Hi Shima! I saw a post by a fellow trustedpartner shiper today and it motivated me to message you. I was in my teenage years when Sun & Moon was airing and I got really into these two dorks, now Iโm 21 and I still love them, I convinced my best friend to ship it too, and while searching on Google for fanart I found your blog and it brought me so much joy. Iโm disabled (autistic with dyspraxia), so drawing can be a hustle sometimes, and I was close to giving up on drawing back then. Your art really motivated me, but I was scared to have a social media account. I think Iโve only sent one anonymous ask and you actually drew it, I was beyond happy when I saw it (I believe it was those shipping base templates and I chose one for Satoglad?). I read one of your fics about them and I followed your art on them religiously, now I made an account on Tumblr to talk about my own AUs, just like I saw you doing when I was younger, and I was very happy to see your art again. It really inspired me to write crappy AUs back then and roleplay with my friends, I even tried writing fics for them. Since I wasnโt drawing much, your art got me really excited since it was from my favorite ship and it looked gorgeous. You were a big part on deciding to make my own online presence, because it was genuinely so fun and cozy reading your posts and seeing your art on Pokรฉmon or things I wasnโt even in the said fandom of. I appreciate you very much, you inspired me to share my own stuff here, even if years later. I donโt know if youโll read this, but Iโm really happy youโre still active :) I come to check every now and then, thank you so much for feeding my trustedpartner phase lol. And of course, for the genuine and fun vibe your page had and still has from what I saw
This ask genuinely almost made me cry oh my god? Thank you for sharing this with me, sometimes it feels like I'm shouting into a void with some of the content I make, so the fact that my Trustedpartner art had such a huge impact on your life means so so much to me. And I'm so glad that I inspired you to make a social media account!! I think getting to share a part of yourself with others and connect with them over a shared interest is so very special! Being the person who encouraged you to take that step is so flattering AAAA I'm so grateful you could take comfort in my art and create your own little corner of fandom online.
The entire reason I started a tumblr blog at all was to be able to share my thoughts and ideas with others--whether or not they actually resonated with people was a gamble, but so many people have supported and followed me over the years and it means more to me than I can really say. I'm so so grateful for the community of friends and fans and followers I have, I genuinely would not even be here right now without your support. So thank YOU for still checking in on me even now!! As long as there's at least one person out there willing to listen and can find joy in my art and my ideas that's more than enough for me to continue to make art. You know? A lot of my art is very self indulgent so most of the time I'm making it for me, to make myself happy, but the fact that other people can find happiness in my art is crazy amazing!! It's an endless loop of positivity and is honestly one of the best parts of my life ๐
Anyway thank you so much again omg. This made my entire week. The fact that it's Trustedpartner too AGHHH I've poured my very heart and soul into that ship and I'm still so wowed that I was able to take this rarepair and share it with others to the point where they'd become fans too. Trustedpartner fans are the real ones. I'm ride or die for every single one of you. You support the ship I put my blood sweat and tears into, I have your backs for life ๐ค
