Ominous Messages From The Void

i worked on a chapter for six months and finally posted and got no new kudos and one comment. i know that making fanworks is supposed to be for the love of the game, but it's discouraging to work so hard on something that you hope people will like only to be met with crickets. i poured a lot of myself into the chapter and feel proud of it, but since i posted its been really hard to bring myself to continue the story :(

oh anon 💗 I've been there. *hugs*

I've also worked hard and been disappointed by no response. It sucks and it hurts and the only thing you can really do is feel the hurt and get through the suck. I wish I could offer you something more than that.

It's important to remember that your effort and your pride are still real, even if no one else sees them. You made a thing you love, and that love is still there despite the disappointment. It doesn't just disappear. It still matters.

It can feel extremely lonely to hear nothing back when you've posted something you're proud of. It might be a good idea to reach out to someone you care about and spend some time with them while this initial hurt still stings the hardest.

And if you want to take a break from posting, do that. You can keep on writing and just write those chapters for yourself.

If you want to take a break from writing, do that too. You can always come back. It'll be here waiting for you.

Warning: incest

This piece features the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. I love medieval architecture. So captivating!

Step-by-step, speedpaint, sketches, and more BTS can be found on my Patreon.

This piece took 110 hours!

i think it’s easy to misinterpret his intelligence. he’s not familiar with curses, so it seems like he’s stupid because he doesn’t know what’s happening and he doesn’t understand. he’s never encountered any of this before. but it’s pure inexperience, not stupidity.

i’m rereading jjk rn and even from the first chapter, it’s clear that yuuji is quick and clever. he takes all of the information that megumi gives him, and he processes it quickly in the midst of a life or death situation.

yuuji knows that megumi doesn’t have the strength to continue the fight, and he knows he needs to save his friends. he takes the rest of the information he has and comes to the best decision he can. he’s intelligent and clever. not stupid.

Then they’re just crimes.