To paraphrase ...

[veronica_rich]

... the erstwhile fabu, if you want me to look at your art and comment, or read your story, it helps not to just throw in random character-bashing in the product description. While I realize a great deal of fanfic apparently can't exist without the crushing defeat, emasculation, or villainizing of a non-villain character I like, I was not aware visual arts that don't even feature the character in question could fall under the same guidelines. When you draw a perfectly cute little scene that I would otherwise happily comment upon and feel the need to note that it's celebrating getting rid of said character (when such information is really not germane to the drawing), you can expect no comment from me. :-D

Oh, sure, it's your art, and you can say what you want in your own journal. Just don't expect as much feedback as you might've gotten otherwise, especially if you're going to crosspost to general communities where everyone may not appreciate your bon mot as much as your pairing-specific friends do. I know too many artists who don't resort to throwing in random desultory comments when presenting their work, and they're more deserving of praise.

Comments

[kahva.livejournal.com]

Bwuh??

I've got the feeling that there's a post in a community somewhere that I should be glad that I'm not a part of that community, at least as far as the post in question goes. Going back to cleaning off the HD on-air servers now, I think I'm safer there.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

If you don't belong to pirategasm, normally I'd say no, you're not better off (and if you do, you probably didn't see it because the artist's notes weren't above the cut) because it's a great community. Just a sour apple here and there ruins the taste every once in a great while.

[kahva.livejournal.com]

Ah no, not a member of pirategasm, so I haven't seen it. I may have belonged at one point when I was on a few different communities, but some time back I left a few because I was getting so many duplicate postings.

I'll never understand character bashing. If you don't like a character, fine, that's your choice and priviledge. But bashing what is in the end a fictional character seems like such a waste of time and energy to me. Not to mention the fact that while you may not like a character, somebody else does like him/her/they/it. In a community setting, you have to respect that.

[kahva.livejournal.com]

"Privilege", even. I swear, I am actually awake here at work, and I can spell, really I can.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

It's that guilty "boss is gonna catch me!" typing that's doing it. *G*

[kahva.livejournal.com]

If any of my bosses had still been at work at the time I was typing that, that would've meant that something was wrong sure enough! I work second shift, so I manage to get most folks out of my hair by 1900. :)

Though I am pondering if I should've felt guilty posting from work on the same day I won an award for being a good worker. {Ponders} Nah... ;)