the dragon!

hey drgn how are you liking helluva boss season 3

I check my stats on FA from time to time and it really does feel like what I upload tops out at about 300-400 views maximum no matter what I do. Not sure if it's because I do niche content, or if it's a symptom of furry sites cratering in entanglement overall, but it sure is discouraging...

Am I gonna stop posting to FA over this? Well, no, I already committed. But even if I'm not doing this for fame or money it's hard to muster up enthusiasm when it feels like what I post isn't noticed on there.

I check my stats on FA from time to time and it really does feel like what I upload tops out at about 300-400 views maximum no matter what I do. Not sure if it's because I do niche content, or if it's a symptom of furry sites cratering in entanglement overall, but it sure is discouraging...

Think it's also a complete lack of media literacy. Out of all of HB so far this is actually the one time they really clearly set up the reasons for the miscommunication beforehand so it's super easy to understand! Stolas isn't blameless but Blitz is getting ahead of himself with his own expectations

someone on the subreddit said it was almost like the ross and Rachel "we were on a break" moment from friends and I'm not familiar with the show but it seems like a reasonable comparison to me (and I wouldn't be surprised if viv was familiar enough with it to use it as inspiration).

Think it's also a complete lack of media literacy. Out of all of HB so far this is actually the one time they really clearly set up the reasons for the miscommunication beforehand so it's super easy to understand! Stolas isn't blameless but Blitz is getting ahead of himself with his own expectations

it's fascinating how I completely avoided having any art stolen just by not posting to FA for nearly a decade, and yet two months after uploading a particular picture on there I saw someone posting a picture that was referencing it nearly 1:1... except with one important part being much smaller. :/

on two occasions in the past I have asked an artist to re-use a pose they did for someone else in one of my own commissions because I really liked it. I think that sort of thing is fair. it's also fair to give someone an unrelated picture and say, "do a pose like this please"

it's fascinating how I completely avoided having any art stolen just by not posting to FA for nearly a decade, and yet two months after uploading a particular picture on there I saw someone posting a picture that was referencing it nearly 1:1... except with one important part being much smaller. :/

It wasn't tracing, I think - well, except for the boobs and belly, perhaps, but the rest of it was at least changed up enough that it wasn't obvious tracing. The pose and everything else were exactly similar, though, and the boobs and belly *were* pretty much a direct copy.

There is one discord server I'm in and I don't know what it is about it in particular but it's the source of 95% of my discord block/ignore list. Seriously. Just added another name to it because two dipshit hot takes about gaming are too many, and I'm thinking of adding one more!