I just remembered a piece of my childhood, probably explains instinctively going to tracing. I used to draw sonic the same way. My parents yelled at me for it, saying it would damage the monitor, so I took my game covers, manuals, and comics out and taped them up against a window in the sun to trace.

Thinking about it now, I was able to make fan comics and share them with friends. It worked then, but I guess the biggest difference is that the excitement to pursue has been somewhat replaced by the dread of not pursuing it.

https://www.trackaipac.com/tracker/people/candidate-candidates-1-88

Basically all the dems take money from AIPAC in MO so it never feels like a true victory

Edit: not to discredit the victory entirely, just to highlight my personal frustrations

Static causes my speakers to stop:

systemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse

I use this a lot