This is a side blog so I canât follow you back with it :(
My main is @sainte-melasse âĄ
This blog used to be mostly for reblogging art that were too dark for my main but itâs slowly turning into a Tolkien blog ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
My own posts(mostly my art) are under the tag #holy marmalade
My AO3 is here.
I sometime post/reblog suggestive content. They will be tagged either with #non-sexual nudity, #suggestive or #nsft but you can ask for a specific tag too. Be warned that I am bad at judging whether something is sexual or not.
I donât support GenAI and if I accidentally reblog AI images or texts, Iâll be happy to be warned u-u
@sadsilmarilsoup drew the three Icons aka Fingolfin,Finarfin and Feanor making all the young elves pants at the ball drop~
I tried to make it visible that Fingolfin and Finarfin are younger as to Feanor and I laughed thinking about how many ppl must have told Fingolfin "you look just like your brother when he was younger"- when he is pouting
@tar-thelien and I made a art collaboration and despite clip studio throwing me curve balls I think it worked out really well! Thanks for the collaboration
Its Celebrian and Thelien made the line art while I colored it âšïž
I like to think one of the methods to âhalt agingâ the Numenoreans had was literally just hair dye so I enjoyed imaging a Miriel that let her natural white hair come through even if the rest of her still appears youthful, perhaps in reference to her elvish namesake or simply in defiance of Ar-Pharazonâs fear of death
Thinking about Azruzimril naked with a hat... writing this down for when I am well again so I remember to draw her like that and I can share my current version right now.
i wanted a soft not too eye-catching hand drawn one that probably will work out great for bg and fabric without being too strong and still look cute. It works with tiling ofc!! Its available in the clip studio asset store for free but you guys can also download this here and use it for fun projects âšïž
Update on the other wips!!!
Clips studio is being a bitch rn and freezes when I draw or do anything else and so for now im working at a snail pace ;-; if its not getting better I might even need to take a break
Great place to add that i am trying to get enough money to upgrade to EX
Also I made a Instagram for my art purely because I want to participate in more art contest/challenges because it sounds fun but you need to either use X,insta or Facebook
-and I have a excuse to draw something outside of the fandom. My name there is PeasantPlayer and I use the exact same icon. I just have one or two arts up tho đ
Of all the things I thought I'd be doing today, writing out a think piece on a recent negative comment I received in one of my fics did not make the list... However, I think this is a very important thing to keep in mind? I'm not the first person to talk on this topic by far, nor will I be the last, but as fandom spaces deteriorate more and more, I believe we need to keep the conversation more alive than ever.
I should preface this by stating very clearly (because there is always a bad faith reader...); I don't mind being criticized. Matter of fact, I welcome it. I am fortunately the sort of person who doesn't get hurt over being told something I did sucked, or that it was poorly thought out, or that it was badly made. Receiving criticism is critical to improving in whatever art or craft you are doing, learning to take it gracefully is one of the most vital parts of being an artist and writer specifically, which I aspire to be one day.
THAT SAID... And I don't believe I have to say this againâ
Don't.
Give.
Unwanted.
Criticism.
One of the most beloved parts of being a fanfic writer is the fact that you are doing something purely out of love for the game itself, without expecting anything in turn (saying this very broadly, because the expectations behind it are actually a wholly different conversation). It's something done for free, with love, towards a community that means something to you. And, some of us take it more seriously as a true exercise for craft, some of us take it more lightly as a pure hobby, some of us use it to explore deeply personal or cultural topics that are very relevant to our real lives, some of us just want to write silly scenarios and wild spins on canon just because we want to see what would happen. None of those approaches is better than the other, and while they shouldnât be treated as the exact same, they all deserve the same amount of respect.
The way that the community, the readers, take that piece of writing and process it is going to differ from person to person. Everyone is going to take something different about a single work, and that is part of the beauty of how writing worksâ Once you put something out there it belongs to the world to reinterpret.
A lot has been said about how the current mindset of consumerism has started to ruin fandoms, driving people to mindlessly (and you wonât believe this) consume artworks and fics without giving anything in turn. And yes, it may sound cliche, but it doesnât make it any less true. This current wave of unwanted negative feedback is nothing new, but it has been heightened by the modern attitude that depreciates the effort placed behind fandom artwork when they dismiss it as just another piece of content to get through as quickly as possible.
Yes, once something is placed out there it is no longer only yours, but that is NEVER an invitation for others to say whatever they want.
I have seen people argue many times that making a work public means you are alright to be told it sucks and why. Often they argue; âoh but this is how REAL authors do itââ
And to that I answer; so what?
So what if thatâs how a real author does it?
The day I publish a book and you give me money to get it is the day I no longer have the right to deny your negative thoughts on it! But you are not buying anything from me. You are receiving a work that I wrote out of pure happiness and thankless work in the few minutes of free time I get day to day, you are not giving me anything in return! Why do you think that I am in any way equal to a fully edited and extensively reviewed book that has gone through a long process to be published?
So what if my writing is bad, and not up to professional standards? Do you think I could not be self aware? Do you think I even care?
I donât, I donât really care! I want to improve, and I want to be better at a craft I genuinely love, but I donât care if my road on the way there is bumpy! That is how I know I can grow, by making mistakes. And I will make those mistakes happily, I will make them with a smile on my face because I will be having fun.
Because that is far more important than anything; I am having fun, I love writing my sappy stupid fanfics that make little sense. They make my day a little better after Iâm home exhausted from work, and they make me smile, and I donât write them for you, they are for me.
I share my works with the world not because I want praise, but because I loved them and looked at them and thought; âSomeone else might love this too.â Maybe I wonât be proud of them in the next five years, or even the next month, but I am proud of them now.
Long has been the fight to make people see that fanfiction is a valid form of writing, a valid form of art, and it is sometimes so baffling that people from within the community itself keep perpetuating that idea, seeing them as less than. Why do we? Why do we not listen to the voices shouting out into the void attempting to keep this space safe and fun for everyone? Why does it not matter when we tap on your shoulder to let you know what you do might be rude and that you could try to be kinder?
So⊠We are back at the start. Today, I received a negative commentâ I wouldnât call it a hate comment, I have gotten a few mild hate comments before, but it was negative. Often I love them, they never fail to make me laugh, but it did make me think about this all day, because this person did what not many of them do; they doubled down when I answered and then tried to backtrack.
Maybe it isnât smart of me to answer to negative criticism, but I admit itâs fascinating to me how someone can read a work, express an ignorant opinion, and then think yeah, Iâll post this for all to see. And sue me, I am enough of an asshole and pretentious prick to answer by telling them why they are wrong. And hey, they did want to know why I made the choices I did!
The turning point for me to write this little think piece though? Well, when they decided to backtrack and say they had never tried to tell me what I did wrong, they deleted a previous comment on the thread. That in itself says a lot, need I even say more?
It made me think about this never ending cycle. This is how fandom has been for a very long time and also how the internet tends to be at large, it is nothing new. Ignorant people exist everywhere.
So more than expressing why this personâs opinion was wrong, I want to try to leave something of at least some substance for everyone else.
Dear readers, your opinions are valuable, and your love is more appreciated than you think. Your words light up an authorâs entire day whenever we see the little comment notifications pop up on our inbox. Your kindness and your support make all the difference when you feel youâre shouting out into the void⊠And that is precisely why your negative words cut. Maybe they donât cut me, but they cut plenty of authors out there. Perhaps this sort of advice might come across as condescending, but; try to place yourself on their shoes, and really think âwould I want someone to tell me what Iâm telling them?â. It doesnât apply to this situation only, of course, but always remember that fandom is a community, it works only when we all gather together to build each other up.
And dear fellow writers⊠Stand your ground. I mean it! In this day and age when people mindlessly accuse one another of AI use, where weâre under-appreciated and devalued, donât let that stop you. Again, that may sound cheesy, but it is not untrue. The comments, the kudos, the support, all of that is amazing to get, but that does not define your workâs worth and it does not define your worth as a writer, an artist. You have to look at your work and love it above everyone else, and you have to stand by it even when nobody else seems to. You know what? Youâre the greatest thing that exists in this world right after sliced bread and you better start to believe it. Be delusional, inflate your own ego to ridiculous degrees. Everyone else can have second place, your biggest fan has to be YOU.
Overall, thereâs probably lots more that can be said with far more nuance and depth that I could ever muster, but I hope that it can at least help one person out there.
So! Yeah. I got a negative comment today, and Iâd love to frame it on my wall so I can walk by it every day and remind myself Iâm always right and they are not <3
