I'm not naming names because i don't want any vigilantes trying to fight my battles for me. They tend to screw everything up. Also for that reason I'm gonna be a little vague on the details because if I'm any more specific you'll probably be able to identify the person involved. Please don't feel like you're helping if you step in. You're not. You're really not. Normal people tend to step their foot in it. I'm much better at handling situations like these. Leave it to me. I'm experienced.

So, on my travels around FA i've been commenting on pictures i like and, once or twice when searching a certain interest of mine, I'll find something I'm impressed by or mildly interested in but it's not quite my thing so, rather than saying "i like it" or words to that effect, i'll say something like a comment on the context of the image like "oh that's a weird thing to draw. i'm intrigued." or i might have something to say but it's more indirect like "oh yes, that's good for the skin". you know, something somewhat comical or informative that starts a conversation without having to directly focus on the subject matter at hand, because it might be about something i know little about or just something that doesn't in particular interest me.

This is kind of how this lead to a recent event. In my opinion i think i've been misread but either way i think the person involved had quite an extreme reaction to the situation. and you'll see what i mean.

First of all a few days ago I came across an artist that draws a lot of the certain genre i like but their art also involves a lot of something that's fairly alien to me so i don't make a habit of following them around. It just so happened i came across a picture by them where someone was attempting to make the second character in the scene gain weight with the accidental result of acquiring extra people instead as the punchline.

Weight gain's really not my thing but the rest of the image was in context of a genre i like so i said something along the lines of "well i guess you could say they did gain a little weight, right?", which i felt was playing along with the joke and an ample comment to make given the circumstances. The response i got was something like "yes, but they didn't". I thought to myself "that's a little stern. i was just playing along with the joke they themselves made. seems a little out of place that response.". but i shrugged it off and thought "maybe they're in a bad mood or something. i'm not going to get into that.".

Fast forward a few days to today and again by chance i came across a picture by the same artist as before. Now this was a while after my other comment and i'd looked at many pieces of art in between and since i'd shrugged off the events from before i didn't even recognize the fact that i'd come across the same artist again. In fact i only knew about the previous comment i'd said because following what was about to happen i thought of looking up if i'd had any previous encounters with this person and maybe said something i shouldn't just in case i'd accidentally poured fuel on the fire.

So again the picture was of the genre i like but this time it was about something else i'm not interested in, this time it was a set of emoticons pretty much tailored to that thing i had no interest in. i made a comment saying "it's a pity you can't use these in normal conversation." to which they responded "if you can't say anything nice then you shouldn't say anything at all." and completely blocked me there and then from posting comments on any of their artwork ever again.

Now you can see how what i said there might be read 2 ways. What i meant was that i liked the pictures but unfortunately i cannot use them. What they interpreted it as was "i don't like this kind of content. you should draw something else that other people would like better". If i was given the chance i would have explained myself but now i can't do anything about it and anyone who reads the post is going to get their interpretation of what i said from reading the comment, especially as i didn't respond to clarify what i meant because now i'm obviously unable to.

So I'm not mad or upset about it. i don't blame them in any way. I just kinda wish i'd been given the chance to defend myself. It's not a particularly wow worthy event but it's something i just wanted to mention for 2 reasons. 1, to get it off my chest and 2, as some sort of record in case this becomes anything and i need to explain what happened.

sympathies appreciated. thanks.