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Unpopular Character Owning Opinion
9 months ago
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From what I’ve seen this is an unpopular opinion (especially on Toyhouse but also other places) but-
I really hate when character designers are like “don’t purchase if you’re going to let the design collect dust.”
I’m not a frequent artist, and I only buy comms as I can afford them.
But just because I own a character and am not uploading art or talking about them on my page, doesn’t mean it’s “collecting dust” or “not being used.”
I write things and imagine things about all my characters, and not all of it is going to be posted anywhere. Some of them, I just enjoy looking at and having because they make me happy.
If I’ve paid for a character, I should then be allowed to just OWN it. You got your character payment, I didn’t pay to enter a “I need to now constantly draw or post about this character” contract with you. I paid to own the character. In whatever way I wish to own it.
IDK man I just think maybe don’t police how other people enjoy their characters.
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This kind of policing ALSO includes “you can’t resell this character unless you add art.”
Absolutely the fuck not. If I paid $40 for this character, and I end up not wanting/not having space for them, I absolutely should be allowed to and WILL resell them for the price I paid. You no longer own it, you have no rights to how they’re sold.
It would be skeevy and wrong to sell them for MORE, but you as an ex-character owner cannot hold money hostage on my account because of some weird hangup you have.
I really hate when character designers are like “don’t purchase if you’re going to let the design collect dust.”
I’m not a frequent artist, and I only buy comms as I can afford them.
But just because I own a character and am not uploading art or talking about them on my page, doesn’t mean it’s “collecting dust” or “not being used.”
I write things and imagine things about all my characters, and not all of it is going to be posted anywhere. Some of them, I just enjoy looking at and having because they make me happy.
If I’ve paid for a character, I should then be allowed to just OWN it. You got your character payment, I didn’t pay to enter a “I need to now constantly draw or post about this character” contract with you. I paid to own the character. In whatever way I wish to own it.
IDK man I just think maybe don’t police how other people enjoy their characters.
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This kind of policing ALSO includes “you can’t resell this character unless you add art.”
Absolutely the fuck not. If I paid $40 for this character, and I end up not wanting/not having space for them, I absolutely should be allowed to and WILL resell them for the price I paid. You no longer own it, you have no rights to how they’re sold.
It would be skeevy and wrong to sell them for MORE, but you as an ex-character owner cannot hold money hostage on my account because of some weird hangup you have.
The adding art thing is so stupid too. That started picking up in 2015-2016 with the rise of emo dogs on DeviantArt. (A trend I vehemently hated for multiple reasons, even as a teenager.) People were buying designs for 400+$ and oh my god, it was insane. I saw one of the most unimaginative designs sold for close to a thousand dollars, ONLY because of the asinine amount of art it had. People try to make ocs and character design into something it shouldn't be- something with rules.