12 April 2007 @ 10:58 pm
Oh, deviantART.  
I would post this on deviantART, since that's where it actually belongs, but I'm a bit afraid it would create drama. So, I vent here instead. And I won't give specifics, just because.

I'd been watching a particular artist for a bit, because they had some ridiculously cute fanart. They weren't mind-blowing, but still quite good, and a thankfully unique style from most KH art out there. So, I friended them on dA.

And then, just today, I noticed one of the dA clubs they listed was a club that I absolutely despise. Like, goes beyond just normal fandom irritation that I can shake off, because hey, fandom is fandom. This club pisses me off with its unbelievable stupidity so badly that it literally speeds up my heart rate; gets me in fight or flight mode. A stupid thing to get so worked up over? Definitely. But it just gets under my skin in a way I can't even describe. So I defriended her on dA, and it's only the second time I've done a defriending. Even though her art is cute, I just can't appreciate it anymore even just knowing she runs in that particular circle.

But now I feel kind of petty for defriending someone over a particular club icon posted in their journal. I mean, that's their own business. Why does knowing that a particular artist associates with that suddenly immediately turn me off of their artwork? Shouldn't their artwork be separate from themselves? I really don't know what to think about myself for that. Has this sort of thing happened to anyone else? You really liked some particular art (or writing) by a creator until you found out they had a particular hobby/belief/passing interest?

Because this isn't a fun feeling. D:

P.S. I saw "Meet the Robinsons" today, and that was much more of a fun feeling. Will probably babble about it later.

Drawing: Toned the next LG page, worked on some commishes, and now the cast pic.

Writing: Same old!
 
 
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[identity profile] ketsi-aiita-n.livejournal.com on April 13th, 2007 07:53 am (UTC)
Its happened to me before. It makes me feel bad, then I'm like "heh, other people will like you." and i don't care any more.
My heart is ice. -____-

Good film then?
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[identity profile] princealia.livejournal.com on April 13th, 2007 02:02 pm (UTC)
I try to keep the two seperate, but sometimes those outside hobbies/interests come in to play IN their work itself, so you can't help but wonder if the two are related. I probably wouldn't have defriended her, but just kept her around to watch her (CAUSE I'M A TERRIBLE PERSON).

But still, I can see why you did, though. You have the right to not be associated with people like that if their hobbies bothers you that much. If I found out one of my friends was in a KKK group, I'd prooooooobably defriend them XD
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[identity profile] satans-ragdoll.livejournal.com on April 14th, 2007 01:09 pm (UTC)
I agree with princeali_m_fan. I try to keep the two separate too, but if it really bothers you then I think its okay to do what you did. Maybe in the future it won't bother you so much and you can befriend them again.

Also Meet the Robinsons was awesome! I saw it in 3D I felt like a little kid again!
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[identity profile] sbcpanuru.livejournal.com on April 14th, 2007 08:44 pm (UTC)
It kind of depends on what you're looking to get out of DeviantArt. I will recommend research papers by people I know to be racist, misogynstic, and/or criminally violent assholes without giving it a second thought, but I won't do that for World of Warcraft PVP videos by made by griefers. The difference for me is that when all I care about is the quality of the work, the person behind it is irrelevant--for instance, Ted Kaczynski did some good, solid ring theoretical research before he went bonkers and started bombing universities and the like. It's still good research, and worth reading. But for areas where I'm trying to be social and explore what matters to me in terms of building community and developing the principles that shape who I am, I have to be a little more selective. I think of WoW as a simplified model of society, which means when people behave in ways that I understand to be antithetical to civil life, I can't justify giving them a bigger audience.
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