#i can't do art that anyone would like so my contribution to this fanbase is memes

[themesis]

hey guys is this anything

[rainbowdaisy13]

It's so annoying when I still see many Gaylors say 'Taylor can't come out because her fandom is more homophobic than fandom of other artists' WITHOUT mentioning that SHE contributed to this. If so many homophobes like you and fell welcomed in your fandom, well maybe you're doing something wrong. All her adult life she pandered and coddled her homophobic fans by giving them ammunition against Gaylors, when Gaylors were appreciating her art and believing her lies. No, she had to take parts of queer history and let her straight homophobic fans bully her gay fans because she has too much internalized homophobia to allow gay talk to get too loud. She did all this as an adult! - I don't care what parents think or say, your actions as an adult are your responsibility.

Even if something you said got misconstrued, how hard is it to say 'hey don't attack these folks, this type of discourse doesn't bother me, analyze my lyrics in your own way and come to your own conclusions, don't harass or doxx and out anyone in my name. Speculating someone is gay isn't offensive because being gay isn't an insult". But no, because I'm 100% sure that if nothing else, at least in her subconscious being gay IS an insult. She gave these homophobes a safe space in her fandom and it's infuriating when I see so many Gaylors just say her fandom is homophobic but not point out that it is that way because she panders to these people. ESPECIALLY these last year. She knew what that NFL fandom was and yet she wanted to attract them. Why? Because indirectly she didn't only show us she was gay. Through her actions, she's also showing us she hates it and would do anything to cover it up to preserve her status and this homophoic fanbase she never calls out.

It would even be strange to now make an expose blaming these fans for her staying closeted, when she did everything she could to maintain the fantasy for them. 'The 1950s shit they want from me' is so hypocritical. She is the one feeding these narratives of marriage and traditional family values to the press for herself, for her 'cover'. Those lyrics alone out her as a covert narcissist. She's making herself the victim in a situation she created. No, the fans don't want shit. YOU are crafting these narratives, and people who like it, flock to you. These are the expectations you put in place for yourself. And you made your fans scared of questioning things because they see how Gaylors are treated when they dare to think outside the box about your 'art'.

It's atrocious to compare her to Evelyn Hugo as well. It was illegal to be gay when the book happens and Evelyn didn't act like a victim. She knew she was a product of her design and she owned it, mistakes and all.

The never owning a god damn thing is what has broken my mental chains so to speak—I would not put up with this kind of behavior from any other artist—meaning I wouldn’t support them/give them money/defend their actions—so why the fuck was I doing this with Taylor?

[mollfie]

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4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw

Everything single one of my own characters because I don't imagine them as anything concrete. I can give you a rough height, vibe, hair colour and nose shape or something.

More generally, characters with a lot of details. I get tired after a while and just want to be done. I'm trying to get better at taking time over pieces though.

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate

Fibre arts like knitting, crochet, plushie making, clothing etc because I want to be good at that sort of thing but I just get confused and again, I'm impatient. I want to be good now. What do you mean I have to learn the basics??

9. What are your file name conventions

Depending on what I draw it will be either the character's name (Jez, Jez2 Jez3Finished500 Jez3FinishedSmall etc) or I use the titles of a song I was listening to while drawing. If I'm feeling fancy I might use a quote from the media a character is from if it's fanart. I also have my files arranged as Art/2023/January etc

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically

There's a lot of media I love and enjoy seeing other people's fan art for but I'm not interested in joining in sometimes because I don't think I'll contribute anything worthwhile or because I'm not confident that anyone will care. I also love seeing fan art for book characters but I wouldn't want to join in because often a fanbase has decided that this is how a character looks and I don't agree which feels awkward. Maybe I'm wrong though and there are a lot of people who would love to see my idea of a bearded, farm-strong FitzChivalry or Earthsea fan art. Maybe I should just not care so much. There's all sorts of popular stuff I see one tumblr that I have 0 interest in to the point that I can't think of any lol. I really like a bunch of anime but I've no interest in drawing anything like them or even drawing particularly anime styled stuff nowadays.

Kirby! I love that little buy but have no interest in drawing fanart of them. I also think they're weirdly hard to draw.

But, I think that everything inspires you artistically even if it's not directly.