#sspsa

[shannonsketches]

Hey!! If you ask me to look at your page and the first thing I see is you encouraging self-harm over a fictional ship, you’re blocked, thanks, we don’t do that shit here.

[shannonsketches]

Hello friends, today I would like to hold myself accountable and address the other side of my PSA, which is to say that I complain about things All The Time, and call myself a hater of many things.

I don’t legitimately Hate the things I complain about. I work in entertainment, and I know that it all has value, and it all has cool things to love. More importantly, I know everything has an intended audience, and sometimes I scream when that audience is not me. Which is selfish. And fun. And good! Because it challenges me to write my thoughts and come up with the story I would rather have, which I then get to come and share here!

I got into this fandom when I was a kid, and I maintain that kids in fandom (especially fandom for kids media) should be allowed to play and enjoy and explore their own stories without feeling guilty for having an interest, and I don’t ever want a kid -- or anyone! -- to come here and feel like a stranger being mad about their interest on the internet means they’re a bad person. They're not! You're not! It's okay to have different ideas!

And because I talk an awful lot of shit about games, I'm gonna repost an older thing I had on another blog, because I stand by it:

My grumpy gamer takes should always be taken with a grain of salt asjkld  I’m a whole adult who has (for the most part, still making an active effort) grown out of  the ways of fandom elitism, and while my opinions might be screaming at the top of my lungs, I promise it’s just me letting myself be a kid and get mad about fiction for the catharsis of it.  Your gaming preferences and favored blorbos are never going to be used as a value judgement here. If I’m being a butt as a fan, as a person I definitely understand there’s a reason we love the things that we do, and I love that art can do that for us! Most likely if you see me yelling about something fictional, I am just having fun yelling, and you’re allowed, if not encouraged, to ignore me lol

#even stuff I don't like is an opportunity to ask myself what I would've done differently like. #it's all beneficial out here. #SS is not for me but it might be your favorite game in the whole world and that's totally fine! !#You're right! I'm right! Because art is subjective and that's the point. #anyway I just klasjd. #please know I'm just being a butt and it's not serious in any way

Anyway I am kissing you all on the forehead and reminding you to please not take fandom too seriously. Even if our little castles look different, we're all playing in the same sand ykwim? Be excellent to each other, and ignore or blacklist the stuff you don't vibe with, including my stuff! It's fandom! You're allowed to curate your experience, and you're allowed to be happy on purpose. Thanks for reading!

[shannonsketches]

PSA #2 Actually if you guys didn’t already know or haven’t followed me long, I am Over 30 Years Old.

If you’re at a point in your life in which you are spending your energy on anonhate or call out campaigns over headcanons or ships, you got too much energy for me and we’re not gonna get along.

If someone is doing Actual Harm, let people know. If you’re allowing your feelings to be hurt because you saw fanart you didn’t personally enjoy, you have the power to block and keep scrolling and it truly is that simple.

I have been playing in the Zelda fandom since I was 15. I have been a hater and an elitist and protective and all the fun horrible insecure things you can be over a dear blorbo. I sympathize with the emotional intensity, I do. But then you grow up, and you recognize other people’s work isn’t about you, and has nothing to do with you, and you leave them alone and focus on your own headcanons and writing and art. Sometimes, you even become great friends with people who have completely different thoughts and taste, and you get to talk to them and compare notes and it’s actually a LOT of fun!!

Let people challenge and inspire you instead of getting defensive, I promise it makes life (and fandom) better.

[succlentwitch]

Hey guys!! I hope you are having a wonderful day!

I’m here to let you know that since I have been getting not the nicest anons that I’m going on a break! I have a queue that will last about 4 days and I may come back on later to add more to the queue but after today idk how long it will be till I come back. I will also queue this post so if you don’t want to see it again blacklist sspsa!

I love you all!

[asksewingserket]

Friendly reminder that some very 8ig, real-ife things are happening at the moment and the ask 8ox is closed for a reason.

Fan-mail cannot be closed, yet it is not an accepta8le su8situte for asking questions if the ask-8ox button is not there. I will not 8e answering any other questions directed towards me through my fanmail at this time.

[asksewingserket]

Guys, I'ma close the ask8ox for a while. I'm sorry if you haven't gotten responses from me for like, two months, 8ut I need to get a hold on tons of stuff so I'ma make sure things are closed for now.

You'll find out why l8r.

KEEP 8EING AWESOME IN MY ABSENCE!!!!!!!!

[asksewingserket]

8eep 8eep WHAT DID I SAY A8OUT SAYING SORRY WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS!?

You don't 8e sorry to ask for help, you come to my in8ox you come to learn, YOU PLAY TO WIN, OK?

Next person who says sorry doesn't get their question answered, starting now.

[asksewingserket]

SSPSA: Helping out!

A little after Christmas I'm going to put up a post on things that I'd like some su8missions for that I don't feel I can answer adequ8ly. (Yes it's true!)

I'm hoping that this will move the 8log a 8it from a question-answer deal to a more open discussion on cosplay methods in addition.

Stay tuned I suppose? Thanks for sticking around this long guys!

In the mean time, what are your thoughts on this idea?