User blog:Pastelpill/Can we please stop?

(note: UGH, I DELETED THIS AT THE VERY END, SO IM REWRITING IT. But good for you reader, at least I won't be pissed.)

Can we please stop?

When I come here and go to the popular blogs section, I expect to find blogs about people's lives, feelings, news, etc.

Not spam.

Can we stop with spam blogs? It was funny when someone did a joke about Rainy being illuminati, but it's getting old. Seriously. One spam blog completely pushed Pinefur's blog about her feelings off the popular blogs section and that just pissed me off. It isn't funny, edgy, or cool.

I wish people would just realize that it doesn't make them look good, but immature, and if anything, their reputation is falling, not rising.

I'm not gonna point fingers, but I think we all know what I'm talking about.

If you're gonna post a blog about a huge coincidence (like you being in a movie), don't pretend that illuminati is stalking you. PLEASE.

Another thing is... copycats.

Is it that hard to think of an original idea?

Now, taking inspiration is perfectly fine. I took inspiration from Ruined in a few of my stories. But the concept was completely different.

I get that thinking of a completely original idea is hard, but when you're gonna completely rip off someone's idea, at least credit them.

Again, I don't want to point fingers, but this is really getting on my nerves.

I know that people who copy others usually have a great respect for the original author, but by almost literally copy/pasting their work you're not showing it.

The last thing I'd like to go over is using bases.

Now this goes mostly for the people that use bases for their covers. First of all, if you want to do base, then first of all, at least show some kind of effort. Don't just fill in the colors and just say "hey guys, I made this!" because you didn't. Draw something yourself. "Oh, but Pumpkin, I can't draw!" Then try. How do you think one of the biggest artists came to be? Practice. I'd much rather see crappy original art than just casually filled in base. My problem is though, that people usually don't even give credit. And no, just because their name is in the picture, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't give credit. Just because you fill this in doesn't mean it's yours.

Trust me, when you draw something yourself, you get much better feeling than when you look at a filled in base that is barely 50% your own creation.

Phewwww. Okay this was just a lil' rant of mine, just complaining about some stuff that annoy me a lot. Please if I mentioned you here, don't be offended. Take this as a bit of advice. I have nothing personal against you - for most cases -, some of your actions aren't the best.

I know I'm not an admin, and I don't want to act like I am. But this was in my chest for a while, and I needed to speak up. Thank you for reading.