't believe in conformity of any sort, so I did not vote on it.
I didn't vote for it, because I couldn't condone the state impressing a conformity on churches, and I didn't vote against it because I couldn't condone the state denying *any* sort of same-sex union.
If the bill had said that it would simply give same-sex couples the freedom to wed and *would not* punish churches that refused to wed same sex couples for religious reasons, then I would have voted for it in a heartbeat.
What it comes down to, Darkwolf, is that you can't legislate morality.
But you can legislate freedom and greatly punish those who would harm others simply because of what they look like, how they live and so on.
Do you understand?
talk about dick head guys jocks in my school that had some serious issues they needed to get fix. I feel for the poor guy in the pic
We all have been there at some point in our lives whether in school or not. i was picked on for being gay before I came out and when I did everyone was like Oh Shit! No body ever beat me up mostly because well I am a farmer. Not that I was physically imposing, just no one wanted to(most of the time).
I do want to say that I am not a feminine guy either, and picked on the ones that were lol. But now that I dropped out of school and work in a pharmacy, I see people from school that were mean and snotty to me and moved on, we have grown up. It is quite interesting to see where they are in their lives.
Then there are a very few others I find I cant forgive them for what they have done, but one day I have a feeling I will. School is a breeding ground I do agree. However as in my case I forgave most of the people that did me wrong. it is just a matter of time.
I do want to say that I am not a feminine guy either, and picked on the ones that were lol. But now that I dropped out of school and work in a pharmacy, I see people from school that were mean and snotty to me and moved on, we have grown up. It is quite interesting to see where they are in their lives.
Then there are a very few others I find I cant forgive them for what they have done, but one day I have a feeling I will. School is a breeding ground I do agree. However as in my case I forgave most of the people that did me wrong. it is just a matter of time.
I was a jackass in school. It's been about 6 six years since I was arrested and expelled form high school. I got a GED and a job and left all that stuff behind. I changed a lot in the sequent time and then about three weeks ago, I had a guy contact me on Facebook. He was one of the people I beat up in school. I had a long talk with him about those times and I couldn't be more apologetic. Its sad to remember but now the both of us are better. I'm glad he contacted me so I could tell him how sorry I was.
what is really sad is that it sounded like no one cared to stop you. Had you been at the high school I attended and I saw this, things would have been much different. I really hope you have changed, however I have simply seen people move from one target to another.
It is very sad that the teens most abused in high school by other children and their teachers is LGBT students. What is really sad is having to mentor and counsel these kids out of a suicidal depression because of the bigotry placed on them because they were born different. The most frustrating thing to see is a kid demand that a psychologist, counselor or even a mentor "help fix him or her" (meaning make him heterosexual), just because of the ignorance about sexual orientation.
While I am glad you owned up for what you did... i doubt the mental scars of this person have healed completely.
It is very sad that the teens most abused in high school by other children and their teachers is LGBT students. What is really sad is having to mentor and counsel these kids out of a suicidal depression because of the bigotry placed on them because they were born different. The most frustrating thing to see is a kid demand that a psychologist, counselor or even a mentor "help fix him or her" (meaning make him heterosexual), just because of the ignorance about sexual orientation.
While I am glad you owned up for what you did... i doubt the mental scars of this person have healed completely.
Really touching piece Rukis, I can definitely relate. High school was terrible.
im not too sure what my sexuality is but ive stood up to several people for harassing my good gay friend...i hate people that are so judgemental..
Very powerful piece. Plenty of people can relate, I'm sure.
I count myself lucky that my high school was actually a pretty understanding and mild place. Which is weird, 'cause it's in the South, and filled with hicks. c:
Hardly any fights, yet had an entire clique of gays and bi's. Huh.
BUTANYWAY,
this is a pretty well done piece. I love the fur detail, as always.
The ceiling strikes me as a little off, though, for whatever reason. I can't really discribe it, so uh.. Nevermind the worthlessness. :B
I count myself lucky that my high school was actually a pretty understanding and mild place. Which is weird, 'cause it's in the South, and filled with hicks. c:
Hardly any fights, yet had an entire clique of gays and bi's. Huh.
BUTANYWAY,
this is a pretty well done piece. I love the fur detail, as always.
The ceiling strikes me as a little off, though, for whatever reason. I can't really discribe it, so uh.. Nevermind the worthlessness. :B
This is beautiful.... I hated highschool, full of hate and anger, I mean it's no wonder all kinda of kids are fucked up, school can do that shit to you.
I remember a cute guy friend of mine running out to my truck while I was eating lunch one day, poor guy had a nice shiner some asshole jock gave him. Hell on earth if you can't just be cute and male in SoCal's junior college systems.
Very vivid, well constructed and thought provoking. Easily one of the best overall pieces I've seen in the last few months on the entirety of FA.
Very vivid, well constructed and thought provoking. Easily one of the best overall pieces I've seen in the last few months on the entirety of FA.
it's not usually the jocks that bully people, any more. That's actually WHY I made one of the 'good' characters here a jock
My view into this atrocity is from years ago, close to 7.
However, I was the gay jock in high school..
However, I was the gay jock in high school..
that's alright. . . I was a jock, too. Well. . . swimmer. Proof that you can be an ENORMOUS nerd, and INCREDIBLY unpopular, and a jock. The oldschool 'bullying jock' persona doesn't really exist any more. It's more the entitled, yuppy kids that tend to bully, nowadays
usually yuppies, skaters, some Goths, some straight gamers and Most redneck kids. other kids I've met in HS such as metal heads, juggalos, Otakus, artists, Movie buffs, and the only other furry i knew were very open minded.
Abuse against LGBT comes more from religiousness in students, than anything else. Thought patterns preached to these disturbed individuals that condemn gay people are mainly self fulfilling rhetoric that they use to justify the abuse.
A much as this sings to the choir for many of you LGBT in here, it has been consistently shown that the most anti-gay, most ignorant and arrogant about sexual orientation are those with a high literacy of Davidic religion and a low literacy in general science. (P. Brinson, 2008)
A much as this sings to the choir for many of you LGBT in here, it has been consistently shown that the most anti-gay, most ignorant and arrogant about sexual orientation are those with a high literacy of Davidic religion and a low literacy in general science. (P. Brinson, 2008)
I got messed with so bad in high school that I dropped out.
Absolutely wonderful. A very real and destructive fact of life that I've been lucky enough to avoid thus far.
Amazing.. Simply put. I can somewhat relate to this, and it gave a tug at my heart (Not sure what kind of term to use right now... But I hope you know what I mean.)
Cheers.
Cheers.
This reminds me of a scene from a story I was planning....
Reminds me of what I went through in HS, 'cept mine was emotional abuse rather than physical. Still hurts.
Reminds me of what I went through in HS, 'cept mine was emotional abuse rather than physical. Still hurts.
I've never had to protect anyone, and I never had to survive a beating myself. I suppose I am one of the lucky folks out there, judging by the replies.
LMAO! Your avatar is AWESOME! I'm not gay but the people that bash others for being gay really piss me off.
Nicely done hun. I know this feeling all too well. No one ever found out I was gay back in school but I know the feeling cause I have seen it done to my friends. And people wonder why others bring weapons to school.
Same here. I have a good build but back then in high school I had to learn to defend myself which is why I took martial arts and it helped alot. I had a little frame back then but now a days people don't screw wit me. Even my old enemies back from HS.
There is no way to act gay. The stereotype of the feministic gay male is false. Only 3% of all gay males exhibit those characteristics and the same percent applies to heterosexual that also exhibit gender non conformity syndrome. This stereotype is as accurate as the quite hateful "pedophile" stereotype which we all know is false.
sorry i mean 5% for femininity, the 3% is the total of gay males who are identified as pedophile.
Me and you both hun. You know what I look like now but back in my school days I lacked any build. It was not to after I got out I started body building. Now a days the same people who were cruel to me then are scared of me now. Funny how life turns.
Being a bully in middle school, I never went after gay people but I had seen it happen. I usually stood up for them. I didn't like the jocks. I was more of a "freak" during that time. Baggy pants, chains, knife, and a horrible attitude. I remember quite well the day I snapped from being a pacifist to rebel. I'm pretty sure that was the day I changed. I went from taking crap to beating the crap out of anyone that offended me in any way. No one messed with me sheerly because they were afraid of me. I'd broken a guys elbow, sent another to ICU for a month, challenged the principle and the cop. I was a pretty damn bad kid, but I'm glad I'm not that person anymore. Unfortunately, those memories of the things I did will never go away and I am ashamed of myself for doing them. Patrick Tatum is a name I will never forget though I would like to.
step aside Industrial Lights and Magic, Rukis has done it again!
I feel like writing an story about these two friends!
I feel like writing an story about these two friends!
Reading through some of these comments, I really have to question some of the truthfulness of peoples comments. I see more than a handful of people claiming they were bullied, ect then beat up 500 people and afterwords people left them alone. Right...
seconded ...lol ......dont doubt it happens for ive seen this doubt that many are beaten on here
I was never beat up. I wish I had been though. I was pushed off of a curb and fell on my ass in intermediate school. That's when I changed and didn't take crap from anyone. 500 is ridiculous though and I can't believe it.
It was an exaggeration. Even still I have serious doubts about the physical prowess of most of the members on this site. And even more so in their fighting abilities.
Another powerful piece from you. Great job!
That pretty much sums high school up. I'm glad I'm in university now. Nobody makes a big deal out of your interests at post-secondary levels.
That pretty much sums high school up. I'm glad I'm in university now. Nobody makes a big deal out of your interests at post-secondary levels.
This piece REALLY hits home for me...
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The cruelty of bullies brought out the violent side of me, growing up. Especially in middle school. All I learned from them is that there's no verbal reasoning with them--they only understand violence. I became MORE than happy to oblige them. The idea only became further reinforced when me attacking them made the bullying stop. They'd fear me instead of making me a victim and this only encouraged the believe that brute force solves problems. I know better than to just fly off the handle at the drop of a hat now that I'm older, but ... pushed far enough, I definitely don't hesitate to use intimidation and rough-handling to stop bullshit in its tracks. To hell with it not being "lady-like"! >={
Seeing people harassed and mistreated like this always boils my blood, because the frustration and hurt is so familiar to me. It's very hard for me not to be compelled to step in and do something when it happens around me. It's part of why trolls piss me off so much--it's just cyber-bullying. Same crap, different outlet.
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The cruelty of bullies brought out the violent side of me, growing up. Especially in middle school. All I learned from them is that there's no verbal reasoning with them--they only understand violence. I became MORE than happy to oblige them. The idea only became further reinforced when me attacking them made the bullying stop. They'd fear me instead of making me a victim and this only encouraged the believe that brute force solves problems. I know better than to just fly off the handle at the drop of a hat now that I'm older, but ... pushed far enough, I definitely don't hesitate to use intimidation and rough-handling to stop bullshit in its tracks. To hell with it not being "lady-like"! >={
Seeing people harassed and mistreated like this always boils my blood, because the frustration and hurt is so familiar to me. It's very hard for me not to be compelled to step in and do something when it happens around me. It's part of why trolls piss me off so much--it's just cyber-bullying. Same crap, different outlet.
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yeah i hear u thats how it was for me in elementary school and some of my middle school until me and my old friend got tired of it and started fighting back when they came to us, otherwise we just minded our own business. and of course there was always a select few ppl that wanted to start stuff in high school but it just didnt last long because i knew alot of ppl and they decided it wasnt worth it, go for being held back!! lol.
but i have also known a few of my friends that took their lives and one that was stabbed and left in the middle of the desert.... and i just hung out with him a day before it happened. now i try my best to steer fights away because i know what can happen and i dont want history to repeat itself to another close friend.
but i have also known a few of my friends that took their lives and one that was stabbed and left in the middle of the desert.... and i just hung out with him a day before it happened. now i try my best to steer fights away because i know what can happen and i dont want history to repeat itself to another close friend.
Very strong image regardless of story behind it. It has a message of its own.
Never did experience anything like this myself but saw it trough the hallways silently a few times. High school can be a hell ground regardless what school or nation it is.
Never did experience anything like this myself but saw it trough the hallways silently a few times. High school can be a hell ground regardless what school or nation it is.
Very nice piece. I didn't have a problem in high school. People were afraid of me for the most part from my reputation. Unfortunately, I was the jackass who used to beat up on a few people I didn't like. I regret it now and have mellowed out a lot. But in high school I wasn't that bad. It was just what I'd done in middle school that deterred people from messing with me. I was still arrested in high school for assault with bodily injury and later expelled. I had it coming. Hopefully, most of the people in high school will realize when they're older the way the behaved and what they did was wrong. If you're a victim of attack, I'm sure the attacker will feel worse about it later than you did then. I know I do.
It's good of you to be open about that. I also got in trouble for being violent in high school, but I was never expelled. Damn close.
I try to be as open as I can now. I wouldn't have changed if I kept on repressing and denying the truth. The root cause of my anger was my sadness. I was an asshole and I got what I deserved though even now, I wish I had got more. Juve was the wake-up call I needed. I only wish I could see the people I hurt again and shake their hand but I'd gladly allow them to kick me around without resisting if they wanted to.
Regret and remorse is a disease I am plagued with for some of the actions I've done unto people that didn't deserve what I put them through. I targeted all the wrong people when I should have been targeting myself.
I did stick up for the gays and other excluded people though, so I'm glad I did that. But most of all, I'm glad I changed.
Regret and remorse is a disease I am plagued with for some of the actions I've done unto people that didn't deserve what I put them through. I targeted all the wrong people when I should have been targeting myself.
I did stick up for the gays and other excluded people though, so I'm glad I did that. But most of all, I'm glad I changed.
I think it's pointless to continue blaming yourself for what you did back then, for it is enough that you realise it was wrong and that you are not like that anymore - in the other words, you have learned from your past experienses. There is propably not a single molecule left in your body - not one of which your form was made back in those days. On the other words, you are merely a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy, only your memories remain the same as they are transferred from a manifestation to another.
At least this is how I see it, and this is one of the reasons why I don't carry grudge against those who have bullied me so many years ago. They were technically children back then, and as we all know children often have underdeveloped sense of empathy.
At least this is how I see it, and this is one of the reasons why I don't carry grudge against those who have bullied me so many years ago. They were technically children back then, and as we all know children often have underdeveloped sense of empathy.
It's not that I am punishing myself or anything like that. It's just some memories, no matter how hard you try, you can never forget. This image brought that up again.
I see what you mean. Most of us have got skeletons in our closets, or demons in our past, and none of us are proud of them. Such is life and all that.
I used to be picked on, had shit thrown at me because I sat at the back of the bus.. Though I had a peculiar way of dealing with it. I became a teacher's pet and a tattletail. I did stupid things to charm the teachers and I think this made me hated even more. I don't regret finally snapping and flipping a large desk or even developing a pen shooter that could fire a pen filling so hard, it could pierce the metal framework in between panels in the cieling. What I regret are the absolutely stupid things I said and did. Not bullying or bringing weapons to school, but just being so much of a teacher's pet back in high and middleschool.
Still, when one gets things thrown at you, there is a bright side... I was never short on school supplies. They threw it, I kept it. My stapler now, bitches! XD
Still, when one gets things thrown at you, there is a bright side... I was never short on school supplies. They threw it, I kept it. My stapler now, bitches! XD
I had one person try to attack me in high school, because i was open and comforting LGBT students who felt lonely and cast out. Gave him what he deserved. The guy now has little function to his left arm, and a disjointed jaw. That was the first and last time anyone every harassed me and anyone who was LGBT that I knew.
Where I live is something that happens very commonly. In fact since there are several times I hair for that reason
I know it's cruel and i shouldn't say this, but i've always thought, even if you are gay... why the heck announce it to the world, even if by clothing? Everyone knows that there's low tollerance for it and people beat up others because they're different. If they'd just wear normal clothes and try and blend in, at least until they get out of highschool, this kind of thing wouldn't happen to em. *shrug* just face it, people are assholes, they'll beat up anything that's different, nerds.. gays... bisexuals... i got picked on and slapped around cause of the nerd aspect in school so it's pretty similar, but it's not much i could do to hide it.
So, should I have dressed like a girl, in highschool? Worn more tank-tops or low-riders, instead of men's shirts and jeans? Why does what the majority wants HAVE to win? Why do women HAVE to dress a certain way, and men have to dress just so, or they get the shit kicked out of them?
I second that. To add to your argument, why should we, as females, have to freeze from too much AC just to fit in?
You try living in a closet of shame, fear and guilt your whole life because you are born different. I suggest you read this from APA division 44 about why people come out and why it is so important that they do so.
APA: What is "coming out" and why is it important?
The phrase "coming out" is used to refer to several aspects of lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons' experiences: self-awareness of same-sex attractions; the telling of one or a few people about these attractions; widespread disclosure of same-sex attractions; and identification with the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community. Many people hesitate to come out because of the risks of meeting prejudice and discrimination. Some choose to keep their identity a secret; some choose to come out in limited circumstances; some decide to come out in very public ways.
Coming out is often an important psychological step for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. Research has shown that feeling positively about one's sexual orientation and integrating it into one's life fosters greater well-being and mental health. This integration often involves disclosing one's identity to others; it may also entail participating in the gay community. Being able to discuss one's sexual orientation with others also increases the availability of social support, which is crucial to mental health and psychological well-being. Like heterosexuals, lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people benefit from being able to share their lives with and receive support from family, friends, and acquaintances. Thus, it is not surprising that lesbians and gay men who feel they must conceal their sexual orientation report more frequent mental health concerns than do lesbians and gay men who are more open; they may even have more physical health problems."
APA: What is "coming out" and why is it important?
The phrase "coming out" is used to refer to several aspects of lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons' experiences: self-awareness of same-sex attractions; the telling of one or a few people about these attractions; widespread disclosure of same-sex attractions; and identification with the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community. Many people hesitate to come out because of the risks of meeting prejudice and discrimination. Some choose to keep their identity a secret; some choose to come out in limited circumstances; some decide to come out in very public ways.
Coming out is often an important psychological step for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. Research has shown that feeling positively about one's sexual orientation and integrating it into one's life fosters greater well-being and mental health. This integration often involves disclosing one's identity to others; it may also entail participating in the gay community. Being able to discuss one's sexual orientation with others also increases the availability of social support, which is crucial to mental health and psychological well-being. Like heterosexuals, lesbians, gay men, and bisexual people benefit from being able to share their lives with and receive support from family, friends, and acquaintances. Thus, it is not surprising that lesbians and gay men who feel they must conceal their sexual orientation report more frequent mental health concerns than do lesbians and gay men who are more open; they may even have more physical health problems."
I think you have me mixed up with a certain less tolerant human. I completely agree with the sentiment of the definition.
While I am not gay, I am familiar with what it is to know one is different than others. Its a dreadful feeling to know that you have to go to school everyday with a bunch of people who think you are too different to associate with (to give you an idea of how petty the people around me were at the time, I was "different" because I hadn't live in the same house all my life...and didn't dress like a slut). Personally I consider popular kids and their ilk total cowards who won't step outside their very narrow comfort zones, the world is so much more than their little worlds...it almost makes me feel sorry for them.
I think how society treats people who are homosexual or bi-sexual is really quite petty and immature. Personally, I have no problems with people who are gay or bisexual, I don't know why anyone would. I have always thought that its the person doing the teasing, tormenting, etc, that had the problem and are trying to deal with their problem at the expense of others, which is both wrong and very immature.
Disclaimer-I wrote this at 4am when I woke up for work, so if it doesn't entirely make sense, please tell me.
While I am not gay, I am familiar with what it is to know one is different than others. Its a dreadful feeling to know that you have to go to school everyday with a bunch of people who think you are too different to associate with (to give you an idea of how petty the people around me were at the time, I was "different" because I hadn't live in the same house all my life...and didn't dress like a slut). Personally I consider popular kids and their ilk total cowards who won't step outside their very narrow comfort zones, the world is so much more than their little worlds...it almost makes me feel sorry for them.
I think how society treats people who are homosexual or bi-sexual is really quite petty and immature. Personally, I have no problems with people who are gay or bisexual, I don't know why anyone would. I have always thought that its the person doing the teasing, tormenting, etc, that had the problem and are trying to deal with their problem at the expense of others, which is both wrong and very immature.
Disclaimer-I wrote this at 4am when I woke up for work, so if it doesn't entirely make sense, please tell me.
i want not replying you to, sorry for the confusion i was replying to AquaVixin.
ack... forgive my tying... dealing with the flu.
I was not replying to you but to the comment that AquaVixin made. For some reason it didn't quote him or her when i replied.
I was not replying to you but to the comment that AquaVixin made. For some reason it didn't quote him or her when i replied.
Its ok, I have had that happen on occasion. Hope you get to feeling better in very short order.
Been there, done that. Although I did not have a Reis. On the other hand I never got punched either. I come from a bitch town and the worst thing that happened to me was I got pushed down from behind called a fag (somthing I was called 20 billion times) and I cried in the boys room. Now that I look back on high school I laugh. It was such a fucking JOKE! It was not nearly the hell I thought it was at the time. Real Hell? REAL Hell is retail my friend.
worked for 8 years throughout college and following my graduation, until I started doing art full-time
Yuck. I am well on my way, fifth year here. You are very lucky to be in a field you like ^_^ I hope to figure out what I want to do with my life soon.
Uhm.. i was thinking wearing boy clothes.. i think you took that wrong. I dunno, i didn't mean it as a personal insult to you, just a generalization, boys that dress more like girls than boys are kind of asking for it.
That's exactly my point, though. That's a double-standard. Boys should be allowed to dress any way they want. . . . And no, I don't mind you voicing your opinion, and I certainly don't take it personally. I'm just trying to debate this with you. Why shouldn't someone be allowed to wear what they want? No matter WHAT you're wearing, it's my personal opinion that anyone who persecutes you for that ALONE is in the wrong.
I'm not saying anyone's NOT ALLOWED to wear anything they want, Go ahead if they want to. I'm just saying they should know in their mind that they're going to receive more stress, insults, and possibly being beat up for dressing that way. I just don't have much pity for em when they come crying or being all emo when it does happen, because they did it to themselves. *shrug* Sorry i kind of rant.. it's just.. I dunno, the whole "they hit me because of the way i dressed! help!" well if you wouldn't dress that way, it probably wouldn't happen nearly as much.
Unless they're like hanging out being all lovey dovey on another boy or kissing boys or something, that's a different situation entirely. I'm just saying, I'd think it'd be common sense to try and blend in with everyone else and NOT stand out, to minimize problems and just.. make it through without incident. Then again I'm anti-confrontational personally, so that's probably why i think this way.
Unless they're like hanging out being all lovey dovey on another boy or kissing boys or something, that's a different situation entirely. I'm just saying, I'd think it'd be common sense to try and blend in with everyone else and NOT stand out, to minimize problems and just.. make it through without incident. Then again I'm anti-confrontational personally, so that's probably why i think this way.
I have a question for you, what if someone wears those clothes for more practical reasons? I get cold very fast so I wear pants and boots at all times of the year, my petty female classmates make comments about it when they are wearing flip flops and short skirts (and shivering, might I add). While I will concede that girls tend to be crueler than boys, I am still curious how much one should "fit in" at the price of who they are? Your argument has been used to justify bullying for ages and is still used to justify it by lazy school administrators who's proper job is to stop such counter productive behavior.
Forgive the sharp reply but I have heard that argument one too many times and seen what results. I have friends that lost a lot of their self-confidence to bullying and any continued tolerance of it only makes the situation worse.
Forgive the sharp reply but I have heard that argument one too many times and seen what results. I have friends that lost a lot of their self-confidence to bullying and any continued tolerance of it only makes the situation worse.
so blend in, or get tormented? Sorry, I don't like either of those choices
Amen. You shouldn't have to change who you are and cower in fear because people might not like it. They don't like you for who you are? Touch shit. If they dare put their hands on you, spoon-feed them their own teeth. NOBODY has the right to harass or harm you because of what YOU believe.
The even easier solution is learn to fight back and people won't bother you for fear of getting their intestines threaded through their nostrils. Bad as it sounds, fear is a very viable self-defense mechanism. Bullies don't attack people they're afraid of.
In my case, I was picked on for not dressing like a slut and not liking what the "cool people" liked. So when they started physically harassing me, I harassed right back. Harassed one of them STRAIGHT to the hospital to get 2 stitches because I bit the bitch. Rest of 6th grade was VERY peaceful after that ... thankfully I didn't have to keep reinforcing the point because my mother and I decided upon home-schooling instead after everything that happened (to say I was damaged goods after that year of middle school would be putting it lightly). If I had remained in school until high school, I prolly would have ended up killing somebody, so I'm grateful things played out the way they did.
In my case, I was picked on for not dressing like a slut and not liking what the "cool people" liked. So when they started physically harassing me, I harassed right back. Harassed one of them STRAIGHT to the hospital to get 2 stitches because I bit the bitch. Rest of 6th grade was VERY peaceful after that ... thankfully I didn't have to keep reinforcing the point because my mother and I decided upon home-schooling instead after everything that happened (to say I was damaged goods after that year of middle school would be putting it lightly). If I had remained in school until high school, I prolly would have ended up killing somebody, so I'm grateful things played out the way they did.
The only problem with fighting back is most gay boys are kind of sissies (no offense, it's true typically) and don't usually do the whole "physical altercation" thing very much >.>
Well, I wouldn't really know as I'm a loud and proud bisexual female nerd (the later being the source of the harassment), so I've NEVER had a problem with it coming to blows. The only problem comes from remembering to stop before I accidentally kill them. THAT'S the tricky part. Once that bloodlust gets goin' y'know? >_>;;
the whole part where you said "they are asking for it" shows how backwards your country is, too bad your on the backburner (if your from america), because its goign down anywasy with the mindset you have right now for different people
If you think about making a smootie, and you belnd all that fruit together, you'll have a hard job telling them apart right? And yet, they all belnd together so well, yet there were many different fruits in the smoothie? Perhaps, like your smoothie, it is better to all be different, since then oh! what a more enriching flavour it has :D
Takes many different fruits to make a decent smoothie.
Takes many different fruits to make a decent smoothie.
YOu really dont know anything about gay people. You just presented one of the most misleading and false stereotypes of gay males around. While some gay males are feministic, they constitute only 5% of all gay males (J. Gottman PhD, J. Stacey PhD).
You cannot know someones sexual orientation unless they are open to discuss their lives in the same manner as heterosexual people discuss their lives... and for the most part their sexual innuendos.
I was always the, "mess with me and your dead," type. I however, did not act like the stereotypes you think that all gay people seem to fall under, why? because they are as bogus as the ignorant that spout idiocies that you just did.
In my high school after I started protecting the LGBT students, guess who just happen to be there to help out? The jocks, who no one could ever guess were gay. It is sad that it took a martial artist with balls to get a bunch of football, and basketball players to get off their asses and say enough is enough.
You cannot know someones sexual orientation unless they are open to discuss their lives in the same manner as heterosexual people discuss their lives... and for the most part their sexual innuendos.
I was always the, "mess with me and your dead," type. I however, did not act like the stereotypes you think that all gay people seem to fall under, why? because they are as bogus as the ignorant that spout idiocies that you just did.
In my high school after I started protecting the LGBT students, guess who just happen to be there to help out? The jocks, who no one could ever guess were gay. It is sad that it took a martial artist with balls to get a bunch of football, and basketball players to get off their asses and say enough is enough.
Amen Pal!
I kinda did the same in High School
I was very peaceful, not a violent person
but people always pointed at me for being gay
(Ironically, I never mentioned that I was or dress in a way to make them say that)
anyway, I was everyday being molested by the whole fucking damn school
Sadly, I needed to turn myself into a cold hearted, fuck the world way of thinking person, And beated up everyone who said even a stupid thing about me, that's how I got my respect even though no one knows I'm gay in reality.
So I do understand this kind of situation, It's really hard but Like in this discussion above, You must not let them change the way you are, in my case it was just a Mask, Shell; so be yourself, let the world roll and go on with your life,
That's what I think. Hope someone's with me in this.
I kinda did the same in High School
I was very peaceful, not a violent person
but people always pointed at me for being gay
(Ironically, I never mentioned that I was or dress in a way to make them say that)
anyway, I was everyday being molested by the whole fucking damn school
Sadly, I needed to turn myself into a cold hearted, fuck the world way of thinking person, And beated up everyone who said even a stupid thing about me, that's how I got my respect even though no one knows I'm gay in reality.
So I do understand this kind of situation, It's really hard but Like in this discussion above, You must not let them change the way you are, in my case it was just a Mask, Shell; so be yourself, let the world roll and go on with your life,
That's what I think. Hope someone's with me in this.
"The only problem with fighting back is most gay boys are kind of sissies (no offense, it's true typically) and don't usually do the whole "physical altercation" thing very much >.> "
I'm a former Paramedic/Fire Fighter. Then I become a cop and transferred to a inmate bootcamp where I was a drill instructor. And guess what I'm 100% gay! Just like many police and fire fighters across the USA and most of the world. Please take time to understand us before you stereotype.
I'm a former Paramedic/Fire Fighter. Then I become a cop and transferred to a inmate bootcamp where I was a drill instructor. And guess what I'm 100% gay! Just like many police and fire fighters across the USA and most of the world. Please take time to understand us before you stereotype.
they may be "Asking for it" but still i don't see why that justifies any type of cruelty. IDK maybe i don't get it. maybe i do and haven't realized it yet.
nothing justifies bigotry no matter what people think. Religion included.
What the hell ? That's funny cause even when I go out with my girlfriend i'm dressed in this slightly girly looking . that's just they way it is , you cant expect gay/bi people to act like musculary football players.
it's like saying afro american people asked to be black and poor in the 1950s.
it's like saying afro american people asked to be black and poor in the 1950s.
Yup, I know the feeling. Had it happen in my school a few times, which is why I never bothered to come out until after high school. I was too afraid that the same guys would get me. >..<
great image and well written piece to go with it. there are still those fighting for equal rights and some day it'll take a while for a person to understand what's going on here, because they'll never see it in real life, and that will be a glorious day
i love it the picture and the story both, it makes me remember that when i was in school i was the same way, i didnt look for trouble but i got my share of beatings, but eventually enough is enough and you have to make a stand, either by yourself, or with your friends at your side
Just never let anyone tell you how to act or dress, take pride in who you are and if there are people or furs in the world that don't like it well they know where they can go
Just never let anyone tell you how to act or dress, take pride in who you are and if there are people or furs in the world that don't like it well they know where they can go
nicely sad!! BUT !!
there is third type also!
One thats is like Marcus, but as time goes by... ppl do change! You can easily get Reis out of Marcus.
Trust me ! been there done that!!..
there is third type also!
One thats is like Marcus, but as time goes by... ppl do change! You can easily get Reis out of Marcus.
Trust me ! been there done that!!..
A very powerful piece, and as beautifully executed as always. You should do a female version.
It was middle school for me, girls can be so cruel, particularly to someone who isn't interested in playing their petty games. I spent a lot of time confused and miserable.
And to comment on an earlier comment about clothing, girls who dress "like guys" (aka not like sluts) also get an unfair share of headache for it.
It was middle school for me, girls can be so cruel, particularly to someone who isn't interested in playing their petty games. I spent a lot of time confused and miserable.
And to comment on an earlier comment about clothing, girls who dress "like guys" (aka not like sluts) also get an unfair share of headache for it.
One other thing, you also captured one other preciously scarce stereotype, the person who is willing to stand up to the bully and protect others. For some reason they are even scarce among school administrators, despite all their assertions to the contrary.
Poor Marcus reminds me of myself when I was in high school X3 good times heh
I wish I'd had a wolf to protect me back then :3 Not that I actually got beat up over being gay, but definitely teased about it. Beautiful, wonderful piece!
very good art! thankfully for me i never had to deal with this kind of thing. everyone knew i was gay, no one cared. two people will be going to the hospital, only one will need an ambulence X3 that's my motto. someone fucks with someone i care for, i can guarantee 3 broken bones on the offender.
its very cute
I am not an obvious person (at all) and back then I was in denial, but I still got excluded from all the "reindeer" games for some reason I can guess at lol
I am not an obvious person (at all) and back then I was in denial, but I still got excluded from all the "reindeer" games for some reason I can guess at lol
Let me start by saying this piece really is very amazing you did a wonderful job with it :D
(and now my shitty school experience)
I got fucked with more in jr high, got the shit kicked out of me a lot and things stolen.
in highschool there were quite a few times where I was randomly hit in the back of the head and also got shoved face first into my locker once and the guy vanished into the crowd.
Once I even had a whole class room try to kick my ass once, even the girls...
Things escalated a lot and my grades dropped as did my self esteem while my anxiety issues ate me alive.
Started getting panic attacks so bad they made me physically ill and had to leave early.
I can't fight to save my life I'm such a punching bag.
I dropped out in the middle of my second year in favor of homeschooling...
Words can't describe how much I hate highschool, I often heard kids talking about how much they just want to fight someone or fuck someone up for the hell of it.
It was just a cesspool of violent moronic scumbags.
(and now my shitty school experience)
I got fucked with more in jr high, got the shit kicked out of me a lot and things stolen.
in highschool there were quite a few times where I was randomly hit in the back of the head and also got shoved face first into my locker once and the guy vanished into the crowd.
Once I even had a whole class room try to kick my ass once, even the girls...
Things escalated a lot and my grades dropped as did my self esteem while my anxiety issues ate me alive.
Started getting panic attacks so bad they made me physically ill and had to leave early.
I can't fight to save my life I'm such a punching bag.
I dropped out in the middle of my second year in favor of homeschooling...
Words can't describe how much I hate highschool, I often heard kids talking about how much they just want to fight someone or fuck someone up for the hell of it.
It was just a cesspool of violent moronic scumbags.
I am so sorry to hear that. I cant say things will get better because according to our studies in the APA people are becoming more religiously literate but at the same time scientifically illiterate. About have this country doubts the "fact" of evolution. I say Fact because most people outside of the science community don't know what a theory is and what it represents.
The detail is gorgeous here. My only point of criticism is that the fox doesn't really seem to display much emotion facially. If you cover the bruised eye, and just look at the face, it looks like he could be doing anything from cleaning dishes to doing homework.
The wolf looks mildly irritated and focused, but nothing like you'd really expect to see.
Just some thoughts~
The wolf looks mildly irritated and focused, but nothing like you'd really expect to see.
Just some thoughts~
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO good picture but funny at all the furries that related to this LOL!
how is that funny? How is unjust violence against innocent people, who are born different, Funny? You are a sick and sad individual if you find this common atrocity funny.
That story made me cry. Grant it, I'm a straight female, but seeing this too much in my back in my high school years made me sick. Beautiful touching peice
wow......lovely work+story. Highskool + Differant=Getting ur arse beat,yep that reminds me of H.S. all right
The others in the background are going to hit the floor hard. They think they're on top now, a feeling that will soon be fleeting.
Great picture and story, Rukis. I think every one of us who went through high school being an outcast or different in any way knows and understands the situation you're portraying here. It's an awful reality that countless people have gone through and continue to go through due to the sickening part of human nature that creates such violent attitudes and reactions over things that are completely insignificant or outright false. There needs to be more like Reis who won't stand for it.
Skyfox
Great picture and story, Rukis. I think every one of us who went through high school being an outcast or different in any way knows and understands the situation you're portraying here. It's an awful reality that countless people have gone through and continue to go through due to the sickening part of human nature that creates such violent attitudes and reactions over things that are completely insignificant or outright false. There needs to be more like Reis who won't stand for it.
Skyfox
Beautiful and sad artwork.
This is what I would of done, according to the picture:
If some big guy ever did that to one of my friends, I WOULD tell his ass off!!
And if he strikes me, I would call the cops and have him charged for assault on a female.
This is what I would of done, according to the picture:
If some big guy ever did that to one of my friends, I WOULD tell his ass off!!
And if he strikes me, I would call the cops and have him charged for assault on a female.
Exemplary art, you've outdone yourself!
Poignant story too, quite amazing and touching.
Poignant story too, quite amazing and touching.
I love this, the expressions are so great, and the distress in the fox's desperate clinging position. Good work. :)
Yeah, I got social anxiety disorder with panic/anxiety attacks due to high school bullying.
You absolutely need to do more works like this.
The quality and style of the art non-withstanding: The story and the emotions that this carries is very compelling.
Pieces like this just have so much feeling drawn in the colors and the lines that they are insta-favorites.
This style is win.
Shaneorus
The quality and style of the art non-withstanding: The story and the emotions that this carries is very compelling.
Pieces like this just have so much feeling drawn in the colors and the lines that they are insta-favorites.
This style is win.
Shaneorus
I had the worst time of my life in middle school and highschool
Everytime i went to use the toilet i had garbage thrown at me, i was punched in the face, had my head slammed into a locker, dealt with a bully who was cruel to me emotionally and physically, i was called names, i had one kid who liked to block m path every day and get in my face had a full water bottle thrown at my head, textbooks stolen, (i got a lot of shit thrown at me) people would continuously call out my name in a hushed voice to distract me from school work
one day, i snapped, i just couldn't take all the abuse anymore, all the bile from 7 years of torture came boiling out of my mouth as i slammed my fists down on my abuser's desk and proceded to fire swear word after swear word, i shouted fuck off and leave me the fuck alone so loud i disrupted all the classes around me and brought in three other teachers, all of whom knew how caring and gentle i was, all surprised to see the rage that i had unleashed
i was never abused again, i made them think twice about what they could get away with, and thanks to a love of singing i had developed a powerful voice, i felt joy in making them cower in fear, i didn't have to actually hit them, but i made them fear me by snaping close to the line where the punches fly, i let them know, that if they pushed anymore there would be violence, and nothing is as frightening as facing a man consumed by rage and anger.
Everytime i went to use the toilet i had garbage thrown at me, i was punched in the face, had my head slammed into a locker, dealt with a bully who was cruel to me emotionally and physically, i was called names, i had one kid who liked to block m path every day and get in my face had a full water bottle thrown at my head, textbooks stolen, (i got a lot of shit thrown at me) people would continuously call out my name in a hushed voice to distract me from school work
one day, i snapped, i just couldn't take all the abuse anymore, all the bile from 7 years of torture came boiling out of my mouth as i slammed my fists down on my abuser's desk and proceded to fire swear word after swear word, i shouted fuck off and leave me the fuck alone so loud i disrupted all the classes around me and brought in three other teachers, all of whom knew how caring and gentle i was, all surprised to see the rage that i had unleashed
i was never abused again, i made them think twice about what they could get away with, and thanks to a love of singing i had developed a powerful voice, i felt joy in making them cower in fear, i didn't have to actually hit them, but i made them fear me by snaping close to the line where the punches fly, i let them know, that if they pushed anymore there would be violence, and nothing is as frightening as facing a man consumed by rage and anger.
yeah my school was like that to. I got it all I have all was been a bit of a pacifist so i tried not to fight but all so i was one of those guys who dose not care what others think but one day it got to be to much the bully's wear picking on a new kid who was gay as well as well as some of my friend's win one of the punch the new kid and i just lost it i run up to the guy and decked him right in the mouth and let go a over flow of swear word's the other bully's tried to get me but i want mad and bet the shit out of all of them (black belt and boxer) after that day though I never got picked on again
I do not appreciate your comment. you don't even know me and your calling me a liar? who are you to do that? your just looking to start something nothing more then a troll
what ever your not worth my time believe me or not I don't care just don't bug me
Amazingly touching picture. +Faved for the emotional impact.
I myself (being 18 now) - wasn't abused in high school very often. In fact I was more of a popular kind of nerd, I didn't ask for the attention, but my computer prowess caught the attention of many people. Only a couple people knew I was gay by the end of high school, including a couple /b/ frequenters that happened to stumble upon my Steam profile. I didn't take offense to any generic anti-fur insults, and physical violence wasn't really too common. Everyone was under the impression I could look up their IP in the white pages, and hack the FBI with a toaster. While that is a totally outrageous exaggeration of my computer skill, it seemed to work. Procuring test answers from digital tests and being a go-to guy for software seemed to help my reputation.
I'm still amazed, being in the south, a very anti-gay area, and not getting much of any flak for who I am. I'm one of the lucky few I guess, this image really hits hard though.
I myself (being 18 now) - wasn't abused in high school very often. In fact I was more of a popular kind of nerd, I didn't ask for the attention, but my computer prowess caught the attention of many people. Only a couple people knew I was gay by the end of high school, including a couple /b/ frequenters that happened to stumble upon my Steam profile. I didn't take offense to any generic anti-fur insults, and physical violence wasn't really too common. Everyone was under the impression I could look up their IP in the white pages, and hack the FBI with a toaster. While that is a totally outrageous exaggeration of my computer skill, it seemed to work. Procuring test answers from digital tests and being a go-to guy for software seemed to help my reputation.
I'm still amazed, being in the south, a very anti-gay area, and not getting much of any flak for who I am. I'm one of the lucky few I guess, this image really hits hard though.
i don't usually say this but i hope Rias Fucks the both of them up! because in my personal opinion there's no place for "justified violence against gays" in schools. they are to be and remain a safe haven for all students. now, I've never had my ass beat for my own sexuality so i can't say from experiance. but i have seen it enough in verbal and physical abuse out side of my school. and personaly, i think its a god damned shame that no one tries to stop it!
Sometimes using violence against violence is the only way to stand up to it...it's a crap deal but it's the sad truth...and usually the only message these kinds of bullies understand.
Excellent background story and a very beautiful albeit heart wrenching picture.
Thanks for sharing this!
Excellent background story and a very beautiful albeit heart wrenching picture.
Thanks for sharing this!
Well said. It took my skilled hands to teach the true meaning how intolerance is dealt with. It also took the person six months of recovery.
A very emotional and nice piece, but a very acurate depiction of how life works (just on smaller scale). I can relate to it, albeit I'd like to add that primary school was far worse then high school where I live.
I like this piece. I've seen lots of gore and blood, but bruises covered by fur sounds like a challenging thing to draw. Furres in highschool must get away with alot because who can see the bruises underneath the fur? Unless it's really bad bruising.
wow You did a great job with this. I can feel the emotion of the 2 in the foreground, and seeing as I was once in both of their shoes I take this pic to heart.
Highschool can be an evil place for anybody which I've never understood school it's self for that matter.
I'll have to stop looking at this pic though I can feel my blood pressure raise hehe.
Actually seeing this picture brings back a memory of one day in highschool for me, it was going on for awhile and I just had enough. Looking down into his eyes seeing the hurt seeing the bruises and not a damn teacher would anything about this took me over the edge.
I started walking up to those guys and the first thing that I could grab I grabbed it and hit one guy in the head knocking him to the floor then I just started to fight the other 2 after that I don't remember I black out when I get real mad. What I do remember the 3 guys never picked on that kid again he was able to walk down the hall without the fear of getting beat up.
About 14 years ago when that happened, I don't know what ever happen to that kid I never saw him after that grade.
Anyways it's a great art but again I'm going to have to not look at it my blood pressure hehe
*HUGS*
Highschool can be an evil place for anybody which I've never understood school it's self for that matter.
I'll have to stop looking at this pic though I can feel my blood pressure raise hehe.
Actually seeing this picture brings back a memory of one day in highschool for me, it was going on for awhile and I just had enough. Looking down into his eyes seeing the hurt seeing the bruises and not a damn teacher would anything about this took me over the edge.
I started walking up to those guys and the first thing that I could grab I grabbed it and hit one guy in the head knocking him to the floor then I just started to fight the other 2 after that I don't remember I black out when I get real mad. What I do remember the 3 guys never picked on that kid again he was able to walk down the hall without the fear of getting beat up.
About 14 years ago when that happened, I don't know what ever happen to that kid I never saw him after that grade.
Anyways it's a great art but again I'm going to have to not look at it my blood pressure hehe
*HUGS*
I love the stories of furries who think they've kicked ass in highschool. Its hilarious.
Absolutely beautiful work. The fur of the characters and the clothing are beautifully done - I don't see so many people paying this much attention to clothing. :) To add all the seams and textures...
And for the story behind this: I can find it to be really close to myself. It makes me so damn angry to see something like this! *turns into a tigress and eats the bullies*
And for the story behind this: I can find it to be really close to myself. It makes me so damn angry to see something like this! *turns into a tigress and eats the bullies*
Love the idea, makes it more known of how the whole "tolerance" bullshit that the bullies try to cop out as. Maybe one day people can put differences aside and realize that everyone is human and the same, just made differently in God's eyes
sadly, idoits like *cough*Apollo*cough* just reinforce the sterotype of what i said ealier in my comment, oh well, that's america for you sadly
sadly, idoits like *cough*Apollo*cough* just reinforce the sterotype of what i said ealier in my comment, oh well, that's america for you sadly
as much as i agree to your wish that mankind will one day put their differences aside, as much do i know that won t ever happen. Mankind bears the curse of aggression - this is our heritage from the very stone age. In the end mankind will bring about its own extinction - and most likely the destruction of the whole planet along with it.
about the picture however, i have to ad another comment:
that picture reminds me of my own time at secondary school - the only difference is: in my case there was no one to hold the bullies at bay. anyway it is a really well done picture.
about the picture however, i have to ad another comment:
that picture reminds me of my own time at secondary school - the only difference is: in my case there was no one to hold the bullies at bay. anyway it is a really well done picture.
There is evidence that the more secular and non-religious a country becomes the more accepting and tolerant it is of others. Of course its not tolerant of extremist immigrating in and demanding their religion be seen as more important than the lives, rights, and freedoms of all around them. But then again what logical person would be tolerant of intolerance?
I like your art man, extremely detailed and very real looking.
I wanna see a follow-up pic of Reis fighting the dude who hit Marcus ^^
even if it doesnt involve an actual hit, but a blurred swing would do the trick (like how in animes like Boondock's use)
hell, i'd probably give you some cash to make the follow up, lol
oh yea, that reminds me, you've got another watcher ;3
I wanna see a follow-up pic of Reis fighting the dude who hit Marcus ^^
even if it doesnt involve an actual hit, but a blurred swing would do the trick (like how in animes like Boondock's use)
hell, i'd probably give you some cash to make the follow up, lol
oh yea, that reminds me, you've got another watcher ;3
very lovely, i remember high school lol worst 4 years of my life lol
I can relate to a trend here. Get bullied in school, suffer for years and then such a degree of pure rage that people know fear and leave you alone. Thing is, why should usually docile people or even anyone be forced to use violence to beat bullying? It's kind of perverse, but sadly that is the world at the moment.
Oddly enough, I don;t know why it didn't ever happen to me...maybe because of a few suicides and someone becoming crippled brought my class together...
I was bullied bad until 5th grade when I pick up a bully by his collar and threw him, and by Sophmore year I was actually becoming popular even though I changed nothing and didn;t flaunt nor denied my sexuality.
In the end, I was like the mederately popular fag that everyone loved...I feel touched by the stories I hear of others and such.
TL;DR - Am I the only one who wasn't bullied in HS for their sexuality? And what were you guys doing that made you targets? o.O
I was bullied bad until 5th grade when I pick up a bully by his collar and threw him, and by Sophmore year I was actually becoming popular even though I changed nothing and didn;t flaunt nor denied my sexuality.
In the end, I was like the mederately popular fag that everyone loved...I feel touched by the stories I hear of others and such.
TL;DR - Am I the only one who wasn't bullied in HS for their sexuality? And what were you guys doing that made you targets? o.O
Awesome piece.
It brings back memories of HS for me somewhat. I was different, I wore black cloths, chains, a trench coat (I stopped wearing that for obvious reasons in 10th grade), was imposing, and a nerd (yes that seems like a contradiction) No one really messed with me, some said stupid shit, or called me a fagot, but that was the extent of it. I ditched that adult daycare in 11th grade to take college classes though (way better environment).
What this piece really reminds me of is some of my friends who where less fortunate in school.
It brings back memories of HS for me somewhat. I was different, I wore black cloths, chains, a trench coat (I stopped wearing that for obvious reasons in 10th grade), was imposing, and a nerd (yes that seems like a contradiction) No one really messed with me, some said stupid shit, or called me a fagot, but that was the extent of it. I ditched that adult daycare in 11th grade to take college classes though (way better environment).
What this piece really reminds me of is some of my friends who where less fortunate in school.
Some of us didn't have someone big and strong to turn to when we were treated badly... And I wasn't even gay...
... Sorry. Hits a bit close to home, and being six years removed from that shit does little to dull the memories.
... Sorry. Hits a bit close to home, and being six years removed from that shit does little to dull the memories.
For some reason your comment really got to me. I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience. :( *hugs*
Very nice piece. The story does reflect my first school fight.
Took place in 7th grade. I've never been the one that everyone found a reason to pick one nor did I look the part. I was always the quiet one. Always reading or drawing. I didn't socialize much, and look like the average person. There were those who thought themselves better than everyone else, and found me an easy target to make fun of, and I often just ignored that. After a while I got so tired of it and the group against me just got bigger. Until one of them thought it would be real cool to beat me up in front of everyone. I've never been a violent person and everyone knew that. Something clicked inside me that day and I ended up beating him bloody.
I got detention for a week. I'm not proud of it but he and everyone else in the school never thought to make fun of me again. Some of my closes friends started calling me Ragnarok for the reason.
Took place in 7th grade. I've never been the one that everyone found a reason to pick one nor did I look the part. I was always the quiet one. Always reading or drawing. I didn't socialize much, and look like the average person. There were those who thought themselves better than everyone else, and found me an easy target to make fun of, and I often just ignored that. After a while I got so tired of it and the group against me just got bigger. Until one of them thought it would be real cool to beat me up in front of everyone. I've never been a violent person and everyone knew that. Something clicked inside me that day and I ended up beating him bloody.
I got detention for a week. I'm not proud of it but he and everyone else in the school never thought to make fun of me again. Some of my closes friends started calling me Ragnarok for the reason.
Great piece of artwork Rukis. It reminds me of the students i stood up for in high school. It only took one incident with me for the rest of the student body to realize that if I see a person attacks a LGBT student, their next punch will find its way into my hands, and whatever injury they walked away with was only a warning.
It was violence but it made a distinct point to not harass LGBT students. I even got into a few teachers faces who were heterosexist... man those were the good days when life was interesting and not as boring as they are now.
It was violence but it made a distinct point to not harass LGBT students. I even got into a few teachers faces who were heterosexist... man those were the good days when life was interesting and not as boring as they are now.
Hi Rukis. We met via Sidian at FC and I also bought yer smexxy Doggy Stylin' shirt. Just wanted to say I loved this piece and it was quite the talk amongst several of my friends with the art show and all. I really enjoyed it myself too because it addresses a meaningful and emotional subject. A lot was said with a little. At any rate, just wanted to give you some well deserved kudos for the piece. I'm looking forward to more :)
it's always great to hear my pieces are enjoyed. This one was an idea I had that I couldn't shake 'til I put it to paper. I'm obviously not a gay male, myself. . . but I encountered a lotta problems in highschool, myself. . . and I wanted to portray that with a situation that wasn't exactly my own. I'm really glad you liked it
It's definitely a situation that I think many can relate to. It might not be in the same context, but the feeling and the emotional hurt. I think that's pretty obvious that you hit the mark judging by comments made by friends who saw the piece at the con and just looking at the comments from others here. Art should evoke an emotion. I think you succeeded ;)
But I feel I should come out and say that I am very impressed and touched by this. This was/is something I can relate to on an extremely intimate level. Of course, everyone here said that statement, but in high school, I was completely undercover as a gay student. I was constantly persecuted by fucking many students at school (who probably thought they'd get some cash prize for outing me), so I got very paranoid about what information I would put on the internet. That meant no Facebook, My Space, anything that I could put my personal information on. Any sensitive information like my sexuality would be completely undisclosed no matter what.
I had to withhold my sexuality for several years. I was never bullied about it; after all, I did a fine job not revealing myself in high school. But the paranoia was somewhat intense, I almost couldn't take the annoying persecution and that fact that it would be difficult to tell about my problem with my folks and/or acquaintances (I had made almost no friends in high school because of this) it had mentally manifested to the point where I felt I could trust absolutely no one. NO ONE.
As I said, I was paranoid that time. One day I had a straight student (think it was a fucking yup) sat next to me, during English 12 class we we're reading about 1800s poetry and it featured some of those old portraits of feminine men that you see in those English textbooks, well I was skipping some pages and I stumbled upon one such portrait, and than suddenly his "gaydar" broke loose and actually asked me if that "was sexy to me" in front of the entire classroom, at first I thought "fuck you, you're full of shit", but after that, he actually tried to go through the trouble of finding any possible piece of evidence out me as a gay student, to the point where it actually started to make me feel anxious. Like, get a fucking life. Thankfully, he didn't stay in class too long, don't know what happened to him.
Another event was in Geometry class, somebody was playing some fucking toy that if you enter certain answers if will "mysteriously" correctly determine what person you are. Some obnoxious 10th grade twat begged me to play it for him, and it came out as "pipe / gay" (I don't freaking care to remember the questions or answers) and suddenly, it was Groundhog's day to them. "What the fuck does that mean?" I said. "Dude, are you teh ghey?". "What? No." I replied, and the goddamn class could not shut up about it for days.
The anxiety was excruciating, I tried mentally fantasizing with females whenever I _________, (well... I'm sure you can fill in that blank) but I believed that it may have actually made it worse. I thought, "there's something totally wrong with me, what am gonna do? What am gonna do? What am gonna do? What am gonna do?" I couldn't suck it up and so one day (around Fall ‘07; senior year), I made the oh-so bright move of attempting to out myself to my parents. On there wedding anniversary. Yeah, good going. Things did not look good for me that day, to say the very least. While my mother wasn't proud, she admitted that she would still love me. My father, however, wanted me out by next week. But typical of him, he didn't keep his word and I stayed home. This particular event, taught me that I should be more open about myself to other people whenever possible, and college today allowed me to do just that.
Fuck high school and it's "student body" or whatever the fuck that is anymore. It serves nothing more than to establish the "cool" factor and whatever superficial shit in that system. I must admit that these were really just the very worse of times in high school. It wasn't completely terrible, but these memories of mine that I've shared we you all are some of what I remember the most about those times. And I that's probably more info about myself than I should have told.
I had to withhold my sexuality for several years. I was never bullied about it; after all, I did a fine job not revealing myself in high school. But the paranoia was somewhat intense, I almost couldn't take the annoying persecution and that fact that it would be difficult to tell about my problem with my folks and/or acquaintances (I had made almost no friends in high school because of this) it had mentally manifested to the point where I felt I could trust absolutely no one. NO ONE.
As I said, I was paranoid that time. One day I had a straight student (think it was a fucking yup) sat next to me, during English 12 class we we're reading about 1800s poetry and it featured some of those old portraits of feminine men that you see in those English textbooks, well I was skipping some pages and I stumbled upon one such portrait, and than suddenly his "gaydar" broke loose and actually asked me if that "was sexy to me" in front of the entire classroom, at first I thought "fuck you, you're full of shit", but after that, he actually tried to go through the trouble of finding any possible piece of evidence out me as a gay student, to the point where it actually started to make me feel anxious. Like, get a fucking life. Thankfully, he didn't stay in class too long, don't know what happened to him.
Another event was in Geometry class, somebody was playing some fucking toy that if you enter certain answers if will "mysteriously" correctly determine what person you are. Some obnoxious 10th grade twat begged me to play it for him, and it came out as "pipe / gay" (I don't freaking care to remember the questions or answers) and suddenly, it was Groundhog's day to them. "What the fuck does that mean?" I said. "Dude, are you teh ghey?". "What? No." I replied, and the goddamn class could not shut up about it for days.
The anxiety was excruciating, I tried mentally fantasizing with females whenever I _________, (well... I'm sure you can fill in that blank) but I believed that it may have actually made it worse. I thought, "there's something totally wrong with me, what am gonna do? What am gonna do? What am gonna do? What am gonna do?" I couldn't suck it up and so one day (around Fall ‘07; senior year), I made the oh-so bright move of attempting to out myself to my parents. On there wedding anniversary. Yeah, good going. Things did not look good for me that day, to say the very least. While my mother wasn't proud, she admitted that she would still love me. My father, however, wanted me out by next week. But typical of him, he didn't keep his word and I stayed home. This particular event, taught me that I should be more open about myself to other people whenever possible, and college today allowed me to do just that.
Fuck high school and it's "student body" or whatever the fuck that is anymore. It serves nothing more than to establish the "cool" factor and whatever superficial shit in that system. I must admit that these were really just the very worse of times in high school. It wasn't completely terrible, but these memories of mine that I've shared we you all are some of what I remember the most about those times. And I that's probably more info about myself than I should have told.
Also, it was very late by the time I wrote that, so if some parts didn't make sense, let me know and I'll revise some parts.
agreed, high school mentalities and the kids that are in it are shit, its hard to find good people liek you ( i wish i was there to help you out)
Thanks. I'm more comfortable in college now. I just need to retry "outing" myself properly to my folks again and maybe I'll be settled.
welcome, and its true that in college its much better because its the adult realm, and theres no room for stuff thats meant for high school
You about summed up my own highschool experience. Its pretty disgusting.
We never had many fights or violence in the halls, but the mental and emotional stuff? Nasty.
We never had many fights or violence in the halls, but the mental and emotional stuff? Nasty.
<o.o>;; ...wow - brings back bad memories (which I normally rather not think about because even now I feel like I would like to punish the guys that did it back then)... although that's probably what makes this such a good pic: the feeling(s) it ®evokes/provokes... well, at least fox has someone to stick up for him...
a-yup...
Done a ton of that during freshman and sophomone years. Realized I wasn't changing who I was (gay as richard simmons.), still feel like shit for picking on the gay kids.
Never did get violent, but I did end up giving a long apology to em. I was the kind of guy that just couldn't accept himself for what he was. Course that changed during senior year when I finally realized I wasn't changing and just started to realize I don't care what folks think of me. I'm my own person :p
Very nice picture, man. love it =3
Done a ton of that during freshman and sophomone years. Realized I wasn't changing who I was (gay as richard simmons.), still feel like shit for picking on the gay kids.
Never did get violent, but I did end up giving a long apology to em. I was the kind of guy that just couldn't accept himself for what he was. Course that changed during senior year when I finally realized I wasn't changing and just started to realize I don't care what folks think of me. I'm my own person :p
Very nice picture, man. love it =3
Beautiful piece. My heart goes out to all who had that kind of abuse during high school.
many a time I was on the receiving end of Cruelty just because I was fat
the rest of the time it was because I was a shy wimp
god, how I hated high school. if only I could have had a high school without other students, I might have loved it
the rest of the time it was because I was a shy wimp
god, how I hated high school. if only I could have had a high school without other students, I might have loved it
I am a writer, and have a lot of people watching me, for some reason. lol
And I have to say what you wrote is perfect. It flows very well, goes with the feeling of the image and everything. I bet you wrote that from the heart.
I cannot write, unless I am inspired, or it comes from the heart. Then the words take over and flow on their own. That is the feeling I get from your description.
And I have to say what you wrote is perfect. It flows very well, goes with the feeling of the image and everything. I bet you wrote that from the heart.
I cannot write, unless I am inspired, or it comes from the heart. Then the words take over and flow on their own. That is the feeling I get from your description.
I can sympathize with this. I'm bi, and didn't know the meaning of the word "gay" until after 6th grade, which is when I danced with another guy. I had other occurrences where my orientation would slip and I'd get ragged on by some of the other students. I never actually came to terms with my sexuality until my early college years.
This piece is beautiful. The image conveyed in it is one many teenagers experience at some point. It doesn't even have to be about sexuality either. It could be for any major thing that happens to a teenager. I'm quite glad to have found a piece of art such as this.
Not that i think you will read down this far but this one really hits home in a lot of ways.
I was never in a closet about anything in my life. though the weird in me outweighed the gay. but then i never saw the world like most other people. Quite Literally. with Synesthesia and some other fun things the world is a quite different place for me than others evidently. and well today i am better at not letting my weird out to levels i used to but at the time i just spoke what came to mind and was different enough to for people to hate me hardcore.
At one point in 5th grade no less i had someone try to actually kill me in school. with a switch blade knife. They chased me through the school and i dodged and doubles back looking for a teacher. i could not find any anywhere. finally they caught up with me and was about to give me new openings and this girl Reva Dent got in between us. She was a BIG girl. not fat but HUGE. she had 5 football playing brothers and well could lay half of them out. For some reason she liked me and stepped in and flattened the one kid.
It was not until much later after some severe crap that i learned that i could make fun of myself better than them and defend myself without getting in trouble (which is why i never did it before. My own siblings were ALWAYS getting into fights and getting into trouble. as the much younger child in the family i figured i would get it at school and then at home if i did)
somehow with my art and my weird ramped up i became quite popular by my senior year. which was something i could never deal with. all the people that used to hate me and screw with me now trying to be my friend... weird shit.
school period was a weird fucking place.
I was never in a closet about anything in my life. though the weird in me outweighed the gay. but then i never saw the world like most other people. Quite Literally. with Synesthesia and some other fun things the world is a quite different place for me than others evidently. and well today i am better at not letting my weird out to levels i used to but at the time i just spoke what came to mind and was different enough to for people to hate me hardcore.
At one point in 5th grade no less i had someone try to actually kill me in school. with a switch blade knife. They chased me through the school and i dodged and doubles back looking for a teacher. i could not find any anywhere. finally they caught up with me and was about to give me new openings and this girl Reva Dent got in between us. She was a BIG girl. not fat but HUGE. she had 5 football playing brothers and well could lay half of them out. For some reason she liked me and stepped in and flattened the one kid.
It was not until much later after some severe crap that i learned that i could make fun of myself better than them and defend myself without getting in trouble (which is why i never did it before. My own siblings were ALWAYS getting into fights and getting into trouble. as the much younger child in the family i figured i would get it at school and then at home if i did)
somehow with my art and my weird ramped up i became quite popular by my senior year. which was something i could never deal with. all the people that used to hate me and screw with me now trying to be my friend... weird shit.
school period was a weird fucking place.
Very well done. I can relate in a few ways but I won't go into it. Love the work you put into this. The shading, texturing and overall line work is beautifully done. A bit late on comments for this I know, but I felt I needed to give one.
Fortunetly i was never familiar with the cruelty of high school....i mean high schools are nto that bad here....at least there wasnt any cruelty or bullies in my school O.O at all D: altho i was veeeery familiar with those before high school x3 which was unfortunate but not in high school :D i loved it :3
And poor wolf D: amazing fur <3
And poor wolf D: amazing fur <3
I was picked on and beaten alot in high school. I don't really know why... they sent me to the hospital a few times. I have nerve damage in my elbow from being knocked unconscious and falling on it.. I had enough it was just a few weeks after my best friend killed himself I had enough of them.. I got my dads 45 colt, I brought it with me to school. it was lunch, I was in the parking lot they surrounded me again. and one ran at me and shoved me hard in the gut right were the 45 was. I saw his face go white with terror as he got a good imprint of the `1911 colt. it all ended there. no more having knives pulled on me and my late friend no more beatings and teachers just watching. I dropped out 2 weeks later and got my GED.. this was a life time ago.
really its a lie? I wish it was. thanks for dismissing a horrible part of my past. asshat
You had me going until you said you brought a gun to school. Just adding that made me LOL.
fuck you guy.. you have no idea what is real or not. and I brought guns to school many times. this was 1996 when it happened. why would you even take the chance of saying that to someone even if you think its too extreme. you are no better then those people. in fact I don't give two shits what you think or even if you believe it or not.. dosent change the fact that it was horrible my best friend hung himself, they found him 8 days later hanging in a barn. you should just keep your stupid mouth shut, if you even seen half the shit I had you would not even open your mouth.
Panz
don't bother wasting your energy on Mr.Drunk over there, he's just doing this because he's bored with his life
don't bother wasting your energy on Mr.Drunk over there, he's just doing this because he's bored with his life
true, but don't let their views jade your enjoyment on this site or in life
mmm no sorry hun. You'd be expelled from school for bringing a gun. The cops would be called.
You wouldn't just "drop out"
You wouldn't just "drop out"
well I prob shouldnt have shared this.. but its true. and nothing happend after that.. no trouble.
ok you know why they didn't rat me out? For one I would have kill them all.. I had two mags with me 8 rounds each 45 hollow points and I was damn good with it too. at 10 feet that would have been a group of dead fucks.. and they knew it so they didn't say shit, and yes I have killed people so I know its not hard and the ones I did kill I didn't even hate soooooo it would have been easy. so stfu and I don't give a fuck if your too dense to get this.. its not hard.. they knew.
No, honey.
One guy with a gun vs a group of people that wanna kick his ass = bad news for the guy with the gun.
I'm sure you've killed people. I once killed a man in Reno just to watch him die.
You can't pull a gun on people and then happily waltz back into school. Shit don't work that way kid. My buddy was accused of bringing a gun to school and they shut the whole fuckin thing down and expelled him.
He didn't even have a gun.
One guy with a gun vs a group of people that wanna kick his ass = bad news for the guy with the gun.
I'm sure you've killed people. I once killed a man in Reno just to watch him die.
You can't pull a gun on people and then happily waltz back into school. Shit don't work that way kid. My buddy was accused of bringing a gun to school and they shut the whole fuckin thing down and expelled him.
He didn't even have a gun.
ok ok lets talk experience.. I shot the closet guy his friends freak prob because I will put it in his face they scramble I take out closest to farthest. I vs more in Iraq and smoked them I don't miss. I can empty a 1911 series 80 In a few sec and hit center mass everytime in under 4 sec 6 or so targets is easy. takes the human body 2 sec to respond and in a open parking lot with litte cover.. =fish in a barrel.. and they didn't say shit like I said.. different time and neighborhood this kinda thing happened alot and riots at my school. and I didn't pull it. read it dood he felt it as he hit me
lmao ok what
first it was
IM TUFF
ME BIG MAN HE SCARED
now its "YEAH AND I SHOT THEM ALLLL"
Don't be a dumbass, man. We don't buy your shit.
first it was
IM TUFF
ME BIG MAN HE SCARED
now its "YEAH AND I SHOT THEM ALLLL"
Don't be a dumbass, man. We don't buy your shit.
fuck you, you are just too stupid to live.. you sound like you don't get out much.. and you don't read well.. I say thats what I would have done. a group of six that are prob pussy getting blasted at are not going to charge me they would run.. dur and thats why I didn't get in trouble. so stfu you sheltered bastard go tell your mom.
Yeah.
A guy with a gun that can only shoot one person at a time..
vs.
6 angry guys that want to kick your ass.
durr durr im a 16 y.o that carries a concealed weapon to school durr durr I no get in trouble because I live in fucking Candyland.
A guy with a gun that can only shoot one person at a time..
vs.
6 angry guys that want to kick your ass.
durr durr im a 16 y.o that carries a concealed weapon to school durr durr I no get in trouble because I live in fucking Candyland.
"hi look at me wearing bike glo--wait.. where is my bike? Fuck it I don't need a bike, these make me look super cool!!"
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wow your a fail troll spouting stupid.. does every crime get sloved? do witness shut up? think about it retard..
honey, if a kid brought a concealed weapon to school and other kids saw/felt it.
aaaaannnnd we don't live in CandyLand...
and it's a kid that goes around spouting "ah killed fiddy men"
chances are the story is BULLSHYEEET.
aaaaannnnd we don't live in CandyLand...
and it's a kid that goes around spouting "ah killed fiddy men"
chances are the story is BULLSHYEEET.
lol still your on this roll.... Look kid.. were I grew up you didn't snitch with a guy with a gun. esp if he is strapped with it and you know what those people did to me. not hard to figure out what I would do.. and your making me fooling for trying to talk logic in a wall.. go tobed kiddy. you don't want to mess with this dog. not a happy guy. see my fursuit paws.. how many people have Kevlar kuckles built in? so save your shit and stay healthy I might have to belt you one at a con if you can grow up and afford it.
Immadawwg
grrr
bow wow
i killed fiddy men
why the fuck would you have KEVLAR KNUCKLES IN A FURSUIT PAW
GRRR PUNCHIN PEOPLE IN A BIG OL PINK WOLF SUIT.
You need to let down the big ol "toughguy" look, it doesn't work.
Oh gawd r u gunna bring a big huge nasty scary gun to a con?
Sweet christ I should tell the con runners that you're an open carrier and plan on shooting people!
Enjoyyy~
grrr
bow wow
i killed fiddy men
why the fuck would you have KEVLAR KNUCKLES IN A FURSUIT PAW
GRRR PUNCHIN PEOPLE IN A BIG OL PINK WOLF SUIT.
You need to let down the big ol "toughguy" look, it doesn't work.
Oh gawd r u gunna bring a big huge nasty scary gun to a con?
Sweet christ I should tell the con runners that you're an open carrier and plan on shooting people!
Enjoyyy~
you do that.. I don't give a fuck.. your just a worthless troll that is not even here for the art.. just to make him self look tough and righteous. you sad dood real sad. have fun with all your nerd rage..
I can, have done it in the past, and will.
You're the one that's throwin up the "tough guy" act.
MAN I GOT IN THIS INTENSE POWER RANGERS FIGHT ONCE AND THEY NEVER MESSED AGAIN CAUSE I HAD A GUN!!!
OH YEAH AND I KILLED PEOPLE
AND I DIDNT EVEN HATE THEM!
BAD 2 THA BONE
oh yah and did i tell you about my KEVLAR DIRTBIKE GLOVES?
YEAH WATCH OUT ILL SHOOT YOU AT A CONNNN
take some pills or somethin man, you act like my 15 y.o bro... who also doesn't take his meds.
You're the one that's throwin up the "tough guy" act.
MAN I GOT IN THIS INTENSE POWER RANGERS FIGHT ONCE AND THEY NEVER MESSED AGAIN CAUSE I HAD A GUN!!!
OH YEAH AND I KILLED PEOPLE
AND I DIDNT EVEN HATE THEM!
BAD 2 THA BONE
oh yah and did i tell you about my KEVLAR DIRTBIKE GLOVES?
YEAH WATCH OUT ILL SHOOT YOU AT A CONNNN
take some pills or somethin man, you act like my 15 y.o bro... who also doesn't take his meds.
who said shooting at a con.. I said I would prob give you a smack like the bitch you are.
I believe you'd carry a gun with you to a con.
I mean you've killed men before!!!
I mean you've killed men before!!!
If anybody's a bitch, it's the guy who built kevlar biking gloves into his pink werew00f fursuit.
Insecurity much?
Insecurity much?
wow you must love me to talk so much.. so how is your day sweetheart? and the color is fucked up lol.. its supposed to be bloodred its Redrum hair dye.
I don't know why you want to continue this pointless banter.. so what the fuck does this powernerd have to mess with me. gonna draw boobies on my fursuit?
and why not on the kevlar. I do sleep with my beretta so I guess maybe?
I don't know why you want to continue this pointless banter.. so what the fuck does this powernerd have to mess with me. gonna draw boobies on my fursuit?
and why not on the kevlar. I do sleep with my beretta so I guess maybe?
My day was fantastic. :]
Because it makes you look insecure if you plan on PONCHIN SOM NERD BULLIEZ
Because it makes you look insecure if you plan on PONCHIN SOM NERD BULLIEZ
Um yeah I am insecure and suffer from PTSD from combat in 03, sooooo yeah and I would only smack a bitch that is thumping their dick sucking lips.
Somebody that wants to constantly physically fight random people
is insecure of their masculinity.
is insecure of their masculinity.
Its not being insecure its. people that start random shit with others need random smacks.
so what? you talked shit, proclaimed what I said was a lie. and just wouldn't stop with the personal attacks.. I understand your just fucking with me for your own entertainment I just find it funny you found me to do that with. I wish It was all a lie. I wish none of that shit ever happened I wish my friend didn't kill him self. so I bet this makes you feel strong to be an internet tough guy. so if someone talks shit about a horrible part of ones past and says its a lie then just starts attacking them personal thats not grounds for a jaw check? what land do you come from? I would have knocked you out and just walked past your twitching body. feel free to talk shit. I am done with you. I hope you are the tough guy that can say this in person.. look me up at a con feel free to even swing if you want.
1. it was a lie
2. I made no personal attacks except said it was bullshit
3. No but someone that runs around saying "i killed fiddy men" deserves a "jaw check"
4. I'm from the land of North America.
5. More tough guy insecurity speak.
6. I don't go to cons, sorry!
2. I made no personal attacks except said it was bullshit
3. No but someone that runs around saying "i killed fiddy men" deserves a "jaw check"
4. I'm from the land of North America.
5. More tough guy insecurity speak.
6. I don't go to cons, sorry!
The one's who try and boast what they would do, are the one's who would do NOTHING!.
Public school is so often a hell on earth and no one ever seems to want to do anything about it. The argument is that it teaches you about the real world, but that's simply not true.
I was called "fag" all the time in high school, and I'm really not sure why because I wasn't gay. I went to school in a really lousy, backwards area where many people are homophobic and racist. The school was mostly whites because anyone who wasn't white, or especially black was harassed so badly they'd have to transfer. And the thing is, when these people didn't have someone of a different race or orientation to torture, they'd just seem to pick someone at random and harass them.
Really all throughout my school experience I always seemed to be singled out and attacked. At first I really didn't know why, and I kept searching my soul deeply to figure out what it was about me that everyone hated so much. Sometimes people would make fun of me for reasons so stupid as my having red hair. Any tiny, stupid little thing..
At last, I realized it wasn't me, it was them. Whatever it is about me that seems to make me a target, it's them who make the choice to attack me. They have their own issues they're not dealing with, and instead they put them off on me. What a luxury it must be to have that kind of out. Meanwhile I have to deal with my own problems as well as the shit from everyone else too. That can damage and break you in time, especially if you have no one or nothing to bring your life some happiness in between all the garbage you have to take.
It didn't teach me about life. It's caused me problems in living my life, trusting people, opening up to them. I have so much anger in me and I don't really know how to get rid of it. I refuse to take it out on anyone else. Thankfully things are better now. I have some good friends and I've healed from it somewhat. Having good friends who care about you can save your life. Love must win over fear. For everyone.
Poor Marcus. I can identify with his position, and i'm glad he has someone to turn to. At first I thought maybe Reis wasn't gay, but just trying to do the right thing by defending Marcus, and it gets him a lot of crap too, but an awkward, tentative romance begins to develop between the two that has Reis asking himself some difficult questions. The dynamic would be interesting. I can't wait to see where your story goes!
I was called "fag" all the time in high school, and I'm really not sure why because I wasn't gay. I went to school in a really lousy, backwards area where many people are homophobic and racist. The school was mostly whites because anyone who wasn't white, or especially black was harassed so badly they'd have to transfer. And the thing is, when these people didn't have someone of a different race or orientation to torture, they'd just seem to pick someone at random and harass them.
Really all throughout my school experience I always seemed to be singled out and attacked. At first I really didn't know why, and I kept searching my soul deeply to figure out what it was about me that everyone hated so much. Sometimes people would make fun of me for reasons so stupid as my having red hair. Any tiny, stupid little thing..
At last, I realized it wasn't me, it was them. Whatever it is about me that seems to make me a target, it's them who make the choice to attack me. They have their own issues they're not dealing with, and instead they put them off on me. What a luxury it must be to have that kind of out. Meanwhile I have to deal with my own problems as well as the shit from everyone else too. That can damage and break you in time, especially if you have no one or nothing to bring your life some happiness in between all the garbage you have to take.
It didn't teach me about life. It's caused me problems in living my life, trusting people, opening up to them. I have so much anger in me and I don't really know how to get rid of it. I refuse to take it out on anyone else. Thankfully things are better now. I have some good friends and I've healed from it somewhat. Having good friends who care about you can save your life. Love must win over fear. For everyone.
Poor Marcus. I can identify with his position, and i'm glad he has someone to turn to. At first I thought maybe Reis wasn't gay, but just trying to do the right thing by defending Marcus, and it gets him a lot of crap too, but an awkward, tentative romance begins to develop between the two that has Reis asking himself some difficult questions. The dynamic would be interesting. I can't wait to see where your story goes!
Wow i love your fur detail, and the style you use around it... Defiantly something I see my self feeling inspired off.. Though at this point I have no idea on how to make the "Good" fur effect
Having been bullied on and off throughout school -- though thankfully the abuse was very rarely physical -- I find it a very powerful topic. This is definitely the most emotionally stirring piece of art I've seen lately. It is also incredibly well drawn. Huge kudos to you for spotlighting this often-neglected but important subject!
If anyone of you reading this are currently suffering in High School, don't give up. I assure you, college is worlds apart. For resources on bullying, I highly recommend http://www.ravendays.org/
If anyone of you reading this are currently suffering in High School, don't give up. I assure you, college is worlds apart. For resources on bullying, I highly recommend http://www.ravendays.org/
;w; my school is real bad for bullshit.
teachers get in fights with students once or twice a month, and you can get jumped for the silliest reasons. (i.e. having bad color combination for even 1 day.)
no one has ever tried to fight me..yet.
but ive been spat on, had chairs, books whatever thrown at me, had my face smacked into my locker numerous times and ive only glared back at people for it.
one day im going to snap, thank god im moving in june!! :)
it gets pretty violent sometimes. :/
amazing art though, it really highlights a sensitive topic. and brings up memories.
teachers get in fights with students once or twice a month, and you can get jumped for the silliest reasons. (i.e. having bad color combination for even 1 day.)
no one has ever tried to fight me..yet.
but ive been spat on, had chairs, books whatever thrown at me, had my face smacked into my locker numerous times and ive only glared back at people for it.
one day im going to snap, thank god im moving in june!! :)
it gets pretty violent sometimes. :/
amazing art though, it really highlights a sensitive topic. and brings up memories.
i didn't come out while i was in high school so i was never tormented by other students but i was tormented by myself for keeping it in too long 3 years is how long i was in the closet and i'm never going back in
I think you successfully captured that highschool scene greatly here that happens to a lot of people or at least they see such a things from times to times.
And if i was that guy with the blue jacket i was about to smash the faces of that jerks out there. XD
With that thinking i remember that i got my nose broken few times, there was knifes and chairs and... I got suspended few times but not complaining. XD
And school was a lot of fun for me, probably because i creeping out most of the people there and had no such a problems.
Anyway, my point was, jerks are jerks and you must reconstruct their mugs when they picking up with your friend. :)
So... I suppose that moment will come in the comic too. :)
And if i was that guy with the blue jacket i was about to smash the faces of that jerks out there. XD
With that thinking i remember that i got my nose broken few times, there was knifes and chairs and... I got suspended few times but not complaining. XD
And school was a lot of fun for me, probably because i creeping out most of the people there and had no such a problems.
Anyway, my point was, jerks are jerks and you must reconstruct their mugs when they picking up with your friend. :)
So... I suppose that moment will come in the comic too. :)
Good point but it still hurts me because I am currently being bullied because of the music I listen to and it even got worse when I wore my sleeping with sirens with sirens shirt which is one of my favorite bands and people just kept coming at me with questions like do you cut your self when you get home and much more like emo fag and i am not emo I just like screamo and death metal, Sometimes in my heart I know that it will never end or will it.
I LOVE IT, but it did make me very angry at the same time.
A long time ago i was the ONLY English kid in a totally Irish secondary school, it was hell on earth for me. Sure it sucks ass when there are a few dick heads in school who like to pick on you for being the way you are. But try having EVERY mother fucker hate you, and beat you, and even threaten to kill you.
It went on for i think was about 4 years, daily punch ups and kickings, verbal abuse, you name it i had it done to me. Then came the day when i was to leave the school for good, i knew loads of them would be waiting for me after school. So i deliberately got myself a detention after school. (lol) So after school i walked past the gym and the art block, when i was jumped by five cunts (that i will never forgive.)
They beat me to a bloody pulp and pinned me to the floor, and gave me another good kicking. Until one of them pulled a small petrol can from out of a small bush, he covered me in the stuff and his mates set me a light and left me to burn.
All i can say was THANK GOD between the gym and the art block there was a small pond that the school had made years before, and because of that i did not suffer any major burns.
(Funny enough i dont hate the Irish, i have loads of Irish buds, but i will never forgive those people who could have killed me)
A long time ago i was the ONLY English kid in a totally Irish secondary school, it was hell on earth for me. Sure it sucks ass when there are a few dick heads in school who like to pick on you for being the way you are. But try having EVERY mother fucker hate you, and beat you, and even threaten to kill you.
It went on for i think was about 4 years, daily punch ups and kickings, verbal abuse, you name it i had it done to me. Then came the day when i was to leave the school for good, i knew loads of them would be waiting for me after school. So i deliberately got myself a detention after school. (lol) So after school i walked past the gym and the art block, when i was jumped by five cunts (that i will never forgive.)
They beat me to a bloody pulp and pinned me to the floor, and gave me another good kicking. Until one of them pulled a small petrol can from out of a small bush, he covered me in the stuff and his mates set me a light and left me to burn.
All i can say was THANK GOD between the gym and the art block there was a small pond that the school had made years before, and because of that i did not suffer any major burns.
(Funny enough i dont hate the Irish, i have loads of Irish buds, but i will never forgive those people who could have killed me)
you need to turn off your 'maturity' settings. The comic is rated as mature because it has swearing in it.
Highschool helps mold us into tough functional individuals for real life. Wouldn't really call it cruelty as its all in how you deal with it. Pacification of self precived faux affliction without provoke or reason only makes the individual more unsuitable for real life. In other words, toughen up or shut up. Rise up or die etc...
Art is great though! Love the lines on the muzzles.Wouldn't have done the blur effect for spacial relations. Would love to see you do this piece again in a year or two to see how you change.
Art is great though! Love the lines on the muzzles.Wouldn't have done the blur effect for spacial relations. Would love to see you do this piece again in a year or two to see how you change.
omg im so sorry for you you poor thing... no one deserves to be put through the american education system...
I apoligize for not commenting on every page of this, but I do want to say its good, though tragic in a way, and I like how the anthropomorphism has a use in explaining the characters' personalities.
I'm just glad that he has someone to turn to, to hold him like that. It's a lot harder when you don't.
Wonderful picture. Sad, but beautiful.
Wonderful picture. Sad, but beautiful.
i was bullied through middle school, but after i got my 1st Kyu in shotokan (highest brown, testing black) they stopped after i Ko'd the top bully. Typical Rednecks
Awesome job, it is very well done, I love the way you put the charcters in a haze in back so you focus on the main characters. Keep up the great work
sometimes those queers need a good pop to the face. RIGHT ITREYU?
High school can be such a cruel place. Luckily I was big, intimidating, and straight acting so I wasn't fucked with.
I feel bad about not wanting to bring my flamboyant/effeminate/girly fag-friends around my straight friends. Does that make me a jerk or does it make me practical?
dont make no difference to me, but realistically it's hard to do that without getting flak.
I just came out of the closet in October of last year. Still testing the waters :P
i wish you luck with that :P
i have a friend that kinda hinted at it, only he said something about a girl going down his pooper.
mixed results for him so far :P
i have a friend that kinda hinted at it, only he said something about a girl going down his pooper.
mixed results for him so far :P
So far it has been a little too smooth. Almost too good to be true.
Ya Don't worry, my gaydar is broken too :P
Ya Don't worry, my gaydar is broken too :P
Okay think of it like this let's say your religious and want to wear a cross around to show what you believe in. But when you do you get picked on or beat up. How long do you think that would go on before there would be a huge out cry? Do remember religion is a choice, being gay is not! Gay people have just as much right to live safely and freely just as much as straight people. This is the most basic of civil rights.
Gay, straight, bi, green, purple, blue. No one has the right to harm others because there not the same as you.
Gay, straight, bi, green, purple, blue. No one has the right to harm others because there not the same as you.
:U
And this picture is my life from 2nd grade all the way to 12th grade in a nutshell.
But for some reason theres a cozy happy feeling about it. Just cause of that Grey Wolf. C:
Like theres a silver-lining, bitter-sweet kind of ending.
I BET HE FLIPPED SOME BITCHES RIGHT AFTER THIS PICTURE. :U
And this picture is my life from 2nd grade all the way to 12th grade in a nutshell.
But for some reason theres a cozy happy feeling about it. Just cause of that Grey Wolf. C:
Like theres a silver-lining, bitter-sweet kind of ending.
I BET HE FLIPPED SOME BITCHES RIGHT AFTER THIS PICTURE. :U
Just kick someone's ass, that's all there is too it.
I got severely bullied at school, til I retaliated, and then I was feared by the cunts and liked by the awesome people! Sweet outcome. And I wasn't even bullied after I told everyone my sexuality.
I got severely bullied at school, til I retaliated, and then I was feared by the cunts and liked by the awesome people! Sweet outcome. And I wasn't even bullied after I told everyone my sexuality.
I really enjoyed the comic.
Cruelty is a perfect title for this, it definitely is sad. I thank you for the ending, I was expecting the worst, but instead it had a glimpse of hope.
Cruelty is a perfect title for this, it definitely is sad. I thank you for the ending, I was expecting the worst, but instead it had a glimpse of hope.
Wow looking back 15 years now this so reminds me of high school also. But I never had anyone to defend me. Those were the worst years of my life.
"This one was born and bred from my own imagination, and experiences. . . and reflects a bit about how I remember my high school years. While the situation depicted here could vary wildly based on the viewer, the portrayal of cruelty is something I think most of us universally understand. High school in particular is a vicious, terrible breeding ground for it."
You're acting like that's a bad thing, its not. Learning to become thick skinned is one of the most valuable lessons school can teach you, not bursting into a heap of tears over petty insults is invaluable towards preparing you for the realities of real life aka adulthood. You'll find yourself making MUCH wiser decisions that way, thick skin is something that will remain useful for the rest of your life, it also implies strong self confidence. It goes without saying that thick skinned individuals will in turn be more productive and have a stronger chance of promotion in their job of choice. On the contrary, somebody with a low tolerance for being insulted could easily be brought into a depressed state or be brought into a fit of anger and start a "shit flinging match" with a fellow co-worker, which can lead to bad work ethic and productivity, which in effect can lead to them being fired.
Personally I think bullying is a necessity for a stronger, more productive society, it breeds a more tolerant individual and in turn a more tolerant and productive society, a society that is calm and collected. Though don't take my words as "hey lets turn the world into a giant brawl so we can beat the shit out of each other." I'm not saying to do that, merely saying that there is a very helpful lesson to be learned from the process of bullying.
Also a word on physical bullying. I also think it teaches a valuable lesson. A truly knowledgeable individual will not only know how to cope with physical bullying but will learn to be a braver and bolder man. As the only real way to stop physical bullying is to fight back. Get one or two good hits on the bully and he'll deem you not worth the pain to continue fighting or perhaps even gain respect for your new found bravery. Physical bullying is a problem easily solved by one single act. Stand up to the thug once and every one will know. They'll know you're willing to fight back and may even fear you for it. Its a matter of your bravery vs. fear. The fearful will continue to suffer until they man up and take action.
And this may or may not come to a surprise to you but yeah I was "bullied" myself throughout high school. Insulted frequently for things like the way I dress and such, I wore colonial era clothing as opposed to all the mainstream crap, I didn't dress in all black/in a skirt or some crazy shit like that. I was even beaten up once, (only once because I fought back) I blacked out with a few minutes but not before leaving multiple bruises on their face.
Do I hate the bullies for it? Nope. I thank them for it. I'd still be a emotional little pussy if it weren't for them. Of course it goes without saying I hated going through with it at first, but looking back I think it was a very much worth the initial emotional distress I experienced.
I swear this world only gets more and more needy and demanding by the minute. People will get offended over the simply trivial things these days. Insults, lacking a mate, not being hugged enough by momma, not owning a cool gaming system, being overweight, not liking the leader they elected into office, not getting paid enough money at there job. I see people complain and Baaaaaaaw about some stupid shit almost daily. And to be honest it's getting pretty fucking tedious, this society is much like a baby. You merely have to push the crib to induce immense baaaawing.
Today's society pretty much hands you everything you need on a silver plate, you have to be one lazy fuck to not make it in this day's society. Ever think about how people had it back then? Ever think how much harder life was about 400 years ago? I can guarantee the pilgrims who colonized America didn't cry about being bullied that's for damn sure. Its only been recently that society started to form into what only can be described as a needy little whore with emotional issues.
You're acting like that's a bad thing, its not. Learning to become thick skinned is one of the most valuable lessons school can teach you, not bursting into a heap of tears over petty insults is invaluable towards preparing you for the realities of real life aka adulthood. You'll find yourself making MUCH wiser decisions that way, thick skin is something that will remain useful for the rest of your life, it also implies strong self confidence. It goes without saying that thick skinned individuals will in turn be more productive and have a stronger chance of promotion in their job of choice. On the contrary, somebody with a low tolerance for being insulted could easily be brought into a depressed state or be brought into a fit of anger and start a "shit flinging match" with a fellow co-worker, which can lead to bad work ethic and productivity, which in effect can lead to them being fired.
Personally I think bullying is a necessity for a stronger, more productive society, it breeds a more tolerant individual and in turn a more tolerant and productive society, a society that is calm and collected. Though don't take my words as "hey lets turn the world into a giant brawl so we can beat the shit out of each other." I'm not saying to do that, merely saying that there is a very helpful lesson to be learned from the process of bullying.
Also a word on physical bullying. I also think it teaches a valuable lesson. A truly knowledgeable individual will not only know how to cope with physical bullying but will learn to be a braver and bolder man. As the only real way to stop physical bullying is to fight back. Get one or two good hits on the bully and he'll deem you not worth the pain to continue fighting or perhaps even gain respect for your new found bravery. Physical bullying is a problem easily solved by one single act. Stand up to the thug once and every one will know. They'll know you're willing to fight back and may even fear you for it. Its a matter of your bravery vs. fear. The fearful will continue to suffer until they man up and take action.
And this may or may not come to a surprise to you but yeah I was "bullied" myself throughout high school. Insulted frequently for things like the way I dress and such, I wore colonial era clothing as opposed to all the mainstream crap, I didn't dress in all black/in a skirt or some crazy shit like that. I was even beaten up once, (only once because I fought back) I blacked out with a few minutes but not before leaving multiple bruises on their face.
Do I hate the bullies for it? Nope. I thank them for it. I'd still be a emotional little pussy if it weren't for them. Of course it goes without saying I hated going through with it at first, but looking back I think it was a very much worth the initial emotional distress I experienced.
I swear this world only gets more and more needy and demanding by the minute. People will get offended over the simply trivial things these days. Insults, lacking a mate, not being hugged enough by momma, not owning a cool gaming system, being overweight, not liking the leader they elected into office, not getting paid enough money at there job. I see people complain and Baaaaaaaw about some stupid shit almost daily. And to be honest it's getting pretty fucking tedious, this society is much like a baby. You merely have to push the crib to induce immense baaaawing.
Today's society pretty much hands you everything you need on a silver plate, you have to be one lazy fuck to not make it in this day's society. Ever think about how people had it back then? Ever think how much harder life was about 400 years ago? I can guarantee the pilgrims who colonized America didn't cry about being bullied that's for damn sure. Its only been recently that society started to form into what only can be described as a needy little whore with emotional issues.
Man... I can totally relate to this.
When i was a freshman, the whole school hated me for some reason. I was relentlessly bullied, got into hospital at least 50 times, survived five suicide attempts, four lynching attempts and two gunfights... Hell, even the principal hired a bunch of thugs to beat me up!
I really wanted to burn down the school (and my former kindergarten), but then i saw one of Charles Atlas' ads on a comic book. I started working out really hard, and by the 2nd week i was pretty buffed.
After that, everything went smoothly. I beat up countless of bullies, protected defenseless kids, and ruled the school with an iron fist till the end of the course.
True story!
When i was a freshman, the whole school hated me for some reason. I was relentlessly bullied, got into hospital at least 50 times, survived five suicide attempts, four lynching attempts and two gunfights... Hell, even the principal hired a bunch of thugs to beat me up!
I really wanted to burn down the school (and my former kindergarten), but then i saw one of Charles Atlas' ads on a comic book. I started working out really hard, and by the 2nd week i was pretty buffed.
After that, everything went smoothly. I beat up countless of bullies, protected defenseless kids, and ruled the school with an iron fist till the end of the course.
True story!
Okay
Shut up guys
Get over it
I was punched in the gut but do you see me crying up a storm
Shut up guys
Get over it
I was punched in the gut but do you see me crying up a storm
ive grown attached to them two, i cant get enough of them :D how come in one of Marcus's eyes he's like about to cry and on the other he's like "i get to touch Reis, score!!" lol
OMFG a few weeks ago me and my friend did a guy/guy RP that had a scene like this! :O
but it was a wolf and a fox/cat hybrid. we called the hybrid a Cox X3
but it was a wolf and a fox/cat hybrid. we called the hybrid a Cox X3
Very moving piece. I really like it!
I wish I had something to contribute here after reading all of your guys' stories, but I don't. I've had cruel remarks made towards me from time to time, but I haven't really been bullied.
Although, in second grade a girl didn't want me to play with my best friend, and keep me all to herself. But other than that I'm a lipstick lesbian who apperantly looks straight enough to not be taunted.
I am dreading high school a bit, though. :/
I wish I had something to contribute here after reading all of your guys' stories, but I don't. I've had cruel remarks made towards me from time to time, but I haven't really been bullied.
Although, in second grade a girl didn't want me to play with my best friend, and keep me all to herself. But other than that I'm a lipstick lesbian who apperantly looks straight enough to not be taunted.
I am dreading high school a bit, though. :/
D: I cant see the original post, SOMEONE HELP ME!!! I WANA READ IIIIEEEEETTTTT!!!!
D: I cant see the original post, SOMEONE HELP ME!!! I WANA READ IIIIEEEEETTTTT!!!!
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