#but it's kind of like complimenting someone across the room; they're in earshot but it feels a bit odd for them to come up to you after imo

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if any creator ever acknowledges the nice tags i leave on their creations n we're not mutuals i will skitter away and hide under a rock in shock.

#maybe it's just bc i've been on this site for so long but to me tags have always been the sort of thing you leave w/o expectation of reply #bc back in the day artists had to manually check each rb for tags (which i remember doing myself c':) #n everyone knew that creatives did this but i guess in my experience artists worried they'd be seen as creeps for thanking people for tags? #bc it's almost akin to stalking someone's blog; talking in the tags is like the little whispervoice for your followers on their dashes #i guess now that they're in people's notifs people feel more expected to reply to them #idk. personally . the rituals are intricate!!! #花話 #i'm glad that people are made happy by the tags i leave tho (o vo) #but it's kind of like complimenting someone across the room; they're in earshot but it feels a bit odd for them to come up to you after imo #like. yes i wanted you to hear that. no i didn't want you to act like you heard that.