give me a gun, im going in

perhaps the friendship was the fictional couples we hallucinated along the way

[brokenvirgin]

read my fics! we can be stupid together!

ao3 | bluesky

i do not condone harassment over fictional works.

if that mindset offends you, kindly block me to prevent our paths from crossing again

[leidensygdom]

So, Discord has added a feature that lets other people "enhance" or "edit" your images with different AI apps. It looks like this:

Currently, you can't opt out from this at all. But here's few things you can do as a protest.

FOR SERVERS YOU ARE AN ADMIN IN

Go to Roles -> @/everyone roles -> Scroll all the way down to External Apps, and disable it. This won't delete the option, but it will make people receive a private message instead when they use it, protecting your users:

You should also make it a bannable offense to edit other user's images with AI. Here's how I worded it in my server, feel free to copypaste:

Do not modify other people's images with AI under ANY circumstances, such as with the Discord "enhancement" features, amidst others. This is a bannable offense.

COMPLAIN TO DISCORD

There's few ways to go around this. First, you can go to https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/requests/new , select Help and Support -> Feedback/New Feature Request, and write your message, as seen in the screenshot below.

For the message, here's some points you can bring up:

Concerns about harassment (such as people using this feature to bully others)

Concerns about privacy (concerns on how External Apps may break privacy or handle the data in the images, and how it may break some legislations, such as GDPR)

Concerns about how this may impact minors (these features could be used with pictures of irl minors shared in servers, for deeply nefarious purposes)

BE VERY CLEAR about "I will refuse to buy Nitro and will cancel my subscription if this feature remains as it is", since they only care about fucking money

Word them as you'd like, add onto them as you need. They sometimes filter messages that are copypasted templates, so finding ways to word them on your own is helpful.

ADDING: You WILL NEED to reply to the mail you receive afterwards for the message to get sent to an actual human! Otherwise it won't reach anyone

UNSUSCRIBE FROM NITRO

This is what they care about the most. Unsuscribe from Nitro. Tell them why you unsuscribed on the way out. DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY. They're a company. They take actions for profit. If these actions do not get them profit, they will need to backtrack. Mass-unsuscribing from WOTC's DnD beyond forced them to back down with the OGL, this works.

LEAVE A ONE-STAR REVIEW ON THE APP

This impacts their visibility on the App store. Write why are you leaving the one-star review too.

_

Regardless of your stance on AI, I think we can agree that having no way for users to opt out of these pictures is deeply concerning, specially when Discord is often used to share selfies. It's also a good time to remember internet privacy and safety- Maybe don't post your photos in big open public servers, if you don't want to risk people doing edits or modifications of them with AI (or any other way). Once it's posted, it's out of your control.

Anyways, please reblog for visibility- This is a deeply concerning topic!

[the-bar-sinister]

Remember when I told ya'll last month to be ready to start looking for a Discord alternative?

Yeah things aren't looking good for discord.

[the-bar-sinister]

#what is the alternative anyway

If you want a direct alternative there's Revolt, which is a free, open source discord clone.

Revolt is the chat app that's truly built with you in mind.

[the-bar-sinister]

Oh...

It's even worse than I thought.

[darker-than-darkstorm]

Time to go back to IRC.

[howtoimpersonateanadult]

I recommend Element; it's very similar to Discord and has basically the same features but it's privacy-focused and both servers and DMs can both be encrypted so only the actual users of those rooms can read the messages.

This means unlike most popular chat apps, including and especially Discord, Element doesn't sell your conversations or tracking data to advertisers, because the company literally doesn't have access to that data in the first place.

I've used it for years and I think it's a natural fit for Discord users.

[give-grian-rights]

sighs. saves for later

[cell113]

The problem with this is transferring YEARS of Discord usage to these new alternatives. Until a tool is made that allows full back up if not transfer of All That, then transitioning to these alternatives isn't feasible for the baseline everyday user.

[eggseventy]

discord's new terms of service DO have a mandatory arbitration clause for the United States and Canada, you have 30 days to opt out by emailing an opt out notice to [email protected]. this has been your standard "for the love of god do not waive your right to a jury trial under any circumstances" notice

[pookietsunoda]

Here is the info on Discord's new privacy policy, linked above.

[deweeylou-deactivated20251030]

Hehehehehehehh

[shi-the-second]

ULTIMATE GIRLDAD AND ULTIMATE DADDY'S GIRL

It's okay. We'll show them. We will show them all.

[bellaswans-khakiskirt]

[moonshinemagpie]

Everyone: Please please please don't write your books in Google Docs. Frankly don't use Google Drive for personal stuff.

Their terms of service say they take down stuff like content related to terrorism and trafficking, but this Google Sheet was literally a list of movies I'd watched this year and books I'd read.

[moonshinemagpie]

Holy smokes, guys. It's way worse than I thought. Google actually took away access to every single file of fiction writing I'd made on that account. BUT I backed it all up on Scrivener yesterday by coincidence. So I haven't lost my work, but I could have just lost the 12,000 words I've written this month after a year of really intense writer's block. I honestly don't know what that would have done to my psyche.

Please be careful out there, folks! <3

[aerialworms]

That is awful! If you're looking for a gdocs-like replacement, Ellipsus @ellipsus-writes is an explicitly queer friendly, anti-AI equivalent with online syncing and sharing - I've been using it for almost a year now as a replacement for gdocs and absolutely love it. They are pro-fanfic, so much so that they have a dedicated "export to Ao3" option that preserves all your formatting. They don't have an app (yet) but you can add it to your home screen via your mobile browser if you want.

I do still back up all my work to local storage on LibreOffice (free to download, Microsoft Office equivalent) too though, thank goodness you backed up to Scrivener OP!

[fatherbroken]

▶ "Four, Three, That's my Technique" Jayce x Silco

co-authored with @brokenvirgin || Multi-chaptered (1/4) || 45k+ words || *No Warnings Apply* | Rating: E

They both had done a couple more tests, and the prototype passed them without issue. While debating on if he should show up to the meeting anyways, Viktor had grabbed his attention. 'Do you know what else we can work on?' And, uh. They did have another 'project' that took up a chunk of their time. Well. That one in particular, he hopes to show it to Silco, later.

Jayce and Silco experiment with practical devices for sexual intimacy... courtesy of Viktor's genius.

[Click to continue reading on AO3]

[endlesslymysteriousstarfarer]

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #621 )✅️

A new pain... and unbearable exhaustion.

I fled my Out of the tent again under a hail of bullets, through the rubble of destruction, and the terror of merciless warplanes..

I carried nothing...only held my children close and ran into the unknown

Today, we are without shelter, without food, without medicine.

My children are sick... their bodies are weak, their eyes search for safety we do not have, and for medicine we cannot reach.

Every passing day is a battle to survive

We endure life in Gaza under war... under bombing...

Help us save the little souls who did nothing wrong but were born in a homeland that’s burning.

Donate to Help Haya and her Family, organized by Peter Guenther

[Note: the fundraiser says I'm raising funds for Molly Guenther, my mom, because that's how th… Peter Guenther needs your support for Help H

[fatherbroken]

▶ Hard rock, Steady rock, Jailco for @brokenvirgin

Oneshot || *No Warnings Apply* || 3.3k || Rating: E

Silco carefully rested his arched foot on the stool in front of the couch. He set out on unbuckling its leather cinch, then took the shoe off. After about a minute’s time, the sock came next. When the naked sole sought again that soft surface, it tucked itself smaller and pressed down.

The ‘stool’ squirmed.

“Hmm.” Silco’s wordless curiosity fell on no one to answer. Because there was ‘no one’ in the room. No Jayce. Only the stool.

And a stool’s job was to lie there and stand firm.

Or: Jayce practices human furniture and gets a footjob.

[Click to continue reading on AO3]

[brokenvirgin]

my husband keeps churning out bangers...

[fatherbroken]

▶ They're too hard on you, boy, Jailco for @brokenvirgin

Oneshot || *No Warnings Apply* || 4.6k || Rating: T

A few concerned glances meet around the roundtable before Mel advises the council to continue as scheduled. Once Silco finishes his update, the tension in the room releases. Jayce speaks last, as the last to join.

And then the meeting promptly ends.

No one brings up Jayce’s obvious indisposition. Obvious, to Silco anyway. His proud stance droops. He’s rubbing his temples every couple of minutes, like with a headache. Air rattles in his throat, though he doesn’t allow himself to cough.

Jayce Talis is sick. 

Or: Silco is witness to the ridiculous circles Jayce Talis has to do to get medicine, and helps him get better.

[Click to continue reading on AO3]

[icestorming]

Not a proper scene’s illustration, but again I was inspired by @yunuen ‘s “The Line is covered in jellyfish” and Jayce being a demi-bi disaster (I love him). Also, I just wanted to draw Melvik going at it.

Click and zoom for a better quality!!

[chiapetjayce]

THAT scene but without the cuts

[dunwichbore]

Glorious failure

[fatherbroken]

▶ Zaunite Blue, Role Reversal AU

Multi-chaptered || *Graphic Depictions of Violence* || Rating: M

When Jayce was twelve, his father taught him that they should always help the less fortunate, to put hammers in the hands of the people, and be proud of their work. Jayce reminded himself of that, after losing him. All he had to remember his father by fit in a small trunk. When Jayce turned eighteen, he made his first breakthrough with Hextech. For Zaun. (Without any relation, when Powder turned eighteen, she earned the title Woman of Progress.)

Instead of staying topside, the Talis family takes their business where it's needed: across the bridge. This doesn't just alter the course of Jayce's life. Or: A Jayce-Jinx Role Reversal AU.

[Click to continue reading on AO3]

[fatherbroken]

Chapter 2: "Undercity of Progress" 

looking into how the Barons work in a Jayce-raised-by-Silco Zaun... and how Zaun has progressed into the Undercity of Progress!

Link to chapter ▶️ [Here]

[4rk4n4]

I’m gonna be real honest with you, not once did I ever think that Vander and Silco were actual brothers, because they referred to each other as such in the context of a shared political struggle for freedom which signified to me that “brother” is a term the collective uses to organize and mobilize and fight for their freedom. I’m impervious to the discourse surrounding whether or not it’s moral to ship them on the basis of real or perceived familial ties thanks to the amount of historical knowledge I have stored in My Huge Brain. Some! of you fans are not so lucky. Y’all stay safe out there.

[lileeeeee]

ngl some freak was so pissed off by me drawing vanco but my drawings was so good that dumbass just cut vander out like it was THEIR drawing, so yeah, people like that exist and the fact they're so bold is just a consequence of politeness of people they encountered (ex. like all those kind answers of creators to those who yell "they're brothers they're brothers!!!!" when it's just a damn delirium that doesn't even worth a second of your word of explanation). their illiteracy and ignorance is the key answer - those are people who casually wouldn't watch arcane, wouldn't be interested in that show, but now they feel like they're entitled to something, like they can touch other's property, manipulate it to their tastes, call everything they don't like incest or other shit, make shit completely up in their heads when they don't like a character and whitewash them if they love them (ex. saying cait was so traumatized so her actions are justified, but jinx should just die because she basically lost everything), just to put you down and themselves higher than you.

that's not just infantile bullshit, that's consumerism in it's highest point. you don't like that content? block me and move on. you like it but you have other opinion? go pick a fucking pen and draw what YOU like, coward. draw like i did for years of my damn life. do not trace, do not use ai. draw and we'll see what you'll have in 3 hours, buddy. maybe then you'll respect at least something in your damn life, so called "artist".

covid really did damage that can not be undone, people who weren't supposed to be in such places, in such fandoms just flooded them and now it's like that. that's damn sad, actually, and i myself don't even know what we can do.

i myself had to do researches for other people, give them damn links, when their answer is written in the first google search, yet they feel like they're competent enough to STATE (not even assume. STATE.) something and act like they're the authority here.

man that's just crazy. rant post ended going to draw some vanco stuff i need another dose or i'll go insane from all that bitterness, despair and anger.