No more llama drama...
So, here I am, again. But this is the last time, I promise.
No, I'm not quitting devaintArt. But I am quitting the drama. I should have known better. I do know better. But I let things get out of hand. Sorry for that. People don't visit my crazy corner of the internet for anger and cynicism. I should have remembered that. Not because it's bad for my reputation as a wacky but harmless weirdo, but because I didn't like who I was becoming. That kind of anger is toxic, and it was killing my creativity. Which is something that I cannot abide.
So, I'm letting it go. Deviantart is going to do what it is going to do. It's a business and it was naive of me to believe that they would care about anything other than their bottom line. That's just how the way the world works. I'm not advocating surrender. People should fight for what they believe in, but my impotent rage isn't going to help anyone, myself included. So I'm going to leave this battle to those who have constitution to fight and the power to change things.
And I'll just go back to doing my own thing. Making absurd drawings and telling silly stories for people to laugh at. Even if things completely fall apart, I at least will feel like myself when when and if it does.
So, sorry for all the drama, and early best wishes for the upcoming holiday season.
J
Fav Replies Experimental Change
*** Update: Small wrinkle in the plan. After realizing that posting the fav reply story in the comment section relied on how people sorted the comments (newest or oldest) there was a good chance that my first comment would appear at the bottom of the page. Not ideal. So I have removed the comment and posted the reply in the description section at the bottom. Let's see how that goes. 
Anyone who has ever added my work to their favorites will know, I like to post absurd anecdotal stories in my favorite replies. I enjoy writing them and I also really enjoy the fun little interactions I get from people who read them.
I don't want to lose that.
However, it is gradually getting to a point where replying to such a large number of people on a daily basis is impractical. There is also the infrequent instance where people who receive these replies become annoyed with the large number of long posts clogging up their profile page. True, this isn't often, but even so, I can understand their position. I'll even admit that I feel a bit guilty about posting these replies on those people's profiles that favorite a large volume of my work (for whatever reason and it is very much appreciated).
The problem then becomes, how can I share these messages with people without needing to reply directly to a large amount of people? The best solution I can come up with, at least for now, is something akin to a preemptive "thank you" message. And this is what I will be attempting to do, at least as a test, to see how it works.
Instead of sending out these individually delivered "thank you" messages to those people who favorite my work, I will post the message as the first comment on the specific deviation. I realize that this approach isn't ideal, since the chances of people seeing it is based on whether they view the deviation on its specific page, which isn't necessary in order to favorite it. And even assuming they do view the deviation page, they will still need to scroll down enough to see the first comment message. To put it bluntly, this might be asking too much.
On the positive side, these absurd little stories will no longer exclusively be available to those people who favorite, and can be enjoyed (hopefully) but anyone who views the page. And the advantage of a comment over a description addendum, is that people can directly reply to it. Since many people have taken the time to do so in the past, I felt as if this was a worthwhile option.
But having said all this, I don't really know if this is going to be a viable solution. I have toyed with the possibility of adding the message directly to the deviation description, but again, there is a chance that some people might just skip over it. So for now, I'm going to try this approach and see how it goes.
I intend to implement this experiment with this new deviation. If the experiment is successful, I might try to back date the favorite replies to past deviations, since many of them still get favorites added to them periodically. Maybe using a featured comment, or if need be, added to the description. But for the time being, I will continue replying to favorites using the old method of direct replies for older pieces and for future ones I will try the new approach.
So that's it. I just thought I'd give a bit of an explanation as to the changes I will be making and hopefully provide some insight into my reasoning. I would really appreciate any feedback anyone has regarding this change, based on your opinions and later, hopefully, your experiences. As I've already said, it might not be the most ideal, but as it stands, I need to look for some alternatives if I'm going to have enough time to make content for everyone to enjoy and still have some hope of interacting with everyone.
Thank you for taking the time to read this as well as your support. 
TLDR - Making some changes to my favorite reply policy. Instead of sending individual absurd anecdotes to people, the reply with be posted as a preemptive "thank you" in the comments section of deviation. Would like to hear feedback on this change.
Support a Fellow Creator
1. There is no 'F' in the word sabbatical. Especially not a silent one. Even though there totally should be. As you can see I am still very disappointed.
2. My attempt at starting a new hipster trend of hot rolling whiskers was, I'm sad to report, a complete failure. The hair has been burnt and all evidence of the experiment has been destroyed. Also, thanks to a needlessly complex NDA I cannot discuss the details without suffering heinous legal repercussions.
3. My local clowder of cats aren't as fashionably progressive as they think they are. Personally, I don't know why they're complaining, their whiskers will straighten out eventually. The dogs never seemed to mind.
4. That the legal system is willing to accept a class action law suit filed by cats as long as they can cite applicable precedent. Long story short, of course they could. Everyone has heard of Gregson vs. Sgt. Mittens. I should have seen that coming...
5. Oh, and I also learned how to have fun drawing again. No biggie.
Personally, if I had to chose, I'd have to say that number 4 was the real life lesson here. My career in the fashion industry is finished all thanks to some overly litigious felines...
The price of Karma, I suppose...
I normally never do these things. Every time I see them I get PTST flashbacks to those chain-letters from high school, but since I've been "indisposed" for so long, I figured I owed you people something mildly entertaining, and if it means I have to suffer through it, I consider it part of my Karmic debt for sodding off. So here it is,
1. If you could be any comic character, superhero, villain, side kick or miscellaneous what/who would it be?
- I would totally be the miscellaneous one. In fact they would call me Miscellaneous Man, and reporters everywhere would break into tears at mere mention of my mediocre deeds, mainly because my name would be so hard to spell.
2. Favorite Color
- Wenge. The color itself doesn't do much for me, in fact I doubt it does much for anyone, and if they tell it does, they're lying. But with a name like Wenge, how could it not be my favorite.
3. How long have you been interested in creating art (not DA account, but in general)
- Art was never going to be my thing. I liked to draw as a kid, and there was some talent, I suppose, but I always enjoyed writing more (who would have guessed that?). But in the past eight years or so, I made a shift back to drawing, and while the journey so far has been somewhat of a torturous rorschach test, I wouldn't have become the crazed weirdo I am today.
4. Last thing I googled?
- How to spell "rorschach"
5. Favorite Time of Day
- 11 Milliseconds past, 4:37:32 PM
6. Favorite Season(ing)
- I'm quite partial to salt, actually, but I've been known to enjoy the occasional partaking of pepper
7. Age when you first kissed someone
- I'm not really sure, my memory is a little spotty (there's stripes too). I remember some lips and then a hand and then waking up in a hospital 3 years later.
8. Age when you had your first heart break
- I don't understand this obsession with age, suffice to say that it happened and that my cardiologist has assured me that the new one should be good for at least 100,000 miles.
9. If you could live anywhere in time and space where would it be (doesn't have to be real)
- I would live in the time between 4:37:32.1005 PM and 4:37:32.11 PM.
10. Favorite drink
- I don't really have a favorite drink, I mainly drink water. But when I'm not drinking water, I only ever drink CRUSHED!(tm), a bittersweet, infinitely satisfying beverage made from the tears of your enemies, collected by rehabilitated ex-junkie tooth fairies and then brewed for 3 non consecutive full moons until it naturally turns a vibrant wenge color. "CRUSHED!(tm), when winning isn't satisfying enough!"
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By all means, don't feel obliged to do this, but for those that are interested...