i hope I'm not being too overbearing with my lgbt posts lol ;-;
(i legitimately have a crushing fear of bothering people)
If it helps at all, I think you’re okay! I have the same worry whenever I talk about my girlfriend or get pictures made of us to use for my avatar/signature. I’m always worried somebody will tell me to hush or be bothered by my avatar/signature
I think that as long as you aren’t de-railing threads you’re totally fine! I’ve never seen you post somewhere and ignore the actual subject of the thread to talk about LGBT+ things so I think you’re okay.
I understand how you guys feel. As someone who is LGBT myself (bisexual) AND fictosexual (i.e. I am aro-ace towards real people, and I experience attraction to male and female animated characters), I have this sort of fear as well.
I have a crush on this video game character. He is from Flipline Studio's Papa Louie cooking games. His name is Mousse....
I post pictures of him and I on DeviantArt, and I gush about him on the official website's forum. And I do have anxiety of bothering people. A ton of those forum members do complain about people shipping themselves with the Papa Louie customers. And while I have not been specific called out on (whether it was at me or about me) for shipping myself with Mousse, the general stance on people shipping themselves with these characters is highly discouraging. I actually have an online friend who also ships herself with a Papa Louie customer (the customer's name is Quinn), and she has been talked trash about behind her back by other Papa Louie fans for it. ;-;
I can also be REALLY SHY when it comes to asking to buy/trade art. I would be lying if I said that the thought of purchasing some avatar art and signature art of me and Mousse from someone on here hasn't crossed my mind. I don't know what it is about me, but I have to practically FORCE myself to ask for an art trade or commission, should I decide I want one.
There are so many requirements to look out for (please note that these are not specific to the forum, I am talking about websites in general that do trades/commissions):
1. Do the prices fall within what you can afford, methods of payment (cash, TBT on here, Points on DA, etc.)...
2. What they can and will draw....
3. Are they okay with drawing fanart, or not? (which is sadly an issue I have seen on DA)
4. Are they opened-minded enough to draw self ships, or are they one of those people that shame self-shippers and/or fictosexuals?
5. Do they only do art trades and commissions for their friends, or are they for everyone (commissions for friends only is rare, but the trades being for friends only is common on DeviantArt)
There are many factors that discourage me from buying amazing art...the fear of being declined being the central one. I don't know what is happening on the other side of the computer screen...I don't know if I was a burden by asking or not...
But yeah...point is...I cannot stand for people to be upset with, disappointed in, annoyed at, and most importantly, angry at me... ;-; .-.