lostthehat:

Oh, but I love it tho. I have some character changes, but they’re not nearly so dramatic, and I just really love seeing this for some reason. That it happened so gradually for you that they’re the same character is really cool to me.

I kind of want to print this out and hang it somewhere so I can remember it’s probably not ~too weird~ for others. And I really do appreciate this because the fact that they are the same character is really important to me, you know?

It’s nice to see that you have an appreciation for something so significant to me.

Oh, I so do. You and I had Original Character bonding back in like, what, 2010? 2011? I love seeing that other people have deep and significant ties to the things they’ve made because I know I have the same thing. It’s like it strengthens everyone involved - creators are validated, pride in characters is increased, characters develop even more because of this. I also just love seeing other people who very clearly grew and changed through their creations, which was something I did and think I still do. It’s really beautiful to me to see big changes like that.