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Have I mentioned lately how unbelievably grateful I am for the Supercat authors who haven’t quit on this pairing, who keep giving us the content we’d get literally nowhere else otherwise? Because yeah, you guys are legends,

aerynwrites

I think the thing that worries me so much about this tumblr plus bullshit isn’t the fact that creators can put their stuff behind a pay wall - for everyday regular bloggers that’s fine! Do what you want I guess.

But fanfiction writers CANNOT do this. Point blank PERIOD!

And some might say “oh but Aeryn it’s a choice! You don’t have to do it!” And, yes I KNOW this. I know it’s a choice. But younger fanfic creators out there may not be aware of the absolute shit show that went down several years ago where people SUED fanfiction writers over their work. And that is dangerous for many reasons.

These companies that own the characters we love do. Not. Care. About us. They will sue us the second some fanfic creator unwittingly uses this paywall to gain money from their fanfiction works. That is illegal. You CANNOT do that. You cannot gain money from fanfiction Bc technically it isn’t yours. The characters and the worlds are not ours and if just one of us gets caught doing it tumblr will get sued and we all know they don’t have the money to fight them and tumblr will go poof.

This post isn’t meant to be rude or demeaning or condescending. I am just genuinely so so worried about this because if it takes off, tumblr as a fandom space is as good as gone. And as much as I call this place a “hell site” I do love it. I love the community I’ve built here and the friends I’ve made and I don’t want to lose it because of the IDIOTS at yahoo want more money.

*sigh* so - please complain to tumblr about this and hope to god it doesn’t actually happen. For all fanfic writers sake.

@staff

maximoffdanvers

1.08 | 1.18 | 2.21

ggreymd

SuperCat in every episode (31/?) 2x02 - The Last Children of Krypton (2/2)

“And come back. I know we all need change, but we need friends, too.” “Oh, I’ll be back. I will.”

futureevilscientist

I cannot believe that in the year of our lord 2020 there are legit people saying that “AO3 isn’t a big deal, there are other fan hosting websites”. That they don’t realise how fragile and precarious it all is.

I’ve been on the internet long enough to watch Photobucket and Imageshack go under, for old forum threads with art contests to now turn into broken dead galleries full of empty displays and metaphorical shattered glass cases.

If I read a fic ten or even five years ago on Tumblr, good fucking luck finding it now. Blog might be gone, URL might be different, and even if I find the blog, unless I reblogged that fic or bookmarked it in my browser and still have that bookmark (and can find it), good luck sifting through years of posts for something that might be tagged ‘fic’ or ‘fanfic’ or perhaps ‘writing’ or who the fuck knows what, because Tumblr certainly still doesn’t let you search or filter combining more than one tag at a time.

I’ve been on the internet long enough to remember when Tumblr let you post nsfw content - wait, my bad, that was just a little over a year ago, wasn’t it?

And that’s not even getting into the Livejournal Purge, the certain authors flat out banning fanfic of their work (and sites like Fanfiction.net enforcing this), or the C&D letters.

Archive of Our Own was built to be (among other things) an ARCHIVE. And so far it has been precisely that, and that is huge. I don’t blame the Gen Zs who are just now coming of age and starting to use the internet for not knowing the history, but damn, you have GOT to do research before you just take shit for granted!

olderthannetfic

Yup.

And I frankly do not believe that most of them haven’t heard of fannish purges. That damn post of mine went around so often one of my offline friends was like “LOL, my random other offline friend just recommended your post to me”. And it is far, far from the only time Tumblr has had a viral post mentioning strikethrough or Anne Rice Anne Ricing all over the place.

ggreymd

SuperCat in every episode (15/?) 1x11 - Strange Visitor from Another Planet (½)

“So, uh, should I make a dinner reservation, or am I fired?” “Make a reservation.”

wistfulwatcher

#friendly reminder that cat grant read horrible things about herself #words designed to hurt seemingly sent from someone that could actually hurt her #and her first instinct was to trust kara #to believe that there is no way kara would tell her off (in an email no less) after all they’ve been through #that even after the way she’s treated kara there is NO WAY kara would say such terrible things #no way that a kara of sound mind and body would want to cause her (or anyone) pain #and her second instinct #was to find hard proof that it wasn’t #the cruel email might have been sent to cat #but the target was always kara #kara’s job kara’s reputation kara’s relationship #and what does cat do? #she protects all of those things instantly #without kara even knowing

wistfulwatcher

Don’t use media jargon you don’t understand.

#pretty sure i could scream about this moment for days #this is so important #cat schooling ambitious siobhan #siobhan that wants to be ‘the next cat grant’ #siobhan that thinks cat is nothing but drive and product and power #siobhan that COMPLETELY misses who cat is even after working with her for weeks #because what siobhan misses? #is that cat doesn’t want to change the conversation to make waves #she doesn’t want to change the conversation to be the one presenting and speaking and in charge #that’s not what ‘changing the conversation’ means #that’s not what she DOES #cat is all about making a difference and power is her tool #she doesn’t make waves to make waves #she makes waves to make change #cat talking to leslie was about supergirl coming ONTO the scene and changing the conversation #because her presence was important #SUPERGIRL is important because supergirl is hope #cat knows this and that’s why this episode was SO HARD for her #she was forced to tell national city to give up hope #to make herself give up hope #and cat grant DOES NOT give up easily #and what siobhan misses is exactly the reason cat wants kara around #kara gets it because kara is open and optimistic and that’s what her company is really about #kara is the type of employee she needs because kara is the type of person the world needs #the type of person cat needs #and if you don’t understand what cat’s doing with catco #she wants you out