[ SECRET POST #6075 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6075 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Fallen London]



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[Krazy Kat]



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[The Lost Tomb]



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[Transcript: I swear the hell, none of you people think writing is "real" art that takes "real" effort, not compared to the other kinds.]


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[Transcript: I bought a red immersion blender just so I could name it Tom Servo.]






















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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't mean to be rude, but to me the emphasis on time/skill/effort tends to feel a bit elitist. I think it can foster a really discouraging environment for new artists/writers/etc who aren't skilled yet and so end up producing stuff that's kind of bad - and despite probably having put in a lot of effort, art that's not very good is often interpreted as low effort or "not trying hard enough".

Above anon and yes, this is exactly the point I was trying to make. When you start imposing arbitrary requirements like "you must have this much skill/have spent this much blood, sweat, and tears honing your craft" before someone can call themselves a writer/artist, you're implicitly discouraging all of those people who DON'T have that level of skill yet or maybe can't put in that amount of time from even trying at all. It's gatekeeping and it's shitty.

If you've written a story/drawn a picture, you're a writer/artist and you can call yourself that regardless of your level of technical skill. And that's what's great! You did a thing and you can be proud of doing that thing even if it might not be the best thing out there.