Art isn’t a competition
Someone getting what u want doesn’t mean u won’t get it
My art mutuals are better than I could ever hope to be. Like they’re at the top of a mountain unclimbable, but how do u hope to reach them if u cannibalize other artists instead of starting the climb?
I would fully accept it if that person went “yeah I tried everything including X Y and Z but I still experience it” but some don’t even bother
It’s even worse when you can tell they make their pointless pain other people’s problems
When I complain of a headache and someone tells me “we all get headaches”.
Fucking find a solution then, tf is this defeatist mentality?
Seriously hate when people blindly normalize experiencing pointless pain
“but I won’t get comments or kudos if they share privately” im gonna hold your hand when i say this: when you post on the internet, you aren’t entitled to these things. try writing to appease the voices in your head instead & you will find peace
if authors are supposedly motivated by engagement and validation, why are we pretending the people playing saviour by redistributing their work without consent are above the same motivations?