#underground niche artist struggling on main lmao

[rauhallinen-hauki]

replace mad max with ff7 and f//ury r//oad with ff7r, rewrite some of the context on that last post and u get the average og 1997 ff7 fan experience

on a related note...

(im using shepvance as an example because its the one special interest that i get the most shit for. but this applies to a lot of things im into.)

"Why shepvance? why Adrian and not Gordon? Why not ship other ~better ~ more normal ships? what compells you in this, to be frank, borderline-crack ship? or do you just hate everything that isn't weird inocuous niche bullshit? also why do you draw Adrain with hairy forearms and chest and slightly overweight? don't you know that any man that doesn't look like Sephiroth is ugly and therefore boring and why is he with Alyx who is so much hotter again and-"

there is nothing wrong with asking. i'm glad to talk and explain my thoughts and feelings. it just gets irritating when every single time someone sees that I've drawn or written or done anything with this pairing it is alway "why why why why wh-". shepvance isn't even the first rarepair I've been into, but for some reason it just perplexes most people to such an extent that they can't help but get really anal about it.

me liking shepvance doesn't automatically mean that i hate every other pairing involing these characters. even if there are pairings out there that i hate, i do the obvious and just ignore and or filter/block what/those that I don't wish to see. i don't shit on people. wich brings me to the next point...

you can dislike, hate and despise shepvance. you can be neutral on it. you can also like, love and adore it. wichever way it is I don't care. just please, please don't shit on it in the viscinity of fans.

i'm not here to "spread shepvance propaganda" or anything like that. i'm just here to do share my art with the world, throw my things in my little corners of the internet (aka me everytime i post things into my accounts).

i'm here to express myself. im not forcing anyone to like my art or fanfics or shitposts or whatever. even if you happen to like shepvance, that doesnt mean that you automaticaly like my art. i have my own style and takes on these characters, and not everyone is going to like it. and that's great!!! that thing is called having taste! individuality! personal opinions! prefferences! but thats the thing: if you like it, great. if you dont like it, great. just dont bitch and mean into my ear everytime i do a harmless thing you, personally, dont like

if you aren't hurting anyone, then you can do whatever you want. so why is it that people lose their minds the second you happen to be into some niche but, again, nevertheless HARMLESS thing that just so happens to not be as popular or as liked by most people?

anyway im not sure what exactly im trying to say with all this but if you somehow find this post then i guess the tldr is:

-if you aren't hurting anyone, then you can do whatever you want. other people might not like it, and thats fine. but dont let that stop you for doing what makes you happy. again, if you aren't hurting anyone, you should do what makes you happy. life is short as hell anyway, so use your time wisely

-instead of wasting time bitching and moaning about someone being into some harmless thing you dont like, focus on the things you actually like. go write a fanfic of your fave character. go for a walk. there is way too much unessesary hate in this world already. its ok to vent and be angry but going berserk all the time wont get you anywhere in the long run. i know this from experience

-dont go to the circus if you don't want to see clowns, dont come to this blog if you dont like thunderdome, etc

(this isn't directed at anyone in particular. every mm fan i've interacted with so far, f//ury r//oad fan or not, has been polite and friendly. its just a sentiment i've seen a lot lately and i need to write it down. wring down stuff helps a lot ok. and no its not that serious im just tired lmao)

"oh hey. you like mad max?"

me: "yeah, the original trilogy only. it means a lot to me, it is my fave set of films ever."

"so you dont like f//ury r//oad?"

me: "no, i don't. nothing wrong if you do tho."

"why don't you like it?"

me: *politely explains why I, personally, in my own subjective opinion, dont like f//ury r//oad nor am i interested in watching f//uriosa. i watched f//ury r//oad. without biases, went in blind knowing the basics and having seen the original trilogy only once at the time. didn't like f//ury r//oad. just not my taste. simple as that. again, nothing wrong if you like it.

"OMG WHY DO YOU HATE EVERYTHING NEW!!! NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE AMATEUR 80S SHIT, DONT YOU KNOW THAT MILLER HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER AT MAKING MOVIES??? AND THAT AUTOMATICALLY MEANS THAT THE ORIGINAL MM MOVIES ARE INFERIOR AND SHITTY AND THAT IF YOU LIKE THEM YOU ARE SOME CLOSE-MINDED CONSERVATIVE WITH BAD TASTE (DESPITE F//URY R//OAD NOT EXISTING WITHOUT THE LEGACY OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY, ONE THAT IS ARGUABLY THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PIECE OF POST-APO MEDIA IN FILM) UUUUUUUUUUUUGH JUST TAKE OFF YOUR ROSE-TINTED GLASED (DESPITE YOU NOT BEING EVEN BORN AT THE TIME OF RELEASE OF THE ORIGINAL MM TRILOGY AND HAVING WATCHED IT ONLY THREE YEARS AGO AS AN ADULT SO NO "NOSTALGIA" THERE) AND WAAAH WHY DONT YOU LIKE THE THING I LIKE AND-"

me: *long, exhausted sight of pain. i figuratively die of cringe

like why do you give fuck. im not going to shit on you because you like f//ury r//oad. so why would you shit on me simply because I don't like it?

is me not liking f//ury r//oad a crime against humanity or nature or all that is good? no. but you're sure as hell are making it sound like it is.