the corners of the world our mere prologue.

hi I'm ducky or melody, a chinese artist who enjoys illustration. thanks for stopping by! strawpage for any questions! (carrd is best viewed in desktop mode!)

about me!

  • ducky (melody)

  • 25+, she/her

  • chinese, ireland

  • infp-t, ☼ pisces / ☾ aquarius / ↑ pisces

I'm a chinese artist who enjoys illustrating and creating my own narratives to explore my own inner world and whatever topics I resonate deeply with! You can read here in the form of little comics! Other than art, I enjoy writing, video games and even raid on occasion in ffxiv!I love character analysis and discussing characters sooo much. I will literally never shut up if given the opportunity!! feel free to dm and chat about the lads LIs with me!!I'm also currently taking freelance commission work while bumbling through life (crying, shaking, throwing up).

interests.

GAMES&CHARAS. 
ffinal fantasyXIV, XV, X / X 2, VII, crisis core
life is strange1, 2 & before the storm
ladssylus & caleb main!
totxia yan (luke)
tokimemogirl's side 1, 2, 3, tokires
infinity nikki 
baldur's gate 3gale & wyll, I love my men pathetic and in love!
farmingmistria, stardew
the simsts4, my sims
MUSIC&ARTISTS. 
KPOP artms, yves, chuu, loossemble (</3), red velvet, twice, sunmi, chungha
OTHERlexie liu, niki, beabadoobee, babygirl, maye, laufey, boys go to jupiter, kali uchis-- list goes on!!
MOVIES&SHOWS. 
ANIMATEDarcane, steven universe (never forgetting her ngl), over the garden wall, barbie (all the movies!!!), carmen sandiego
OTHERhotel de luna, the good place, pride & prejudice, little women, queen's gambit, you (s1 specifically), knives out (mmm mystery)

before you follow...

  • I'm 25+ so I won't follow anyone who is a minor!

  • I may rt slight nsfw content, mostly text or memes but likely not things like nsfw art

  • I'm mainly a lads account rn so I try my best not to retweet or tweet spoilers on new content (e.g. new banner on week 1) to give people time to enjoy the new content but I may forget. big apologies in advance :(

  • Apologies for the long section below, but I believe it's necessary: I enjoy Caleb (love and deepspace) and most Caleb related content. I read up on the cn ver to gain a fuller understanding of his character, the differences etc. I am CN/EN friendly, open to understanding both! I view them as similar but sort of separate as the changes in EN slightly changes the meaning of their dynamic. Neither are 'wrong', both are equally valid to me. It is very worthwhile to still read CN -> EN translations for other LIs too due to nuance being lost in translation/localisation at times (very unfortunate...)

  • I do not personally interpret Caleb's character under the 'pseudo-orthopedics' trope but have no comment on it. I don't generally engage with related content outside of character/memory analyses. Different versions exist for us to interpret and enjoy! (childhood friends to lovers is a favourite trope of mine so I prefer EN)

I won't ramble on about my personal interpretation of the character here. While I do not view him through the lens of the pseudo-orthopedics trope, I understand that fiction =/= reality and that fiction can be a safe way to explore certain topics. However, it can affect reality so I curate my space accordingly (avoiding heavy dddne content, mute/block when needed to protect my own peace and not bring unnecessary negativity to my TL outside of genuine warnings/PSAs for people and things like that!).BUT to me, there's a difference between exploring their dynamic VS reducing them to only their trope and nothing else. There's a difference between exploring the 伪骨科 trope and the complexities it offers VS being weird in a gross way and sexualising their experience, especially when it comes to young Caleb and MC content, for example. Yes they might be fictional characters, but that's where I draw the line for myself because it's very uncomfortable for me.While I am not going to condemn anyone's choices in fictional tropes or darker content for that matter, if it's not my cup of tea I won't interact with or consume such content or bring it to my TL. I am not the arbiter for what people can or can not do, this is just a comfort thing for me. As long as we don't cause actual harm to others, purposefully harm others, be kind & tag appropriately, I have no qualms with anyone!

do not follow if...

I don't really believe in dnis bc people probably don't read them... I can not control what people do, but here is a list of things I don't stand for/tolerate anyway.

  • homophobia, transphobica-- if you are not lgbt friendly in any way

  • misogyny. I have no time for the belittling of people who live or have lived the female experience (I also have no time for misogyny towards the MC in lads. girl has cptsd!!!)

  • the condoning of racism, sexism, ableism, discrimination in any way

  • engagement with / creation of content with blatant incest, pedophilia, SA, bestiality, grooming

  • supporting, participating, tolerating, or justifying any of the above.

  • hate any LI from lads (esp sylus and caleb), or things like bringing down one LI to uplift another

  • incite or cause unnecessary drama, by extension, spreading misinformation, starting witch hunts etc. (there's a difference between calling out harmful situations like blatant homophobia and racism VS someone making a hc you don't agree with, for example)

  • post art/edits without proper credits or claim it's your content

  • participate in, repost or are ok with generative AI content. Especially content that uses ai for video edits of the LIs and/or their VAs in love and deepspace. It is beyond disrespectful and I can not condone it.

I won't fuel the fire when it comes to small drama. I will not and can not police what people enjoy in regards to tropes, works and depictions of fiction. I will simply mute/scroll and move along if there's anything I do not like!I value my own morals (being baseline decent to others) over unreasonable fandom drama/wars. I won't berate others, send death threats or cause harm or anything of the sort of behaviour.