Not gonna lie, I like what I see.
Jan. 25th, 2012 12:28 pm
Well, tonight was cool. I stayed up until 3 am (mostly because of painful cramps) but it allowed me to participate into and witness two cool things. First off, the Namesake kickstarter is doing well. So... yay, we have generous fans!! That's always a nice little boost in the self-esteem department. You guys have the awesome. You have it 10 times over.
KICKSTARTER PAGE
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Second, I saw on tumblr many reblogs about this popular fandom artist who is basically dying and can't pay for the operation who will save her life. Friends of the artist set up a donation tumblr, and they even got stars of the shows the artist loves to participate and boost the signal and get her in contact with a kind doctor. I was amazed to see that they got almost half the money needed for the operation (which is like... 30 000$) in about a night. The girl's tumblr has been overflowing with support, and she is overwhelmed and adorable. I participated a little myself.
So, I guess, in short, I saw that people can be very generous to encourage something they love, or just when they feel empathy for someone. Which is cool. A couple of people will never donate to things like these (because why pay when it's free / illness signal boosting might be a scam). But when you see the amount of effort and support people give when they can donate, or when they can't (moral support is also amazing)... I dunno, it makes you feel that stuff is pretty good.
And that the internet is some kind of super hero that can side with good :D
- Isa