when I first like, popped up on the indie TTRPG scene as a baby game designer, a couple people sent me extremely kind and encouraging messages that made me feel so welcomed and so confident, and I have always been really determined to pay that forward whenever the opportunity presents itself.
but sometimes it's like "how do I word this so my own disillusionment doesn't come through, but is also not just empty positivity"
lol. lmao.