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I don't know if anyone is even still following this but... I got a secret to share... I started a secret second account on Ao3 under otsevens where I'm primarily putting BTS fics that explore mpreg kink and poly relationships.... So uh yeah, if that's your thing....
But uh, if you do see this and are also following me on the bird app, *wink* we have no idea who is writing this...*wink*.
One of the things that perplexes me about the anti-AO3 crowd is that they have the gall to come to AO3 and demand moderation when AO3 was clearly and explicitly established in response to censorship and fandom purges of more popular (at the time) fandom spaces. AO3 was created not because the original crew were huge fans of problematic (but legal) content but because they recognized that content’s right to exist regardless of any one person’s particular taste. AO3 is popular precisely because they don’t moderate. I left fandom in like 2012-ish around the time of one of the big FFN purges. At the time, FFN was the big site and AO3 was a little nothing site with a fraction of what FFN had. I returned in 2017 when AO3 suddenly seemed the place to be for writers and readers of newer fandoms. There’s a reason for that.
It’s like… okay, let’s say there’s a dog park. The dog park is sprawling and super popular among owners of all dog breeds and sizes. There are separate spaces for terriers and large dogs with signs posted so you know what types of dogs are allowed where. All of the sudden, some small dog owners, the ones with teacup poodles and yorkies or whatnot, decide that the pit bulls all the way on the other side of the park are a PROBLEM because pits are dangerous. Doesn’t matter if they only play in the one area that is specifically designated for them, and there are warning signs indicating their presence. They’re a breed that shouldn’t exist because what if a child tried to pet one?
Think of the children!
No matter that children aren’t allowed in the pitbull section; they might break in unaccompanied by an adult to pet some pitbulls. All pitbull owners are dangerous, irresponsible assholes who want nothing more than to train their pits to eat small dogs and attack kids. In fact, if you have ever owned a pit, not only are you a bad person, you are a literal murderer who trains your dog to attack children on sight.
Think of the children!
The anti-pitbull crowd is persistent, and pits are not very popular in general, and a lot of people don’t like them, so the dog park decides to ban pitbulls. But the purge also sweeps away German Shepherds (a popular but potentially dangerous breed also known as explicit slash) and Boxers and other large dogs. Maybe some of these dogs were dogs the anti-pitbull crowd even liked, but hey, all is done in the name of safety, right? Because:
Think of the children!
It’s not that you can’t find pitbulls in the dog park anymore. They’re still there, except now they aren’t tagged and easily identified as pitbulls and aren’t confined to one area. They’re much easier to stumble across by accident. But hey, maybe 1 or 2 of them will be reported and kicked out for a spell until the owner sneaks them in again. It’s not like anyone is really checking every single dog at the door for pit ancestry. It’s too unwieldy; there are millions of dogs and not enough staff to do so, and they can’t quite agree on what a pitbull is anyway.
Anyways, a few of the dog owners think this is bullshit. Maybe some own pits but mostly they own like Golden Retrievers and Black Labs (that are technically still allowed in the park, for now, but hey, you never know what will happen). They decide they’re going to build their own dog park where all dogs are welcome as long as they stay in their designated sections. It’s a small operation at first, but it’s free and staffed with enthusiastic volunteers, and as more dogs are booted out of the first dog park, some entire segments of dog owners (including many that don’t own pits) gravitate to the new dog park. It’s friendlier there. They accept everyone, and won’t randomly kick out the odd bulldog for looking pit-like. All their friends are starting to go to the new dog park.
New dog park grows, gains a lot of traction over the old dog park, and becomes the place to be.
Only now, the anti-pitbull crowd is also there. They use it frequently and like its amenities, but there’s only one problem. They allow pitbulls here. Nevermind that they’re tagged and in their designated area. What if a child tried to pet one?
Think of the children!
So they start reporting pitbulls. The pitbulls are a danger to society; they should be taken out back and shot. Why TF would anyone allow pitbulls into their dog parks??? The staff looks at them, shrugs, and points out their policy, which has been there since the beginning, which is the reason for their popularity and what everyone agreed to when they entered the dog park, that says All Dogs Allowed.
‘But that’s not right,’ the anti-pitbull crowd screeches.
Think of the children!
Other dog owners point out that old dog park still exists; they don’t have to frequent this one.
‘But this dog park is more popular! More people will play and interact with my dog here!’ they say, stomping their feet. ‘You should accommodate me and my preferences.’
‘No.’
They throw themselves to the floor, thrashing their arms about, in full tantrum mode. ‘Then I rather this dog park not exist. It is a danger to children everywhere!.’
Think of the children!
Think of the Goddamn children!
And that’s basically the story of AO3. AO3′s lack of content moderation is not a flaw but a feature. And if you don’t like it, FFN still exists. Have fun trying to avoid untagged pitbulls there.
A portrait of Chris Evans I did to practice textures, shadows and highlights (Photoshop CS6, about 8-9 hours)
I PUT SO MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS STUPID JOKE ASDFFGGGF
Not fandom related, but I finished an art today! (Though i wouldn't argue if someone called it Clint / Bucky).
In the evening, once the sun has set and the moon lights the ocean, the mermaid prince comes to the surface to rest on the beach. The winged warrior from the clouds often comes down to show off, and flirt a bit, before visiting his mermaid on the beach.
If anyone wants to take this prompt and turn it into a fic or short story, you can. Please just let me know and Tag me in it!
i don’t think people really get how little feedback fanfic authors actually get? like the effort to reaction ratio is so abysmally skewed here that a fic nearly 50,000 words long takes an entire year to amass like. 16 comments. someone reblogged a fic i wrote at 4 am and tagged it with a 5-word compliment and i can’t stop thinking about it, not because it was so nice but because half the time you post a fic you’re going to hear nothing and anything feels like so much
fandom culture is so, so good about giving artists the credit they’re due, but we gotta start doing that for writers too. you’ve got no idea how much people put into their stories and get maybe a handful of reblogs and a dozen-odd kudos. that’s not enough. writing is an endurance sport and y’all need to start giving fic writers a reason to endure it and improve their craft. encourage writers like you encourage artists. reblog fics, leave tags, leave comments, acknowledge that these stories do not just spring into being for your entertainment.
every single damn writer i know feels like half of their readers see them as a machine. that’s gotta change.
Consider also: Writers do not even have the opportunity for feedback until we are finished.
Artists have the ability to show off preview sketches, host art streams, and get feedback during almost every step of their creative process, and we do not. We can’t really share outlines and half-finished sentences, choppy first-drafts, and have anyone get excited about that. When we say it’s an endurance sport, we really mean it.
That’s why it becomes that much more important to give us that feedback once we actually finish what we’ve been working on.
“When we say it’s an endurance sport, we really mean it"
THIS.
And of course we write because we love it. We have ideas–BIG HUGE IDEAS–that we want to get out there, just how we see it in our heads, and be able to go back over and over it again, even if no one else cares. Of course we write because we love it.
But we’re human and crave validation. We create these things because We Just Think They’re Neat and want others to agree that the concept or execution or both is also neat and fan about it with us!
It doesn’t even necessarily have to be about WHAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY WRITTEN. Tell us how much you love the concept or the plot device, start going off on tangents in your comments or tags or replies, because HECK YEAH WE’RE IN THE SAME BOAT. WE’LL JOIN IN WITH YOU.
Fic is MEANT to generate discussion. So don’t think of comments as just saying ‘thank you’. We’re happy for that of course, but that’s not why we wrote it. We wrote it because it’s a thing we’re really interested in, so if you’re interested in it too? SHARE SIS, WE ARE ALL EARS.
This.
Please comment, people, we don’t care if the comments are small.
this.
On Thursday, 7/11 I got to meet Blizzard, a snow leopard at the Sacramento Zoo. Blizzard was being trained, and I had the huge honor to feed him a few tasty morsels.
I have had a long standing love for these incredible animals, ever since I first saw one at the San Francisco zoo back in 2006. I never knew they existed before then!
When I wrote Something Wild Calls You Home, I gave Bucky snow leopard attributes because these famous “Ghost of the Mountains” cats seemed a fitting match to our Winter Soldier.
The Sacramento Zoo’s latest addition to their snow leopard family was Coconut, who as he grew displayed the condition known as “swimmer’s syndrome.” He needed some physical therapy, as well as specially crafted hobbles to help keep his rear legs in place as his muscles got stronger. Amazingly, the little booties used to craft these hobbles happened to be Captain America ones. And look how tiny!
All in all, this was an amazing experience, maybe one of the most incredible moments of my life, and I hope many more people learn how to help these fantastic animals through knowledge sharing, donations, and supporting organizations like The Snow Leopard Trust, which help protect them in their natural habitats.
Okay officially in love with those Captain America booties. I’m sure SL Bucky would just love to wear those whilst munching on his steak!
those are great! and Im so excited for you to get to meet a snow leapard!!
that’s it. that’s the movie.
Me: *screaming*
The Buckynat Art Parody Series
I think these need their own collective post! Individual artworks are:
No. 1: Couple Descending Staircase by Leyendecker
No. 2: The Kiss by Klimt
No. 3: In the Garden by Renoir
No. 4: American Gothic by Wood
No. 5: A Day at the Beach by Schaeffing
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Hello. Yes, I’d like to turn your attention toward @rdjlock’s amazing art from their twitter account.
Fic title: “I Get My Arrows Wholesale”
A Collaboration for the 2019 Captain America Reverse Big Bang
AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19395979
Link to the artwork if posted separately
Author: Ignisentis
Artist: Originalceenote
Fic and Artwork Rating: PG
Warnings: References to PTSD; Recovery, Mild Angst
Relationships: Clint Barton/James “Bucky” Barnes
Characters: Clint Barton, James “Bucky” Barnes, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Lucky the Pizza Dog
Word count: 8081 words
Summary: Bucky’s about to change his mind and leave when a man comes out of the lobby doors and looks around the street a bit before he notices Bucky. A smile spreads across his face, and hey, he’s kind of cute when he smiles. Oh, shit.
The guy waves and starts walking over. “Hey, are you here for archery?”
“Uh, yeah. I guess I am.”
“Great! I’m Clint, the instructor.” He holds his hand out, so Bucky reaches out and shakes it. Clint’s hand is calloused and strong, and Bucky suppresses a shiver at the feel of his skin, and oh, god, he’s still shaking Clint’s hand like an asshole. He pulls his hand back sharply, which makes Clint smile even wider. Shit, he’s really cute when he smiles. This is bad.
For reference, this is what she’s talking about :
In conclusion: Fanfic is important, there’s nothing wrong with writing or enjoying it and the cast and crew of Good Omens are a gift.
We're all 12? That's news. I thought we were mostly real adults. Many of us are (gasp!) Over 30!!! And over 40, and 50, and 60, and you get the point...
Why Neil Gaiman is Terrible (with receipts)
I’m mostly making this so I can link people who can’t be bothered to do their own research and constantly ask me what he’s done wrong to this post. That being said, this is effectively a more complete version of the post with links I made recently, and a post containing a sc of a tweet that was taken out of context to appear homophobic has been removed to stop people from focusing on that misinformation, so please reblog this version instead.
queerbaiting
more queerbaiting
more retroactively making characters gay after explcitly saying they weren’t for 30 years
disrespect and ignorance relating to lgbt identities
gets away with these things by pretending he intended for aziraphale and crowley to be asexual/agender representation so he looks more woke than he ever bothered to be
racism
racism in good omens
transphobia
disgusting conduct towards fans (another example is here, but the person it affected has requested they be kept anonymous, so I cannot provide concrete evidence of this happening.)
literally defending child porn (and a summation of that blog post so you don’t have to read it)
oh, and his wife is a shitty person too
Regardless of your opinion on Gaiman, please read the links and share this post. Even if you choose to go ahead and like him anyway, or just continue enjoying his work uncritically, it is important that people know what he has done wrong, both in the past and recently, and hold him up to the same standards of criticism as any content creator or public figure. This was not made in effort to “cancel” Gaiman or bandwagon hate against him, but making this information common knowledge could cause some people to think twice before they blindly defend him.
The man is married to Amanda Palmer (*violent wretching sounds*) we can’t expect too much good from him. And I *love* his work. But might as well keep it 100.
So, if we’re going to keep it 100 then I need to point out that this list of receipts is bullshit.
This is literally a receipt list of the kind of homophobia, queerphobia, transphobia, and exclusionary rhetoric that we’ve been seeing all over tumblr for the last few years. I’ll elaborate.
Keep reading
Definitely read @korrasera‘s rebuttal, but there’s more I want to say here because it pissed me off.
The “Racism in Good Omens” post really seems to be “Characters of Color should not do something Problematic in any way OR have bad things happen to them” which leads directly to “Oh, hey, guess we can’t have any characters of color”.
Weird how that works.
If a large number of your characters have flaws and/or a large number of your characters get killed off, the solution to that isn’t “make everyone white”.
Adam and Eve and Jesus would not have been white. Just. Historically, assuming they existed, if they lived in those times and places, they wouldn’t have been white.
Like … if we make those characters white, does that make it better? Because I’m pretty sure that “The first man and woman were white” or “the person a major world religion regards as the savior of humanity was, in fact, white - despite the fact he wouldn’t have been” does not, in fact, make it better.
“Pepper literally had her mouth taken away because a white boy didn’t like what she had to say – and yes, Wensleydale and Brian also had to deal with that, but it is very telling that it was because of Pepper, and that she was the only character of colour of the four of them. Tokenizing has never really been progressive, but the way they went about treating her was really pushing it. Also love how she was aggressive and outspoken, because the angry/aggressive black girl/woman trope is not harmful at all (:“
In the book, which was written 30 years ago, Pepper is white. (Okay, it doesn’t specify skin tone - “She herself had short red hair and a face which was not so much freckled as one big freckle with occasional areas of skin.“ It is likely that she was INTENDED to be white, though.)
They didn’t change anything else about Pepper. She is exactly the same as the character in the book.
“Anathema deserved better and I can write an entire post on that, but suffice it to say that she felt underdeveloped and her “romance” with Newt fell flat and felt forced.“
It’s pretty much the same way it is in the book. I don’t feel that the Newt/Anathema story line is one of the stronger parts of the book, but she’s still a kind, intelligent character clearly working to help save the world. There was no reason she needed to be white.
“On that note, Uriel slamming Aziraphale against the wall in episode 4 felt unnecessary and, again, reinforces the aggressive black woman trope.“
So … if we make Michael black, then the bit with Aziraphale asking her for a towel is kind of … questionable. Make Sandalphon black and then he’s the fawning henchman character. GO Gabriel is the biggest asshole out of all of them. Guess we should make all of them white because all of them are unlikable? Making all of the angels white people is NOT exactly a progressive stance.
I have a headache and I’ve about hit my limit on energy I’m willing to devote to this.
It just seems super convenient that while you’re apparently in favor of representation IN THEORY, you object to every instance of representation in particular.
Hawkeye’s chillaxing in a field of midsummer wildflowers, as commissioned by @heyboydraws - this was so fun to paint!
(commissions, anyone?)
I saw this hillarious tweet by @buckyincorrect and I had to do this. All credit goes to @buckyincorrect Twitter account, and I very much recommend you to follow it! (And if you are on it, you can follow my fanart Twitter, too ;-) )
Fic: Another Fine Myth You’ve Gotten Us Into
art by Queerily_Kai fic by romanticalgirl for the @capreversebb
Rating: Teen & Up Relationships: Gen Characters: Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner, other Avengers Wordcount: ~6000
Summary:
It’s all Clint’s fault.
Read here: On AO3
Thank you, maurheti for the beta, and to for the most great art! This was a lot of fun!
I almost forgot to repost this... My final collaboration for this years Cap RBB with my art!
Fic: Another Fine Myth You’ve Gotten Us Into
art by Queerily_Kai fic by romanticalgirl for the @capreversebb
Rating: Teen & Up Relationships: Gen Characters: Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner, other Avengers Wordcount: ~6000
Summary:
It’s all Clint’s fault.
Read here: On AO3
Thank you, maurheti for the beta, and to for the most great art! This was a lot of fun!
