And these topics are why we try to be mindful of how often we do tributes. George Michael was incredibly important to me as a queer man, and I was devastated when he died. He also died on Christmas, when all of our staff where having time with their families, meaning we couldn't get a tribute out as quickly as we could for Carrie.

If you're releasing something four days later, it doesn't have the same emotional impact, and also feels a little bit strange for us.

Just like we aren't likely to release a tribute for Debbie Reynolds (who also holds a spot in my heart, from my favorite DCOM and also the million times I've seen Singing in the Rain live at the Castro Theatre, here in SF) because we don't want the site to be about releasing an item every time someone famous dies.

This isn't to say that either of them have less value than Carrie Fisher, just that is the tribute item that we chose to make as a team.

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I don't agree with that either. These are items that have emotional weight that a lot of items on Subeta (outside of directly related NPC/event items) can't really pack, and are useful for people who feel like they've lost someone. I know that I've appreciated helping come up with them in the past and it's been cathartic for me on this end.

Taking the good (infrequent tribute items) with the bad (sometimes having to shoot down requests for tributes that are close to users) is fine, imo.

going to lock this, I think 's answer is pretty clear about it. if anyone wants to further comment on tribute items in general, feel free to make a thread in site feedback =)