[BITES YOU]šØš·šThought I should also post the longer explanation on why I include the "Please donāt comment things like āI miss themā, āFuck Mappaā, etc" disclaimer in all my YOI art:
Some of yāall probably find it annoying and I donāt like doing it myself, but I felt it was necessary after getting a decent number of similar comments (mostly in Tumblr tags but it also happened during my short stay on Bluesky) and I think I should explain why a lot of us arenāt very happy with those kinds of comments.
I know itās disappointing not to get a movie, a sequel or any kind of canon expansion of a work of fiction that makes us so happy and means so much to us. But someone elseās art/fanfic/etc is not the place to vent your sadness and/or your anger at an animation studio, especially if you donāt know if that person is okay with such comments.
It seems fandoms have become very consumerist nowadays, people devour a series as soon as it comes out, maybe engage with it for a short while and then move on as soon as thereās no more canon content to consume and consider it ādeadā and talk about it as if it was lost media or something. The most common comment I get on my YOI art is āI miss them ):ā, and I know itās not your intention, but when you comment such things on someone elseās fan creation, youāre sending them the message that what they do doesnāt matter. Iāve even had one comment that was āI miss this fandomā. A comment about missing the fandom, on a piece of fanart made by a fan that belongs to the fandom, and is making fanart out of love for the series and sharing it with other fans that also belong to the fandom. Insert āQuit telling everyone Iām dead!ā meme. Also all stories officially come to an end at some point, that doesnāt mean theyāre gone, you can rewatch/reread them as many times as you want, the characters are still there.
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Nathaniel Daught
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