#thrum rambles

[thrumbolt]

So, I cancelled Nyxlin Week and deleted the event blog. Edit to clarify: I DELETED THE BLOG MYSELF! IT WAS NOT TAKEN DOWN BY TUMBLR BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS NOTHING ON THERE THAT WENT AGAINST TOS.

I originally wanted to do this event mainly because me and Copy have a bunch of Nyxlin art planned anyway and that way we could also encourage some more content out of a few other peers.

I expected SOME people to get miffed, maybe some angry anons, some hate posts, because we all know this fandom has lost all its hinges somewhere long ago (if it ever had them) and people are absolutely incapable to just ignore something they don't like. At first we thought a super silly banner might help against that, but clearly that was a big lapse of judgment on my part lol Either way, I wasn't too worried because there's nothing people can really do that bothers me and once the event would roll around everyone would realize there's nothing actually sinister about it, so I figured it would be fine.

What I did not expect, however, was the absolute insane behavior that ended up taking place, where people got targeted and their posts mass reported to take advantage of tumblrs shitty report system over absolutely fucking nothing. People who were not even involved in the event, just happened to write for the same pairing. So let me ask this very plainly: What the fuck is wrong with you? Because something definitely is and I hope you all are getting it checked out.

So I decided to call it quits because people getting hurt over it is obviously not worth it. And again, no wonder this fandom lacks a nice variety of artists who participate in events. What's the point? You canon obsessed pea-brained pearl-clutchers don't understand fan spaces or creativity. All you seem to be here for is virtual signalling, hate, bullying and demonstrating a severe lack of reading comprehension. I've had months of this high school bullshit now and I've really had enough.

I'm still gonna post my art (oh and all that Nyxlin stuff is not going anywhere, don't worry), but I am taking a step back from participating in fandom weeks and fandom discourse and whatnot. You guys can rip each other apart on your own.

[thrumugnyr]

Me remembering that even just the major arcana tarot has like 22 cards:

[thrumbolt]

I will probably go down now as the person who hates that artists are getting paid for their work to do commissions and I just want to repeat that this is not at all what I think.

I love seeing artists getting paid. In times of AI it's even more important that people still value actual artists. Please do commission artists with your ideas if you cannot possibly draw them yourself!

What I find a little weird is the amount of commissions at Acotar character events. Why aren't more artists participating for fun, because they want to? Like in any other fandom?? I definitely think the rather hostile environment in the Acotar sphere is not helping at all. It makes people not want to participate and share their stuff.

I obviously also don't mean that every artist is required to make art for free for every character event. Just that originally fandom is about participating FOR FUN. I don't want people to feel they have to spend a lot of money to contribute to character events either.

[thrumugnyr]

Honestly, I'm always so happy when I see other artists (or fic writers) put antlers on Tamlin or leaves and stuff on other characters. Make them the most fae possible! It looks soo good!

[thrumbolt]

Man I really need authors to stop making prologue chapters in third person only to then switch to first person for the rest of the book. It has tricked me so many times into starting a story only to then end up disappointed because it's YET ANOTHER friggin first person romantasy.

I'm tired of it grandpa!

[thrumugnyr]

Thanks to everyone who cheered me up last week when I was down! Work was much more chill again the past days - plus turns out I'll get a bonus! Woo! So have a (very) early preview for the Tamsand comic I'm working on right now!

[thrumbolt]

Just wanted to share: Anytime I'm scrolling on *any* app and I accidentally "like" something AI, my first thought is "Thrumbolt would be disappointed in me."

I fully agree that Ai needs to die, but my initial thought is letting you down for some reason. 😂

Hahaha, aww. Yes please, don't let your personal Thrum down, say no to AI 😂

To be real for a second though, I do understand that AI generated images or videos can sometimes look surprisingly good or that it's fun to make them, but man, does the 489598th AI generated Rhys with badly photoshopped wings really need 10k likes and all the engagement while real artists (sometimes even very talented ones) barely get a fraction of the attention?

[thrumugnyr]

I'm so sorry guys, I have a gazillion wip's but instead of finishing those (some really close to being done) all I have been doing the past weeks is reading Throne of Glass and doomscrolling.