@esmereldafloyd - Tumblr Blog

This could be a controversial topic BUT

I feel like some people forget they have the option to scroll. You don't like the genre? Scroll! You don't like the characters? Scroll! You don't like the author? Scroll! You don't like the plot? Scroll!!

There's no need to make it anyone's problem!

I follow a writer, who mainly writes based on ASOIAF and she was saying how people hated on her oc, or when she even received death threats for not giving HER OWN FIC a happy ending.

Yes, i want my OC to be Visenya, Rhaenyra's and Daemon's only daughter, who rides cannibal and has like 3 other dragons and 43 love interests. Yes, this is what i want to write about because (again) its my story, my imagination, this is how i want my story to be. Don't like it? Fine by me? Find it extremely cringe? Me and 2-3 people will like it and its fine by me!

I (and many others) write because i like expressing my daydreams that way and i love spending time like this. I write because above all i want to be able to enjoy my own fics and have a good time writing it. We are different people, we have different interests, opinions, likes and dislikes. A fic can't be liked by everyone and just because the plot or characters aren't to your liking it doesn't give you the right to harass the writer (who mind you does this for FREE).

I love that in some people are like: OMG no one writes fics for x fandom or x character. Yes, it's because some people are SO toxic, that writers get discouraged from writing anything because we've already seen the hate some people braver than us got when they published.

Yes i want my OCs to be overpowered bad bitch nepo babies, yes i want it to have the most powerful men in the story as lovers. And if you don't like it just SCROLL!

Thank you and goodnight

And yes freedom of speech means you're free to express your opinion but it doesn't give you the right to harass, threaten, or bully people because you don't like what they write. I've also seen people on TikTok making posts about how certain fanfics, OCs, or tropes are weird. You're free to think that, but I don't think it's right to act as though your personal taste determines what others should create. What seems bad or cringe to one person might be exactly what another person enjoys writing and/or reading. You can dislike a genre or trope all you want, but shaming or harassing people for their creativity is unnecessary. Writing fanfiction is supposed to be fun. Most writers are sharing their work for free because they enjoy it, not because they're trying to please every person on the internet.

esmereldafloyd

don't forget blocking ✌🏽

If I see content I don't agree with I simply check their page and of it's a pattern I block them because I do not wish to see it but it's their blog to do what they will

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viciously and fatally attacked by an unknown animal at Claire’s

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that was no animal, that was Claire herself

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the claire witch project

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This page supports BLACK WOMEN being loved, soft, happy, cherished, admired, uplifted, supported, respected, spoiled, and feminine.

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He's prostrating himself before the Eucharist, in case you're wondering. Or possibly planking.

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@apocrypals

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Hi, pope expert here. This isn’t funny — popes only do this when they’re in extreme distress

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@inthefallofasparrow

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i think i tend to forget how good boredom is for creativity because we're all so addicted to numbing ourselves with screens and stimulation. but standing in the shower or going for a walk with no music or just sitting in your bedroom without being allowed to touch any screens & all of a sudden i have multiple new projects to start, a solution to a months-long plot problem & 4 new original characters

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Non cooking spray stick

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Non spray stick cooking

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Non cooking stick spray

yeahokayillreblogthat

yeah okay ill reblog that

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quick tip from someone who has been in fan spaces for 20 years: being enthusiastic about your rarepair and making your own stuff/engaging your fellow rarepair shippers will ALWAYS work better than yelling at people who enjoy a more popular ship about how bland their ship is

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turning and facing the shelves every time somebody walks by me in the grocery store like some kind of edwardian housemaid who’s not supposed to be seen or heard by her ladyship

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How to check if your post(s) have been affected by Tumblr's recent auto content flagging spree:

In case you haven't noticed, Tumblr's automatic flagging and filtering system has been having a field day this week. Whatever is going on is specifically targeting reblogs and flagging/hiding them, while the original post remains unflagged, meaning the original poster does not receive any sort of notification that their post(s) are affected.

What kind of posts are being affected? I think that this latest flagging spree is heavily targeting posts with images. And by images, I mean any sort of image file. This is only a theory based on my own evidence, other posts may still be affected, too. But in my case, something as simple as a plain black 3 pixel divider triggered it (and I know this to be true because I reblogged a post as-is [FLAGGED], reblogged it with the divider image removed [NO LONGER FLAGGED]).

The only way to see if your post(s) have been affected is to individually go into the notes for any you want to check. In my experience, my affected posts have been entirely random, and some were posted years ago.

Find a post that you know had reblogs with tags

The 'reblogs with comment or tags' section will now be blank if the post has been affected

If you go to 'other reblogs' (blank reblogs) and try to click into them, they will all show up greyed out and hidden on the user's blog

Currently, the only way I can see to fix this is if the users who reblogged your post(s) go to their 'Review flagged posts' tab and submit an appeal. Note that this appeal process appears to be automatic. I tested this several times, and the appeal was approved in less than a minute.

And if your post(s) are affected, the only interim solution I have found is to edit the original post, test out removing images if applicable, and reblog it again to see if the flag has been removed. Unfortunately, it seems this will only help with future reblogs. It will not retroactively fix the reblogs that were flagged.

Why is this a problem for writers (and artists + other creators)?

Something as simple as a plain divider separating the fic summary can trigger this.

Writers are now losing years worth of reblogs that contain meaningful feedback.

Writers have no way of being notified about affected posts, because the flag only triggers in the reblog.

Flagged reblogs are automatically hidden, meaning that affected posts can no longer be reblogged. Defeating the entire purpose of the reblog website where the goal is to reblog and share content across the community.