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dalis ❖ black + native trans woman ❖ she/her ❖ roleplay advice, graphics, and help

[katherine-mcnamara]

Extremely hot take for some of you i’m sure. But the fact that you will give packs 400 notes that literally admit to taking gifs from packs and gif sets and cropping them and redistributing them without asking (some were mine and I know I did not give permission and say don’t alter my colouring to people who do want to crop them, and a lot were from SETS not gif packs, which NO), completely destroy them with a yellow/washed out psd, and saying they wont remove them but will credit if asked. And the original packs and gifsets all having under 50, most under 30 reblogs is the fucking most disgusting thing in this community I swear to god.

[dalishelps]

I hope you don't take this the wrong way but you can't own gifs that are made out of material you don't own. I keep saying this and I feel like no one is listening so maybe reblogging a popular creator is the solution. You put frames together and exported them, but that doesn't entitle you to anything involving the media. Barring times when people admit it, it's impossible to tell if someone took the gifs from you or if they just used the same frames you did. It's not your material to claim copyright over, and the more you try, the more at risk you are of having a large company take you to court for infringement and earning money off their intellectual property.

There are more disgusting things going on in the community and in the world than edited gifs. Please simmer down a bit. You have to accept the fact that you can't control something like this, and you also don't have any right to. I don't mean this to be rude but it just strikes me as a lot of shit over not much. It may be better for your mental health to come to terms with non-ownership than let it get to you so bad. I see a lot of people who get upset over things like this, but there are bigger fish to fry. I promise it isn't the end of the world.

I know people are probably going to take this wrong but it's not meant as a callout or anything, just constructive criticism. I used to make gif packs on deviantart and it was just easier to accept that my gifs weren't going to be used the way I wanted than raise my blood pressure over some pixels. No shade or anything I promise, but it isn't worth the anger.

[dalishelps]

No offense but some of y'all need to realize that activism in your real, physical area and city is more important than making sure people in a small internet community are aware you are not as racist as the average white. If you're white and you spend all your time on the internet making resources of people of color for cash so people know you're pro-diversity, consider donating that cash to a BLM fund. Are you willing to send money to antifascism campaigns yourself and protest in the street for trans rights or are you just talking? These days lip service ain't cutting it. Get off your asses and do something cause we're dying in real life.

[burdockeverdeen]

PUBLIC COMMISSION — by clicking on the source link find a free download link and a page with 438 gifs, all made from scratch by myself, of deniz baysal in episode twenty two of fazilet hanim ve kizlari. deniz is turkish and is currently 31 years old, but was around 26 years old at the time of filming of this show. i ask you to please not repost or edit ( this includes gif icons ) without my permission, and, if using these, give this post a like or a reblog. thank you !

[dalishelps]

I understand people might be big mad about some of the stuff I say regarding copyright but y'all, sending anon hate is not the answer. I got a nasty one that I think was supposed to be sent on anon but someone forgot to tick the box? And that was from someone who is fairly well known in the community to the point where I think I'd be drawn and quartered if I said who it was. Just watch it. Also to that person: you're a transmisogynist. What you said was gross and even if you are just trying to start petty drama for kicks cause you're bored, it's not funny. Get over yourself and stop shitting on smaller blogs.

[dalishelps]

Consider Stremio coupled with Torrentio as an alternative to having subscriptions from evil corporations. Companies like Netflix have done so many problematic things that I can't even decide where to begin and Disney is responsible for so many atrocities. Stremio + Torrentio with a debrid is safe and companies won't see you pirate anything through it.

I think I should note that even though I discourage selling copyrighted work, I hate the companies that are responsible for going after people and I don't think you should pay for their content if you can get away with safe pirating via VPN or a debrid. I just know that they're cracking down on IP copyright infringement and it's hurting creators online, which is why I don't recommend directly selling gif packs or any material with copyrighted works in it. Patreon is always there and Ko-Fi too for donations.

[ashsources-deactivated20230215]

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[kaceyrps]

245 gifs of Karene Peter in Emmerdale during December 2022 & January 2023 can be found in the source link. these are all from scratch so please don’t edit or claim as your own. if you plan on using these gifs like and/or reblog this post.

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[dalishelps]

I should clarify I am mixed black, white Irish, and American native of Quapaw/Ugahxpa/downstream descent. My most dominant traits are of black and white as my American native background is solely through my maternal grandmother. I most often use black as a descriptor for myself, but also sometimes add native, and sometimes use mixed. I am privileged in the way of color (I am medium-light skinned), and am not affiliated with any reservation. Note that I will defer to people with darker skin tones when speaking about black issues.

[supersources]

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[dalishelps]

what are examples of people first language when it comes to writing characters who are black?

I think the terminology I used is typically used for disabilities, so I'm sorry if there is confusion with that, though something similar is used in linguistics through style guides. That's where we get the idea of 'people of color', it follows the same convention. I wish I could think of the term I mean at the moment but my brain fog from fibro is making it hard. When speaking about a character of color, you might use what I just did, character of color. When you're writing a character whose skin tone is dark, and you make reference to them being black, you may say something like "a woman of black complexion/skin tone".

I know it can be hard for a white or non-black writer to write a black character, because you might not know what flies. I assure you, as long as you are being respectful, not playing up black (mainly black American) stereotypes constantly (there is a difference between a stereotype and just having traits associated with a group, mind you), and you aren't using language you don't have a right to say (please do not use racial slurs in your writing, or censor it fully with asterisks/use alternative, similar but not as offensive replacements), you should be okay. We can tell when someone is respectful of a people group or culture, we can tell when someone is fetishizing or commodifying, and we can tell when a portrayal is derogatory.

[dalishelps]

I don't like the way people in the roleplay community talk about people of color, especially black people. Sometimes I feel like people see us as a commodity or fetish instead of people. It hurts to see this much tokenism, even though it's well-intentioned. I don't think anyone's doing it on purpose, but please use people-first language and watch how you phrase things. We are reading what you write.

[dalishelps]

i do think its good to consider exactly why people have started paywalling their stuff. even when they put up protections, people still find so many ways to break the creators rules, no matter how hard they make it for them. if it’s paywalled, that still can happen but a) its at a much lower rate (i know from personal experience) and b) if people still do it, at the very least, they get money for it so it’s easier to deal

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you can't make rules on what people can do with content that you don't own. I understand the ideas behind it but if we're talking things like gifs made out of copyrighted material, imposing rules for usage is impossible. Not to mention companies like Disney don't care what the reasoning is, they care that people are profiting off their IP.

If people strictly sold resources they made from scratch that'd be one thing but using Imgflip to crop down a show and then slap a PSD on that baddie isn't transformative enough to avoid copyright infringement. I've unfortunately seen the outcome for creators on other sites and it has taken financial and emotional tolls on them.

I disagree that rules and rule enforcement for property you don't even own should be the reason why the community is inaccessible to low income roleplayers. It just is... Not a good look.

[bakwaaas]

there’s obviously a lot of nuance to to this conversation, but I feel like the way that people nowadays talk about friendships is so cold and devoid of love or empathy. like you aren’t allowed to complain or be sad, ur burdening ur friends with ur problems, helping someone through a hard time is ‘emotional labour’ and ‘you don’t owe anyone anything’ and I’m just thinking what does friendship even mean to you then? like honestly? people say ‘I’m not your therapist’ as if therapy is the answer to everything. what a sad world where a paid clinician is the only person you’re allowed to be emotionally vulnerable with. this ultra individualistic mindset leads to everyone feeling alone and isolated and we’ve lost all concept of community and support systems

[guinedear-deactivated20230318]

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[dalishelps]

Thanks so much for your comments on the current level of inaccessibility in the rpc. i came back not to Long ago and have found so much paywalled content and it's frustrating. the RPC was already dying but I feel like now this is committing the final blow.

I feel like if people started using Patreon or asking for donations and giving people the option to pay instead of requiring it, it would solve a lot of the problem, and it would also prevent people from being prosecuted for selling content that doesn't belong to them.

I really want to start a movement towards changing things like this. I know I'm small in the community right now but it feels bad seeing how the community is dying because of these issues.

[usernare]

deniz baysal gif pack

public commission! 230 gifs of deniz baysal in fazilet anım ve kızları. all made by me, like / reblog if you’re using or found this pack useful!

[dalishelps]

Quick Pointers on Trans Femme Characters

I'm working on a full guide to this, but in bullet points I want to give critique on some of the depictions of trans femmes I've seen here in the Tumblr roleplay community.

Tucking when you're putting on tight clothing is a commonplace thing for trans femmes, but don't be afraid to normalize not having your character do this at all. Right now there's controversy as to whether or not a girl needs to tuck to pass, but I stand by the idea that people should be allowed to not do something that makes them uncomfortable. This is comparable to a trans masc who might not bind his breasts.

You don't have to give your trans femmes she/her pronouns strictly. A lot of us are she/her exclusively, but I know many dear trans femmes in my life who go by she/they, or fae/faer, and other sets. A trans femme may even still choose to go by he/him, especially if they aren't out to everyone. It is fine to explore the closet in roleplay, just make sure you don't equate the pronouns with gender. A he/him trans femme is just as much of a woman as he wants to be, and having pronouns that are traditionally associated with masculinity does not invalidate that.

Sexual acts between trans femmes don't always involve her being a penetrative top. When you're writing smut with a trans femme character, remember that many of us are shy about being tops. You might try writing a trans femme who is a bottom, or enjoys muffing, or maybe who doesn't enjoy being touched but instead being the one to touch (sometimes called stone). Try to avoid the 'step on me' tropes, unless you're writing a character whose personality and life story matches up with that dominatrix vibe.

It is fine for trans femme characters to want to get surgery or look the way a traditional woman might, but not everyone is going to feel that way. I have a dear friend who wears lipstick and dresses but she keeps her full beard and doesn't shave her body hair. Experiment with trans femme characters who don't 100% fit a traditionally feminine mold, but who still identify as women or feminine nevertheless.

It is fine for your trans femme character to like women. Trans lesbians aren't any more predatory than anyone else. I know the temptation for a lot of writers who aren't trans women is make your trans femme character be into men, but try experimenting with having a bisexual or lesbian trans femme character. But for the love of the goddesses, have tact. Write her like you would write a cis lesbian or bisexual woman in this way, not like a creep or a femcel, as this is bad and potentially harmful representation.

Lastly, please be cautious when choosing a face claim for your trans femme character. There is no way to 'look' trans femme, but you might want to shy away from using cis males for a non-closeted role. For non-binary trans femmes, this is a looser idea, as non-binary people don't have to look any specific way. However, if you play a trans femme with a face claim, ideally you'd want the face claim to also be trans femme, or a cis woman. I'm not one of those people who say you can't use a cis man because I know trans women who present as men for convenience or because that's the way they want to look. But again, use your best judgement. You know your character.

I will have a lot more to say in the future on the topic but there's a short guide to trans femme experiences in roleplay.