#comment debate

[artfightdramaconfessions]

i find it so funny bc i ALWAYS comment on every attack i get, except me and my brother had a 15 level or so revenge chain this year and neither of us said anything on any of the drawings we made bc we just told eachother irl. have never missed a comment on anybody else so it just looks like theres 1 guy i refuse to talk to (but draw a LOT of art for)

[theinvisibledoodlewizard]

Me and my sis saw Butch Hartman’s “Drawing has blinded me!” Video. We had watched other people do this, but he looked like he had fun so we gave it a shot. We each did a starter doodle (not always the best), then blindfolded drew it in the next square (sometimes not that bad). The order of the boxes is as follows:

Sis starter Bill. Sis blind Bill. My starter Bill. My blind Bill.

Sis blind Wander (she got confused). Sis starter Wander. My starter Wander. My blind Wander.

Sis starter Wirt. Sis blind Wirt. My Starter Wirt. My blind Wirt.

Sis starter Wobbuffet. Sis blind Wobbuffet. My starter Wobbuffet. My blind Wobbuffet.

Sis starter Star. Sis blind Star. My starter Star. My blind Star.

What do you think we did the best? We don’t own any of this, for entertainment only!

[itsladykit]

Honestly I *feel* desperate when I ask for comments (bc I am), but I don't think that about others doing the same - plus, as I keep telling myself, I ain't getting paid for writing so really asking for response *shouldn't* be considered anything but perfectly reasonable. And to specify which kind of response shouldn't either, for the same reasons. I got incredibly tired of hearing complaints about my grammar when I started out writing fanfic a couple years ago, ig. so specifying might've helped

I feel that way too! I’m always worried people think I’m desperate.

Frankly, I’m of the opinion that, with a few exceptions, grammar and spelling errors should just be ignored. I greatly appreciated it when someone corrected me about Untypical Sans being a ‘bakeneko’ as opposed to a ‘bakaneko’ (though, given the translation, I rather like the latter) because that was a pervasive error and something I was honestly ignorant of. I’ve seen the same thing done in English, where using a homophone or something similar resulted in a wildly different meaning. Sometimes an embarrassing one. I think that is okay to correct, done politely and with some praise sprinkled in to lessen the blow. 

By and large though? I expect at least a few errors, and when I find them, i just ignore them. I know I don’t work with a Beta, even if I did, our Betas probably aren’t professional editors either. With fanfic, a draft probably gets one or two read-throughs before it’s posted. It’s free and it’s not written by a professional. Spelling errors and grammar errors happen to the most inveterate writer–I’ve certainly found my share of errors in published books! Besides, English grammar in particular is very flexible outside of scientific or academic writing. A lot of the grammar rules we learn that seem so hard and fast in school really aren’t all that hard or fast. 

Thank you for your opinion! ^_^ 

[itsladykit]

Personally, I don't think it's particularly rude to specify what kinds of comments you want or are seeking, I think that's helpful. I've talked with friends before about how frustrating deafening silence is, and how without feedback we started seeing flaws where there were none, or worrying more than we should about ones that weren't as big a deal. However I've also encountered writers who were *very* against constructive feedback of any kind, and didn't really mention that until receiving it.

*nodding* 

True, true. I’ve not encountered that personally, but I’ve definitely seen it in comments. I’m personally wary of giving advice because I don’t want it to be taken the wrong way and because…honestly? I feel unqualified. Aside from things like formatting–which can transform a nearly illegible fic into something perfectly readable–I never feel like I really have anything to offer unless someone’s asking me personally or asking about something very specific.

Thank you! Very insightful!

[artfightdramaconfessions]

Hi friends -

I have a question - a user that never commented on or acknowledged my attack - put it on toyhouse which whatever that’s fine, but the put their watermark over it with their da? Like I know it’s their account and they have it link back to me - but seeing a huge watermark over art that I did and they didn’t even say anything to me about it or attack me back or anything - like rubs me the wrong way. I would never put my watermark over the art others made for me???? Like I’m kind of upset about it and I want to report it - like it’s gift art is belongs to them but the giant fucking watermark??

[artfightdramaconfessions]

all discourse about comments hinges on the individual person’s neurosis. I’m definitely the odd one out but tbh im super neurotic about replying to messages and having interactions with strangers online so it can be really hard for me to comment on attacks I get if I don’t absolutely love them. I think commenting on attacks you get is the nice thing to do but people need to understand that a lot of their opinions are coming from weirdly vindictive and insecure places

[artfightdramaconfessions]

could you maybe start tagging the stuff abt commenting? it feels like we're retreading the same ground and idk about y'all but I don't wanna read it

Now under the tag "comment debate"

[artfightdramaconfessions]

Social anxiety is hard I’ve been there but for those of you who don’t comment - this is my second year of Artfight and I remember who didn’t comment the year before and I won’t attack them again even if the characters are cool so this is more of a jsyk but people will stop attacking you if they see that you don’t say “ty :)” at the very least - anything is better than nothing - people are putting in work to draw for you (ignoring the few bad apples who put in no effort and just want free art) everyone wants to feel appreciated, it is a gift you should say someTHING. I’m just trying to be straight with y’all. I know it’s hard but try to say something, wouldn’t your feelings be hurt if you went out of your way to make someone something and out in the time and effort and felt like they didn’t even acknowledge it?