Mae🏳️‍⚧️

21 year old trans gal she/her white
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[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@OsureYnot @eruphim @kmonsterart @PaulSkallas My poing was that you don't necessarily need to go through a great "trial". I was using turmoil as a synonym but it might not have been the most clear, my apologies

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@esstee_jay @starxeebs Idk I've never vibed with the idea that an artist needs to suffer to make good art. That just seems like a needlessly negative world view that makes people suffer cuz they think they need to to make good art

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@eruphim @kmonsterart @PaulSkallas all day so I don't think it's as simple as needing to go out and experience turmoil to be able to make a good story

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@eruphim @kmonsterart @PaulSkallas I mean, you can still have a lot to say even if you haven't gone through extreme turmoil. Even just something like working a 9-5 job you don't like can be the basis for a good story.

Also a lot of great writers from the past were rich privileged people who stayed in their house

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@simply_amonamo Especially when it's something as broad as "socially anxious 20 somethings" there's still a lot of differences and individuality within that you can pull from, is what I'm saying

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@simply_amonamo Idk if I'd say it's an exception though. I feel like everybody has *something* they can pull from in their life to make an interesting story. It's genuinely hard to live a life where there's *nothing* you can use

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@mrB_R_W_N be worth using in a story, lots of interesting things can still come without that and there can even be useful things in mundanity. But so goes people misinterpreting a nuanced take on the Internet I guess lol

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@mrB_R_W_N other direction in that they agree you need to use your own life but think people live too boring lives nowadays to be able to use them in stories, which I don't think is true for the vast majority of people. Going out and living life doesn't need to be done grand adventure to

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@simply_amonamo I feel like even if someone falls under that category they can still absolutely make an interesting story

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@Mightydein Tbf there's nothing wrong with using other sources of media as inspiration, as long as you draw from a wide range of inspirations and also use your own life experiences as well

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@drdoomssayer99 @CrispyFrise Real time therapy and all that shit can def be lame but I don't think being "quirky" is inherently bad. Not an animation but Undertale and Deltarune are quirky as hell and people love those

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@ateegd_ @lootdealing @Um_tal_de_diogo I feel like drawing a lot of influence from kids cartoons is fine if they're not the only thing you're influenced by and you actually put in the work to write your thing like it's for adults instead of being for kids

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@LilDrawingboy Idk some stuff is just more dialogue focused and that's fine I feel

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@NatedeRake Idk most of them avoid that joss whedon kind of thing I feel? Even if you wanna say they're bad in other ways

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@MagnafoxOdyssey I feel like that's mostly a Hazbin thing

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@mrB_R_W_N Makes sense! I see what you mean that you wanna turn it into your own thing with only maybe a bit of direct reference instead of just constantly doing surface level reference. Thanks for explaining

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@susiesunbugs True ascension is combining both something powerful you wanna communicate and the aesthetic choices of work you admire

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@figurethejohn Ah ok my b

[Mae🏳️‍⚧️ @MaeIsOkay]

@BearsBeBearing Yeah and I'm saying that even under that assumption people still have a things that only they themselves can bring to the table