Getting popular as a creative person: Cool, big fanbase, lots of compliments, but stressful. A constant pressure to appease the masses and produce "content"
Marshaling 2-3 weirdos who love your shit no matter what and go absolutely fucking bananas whenever you make stuff: No downsides, and you can Get Freaky With It. In fact, being a self-indulgent freak is encouraged and often demanded
Kept thinking about this line the last few weeks every time it was sunny out lol 🌩️🌨️🌦️🌪️⛄
[Video description: a line art only animation of Gale of Waterdeep. He looks up at the sunny sky and happily says "lovely day, this!" Then he looks suspicious and continues "for now..." After a moment clouds come rolling in, a strong wind starts blowing and heavy rain comes pouring down. At the top is written: "western Europeans in spring:" /End video description.]
Plenty of highly intelligent people end up getting sucked in to cults because they just wanted people to hang out with. There are antivaxxer nurses. Your ability to act on empirical reason breaks down fast if your social and emotional needs aren't being met.