Wow, people really don’t reblog on here anymore. I mean, the ratio of likes to reblogs has really changed a lot compared to even a year ago. (This is even on relevant, popular blog posts)
It used to be more even, people would ‘like’ and reblog it right after or put it in a queue. It seems like less and less people are seeing artist’s work and I couldn’t figure out why until I noticed the ‘like’s going up and the reblogs going down. I see more people stealing art and reposting it on Instagram than reblogging these days, and it’s kind of really bad for artists.
This kind of thing is costing a lot of us our livelihoods. Myself, and a ton of other disabled artists rely on reblogs to get commissions, merchandise sales, and Patreons.
Tumblr is a community (sometimes it’s a pornbot community but I mean) and we rely on those in the community to boost our stuff out to those who maybe don’t follow us but would be interested, or those who are looking for an artist to commission and haven’t seen us in the fandom tag yet, or those looking for that exact gift for someone and, hey, I make that.
If this is simply just a matter of the site dying and folks moving to another site, maybe let us know? Because I know that I’m not the only one struggling with this right now, and none of us seem to know what to do about it except keep posting and hope that people deem our art important enough to share on their blogs like they used to.
(Which is getting harder and harder to do when we’re feeling discouraged by the seemingly lack of interest, and, you know, our own personal problems.)
So, if you don’t want your artist’s to disappear or, you know, uh, lose their entire income, please remember reblog.
Reblog can save a life 💞
I cant watch more of marks stream cus i gotta go bed, cus its 1am :c
“But… I want to thank you… and.. I just… am used to that..”, Markus mumbled, obviously a little confused. Just saying thanks seemed like not enough, or at least it hadn’t been for anyone else he’s been with before.
“When would I ever else want to have sex?…”.
“You normally have sex because you want to show how much you love someone Markus. Not only for a Thank you” he said softly and stroked his cheek. “We can wait with that okay? Being here with you and being able to hold you is a thank you enough for me”
“But…”, Markus mumbled, trailing off. To show someone how much he loved them? No one had ever really loved him for who he was before. He was just a good toy for sex as far as he knew.
“Okay… but.. can you tell me when you want to too?”, he asked quietly.
“But… I want to thank you… and.. I just… am used to that..”, Markus mumbled, obviously a little confused. Just saying thanks seemed like not enough, or at least it hadn’t been for anyone else he’s been with before.
Markus happily kissed Daniel again, enjoying it a lot. Daniel didn’t force anything on him, and let him decide the pace. Markus just… didn’t have any good way to show Daniel how thankful he was in normal ways. He was used to doing what his abusive partners wanted from him.
So he ground against Daniel, holding tightly onto him.
Daniel froze at that soft action, and he went to grab Markus hips. He gently stopped him and looked at him. “Darling, you don’t have to do this if you’re not feeling comfortable yet okay? I’m not gonna force you to do anything” he said softly and cupped his cheek.
Markus was startled when Daniel stopped him, blinking at him. “I’m not… really uncomfortable with it.”, Markus mumbled. Daniel wouldn’t do anything against his will after all, he wasn’t going to force sex on him when he didn’t want to. But Markus was so used to different people just using him, that sex wasn’t intimate to him anymore. He never had loving sex before, really.
Markus happily kissed Daniel again, enjoying it a lot. Daniel didn’t force anything on him, and let him decide the pace. Markus just… didn’t have any good way to show Daniel how thankful he was in normal ways. He was used to doing what his abusive partners wanted from him.
So he ground against Daniel, holding tightly onto him.
Markus gasped softly when Daniel pulled him closer, blush deepening a little. Just the movement while straddling Daniel making him react a little. “Do you want to be my boyfriend?”, Markus asked quietly, wrapping his arms around Daniel’s neck.
Daniel blushed hard and smiled widely. “I’d love to Markus!” He said happily.
Markus smiled, real and happy. “Yay.”, he said softly, pressing another kiss to Daniel’s lips. He was really happy. Daniel was his boyfriend, and he was genuinely nice to him. And he was his soulmate.
Markus gasped softly when Daniel pulled him closer, blush deepening a little. Just the movement while straddling Daniel making him react a little. “Do you want to be my boyfriend?”, Markus asked quietly, wrapping his arms around Daniel’s neck.
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