Honestly thought needing perfect gear was the main thing for astro photos, but your post kinda changed my mind. I'm way less stressed about messing up now, we all start somewhere.

Ugh, that's so frustrating! The scene can be super tough to break into, right?

just wait until they rediscover the big three filler arcs and start screaming about them at 2am like it's a new problem. my upstairs neighbor has started doing dramatic readings of badly translated subs through the floor vents. at this point i could write a thesis on why everyone is wrong about the soul society arc but they'd just yell over me anyway.