slytherins:
*have no role models. i mean no role models. regulus black is seen as a death eater, snape is an abusive bastard, draco isn't given redemption, andromeda is hardly mentioned. no role models*
slytherins:
*work hard all year, about to win, and still lose the house cup*
slytherin first years:
*belittled when sorted. they're eleven years old*
slytherins:
*always suspected, undermined, and pitted against the rest of the school*
slytherins:
*booed at every Quidditch match*
slytherins:
*excluded from the only redemption they can have- fighting in the battle and dumbledore's army*
slytherins:
*expected to fight in the battle anyways and treated like fucking terrorists when they choose not to for fear that they'll be fighting their parents, friends, and family*
slytherins:
*automatically taken to mean death eater*
slytherins:
*always pitted against the rest of the school and portrayed as terrible people even though they face discrimination and harassment*
Gryffindors:
WHY ARE ALL THE SLYTHERINS MEAN TO US? WE'RE SO NICE!! *uwu*
This should be common sense, I don’t care how old you are. You are not entitled to -anything-. I bust my ass and make a living just as hard as anyone else does and this crap right here? Biggest slap in the face to artists that is humanly possible.
I’m sorry if some of my items are expensive but here’s the thing: That’s what they cost to make. This is my livelihood. This is literally what I do for a living. It helps feed me, my critters, my boyfriend, and pays the bills. It is my job and I love it and I deserve to be fairly compensated for my time, materials, and work.
So, don’t pull this crap online. Don’t pull this shit in stores. Don’t pull this asshattery at cons. Just. Don’t.
I don’t often talk about my customers (but with very, VERY few exceptions, they are awesome), but I had a guy at my last convention try to haggle me down to half my asking price for a shadowbox. I tried to explain my reason for pricing, including the time and costs associated with making each box.
He asked me if I enjoyed making them. Of course I do.
“Then it’s like the time making then is nothing, right?”
Bitch, you do not get to tell me my time is worthless. Any possibility of lowering my prices at that point just vanished. Leave my table.
