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I'm the bad guy by sixrabbits
http://sixrabbits.tumblr.com/post/139341778592/yep-im-the-bad-guy-i-am-a-terrible-person-that
Yep, I'm the terrible person because I don't want my work spread all around the internet without my say so. Just because it's fan art doesn't mean you can just take it and post it wherever you like.
It doesn't make it okay.
But fuck it
I'm the terrible person
I'm the piece of shit
I'm the one with the problem
Fuck it I shall not miss the MLP fandom
Very tempted to delete all my online accounts and disappear since this is how my concerns are treated.
I officially deleted my tumblr. I do not regret it.
I'm filled with anger and self loathing.
Is it too much to ask that people not treat me like shit when I bring up my concerns of stuff like this? Apparently it is. I am shit, I am a terrible human being.
I'm the bad guy
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Thank you for the support.
I kind of let myself get wound up, in part because of other stress in my life (had to take my mom to the hospital on Friday night, suddenly got a ton of responsibilities heaped on me, insurance won't pay for my medications, etc...) so I was really not in a good state to be responding to these people.
Though I know that no matter who perfect a response I gave, their position would still be the same... the artists serve the fans, and that we had better not dare speak against them.
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Unfortunately, people on the internet are inconsiderate assholes, for the most part. And fandom specific inconsiderate assholes are the worst of them. There is no cure for them, but I hope they don't end up making you disappear. :(
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One of their biggest arguments they tried to throw at me in favor of the reposting was "but it got you more attention! So it got you more exposure, and therefore more commissions!"
Which is false. I, for one, didn't really want to be a popular pony artist, I was happy to be doing this among a small group of friends. Two, I have received maybe 5 commissions through tumblr. Five, in the years I was on that website, just five. Their whole argument falls apart on that basis alone.
I know I didn't react the best. Unfortunately, this came around a time I was becoming increasingly stressed over other things in my life... so I was not in the best of moods for this kind of thing.
Overall, tumblr was not a good place for a person of my poor mental health to be.-
I'm sorry you had to deal with that :( Especially when you are stressed.
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Well, I'm not 100% blameless, and I accept that. Fortunately I do have some of the most stubborn friends who will not take my grumpy mood personally. Like really, they deserve a medal for the number of times they've come to my rescue.
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I'm sorry that happened to you. Unfortunately a lot of people are inconsiderate pricks you know? Especially those who hide under the guise of anonymous. You know it that people under that guise are just as scared or there to troll and hurt people.
To me, you're a wonderful person and shouldn't be treated like that. There are sometimes assholes that just do that.
Relax and it's all over now. You can breath nicely and let go.
To be honest, THEY are the one wrong and should go f*ck them selves in the arse!
You're a good person, I think it's a good thing you let go.But hey. Now it's a good time to have a break don't you think? You deserve it.
"We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude."
- Charles R. Swindoll
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Thank you. Sometimes, its difficult for me when I face this kind of adversity. It seems silly, but with my anxiety and depression, and being completely unmedicated for the past month it's hard to not let stuff like this get to me. I think I needed to leave tumblr long ago, it was so hard to shut out some of the worse things, and people just love to spread the hate on that website.
I recognize that I did not handle everything the best way possible, but I also know that no matter how I responded, their position would be the same: that artists should serve the fans and fall on their knees in gratitude for everything their fans do. I wasn't all that upset, but people seem to assume that if someone isn't jumping for joy on the internet then they must be seething with rage... I was more bothered by people's responses in the end.What really gets me though is the "logic" that by posting my work on another website, getting me more attention was such a good thing because it meant more commissioners. Well, in all the years I was on tumblr I only got 5 commissions, all those followers, all that attention (that I didn't really want) and I got 5 commissions. So their whole justification of why I should be so grateful falls apart. And I never wanted my pony art to eclipse my original works, but it did. If what they did had gained my main blog and my non-pony art more attention I might have taken it better. But it didn't.
Anyways, thanks for being so supportive.
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I am gonna miss your tumbler and art in mlp fandom but no, you arent the bad guy ... the people that used your art without permission are the yerks.-
Thank you.
In time, when the sting of this incident fades I may finish some of the pieces I had started, and I might draw a few more ponies.
I know that I shouldn't, but I just feel a little embittered towards some of the fandom.
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TristanAlexander
I understand the feelings but please don't let your self loathing get the better of you. Idiots who use your art without permission are the ones in the wrong NOT you! People seem to think art (especially art online) is free for anyone to use....We all have to fight that or we are all screwed! Take a deep breath, go break something that isn't important to you (or anyone) and don't let the idiots get the better of you!