weirdest thing about back when we still tried to make friends with people in the "oc" art space is when they'd be overly friendly and placative but would also seem to find the strangest problems with what you were doing or harmless jokes you shared that you'd get this feeling nobody actually wanted to be friends at all. we got the feeling that they just wanted proximity for some type of personal gain not because they liked us or appreciated our art in any respectful way. i carry so much hurt still with me from that space. i love my characters and writing stories but we never want to be an "oc artist" in a community for it anymore. just post things and go













