Love Is In The Air... In The Form Of Bullets

Normally I don't reblog, but this whole situation with content creators getting hate makes me so sad and angry, and this is a pretty good way to combat that. I know that leaving comments can be scary. Hell, I only started commenting very recently, I was too anxious before. But as long as you're nice you'll be fine.

The videos they make are a gift, we aren't owed anything. If content creators stop having fun doing them, there won't be any more of it. So let's be kind and stop hating on people just having fun and sharing it with us.

Introducing: The Life Series Comment-a-thon

In light of several of the content creators involved mentioning negative comments on Wild Life, Secret Life, and Life Series videos in general, I want to suggest an event that encourages people to leave positive comments on life series videos as well!

The life series has some of the kindest and most supportive people I have ever encountered in fandom, and I think the creative minds behind the series deserve to get some of that love too. There is no starting or finishing day to this event, as the intention is for fans to leave kind comments highlighting what they love about Wild Life and the Life Series in general, over the course of the current season. I have devised a total of eight weekly comment prompts, making an educated guess as to how long the season will be based off previous season, intended to encourage you to leave a comment on at least one video per week.

There is no time limit or minimum word count for comments. Just be kind, be honest, and don’t tear other creators down in the process of trying to build others up (“[X creator] is so overrated, people should be watching you instead”, “you deserved to win so much more than [Y creator]”, etc.). Without further ado, The Life Series Comment-a-thon:

Week 1: comment on at least one video telling the creator that you liked the video!

Week 2: pick a team/alliance, then tell at least one person in that alliance that you are really enjoying the dynamic of their team/them collaborating with the other member(s) of the team.

Week 3: tell a new member or one who skipped one or more seasons (Gem who joined last season, Ren, Mumbo, Lizzie, Skizz, and Bdubs who all either missed or did not originally post their POVs of a season) that you are happy they are on the life series.

Week 4: Most of the creators involved in the life series are male, but we know that those who are not get a larger share of the negative comments. This week pick one of them (Lizzie, Pearl, Gem, and Cleo) and tell them that you enjoy their video/their content/etc!

Week 5: leave a comment on someone’s video mentioning at least one specific thing you enjoyed about their episode/their season.

Week 6: pick a person whose videos you have not yet commented on in this event and leave them a comment saying you look forward to their episodes every week/season.

Week 7: write a short, positive comment (e.g “I loved this episode” , “this was great” , “keep up the good work”) and leave it on every POV you watch this week.

Week 8: leave a comment on someone’s video mentioning at least three specific thing you enjoyed about their episode/their season. Alternatively pick three videos to leave one specific compliment on.

Week 9+: repeat one of the previous week prompts, or better yet combine two or more! You can pick yourself, use an eight-sided die, or a random number generator to decide for you.

I know commenting can be scary and that it can be hard to find the words. At the end of the post, beneath the the read-more cut, I have a list of suggestions for what you can bring up in a comment. Just below this you will also find a list of things you can do to let the content creators know that you love their art that are not commenting!

Other things you can do:

Like ten comments on a lifer’s video

Like every video you watch

Watch a video from one of the less popular content creators (subscriber wise, or within the fandom) on the day it comes out

And most importantly:

Reblog this post and/or repost it to other social media platforms to spread the word of the comment-a-thon!

A list of questions to spark comment ideas:

Did a joke make you laugh?

Did you catch them making a reference to another season, SMP, or piece of media?

Did the creator interact with someone in a way you enjoyed?

What made the interaction stand out?

Did they build something you thought was pretty?

What part did you like best: the shape, the blocks they chose to use, how it ties into their season, or how it ties into the terrain around it?

If they have a new skin, what is your favourite part of it?

Did they use background music in a way you thought was especially fitting? In what way?

Did a change from one scene to the next feel very well-timed, smooth, or narratively fitting?

If you did not notice any scene changes or cuts, can you think of something the creator did to make you feel immersed in the story of the video instead of the video making itself?

What do you hope happens next? (be sure to tell them that whether it happens or not you still look forward to watching the rest of their season)

Did something surprise you?

Did the content creator say or do something that made you have a new idea?

Did you learn something new about minecraft?

winner pearl design

closeups and explanations under the cut vvvvvvv

FINALLY managed to make a design I actually like, it took me months I think ;-;

anyway here's my insight:

mostly what's been bugging me about my designs is how the cape would make it less interesting, but there have been other on-spot changes too for example, the hairstyle. idk if anyone noticed, but the hairstyle I give to her depends on the context (so if it's siitw it's short and fluffy and if it's just hc it tends to be long and straight, but honestly it depends on the season lol). and here I was debating on what hairstyle to give her when I went "wait, why not AURORA's hairstyle since running with the wolves is the song I associate with her the most", but I made it wavy from other miscellaneous changes, she now has stars on the ends of shoelaces cuz I thought it'd be cool and moon hairpins for the same reason

this one will actually be relevant even beyond this post cuz I've had the winners have necklaces with their symbols for a while now, but I think I never actually posted anything that would actually show that ajhjdsjgsafkg

and last but not least, a headcannon I came up with pretty much on the spot: under certain circumstances (don't ask what those are) "freckles" that depict the stars in the sky show up and along with her left eye glow purple (normally for a winner both eyes would glow, but since the win was "given" to her it's only one (hopefully I'll make Scott's design soon, but if I don't - for him only his right eye glows))

Hermittober Day 8: Mist

some thoughts under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

ooh boy did I cut it a bit close with this one. I always post hermittober pieces every day at the same time and this one took me so long to figure out that I'm currently scheduling this post with only less than an hour to spare

anyway, I like how this one turned out, especially since I couldn't find any references, so I had to use my imagination a bit. that said tho, I did use a reference for the skull and I'm glad I did. should probably do that more

ever since I saw this post I wasn't able to get it out of my mind, so I present you with my experiment on this, specifically on the colours bleeding into each other, albeit not in the animation form also please keep in mind that I chose these two pretty much only for their colour potential

If the life series was animated I think a cool detail would be animating the green lives with smooth, clean lines. Yellow lives are slightly sketchy, their line distortion being more notable during fights or chaotic intentions. Then red lives are animated very loosely and messy, their lines are never “still”, there’s always a visual tension with them because they look one second away from falling apart

And when reds fight, their colors bleed into each other as well. They become a messy portrait of themselves. Still recognizable, to some degree, but no longer the put together image they once were. Literally

don't let ME stop YOU from fulfilling your scar dress dreams

the world needs more scar clocker in a dress

SO LETS SPREAD THE PROPAGANDA TOGETHER

AM I CRAZY OR DOES THIS STRAIGHT UP LOOK LIKE SCAR'S LIMITED LIFE OUTFIT

me rn cuz I have an AU that I wanna share, but I need an introduction post for it and the only idea I have for it is taking a while

I wanna yap, share ideas, answer asks (idk if I'll get any to begin with tho;;;) about it AEÜGHHHH

a rare ZombieCleo appearance

Hermittober Day 9: Moon

moon big, but some thoughts under the cut aren't vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

honestly, not what I had in mind initially, but I like it anyway. I should probably start planning those ahead tho, especially looking at some of the prompts

oh well, I already have an idea for the next one, but boy will it be a tough one...

a new creature has appeared!!!!

still minecraft tho :P

version without ink dripping under the cut vvvvvvv

but first, my thoughts on Rat's video:

*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

anyway, about the actual piece

tbh I don't know much of her lore due to the fact that I've mostly watched csmp through Rat's videos, so I didn't know what creature to make her (most I've got is like, the wet cat allegations and moth association due to the moth lantern thingy from the end of aforementioned video)

so I decided to go off of what inklings remind me of, which is the warden. and the warden for me is associated with axolotls

so here you go! I've actually been working on another piece ever since I saw Rat's video (which I might as well call the real minecraft movie at this point lol), which was like a day after it got released. but it's been giving me so much trouble I think I might restart it again

ngl, idk if I'll finish today's prompt on time. I have flat colours down, but I just keep getting distracted

and honestly, how can I stay focused when stuff like this is happening on-screen