#i like the art separate from artist still

[anamericangirl]

This is just something I've noticed when in spaces surrounding my interests:

A lot of leftists genuinely can't fathom how conservatives can and do enjoy content created by someone they disagree with. Often, posts will pop up that are along the lines of, "How can conservatives say they like this music or TV show or book series when the people behind these things (or the characters within the fictional content) would hate their guts and they're pro things conservatives aren't? There's no logic in that and it just shows how dumb the right is."

In reality, I think it just shows how close-minded the left can be. Many of the things I enjoy were created by left-leaning people, but that doesn't mean it's not good content. I keep my political views out of these spaces mostly because they're not relevant, y'know? (I'm also just introverted/shy lol - I barely interact as is). For example, my favorite genre of music is grunge. 99% of grunge musicians were openly left-leaning, but guess what? I don't care and I still like the music. The left puts so much weight on the opinions of celebrities and politicians (while trying to act like they're rebels/punk) that they think you have to agree with these completely disconnected strangers on everything.

"This celebrity/character would hate you," is such an odd argument to make, in my opinion. It's like - okay, and?

Which is why it's always the left that are trying to cancel people. They can't separate politics from anything, which is why they are always unhappy, there's always a problem, they never enjoy anything and are impossible to please.

They can't appreciate art from other perspectives because everyone on earth has to have their exact positions on all issues or they are Bad People. So much for their "diversity is our strength" nonsense lmao.

I actively try to avoid hearing political takes from any artist I appreciate because I'm not here for a political or moral guide, I'm here for entertainment. And when you look to celebrities for guidance you are looking in the wrong place because no one is more out of touch than they are lol.

I just assume the artists I enjoy are all woke leftists because most people in those industries are and if they're not then I can be pleasantly surprised.

But if if I get told "you know so-and-so is a leftist and would probably hate you, right?" I literally could not care less because I'm not trying to be their friend. I find most of them, personality wise, to be pretty annoying myself.

It just demonstrates a real flaw with leftists that they cannot comprehend how someone could engage with or appreciate anything about someone that has different perspectives and opinions. Sounds like an absolutely miserable existence always having to be outraged about something and making sure every artist you like has the Right Opinions.

[the-spider-in-your-livingroom]

"Wow! What a cool thing! I sure hope the creators aren't massive fuckwa-"

[defsiarte]

My hate for tumblr users knows no bounds. Do you know how fucking weird it is to defend being a fan of a guy and his media bc you have depression. When he has a plethora of allegations going back decades. Get a new interest oh my goddd

[thret-rhett]

Adam, Eve, and Lilith. they’re my ocs now more lore in tags

[mamawasatesttube]

why did two different people who are still actively blogging and writing about harry potter in 2024 just try to follow me. this is a trans person of color blog lol can you PLEASE read another book

[gmaybe666]

people having byler doubts maybe need to rewatch the show just saying <3

[thesodasploder]

thinking of taking aspects from the 2007 film, and the flatland heist video, and the book and meshing it into one au

really liking it so far and thought of a dumb idea that would be funny to illustrate (or ramble abt in tags)

my name for the au would be after the heist i think

[ivomartins]

Sara? Her name is Saraswati and you choose to call her...Sara? Kys omg. And pale eyes? I thought the dozen were only marrying among themselves but turns out they were all warming the beds of the colonizers.

omg anon you scared the shit out of me, i thought you were telling me to kms and i was getting ready to throw HANDS 😭

honestly a bazillion rounds of applause to you for that pippin hot tea 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 like the vibes are weird and very offputting and the fact that they're standard in all of remy's books speaks volumes tbh

i'm so sick of rc's growing habit of giving most characters of color colored eyes like what you think ethnic features and dark eyes don't make someone "beautiful" enough or some shit??

and don't get me started on the colonizer shit like that LI ian like 🙃🙃🙃

[meerphanim]

Basket of Eggs? Wrong! Eyeballs

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I made a less bloody version because eh, why not lol

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[devilsskettle]

i feel like i’ve been WAITING for the other shoe to drop wrt people’s opinions about watcher for this very reason. not that i think the reaction is completely not understandable but the greater the parasocial relationship, the greater the fallout as soon as public opinion shifts. you don’t have a relationship with these people they’re just content creators, chill

[bardicious]

The way I had to obliterate all my socials from my website cause a. I'm not using any of them or b. its tumblr and this place has become a whole entire fandom mess lmao

[infizero]

sorry im filled with numb rage and other emotions rn but the fact that wilbur soot is so good at music is so fucking infuriating. this sounds so stupid but like genuinely makes me so fucking mad that he brought such fantastic music into the world, music that I PERSONALLY CONNECTED TO ON A DEEP EMOTIONAL LEVEL, and he ended up being such a piece of shit. like how hard is it to not be fucking awful it makes my blood fucking boil

[lexieriusseriously]

being a 2005 willy wonka fan in the big 2024 lowkey mentally challenging. got people attacking me after seeing my tt page is filled with 'johnny depp edits'. nope close enough! I like willy wonka and can't care less who the actor is. willy wonka himself is not a likable character by society standards because normal people can't handle when a man has bob! and depp has the abuser allegations or something. so by normal people's eyes I deserve a public execution? pretty much

[fattylime]

i struggled with doing digital art for such a long time because my favorite part of traditional art was the texture and it's insane how long it took to make sense. I used exclusively paint tool sai and ps for ages and i just hated how stuff would turn out and it's probably just the brushes that happen to be default for procreate but figuring out you could have brushes that had the texture in them was life changing

like i used a lot of "texture overlays" which is useful for certain things but i was trying to use smooth brushes to create what style i wanted

anyways enjoy a wip

[obsessivelollipoplalala]

I made the mistake of looking in the notes of a (good) post made by a big gomens blog about the accusations against Gaiman, and saw two terrible takes on opposite sides of the spectrum.

"Not saying what he did was right, but he just has a 1970s idea of consent." This is just pure bullshit. There's never been a point in time when men didn't understand the concept of consent and violating it for the sake of getting off on feeling powerful; yes, our culture has somewhat changed to take these things more seriously, but abuse and misogyny are not new concepts. You can't say, "but it's just a generational thing!" That just perpetuates rape culture. Abusers are responsible for their own actions. From what I read, he totally knew what he was doing, especially with using his status to have power over women. Full stop.

But that brings me to the next one...

2. "By continuing to engage with his works, you're continuing his celebrity and potentially enabling future assaults." I'm sorry, but it is ridiculous to say fans of a book or TV show are to blame for a man assaulting women, and furthermore, I'd guess that the tumblr gomens fandom is smaller than the overall group of normie, offline fans of his works around the globe, so it's not like people on tumblr still making gomens fan art or whatever are the ones solely keeping his works alive. He's been a famous author for decades, and unfortunately, that's not going to change even if everyone on tumblr never talked about gomens again. I do think people in the fandom have a responsibility to stop sharing any of his posts and interviews, stop tagging fun fandom posts under his name, not invite him to any conventions, not defend him, not financially support him, and inform any female fan who doesn't know about this and wants to go to a book signing or something with him in the future. Women need to know it's not safe to be around him. But other than that, if you've completely separated him from your fandom posts on this fringe, dying website, I really don't think you're hurting anyone. What matters in the real world is people knowing what he did, spreading the word, and keeping him away from fans, not if someone is reading one of his books or watching an adaptation of his work.

Anyway, if you're really concerned about sexual assault, please consider supporting an organization like RAINN. That's a lot more productive than any fandom discourse. I saw posts about organizing a fandom fundraising campaign to the organization, which I think is a great idea.

[lycorisicecream]

of course you've gotten into problematic things.

Don't know if I should answer this but like what do you mean