Hi, artist here that didnβt feel βprotectedβ or βrespectedβ by the fandom when I posted art for her very first event! Artist here who had her art mocked and belittled because it was βNestaβs swordβ and KTBOOKISHCLUB AND HER FRIENDS were involved in that.
Because thatβs how I knew to BLOCK HER (and her friends!) before she started posting commissions because she was giggling with everyone how stupid elriel art/artists are. I wasnβt her friend but I saw it with my own eyes countless times.
I think if you spend any time around her youβd know how she felt. She was bold enough to tell an elriel commissioner elriel art sucks and her ideas would be better and fresh. TO AN ELRIEL COMMISSIONER IN HER DMS when she played at making friends with everyone.
Like we had no idea? Like we hadnβt seen how she behaved for months on TikTok? Like people donβt talk to each other??? So when she got smacked with the evidence for Elain week (WHICH SHE TRIED TO SABOTAGE and then control her own) she said βIβm so disturbed you know so much about me!β Well! Digital footprint. π«
So saying that you donβt know you donβt know, you couldnβt have seen it, save it. She and 100+ gwynriels had a real laugh on Twitter when I posted my art, my mentions were a MESS. You donβt respect artists unless they fit your agenda and I can say thatβs a fandom wide problem.
But back to my art that got dragged to HELL. Katie then took the SAME theory regardless of how it was βnestas swordβ and went to an elriel artist (who sheβs claimed was unprofessional btw!) to have the very same idea done just by a bigger artist and make it gwynriel this time!
And in the caption she felt it was sooo original even though weeks prior she and others had a great big laugh over my art. I DO NOT feel SAFE or RESPECTED or SUPPORTED in this fandom as it is and I think that goes for a LOT of artists that dare touch it.
Even before I started posting I saw for MONTHS how antis talk about and treat elriels and their art. I couldnβt look up elriel without seeing it. Iβve seen my own friends stuff be reposted and made fun of countless times, people who arenβt involved in drama at all. ((In fact, I think thatβs what radicalized me! Because Iβm otherwise very openminded and interested in multiship. ))
And this isnβt to say elriels donβt do it I know they do and iβve confronted people about it. I hate art bashing and I donβt understand how anybody imagines motivating art posting with that sort of environment. Itβs not possible.
I lost all motivation and Iβve even had someone tell me to kill myself LMAO so! I donβt want to hijack this drama because itβs NOT about me but Iβm infuriated with this honorable air of βwe would never! We had no idea! We love artists!β
You donβt unless they work towards your agenda. And Iβm saying that to ALL. Iβm so fed up with this hostile environment that doesnβt let artists create or befriend unless itβs within the pre established boundaries. Iβve really had enough.
And to clear some things up:
Katie wasnβt bullied for her gwydion gwynriel art. People just pointed out the hypocrisy.
Katie never asked unii if she could 1:1 copy her art. She just didnβt. Thatβs why the DMs were shared. You can find threads on this.
But Katie (and others) went on about how unprofessional she was. Even though Katie went AFTER she saw that her copying wasnβt as subtle as she thought. Stealing from a small artist is not βrespecting artistsβ. And βexposureβ isnβt an apology.
Be better, ask those around you to not be so vile and stop using the excuse βwell they also-β idc just stop. Itβs not helping anyone, most especially artists that are trying their best to get out there and make friends.
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