You're Not Alone, Look At My Shadow I'm Behind You Like A Ghost

Oh sorry, just thinking about how jayce and viktor canonically love each other’s eyes

(viktor being the one addressing jayce in “the line” and thinking his eyes are pretty)

(viktors eyes being more illuminated in jayces memory than in actuality)

do you think his heart broke a little when he saw Viktor like that?

I don't want to keep clogging my blog with vent posts but uh... I guess this is a more general concern/observation

But it's getting real hard to stay motivated in fandom spaces when there's little compensation, and annoying occurrences are more frequent than good ones.

Mainly there's been less engagement/people showing interest in creators and their art (such as sending asks, making comments and reblogging with tags) and MORE parasocial interactions. This goes for both artists and writers.

Over this year I've noticed a vast disinterest within my public in general. Asks about ocs, my art, or just nice simple comments of ''I love your art'' has been getting more and more scarce. My follower number is bigger than 2-3 years ago sure and I get more likes on my posts but they are feeling more like just numbers and statistics than actual people who supposedly like my stuff.

And while people being parasocial with creators has always been a thing, I feel like it's gotten way worse... in general? People sending personal pictures out of the blue in hopes of being validated, unwanted psychological advice or assumptions about the creator without any established connection first ( <- these happened to me in the same week.) ventdump, just insensitive/lacking of common sense comments in general, unreasonable demands (mostly with writers)... I wondered at first if it was just me, but a handful of mutuals/acquaintances who are artists and writers seems to be going through it as well.

It's annoying. It's tough. It's getting exhausting. Creators pour so much of themselves into their work—countless hours, effort, and passion, all to share something meaningful or entertaining with others (and for FREE) The LEAST anyone can do is show respect, even if opinions differ. When a writer posts a fanfic, don't just say ''omg post next chapter!'', when an artist posts a drawing of their favorite character, don't just say ''omg draw (character) next!'' as if they're faceless content machines that are expected to churn out more '''content''' for you without acknowledgment, encouragement, or appreciation.

''I want to support creators but I don't know what to say and I feel intimidated by their talent so I just lurk silently :((('' I swear to you, no creator (at least not the majority) is making up an intimidating persona to discourage you from interacting with them. They WANT your comments. A single ''I love your art/writing/videos'' or even something as silly as ''I want to eat your art'' is enough to keep a creator sighing dreamily for WEEKS. It doesn't have to be deep! It's heartfelt and that's what it matters!! (Just remember to keep it relevant and thoughtful... It takes just a bit of common sense NOT to comment things like ''this looks like (another character)'' or ''this but with (another unrelated ship/character/show)''. No one wants to hear comparisons or unrelated ideas when they’ve poured their soul into something.)

In fact, the ''I like your art but I think you're intimidating'' feels more hurtful than flattering. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong, acting wrong. 💀

If you love that fanfic that changed your brain psyche forever and want to gush about it, go tell the writer. If you loved so much a piece of art that you saved it a million times in your phone and can't stop thinking about it, go tell the artist. Push away the ''they probably won't care about my comment/it won't make a difference'' thoughts. DO IT NOW. You won't know when they might go inactive forever or deactivate. You can't know if that is the last piece they will ever post. Make sure you show appreciation to creators NOW, while they are still here. While they're still not being replaced by AI.

These two scenes kill me. Jayce’s angle being an aerial shot, showing him from above because he has higher places to be. The ground is so far, he’s not meant to be down there

Viktor angle being from below, where he has felt his whole life. The top is so far out of reach, he has nowhere to go but down.

Jayce being in the dark, where he knows there will be a while before anyone can stop him. Viktor in the light, he truly does not want to die, but he doesn’t believe anyone will come and stop him, he doesn’t care that it’s in the day.

Yet still, Jayce has his eyes closed, not ready to look down, but ready to accept death because he doesn’t feel like he has anywhere higher to go, he’s ready to fall.

Viktor looks down, accepts where he is going to end up, but is devastated there are no more options, he simply does not have time.

For someone as close to death as Viktor is, Jayce is quicker to accept it when it’s there in front of him.

arcane sketches from my doodle bsky (sol-dump)

gotta catch 'em all 🚗

I'M READY

i hc that jayce got his brow scar bc of a bad fall. his mom gifted him a dark blue blanket (the 1 he gave viktor) after their hike thru the blizzard so jayce could pretend he had a cape and look like the mage, and jayce tripped on it while running to show her how cool he looked and hit his head on the corner of a table. he had to get stitches and everybody at school thought it was a cool fight scar. no he’s just a nerd who tripped on his blanket because he wanted to be a mage. my blorbo

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