This is a very tough question haha. Honestly, there's good and bad things about closed species. On one hand, I love seeing peoples' concepts, exploring my own, and having something that is unique to play around with. I've seen some fascinating concepts, and I've seen some....incredibly lazy and/or ridiculous concepts, but all around I think its a great way to share creativity and breed new ideas. I've got quite a few myself, my own closed species, and those I've adopted from others.
On the other hand, I think the community is super volatile and has a tendency to be pretty toxic. The way people pass CS around like trading cards is kind of sickening and offensive to the artists, and the way people harass each other (I've been harassed as well), just makes it hard to stay in love with a character. Not only that, but the way people fixate on a certain species or two, like a mob mentality, makes it hard for people to really enjoy the 'community', whether they're trying to snag said species, or not.
So good and bad LOL.
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