Posted June 18, 2019 at 10:12 pm

I've tweeted about this but I know not all of my readers use Twitter, so I figured that I should post this here as well. I'm transgender. This is going to be very strange or uncomfortable to some of you and I totally understand and respect that.


My breakdown in 2014 was the result of me trying everything I could to ignore this side of me and just live with the dysphoria. Or at least find other ways of coping that didn't involve me acknowledging this aspect of myself. I've been to two gender specialists and I've been on hormone replacement therapy for a little over 2.5 months now. Things are going really well and even though I'm still at the beginning of my transition, I'm super happy about the results already.


I'm amazed at the way my depression and self hatred have just melted away. I feel confident, energetic, social and creative. I know that transitioning is going to bring me through new difficulties and present new problems, but I feel like whatever comes at me, can't be as bad as wasting away like I was before admitting this to myself and to those people in my life.


My pronouns are she/her and I'm in the process of changing my name to "Ellipsis Hana Stephens" (Ell or Elli for short). If you're communicating with me and you misgender me or use my old name, don't even worry about it. This is an adjustment for everyone, so I promise that I won't be offended or annoyed (unless you're doing it on purpose).


I know this is going to cost me some readers, but this is something I just have to do.

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Thank you so much!

- Ell

Posted August 14, 2019 at 12:06 pm

So this past weekend, I was lucky enough to be an artist guest of honour at SpoCon. This was my first public appearance since starting my transition and I was honestly terrified. Here I was, barely able to walk into a supermarket and I was about to speak at panels and have a big spotlight shined on me.

Once I got to the convention, my fear and anxiety immediately began to melt away. I was welcomed and respected in ways beyond what I deserved. Every single person at that convention treated me exactly like I'd hoped. Every. Single. Person. Everyone was comfortable around me and didn't make a big deal about my gender. Not once, was I dead named or misgendered. No one stared, no one snickered and no one made any rude comments.

During the weekend, I found myself actually forgetting that I was trans, for hours at a time. Up until now, it was always the loudest thing on my mind when I was in public. Normally, if I was in a group or crowd, I'd immediately be sizing up people's reactions. Trying to figure out if I was making anyone uncomfortable by being transgender and fearing ridicule. But this past weekend, for the first time, I stopped doing that. I just enjoyed being social and experiencing the convention.

At this tender stage of my transition, this weekend could have been devastating. I went out there emotionally exposed and any one of those people had the power to crush me with a few choice words. But they also had the ability to help me grow into myself and that's exactly what they did. This weekend was more important to me than most people realised and it couldn't have gone better. I now feel like it's okay to be comfortable with myself, even though I have a long way to go.

So if you ever want to go to a small but super fun convention, filled with warm, wonderful people, I highly recommend SpoCon.

Thank you, everyone who was there!

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Posted July 21, 2020 at 9:50 pm
Hi! Danielle here.
I was writing an update for the Goblins: Animated project, and I thought I'd drop a note here too, in case you're interested.
The animation work on the trailer has moved from the first animation house to the second, where it's almost finished! We've just hired a composer, and we can smell post-production from here. We're getting somewhere! If you'd like more detail, you can do a deep dive through the updates, and if you missed supporting the project up front, there's a little bit of merch left (sizes limited). www.igg.me/at/goblinsanimated

Other stuff:
 New downloads: I'm working on the RPG module for The Well of Darkness dungeon (see it in-comic from here: https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/11152007/), and right now you can download a 10-page preview for free!

 The Thuntonian Mini-Comics Collection is available as a Pay-What-You-Want title. All 4 canon mini-comics in the same place for the first time! Don't be shy about downloading it for free if you're low on pocket change. We get that things are rough right now. We're happy if you're reading it. :) 

 If you play tabletop RPGs and you have a small handful of dollars to spend, both The Shield of Wonder and Fumbles' Fumble Chart are digitally available on DriveThruRPG as well.

 Patrons can get early access to comic pages, hi-res downloads, and postcards in the real live mail.

 And, if you're lonely or bored or could use a virtual hug, come join us on the Goblins Discord.

Questions to goblinscomic at g mail dot com, if you have them.
Real world mail to PO Box 2036, Sechelt BC, Canada  V0N 3A0, if you have it.


Love you! Thanks for reading. :)
Danielle
Posted May 29, 2022 at 12:25 pm
Hey everyone. My poor tablet has gotten to a point where it's struggling to work. I'm dead broke and I could really use some help here, in order to replace it and keep working.

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Elli, who lived, worked, and played with her drawing tablet. Together, the two of them fought monsters, hugged lots of creatures, and went on many exciting adventures.

After 12+ years of being together, the drawing tablet began to show her age. Her backlighting began to dim quite a bit, and more and more often, her screen wouldn't turn on at all. The poor tablet was coughing and sputtering. Elli felt saddened as she realized that her dear friend was dying.
 
"But you can't die!" Elli pleaded, "We've been through so much together! I need you, tablet."
 
The tablet spoke with a voice weakened by age, "I'm very old, pet. It's getting harder to go on adventures with you, and soon there won't be any more life in me."
 
"But I can't go on adventures without you." Elli cried.
 
"Yes you can, pet. I want you to find another drawing tablet and continue your adventures."
 
"It won't be the same." She said in a saddened whisper.
 
"No, but it will be a new chapter in your life. It'll be wonderful." The old tablet coughed as if to punctuate the severity of her failing health, "And that's all I've ever wanted for you, pet."
 
Elli sniffed and wiped her nose with her sleeve. "I love you, tablet."
 
"I love you too, pet. Now go find a way to meet a new tablet before it's too late. Before I <cough cough> can't have adventures with you."
 
Elli hugged her old friend. A few teardrops landed on the tablet's screen as the girl considered ways to find a new, younger tablet that she would be able to love and care for as much as she loved her old friend.
 
It wouldn't be easy. With shipping, taxes, and a proper stand for Elli's new friend, it'd come to about $4500 CAD. And she would need that money fast, as her old friend could pass away at any moment, leaving her all alone.

If you're able to help out at all, it'd mean the world to me and the goblins! Here's the gofundme!https://gofund.me/b81a5db9https://gofund.me/b81a5db9https://gofund.me/b81a5db9https://gofund.me/b81a5db9
Posted May 29, 2023 at 1:31 pm

Danielle and I have been together for 20 amazing years, but we've come to realise that both of us have changed so much, that we can no longer give each what we need.


So after a lot of tears and long discussions, we decided a few months back, that we should end our relationship. We both love each other very much and we want the best for each other. There is no drama, no anger, no fighting, and there will be no court battles. As we work to carefully untangle our lives, we want to make sure that we both have what we need to be happy on our different paths.

Although this is scary and heartbreaking, we're both in relationships with other people and we're both doing very well emotionally. Both of us are going to be okay. We're looking toward the future with hope and excitement.

If you'd like to follow Danielle on Twitter, her account is https://twitter.com/HyperHalfling

Mine is https://twitter.com/EllipsisGoblins

- Elli

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