An open letter to DeviantArt

[jeriendhal]

I don't care if it is April 1st, I do not appreciate my user icon being defaced to help plug a badly written fantasy series that celebrates the life of a remarkably shallow and self-absorbed teenager and teaches that the only good people are rich and pretty, it's true love if someone stalks you, and it's okay to abandon your family completely to become a bloodsucking member of the undead.

My user page is not a vehicle for you to make money off product placement. I already pay a fee to avoid advertising, I'd rather not BE the advertising. Do anything like this again and I shall request a refund on my remaining subscription and find a better venue to display my works.

Comments

[meronine.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm just glad I got Lady Gaga. xD;

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

At least she can sing...

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

I hate the first April.

[grayhawkfh.livejournal.com]

You mean it's not ok to okay to abandon your family completely to become a bloodsucking member of the undead?

Damn, I've been doing it wrong this whole time...

Whether or not I like the Twilight series, at least the kids are reading.

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

You know, the whole "the guy who manipulates, belittles and stalks you is your PERFECT SOULMATE!!!"-angle makes me think it would indeed be better for impressionable girls to not read at all than read nothing but this toxic schlock.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Sorry Frank, but I have to disagree with you strongly here. Reading is good, but certain things are better to read than others. I wouldn't recommend Twilight to a kid for the same reasons I wouldn't recommend The Turner Diaries to anyone. The stuff personally offends me on a level that prevents me from going "Well, at least it's worth a laugh."

[threeringedmoon.livejournal.com]

That's right: it's "Don't trust anything you read on the Internet" Day.

Sigh.