posting artworks or wips you're truly proud of and only getting 1-2 likes is undeniably demotivating no matter how much you really try to be positive about it 😭 complaining is kind of useless but us artists have feelings too, of course we do want our efforts recognized
it never ceases to amaze me that ukrainians in fandom-communities are constantly forced to defend themselves against accusations of “xenophobia” simply because they refuse to be polite to people who have been contributing to their deaths for many years likeeeee