Some reasons why I was inactive here:
I was busy with my job as a souvenir artist, and I really loved my job!! The coworkers were really sweet and supportive and I always wanted to make money by being an artist/painter. But the salary was wayyyy too little (literally 30$ per MONTH), so I quit it. It was fun while it lasted though!
I became more interested in other social media and apps (like TikTok, Pinterest, Taobao/Xianyu, Telegram, YouTube etc) than in Tumblr. I use Tumblr for proship content only (because let's be honest, if some content maker will see a ππ combo, they will instantly block me, so it's not really safe for me to interact with people I like here), so for fandoms and jsf stuff I use other social media, where nobody knows I'm a proship β that's just how people treat proships nowadays unfortunately
I was more focused on interacting with friends and acquaintances and on visiting some real live events rather than being on the internet all days long
Severe depression makes itself felt, and I ran out of ideas and motivation for blogging and art, not only in Tumblr but also in general. It's really tough for me, and I feel really bad for abandoning my Tumblr, but it's how your mental health affects almost every aspect of your life. But I hope I'll get better some day!!
And the main reason is... I got really tired of this ship discourse. Too many people, especially antis, fight each other, there is too much information, discourses and controversies, it's literally draining me as a person. I'm not planning on quitting proship community though, and even if I'm inactive in it, just know that I am still a proship and I stand by its ideas. It's just that I'm so tired of seeing people dehumanize, insult, threaten and groundlessly accuse proshippers in crimes like grooming and CSAing because of their fiction preferences so openly and unconscionably... I don't know. It's so unfair. I just hope one day people like this will realize that they do really wrong, and it will change for better
Perhaps it will be a bitter pill to swallow for most people but something needs to be said:
Sometimes I feel really bad for blocking my close friends on Tumblr since I don't want them to find out that I'm a procomshipper bc they simply will not accept it, but I understand blocking them is a necessary step if I don't want to lose friendship or damage our relations over "weird" ships. I wish I could be myself around them and not pretend to be a neutral/anti but let's be real, if they are triggered/disgusted by incestuous/abusive ships and if they don't want to become "problematic" in people's eyes by supporting or accepting a procom, they won't accept me as someone who enjoys those dynamics in fiction
I tried to open up to my best friend about liking age gap and incestuous ships with slight hints and they said that's creepy and that they condemn this stuff so yeah, opening up about it Is not an option
I lowkey feel like a Ladybug from Miraculous or Hannah Montana living a double life lol, that's a bit funny when you think about it actually
Anyways I'm still glad that Tumblr can be my little safe space for comship stuff where I can be as "problematic" as I can and I will be welcomed and accepted here by all of you. Thank you so much for your activities under my posts and for your support, I really appreciate it <3 You are the best
Okay but like should I open my ask box? Because I want to chat with you, reply to your requests, answer your questions if you have those and just have fun together, but I don't want to deal with antis' tremendous hate with their sui/sh baits and disgusting descriptions of me being tortured/killed/molested. I don't know what to do at this point πππ I mean I probably can take some of this hate but I'm not sure if I do a good thing by opening box so I need your opinion in the comments
Credits: cheucer on tt