a word on withdraws (Patreon)

Alright I'ma address this cause it's happened 3 times now over the past week.

If you wanna withdraw your pledge for whatever reason, it's fine, you're free to do that. Optionally you're able to provide an anonymous reason when doing so, which I can use as feedback. The most common reason is (totally understandably) financial situations, followed by "I only intended to pledge for a limited time."

I am completely open to feedback, though I usually wish people would provide it before jumping ship. The details I receive are anonymous. But as of late, if when you withdraw you select the reason "the creator wasn't engaging like I expected" given the recent events: then fuck you, and honestly good riddance.

I've been incredibly clear about the fact that I've been recovering from an RSI in my right wrist, making it painful to do anything at times. I've posted updates on this topic. Over this past week I've desperately wanted to draw more but I physically could not without risking permanently injuring myself. It's been cripplingly boring and depressing. Only now is my arm finally starting to get back to the point where I can again, and I'm going to try getting back to it in moderation so I don't relapse.

By telling me I'm not being engaging enough when I am injured and have been open about this fact, you're either insinuating that I'm not actually injured and that I'm lying (literally to what kind of gain?), or you expect me to produce content even when I cannot  and risk a much more severe injury which would mean even less of an ability to draw long term. This injury sucks enough without dealing with that kind of entitlement.

There's no statute that accounts for sick days or vacations. If you expect a creator to constantly produce content even when they are physically unable to, you should not be pledging to any patreon pages.

If you want to withdraw because things have been slow, it's not like I can stop you, you should be an adult that can make your own decisions. But fuck you if you tell me I should hurt myself just to keep up my output.