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[sankttealeaf]

i have the last chapter of let sleeping dogs lie planned in my head however every time i sit to write it i start getting sad because wow. 11 months of my life is going to be over just like that.

[uglygirlstatus]

Spotify Wrapped: Honesty Edition

[factual-fantasy]

Here is your reminder that the Octonauts fandom is going to be PATIENT, will RESPECT your boundaries, will WAIT for your possible return to the fandom, and will NOT pressure you into anything. Any Octonauts fan that does otherwise should not count, because they clearly do not know what it means to be an Octonaut.

An Octonaut is patient, kind, helpful, and respectful, even if things don't go the way they want it specifically. They will care for the creatures(in this case, people) that come to them regardless of how they want their day to go.

Octonauts are selfless; they do not let what they WANT get in the way of what others NEED. They do not prioritize themselves over others. If you never return to the fandom again, THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE. Because that is what I'd best for YOU. It may disappoint some, but as long as you are safe, happy, and healthy, it should not matter what people WANT out of YOU and YOUR art.

If you do decide to come back to us, then we welcome you with open arms. There aren't enough of us to form an overall opinion about the fandom, and sadly bad experiences can taint the entire look of our community.

Trust me, I've had PLENTY of bad experiences myself(probably TMI, but I once had someone DM me to roleplay something where them as Captain Barnacles had insomnia, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and a crap ton of other things and I as Shellington had to comfort him and whatnot. And then Captain Barnacles got his arm ripped off and they never messaged me again. This was on WATTPAD. They have since removed DMs, and I can see why. So bad experiences can definitely ruin one's image of the fandom.)

But if you enjoy the Octonauts and that's what you want to draw, don't let idiots stop you!! Octonauts do not discriminate and any hateful person who calls themself an Octonaut never truly learned what it means to explore, rescue, and protect.

An Octonaut is meant to protect and care for their communities, and unnecessary aggression or rude comments should not be tolerated!!! Not by you or by us! Guilt tripping is not good either!

AND: Remember to drink water, eat food, get some rest, and take time for yourself! Have a lovely day/night factual :3

<XD The Octonauts fandom is a tough subject for me for a lot of reasons.. I guess now would be a decent time to finally open up about some of it..

To start, I have had more art theft/reposters, art tracers, copying/heavily adopting all my headcannon/design choices.. in the Octonauts fandom, more than every other fandom combined. Including FNAF. 70% of the time when someone shows me an account that has reposted my art? Its one of my Octonauts comics.

I'm pretty protective of my work and I like to keep things to myself, so having all of these happen so frequently in this fandom has kind'a spooked me away..

And I get it, the fandom is not that big. Chances are when someone has a different/unique/good idea, everyone is going to adopt it into their Octonauts universe. I get it.. but that doesn't stop me from feeling really uncomfortable about posting Octonauts artwork. And I also get that a lot of the people in the Octonauts fandom are really young and don't realize that reposting is theft, or that blatant tracing is theft. That doesn't stop it from being really frustrating to see and very discouraging.. especially when you say "hey, you traced my artwork, please don't do that.." they just straight up don't listen 💀

What's frustrating is that despite not having posted anything Octonauts related in a long time, I STILL deal with constant theft and art tracers. I had to block a few recently after they denied clearly tracing my art and refused to take anything down.

Not even to mention the people who have bashed me for not head cannoning Kwazii or Calico jack as trans.. I totally understand that its a widely accepted headcannon, but my Jack is just a rare male calico and Kwazii is a regular male tabby/calico mix. The constant "why dont you draw kwazii with top scars?? are you a transphobe?? stop misgendering kwazii he's trans!!" is really annoying..

Another thing that really bothers me is the constant crab comic asks. Despite explaining multiple times that I do not want to continue drawing that comic, I still get constant asks like this,👇

This was sent after a simple eye study of the Octonauts. And it said that I'm still on the fence about Octonauts. What part of that post makes you think I'm gonna go back to the crab comic?

I understand that a lot of these people are young and just don't understand that all this stuff is wrong or could be making me uncomfortable. But currently I just don't have the patience to deal with all this junk.. So until I can get my patience back or find a work around for this, Octonauts is officially back on the shelf. 😔

[arttsuka]

Spock purrs. No, I won't be taking criticism on that.

[cyanbobaaaaa]

CW AND TW: GORE AND BLOOD

Was that really you lying on my lab floor. I couldn’t tell.

Your hazy eye(s) mock and target me,

Go on and laugh.

[suzyandthefox]

Controversial opinion

Harassing people who let minors interact despite posting vore

And Harassing Minors for posting vore content

Will never "protect" minors from anything

You are just outing yourself as an asshole, bullying kids, and calling random people groomers.

Harassing and gatekeeping never helped anyone except for the harasser's fat ego.

Block minors, make your blog MDNI, and Filter the tags

But don't harass people over it.

I don't care if you were hurt as a minor, Trauma happens, I'm sorry, But this is not the way to protect minors.

Cease the white knighting

Here's how you can actually protect Minors:

1: Be courteous and respectful

2: Block them if you don't want to interact with them

3: Offer advice and don't be angry if they don't take it.

(This is not aimed at adults whose page is MDNI because they only want adults on their blog, You do you)

[sankttealeaf]

i need everyone here to know that i am considering a gortash cosplay purely because i think his gauntlets would make a nice clacky sound against hard surfaces :3

[karamazovanon]

saw this post and remembered that i had this sitting in my folder so. take it

[helenadiazhater]

Damn, that one TikTok where that one person talked about eddie better be gay or he menace to the woman of LA, must’ve went really viral, because I was talking to one coworkers who that just came back from vacation who watch’s 911, about the premiere and we discussing buck storyline and then I proceeded to say I hope this Eddie coming out gay this season, and another coworker of mine who told me, she seen some of the show, also passionately agree with me that he in fact gay and then brought up the said TikTok. I was very surprised because I truly thought that only that like inner hardcore fandom only saw it.

[tiny-brain]

I like. Seriously need a giant to hold me. It’s been a rough day. that’s all, I just

I need it right now

[mmmwafflesart]

fighting for my life rn

[yandere-daydreams]

okay i'll feed the furry's more often damn 💀

[clambuoyance]

this may be silly but i really really miss the feeling of being able to draw whatever i wanted without any stress at all T^T i spend hours thinking about what i want to draw and then i get stressed because it shouldn't be my focus and then i end up doing neither what i should be doing (school, work, being a functional member of civilization) or want to be doing (hunched over my drawing tablet scribbling my faves) and it sucks so bad </3

[soothedcerberus]

My birthday in 6 days huh 😭

[subterra-rose]

Stupidest problem is when a character headcanon gets widely accepted and you go into the main character tag and it’s four posts in a row of people vaguing about each other for not agreeing on said headcanon and you have to gather the willpower to not block all of them for being fucking annoying

[skyward-floored]

do you guys ever get sick of the fact that I have 462362852927937 projects I'm constantly bouncing between and rarely focus on anything for longer than a week or two at a time