[19:23] Empress Decadence: Wow, I sure would love it if every other day my fucking FA feed didn't have Drangonzic's Latest Image in it.
[19:30] The Sparkle Nexus: Hrm? Why?
[19:30] The Rarest Mare: It's her archnemesis
[19:31] Empress Decadence: One of many.
[19:31] Empress Decadence: Their art is incredibly samey and annoying, and they're not exactly the sharpest polearm in the barracks either.
[19:31] Empress Decadence: They're like Blackie but worse.
[19:32] Jenn Sutherland: Who is Drangonzic
[19:32] The Rarest Mare: okay
[19:32] The Rarest Mare: hold the fuck up
[19:32] Snapjaw Croc: I thought this room would like any hyper art :P
[19:32] Empress Decadence: At least Blackie gets different art of their character looking different
[19:32] The Rarest Mare: BLACKLIGHT IS BLACKLIGHT
[19:32] The Rarest Mare: BLACKLIGHT IS A HORRIBLY PERSON
[19:32] Jenn Sutherland: Rarest
[19:33] The Rarest Mare: DRANGONZIC IS A DECENT HUMAN BEING
[19:33] Jenn Sutherland: We are talking about the stuff Blackie commissions
[19:33] Jenn Sutherland: Not Blackie herself
[19:33] Empress Decadence: I don't care how 'decent' they are, their art is incredibly obnoxious and I HATE seeing it
[19:33] The Rarest Mare: I find the two of them go hand in hand
[19:33] Jenn Sutherland: What
[19:34] Rainbelly Dash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqtM9N3v8eQ
[19:35] The Rarest Mare: well excuse me for wanting to hate people for actual moral qualms rather than just bashing on a person's interests caddyisnotamused
[19:35] The Sparkle Nexus wants some art linkies to see for herrselllf!
[19:35] Empress Decadence: Actual moral qualms on which I hate this guy:
[19:35] Jenn Sutherland: I can still give props for trying to do new things
[19:37] Empress Decadence: - Their design is terrible
- They're annoyingly not self-recognizant
- Their design is terrible
- They're not very smart
- Their design is terrible
- honestly it's just another scenario of this person has a fuckton of money and art contacts and doesn't deserve either and it infuriates me to no end
- Their design is terrible
- The few images I see where there's an actual plot, it's as blatant an excuse plot as possible and they're not even trying to write
- Their design is terrible
[19:37] The Sparkle Nexus wants dem liiinks
[19:37] Empress Decadence: One moment
[19:37] The Rarest Mare: hang on
[19:37] The Rarest Mare: I'll link you in private
[19:38] The Rarest Mare: so Deccy doesn't have to look for it or see it
[19:38] Empress Decadence: http://d.facdn.net/art/drangonzic/1476623946/1476623946.drangonzic_drangonzic5.png This design is TERRIBLE AGRH
[19:38] Empress Decadence: I suspect you're just defending them because they like bustyboys.
[19:39] The Sparkle Nexus: So do you hate blackie or the redponi
[19:39] Empress Decadence: I hate the redponi
[19:40] Empress Decadence: Blackie has a ton of sins too, don't get me wrong
[19:40] The Rarest Mare: I'm defending him because he's a kind person and you're completely overblowing your hatred of him out of jealousy and clashing interests
[19:40] Empress Decadence: caddylook Okay. How is he kind? I'm listening.
[19:40] The Rarest Mare: I bet you've completely forgotten that he offered to sponsor a Pink stream for you back in the day
[19:40] Empress Decadence: I'm fairly certain there was a catch.
[19:41] Empress Decadence: But no, up until this point I didn't remember that.
[19:41] Hazelnut_Brew: Oh, are we on about red pone with big dick
[19:42] The Rarest Mare: You're saying there wasn't a catch with other people who sponsored you? They're paying for your art, it's not too unreasonable to ask for things
[19:42] Dorkbow Dash: I asked for shit.
[19:42] The Sparkle Nexus has gotten a glimpse into the wonders of the drama of the hyper pony community
[19:43] Empress Decadence: There was a catch with the other ones, and they made me depressed and distrusting.
[19:43] The Rarest Mare: but aside from that there have been numerous other occasions where he spends his money to get collaborations and gifts for other people
[19:44] Empress Decadence: You know what?
[19:45] Empress Decadence: caddytears Fine. I'm a petty, selfish, angry, envious, inane, irritating twatbastard who sees other people doing well, getting popular, and strongarming a community with their wallet. I constantly remember having that and constantly whip myself for not getting either better art or more art for the people I care about, or art for the people who would actually stick with me. I hate their ideas and it infuriates me to be constantly reminded of their garbage, because it constantly reminds me of my failures.
[19:46] World Warper Lulu: Payday 2 Ultimate
[19:46] World Warper Lulu: Or Xcom 2?
[19:46] Empress Decadence: That what you wanted? You happy?
[19:46] The Sparkle Nexus: y'all need to take a breather
[19:46] The Sparkle Nexus: XCOM 2 personally, lulu.
[19:46] Dorkbow Dash: I'd say Payday 2
[19:46] Dorkbow Dash: Cause we playing it together
[19:48] World Warper Lulu: Well, I am doing fine and don't need it really since the sale isn't that much difference
[19:48] World Warper Lulu: Just saving $4
[19:48] The Sparkle Nexus: Xcom is lit
[19:48] The Sparkle Nexus: What's the sale price of it?
[19:48] Hazelnut_Brew: Xcom with the long war 2 mod
[19:48] Jenn Sutherland: Guys, GUYS
[19:48] Jenn Sutherland: I have to ask you
[19:49] The Sparkle Nexus: For a fresh run, I'd sugest not long-war
[19:49] Jenn Sutherland: If I bought a 4-Pack of Tabletop Simulator, would you be interested in playing it with me?

It more or less lets you play any and every board game ever.
[19:49] The Rarest Mare: ahem
[19:49] Empress Decadence: I have Tabletop already.
[19:49] World Warper Lulu: Maybe
[19:50] Jenn Sutherland: I would play Munchkins, but I am open to other board games. Like LIFE
[19:50] Empress Decadence: I just wanted to take the opportunity to vent about this person who constantly reminds me of my failures and displeases me as a writer. Not only does their reminding me of my failures have their own negative emotions attached, but the fact that this guy gets away with so many sins of objective writing and not only gets away with it but gets a community makes me wonder if my objective writing desires are out of touch or simply too high-brow for the medium.
[19:51] Empress Decadence: Apparently, I'm not allowed to do that, because they've been nice to some people. Standards are no longer a worry, and we should all reduce ourselves to sparkledogs. So I'll just sit here in the corner, festering under my few remaining guards until I explode and commit social suicide or something.
[19:53] System: Rubber Mage is online.
[19:54] The Rarest Mare: ugh
[19:54] The Sparkle Nexus: Well I'm going to go play some darkest dungeon, see y'all around!
[19:54] The Rarest Mare: I don't know
[19:54] The Sparkle Nexus kissues all.
[19:54] Empress Decadence: No, like...real talk.
[19:55] The Rarest Mare: I don't want to deny you the ability to vent but the sheer vehemence you exude always makes me feel perturbed
[19:55] Empress Decadence: I understand. The vehemence is a symptom of having to tolerate the same bullshit for extended periods of time.
[19:55] The Rarest Mare: like I found it appalling that time you said you would actually unwatch Chisea because she posts his commissions
[19:55] Empress Decadence: I'm sick of seeing it! It just...it just makes me feel awful, and it's like, why would I follow someone who makes me feel awful on the regular, even if it's not their fault?
[19:56] Empress Decadence: It's why I unfollowed Nyuu. Their adopts are adorable and amazing, and it always filled me with salt to see people who I don't feel deserved to have such good designs get them.
[19:57] Empress Decadence: You're right, though. At this point, my delusions of a standard in a furry fucksite community are just that - delusions. It's my sole remaining defense mechanism to pretend that I have some form of superiority. Underneath that? I'm just a procrastinatory, elitist prick who thinks that they know what objectively makes good writing in a community that doesn't care so long as they can jack off. I'm not good enough to make fanfiction. I'm not good enough to write an actual book. I'm not good enough to do anything else.
[19:57] Empress Decadence: So I just sit here on my throne of my own idiocy and try to perpetuate a group of people who care about quality, real or perceived.
[19:58] Empress Decadence: So thanks for that revelation.
[19:58] Empress Decadence: I can't stand the concept that I've been living my life completely wrong, or that my thoughts, morals, and ideas are completely wrong, so I sit behind that wall and stand on whatever soapbox I can find in my back closet.
[19:59] World Warper Lulu: Total War Warhammer: $25
Xcom 2 Digital Deluxe: $30
[19:59] The Sparkle Nexus: My vote is for xcom
[19:59] Empress Decadence: Xcom.
[19:59] Skyfall: X-Com 2's going to get an expansion later this year too.
[20:00] Hazelnut_Brew: ^
[20:00] The Sparkle Nexus: 2 months, I think.
[20:00] Empress Decadence: So yes. Drangon is in the right and, despite my self-recognizance, I am in the wrong for hating their art and hating seeing it.
[20:00] Empress Decadence: I just need to chill out and pretend that everything is okay, and maybe I'll fake it till I make it.
[20:00] The Rarest Mare: jesus christ we get it
[20:01] The Sparkle Nexus: My thought is: Hating people doesn't really... do anything. Like the only one you're hurting with hate is yourself, yo. #Loven'tolerate
[20:01] The Rarest Mare: you don't need to keep reminding me of how much I spurned you because I had the gall to ask for a little less toxicity
[20:01] World Warper Lulu suggests instead of whining, The Pretty pony can suck on something
[20:01] The Rarest Mare: Look Deccy I really don't know what to tell you
[20:01] Empress Decadence: It's not your fault, Rarest.
[20:02] Empress Decadence: I understand. I just... I don't know what else to do.
[20:02] Hazelnut_Brew: What Rarest said, thus why I've been staying out of that
[20:02] System: Second Strike is online.
[20:02] Empress Decadence: I can't hold these emotions within me.
[20:02] The Rarest Mare: All I know is that if all you do is continue sitting around here wallowing in your perceived failures then you're not going to get anywhere
[20:03] The Rarest Mare: You need to actively get up and do something about these problems
[20:03] The Rarest Mare: You need to take a step forward, you can't keep being afraid
[20:03] The Rarest Mare: but
[20:03] The Rarest Mare: the problem is
[20:03] Empress Decadence: I don't even know what that would connotate.
[20:03] The Rarest Mare: I don't even really know what I could suggest to help in that regard
[20:03] The Rarest Mare: because the fact of the matter is that I'm stuck in the same rut myself
[20:04] Empress Decadence: Like...
[20:04] Empress Decadence: You think I'm toxic, which is fair, but you're just seeing the tip of the iceberg. I SEETHE constantly at the most minimal slights and it sucks and I hate it.
[20:05] Empress Decadence: And I don't know how to not make these things make me so angry.