i just wanna say like. thank u for being the way u are... youve inspired me to finally talk about my government assigned anime guy in a much more raw and possibly disturbed way and its all because i read your dirk posts and it gets my brain churning IMMENSELY so like literally thanks im gonna go off and be a little deranged
crying blood every time I get asks like this because while I appreciate the underlying sentiment I really want you to understand that this verbiage makes it come off as such a backhanded compliment... what I'm doing with dirk is quite honestly very normal to me and I think the only reason it's percieved as... not... is because of whatever this internet climate is where people make their whole identity as leaning into being super into this kind of thing or super not into this kind of thing. like I am kind of just a normal person hanging out living life and whenever you guys come up to me and say wow this is so unhinged and derangedddd it's like someone pushing an end display over in the grocery store right in front of me. and like I work a 9-5 at the torturing guys factory this is my job and it makes me happy and I'm glad it's inspiring you guys to get a job here too but I gotta get HOME and when you guys start calling csa trauma survivor explorations as a character study DISTURBED it's... very dehumanizing... don't call yourself deranged for having fun and making art about this kind of stuff it's literally normal
