Some of you were too generous with your guesses about Star Shifters, lmao...Sorry gyns U_U
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Ada
28 May 2023 11:56 PM
Oh god oh no she’s about to genderfy Faith isn’t she. Nooo. Leave Faith alone!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simp
29 May 2023 12:04 AM
The Ginyu Force?
A
29 May 2023 12:36 AM
These colors are such eye candy!
pingabsolution (Miss Girl
29 May 2023 12:43 AM
Thank you for this comic, every time i read it it inspires me to be 400% more transgender and off-putting
Valerie
29 May 2023 1:49 AM
No no no no I’m so afraid Faith’ll get sucked into gender π please don’t do this π
…or maybe Jaden will say it’s stupid and Blaire would be offended? I certainly hope so
Scully
29 May 2023 2:29 AM
As much as I’m worried for Faith getting sucked into gender ideology, I’m equally nervous but curious to see how Violet would handle and react to that.
It’s a very delicate and difficult matter I think for parents. So much of the pro-gender propaganda really pushes the idea that if your parents don’t 100% unquestionably support your gender identity right away than they’re evil abusers and your only course of action ito “stay safe” is to run away and completely cut them off and if that doesn’t work then you should probably just k*ll yourself.
I think that’s why it can be so scary and complicated for parents of trans ID’d kids, and especially a lot of moms REALLY end up bending over backwards and kissing ass to the trans movement when their kid starts to ID as trans because they know that it’s risky and they could end up losing their child if they don’t.
It’s a complicated matter, how does one handle it when their kid gets sucked into the trans movement when the risk is so high that if you try to talk some sense into they’ve been brainwashed into believing that’s abuse and the only appropriate response is running away to possible actual abusers or just k*lling themselves?
Mary
29 May 2023 3:09 AM
Unsaid dialogue:
Blaire: Oh my God it’s a little Jaden
Riley: That’s racist. … Gay sex can’t get you pregnant, right?
Blaire: Gay sex can mean anything!
Riley: I’d be dialing for the Pill right now but God she’s so cute.
K
29 May 2023 3:49 AM
I get the instinctive freaking out, but honestly I think Faith can watch Star Shifters.
She has enough reasonable and supportive adults in her life who are gender-nonconforming rolemodels and can gently reassure her she can be anything without having to have a gender or trying to change her sex, she’s smart and strong in will (standing up for herself against that boy a bit back), and hopefully there’s no peer pressure in her own peer group for that yet.
I think she’ll be okay! But it might be best if she watches it with one of those supportive adults together.
Crypty
29 May 2023 4:04 AM
Faith has her eye on the prize and the prize it kitty cats and anime!!! Social pleasantries come second to that!
Ms. Clicker
29 May 2023 5:06 AM
I could focus on the fact Blaire is probs going to ‘eggify’ this poor anime-loving girl; but instead Imma roast the shit out of that DVD box *inhales*
BOI If you dont get out of here with your power-ranger buzzlightyear bob the builder looking ass, dont make me get on your paw patrol steven universe Disney+ but make it queer’ headass, fakeass ginyu force looking ass boy, ‘konoko ban umiwa okurishimas’ headass- I know rusty aint just draw your 90’s reject, localization, all rights passed, 4KIDS dubbed, lost media creepypasta, nostalgiafan-casted, youtube available headass. ‘make me discover my gender-‘ nah boi you need to discover the 8 am saturday cartoons fringe, grimm brothers looking ass.
C
29 May 2023 5:25 AM
oohh is handling faith going to be where the blaire conflict kicks up. OOOOH I’M INTRIGUED
Miss Moira
29 May 2023 7:30 AM
Iβm going to ignore the elephant in the room and just say I absolutely love Faithβs priorities lmaooo
Γ
29 May 2023 8:19 AM
no not faith
rusty don’t do this π
Charly
29 May 2023 8:50 AM
Awwww Faith reminds me of my niece, whenever she hears someone has a dog or cat the first thing she asks them is “can you bring them over? Can I pet them?”
To be fair I was the same π I don’t know how optimistic I am about Star shifters.. the state of the two female characters on the box π
RCS
29 May 2023 9:48 AM
Seeing a female version of Pleakley was not what I had expected to ever come across but life finds a way
Becca
29 May 2023 10:17 AM
It’s hapeninggggggg thank u so much for the chaosπ«‘π«‘π«‘
BlackSwallowtail
29 May 2023 10:25 AM
FAITH! NONONONONO!!!
Didi
29 May 2023 11:19 AM
I don’t know why I never even considered that poor Faith was going to get caught up in Blaire’s BS but OHHHHHH my GODDDD.
[Didi has died of dysentery.]
anonymoo
29 May 2023 1:51 PM
#FaithProtectionSquad2023
Happy Happy Happy
30 May 2023 12:01 AM
I love your art style so much, and the colours as always are gorgeous. You have come so far since I started reading <3 I love Faith as well she is so adorable and reminds me a lot of myself as a kid π
Parniyas biggest fan
30 May 2023 4:18 AM
RUSTY DONT RUSTY PLEASE DONT DO IT RUSTY NOOOOOOO *drowns in star shifter figurines*
werewol
30 May 2023 6:28 AM
hehehhehehe i adore faith! VERY worried about where things are gonna go w this party, though, omg π΅βπ«π
AnotherLonelyLez
30 May 2023 9:19 AM
I would die for Faith, and if anything happens to her, I’m burning the whole internet down.
rustyhearts
Author
30 May 2023 11:53 AM
π₯°π₯°π₯° did my best!
Kat
30 May 2023 8:31 PM
I hope so much that Jaden’s example of chill butchness will be more convincing in Faith’s eyes than any gender bs Blaire is abt to spill π
Gazelle
1 June 2023 6:07 PM
Oh dear
Norm L. Esbian
2 June 2023 1:44 AM
oh god please protect faith. even when you have a supportive family, itβs still hard to be gnc and a lesbian when the rest of society screams at you
KnackeredDragon
24 July 2023 2:13 PM
I know the star shifters are an SU reference but Iβm living for the Ginyu force pose
Tenbelow
19 June 2025 4:47 AM
gosh i know a lot of people come at you being like “WHAT IS STAR SHIFTERS SUPPOSED TO BE” or even some people are critical that you don’t make it obvious that Star Shifters is supposed to be one specific type of cartoon
But I personally really like that you’ve tried to make Star Shifters into it’s OWN cartoon more. It’s a lot more original that way and you have more creative possibilities.
It’s always good to see a clear flag that “remember! the LeaseBound world isn’t the real world! this is a fictional story with creative liberties!” and that kind of thing
you can mash in concepts from those other shows into Star Shifters… i like how Star Shifters has a very clear and obvious anime influence because a lot of those popular gender identity cartoons are also always obviously highly influenced by anime too
I know Star Shifters serves as a silly gender cartoon and probably Isn’t That Deep but all the lore/world-building you made up for the Star Shifters universe we’ve seen so far is pretty interesting too
IMAGINATION! I LOVE IT! i love Star Shifters so much more then an Obvious Steven Universe parody. and its a surprise how much detail and thought you put into a silly little cartoon in your webcomic. The dialog you give Faith in the next page and everything. It makes your comic world feel so much more gripping and real when you add this level of detail to something
The level of intense thought you put into LeaseBound really makes it impressive as a one person project. there is a lot of popular media projects that are way more shallow and more poorly written then LB is, and those media projects have entire teams of people working on them
and it’s also very funny how even people who are trying so hard to hate LeaseBound can’t help but notice the quality of LB all the time. Like it’s such a flex, and I want to be able to do what you do LOL. making a work so good that even the haters can’t deny it is extremely impressive work on multiple levels
we all wish we could make a work that’s as impressive as LeaseBound is. good job Rusty
(this comment ended up more weirdly mushy then i expected it too. LOL. all i was trying to do was remember which page showed the star shifters characters and then just randomly comment about how much I like the Star Shifters concept in general – the most recent page of course made me think about it)
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE… if star shifters wasnt so sexist i definitely would have ended up being a fan. rip. i know this about myself. i would have been in the star shifters fandom for real. probably shipping characters together and everything. but just looking at the designs know i stand with faith, and i would actually be in the #star-shifters-critical fandom and frustrated with all the people who think something so sexist is cool and progressive. I’m impressed with people like Jaden and Riley who have LIVES and aren’t obsessing over children’s cartoons but that’s not me
i also wonder if Star Shifters is also like a lot of these gender cartoons that like………….. you can just TELL some parts of the cartoons were made for adults who need therapy more-so then kids HAHAHA. sometimes these shows are very Aware of the adults who watch the shows and play into that a bit. i dont know whats sadder, obsessing over a children’s cartoon that’s made just for kids or obsessing over a children’s cartoon that is clearly aware weird adults are watching it and is trying to cater to them a little bit
Oh god oh no she’s about to genderfy Faith isn’t she. Nooo. Leave Faith alone!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Ginyu Force?
These colors are such eye candy!
Thank you for this comic, every time i read it it inspires me to be 400% more transgender and off-putting
No no no no I’m so afraid Faith’ll get sucked into gender π please don’t do this π
…or maybe Jaden will say it’s stupid and Blaire would be offended? I certainly hope so
As much as I’m worried for Faith getting sucked into gender ideology, I’m equally nervous but curious to see how Violet would handle and react to that.
It’s a very delicate and difficult matter I think for parents. So much of the pro-gender propaganda really pushes the idea that if your parents don’t 100% unquestionably support your gender identity right away than they’re evil abusers and your only course of action ito “stay safe” is to run away and completely cut them off and if that doesn’t work then you should probably just k*ll yourself.
I think that’s why it can be so scary and complicated for parents of trans ID’d kids, and especially a lot of moms REALLY end up bending over backwards and kissing ass to the trans movement when their kid starts to ID as trans because they know that it’s risky and they could end up losing their child if they don’t.
It’s a complicated matter, how does one handle it when their kid gets sucked into the trans movement when the risk is so high that if you try to talk some sense into they’ve been brainwashed into believing that’s abuse and the only appropriate response is running away to possible actual abusers or just k*lling themselves?
Unsaid dialogue:
Blaire: Oh my God it’s a little Jaden
Riley: That’s racist. … Gay sex can’t get you pregnant, right?
Blaire: Gay sex can mean anything!
Riley: I’d be dialing for the Pill right now but God she’s so cute.
I get the instinctive freaking out, but honestly I think Faith can watch Star Shifters.
She has enough reasonable and supportive adults in her life who are gender-nonconforming rolemodels and can gently reassure her she can be anything without having to have a gender or trying to change her sex, she’s smart and strong in will (standing up for herself against that boy a bit back), and hopefully there’s no peer pressure in her own peer group for that yet.
I think she’ll be okay! But it might be best if she watches it with one of those supportive adults together.
Faith has her eye on the prize and the prize it kitty cats and anime!!! Social pleasantries come second to that!
I could focus on the fact Blaire is probs going to ‘eggify’ this poor anime-loving girl; but instead Imma roast the shit out of that DVD box *inhales*
BOI If you dont get out of here with your power-ranger buzzlightyear bob the builder looking ass, dont make me get on your paw patrol steven universe Disney+ but make it queer’ headass, fakeass ginyu force looking ass boy, ‘konoko ban umiwa okurishimas’ headass- I know rusty aint just draw your 90’s reject, localization, all rights passed, 4KIDS dubbed, lost media creepypasta, nostalgiafan-casted, youtube available headass. ‘make me discover my gender-‘ nah boi you need to discover the 8 am saturday cartoons fringe, grimm brothers looking ass.
oohh is handling faith going to be where the blaire conflict kicks up. OOOOH I’M INTRIGUED
Iβm going to ignore the elephant in the room and just say I absolutely love Faithβs priorities lmaooo
no not faith
rusty don’t do this π
Awwww Faith reminds me of my niece, whenever she hears someone has a dog or cat the first thing she asks them is “can you bring them over? Can I pet them?”
To be fair I was the same π I don’t know how optimistic I am about Star shifters.. the state of the two female characters on the box π
Seeing a female version of Pleakley was not what I had expected to ever come across but life finds a way
It’s hapeninggggggg thank u so much for the chaosπ«‘π«‘π«‘
FAITH! NONONONONO!!!
I don’t know why I never even considered that poor Faith was going to get caught up in Blaire’s BS but OHHHHHH my GODDDD.
[Didi has died of dysentery.]
#FaithProtectionSquad2023
I love your art style so much, and the colours as always are gorgeous. You have come so far since I started reading <3 I love Faith as well she is so adorable and reminds me a lot of myself as a kid π
RUSTY DONT RUSTY PLEASE DONT DO IT RUSTY NOOOOOOO *drowns in star shifter figurines*
hehehhehehe i adore faith! VERY worried about where things are gonna go w this party, though, omg π΅βπ«π
I would die for Faith, and if anything happens to her, I’m burning the whole internet down.
π₯°π₯°π₯° did my best!
I hope so much that Jaden’s example of chill butchness will be more convincing in Faith’s eyes than any gender bs Blaire is abt to spill π
Oh dear
oh god please protect faith. even when you have a supportive family, itβs still hard to be gnc and a lesbian when the rest of society screams at you
I know the star shifters are an SU reference but Iβm living for the Ginyu force pose
gosh i know a lot of people come at you being like “WHAT IS STAR SHIFTERS SUPPOSED TO BE” or even some people are critical that you don’t make it obvious that Star Shifters is supposed to be one specific type of cartoon
But I personally really like that you’ve tried to make Star Shifters into it’s OWN cartoon more. It’s a lot more original that way and you have more creative possibilities.
It’s always good to see a clear flag that “remember! the LeaseBound world isn’t the real world! this is a fictional story with creative liberties!” and that kind of thing
you can mash in concepts from those other shows into Star Shifters… i like how Star Shifters has a very clear and obvious anime influence because a lot of those popular gender identity cartoons are also always obviously highly influenced by anime too
I know Star Shifters serves as a silly gender cartoon and probably Isn’t That Deep but all the lore/world-building you made up for the Star Shifters universe we’ve seen so far is pretty interesting too
IMAGINATION! I LOVE IT! i love Star Shifters so much more then an Obvious Steven Universe parody. and its a surprise how much detail and thought you put into a silly little cartoon in your webcomic. The dialog you give Faith in the next page and everything. It makes your comic world feel so much more gripping and real when you add this level of detail to something
The level of intense thought you put into LeaseBound really makes it impressive as a one person project. there is a lot of popular media projects that are way more shallow and more poorly written then LB is, and those media projects have entire teams of people working on them
and it’s also very funny how even people who are trying so hard to hate LeaseBound can’t help but notice the quality of LB all the time. Like it’s such a flex, and I want to be able to do what you do LOL. making a work so good that even the haters can’t deny it is extremely impressive work on multiple levels
we all wish we could make a work that’s as impressive as LeaseBound is. good job Rusty
(this comment ended up more weirdly mushy then i expected it too. LOL. all i was trying to do was remember which page showed the star shifters characters and then just randomly comment about how much I like the Star Shifters concept in general – the most recent page of course made me think about it)
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE… if star shifters wasnt so sexist i definitely would have ended up being a fan. rip. i know this about myself. i would have been in the star shifters fandom for real. probably shipping characters together and everything. but just looking at the designs know i stand with faith, and i would actually be in the #star-shifters-critical fandom and frustrated with all the people who think something so sexist is cool and progressive. I’m impressed with people like Jaden and Riley who have LIVES and aren’t obsessing over children’s cartoons but that’s not me
i also wonder if Star Shifters is also like a lot of these gender cartoons that like………….. you can just TELL some parts of the cartoons were made for adults who need therapy more-so then kids HAHAHA. sometimes these shows are very Aware of the adults who watch the shows and play into that a bit. i dont know whats sadder, obsessing over a children’s cartoon that’s made just for kids or obsessing over a children’s cartoon that is clearly aware weird adults are watching it and is trying to cater to them a little bit
anyway lets wrap this comment up, lady.