#anyways this is a very roundabout way of me saying neo-puritanism is going to be the death of art | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

ranger-kellyn · 8 months ago

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i say this as someone who has been working on taking this to heart as well, but like......babes....y'all have GOT to let go of the need to have your art is interpreted exactly as you intended it to be. you're fighting a losing battle. nobody, literally NOBODY. will interpret it exactly as you intended it to. that's the beauty of art!

stop needing to control every little thing!! let people interpret it how they want!! even if it's the exact opposite of your own intention!

and i know this is easier said than done, but stop stressing about the bad faith takes as well!!! that says way more about them than it ever will about you!!! block and move the fuck on. or turn off comments! most places let you do that now.

if you're literally so pressed about someone interpreting your art "wrong", you should probably just use geocities or something else and make your own website to host your work, or just stop posting on such public websites in the first place. you will never be able to control how people interpret things, so stop stressing about things you literally have no control over.

#was watching this really good animatic over on youtube but the intro was this long pause going on and on about how #''this isn't about shipping!!! don't you dare think this is about shipping!!! i don't want anyone thinking this is about shipping!#I don't want anyone to think /I/ actually ship these two!!''#and it's like.............#who????? cares??????????#like in some ways i understood bc it was something that could easily fall under rpf but like babes the people who are into rpf are going to #get their ship fix from your work all the same #if people in your life would literally cancel you or try to ruin your life over just the THOUGHT of you being into rpf--#i hate to tell you but you need better friends #like rpf isn't my thing but i don't care if someone is into it tbh #so long as they're following the same courtesy i do with my own fics of 'you don't send it to the people/things it's about'#i would never send or even mention my fics to any of cynthia or diantha's VAs if i had the chance #don't send to/tag in/etc to the people it's about #i care far more about a person's real life tangible acts than whatever 'weird' fictional shit they're into #stop giving in to the thought police #anyways this is a very roundabout way of me saying neo-puritanism is going to be the death of art #talking tag

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