#Thank you for your offering

[lovelymessybubbly]

I’m now the rat that will send you stuff every day >:) Get used to it

[ari-cuno]

It's dangerous out there, have an angry tiny error I made

I will eat him.

[ask-a-clock-and-others]

I’ve come to say hello to the gang!!! And offer everyone a nice bottle of almond water! It helps you keep your sanity, so as you can probably imagine, I have a whole ahh wine cellar full of almond water :) just so I can tolerate people. Would anyone like some?

Not a lot of them can have liquids…

[srfiv]

once every few months, ghost gets comfortable enough to leave his mask rolled up at teatime

once every few months, soap gets carpal tunnel

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

"See you tomorrow"

MDZS Disco Elysium AU part 4 [prev parts]

[stil-lindigo]

floor _

a short comic about struggling to find yourself.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Drag king Julie my beloved <3 Biting him biting him biting him <333

[noxious-fennec]

Got the opportunity to color one of @metfell 's lovely pieces!! It was delightful :)

[justahumblesideblog]

Our boy really did the anime “tch” and immediately got hit by the karmic retribution bat, huh?

Which kickstarted the whole Belos possession slope because of that one finger cut

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

How does the fairy bros feel about people taking care of them, gifting them presents, and some of them getting protective of them and upset at the anon who hurt them?

They know...

And...

"Thank you..."

[lesbiangiratina]

Funny as hell. Yeah theyre doing great

[deus-ex-mona]

mona's self liner notes for her second album: a ♡collection♡

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

First time drawing LaughingStock and I decided that your fantasy au lovebirds shall be my guinea pigs, mwahaha!

(Hope I did them justice!!)

YIPPEE!!!!

[greenerteacups]

Hello GT, I absolutely love Lionheart!

I published my first fic and have been dealing with some criticism; it’s not anythjng super hateful, but it’s not anything meant to make me improve either. I’ve been feeling sort of down because of it. My question is: have you ever dealt with hate or criticism before? What is your attitude towards it?

I find your work and answers on here super insightful and inspiring! I hope you have a nice day ❤️

Fuck em. Like, seriously, just fuck em. There's a time and place for writers to take critique and be strict with themselves; it's necessary for any artist to grow. That place is with a chosen group of creatives whose work you admire and whose judgment you trust. A rando on the Internet, while they may in fact be the next Marcel Proust, probably isn't. And I was raised to believe that while it's appropriate and kind to pay compliments to strangers when they're performing — just as you'd smile at a busker on the sidewalk, and or compliment a chalk artist — it's not appropriate to criticize them when what they do isn't to your tastes. They're providing you with their art for free. No one forced you to read it; no one forced you to listen. If you don't like it, it costs $0 to shut the fuck up.

Also — that thing I said about artists taking critique? That assumes that you're doing this out of a desire to improve your writing, which, while noble, is not actually a thing you need to do if you're a hobby writer. I like trying to improve; it makes me feel good. But at the end of the day, I do this for fun. I do this because in my real job, I am ruthless and self-critical and try really fucking hard to do well, and you need parts of your life that Aren't Like that. You need parts of your life where you're not worrying about whether you're Doing It Right. And living without that anxiety of critique is, paradoxically, the only way you'll find the artistic courage to take risks and develop new skills. Everyone is a little bit rough around the edges to begin with. (Not saying you're a beginner — you merely said "publish," and I certainly wrote a lot of things before I started publishing! But every artist is always trying to develop new skills and techniques; in the grand scope of things, we're all beginners.) Giving someone blunt critique when they're in the beginning phases of their journey as an artist is about as helpful as screaming at your six-year-old kid because he can't swim the butterfly.

And the thing is, these people will bluster and say "well, I'm just being honest, I'm just trying to be helpful," but like: mmmmmmno, you're not! You're not. And it's disingenuous to say so. Because if you were actually trying to be helpful, you would introduce yourself, offer your skills as an editor/beta reader, and start building the relationship of trust that grounds any meaningful co-creative partnership. People do not just accept random critique that comes flying at them from the blue nowhere. And issuing it in that form is the best way to make them hostile, defensive, and unreceptive to it. Delivering harsh feedback without a context of care and support is almost sure to fail as a method of actually changing behavior, and either (1) you know that, and are doing it anyway — presumably because you want people to know how Terribly Clever and Better At Writing you are, or (2) you sincerely have never thought about the effect that context and word choice have on how other people receive your meaning.

Which tells me you are the last fucking person on the planet I want writing advice from.

[homosekularnost]

every day we stray further away from gods light (an adaption of NE told exclusively through ratthi trying to facetime his friends back home)

[sun-e-chips]

CRUNCH, your silly water park au is so yummy, and the designs are so pretty and neat augh, really just broke into your ask box to complement your silly little au

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Thank you for breaking in I’m munching your complements!

The boys are very flattered