I've been checking out the OC tags for a little while, and I can say the state of OC sharing on tumblr is in absolute misery.
We've all discussed how bad the ratio of reblogs has become, how the amount of them have been dwindling those last couple of years, but I think an extra important emphasis has to be made on original creation.
Though everything is hit by the lack of sharing, fanarts at least have a tag people will look for, improving their visibility - fandom OCs are sadly shared less than fanarts, in general, but they still enjoy that same visibility.
But what of the purely original? People who have OCs belonging solely to their own world, with a tag nobody will look for?
I've been seeing awesome OC art that has been sitting for days and weeks with 0 or 1 notes, sometimes 5 or 6 with luck (though most of the time only likes)... And though there are exceptions, overall, it's a frankly saddening sight.
The way for someone to get attention on their OCs is to already be a well established blog or to produce fanart on the side to build a following. Blogs solely creating original content sit at the bottom of the note pool with no escape in sight.
As much as we praise tumblr for its tagging system and the fact it doesn't kill old posts the way other social media does, it still does fail in the way of uplifting creation that isn't fandom-based.
I don't have a solution to this.
It is merely a sad observation.
It's only natural that people would look for what they already know and love.
But in a world where all of our interactions are linked to consumerism, in a world where automation replaces human imagination, I'd love to see a community of people willing to actively search for, and uplift, the creatives that are trying to peek out of the water.
One reblog may lead to another may lead to a follow, may lead to a creator feeling like their work matters.
I have a lot of sanses listed here, and I can't find the creators to all of them, or even have all of what had as it caused Tumblr to crash on my end. But uhh, yeah.
This is the "how we feel about" chart ft Paracosm Sans and how he feels about all these other sanses here that I remembered off the top of my head. YES I AM JUST NOW REALIZING THAT ITS BLANK FOR WHERE HE IS TO FEEL ABOUT POSSESSED/FLOWEY SANS; AND YES I WILL CRY ABOUT IT. But anyway yeah. He technically doesn't know them through hid Canon story but this is to answer any "what ifs". And yeah, no, he doesn't find any other sanses attractive. If I had to put a sexuality on him he'd be AroAce (Although that being said he can get into a relationship if he felt as if he wanted, he just doesn't feel like such toward any of these sanses.) So y3ah, silly time.
I'm only gonna @ who of those sanses I drew big and detailed as last time this bitch crashed. Just know that the Muppet trash fire looking guy is mine, and you can see him all over my page if you look to make sure you got the right guy. Every other sans isn't mine, and they're all too silly and skrunkly to be mine. Anyway, yeah.
Dream Sans belongs to: @jokublog
Geno Sans and Error Sans belongs to: @loverofpiggies
I've been working on this, a Wave Skimmer, for a few days now! I don't have much lore for it other than it being a relative of the Brute Shark, with the toughened jaws_ a chaotic teeth set up_ and two long main fins. As well as features the Brute Shark doesn't have, like the two immobile fins that connect with the tail and aid in giving it a more ichthyosaur look_ bioluminescence spots_ and two large pink eyes
While the Wave Skimmer is faster and has far better vision than it's Brute Shark cousin, it is approximately a third of the size and often falls prey tothe larger carnivores in the Void.
Do you ever re-read something you wrote and are so proud of yourself? Like, damn, I wrote this. My brain and my fingers cooperated so well and this piece came out!
It doesn't have to be a masterpiece or a breakthrough. Maybe to the rest of the world it's nothing. But to you - to you, that thing you wrote, is everything that makes you so fucking proud for a moment
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