kind of feeling down because of the drama community a bit and i know that's ironic coming from someone reading AR but lol
just remembering how I was smeared around on DR a while back because I almost exclusively post in "favorite dragon above you" kind of threads
got called an attention whore, validation seeking, annoying, all kinds of shit

honestly though... is it really that wrong to get happiness from a pet sim by getting validation that the things ive worked for for nearly a decade are pretty? the mindset that i should be ashamed of that boggles me, but it definitely super hurt my feelings. i try to write at least a paragraph or two about the user above me and what i like about whatever the subject of the thread is so i can make someone else's day too, those threads are such a positive experience ime and it sucks that i get anxiety about posting to them now. i still do, but theres always that little nagging thought that im gonna get smeared again

thanks for reading, chums