Cupidity

Hello, my name is Cry. I make things here to share my content with others(and to distract myself from my many issues)| Artist/Writer. |I just post whatever I want really, mainly my current fixations

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Returning to what was lost (1/3)

Welp, Grian doesn't look like he's having a super fun time retiring to the studio after getting a random letter

This is my Hermitcraft x BATIM AU I still think about constantly. I haven't worked on something or drawn in SOOO long

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Both Sides of Paradise - Chapter 7 - ICry-Haha - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

There's too much going on all at once. CuteGuy might know where they live, Scars body is being weird, Grian is no longer asking questions but Scar knows he's slowly catching on.

I haven't done this for so long anyway hiiiii we good we good forgot how this went

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I really enjoy haunted hotel, I got this idea from porsha.a.a.r on TikTok

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NUMBER 7 of my redraw thing. The original (up in the corner) was from three years ago and it makes me want to sob

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Scar didn't hate the past games, at least from what bits and pieces he could remember of them. But that didn't mean Scar wasn't sick of when him and his friends had to turn against each other but this time it was masked by bloodlust. Grian had been acting off towards him, and every time the avian brushed him off it didn't help the ache in Scar's heart.

OR; Scar's last episode of secret life my way

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This is #26 of my redraw/ finish thing

AND! Good time time to introduce my Batim Au! In the story, Grian replaces Henry and Grumbot replaces bendy

Im FERAL abou this Au and im happy to finally release something about it, tons of ideas

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My life is FINALLY coming together

So to get back into drawing, im going to redraw (and finish) really old stuff and some newer! It goes up to 28, no clue where or when to start but I will eventually

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looking at that one booktok post and didn’t realize how funny this is. uou do not know what a safe word is

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some highlights from the notes

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One thing I hope to write in Both Sides of Paradise is the fact Grians eyes never stay one color

His eyes are dark enough to appear black, but he never let's people close enough to actually see them. People will ask what color they are (or assume) and he always responds with a different color. "Its just really dark--" it changes everytime, so much he hardly remembers what each of his friends believe.

The only one that actually knows is Scar, and everytime Grian spews another lie about his eyes the vex tries not to laugh, as to not ruin his husband's harmless fun.

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I've been going through a bit of a block recently, so take this unfinished work doodle!

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how c.ai works and why it's unethical

Okay, since the AI discourse is happening again, I want to make this very clear, because a few weeks ago I had to explain to a (well meaning) person in the community how AI works. I'm going to be addressing people who are maybe younger or aren't familiar with the latest type of "AI", not people who purposely devalue the work of creatives and/or are shills.

The name "Artificial Intelligence" is a bit misleading when it comes to things like AI chatbots. When you think of AI, you think of a robot, and you might think that by making a chatbot you're simply programming a robot to talk about something you want them to talk about, and it's similar to an rp partner. But with current technology, that's not how AI works. For a breakdown on how AI is programmed, CGP grey made a great video about this several years ago (he updated the title and thumbnail recently)

I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend you watch this because CGP Grey is good at explaining, but the tl;dr for this post is this: bots are made with a metric shit-ton of data. In C.AI's case, the data is writing. Stolen writing, usually scraped fanfiction.

How do we know chatbots are stealing from fanfiction writers? It knows what omegaverse is [SOURCE] (it's a Wired article, put it in incognito mode if it won't let you read it), and when a Reddit user asked a chatbot to write a story about "Steve", it automatically wrote about characters named "Bucky" and "Tony" [SOURCE].

I also said this in the tags of a previous reblog, but when you're talking to C.AI bots, it's also taking your writing and using it in its algorithm: which seems fine until you realize 1. They're using your work uncredited 2. It's not staying private, they're using your work to make their service better, a service they're trying to make money off of.

"But Bucca," you might say. "Human writers work like that too. We read books and other fanfictions and that's how we come up with material for roleplay or fanfiction."

Well, what's the difference between plagiarism and original writing? The answer is that plagiarism is taking what someone else has made and simply editing it or mixing it up to look original. You didn't do any thinking yourself. C.AI doesn't "think" because it's not a brain, it takes all the fanfiction it was taught on, mixes it up with whatever topic you've given it, and generates a response like in old-timey mysteries where somebody cuts a bunch of letters out of magazines and pastes them together to write a letter.

(And might I remind you, people can't monetize their fanfiction the way C.AI is trying to monetize itself. Authors are very lax about fanfiction nowadays: we've come a long way since the Anne Rice days of terror. But this issue is cropping back up again with BookTok complaining that they can't pay someone else for bound copies of fanfiction. Don't do that either.)

Bottom line, here are the problems with using things like C.AI:

It is using material it doesn't have permission to use and doesn't credit anybody. Not only is it ethically wrong, but AI is already beginning to contend with copyright issues.

C.AI sucks at its job anyway. It's not good at basic story structure like building tension, and can't even remember things you've told it. I've also seen many instances of bots saying triggering or disgusting things that deeply upset the user. You don't get that with properly trigger tagged fanworks.

Your work and your time put into the app can be taken away from you at any moment and used to make money for someone else. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people who use AI panic about accidentally deleting a bot that they spent hours conversing with. Your time and effort is so much more stable and well-preserved if you wrote a fanfiction or roleplayed with someone and saved the chatlogs. The company that owns and runs C.AI can not only use whatever you've written as they see fit, they can take your shit away on a whim, either on purpose or by accident due to the nature of the Internet.

DON'T USE C.AI, OR AT THE VERY BARE MINIMUM DO NOT DO THE AI'S WORK FOR IT BY STEALING OTHER PEOPLES' WORK TO PUT INTO IT. Writing fanfiction is a communal labor of love. We share it with each other for free for the love of the original work and ideas we share. Not only can AI not replicate this, but it shouldn't.

(also, this goes without saying, but this entire post also applies to ai art)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Not So Careful

Using their day off to their advantage, Scar and Grian go out to get Tommy's presents before his birthday that was next week. Warnings get sent out that concern Scar, but Grian doesn't seem to be bothered, they didn't follow the warnings well enough and found themselves caught in a rather difficult place. Later that night, Scar finds himself in another difficult place once again, causing Grian to grow warry.

Just a heads up, this story has a playlist!

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I think the person who had the idea for the new horror movie 'The Watchers' maybe, just maybe has atleast heard of Evo.

'You can't see them, but they see everything.'

'We must follow their rules, so they allow us to live.'

In the movie, is there gonna be someone that defies the 'god-like' beings, evades getting fucking smited, then ends up becoming one? Come on man.

I can't handle horror movies, I will have nightmares but I might just have to watch it because COME ON MAN

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SO! I've figured out that I have to swap in between writing and drawing otherwise I get bored and don't wanna do anything. I'm also currently working on BSoP chapt 6. Can I give you a date on when it will be out? No. Am I going to apologize for being inconsistent again? Yes. I have a good reason for being inconsistent though!

Take this doodle I did on some random program on my computer while I took a break from writing. Please note, I have never used this program and I only had my finger to draw with, props to people who do that constantly. under the doodle is a small vent so feel free to skip

every time BSoP has had awhile in between each chapter it's because something has happened, usually regarding my living situation which still isn't great. I'm currently working on getting a job which holy cow is a little nerve-wracking since I have knees that pray on my downfall (get it?)

I'm also aware I'm making this post for like no one cause it's not that big, I'm aware not a lot of people read my story, but I know some do and I'm thankful for that. Do I care that no one is probs going to see this? At the moment, no. Anyway, its late and I'm tired. I'll try and do what I can :]

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Its just the face, still wanted to warn people. ENJOY THE DOODLE

(This is so old, I think almost two years)

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where the light touches 🏜️

an illustrated storybook featuring 3rd life grian and scar

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Please, before you look at whatever I've just made, keep in mind at first glance I thought Grian's Hermit Permit uniform was cropped.