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Kelsey | 33 | she/her I really fucking like autumn, owls, and coffee. On this blog, expect to see cute animals, fandom stuff, shit I find funny, politics, and me rarely adding anything to the conversation aside from monologuing in the tags. I post my own art as well. Sometimes. Hardly.

[enki2]

[orcboxer]

Have you seen the new show? It's on Tubu. It's literally on Heebee. It's on Poodee with ads. It's literally on Dippy. You can probably find it on Weeno. Dude it's on Gumpy. It's a Pheebo original. It's on Poob. You can watch it on Poob. You can go to Poob and watch it. Log onto Poob right now. Go to Poob. Dive into Poob. You can Poob it. It's on Poob. Poob has it for you. Poob has it for you.

[mysteriouslypleasantcat]

you know i have never heard a convincing arguement as to why AO3 should not moderate the content that is posted to their website and i think a lot of the arguement against moderation on AO3 boils down to, terminally online people thinks community moderation is the same as government censorship and personally sending the cops to someone’s house to arrest them irl/

[unpopularfanopinion]

Just because you don’t agree with an argument doesn’t mean it’s a bad one. When it was founded the people made a promise to its users. “We will host all transformational works(fanfic) allowed by US law.” This promise came about after other sites had routinely purged fanworks without warning. Not just the same things people call for moderation on now but far more reaching and random. Like FF.net purged ALL mature/NC17 fics from their site, they also purged and banned the ENTIRE genre of songfics(written equivalent of fan made music videos made by putting song lyrics between paragraphs of story prose)

Ao3 bringing in any sort of content moderation or limits on what fics they will host would be breaking that initial promise to their users.

I guess if you’ve never woken up and found chunks of your fave fandom, some fanworks you yourself created just gone, because whoever was hosting it decided to change the rules on you, you wouldn’t understand. And unless you primarily read fics at sites other than Ao3 because of their determination to keep that promise you won’t have to.

[mysteriouslypleasantcat]

see that is the thing that i really do not get, Like the thing that i cannot understand about this arguement is that bad moderation means no moderation should be allowed? It’s ok for AO3 to host racist fanfics and child porn, because the alternative is just random deletions? Like why is the alternative to no moderation bad moderation? Why do AO3 defenders keep on acting like the only options are either no moderations at all, or else it will be fanfics deleted without rhyme or reason? Like why is the argument always in black and white extremes?

[unpopularfanopinion]

One. Ao3 does not host child porn. You can stop with that lie right the fuck now. Child porn(or the more correct term Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Material) is when someone has a child under their control and forces them to perform sexual acts and either photographs or films it. It is a recorded documentation of abuse and is in fact illegal(and therefore not allowed to be hosted on Ao3) It is wrong, immoral, and illegal because a real live, breathing child with thoughts, and feelings is being hurt and will have to live with the memory of their abuse for the rest of their lives.The term does not apply to non-photorealistic fanart, or to written words depicting events that did not actually happen(meaning there is no victim and no-one has to live with the memory of the events).  Treating either fanart or fanfic as the same as  real life abuse is an insult and dis-service to every single child that has ever been sexually exploited because you think their suffering is equivalents to lines on paper.  That you think the immorality of CSEM is because it makes you feel “icky” and not because they were being hurt and exploited.  People writing fanfic of two teenage characters making out is in no way equivalent to a real life child having their rape recorded, but I routinely see people calling for moderation on Ao3 acting like it is.

Two. As for the racist(and every other kind of bigotry that can be depicted) I’m going to be honest. I don’t trust the various fandom communities to make a set of standards that aren’t just one group of fans forcing their will and preferences onto the rest of fans. I don’t know what fandoms you’ve been in, but I’ve seen fandoms with interracial ships where if you have the black character top you’re being racist because it’s playing into racist mandrigo tropes. But at the same time you would have people claiming that having the black character bottom you’re also being racist for making the black man submissive. So are both depictions/options racist, are neither of them, or are people just trying to make their personal fic preferences/interpretations some sort of moral issue and force people to cater to them?  I’ve been in fandom communities where the admin/moderators refused to let anyone post fics that didn’t match their preferences(despite claiming to be friendly to all fics) So it’s very much coming from a place of experience that says trying moderate Ao3 based on racism, or any other problematic metric/rubric you want to use will just end up being used to silence people(including other fans of color)

Racism exists in fandom because we live in a racist society and that will filter into ALL media, including fanfic. Trying to remove so called racist fanfic won’t make society any less racist. All it does is give a tool for bullies to try to control and harass people. Everyone has their own personal biases some conscious, some only in their subconscious that they haven’t bothered to unpack  Trying to moderate content based on standards like racism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc… will inevitably lead to the moderators own personal biases leaking through resulting in uneven, inconsistent moderation resulting nothing but hurt feelings and fighting. 

Third. I would just like to mention just how heartless and unempathic you sounds when you act like random mass deletions and purges are no big deal. You have no idea how much it hurts to wake up and find something you created just gone. To find large swaths of fics that you enjoyed again and again, that you found comfort in, deleted never to be recovered. To say nothing of when Livejournal caved to a bunch of right-wing christian evangelical trolls and deleted a bunch of users and communities. People were devastated. people lost support communities and were frantically trying to find the friends they had made in those communities.

I know it may be hard to believe but fiction and art do not cause harm just by existing. A story that may be upsetting and triggering for one person, may bring healing and comfort to another, because everyone brings their own set of experiences and persepctives into every story they read, and therefore each takes something slightly different from it.  But you and every other person calling for moderation on Ao3 act a story causes harm to everyone, again just by existing.  It’s an insane perspective that makes no sense to me. A story I am not forced to read can’t hurt me any more than someone practicing a different religion can hurt me.

[blueinkedfrost]

There are several ways that you can moderate AO3.

Use filter tags to browse for tags you want to see, and exclude tags you don’t want to see.

Use blocking functions to hide authors you don’t like so you don’t have to read them.

Make your own curated collection of works that you want to share with others as stories that have passed your personal editorial standards for good writing, appropriate character being on top/bottom, etc. Or you can use your Tumblr blog or other spaces to make recommendations!

Use bookmarks to mark works you like.

Subscribe to works you like.

If you read a story and have strong opinions on it, e.g. you think it’s racist to write Adeline as a bully when she’s such an amazing hero character in the source material or you think that author CerseiFan69 writes such creepy stories that you never want to interact with them ever, it’s great that you’re thinking for yourself and trying to do some critical analysis.

You deserve the power to control your own reading experience, which AO3 gives you. However, I don’t trust you to tell the difference between a badly written story by a young writer who is black and wrote Adeline as a bully because Adeline’s accent reminds her of her real life high school bully, versus a badly written story by a writer who’s actually horrible. Likewise, you shouldn’t trust me to tell you which authors you should read as spine-chillingly excellent takes on dark content versus authors who make you want to scrub out your brain with steel wool.

I love the freedom of AO3, where I might write a bad story but at least I know that some moderator won’t judge me harshly and take it down.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

If I may add onto this excellent breakdown of why AO3 does not censor anything users choose to put up:

OP, do you understand how many fucking people lost fanworks because companies went, “Oh, god, no, can’t have this queer fag shit here” and just wiped out archives and lj communities and personal webpages?

Do you understand how many of those fanworks were between fictional legal adults? Thereby meaning it DOESN’T fall under the bad faith CSA argument?

Do you understand that when you start with “Well, this deserves to be censored” it literally always leads to “and now let’s get those fucking queers.” Because it’s always the fucking queers. We are literally living through a new version of the Lavender Scare because fucksticks feel like we queers have too much power, so they’re trying to steal it back. And you’re over here fucking helping them with this, “Well, I won’t support an actual free speech archive of fiction because I find this thing they do objectionable, and so we should burn it all down because I don’t actually know how laws and fiction work.”

That’s you. That’s you doing that. You’re tying the laces of the boot on your fucking neck.

[agirlandhisplatypus]

[newhologram]

NO “TELEPHONES”. TALK TO EACH OTHER. FACE TO FACE ONLY. WRITE A LETTER. SEND A TELEGRAM TO YOUR MOM. PRETEND IT’S 1860. LIVE.

[vulgareconomics]

NO ‘WRITING’… TALK TO EACH OTHER. THROW A ROCK AT YOUR MOM. PRETEND IT’S 10,000 BCE.  LIVE.

[guavasaur-deactivated20141002]

URGGA. ROU GRAAURH. RUH.

<SMACKS HANDS ON WALL WITH PAINT.>

[flamingomd-deactivated20240122]

NO ‘HIGHER BRAIN FUNCTIONS’ …USE YOUR REPTILIAN BRAIN

EAT YOUR MOM’S CORPSE SHE DIED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SUSTENANCE

PRETEND YOU HAVE JUST AROSE FROM THE SEA

SURVIVE

[thelegendofkungjew-archived-dea]

NO “MULTICELLULAR TRAITS”….. USE YOUR SYMBIOTIC MITOCHONDRIA

REPRODUCE ASEXUALLY, YOU’RE YOUR OWN PARENT

PRETEND IT’S 2BYA

EVOLVE

[edwardspoonhands]

NO “LIFE.” USE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL FORCES TO FORM SPHERICAL OBJECTS REVOLVING AROUND ONE ANOTHER IN SPACE. 

FUSE HYDROGEN INTO HELIUM USING GRAVITATIONAL PRESSURE TO PRODUCE HEAT AND LIGHT. 

PRETEND IT’S 4.5BYA.

STABILIZE INTO EQUILIBRIA

[coldswarkids]

NO “MATTER”.  EXIST IN THE VOID WITHOUT PURPOSE OR MEANING.

THERE IS NO “YOU”, ONLY THE VAST CONCEPT OF NOTHING.

TIME DOES NOT EXIST.

BE.

[dunebat]

Wow.

[draugrr]

help i made a lil jokey joke about those billionaires in the pringles can on tiktok and it went fucking viral

[poetry-protest-pornography]

We are not going to let that fuckwad DeSantis gain a foothold in the 2024 election.

You are going to fucking vote for Joe Biden, and you are going to give us a fucking chance to save our country from fascism, and you aren't going to fucking complain about it, because there is literally no other choice.

We will not let another election be a close call. Are you listening?

Vote for Biden. Vote for whatever Democrat is most popular in your local elections. Our system sucks, but this is what we're working with. Just fucking vote.

[writing-with-olive]

"But he's --"

It doesn't matter. It does. not. matter.

Not every battle is about progress. Sometimes it's just holding the line until we get reinforcements. And they are coming. The Gen Z vote was monumental in stopping the red wave, and there are increasing numbers as more and more come of age.

Hold the line.

[panphilosopher]

Also, and this is most paramount, vote for your representative and senator. No more filibuster and undoing all the harm in state laws through federal laws.

[hellyeahheroes]

I do not believe any positive change can be accomplished through top-level government due to strength of the influence capitalsits have on both parties. HOWEVER A lot of negative change can and WILL be accomplished if DeSantis gets to power. Fascism is always welcomed by capitalists in time of crisis and that sick fuck is a gigantic fascist pig. I don't ask you to vote for Bide, I am asking you to vote AGAINST DeSantis And none of that "there's no such thing as lesser evil" crap! When one of the options is corrupt, lazy and protecting the status quo and the other clearly wants to be spoken in one sentence with Adolf Hitler ONE OF THEM IS WORSE -Admin

[espanolbot2]

Vote for Biden, but on the local level vote for progressive candidates at every level you can. ‘cause it’s folks getting in on school boards and local government that lead to such nonsense as their banning books in schools and threatening to withhold library funding and such. Local, state and national, all are important, not just the general.

[hellyeahheroes]

Yes. And on local level progressive politicians have proven record of actually gettings things done and enacting positive change. -Admin

[ghminerals]

Amethyst stalactite 28 cm. Complete all around. Artigas, Uruguay. Inquire for details

[trappedinavelociraptor]

#don't

[sailorsun546]

[elfwreck]

[weaselle]

the communication on this hellsite (affectionate) is an ecosystem

[biglawbear]

Btw you can be intensely critical of the Democratic party and recognize that it is full of aged out of touch moderates who are refusing to meet the urgency of the moment,

and also recognize that voting for Democrats is extremely important because it allows things like the confirmation of Justices and prevents the literal fascist party from gaining more power and that harm reduction is an important end in itself

These things can coexist

Politics is a long game. Being disappointed and angry today does not obviate your responsibility to participate

[cactus-juice-for-sale]

[shortmexicangirl]

what a week huh

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

[memeuplift]

[a-daks]

canon: they died

fanfic: fUCK YOU

[andordean]

Canon: and so they never met

Fanfic: here’s a funny story

[namesonboats]

Canon: There was tension and pining, but they never even kissed.

Fanfic: Actually,

[kaeltale]

Canon: Torture the cinnamon roll.

Fanfic: Torture the cinnamon roll.

[conversationswithjohnlock]

Canon: When they traveled they stayed in separate rooms

Fanfic: AND. THERE. WAS. ONLY. ONE. BED!!!!!

[caressthosecheekbones]

Canon: … and they were roommates.

Fanfic: oh my god, they were roommates…

[johanirae]

Canon: They were international assassins who assassinated assassins.

Fanfic: But hot DAMN wait till you hear about this cafe they opened

[jenroses]

Canon: They had a coffeeshop

Fanfic: but they were ASSASSINS

[pizzapopolis]

Canon: they were mortal enemies and attempted to murder each other on multiple occasions

Fanfic: bUT THEY GOT MARRIED AND ADOPTED CHILDREN

[robbyrobinabitch]

Everytime I reblog this has a new addition and it’s the best

[inkpotter-deactivated20211125]

Canon: They were straight

Fanfic: Lol

[toastpotent-deactivated20250619]

r/vexillology

The Flag of Japan but it's actually this hand towel with a perfectly-placed water stain

[jakemorph]

oh shit i just peed on my towel accidentally better turn this into clout

[toastpotent-deactivated20250619]

it was a WATER STAIN i had an ICE PACK and it LEAKED onto the towel I DIDN'T FUCKCING PEE ON IT

[iamoutofideas]

you peed on it

[iamoutofideas]

you peed on it didn’t you lil piss boy

[toastpotent-deactivated20250619]

I DIDN'T PISS I DIDN'T!!!! I'M NOT A LITTLE PEEPEE BOY!!!! I'M NOT!!!!

[americangirlstar]

iykyk

[sock-ness-monster]

Everybody shut the HECK up and look at this

S H O R K

[normal-horoscopes]

WHILE YOU WERE HAVING PREMARITAL SEX I WAS ALSO HAVING PREMARITAL SEX BUT IN A COOL WIZARD TOWER

[tearlessrain]

the funniest thing about being ftm is the implications of the fact that I can post shirtless pics on tumblr now. I am allowed to inflict images of my nipples on this website any time I want and before I wasn’t but like. it’s the same nipples. literally the exact same ones. I just paid a guy to take them off of the tits they were once adjoined to and plonk them back down on the newly created titless wasteland of my chest. they’re. the same. I mean they’re a little phantom of the opera looking now because grafts, but still. I can’t get over that my nips are now certified sfw because they fuckin changed address. the logical conclusion then would be that the boob itself is the problem but it’s clearly not because you can post a picture of a naked boob on tumblr as long as the precise area of the nipple is censored and clearly you can post a picture of the nipple as long as it doesn’t live on a boob anymore but for some reason if you combine them together they become powerful enough to destroy the psyche of anyone between the ages of approximately three and exactly eighteen who gazes upon them. censorship laws are the absolute dumbest invention of humanity and I’m saying that as someone who owns a novelty plastic goat that screams and has watched the movie eragon. this is more stupid than both of those things.