my pet peeve is when being gay or bi or trans isn't treated as like... a normal morally neutral human trait a character can have? like, yes, that character is different from a straight cis person by definition, like them having any other trait or feature would make them different than them...
I really don't understand why people have a problem with "defending hostility" but are writing entire paragraphs defending and excusing stealing art, even going so far as to blame the artist?
Just because some accounts, or even most accounts in a certain subgroup, allow their art to be used in this way doesn’t mean that all do, and how would you know whether that applies to the art piece you found without finding the artist first? I agree that it's better to ask nicely and educate...
Stealing art isn't just claiming you made it, it's posting it without credit/permission, it doesn't matter if you didn't "mean" to steal it. I understand that a lot of art is posted without credit, but that does not make it harmless or okay to participate in. I agree with you that it would be...
I think a thing to mention here is as rp is a different medium than like, literature. Having bigoted npcs or characters in a story is one thing, but the main character one rps as is going to be sympathized with just bc that's how the medium works in most case, which is part of why people are...