hot and unpopular take but I dont get why offering a design that hasn't accrued enough value on one that has is so egregious? isnt the whole point liking the design itself.. I would rather trade a design worth $100 for one worth $5 that I love than one worth $100 that i dont like

"here's a design that doesn't show much design skill nor does it appeal to your tastes at all. I commissioned $500 of art for it tho"
"I'll take it"
"Here's a design that suits your preferences"
"Blacklisted for having the audacity to offer such a peasant OC"

like... fucking... when I'm looking for oc trades, I don't CARE how many capitalism bux you spent on it?? if i don't like the design I'm not gonna use it?? So what's the point?? Do you people seriously care about the ~worth matching~??

oh and if we ARE going to track worth... then guess what, the hours I spent drawing the character are worth money too. a character I've drawn 100 times is worth MORE than one I spent $10 on one commissioned piece for.

remembering when i saw someone's blacklist and it included
- offering a character worth ~300 on a character worth ~700
- "giving me" an underpriced character "without warning" (so........ they gifted you a character that... wasn't expensive enough?)