#ALSo DO NOT feel pressured to rb and tag ppl if you dont wanna i just. had to get this out of my drafts and show y'all i appreciate ya

[stormbreaker-290]

(don't mind the fact I am like a month late </3)

WUAHH!!!!!!! BRO I AM. SHAKING YOU AROUND @librarian-computer TAGGING YOU RIGHT BACK HELLO YOUR ART IS SO ??? FUCKING BALLER??????? IT MAKES ME WANT TO DO TRADITIONAL MORE OFTEN AND ALSO SHAKE YOU AROUND CUZ HHHOOOWWWWW/VPOS

GRABS YOU!! @bumble-the-sun-bee I LOVE UOU(/p) AND MALWARE(/:3) SO MUCH I AM SO BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR ART AND YOUR STORY TELLING SKILLS AND I ENJOY HAVING YOU AS A FRIEND IMMENSELY 💥💥🔥💥🔥🔥💥🔥💥

@holygarm YOU SILLY MF, PLATONIC LOVE OF MY LIFE, I AM LAYING ON TOP OF YOU LIKE A CAT THAT IS DETERMINED TO CUDDLE. YOU . WILL NOT BE ESCAPING ANY TIME SOON /POS/AFF

YOU!!! @eternal-soup !!!!!!!!! NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE SQUISHIEST YUMMY EDIBLE ART I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SIT AND TALK AND GOOF OFF W/ YOU IRL CUZ I LOVE TALKIN WITH YOU BELOVED FRIENDDDD💥💥💥🔥💥💥💥💥🔥💥

TACKLES YOU @coastxlwaters NOT ONLY ARE YOU A CHERISHED FRIEND YOU ARE ALSO SUCH AN AWESOME ARTIST ITS SO DETAILED AND CRUNCHY WHEN I DEVOUR IT RAGHHHHH SHAKES YOU SHAKES YOU SHAKES YOU /AFF

BRO @oddstar-draws I AM!!!! SO HONORED TO HAVE YOU AS A MOOT BRO I WAS FLABBERGASTED WHEN I SAW U FOLLOW BACK/POS YOUR ART IS SOOO AMAZING AND PARTIALLY WHY I READ GITM IN THE FIRST PLACE RAGHHHH

UH M @way2gosuperrstarr H I HELLO WHAT IM SLIGHTLY NERVOUS TAGGING YOU CUZ O H MY GODS YOUR ART IS SO AMAZIN G????? EVERY TIME I SEE SOME ART FROM YOU I JUST SIT AND STARE AT IT EATING IT IS NOT ENOUGH I NEED TO ABSORB IT INTO MY BEING AUGH <3333

H. HI @sunny-sourzii HELLO I THINK I ACTUALLY SQUEALED WHEN YOU FOLLOWED BACK???? DUDE I LIVEE FOR YOUR STYLE HSJDJSJ EVEN THO I DONT SHIP SUN AND MOON I SEE YOU ON MY DASH AND GO "FUGKIN SUPERB YOU FUNKY FRESH MUTUAL" AUSGSHDBSJH 💥💥💥💥💥💥

I . COULD GO ON BUT THIS POST IS ALREADY A MILE LONG ILL BE TAGGIN THE REST AND JUST KNOW I AM TAGGING YOU WITH THE INTENT OF GIVING UOU A FRIENDSHIP BRACELET

@mothgutz236 @crumpet-doodles @themostsanebug @achickennamedcheese @weirdenbyferret @beetle-fettle @yelesomeblue @itsahotminuteinbetween @capring @eclipsen-smiles @phroggiesinabucket @chocolategothwolfhorse

do y'all also have mutuals whom you’re actually a fan of? like everytime u see them on your dash u just,,,,, “u go mutual that’s my mutual!!!!! i love u mutual!!!! i can’t even believe we’re mutuals i don’t deserve u!!!! keep being u mutual!!!”

[enden-k]

hi youn you don't really know me but i just wanted to say your tags on that most recent reblog of the "reblog art posts you like" post are so real and i really appreciate you taking the time to write all of that. i'm a hobbyist content creator myself (i do it for myself + my close friends) but i've never really posted anything online because i worry about basically exactly that kind of thing. especially with my ocs. i don't think i'm capable of making myself not look at the notes, the one time i made a text post it somehow got like 60 likes and 5 reblogs and from that other post you reblogged that looks actually pretty generous which is horrifying to me.

anyway um thank you. as someone who regularly puts effort into running their mouth in the tags of art+writing posts (and has gotten multiple dms thanking me for doing so, actually!) and is too afraid to post on this site, i really really agree that reblogs and especially heartfelt tags make such a difference, and the situation here on tumblr is really discouraging to active creators and to new/silent creators as well. like current creators getting fed up and leaving is a big concern obviously but there is also already content being missed before it's even posted. and i would be really surprised if that weren't the case for many other young creators that just decided to keep their ideas to themselves because of all this.

i know personally when I see this happening to artists (including writers) that i really look up to what it really feels like is just that fandom is dying. like it's just a small handful of content creators here holding each other up (the majority of that handful of reblogs) and everyone else is probably on some kind of a mindless content scroll. likes to me are like a little hand wave, like a "hey I saw this thing!" marker, but reblogs are like taking a picture of it, going "hey I like this!" or "i want to see this again!" and it feels kind of weird to see swarms of people just kind of giving a little thumbs up/wave/brief nod to something they theoretically like.

sorry this got so long!!! i just really appreciated your post and i had a few thoughts and then i wrote a whole wall.. (also no pressure to post this (though it's also ok if you do)! mostly wanted to let you know that post meant a lot to me)

hi, dont apologise or worry about the length of this message! its all fine!

i forgot to mention it in the rb tags and my post earlier but YES. yes exactly, reblogs esp with tags on it, ppl gushing or talking about the creation they rb is always the best thing for a creator. this can literally make our days, i have messages and tags saved for whenever i feel unhappy about my stuff so i can look them up again! it really means a lot, so not only do you show your love and support to the creator and their work by rb, it can also make us so so happy to see you talk about it

and yes, its really really hard for new/starting creators to post here, bc of this issue. as well as for OCs!!! thats mostly why i also keep my OCs away and just do fanart bc honestly, i think this would actually sadden me so i dont want that. and knowing that many people do that too is very sad bc theres so much stuff people wanna show but dont dare bc they feel like no ones gonna look anw. so much creativity and wonderful works, kept hidden/unposted or not appreciated enough, its really saddening

anw, same thoughts honestly. thanks sm for the message!

lets keep creations, no matter if art or writing, fanwork or OCs, alive by actually reblogging it instead of just mindlessly liking it; lets give new/starting people a chance to show their work