Adoptable character designs tend to be a fractious subject on FA, I've noticed. Some people think they're stupid (and in some cases, they're semi-right, especially in the cases where the adoptables are just a bunch of alt colors of the same lineart), others buy dozens of them with impulsive fervor, spending ridiculous amounts of money.

I'm kind of in the middle ground. I see a few designs I like, and sometimes I buy them (usually from ), but what is weird and annoying to me in particular are a certain kind of regular adoptable buyer, which I have 'humorously' named in journal title. A lot of interesting adoptable designs end up being bought by people who had blank accounts, full of nothing but favorites, no communication from anyone. You really never notice any art the characters again. They are just bought and vanish into the ether, never to be seen or used anywhere on FA.

I suppose it's possible they just go use the design somewhere else. But I think a lot of them buy so many that they can't use them all. What's the point of outbidding everyone else if you're just going to tuck the design in your pocket and never bring it up again?