And The Stars Claim Them Both

After several attempt to stop him, she finally declared, “If you keep kicking those over, your leg will fall off!”

No sooner had she said this than she looked up and was mortified to notice a man standing on a pair of crutches with one leg.

Before she could apologize, he looked down at the boy and sighed, “I used to love to kick those.”

“It's all over, Soldeed. You're finished.”

“No(!), the Nimon will fulfil his great promise!! THE NIMON BE PRAISED!!”

“The Nimon be praised? How many Nimons have you seen today?”

“Don't dare blasphEme the Nimon...”

“How many!”

“Skonnos will--”

“HOW-MA-NY-NI-MONS!”

“Th-ThreEe. I have seen threEEe!”

“Well, I've just seen a whole lot more rampaging down the corridor. Face it, Soldeed, you're being invaded.”

“He said he was the oOnly One! The last Survivor of his race!”

“He told you what you wanted to hear, Promised you what you wanted to Have.”

“Ssoooo, this is the great journey of LIFE!?”

“They're PARASITIC nomads who've been feeding off your selfishness and gullibility.”

“My dreEEEEeams Oof cOnqueeest...! Yooou have brought this CALAMITY upon me!”

“YOU've brought it on yourself!”

“YOU WILL DIIE FOR YOUR INTERFEREEENCE!!!”

“SToOP HiIMM!!!”

and that’s because (1) the purpose of this website is to share things that bring us joy and (2) likes don’t share things or ensure something is seen by more people, not like they do on other sites. so, when so many people decide to only like a post and not share it (i.e. not reblog it), that tells the creator that those people didn’t think their hard work was worth sharing with others. that’s discouraging. 

and the creator isn’t the only one that gets something out of that. you get something, too. you get the joy of sharing something you like; that’s a meaningful experience for both you and for the creator. and that experience—that interaction—encourages the creator to create more, and so there’s more joy to be had for both you and the creator.