Knowledge is Power

🇵🇸 🍉 Formerly twst-nadira-oc. Lena, 22, she/they. Everyone out here is making Twisted Wonderland OCs so I figured I might as well join. Yes I watched the Aladdin series a lot, what about it? I do my research, but I´m human and bound to make mistakes, so please correct me.

[blorboroadtrip]

Welcome

I said I was only going to make one or two OCs and now I have to put this up to keep track of what I'm doing.

Nadira, the OG

Amal

Ulyssia (Atlantis fan dorm)

James

Hester

Levi

Wynonna

Lorenzo

Chāo

Professor Monroe

Road Trip (Nadira and Amal backstory)

Memes

Loose Scene

Part 1

Part 2

[staff]

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

[toki-pona]

unfortunately, a lot of the userbase won't opt out. those who don't see this post, those who have posted to tumblr but don't anymore, users on older versions of the app who forget to opt out next time they're on desktop, etc. the point of making it opt-out is to take advantage of people who wouldn't have opted in but don't/can't opt out in time. automatically opting out people who have discouraged search crawling is a gesture that helps Tumblr look more kind, but from the fact that everyone else has to manually opt out, Tumblr is definitely not looking benevolent.

I wonder, will Tumblr/Automattic be selling images from deactivated blogs? I assume deactivated blogs can't opt out.

when will they start selling this data? Is it already too late to keep them from selling every image you've posted before you opted out?

and if they're especially malicious, I wonder if they could get away with saying "this image is from a blog that's opted out, but it was reblogged by a blog that hasn't opted out, so we're selling the image that's on that non-opted-out blog."

making users need to opt out to keep their images from being taken and sold is a shitty move that makes it clear Tumblr/Automattic don't respect our privacy, and @staff are really not giving us much info here to suggest otherwise.

[sharkface]

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

[writterings]

here's some instructions for anyone who doesn't know how to opt out:

login in on desktop, it's not available on mobile yet

click "Account"

click on your blog

go to "Blog Settings"

go to "Visibility"

Scroll down to the bottom option

turn the toggle ON, not off

you will have to do this individually for each sideblog you have too, no way to do it for each account in one go

[sastielsfandom]

Hey, are you aware of the fact that many people in Gaza have resorted to cutting pieces of their tents for scraps for pads? Which as you can imagine isn't the safest option but their only option in most cases. This also applies to those going through postpartum bleeding from giving birth. If you want to or can help:

The Pious Projects - they distribute feminine hygiene kits for people in Gaza! I suggest checking it out yourself but there's various amounts you can give from $5-$1,000 to help make and distribute these kits! They cost around $25 for each kit, but every bit helps. Make sure to share the link even if you can't currently help donate today!

[alyzememes]

send ‘💗’ to get a valentine's day present from my muse.

if you can’t see the symbol send ‘pink heart emoji’.

[emmaharwoods]

you can click on this button once daily to help palestine and support other causes in the middle east for free. it takes literally 5 seconds and could help save lives so please take the time to click and share this link.

[grelliam]

#oh it raises money thru ad revenue and ur click confirms the value to advertisers. neat

[valtsv]

i just know there was a weird little girl in the middle ages out there stealing snake's eggs and putting them in her family's chicken coop in the hope of hatching a basilisk

[heartscrypt]

the web - fear of manipulation and lost control made manifest

[bend-n-twst]

When Yuu finally leaves NRC

[heartscrypt]

tfw you sign your soul over to an eldritch fear deity in order to regain some semblance of control over your own life (tma au)

nobody understands how fucking crazy i am about this au. its tormenting me. also epel is here as well he's corruption he has a lot of worms in him sorry in advance

closeups + design notes + au jamil fun facts under the cut!

(tw some body horror stuff? eye stuff)

design notes

his hair jewelry has been replaced with spider silk cocoons / string. also very obviously spider themed hair gem thing

spider eyes! both in the way of he has 8 human eyes and actual spider eyes on his neck

web tattoos. they spin outwards and grow in a kind of mesmerizing hypnotic pattern when he uses his powers

his braids now form a spiderweb pattern. hes also prematurely greying a little LOLL

his belt chains form a spiderweb pattern as well

he has piercings! an erl piercing across his nose bridge and four piercings on each ear

his pants are based off the spider-tailed horned viper-- a snake whose tail has evolved to look like a spider so the birds it feeds on will mistake its tail for prey

au jamil notes

his backstory pretty much remains the same honestly

except when he's around 11, instead of getting poisoned and falling into a coma, he gets trapped in a buried-aligned artifact that he touched while cleaning one of the asim treasure rooms

nobody could find him for weeks and kalim was really tearing up the whole estate about it because he insisted that jamil would never run off or disappear without a reason

jamil escapes the buried by taking the assistance of the web (he does it in the way of "i don't know what's going on but this thing is reaching out to help me and i don't want to die so fuck it" but he's still accepting the web into his life regardless)

after two weeks they find him covered in cobwebs and dust in the treasure room and he gets scolded for making everyone worry

he doesn't even bother trying to explain to people what happened to him because he knows it's too unbelievable for them. he spins a lie and he's surprised by how natural it is to just Lie to people

jamil's powers as an avatar of the web manifest visually as him "pulling strings" out of people's eyes. like unwinding their irises like they're spools of thread. if you've seen the prev post on web!jamil you know what it looks like

if he leaves the iris-strings half unwound they become very suggestible, very easily manipulated

however if he yanks out the iris-strings fully, he can turn the other person into a complete blank slate. no thoughts head empty. basically an empty cocoon of a person. he tends not to do this because 1) it's very conspicuous and 2) it renders the victim completely useless to the web

he has to concentrate very hard to do this and he can usually pull on only one person's iris-strings at a time

[dreemurr-skelememer]

anyway,. back to your usual queue'd posts.

[blorboroadtrip]

Road Trip AU Part 2

Part 1

[blorboroadtrip]

Road Trip AU Part 2

Part 1

[blorboroadtrip]

I'm still insane about fingerless gloves btw.

[blorboroadtrip]

I'm still insane about fingerless gloves btw.

[twst-the-night-away]

You, who image the Dark Mirror did beckon forth ... wanna go get some boba?

Take my quiz, mortals, and share it forthwith.

[atwstedstory]

To absolutely no one's surprise who knows my Savanaclaw-loving ass--

[the-trinket-witch]

Heartslabyul

Your boba tastes have landed you in Heartslabyul! You tend to stick to classic flavors, avoiding anything that sounds too "weird" to you. You either have a favorite flavor that you order every time, or you decide what to drink based on the season.

(TO NOTE I TOOK THIS QUIZ AS ALBERT-NOT MYSELF)

[twst-the-night-away]

I will say, according to the quiz stats, Heartslabyul is winning by a landslide. I may have to tweak the results to make it less weighted somehow ... 🤔

[k-looking-glass-house]

Oh my... I read boba... I am here... Thank you Daisy it was so funny and cute in some way !!!

Lol yes I am allergic to light.... Loud sounds (but not loud person !! I love them !)...

Tsss... I am kind of shy to go... to Diasomnia actually.... *look around*

Again thanks ah ah !! Boba is life !

[ellovett]

🪄 Mainly Fayette postings!!! + some uncolored doodles

- i kinda wanna start shipping divus and fayette together, divus would find his flashiness and cheerfulness rlly annoying at first, he was dead convinced that he hated his guts, but then he'd start subconsciously noticing on how pretty his hair was and how he couldnt maintain eye contact w him for too long cuz his eyes are also pretty, and spiral into an internal crisis

- fayette mar"rizz" dieu's kirakira factor is so powerful that he rope divus into the most insane stuff and can get them to wear stupid matching tshirts with stupid quotes, i think itd b funny

Rbs>likes!!