"Galleries with no comments at all really do bug 
me, I must admit.  It makes it seem like the 
person is collecting just for the heck of it and 
doesn't fully appreciate the cels." 
(I have no idea what code this board uses for 
quotes so sorry it's not quoted right.)

I take offense to comments like this. How many 
people collect cels just or the heck of it? Most 
people who collect cels, especially people who 
have a lot of cels acquired over a long period of 
time, probably appreciate their cels. I don't 
think a lack of commentary changes that.

On the current version of my gallery I have no 
commentary on the cels... yet. I haven't decided 
if I plan to keep it that way. My last gallery 
had commentary on nearly every cel, but the truth 
was coming up with something interesting to say 
about the cels actually made it hard for me to do 
updates. On some cels there wasn't a good story 
on how I got it, and there wasn't anything I felt 
I could say about the cel other than listing the 
episode it was from or just say how <> looks gorgeous and I love how 
<>'s <> looks. Personally 
I find generic gushing sort of boring, and I had 
enough of it in my other commentary that I 
couldn't stand anymore in my gallery.

I mean, I have like 20+ absolute, hands shaking, 
heart pounding, nearly screaming dream cels. Does 
anyone really want to read how excited and 
nervous and freaking out I was 20+ times? I doubt 
it.

So my new gallery has no commentary at the 
moment. People who know me know a lot about why I 
bought or love certain cels. Also, people who 
email me about a certain cel usually get a story 
or something back in their email regarding that 
cel. I don't even have large scan images in my 
gallery at the moment. My fun at the moment came 
from designing the actual site and then getting 
the cels placed in logical categories and 
grouping them in an attractive way (I can spend 
hours arranging 10 cels over two pages).

I guess it ticks me off that you can say lack of 
commentary means someone likely doesn't 
appreciate their cels. Well then why did the 
person even take the time to scan them all in, 
create a website, make banners and such and then 
arrange them all aesthetically? Does this mean 
people who have no online gallery at all REALLY 
don't appreciate their cels? I had no online 
gallery for four or five years of my collecting, 
and I don't think I loved my cels less back then.

Anyway, as much as I created my gallery to share 
my favorite cels with everyone, I really designed 
it for me. Most of the decisions I made creating 
it, including whether to have commentary and 
whether to attach larger scans came from my own 
experience looking at other people's galleries 
and what I enjoyed seeing. My old gallery didn't 
have larger scans either. I personally like the 
thumbnail look and seeing cels grouped, and 
probably won't ever have huge scans of my cels 
online. If you think the way I chose to do this 
implies I don't appreciate my cels, you can think 
that, but it's wrong. 

Also, I agree with the person who says that in 
general, the more veteran a collecor is, the less 
prone they are to have commentary. There are 
obvious exceptions of course. *wave Drac*

Sorry for the long-winded, rambling and divergent 
post, but I think I possibly fit the description 
of the galleries people are referring to, and you 
should know just because we don't say a lot on 
our galleries doesn't mean we don't have a lot 
(too much?) to say about our cels.

-Remi