I agree with you there. lol On my previous sites, I asked folks contacted a staff member first for orig artwork (to also prove that they owned it), but I know it opens a can of worms. ;;

me, a legal adult: "when i grow up..."

So unfortunate

That is still cleaner than some of the art people have asked to use that I've experienced. I've seen people ask if they can use pictures taken via phone camera that was drawn on notebook paper.

I mean kudos to them for showing their art, but like lined paper is just not aesthetically pleasing, and I know I sound like some pretentious ass for saying that, but like... Yeah lol

The friend I opened my Pokemon site with joined the site today! I'm beyond excited. It's been years since we last talked.

Honestly like... I think it's super cool that people can draw their own characters and are proud to show off their work, I'm jealous of that. But at the same time, I know that people can be shallow when it comes to fcs and graphics — that's not me throwing shade at all, I'm absolutely 10000% guilty of being shallow garbage who is a sucker for characters who have Aesthetic™ graphics. Whether people like it or not, images that are either distorted/squished because they're the wrong size or "obvious outliers" because of the artist's distinct style or skill level leave impressions, subliminal or otherwise. No matter how understanding I actively try to be — or how hard I try to overwrite my own instinctual shallow trashiness on the matter — I still find myself being drawn to and wanting to plot with characters who have graphics I like... (if I'm doing a long-term plot with them, I'll have to stare at their graphics all the time, after all).

It may not seem fair, but I know I try to keep people away from FCs that might somehow hinder their chances of enjoying the community I created to the fullest. Some people may even be like "I don't care about that," but like... I do.

... But then again, I'm Super Trash™ when it comes to FCs in general so I mean... I might just be trying to make excuses to reinforce My Aesthetic™. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

-kicks all the lined paper doodles he has under a bed- Nothing to see here folks

me: c'mon brain, you know you gotta actually post to rp!

my brain:

Whenever I code tech templates, the whole time my brain is screaming and hoping people actually use them to make the amount of head-splitting it took to code the template worth it, sdfjsdhkljfhdksj.

Like, I know Instagram templates have negative zero actual function in RP, but I spent an hour making this look beautiful, please just... indulge me... for five seconds.........

I really want to explore darker themes with my writing. The main things being addiction and abuse.

[SpongeBob theme plays]
My Brain: Who lives in a pineapple under the pineapple under the pineapple under the pineapple

Joined a site and almost everyone had a pharaoh leap template for a plotter and my brain was like ... OH ... so my obsession with pharaoh leap isn't just me being creepy