I'm sorry, but I needed to address this... It's been on my mind for a bit... I kept thinking about Recolors and Bullies. And well, it's definitely annoying. What they are doing is wrong and needs to be addressed. But in some cases, I feel as if it is being addressed in the wrong way, and is taken to far. Earlier today, I was looking at some projects when I stumbled on an impersonator. They did leave, but I scrolled down and read some comments. And to say the least, well, I'm disappointed. I'm NOT saying I agree with impersonation/recoloring/bullying, I still dislike those options as much as others. It's hurtful, and it's hurting people that I care about. But, I was reading comments and they were hurtful. I also stumbled upon @-Tachii- 's comment. And it addressed what I've been thinking for a while now. It talked about how saying mean things like "Your a horrible person" or "You Faker! >:(" could have a hurtful intent. (It didn't say those things exactly, just giving examples) I've also seen people who have been Death Threatened. Most of us who are against the things are against Death Threats too Right??? Well, It's not fair for people to be sympathetic to one person, and give threats to someone who might be a child! Think of all the children who were recolors or did bad things, but didn't know it was bad! We've already seen scratchers that struggle with mental health, think about them. Think about someone who came onto scratch and recolored something cause they didn't know it was bad and had a butt-ton of hate thrown at them. Imagine how that child/person would be feeling. Imagine the state of their mental health. If we're being honest here, I a while ago (When I was young, about 6-8) use to be a tracer/recolorer. Now before you hate, at that time, I one, didn't have scratch, and two, didn't know the problems of tracing/recoloring. I didn't know it was bad ok! Please, I think I thought it was a way to show ideas based off of other things! I also forgot to credit, cause I didn't know much about credit in the first place! The reason why I'm doing this rant and vent is because I can imagine what it could be like to be a tracer. Now sure, some tracers, some recolorers could be not so nice people. We see people today that make amazing work, but aren't those we want to be around. But, some tracers/recolors could just misunderstood, or not know the error of their ways. Now before you hate on me for seeming to defend tracers/recolors, just pause. I’m not saying to stop telling people that tracing/recoloring is bad, it’s still a problem that needs to stop. I’m just saying that our methods need to change. And you could easily say i've never had experience with art stolen/recolored/traced (come to think of it, I have more of a problem of being remembered by anyone (Except friends) rather than being popular and having art theft type problems) but just don't. And it's not to say all scratchers say things like that. I've seen plenty of comments that are polite and calm, and address the issue in (what I think) a good way. I'm just saying the comments saying things about how horrible or how the person should die, or how people will kill recolors just need to stop. and you know what, this stuff is scary. This type of hate legit could scare people. Today, I was drawing Pheonix (OmbraTheFurry2's ocs) for a gift, and I kept referencing a project of hers. This was so I could draw a very accurate looking Pheonix. But, then I thought of those comments, and I got scared. I got scared that if I posted the meme/animation, I would get hate. It was because of those hurtful comments that made me scared. I was afraid to be accused, to be falsely reported, of stealing/tracing when I didn't. I promise I didn't. Alright, I'm done. Go ahead, I know some people will/could hate, some will (hopefully) understand, and some will ignore/never see this project. It's fine tho. I've been this way my whole life I feel. Barely noticed by anyone except by my friends. Which is fine. I shouldn't/don't need human attention/noticing. Afterall, what use is doing anything if its just for attention? But it's good to have some attention.. want some notice... right? I'm sorry- I needed to say this. I've been feeling mixed emotions. I'm fine tho, I'll always be tho, right? Just ya'know, vent and surrond yourself in work.. It makes everything ok... Right? Yeah- right.... I wish I could stop thinking about scratch always, for the better of me, I wish I could stop thinking of people. What they want, what they would see, what they think. But I have friends, friends that are awesome, friends that are trustworthy, caring, and so much more. The list goes on.. Friends that well- I don't deserve. I feel sometimes like a terrible mistake- I don't deserve the amazing people. I'm not that great... I just feel like a negative ungrateful, weird venting, person, who doesn't deserve the people around me... It's not made up not fake, It's real emotions..
I'm sorry again- please just uh... Understand? Not hate?
