Thread:Genesjs/@comment-1910960-20150303002351/@comment-1669199-20150410220658

CelestialSun wrote: God, really sorry about that. Literally just went through a month of stress due to school and couldn't find myself able to talk much on the internet. Hopefully picking up from where things were left off isn't too awkward -

It is, trust me, I've been there for a good three years now. Within the fantroll community I'm pretty well-liked just because I tend to lay low and not voice my opinion ahaha. A lot of people complain about the toxicity of the community, which just makes things worse it seems, but yeah. Is what it is.

Pfft, fantastic hahaha. I'd think at least a good quarter of my vocabulary consists of swears tbh. And huh, you'll have to tell some stories some time. The drama here is/was arguably interesting to watch but I imagine it sucks to be a part of it. Happens, though. At least it's in the past.

Ah, I get what you mean. It's definitely understandable. It's nice to look back and sort of remember, yeah? Hell, I still occasionally draw Sunny just for nostalgia's sake.

Ahaha, well dealing with it in certain ways just makes it fun, y'know? It's better to turn something that could be potentially angering into something you can laugh at. Just some form of coping mechanism, I suppose, but it isn't necessarily bad. Immature, sure, but the fact that someone would be going at you like that is pretty immature on their side as well. Of course though, it's no doubt you can handle things as they should be handled - you've always been able to, ahaha.

Let me note you my skype right quick-

And now its my turn to apologize for a late response on here (was busy this week and wasn't terribly interested in showing myself on here the past week). I shall never claim to be perfect~

Laying low on speaking my opinions, huh? I can do that -- I do it all the time on YouTube. I normally prefer to stick to smaller groups because I find it easier to talk to other people that way, since there's less chance of people blowing up at each other for having dissenting opinions on whatever topics are brought up. I guess one can see that as a bit anti-social, but I've never been much of a big social animal to begin with -- being an introvert does that to you --, but I can argue back that I tend to talk to small groups because its easier to get to know, say, 10 to 15+ people than 50+ people. I am who I am, I guess.

I'd say that a good 10-15% of my regular vocabulary has some profanity, when I'm around/talking to people who I know are comfortable with what usually comes out of my mouth (or fingertips, when using some kind of keyboard). And yes, the drama can be entertaining at times, but like with anything else it can get old real quick if its the same old stuff with no variation to it whatsoever, and being from the same sources. The subject matter itself is also a factor in how quick I may grow bored with something. But what matters is trying to have as much fun, or indifference, as you can, before you eventually have to get irritated with something/someone.

I still remember some of your old art pieces when I first joined this Wiki. I had no idea you still made drawings of her -- I remember you expressing a desire a couple years back to improve your art style in general by drawing different subject matter outside of "Sonic-esques" anatomy, and I just sort of expected you to fall out of drawing the old stuff completely. I suppose I made an error in making that assumption. But on a related note, I still think about some of the old fan characters and stories you me and the old members made from time to time as well. I think we made some pretty silly stuff at times, looking back, but at least we seemed to all have fun regardless. As cliche as this may sound (and as cliche as THAT may have sounded), it really seems like yesterday when all those days seemed like part of the norm, at least for me -- from the kind of activities we all did, to what was generally talked about, to even the kind of people we were back then.

Oh I totally agree. As much as I tend to look at the bad things in life as often as the good things, I always try to lean towards the good things by default whenever possible -- in cases like this, turning certain situations into humorous ones. But honestly I'm not sure I use humor as a form of coping mechanism so much as that's how I'd approach most situations in general where I'm dealing with someone with a less-than-pleasant attitude towards me, particularly ones whom I feel give me reason to feel more than a little snarky with (say, for example, certain people in my life I'd really rather not deal with but, at least for the time being, have no choice but to do so because of various life circumstances, along with dealing with some of my own problems on the side). There's just some people in my life whose guts I particularly loathe that I just can't help but seek opportunities to mock them, both subtly and obviously, whenever they are attacking me in what I perceive to be in an unjustified manner (thankfully I've got enough sense to know when its best to not act snarky with certain people even when they really deserve it, because I don't need to make any situations I find myself being dragged into any worse than they may already be. "Choose your battles" has become something of a creed for me.). And then there's the occasional smug stranger I may encounter here or elsewhere on the Internet whom I may feel the desire to play along with, especially if there's something about them I find particularly eyebrow-raising. Either way, I suppose it is a bit immature to approach certain situations like that, but I'm of the opinion that there are just some situations in life where the only appropriate response is to use some form of sarcasm -- even something as subtle as giving something/someone a certain look. Civility just isn't always an option in life, as unfortunate as that may sound.

Aaaaand I wouldn't say I've always been able to handle such situations in an entirely mature manner (I'm assuming you're talking about a time when you were still around these parts and we still made regular contact?), but I always tried my best regardless. Even today I still occasionally react to certain situations in a manner I admit I could've done differently, as I've more or less stated in the previous paragraph.