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The Phrase "Your Character Here" And What I Have Learned
12 years ago
Regular followers of this account will know that yesterday I uploaded the following piece of art: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11877374/
In the description of that picture I included a ludicrous set of demands such as that payments be made in a currency known as "brightly coloured shells" and that the 'auction' ends on November 31st.
Now for the most part, people have gotten the joke and certainly on FurAffinity it appears that everyone has gotten the joke, but across other websites to which I've uploaded the same piece with the same description, the amount of people who seem to think it's serious has pulled the overall ratio up to worryingly close to 50%
I'm not yet sure if this points to a disturbing lack of a sense of irony in half the furry population, or if it points to a deeper problem- That it's impossible to not take the phrase "Your Character Here" seriously because, well, everything is for sale.
I can certainly make a case for the latter, having seen for myself the practice of drawing a character in several teasing and sexy poses, but never showing nudity. After building a fanbase of drooling fanboys for said character, you then sell it's "virginity" as if dots and lines can have a virginity to begin with, but it is much more satisfying to call you a pimp and turn this character that you allegedly care so much for (And there is always a backstory to how much the artist cares for the character, but really totally need the money right now) into nothing more than a common prostitute selling their services on the corner of Foster and Mitchell Street, just up the road from Luna Park.
I hope that if you're reading this, and you've sold off a characters 'virginity', that you feel suitably embarrassed now that I've alluded to you being a sex trafficker, because you absolutely should feel ashamed for partaking in such unethical practices.
But all in all, I really can't decide what would make people believe that posting an obviously finished picture, and never actually mentioning what they're bidding on, would be an actual auction, some even going as far as to tell me that my art isn't ready for such prices yet, and that I should work at it some more before doing such a thing.
In the description of that picture I included a ludicrous set of demands such as that payments be made in a currency known as "brightly coloured shells" and that the 'auction' ends on November 31st.
Now for the most part, people have gotten the joke and certainly on FurAffinity it appears that everyone has gotten the joke, but across other websites to which I've uploaded the same piece with the same description, the amount of people who seem to think it's serious has pulled the overall ratio up to worryingly close to 50%
I'm not yet sure if this points to a disturbing lack of a sense of irony in half the furry population, or if it points to a deeper problem- That it's impossible to not take the phrase "Your Character Here" seriously because, well, everything is for sale.
I can certainly make a case for the latter, having seen for myself the practice of drawing a character in several teasing and sexy poses, but never showing nudity. After building a fanbase of drooling fanboys for said character, you then sell it's "virginity" as if dots and lines can have a virginity to begin with, but it is much more satisfying to call you a pimp and turn this character that you allegedly care so much for (And there is always a backstory to how much the artist cares for the character, but really totally need the money right now) into nothing more than a common prostitute selling their services on the corner of Foster and Mitchell Street, just up the road from Luna Park.
I hope that if you're reading this, and you've sold off a characters 'virginity', that you feel suitably embarrassed now that I've alluded to you being a sex trafficker, because you absolutely should feel ashamed for partaking in such unethical practices.
But all in all, I really can't decide what would make people believe that posting an obviously finished picture, and never actually mentioning what they're bidding on, would be an actual auction, some even going as far as to tell me that my art isn't ready for such prices yet, and that I should work at it some more before doing such a thing.
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