[ SECRET POST #2651 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2651 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

And what about the laptops needed to write fanfic?

When I did fanart, I didn't have my own computer. I scanned it using the computers at my school. I wrote the whole of my Master's dissertation on school computers. It can be done.

When it came to fanfic, I finally had to buy my own laptop. The amount of time it takes to write fic means there's no other way.

I hate this assumption that everyone already has a computer, that nobody buys a laptop specifically to write fanfic.

Not to mention that laptops wear out quickly. I've gone through three already, and the majority of the use they get is writing fanfic. That's way more cost than all the art materials I ever used.

I use free word processing though. Microsoft Word? I can't afford that! I use freebie software. Wish I had Word.

[(Anonymous)]

Not to mention that laptops wear out quickly.

yeah no that sounds like a problem on your end, not the laptops. my sister and i both got our laptops at the same time six years ago and both of ours are still in perfect working condition despite constant use. she's a digital artist, i make amvs, so we're both putting some serious strain on them.

[(Anonymous)]

Cheap laptops usually don't last as long.

[(Anonymous)]

they do if you take care of them. i paid $400 for that laptop, and like i said, it still runs like a charm.

[(Anonymous)]

SA

I've been through 3 laptops in 12 years. Given that they were cheap laptops and the technology was not so good 12 years ago, I'm doing about the same as you with 1 laptop in 6 years.

There comes a point where it's not worth the repair costs if there are multiple issues. That's all.

I'm so happy for you that you feel the need to judge my laptop use, with insufficient information, and even though I kept one laptop going 8 years which is more than you have done. How nice for you.

[(Anonymous)]

Were you selling that art? Was it professional (or fan-professional) quality?

Paper (bristol/watercolor)
Pens (expensive) and/or
Brush (more expensive)
Ink
Editing Program and/or
-markers
-paint
-colored pencils
PLUS computer


Hell, why did you need a laptop for your fic? If you wrote a dissertation on school computers, why did you need a laptop for the hobby? What's wrong with a paper and pen, right? Or the school computer again.


Eh, the materials argument is a stupid one anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

Because my dissertation took roughly 200 hours to type (with another 400 hours or so on research that didn't need a computer). I could book that time easily over a period of months.

I've spent tens of thousands of hours so far writing fanfic. That amount of time is impossible to book on a school computer, and rightly so.

Yes, I could write fic with paper and pen, and I do. But I'd have to re-type the fics to get them online anyway. So it's rather pointless.

[(Anonymous)]

SA

I didn't sell my fanart. It was for fun.

I sold my original art often. It was a necessary income stream during college. I mostly used acrylics on canvas, but I also made jewellery, pottery, clay sculpture portraits - anything that sold.

I didn't use a computer to make any of my art. I tried it a few times and went back to traditional media. So your 'PLUS computer' tag at the end of your art materials list is entirely unnecessary.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I'm sorry, PLUS computer apparently renders the cost of the materials, canvas, paints, clay, jewelry, yarn, etc of a craft or original work moot, I guess.

You still need a computer to participate in the art world ninety percent of the time. You build a customer base, you make an etsy shop, you post pictures of your work, you apply for space at shows, etc etc etc.

I don't know why you're being such a martyr about having to buy you laptop for fanfic. It kind of makes me raise an eyebrow because that's an awful lot of money to drop just for a hobby if it's such a big deal to you. Especially because, hell, you don't need a computer to write. You can write in a notebook. You only need one if you want to...oh, yeah, participate in the online world.

[(Anonymous)]

Dude, she's just saying that for her writing fanfic was a more expensive hobby than creating art, because she could access computers for free to cover all her art needs, but the free availability of computers couldn't cover her writing needs.

You can't argue with someone else that no really they totally spent more money on one thing than the other! It's they're goddamn money, they spent it, they know better than you how it was allotted.