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Some art I drew in a stream, colored by my talent friend, Timokitsune. Great job, Timo.
I want to say with all my heart, THANK YOU! THANK YOU, EVERYONE! Thanks to all your donations I was able to get myself out of the negative and get rent paid in time. Thank you so much! I love you all and don’t know what I can possibly say to express how thankful I am to ya’ll.
With that said, if you donated, I want to thank you with a physical gift, even if you’re in other parts of the country, so I’m going to use some of the extra money I got from donations to send physical gifts to all interested.
It will be mostly some left over merch from Furry Fiesta, but I hope you’ll except this as thanks for everything you’ve done for me. So if you donated (and I will verify names via Paypal) and want to receive a random gift from me in the mail, message me your address. Again thanx
DAMMIT!
WHY IS MY LUCK SO FUCKING BAD?!?! WHAT FRIKKIN’ WITCH DID I PISS OFF TO GET THIS FUCKING CURSE?!?!
Furry Fiesta didn’t pan out as well as I’d hoped for.
The hotel charged $840 to my card and that was well over the cost of my room. They’re supposed to be refunding it… but who knows when that’ll hit my account, which was put in the negative BECAUSE OF THIS.
My car got towed go for being in GUEST PARKING! Which I had to pay like $200 to get out of the impound,
And now I’ve gotten a letter from the IRS saying my entire tax return is being applied to child support I owe. The thing is I DON’T OWE CHILD SUPPORT! Child Support has been deducted out of my paychecks since it started. I SHOULDN’T OWE ANYTHING!!! WHAT IN THE F IS GOING ON AND WHY DOES THIS GARBAGE ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?!?!
I’m broke, I’m stressed, and I have rent due.
I’m so mad and I just don’t know what to f’n do.
So I saw this video that someone on Discord posted in a server I'm in and it was called "Why ALL your Characters Should be Bi (And it's NOT why you think)". Immediately despite the "NOT FOR DIVERSITY" thumbnail being self-evident, I was skeptical by its rationale simply because I knew the reality. Essentially you could say that I have a sort of Jordan Peterson "And that's that!" kind of approach to this issue, but I will explain exactly what my feelings are and why I feel this way.
Initially, my assumption was going to the idea that this was somehow based on covering all bases for fan fiction, simply because we know full well how toxic a fanbase gets whenever a character is portrayed a certain way. I was ready to come with the concept that I feel it's the community's responsibility to understand the million different approaches to certain characters and their identities...and NOT the creators themselves.
For example, let's be realistic and say that there are a handful of male fans of Haida from Aggretsuko that want the fellow hyena to be their husbando. If I were the creators, I think I'd be okay with that simply because people like the character the same, only in a different way. But if someone would come up to me as a creator and say "Haida MUST be bisexual or else!", I'd give them the anti-SJW "Eff off!" because if I'd feel that Haida should be rather heterosexual to fit my narrative, I'd do that because I'd respect my creation as Haida, the heterosexual in love with Retsuko. Hence where the Jordan Peterson in me comes in.
Anyhow, after watching the video I see (FROM MY INTERPRETATION OF THE VIDEO, so please forgive me if I put words in said YouTuber's mouth) that this is actually related to The Legend of Korra and how not having certain characters bisexual ruined the relationship aspect of the show. I'm not going to lie, I see where he's going, but the approach to the problem is still irrational. The reason being is similar, because it ironically is intolerant of the narrative and even the identity of said character. Bisexuality does NOT cover all bases, but rather shuts down the possibility of other sexuality not excluding heterosexuality, pansexuality, and even asexuality. I highlight more restrictive sexualities, but you could say that ones less restrictive than bi are also excluded in this idea.
Back to the problem of The Legend of Korra. I think it's safe to say that the problem seemed to lie more on the idea that the team didn't know how to properly drive the specific character's interest in love. She seemed like a character that was searching for the right person and didn't quite nail the right personalities for that. As a result, it seemed that there was pressure for her to be put with someone that just doesn't click...almost like she was subject to the studio's "arranged marriage".
To be fair, I'm okay if it's part of the story that there's pressure to not be into the same gender. There was some show from PBS-TV where the establishment in the story prohibited gay relations, but it didn't stop the show from representing the relationship between two men. I didn't know a whole lot, but from what I saw, I liked how the show portrayed their relationship because you could feel the pressure that they feel from the establishment that prevents them from being closer. The two men try to have a relationship when nobody's watching, but anywhere else they kind of are secretive about it. Kind of a tangent there, but I just think that's one avenue in fiction that does work.
So yeah, I'm sorry to say this, but I disagree with the idea of making characters bisexual. If you as a studio want to make characters with ambiguous identities like OneShot and Undertale have done with Niko and Frisk respectively, I'm cool with that. There are some natural benefits to leaving the fan base with more room for imagination of fan material. But I'm certainly not going to say creators SHOULD make their characters bisexual.
I know it was considered NOT to fill a diversity quota, but I think there are some elements of that topic that are secretly about diversity. For example, it's placing demand on creators against the idea that a character is not bisexual for a reason. People may not like it, but there are creators that may choose someone to be heterosexual or asexual for political/religious reasons. This may stem either as a result of politics/religion from the world built or the creator not supportive of bisexuality. People can call them the "deplorable package" all they want, but I think their vantage point is important, too. I don't exactly understand that belief myself, but for years I have wanted to understand them more and more. Telling them they must make characters bisexual is an attack on their right to speak and strains discussion on how we as a society can grow.
You can say that said creator is promoting the opposite, but can we even be certain of that? Even the people that are deemed homophobic can have rather profound words of wisdom, but what good is that if people keep demanding them that they can't speak? I'm sorry to say this, but you can sugarcoat your words to pressure people to make bisexual characters, but you're still asserting unnecessary diversity quotas on the creators, and that's wrong. In the end, the topic still falls on "freedom of speech" and if you ultimately agree with a video like this, you as a consumer are part of the problem in media.
And I say this as "harshly" as I do because I know the power of one video impacting an entire franchise. This is why Apu can't be represented the way he is on the Simpsons...in 2018! Just a video titled with 4 simple words is pushing the voice actor to step down from his role: The Problem with Apu. Do you really want that kind of thing here? Because I know I don't. To be fair, I am at least grateful by the creator of "Why ALL your Characters Should be Bi (And it's NOT why you think)" spurred this much passion in me, because I am okay with that. I want discussion! I want people to be able to exchange ideas, whether we agree or not!
At the end of the day, I want a world where even the homophobes (whether they are or not) have a voice that encourages people to be better. With that I say this. Let the creators portray their characters the way they want to. If quality is destroyed as a result, consumers can either vote with their wallets or with their view counts. In addition, if they still like the creation, they can portray the characters as whatever identity they want. I may not like it if Haida is some made-up identity like Phi-sexual. Somebody else probably does, so I will permit its existence. If we just let creators do their thing and let fan creators interpret their characters however they want, realistically it's a win-win!
I’m going to make a formal declaration right now, and it’s one that I want everyone to hold me to.
If you ever purchase a game made by me, and your access to it is cut off due to the distribution platform you bought it from being shut down or otherwise discontinued, I will provide you with a completely DRM free copy of that game for no charge.
I know I don’t have anything on the market as of yet, but I feel that this promise was one I should make. Ownership is something that should be respected, and I’ll be sure to do just that. And if this stance should change, you have my permission to track me down and slap me in the face. With a brick.
So apparently the Super Sonic DLC for Sonic Forces is available now.
It’s currently free, but, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, WILL BECOME PAID DLC ON JANUARY 24.
Let me repeat. Super Sonic. An iconic transformation, a staple of the franchise since Sonic 2. Something that, by all means, should be part of the base game. WILL COST MONEY TO USE IN SONIC FORCES. WHY.
im so confused like?? didnt they say all dlc will be free??? the fuck happened???
…Oh my god they totally did.
Not only is Sonic Team doing this insulting it the first place, it also makes them liars. Hasn’t this game been enough of a PR nightmare for them?
And they say the Western gaming market is the cancer to the entire video game industry.
Seriously, where’s games media when shit like this happens? Oh right, it’s a non-issue because it’s not encouraging “childhood gambling.”
Not to say that it’s not also a problem. Just be consistent about what is cancerous to consumers and what isn’t.
And while we’re on this topic, how did we not get Super Sonic in the base game? This seems like a more shrewd version of Capcom’s on-disc DLC debacle...which yet again, was done by a non-Western game company.
That’s all I have to say. Outside of Sonic Mania and Puyo Puyo Tetris, fuck Sega.
Scary Tree Grievous! Commission done time ago. that mix General Grievous from Star Wars and the Scary tree from The Wizard of Oz (in a similar way to… you know, you know :P) In hype with #TheLastJedi I hope to watch it this weekend. http://fav.me/dbwpn8o
Potential upcoming Kozmo support for Yu-Gi-Oh!?
I’m surprised nobody asked about that, seeing as we’ve been getting an awful lot of new legacy support coming in 2018.
My Life
I think it’s about time I open up a bit more about what’s going on in my life.
My marriage has been rocky for the last couple years.
Ever since my wife got diagnosised with bi-polar disordered, she’s decided it gives her an excuse to do whatever the hell she wants.
She started spending all the money I made, even getting us evicted out of our last home, because she decided to spend the money I made to pay rent claiming “She didn’t care if it was for rent or not.”
She’s treated me horrendously, often bad mouthing to my face and in front of people. Yelling at my daughter for no reason. Spending money on stupid stuff we can’t afford, and just generally making everyone around her severely unhappy.
But if we say anything about it, her reply is always “I have bi-polar disorder, you can’t get mad at me for this stuff.”
We’ve been living with her parents for like a year and I finally had enough and told her I wanted a separation.
Unfortunately leaving hasn’t been easy, and a bunch of things keep be from moving out.
I was begged to stay for a while, since soon after I told my wife I was leaving, we found out her grandfather, my daughter’s great grandfather, was put in the hospital in critical condition… and giving my daughter a 1-2 punched of me leaving and her great grandfather possibly dying (fortunately he didn’t, but at the time we didn’t know that) was not something I wanted to do.
When things calmed down, I decided to talk to my daughter about me leaving, only to find out that despite being told not to do it at the time, my wife went ahead and talked to her about it claiming I wasn’t “man enough” to talk to AJ (my daughter) about it. Pretty much she was trying to manipulate the whole situation to make me look bad in front of my daughter.
Fortunately for me, I have a very smart daughter, because she didn’t buy what her mom told her for a second, and was happy to hear my side of the story, even going as far as to tell me she doesn’t blame me for leaving her mom, because she, much like me, feels her mom has gone nuts.
So again, I prepare to leave soon… only to get arrest for traffic tickets and put in jail. I got bailed out of jail, but I was told I could leave my current address until my court date of June 5th. Sigh…
So in the mean time I also found out that because of my wife getting us evicted and all the other credit issues she’s caused me, that I can’t get an apartment on my own.
My friend Sean stepped in to see if he could get a two bedroom at his apartment complex (which he’s been at for 8 years) and have me move in with him. He asked the complex and they setup everything saying that since he’s been there for so long, they’d let me live there based on his standing with the place. Sounded perfect. This wouldn’t just give me a place to live, but also allow me to fix my renters history.
So they asked that I filled an application for legal reasons, but said there shouldn’t be any trouble. Go to the complex to do this, and seemly what they told us was bullshit, because they told us that since I was evicted I couldn’t live there, even though Sean told them about it in the first place.
To make matters worse, they planned for Sean to move into the new apartment despite me not signing an application yet, and already rented out his current apartment. Meaning that he now has to move too.
They said they’ll find him a new apartment to live at in the complex, but he’ll still have to move regardless, which is fucking shitty.
So I’m talking with some people to see if there’s anything I can do to fix my renters history… but if there’s not, then essentially I won’t have a place to live and Sean will still get screwed over in the fact he’ll have to move for virtually no reason.
It’s bad enough that bad things just seem to happen to me, but it’s even more upsetting that a friend is practically getting screwed over just for trying to help me. I’m very upset to say the least.
I have a back up plan of what to do if things don’t work out with living with Sean… but I’m still very upset about everything.
I feel so empty inside.
Sorry for this long winded emo as fuck post, but I figured you guys may want to know what’s going on.
Seemly life sucks and I need a helmet.
Well, here’s an update on what’s going on in my life… things got worse.
Well, remember how I said my friend was trying to get me as a roommate, because his apartment said I’d be fine since he was in such good standard with them. Well, it got worse. Apartment complex doesn’t have any one bedrooms to move him into, so he either has to take the two bedroom he can’t afford on his own, or move out (which he doesn’t have time to do).
So I go to the apartment I was evicted from to see what I owe and if there’s anything I can do about it. Seemly I owe $4,222 to get the eviction off, and that’s the only way to get it off. But they sent it to a debt collector, and since debt collectors are often more interested in getting money rather than the exact amount of the debt, I figured I’d call them and they might make me a deal. NOPE!
Not just that, but seemly another apartment complex, that isn’t showing on my renter’s history I might add, is also claiming I got evicted (when I didn’t) and sent it to the same collection agency. That agency is refusing to let me just pay one of the debts owed and forcing me to pay both that totals to $8k, and don’t give a shit that one of them is bullshit. They won’t let my eviction get removed unless I pay the entire $8k and won’t even do a payment plan with me. It’s so fucked up.
So unless Sean or I can pull $8K out of our ass, he gets screwed.
I was so upset, I made myself sick and had to call into work. >_<
I hate asking for help or donations, because some asshat always gives me grief for it, but I don’t know what to do. I don’t want Sean to get screwed over and I need out of my situation and I’m literally at my wits end.
So if anyone wants to help, you can send me donations via Paypal at [email protected]. I’d appreciate anything you can give me, and thanks in advance. And sorry for being such a pathetic whelp.
Reblogging this for a friend. Sadly I can’t help since I have no income currently, but if you can then please do.
Copied from Furaffinity: [link]
So I'll be honest and say that this is probably not the best sort of improvement, but an improvement nonetheless. The only memory I recall was that the picture made in March 16th, 2006 was not the very first one, but merely the first picture of my fursona that was actually the entire body. I remember having ideas of a fox character, but I only drew the head, which was not much different from the one you see in 2006. Vaguely do I remember thinking that a fox felt like the combination of a cat and dog in terms of personality, which was what later led me to believe that the fox best represented me. I really didn't think that the fox was this cultural mascot of the furry fandom, though I still don't regret my decision. Clearly, the design itself hardly changed, but I always felt like I was willing to both accept my creative take on my imagination with a sort of reality. In other words, I never really liked the idea of changing fursonas like one changes clothes. Tim is clearly me based on how I accept myself in fantasy, but I also accept that my ideas stay on paper and screen and not reality. Speaking of reality, Tim shares my first name (duh!) and the last name, Daermott, is actually an alteration of a far-back relative name of mine. His personality is pretty much the same as mine. One of the few things not like myself is that Tim doesn't wear glasses, but I actually do. I guess I just never enjoyed the idea of glasses in a character like Tim, so I scrapped them and never figuratively looked back. But yeah, design-wise...what can I say? I've improved with some of the posing and I'm actually digitally tracing and coloring my images from sketch to software. Is there anything that I haven't gotten worse at? Well believe it or not, yes...and that would be my inconsistent time drawing. Around the time of 2006 was when I was actually motivated to draw for the first time. Everything seemed new as someone who quickly became a Klonoa fan and started learning about furry culture. I don't know what actually happened, but that excitement drastically decreased as I got older. I haven't been sure if I just felt reality slap me in the face too much or what. But if there's anything that I want to revive in me again, it's the excitement as I create art consistently once more. Yes, I do believe that I have greatly improved, but I know that I can improve far greater if I take more and more time to draw, create, or even work on game-making. I need to not let society bring me down and look up even when things in life just don't make sense. With that said, let's hope for an even greater 10 years, so that we can look back with the hashtag #2016vs2026 and feel even better about how much we continue to grow! 2006 Fursona Picture -- http://sparklonoa.deviantart.com/ar.....tsune-30464692
Confession time: I'm going to be honest and say that it's been probably 10 years since I have completely gone down to a slump with both anime and video games. I have absolutely no idea what happened that brought me to this point. I don't know if I just stopped caring because I realized how cruel my world would be once I become an adult.
It only makes sense because my interest in video games and anime started seeming taboo in relation to getting a job. I recall some person...an ignoramus if you will...that thought he could get a job as a "game tester". Realistically, that idea was slammed by people that knew about it. Unfortunately, I feel like it carried through mentally. Nobody has ever in my life sat down with me and showed how I could use my interest in video games and art to make a difference. It's no wonder why that was the one thing in my life that I remember in that regard.
I can't really even describe what goes on in my head. So often I have had ideas rush in my head, but felt discouraged the moment I put it to action. Artists know that feeling, but not like the way I do. I feel totally alone in this and yet I know it can be fixed if I wasn't. For quite a while, I've been hoping through school classes and clubs if this void would be filled, but it's just not there.
I'm still left in the dust and people just aren't there to discuss one-on-one how to make my passion come to life. Either I'm in a generic class about doing "print media", a skill that doesn't yet specifically cater to my interests, or I'm trying an art class or club and scrub out immediately because they expected me to be Leonardo da Vinci by the time I start.
I know I've sprung this up out of the blue, but I feel like something has got to give. I just can't keep living like I'm not important, but I don't know where to begin. All these years that I've gotten so "bleh" about getting into video games and anime, and I feel so overwhelmed and lost in catching up that I just say, "Screw this!" and go back to my slump.
I usually keep this to myself. That's probably why it's so unexpected, but I can't keep hiding. I very highly doubt anyone will help me, and that's purely because I have stopped showing my skills altogether. If I was even someone like @charlienax, how many people would show up to help me, give me advice, etc....
But yeah, I just wish I could present myself more. I miss even my 18-year-old self that didn't care what people thought. I created a fursona, created Klonoa fan-art, and more, but I didn't let people take me down. Unfortunately, everything seemed to have felt hazy and dark right after...
Yeah, nobody probably knows that I was this excited to create stuff. People now probably don't even know I created art. I still do, but I'm lucky to do something small 2 or 3 times a year. I was so much more motivated back then and I wish that I could get back to that. Just be happy again because I know people would give two shits about what I drew or what video games I might make.
I just wanted to say that. I apologize that this is the one time you actually hear from me, but feel free to reply if you want. I don't expect much advice or help anyway, but I just needed to let this out. Thanks...
So I’ve heard of how Tetris is incredibly weak in Puyo Puyo Tetris, but I’ve never actually seen how incredibly one-sided the battle really is.
That is absolutely insane! I don’t even know if that sort of combo is that impossible to recover from when playing Puyo Puyo in this game, so I am ill-informed. Even still, that seems like a serious balance issue in Puyo Puyo Tetris. I’m pretty touchy when it comes to diversity in competitive gaming, but when I see that there’s one choice or the other, and that other choice loses games that badly, during the Top cut of players the game’s not Puyo Puyo Tetris anymore...it’s just Puyo Puyo.
Pardon my salt there, but I would hope that should a sequel or major update occur, that Sega would get off their high horse and completely overhaul the balance issues between Puyo Puyo and Tetris. But that’s still just my two cents. Feel free to express disagreement if you’d like. Maybe there are better ideas for this little conundrum. xP;
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/tiffcom-henshin-developing-film-based-klonoa-video-games-222424862.html
TIFFCOM: Henshin Developing Film Based on ‘Klonoa’ Video Games
It is legit! Confirmed by Rob Pereyda (film produced) here: https://twitter.com/rpereyda/status/791798342305001472
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If you’ve at all considered donating to help my fan game, screw that and follow/watch/buy this instead! Support the official series!
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If there’s any indicator as to WHY we need more dubs for media in Japan, this is it! All these people that have millions of excuses for companies going “Subtitle Only” need to take a friggin’ hike, but you have to hear me out and check this link.
This whole anti-dub charade that these companies are pulling off is basically a glorified layoff. Employees suffer because of the poor decisions of the company that they are under. Have you ever been laid off? Have you ever been desperate for money because of stupid circumstances beyond your control? Yes, then what the hell is wrong with you being so selfish as to demand companies wuss out from something because it’s somehow not “relevant” to your world?
Yes, I’m going to call it out. You anti-dub advocates are self-centered jerks. More power to you if you didn’t grasp that, but at this point, there’s no excuse when you see what I’m saying and what a high-class voice actor is saying. There’s so much more to dubbing and the great voices that make it happen. If you don’t understand that much, then sit down and shut up, because you should not be the voice to anyone that uses their voice to get food on the plate.
Just saying. I hate to be nasty, but I just feel bad for these people. It’s not like a “paradigm shift” happened and suddenly nobody wants English voices for Japanese content. That applies to things like 35mm cameras to digital cameras, not jobs like this. Please do get where I’m coming from and I apologize if this hurt somebody. Thanks for reading!
Big Klonoa 3 Update
Great news for the Klonoa 3 project: I now have the aid of fellow Klonoa fan Pikewin from Untamed Heart, who had previously attempted making his own version of Klonoa 3. He’s now in charge of coding for the project, and he’s already managed to massively improve the scripts I had had written.
Modeling and animation will still be handled by yours truly, as well as setting up the animation controls within Unity. And this will free me up to work more on the visual side, as well as working on my original game.
Right now he’s working on this out of pure passion like myself, but if I receive any crowdfunding donations a portion will go toward him for his time and effort.
Expect more frequent updates from here on out!
Never blame your fans
I know many of you artists - whether you draw, write, or compose - are frustrated that your original work, especially your dream projects, aren’t getting the responses you were hoping for.
I feel the same way.
But some of you express your frustrations completely destructively and blame the world for not giving you the spotlight.
When you do that, you’re blaming your problems for existing rather than adjusting and compromising to solve them. You’re making excuses for your mistakes. You’re demanding the world to change but you are not willing to change with it.
This is the perfect mindset to NEVER succeed in anything, ever.
You need to accept some basic truths of art before you can go any further:
Your art should teach you as much as or more than it teaches others: If you claim your art opens horizons and widens minds, yours should be the first priority. You cannot speak without listening. You are not a righteous prophet enlightening the heathens with the true word. You are one humble person and your art is one humble person’s story.
There are no new stories, but there are always new storytellers. That amazing idea you have that nobody’s ever thought of before? Someone has. But nobody has told the story your way, or drawn the character your way, or sung the song your way. Art is not about being new. It is about being you.
Popular art is all about the beholder. All these shows and games with so much fan art? They got to that level because they command a personal investment from and serve the viewer - they have worlds their fans want to be part of, and your canon will be swept aside along the way. You the artist are not a god or a wise sage. You are a guide and a footman. To be an artist is to be humanity’s servant, not its lord - and there’s no shame in that.
Most of your fans are not artists or art critics. While there will be a good number of them in your fanbase, the vast majority are not going to be super-open-minded creative thinkers who value every single opinion, outlook, and story just because it’s done technically well. They will be ordinary people with ordinary, selfish interests, and they will care about your content more than your talent. You have to balance what you want to draw with what everyone wants to see.
But the most important part of being an artist or really a person at all is to understand this:
Nobody owes you success.
Nobody is under any obligation to pay anything you produce a second glance or support or promote it in any way.
Nobody is spiting or robbing you by not giving you a like or a reblog or a follow.
Every single gesture of appreciation you receive from someone is a courtesy - a gift that you earn, not a right you’re entitled to.
It is not the job of your audience to love your work. It is your job to make it lovable. And just because you are working really hard does not mean you are working in the right direction.
I know that thousands upon thousands of artists put hours or months or years into a project and feel like they get nothing in return. Sometimes it is not how hard you’re working but what you’re working for that is the problem.
Sometimes you need to slow down and think, “Do I have to have this just so? What would the kind of person interested in my work be looking for, and where can I address it? Am I maybe taking myself and my work a little too seriously?”
And a lot of artists don’t realize that as an amateur, you are the sole proprietor - you are your art. Whether people like you determines whether they like your art.
And that’s why when you blame everybody else and post ungrateful, catty garbage like this:
… you don’t subsequently become the next Toby Fox.
The simple fact is that people will pay you attention if they think your offering + your hassle are worth their attention.
You need to create a world that someone other than you will have fun in and you need to be a good host to everyone who visits.
You need a world that will welcome your fans with open arms.
You need to build a world people can live & play in.
And you and your world need to appreciate your fans just for showing up.
Because this is exactly what the big fish do.
because they spread your work around to more people without shanking you on credit and who gets the likes
because they make your work show up sooner & more often on searches and are simply a nice gesture
because they take time out and pay good money to listen to your story and make you from a pauper into a prince
because if you appreciate no one, no one will appreciate you, nor should they
I’m going to reply to this by first saying that I do agree with how dangerous it is to make enemies with content viewers. Not only does one figuratively shoot themselves in the foot doing so, but they destroy their own motivation and heart put into the very content they make.
The reason I’m replying, however, is something that I feel I need to ask for the sake of my mate. You say about how you should appreciate the fans, but at the very same time, I don’t recall if you’ve talked about what to do when you don’t even have one single fan TO appreciate. It’s fair that you may not have addressed every single scenario, but that’s why I figured I’d ask this genuinely and not out of bitterness.
Also, I want to ask this. I understand the need to simply be happy with the content you create, but what happens when your Patreon is a barren desert of zero funds? What happens when absolutely zero commissions are asked? More generally, what does a content creator even do when “happiness just doesn’t pay you the bills?“, as my mate put it.
Take your time in responding to this, though. I’m thankful that there are people like you making an effort to try to help other people move forward in making art. It doesn’t even matter if you’re famous or not, honestly, because I believe that people should help others in making art, regardless of position, in this uncertain world we live in. Thank you! :3
OP of that anti-callout post was called out for being racist, which was true and they were just salty. Not to say callout culture isn't bad, definitely can be/has been, but lots of who complain about it were justly called out on their BS (not u tho)
OP and OP’s history have literally nothing to do with me. I’m not going to check every single OP’s history of fuckups just to reblog a post that’s relevant to me personally, I’m tired, and I Do Not Care
This is an interesting topic, because...I believe that conviction (or subtle calling out) is fine in its right place and own level of extremity. The problem is that the internet culture has spiraled out of control in terms of "Drama Alert" and people are committing acts that SHOULD be illegal in order to achieve vigilante justice. Even then, well known "Drama Alert" people popularize this so much that actual harmful people hide behind their wickedness by calling any opposer the next Keemstar.
Okay, just chill. Everybody chill! We all need to calm down and resolve conflict like mature adults. Don't be ashamed to say somebody is wrong, but be VERY ashamed to make it your civic duty to ruin their life.
Sorry if it's going straight to Kylee. You're safe, but I just felt the need to let this all out. xP;
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