downcast

Feel free to bother me for plotting on discord

here’s a little reminder for everyone, because this is something that I struggled with for a long time, and have come to learn that there are actually a lot of people who struggle with this. 

you have a place here.

your place here is not defined by how many followers you have, how many people like your headcanons, or how many people send you memes. your place here is not determined by who follows you, or who unfollows you; your place here is not determined by who likes you or who ices you out. your place here does not depend on which “groupchat” or “squad” you’re a part of, or even if you aren’t a participant in any groupchat, or don’t have anyone in a squad. your place here doesn’t require that you’re someone’s “main” or “exclusive” and your place here doesn’t necessitate that you’re publicly lauded as someone’s “favorite” of your muse. your place here doesn’t equate to the number of anon asks you get, or the number of people who comment on your ooc posts. your place here isn’t equivalent to how many ooc posts you make or don’t make, or how quickly you respond to threads, or which topics you choose to publicly speak up on or even which topics you choose to publicly stay silent on. your place here cannot be taken or revoked if there’s a small part of the community that turns against you, and your place here is not contingent on you being accepted by a few. your place here is not contingent on the people who will or won’t write with you.

I know it hurts when people on the dash are constantly talking about things that go on in their groupchats or squads and you aren’t a part of that. I know it hurts when you reblog a meme and don’t get any sent to you. I know it hurts when you get replaced within a group of people you thought were your friends; I know it hurts when you get kicked out of a group of people you thought were your friends. I know it hurts when you see someone post a headcanon and immediately get a dozen likes, when you posted one five minutes ago and didn’t get any. I know it hurts when people reblog promos for others who write the same muse as you and say in the tags how that person is “the best” of that muse, or their “favorite” of that muse. I know it hurts when everyone on your dash is reblogging promos, and you reblog yours too, and no one else reblogs it. I know it hurts when you make ooc posts about being sad or lonely or needing to talk and get no response, and you see other people make similar ooc posts and get a dozen “I’m here for you” responses. I know it hurts when you’re let down by people you thought you were friends with; I know it hurts when you realize friendships were toxic. I know it hurts to feel lonely, or unwanted, or unneeded, or like no one cares. 

but please, don’t forget: you have a place here. you add value to this community. you are important.