User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/Tips and Tricks for Developing/Designing your OC/@comment-24416658-20140119044546/@comment-4773581-20140119184424

Yes, needlessly. Any hostility you are feeling from me, any sense of haughtiness you think I have displayed, and every single last insistence that my attitude has been anything at all, have been due to your interpretation of what I have said. I have not implied anywhere that the value of one medium is any less than that of the other, I have not said anything about, and I have maintained a neutral mood up until this post. But no longer. Since you are so intent on making a scene of someone taking note of your accidental slight, and since that someone just happens to be me, I shall dissect this matter, take you on a trip through its insides, and hopefully make the point I have held throughout this entire debacle clear to you.

Now then, let us begin this journey from its start.

Post One; "Of course! But you really should practice drawing your OC if your serious about making one. However you do what you feel comfortable with." Impies you aren't serious about making an OC (and, by extension, a character) if you don't draw it, which is disrespectful to literary writers everywhere, and places illustrators (such as yourself) on a pedestal.

Post Two; "As someone who doesn't draw, does not like drawing in any way, shape, or form, and is very serious about making OCs, I greatly disagree with the both of you. Drawing is not required at all (though I won't deny that it's certainly quite helpful), and, with the use of text documents (Google Drive, Microsoft Word, whatever), you can keep your idea(s) preserved just fine. Though, if one wants to draw them, but aren't confident/satisfied with one's ability, one should focus on improving the skills one's bad at first, and use the OC in question as one's practice model." Points out that there are people in this world that don't draw, either because they do not have the talent for it or because they do not enjoy it, but still make OCs, and that said people can manage themselves just fine without needing to draw their OC at any point.

Post Three; "I just think it's important to give your character a face if you've already spent so much time developing their personality. I didn't say it was mandatory, though." Implies that the character doesn't have a face if it isn't drawn. Again, disrespectful to literary writers everywhere.

Post Four; "Just because the face isn't drawn doesn't mean a character doesn't have a face. Literature, especially novels, are a good example of this. In fact, it's basically the same method; you describe the character as you see them and leave it up to the reader to create a mental image based off of that. Sure, it's not going to be 100% accurate, but it's not faulty, by any means.

And you guys kinda came off as implying it, which is why I said what I said." Argues against Post Three's notion that a character that hasn't been drawn doesn't have a face, uses novels as an example of undrawn characters having a face, elaborates on the method used, and notes that, despite its inaccuracy, it is not defective. Also notes that you and Takeshi gave off an impression of implying something that neither of you actually meant to, hence the contents of Post Two.

Post Five; "I don't see what was so wrong about me saying what I said, but I see your point. Yes, that could work if you describe their face in perfect vivid detail.

But the majority of us would prefer to draw, pay someone to draw, or use a free character creator tool to draw our OC. Why? Because RWBY isn't literature, it's a web show with lots of nice imagery." Fails to acknowledge previous misgivings (not a desirable reaction, but an understandable one at this point nonetheless), but acknowledges that the method of face-making stated in Post Four could work (albeit only with "perfect vivid detail"). Implies that, because of the alleged preference of the majority, the value of the literary is decidedly less than that of the illustrated, regardless of any other influential factors.

Post Six; "I get that, but both of you are expressing that view in a way that makes the other side, the written side, seem insignificant in comparison. I'm fairly certain that it's unintentional, but it doesn't really change the fact that you're not showing it any respect." Points out that both your and Takeshi's choice in words have been less than optimal, and has lead to the current misunderstanding. States that I'm aware that your disrespect is unintentional, and therefore I do hold you at fault for any of the things you have said thus far because being rude without actually meaning to be is actually a pretty common occurance, moreso on the internet, and especially when that which you're being insensitive towards isn't a living thing, does not resemble a living thing, and is not even associatable with a living thing.

Post Seven; "You can calm down now Calamity. You think I have no respect for the literature just because I "dared" to suggest that you should draw your OC? I'm an A-student in both English Honors, and AP Art, so I think I have respect for both. Ok?" Outright states that you believe that I think that you have no respect for the literary medium and thus are purposefully being disrespectful, despite me having just stated that I believe your disrespect to be entirely unintentional, and implies that I harbor some sort of grudge against drawing (which I honestly find the very idea of to be quite a silly notion). Also attempts to use claims of scholarly credentials as a way of persuasion towards a point, which is a futile effort on the internet, where such things cannot be confirmed, and are irrelevant anyways. Doing good at something doesn't mean you respect it, or even that you like it, it just means you're good at it.

Post Eight; "I don't care about what credentials you may or may not have, I don't think that you don't have respect, I'm not even implying that any of the disrespect you've shown has been on purpose, and I've yet to stop being calm. But your needlessly hostile responses are seriously pushing me." Disregards your stated credentiales because of the reasons noted in the dissection of Post Seven, reiterates the points that I don't think that you mean to disrespect the literary medium and that I believe said disrespect to be an entirely accidental happening on your part, and notifies you of your unnecessary aggression. Also implies that I am reaching the limit of what I can endure, which has obviously been passed as of this post.

And, most recently, Post Nine; "I'M the one being "needlessly hostile?!" YOU'RE the one who started being all high and mighty about describing a characters face instead of drawing it. Then you started judging me by saying you don't think I care about literature.  Quit patroninzing me, or if you don't like what I have to say just don't respond to me or comment on my blogs. Easy, right?" Disregards your original, ignores the fact that I have s, and uses the old and overall poor defense of "if you don't like what I'm saying, don't listen to me", despite you being capable of pretty much the exact same thing and having held the intiative in utilizing said method.

Please take note of the complete lack of me saying you don't care about literature (In truth, I don't know what you think about literature because I'm not a mindreader), as well as me repeatedly stating that I belive your disrespect to be nothing more than an accident.

Now then, to summarize, my point for the duration of this altercation has been this: Though it has been entirely accidental on your part, and regardless of how much respect for it you actually have, you have shown the literary medium disrespect by not acknowledging its existence (initially) and (accidentally) undermining its worth, and I feel that this fact is something that should be brough to your attention rather than left on the floor to gather dust.

At this point, I do not care what your reaction to this revelation is, I do not care, and I most certainly do not care to partake in this tomfoolery any longer if you do not see the point that I have been trying to make this whole time. All I care about is whether or not you acknowledge it. If you do, then we can both be on our merry ways and hopefully never speak of this ever again. If you don't, then good day to you, kind sir, and I sincerely hope that the two of us never cross figurative paths ever again.