Spite below the cut.

“why you always beg for money? get a job goddamn”

I can’t answer this lovely person’s ask because they’ve been blocked, but! I’ll make a lil response here. :>

And first of all, I don’t think this anon understands what “paying an artist for their work” is. I put a massive amount of my time into my blogs on top of being a full time student with severe mental health problems, and I do it almost entirely for free. It’s not a stretch to ask that I get some support during what’s been one of the hardest mental health periods of my life. 

I don’t lie about why I’d like to get paid for what I do. It does go towards my hobbies, most often. However, those hobbies are also a big part of why I haven’t severely injured if not killed myself. They’re how I keep my mental health together. 

I’m not demanding that people pay me, either. I’m asking for support because I put a lot of time and effort into what I do– time where I could be getting a job and never looking back. A job would pay more. It would pay a lot more. But I want to be here and I want to write. I’m a full time student and I’m disabled. I can’t do everything, and I definitely wouldn’t be able to write like I do if I had a normal job. Honestly, I’d love if this could be my job. 

So, dear anon, the reason why I don’t get a job is because I’m choosing to be here, writing so that you can enjoy it. 

Or rather, I would be, if you hadn’t been removed from my blog 🙂