What is this thing, exactly?: fWhimmy week is a week dedicated to the ship of fWhip and Jimmy! This idea was inspired by other mcyt weeks, and I'm happy to be able to bring it to you guys :D
How does this work/When will it run?: There will be two different prompts on each day for people to pick from, and only one or both prompts can be used! The event will run from ???, and late submission are allowed. I'll probably be checking the tag up to a month afterwards to ensure every submission was accounted for. Reminders will also be posted in the week leading up to the event, starting on the the ??
You can submit art, writing, weaving, moodboards, etc. Any type of art is welcome! (Though I do ask everything stay strictly SFW.) Art can be based off both seasons of Empires, as well as any other series or event they've shared. Platonic fWhimmy content is also welcomed and allowed! Au fanart and anything like that is also allowed!
Tag your submission with #fwhimmyweek and try I'll try my very best to reblog all of it! You may also mention the blog as well if you want to further ensure your submission is seen!
What are the prompts?:
(THEY'RE RIGHT HERE!)
First Event Prompts [HERE]
Mods:
Only one! I'm Mod Doozy (he/they/she) I'll be running the event solo. Originally mod applications were gonna open, but I think I got this
Steam, Itch.io and the banning of explicit and LGBT+ Content. What can we do?
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With no warning, Itch.io, a site where many host their indie games, comics, books and more, has started purging and shadowbanning explicit and LGBT+ works. Creators got no warning. And if they were still owed payouts from these works, Itch.io is saying they won't give them their money as they 'broke the rules'. Rules that were only just set in place, with no warning, and therefore no way for creators to try and draw out their money or delete these 'offending' works before they got banned under the new rules.
So Itch.io has been the most recent to fall to the demands of a group that's been contacting Visa and Mastercard and convincing them to threaten sites/businesses with 'stop selling what we consider to be explicit content on your sites of we'll stop allowing your site to have transactions with Visa and Mastercard'. Steam folded, and now Itchio has too. And a reminder earlier this year Gumroad also stopped allowing explicit content, further back than that Patreon banned some kinks and fetishes even if it's depicted in fiction not real life, and I don't have to explain to you guys the great Tumblr explicit content ban of 2018.
And as always remember this doesn't stop with sexually explicit work as LGBT+ stories and people are often labelled as explicit and already we're seeing works being taken off Itch.io that are about LGBT+ and especially trans stories. Other non-sexually explicit works I've seen already getting shadowbanned, delisted or deleted are SFW games featuring furries/anthros, SFW dress up games (because when you take the clothes the model is nude), and the aforementioned SFW games that include LGBT+ characters and stories.
I'm compiling here information I've seen around various social medias, mostly Bluesky, because I haven't seen all these things shared over here.
I don't personally have explicit content on itch, but I had been considering one day selling things on there and I do currently have explicit content on my Patreon, my main source of income, and am terrified that Patreon is going to fold next (if anyone knows alterative for hosting audio content behind a paid subscription service please let me know so I can start maybe making a back-up in case the worst happens). Because for me personally if Patreon goes next, it's not like I can go out and easily get another job. Not only because in general finding and getting a job is difficult enough, but I'm autistic and have chronic pain and have been constantly getting sick or new pains over the last few years and don't feel safe being trans in the UK right now and all of that combined rules me out of a lot of jobs and makes me feel unsafe to apply to any. I'm so grateful I've been able to make a community around my work, but if Patreon caves next and I just leave my SFW posts on Patreon... 10% of my Patreons are signed up to the SFW tier, 90% are signed up to the explicit tier... I know if Patreon caves I will go from someone living comfortably who's searching to move out of my parents so I can live in a safer environment to someone who can no longer even afford the rent I pay to my parents. I'll try and get an alterative found and set up in case that happens and I can only hope you guys will follow me to whatever other site I have to set up... but it feels unlikely that people will get a whole new account on a whole new payment provider just to support me on a website they might never have heard of...
But what can we do right now?
A petition you can sign (international but you do have to give your name, email, and postal/zip code):
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It mu
Get calling:
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
MasterCard (UK): 0800 964 767
Mastercard (International.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911 / 1-800-VISA-911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
Visa (UK) : 0800 891 725 or use their international call collect +1 303 967 1096
Visa (International): (call collect - it costs them $): +1-303-967-1096
PayPal (US): 1-888-221-1161
PayPal (UK): 0800 358 7911 from landline, +44 203 901 7000 mobile
PayPal (International): 1-402-935-2050
(numbers gathered from these posts X X X )
Don't know what to say on the phone? Here's a script written by timidtanuki:
Creators have had their work removed off Itch.io with no warning and since it's been removed for 'breaking the rules' (rules that were suddenly in place with no warning) they aren't entitled to get their payouts. Just like other sites such as Youtube and Twitch and Etsy, Itch.io hold onto money from their users in a wallet and then give them payouts. So there is money creators have made, are owed, that Itch.io is not giving to them.
People are recommending that if you still have works on Itch.io to turn down the revenue sharing to 0% so that Itch.io no longer takes a cut or your money if you no longer want to support Itchi.io finically but don't want to remove your works from their platform. X
Other Bluesky posts and calls to action I've seen:
radiantg.bsky.social is asking for anyone on Itch.io who got their game deindexed, removed , or payouts turned off to reach out to them (espeically if you make explicit and/or LGBT+ games) for a piece of journalism about what is happening.
sleepyhart.bsky.social is making a thread of all the games that Itch.io has censored/removed from their site search function. Obviously be aware this will include 18+ only games, games with sexual content and other dark or heavy themes.
thetransfemininereview.com wants you to reach out to them if you're a trans creator on Itch.io who is being affected by this so they can make an accurate report. they say 'authors' in their post and I'm unsure if they also want game devs to reach out.
dropdownbear.bsky.com wants you to reach out if you have purchased things on Itch.io that you can now no longer access because of this ban. they can include them in a report being filed with the Australian Consumer Commission as this may be a violation of Australian Consumer rights. If you are Australian you can no longer access things you purchased of Itch.io you can report directly with this guide.
It's a scary time for adult creators and sex workers. It's a scary time to be trans. Support creators. And if anyone knows of any alternate payment providers that allow explicit work, and/or alternate websites to Itch (and in case things get worse, also give me Patreon alternates please) where people can host, sell and/or offer paid subscriptions to writing, images, videos, audios, games and more please leave them in the replies. And please help share this post, the posts I'm linking too, and any other resources you can find.
You want to call your House rep now and tell them Trump needs to be impeached immediately for defying a Supreme Court order (re: Kilmar Abrego Garcia), which functionally voids our constitution and means no one in America has rights anymore.
I am not exaggerating.
As of now, anybody can be disappeared, no due process, no recourse. Trump is openly disregarding a Supreme Court order and says he’ll send US citizens to El Salvador.
This is not a drill.
Call your House rep and tell them they must impeach. Tell them if they cannot bring themselves to impeach, they must resign. A more open and shut case to impeach is not possible. Trump and his administration are saying openly, in public, that anybody can be kidnapped by ICE, even in error, and disappeared permanently.
Call your senators, too, and tell them to support impeachment (it goes to them once it passes a majority House vote).
Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.
"Hello, my name is _______ and I am a constituent from _______. My address is ________.
I am reaching out today to urge Representative ______ to call for the impeachment of President Trump due to his refusal to comply with the Supreme Court's April 10th decision regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was unlawfully deported and has been charged with no crime. As Justice Sotomayor stated, this inaction implies the government's ability to 'deport and incarcerate any person, including U.S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene.' This precedent is unconstitutional, highly illegal, and grounds for impeachment. Every individual, regardless of immigration status, must be guaranteed a right to due process.
Representative _____, I urge you to stand on the right side of history today by calling for President Trump's impeachment. This administration can not be allowed to continue unilaterally defying the checks and balances that are intrinsic to our government."
You can also find your representative and senators and their phone numbers on https://5calls.org/
Please don't be afraid of calling. Your job would just be to be a data point, not to sound perfect. Here's some info on why calling is effective.
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@fwhimmy-week Ficlet below the read more and ao3 link above!
PROMPT: Angel/Devil
fWhip and Jimmy have an angel to devil sort of situationship. In both directions.
Knelt in the sandy furrows of his wheat field, Jimmy poured bonemeal through his fingers as the sun beat down on his back. He forgot why he’d brought it out. He’d needed some wheat, but not so much it made sense to bonemeal the field.
“A sample! A sample from the goblin empire.”
The little goblin man gave Jimmy a whole stack of bonemeal. He’d tried to turn down whatever dusty rag of leftovers he’d expected, only to be handed a proper stack. It wasn’t the help Jimmy asked for, but it wasn’t an amount to scoff at. Apparently, goblins were generous.
“I like the goblin empire. Can we be friends? I like that.” Jimmy strode to catch up with fWhip, who hadn’t paused after handing off the gift.
Now fWhip stumbled, glancing at Jimmy with wide blue eyes. His green skin flushed a deeper shade as Jimmy flashed a smile and his voice pitched up as he stuttered, “Uh-yuh-yuep big time re-respecting the law over here.” He cleared his throat, turning away. “You know what they say in the goblin empire. We love to make sure the Sheriff’s happy.”
Jimmy sidled up closer and leaned down, “You’re making sure the big man’s happy, huh?”
fWhip’s face was a vivid jungle green now, freckles disappeared into the color. “Oh yea, yeah yeah. We don’t wanna be crossing paths with you. No no no.”
Jimmy wasn’t oblivious. He just didn’t put much stock in crushes. So he stopped flirting and hashed out a rough alliance between Gobland and Tumble Town, and showed fWhip to the alliance board.
“We respect the sheriff!” fWhip declared for Gobland.
Jimmy handed fWhip a copy of the law book. “We respect the sheriff and the law. They go one and one.”
fWhip nodded with a thoughtful expression as he said, “The law. The sheriff makes the law, so we respect them both.”
fWhip took the alliance seriously. He delivered barrels of needed stone and pork without Jimmy needing to ask. And whatever project Jimmy was working on, eventually fWhip would show up to add his two cents. Jimmy could almost set a clock by fWhip’s visits. fWhip wasn’t subtle about what he wanted: to be deputy, to… have Jimmy's attention, respect. Maybe something more.
And Jimmy wanted to give that to him. It was dangerous, letting compliments and gifts flatter the Sheriff. But this was exactly what Jimmy wanted . A partner he could always rely on to have his back. Respect and adoration all rolled up in a small goblin-shaped package.
Jimmy rubbed the bonemeal between his fingertips.
He fired fWhip last week. He left a notice on his door, which Jimmy felt a little bad about. Breaking up through a letter was harsh. But fWhip. Left. A. Warden . In. his. Base. He deserved it.
Sighing, Jimmy stood up and dusted his hands on his jeans. He gathered up the wheat, tied it together, walked up his porch steps, and stopped short. A book was nailed to his door.
Jimmy pried the nail out with one hand and flipped open the book. Dear Sheriff. First, you cannot fire me. Jimmy closed the book. Oh man. Closing the door behind him, Jimmy read through the rest of the book.
It was nonsense. Accusing Jimmy of not having self respect? Self respect was why he fired fWhip. Jimmy had been stepped on too many times to let it fly. Who would respect him if he gave fWhip special treatment? No one.
Jimmy grabbed a clean piece of paper.
fWhip was just really bitter. Like really bitter. About being fired. And Jimmy had good reason to fire him. He killed him. Multiple times! ‘A gift’. fWhip could just get over how he was feeling. Bitter man.
Those furious thoughts propelled Jimmy all the way to Gobland and he pounded on fWhip’s door. No answer. No problem. Jimmy fished out the spare key fWhip gave him and stepped in.
A quick nosy revealed that fWhip really was out. It also revealed contraband. Tucked in the back room, one of Joel’s plush Sheriffs mocked Jimmy. Of course. Jimmy knew he shouldn’t have trusted him.
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fWhip closed his door and locked it. It was looking at that lock, realizing he’d have to change it, that broke him. An ugly wet snuffle coated his throat with mucus. He rolled over a barrel and wedged it under the door handle, then collapsed against it. He pulled out his deputy badge. Its metal shone differently from the toy replicas he’d made, realer. He ran his clawtips over its smooth surface. Tink tink tink .
“Our fearless leader!” fWhip cheered as he spotted Jimmy waiting on his porch months ago.
Jimmy’s face brightened. “Oh, there he is! There’s our little guy!”
“Hi!” fWhip said breathlessly. “It's good to see you. How’re you doing?”
“I’m good. I’m good. I got your message, fWhip. And I got something for you now.” Jimmy was trying to look solemn, but a sneaky smile twitched at the corner of his lips, giving him away.
fWhip stood up on his tip-toes and lifted his ears in anticipation. “Yes.”
“You said you wanted to be deputy number two.”
“Yup. I can be deputy number two. I got you.”
Jimmy pulled out a small flat piece of gold from his breast pocket and fWhip let out a soft gasp. “Is that?”
Jimmy held it out for fWhip. “Here’s your badge.”
fWhip grabbed it with both hands and traced its shield-like shape. “It’s a deputy badge!” It was real . The gold was of good quality. From the mesa? The idea of Jimmy personally mining the gold for this badge made fWhip’s face heat.
Jimmy grinned. “You are hired.”
“Oh, yes yes yes. Speaking of which.” This was perfect. Perfect timing! Jimmy was perfect. fWhip grabbed Jimmy’s hand, dizzy with excitement. “Speaking of which, I have something to show you. Follow me this way, please.”
Jimmy nodded, probably thinking he was going to tell him about his arrest. Which he was, but that wasn’t the surprise. The surprise was along the cavern wall with a view of Gobland’s entirety.
fWhip let go of Jimmy’s hand to scamper ahead and gesture theatrically to the house. “For you!”
Jimmy blinked. “Wait. ‘The Sheriff’s Home Away from Home’.” His mouth fell open and he looked down at fWhip. “No way!”
fWhip laughed and gave Jimmy the tour. Maybe Jimmy would visit more often!
Jimmy fired him. Jimmy tried to fire him. When fWhip said no, Jimmy rescinded their alliance. So he wasn’t expecting to find Jimmy loitering by the Gobland storage building.
“What are you doing here?”
Jimmy gave an incredulous look at the squeaky toy badge fWhip was fidgeting with. “What is that? My badge isn’t a toy .”
fWhip shrugged evasively. “The badge squeaks, I don’t know what to tell you.”
Jimmy rolled his shoulders back and shot fWhip a dirty look. “Give me the badge, fWhip. I’m here for the badge. That’s all I’m here for.”
Of course. Because if you messed up, Jimmy dropped you. Because Jimmy cared more about things (hats, badges, his personal brand of respect) more than he cared about even himself, let alone fWhip.
“Nope.” fWhip took a few quick steps back into the storage building. The lower ceiling felt safer for some reason. “Why?”
“fWhip. I need the badge.”
fWhip shook his head and clutched the fake badge closer to his chest. “We’ve been over this. We’ve been over this! The badge is mine! You gave it to me!”
“Are you sure you want this heat?”
fWhip noted his bonk stick’s place in his inventory, but obtusely misinterpreted the threat. Why couldn't Jimmy drop it!? “There’s lava… so yes, the cave is pretty warm?”
“Are you sure you want to play volleyball with your big abs?” Jimmy wasn’t even looking at fWhip now. He was looking around the cavern and dragging out his words.
fWhip uncurled, reached a baffled hand toward Jimmy. “Are you gesturing for something? Are you… so what’s the plan here?”
Jimmy ignored him. He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted at the cavern. “I said: Do you want to play-”
“Hotguy!”
A blur and sharp stab of pain caught fWhip off guard. He was dropped to his knees as heat erupted in his side, a flame arrow cracking into pieces in a seam of his netherite.
fWhip pulled out his bonk stick, its heavy weight steadied him, and scrambled deeper into the storage building as Scar peppered the chests with arrows. “Really? Just like that?!”
“Get him! Get him!” Jimmy called.
It wasn’t a bad plan. But fWhip was well armored and knew this cavern better than either of them. Gobland protected its own. For an assassination attempt, fWhip got out with minimal harm. Physically anyway.
Shivering against a barrel in his house after the fact, covered in snot, fWhip could admit the betrayal hurt. Yeah Jimmy was mad at him. Didn’t want anything to do with him anymore. But to try to kill him? fWhip’s fingers curled, remembering the feeling of his bonk stick cracking into the Sheriff’s skull. Jimmy just wouldn’t give up. He wasn’t going to leave until fWhip made him.
Scar left behind half of Jimmy’s stuff, Sheriff hat and badge included. fWhip returned the hat. Eventually.
The badge… well. Jimmy wasn’t in his right mind right now (He had to be. He couldn’t mean it. fWhip couldn’t take that.). So when he could prove he was the just sheriff he claimed to be, he could have it back. But until then, the badge could sit in fWhip’s Cave of the Law.
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fWhip didn’t see the Empires Christmas Village until Jimmy, Oli, Sausage and the others had built it up. A winter wonderland: tinsel and stars, the smell of pine and gingerbread, complete with festivities of all kinds judging by the drunken carolers. fWhip took a suite in Scarland, preferring the sunny weather and ready-made infrastructure of the park.
The Rift affected some emperors more than others. Jimmy was regular sized again. Average human height instead of goblin toy sized.
fWhip was human.
Worse, his memories were a shifting smear. He recognized people. If reminded of certain events, he might recall them. They told him he was a goblin. He doubted them at first. But day by day in Hermitcraft, his memories settled back in and the gaps in his memory became increasingly more frustrating. He was a goblin. He was here looking for someone, not on vacation. He hadn’t figured out who he was looking for though.
Jimmy, face flushed with ‘festive’ drink, waved at fWhip and stumbled down the ice-packed stairs. “fWhip! I’ve missed you buddy!”
The two of them made a truce. They wanted the hermits to stay. They failed. Whether that meant the truce was over was a bit up in the air.
Jimmy slung his arm across fWhip’s shoulder. “Woah, you’re tall. That’s weird. Look at the river we made!”
Jimmy, Oli, and Sausage led fWhip through a narrow frozen tunnel crammed with candy canes and boughs of holly. fWhip complained the ceilings were too low and Jimmy laughed so hard he hit his own head on a candy cane, setting off Oli and Sausage.
Other emperors arrived and they all crowded around the fire pit while Oli hammered out holiday tunes. fWhip wasn’t dressed for the chilly weather and bundled a blanket stolen from Sausage’s bed around his shoulders. Jimmy collapsed next to fWhip and leaned his head against his shoulder. fWhip stiffened.
“This place is great. Just great.” Jimmy mumbled.
“You don’t miss the Sheriff hat?” fWhip regretted the question the moment he said it. Why couldn’t he let a good thing be?
Jimmy was quiet for long enough, fWhip figured he’d fallen asleep. Then Jimmy asked, “Do you miss being a goblin king?”
What kind of question was that? “I’m not a king.”
“Sorry, right, you don’t remember.” Jimmy sat up and fWhip missed his warmth. “We were friends though. Sort of. Then you changed and…”
“Changed?” What was Jimmy talking about? Jimmy turned on him .
“Not, like, the human thing. That’s been nice actually. I can forget it's you with that face. I meant, we weren’t friends anymore. No respect.” Jimmy sniffed and downed the last of his drink.
Sniff. That’s who fWhip was here for. Gary and Sniff. The exploration team from Animalia and Gobland. fWhip stood up, letting the blanket fall to the ground.
“You could be my friend though. If you wanted. We can keep the hat out of it.” Jimmy grabbed fWhip’s wrist.
It was a nice thought. But fWhip didn’t believe for a moment that Jimmy could follow through on that. Not anymore than fWhip could.
HI UM I SAW YOUR POST ABOUT NOT DOING A FWHIMMY WEEK THIS YEAR ): is that still true or would you consider doing one? i really wanna participate but i didnt get the chance to last time ):
Jury's still out on if I'll run it again, though I'm not entirely opposed to the idea, but i don't have any plans at the moment.
I'll run an interest poll sometime in the next few months, and then I'll go from there.
Don’t forget that the US civil rights bill only passed after six weeks of rioting that were the direct result of MLK’s murder. Peaceful protest paved the way, but violent protest got it over the finish line.
king's family doesn't "believe" the FBI killed him, they know it for fact because the FBI admitted to it in a civil case brought against them in the early 90s. the court documents are a matter of public record. read them yourself. the king family won that suit against the united states fucking government for assassinating martin luther king jr
what to do if you are arrested or detained by law enforcement, a resource from the National Immigration Law Center, available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese
immigration law help, database of free and low-cost immigration lawyers, searchable by zip code as well as by detention facility if you or a loved one has already been detained
report an ICE raid or arrest in Chicagoland to the Resurrection Project, a Chicago nonprofit that works on immigration justice as well as housing affordability and other community needs
for those of us watching in horror from the sidelines, one of the best things we can do right now is donate to immigrant justice legal services, like the National Immigrant Justice Center or a local group in your community
in the longer term, we can all help by speaking out in support of immigrants and against these xenophobic deportation campaigns — in public discourse and in caring but firm one-on-one conversations with loved ones who've been swayed by hateful anti-immigrant rhretoric
ICE raids are set to start as soon as tuesday (JAN 21, 2025) in Chigago so make sure you know your rights, your community, and your plan.
ICE MUST have a warrant to search/enter any property. they will lie and manipulate you to allow them on the premises but if they arent holding a valid document in their hands they cannot legally do anything
They may say something like "our warrant is in the truck," tough shit, have them bring it to you, DO NOT FOLLOW THEM ANYWHERE. Do not leave your property if confronted.
If you are taken, say nothing until a lawyer is present. The exception is if there are bystanders present/filming, then you should shout your name and whats happening
If you are witnessing a raid in your community, wait to warn others via phone as the cops may be monitoring nearby communications and may use that to select their next targets. Warn by code or word of mouth
escape if the opportunity presents itself, but dont be stupid.
Reminder that it has been confirmed by ICE director Thomas Homan stated in his interview that Chicago will be ONE of the cities targeted Tuesday. If you live in a blue sanctuary city, consider either evacuating temporarily, finding a safe place to hide out, or stay home and DO NOT open your door for ICE. Stay strong and stay safe. And remember “LA MIGRA”
Gonna be honest here, getting the event together caused me so much stress the second time around (+ lower amount of participation) has made me consider not running the event next year
Fwhimmy week has come to a close oncr again! Thank you everyone that participated <3! If i didn't get your post, or you're posting late, I'll be sure to reblog it within the next two or so weeks!
Now, it is once again poll time!
If the event where to run next year (fwhimmyweek2025, would you be interested/participate?
