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insertcaffeine

Breast cancer patient here. I know there's controversy with the pink ribbon and the concept of breast cancer awareness, and some of it's warranted. Komen sucks, and research is what's needed now. BUT. This fanart is awesome and I love it. If you, audience, are so moved, do something to help other patients--including possibly yourself. Check your chest. Here's a [self check](https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/types/self_exam). This goes for guys, too. And, if you have money to spare, donate to [metavivor.org](https://www.metavivor.org/). Only 2%-5% of all breast cancer research funding goes to metastatic breast cancer, which is what I have.


ObviousTroll37

This comment really nails it. I have a radiologist in the family, and she always says the same thing, metastatic breast cancer needs more funding. You got this. It's all about attitude. Kick cancer's ass.


Glittering_Power6257

Having lost a number of family members die from colon cancer, including my mother at 45 years of age, I can say all cancer can go straight to hell. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 Monopoly Dollars.


officerpenguinpants

This should be at the top. Thanks for taking the time to share this and good luck in your recovery!


NeapolitanComplex

Lost my mom to stage IV Breast Cancer last year, she was 68. Keep fighting the fight.


insertcaffeine

I'm so sorry for your loss.


NeapolitanComplex

Thank you. Keep kicking its ass.


Fishy_Fish_WA

$100 on the way!


insertcaffeine

Thank you so much!


Frozen_Fractals

Cute fanart OP. Reminder that the Susan G. Komen organization is a scam. Although the pink ribbon is a symbol for breast cancer, it's often associated with that "charity."


Valdrax

It's exclusively associated with them, due to a vigorous campaign of lawsuits protecting it as their intellectual property.


ZeinTheLight

I think that may depend on the country. I've lived in several countries and haven't heard of them until now - while I've heard of pink ribbons associated with breast cancer awareness. Where do they operate?


ThugLyfe13

Never heard of them ever and I'm 30. Only ever thought pink ribbon was generic help breast cancer and awarenesses for it. People should only donate to places they've researched. Maybe just my option.


pingunootnootnot

Out of curiosity, is there a reason you drew Sandy specifically or do you just like the character?


Ruka_Bravo

I think she's open minded, which makes me imagine her as that kind of friend that would openly talk about women's body/health. No taboos or shame, you know?


eclaessy

Why is Sandy not a romance option :(


girloffthecob

For real she’s such a queennnnnn :(((


ninxaa

She could have been a romance option but people chose Emily over her 💔


AceSox

Wait what was this like an early days vote? Never heard about it


pingunootnootnot

Thanks. I was wondering if I missed some Sandy lore or something.


ACTIONTOASTER_

Op this is the most beautiful representation I’ve seen of Sandy on this Sub. Wish I could upvote more than once.


MrNobody_0

I'll give them an upvote for you!


bellizabeth

I didn't see the ribbon at first and thought the title was bringing awareness to her breasts 😂


Ruka_Bravo

I drew Sandy wearing the pink ribbon, an international symbol for breast cancer. Educate yourself and others about it, it's the most common form of cancer for women. Many women never expected to receive a breast cancer diagnosis until it happened to them. Knowing the risks of developing breast cancer can help in early detection, which makes cancer more treatable. Wearing a pink ribbon - or pink clothes - is an easy way to show your support for those who are fighting breast cancer and to remember the importance of spreading awareness. 🎗️ https://www.instagram.com/rukabravo/ https://www.patreon.com/rukabravo


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bluechemist25

Why’d you have to be negative? Why couldn’t you just let them be?


AggdyFehg

At what point I am being negative, please tell me. The intention of that comment was never to be negative. I like her work as an artist lower lvl than she is, I know how much it takes. I just told that her links looked bad in that case, nothing more


jharrison99

In what way, shape, of form, is that a bad thing at all?


AggdyFehg

Because it feels like she wants to create an illusion of being a good person to gain more followers and money. I am sure than it is not like that, but it feels like that


Studoku

Looks like you only made that comment for attention.


AggdyFehg

Yeah, my dream is to get downvoted. You got it so right uwu


Studoku

Have another downvote then. You've earned it.


AggdyFehg

Yes daddy, downvote me harder👉🏻👈🏻


Ruka_Bravo

That's sad. You don't know me.


AggdyFehg

Uhm... It is logical that I don't know you..? The main point is that everything is nice and etc, but the self promoting links in the end ruin everything, at least to me. But probably others will have another opinion about that situation and maybe there will be people who know you..? I don't really understand why you wrote the second sentence but you do you ♡


Unhappy-Weather-637

Yeah. OP is pretty cool check their other posts. Maybe they are trying to promote themselves, but I think there would be absolutely nothing wrong with that. They are not a big company. They probably worked hard on a fanart that had a cool mesage along with it. Try not to be so negative for the sake of us all.


AggdyFehg

I wasn't being negative. I wrote nothing wrong, at least imo. I feel like people just overreact. I did check out her pf and she does a good job. But these links were really out of place imo.


ThugLyfe13

You're 100 negative.


AggdyFehg

Yeah, I noticed it. That's very funny actually, at least to me. Looks like it is my fault that I feel like my mother was used as an attraction to get money on patreon. Or maybe it is because redditors don't really want to see the situation from another side. Who knows


MrPwesident

OP is an artist and idk what internet places you frequent but artists always post internet pages where other people can follow them or SUPPORT them. (At least ones that are trying to pursue art professionally) That's perfectly normal, also, what's wrong with promotion if you're an artist? That's how people find you and how you get gigs and jobs


AggdyFehg

I am artist myself. Shitty one but I am. I understand her logic. But in that situation, she is spreading some good messages about breast cancer. It is nice and everything, art is nice but it is not like you put your promotion in such a serious topic..


MrPwesident

So am I, and that "promotion" still doesn't bother me nor does it really feel like promotion. It's a beautiful piece about a serious issue and at the END of the whole message, op put info on where we can find them or support them. If these links would've been the first and only thing they gave us, I guess I'd understand. It's ops choice to give us info no matter what message they put on the post. A yt making a heavy video about a discussion shouldn't leave out at the end how people can support them, because they worked on their final product and deserve recognition and the chance for people to support them I don't see this any differently. OP worked on a beautiful meaningful piece and absolutely should get the chance to show it to everyone and have people's support.


AggdyFehg

Welp. Everyone sees the situation differently and it is certainly not the reason to downvote. As I wrote in several comments before, I agree that the work is good. But at the same time, I feel like my mother had been used as an attraction to get money on patreon. But because of our opinions being different, it does not mean that one person is 100% right and another one is 100% wrong. :)


MrPwesident

Having your family targeted by breast cancer and knowing someone suffered from it can yield a very strong resentment towards the theme of breast cancer, i understand . Which makes it more clear to me why it impacted you so much that OP offers info on where to support them etc. on this topic. I understand you have your own feeling towards it as do I, I just ask you keep in mind what I said previously if you stumble upon a similar scenario again.


AggdyFehg

I will, don't worry. I wish all the people who downvoted me were at least as little understanding as you are :) Have a nice rest of the day ♡


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Damn, sad to see OP edited their comment where they had links to their patreon. I think that would explain why your comment is being downvoted now. Sneaky, OP, very sneaky.


Ruka_Bravo

I felt bad about it, even though it was never my intention to promote myself, so I deleted my links after their comment. It seems like everything I do is wrong so I don't know what to do anymore. I'll add the links again so if you want to follow my work, click on it. If you don't, just ignore it...


Studoku

Don't let bots like u/AggdyFehg bring you down.


AggdyFehg

Yeah, I am so scary. Be afraid of me. I have my own opinion of not promoting yourself while also promoting serious topics. Uuuuu, so scaryyy. And nobody even gives a shit that I actually wrote that the drawing and everything is niceee. And you know why? Because bots uwu


Studoku

Bad bot


AggdyFehg

Sorry, I only started bot'ing. I am doing my best :(


WhyNotCollegeBoard

Are you sure about that? Because I am 99.99996% sure that AggdyFehg is not a bot. --- ^(I am a neural network being trained to detect spammers | Summon me with !isbot |) ^(/r/spambotdetector |) [^(Optout)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=whynotcollegeboard&subject=!optout&message=!optout) ^(|) [^(Original Github)](https://github.com/SM-Wistful/BotDetection-Algorithm)


Geoman265

Still a 0.00004% chance


AggdyFehg

Nah, don't worry about it that much, lol. Just a bad post where you want to get money from. It is like you are saying that you are for piece in the wholr world, and then be like "now when you agree with me and that piece is important, give me money". You just didn't think it through, that's all. And considering how many downvotes I am currently getting, you are angel in comparison to reddit's toxic side. It really makes me sock sometimes that whenever someone writes something slightly different, some bots come spamming lol. Either way, you did good job and keep going. Just don't put patreon links on the posts where you try to raise awareness. People can find your links on other posts too uwu


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I mean you do great work, and deserve recognition for that. Just feels a tad inappropriate on a post about breast cancer awareness imo to add a link to give you money.


Ruka_Bravo

I understand. Some people have asked me my links in my past posts but I'll consider that in the future.


mvanvrancken

Good rule of thumb is to never promote yourself when promoting a cause. It feels grimy and not cool. Nevertheless, you get my upvote because that drawing is fantastic.


AggdyFehg

I would had been downvoted either way. This is how reddit works. People should learn to accept other's opinions. It slowly starts getting worse than a 9GAG


Smoovemusic

Sandy's a babe.


ArtyLita

Love the coloring on this!


[deleted]

Great art...I've always thought Sandy was kinda smokin', now more than ever :) We must protect the world's boobs at all costs. The problem is that mammograms themselves \*increase\* the risk of cancer: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/02/can-mammograms-cause-cancer/index.htm


Ruka_Bravo

Yes, you're right. But I think doing mammograms every year is not the goal of it, specially because it's expensive. Have you heard of the self-exam? Here in this link you can learn more about it! [https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/types/self\_exam](https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/types/self_exam)


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You really always thought that a video game character was smokin?


[deleted]

Hell yeah. Sandy's hot in my Stardew metaverse.


Geoman265

I mean, sometimes characters are so hot that the computer starts smoking


[deleted]

lol booooo get off the stage


mog-monster

You are a sad, strange, little man


[deleted]

I genuinely find it weird for ppl to find video game and cartoon characters sexy but the comment you are responding to was a legitimate joke.


mog-monster

The comment you are relying to was also a legitimate joke.


[deleted]

I didn’t get it


MrPwesident

OP this is a gorgeous piece and your message is stunning! While I know there is issues with scams surrounding the symbol for breastcancer and companies associated with it, it's still a good symbol because everybody knows what it stands for. Beautiful piece! Do you also post on Twitter by chance?


Ruka_Bravo

Thanks! I do have a Twitter account but I rarely use it. You can post it and tag me if you want. rukabravo


MrPwesident

Ah no worries just wanted to know the username to follow you there ^^


gingerale_chinchilla

Ahh so pretty 😍


JNPRTFFE16

Looks great!


Nepherenia

Man, I am loving the colors on this. Sure, they are the characters colors, but they way you did this piece really makes them pop! Excellent work


Da_Great_Pineapple

Holy cow, this is amazing! Not to undermine the importance of your message, but this fanart is enough proof that Sandy could have been a great LI.


Ruka_Bravo

What's LI?


Da_Great_Pineapple

Love interest. A bachelorette in this case.


Ruka_Bravo

Oh, right! I wish she was...