i think it's also funny too how like sometimes i'll read a comment by a creator on their own work and then they'll revisit it years later and be like "i honestly forgot i did all that. also i don't know what i was so mad about before when i talked about it last time it was pretty cool" LOL, one thing i really liked about coming to understand death of the author as a young adult was when i realized that once the works out there it's just kinda... out here. and anyone can interpret it. not even i know everything about it just because i know what i intended and remember what stuff was meant for. that can all too easily blind me... which is part of the fun of art after all. not even i know what the heck my attempts shall create. guess we'll find out...
thanks for reading! and yeah the gambling line appeared b/c i was thinking smth like "the most efficient way to make money" but really it's more like the most efficient way to extract money from a base with "spare income" if you think about it... much to consider