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Nabi

Joined Oct 2016 Laguna Beach, CA

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Hewwo :3c uwu-- *gets pummeled immediately*
I'm just a Tamil transdude/thirunambi/mutarijjalun/bhaiyya/whatever-it's-called-in-your-language who lives in Laguna Beach and goes to school there for the painful and soul-consuming sport that is The Animation Major (with a minor in Creative Writing, hello). I write stories that are gay and Very EthnicTM (just like I am!)
I'm a Sufi Muslim from the Shi'a sect.

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azdapurvar
azdapurvar Mar 03, 2020
Puu is beauuuuutiful!!! ❤️
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azdapurvar
azdapurvar Mar 03, 2020
I found out what பூ means, using Google translate. It means 'flower'!🌼 It also means 'bloom'.☺️😄
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Qwan
Qwan Jan 31, 2022
Ahh that's so perfect <3
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Nabi
Nabi creator May 11, 2019
hello friends...it's been a long time.! I hope you are all well; I just wanted to share that--since I get asked a lot what my poems actually sound like--I made a recording of the song from the chapter "The Mansion of Mirrors," which you can find here: https://hiranyaksha.tumblr.com/post/184815708615/this-is-the-songpoem-from-this-puu-chapter-in
FloresDelMal
FloresDelMal May 11, 2019
thank you ^^
Bre Indigo
Bre Indigo May 12, 2019
Nabi...that was beautiful and entrancing. Your voice (even tho its pitched down as you said) is great, and the song was amazing~ Thank you for sharing this with us! It gave me the exact chills I got when first reading the mansion of mirror originally <3
Maybe Me
Maybe Me May 12, 2019
Sounds interesting. Don’t think the downshift was necessary. A lot of cis men have a rather high voice, you know, esp. singing. I’m a baritone and can’t sing a lot of known rock/pop songs in their original key, even if I used to sing with the alto section in our choir in some songs. A tenor voice is not “unmanly” at all.
lennyjamin
lennyjamin May 12, 2019
That was a completely mesmerizing song. Thank you for sharing it!
Squid
Squid May 12, 2019
Beautiful! And the pitch shift really works to make it sort of unsettling, which fits!
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Nabi
Nabi creator Apr 08, 2019
I'm getting a little uncomfy about the discussions about Jameel's biology in the comments sections...Please remember that I am a trans man as well and the reason why I specifically don't over-explain biology is because trans people don't owe an in-depth exposition of our bodies...I have clarified doubts to the best of my ability but google is free...and read the story closer...I don't get upset easily but I am (justifiably) sensitive about this.
Nabi
Nabi creator Apr 08, 2019
Also saying that you forgot Jameel was trans is not cute...Puu is very specifically about a gay couple that involves a trans man and a masculine nb/genderfluid person...My point was to specifically not make it about a cis male relationship...
wowzers
wowzers Apr 08, 2019
im so sorry people are being assholes (when i saw those comments i was so confused- it's been literally stated multiple times hes not cis)... people really are just being. ignorant huh :/
Creepikat
Creepikat Apr 08, 2019
I really, really, really don't get HOW people could just forget about that like.... Jameel's story revolves in huge parts around the transphobia he experienced. And also thank you, as a trans nb guy I was so so so happy to read your story and see it ends on that note. We need more gays couple with trans guys and we need more representations of trans guys being pregnant without it invalidating their gender. It was such a great story, thank you for this journey and I wish you the best for the next one <3
Inas
Inas Apr 08, 2019
The main general problem I feel worrisome is that some people don't know/want how to read and then try to understand and relate what they catch an give a very partial opinion then; it is really annoying for some of us reading those comments so of course going to affect authors in some degree....I find necessary sometimes you as authors voice your feelings too about your comics and perceptions.....
Qwan
Qwan Jan 31, 2022
I mentioned this ins an earlier comment but the idea of static biological sex is a common myth.
If you're on hormones you've changing your sex, if you have surgery you're changing your sex. If you have late onset intersex condition, your sex changes from your birth sex.
Birth sex doesn't indicate life long sex, so when we say 'biologically X' to mean 'assigned at birth' we're quite literally being scientifically and biologically incorrect.
It's about as appropriate as calling everyone biological babies for their entire life because we can presume they were a baby in the past. And it is a presumption as drs don't do full body assessments of your biological sex, they eyeball your genitals and make a rough guess. It's crude and reductionist as hell. When we put eyeballing babies bodies over controlled adult life, medical treatment and general biological changes, we invalidate many aspects of their being.
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Nabi
Nabi creator Apr 04, 2019
PUU SPECIAL 1 - The Evolution of "Puu":

https://www.patreon.com/posts/puu-special-1-of-25605528?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare

This discusses Puu’s history of how I developed it over the years, what it was supposed to be like, and how it turned out the way it is now.

This first special is free, but the next specials will all be Puu bonus comics that you can read if you become a patron in the $8 comics tier I have listed. (Pwease consider supporting me .... u w u :''''''3c)
Februar
Februar Apr 05, 2019
The spontaneity of Puu is one of the things I most love about it. Every new page was like a whole new thing (in a very good way). Thanks for showing this to non-patrons too.
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Nabi
Nabi creator Mar 11, 2019
there will b a puu update ! i was just very sleepy today for some reason and got sidetracked 36345463554 times, so u all will get it tomorrow instead <3
Millcky
Millcky Mar 12, 2019
A simple notification makes my day happier ~ I hope you are fine <3
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Nabi
Nabi creator Mar 04, 2019
You are all getting a Puu update tonight!!! It’s just taking a longass time fsdgsddgf
rockabunnychlo
rockabunnychlo Mar 05, 2019
<3
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Nabi
Nabi creator Feb 26, 2019
lo siento for not updating today ;; I smeckledorfed myself recently by messing up my work deadlines on accident so i spent today just catching up ; ___ ;
Langi Lala Studios
Langi Lala Studios Feb 26, 2019
That's ok! It happens to the best of us.
Squid
Squid Feb 26, 2019
No problem!
Guppy
Guppy Feb 26, 2019
No prob! Good luck! Love your work <3
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Nabi
Nabi creator Jan 28, 2019
The upcoming Puu update will be a larger one (I’m thinking around 8-10 pages) so it may take a couple weeks or so! It’s the wrap-up to the climax so I want it to be impactful. Thank you for ur patience ;u; <33
FloresDelMal
FloresDelMal Jan 28, 2019
take all the time you need, thanks for the heads up ^^
demdoodles
demdoodles Jan 29, 2019
thank you for all your hard work !!!!
Squid
Squid Jan 29, 2019
exciting!
Nysether
Nysether Feb 04, 2019
oooh yay!
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Nabi
Nabi creator Jan 06, 2019
Puu updates are moving to Mondays because that is the most free day on my schedule! So no update today but there will be one tomorrow :)
FloresDelMal
FloresDelMal Jan 06, 2019
sounds good ^^
Squid
Squid Jan 06, 2019
Looking forward to it!
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1 Series
  • Puu (பூ )

    Puu (பூ )

    Mar 31, 2019

2 Library
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    Dear Diary

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    Joseph and Yusra - Otherworld Patrol

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