Vent(donāt read if you donāt feel like it, paragraph 1 is only most key one)
The internet world we live in obligates me to point out that I am not a predator or a groomer and I donāt think not everyone who draws in this style should be called such names. Usually you can recognize when someone is drawing in this style with the purpose to make problematic works. I do have a story with this artstyle though, thatās what provoked me to draw this.
Iāve draw in such style before, but it was for a person who is no more in my life for reasons. I obviously am in fault for letting those things happen, I was even weaker mentally, I did things out of my morals for them in the name of making them happy but instead things just went downhill. I drew their characters in this style, which were a pro ship, I was listening and talking with them about things I simply canāt talk about without wanting to cry now. Iāve done things Iād never even think of doing, nor draw things Iād draw on my own will. I canāt tell if I was groomed since they were my age and I did it back then thinking itās all fine and worth it, I felt lonely, I wanted them to stay, I wanted to make them the happiest, but it was never enough and theyād blame me for never doing anything. And so yeah, I associate this style with them, because I drew pieces for them(I was proud with 1 of them which was also done fully on my will, it was all of those characters looking like they came out of some anime opening, so it pretty much was innocent as well) and they themselves were very good at replicating the style too.
My idea is to get over with each association I make with them, Iāve always found this style cool and canāt just let it be dirtied by the memory of this person, so now Iāve decided that Iāll make some vent pieces with all the characters I find comfort in, that are somewhat helping me heal from that part of my life that makes me wish to die everytime I get to think, even if Caroline and Diana are pretty much toxic as well, their idea is to both desire to get better, and even if they unfortunately donāt get that chance, they still pointed out their issue and addressed that itās wrong(in the au where theyāre grown up they even manage to heal).
Hypersexuality is a serious problem that for some reason is now also caused by the mass nsfw promoting with kids media. I myself thankfully have never been a victim of SA(Iām praying for all the victims of it especially those who are close to me you all deserve all the love and protection:( ) but Iāve been exposed to porn since I was like 4, my life changed after that drastically, Iāve seen things I never shouldāve and couldnāt really assimilate back then. This person was the first person I opened in detail about this, sometimes I blame myself for even sharing about this, what if I fucked them up? But then I remember how āfunnyā and āquirkyā they found those topics(and they still do), unfortunately I got adapted to think this way even if my morals were killing me on the inside, I still had my limits though. I thought itās just because weāre edgy idiotic teens but the fact they still are being all hyped about that shit proves me itās not like this for everybody. I fear I might get called a hypocrite, sometimes I feel like I donāt deserve to love Rule of Rose this much and feel Diana so close even with her sassy nature, I really want to cure, itās killing me on the inside, the intrusive thoughts and everything are still destroying me, but I learn how to control them. And now every content I do is against the things I was shown all the time, Iāve always been against pedos and I never will stop no more, everyone whoās into that shit please donāt even come close to me. Their argument was that such things happen in the real world and itās never just sunshine and roses, which I agree, and so thatās what Iām doing too, but with the difference that thereās no fetish involved.
I wish, I beg myself to forgive myself already, even if that sentence sounds quite weird.