I AM an artist who currently does VN's with a team and his statement is 100% correct. The amount of times Ive heard creators, ESPECIALLY furry creators, piss and moan at cons about absolutely everything and take ZERO personal responsibility for their work ethic is so disgusting, Not ONE serious professional I know blames burn out, or art blocks. NONE. If they werent taking money from people, be a lazy lump, who cares? But I bet they havent stopped taking those payments huh? No one holds them accountable. YOU are the one with audacity to defend a terrible practice. You dont speak for creators.
If it's stated that the project is on hiatzs, but the patreon page is still working in the present, updating with at least sketches and stuff, you are basically buying the atmosphere, like going to the coffee shop. Why do you think that a coffee is so expensive? Because you are buying the atmosphere to taste it. This statement also applies at here too. It's stated that the project is on a hiatus, and if you don't want to read a project which is on hiatus that you already know, but paying for the patreon membership nevertheless, it's like puting a twig in your own bicycle's wheel, yapping around "why did it happen?!". Also do they look like professionals to you? Like literal companies or what? They are only humans, doing their hobbies and earning a little reward. The only problem with the furry community is your unpatient-ass types who are complaining 24/7 straight and trying to do a war against creators because of jelaousy or because of something doesn't work out in the way you wanted. And to be frank, I assume that their patreon page is still working.
by the way, do you even know their age? Haven't you considered the fact that they might be young adults who are attending high school or even having a job? Or maybe about their emotional states?
If they were already talking about a hiatus and they have already declared it, you have absolutely no right nor reason to act like this.
Even so, it's really admirable that they are trying the best out of their own capabilities as "freelancers". It's the process of making a dream come true and I'm here to balance the negative with positive.
There's also one more thing that I especially hate about the artist fandom, and it's that they mind everyones business instead of their own. If something occures that somebody doesn't like, they will literally start a life-ruining shame war against them, which is EXTREMELY disgusting. At the end of the day, no one's better than the other.