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Goodbye, art pile.
10 years ago
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Okay... It started last night when my mom thought the
arch in her left foot had given way.
It turned out it was a case of gout.
It was after mom came home and she was resting
when my brother went to my room and started in with
questions about my room, accusing me living like a
homeless man in his mom's apartment.
He then started raising Cain about the EVERYTHING.
And it wasn't just about my room, too. He said I was a hoarder.
Then it got WORSE.
He saw some of the art work I did for here and other
places, and when ballistic, telling me that if I kept
drawing this, I would be facing the same kind of shit
that I was facing charges of those who possessed child porn.
I remember what happened to the artist of Black Tapestries
and the hell he caught in Florida.
So I was forced to throw out EVERY art picture, cartoon, and
comic that I did, along with a few other things.
And if that wasn't enough, he started in on my having almost
a dozen flash drives.
Every answer I tried to give, was met as much contempt as it
was inexcusable in his opinion.
I was lucky he didn't get the chance to go through my computer.
Now not only I have to start anew, but I have nothing to
look back on.
Though it felt goon to be rid of some things, I miss the art
work I had been prepping for my comic.
arch in her left foot had given way.
It turned out it was a case of gout.
It was after mom came home and she was resting
when my brother went to my room and started in with
questions about my room, accusing me living like a
homeless man in his mom's apartment.
He then started raising Cain about the EVERYTHING.
And it wasn't just about my room, too. He said I was a hoarder.
Then it got WORSE.
He saw some of the art work I did for here and other
places, and when ballistic, telling me that if I kept
drawing this, I would be facing the same kind of shit
that I was facing charges of those who possessed child porn.
I remember what happened to the artist of Black Tapestries
and the hell he caught in Florida.
So I was forced to throw out EVERY art picture, cartoon, and
comic that I did, along with a few other things.
And if that wasn't enough, he started in on my having almost
a dozen flash drives.
Every answer I tried to give, was met as much contempt as it
was inexcusable in his opinion.
I was lucky he didn't get the chance to go through my computer.
Now not only I have to start anew, but I have nothing to
look back on.
Though it felt goon to be rid of some things, I miss the art
work I had been prepping for my comic.
If you can, I highly recommend trying to figure out a way to move out of that area. It sounds like the living situation is pretty toxic, and in these kinds of instances, the only real course of action is to leave and live somewhere else.
In any case though, I hope things get better for you soon and that you have a Happy Holiday this season.
You really, really need to find somewhere where you can have your own stuff without people being assholes like this to you.
Anyways Happy Holidays.
Aww, you're so sweet and kind, being all restrained like that.
Here's to cheer and happiness and hopefully not needing to get the police involved like my response undoubtedly would.
You, however, are stronger.
The next time he insists you throw something out, tell him to pay you for it and he can throw it out himself.
from what I've seen of your artwork, there is no way that it could even be construed as porn!. Also, just because someone doesn't like something doesn't mean that they are the authority of such things. If it were me, I'd have told him to go mind his own business! Be strong and be yourself.
It's not anyone's business what you have on your personal computer, flash drives or any other kind of storage devices. So long as you are not committing any kind of crime, what's yours is strictly your own business! Stand firm hon!
to tell me if I want to look at porn, buy a dirty magazine...
... SERIOUSLY?!
I will say that were I you I'd try to get out of that environment and where you can have your privacy to do as you please without worrying aabout your brother or anyone else.
No knives, and no firearms, but other makeshift weapons are advisable to keep handy (albeit concealed) WHEN you tell him off, DEMAND an apology in front of EVERYONE involved, promise to mind his own business, AND reimburse you for any losses, INCLUDING market value of all art he is responsible for the destruction of.
Been there, done that, do NOT allow him to make you into a victim.
Also if you can afford it get a portable hard drive.