Personal Blog maintained for archive purposes. This is still my main because I can't switch it to become a sideblog. Go to @riversidewings for my current Tumblr presence, please.

 

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Panel 1: Side view of Kasu, a Japanese businesswoman in a pencil dress and blazer, holding a folded fan, walking accompanied by River, her wife, a bright-haired Armenian-American cyborg in a sundress, holding a smartphone.   RIVER (narration): "My name is River. I'm a Santaku-made, tachi-class combat doll. I am my wife's sword."  Panel 2: a photo of River in her old US Army uniform, bearing the rank of Captain. We learn her surname is Eginian.  RIVER (narration) "Once, a lifetime ago, I was a base-model human, a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army. but I was unhappy and I knew it. Thankfully, fate had other plans."  Panel 3: A view of the fog rolling off the Ōu Mountains onto northern Sendai.  RIVER (narration): "MiyagI-- its hills, rivers, and coasts enduring-- is home now."ALT
Panel 1: River and Kasu are walking along in a shopping arcade in downtown Sendai. Kasu: "coffee before we head back?" River: "Sounds good, ma'am."  RIVER (narration): "I work alongside my wife, Kasu, at Santaku, the company owned by her family, house Isawa.  Panel 2: Closeup of River's cybernetic limbs, her hand holding a phone. We can see her wedding ring.  RIVER (narration): "Humans have different reasons for becoming dolls. service, love, and new wholeness were mine."  Panel 3: River and Kasu's hands joined. RIVER (narration): "Now she is the wielder, and I am her blade. like the lords and retainers of old, We are one heart together."ALT

River is a Santaku-made, tachi-class combat doll, who’s come a long way since she was a human soldier. Now her wife Kasu is her Wielder, and River is Kasu’s blade doll. Like the lords and retainers of old, they are One Heart Together.

Full size PNGs and bonus art at https://www.patreon.com/posts/comics-river-1-2-90217175

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The start of a comic. An Armenian-American combat doll in a jacket and sundress follows her wife, a Japanese woman in a blazer and pencil dress, against a streetscape in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The narration reads, "My name is River. I'm a Santaku-made, tachi-class combat doll. I am my wife's sword."ALT

Onward with my effort to learn comic making! Here’s the first panel of my next one, currently in progress. The idea is to introduce River and Kasu, who featured in my novel “Confluence,” in a concise, visual format.

(I’ve got the next few comics planned out, and eventually they’ll be in color!)

To support this endeavor and see the full thing early: http://patreon.com/riversidewings

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In grayscale comic form.  PANEL 1: River M59A1, a combat doll, says "I am scarred" over a view of her scars and her sleeve tattoo.  Panel 2: River says "I am weathered," over a view of her well-worn cybernetics-- her hands and forearm.  Panel 3: River smiles as she combs her hair out. "But I am whole," she says.  Panel 4: In a large, full-page portrait beside the first 3 panels, River is embraced by her wife Isawa Kasu. Kasu is in a pencil skirt and short sleeved blouse, River is in a sundress. Both are wearing tights and don't have their shoes on yet. "Ready, darling?" Kasu asks. "Lead the way, ma'am," River replies. The narration concludes "And I am treasured."ALT


My self-taught endeavor to learn how to webcomic continues, with a tender Wielder-and-blade-doll, wife and wife moment at home between Kasu and River.

Full size PNG is at https://www.patreon.com/posts/89951693

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HELLO TUMBLR


Hey, so it’s been a bit of a stressful summer, but Nyri and I are going to be recording today!


If you do want us to answer your questions, please feel free to put some Q’s into our ask box and we’ll answer them.

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My trans sapphic cyberpunk novel Confluence: A Person-Shaped Story, is a 2023 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in Science Fiction! I’m working on its sequel, and in order to support my work and improve my income stability in a time where my income has taken a sudden hit, please subscribe on Patreon at http://patreon.com/riversidewings

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Have just been informed that my journalist job is on hiatus through November. This leaves me short on income in the meanwhile, and this is a problem.

So, if you’ve enjoyed my work, please consider supporting my work in the meanwhile via http://patreon.com/riversidewings or by checking out some merch at the Fourthwall store. You can also send a donation via http://ko-fi.com/riversidewings or hire me (drop a comment!) for art commissions or Japanese to English or Armenian to English translation commissions.

Thank you for your readership and support over the years, even against such long odds. Let’s close the gap and keep making possible the impossible.

riversidewings:

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Have just been informed that my journalist job is on hiatus through November. This leaves me short on income in the meanwhile, and this is a problem.

So, if you’ve enjoyed my work, please consider supporting my work in the meanwhile via http://patreon.com/riversidewings or by checking out some merch at the Fourthwall store. You can also send a donation via http://ko-fi.com/riversidewings or hire me (drop a comment!) for art commissions or Japanese to English or Armenian to English translation commissions.

Thank you for your readership and support over the years, even against such long odds. Let’s close the gap and keep making possible the impossible.

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Finishing up the “10 Forms of House Isawa” series with #10, “Worth Fighting For.” Mothers and daughter standing together for each other and the places they call home.

Full size PNG, longer commentary, and discussion of future plans at https://www.patreon.com/posts/confluence-10-of-89173470

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From the end of Friday Night History Season 2, to a series of paintings and other art fleshing out the world of Confluence, to trans pride hammerhead sharks, here is the patrons’ update for 31 August: https://www.patreon.com/posts/updates-31-whats-88579188