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i'm so happy to see you're continuing your majorscythe fic despite the whole situation !! :D honestly that was my main concern, cuz i'm super invested in the story

genuinely, it kind of inspired to make some fanart lol

just wanted to say that i loved your work (anon though cuz im a scaredy cat)

IF YOU MADE FANART I WOULD LITERALLY CRY /POS

Pleasseee dm it to me if you feel comfortable doing so, I’d genuinely be so happy to see it! It’s always one of the best feelings in the world to me knowing that i’ve inspired someone else to create. That someone enjoyed something I made so much they would make something themself.

This was a lovely reminder of why I care about all of this so much in the first place, thank you so much. I’m not exaggerating when I say I never would have gotten this far in the story without support like this, and knowing it’s something people like to read. Even after all of this, most people have been remarkably kind- and I’m very fortunate to have people who are willing to raise me up instead of shutting me down.

Keep on keepin’ on, majorscythers. Don’t ever let them dim your fucking sparkle!!

#majorscythe

morweneclipsed

the KIDS act passed the house today. 267-117, 47 not voting.

that's not great. but it's not the whole story.

a few things got worse right before the vote too. the language that explicitly protected encryption, saying the bill couldn't be used to force platforms to weaken it, got quietly stripped out on Friday. that safeguard just doesn't exist anymore.

but this isn't over. it heads to the senate next, and the senate is genuinely not on board. blumenthal and cantwell, two of the senators who wrote the original KOSA, are saying they don't want this version near a markup. blackburn, a republican and the other original author, called the missing duty of care provision a red line.

worth being clear here, blackburn isn't on our side. she wants the policy stronger, not gone. but that's still a crack we can use. her opposition means the house version has zero guaranteed path through the senate as written, and a stalled bill is a bill that isn't law yet. use her objection, don't trust her motive.

senate commerce hasn't even scheduled a markup yet. that's the next pressure point. this thing has died or gotten majorly rewritten at this stage before.

contact your senators: find yours here. tell them you don't want the house version anywhere near a vote.

and remember, if you have to, contact your senators scared. anything helps.

this fight isn't lost. it's just moved.

achesspiece

ruderubicante

A Love for Ignorance

c3rvida3

"I hate when the skeletons on decorations aren't anatomically accurate." A Halloween skeleton isn't the same as what's inside you, idiot. It's different. A Halloween skeleton is, like. A guy or something. It's an animal.

c3rvida3

If Halloween skeletons had bones like ours instead of hollow bones like that of a bird, they wouldn't be able to play their ribcages like xylophones. You sound so fucking uneducated right now.

ferry-man-farrow

I’m not trying to attack you or anything, just trying to get a more clear idea.

But from what I’m understanding a creator posted a boundary about something they’re uncomfortable with and you’re just deciding to ignore it?? If so, that’s actually insanely disrespectful. If not, is there possibly something more clarifying to say?

I’m actually glad you asked! This is probably the last post I’m going to be making on this subject, but let me provide you with a comparison that might make things easier to understand.

This is a bit like someone you know saying; “Hey, people listening to rap music makes me uncomfortable, can you please stop?”

And it’s like… what? I mean, I can… not play it out loud when I know you’re around. A bit of a weird request to make, but if it’s really that bad, then I don’t mind making accommodations.

And they reply with; “No. The fact that people listen to it all makes me uncomfortable. I want you to stop listening to it entirely. It’s against my boundaries.”

Which like… that isn’t a boundary. A boundary is something that dictates how people interact with YOU. Like, I can’t even listen to it in my OWN privacy? How the hell does that affect you in any way, shape, or form? That isn’t a boundary, it’s an attempt to control my personal agency and interests. I don’t even have to LIKE rap music very much for this to be a problem.

Then they say; “If I catch you or anyone else in this community listening to or creating rap music, then I will be sending people to harass and excommunicate you from this space.”

like… ??? I’m sorry, but that’s absurd. You do realize how that’s entirely absurd and unreasonable, right? In a community that is known for loving and thrives off of it? It is not our job to coddle your internet experience- if something is triggering or makes you uncomfortable then it is your responsibility to avoid those things. I am not shoving these things in your face, and at this point you’re only going to find it if you are actively looking for it.

This doesn’t even begin to address the issue of queer-baiting and internalized homophobia of the matter. A fan space ultimately belongs to the fans, first and foremost. If there is something that makes you uncomfortable, then you don’t have to interact with it at all. When you share a creation, you forfeit control over how people perceive and interpret those things, that’s just the nature of art and performance. If you truly cannot handle the way people interact with the things you make, then perhaps this is not a career you are fully equipped to handle.

Hopefully this helps explain a couple things- this allegory has been floating around in my mind for a while, and I appreciate the excuse to share my perspective on things.

shadow-complains

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT SUPPORT THE HARASSMENT THIS CC IMPLIED HE CARRIED OUT. I DO SUPPORT BOUNDARIES AND HATE HOW THIS IS USED AS AN EXCUSE TO DISRESPECT THEM.

This feels like it intentionally misses the point, which is unfortunate. And using rap music as the analogy is kind of annoying, as a Black person who had to constantly deal with those micro-aggressions. These are not the same thing. First of all, when 75-80% of people ask you to stop playing rap music they are being (intentionally or unintentionally) racist, but I won't harp on that. The example is in very poor taste.

First of all, what this YouTuber did is not asking people not to play music around them that has nothing to do with them. This YouTuber asked you to not USE THEIR IMAGE in their works. So let's rework this analogy that misses the point:

"Can you guys please stop making songs about me? It really makes me uncomfortable?"

Key phrase here is "About me". Let's keep the "about me" in there. Because frankly if someone did the same to me I'd be extremely uncomfortable. These are not random ships, or stopping shippers period, he just doesn't want people doing it to himself (and neither do many CCs).

People are allowed to have boundaries about themself. Once again, once I saw the clip I do not support the implied harassment towards people who ship him. However, this is incredibly obtuse. It is a boundary. And you could've done better with the choice rather than rap music, frankly.

ferry-man-farrow

Some good points! I apologize for using rap music as an example. I guess I could have used any kind, but it was the first that came to mind. I do understand the controversy on the racism of people being negative about it, which is probably what influenced that idea- but admittedly that is not a very appropriate comparison to make.

I feel like the hurdle between understanding my point is that I am not making content about the creators, I am making them about the characters. Yes, they do draw from a larger internet persona, but they are also characters in a story that can easily be separated from that likeliness.

Clearly, at no point am I shipping youtubers. Many other creators have gone through this same process, but ultimately need to understand and make that separation. They already HAVE dealt with this in better ways, asking fans to properly tag things so they can be avoided.