💤 Inactive Andrew Dobson / Tom Preston / CattyN - STOP DOING SEXIST CRAP

[Cedric_Eff]

Im honestly baffled on how he hasn’t pushed himself to have an ongoing comic series...

 

[MarineN*423543]

lol i remember once we talked about her, everyone around dobbo is a legit artist while the lard glob does nothing, also there was his college roommate who he mocked for being asian (how progressive dobby) and is working for disney (dont know if he still there)

Im honestly baffled on how he hasn’t pushed himself to have an ongoing comic series...

his lazyness is his more powerful trait

 

[Cedric_Eff]

lol i remember once we talked about her, everyone around dobbo is a legit artist while the lard glob does nothing, also there was his college roommate who he mocked for being asian (how progressive dobby) and is working for disney (dont know if he still there)

his lazyness is his more powerful trait

If he had better people skills, he wouldn’t be in the situation lmao.

 

[Doctor Placebo]

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A Brief History on Pirates

Posted Apr 20th 2008, 6:37AM
Mood: Tired Music: Adesso e Fortuna - Record of Lodoss War

It’s been almost 10 years since I created the character of Alexandria Ze Pirate. She’s changed very little over those years, but she’s had quite an interesting journey. Originally based on a friend of mine, Alex Sennwald (the Ze in her name comes from the fact the real Alex is Swiss and had a peculiar french-ish accent), whom I met at a pre-college program in 1999. She was one of the only people who remained my friend online after the program and we hit it off pretty good.

Our daily life would work out like this... she would suggest a picture involving her character, and I would draw, digitize, and color it. Then while chatting away on AIM, I would send it to her. I made well over 300 Pirate pictures over the course of 5 years this way. The pictures were usually of a surreal nature. Meltings, paintings coming te life, and falling apart like a puzzle were all very common place in these early works.

Soon I started using Ze Pirate as a sidekick in a romantic comic I was writing called “Cosmic Amour.” Ze Pirate and Atea were originally created for outer space, which is why Atea has pointy ears, a tail and whiskers. Talus, who was originally created as an alien for Cosmic Amour, eventually crossed series into my pirate series and became the ship’s cook. The only noticeable difference with him was that he had two antenna on the top of his head.

The more we came up with crazy ideas through AIM, the more the personalities of the characters started to come out. A weird relationship between Alex and Atea started to become apparent, which baffled both of us because we knew that Alex was straight. It soon dawned on us that Atea was either gay or bisexual. When Sam the Unworthy Slob was introduced, we settled on Bisexual, as Atea seemed to have wicked fun flirting with Sam as well as
Alex.

Uncle Peggy was introduced as Alex’s uncle, and the main cast was complete. I even went so far as to write 2 sci-fi stories of the crew as they flew through space, encountering strange creatures. However, over time, I lost interest in the space theme, and decided to start a new story... the story of how all the crew came together. But to do this, I needed to write it in the past... like a real pirate story.

This presented a lot of little problems. Would it be alright to have Atea with Whiskers and a tail? Would people freak out at a little talking
dog/fox/beaver creature with antenna’s popping out of his head? Both Talus and Atea soon underwent slight modifications to make them more believable in this old-time pirate world. I kept Atea’s tail and Whiskers, but only during certain times of the month would they every obtrude themselves upon her physique. Talus became known as the “dog men of ancient legends” which allowed me to justify the freaky little creature.

I had big plans for the story, and I wrote 2 books worth of material. I self published the first book, but it never took off so I never published the second one. The reason Atea changed into a “rat” person was crucial to the storyline, but i never got around to it.

As for the real Alex and I, we drifted apart. I sort of had a crush on her, and when she married her boyfriend, I started to distance myself from her. The Alex Ze Pirate that I draw now is FAR from being the same Alex Sennwald that she originally started out as. Her appearance has changed a lot and now I can look at Alex Ze Pirate and see no trace of Alex Sennwald in her at all, which eases my burden.

Only recently, with my new job, have the Pirate characters suddenly popped back up into my limelight. I redesigned Alex again slightly (with the poof of hair in the back) and that only further encouraged me to start writing more goofy comics. Their personalities are still growing and defining themselves, and more often than not, I don't write the stories, they write themselves. Each character is sufficiently defective enough that they all have a certain way they would act in any given situation which makes it a treat to write.

So what you are all seeing now of Ze Pirate and gang is the accumulation of almost a decade of growth. She’s come a LONG way now, and perhaps this little bio will give you some insight as to why I draw some of the strange things I do (such as the recent turpentine picture), or where these unique characters originally came from.

"The more we came up with crazy ideas through AIM, the more the personalities of the characters started to come out. A weird relationship between Alex and Atea started to become apparent, which baffled both of us because we knew that Alex was straight. It soon dawned on us that Atea was either gay or bisexual."

What...? You're writing a character, not playing a Ouija Board.

I think Terrible Writing Advice explained Dobson's approach to writing stories best.

"The voices in my head told me to write it like that!"

 

[A Big Bumbling Black Man]

I think Terrible Writing Advice explained Dobson's approach to writing stories best.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TTZEFGvMH0k:151
"The voices in my head told me to write it like that!"

Thanks everyone for dropping some knowledge, I honestly meant it as a rhetorical question (Dobson is just a shit writer) but the idea that Alex's characterization (sexualization) was genuinely "discovered" through their team-writing process has changed my take on it.

What it now seems to me is that, since the fictional Alex is based on the real-life human Alex, the fictional lesbiansm, was created by her as a defense mechanism in opposition to Dobson trying to hetero-sexualize the character as his own severely stunted beta form of flirtation towards his real-life "crush".

In order words, Alex Ze Pirate was so not attracted to Dobson that she became a lesbian. Oof.

This may also play a part in Dobsons fetishism of lesbians in general, but I'm already trying to unpack enough as it is.

 

[sipsitsyournan]

“She’s changed very little over those years”

“The Alex Ze Pirate that I draw now is FAR from being the same Alex Sennwald that she originally started out as”

 

[Imposteroak]

Im honestly baffled on how he hasn’t pushed himself to have an ongoing comic series...

I assume your asking why he isn't currently doing that. (Ostensibly I think the vampire muslim bull shit would be ongoing.) He has in the past tried to do more long form comic stuff, but it didn't take off like SYAC did. I honestly think Dobsons writing is probably where he's weakest creatively, but even aside from that it's really hard to get longform story comics to take off on the web. Unless you get lucky on the web your basically going to be cranking out page after page to just a handful of readers for a long time, and even then if you arent uploading at least a page a week you probably will never take off. Shortform stuff like gag a day or slice of life just is easier to get people into, and fits the ADD mindset of the internet much better. Sure you will probably have less "committed" readers but even with dobson's writing skills you can get a decent following after a year or so on webtoon or something. I don't think it's even that Dobson is lazy as he is just really impatient and easily discouraged without immediate success.

 

[One Man Bland]

Wouldn't surprise me, if he went on his merry way and went "She'll regret not choosing me once I start working at Disney and getting AzP serialized in Cartoon Network!"
Incidently, that's how I imagine Dobson always parted with people in his past.

"Oh that whacky chink roommate. He's good and all, but he'll eventually see my genius, once I work at Disney and make my own movies!"
All the more reason why Dobson should be depressed when he realizes that he has no way in hell to surpass the other person.


Dobson strikes me as the person that, even though they know their crush has a SO, they still orbit them in the vague hope that this other person will eventually see their qualities, dump their SO and just jump on Dobson's lap with gleeful screams of joy and realization, just what an awesome guy he is. If only he could send her enough images over AIM to make her see!

He's a That Guy and a Nice Guy...

So do we know he didn't know about Alex' boyfriend? Cause I can certainly see him knowing it and hoping that he's going to replace him eventually, given his superior intellect, sophistication, wit and understanding of Alex*

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*You know, the generic bullshit Nice Guy losers tell themselves to pretend they are the one and only Mr. Right for their crush and that they are the superior choice.

I bet Dobson was also the kind of Nice Guy who’d try to take passive aggressive snipes at the other guy whenever he came up in conversation too. Lot of standard Nice Guys tend to subtly shit talk their gal pal’s boyfriends by taking couple jokes as "proof" that he doesn’t really respect her the way the Nice Guy does, or drop hints that she should break up with him over minor disagreements.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Can virtually guarantee it, considering this:

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Dobson's so butthurt by the entire concept of girls leaving him for other guys that he made it a storyarc in one of his earliest comics.

“goosh”
Isn’t that the same sound effect he used when Lesbian Kick groped Alex? Is the implication that this kid is imagining that guy feeling her up.

In other news, someone brings up the spray bottle again and Dobson flips out.



And for funsies, here’s what his initials reaction to being sprayed was.



such harassment, much ptsd. Wow.

 

[Mr. Manchester]

It looks like its her https://www.senvald.com/

She really makes beautiful art, I wonder how much Dobby hates her guts for having a real job with "no effort"

This new bit of Dob Lore is just what I needed to help keep the coofs away.

I really like her art, cool shit.

 

[Jigglyjogglers]

I love it when people say "He claims to have PTSD from getting sprayed with a water bottle" and he shrieks "I DO!"

 

[One Man Bland]

I love it when people say "He claims to have PTSD from getting sprayed with a water bottle" and he shrieks "I DO!"

Sometimes I wonder if the real cause of his “PTSD” is the realization that he peaked at the London convention.

 

[Doctor Placebo]

“goosh”
Isn’t that the same sound effect he used when Lesbian Kick groped Alex? Is the implication that this kid is imagining that guy feeling her up.

In other news, someone brings up the spray bottle again and Dobson flips out.

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That is some high quality autistic screeching.

I'm assuming that his claim that this was a coordinated attack is nonsense and people just happened to be filming the convention and caught his run in with Lee Harvey Spraybottle on their phones, like most filmed confrontations these days. Is that correct?

 

[UtopiaGuy]

That is some high quality autistic screeching.

I'm assuming that his claim that this was a coordinated attack is nonsense and people just happened to be filming the convention and caught his run in with Lee Harvey Spraybottle on their phones, like most filmed confrontations these days. Is that correct?

I think the had a friend record the incident, IIRC.

Even at the time, he was already used to being an object of ridicule, so why he would get PSTD from people razzing him is beyond me. Hands down, I believe he only says "PSTD" because he saw someone else on social media successfully defend their shitty behavior that way and deflect criticism, so he did it too. That's our Dobson. Traces everything, even mental trauma.

 

[One Man Bland]

That is some high quality autistic screeching.

I'm assuming that his claim that this was a coordinated attack is nonsense and people just happened to be filming the convention and caught his run in with Lee Harvey Spraybottle on their phones, like most filmed confrontations these days. Is that correct?

If I recall, the guy who did the spraying was the one who was filming, and when he posted the video he got laughed off the internet because Spraybottle was such an embarrassing sperg.

So basically Dobbo’s trying to claim PTSD from the inverted version of his Legion of That One Guy... even though it really was just one guy doing everything and nobody was on that guy’s side when it happened.

Which in hindsight is probably why he points to it specifically for PTSD claims. It’s the one time his comments section was mostly sympathy.

 

[Koby_Fish]

Can virtually guarantee it, considering this:

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Dobson's so butthurt by the entire concept of girls leaving him for other guys that he made it a storyarc in one of his earliest comics.

wait a goddamn minute

 

[Doctor Placebo]

If I recall, the guy who did the spraying was the one who was filming, and when he posted the video he got laughed off the internet because Spraybottle was such an embarrassing sperg.

So basically Dobbo’s trying to claim PTSD from the inverted version of his Legion of That One Guy... even though it really was just one guy doing everything and nobody was on that guy’s side when it happened.

Which in hindsight is probably why he points to it specifically for PTSD claims. It’s the one time his comments section was mostly sympathy.

The funny thing is, if he'd just let the incident die, people wouldn't be making fun of him for it now. The whole hysterical PTSD schtick is why people mock him.

 

[The Littlest Shitlord]

He doesn't have PTSD. He just has garden-variety anxiety. It's very common in autistics, who have low GABA (an inhibitory neurotransmitter whose deficiency is associated with anxiety, among other things). There's any number of reasons why this could have gotten worse over time naturally, but Dobson isn't aware of any of them so of he course he latched onto "the attack", especially because as mentioned claiming PTSD is trendy in SocJus circles.

 

[Doctor Placebo]

He doesn't have PTSD. He just has garden-variety anxiety. It's very common in autistics, who have low GABA (an inhibitory neurotransmitter whose deficiency is associated with anxiety, among other things). There's any number of reasons why this could have gotten worse over time naturally, but Dobson isn't aware of any of them so of he course he latched onto "the attack", especially because as mentioned claiming PTSD is trendy in SocJus circles.

I'm not sure if anyone believes Dobson has PTSD, let alone that he got it from getting spritzed with water at a convention. He probably self diagnosed using Tumblr posts as a source. Because Dobson is a teenage girl in a fat, balding, middle aged man's body.

Maybe if he ever "comes out" he can use posts like this as proof of his body and age dysphoria.

 

[Kingfisher9000]

If he had better people skills, he wouldn’t be in the situation lmao.

Literally. Tons of untalented people get media industry gigs through nepotism. If he had developed and maintained a friendship with any of the artists around him, they probably would’ve hooked him up once they got their foot in the door.